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SUMAN: I regret I didn't follow your advice. Now I'll join Wabs. My parents always say to learn something from Ragini. She is working in a multi-national company and earning a lot of money. And, I'm nothing. I can't even get through an interview.
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RAGINI: You are also intelligent Suman. You just need a good guidance. I hope you will also be able to speak fluent English soon.
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March 24, 2013 at 10:13 am , by Michelle McCrillis
This is how I make it for Easter, but Easter's early so it will be California asparagus this year. But when my bed's in production, we like it steamed for dinner. Snap any woody ends off, lay it in a frying pan, sprinkle with some freshly ground pepper, a tablespoon of minced garlic, a good pat of butter/margarine, a few tablespoons of lemon juice and enough water to come halfway up the bottom layer, put a lid on and put it on the heat until the steam comes out. Turn it off and let it stand a couple of minutes and serve.


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to avenge a grave insult.
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He avenged his brother.
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Like The avengers, the Man of Steel sequel has a lot going on.
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On it are strung covenants; from it dangle the names of covenant-breakers, and close to these latter hang the names of avengers.
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Within a hand's cast of the avengers of blood humped the black boulder.
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Suppose that B, H, and O walk past the place of ambush of the avengers.
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Victory Joseph Conrad
Judgment slumbered no longer,—though wise men after the flesh were not chosen as its messengers and avengers.
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(usually transitive) to inflict a punishment in retaliation for (harm, injury, etc) done to (a person or persons); take revenge for or on behalf of: to avenge a crime, to avenge a murdered friend
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The appeals court determined that three Winamac police officers violated the juvenile's constitutional rights when they conducted a warrantless search of the boy's home after receiving a complaint regarding a disturbance in the area.
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"Further we hold the officers' presence at the home and continually knocking for approximately one hour without an answer from an occupant exceeded their implied invitation to knock and talk and constituted an unreasonable search in contravention of the Fourth Amendment. Finally we also conclude the the officers' warrantless residential entry was unconstitutional."
This is a victory for freedom-loving citizens throughout the Hoosier state, and it sends a strong message to police officers that the fourth amendment must not be trifled with. The ends do not justify the means, especially when constitutional rights are at stake. When citizens like J.K. go to lengths to fight these types of abuses it benefits all of society.
J.K.'s trouble began on December 22, 2011 when someone complained to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department that juveniles were making noise. Officers Brian Gaillard and Mark Hoffman arrived at the home of the defendant and saw a shopping cart in the bed of a pick-up truck, which they suspected had been stolen.
Officer Hoffman knocked on the front door while Officers Gaillard and Haley went through the yard around either side of the residence to make sure no one left through the back door. One officer saw empty beer cans through a window.
No one answered the door as the officer continued to knock. Officer Gaillard called for a tow truck to impound the pickup truck that contained the shopping cart while the officers remained on the front portch for an additional forty minutes. Officer Hoffman kept knocking on the door and yelled for the occupants to answer the door. Finally, after being warned that his truck was going to be towed, one juvenile came outside.
At some point the officers entered the house without a warrant and performed a search where they found additional evidence of underage drinking. J.K. was charged with illegal possession of alcohol, illegal consumption, and aiding illegal consumption.
J.K.'s attorney filed a motion to suppress; however, the trial court denied the order and concluded the officer's entry into the residence was justified under the "protective sweep exception" to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement. J.K. appealed the decision.
Several key points were made in the appellate ruling after Judge Robb spelled out the Fourth Amendment:
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The court duly notes that the U.S. Supreme Court has held that "the curtilage -- the area 'immediately surrounding and associated with the home' -- is 'part of the home itself for Fourth Amendment purposes... Thus, warrantless entry onto one's curtilage is also presumptively unreasonable.'
Also at issue was the contention that officers violated J.K.'s rights by "engaging in unconstitutional knock and talk."
The court determined that when the officers continually knocked for approximately one hour without an answer that it "exceeded their implied invitation to knock and talk," which was noted as an "interesting issue" with little binding authority.
"The Supreme Court in Jardines described the implied invitation to knock and talk as the license to do 'no more than any private citizen might do.' As noted above, this limited invitation 'permits the visitor to approach the home by the front path, knock promptly, wait briefly to be received and then (absent invitation to linger longer) leave.' This statement implies that a failure to leave after a brief period exceeds the implied invitation to enter one's curtilage and would violate the Fourth Amendment. Indeed, Jardines held that law enforcement's use of trained dogs on the defendant's front porch violated the Fourth Amendment; that holding is based on the idea that such conduct was not encompassed by the implied invitation to approach portions of the curtilage."
