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Redemption ~ Seto*Otogi; Seto comes home only to discover that his koi has left, bringing back memories of other failed relationships and forcing him to dig deeper within himself. One-shot told in Seto's POV.
I decided to write this fic, influenced by Chevira Lowe's fic "Anonymity" and personal reasons which I will not discuss. It's Seto*Ryuuji (Otogi's first name is Ryuuji) told in Seto's point of view.
I will, for now, put on hold my need to brainwash everyone into liking Honda*Ryuuji, although you'll probably see a bit of that, as well as a variety of couplings.
I wrote this story at school on notebook paper over the past three days, and it is more or less in its original form because I wanted to show that I can… with the exception of grammar and the such…
I didn't even know this coupling could work until I wrote this fic. Strange.
Many thanks to rayemars-san for helping with editing. ::^_^:: I am sincerely grateful.
You're gone.
In a way, I knew you were gone before I came into the apartment and saw it for myself. It's been threatening to happen for a while anyway, with neither of us to blame or perhaps both of us to blame. It's not like it matters anymore though. You've packed up and left, taking with you your personal effects and leaving behind unemotional sticks of furniture that have no meaning without you.
I'm not getting emotional.
Our relationship was never really based on emotions, so maybe that's why I'm sitting on the sofa staring blankly at the TV rather than tearing after you. I know where you are and I'm perfectly capable of getting you back, but there really is no point in that, is there? You've chosen to go your own way, and you've probably known all along that I wouldn't come after you.
You, the ultimate strategist, probably accounted for that already. You of all people would know that I wouldn't do anything to get you back, and perhaps, ultimately, that is why you left.
It wouldn't be the first time.
It's odd though. I was hoping that you might have been the one who lasted, the one who managed to stay despite that one, screaming fault. The others couldn't. Ryou left after almost a year, tired of falling asleep on the couch after trying to stay awake to make sure I got home all right. Unable to deal with my inability to call and tell him to sleep 'cause I was going to be late, he ended up coddled in the arms of the make inu. Never quite understood that move, frankly, if only because I don't think that Jyounouchi can be trusted with anything more complex than a remote control, abiotic or biotic. Yet he manages to take care of Ryou, and he's happy and hasn't bothered to look back since.
I haven't either.
Yami lasted for only a couple months; again, same problems. Except I never really expected it to last, unlike my now-ended relationship with you. He is now with the Black Magician, another relationship I don't care much for but no longer bothered to question.
Not that I ever did.
Most likely, you will follow the example of your predecessors. I can already imagine hearing from the ever-present grape vine that you have been spotted in a compromising position with… probably Honda, who has always been watching over you, several months from now. That is where you are now, isn't it?
I can see you sitting in his living room, giving him answers to his questions; I doubt you would notice the glimmer of hope in his eyes as you explain why you're there with your clothes and whatever else you took with you, not for a while at least.
It's not in my right to hope that maybe you're still the one I was waiting for, looking for. Or maybe you are, but inevitably I've destroyed any chances we once had at having that fairy-tale relationship we all search for, whether we mean to or not.
In a way, it was never the relationship itself that caused the problems, but our lives outside the relationship. Or really mine, in order to be fair.
But Ryuuji, that's why I thought you would last when Ryou, Yami, and the masses of fangirls who I had gotten together with in a desperate attempt to prove that I wasn't gay… could not. You, of all people, would be able to understand the pressures of running your own company at what most people thought of as a very young age because you had gone through many of the same things that I did. The pressures of running that before-mentioned company, the feeling of being nothing more than a tool for a father who only cared when his personal interests were threatened… you've been through all of this, and much more.
Other things brought us together. A mutual dislike of Jyounouchi, although you had already gotten over this by the time we really started to know each other. Had gotten over it a long time ago, your… dazzling green eyes sparkling humorously at my continued… immaturity (that is what you call it, not me) which has managed to last even to this day.
Could it be that your mocking looks are trying to say what I never thought possible? That everyone else but myself has grown up while I'm entrapped in my own past?
What on earth would ever lead you to think this anyway? You and your… your… exasperating flamboyance. Although I suppose that with your looks, anyone would. And don't you dare gloat, but I have often been attracted to those with more… exotic looks. Ryou with his long white hair and soft blue eyes, Yami with his multi-colored hair and sharply angled crimson eyes… you with your black hair tied back into that silly ponytail, your rebellious bangs still escaping that even sillier red and black bandana which contrasted so perfectly with your startling green eyes…
(I think I was more affected by Ryou than I had previously suspected, which would at least account for my vocabulary).
I don't quite remember how we got together, something that I suppose is odd considering that I had so sincerely hoped you would be the one who lasted. I know that it wasn't one of those fairytale get-togethers where I surprised you by jumping out from behind a conveniently located bush, tackling you and slobbering all over your face like an ecstatic puppy (or vice versa), nor was it started by a shy confession of love.
Is this another one of my vices… not knowing those romantic details which romantics so love to obsess over? Ryou always thought so, and perhaps that is what contributed to him leaving.
Besides, there are so many things that occupy my mind. How can I remember details from four years ago? On bad days, I can barely remember my name, let alone our… anniversary. And enough bad days strung together have completely wiped that date from my mind.
You know what I speak of, Ryuuji. So does Ryou and Yami. Not the girls, though, because none of them lasted long enough to get past their happiness that they were dating a billionaire to discover my gaping, screaming faults.
I never hit you, at least I can be grateful for that. No matter how horrible my day had been, I never got to that point. But as I already said, our relationship was not the problem.
When those bad days came, I withdrew. I completely withdrew from our relationship.
Were you aware of that Ryuuji? Probably. You probably knew all along, and it's a wonder you were able to last this long. It's a wonder that it took as long as it did for you to start screaming at me, as fed up as you were.
Even though I can't remember all of the 'romantic details' that I'm supposed to know, I remember all of our arguments. Every detail.
Ryou cried and Yami went into self-imposed solitary confinement, but you just scream right back because in a way, you understand all of it. And because you know, you try to get it through my mind since, as you always said with a condescending grin, just because I had my thoughts didn't mean I understood them.
You always knew how much I hated that expression, just as much as you hated it when I played with your hair (apparently, your hair was off-limits to everyone but yourself, which always struck me as unfair since that was what I loved to do most). But just as I never stopped playing with your hair (you always claimed it made you feel like an overgrown puppy or overly pampered cat), and you never stopped giving me that look which always seemed to say 'I know something about you that you don't, and I'm waiting for you to figure it out.'
Perhaps you didn't quite understand that I did know perfectly well what my problem was, but that I simply failed to acknowledge it.
Is that what you meant yesterday when you screamed that I was scared by something I never would understand? At the time, I thought you were simply… ranting. That's it, ranting.
And when I told you that in no uncertain terms, you just gave up. Didn't say anything; you just gave me this look that said 'I can't deal with this anymore', turned, and walked away into our bedroom. You didn't slam the door like you usually do, but shut it quietly and let the click of the lock turning drown in the empty silence left by your departure.
I knew it was over as soon as you closed the door. Before that even, perhaps, except that I was still reeling from my own words to acknowledge it that quickly.
Funny how calmly I accept these things when I could be fighting to redeem myself in your eyes.
The phone rings, although it can barely be heard over my sudden, bitter laughter. Did I really bring this upon myself each time? All those girls, Ryou, Yami… you… did I really spoil all our chances together myself while you were all trying to keep it together?
My sudden, unexplainable laugh is abruptly cut off by the phone's incessant ringing, and mechanically, I move over to pick it up.
"Moshi moshi?"
"You're home," is your quiet, blunt observation/reply.
"You're not."
"As if that is a surprise."
You're right, of course you're right. What is surprising, however, is that you're bothering to call. Ryou and I have exchanged e-mails at random intervals, but they have all been impersonal and to the point. Yami occasionally writes letters, still stuck in the past I suppose, but they too have no references to our long-finished relationship. Those relationships are now strictly regulated to group meetings.
You, on the other hand. You are the first to call, and most likely the last. But remains is the question of why you are doing this, why you are bothering.
"Do you know what today is, Seto?"
I reply that I do not know. Do not know what you are looking for, at least.
There's a strained silence following my answer, and I wouldn't be surprised if you just hung up on me without another word. Completely defeating the purpose of why you called… a chance for redemption.
None of the others gave me this chance, so why should you? Shouldn't you of all people know that I will do nothing about this generous offer, even if I had known the answer to your question?
"Guess." I can see you with one hand holding the phone, your free hand on your hip or perhaps playing with your hair. And I can see that you're not expecting an answer.
I can prove you wrong. Perhaps if I can wrack my brains and come up with the right answer, you will come back.
But, realistically, would you? In a hypothetical scenario where I did know the answer, would you come back? Or are you counting on the fact that I do not know, nor will I bother to try and figure out the answer? Is this an opportunity for my redemption, or are you simply making sure that you have made the right choice?
My silence is enough to answer the question. Perhaps we are both right. You knew I wouldn't answer, and I know you won't be coming back even if I had.
I can see you shrugging. It's over. It's no longer a possibility, but a well-accepted fact.
"It's kind of ironic, actually." He pauses to see if I have any reply to that, but I don't. "It's our anniversary. Exactly four years ago. Odd, isn't it."
"I suppose so." Pause. "Where are you now, Ryuuji?"
"Does it matter?"
"Not really."
A hesitant pause before you reply, "I'm at Honda's place."
"I expected that," I tell you.
You don't bother to ask me to elaborate. There's an odd tapping in the background now. You're tapping your nails against the table, aren't you? Another habit I never liked very much, but it was you.
"Why'd you call, Ryuuji?" I ask before I can stop the words. If I was going to.
"Does it matter?" you shoot back. I want to laugh at that but would that imply that I'm going to miss you?
"Not really." I'm smiling right now, did you know that? I'm happy when you're around, even though I may not say so out loud. You mean a lot to me… maybe that's why I've decided to let you go.
"… I guess I wanted to make it official."
"You wouldn't have come back, would you?"
"I'm not going to answer that, Seto."
All I get is a loud sigh and the continued, annoyed tapping. Maybe you are trying to get rid of me by annoying me to the point of hanging up first?
"I don't know," You finally reply in the same tired voice you used when you told me to leave you alone last night. And I'm almost sorry for bringing it up.
"Sorry." I don't really know why I'm apologizing… and I don't sound that apologetic.
"… you know what your problem is, Seto?"
"Depends on which one you're referring to."
"You're still scared of commitment."
And with those final words, probably destined to be our last words, you hang up.
Perhaps you have a point there, but you were still a bit off. You see, Ryuuji, I am not afraid of committing. How else do you think I manage to keep thinking 'Ryou' and 'Yami' rather than 'Bakura' and 'mou hitori no Yuugi'?
If anything, I'm afraid of showing you my commitment. Even to the point where I fail in my own redemption.
Still, it's odd. After Ryou and Yami left, I didn't think about them. When Yami left, I wasn't plagued by memories of Ryou. Yet when you leave, I can't help but think of all of you.
Is it because you gave me the chance when nobody else did?
Did you want me to answer your question?
I don't know.
"Saraba da [1], Ryuuji."
I can't help but start to laugh again as soon as those words escape. Laughter that fades into silent, angry tears which I would never let anyone else see as the acrid, familiar taste of failure wells up within me, wrapping me in its familiar embrace.
~ owari ~
January 15, 2003
Translations and Notes:
[1] How Kaiba says good-bye.
'Mou hitori no Yuugi', if you don't know, means 'the other Yuugi' and is the closest to what any of the cast ever comes to speaking of Yami no Yuugi as a separate entity.
I don't know why I wrote this… or to be more truthful, I do know why I wrote this but I don't know why I actually managed to finish it to my satisfaction. I guess it's an okay fic… not to the level of "Fairydust", certainly. I guess I just wanted a chance to try out a new coupling and practice writing Seto POV in preparation for upcoming fics. Or maybe I just needed a break. *shrug*


