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So, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been pretty busy these first few days.
So, let's see. I arrived Wednesday morning (two 2-hour domestic flights and one 13 hour international flight) and took the 2 ½-3 hour bus ride from Seoul to Daejeon (where I now live). I was told by my recruiter (the same people who got me hired with my school and led me through the paperwork process) that I would be meeting up with the director of my school at the Daejeon Government Center once I arrived, and that once I bought by bus ticket, to call the recruiter so they could let her know when to expect me.
I also met another teacher when I was de-boarding the plane. Her name was Zara (from Texas, went to Texas A&M) and we talked while going through immigration (yay! No issues…which seems to always happen to me, lol) and while we picked up our bags. Her school had someone picking her up from the airport, so we exchanged info and we went our separate ways.
I switched over my money at one of the currency exchange stands, bought a bus ticket, called my recruiter and then got found my way to the correct bus terminal.
Even though everything is labeled/marked in both Korean and English, it's still a bit trickier than it sounds. Add being jetlagged and the fact that you're carrying luggage to the picture and it gets a bit more interesting.
Anyway, I got on the bus and told the driver where I needed to get off (well, pointed to the directions on my paper from my recruiter, lol) and that was that. *Enter giant exhale here*
They took me to my motel where I'd be staying for a day or two til the previous teacher left. I checked in and we dropped off my stuff and they showed me the school.
We have around 100 kindergarten and elementary school students enrolled. Class sizes are 2-10 students per class. I'll see if I can get pics of it on Monday and get those posted.
They said they'd see me the next morning at 9:30 (classes start at 9:40) and said I was free for the day.
I got lunch at the Burger King across the street (I'm not usually a fast-food eater) but it was close and in English. 🙂 Then I explored around a bit…not straying much further than a few blocks in either direction (nerve wracking to get lost when jet lagged and when you don't speak the language). Went back to my room and took a 6-hour nap and explored a bit in the evening. Made myself stay up til around 10 and talked online with some friends on this side of the globe. Went to bed…woke up around 2am and couldn't fall back asleep, so I read until it was time to get breakfast and get ready for work.
First full day:
Got a sandwich for breakfast because breakfast isn't huge here…oh, and coffee shops don't open til after 9am here, btw.
Kindergarten classes are in the morning, followed by an hour and a half lunch starting at 11:45/noon (normally I don't usually ever get a lunch break at previous jobs at home). Come back and have elementary classes. Finished around 6:30pm.
I've spent both Thursday and Friday shadowing other teachers to get an idea of how classes run and to get an idea of the various teaching styles. Then Monday, I'll take over for the other teacher and teach with one of the other teachers shadowing me.
Tuesday, we have the kindergarten graduation in the morning and I'll teach elementary by myself.
We also have art, math, science and social studies classes at our school. Which, as I've never taught, I was initially a bit nervous for, but everything is pretty much laid out in front of you and…it is elementary school level, so it doesn't seem too difficult really, just a matter of getting into a routine.
Oh..and also, I have to get my Alien Registration Card (basically acts as an ID card while I'm here..), and for that I have to get a health check up. This is supposed to happen on Monday morning, and it basically is a checkup with chest x-ray and a blood sample.
Right. Blood sample. I'm pretty much ok with any sort of checkup they want to do, but I have a really bad fear of needles (ie: hyperventilating, etc etc), so the fact that I have to get this done is sort of eating at me. I know it has to get done, but I wish I could just get knocked out or something instead. Ugh. 😦 😦 😦
Let's see, also had a visit to Home Plus (Korean Grocery Store…on crack. Multiple levels…grocery on one, clothes on another..etc.) , CostCo today with my friend Tracy from home (picked up a lifetime supply of pancake mix, lol), had Korean BBQ (delicious. will be a recurring thing if I can help it).
Having a pretty good time over here and it's not as overwhelming as I thought it would be.
Granted, the first few days were a bit intimidating since I don't know the language and can't read or speak anything, but I'm getting used to it and it's all good.
However, I can say 'thank you' and can read the symbol for the 'n' sound. So..ya know..progress is progress, lol.
I met an Irish girl last night and she said she'll be here for a few years and said she can show me a few places where I can take Korean lessons (which I want to learn..at least for the basics. I want to be able to get around over here..and although you can make it with just English, it would make things a lot easier if I could speak at least a little) and there are various clubs and things to join. I kinda want to join a gym too.
Anyway, lots of stuff to keep me occupied, and I'm doing well.


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9 Tips On Eating Your Way To Weight Loss
The best way to manage your weight is to maintain a healthy diet and food intake. By eating a healthy and nutritious diet, one can remain fit and healthy. In Singapore, most of the people control their weight by adopting a balanced and complete diet together with frequent exercise. There are also quite a number of slimming centres and weight loss programs available. If you're looking to lose weight, we have nine essential tips on how you can do it safely and healthily through your dieting.
The nine most essential eating tips that help to manage the weight is as follows:
- Eat a high protein breakfast. This will reduce the craving of the food and calories throughout the day. High protein breakfast mostly includes boiled eggs, avocados, peanut butter and jam sandwiches, overnight oats, cottage cheese, vanilla chia pudding and many more.
- Try to avoid intakes of any soft drink as it is a significant cause of the weight gain. Instead, drink fresh fruit juices that will give more energy and is more nutritious.
- Try to drink a half a glass of water before every meal. According to many researchers, drinking the water before every meal will help you to rehydrate your body and progressively lose weight.
- Eat foods that help to reduce weight. In other words, try to intake weight loss-friendly foods. Eggs, boiled potatoes, soups, and more that are full of nutritional value should be incorporated into your diet and eaten in moderation.
- Limit consumption to one cup of coffee and tea in a day as they both contain the caffeine in it which help the body to improve the metabolic system of the body. It's essential to limit them as too much caffeine can cause spikes in blood pressure and also lead to weight gain.
- Try to intake whole or unprocessed food item in the diet. They are healthier as they don't contain a preservative or increased levels of sugar, allowing you to absorb only the beneficial nutrients.
- Try to eat food slowly by chewing them until they are easy to swallow. You should not rush eating as bigger chunks of food may not be able to be digested well, which can lead to it being added only as fat.
- Weigh yourself frequently. A proper and healthy diet should allow you to lose weight gradually. Many studies reported that weighing yourself every second day will help you to reduce weight more efficiently and also helps to maintain that weigh for an extended period of time.
- Good night sleep is one of the best ways to manage weight. Poor sleep increases more risk factor of weight gain. So, taking a full sleep of a minimum of 8 hours so that body can perform its functions properly enables your body to be more active and healthy during the daytime.
In a nutshell, correcting our diet and eating habits is already half of the weight loss battle won. It's essential to have a proper and complete meal every day that contains all the essential elements required for the proper functioning of the body. Additionally, a good and consistent exercise routine along with proper sleep can also reduce the risk of weight gain.

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As we've discussed before, bread making has always been a little scary for me. I was raised to believe that it was "finicky," "time-consuming" and far too "labor-intensive." Since becoming an adult, I've decided to tackle the bread beast head-on. I started my war with Beer Bread, which requires no kneading and no rise time. Now, it is time for me to vanquish my fear of yeast bread.
First, I found a really great cookbook. This one is written by Gordon Ramsay's wife.
Then, I read the recipe and attempted to follow it.
Lessons Learned
- Apparently, bread flour and all purpose flour have different absorption powers. When I went to knead the bread on the counter, it was way too loose and needed (see what I did there?) an extra cup or so of flour to look like a dough and not just like a paste.
- Although there are a lot of steps to making bread, I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's too labor-intensive. It is certainly a little time-intensive, but I managed to make both loaves of bread while I was getting ready for Mass. Pro-tip: shower after you knead.
- This bread was incredibly inexpensive to make. Even better, it tasted really good. I brought a loaf over to my mother's house and she asked me: "What brand is this?" If someone tells you that they would pay 4 dollars for the loaf of bread you bought over, you should keep that recipe in the rotation.
- Bread that has been cooked completely will sound hollow when you tap on the bottom.
- You will split an entire loaf of bread with your husband when it's fresh.
To conclude: making bread isn't hard and we should all do it more often.
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I was going through photos on my computer this morning, to post to another website. Some of them trigger incredible memories.
This photo was taken in the summer of 1975, obviously a double exposure. Don't quite know how that happened, but it worked out rather well, I think.
The person in the red shirt is me. The two silhouettes in the background are friends, Wayne and Judy. The structure is the framework for a house I was building in the woods of Baxter's Harbour, Nova Scotia. It was hexagonal in shape, in a building style combining post-and-beam and board-and-batten. I call it merry-go-round.
The house burned down in 1993, eighteen years after it was built. I only lived there for two years, I was living on the other coast when my son called me to tell me about the fire. The house had acquired a name of its own, it is still referred to by neighbours as Nimrodel.