The ruling also noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has established that "the occupant has no obligation to open the door or to speak."
"[W]hen it comes to the Fourth Amendment, the home is first among equals. At the Amendment's very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable government intrusion. This right would be of little practical value if the State's agents could stand in a home's porch or side garden and trawl for evidence with impunity..."
The court also addressed the state's claims that the officers' presence on the property was reasonable because they believed the shopping cart to be stolen.
"That argument is misguided," wrote Judge Robb. "There is no general emergency exception to the warrant requirement, nor does the mere existence of a crime constitute an exception."
"We wish to make this point loud and clear: suspicion of criminal activity is not an exception to the warrant requirement," Robb continued. "Moreover, even if the shopping cart were relevant, we do not believe the officers had probable cause to believe the shopping cart was stolen."
Thank you, Judge Robb, for dispensing justice and for protecting the Fourth Amendment as written.
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Can a Mac laptop get a virus? Because from what they have told id that it a anti-virus installed in the computer and would never get a virus.
If I buy a Mac laptop would I have to still buy an anti-virus?
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Though this question is very old I feel I may add some detail to this. Any device that can connect to the internet are at risk for contracting a virus. To my belief when your macbook is at risk of a virus your computer will force a hard shut down to eliminate the virus. This is why I prefer the OS X world. When you do run into issues with your mac you can always call APPLE CARE and they will walk you threw fixing the problem. I must say the APPLE TEAM is the best. Even on my historic devices which are no longer covered they have walked me threw issues to get my computer running on the right track. Hope this helps
- Answered by Gary W from Riva
- Jan 5, 2014
There's no virus on any of Apple's products
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At least he's thanking us for his billion dollar nest eggs.
Just think, money from your pocket that you worked hard for, is now in Hamid Karzai's personal bank account.
Hey, at least Karzai said "thanks for the dough". That's more gratitude that most US political leaders who basically say "give us your dough or we take you to jail".
F Karzai, I hope the Taliban get their hands on him once we are gone. He has played both sides for far too long.


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Oliver wants toughest Tests cricket can offer
Teen umpire aims to make it to the very top
It's never too young to set your target in life and Oliver Thorpe is already plotting his route to the top - as an umpire.
Oliver is just 16-years-old and sits his final GCSE at Cambridge House tomorrow - but the Ballymena student has umpired his first two games in the NCU junior leagues and reports coming back suggest he has made a promising start.
Born with cerebral palsy, Oliver realised he would never be able to play international cricket but although he plays whenever he can, his love of the game has made him more determined than ever to get involved at the highest level.
"Because of my disability, I wasn't going to make it to the top as a player but I want to be in the Test match arena so the only way to do that was to be an umpire and I'm now on the ladder," he explains.
"I attended a three-day umpiring course and sat an exam which I passed. I umpired my first game on April 25, a Junior League Six game between Derriaghy III and Victoria II with Alex Adams. It was a fantastic experience and I'm looking to build on that," says Oliver.
"I did another game three weeks later at Eaton Park between Ballymena II and Donacloney II with (former Ballymena opening batsman) Jimmy Ireland but haven't had a chance since because of my exams. But I'm hoping for a few more matches before the end of season."
Oliver's favourite umpire on the Test match circuit is New Zealander Billy Bowden but closer to home he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ireland's premier official Mark Hawthorne.
"Mark captained Cliftonville 4th XI but he has got to the top in umpiring so he is my role model. Billy Bowden is a bit of a character and provides good entertainment but I'm happy to be in the background and just do the job to the best of my ability," he says.
Ask him who his favourite cricketer is and, without hesitation, he says Ireland international Gary Wilson, but he admits there is a bias in his choice.
"Gary's mum was my granny's best friend and I went to his wedding and met all the Ireland and Surrey boys," says Oliver. "That was the October after Ireland beat England at the World Cup in India in 2011 and Kevin O'Brien was full of stories after hitting that sensational century."
As a result, Oliver is now a regular attender at Ireland's home matches, although he had to follow last month's game against England on Test Match Special (he doesn't have Sky) because of his studies.
"But I will be there in August at Stormont to watch Australia. And I'm going to my first Ashes match, the first two days of the third Test at Edgbaston at the end of July and will be praying there is no rain.
