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The time has come, as the walrus once said… and in this case, the time has come to bring this story to a conclusion I hope you'll find satisfying after all the alarms and excurstions of the preceding forty-seven chapters. And yes, it's a little bit sentimental...
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"So why don't you show me just how much you love me, Deeks?" Kensi invited.
He looked up and their gazes met in the mirror: blue eyes met brown and the same intent was clearly signalled in each. "Why don't I just do that?"
Deeks bent forward and started to kiss along her collarbone, kisses that grew in intensity as Kensi leant her head back against his shoulder and wriggled her hips against him. He was kissing her neck now and she turned first her head and then her whole body, desperate to feel his lips against hers, to feel the burning fire inside her blaze just a little more intensely. She let her hand slip underneath Deeks' shirt to rest in the small of his back and at her touch he deepened the kiss still further. Suddenly clothes were just an impediment, something to be discarded as quickly as possible, totally extraneous and completely undesired. They needed to feel the warmth of skin against skin, the solace of being as close as possible to the other person and to feel the heat build up between them.
"I love how you love me too." Deeks loved the way he could feel her heart beating against his own as they sank down onto the floor. They knew each other now, knew the secrets of each other's bodies, know exactly what would bring the most pleasure, what would delay the climax and what would cause that sharp intake of breath, or that low moan, or even that writhing in sheer sensuous delight.
Kensi abandoned herself to the moment, to all the sensations and desires that were flooding her body, craving his touch, and reaching out to touch him in turn.
"I just love you, Kensi." Deeks was above her now, hair flopping forward and eyes hugely dilated. "I just love you so much." He punctuated each word with a kiss.
"I love you too." Kensi reached up to him and pulled him in. "I totally love you." She held him as if she would never let him go.
Twelve Months Later…
Maybe this Christmas will mean something more
Maybe this year love will appear
Deeper than ever before;
"Are you sure we can manage that?" Doubt and reluctance informed every syllable.
"We can manage." Joanna looked at her husband and smiled. "Come on Sam – it's no big deal. And it'll be fun. We spent Thanksgiving with Callen and Louise, so it's our turn now."
"Still – having the whole team over for Christmas dinner – I mean… it's a lot of work."
"I've already asked them."
"Everyone?" Sam asked weakly, knowing when he was beaten.
"Everyone. And that includes Nell and Eric."
"Supposing they've had another argument?" Their relationship was volatile, to say the least. Nell didn't have red hair for nothing.
"Then that's their problem, not ours."
Sam wasn't quite so sanguine, as they had a nasty habit of both arguing and then making up in public. However, he judged it safest to bring up another line of attack – or informed reasoning, as he liked to think of it. "But what about the puppies?" Macy had given birth to a litter four weeks ago – four girls and one boy. From the looks of things, the father had been a black Labrador, although it was hard to be sure.
"They won't mind," Joanna assured him blithely, rather missing the point, Sam felt. "Anyway, what could possibly be cuter that a puppy? People love puppies. People see little, wriggly puppies and fall in love. And they'll be just ready to go away from Macy by then."
There was method in her madness after all. "So that's our Christmas presents to the team sorted then? Woman, I love the way you think."
So it looked like this Christmas was going to be completely different. This Christmas he wasn't going to go mad trying to find the latest 'must-have' piece of plastic tat for Carina, only to have Eric come up trumps at the very last minute. This Christmas he would not have the spectre of Jada hanging over his head like some modern day equivalent of the sword of Damocles. Now he had a new life, and it turned out that this new life was pretty much what Sam had always wanted. He could share things with his wife - really share them - and they spent a lot more time together as a family. Macy had helped immensely- they had all united to look after her and to love her. In return, she gave them endless devotion. So what if the puppies hadn't been planned? Like Joanne said, they were cute – and Sam suspected that at least two of them would be going home with one or other of his team members.
"There's just one thing. When you said 'the whole team' – exactly what did you mean?"
Joanne looked at him and smiled. "I didn't invite Granger. Or Hunter. Or even Vance. But maybe next Christmas… Never say never, Sam."
And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call
Someone we love
Someone we've lost
For reasons we can't quite recall
"You're sure you're okay with this?" It was their first Christmas together, after all. They could have spent the day in bed together, doing nothing in particular, although Callen was pretty sure he could have come up with something.
"I'm sure." Louise picked up a her sweater and thought once more that moving to California had been the best move of her life – and not only because of the weather. Who wanted to be in freezing cold New York when they could have temperate California, all blue skies and warm weather – and Callen. She had it all. She even had a house with furniture in it.
"We don't have to do this, you know. We could just go straight on over to Sam's." Although he had suggested this in the first place, Callen wasn't quite so sure about it now. It had seemed like a good idea at the time, but now it was actually Christmas day, he was having second thoughts. Finally he had the life he had always dreamed off, so why was he even thinking about doing something that could put all of this in jeopardy?
"Callen – you need to do this. And I need to go with you. Okay?"
"Were you born this bossy – or did you have to work at it?"
Louise just gave him an old-fashioned look and then tossed him the car keys, which Callen caught one-handed. "You think I don't know about that secret Christmas present you've got me, don't you, Callen? The one in the box from Agent Provocateur? Well, if you want me to model it for you tonight…"
"I'll drive. And we'll make that detour before we go to Sam's."
"Good boy. Another couple of years and we'll have you fully house-trained."
"You want me to sit up and beg?" he asked, trying to sound sarcastic, but failing to keep the laughter out of his voice. Louise had him exactly where she wanted him – which co-incidentally enough was exactly where Callen wanted to be.
A knowing smile crept across her face. "Not right now. But later on – let's just say that'll do nicely. Very nicely indeed."
So they drove along strangely silent streets, LA being almost deserted as its inhabitants celebrated the festive season and eventually came of the Hollywood freeway in the heart of downtown, pulling in beside the cathedral.
"Our Lady of The Angels," Callen said quietly. "This seemed the right place."
"Good choice."
Louise linked her arm through his and they entered together, walking towards a side altar. Callen reached out and took a votive candle, lit it and watched as Louise did the same. Then he bowed his head briefly. He did not pray – not exactly. It had been a long time since he had prayed, but he thought of Macy and all that she had meant, and he wished her God speed. Above all, Callen hoped that she was at peace and that she knew how much he had loved her. A part of him would always love her – that would never change. When he finally looked up and his eyes cleared enough to be able to focus properly, it was to find that Louise was kneeling before the altar, back straight, hands clasped reverently and gazing straight ahead with great intent. He hadn't expected that, having thought that she would stand to one side and merely observe.
After a few minutes, Louise stood up, whispered something and then came to stand by his side.
"What was that you said?"
"Lux aeterna. You know how we lawyers love Latin. It means 'eternal light'. I was just wishing her well." She wasn't jealous of Macy, not in the slightest. Macy had been an important part of Callen's life, and for that Louise would always be grateful. His love for Macy did not impinge on his love for her. And besides, she had offered up her own prayers, as well as those for Macy.
Callen closed his eyes briefly, and offered up a simple prayer of gratitude that consisted of one word, and one word only. It was no less heartfelt or sincere for its brevity. He had been lost, but now he was found. And he was getting to spend this Christmas with the woman he loved. Maybe this Christmas was going to be the best one ever? They walked out together, leaving the two candles burning brightly and bravely, twin beacons of hope for the future and Louise knew for certain that this Christmas was only the begining.
Maybe there'll be an open door
Maybe the star that shined before
Will shine once more.
"David – oh my."
It had to happen at some point – although it was a considerable shock to actually find that she was literally speechless. But for possibly the first time in her life Henrietta Lang found that she was at a complete loss for words as she opened her door on Christmas morning to find her son standing there. All she could do after her initial exclamation of joy was to open her arms wide.
"Merry Christmas, Hetty." David enveloped her in an embrace, almost lifting her off her feet in her enthusiasm.
"Merry Christmas," Hetty managed to say. Her heart was too full to say anymore, because this was the best present she could ever have imagined. Suddenly remembering her manners, she opened the door wide and beckoned him forward. "Won't you come in?"
David looked slightly abashed, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. "I hope you don't mind – but I brought a friend with me. Is it alright?"
"Alright? Of course it's alright. Come in, both of you." Hetty would not have minded if her son had brought his entire platoon with him, such was her joy. All these years, she had thought of him on every birthday and every Christmas, never quite daring to dream that she would ever be able to spend even a minute of these special days with him. But he was here now, and that was the best present she had ever received and quite possibly the greatest gift of all.
Right up until the moment she said that, David was still full of doubts. He'd nearly ducked out of coming at the last moment, but the card with Deeks' cell-phone number on it was still in his wallet, nearly a year after they had last met. Gathering all his courage together, David had called him that morning to find out where Hetty was currently staying. Now, seeing the look on her face, he knew he had made the right decision and felt that he had finally come home.
Turning around, David held out his hand and a young woman walked forward. "Hetty – I'd like you to meet my fiancée, Charlotte Peters. And Charlotte – this is Hetty Lang. My mother."
Maybe this Christmas, they would learn to make a new sort of family.
And maybe this Christmas will find us at last
In heaven, at peace
Prayed for at least
For the love we've been shown in the past
"They're late." Eric had to push up his sweater sleeve in order to be able to look at his watch. This year, the Jones family sweaters were a dark crimson, with a repeating reindeer motif on them, and Mrs Jones appeared to think he had arms that would do justice to a young orang utan.
"Deeks is always late," Sam informed him. He too was wearing his Christmas sweater, as was every other person filling the Hanna's living room, and overflowing into the kitchen. Everyone except David and Charlotte. Luckily for them, Mrs Jones did not have the gift of prophecy.
"I thought Kensi might be a good influence – reform him, even. Clearly I was wrong." Callen sighed in a melodramatic fashion.
"Kensi's good – but she's not that good. There's a limit to what even she can achieve with my little brother."
Louise already had a female puppy firmly ensconced on her lap and Sam could hear his daughter trying to convince her to take the boy too, so that they wouldn't be lonely. He had a strong suspicion that Louise and Callen would be going home with two puppies that evening. And judging by the way Nell was eyeing up the remaining two, Eric was going to be getting an unexpected present too. Excellent. He rather thought they would keep the remaining girl – just so that her mother would not lose all her babies at once. Not that he was sentimental in the slightest, because that was clearly ridiculous. He just had a big heart, that was all.
"Did I hear my name?" Kensi breezed in, her arms full of presents. "Oh – just look at the puppies! Aren't they just adorable?"
"You are not getting a puppy, my dear. You've already got more than enough on your plate." After two glasses of egg nog, Hetty was smiling beatifically upon everyone.
"But they're so sweet. Just look at their little faces."
"And just think of Deeks' little face if he finds out what you're thinking." Callen kissed her on both cheeks. "We almost thought you weren't going to make it. And haven't you forgotten something? Or someone?"
"He's still outside, getting everything out of the car. And we're not that late, are we?"
"Only half an hour."
"Half an hour. Wow." Kensi knew exactly what could happen in half an hour – the whole world could change. "That's nothing. In fact, that's almost a record for us. You have no idea – no idea at all."
Joanne put her arm around her waist and hugged her. "I do. I remember it only too well." She heard the sound of footsteps and went to greet the last guest. "Marty – merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas." Deeks looked slightly flustered as he kissed her. "Sorry we're late."
"Are you late? I hardly noticed," Sam said, walking towards him.
"He threw up - just when we'd got him into the car." Deeks looked down at the baby in his arms, who was looked gravely back up at him. "We can't take you anywhere, can we?" There was no disguising the love and pride in his voice.
"Give him to me." Sam reached out and took the baby with practised ease. "And go sit down with your wife while I put this Christmas sweater on him." The hand-knitted garment looked ridiculously tiny in his large hands and Kensi thought that she would definitely save that as a remembrance of their first Christmas as a family.
Before Deeks could do that, a small hand tugged at his sleeve. "Auntie Kensi want a puppy."
"Auntie Kensi's going to have to want, Carina. Because she's got a baby instead."
"Puppies are cuter than babies, Uncle Marty. And you don't have to change their diapers either."
"She's got a point, Deeks. Do you want to swap?" Sam nodded at the two puppies sleeping in a contented heap on Louise's lap.
Deeks finished pulling his reindeer sweater on and shook his head. "He's small, he's incredibly loud and we don't get any sleep. But still –he's ours, so I reckon we'll keep him. What do you say, Kensi?"
"I guess I'm stuck in a house with three males – you, him and Monty. So I'm out-numbered - what can I do?" Kensi sounded highly delighted with her life and even the sweater Nell had just handed her could not dim her pleasure. She was perched on Deeks' knee, watching Sam holding her baby and thinking this was the best Christmas ever.
"You could always get a girl puppy," Carina said and then wondered why everyone burst out laughing.
"Or maybe you could just settle for having a baby niece?" Louise suggested, and then watched as a look of dazed incomprehension crept across Callen's face. She nodded. "It's true – I'm pregnant," and watched as he just gazed at her, for all the world as if she had given him the greatest gift on earth.
Maybe this Christmas they had just started a new tradition? One that would grow, just as their families did.
Maybe This Christmas lyrics are by Ron Sexsmith.
And if you have made it this far – thank you for sticking with this story to the end – all 300 pages, and over 150,000 words. Thank you also to everybody who has been reviewing – because each review has truly gladdened my heart.
Until the next story – best wishes to you all.