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Penn-Trafford graduate Kajder inducted into Allegheny Hall of Fame
Vicki Kajder knew she had a strong volleyball career at Allegheny College, but she still wasn't expecting the letter she received this spring telling her she'd been selected for induction into the Allegheny Hall of Fame.
Kajder, a 2000 Penn-Trafford graduate, will be inducted into Allegheny's Hall of Fame in October during the school's Homecoming Weekend Ceremony.
"I was surprised," Kajder said. "It has to be 10 years from graduation before you're inducted, and my 10-year reunion was in May. I was kind of shocked that it happened the first year I was eligible."
The former volleyball standout, who played setter, is one of six inductees in the Hall of Fame's Class of 2014 and one of two who were inducted in their first year of eligibility.
In her career at Allegheny, Kajder was a four-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference selection, including three First Team nods. She was named All-Region and All-America in her senior season, when she helped lead Allegheny to the NCAC semifinals.
"I was an intense player, to say the least," Kajder said. "I was given an opportunity by the coach to lead (because) I was captain my senior year. We had a young team. It was fun, for sure. I remember after tournaments, sitting with coach, analyzing play-by-play and getting ready for the next game, or the next day, or the next tournament."
Kajder holds Allegheny College's career records for assists and service aces and ranks third all-time in digs. She also has two of the top three single-season marks in aces.
"They don't give records for missed serves, but I probably would have gotten that as well," Kajder joked.
Kajder said she originally didn't want to play volleyball, but somebody signed her up before she entered seventh grade at Trafford Middle School.
"(The coach) told me I was going to be a setter, and I was like, 'I don't even know what that means,'" Kajder said. "I was (a setter) every day from that point on. I've never done anything but be a setter for my entire career."
Penn-Trafford advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals during Kajder's senior season. She was named to the All-WPIAL second team that season.
Kajder said the best part of her induction was the opportunity to remember her teammates and the successes they had at Allegheny.
"As a setter, I don't really get a lot of the glory," Kajder said. "Usually, the hitters get the kills and everything. I can't win the game without them. It's an honor to receive this, but this is definitely about the team. We accomplished a lot in those years."
Doug Gulasy is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5830, via email at email@example.com or via Twitter @dgulasy_Trib.

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Right to Perfect Counsel or Merely Effective Counsel: A Discussion of Burt v. Titlow
By Erika Rucker
Under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a criminal defendant is guaranteed effective assistance of legal counsel.[1] When a state prisoner asks a federal court to set aside a sentence due to ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining, our cases require that the federal court use a "'doubly deferential'" standard of review that gives both the state court and the defense attorney the benefit of the doubt.[2]
In Burt v. Tidlow, the respondent, along with his aunt, allegedly murdered a man by pouring vodka down the victim's throat and smothering the victim with a pillow.[3] Prior to trial, the respondent reached an agreement with the prosecutor and agreed to testify against his aunt in exchange for a guilty plea of manslaughter and a minimum sentence of 7-15 years.[4]
Prior to the respondent's aunt's trial was to commence, the respondent obtained alternate legal counsel. At the request of the respondent's new attorney, the respondent demanded a lower minimum sentence in exchange for his testimony. The prosecutor refused to accept the respondent's new plea agreement and the respondent withdrew his initial plea. By withdrawing his original guilty plea, the respondent's first degree murder charge was reinstated.[5]
At trial, respondent was convicted of second-degree murder and was sentenced to a twenty to forty year term prison sentence.[6] On direct appeal, respondent argued that his subsequent legal counsel, who advised him to withdraw his original plea agreement, was ineffective.[7] The respondent argued that his attorney did not take the time to learn more about the case which would reveal the strength of the state's case against his client.[8]
The Court of Appeals rejected the respondent's claim that his counsel was ineffective. The Court of Appeals held that the respondent's counsel acted reasonably in light of the fact that the respondent proclaimed innocence. The Court utilized an objective standard of reasonableness and concluded that "[w]hen a defendant proclaims . . . innocence . . ., it is not objectively unreasonable to recommend that the defendant refrain from pleading guilty—no matter how 'good' the deal may appear." [9]
Upon review by the Sixth Circuit, the judgment was reversed. The Sixth Circuit stated "[t]he record in this case contains no evidence" that [the attorney] fully informed respondent of the possible consequences of withdrawing the guilty plea, the Sixth Circuit held that the attorney rendered ineffective assistance of counsel that resulted in respondent's loss of the benefit of the plea bargain.[10] The Sixth Circuit remanded the case with instructions that the prosecution must reoffer the respondent the original plea agreement.[11]
Ultimately, the Supreme Court found that the legal counsel given to the respondent was effective. The Supreme Court held that respondent was reasonably advised by his attorney prior to withdrawing his initial plea agreement.[12]
The Supreme Court has stated that counsel should be "strongly presumed to have rendered adequate assistance and made all significant decisions in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment,"[13] and that the burden to "show that counsel's performance was deficient" rests squarely on the defendant.[14]
Although legal counsel may not be perfect, the client is not entitled to have perfect counsel. Instead, a client is entitled to effective legal counsel. Additionally, an attorney's violation of ethical norms does not render the attorney's counsel ineffective per se.[15] While a client may not agree with their attorney's legal strategy during the course of representation, this does not deem the attorney to be ineffective assistance of counsel.
While the decision reached in Burt v. Tidlow does not stray from the legal norms which are squarely in place, the decision does reiterate the high threshold that a criminal client claiming ineffective assistance of counsel must overcome. Furthermore, the decision focuses narrowly on the legal assistance given during the plea bargaining stage. It is at this stage of litigation that effective legal counsel can be the most crucial because the majority of cases are not fully litigated to trial.
Burt v. Titlow clarifies that the presumption that counsel will presumed to be adequate and the burden to rebut this presumption rests with the defendant stands firmly, especially in the plea bargaining stage of criminal trials
[1] U.S. Const., amend. XI.
[2] Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U. S. ___, ___, 131 S. Ct. 1388 (2011) (slip op., at 17).
[3] Burt v. Titlow, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 8039, 6 (U.S. Nov. 5, 2013)
[4] Id.
[5] Id.
[6] Id. at 7.
[7] Id. at 8.
[8] Id.
[9] App. to Pet. for Cert. 102a.
[10] Id., at 589-592.
[11] Burt, supra note 2, 10.
[12] Id.
[13] Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S., at 690 (1984).
[14] Id., at 687.
[15] Mickens v. Taylor, 535 U. S. 162, 171 (2002).