The total cost of the building materials in 1975 was under $2,000. It was too bad that it burned down, but it was never intended to be a permanent building, so while I was sad to hear that it was gone, I was kind of amazed that it lasted as long as it did.
I guess what I like about this photo is the mix of feelings it evokes.
The wonderful summer living in the woods of Baxter's Harbour.
The horrible summer of living in a tent with two toddlers in the woods of Baxter's Harbour and simultaneously trying to build a house.
The gratitude to friends who helped me.
The waking up every single morning for five weeks aching in every conceivable muscle of my body.
The chaos.
The pride in accomplishing this project.
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Amy Hallissey
Place of birth
Hertfordshire, UK
Started at Caribtours in...
Time working in Travel
7 years
Favourite Destination
South Africa – I spent a month there when I was 19 volunteering at a game reserve, sleeping under the stars in the bush and getting up close to so much wildlife including elephants, lions and giraffe… it was amazing!
Favourite Hotels
I recently stayed at Four Seasons Resort Nevis and had a fabulous dinner at Montpelier Plantation, Nevis – both hotels were outstanding.
What one thing you couldn't go on holiday without?
Multiple changes of outfit!
What destination is number one on your bucket list?
It's not just one destination but my ultimate travel bucket list to-dos are a long road trip of the 'Deep South' of the USA, a trip to the national parks of Canada for camping and hiking, and Italy for Florence, Venice, Rome and the lakes.
Favourite cocktail
It depends where I am! In London I always go for a Cosmopolitan and in the Caribbean it has to be a classic rum punch!


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It was all new-most of it singularly dramatic and even appalling to the woman who sat with the pearl-gray veil drawn closely about her face. For eighteen hours she had been a keenly attentive, wide-eyed, and partly frightened bit of humanity in this onrush of "the horde." She had heard a voice behind her speak of it as "the horde"-a deep, thick, gruff voice which she knew without looking had filtered its way through a beard. She agreed with the voice. It was the Horde-that horde which has always beaten the trails ahead for civilization and made of its own flesh and blood the foundation of nations. For months it had been pouring steadily into the mountains-always in and never out, a laughing, shouting, singing, blaspheming Horde, every ounce of it toughened sinew and red brawn, except the Straying Angels. One of these sat opposite her, a dark-eyed girl with over-red lips and hollowed cheeks, and she heard the bearded man say something to his companions about "dizzy dolls" and "the little angel in the other seat." This same voice, gruffened in its beard, had told her that ten thousand of the Horde had gone up ahead of them. Then it whispered something that made her hands suddenly tighten and a hot flush sweep through her. She lifted her veil and rose slowly from her seat, as if to rearrange her dress. Casually she looked straight into the faces of the bearded man and his companion in the seat behind. They stared. After that she heard nothing more of the Straying Angels, but only a wildly mysterious confabulation about "rock hogs," and "coyotes" that blew up whole mountains, and a hundred and one things about the "rail end." She learned that it was taking five hundred steers a week to feed the Horde that lay along the Grand Trunk Pacific between Hogan's Camp and the sea, and that there were two thousand souls at Tête Jaune Cache, which until a few months before had slumbered in a century-old quiet broken only by the Indian and his trade. Then the train stopped in its twisting trail, and the bearded man and his companion left the car. As they passed her they glanced down. Again the veil was drawn close. A shimmering tress of hair had escaped its bondage; that was all they saw.
The veiled woman drew a deeper breath when they were gone. She saw that most of the others were getting off. In her end of the car the hollow-cheeked girl and she were alone. Even in their aloneness these two women had not dared to speak until now. The one raised her veil again, and their eyes met across the aisle. For a moment the big, dark, sick-looking eyes of the "angel" stared. Like the bearded man and his companion, she, too, understood, and an embarrassed flush added to the colour of the rouge on her cheeks. The eyes that looked across at her were blue-deep, quiet, beautiful. The lifted veil had disclosed to her a face that she could not associate with the Horde. The lips smiled at her-the wonderful eyes softened with a look of understanding, and then the veil was lowered again. The flush in the girl's cheek died out, and she smiled back.
"You are going to Tête Jaune?" she asked.
"Yes. May I sit with you for a few minutes? I want to ask questions-so many!"
The hollow-cheeked girl made room for her at her side.
"You are new?"
"Quite new-to this."
The words, and the manner in which they were spoken, made the other glance quickly at her companion.
"It is a strange place to go-Tête Jaune," she said. "It is a terrible place for a woman."
"And yet you are going?"
"I have friends there. Have you?"
The girl stared at her in amazement. Her voice and her eyes were bolder now.
"And without friends you are going-there?" she cried. "You have no husband-no brother--"
"What place is this?" interrupted the other, raising her veil so that she could look steadily into the other's face. "Would you mind telling me?"
"It is Miette," replied the girl, the flush reddening her cheeks again. "There's one of the big camps of the railroad builders down on the Flats. You can see it through the window. That river is the Athabasca."
"Will the train stop here very long?"
The Little Angel shrugged her thin shoulders despairingly.
"Long enough to get me into The Cache mighty late to-night," she complained. "We won't move for two hours."
"I'd be so glad if you could tell me where I can go for a bath and something to eat. I'm not very hungry-but I'm terribly dusty. I want to change some clothes, too. Is there a hotel here?"
Her companion found the question very funny. She had a giggling fit before she answered.
"You're sure new," she explained. "We don't have hotels up here. We have bed-houses, chuck-tents, and bunk-shacks. You ask for Bill's Shack down there on the Flats. It's pretty good. They'll give you a room, plenty of water, and a looking-glass-an' charge you a dollar. I'd go with you, but I'm expecting a friend a little later, and if I move I may lose him. Anybody will tell you where Bill's place is. It's a red an' white striped tent-and it's respectable."
The stranger girl thanked her, and turned for her bag. As she left the car, the Little Angel's eyes followed her with a malicious gleam that gave them the strange glow of candles in a sepulchral cavern. The colours which she unfurled to all seeking eyes were not secret, and yet she was filled with an inward antagonism that this stranger with the wonderful blue eyes had dared to see them and recognize them. She stared after the retreating form-a tall, slim, exquisitely poised figure that filled her with envy and a dull sort of hatred. She did not hear a step behind her. A hand fell familiarly on her shoulder, and a coarse voice laughed something in her ear that made her jump up with an artificial little shriek of pleasure. The man nodded toward the end of the now empty car.
"Who's your new friend?" he asked.
"She's no friend of mine," snapped the girl. "She's another one of them Dolly Dimples come out to save the world. She's that innocent she wonders why Tête Jaune ain't a nice place for ladies without escort. I thought I'd help eggicate her a little an' so I sent her to Bill's place. Oh, my Lord, I told her it was respectable!"
She doubled over the seat in a fit of merriment, and her companion seized the opportunity to look out of the window.
The tall, blue-eyed stranger had paused for a moment on the last step of the car to pin up her veil, fully revealing her face. Then she stepped lightly to the ground, and found herself facing the sunlight and the mountains. She drew a slow, deep breath between her parted lips, and turned wonderingly, for a moment forgetful. It was the first time she had left the train since entering the mountains, and she understood now why some one in the coach had spoken of the Miette Plain as Sunshine Pool. Where-ever she looked the mountains fronted her, with their splendid green slopes reaching up to their bald caps of gray shale and reddish rock or gleaming summits of snow. Into this "pool"-this pocket in the mountains-the sun descended in a wonderful flood. It stirred her blood like a tonic. She breathed more quickly; a soft glow coloured her cheeks; her eyes grew more deeply violet as they caught the reflection of the blue sky. A gentle wind fretted the loose tendrils of brown hair about her face. And the bearded man, staring through the car window, saw her thus, and for an hour after that the hollow-cheeked girl wondered at the strange change in him.
The train had stopped at the edge of the big fill overlooking the Flats. It was a heavy train, and a train that was helping to make history-a combination of freight, passenger, and "cattle." It had averaged eight miles an hour on its climb toward Yellowhead Pass and the end of steel. The "cattle" had already surged from their stifling and foul-smelling cars in a noisy inundation of curiously mixed humanity. They were of a dozen different nationalities, and as the girl looked at them it was not with revulsion or scorn but with a sudden quickening of heartbeat and a little laugh that had in it something both of wonder and of pride. This was the Horde, that crude, monstrous thing of primitive strength and passions that was overturning mountains in its fight to link the new Grand Trunk Pac
When her boyfriend betrayed her, all light and joy was gone from Cherry's life. Deserted, bereft of hope, she married a man that she had barely met, but she had never expected him to be her ex-boyfriend's uncle.
