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Capital E for Everywhere this April school holiday
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Explore Wellington with Capital E for Everywhere this April school holiday
Capital E brings young people and their families an exciting fusion of imaginative workshops all across the capital.
Leap into Capital E Central's brand new purpose built digital studios; open to the public for the first time. There's no better way to kick off the holidays than getting your Flappy (or Splashy) on using the latest game design software in MediaLab with our mega-byte sized workshop, Game On - With Unity. Interested in story-telling or nautical adventure? Motivated by the thought of fish n' chips? Then arrive with your sea-legs for a fun-filled day exploring and filming in Mysteries of Matiu/Somes, before reporting to the OnTV Studio for final post-production on your documentary masterpiece.
The fun continues at Capital E Central with unique workshops including a one-off experience Creative Brains. This free event has two sessions, one for 8-10 years and the other for 11 years and over, where young people can create, play and brainstorm about what they want to see in Capital E's new public space on Queens Wharf. This is your chance to tell them what you want! Contribute ideas and be a part of the magic in preparation for the official opening of the space. There are also some cool retro chances to get crafty and creative at Capital E Central with Totes Boats and Pinball Whizzer.
Director, Stuart Grant says, "With huge advancement in technology, there is such a wide range of ways for young people to collaborate, create and learn, but some of the most stunning examples of innovation still occur when a child encounters a cardboard box."
Capital E is joining forces with the new-look Hannah Playhouse to present the New Zealand Premiere of Patch Theatre Company's Mr McGee & the Biting Flea, proudly supported by Classic Hits. Under the direction of Adelaide-based Dave Brown, this uniquely imaginative production uses three performers to bring award-winning Kiwi children's writer, Pamela Allen's stories to sweet music-infused life. Interactively unpack the magic and enchantment before and after each performance too, in a workshop where children (or adults!) can create their very own Mr McGee Balloon Head Craft as a memento of the show.
Ever thought about decorating your own robot? Now you can with Fun-botics at Carter Observatory. Create your own robot character by using an assortment of household objects and imagination. Then, experience Carter Observatory's brand new planetarium show Tilt for a great end to a very creative day.
It is a journey of imagination and fun with E for Everywhere all across the capital this April.


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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A champion bike rider is mentoring fellow teenagers at Keighley's Motor Education Project.
Fifteen-year-old trials bike ace Jack Carthy helps teach them how to repair and rebuild cars, bikes and Go-karts.
He has been attending the project — an alternative to mainstream education for local youths — for three years.
Like other students he takes normal maths and English lessons alongside time working on a host of old vehicles.
Away from the project he has won eight UK championships as well as a gold medal in the UCI Trials World Youth Games. Jack, who has competed in Belgium, is just one of many students who have found success partly due to their time at the project.
One has become a UK kart racing champion and many have found jobs in vehicle maintenance, including at least one who now runs his own garage.
The Motor Education Project has been running at the former tramshed, on South Street, Keighley, for the past 18 years.
In 2010 it merged with the Joint Activities Service to become JAMES, a charity which now provides activities for more than 2,000 young people a year across the district. JAMES uses activities like sport, art, motor mechanics and community work to help young people keep away from crime, get along with each other and do better in life. Len Wright has passed on his maintenance skills to young people with the Motor Education Project for 20 years.
He said the participants at South Street were young people who had been excluded from mainstream secondary schools.
They had to attend for 39 weeks — the same as normal school — and attendance rates were high.
Mr Wright said his trainees gained confidence and life skills as well as qualifications in motor mechanics.
He said: "Jack Carthy was such a quiet lad. Now he's come out so much that he helps me and helps with the young ones. They work on a multitude of vehicles. They start on cars that are not going on the road."
The trainees work up to servicing the project's minibuses and preparing them for MoTs.


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Peter O'Toole Dies
Acting legend was 81
Lawrence Of Arabia. Henry II, Tiberius. Anton Ego. No matter how you knew him, Peter O'Toole was a consummate actor and entertainer who brought joy and seemingly effortless craft to generations. So it's with regret that we must report he died today at the age of 81.
O'Toole's career spanned both the stage and screens big and small, and he never asked to be famous. Though the legendarily funny man did say this on the subject: "I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum." A famous hellraiser in his youthful acting days, he could be found living it up with the likes of Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Michael Caine and Oliver Reed.
Born Peter Seamus O'Toole in County Galway in Connemara, in 1932, he actually grew up in Leeds, though would return to Connemara to live for a long stretch of his later life. After abandoning convent school in his teens, he got a job at the Yorkshire Evening News as a copyboy. Yet acting was his true calling and he joined a local repertory company.
Wartime interrupted his career, and he served in the British Submarine Service, after which he auditioned for, and won a scholarship to, the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art in 1952, attending alongside Harris and Finney. A stint at the Bristol Old Vic followed, and then the Old Vic in London, where he impressed in productions such as Oh My Papa and Hamlet.
TV beckoned before film, but O'Toole gained far wider recognition in 1960 on Disney film Kidnapped and The Savage Innocents. Then The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England brought him to the next level. David Lean chose him to play T.E. Lawrence over Marlon Brando for the role that would define his career, in Lawrence Of Arabia, which was released in 1962 and went on to win seven Oscars. O'Toole was nominated, but it was the first of eight nominations he'd miss out on. When the Academy tried to give him an honorary award in 2002, he turned it down, before accepting the following year. "Always a bridesmaid never a bride," he said at the ceremony. "My very own Oscar now to be with me till death do us part."
Other memorable roles included work in The Lion In Winter; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Under Milk Wood; Caligula; The Last Emperor and Bright Young Things, before a whole new range of filmgoers embraced him as cranky critic Anton Ego in Ratatouille. In 2012, he announced his retirement, saying, "It's time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from stage and screen. The heart for it has gone out of me; it won't come back." That said, he will be seen in Katharine Of Alexandria, though it hasn't yet announced a UK release date.
Our respect and admiration for the man will never leave, and our thoughts are with his family and friends.


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Sprint's Adib to report on the carrier's LTE build out at a company conference
0. phoneArena posted on 24 Oct 2012, 13:32
According to Sprint, the nation's third largest carrier has added 11 LTE enabled smartphones to its lineup this year, on pace to reach the hoped for 15 LTE enabled models; more than 1 million LTE phones have been sold by the carrier despite a very small LTE footprint at this point...
