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Super simple, super baggy, super wrinkled and super let's live in it all summer. I mean here on Stuff She Likes we (and by we I mean ME) firmly believe that the everyday easy looks are just as important as the ones we spend time contemplating. So equally they shall be displayed for you inspiration.
This super cute top is now one of my favorites and I am now kicking myself for not getting it in cream as well. Nothing haunts us like the pieces we didn't buy! A phrase I hear all the time and is so darn true.. With that said I do have it in this super cute mustard brownish oh so 1970's color which will do just fine with so much in that closet of mine. I highly suggest you pick up something in this tone for summer. Whether it's shoes, a bag a new skirt..it will automatically update your summer wardrobe. If not be sure to grab them in white.


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How you can pray for our ministry today:
- South Africa – For the last several years, we have been taking teams of teacher/facilitators to South Africa to teach the material in seminaries and churches of various denominations all across that country. Pray for those relationships, that we do not miss a single assignment God has for us. Our next team of teachers will be traveling there in October, 2014 for three weeks. For regular updates during that trip, "like" our Facebook page here.
- Books – Five Principles of Unity has been updated for its fourth English language edition, and is now available at the Christian Unity Ministries bookstore here. Pray that God will continue to place these books into the hands of church leaders and of brothers and sisters in Christ who will benefit from these teachings.
- Administrative – Our ministry continues to grow, both in scope and in depth. We feel an increasing calling to follow up with churches with whom we have worked, and to develop vehicles to help churches communicate with us and with each other in the area of Biblical unity. This year, we have by far the largest budget in the history of this ministry. We have added staff and are working to add new materials. Pray for God's guidance and for both financial and prayer support in this time of great growth.

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Saturday, June 06, 2009
Cat distractions
8 comments:
- Brandon said...
The same thing happens with me and my cat. It's best to keep typing, but when you have to move the mouse, the cat gets pissed.
This post is bound to trigger some sort of a response from Jim West.
- 6 June 2009 at 23:47
- Mark Goodacre said...
Thanks, Brandon. Ha ha. Yes.
- 7 June 2009 at 01:07
- steph said...
now that is a very very attractive picture. I couldn't write my stuff without Delilah, possibly one of the most well travelled cats in the cat kingdom, lying on my desk or keyboard inspiring what I should write.
- 7 June 2009 at 18:19
- Mark Goodacre said...
Thanks, Steph. Kindred spirits! This is Memory, and she is often with me while I am writing.
- 7 June 2009 at 22:56
- steph said...
Ha! what a helpful name! I love my cat - couldn't live without her! She is licking my toes as I speak...
- 8 June 2009 at 06:22
- Mark Goodacre said...
:) She was already named that as a kitten when we adopted her from the Safe Haven for Cats. The name was ideal so we kept it; likewise her sister Rosalind.
- 8 June 2009 at 07:26
- steph said...
Are they English? Delilah travels better than me, by far. She costs more than me, by far, too! But then she's worth more than me by far... She came from the SPCA. It wasn't hard to pick the right kitten. I knew she was special!
- 8 June 2009 at 10:18
- Mark Goodacre said...
No, they're both American -- adopted them here. So they haven't travelled yet. Being in our house is a bit like being in England, though, with Radio 4 or FiveLive on half the time, and lots of British TV!
- 8 June 2009 at 10:33


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Good morning lovelies!
I am in an extra good mood this morning, simply because my birthday is looming closer and I've got tons to plan for! Shall I go to JB and celebrate with my sister and her baby? Or spend some time with my brother and sister and celebrate it here in KL-perhaps a movie and Chili's. Or everyone pile up and head to JB to celebrate it together? Well, money wise I am in a bit of a tight situation, planning to buy a new house and all. But lets see what the weekend says!


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So Steve Jobs did indeed announce the iPhone SDK this morning. Things are better, and at the same time worse, than I feared. You can sign up for the developer programme for only US$99, the bad news, you have to be running Leopard on an Intel Mac for the SDK to run. My problem, I've got a Mac running Leopard, but it's PPC. I've got an Intel Mac, but it's running Tiger. I really don't want to upgrade the machine running Tiger right now.
However, it doesn't look like it's going to be a problem, because I'm the wrong type of developer anyway. In a totally insane move Apple have restricted the programme to developers in the US only. What's going on here? What happened to globalisation?
Unlike the licensing restrictions which lead to the iTunes divide, there is absolutely no legal reason that I can think of that would prevent Apple rolling out the SDK to 'the rest of us'... so why restrict it to the US?
Update: So things turn out to be at the same time better and at the same time worse that I initially thought...


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Director Jeff Orlowski teamed up with Boulder producers and chronicled photographer James Balog's documentation of the melting ice caps in the exquisite and harrowing "Chasing Ice" film a few years back. Now Orlowski has turned his lens to the oceans in the new doc "Chasing Coral." Orlowski will be on hand for a Q&A, 7:30 p.m., University of Colorado, Muenzinger Auditorium, 1905 Colorado Ave., Boulder; free; internationalfilmseries.com.COMMUNITY
Doctors Without Borders Presents "Forced From Home" Presented by Doctors Without Borders, Forced From Home is an interactive exhibition that takes visitors beyond the headlines of the global refugee crisis. With an experienced aid worker as their guide, visitors navigate a 10,000-square-foot, outdoor installation designed to convey some of the challenges confronting a person forced to flee, 9 a.m., Courthouse Plaza/ Pearl St., 1325 Pearl St., Boulder; free; forcedfromhome.com/locations/courthouse-plaza.
"Under the Stars Film Nights at the A-Lodge" Outdoor film festival along the banks of Fourmile Creek at the Boulder Adventure Lodge (A-Lodge). Live music, beer, food, and the best short adventure films will be shown on a 24 foot outdoor projector screen under the stars, 6 p.m., A-Lodge, 91 Fourmile Canyon Drive, Boulder; free; 303-444-0882 or facebook.com/events/1724095101216874.
"Letters from Baghdad" Gertrude Lowthian Bell, sometimes called the "female" Lawrence of Arabia was a British adventurer, archaeologist and political powerhouse, who helped shape the modern Middle East after World War I. Voiced and executive produced by Tilda Swinton, the film chronicles Bell's journey into the uncharted Arabian desert and all-male halls of colonial power with never-seen-before archival footage of the region shot a century ago. The film takes us into a past that is eerily current, 5 p.m., Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $8-$11; 303-444-7328.
"The Trip to Spain" After jaunts through northern England and Italy, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country's gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and their patented celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it means to settle into middle age. As always, the locales are breathtaking, the cuisine to die for, and the humor delightfully devilish, 7 p.m., Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $8-$11; 303-444-7328.LITERARY ARTS
"Mixed Messages" by Stefanie Mollborn Teenagers in the United States hear conflicting messages about sex from everyone around them. In "Mixed Messages," Stefanie Mollborn examines how social norms and social control work through in-depth interviews. By showing that the norms existing today around teen sex are ineffective, and are instead punishing teens that violate them, Mollborn calls for a more thoughtful and consistent dialogue between teens and adults, emphasizing messages that will lead to more positive health outcomes, 7:30 p.m., Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder; $5; 303-447-2074 or boulderbookstore.net/event/stefanie-mollborn-mixed-messages.TALKS & LECTURES
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. . . they remain the same.
A decade later, I'm still following the same love of winter blues. Several years ago, I made Scituate Light (on the left) for a dear friend. This year, I created Solace for ARTQUILTSrivers, a collaborative exhibit with Professional Art Quilters – South and Taiwan Art Quilters Society. I can't get over the similarity of color and theme.
Be sure to visit ARTQUILTSrivers in Taiwan or Cary, NC . Also showing with the exhibit in Cary, NC is PAQA-South's 10th International Juried Exhibit: ARTQUILTSwater. Entry and exhibit information, as well as information about PAQA-South, can be found at: www.artquiltersouth.org.
A collaborative exhibition of Professional Art Quilters Alliance – South and the Taiwan Art Quilt Society.
January 4 – March 24, 2013: Cary Arts Center, Cary, North Carolina


