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WARNING: A VERY POTTER MUSICAL REFERENCES WILL BE MADE. ALSO, IT IS STARKID "CANON" (I'm using the term very loosely here), NOT NECESSARILY HARRY POTTER CANON. SO YEAH, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KNOW STARKID STUFF IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF IT – THEN AGAIN, MAYBE NOT. JUST READ, PLEASE? :)
OH, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE CAPS LOCK A/N x3
"To dance again! You've been waiting all these years to dance again, and now at once a chance appears!…"
Quirrell was moving his body accordingly with the music, dancing easily with his loved one and smiling wide. He began to lean in then, moving forward, reaching for the lips that weren't his own, but belonged to him nonetheless…
And then Quirrell felt a shake on his shoulder. He scrunched up his face and groaned reflexively. He didn't like being awakened enough to know that he was in bed right now, snapping out of his wonderful dream. He didn't like that the light around him was too bright against his closed lids and the silence around him was too loud. Quirrell could feel a kink in his lower back from accidentally turning when he slept – lying from his back to his side… again. Then, after a few moments of being too painfully aware and awake, he felt another shake, this one more vigorous than the previous one since it shook his entire torso. Quirrell muffled an annoyed moan into his goose feathered pillow.
"Meehhhhhhhh…" Quirrell finally sighed, exasperated when the shaking wouldn't stop. No, let me sleep, he thought. He tightened his still-shut eyes as if it would somehow help him go back to sleep; it didn't.
Quirrell heard a distinct "harrumph". A moment of silence passed before a gravelly voice commanded, "Quirrell, Quirrell! Get up." Funny, the voice sounded just as annoyed as Quirrell felt.
Quirrell pulled the covers his hands were apparently gripping onto over his head. No, he thought to himself once more, More sleep. Please.
Then, he felt the covers rip away from his fingers and completely off his body. Quirrell could feel the heat the sheets were providing leave and suddenly the coldness of the room crept up his torso underneath his thin t-shirt. Quirrell shivered and hissed loudly. A chill ran down his spine, bothering Quirrell even more, and the professor began to flail his arms around, looking for the bed sheets as he kept his eyes shut. When he blindly reached forward, instead of finding the covers, he seemed to find something better: a somewhat warm hand. Smiling slightly, Quirrell tugged the hand towards his waist, pulling so fiercely that the body which was attached to the hand ungracefully stumbled on top of him. Quirrell heard a muffled "oof" against his forehead when the body was on top of his and then felt the bed dip slightly as the body rolled onto the space in the bed behind him. Quirrell rolled over and lazily squinted through his still-tired eyes to find his boyfriend's pale face.
Voldy, as Quirrell was now getting accustomed to call him, was looking better each day. His body was getting warmer as opposed to it being colder than the icy heart it used to contain. His nose was slowly but surely growing back. His bald head was beginning to sprout short strands of untidy dark brown hair. His black eyes were now showing specks of beautiful blue. His colourless and deformed body changed along with his personality, actually making Voldy quite the attractive man Quirrell never knew existed (who knew the Dark Lord once had crazy biceps, or killer abs?). Though Quirrell liked to think that it was because Voldy wasn't murdering anyone anymore that drastically changed his appearance, Voldy told him that he firmly believed that it was opening his heart to Quirrell that made all the difference. Quirrell didn't like arguing with Voldy so he let the belief slide, not quite wanting to show how much he actually loved the idea.
Incredibly pale gray-pink lips now beamed at Quirrell. "Good morning, Quirrell," Voldy greeted.
Quirrell yawned before grinning back. "G'morning Lor – I mean, Voldy," he quietly replied. Then, he inched forward to press his lips against his boyfriend's.
Voldy smiled into the kiss before he sighed and pulled away slightly, his lips just brushing over Quirrell's. "Quirrell, I already told you, you don't need to call me 'Lord Voldemort' anymore," he reminded the professor with a small smile.
The professor gave the ex-dark wizard a short, quick nod before moving forward to press his lips against Voldy's again and closed his eyes. Quirrell was still getting used to calling Voldy anything but "Dark Lord" or "Voldemort" or anything of the like, even after a year of being together. He couldn't (and absolutely wouldn't) call Voldy any stupid pet-name so that did make things somewhat difficult at first. But that was because, sometime during their year together (at least, in separate bodies), both he and Voldy made it official to never give each other stupid pet-names, because it was tacky and dumb and neither of them were those things. Quirrell originally tried calling Voldy "Tom", and while Voldy did voice how pleased he actually was with how his name seemed so perfect when it was said by Quirrell, Quirrell still felt weird whenever he called Voldy the name regardless. A few months filled with awkward stumbles over things as stupid as names passed by before Quirrell had anything "casual" to call his boyfriend.
Then one day, after becoming increasingly annoyed by how his boyfriend wouldn't reply to his calls, Quirrell called out, "VOLDEMORT, WHERE IS MY JANE AUSTEN BOOKMARK?"
"I have it right here, gimme a moment!" the boyfriend had shouted in reply.
Unfortunately, at the time, Quirrell had a soufflé baking in the oven and he had to get it immediately because it popped up just perfectly! But there was no way he was losing his place in his novel. So, he called his boyfriend again, not quite thinking when he shouted, "VOLDY!"
When his pale boyfriend rounded the corner with the bookmark he was looking for in hand, Voldy replied, "Y-you called me 'Voldy'." He looked at Quirrell with a curious expression.
Quirrell remembered taking the bookmark from Voldy's hand, trying not to shake because he didn't know if his boyfriend wanted to be called that. He remembered not realizing until that moment how easily he called his boyfriend the name, but by then Quirrell was incredibly wary because he also didn't know if the boyfriend in question would like it. Quirrell remembered looking at the ex-dark lord cautiously. "Y-yeah," he had stuttered. "Is-is that o-okay?"
After an excruciatingly long silence, Voldy nodded and said, "Yeah. I actually like it, a lot." Then, he smiled sweetly at Quirrell before leaving the room to go back to whatever he was doing earlier.
Quirrell smiled at the memory, making him smile into the kiss as well. As he did so, he noticed how he really liked how much softer Voldy's lips became with each day and how warm Voldy's breath was becoming against his. Quirrell placed a gentle hand on Voldy's cheek and used his thumb to stroke his cheekbone. After sucking lightly at Voldy's bottom lip, he pulled away and sighed. He honestly had no idea how he was able to get so lucky.
The professor gave the ex-Dark Lord a sweet smile and said, "You know, waking me up won't be half as hard if you just said you wanted to kiss me." He giggled as he moved closer to Voldy, burying his face in the hollow base of his neck.
Quirrell felt Voldy put a hand on the back of his neck and chuckled. "I'm going to have to remember that," Voldy said before planting a quick kiss to the top of Quirrell's head. Quirrell smiled and moved closer to Voldy and wrapped his arms around Voldy's waist then, wanting to cuddle just a little more. As Quirrell nuzzled against the base of Voldy's neck, Voldy said, "You know Quirrell, as much as I do love cuddling with you, I actually woke you up for a reason." Voldy backed away from Quirrell slightly and grinned down at him. "Come on, I've got the day planned out!" With the smile Voldy was giving him, Quirrell couldn't help but smile back and nod, agreeing to get up.