"It's my last year when I can get an Under-16 ticket although I've paid £81 to get into the Party Stand!"
When it comes to his playing ability, Oliver laughs: "It's a disgrace to the game.
"In the Under-15 semi-final between Muckamore and Armagh a couple of years ago, Sam Gordon (now the Muckamore opening batsman) scored a hundred but I got my first ever run in that game and think I celebrated more than Sam did. Last season I hit my first boundary."
After that it's onwards and upwards - just not on the playing side.
"I hope to go and do 'A' levels and then on to university to do journalism or web development. But ideally I'd like to be a professional umpire," adds Oliver.
The man who gives out all the appointments in the NCU is Ian Houston and he has been impressed by Oliver's enthusiasm.
"He is by far the youngest to do the umpires exam and certainly the youngest I have ever given a match to. I am breaking him in gently, because I don't think he is ready for a 50-over match yet but I have given him a 35 overs and 40 overs game and will look after him for the rest of the season," says Houston.
"I will put him with experienced umpires to start with just in case there are any problems. Even in the lower leagues you can have some crotchety old stagers who could try things with such a young umpire. But it's great to have someone enthusiastic and hopefully he can go far."
It certainly won't be for lack of ambition or effort.
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Billy Preston played the organ on the song "Let It Be" and the Fender Rhodes electric piano on "Get Back" and "Don't Let Me Down" during the recording of the Let It Be album and film (earlier called Get Back). George Harrison brought Preston in to temporarily ease some of the tension in the studio during the tumultuous sessions. Also, the Beatles intended to record the tracks "live", with no overdubbing, so it helped to have a fifth musician playing keyboards. At one point during the sessions, John Lennon suggested that Billy could join the band as the "Fifth Beatle", but Paul McCartney nixed the idea saying that it was bad enough with four.
The "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" single was credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". This was the only time an outsider was given this type of credit on an official Beatles-sanctioned release. Tony Sheridan had shared credit on some Hamburg-era recordings, but these were unsanctioned reissues on which the Beatles were primarily the backing group.
Preston also played Hammond organ on the tracks "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Something" that appeared on the Abbey Road album.
The Beatles first met Billy Preston in 1962 when he was part of Little Richard's touring band. Manager Brian Epstein had organized a Liverpool show in which the Beatles opened for.
A Hard Day's Night is the only Beatles album where all of the songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It is also the first Beatles album to contain only original compositions, and no cover songs. A Hard Day's Night was released on July 10, 1964, as the soundtrack to the Beatles' film of the same name.
Most of the band's earlier albums contain at least a few covers, and most of their albums have at least one George Harrison composition, but A Hard Day's Night had neither. Harrison does get to sing lead vocals on the Lennon/McCartney penned "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You".
A Hard Day's Night is one of three Beatles albums that do not feature Ringo Starr on vocals on at least one track (Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be are the others). But Starr is credited with the accidental creation of the movie/album's title. During an interview with Playboy magazine in 1980, John Lennon said: "I was going home in the car and Dick Lester [director of the movie] suggested the title, 'Hard Day's Night' from something Ringo had said. I had used it in 'In His Own Write', but it was an off-the-cuff remark by Ringo. You know, one of those malapropisms. A Ringo-ism, where he said it not to be funny… just said it. So Dick Lester said, 'We are going to use that title.'"
"Something" was the first George Harrison composition to be featured as an A-side of a Beatles single. The B-side was "Come Together" (credited to Lennon/McCartney). Both songs were recorded and released in 1969, and appear as the first two tracks on the Abbey Road album.
Frank Sinatra was particularly fond of "Something;" declaring it "the greatest love song ever written". It became a regular part of his repertoire and he sang it hundreds of times during his concerts. Sinatra mistakenly called "Something" his all-time favorite Lennon/McCartney song!
"Something" was the only George Harrison penned song to top the American charts while he was a member of The Beatles. Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the principal songwritings of the band, praised "Something" as one of the best songs Harrison had written.
"Flying", from the 1967 release Magical Mystery Tour, was the first song credited as being written by all four members of The Beatles. The writing credit is attributed to "Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr". It's a simple 12-bar blues chord progression instrumental track, though it does include some chanting.
It was rare for The Beatles to record instrumentals, and it was also rare for a song to be credited to all four members of the band.
