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Apr 04, 2013
BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Thursday's Conference Carolinas women's lacrosse game between Lees-McRae College and Pfeiffer University has been cancelled due to inclement weather, announced Director of Athletics Craig McPhail. The game will not be rescheduled.
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Self-driving cars are no longer a thing of the distant future, and Google has been one of the companies developing them. Google first began working on autonomous car technology as far back as 2010 and unveiled a prototype of the self-driving car earlier in 2014, but this new prototype features a number of new specifications. The new iteration is fitted with a remodeled rooftop sensor module and fresh indicators and headlights, in addition to a more subdued gray paint job.
Like the earlier self-driving cars, this vehicle features mapping systems and sensor technology that allows the car to 'see' what's going on around it.
If you're excited by this car, you may need to temper your excitement for a while longer as Google has wisely taken a safety-first approach and intends to continue testing the vehicles for the foreseeable future.
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References: plus.google & gizmag
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Aug. 29, 2017
NORTH ADAMS, MASS. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announces its line-up of fall speakers this year will include Jeffrey Toobin, senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker, and multiple Emmy Award-winner Byron Pitts, co-anchor of ABC's "Nightline."
MCLA's annual fall lectures are free and open to the public.
Toobin, a political expert who also has expertise on the media and the law, frequently is featured on CNN. He will be the featured presenter at the Seventh Annual Michael S. and Kitty Dukakis Public Policy Lecture, which is made possible through the generosity of the Ruth Proud Charitable Trust. He will present "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in the MCLA Church Street Center's Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium.
On Wednesday, Oct. 18, Pitts will deliver MCLA's Hardman Lecture, at 7 p.m. in the MCLA Church Street Center's Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium. This lecture event, "Mass Media and Democratic Governance: The American Experience," is made possible through the generosity of the Hardman Family Endowment. A book signing will follow Pitts' lecture.
Other fall lecture series speakers will include award-winning author Jana Laiz, who will discuss her book, "Weeping Under This Same Moon," at the First Year Experience (FYE) Community Reading event, to be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in the MCLA Church Street Center's Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium. Seating will be limited. After the lecture, Laiz will sign copies of her book.
In addition, Joanna Ballantine, vice president of Trustees of Reservations for the western region, will present the Elizabeth and Lawrence Vadnais Environmental Issues Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. in Murdock Hall, in the Sammer Dennis Room (218). She will speak on "A Century of Preserving Nature and Culture for Future Generations; What's Next?"
Jeffrey Toobin
The author of critically acclaimed best sellers, Toobin delved into the historical, political and personal inner workings of the Supreme Court and its justices in his books, "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" and "The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court."
Toobin's most recent, best-selling book is "American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst" (August 2016). Through more than 100 interviews and thousands of previously sealed secret documents, he examines the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst, granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
In addition, Toobin's book, "The Run of His Life: The People vs. O. J. Simpson," was the basis for the acclaimed mini-series on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta and Sarah Paulson.
Byron Pitts
Pitts, an anchor and the chief national correspondent at ABC, previously was the chief national correspondent for CBS's "Evening News with Katie Couric." He was also the lead correspondent for CBS at Ground Zero immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks, and won an Emmy for his coverage.
A news veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Pitts also covered the war in Afghanistan, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the military buildup in Kuwait, and the refugee crisis in Kosovo, among other news. He realized a life-long goal when he was named as a contributing correspondent to CBS's "60 Minutes" in 2009.
Pitts recently released his second book, "Be the One: Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope," which brings the struggles and triumphs of six everyday heroes to teens, encouraging all to be the source of inspiration in their own lives and to appreciate the lives of others around them.
His other awards include a national Emmy Award for his coverage of the Chicago train wreck of 1999 and a National Association of Black Journalists Award. In addition, Pitts is the recipient of four Associated Press awards and six regional Emmy Awards.
Jana Laiz
Laiz will kick off the lecture series with a Community Reading about "Weeping under This Same Moon," which explores the true story of what happens when two young women from very different cultures connect across difference. Written from the perspectives of both Mei, a Vietnamese refugee, and Hannah, an American high school student, this year's community reading addresses themes central to our liberal arts mission and broader democracy.
A believer in the power of individuals to make a difference, Laiz is a combination of storyteller, teacher and activist. She was a caseworker at The International Rescue Committee, working in refugee resettlement, and the co-author of "A Free Woman on God's Earth" The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom, which recently was named a New York Reads 365 Reading List Selection and has been optioned for the screen.
Laiz lives in the Berkshires, and is a Writer-In-Residence at Herman Melville's Berkshire home, Arrowhead.
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Map of ancient Jerusalem: Imaginary, circa 1750
Cities evolved as primitive societies settled into permanent encampments to breed animals and grow crops. Walls were added for self-defense, as seen in this map of ancient Jerusalem. During its long history Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times and captured and recaptured 44 times. Since no historically genuine maps of the ancient city survived into modern times, this large map populated with thousands of individual inhabitants required a great act of imagination. Created circa 1750, it depicts 159 buildings, gates, and places of historical interest that were known from historical texts to have been a part of Jerusalem 2,000 years earlier. With the exception of buildings that survived into modern times, no images of any reliable kind have survived of what long-lost buildings actually looked like.


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HBO has placed a pilot order for "Da Brick," loosely based on Mike Tyson's early life. It will be produced by "Entourage" creator Doug Ellin, and Spike Lee will direct the pilot. More from Deadline:
Set in current-day Newark, NJ, nicknamed "brick city," Da Brick is described as a contemporary exploration of what it means to be a young, black man in supposedly post-racial America and is loosely inspired by aspects of Tyson's youth. Search is under way for an young black actor to play the lead.
*picks up telephone* "Hello, Michael K. Williams? Learn how to box IMMEDIATELY."
While I can't stand Ellin's smug douchiness regarding "Entourage' (Exhibit A, Exhibit B), I am intrigued by HBO — the last real home for boxing on television — making a dramatic series about a young black boxer (I couldn't get into "Lights Out" because I'm tired of stories about white boxing champions), and Tyson's life is certainly rich with good stories. "Da Brick" just needs to keep its focus on Tyson's early life. Nothing after 1990 is really believable.
(UPDATE: A couple people have pointed out that Michael K. Williams is 45. Whatever, a boy can dream.)


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Google Research Finds Nuisance Software Deluge
Users are being targeted by more than 60 million download attempts per week
Web users are faced with more than 60 million attempts to install unwanted software on their computers each week, according to Google.
The search engine released the figures along with research that indicates the scale of the industry aimed at placing nuisance programs on systems in return for payment.
Google said its Safe Browsing blacklist service, which is used by popular browsers including Chrome, Safari and Firefox, generates more than 60 million warnings each week to help users fend off unwanted software, more than three times its number of warnings for malicious programs such as viruses.
The research outlines a complex system including advertisers, affiliate networks and software publishers that Google said drives the nuisance software business.
Users often encounter this business via ads that offer popular programs or use confusing dialogue boxes or scare tactics to urge the download of software packages, Google said.
These ads are placed on web pages by affiliate networks that provide tracking technology and use sophisticated techniques to thwart search engine warnings and antivirus tools on users' systems.
Google said it found at least 50 affiliate networks in operation, and focused on four of the largest in its year-long study.
These networks "routinely distributed unwanted ad injectors, browser settings hijackers, and scareware flagged by over 30 anti-virus engines", Google stated.
"These bundles were deceptively promoted through fake software updates, phony content lockers, and spoofed brands–techniques openly discussed on underground forums as ways to trick users into unintentionally downloading software and accepting the installation terms," the company said.
Ad injectors display advertisements on a user's system, while browser settings hijackers cause browsers to display particular pages and scareware urges the user to pay to correct inexistent problems.
Google said its study, carried out with the NYU School of Engineering, collected 446,000 offers related to 843 unique software packages.
Nuisance software
Fifty-nine percent of the offers bundled by pay-per-install affiliate networks were flagged by at least one antivirus engine as potentially unwanted, prompting installers to use increasingly convoluted techniques to get past such protections, Google said.