Cherry thought that she had finally found her happiness, but she had no idea about the dark secrets that were bound to unfold and haunt her forever...
ific with the seaport on the Pacific. In that Horde, gathered in little groups, shifting, sweeping slowly toward her and past her, she saw something as omnipotent as the mountains themselves. They could not know defeat. She sensed it without ever having seen them before. For her the Horde now had a heart and a soul. These were the builders of empire-the man-beasts who made it possible for Civilization to creep warily and without peril into new places and new worlds. With a curious shock she thought of the half-dozen lonely little wooden crosses she had seen through the car window at odd places along the line of rail.
And now she sought her way toward the Flats. To do this she had to climb over a track that was waiting for ballast. A car shunted past her, and on its side she saw the big, warning red placards-Dynamite. That one word seemed to breathe to her the spirit of the wonderful energy that was expending itself all about her. From farther on in the mountains came the deep, sullen detonations of the "little black giant" that had been rumbling past her in the car. It came again and again, like the thunderous voice of the mountains themselves calling out in protest and defiance. And each time she felt a curious thrill under her feet and the palpitant touch of something that was like a gentle breath in her ears. She found another track on her way, and other cars slipped past her crunchingly. Beyond this second track she came to a beaten road that led down into the Flats, and she began to descend.
A tall, slim, exquisitely poised figure.... "Another o' them Dotty Dimples come out to save the world. I thought I'd help eggicate her a little, an' so I sent her to Bill's place. Oh, my Lord, I told her it was respectable!"
Tents shone through the trees on the bottom. The rattle of the cars grew more distant, and she heard the hum and laughter of voices and the jargon of a phonograph. At the bottom of the slope she stepped aside to allow a team and wagon to pass. The wagon was loaded with boxes that rattled and crashed about as the wheels bumped over stones and roots. The driver of the team did not look at her. He was holding back with his whole weight; his eyes bulged a little; he was sweating, in his face was a comedy of expression that made the girl smile in spite of herself. Then she saw one of the bobbing boxes and the smile froze into a look of horror. On it was painted that ominous word-DYNAMITE!
Two men were coming behind her.
"Six horses, a wagon an' old Fritz-blown to hell an' not a splinter left to tell the story," one of them was saying. "I was there three minutes after the explosion and there wasn't even a ravelling or a horsehair left. This dynamite's a dam' funny thing. I wouldn't be a rock-hog for a million!"
"I'd rather be a rock-hog than Joe-drivin' down this hill a dozen times a day," replied the other.
The girl had paused again, and the two men stared at her as they were about to pass. The explosion of Joe's dynamite could not have startled them more than the beauty of the face that was turned to them in a quietly appealing inquiry.
"I am looking for a place called-Bill's Shack," she said, speaking the Little Sister's words hesitatingly. "Can you direct me to it, please?"
The younger of the two men looked at his companion without speaking. The other, old enough to regard feminine beauty as a trap and an illusion, turned aside to empty his mouth of a quid of tobacco, bent over, and pointed under the trees.
"Can't miss it-third tent-house on your right, with canvas striped like a barber-pole. That phonnygraff you hear is at Bill's."
"Thank you."
She went on.
Behind her, the two men stood where she had left them. They did not move. The younger man seemed scarcely to breathe.
"Bill's place!" he gasped then. "I've a notion to tell her. I can't believe--"
"Shucks!" interjected the other.
"But I don't. She isn't that sort. She looked like a Madonna-with the heart of her clean gone. I never saw anything so white an' so beautiful. You call me a fool if you want to-I'm goin' on to Bill's!"
He strode ahead, chivalry in his young and palpitating heart. Quickly the older man was at his side, clutching his arm.
"Come along, you cotton-head!" he cried. "You ain't old enough or big enough in this camp to mix in with Bill. Besides," he lied, seeing the wavering light in the youth's eyes, "I know her. She's going to the right place."
At Bill's place men were holding their breath and staring. They were not unaccustomed to women. But such a one as this vision that walked calmly and undisturbed in among them they had never seen. There were half a dozen lounging there, smoking and listening to the phonograph, which some one now stopped that they might hear every word that was spoken. The girl's head was high. She was beginning to understand that it would have been less embarrassing to have gone hungry and dusty. But she had come this far, and she was determined to get what she wanted-if it was to be had. The colour shone a little more vividly through the pure whiteness of her skin as she faced Bill, leaning over his little counter. In him she recognized the Brute. It was blazoned in his face, in the hungry, seeking look of his eyes-in the heavy pouches and thick crinkles of his neck and cheeks. For once Bill Quade himself was at a loss.
"I understand that you have rooms for rent," she said unemotionally. "May I hire one until the train leaves for Tête Jaune Cache?"
The listeners behind her stiffened and leaned forward. One of them grinned at Quade. This gave him the confidence he needed to offset the fearless questioning in the blue eyes. None of them noticed a newcomer in the door. Quade stepped from behind his shelter and faced her.
"This way," he said, and turned to the drawn curtains beyond them.
She followed. As the curtains closed after them a chuckling laugh broke the silence of the on-looking group. The newcomer in the doorway emptied the bowl of his pipe, and thrust the pipe into the breast-pocket of his flannel shirt. He was bareheaded. His hair was blond, shot a little with gray. He was perhaps thirty-eight, no taller than the girl herself, slim-waisted, with trim, athletic shoulders. His eyes, as they rested on the still-fluttering curtains, were a cold and steady gray. His face was thin and bronzed, his nose a trifle prominent. He was a man far from handsome, and yet there was something of fascination and strength about him. He did not belong to the Horde. Yet he might have been the force behind it, contemptuous of the chuckling group of rough-visaged men, almost arrogant in his posture as he eyed the curtains and waited.
What he expected soon came. It was not the usual giggling, the usual exchange of badinage and coarse jest beyond the closed curtains. Quade did not come out rubbing his huge hands, his face crinkling with a sort of exultant satisfaction. The girl preceded him. She flung the curtains aside and stood there for a moment, her face flaming like fire, her blue eyes filled with the flash of lightning. She came down the single step. Quade followed her. He put out a hand.
"Don't take offence, girly," he expostulated. "Look here-ain't it reasonable to s'pose--"
He got no farther. The man in the door had advanced, placing himself at the girl's side. His voice was low and unexcited.
"You have made a mistake?" he said.
She took him in at a glance-his clean-cut, strangely attractive face, his slim build, the clear and steady gray of his eyes.
"Yes, I have made a mistake-a terrible mistake!"
"I tell you it ain't fair to take offence," Quade went on. "Now, look here--"
In his hand was a roll of bills. The girl did not know that a man could strike as quickly and with as terrific effect as the gray-eyed stranger struck then. There was one blow, and Quade went down limply. It was so sudden that he had her outside before she realized what had happened.
"I chanced to see you go in," he explained, without a tremor in his voice. "I thought you were making a mistake. I heard you ask for shelter. If you will come with me I will take you to a friend's."
"If it isn't too much trouble for you, I will go," she said. "And for that-in there-thank you!"
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5.5-magnitude earthquake jolts eastern Indonesia
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JAKARTA, May 9 — A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Indonesia's Maluku province on Sunday, but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage.
According to the website of Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Physical Geography Agency (BMG), the quake struck at 11:02 a.m. local time (0202 GMT), with the epicenter at 8.53 degrees south latitude and 129.17 degrees east longitude at a depth of 119 kilometers.
The epicenter was 246 km southwest of Maluku province's Saumlaki regency and 398 km northeast of Timor Leste's capital Dili.
BMG has not issued tsunami alert for the quake. (PNA/Xinhua)


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Stellar Event & Presentation Resources, a provider of event services and equipment, has acquired Alford Media Services, a corporate event staging company based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Alford Media founders Steve and Tom Alford and Danny Harris will continue in their positions of president, vice president and general manager. 2040 N. Loop West, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77018; 713/681-5664.
Edward Don & Co., a foodservice equipment distributor, has acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based distributor Tables of Content. Its founder, Karyn Millman, will join Don & Co. as national account merchandising specialist. 2500 S. Harlem Ave., North Riverside, IL 60546; 708/442-9400.
Association Headquarters, a provider of event planning services, has acquired Team Management, an association management company with offices in Thorofare, N.J., and Washington. Team was a division of Thorofare, N.J.-based Slack Inc., a publishing company.