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Thigh lift Oct 19, second surgery Nov. 9 to get rid of skin necrosis on both of my inner thighs. (photos)
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By Zaid Sabah, USA TODAY
Under Saddam Hussein, all Iraqi children attended government-run schools that taught a standardized, state-approved curriculum.
Now, private schools that provide specialized programs and less-crowded classrooms are beginning to open in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq.
"In the pre-Saddam Hussein era, private schools were common in the country. But after 1979 (when Saddam became president), these schools were banned," says Ibrahim Abed Wali, manager of the private teaching sector of Iraq's Education Ministry.
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Wali, who is responsible for licensing the new private schools, says a law passed in 2004 allowed private schools to open again. Since then, the Education Ministry has licensed 224 private schools and preschools with a total enrollment of 4,628 students around Iraq.
The al-Massara Private School for Girls was licensed to open two years ago. It's located in the capital's Zayouna neighborhood, an affluent area in east Baghdad where residents are a mix of Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims and Christians. The school is run by the Eastern Orthodox Church of Iraq.
Zaki Jamil Hawa, the school's staff manager and physics teacher, says al-Massara had two grades and 30 students when it opened. This year, enrollment is 90.
"When we noticed that a lot of parents came to register their children, we opened five grades. And next year, the number will be completed," he says.
There will be three intermediate grades, equivalent to an American middle school, and three high school grades. Intermediate school students pay $250 per year. High school students pay $350 — about a third of the average annual salary in Iraq.
Aboud Jalal, the church's supervisor of the school, says 75% of the students are Muslim and the rest are Christian. "That shows the great reputation we have for teaching in the country," he says. Most Christians, who represent less than 3% of Iraq's 26.7 million people, live in the Baghdad area.
Al-Massara offers a secular education that includes French, English and computer studies.
On Monday, the first day of school, Mariam Saif, 14, eagerly waited for the bell to ring.
"I'm so excited today and can't wait to start studying," said Saif, a Christian student whose parents moved her to al-Massara from a state-run school in the Palestine Street district.
She says she barely was able to get through her first year of intermediate school last year because of the poor quality of teachers.
Huda Ahmad, 42, a Muslim who was waiting outside the school for her daughter to finish class, said they switched to al-Massara for other reasons. "We believe in the Christian teachers' loyalty. No more bribes. No more private lessons at home," she said.
Hawa says the private schools generally have half the number of students in a class as their state-run counterparts. That alone is worth the price.
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The room was very clean. It was a smoking hotel, so there was a lingering smell of cigarettes.
the price was good, the room was clean, the staff were courteous, the parking was ample. the room was very small, the bedspread,although depicting Motel 6, was child like. the 2nd day our bed wasn't completely made...spread was turned down. Air conditioner was very noisy. There was no clock and no coffee maker in the room.
Proximity to what I am interested in I have stayed there many times before. It is bare bones accommodations - just what I need.
Great location, easy to get to soccer fields and restaurants. Pool was closed and desk attendant was oblivious to how this would affect the kids. We would have booked elsewhere and paid more for a pool. No one made use aware of the pool being closed prior to check in.
Location; price; cleanliness Thin walls; TV was positioned a little too high for easy viewing.
Bare bones. Clean. Surprisinly quiet. Hot shower. Friendly staff. Good for a stop over. Note: bring your own shampoo and tissues.
Room was clean and the staff was friendly.. The pool and hot tub were excellent! Room seemed a bit small and TV was very small and dated..
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The only thing good about this motel, is the convenience of the location, which I might add for just a few dollars more one can stay at a very nice Hotel. The staff is rude, there were people hanging out windows smoking and standing in the mulch beds smoking, there was a large gathering of people just loitering outside the front entrance as if it were there front porch. The rooms have tile floors.
Unfortunately we were there while some renovations we're going on. Nothing loud just strong paint smell.... Bed was really comfy and hubby and I had a great sleep!! There is no elevator and they couldn't (wouldn't?) switch us to a ground floor room - hubby had injured himself a couple days prior, but we managed in getting our luggage & his breathing machine upstairs...... Good value for the price!!
Good $ value; rooms have been remodeled and are comfortable & clean. The lobby looks nicely redone also. Free continental breakfast was a nice touch, though not without problems. Friendly staff. We only used the room to sleep overnight in after a wedding we attended nearby, and it happily met our needs. Although it is supposedly a non-smoking facility our room and another we rented both had cigarette smoke noticeable. It was most obvious in the bed linens and pillows, but could be smelled in the halls also. The breakfast waffles were great, but the milk provided was spoiled for those that wanted cereal, and the" orange juice" from the vending machine was undrinkable.
Good value for money. Clean and descent. Only complaint is that room was smelling stale when I entered, but it was okay later on.


