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The small hand extended towards mine. Before I could think about it, before I could talk myself out of it, I took it. My hand dwarfed hers. I could touch my thumb and middle finger together around her palm. She squeezed my fingers lightly, full of hope and excitement. It was intoxicating. I'd been by myself for so long, left to my personal anguish, that I'd forgotten what those feelings were like. I honestly couldn't remember the last time I had felt hope that wasn't just a passing emotion of someone around me.
I looked from our entwined hands to her face. She was grinning, her giddiness masking nervousness, as she studied me with her golden eyes. They were like nothing I'd ever seen before.
"Shall we?" she asked, taking a step toward the door and tugging on my hand.
I nodded, and let her lead me out the door onto the wet brick sidewalk. The city streets were empty on this rainy day, the people who usually teemed about on a weekday afternoon had taken refuge from the deluge inside. The rain pelted us, small rivers running down our arms to our clasped hands, where they fell to the sidewalk below us in a single stream.
We walked along in a comfortable silence, towards the outskirts of the city. As we got further from the concentration of people, I began to breathe a little more often. The burn was lessened on the outskirts of town. It had been almost two weeks since I'd hunted, and the burn in the back of my throat was becoming extremely painful. I concentrated instead on her comforting scent.
My companion stopped at the edge of the river, turning her face up to the downpour, eyes closed. The corners of her mouth were still turned up in what seemed to be a permanent smile. She was giddy, and a little nervous. I took advantage of her closed eyes to really study her for a moment. Her short black hair had fallen completely out of the careful curls she'd worn in the diner. It now lay plastered to her head, soaked like everything else about us. Her dress was drenched, and I quickly returned my gaze to her face, not wanting to let myself think about how it clung to her tiny frame in such a nice way. She only came up to mid-chest on me; I was nearly a foot and a half taller.
She was so delicate and beautiful. Too beautiful for a monster like me. I clenched my eyes shut, but couldn't bring myself to let go of her hand. She was different—I'd never seen anything like those bright topaz eyes. Everyone else of our kind had the same dark crimson eyes that I had, marking us as murderers. There was something good, and innocent in those eyes. I couldn't taint that. I needed to—
"Jasper?" she asked, her fingers grazing my eyelid as she brushed a wet curl away.
Somehow I wasn't surprised that she knew my name. There was nothing ordinary about her.
"Are you okay?" she squeezed my hand.
Her hope and caring crashed against my despair, pushing it back. I hadn't meant for her to feel my turmoil. I couldn't let her feel my pain…I had to—
She tightened her fingers in mine as I tried to release her hand. Her other hand rubbed my bicep. "Please stay."
Her melodic voice was softer than before. It was still full of hope, but less confident now. Her fingers continued to graze my arm, running along the worn fabric of my soaked shirt. I was trying to hold onto that wonderful hope, when I realized what she was doing, and tensed. Through the thin flannel, she was tracing a particularly nasty raised scar.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, laying her hand flat against the site of her attention before withdrawing it entirely. "Did that hurt you? I didn't realize…"
She was worried that she was hurting me. I took a deep breath, my brow furrowing as I tried to process this. No one had ever regarded my scars tenderly. Her free hand brushed against my cheek, and, without thinking about it, I leaned into her touch. As I realized what I was doing, I pulled back, and she sighed, letting her hand trail down my neck to rest on my shoulder.
"Could you open your eyes? Please?" her voice was more unsure than ever.
I couldn't stand making that wonderful hope fade. I opened my eyes, staring down at our still joined hands. She stepped closer, releasing her hand as she slid her arm around my waist, laying her head on my chest.
"It's going to be okay," she told me.
And I believed her. I wasn't sure why, but I did. My hand came up to rest on the small of her back. It just felt like the right thing to do. She took a deep breath, the hope bubbling inside her once again. Her embrace tightened, and she tipped her head back to look right into my eyes, honey meeting crimson. Looking someone in the eye was not something I was comfortable with, but I could get lost in hers.
"Your eyes…" I stammered, speaking for the first time since we'd left the diner. There were so many things I wanted to ask her, but that came tripping out of my mouth.
She smiled up at me.
"Why are…how…how are they that color?"
She bit her lip and looked away.
"I didn't realize our eyes could be anything other than…other than this awful red."
Something in my tone surprised her. She tugged on my hand as she sat on the sodden grass, and I sat, crossed-legged, bringing our joined hands to rest on my knee.
She was nervous again as she spoke. "I don't know why exactly…but…" she hesitated.
I stroked the pad of her palm with my thumb, trying to send back some of the calm I'd gotten from her minutes earlier. She looked up at me curiously.
"I'm sorry…you were nervous, and I…" I looked down, not wanting to say so much that I scared her away.
She knelt up beside me, laying her free hand on my shoulder as she asked me, "You can do that on purpose?"
I was surprised that she seemed so in awe.
"That explains a lot," she continued. "I could never see why someone would suddenly feel completely differently in a split second…hmm. It's not always a conscious thing though?"
I shook my head, confused as I tried to keep up with her train of thought, but enjoying the excitement rolling off her nonetheless. She smiled broadly.
After a moment, I frowned. "This doesn't scare you?"
"Should it?" she laughed, a wonderful, bird-like sound, as she shook her head "It doesn't". She perched on my thigh.
"You have a gift too." She had to. The way she knew things…
She nodded , biting her lip again. It was a cute habit, now that I'd calmed down a bit. "I have visions. Of the future. I saw you…I see you a lot…" She looked down at her lap.
I ran my hand up her back to her shoulder and gave it a squeeze. "Tell me more."
I was truly comfortable sitting with her, in a way I had never been comfortable with anyone before, and I wanted to know as much as possible. I drew her chin up to look at her incredible eyes again.
