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Posted by Patricia Thompson on Monday, September 27, 2010
Animal Care Center and Animal Harbor will be promoting rabies prevention awareness and education by celebrating
World Rabies Day
September 28
. $5 rabies vaccination clinic from 10am-7pm at Animal Harbor, located on Hwy 64 in Belvidere.
Despite being 100% preventable, it is estimated that 55,000 people die worldwide from rabies each year--approximately one person every ten minutes. World Rabies Day is a global rabies awareness campaign organized by the charity Alliance for Rabies Control and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Events are planned throughout the world to increase awareness about rabies, and to raise support and funding towards its prevention and control.
Animal Care Center and Animal Harbor will join the list of international partners who are working together to educate the public about the dangers of rabies to people, pets, and wildlife. Additional information is available online at www.accvets.net and at www.worldrabiesday.org or by calling Amanda Curty at the Animal Care Center, (931) 967-6345.
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Pursuing God…
So…. I just finished the second chapter of Captivating… and I'm already pretty speechless about how amazing this book is.
From a cross cultural global perspective… I'm not sure if I agree with some of their "universal" claims about women… but those claims that they have made completely and 100% define me….
They say women have 3 longings within their hearts:
- to be romanced,
- to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure,
- and to unveil beauty.
Seriously… I can't say for all women… but I can more than definitely say that for me… that truly is the core of who I am and what I want out of life. Those are truly my three greatest longings that I've had all my life.
I kind of feel less unique now that I know others feel that way too lol… I kinda thought it was just me… especially the second one… but I guess now that I think about all those adventure books I read with female leaders it makes sense now… lol. But they did note that:
"The desire of a woman's heart and the realities of a woman's life seem an ocean apart. Oh, we long for romance and an irreplaceable role in a great story; we long for beauty. But that's not the life we have. The result is a sense of shame." (Eldridge and Eldridge 2005: 30)
This quote particularly struck me as truth… b/c often I am "ashamed" of my fantasies that I have of being rescued by my knight and shining armor, of changing the world for the better, and to bring beauty to the world. But I shouldn't be ashamed of that because that is the core of who I am.
All women are meant for beauty. The world was not deemed to be "good" by God until He created Woman. Women are in fact the pinnacle of perfection in the creation, we are the finale of all creation.
But anyway… there is something more in-depth I wish to discuss from this book thus far… and it is something I really don't think I could have realized without everything that happened this past semester. Showing once again that EVERYTHING happens for a reason… The idea that I need to pursue God.
In Isaiah 49: 14-15, 18, Jeremiah 24:7, and Matthew 23:37, we see how much God wants us to pursue Him. Eldridge and Eldridge (2005: 25) note:
"not only does God long for us, but He longs to be loved by us. Oh, how we've missed this. How many of you see God as longing to be loved by you? We see Him as strong and powerful, but not as needing us, vulnerable to us, yearning to be desired. But as I wrote in Wild at heart, 'after years of hearing the heart-cry of women, I am convinced beyond a doubt of this: God wants to be loved. He wants to be a priority in someone. How could we have missed this? From cover to cover, from beginning to end, the cry of God's heart is, "why won't you choose me?" It is amazing to me how humble, how vulnerable God is on this point. "You will find me," says the Lord, "when you seek me with all your heart" (Jer. 29: 13). In other words, 'Look for me, pursue me- I want you to pursue me," Amazing, As Tazer says, God waits to be wanted."
And then to add this quote, later Eldridge and Eldridge (2005: 45) tell us:
"God yearns to be known. But he wants to be sought after by those who would know him. He says, 'You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.' (Jer 29: 13). There is dignity here; God does not throw himself at any passerby. He is no harlot. If you would know Him you must love Him; you must seek Him with your whole heart. This is crucial to any woman's soul, not to mention her sexuality. "you cannot simply have me. You must seek me, pursue me. I won't let you in unless I know you love me.'"
At the beginning of the semester… you can look back in my posts to see this… I prayed that "God would show me what love was like on earth so that I could begin to comprehend what it was like for Him to love me."
God had revealed Himself in this manner to me before in terms of my OCD… How I was able to learn again how to trust Him again by first trusting my earthly friends with knowing about my OCD.
I realize now… even though the ends aren't what I wanted… I have indeed seen what love is like on earth and I can now slightly comprehend what it is like for Him to love me. I only say slightly b/c I don't pretend I can comprehend God to His fullest… but He is revealing various pieces to me.
