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A young woman realizes that she will have to fulfill her parent's deal with the devil
Scared I backed out of the tent quickly, the carnival that had seemed fun a few minutes ago, now seemed dark and forbidding.
I pushed my way through the crowds, looking for my friends. It seemed like everywhere I turned someone was staring me. I began to run, and without looking back I knew something or someone was chasing me. I ran faster and it ran faster, I looked for a friendly face, someone anyone who could help me. There was none.
My heart began to pound as I reached a dead end, I turned and saw my pursuer. It was a attractive man, dressed in black, "your soul is mine," he said. "Don't fight it, embrace your fate." Whimpering with fear, I pressed myself against the wall. He stalked toward me, malevolent glee at finally achieving his goal, etched on his face.
He reached a hand toward me, I closed my eyes and screamed.
"April wake up," a hand shook my shoulder. I opened my eyes and looked into the worried faces of my friends. "What happened?" I asked as they helped me stand. "You passed out," my friend Maggie said, "we were going into the gypsy's tent and you just keeled over."
My whole body shook as I remembered the vision I had, the one I had been having since childhood. "I'm fine," I said, even though I wasn't. My friends all went into the gypsy's tent, except for Maggie who remained outside with me. "It was that dream again wasn't it?" She asked me as we sat outside, waiting for the others.
I nodded my head, "I'm scared," I whispered, "they used to come only when I slept. Now they come all the time, without warning." I got up and began to pace, "I think I'm going crazy, I really do." I began to cry, Maggie jumped up and hugged me, "you're not going crazy," she said, "don't even think that."
She stopped as my friends came out of the gypsy's tent, "come on guys we're going to ride the roller coaster," one of my friends called. Maggie looked at me, "are you going to be alright?" She asked,
"I'll be fine," I said, "go on without me, I'm going to go home." Maggie caught my arm, "do you want me to go with you?" She asked, the concern still obvious on her face. I shook my head and walked away, I suddenly felt like I needed to be alone.
I was walking through the crowds, toward the entrance when I saw something that made me stop short. A painting of a man on one of the trailers, I began to shake with fear again as I stared at the painting's face. It was the man of my visions, I turned needing to escape, gasping with fright I stopped and stared at the face I dreaded the most.
"Hello Jessica," the man said, somehow it didn't surprise me that he knew my name. "Who are you?" I asked as I backed away from him, the man laughed and advanced. "I am your destiny Jessica," he said, "you are mine and I've come to take you away."
I shook my head and looked for a escape, the man looked amused, "you can't escape me Jessica" he said, "your soul is mine, given to me by your parents, before your birth."
My parents had died when I was five, that's when the visions had begun. "No," I said, my parents would never do that." The man laughed again, "you parents were my followers," he said. "They wanted a child badly, they agreed to give me your soul in return for having you." He reached his hand toward me, "I'm a busy man Jessica, come with me now."
He grabbed my arm, than screamed as something wet hit him, he vanished in a cloud of smoke, still shrieking as if he had been burned by fire. I turned and saw a man and woman, the woman was holding a squirt gun. "Holy water," she said as they came up to me. "Good way to keep the devil away,"
"Who are you?" I asked suspiciously, "I'm Acima," the woman said, "this is Nigul. We've come to save your soul." I started to back up, "look I don't know what this is all about, but I just want to get out of here."
"Your mother is sorry that she gave your soul to the devil," Acima said, halting my flight. "This is her way of correcting things," I turned and looked at her, "my mother is dead, she's been dead for thirteen years." Acima nodded her head, "I know, but she is lets say a consultant for my boss. We are the only ones who can help you Jessica, you have to let us."


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Hi, I'm Jaden, a professional recipe developer, food columnist and food photographer specializing in fast, fresh and easy recipes for the home cook. Most of my recipes are modern Asian! About meFast, fresh & easy recipes for the home cook.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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While I love to make my own pizza or flatbread dough from scratch, sometimes I just don't feel like getting my hands all messy with dough. I cheat a lot and buy packaged flatbreads from the supermarket and throw them on the grill or under the broiler for a quick pizza. One of my favorite fall recipes is Warm Fig, Apple and Gorgonzola Flatbreads, briefly grilled on our barbeque grill.
The creamy gorgonzola with specks of blue-black cheese melts, the warmed slices of Granny Smith Apples and wedges of juicy figs cradle the shaved slices of Parmegiano-Reggiano. But we're not done with it yet, sweet, sensual honey drapes each slice, some oozing over the edge, onto your fingers.
If you're interested in food photography…I'm showing you photos before I used Photoshop, so that you can see before and after. I shoot in RAW with my Canon 40D and I used the 60mm macro lens to get nice, sharp closeups. I generally use Photoshop to sharpen, lighten the photo and increase the saturation just a bit to make the colors and detail really pop. I know many of you don't have Photoshop (it's expensive) but you can do the same in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 ($99); and even in Flickr they have free online tools to help you lighten and increase saturation of your photos. I know Adobe has a free online editing tool…but can't find it at the moment…if you find, will you please let me know?
I always try to fiddle with the photo and camera settings to take the perfect shot, which minimizes my use of software to touch up. But sometimes, the lighting is not just right or my white balance is a bit off and I'll need to adjust. There's nothing wrong with doing that, every single professional photographer does some sort of touch up, and it's generally sharpening and color correction.
Here's my before and after:
I'd love to show you what I do in Photoshop (it does make a big difference in the picture, but since so few of you have this software, I'll have wait until I buy a copy of Photoshop Elements so that the tutorial is more relevant to more people.