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A high school girls' basketball team from Seattle fights for glory as does their star player, against all odds.
Inevitable comparisons to Hoop Dreams will be made about this chronicle of a girls high-school basketball team. But, while it's been solidly made, Ward Serrill's documentary misses too many opportunities truly to compel (despite its climactic drama).
The focus shifts far too often, with the initial profile of tax professor coach Bill Resler first being deflected by a scandal involving a star player who is abused by a private tutor and then by the saga of African-American ace Darnellia Russell, whose talent is compromised by her impoverished background and fiery temperament, before a pregnancy and a court case presage a run to the state championships.
A few gender preconceptions are challenged along the way, but while this is enjoyable it's a reality soap rather than a statement of social significance.
Shot over seven years, this is a film with its heart in the right place. But it shifts focus too often to hang together as an in-depth portrait of either the unconventional coach or his headstrong star player.


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Tractor-trailer hits Peace Street bridge in Raleigh
Posted May 15, 2014
Raleigh, N.C. — A 53-foot Penske rental truck became the latest to get stuck under the Peace Street bridge in downtown Raleigh Thursday morning.
The eastbound tractor-trailer hit the railroad overpass during the morning commute on Peace Street near Glenwood Avenue. The trailer crumpled and broke in half when it hit the overpass.
No injuries were reported, but Raleigh police said the truck could be stuck for much of the morning.
Flashing lights and signs warn drivers about the low overpass, but several trucks have hit the bridge in the past several months. The bridge clearance is 12 feet 4 inches.


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Housing Bubble Argumentative Essay by Quality Writers
Housing Bubble
This paper focuses on the understanding of the housing market, discussing the price of housing and sudden changes in the prices - so as to explore the sustainability of the argument that there exists a housing bubble that is about to burst.
# 105126 | 2,200 words | 5 sources | APA | 2008 |
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In this article, the writer outlines how demand and supply analysis can be used to analyze the housing market, especially in wake of the fact that there is now increased speculation of a housing crash as prices begin to depreciate rapidly within the housing market. With these current changes on the market, the writer notes that it becomes somewhat useful to analyze whether the housing bubble is about to burst, or if other markets are affecting the activities within the housing spectrum. The writer argues that the housing bubble is not going to burst since there is no bubble - and changes in the housing prices are due to changes in market demand and supply conditions.
Statement of Problem - Thesis Statement
What Has Been Causing The Price of Housing to Appreciate and Depreciate So Rapidly? - An Economic Perspective
Housing Price Appreciation - A Bubble or Changes in Market Conditions?
A Brief Look at the US Housing Policy and Market
Statement of Problem - Thesis Statement
What Has Been Causing The Price of Housing to Appreciate and Depreciate So Rapidly? - An Economic Perspective
Housing Price Appreciation - A Bubble or Changes in Market Conditions?
A Brief Look at the US Housing Policy and Market
From the Paper:" With the demand and supply for housing analyzed, then the concept of the equilibrium within the housing market can be examined. It is clear that changes within the economy will affect the price of housing; each of the relevant changes will be analyzed below, so as to test the thesis statement presented. The changes in supply and demand are causing housing prices to increase, even though the change in quantity is unsure. During the historical period analyzed, factors that caused supply and demand to change based on figure 1 and figure 2 were associated with the appreciation of housing prices. Hence the appreciation was due more so to market conditions rather than a bubble due to speculation. A thorough examination of the processes that affect supply and demand is presented in the section below."
Sample of Sources Used:
- Case, K. and Shiller, R. (2003). There a Bubble in the Housing Market? Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2. Retrieved on August 16, 2007 from http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=GGwLKHJp1xQyTn4p2fWzMZ6fY5VwpTSDrfMhQVzTRDmJXSbTQft8!171117480?docId=5002099366
- Hammond, B, Kamp, L., and Fore, D. (2006) "Has the Housing Bubble Burst"? Market Monitor, November 13 Retrieved on August 16, 2007 from http://www.tiaa-cref.org/about/press/publications/market_monitor/2006_11_13.pdf
- McCarthy, J. and Peach, R. (2004). Are Home Prices the Next "Bubble"? FRBNY Policy Review. Retrieved on August 16, 2007 from http://sites.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/berger/teaching/2004ws_basictools/Mccarthy%20Bubbles.pdf
- Montgomery, C. (March 2001). "The Future of Housing in the United States: An Econometric Model of Long-Term Predictions for the 2000 RPA Timber Assessment". United States Department of Agriculture and Pacific Northwest Research Station, March 2001. Retrieved on August 16, 2007 from http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/rp531.pdf
- Smith, M. and Smith, G. (n.d.). Bubble, Bubble, Where's the Housing Bubble? Department of Economics: Pomona College, Claremont. Retrieved on August 16, 2007 from http://www.economics.pomona.edu/GarySmith/housingBubble.pdf
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LUKE Winsper will be putting in the hard yards over the summer in a bid to regain his spot in the Terras' midfield.
The 21-year-old's season was cut short when Weymouth played Bashley in March as he suffered a broken metatarsal in his foot, but on re-signing with the club for next term, Winsper is determined to prove he is worthy of a place in Jason Matthews' starting XI.
Speaking to Echosport, the former Bristol City academy midfielder told Echosport: "I was worried a little bit because I wanted to prove myself at the end of the season, but Jason told me that I had done enough already and he wanted to sign me.
"If I keep pushing myself and doing what I did last year, with an injury-free season I am really looking to make that position in the midfield my own now.
"My main target is to get back into the team and prove to Jason that I am his best midfielder. After getting into the first team last year, that's my main aim."
And although Winsper realises that he has a long way to go before he is fully recovered, he is relishing the prospect of turning out at the Bob Lucas Stadium once again.
Commenting on the current state of his injury, he added: "I am walking fine on it at the moment, it aches a bit but I'll be okay.
"Hopefully next week I'll be able to start getting in the gym and getting ready for pre-season. There are extra sessions with Jake Richmond over the summer so hopefully I will be able to get down there and get myself ready.
"A while ago, I was asked if I wanted to go to Dorchester but I said I was enjoying it at Weymouth and I'm glad I stayed. I wouldn't think I'd leave Weymouth, I know I'm only 21 but I really love it there."
On capturing the young midfielder once again, boss Matthews added: "Luke did very well for me last season in the holding midfield role and I was keen to get him back on board.
"It basically fills my options in the middle of midfield, he has a lot of potential and we are hoping to see the best of that this year.
"We are hoping that he is going to be fit by the start of the season with his foot. He needs to believe in his own ability because I feel that he could be a very good player at Southern League level."
- Elsewhere, defender Michael Walker has agreed to re-join Poole Town following his exit from the Bob Lucas Stadium by mutual consent last week.


