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Anne Arundel County school officials to students: No drugs, drinks
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Anne Arundel County school officials have a friendly reminder for its high school seniors that drugs, alcohol and school activities don't mix.
Students caught with illegal substances will be banned from their prom and graduation ceremonies.
High school principals sent letters home to parents Wednesday afternoon, and they plan to follow up the same evening with telephone calls to spread a message that bad choices equal dire consequences.
Prom tickets have gone on sale at Old Mill High School and students are making big plans for the big night. But one bad choice -- before or after -- could spoil that last year of high school.
Nick Lefavor, the student member of the county's Board of Education, is helping to get the word out around campus.
"Just because we are kind of fading out doesn't mean that we lose all of our accountability. I think it's important to show students that the decisions they make these last few weeks of high school will be the decisions that are the first ones that define their adulthood and their adult experience," Lefavor said.
The warning lines up with school system policy spelled out in the letters sent home to parents.
"Knowing that it is illegal should be enough, but unfortunately, it's not. So, I do think that knowing that the consequences of not walking across that stage is something that would definitely deter students from doing these acts," said Mekaila Murray, a student.
School principals said it all comes down to student safety.
"Far too often, our seniors feel like they can do some things that they should not be doing and it gets them in trouble either with the law or their safety. It jeopardizes their safety. We're trying to make sure that doesn't happen," said James Todd, principal at Old Mill.
Students who violate the school policy will get diplomas -- just not during the formal ceremony. They'll also be left out of award ceremonies and other senior activities.


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The author claims that motivating the CEO to reveal information may or may not be beneficial. The disconnection between compensation and outcomes results from active monitoring. Compensation contracts rely on board evaluation, not on the final outcomes, to provide incentives. The proactive board activity can result in poor firm performance. This proactive activity requires extra care to reign in an expert: the CEO.
Tian, J. J. 2014. Board Monitoring and Endogenous Information Asymmetry. Contemporary Accounting Research 31 (1): 136-151.
The evidence documents an important role for financial statement verification in the way managers are incentivized. While the economic consequences of auditing have focused on improvements to the information environment and a lower cost of capital, this study broadens the role of auditing in the efficient functioning of firms. The link between auditor expertise and managerial incentives is an important one because CEO incentives have wide implications for managerial risk-taking.
This study contributes to the CEO contracting-financial misreporting literature by providing an economic rationale for the inconsistent evidence in prior studies. The authors show that detection mechanisms such as auditor expertise mitigate the effect of equity incentives on misreporting by limiting the ability of managers to misreport financial statements.
Jayaraman, S., & Milbourn, T. 2015. CEO Equity Incentives and Financial Misreporting: The Role of Auditor Expertise. Accounting Review 90 (1): 321-350.
The evidence speaks to the debate on how corporate governance regulation interacts with firms' and managers' incentives, and ultimately affects corporate operating and investment strategies. The evidence contributes to the literature on the economic effects of the governance regulations in SOX on CEOs' compensation contracts and corporate investment strategies. The evidence also contributes to this literature by documenting how the period after SOX is associated with changes in stock- and option-based compensation. The authors find evidence that the changes in investments are related to lower operating performances of firms, suggesting that these changes were costly to investors.
Cohen, D. A., Dey, A., & Lys, T. Z. 2013. Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk Taking. Contemporary Accounting Research 30 (4), 1296-1332.
The analysis shows that (1) equity incentives are more effective in reducing company-level control problems; (2) restricted equity provides greater incentives than unrestricted equity; and (3) CFO incentives have a more significant impact on the quality of internal control than CEO incentives. These insights have important implications for compensation committees who make compensation recommendations and the full board of directors who ratifies those recommendations. They suggest that both the level and type of equity incentives should be considered in compensation design to motivate managers to invest in strong internal controls.
Balsam, S., Jiang, W., Lu, B. 2014. Equity Incentives and Internal Control Weaknesses. Contemporary Accounting Research 31 (1):178-201.
The study results are important to regulators and audit practitioners as they show an association between executive compensation and auditor compensation. The study results show that high executive risk-taking incentives, as measured by vega, contributes to higher audit fees. These results provide important insights into how incentives designed to compensate and motivate executives can alter the audit fee structure.
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The University of South Carolina Gamecocks have finished the season as the highest ranked squad in school history.
USC (11-2) finished at No. 8 in the final AP poll. That's one spot better than the Gamecocks final ranking in 2011.
The Gamecocks finished seventh in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll, also one spot higher than in 2011.
USC moved up three spots in both polls after beating No. 24 Michigan 33-28 in the Outback Bowl.
"I'm very proud of our team and what we accomplished this season," said head coach Steve Spurrier. "We are obviously thrilled to be ranked one spot better than we were last year and the highest in school history."
"Much of the credit goes to our seniors, especially the leadership provided by our captains - D.J. Swearinger, T.J. Johnson, Justice Cunningham and Shaq Wilson - which was instrumental in our success. We lose a lot of outstanding players but have a good nucleus returning for next season," continued Spurrier. "Our goals will be just as high. Our No. 1 goal is to win the SEC Championship and we'll try to accomplish that next season."
In addition, the Gamecocks have been ranked among the nation's top-25 for 47 consecutive polls, the most in school history and tied for the fifth-longest current streak in the nation.
After stomping Notre Dame 42-14 in Monday night's championship game, Alabama finished at No. 1 in both polls.
The Crimson Tide (13-1) was voted national champion by The Associated Press for the ninth time, more than any other program in college football.
Notre Dame, No. 1 coming into the BCS championship, dropped to No. 4.
The Tide entered the title game with as many AP titles as the Fighting Irish, and emphatically broke the tie for first. It's Alabama's second straight title and third in four years. The only other team to win three AP titles in four seasons was Notre Dame from 1946-49.
The Tide received all 59 of the first-place votes in the final media poll of the season, and will be a candidate to start next season No. 1. This season Alabama started second, was ranked No. 1 for 10 weeks before losing to Texas A&M in November and falling to fourth. The Tide quickly moved back to No. 2 and for the second straight season beat No. 1 in the BCS title game to finish on top.
Oregon (12-1) finished second, matching its best final ranking from 2001. Ohio State (12-0), the only undefeated team in major college football but banned from the postseason because of NCAA sanctions, was third. Georgia and Texas A&M tied for fifth to cap another banner season for the Southeastern Conference.
Alabama is the seventh straight SEC team to finish No. 1 and the toughest conference in college football also became the first league to have five of top 10 teams in the final rankings.
Florida was ninth.
Texas A&M, in its first season in the SEC, finished with its best final AP rankings since 1956.
The SEC also matched a record with seven teams in the final Top 25. LSU was 14th and Vanderbilt was 23rd. The SEC and Big Ten both finished with seven teams in the final rankings of the 1999 season.
Stanford was seventh and Florida State was 10th.
The Seminoles' ACC rival, Clemson, was 11th, followed by Kansas State and Louisville.
After LSU, was Oklahoma at No. 15. Utah State is the highest ranked team from a conference without a BCS automatic qualifying bid. The Aggies won the Western Athletic Conference in its last season as a football league.
Northwestern was 17th, Boise State was No. 18, Texas was 19th and Oregon State 20th.
The final five were San Jose State, another WAC team, Northern Illinois from the Mid-American Conference, Vandy, Michigan and Nebraska.
Copyright 2013 WIS. All rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Kathryn "Kay" Mootz was born Feb. 29, 1940, in Fairmont, Minn. and died peacefully, surrounded by family Nov. 4, 2013, under the care of Douglas County Hospice, in Alexandria, Minn. She was the loving wife of 49 years, of Jim Mootz. Together they shared their lives in Alexandria.
Her greatest joy was the many car rides they took throughout Minnesota, especially to the farm to see their grandchildren. She was a devoted mother to Thomas (Don Brewer) Mootz of Eagan and Dawn (Chris) Jakubiec of Parkers Prairie and completely adored by her two grandchildren, Macy and Austin, who were the light of her life. She will be sadly missed by her brother, Dean (Vivian) Koenecke of Alexandria and sisters, Ruth Sands of Redwood Falls, Jo (Jim) Bjerknes of Alexandria, Helen (Roger) Lueck of Fairmont and Jean Anderson of Spirit Lake, Iowa along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters and three brothers. Her honorary urn bearers will be the Daughters of Isabella.
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This easy Saltine Toffee recipe uses saltine crackers and a few common ingredients to make an uncommonly good candy that's sweet, salty, crunchy, and chocolatey. You can make it more gourmet by adding chopped nuts or dried fruit to the top, or adding swirls of white or milk chocolate.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
- 1.5 sleeves of saltine crackers
- 1 stick (4 oz) butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups chocolate chips
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with aluminum foil and spraying the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Arrange the crackers in a single layer on the baking sheet so that there are no empty spaces in between them. Crush any remaining crackers into small crumbs and set aside for now.
3. Place the butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir while the butter melts, and bring the mixture to a rolling boil. Once boiling, carefully pour the sugar-butter mixture over the crackers on the baking sheet in an even layer, trying to cover most of the crackers. If you miss some spots, don't worry as the toffee will spread in the oven.
4. Bake the toffee crackers at 350 degrees for five minutes, until the toffee is bubbling all over. Carefully remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool for one minute.
5. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top of the hot toffee, and allow them to sit for one minute to soften and melt. Once softened, use an offset spatula or knife to spread the melted chocolate over the entire surface of the toffee in an even layer. While the chocolate is still sticky, sprinkle the top with the reserved crushed crackers.
6. Refrigerate the pan to set the toffee and chocolate for about 30 minutes. Once set, break into small uneven pieces by hand, and enjoy! Store uneaten saltine toffee in an airtight container for up to a week.
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Twitter is a nice way to look into other people's lives and be updated. What for? Wala lang. Anyway, I get ideas too, and I somehow get readers for my blogs :) One of those I follow is a rich girl who was once a deejay. These days, she would talk about her horse, or horses. Wow, how cool is that to have a horse for a pet, right? I can only just imagine myself visiting the stables, riding my favorite one, buying horse supplies, making sure all the horses are in perfect condition. I will surely buy a horse when I get uber rich! :)
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So I'm speaking to this subject from a sort of bizarre place; I haven't TECHNICALLY been IN cosplay while pregnant yet. I'm finding it difficult enough to just get a costume FINISHED at this point! But as (probably more than) half of cosplay for me is in the creation, I imagine I'm speaking a little more to that!
Cosplay has become delightfully broad and rich in recent years, a fact I'm proud of for individuals and the community alike. When my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child, in addition to the usual delight and trepidation, I felt strongly that I wanted to continue to enjoy cosplay with our growing family (and my growing belly).
My efforts in cosplay have slowed significantly in recent years, but I've never planned on stopping, and the expected change in my body was inspiring! When my first trimester became particularly tumultuous and difficult health-wise, I decided to resign from my teaching position early (a plan we had in place for when baby is born, anyway), and that left us with a significantly lowered income far sooner than we'd expected or planned for.
So besides just the illness associated with my early pregnancy, I faced guilt that came along with no longer providing for my household – who am I to make costumes (even if I felt well enough to do so) when there isn't really any extra money around (and we still have all these things to buy for baby? Nursery planning and painting and stuff and THINGS)? So I didn't. And I didn't feel well enough to do so until late 2014, well into the second trimester.
Fortunately, many health issues and some financial issues began to resolve and I felt a lot better, finding the energy to do more not only for my family and baby, but for me, too! But another problem presented itself… I was GROWING. So I typed in the funniest combination of search terms I can think of: pregnant cosplay costumes!
A lot of fun and famous results popped up, and one of my passions was included: Star Wars! Padme Amidala of course spends much of the third prequel sporting a cute bump, and her tan dress quickly went on my list. It was practical, didn't require a massive amount of materials (unlike many of her other dresses!), and showed off that cute belly! Other suggestions came from friends, and while I don't know if I'll have time to tackle all of them (with just 10 weeks left now!), it was absolutely a fun conversation. So that's in progress, and getting a little closer to completion every day (taking it in small, slow bites here!). I'm also still working on a White Mage costume that I've (embarassingly) had the materials for for over a year. Because it's a big, loose robe, I can certainly wear it comfortably while bumpy (and comfort is a big consideration these days)!
I really AM hoping to get Padme all finished up before go time (in May), perhaps attend Starfest (and present the documentary I've been working on since last year!), but now into the third trimester, health and just general fatigue are getting to me again. As a woman with pre-existing high blood pressure, pregnancy can be a high-risk scenario for me and baby. Fortunately we've been able to manage it with good medical care and drugs, but that doesn't stop a mama from worrying. I'm very lucky to have a great doctor (who says DO THINGS and GO PLACES!), a supportive husband, and a growing small business that is able to provide at least a little extra income! This whole experience has been exciting and (obviously!) life-changing, in so many ways it's almost impossible to count!
Next up? Dressing up this little boy (at least until he has the wherewithal to say, "Stop it, Mommy!" Hehehehe.)!