In the meantime, here's my step-by-step slideshow of how I got to my money-shot!
Oh yes, please enjoy the recipe for Warm Fig, Apple and Gorgonzola Flatbread
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 8-inch round flatbreads
4 ounces crumbled gorgonzola cheese
1 apple, cored and sliced very thinly
8 ripe figs, cut into 6 wedges each
2 ounces parmesan cheese (Parmegiano-Reggiano), shaved with vegetable peeler
2 tablespoons honey
Preheat your grill, half direct heat. Brush olive oil on top of each flatbread, especially the edges. Assemble flatbreads with gorgonzola, apples and figs.
Grill flatbreads over direct heat for 3 minutes, until the bottoms are toasted and browned. Then move to indirect heat and close cover for 3 minutes to finish melting the cheese and warming the fruit.
If broiling, set your rack to upper 1/3 position. Grill flatbreads without the toppings for 2 minutes to just get them nice and toasty. Then layer on the olive oil, gorgonzola, apples and figs and return to oven for 4 to 6 minutes until cheese has melted and fruit is warmed through.
Sprinkle shaved Parmegiano-Reggiano and drizzle honey on top.
Serves 4 to 6 as appetizer or dessert.
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I just found your site – just wanted to say that I just love how your foods are presented and your photos are amazing.
Mmmmmmmmm… serious drool. For a moment, I thought you might be a Daring Baker (we had Pizza Crust challenge this month). Love the money shot. I'm going to get myself deluxe photoshop one of these days!
Indeed – that picture is worth gold!
Looks like a great appetizer for the holidays – yum! Just have to say, love your recipes, pics and the tidbits you give us of your brother ;o Now HE is some serious drool! hee-hee-hee
Would love to make this, but I live in Kansas & I don't think anyone in the state has ever seen a fresh fig. Could canned be substituted? Probably not. Any other ideas for the fruit that I could use?
I simply love this combination ! So tasty…
I am learning how to use photoshop to fix my current horrible lighting, walking a fine line between cartoonish fixes and acceptable tough-ups. That looks delicious!
Heaven on a plate What brand name flatbreads do you recommend?
Beautiful as always, Jaden. And the mix of flavors sounds wonderful. I think I might be tempted to substitute pear for the apple, just because apples are such an assertive texture.
Amazing photos, and if they didnt make me drool, the description does.
Gorgonzola, apple, figs and honey, what a great (and classic) combination.
Sexy, slurrrrpy, yummy pictures!
Ooh, ooh, ooh. . .that's all I can say right now. These are ooh, ooh, ooh!
Very nice!
I have to say thank you. I have for years loved fried rice and made marginal sad fried rice at home. I just adapted your shrimp fried rice to a mushroom, zucchini and green onion fried rice and it was delicious! What a wonderful gift your mother gave you with those cooking lessons. I know this isn't a reference to your current post, but I had to write it was so good.
The moment I saw the "money shot", I started thinking I need to make this recipe or at least something similar to it. I love that you shared your photo tips, since I hope to improve my photography! Thanks!!!!!
I love how you explained all the steps & how you did it. I don't own a copy of Photoshop yet. Someday. You could make money with this shot. I love it.
Very nice shot!
That is gorgeous! My husband loves to use figs in recipes, they are very under-rated. Did you make your flatbread or is there on that I can buy? I make a gourmet barbecue chicken with red onions and cilantro (and cheese!) pizza using a ready-made crust or Pillsbury dough baked before-hand. You have to use Montebello Kitchens Virginia Barbecue Sauce (sweetened with apple butter!)to get the best tasting pizza – a little sweet, a little spice.(www.montebellokitchens.com) I like your flatbread because it is very rustic looking and that adds a lot to the presentation and experience.
Perfect post for a day on which the Daring Bakers are posting pizzas! Gorgonzola and fig is such a classic combination. And yes, your money shot is right on the money!
i LOVE figs (i have a whole cookbook that is just figs) and gorgonzola is one of my favorite cheeses. i know this will be terrific!
Wow! I love the step by step photo instructions. Trying to learn to get good shots. But I am still using a digital camera….so still a little behind but one day…one day…I will get there with a SLR camera, hopefully.
Thanks for all the photography tips…mostly I never know what I am doing so they really really help! I would certainly use Photoshop to help adjust some details in my pics (like lighting and white balance as you've mentioned), but I don't know how to use it! I know, in this day and age…brother…
Anyways, this pizza looks and sounds awesome! I would love it I just know because I love all the elements…just wish I could get fresh figs here!
With food that looks this good the photography can never go wrong.
Diane from Texas: You could probably make a close approximation with dried figs. I use them in a lot of stuff with cheese and honey.
that sounds SOOOOOOO good
Beautiful shot! I love the step by step tutorial, too.
That looks fantastic and so do your photos (ps – I'd be interested in the Photoshop tutorial since that's the software I have). just my vote.
This looks absolutely delicious! I might have to try this on a chilly fall night.
Wow! that's a great action shot of the honey dripping! I know first-hand how difficult it is to shoot with one hand and hold a dripping spoon in the other! it takes some pretty good hand-eye coordination! I wish I had the time to learn Photoshop. I have the program but I'm too lazy to make use of it. Instead, I use the free Picasa Web Albums program which is super-easy to use and does a lot of things automatically if you just click the right stuff!
This is SO my kind of recipe. YUM.
Very nice and sharp shot! Looks so delicious.
What a gorgeous recipe! That flatbread looks ever so tempting and delicious! Yummy! Nice shots too…
great photo Jaden. I imagine that was a pain holding the camera and the honey spoon and keeping things in focus as you dribbled/clicked!
