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I have a Droid RAZR (and a Droid before that) and insist on using the LED notifications so that I know from a glance across the room who has sent me a text message. The problem with apps that do SMS via PC is that I'll get the text here and respond to it (or not) but the notification still stays active on my phone with the LED blinking endlessly. This both uses battery and annoys me when the phone is near me so then I need to go in manually and look at the screen to turn it off.
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This is a review of the novel "Grave Secret" by Charlaine Harris. It is the fourth novel in the Harper Connelly Series. It follows on from "An Ice Cold Grave".
As this book is a part of a series, the following review may reveal some details of the previous novel/s. Do not read if you intend to read this series in the future and don't want to know of any potential plot spoilers.
Harper has been hired by a wealthy rancher family in Texas. Lizzie Joyce isn't too specific about what it is that she wants. She's intrigued by Harper, so just about any reason to hire her will do. So she decides to get Harper to confirm that her grandfather did indeed die of a heart attack. Harper explores the family grave sites, and discovers that old man Joyce, was surprised nastily before his fatal episode of cardiac arrest, and that another person interred there died rather differently than what has been accepted as the explanation for her death for years.
While the Joyce family gets to the bottom of their mystery, Harper has her own family mystery to deal with. There's been a reported sighting of Cameron. Could it really be her? And if not, will they ever find out what happened to her missing sister Cameron?
I enjoyed this book. It was nice to get closure on the Cameron issue. I feel like Harper and Tolliver are going to have a nice life from here on out. I do wish that there were more Harper Connelly novels, but I understand that Harris is finished writing them. Who knows, maybe Harper will pop up again like Harris' other characters do (for example: Lily Bard's appearance in the Sookie Stackhouse novels, or the reappearance of other characters in Charlaine's newest novel "Midnight Crossroad").


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Ernesta's Muchila: Weaving Our Stories Together
I realize it has been way too long since my last post and I will write an update soon but for now, in honour of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples , I thought I would share a short story I wrote about one of the many inspiring indigenous women I worked with in Colombia, Ernesta, a leader of the Wayuu people.
Ernesta's Muchila
My roommates' eyes blew wide open beneath their thick-rimmed hipster glasses. They had opened the door to find me sharing a coke with an indigenous elder on the sofa of our trendy Bogota apartment. It was the first time a traditional leader had crossed the threshold of our home.
Ernesta was a leader of the Wayuu people, one of the more than one hundred indigenous tribes in Colombia. I had met her that morning, when she turned up at my office well before its doors had opened for the day. She had travelled more than twenty-four hours by bus from the Guajira, a remote territory in the far north of country. She had come looking for help, what would soon become my help. I was working as a lawyer for indigenous people in Colombia and represented them in all kinds of scenarios, but what Ernesta was asking was certainly a first.
I welcomed Ernesta into the dark office. Overnight rainstorms had caused yet another power outage. The day was as chaotic as it was ominous, with my colleagues scattered all over the city. Ernesta sat waiting for my colleague who was sitting across town, waiting for our boss. Everyone was waiting.
We sat quietly across from each other in the dark office. I sat behind the desk in my grey suit, typing away on my laptop for as long as the battery would let me. Ernesta sat across the room in full regalia. She wore a powder blue robe that hovered over her sandal-clad feet. It had a lace overlay that sat like a bib around her neck, with a pattern similar to that of the mochila she was weaving in her lap. Mochilas are traditional hand-woven purses, with braided shoulder straps and a single string with pom-poms on either end that you tie to close the bag. They come in as many styles and colors as there are indigenous groups, with patterns as complicated as the stories of those that wove them.
As the morning went on, the distance between us narrowed. Ernesta told me her story as she wove her mochila. She was the leader of her community but was involved in a power struggle with her eldest son. He was trying to usurp her power by representing himself as a tribal authority in negotiations with outsiders. This included dealings with nuns who had moved onto Wayuu territory. Without Ernesta's consent, he had made a deal with the nuns, allowing them to operate in the territory. This had created a rift within the community; there were those who were with Ernesta and those who were with the nuns and her son. At least that is what I thought was going on. I always found it challenging to get an indigenous client's story straight. What I needed was a scarf with orderly lines, but what I would get was a mochila with a complicated web of a pattern. While I expected a linear timeline of relevant facts, they told their stories like they wove their mochilas; in a circular and layered fashion, with relevant facts tucked deep up into the folds of an intricate pattern.
But this time I had to understand, Ernesta needed the head nuns to understand what was going on up in the territories. She wanted us to negotiate with them at their headquarters in Bogota. She had come to us as a last ditch effort, with 9000 pesos (or $4.50) left and a bag of mochilas to sell for her bus fare back to the coast.
We waited hours for my colleagues to arrive at the office. We tried every phone number we could find for the convent. Someone finally answered but hung up when they heard who was calling. I pleaded with the other lawyers to help but no one would; they hear stories like this every day. After pestering one of them for an hour, he finally said to us: "I don't have the time nor the money to help her." Helping her would require taxi fare that the organization had no money for. We found ourselves alone again, waiting.
My boss finally returned to the office but when I asked him to speak with Ernesta, he refused and said: "You go. You be her lawyer." This was far outside the scope of the work I was to be doing as a visiting foreign lawyer, but this detail seemed to be of little interest to anyone but myself.
I grabbed my briefcase and Ernesta grabbed her bag of mochilas and off we went to find a taxi. We were an unlikely pair on an unlikely mission, making our way across rainy Bogota in search of the unresponsive nuns. We located the convent, but after several attempts at contact the nuns remained elusive. We wandered up and down the street concocting a plan. We ended up going with the straightforward banging-on-door and ringing-bell-incessantly approach until an exasperated gatekeeper finally let us in.
It was my first time in a convent and it had a calming effect on me. It was a feeling I fought against, knowing the chaos these nuns had caused in Ernesta's community. We were taken to the office of the Mother Superior. While I shuffled in nervously, feeling like a schoolgirl about to be punished for disturbing the peace with my incessant phone calls and door-knocking, Ernesta blew through the doorway with her head held high, announcing she had brought "her lawyer." The Mother Superior listened patiently while Ernesta told her story. At one point during the meeting, I crept outside my body to observe the scene below; me in my suit negotiating between a nun and an indigenous woman in flowing robes. It was far from the corporate office I had left behind to do this work.
The moment we stepped outside the convent, Ernesta was on her cellphone excitedly explaining the outcome to her daughter back home. Although the negotiations had gone well, I could not help but feel a little sad that she needed a foreigner to get her voice heard in her own country. It was a sentiment I felt all too often during my work with indigenous people. I was awoken from my melancholy thought by a cell phone being thrust in my face. Ernesta insisted I talk to her community and the phone was then passed around for me to speak with half the Wayuu in the Guajira.