She stared back at me, tracing the dusky circles under my eyes with a wet finger. "You're thirsty."
"It can wait," I insisted. And it could, with her distracting me. "You saw me?"
"The first thing I ever saw. When I woke up. I knew I had to find you." She started to look down again.
Gently, I cupped her cheek, and we just stared at each other, gold to crimson. She was so incredibly beautiful. I didn't deserve—in an instant she had pushed her herself up to her knees, and her lips were pressed to mine. I was surprised, but not unwilling.
"Oh!" she pulled herself away after a moment. "I'm sorry. I don't want to startle you. I just…"
I smirked. "Have you seen this happen?"
She nodded. "Not this specific instance, but…yeah…" she looked at me shyly, biting at that lip.
"What else have you seen?" I asked.
It came out with a little more innuendo than I'd intended, than was proper. She smiled though, her golden eyes bright.
"Those eyes," I murmured, running my thumb along her cheekbone.
She looked at me thoughtfully, taking in the dark red of mine. "I think I know why my eyes are different…but I'm not sure. Every other vampire I've met has had the same crimson eyes as you have. I…my diet…I've never tasted human blood." She bit her lip as she looked at me nervously, letting her gaze drop down, and her forehead drop against my shoulder.
"How?" If there was another way, maybe I wouldn't have to feel—
"Animals," she answered quietly, still worried about my reaction. "Deer, elk. Depends on the area."
"Animals…" I repeated, trying to imagine how an animal could possibly sate me.
"It's not…perfect…but I just can't…"
"I feel the pain of my…victims," I admitted, wrapping my arm more tightly around her waist.
She looked back up at me, locking her beautiful eyes on mine. "I know," she told me softly, kissing my cheek.
My hand cradled the back of her head, keeping her close, as I asked, "Have you…have you seen my eyes change?"
"It's not going to be easy for you, but eventually, yes."
I nodded, processing this. "And you'll be there?"
"No matter what."
It couldn't be that bad if she was going to be with me. I drew her into another kiss, relishing in the hope and love that she was radiating. After a few minutes, I pulled away, chuckling as I realized what I hadn't yet asked her. "What is your name?"
"Alice," she grinned, closing the distance between us once again.
"The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope"
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Beautiful Ruins and the fun listen currently in the ears was a raft of unmemorable listens and I am behind on blogging about them. Remembering details may be tricky. This first one shouldn't be too hard, it's just 10 minutes long. As said before, I'm working my way through this year's children's literature award winners, which brings us to the (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award. This one is just a few years old and goes to the best "beginning reader" books. Beginning readers can be a real bore to listen to, unless you are an actual beginning reader, when it is helpful to follow along. So, we'll have to cut it a little slack.
One of the Geisel Honors this year was a little gem from Kevin Henkes, Penny and Her Marble. The third in a series about a sweet mouse named Penny and the small crises that arise from her relatively ordinary days. A lesson is usually learned, but with Henkes' deft touch it isn't overbearing. Penny's a kindergartner/first grader and while outside playing one day, she spies a beautiful blue marble lying on her neighbor's lawn. She takes it, all the while knowing that she shouldn't. Penny's troubled by what she's done and eventually puts it back, and then encounters the neighbor when she learns something that makes everything alright.
Henkes has an astonishing feel for the emotions of young children and this story is no exception. Penny's anxiety is couched in situations that most children can completely identify with. The easing of her tension at the end is palpable. How can the emotions be so complex and the language so simple? Henkes is a master.
Cynthia Nixon. She takes seriously her responsibility to her young followers-along and reads very deliberately. Penny's troubled conscience comes through without a lot of drama as -- properly -- Nixon doesn't want anything to get in the way of the words. She reads Penny with too much of a husky voice (sounding a little Brenda Vaccaro) and a hint of babyishness that I didn't care for. But really, it was only 10 minutes.
It looks like Nixon has read a handful of adult titles as well, so it might be intriguing to try her again. I'm not sure I could take Sex and the City, but Tales of the City would be fun. I read those so long ago, when I didn't know nothing about nothing!
[Everyone's Blue Marble, as photographed from Apollo 17 in 1972. This image was uploaded by Ultimate Roadgeek and retrieved from Wikimedia Commons.]
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This is really weird
I've always had a naturally big round butt but now it seems a lot smaller. It's still kinda of round but looks and feels smaller but still perky
I don't even workout. I do walk a lot though. But it's not like I've been trying to lose weight on purpose, I just walk a lot to get places.
My body is so weird. I turn 17 next month and I'm literally thin all over but I have wide hips and long legs that has some meat on them, small boobs ( yet my mom has big ones and a somewhat defined waist) All my weight seems to go to my lower pooch belly but my waist is still defined? What even is my body shape? I look like a mix of a ruler pear and hourglass. So confused
Ps when your on your period does your stomach bloat or is that just me? I feel like it looks huge lately
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Every person has a unique body inside and out. When you gain or lose weight it starts in some part of your body every time. For you it seems to be your midsection. That's the first part of your body which fat and muscle goes to or leaves. That's normal. Your mom having a large chest does not guarantee you to have a large chest. So, nothing unusual is going on with your body.00|00|0
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COURTNEY van Aertselaer and her two pre-schoolers will never look at the film Bambi the same way again after a doe jumped a two-metre fence at their Kenora home, charged up the deck at her daughter and trampled their dog.
"They're dangerous, wild animals," said van Aertselaer, who snatched one-year-old Trinity out of harm's way just in time.
On Wednesday afternoon, her daughter and son Sam, 3, were in their fenced backyard. Trinity was on the deck and Sam was running around the yard when he came inside.
