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Via the Daily Dish, here's some rank foolishness from evolutionary psychology. Time magazine has a woefully uncritical recap:
A new journal article suggests that evolutionary forces also push women to be more sexual, although in unexpected ways. University of Texas psychologist David Buss wrote the article, which appears in the July issue of Personality and Individual Differences, with the help of three graduate students, Judith Easton (who is listed as lead author), Jaime Confer and Cari Goetz. Buss, Easton and their colleagues found that women in their 30s and early 40s are significantly more sexual than younger women. Women ages 27 through 45 report not only having more sexual fantasies (and more intense sexual fantasies) than women ages 18 through 26 but also having more sex, period. And they are more willing than younger women to have casual sex, even one-night stands. In other words, despite the girls-gone-wild image of promiscuous college women, it is women in their middle years who are America's most sexually industrious.
So far, so good – or so I thought, until Time noted one of the most egregious failings of this "study": the older women (or "cougars," as Time repeatedly calls them) were recruited from Craigslist! Dudez!!! Has anyone explained to Buss Easton & Co. that folks on Craigslist – even the women – are mostly looking for one thing, and it ain't quality used furniture? Did they even stop to make sure that the Craigslist participants weren't offering paid erotic services? And did they notice that there's no section in Craigslist for "women not seeking anything"? No rubric for "not interested in sex"?
I'm willing to believe that women do gain interest in sex from their late twenties through menopause, but the authors haven't even proved this. Also, they're comparing apples and oranges. The other one-quarter of participants were students at UT Austin, who presumably participated for extra credit and weren't actively advertising for sex partners.
But let's grant Buss Easton at al. their facts. Their interpretation (again via Time) is still complete bunk:
Why would women be more sexually active in their middle years than in their teens and 20s? Buss and his students say evolution has encouraged women to be more sexually active as their fertility begins to decline and as menopause approaches.
Here's how their theory works:
Our female ancestors grew accustomed to watching many of their children — perhaps as many as half — die of various diseases, starvation, warfare and so on before being able to have kids of their own. This trauma left a psychological imprint to bear as many children as possible. Becoming pregnant is much easier for women and girls in their teens and early 20s — so much easier that they need not spend much time having sex.
However, after the mid-20s, the lizard-brain impulse to have more kids faces a stark reality: it's harder and harder to get pregnant as a woman's remaining eggs age. And so women in their middle years respond by seeking more and more sex.
First, why conclude that seeing children die would always spur women to have more babies? An alternative would be to invest more resources in a smaller number of children. Women also regularly saw other women die in childbirth. By the authors' own logic, this trauma would have motivated women to avoid excessive pregnancies.
Also, jumping from individual psychological trauma to species-level hard-wiring of our lizard brains? They might as well leap over the Grand Canyon.
And then there's the idea that just because we have some procreative hard-wiring, our sex drives can be reduced to our lizard brains, even today. Again: Dudez!! Lots of us lizard-brained women will not have sex with partner unless we're confident we won't get pregnant. A few years have passed since the advent of paleo-women. I do not think the same as a woman 200,000 years ago. (I wonder, though, if she'd reject the Pill out of hand. I kind of suspect she wouldn't. After all, she would have known numerous women who died in childbirth.)
Interpreting the "data" is confounded by researchers' age categories, which are incoherent and puzzling. For many women, there's a huge developmental gap between 27 and 45. We become different people, changed by our work, our romantic relationships, and (often) motherhood. All of those changes also impact our sexuality.
There are also major issues with the way that age group is characterized. By whose calculus is a woman in her "middle years" already at age 27? Sure, paleo-women were lucky to live past menopause. So were my great-grandmothers. Today, the only people who consider 27 to be "middle years" are middle-aged men who think they're entitled to a 20-year-old girlfriend. (I'm sure they're prowling Craigslist, too).
But even in terms of biology, 27 is not past a woman's supposed reproductive prime. Fertility undergoes a gradual decline. It's still pretty high until one's mid-thirties. It only plunges steeply past age 40.
(Source: Management of the Infertile Woman by Helen A. Carcio and The Fertility Sourcebook by M. Sara Rosenthal, via BabyCentre UK)
The arm of biology that's relevant here isn't evolutionary psychology, it's endocrinology. Women's hormonal levels do contribute to libido (though in ways that aren't yet well understood; otherwise, testosterone would offer an easy fix to women troubled by low desire). Hormones begin to fluctuate in the run-up to menopause. For a few women, hormonal changes become noticeable in their late thirties. Others notice them in their forties. Some women note a drop in sexual desire during perimenopause, while others feel it surge, and still others see it fluctuate.
But even granting hormones their due, it would be silly to think they're the only – or even main – factor in shaping women's desires. A recent study (via Charlie Glickman's sexuality blog) found that even at menopause, social and psychological factors matter at least as much as hormones when it comes to sexual desire and activity. Science Daily summarizes the findings of Dr. Sharron Hinchliff et al. in the Journal of Health Psychology (15:5):
Almost all [study participants] had experienced some form of change but the findings indicated that these were down to a number of external factors such as providing care for a relative, partner´s low sexual desire and the quality of the relationship, alongside biological factors such as perceived changes in levels of hormones. The findings therefore concluded that women go through many lifestyle changes during mid-life which are also contributing factors.
This study further found great variability among women, with a minority actually reporting a resurgence of desire post-menopause. It's easy to imagine social and psychological reasons for an uptick in libido: Kids leave home and empty nesters can romp with abandon. Menopause frees women from fears of unwanted pregnancy. Birth control is no longer a hassle. Experience and self-knowledge beget better sex. A great follow-up research project would be to identify those women who get more enjoyment from their sexuality after menopause, and figure out why their mojo has increased. This study suggests that looking at women's relationships with their partners would be the obvious place to start.
Similarly, anyone with an imagination bigger than an earthworm's could cook up more convincing interpretations of the Buss Easton et al. data. (Again, we're overlooking that little Craigslist issue.) Past their mid-twenties, most women are more likely to be in a stable relationship than during their college years. Stable relationships lead to more opportunities for sex. We're more likely to feel at home in our bodies. With more confidence, we find it easier to let our partners know what warms us. Not least, experience makes sex more fun, not less.
I'm not asking for rocket science. I only expect researchers to remember that we're more than our reptile brains – and that even our reptile brains might be driven by more than just the drive to reproduce. Like the drive to feel pleasure. Or the desire for intimacy.
In other words, I'm looking for plain old science. The Buss Easton et al. study is LOLscience. Too bad I've stopped laughing. (Except for the Craigslist brainfart – that still tickles me.)
Note: I haven't taken the time to read the original journal article by Buss et al, as its problems are on such a macro level that a closer look doesn't seem necessary. I did look at the Hinchliff piece, whose major limitation is its small size (twelve in-depth interviews). Still, it suggests interesting avenues for future research.
Update, 7/21/2010: Upon being challenged by a commenter, I did go dig up the original journal article by Easton et al. (This commenter also pointed out – correctly – that Easton is listed as lead author, though it's clear that Buss – as the only investigator with a Ph.D. – bears ultimate responsibility for overseeing the three graduate students on the project.) Here's how I revised my assessment.
