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Double Take
"Why does everything have to be so complicated?" Madison shook her Blackberry at her mom as she entered the Manhattan penthouse. "I'm sick of it! Sick of the stress --- sick of everyone pushing and pulling on me. I can't take it anymore!"
"Calm down." Her mom set what looked like a new Falchi handbag on the side table. Tossing her cashmere cloak onto a chair, she strolled into the living room and gracefully settled herself on the sofa with a calculated smile. "Tell me what's going on, dear, and I'll see if I can fix it."
"You cannot fix it." Madison folded her arms across her front. "You are part of it."
"Oh, Madison, are you still complaining about spring break? Do you know how many girls would love to be in your shoes?" Her mom's brows arched as she nodded to Madison's feet. "By the way, aren't those my Manolos?"
"You can have them." Madison kicked off the wedge sandals and flopped down on the ottoman with a loud groan. "I would rather go shoeless than be controlled by you or anyone else. I'm serious, Mom. I'm sick of it. Sick of everyone telling me where to go and what to do, and how they're planning my future for me."
Her mom's smile was fading fast. "Don't be such a drama queen. Honestly, I never heard anyone complain as much as you do . . . over nothing."
"Nothing?" Madison stood up. "You and Grandma keep pressuring me to give up spring break to go to Tuscany with you --- so I can hang with a bunch of old people." She rolled her eyes. "And Vivian insists I must go to Palm Beach with her and her family. Plus I've got Garret pushing me just to stay home and do some things in the city." She held up her Blackberry. "Now Dad calls up and tells me he's decided that it's time for a father-daughter bonding vacation, which is really a thinly disguised excuse for visiting Harvard --- "
"What?" Her mom leaned forward. "Are you serious?"
Madison nodded. "He wants me to come to Boston to stay with him. He said we can spend some time on campus and meet his --- "
"Harvard?" Her mom grabbed her handbag and jerked out her phone. "Your father knows good and well that you are going to Yale, Madison, and if he thinks he can waltz in and --- "
"Please, don't call him, Mom." Madison paced back and forth, sorry she'd even brought this up. "That will just make everything worse."
"Your father cannot start dragging Harvard into the college conversation. Not at this stage of the game. We've already been all over this, and he knows --- "
"See!" Madison stopped pacing and held her hands up. "This is what I'm talking about. Everyone is treating me like I'm five years old, or like they think I'm their puppet!"
"Oh, Madison!" Her mom looked seriously irritated now. "Just grow up."
So much for the "I can fix it" spiel.
"I wish everyone would just leave me alone." Madison hurried to her room, and just as her mom began speaking into the phone, she slammed the door behind her. Immature, yes, but if everyone was going to treat her like a child, she might as well act like one.
She went into her bathroom, closing and locking the door, trying to get as far away from her mother as possible. For a long moment, she stood in front of the mirror over the sink, just staring blankly. On the outside, she looked like the typical spoiled little rich girl. Impeccably dressed, long and sleek blonde hair with roots that looked natural, clear skin, blue eyes, good teeth --- her mother was right, lots of girls would like to be Madison. Just not Madison! Sometimes it felt like she'd been born into the wrong family . . . or the wrong century.
As if to remind her that this was the twenty-first century, her Blackberry rang again. As badly as she wanted to flush the stupid phone down the toilet, she saw that it was her best friend. Weren't BFFs supposed to be understanding? Madison could use a little understanding right now.
"Hey, Viv," she said in a forced cheerful tone.
"Why didn't you call me back?" Vivian demanded. "My parents are already on their way to the airport. Are you coming with us or not?"
"I can't, Vivian."
"Can't?" Vivian's voice grew shrill. "Don't you mean won't?"
Madison attempted to explain all the pressure on her just now, including her dad's Harvard plan, but Vivian cut her off.
"That means I'll be stuck down there all by myself, Madison. Do you know how boring that's going to be?"
"Oh, I'm sure you'll find someone to entertain you." Madison wasn't surprised that, as usual, her friend was primarily thinking of herself. It was like Vivian hadn't even heard her. One more reason Madison was relieved to pass on Florida. "Anyway, have fun down there, Viv. If I change my mind, I'll
call you, okay?"
"Yeah, right!" Vivian hung up.
"Great." Madison flopped on her bed and tried to figure out just when life had gotten so complicated. Wasn't being seventeen supposed to be fun and carefree? And spring break --- wasn't that supposed to be, like . . . a break?
Madison could hear her mom's voice now --- loud and angry. She was obviously talking to Madison's dad (aka Mom's ex) on the phone, and she was obviously enraged over this Harvard development. Madison wrapped a down pillow over her ears, attempting to block out the sound. It took her straight back to childhood, to times when Mom and Dad could fight like this for hours. Why had she even mentioned Dad and Harvard to Mom? No good would come out of it for anyone.
A part of Madison was tempted to do what she used to do --- just give in to keep the peace. Except that giving in was probably what had gotten her to this feeling of frustration in the first place. No, she decided, no one was going to stick up for Madison except Madison. The sooner they all figured that out, the better it would be.
The truth was she didn't want to go to any of the Ivy League schools. Not Yale or Harvard. If Madison could have it her way, which was highly unlikely, she would rather go to college in Colorado or Oregon or somewhere equally remote --- someplace different from here. A school that valued things like individuality and creativity and respecting nature and living green --- and not the green of the almighty dollar either. Not that anyone was listening to her . . . or cared. All this stress over spring break seemed like the tip of the iceberg to her. Like a bad omen --- as if the pressures in her life would only get worse if she didn't resist.
"Madison?" It was Mom, and she was trying to make her voice sound sweet and kind --- enticing. It was a familiar tone.
"What?" Madison called back in an irate voice.
"I need to speak to you, dear. May I come in?"
"I don't care." Madison knew it was useless to say no.
Her mom came in and sat down in the lounge chair by the window. Crossing her legs, she leaned back and smiled. "I tried to talk some sense into your father, although I'm not sure it's possible. That man can be such a mule."
Despite feeling slightly relieved that Mom was dealing with Dad, Madison was tempted to tell her to butt out and that she'd deal with it herself. Even if it made no sense, a part of Madison wanted to argue with her mom, to declare that maybe she did want to spend the week with her dad and maybe she did want to go to Harvard. Not that that was true, but what if it was?
She knew that was nuts. Plus she didn't have the energy to go there right now. She was so tired of conflict.
Her mom cleared her throat. "Now, I need to know what you've decided to do for spring break."
Madison groaned. She considered the family vacation homes. Maybe if they weren't already rented out, she could sneak off to one of them.
"You know Grandmother Marabella isn't getting any younger," Mom continued. "She would very much like you to join us in Tuscany." She smiled in a catty way. "I know she wants to show you off, darling."
Madison sat up. "What if I don't want to be shown off?"
Her mom waved her hand. "Madison, what is going on with you? I thought you'd outgrown teenage angst by now. Is it PMS?"
Madison let out an exasperated sigh.
"It's just that you seem so touchy lately," her mom continued. "You're taking everything so personally --- "
"Personally?" Madison frowned. "It's my life. Isn't it supposed to be personal? Maybe the idea of Grandma Marabella parading me around in front of her old friends feels a little personal to me."
"Why not just humor her, darling? You know you're her favorite, and you know she'll probably leave much of her fortune to you. Why not cater to her whims for once?"
For once? Madison stood up and began pacing again. How many times had Madison given in to various members of her family? Try always. How many times had she heard her mom say this --- like she thought money was the answer to every single question?
"What if I don't want to cater to anyone's whims, Mom? What if I don't even want Grandma Marabella's fortune? What if I want a different kind of life altogether?"
Her mom laughed. "A different kind of life? You mean a life without money? Seriously, Madison, what kind of life would that be?"
"It would be a life of my own."
Her mom stood, looking directly at Madison. "You want a life separate from your family? A life with no trust fund, no inheritance, no credit cards, allowance, college tuition, or expense accounts? Do you really think you could make it on your own, Madison?"