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1. Jyakotu (Posts: 854; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)
I get a little frustrated with Sprint when I see news of new 4G LTE markets being turned on, but most of them are smaller towns and not any of the major cities. I got a GNex now, mainly because I wanted a 4G LTE phone and the pure Android experience. The phone is great, but the network? Anything but. I know Sprint is going to turn on 4G LTE in Charlotte, N.C., but honestly, I don't know if I can wait any longer. T_T
2. hcbarclay (Posts: 62; Member since: 20 Dec 2009)
I COMPLETELY agree. I was once an employee of Sprint and I live in Indy and we have been having spotty LTE and no announcement as to when it will be completely live and unrestricted. They caught a lot of heat here locally for the poor service that customers have been experiencing. Honestly, I own a new business and cannot afford to have what I consider< "bargain basement service"...get with it Sprint!! Unlimited DATA IS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP YOUR CUSTOMERS IF THEY DROP MULTIPLE CALLS A DAY!!!
3. Hamburglar (Posts: 9; Member since: 08 Aug 2012)
I too live in Indy. There were/are a lot of things I like(d) about Sprint. But they really do need to step up their coverage. I noticed a significant drop in coverage (especially data) when they brought the iPhone on board. Their data speeds went downhill quick and never recovered up until I switched to AT&T in February 2012. I would really like to go back to Sprint. But they are really going to have to improve their coverage, especially data. They need to build more towers to cover more area, attain better building penetration, and bump their data speeds. I was testing 200-300 kbps all around Indy when I left them. And I was using 3 different devices to get them numbers. I'm locked in for a little over a year with AT&T. So I am hoping they can get their act together before then. Otherwise I will probably just renew with AT&T.
4. SellPhones82 (Posts: 569; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Also live in Indy (Southside) and also debated on leaving as my contract was about up from when I bought the original EVO. When I saw Indy was on the list of "100 Markets to launch in the coming months" I figured I'd hang around. 3G data was decent in some areas and atrocious in others. Where I work (Plainfield) I'll get 37Kbps connection! Now as of Monday I finally turned on the LTE on my GS3 and to my surprise, I have 4g all over the place. It works at my house, work, and other areas I'm at on a weekly basis like Greenwood. That being said, the 3G is still pretty bad and I thought the whole Network Vision was to improve 3G as well but I have yet to see that. It could be due to the fact that they have not officially launched this market but I'd thin kthey are getting close.
5. Contreramanjaro (Posts: 153; Member since: 04 Dec 2011)
Getting people on the LTE towers alone will improve 3G for those remaining devices. That being said I have to say the Indianapolis roll out is going pretty darn well for a place that wasn't expected to get done until December. I live in Muncie and there are reports of Sprint LTE up here too.
Also, as a side note, in the last 6 or so years I've had Sprint I've had a whopping 5 dropped calls. And that includes some extensive time driving through the country. I guess I'm just lucky.
7. threeline (Posts: 267; Member since: 11 Sep 2011)
I was just up that way Indy/Muncie and Fort Wayne and I could barely maintain a signal and I have the Galaxy Nexus. So I have a hard time believing that one when all I did was drop calls for the week I was there. Sprint's service sucks and this is definitely my last round with them, I will pay more for reliable service.
10. Contreramanjaro (Posts: 153; Member since: 04 Dec 2011)
Yeah... I don't know what is causing your problem. Maybe the phone? It's not like the signal is fantastic but it's there.
In fact, I've actually run a sensorly "map trip" thing from Muncie to Bloomington (phone got very warm) and it shows solid signal on the map. I have an Evo Design and before that the Instinct. I'm not trying to stop you leaving. I don't care at all. I just am throwing my 2 cents in since it's an area I'm familiar with. And an area I consistently have stronger signal than my ATT friends. If you leave may I suggest Verizon? Best of luck to you.
8. Hamburglar (Posts: 9; Member since: 08 Aug 2012)
Have you tried testing the speed on Sprint's LTE coverage? I use the Speedtest app by Oookla. I am just curious about the numbers.
11. KFear (Posts: 147; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
Everyone is complaining about service in a small area. I just want to remind everyone of the topic at hand here and that also Sprint is a network that has a goal to expand across the country where populations exist the most. I'm not saying that nobody lives in your areas, but that a network can not be everywhere and that Sprint is a business that has to make many business decisions on what makes the most financial sense for their network AND their business.
Verizon doesn't reach everywhere either, nor do i expect it too. A carrier doesn't suck because you can't make a call in your kitchen. bottom-line
6. Even4steven (Posts: 43; Member since: 03 Aug 2012)
I finally gave up and left for Verizon a few months ago. REAL 4G is unbelievable. The carrier is more important then the phone. There I said it...
9. elandrumiii (Posts: 109; Member since: 20 Mar 2010)
I am in Atlanta and i can say its not just Indiana. I have had LTE turned on for over 2 months and It has actually gotten worse (LTE that is) 3g is not great but not horrible, I can still get a decent signal. WiMax is actually stronger than 3G sometimes. I still have an OG Evo here. They say I am covered but you know what that means. I am a breath away from AT&T. Dumping my tablet already got rid of the tablet and overdrive then by December the GNex may be gone and i will put the V950 on the account to ride out the contract.
12. maddashell (Posts: 8; Member since: 07 Aug 2012)
Who's care's about patents. It's a bunch of beat around the bush type of s***. When is everybody going to get LTE. They have all these devices sold, with no service. That should be there main focus and that is getting LTE out to it's users. We are so far behind, by the time we get LTE, they'll have something out even better and faster. It's crap, F*** the patents, get LTE rolled out...........come on sprint!!!!!


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Suffering from a mysterious ailment and having lost nearly 50 kilograms languishing in Cuban prisons for nearly three years, Alan Gross is perhaps America's most forgotten prisoner.
The development worker, with experience on U.S.-funded projects in Iraq and Afghanistan setting up communications networks, was convicted in March, 2011, of attempting to subvert the revolution on the Communist island.
His supporters claim he was innocently trying to set up Internet access for Cuba's tiny Jewish minority under a project funded by the U.S. aid agency, USAID, and that the Obama administration has not come to his assistance for fear of alienating Cuban-American voters during the election.
With the 2012 contest over, however, a concerted effort is under way to goad the Obama administration into action.
The Gross family has filed a lawsuit for up to $30-million in damages from the U.S. government, and with the aid of a high-profile human-rights lawyer, who counts Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as one of his clients, they have launched a set of actions to draw attention to the case.
Mr. Gross's wife, Judy, believes that Barack Obama wanted nothing to do with springing her husband from a hostile regime – at least until the presidential elections were over – for fear of riling the powerful Cuban-American constituency in Florida, a vital group of voters in a swing state who would not take kindly to his administration negotiating with the Communist regime. "He was willing to have somebody rot in jail because of South Florida and the election," Mrs. Gross said in an interview.
The U.S. State Department has denied that Mr. Gross is a spy and said that he is being held without justification.
Mr. Gross was arrested in his Havana hotel room on Dec. 3, 2009, on the last day of what was supposed to be his fifth and final visit to Cuba.