Just like I longed for romance and love in my relationship that is what God LONGS for… when things were going bad whether it was my fault or his (I'm over the blame game lol) I sat crying longing just to feel loved and wanted… now after reading the passages above from Captivating… I realize that God feels EXACTLY the same way about us when we don't come to Him. Just like I wanted to be pursued and loved… God wants to be pursued and loved… God is crying for us to reach out to Him… He does everything in His power to show us how much He loves us… but yet often, like how I felt in the relationship, the other individual just turns away… oblivious to how much I was hurting and longing for him… or how much God is hurting and longing for me…
I now have a good idea how much it hurts Him for us to ignore Him… to turn away from Him… to not return His call to us… and the fact that I have hurt God like that? Wow… I have no words to express how remorseful I am…
I now have a slight understanding about how much God wants me. LOVES ME. And Cherishes me… and just wants me to want Him.
And then as the second passage says… God isn't a harlot with His love… just b/c I know God is automatically going to forgive me for something doesn't mean I should just go out and do it… it hurts Him deeply… we have to show God how much we love him through following His lead, His commandments, and His path.
This also shows me that I shouldn't be a harlot with my love either… my heart is precious and I should only give it to that individual who is worthy of it. I need someone to pursue me so that I know that he loves me and is worthy of my love.
But really the only love I should be focusing on right now is God's… I need to show God how much I love Him… I need to become more than 2%…. I need to make the romance between God and I more tangible… I need to pursue Him with all my heart. I need to stop hurting Him and answer His call. I need to recognize God's love for me.
Refocusing my focus
So I need to refocus what I've been focusing on…
I have been focusing on: love lost, school, family drama, and my OCD.
What I need to truly be focusing on is one thing. One awesome thing: God.
If I walk in His path He won't lead me astray. But how do I find His path? Especially since I've felt so far from him for so long?
I've decided to start with a book that I've always heard amazing things about but have never read: Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge.
I have to say I'm already extremely impressed and I'm only on page 17!
Growing up as a Southern Baptist and then growing up and becoming me… I've always struggled with the way the "woman" is supposed to be in terms of the church and my fairly liberal view points on life.
I always wanted to be that kind, nurturing, loving woman who always put others before herself. And not trying to sound conceited, but I think in many ways I am that person… but then I am also completely me in not wanting to be a house wife whose soul goal in life is to raise strapping young boys and always have dinner on the table at 6pm.
But this semester with all my relationship issues, discovering that I do not have to be caged by my OCD but in fact can be free, and reading just the very very beginning of this book… I'm realizing it doesn't have to be one or the other… there is an in-between that can be the in-between that I need and desire in life.
I can be a loving wife and possibly mother without living in fear of my OCD, but I can also be me in terms of my always wanting to fight for everyone's rights and trying to do good in the world.
My greatest desire is to change the world… even if in the smallest way. I always imagined I would be doing that in Africa or Central America… but why can I not do it in the very town I live in? That way I don't have to decide between family and what I think I was created to do. Yes, I can still go to Africa and Central America… but the city in which I live needs just the same amount of help.
Especially since I've been diagnosed with OCD, I feel an intense connection with many of the homeless of my city, for the majority of them do have mental disorders. They are individuals who not only can I help but I can relate in ways many others cannot.
But anyway if I do find some day that I want to have a family… I don't have to sacrifice everything about me to do that. Before I have a family and even during having a family I can whisk off and do God's work in other countries, and when I am back with my loving family I can do that work in my own city. Or maybe I will have an amazing husband and family who will want to go off and have adventures with me!
My deepest and most secret (well now all you know but y'all don't know who I am lol) desire in life is to be a missionary overseas. I've wanted to be a missionary since I was in Kindergarden and it became a very deep desire in high school and in the beginning of undergrad. Ever since my OCD became really bad in the second half of undergrad I felt like I could no longer do that though… not just b/c of contamination issues but because I believed that God no longer loved me or could love me. But I know that is false now.
Perhaps I can still have the whole life that I've always secretly wanted, but never really allowed myself to even consciously think about in fear that I would get my hopes up and only have them crushed, or because I didn't think I was deserving.
But you know what? Perhaps I won't ever get married, or have a family, no matter how much I'm realizing I actually want it. But perhaps I will. Perhaps I will be blessed in that manner.
God has always known my deepest desire in my life has always been to find love. Perhaps it is in His will, perhaps not.
But either way I can begin to work on the woman that I am now and want to continue to grow to be. I don't have to throw that woman away for a husband or a family. That woman is me and will always be me. I don't need what the "church" thinks a woman should be like or what my OCD thinks about me, caging me in a prison of just being a small percentage of who I am.
There is someone in my life who I often refer to as "2 percent" because there is "2 percent of that person" that is so amazing and great and contains soooo much potential that it hurts me to think they are not using the rest of 98% of themselves… but you know what?…. I think the real 2 percent is me.
I am only 2 percent of myself…
This a for real just now happening while I am typing realization…
My OCD has only allowed me to be so little of me (if any of me at all), my controlling but loving family has only allowed me to be a tiny bit of me, my academic prison (not that it has to be a prison but that is how I have been viewing it) has only allowed me to be a small part of me, and my lack of faith has held me back like nothing else.