As it turned out, Voldy planned a Date… well, Day! For entire day he and Quirrell were out, doing things they said they'd do, but never really had the chance to.
They never had a chance to do anything like what Voldy planned though because he and Quirrell have been hiding out in fear of what would happen to Voldy if he ever came out in public. Wizard god knows what the outcome would have been if an auror saw Voldy walking out on the streets and, even though he still didn't like to admit it, Voldy knew exactly what could have happened to the muggles and muggleborns who innocently roamed the city (at least at the beginning). After a few very hard months, Voldy eventually did become a changed man and wizard thanks to his wonderful boyfriend, but he and Quirrell were positive that the public wasn't ready for that yet so they continued to stay in hiding. They eventually observed how Voldy's nose was starting to grow back and the rest of his body became to change, and both men realized that they were able to slip out once or twice during the daylight to do things normal citizens were able to do. Still, they only went out for a few hours – and those occasions were usually done only once a month.
So today, instead of a day of hiding out, Voldy decided that he and Quirrell would be out in public for one entire day thanks to his new nose. Frankly, it still looked quite strange and generally awkward as it sat there square on Voldy's face, tiny but prominent. But Voldy knew he only found it weird because it was it's been years since he had a proper nose.
Besides, his nose was irrelevant. Yes, today, he focused on himself and Quirrell. He had everything planned out to a T. Rollerblading in the morning, sifting through several shops for books and movies early in the afternoon, watching one quick movie at home later in the day, and then finally a wonderful evening out. There were other things planned for the night as well, but Voldy teased Quirrell and kept what he had planned to himself.
In the morning when they rollerbladed in the city park, Voldy completely embarrassed himself. He honestly did not remember what in the bloody hell went through his mind when he offered to take Quirrell out rollerblading one day. Granted, Voldy had never rollerbladed before in his life – but it looked so easy! Wizard god was he ever wrong. As Quirrell easily skated circles around him, Voldy tried and failed to stay on his feet as he stood on the rented rollerblades they got from a community sports centre. Voldy observed Quirrell's absolute delight when Voldy asked to use his shoulders for support because Voldy really did not like falling butt first on the pavement every 5 seconds. The ex-dark wizard could see the smug smile Quirrell failed to hide as he gave Voldy a few rollerblading lessons as well. It was a strange change, Voldy had to admit, to have Quirrell help him out for the most simplest of things instead of the other way around. But he liked that change, just as he liked the other changes about Quirrell as well.
One change was Quirrell's stutter. While Voldy thought he'd never be able to hear Quirrell speak without a stutter, after the first few months of living with him, Voldy noticed how the speech impairment began to vanish. As his nose began to reappear, Quirrell's stutter seemed to disappear simultaneously. Voldy was happy – if one could believe it – happy for Quirrell when they both realized this. Nowadays, Voldy didn't even seem to notice Quirrell's perfect speech just as Quirrell didn't notice the nose on his face.
Another change Voldy noticed was how Quirrell seemed so much calmer than before. During the time they had to a look through the shops, Voldy noticed how at home Quirrell seemed at the bookstore as he skimmed through a large biography on Jane Austen. Quirrell didn't even jump whenever Voldy suddenly wrapped his arms around his waist. Again, it was strange for Voldy to see Quirrell not jittering or jerking back whenever he gave him a casual touch, but Voldy liked it. And he was happy that Quirrell wasn't so anxious anymore.
When Voldy and Quirrell finally went home to watch a movie – which was Charlie St. Cloud no less (hey, Voldy still loved himself some Zefron!) – he liked how easy it was to cuddle with Quirrell on the couch, his arms wrapped firmly around his boyfriend's tiny body. Voldy liked how easy it was for him to lean his cheek against Quirrell's bushy head and how nice it felt when he tilted his head from time to time to have his lips press against Quirrell's messy hair. Throughout the entire movie, Quirrell seemed so relaxed and Voldy noticed that, about half way through the movie, his incredibly calm boyfriend eventually fell asleep on him, Quirrell's head leaning against his chest and his arm draped around Voldy's stomach.
When the ending credits came on and Zac Efron's name slid across the screen, Voldy didn't move for a while. He breathed in Quirrell's clean scent. He watched how Quirrell's shut eyes fluttered occasionally, and Voldy guessed that he was dreaming. He felt Quirrell's warm breath against his thin shirt and his boyfriend's heart beating steadily against his body.
But then Voldy remembered he had other plans for the night and used his hold around Quirrell to wake him up.
"Hey Quirrell," he whispered. Voldy could feel Quirrell's head bury his head into his chest and Voldy knew Quirrell was ignoring him, trying to go to sleep again. Voldy smirked then and asked, "Quirrell, how long have those clothes been on that chair?" There were actually no chairs in sight with a piece of garment on it, but Voldy knew this was enough to wake up Quirrell.
Voldy was right. Quirrell groaned angrily into Voldy's chest and lifted his head up enough to face Voldy. Voldy watched Quirrell irritably explain with squinted eyes, "Voldy, I swear to Merlin I already put all the clothes away –" but the sleepy professor was cut off by Voldy's lips and was effectively awakened.
"Hm," Voldy finally once he parted his lips from Quirrell's whispered, amused, "Waking you up really isn't hard if I just wanted to kiss you…" He grinned before continuing on, "Come on, get up! We still have the rest of the night to go!"
The ex-Dark Lord encouraged Quirrell to get up by rubbing Quirrell's back. Quirrell nodded reluctantly and eventually got up, helping Voldy up too and took a small step back so Voldy could stand up straight. Quirrell held Voldy's hands in his for a moment and held his gaze there before looking up at the pale boyfriend with the most adorable expression Voldy's ever seen him make.
"So, where're we going tonight?" Quirrell asked, seemingly unaware about the fact that he was slightly pouting his lip, driving Voldy crazy.
Voldy shook his head so he could compose himself enough. "I told you Quirrell, it's a surprise!" he finally answered, straining to keep his gaze on the other boy's eyes instead of his pouting lip. Then, before Quirrell was able to reply, Voldy smiled as he stepped around his boyfriend and pulled him along to the door so they could continue their day-turning-into-night-long date.
Dinner was wonderful and everything was perfect as Quirrell and Voldy strolled hand in hand down the park they were rollerblading in only hours earlier. Between Quirrell and his boyfriend was silence and Quirrell took this as an opportunity for his mind to drift along his memories of the passing day. Everything went without a hitch – okay, save for the fact that Voldy could not rollerblade at all. But, other than that, everything did go perfectly. It was the most flawless date and Quirrell briefly amused himself with the fact that it was because Voldy was so anal about getting things perfect that he was able to pull it off.
Quirrell didn't realize he was smiling until he heard Voldy ask, "Why are you smiling?"
Keeping the apparent grin he had on his face, Quirrell turned to Voldy and answered, "Just thinking of you." At this, Voldy smiled back and Quirrell continued, "And our date together. It was absolutely perfect, Voldy." This made Voldy's face completely light up and beam at Quirrell. The professor abruptly stopped breathing for a moment, his breath taken away by how glorious his boyfriend looked. His brain was so busy marveling at the fact that Voldy was all his that it takes a few seconds before Quirrell's breathing is back to normal.