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Several million people are expected to undergo lab testing of their vitamin D levels this year, according to a report in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. But before you roll up your sleeve, ask your doctor why you should get tested and what, if anything, might be done based on the test results, especially if they're only kinda low.
Doctors are finding it "challenging" to interpret results that are only slightly below normal, says the author of the article, Clifford J. Rosen, M.D., from the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in Scarborough and a member of an Institute of Medicine committee that recently released new recommendations for the vitamin. The implications of such results are "incompletely understood," he says, for many reasons.For one thing, the accuracy of the test remains problematic, he says, especially in so-called "nonreference" laboratories, such as those that are located in physicians' offices Moreover, a person's vitamin D levels can change with the seasons, exposure to sunlight, and, less commonly, with dietary intake. Yet even moderately low results could prompt some doctors to diagnose "vitamin D insufficiency" even if you don't have obvious symptoms of deficiency such as brittle bones or dental problems. The value of prescribing vitamin D supplement to patients who have moderately low levels is unclear, Dr. Rosen says. And the report last November from the IOM found that while considerable evidence suggests that the vitamin is essential for bone health, it's less well established whether it has other benefits too, such as protecting against heart disease and cancer.
Bottom Line: Before you get your vitamin D level measured, ask your doctor why you might need to. Also ask what you might have to do if those levels are low. For example, would you need to make dietary changes, or take supplements? Finally, if you do get tested, ask about the lab where the results will be sent, and whether it is reliable.
—Doug Podolsky, senior editor
Read more about good dietary sources of vitamin D.
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Manga publisher Seven Seas has begun offering its releases on Comixology, a digital comic platform that sells content which can be read online on apps for platforms such as iOS and Android. The first selection, added on July 18th, is highlighted by Haganai and Dance in the Vampire Bund, which both go for $6.99 a volume.
Prices vary for other series, with OEL going for $3 or $4 a volume.
This debut of thirteen initial titles will be quickly followed by more of Seven Seas' back catalog and fans will see new releases coming out same-day-as-print in the future.
by Nozomu Tamaki
Volumes 1-3 available
Yomi Hirasaka
The Geek's shall Inherit the Earth!
Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies. Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two outcasts decide to form a group called "The Neighbors Club" in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. This wild and offbeat comedy manga about quirky misfits who are obsessed with fandom is the basis for the hit anime!
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Isao Miura
Art by
Kotaro Yamada
The Adventure Begins! Like her father and grandfather before her, Cecil Campbell has entered the noble ranks of the Knight Guard, sworn to protect the Independent Trade City of Housman. Now the time has come for Cecily to prove herself in battle. A veteran of the great Valbanill War goes berserk in the marketplace. Cecily confronts him with the prized sword she inherited from her father -- and it shatters to pieces! All seems lost, when a lone figure swoops to the rescue, and expert swordsman with a sword unlike any Cecily has ever seen. His name is Luke Ainsworth, a blacksmith of much renown, who will forge a new sword for Cecily and join her down a path of magical adventure beyond her wildest dreams.
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Don't Fear The Razor For fans of Hellsing and Berserk comes an all new ultraviolent supernatural manga series about history's most famous slasher, with a twist. Jack the Ripper is not what he seems--but the truth may be more terrible than anyone imagined. A young police detective from Scotland Yard struggles to unravel the mystery behind the brutal slayings that grip 19th Century London. What he learns will turn his world upside down, and pit him face to face against the Ripper himself.
volumes 1 and 2 offered
Adam Arnold
voumes 1-3 offered
Nunzio DeFilippis
Christina Weir
Her name is Luna, and she's the perfect secret agent. Grown in a lab from the finest genetic material, she has been trained since her birth fifteen years ago to be the U.S. government's ultimate espionage weapon. But now, she is given an assignment that will test her abilities to the max-high school!
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.


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I would like to present this superb graphic from Daily Infographic about writing and brain relationship. Writing can be a de-stress tool, as well as have a powerful influence over its readers. You also probably heard that storytelling is a perfect tool to be used not only if you want to be heard and understood better, but also in marketing, press, company and product's presentations, etc. But have you considered WHY?
The interesting thing is that using cliches – the phrases that are used and heard way too many times (like in Spain "I had a rough day" or "Love is blind") are just read as words by brain and nothing more, it does not evoke any senses. So good writer should avoid using those.
The graphic also works as introduction into different parts of brain. It will help you to get a pretty straightforward understanding of neuroscientific information that most people run away because it is too complicated. But this is not the case, so enjoy easy education.


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Troubled Australian actor Matthew Newton will endure a nervous wait as Miami prosecutors decide if they will pursue charges against him.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office has labelled Newton's arrest last week at popular Miami watering hole Mr Moe's Restaurant and Bar as ''an ongoing criminal case''.
Police charged Newton with resisting arrest and trespassing.
Newton's Australian lawyer, Chris Murphy, told a Sydney court earlier in the week the 35-year-old actor could be suicidal and was receiving psychiatric treatment in the US.
In 2007 Newton pleaded guilty to assaulting actress and former girlfriend Brooke Satchwell, and in 2010 another former girlfriend, Rachael Taylor, accused him of assaulting her on a 2010 Italian holiday.


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Buzz News Roundup, 10/13
- Sen. John McCain will again visit the Late Show With David Letterman this Thursday, Oct. 16. — Zap2It
- DreamWorks has signed a seven-year distribution pact with Universal Pictures. — Variety
- Pink Panther & Pals, a new 26-episode half-hour animated series will air on Cartoon Network channels worldwide starting in Fall 2009. — The Hollywood Reporter
- Ridley Scott plans on making a film adaptation of Joe Haldeman's 1974 sci-fi novel The Forever War. — ComingSoon
- For a seventh time, Oasis debuted an album at the top of the UK album chart. — Billboard
- French actor Guillaume Depardieu, son of Gerard Depardieu, has died of pneumonia at the age of 37. — The Hollywood Reporter
- NBC has ordered four more scripts for Knight Rider. Oy. — Zap2It


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New Media: Sept. 9
Updated 1:06 pm, Friday, September 7, 2012
Who says kids have all the fun? Bob Dylan, 71, and Richard Gere, 63, account for two of the week's top entertainment picks. Here's a look:
"Arbitrage": Robert Miller is a bad guy, a crooked hedge-fund manager who's trying to cash in before his crimes are revealed and an adulterer who walks away from an accident that claims the life of his mistress. He's also Richard Gere, now a striking sexagenarian, so even if he deserves all the bad things coming his way, you might hope he avoids them — at least for a while.
ALSO: "For a Good Time Call," "Resident Evil: Retribution"
Movies open Friday
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"Snow White and the Huntsman": For Twihards, this is the Yoko Ono of movies, the wedge that cleaved Stew from Pat. For the rest of us, the oft-told tale gets a dark, gothic twist that, according to Roger Ebert, is full of "visual wonderments."
ALSO: "What to Expect When You're Expecting"
DVDs in store Tuesday
"Tempest," Bob Dylan: On his debut album, 21-year-old Bob Dylan sang blues songs with titles including "In My Time of Dyin'" and "Fixin' to Die." Fifty years later, death is still on his mind — the title track of his 35th album is a 14-minute epic about the sinking of the Titanic — but Dylan sounds vital, with a rock-solid band and plenty to say.
ALSO: The Avett Brothers, "The Carpenter"; Little Big Town, "Tornado"; Dave Matthews Band, "Away From the World"; "La Futura," ZZ Top
CDs in stores Tuesday
"A Wanted Man," Lee Child: Jack Reacher's thankful to hitch a ride after only 90 minutes. Not many people would stop for him, a hulking ex-military cop with a badly broken nose, on a Nebraska winter night. Turns out Reacher was just the guy the car's occupants were looking for, though that doesn't become apparent until they make it through a couple of road blocks. For the middle of nowhere, that's a lot of cops — someone must have done something really bad.
ALSO: "Frozen Heat," Richard Castle; "This Is How You Lose Her," Junot Diaz; "The Bridesmaid," Beverly Lewis
Books in stores Tuesday


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Apis was the holy bull or bull god of Memphis. Any bull found bearing a white triangle on its forehead and otherwise totally black, was considered to be the personification of Apis. Priest derived omens from his behavior. The bull was not allowed to live past 25 years and upon reaching this age it was drowned and a new bull was sought. If it died before that time, it was buried with much ceremony at Sakkarah, south of Cairo. The apis cult was later closely connected with the god Ptah, but was also widespread among the Greeks and Romans.