Beautiful shot–I love the honey action!
Oh, drooooool…….And then drool some more. This is to die for, and I love the photo. And I have Photoshop CS2. But I don't have a third hand.
The honey spoon shot is top-notch and the recipe looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your photo techniques!
man… this is porn on a plate…so sinful! :o)
Gorgeous shot! (can I hire you to do my blog photos?:-)
This camera is a keeper. I need to get one, well, after I get a new laptop (still searching for that perfect one!)
I tried pouring a sauce over something while taking the picture, once. The tripod got off-balance and while trying to catch it i splattered myself with chocolate sauce… a ladle-full of chocolate sauce! Never again Jaden… NEVER!!!
Oooppss!.. What is Pedro doing here??
hehehehe.. Sowwwwyy!
I think I'm going to faint. Those are some of my favorite foods EVAH and now you've put them together in a sexy combo. As soon as I can get my hands on some fresh figs, I'm making this!
OMG! I made this last night on plain naan since we had no dough, and it is AMAZING.
You NEVER cease to amaze me – gorgeous. I can actually taste the fig and honey just by looking at the photo.
Oh Drool! I'm going up to San Francisco next week and fully intend to go pick up some cave aged Marisa cheese to try this with.
BTW I passed along an Uber Blogger Award to you today in my blog. Just wanted to share your great recipes with my readers
Wowsers. That looks amazing. I. Speechless …
There are few marriages as perfect as roasted figs, honey, and salty, creamy cheese. Thanks for the photo tips, as always. I'm actually going to take a Photoshop class soon. I'll be happy if my photos end up looking even half as lovely as yours.
stunning! what a great combo with figs ~ as always lovely photo too!
What a great recipe! Total YUM. Love the step by step photos and your comments. Very helpful to those of us still trying to figure out how to take better photos.
The photos are downright SEXY!

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In recent years, a number of academic researchers have conducted analyses of retirement plan designs to better understand features that promote greater participation and contribution rates. Renowned experts in behavioral finance have linked low participation and savings rates in defined contribution (DC) plans to such human behaviors as procrastination and inertia, which has been described as "the divergence between desire and effective action." With regards to saving for retirement, many workers simply don't get around to enrolling in their employer's retirement plan. Others, once they enroll and decide on an initial contribution rate, never take further steps to increase their contribution rates. And, in many instances where employers provide matching contributions, employees leave substantial amounts of free money on the table.
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Another innovation that is proving to have powerful results on savings is automatic escalation in employee contribution rates. In their TIAA-CREF Samuelson Award-winning research, Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago and Shlomo Benartzi of UCLA documented enormous improvements in savings following the implementation of pre-selected annual increases in employee contribution rates. With an automatic contribution escalator, the behavioral tendency toward inertia begins to work in the employee's favor. By doing nothing, he/she automatically adopts higher savings rates over time.
This paper provides a survey of academic research that explores the impact of certain plan features that lead to greater participation and contribution rates, and, ultimately, to greater financial security in retirement. Through the design of their DC plans, employers play a critical role in assisting their employees accumulate retirement assets. By understanding the relationship between plan design and observed savings outcomes, employers can alter their plans to help achieve desired results. After a brief overview of studies that have examined how a variety of plan features tend to affect participation and contribution rates, the essay will discuss in more depth the very powerful impact of automatic enrollment and contribution escalators.


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Mitch Easter is a songwriter, musician, and producer. As a producer, he is probably best known for his work with R.E.M. from 1981 through 1984, though he has also worked with many other acts including The Hang Ups, Pavement, Suzanne Vega, Game Theory, Marshall Crenshaw, The Connells, Velvet Crush, and SalemSpeaks.
As a musician, Easter played with the Sneakers during the late 1970s; was the frontman for the band Let's Active during the 1980s; and more recently, has been a member of quasi-supergroups The Orange Humble Band and Coronet Blue. His first solo album was released in 2007.
Although commercial success eluded the group, Let's Active's offbeat pop style of jangle pop/power pop was a major influence on later groups such as the aforementioned R.E.M.
Born as Mitchell Blake Easter November 15, 1954, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Mitch Easter was deeply involved in music from an early age. He played in a number of school bands, some of them with his childhood friend Chris Stamey. The two eventually formed the Sneakers, who released a number of singles and an album in the late 1970s. Stamey and bandmate Will Rigby eventually formed The dB's and moved to New York. Easter did likewise, but soon returned to Winston-Salem to set up Drive-In Studio in his parents' garage.
Drive-In Studio became an integral part of the local indie-rock scene, recording a number of bands at knock-down rates. It was at this time that Easter formed Let's Active with then-girlfriend Faye Hunter and drummer Sara Romweber. Around the same time, Easter worked with R.E.M. to record their debut single, "Radio Free Europe".[1] This initial work led to a number of collaborations with the band, with Easter producing their debut EP and (with Don Dixon) their first two albums. Let's Active toured with R.E.M., which led to a recording contract with I.R.S. Records.
Weathering several line-up changes, Let's Active released an EP and three albums before splitting up. Easter had by then become known primarily as a producer, and worked with a number of artists, some of them perhaps because of his influence on the early R.E.M. His production credits include recordings by Pavement, Helium, Pylon, Suzanne Vega, Game Theory, Marshall Crenshaw, folk duo John & Mary, and Ken Stringfellow (of The Posies).
Easter's current recording studio is The Fidelitorium, near Winston-Salem. He currently plays under his own name. His first solo album in 18 years, Dynamico, was released on Electric Devil Records on March 13, 2007.