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At last I found them, the photos of our wedding invitations. I've been looking for these photos of our wedding invitations for months. I thought I'd lost it forever.
These wedding invitations were a "do-it-yourself" wedding invitations. Not your ordinary rectangular envelope, it's a heart-shaped type of envelope. It's a bit difficult but somehow we managed. That's for special guests and Principal sponsors. The ticket-thingy are for friends. For people we see in day-to-day basis, who could understand that it was in a hurry. Anyway, it still looked presentable, right?
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Spurs hire WNBA's Becky Hammon for coaching staff
The San Antonio Spurs hired WNBA guard Becky Hammon on Tuesday, making her the first full-time, paid female assistant on an NBA coaching staff.
Hammon, who plans to retire from the San Antonio Stars after this season, spent time working with head coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs last season and made a strong impression on an organization with a history of forward-thinking moves.
During the 2001-02 season, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach John Lucas brought Lisa Boyer into the team's practices and some games. Boyer, now an assistant at South Carolina, was not paid by the Cavaliers and did not travel with the team, but did work with the players and coaches that season.
Last season, Hammon attended Spurs practices and video sessions and sat behind the bench for the NBA champions at home games. She has been friends with Spurs teammates Tony Parker and Tim Duncan since competing in an NBA All-Star shooting competition in 2008.
"I very much look forward to the addition of Becky Hammon to our staff," Popovich said. "Having observed her working with our team this past season, I'm confident her basketball IQ, work ethic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Spurs."
It's the latest trailblazing move for the Spurs, who hired European coach Ettore Messina to join Popovich's staff this summer and have been the leaders in bringing international players to the NBA for almost two decades.
"I was so excited and pleased and the one thing that people have to remember is that the San Antonio Spurs don't do anything for effect," said Nancy Lieberman, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was a head coach in the NBA Development League in 2009 and now serves as the GM of the D-League's Texas Legends. "They do things out of respect."
Team USA cuts: As first reported by Yahoo Sports on Monday, the U.S. men's national team trimmed its roster to 16 players by cutting Washington's John Wall and Bradley Beal, and Atlanta's Paul Millsap.
The Americans are off this week after training last week in Las Vegas, where Indiana swingman Paul George was lost to a broken right leg. They will resume practice for the World Cup of Basketball Aug. 14 in Chicago.
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South Africa exhibition: The NBA will stage an exhibition game next August in South Africa.
Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum made the announcement in Johannesburg, where the NBA is holding a Basketball Without Borders camp. He said all proceeds will go to charity and that becoming the first U.S. professional league to play a game on the continent is "just an evolution of our commitment to continuing to bring basketball to the continent of Africa."