I did not know where to take Ernesta as the office had long been closed. We headed to my apartment in El Parkway, a somewhat glitzy section of Bogota. We sat on the sofa, shared a coke and recounted the day's events. My roommates stumbled over each other as they opened the front door onto this scene. As Ernesta told them about her life, I looked on, in awe of the different existences that make up the patchwork of this country.
Once my roommates were on their way, I went to get money to buy a mochila. It would be a gift for a friend, but was also a way of ensuring Ernesta had bus fare home. I rummaged through the bags until I found the perfect one. It was black with a braided strap of neon greens, pinks and yellows. When I turned back to Ernesta she was holding out another mochila in her hands. It was the one she had begun that morning. The one she wove as she told me her story, the story that at some point during that day, had become our story. It was green and interwoven with bright red triangles going up and down, as unexpected as the events of our day. She wove the final stitches now, just as our story together was coming to an end. She handed it to me and said: "this one is my gift to you, to remember me."
Let me know whether you enjoyed this first attempt at a more narrative short-story-style post, comments welcome! I hope you enjoyed the story and that it will trigger a bit of reflection on just some of the many issues facing the world's indigenous people today.
Elva permalinkAugust 9, 2014 4:19 pm
Great story, that's definitely Colombia.
Bill permalinkAugust 9, 2014 9:50 pm
Great story…..enjoyed!
Sarah permalinkAugust 9, 2014 7:19 pm
Very well written! I enjoyed it very much and would like to hear more. Hope you are both well. Talk soon.
Erica permalinkAugust 11, 2014 12:48 pm
The story of your mochila comes to life, what a great experience 🙂
Pauline Sullivan permalinkAugust 11, 2014 9:42 pm
Great story, really enjoyed.
Megan permalinkAugust 13, 2014 5:07 pm
More please. 🙂
Sally permalinkAugust 14, 2014 9:29 am
A touching story. Now I want to learn more. For sure the stories of Columbia could take many lifetimes to tell. I am very impressed that you made it a mission to support this cause and this leader.


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Hampshire 165 for 4 (McKenzie 89*) beat Gloucestershire 156 for 6 (Gidman 43*) by nine runs
Hampshire Royals made it five wins from five in the Friends Life t20 with a nine-run victory over winless Gloucestershire Gladiators at Archdeacon Meadow.
Neil McKenzie led the Royals to 165 for 4 with an unbeaten 89 from 53 balls, while left-arm spinner Ed Young took 2 for 14 in his four overs.
Home captain Alex Gidman top scored with 43 not out in the Gladiators' reply of 156 for 6, and there were useful contributions from Hamish Marshall (33) and Kane Williamson (28), but they still fell short of their target.
After being put into bat, the Royals lost the wickets of Michael Lumb, run out by Marshall's direct hit, and James Vince, bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan, in struggling to 10 for 2 in the third over. James Adams and McKenzie revived the innings with a partnership of 51 in six overs, which ended when the former, on 22, reverse-swept Young to Ian Saxelby at short third man.
Sean Ervine struck Williamson for six over midwicket during a stand of 56 in eight overs with McKenzie. But the Zimbabwean all-rounder departed for 21 in the 17th over when he holed out to Ian Cockbain at long-on to give Young his second wicket.
McKenzie's 33-ball half-century contained seven fours and the South African struck a further four fours and two sixes, both over midwicket, in his impressive innings. Dimitri Mascarenhas weighed in with an unbeaten 17 off 12 deliveries, but Hampshire's total was no better than average on the small King's School ground.
Ireland World Cup star Kevin O'Brien got the Gladiators' innings off to a rapid start with 22 from 12 balls before he swung across the line and was bowled by Chris Wood. Marshall cracked 33 from 26 deliveries, including two sixes, but then fell leg before to Royals skipper Dominic Cork in the 10th over with the total on 78.
The game started to swing Hampshire's way in the next five overs as the scoring rate slowed and left-arm spinner Danny Briggs accounted for Cockbain, lbw, and Williamson, who hit a full toss to Vince on the midwicket boundary.
Alex Gidman put the outcome back in the balance by striking three fours and a six in the next two overs, which realised 30 runs. His brother, Will, fell lbw to Cork and Young was caught at long-on off Wood in the 19th over. That left the Gladiators needing 17 to win off the last over, but Cork bowled it superbly to concede only seven runs to Gidman and Jon Lewis.


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I'm not fond of politics. When things get "political," the things that are vital tend to sink underground, while everyone argues insessently about the frivilous details.
Not fond of that.
Yet, it's a part of the process that gives us all a voice. It's also everwhere we look right now. So, I tolerate the muck.
I hit a point a few years ago that I realized if I blindly voted a straight ticket, I wasn't using my brain. If you understand my geographic location and my religious background, then you're not surprised that I voted straight-ticket.
It was a Texas election that woke me up to my mistakes. There was a race for Railroad Commissioner. The Republican candidate was ... well, a Republican. Outside of that, they had absolutely no experience or prior knowledge in the areas of Railroad Commission. Heck, I didn't know what the Railroad Commissioner was supposed to do. So, I searched, I read and I learned. The Democratic candidate was ... well, was qualified for the job - WELL qualified.
The Democrat was the best choice.
For the first time in my life, I voted for a Democrat. I felt like all of my Baptist friends were going to come oozing out of the walls like Night of the Living Dead and pull me back where I belonged ... the Land of the Straight Ticket. Because Republicans are (fill in short list here). So, at least you're voting for a person who is (fill in short list here), right? Never mind that he'll completely suck at his job and has absolutely no right or reason to be given such a responsibility.
So, I grew up "politically" that year. I realized that I have some amazing grey matter between my ears and the ability to add stuff to it. Now, I spend time understanding the people who are running for public office. If I do not understand the requirements of a position, I look it up. If I do not know the background and experience of a candidate, I look it up. I make my decisions before heading to the polls, and walk in with my choices already written down. My husband and I discuss details before an election, but we rarely talk about our own personal votes until the following day.
This is a great chance to start paying attention to the people throwing their hats into the ring. Read articles on candidates written by both political parties. Understand the job that will be required of each person.
Join me in never voting blindly again.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Using my brain, not just my pencil
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Labels: sex politics and education
2 comments:
- Summer said...
See, another reason why I love you. You actually research your choices rather than folowing the herd. :)
- May 27, 2007 11:13 PM
- beth said...
Been there, done that. Had the same awakening. Jesus was NOT a Republican! Whoa!
Thinking hard this year about all the options - the INDIVIDUALS, rather than the party.