"While not all software bundles lead to unwanted software, critically, it takes only one deceptive party in a chain of web advertisements, pay-per-install networks, and application developers for abuse to manifest," the company stated.
Google said it is driving a Clean Software programme aimed at encouraging software makers to provide clarity to users and to block those who don't abide by such practices.
The company said it plans to present its findings at the USENIX Security Symposium in Austin, Texas this week.
The bulk of Google's revenues are derived from advertising, and it has faced criticism over its failure to filter out malicious or deceptive content that may make its way into users' systems by manipulating search results and infiltrating ad networks – a problem that also affects other search engines and ad providers.
Earlier this year the company said it blocked more than 780 million malicious advertisements in 2015.
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I was reading the other day about some guy who lost his cherry. He was so green he just didnt know what was happening to him. My heart and my dick went out to him. You see I was raised in a community where guys were guys and gals were gals and there was no way you could switch vowels. I mean take the a out of one and put it into the other. Boys of my age went out with girls they met in Sunday school but never fucked them, jerked off secretly, and never lusted after other boys. That was called sodomy and you were some kind of pervert if you coveted a guys dick or ass instead of a girls pussy. And even that was frowned upon. Especially if you dared milk the cow before you bought it. I tell you I really identified with those two guys in Broke Back Mountain.
Still that didnt mean I didnt appreciate Stuart Deans butt. Particularly when it filled out his shorts as he took a lunge forward when we were playing basket ball or something. I really envied him that butt. It was firm and round, not flat as a pancake like mine. Of course I couldnt know then that my dick was in a league of its own and would one day have many a horny hunk lick his chops over it.
Stuart and I were what was known as buddies. That meant we hung out together, went to ball games together, drank a few beers and took girls out on dates together. Then we would go home and have wet dreams about each other. At least I did. I loved it when he put his arm round my shoulder or gave me a bear hug when we hadnt seen each other in a while. I also had a boner whenever I saw him under the shower but I hadnt really thought of us as an item or let my hands or my dick stray.
Then one day we were playing ball on some waste land which backed onto a motor mechanics workshop. Id noticed his butt a few times too when Id passed by on my bicycle although he was much older than me. Maybe as much as me and Stuart put together. Which would be thirty-seven. Once hed even pumped up my tire and Id had erotic visions of him doing the same to me ever since. He always wore a kind of washed-out windcheater. Even in summer. It may have cheated the wind but it sure as hell didnt fool me. My sex-hungry eyes swept over his expansive chest like wind shield wipers. Especially as he always had the thing half-undone. Of course I was interested in the half I couldnt see. Every time he bent down I had horny glimpses of his powerful pecs and I was dead sure he had an ab-track I could slide my tongue down and surf away to my dicks content.
Anyway the long and the short of this story is that Stuart and I sent the ball sailing through the side window of a car parked outside his workshop. Unfortunately the window was closed at the time. There was a nasty sound of shattering glass and Mr. Mechanic came out looking even nastier. I found out later his name was Clay Newton. He asked us what the fuck we thought we were doing, as people tend to do in such circumstances, and Stuart turned to run. I, however, stood my ground. The worst he could do to us was beat our butts with the baseball bat and I quite liked the idea of that. In fact that was the first thing he threatened to do. It gave me quite a boner I can tell you.
Then he told us to come inside and wash some cars to help pay for the damage.
Like innocent lambs to the slaughter we followed him inside. There was no air conditioning so it was hellish hot in there. He hung his windcheater on a nail and handed us some cloths and buckets.
You dudes better take some of those expensive duds off before you get down to work, he said.
An alarm bell went off in my head but I didnt say anything. I was too busy looking at his terrific torso and trying to keep my knees from wobbling. He was an honest-to-God he-man hottie.
Come on, he said. Just to encourage you Ill take my jeans off too. Get you started.
I couldnt believe all this was happening although I had a half idea where it was leading.
For a moment I thought he was going to be butt naked under his jeans but he was wearing structure boxer-briefs. The kind that stretch across your crotch and grasp your thighs. The kind you see in all those adverts. Only these were better. They were snow white and silky smooth and contrasted with the muscled brownness of him. They also set off his full package. Balls to the right and dick to the left. Both portions on the hefty side. As I said before he was some hunk of a hottie and he knew it.
Come on guys, he said. Show me what youre made of or are you just a pair of pussy faggots.
I stepped happily out of my jeans and removed my shirt. I folded both neatly over a car hood. I have a nice tight little torso and wanted to show it off. Stuart was not so forthcoming.
Im not wearing underwear, he said. Just a jock strap. I was working out.
Get undressed, Clay ordered, Or Ill be working you out of your jock strap too.
Stuart began to whimper. Maybe my half-idea had joined his half-idea and he had a whole idea what was in store for us. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but I didnt think he would be able to handle Clays big dick. Nonetheless fear won over shyness and he took off his pants.
Once again I got a sneak preview of my buddys beautiful ass. Framed by the white elastic of the jockstrap it seemed even more appealing and appetizing. My mouth fairly watered. I had Stuart on my left with his butt cheeks glowing like light bulbs and Clay on my right in his watch-my-bulge see-through shorts. He was leaning against a pillar his arms folded, his pecs pushing up from his crossed arms and a brick hard boner down below. My dick was pushing up too and threatened to tent my Calvin's. None of this was lost on Clay. There was an amused smile on his face.
You look horny, he said.
Excuse me, I replied, playing the innocent.
I said you look horny, he repeated, rubbing his boner. Im horny too. Why dont we mess around instead of messing ourselves up washing cars?
Meaning, I said rather superfluously as I knew exactly what he meant.
Why dont you go over there and lick your buddys ass? I saw the way you were looking at it.
There was nothing I wanted to do more but I remained glued to the spot. I was so embarrassed that my eyes, and now my dick, had given the game away and Stuart knew exactly how I felt about him.
This is getting out of hand, Joncy, he said, blushing like a beetroot. Lets go home.
No way, said Clay splaying Stuart rudely across the hood of a Buick.
He lifted his flailing legs high into the air and exposed his already half-exposed butt cheeks.
Come over here and lick his ass, he said to me. Now it was an order.
Stuart wriggled and squirmed but Clay had him in an iron grip.
Of course I could have refused, grabbed my clothes and hot footed it home, but this was too good an opportunity to miss. I didnt want to hot foot it home. I wanted to hot tongue it up Stuarts ass. So you could say I had no one but myself to blame for the afternoons subsequent events.
Stuart was hanging on to the luggage rail of the car for dear life as I approached. His eyes and his ass both shut tight. The little pink slot in the middle of his butt reminded me of my first piggy-bank. Now I couldnt wait to pig it with Stuart. My dick was like set concrete and my tongue all set to go. Stuart appealed to my better nature but my dick had a mind of its own.
Joncy are you sure you want to do this? I can ask my father to give us the money for the window.
But I was already licking his creamy, dreamy ass and sticking my tongue into the plush heat of it.
Oh, he quivered as he felt the full force of my fuck-feather. Oh, oh, oh.
In spite of himself he let his ass drop down on my watering mouth to take in more of my tongue.
Thats a good boy, said Clay and let go of Stuarts legs. Suck his balls too. Make him hard.
I did as I was told and was rewarded by a primal shudder from Stuart and the horniest sound Id ever heard come out of him. Or anyone else for that matter. It increased the size of my boner to bursting point. It had quite an effect on his too. My no longer blushing buddy wrapped his feisty legs in a stranglehold round me and drew my salivating mouth closer to his butt.
By now my swollen boner was pressing its nose against the cotton of my boxers and wedged hard against the hood of the car. Clay solved that problem by surreptitiously releasing my dick, pulling my shorts down while I was busily occupied getting my wet tongue further up Stuarts parched ass. He slyly slipped his hand under my scrotum and drove me wild with the fabulous feel of it. This wildness communicated itself to my tongue which fucked its way in and out of Stuarts tight little pouch. I gnawed at the puckered edges and used my tingling tongue to set his nerve ends jangling.
Wow, jeez, oh man, he wheezed and pressed his horny little ass into my face. Nearly broke my nose in the bargain. Meanwhile Clay was preparing to break my butt. He began by jerking me off. I didnt resist. It was the first time that a guy had hand-fisted me and my dick rose to the occasion. So far
so very, very good. Then I began to feel another uncomfortable wedging from behind. First in the shape of Clays rough motor mechanics thumb and eventually his even rougher dick.