I need to have more faith in God and who He made me to be. I need to start realizing my potential. I need to stop being only 2% of me. I need to be the woman God made me to be.
Of course this might make my OCD go haywire with the realization that once again I'm not "good enough"… but its not about being good enough… its about being me… shouldn't that be simple?
Easier said than done of course… but before I get upset about other people not reaching their potential, I should realize that I am no where near reaching my potential… I can be SO MUCH MORE.
I need to learn how to be the woman God created me to be. And I really think that the book Captivating will be my first stepping stone to being her. When I find things that touch me in the book, I'll write about it here and hopefully it will keep me more accountable.
I need to continue to learn who I am and how to make me follow in God's foot steps… being the woman He made me to be.
I no longer want to be 2%. I want to be more. I want to be all of me.
I wish I could stop…
I wish I could stop loving him… wanting him… longing for him… dreaming of a future with him..
"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…"
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
If this is the real definition of a soul mate… then he definitely was… I learned so much from him about myself. I just wish he could stay in my life forever.
I want to love him with no shame attached. With no one, not even him, telling me no…
One of my favorite quotes is "One day maybe we will find the place where our dreams and reality collide." but instead it does seem like I've only found the place where disappointment and regret collide.
My twin keeps saying it will get easier and easier… I trust her and believe her… I just need to keep going strong… if not for me than for him… I would be willing to get hurt again, but I don't want to hurt him again. He is too important. I love him too much. I will distance myself from him, because it is what he wants.
Expression of Sadness…
How do you make your heart stop breaking?
I could have sworn he was my other half. That I was going to grow old with him. That he would love me just as much as I love him.
I still have a hard time comprehending that he is no longer in my life. The lack of real closure doesn't help either. I think he got the closure he needed, but I didn't get the closure I needed. I don't think that is anyone's fault except the fact that we really didn't know each other as much as we thought… But everything I did know about him… I loved…
So just some random quotes that I've come across to help with digesting everything:
"If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. … Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for"- unknown
"God sometimes removes people from your life to protect you….Don't run after them."- unknown
"It seems as thought life has become far more serious since that time we were walking by one anothers side, holding hands, kissing, looking into each others eyes and telling each other how much we care… My life has changed… My heart is broken… But I question, was it already broken and were you just a weight that's been lifted to let it break or was it you who crawled right into the center and tore it apart? This probably makes no sense to anyone reading this, so I'm crying, that is all."- unknown
"I will never steal, abuse, take advantage of or abandon the people I love. My heart keeps breaking a little more each day. It's cruel." – unknown
"I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."- Yeats
"Now I know what a fool I"ve been but if you kiss me now, I know you'd fool me again."- Last Christmas
"It's scary to find someone that makes you happy, you start giving them all of your attentionb ecause they're what makes you forget everything bad that's going on in your life. They're the first person you want to talk to in the morning and the last one before you sleep just so you can start and end you day with a smile. It all sounds great to have that someone, but it's scary to think about how easily they could just leave you and take the happiness away too when they go."- Anonymous
I love you. I miss you. Forever.
OCD Freak out
It has been a while since I've had a major OCD freak out… until today…
The OCD freak out was about something completely TMI (too much information)… so I'm not going to share it with you guys…it just revolves around contamination… But oh my… I forgot what freak outs that bad were like… I'm still slightly freaking out about it (almost 12 hours later!)… but I think logic is winning right now… I think… but of course my OCD makes me freak out that maybe my logic is wrong… and so I want to do my lovely compulsion of looking things up online (The CDC website and webmd are my major go to websites for compulsion).. but I'm trying not too… I'm trying to be ok…
I'm not contaminated… and I'm not going to contaminate anyone… and even if I was somehow contaminated I cannot contaminate the world…
but what if I really am a ball of contamination? What if I'm really a bad person and want to contaminate the world so that is why I didn't wash after feeling contaminated (compared to not sure if i was contaminated and not wanting to give into compulsion and wash too much)?? What if a normal person would have washed after said activity that made them feel contaminated… but I didn't b/c I was afraid it was a compulsion when it really wasn't a compulsion and something said normal person would do?? What if I am contaminated and its all my fault someone else gets contaminated??
BUT I am just telling myself that it is all ok… I'm all ok… and everyone I know is all ok… no contamination occurred…
urg…. maybe I need to go take some more Klonopin…

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Big Sur Memories
In honor of this weekend's 25th Big Sur International Marathon, we asked some local runners for their most memorable moments from the first 25 years of the Big Sur International Marathon. Here are some of their responses.
Rich Hollaway, founder of Cornuts Inc., heard a rumor in 1985 that Judge Bill Burleigh wanted to start a marathon from Big Sur to Carmel and needed financial support. Rich left a message for the visionary yet resourceless Burleigh, who returned the call in less than 2 minutes. And the marathon was born.