Does it even really matter anymore? That is, the party. What, exactly, is the dividing line? Just seems like whether or not you like the Yankees or the Red Sox....Cowboys or the Redskins...Astros or the Rangers. Republican or Democrat. What's the difference? Does it matter?
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As a consequence of our expanding workload, RGB are representing a leading consultancy who are looking to make appointments in the Company's Transport Planning team based in Cambridge. The team currently work on a wide range of projects across the UK including the preparation of Transport Statements / Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Feasibility Appraisals, input to Environmental Statements and the provision of Expert Witness services at Public Inquiries. They are looking for a Graduate Transport Planner / Transport Planner that can offer the following skills:
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I don't use discord every day of every day!
Don't PM me, you didn't use the page turn from legendary 1000 for this.
Not gonna happen!
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Apps make for consistent bosses.
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Hugs are for losers.
I accept no hugs.
I haven't been way too tired to be human lately.
What's being awake, it never happens anymore for me.
I haven't gotten any pets lately.
I accomplish things.
This place doesn't reek of nostalgia.
Nuking the whales isn't a valid opinion.
I'm dead.
I'm watching you...
I don't forget to come back here every now and then.
This place is fantastic
Today isn't the first time I've been on the Escapist forums a like two months.
We are frequent posters these days.
This New Year is GUARANTEED to be worse.
I post regularly.
The site community has restored itself to 2011 levels.
I didn't disappear again.
I made pants out of potatoes.
This week went fast.
The things about stuff are always new and interesting.
I don't want to smack my past self after reading some old posts.
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Honestly, I would love a Disney fighting game. I'm not talking about a licensed Smash clone either, I want a highly technical pro-level game featuring characters from across their near-endless pool of available IPs. Imagine Darkwing Duck setting up air juggles against Chewbacca, or Cruela deVil countering a failed EX move from Wall-E. I'm saying I want Pepper Ann and the cast of Recess available as a strikers. Sadly, that probably won't happen anytime soon. In the meantime at least we have these awesome Ultra Street Fighter IV skins by salimano3 in this clip captured by PC Best Mods.
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Musk's to-do list for 2014
Elon Musk had a blowout year but the Tesla founder faces hurdles in 2014, says Reuters West Coast Bureau Chief Jonathan Weber.
You must had a tremendous year in 2013. A lot of people are talking about Islam mosque as the next Steve Jobs and industry innovators. Tests were really -- -- -- legitimate American car manufacturers face tax had a successful. Locked. -- -- And the company that -- -- announcements from our president concerns over the city. Also went public service -- -- -- chest. The challenges for Iran -- in 2014. Are. -- first of all to find a way to deal better with some of the PR problems that that came up with a test fires those things. Actually does look. I think that's a sign of a little bit of it in mature company affairs at the CEO has to be on the front lines and crisis -- I think one thing. Would be -- get his arms around that -- I think that this stop is going to continue to be volatile some momentum socket a lot of true believers it's had tremendous appreciation. All of the value was very much based on long term success are. It's going to go up and down and they're gonna have to cut a deal with. On a more practical level they're going to launch new vehicle next year it's kind of a version of the model pass. But the model ass on the new car are both very much luxury vehicles still are -- pot has kind of that'd be cars and because they're cool. They still are not viewed as being terribly practical necessarily. And Darren and long term the challenge for -- where is to build a mass production car at a much lower price. Backhand serve as a primary vehicle for family. And they're not quite there yet now that's a three year project but there's a lot of development that has to take place in 2014. Very -- must make that happen. It's.


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It substitutes for prolonged hand maneuvering. This helps assure that the patient gets the amount of stimulation needed, because the practitioner may otherwise pause due to fatigue. Electro-acupuncture may also help reduce total treatment time by providing the continued stimulus. During electro-acupuncture, the practitioner can attend to other patients.
It can produce a stronger stimulation, if desired, without causing tissue damage associated with twirling and lifting and thrusting the needle. Strong stimulation may be needed for difficult cases of neuralgia or paralysis.
It is easier to control the frequency of the stimulus and the amount of stimulus than with hand manipulation of the needles.


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NANAIMO, BC – The benchmark price of a single-family home in the VIREB area broke the $500,000 mark in May, rising to $507,700, a 17 per cent increase from one year ago. Sales of single-family homes were down 17 per cent from last year but posted a month-over-month increase of nine per cent.
Last month, 520 single-family homes sold on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System compared to 476 in April and 630 one year ago. The number of apartments and townhouses changing hands in May dropped by six per cent and 11 per cent, respectively.
VIREB's inventory of single-family homes continues to climb, rising from 749 in January 2018 to 1,215 in May. The supply of apartments dropped slightly last month, down six per cent from one year ago, but townhouse inventory rose significantly.
In its 2018 Second-Quarter Housing Forecast, the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) anticipates that MLS® residential sales in the province will decline by nine per cent to 94,200 units this year from 103,700 in 2017.
"B.C. housing markets have benefited from the provincial economy expanding well above trend growth over the past four years," says BCREA chief economist Cameron Muir. "However, economic growth is expected to slow and reflect the longterm average this year."
Housing demand in the VIREB area shifted lower in the first four months of 2018 as stricter mortgage qualifications for conventional borrowers took their toll on household purchasing power and affordability. Other economic headwinds that could dampen demand include higher interest rates and new provincial taxes. However, the attractiveness of Vancouver Island to retirees and millennials is expected to mitigate their impact somewhat.
Despite lower sales thus far in 2018, lack of inventory continues to tilt the market in favour of sellers and push prices upwards. The pace of these increases could slow somewhat if demand keeps declining, but it is unlikely that prices will drop until additional inventory enters the market by way of new construction.
"Housing starts are up on Vancouver Island, particularly in Nanaimo, so there is some relief on the horizon," says Janice Stromar, 2018 Past President. "However, in the multi-family category, the time between conception and completion can take several years, which doesn't help people looking to buy now."
Since limited inventory is keeping the VIREB area in a sellers' market, competition for homes – especially in the $300,000 to $500,000 range – means buyers and sellers should strongly consider using a REALTOR®, says Stromar.
"As experienced professionals, we can help streamline the buying and selling process to ensure the best possible outcome while reducing associated risks," says Stromar.
As noted above, the benchmark price of a single-family home in the VIREB area reached $507,700 in May, a 17 per cent increase from one year ago. (Benchmark pricing tracks the value of a typical home in the reported area.) The benchmark price of an apartment last month rose to $314,000, up 25 per cent board-wide from the previous year, while the benchmark price of a townhouse hit $397,100, an 18 per cent increase from May 2017. Last month, the benchmark price of a single-family home in the Campbell River area climbed to $417,500, an increase of 20 per cent over May 2017.