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The Tree Project was started for several reasons:
The Tree Project is about 3D modeling. It is basically a program written in the Java language, using the Java Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) for visual display.
In the future, with The Tree Project you can design your own 3D models, travel through your 3D models and save your projects, images and even movies. However, The Tree Project is an ongoing project and this stage has not yet been reached. The current version provides for movement through simple 3D wireframe models.
Finally, together with this website The Tree Project can be used for learning purposes.
The Tree Project aims to help you with your 3D modeling, be it as a user, or as a programmer. Also, you will find that The Tree Project contains a lot of information about the field of mathematics called linear algebra, so if your interests lie there, feel free to explore! You can also find several Java techniques which may be of interest to you.
The Tree Project is free and can be reused. Of course you cannot trademark my code or claim it as your own. Although not mandatory I would be glad if you would reference this site when you use documentation or portions of my code.
Note that the documentation found on this website explains more about the use of Java and the AWT but this is not a Java course, so if you really want to understand the source code then I suggest you start to learn Java. There are several outstanding free websites on this.Comments or questions? Please contact me by e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you have some code additions or changes that you think are worthwhile sharing, please let me know and I will put your code on this site (including your name if that is all right with you).
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Construction is set to start next week on Garden View of Baton Rouge, a 73-unit assisted-living facility that will be built at 3130 Jones Creek Road.
The $15 million facility is expected to open in summer 2015, said Randy Crochet, one of the investors building Garden View. The center will contain one- and two-bedroom units for seniors and 24 memory care units.
Garden View facilities have opened in Lafayette and New Iberia, Crochet said. "We're carrying the franchise name to Baton Rouge," he said. The section under construction is planned to be the first phase of a larger development at the Jones Creek site. "We hope to add more memory care and independent-living units," he said.
Garden View is expected to create 40 to 50 construction jobs and more than 50 permanent jobs once the facility opens. "We want it to be a nice destination," Crochet said.


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|01 Sep 2012
Event Viewer Warning - Source e1yexpress - Event ID 27
A week ago I started getting this warning errors logged three to six times or more per day in Event Viewer.
Event Viewer Warning - Source is e1yexpress - Event ID is 27
Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection Link has been disconnected.
Every time Event Viewer logs the e1yexpress warning it follows up with this logged warning
Event Viewer Warning - Source is DNS Client Events - Event ID is 1014
Name resolution for the name isatap.home timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
Not every time, but a lot of times Event Viewer also logs this warning right after it logs the isatap.home warning.
Event Viewer Warning - Source is DNS Client Events - Event ID is 1014
Name resolution for the name teredo.ipv6.mocrosoft.com timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
Today I installed updated drivers for my Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection, but after 11 hours of no logged error warnings they started up again and I got three sets of the above logged in a 90 minute time frame.
My system is two years old and as far as I know I have never had these errors logged before.
My motherboard is a Asus Rampage III Extreme.
Any ideas on how to get event viewer to stop logging these? A google search really did not offer any real clues on what to try other than updating my Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection drivers, which did not solve the problem.
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Well after trying everything google came up with to try, including updating drivers to the latest version, rolling drivers back to the default Win7 version, disabling SIPS and a few others things I decided to call Verizon and see what they had to say. As soon as I told Verizon Tech Support that my error code was "e1yexpress - Event ID is 27
Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection Link has been disconnected", they told me not our problem take your PC to a shop. I called back a couple of hours later and talked to a different person and this time I only said that I was getting the Event 1014 time out errors. They had me do a few things in a cmd prompt and then said we do not know, but we can send you a router, I said fine, I will try the router.
Well it has been over a week since installing the new router and no error codes at all so it was the router!
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On 3rd December 2016 Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM) organized its seventh council at National Press Club auditorium, Dhaka.
Training on sewing and dress making for skill and economic development of Dalit women has been started in Barisal, Bhola and Khulna.
In this modern era, mobile repairing has become an essential need because of the increasing use of cell phones day by day.
Two municipality cleaners were hacked to death in Faridpur town on 8 April, 2016. The deceased are Manik Jamaddar and his brother-in-law Bharat Jamaddar.
Besides being discriminated due to work and descent, about 6.5 million Dalits in Bangladesh are also deprived of proper justice for belonging to the Dalit community.
In the arrival of the World Habitat Day 2011, Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM) with the cooperation of Nagorik Uddyog organised a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity at 10:30 am on 02 October 2011 to demand government's
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By Eric Reed NEW YORK ( MainStreet)-- FREE MSG FROM MAINSTREET!!!!! You have been chosen to test & keep a BRAND NEW iPad for free only today!!
Read: 8 Ways to Feel Royal You WON! Go to www.mainstreet.com to claim your free $1,000 gift card RIGHT NOW! If you've received messages like this, or one of many others, you may have been targeted by the latest ring of text message scammers to get shut down by the FTC. Last Monday the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against a network of scam artists working through messages just like the ones above, although without the friendly MainStreet label to make your day. According to Steve Wernikoff, an attorney with the FTC who signed the complaint, the scam artists sent out tens of millions of text messages similar to the ones above, all offering free gift cards or prizes for costumers willing to visit their websites. However it never turned out to be that easy. Then the robo-calls started. "We've alleged that these companies ran websites where consumers were fooled into providing their personal information," Wernikoff said. "That information was later shared with third parties, and the consumers weren't provided with clear or conspicuous notices of what was happening."