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Traditional Funnel Cakes Recipe
When I was in high school, I made these funnel cakes every Sunday after church for my family. They are crisp and tender, just like the kind we always ate at the state fair. —Susan Tingley, Portland, Oregon
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Oil for deep-fat frying
- Confectioners' sugar
- Lingonberry jam or red currant jelly
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs and sugar. Combine flour and baking powder; beat into egg mixture until smooth.
- 2. In an electric skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 375°. Cover the bottom of a funnel spout with your finger; ladle 1/2 cup batter into funnel. Holding the funnel several inches above the skillet release finger and move the funnel in a spiral motion until all of the batter is released (scraping funnel with a rubber spatula if needed).
- 3. Fry for 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining batter. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm with jam. Yield: 8 servings.
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The act of dribbling a small amount of beer from ones mouth onto one's chin, and possibly clothing.
© Charles Silver, 2005
© Charles Silver, 2005
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Tokyo – Venus Williams snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Wednesday to beat fast-rising Romanian Simona Halep 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open.
The 33-year-old American, who dominated women's tennis a little over a decade ago but was diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder Sjogren's Syndrome in 2011, warned after her match in Tokyo that she had no thoughts of retiring.
In any case, sister Serena would not let her, Venus said.
"I don't know how I was able to win that match," Venus, who knocked out ailing top seed Victoria Azarenka in the previous round, told reporters.
"She played unbelievable. I've never seen her hit the ball that hard.
"It came down to who was more determined, who would fight harder and believe more. I'm glad that person was me."
Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland overpowered Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-4 and next faces German Angelique Kerber after the fifth seed flattened Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2.
Williams dropped the first set and was down 4-3 and a break in the second before producing an impressive comeback to set up a meeting with Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, who upset Serbian sixth seed Jelena Jankovic 7-5, 6-2 under a closed centre-court roof as rain halted play outside.
Only Serena, with nine, has won more titles than Halep's four in 2013, and the 13th seed gave Venus the runaround for a set and a half, leaving the seven-times grand slam champion shaking her head as she whipped winners from all parts of the court.
But Williams, who has slipped to 63rd in the world after two years of illness or injury, showed her experience on the big points.
After levelling at a set-all, she ruined Halep's hopes of celebrating her 22nd birthday on Friday still in the tournament with a blistering crosscourt forehand on her first match point.
Williams added: "The motivation for me now is knowing my luck's got to change.
"My body's got to cooperate at some point. What am I going to do anyway? Watch on TV? That's just lazy.
"And Serena wouldn't let me quit," she added with a laugh.
"She'd be like, 'You're playing doubles!'. I'd be, 'Okay'.
"I perhaps don't have the health of the other players but physically I'm always trying to get an edge. I can't go in there with fear.
"I've tried traditional medicine and non-pharmaceutical things. It's like tennis -- you always have to try new things.
"There's no roadmap. I'm on my own here."
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, winner in Tokyo three years ago, swept into the last eight with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova. – AFP


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Have you ever stopped for a second to think about the science and psychology of falling in love or why you are falling in love with that special someone? Did you ever notice love is sort of a mysterious yet natural emotion in us and it must have to do something with our chemistry to one another? Or, have you ever concluded love could be a beautiful feeling helping species remain alive? If not, it is the time to be mindful because it will definitely help you envision and live a fuller life. It is said that it is a state of mind and body affected by the release of hormones in the brain like: adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, etc and they are right. But we believe it is far more than just hormones and a state of mind. It is the intangible collection of a persons feelings for another person or something much more valuable to them than their own life. What you believe is up to you as long as they get you the same results. A loved one to share your moments with.
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THE PILLOWMAN Plays Threefold Productions, 9/21-10/13
Following the successes of Lee Blessing's A Body of Water, and the one-woman show Pretty Fire, Threefold Productions is continuing their 2012-2013 season with Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman.
McDonagh's Tony-nominated script follows an unsuccessful author and his emotionally stunted brother as they are interrogated by two bulldog policemen about their suspected involvement in a recent string of child murders. This unrelenting story illustrates characters in a fight for life and legacy while they grapple with struggles of identity and morality.
The production, though technically daunting, has been eagerly anticipated by cast and crew alike.
Director Sarah Lucas says of the decision to produce this work, "I have always loved taking challenging, big shows and finding a way to make them work in small spaces. I think the intimacy that the MIX Studio Theater offers will only enhance the general uncomfortably of the piece and force myself, my designers, and my cast to find a new way to tell this story."
Cast member Evan Mann adds, "I've always loved this play, since I first read it. The storytelling is incredible and the characters are so well developed and detailed-there's really a lot to work with."
The technical demands of the show have made the creative components manifest themselves in many unique ways; a formula which has become a hallmark of Threefold Productions.
Lucas notes, "It will be rewarding, after spending so much time with the script, preparing and meeting with the designers, and bringing everything to life the actors on stage, to see the audience's reaction."
Company members have also decided to stage a fitting fundraiser in the form of a book drive to benefit both patrons and the community. Threefold Productions is offering a dollar discount to any patron who brings at least one book to donate to the Ypsilanti Library. The company sees it as a win-win situation-customers get cheaper tickets while contributing to a good cause (and, considering the importance of storytelling to the show, a relevant one!).
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh will star Evan Mann, Alastar Dimitrie, Sean Sabo, Jon Ager, Monica Kozakiewicz, Julia Garlotte, and Zac Hendrickson. The production is directed by Sarah Lucas will open September 21st and will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm through October 13th at Ypsilanti's MIX Studio Theatre, with an additional Industry Performance on Wednesday, Sept. 26 (also 8 pm). The show contains some graphic content and may not be suitable for children.
Tickets can reserved on online at www.threefoldproductions.org and are $18 for Adults and $15 for Students and Seniors. For more information about Threefold Productions, "LIKE" them on Facebook, or email email@example.com.