In the Comox Valley, the benchmark price reached $500,500, up 17 per cent from last year. Duncan reported a benchmark price of $450,700, an increase of 15 per cent compared to May 2017. Nanaimo's benchmark price rose 14 per cent to $538,500 while the Parksville-Qualicum area saw its benchmark price increase by 17 per cent to $575,000. The cost of a benchmark home in Port Alberni reached $294,900, up 27 per cent from one year ago.


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Perfect competition and the furniture industry
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The following facts characterize the furniture industry in the United States:
a. The industry has been very fragmented, so that few companies have the financial backing to make heavy investments in new technology and equipment.
b. In 1998, only three U.S. furniture manufacturers had annual sales exceeding $1 billion. These firms accounted for only 20 percent of the market share, with the remainder split among 1,000 other manufacturers.
c. Capital spending at one manufacturer, Furniture Brands, was only 2.2 percent of sales compared with 6.6 percent at Ford Motor Company. Outdated, labor-intensive production techniques were still being used by many firms.
d. Furniture manufacturing involves a huge number of options to satisfy consumer preferences, but this extensive set of choices slows production and raises costs.
e. Small competitors can enter the industry because large manufacturers have not built up any overwhelming advantage in efficiency.
f. The American Furniture Manufacturers Association has prepared a public relations campaign to "encourage consumers to part with more of their disposable income on furniture."
g. In fall 2003, a group of 28 U.S. furniture manufacturers asked the U.S. government to impose antidumping trade duties on Chinese-made bedroom furniture, alleging unfair pricing.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 10, 2019, 12:08 am ad1c9bdddf
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Perfect competition involves many small companies, none of which have a great deal of market share. This is consistent with b. Because profits are low, firms do not have funds to update their technology or equipment. This i sconsist with a and c. Attempts to compete of factors other than price lead companies to offer ...
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Perfect competition as manifested in the furniture industry.


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- 活動場所: ウランバートル
- 活動先: 人権保護機関
- 参加条件: 人権問題に取り組んだ経験があること。ビジネスレベルの英語力
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Projects Abroad is offering students and graduates with an interest in human rights the opportunity to gain international experience in the intriguing city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Here you will live and work in close proximity to the city center, but your walk to work will take you past a patchwork blanket of different habitations, from large tower blocks to tented 'Ger' districts.
All of our Human Rights interns in Mongolia need to have some experience in the field of human rights or law. Most of our interns are part way through a law degree or have completed their studies and are interested in gaining practical work experience in a human rights organization abroad. A Human Rights internship in Mongolia will be a valuable addition to your resume in this notoriously competitive profession, and will give you some fantastic experiences to talk about in an interview.
We work with a number of different organizations in the field of human rights. These organizations operate in fields that are constantly developing, as Mongolia undergoes rapid change to keep up with the rest of the world. Less than two decades ago the country was run by a government whose policies were closely aligned to the Communist model. The legal framework in place was based on that of the former Soviet Union, but when that came to an end in 1990 so too did the old Mongolian system. A new democratic state and constitution was established two years later.
As one of the smaller world economies, and due to the vast area the country covers compared to its population, the Mongolian legal system was based on customary law, and was initially slow to develop. In recent years however, this increasingly outward-looking country is now bringing about considerable and fundamental changes and you have a chance to be involved in this process.
Interning on a Human Rights Placement in Mongolia
As an intern on the Human Rights placement, your work will mainly involve research. You may also have the chance to spend several days attending training sessions in the country side.
We work with organizations such as the National Center Against Violence, where interns will focus on rights including human dignity, security, and sovereignty. With this organization, you will be involved in a variety of programs such as child protection, local community development, and legal reform in Mongolia.
As a Human Rights intern you will also concentrate on issues like combating human trafficking and you may be able to work with the Center for Human Rights and Development on various human rights advocacy programs. You may also be able to work with Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for human rights.
Furthermore, we work with a local NGO that promotes civic education and social well-being. At this placement, volunteers will focus on research work, organize training, and participate in advocacy work.
Interns on the Human Rights placement work Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm, with the option of working longer hours if they choose. All interns need to show a good level of initiative -interns who seek their own work, ask questions, and make an impact on their supervisors will have a worthwhile learning experience.
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Think of sushi as the fail-safe Japanese option. It comes in more varieties than you can think of and is available all over Singapore - take your pick from quaint sushi bars, wallet-friendly conveyer belt restaurants and even pre-packaged sushi boxes at supermarkets.
Nori rolls are one of the most common (and popular) types of sushi you'll find, stuffed with meat, fish or vegetables and rolled in a sheet of seaweed. Other varieties include nigirizushi, which comprises a rice base with meat or vegetables draped over it, and inarizushi, which is sushi rice wrapped in tofu and deep fried. All sushi has a vinegar-rice base.
Moving on to sashimi: this is the term used for raw meat, usually fish, sliced thinly, served either a-la-carte or sometimes on rice with a side of miso soup. Common Singaporean favourites include the salmon and tuna varieties, as well as octopus and the much-coveted sea urchin. Hint: for an exquisitely curated selection of sashimi, visit Sen of Japan. As with sushi, sashimi is normally served with soy sauce, grated ginger and/or wasabi paste.
Wasabi paste itself is an essential and highly enjoyable part of Japanese cuisine, with a strong, spicy taste similar to English mustard. A type of horseradish, it's commonly served as a paste made from the grated, dried and powdered stem of the wasabi plant.
On to the carbohydrates! Japanese noodle bars are springing up all over Singapore of late and are a prime choice for grabbing a quick but delicious lunch.
One of the best known types of Japanese noodles, ramen, is a favourite both with Singaporeans and with Japanese locals. It's generically served in a large bowl with pork-based soup and topped by a variety of ingredients that include vegetables, meat, seafood and onsen eggs.
Soba and udon noodles are popular as well: soba is the thinner variety of the two and is even used in salads and served cold on occasion, while udon is a thicker-cut type of noodle that is equally tasty served hot or cold.
Then there's yakitori, which is grilled chicken or beef on skewers, yakiniku, where small pieces of meat are grilled at the bar or at the dining table itself, and teppanyaki, where meat and seafood is prepared in front of customers on a large iron plate called a teppan.
For something a little different, try a hot pot Japanese dinner, where food is prepared in a hot pot at the table itself. Sukiyaki and shabu shabu are two cuisines of this type: both involve cooking thin slices of meat, vegetables, tofu and noodles in a pot at the centre of the table, and eating them with various dipping sauces and seasonings.