After 14 months in prison, he was finally charged with "a subversive project aimed at bringing down the revolution." After a two-day trial, he was convicted and given a 15-year prison sentence.
Mr. Gross is held in a Havana military hospital. Cuban doctors claim a large mass in his shoulder isn't serious but after a long-distance review, Alan Cohen, a Maryland radiologist, warned that the mass represents a "potentially lethal outcome."
Jared Genser is president of the non-profit group Freedom Now and a lawyer with Persus Strategies. His clients have included former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace Prize laureates Desmond Tutu and and Elie Wiesel. He has formally asked Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, to open a file on Cuba's treatment of Mr. Gross.
Mr. Gross had been "denied adequate medical diagnosis and treatment for the last six months," Mr. Genser wrote in a letter to Mr. Mendez, adding that, if it continues, the Cuban government's conduct "will constitute torture."
The Gross family has also filed a lawsuit against Development Alternatives Inc., the aid company for whom Mr. Gross was working, accusing both the company and the U.S. government of failing to provide Mr. Gross with the "education and training that was necessary to minimize the risk of harm to him."
A letter from more than 500 rabbis, including 19 in Canada and others from more than a dozen countries, to Cuba's President Raul Castro urged Mr. Gross be released "on humanitarian grounds," not only because of his illness but because his "90-year-old mother also has terminal lung cancer and desperately wants to see her son before she dies."
Among them is Ron Aigen, president of the Montreal Board of Rabbis, who said it was inexcusable and inexplicable that Mr. Gross case had failed – so far – to arouse support among Jews and others concerned about unwarranted imprisonment.
Cuba contends the multimillion-dollar USAID effort was a thinly disguised attempt to undermine the Castro government by giving dissidents and opposition groups independent access to the Internet and sophisticated technology to cover their tracks.
Mrs. Gross said her husband's "mood is one of incredible anger." The U.S. government "sent me here and then deserted me in Cuba," he told her when she visited Havana last month.
Cuba has repeatedly hinted that Mr. Gross could be freed in a swap for the so-called Cuban Five, a group of Cuban spies arrested in 1998. Havana admits they were intelligence agents but contends they were keeping an eye on the radical and violent extremists in the Cuban diaspora.
"[It's] an essential element in this agenda," Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Lopez said earlier this month that one of Havana's conditions for better relations with the United States was freeing the Cuba Five.
Mr. Genser says Havana needs to move first: "If the Cubans want good relations with Obama in the second term … the fastest and best way to do that is to release Alan Gross."
Editor's note: Human rights lawyer Jared Genser represents Alan Gross through his firm Perseus Strategies. Incorrect information in an earlier version of this article has been corrected.
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All Blonde Island Resort In The Maldives?
- By: Clayton Truscott
- Published: 08 October 2010
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Lithuanian branding agents 'Olialia' raised a few eyebrows when they announced plans to open an All-Blonde resort in the Maldives by 2015. From the pilots that get you there, to the air hostesses, hotel receptionists, porters and chefs - all employees will be beautiful, young and blonde.
Olialia, pronounced Ooh-la-la, is recognized across the Baltics as the company run by beautiful blonde women. This raises a few questions about the kind of holidays that people will book at their new resort. The Maldives may just go from a popular honeymoon destination to a stag party venue. But Olialia has more than just the usual 'sexist' rhetoric to answer for.
It's not a rule for employees to have blonde hair, according to Olialia's MD, Giedre Pukiene. She reckons that dark haired or ginger employees, 'are surrounded by all these beautiful blondes, so eventually they end up going blonde too.'
If this is true, it will be interesting to see how this dynamic plays out at the proposed resort. The law of the land stipulates that 50% of all staff members at any resort must be Maldivian - not a people known for their naturally blonde locks. Perhaps Olialia will get into the platinum-coloured wig business, in case local employees feel swayed to go blonde too?
Pukiene insists that Olialia, as a company, aims to liberate women. 'Our girls are very smart and they have degrees. All of them want to do something with their lives. They have lots of business ideas.'
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Out of the three finalists, Nikitin Dheer, Rajneesh Duggal and Gurmeet Choudhary, the news is leaked that Rajneesh has emerged as the winner of Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi 5.
Though the shooting of the show got wrapped early March, the name of the winner has been kept wrapped. Though the names of the three finalists got leaked by the time the show aired on Colors TV, who won the show was a top secret, well, until now.
Apparently, Gurmeet was the first person to give-in to the final stunt and Nikitin and Rajneesh had to fight it out in the final round. Rajneesh would beat the big guy Nikitin and emerges as the winner of Khatron Ke Khiladi 5.
Also Read: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 Photos: Gauhar And Kushal's Stunt With African Cockroaches
Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 5 saw the celebrity contestants Gauahar Khan, Kushal Tandon, Mugdha Godse, Rochelle Maria Rao, Nikitin Dheer, Gurmeet Choudhary, Debina Bonnerjee, Dayanand Shetty, Salman Yusuff Khan, Pooja Gor, Geeta Tandon, Ranvir Shorey, Rajneesh Duggall, Karanvir Bohra, his wife Teejay Sidhu, Ajaz Khan and Deana Uppal fight against each other trying to perform death defying stunts to conquer their fears as well as beat the competition.
Rajneesh Duggal is looking forward to the release of Samrat & Co, where Rajeev Khandelwal is playing the pivotal role. Also if reports are to be believed then one will get to see Rajneesh in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7 soon to go one air on Colors.
Rajneesh, the 1920 actor, who has not been seen around in recent times, has come to win the stunt-based reality show.


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On Set of Kim Kardashian's Fragrance Shoot (PHOTOS)
Kim Kardashian just released some new personal pics on set of her fragrance shoot last month! The bride-to-be went very old Hollywood glam for her fourth fragrance photos.
"Love by Kim Kardashian" is what KK will wear down the aisle this weekend when she marries her NBA beau Kris Humphries.
"My fragrance will be a keepsake I can keep for years, and I am excited to be able to share it with my fans," Kardashian told Us Weekly.
If Kim wasn't busy enough, she just launched the Kardashian Kollection Wednesday night in Hollywood with sisters Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian. Check out the style-savvy pics below!


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Parker Posey Joins Grace Of Monaco
Milo Ventimiglia also signs up
Occasionally Parker Posey will show up in a blockbuster (Superman Returns, Scream 3), but her heart lies with the idiosyncratic indies, and they don't come much less likely than Grace Of Monaco. Hence, Posey has just signed up to join the eclectic cast of Olivier Dahan's Grace Kelly drama.