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WARNER Beach Preparatory junior campus' finance administrator, Shayne Richards has retired after 22 years at the local school.
Well-known, Mrs Richards has impacted many lives during her time at the school.
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'The Vampire Diaries' Season 5 Spoilers: A Cure for Damon and Elena?
"The Vampire Diaries" fans are grappling with the deception and drama of season five, and spoilers have leaked online ahead of Thursday's installment.
The episode entitled "While You Were Sleeping" is scheduled to air on Thursday, March 20, and an insider discussed the possibility of a cure for Damon and Elena, according to TV Guide. Describing a cure as a "safe bet" on the show, the television scoop noted that an antidote would not be readily available for "The Vampire Diaries" characters, and that everyone in Damon's path is in danger.
"He's just going to try to eat everyone," star Ian Somerhalder said of Damon.
Fortunately, another character, hinted to be a witch, will save the day, according to TV Guide.
Meanwhile, The CW has released two sneak-peek videos of this week's episode, "While You Were Sleeping." The synopsis is as follows: "Damon tries to find the right way to make a disturbing confession to Elena; Caroline discovers a scary secret in Dr. Wes' files; Enzo claims to have a solution everyone is searching for; Sloan reveals new information on the importance of doppelgangers."
During Thursday's show, Stefan must update Elena on what happened while Katherine had control of her body, including when Katherine stabbed her with toxic werewolf venom and that Damon was injected with the vampire feeding serum. While Elena wants to call Damon, will she still feel the same way about him after he makes a "disturbing confession"?
Further providing insight on season five, executive producer Julie Plec also provided some spoilers about Katherine earlier this year.
"She's going to be at her best of no good," Plec told E! News. "The thing that's so great is that she's so into Stefan right now and so not into Damon right now, and yet Elena was about ready to remember her relationship with Damon, and Damon was all ready to win back his girl, so you can only imagine how that's going to go down. Katherine does some of the bitchiest stuff as Elena in the next part of the chapter. It's great. Katherine at her most diabolical."
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Rep. Peter Welch (D-CT):
...what the president is doing here is using tax policy to get more stimulus, to increase aggregate demand. And if you add up how much he gave and how much he got, he probably got a pretty good deal.That's from a Democrat who is leading the charge *against* the deal. His argument? The President made it look too easy; should have spent more time tilting at windmills. Read the whole thing. If Obama had spent all of December going around arguing for his tax policies and trying harder, then Welch would be just fine with this deal on Dec. 31. He says so.


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This high-performance two-seater was designed and created in the AMG Performance Studio by the same specialists who were responsible for designing the Official F1 Safety Car and Official F1 Medical Car. The SL 65 AMG Black Series is a continuance of the successful Black Series strategy from Mercedes-AMG, the high-performance brand from Mercedes-Benz Cars.
As the fresh AMG top version, the SL 65 AMG Black Series leaves behind the other AMG SL models: both the SL 63 AMG with its 386-kW / 525-hp AMG 6.3-l V8 engine and the SL 65 AMG, propelled by an AMG 6.0-l V12 biturbo engine, generating 450 kW/612 hp. Broad, firm and low, these are apt descriptions of the new Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series.
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Without limits, the AMG 6.0-l V12 biturbo engine, handcrafted at the AMG engine plant in accord with the traditional philosophy 'one man one engine', would generate a maximum torque of 1,200 Newton meters. In contrast to the fundamental power train of the SL 65 AMG, which generates 450 kW / 612 hp, the turbochargers on the 12-cylinder engine of the SL 65 AMG Black Series have been modified.
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For the first time in the Branstad-Reynolds administration, the governor and lieutenant governor are not co-endorsing the same candidate. Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds announced on Monday she is throwing her full support behind Joni Ernst in the Republican primary for Iowa's soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat. Governor Branstad is remaining neutral in the primary, at least publicly.
"I'm an independent person," Reynolds told TheIowaRepublican.com. "I am supporting Joni, not only by putting my name behind her, but I am going to work to help get her elected because I believe that she is our best opportunity to beat Bruce Braley in the election and really serve as an ally to Senator Grassley in the United States Senate."
It is common knowledge that Governor Branstad thinks highly of Joni Ernst and believes it is good for Republicans to have strong women on the ticket. Iowa has never elected a woman to federal office and Branstad would relish getting there before the Democrats.
However, it is a political calculation for the governor to not invest his political capital in an important primary race that already has five GOP candidates and at least a few more considering an entry into the race. Especially when Branstad is also on the ballot in 2014.
There is also a rare divergence of views among Branstad's inner circle regarding the U.S. Senate race. While Lt. Governor Reynolds is solidly behind Joni Ernst, "exploratory" candidate Mark Jacobs has the backing of Charise Schwarm, and presumably her husband Rich, as well. Rich Schwarm is a longtime friend, business partner and close advisor of Branstad's.
Joni Ernst has collected the early endorsements of several GOP legislators and well-known activists. Reynolds' backing is the most significant one in this race so far, for any candidate. Naturally, Joni Ernst is thrilled to have the support of her longtime friend.
"It is important because we have worked together over a number of years," Ernst said. "She is someone that has seen me develop through county leadership, as well as in state government. She is in a unique position to observe how I interact with not only my own party in the senate and the house, but also members across the aisle in the senate and the house. We have been able to accomplish a number of wonderful things here in the state. So, I am so glad that I received her endorsement here today."
Branstad and Reynolds remained neutral in the 2012 Iowa Caucus. However, they got involved in several legislative candidates during the 2012 cycle, offering joint endorsements. The electoral results were a mixed bag.
Reynolds' endorsement can help Ernst. However, without the backing of the entire Branstad machine behind her, how much help Ernst will receive remains to be seen. Branstad's endorsement would have meant significant financial support for Ernst from Iowa's most deep-pocketed Republican backers. Kim Reynolds will not necessarily be able to deliver that. However, her energy, likability and status are definite positives in a campaign.
Reynolds has played a significant role in Joni Ernst's political career. While Ernst was serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a company commander, Reynolds called her fellow southwest Iowa native for a different mission: running for Montgomery County auditor. Ernst accepted the task. She was elected in 2004 and reelected in 2008.
Seven years later, after becoming Iowa's lieutenant governor, Kim Reynolds' Iowa Senate seat became vacant. Once again, she recruited Ernst. Once again, Ernst won.
Earlier this year, when Reynolds decided not to run for the U.S. Senate, she dialed her longtime friend one more time. Now, she is throwing her full support behind Ernst's campaign in what is sure to become a hotly contested race.
"I believe that she has the best background," Reynolds said. "Not only has she led troops in combat, but she knows how to reach across the aisle and work with people to get things done. So, she's a proven leader, not only by serving her state and nation as a veteran, but also as a leader in local government and state government. She's been a consistent problem solver, really having a tremendous impact in every area that she has served. She's a great contrast to a trial attorney politician. Joni is a leader with a proven reputation of getting things done."
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The photographer, at least visually, creates his/her own world. Both these shots were taken on the same street where I live. The difference in the results is in the photos, but in terms of methodology, they are also worlds apart.
The first was taken around 5:30 in the morning when the snow was still undisturbed. I set my digital camera at ISO 1600 and peeked out the door. Within minutes, the file was downloaded, edited and ready to go. (OK, I did fuss with the foreground snow a little bit which added maybe a quarter of an hour. I also did some digital perspective correction.)
The second was taken a day or two later with a 4x5 camera with an ultra-wide pinhole lens. I shot on Fomapan 100, a fine-grained and inexpensive 120 sized film. It was my first use in the 4x5 field camera of a home-made adaptor back that allows me to take eight 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ negatives per roll.The exposure was about twenty five seconds but first I took a "Fujiroid" to check exposure and composition but primarily as a comparison of the formats. I then ducked back into my house to let the peel-apart film develop (three minutes at 60F and yes, you can still get instant film!) Then I had to switch film backs and expose the film for twenty four seconds, but that is just the beginning.
I set my kitchen up to develop film, which means completely clearing the sink area of everything. I then have to bring all the developing chemicals and wash water to 68F. While the temperature is stabilizing, I go load the developing tank using a changing bag I put under a heavy quilt to be absolutely sure everything is light-tight. That takes about ten minutes. I then develop the film for eight minutes (HC110 diluted 1:49), stop and fix for another six and wash the film by filling and emptying the tank which takes about another four. I then clean up thoroughly, but I'm still not done, since the film has to dry. That takes about three hours, while I go do something else. I then have to scan and edit each negative. All in all, it's about a full working day.