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Apartment in Brela (Makarska), capacity 6+0
House 2665 in the town of Brela, Makarska - Central Dalmatia has accommodation units of type Apartment (2) and is 200 m away from the sea. A beach is nearby (pebble). Other guests will most likely be staying in the house's other apartments. During your holiday, your hosts will also be present in the house. The house owner is under no obligation to accept additional persons and pets that were not stated in the reservation request and it is necessary to report them in advance.
Apartment can accommodate 6 guests. Beds are situated in 3 sleeping rooms, within 65m2. Guests can enjoy a sea view from the private terrace. Food can be prepared using barbecue which is shared with other guests too.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE: tourist tax, final cleaning, air-conditioning, parking, internet, portable barbecue.
OBLIGATORY ADDITIONAL COSTS: short stay surcharge.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL COSTS: additional bed (€10.00 per night).
The availability of additional services for your chosen dates of stay, as well as their prices (if none are listed) must be checked ahead of time. Any additional services not shown in the price calculation are payable directly to the property owner and only if used by the visitor.
Dining room (12 m2)
Bedroom 1 (9 m2): Double bed (2)
Bedroom 2 (10 m2): Double bed (2)
Bedroom 3 (11 m2): Double bed (2)
Kitchen (6 m2): Standard equipment: Refrigerator, Stove, Sink, On request: Microwave oven
Bathroom 1 (4 m2): Bathtub
Bathroom 2 (4 m2): Bathtub
Hallway (9 m2)
Terrace 1 (14 m2): Sun protection, Access from: Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3
Terrace 2 (10 m2): Sea view, Sun protection, Access from: Dining room
Parking lot (Number of parking spaces: 4, Distance from the house: In the courtyard), WiFi Internet, Portable barbecue
Number of stairs from the property to the beach: 121
Car access possible: Yes
The facility is not located in quiet surroundings
The property isn't surrounded by greenery
Sea: 200 m
Beach: 200 m
Supermarket: 50 m
Restaurant: 500 m
Emergency room: 2 km
Post office: 1.5 km
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Author | Noor Fathima Warsia | Tuesday, Feb 22,2005 8:00 AM
Percept H is seeing its share of action and more in terms of its people power. Only last month, the organisation had roped in Prabhakar Mundkur as its COO and now making a few more strategic changes. Percept H has appointed former SSC&B Lintas President, Ajay Chandwani as CEO. With this change, the current CEO, Rajesh Pant is gearing up to handle the agencies forthcoming overseas joint ventures.
For Chandwani, this is sheer excitement. Says he, "Percept H is a rare example, which sees a combination of the entrepreneur skills of Percept and the multinational advantage of Hakuhodo. In effect, this provides an excellent opportunity for doing some great and effective advertising."
As for what is expected of him on his new assignment, he says, "Percept H has various strengths which have not been projected so far. Apart from boosting the agency's growth, my role would also be to merchandise these strengths."
Already in his new job, Chandwani is looking forward to what is in store for him and so is Rajesh Pant. Sharing more on the change in his profile, Pant says, "I think this is probably one of the firsts, when an Indian company would be entering international markets rather than the other way round. In this itself, this is a huge challenge and I am looking forward to it."
The handover is still in process at the agency and the mood sure is upbeat with the new skills in the top management. Harindra Singh, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Percept IMC says, "Talent like Ajay and seasoned professionals like Rajesh growing our businesses overseas will grow our group further. I am very optimistic at the developments and wish both of them every success forward."
"Working with Prabhakar and the group growing further are serious signals about the agency's way forward and I am delighted to be associated with it all," says Chandwani.


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Uttarakhand Patwari Lekhpal Written Expected Cut Off 2016,Results
Recently Uttarakhand Revenue Department has released recruitment notification for the post of Patwari and Lekhpal. Many candidates have submitted the application form and have attended the examination conducted at various examination centres in Uttarakhand. Candidates who have appeared are eagerly waiting for the results and expected Cut off mark. Aspirants are very desperate to know their results and that's the reason they are searching all over the internet. Candidates who score maximum than the cut off marks will be called for the personal interview.
Uttarakhand Patwari LekhPal Exam Results 2016:
Aspirants who have attended the Uttarakhand Patwari Lekhpal Exam 2016 are eagerly waiting for the results. The Board will soon upload the examination results in the official website. The examination was held recently where many candidates have appeared for the examination across the state. Candidates are now waiting for the results as good marks are very essential for the candidates to go for the personal interview. Candidates who qualify the examination will be called for the next round. The board will release the Uttarakhand Patwari Lekhpal Exam Results 2016 within some time in the official website.Candidates are advised to keep visiting the portal/website for the latest updates about the results.
Uttarakhand Patwari Lekhpal Expected Cut off Marks 2016:
Cut off marks is the minimum marks to be scored by the candidates in the examination. Cut off marks is decided on the basis of category of the candidates. The board has not yet decided the cut off marks. . Expected Cut off marks gives an idea for the candidates about the marks that would be scored by the candidates. Once the results are announced Expected Cut off marks will be declared in the official website
Steps to Download the Uttarakhand Patwari Lekhpal Merit List 2016:
- Logon to the official website UKSSC
- Click on link of UPSSC Patwari Lekhpal Exam Results 2015.
- Enter the required UKSSC details like roll number,date of birth
- Click on submit option to view results
- Click on Save and Download option
- Print a copy of the same.
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Click each of the logos (at right) to learn more about each of these hard-earned certifications.
I've watched the Austin Pet Sitting industry explode since 2008. I started Full-Time pet sitting Austin and gaining my experience and credentials in 2003. I've been affiliated with the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters since 2006 and remain a loyal member. The National Association sets the Standards in Pet Care! NAPPS. I participate in their monthly teleconferences and read their latest publications. Locally, I have been a member of the BBB Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating from 2006-2013. I also attend monthly and host a meeting once a year for Austin's very own locator service, Austin Pet Sitters Organization APSO. I volunteer in the cattery regularly at Austin Pets Alive! and recently, I've started working on encouraging manners and good behaviors with hard to adopt dogs. APA
We want to make your Moxie experience special and we are committed to providing you with the "Moxie" experience that you have become accustomed to. For your peace of mind, we are fully insured through Pet Sitters Associates, LLC and certified in "four legged" First Aid and CPR


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Input Output
Study the following information to answer the given questions.
A word arrangement machine when given an input line of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step.
The following is an illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement.
Input: wearing dress tops strappy you avoid arm
Step I: strappy wearing dress tops you avoid arm
Step II: strappy wearing avoid dress tops you arm
Step III: strappy wearing avoid dress tops arm you
(Step III is the last step for this input)
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in the given questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Which of the following will be the third step for this input?
Input: threats gang careful answer agree classes more
A careful threats gang answer agree classes more B careful classes threats answer gang agree more C careful answer classes agree threats gang more D careful classes threats gang answer agree more
E None of these
Which of the following will be the third step for this input?
The machine arranged count of digit of every alphabets in descending order. If two alphabets have same count of digit then alphabet which come in dictionary first they come first in series.
So, steps will be, 'careful classes threats answer gang agree more.
Ans. B
So, steps will be, 'careful classes threats answer gang agree more.


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Drivetime Monday 18 March 2013
Mary Wilson presents an information packed evening news magazine with all the stories of the day
Mark Lowen reports from Cyprus, while Quentin Peel offers analysis from Berlibn.
Carole Coleman reports from Washington on the changing nature of links between Ireland and the USA.
Philip Boucher-Hayes gathers reaction from around Europe, while Mary speaks to Russian economist Ivan Tchakarov
John Cooke brings us this three part series looking at homelessness, and moving those in hotels to hubs.
Exclusive reports from Drivetime's John Cooke who to some of the 160 Syrian Refugees adjusting to life in County Roscommon.
Presenter: Mary Wilson