You wouldn't quite call it a biopic, since the film concentrates on a particular event in the life of the actress-turned-princess. It deals with the political hoo-hah in 1962, when French president Charles De Gaulle, running out of patience with Monaco's tax-haven status, gave Monaco's Prince Ranier III (Kelly's husband) a short deadline to sort out its financial laws. Kelly then had to work cunningly behind the scenes to head off a likely-looking coup in her adopted principality.
As previously reported, Nicole Kidman is playing Kelly, with Tim Roth as Prince Ranier. Paz Vega (Sex and Lucia) is playing Maria Callas, with Frank Langella as Catholic priest Father Francis Tucker and Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Alfred Hitchcock (yup, another Hitchcock), who had directed Kelly three times and very much wanted her for Marnie.
Posey will play Madge Tivey-Faucon, Kelly's lady-in-waiting. By most accounts, Tivey-Faucon was a ruthless social climber who couldn't wait to sell unflattering tell-alls to the French press once she left Kelly's employ. Which sounds like exactly the kind of insidious frenemy villain role that Posey excels at.
Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia also looks set to sign up as Kelly's publicist Rupert Allan. Arash Amel wrote the screenpay, and Grace Of Monaco is currently in pre-production, with the cameras set to roll shortly.


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Treble Cone (Wanaka, NZ) has been announced as the inaugural winner of New Zealand's Best Ski Resort at the World Ski Awards held in Kitzbuhel, Austria over the weekend.
The World Ski Awards presentation was held in Kitzbuhel, Austria, attended by an audience of snow sports industry professionals and stakeholders from all around the world, to announce the winners which were voted upon online by a mix of ski tourism executives, travel buyers, tour operators, media professionals, and the skiing public.The World Ski Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in ski tourism through their annual awards programme. World Ski Awards is part of the World Travel Awards which are currently celebrating their 20th birthday, and are heralded as 'the Oscars of the travel industry'.
Treble Cone has long been recognised by both the passionate domestic skier and snowboarder market, and the strong international market, for its fun natural terrain, real mountain experience, and spectacular views across Lake Wanaka and the Southern Alps.
Treble Cone Wins New Zealand's Best Ski Resort 2013 – News – Snow.co.nz.


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I AM disgusted at the state Taylor Park lake is in.
The water is full of weed that has been left to get out of control after the council introduced it a few years back and the litter in the lake is terrible.
This used to be a great free fishing lake for local anglers and has been left to fall into ruin.
This park is supposed to have been awarded a green flag award a few years ago, now it is a run-down disgrace.
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Find out how Blair tries desperately in getting her mother away from Cyrus, and how Dean gets an interest from Bart Bass through 'Gossip Girl' clips.
The CW have been generous at sneak peeking to the next chapter of "Gossip Girl", by releasing five clips for the episode called "Bonfire of Vanity". Most the clips chronicle Blair's effort in dealing with her mother's new lover, Cyrus Rose.
The first one is on Dan coming to Bart Bass' office where the two find out that they share mutual interest in each other. This later on causes a rift between Chuck and Dan. The second clip is on Jenny and Agnes' effort in getting themselves a representative for their new clothing line. Coming to a manager's office, the two fashionitas who have lived together have disagreements over some details of their business.
Third one is a gathering involving Blair, Elanor and Cyrus. Cyrus is trying to charm Blair and her mother but the former is obviously unimpressed. Blair then confronts her mother for liking Cyrus in the fourth clip, asking what she sees in the "short" man. The fifth and final clip shows Blair communicating her problem with Cyrus to Serena, but the smitten best friend is too deeply in love with Cyrus' son, Aaron to pay attention to Blair's dilemma.
"Bonfire of Vanity" will air November 11, presenting Cyndi Lauper as a guest star.
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WHAT: 650 Englewood kids from public, private, yeshiva and parochial schools will join forces with New Orleans Jazz Entertainers and evacuees to pack stuffed animals and handmade cards, plus sing, laugh, dance and tell jokes to raise funds in this empowering, interactive, healing event.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Dwight Morrow High School Auditorium 274 Knickerbocker Road (near Corner Liberty Road) Englewood, NJ (5 minutes from NYC over GW Bridge)
PHOTO OPS: 650 KIDS HELPING KIDS! Activities include: READYING STUFFED ANIMALS with HANDMADE CARDS, participating in a GREAT SHOW with several high energy acts, telling jokes, being KNIGHTED KATRINA RELIEF AMBASSADORS, meeting NEW ORLEANS EVACUEE ENTERTAINERS and Mayor Michael Wildes. All participants practicing therapeutic laughter together with award-winning ComedyCures performer, Saranne Rothberg.
ENTERTAINERS: New Orleans Guitar Legend Warren Battiste, New Orleans Trombonist Darrell Walker, The Harlem Wizards Comedy Basketball Team Members, One-Man Circus Karl Saliter, ComedyCures Humor Ambassador Host Saranne Rothberg with Special Guest Co-Host Mayor Michael Wildes.
VW FORCE of GOOD, RUSS BERRIE, INC., IZZE and Z100 are supplying gifts. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS employees volunteering.
WHY: ComedyCures' "Kids for Katrina Relief" allows all kids, regardless of socioeconomic background, race or religion the opportunity to join with fellow students to serve kids in need through performance, laughter, play and art. It's not just about sending money. It's about kids sending joy, hope and kid energy to impacted families.
Therapeutic humor champion and cancer survivor Saranne Rothberg, founder of The ComedyCures Foundation, coordinated the experience and approached Mayor Michael Wildes to help unite the diverse populations of Englewood school kids in this kid-focused relief effort. 100% of the proceeds are going directly to Katrina victims. ComedyCures is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization. This event is part of a national initiative to use Comedy to support Katrina impacted families.
CONTACT: Saranne Rothberg (ComedyCures Foundation) 201.727.1770, email@example.com 917-751-6245 cell www.comedycures.org
Paid for by Friends of Michael J. Wildes, Claudia Colbert, Treasurer


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Page Mill Properties Goes into Receivership
Latest news on situation in East Palo Alto, where tenants have been living under the rule of an unethical landlord for years.
East Palo Alto's biggest landlord missed a $50 million balloon payment to their bank last month...now the situation is perplexing enough but there is more news. On September 9, the San Mateo County Superior Court appointed Southern California based Ward Realty Advisors as receiver for the 1800 units. That company will now get t a property manager to take over running the buildings, and we hear that it will be early next week.
On September 1 the same court granted plaintiff Eric Oberle's motion for a preliminary injunction in a class action lawsuit against Page Mill. That was the injunction that barred Page Mill from collecting or enforcing rent increases that do not comply with East Palo Alto rent stabilization rules. This marked the beginning for the end for Page Mill. After all the money they spent on expensive lawyers, they now say (Or so one can read in corporate media) that the problem is "the economy".