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DNR to study tracking data, roadkill to gauge winter's effect on deer
The Department of Natural Resources' winter severity index hit a record in northern Wisconsin this year, and there is still snow that can be skied in far northern parts of the state.
That's prompted the agency to take extra steps to learn how all of the cold and snow will affect the deer population this year. Those steps include using information collected on car-killed deer and through radio tracking of some deer.
Aside from their role as part of a critical species in the state's ecosystem, deer also are an economic force through deer hunting. When accounting for their spinoff effect on the broader Wisconsin economy, deer help generate more than $1 billion in annual receipts.
The brutal winter of 2013-'14 surely took its toll. The DNR's winter severity index uses a mathematical formula to judge how severe the effect of deep snow and below-zero temperatures have been on white-tailed deer, and through the end of March, northern Wisconsin reached an average of 143.
The previous record of 127 was set in the winter 1996-'97. Readings of more than 100 are considered very severe. Several areas in the north hit totals of more than 175 during the winter.
The index is calculated by adding the number of days with 18 inches or more of snow on the ground to the number of days when the minimum temperature is zero or lower.
There have been nine years since 1960 when the index has topped 100, DNR figures show.
The DNR is making special efforts to find deer that have been killed by vehicles, so agency wildlife staff can judge the general health of the deer and fat levels in various parts of the body. The wildlife staff also will check for signs of pregnancy. The hope is to get 10 deer assessed in every county and extrapolate from those deer the effects of the winter.
"A statewide effort to monitor body condition will give us a better sense of just how strongly this winter has impacted deer populations," said Daniel Storm, a research scientist with the DNR. "This county-by-county information will help us understand where the impacts of this winter were most severe."
Also, the DNR will be scrutinizing the survival of 200 radio-collared deer that are part of a four-year study of survival of deer in northern forests and eastern farmland. The study's main goal is to judge the effects of predation, mainly by wolves, bears, bobcats and coyotes.
The northern study area is centered around Winter, Radisson and Exeland in Sawyer County. The eastern farmland area is centered around Shawano in Shawano County, Clintonville in Waupaca County and Bear Creek in Outagamie County.
Pregnant does have been fitted with transmitters that are activated by giving birth. That allows researchers and volunteers to locate newborn deer.
The data is used by the agency to help the DNR better monitor and manage the deer population.
Storm said about 30% of the collared fawns in the northern study area died over the winter. Roughly 15% died in eastern farmland areas of Wisconsin.
As for adults, 6% died in the north and 2% in the farmland areas — survival rates that are considered good.
In both the north and farmland areas, deer have died from starvation, but also predation and collisions with vehicles.
The DNR says up to 30% of the deer herd can be killed in winters with severe conditions.
While spring is clearly in evidence in the southern part of the state, with temperatures Sunday well above 60 in many areas, winterlike conditions have not evaporated in the far north.
The American Birkebeiner said Saturday it was still grooming a portion of the ski course in Sawyer County, noting, "it's still white ... and still skiable."
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Houston Robert's commitment to Rice, in itself, proved indicative of the qualities that have garnered praise from his Parkview Baptist coaches throughout his high school career.
Coach Jay Mayet said the 5-11, 180-pound senior, whose 4.37-second 40-yard dash speed has made him difficult to slow down, was hesitant to announce the decision Tuesday — even after a successful weekend visit.
"He's what we preach that we want out of our players," said the longtime defensive coordinator in his first year as head coach. "He's a great student, a great person and a great worker. He competes in everything that he does. He gives 100 percent effort in everything that he does, so he's deserving. And he was going to be successful wherever he went, because of how well he handles himself.
Added Mayet: "He felt it was a perfect fit. But just to show you what type of person he is, when he came in today, he told me he wanted to commit, but he said he didn't want it to interrupt anything we were trying to do. I told him don't worry about that."
Robert called Rice from there to provide his pledge.
"I called today to officially commit," he said. "I told them, 'I'm gonna win a state championship at Parkview Baptist, and then I'm going to come play for y'all.' Parkview is first right now. We've still got some business to take care of here, but Rice will be a great place to go play college football after this year."
The Houston-based university provided the best of both worlds for the young standout Mayet described as the definition of a student-athlete.
Robert selected the Owls' offer over those from Northwestern State and ULM, as well as from Ivy League schools.
"The academics were second to none," he said. "And really, me and my dad went and visited this weekend and just loved the facilities, and the coaches are amazing. It's a program that's on the rise. They won the conference last year, and I think they have a good shot to do it again this year ... Rice was the perfect mix of the best academics and the best football team on the rise."
Robert drew quick Twitter congratulations from fellow athletes at multiple schools around the Baton Rouge area, with teammate Cole Mayet adding to his commendation the reminder "We still got this season ahead (of) us tho man."
Robert responded moments later, "No doubt."
The perennial power Eagles fell short of new district rival University Lab twice in 2013, but are preparing diligently for what figures to be another strong season and another in which those two squads are near the top of Division II contention.
Robert, projected as a safety at Rice, will again be among the leaders for Parkview Baptist in that mission.
How much time he spends at which positions may remain to be seen to a degree.
"As a junior, he was a starter for us at running back, free safety, punt returner, kick returner, and the plan is to try to keep him on one side of the ball and keep him fresh and show what he can do," Jay Mayet said. "It's gonna be hard to keep him off the field, though. I don't know if other schools have a bunch of those type of guys, but he's 5-10 or 5-11, 180 pounds and runs a 4.3(-second) 40(-yard dash). We don't get a whole lot of those guys."
Robert thanked Mayet and former Coach Kenny Guillot, still one of the school's athletic directors, as well as all of his former and current teammates for helping him become the player he is today.
Of course, Robert is happy to do whatever he can in return.
"Last year, I played both ways, and it was tough," he said. "I think the coaches are going to try to put me on offense primarily, so I can be more fresh, and I think it'll definitely help — even though I'll probably play safety in college.
"I think I'll have a year, though. I'm 99 percent sure I'll redshirt that first year and put on a bunch of weight and get bigger and stronger. But at the end of the day, I'm just a football player. I just wanna do whatever I can to help the team."
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Yours sincerely, FILM.
Star Wars reminds me of a lovable pet. A family friend and companion. However, some way into its promising life it was taken out back and shot in the head for corporate greed. Then its body was beaten out of recognition with sticks, stones and cuddly toy franchises until it liquidified into a puddle of over-commercialised viscous fluid.
Now the rotten and stinking remains of the corpse have been uncovered and put on display again as Lucas announces he is bringing back Star Wars. No, not the marauding Avatar-envying 3D bastard, that was 4 whole minutes ago. It's the animated series for pre-school children.
I'm sure now you understand the convoluted metaphor used earlier and saw that it was good. There are two working titles at present, which are Star Wars: Galactic Heroes and Squishies. The latter seems to be a reference to the soft toy empire made completely without irony by a man convinced that the world needs more milk from a cow that died in the mid-eighties. Maybe also because Lucas is running out of post-colon suffixes for Star Wars.
Photographic evidence suggests that the profits from new Star Wars bastardisations are being stored in Lucas' chin; his 'moolah pouch', if you will.
My personal belief is that in an ironic twist of fate, he's becoming allergic to his own franchises, and will die as his mouth and nose are swallowed up by his own grotesquely swollen throat after 11 long years of slow anaphylaxis.
Thursday, 18 March 2010
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Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act and Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act also provide for divorce by mutual consent as a ground for presenting a petition for divorce. Such a petition, if not withdrawn before six months after its presentation or not later than 18 months, then the court may, on being satisfied, grant decree of divorce by mutual consent.
In cases of mutual consent, it has often been found that one of the parties suddenly abstains himself or herself from court and keeps the divorce proceedings inconclusive, causing considerable hardship to the party. This will help such parties from the long drawn harassment in courts.
The new proposal to bring divorce on the basis of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage is on the table of parliament. Advocate Mrs.Bobby Portia Alex says " that in the male dominated society, divorce under the proposed law will not only demoralize the Indian society but it will make divorce easy when the women dosent want.
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Wuthering Heights INTRO! -- "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë ... from 60second Recap®
[ Sound like a genius ... in 60 seconds.? http://www.60secondrecap.com ] If the drama and the failed romances and the violence in Emily Bront?'s "Wuthering Heights" sound like something out of a 20/20 episode, you'd be right. In fact, 60second Recap? thought so, too.
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Uncle Quentin was a molester? Gwendoline is a modern day hero? Coming back to Enid Blyton as a grown-up has changed my view of these magical books ... read on to see how very wrong they really are ... And yes, I do know how lame the title of my blog is.
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disjointed ramblings of the nouveau riche and schoolgirls
One of the side stories in this book has to do with second former Jo. I warn you, this is a cautionary tale of letting the wrong sort associate with you … prepare to be horrified.
Jo is obviously of the lower orders. Her name is abbreviated as befits a servant (but what about sally …?), and she is far too conscious of her money (well bred girls don't worry about it – there will always be a parent or husband around to give them an allowance …) which indicates that her wealth is not of the old variety.
Big red flags have been planted around Jo – she's fat, not very intelligent and doesn't even like sport! Oh no! As she's been around for a term already, the indoctrinated know that she is not to be befriended, and we the audience are thrust into the story just accepting that Jo is what they say she is.
But it's her father that really shows what she is.
At the beginning of the book, Jo's father nearly runs Darrell's car off the road, which leads to a confrontation in which Darrel's dad coldly tells off Jo's in front of a crowd. It's one of those moments where the breeding and dignity of Mr Rivers is supposed to shine through and show Jo's dad for the low brow cretin for what he really is. In reality, a well placed 'piss off' would do wonders for the scene. Really.
And we know Jo's dad is low brow. He drops his haitches, dresses inappropriately and is far too familiar with strangers. In fact, he's quite a friendly guy, but stuck in Enid's ice sculpture garden, he just wilts.
Basically, if it were an Australian contemporary story, Jo's dad would be a bogan in a souped up torana who thinks those Angus burgers at McDonalds really are 'just a little bit fancy'. Miss Grayling indicates that she regrets allowing such an uncouth interloper into her fine establishment, just after an encounter in which he tries to charm her. So we are forewarned that Jo is in danger.
Enid's girls begin their usual round of bullying and victimisation to try and coerce her into being at least acceptable regime material. But Jo is defiant, making friends with an impressionable girl from the first form (note: this girl is you or your child – good, but helpless against the incursions of the classless). She fights back, but you know how it is – she's never going to make it work.
The crisis comes when Jo loses five pounds. Just why she was carrying it around at school where there is nowhere to spend it is a mystery, but she is low class like that. Anyway, she loses it and matron finds it and deduces that it is Jo's. But instead of just calling Jo in and giving her a bollocking for having too much money at school (girls are only allowed a few shillings a week, kept locked up in the matron's office), matron puts up a notice asking for the girl to turn herself in.
Jo's in a pickle. She needs to get the money back, but doesn't want to get caught by the regime … so she picks her moment and steals the money out of the safe – along with four more pounds. Then she goes to town and spends the lot at the local shop, buying food for a birthday feast (what I love about this part is the fact that the shop, no doubt well aware of the allowance of the students, nonetheless let her spend the money then contact the school). By the time she gets back, news has got out that the money is missing. The entire form gets in trouble because Jo won't own up and one just does not tattle.
Of course, the girls dole out the worst possible punishment – COVENTRY. Jo, beginning to feel guilty, ostracised by her peers and just plain fed up with the raw deal she's been getting, decides that the ideal solution is to run away. But she can't do it alone – remember that first former friend? Bingo! Off they go!
… and aren't missed until bed-time.
Blah blah blah, they get found the next day, the first-former gets off (aren't you happy? She claims the Nuremberg defence – which gets her off! WTF?), but Jo is expelled. No second chance, no redeeming character trait that would soften the icy chambers of Miss Grayling's heart. Grayling does happy dance in her head during the interview with Jo and her dad. The Nouveau Riche threat is neutralised!
To be fair to Jo – she does learn something, she writes a letter to prove it. She apologises to the girls, puts on a brave face about her current school-less situation, and goes forth into the night. Just why she couldn't do that at MT, I don't know. Jo's not very smart, a fact that La Grayling pounces on to justify her decision to vote her off the island.
…. And we all learn our lesson. Class will tell. It's impossible to think that the right thinking element will not prevail. Absolutely impossible!
Meanwhile, June, suitably chastened by the near expulsion last book, has now come under fire from Amanda, the new sixth former. Amanda is a big, sporty type who is going in for the Olympics. When goaded by the other girls, she claims she can make June into an all-round sports champion. Amanda bullies June, June has a tantrum and quits (I think she even throws her racquet). Then drama strikes.
Amanda, being Enid's choice of victim for her 'pride comes before a fall' 4x2, decides that she wants to swim in the ocean. Which has currents she is unfamiliar with. And sharp pointy rocks. Smart. Anyway, she sneaks off early one morning, gets half way to … wherever she was going (America perhaps), and gets caught in the current. Rather than swimming across it like any Australian knows to do, she fights it, tires out and gets dragged to the big pointy rocks. In a marvellous coincidence, June happens to come down, happens to see, and happens to know how to break into the hitherto unmentioned boathouse belonging to the school. Amanda lives, but may never be a great athlete, thus learning her lesson – and serves her right, wouldn't you say? June also starts training again so that Amanda can live vicariously through her triumph … that's an arrangement that will definitely end happily.
That's really all of interest in the book. There's a brief cameo of a copy of Claudine from St Clares, but Enid doesn't quite know what to do with her. There's also an improbable trick involving magnets and teachers' hair pins that was funnier in Enid's head than on paper.
And so we leave Malory towers (FINALLY – it took me long enough). The girls go off to wherever their parents deem the most likely place to meet their future husbands, Enid leaves you with that insidious feeling that you want more, and her publishers helpfully point out that they commissioned writers to write sequels so that you can get even more Malory Goodness. Don't expect me to read them, though. Enid is only fun when it's Enid doing the writing.
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- Anonymous23 November, 2010 13:29
Thank goodness those dastardly nouveau riche were put in their proper place! You simply cannot let them work their grimy way into the place of such perfect upper class people!ReplyDelete
What happens now? Are you going to read new books, or write about themes or over-looked characters, perhaps?
- Anonymous27 November, 2010 14:50
It's interesting that Bylton often has characters losing their unique gifts and abilities only to find that it's much nicer to be "just an ordinary schoolgirl." And, certainly all the other girls like them much better that way. Here we have a girl destined for the Olympics, but isn't it better that she no longer has a chance? Wasn't there a character in another book who had a marvelous operatic voice, but somehow lost it? All for the best, naturally. Do you suppose Enid suffered pangs of jealousy over the skills of other girls at her school?ReplyDelete
Also, what's up with the weight issues? Carrying a few extra pounds is clearly an indication of a weak, selfish, and often dishonest personality.
wow! I really like your sense of humour, wit and sarcasm.Enid blyton's were my first novels and i used to love them. Looking back i realise they're not innocent children's book but rubbish with ridiculuous stuff like the 'english sense of honour". No offense to the english but they're not the only one's with a sense of honour.ReplyDelete
It's not just mallory towers but her other
boarding school novels as well. In fact the only books i like are her mystery series. You should start a blog on the famous five next.they're nonsense too. with their "adventure" every holiday
- Anonymous29 August, 2014 02:08
I think, to be fair, a lot of people forget that these are very much Enid Blyton Being Rich And Young Again, so they are effectively the best part of a hundred years old, insofar as the time they were set. Not that I disagree, she was very simplistic, not very good at creating likeable but flawed people, the books were formulaic and very much racist, classist, sexist and probably a few more (but not anti lesbian, because girls don't do that sort if thing, which is why it was fine for Bill and Clarissa to buy a farm, although Bill is virtually male, anyway). And wrong as it may be, this was very much the prevailing attitude a century ago. The fact that they are STILL so popular now, and that I still have a guilty enjoyment reading them, that's a whole different issue and one I can't explain!ReplyDelete
I do love your reviews though. A bit of snark now and then sharpens your wit. Or tongue!