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Whenever I see a student driver, I tailgate them for awhile then pass them dangerously close. Then I cut right in front of them without signaling. And then step on my brakes suddenly. Just doing my part to help them learn how to drive better. I bet their driving instructors appreciate my assistance. The world needs more unsolicited altruistic acts of random kindness...
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The June 2010 issue of Marie Claire edges into Tiger Beat territory with a special fold-out of the Sex And The City ladies looking sassy and Photoshop-fit. A little less fun?
The mag's exploration of a new means for punishing your fat: Freezing the crap out of it.
Unless you find stale quotes refuting the never-die rumors of a rift between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall and waxing nostalgic over the original SATC riveting, the article about fat-freezing is where it's at. Featured recently on Good Morning America, the procedure is gaining in visibility, despite not yet being approved for use as a fat remover in the U.S. It's non-invasive and permanent, and writer Jennifer Tung is full of "sheer, childlike giddiness" as she heads to the doctor. This is prior to learning that Cryolipolysis first vacuums your fat into it before freezing it into oblivion.
Tung is ultimately delighted with her results, albeit not without some reservations about the pain of vacuumed, frozen fat (never mind her sickening description of her flesh resembling a 'pink, raw, wrinkled, frozen block of beef.') It's enough for her to wonder if she's having an allergic reaction, but not enough to keep Tung from signing up for a few more Vac-Fat sessions.
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During Sarah Palin's speech at the "anti-abortion banquet" in Indiana last week, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post, Palin spoke about how proud she was to have made the right choice about her pregnancy.
Marcus quotes the Alaska governor:
"I had found out that I was pregnant while out of state first, at an oil and gas conference. While out of state, there just for a fleeting moment, wow, I knew, nobody knows me here, nobody would ever know. I thought, wow, it is easy, could be easy to think, maybe, of trying to change the circumstances. No one would know. No one would ever know.
"Then when my amniocentesis results came back, showing what they called abnormalities. Oh, dear God, I knew, I had instantly an understanding for that fleeting moment why someone would believe it could seem possible to change those circumstances. Just make it all go away and get some normalcy back in life. Just take care of it. Because at the time only my doctor knew the results, Todd didn't even know. No one would know. But I would know. First, I thought how in the world could we manage a change of this magnitude. I was a very busy governor with four busy kids and a husband with a job hundreds of miles away up on the North Slope oil fields. And, oh, the criticism that I knew was coming. Plus, I was old . . .
"So we went through some things a year ago that now lets me understand a woman's, a girl's temptation to maybe try to make it all go away if she has been influenced by society to believe that she's not strong enough or smart enough or equipped enough or convenienced enough to make the choice to let the child live. I do understand what these women, what these girls go through in that thought process."
In other words, Sarah Palin understands the reasons women might want to terminate a pregnancy, but she'd like to change the laws to make sure they can't.
Marcus points out this inconsistency:
This is not a particularly complex point, but it is one toward which Palin seems deliberately obtuse. It came up at the Republican convention last summer, when the Palins issued a statement about their daughter's pregnancy: "We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby." Again, in the world according to Palin, there would be no decision at all. Abortion would be illegal except to save the life of the mother.
I think calling Palin "deliberately obtuse" is probably giving her too much credit. Despite the fact that she herself says she considered having an abortion, she's not willing to do much about President Barack Obama's and the Democrat Party's platform to reduce the underlying reasons that women do choose abortions — from inadequate contraception (or education about it) to lack of economic options to access to emergency contraception for victims of sexual assault, Sarah Palin isn't willing to do much at all for the women who, in her mind, too easily consider abortion. It's just easier (and far more politically expedient), after all, to take away the right to have a safe and legal one from those of us not as strong and moral as herself.
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Forest Mushroom Individual Lasagnas
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Heat butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add sliced shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until light brown, 8-10 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, to make a blond roux, about 5 minutes. Slowly add milk and cream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps from forming. Raise the heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, taste, and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a sauté pan over high heat until it shimmers. Add minced shallots and garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Add half of the mushrooms and sauté until mushrooms are golden and the liquid they release starts to evaporate, about 3 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl. Return the pan to the heat and add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Add remaining mushrooms and sauté until golden and the liquid starts to evaporate, about 3 minutes. Add wine and simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 3 minutes. Transfer to the bowl with the other mushrooms. Stir to combine and let cool completely.
Add sour cream, parsley, and thyme to the cool mushroom mixture. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Working with one noodle at a time, spread about 1/3 cup of mushroom filling over the length of each noodle. Gently roll the noodles up, pushing in the filling at the sides as you go. Place each roll, seam side down, in a buttered 11 1/2 x 8-inch baking pan. Pour the shallot cream sauce evenly over the rolls and sprinkle with the Parmesan.
Bake the lasagnas until the filling is hot and the top is lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Serve at once.
Yield: 8 servings
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I gave a talk at IBM on a few cool technologies that interns should know about: blogging, social bookmarking, and the corporate directory. I dressed up a little for it. I changed as soon as I got home, of course, trading the pinstripe blazer and skirt for a thoroughly pink and frilly outfit consisting of a T-shirt, a miniskirt (hello, Kathy!), pink socks trimmed with lace, and red shoes.
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I shopped at both Laywine's near Bay Street and Sears in Eaton Centre before settling on this pen. The sales staff at both stores were absolutely wonderful, zeroing on the pens that might fit me. They even joked about trying out the really expensive Mont Blanc pens ("And if you look over here we have a really comfortable pen for around $725") while helping me find a converter-based pen within my price range. The sales clerk who pointed me to the perfect pen also warned me that pens can be an addictive habit: "... then you see another pretty one and you just have to have it, and before you know it, you're buying a case to protect and display the pens..."
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Random Japanese sentence: 今すぐ大金をつかみたい亡者がうようよしている。 Greedy cats are out for a fast buck.
I spent a leisurely afternoon walking around Toronto, wandering into the buildings featured in Doors Open. I was fascinated by the historical displays of medals and photographs in the Royal Canadian Military Institute, the stateliness of Osgoode Hall and the rich library of the courthouse. Seeing all these places steeped in history and story helped me think about how I want to change the world. =)
I cooled off in Chapters, reading books on things like T-shirt surgery, business, and small talk strategies. The ideas blended in with my reflections on the past few weeks, and I realized something about myself that I hadn't dared admit before.
The things I'm good at and want to get better at? They look suspiciously like sales and marketing.
Now, before all the geeks start booing and hissing me for selling out, let me explain why I think this is perfectly in line with my geeking. ;)
I love the way technology makes my life better. I love technology so much that I want to help other people figure out how they can make the most of technology. I can't hack _all_ the things I want people to know about, but if I know other people who can, or I know of products or services that can do the job, I want people to discover them.
I want to learn more about building relationships with people and between other people, and I want to build those relationships by helping people discover things that might be useful for them.
It fits me, too. I love telling people about cool tools and interesting technologies. I love writing down notes during conversations and following up with people afterwards. I love connecting with people and understanding where they're coming from. Heck, I love reading every single blog post inside IBM, getting the overall picture, and connecting people whenever I can.
Hooray! I have more words to describe what I want to do. I can recognize more opportunities. I have a better idea of what help I need to get. =) I need to learn more about sales and marketing in order to figure out how I can get started and how I can scale. I have a long way to go...
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Random Japanese sentence: 私は犬の方が猫より好きです。何故なら前者の方が後者より忠実ですから。 I like dogs better than cats, because the former are more faithful than the latter.