So the tenants have endured harassment, eviction without justification, and and horrible living conditions .The disrepair as reported elsewhere on indybay is appalling. Thank goodness the tenants organized to fight the landlord. They will have to continue to keep up their work until the damage that has been done is repaired. Unfortunately, the tenants who are long gone will never recover from what they suffered while living under Page Mill's rule.
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So Kourtney Kardashian Could Lose Custody of Mason If She Refuses A Paternity Test
Back in 2009, I posted about a male model named Premo Stallone who claimed he was the real father of Kourtney Kardashian's baby because she hooked up with him 10 months before Mason was born when she was on a break from Scott Disick. The whole story went away pretty quickly and nobody thought anything else of it. Except, surprise, Premo (Real name: Michael Girgenti) is suing Kourtney for a paternity test and if she refuses to take one, he could be awarded custody of Mason. Via Hollywood Life:
A California lawyer tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that if Kourtney refuses the test, the judge can technically give Michael custody of Mason:
"It is theoretically possible that if she declines the judge could rule against her and grant Michael paternity and the rights that go along with that. Shockingly, California Law permits anyone that alleges that they are the father of a child to sue for paternity. The court is required to order the genetic testing and if a party refuses to submit to the test, the court may automatically grant the other party paternity. That means that if Kourtney refuses to submit to genetic testing, the court could find Michael is the father and would award him visitation rights and he would have to option to sue for custody."
Of course, a simpler solution is to let Khloe sniff Mason and then whoever she tracks down first is the father. It's practically foolproof unless Kris Jenner forgets to take the Snausages out of her purse. In which case, those will be the father.
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Status: Active Town
Date Settled: 1864
Current Population: 650
Peak Population: ~9,000
Elevation: 6,500 Feet (1,981 meters)
Primary Mineral: Silver, lead
State: Nevada
Gallery: View 13 Eureka, Nevada Photos
Although silver was discovered at Eureka in 1864, the city didn't grow much at first due the the difficulty of extracting the silver from the complex ore material. In 1869, the first of many smelters was built in Eureka to treat the complex local ores. The arrival of smelters made large scale mining a reality and Eureka began to grow with its mining industry. Eureka had over 9,000 residents by 1878. Mining began to wane during the 1880's and most mines were shut down by the early 1890's.
Lead became the principle mineral produced at the mines. Mining in the Eureka district yielded a lot of wealth over the years and the area is the second-richest mineral producer in Nevada (behind the Comstock Lode at Virginia City).
Despite being one of the most remote towns in America, Eureka is a charming town with many well preserved 19th century buildings.
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Would You Rather: Appear Nude On A Vogue Cover, Or Fully-Clothed In A Playboy Spread?
Welcome to Would You Rather, a game in which we concoct hypothetical style dilemmas and ask you to choose which option's worse.
Today's challenge: Would you rather appear completely naked (we're talking full-frontal, vag-in-view nudity) on the cover of Vogue, or appear fully-clothed in a Playboy spread? Strip for a classy mag, and most supermarket shoppers will now know what your ta-tas look like. Stay clothed for the porn publication, and you may get less exposure (if they keep the Playboy issues behind the counter), but your reputation might suffer … especially if your face happens to appear right next to the MTV reality star du jour's vag.


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Tammy Gardiner didn't question her role. All she knew was her little sister had cerebral palsy and needed help, and she wasn't going to get it from their alcoholic mother. The girls became inseparable, and by the time she was 14, Tammy routinely bathed Missy, fixed her meals, pushed her to the park near their home in Safety Harbor and tucked her in bed. When Missy, five years younger, needed to go to the bathroom, she rang a cowbell that their mother had looped around Missy's skinny torso and Tammy came running. She said she didn't mind, "because I loved my sister.''
One day when Missy was 9, teachers at the special school she attended in Clearwater suspected she had been the victim of neglect. The evidence: dozens of painful welts from ants that had infested the crevices and hollow pipes of her wheelchair.
State inspectors interviewed the mother, her boyfriend and neighbors before deciding Missy would be better off in foster care. She would never return home.
Her mother told Tammy and seven siblings from various fathers that Missy had been adopted. Three decades passed. At various times, the siblings — in New York and Florida — attempted to learn more about their disabled sister. "Each time,'' said sister Deborah Guerrera, now 55 and living in Clearwater, "we ran into confidentiality laws and got nowhere.'' Their mother, who might have helped, fell ill with severe dementia and lived in a nursing home until she died in 2008.
Then one day about six months ago, Tammy signed on to her Facebook account. An old friend from her middle school days, Betty Wiseman of St. Petersburg, had found her. They enjoyed catching up and made plans to get together for a mutual friend's wedding in New Port Richey. Betty had kept a clipping from the St. Petersburg Times, a story that ran in 1999. She thought she might run into Tammy again someday, so she even had it laminated.
She figured her old friend might want to see the picture that went with the story.
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The Angelus, situated on 17 acres in northwest Pasco County, is a model of success among nonprofit care centers for profoundly handicapped people. Community volunteers have rallied to build specially equipped homes and an education center for cerebral palsy victims, and 20 years ago country music legend Charlie Daniels began gathering celebrities for annual fundraising concerts. Other celebrities, including NFL players, routinely stop by to say hello to the 34 men and women who live there — some since childhood.
In August 1999, the rock group Yes and several former NFL players visited the Angelus for a Sunday morning prayer service. One resident, a huge fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, could hardly contain her joy. A Times photographer captured her with former Oakland Raiders player Roman Gabriel III (not to be confused with his more famous father with the same name who played for the Los Angeles Rams).
Missy Gardiner had been at the Angelus since shortly after the state removed her from her mother's home in 1979. In fact, had it not been for Missy, there would be no Angelus.
"That's true,'' said founder Pauline Shaver. "Missy changed my life.''
In 1979, Shaver taught physical education at a private school in Gulfport. She was divorced, her kids were grown and she was looking for a new professional challenge. She intended to buy a farm and start a program to keep at-risk kids out of trouble. She was taking behavior modification classes when two women who ran a home for mentally challenged women showed up with a little girl in a wheelchair.
"For six weeks, they brought her to class,'' Shaver recalled. "They didn't pull any punches. They said the state stuck her with them and that she was going to be placed in a state mental facility in Arcadia. There were no group homes then for kids in wheelchairs like her. I kept thinking she was looking at me all the time. I started reading up on Arcadia and quickly changed my mind. By the time I got a license to open, I had five others, but Missy is the reason.''
The Angelus quickly outgrew her house in St. Petersburg and she relocated to the 17 acres in Hudson in 1986. In all that time, Missy has been more like a daughter to Shaver, who just last year took her in a van to New York City. "It was her dream,'' Shaver said. "We saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building — everything. She was so happy and excited. Missy is very smart. She has severe physical disabilities and she can't talk, but don't let that fool you.''
