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The Awakening of Innocence
The wind in the desert was like a gentle kiss on my skin. I was radiant and ecstatic over the rush of power that was flowing through my veins. I stood there on a rock my body bare to the night, letting this power flow through me. Now was the time for people to truly see the full beauty of Magick.
I leaned forward to look over the edge of the cliff face on which I stood. I couldn't help but smile as I saw that I was maybe four possibly five hundred feet off the ground. I straightened up and I laughed as I threw myself from the cliff edge. As I fell I laughed and let the power inside me take over. I felt the air around me become thick and my descent began to slow. It was like falling through syrup or warm molasses. I landed at the bottom very gently, and I looked up and smiled. I turned and began the long walk back to my car. With every step I took I felt the power inside me growing like a new life. When I reached my car I grabbed my clothes and I began to dress myself. Once I was dressed in my t-shirt and cut offs, I climbed into my Jeep. As I drove away I smiled as I felt the power inside me grow and begin to pulse out of me.
As I drove I thought about the times long past, and I wondered what my ancestors and the ancestors of the remaining people were thinking when they unleashed that mass destruction on us. You see about three hundred years ago, my ancestors went to war with the other nations of the world. They had no clue that our world would look like massive deserts this long after they unleashed their nuclear weapons. The few survivors had all banned together and we have a thriving civilization now. It has taken us all this time to get ourselves back to a semblance of what we were. Our doctors tell us that the radiation from the nuclear weapons mutated our ancestors. Some of them were twisted in strange ways; others were affected in ways that has become our norm. I am one of the strangely effected ones. For some reason the radiation mutated something in one of my ancestor's brains, and he became able to move things with his thoughts.
Now here I am generations later and I can do so much more than he could. Those of us that have these abilities are tested at a young age and if we show signs we are pulled from the normal classes and we begin training. We use our abilities to help those of our community. With out us the desert would have claimed our tiny little village long ago. I on the other hand was apparently exempt from keeping the sands back for the simple reason that my powers were beyond anything the others had seen thus far. I had the largest combination of powers that they could find in one child. My gifts ranged from fire manipulation, to moving the sands, to moving things with my mind, to compressing things with a single thought, even to calling water to me. I have even bent lightning away from striking the village once, but I wasn't about to tell the elders that. They thought I was too powerful as it was.
I came up from my thoughts as I heard the bell letting me know I was coming close to the village. I grimaced as I realized that the sun was breaking the horizon, the guards would have changed and I was probably going to get yelled at. I drove up to the gate and it swung inward with a soft push from my mind. When I was through the gate, I pushed it shut with my mind and I locked it. I drove to the garage and parked the car, the garage boy wouldn't tell on me. He and I had been friends for a long time, so I knew I was good on that front.
I ran from the garage and I angled to my home. I heard the singing in the square and I knew that I was in serious trouble. The village was in a prayer session after which the other Gifted would push the sands back for the second time this year. I ran and collected my robes; my mother had made them for me when I was younger. They looked exactly like the robes that the Sand Gifted wore, with one single exception. My robes had a thick black band around the trim of the cloth.
I dressed quickly and I ran back to the square, today I would prove my power to the people of my village. I would prove my worth with the power that pulsed and grew inside me. As I slipped into the square I saw Elder Nyssa look up at me and her eyes got big. She moved as if to stop me and send me back from the square. Before she could, I ran up the stone steps that looked out over the square. I leapt from the edge and I floated gently to the earth in the center. I lifted my arms and I raised my voice in praise to the gods. My voice was a gift from the gods themselves according to the elders. Such a high sweet soprano none in the village could match it. And as I raised my voice I let the Magick pour out of me. As I sang I begged the gods to banish the sands back from our village, I pleaded with them to return the land to the rich fertility that it was. I begged and pleaded until I thought my voice would go out.
Then I leapt into the air and the sand particles in the air braced my feet. I pulled on my gift of sand movement and I pushed with all my might. The sand complied to me and it began moving quickly away from the village walls. I pushed it back until it was in a dune we could see over the walls. Then I drew from my gift of compression to form the sand into stone. The new sandstone was going to be at least thirty paces thick, and about seventy tall. Once the new wall was complete I punched a few arched tunnels through it so that people could leave. When I was finished and sure that these things would hold I allowed myself to float back to the ground, and when I was touching down my legs gave out and I fell into unconsciousness. When I came to, I was laying in a bed the elders were in the room arguing over what should be done about my little display in the square.
Elder Nyssa said, 'He is but a child he can not know the repercussions of the thing he did. We have fought long and hard to keep him safe from the eyes of worship, and he has fought hard against our strangle hold on his freedom. We all knew that this day would come eventually; we all knew that one day he would be revealed to the public's eyes. Now he has, and we can not take this back.' Elder Chandrissa said, 'Now look, this child is the one that Eldest Morlset foresaw would come. She knew that one day he would come and make our people better. She foresaw that he would right the wrongs wrought by our ancestors.' Elder Nyssa was about to reply when someone came running into the room.
Elder Thyran said, 'What is the meaning of this? You would dare interrupt a meeting of Elders?' the person was breathing hard and then she spoke in gasps, 'Elders... you must... come... quickly... something... fantastic... has happened.' Elder Chandrissa said, 'Catch your breath child and then speak.' There was a few moments wait and then the girl said, 'Elders I was sent here at a quick pace to beg you to fallow me with haste. Eldest Morlset has left her chambers and she has demanded a gathering of the elders and Gifted Nyna.' I began to fall into the darkness again, but then a light came to me. It filled my world with dazzling and beautiful wonder, it filled me to the point I thought it would burst from my skin.
As I floated in that beautiful light I didn't know that my real body was writhing and screaming in pain. A voice spoke to me calmly and gently, it said, 'Listen now child, this power you have taken upon yourself, is a great burden that your body can not handle. The magick that you took into your being is killing you, and you will die if you do not make your choice now. Will you become a being of power and awaken the world to magick again, or will you let the power take you to your death?' I wasn't sure how to reply, but I thought about how I wanted everyone in the world to have a better place to live. I thought about the beauty and amazing things that magick could do for the world. I guess that I unconsciously made my decision, because the voice said, 'So much you care for the world and your people, this is a beautiful thing loyalty of this caliber. Let it be known now that your body is changing, while it does you will be here and you will learn from me.'