But Quirrell was still so frazzled he didn't even realize Voldy stopped walking until the hand he had in Voldy's was yanked back. Quirrell turned around and saw his boyfriend standing, looking at him with a curious expression. The professor pondered about why his boyfriend was giving him such a dramatic expression as he closed the distance between them.
"Voldy?" Quirrell asked as he linked his free hand with Voldy's other one, "Is-is something wrong?" Quirrell's stutter wasn't because his speech impairment was suddenly coming back, but because he was hesitant to ask what was going on.
"Quirrell," Voldy finally replied after one long silence, "I am going to tell you something I've told you before." The ex-Dark Lord looked at Quirrell with an expression that asked if he could continue; Quirrell nodded at once, curious as to what was going on in Voldy's head. "I've learned that life, well, it's messy. And complicated…" Voldy began, and Quirrell bit his lip back from mouthing along with Voldy since he recognized the speech from the day they were finally reunited in Azkaban.
The professor remembered exactly what happened the day they reunited because he replayed the memory over and over again in his head every day to remind himself that, yes, Voldy was actually his now. Quirrell knew what was coming next: And that it doesn't turn out the way you think it will.
"And that it doesn't turn out the way you think it will," Voldy said as the words flew through Quirrell's mind.
Quirrell waited for the next part: And, that… you think killing people might make them like you – but it doesn't! It just-it just makes them dead…
"And, that… you think killing people might make them like you – but it doesn't! It just makes them dead," Voldy said, and Quirrell felt as if they were back in his terrible cell at Azkaban. But Quirrell didn't feel scared or horrible or empty like he did during his time at the prison at all. Instead, he felt relieved and happy since he knew for a fact he wasn't at Azkaban and that Voldy was with him now. As Quirrell took comfort in this, Voldy continued to play out his memory. "And when everyone else is dead, you're all alone." And I would sit there, alone, and I'd say to myself… Quirrell remembered and then Voldy continued for him, "… maybe with Quirrell, things will be okay."
Quirrell forgot about his line (Is okay good? To which Voldy would reply, Quirrell, okay is wonderful!) because his mind was lingering over the fact that he felt amazing when Voldy said that one line out loud again. His heart fluttered wildly in his chest and his stomach flip flopped and he felt like swooning, all at once. While it may have seemed ridiculous, Quirrell knew that most feelings were ridiculous, and he didn't care at that point because he liked the way he felt about Voldy.
Then Voldy went off script and Quirrell's attention snapped back into the moment they were in. Instead of waiting for Quirrell to say his line, as the professor thought he would, Voldy continued with something else. "And you know what, Quirrell?" Voldy asked, his black and blue flecked eyes looking deep into Quirrell's, "Things have been okay. Actually, things have been even better than okay. They've been amazing, Quirrell… at least, they have been for me." Then, Voldy's gaze intensified and Quirrell realized that the look Voldy was giving him was one that questioned whether or not he felt the same way.
Which, obviously, he did. "Of course they've been amazing for me Voldy!" Quirrell said and Voldy immediately relaxed.
Voldy muttered out a "well, good" under his breath before he continued, "Quirrell's it's been another crazy year – a blast, really!"
Quirrell was tempted to humour his boyfriend by mocking his "excited" face, which meant he'd have to stick out his tongue and vigorously shake his head (A/N: Quirrell's tryna mimic what Voldy did before he said "That's the spirit, Quirrell!" in AVPM Act 1 Scene 7). But Quirrell decided against it because he couldn't quite pull it off. So instead, Quirrell nodded his head with a smile and urged Voldy to continue, since he still had no idea why Voldy was giving him such a speech – not that he didn't mind, of course.
And then Voldy dropped to his knee.
"V-V-V-V-Voldy?" Quirrell squeaked, stuttering because he was so nervous and surprised and just… Merlin.
The ex-Dark Lord smirked up at his boyfriend, whose eyes were on the verge of popping out of his head. Voldy released one of his hands from Quirrell's, took out his wand for a moment and twirled its tip in the air. Then, the air swirling around the top of the wand fogged up and small, dark puffs and clouds appeared. Voldy let go of Quirrell's other hand to hold it underneath the smoky air where, after a second or two, a small black box dropped.
In the back of Quirrell's mind somewhere, he marveled at the fact that, yes, it was possible for his eyes to grow wider.
But that piece of information was irrelevant because Voldy was in front of him, on his knee, with a little black box in his hand.
Quirrell looked down at Voldy with stunned eyes and before he was able to say anything, Voldy beat him to the punch. "Quirrell, every moment with you is a blast," he claimed after he put his wand away and opened the box towards himself before taking a small ring out. It was only a thick silver band but Quirrell still couldn't believe his eyes. "And with every moment I spend with you, I become… good. Better. All my life, I've never met someone so influential…" The small box dropped to the ground as one of Voldy's hands held the ring and the other clasped around Quirrell's still outstretched hand, which was shaking. Quirrell bit back a gasp when Voldy's somewhat warm skin touched his once more. "I've also never met anyone more loving." Voldy looked deep into Quirrell's eyes then, his eyes warm and soft before he continued, "Quirrell, even though I'm pretty sure it's going to happen anyway, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And when I do, will you please spend it with me, married?"
Voldy flashed Quirrell a hesitant grin and Quirrell just nodded his head, unable to trust his voice. Everything was so overwhelming and then Voldy was sliding the silver band onto his ring finger and -… there. That was it. Once the ring was firmly placed onto Quirrell's finger, the professor began to cry as a very wide smile spread across his face.
As Quirrell was gasping for air and using his free hand to wipe away his stupid tears, Voldy stood up, his hand still firmly grasped onto his boyfriend's, and asked, "Qu-Quirrell? Is-are you alright? Why are you crying?"
Quirrell licked his lips as his free hand grabbed Voldy's other one. Quirrell squeezed his hands tight around his boyfriend's and nodded. "Voldy," he sighed, "Don't-don't mind my tears. I'm okay!"
Voldy looked at him tentatively. "Is-is okay good?" he asked with a raised brow.
Despite his tears, Quirrell managed to laugh at the bit of role reversal that happened. "V-Voldy," he managed to say in between his giggles, "Okay is wonderful!"
Then Quirrell's lips reached for Voldy's and everything really was okay then.
And okay was truly wonderful.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! PARTAYYYYY, I FINALLY FINISHED! Okay, yeah, it's lame. And, yeah, it's not very witty or clever or very StarKid-like at all. BUT WHATEVER! I just needed the last 4 lines to happen or I would have gone insane. So yeah, I hope someone enjoyed this! :3
x o x o bjaarcy
PS Disclaimer: I don't own StarKid, Quirrellmort, or any of the AVPM references made here! JUST THE DAMN FLUFF IS MINE x)


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No wonder peer-to-peer loans (or "P2P loans") are taking off in this country. Consumer borrowers and lenders can often both benefit from better rates than they'd get from their banks or elsewhere. Qualifying for a P2P loan requires many of the same steps you need to take to get approved for any other borrowing. But there are some differences, so here are five tips.
1. Jack Up Your Credit Score
P2P lending sites are going to check your creditworthiness, just like other sources of borrowing do. So, if your need isn't urgent, you should monitor your credit score for months in advance, and do all you can to improve it. Do your best to pay off every overdue account, and make sure you pay all your bills on time. It's also important not to apply for other credit soon before you list on a P2P site: Every application you make reduces your score a bit and it takes a while to get your number back up. By the way, those facilitating peer-to-peer loans tend to use "soft" credit inquiries, which means that -- unusually -- your initial request for a listing is unlikely to impact your score.