I read the original journal article closely and carefully. And I don't think Time was unfair to this study at all.
In their original article, the authors never explain or defend their use of Craigslist to recruit study participants. That's a massive omission. It boggles.
The full-length article raises other methodological issues, too. For instance, menopausal women made up only 6.2% of study participants (51 out of 827). This calls into question the robustness of any statistical conclusions drawn about the menopausal group – and this is a quantiative study, so sample size does matter.
Perhaps more damningly, the pool of respondents in the 27 to 45 group skewed very heavily toward the younger end of that range. Average age within that group was just 32.86. In other words, women over 35, whose fertility was beginning to decline more steeply, are not underrepresented within that group.
With respect to the researchers' interpretation, Easton et al. do admit that sexual experience could play a role in women wanting more sex, but they immediately discount it because desire typically drops after menopause, when women have even more experience. Yet they don't consider obvious confounders: the hormonal and social changes that accompany menopause. That makes their dismissal of experience awfully unconvincing.
Also, nowhere do they acknowledge that women's material lives (children, relationships, homes, jobs) and psychological outlooks often change quite drastically between 27 and 45. This age group is drawn entirely from their hypothesis that declining fertility is the driver in making women more horny. It does not allow for any other distinctions to be made. (For instance, in the real world, I've known very few women in their late twenties who were worried about their fertility, while I've known quite a number of them in their late thirties. This matters crucially – unless we're prepared to believe we're merely automatons responding to the evolutionary pressures that existed many millennia ago.)
Finally, in actually reading through the study, I am dumbfounded by how teleologically the researchers proceeded. The women in the 27-45 bracket (those Time so cutely branded "cougars") appear in the study as "reproduction expediting" women. In other words, something that the study ought to be testing for (are these women really seeking to become mothers?) is completely short-circuited and posited as fact by labeling these women as seeking to reproduce as fast and as often as possible. Once it's assumed that sexual activity is identical with trying to maximize fertility, you no longer have to prove it. It becomes a background assumption. And yet, this is a massive logical leap.
Now, you might argue that women today are still just following the same program their foremothers did, back in the hunter-gatherer age – the so-called environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA) – and that even when we think we don't want a baby, we actually do, because our evolved hard-wiring says so. Fine. But women today overwhelmingly break the link between sex and reproduction. Most of us quite consciously pursue sex lives that will allow us pleasure – to the point that many women (and men!) find it odd when they actually, intentionally try to conceive. The authors completely ignore the convulsive changes that effective birth control has wrought in women's desires and their willingness/ability to pursue them.
Humans continue to adapt. We didn't stop adapting in the EEA. Birth control is a monumental adaptation. Easton et al. would be far more convincing it they took it into account. Same goes for other social factors, such as slut shaming, which affects young women most acutely, and would tend to inhibit sexual behaviors. I'm not arguing that we're blank slates. We have some biological hard-wiring (but with tremendous variation – not all women want children!). I'm even willing to say that some of that hard-wiring is a result of the EEA. However, when science dabbles in teleological thinking and unsupported assumptions and assertions, we might just as well discuss theology instead.
Mixed flowers in Berlin's Rose Garden. I took the picture but can't speak to their evolved psychology. The blossoms on the right appear to be hardy geraniums. The lavender flowers are not actually lavender, as far as I could tell. The dried foliage on the left may be post-menopausal?


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One of seven teens dies after car crashes into tree
Updated On: Oct 16 2013 08:33:15 AM CDT
A crash involving seven teens has proved deadly in Warren County.
Brice Bishop, 14, was one of the seven teenagers riding in a Toyota Corolla Sunday when it crashed into a tree on Newitt Vick Drive.
Tuesday, authorities said Bishop died at University Mississippi Medical Center, where another teen involved in the accident was also hospitalized.
Investigators said they know at least two of the seven teens were not wearing seat belts, because the car only had five.
There is no word yet on what caused the crash.
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The Concert Series at Wellesley College Presents "Musicians of the Old Post Road: Conversations Galantes: Music of the Baroque"
Presented by The Concert Series at Wellesley College at Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College
April 24, 2010
Musicians of the Old Post Road (MOPR) specializes in the period instrument performance of music from the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods. Ensemble members Suzanne Stumpf (Wellesley College faculty), traverso; Sarah Darling, violin; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; and Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, will be joined by Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba (Wellesley College faculty), and baritone Aaron Engebreth to present a program featuring Rameau's Pieces de clavecin en concerts, quartets by Telemann and Guillemain, and a French cantata.
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Contest Arena
"Hello everyone , and welcome to the final match of the third round. To my left is May from Petalburg City and to my right is Jessalena!"
"Good luck, Jessalena!" May said with a smile on her face.
Jessalena then smirked in response. "Thank you May. Best of luck to you as well."
Marian proceeded to spin the wheel in a clockwise motion. "This match will be a Double Battle. So let's begin!"
"Delcatty, Blaziken, let's go." She then threw her Pokeballs into the air as her Pokémon appeared in the arena.
Jessalena then reached into her pockets and pulled out two Pokeballs. "Jellicent, Miyamoto, it's time to begin." She then threw her Pokeballs into the air as her Jellicent and Froslass appeared in the arena.
Once the four Pokemon appeared in the arena, the match began.
"Delcatty, use Sing. Blaziken, use Flamethrower!"
"Jellicent, use Rain Dance, Miyamoto, use Icy Wind!"
Delcatty started the match by aiming her Sing Attack at the ceiling, while Blaziken aimed his Flamethrower at the Sing attack, combining with it to create flaming Musical Notes all over the arena.
Following May's attack, Miyamoto aimed her Icy Wind at the ceiling as well, while Jellicent combined her Rain Dance attack with Miyamoto's Icy Wind attack to create spears made out of ice that slashed through May's attack.
As May's point total decreased, rain started to appear in the arena as a result of Jellicent's Rain Dance. I got to get rid of that Rain Dance and quick.
May then issued her next command to her Pokémon. "Delcatty, use Assist! Blaziken, use Flamethrower!"
"Jellicent, use Ominous Wind! Miyamoto, use Thunder!"
Delcatty complied with her trainer's request and used her Assist attack, resulting in Delcatty using Venusaur's move: Sunny Day, which not only stopped the rain but it also increased Blaziken's Flamethrower attack. Jellicent tried to use Ominous Wind, but was blinded by the Sunlight and Froslass tried firing her Thunder attack but it missed and ended up taking damage from Blaziken's Flamethrower.
As Jessalena's point total decreased, Jessalena and May issued their next commands.
"Delcatty, use Faint Attack. Blaziken, use Blaze Kick!"
"Jellicent, use Water Spout. Miyamoto, use Leer!"
Delcatty started off by aiming her Faint Attack at Jellicent, but as she hit the Jellyfish Pokemon, Jellicent hit Delcatty with enough pressure to crack concrete and as a result, it sent Delcatty into the ceiling as Jellicent was sent into a wall because of Delcatty's Faint Attack.
As Blaziken charged towards Miyamoto with Blaze Kick, Miyamoto tried to slow Blaziken down with Leer but to no effect, and as a result she was sent into the wall.
As both Coordinators' point totals decreased, Delcatty hit the ground hard.