Nelly Wright wrote this poem after winning the 1988 women's race:
I start the Big Sur Marathon in 1988,
I've trained hard and I feel strong.
I surge ahead and all feels well,
My pace is fast, so what can go wrong?
I slip into a rhythmic zone,
The miles fly by, as along I roll.
As I run a thought occurs,
Will the Hurricane Point take its toll?
Now I wonder where the hill begins,
And as I pass a runner, I pause to ask.
His gaze is odd as he replies,
"We're at the top, the hill is past."
My spirit soars and down I fly,
In my focused state, I missed the hill they dread.
My exhilaration soars and carries me to the end,
To receive the laurel wreath upon my head.
Dr. Marc Lieberman and Andrew McClelland independently commented fondly on scenes from the marathon; running near Pt. Sur Lighthouse in silence and solitude with only cows as company, the struggle with the wind at Hurricane Point, the hail years, the camaraderie of friends running alongside, and being rewarded on the podium for a race well run.
15-time finisher Rick Leach recalled camping at Pfeiffer to get some extra sleep near the starting line. Brushing his teeth in the washhouse, he heard the Star Spangled Banner wafting through the trees, at which point he spit, rinsed, and started running. Crashing through the deserted start area, he caught up with the pack went on to run one of his best marathons – possibly due to the super adrenaline charge at the start.
Glynn Wood, the Peninsula's runner emeritus, housed a young Japanese runner with no marathon experience for the 2nd Big Sur Marathon in 1987. Glynn and his wife Suzie knew no Japanese and their house guest knew no English. At the carbo-loading party before the race, Olympic marathon gold medalist Frank Shorter was the host, and went from table to table with a videographer. For $30 anyone could buy a video of themselves with Frank.
Frank asked the visitor, "How fast do you expect to run tomorrow?" The reply was, "No English…Sorry." Frank, with extensive international experience but limited political correctness, looked into the camera and said, "We all know that Japanese are great marathoners, and that he'll be with the leaders tomorrow!"
The guest wasn't exactly with the leaders – he ran 4 hours and 30 minutes, but gave Glynn $30 to get a copy of the video, and flew back to Tokyo a satisfied finisher.
Sally Smith, the marathon's long time registrar, focused on last year's race. For the participants everything always goes smoothly, but for the race committee, it's a very nervous time. 15 minutes prior to the start, the timing company was no where to be found. Cell phone service in Big Sur is sporadic at best; a connection was made but all that could be heard was "we're on the way." The company arrived 6 minutes before the race, set up quickly, and the race started only 1 minute late. The runners never knew, but Sally aged 5 years in those few minutes.
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Piperno's novel depends almost entirely on the voice of its first-person narrator, 33-year-old Daniel Sonnino. And though Sonnino says that he's a fledgling novelist (as well as the author of the scholarly All the Anti-Semitic Jews: From Otto Weininger to Philip Roth, something of a scandal in academic circles), his narration lacks the most rudimentary elements of most fiction: plot momentum, character development, introspection, a compelling voice. Instead, this extended monologue proceeds in fits and starts, digressions and disjunctions, that keep circling toward the romantic triangle that gives the last quarter of the novel its focus. Up till then, Daniel is primarily a bystander, and not a terribly observant one, as he details his family's descent from riches to socially marginal, and his own identity crises as the son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. Plainly, themes of ethnicity aren't all that Piperno has transplanted from Philip Roth, for Sonnino is both a fetishist and a compulsive masturbator, as well as a participant or bystander in plenty of other bodily perversions and embarrassments (flatulence and worse). And references to Roth are but a small part of the novel's literary name-dropping, as the text makes mention of Tolstoy, Hemingway, Twain, Austen, Fitzgerald (or at least Gatsby), both Arthur and Henry Miller, David Leavitt and Bret Easton Ellis. Either Sonnino is more of a literary construct than a cohesive, convincing character, or Piperno is showing off his library. (Or both.) In addition to the tension between Catholic and Jew, the novel encompasses the cultural differences of Italy, Israel and America. Ultimately, it challenges the reader to weave together the various strands to discover how the different fates of two grandfathers, partners and then rivals, leave legacies that lead to the unrequited love that humiliates the narrator.
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Jim Swire's daughter Flora died on Flight 103 from Heathrow to New York on the evening of December 21 1988.
"Flora was on the eve of her twenty-fourth birthday when she was murdered and she had become an outstanding medical scientist at Nottingham," Mr Swire said
Some 270 people were killed when the Pan-Am flight 103 was blown out of the sky over the Scottish borders.
Part of the jet landed on houses in Lockerbie, starting fires and killing 11 people on the ground.
All 259 passengers and crew aboard the jet were killed.
A Libyan man, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was convicted of the bombing in 2001 by a Scottish court which was convened at a neutral location at Camp Zeist, in the Netherlands. He was jailed for life.