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Like all Texans, attorneys for Jim Adler & Associates have favorite Texas places — favorite restaurants, parks, attractions, arenas, stadiums and stores. Let's look at some:
Houston's Goode Company Barbeque restaurant, says Jim Adler.
Houston steakhouse Brenners on the Bayou, says attorney Bill Adler of the Houston office.
Rosario's Mexican Cafe Y Cantina in San Antonio, says attorney Debra L. Paiz of the San Antonio office. "A wonderful selection of margaritas and authentic Mexican food."
Taqueria La Ventana in Dallas, says attorney Alexandra Van Deman of the Dallas office.
"An excellent little taco shop with the very best street tacos. Get the chicken tacos and add green sauce."
El Patio in Port Lavaca, says attorney Ky Rathkamp of the Houston office.
"The best authentic Mexican food in South Texas."
Black's Barbecue in Lockhart, says attorney Paul Sembera of the Houston office. "The BBQ capital of Texas. Best brisket and beef ribs in the state. Worth the drive." For sushi, Kata Robata in Houston, "whose chef has been nominated for a James Beard Award."
Casa Vieja in Carrollton, says attorney Rolando E. Quesada of the Dallas office. "Excellent Colombian food/platano — hole in the wall, but authentic, with good music Friday-Saturday."
Taqueria Jalisco in Bastrop, says attorney Alexander Taylor of the Channelview office. "They're open early with the best breakfast tacos and have very reasonable prices."
Houston's Braeburn Country Club for its golf course and driving range, says Jim Adler, and The Houstonian "for working out."
The bike trails in Houston's Memorial Park, says attorney Bill Adler, as well as the annual Texas Renaissance Festival between College Station and Houston.
Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Galveston, says Taylor. "The water is bitingly cold, but so refreshing in the dog days of summer."
Dallas World Aquarium, says Van Deman. "Much more than an aquarium. They have manatees, a sloth, turtles and monkeys." Also, Klyde Warren Park in Dallas — "great food trucks and a great children's area" — and White Rock Lake for runs — "hardly ever crowded, beautiful scenery, and a lot of the 10-mile trail is shaded."
Galveston Seawall, and Memorial Park in Houston, says Rathkamp.
San Antonio River Walk, says Paiz.
Deep Ellum in Dallas, says Quesada, "for the live music and food."
Hermann Park in Houston, says Sembera. "Massive, with many attractions — the Houston Zoo, a golf course, gardens, paddle boats, running trails and Miller Outdoor Theater."
American Airlines Center in Dallas, says Quesada.
For baseball, Minute Maid Park in Houston, says Sembera, "a beautiful stadium built around Union Station, a former railroad hub. The air conditioning is a great way to beat the summer heat." And for football, Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin.
AT&T Center in San Antonio, says Paiz.
Kyle Field in College Station, says Taylor. "The traditions make it one of the most interesting venues in the country."
Costco "for all the necessities," says Jim Adler.
The Galleria in Houston, says Rathkamp. "Very diverse shoppers/tourists from around the globe."
Buc-ee's on Texas highways, says Sembera, "by far the best place to people-watch and shop while on road trips throughout the state. Grab some Beaver Nuggets and explore the best gas station in the country."
The Shops at La Cantera in San Antonio, says Paiz, "to shop and dine."
NorthPark in Dallas, "for its central location," says Quesada. "Great stores, artwork and people-watching."
Kidswap consignment store in Dallas near SMU, says Van Deman. "Great kid clothes, and cheaper than a retail store." For yoga, Uptown Yoga in Dallas' St. Thomas neighborhood. For haircuts, Salon Cypress in Cypress, near Houston.


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ST. ANN, Mo. — The man in the leather motorcycle jacket is known as Mr. Woody around these parts, where conversations touch on dinosaurs, robots and upset stomachs.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- The Tallahassee Harley-Davidson revealed a one of a kind bike this afternoon benefiting a special cause.
HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - Vets helping vets is the goal of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association.
WINNSBORO, La. (KNOE) - The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association hosted a donations ride in the name of LDWF Tyler Wheeler, who was shot multiple times on the line of duty last weekend.
The Kentucky Motorcycle Association, District 14 participated again in the 12th Annual Adopt-A-Veteran Angel Tree Program conducted by the Kentucky Career Center.
MEDINA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In honor and recognition of Veterans Day, Indian Motorcycle®, America's first motorcycle company, paid tribute to our nation's veterans with a day of gratitude and a motorcycle ride on the outskirts of Atlanta.
COLBORNE - There was a special, and moving, honour awarded at the 85th anniversary dinner of the Royal Canadian Legion Captain Charles S. Rutherford VC, MC, MM Branch 187 in Colborne on Sept. 23.
GANDER, N.L.—As the United States marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Sunday, Canadians will also be pausing to reflect on the tragedy and their connections to it.
YARMOUTH, N.S. – It was the rumble you heard but it was the symbolism and support you saw as Wharf Rat Rally motorcycles and their riders made their way to a Sept. 3 ceremony.
Search for child gifted coin by troops continues.


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DES MOINES — Gov.-elect Terry Branstad said Iowa faces a "scary" prospect of a $587 million shortfall in the state Medicaid program next budget year and the possibility of 100,000 more Iowans coming onto the program when federal health-care reforms take effect in 2014.
"There's no question that this is the biggest challenge we've got in putting the budget together," Branstad said. "It's pretty sobering to recognize a big a hole we have to try to dig out of here."
He made the statements at the close of an hour-long briefing Thursday on the state Medicaid program by his choice to be the next head of the Iowa Department of Human Services, Chuck Palmer.
The good news, Palmer said, is that the projected gap for fiscal 2012 — which requires replacing $460 million in one-time money from federal stimulus, state cash reserves and other sources — has come down slightly from a previous projection of $600 million. The bad news is the projections factor in nearly $80 million of expected savings from cost-containment measures already being implemented for the program that covers nearly 379,000 Iowans.
"There is no silver bullet, so it may be lots of little pellets and see if each one can help us out," Palmer said.
He noted there is "lots of uncertainty churning" around Medicaid funding and federal health-care reform issues right now. For starters, the federal changes may force Iowa to install a new information-processing system to track the new eligibility and income requirements for recipients under the reforms.
Various program requirements also have taken some cost-containment options off the table, Palmer said, such as lowering eligibility levels, increasing premiums or enrollment fees and imposing more restrictive eligibility procedures. State officials can look at changing the amount, duration or scope of some services, reduce optional services, change co-payment requirements, change provider reimbursement rates or take a more aggressive approach to utilization management as ways to rein in rising costs.
State Medicaid spending has experienced double-digit increases in three of the past five fiscal years, including a projected 11.5 percent jump in the current year that will require another $5 million supplemental appropriation before June 30 to balance out expenditures. Much of those increases related to bad economic conditions and rising medical costs.
Palmer said the future cost of the program may not be sustainable without good management practices and effective cost-containment strategies.
Branstad said he would like to require annual health risk assessments, at least initially for people facing chronic illnesses, to give them a sense of ownership in improving their health status. He hoped to achieve a new round of cost-containment measures similar to reforms enacted in the 1990s that brought the Medicaid program under better control.
"It's a big shortfall to deal with," said Branstad, who will launch his fifth term as governor when he is inaugurated Jan. 14. "We've got a lot of work to do. We're just at the beginning of the process."