May had a look of concern on her face but proceeded to ask Jessalena a question. "Jessalena, what is Water Spout? I never heard of it."
Jessalena then responded. "Water Spout is a Water type attack that gets stronger the more health you have for your Pokemon. Since Jellicent didn't take any damage before your attack, it would cause maximum damage to your Delcatty. Combine that with Jellicent's type of Water and Ghost and you got a deadly ghost Jellyfish facing down your cat."
May then let out a deep sigh and issued her next command. "Blaziken, use Blaze Kick!"
"Miyamoto, use Icy Wind! Jellicent, use Ominous Wind!"
As Blaziken charged towards Jessalena's Pokemon, May noticed her Delcatty getting back up but was showing signs of exhaustion as she charged towards Jellicent.
Despite Miyamoto's attempt to freeze Blaziken, Blaziken managed to avoid the attack and hit Miyamoto from the side with Blaze Kick, sending her into Jellicent and resulting in both Pokemon missing their attacks.
As Jessalena's point total decreased, both of her Pokemon got back up but were showing signs of exhaustion.
"It's time to end this. Delcatty, use Giga Impact! Blaziken, use Flamethrower!"
"Agreed. Jellicent, use Ominous Wind. Froslass, use Shadow Ball!"
Despite her injuries, Delcatty was able to muster enough strength to perform the Giga Impact attack, while Blaziken used his Flamethrower attack to combine with Giga Impact to form Dragon Fire Impact, which looked like a Chinese Dragon covered in flames as well as a black aura surrounding it as a result of the flames.
While Miyamoto fired her Shadow Ball attack at the huge dragon with Jellicent assisting by using Ominous Wind on the Shadow Ball, creating winds so powerful it could blow the skin off of a human body.
When the two attacks collided, the Dragon Fire Impact overpowered the attack with ease and hit the two Ghost Pokemon directly, sending them into a wall just as Marian was about to stop the match.
After Marian finished her sentence, Delcatty's Dragon Fire Impact attack stopped but 25% of Delcatty's fur was singed as a result.
"The winner is May!"
The audience cheered with applause as both Coordinators returned their Pokémon to their Pokeballs.
Afterwards, May and Jessalena walked to the center of the stage to give each other a handshake. May then decided to break the ice. "Great job Jessalena, that was a great match."
Jessalena then smirked in response. "Thank you Twir- I mean May. Sorry, I stopped using that nickname years ago. You were a great opponent May and I hope to face you again in the future."
May smiled in response to Jessalena's statement. "Likewise, but their has been something bothering me since we started the match. Miyamoto's Pokeball looks really old. Where did you get that ball?"
Jessalena reached into her pocket to find Miyamoto's Pokemon and pull it out to show May that the ball contains a couple tiny cracks, parts of the paint is chipped and it looks to be in horrible conditions. "This is my mother's Memento to me. A long time ago, I went to a mountain range in Kanto and I found a Froslass roaming around holding one of my mother's Pokeballs. When I confronted it, she gave me the ball and insisted that I catch it, which I did and I've nicknamed it Miyamoto because of that."
May then responded. "Interesting. Well good luck in the future."
"Likewise May, good luck in the Semi-Finals."
As Jessalena left the arena, May was ordered to stay on stage as the other 3 competitors walked on to said stage.
Once Marian turned her microphone back on, she began to speak.
"Congratulations to our final 4 Coordinators! Now it's time to announce who will be facing who in the Semi-Finals!"
"The first match will be Dawn vs Zoey! The second match will be David vs May!"
"See you then!"


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Your hair looks absolutely lovely, Linz!!! It's such a unique color and the layering really compliments it
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Ladies and gentlemen, the future is here and it's about 100 feet above the Arby's.
i don't know how to change my username and it's irritating
Haha, didn't notice till you told us to ignore it. But you look mighty fine in both of them
linz you have my dream hair, it's so pretty :O
@Linz: omg so jealous! That hair is awesome! Now go sit on a cliff near the sea and sing some sailors to their doom like a siren.
Everyone has nice hair.
I shall post a picture of my hair also.
Heh. You could cut my hair with a lawn mower.
*Picture Rebel's hair here.*
"Make sure the room is brightly lit and stay far away from the TV."
(Also, I'M BACK FROM THE DEAD!!!)
;_; !
Thank you JJ, Midori and Psy!
I plan to take my newly blue hair and retire as an asari.


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Irvine Valley's men's soccer team couldn't make it three in a row.
The Lasers had their opportunities, especially early on, but fell to Fullerton, 2-1, on a late penalty kick Tuesday afternoon in an Orange Empire Conference match at IVC.
IVC was trying to build on back-to-back wins over Norco and Cypress, which moved its record close to the .500 mark.
But now Irvine Valley has a record of 6-8-2 overall and 3-6-0 in conference.
It was Irvine Valley's fifth one-goal loss this season and second against Fullerton. The Hornets defeated the Lasers, 1-0, the first time the two teams met.
Irvine Valley pressured from the get-go.
Sophomore Tyler Ortega knocked a volley over the top of the goal from a cross from freshman Fernando Arroyo in the fourth minute. A few seconds later, a hard, low shot by freshman Guillermo Garcia was just wide left of the goal.
Then in the 29th minute, freshman Joe Rousseau took a pass from Garcia, beat a defender in the box and then also dribbled around the goalie before shooting wide left.
Another shot by Rousseau in the 35th minute was saved by Fullerton keeper Eduardo Ramos.
Rousseau did put the Lasers in front in the 39th minute. He took a pass from freshman Jonathan Romero and beat Ramos with a shot. It was the third straight contest that Rousseau scored.
IVC led, 1-0, at halftime.
But Fullerton picked up its pace in the second half.
And the Hornets found the equalizer in the 63rd minute. It started with a corner kick by Misael Samaypa. His corner was flicked inside by Juan Rangel to Trevor Vallo, who finished with a header.
Joe Araiza nearly put Fullerton ahead in the 79th minute when he made a run and got free behind the IVC defense. IVC freshman goalie Wilbur Olivera came charging out and Araiza's chip went over the top of the goal.
Three minutes later, Fullerton found the game-winner on a penalty kick. Olivera was called for tripping up Samaypa in the box. Samaypa took the penalty kick and scored with a shot to the lower left corner.
IVC tried to push forward in the final minutes, but couldn't put anything on goal.
Olivera ended up with three saves, while Ramos made two saves for Fullerton.
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15th November 2004
i fucking hate xanga. :
saturday was frank's birfday.
my mom and i went shopping in the morning and i got him sheets and fleece to make him a blanket.
so my mom ended up spending an another $40 on his gift.
my mom is awesome.
he liked the cubs blanket i made.
but im not so sure about the sheets.
whatever. he needed some.
sunday kiki, megan, frank and i went to orland.
it was a waste of time.
no one had money and all anyone bought was a calendar.
but frank bought me Panera cause he's the best fucking boyfriend ever.
nothing much else to talk about.
i live a very dull life.
i can't wait till lunch tomorrow.
salad and sandwich.
im the biggest loser ever.
I know my calculus...