Looks like that flat little ass of yours could do with some fleshing out, he said.
I realized then that I was a sitting duck and would soon be a sitting fuck. While Id been drooling blissfully all over Stuarts ass, Clay had been doing likewise all over his giant dick and was now ready to send the wet monster up my virgin butt chute. His hand was pretty wet too. So were his thick manipulative fingers. Mushy with precum they were busy moistening my love hole.
Somehow he manoeuvred his mushroom head in there and, as I inwardly screamed with pain and pleasure, my butt joined in with a chorus of Ive got you under my skin. That guy Cole Porter really had a way with words and was obviously speaking (or singing) from experience.
One sudden stab from Clays long dong and Id made that song my own.
It was my turn to wow and jeez and wheeze.
Unaware of the fires going on below, and conscious only of my tongue, Stuart was writhing away happily on top of the car. He moaned and sighed and started saying things Id always wanted him to say. Like hed always loved me and wanted to kiss me passionately for how I was making him feel.
Clay in the meantime was having a mean old time grinding his way cruelly past my sphincter.
Why dont you fuck him? Hes ready for it. he whispered in my ear.
With that he lap-danced me, forward and up, until my cast iron dick was right in line with Stuarts yawning cavern. I grabbed firm hold of his hot haunches and rammed my way in there while Clay grabbed hold of mine and crammed the rest of his male meat into my receptive butt. I tell you man, besides word plays by Porter I was learning the true meaning of that overworked word awesome. The three of us flew as one. I was enjoying my first sexual experience to the full. Both ends.
I dug into Stuart with all the force of my nineteen years. I tongue fucked his face and butt fucked his ass until his back began to take on the imprint of the luggage rack and Id racked his butt to kingdom come. Of course I was getting a lot of support from my second in command who was pounding and pummelling away at me as if my ass were a punch ball. A human punch ball for his divine dick. At one point, in search of respite, I sat back on him and he sent both me and Stuart sailing for the ceiling. Of course I was completely out of control as Clay was running the show and I came in fits and starts as he jerked me from one end and Stuart jerked me from the other. I let go and let flow and so may I say did Clay who left my butt feeling it had just had an energizing enema as he used it as a douche bag for his dick and came to overflowing. I felt like a submarine sandwich by the time it was all over but pleasantly filled and fulfilled. Id given Stuart the fuck of his lifetime -- hed jizzed so high he gave himself a mouthful of his own cum --- and, as push came to super shove, didnt do so badly myself either. In fact Im rather ashamed to say that after Id finally had the sublime satisfaction of busting his butt, Stuart somehow lost part of his fascination for me.
In the cumming weeks we sucked and fucked each other until the cows came home but for me it was all rather juvenile stuff after having Clays full-grown dick up my ever-expanding ass. I was ready for more, and still more, of the sexy same. In fact I couldnt get enough of it. I spent countless days and many secret nights making regular bike visits. And it wasnt my tires he pumped up either.
Has anyone ever told you youve got one hell of a gorgeous dick? he said one day as he pumped and chomped the stuffing out of it.
Actually I didnt know I had so much stuffing in it and came copiously in his mouth.
Globs and globs gushed out of me. We both lapped them up as we kissed. Another first.
Then it was my turn. Learning to get all that generous dick down my throat.
Listening to Clays appreciative groans and mystic mumblings.
I like to handle his big cock as much as he likes to stick it in me.
And when he does so Im sort of oozing and my whole body seems to dissolve into a pool of cum.
Id call it an out-of-body experience if it wasnt so in-body.
Then I lie still because I know he will want to harvest it and store it in his mouth. As he bends over me I breathe in the horny, sex-sweaty scent of him. I want to bottle it.
I also want to suck the juice from his nifty nipples and bottle that too.
He really lives up to his name. Makes me feel like that vase in Ghost.
Particularly when he manipulates my ass with his huge mitts before he fucks the shit out of me.
I tell you man Im literally putty or clay -- in his motor mechanics hands.
I know hes twice my age but thats probably why he gives me twice the pleasure.
As I rise and fall like a sexual wave, over or under him, I sometimes have guilty feelings about Stuart who is now boringly besotted with my dick. Hes becoming a real pain in the ass.
No pun intended.
I console myself with the thought that hes really got nothing to bitch about. After all he was lucky enough to be fucked by two guys at once. But I know Im only fooling myself and cheating on him. Trouble is he doesnt turn me on like Clay does. Its not his fault really. I suppose its a little like I was saying before when talking about girls. Never give a guy the milk until hes bought the cow.
Talking of milk, I sincerely hope Clay continues to feed me with his super abundant, over-generous portions of meat and cream and doesnt tire of me. When Im at home alone, or even with Stuart, I feel his dick throbbing into the aching cave of my throat, the aching cavern of my ass.
Without him my life would be empty. A bottomless pit.
Strange to think I began by setting my sights high on breaking my best buddys aristocratic butt and here I am having my own mashed to butter by a mere motor mechanic. Still Im not complaining. Whoever invented the expression sweet and low certainly knew what they were talking about.
And to think it all started because we threw a ball in Clay Newtons backyard.
Hes certainly thrown a couple into mine.
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'Glee' Star Becca Tobin Victim Of Nude Photo Hacking: Fires Back
'Glee' star Becca Tobin is yet another victim of the alleged nude photo hack, and she's firing back with a response that might surprise you!
The victims of the alleged nude photo hack are navigating some pretty touchy territory right now. Each of the victims are being blamed for having taken the photos in the first place, and denials (Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande) and admissions (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) alike are met with rampant criticism on Twitter. Glee star Becca Tobin, 28, took an interesting approach when she fired back against the leak of her private photos. Find out what she said below!
Becca Tobin Nude Photos Leak: Actress Fires Back Against The Hack On Twitter
Here's what Becca tweeted on Sept. 1:
Merry XXXmas!
— Becca Tobin (@becbecbobec) September 1, 2014
An infrequent tweeter, Becca may have chosen the best route in dealing with the hack by wishing everyone a "Merry XXXmas," seemingly uncaring that her photos were leaked.
Co-star Matthew Morrison similarly praised Becca for her approach and offered his support:
@becbecbobec craziness! Way to embrace it Hun!
— Matthew Morrison (@Matt_Morrison) September 1, 2014
Unfortunately, the women affected are being blamed for the leak as many people forget that their privacy has been infringed upon.
Furthermore, there are more than enough women on the internet you can look at who have consented to being naked for your enjoyment. It's as easy as that!
Kirsten Dunst, taking a route similar to Becca's, tweeted that she blamed Apple's iCloud, and included two silly emojis for levity. McKayla Maroney, on the other hand, is being slammed on Twitter and getting called a liar for denying the photos are of her.
Both Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton's reps have threatened legal action against anyone who posts the photos, and the FBI is currently looking into the crime.
Becca Tobin: Still Grieving Over Loss Of Boyfriend Matt Bendik
Becca is best known for her role as Kitty Wilde on Glee. The actress made headlines this summer when her boyfriend, Matt Bendik, was tragically found dead at the age of 35. As previously reported by HollywoodLife.com, he had been planning to propose. So sad.
It's great that, a month-and-a-half later, Becca is able to inject some levity into a terrible situation, but our heart still goes out to her.
HollywoodLifers, do you think that Becca responded well to the hack? Let us know.
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Of course, no one would think I was insane if it wasn't for my curiosity. I should have known at the time not to be so inquisitive. I really only have myself to blame for being here. But I can't help but think of that box. I guess I can lay some of the blame on that, too. I probably shouldn't. I was warned about it. I could have also used a bit of common sense. I mean, I did go prattling on about what was inside the box, and people were bound to think I had lost something at some point in time.
I think it would be best if you know exactly what I am talking about. If you do, you might be able to make your own judgement. You might even try to help me, although I doubt you will. It's just a small lingering hope, my curiosity coming into play again; trying to see what will happen if I tell you. Whatever does happen, though; it won't hurt to tell you. This is the story of how I came to be standing here, telling this to you, and trying to prove, to both of us, that I'm really not insane.