"I was in the kitchen and I saw a deer run past like it was spooked. I didn't think much of it," she said. A minute later, it jumped the fence and was inside their yard, coming up the steps of their deck. Trinity let out a scream.
"It was ready to attack my daughter. It was a full-sized doe," van Aertselaer said.
Their miniature pinscher, Chloe, barked at the doe and was trampled.
"My son had come in two minutes before," she said. "He was running around the backyard. It could've been so much worse."
The dog was the only one injured, said van Aertselaer after returning from the vet.
"She has severe bruising on her back leg," she said. "She did a good job of defending us," said the woman whose family moved to Kenora from Winnipeg in January.
There was nothing on the deck to attract the deer --- no dog food to entice the animal to come so close to the terrified humans, she said.
She reported the incident to Kenora's animal control department, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the police.
"They said, 'It's that time of year, you have to be careful'," she said.
There is a petition circulating in Kenora calling for a cull of the growing deer population, but she had not signed it. The deer seemed harmless and beautiful as they roamed the streets of Kenora, she said.
"They're not. They're wild animals and unpredictable."
After Wednesday's deer scare, she's thinking a cull might not be a bad idea and plans to sign the petition.
"Right now, it's nobody's problem. Nobody's doing anything."
The local Ontario Provincial Police detachment did not respond to a request for comment. Mayor Dave Canfield said he hopes people in Kenora will learn from her story and take it as a warning.
"These are not pets, they're wild animals," said Canfield. "A lot of people don't realize that." Many residents feed the deer -- a bylaw violation, just like they fed the bears in Kenora a few years ago until they got out of hand.
"People think it's great to feed them? No, it's a good way to die. They're wild animals."
Kenora does have a "tremendous" urban deer problem that it is trying to solve, Canfield said.
"We are working with the Ministry of Natural Resource on some type of plan to reduce the population within city limits," he said.
That may be allowing a "controlled hunt" with bows in the rural areas of Kenora, he said.
"People love the Disney version of wild animals but it's not realistic -- especially at this time of the year when they're having fawns and they're unpredictable."


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Sectional Performance Finds Clover Golfers In Sixth Place At Martinsville
The 2014 season is now complete for the Cloverdale varsity boys' golf squad as they competed Monday at the Martinsville Sectional, held at the Martinsville Country Club.
It was an overall good outing for the Clovers, as was explained by head coach Doug Wokoun.
"We were very pleased to finally have a few things go our way," Wokoun said.
Cloverdale finished in sixth place as a team with a score of 329.
Plainfield won the Martinsville Sectional with a score of 290, followed by Mooresville with 295, Avon 300, Brownsburg 302, and Martinsville 308.
"Our score at the turn was within striking distance of the leaders, but we couldn't sustain the consistency required at that level of competition," Wokoun explained. "Our team score and Rylan Mattocks' and Aaron Witlock's scores would have advanced at many of the sectionals in the state. Unfortunately, ours is one of the toughest sectionals year in and year out, and one of the more challenging sectional courses."
Mattocks was the team leader for the Clovers. He shot a 37 on the front nine and 42 on the back for an 18-hole score of 79. "Rylan caught a few tough breaks on the back nine but played extremely well," Wokoun noted. "He has gradually built his game and learned to grind out success when things don't go his way."
Senior Aaron Whitlock also shot a 37 on the front nine and finished with a 43 on the back for a total score of 80. "Aaron had one of his best efforts but ran into a few trouble spots on the back," Wokoun said. "It was a great final round to end his career at Cloverdale."
Freddie Fislar came in with a round of 82 – 42 on the front and 40 on the back. "Freddie has had tough luck all year, and that continued on the front nine," Wokoun explained. "To his credit, he fought through that and had a better back nine."
Rounding out Cloverdale's team score was Chase Snyder, finishing with an 88. He shot a 39 on the front but struggled on the back with a 49. "Chase had an excellent effort on the front nine and overcame some things that might have gotten the best of him earlier in the season," Wokoun said. "He had some bad breaks on the back but played better than his score indicated."
The coach noted that other schools in Putnam County will be competing at the regional level. He said they will be cheering for Greencastle and North Putnam when they compete at regional, along with South Putnam's Derek Chestnut. "They are all to be congratulated for outstanding achievement in their sectional," Wokoun said.
As for his own team, he is very proud of his players. "We are very pleased with our effort overall and feel very good about the final round of our season," the coach said.
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"I think he's been in a solid program". Due to trades that brought back Brandin Cooks and Kony Ealy, the Patriots' first pick wasn't scheduled until 72 overall, which was a pick acquired with Ealy.
Trading either Jimmy Garoppolo or Malcolm Butler would not only get the Patriots back into the early rounds of the draft, but also leave the team with a few unanswered roster questions depending on what reveals. As of now it's unlikely that the Pats are going to have a first round pick as the Malcolm Butler trade talks have died down. This move was a classic for Bill Belichick, knowing that his target player was going to be available at No. 83, that being defensive end/outside linebacker Derek Rivers. He is six-foot five-inches and weighs close to 250 pounds. "With that pick the Patriots selected a 6'4" OLB Derek Rivers out of Youngstown State.
Cleveland apparently made one last try to change Bill Belichick's mind.More news: Trump tax plan leaves Congress, Ryan with heavy lift
On Belichick, he said, "I love everything that he is and what he stands for and how he coaches, his demeanor".
Top left tackles can usually command big money on the free-agent market, so this pick potentially provides the Patriots a fallback option in 2018.