Madison shrugged.
"What I need to know" --- her mom's voice was getting that sharp edge again --- "is whether or not you'll be going with us to Italy. Yes or no?"
"No." Madison braced herself for the fit that would follow.
Her mom took in a deep breath, holding it for a few seconds. "Fine." She narrowed her eyes. "But just so you know, if you stay home, your father will be calling. He will expect you to come up to Boston."
"I'll deal with it." Madison turned away.
"Have it your way." Her mom's voice was icy. "I will inform your grandmother of your decision." This was followed by the clicking of high heels across the hardwood floor and the solid closing of her bedroom door --- a sound of finality.
Madison questioned herself --- what if she'd made a mistake? Should she run out and tell her mother she was sorry and that she was willing to go to Tuscany after all? Besides, if staying home meant dealing with Dad and Garret --- plus she knew Vivian wouldn't let her off the hook --- what was
the point?
Madison knew that Dad wouldn't give up on Harvard easily. She could hear it in his voice this morning. Garret would continue to pressure her to forgive him for yesterday and to go to his parents' vacant beach house. Viv would probably call every hour and text every few minutes in an attempt to entice, guilt, or coerce Madison into flying down to join her. Eventually one of them (Dad, Garret, or Viv) would wear Madison down, and she would cave. Right now, caving was what her mother expected too. Mom was probably just waiting for Madison to slink out and sheepishly backtrack,
recant . . . apologize.
"Not this time," Madison whispered as she went over to the window. Looking out, she longed for some form of escape, some place to get away to. Despite the weatherman's promise of spring in the air, Central Park looked gray, gloomy, and cold in the morning light. Even so, Madison thought she'd rather be stuck in New York than placating her mother and grandmother over in Tuscany. Except that New York had its own set of challenges --- namely, Dad, Garret, and Vivian's pestering calls. Madison sat down on the window seat and wondered what to do. Stay . . . go . . . run away?
She heard a tap-tap-tap on her door. Nadya. Their live-in housekeeper had been with them only a week and was still trying to figure things out, but at least she didn't come blasting in without knocking the way Maria used to.
"Come in, Nadya," Madison called pleasantly.
Nadya timidly stepped into the room, looking down at the floor in an apologetic way. "Excuse, please. Your mother . . . she ask me to help you pack, Miss Van Buren."
Madison blinked. "Pack?"
"For Italia."
Madison rolled her eyes. "I am not going to Italy, Nadya. My mother was mistaken. Sorry."
Nadya tipped her head to one side. "Oh?"
Madison forced a smile. "My mother and grandmother are going to Italy. I am staying home."
Nadya's expression was a mixture of confusion and disappointment. Madison suspected that the housekeeper had been looking forward to some peace and quiet and having the penthouse to herself. Perhaps Nadya had already invited friends or family to join her. Madison had heard stories about housekeepers doing all kinds of things while home owners were absent.
Just then Madison's phone rang again, and with downcast eyes Nadya made a fast exit. This time it was Garret. She'd been avoiding his calls and ignoring his texts for almost twenty-four hours now. She suspected he'd be knocking on the door before long if she kept up the freeze-out.
"What is it, Garret?" Her voice was flat.
"Are you still mad at me?" he asked in a hurt tone.
"Come on, Maddie, let's move on, okay?"
She didn't respond.
"Did you decide yet what you're doing for spring break?"
"Maybe . . . maybe not. What's it to you?"
"Come on, Madison," he pleaded. "I told you I was sorry."
"Sorry that you were flirting with Constance Westfall? Or sorry you got caught?"
"I told you --- she was the one flirting with me. I already explained the whole thing. Why won't you believe me? You know I love you."
"I saw the photo, Garret." The image of her so-called boyfriend and that loser girl in what looked like a completely mutual embrace flashed through her mind again. Why was she even speaking to him? "A picture's worth a thousand words, and it will take more than that to erase it from my brain."
"Which brings me to another subject. Madison, why are your friends suddenly spying on me?"
She laughed, but not with real humor. "Spying? Vivian happened to be minding her own business going to journalism when she ran into you two. I'm just thankful she had the sensibility to snap a shot." Okay, the truth was Madison had been hurt and shocked when Vivian sent the photo to her Blackberry. But if she hadn't seen it for herself, Madison probably wouldn't have believed it.
"I told you that Constance kind of trapped me yesterday --- everyone knows she's been after me since eighth grade. Seriously, the only reason she came to our school was to get her hooks back into me."
"And I thought our school had higher standards than to admit someone like her."
"Her aunt's on the board. Anyway, Madison, you know my heart belongs to you. If you let me, I'll prove it to you this week."
Madison closed her eyes and shook her head. She didn't need to be having this conversation right now. More pressure.
"So, did you decide to stick around then? I've already ordered a bunch of food and stuff to be sent to Nantucket and --- "
"Sorry, Garret." Madison made up her mind. "I won't be around during spring break."
"You're going to Tuscany after all?"
"I'm not really sure."
"Well, you're not going to Palm Beach, right? You said you'd rather --- "
"No, I'm not sure where I'll be, I just don't think I'll be around here either." She hung up, turned off her phone, and tossed it in her bag.
She was getting out of here. She had no idea where she was going, but she knew she had to get away --- and fast. Her guess was that Garret, who lived only a couple blocks away, might be here any minute. And if he looked at her with those chocolate-brown eyes and started sweet-talking, running his fingers down her arm, she would begin to melt and lose her resolve. She had to make her getaway.
Tempted to escape without saying a word to her mom, Madison knew that would simply lead to more trouble --- possibly the cancellation of the vacation in Italy, which would be blamed on Madison for the entire spring break.
She knocked on her mom's door, planning her strategy as she waited for her to answer.
"Have you come to your senses?" Her mom sounded hopeful as she opened the door.
Madison let out a sigh. "I really don't want to go to Tuscany, Mom. I feel bad about it, but you told me it was my decision, right? I hope Grandmother will get over it in time. I just can't deal with all the pressure. Can you understand that?"
Her mom frowned. "Are you feeling okay?"
"I just need some downtime." Now this was the honest-to-goodness truth. "I don't want to go to Italy and I don't want to go to Palm Beach and I don't want to go to Boston. I feel stressed and I need a break. Okay?" Madison felt on the brink of tears.
Mom put her hand on her shoulder. "Okay. I'm not thrilled with your choice, Madison. But I understand. Nadya will be here, and you can always call your dad if you need something. Or if you change your mind, just call me and I'll arrange for your ticket."
Madison hugged her mom. "Thanks for understanding."
Mom looked at Madison's bag. "Are you going out?"
"I just need some fresh air to clear my head." She smiled. "Tell Grandma I'm really, really sorry. You guys have a great trip!"
"Our flight leaves around two." Mom looked at her Chanel watch. "I still have a million things to do."
"Have fun, Mom!" Madison turned away, hurried out of the penthouse and into the elevator, and counted the seconds as it went down. The sooner she got away, the better she would feel.
Relieved not to have collided with Garret in the lobby, she went directly to the under-park and waited impatiently for the garage guy to bring her car out. The Mini Cooper had been a present for her sixteenth birthday. Naturally, everyone questioned her choice --- she wondered how many other teens had to fight their parents to get a less expensive car --- but she liked that it was green. Of course, it had taken her another six months just to get her license, but that was behind her now. Although her driving skills weren't stellar, and despite the fact that her mother thought she was crazy to keep a car in Manhattan, Madison liked the feeling of being behind the wheel --- in control.
Of course, that control was questionable as she pulled out onto the busy avenue where taxis were blaring horns and traffic was moving at a snail's pace. Still, she knew it would've been worse on a weekday during the business commute. Driving in the city required two basic things --- patience and courage.
As she turned onto a less busy street, she had no idea where she was going or when she would come back, but to start with, she would go with the flow of the traffic. After that she intended to just drive and drive --- like she was running for her life. Maybe somewhere out there, on the open road, she would find what she was looking for. Perhaps she would even find herself.