I should probably start with the gypsies, a small travelling group of pets who sell things to make themselves a living. They came to our town, and I went to see what they had. My curiosity again. I didn't expect to find anything decent for sale. Gypsies had been to our town before, and all they had was junk. It was pretty much the same this time around, a few pieces of jewellery, some books, but mainly ornaments. I remember seeing this one statue in the shape of a Symol. But mainly my attention was drawn to just one thing.
It was the box. Barely bigger than my hand, it was rather plain, and made entirely of wood except for the hinges and latch for the lid, which were made of metal. It wouldn't have made me look normally, except for that little aura that everything magical has. It drew me in, and I wanted to know what it was.
I decided to ask one of the gypsies. I went over to a pink Aisha in gypsy clothing and asked her about the box. She smiled at me. "Do you mean that little thing over there?" I nodded. "Well, that would be a Wooden Toy Box. Normally there would be nothing special about it, but that one has been magically enchanted. You see, its owner wanted to keep the objects inside safe. Evidently, they are either very precious, or very private. The owner cast a spell on it such that anyone who tried to open it would go mad. Or at least, that's how the legend tells it."
"I see. So how did you get a hold of it?"
"It was handed to us by the same person that told me the story behind it. He too tried to open it without success, and he felt he had to pass it on to try and stop it from becoming an obsession."
I looked at the box. It might have the danger of making me go insane, but it certainly looked very good. I could imagine it sitting in the middle of my mantelpiece perfectly. "Well, ah..." I waited for the Aisha to supply a name.
"Well Megan, if you have no objections, I would like to buy it. How much will that be?"
"Before I tell you how much it costs, you must really think. This item is dangerous, but if you think you can handle it, then it is your responsibility."
I almost took that as a challenge, although in my defence I did think about it for a few seconds. But I was too cocky. "I can handle it."
She went over to the box and looked at the price tag. "Well, the box is 2000 Neopoints, although I think you deserve to have that reduced to 1800. For your bravery or something like that."
I paid my money, and Megan handed me the box. I looked at it for a moment and wondered what was inside. If it was something valuable, then it might be worth going mad for. But I didn't try to open it. Not just yet.
In fact, when I got home and laid it on the mantelpiece, I went straight to bed. A part of me certainly wanted to open the box, but the rest of me told me not to. It was too dangerous. Every morning from then on, just after getting up and walking into my living room, I would see the box, and think about opening it. And yet somehow I managed to resist.
At least, I managed to for a few weeks anyway. One day I found myself touching the box, running my hands along it, and then stopping myself just before I tried to open it. I carried on my normal daily activities, and the box sat on its mantelpiece unopened until the next day.
I had to open that box then. I don't think I just wanted to know what was inside. I wanted to know what would happen if I did try to open it. Perhaps there was a bit of a competitive streak in there too, trying to be the first person to defeat the box. Either way, it didn't matter. I opened it.
Or rather, I tried to open it, for when I swung the lid open, I saw another box inside. It was exactly the same, except for being slightly smaller so it could fit. I pulled it out of the first box and stared at it, hardly noticing the original disappear. I quickly made up my mind to try and open the new box. Once again I flicked the latch and opened the lid, staring at the contents.
Another box. I kept on opening box after box, until I realised that the boxes were not getting any smaller as they went. When I opened a box the box inside was smaller, but somehow the boxes never managed to lose out on any size overall.
I stared at them. I knew now what Megan meant when she said the box made people go mad. You could carry on like this forever, never reaching the end. I put the box back on the mantelpiece, and made a decision that next time any gypsies came to town, I would sell it to them, and warn them of what was inside.
Of course, I could always destroy it, to stop the box from affecting anyone else. I thought about this for a while, and it occurred to me that if I tried to smash it open, I might be able to get a result other than an empty box. I wasn't sure what would happen, but I figured that whether the box, after being destroyed, allowed me to find out its contents, it would turn out well for me. I took it back from the mantelpiece and went to the top floor. Then, I held the box out of the window and dropped it, watching it fall to the ground and smash open. I ran down, and outside to see what had happened.
I could see splinters all over the floor, but there was nothing else. I spent a few moments looking under all of the splinters, but there still was nothing from inside the box that had come out.
I didn't mind too much that there was nothing inside. At least I had destroyed the box, I thought, as I went back into the house. Then I looked at the mantelpiece. The box was sitting there, just as it had been all those times I had woken up. It seemed to be taunting me, even though it was an inanimate object and obviously couldn't be doing anything.
I had had enough. The gypsies were bound to be back within the month, and I could easily wait that long, so long as it got that box out of my life. "Anyone who tried to open it would go mad," Megan had said. I could easily see why. Even if you did manage to avoid insanity, the box would affect you for the rest of your life, making you want to know exactly what was inside. I had tried to open it, and the box would torment me forever.
It wasn't long before, after going over all my thoughts, I decided to have one last try at opening the box. Actually, 'try' would be the wrong word, because I realised that whoever made the box would want an easy way to open it. What could be better than to simply open it, instead of trying to open it? There was a big difference between the two, although not many people realise that.
I stood in front of the box for a while. The box will open. The box will open, and I will see what is inside. I kept that thought going over and over in my mind, before finally reaching out and flicking open the hinge. I lifted the lid, and stared at the contents.
Now that I have been thinking about this more, I realise how weirdly I acted. The box was designed to torture people, not to protect anything. I can easily see that now. You see, the box itself was empty, but there was writing on the bottom. I don't know why I ran out screaming.
Anyone who comes across that box would easily go mad. No doubt it was made by some Dark Faerie, for a few laughs, or something along those lines. You see, on the bottom of the box was a map, which supposedly led to Jelly World. Like I said, I don't know why I had to leap out of the front door screaming that I found out how to get to a mythical land. If I had been thinking, I would have realised that the box was just trying to torture me again. I almost get the feeling that the box maker gave it a mind of its own.
Funnily enough the box has disappeared now. I had it with me when I was brought here, but it has simply gone. Perhaps it found a new owner, or its original owner came to put it back in the market before it could be destroyed.
So, perhaps you see why I am making this appeal. I am not insane. I was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. I had too much curiosity, and I made too many bad choices. There is nothing more to it. I hope that now you have heard this you will consider helping me.
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Kevin Simm: 'There was no guarantee of success on The Voice'
Kevin Simm knew he was taking a gamble appearing on The Voice, because there was no "guarantee" how far he would get.
The 35-year-old singer wowed both judges and the audience with his first audition on the BBC talent show when he performed Sia's hit Chandelier. He is now through to the quarter finals of the singing competition as part of Ricky Wilson's team, but had no idea whether or not he would be successful on the series.
"I didn't think there was any guarantee I would get that far," Kevin told Britain's OK! Magazine.
Kevin was one fifth of Liberty X, who had hits during the early 2000's with tracks such as Just a Little and Jumpin' after forming through ITV show Popstars, before disbanding in 2007. Following the group's split, Kevin admits he struggled to be taken seriously and wasn't given any opportunities as a solo performer.
"I had to post flyers through pub doors to get a gig," he added. "I've never been work-shy, but it was really difficult just to get the gigs. I would contact agencies and they wouldn't get back to me."
Kevin is now hoping for victory on The Voice, which would mark a successful musical comeback for the star.
The singer has been busy in his personal life too, as he is father to four-year-old Charlie and two-year-old Oliver with wife Laura. Charlie is already showing signs of following in his father's footsteps as well, Laura revealed.
"Charlie is like a mini Kev anyway, he constantly sings," she laughed. "You should hear him sing Chandelier."
"He sings all sorts of songs you wouldn't expect a four-year-old to sing, as he's heard me practising," Kevin added. "He is such a performer."
Laura also admitted she has to constantly remind her spouse just how talented he is, as he suffers from a severe case of self doubt.
"I have never met anybody who is so critical of themselves as Kev," she said. "I can think a song is amazing and Kev will be going back over it all saying what he did wrong."