A P2P site typically gives you a credit rating that's visible to potential lenders, and that may be your credit bureau score adjusted by an internal proprietary algorithm. But don't be fooled: Your credit score is absolutely vital in three ways:
- It helps determine whether you'll be allowed a listing. The two biggest sites want to see a minimum of 640 or 650.
- It's going to influence the interest rate you'll pay.
- It's almost bound to affect how readily lenders agree to fund your loan.
2. Be Realistic
One of the two biggest P2P sites says that "borrower listings with low loan amounts are funded more often than listings with high loan amounts." That doesn't mean you shouldn't apply for a big loan (the Big Two cap personal loans at $35,000) if you need one. And it's important that you borrow enough to meet your needs, or you may find yourself too short of funds to keep up payments. But the lower the amount you borrow, the better your chances of success.
Of course, this becomes doubly important if your credit is less than excellent. While many people with credit scores in the higher 600s get P2P loans, not many of them (probably none of them) are likely able to borrow large amounts.
3. Stay on the Ball
The P2P site is definitely going to ask you for supporting documentation, and it may also pose some questions. Respond promptly, fully, and honestly to stand the best chances of seeing your loan funded quickly.
It's a good idea to have that documentation ready before you make your initial application, if only so you avoid panicky searches through old boxes when the time comes. Expect at the very least to be asked for pay stubs and bank statements.
4. Invest Time in Your Narration
You'll probably have an opportunity to tell prospective lenders a bit about yourself and why you want the loan. This doesn't need to be a long essay, but it's worth spending a bit of time on it.
Put yourself in the lenders' shoes, and imagine what might appeal to them. You can't lie, but it's a good opportunity to highlight your strengths as a borrower. And don't forget to check your spelling and grammar!
5. Consider Accepting Partial Funding
"Partial funding" is when sufficient lenders have agreed to invest enough to cover a big part of your loan, but you're still short of the full amount. You may be given the option of accepting what's available rather than hanging around in the hope other lenders sign up.
Whether that's a good or bad idea is going to depend on your personal circumstances, but it's something to think about.
None of these tips guarantees approvals on peer-to-peer loans, but taken together they can significantly improve your chances of qualifying.

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I was reading a post by Mittelman called "The Pawn's Eye View" and the comments, and something clicked in my head that I've been thinking about for a while, so I'll bring it up here. I believe that there are some "BIG" events that cannot be changed, and that will happen, but I believe the ways that they come to be, and the consequences of their occurring, can be affected by individuals and choice. I think this would satisfy both the Whatever Happened Happened and the Future Changed crowd.
For example, Ben was always going to be brought up by the Others, one way or the other, after being saved from near-death ala Smokey. However, maybe the first time, he was running through the jungle and got impaled on a branch. Richard finds him, saves him, and Ben grows into the magnificent bastard we all know and love. However, second time around, Sayid shoots him... but then Kate selflessly gives her blood to keep him alive, and Juliet operates on him, and Sawyer risks blowing his cover by taking him with Kate to the Others. Same thing happens: Ben is saved by Smokey. Now, let's say sometime in the future, Ben is in a situation where he could choose to sacrifice some of the Losties (maybe Kate, Juliet, and Sawyer) to get some desired result in an easier fashion. This result would cause a so-called "BIG" event, one that cannot be stopped from happening. However, what if he somehow gets his memories back, and he's so touched that they risked so much to save him when he was young, that he decides to return the favor? Or even if he doesn't fully remember, perhaps he has some subconscious feeling that he shouldn't just kill these people... and he doesn't understand why, but he makes the choice to save them anyway, obtaining the same result in a different fashion. The BIG event STILL HAPPENS, but the WAY IT HAPPENS changes: Kate, Juliet and Sawyer are alive.
Here's another example. Charlie was ALWAYS going to die, one way or the other. But what if Desmond (and I know this is absurd but just bear with me a moment) decided to fully dedicate the rest of his life to saving Charlie from the various ways he would die? Desmond always got a future-flash with plenty of time to warn and save Charlie, so what if he just kept it up? Theoretically, Charlie could live his whole life (albeit in a weird way) and then still die... OF OLD AGE. Boom, the Universe has its way eventually, and yet because of individual actions (Desmond saving him again and again), it happened in a different fashion.
Now the biggie: the Incident. It was ALWAYS going to happen, but what if the first time around, it happened naturally as a result of the electromagnetic energy release, and the second time around it happened because of the nuke? IT STILL HAPPENS, and yet perhaps the fact that the Losties set off the nuke has subtle ramifications that are only felt later on. What these ramifications may be, we can only wait and see.
I am beginning to feel like the major focus of Season Six is going to be that some BIG event, maybe the BIGGEST OF BIG events, is going to occur. This BIG event will happen no matter what, but with a small bit of change one way or the other, it could either end the world, or save it. The only thing that can change it one way or the other are our Losties. How they have lived their lives, and the choices that they have already made and will yet make, will impact this event to either save or damn us all. Maybe this is why Daniel became so fascinated with individuals as VARIABLES. Perhaps this is why Jacob emphasizes CHOICE so much, even though it would outwardly appear that we are pawns in a larger game, and the future cannot be changed. The Universe will always course-correct so those BIG events that need to happen, will happen... but life still goes on around them, and people may still live or die based on the choices of individuals.


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Basil and Wine Infused Smoked Chicken
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My husband got a smoker for Christmas which we have been enjoying immensely...this recipe looks like it will be delicious adapted for its use...posted here so I won't lose it and so others can enjoy...from Wild Oats website. I will post exactly as they described...obviously if using an electric smoker you can omit the charcoal. This is a variation on the old classic "tortured chicken" posted on this website.
Top Review by Spankie
Truly a fabulous recipe. My boyfriend groans when I say chicken for dinner -- until he sees that it's THIS chicken (he's not the chicken lover I am). Tasty, nutritious and healthy, too! Thank you so much, Doc, for posting and sharing this recipe. It's our favorite outdoor-cooked chicken recipe!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup hickory chips
- charcoal
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 teaspoons sweet paprika
- 3 teaspoons black pepper
- 4 lbs whole chickens
- 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 leaves fresh basil
- 6 ounces white wine
- 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon, chopped
- 1 tablespoon basil, chopped
- 1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
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- Soak wood chips in water for 1 hour. Prepare charcoal grill for indirect grilling by placing a foil pan in the center of the grill and arranging charcoal around the pan; heat to medium.
- Mix together salt, sugar, paprika and pepper; set aside.
- Remove neck and giblets from chicken; discard.
- Rinse chicken inside and out, and pat dry with paper towels.
- Rub chicken lightly with oil.
- Loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers and gently pushing between skin and meat.
- Season chicken with spice rub; under the skin, and inside and out.
- Insert basil leaves under the skin.
- Drain wood chips and place half on the hot coals.
- Brush grate with oil.
- Fill an empty 12 oz soda or beer can with wine and herbs and place on a solid surface.
- Hold chicken upright, with body cavity facing down, and insert beer can into cavity.