He was released from jail in Scotland on compassionate grounds in 2009 suffering from prostate cancer and received a hero's welcome on his return to Tripoli, where he was greeted by the then leader Colonel Gadhafi's son Said.
Despite being given only months to live on his release, he survived for almost three years, dying in May 2012.
Like many of the British relatives, Mr Swire believes al-Megrahi was innocent and is convinced that those responsible for the murder of his daughter have still not been found.
"One of the things that upsets me is that in 1990 we went to the US embassy in Grosvenor Square in London to hear the results of a US investigation into Lockerbie. Swire said. "One of the people associated with that commission of inquiry came to one of our number and had a quiet word in his ear. And what he said was: 'your government and mine know exactly what happened. But they're never going to tell.'"
"That quite extraordinary confidence that was passed to us British relatives at that time has provided some of the impetus to propel us along the course of continuing to look for the truth and that's really all we're after," he said.
After 25 years of search, Mr Swire is still looking for the truth.
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Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Salomon
Size : 7.1 x 58
Wrapper : USA (Pennsylvania)
Filler : Nicaragua
Binder : Nicaragua
Price : $29.95 / mazo of 5
More info about purchasing La Herencia Cubana Oscuro cigars...
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte is another cigar produced by the master blender AJ Fernandez. I smoked this cigar on a recommendation by Wade Howard following a review I did of the Panacea Green Label. From my previous reviews, everyone probably knows that I am a big fan of AJ Fernandez's cigars (see the Man O'War cigars reviews) and also, I have grown very fond of the Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper. This cigar comes in four sizes which include a 5 X 56 Belicoso; a 5.5 X 54 Robusto; a 6.5 X 50 Toro; and today's featured vitola, the 7.1 X 58 Salomon.
Appearance : Rating:
The cigar has a very dark brown wrapper which seems a little veiny. From the looks of it, it appears that the roller ran out of wrapper leaves since the first 0.75 in. (from the foot) of the cigar looks like it was finished with a different wrapper leaf. This piece has a lighter color than the rest of the cigar. The cigar does feature a shiny sheen.
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte has two bands: a large band featuring the brand of the cigar, and a smaller green band right under the large one listing the type (Oscuro Fuerte).
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The Salomon is a large cigar with no soft spots; it is well packed with tobacco. The light and dark grey ash is very flaky. The cigar does have a very good draw. The burn is slightly uneven.
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The wrapper has a very nice barnyard smell to it. The foot features notes of sweet chocolate. The pre-light draw has some sweet candy taste, much like butterscotch.
I perceived lots of flavors shortly after lighting this stick up: cocoa, some leather, and definitely some pepper. After an inch or so, the flavor had more notes of nuts (almonds). Halfway, the leather notes dominated; however, the retrohale was still peppery although not overwhelming. The finish was long, lingering predominantly towards the back of the mouth.
The last inch or so was slightly bitter which is unfortunate as I was looking forward to nubbing this cigar. It was not unbearable, but enough to force me to put the cigar down.
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At about $6.00/stick, this is a good value for this flavor-packed cigar. The Salomon also provides a good return as far as time goes since one can enjoy all of these flavors for over an hour.
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This was not the prettiest cigar, but it had good flavors. I was glad to have a good block of time since it took around 80 minutes to smoke this stick. Although a good cigar, I still prefer the Man O'War Ruination over the La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte. I know that I am comparing two different wrapper leaves (an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper for the MOW), but it seemed that my palate cared more for the MOW. The esthetic qualities of the MOW were also more appealing. I would recommend the La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte as an after dinner cigar with a nice digestive on hand (a heavily peated single malt).
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I guess everyone has different tastes. I had five of the robusto and five of the toro and all nine that I had tasted between burnt wood and sucking on coffee grounds. I have one left that I am aging for a year to see if that will improve the flavor. I have had a few really good MOW's but they are either really good or really harsh. Like I said we all have differnt tastes.
I agree with Sticks on this cigar. I had the same burnt wood/coffee ground harshness.
Smoked only half of this stick. Wonderful choclate flavor very enjoyable. I hoe it stays true till the end!! No.harshness as of yet..
Nice review. Thanks. I think resting these sticks help. Surprises me every time I pull one out as a "haven't had one of those in a while" moments. Good point too on after dinner enjoying. Great value in my limited-budget book. Fan of AJ Fernandez cigars. Thanks.


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Six of Miami's best bartenders met at Blackbird Ordinary for a little friendly competition at the Marie Brizard Cocktail Challenge semi-finals. Robert Montero (Sra. Martinez), Fraser
Hamilton (Blackbird Ordinary), Mary Connoly (Meat Market & Bar Lab),
Phillip Khanderhrish (The Setai), Paul Sauter (Mercadito), and Nick Nisico (Soho Beach House) created specialty cocktails for the competition using Marie Brizard liqueurs in their recipes.