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❤ PUISI CINTA ROMANTIS BAHASA INGGRIS 2015 ❤ KUMPULAN PUISI BAHASA INGGRIS TERBARU ❤ Buat sobat pecinta puisi kali ini nano pertapan telah update koleksi puisi cinta yang sangat romantis dalam bahasa inggis terbaru dan terbaik saat ini. Puisi cinta dalam bahasa england ini sengaja saya posting buat sobat yang suka dengan gaya bahasa inggris, sotoy tapi gak tau arti'nya gkgkgkkk :D
Khusus buat sobat yang suka ngeraya cewek atau pacar dengan berpuuisi, kali ini saya telah update artikel tentang ❤PUISI CINTA ROMANTIS BAHASA INGGRIS 2015❤ yang bisa sobat baca dan praktekan kepada orang yang sobat cintai, karena mereka bakal luluh setelah sobat baca didepan mereka, dijamin klepek klepek ngerasa sesuatu banget pada sobat, ukeh sob langsung aja baca yukk..??
Nothing I see means anything to me
It's something I learned in alchemy
Nothing I want exists in this realm
Cause to us the truth might overwhelm
Not all that I feel can be trusted
Except the journey that I've doubted
Yet it always seems to work that way
That after the doubt, the truth conveys
The road to success is same as to failure
Yet one has tracks more than the other
One has the footsteps of a few men and women
While the other is filled with mud and burdens
Come join the few who are paving the path
For a new generation, to take a healing bath
To shed the past and uncover the masks
Cause the answers await all those who ask
She sits there waiting for compliments
With eyes so filled with utter judgments
She wears my favorite women's fragrant
And thinks of ways for my punishment
Not a word is being said
The silence cuts, the roads ahead
She says you're a man with a big bighead
Who needs a reality check instead
I say I'm only your projection
What you see in me, is your reflection
Maybe you need to learn Self-Love
Instead of quitting when the road gets tough
What you think is Ego, is my confidence
Or don't you want, to feel my presence
Do you think you want, a powerless man
I can't be that, cause it's not in my plans
you hurt my feelings last night
you say i am too talkative
than you say you dont talk enough
what am i suppose to think afterwards?
i am homesick for all my boys!
you first because it has been the longest
but i got to work the hardest at!
in more ways than one, i might add!
the little guys require no effort at all
they just love me as i am !
always happy to see me and love me!
they are the sweetest ones of all!
I don't want to deceive myself,
By accepting an arranged marriage or marriage of convenience...
I have been asking God what I should be doing...
I remember how happy I was...
When I fell in love for the first time
And for real...
With the person of my choice
Though he was never mine...
I want to fall in love again..
And to feel the same thing which I felt once...
I realised in my situation,
It will never work...
For I have been used of falling in love
And choosing my own guy...
I was so tensed and did not know what to do...
I am not that desperate woman...
Then I realised even mum and Dad fell in love...
And got married...
Falling in love and getting married is better...
Than accepting to meet someone
And forcing your destiny...
In such way,I will never be happy
Even if I get married with that person,
Afterwards,I may regret...
For I did not marry out of love...
I don't know who I am without you
I can't even tell what's false from true
You've always been a part of me
And I'll always be the fish in your sea
Now I'm left alone in a universe of my own
Trying to be, the king of my throne
It shouldn't be hard to start again
To plant the seeds, of life free of Sin
It's always tough to take the first step
To initiate and put your heart on the map
Then you're faced with a blast from the past
That makes you feel like a complete outcast
They say things always work for the best
So Maybe I'll put my worries to rest
But whose Best are they talking about?
I'll have to wait to find that out!!!
I miss you even though you're here
I can hear your voice loud and clear
But I know you're about to leave again
Cause that's the way it's always been
I talk to you as if you never leave
I build my dreams out of pure belief
I walk the streets looking for a sign
For someone to say I'll soon be fine
There's always a feeling of emptiness
That always leaves me so breathless
It takes over the moment you go
And it takes a while to release and let go
But then you're back once again
And I praise the lord, I say Amen
But deep inside I know it's temporary
And that's a burden that I have to carry
You realize you mean the world to me
And I make it look like it's so easy
I do it all so you won't feel my pain
But all the pressure is driving me insane
We're stuck at a crossroad for years now
And the scene won't end until we take a bow
But who has the courage to initiate
Is a whole new chapter that has to wait.
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Facebook shares are down today, spelling some possible erosion in the stock price heading into the rest of the week of trading.
Shares in the big social network are down 3.5 percent today to $30.13 in early trading. The company's stock ended the day yesterday at $31.24, up significantly from the company's 52-week low of $17.55. That rally has been due to Facebook's ability to gain traction in mobile and reassure investors that it could continue to grow.
The company went a long way in making its case yesterday, reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings. During the period, the company's revenue grew 40 percent year over year to $1.59 billion. Facebook was also able to post an adjusted earnings per share of 17 cents, beating Wall Street's estimates.
So then, why are Facebook shares down? It might have less to do with past performance and more to do with the ability for Facebook shares to actually grow.
Here's what Citi analyst Neil Doshi had to say:
We view FB as a core long-term 'Net stock. But with plans to invest heavily in the biz in 2013, and little expected contribution from new initiatives like Gifts or Graph Search, we don't see any near-term catalysts for the stock. And Mobile Ads appear to be cannibalizing Desktop, which further concerns us.
Doshi downgraded Facebook's shares to neutral and put its price target at $30.
But not every analyst agrees with Citi. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said in a research note today that there's good reason to be bullish on the company's shares and he has placed Facebook's price target over the next 12 months at $35:
Our price target reflects Facebook's strong monetization potential from increased mobile penetration and a series of initiatives as well as future success from new products like Graph Search and targeted ads.
We will continue to update this story as Facebook shares continue trading.
Update 7:45 a.m. PT to include Facebook's latest share price.