Anna Fisher was bored. But she knew better than to say that out loud --- especially when everyone was busy with farming and fixing and all the additional chores that came with springtime. Anna knew from experience that her mother's response would be simply to heap more work on her. Not as punishment, mind you, but as discipline --- or so Mamm would say. Despite being seventeen, Anna still had trouble distinguishing between punishment and discipline. In fact, it seemed the older she got, the more confused she grew about much of the Ordnung.
As a child she hadn't questioned the community rules, but now she was unsure. To make it even more confusing, as a teenager she wasn't even subject to the rules. According to the bishop, Anna needed to discover for herself whether or not she wanted to be part of this community. If so, she needed to be baptized. In the meantime, no one seemed to really care what she was doing. Call it rumspringa or just plain indifference, but Anna felt caught in the middle, and there was much she did not understand. Yet she kept most questions to herself.
Now as Anna hung the morning wash, she felt unusually restless, and as she looked down the road toward the Glick farm, she felt exceedingly sad. Anna's heart ached whenever she thought about Jacob Glick. The two of them had been best friends since childhood. As they entered adolescence, Jacob had become the love of Anna's life, and everyone in the community seemed certain the two would marry.
But Jacob had always questioned everything, and not just silently. He sometimes argued with the deacon about doctrine and faith and the ever-changing rules of the Ordnung. Then last fall his attitude and actions were described as rebellious. Jacob had been nearly eighteen when his parents decided to take action. Although their community's form of rumspringa didn't usually include exiling a teen, when Jacob explicitly informed the bishop that he never intended to be baptized, Jacob had been allowed to leave. He'd seemed glad to go, but Anna felt it was unwise.
"We let Jacob leave so he can return," his father had announced at a December meeting. "As you know, the apple will fall but not roll far from the tree."
Anna wasn't so sure about that. For all she knew, Jacob might never roll back to the tree. That felt wrong --- and it made her begin to secretly question things even more. One of the things Anna had always loved about Jacob was his questioning mind. He was always thinking deep thoughts, searching for answers. Like she'd read in a book recently, Jacob thought "outside of the box." And now he was living outside of the box.
"I want to experience New York City," he had told her last summer on one of the evenings when they'd sneaked out to meet by the irrigation pond. "I want to see the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. I want to walk through the Guggenheim Museum and Madame Tussauds."
"How do you know about all these places?" she asked.
"My great-grandfather's photo album," he confessed. "He wasn't born Amish. He was born in New York and then he went to war --- World War II. I think it was hard on him. He became antiwar --- I'm sure that's why he came here to live."
"I did not know that."
"It's an old story. My family doesn't speak of it. But someday I will visit New York City. I know it deep inside of me."
As much as Anna enjoyed listening to Jacob, his dreams had sounded impossible to her. Yet it was possible he was living them out right now. She hoped he was all right, safe from danger and not starving . . . but perhaps just hungry enough to roll back to the tree. Every night before going to bed, Anna said a secret prayer for Jacob, praying he would return to his senses, return to the community --- and return to her
In the same way Anna longed to see Jacob again, she longed for something different in her own life too. She couldn't put her finger on it exactly, but deep inside of her she desired something exciting or unusual or interesting to happen. Although she knew that was unlikely, since every day seemed to be almost the same as the one before. She knew she was supposed to practice contentment and give thanks for the goodness in her life --- she was supposed to appreciate what God had given her. Sometimes she did, but not today. Perhaps it was spring in the air, or perhaps it was missing Jacob, but Anna was not simply bored and restless, she was discontented.
Anna knew this was a time in her life to practice some independence --- this era was called rumspringa, and all teens were allowed to experience some safe exploration of life within the confines of the community. But that was as far as Anna planned to take it. She had no desire to be exiled out into the English world. She had heard horror stories about other teens, and the mere idea of being cast out like that was unsettling. To be out in that great big world all alone, fending for oneself, exposed to God only knew what . . . no thank you. Anna was not that bored. Better to be content with the morning sun on her back and the smell of the ripe earth, knowing today was pie-making day.
As Anna pegged the last towel on the line, she wished she hadn't finished her novel last night. She had read too fast. She should have been able to make it last at least one more day, perhaps even two. Now she wouldn't get another new book for almost a week. Why hadn't she considered that instead of selfishly devouring the words as fast as her eyes could move?
This "guilty pleasure" (a phrase she'd learned from last night's book) was something Anna and Mamm had shared for more than a year now. While the practice of reading novels was frowned upon by the deacon in their settlement, it was not against the rules, thankfully. However, her father did not approve.
"Why do you let your daughter read English trash?" her father had asked her mother the first time he'd caught Anna with one of the bright-colored paperbacks.
"It is not trash," her mother had patiently responded. "Grace Riehl recommended this book to me. Her Leah has already read it. Grace says it improves her reading skills." The Riehl family was respected in the community, so her father would not fault them. Still, Anna knew he was not convinced.
"Is it a true book?" he had demanded as he waved the book in the air.
"It is a story," Mamm had quietly explained.
"So it is not true." Her father's dark beard jutted out even farther, a sign that his stubbornness was kicking in.
"It is a story," her mother said again. "A story about life."
"But not real, not true," he insisted.
Her mother simply shrugged, returning to her darning.
For the sake of reading these books, Anna decided to step forward. "Jesus Christ told stories," she offered. "Jesus told stories to teach principles. Is that not right, Daed? Is that not real?"
His blue eyes grew troubled. "Ja, ja. What are you saying?"
"Were Jesus's stories true?" Anna persisted. "Were his stories real?"
Her father simply nodded. He reluctantly handed the paperback back to Anna and returned to fixing a harness. Fortunately, that had been the end of that discussion. Just the same, Anna had sewn herself a plain brown removable book cover that she claimed was to protect the books from wear and tear, but was in actuality her way of protecting her father's eyes from the book covers.
A few women in the community shared books, but the best resource for "Christian fiction" was found in the general store in the nearby town. Mrs. McCluster kept quite a large rack of these books right next to the kitchen utensils section. To Anna's delight, new books seemed to arrive with the same regularity as the fresh eggs and produce that Anna's family delivered to the store. Thanks to money earned from Anna's sewing plus the reselling of her gently used books, she always made sure she had the funds to purchase a new book or two whenever she got the chance to go to town. Unfortunately, her next trip wouldn't be until late next week.
"Anna!" Mamm called from the back porch, waving a white dish towel to get her attention. "Come --- come fast!"
Using one hand to hold the empty wicker basket, Anna used the other to hold up the full skirt of her dress so she could run full speed. Her mother did not usually call with such urgency --- not unless something was wrong.
As Anna sprinted across the dew-dampened grass, she wondered if her mother's anxiety was the result of the jangling of the telephone Anna had heard while hanging the wash. Their telephone, like that of their neighbors, was kept in the barn. There were many reasons for this inconvenient location, but primarily, Anna suspected, it was to discourage its casual use. Everyone knew the telephone existed primarily for business, and occasionally for emergencies.
"What is it?" Anna breathlessly asked her mother as she set the basket down on the boot bench.
"My sister Rachel is in a bad way."
"What happened?"
Mamm patted her tummy. "Aunt Rachel is with baby --- she must not work so much."
"Oh dear." Anna tried to recall how many children Aunt Rachel had. Was she expecting her fifth or sixth?
"You know how Rachel is regarded in her community."
Anna nodded. She had seen it herself the last time she went to help Aunt Rachel. For some unknown reason --- whether love or desperation --- Aunt Rachel had chosen to marry into a different community. One where the Ordnung was Old Order and much more conservative. Unfortunately, Aunt Rachel did not always agree with the Old Order. As a result, she had been warned by the bishop, and although she hadn't been shunned back then, Anna didn't know how she stood in her community now. Many women in her settlement had distanced themselves from Aunt Rachel, almost as if she'd been shunned. But she did not seem to mind, except when she needed help. The last time Aunt Rachel had been in need --- a couple of years ago --- Anna had been called upon. It had not
been an easy time then, and it might be worse now.