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Tammy Gardiner, 45, left her home in St. Petersburg July 18 and headed north to meet the sister she hadn't seen in more than 30 years. With older sisters Deborah and Sherry, Tammy turned onto the winding drive and drove past the attractive homes tucked into woods — past the Charlie Daniels log lodge that volunteers erected in an old-fashioned barn-raising in 1998.
Joe Neri, Shaver's son who now runs the Angelus, waited with Missy. He had done some checking on Tammy's story. "We knew she had family, but we thought they were out of the picture and long gone to New York,'' he said. "They have a lot of catching up to do.''
"It was a very emotional moment,'' said Tammy, who has three children and calls herself a "stay-at-home grandma.''
Tammy, who stands only 4 feet 11, pushed her sister's wheelchair once again. She read to her, admired some crafts, patted her arm. Missy laughed. Tammy returned a few days later and figures to become a regular visitor.
"She's so happy,'' Tammy said. "That's all I really wanted to know.''
Tammy said she had lived with guilt much of her life, since her mother blamed her for the ants in the wheelchair. But a caseworker in New York told her later that neighbors had complained about her mother's neglect. She made peace with her mother in the nursing home.
"I never thought I'd see Missy again,'' Tammy said. "I worried we might scare or confuse her, but she is secure here. What really made me feel good is seeing that this is the same Missy I left 30 years ago. She has the same personality, the same sense of humor.
"We're a family again.''


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No, almost all research is correlational cannot randomly assign you to dissimilar lover condition and make you have a relationship love is diff measure how do you operationalize? "LOVE": used to describe many kinds of relations (favorite food or clothing) does not mean the same in all contexts varied definitions Theories of Love 3 major theories Passionate love vs compassionate love Triangular theory of love love styles #1: Compassionate Love intimacy and affection felt when we care deeply for a person but dont experience arousal in their presence Passionate Love intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiol arousall when love is reciprocated we feel fulfilled and acstatic, when its not we feel despair This is what makes the diff between to love and to be in love Extension of two-factor theory "Until death do us part" compassionate love and passionate love can go together, as is often the case in long-term relationships passionate love trails off, compassionate love more stable #2 Sternber's 1986 Triangle intimacy, passion (hotness), commitment (empty love) love can exist with any single components or combos of 2 or 3 (as relat progresses you may go through multiple phases) romantic love: intimacy and passion fatuous love: passion and commitment compassionate love: int and comm consummate love: all 3 #3:LOVE STYLES 6 styles Eros: passionate or physical love Storge (AKA philia): slow-growing, affetionate, companionate (women) agape: selfless, giving, altruistic, more spiritual than phys mania: highly emotional, vascillates btw elation and despair pragma: pragmatic, realistic (Women) ludus: love is a game, multiple partners common (Men) Couples tend to have simil love styles (similarity) Successful couples tend to be really hi on eros and storge, low on ludus and mania Love & Culture: valuing passionate love (AKA eros) is not strictly Western more recent c-c work suggest that passionate love is found among all ppl culture may determine how passionate love is regarded and hence experienced/displayed note display rule in diffs of outward affection (shame families thru love) Exchange theories Social Exch Theory: Ppl feel posly or negly about relat depending on: perception of rewards " " of costs " " what kind of relat they deserve (comparison level) probability they could have better relationship w someone else (comparison levels for alternatives) ECONOMIC MODEL- PEOPLE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF INFO SExTh: Rewards-- personal chars and behavs of relat partner we appreciate ability to acquire ext resources by virtue of knowing perosn Costs-- annoying habits less desirable qualities resources that they take away OUTCOME is based of direct comparison of costs and rewards losing more than gaining determines satisfaction (does not mean you will break it off) you have to believe that you deserve more of rewards and less costs EXPECTATIONS (COMPARISON LEVEL) SExT: alternatives satisfaction w relationship depends on perception of likelihood you could replace it w a better one comparison to rewards and punishments received in an alt relat Why do ppl not leave unsatisfying relats, even when they know they deserve better? Investment model=social theory + investment investment= amt of time and resources devoted to relatn already Commitment level depends on comparison level for alternatives satisfaction and investment hi, no go sat and inv lo, go What about fairness Equity Theory: incurring equal rewards and costs? equitable relats where both share costs and rewards equally, happiest and most stable inequitable are not sustainable over-benefited (getting a lot w little time or energy) also unhappy--cognitive dissonance notion of reciprocity, when not met=dissonant under-benefited (getting few rewards, lots of costs, having to devote a lot of time and E to relat) worse for these than over-ben SEXT v EQ: rewards per cost v interpersonal dimension Determining if equity is achieved can be increasingly diff the more we get to know someone, the more reluctant we are to believe that we are simply exchanging favors; the less inclined we are to expect immed compensation for favor done equity relats change into: exchange relats: relats governed by need for equity (equal ratio of rewards and costs) keep tabs, expect immed repayment, feel exploited when favors not returned, being able to help other has no effect on mood communal: ppls primary concern is being responsive to the other person's needs don't like to be repaid immedly, dont feel exploited, dont keep tabs NEW RESEARCH Speed-dating study at Northwestern 2005 and 2007 3 part procedure: pre-event (ideal partner, wishes, etc) Event- 4 min speed dates, yes/no decision that night post-event: 10 or 12 f/u ?s if both said yes, set up on date every 3 or 4 days f/u Reciprocity and attraction two ways to meas liking dyadic: if i uniquely like you, do you uniquely like me? generalized: are likers liked in return the answer to both is typically yes Ps recall falling in love involving reciprocity what about "hard to get"? dyadic is good in romantic relats generalized is bad convey non-selectivity (sleazy or desperate) ?airre: romantic desire I really like my interaction partner sexually attracted likely to say yes to my interaction partner to what percentage of the other ppl here will this person say "yes"? Romantic v Platonic graph positive dyadic reciprocity negative generalized reciprocity romantic interest appears to come in one of two flavors: can be determined in 4 mins must send signals uniquely to that person Romantic Selectivity women more selective than men "Hi, I've noticed you around campus, and I find you very attractive" (Clark & Hatfield, 1989, 90) go out with me? M: 58%; F: 48% come over to my apt? M: 69%; F: 6% sleep w me? 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Cape Town, South Africa: South Africa's Jacques Kallis has retired from all international cricket, as one of the game's greatest all-rounders admitted that a swansong at the World Cup next year was ''a bridge too far''.
The 38-year-old Kallis retired from Tests and Twenty20s in December, but remained available for one-day internationals in the hope of making the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in February at the age of 39.
However, he conceded on Wednesday that wouldn't happen, and said he came to his decision to give up all internationals after the recent ODI series in Sri Lanka, where he scored zero, one and four and did not bowl.