And thus my silent training began with this bodiless ancient being. It felt like I was in the light for an eternity and I learned everything that was offered. Then the voice said, 'Come now your body is prepared for your return, go now.' I watched as the light faded and the voice said, 'Be ever mindful, I am always with you.' And then I was in the darkness again. I rose to the surface and opened my eyes but all I saw was complete darkness. My arms and legs were bound together, and I felt different in a way. I closed my eyes and began to wiggle hoping that someone was looking after me, but apparently there wasn't. I wriggled until I felt my constraints around me begin to loosen; the warm gooey liquid that was apparently keeping my skin moisturized lubricated my exit.
I slipped free and landed in someone's arms. An elderly woman's voice said, 'Be careful not to damage him in any way. He has undergone a change none of us have ever seen before. Be very gentle with him Tewlien, he is the future of our way of life.' I opened my eyes and I looked up at Eldest Morlset and this person I didn't know named Tewlien. He looked at me as if I were the sun and moon, or even the very stars in the night sky. Eldest Morlset said, 'Well it would appear that you've found your bond-mate Tewlien.' I said, 'Eldest I am honored that you are attending to me, but it was not needed.' She said, 'I am here to over see your return to normality.' I said, 'I was not aware that I had left normality.' She smiled and said, 'Tewlien turn him and show him his resting place for the past week.'
I was turned slowly and carefully I looked up at what appeared to be a cocoon that a spider would spin around its prey. I said, 'How on earth did I get into that?' she said, 'when the Elders attempted to touch you after you began to writhe in pain, you threw them off with quite some force and then the cocoon wrapped you. It also pulled you into that corner.' I shivered and my body registered that it was cold. Tewlien pulled me closer to his chest, his body heat warmed me and I cuddled closer to his warmth. He chuckled and said, 'I am glad that I have found you Gifted Nyna. Long have I been searching for you, and I had almost given up until one night while I slept a voice spoke to me telling me to come to you.'
Eldest Morlset chuckled herself and said, 'The gods have seen fit to bring the two of you together.' I said, 'Eldest I have many questions for you.' She said, 'Not at this moment child, I will allow you to recover further from your long slumber. Tewlien take him to the baths. Once he has bathed be sure to have him fed and then he is under your care. If his recovery is slow it rests on your shoulders, and you will be the one to suffer any consequences.' Tewlien's face became very stern as he looked at the elderly woman. He said, 'Woman long have I waited upon the arrival of this my master and mate. Your feeble Gifts can harm me not and nothing you say or do could keep me away from him. I also swear this, if you try to separate us I will wreak such chaos as you have never seen nor even envisioned.'
She blanched and said, 'You know not what you speak of. How could a fool like you know the intricacies of the future's pathways? You step beyond your bounds youngling, apologize and be off with your bonded mate.' He said, 'I shall not apologize for speaking the truth. I have lived for over a millennia searching for this my mate. Finding him is the candle that lights my dark past. But mistake me not, I will not stand by and allow anything to come between us.' Eldest Morlset blanched again and said, 'You lie, you cannot have lived that long. That would make you one of the ancient gods.' I said, 'No Eldest, it makes him an angel.' Tewlien smiled down at me and said, 'My beloved master, you have seen through my disguise.' Eldest Morlset said, 'An angel? Where are your wings? Where is your unfathomable beauty?'
There was a warm rush and then I looked up at him and I smiled at his beauty. His dark hair was swept behind his ears and down his back, his strong jaw looked sculpted from the finest stone. His nose wasn't long but it added character to his visage. His eyes were the jewels in the crown, those pale blue orbs shot through with silver. Eldest Morlset said, 'Gods be praised, you are an angel. Forgive me divine one, I meant no disrespect to you. You have done us a credit to visit our little village.' I said, 'Tewlien can you sit me down? I need to dress myself.' He complied without and question. I walked to my washing suit and I began to clean myself.
When I was finishing I noticed in the reflective glass that there was a red mark developing on my body between my shoulder blades. As I watched it began to spread and turn blood red, and then it took form. It didn't hurt or I would have shouted out, but what I saw shocked me. On my back I saw a pair of blood red wings, and the sight scared me a little. I curled into a fetal position and put my head on my knees. I didn't realize that the warmth spreading through me was the wings wrapping around me. Tewlien came into the room and his gasp made me raise my head, I looked and I saw his eyes large with shock. I said, 'What's the matter?' he said, 'Nyna, you have wings.' I said, 'This tattoo is disturbing, I just wish it would go away.' He said, 'No my love, you have actual wings.' I turned my head to look and sure enough there proudly and gracefully arched behind me were my wings.
The pristine white feathers on them were shocking. They looked as if they would belong on him not me. These wings were massive and yet they didn't feel heavy at all. It was like they weren't even there. I stood and said, 'How do I make them go away?' he said, 'You must will them to return back inside you.' I said, 'I'll try.' I closed my eyes and I thought to myself, return to your place inside me. I didn't feel their weight so I didn't know if they went back until I looked. When I saw that they were gone I began putting my clothes on. I had just finished getting dressed when Eldest Morlset said, 'Child come quickly I feel a vision coming over me.' I ran to her and helped her to a chair. Once she was seated she lapsed into her gift's grip as it threw her mind into the one of the possible futures.
Twenty minutes later she came back to us, and she said, 'You must go child. Tewlien you must take this child and spirit him away, he is in great danger if he stays here.' Tewlien tensed at the mention of danger to me. His hand shot out and a fiery sword appeared in his grip. He said, 'This angel will not let anything come to harm his mate. I am an Archangel, my true name being Raphael. One of the four horsemen of the apocalypse I was, until my heart fell to this place.' I went to him and I wrapped my arms around his waist. I laid my head on his shoulder from behind. I said, 'Tewlien, please let me safeguard my home before we leave. I beg you this, once I've done everything in my power to make this my birth home safe we can leave.' He turned in my arms and he wrapped his arms around me. His sword apparently back to where it was before.