"You must go help Aunt Rachel, Anna."
Anna wanted to protest. She wanted to argue and say it was unfair and ask why someone else couldn't go help her aunt. But she knew it was worse than pointless. Perhaps Anna had brought this on herself. Was this God's answer to her boredom?
"Run and gather your things," Mamm urged. "Hasten! Daed is gettin' the wagon ready. Matthew will drive you to town, but you must be quick. Daed and Matthew must to finish planting the west field."
With a heavy heart, Anna hurried up to her room. Why this? Why now? Anything would be better than getting stuck at Aunt Rachel's. The last time Anna had visited, she had begun to suspect another reason Aunt Rachel's neighbors avoided her --- her uncontrollable children. Who could stand to be around such wild things? The twins, Ezra and Noah, had been four or five and full of mischief. Two-year-old Jeremiah had been unstoppable and into everything. Even baby Elizabeth had been colicky, crying day and night. And her solemn uncle Daniel, unless he came in to eat, which he did silently and sullenly, had spent all his time in the barn. Anna had been so relieved to leave that place.
As she stuffed her clothes and nightgown into the duffel sack that her mother had placed in her room, Anna was tempted to tuck a couple of previously read paperbacks inside as well. Except that she suspected they'd be confiscated if discovered by her uncle. Anna felt certain that English novels were verboten in Aunt Rachel's rigid community, and not wanting to forfeit what she could possibly sell later, she reluctantly left the precious books in the drawer. Hopefully Aunt Rachel's baby would come soon. Last time Anna had been stuck there for two whole weeks, and it had seemed like two years. But she was older now. Perhaps she could endure more.
"I'm ready," she told her mother as she came down the stairs.
"I wish I could go," nine-year-old Katie said as she expertly slipped a round pie crust into the pan.
"I wish you could go too." Anna kissed her sister's rosy cheek. "Someday."
"Here is food." Mamm shoved a brown paper bag into her arms. "You must to wait in town until Uncle Daniel can fetch you. He cannot leave the farm until the work is done. Not until late midday."
Anna suppressed the urge to show her delight at this news. A whole day in town --- all by herself! Well, that might almost be worth the sacrifice she was making for Aunt Rachel. Perhaps she'd risk buying a new book. She might even have it read before Uncle Daniel picked her up.
"How long will I stay with Aunt Rachel?" she asked as she and her mother went outside. "When is her baby coming?"
Her mother frowned. "Rachel says late April."
Anna blinked. That was a month away --- and last time Rachel's baby had come late.
"I did not promise you for all that time, Anna."
Anna wanted to ask how she'd been promised at all --- without agreeing to it herself --- but she knew that was futile. It was not as if she had any say in these things. When someone needed you, you went. If a neighbor's barn burned, you helped build another. If a friend needed food, you shared from your table. That was how it was in the community --- helping others. And if the others were your own family, even more so. But so many weeks with Aunt Rachel's irrepressible children? Anna blinked back tears.
"You will miss us." Mamm hugged her. "We will miss you too, dear daughter. But God will be your strength. When you return, you will be stronger. God will make you a strong woman, ready for marriage and children of your own."
Anna just nodded, swallowing against the hard lump that was growing in the back of her throat. It was bad enough being sent to Aunt Rachel, but her mother's talk of Anna becoming ready for marriage and children --- combined with knowing that her parents had recently been favoring Aaron Zook for her match --- well, it was all too frightening!
Excerpted from DOUBLE TAKE © Copyright 2011 by Melody Carlson. Reprinted with permission by Revell
. All rights reserved.


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Fan of The Little Mermaid?
Check out these 17 Facts of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid.'
1. There are plenty of Disney canon cameos (and one Muppet).
Hey look, it's Goofy, Donald Duck, and Mickey! (Photo: disney-hiddensecrets/Tumblr)
You may already know about the smattering of hidden Mickey Mouses throughout the film, but less obvious are the many familiar Magic Kingdom faves scattered in some of "The Little Mermaid's" crowd scenes. While the most obvious ones are Mickey, Goofy, and Donald Duck — during King Triton's entrance — there are also a couple of "Snow White" dwarfs and even Kermit the Frog!
Also, during the wedding between Eric and "Vanessa," when the camera pans around the crowd, you can find the King and Duke from "Cinderella."
2. Ursula was based on Madame Medusa from "The Rescuers" and cinema drag-queen icon Divine.
From L-R: Madame Medusa, Ursula, Divine (Photo: Everett/Getty)
One can only imagine that she's John Waters's favorite Disney villain.
3. The voice of Ursula was supposed to be Bea Arthur, but she dropped out of the film due to "Golden Girls" conflicts.
Fun fact: Pat Carroll, the woman who voiced Ursula, played evil sister Prunella in the TV-movie adaptation of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella."
4. The voice of King Triton was supposed to be Patrick Stewart, but he dropped out of the film due to "Star Trek: The Next Generation" conflicts.
The eventual voice actor, Kenneth Mars, also voiced Littlefoot's grandfather in "The Land Before Time."
5. Sebastian was originally supposed to have an English accent.
Good thing they dropped that idea: The bubbly, Caribbean-inspired "Under the Sea" won an Oscar for Best Song.
6. While Ariel's body and personality were based on a young Alyssa Milano, there was another model for the mermaid.
Sherri Stoner pulled double duty as an animator and a body model. (Photo: rosagcastro/Tumblr)
Ariel's actual body model for Ariel was "Tiny Toons Adventures" script writer Sherri Stoner, whose movements also were used for Belle in "Beauty and the Beast."
7. Ariel's mom's name is Queen Athena.
Neither Triton nor Athena are referenced properly as the original Greek gods after whom they're named. In Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea. In the film, Triton is the ruler of the sea (and not the son of the ruler). According to Greek myth, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, civilization, mathematics, and strategy, among other things, and was never married — nor did she live underwater.
8. In deleted scenes from the film, it's strongly suggested that Ursula is King Triton's sister.
In the "Little Mermaid" Broadway adaptation, this fact is included in the storyline.
9. Jodi Benson, who did both Ariel's speaking and singing voices, recorded "Part of Your World" with the studio lights turned down low to get a better underwater feel.
Yet, the song was almost cut from the final celluloid version because test audiences thought it slowed down the film.
10. The scenes where Ariel is on the rock in the ocean hearkens back to the famous "Little Mermaid" statue in Copenhagen's harbor.
The Disney version is considerably less sad. (Photo: Buena Vista Pictures/Wikimedia)
Hans Christian Andersen, the man behind many popular fairy tales, including "The Little Mermaid," was Danish.
11. The voice actor for Prince Eric was only 16 years old.
That almost makes it less creepy that Eric ended up marrying the very, very young Ariel. Almost.
12. Ariel was made a redhead so that she wouldn't be confused with Daryl Hannah's mermaid in "Splash."
Ariel's hair makes her decidedly different than Daryl Hanna's mermaid, who went by Madison (Photo: Everett Col …
While Disney had the rights to the Little Mermaid story since the 1930s, the film still almost didn't get made because the studio was working on a "Splash" sequel.
13. If you think the film's famous storm sequence is fantastic, guess how long it took to make it.
(From Walt Disney Pictures)
It took a team of 10 animators an entire year to finish the 10-minute sequence.
14. Ariel's underwater hair animation was based on a video of astronaut Sally Ride's hair in space.
Sally K. Ride, 1983 (Photo: Getty)
That's why Ariel's head is in the clouds.
15. Ariel is only occasionally drawn with fingernails.
As a mermaid, she doesn't have any. When she gets on land, she only sporadically has them. Look closely next time you watch.
16. ABC's "Once Upon a Time," which draws from the Disney canon for its characters, is adding Ariel next season.
Ariel and Joanna García (Disney/NBC)
She'll be played by actress Joanna García.
17. Flounder is definitely not a flounder.
Yeaaah, those aren't the same fish. (Photo: Olivier Baghdadi via Disney Wikia/Wikimedia)
He's more like a juvenile Atlantic blue tang. (Hey, guess who else is a blue tang...)