The Patriots are keeping Garoppolo for insurance in case the injury bug catches up on starting quarterback Tom Brady. There are, to be sure, other obvious factors such as: Have teams hit on certain positions in the past? "The 6'6", 302 pound tackle finished his career having played in 44 games over his collegiate career, including 13 in his final season in 2016. Coach [Bo] Pelini has been an National Football League coach, been a Division I head coach [at Nebraska]. "He's intelligent. So he has the characteristics that we're looking for". On the field, Rivers gives it his all, on every play, never taking a break. But maybe that's because New England has been so consistently good, for so long, that they simply don't have that much space for new starters. He slides well, but if he has a weakness, it's that he will sometimes get beat on an inside move.


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Various methods for securing the door jamb are shown here:
The doors leading to the other two domes will be plastered round covering the jamb. We are using pressure treated lumber. I hesitated a long time to tell you this. There is a non-toxic pressure treated system available now? The way to go no doubt. All the jambs will be completely plastered over. Termite prevention.
The main entrance is a huge 82″ door (code) and will be hung like a traditional door in a pre-manufactured jamb.
Clear as mud?
On the left — use a wider plate, narrow strip used for conceptual lookie… – press release… have wider plates now …. Good old Slowes… (hardware store?)
All s/s screws.The 2 x 4 block on the RHS is fine. I will use this method to secure electrical fittings etc. Nailed into bag, screwed into post.
Note chicken wire. (will it also do to contain ducks? – it could then be called "Ducky" wire?) Move on Mike.. On a normal door jamb, you can cut the wire as you go up and wrap around the end of bag to get a nice round surface to plaster onto. This is instead of wrapping individual bags. Coudn't use on the front door as its a "compound joint". See below.
This is it ….Moment of truth… In general, no matter which plate you use, the plywood is angle cut to fit the radius of the curve. The bracket is screwed into the jamb post with stainless steel screws (s/s only because I have a huge box of the things). The nails going into the bag are galvanised. On Top of this will rest bags – so its not going anywhere? Every 3 or 4 rows up… Eiffel tower stuff this.. These shots were taken for clarity. The final fit has barbed wire in two planes. Easier to see like this.
First row of earth filled bags tie-ing in some walls and the door jamb. A bit complex to describe so wait until it's on the up and it will become clear? Huge buttress here hey, to contain the forces from the arch going over the door one day. Over built. Hurricane and tornado proof this baby..Note the gravel on the inside of the dome and outside. Anti-percolating. The inside gravel is at least 12″ (30 cm) below FF height. I will post more here later as it includes the wall for the dome, the buttresses and the wall for the covered entrance to the dome. We will also build a small round "window" in the entrance wall for practice and for light. Don't want to blow you away. ha ha.


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A bit more than 10 years ago, Tracey Scott Wilson descended to the lobby of her apartment building to find a teetering tower of packages addressed to her. It seemed not only that all the manuscripts of her novel had been rejected, but that all 30 had arrived back on her doorstep the same day.
It is a good thing that Plato is dead, because Glen Berger gives the philosopher a run for his money with his harrowing drama ''Underneath the Lintel.''
On a warm Friday evening earlier this month, Nijerah Battle and Najah McLean walked about two miles from their homes in the Marion Gardens public housing complex here to a Girl Scout meeting.
Joe Orton has received a lot of attention recently, largely because of Alec Baldwin's turn in ''Entertaining Mr. Sloane'' at the Roundabout Theater in Manhattan.


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Kosovo was one of the worst crimes clinton committed in office. He sold out the west to Muslim terrorists, probably for a cut of the Albanian drug money. But the media have ignored it or praised it, and most Republicans have ignored it or praised it, so how can anyone expect most Americans to understand the consequences?
Wasn't he stopping genocide or something like that?
I'm amazed that much of what Bill Clinton did while in office has been whitewashed or overlooked entirely. I am also amazed that many older (and wiser Americans) on both sides of the aisle are saying privately, "Anyone but Hillary." I'm thinking this is all smoke and mirrors on the part of the media.
Unless there are more dumb bunnies than I think, there are many who will remember and vote accordingly. I'm really stunned to hear it from some I encounter, as I would have bet my last dollar on the fact they are too self-absorbed and out of the loop to recognize what happened to them while they were clawing their way to the top of the ladder and the biggest house on the block.
Yes he was. I specifically recall being told about the slaughter of 100,000, er, 50,000, er, 25,000, er, 15,000, er, nevermind, impeachment proceedings are over. We won and did not lose one soldier unlike the evil war criminal George W. Bush who was responsible for the death of so many...
Clinton killed over 3,000 Serbs, mostly women and children, people who had done us no harm. I find it horrifying.


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Bridgeview is the only school of its kind in the US.
All of Bridgeview teachers were trained in Russia and Eastern Europe, where only those who showed exceptional talent at an early age were allowed to pursue professional art careers, just like in music or sports. As a result, they possess almost every skill imaginable, they are versatile in the visual language and are extremely knowledgeable when it comes to artistic styles, media or art history. These artists are world-known painters, sculptors, theater and costume designers and book illustrators. Many have work in museums. They are also exceptional educators because they are passionate about art and they love children.
After 16 years in business, we have reached a point where we can't and don't want to expand our programs in order to preserve our highly individualized approach to each and every student artistic development.
Currently we have almost 200 highly dedicated and committed students who spend time in our studio every week. On average, a Bridgeview students attends for 5 years, and some have been with us from age 7 to 17 until they go to college. And then they come again during college and after because they crave our warm and nurturing atmosphere. While at Bridgeview, they win awards, get accepted into specialized high schools (LaGuardia, Frank Sinatra and etc), get substantial college scholarships, but mainly fall in love with art and learn to understand it. You are welcome to google online and find genuine parents' and kids' reviews.