The competition was friendly but serious. Using USBG/IGA rules, each bartender had six minutes to complete three of the same cocktails.
Judge Ezra Pattek, vice President of the Miami USBG judged the technical aspects of the drink making, while master mixologist John Lehmeyer and myself judged each cocktail for appearance, aroma, and taste.
Each cocktail told a different story. Mary Connoly's Nuit Bleu was dry and refreshing, while Philip Khanderhrish's Tom & Marie was chocolaty and rich.
In the end, Robert Montero's Sunny Crusta took the evening's top
prize. The bright and cheery cocktail was a twist on the classic crusta,
and would make a perfect brunch alternative to the usual mimosas and
bloody Marys.
Fraser Hamilton took the runner-up spot for his Thanks for Kuming,
a cocktail that had a last-minute substitute of apricots for kumquats
after Hamilton couldn't find the fruit of choice at the market. Though the drink was successful even with the change, Thanks for Cotting doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
Montero won a trip to New Orleans to compete in the Marie Brizard Cocktail Challenge finals at Tales of the Cocktail in July.
Mary Connolly's Nuit Bleu was deceptively dry for a fruit-based cocktail.
Winner Robert Montero (right) poses with runner up Fraser Hamilton.
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Recently, Rishi Kapoor bought himself a new set of wheels - a shiny new luxury SUV - and took it out for a spin yesterday. Mumbai Mirror couldn't help but notice the common thing between Kapoor's cars, old and new - the number plate digits of all cars in this Kapoor household total up to '8'.
A source close to the family told the tabloid that the Kapoor trio - Rishi, Neetu and Ranbir - have always considered the number '8' very lucky for the family. When Ranbir purchased his first jeep back in the late 2000s, the number plate was a one digit, '8'. Later, two cars that followed, one a fiery red sports car and another sedan, too featured a single digit plate.
On the other hand, Neetu, whose driven a blue SUV for the last couple of years, also has a number plate that adds up to 8. "It's also because it coincides with Neetu's birthday, July 8, and everyone in the family makes sure that the registration number totals up to it," the source added pointing out that even Ranbir's football jerseys always have the same number.
The Kapoor clan's affinity for numerology comes as no surprise, since it's always been about digits with Bollywood stars. Amitabh Bachchan, whose birthday falls on October 11, considers his lucky number to be 2 and many of his dozen cars feature the single digit on their plate, three of which have been photographed at multiple events.
Similar for Shah Rukh Khan, who has a triple five (555) on all his number plates. Shahid Kapoor also makes sure to flaunt his lucky number 700 on his plates and even added a custom plate to his Harley Davidson, with the three digit figure on it. Saif Ali Khan sticks to the number 7, since his birthday falls on August 16 and Sanjay Dutt always has a 4545 plate.
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HALIFAX—A Nova Scotia man fighting to have his last name — Grabher — reinstated on a licence plate says police have now forced him to remove an inactive Alberta plate from the front of his car.
Lorne Grabher said he received a call from police Monday after a complaint was lodged against the personalized Alberta licence plate he had on the front of his car.
Nova Scotia requires only one valid plate, at the rear, and drivers in the province often place inactive or novelty plates on the front of their vehicles.
Grabher says police told him he would face a stiff penalty for driving with a fraudulent plate if he did not remove the Alberta plate, which had his last name on it in capitalized letters.
The 69-year-old man said he feels he's being unfairly targeted.
"I've been red-flagged," he said from his Dartmouth home, noting the large number of vehicles in the province that have inactive out-of-province plates on the front.
It should be noted that the date denoted by a registration plate is the date a vehicle was first imported into the United Kingdom and registered with that registration system. For instance a vehicle manufactured in say 1991 and registered in Northern Ireland might have been given a 1993 registration letter when it was registered on the Swansea system. This also applies to vehicles imported from other countries. This is apparent by examining the registration document which will show a date of manufacture different from the date of first registration. The date of manufacture is notional, though, as vehicles may be manufactured and stored unused, for many years in some cases, and then registered as new when first registered into the system. This allows manufacturers to sell cars as new allowing for shipping, storing at dockyards etc.
Dubai: U66, Z777 and M2222 will be among 80 unique number plates up for grabs at the Roads and Transport Authority's (RTA) 94th open auction on March 11.
Registration for the year's first auction, which will be held at Emirates Towers' Godolphin Ballroom, will open from March 4.
The last two auctions of last year generated huge interests with single digit plate D5 going for Dh33 million in October, while the plate number Q2 on offer in December went unsold despite massive expectations.
"The recent open auctions saw huge footfall from various community segments. This has promoted us to offer another chance for the public to engage in positive bidding for their fancied numbers in various codes," Sultan Al Marzouqi, Director of Vehicle Licensing at RTA.