Quoting trfgirl56701:
Wow I didn't know any of those lol
It just makes a whole lot of sense that Ursala was actually based on a drag queen. Haha! I obviously didn't think that as a kid, but I have definitely made that connection as an adult.
The allusions are really neat! I have always loved the way they throw in little references to other Disney movies, but the homage to Hans Christian Anderson was a nice touch!
Quoting rissarin:
Interesting! I'll be looking for Ariel on Once Upon a Time. ;)
I thought that was pretty cool!


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This Day in Failure: January 6
2009: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) acknowledges that a printing error created 1,100 false "winning" lottery tickets, and that as many as 150 of the defective $3 Fruit Smash scratch tickets had already been purchased. One of the many so-called "winners," Thomas Noftall, purchased four defective tickets, leading him to believe he had won $135,000 (CAD). OLG apologizes to Noftall and the 27-year-old subsequently accepts an undisclosed financial settlement for his "anxiety and pain and suffering," becoming the only "winner" to receive compensation.
2007: The California Institute of Technology basketball team defeats Bard College of New York 81-52, ending an 11-year streak of 207 consecutive NCAA Division III losses. Related content: Seasons Change, but for Cal Tech's men's basketball team, losing is a constant.
2005: The Detroit Pistons' Richard Hamilton becomes the first player in NBA history to lead his team in scoring without making a field goal. Hamilton, who scores 14 points, misses all 10 of his shots from the floor but converts 14 free throws in a 101-79 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
2001: Ron Hunter, head coach of the men's basketball team at IUPUI (Indiana-Purdue at Indianapolis), stomps the floor so hard during a 73-71 loss to Youngstown State that he suffers a broken leg.
2001: Congress certifies George W. Bush the winner of the 2000 Presidential election, making Al Gore the third Presidential candidate to win the popular vote but lose the election.
1998: In the worst matchup in NBA history, the Dallas Mavericks (5-27) defeat the Denver Nuggets (2-28) by a score of 108-90. The two teams enter the game with a combined winning percentage of .113 (7-55).
1994: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked (struck on the right knee with a baton) by an unidentified man after a practice session at Cobo Hall in Detroit the day before the U.S. National Championships and one month before the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, where she is the gold medal favorite. Her attacker turns out to be Jeff Gillooly, former husband of Kerrigan's biggest rival, Tonya Harding, who wins the U.S. Championship after Kerrigan is forced to withdraw due to her injuries. Harding is later stripped of her U.S. title and barred from amateur skating competition for life.
1970: The U.S. Department of Defense announces that more than 1,400 military servicemen deserted to foreign countries during the previous four years. The record number of desertions is attributed to escalating opposition to the Vietnam War.


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Priority: Major
Resolution: Invalid
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Component/s: security
Issue Links
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HADOOP-10799 Refactor HTTP delegation token logic from httpfs into reusable code in hadoop-common.
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rebase on top of latest
combo patch (including
HADOOP-10799) for test-patch to run.
-1 overall. Here are the results of testing the latest attachment
against trunk revision .
+1 @author. The patch does not contain any @author tags.
+1 tests included. The patch appears to include 8 new or modified test files.
-1 javac. The applied patch generated 1264 javac compiler warnings (more than the trunk's current 1260 warnings).
+1 javadoc. There were no new javadoc warning messages.
+1 eclipse:eclipse. The patch built with eclipse:eclipse.
+1 findbugs. The patch does not introduce any new Findbugs (version 2.0.3) warnings.
+1 release audit. The applied patch does not increase the total number of release audit warnings.
-1 core tests. The patch failed these unit tests in hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs:
+1 contrib tests. The patch passed contrib unit tests.
Test results: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HADOOP-Build/4251//testReport/
Javac warnings: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HADOOP-Build/4251//artifact/trunk/patchprocess/diffJavacWarnings.txt
Console output: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HADOOP-Build/4251//console
This message is automatically generated.
the javac warnings are from
HADOOP-10799 (just uploaded patch there to fix), the testcases are unrelated.
This is belongs to a string of patches built on top of each other:
HADOOP-10817proxyuser logic supporting custom prefix properties HADOOP-10799HTTP delegation token built in client/server authentication classes HADOOP-10800HttpFS using HADOOP-10799and removing custom code HADOOP-10835HTTP proxyuser logic built in client/server authentication classes HADOOP-10836HttpFS using HADOOP-10835and removing custom code HADOOP-10770KMS delegation support using HADOOP-10799 HADOOP-10698KMS proxyuser support using HADOOP-10835
-1 overall. Here are the results of testing the latest attachment
against trunk revision .
+1 @author. The patch does not contain any @author tags.
+1 tests included. The patch appears to include 4 new or modified test files.
-1 javac. The patch appears to cause the build to fail.
Console output: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HADOOP-Build/4311//console
This message is automatically generated.
I took a quick look at this and
HADOOP-10799. It looks like some of the new stuff in 10799 is based on existing HttpFS code, and then 10800 strips out the existing HttpFS code to instead use the new common functionality.
Is it possible to do these rename-type changes in the same patch? This way we can preserve SVN history. For easier review, it'd also be nice to restrict the first patch to just renames and minor required changes, then additional patches can clean it up.
Andrew Wang, doing a rename would require merging
HADOOP-10799 and this JIRA into one making the patch bigger. the changes/improvements cannot be decoupled as i had to remove HttpFS specific stuff. I've tried squashing the 2 patches in GIT to see if it would detect the rename, but it did not.
I've preserved in this JIRA all delegation token tests logic untouched (changes are imports/constants) as way of ensuring i'm not breaking things. Also note that WebHdfsFileSystem client is untouched and it does itself delegation token stuff which is also tested in HttpFS.


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I'm trying to put together or buy a prepackaged fly outfit to give my father for his birthday. He has never done any fly fishing (plenty of fishing though) but I know he'd like to try and I also plan to include a casting class with a local instructor for him.
So, given:
- beginner level (never held a fly rod) with plenty of fishing xp.
- 9ft 5wt
- a rod that he can "grow" on
- warranty not as important because he lives in eastern Europe (I'm in the US)
- at least 4pc rod as I need to ship it.
- around $400 budget
After about 30 hours of reading about fly fishing gear (didn't know the first thing about fly fishing before) I've narrowed down my choices to:
- Cabela's RLS outfit ($135 sale - plenty of room for extras like flies/vest/bags etc, even the ODC 420UL float tube which is also on sale for 180 at Cabela's)
- St. Croix Rio Santo ($200 - same as above)
- Cabela's Stowaway 6/RLS+ combo ($260 and packs nicely)
- Albright A5-NS + Teton Classic + ?? line ($320 + ?? line)
- Winston Passport/Lamson Konic Fly Combo ($360 comes with Scientific Anglers GPX WF floating line)
- Winston Passport + Teton Classic + ?? line ($350 + ?? line)
I guess I'm not sure if it is worth getting something like the Winston Passport to a complete beginner vs something cheap like the cabela's kits and maybe after a year invest in a better setup? That being said, I doubt my dad will ever buy a second rod unless I make him another gift


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Wade defends pursuit of Wolf, Looper
Wade defends pursuit of Wolf, Looper
The Astros lost out on both, as the Dodgers signed Wolf for $5 million plus performance bonuses and Looper signed with the Brewers on a one-year deal worth $4.75 million with an option for 2010 worth $6 million. According to Wade, the Astros were in the running for both until the very end.
Wade said he offered Wolf a one-year deal with a mutual option that would allow Wolf to return to the free-agent market next offseason if he so desired.
"What he ended up getting from the Dodgers was a cleaner deal for him," Wade said of Wolf, adding that the geographical element probably helped the Dodgers as well, as Wolf lives year-round in Los Angeles.
"We didn't end up at the levels on either Wolf or Looper that they agreed to, but they were offers that were substantial enough that they would have entailed us having to free up payroll in some way," Wade said.