Bridgeview is like family, where every student is given a lot of individual attention based on his or her unique abilities (some are better with color, some with design, some with imagination and etc.)
Also, our pricing is extremely reasonable. Classes are full 2 or 3 hours in small groups of only 6-8 kids with professional grade materials in every medium imaginable provided by us for free with utmost generosity. Similar programs might cost twice as much with not nearly as impressive results.
Having said all that, and space permitting, we are happy to accept new students. We accept everyone who is eager to learn, regardless of their skills' level.
Considering our efforts to keep the school small, atmosphere personable and nurturing to those who are committed to learning, we have certain rules which you need to accept before you sign up.


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The 2009 Volvo XC90 is aging well, but a refresh should come soon.
Motor Trend notes that in 2007, the SUV got "a new grille, bumpers, and taillights," but retains the XC90's "stealth image." Road & Track says "to further accentuate the sporty nature and to create a sleeker appearance, the car is not fitted with roof rails, although these are still available as an option." Available since 2005, the XC90 still looks fresh and well proportioned. Kelley Blue Book contends "the XC90 looks like a bigger, taller version of the popular XC70 wagon" and points out that "all the familiar Volvo styling cues are present, including the raised-V hood bulge and the elongated taillights running the length of the D-pillars." Cars.com says the XC90 has the "smoother, friendlier look that's been present since the early 2000s" in the latest Volvos. Edmunds has a rare complaint for the XC90, remarking that its "overall design is getting a bit stale."
Car and Driver compliments the "first rate" cabin design. Cars.com states, "the dashboard and instrument panel dome employ slanted, angular themes, as does a three-spoke steering wheel with audio and cruise controls." Kelley Blue Book also notes that "tending towards understated, the interior is tastefully appointed and very user-friendly." Inside, the interior is well laid out and dressed in conservative-looking but expensive-feeling trim.


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This weekend while on our weekly picking excursion, we found ourselves reminiscing on yard sales of the past. After years of taking on the world of estate and garage sales, we realized that there are a few golden opportunities that we've happened upon to find some of the best loot of our lives.
One that I remember fondly happened around the time I was first married. My husband and I were living in Arkansas and decided to take a little trip up to the retirement community of Bella Vista located about 45 minutes away. We didn't know about this particular estate sale, we just stumbled upon it after catching a sign out of the corner of our eye. Yes, one of those kinds of sales. Not advertised, not expected. Just there at the right time.
This was one of those great sales that was conducted by the family of the couple who had since moved on. There was a room with piles of vintage t-shirts and sweaters thrown on the floor. Another area had old yarns and crafts, which always makes the top of my list of favorite sales. And then came the furniture. A living room chair for 20 dollars, a floor lamp for 10. This is one of those sales that you try to contain your excitement, but no matter how hard you try to be cool, your smile gives you away.
The picks weren't what made this sale so significant in my mind (although I still wear one of the t-shirts 10 years later….don't judge). This sale told a life story of one wonderful couple. And it told the story of a sweet, loving, supportive couple that had each other to travel through life. All this when my marriage was fresh and new really made an impact on me.
Not only did their effects shed light on the rich life that they led, the actual house structure appealed to me. We learned that the house was a Lindal kit home which apparently gained popularity in the U.S. in the 60s and 70s. This was a whole new concept to us. This couple made the decision together to move to Bella Vista, buy some land, hire a contractor, and get an ENTIRE HOUSE delivered to their site in boxes and crates. A Lindal home. This idea blew me away. What a fun project to take on together! Love.
We left this sale with a lot of goodies…as many as we could stash in my little VW Golf. This was one of the first times in our young married lives that our furniture was telling a story of its own. That made me feel good. Like we were carrying on the dreams, desires, and visions of that sweet old couple.
That Lindal home made such an impact on us, too. Still to this day, we visit the Lindal site when pipe dreaming up a new house. We have floor plans picked out and packed away in our dream cabin file…just in case one day, we too, will be able to have our new love nest delivered to be built and memories be made.
Here is a taste of some of the weekends picks….some that also tell interesting stories.
As I was writing this evening, we received a new shipment of furniture that will be added to next week's New Loot Monday. Until then, stay in touch with some picking memories and pictures of your own. We love to connect with you and share your discoveries in picking. Every piece tells a story.
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One of the oldest applications of process photometry is the monitoring of the soot content in stack gas to check the combustion system.
But the principle of transmission measurement applied (scatter coefficient) limits the use of these "opacimeters" to relatively high concentrations.
However, modern filtration equipment built to retain pollutants requires highly sensitive instruments to monitor the residual dust concentration. The principle of scattered light measurement provides much lower response thresholds than the transmitted light method. Detection of the light scattered sideways rather than the transmitted light can be done either right in the stack (in situ) or outside it (extractive). In the former case the measurement point is located close to the stack wall, where flow patterns make the dust concentration unrepresentative of that over the entire stack cross-section. With the extractive method, the sample can be taken from the center of the stack and will therefore be much more representative of the prevailing conditions.
Application of the in situ sampling method is restricted to dry gases. But the scrubbers frequently used these days to meet tight emission limits cool down the gases and saturate them with moisture. So the gases are full of tiny water droplets, which falsify the dust measurement. To correct this, the extractive method must be used. The sampling system is equipped with heaters that eliminate the water droplets by evaporation before measurement takes place.


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"Would would you do if someone approached you with $1.3 billion?" That was the second attempt Rafat Ali, publisher & Co-Editor, ContentNext Media, paidContent's parent, put to Samir Arora, founder, chairman & CEO, Glam Media, about swirling acquisition rumors at our EconAds Seminar. Arora batted the question back again, offering the boilerplate reply of "We don't comment on rumors Is this the end of the interview or the start?"