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PROVIDENCE – In one of the biggest turnouts in recent memory, several hundred proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage descended on the Statehouse Wednesday for a rally, a press conference, speeches and a night-long hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.
The committee convened to hear two bills, one to make same-sex marriage legal in Rhode Island and the other to put a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot that would define marriage exclusively as the union of one man and one woman. Both bills were held for further consideration before the hearing started.
LINCOLN – Twin River opened a new campaign to win full casino operations Tuesday night with a state-of-business address by the chairman of its Board of Directors, John E. Taylor, during the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner at the redeveloped former greyhound park facility.
Taylor gave his pitch for a statewide referendum on Twin River's expansion to full casino gaming after Gov. Lincoln Chafee spoke briefly to the gathering and said he was "looking forward" to working with Taylor in the future "to make sure this facility stays viable."
WOONSOCKET – After a three-day operation to clear dangerously heavy snow loads from the rooftops of public schools, classes are set to resume Tuesday for the first time since last Thursday – weather permitting, of course.
WOONSOCKET — The winter of 2011 claimed a city landmark Sunday as heavy snow and ice brought down the function room roof at Vermette's Restaurant at 1347 Diamond Hill Road.
The collapse of the roof into a room once home to local wedding receptions, collations and holiday parties left one wall bulging outward into the business' parking lot at Diamond Hill Road and Mendon Road and another canted inward. The city's building inspector subsequently ordered the function room taken down as a precaution against further collapse.
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WOONSOCKET – The School Committee will begin work on next year's proposed budget in earnest this week when it considers what could amount to a $1.7 million reduction in school spending.
The panel's budget subcommittee is expected to recommend approximately that amount in cost reductions after looking at a list of possible budget tightening moves that include several of the recommendations raised by the just completed B&E Consulting performance audit, School Committee Chairman Marc A. Dubois said after subcommittee met Thursday.
UPTON – Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School senior and automotive technology student, Christopher Downing, is the recipient of the Senior Northwestern Technical Scholarship, a full tuition scholarship worth up to $25,000 from the University of Northwestern Ohio.
Downing also achieved a first-place finish in the Mass. Skills USA Automotive Technology Competition in March 2010, resulting in him being awarded an additional $10,000 scholarship from the university. The combined awards total $35,000 that may be applied to tuition costs throughout his enrollment.
WOONSOCKET – An intense fire apparently breaking out in a finished breezeway left Paul and Lorraine Jacobs without a home Friday afternoon.
Paul Jacobs, 69, the well-known local video and sound company owner who records meetings of City Council and other popular events, also lost equipment and possibly years of recordings when the fire swept through an attached garage and the two-level home at 49 Hillsdale Street while the couple was away.
WOONSOCKET – As engineers began trying to determine whether snow-laden roofs throughout the public school system were at risk of collapse yesterday, officials said it was too soon to say whether students could return to classes by Monday.
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After the Great War, Zuko returns to Ba Sing Se. [Jin/Zuko, Aang & co.]
Looking a little sad, his uncle let go a nostalgic sigh when they passed by the old -now closed- tea shop where they had worked for a few of months not that long ago. "What a shame! Working here was a very pleasing experience, don't you think, nephew?" Iroh said, dramatically.
Zuko was busy looking around to answer, but he would have probably end up glaring at him about the 'very pleasing' part of his statement. Thus, Iroh didn't seem to mind that at all and walked a little further until he found a small corridor; then he smiled, feeling pleased with himself. "I think this is what you're looking for," he said, pointing it with his finger.
Somewhat embarrassed, Zuko walked by his uncle and went down the small corridor, his steps slowing down little by little until he stopped after a couple of meters. "What I'm going to say? I didn't even said goodbye," he said, nervously.
"The truth," Iroh answered with a soft voice. "She'll probably understand."
"I know, but...," Zuko looked down to the floor. "But it was too long ago, maybe she has already forgotten about me."
"Who could forget about you?"
Both nephew and uncle turned around and found a young woman a few steps away from them. She raised her eyebrow, waiting for the young man to answer to her. Iroh smiled politely when Zuko didn't.
"Long time no see, beautiful lady. How have you been?" Iroh said; he used his nicest tone and pushed, with relative discretion, his nephew toward her.
She smiled, looking at Zuko. "Good enough," she replied, her smile increasing. "Did the two of you return from that traveling circus?"
There was a sudden, uncomfortable silence that was broken after a few seconds, when Iroh elbowed his nephew's ribs. "Well, um... That isn't exactly true," Zuko said.
"The part about the traveling circus?" she asked, blinking at him.
Zuko nodded and looked very uncomfortable; he was now playing with his fingers. "Jin, there is something I'd like to tell you...," he whispered.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Jin asked.
Zuko answered almost too fast. "No."
"Are you gay?"
Iroh snorted quietly behind his nephew's back and Zuko, surprised, gaped at her. "What? I- No!" he exclaimed.
"Then what?" Jin asked.
For a moment, Zuko didn't say a thing, too nervous to even move. Jin walked toward him and, when she was really close, tilted her face; she was going to wait there until he answered. Iroh, on the other hand, distracted himself counting the tiles on the floor, so they could have some sort of privacy. But he lingered close enough to save his nephew, if something were to happen.
Finally -when she was about to ask again-, Zuko replied with a whisper. "I'm sort of the Fire Lord of the Fire Nation."
Immediately, Jin turned to Iroh, both her eyebrows threatening to flee from her forehead; it couldn't be more obvious that she couldn't believe what Zuko had just said.