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Coimbra, Portugal 2000-2001
Weldon Lodwick, professor of mathematical and statistical sciences, conducted his Fulbright research on The Development of Theory, Methods & Application for Modeling Uncertainty & Error in Geographical Information Systems, Geographical Analyses, and Contouring Techniques at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. The Fulbright scholarship allowed Dr. Lodwick to work with two PhD students who both graduated with honors. Weldon Lodwick's Fulbright research produced a book and four journal articles; one has been the most cited in the journal's history.
"My Fulbright Scholar Program to the Mathematics Department of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, a university founded in 1298, was a re-creative, rejuvenating, and re-invigorating experience in all aspects of academic life, including teaching, research, and service."
- Weldon LodwickPhD, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
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Olympic skater Castelli loses custom costumes, skates in SF car burglary
Everything from guns to pricey tech gadgets to urns with ashes inside has been stolen in San Francisco's notorious epidemic of car break-ins. Now, add one-of-a-kind ice skating costumes to the list.
Marissa Castelli, a pair skater who competed in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was participating in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose over the past week and spent Monday sightseeing in San Francisco before flying home to Rhode Island on Monday night.
The sport utility vehicle her parents had rented was parked in Japantown while she and her family were at a restaurant eating ramen. When they returned after about 90 minutes, they found a window was smashed and several pieces of luggage were missing.
Castelli said most of the stolen items can be replaced, but she is devastated that two ice skating dresses, custom-made and worth more than $1,000 apiece, were taken. One is dark blue, the other is sparkly and light peach. She said there's no way they can be used by anybody else, because everybody in the know would spot them immediately as hers.
"I was devastated," she said Tuesday. "I know it happens, but it's just so personal when you lose something like your skating dresses, because there's only one in the world. They're made exactly for me."
Castelli, whose skates were also stolen, said she called 911 immediately. Such calls are now diverted to 311 if the break-in is over and no suspect is nearby. She filed an online police report and said anybody who knows anything about the theft should contact her on Twitter at @MarissaCastelli.
"We take these seriously and we're glad she filed a report," said David Stevenson, a San Francisco police spokesman. "We want to do everything we can to help people recover their property."
San Francisco's car burglary rate has soared in recent years, frustrating residents, workers and tourists. More than 30,000 break-ins were reported in 2017, an all-time record that represented a 24 percent jump from 2016. All 10 police districts saw a year-to-year rise — including a 34 percent increase in the Northern District, which includes Japantown.
This week, the Police Department announced a citywide effort in which it will dedicate new officers to district stations to fight property crimes like burglaries.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Evan Sernoffsky contributed to this report.
Heather Knight is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: email@example.com Twitter: @hknightSF


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Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announced Thursday that it was establishing a $250 million fund to help entrepreneurs develop businesses that will take advantage of the power of social networking.
At a press conference at social networking leader Facebook Inc., KPCB partner John Doerr said the firm wants "to find and fund and accelerate the success of these new kinds of social entrepreneurs."
Joining Doerr at the conference were Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Mark Pincus, the chief executive of social games leader Zynga Games Network, and Bing Gordon, former chief creative office of Electronic Arts. They are all investors in what they call the S Fund.
Other companies who are investors in the fund are Comcast, Liberty Media and Allen & Co. LLC.
"We're on a third wave of incredible and disruptive innovation," Doerr said.
Zuckerberg said the fund will help entrepreneurs build social applications and services "from the ground up."
"The opportunity is there in the next five years or so to pick any industry and re-imagine it in the social web," Zuckerberg said.


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Micro GeeXLab Game: Imbrickers 0.3.0, the classic Tetris game revisited
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Origin PC CEO and co-founder Kevin Wasielewski told us that the company is no longer offering AMD GPUs in its systems and will solely provide NVIDIA graphics options. His reasons were initially vague: "This decision was based on a combination of many factors including customer experiences, GPU performance/drivers/stability, and requests from our support staff. Based on our 15+ years of experience building and selling award winning high-performance PCs, we strongly feel the best PC gaming experience is on NVIDIA GPUs," he said.


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Receipts from individual income taxes tend to rise every year due to what economists call "bracket creep" – the movement of more taxpayers into higher tax brackets over time, even as tax rates stay the same. Bracket creep can result both from inflation and from increases in real wages, and there's evidence for both effects being in play in recent years.
In 2018, however, bracket creep appears to have been neutralized, at least in terms of real (that is, inflation-adjusted) wages, according to an analysis by District Economics Group in Washington. The chart below shows that individual tax receipts as of September 10 are almost the same as they were at the same time last year – something that hasn't happened in previous years, when receipts grew by tens of billions of dollars on a year-over-year basis.
"As of September 10, 2018, real individual income tax receipts basically match its level at this time last year. So this year looks as if we're not getting that real bracket creep, even as the macroeconomy and personal incomes are growing," DEG writes.
The likely source of this effect, according to DEG, is the tax cut legislation that doubled the standard deduction and reduced rates, potentially offsetting any increases in real wages that in years past would have produced higher tax revenues. If that's the case, then revenues can be expected to start increasing again next year after this one-time downward adjustment, as bracket creep begins having an effect once again.