-- International expansion: Back in February, Glam raised a huge $84.6 million$64.6 million in fourth round venture funding and $20 million in revenue-based debt financing. Why so much? First, the company needed to support its international expansion. Arora, who later emphasized his attempts to instill a greater level of discipline: "Secondly, we wanted to look at other verticals that would complement Glam's properties. The third was tech development. I immediately put a hiring freeze and have put a hold on M&A considerations. We're trying to build slowly."
-- Looking at health and entertainment: Bulk verticals, because it appeals to men and women. Also, earlier in the day, Glam Media hired Mike Meyers from rival SheKnows.com to run its new family-focused channel. "We tried to buy the company two years ago and we actually developed a good relationship instead with Mike.
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January 19, 2016
Days of Our Hip Hop Lives meets King Lear as Empire returns to our screens, soapier and sillier now that it's in its sophomore season. And everything that made it such a hot mess is present and accounted for as the Lyons go to war for creative, commercial and communal dominance… of each other and the wider entertainment sphere.
From the ripped from the headlines plot to the performances that are straight out of the Real Housewives of RuPaul's Dragrace, its like a modern-day minstrel show, where all the characters are spoilt, quipping show boats that break into song at the drop of a hat, engage in exaggerated 'gangster' activities, and talk of 'the streets' and 'keeping it real', all whilst dressed like Ferrero Rocher…or those who consume them.
In Season One Lucious Lyon (a one-noteTerrance Howard) had to pick- from his three feuding sons, the successor to his corporate throne, after he discovers he could now benefit from the proceeds of the ice bucket challenge.
Selecting from the Frank Ocean-esque crooner Jamal(Jussie Smollett), the Chris Brown-aping Hakeem (Bryshere Gray) and Andre(Trai Byers), a Damon Dash style entrepreneur with a white, Lady Macbeth wife, the season focused on the feuding, scheming, loving and leaving, whimsically manipulated by Cookie(Taraji Penda Henson)- their mama bear whose fresh out of the joint and on the hunt for her honey.
It was mildly entertaining and phenomenally successful, riffing on the lives of Jay Z, Rhianna, Beyonce, while real life rappers and rockers took small but memorable guest roles (Courtney Love, Ludicrous, Jennifer Hudson).
Timbaland provided the EDM-laced beats which were nasty as all that but addictive as f£$k, while a finger-snapping, meme-generating turn from Henson, who exhaled indignant, bitch-slapping fumes into each scene like hair-spray on a tatty weave, pushed the show into the zeitgeist.
A successor chosen, and the ALS explained away, Season 2 sees the fall out of Lucious's choice, as those spurned attempt a hostile takeover of Empire, and a public prosecutor tries to nail his incarcerated ass so she can boost her chances of being elected D.A.
If this shtick worked for you last year you'll be delighted to hear its more of the same, with Marisa Tomei a stand-out among the ever-present trash talking totty, as a canny, cancer surviving billionaire who buzzes sweetly before plunging in her stinger.
Andre Royo (Bubbles from The Wire) also piques interest as Lucious's crooked counsel because he's pretty much the only person who doesn't snapchat his intentions and post it for all to see.
But it's a relic of an archaic style, which is more Aaron Spelling than David Simon, so that the fertile ground that creator Lee Daniel's has chosen to plough his narrative seed in, spurts out petrol shop flowers.
He withers and wastes the fascinating dichotomy between the social injustice that make so many rap artists turn to crime in their youth, the saviour that is music and the messiah complex they develop as they rise to the top of the charts, loosing touch with themselves and reality.
While characters spring in and out of the action and allegiances shift and splinter so often-all in aid of the incessant cliffhangers, you stop investing in the story fairly quickly.
As for the music, its chart friendly, but often unintentionally hilarious, especially when we're told over and over that Cookie is a musical genius, or that Lucious is a rap god.
We never see any proof of it. Nothing performed would seem out of place on a Katy Perry album and lyrically the songs add nothing to the plot and contain next to no social conscience, particularly when you consider Empire is using #blacklivesmatter for their own ends this year. (While the way in which almost every scene ends with an orchestral quiver suggests a tension that just ain't in the story.)
It's twisted; trashy tattle-tales makes for an undemanding watch for those with an attention span soured from prolonged exposure to reality TV. But the cringe-y dialogue, over the top performances and scatter-brained storytelling make it a rather tasteless treat.


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Project: Months Abroad
Information Visualization
Objective: Select quantifiable information about myself and represent it in a creative way that makes a visual impact
In this image, I have used fruit to represent the number of months I've spent outside the continental United States. Each fruit represents a different country or U.S. state. One country (Guatemala) is represented by a flower, simply to broaden the color palate and vary the shapes. Bananas (representing Brazil) are the most numerous, and serve as a thread that creates pockets for the other fruit.
There is some uniformity to the size of the fruit pieces used in order to create an easy basis for visual comparison, but pineapple (representing Australia) is the largest fruit and really stands out. I made this choice because the two months I spent in Australia were very significant for me personally. I have included Burning Man in this assignment because its culture is so vastly different than mainstream American culture that I consider time spent there as time spent abroad.
In the bottom left-hand corner, I have used dried beans to represent the total number of months of my life as compared to the total number of months spent abroad.


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A UK animal sanctuary is appealing for help after two neglected horses were found abandoned by the roadside.
Isleham Horse and Pony Rescue, between Ely and Newmarket, found the black and white cobs dumped by the entrance of the centre around two weeks ago.
After treating them with emergency care the rescue centre now needs around £1,000 help to pay for the costs of keeping the stallion and baby colt, that have been named Ken and Bruce.