In the mood for something more filling? Give tonkatsu a go. Pork will never taste better than when deep fried, breaded and served with ground sesame seeds and shredded cabbage on the side. Also try one of the many Japanese side dishes and snacks to complement your meal. Edamame, or boiled or steamed soybeans still in the pod; tempura, battered, breaded and fried seafood, chicken or vegetables; and gyoza, a Chinese-influenced dumpling filled with various meats and cooked golden brown.
Whatever your choice of Japanese meal, round it off with a glass or two of sake – a fermented rice alcoholic beverage served chilled or warm. Try The Bar at Waku Ghin for exclusive selections.


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SIX03 Summerfest 5k and 10k
Saturday, July 27, 2019
The SIX03 Summerfest 10K is the only 10K in the Dover Race Series. We have also added a 5k. This 5k is NOT part of the Dover road race series.
The race will start and finish at the Dover Ice Arena/Dover Outdoor Pool. There will be fun, music, and libations to follow.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Jenny Thompson Outdoor Pool which is owned and operated by the City of Dover Recreation Department.
Bib Pick up is day of and there will be day of Registration.
$100 first place male and female race winner
Dover Ice Arena
110 Portland Ave
Dover NH 03820
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JERUSALEM — A Palestinian gunman made a brazen choice of location for a deadly rampage on Sunday: Driving a speeding car, he fired at civilians near a light rail stop opposite Israel's national police headquarters, on the main road that runs between West Jerusalem and the predominantly Palestinian eastern part of the city.
He then fled in the vehicle to a nearby Palestinian neighborhood, where he exchanged fire with police officers from a special counterterrorism unit who had chased him on motorbikes, according to the police.
Soon afterward, a border police unit arrived and shot the gunman dead. The police identified him as a 39-year-old resident of East Jerusalem.
Two Israelis were killed. The police said one was a member of its counterterrorism unit, Yosef Kirma, 29. The second was identified as Levana Malihi, 60.
The assailant, whose name was not released because of a court order, was supposed to report to an Israeli jail on Sunday morning to serve a four-month term for assaulting a police officer in 2013, according to Israeli and Palestinian news reports. He had been jailed in the past for security offenses and incitement to violence, the reports said.
A day before the shooting, he told Maan, an independent Palestinian news agency, that he intended to report to prison in Ramla, a city in central Israel, at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Instead, he apparently headed to the area around the police headquarters in Jerusalem.
The Magen David Adom Israeli ambulance service got the first call about the shootings at 10:12 a.m. In addition to the two deaths, it said, three people were wounded by gunshots and two women were slightly injured when the assailant's car hit their vehicle as he tried to flee.
Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls the Palestinian coastal territory of Gaza, praised the attack and described the gunman as "one of ours."
Al Quds, the Hamas-affiliated television station, broadcast a video that it said was exclusive to the channel and that it described as the perpetrator's last words. It was not clear when or where the video had been filmed.
In it, the man, wearing a green polo shirt, the color of Islam and of Hamas's flag, stood before a map of historic Palestine.
He said he was sending "a message to the people of Jerusalem and the youth of Jerusalem to keep resisting for Al Aqsa holy mosque," the contested Jerusalem holy site also known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, and a focus of tensions and unrest in recent years.
The State Department and the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, condemned the attack.
The area where it occurred has been the site of numerous stabbing, car ramming and shooting assaults over the past year. At first, a witness said, the gunfire blended in with the hacking sound of roadwork, but passers-by soon started running in panic. The police released a photograph of the gunman's car, a white sedan pockmarked with bullet holes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised what he described as the "swift and determined action" of the police.
The Israeli police chief, Roni Alsheich, said that because of the heavy police deployment in the area, the entire event was over in three or four minutes.
Later, the police said they had detained Palestinians who were distributing candy in Jerusalem to celebrate the shooting as well as activists who were demanding that stores close in a sign of solidarity with the killer.
Israeli security officials had forecast a new wave of violence around the period of the Jewish High Holy Days and coinciding with the first anniversary of the outbreak of Palestinian stabbings, shootings and car attacks. Most of these crimes have been committed by so-called lone wolves — Palestinians acting without the assistance of known Palestinian organizations and, in many cases, without any particular political affiliation.
The attacks had waned in recent months but surged, as if on cue, after the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha and in the prelude to the Jewish holidays, which began a week ago. In the last two weeks of September, the Israeli authorities reported about six stabbings or attempted stabbings and one car ramming, mostly in the West Bank.
Those assaults wounded eight Israeli soldiers and border police officers. Five assailants were killed, among them a Jordanian visitor who was caught on security cameras lunging toward Israeli police officers with a knife at the Damascus Gate, one of the busiest entrances to the Old City in East Jerusalem.
Israeli officials have said that this time, the attackers found the Israeli security forces better prepared to respond.
Gilad Erdan, the public security minister, urged Israeli Jews on Sunday to continue to come to Jerusalem to perform the rituals that are traditional at this time in the Hebrew calendar.
A large gathering was expected at the Western Wall, a Jewish holy site in the Old City, on Monday night, with the chief rabbis of Israel scheduled to be in attendance. Mr. Erdan called on people to come and "show the accursed terrorists that they will not beat us."
Since Oct. 1, 2015, about 40 Israelis and others, including two American visitors, have been killed as a result of the attacks. More than 230 Palestinians have been killed during the same period, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health — the majority of them while carrying out or trying to carry out attacks, by Israel's count.


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Hello everyone!
I guess I'll introduce myself first before starting to read all the other forum parts... I'm Marvin (alternatively using my first UrT nick absolute_beginner), some of you might have seen me in IRC already. Curiousity brought me here, even though I haven't designed anything in my live before. Complete noob (unless designing software systems counts ). I'm addicted to CTF and besides that I'm more of a coder (also in RL). Until I know enough to create maps myself I'd like to stick around, maybe help test maps (if you need that), and see all those new worlds you create in your maps.


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I don't particularly remember when but I am pretty sure that the first time I found out about The Phantom of the Opera was when I went to my best friend's house where she made us watch the 2004 movie. Ever since that day, I've been in love with the man with the white half-mask.
Okay. So maybe it's Gerard Butler I first fell for. He's a gorgeous actor, you have to give him that. I also absolutely love the songs used and unlike most people, I adore All I Ask of You (Reprise) a heck of a lot more than the song itself. You see, I think I have a weak spot for broken souls. It is followed then by The Point of No Return, and then that's the time I can put All I Ask of You in the list. I remember watching the movie again and when that was no longer enough, I went on to YouTube clips.
Some time passed and I found Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera in an aisle least visited (Children's Classics) in a National Bookstore branch that I don't frequent. I know it's kind of weird to find this book in the Children's Section but then, it looked good beside Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The mask cover is a bit scary though.