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SO, you want to install custom ROMs on your AT&T HTC One X?
Well, you can now by changing CID on the AT&T HTC One X to 11111111, which will allow you to unlock bootloader using HTCDev.com.
Before we begin, you will need a rooted AT&T HTC One X, please see Root Any HTC One X! (If this root method doesn't give you root, you might have a newer software version where HTC blocked root, you will have to wait until another root method is out)
NOTE: Unlocking Bootloader will erase all your settings and apps so make sure you make a backup of your apps using Titanium Backup app, backup SMS text using SMS Text Backup app, and I highly recommend using GMail for contacts (make a dummy account just for contacts). Also make a backup of your storage to your hard disk just in case.
If you have a non-AT&T One XL model, then skip Step 5 through Step 9 and start at Step 9.5.
Step 1. Download OneXRootATT.zip and unzip, you will find a bunch of files. Copy the file CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip to your AT&T HTC One X by connecting as a disk drive.
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Step 2. Change USB connection type back to "Charge Only".
Step 3. Next, make sure "USB debugging" is checked ON under Settings->Developer options.
Step 4. For Windows, make sure you have drivers installed, you should see something like "My HTC" or "Android ADB". If you see Android 1.0 with exclamation mark, install drivers.
Download HTC One X 32-bit Windows drivers
Download HTC One X 64-bit Windows drivers
Step 5. Open a command prompt (or terminal for Mac and Linux) and type:
cd Downloads
cd OneXRootATT
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4
adb pull /sdcard/mmcblk0p4
For Linux, change all "adb" with "./adb-linux".
For Mac, change all "adb" with "./adb-mac".
Step 6. Open the mmcblk0p4 file (in OneXRootATT folder) with any HEX editor. (You can google for your OS) Then find the line "CWS__001".
Step 7. Change "CWS__001" to "11111111".
Step 8. Save the modified file as "mmcblk0p4MOD".
Step 9. Next type:
adb push mmcblk0p4MOD /sdcard/mmcblk0p4MOD
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4MOD of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
Step 9.5
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem readcid
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
For Linux, change all "adb" with "./adb-linux" and "fastboot" with "./fastboot-linux".
For Mac, change all "adb" with "./adb-mac" and "fastboot" with "./fastboot-mac".
Step 10. Copy the token to your clipboard exactly like shown here:
Step 11. Go to HTCDev.com and login, if you don't have an account already go ahead and register. Once logged in, choose "All Other Supported Models" and click on "Begin Unlock Bootloader".
Step 12. Next scroll down to bottom and click on "Proceed to Step 5".
Step 12. Next scroll down to bottom and click on "Proceed to Step 8".
Step 13. Next scroll down to bottom and paste your token.
Step 14. If you copied the token correctly, you should get "Token Submitted Successfully!" message.
Step 15. Go to your e-mail inbox and download Unlock_code.bin.
Step 16. Copy the file Unlock_code.bin to the OneXRootATT directory.
Step 17. Go back to command prompt/terminal and type:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
Step 18. Your phone should now ask you if you want to "Unlock bootloader". Use Volume Up button to choose "Yes" and hit the Power button. Your phone will reboot.
Step 19. Once rebooted, make sure "USB Debugging" is checked ON under Settings->Developer Options then type the following in command prompt/terminal:
adb reboot bootloader
Step 20. Next type:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.1.7-evita.img (updated with TWRP 2.2)
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.0-evita.img
fastboot erase cache
This will flash a custom TWRP recovery to your AT&T One X.
Step 21. Next choose "RECOVERY" on your phone and Hit the Power button to enter TWRP recovery.
Step 22. Once in TWRP recovery, select "Install" and find the file you copied over in Step 1 CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip.
Step 23. Install the file and reboot.
Step 24. Once rebooted, you will find SuperSU app.
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While the first game in the series has yet to leave Japanese shores, Tales of Xillia 2 was recently released in Japan. Using the same engine as the first game, Xillia 2 mixes an anime-style RPG with the fast and furious battles the series is famous for.
Xillia 2 sports a few changes over the original in terms of gameplay, including a new limit break-style transformation and the ability to change weapons—from swords to hammer to guns—on-the-fly, mid-battle.
All main plot conversations and skits are voiced and many dual-path dialogue trees populate the game's conversations. The game also features numerous anime cutscenes by Ufotable.
To see what the game looks like in action—including the constant calls regarding your mob-debt, check out the video above.
Tales of Xillia 2 was released in Japan on November 1, 2012, for the PlayStation 3. There is currently no word on an international release, but the first game Tales of Xillia is scheduled for a Western release sometime in 2013. Stay tuned to Kotaku East for the import preview later this week.


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Delete a payment method
If you're not using one of the payment methods in your account, you can delete that payment method.
- Go to your GoDaddy Payment Methods page. You might be prompted to log in.
- Next to the payment method you want to remove, click Delete.
- A new window will open. Confirm and click Delete one more time.
Required: If you see this message, you have to choose (or add) another payment method before you can delete this one:
More info
- If you've got any active products (listed in Billing Details), you need to keep at least one payment method in your account.
- You can add a credit card or bank account as another payment method.
- You can add PayPal as a payment method when you use PayPal to purchase GoDaddy products.


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Global Centre for Education Excellence (GCEE)
Since its inception, Global Indian International School (GIIS) has worked to provide quality education to its students, with the cultural ideology of "Schools That Learn." Under this philosophy, GIIS has created a learning environment where teachers and students are equal partners in the process of learning.
In April of 2008, GIIS instituted the Global Centre for Education Excellence (GCEE), which had the objective of undertaking continuous enhancement and improvement in academic and non-academic processes. Under the leadership of late Mr. B.G. Shenoy, GCEE strives to monitor, analyse and improve learning and teaching of students and teachers across GIIS campuses.
7S Analysis
Developed by GCEE, the 7S Analysis tool provides in-depth and continuous assessment of the performance of students throughout GIIS campuses. This comprehensive performance indicator and improvement tool enables teachers to identify student strengths and weaknesses, providing timely and adequate support.
This, in turn, improves results and brings consistency to student performance across academics, sports and performing arts.
Quality Circles
Through Quality Circles, students and teachers meet regularly in small groups to analyse critical problems and find solutions that will improve functional abilities for all involved. The students then use charts and diagrams to track their work and efforts to identify those solutions that work, bringing a culture of quality to GIIS.
The Quality Circles model has worked so well that GIIS students and teachers have taken the model to real world issues. In 2015, two Quality Circle teams from GIIS campuses participated in the Team Excellence Competition at the Asia Pacific Quality Convention, and were noted to have performed admirably well.
Award Winning Results
With the help of GCEE, GIIS has won over 100 international and national awards for excellence in education and performance. Some of these include:
- 2012 Singapore Quality Class Star Award
- 2013 Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award
- 2013 Asia Global Performance Excellence Award
- 2014 Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award
- 2014 Indian Merchants Chamber Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award
- 2015 Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award
- 2016 Elets - World Education Award for Impelling Innovations in Teaching Pedagogy
- 2016 Golden Peacock Innovative Product / Service Award
- 2017 APQO - Global Performance Excellence Award - World Class Educational Organisation
- 2017 APQO - 3 Stars Awarded for Quality Circle
- Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award 2017 - IOD
2018 APQO - Global Performance Excellence Award - Best In Class
GCEE is just one example of ways in which GIIS campuses are focusing on creating "Schools that Learn." If you want to give your children a forward-facing, innovative education with a strong commitment to quality, consider enrolling them with us.


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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
Coming up this evening at 9, "Piers Morgan Live" sets the table with another fascinating – and in many way delicious – edition of "Guest Host Week," as celebrity chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain writes his own menu, and as always, candor and humor are the specials of the day.
Joined by his colleagues, fellow chef's Eric Ripert and Mario Batali, the dinner conversation turns to, of all things, "The Biebs":
"One of my favorite artists, Justin Bieber, was filmed recently going through the kitchen of an operating nightclub, a busy kitchen, and apparently chose to relieve himself into a mop bucket in the actual kitchen itself in front of the kitchen staff. More to the point, [he] left a mess for, you know, the night clean-up guy, the morning dishwasher," explained the host of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown." "Surely you don't approve of this sort of behavior. What would be the appropriate response, were you the chef at this establishment and young Justin Bieber decided to stop in your kitchen to relieve himself and syphon the python into the mop bucket. How would you respond?"
Holding little back, Batali suggested a slight serving of physicality might be in order:
"I would have brutally kicked his ass. I mean, that's not just being funny and flip that's actually peeing on somebody's workplace," said the American chef, writer, and restauranteur. "That's odd, that's weird, that's just…I mean I think he just needs a wakeup call. I don't think he's an evil kid."
Seated directly to Batali's left, Ripert wrote off Bieber antics as simply the result of youth and ignorance:
"He was drunk and stupid," said the French chef.
Watch the clip further to see Bourdain finish the sentence "no matter how drunk and stupid I've ever been," and then tune in at 9 for the full episode of "PIers Morgan Live" hosted by Anthony Bourdain.
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Fun show!
Sounds like it was staged. If, not he is walking on the wrong path.
Anthony Bourdain should permanently replace Piers Morgan... a BIG improvement!
That's a Pierce Morgan I would have watched. Love Anthony and eric.
Obama is Going to Get Impeached no new of this what the hell is this ?
Cupps would be better off with those lying clowns on Fox.