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An all year round hotel at the heart of the Isle of Wight
For Isle of Wight business, short breaks or holidays all year round,
the Calverts Hotel is conveniently positioned on Newport High Street for easy access to the town and is centrally located for visitors to visit all four corners of the Isle of Wight.
The Hotel was originally built in 1732 and was once the home of the Mayor of Newport and later to a succession of Surgeons. The Hotel was named Calverts in 1970 and now provides 33 rooms, bars, restaurant and function rooms.
Calverts Hotel, Quay Street, Newport,
Isle of Wight, PO30 5BA, UK
Tel: 01983 525281
Tel: (01983) 525281
For Brochure and Bookings
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COORDINATION: António Sousa Ribeiro and Paula Abreu
The study cycle inscribes itself fully in the mission of both involved institutions: the construction of knowledge pertaining to the human being in time and space, to memory, to languages and discourses, to their respective social uses and their political dimension, including permanent reflection on the status, possibilities and limits of that knowledge, in the framework of new epistemological and institutional relationships.
Drawing on experience accumulated over successive editions of the programme "Languages and Heterodoxies: History, Poetics and social Practices", of which it is a new version that has been reformulated and enriched through the institutionalization of the partnership with the area of Sociology in the School of Economics, the programme is based on a dialogue between cultures and fields of knowledge, as well as the internationalization of research. It clearly benefits, in this respect, from the prestige of the Schools of Arts and of Humanities, as well as from the excellency of its welcoming institution, the Centre for Social Studies – Associate Laboratory, to which most of the teaching staff is affiliated as researchers.
CES is a pole of concentration of critical and diverse thinking. As an activist, CES provided me an intellectually stimulant environment to develop my ideas, discuss them and learn with academic-activists, students, researchers and professors from across the world.
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Jamsession where Jim Moran sings "This morning, this evening ,so soon" accompanied by Art Yow, Neil Spivey, Fred Grittner and Mr. Banjo.
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Join the IT professionals at the Global Research Network Operations Center (GlobalNOC) at Indiana University who play a major role in making IU a national leader in the use, application, and development of information technology.
GlobalNOC employment provides outstanding opportunities for skilled information technology professionals to work in one of the most advanced and rapidly expanding service and research information technology environments in the United States. In 2011, Indiana University was again recognized by Computerworld as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in all of IT.
At the GlobalNOC, you will have the opportunity to:
- Operate some of the most advanced research and education networks of national, international, regional and enterprise scale from Indiana's
I-Light to the Internet2 Network to the ACE and TransPAC3 international networks
- Work on leading-edge networking technology
- Design and operate some of the world's fastest 100 Gigabit per second networks
- Collaborate daily with a large, energetic team of very talented, highly technical staff
- Be engaged in the full life-cycle of development for state-of-the-art software systems—from conception, through architecture, development, and deployment
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text: If you have a suit fetish or have ever had a fantasy about sex with the boss at your office, chances are you already know about Men At Play. Well, when I went over there this morning, they had a new office sex shoot up starring Carlos and Glenn. Carlos is the boss and after properly disciplining his employee, Glenn, things get turned around. The next thing you know, Carlos finds himself turned on after that discipline session and soon he's loosening up his tie a little and letting Glenn, an incredible hunk, suck his cock - among other things. If my boss was as well-built and demanding, I'd really look forward to going to work!


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More possible casting news coming in for Alex Proyas' take on the devilishly classic tale of Paradise Lost. Who's next to do battle with evil incarnate? Read on for the skinny!
According to Deadline, Legendary Pictures is negotiating with Benjamin Walker to play the archangel Michael in Paradise Lost, the action epic battle between good and evil that is inspired by the John Milton poem.
Walker, who just wrapped the title role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, will go mano a mano against Bradley Cooper's Lucifer in the war that began all wars. After being cast out of Heaven, Lucifer mounts an army that battles the forces of good, and the film will have cutting-edge visual effects that will make these battles resemble 300 meets Lord of the Rings — but with winged warriors.
While Warner Bros is finalizing a release date, Paradise Lost is likely to reach theaters in fourth quarter 2013.
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Welcome to the first of an occasional series called "Oh, shiny!" wherein I curate ('cause that's the groovy thing all the kewl kids are doing these days) stuff that's attracted my attention recently but is either too short for a full post or to long to explain properly (in some cases, assuming that I actually could). So, off we go …
Rolling Shutter Artifacts Explained
Ever seen pictures such as the main photo above? Those images illustrate an imaging artifact that is caused by the way digital cameras process images and over on the excellent PetaPixel blog the post This is How Cameras Glitch with Photos of Propellers explains the problem in detail and points to an awesome web page wherein the mathematics are elucidated.
Graphing Functions
The aforementioned web page is hosted on desmos which graphs functions, plots tables of data, evaluates equations, explores transformations, and "much more – for free!"
Have you ever wondered which language to use for all that BIG DATA wrangling? Python vs. R vs. COBOL: Which is best for Data Science? might just help.
No More Forgeries
R&D Magazine reports that scientists have discovered a way to authenticate or identify any object by generating an unbreakable ID based on atoms. An end to currency forgery? Possibly in the far distant future. For now, that it'll be luxury goods such as Rolexes (Rolexi?) that will acquire anti-forgery protection first.
The Internet of Things
I'm sure you've been wondering how early adopters are really using the Internet of Things and, thanks to Accenture's research reported in the Harvard Business Review, we now have an idea.
The article How People Are Actually Using the Internet of Things describes the results of an "an open-source analysis of IoT user behavior, looking at 1,000 IoT technology platforms and services and more than 279,000 early adopter interactions with IoT devices." Spoiler alert: They found:
""The data show that the most heavily used IoT programs are ones that make home life easier, more distinctive, and more pleasant. Respondents also show a big preference for services that don't require them to go out of their way to make something work. People using the Internet of Things increasingly prefer interfaces that are more natural and less visible (and attention-sapping) than screens. In other words, they don't want to type instructions on a tablet, interact with a device, or mess with settings on a cell phone to get what they want. Instead, they value these technologies as "living services" that anticipate their wants and act on them."
Lie to My Computer
Finally, MIT Technology Review reports on computer-based analysis of microexpressions, facial contortions "that appear and disappear in the blink of an eye" when people are lying or otherwise trying to hide something.
Using a database of videos of people trying to hide their emotions, "Xiaobai Li at the University of Oulu in Finland and few pals" (sounds like a kegger was behind this work) trained a machine-learning algorithm to spot and identify microexpressions.
The results were impressive as the machine "matched human ability to spot and recognize microexpressions and significantly outperformed humans at the recognition task alone." How long until your significant other downloads the smartphone micro expression detector and declares that it's clear you weren't really working late yesterday and how come there's Buffalo sauce on your tie?
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A seven-part DVD course deals with the spiritually-formed person as one who loves God and loves others. How do we anchor this in the hearts of Christians?
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... and plan it all out long before you apply
Getting your child into a school of your choice requires planning, often years ahead. The process, however, varies depending on the type of school. Many parents will be making multiple applications, trying their luck in the aided sector and sought-after Direct Subsidy Scheme schools and backing up by scouring international and other private schools.
International kindergartens: Most offer places on a first-come, first-served basis. For popular preschools, it is necessary to put a child's name on waiting lists early.
International schools: Most require children to demonstrate they can learn in English, and the more popular schools are selective, taking into account signs of children's early academic abilities and social skills. For example, places in Chinese International School's reception year are based on how children perform in observation sessions to assess language abilities (in English and Putonghua), academic and social skills. For subsequent years, students must sit written tests, in English, Chinese and maths and at secondary level, non-verbal reasoning.
Chinese International and Hong Kong International accept applications two years prior to admissions. Some schools such as Canadian International have no deadlines but offer places on a first-come-first-served basis, as long as entrance criteria are satisfied.
English Schools Foundation schools: Applications should be lodged by September 22 for Year One and October 7 for Year Seven. Applications are sorted according to admission criteria with children from non-Chinese-speaking families given higher priority.
Direct subsidy scheme primary schools: The most sought-after DSS schools normally set deadlines for admission in early September, though some run a second round of admissions for a limited number of places. Places are offered after interviews, based on factors such as academic achievement in preschool, language abilities and extra-curricular activities. Children of alumni and, for schools with religious backgrounds, members of sponsoring church bodies may have priority.
Direct subsidy scheme secondary schools:
Admission is based on academic achievement in primary and an interview. Extra-curricular activities may be taken into account. It is essential to retain all academic records and other certificates. Diocesan Girls' School, for example, requires applicants to submit school reports for three consecutive years. The more popular schools have limited admission periods, normally November to January. Less popular schools admit students until shortly before the start of the academic year. This allows parents whose children have not been successful gaining places in aided schools to shop around during the summer term for Primary and Secondary One places, as well as Form Six after HKCEE results are announced.
Aided primary schools: Direct applications must be made in the last week of September. Parents can apply to only one school but their choice is not restricted by their school net. Results will be announced in late November. If unsuccessful, parents can then apply through the central allocation system before late January with results announced in early June.
Aided secondary schools: Application forms are distributed in late November and those for discretionary places need to be made between late December and the end of January. For 2007 admissions, the proportion of discretionary places has risen from 20 to 30 per cent; parents also will be able to apply for places at two schools instead of one. Applications for central allocation are made through primary school in early May. Also new for this year, 10 per cent of central places are not restricted to school nets. Application results are released in mid-July.
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This autumn, Professor Peter Wallensteen and Lecturer Daniel Ogden will continue their popular Philosophy Tea talks in an expanded series of three talks. The three individuals they will highlight have contributed to global thinking in different ways: through high-level diplomacy, utopian writings and historical studies.
The series starts with diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), a practitioner with a philosophy as seen through his actions as Secretary-General of the United Nations. He will be followed by the American author Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), focusing on her feminist utopian novel, Herland (1915); and then we will discuss the 14th century Arab philosopher, Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406, or 732-808 A.H., i.e. according to the Islamic calendar) from Tunis, best known for his Prolegomena, or 'Introduction' which introduces a seven-volume history of the world. All three provide alternatives to dominant Western, realist, masculine, perspectives on international affairs, and thus yield new insights into peace and justice.
- September 19: Dag Hammarskjöld: Peace through Preventive Diplomacy?
- October 17: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A World without Men. Utopia or Dystopia?
- December 12: Ibn Khaldun: The First Scholar of Social Change?
Each philosophy tea session lasts one hour, with the final twenty minutes being reserved for an open discussion with the audience. The sessions are run in English.
Tea and scones will be served. All welcome.
Philosophy Tea is supported by Uppsala University and both sessions will be disseminated as pod casts.
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Two things struck me while going over the games released in 2011. First, I haven't played all the ones I wanted to play yet, and second, I don't feel like 2011 was all that good of a year. Compared to 2010, I'd even argue that 2011 was a WEAK year. But I can't sit here and write an article about that comparison because, well, I haven't played all the ones I wanted to play yet.
But what I CAN do is look back 10 years ago and see what games I still like from back then. Ten years seems like a long time, but I was introduced to these games no more than four years ago or less, so in a way they're not that old to me. And anyway, it sounded like something fun to do. So I think I'll be doing a series of these lookbacks (which is why I put 2001 in brackets above, as I expect to be doing one for 2002 and beyond, not because I couldn't expect you to count back the years correctly). Along with that, I expect to learn a few things about myself in the process.
Keep in mind that the games I list as "favorites" are ones that I rate at "8" or higher. And for good measure, I'll put in my dud game and perhaps a game or two that I'd still like to play that I missed out on.
My favorite games of 2001
Winner's Circle - by Reiner Knizia
Total plays: 10
Getting back into the hobby around 2005, Winner's Circle was one of the first designer games I was introduced to and subsequently one of the first games I purchased. The design is so simplistic -- roll a die and move a horse -- and yet sophisticated. Although my wife and I just played it once as a two-player game (and it works), this one shines best with four players and five players. And I've found that while the theme might be a BIT dry for the occasional person, if you get enthusiastically involved during the race you can easily wipe that out. It's a boatload of fun cheering for your horse and trying to manipulate others to move your steed to the finish. I am one of those that most of the time (read: always) puts his high money on one of those all-or-nothing horses. That way, when I do get that awesome roll, I'm laughing all the way to the bank. The design holds up quite nicely through the decade, and I honestly don't see that changing for another 50 years. An absolute keeper.
Dragon's Gold - by Bruno Faidutti
Total Plays: 7
The first time I tried Dragon's Gold I didn't get it. I had picked up the game in a trade, and everything about it seemed average to me. The box was small, blue, and odd. The jewels were these little wooden candies that rolled everywhere and drove me crazy. And I got a rule wrong to top it off that led to a flat play. Thank goodness it got busted out again later. The premise of the game is really what I love about it. You kill a dragon, big deal -- now it's time to split up the treasure. And you have a minute to do exactly that! If you don't decide what happens with it in a minute, it disappears! I found out quite early in my gaming "career" that I was a fan of negotiation, and I owe that all to this little gem right here. Lucky for me, I got to meet Mr. Faidutti at our local Strategicon convention and he signed my copy. I invited him to play, too, but he politely declined and said that he "no longer enjoyed the game". Hahah!
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow - by Dimitry Davidoff
Total plays: 21
I'm fully aware that Werewolf came out before 2001 -- in fact, it says in the BGG database that it was released in 1986, but I imagine some form of the game has been played for many years before that. I learned Werewolf as "Mafia", and have many great memories from high school and college playing the game. It wasn't until later on that I discovered the art from these cards and decided it was my favorite set. I like all the looks of the cards from this release, especially the art for the seer. Unfortunately, the names of the powers aren't on the cards, but to the experienced player this is not a problem. If you haven't tried Werewolf, don't rush out and try it with just anyone -- start with your family and friends. When I play Werewolf with strangers the experience would not place highly at all. With friends and family, though, it's terrific -- not a better feeling than being able to convince your wife or mom that you're a friend, only to end up killing them in the night a bit later.
Well, that's it for games rated "8" and up in 2001. Yup, three. I don't consider 2001 a great year for gaming, that's safe to say. But I do have some honorable mentions.
The game I would like to play from 2001 and haven't yet
A game about the evolution of dinosaurs by Asmodee is something that immensely intrigues me. I'm really hoping to try out the reprint soon. Any thoughts from veteran Evo players out there?
My least-favorite game of 2001
I know some people love it, and I accept that. So you can accept that I hate it.
Next time, I take a look at my favorites from nine years ago, 2002. I have a feeling it will be a bit better of a year.