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That first image is going in the inspiration file I mentioned yesterday. The picture windows are timber framed. I was leaning towards white, and miles of it, but the scale of those black frames sizing up to the concrete floors make this option a serious contender too.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Barbara Ehrentreu visits
Thank you Sue for inviting me and today I am going to talk about trying to use a quote from a well known book. In my new novel, If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor, I used a quote from a Dr. Seuss book in an important scene. Without thinking about it I thought just using quotation marks for it would be enough. The book, Horton Hatches the Egg, has been published since 1940. So I thought the quotes would be fine. However, when my publisher saw the quote she told me I had to get permission to use them.
In a panic I realized if I couldn't get permission for the quote I would have to rewrite an entire passage that to my mind and my editor's was fine as it was. So I set to work figuring out how to get permission. Lucky for me when I looked up Dr. Seuss books I found the foundation and it is affiliated with the original publisher, Random House.
"Oh, no," I thought. "I have to deal with a big publisher like Random House!" However, it turned out there are forms to get permission for any quotation. Not only did I have to fill out the form, but I had to find the book and photocopy the pages where I found the quotation. I sent all of this to the address on the form by FAX. Then I waited weeks and weeks. I thought they had lost my form, but an email arrived and sure enough, they couldn't read the FAX. So I had to scan and email it to them. Then I waited more weeks. Meanwhile, my book was going through edits and then they wanted to see the exact passage where I used the quote. So I had to copy and send that too.
Again, I waited weeks and weeks. Then finally, months after I had sent the original form a letter came from Random House approving my use of the quotation!!!
I learned a lesson from this. The next time I want to use a quotation from any book I will start the permissions cycle much earlier. For any authors who are thinking of using a quotation in your novel, the process start to finish is more than three months. So start as soon as you can to get the permission.
If you get a copy of my book you will see the three lines that they required me to put to acknowledge the quotation with a little bit of the passage:
"Yes, Janie, I promised, and a promise is a promise is a promise."
"Right, do you remember from that Dr. Seuss book? 'An elephant's faithful one hundred percent.'" Becky laughs. This was our favorite book in first grade.
(from If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor, by Barbara Ehrentreu)
Carolyn Samuels is obsessed with the idea of being popular. She is convinced that the only thing keeping her from happiness is her too heavy for fashion body and not being a cheerleader. Hyperventilating when she gets nervous doesn't help. When she is paired for a Math project with the girl who tormented her in middle school, Jennifer Taylor, she is sure it is going to be another year of pain.With Carolyn's crush on Jennifer's hunky Junior quarterback Brad her freshman year in high school looks like a rerun of middle school. After Jennifer's the only student who knows why she fell in gym class, Carolyn is blackmailed into doing her math homework in return for Jennifer's silence. Jennifer takes on Carolyn as a pity project since she can't be seen with someone who dresses in jeans and sweatshirts. When Jennifer invites Carolyn to sleep over to make her over and teach her to tumble, Carolyn learns Jennifer's secret and lies to her own friends to cover it up. Will Carolyn become a cheerleader and popular? Does she continue to keep Jennifer's secret? Or will she be a target of this mean girl again?
Here is an excerpt:
Chapter One
I spot him walking toward my locker with a small box in one hand and a plastic fork in the other. My Crush! He hands me the box, and I open it. Inside is a piece of luscious chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I look up into his blue eyes and give him the box so I can touch his cheek as I smooth his dark hair.
"You always know just what I like."
He smiles and feeds me a forkful of cake. I don't have to worry about eating it because I can eat anything I want and not gain weight. He places the cake box in my locker so he can put his arms around me.
The first bell rings in my ears. I ignore it because I'm thin and blonde and floating in the arms of my dark-haired crush. The other cheerleaders run up to us laughing and kidding around, and I'm about to speak. The ringing gets louder.
The dream evaporates, and I realize it's the darn alarm piercing my sleep. Slamming my fist onto the snooze button, I get this nagging feeling. Then I remember. I have something to do. Worse luck, I have to do it, not as the slender blonde beauty in my dream, but as the real Carolyn Samuels with my brown curly hair hanging like shriveled spaghetti, mud brown eyes, and a body too large for fashion.
I see my new book bag is packed and ready by the door with the initials C. S. in blue, my favorite color. Suddenly it hits me, and I get this dizzy let-me-plop-on-the-pillow feeling. Freshman year of high school—first day. My brain is ready, but my body isn't. Jennifer will be there. Math class and Jennifer; gym class with Jennifer. My body curls into a fetal position, and I throw the covers over my head. Don't faint Carolyn, I tell myself, panting.
Dangling over the chair are those size twelve jeans, clown pants—hardly a fashion statement. I groan. Paired with the red long-sleeved T-shirt, they looked so good on the mannequin; I'll look like a stoplight. What was I thinking? How could I possibly go to school looking like such a freak?
Actually, the real reason I can't go is Jennifer, with her long straight blonde hair, perfect body, and clothes from magazines like Teen and Seventeen.
Yuck. I feel sick, sick with Jenniferitis.
I hear Mom's footsteps on the stairs.
"Why are you still in bed?" She comes upstairs and peeks into my room with a puzzled look on her face.
Moving the blanket up to my nose, I say, "Mom, I can't stop shivering, and my stomach and head hurt."
She feels my head and looks at me with mother vision. "Carolyn, did you think I'd fall for your tricks?"
I cringe. Now my stomach and head ache for real. Defeated, I climb out of bed and get washed. I slip the hated outfit onto my body and glance at my bloated reflection in the mirror. It's too late to change. I'm stuck with this. If only I could be like Jennifer Taylor.
Barbara Ehrentreu Bio
Barbara's Meanderings, is networked on both Facebook and Blog Catalog. She hosts Red River Writers Live Tales from the Pages on Blog Talk Radio every 4th Thursday. In addition, her children's story, "The Trouble with Follow the Leader" and an adult story, "Out on a Ledge" are published online She writes book reviews for Authorlink.com. and several of her reviews have been on Acewriters and Celebrity Café. She is a member of SCBWI. Writing is her life!
11 comments:
- Sue Perkins said...
Thank you so much for visiting Barbara. What an wonderful title.
- September 21, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Emily Pikkasso said...
Hi Barbara and Sue. Love your post Barbara and hope others take note of the lengthy process involved in obtaining permissions.
Best of luck with If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor.
- September 21, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- lionmother said...
Thank you, Sue, for inviting me! I am very happy tone here on your beautiful blog!!
Nancy, thank you for visiting! I do hope people learn from my experience. I dealt with a very nice person, but the process was still annoying. The whole time my book was in edits I had that question of whether I would have to rewrite that passage. I'm sure as an editor it was there for you too!!
- September 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- lionmother said...
Meant "to be":) IPhones like to change words!
- September 21, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- June Foster said...
Barbara, From one retired teacher to another. Thank you for relaying your experience about using a quote. Valuable information. June
- September 21, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Adriana said...
I've been curious about that title for a loooong time, Barbara! I'm so glad I got to finally solve the mystery. :) The book sounds absolutely awesome, sort of Mean Girls meets Jennifer Weiner's books. Can't go wrong with a combination like that! :)
- September 21, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- Michelle Pickett said...
Wow! I use lyrics to a couple of songs in my MS. I probably should start finding out how to get permission to use them. Thank you for sharing!
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- September 21, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- BarbaraB said...
Hi Barbara and Sue. Great post. I also had to deal with Random House for a Dr. Seuss quote for Wounds. I agree, it's important to start the permissions process early.
- September 21, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- Rochelle Weber--Author said...
Hi, Barbara:
Thanks for the great advice on using quotes. And for a thought-provoking article on keeping secrets, Barbara's still over on my blog the rest of this week. Come see what she has to say and leave a comment there, as well. A lucky person will win a prize! http://rochelleweber.blogspot.com
- September 21, 2011 at 11:33 PM
- Rosemary Gemmell said...
Thanks for a great post, Barbara - it's a mine field using quotes, isn't it? And song lyrics are often impossibel! Your book is on my list.
- September 22, 2011 at 12:52 AM
- Sadie and Sophie said...
Wow - who would've thought so much tizzy of one little quote! One time we asked Mary Englebreit if we could use one of her calendar pictures for our Animal Shelter newsletter - no sales involved - and she said no. I respect the process, but don't quite understand it. Oh well. We'll think twice before quoting, that's for sure. Thanks so much for this insightful information!