- Place chicken in the middle of the grate with its legs spread out, forming a tripod to support the chicken.
- Cover and grill 2 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into meaty portion of thigh registers 180°F and the juices run clear.
- Add remaining wood chips after an hour and hot charcoal as required.
- Remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
- Carefully remove can from chicken and discard.
- Carve and serve with your favorite sauce and sides.


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Went to meet a GF at Soon Foon Tai for our 2nd lunch there only to find they are closed and the building up for sale/lease. We hopped over to Grand restaurant, but the dim sum was barely passable. I knew we were in trouble when I saw someone nuking the dumplings in the microwave at the front of the restaurant. We noted a few Vietnamese places close by. I love Vietnamese food, more than just pho, and we'd love to find another dim sum option in this neighborhood.
We will also go further to Little India and I wondered what the better options are since my little favourite in that neighborhood also closed.
Any ideas? Of course, maybe I'm jinxed and you don't want me to find your favourits, but please give me one more chance. :)
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April 22 (Reuters) - A series of agreed or proposed drug company deals may herald a new era of acquisitions not seen since last decade as pharmaceutical companies improve their best businesses and exit weaker ones.
Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline agreed to trade more than $20 billion worth of assets, boosting Novartis' cancer-drug business and Glaxo's vaccines business. Valeant Pharmaceuticals made a $47 billion unsolicited offer for Allergan Inc, the maker of Botox, to boost its skin care business. Reports that Pfizer Inc was rebuffed earlier this year in discussions to buy AstraZeneca Inc for more than $100 billion only fed anticipation that more mergers are ahead.
Linking this activity together is a combination of economic conditions and industry- specific developments including low interest rates, a desire by U.S. firms to make overseas acquisitions to shield foreign profits from U.S. taxes, and the realization that deals can be made to focus on a drugmaker's specific strengths, investors, analysts and investment bankers said on Tuesday.
"The rumor about Pfizer's possible deal with Astra demonstrates the industry is moving perhaps into another period of consolidation," said Richard Purkiss, an analyst with Atlantic Equities in London. "Large cap pharmaceutical compared to more mature global industries is still fragmented and so can continue to concentrate."
Tuesday's deals also included a transaction in which Novartis is selling its animal health arm to Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly for about $5.4 billion in cash. That would make Lilly's Elanco unit the world's second-largest animal health business when that deal closes early next year.
Large drug companies are focusing on a small number of leading businesses, while smaller specialty and generic producers seek greater scale. Deal values have almost doubled since the start of 2014 to $77.9 billion from a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Healthcare companies are looking carefully at their competitive businesses and deciding which businesses they want to lead in, investors said. Merck Inc, for instance, is working on the sale of its consumer business and even after all of its Tuesday deals, Novartis still plans to sell its flu vaccine business.
In the Novartis transaction, each company got exactly the business it wanted, without having to do the type of mega-mergers that consumed big pharma in the 1990s and early 2000s, said Sam Isaly, a managing partner of OrbiMed Advisors, which has $10 billion in healthcare assets under management.
Those deals did not work out well for the acquiring companies as they became mired in cumbersome integrations that cut into drugs research, and in the last decade, the largest deal has been Pfizer's 2009 purchase of Wyeth.
"It's very interesting that Glaxo and Novartis didn't combine and then spin stuff off. They just shuffled their decks, like shuffling a deck of cards," Isaly said.
Isaly expects more of these targeted deals, as well as more link-ups and purchases among smaller companies. Other analysts and investors said that companies could still do this type of deal, and then trim back their assets to areas they want to strategically target.
Other reasons for deal-making include a desire by companies to change their headquarters to countries with lower tax rates as they consider how to spend cash they have built up overseas. Pfizer, for instance, has tens of billions of dollars overseas, analysts said. Pfizer declined to comment.
There is also the stock prices of big pharma compared with biotechnology companies to consider. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index of more than 100 companies -- many with market values of less than $500 million -- has risen almost 126 percent since the beginning of 2012, even with this year's declines. By contrast, the Standard & Poor's 500 index of pharmaceutical stocks, which contains just 12 members, is up 55 percent in that time.
"At this point in market history, with small caps as overvalued relative to large caps as they've been anytime in the last 30 or 35 years, it would be a natural that M&A activity would move to large because of small being so picked over," said Bill Smead, Chief Investment Officer of Smead Capital Management, which holds Pfizer and Merck shares among other pharmaceutical companies.
A flow of patent expirations that has plagued many large pharmaceutical companies over the past few years as generic products cut into revenue has begun to subside as new drugs start to come further into development and investors are taking notice, Smead said.
Valeant's $47 billion bid for Allergan, in which it's being aided by Pershing Square Capital investor Bill Ackman, represents another strategy. Ackman had already acquired almost 10 percent of Allergan, and the Allergan board will consider the offer.
Valeant has been on a buying spree since 2010 and last year acquired contact lens maker Bausch & Lomb Holdings. Chief Executive Michael Pearson said in January the drugmaker wants to become one of the world's top five pharmaceutical companies by market capitalization by the end of 2016, largely through acquisitions.
That unsolicited deal comes after generic company Mylan Inc tried to buy Sweden's Meda for about $24 billion, which Meda rebuffed.
The transactions, and their hint of more deals ahead for the drug sector, lifted the ARCA Pharmaceuticals Index 1.8 percent.
Lilly's Elanco animal health unit will acquire about 600 animal health brands from Novartis, including vaccines and anti-parasite medicines that will allow it to enter the aquaculture, or fish farming, market.
This would be the eighth and largest acquisition since 2007 for Elanco, which by global sales would trail only Zoetis Inc , which also specializes in products for farm animals and pets.
Last year Elanco had sales of $2.15 billion, compared with $1.1 billion for Novartis Animal Health.
"Novartis has agreed (to) an elegant set of transactions that either removes or strengthens its underperforming assets, while boosting its oncology portfolio," Jefferies analysts said.
Reporting by Caroline Humer, Ransdell Pierson, Olivia Oran, Rod Nickel, Caroline Copley and Paul Sandle and in London, Anjuli Davies and Pamela Barbaglia, editing by John Pickering


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Looks like a male blackwidow. If such thing
I hate ant and spiders, but you make them interesting with beautiful pictures.
Very nice. Great picture like normal. You really capture another world. One most people don't even know about. Great job.
I love the expression on the spider's face
He's like "Wtf Ryan.....what are you doing?"
He's like "Wtf Ryan.....what are you doing?"
Hah, he's smart, crippling the spider.
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The hotel is located in the centre of Brussels just a 10-minute walk away from the famous Brussels Grand-Place and the South Station, terminal for the Eurostar and Thalys.
A traditional building, in keeping with the surrounding areas.
The lobby reception area is small and on a Mezzanine level and overlooks the restaurant and the garden.There is a small seating area with orange coloured sofa's


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A friendly & helpful Linux community who has started a large cursor theme project. If you are sick of tiny cursors, go here and get one.
Not specifically the downloaded beta but I've been running the 14.04 versions of Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu 64 bit all in Virtualbox for about 6 weeks in total, and for the last month they have all been running very well. There have been masses of updates, as you'd expect, but no real show-stopper problems now for a long while, though there were a few earlier, which, for example on my machine stopped the desktop appearing in the GUI.