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i don't know how it happened but some how i got to a point with my sexuality that sometimes it feels out of control
the moments, and the boys bodies.
i think im still feeling a little pubescent, a little disconnected from my body (publicly)
deafning lethardy. i want something, but theres nothing to hold on to.
once this guy dropped an entire cherry pie on the bus because he was disabled and trying to give it to me, i was on my way to a philosophy final and it was really cold outside.
the violent evasion attics of men, sometimes i think of of them just want to secretly kill us.
im incurable and nothing else behaves like me.
agitated, abrasive, alienated, brutal, impetent and [i] just wanted out.
i wrapped up the mattress piece in the spring and i still have it.


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The balance of power in the Championship promotion race appears to be shifting, with Birmingham finding impressive form and Southampton losing their own.
This game appeared an intriguing one, to find out if that theory is true, but it was ruined by a snow-coated surface at freezing St Andrew's.
So spectators were left none the wiser as their sides were forced into a more direct style than usual because conditions affected passing and movement so much - although Birmingham created the better chances against a Southampton side who were reduced to 10 men for the final seven minutes after Danny Fox's second yellow card.
Chris Hughton's side were unlucky not to score when Guirane N'Daw flicked a header wide from 10 yards. Southampton gradually began creating attacking spells as the first half went on but were struggling to overcome the difficult surface and some solid Birmingham defending.
Nigel Adkins's men went into half-time having not created a meaningful chance after a dire first half.
New signing Billy Sharp made his entry for Southampton off the bench, but Birmingham were denied a penalty when Jordon Mutch was brought down by Danny Fox - who was already on a booking - after N'Daw had a 20-yard shot parried by Davis.
Fox was sent off later on though, when he cynically knocked aside Keith Fahey, but Birmingham still could not get the better of their opponents and, significantly, the weather.