"Isn't that the dream of every girl? To find out that their boyfriend is a prince?" Iroh offered, with what he hoped was a lovely grin.
Zuko glared toward his uncle, who ignored him.
The news about The Great War had leaked through the City's walls around the time it was about to end, and it was well known that the Fire Nation had now a more benevolent ruler than the one that it had before. Still, it was very unlikely that Li was actually telling the truth. Yet, there was something on his eyes that told her that she should ask for proofs instead of just giving him her back and going back to her house. Suddenly, she remembered something that she never could explain to herself from that first date they had.
"You lit the lamps with firebending! That's why you asked me to close my eyes, didn't you?" she said. "And your name isn't really Li, right?"
"Yes, yes, and no," he answered. "My name is Zuko. My uncle's name is Iroh."
"That's why you left without saying goodbye?" Jin asked.
The firebender looked a bit troubled, but nodded. "It was complicated. I can explain everything, I promise. We can... have a date again, if you want."
Jin didn't say a thing; the news seemed to be settling down easier than Iroh had hoped, and he fancied himself as an optimistic man. After a while, she approached Zuko to poke him on the forehead.
"Silly," she said. "That was for going away without saying a thing. Anyway, you owe me more than just a date."
Zuko blushed when she took his hand; but smiled sincerely, exactly like Iroh remembered he had smiled when he came back from that date. Iroh walked happily towards them.
"I'll just go to take some tea, nephew," he said. "You two take all the time you need." Iroh winked his eye to Jin. "Young lady, it was a pleasure."
Grinning and humming to himself, Iroh left them alone.
"Sokka, please, behave yourself," Katara said, sighing.
"I will, don't worry," he assured.
"Why did you bring the boomerang, again?" Katara asked, skeptical, her arms folded.
"Just in case," Sokka said.
Aang blinked at Sokka, worried. "But they're our friends now."
"I know."
"Then why did you bring the boomerang?" Katara repeated.
Annoyed, Sokka looked at his sister. "I already told you."
"Looks like a good wedding gift to me," Toph said. "It's so cute of you."
"I'm not going to give it to them," Sokka growled, hugging his boomerang.
"Then why did you bring it?" Katara insisted.
"STOP ASKING, ALREADY!" he screamed. Aang and Katara looked quite unpleased. Toph only grinned.
"Sokka! You're embarrassing us! I knew I should've left you home," Katara whispered, and sighed again. "Even Momo is behaving better than you do!"
Momo looked up; he was playing silently with a couple of small rocks that Toph moved with earthbending on the floor.
"Come on, Sokka! Zuko is not that bad now and he even saved you a couple of times before, remember?" Aang said.
That statement only made the annoyance in Sokka's face increase even more.
Aang moved closer to Sokka, looking at him with The Big Begging Puppy Eyes of his. "Please?"
With a sigh, Sokka finally gave up. "Fine," he said, putting the boomerang under the table. "Better?"
The Avatar and Katara nodded, smiling. Momo grabbed the boomerang and began to play with it. Toph smiled when she sensed Iroh approaching them.
"Hello there: Avatar Aang, everyone," Iroh said, politely. "Are you all having a good time? Do you need anything?"
Katara smiled. "We're alright, thank you."
"I'm glad to hear that!" Iroh said, looking towards the table where Zuko and Jin were sitting. "You know, at first I wanted to offer plenty of tea and to all the guests to play Pai Sho, but my nephew didn't agree to the last part. What a shame."
"I'd say," Aang said.
"Well, I'll not take more time from you anymore. Feel free to come by at any time," Iroh said. "Though wait until the honeymoon is over, please," he added, winking.
"Of course we will come," Katara smiled. "We're at peace now."
Sokka only left go frustrating sigh; he sank on the chair just to feel a tiny little rock poking on his leg.
Ok, maybe the wedding wasn't half that bad, but he went to chase Momo to retrieve his boomerang. Just in case.


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Any Pixar fan will tell you they make some amazing short films, ones that anyone who has seen a Pixar film in the theater has been treated to. Though it wasn't a Pixar, those who caught Wreck-It-Ralph were shown an animated short directed by longtime Pixar Animator John Kahrs called Paperman. It may have been their best yet, and it was rewarded with an Oscar Nomination for best animated short. It isn't often you can see the shorts that are being nominated, but Paperman has now been put online for your enjoyment.
Brilliant. There's not much more I can say than this: Having not seen any of the other nominated films, I can't technically say that this one should win, but it certainly wouldn't be an injustice if it did.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in yet another action movie, Sabotage.
Here comes the seasons first big blockbuster, Russell Crowe stars in the big budget film, Noah.
New this week is the big-budget, young adult action flick, Divergent. The thought it might bring in 90 plus million dollars its first weekend. It did not.
This week the big movies continue to make their way to streaming services and to your local DVD counter or store shelf. There is truly something for everyone. From the adults, to the entire family, could be a fun week of movie watching for you.
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Come swish around, my pretty punk,
And keep me dancing still
That I may stay a sober man
Although I drink my fill.
Sobriety is a jewel
That I do much adore;
And therefore keep me dancing
Though drunkards lie and snore.
O mind your feet, O mind your feet,
Keep dancing like a wave,
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A dead man in his grave.
No ups and downs, my pretty,
A mermaid, not a punk;
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Mount Sinabung eruptions
A volcano in western Indonesia that killed 15 people in a weekend eruption shot hot ash and rocks high into the air again, halting a search for any more victims.
Before they stopped their search, a rescue team found the charred wreckage of motorcycles buried under ash which they believe had been carrying some of those killed by Mount Sinabung's eruption on Saturday.