I think, from what I've seen, that it will be one of, if not the best ubuntu yet. Even unity, which I have disliked in the past as my hardware was not good enough to run it well, now has become very smooth and I could get used to it.
DISTRO: Xubuntu 16.04-64bit --- Code-tags --- Boot-Repair --- Grub2 wiki & Grub2 Basics --- RootSudo --- Wireless-Info
Running Kubuntu Trusty as my daily driver. Aside from a few problems I created for myself when I restored my /home (a few configs disagreed with it) it has worked very well.
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Running 14.04 Kubuntu 32 bit and 64 bit both seem really smooth and very nice to use ........
The only downside is not being able to get Wings3d to run properly in any of them as of yet - so have switched distros for now
and am swapping back and forth between Mint 14 and Knoppix 7.0.5 just so I can continue doing some 3d work with wings3d
background music seems to set up better in Mint but compiz works really well in Knoppix .
Compiz still does not seem to work properly in 14.04 yet .... still some time to go though .... 17 days or more .... think there is
a plan somewhere ........
running xubuntu 14.04 64bit on a spare hdd for testing, i got the 3.14rc8 kernel with nvidia working
no show stoppers and it is running, noticed some minor bugs like wrong default wallpaper
Laptop: ASUS A54C-NB91 (Storage: WD3200BEKT + MKNSSDCR60GB-DX); Desktop: Custom Build - Images included; rPi Server
Putting your Networked Printer's scanner software to shame PHP Scanner Server
I frequently edit my post when I have the last post
I still don't upgrade the complete system. I'm running Saucy with Trusty's kernel and kicks butt!. I'll certainly make the upgrade once it's released
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Upgraded to the beta last night and it was effortless and totally seamless. Also running 3.14rc8 kernel. All in all it's great, with no issues and seems snappier than before.
Definitely worth it.
which is the default kernel version in 14.04 beta.....and when is the stable version i.e 3.14 releasing.???
and who said 3.14 would be in 14.04, there is another thread somewhere dealing with that - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2213398
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text: If you tried to order the new Apple iPad on the day it was announced, then gave up because the site crashed, we have some bad news. There are none left online for launch day delivery.To be fair to Apple, there have been a few days for ordering, even if the servers couldn't cope initially. But now all the initial stock is no more. Just like the last iPad in fact. Like the previous launch, there's now an option to order a new device, but there's quite a wait – two to three weeks to be precise. So if you want one on the day the new iPad is released, you might want to dust off your sleeping bag for a wait outside your local Apple store.Actually, things might not be quite that desperate. More modest queuing is probably required at the likes of PC World, while John Lewis sold the iPad on the day of release last year online, although stock was swiftly snapped up. The mobile networks should have stock too, if you want to go down the data contract route.According to USA Today, Apple has released a statement, saying: 'Customer response to the new iPad has been off the charts and the quantity available for pre-order has been purchased. Customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date'. Orders are limited now to two per person, should you be planning on buying all the family an iPad.Of course, this could be a bit of hype from Apple ahead of the launch. But if you really want an iPad on day one, you probably do need to plan a bit of time off and queuing. In the meantime, check out our hands-on with Apple's latest tablet.Source: USA Today


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So you wanna be a knitter, huh? Woohoo! Welcome to the world of knitting, beginners. Get ready to be addicted.
Knitting can be super fun, but it can also be a little overwhelming for beginners. You have yarn and needles. What now? Sure, I could give you tips on knitting and purling. But for me, the most valuable beginner knitting tips aren't related to techniques.
Here are a few tips that I wish someone had shared with me when I first started knitting.
Chunky Knit Neckwarmer via Craftsy member Artemis L
1. Don't go nuts with knitting supplies.
You're going to learn a lot as a knitter, including what type of needle you like to use and what notions are most useful. Don't get crazy and buy too many supplies when you first start knitting. As you knit more and more, you'll discover things, like whether you prefer bamboo to aluminum needles. Experiment with different types of needles, check out knitting friends' notions, and see what you prefer before you spend too much money on supplies you may never use.
2. Stick with inexpensive yarn — at first.
When I first started knitting, I went into my local yarn store and spent way too much money on fancy yarn just because it was glittery and pretty. I tried to use it, but I ripped out the stitches so much that the glitter started to fray and get all tangled. Not a great start to my knitting career.
When you first start knitting, you're going to be ripping out stitches like a maniac, snagging and stretching that yarn. Start with inexpensive, synthetic yarns — Lion Brand's Vanna's Choice is a good option — and save the fancy yarns for later when you're more skilled. Once you feel ready to take on your first big project, rush to the local yarn store, buy something pretty, and roll around in it. (Just kidding about that last part. Kind of.)
3. Basic yarn is your friend.
While sequin-and-bead embellished yarns and eyelash yarns may look awesome, they are not beginner friendly. Start with a basic worsted-weight yarn. Using a yarn in a light color also helps you see the stitches more easily so it's obvious when you've made a mistake.
Beginner's Guide to Basic Knitting Stitches
Stitch your way to knitted joy with seven essential stitches.
4. Try new techniques.
When something unfamiliar pops up in a pattern, don't be afraid to try it. Things like yarn overs and cables might look scary, but they're not. Plus, would you really let something as simple as a decrease stop you from knitting that gorgeous hat? Psh. I don't think so.
Beginners Headband pattern via Craftsy member plutoniummuffins
5. Get inspired.
Browse Craftsy's knitting patterns and get inspired by what you'll be able to eventually knit. The headband pictured above from designer plutoniummuffins is a perfect beginner project. You can also browse Craftsy's patterns by difficulty, and there's no shortage of cute novice knitting patterns there!
You can also start a Pinterest board and pin all the knitting patterns you want to make someday. (Craftsy's knitting pattern board is a great place to start!) When you're feeling frustrated with your knitting, browse your boards and dream of all the pretty patterns you'll eventually knit.
6. Use Craftsy's resources.
Getting frustrated with a stitch? Look it up! Craftsy has dozens of resources for beginner knitters. Stefanie Japel's Knit Lab class is a fantastic starting point for beginners who want to make sure they're knitting and purling correctly. Craftsy also has free video tutorials you can watch that include everything from how to cast on to increasing, decreasing and even binding off.
7. Take a breather.
If you're tempted to throw your needles across the room, hold yourself back. Put your project aside for a few hours — maybe even a few days — and then come back to it when you're calm. Knitting when you're frustrated with a stitch almost always results in crazy knitter fits that plague the project. When you come back to that troublesome stitch or technique again, you'll look at it with fresh eyes and figure it out much more easily than when you were angry.
What's frustrating you, beginner knitters? And if you're a more advanced knitter, what advice do you give beginners?
Beginner's Guide to Basic Knitting Stitches
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I hope this is erroneous reporting of a blabbermouth Pope who needs to watch his diarrhea of the mouth
I think in a sense these comments speak to his naiveté regarding public discourse in our current cultural decline. Perhaps he as led a cloistered existence and doesn't fully grasp the rabid nature with which the immoral will twist and turn the words of truth for their own purposes.
In some ways his naiveté is more dangerous than his would be acceptance of homosexual priests.
The catholic church has knowingly allowed gays into the seminaries because they fear a decline of priests to lead the flocks, instead they have let in the wolves.