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As a lead off to the Valve initiative regarding Linux-based PC gaming, which has been in the works for quite some time and only recently came to fruition, we wanted to talk about Gabe Newell's recent statements about Windows 8 and his belief that it is a poor operating system for gaming.
Now that you know that Valve recently announced their Linux initiative as well as badmouthed Windows 8, you can see that their latest announcement about Linux being faster than Windows 8 is a logical progression. Their most recent post in the Linux blog where they compare a system with an Intel Core i7 3930K (6-core), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and 32GB of RAM. They also took one of their most popular games, Left 4 Dead 2 on a benchmark run in both Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit versus Ubtuntu 12.04 32-bit, which are both the two latest versions of their respective operating systems. They state that they are running 32-bit Linux and will run on 64-bit Linux later, without explaining why they didn't run 64-bit Linux in the first place (likely a driver issue).
Initially, when they first ported to Linux, they got a frame rate of 6 FPS. They had to optimize/modify their game in a way that would work better with the kernel as well as OpenGL in order to improve performance. They also had to work with NVIDIA to improve the drivers for Linux in order to obtain a higher level of performance. After all was said and done, Left 4 Dead 2 runs on Linux at 315 FPS. This is in stark comparison to Windows where the graphics card is running in Direct3D and achieves a framerate of 270.6 FPS. This results in a difference of over 45 FPS simply by switching operating systems.
What does this all mean?
In the end, this is very worrying news for Microsoft and we think that they already know it, too. Gaming has been one of Windows' saving graces and that games were primarily developed for Windows. With Valve porting their source engine to Linux, this opens a whole world of possibility for gamers and game developers to launch games for Linux. This challenges the notion that in order to be a gamer, you have to buy a Windows PC, which simply isn't true anymore. With more games launching on OSX and now Linux, the death grip that Windows had on PC gaming is over.
This also proposes an interesting contrast to the "F#$K You" statement that we recently heard from Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux Foundation. Even though Linus Torvalds may have complained about NVIDIA's support of Linux in drivers, it is quite clear that almost at the same time as he was complaining about NVIDIA's lack of support, they had been working with Valve to improve Linux graphics driver support in Ubuntu to enable a performance level much higher than windows. Something that we think Linus could not deny as a good thing and a clear indication of NVIDIA's desire to work with the Linux community.


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Danielle Holke is a long-time knitter, first taught by her beloved grandmother as a young girl growing up in Canada. In 2008 she launched KnitHacker, a lively blog and knitting community which has since grown to be a popular presence in contemporary knitting culture, reaching more than a million readers each year. As a marketing professional, Danielle advises and works with a motley squad of artists, yarn bombers, film makers, pattern designers, yarn companies and more. Learn more about her latest book, Knits & Pieces: A Knitting Miscellany.


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Practical Magic: Glamoury and Tealight Hearths
Charms, Hexes, Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Glamoury and Unsolicited Opinions on Morals and Magic
How to Make a Semi-Homemade Fixed Candle
You will need:
- A candle in a glass container (usually found in the Goya section of the grocery store)
- Your choice of essential Oils
- Cosmetic Grade Glitter
- Cardstock
- Strong glue
- Small piece of paper, string or yarn and pen
- Other decorations such as herbs, crystals, markers, flat stones, stickers, whatever your inner Martha is dictating
- A small pot
- 1/4 cup water
- Your stove
Fixed candles are traditionally used in Hoodoo spellwork for anything from getting a job, blessing a new home, working a love spell or putting a hex on someone. They're easy to use and very effective. Often, saint candles are used for this kind of thing but it's not unusual to see fixed candles that utilize other images instead.
1. Figure out what your magical goal is. Make sure it can summed up in one sentence.
2. Find or draw the appropriate image for your spellwork onto your cardstock. Make sure the cardstock can be wrapped around the candle. Find coordinating essential oils, color of glitter and coordinating miscellanous decorations for your candle. I have fixed candles in my shop if you're looking for inspiration.
3. Put your pot on the stove with the water. Put the candle in its glass container in the pot standing upright. Heat on low for about 10 minutes or until the wax starts melting. Using a potholder, take the candle out of the pot and add your herbs, oils and glitter to the candle, keeping the candle upright. Let it cool.
4. Make sure your candle is dried off and glue the cardstock image to it. Decorate the outside of the candle.
5. On your piece of paper, you're going to write out your petition (i.e. your one sentence magical goal) without letting your pen leave the page. If your pen leaves the page, start over. If you are trying to bring something towards you, roll the paper towards you. If you're trying to get something to go away from you, you roll the paper away from you. Tie the paper to the candle.
6. In Hoodoo, Psalm 23 is used for basically everything under the sun. If psalms aren't your thing, I find a heart felt prayer while placing your hands on the candle and pushing energy through your hands into the candle works just as well.
7. Light your candle. Ideally, you'd keep it lit until it burns out but if you can't do that, use a candle snuffer to snuff it out before bed and light it again whenever you're home until it burns out. Observe what the candle does periodically for clues and omens on your work.
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AFL stiffens NAB Cup penalties
AFL players must now serve any NAB Cup suspensions during the regular season as part of a league crackdown on offences and penalties.
The AFL will also introduce two new charges to stop players crashing into opponents below the knees.
Forceful contact below the knees and sliding feet-first into a contest now fall under the category of rough conduct.
The changes mean if a player is suspended because of an incident in the opening week of the NAB Cup, he can play for the rest of the pre-season competition.
But he will then have to serve his penalty from round one of the home-and-away season.
The AFL states the change was made "to ensure consistency and to provide a sufficient deterrent for players not to offend".
The league also announced on Wednesday:
It will be tougher for a player to qualify for a good record, which means a 25 per cent discount on any tribunal penalty, with the requirement for clean slate increasing from five to six years;
An increase in the penalty points for stomping, making the offence as serious as kicking.
And if a defendant in a tribunal hearing makes a claim against another player, "that player must be notified and have the opportunity to appear and be heard on the case as a matter of fairness".
While the changes largely mean stricter penalties and guidelines, the AFL also relaxed the definition of a bad record loading.
A player now qualifies for a bad record, which means a tougher penalty, if he has been suspended for two or more games over the previous two years.
The AFL said it relaxed the bad record definition "to reflect the fact it was felt three years is too long for a player to hold onto a 'bad record' for committing a single offence".
Players sliding feet-first into contests became a hot topic this season, particularly after Sydney speedster Gary Rohan suffered a broken leg.
North Melbourne forward Lindsay Thomas was reported for sliding into Rohan, but the case was thrown out on appeal.
Sydney co-captain Adam Goodes was also suspended for sliding into Port Adelaide defender Jacob Surjan.
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TERESA'S BIRTHDAY FANTASY, Teresa and I loved getting each other off. We could, and did ask each other to do many different things. One of her fantasies she wanted me to do was a striptease for her on her birthday. Then, well let me tell you what happened.
Teresa called and told me what she wanted for her birthday, for me to do a striptease for her. I agreed, and then she said the conditions were, first that I couldn't cum (NO SEX) for the prior two weeks.
She said she wanted me to have a full load of cum. Second, That while I was stripping I couldn't have a hard-on. I told her I'd try, but no promises on that. Just thinking about all the nasty things we did for one another gave me a huge erection. She set up a room for that day, and I showed up ready to perform.
I went to the front desk at the hotel and they sent me to her room. As I entered the room I turned on the boombox and I proceeded to dance. She was dressed like a slut. She wore the same dress she had on the first time we fucked. A white tight fitting dress, with a very nasty deep V down the front. It showed off her big tits perfectly and she knew it.
She was also wearing a pearl choker necklace and earrings. As I danced & stripped I had to think of anything but her, try to dance sexy and not think about sex!
It's not easy! I danced and stripped down to my shorts as she sat on the edge of the bed watching me with her bedroom eyes. Then she got up and put both hands on my cheeks giving me a deep passionate kiss, then dropped to her knees in front of me and pulled down my shorts, taking my still soft cock in her hand. That was it, My cock turned hard in seconds right in her hand. The look on her face was absolute lust as she loved watching me turn hard. She started stroking me at her face, her face was just inches from my now hard cock.
As she stroked me I could feel her hot breath on my cock. Then she said, "You're a male whore aren't you?" I said nothing. Then she said, "I love male whores like you." "All those women, now it's my turn." She kissed the tip of my dick several times. Then still gazing at my cock, she reached down and pulled the deep V of her dress apart and her big beautiful tits popped out. Teresa stroked my cock hard at her face… Her breathing was now very heavy and the whole time she just gazing at my cock.
While she continued to jack my cock she was saying, "I love big hard cocks." "I love male whores." It was like I wasn't even there as she was so focused on my hard cock. She jacked me until precum was oozing and ready to drip from the tip of my cock.
The closer the precum came to dripping the lustier the look on her face became. Just before it dripped, Teresa stuck out her tongue and licked it off, savoring the flavor.
Then she sucked my cock into her mouth. This woman could suck! After a while she turned me around and sat me on the edge of the bed. Kneeling down she squeezed her big tits around my cock and started to titty fuck me.
Up & down she worked her tits. We both watched my cock slide between her tits, up to her chin, then back down between. I think she was enjoying it more than me. I put my arms around her and pumped her tits.
It felt so good, I loved her big tits with her silver dollar nipples and she knew it. She loved to tease me with them as I had kissed & sucked them many times before. I told her if you keep that up, you'll be wearing another pearl necklace. She said, "Good, but not yet." She got up and told me to lay on the bed.
She climbed on top on me as I laid there watching her. She raised up took my hard cock in hand, lined it up with her hot asshole and sank down on it.
As my cock slid up her ass, she tilted her head back saying, "OOOH YEA." as it went in. Sitting straight up, arching her back with her boobs sticking way out, my cock filled her bowels.
She loved her anal sex! She rode up and down, her wonderful ass doing its magic on my cock. She knew I has watching her as she fucked herself in the ass putting her hands under her tits & held them out. After working her asshole on my cock, she leaned forward, one arm supporting her & the other holding those big beautiful tits right in my face. I started sucking her big hard nipples as she rode me. I loved it as she pushed them into my face and then pulled them back, but never breaking suction with my lips as I sucked & fucked her.
Then she rolled over telling me to get on top of her straddling her chest. I took my position and laid my cock between her tits. She again pushed them together around my shaft. I loved fucking her tits like that. As I fucked her tits she was talking really nasty to me. Saying, "I love your big hard cock baby." "Fuck my tits, fuck my tits good, before you fuck my face." She knew I loved nasty talk, and that I wouldn't be able to keep from cumming if she continued to talk nasty.
She then made her lips into an O shape as my cock slide up between her tits into her mouth with each stroke. Saliva strung from her wet lips to my cock as I continued to fuck her tits & face. Then teasing me she started saying, "Fuck my tits, fuck my face, feed me your cum." Over and over, "Fuck my face & feed me cum." That was it, I couldn't hold back anymore. I grabbed my cock and jacked it feverishly at her tits and face.
Once again she said, "Feed it to me baby, feed me cum." The look on her face told me she was lusting for my load.
I told her, "Open your mouth & close your eyes." She did as I asked. Her last words were, "Feed me." and she open her mouth with her tongue sticking out. I started cumming in big thick spurts. The first waves went onto her titties splattering across her chest, coating her big nipples.
The next shots went into her open waiting mouth. I jacked my cock at her face until I was done shooting. She laid there reveling in my cum, she loved it all over her.
She took her finger and slowly smeared my jizz over her lips. I took my cock and smeared jizz around & around on her errect turned on nipples. I looked up at her sperm dripping lips, she was blowing little sperm bubbles, then she licked the cum from her lips.
In a lusty voice She said, " I love hot sticky cum." "It tastes so good." Teresa looked so beautiful glistening like that.
She was reveling in it, as she gently stroked my cock. Went we were finished we got into the shower to get cleaned up. We finished showering and kissed each other as we dressed.
She told me she wanted me to do that again just like that. She kissed me deeply one last time and then left quickly as she had to get back home before her husband missed her. All comments are welcome, Especially from the ladies…