...it says f'(x)=I'msofuckingcool
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Current Mood: aggravated
29th September 2004
school reeeeaaallllly needs to unblock xanga again. :
or i need to learn how to beat bess.
im so bored.
so anywho. someone stole a mouse ball from the computers, so technically im not even supposed to be on the computer right now. but we have a sub today. so yeah. =)
fuck this. im playing games.
<33 nicole
Current Mood: bored
25th August 2004
so for some reason school has stopped blocking blurty, which was the whole reason why i got a xanga in the first place. whatever. :
im in study hall right now. which is awesome. cause im in the computer lab everyday for study hall cause my 4th hour class just so happens to be web page design. effin sweet.
i need to find some games or something to do for the next half hour. i know! HOMESTAR RUNNER! maybe?
im bored. i really should read my book. my test date is in like 2 weeks. that sucks. i still have 2 1/2 books to read. lame.
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Current Mood: excited
8th November 2003
my dearest blurty, :
im ever so sorry for abandoning you for so long. but quite frankly my friend, you bore me. you are like a first born child who is forgotten about when yer little sibling is born. and xanga is yer little, cuter, much more pleasant sister. good day.
<3 nicole
Current Mood: drained
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1st November 2003
she's a killer queen. gunpowder, gelatine. dynamite with a laser beam. guaranteed to blow yer mind.
havent been here for a while. i have been neglecting both my : xanga and my blurty. eh. i never have anything interesting to say.
last night was fun. at about 4:30ish i picked up pivo and sellers and we went to monicas. derek came. we put on costumes. and we went trick or treating. went to donny swibes' house first. told him he had to come with us. so he grabbed his mummy costume and backpack and joined the group. some lady called pivo a girl and told him to cut his hair. we got a decent amount of candy. went back to monicas, people gave me stuff they didnt want. me and pivo ate some raisins. =)
we didnt wanna sit around so we went to don's house to play basketball. his basketballs were flat and it was dark so we threw out that idea. we watched pivo and sellers dunk for a while and don and ica sword fighted. then we played the balancing game with sticks and pivo sellers and don tipped over the little playground thing and played whack a mole...pivo was the mole. sellers ended up getting punched in the balls by pivo. pivo said he was simply groping him. haha.
dan came and monica went back home with him. then we got bored and me and pivo decided we wanted to watch monty python and the holy grail. so we went back it icas and got our stuff. sellers said he wanted to go home, so i dropped him off and the rest of us went to joes videos. i saw my uncle joe in there, but he was ignoring me. thats twice in 2 weeks. aw. =(.
got MPATHG and went back to dereks house to watch it. i stole dereks chair when he got up to get the phone. muahahaha. donny swibes and i just kept quoting the movie the whole time and derek and pivo kept yelling at us. i was so hyper and pivo kept making me laugh. =). after it was over we just flipped chanels for about an hour or so. watched the end of the ring cuz it was on tv. me and derek got into an arguement about if the guy died at the end. i won. =). heh. after watching that 70s show we had to leave. so i dropped pivo and donny off and was home by 11:20. 40 mins before curfew. =). im a good child.
it was a good night. =).
this morning i had practice at 6 a.m. i overslept and got there at 6:45. fucking aye. as if vesa didnt hate me already. gah. i hate basketball.
today i dont know what im doing. eh. im in a crappy mood. like one where i dont feel like showering or getting dressed. hm.
oh yes. i have a fotki acount now.
this was a long entry.
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27th October 2003
today during 5th hour we had a sub. we were supposed to read something in our book, but since i didnt have my book i just put my head down and slept. :
i was awoken by the sound of the teacher talking. i wasnt listening to what he was saying, because i figured it had nothing to do with me. all his words went in one ear and out the other. it was kind of like in charlie brown, where the teacher is talking and you hear them, but you dont comprehend what he's saying.
i only recognized 6 words of his whole speech.
"Jon Rich has passed away today."
granted, i didn't know the guy on a very personal level, but it still hurt. i was shaking for the next hour and 1/2. i saw one girl bawling in the hallway. it hurts to know i will never see "Dexter" again.
i think the thing that bothers me the most is i ignored him alot. i shunned him. i dont know why.
and now i think: "i talked to him a week ago, after he came back from the hospital, and he seemed perfectly fine. he was smiling. he was laughing. he was the same old Dexter". i really believed the doctors had saved him. i wish i was right.
i don't have much else to say since i didnt know him all that well.
dont ever think things like this cant happen. because they do. when you least expect it.
Jon, you will be missed greatly.
I am at a loss of words right now.
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26th October 2003
best friends means i pull the trigger. best friends means you get what you deserve.
how can someone be buddy buddy with someone to their face, and then talk shit behind their back? but i guess they all deserve each other since they all do it to each other. thank god theres only 2 years left till graduation. and i can honestly say there is a maximum of about 4 people that i will actually miss. but i will miss them like none other. they almost make me never want to leave. but the other stupid people make me want to get the hell out of this place and start somewhere new. with a whole new batch of morons. :
but seriously. on to other things.
yesterday was fun. picked monica up. went to harvest, the village, and walmart. got a couple shirts. a pumpkin thingy for me for my halloween costume. and red shoes for her costume.
we were hungry, so we went to schoops. stopped and picked up cheese on the way since we were going by her house. sat and ate. a creepy guy waited on us. he didnt charge us for 2 drinks or a milkshake. "it pays to be beautiful." yes it does, monica. hah.
dropped monica off. then took cheese home.
came home and sat online for about 5 hours.
i think pivo officially beat matts record. aw.
ive been having dreams about, ahem, someone. its friggin wierd. =\.
im not even in the mood to do anything today. maybe ill call adam. eh.
<3 nicole
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: a fire inside
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25th October 2003
swallow yer pride. dont like yer lip react. you dont wanna see my hand where my hip be at.
im fucking bored. :
( deedly doo )
Current Mood: lonely
Current Music: sing for the years // eminem
24th October 2003
yo. shaniqua. i love you. call me.
tonight was fun. i love having a car. :
went to the tfn game. which was. eh. ok i guess.
afterwards i took jono, ica, sellers, and pivo and we met a bunch of people at BDP's. stayed there for a while. then i took jono sellers and ica home. stayed at her house for a while. we had alot of catching up to do. we had a nice long chat about how people absolutely suck and are absolutely stupid. im glad i have her. we are in the same boat when it comes to things and people.
after that i came home. told my mom about how i freaked monica and jon out with my softball in my windshield. heh. =). funny.
im super tired. fucker.
<3 nicole
Current Mood: exhausted
22nd October 2003
when i die i want to be buried face-down. so that everyone who doesnt like me can kiss my ass.
my mom took my car. =(. :
i wanted to go show it off. maybe visit my best friend.
its got some mad sound up in the hizzouse. my brother was checking to see how much bass it had.
it runs like a dream. its seriously better then my mom's and my dad's put together.
not to mention friggin gorgeous.
and the trunk can hold my brother.
im so spoiled. its sickening.
no matt this friday. but maybe a bit of my baby. hopefully. gah. i havent talked to him in forever. i miss him so.
made varsity basketball. fuck yeah, a-holes.
peace izzout.
<3 nicole
Current Mood: giddy
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21st October 2003
you make me wanna leave the one im with, start a new relationship. true. its what you do.
who got their liscense yesterday? :
nicole got her liscense yesterday.
who is getting their car tomorrow?
nicole is getting her car tomorrow.
get off the road, assholes.