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This post contains three exciting level designs I created as a part of my digital portfolio. I wanted to showcase two short videos with a 3D First Person/RPG perspective, and also my forthcoming Tower Defense/Strategy game, "Red 3030". Please turn the volume up! The first video has creative audio narration that describes level flow, while both have original music I composed.
On top of that, I am including a few important screen shots and information that describes the choices players can make on the missions in the first video. It showcases top down views of the map layout, to better understand how scripted mission events occur. Please watch the video before reading below, as the video is a better introduction to how the level flow and mission would be scripted in the map. Think of the information below as an appendix to the video.
The idea of this map is to have a fun, interesting level where the player decides how straight forward they want to complete the task at hand. The goal is not clear right away, so impatient or trigger happy players may just kill the wild boar that show up right away. However, players that wait to communicate with the NPC Man on the roof opposite their position, will receive an objective to fry up the wild boar with gasoline (that he provides) and bring back the meat for him for a reward. In the vein of "Fallout 3", that and most decisions are up to the player, who could do anything from take the cooked meat back to the NPC Man, keep the meat, or keep the meat and kill the NPC Man.
With that in mind, please take a look at the screen shot above to notice that there are two ways for the player to reach the NPC Man (marked by a stick man symbol) and try to understand his objective better. One is by walking inside the fence-line of the smaller building the NPC Man is standing on (see the star symbol on the map), while the other route would involve running across the small bridge (marked with a target symbol on the map), then toward the NPC Man. There is spatial opportunity for the player to avoid disturbing the pack of boar. The bridge is perhaps an "obvious" choice by way of its symbolic structure (crossing a bridge), but actually there would be a higher chance to disturb them due to their proximity to the bridge steps. The goal isn't to simply dissuade players from killing boar right away – that's a choice some players are bound to make. But the design goal for the mission is a game flow and area conducive to the player taking a stealth route if they so choose. In other words, the game wouldn't be programmed with a hyper-sensitive pack of wild boar that attack the player right when they enter the area. The game would be programmed to have AI less sensitive to player movement than normal, to avoid the pigs detection – giving a greater probability to completing the mission without killing the pigs with traditional weapons. (ie- Per the NPC Man's request, frying them up with gasoline after trapping them in the caged area).
Post Apoc' Rock is a map that has multiple paths and outcomes depending on the players chosen style of game-play. Interestingly, the one style of game-play that will not be rewarded is "Rambo Style" play. The reason is – I didn't want players to unrealistically break rules of this "game universe" by running into the front door of a relatively large bandit encampment and somehow killing everything. In my mind, this map occurs more early in the player story, therefore weapons afforded to the player aren't past a strength of something similar to a decent pistol, ok shotgun, and maybe a low level machine gun with limited rounds available. This will require the player to think about how they might enter the base, or perhaps prod them to ally with the bandits – even if temporarily. To seal the deal, I placed huge turrets around each major entrance, and also pens of vicious dogs and troops. This map is urging players to use one of a few stealth techniques to enter the compound. How they end it all – whether they make friends or enemies is up to the player – as one choice is to turn the turrets on the bandits later and kill everything in sight. Finally, you can note the scale of the bandit compound in the map screens below – which I hope would give a sense to the player this isn't some little ram-shack village they can run n' gun into
There are three choices to enter the compound. First, they can walk to the entrance during the day, and attempt to join the bandits as a mercenary for hire. In this case, the player would actually need to wear bandit clothes from an enemy they killed in the wasteland – or find a body I placed near a trash can, denoted by a smiley face symbol on the map above. This is the least complex way to enter the compound, but will lead to many mission branches afterwards.
The second way the player can enter or investigate is to climb some vegetation into a building (See star on the screenshots above). If they enter the building, they will have the chance to change into bandit clothes, and act like they are a part of the encampment, or they will be caught. If they are caught, players have the choice of using their speech to get out of the predicament a "best way" or using normal speaking alternatives that lead to different possible outcomes. If the player changes into bandit clothes, they will have the same mission objective opportunities if they entered during the day – but they might get one additional weapon or item from the bandits (to reward the player for choosing a more difficult way to approach the map).
The final travel point into the bandit base is for the player to use their lock pick ability at a gate (only at night), then investigate the compound. The lock pick area is shown by the Key symbol in the screen shots above. If the players uses lockpick ability, but gets caught, they have the same speech opportunities as if they climbed the vegetation and entered the building. If the player doesn't stray too far from the entrance, they will notice a power generator and computer terminal inside a small shack. This is the guts of the compound. In this room, the player can either destroy the power generator, which will make all the turrets and lights turn off. Then, the player would have a fighting chance to kill all the bandits. If the player chose to hack the terminal, they could first utilize "Emergency Protocol A" to take over the turrets, which would shoot all life forms in the area. Then, the player could enlist "Emergency Protocol B", which would cause the turrets to self destruct so they wouldn't shoot the player after leaving the safe keeping of the computer terminal room.
If you have any questions about my demo reels or the levels explained above, please contact me:
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Ewww: Sprinter's Leg Bends Like Beckham During 100m Race at European Athletics Championship
Bulgarian sprinter Georgi Kirilov Georgiev learned firsthand that sometimes pain does exist in this dojo during European Athletics Championships of Helsinki, as he dislocated his right near before crossing the finish line in one of one of the nastiest things vids in recent memroy.
Georgiev started out hot off the block (like it was a Tuesday or Thursday in the hood) and looked in contention to finish the race strong before pulling up with horrific injury.
Whilst injuries like this are a common occurrence in contact sports like football, seeing a dude go out like this in a sprint is about as rare as some cooking from Lil' B.
Video of Georgi Kirilov Georgiev knee bending like Beckham after the jump…


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The news reports from Gary, Indiana tell of another tragic accident involving a commuter train and a conversion van. In this case, the driver of the van went around lowered crossing guards, ignoring the flashing warning lights that were activated to prevent traffic from crossing the tracks. The driver's attempt to beat the oncoming train resulted in the fatal collision. The impact ejected him from the vehicle and caused his unfortunate death.
Fully loaded freight trains can weigh 12 million pounds. They are unable to avoid obstacles on the track and cannot swerve to avoid a car or pedestrian. With the combination of weight and speed, a fully loaded freight train may require more than a mile to come to a complete stop.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) reports that train/car collisions are the second leading cause of railroad fatalities. Often, these deaths are a result of drivers' refusal to heed the warning lights or dropped crossing gates. Drivers who cross the tracks, regardless of the warnings of an oncoming train, put their lives and the lives of their passengers at great risk.
Despite the FRA's attempts to increase safety and decrease fatalities, there are still many rail crossings throughout the state of Indiana that remain a danger for vehicular traffic. Many of these dangerous conditions are due to preventable factors. For instance, over-grown vegetation can block a driver's view of the tracks and the safety equipment at those intersections.
Out-dated safety equipment, worn switches, and aging tracks can also be a contributing factor to some fatal accidents. When this equipment fails drivers are left with a false sense of security. If a driver enters one of these crossings unaware of an oncoming train, they are unlikely to survive the outcome.


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What is an Auto-Attendant?
Auto-Attendant (or automated attendant) is a term commonly used in telephony to describe a voice menu system that allows callers to be transferred to an extension without going through a telephone operator or receptionist. The auto-attendant is also known as a digital receptionist.
For a caller to find a user on a phone system, a dial-by-name directory is usually available. This feature lists users by name, allowing the caller to press a key to automatically ring the extension of a user once his/her extension is announced by the auto attendant.
If a user is not available, the digital receptionist directs callers to the appropriate voicemail of the user to leave a message.
Having an auto-attendant in a phone system is a very useful and cost-effective feature for a business, as it replaces/helps the human operator by automating and simplifying the incoming phone call procedure.
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John Harrison clock in Leeds museum display
An 18th Century clock which played a major role in calculating longitude at sea has gone on permanent display at Leeds City Museum.
Clockmaker John Harrison helped solve the problem of accurate timekeeping on lengthy voyages with his research.
The longcase clock No 2 helped him produce a watch which could accurately maintain time at sea.
The clock will form part of the museum's John Harrison, the clockmaker who changed the world display.
Councillor Lucinda Yeadon, Leeds City Council's executive member for leisure and skills, said: "Accurately determining longitude at sea was a question that baffled scientists and experts for many centuries.
"This new exhibition will enable visitors to see one of John Harrison's precision pendulum clocks that played a valuable role in helping to solve the problem."
Harrison developed highly accurate timepieces as part of a competition run by the British Admiralty to provide an accurate method of navigation for naval ships.
The clockmaker, who was born in Foulby, Wakefield, eventually produced an accurate watch in 1759, which could withstand the motions of a ship at sea in all temperature conditions.


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Fans of college basketball know about the curse of the No. 5 seed, wherein almost every year, at least one 12th ranked clubs upsets a fifth-ranked team in the NCAA men's tournament.
Monday night's Division 2 North boys basketball game between Melrose and Masconomet proved high school teams are not immune to this scenario.
The 12th-ranked Red Raiders pulled off the road upset clipping the fifth rated Chieftains, 58-53, in overtime.
Tied 48-48 after regulation, Melrose scored the first three points in overtime, before Masco's Will Schena (14 points) hit a three-pointer to tie the game. The bucket was Schena's first since the second quarter, having scored 11 points in the first half before missing a potential game-tying layup at the halftime buzzer.
On the next possession, Colby Jacques (13 points) picked off a pass and went all the way to the cup for a go-ahead lay-up.
The Red Raiders (12-9) immediately responded as Anthony Colozzo (12 points, three rebounds) buried a colossal 3-pointer that gave the Red Raiders a lead they would not relinquish.
Masco (15-6) made just one field goal the rest of the overtime session, and free throws by Joseph Stanton (game-high 21 points) and Chris Cusolito (nine points, three assists) iced the game for the visitors.
"We're playing really tough teams [in the Middlesex League]," Stanton said. "We just grinded it out, got inside, we were just confident."
The game was ultimately decided in two places: at the low post and at the free-throw line. Melrose's Loka Vlajkovic drew tons of contact down low, while the Chieftains had a hard time getting the ball in deep from the perimeter.
Vlajkovic scored seven of his 11 points from the floor. The Red Raiders made 18-of-28 free throws for the game, while Masco made just five of nine.
"What we are is a true team with no superstars," Melrose head coach Mike Kasprzak said. "In our last three games, we were 20-for-28 [at the free throw line] in crunch time."
"When you get into the double bonus, it's tough," Masco head coach Brian Duplissie added. "These guys have nothing to hang their heads over. They did a terrific job all season."
The Chieftains jumped out to an early 8-1 lead, the largest for either team, but a timeout by Melrose head coach Mike Kasprzak led to a 10-3 run to close the first quarter, tying the score at 11 and setting the tone for the rest of the game. Melrose led 26-24 at the half and the game was tied 40-40 after three quarters.
Dan Monagle (10 points, nine rebounds) and Mike Budrewicz (six points, 11 rebounds, four assists) also had big games for Masco in the losing effort.
The Red Raiders will advance to face Belmont or Charlestown in the Division 2 North Quarterfinals, date, time and venue to be determined.