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Labor unions, at the state and national level, are putting on a full-court press against the fast-food industry, organizing demonstrations to raise the minimum wage and challenging the long-established franchisor-franchisee business model prevalent in the industry. But while these efforts, if successful, will no doubt benefit the labor unions, they violate contract rights and would bring with them unintended – or worse, intentionally disregarded – consequences that would harm workers and consumers alike.
Beginning in November 2012, union groups organized five, one-day strikes of fast-food workers to demand that restaurants raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour. According to the National Labor Relations Board, 181 complaints have been filed against McDonald's during this time, alleging that employees who participated in the protests were fired, had their hours cut or were otherwise punished by their employers. The fact that federal law shields employees – who skip work to publicly impugn their employers and protest the wages for which they voluntarily agreed to work – from any consequences of their actions illustrates how far the scales are tipped against employers today.
Crucially, the NLRB's Office of the General Counsel announced in a July 29 press release that "If the parties cannot reach settlement in these cases, complaints will issue and McDonald's, USA, LLC will be named as a joint employer respondent." The "joint employer" designation means that the McDonald's corporation may be held liable for any labor violations made by its franchisees and might pave the way for unionization of fast-food employees.
Even coming from the NLRB, an agency that has long been the lapdog of Big Labor interests, this announcement came as a surprise. If upheld, it would overturn more than 30 years of law regarding the franchisor-franchisee relationship. "McDonald's … believes that this decision changes the rules for thousands of small businesses, and goes against decades of established law regarding the franchise model in the United States," McDonald's USA Senior Vice President of Human Resources Heather Smedstad stated in the company's response to the decision. "McDonald's does not direct or co-determine the hiring, termination, wages, hours, or any other essential terms and conditions of employment of our franchisees' employees – which are the well-established criteria governing the definition of a 'joint employer.'"
The joint-employer cases are the latest attempt in a long-running effort by Big Labor to unionize the fast-food and other industries. The NLRB General Counsel's announcement "should help turn up the heat on corporate," according to an article in Labor Notes. "If rulings start coming out against the corporate office, that should help turn up the heat on McDonald's. Maybe enough to push them to cut a deal with the union."
"Some day we may see multi-sided contracts crisscrossing the whole fast-food supply chain, uniting farmworkers, meatpackers, truckers, and retail workers against a single brand," the article gleefully chirped.
And here the true motivation of the labor unions is revealed. It is not so much to enhance the welfare of workers as it is to grow the power and wealth of the unions, which have seen a steady decline in membership for decades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 11.3 percent of the workforce currently belongs to a union – only about half the rate it was in 1980 – and union membership makes up just 6.7 percent of the private sector.
The Chicago Tribune reports that franchises employ more than 8 million people in America – comprising about 15 percent of all private-sector jobs. That's a lot of potential dues-paying members, and a favorable NLRB decision could provide the unions with a significant shot in the arm.
Not one to miss out on an opportunity to reward its Big Labor donors at the expense of property rights and free enterprise, the California Legislature has also entered the fray on franchise rules. A hotly contested piece of legislation, Senate Bill 610, would make it more difficult for franchisors to terminate agreements with poorly-performing franchisees.
The franchise business model's durability over many years is testament to its success. It allows companies to protect the quality of their brand and provide the same services and experience for customers at locations across the country – or even around the world – while allowing entrepreneurs the opportunity to manage a business selling a product or service with a proven record of success.
Where does government get the right to dictate contract terms to parties – whether employer-employee or franchisor-franchisee – that enter into an agreement voluntarily, presumably for their mutual benefit? If the terms offered are too strict, people will take advantage of better opportunities elsewhere.
Should the labor attacks on the franchise business model prove successful, and the fast-food industry become unionized, some employees may be able to coerce companies into offering them larger paydays, but many others will lose their jobs, as companies struggle to deal with higher labor and litigation costs, or find that it is now cheaper to automate. Many restaurants are already experimenting with self-service ordering kiosks – and even automated burger machines.
Stifling entrepreneurship and the right of contract may benefit the unions, but it is consumers and the numerous workers who will find themselves without a job who will ultimately pay the price.