<3 nicole
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: what it is to burn // finch
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19th October 2003
18th October 2003
It's about time that I came clean with you :
I'm no longer fine, I'm no longer running smooth
I though that I found myself under something new
Just one more line I repeat over and over again
'Till I'm blue in the face with a choking regret
Because I talk in circles 'round you on my bed
Can't say I blame you one bit when you kept it all inside
When you left that night
It's about time that you got sick of me
No longer fun, and so far from interesting
I thought that I found me a cure for feeling old
Just one more line to keep me sleeping loudly and cold
In disgrace with a shameful regret
As I talk in tongues to myself in my bed
Can't say I blame you one bit when you kept it all inside
When you left that night
And all that followed fell like mercury to hell
Somehow we lost our heads for the last time
And all that followed fell like mercury to hell
Somehow we lost our heads for the last time
And I don't dream since I quit sleeping
And I haven't slept since I met you
And you can't breathe without coughing at daytime
And neither can I
So what do you say?
Your coffin, or mine?
Current Mood: crushed
Current Music: blue in the face // alkaline trio
15th October 2003
Take this blade to my wrist. Help me end what makes you ugly.
im sorry my fellow blurtians. i have abandoned you. but dont fret. i have neglected you to attend to far better things. a.k.a. : xanga. but i did make a new layout for this poor excuse of a blog. actually i made it for xanga, modified it, and put it on here.
school sucks. still. nothing new.
ive been feeling loved. its great to no end.
i hate crushes. i hate boys who would be decent but ruin it by smoking. yes steve im talking about you.
2 days till i see matthew throw dem bows. <3. i need to make my poster for him. i need more body glitter. lol.
my elbow is totally fucked. im so scared. hopefully its only bruised. i hit it on our ghetto wall in our bathroom. it hurts to hold open a door. yes. it sucks.
homecoming this weekend. im ever so excited. i cant wait to attempt to look pretty.
dyed my hair black again. it doesnt look much different. just a bit darker. that will change in a few days. for some reason my hair doesnt retain the dye too well. oh well.
"don't they jump around like this?" ::hops around like an idiot::
me:"adam what are you doing with the sun chips bag?"
him: "im reading the ingredients to see what they put in these things to make them so good. they have to use crack or some sort of drug."
ha. i love my brother.
i crave sleep.
goobye all.
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: a static lullaby
12th October 2003
She smashed the radio with a board of education.
today sucked. :
woke up tired as all hell. got dressed. went to my tourney. i
came home and slept for about 4 hours. i sleep way too much.
woke up and watched varsity blues.
"aw. kyle. did you start a cult? how sweet."
came online and talked to matt for a whole 20 minutes. they he had to be too cool and went to watch a movie. gah. boys.
you still say "love you" every night. what do you mean by it?! gah.
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Current Mood: crushed
Current Music: longview // green day
10th October 2003
You want apologies? You might hold your breath until your breathing stops forever.
today was the bestest. :
school sucked. but thats besides the point.
after school my mommy took me to the drivers ed school and i took my test. i passed. =). now i just need to pass the written part. woo!
my mom picked up my lettermans jacket when i was testing. =)
came home and slept for about 20 minutes.
got up and got dressed. headed out to joanne fabrics to pick up stuff for the straps of my dress. then we went to walmart and got me some hair dye.
picked up monica and headed out to hegwisch to mann park to watch matthew ball it up. me and ica barely watched the game. we were too busy talking. matthew had 5 blocks. i missed them all. but in all fairness i also missed when he fell down. so its all gravy. his team sucks. no offense matt. yer my #1 hero. =).
tomorrow=practice and getting all dressed up. heh. i love getting dressed up.
sunday=tourney. i wish matthew would go again. <3
you brought me my property that you held randsom. of course you didnt want the payment for it, but i didnt expect you to. you kissed it before you gave it to me. i swear. i think you like to see me suffer. you want me to die a slow, agonizing death, don't you?
forever yours,
goodnight, darlings.
Current Mood: crushed
Current Music: Continental // Alkaline Trio
8th October 2003
I was over it before, but you brought me back to where I began.
eep. 2 days. how fucking exciting is that. <3 :
i saw adam today. our car drove past his car. i didnt even bother looking at him. ok. so i did. but when he looked back i turned away. gah. boys. after last night i didnt feel like making a greeting gesture towards him. I love you too much.
late starts rock hardcore.
wore my Strong Bad shirt today. <33. hell yes. had to tie it in the back though, because its flippin huge. i got so many comments on it. Strong Bad owns you and yer mom, fawker.
homecoming is in less than 2 weeks and I don't even have all my materials. erica is scanning the date form and sending it to me. =). i love my darling erica.
I need a new layout. no ideas. hm.
bored. gr.
11:04 p.m._______
what do you mean when you say "love ya" every night? it kills me. i know you dont mean it, but you still say it. you know i hate the use of that word unless it is meant. i'm sure you know i am still crazy for you, you have to. its obvious. you are the most perfect guy ever, and those 2 words fill me with the emptiest hope in the whole world. they make me feel as if i have a chance, when i dont. i hate how everything has turned out. i hate pining over you when you have no feelings for me other than a friend. i hate getting excited when i have the opportunity to see you. i hate dreaming of a perfect life with me and you. i hate myself for wanting you.
im hungry
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: blue in the face // alkaline trio
6th October 2003
i dont have anything to say. :
i did good when i was shooting around though.
carmen IM'ed me. i apologized for what i wrote in my previous entry. i didnt mean anything by it. i was just jealous. i dont even know who she is. and in all honesty, when she came up to us i thought she was so nice and totally pretty, but when i found out who she was i just got bitter. so to her, again, and to anyone who got pissed off because they are friends with her. I'm sorry.
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5th October 2003
I'm just a fool. A fool in love with you.
cubs just won. yay? heh. :
today was pretty good.
had softball today in portage. we won the championship. woohoo. go yella bellies. i did pretty good. i guess.
haha my mom is trying to make us do chores. ha. yer silly mom. for $10 a week. yeah. we'll see how long this lasts. then again i could use some money. hmm....naw.
gah. no one is online tonight. stupid afi concert. *waves fist*. i wanna talk to matthew. =( i made his poster already. it looks like shit. lol. i tried to make it all glittery, but i didnt have real glitter. so i decided to use my body glitter. im so resourceful. =\.
oh man. i saw ryan at the game friday. yarg. he looks like hes friggin 40. haha. gross.
then at the game some girl came up to us and goes "im taking pitcures of chucks! *insert schoolgirl giggle here*." if that wasnt LyK3 ToTaLLy k3wL enough, turns out it was carmen, the girl ryan ditched me for. hahahaha. wow. that was friggin hilarious.
hm. where is everyone. =(
Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: earth angel
+13 [comment]
4th October 2003
and you dance and drink and screw, because theres nothing else to do.
life has been boring lately. i dont know why. :
yesterday we got out early because of homecoming. which, by the way, we lost our homecoming game. haha. thats a knee slapper. the pep rally was horrible. maybe because i lack pep. meh. i think me and adam were the only 2 people not cheering or anything. i just so happened to be sitting next to him. i remember freshman year we used to be friends and we used to talk to each other all the time in geometry and then we would walk to gym and i would be late for my gym class in the swimming pool cuz i would be talking to him. meh. i wish we would still talk. but we dont.
went to the north football game last night. it was cold, but not as cold as i thought it would be. i kept having to run away from glen because my boyfriend was missing in action. *waves fist*
i took tons of pictures of monica so she could send em to her sister, but then dan broke my camera and they all got baleeted. i was ever so fucking mad. they were good pictures. i took pictures of other people too, and they also got erased. so i only ended up with 3.