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Maggie Gallagher and Universal Uclick Announce The Retirement of Gallagher's Column
Seventeen-year columnist's final column will appear on January 2.
Kansas City, Mo. (January 2, 2013) -- Universal Uclick and Maggie announces the retirement of syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher's column. Gallagher's final column will be posted online and published in newspapers on Wednesday, January 2.
Gallagher has been a nationally syndicated columnist for over 17 years; Universal Uclick launched her first column in June of 1995. She began publishing a column twice a week, but for the last three years has written a column once a week. Maggie is particularly known for writing about life, sex, babies, marriage, and culture--culture war topics but with a civility and grace that seeks to explain, not denounce.
Universal picked up Maggie's column after she spent a year as a columnist (alternating with Rich Vigilante) for the now-defunct Manhattan edition of New York Newsday.
Gallagher has served as an editor at National Review, director of the marriage program at the Institute for American Values, founder of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, and founder of the National Organization for Marriage, which The Washington Post called the "pre-eminent national organization" fighting to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
She is the author of four books on marriage: "The Case for Marriage" (with University of Chicago professor Linda J. Waite), "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" (with professor John Corvino), "The Abolition of Marriage: How We Destroy Lasting Love" and "Enemies of Eros: How the Sexual Revolution is Killing Family, Marriage and Sex."
"When I first began this wonderful journey as a syndicated columnist, Sydney Callahan wrote to me to say, ʻThis won't be forever, at some point you will start writing columns about your kittens, and you know it will be time to stop," said Gallagher. "I haven't yet reached the kitten-inspiration point, but I felt it was time to end on a high note -- in particular to give myself time to write in longer format, to experiment with creative projects, and to use new media to reach my audience on a personal basis.
"There is no syndicate that values creative talent more than Universal," Gallagher continued. "I want to thank the McMeel and Andrews families, and especially Lee Salem and my editors over 17 years, Lisa Tarry and Clint Hooker. You've been wonderful to me and I'm very grateful. I'd also like to once again thank the late William F. Buckley Jr., who launched a lot of writers, including me."
Maggie Gallagher is a fellow at the American Principles Project, where she writes a weekly newsletter, and she blogs at MaggieGallagher.com. Her columns are archived at Uexpress.com.


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CANALI IN THE CAN: Canali is launching its revamped Web site on Jan. 12 with a short film starring innovative graphic artist and calligrapher Job Wouters that's called "Contours." The movie's shots focus on the artist's colorful brushstrokes and intricate images as he is seen completing 80 drawings — one for each year since the brand's creation in 1934.
Canali pays tribute to handmade craftsmanship through the brand's hand-tailored clothes worn by Wouters as he creates his works by hand.
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Elisabetta Canali, group communications director, said "the aim of the new site is to present a unique offering to a global audience through a digital solution that blends innovative technology with tailored content, giving each individual the opportunity to find their perfect fit and experience the subtle pleasure of being unique."
In an additional interview video, the first in Canali's new "200 Steps" content series, Wouters explains the process behind his meticulous typographic work, which has been exhibited at institutes including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Design Museum in Helsinki.
Wouters is the first of a series of international creative talents sharing their thoughts and their work method and presented by Canali.
The Web site offers content ranging from Canali's history and services, such as the Su Misura, allowing users to book an appointment at their nearest store, to style tips and a magazine, L'Edizione, which explores the season's trends and styles via lifestyle features, practical styling tips and the "200 Steps" series.
The company said the site is "built on a responsive design framework," and that it is one of the first luxury men's wear sites "built to provide an optimal viewing experience with easy reading and navigation across a wide range of devices from desktop monitors to tablet and mobile. Being responsive, the site adapts the layout to the viewing environment by using fluid grids and flexible images to resize the pages while maintaining the correct proportions of the site."