He said, 'Anything you wish for I can not help but give you. You are my master and my mate, if you wish to make safe your place of birth then I can not help but do anything you ask of me to aide in this.' I looked up into his eyes and I said, 'Come I will make this as quick as I can.' He nodded and I ran out of my home. I ran to the village square. I leapt into the air and I climbed high over the village until I could everything clearly. I reached inside myself and I felt the connection to my power. I grabbed the magick inside me and I pulsed it out. I called up the spells of protection that the ancient one had taught me. I called up the spells of creation and I created a forest of rock trees just outside the sand stone walls I had created not long ago. Then I gave those rock trees to the desert scorpions, and other various poisonous animal and insects.
Then I came closer to home and I sealed the walls off and I gave the gates a magickal lock that I would leave only with the chief of the guard. Once that was done I took the hundred yards of land between the main city walls and the sandstone barrier and turned that ring of land into rich fertile soil. I dug deep and I pulled out nutrients that the desert had buried over long ago. Then I mixed all of it together, and I created rich fertile land. Then I began to create plants, things that would be healthy for my friends and family. I created plants that would help heal ailments, I created plants that would grow tall and provide shade. I created plants that did nothing more than provide beauty. I did all of this in a matter of minutes. And I felt exhausted when I began to let myself slowly descend to the ground.
It was almost like my life blood was pouring from my veins. Tewlien caught me in his arms when I got low enough and he held me as if I weighed nothing. I just looked at him and I said, 'I am finished, my home is made ready and defended. Let us be away now.' He said, 'No my love you need to rest, you can not travel so soon after draining your magicks away. It could kill you and I will not have that.' I said, 'Then come and view my gardens with me.' He chuckled and said, 'I long to see the beauty you make.'
And so we walked to the city's edge, as we walked we were fallowed by other's who were curious at seeing me in a stranger's arms. When we got to the city's edge, the plant's overwhelmed me with their beauty. The colors of the plants were vibrant and eye opening. Some plants had fruit on them and I picked one, it was beautiful black berry with a long stem. I bit into it and the juice flooded my mouth with flavor, I couldn't help but moan and enjoy the seductive flavor that took me away.
I was reminded of myself by a hand on my ankle. I looked down to my ankle and a little girl from the early gifted classes was touching me. I said, 'Tewlien can you set me down?' he did and I knelt before the girl. She said, 'Nyna did you do this for us?' I smiled and said, 'Yes youngling, I created this for you and the others who live in my home village. You people who live here are extensions of my family, and I can only do what is best for you.' She hugged me and said, 'Thank you brother Nyna.' I smiled to myself and I hugged her back. Another child said, 'Brother Nyna may we try that fruit you ate?' I laughed and said, 'Yes child, go run and taste the fruit I have made for you here. Run and play in this garden, be wary of how much you pick to eat though.' The children all smiled and ran off to try all of the fruits that they could find.
I laughed as they all found some that they liked and some they didn't. The adults said, 'Nyna you have done us two services we have no possible way to repay you for.' I said, 'The only payment I need is to know that you're safe and that you people are properly fed. I know that these plants will improve your quality of life so I hope that you all use them well.' A woman said, 'Who is that man at your elbow?' I smiled and said, 'This is my bonded mate Tewlien.' They all looked surprised and then the same woman said, 'Then this night we feast in the name of your bonded pair and we seal this pair properly.' I laughed and said, 'There is no need, I promise.' She said, 'No I will not have any of that, you will have your wedding feast and I will hear nothing of it.'
The other women standing there banded together with her and I said, 'Well then I thank you.' My mother said, 'I shall finally have use of the robes I made for your bond day. I always knew that one day some man would come to bond you and take you to your happiness. But when it didn't happen at the same age as the others I got worried and I packed your bond robes away securely.' I smiled and her and then was ushered away by the women, I knew that Tewlien was being ushered away by the men. When we arrived at my mother's house, she ushered us all into the room that was used for fitting the bonding robes. I had seen my sisters and brothers in here over the years but I had never been in for myself.
Now here I was stood on the pedestal in the center of the room while my mother collected a huge ball of what looked like dried clay. She dropped it to the floor and it broke open. She removed the cloth from inside and the robes were wrapped in wax cloth and when they were un wrapped they were still a pristine white. I was amazed at the amount of fabric used in this set of robes. My mother said, 'When you were but eight summers I saw you wearing these robes on the day of your bonding, in a dream. So I designed them, and now here they are.' She and the other women helped me into the robes and when I looked into the reflective glass, I stood there in a pristine white garment that looked like something out of a dream.
There was hand made lace sewn into the garment, and even my sisters hadn't had any lace. The other women in the fitting room looked at my gown as if it was the most priceless thing in the village, and technically it was. My mothers fastened a long veil of lace to my hair it hung down to about my knees. Once I was dressed I stood there looking at myself, I looked like my image of one of my ancestors. It was mind boggling, and yet I enjoyed it. Then my mother said, 'Come now child we must get you to the village square to meet Elder Nyssa and Elder Thyran.' I was rushed from the room and covered to make sure that the robes didn't get dirty.
When we entered the village square, there was a large carpet laid out for me. Once I was far enough on the carpet my mother and the women removed my covering. The others in the village smiled proudly at me. Elder Nyssa had a tear of pride in her eye, and Elder Thyran looked at me like I had far exceeded his expectations. My mother walked me up the carpet to my waiting mate. She laid my hand in his, and Elder Nyssa said, 'Who gives this the feminine party of this bonding away?' my mother said, 'By blood's right, I give this the feminine party of this bonded pairing away.' Elder Thyran said, 'And what do you bring to this pairing?' my mother said, 'We bring this the promise that the masculine party shall never want for a warm bed. That he shall never want for a warm meal, and I bring the dowry.'
I looked at my mother like she was crazy. A chest was brought forth by my two brothers. They both grinned at me really big as they sat the chest at my mother's feet. She opened it and drew forth a bolt of hand made lace. She said, 'I give this, a bolt of lace twenty yards long.' she laid that back in the chest then she began drawing out things I had never seen. She drew out a glittering piece of metal, and had stones encrusted on it. After describing everything that came out of the chest she closed it and then Elder Nyssa said, 'Who gives this the masculine party of this bonding away?' my long time friend Aldris said, 'By blood's right I give this the masculine party of this bonded pair away.' I looked at him and I was confused as to how he could claim blood's right.