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Smitha was furious with her maid. She'd clearly left instructions for her to hang the clothes on the terrace; and now look what she'd done. Left the damp lump in the bucket and disappeared.
She lugged the heavy bucket up the stairs to the terrace herself, cursing beneath her breath. It was around 9 pm. Luckily for her, the air seemed relatively dry; she figured the clothes would be crisp as notes in the morning.
The night sky was clear, and the faraway sound of traffic sounded oddly comforting. She immediately decided that she'd sit around and look at the city lights once she was done hanging the clothes. The terrace was twelve floors up and she could see a whole lot from here. She smiled and walked to their part of the building. She had had to come around the huge water tank, almost hidden from the terrace door. She started undoing the knotty clothes in front of the hanging line.
She was onto the fourth or fifth garment when she heard a distinct sob.
She stopped for a second, frowned, and went back to her clothes.
There. Another.
She now stopped and turned in the direction of the sob.
"Who is it?"
It was coming from behind the water tank, on the other side. She knew some kids came up here in the evenings to thrash out little kiddy strategies, teens came up here to pour their hearts out to their besties, sometimes even grown-ups came up here to make those clandestine phone calls, or that all important business deal without anybody's interruption.
In short, the sob wasn't a surprise to her. It was probably that girl Mamta – always got picked on by the other girls.
And she was right. It was indeed Mamta; she stood below the water tank sobbing heavily.
Smitha's heart went out to the poor girl.
"What happened, child?" She said, reaching out to touch the girl's shoulder, when her cell phone rang. It was Charu, her neighbor. She'd wished her a half hour back, on her way up from the basement.
"Hi Charu," Smitha said cheerfully.
"Smitha," Charu said, sounding distressed. "Where are you? I came by to your flat, it was locked."
"Oh, I'm on the terrace. That stupid Raji again forgot the clothes…"
"Oh my God Smitha, you're there? How … see…you…no…some…ibble..pnd…"
Charu's voice was breaking. Smitha walked away from Mamtha towards the parapet, a little out in the open.
"Hello? Your voice is breaking " She said, wincing.
"I said, you're on the terrace..didn't you see? Something terrible has happened," Charu said.
"Didn't see what?" Smitha cupped the receiver of the cell in her hand. Charu wasn't still very clear, but this was better.
"Didn't anyone tell you?"
Smitha was getting a little irritated now. "Arre, I told you na I was here all this while. What happened?"
"You know, that girl Mamta….she…she" Charu started sobbing. "Oh God..Smitha..she jumped from the terrace a while ago…it's so…horrible," Charu said and started crying.
Smitha was near the edge now. Did she hear her right? Did Charu just say Mamtha had jumped off the terrace? What the hell…? She then looked down. There was a crowd gathered below. The wind carried sounds of crying and shouting intermittently. It was chaos. And there, in the midst of it all, lay a limp form, quite a mess.
Smitha's hands trembled, throat went dry, and her head reeled as she turned slowly. The wind howled. Mamta was now standing behind her, in the semi darkness – staring at her - tears mixed with blood running down her cheeks.


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Matt Spink is an author and illustrator who loves to doodle and lives by the sea. He also runs a busy creative department at a leading advertising company in London, and to top that off has three young children, who are his main inspiration.He has pile upon pile of kid's books stacked up around his house and probably enjoys reading them more than his daughters!
His love of great design and doodling birds helped him to create Some Birds, his début picture book. Matt plays rhythm guitar in his band and throws pots on a potter's wheel, as he studied ceramics at university.