The numbers on offer range from two and three digits to four and five digits, including S90000 and U66.
During the auction, plate N572 will be on offer through a draw for the participants.
"Interested bidders can register in RTA's Customers Happiness Centres at Umm Al Romool, Deira and Al Barsha. They can also register through RTA's website (www.rta.ae), or Drivers and Vehicles app, and each participant is required to have a traffic file in Dubai," said Al Marzouqi.
Registration for the auction will remain open until the day of the auction, and bidding will start at 4.30pm.
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The third day of the DVLA cherished number plate auction is underway with a bang!
the registration plate 1 OOO has been sold to a telephone bidder for the sum of £63,500 hammer price!
If Sydneysiders thought property prices had hit peak ridiculous, licence number plate collectors have gone one better with the original NSW No.4 plate up for sale for between $1.2 million and $1.4 million.
The asking price tops the $1.18 million median house price in Sydney, and doesn't even include the Rolls-Royce that it was attached to until early last year when it was owned by Aussie John Symond.
The founder and executive chairman of Aussie Home Loans bought it in 2010 from property developer Ivan Holland, who had secured it in an art swap from businessman and art collector John Schaeffer.
Aussie John was approached to sell the 1910-registered plate early last year, but with a $1.2 million price tag the buyer from Asia declined.
Mr Symond has confirmed he sold the plates 18 months ago to a mystery buyer in South Sydney.
Numberplate aficionado Shane Moore said the plate is widely rumoured to have been sold by Mr Symond for about $1 million.
"Single-digit plates rarely trade so quickly," said Mr Moore, who runs the numberplates.com.au website.
"They are usually held within the one family for decades. As an asset class they've appreciated in value in recent years, but they're also a volatile asset. If things go badly, investors will sell off the plates."
Registered in 1910, the No.4 licence plate is the most expensive item set to go under the hammer on August 28 at the 2017 Shannons Sydney Winter Classic Auction.
It tops the asking prices for 26 cars on offer, including a 1924 Rolls-Royce for $120,000, a 1964 Porsche for $125,000 and a Mustang Fastback for $120,000.
Single-digit, heritage licence plates have long been a highly prized collectible among the ultra-wealthy. In 2008, the No.6 NSW number plate sold for $800,000. It topped the previous high of $683,000 paid in 2003 by an Asian businessman for No.2.
The No.1 plate is owned by the family of the late founding chairman of Australian National Airways, Sir Frederick Stewart, who had owned it since the 1930s.
The No.8 plate was regarded as the most valuable because it is regarded as auspicious in traditional Chinese culture. It last traded in 2010 for $500,000.
In Victoria, single-digit number plates are also investment-grade assets. The number 1 VIC plate is owned by former Foster's Group chief Peter Bartels.
In 2013 British businessman Afzal Kahn knocked back £8.5 million for his "F1" numberplate, having bought it for a record £440,000 in 2008, according to The Telegraph in London.
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As BJP staked claim to forming a new government in Manipur, the Congress on Sunday accused it of "playing a dangerous game of subverting democracy" and abducting an Independent MLA from Manipur by misusing the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Imphal airport.
"(The) BJP is now misusing (the) CISF and airport authorities to detain and abduct independent MLA Ashab Uddin at Imphal airport and take him to Calcutta (Kolkata)," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted.
"(The) Modi government is playing a dangerous game of subverting democracy and abducting MLAs by misusing (the) CISF at Imphal airport despite electoral loss," he added.
Surjewala said, "Independent MLA Asab Uddin is travelling with Minister Sh Nasir (A Nasir). Federalism and rule of law being murdered in broad daylight by (the) Modi government."
Surjewala said that according to the Constitution and norms, the single-largest party is always invited to form the government. "The BJP government is subverting law and democracy through their Governors, who are acting as stooges," he said.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram too slammed the BJP for allegedly subverting democracy and making a backdoor entry to power in Manipur and Goa. He charged the saffron party of stealing the elections in these states which threw a hung Assembly.
A party that comes second has no right to form the Government. BJP stealing elections in Goa and Manipur.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) March 13, 2017
The ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have secured 28 and 21 seats, respectively, in Manipur after the assembly elections held earlier this month.
BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday said the party will meet Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla to stake claim to forming the new government in the state with the support of the National People's Party (NPP) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
"We will approach Governor Najma Heptulla seeking her to invite the BJP, supported by the NPP and the LJP, to form the government in Manipur," said Madhav.
The BJP, which won 21 seats in the assembly elections held earlier this month, achieved the vaunted 31-seat mark earlier in the day with the support of its ally Naga People's Front (NPF) (four seats), and the NPP (four seats), LJP (one seat) and one Independent.
The Congress emerged as the single-largest party post-poll with 28 seats in the 60-member house but failed to garner support to form a new government.