It wasn't a very easy book to read (I can blame the translation or perhaps I really am not good with classics). The book isn't too thick, you see, but it took me about a week to finish it. One thing is for sure though. Erik had me scared a lot of times (his mirror chamber/prison is traumatic) but he also tugged at my heartstrings just as much. People say that the book portrayed the Opera Ghost in a creepy, malicious way but I think he's just a victim of society's cruelty. I found myself hating both Christine and Raoul for being so judgmental and narrow-minded. And then I cried in what was the final lair scene in the musical where Erik's vulnerability is pretty much exposed.
Perhaps it's my idealistic views that made me like Erik much better than the other characters despite his criminal activities but I don't care. In my mind, he doesn't deserve the judgment thrown at him (I abhor his mother, I swear). I don't particularly remember the details of the story yet I don't seem to forget the feelings the book evoked in me.
Fast forward to early 2012 when I revisited the Paris Opera House (Palais Garnier) by seeing the filmed version of The Phantom of the Opera's 25th Anniversary. I watched it alone at night, in our LCD TV, and found myself even more enchanted by the story. I thought the movie and the book were amazing but seeing a production meant for theater blew my mind and soul away. The movie didn't make me cry at all but Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess had me weeping even before the final lair scene ended. It was totally unexpected as I thought the book would always be the best version of the story.
This is another 'milestone', if I may say so, in my life as an admirer of Erik/Phantom. This is how I found out who Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh were. I watched clips of various productions, listened to songs and followed the Phantom actors on Twitter. I find it almost obsessive how I listen to four different versions of Music of the Night (Ramin Karimloo, John Owen-Jones, Michael Crawford & Colm Wilkinson) at least once a day. Since watching Phantom 25th, Music of the Night has become my all-time favorite song. I still smile at how I can fall asleep listening to pop rock songs but I couldn't sleep when I listen to songs from musicals. It is always as if the voices of these great actors keep me entranced but never totally unconscious.
Their voices are literally hypnotizing.
What made 2012 even more meaningful to my passion for Phantom of the Opera is the fact that the world tour of the musical is being brought to Manila. Imagine what joy I felt when my financially broke self heard the news. It's understandable as it is always a despair for theater lovers when they can't afford a trip to Broadway and/or West End to watch the full production of their favorite musicals/plays.
I still struggled with the money to buy a ticket without asking from my parents but I knew I couldn't let this opportunity pass. There's no telling when and if I could ever manage to see the production in Broadway/West End after all.
I continued my fangirling, looking for news, following Claire Lyon (Christine), Emilie Lynn (Christine Alternate), Jonathan Roxmouth (Phantom/Erik) and Anthony Downing (Raoul) on Twitter just to torture myself, and bugged everyone to come watch with me. Thank heavens for my best friend who also like Phantom. She bought a ticket for me (with a chance to let me pay at a later date) and upon seeing a photo she took, I knew the dream to see the production live is about to come true.
September 30, 2012
Before this date I had been tweeting the actors, telling them how excited I am to see them–and charming and humble people that they are, they tried to reply to as many fans like me as they can. They're really wonderful and always tell us how they want to meet the fans at the stage door after their evening shows. I swear that kind of attitude from them is exactly what made their Filipino fans love them even more.
I've watched plays before although always far in between (years even), with "Ako Si Ninoy" being the latest musical I've seen. I love music from theatrical productions despite my lack of talent in that area. Anything that has songs in it like Phantom of the Opera is a production I know I would always enjoy no matter how many times I've seen it.
And so my friend and I went to the Cultural Center of the Philippines with seats in Balcony 1, more than excited to finally see the production. I must admit that the moment the lights dimmed, I found myself feeling emotional. My chest was tight and I wanted to cry of happiness all throughout the show. I guess that's something one feels when s/he is seeing one of his/her dreams coming true.
The audio in our area wasn't the best (it was a little difficult to hear sometimes) but it wasn't enough of a deterrence for us to enjoy the production. I particularly loved the scenes in the lair as they give a lot of focus on Erik/Phantom. I should also point out how the production isn't an exact copy of what we can see in the 25th anniversary. The stage is smaller and therefore must be maximized but heck, it still turned out to be a great show; the effects were mesmerizing and yes well, downright amazing.
I enjoyed listening to that night's cast. Emilie Lynn sings wonderfully and certainly a beautiful Christine. Anthony Downing made me love Raoul's character as his portrayal didn't seem immature to me and yes, we should all take note how handsome he is.
I've seen clips of Jonathan Roxmouth before watching the show and I must say, he definitely did not disappoint. I love his voice and he's a great actor. I also love his hands and the way he acts with them–which is a big thing since I have a hand fetish. And he's gorgeous too (which seems to be a requirement for Phantom actors. Haha!) even though Erik is supposed to be an ugly, corpse-like person. For now, I'd say he's my third favorite Phantom (at least voice-wise since I haven't seen any other live). My first is JOJ (who had retired from Phantom just recently, making me really sad), closely followed by Ramin (who I hope will reprise the role sometime in the future, preferably when I can finally afford to go to London).
Right now, my wish is to see the actors, take a photo with them and make them sign my souvenir program, before they leave in a week. My friend and I were supposed to go to the stage door after the show but careless that I am, I ended up leaving my iPod Touch by my seat and we had to rush back to the almost deserted theater to check if it was still there. Luckily, nobody has picked it up yet. Unluckily, by the time we managed to find where the stage door was, the cast had left. It's somehow unfortunate but I guess it means that I have to make a way to get those photos and autographs before they leave. I sure hope I manage to do it. After all, this is certainly a once in a lifetime opportunity.
One other thing I really, really wish for is to have the cast, particularly Jonathan Roxmouth, make a studio-recorded album for the Phantom of the Opera songs. Even better if they can make a recording for Love Never Dies too. Well, there's nothing wrong with hoping. 🙂
I can say that I have come quite far in my interest for this particular story/musical and I am pretty sure that the love for The Phantom of the Opera will never die. In fact, I think more and more people are going to fall in love with it as they years pass.