Appealing for help, a spokeswoman said it took three people to encourage them to safety with only torches to guide the way.
"Ken was carrying a vast amount of weight in the way of matted hair and mud, both around his feet and tail," said a sanctuary spokesperson.
"His tail was so long he walked on it with every step he took, with blood on his muzzle and hooves that clearly have never been near a farrier as they have grown under and require a huge amount of work."
"Bruce was severely malnourished not even knowing what horse food was, he was so weak he wobbled when he walked. Both were unloved and scared of all human contact."
Run by Wendy Davis for more than 30 years, the centre has helped more than 80 horses and relies on charity donations to make its work possible.
"The sanctuary is self-funded and I have quite a few horses anyway and when they get abandoned like this and it is just very costly to get them sorted out, so they can have a nice long healthy life," said Wendy.
Both horses have been wormed, treated for lice and had their hoofs treated by the centre's farrier, with vets fearing for the life of the baby colt because he was so weak.
They have also had haircuts to cut away the muddy lengths of matted tail and fetlock hair.
Both horses are now eating well and are starting to show an interest in being fed by hand rather than the bowl. Rescuers say Ken even likes a Polo mint or two, something he was not sure about in the beginning.


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Carter Says Welsh Will be Remembered for Dedication to Airmen
By Jim Garamone
United States Department of Defense
June 24, 2016
- Retiring Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III always remembered that people are what make the U.S. Air Force the best in the world, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today.
Welsh ended more than 40 years of Air Force service during a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where he handed over command of the service to Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein.
Carter used the Air Force Memorial as a touchstone to explain what people need to know about Welsh. The monument overlooks the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery."It's natural for us to focus on its three spires and the separate paths they take to the sky; the artist's rendition of the Thunderbirds' 'high bomb burst' maneuver is what first strikes the eye," the secretary said. "But, as General Welsh explains, you have to see the memorial from its foundation to appreciate its full meaning -- because supporting the three rising spires is a solid granite base. And inscribed into the memorial's foundation are the words that comprise the Air Force's foundation: … 'Integrity first; service before self; excellence in all we do.'"
Personal Mantra
Welsh made those words his personal mantra, Carter said. "He's stressed that only when airmen of every rank and occupational specialty come together around these values, can the Air Force deliver the global vigilance, global reach and global power that our nation requires," the secretary said.
Welsh underscored the importance of people at every base he visited, Carter said. "Mark often calls upon the youngest or most inexperienced among them to come forward," the secretary said. "'Which of us is more important to the Air Force: me or you?' Mark will ask them. It's a tough question -- and it can take a couple minutes for Mark to get the right response. But he always leads them to the same answer: That each and every airman is as important as any other."Welsh has served during a tough time, Carter said, noting the general has dealt with worldwide operations, airmen in contact with the enemy in the Middle East, sequestration, the rise of remotely piloted aircraft, a new warfare domain in cyberspace, the nuclear mission and more.
The secretary praised Welsh's leadership of the Air Force. "Under General Welsh's leadership," he said, "they've innovated; they've adapted; they've built upon the best traditions and core values of our Air Force."
An Inspiration to Airmen
Welsh's career "prepared him to inspire airmen to break with traditional approaches and career paths," Carter said. "He's flown the F-16 [Fighting Falcon] and the A-10 [Thunderbolt II], among others. He's held positions of command in Europe and in Asia. He's spent years as both a fighter pilot and an intelligence officer. And most recently, as chief of staff, General Welsh has enabled our Air Force to thrive over these last four years."
Under Welsh's guidance, the Air Force is now more responsive to wartime needs, the defense secretary said. He has ensured the Air Force made smart investments in key modernization efforts, including the B-21 long-range strike bomber, the KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker and the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, Carter said. The secretary called these "game-changing platforms that will allow us to continue our air dominance well into this century."
Welsh has worked tirelessly to meet current demands, but never lost sight of the needs of the service over the next four years, or the next 40 years, the secretary said.
Bringing Solutions
The general "always brings solutions to the table, that are acceptable, feasible and sustainable," Carter said. "I've seen firsthand how his innovative thinking and leadership has benefited not only our airmen, but also the Marine in Anbar, the soldier in Kunar, and the sailor in the Pacific."The secretary added, "And I've also benefitted personally, from his most incisive inputs on key initiatives -- from building the Force of the Future that will help defend our nation in generations to come; to building bridges with America's innovative technology community so our military continues to stay the best; to opening all combat positions to women so that we can take advantage of our country's entire pool of population for our all-volunteer force."
Welsh has set the bar very high, the secretary said, but, he added, his successor has what it takes to grab the baton and keep running.
"We know that the values and traditions of excellence and innovation, which have allowed the United States to dominate the first aerospace century, will surely guide the Air Force well into the next," he said.
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Also missing from the 12-man party for the games in Auckland (Thursday) and Napier (next Sunday) named by chairman of selectors Richard Hadlee is the evergreen one-day stalwart Chris Harris, who is not fully fit following a shoulder injury.