The Astros' payroll is expected to be $107 million on Opening Day, so had Wade been successful with either Looper or Wade, someone else would've had to go, likely via a trade. With Looper and Wolf off the table, it's unlikely the Astros will pursue any of the free agents still available.
Elsewhere on the free-agent front, reports have recently surfaced that the Astros made a bid for catcher Ivan Rodriguez. Not so, Wade said.
"We haven't had a conversation involving Pudge in several weeks and have never made a formal proposal," Wade said.
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Episodes on this set (production # included):
Disc 1:
501 On Leather Wings (Commentary by ERIC RODOMSKI and BRUCE TIMM)
502 Christmas with the Joker
503 Nothing to Fear
504 The Last Laugh
505 Pretty Poison
506 The Underdwellers
Disc 2:
508 Forgotten
509 Be a Clown
510 Two-Face Part 1
517 Two-Face Part 2
511 It's Never Too Late
512 I've Got Batman in My Basement
514 Heart of Ice (Commentary by PAUL DINI, ERIC RODOMSKI and BRUCE TIMM)
Disc 3:
513 Cat and Claw Part 1
516 Cat and Claw Part 2
515 See No Evil
518 Beware of Gray Ghost
519 Prophecy of Doom
520 Feat of Clay Part 1
521 Feat of Clay Part 2
Disc 4:
522 Joker's Favor
523 Vendetta
524 Fear of Victory
525 The Clock King
526 Appointment in Crime Alley
527 Mad As a Hatter
528 Dreams in Darkness
Commentary on select episodes:
"On Leather Wings" Commentary with Bruce Timm & Eric Rodomski
"Heart of Ice" Commentary with Bruce Timm, Paul Dini & Eric Rodomski
"The Dark Knight's First Night" Featurette
"Batman: The Legacy Continues" Featurette
Tour of the Batcave
Trailers - "Other Super Hero Favorites": promos for Challenge of the Superfriends, Justice League: Star Crossed, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
The initial release of this package will include "Movie Money" certificates, good for saving up to $12 on theater tickets to the new Catwoman film starring Halle Berry


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Fragrance J'Adore EDT perfume for Women by Christian Dior was introduced in 2002. Christian Dior J'Adore EDT is classified as Floral Fruity fragrance. Scent notes of J'Adore EDT Christian Dior include top notes of citrus bergamia, mandarine, nutmeg, middle notes of jasmine, woodland lily, orchid, rose, violet, plum and base notes of musk, blackberry, vanilla, amaranth.
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Date Added: 04/07/2015Christian Dior J'Adore EDT is a fabulous contemporary aroma, exceptionally decent, and more youthful than the EDP. It is highly attractive and lively scent for a youthful and wonderful lady, it smells phenomenal. Fresh classy and sophistication all in one.. what would I want more...by Helen
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Paccar said Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell 1.9 percent, hurt by lower truck demand, but results still beat Wall Street predictions.
The stock initially climbed, hitting a six-year high of $60. But those gains gradually eroded, and it closed the trading session down 56 cents, or 1 percent, at $57.25.
The Bellevue maker of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks earned $291.6 million, or 82 cents a share, in the three months ended June 30. That was down from $297.2 million, or 83 cents a share, in the same quarter of 2012.
Total sales and revenue fell 3.5 percent, to $4.3 billion from $4.46 billion.
Analysts, on average, expected a profit of 75 cents a share on $4.19 billion in revenue, according to FactSet.
Truck sales dropped 6 percent to $3.27 billion, while revenue from parts and financial services both increased.
Paccar Executive Vice President Dan Sobic said truck demand is being driven by the need to replace aging vehicles and the improving housing market.
Sobic said he expects the truck market to benefit from economic growth in the second half of the year, especially in automotive production and construction.
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The proposed Higher Education Amendment Bill 2012 has to wait for a landing in the National Assembly after Education and Training Minister Sheikh Waqas Akram sought consensus of all stakeholders following a meeting with university vice-chancellors (VC) at the ministry on Thursday.
On Thursday, the university vice chancellors and shared with Akram their reservations over the bill which was expected to be tabled later in the National Assembly.
The VCs represented Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, University of Gujrat, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, National University of Science and Technology and others.
They discussed their apprehensions about the proposed amendments as the minister was not present in the February 4 meeting of VCs and the National Assembly committee members at the Higher Education Commission.
Following consultations, the minister assured the university representatives that the bill would not be taken up by the National Assembly without the consensus of all stakeholders.
They told the minister that a 24-member task force constituted by the prime minister in 2011 was aimed at identifying issues and was tasked with coming up with solutions acceptable to all. Consequently, Akram asked for full documentation of the task force.
Later in the day, several VCs, accompanied by HEC Chairman Javaid R Leghari, said in a news conference that they were hopeful that the bill would not be tabled.
Leghari said he would send the task force's draft to the ministry within a few days.
He asserted that the HEC was an independent body which was not answerable to anybody but the controlling authority was the prime minister.
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The HEC chairman was of the view that the bill was aimed to quell the autonomy of the HEC and bring it under the radar of the ministry and bureaucracy. "If this happens, it will be called a University Grants Commission (UGC) which the HEC was before its inception."
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The National Basketball Association says it will appoint a chief executive officer to supervise the Los Angeles Clippers' operations.
On Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver barred Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for racist comments made on an audio recording, fined him $2.5 million US and urged league owners to force him to sell the team.
Mike Bass, the NBA executive vice-president of communications, released a statement Saturday, saying: "The best way to ensure the stability of the team during this difficult situation is to move quickly and install a CEO to oversee the Clippers organization. The process of identifying that individual is underway."
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Christen Courtney & Rina Ellis – Sex Fighter: Vega Gets Vagina (XXX Parody)
Released: August 13, 2016
Round 2: FUCK! Vega (Luke Hardy) might be one of the most arrogant men on the planet, but that doesn't mean he is immune to the charms of watching a pair of sexpots like Chun Li (Rina Ellis) and Cammy (Christen Courtney) get it on. Always quick to get in on the action, Vega gives both girls a no-holds-barred fucking.
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The 2012 bikes are coming in fast, so it's only right that we have 2012 demo bikes. We have four models to choose from this year, so whether you're looking for a new speed machine, an all-day endurance ride, or a fast off-road whip, we've got you covered. Check out the demo models and info after the jump and stop by when you're ready to test the best.


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A weekend house party in Arlington ends with dozens of high school students in a lot of trouble. They're now facing charges for underage drinking. News4 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey has more on that, and the shocking way some teens allegedly lashed out at police.
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text: We know that in the Battle of Ezikiel 38 and 39 that "Sheba and Dedan and the young lions of Tarshish" will diplomatically opposed the invasion. Shaba and Dedan are in what is today Arabia. Well as I was doing my daily Bible reading this morning I found out that Sheba and Dedan were the grandsons of Abraham from his second marriage. They are not decendents of Ishmael like most Arabs. Perhaps that is why they do not join the Invasion.


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As I wait in line at businesses or even drive on the road, people are too much into their cell phones anymore! I think there should be a National Cell Phone Shut Off Day, to make people realize how life existed before cell phones. – Robert, Littleton
Robert is not alone. Last year the U.S. Dept. of Transportation sponsored a "National two-second turnoff day," which encouraged young people to take 2-seconds and turn off their phones before driving.
And this guy in Texas thinks we should turn off our cell phones because the big, bad government might be tracking us.
I hate it when people pull out their phones in the middle of another conversation without so much as an "excuse me."
What do you think your life would be like if you turned the darn thing off for just one day? Would it be like going through caffeine withdrawal?


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One of the most sensitive areas for any supervisor is introducing change to an employee.
While a supervisor can't avoid making the change, he or she should try to reduce any potential trauma. Employees tend to get very defensive about their jobs, particularly the veterans.
How the change is presented to them will determine whether they see it as a threat or an improvement. Allowing an employee to learn about a major change in his or her job from a work order is the worst kind of supervision.