- September 22, 2011 at 4:58 AM


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Joyce Kilmer wrote his most famous poem to pay homage to the tree. Extolling its virtues, he took what is to most people and ordinary object and placed it on the pedestal he thought it deserved.
I think that I shall never seeWell, if I were to follow his example, I'd write a poem about the lowly book.
A poem as lovely as a tree.
Just recently I heard a news report that stated that ebooks were now selling over and above the printed page. This I just cannot believe! Perhaps I am behind the curve ball here, but why would anyone choose to stare at an electronic device instead? Okay, I know; I know. The irony of that statement now smacks me in the face.
I stare at electronic devices every day - my laptop, my telephone. I go out of my way to find people to text (though I will never outdo my daughter for number of contacts). I even set up my Facebook account to update me via SMS. That is a bit desperate, isn't it? But when it comes to a good book, to sitting down and allowing my imagination to travel, there is no substitute.
There's something so romantic about a book. I love to feel the weight of it in my hands, to caress the texture of the paper. I want to hear the rasp of the pages as they are turned. I like that I can know how long the story is just by looking at the thickness of the spine. I feel accomplishment when I reach the bottom of a page and thrill to start anew at the top of the next one.
Books become like old friends. They take up more space, but it is an honored space. Each one, with its own shape and size, sits nestled lovingly on the shelf. Esteemed scrolls, they rest there almost smiling, permanent remembrances of days and events and times. The creases in the paper display the enthusiasm of many private, happy moments. Ebooks just cannot substitute for any of that!
I am all for the electronic library. I have been able to read portions of classic novels, autobiographical stories, and even the personal diaries of figures from history, because of the efforts of a noble few who digitally saved the writings. The internet library is truly an amazing resource.
However, at least for me, printed books will never be replaced. I will participate in the electronic age. I will strive to keep up with the latest technology. But when I choose to immerse myself in a story, whether its a fictional or literal one, I will always seek out a printed copy. I will surround myself with letters and words and paragraphs written in ink.
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Predict damages to residential structures in New York state caused by hurricane induced winds and waters. Focus on basic wind and storm surge modeling to observe the influence of fluid forces on residential civil structures.
Student Skill-Set Needed: Basic understanding of computer programming, ability to work without supervision, and commitment.
Compensation: Academic Credit, Volunteer
Available: Fall, Spring, Summer
For further information on this opportunity, or to apply, contact:
Faculty Member: Teng Wu
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Civil, Structural And Environmental Engineering
Office: 226 Ketter Hall
Phone: 7166455152
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Location: Dubai
Salary: AED 6.5K + Commissions
Total monthly take-home range: AED 9-12K
Salary Break-up:
1st Month: AED 3,000+Performance bonus of AED 3,500+Commission
2nd Month: AED 4,000+Performance bonus of AED 2,500+Commission
3rd Month: AED 5,000+Performance bonus of AED 1,500+Commission
4th Month: AED 6,500/Month + Commission
Benefits : Medical + Flight ticket + Free Lunch
The Telesales Officer is responsible to present the company products with integrity to customers within the UAE.
NOTE: To avoid spamming with irrelevant resumes, we suggest genuinely interested candidates to read through the entire job description to understand and verify the suitability of your profile for this role before applying. Due to limited time/resources, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Salary depends on candidate's skills, experience and other attributes.
• Influence customers to buy the product by following a prepared call script.
• Initiate and follow up the sales process from initial contact phase till closure• Document and update all activity through our CRM.
• Managing, tracking and following up on leads by calling them.• Meeting daily and quarterly sales target through calling• Submit daily and monthly report of all activities done.
• Serve as point of contact for customers and answer their service related queries in person and on the phone.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with MS office knowledge
• At least 2 years' experience in Telesales
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Excellent typing skills.
Please refrain from applying if your profile is not exact match for this role. CVs to firstname.lastname@example.com
Whilst we will endeavor to contact you following your application, due to the high volume of applications if you have not had notification from us within 24 hours please take yourapplication as not being successful this time, we will keep your details in the database for future opportunities.
NB: Please note that, not getting shortlisted for a role is no reflection on your skills or qualifications; it simply means that the hiring manager is giving more priority to many other specific factors other than skills or experience which are relevant to this position based on their current business requirements.*
* Please note that candidates are NOT selected merely based on skills/experience . Majority of the Hiring Managers use Talent Analytics that check various factors based on their previous hires, including Suitability to team/company culture, Possible duration a candidate sticks with the company, Nature of client-pool, Work locations/timings, Market Knowledge and many other factors that add value to business. The hiring decisions are taken to run the business at low-risk in steady, optimized, efficient manner.
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Can Holiness Be Beautiful?
Psalm 96:9 Worship the LORD in holy splendor;
tremble before him, all the earth.
The people of God are singing a new song for God has done something new in their midst and they are breaking out in worship. The Psalm brings you in to the place of worship before God. Verse nine speaks to the way in which we are to worship the LORD, and that is "in holy splendor." The trouble is that the translators can't agree on what this exactly means. Some would say that it refers to the people worshiping the LORD, whose holiness is beautiful. Many of the older English translations use the word beautiful rather than splendor. At the same time some translators believe that this refers to the priests themselves who are to be adorned in the splendor, or beauty of holiness so that they can worship the LORD.
Either the LORD is beautiful in holiness or the worshippers are beautifully adorned in holiness before the LORD.
This phrase about holiness leaves us wondering about the circumstances of this worship. God, who has broken into humanity and done something new, is being worshipped in holiness (his or ours). I would like to suggest that it is not one or the other, but it is both and that there is something significant about understanding holiness as splendor or beauty.
For far too long holiness has been defined by negatives, that is, what we don't do! We have embraced an understanding of holiness that has us separated from things which may be considered unclean. Sadly, the world doesn't see this kind of holiness as beautiful, but rather, begins to describe us as "intolerant."
The holiness of Jesus can never be tarnished with engagement with the world. The woman who had a bleeding disorder reached out and touched the hem of Jesus' garment. In Jewish religious understanding he would have become "unclean" because of her disease. This never happens because Jesus can't be made "unclean" because of her disease, instead his holiness makes her clean. This is beautiful holiness, a holiness that is not separate, but a holiness that reaches out into a broken world and brings healing. This is the new song, one that rejoices in a holy God who goes to the very deep, dark corners of this world and brings hope.
Holiness is beautiful and the source of the beauty is the LORD. Now we begin to understand the call to worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness for worship is to be a face-to-face experience with our holy God. God is always arrayed in the beauty and splendor for holiness for this is the character or nature of the LORD. When we come before the LORD in worship we are to focus on God alone. Worship is not about our personal attire or outward appearance, but about our stance before the LORD. If, when we are engaged in worship, we focus entirely upon the LORD and we draw nearer, then we will reflect the LORD's holiness. We behold the beauty of the LORD in the sanctuary and we are adorned with the beauty of holiness for Christ is in us.
The beauty of holiness is not an either/or. The source of holiness is the LORD, but when we face God in worship and reflect God's holiness we become adorned in the splendor of holiness. Holiness is beautiful for it leaves the sanctuary enamored by the beauty of a holy God and can't help but reflect that image to a needy world. The things of this world can never destroy the beauty of God's holiness and therefore we do not live in fear, for holiness is not about what we can do in our own strength, but about Christ in us through the power of the Holy Spirit. This is beautiful!
Lord, may my worship always be focused on you. Amen.
If you would like to read more "Reflecting the Image" click on the image to take you to the NPH bookstore.The book is also available in Kindle format on Amazon.com.


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Las Vegas Justice Court Speeds Up Pre-Booking Process for Arrests on Traffic Bench Warrants
Effective June 10, 2013, the Las Vegas Justice Court will initiate a new step in the process in the administrative matter regarding traffic bench warrants.
In order to alleviate overcrowded conditions at the Clark County Detention Center, the Las Vegas Justice Court has determined that an expeditious additional "pre-booking" process is necessary for the handling of individuals who are arrested on Traffic Bench Warrants.