Pray for priests and the pope, they are under constant attack because they strive for the salvation of souls. Follow Christ and love your neighbor. Easier said than done.


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Professional AssociationsProfessional Associations: American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) | AMIA | Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) | Connecticut Academy of Science and Technology (CASE) | IEEE Computer Society | IEEE Women in Engineering | IEEE, Senior Member | INFORMS | Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) | New York Academy of Science | Society of Women Engineers | Tau Beta Pi | Women in Technology (WIT) | Women in Technology International (WITI)
Dr. Jane L. Snowdon is Director, IBM Watson Health Partnerships, with a focus on government. She leads strategic partnerships and drives development of innovative healthcare solutions. A results-driven executive leader, technologist, researcher, and consultant, Jane has strategic planning and execution, business development, analytics, security, cloud computing, enterprise architecture, and marketing skills in the healthcare, government, industrial, energy and environment, and travel and transportation industries. She has a proven record of successfully consulting with CxOs to drive enterprise transformation and building ecosystems with IBM's clients, universities, business partners, and government to enable multi-disciplinary collaboration in the development and deployment of new methods, processes, tools, and services. She is a frequent speaker on innovation and technology at conferences and universities, has more than sixty publications, and holds 1 patent. She is an Advisory Board member for The Georgia Institute of Technology.
Prior to this role, Jane L. Snowdon was Chief Innovation Officer, IBM U. S. Federal Government, in Washington DC. She was responsible for developing and driving innovation strategy and defining offerings that combine client mission requirements with IBM products, services, IBM Research's technology investments, and Federal Systems Integrator partners. Jane was the Director of IBM's Federal Cloud Innovation Center in Washington DC. She co-chaired the Cyber Security Education and Workforce Development Working Group with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Jane was a member of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Council on Technology and Innovation and DHS's Innovation in Acquisitions Working Group. Jane served as an Advisory Board member for the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at George Mason University.
Previously, Jane was a Senior Manager in the Department of Strategy and Worldwide Technical Operations at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. She was responsible for jointly leading the direction of IBM's overall Research strategy across twelve global labs and the 2013 Global Technology Outlook.
Jane has also developed strategies and driven research efforts worldwide to create innovative solutions that identify energy and cost savings for smarter buildings. Jane was IBM's Principal Investigator for the Energy Innovation Hub proposal led by the Pennsylvania State University for Energy Efficient Buildings, which was selected from among 40 proposals by the U. S. Department of Energy and awarded up to $129M over 5 years. Jane was instrumental in defining a partnership announced by Mayor Bloomberg and the NYC Economic Development Corporation with Columbia, CUNY, and NYU for research collaboration to help address New York City's energy challenges. Jane initiated and successfully launched two projects on energy analytics for large portfolios of buildings for over 1,000 K-12 public schools in a major city and a university campus of 60 buildings covering a combined 150 million square feet.
Jane managed the Emerging Systems Design Department at IBM Research where she led work in the design of new high performance computing servers and next generation technologies to simplify the personal computer life cycle process. Jane has conducted research in schedule planning optimization, journey management, crew pairing, and recovery from irregular operations for domestic and international airlines. She also has deep expertise in business process modeling and business process simulation for manufacturing and transportation domains.
Jane received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Certificate in Manufacturing Systems from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a M.S. degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. degree with distinction in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. She was inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in 2006 and the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech in 2008.
Jane was selected as the General Chair for the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Technical Program Chair and Council Member for the 2000 and 2001 AGIFORS (Airline Group of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies) Symposiums, Advisory Council Member of the 2001 INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Practice Meeting.
Jane is a past Chair of the Advisory Board for the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Member of the College of Engineering Advisory Board at Georgia Tech. She also served on the Advisory Board of the CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development, and is a former Advisory Board member for Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology Medical Division at Stony Brook University and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Penn State. She is a Senior Member of the IIE and IEEE, and a Member of ACT-IAC, AFCEA, AMIA, CASE, INFORMS, NYAS, SWE, WIT, and WITI.
Jane was honored at the Girls Inc. of Westchester 2012 "Power of the Purse" gala as a prominent professional woman and role model who is investing in giving the next generation of Westchester women leaders the skills they need to grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Jane is a past co-chair for the Watson Women's Network (WWN) and past WWN representative to the Watson Diversity Council.


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I have just come across this website and would like to find out if I can find any relatives? My name is Pietro Narducci born in 1965 in Australia, my father is Giuseppe Matteo Narducci who was born in Peschici, Foggia in 1936 and came to live in Australia in 1963, my grandfather is Pietro Elia Narducci. If anyone could help me, it would be greatly appreciated?
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The Moon/Uranus conjunction on January 5 injects fresh energy into a sagging spirit if you're suffering from a bout of holiday burnout. The January 12 Full Moon shines straight into your home and family life. You may think that a work concern is more important. Important? Yes. More? No. Do what's necessary and then get back to being happy at home. Social life expands and blooms with the New Moon on January 27. You could make several new casual friends who introduce you to a much wider social circle. You aren't obliged to let it eat your life, though, or last forever.


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Butterick 3768; ca. 1974; Wrap-and-Go Skirt. Misses' Skirt. Flared wrap skirt has waistband extending into ties, patch pocket, and zigzag or topstitch trim. Purchased top.
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I've been wanting to try Boxer ($4.99) for quite some time. It's just a shame it took me this long to get it installed because I've really grown fond of it. It's the email app that makes me feel like I've got everything under control.
First things first. Let's talk design. There are many, many email apps for iPhone and oftentimes the only thing that separates one from another is a better or worse design.
In Boxer's case, I'm inclined to label the design as "upgraded." What I mean by that is that the inbox view sticks to a tried and true (in other words familiar) basic look but adds some extras to make the email experience a bit more enjoyable. You've got your email subject in bold with the sender's name above and a preview of the email's contents below (2 lines worth). To the right of each message lives the sent time as well as the thread count (how many messages have been sent back and forth). Like I said, that's all pretty standard in most email programs.
But here's where the upgrades come in. To the left of each message you get an icon which will either be an image (if the other party has uploaded one) or a capital letter in a colorful box—the letter being the correspondent's first initial. Either with a pic or with an initial, it's an easy way to quickly sort through and find an email from a particular person visually.
Here's a little Easter egg that took me awhile to uncover (did it accidentally, actually). Clicking on multiple icons (people's pics or initials) will let you batch edit them. In other words, if I wanted to archive five emails at once I could select each using their icon and then swipe one to the left which would actually swipe them all to the left. Pretty cool.
Most email apps now feature swipe controls of some sort. Boxer claims to be the original (if I'm not mistaken) and the swipes are genuinely empowering, rather than gimmicky. Swiping left will archive a message while swiping further left will fully delete it. The world being the way it is, it's possible that you could accidentally archive or delete a message which is why I love the undo option that briefly shows up along the bottom of the screen after taking such an action....


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My Trail is raising $200,000 - $1,400,000 through a Direct Public Offering (DPO) in which investors purchase preferred shares directly from the company.
Investment will earn 10% annual dividends, which will either be paid in cash or accrue from year to year and be paid upon a liquidation or certain types of redemption. Investors will receive a 20% discount on product purchases.
To see details of the My Trail offering please click on the links below.