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William Connolley lists another ten global warming myths.
PZ Myers delivers a righteous smackdown to Paul from Wizbang for Paul's profoundly ignorant attacks on evolution. (Paul's responds by calling evolution a cult.) As well as having totally demolished\* the theory of evolution, Paul has also done for global warming:
Which is more plausible:
The established theory: CFC's (et al) don't destroy ozone at seal level, (or we would not have smog) they magically hold there electron stripping potential till they get to a higher altitude where they strip electrons off ozone and blah blah blah blah blah (there are tons of holes in the theory but I won't even bother poke holes in it now)
Paul's Theory: You know, if we are getting hotter for the last 200 years, it might have something to do with this little thing called "heaters." You know, those things we use to warm us up. Those of you in the Boston area might be familiar with them. To see the effects of man made heat generation, just watch the evening news during the winter. They give one temp in the city and one for the surrounding area which is generally 4 or 5 degrees cooler. Where do you think all that heat goes?
Hundreds of years of us producing heat to keep ourselves warm and produce steam for electricity is far more likely to be the cause of any warming that the nonsense the environmentalists are touting. If we can change the temperature locally by as many of 5 degrees, it is too much to believe that over hundreds of years we can move the average 0.8 degrees? (assuming man is moving the climate which is doubtful)
The environmentalist love to point out that sparsely populated nations have not had as large a temperature increase. DUH! They don't have as many heaters, hot engines, electric generating plants etc etc.
Yes, Paul really did claim that the established theory of global warming involved CFCs destroying ozone. And he really seems to beleive that waste heat accumulates at the surface instead of being radiated into space. In the comments, various people tried to teach Paul something about physics and chemistry, but to no avail.
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Feel your mouth watering?
The last 5 years have been all about vinegar for me. I was having a great time importing this speciality from my home region, the Pfalz in southwestern Germany, to Sweden. And now, that I am in the process of moving back home (after 7 years in Sweden), I have just sold my business and last night all the remaining bottles and glasses were moved over to their new seller. So - now, that I am not selling them myself any longer, I can finally write about them in this blog. Not so easy to be holding back for so long....
Doktorenhof vinegars are very fine and elegant drinking vinegars made mostly of wines of Trockenbeerenauslese quality. Made to drink as an aperitif, between courses or after a nice meal. In an all natural process the wines are fermented to vinegar, which happens in old big wooden casks. After ageing in up to 10 years in small barrels, the concentration of flavours and components is unbelievably intensive. Now the vinegar is only waiting to be filled in eye-pleasing designed bottles, to finally be enjoyed in mouthblown glasses on very high foot.
Georg Wiedemann, founder and owner of Doktorenhof, has started this business almost 30 years ago and at that time this was a very innovative concept. The idea of taking best wines (instead of some bad wine or wine that had gone bad) to make such fine a vinegar that you would want to drink it! At the same time though, Georg is a man with principles and with very high traditional values. He has always been very connected and interested in history, in people and happenings that are part of our roots today. Besides, he cares about clean food, free of chemicals and ill-making substances. And last but not least, he and his wife Johanna are people with excellent taste. All of this together is reflected in every bottle of this wonderful drops.
I used the vinegars in many years before, selling them was new to me. My Swedish customers asked me lots and lots of questions about this special product, I just had to dig knee-deep into it. This is also how my tastings came to live and because of those I got to meet several thousands of really interesting and interested, fun and nice Swedish people. Wonderful! I cannot thank this people enough for how they did enrich my life in Sweden.
Journalists have called the vinegar 'explosion of flavours' and much more. And it is true: you need to taste and experience this, it is impossible to describe.
Of course, this vinegar is also used for cooking. From easy daily food up to gourmet cooking. Every dish and every cook will find countless of ways to use it. There are some 40 different flavours, from fruity over herbal to spicy and neutral. All ingredienses are real and pure. There is nothing artificial in a bottle.
Balm of figs, a sweeter version, and a dream over icecream, fruitsalad, to cheese and over machésalad, to chicken salad or just over some honey melon... you name it.
Ginger balm, definitely ginger! Two drops add wonderful spice to your dish, from soup, sallad, chicken, asian dishes over to your sweet desserts.
From sweet to stingy - all intensified by the vinegar itself, as are the dishes these drops get in contact with.
Vinegar tastings at the Doktorenhof are very popular and unique. If you get to the region, you should really make a stop there. And already now, you should look at their website to get your tastebuds stimulated.
And if you are in Sweden, you can find them here.
April 23, 2010
Doktorenhof Fine Vinegars
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KANYE West used to make love to previous girlfriends while watching Kim
Showbiz website TMZ said the rapper, who is now dating the reality star, used
her infamous sex tape to get in the mood.
The racy video was made in 2003 with US singer Ray J, and emerged in 2007.
Kanye has admitted being besotted with Kim for years, and even trying to get
her to drop another boyfriend, American footballer Reggie Bush, in 2009.
And he has recently rapped about the 31-year-old's starring role in the tape,
in his new single Clique.
He said: "Eat breakfast at Gucci. My girl a superstar all from a home movie."
The sex tape, entitled Kim Kardashian: Superstar, is one of the most-viewed
home romps ever, and the curvy celebrity has openly credited it with
boosting her career.
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Coming down an escarpment and wending its way through sheoaks, the Deua River rewards Michael Hulse's dawn-to-dusk toil with a wealth of minerals and nutrients.
West of Moruya, a steep fire trail plunges down to the clear, pebbly bottomed river and up into Mr Hulse's 40-hectare property where rusty old machinery is brought back to life to sow, dig and weed vegetables. The weeds are winning, which doesn't worry this determined farmer who refuses to use chemicals to gain the upper hand, nor let the big supermarkets squeeze him out of business.
''I'm 62 and I'll do this till I fall over,'' he said.
Farmers like Mr Hulse will have been gladdened by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's announcement last week that it would investigate treatment by Coles and Woolworths of their suppliers.
The ACCC has alleged a long list of misconduct from the big chains, including applying penalties to suppliers outside of negotiated terms of trade, failure to pay agreed prices to suppliers and discriminating in favour of home-brand products.
A former grazier who once rode horses for stunts in movies, including The Man From Snowy River, Mr Hulse also ran a fruit and vegetable shop in Moruya for 16 years, during which he developed a distaste for the supermarket chains.
They had made it difficult for small producers, and reduced the region's dairy farms, which once numbered more than 50, to a handful, after paying them less than what it cost to produce their milk.
''It is a ridiculous situation with Woolworths coming down, we have all this water and country and we are not using it. It is where we live. You should grow food where you live. It is the best form of economics, the rest of it is just people in the middle.
''I have been a farmer all my life and we are getting less and less and less and it has got to stop. I have had a shop as well, so I know the figures. I know what they do.''
He said the chains paid growers 40 cents a kilo for potatoes. He sells his for $4 a kilo.
Wiry with wisps of white hair retreating across his red- freckled forehead, Mr Hulse loves sinking his chunky fingers into the furrowed sandy loam soil from which he plucks new season potatoes.
''I just want to grow food that tastes good, like it used to in the '40s before they bought in soluble fertiliser,'' he said.
''Royal blue [potatoes] seem to like this area.'' When thrips and 28-spotted ladybirds attacked his spuds and threatened to destroy them he sprayed them with a seaweed mixture.
''I'm bloody thrilled. They had looked like the plague had come through them, now they're all green again.'' He grows his produce for 10 months of the year and sells much of it at the Capital Region Farmers Market in Canberra under the Deua River Farm Produce label, which he runs with his wife, Wendy, and a restaurateur at Moruya.
''Canberrans, they really get what we are about,'' he said.
On the river flats he grows six varieties of pumpkin and corn, beans in summer and peas and broccoli in winter.
The rotation includes green manure crops of mustard plants, which are dug back into the soil, and deep-rooted lucerne which brings nutrients to the surface. In a temperate, almost frost-free climate with high rainfall, he produces 38 tonnes of spuds to the hectare, or about 75 tonnes in a year.
Thousands of Californian garlic bulbs hang in corrugated-iron sheds. Passionfruit vines climb in dappled sunlight under silky oak trees.
The trees also shelter 16 bathtubs scrounged from dumps in Canberra which accommodate his worm farm. Tiger and red-wriggler worms churn through compost under big lumps of rotting hay.
Worm wee and castings are spread on all the vegies. He's delighted at how little of the stuff makes such a big difference.
His affection for old machinery is evident in the faded blue Bedford in his shed, a 1950s potato harvester, which takes him no more than half an hour tinkering to fix if anything stalls its snail-paced progress deep in the heavy soil.


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Bananas Gwen
Go bananas over this Gwen Stefani doll who is dressed up in her This Sh*t is Bananas marching band outfit.
Big enough to hold even the large dolls this Dollhouse Cradle will rock it's way into the hearts of any little princess! It's delicate features and classic feel will forever be an enjoyable memory !
these make the best gifts, i carry them in my shop and they always sell out as soon as they come in.
little girls get all the good stuff
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It's where Lawrence of Arabia meets Mark Zuckerberg. Oasis500 is an Arab-owned high-tech accelerator, looking to nurture 500 new start-ups in Jordan. It has dangled seed money for any Jordanian or Arab who wants to create a new company here, and, like a flash rainstorm in the desert, Oasis500 has already helped dozens of Arabic-content Internet start-ups to blossom practically overnight. Only 1 percent of global Web content is in Arabic today, but 75 percent of it is produced in Jordan.
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Alsarah: Why You Need Retro East African Pop In Your Life
Alsarah is a young Sudanese singer, composer and ethnomusicologist, based in Brooklyn, NY. Silt, her debut album with her group, The Nubatones, just came out on Wonderwheel Records, to critical acclaim and our great enjoyment and repeated office-blastings. We also severely … Read more »


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Portraits of Pretty People
Polaroid Photography
de Luciano Noble II
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The first book by the world's premier Polaroid portraiture photographer, Portraits of Pretty People is 80 pages of stories and photos culled from the best of Luciano Noble's collection.
Having shot exclusively with Polaroid cameras for over ten years, Luciano Noble finally puts it all together for you and your loved ones.
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Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
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- Fecha de publicación mar. 19, 2008
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Was born, lives, and will in all likelihood die, in Los Angeles.
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ISO600 - FESTIVAL DELLA FOTOGRAFIA ISTANTANEA HI! we're leading the 1°Italian Instant festival, in October in Milan. It will be very important and the first in europe to and in the contempoarry art day. we'll have shows, performance, conferences, workshops, the museum of polaroid cameras and also we'll have a space dedicated to publications on the instant photographyt.
If you want to be among the protagonists of this festival with your book. write to: info.polaroiders [at] gmail.com (set subjet: "iso600: pubblication-your name surname") to have more information.
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Money and Grenade Hack. Sorry I could not find the health hack.
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While his wife (Scott Thomas) is succumbing to the charms of her golf instructor (Swayze), oblivious Rev. Walter Goodfellow (Atkinson) worries about his speech for a forthcoming convention. Meanwhile, his daughter is sleeping around and his sons being bu
Cosy sit-com sensibilities jar with attempted black humour in this British comedy: think The Vicar Of Dibley meets Serial Mom with the seams showing. Maggie Smith is the little old housekeeper whose dark past informs her methods of dealing with the problems that beset the household of Atkinson's Rev. Walter Goodfellow (namely: a sexless marriage, a barking dog and some school bullies). But her sinister doings sit uneasily with the broad comedy that characterises the rest of the film, from Gloria's fumblings with sleazy golf pro Lance (Swayze, an unlikely pastoral dweller) to Walter's stuttering attempts to deliver a funny sermon.
There are a few strong sight gags — as Walter searches for religious jokes on the internet, we read and laugh along with him — and the odd one-liner ("Can I get you any?" enquires Gloria's innocent young son Petey on hearing that his mother "isn't getting any"). But much of the comedy feels like a lazy attempt to ape the success of (yawn) Four Weddings And A Funeral, as does the casting of Atkinson and Scott Thomas. And the film's conclusion feels uncomfortably cynical in the context of such mainstream material.
Despite a likeable cast and bursts of wit, this fails to work its darker comic themes into its picture of flawed-but-loveable rural Britain. Youd be better off watching The Vicar Of Dibley.