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Exhibition company Exhibitgroup/Giltspur has acquired Ontario Design, a Victor, N.Y., exhibit marketing company. Ontario Design will be incorporated into Exhibitgroup/Giltspur's existing Rochester, N.Y., facility. 200 N. Gary Ave., Roselle, IL 60172; 630/307-2400; Web site: www.e-g.com
San Diego-based PRA Destination Management has opened two new franchise locations, one in New York and one in Chicago. PRA now operates in eight locations. 2456 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92102-2022; 800/797-9471; Web site: www.pra.com
Auburn Hills, Mich.-based George P. Johnson Co., an exhibit and event company, has doubled its office space and tripled its production space in its new Torrance, Calif., office. 18500 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA 90504; 800/338-8032; Web site: www.gpjco.com
Current Events International has closed its Atlanta office and consolidated its East Coast operations into its Washington and Norristown, Pa., offices. 601 General Washington Ave., Suite 100, Norristown, PA 19403; 610/630-8300; Web site: www.cevents.com
Famous Events & Destinations of Vancouver, British Columbia, has become PGI Canada, the 25th office of the Arlington, Va.-based company. Founding partners Richard Lowy and Kirsten Strand will continue to manage the office, the company reports. 68 Water St., Suite 504, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6B 1A4; 604/689-3448; Web site: www.pgi.com


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Year by year all smartphones are getting bigger and bigger. While Apple has got its Iphones and Samsung has got the Galaxy Note with their big and beautiful displays Zanco came up with a tiny solution for calling and texting.
Zanco Tiny T1 may not replace our main smartphones but it is a great option for a secondary phone when you do not want to carry a large phone with you and travel light. The dimensions of the Zanco Tiny T1 are 46.7 x 21 x 12mm and weights 13 grams. Due to the small size of the phone the company claims that it is very useful for jogging, running, cycling, walking and any other extreme sports you might be doing because it can feet in any pocket you have got.
The Tiny T1 supports a single nano SIM that will work with any mobile phone network that still supports 2G. Other features of the phone are:
- 300 Phonebook memory
- Stores 50 SMS Messages
- Stores the last 50 in or out numbers
- 12.5mm OLED screen
- Micro USB charger
- 13 Voice changers
Through the Kickstarter campaign, the company has set a goal of $33,898 and it has currently accumulated the pledge of $202,016. The price tag is rumored at £39 in the U.K which converts to $50 in the U.S. and is expected to begin shipping in May 2018 across the world. Some might say that this is an amazing gift idea for all the gadget geeks who own everything else out there nevertheless I can not wait to get my hands on this or should i say my thumb.
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Join the expedition in episode 8 of the ROAM Original – Lines To Hawaii 2018 mini series. Enlisted as civilian Adventure Scientists, the two explorers continue to fulfill their duty by collecting water samples from every 100 mile stretch of the sea on their Line Island expedition. By doing so, the Falcor sailors are providing valuable data by tracking microplastic contamination levels to aid in the protection of our oceans from pollution. Alas, the end of the journey is nearing, and Travis remains optimistic despite the completely variable wind forecast ahead. Nevertheless, the crew prepares for all-hands on deck in order to make it through a potentially windless region of the Pacific Ocean doldrums.
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With just one mark, more than 61,000 Rhode Islanders cast their vote for Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse and every other Democrat on the ballot two weeks ago.
The number outpaced the number of straight-Democratic voters in the 2002 midterm election by 23,000 — a 66 percent increase from one midterm to the next — and Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) has suggested the increase is partly to blame for his ouster.
In Chafee's case, the increase isn't enough to cover the 26,000 votes by which he lost. But many Republicans around the country lost by much narrower margins and, where figures are available, the number of Democratic "straight-party" voters rose much like it did in Rhode Island.
Some say the straight-party ballot option, which allows voters to choose all candidates from one party with a single selection, exaggerated the national Democratic wave in the 16 states that still use it and might have cost Republicans a number of congressional seats; others say it couldn't have had that much of an impact.
Regardless, in several of these states, sharp increases in straight-party votes for Democrats are putting the magnifying glass to this slowly dying ballot option, and some state leaders are pledging to fight it in the months ahead.
The theory is that giving voters the option to vote exclusively for one party gives them an attractive shortcut and hurts individual candidates who would otherwise be considered on their merits. For example, even if a voter likes a certain Republican and would vote for him head-to-head, he or she might just check straight-Democratic and never make that head-to-head decision.
On average, about one-third of voters use the option where it is available.
Of the 29 seats House Republicans have lost thus far in this year's election, 15 came in the 16 straight-party states, and three more are still possible. Also, several of the most stunning GOP losses occurred in these states, including Rep. Jim Leach in Iowa, Reps. Jeb Bradley and Charlie Bass in New Hampshire and Rep. Melissa Hart in Pennsylvania.
"I think it hurt us in a number of areas," said Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.), a longtime straight-party option opponent who last week lost a bid to lead House Republicans' 2008 campaign. "Clearly, the Democrats were able to win in some districts with candidates of notoriously limited qualifications."
English first worked to kill the straight-party option as a state Senate staffer many years ago. Pennsylvania remains one of the 16 states to use it, but that number has fallen slowly since the mid-20th century, when more than half of states used it.
Missouri is the most recent state to kill the straight-party option, doing so before this year's election, and Illinois got rid of it in 1997. In 2002, Michigan's state legislature did away with it, but a Democrat-led ballot initiative saved it.
The straight-party option is largely seen as a boon to the party with the larger segment of the population, but it has predominantly been fought by Republicans and supported by Democrats in recent years, as was the case in Michigan, Missouri and Illinois.
As far as its impact on 2006, the statistical evidence is incomplete and doesn't, in and of itself, prove anything. Most states and many counties don't tally straight-party votes.
But anecdotal evidence makes it clear that straight-Democratic voting rose everywhere. In every county where numbers were obtained, it rose significantly over the 2002 midterm election and sometimes over even the 2004 presidential election, when overall turnout was much higher.
Straight-Republican voting, meanwhile, appeared constant.
In Linn and Johnson counties, which accounted for about three-fifths of voters in Leach's southeastern Iowa district, straight-Democratic voting rose by nearly 10,000 votes, or 41 percent, between 2002 and this year. The amount exceeded the 6,000 votes by which Leach lost to Democrat David Loebsack in arguably the biggest upset of the election.
In Wisconsin, Green Bay-based Brown County cast more than one-third of the 8th District's 275,000 votes and saw straight-Democratic voting increase from 7,300 to 14,000. Democrat Steve Kagen wrested the Republican-held open seat by about the same margin.
In Pennsylvania's 4th District, where Hart lost by 9,000 votes, Lawrence County experienced a similar twofold increase in straight Democratic voters, from 4,700 in 2002 to 9,200 this year.
Straight-party voting could also sneak into some still-developing races in New Mexico and North Carolina, where Republican Reps. Heather Wilson and Robin Hayes appear to be headed for reelection but lead by less than 900 and 400 votes, respectively.
Numbers were unavailable in Kentucky's Jefferson County, which contains the entire Louisville-based 3rd District and where Rep. Anne Northup (R) lost to Democrat John YarmuthJohn Allen YarmuthBlue Dogs push Democrats to pass budget Democrats don't expect to do 2020 budget Trump shocks, earns GOP rebukes with Dingell remarks MORE by 6,000 votes. But Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson said the results should renew interest in killing the straight-party option.
Grayson, a Republican, last year partnered with a Democratic state House leader in an effort to eliminate the option, and he promises to push it again this session.
"I anticipate that, because of the results in the election in various places around Kentucky, we might get a little bit more interest in it," Grayson said.
Grayson pointed to a county clerk candidate in the Cincinnati suburbs who had withdrawn from the race two weeks before the election but remained on the ballot. Despite significant publicity and a note stating he had withdrawn, the candidate almost won, Grayson said.
Grayson attributed that to straight-party voting and also said down-ballot Democrats in Jefferson County might have been helped by the option this year.
Those down-ballot candidates are the biggest beneficiaries of straight-party ballots, while the higher-profile races tend not to be affected as much, said David Kimball, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
"It tends to have a bigger effect on the contests that are farther down the ballot — the ones that would get skipped from voters getting tired of spending their time in the voting booth," Kimball said.
He said the straight-party option might have played a role in the massive shift in the New Hampshire state House, where Democrats overtook nearly a quarter of the 400 seats, but the impact on races like Bradley's and Bass's was likely negligible.
Straight-Democratic votes outnumbered straight-Republican votes in the state by about a 60-40 margin. Despite the win, state Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathy Sullivan last week said Democrats will continue their long-standing opposition to the option and try to kill it now that they hold majorities in both houses.
A study of the 1992 election in North Carolina concluded the straight-party option could have a statistically significant impact on U.S. House races, but not on major statewide, U.S. Senate or even state legislature races.
Research on the topic is scant, but University of Rochester political science professor Richard Niemi said recent field experiments he has conducted show people are often confused by the straight-party option, and most experts agree that it encourages voters to not take the time to get educated about candidates.
"It seems pretty clear that what it was designed for is to keep people voting for a particular party without thinking about who they were voting for," Niemi said.


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E3 convention - What's up in the video game industry in 2018?
E3: The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the largest exhibition devoted exclusively to video games. It was held from June 12 to 14 in Los Angeles. That's what we had to remember.
The most anticipated games
Sony, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo, Ubisoft, everyone's announcement! Here is our TOP 5 most anticipated games in 2018:
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Embark on ancient Greece in this new opus of Ubisoft.