( 2 pictures )
today was ok. softball practice.
took jodie home and me and my mom went to white castle. the homeless guy that walks all over hammond came in there to use the bathroom to clean up and stuff. i felt bad because we had tons of food left over that we were taking home to my brother. my mom wanted to give it to him. so did i. i want to cry everytime i see him. but i dont know if he likes getting stuff from people. i wouldnt know if he would be grateful, or mad that people pity him. so yeah. i dont know. he never begs for anything, and he never bothers anyone for money or food. i think he is so strong willed. its so depressing. anyway. moving on.
after that we went car hunting. found some really pretty ones today. 2 cavaliers and a camero. =). woo.
came home and slept till 8:30. i love sleeping.
my mom is making me go play in portage tomorrow. gah.
i get to see matthew play basketball next friday. woohoo. im making a poster for him. =) im so excited.
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Thank you in advance // Boys 2 Men
+3 [comment]
1st October 2003
The way you haunt my dreams. Oh no, they can't take that away from me.
my physics project is finally done. ive been so stressed out the last 4 days because of it. the car doesnt go as far as it needs to, but i dont care. its done. and that is it. :
havent talked to adam in who knows how long. i miss him so much. hes probably too busy with lauren. *sigh* poop.
matt was being a butt tonight. some people just cant take a fucking joke.
some people just dont get the hint that you dont care for them. gah. go away.
erica told me something that made me feel like poop. bah. i hate males.
school sucks. its the end of the first 6 weeks already. 1 down 5 to go. this is gonna be a fast year again. woo hoo.
i dont have much else to say. i really miss my baby. i feel so lonely.
Current Mood: lonely
Current Music: sheena is a punk rocker // the ramones
+2 [comment]
28th September 2003
27th September 2003
Murder murder, a ripe blood stain. Pulled the fucking trigger cause I'm sick of it all.
today flat out sucked. :
woke up not feeling good. i never feel good on saturday morning. felt like i was gonna throw up. blah.
went back to bed for a little while and then i got up to shower. got dressed and jodie picked me up to go to our game. i did horrible today. im so glad matthew decided to go last week. i did bad then, but i did even worse today. yarg. i need him to go to all my games. i do better when people are watching me. i dont want to look like a dumbass. hmm...
told my mom i wanted to go shopping and shes like "well i have to go to grandmas to pick up my stuff". she said she would go get her shit and come back, drop it off, and take me to the mall. she left at maybe 6ish. she didnt get back till 10 minutes ago. god. i need to get my liscense.
so ive been sitting around watching tv. i was watching this one really cute movie. i dont know why i stopped. oh well. i dont even know what it was called. it was on the wonderful world of disney. ah disney. how i love ye.
game tomorrow at 8. have to be there at 7. its in crete so that means i have to get up before 6. ugh.
i have to do my physics project. i hate writing reports. especially when i dont have any clue what im writing about.
Current Mood: angry
Current Music: The Distillers
+1 [comment]
26th September 2003
There's a place, that no one knows about. Away from integrity.
today sucked. :
school was ok. i was hyper for some reason. good moods rock madstyle.
after school came home and was a computer geek. as usual. found some kick ass homestar runner sounds for my computer. my computer is bitchin'.
my mom called and asked if i wanted to go to eat with my grandparents at vickies. i said yes because vickies is some hardcore awesome shit. the lady that owns the place was talking to my grandma. she is freakin hilarious. lol.
after we ate me and my mom went to the landings to go shopping. went to walmart. got some dress pants. got my nets and shoes for homecoming. yay.
i wanted to go to party city to look for my disguise so i could hide from glen at the next north game. they were closed. *waves fist*. chicken fuckers.
dear sir,
i hate when you say you will call and you dont. i have my phone by me at all times waiting for it to ring, yet it never makes a sound. it angers me so. yet i still love you.
Current Mood: disappointed
Current Music: Shatterday // Vendetta Red
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|Indigenous Peoples Employment Rights Protection Act Implementation Procedure (2002)
- Article 1
- This implementation procedure is defined pursuant to Article 25 of the Indigenous Peoples Employment Rights Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as the IPERP).
- Article 2
- The term "indigenous people status" stated in Article 2 of the IPERP refers to individuals who are registered as mountain region indigenous peoples or plain- and indigenous peoples in the census administration pursuant to Article 11 paragraph 1 of the Indigenous Peoples Status Act.
- Article 3
- Indigenous peoples employee quota of government institutions, public schools, and state enterprises required to employ indigenous peoples pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 is computed based on the total number of employees hired for the positions stated in paragraph 1 of Article 4 and paragraph of Article 5, as reported for labor insurance on the 1st day of each month and positions stated in paragraph 3 of Article 5 as reported for civil service personnel insurance on the 1st day of each month. However, number of retrenched or retired employees still reported for labor or civil service insurance is not to be included.
- The personnel department of government institutions, public schools, and state enterprises should assist in the computation of the aforementioned indigenous people employee quota.
- Article 4
- Employee number less than 1 computed for the indigenous people employee quota stated in Article 5 paragraphs 1 and 3, and Article 12 paragraph 1 of the IPERP should not be included in the count.
- Article 5
- The term "Indigene cooperative society" stated in Article 8 of the IPERP refers to cooperatives organized and run pursuant to the Cooperative Society Act and other related laws, and whose indigenous people member meet the quota provided in Article 7 paragraph 3 of the IPERP.
- The income and business tax exemption period of indigenous peoples cooperative societies pursuant to the Article 8 proviso of the IPERP is from November 2, 2001 to November 1, 2007.
- In the event that the membership withdrawal, retirement, expulsion or new membership participation of the aforementioned Indigene cooperative society after its organization would bring down the indigenous people membership size under the minimum requirement stated in Article 7 paragraph 3 of the IPERP; the said society would be required to pay for the income and business taxes due for the period.
- The aforementioned income tax payment should be based on the government-standard taxable income computation for the period and prorated based on the number of months that indigenous people members are under minimum quota.
- Article 6
- Indigenous peoples region procurement stated in Article 11 of the IPERP refers to the procurements executed inside indigenous peoples region.
- Article 7
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- Article 8
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- Validity of the aforementioned administrative certificate is three months.
- Article 9
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- Article 10
- The pre-employment training referred in Article 12 paragraph 2 of the IPERP refers to work skill and work safety training programs provided to indigenous peoples by the project bidder before indigenous peoples are put to work.
- Article 11
- The special municipality or county (city) government authority, depending on the actual existing requirement, should organize a task-oriented indigenous people employment promotion committee pursuant to Article13 paragraph 1 of the IPERP.