If a supervisor takes a few minutes to explain the reasons for the change and the benefits for both the employee and the company, it might be accepted with more equanimity.
Of course, an act of insubordination must be dealt with. But the company would be far wiser to issue a written warning and welcome the employee back to his or her job. It would be a lot less expensive than having an arbitrator or a judge make the same decision.
Here are three points to keep in mind whenever an employee says "no" to a legitimate work order.
- Attempt to find the reason for the refusal. If you simply answer his or her "no" with a direct order, you can't avoid a confrontation. A little understanding at this step of the process can save a lot of grief later.
- You can overcome an employee's resistance to change by anticipating his fears and bringing his objections out in the open. Always give the reason for the change and try to emphasize positive aspects. But be honest. There isn't anything positive in a change that's going to cost an employee his or her job.
- Always follow up on a change, even when it seems to have achieved initial success. Maybe a further refinement will bring even better results. Or you may uncover problems that hadn't even been thought about when the change was introduced.


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Best Western Hotel Carlton is in the heart of Annecy, walking distance from Notre-Dame-de-Liesse Church and Palais de l Ile. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Musee-Chateau and Annecy Castle.
Make yourself at home in one of the 55 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and ski storage.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
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Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Planning an event in Annecy? This hotel has facilities measuring 592 square feet (55 square meters), including a meeting room. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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|WMWSC to Host Mira Nair
January 17, 2006
Award-winning director Mira Nair will speak in Grand Rapids on Thursday, February 23, 2006, at 7 pm in the Gezon Auditorium on the campus of Calvin College. An author reception will follow the presentation, which is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and a sign-language interpreter will be provided.
Also, on the two evenings preceding the lecture, there will be a retrospective of Nair's work at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, in Grand Rapids, including "Salaam Bombay!" on Tuesday, February 21, at 7 pm, and "Hysterical Blindness" and "Laughing Club of India" on Wednesday, February 22, at 7 pm.
The film festival and the public lecture, titled "Between Two Worlds: An Evening With Mira Nair," are being sponsored by the West Michigan Women's Studies Council, which was formed in 2001 to inform the West Michigan community of gender issues, foster dialogue and give voice to feminist thought and ideas.
Since 2001 the Council, which consists of members from Aquinas, Calvin, Davenport, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley and Hope, has brought to West Michigan such thought-provoking speakers as Molly Ivins, Anita Hill and Margaret Atwood.
Helen Sterk, professor of communication arts and sciences at Calvin, and president of the West Michigan Women Studies Council, says Nair will be equally compelling.
"Mira Nair is one of the most accomplished women directors working today," she says, "and we are delighted to have her speak in Grand Rapids. Her work merges the best from the Western and Indian traditions of film making, and her unique vision has made her a role model for women interested in directing."
Nair perhaps is best known for Monsoon Wedding, a 2001 film that was winner of the Golden Lion at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Salaam Bombay!, her debut, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988, and went on to win 27 international awards, including the Camera D'Or (for best first feature) and the Prix du Publique (for most popular entry) at the Cannes Film Festival.
Her 1991 film Mississippi Masala, an interracial love story starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury, garnered three awards at the Venice Film Festival including Best Screenplay and The Audience Choice Award.
Most recently, Nair completed a film adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's best seller The Namesake, about a family's move from Calcutta to Boston, and also worked on Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul for HBO, which focuses on a woman's journey to Taliban-governed Afghanistan in search of her mother.
Nair began her career as an actor, but soon turned to directing, producing and writing documentaries and feature films. She has directed and produced over 15 different projects, among which are award-winning documentaries such as So Far From India and India Cabaret, as well as HBO original Hysterical Blindness (2002), and Focus Features' Vanity Fair (2004).
Born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India in 1957, Nair began her studies in Sociology and Theater at the University of New Delhi. Seeking greater challenges, she eventually was admitted to Harvard on a full scholarship, and there she began to develop an interest in documentary film. Her very first film, Jama Masjid Street Journal, was her Master's thesis project.
Nair currently lives in New York City with her husband and son.
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A woman accused of fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend in Imperial Beach last year possibly because of jealousy was found mentally incompetent Monday to stand trial.
Criminal proceedings were suspended in the case involving Vegas Bray, 24, who is charged with murder and a gun-use allegation in the Oct. 16 death of Victor Saucedo, 31.
Because San Diego Superior Court Judge Joseph Brannigan determined — based on doctor's reports — that Bray is not competent, Bray will be sent to Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County until her competency is restored.
If and when that happens, her court case will resume.
Bray, a former strip-club worker, is accused of shooting Saucedo multiple times in his apartment on Caspian Way. Bray was found in the parking lot. She directed Sheriff's deputies to the body and reported initially that he had committed suicide.
She told a deputy later that the revolver found on the floor of the apartment was hers.
According to testimony at a previous hearing, Bray called her brother the day of the shooting and told him she had shot Saucedo. The brother said Bray had experienced a loss of memory in the past but couldn't remember whether she said she blacked out that day.
During the preliminary hearing in April, a witness testified about a previous incident in which Bray became angry with Saucedo about comments he had made to other women on Facebook and the time he spent with his son's mother.
When the prosecutor asked if Bray was jealous, the defendant shouted out suddenly in the courtroom before the witness could answer.
"I was never jealous!" Bray said. "I'm not going down for something I don't remember doing!"
Bray's defense lawyers raised doubts about their client's ability to understand the court proceedings and to assist in her own defense, prompting a judge to stop the hearing and order a psychiatric evaluation of the defendant.


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This 20 year old Le Domaine is in fair condition. It would be better if the façade and some white walls in the building will be recoated, though. Parking spaces are located in the basement and the podium or multi-story parking. One service and two passenger elevators are operating in the building. In case of power shortage, a backup generator can accommodate hallway lights and small appliances in the unit. Any service provider is allowed for cable and internet but PLDT is required for landline. Residents can choose between a gas or an electric cooking system. Air conditioning unit can be in window or split-type. And to the delight of pet-lovers everywhere, the management allows pets in the condominium.


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I have come to realize that my grip sucks!!! So I picked up some grippers.
Got them today and I can only squeeze the 100 and 150. I can almost get the 200, but almost dosen't count. I sure am hoping that by doing this and working up to the 350 (hopefully) that my deadlift forarms will grow.
Anyone ever use these ?
i have the hardest level drippers and the level 1 gripper. the level one is way to easy so i just use it in betweeen push ups or something. but something that i use to make my grip better is this
it is really good for grip strenght. i wouldnt advise doign it the way i was, but i was using it in between sets of bench press, shoulder press, etc. it was getting my grip good really fast, but someone stole it so i was with out it for a while.
Grippers can help but don't rely on them exclusively. You have to match the training to the job. For deadlfits you need supporting strengh endurance. Endless reps on the grippers will only go so far. Static holds on the grippers will probably serve better.
But also look at plate pinch, dead hangs, barbell static holds, thick bar work and forearm work to round it out.
I would recommend the wrist roller, like Monsta, as something that has been more valuable for my grip than grippers.
I do ALL back work without straps. Tough at first, but it becomes very easy. Chalk is the easiest thing in the world to throw on, and IMO it's better than using straps. The only thing I use straps on now is high rep rack deads, but it's a lazy thing..
You want to improve grip, try a full workout, and you'll be amazed at what you can hold onto.
I've never used straps for back work "in general". Comes a time when you hit a wall and have to augment things. Course most people will reach some kind of upper limit someday.
If you've used straps a lot then you stop then that's all you'll need for a while. But this too shall pass :). If you've never used straps much, and the grip fails, there will have to be some intervention. Chalk is great.
I've never used straps and I intend not to until I absolutely have to. (Maybe for 1RM deads soon...) Mind you, I don't move weight like some of you do! Ha. In fact, I'm most definatly the smallest of the bunch in this thread. Just train as much as you can without straps or aids and things will get better I'm sure.