The weekend eruption was the first to claim any lives since Sinabung on Sumatra island rumbled back to life in September after lying dormant for several years, and sent vast clouds cascading down its slopes. (AFP)
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Tweetupin' a Storm in San Diego
Disclosure: no one's asked me to write this post, and I'm sure not getting paid for it, but I do thank sponsors of a certain event coming up. Now that you know all that… read on.
I don't know what's gotten into everyone lately, it's tweetup this, tweetup that… oh wait, it's that whole thing about moving your online relationships offline. My bad.
So in a few days, when I head to San Diego for PRSA 2009, I have not one, not two, but four tweetups to try to attend… and three of them are on the same day. Wow. We PR people sure like to party.
The one I'm doing a shameless plug for, though, is #shonalitweetup. Yup, you read that right. Before you start throwing rotten eggs at me, I didn't come up with the name (I'm not that egotistical… I don't think…). Here's how it happened:
When I knew I was going to be in San Diego for PRSA09, I wanted to make sure I'd be able to meet up with some of my friends. A certain Jen Wilbur (who appropriately uses @rockstarjen as her Twitter handle) took on the unappetizing task of organizing it and next thing I know – she christened it with my name.
Sun, Sand and… Measurement
In a few days I'll be Westward-bound; one of several hundred (or is it thousand?) PR and communication professionals converging on San Diego for PRSA's 2009 International Conference (that's me on Coronado Beach a couple years ago). My first experience of PRSA's annual shindig was last year, when I was lucky enough to co-present with Katie Paine on measurement in Detroit.
The entire experience was a blast, and it will also live forever in my memory because that's where I first met the beauteous and brilliant Shannon Paul and Lauren Vargas, caught up with the dynamite Kami Watson Huyse, first encountered Jason Falls, and was dissed (and defended, thank you Kami!) at my first tweetup. Ah, the good old days.
This year I'm lucky enough to have been selected by PRSA as a solo speaker and will be presenting on measurement on November 9 (here's an interview I did to promo it a while back). If you're attending the conference, do come by.
But more than plug my session, I want to pick your brains.
Adam Lambert and the Purple Cow
I was not a happy camper last night after "American Idol" aired.
It's not that I dislike Kris Allen; he seems like a very sweet guy. But Adam Lambert has been the reason I re-engaged with the show after several years, so when Kris was given the crown, my shoes somehow ended up near the TV.
Following that, I spent about 20 minutes convincing one of our dogs that "it's ok, Mommy's not mad."
I know, I know. And yes, I'm better now.
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WTF !! Just read where GM is "forgiven 10 billion " dollars of debt to our government, or should I just be straight forward and say it like it is?? Taxpayers just took a 10 billion hit when GM is sitting on what, 26 Billion in cash? WTF !! Buying labor union votes Obama?? So lets turn right around and CUT tax breaks to regular citizens that have hardly any tax breaks to use as it is and have barely enough to live on..
Again, give 10 Billon dollars of OUR money, not the US Governments, ours to GM that has two and a half time that in cash and screw working taxpayers.. Good job Congress, House and Senate led by Obama. Continue to bankrupt Americans..
We could do better with high school drop outs running the country
When are they going to subsidize me and my tax producing working?
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By Howard Pousner
The curators may appear to be competing against each other at the High Museum of Art's second annual Collectors' Evening on Jan. 28, but it's the museum that stands to come out the winner.
The dinner benefit at the Twelve Hotel is aimed at building the Midtown museum's permanent collection. Curators from six High departments will try to "sell" the audience while presenting pieces as potential acquisitions. Guests will then cast their votes, and the High will buy the work — or works — with the most support.
There were enough donations at In last year's the inaugural Collectors's Evening to buy four of the pieces presented, including a collection of 20 photographs from Paul Fusco's "Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train Rediscovered" portfolio.
The works pitched for acquisition this year include:
High Museum of Art Collectors's Evening
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Where blogs are full course meals, tumblelogs are delicious and quick onigiris.
I was too lazy and busy (ok, let just say lazy) to keep my blog out of death row, so I put up this tumblelog for having some fun and still sending out my view of the net.
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I've recently published a small library / plugin for creating dialogs in web pages. It's called Bootstrap Dialogs and as the name indicates, it's using the modal implementation from Twitter Bootstrap. It is simple enough using the modals provided by Bootstrap to display static content, yet there is some boilerplate that you cannot really escape when you wish to control the interaction flow when obtainging feedback from the modal.
It is not possible to block the JavaScript execution in the same way as with the functions on the window object. A similar effect is acheived, however, by limiting interaction with the underlaying page.
The plugin takes basis in the synchronous methods
window.confirm, and
window.prompt functions.
Go and check it out.
Oh! I almost forgot to wish you all a happy new year now that we are embarking on year 2013.
Now I've also added comments to the page through Disqus, which seems to play quite nicely together with static pages like these. You'll find the form to submit comments on the individual article pages, which can accessed either through clicking the title link or the comment count at the bottom of each post on the index page.
It's about time that I got something of a "homepage" going. I've had a Linode box up and running for several years now, but I haven't taken the time to actually put anything meaningful for the public on it yet (if any of my writings will ever be considered "meaningful" for anybody else than myself). My plan is to attempt to start writing some occasional posts about any topic I feel deserves my attention (which I realize could be none at all).
I can start out by briefly stating how this site is built, which is quite simple. For my purpose I don't need dynamic content on this site (besides the content I personally provide), so every page is generated statically whenever I wish to publish new content. This simplifies a whole lot of things, as I need not worry about frameworks, server processes, nor databases. To build the site, a few simple build instructions compiles templates and styles into what you see here; just a few static html pages. These are simply served using Nginx.