- Article 12
- Government institutions, public schools, and state enterprises employing indigenous peoples but number of indigenous employees is less than the ratio provided in Articles 4 and 5 of the IPERP, are required to remit a monthly contribution payment to the government-funded Indigene Employment Fund on the tenth of each month effective November 2, 2004.
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- Article 14
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- Article 15
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Description: My Dublin city centre based financial client currently requires an IT Relationship Manager to come join the current teams and help deliver projects within time and budget...
Description: My Dublin city centre based financial client currently requires an IT Relationship Manager to come join the current teams and help deliver projects within time and budget.
Working at a senior level, delivery is achieved by effective management of IT resources and external vendors. The role covers multiple projects, partners and stakeholders and requires an experienced Manager capable of professional delivery and people management to fulfil the role.
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Ensure I.T. investments are aligned with business strategy and plans.
Manage relationships with key stakeholders, including Product Management, to ensure optimal IT solutions are delivered to meet business requirements.
Support I.T. delivery of product changes, by agreeing the high level delivery schedule for changes, ensuring development and test resources are made available and reporting on items to IT steering as appropriate.
Provide supporting material to I.T. steering for new projects / proposals, including producing business cases for new projects.
Work with different functions of the business to facilitate the initiation of large technology change projects, and support the analysis team in this work.
Assist I.T. management in understanding business issues and their relative priorities.
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Overall management of the Business Analysis area, ensuring the efficient delivery of quality project proposals, business requirements and business / functional specifications.
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Ensuring that the analysis area understand the relative priorities of projects.
Identify opportunities where the IT function can operate more efficiently or opportunities where the IT function can add value to the business.
Work with Head of I.T. to develop I.T. strategic plan, ensuring full alignment to business strategy and plans.
Work with Head of I.T. to prepare IT budgets to ensure the proposed spend is lined up with the business needs.
Manage, develop and lead a team of highly experienced specialist, sharing expertise and knowledge across all area to maximise synergies of cross team functionality. The team are provided with direction and support for learning and development to empower personal ownership in executing their responsibilities.
Build, lead and motivate the Business Analysis teams to ensure delivery of exceptional service, while relentlessly pursuing innovation and efficiency improvement opportunities.
Provide a high level of leadership maximizing the performance of the team and department thus, ensuring high levels of staff and internal customer engagement exist.
Skill Set:
IT Degree or Relevant discipline with IT systems experience.
Strong business and Financial Industry experience with commercial knowledge including a detailed knowledge of business and IT systems. A minimum of 5 years industry experience is required, preferably working in a technical business role with significant exposure to IT, or working in IT with significant exposure to the business.
Excellent People management experience.
Ability to think strategically, influencing and shaping the organisations strategic IT objectives.
Excellent communication, relationship management, influencing and interpersonal skills. A proven ability to effectively represent the IT function in interactions with the business.
Strong and effective leadership and team work skills.
Proven track record in problem solving and customer service skills.
An ability to keep abreast of current developments in the life and pensions industry and IT sector to provide best practice/best fit recommendations to IT and the business
Influence in terms of strategic direction of the IT strategy via recommendations to IT steering and Business Development Forum for decision.
Deployment of existing resources and management of priorities.
Selecting and recruiting high value technical staff for areas.
Performance managing and if required releasing non-performing staff in accordance with New Irelands performance management procedures.
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They call the New Hampshire Motor Speedway the "Magic Mile." I gotta be honest, I have no idea why. But can tell you that New Hampshire has the potential to be magical in both a good and bad way for most of the 12 chase drivers. If you are Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson or Denny Hamlin a win would make you look like a wizard after two weeks into the chase. If you are Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth or Kevin Harvick a bad run at New Hampshire to make your championship hopes disappear.
"It was a disappointing result (in Chicago), but we had a fast race car," said Gordon who sits 12th in the standings, 47 points behind leader Keselowski. The most points you can earn in one race is 48. "We had a great run from 19th to inside the top five, and I would have liked to have seen if we had anything for them at the end, but we'll put that event behind us and focus on trying to win Loudon this weekend. There is still a long way to go."
Gordon has three wins in New Hampshire, but none since 1999. His teammate Johnson also has three wins at the short track, but two if the three where in 2003.
In more recent years, Hamlin and Clint Bowyer have been two of the better drivers at the magic mile. Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Harvick, Jeff Burton and Joe Nemechek also have found the Midas touch in New England.
"It feels really good to go back to New Hampshire during the Chase," said Kahne who won the most recent trip to New Hampshire. "The win in July was a big turning point for the team and should give everyone some more confidence this weekend. I think we found a good setup for the car last time, so we should have a good place to start from when we unload."
Two interesting notes that also make New Hampshire a magical place in the chase. The winner of the second race in the chase has won the title the last three seasons (Johnson, twice and Stewart last season) and all 12 of the chase drivers finished in the top 13 there in July. Which means a bad finish and your title hopes could go poof.
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"Narrator killed the book for me."
Julie Garwood's books are always good although sometimes important details to the story line are overlooked. However, it's the narrator that destroyed the listening pleasure.
I would not recommend this book because of the narrator.
I have all of JG's books. The Bride and Shadow Music are two of my favorites. They are both narrated by Rosalyn Landor who is my favorite narrator.and In my opinion no one could compare to her. When I purchase Audio books I first search for books that are read only by her and then I go from there. I still purchase books that are read by other narrators but they cannot compare to RL. She is the "best" narrator ever. All others are slightly bearable or intolerable altogether.
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no, because of the narrator, she was very dull.
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loved the help given to the less fortunate
I always enjoy John Grishams books and this one was also very good but the narrator ruined it..
"To drawn out and lots of miscommunication"
NO. Story lack excitement and was very flat., Not much excitement between the characters. Lead female character was unimpressive and dull. No good humor or wit about her at all. Male lead character was better but story was uneventful and boring.The narrator was superb and listening to her read the book was the only way I got trough to the end. More authors should have Rosalyn Landor read their books. Fabulous narrator.
no for the same reasons stated above. Boring
Ms. Landor's reading as well as the way she does so many different voice overs is quite amazing. It makes even the worst books a pleasure to listen too. Each character has a different and very distinct voice of their own which can get one through to the end of a boring book. I don't know how she does it but she does it so well.I am going to purchase books that are exclusively read by Ms. Landor any time that I can. She is quite amazing and can make the most boring book come to life.
More humor, openness and honesty between the characters. Saying what they feel and not keeping it to themselves. Some intrigue and excitement.
"The Narrator RUINED a good book"
No, It was not time well spent I could barely listen to it because of the narrator's make over voices. The men sounded sick and like grumpy old men and the ladies sounded like little girls and what's the whispering all about.Poorly done..Miss Garwood should only use Rosalyn Landor or perhaps Anne Flosnik or other narrators of their caliber to read her wonderful books. Whoever is reading this review please compare two other books by JG "The Bride" and "Shadow Music" and you will see what I mean.
The only other book I listened to by Susan Duerden was The Lions Lady and that also was a good story but POORLY betrayed by the narrator. Two I highly recommend are:"The Bride" and "Shadow Music". Two of JG's best and extremely well read by Rosalyn Landor.
NEVER, I listened to two read by her and both were horrible.
The story was great but the narrator did not do the characters justice.
Please Miss JG pay close attention to Whom you get to read your books..
"Delightful, Great Story"
I have listened to Shadow Music several times and I still don't know how Rosalyn Landor did all the voice overs. Terrific, very well done and extremely entertaining.
The story is very unique, interesting and different from anything I have listened to before.
The two lead Characters of course.
Rosalyn Landor never disappoints me. She holds the listeners interest and makes the story and all the characters come alive.
It made me feel good and that's why I have listened to it several times and will do so again.
Wish Judy Garwood would write more books like this one..
It would be wonderful if Judy G. would hire Rosalyn L. to read all her books.
"Terrible Narrator"
Was not enjoyable to listen to
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To fast, no emotion.
The Narrator!!!!!!!!
Story line was fair
Miss Banks should listen to The Bride or Shadow Music by Julie Garwood and use the narrator she uses.
This audio book is by far one of my favorites. The narrator is splendid and captures the essence of all the characters. The story is light, delightful and holds your interest until the. very end. I thought it was a great listen.
Jamie, she was a sweet, loving and very strong and a delightfully funny women who does things her way in the "nicest" way.
She brings the characters to life, I'm not sure if she did all the voice overs of each character because they all sounded so differently. If she did then she is remarkable.
The whole book was delightful. A fairy tale for sure but one that was very interesting and done very well. It takes the reader to another place and time and sometimes we need that in our lives. Great Book and Narrator.
I have listened to most of Julie Garwood's books and this book along with Shadow Music and The Prize are a few of my favorites. I wish Ms. Garwood would write more books as the ones I mentioned above. I'm not sure the author's listen to their books after they are made into Audio Books but If Ms. Garwood listen's to the particular books I mentioned she will know what I mean..
"law of attraction handbook"
Very informative and uplifting. It is pleasantly read and hopefully will hold your interest as it did mine. I enjoy listening to it over and over again as one cannot absorb all it's content in listening to it just once. Every time I play it I learn something new or something that I forgot or just slipped my mind. This book is for anyone who believes their life can change for the better.
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Republicans in Congress are trying again to pull Arizona and other western states out of the clutches of "liberal" California judges who hold sway over the busiest federal appellate court in the country.
GOP lawmakers led by House judiciary chairman Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., launched a new push this month to split the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Arizona and the western U.S.
Judges for and against the split are scheduled to testify today before a Senate judiciary subcommittee.
The San Francisco-based appellate court has been attacked for decades by conservatives and leaders of rural states for decisions that have protected access to abortions, strengthened the power of environmental regulators and defended the rights of accused criminals. But those critics have failed for more than 30 years to divide the 9th Circuit.
So this time, Republicans are claiming the 9th Circuit has become an administrative nightmare because of California's huge population and rapid growth in Arizona and Nevada. The numbers appear to back up their claims as the 9th Circuit now handles 23 percent of all federal appeals, and its cases take four months longer to complete than the national average.
"When you have a circuit that overcrowded and too large, you don't have swift access to the courts," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "It takes too long for Arizonans to receive justice."
But the judicial administrator of the 9th Circuit says the court's problems have been created by Congress, which has been reluctant to fill vacancies or add more judges. There are four vacancies at the moment, and a coalition of federal judges has recommended adding seven more positions.
Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder, based in Phoenix, added that the court has used modern technology to improve case management.
On the other hand, "Arizona would not be subject from decisions by liberal San Francisco judges, such as two decisions holding that it is unconstitutional to recite the Pledge of Allegiance," said Rep. Rick Renzi, who represents northern Arizona, via e-mail.
The plan, co-sponsored by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., would place Arizona and six other states in a new 12th Circuit with Phoenix as the headquarters, leaving California, Hawaii and the other Pacific Islands in the 9th.
Schroeder said the proposed split would increase California's dominance in one circuit while maintaining geographic awkwardness in the other.
• Create two smaller, more manageable circuits.
• Separate Arizona from California's overwhelming influence.
• New circuit would focus on nation's fastest-growing states.
• Phoenix would be headquarters for new circuit.
• Work load, geographic spacing would be unevenly divided between two circuits.
• Arizona, California have close economic and cultural ties.
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The best hotel, food & service in real de catorce-stayed there 3 times...we enjoyed every minute !!! Thanks Thomas!
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We travel to Real de Catorce with doubts on quality of acommodtions, restaurants, Service and "Security" but we find the best of the best on everything. Congratulations to all the people of Real de Catorce, specially to the staff of la Mansion de la Abundancia. Will see you soon.
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A successful car show benefiting Fayette Toys for Tots was held in the Fayetteville Summit Point shopping center July 5.
The event was hosted by Restorod and Collision Auto Body Shop and all toy donation proceeds were donated to Fayette Toys for Tots, which focuses on providing toys to local families in need during the Christmas holiday season. Read More»
The 13th celebration of Let Freedom Ring took place July 4 on the Old Courthouse lawn and was well attended.
Can you name the three signors for the State of Georgia?
All 50 of the United States celebrated the 238th year of our Independence Day, which is an increase from the original13 states.
The James Waldrop Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, hosted the annual event along with the Marquis de Lafayette Chapter Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard, and the Button Gwinnett Society of the American Revolution. Read More»
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There was no practical way to estimate the large mass of people attending the 2014 Senoia Social held July 5. The large stage was set up on the south side of Main Street again this year to accommodate the bands that played all afternoon and into the evening. The Senoia Social is a fundraiser for Camp Southern Ground. Photo/Ben Nelms.
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Travis Van Winkle, a class of 2000 McIntosh grad, can now be seen Sunday evenings on "The Last Ship," a new post-apocalyptic drama on TNT.
In this week's episode, his character pilots an explosives-laden boat into the side of a rogue Russian warship and lives on to fight another day. Read More»
Unusual and unexpected floats can really turn heads in the annual July 4th parade in Peachtree City, and this shredding ode to skateboarding was no exception last week. The entry from PTCSK8 was a half-pipe skateboard ramp on which jumps and tricks were performed as the float moved to the crowd's delight. The entry won the Grand Marshal's trophy. See more winning floats on pages C5-C6 in this week's print edition of The Citizen. Photo/John Munford.
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The Friends of the Peachtree City Library are pleased to announce that local author A. Bryant Betsill will sign copies of several of his books at the Peachtree City Library July 20, at 1 p.m. The public is cordially invited.
Bryant Betsill grew up in College Park, and graduated from North Clayton Senior High School in 1971. He attended Mercer University, where he studied theology, music and English while working in a maintenance office. Betsill later withdrew from Mercer just shy of graduating to return to his natural skill and craft of woodworking. Read More»


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Wayne's World - Mike Myers And Dana Carvey To Reunite At Wayne's Waynes World Event
Wayne's World fans will get the chance to quiz the film's stars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey at a special reunion panel discussion in California next month (Apr13).
The pair played wacky teens fronting a talk show in the hit 1992 comedy, which was followed by a sequel, Wayne's World 2, in 1993.
Now Myers and Carvey will get together to look back at their beloved characters for a special screening and question and answer session hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Producer Lorne Michaels and director Penelope Spheeris will also attend the event, which is set to take place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California on 23 April (13).