Elder Nyssa said, 'I am curious as to how his blood ties with yours.' Aldris lifted his arm and said, 'My blood met his and his name is tied now to my family's forever more as my brother.' Elder Nyssa said, 'What do you bring to this pairing?' Aldris said, 'We bring this the promise that the feminine party will never want for anything, and that the feminine party shall never go hungry or lack a comforting place to sleep.' The Elders began to recite the binding ceremony words in unison, as only those who were bonded could do. As they recited the words, I felt the ties between us deepening. When the Elders finally said the part that we were now a bonded pair I turned to Tewlien and let him lift my lace veil. I felt the world close around us as his lips slowly descended to mine. When he kissed me the earth fell from under my feet and the world filled with beautiful music like nothing I've ever heard.
When I broke our kiss to take a breath I realized that my feet really weren't on the earth. I looked at saw Tewlien's wings. I said, 'My love you have betrayed your identity to my family and my village.' He smiled and said, 'You have revealed yourself as well my love, and your wings are a beautiful sight in this so dark a period of time.' I turned my head slightly and I saw that my wings had also betrayed my new existence. He laughed as we slowly descended to the floor, the others in the room all had a look of reverence in their eyes. Once I was settled I willed my wings away and my mother said, 'My child you are more surprising than we had ever hoped. Your wings are beautiful as well, they tell the tale of your innocence.' I laughed and said, 'Mother, you know that I'm about as innocent as those lewd women you told me of from the other village.'
She laughed and said, 'My child you can not fool me, I know that in your heart you are still a pour soul. Your light is like the sun that washes our village with its warmth.' She came forward and took my hands in hers. She pulled me aside and spoke to me quietly, 'My child, now that you are bonded where your bond mate goes you will follow. If either of you dies, the other will feel it and follow shortly.' I said, 'Mother why didn't you die when father did?' she said, 'I had my children, that is the only thing that can truly prevent one of the bonded pair from following its mate when the other dies. The one that is closer to the children will live, and that doesn't necessarily always mean the mother. In some cases it will be the father of the children that will live and protect them.'
I said, 'I'm glad that it was you who lived mother, and I mean no disrespect to my father. But I'm very certain that if he had been the one to live, then I wouldn't be here as happy as I am today.' She smiled and cupped my cheek, she said, 'My child you are my youngest, my last baby is leaving the nest and I am apprehensive to let you go. But I have known for some time that you would leave my nest eventually.' She paused to wipe a tear from her cheek, 'Now that time I had feared would arrive has come and I am stood here deathly scared, that you will leave me and never return.' I said, 'Mother worry not, I will never leave you and not return. But I must leave for the time being, as my presence in the village has drawn some trouble to my home.'
A few others who had been close enough to hear our conversation said, 'Worry not cousin, no one will breach our home. This village will band together and protect you with everything we have.' I smiled and said, 'The trouble that tracks me is malevolence of a different breed. One that I will not have come to my home, I would give my very life to protect all of you in my village. You are my family and my friends; I cherish you in my heart second only to my bond mate. I will have nothing come to you that would harm you, I absolutely refuse to allow myself to do that. So I will go and find this malevolence and I will be rid of it before I return to you.' Tewlien came over to me and said, 'Fear not my love, we shall dispatch this evil that haunts you and return to your home.'
I smiled and touched his face, I said, 'I know that you will protect me my love. Now we must be away as soon as we can, so that I may return to my home at a much nearer date.' I called to my magick and I said, 'Garb me now in clothing, of cloth that's light and strong, make my outfit soothing, something that can never be wrong. I use my power for this, so that I may swiftly fly, and this spell is done now, as is commanded by none other than I.' I raised my hands above me and sand rose around me like a screen. My bond robes were removed and replaced by cloth that was light and very soft. When the sands fell I held my robes in my hands and I was clothed in a white material that was shocking in its color. My mother came forward and said, 'This cloth is beautiful Nyna I am not surprise that you would create something like this.'
I handed her my robes and I said, 'Keep these safe for me as I will take them to my bond-mate's domicile when I get back from my journey.' She nodded and clutched them to her chest. I willed my wings to show themselves and then I leapt into the air. I hovered over the earth waiting and saying my last good-byes. Tewlien joined me and then we rose up, taking to the wind. I heard his voice in my mind as he said, 'Try not to speak aloud when you fly, the wind up here won't allow for it. Just think your words to me, and I will hear them.' I nodded and we began our flight, I stopped us not too far away from the village. I called up the magick within me and I threw that out and down, in search for this evil that was coming for me.


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- Who: Multifaceted stakeholders from many disciplines and agencies both within and across state boundaries. In 2012, IM CoIIN began as a regionally based initiative in 13 states from the southern and southwestern U.S., with six other Midwestern states joining the effort in 2013. In 2014, IM CoIIN was expanded to the remaining 31 states and eight territories and refocused on national collaboration versus regional collaboration.
- Funder: The project is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- Our Role: In the first phase of the IM CoIIN, we provided project teams with technical assistance on how to incorporate quality improvement principles into their work. In the current, nationally focused phase, we lead teams and provide the data infrastructure, online community and continuing expert technical assistance needed to support their efforts. We work with several national partners, including AMCHP, ASTHO and the March of Dimes.
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Powerful Partnerships: Working Together to Improve Care
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Strategies to Increase Access to LARC in Medicaid
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Medicaid Funding Opportunities in Support of Perinatal Regionalization Systems
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Medicaid Incentives to Improve Women's Health and Birth Outcomes
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Mapping State Medicaid Efforts to Improve Birth Outcomes
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NFL.com: Tom Brady
February 9, 2012 by staff
NFL.com: Tom Brady, "Why did I throw that ball away in the end zone?" OK, that's a loaded title, but it says pretty much everything I want to say here. I've been hearing all these talking heads and morons on Twitter talk about how Brady and Manning were "pretty much even" in the way they played last Sunday.