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XDA developer mskip has followed the recent launch of Nexus devices with toolkits. That was improved by WugFresh, who has released the Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.1, for a total of six Nexus devices.
Supported Devices
- Galaxy Nexus: GSM models (yakju and non-yakju build)
- Galaxy Nexus: CDMA/LTE (Verizon and Sprint models)
- Nexus S: Worldwide, I9020T and I9023 models
- Nexus S: 850MHz, i9020A models
- Nexus S: Korea, M200 models
- Nexus S 4G: D720 models
- Nexus 7: Wi-Fi and 3G
- Nexus 10
- Nexus 4
This version, the developer explains, will compile files needed to unlock, root and re-lock devices. In addition, users can also back up/restore data, flash zips, push and pull Android backup files and install apps. Check out the developer page for more details.
Download Nexus Toolkit - NRT_v1.6.1.sfx.exe
- Select appropriate device and build (the firmware presently in use)
- Ensure drivers are configured
- Ensure all data is backed up
- Unlock and root device
- Try other toolkit features; there are help menus explaining functions
- Upload toolkit master lists: Help > About NexusRootToolkit.
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Geoff Hopper, in addition to being selected as one of the best attorneys in the United States, is also the recipient of the Highest Independent Rating an attorney can receive in the United States. Since 1981, Mr. Hopper was with one of the largest and oldest law firms in the Inland Empire (also one of the firm's youngest partners in its history) and created its Employment and Labor Law Department. Besides acting as general counsel for a multitude of clients, he also represented numerous building 'contractors which arose out of his pre-legal employment with his father's construction company which continues to operate today known as Vulcan Steel Company. When Mr. Hopper retired as a partner from his old law firm at the age of 44, he was the youngest to do such in its near 100 year history. He and several others left that firm and started Hopper & Associates which handles the representation of employers and supervisors in all facets of Employment and Labor Law as well as continuing to act as general/business counsel for over half of its clients and continues to handle Construction Law as well. The Firm's Employment Law clients range in size from one employee to in excess of 19,000 employees. In addition to handling litigation, Mr. Hopper has represented his clients in just about every Federal and State administrative agency imaginable including Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, United States Labor Board, National Labor Relations Board, Employment Development Department, OSHA etc. In addition to representing clients in literally hundreds of arbitrations and mediations, he has also served as a Judge Pro Tem, Arbitrator and Mediator. Mr. Hopper has additionally conducted hundreds of Employment Law seminars for attorneys, law schools, universities, colleges, businesses, service organizations and clients. These seminars cover various topics including "Sexual Harassment", "Interviewing and Screening Employees", "Hiring and Terminating Employees", "Updates on Employment Law", "Avoid Losing your Home Because of Employment Litigation" and at least 20 other topics. Additionally, he has litigated numerous jury and non-jury trials in both State and Federal Courts.
Author – of the book entitled Handling Employment B.S. (a.k.a. Handling Employment for Bosses and Supervisors) available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com and Borders bookstores.
Past Advisor – Hemet/Temecula Employers Advisory Council
Advisor – San Bernardino Mountain Historical Society
Advisor – Boys and Girls Club
Advisor – A.Y.S.O. Soccer
Member – California State Bar (Delegate to State Bar Convention for several years) Member – American Bar Association
Member – Riverside County Bar Association (President – 1994-1995, President Elect -1993 1994, Vice-President – 1991-1992, Treasurer – 1990-1991)
Member – Riverside County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Services (specializing in the area of handling employment arbitrations and mediations) (President – 1995-Present)
Member – Riverside County Barristers (President – 1989-1990, Vice-President – 1988-1989, Secretary – 1987-1988, Treasurer – 1986-1987)
Member – Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
Arbitrator – Riverside County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Services from 1991 to present, previously served as arbitrator with the American Bar Association as well as private arbitrations and mediations
Past Member – Leo Deegan Inns of Court (1993-1994)
University and College Instructor – Previously has provided programs and training at California Baptist University, , University of California of Riverside, California State University of San Bernardino, Chapman University, LaVerne College of Law, etc.
Chambers of Commerce – Riverside, Lake Arrowhead, Rancho Cucamonga, Palm Springs and Corona.
Recipient – Golden Apple Award for Rim of the World School District for outstanding contributions to education.
Rotarian (1991 – Present) (President 2000-2001)
AYSO Soccer Coach (1989 – 2008)
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Being an efficient and diligent landlord is a must today. Here's some angles to take.
The best approach to being a landlord or property manager is often hotly debated. Some still side with playing bad cop — the stern warden who doesn't care what the story is. Others have found amazing success in being incredibly generous. The truth is that you do have to be a professional and responsible rental property owner. You have to protect your assets and family finances.
At the same time, many real estate investors are finding the greatest success in going all out to deliver incredible service to their tenants. In fact, it is really a must for those investors who want to maximize their potential and sustain their success. Renters are finding more and more choices of places to live and will seek out those landlords who are reputable. Financially, landlords win the most when they treat renters well and win their loyalty. In fact, once you start taking a generous approach to property management, you might find that this is one of the best rewards in itself.
If you're ready to blow your tenants' minds, here are 7 ways to do it.
Download Your FREE Rental Application Form!
It may seem like a small thing, but having a solid rental application is the first step in finding great tenants. Since BiggerPockets is all about helping you succeed in real estate investing, we've put together a complimentary Rental Application for you to use. Download it today and go find some great tenants!
7 Ways to Be Landlord of the Year (& Retain Your Best Tenants!)
Perform proactive maintenance.
Sometimes it is the little things that make all the difference. You are going to have to make those repairs or upgrades sooner or later anyway. You also know that it is cheaper and more efficient to tackle things early. Too many landlords don't — with disastrous results. On the other hand, being proactive tells renters you care about offering a quality property. This in turn helps to make them feel great about where they live.
Related: 5 Tips for Writing Rental Property Listings Your Ideal Tenants Will Read
Remember those special dates.
Send birthday cards for the whole family. Give holiday cards and gifts. For some, this may be the only love they get on these special occasions. Don't forget couples' anniversaries either. Send a gift card for them to get out to dinner or a movie. The better they get along and are glued together, the better it is for your rental property performance, too. I have even offered tenants gift cards on renewal of leases. Work towards avoiding those turnover costs associated with tenant move-outs by utilizing this method.
Cut them a break.
Some people haven't learned to be great renters or money managers yet. That's often why they are still renting. But everyone runs into life challenges. Family members get sick, workers get laid off, and emergencies come up. When you can, cut them a break. A simple one-time waiver of a late fee can go a long way.
Return deposits fast.
The majority of tenants count on getting their deposit back in order to move on to the next place. That makes it really difficult for them when landlord's stretch the limits of the law in sending deposit refunds weeks or months later, or find any excuse to keep their money. Do the opposite. Hand them a check on move-out day(if the unit is in reasonable condition, without any damages).
Offer discounts for friends and family.
Don't just rely on your good efforts above to win you referrals. Give them more motivation by offering small discounts on your other rentals to their friends and family members. Or where legal, pay them a small referral or finder's fee.
Related: How to Create a Rental Property Listing Geared Towards Top-Notch Tenants
Give them a chance to buy it.
Instead of losing tenants when they are ready to buy a home, why not give them a chance to purchase the one they have been living in? You can still structure the deal to be a win-win for you and them, while giving someone the life-changing chance to be a homeowner.
Introduce them to real estate investing.
What has real estate investing done for you? Wouldn't you like to give that gift to someone else? Turn your tenants onto real estate investing — and find ways to help each other. Just make sure they don't try to turn around and house hack by sub-leasing your unit to someone else!
Landlords: How do you go above and beyond to attract and retain top notch tenants?
Let me know with a comment!


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The world is a garden – Costa Georgiadis. The world is our garden! Welcome to my garden…my vegetable garden, my native garden, my guerilla gardening projects and my crafts which are inspired by gardening. I like to reuse recycle reduce and that is what my aim is, so come along on the journey and let's be inspired.
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Spring has well and truly sprung
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Nice time of year isnt it! Love the colour of your nasturiums and I have to steal your bird cage protector idea. The uni year will be over soon.ReplyDelete
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Thanks ladies. Bird cages are the only way that I can grow parsley and leafy greens. The nastirtiums are a variety from Diggers club I think. I like the orange but I love the red even more.ReplyDelete
Finally, the heat has just made everything shoot up. The corn has gone crazy over the last couple of weeks. It is my first time growing it and I look forward to seeing how it goes.


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Main Investigations Directorate in Sverdlovsk region initiated a criminal case over fraud under art. 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia on the grounds of Maxi-group co-owner, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) JSC, claim of embezzlement of 2.1 billion rubles.
According to the investigation, in November 2007 Mr Nikolay Miksimov and several other unknown people signed loan agreements with NLMK in the name of Maxi-group and Maxi for 2.1 billion rubles with no inclination to pay the money out. When money was transferred to the borrower, the suspect and his accomplices appropriated it without fulfilling their obligations in accordance with the agreement.
No indictment has been brought in against Mr Miksimov yet. His lawyer finds the criminal case initiation unfounded and has already appealed against the investigators' order to the court. "So far we have been informed only of a new case initiation. However, we have no access to the case file", says the lawyer, Mr Sergey Murzin. "We have no opportunity to review the mentioned loan agreements. But it is clear that the accusations against Mr Maksimov are illegal and unfounded".
According to the lawyer, the case lacks element of an offence because the money was not stolen and is still in the borrower company. Moreover, says the lawyer, the agreement was between legal persons and thus the case may only be a commercial dispute. "This is why we have already appealed against the investigator's ruling in the Verkh-Isetsk district court of Yekaterinburg. The date of appeal consideration has not been settled yet", says Mr Murzin.
Meanwhile a new case initiation may result into yet another petition for Mr Nikolay Maksimov's arrest. On February 15 investigation already made an attempt to arrest him. But Tchkalovsky district court did not authorize the arrest and let Mt Maksimov free on 50 million rubles bail. "Such actions are technically possible", says Mr Sergey Murzin. "But we find them unfounded. Mr Nikolay Maksimov appears for investigation procedures at first request».
It is possible that Maxi-group co-owner will soon be involved in yet another criminal case. Some sources claim that Main Investigations Directorate initiated a deliberate bankruptcy case under art. 196 of the Criminal Code of Russia. According to the investigation, Maxi-group took money out of the company through Uralsnabcomplect ltd. that was part of the group, leading to Uralsnabcomplect 's bankruptcy. But no people are involved in the case so far.