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It's an eight-shot roll, so this helps the time-per-image equation a lot. I refuse to be a "film chauvinist" but the pinhole-on-silver results are unlike anything else you could hope to do with a digital camera. I've been developing film since the dark ages and every time I see the negatives for the first time it's a rush. The images have a pearly luminescence (especially indoor shots under artificial light) and even though they are not uber-sharp like a digital capture, they do show a fair amount of detail. Want to go huge? How is 30" x 45"? That is the un-scaled size of the black and white file. The digital is a puny 12" x 18".
|An indoor pinhole camera portrait from the same roll as above using almost 1000 watts of illumination with three hot lights. The exposure was a scant three minutes. My eyes are not really closed, just squinting.


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Driscoll, K. 2017. Approaching the Mesolithic through taskscapes: a case study from western Ireland. In U. Rajala and P. Mills (eds), Forms of Dwelling: 20 Years of Taskscapes in Archaeology. Oxford, Oxbow Books, pp. 41-61.
Driscoll, K. 2016. The role of quartz in Neolithic lithic traditions: a case study from the Thornhill Early Neolithic palisaded enclosure, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 116C pp. 3-29.
Driscoll, K., Alcaina, J., Égüez, N., Mangado, X., Fullola, J-M., Tejero, J-M. 2016. Trampled under foot: A quartz and chert human trampling experiment at the Cova del Parco rock shelter, Spain. Quaternary International, Vol. 424 pp.130-142.
Driscoll, K., Burke, A.L., Warren, G.M. 2016. Introducing LIR (Lithotheque Ireland), a reference collection of flaked stone tool raw materials from Ireland. Journal of Lithic Studies, Vol. 3, Online Early.
Driscoll, K. García-Rojas, M. 2014. Their lips are sealed: identifying hard stone, soft stone, and antler hammer direct percussion in Palaeolithic prismatic blade production. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 47 pp. 134-41.
Driscoll, K., Menuge, J., and O'Keeffe, E. 2014. New materials, traditional practices: a Mesolithic silicified dolomite toolkit from Lough Allen, Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 114C pp. 1-34.
Driscoll, K. 2013. Coastal communities in earlier prehistoric Ireland: ploughzone survey and the Tawin/Maree stone axes, Galway Bay. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 113C, pp. 29-65.
Driscoll, K. 2011. Identifying and classifying vein quartz artefacts: an experiment conducted at the World Archaeological Congress, 2008. Archaeometry, Vol. 53, 6, pp. 1280-1296.
Driscoll, K. 2011. Vein quartz in lithic traditions: an analysis based on experimental archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 38 Issue 3 pp. 734-45.
Driscoll, K. and Menuge, J. 2011. Recognising burnt vein quartz artefacts in archaeological assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol. 38, Issue 9, pp. 2251-60.
Driscoll, K. 2009. Constructing Later Mesolithic Landscapes. In N. Finlay, S. McCartan, N. Milner and C. Wickham-Jones (eds), From Bann Flakes to Bushmills: Papers in Honour of Professor Peter Woodman. Oxford, Prehistoric Society Research Papers 1, Oxbow Books, pp. 101-112.
Driscoll, K. 2009. Exploring the chaîne opératoires in Irish quartz lithic traditions: current research. Internet Archaeology 26 Retrieved 3/10/09, from http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/driscollb_index.html
Driscoll, K. 2009. The early prehistory in the west of Ireland: investigations into the social archaeology of the Mesolithic, west of the Shannon, Ireland. In S. McCarton, R. Schulting, G. M. Warren and P.C. Woodman (eds), Mesolithic horizons: papers presented at the seventh international conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Belfast 2005. Oxford, Oxbow, pp. 880-81.
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Six Months
by Kristen Elizabeth
"In six months, I'm going to ask you to marry me."
Those words had changed Sara's life.
Of course, it had been more than just the words. Anyone could say anything they wanted; it was actions that spoke the loudest. Fortunately, Grissom's actions from that day on had put truth into his words.
For five months and twenty-nine days, he had courted her, as if they were characters in a romance novel. Long phone conversations had turned into soul-baring discussions by candlelight. Flirting had turned into artful double entendre. And dinners had turned into morning-after breakfasts.
He'd wooed her, wined her, dined her, made love to her, all as he had promised on that day. Sara had taken to keeping a calendar that she hid in her purse; she marked off each day, counting down until the one on which he would fulfill his greatest promise. The day they would become engaged, and finally go public with their relationship.