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John Wilson Teaches Cancer Survivors To "Always Keep Pedaling"
Fighting cancer is difficult for anyone, but especially for people who lead particularly active lives before their diagnoses. John Wilson was an avid hiker, biker and basketball player before being diagnosed with Epithelioid sarcoma in 2006. A rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer, treatment required that Wilson's left leg be amputated. Undaunted, within months, Wilson was back to some of his favorite activities, and quickly realized the therapeutic power of sports and nature. In 2010, he founded the AKP — Always Keep Pedaling — Foundation, dedicated to helping other cancer survivors regain their zest for life via outdoor adventure activities. "At AKP we believe that the best way to build confidence is to take healthy risks," says Wilson."The purpose of the AKP Foundation is to build the confidence of young adults who have suffered physically altering trauma due to cancer by helping them find adventure through adaptive sports." Twice a year, Wilson and AKP host a retreat, inviting young cancer survivors who might not otherwise have the means or access, to come together and bond while taking part in fun physical activities like skiing and biking. The experience has been life-changing, and many participants say that it's what's helped them move on from surviving to really living again. I dare you to get through this video without tearing up. And to find out how you can help cancer survivors click here. [AKP Foundation]


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Independence of the Seas: A Beautiful Ship : Independence of the Seas Cruise Review by phoenixPHXjrb
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Independence of the Seas: A Beautiful Ship
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
We cruised as a family of four. We arrived the day before in Fort Lauderdale and stayed nearby the cruise port and pretty close to the airport as well. We stayed at the Hyatt Place 17th St. Convention Center. They provided a free airport shuttle and breakfast was included. I would recommend staying here since it was very easy for us. It is not particularly close to the beach area, but there are plenty of restaurants and shops nearby. The cab fare to the beach was around $10 (flat rate). The day we arrived at the hotel, we signed up for the cruise port shuttle which is $7 a person from this hotel (not sure about others). I then found out that the cab fare to the port would be a lot cheaper. It was $15 for the four of us. It More depends on how much traffic there is. We left at around noon and there was waiting to get in through the gates.
Embarkation was very easy and was organized. Have your set sail page in hand when arriving, because they will ask for it a lot. We carried our carry-on luggage on and had the porters take our big suitcase. We boarded the ship after about 20 minutes or so in the terminal. Rooms are not ready until 1-1:30, so we headed up to the Windjammer Cafe and started our vacation there.
Our stateroom was very nice and roomy. There was plenty of storage space for the four of us. You could sleep more people in this room if you wanted too.. it was very large, about double the size of a regular cabin. We had a great stateroom attendant who was very friendly and welcoming. Our stateroom was a Promenade Family Stateroom facing the Royal Promenade. It was a great room but I will say, it was dark and cool, just like an inside room if you close the curtains. You could sleep in the room all day if you wanted to. The room had a walk in closet with plenty of hangers. The bathroom was very nice a large with a tub and with beautiful tiles.
We had My Time Dining for this cruise in the King Lear Dining Room on Deck 5. It worked out pretty good. When we booked the cruise, the 6PM dining was full and we didn't want to eat at 8:30. My Time Dining allows you to pay your gratuities up front and you choose what time that you want to eat each night. We ate in the dining room for 5 out of the 6 nights, and the dining room service, environment, and food was spectacular. We requested the same table for each night and our waiters were outstanding, funny, and entertaining. They kept us informed of all of the major events happening on the ship that night as well as what to expect the next day. You must go to the dining room on this cruise, because it was one of the best dining experiences that I have ever had. Those who choose to eat in the Windjammer really miss out on great food and great dining experiences.
The Windjammer Cafe was overall pretty good. It does lack variety as you will see the same food over and over. We ate in the Windjammer every day for breakfast and lunch and the food was very good for the most part. The service was pretty good, but I often found that the salad and other foods would take a while to get replenished when it was all gone. Other than that, the experience in the Windjammer was pretty good. With so many people on board, you often had a hard time to find a place to sit down as well as having to wait in line often.
Also, there were specialty restaurants including Chops Grille and Portofino. We did not eat at any of those places. There was also Johnny Rockets and Ben and Jerry's but we did not get a chance to eat at those places either. They do cost more and I do find that a lot of the free stuff can be just as good. Ice Cream was only available in Ben and Jerry's, the Dining Room, or on the pool deck at Sprinkles (when open). They didn't have Ice Cream in the Windjammer which was a little disappointing. On the Royal Promenade, there was Sorrento's, a pizza place with great pizza that was open until 3am, so if the Windjammer is closed, you don't have to worry because the restaurants on the Royal Promenade on Deck 5 are open late. Cafe Promenade had tea, coffee, sandwiches and sweets available. Both Sorrento's and Cafe Promenade did not charge anything. All bars had great service and if the pool bars were closed, the bars on Deck 5 were still open.
I recommend getting the soda package if you know that you will drink soda often. It is $4.50 a day for kids, and $6.50 for adults. You get unlimited soda in all facilities on board, including the private island. Wine packages are also available.
The activities on board were really good. The kids and teen programs are very good. With teenagers in the party, they participated in many teen activities including teen ice skating, teen Flo rider, free arcade games, and much more. As far as the pools and whirlpools, there was plenty of space for everyone. There is the solarium pool and whirlpools, the main pool and whirlpools, and the H20 Zone for the kids with whirlpools. There was also the Flo Rider wave machine which was very popular as well as Mini Golf and the Climbing Wall. There was a nice fitness center that I used that wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be. People tended to do their own things and did not crowd into one area. There was plenty of space for all.
The shows were also very good. Every night there were good shows to go to like Bowser and the Stingrays, the comedies, and Ice Shows. They all were exceptional.
The ship staff really works hard to provide everyone with a great cruise vacation, and they did that. Cruise director Joff did a very nice job and was at all of the events. The itinerary was very good, too. I had a good time at all of the ports of call.
Independence of the Seas was the biggest ship that I've been on and it was a great experience to be on a mega ship. You never really know that there's 4,000 people on board because there is so much to do and so much to see. I personally have really enjoyed cruising Royal Caribbean, and this cruise was the best Royal Caribbean Cruise that I have taken. Less
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The 22-year-old Maribyrnong woman was assaulted at about 5am in a car park on Ballarat Road near the Maribyrnong River.
She was taken to the Sunshine hospital for treatment. A 26-year-old West Footscray man has been arrested and is expected to be charged on summons.
Police would like to speak to any witnesses, in particular a woman who was cycling at the time of the incident.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au.


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PRAGUE – Sweeping criticisms of developed-country central banks have lately become all the rage. The main line of attack goes something like this: monetary policymakers have been far too activist since 2008, overstepping their mandates and damaging the economy. This narrative – which, bizarrely, is equally popular among otherwise irreconcilable ideological adversaries, such as libertarians and neo-Marxists – is patently wrong.
What the critics fail to understand is that modern central banks are responsible not just for fighting inflation, but for maintaining long-term price stability. Like a person's body temperature, price levels can go neither too high nor too low without causing serious complications. Central banks must be as "activist" when combating deflation caused by weak demand as they are when fighting high inflation driven by excessively strong demand.
Though the battle is completely symmetric, the public assessment of it is bafflingly lopsided, especially in countries with financially conservative populations. This includes my own country, the Czech Republic, a nation of small savers where the loan-to-deposit ratio remains well below 100%. Czechs fear inflation, even though it hit a 13-year low last year and the Czech National Bank, of which I am Vice-Governor, has been fighting to avert the risk of deflation since 2013.
Another common complaint about developed-country central banks' policies since 2008 is that they have redistributive effects. They certainly do, but so what? Any and all monetary-policy actions redistribute wealth. An interest-rate hike pleases savers, whereas a rate cut is a boon to borrowers. Importers prefer a strong exchange rate; exporters prefer a weak one. To make any sense at all, monetary policy must have different effects on different groups at different times. That is no mistake; it is the essence of monetary policy.