"Spartans, who are we ?!"
The Last Of Us - Part II
Five years after the release of the first installment, The Last Of Us is perhaps the most anticipated game of the year. Sony embeds us in a blazing gameplay of 5 minutes. Sensitive souls refrain !
The Last of Us part 2 : le trailer de la nuit (seconde partie) pic.twitter.com/ct7fKKjhDO— jeuxvideo.com : news jeux vidéo PC PS4 Switch Xbox (@JVCom) 12 juin 2018
Super Smash. Ultimate Bros
This is the major announcement of Nintendo. All characters present in previous versions of the game will find themselves on the Switch. Enough to appeal to all nostalgic as the youngest.
Fallout 76
Fallout is the retrofuturistic game series that has been going on since 1997. Obviously, when the 6th part is presented, it makes noise ...
The Elders Scrolls VI
The Elder Scrolls is one of those games that has lasted for generations. First published in 1994, the game series will be completed as and when. But patience, The Elder Scrolls VI, unveiled via a very short trailer, would be planned for the next generation of machines.
A small bonus?
This is the classic. Every year, the announcement of the new FIFA is eagerly awaited. There is no question of derogating from the rule. The developers of EA Sports will not have disappointed their fans:
A new Xbox for Microsoft?
E3, it's above all 70.000 visitors come to attend conferences and test the games in preview.
If there is one announcement that has not gone unnoticed, it's that of Phil Spencer, CEO of the XBOX division at Microsoft: the new generation of Xbox.
For the moment, no images has emerged. The teams are currently working on it.
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You got caught up in a High Stakes Poker Game. You didn't realize it, but all the players at the table were con men. You were so confident you were going to win, you bet everything…including your home. You received a tip letting you know your Deed has been hidden inside the VIP Lounge. You only have 60 minutes before the men will return…don't get caught!
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How to log into your WebDirect BackOffice
Your WebDirect website includes an easy-to-use online content management system (CMS) called BackOffice.
To log into your BackOffice, please follow these steps:
- Go to your Booking.com Extranet
- Click on the Marketplace* tab
- Go to Direct Bookings / WebDirect
- Log in through the blue "Go to WebDirect" button
You will automatically be redirected to your WebDirect BackOffice.
*in case you can't see the Marketplace section, please go to your App Store tab.
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How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others And Start Showing Your Work
Do you feel like you're holding yourself back and often comparing yourself to others? In this episode I talk about a recent experience that has forced me to put my work out there and a realisation that has made me feel better about where I'm at compared to others.
Here's a link to my interview with Josh Rossi, in which he talks about facing your fears and showing your work: https://www.facebook.com/upliftingcontent/videos/1646976542057607/
Here's the link to the video about privilege: https://www.facebook.com/upliftingcontent/videos/1573502459405016/
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So, today is a day of love, of wonderfulness, of kindness, of sexy thoughts and naughty parts, and I'm here for it. Every drop of it. However, I'd be remiss if I didn't take the time to jot this down; the time to allow my present self to chastise my former self…and to also be thankful for her as well. There are a few posts here about a guy that I spent too many years of my youth (listen, my early youth, because I'm still young. Thank you kindly. Shit.*stares at you and dares you to refute*) and there's a lot about him in those post that don't necessarily paint him in a good light. Trust me it was well deserved. Okay, okay, it wasn't all bad. The times that I didn't spend crying, or angry, or pissed, or worn, or battle weary, I spent laughing, smiling…loving him. I'm not angry that it happened; I'm angry at how everything happened. It was hard losing a best-friend, a lover, a partner, a confidant, just…a what was once a wonderful human being, but I'm thankful that I opened my eyes and saw what really needed to happen. The first year, (three years ago) after our break up on a day like today, I thought that I'd never laugh, smile, even love again because I was a woman scorned. I was hurt, I was angry, and I felt foolish. Foolish? Yes, foolish. Why? Because I, from a family of WELL educated African-American, strong, independent (yet dependent when warranted) women, raised by a father that said take no shit and give lots of hell, had succumbed to what amounted to an unhealthy relationship. There was no violence, (that I'll admit to now, because…well, I want you to come back and read more whenever I decide to open my heart up and write part three or four –I can't remember and I ain't going back to fact check, so shut up—of the saga of that crazy relationship in which I speak.) (I was going to type "speak of" right there, but the prepositional ending got me, so I changed it. You're welcome, critics.) There was no mental abuse, none of that stuff (or was it…stay tuned. o_O) Anyway, the point is it wasn't all gravy and I should've known better. I was warned, I'd been told, I'd even given advice to friends and some family members to stay away from the exact situation I was in, but I didn't listen to myself or anyone else. So, yeah, on days like today, three years ago, I was puke-gut sick. Like for real y'all, sick. Sick, because I reminisced about all of the good dudes that I had maybe passed up to stay with this one guy that deep down in the pit of my spirit I knew was never any good for me, but for whatever stupid reason that I may have had, I stayed. I was sick because I remembered on days like today, what I wanted to remember. I remembered the flowers he brought me, the candy he brought, the envious and jealous looks that I received from co-workers, the wowed eyes that I got from the students in my class, the jittery feeling that I got when I knew those roses, those candies, those cards were from me, and they expressed how he felt. I didn't remember the next night sending silly messages of "Where are you?" I didn't remember calling too many times, never getting an answer, but listening to that stupid voice message over and over and each time getting excited that this might be the time that he might pick up and tell me the current lie of the day.. I didn't remember feeling puke-gut sick when I found out that those cards, those roses, those candies, those sexy pieces of lingerie were all just tangible items that held me over until the next heart break and brake. But on today, three-years-later, as I prepare to have a wonderful evening—something that I never thought I'd be able to do, because as stated, I was battle wearied, I was hurt, broken, confused, angry—I'm glad to remember it all. The good, the bad, the worst, because without it, I wouldn't know how to be thankful, I wouldn't know what a real relationship was, and I wouldn't have had fodder for my soul. Damn the chicken soup.
The point, ladies and gentlemen, is that no matter how bleak it looks right now, no matter how bad being alone (if you're alone) right now may hurt (what you think hurts), absorb this feeling. Enjoy it; be thankful for it, because there's a lesson there somewhere. There's a story there somewhere, there's a reason there somewhere. Instead of crying or being angry, or wondering…just try figuring it out…or you know, don't. What the hell do I know, I'm just out here tryna make money to feed muh daughta, it's all good baebe babaee (RIP Biggie Smalls…you hip hop heads will get that that, for the rest of you, who the hell cares?) Anyway, if no one else has said this to you today, then let me be the first. I love you and I mean it…you know as much as I can without knowing who the hell you are. Whatever to your faces! 🙂
Vive Sine Paenitentia
Res Ipsa Loquitur.
~Uncaught Recidivist
As for the other shit that hurt. Y'all, I've got a brand new pair of Spanx and I promise you nothing has ever been more uncomfortable (sans childbirth) but damn it, I'm kicking ass in this shape hugging dress. Suck it universe and society that are trying to make me lose weight. No way. No way! I laugh at you, because these Spanx are doing the trick. Never mind I can feel all of this chubby pushing against my bladder. Never mind it, I say!
Note: I legit didn't edit this, this time, becuase I'm fixinta go *virginia drawl*. I mean, I caught what I could, but I didn't go back and proof, so if there's something out of place, grammatically incorrect, or misspelled… keep it to your damned self, you judgemental shrews. No, seriously, though, I love you. Really. Whateves.
Accommodating (Mine Are)
Mine are waiting.
Where are you going?
Mine are welcoming.
Won't you come in?
Mine are soft.
You know that quite well.
Mine are thick?
Never ever to thin.
Mine are warm.
I'll provide you heat.
Mine are always opened.
…where could you be?
Vive Sine Paenitentia
Res Ipsa Loquitur.
~Uncaught Recidivist
Knowing When to Fold 'Em…and other shit that I should've done a long time ago! (Part 1)
I was eleven when I first met him. I was eighteen when I first kissed him and I was twenty-eight when I finally left him.
Between eighteen and twenty-eight, there were several breaks, retries, and more breaks, but none of them took.
Not even the retries.
Nor the Breaks.
The first year after my break-up, I convinced myself that I loved him too hard. That's why I didn't leave before our ten-year tenure. The second year after our break-up I finally came to grips with the fact that love was never in the equation. I didn't love myself enough to leave him and I didn't love him enough to really give him a chance. That relationship and all hardship embedded lasted way too damn long.
Way Too Damn Long!
I realized that what I'd pacified myself with during our time together, the statement about about opposites being attracted to each other was a bunch of BULLSHIT! Opposites? You ask. Yes, opposites.
He was a Tupac fan. I was a Biggie Fan.
He was a Nas fan. I am a Jay-Z fan.
He was a Pippen Fan. I was (AM) a Jordan FANATIC.