Not that they'd really been fooling anyone. At least not after Catherine dropped a pen on the floor during a meeting and went under the table to retrieve it, only to catch the tail-end of a very discreet game of footsie. Or after Nick, with Sara's permission, went into her purse for gum and came up with a handful of condoms. Or after Greg walked in on them kissing in the locker room. To sum up, they hadn't exactly been as discreet as possible.
But by the end of the next shift, there would be no more need to be inconspicuous. They could be open, out, free. Because sometime in the next eight hours, Grissom was going to propose to her, as promised six months earlier. And he was going to do it in the middle of the lab, with all their co-workers as witnesses.
Sara couldn't recall the last time she'd ever spent as much time picking out an outfit for work as she had on that night. Pants or skirt? A skirt would be too much; she never wore them. Shirt or tank? Shirt would cover more…but was that good or bad? Hair up or down, curled or straight? Makeup…barely there or slightly more? There were too many decisions, too many choices.
In the end, she went with a skirt, although it at least covered her knees. This would be her engagement and she was officially allowing herself the right to be a little bit girlier than usual. A long sleeved top of soft cotton clung to her body, outlining everything Grissom already knew by heart. But it couldn't hurt to remind him of what he'd be getting out of the whole engagement deal. She went with her usual hairstyle and just a touch more makeup than usual. And then she was ready. Maybe not ready for a crime scene, but ready for a proposal. And that was currently the only thing on her mind.
Sara drove to work, unable to keep a smile off of her face. Would do it right away, or would he make her wait for the whole shift? Or would it be a surprise? Whatever Grissom had planned, she was ready.
"Okay guys, listen up. Tonight, I'm Grissom." Catherine addressed the group of men gathered around the lounge. Frowning, she asked, "Where's Sara?"
"Late?" Greg volunteered as he poured himself a cup of coffee. Upon receiving a round of looks, he shrugged. "Hey, it's as weird to say as it is to hear."
Nick tossed a Nerf football to Warrick. "She'll be along. What'd you mean, you're Grissom tonight, Cath?"
"I'm forgoing waxing from now on in order to grow a beard," she retorted. "Grissom's out. Left a message on my cell. I'm in charge, what I say goes…you know, complete administrative authority for the next eight hours." She tossed her hair over her shoulder. "Be afraid."
"Afraid of what?" Sara asked as she entered the room. All eyes turned to her. "Sorry I'm late. I was busy…"
"Putting on perfume?" Warrick guessed. "Smells nice, by the way."
"I second that," Nick added. "New shade of lipstick, too. Works with your skin tone."
"What are you wearing?" Catherine asked in a tone that wasn't entirely complimentary.
Greg ran an appreciative eye up and down Sara's legs, held in rein only by the gold wedding band on his left ring finger. "I think they call it a skirt."
"Oh, I've heard of them. I just didn't know Sara had."
"You're all just a riot," Sara snapped. "If they ever fire the Queer Eye guys, I know where they can get a few bitchy…excuse me…bitchin' replacements." She took a quick head count and came up one person short. "Is Grissom in his office?"
Something in her tone caused a few eyebrows to be raised. "Um…no," Catherine said. "Grissom's not going to be in tonight."
If there was a facial expression that gave away the fact that a person's heart had just been hit with a sledgehammer, it would have been the one on Sara's face. Several moments passed. "He's not?" she finally asked in a tiny voice that was decidedly uncharacteristic. "Why?"
"Something about a stomachache." The older woman rolled her eyes. "Please. You'd think once a man passes fifty he could learn to come up with a better story. I figure he's playing hooky. Probably to avoid…"
Sara's softly spoken word had Catherine stunned for a minute. "Actually, I was going to say the pile of papers on his desk. You know…he's allergic to bureaucracy."
"Sara?" Nick frowned, worried. "Are you all right? You look pale."
"I'm fine," she whispered. "I just…think that stomach bug might be catching." She put a hand to her mouth and bolted for the door. "Excuse me."
"Should we go after her?" Greg asked, sharing a worried expression with Nick.
Warrick shook his head. "Not us. Catherine."
"What?" Catherine gave him an incredulous look. "Why?"
"Because. She's heading for the women's bathroom." Warrick shook his head. "No man's land."
"Did Grissom really say he had a stomachache?" Nick folded his arms over his chest. "Doesn't sound like Gris."
Catherine sighed. "I might have been…exaggerating a bit for effect. Or maybe the word is minimizing."
"What did Grissom say exactly?"