text: More than half (60 percent) of respondents in the North American 'Business Benefits of Service Virtualization' study* unveiled today by CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) claim that customer-facing applications are delayed as a result of endemic constraints within the software development and testing environment including limited access to infrastructure, databases and undeveloped applications. To compound the situation, applications are often released with reduced functionality, according to 70 percent of those surveyed. The vast majority of the 200 in-house software development executives and managers from large (US $1 Billion+) enterprises surveyed are aware of the significant consequences that result from endemic constraints across software development and testing. This includes loss of reputation (96 percent) and customers switching to competitors (93 percent). "North American businesses are under pressure to deliver increasingly complex applications, and at a much faster rate than ever before to keep pace with customer demands," said Shridhar Mittal, general manager, Service Virtualization, CA Technologies. "Unfortunately, IT budgets are not increasing at the rate of change inherent in today's highly distributed composite applications. This causes serious constraints to software development, resulting in delays and failures in delivering new software features to market." Delays in application development and testing are negatively impacting businesses with respondents reporting reduced functionality (74 percent) and late delivery of new customer facing applications (60 percent). In part, this is due to the increased pressure and demand for highly sophisticated applications, with 66 percent of respondents stating that their approach to software development and testing will have to change as a result of massive growth particularly across mobile. The pressures highlighted by this independent study point to the need for improved development processes and faster, more effective testing. North American survey respondents also identified the potential benefits of pursuing updated approaches to include increased quality (81 percent), faster time-to-market (76 percent) and reduced costs (71 percent).


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Mason Katz ended a 25-game home run drought and triggered a four-homer night for the LSU baseball team as the Tigers beat Ole Miss 7-1 in the opener of a three-game series Thursday night at Alex Box Stadium.
Katz, who found out Thursday morning he would be starting at second base instead of his customary spot at first because of a hand injury to JaCoby Jones, hit a double and scored during a two-run first-inning, led off the fourth with his first homer in 109 plate appearances and doubled and scored again in the eighth.
"I hit it really good, and when I got out of the batter's box I said, 'Please go out of the park,' " Katz said of his career-high 14th homer of the season. "After about three steps, I heard (shortstop Alex) Bregman yell out of the dugout, 'He's back.' " I figured if he's yelling that, it's got to be out. It felt good. I needed that."
Christian Ibarra, Raph Rhymes and Sean McMullen also homered as LSU had its first multi-homer game since April 20, its first four-homer game since March 30 and its first home game with more than two homers this season.
That provided plenty of offense for Cody Glenn (6-2), who pitched seven innings and allowed eight hits, one run and hit two batters.
"I know everyone's going to talk about the four home runs," Tigers coach Paul Mainieri said, "but I thought Cody Glenn was the key to the game. He made big pitches when he had to. The idea is to keep the other team from scoring runs. Base runners don't count."
The Tigers, 47-7 and 22-6 in the Southeastern Conference, matched the school record for regular-season wins regardless of number of games played. The 1986 team was 47-12. They also tied the school record for SEC wins, matching the 1986 and 1997 teams. They'll meet the Rebels, 35-19 and 14-14, again at 7 p.m. Friday.
LSU hit Ole Miss starter Mike Mayers (4-5) hard after one was out in the first. Mark Laird ripped a double to right, and Bregman followed with an RBI single.
Katz lined a double down the third-base line, but Bregman was thrown out at the plate. Rhymes followed with another double down the line, sending Katz home for a 2-0 lead.
Mayers got the Tigers in order in the second and third before getting hit hard again in the fourth. Katz led off with his home run, and after Rhymes went out on a hard grounder to first, Ibarra hit his sixth homer of the season for a 4-0 lead.
Rhymes hit a line drive to right-center with one out in the sixth, and center fielder Auston Bousfield tried to make a diving catch but missed the ball. Rhymes circled the bases and scored after catcher Stuart Turner flipped him in a collision as Turner went up the third-base line to try and field shortstop Austin Anderson's relay throw home.
"I ran out of gas coming around third," Rhymes said with a smile. "I will never do that again. I will either stop at third or hit it over the fence. That was too far to run."
McMullen hit his second homer of the season with one out in the seventh, and Tyler Moore's sacrifice fly drove in the final run in the eighth.
"When you have run support like we had tonight, there isn't that much pressure to put up a zero every inning, and that makes it easier to pitch," Glenn said. "I would like to have some more 1-2-3 innings to make it easier on our defense and on myself and my pitch count, but I made big pitches when I had to."
Glenn didn't have a clean inning the whole night, but he kept Ole Miss from scoring until the seventh. Tanner Mathis led off the game with a single and Anderson sacrificed, but Moore, who replaced Katz at first, threw out Mathis trying to reach third on the bunt.
"The instincts of the game just comes to you on a weird play like that," said Moore, who has played first, third and catcher. "Playing all around the field, you get a good sense of direction and a feel for the type of throws you have to make. That was kind of like a third-base throw, just switched around."
Glenn stranded two runners in the second, one each in the third, fourth and fifth, then two in the sixth. He got the first two outs in the seventh, but gave up a run before getting the final out.
The Rebels got 11 hits, but they stranded 13 runners.
"That was really the story of the game," Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. "We got the hits, but they were all singles, and we didn't capitalize on opportunities we had with a big double or a home run like they did. That had more to do with how good they are, especially when they have some momentum. We needed to come back early with a big extra-base hit when the game was in reach and we had a runner in scoring position, but we didn't do that tonight."


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Holy smoke! The Bible series, a landmark television event on A&E Networks' History Channel, had over 27 million cumulative viewers tuned in to all or part of the premiere a week ago. It was the #1 show for the night, beating out all the networks (yes, including ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) Episodes will air on Sundays culminating on Easter, March 31.
Leave it to Mark Burnett to pull off this huge miracle in the broadcasting world, but the mega-producer is no stranger to success. "We have many series currently on TV, but this is the most important," says Burnett, one of the most productive producers in television history. His current shows include Survivor, The Voice, Celebrity Apprentice, and Shark Tank. All are top-rated shows but Burnett says, "Over the next decade, more people will view our Bible series than all of our other TV series combined." That is a source of pride for the man who was named one of Time magazine's "World's Most Influential People," and TV Guide's "Most Valuable Player." His series have been nominated for 67 Emmys, and he has personally won four, along with four People's Choice Awards.
The Bible production was a labor of love for Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey. "Our prayer has always been that the dramatization of these stories will drive viewers to go to the Bible itself and drink in the actual text, because it is a book that changes lives," says Downey, who co-executive produced the History series with her husband, and also plays the role of Jesus' mother Mary. Of course everyone remembers the Irish-born Downey from her role as the tender-hearted angel on the long-running show Touched by an Angel on CBS.
"We could not be more thrilled with this out-of-the-gate success of The Bible on History," Downey reports. "The world is watching right now and we are incredibly humbled by the reaction to the series. We've been working on this project for the past four years now, and are deeply honored to breathe new visual life into the Bible's profound stories."
Burnett says he was inspired by his family, trying to create a production his teenagers would watch. "If they wouldn't like it, then it wouldn't be worth doing," he reports. So he set out to combine one of the greatest collections of stories ever assembled with the live action and state-of-the-art CGI. It is narrated by the award-winning Keith David, and features a musical score by composer Hans Zimmer. There's a great international cast too. In addition to Downey, Portuguese TV star Diogo Morgado plays Jesus.
Burnett explains it's more than the greatest story ever told, "It is the greatest adventure." From Genesis to Revelation, the History Channel series is re-telling the stories revealing new insights to the iconic characters in the context of the Bible: from Noah's Ark, and the Exodus, to Daniel in the Lion's Den, to the life of Jesus.
Some time ago when Burnett and I got together to discuss the broadcast business, he told me, "Every show should be an event, and you have to learn to do it in different ways. I'm focused on new and different distribution systems for my future projects, and making them special. There isn't much difference between my story-telling and a major feature film. Even with my reality shows, I try to make every episode like we're making a hundred million dollar film." That same effort can be found in the quality of his Bible series.
The epic ten-hour, five-part Bible docudrama airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. on History.


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On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 13:14 -0500, Samuel Thurston, III wrote:It seems that all of my fonts in firefox have gone invisible. it's strange because you can see images and any place that text is underlined, like hotkeys and hyperlinks, you can see the underlines, but no text. anybody else have this problem or know how to fix it?I have this exact same problem on Hoary, after upgrading to the 1.0.6 release. So, just adding my little cheer to get this fixed too :)
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