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We now know that the clock will soon strike midnight We know that our our eyes are full of fire Yes, and we will Begin to chant when the hour strikes If you do not care for things that grow Then you will make light your enemy But if you are in tune with the natural world You will begin to laugh once more taste dawn when it shows itself in the brillant colors which light up the world
As a bright sun shines in the frigid atmosphere Taste the flavor of the day! Shadows eventually bring dark night but we will persevere we must watch the dance before it changes us Love from the sky, green things struggling in the cold allow for a different interpetation of Mother Nature than that we have known I don't forsee sorrow We will feel the sun's light in our bones before dark shadows swallow us all
Shining Visions Let us taste the waters of the hidden fountain move in time to the year\'s heartbeat Only one dance only one dancer Let\'s not forget what we once knew Have you seen the lights from our rooftop? They are dancing in the sky We are all creatures moving about on a small planet Before we perish Let us drink in joy from the fountain of life Let us learn what we must know Before we go on that journey from which there is no return Leaving behind only small footprints in the sand which are soon washed away by the waves First published in Poetry Soup
Far out in the cosmos A cloud of gas Has become a sun On earth we watch it's movement We consider the distant star Have civilizations grown up there? Have other voices lifted in song? Light - years seperate us From that distant system What can we know of them? Travelers on another sprhere And what do they know of us? Are they peering out at our world? Through the immense darkness What do they think of our creations? Are they indifferent? Content to be observed And never casting an eye Upon our precarious Home (first published on the Poetrysoup.com website)
Songs arise from the ground Eyes which have known sorrow are quite delighted by the waves of white billowing forth from the earth You can touch these songs as they wrap themselves around you Didn't seem to know which way to turn for a while there But the earth itself holds answers Shining moon above provides all the light we need We can read the runes which have been carved into the mountainside Eerie feeling when the ancient world comes to life Our ancestor won't forsake us Lift up your head! Sing the electrical dream! There is nothing herewhich will prevent you from moving towards the sky as you voice cuts through the clouds above you'll be lfted into an electrical dream Don't worry about the consequences!
the night plays its tune as we experience the darkness But then a dim glow in the distance catches our eyes What are we to make of this vision? Does it mean we will be released from the zombie grip we have known? We walk towards the dim light with faltering steps The night doesn't seem so cold now the glow of a lantern warms us Every dark night comes to an end look towards the light however dim it may seem You will be guided homeward at long last
From the most remote corners of the Milky Way cosmic friends greet us Let the stars continue to shine We know now that we have friends in distant solar systems All we have to do is look up at the night sky and open our minds and hearts to the universe Starlight at night Brings joy Knowing we are not alone Brings comfort Reach out to your brothers and sister on different planets Don't miss your opportunities A kiss on the solar wind speaks volumes Our paths will intersect soon We travel with hope Ours is not the only orb blessed with life When the dreams of our race meet the dreams of another civilization then wonders can occur leaving behind the petty problems we now face we shall send our ships to greet those visitors learn(and perhaps teach) what we must
Angel on my shoulder The city is full of lights at night Red - blue - white Before sleep - reach out and touch the sky above the asphalt homeland Winter has spread her mantle of white on the metropolis Yet the people still keep moving and striving Moving along highways and even along backstreets Striving to keep their "heads above water" No easy exsistence here the urban scene requires great effort on the part of it's dwellers The struggles we know and have known Offer hints as to what the struggles of the future will be Let yourself be swept away by the city's rhythms A million eyes peer out into the shadows A million voices raised in song RESOUND the clear sweet voices chase the ghosts of night back to their lairs We will have peace
Walking through the crowds on the city streets life streaming by in the heart of the metropolis Your limbs must move if you are to learn the ways of freedom Others will come to you and the dance will continue but now we can chant and now we can sing because we know morning always comes again and lights the way for the urban masses
Rumor has it that you write There are many amateur critics ready to put you down You don't have to apologize for your life style, for your work for anything you do When the summer begins to die Feel the winds of September in your bones Let your creativity grow like a late blooming flower Now you feel only the wind It doesn't judge you It frees your spirit from the stifling heat Let the sound of trumpets Reach your soul Pick up a pen Tell them your hopes, wishes, dreams Let the critics talk You are the flowing river of magic words
Flowering Gardens
Walk amidst The flowers Waves of bright Color overwhelm you The air is redolent with their scent The sun sends It's smile down to greet us Here in the garden one can Know peace Here in the garden Life takes on a different hue The air is vibrant With Anticipation We meet In this Flowering Grove Let's hope it's Not For the Last time
Colors of the day bleed into the landscape the sun rises blood red the day's tapestry unravels we are caught unaware by the ever changing natural scenario Let's taste the delicous wine Before we are left behind and the moon's face appears once more challenging our assumptions about life and and a thousand other similar questions
Now we see how the light changes when we dance by the water a symbol of something that we should learn more about Doesn't it seem as if our lives are fleshed out by the change of seasons by the winds - by the pounding of the sea
A third eye will illuminate the path you\'ll follow before you say good - bye to the cascading waters of life and face the inevitable darkness let your psyche be touched by the effervescent flame at the core of eternal reality
As the light fades on Tolkiens Middle Earth A well - known thespian steps forward We dance underneath starry skies Statesman ply their wares dreamers wait below "What lovely maid awaits thee" as an elder of my family once said Dawn is here and dawn remains let us know what we shall know "Incense and Peppermints"
The dawn is coming Let's move into the future and walk by the sea
Behind the mask? Well just look at beauty Only a page in a magazine but fantasys ignite like flame on a hot stove Even as we force ourselves out of bed in the morning We see where the dance lands us but really - we must prepare ourselves for a dance which will be performed in a circle amidst shouting and tears
The music died we were lost for a moment Then we saw someone singing a tune Whistling........ A long while ago I saw the sun turn blood red Then.......