First of all, it's worth mentioning that the codebase, content and everything else is kept in a git repository hosted on my server. This allows me to easily clone a copy and update the site from basically anywhere. I've decided to use a Node.js based setup, using Jade for templating, Less for styles, and of course with the help of Twitter's excellent Bootstrap stylesheet modified with one of Bootswatch's themes. To manage the build process, I'm using Grunt. After building / compiling templates and stylesheets, deploying the changes can be done simply by rsync-ing the new files into the appropriate directory on my server.
During development, and while writing new posts, it's convenient to get a nice preview of what
will end up on the live site. For this I'm simply using grunt's
watch task together with the
server task.
watch listens to changes to the template and style files, running the
task whenever something changes. The
server task simply serves the static files from the build
/ dist directory. Combined with npm
package.json I simply have to clone the
repository and run
npm install && npm start in order to have a working local preview of the site,
which is updated automatically whenever something changes.
It's by no means a very advanced setup, but it does the trick for something as simple as this site. I would never consider writing the site in HTML directly, and I find using jade together with the Markdown filter works very well for writing.
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it has come to my attention that fable 3 is in the works. while i am looking forward to the release, a question plagues my mind: will reaver be included? i believe he will be, but i know he can only return if stephen decides to return to voice him. i can but hope he will return, reaver was such a joy in fable 2.
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As an avid player of Fable, I heartilly agree with the above.
I did find myself giggling at the section of the house aptly named,
"Reavers Back Passage" I entered it with all due enthusiasm.
Natalie: "Are you finished with your coffee cup Stephen?"
*5 minute debate later*
Result: The contents of the cup do not determine the name of the cup. The cup is a cup/mug whether it contains tea/coffee/ribena/hot chocolate or any other beverage.
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Posted Mon Nov 23rd, 2009 1:45am Post subject: Fable 3?
I can't wait until the game comes out.
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i am eager to get the limited edition version, comes with cards, and a good evil coin(though for me i would need to get another coin and stick them together so both sides says evil)as well as extra ingame stuff. i am very eager to get back to slaughtering hordes of vilagers,
although reaver wasnt so great in fable, he was a cool character(sept for killing barnum) but when i got into reavers rear pas.. am not going to finish that without you all laughing, when i got there he didnt really to very well with the gun
hello people I assume you are reading this because you are lost if you scroll down alittle more you should find the next post
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p.s. sorry for bringing up an old post, didnt notice it said 2009
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Posted Fri Oct 15th, 2010 5:56pm Post subject: Fable 3?
Cool, a few fellow fable fans
I loved the first two games, cant wait for number 3.
Aparently the hero of the third game is your son/daughter from the second. So you'll probably be able to sort of transfer your kid from fable 2 to 3.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An attorney has asked for a judge to delay the Aug. 19 trial of a former Mississippi police chief charged with demanding money or property in exchange for dropping criminal charges against people.
Former Mendenhall Police Chief Donald "Bruce" Barlow was already facing eight charges when a second indictment on May 22 added nine new charges.
Barlow's lawyer said Friday in court filing that he needs more time to prepare for trial.
Prosecutors say Barlow sometimes made people sign over their vehicles in exchange for him dropping charges and also demanded cash payments, in one case $4,500.
Barlow's attorney, Mike Scott, has said they look forward to trying the case in court.
Mendenhall is a small town of about 2,500 residents, 25 miles south of Jackson.
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Love Knows No Age
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Professional athletes have them. So do bodybuilders, longshoremen, lumberjacks, and pretty much every guy we innately identify as a pillar of strength. in fact, of all the muscle groups, it is the one that most clearly distinguishes the silhouette of a man from a woman, and a he-man from a girly-man. it's the deltoids, aka shoulders, and with a broad, meaty pair, you too can carry the mantle of being distinctly male—alpha, even.
The Routine
This routine should be performed at a quick pace, with no more than 30 seconds rest between sets. Because the deltoids are a fairly small muscle group and the shoulder joint is susceptible to injury, it's best to keep the weight moderate and the reps generally on the high side, as in 10–20. The entire routine should take you no more than a half hour to perform, and you should do it twice per week.
You'll notice that every exercise in this routine is performed in a seated position, for two reasons. One, most shoulder exercises are conducive to body English; we tend to swing the dumbbells as we tire during lateral and front raises, and excessively arch our backs during presses. Two, we expend excess energy steadying ourselves through each rep of exercises in which we stand. By sitting we can channel all of our resources for the task at hand.
The Basics
Increase the weight you use as the rep count decreases with successive sets.
• Maximum 30 seconds rest between sets
• Reps in the 10–20 range
• Moderate weights
The Straight Up Shoulder Routine
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13. Black History eBook Pack 13: Variety Pack part 1
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- Stolen Legacy
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If you are following my blog you know that i have shared many Black History eBook packs. This is pack number 13! It has some classic and must reads! It is compressed in a RAR file. If on a mac use Zipeg to uncompress the file. If on Windows you use WinRAR. All the files in the folder are pdf's. You can view on your laptop, tablet or smartphone.
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Black Love
No Images
Her beauty,
She thinks her brown body
Has no glory.
If she could dance
Under palm trees
And see her image in the river,
She would know.
But there are no palm trees
On the street,
And dish water gives back no images.
I would have been able to free a thousand more slaves if I could only have convinced them that they were slaves.