(With inputs from IANS)
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By now it's become a cliché to suggest that the crisis in Georgia has presented both Senators McCain and Obama with a "3 a.m. moment." (That being a reference, of course, to the Hillary Clinton television ad in which the White House Hotline phone rings at 3 a.m. while a narrator asks, "It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep… Something's happening in the world… Who do you want answering the phone?") A bit trite, to be sure, but the crisis has, in fact, revealed a great deal about both candidates for President.
Much has been made of the post-August 8th statements made by the Republican and Democratic nominees. McCain, for example, was quick to condemn what he termed "Russian aggression," saying that it was "a matter of urgent moral and strategic importance to the United States… a clear violation of international law" and called on Russia to "immediately and unconditionally cease operations and withdraw all forces from sovereign Georgian territory."
Senator Obama, on the other hand, initially, reacted more cautiously, condemning "the outbreak of violence in Georgia," urging "an immediate end to armed conflict." He added, "Now is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint, and to avoid an escalation…. Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected."
The McCain camp termed Obama's position "naïve" and "appeasement." Randy Schuememann, McCain's top foreign policy advisor, criticized Obama's comments calling for both sides to show restraint, stating that McCain "is clearly willing to note who he thinks is the aggressor here."
The Obama campaign responded, defending their own position as "measured" and "nuanced," and accusing McCain of being irresponsible and provocative. Susan Rice, a Senior Obama foreign policy advisor, noted that Obama's position tracked that of the Administration and U.S. NATO allies. "We were dealing with the facts as we knew them. John McCain shot from the hip [with a] very aggressive, belligerent statement." Said another Obama advisor, the "temperature of your rhetoric isn't a measure of your commitment to Georgian sovereignty."
As events unfolded and the disproportionate nature of Russia's actions became clear, Obama, like the Administration and NATO allies, became more critical of Russia, demanding an immediate end to hostilities and its withdrawal from Georgian territory, and called for the replacement of Russian peacekeeping troops with an international force.
McCain also went further. He reiterated his position, calling for Russia to be removed from the G-8, and, for emphasis, has in recent days consistently referred to that group as the G-7. He also now calls for the U.S. to reject Russia's application to join the WTO, and warns that Russia's behavior in Georgia could represent a return to "a divided Europe."
While McCain offers his "strong stand" as proof of his readiness to lead, others aren't so sure. Some regional experts have noted that, just two months ago, in a major foreign policy address, McCain discussed the importance of engaging Moscow in nuclear arms reduction talks and in helping to restrain Iran. How, they ask, could both of these critical objectives be met by ostracizing Russia?
At the same time, there have been concerns raised that McCain's closeness to Georgia and its President may, in fact, have clouded his judgment. He continually refers to the Georgian President as "my friend Misha," and notes that, since the crisis began, they have spoken on the phone several times a day. And, in an emotional address on August 14th date, he told a cheering Pennsylvania crowd, "Today we are all Georgians." It has also been revealed that Scheunemann has, until recently, been a paid lobbyist for the Georgian government. His two-man firm has recorded almost a million dollars in receipts from the Georgian government since 2004, with almost $300,000 coming during the very time period when Scheumemann was serving as a paid McCain advisor.
All of this has raised questions about whether or not, as a result of this too-close embrace, Saakashvili had unreasonable expectations of U.S. support, causing him to make a strategic miscalculation in approaching this conflict.
Obama, like McCain, has long-supported Georgia's entry into NATO, and expressed concern about Russian ambitions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Nevertheless, on July 23rd, Obama noted that only a political settlement can resolve the conflicts; and, while he called on Russia to roll back its aggressive actions, also called on the Georgian government to "resist the temptation to be drawn into military conflict."
In assessing both candidates, one observer noted that McCain's position could be seen as being "in line with the moral clarity and American exceptionalism projected by President George W. Bush's first term" – i.e., hard-line neo-conservative and confrontational. Obama, on the other hand, has taken a position, on this crisis, more in line with the current occupant of the White House (the "kinder, gentler" George W. Bush) with his newfound appreciation for diplomacy.
In any case, the question remains: "It's 3 a.m…. Who do you want answering the phone?"
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Today consisted of school and working out at the awesome school gym. I also purchased a pumpkin spiced coffee from starbucks for the second time this week. argh, and I need to remember to write that down in my financial journal. yikes.
*My mom actually treated me to the Pumpkin Spice after picking her up at the airport, but I am choosing to put that down as my own purchase on the journal, because I would've still bought it whether or not she did pay for it
On Saturday:
You know dinner was a success 100% when your stomach doesn't kill you. I've noticed gradually that my tolerance to lactose has been dipping low. Now I can't have a sprinkle of cheese without feeling like my gut is eating itself.
When I took Tums before my consumption of cheese, I hoped and pleaded it'd work.
Ashley made dinner.