Passing by the junkyard we stop for a moment and then proceed onto a hidden street You won't catch me with my eyes full of tears Joy may eclipse the sorrow we've known we'll see if the dark angel has something in store for us We will keep our eyes open let the deep recesses of our hearts capture golden moments before we are blown away by the winds
Down the road of time many vistas come into view Many kingdoms rise and fall Yet the urge to seek a sunny, peaceful realm remains constant throughout the years We all seek utopia But the past teaches us that distant, beckoning realms seem less peaceful as we near them Yet we travel on Our eyes have not lost their sparkle and our small castle of hope stands despite the rough tide which constantly threatens it's existence Echoing through the years Our shouts and tears are blown away by the winds of forever Distant realms call us down the road The journey is the reality which we all face The path is for our small steps Against the odds we march Against doubt and fear Our trip continues A thousand dancers watch us and rejoice
As questions rise from smoky embers we wait for answers as we watch clouds form over the mountains Where one million teardrops have fallen Yet the dawn always comes again This time - after the rain Rainbows dance in the aftermath of the storm A prism lights our way to a newer, better life somewhere near fields of golden grain and our path becomes clear revealed in the multi - colored gift from the sky
Watch the clouds dance overhead feel the cool air on your body see the mountains and valleys below let's not miss the new conjunction of the moon and stars Move like a comet hurtling through space! See the verdant earth for what it is! a home for the flora and fauna of our time you'll find that the darker angel is something to contend with if the seasons are to change perhaps - just perhaps we'll ride the tide safely and feel the touch of fire
Just a moment just a hint of what has been lost Just a song just a tune on the wind if you wish to recapture it you'll find it will slide like sand through your fingers taste the mystic night feel it in your bones Can you penetrate the mystery? if you search long and hard in the hidden places of the world you may find the solution to your questions No easy road ahead of you press on, stranger through the mists of time itself and watch as it changes "frame by frame"
Her laughter is barely heard in all the commotion she will take her poems to a better place The autumn night is cool and clear somehow she has managed to eke out a few lines the moonlight shows the lines of age on her face but strength remains in her eyes this then is the last we will hear from her in the distance a melody sounds and the music morphs into words in our minds what will be the last word she utters? A soft voice whispers: you'll find peace - peace at journey's end such are the last words of our esteemed poetess
It seems that the fresh taste of water is about all we can expect in this dying year No new hopes They've all been still born Let the old year out with the wind Don't worry about any of this for very long For there's a new year in the offing Filled with sex and candy magic and spices from far distant lands
Late at night traffic moves on the expressway auto lights refracted into a million slivers Crescent moon in the sky Our mood changes with the weather At night, before sleep questions arise look up at that crescent moon - imagine Diana in her glory We moderns don't think like that When you consider what we've gained - remember what we've lost traffic rushes by throughout the entire night as we wait for dawn to extend her bright finger
Touch the magic wand be transformed into something new Feel the lights enter your brain No, I don't ask for much join me briefly, on this wine - fueled journey One thousand dances one thousand lights Let the fires give off smoke it needn't bother us Let the moonlight dance across your visage Don't stop the rainbow until you've seen the other side Catch dawn and feel cool winds blowing, blowing - just for you
Memories suggest a change on the pattern of life easy winds in the A.M. bring new hope the gray days are fading clouds are blown away Sunlight heats the land Green grass beneath your feet "the stuff of might legends" as the professor once remarked A bird flying overhead gazes down on the village the village becomes a shrine and early morning shrine Through our prism we gaze happily on the tranquil scene Let's not forget to see what we must and experience this day each of us in his or own unique way
easy to rely on precise measurements Much more difficult to grasp the unknown Much more difficult to feel the darkness in your very bones In the distance small lights pierce the shadows Where does the wasteland end? Poetry gives one power to "deny the things" Is there poetry in your heart today? Let it come forth! before we are ruled my cold unfeeling metal and before the wheel of time grinds out poetic selves to dust and we are caught between the "taxicabs of absolute reality" And the hard stone Of the asphalt homeland
Carrying a dying torch to the end she makes her plans the weather outside is cold and rainy but she feels she must go on if there is even a chance of the fire glowing again she feels she must not betray her friend But the rain lasts a long time And the wind chills her bones Facing loss she cannot decide which way to turn The dream has become the dreamer Another night will pass a whiff of smoke rises in the air
kalidescopes show us reality as it should be Cascading colors and circling clouds full of life Join us on our magic carpet we\'re leaving for the golden shores Come with us on this adventure a million snowflakes falling and a light to steer our way Together we walk on golden shores We ask for little but we\'re being given so much A cornucopia awaits us at the end of the road we continue to live in the present But our eyes are ever turned towards the glorious future
Late at night something grips me no, I won't ask for relief not until morning comes with it's bird calls, smell of coffee and gleaming sunlight Night flies away and the days turn - calendar real let the ashes of the fire smolder for a little while longer perhaps, just perhaps we'll see them glow again The clouds above form patterns as they are blown by the wind Can we once more feel the warmth of a crackling fire? With hope in our eyes we stir the embers as our ancestors did in ancient woods long ago
Carved out of the red rocks Almost seems alive! The Stone Man seems to arise from sleep tens of thousands of years ago he walked the earth made flint knives, killed saber - tooth tigers now he's immortalized in a stone foundation The tide of years presses foward relentlessly and it seems that the sculpture will soon be washed away Yet this sculpture remains and tells the tale of our forebearers The wind, sun and rain have joined together to create the likeness of someone who departed years ago Shall we be preserved in this way? Will we be rememberd ages hence? The wind howls through the cracks in the rock and it speaks of the future in a tongue the earth understands
Over the city a bright winter sun but under the clouds things happen Yes, beneath snowy clouds - pedestrians, cars, cats and dogs move in time to their own rhythms the sunlight is dancing on the clouds Below we all move in space Frosty air brings out the best in us Millions seek warmth It's a long trip home but while the sun shines we still have time to make it let's not give in to the dark ages we'll fly more freely when the time comes if we listen to what dances in our heartsSend us your comments on this article


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In the post-"Scream" environment of the late 90's, self-referential sarcastic horror was all the rage for a few years until the likes of "The Ring" and "The Grudge" mutated it into churning out the more serious PG-13 spooky thrillers that are hot today. Back in the hey day though, the success of "Scream" had horror movie makers seeing money floating in front of their eyes and as a result, many of the old 80's slasher franchises were dusted off and given a rejuvenation to try and cash in on the craze. The result saw two sequels in particular emerge that ended up being quite good – "Halloween: H20" and "Bride of Chucky".
'Bride', a more comedic and glossy looking fourth entry of the lackluster "Child's Play" series, proved that and old dog can learn new tricks. Whilst it was far from being a great movie, it was a darkly funny near spoof of the earlier films in the series and an effectively entertaining B-movie. Now, after a rights dispute that lasted years, along comes "Seed of Chucky" which sadly wasn't worth the wait. 'Seed' to 'Bride' is the same as "Halloween: Resurrection" was to "Halloween: H20" – it directly follows the tone and events of the last film, but aside from a few inspired moments, it is just as bad as all the other pre-reinvention sequels that came before.
Lacking any real suspense or horror, "Seed" is essentially a high camp comedy with gore thrown in every now and then to satiate the masses. For every clever Hollywood in-joke or twisted moment of black humour there's groan-inducingly bad broad slapstick or dialogue which sounds like a poor man's version of "The Player". The story is weak, the general concept stretched far too thin and the direction often quite off in terms of timing and pace. At one moment its trying to be something quite sinister, the next it seems to be trying to spoof "Mommie Dearest" and doing a bad job at it.
Jokes about puppet masturbation and parenting fall flat, though a running gag about the gender confusion of the new kid (a direct reference to Ed Wood's infamous "Glen or Glenda") yields a few laughs. Tilly isn't afraid to make fun of herself and does so with gusto, earning her the appreciation of many a genre fan and this reviewer. At times the comedy schtick she pulls feels forced or flat, but she perseveres through it all and gets a few laughs in. Surprisingly the Romanian-location shoot quite effectively doubles for Los Angeles. All in all though, its just a mess of a film on many levels.


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