"He said he'd been puking. For a couple of hours. And that if he didn't stop soon, he was checking into the hospital. Food poisoning." She shrugged. "It's technically a stomachache. Right?" She was met with three blank stares. "What?"
"Examine the evidence, Catherine," Greg said. "Sara shows up late to work, dressed and dolled up, and anticipating Grissom's arrival. Grissom is a no show for, according to you, a weak excuse. Sara gets visibly upset."
"So what? She's always visibly upset."
Nick continued, "Something was supposed to happen tonight. A date after work, maybe. Something big." He looked at Catherine. "You've gotta tell her the whole version. Un-minimized."
"Or else we're all in for another round of 'will they, won't they'," Warrick finished up.
"If Grissom managed to get a message to me, don't you think he would have been able to get one to Sara, too?" she reasoned.
"Sara's been having trouble with her phone at home," Greg recalled. "She told me she was about ready to switch companies. Some of her incoming calls haven't been getting through."
"She does have a cell," Catherine reminded them.
"Which she left in my car yesterday after we drove out to that 419 at the Palms," Warrick said, plucking the object in question out of his back pocket. "I turned it off so it would go straight to voice mail for her."
"How much do you want to bet that there's one or two messages from Grissom?"
Catherine considered all of this evidence before letting out a long, self-suffering sigh. "Fine. But I've said it before and I'll say it again. Co-workers and lovers…it never works."
After she left to find Sara, Greg shook his head. "How is she the people person around here?"
You had to be more than merely infatuated with a man if you saw him in a hospital gown, holding a blue barf bag up to his mouth, and you still found him reasonably attractive. You had to be in love. It was like the ultimate test. If she'd had any doubts before, they all flew out the window when Sara parted the privacy curtain of the ER examination area and came upon a very pale, very sick Grissom…and instead of feeling angry or repulsed, all she wanted to do was take him into her arms and make him better.
"So this is where you've been hiding," she said, with a half-smile.
He refused to meet her eyes. "I'm so sorry, Sara."
"I know, baby." She moved closer to him, in order to lay her hand against his damp brow. "But you're the one who insists on eating meat."
"I'm never touching chicken again," Grissom swore. "But that's not what I'm apologizing for. I'm sorry that I…"
"Hey." Sara sat down on a stool that had been pulled up alongside his bed. "It's not your fault."
"I let you down. Again."
She shook her head. "'We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.' Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld."
There was a pause. "How long have you been sitting on that one?"
"Ten years," Sara admitted.
He smiled, then, just as quickly as it had come, the smile faded. "Do you believe Rochefoucauld?" He swallowed. "Do you think that's what happened tonight?"
"I don't think you planned to get food poisoning," she replied after a moment. "But I think…just maybe, you weren't entirely sorry that you did."
Grissom thought about her words for a full minute's worth of drops from the IV bag hooked into his arm. "No," he finally said.
Sara nodded, biting the inside of her cheek to keep her eyes from watering. "That's what I thought."
"No. I mean, no. That's not it. Eating undercooked chicken wasn't a subconsciously fortuitous event, Sara." He looked her straight in the eye. "It was the worst thing to happen at the worst time possible. Because I had every intention of fulfilling my promise tonight, in spite of any fears that either one of us might have."
She took a shaky breath. "You did?"
"I did. I even have the ring. Check my pants pocket." He pointed to the tan slacks folded up in another chair.
Sara pulled out the little black velvet box with trembling hands. "Two carats in a platinum band," she whispered. "Hard to disapprove."
"I had to show up Greg Sanders just a bit." A wave of nausea hit him and he reached for his blue bag.
When the bout passed, Sara smoothed a stray, salt and pepper curl off his forehead and wiped his mouth with a wet towel a nurse thoughtfully provided. "At least we'll never forget this moment," Sara told him, looking on the bright side. "It'll make for a priceless engagement story."
"I'm not asking you to marry me," Grissom said, settling back into the pillows. "Not here, not like this. Even if I have to break part of my vow, you are going to get the proposal you were promised." He closed his eyes. "I won't be too late…will I?"
Sara folded her hands around his and brushed a kiss across his knuckles. "You really, really won't be."
Six months and six days after Greg Sanders' proposal, the crime lab was treated to another public display of affection when Gil Grissom asked Sara Sidle to be his lover, the mother of his children, his devil's advocate, his student, his teacher, his partner…his wife.
There were no bets as to what her answer would be.
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