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A bike tour of the parks
Members of the public are invited to take a free bike tour of seven of the parks on Saturday, June 14th and July 19th. The course is a 20 mile slow loop starting and ending at Grant Park. A shorter 13 mile route is also available. Many of the artists will be on hand at the parks to talk about their work with bicyclists. Listen to the Story »
For those who choose not to bike there are van tours available though the summer.
The neighborhoods visited are: Grant Park, East Atlanta, Kirkwood, East Lake, Lake Claire, Morningside and Virginia Highland. The bike tour is expected to take up most of the day.
Bike Tour: June 14th and July 19th
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A consortium of Liverpool's leading cultural organisations – led by Tate Liverpool – is set to launch a unique national training scheme this May. Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool has been devised for young people aged 16-24. It's part of the national Creative Apprenticeships scheme devised by Creative & Cultural Skills and will pave the way for thousands of young people to access previously out-of-reach careers within the creative and cultural industries.
Competition for jobs within the cultural sector is fierce. Often, entry-level jobs are awarded to graduates who already have significant work experience under their belts. This means that young people who may have the right talent and aptitude, but don't have the qualifications or work experience, are unable to compete. The end result is a workforce that isn't diverse and that doesn't reflect the local communities it serves.
To tackle this, eight major arts organisations, known collectively as Liverpool Arts & Regeneration Consortium (LARC), together with Liverpool Community College, have been involved in the development of Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool and will be piloting the programme in the city during 2008.
In September, ten young people from Merseyside will become the first Creative Apprentices in the region. They'll receive paid, on-the-job training while working inside some of Liverpool's most successful arts organisations, from Tate Liverpool to the newly reopened Bluecoat. As well as walking away with a formal qualification at the end of the 12-month programme (a Level 2 NVQ in Community Arts Management), participants will gain invaluable work experience, career counselling and transferable skills.
Importantly, Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool will ensure that local young people get the skills they need to take advantage of the boom in cultural jobs in their home city.
The development of this ambitious programme was initiated by Tate and independent grant-making body, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Taking a long-term view, the Foundation invested £155,000 in the Liverpool pilot, funding not only initial research and development but also 'capacity building' within the Liverpool-based arts organisations taking part.
The programme's early research identified that Liverpool's cultural organisations were more used to managing experienced graduates than young people fresh from school, leaving them ill equipped to support young employees. A major part of the programme has therefore focused on changing the employment culture within participating organisations, with staff receiving formal and informal training to give them the skills necessary to support younger colleagues. National Museums Liverpool has delivered this part of the programme, which represents a major step towards creating a more diverse workforce within Liverpool's growing creative and cultural sector.
'The Paul Hamlyn Foundation welcomes the launch of Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool,' says Robert Dufton, Director of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. 'We see this as a national pilot for cultural organisations across the UK, enabling them to use their resources so that young people in their communities develop skills which will equip them for working both in the creative industries and other sectors. In particular, this scheme has the potential to contribute to the development of the workforce for the 2012 Olympics. The Foundation initiated this scheme with Tate Liverpool and has contributed towards its development and implementation. The Foundation is committed to maximising opportunities for individuals and communities to realise their potential and experience and enjoy a better quality of life.'
'This scheme shows both the strengths of Liverpool's cultural sector and investors' confidence in it,' said Andrea Nixon, Executive Director of Tate Liverpool. 'We were extremely fortunate to have had a partner such as the Paul Hamlyn Foundation involved from the start. The Foundation understood our vision for the Apprenticeships, believed that we could change the culture of employment within the sector and had complete confidence in the ability of the city's cultural organisations to work together to make Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool a reality.'
Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool launches at Tate Liverpool on 13 May – with the consortium behind it looking to sign up its first intake of ten apprentices by 13 June. The Apprenticeships themselves will kick off in September 2008 and will run for 12 months.
Open events will be held at: Tate Liverpool (13 May, 6pm-8pm), National Museums Liverpool (18 May, 2pm-4pm) and FACT (29 May, 1pm-4pm). Applicants can also find out more at www.creativeapprenticeshipsliverpool.org.uk.
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# 1. Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool partners and funders
Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool has been developed in partnership with Tate Liverpool, the Creative & Cultural Skills Council, the Learning & Skills Council, Liverpool Community College and the Liverpool Arts & Regeneration Consortium (LARC). Tate Liverpool has raised £250,000 for the programme. The principal programme funder is the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, with additional financial support provided by the participating arts organisations (Tate Liverpool, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, FACT, National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres, Liverpool Biennial, The Bluecoat and the Unity Theatre), Arts Council England's Thrive programme, Liverpool City Council and the Museums Libraries and Archives Council.
# 2. Part of a national programme of Creative Apprenticeships
Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool is part of a wider national programme of Creative Apprenticeships being developed by the Creative & Cultural Skills, the Sector Skills Council for advertising, design, craft, cultural heritage, commercial music and the literary, visual and performing arts. The scheme has the backing of Government, who announced in January 2008 their desire to create '5000 creative apprentices by 2013'. Creative Apprenticeships are the first officially recognised apprenticeship programme for the creative and cultural industries. On these courses, Apprentices will gain GCSE or A Level equivalent qualifications that are designed and approved by industry and that offer an alternative to further education.
# 3. Liverpool Thrive Programme and LARC
Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool has received support from the Liverpool Thrive programme run by the Liverpool Arts Regeneration Campaign (LARC), supported through Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts Thrive! Programme. LARC is a partnership of eight of the major cultural institutions in Liverpool, which aims to increase the contribution of the arts and cultural sector to the regeneration of the city-region. The partners include the Bluecoat, FACT, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, National Museums Liverpool, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, Tate Liverpool and the Unity Theatre.
# 4. The role of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool has been in development for two years, and has been supported throughout by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF). PHF has supported the programme through: feasibility study and testing of the concept, building capacity within participating organisations, and commissioning evaluation of the scheme.
# 5. Who can apply to become a Creative Apprentice?
Creative Apprenticeships Liverpool has been designed to target young people aged 16- 24 in Liverpool who have an NVQ Level 2 or less. Candidates do not need to have attained previous qualifications or training. However, this is an entry level programme designed to help those with an NVQ Level 2 or less get into the creative and cultural sector and so the programme is not open to graduates or anyone with qualifications higher than an NVQ Level 2.
For further information please contact Tate Press Office:Call + 44 (0)20 7887 8730 / 4939 / 4906 Email firstname.lastname@example.com 20 John Islip Street MillbankLondon SW1P 4RG


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When free agent outfielder Michael Bourn put pen to paper and signed a four-year deal with the Cleveland Indians, the New York Mets became Bourn Losers. For almost an entire off-season, the Mets have made it their mission to dance, dance, and dance some more around the idea they would like to sign Bourn to a contract to become the team's center fielder, but became fixated on losing out on the number 11 pick in the June Amateur draft. Result: the Mets lost out on Bourn, and are now stuck with an outfield that even a minor league team would grimace at. But, hey at least they have the 11th pick in the draft! Never in recent memory has a draft pick in Major League Baseball seemed so important. The value and importance of the MLB draft is not like its counterparts the NFL draft or even the NBA draft, where draft picks can have a sudden impact on the team. Draftees usually take four or five years in the minors before they ever see a major league field. Sandy Alderson and company rolled th...
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