''I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far," he said. "I just knew on that tour that I was done."
"To say that we will miss him on the playing field is stating the obvious,'' Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat said.
"Each one of us from this day on will treasure the many fond memories of his awesome career.''
Kallis gave up Tests last year as the third-highest run scorer behind Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
He finished with a century in his final Test to take his run total in an 18-year career to 13,289, one more than Rahul Dravid.
He also made 45 centuries in his 166 Tests, which is second on the all-time list to Tendulkar's 51 hundreds.
As well as being a world-class batsman, Kallis also took 292 Test wickets as a mean medium-fast bowler, placing him fifth on South Africa's list of most successful Test bowlers.
He played 328 one-dayers, having made his debut in January 1996, and was seventh on the list of all-time run scorers in the 50-over format with 11,579 runs.
''It has been an amazing journey,'' he said.
However, Kallis' outstanding career won't now end with a World Cup victory, the one accolade he longed for with South Africa yet to win the title.
Kallis said he would still play in Australia for Sydney Thunder after agreeing on a two-year contract and hopes to appear in the Indian Premier League next year after winning it this season with Kolkata Knight Riders.


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Chemical analysis of water samples and geophysical logs from cored test holes drilled in the central Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma
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AbstractChemical analyses of water from eight test holes and geophysical logs for nine test holes drilled in the Central Oklahoma aquifer are presented. The test holes were drilled to investigate local occurrences of potentially toxic, naturally occurring trace substances in ground water. These trace substances include arsenic, chromium, selenium, residual alpha-particle activities, and uranium. Eight of the nine test holes were drilled near wells known to contain large concentrations of one or more of the naturally occurring trace substances. One test hole was drilled in an area known to have only small concentrations of any of the naturally occurring trace substances. Water samples were collected from one to eight individual sandstone layers within each test hole. A total of 28 water samples, including four duplicate samples, were collected. The temperature, pH, specific conductance, alkalinity, and dissolved-oxygen concentrations were measured at the sample site. Laboratory determinations included major ions, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, and trace elements (aluminum, arsenic, barium, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chromium, hexavalent chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silver, strontium, vanadium, and zinc). Radionuclide activities and stable isotope d values also were determined, including: gross-alpha-particle activity, gross-beta-particle activity, radium-226, radium-228, radon-222, uranium-234, uranium-235, uranium-238, total uranium, carbon-13/carbon-12, deuterium/hydrogen-1, oxygen-18/oxygen-16, and sulfur-34/sulfur-32. Additional analyses of arsenic and selenium species are presented for selected samples as well as analyses of density and iodine for two samples, tritium for three samples, and carbon-14 for one sample. Geophysical logs for most test holes include caliper, neutron, gamma-gamma, natural-gamma logs, spontaneous potential, long- and short-normal resistivity, and single-point resistance. Logs for test-hole NOTS 7 do not include long- and short-normal resistivity, spontaneous-potential, or single-point resistivity. Logs for test-hole NOTS 7A include only caliper and natural-gamma logs.
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Volleyball corner: Judson's Krystal Faison
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Judson's Krystal Faison still remembers the double-takes, the glances from opposing players that were equally out of puzzlement and bemusement.
Why would someone just 5-foot-4 be playing at the net, the opponents seemed to be asking? Is this an oversight? Was this some kind of outside-the-box coaching strategy?
"They kind of give me a look, like, 'Why is she playing front row? She should be back row,'" Faison said. "They usually underestimate me because I'm just so little."
Thus far this season, teams have overlooked Faison at their own peril. While she might be small in stature, the sophomore has a big-time game.
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"She's just really dynamic," Judson coach Rachel Torvik said of Faison, who has recorded all but 71 of the Rockets' kills this season. "I think that's probably the key word that describes Krystal to me. She's an extremely smart hitter.
"She does an excellent job knowing when to be a finesse hitter, compared to a power hitter, and she does a good job of balancing that."
Faison's impact, though, has been felt the most in Judson's won-loss record. The Rockets are 18-14 overall and 2-0 in District 25-5A.
She had 33 kills in Judson's four-game district victory against Seguin on Tuesday, and 26 in its district-opening win against San Marcos on Sept. 23.
The Rockets, who already have surpassed both their overall (16) and district (one) win totals from 2010, play at No. 2 New Braunfels at 7 tonight, with sole possession of first place in 25-5A on the line.
"We're doing much better in district this year," said Faison, who had 285 kills, 233 digs and 17 aces as a freshman in 2010. "This year, we have a better chance, because we have better blockers, our defense is on, and hitters are doing what we need to do."
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1940 U.S. Census Data
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1940 U.S. Census Data, Tens of thousands of researchers across the U.S. are expected to go on a massive genealogical hunt as the 1940 U.S. census records are released online today by the U.S. National Archives after 72 years of confidentiality expires.
More than 21 million people in the U.S. and Puerto Rico are still alive who were counted in the census, which documents the tumultuous decade of the 1930s transformed by the Great Depression and black migration from the rural South. It's a distinction shared with such celebrities as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman.
Today's release includes digitized records for details on 132 million people. Access to the records will be free and open to anyone online. However, it is not searchable by name, just by location. Various genealogy groups are working to index the census by name.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Why you should be properly rested before gift wrapping
..to a mindless slip of the pen while watching the Gilmore Girls engrossed at the meanness of Lorelai's mom on her 35th birthday and thus submit to the head honcho of your job a gift with a label such as this:
And no it was not his birthday. Ofcourse I changed the label once I realized it (much later). I added another label atop this one but I am slightly concerned he might see the hint of another label underneath and a) Think I'm a bad regifter and proceed to despise me and my tacky ways or b) unpeel the top label and see my faux paux and... I dont know or c) Nothing because he's a guy and I'm so over thinking this... Oh well. Happy Holidays!
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can't you just tell her while gifting, what happened?
(BTW, yesterday, after mixing milk, I put chai in refrigerator and pack of milk in microwave - sleepless mind can be dangerous)
- 9:33 PM, December 20, 2007
- Aisha said...
Oh, well he wasn't there so I put it on his desk... and I mean, I think its okay... lol... just had afterthoughts... oh well :) And yes... a boiling quart of milk really does no one any good! LOL :)
- 9:45 PM, December 20, 2007
- TFL said...
he's a guy! he probably wouldnt have so much as glanced at the wrapping paper before ripping it so dont worry!
eid mubarak :)
- 6:06 AM, December 22, 2007
- Huda said...
Hahaha, so many possible jokes to play if you'd given it to him without fixing it... :-)
- 10:19 AM, December 22, 2007
- Suroor said...
You are so cute!
- 8:44 AM, December 23, 2007
- SOLOMONSYDELLE said...
lol! That is just too funny. It's the thought that counts. Merry Christmas!
- 9:08 AM, December 26, 2007
- Tee said...
LOL! I do this all the time. I'll be trying to blog and Carlos or one of the boys will start talking to me about something and it'll come out in what I type.
- 11:48 AM, December 30, 2007
Happy New Year, Aisha. I hope it is a wonderful one for you and the husband. All my love.
- 1:44 PM, December 31, 2007
- Aisha said...
TFL, Eid mubarak to you too :) And you're right, he's a guy, SO overthinking :)
Huda, ;)
Suroor, lol *blush*
Solomon, thanks for your comment, LOL yes it is the thought indeed :)
Tee, I do that too, but never quite so permanent, lol!
Jane, Thank you!! Happy New Years to you too!!!
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Mental health professionals are already in the business of reporting threats of imminent physical harm, says Josephine Minardo, executive director of the New Jersey Psychological Association. But the measure under consideration would take reporting a step further. Therapists could report patients to the authorities, who could then seize the firearms of registered gun owners.
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GONZALES — Three Ascension Parish high school students have dedicated their afternoons and evenings this year to the theater.
Dutchtown High School students Nick Costello and Madison Levy, along with East Ascension High School student Elizabeth Olah, are commuting each weekday to New Orleans, where they are studying at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The trio recently has been preparing for the opening of "Carnival!," NOCCA's spring musical.
Levy, a junior, and Costello, a senior, have known each other for years after meeting at Center Stage Performing Arts Academy in Gonzales, and they met Olah, a junior who moved to Ascension Parish from Alexandria so she could commute to NOCCA, at orientation in the fall.
The teenagers attend class at their high schools in the morning, grab some lunch, carpool to New Orleans and attend arts classes in the afternoon. Since landing roles in "Carnival!," they stay after class to rehearse in preparation for next week's shows.
Levy, 16, said her classes at NOCCA differ by the day. Some days she concentrates on music — jazz and theory. Other days, dance and acting classes fill her afternoon schedule.
"I want to be a professional performer and want to see what they can teach me," Levy said. "It's a great program. They teach us there at NOCCA how to prepare for college auditions, what to look for in the professional world and what it's supposed to take. ... It's really great because they're giving us that professional atmosphere."
"The great thing about NOCCA is you're training every day," Costello, 17, said. "Every day you're in class training, so you get to see a lot of growth."
Earlier in the school year, Levy said, the Ascension Parish trio would arrive home around 6 p.m. However, after musical rehearsals began, they weren't leaving New Orleans until 6:30 p.m., and as the show has grown closer, the rehearsals have lasted longer and longer. Sometimes, Levy said, she doesn't get home until 9 p.m. or later.
"It's worth it," she said. "Sometimes it's hard on the drive back, ... but it's worth it."
The three Ascension students are among 37 to land roles in the musical, which was originally produced on Broadway in 1961.
Levy said it was "definitely exciting" that all three of them landed roles in NOCCA's big spring show. She said she has grown close to Costello, who she said was like a brother to her through the years, and with Olah this year because they all share the same passion for acting.
Perhaps the most important part of her exposure to NOCCA, Levy said, has been gaining additional information about potential colleges. She said she's considering the College-Conservatory of Music as the University of Cincinnati, the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and Pace University in New York City, among others.
Costello, who is in his second year at NOCCA, said "Carnival!" will be his final show in high school. Afterward, he'll focus on college, where he wants to study acting. Costello said he has been accepted to 10 colleges so far, but he's still awaiting word from several of "the big ones," including his top choice, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
The musical will be performed at 7 p.m. March 20-23, as well as an additional matinee performance at 2 p.m. March 23, at Lupin Hall, 2800 Chartres St., New Orleans. Tickets for each performance are $15 and are available online at http://www.nocca.com.


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Sep 19, 2012 - By Martin Reed, Staff WriterNickelson remains in jail on $1 million cash-only bond for allegedly shooting Lucas Myhre.
A Riverton man charged with second-degree murder in a shooting death last week has chosen to postpone his Friday morning preliminary hearing that would have evaluated evidence to determine probable cause in his case.
Documents filed Wednesday in Riverton's Circuit Court showed that Dustin Dean Nickelson, 23, waived his right to have a speedy preliminary hearing within 10 days of his arrest.
As a result of the waiver, which was filed by the state public defender's office, the court is rescheduling Nickelson's hearing to happen sometime in the coming weeks. The court did not immediately schedule a new hearing on the matter.
Nickelson appeared in court Friday for an initial appearance on the second-degree murder charge filed by the Fremont County Attorney's Office. Kent Brown, of Afton, is serving as Nickelson's public defender.
Nickelson remains in jail on a $1 million cash-only bond for allegedly shooting Lucas Myhre, 27, of Riverton, multiple times with a .45 caliber SAR handgun and killing him Sept. 13 in front of an apartment at 811 E. Adams Ave.
Fremont County Coroner Ed McAuslan said preliminary autopsy results show that Myhre died of "multiple gunshot wounds."
He did not know how many gunshot wounds were discovered during the Saturday autopsy in Loveland, Colo.
"Until I get the final report, they won't have any of that detail," he said, noting that conclusions should be available in four to six weeks.
Prosecuting documents filed in Circuit Court do not disclose details about why the shooting occurred, but the second-degree murder charge alleges that Nickelson killed Myhre "purposely and maliciously." The murder charge carries a maximum punishment of 20 years to life in prison.
According to police, dispatchers received a call at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday concerning someone who had been shot and gunfire on East Adams Avenue.
Officers who arrived on scene found a motionless man, later identified to be Myhre, bleeding and facedown on the sidewalk, according to court documents. Responders tried for 10 minutes to resuscitate Myhre, who showed no signs of life, but medical personnel confirmed at the scene that he had died, according to court documents. Police noted the possibility of one gunshot wound to the head and two to the chest, according to a sworn statement by Riverton Detective Sgt. Julie Mathews.
As officers asked witnesses for the location of the gun used in the shooting, Nickelson informed them that he had shot the man, Mathews said. Nickelson told police the gun he used in the shooting was on a couch inside of the nearby apartment, Mathews said, and police recovered the .45 caliber gun and placed Nickelson in handcuffs.
Court documents identified the apartment as Nickelson's residence. The property's manager told The Ranger that Myhre did not live at the East Adams Avenue apartment complex.
Investigators found three bullet holes in the windshield, grill and bumper of a nearby 1999 Ford Explorer, according to the affidavit. Mathews said Myhre's body was between the entryway to the apartment and the Ford Explorer parked directly outside of the residence.
"Upon investigation, the bullets appeared to have traveled in an eastern direction, and were fired from within the apartment, or from very near the entryway to the apartment," she wrote.
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