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Okay, this will most likely haunt me for the the rest my life. I will explain. One day, I heard about "Castlevania", a popular series of games, based around good versus evil, following a vampire hunting family. I really wanted to play, so I searched it up. I attempted to download it for my Emulator, but it had a "Pending 2 Hours" error. I didnt really care, though, so I waited it out, piddling away time watching this same Youtube video over and over again. I started it up. everything was normal until the 3rd stage. Thats were you encounter the first boss, you know, but he wasn't there. Since this was an emulator, I didn't think it was abnormal, but I was so wrong. Here is were it got creepy. Since I'm not good at games, I savescummed quite often, but since I sucked I died constantly. I attempted to skip past a certain set of enemies to continue, but when I did, everything went wrong. The skeletons froze, but Simon didn't. I kept going. Everything was frozen, but I kept going. Out of a morbid curiosity, I ventured on for nearly an hour. There was no music, and when I reached stage 15, I believe it is the last stage, Simon said "Why?" in a text box. Then, another popped up that said "Look at me", and then he was distorted, with eyes that oozed puss, and a mouth that seemed to be puking up acidic bile, and he repeated "Why?" Then he said, "Your just torturing me, why me?" and then Dracula popped up as normal, except his health was at the last bar. I threw the boomarang, and he just died. Simon left the castle, so I was done with this game. However, at the title it said "epilogue". I clicked on it and it was horrible. Everything was so sad, as though Simon died after he left the castle. There was a lone casket being carried by what looked like villages through the town.
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Who is Bikes Welcome?
We are a charitable trust who want to get more kiwis using their bikes everyday and everywhere. Everyday bike-use is riding to the shops, to work, to meet with friends, to an appointment. It's not so much about riding every day, as making riding an everyday activity…. Just like brushing your teeth.
The story behind Bikes Welcome
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BW Statement of Financial Performance Year Ended 31 March 2017 (PDF, 284 KB)
What do you want to do? And Why?
We want to show that bikes mean business, that bike users are customers and show that everyday people ride bikes, that is possible and normal.
We think this will help grow everyday biking it two ways. Firstly it will encourage people to try taking short local trips by bike (the power of suggestion, the idea that if someone else can, I could too). That might flow onto the second tier of benefits: building social license for biking (normalising it, and seeing people on bikes, as people, not cyclists), which may make it easier to have fruitful conversations about supporting and funding biking infrastructure.
We are big on bike parking. We figure good bike parking supports bikes and supports biking. It helps make biking visible, normal and encouraged.
For more on this check out these blog posts:
Why Bike Parking? Part 1: Part of the Solution
Why Bike Parking, Part 2: The Psychology of Bike Parking
How do you plan to do it?
At present, in New Zealand, there is no easy way to request bike parking, no programs to encourage bike friendly businesses, and no single source of information about and advocacy for bike parking. We intend to change that. We will help businesses, bike-users, councils and bike parking suppliers to connect; we'll make it easier; and we'll actively address the quality issues around bike parking.
Initially we are focused on visitor/customer bike parking – because most people start their biking with short trips. Later we will look at employee and tourist focused programs.
We'll create a website, and design and print stickers and 'invitations' so that businesses that support bike use will be able to display a Bikes Welcome logo and be listed in a searchable online directory. There are successful examples of this approach being used overseas.
Read more and watch our video.
What are the benefits?
The benefits of bike use are significant including health benefits, reduced congestion and emissions, and social/community/economic benefits.
Benefits of Bikes Welcome for the community
- Behaviour Change: encourages more people to cycle everyday by making it easier, obvious and more attractive. When they see a parked bike or 'BikesWelcome' sticker and think 'hey, I could cycle here'
- Engagement, connection, conversations: individuals – businesses – councils.
- Supportive of those already using bikes for everyday transport
- Bike users can find and support businesses that encourage active transport
- Helps demonstrate their support for bike use in a wider context. Subtly helps balance out the vocal minority who oppose cycle infrastructure projects.
- Improve access to quality bike parking and make it easier to ask for
- More cost effective and land use effective than providing car parking
- Complements strategies to implement: traffic calming, increased physical activity, local business development, place-making.
Councils Benefit Too
- More cycling means reduced costs for the council. In QLD they found that the avoided costs of infrastructure provision through a mode shift toward active travel equates to about 5.2 cents per kilometre.
- Bike parking can be attractive / artistic and support local identity and branding objectives
- Help council to identify and prioritise need for bike parking. Many councils budget money for bike parking but find it hard to know how to situate it for best impact. BikesWelcome will enable people to let their councils know where they need bike parking, potentially avoiding a 'hit and miss' approach or costly siting studies and customer research.
Businesses Benefit
Businesses benefit from attracting bike using customers who are loyal, local repeat business, and good spenders; and there is a strong business case for bike parking.
Why should we support you?
The Bikes Welcome model is proven (overseas) and cost-effective. It is a practical way to support cycling at a local level, and grow social support for biking. Not only does it encourage targeted provision of bike parking, it also helps bike users 'identify' themselves as customers, so their value and spending power becomes visible and recognised.
In less than a year, Jo Clendon has taken Bikes Welcome from 'good idea' to a well thought out model with plenty of willing and enthusiastic supporters just waiting to roll it out. With years of professional expertise and a huge drive and passion for getting people on bikes, Jo Clendon is the person to make it happen. We've run a successful Pledge Me campaign, as well as securing some grant and donation funding; and this will fund our design, printing and web hosting costs. We want our website to be professionally designed and built, not cobbled together, and we don't have the funds to make that happen.
We have plans and goals as to how we can become financially self-sustaining in future, once we get over the start-up hill.
Please Help Fund Us
We can provide budgets, plans, you name it. Let us know what you need so that you can feel confident to put your money behind our vision. Together let's make it happen.
Consider the Alternatives To Bikes Welcome:
- Badly parked bikes (health and safety)
- Annoyed businesses (business obstruction, property damage)
- Untapped market of potential bike users and customers
- Turned off participants (nowhere to park their bike = obstacle/objection to riding)
- Big consultant's fees to research design bike parking strategies (when we could just ask people for what they want!)
- Increased bike theft
- Local groups 'reinventing the wheel' as they try and develop a bike parking and business focused advocacy strategy.
Relationships and networks
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