He was a UNC-Chapel Hill Fan. I was (AM) DUKE BLUE DEVILS ALL DAY AND TOMORROW!
He was an Atlanta Braves Fan. I was a Chicago White Sox.
He was a Huge Redskin's Fan. I am a Huger JETS fan. (Don't Judge Me)
He liked old school music and cars. I'm an eighties and above type of music lover and none of my cars have been older than five years.
He was a smoker. I am NOT.
He was a drinker. I am NOT.
He was a cheater. I am NOT…well listen, sometimes things happen. Yeah, I need your judgment. *rolls eyes*
He played a Brass Instrument. I play woodwinds. <That's true. I'm clarinetist and a Saxophonist.
He didn't like words. I need words to breathe.
He didn't like to read. I can't live without it.
I could go on, but I hope you got it by now. We didn't match. Opposites were a sever understatement in our case, but I needed something to hold on to, to answer the question of why I was staying with this man. And the answer three-years after our demise, is that I value friendships…but sometimes you have to know when to fold 'em.
It took a while, but I got there.
But I didn't arrive there by myself…I was forced there. And here's how it happened…
For the sake of diplomacy and because one of these days a lot of people will read this and I wouldn't dare throw this man under the bus like this because I do believe in redemption, anyway, for that sake, we'll call him, "Dee." And for the sake of full disclosure and because I've got nothing to lose and everything to gain, we'll call me the Uncaught Recidivist. You can put a Ms. in front of that if you please.
Dee and I met when we were in the sixth grade. We became instant friends and then later the best of friends. Dee confessed then, with a boyish charm and a wonderful smile that I still find endearing which is a trait that he's known by in our circle of friends, his want to be with me (as more than friends) early. I politely declined. As far as I knew, friends didn't date friends. That was a rule that I held near and dear to my heart throughout middle school and high school.
And then there was college.
Well at least the summer before we went off to college.
My memory is rather fuzzy on how this next part came about, but anyway before going off to college we kissed. I remember the kiss doing something to my insides and then walking away feeling like…Holy hell, I just kissed my best-friend and also, in the spirit of full disclosure, I'd felt a tingle in my nether regions that I previously had never felt before…and I'd like to remind you that all we did was kiss.
A kiss had done that. The next day I felt all sorts of ways, but the one feeling that I wasn't expecting to feel was guilt. What the hell had I done? How had it got to that point? But then, I remember feeling that it was so fucking perfect. That kiss was the kiss that little girls dream of. It's the kiss that has been forever relayed through emotional rhetoric in every romance manuscript that I've ever written. (See Previous Post for that explanation) Trudge with down memory lane, won't you…
The moment was perfect. There were creatures of the warm summer's night cheering us on in the distance and near as we stood outside of his parents' home in a quaint suburb of Richmond, Virginia. Though I had been to his home may times before; this time was different. I could feel it. My skin seemed to warm with the realization. My breasts felt it. They were heavy with anticipation. All I could think about, all I could feel, was that in this moment, in this time, something was changing with us, and I wanted to, I honestly wanted to fight it off with all of my might. But, I knew that it would've been to no avail, I was to be no match for him. How ironic that he was the Athlete of the Year. He wrestled, played football and baseball, so there weren't many that were a match for him. It was sheer irony, I decided in that moment, that I would even dare to try. He smiled at me. The smile nearly predatory, but not quite enough to make me cringe. It was a smile that indicated everything he'd planned to do to me. A warning smile. That's what it was. I smiled back, not nearly as bold as he, not nearly as assured as he, but I smiled nonetheless. It was my please-do smile. I knew what he wanted, I knew what I wanted, I knew what he needed, and I knew what I needed. What I didn't know was why. Why was this moment, the perfect moment for this to happen? What had changed, what had happened, what was going to happen. My thoughts roamed as I searched my tousled brain for protocol of such a thing. Sure, I had been kissed before, many times over, but I had been asked, I had been coaxed, I had been urged. Now, all I had was a smile. A warning smile. Did I need to say something? Was I to make a statement of some sort to give him the go ahead he needed? What was a young woman to do in this particular situation? A young naïve woman, that stand before this young man, that was highly assured of himself, and what he wanted out of the situation. Fortunately, I was spared the burden of more thought. I had the right to remain silent and I obliged. He walked closer to me, he had been standing at a good distance away, and when he was within arm's reach. Smelling distance—and damn, he smelled good—I could feel the heat from his body flow into mine causing me to feel even hotter. My lips parted of their own volition; perhaps it was to catch a quick breath, because as I felt myself sway a bit, I knew I hadn't been breathing. I righted my actions quickly and then gasped. He pulled me around my thick waist with one of his strong hands and arms. I was flush against his body and felt everything about him that spoke to being a male. I was shocked and I jumped accordingly so. He was calm and didn't move. He held me tighter and looked into my eyes a second more, and then he kissed me. When I felt his full lips over mine, the probing tongue urging my mouth apart wider, I relented and relaxed in his arms, and gave in to everything he'd ever wanted from me.
Seriously, I just relieved that moment, and "Dee" if you're out there reading this, I really want to thank you for that moment. It was perfect. Simply perfect. Anyway, back to the point, that kissed changed everything in me. That kiss made me a woman in every since of the matter. That kissed, changed our lives forever. And, that kiss was the demise of our friendship. As stated the next day, I wasn't expecting to feel guilt, but I did. I wasn't expecting to feel grief, but I did. It wasn't because the experience was so terrible, but it was because I knew I had lost a best-friend. After something like that, one couldn't go back. There was simply just no way.
But, I did try.
When he called to see if I had gotten home safe, I answered his questions with affirmatives and spoke nothing of the life-altering kiss. I could tell that he had questions, I could tell that he wanted to say something, and I'm sure he could hear the hinder in my voice, but I wouldn't. I couldn't allow him to query, I couldn't allow myself to query.
And then the sun came up.
The grief mentioned.
The guilt mentioned.
The mood mentioned.
All awakened me as if they were the rooster crowing for the earth to rise. I spent much of that day in despair and elation. I knew what the fuss was about! I knew why kissing meant so much to some people. I knew what it felt like to be wanted for not just my body, but to be wanted in general.
And I hated it.
I hated with a vengeance that rivaled the Devil. I hated it with all of my might and heart; because I wasn't suppose to feel this way with a best-friend.
Thus, I shoved his friendship away…at least I tried.
We had made plans to spend some time together before the summer was out, but they were nixed by corresponding car accidents. We both totaled our cars within days of each other. I like to fashion that as divined intervention. Oh, and did I mention, I had a semi-boyfriend at the time? So yeah, I would've been cheating on him and no good could come of that. NO good! Kiss withstanding. So, we didn't see each other until the day before we were all to leave for our respective colleges. That night we (a group of our friends) had a going away gathering at a local restaurant. We said our goodbyes, took our pictures, and wished each other well. At the end of the evening, Dee and I found ourselves alone again. This time there were to be no moments, no nature's creatures cheering us on. Nothing. Just pure unadulterated awkwardness. We tried smiling it off, laughing it off, pretending like things were just the way they were before we kissed, and it worked. Barely. The next day, I was off to my respective HBCU and he was off to his and our new lives begin.
Without each other.
During the spring semester of our freshman year, the boyfriend that I did have and I split and without thought, without reservation, without sanity, I called "Dee." And said. "So, you want to be my boyfriend or what?"
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Journal Publications 2014
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Bahman, B., Skurtveit, E., Grande L., Titlestad, G.O., Børresen, M.H., Johnsen, Ø. and Braathen, A. Evaluation of reservoir and cap rock integrity for the Longyearbyen CO2 storage pilot based on laboratory experiments and injection tests. Accepted for publication in the Norwegian Journal of Geology (this paper is a integration of efforts under WP1 and WP2 and will be presented under SUCCESS WP1, 2014)
Miri, R. Hellevang, H. Braathen, A. Aagaard P. "Phase relations in the Longyearbyen CO2 lab reservoir - forecasts for CO2 injection and migration", Norwegian Journal of Geology
Botnen, H. A., Omar, A. M., Thorseth, I., Johannessen, T. and Alendal, G. (2015), The effect of submarine CO2 vents on seawater: Implications for detection of subsea carbon sequestration leakage. Limnology and Oceanography, 60: 402–410. doi: 10.1002/lno.10037
Miri, R., Aagaard, P., Hellevang, H. Examination of CO2-SO2 solubility in water by SAFT1. Implications for CO2 transport and storage
Miri, R., Hellevang, H., Braathen, A., Aagaard, P., in press. Phase relations in the Longyearbyen CO2 lab reservoir - forecasts for CO2 injection and migration. Norwegian Journal of Geology, special issue on CO2LYB. Accepted with minor revision
Yarushina V.M., Podladchikov Y.Y. (De)compaction of porous viscoelastoplastic media: 1. Model formulation, Journal of Geophysical Research
Yarushina V.M., Podladchikov Y.Y. (De)compaction of porous viscoelastoplastic media: 2. Effective bulk rheology, Journal of Geophysical Research
|Aavatsmark, I., Kaufmann, R. A simple function for the solubility of water in dense-phase carbon dioxide, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 32:47-55, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.11.001
Kvamme, K. Kuznetsova, T., Jensen, B. Stensholt, S., Bauman, J., Sjøblom s., and Lervik, K.N., 2014. "Consequences of CO2 solubility for hydrate formation from carbon dioxide containing water and other impurities, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16 (18), 8623 – 8638
Miri, R., Aagaard, P., Hellevang, H., 2014a. Examination of CO2–SO2 Solubility in Water by SAFT1. Implications for CO2 Transport and Storage. J. Phys. Chem. B 18, 10214-10223.