If your deads are over 300 pounds and you are still doing well with grip then you are dong very well. (LOL, that was a bad sentence).
Don't hold me to this of course, but I'd say most health young guys of average ability will start having probs somewhere from 200 to 250...depending on the volume of course, and closer to 250.
haha....dong very well.
BTW, I do want to warn people that if you dive into fullfledge grip training, something I used to do, beyond that of what is required to keep up you supporting strength for your pulling, it becomes a thing where the more types of things you do, the more other types of things you have to do. You got so many muscles and tendons at work that it's easy to get tendonitis and such if you don't keep thing's balanced.
I don't use straps either, but my deadlift is over 400lbs and I do need to strap up for that. So Eric,I guess my grip is ok , but it still feels week. I still think it would be nice to close those 350's
Your right 0311 chalk is very effective.
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I actually got through to them on the phone after 30-minute hold ! The girl I spoke to was rude and the "manager" wouldn't give me his full name (he said, for legal reasons). Both of them said that I must have agreed to their membership somewhere on the web-site (which I never saw).
They wouldn't refund me the money, and very rudely implied that I am stupid for not "remembering" agreeing to their terms. Of course, I don't remember! it's because I didn't !!
When asked why there was no correspondence from them stating my membership, or a receipt of purchase or, at least, welcoming me as a new customer (anything that would give me a chance to know that I am being forced into a "membership"), I was told that that's how they do their business (no e-mails, no letters), and the guy, "Brian", told me "you can do business your way when you open your own company".
So, basically, I was ripped off for 2 monthly "membership fees" (I haven't noticed the first one right away alas) of $89.31, and was denied a refund. I did get the tiny trial bottle (delivered to my neighbor's door, which he gave back to me). When I suggested that I can mail this bottle back to the company if they issue me a refund, they rejected the offer.
Seems like they are proud of the scam operation they are running, and they think they are invincible. I do hope that there are legal measures to be taken here, and that these robbers will not get away with our money!
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In 2010, Meltin'Pot launched its much-noticed "Style Me Up" campaign. Working closely together with fashion's most influental names including Toyko Dandy, Stefano Guerrini, Denimology, Andrew Davis, The Denim Guy and The Urban Gent, they recreated, styled and shot three individual looks using the brand's seasonal collections for the relaunch of the Meltin'Pot online shop.
Building upon the first campaign's success, Meltin'Pot and Highsnobiety joined forces for Fall/Winter 2013 to present "Style Me Up 2," focusing on Meltin'Pot's B-Side pieces and main collection.
A cleverly engineered piece of garm, the B-Side Jeans was first introduced in 1994 and since then has lost none of its initial appeal. The completely reversible pants are made from a single piece of fabric, but feature a different contrasting fabric on each side, making for a versatile and stylish staple for true denim afficionados.
You can get ahold of the entire B-Side collection now at Meltin'Pot's online store.
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Nadia you are so beautiful and I'm so sorry that you have TVD. Hope all will go well for you. love, Babe :cool:
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Nadia you are so beautiful and I'm so sorry that you have TVD. Hope all will go well for you. love, Babe :cool:
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Layla, could that be Laila in Finnish, that is a beautiful name befitting a beautiful female dog. Would you belive that my favorite game is "Catch me if you can" , but beeing a heeler I'm always at...
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Henry flies to Seattle, has breakfast with Valentine
Henry flies to Seattle, has breakfast with Valentine
Valentine had breakfast with Henry before his team began the last leg of a nine-day road swing against the Mariners, but he said they discussed, "Things that he's concerned with, things that I deal with."
"For any of you who are sorry that I didn't get fired, I'm sorry that you're sorry," Valentine said. "I don't think I did [get dismissed] this morning."
Cherington said he talked to Valentine after the non-waiver Trade Deadline about controlling the things that they are able to, and both were being evaluated on their daily work. The two talked again after the Aug. 25 blockbuster trade that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to the Dodgers concerning the same topic.
Cherington also added that a team's record is more of a reflection of the players on the field.
"It's the work that gets done," Cherington said of the evaluation process. "It's getting the right work done every day. Be mindful of how guys are being used and find out as much as we can about these guys in a safe way the rest of the way."
The Red Sox are in the midst of a nine-game West Coast road trip in which they've dropped all six games entering Monday's contest and have been outscored 54-15 by the Angels and A's. The six consecutive losses is the longest of the season and hasn't been done by the team since it opened 2011 with a six-game slide, which was also the last time the club has been swept in back-to-back series of at least three games.
"A lot of that is just simply we're -- the team, the roster -- is at a different point than it was earlier in the year, past seasons, and it's different than it will be down the road," Cherington said. "We're at a different point. We're trying to learn some things about guys. Sometimes that doesn't put us at a position to be as competitive as we'd like to and win games.
"It's hard to watch. It's a reflection on all of us, mostly me. It's the painful part of the process. We made a big deal because it felt like it would give us the best chance to build the next really good team, but we're in that painful part of the process where things aren't going well right now."
Cherington added there is a fear that the trade with the Dodgers could have inadvertently sent a message to the players that the team is looking toward the future and past this season, but he also said there are things to accomplish, even on an individual level, and doesn't expect a drop in effort.
Josh Liebeskind is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Full Time English Teaching Position Available in Longman Schools,Beijing
Date 2013-09-07 10:09:05 Location : Asia:China
This is Coney from Longman Schools Beijing which is a member of the Pearson group. I came across your ad posted on the Beijinger. We are a private children's English Language Institute with various locations throughout the Beijing metropolitan area. What's more, all of the centers are very close to subway stations, which would be quite convenient for you. Currently we have available part time and full time English teaching positions. Below you can see some more specific information about those two positions.
Full Time Teaching Position
The salary would be between 14,000 and 16,000 RMB/Month.(Depending on your experience and qualification). Your working hours will be divided into teaching hours and office hours. Below are some additional benefits for this position.
What we offer:
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Contract ending bonus (6000 RMB)
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12 month contract, renewable yearly upon meeting Longman Schools' academic standard.
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Your salary will be hourly based. The rate would be 150-170RMB/Hour (also depending on your experience and qualification). Only teaching hours, no office hour.
If you or any of your friends who would be interested in working with us, please send the following materials: Cover letter, Current CV, Recent photo, scanned copies of your Degree, TEFL/TESOL Certificate, 1st page of passport
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The ABET-accredited Electrical Engineering Technology (ELET) program in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of North Texas is one of only 10 programs in the nation to offer graduate and undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering technology. Housed in a 300-acre, sprawling new complex at UNT Discovery Park, there are many opportunities for students to work in state-of-the-art labs, complete real-world research and learn advanced skills with other motivated students.
Since the 1980s, microprocessors, microcontrollers and other digital technologies have made their way into virtually every conceivable engineered system in consumer electronics, instrumentation and home appliances. They are also used in advanced electronics applications in many fields, including biomedical, communications, energy, manufacturing, military and transportation.
Complete the BSET with a major in ELET degree plan and enter the exciting, challenging and constantly changing field of electronics and digital technology applications. This unique degree plan requires you to take a digital-technology-related course every semester as a backbone to advanced electives in embedded digital systems, power electronics, digital communications and digital control. You can be admitted to this degree plan if you have credit for or are currently enrolled in MATH 1650 Pre-Calculus. Because the world has gone digital, this degree will give you solid engineering career options in virtually every industry sector. Create further career opportunities with our master's degree in engineering systems (MSES) and a concentration area of electrical systems.
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Our electrical engineering technology program has some of the most talented and experienced faculty in the nation. We pride ourselves on hiring and retaining the best educators, who not only prepare our students for their future careers through classroom instruction but also serve as student mentors and research advisors. Our accomplished faculty members:
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[JURIST] Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, November 12.
New Mexico is expected to complete its count of provisional ballots today, as required by NM Stat. Ann. s. 1-13-13. The NM Secretary of State has more.
The US House and Senate are in recess until Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Today is a UN holiday. There are no Security Council or General Assembly meetings scheduled, and no hearings scheduled at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague.