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Monday, 12 August 2013
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Goodreads Summary : "The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own. The other was homely and odd, an outcast from birth. An opposing pair, plucked from youth and spirited away."
This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good and graduate a storybook princess. Meanwhile Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks, wicked pet cat, and dislike of nearly everyone, seems a natural fit for the School for Evil.
But when the two girls are swept into the Endless Woods, they find their fortunes reversed—Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School For Good, thrust amongst handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are…?
The School for Good & Evil is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one.
My Rating : 3.5 of 5 stars
My Thoughts : I'm confused.
The marketing strategy for the book is quite evident that the book gets enough hype to draw attentions from readers of all genres, from MG to YA, from YA to non YA. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this book.
And I'm not sure how to articulate them all together in a review.
Maybe because the book didn't live up to the excitation and expectation it created within me. Well. I'm going to use the some old phrase-
it's me, not you.
There is no doubt the author did a unique job by blending his creativity with fairy tales that we have heard over times, embarking a magical escapade to world we all had dreamed to live in our tween- remember the feeling of having your first crush, the blush on your cheeks, dreaming of your prince charming?
The book brings back memories of those days.
In land of Gavaldon, a mysterious thief whisks away children to School for Good and Evil, where they are trained to play their predestined roles in fairy tales. Sophie, with her
princes-perfect good looks, glass sleepers and devotion to good deeds
, dreams of being kidnapped and placed in School of Good, where she can follow the footsteps of legendary past graduates, like Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and many others, those who had been entitled as heroes in pages of storybook. While, Sophie's best friend Agatha, with her
shapeless black frocks, wicked pet cat, and dislike of nearly everyone
, seems a perfect fit for the rank of villains in School for Evil.
But when two girls are swept away in the woods, they found their fortunes reversed. Sophie, instead of School for Good, was dumped into School for Evil and Agatha was thrust among the princes and fair-maidens of the land, therefore soon they enters in a struggle for identity, desperate to switch their places.
A vivid image of this magical world was given through the story, and to enhance our mundane imagination further, a brilliant map of the school and artistic sketches on the beginning of each chapter was also provided.
And what interesting subjects they teach in the school, reminding me a bit of the curriculum activities of Harry Potter. For example Uglification, Princess Etiquette, Animal Communication, Death Trap, more charms and curses. Sound awesome, don't they?
While I really didn't care much about beautiful Sophie and her vanity, I definitely felt for Agatha. To me, Sophie went from utterly annoying to totally evil. While her friend struggles to become a fearsome villain, Agatha was the one who always stood by her, no matter what. And there was Hort. A lovely boy that he is, such an adorable character.
Overall the book was good, I enjoyed those little hilarious moments. The book explores different side of friendship and love, jealousy and revenge, being moral and immoral.
I believe, this could have been showed in a different way rather than taking the same old (and boring) straightforward strategy of Team Good vs. Team Evil.
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Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris
Goodreads Summary :24 meets the X Files in the amazing follow up to Unravelling.
Four months after Ben disappeared through the portal to his home universe, Janelle believes she'll never see him again. Her world is still devastated, but civilisation is slowly rebuilding, and life is finally starting to resume some kind of normality. Until Interverse agent Taylor Barclay shows up. He's got a problem, and he needs Janelle's help. Somebody from an alternate universe is running a human trafficking ring – kidnapping people and selling them on different Earths. And Ben, with his unique abilities, is the prime suspect. To make things worse, Janelle learns that someone she cares about – someone from her own world – has become one of the missing.
Now Janelle has five days to track down the real culprit. Five days to locate the missing people before they're lost forever. Five days to reunite with the boy who stole her heart. Can she uncover the truth before everyone she cares about is killed?
In this heart-pounding sequel to Unravelling, author Elizabeth Norris explores the sacrifices we make to save the people we love and the worlds we'll travel to find them.
My rating : 4 of 5 stars
My Thoughts : Before I begin my review, I have a question for the author. Why?
In the last one, you killed Alex, and in this one….okay let's not make it spoiler, but why Miss Noris?
And I heard it's a two book series.
Really Miss Noris? How can you be that unfair?
Okay, let's start with the story.
In the last seventeen years old Janelle was hit by a truck, and died, but Ben, a boy with unique multiverse travelling ability, brought her back. However, their love story didn't have a quite happy ending and Ben ended up going back to his world, Prima, the parallel earth, one of the finite possible universes.
Four months after Ben disappeared through the portal, Janelle, still devastated, was trying to move one with her life. If I may quote Shakespeare, "Parting is such sweet sorrow." But unfortunately for her, it wasn't. And when the workaholic, perfectionist, arrogant Interverse Agent Taylor Barclay shows up with, with horrible news of a human trafficking racket, kidnapping people and selling them on different Earth and worse Ben is the prime suspect. Now Janelle has no other choice but to team up with Barclay and go after Ben, but what she doesn't have is time.
The book was a thrilling roller-coaster ride for me, roved with action in a way that nearly detonated my brain. First I was a bit sceptical on return of Taylor Barclay, but as the story progressed I actually forgot Ben was the protagonist, not Barclay. Barclay even overshadowed Janelle. I discover a different side of him that was never seen before, the side that led me believe Barclay does have a heart. He was a lot more than the smart ass, arrogant, ambitious guy I met in Unravelling.
Janelle was same as I remember her being in the first novel, the headstrong girl next door. I admired her loyalty to ben, even after spending time another guy. When Ben and Janelle finally reunited, it was not as I expected, and definitely not a sweet one. They went through many ups and downs, crossed many mountains to be with each other (not to mention there was a whinny Prima version of Janelle).
And for Ben….okay let's not go there. I kinda overlooked him throughout the book. So, yeah! I have nothing to say about him.
The ending. Mhan! That ending. It killed me right there right then. I wish there was a bit more emotion to punch my heart bleed.
To me, Unbreakable was almost everything a sequel should be. I love this book more than the first one. Of course its not same without Alex, but Barclay...you rock wonder boy.
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Surprise on Aunt Susie
Mrs. S.R. Jones, well-known here as "Aunt Susie," was treated to a genuine surprise by a company of friends last Thursday, the occasion being her 75th birthday. Numbering 30 they went to her home and walked in without ceremony. A birthday cake with 75 candles, a folding breakfast table and a basket of packages was presented. The guests obliged Aunt Susie to open the packages which disclosed grape fruit, oranges, bananas, nuts, jelly, grape juice marmalade, in fact, all sorts of goodies. An appropriate speech told of the esteem and love they had for Aunt Susie. The afternoon closed with a song service of thanksgiving led by Aunt Susie whose pleasant memories and what it means to have true friends will afford her many happy hours.
-100 years ago, Jan. 14, 1914
Two January rains make going difficult
Two "unusual" rains have visited this section within a week. Last Wednesday it rained hard and as the roads everywhere were covered with snow and ice, going was treacherous and repeated warnings were broadcast to keep off the highways. The precipitation was nearly an inch and one spell it poured like a summer shower.
– 75 years ago, Jan. 11, 1939
Harlan Thurston established $100,000 educational fund
Harlan R. Thurston, lifetime Anoka resident and Anoka businessman for many years, has established a fund of $100,000 to provide educational loans and scholarships for deserving graduates of the high schools of the Anoka-Hennepin Independent School District No. 11. The announcement of the fund was made by Superintendent of Schools Morris Bye this week.
– 50 years ago, Jan. 10, 1964
Baseball in his blood
Elmer Hierlinger retires; will pursue career as an avid Twins fan. He was a gangling kid of 15 when he first broke into the baseball scene with the Crown town team – that was a long time ago. Local town teams were the rage in those pre-television days and the list of talent that emerged from those teams is indeed long and memorable, not to mention the games on those Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They drew crowds who came to watch the likes of the young Elmer Hierlinger, the talented righthander who soon silenced critics and gained respect from opposing batters. Baseball was his game. Hierlinger's star rose and as a young man he and his brother, Merle, were drafted by the Chicago White Sox.
– 25 years ago, Jan. 13, 1989
• Compiled by Sue Austreng
Editor's note: "Looking Back" is reprinted exactly as the items first appeared.


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Plato's Democratic Entanglements:
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David Beckham's Not Comfortable Flaunting His Jun
First of all, the above picture isn't real, but it doesn't diminish how awesome it is. The image of David Beckham sitting down for what looks like a ball-waxing appointment is the artistic creation of photographer Alison Jackson, who created the fake photos to look like candid paparazzi shots for her art exhibition, Starstruck: Contemporary Art And The Cult Of The Celebrity at the New Art Gallery in Walsall, England.
However, David really has posed nearly nude in almost the same exact position, only he was wearing underwear. He stepped out of his comfort zone of being fully clothed (as seen in these thumbnails here) or simply shirtless, for his Armani photoshoot. He told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show, "When I was doing the Armani shoot, I was quite uncomfortable because I've never done a shoot before just in underwear."
The metrosexual footballer also confirmed his desire for more children. When the chipper talk show host asked David if he wanted to expand his brood, he answered, "Of course." It's probably for the best that the waxing bit is fake (well, at least the pictures is) because having all that hot, molten wax near his manhood might not be the best thing for a man who wants to continue making babies.
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This bottle of scotch used to be displayed at my parents living room when I was a kid. It was on top of the bookshelve by the original, big Tio Pepe bottle. I never thought about it but geee, that sure was the most kitsch corner of the house :)
Well, after that it was kept at some cabinet for years until I rescued it from oblivion and took it home with me, as i did with a bunch of wonderful stuff I remembered from my childhood and had been kept for years, just like this amazing bottle.
The funny thing about alcohol at home is that my father never drunk, but being a doctor we had every and each one of his patients giving him bottles of wine and licquor every Christmas time... so we sure had the best and most complete wine cellar in the neighbourhood, only that we don't drink (ok, I love beer, cider and wine, but not stronger stuff). I guess this bottle came as one of those Christmas presents sometime before 1970, because I've known it forever.
I have other kitsch bottles at home I will share at CW, and I remember some amazing whisky bottles at my parent's cellar. I should take a look down there one of these days.


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bison, flex and make problem
Im trying to get bison and flex to compile using my makefile, but i just cant get it to work. This is the makefile i use...
APP := title
what make is this? gnu? This does not look like a gnu make file to me.
is this windows? linux?
what do you mind compile? are you compiling bison/flex? or compiling a program that uses a flex generated lexer and a bison parser?
You're going to have to explain what you are doing.
Oh sorry. Its a gnu make file for linux and im trying to compile a bison and flex grammer file. I just cant figure out how to fit it into the makefile, and get it to work right. My biggest problem is getting it to compile the bison file before the flex file so that it can use the .h file produced by bison.
Below is a simple makefile to compile a program called 'programmenu'. programmenu was a small floating gtk gui menu that used a XML grammer parser that was made with flex and bison.
The first target, 'all' is always the default target. That is the target that is built if none is specified.
note that I have a target called lex.yy.c. This is the lexer source that flex produces. There is also a target called lex.yy.o. Look at it's dependencies 'lex.yy.c' and 'y.tab.h'. 'y.tab.h' is generated by bison by default, and is needed for compiling the lexer source generated by flex.
I think you read the bison, flex manpages if you haven't already and look closely at the dependency tree in the makefile below.
CC = gcc
LDFLAGS = `gtk-config --libs`
CFLAGS = `gtk-config --cflags` -g -Wall
PROGRAM = programmenu
all: programmenu
programmenu: menu.o y.tab.o lex.yy.o tree.o
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) menu.o y.tab.o lex.yy.o tree.o -o $(PROGRAM)
menu.o: y.tab.o
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c menu.c
y.tab.o: y.tab.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c y.tab.c
lex.yy.o: lex.yy.c y.tab.h
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wno-unused -c lex.yy.c
tree.o: tree.c tree.h
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c tree.c
y.tab.c: menu.y
bison -ydv menu.y
y.tab.h: y.tab.c
lex.yy.c: menu.lex
flex -i menu.lex
run: $(PROGRAM)
/bin/rm -f $(PROGRAM) *.o lex.yy.c y.tab.c y.tab.h y.output core
My problem with the makefile in your post though is that you have to write out the dependencies yourself. In mine, for each file it will create a .d file with the dependencies in the file, then you just include the file, and it does all by itself. If i did it your way, it would be easy. But id like to fit it into mine.
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Missoula Kids Suffer With Ear Infections
Ear infections seem to be on the rise in Missoula but nationally this isn't the case. Pain Relief: Big Drop In Ear Infections
My 10 year old daughter is currently recovering from double ear infections after a long, drawn out sinus infection. She did not have problems with her ears, even as a baby until this cold/flu season.


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GENEVA (Jul. 8)
The International Refugee Organization announced today that it has allocated $6,000,000 for the Jewish Agency's refugee resettlement program. Part of the sum has already been turned over to the Agency. Half of the $6,000,000 will be used for youth immigration to Israel.
The International Red Cross is preparing plans for future work in Palestine. The Lebanese Government has asked the organization to help it remove the equipment and medical supplies of a Lebanese hospital from Acre, in northern Israel, to Lebanon.


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Every year, my company shuts down during the Christmas to New Year period for 1-2 weeks. To make use of our long holiday, we decided to travel to Melbourne! We decided on Melbourne because the air fares were the cheapest *LOL* plus we missed Melbourne after our previous trip there in 2010. The difference was, of course, this time we were going to travel with 2 young kids. Little J had been looking forward to this trip for weeks ahead, when we told him that we were going to fly in an aeroplane. Every few days, he would be asking us when we'd be going for our holiday in the aeroplane. When the day finally came, he was so excited even though he was a little under the weather from a stomach bug. Here are some of the pictures of him waiting for our flight and on the flight itself. He didn't even want to get off the plane when we arrived at Melbourne!
Our accomodation
Our trip was for 5 days, so this post will be a condensed version of what we did during that 5 days. We stayed at Melbourne Short-Stay Apartments in the CBD, which was so convenient location-wise. Firstly, it's located just across the road from the Kings Cross Station, which is where all the Skybuses from the airport stop. So it was really stress-free for us to travel from the airport to our accomodation, something that's important when travelling with young children. Apart from that, there's also a tram stop literally in front of the apartment, which makes travelling within the CBD on the tram really easy (and free!). Location aside, our one-bedroom apartment was well-appointed with a complete kitchen, laundry facilities (washer and dryer), dining area, living area and a queen-size bedroom. Our only gripe was that they did not provide complimentary cots for infants, so we took the trouble to bring our own portacot over for Little K. The apartment was clean and tidy as well, and amenities were replenished on-demand. I was so glad that we chose to stay in an apartment instead of a hotel room, because I was able to make Little K's food everyday instead of relying on baby food pouches. The one-bedroom partition also helped in getting the baby to sleep earlier without distractions from the big brother. Plus we were able to hang out/ watch the TV in the living room without worrying about waking the baby up!
Melbourne Aquarium
The next morning, we decided to visit the Melbourne Aquarium because it was cloudy and drizzling, so heading to somewhere under cover was the way to go. Obviously, half of Melbourne must have thought the same for the queue to get tickets was so long! It didn't help that the kids didn't sleep well on their first night in a foreign land, so both were cranky and tired while in the queue. We finally managed to get in after what seemed like an hour of queuing but it didn't get much better inside as everywhere was filled with people. We even saw a couple of kids lost and crying for their parents because there were just too many people inside. It was overall quite an average experience for us, as we expected to see something more in a more spacious area. The highlight was probably the water tunnel, but because there were so many people, we had to keep moving without the chance to stop and admire the fishes or take pictures. Also, since we had a pram with us, we had to rely on lifts to get from one level to another, which wasn't ideal because there were many other prams around too. So there were also queues getting to a lift. To sum it up, it was all a very rushed experience.
Bourke Street
After the aquarium, we went back to the apartment for the kids (and adults!) to take a nap. It was still cloudy and drizzling in the evening, but we decided to go out anywhere hoping that the rain would stop soon. We went to Bourke Street mall via tram, where Little J was so excited with the ride. I saw the nice H&M store at the GPO building, which was the first ever H&M in Australia. I loved walking along this street, there was so much to see and lots of restaurants at various junctions. We even spotted a small lane with graffiti art on it. For dinner, we walked towards Chinatown where there were plenty of restaurants around, making it hard to choose.
Saucer had a yearning for udon so we randomly went into an udon shop called Udon Yasan. It had the cafeteria-style concept, where one would queue up to get a basic bowl of udon in the preferred size and soup, then proceed to top it up with various items such as soft-boiled egg, tempura prawns, chicken karaage, croquette, etc. After paying, there's a huge condiment station with plenty of complimentary toppings such as spring onions, bonito flakes, tempura flakes, seaweed and even green tea! The best part was that the bowl of regular udon was just $4.80! Saucer loved it so much that he had it again the next day. 🙂
For dinner, we had BBQ and roast pork at a Hong Kong restaurant called China Bar. We loved the roast pork (siu yoke) there – the skin was amazingly crispy and the meat well-seasoned and tender. However, the branch that we went to in Swanston Street was quite small, making it not pram-friendly, plus they did not have high chairs! We only realised that once everyone was seated and ordered, so it was too late to leave. But it was definitely not easy handling a fidgety baby while trying to eat.
Flinders Street Station and Federation Square
The next morning, we woke up from a much better sleep and headed towards Flinders Street Station. It's Melbourne's iconic and first ever train station which we visited 6 years ago, and we really wanted to return for a picture now with our family of 4. 🙂 From there, we took a walk towards Federation Square, where the art galleries and ACMI are. ACMI happend to have free entry during our visit so we went in to have a look. Little J had a blast with lots of their interactive booths where he could touch the screens and play with their tablets. It was surprisingly an enjoyable and informative visit, even for us adults. 🙂
We then proceeded to take a walk along the Yarra River. The place was still the same as our last visit 6 years ago, where we went on a river cruise. For lunch, we walked towards Queen Victoria Markets and had our fix at their food court. There wasn't a huge range of options to choose from, but Saucer managed to satisfy his cravings for Indian food, while I had the delicious fried Lou Shi Fun which can't be found in Sydney!
In the evening, we took the tram towards Crown Casino and enjoyed the riverside view there. We went there mainly to relive our experience of going there years ago as a couple, enjoying ice-cream and the gorgeous view, only this time we had 2 little ones with us. 🙂 Dining options at the Crown are not great though – everything was massively overpriced and not a great deal of choices, unless you were going to one of those fine-dining restaurants at the casino.
Hardware Lane
On the second last day in Melbourne, the kids woke up early so we all left the apartment before 9am to head towards Hardware Societe, apparently the hipster brunch place to go. We reached there before 10am and there was already a queue in front! We had to wait about 20 minutes for a table and little J was not happy about it. Read more about our experience here. After brunch, we took a stroll along Hardware Lane, which is a street filled with lots of cafes. This street reminds me of Surry Hills in Sydney, where the brunch and cafe scene is strong too.
Hakata Gensuke Ramen
For lunch, a quick google search revealed that Hakata Ramen is famous for its tonkotsu broth ramen. We reached the place at around 12pm (it opened at 11.30am) and there was already a long queue in front! I was quite disheartened with the queue and wanted to change our lunch venue but it was our second last day in Melbourne and we would be flying off the next morning, so we braved the queue. We only managed to get seated around 30 minutes later, but luckily their ordering system was quite quick and we were served within minutes.
Saucer had the Signature Tonkotsu Ramen, which was served in warm, milky and very tasty pork broth. The noodles were still al dente and had a nice bite to it. I tried to be adventurous and ordered the spicy God Fire Ramen instead, which came with different levels of hotness. I had mine medium and was sweating away halfway through the bowl. *LOL* Between the two, I preferred the signature tonkotsu for the in-depth flavour of the broth that wasn't overpowered by the chilli.
Gami Korean Fried Chicken
On our final night in Melbourne, Saucer suggested having Korean fried chicken because we seldom saw Korean fried chicken restaurants in Sydney. After doing a search and based on where we were, we decided to go to Gami Chicken & Beer. It was located on a quiet corner on Little Lonsdale Street with an assuming yellow signboard that we would have missed if we didn't have google maps with us. But boy, were we glad we chose this joint because we were hooked to their fried chicken! We had the whole chicken in 2 sauces – soy garlic and sweet chilli. Since we were not sure if Little J would be ok with the level of spiciness of the sweet chilli, they were nice enough to separate the sauce on the side. That turned out to be a great idea because we then had the original fried chicken which was still crispy without the sauce.
We also ordered the Tteok Bok Ki, which was a combination of stir-fried rice cakes, fish cakes, noodles and vegetables in an extrenely moreish and spicy Korean sauce! It was really authentic and reminded us of the tteok bok ki we had when we were in Seoul. We would totally get this again if Gami decides to open in Sydney. 😀
That concluded our final night in Melbourne! Looking back this post, it felt like our Melbourne trip was more like a food trip instead! *LOL* I guess you can't take the love of food out of a foodie eh? Hopefully our kids will grow up to enjoy food as much as we do and would go on adventurous trips with us just for food!
The next morning, we had a quick breakfast in the apartment before we left for the airport via Skybus. Again, thanks to the great location of our apartment, we only needed to cross the road to get to the Southern Cross Station for our bus. We thoroughly enjoyed going for holidays with our kids even though it's no easy feat. But I'm sure practice makes perfect and we would only get better at this. 🙂


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First, let's take a quick look at why any investment choice is almost always a complex issue.
- The question
- Should you invest in investments that are Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) eligible, or Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) eligible or both?
- The answer
- Both RRSPs and TFSAs provide the benefit of tax-sheltered compound growth for investments held inside the plan. But RRSP contributions are tax-deductible and TFSA contributions are not, although amounts can be withdrawn tax-free at any time and the withdrawn amounts added back to your TFSA contribution room.
Generally speaking, RRSPs are the investment of choice for long-term objectives while a TFSA may be better suited for shorter-term goals, such as an emergency fund or saving for a major purchase.
- What are the tax implications of the investments? Not only are your RRSP contributions tax deductible, all other taxes on your registered investments are deferred until money is withdrawn during retirement. On the other hand, your non-registered investments will attract taxes. That's why it's usually a good strategy to place tax attracting investments inside registered plans and investments that enjoy a preferential tax treatment in your non-registered portfolio.
- Will I be able to sleep well at night? You'll need to evaluate your time horizon and your tolerance for risk. Younger investors may be willing to accept more risk and decide on a more aggressive portfolio; older investors typically opt for less volatile investments that deliver steady returns. Asset allocation and diversification are always important – but the essential rule is to pick the asset mix that lets you sleep soundly at night.
- Am I confident I will have enough income to fund my retirement dreams for all the years of my retirement? You're likely to live a long time in retirement. Assess all your sources of income and make investment adjustments as required to be assured that your income will last as long as you do.
- Do I know what my financial legacy will be? Decide what you want to pass on and to whom – and then take the right steps to ensure that's what will happen in the most tax efficient way.
You may have the financial skills to put your own investment and financial plan together but why gamble with your future? Your professional advisor can help you make the best investment choices and keep them on track as time goes on.


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The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known, says Kenko
Essays in Idleness
You come home
at the end of a long day from work
or school. You crawl onto a sofa like a lizard on a rock, then reach
for the remote to flick on the TV set, hoping to catch a mindlessly entertaining programme to kill time.
Instead, do what I do:
I have a scattering of comfort books lying about the house; so when body and mind are stressed out, I pull out a volume, flip it open at no particular page, and read whatever I find.
Comfort books can be of any category or genre — old-loved novels or short story anthologies, armchair travelogues, memoirs, a scattering of poems, one of Lord Buddha's Discourses, even a well-illustrated children's book — evergreen content that gives a cheer, a smile or a reflective pause, as we seem to hear
Someone far away was reading a sutra, and
someone was invoking the Holy Name
Tale of Genji
Some early favourites from Secondary school days are the conversational essays written in the 1930s by Dr Lin Yutang
scholar, bestselling translator of Chinese classics into English, and laidback observer of life.
Dr Lin's own English-language works include
Moment in Peking
(a novel of life, love and manners in war-torn China from 1900-1930), and
The Importance of Living
The Wisdom of China
(both anthologies).
I also enjoy his translation of
Six Chapters of a Floating Life
, the autobiography of an 18th Century scholar who fails in career and social status but wins in love, friendship and the simple pleasures of life.
A meandering but absorbing novel I thoroughly enjoyed is
The Unofficial History of the Scholars
by Wu Ching-tzu (completed in 1790). The
excerpt in Chapter 24
describes a typical day at the yamen or district court.
One of the most memorable comfort books is Sei Shonagon's
Pillow Book
清少納言 枕草子 (Makura no Sōshi). I used to imitate its style and tone in my diary-writing days as an overly sentimental wide-eyed teenager.
Other comfort books include
The Country of the Pointed Firs
by Sarah Orne Jewett; Emily Dickinson's
James Joyce's
short stories (but not his incoherent
), Rumi's
Mystic Poems,
Edward Fitzgerald's
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Richard Bach's
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull,
Virginia Woolf's expressive essays and her sensible novella,
Mrs Dalloway,
William Wordsworth's and Samuel Coleridge's
Lyrical Ballads,
William Hazlitt's
W H Hudson's
Far Away and Long Ago
and Rudyard Kipling's rhyming poems and plain tales.
These are Level 2 works, more limited in scope than the grander, verbose Level 1 tomes of great heft (Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas come to mind) that take forever to plough through. With notable exceptions, Level 2 books are slim, at most 200 pages. They are easy to read, easy to digest and easy to remember. And they remain fresh despite constant re-reading.
I have also included several poems of power, i.e. poems that hit me hard and forced me to change my thinking and my view of life and the meaning of existence. One such poem is
The Ship of Death
by DH Lawrence. Another is
Tintern Abbey
by William Wordsworth.
I'm too indolent to learn Swahili or climb Mount Everest. I detest golf and the people – politicians, potbellied businessmen and philandering sportsmen — playing the fakey sport. However, I was surprised, though, to read in Muriel Spark's classic
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,
that schoolgirls in early 20th Century Scotland enjoyed golf.
So, I curl myself with a book from those hundred-odd volumes on the shelves and recondite corners in my house. They are always ready to share a chat, an anecdote or a well-turned idea. Many of the titles can be purchased from Amazon.com, including Lin Yutang's out-of-print books. There are some I bought from Folio Society in England.
And hostage from the future took
In trained thought and lore of book
John Greenleaf Whittier,
Snow-bound, A Winter Idyl
Francis Chin, Vesak Day, June 2, 2004
Ship of Death
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Through the Dark Wood
Painted Skin
Strange Tales
Pretty girls, fox spirits, sex...
The land of longing
Women poets of China
Kill the old man if you think he
s a Were-tiger
What men lust after
Images from soft-porn classic of old China
Isle of Voices
where pebbles turn into gold
A Month in the Country
Intimacy in an English village
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Character is destiny
The Consolation of Philosophy
Knowing the happiness of fish
Sly wisdom of Chuangtse
Life has many happy endings
Blessings and benediction
Romance of the Western Chamber
It's that brief look she gave me that bedevils me
Moment in Peking
Life, love, suffering and courage, by Lin Yutang
Sagittarius Rising
Life in the sky by Cecil Lewis
The Road to Oxiana
Travel in Afghanistan
Essays in Idleness
the pleasure of doing nothing
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Unhurried recollections
Tale of Genji
Passion and poetry under autumn skies
The Haunted Simla Road
Khushwant Singh reflects on the departed English
In Simla, we wander at our own sweet will
The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn, Life on the river
Mark Twain
Existing in someone's mind
in Sophie's World
Capricious friendship, secondhand books
Virginia Woolf
People who strike us, who seem alive
Virginia Woolf
Restating the worth of man behind bars
John Cheever
Kaleidoscope of unforgettables
Gabriel García Márquez
Fine day of lovely breezes
The Lan Ting Prologue
The word not spoken
Silent meaning
Old age and an adamantine faith
Reading spiritually clever, chimp books
Dewey Readmore Books
When the eyes of the stone lion turn red
Things Fall Apart
Tribal wisdom by Chinua Acebe
Why we read
Being book-savvy
Far Away & Long Ago
Childhood in the Pampas
Yellow Millet Dream
Ambition, fame, dishonour
Gilgamesh's search for immortality
Cloud tea: More precious than gems
A Room of One's Own
and a fixed income to keep one alive in the sunshine
Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
Moved by the sound of wind and the hum of insects
Sei Shonagon enters a retreat
The mountains ahead look scary (The Hobbit)
Promiscuous reading
Goblin Market
Murder lawsuit at the yamen
Excerpt from The Scholars 儒林外史
Murder is bloody fun
If you were as sharp as Miss Marple
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lines written above Tintern Abbey
Wordsworth' reflection on nature's healing
In Arabian Nights: Story in your heart
Beauties in old China
Dream of the Red Chamber


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The program for the second annual conference of the National Council of Jewish Education was announced by Israel S. Chipkin, Educational Director of the Jewish Education Association of New York, and chairman of the conference committee. The conference will take place in Atlantic City on Sunday May 29th and continue until Wednesday evening, June 1st. Headquarters have been established at the Hotel Ritz Carlton.
A feature of the Conference will be the consideration to be given to the unschooled Jewish child. Members of the National Association of Jewish Community Center Secretaries have been invited to be the guests of the National Council for Jewish Education at this session. Dr. Isaac B. Berkson will be chairman.
Figures gathered by Jewish educators place the number of Jewish children in this country at 800,000. Of these only 30% are receiving Jewish instruction.
At the present time the Jews of America are spending approximately $7,000,000 a year for Jewish education, or an average of $30 per child.


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The talk will focus on usability and user experience with a particular emphasis on modeling and measurement.
Philip commented,With the current shift in enterprise software delivery models, moving from the desktop to the web and mobile, usability gains importance. Users can and will now easily switch the software they use.
During the roundtable breakfast discussions of the conference, Philip will lead a session on XBOSofts Quality Process Assessment and the importance of measurement in monitoring and improving software quality while exchanging opinions with other QA professionals. Philip noted,The conference is about software testing, but the entire reason for testing is raising software quality, so well explore testing effectiveness, and other ways to evaluate and improve quality.
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Mission of Motherhood: Reaching Your Child's Heart for Eternity - by Clarkson, Sally
Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook, 2003. 256pp.
Jennie Pulliam, wife of TMS student John Pulliam
Last year a friend recommended that I read Mission of Motherhood: Reaching Your Child's Heart for Eternity by Sally Clarkson. I was refreshed and encouraged by the author's words of wisdom and reminded and convicted of what my "mission" is as a mother as I had been experiencing a particularly difficult season of motherhood.
"The fundamental mission of motherhood now is the same as it always was: to nurture, to protect, and instruct children, to create a home environment that enables them to learn and grow, to help them develop a heart for God and His purposes…" (p. 3). Sally Clarkson begins her book by using the Scriptures to remind readers of God's initial design for mothers. Our calling as Christian mothers is to "fulfill God's will for our lives and to glorify Him" (p. 15). This is accomplished by following His plan for families laid out in His Word. The chapter, "An Undivided Heart," brought immediate conviction. Though she begins the chapter talking about the consequences of mothers who are away from the home, Mrs. Clarkson points out that being present with our children is not solely a matter of being physically near our children; it really is a matter of the heart.
As a stay-at-home mom I am often with my children, but how often is my heart aware of my mission as a mom? Am I pouring myself out for my children as a spiritual act of worship? Do I desire to be doing something else or do I embrace that this is the calling the Lord has given me?
The last chapter of the book was particularly encouraging for me as it dealt with the faithful mother. The author writes that the task of "stewarding children's lives is not a short term process. There is no quick list of rules that can be followed in one short year that will ensure success. The mission of motherhood requires grit. It requires perseverance. And that often means years of repetitious and mundane tasks, years of repeating yourself, years of wondering whether anything you do or say makes a difference… We must choose to believe that God himself will eventually reward our choices and efforts to raise a godly heritage for his glory. It is for Him and His purposes that we must endure, trusting that He who promised is faithful" (pp. 226-227). These words were a great encouragement to my heart.
The book is divided into five sections: A Mother's calling; A Mother's Heart for God; A Mother's Heart for Her Children; A Mother's Heart for Her Home; and A Mother's Heart for Eternity. Each section consists of one or more chapters that develop these themes. At the end of every chapter, there is a "For Thought and Reflection" section. There is also a "Something To Try" section which includes practical and creative ways to solidify these themes in the mind and heart and some fun, practical ideas that Mrs. Clarkson has used with her own family. Also, the author shares "Our Twenty-Four Family Ways," which is a list of household ways that she has taught her children.
Overall, I thought this book was helpful and encouraging and would recommend it to other moms seeking to be faithful to their God-given "mission".


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Please don't take offense to my post as I may be a little blunt here.
It is common knowledge that cutting chipboard with any type of die cutting system will be tricky. If you have the expectation that each and every die should cut cleanly each and every time then you are setting yourself up for some disappointment.
Yes, you are right in that they should work BUT as everyone will tell you die cutting is not a science and the success rate is NOT 100%. I am sorry to have to break the news to you but it is the nature of the beast.
PS but if you really think your one die is "not quite right" then return it. Sometimes these things are defective.


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Congratulations! June is gone, July is here, and you're officially one month closer to becoming a Hanoverian. But before you're immersed in the whole student body experience, you'll have the opportunity to participate in August Experience. Consider it your Hanover tutorial, or your college boot camp. Whatever you call it, you don't want to skip out on ANY of the activities.
Connect with your P.A. group. I'm sure some of you have received post cards from your P.A. with a little introductory note about how excited he or she is about getting to know each and everyone one of you. I remember receiving my card in the mail, and it was the first of many reminders that even though I'm moving away, I'll still have people to watch out for me and guide me through my first year of college.
My P.A. group was really the first group of friends that I made at Hanover; the team building and get-to-know-you activities really made the transition a lot smoother for me. Really take advantage of getting to know the people in your group, because here's a little surprise, your P.A. group is also your Great Works class! So you'll be with these people all year and that creates a great opportunity for lasting friendships.
Take the Walmart shuttle. This was quite an experience. I don't know if you guys have the same rules, but for my freshman year, we weren't allowed to bring our cars until after fall break. This means you're stranded whenever you need anything, right? WRONG.
The Wednesday of August Experience, we took a van to Walmart to pick up any odds and ends that we left at home, and even if we didn't need anything, it was still a fun outing for all us baby Panthers. I encourage you to take the Walmart shuttle and bring your new friends along. Believe me, it will be your first of MANY trips to the Madison Walmart.
Start something during your down time. During August Experience, you'll find that the schedule is a bit hectic. With all the P.A. group meetings, group activities and seminars that you're encouraged to attend, it seems hard to find time to hang out with all of the new friends you've just met.
Fear not! If you take a close look in the August Experience schedule packet you've received (if you haven't received it yet, sorry for ruining the surprise), there are a couple designated "free times." I really encourage you to get up and do something!
Don't spend it in your room rearranging your new closet or trying to figure out where to plug in all of your stuff or economizing the space in your room. I decided I wasn't going to sit still during my free time. My parents made the wise decision to buy me some frisbees before they said their goodbyes, so I told my roommate that we were going to start a game of ultimate frisbee. Soon enough, the girls on our hall were up for it, and once we got out on Donner lawn, we kept inviting people to play until we got a big group together. No idea is too small, so get out there and start something
Go to sessions and events. During August Experience, there are different sessions you can attend as ice breakers among the other freshman as well as professors. These sessions range from academic topics, to completely outlandish activities, like one of the sessions I attended, Mario Kart Wii Championship.
The sessions only last about two hours and it's great to meet people who share your interests. Also, the Shoebox, the hot spot to eat on campus, hosts a pizza-and-games night for freshman and P.A.s. There are card games, karaoke, food, fun and new friends.
Also, the first football game of the year is during August Experience! It's a great way to show school spirit and get to know some cool new folks that you may not have met yet.
So, with all these activities, it's impossible to have a bad time during your first week at Hanover. You'll make plenty of friends and meet plenty of professors, which should make assimilation into college life a breeze!
Until next time, keep packing, keep reading and keep it classy.


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Black Book Belts
I believe I own RPO A85 customer shoulder belts for a '69 convertible. According to the Black Book, only 600 were made for convertibles. Was it a standard option for coupes? I've been reading your magazine for about five years and do not remember any shoulder-belt articles. Can you confirm what I might have? On the belts there is a sewn-in white tag towards the front reading "Important," followed by safety warnings. At the end of the belt, another white tag reads "GM Hammill 066/0669, Model No. C22 11F69." The metal bracket also has a code of HR on one side of the bolt opening, 16 on the other side. The other shoulder belt is white tag Hammill 021/2968? (numbers were smudged) Model No. C22 43F68 metal bracket is HR-6 and 008. Are one or both of these harnesses for a '69 convertible? Would you have an approximate value for the two shoulder belts on today's market? Were coupe and convertible shoulder belts interchangeable?No Name Given, Via e-mail
Seatbelts were standard on coupes.
Contact Ssnake Oyl Products' (800-284-7777, www.ssnake-oyl.com) seatbelt restoration services for correct deciphering of the numbers you listed above. Or contact an NCRS judge at an NCRS meet for verifi-cation of the intended use. We don't set prices here in CF, and we wouldn't want to be in the middle of that can of worms.
No Cutting, Please
I have a '74 exhaust system, and am wondering if there is a hugger or shorty header which will replace my exhaust manifolds without cutting the existing exhaust pipe (which connects to the exhaust manifold). Catalog companies that sell parts for Corvettes tell me the answer is no, but they also don't sound convincing, and they recommend a header which they sell. Any help would be great.Eric, Via e-mail
There are shorty headers that will work. All the header manufacturers use flat, rigid flanges to connect the exhaust system to them. No matter what header you use, the flanges will require modification. When we put together Project Shark Attack (our '79 Corvette project car), we used Hooker Super Comp shorty headers so we could use cata-lytic converters as close to the headers as possible. The Hooker headers ended up close to the original exhaust manifold outlet position.
The exhaust pipe will require modifying to allow the connection, so if the headers are slightly shorter or longer, it doesn't really matter. They will be in the correct area as far as the original position of the manifolds. The Hooker Super Comp headers are equal length or as close as possible, so they take up a little more room than other manufacturers. This is something to consider if you want a direct bolt-on with no other modifications other than flange connection. Hooker also makes a pair of street rod headers that are an easier fit. Patriot makes a set of shorty headers that will work well. Check the Summit Catalog for the options available.
Loose Yokes
I have a '79 Corvette L-82 with a 3:08 differential. I am in the process of replacing the front bushing on the control arms and installing new adjustable strut rods. I noticed the differential side yoke to the left drive axle will slide in and out of the differential. The right side drive axle yoke appears to be fixed into the differential and will not slide out. Is this normal, or should I have repairs completed on the differential while I have everything disconnected? Will this condition allow the left control arm to have side play after everything (strut rods, spring, and shocks) is reconnected?Ken Gazaway, Via e-mail
The axle shaft yokes in the differential are fixed and should not move more than 11/48-31/416 inch in and out. It does affect suspension geometry in aggressive driving. The yoke wears at the end where it rests against the differential gearshaft until the snap ring retaining them in position breaks into many pieces. This requires differential disassembly and removal of the broken snap ring pieces. The broken pieces of snap ring are light enough to flow with the gear oil into the cavity between the front and rear pinion bearings. When this occurs, the differential requires complete disassembly to remove all the pieces or leave them to grind against the bearings. Check the differential pin and case for wear. They take quite a beating from the posi-traction clutches and cornering. In most situations, the shaft is worn, but the case is still OK. Now is the time to take care of it.
Chevy Engine Red
Here is, hopefully, one of your simpler questions. I'm getting ready to start a frame-off restoration to my '72 yellow convertible four-speed Corvette. I was asked a question on the paint color for the engine. Is it to be painted red or Chevy orange? I always thought the color was Chevy orange.
John Riley, Milwaukee, WI
The correct paint color is Chevy orange. The concern comes in the way the paint manufacturer sees the orange. In some cases, it's closer to red than orange. The major Corvette suppliers have the correct Chevy orange. We found Plastikote Chevy orange available at some auto-parts suppliers to be close to the original color.
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" Author: Charlaine Harris / Format: Paperback / Date of publication: 04 July 2013 / Genre: Crime & Thriller / Publisher: Orion Publishing Co / Title: Real Murders / ISBN 13: 9781409147046 / ISBN 10: 1409147046 / Alternative EAN: 9780425218716 "
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Before she created Sookie Stackhouse, the heroine of the Southern Vampires mystery series and latterly of True Blood fame, Charlaine Harris used to write pretty good non-paranormal mysteries. One of her early heroines was Aurora Teagarden and Real Murders was the first in a series of eight mystery novels featuring a heroine every bit as quirky as Sookie.
Charlaine Harris is an American author, a prolific writer with at least 27 full length novels that I know of to her credit as well as a string of novellas and short stories often included in crime and paranormal anthologies. Her early fiction was mainly in the crime sub-genre frequently referred to as being "cosy", a term used to differentiate crime fiction where the murder happens off stage rather than the more gruesome murders where every gory detail is described. Cosy fiction tends to concentrate on the clues and the detection rather than the awfulness of the crime.
Aurora Teagarden is a librarian living and working in the small town of Lawrenceton, Georgia, where nothing much seems to happen. Aurora, or Roe as she's affectionately known, belongs to the Real Murder Club, a group of people who meet to discuss famous crimes which remain unsolved. Just before the monthly meeting is to begin, Aurora discovers the massacred body of a fellow club member and the method of dispatch is exactly the same as that Aurora and her fellow club members were going to deliberate. This is just the first killing however, as the killer continues to murder his victims using the style of various historical killers and as Roe begins to investigate, she finds herself a target, making it even more imperative that she discovers who is perpetrating these crimes.
Price and availability:
Because of the success of True Blood, many of Charlaine Harris's earlier books are being reprinted and this one is no exception. It is currently available from Amazon in hardcover for £12.96 although used paperback copies are for sale on Amazon Marketplace from £1.48. I borrowed my copy from the library, so it might be worth checking your own local library's catalogue first to see whether they have a copy.
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I've been a fan of the Sookie Stackhouse books since the first one was published back in 2000 and having devoured all of them, I began to look at Charlaine Harris's back catalogue. Much as I enjoy her paranormal mysteries, it's very easy to OD on vampires so it was a pleasure to discover that she has been writing crime and mystery fiction since the 1980s without a vampire in sight.
The book starts well with Aurora practising her Murder of the Month speech which she plans to give at her club meeting that evening. This is a great device for introducing the heroine and giving a thorough description of the person we're dealing with. Aurora is tiny, only four feet eleven inches with, we're told, "big glasses , brown eyes, pink cheeks (artificial) and good skin (real)." She's no beauty but has a quirkiness about her which makes me think that elements of her personality were grafted on to Charlaine Harris's later creation of Sookie Stackhouse.
Aurora's arrival at the venue for the club meeting presents the opportunity to introduce all the club members bar one, Mamie Wright, who is the first victim! Mamie was the wife of Gerald, an insurance agent, and the method of her death exactly replicated that of a historical murder of the wife of a Liverpool insurance agent. Aurora immediately begins putting two and two together and comes up with the theory that the murderer must be a member of the club which gives her ten suspects to choose from. As the bodies begin the pile up, Aurora's investigations point to two members of the club and she concentrates her attentions on them, but maybe, just maybe, she's looking in the wrong direction.
This book has plenty of clues plus quite a few red herrings which keep the reader guessing almost to the end. Charlaine Harris keeps her prose simple without too much in the way of flowery description, her paragraphs short and moves the story on at a cracking pace. During the course of Aurora's investigation, she becomes the object of affection for two men, one a policeman and one a famous crime writer newly arrived in Lawrenceton. But love isn't the name of the game here, it's murder all the way.
I quite enjoyed this book. It's definitely a light read somewhat in the same vein as an Agatha Christie mystery, being set in a small town with a limited pool of suspects. What set this apart is the fact that the Murder Club really do discuss real murders, most of which I'd never come across before even though several of the crimes re-enacted are unsolved British murder cases. In fact, as I'm not a student of historical unsolved murders, it wasn't until quite late on in the book when Ian Brady and Mira Hindley got a mention that I realised any of these historical cases were anything other than fiction.
Aurora herself makes an appealing heroine and her first person narration means that all the action is seen from her perspective and so the reader reaches the same conclusions on the crimes as she does. She's intelligent and just quirky enough to be interesting without being over the top. I can't say she's an entirely fully rounded character as there is a certain two dimensionality (if there is such a word) to her and the other characters here but I guess the author was still honing her skills at the time she wrote this.
As with Aurora, the others in the book could really do with a little more character development but I appreciate that with first books, there is only so much a writer can do without slowing the pace of the story. What characterisation there is is good enough and I'm fairly sure that as the series progresses, some of the people of Lawrenceton will be further fleshed out as we get to know them, Aurora and her two would-be suitors a little better.
What Charlaine Harris does very well is follow the advice all writers are given: She writes about what she knows. And what she knows best is small town USA and the southern states in particular and that is lovingly recreated in this novel and probably makes it far more appealing than it actually is. I would mark this as a 3½ star read but I've rounded that up to 4 rather than down to 3 stars, because this book shows that the series has potential. As a first book to a series, it's certainly set up a couple of situations which will, I'm sure, develop over the time and have made me curious enough that I fully intend to check out the next episode in the life of Aurora Teagarden and the people of Lawrenceton, Georgia.


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In case you didn't get the memo, the world is slated to end tomorrow, May 21st, 2011. While we were all collectively crossing off items from our bucket list, we realized there were a handful of random questions we couldn't answer on our own and would like to know the true answers to before the rapture commences. If anyone can help answer, it would be greatly appreciated. In turn, if you have questions of your own, please ask because we all need to be here for each other as we run this collision course towards world destruction.
1. What in the blue hell happened at the end of The Sopranos?
2. What sense does it make that the greatest basketball player of all time has the worst wardrobe of all time?
3. After they shot Ricky in the leg, why didn't he just stay down?
4. Why didn't we, as a people, appreciate Everybody Hates Chris until it went off the air?
5. Who killed jorts?
6. Why didn't Cam'ron win a BET "Best Actor" Award for Paid In Full?
7. Who or what is Stuart Scott REALLY looking at?
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9. How did Jermaine Dupri get to f*ck Janet Jackson?
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Gardening at the Gazebo in the "D"
Raise funding to sustain a pesticide-free, open to the community garden for years to come and bring neighbors and families close together
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We are currently raising funds to maintain our gazebo and garden. Our garden is in need of additional tools and rain barrels to collect rain water. Annually we try to host events to bring in donors and community to help us in preparation of the garden.
The garden is a place where families and people can come, work and meet other neighbors in the neighborhood. A community garden will teach people how to work and share together.
Our goal is to have both children and adults learn and taste what it means to have fresh vegetables and fruit.
Over the past 3 years we have solicit water from the community and businesses in the area. We do not have access to water other than rain water. We fill barrels, pop bottles and buckets with water to water the garden and the berm.
Commuity residents are asked to bring their garden tools to the garden to help in the preparation.
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We will continue to fundraise, by contacting businesses and community to help volunteer and donate to the garden. We will also leaflet the community, attend and present at community meetings around our district. Our community will post on social media and our community and business contacts.
We are contacting various organizations, schools, churches and businesses in the city and asking for volunteers to assist us in this endeavor.
Once we have the funds in hand we will continue to repair the gazebo, feed the volunteers, plant and ask volunteers to assist in the upkeep of the garden.
Since we do not have access to water we will run soaker hoses undergrown that will be attached to our rain barrels where we collect rain water.
Currently the gazebo roof is leaking and we would like to repair the roof and run gutters to the rain barrels to collect the rain water.
There are quite a few schools in our area and we will contact the schools to invite students to come and paint the rain barrels, signage and makers for the garden.
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In this area there are seniors who can not afford to move, young people who will need guidance in what it means to be a good neighbor, advocate for the environment and encouraging people to want to live in a safe environment where we all can live.
Our community does not have adequate resources for fresh vegetables. There are grocery stores but they are not in the immediate area.
This is also a way to bridge relationships from one city to another. Our garden has brought communities and cities together by working in the garden.
Keep Detroit Growing is a wonderful example of working together to grow fresh produce in our area. We have dedicated a portion of the garden to our young people to clean, plant and harvest their produce. The children will be trained on how to plant and harvest their produce and sell the produce at our local Eastern Market.
We will continue to encourage students to become actively involved by haveing them paint the rain barrels and murals around the garden.


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General News of Wednesday, 20 February 2013
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Martin Amidu has cast doubts on the government's readiness to retrieve the fifty-one million Ghana Cedis judgment debt paid to business man and party fellow, Alfred Woyome.
Speaking exclusively to Citi FM at the Supreme Court, Mr. Amidu said the current Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong lacks the interest to pursue the case in which he is seeking a retrieval of all monies allegedly paid in a fraudulent manner to the business man.
Mr Amidu alleged that the new AG was once part of a legal firm which represented the now liquidated Austro- Invest, one of the defendants in the suit.
According to him, the current AG is expected to represent the state and help the government to deal with the matter "because when I found the document, I served the Attorney General and they knew that the guy had liquidated the company and was in Ghana pursuing the money when he knew he shouldn't do it, and that is why the court was saying that the Attorney General should take a serious view of the matter."
Mr. Amidu noted that it is wrong for people to come into the country to issue processes "when they know that they were not operating in their country."
"When you have an Attorney General whose chambers was defending somebody like that nature, and we have been served with a paper; the only reason why they will not act to get Austro-Invest properly dealt with is that they themselves were defending Austro-Invest at a time when it had been liquidated," the former Attorney General said.
He explained to Citi News saying, "In court, they said I can take steps too to see what I could do and then I said to do that, we will be fight against principalities and forces because I can only do it if I believe that there will be results. The Attorney General was one of the partners in Lithur Brew & Co."
The former AG also challenged President John Mahama to show he is committed to the fight against corruption.
"Let the government show that it is committed that this GHC 51 million, it is interested in putting it behind it. When you look at the prosecution in court, it is steady; they are not doing it well. It's like anything concerning this Woyome case, the government is not interested. I don't know but that is the impression one gets."
He said the President has the chance to make history "by demonstrating to the whole world that he will not countenance these corrupt things which are going on. This is his chance and if he doesn't do it, I am sorry but he will go down in history for it."
According to Mr. Amidu, Marietta Brew Appiah Oppong can "rise above herself by making sure the right thing is done in spite of the fact that her chambers were handling this case before. It is a question of integrity."
Martin Amidu complaining about the delays in the prosecuting the case said, "My worry is the delay tactics they have been playing with the Attorney General being in the lead of the delay because the Attorney General is supposed to protect the national interest."
The Supreme Court has meanwhile struck out Austro- Invest as a respondent in the case. The Supreme Court also ordered the Attorney General to take steps to ensure the managers of Austro Invest do not go unpunished for their conduct.


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Jul 5, 2013 at 6:09 am
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) _ Two people are dead after a motorcycle crash in eastern Minnesota.
According to a Minnesota State Patrol news release, the motorcycle was north on Interstate 35 around noon Thursday in Pine County when the driver lost control and crashed.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the driver and his passenger were airlifted to hospitals in Duluth. The 57-year-old man and 47-year-old woman later died.
Their identities have not been released pending notification of relatives.
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