There are even some who say that Brady played better because he has fewer weapons (right, because Hernadez, Gronk, Brach, and Welker are nobodies…) than does Eli. Well as you're probably already aware, I disagree whole-heartedly with those people. You could make the argument that I am extremely bias because of my fan hood for the boys in black and gold, but I'm determined to show you that my disdain for Brady is not the only reason I think Eli was a better QB on Sunday.
In case you haven't been paying attention, Eli has now beat Tom Brady and the Patriots, widely accepted to be the best team in the NFL, two different times on the biggest stage there is in professional sports. That's right. If Brady and the Pats are supposed to be the best, then why does Eli always own them? Is it because Eli has a better team? A better coach? Not sure you could make those arguments.
You could, however, argue that the Patriots lost because of the mistakes that Brady made, and the nearly perfect game that Eli played.
On the Patriots' first play from scrimmage, Brady threw a ball away and was called for intentional grounding. He was standing in the end zone. This was a major rookie mistake made by the guy who is supposed to be the best QB in that game.
That mistake lead to two pts on the safety, and eventually another seven pts the very next possession. Meanwhile Eli was calm and cool, going a cool 7-7 with a TD.
Were there moments when Brady played like the legend he might be? Absolutely. But there was once a time when Brady wouldn't have thrown that deep ball on 1st and 10 that ended up getting picked off. He would have been more patient.
Dinking and dunking his way down the field like he always does. That wasn't the Tom Brady I saw on Sunday. I saw a Brady who was cracking under the pressure of being in the big game against his rival, dealing with personal life issues and all that stuff.
I saw a guy who overthrew Welker on that last drive where he would usually put that ball on the money. Maybe Welker could have caught the ball, but it was overthrown, no doubt about it.
So in what universe are you living in that you think Brady and Eli were "pretty much equal?" Give me a break. They weren't even close to equal. Eli is like an assassin. Totally calm and cool, never letting a situation get so out of hand that he can't reign it in.
He's the stone cold leader of that Giants team and everyone on that team believed it. Equal? Not in the game that I watched. The patriots lost in big part to the way Brady played. The Giants won because of Eli. Plain and simple.
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As a school psychologist, I have had the opportunity to speak with many students about bullying and how to combat it.
Whether the conversations take place in my office, out on the P.E. field or in the library, I believe it's important to work together to come up with solutions.
Fortunately, there are a number of strategies that can help support students and decrease incidents of bullying. Here are my top five:
Be vigilant during activities that are not fully structured. A watchful adult doesn't just provide a sense of comfort for kids who are having problems with their peers; maintaining a physical presence is a signal to all children that they can get help if they need it.
Review the rules of the school throughout the year. Doing this on a consistent basis will reinforce what actions are encouraged and incentivized, as well as what behaviors will prompt negative consequences.
Ask students to tell you about the best parts of their day and the most difficult parts, and address any trouble spots together. I find that some students feel more open to sharing concerns during lunchtime.
Show students where they can go for help, and be consistent. Remember that a student may encounter difficulties at any point throughout the school year.
Remind students to talk with teachers, counselors or school psychologists if they're having problems on or off campus. It may sound obvious, but kids need to know there are adults who can and will come to their aid.
These strategies may also be modified to prevent or resolve issues outside of school, and I would encourage any parent or guardian to have an open dialogue with their children about bullying. Simple conversations can drive home the message that adults are available to help, but they go deeper than that. By talking to our kids about these issues, we're also giving them the tools to establish healthy relationships and avoid conflict, and these are lessons that will benefit them well beyond their time as students.
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locus plot is a dynamic new, full-evening work inspired by pristine mathematical equations – intensified by voice, live music and charged physical interactions.
For locus plot, "I'm spinning off on pristine mathematical equations that describe movement in space," enthuses Baker. Five exceptional company dancers – Ric Brown, Sarah Fregeau, Kate Holden, Sean Ling and Sahara Morimoto – disrupt the underpinnings of schematic mathematical formulae as they explode, collapse and slide into dramatic dance-theatre scenes, while handwritten equations and locus diagrams are projected over the stage.
Baker enlisted three brilliant artists in the development of locus plot. Mathematician John Mighton (Governor General's Award-winning playwright) helped her navigate the mathematics that inspired the movement, while vocalographer Fides Krucker brings, according to Baker, a new "dimension into my work through vocalization, and it's been transformative for me." Pianist and electronic music composer John Kameel Farah created the score, which he performs live.
Costumes are by Robyn Macdonald and lighting design is by Marc Parent, who won a 2013 Dora Award for Baker's Stereophonic and was nominated in 2014 for Peggy Baker's Aleatoric Duet No.2 (he:she).
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nominated for the 2014/15 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Sound Design – John Kameel Farah and Fides Krucker, locus plot
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1) Registration: Red Bull King of the Air is an invitational event. Only the 18 invited riders are allowed to enter the event competition.
2) Division of fleet:
◦ Top 12 from the previous years ranking of Red Bull King of the Air
◦ Top 4 from the ranking of the online video competition
◦ 2 wildcards given out to riders selected by event committee
3) Every competitor needs to complete registration in person before the official registration period ends. All official registration periods will be posted on the official Red Bull King of the Air website.
4) Participant Disclaimers. All athletes entering the event will have to read and sign the Participant Disclaimers form at registrations.
NOTE: Athletes will not be able to use their own POV cameras at the event while competing.o Athletes will only be allowed to use POV cameras provided by Red Bull o Athletes have the right to refuse wearing camera provided by Red Bull if it hinders their sportive performance.
All POV footage rights belong solely to Red Bullo Red Bull can provide content to athletes for personal use on social channels and website, athletes have no rights to distribute footage to 3rd parties (e.g. Sponsors) without prior approval from Red Bullo Athletes are allowed to make still and moving images with their own cameras whilst not competing, but can only be used for private purposes.
Athletes sponsored by any digit camera companies are not allowed to wear the cam during the competition, but can have displaied a sticker/logo of their sponsor/brand on helmet or similar.