This additional procedure will only apply to the "pre-booking" process and is not intended to supplant existing guidelines for own-recognizance releases that are currently used by the PreTrial Services Division. For details, download the LVJC Administrative Order #13-01 (PDF)


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Imagine a world where smart pantries sense when you are running out of your favourite food and order more of it, without you lifting a finger. Where intelligent robots roam your grocery store, ever at your service. Where dynamic food pricing changes minute-to-minute depending on the weather outside, or what the store down the road is offering.
It may sound like a seismic shift in our food retail world, but these technological frontiers are real and the food sector is gearing up in a big way.
What is less certain is what impact such changes will have on our health. Just as entrepreneurs must capitalise on future trends when building a business, health professionals must delve into the future of retail technology to identify barriers and opportunities for the achievement of good health.
The retail technology frontier is already here
Amazon is one company leading the way with its nascent attempts to revolutionise convenient shopping.
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John Cotton Richmond, who is a founding director of the Human Trafficking Institute, will speak during the Gathering and Chapel worship services at Hope College on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 16 and 17, in Dimnent Memorial Chapel through the Hageman Faith Series.
He will present "Getting to the Root of the Problem: Human Trafficking and Beyond" during The Gathering on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. and "Faith and Freedom" during Chapel on Monday, Oct. 17, at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to both events and admission is free.
John Cotton Richmond is known for his role as a founding director of the Human Trafficking Institute, which uses proven strategies to stop traffickers, rescue victims, and decimate the prevalence of modern-day slavery. For more than a decade, Richmond was also a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and a founding member of the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit. Richmond's work to combat human trafficking has earned numerous honors, including: being named one of the "Prosecutors of the Year" by the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation, receiving the David Allred Award for Exceptional Contributions to Civil Rights and twice earning the Department of Homeland Security's Outstanding Investigative Accomplishments in Human Trafficking Award.
In addition, Richmond frequently serves as an expert on human trafficking for the United Nation's Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and at the European Union's multilateral meetings on human trafficking. He has trained judges, prosecutors, federal agents, and many others on human trafficking investigative and prosecutorial strategies. Richmond has also taught Human Trafficking Law, Policy, and Litigation at Vanderbilt School of Law and has previously worked on human trafficking crimes as the director of the International Justice Mission's slavery work in India.
The annual Hageman Faith Series was established to encourage a vibrant Christian faith among the students, faculty and staff of Hope College. The lecture series is endowed to invite recognized Christian speakers to Hope's campus who will inspire and encourage a living and personal faith in Jesus Christ. Selected by the college's Campus Ministries team, which is overseen by the dean of the chapel, speakers are chosen on the basis of having an articulate, winsome and challenging message that is relevant to college-aged students seeking to grow in their life with Christ.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., at the corner of College Avenue and 12th Street.


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CNBC TV18 exclusive coverage of EKAM World Peace Festival
EKAM's IMPACT ON WORLD PEACE
World Peace Festival is our contribution towards creating a beautiful and harmonious world. It is a momentous time when hundreds and thousands of people across the planet would meditate together to bring about a massive shift in human consciousness. The World Peace Festival would happen from Aug 9th-19th in the sacred precincts of Ekam.
On Aug 19th which would be the grand culmination of the festival, people from across the world will be gathering in PEACE POWER POINTS in massive numbers and connecting to the phenomenon of Ekam. Ekam would amplify the immense peace energies generated by the meditation of these multitudes of people and bring about an immense transformation in human collective consciousness. This would manifest as greater kindness, greater harmony and greater order in our world.
You could be an instrument of peace in a world that is torn apart by conflict and misery. A peaceful individual creates a peaceful world. O&O Academy offers you a huge opportunity of being a 'Peacemaker' by impacting the lives of people around you and contributing to the transformation of world consciousness. Every Peacemaker has a possibility to create a Peace Energy Point where a minimum of 49 people gather together to meditate for world peace.
Aug 9 to Aug 19 '2018
Individual consciousness and world consciousness are not separate. What happens to the world will affect the individual & what happens to the individual affects the world. Individual and the world are not separate in consciousness.
During the EKAM World Peace Festival – Ekam radiates infinite grace, blessing everyone who sets foot on Ekam and radiates cosmic energy for the peace in the world.
During the Ekam World Peace Festival, special Deekshas & Processes – called Dasha Shanti Siddhi will be held along with everyday Siddhis & Upasanas.
Dasha-Shanti Siddhis are special processes where each day is dedicated for a specific intention to bring forth peace in various facets of the world. For every intention taken, the holder will be blessed with a unique blessing for themselves.
Dasha Shanti Siddhis
Blessing : The inner war & conflict in your consciousness will reduce.
Blessing: Your connection with the divine will become strong.
Blessing : Your family will be blessed with peace.
Blessing : Your homes will be blessed with lot of positive energies flowing into them.
Blessing: You will be blessed with greater compassion.
Blessing: Women in your life will be blessed and be peaceful – it could be your mother, you, your aunt, your friend, your daughter…
Blessing: Your children and future generation will be blessed and become peaceful.
Blessing: The young people in your life (it could be even you who are young)- will flourish and have peace.
Blessing: You will be blessed with greater respect and acceptance in the society.
Blessing: You will become prosperous.
Come & take part in these powerful processes contributing to the World Peace!
Let us now look at the timing when this will happen. It will happen everyday from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm Indian time. It's a time when all the peacemakers across the world will connect to Ekam. It is specially being designed for the sunset time here. At Ekam itself, the celebration begins in the morning right before the sunrise. And the entire day, all the people who'll be at Ekam will be immersing in the peace siddhi of that day and finally it'll end past the sunset.
How will it be every day from Aug 9 to Aug 18?
Everyday we will awaken to compassion. Because compassion and peace are not separate. Everyday we will awaken to the state of compassion, that is necessary for our consciousness to bring peace in the world. For which there will be direct Deeksha that you will be receiving from Ekam, and you will transmit that peace deeksha to the world. All the faculties here will be meditating in Ekam at that time. And there will be seekers from all over the world and India. There are many young people who are coming who are willing to participate in this festival.
We will be sending you a shanti pata, which is a very ancient peace chant. We will be sending it to you with the meaning. As all the faculties sit in Ekam and chant this mantra, you can either chant the shanti pata or you can engage along with us and then you can say shanti, shanti, shanti after us.
Everyday, we will all collectively give Deeksha to the world for that particular aspect of violence to decline and for peace to prevail on earth. And then there will be a special time where you will receive the blessing for your loved ones and for your family. As you immerse in this state of peace and compassion, you will receive that special blessing from Ekam. By the end of these 10 days, you will be overflowing with a state of compassion. You will be experiencing beautiful state of peace. And in these 10 days, as many people as you give Deeksha. As many people as you connect and impact through your soul sync, the impact on their lives will be so much more. The peace they will experience will be so much more. This is for the 10 days. And this is only for the peacemakers.
Each day will be an awakening in your consciousness to that particular siddhi. Siddhi means a special blessing, a special attainment, a special awakening. That is what you are receiving as peacemakers.
Then on 19th, 11th day, which is the culmination day, the entire celebration will last for one and a half hour. This is only for the peace energy point holders. If you are a peace maker and not a peace energy point holder, then you should go to a peace energy point. Two or three peacemakers can come together to hold a peace energy point, along with all new people and people who received the peace blessings. Everybody can join. This is very important. We will send you a log in information, you can join. We will be sending to the peace energy point holders, the script of what you need to talk. You can own it and talk it.
The flow of the one and half hour session on Aug 19th lead by Ekam Peacemakers at Ekam Peace Energy Points:
- Begin by introducing yourself.
- Share a transformational journey you had in any of the O&O academy's programs. It is this transformation in your own being that lead to sharing the peace blessing and contribute to the other.
- Share the experience you had over the last 10 days. The experience of peace you had in your own being and the many ways in which it percolated into various aspects of your life making your life rich. Through these various peace deekshas you received from Ekam has prepared your consciousness much more than you have ever imagined. If you have witnessed transformation in any aspect of your life as you went through this journey share how your state has impacted your external life and others too.