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The Nintendo Switch has been breaking sales records left, right, and center since it launched- it is currently the fastest selling system of all time in USA, Italy, Spain, France, faster selling than Wii in Germany, and it has sold faster than the PS2 in Japan. Now, there's another one to add to the list- Canada.
Nintendo confirmed today that the Switch is the fastest selling system of all time in Canada over the first ten months that the system has been on the market. The previous record holder was Nintendo's own Wii.
The Switch's performance in Canada is especially notable, because the system is extremely expensive here- it costs $400, with games costing $80, and accessories going over $100 in some cases. The success of the Switch demonstrates just how much Canadians have taken to Nintendo's new portable home console.
With the Switch getting multiple major new releases this year, including Dark Souls, Bayonetta, Kirby, Fire Emblem, Yoshi, Wolfenstein, Donkey Kong, Mario Tennis, Hyrule Warriors, Dragon Quest, and Octopath, not to mention the Labo, it remains to be seen how well Nintendo can build on this momentum going forward.
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Isaac Bell was not a native of England. He was born April 26, 1793 in Allegany County, PA. He was never in the English Navy. His family migrated to Lawrence County, Ohio where they built a grist mill and were in the timber business. Isaac enlisted for the War of 1812 at Gallopolis, Ohio and was with Captain John Russell' Company of the Ohio Militia. He was mustered out at Gallopolis. By Act of Congress Isaac received two land grants for his service in the War of 1812. 40 acres in 1850 and 120 acres in 1855. Isaac had previously purchased 400 acres, and I believe purchase was in 1848 from a Thomas G. Witten. In 1850 200 acres was given to son, James, and 150 acres to son, Benjamin. Benjamin's 150 acres was passed to his brother, David. Isaac maintained ownership of 50 acres until his death. I believe the log home is probably on the original 400 acres, though that is not certain. Isaac married Nancy Shrader Sept. 21, 1824 in Tazewell, VA. She was the daughter of David and Rhoda Nuckles Shrader. For some unknown mysterious reason Nancy's name appears as Sanders in the marriage records. It is unclear if Isaac actually built this log home or if it was built by one of his sons. Home was probably purchased by the Moore family from one of Isaac's grandsons and not a son as they were all deceased long before 1929. It was probably James W. Bell, son of David. David Bell is buried on Shinbrier Mountain in an unmarked grave and we do not know the exact location.
When Nancy Shrader married Isaac Bell on 21 September, 1824, in Tazewell Co., VA., her name was listed as Nancy Sanders. That was due to the fact that William Shannon had not recorded her name correctly. He had turned in his marriage records only once in five years. Marriages that were performed between 19 Feb., 1824 (James Jackson & Any-should be Amy Taber)to 16 Nov 1829 (Alexander Tomblinson & Polley Workman), were all sent in at once. In that one period there was several mistakes of names. Mary Shrader married Frances Tabor on 20 Oct., 1825, and her name was also recorded as Sanders. Mary was a first cousin to Nancy Shrader being the daughter of Henry Shrader, Sr., the brother of Nancy's father, David "Dave" Shrader, Sr.
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DC Group turns up the head in the social housing sector
Livingstone has advised Sovereign Capital on the £16 million institutional buy-out (IBO) of DC Group Ltd, incorporating Seaflame and the Donald Cameron group of businesses.
DC Group delivers maintenance services to residential and commercial properties under long-term contracts with local authorities and housing associations. The group has two main divisions: Seaflame, one of the largest gas maintenance contractors in the London market and Cameron Industrial Services, which carries out social housing refurbishment and maintenance in the North West of England.
Established in 1946, the original founder's daughters recently made the decision to realise their investment in DC Group. Sovereign was able to provide a succession solution which addressed all the vendors' requirements, and appointed Livingstone to advise them on the buy-out. Sovereign funded the acquisition and has committed a further £10 million of equity to support the company's buy & build strategy. Debt has been provided by Yorkshire Bank Acquisition Finance. The existing management team remain with the business.
There are approximately five million homes provided by local authorities and housing associations in the UK including 800,000 in London. The cost of refurbishing and maintaining these homes is currently in excess of £10 billion per annum with increasing service provision coming from the private sector.
Livingstone has a great deal of relevant sector experience, having recently completed the acquisition of Superior Plumbing Installations, the £40m Midlands-based independent building services company for the social housing sector.
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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Christmas Origins: Your Weekly Woo Woo
Christmas...a time for family, friends and good will towards men. But how did it all come about? History has proven that it is not really the Birth of Christ on December 25th, so how did this happen? We dig in and loo...
Christmas Origins: Introduction
Jen and Lauren discuss the history of Christmas. They discuss the origins and history of santa.
Second Chakra
Chakras. What blocks them? How do we clear them? What in the Universe is effecting our chakras?! We will bet talking with Lauren of course, about the Astrological aspects and Grand Master Kataka Gara joins us to help ...
Tuff and Tender – Tip 10
Ric gives his Tip of the Week for a healthy relationship in the new year.
New Year's Resolutions – Tuff and Tender
Ric Drasin and Inna Tuler discuss New Years Resolutions for you, your loved ones and family. These are different than most resolutions that you'll here. Everyone usually has the standard ones but these have a varie...
Ric Drasin Live! – Tip 11
Ric and Inna give their Tip of the Week on keeping your New Year's Resolution.
New Year's Resolutions – Ric Drasin Live!
New years resolutions discussed by Ric Drasin and Inna Tuler explaining on how to have a better year in 2014 just by making a few positive changes. Ric Drasin received the Joe Gold Lifetime Achievement Award fo...
Hang Drum Chakras Grand Master Kataka and Lauren
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Chakras Grand Master Kataka Hang Drum on Your Weekly Woo Woo
Thanksgiving Astrology on Your Weekly Woo Woo
Astrologer Lauren Maxwell Matthews discusses astrology coming into this Thanksgiving Holiday season.
Kanye West – Woo Woo in the World
Guest Chiray Koo and resident astrologer Lauren discuss Kanye West donning the Confederate Flag.
Introduction to Mediumship and Channeling – Your Weekly Woo Woo
Jenn briefly introduces the art of Mediumship and its history.
Crystals and Astrology
Lauren is here, as always, to walk us through the aspects out there in our universe. She'll be showing us how to navigate and what crystals may help smooth those edges. This week we have Mercury moving in to Sagittari...
Medium/Intuitive Tina Marie Langham
Tina Marie Langham shares her ability to "talk to the other side," as well as how she became a Medium/Intuitive.


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In addition to our penultimate LP "The Nashville Session 2", and last year's "Renewable Energy", you can pick up several other vinyl titles from our online store: Melvin Sparks "Live At Nectars" LP (mixed by Eddie Roberts and released on the band's One Note Records imprint), plus Eddie Roberts & The Fire Eaters special RED label reissue "Burn" LP (Eddie's super funky Spanish side project, out on Légère Recordings).
Available on CD are "An Introduction to NMS" - an excellent compilation of our first seven years' studio output - "Live At La Cova", "This Is What We Do", "102%", and Eddie Roberts's "Roughneck", as well as various t-shirts. Click the STORE button to take a look.
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Teaser trailer for our live-in-studio follow up to 2016's Nashville Session album - this one was recorded in June 2018 at the same studio - Welcome To 1979 - and features existing NMS originals whose arrangements have evolved on stage since they were originally recorded. Plus a banging cover of John Cameron's KPM classic Afro Metropolis. The LP comes with a free download card which includes two additional tracks - Flimsy and Six Underground - that are on the CD version but didn't fit onto the vinyl.


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Those Were the Days, and So Are These
If you know me then you know that I am a quote junkie. I love reading inspirational words throughout the day or hearing something that provokes thought. I came across this quote the other day that said, "A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." It reminded me of the beginning of my motherhood journey.
Leading up to labor and delivery with Selena I was genuinely terrified of the unknown. I had the misconception that my water would break then we'd rush to the hospital just like in the movies. After speaking to my doctor, he kindly informed me that everyone's birth story is unique and things may not happen in that order. He advised that "it may be better for someone with a type-A personality like yourself to just go with it" (I was not offended by his assessment of my personality, I was happy that my doctor knew who I was- I brought notebooks to my appointments for crying out loud and yes I took notes). My husband and I discussed the option of not having a birth plan, which made me even more nervous because I'm all about plans. Coming to the realization that I had to just let my body do its thing was a struggle I battled up until 3 days before I gave birth.
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Flash forward to holding my baby girl for the first time; I cannot describe that feeling other than pure JOY. My little baby was perfect and I was so thankful! Everything leading up to that moment seemed like a distant memory. Since giving birth wasn't as painful as I had imagined (thanks epidural) the whole mind-body connection was not fully established for me. Don't get me wrong, the contractions were awful and I definitely recall that pain however, I anticipated not being able to walk right away after delivering. When I was able to move with ease and saw how much my stomach went down I thought ok I'm back!
I was discharged from the hospital the following day and was so excited to bring our little baby home. While having a newborn can be exhausting, looking back those were the easy days. Selena slept most of the time and when she was awake she was so happy! Still, I wasn't used to being needed/demanded so intensely and being home alone with her most of the day began to wear me out. I started to resist the love mothering PROVIDES, (it takes love too, but the amount you receive back is unparalleled). With this brand new all-encompassing experience, I started to look for comfort in familiarity. I would miss "the old me", a person with freedom, a social life and a career. I didn't know this baby wearing-barfed on-one hairstyle- sweatpants wearing woman. Those feelings would come, I'd feel guilty for having them, and it was an ongoing cycle for a couple of months. I had a hard time expressing what I felt because on one hand I was so happy being a mommy while on the other hand I felt like I was losing myself.
During the course of this ongoing internal struggle, my baby was growing and reaching milestones quickly. That tiny seemingly helpless newborn was turning into a little person right before my very eyes. Then one day it just clicked: I did lose a piece of myself, I wasn't the same person anymore- I was better! I gained so much more by being Selena's mommy than I ever would have just by remaining Sara. The realization set in that it wasn't about me anymore, it was about her. She's only going to be little for a short period of time and I chose to relish in witnessing and supporting her growth. Once I finally wholeheartedly accepted and embraced my place, I started to feel at peace. How could I have ever expected to fall back to where/who I was before, after the monumental experience of becoming a mom? This grandiose change was more of a transformation into the person I feel I was always meant to be. Traveling along the road of life and becoming a mom wasn't a detour with the plan to get back on the same path, it was the destination. I look back at who I was with gratitude and know that while those seemed like the good days, these days are just as good (if not better).


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Rick & Kathy Creasy
International Children's Ministries Director
While Kathy was still in elementary school she sensed God's call to serve children. She began fulfilling that call by serving as a public school teacher as well as a children's pastor in several local churches. While serving in her first full-time ministry role Kathy became aware of the need for children's ministers to be skilled in ministry and leadership. At the age of 21 she organized her first children's ministry conference. Since then developing leaders who serve kids has been her passion.
Kathy has a Masters of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and a certificate in Children's Ministry from Lancaster Bible University. Currently she serves as the Children's Ministry Director for the international offices of the Church of God of Prophecy. Kathy loves what she does—traveling around the world speaking and acting to increase awareness of the value of children while providing encouragement and training to those who serve them. She meets awesome individuals of all ages and in various leadership positions who are totally committed to working with God so that His purposes are fulfilled in the lives of children and those who serve them.
Ben & Damaris Feliz
General Presbyter, Central America
Bishop Ben Feliz is the General Presbyter for Mexico, Central America, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean in the Church of God of Prophecy. He has been a minister in the Church since 1993 and was ordained as a Bishop in 2000. He has served as executive director of Finance and Publications; Southeast Spanish Regional Overseer; Minister of Music positions in Chile and Nicaragua; youth ministries in Dominican Republic, Massachusetts and New Jersey; and pastorates in New Jersey and Florida. In addition to his roles in the COGOP, Bishop Feliz served in the Southeastern Hispanic Fraternity of Pentecostal Churches as president (2004–2007) and vice president (200–2004). Bishop Feliz received a B.A. in Business Administration from Eastern College in St. Davis, Pennsylvania, as well as a B.A. in Theology from the Florida Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He also earned a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Bryan College and a Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he serves as an adjunct professor. Ben Feliz lives in Cleveland, Tennessee, with his wife Damaris; son, Benjamin, Jr., and daughter, Leanna.
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Jade Lee, a Bachelors of Arts English graduate of Hampton University, is a native of Deptford, NJ. She graduated from Deptford Township High School as a highly recruited athlete by almost every top tier school of the U.S. and obtained a full scholarship in Track and Field at Hampton. Jade was also a 2001 Junior All American, 11 time record holder and 6 time MEAC Conference Team Champion, and an Indooor Championship MVP during her tenure as a Hampton University collegiate athlete. Throughout these years she also developed a passion for ministry and desire to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, deciding to leave her track aspirations to do ministerial work.
In 2005, upon graduating from Hampton, Jade served as a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Director for her college and married Corey Lee. In 2006, Corey and Jade Lee transferred their permanent residency to Atlanta, GA. They both founded and pastored The Convergence Church and have functioned as pastoral ministers for the past 10 years.
Some of Jade's administrative roles as CEO are to oversee vision, managers and organize annual scheduled goals to reach pastors, communities and lay persons. Provide resources to develop local communities and host annual events for business professionals or citizens. Speak at various conferences, events and organizations as a public speaker. Jade has spoken at local schools, churches and travelled internationally to preach the gospel, with her husband, Pastor Corey Lee.
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CEO, Convergence Movement
Corey is originally from Newton, KS and Jade is from Deptford, NJ. We have been married for the past 12 years and love making music, going hiking, mentoring young adults, teaching, and remodeling homes together. In fact, we have done life and ministry together since before we were married. Corey is also the lead pastor of Convergence Church (and college/career pastor at Roswell Street Baptist Church) a young adult and college focused ministry centered around the gospel of Jesus Christ, growing others as Jesus followers and preparing them for their life callings. His other passion is to send missionaries to the ends of the earth as a mission's coach with TEAM.
Corey is very relational and builds ministry from the stance of relational discipleship with a passion to teach the next generation strong foundational skills for marriage and life. Jade has co-pastored Convergence Church and has a passion for women's ministry with her organization, JadeLee.org Her preaching style is very compassionate, caring and straight to the point, mentoring women to come to a place of personal, spiritual and professional growth. Together they are both marital coaches with Great Commandment Network as well and live in the Atlanta Metro area where family is their first ministry.


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Pensam Residential Closes Preferred Equity Investment for the Acquisition of a 626-Unit Multifamily Apartment Community in Harrisburg, PA
(Miami, FL.) — June 7, 2018 – Pensam Residential, a national multi-housing owner and operator, announced that it closed today on a preferred equity investment to facilitate the acquisition of a 626-unit multifamily apartment community located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Pensam's investment was structured behind Freddie Mac senior debt financing. The sponsor is an experienced full-service real estate investment firm that manages and owns residential properties across the northeastern United States.
"This investment in a stable and well-maintained property with an experienced and reputable repeat Pensam sponsor presented a strong opportunity to continue expanding Pensam's portfolio in the Northeast entering a new market, Harrisburg," said Michael Stein, Founding Partner of Pensam Capital.
Constructed between 1968 and 1969, the property features a combination of studio-, one-, two and three-bedroom units that average 818 square feet. The property recently benefited from over $3,000,000 of capital improvements, primarily focused on unit interior upgrades. The property offers two tiers of unit interior packages, providing attractive and affordable options to a diverse tenant market.
The property is located in the Harrisburg MSA, the third largest in Pennsylvania with an estimated population of over 571,000. Harrisburg serves as the capitol of Pennsylvania and is the county seat of Dauphin County. The MSA thrives from a stable economic employment base comprised primarily in the state and federal government, and healthcare.
The property is conveniently located within close proximity to Interstate 83, which links Harrisburg to York and Baltimore to the south, and 1.2 miles from Interstate 81 a major U.S. interstate that runs from New York to Tennessee. These major thoroughfares offer residents convenient access to nearby education, employment, and cultural amenities throughout the Harrisburg MSA. The property is adjacent to Colonial Park Mall and is within close proximity to the area's key retail centers such as Paxton Towne Center and Colonial Commons.
About Pensam Residential
Headquartered in Miami, Pensam Residential is a multi-housing owner and operator which manages a growing portfolio of properties across the United States. Pensam encompasses all aspects of real estate property ownership and investment, including acquisition, financing, construction, repositioning, and management. Pensam has invested in nearly 33,000 units across more than 110 properties. For more information visit www.pensamresidential.com