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It Started With Anna
By Ellen Pall;
Published: March 22, 1992
DAUGHTERS OF THE NEW WORLD By Susan Richards Shreve. 471 pp. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. $20.
SUSAN RICHARDS SHREVE'S eighth novel, "Daughters of the New World," narrates the last hundred years of American social history through the lives of four generations of mothers and daughters. It's a curious book, thematically ambitious but structurally akin to popular romances and burdened with a prose style that veers from studied restraint to breathless cliche.
It begins in 1890, as penniless, Welsh-born Anna Jermyn sails into New York Harbor from Liverpool. Beautiful and headstrong, Anna works briefly as a servant in the plush Washington home of Dr. and Mrs. Steward before dashing off with their handsome son, William. The two settle in Wisconsin near a Chippewa Indian reservation, where they found a hospital (William is a surgeon), endure epidemics and begin the largely matriarchal dynasty that will populate the book.
This dynasty permits Ms. Shreve to explore a subject she touched on more obliquely in her well-received 1986 novel, "Queen of Hearts": the cultural, genetic and emotional legacy a mother hands to her daughter. Anna gives birth to the rebellious, iconoclastic Amanda, who bears quiet, conventional Sara, who in turn raises intrepid, socially conscious Eleanor. Each child shows a likeness to her forebears; each is also persuasively distinct.
Amanda, long-lived and energetic, dominates. At 17, she poses as a man and sails to France to take photographs of doughboys on the battlefields of World War I. She is soon a famous, and famously eccentric, photographer, living in New York and Washington.
One of her collections (titled "Daughters of the New World") juxtaposes image after image of American womanhood so as to "create the illusion of time in this century -- like a motion picture in which the camera takes a still photograph and then a second and a third, each frame persisting in the eye until the next image arrives so the eye is tricked into seeing continuous motion." Ms. Shreve aims to create this sense of time's flow through succeeding vignettes, and to a considerable extent she does.
The Wisconsin Anna knows is almost frontier America. Amanda's youth is defined by the Great War. Sara grows up during the Depression. Her married life and Eleanor's childhood are shadowed by World War II and the McCarthy era. Eleanor's fate, as well as that of her daughters, Lily and Kat, is inextricably bound up with the social upheavals of the 1960's.
And yet the rolling pageant of these lives ultimately fails to hold the reader's interest. One reason is the very scope of the book, so broad that depth is necessarily sacrificed. Another is the prose, sometimes wildly overwrought ("Lincoln pulled Amanda roughly to the ground with him, tore off her clothes, and they made desperate love"), sometimes tightly mannered. A third problem is Amanda herself: she is simply not as compelling as the author assumes.
"Daughters of the New World" does contain some close observation. For example, here is the young Amanda saying goodbye to a man she hardly knows -- a war correspondent, Clifford (Blue) Bones -- before leaving Paris for the French battlefields:
" 'See you back in Paris,' Blue said then, giving her a mock punch, and Amanda had a sudden longing, a sense of abandonment, as if her mother whose death she had not noticed when she was a child could die again and again, at surprising moments with almost strangers like Blue Bones, to whom she had become inadvertently attached."
Passages like that make one wish Ms. Shreve had chosen a smaller subject and given herself more room for detail.


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An exquisite find, this rare pair of early antique leather gloves will look absolutely fabulous in the trousseau your favorite fashion doll. From c.1865-1870, these gloves are made from a fine terracotta brown leather pelt, with a rich burgundy undertone that features a subtle texture. Delicate white stitching with a scallop edge finishes the pair. Upon close inspection, it becomes evident that these two pieces were on display for most of their life, seen by the slight fading in the leather from overlap of one atop the other. They would look particularly great on a fashion doll with wooden arms, but will bring any suitable fashion doll a unique sense of elegance and presence.
Length: 4.5"; Opening circumference: 3"
Marks: Signed "BACMO MAKE" in interior of left glove
Condition: Excellent. The leather color is still deep and rich, with only slight fading from sun exposure. The stitching is still tight and firm; these gloves clearly were not handled extensively, as they have held up very well over the many years. No tears or rips; leather is intact. These delicate gloves from this transitional era from the Enfantine to the lady doll are an excellent choice for the serious collector and fashion doll connoisseur.
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MANAGER Eddie Howe believes consistency will hold the key to Cherries' promotion challenge in a keenly-contested League One.
Ten points separate 11th-placed Cherries and leaders Tranmere after the Dorset outfit's fine form under Howe saw them close in on the top.
Unbeaten since Howe's return, Cherries are within four points of the play-off zone and trail tomorrow night's high-flying opponents Stevenage by just five.
Asked for his take on League One this season, Howe told the Daily Echo: "I think it is very tight.
"There is a whole cluster of teams, probably us included, in the mix who will feel they have got a chance.
"I think it is now all about who goes on a consistent run. Christmas will be a big period, as it is with every division, with a lot of games in a short space of time. Hopefully, we can be in the mix."
Fifth-placed Stevenage went 11 games without defeat at the start of the campaign but visit Goldsands Stadium tomorrow (7.45pm) on the back of 4-1 defeats against Preston and Sheffield United.
However, boss Howe is expecting Gary Smith's men to pose a "big test".
He added: "They are a good side who have done really well this season. We know it is going to be a difficult game."
Howe's assistant Jason Tindall today reported no serious injury concerns ahead of the clash. Striker Frank Demouge is expected to return to training this week after sustaining a calf knock in a reserve game last Tuesday.
Tindall told the Daily Echo: "Stevenage are a tough outfit to play against. They are physically strong and they have good pace about them.
"It is going to be a really difficult game for us and we need to make sure we are 100 per cent focused for what is going to be probably one of our toughest games this season."
Cherries: (from) James, Francis, Addison, Elphick, Daniels, McQuoid, MacDonald, Arter, O'Kane, Pugh, McDermott, Barnard, Grabban, Fogden, Fletcher, Tubbs, Cook, Thomas, Jalal.
Stevenage: (from) Arnold, Gray, Hills, Roberts, Charles, Risser, Dunne, Grant, Tansey, Freeman, Akins, Haber, Agyemang, N'Gala, Comminges, Shroot, Day (g/k).
- Four first-team squad members are expected to feature when a Cherries development/reserve side visits Peterborough United reserves tomorrow afternoon. Central defender Stephane Zubar and midfielders Joe Partington, Lorenzo Davids and Mark Molesley are all set to gain valuable game-time.