5) Compulsory Medical Insurance: All athletes entering the event must have their own private Medical/hospital insurance that is valid in South Africa during the competition dates in order to participate in the event. The event organiser reserves the right to refuse any athlete to participate in the event if he/she does not have sufficient medical/hospital insurance. A copy of this insurance will have to be submitted to the organisers before or at the official event registration in order to be validated.
1) Safety and fair play are the most important aspects of the competition. Unsafe competitors will be disqualified. Leeward kiteboards have right of way, therefore Windward kiteboards should not jump when a leeward kiteboard is close to them.
2) Opposite Tack: a) When two kiteboards in opposite tacks cross each other, the windward kiteboard should keep his kite high while a leeward kiteboard should keep his kite down to avoid a tangle. b) When two kiteboards are in opposite tacks and equally upwind, the Starboard kiteboard has right of way over the port kiteboard.
3) Starboard kiteboard: should cross-upwind keeping the kite high while the port kiteboard should cross downwind keeping the kite low.
4) Transitions: a) A kiteboard changing tack should keep clear of other kiteboards on a tack. b) Kiteboards doing transition jumps should watch for kiteboards behind them before attempting a transition jump.
5) Rider's Meeting – Mandatory Competitor's Meeting. The day of the official competition will be held a mandatory meeting for all competitors at least a half hour before the start of the first heat. The official time and location for the meeting will be announced to all competitors at registration.
6) Kiteboards should stay clear of the competition area when not competing.
7) Kiteboards must not change course to obstruct another kiteboard (blocking).
8) Kiteboards shall not land jumps on the beach, and shall stay clear of any natural obstructions near the competition area.
9) A kiteboard is capsized when his kite is in the water; his lines are tangled, or has lost control or has accidentally become disconnected from his kiteboard. a) If possible a non-capsized kiteboard shall avoid a capsized kiteboard, a kiteboard that has not regained control after capsizing or jumping over the lines of a capsized kiteboard. b) A capsized kiteboard shall not take any action that hinders another kiteboard.
10) In case of a dangerous action, tangle or collision, as a result of the infringement on any of the above rules will result in a warning or disqualification from the heat at the discretion of the Red Bull King of the Air Contest Director or Head Judge.
11) Crash Flag: When a rider takes a hard crash (where he doesn't land, big spray, seems K.O. or waves for help etc..) Head judge can make a call to raise the "crash flag". When this flag rises the heat will be postponed for at least 1 minute. When this flag rises the MC's will make sure all the riders in the heat and crew on the beach know there could be someone in trouble. At first the Jetski will head out towards the crashed rider. If he is injured the lifeguard on the jetski will make a sign to alert everyone of the safety team and they will proceed to rescue the rider. If the flag rises and the rider seems to be okay, the heat will continue where it ended before the crash flag went up. This will extend the heat by 1 minute. This 1 minute of rest may be in another riders favour to ride back upwind or catch a breath. The crash flag isn't a flag that rises with every crash and may not even rise once during the event.
12) Crash flag is N and AP flag raised at the same time with numerous horn signals. Contest direktor or HJ can make a call to raise the crash flag!
1) Competitors that during their heat end up downwind of the competition area, will be allowed to make their way back to the competition area by walking upwind on the beach by themselves or with assistance.
2) While competing, a competitor could get assistance to re-launch his kite inside of the competition area only from a competitor competing in his/her heat. A competitor could get assistance to re-launch his kite only when the downed kite is out of the competition area. (Example when the kite drifts to the shore brake).
3) In the event if a competitor looses his kite from equipment failure, the competitor will be allowed to replace his kite during the heat only outside from the competition area. The competitor has to get out from the competition area by his/her own means. If the competitor is not wearing a leash, he will not be scored from the point he looses his kite.
1) Any changes in the instructions will be posted on the Official Notice Board. All competitors have the responsibility of checking the Official Notice Board periodically for any changes.
2) Each competitor is responsible for checking his heat number. This will be posted on the Official Notice Board, at least 15 minutes before the start of the first heat.
1) Competitors are required to wear the official lycra vest during their heats. The lycra vest must be worn over the harness. Competitors should check in with the beach marshal two heats prior to competing and will receive a colour lycra vest which will identify them to the judges. Competitors not wearing the lycra vest or not wearing the lycra vest correctly during their heats will not be scored. After the competitor has completed his heat, the lycra vest must be returned to the beach marshal when returning to the beach.
2) The lycra vest should be worn over the harness at all times during the warm up periods / interviews etc.
1) No limitation. It is the sole responsibility of the rider to choose and use appropriate equipment for his safety and the safety of third-party.
2) Equipment control: Event Beach Marshal will inspect and ensure that all kite-safety devices are well maintained and functional.
3) Use of impact vest compulsory: It will be compulsory for all athletes to wear a proper impact-vest during the competition.
1) The Contest Director will make the decision about the suitability of the conditions for running heats.
2) The contest will be run in 18 men, single-elimination "FLAG-OUT" format.
3) "FLAG-OUT" format schedule of heats – All riders will have different coloured lycra vest on when they hit the water. Each rider/colour is related to the same colour flag. As a rider gets flagged-out, that colour flag will come down. If no overall score is reported from judges within the time limit of the first flag-out, Flag-out Flags will all remain rise and judges will keep on scoring after the minute break. Colours Flags are placed on the beach, (next to the Beach Marshal's check-in spot) situated straight from or slightly down from the launching area. The "FLAG-OUT" system will be used on each heat of the contest.
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Round 5 / Semi Final
4) "FLAG-OUT" event competition ladder:
5) Results will be considered valid for the event when Round 4 is complete or beyond and 6 competitors or less are left in the elimination round.
6) The duration of the heats and the transition period shall be specified by the Contest Director before the start of the daily competition. If needed these times will be modified at any time. All heat times will be posted on the official notice board or official competition ladder.
7) The Contest Director may postpone a heat before the starting signal for any reason.
8) The Contest Director may abandon a heat:
9) In case of change of event format/competition ladder update will be needed.
1) The event seeding will be based last years results and on the Committee's decision. A wild draw can be considered for the wildcard competitors.
2) Riders automatically prequalified from previous year will be seeded considering respectively their obtained ranking at that event. In the occasion of a tie in total point, the tie shall be broken in favour of the competitor who has a better KOTA Overall Ranking. If still remain a draw can be considered to complete seeding.