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Cheeto 2: Return Of Cheeto
It's been made abundantly clear that Ten O'Clock is time for Rainbow Six. It is not time for other games! You might think that it is, but it isn't. Don't show up at 10:05! That's not when it is.
It is earlier.
I'm ready for a breather, I think - R6 has been a nightly excursion for Team Inferno. Yes, Team Inferno. It isn't that Team Inferno is the name of the clan, it's that any team Gabe joins becomes Team Inferno. It's a mysterious process that isn't well understood. It's also the name of a Pokemon Guild, but I want to emphasize that we are not those guys.
You've probably heard the stories about Playstation 3's piling up "at stores near u" from message board gangsters like MastaCheef and T-Bag13, young men you pegged immediately as deranged Xbots, weighing their words accordingly. I scouted out our Best Buy at lunch and saw that they had three of the premium model products standing alone in the middle of the room, the way you might conspicuously place a box of free kittens for maximum uptake. Gabriel saw supply at Sir Friedrich Der Meyers as well, though nothing like those images you've seen online, where they're piled up to the ceiling and people are taking "crazy" shots in front of them.
I have to say that I'm kind of confused. I expected their sustained campaign of failure leading up to the release of the product to have no effect on the machine's sellthrough. Are there enough unsold units left over for the system to launch in Europe? I doubt that's the sort of humor they appreciate in Leeds.
Everyone is always quick to temper their dour assessments of Sony with a shining song of hope renewed, little blog ballads about how things will be awesome tomorrow, tomorrow for the hulking Sony dust magnet, but this isn't a thing you can actually know. We don't know if we're in the midst of A New Dynasty or Regicide. To answer the burning question, no, I don't think it's Bill Gates with the Candlestick in the Library. They don't have a genuine stable of brands, and I don't know that they have the patience to build them. And until Nintendo is able to conquer their novelty sugar rush - "It feels like I'm really sweeping!!!" - and deliver content that truly endures, I'd call the prognosis murky.
Nobody knows shit. We're pinning ethereal tails on ephemeral donkeys.
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Featuring the new FastFront System and Software Upgrades to Easy-PhotoPrint EX and Full HD Movie Print
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 18, 2011 -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced three new PIXMA printers - the MG4120 Wireless1 Photo All-In-One, MG3120 Wireless1 Photo All-In-One and the MG2120 Photo All-In-One (AIO) printers. Combining function, reliability and creativity, these new models offer users the opportunity to print high-quality images to share with friends and family. The new MG4120 is also compatible with the PIXMA Cloud Link2 for easy printing of photos and templates directly through the printer without the use of a computer on the 2.4 inch color LCD screen.
New FastFront System
With the new FastFront system, the ink storage and paper tray are conveniently located in the front of the machine, allowing access for users to easily load ink or paper. All three printers feature the ChromaLife 100 ink system3, which utilizes a two cartridge system, one black and one color. The new ink system on-board this year helps deliver the high quality photos you can expect from PIXMA printers while providing brilliant colors particularly in yellow and red areas, especially on plain paper. To help optimize user workflow and print with ease, Auto Duplex printing is also available for the first time in this class on both the MG4120 and MG3120 printer, helping to reduce paper usage by up to 50 percent. As an added bonus, when using these new printers consumers will be provided with exclusive printable content through Creative Park Premium4. The content on this site includes postcards, albums and many more projects including paintings by artists such as Norman Rockwell.
"It is an exciting time in the printing industry with new technologies and features helping users print in new and creative ways," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. "The launch of these impressive models is a prime opportunity to showcase Canon's renowned efficiency and ease-of-use in overall printing."
New Creative Features
Full HD Movie Print5 software has been enhanced as well to produce clearer images of frames from videos captured on compatible HD Canon EOS and PowerShot Digital Cameras. Users can easily tell the story of videos from memorable events, frame by frame in a more unique way than before by merging multiple images into one final shot, capturing nearly every portion of the action. Consumers can explore their photographic creativity when customizing images with the recently enhanced Easy-PhotoPrint EX software. This updated software from Canon allows users to artistically alter images to create fun new looks using Fun-Filter Effects such as Fish-Eye, Miniature, Toy Camera, Soft Focus and Blur Background.
With the capabilities of mobile and wireless devices continuously advancing, the PIXMA MG4120 and MG3120 Wireless Photo AIO printers can print from nearly any computer or mobile device. Compatible Android and Apple smart phones and tablets enjoy enhanced accessibility through the updated Easy-PhotoPrint mobile app6. Users can now scan documents on the printer to be sent directly to a compatible mobile device. These PDF's can now be printed on a compatible PIXMA printer for convenient on-the-go access.
The PIXMA MG4120 and MG3120 Wireless Photo AIO printers are 802.11n Wi-Fi certified, allowing for a fast network transfer rate. Setting up either printer to a wireless network can be done with the press of one button when using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). In addition, Canon offers its award-winning service and support online at www.usa.canon.com/wirelesshelp, where customers have access to manuals and video tutorials to assist them in setting up a wireless PIXMA device.
Increasing its wireless versatility, the PIXMA MG4120 Wireless Photo AIO printer supports the new PIXMA Cloud Link, which allows registered users of CANON iMAGE GATEWAY or Google's Picasa Web Albums to wirelessly access their photo albums stored in those services directly on the printer without the use of a computer6. Additionally, users of the MG4120 will also have access to exclusive printing templates including stationery, envelopes, memos, calendars.
MG4120 Wireless, MG3120 Wireless, MG2120 Photo AIO
Delivering superb color at affordable prices, the PIXMA MG4120 Wireless Photo AIO, MG3120 Wireless Photo AIO and the MG2120 Photo AIO each deliver a maximum color resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi7. The PIXMA MG4120 Wireless Photo AIO printer can output at approximately 9.9 ipm for black-and-white documents and approximately 5.7 ipm for color8. The PIXMA MG3120 Wireless Photo AIO printer delivers output at approximately 9.2 ipm for black-and-white documents and approximately 5.0 ipm for color8. The PIXMA MG2120 Photo AIO printer provides output at approximately 8.4 ipm for black-and-white documents and approximately 4.8 ipm for color8. All three printers can produce a 4" x 6" borderless10 photo in approximately 44 seconds9.
The PIXMA MG4120 Wireless, MG3120 Wireless and MG2120 Photo All-in-One Printers will have an estimated selling price of $129.99, $79.99 and $69.99 respectively11.
Canon iMage Gateway
Canon iMage Gateway is an exclusive online photography resource and service for owners of registered qualified Canon products. Camera owners who have registered a qualifying Canon camera via their Canon Account can upload and share up to 2GB of photos with friends and family. Members also gain access to informative photography-related articles on topics such as macro shooting, portrait photography, printing tips and print projects to get the most out of their photos. Owners of registered qualifying printers can use their photos to create greeting cards, calendars and much more with Print Projects! Printer members are provided with a wide array of helpful articles to enhance their experience with their Canon printer and to help them create inspiring projects.
† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.
1 Wireless printing requires a working network with wireless 802.11b/g or 802.11n capability. Wireless performance may vary based on terrain and distance between the printer and wireless network clients.
2 Subject to the Terms and Conditions of use of CANON iMAGE GATEWAY or Picasa Web Albums, depending on the service the consumer is using.
3 Canon cannot guarantee the longevity of prints; results may vary depending on printed image, drying time, display/storage conditions and environmental factors. See www.usa.canon.com/chromalife100 for additional details.
4 To access CREATIVE PARK PREMIUM from a qualifying printer, all of the software and the full set of Genuine Canon Inks that came with the printer must be properly installed.
5 Full HD Movie Print allows printing from HD or Full HD "MOV" movie files created by Canon EOS Digital SLR or PowerShot digital cameras. From PC, or Mac with Intel® processor. Print quality is determined by video resolution. Function does not upscale video resolution. Requires Canon ZoomBrowser EX 6.5 or later, or Canon ImageBrowser 6.5 or later.
6 Requires Canon Easy-PhotoPrint for iPhone app, available for free on the App Store, or Canon Easy-PhotoPrint for Android app for free in the Android Market. Compatible with iPhone 3G, 3Gs and 4; iPod touch; and Android devices running Android OS 1.6 or later.
7 Resolution may vary based on printer driver setting. Color ink droplets can be placed with a horizontal pitch of 1/4800at minimum.
8 ISO/IEC 24734 define the default print speed measurement methods. Print speeds are the averages of ESAT in Office Category Test for the default simplex mode, ISO/IEC 24734, excluding time to print the first set. See www.usa.canon.com/ipm for additional details.
9 Photo print speeds are based on the standard mode driver setting using photo test pattern(s) and select Canon Photo Paper. Print speed is measured as soon as the first page begins to feed into the printer and will vary depending on system configuration, interface, software, document complexity, print mode, types of paper used and page coverage. See www.usa.canon.com/printspeed for additional information.
10 Supported paper types for borderless printing are as follows: Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss, Photo Paper Glossy and Matte Photo Paper.
11 Pricing subject to change at any time. Actual prices are set by individual dealers and may vary.


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The Missing Persons Bureau currently holds records of around 1,000 people who have not been identified, some dating back to the 1950s.
It will feature pictures of bodies, but any images deemed to be distressing will be marked with a warning and require confirmation before viewing.
Most cases involve bodies, however the site will also be used to trace living people, for example those who have lost their memory, if needed.
Joe Apps, from the Bureau, said: "The aim of the new site is to bring closure to the families and friends of the people featured.
"With new unidentified person cases we rely on modern forensic techniques for identification but on older cases we look to use every tool available and believe that case publicity is the best chance of getting images recognised.
"This will be the first time families of missing people have been able to search through records for themselves and it will empower families to play an active part in the search for their loved ones."
Members of the public will be able to search the cases and provide information online.
Any relevant details will then be passed to the police or the coroner in charge of the case.
Details of all unidentified cases, including bodies, remains and living people, will be posted on the website – apart from cases where remains are too partial to be of value.
Similar websites have been set up in certain states in the US, and by police in Belgium and Switzerland.
The Missing Persons Bureau is part of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The website will be at www.missingpersons.police.uk