- After you have spoken all this, telecast will begin from India. First will be a video message from Krishnaji or Preethaji which is pre-recorded. And then we get to Ekam live where 1000s of people will be meditating in Ekam. That day Ekam will embody so much of divine grace, power and energy. Because when we connect to Ekam, you must know that you are connecting to a universal field, a tremendously powerful field of consciousness, of the divine, peace. That day you are not only connected to more than a million people who are connecting from that state of peace but you will also be connecting to the people meditating inside Ekam. And Krishnaji & Preethaji will also be joining us for a meditation. Sri Amma and Bhagavan will also be blessing us that day. Sri Amma Bhagavan will also be holding an intention of peace on that day. And then we will be connecting to the power of the golden orb. There will be a very sacred procedure that will happen which will all be telecasted for you. Your country faculty will have a separate discussion with the peace energy point holders and guide regarding the technicalities of translations. It will not be difficult.
- After the sacred 21 minutes, everyone at the peace energy points will receive the blessings, will receive a direct transmission from Ekam, will experience all the power from Ekam.
- In the end there will be another message, which is by Krishnaji and Preethaji for us. And then, you will continue the celebration.
That entire day Krishnaji and Preethaji will be immersed in this field for all the 3times, when the peace transmission is happening from Ekam, contributing to world peace. Every person who is at the peace energy point that day will experience a deep spiritual evolution. Even as they receive the peace blessing from Ekam directly that day, they evolve and they contribute to human consciousness – to the evolution of humankind.
- After the transmission is over from Ekam, you will have the concluding message from Krishnaji & Preethaji. You will also receive a very special gift that day from Krishnaji and Preethaji , a gift given by Krishnaji and Preethaji to the world. A gift that you can share with your friends and family. What it is, is a surprise. We won't tell you now.
- At the end of it you will share the story of phenomenon of Deeksha. We will give you the script again and then you will also educate everyone about the power of collective deeksha and you will share a hands on deeksha with everyone.
At the end of the hands on deeksha they who have come to the peace energy point, they will sit and connect to one person whom they are comfortable with, with whom they will share their experience of peace of that day.
Know that every person who comes to the peace energy point on Aug 19th and connects to Ekam that day, will carry 4 things back –
- the fulfilment of having given the gift of peace to the world
- They would carry peace consciousness within themselves
- They will take a special gift that Krishnaji and Preethaji are giving them on that day. Suprise gift
- they would have found a spiritual friend and a community of authentic genuine spiritual seekers all who are persuing awakening .
Wishing you all the best. Let us immerse in an ocean of grace, in an ocean of peace and they will be so much we will be contributing to the world because of us violence will go down in the world. Because of us, war will go down in the world. Because of us division will reduce in the world. What greater contribution, what greater purpose to human life than this? Thank you all very much namaste
Ekam World Peacemaker is a global force of people with a vision to create a new world. We believe only a transformed individual living in a new consciousness can connect with another and contribute to the well-being of the larger whole.
Be A Peacemaker!
Go ahead and register yourself for this incredible opportunity.


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D-Twin – Liquid Blue (MP3)
Product includes:
- Hi-Resolution Cover
- 320 kBit MP3 Files (all tracks of Release)
- ID Tagging set (already tagged MP3 Files for correct display in iTunes, iPod, MP3 Player...)
- NO Sign-Up needed / NO Waiting / DIRECT Download
Audio Demos
01. D-Twin - Damage
02. D-Twin - Braking Bad
Finally we did it and can present the latest EP "Liquid Blue" by Greece producer duo D-TWIN !
2 previous unreleased progressive psytrance tracks for high pleasure and solid set placement have entered our station. So check the demos and listen for yourself.


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Apple's chief counsel profiled as 'field marshal' in fight against AndroidNoreen Krall, Apple's chief litigation counsel, is the subject of a new feature that profiles her as the most important member of Apple's team in its patent battles against devices running Google's Android operating system.
The 47-year-old Krall was declared Apple's "field marshal" in the company's "thermonuclear war" against Android in a profile published on Monday by Bloomberg. Apple's pledge to go to war against Android was first stated by late company co-founder Steve Jobs in interviews with his biographer, Walter Isaacson.
That war saw its largest battle decided in favor of Apple last month, when a California jury found that Samsung had infringed on patents related to the iPhone. Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages for Samsung's infringement, though the company has appealed.
Noreen Krall, via Twitter.
Before the jury even ruled in that case, Krall sent a note to junior members of her team to thank them for their hard work. She and Apple's general counsel, Bruce Sewell, have built the legal team that has pursued and defended against patent infringement claims with Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Nokia and more.
Krall first came to Apple from Sun Microsystems in March of 2010, the same month that Apple filed its first patent infringement lawsuit against HTC, accusing the rival handset maker of violating 20 iPhone-related patents. The hiring of Krall marked the start of a patent litigation push that has seen dozens of lawsuits filed against numerous handset makers around the world.
Apple has since made steps to further bolster its legal team, hiring key litigation counsel members in a "hiring spree" that led to B.J. Watrous taking over as Apple's chief intellectual property counsel.


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The Power of herbs for Preppers "Typhoid Fever"
This will help stop and or even slow the absorption of bacteria and or virus' by the blood once this if this is not prevented the Centeral nervous sytms followed by the other main systems will follow thus causing death. however, if caught in time and detoxed from the Blood and intestinal walls Kidneys' Gaul Bladder and the Liver , Yes The liver can be effected and create another path to contaminate the Centeral Nervous system.
Common Symptoms And Causes of This Disease
A bacillus, Salmonella typhi, causes the disease, according to medical experts. The fever comes on gradually, which allows the victim to move about normally for some days after the onset.
The most noticeable symptoms are headache, weariness and discomfort, and could be accompanied by insomnia and feverishness, especially at night. Initially, the patient will develop a high temperature, sore throat and fever, and would either be constipated or suffer from diarrhea. In adults suffering from typhoid, it is usually constipation while a childhood bout of typhoid usually causes diarrhea.
In the second week of the fever, a rash develops and in the third week, the patient becomes stoic and exhausted, and could at times be delirious. This is the critical point of recovery, because if it is not treated promptly during this period, other life-threatening complications may develop as the immune system would be totally ruined. But if treatment is promptly given and successful at this point, the person will begin to recover and in all likelihood survive and will not get too many side effects or permanent damage to the system.
The bacterias causing the internal infections/Viruses' Need to be Safely and slowly purged. Not with Emmitics( herbs that induce vomiting) but with Nutritional effect on the immune system particularly with B vitamins. (these particularly effect the Centeral Nervous System), Dierritcs(herbs that increase urine flow) Diapheritics(herbs that open pores and induce sweating) , Anti-Bacterial and Antiviral, And Nutritional Supplementation. IMPORTANT. Personal HYGENE IS VITAL DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS!!! read our post the vitality on personal hygiene during an economic collapse.
- Cayenne
- Garlic
- Yarrow Root
- Marshmallow Root
- Ginger
- Slippery Elm Bark
- Spirulina
- Chlorella
- Dandelion Root
- Burdock Root
- Raw Domestic Bee Pollen ( CC POLLEN Company)
Detox Tonic:
( Also read our Post on Lemons and limes for detox)
Pure Organic Lemon/Lime Juice Tonic can be used this will not only detox the lower abdominal organs, it will also provide natural energy due the the added enzymes in the fresh organic limes, also due to the vitamin C content of both the lemons and Limes will aid in enhancing and strengthening the Immune system.
Cyanne, Ginger , and Garlic are "POWERFUL" anti-viral and anti-bacterial herbs
Oil of clove is so powerful it has anesthetic proper tic and may cause a numbing effect on the body when used improperly. ( this is for more severe cases)
1 teaspoon of fresh Garlic Juice,Lemon Juice and Raw Wildflower honey and pinch of cinnamon,
Using Teas and or Tinctures:
1 tablespoon of AppleCider/Garlic Tincture
( Read our post and watch video on Apple Cider Garlic tincture)
- White Willow Bark; for pain and soreness'
- Yarrow Root; Another diaphoretic to decrease fever. symptoms
- Marshmallow Root; can be used to help sore throat symptoms