Harriet Tubman
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
James Baldwin
25 Books That Every African American Should Read
Their Eyes Were Watching God
One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolish romantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercely independent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through three marriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose.
A true literary wonder, Hurston's masterwork remains as relevant and affecting today as when it was first published - perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature.
I believe that it would be almost impossible to find anywhere in America a black man who has lived further down in the mud of human society than I have; or a black man who has been any more ignorant than I have; or a black man who has suffered more anguish during his life than I have. But it is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.
Malcolm X
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
Malcolm X
Study Links Hair Relaxers To Fibroid Tumors and Early Puberty In African American Females
A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology has linked hair relaxers to uterine fibroids, as well as early puberty in young girls.
Scientists followed more than 23,000 pre-menopausal Black American women from 1997 to 2009 and found that the two- to three-times higher rate of fibroids among black women may be linked to chemical exposure through scalp lesions and burns resulting from relaxers.
Women who got their first menstrual period before the age of 10 were also more likely to have uterine fibroids, and early menstruation may result from hair products black girls are using, according to a separate study published in the Annals of Epidemiology last summer.
Three hundred African American, African Caribbean, Hispanic, and White women in New York City were studied. The women's first menstrual period varied anywhere from age 8 to age 19, but African Americans, who were more likely to use straightening and relaxers hair oils, also reached menarche earlier than other racial/ethnic groups.
While so far, there is only an association rather than a cause and effect relationship between relaxers, fibroid tumors, and puberty, many experts have been quick to point out that the hair care industry isn't regulated by the FDA, meaning that there's no definite way to fully know just how harmful standard Black hair care products really are.
Fibroid Facts
Fibroids are tumors that grow in the uterus. They are benign, which means they are not cancerous, and are made up of muscle fibers. Fibroids can be as small as a pea and can grow as large as a melon. It is estimated that 20-50% of women have, or will have, fibroids at some time in their lives.
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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
Maya Angelou
The role of the artist is the same as the role of lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of things you don't see
James Baldwin
It is the duty of the younger Negro artist … to change through the force of his art that old whispering "I want to be white," hidden in the aspirations of his people, to "Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro and beautiful!"


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Sound the vuvuzelas, get the beers on ice, paint your face in the national team colours and purchase a replica shirt that's just a touch too tight – it's World Cup time! And we'd be remiss if we didn't join in the party with a selection of the best footie-related clips from the BBC's archives. So when you're not enjoying all the action from South Africa, get the right result with our own 'match of the day'...
Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, later re-titled simply Big Impression to accommodate comedy partner Ronni Ancona, ran on BBC Two for three years from 1999. McGowan's spot-on impressions saw his shows outstrip the likes of Rory Bremner as the most popular mainstream comedy impression show. Here McGowan's Sven Goran Eriksson has trouble naming England's opponents in a Euro 2004 special. Is that Nancy Dell'Olio in the background?.
Although Alistair McGowan featured in the first series of Dead Ringers, it became better known for the talents of other cast members John Culshaw, Jan Ravens and Phil Cornwell. Dead Ringers broadcast for five years on BBC television and seven on BBC radio. Here Steve McClaren discusses his appointment as England manager. Apparently, he was 23rd choice.
After getting its first airing on BBC Radio 5, Frank Skinner and David Baddiel's Fantasy Football League transferred to BBC Two for three series beginning in 1994. Baddiel and Skinner's shows featured a wealth of guests including Basil Brush, Noel Gallagher and David Seaman, who appears in this sketch. Since the ended of the series the comedians have returned for a number of specials coinciding with World and European Championships.
The Fast Show team take the nonsensical sideline gestures of football coaches to a new level in this moment from series one. The BBC show's three year run featured some of the best-known characters and catch phrases in sketch comedy, including Paul Whitehouse's wistful, ageing Ron Manager who features in our second Fast Show clip. Isn't it?
Paul Whitehouse also popped up in Harry Enfield's Television Programme alongside the eponymous star. The '90s BBC staple also starred Kathy Burke, who along with Harry Enfield gave the world the slobbish, hygiene allergic Wayne and Waynetta. Here, Wayne gently discusses football with his loving wife.
Bob and Terry returned to our screens in 1973's Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? but the aspirational divide between the boys was beginning to grow. With an important football match looming, a visit the barber's teaches Terry a thing or two about first impressions.
Neither footballer nor presenter were safe from Alistair McGowan's spot-on impressions in 2002's one-off BBC show, Alistair McGowan's Big World Cup. Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker and pundit Mark Lawrenson are given the treatment in our first clip. Elsewhere Rio Ferdinand takes a reporter into the inner sanctum of the international footballer's monk-like existence.
Running for an incredible 19 series, BBC One's They Think It's All Over eventually went off the air in 2006 following two World Cup specials. Featuring hundreds of celebrity guests and several regular panellists, the format mixed comedy and sport to great effect over its eleven years on air. This clip, from series 11 asks who really wanted the credit for winning England the 1966 World Cup. You'll never guess.
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A Water Resources Scoping Report was prepared by the National Park Service Water Resources Division in 2002 in order to assist the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership in identifying and understanding water-related issues relevant to the management of the national park area. It describes the hydrologic environment of the park and discusses water-related management issues. The report was accepted and the recommendations endorsed by unanimous vote of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership on December 17, 2002.
The final section of the report (Considerations for Future Actions) provides the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership with suggestions for future action:
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I've heard gingko biloba might cause cancer. How do I know if my supplements are safe?
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With new studies coming out all the time and limited oversight by the FDA on supplements, it can be hard to decide what's safe to take and what actually might be doing you more harm than good. And misconceptions abound.
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