3) Remaining riders (wildcards, video contestants, reserves) will be instead seeded by considering their respective position on the KOTA Overall Ranking. In the occasion of a tie a draw can be considered to complete seeding.
4) KOTA OVERALL RANKING shall consider all results achieved at each KOTA editions from each rider/competitor
5) Calculation of Results: The KOTA Overall Ranking is calculated by awarding 0.7 points for the first, 2 points for the second, etc. The total score of all is then calculated and the lowest total score wins.
6) Discards: 1 discard will be considered after 4 results (best 3) 2 discards will be considered after 7 results (best 5)
7) In the occasion of a tie in total points overall, the tie shall be broken in favour of the competitor who has a better discarded result, if tie remains shall be broken in favour of the competitor who has beaten the other in more occasion, if tie still remain shall be broken in favour of the competitor has the greater nr of firsts, seconds, and so on.
8) Ties between more than two competitors shall be broken in the same manner, considering all the competitors concerned at once.
1) The prize fund at an event is divided between all contestants. The amount for each contestant shall be stated in the Notice of Competition or entry form. No appearance fee. Prize money will be given to all contestants.
Percentage of Prize Money Payable: Men's prize money 18 riders break-down. Prize money will be allocated according to the following table:
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|Equal 7th (3)
|Equal 10th (3)
|Equal 13th (2)
|Equal 16th (2)
1) Competitors who place on the top 4 are required to attend the Official Award Ceremony. The Penalty for missing the awards ceremony, not being justified by a force majeure circumstance, will be a fine equal to their earned prize money for the event.
1) Competitors might be required to place, in a visible area of their equipment, one event sticker.
1) Selection of Judges: An attempt shall be made to ensure that no judge has a vested interest. Only the Red Bull King of the Air Management Committee will have the power to make appointments and substitutions for the event.
2) Judging Panel Composition: Events shall have an odd number of judges panel, with 3/5 judges on per heat.
3) A competitor shall be scored while being in the designated competition area. Whether a competitor is in or out of the competition area, will be at the discretion of the Head judge.
4) Judges should be visually separated when possible and it is the responsibility of the Head Judge to see that the judges do not discuss scores.
5) The judging final scores of each individual judge shall be shown only to competitors in that heat, on their request. The scores of the judges may not be appealed.
1) Judges will look at following categories: Extreme Big Air and Overall Impression.
2) The Overall Impression of the Extreme Big Air performance scores will be determined by combining:
No limitation in maximum number of moves/combinations attempts per heat (including crashes) or repetitions for the same jump. – Only the 3 best tricks of the whole performance will be counted and will form part of the final result.
When performing repetitions of the same move, the best one will be taken in account in the final score.
Variety within your best 3 moves is a key-factor, as focus is to prize the most complete "Extreme Big Air" rider.
A 4th score (unique score) for overall impression of the entire performance will be given at the end of the heat, this score will be determined by considering a combination of different factors as: technical difficulty / style / variety / execution / risk / show / innovation, this will be added to the total score (could make the difference)
The average of these 4 scores that weigh evenly will be the final score.
Tied competitors' heat scores shall be broken in favour of the competitor with the highest single score. If the tie remains then it must be broken in favour of the 2nd highest score. In case the tie still remains it shall be broken in favour of the rider who has the higher score of Overall Impression.
Flag out: The best two trick scores will be used to flag the worst rider out in the middle of the heat. The tie will be broken in favour of the competitor with the highest single score.
3) Explanation of certain judging terms and criteria:The heats during the competition will be judged on the quality of the execution of each individual move, where the judges score every single move, but only the 3 highest scoring moves from a different trick category will count towards the final score next to the overall impression score. Hereby an explanation of some of the terms;
1) Any handle pass that is finished by pulling the leash to get the bar, will be considered a crash.
2) The chicken loop is considered as part of the bar. Grabbing the chicken loop when passing the bar still gives credit to the trick, although, won't be considered as a clear pass.
3) If a competitor "butt checks" when landing the trick, but keeps momentum and has the board touching the water first followed by the 'butt', the judges can still give credit to the trick. (It's a crash if the competitors' first land on their back and the board is completely out of the water and then ride on) It's at the discretion of the head judge to consider if it's a crash or a butt check, this also depends on the extremity of the trick and the speed at landing. Each judge will consider how much credit he/she will give to the trick. The credit given to a 'butt check' landing is directly related to the RISK FACTOR involved in the execution of the trick. For tricks with a high degree of risk factor judges wont deduct (much) points for a butt check.
4) If a competitor lands a trick but did not control the kite throughout the execution of the trick resulting in the release of the handle bar and/or the crashing of the kite into water after landing the trick, the trick will be considered as a crash.
1) START Heats shall be started with the following system:
Red flag up + 1 horn is 3 min to the start of heat
Red flag removed and yellow flag up = 1 min to start of heat
Yellow flag removed and green flag up + 1 horn = start heat
Green flag down = last minute of the heat
End of the heat = 1 horn + red flag up (continuous clock)
2) HEAT AND TRANSITION DURATION – Heat and Transition Duration shall be posted at least 15 minutes before the heat in question on the Official Notice Board
1) RE-RUNNING OF HEATS: The Head Judge has the power to re-run a heat, only when he has witnessed the complete heat and he firmly believes there is a major discrepancy in the judging scores from each individual judge. Whenever possible, the decision to re-run a heat shall be made before announcing a winner of the heat in question.
2) APPEALS AGAINST JUDGES: Not considered (No protest allowed) at times, errors of a special nature occur with respect to judging. The Red Bull King of the Air Head Judge, along with the Contest Director, the Red Bull King of the Air Committee and the Red Bull King of the Air event organiser will rule on these special circumstances, case by case.
1) GENERAL ATTITUDE. All riders must, by their actions & general attitude, during the entire event and at all times promote the image of the sport, the sponsors of the event, and themselves in a professional manner. Any failure to do so immediately prior to, during and immediately after the event may result in a warning, fine or disqualification of the event.
2) OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE. All competitors may be required to attend a post heat/Contest media conference immediately after, or within 15 minutes of the end of heat/Contest, whether he is a winner or loser. Members must wear the official event vest or a suitable supplied by the organiser during this conference. Competitors failing to attend a post heat/Contest media conference or to wear the correct bib/lycra vest will be penalised.
3) COMPETITION AREA VIOLATIONS. Riding in the course/competition area when not competing: Violation under this rule will incur a warning or disqualification from the event or elimination.
4) SAFETY. Riding in a manner that can be considered to be dangerous or a threat to the safety of other competitors will not be tolerated. All disputes under the rules shall be conducted on this principle. Each competitor, when in a position to do so, must render every possible assistance to a competitor in danger and assist organisers with any rescue information in the event of a rescue being needed. All details on medical and safety plan will be presented to riders during the official rider's meeting. Responsibility of Competitors: It is the sole responsibility of each competitor to decide whether or not to start or to continue to race and to provide for his/her safety.
5) UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT. Any members failing to conduct themselves at all times in a sportsmanlike manner and or give due regard to the authority of officials and the rights of opponents, spectators, members of the media or other persons, will incur a fine and/or disqualification from the event or elimination. For the purpose of this rule, unsportsmanlike conduct is defined as any misconduct that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport, but does not fall within the prohibition of any specific on site offence contained in these rules. In addition, unsportsmanlike conduct shall include but not be limited to the giving, making, issuing, authorising or endorsing any public statement having or designed to have an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interests of the KOTA event, the organisers or the sport.
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Saturday 1 February 1986
It was Saturday, under the sign of Aquarius. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Lauren Conrad reality star from Laguna Beach and The Hills and Lauren Conrad.
In that special week of February people in US were listening to That's What Friends Are For by Dionne & Friends.
In UK West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys was in the top 5 hits.
Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by Woody Allen, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1986
while The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Sivi dom.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Arkanoid or Metroid.
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- In Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the fictional character Willy Wonka gives an unprecedented tour of his chocolate factory on February 1 (year unspecified).
- Blessed Reginald of Sint-Gillis
- The start of LGBT History Month in the United Kingdom.
- The start of Black History Month in the United States.
- Imbolc - the first day of Spring in Ireland (Irish Calendar), one of the eight solar holidays in the Wheel of the Year.
- St. Veridiana
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- Lauren Conrad: American actress, part of the ensemble cast of TV's popular "Laguna Beach," a reality show which follows eight teenagers as they leave high school and enter the next phase of their lives.
- Jorrit Bergsma: Dutch speed skater.
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In two articles published in July I briefly explained what public transportation used to be like in İstanbul and then described the Metrobüs, how it works, and why it fundamentally changed transportation in İstanbul.
So now I want to discuss some of the complaints that one will encounter while looking for information on the Metrobüs. The primary criticism is of how crowded the buses are, especially during peak hours. The buses are, in fact, quite crowded at certain hours. But take into consideration some facts.
First of all, the Metrobüs runs on the E-5; as I described in the previous article, the E-5 is the most critical highway in İstanbul. Not only does it run through the entire city from one side to the other, it also provides mass transit access to the most densely populated areas of the city. In other words, demand for the buses is high, and the Metrobüs provides fast transportation to literally millions of people. Consequently, it can be crowded just like the public transportation in other global metropolises. Demand for the Metrobüs is so high that İstanbul's mayor, Kadir Topbaş, has stated in the past that a true subway line would be constructed under the Metrobüs' route on the E-5.
One important effect of the Metrobüs's popularity is that much of İstanbul's population is now more mobile and less confined to their single neighborhood. This has increased both the ability and the willingness to travel locally of, most importantly, the working classes. The working classes and the middle classes also mix far more intensely than in the past as a result. The rail systems also constructed in the past fifteen years have augmented that effect.
This leads to a second aspect of the complaints. From the moment the Metrobüs was opened, it was subjected to intense criticism from the domestic anti-AKP press. The entire project was depicted from the beginning as a massive, useless money pit that, at best, would have no effect on İstanbul's transportation problems. After that initial reaction, a couple of trends have continued over the years. Primarily, every time any sort of problem was encountered with the Metrobüs system, the opposition press did its best to portray the entire project as a complete failure. For example the original Phileas buses were supposedly not engineered for İstanbul's hilly topography and thus would stall from time-to-time. It remains unclear whether the problem stemmed from an engineering design or simply from bus drivers trying to get used to a different type of vehicle. I can say that I regularly see the Phileas buses on the line, so they are still being used. But the opposition press jumped on the issue at the time and only grudgingly reported that the system's actual customers were happy to have a new option. Today even, every time a car on the E-5 runs into the Metrobüs lane, it gets broad coverage in, especially, the opposition press. And despite the naysayers in the opposition, the Metrobüs system has garnered international recognition for its success.
This tendency for the negative coverage and attitude towards the Metrobüs seems to have two bases. I'll discuss those in the next article.


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Biltmore Acres is not a prime destination for architecture tourists. Few neighborhoods are.
By and large the Toco Hills / Briar Vista neighborhoods were built out in the 1950's, mostly ranchers on 1/4 acre lots.
Convenience to nearly everything in Atlanta: Emory, Georgia Tech, Buckhead, interstates, transit, downtown, shopping, and all the hospitals make it a terrific value.
But it's not full of 80 year old bungalow charm.
It had 3 bedrooms 2 baths, about 1300 square feet.
The Devoted Classicist made a point that sticks with me: "The relationship to the finished grade..." I don't think that relationship is very successful here.
It reminded me of something that Holly from Things That Inspire told me. She and Stan Dixon.(D. Stanley Dixon Architect) were cruising Buckhead houses. Stan said that you had to design with the landscape so that the house didn't appear to be falling off the hill. I think that's an issue here. Perhaps the landscaping will make all the difference.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Teardown 1 of 4 Complete in Briar-Vista
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Yikes, I don't know, this is kind of bleak. Could just as easily live in Lawrenceville or Buford (and that's fine, but not exactly 'urban' quality work here)ReplyDeleteReplies
This neighborhood is arrogantly un-designer. This street in particular is not flattering to houses. Very good place to live though.Delete
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