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Barley Grass: A Powerful Green Anti-Cancer Superfood
What are superfoods - and do they really exist?
According to Dr. Christine Horner, superfoods are any nutrient-dense foods that contain high levels of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds and more.
For instance, a certain nutrient-packed ' green food' has been shown to kill several different types of cancer cells in the laboratory setting - more on this a little later.
Green foods refer to young cereal grasses like barley grass and wheatgrass. During the early grass stage of their growth, wheat and barley are closer to vegetables than grains. However, as the plant grows, their healthful chlorophyll, protein and vitamin content falls sharply while the level of the indigestible fiber cellulose rises.
Did you know that an ounce of these green foods contains many more beneficial phytonutrients than an ounce of the healthiest green vegetables?
Many experimental studies show that green foods have marked beneficial effects on cholesterol, blood pressure (BP), immune response and cancer prevention. These effects are attributed in part to their high concentrations of chlorophyll.
Barley grass is the seedling of the barley plant. It is usually harvested about 200 days after germination, when the shoots are less than a foot tall.
A concentrated source of nearly three dozen vitamins and minerals, barley grass is rich in vitamins A, C, B1, B2, folic acid and B12 as well as calcium, iron, potassium and chlorophyll. Unlike most plants, barley grass also provides all nine essential amino acids, which your body can't produce on its own.
While there have been no clinical trials of barley grass, in a laboratory experiment at George Washington University, leukemia (blood cancer) cells were exposed to dehydrated barley grass extract. The extract killed virtually all of them.
Next, researchers exposed brain cancer cells to the extract - and it eradicated 30-50% of these cells. And in a third trial, the extract inhibited the growth of three types of prostate cancer cells by 90-100%!
If you don't feel like growing it yourself, barley grass is available commercially as a supplement both in powder and tablet form. Dried barley grass is easier to handle than fresh grasses, which must be juiced.


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A blood test could predict the risk of Alzheimer's disease
High-tech analysis picks up minuscule bits of amyloid-beta floating in plasma
A new blood test might reveal whether someone is at risk of getting Alzheimer's disease.
The test measures blood plasma levels of a sticky protein called amyloid-beta. This protein can start building up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients decades before there's any outward signs of the disease. Typically, it takes a brain scan or spinal tap to discover these A-beta clumps, or plaques, in the brain. But evidence is growing that A-beta levels in the blood can be used to predict whether or not a person has these brain plaques, researchers report online January 31 in Nature.
These new results mirror those of a smaller 2017 study by a different team of scientists. "It's a fantastic confirmation of the findings," says Randall Bateman, an Alzheimer's researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who led the earlier study. "What this tells us is that we can move forward with this [test] approach with fairly high confidence that this is going to pan out."
There's currently no treatment for Alzheimer's that can slow or stop the disease's progression, so catching it early can't currently improve a patient's outcome. But a blood test could help researchers more easily identify people who might be good candidates for clinical trials of early interventions, says Steven Kiddle, a biostatistician at the University of Cambridge, who wasn't part of either study.
Creating such a test has been challenging: Relatively little A-beta floats in the bloodstream compared with how much accumulates in the brain. And many past studies haven't found a consistent correlation between the two.
In the new study, researchers used mass spectrometry, a more sensitive measuring technique than used in most previous tests, which allowed the detection of smaller amounts of the protein. And instead of looking at the total level of the protein in the blood, the team calculated the ratios between different types of A-beta, says coauthor Katsuhiko Yanagisawa, a gerontologist at the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Obu, Japan.
He and his colleagues analyzed brain scans and blood samples from a group of 121 Japanese patients and a group of 252 Australian patients. Some participants had Alzheimer's, some didn't, and some had mild cognitive impairments that weren't related to Alzheimer's.
Using the ratios, the researchers found that they could discriminate between people who had A-beta plaques in the brain and those who didn't. A composite biomarker score, created by combining two different ratios, predicted the presence or absence of A-beta plaques in the brain with about 90 percent accuracy in both groups of patients, the researchers found.
The new results are promising, Kiddle says, but the test still needs more refining before it can be used in the clinic. Another wild card: the cost. It's still not clear whether the blood test will be more affordable than a brain scan or a spinal tap.
A. Nakamura et al. High performance plasma amyloid-β biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. Nature Published online January 31, 2018. doi:10.1038/nature25456.
V. Ovod et al. Amyloid β concentrations and stable isotope labeling kinetics of human plasma specific to central nervous system amyloidosis. Alzheimer's & Dementia. Vol. 13, August 2017, p. 841. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.2266.
L. Sanders. Alzheimer's protein can travel from blood to build up in the brain. Science News. Vol. 192, December 9, 2017, p. 12.
L. Sanders. Despite Alzheimer's plaques, some seniors remain mentally sharp. Science News. Vol. 190, December 10, 2016, p. 13


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Hi Angela,
Those owls are really great. The face of the first one is spooky, as owls often are. The wings of the second one are beautiful. Nice drawings!
I haven't done my owl yet, as you can see, but even if I did, I don't know if I could put it up until next week. We'll see. I'll try something today, but don't hold your breath.


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Xwm Txheej Taug Kev 28:31
31Nej yuav muab tej no xyeem thiab tej cawv txiv hmab uas hliv xyeem tsav rau tej uas niaj hnub muab xyeem ua kevcai hlawv xyeem thiab ua kevcai xyeem qoob loo mus li. Yuav saib tib zoo tsis tseev muaj chaw thuam li.' "
Text Copyright © 2004 Thailand Bible Society
Quotations of the White Hmong Holy Bible Standard Version, in any form, must obtain written permission from Thailand Bible Society if the quoted material is inclusive of at least 1,000 verses, or a copy of any book wholly or partially which amounts to 50 percent of the book quoted. For any long quotation, notice of copyright must appear as follows: Text Copyright © 2004 Thailand Bible Society. Used by permission.


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I won an opportunity to participate in a type of contest put on by Lorelei Eurto and Sara Lukkonen of C Koop Beads. The C Koop Beads Book challenge. Superior Beads of Duluth will be choosing a winner. Myself and 10 others get the opportunity to play around and come up with a piece of jewelry with wonderful component we received on the mail. The book component was developed by Sara Lukkonen and was done in various colours. The very reason I signed up for a chance to play was because I fell in love with the component! I also love the idea behind the challenge, to support your local bead store!
Here is what I received:
Here is what I have to do with the piece:
Make a piece of jewelry
Tell the story behind it
Use at least three components from my local bead store
The Story:
I call this piece "frozen moment". I know I'm not the only one to experience this. You know those moments that are so perfect, that for a very short moment, time just seems to freeze, allowing you stop long enough to take in all of the really good stuff (for the purpose of storing it as a memory)? I created this piece as a reminder of what one of those moments looks like for me. This frozen moment is where I am completely surrounded by nature. The only noise is that of nature. Hearing sounds of water, be it the ocean, a river, maybe even a stream. A perfect day, sun shining with a soft breeze. Sheltered and shaded under a tree. And as great as all that is, how much better is it with a great book in your hands to get lost into, maybe even a sketchbook!
The necklace is made using what I consider reminders of nature. For example, unglazed clay beads represent earth. An African trade bead painted with flowers (I have a serious obsession with African trade beads!) Beads from bone, as well as leather lace. The small double holed seed beads remind me of small pebbles in a stream. The aqua blue leather cording represents water. The shell is very special, reminding me of the ocean that I so deeply miss! I gave the book some pages by putting in some handmade paper (another hobby of mine).
My Local bead store
Even though my local bead store is a two hour drive, it is sure worthy of the trip! Metal Designz in Saskatoon is a packed full of wonderful goodies for the jewelry maker! The owners Shelly and Joe, are wonderful people too! If customers start requesting things, they go to great effort to carry those items!! I can even get equipment like flex shafts and rolling mills there (both of which are on my "want" list, but I am waiting on a shipment to come in so I can purchase a tumbler there!) For this piece the components I used from my local store (as mentioned above) are; the wire, the leather cord, jump rings (did I mention the owners are HUDGE into chain maille and jump rings are their speciality!), and the double holed seed beads I used.
Yay for local bead shops!!!
Thanks to Lorelei and Sara of C Koop Beads for this opportunity!
Yay for local bead shops!!!
Thanks to Lorelei and Sara of C Koop Beads for this opportunity!


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Administration & Finance
The Administrative and Finance Section is responsible for the District's Human Resource and Finance needs. The Section is managed by the Deputy Director and comprised of three Finance personnel, an HR Specialist, an Administrative Assistant and a Customer Service Administrative Assistant.
The Finance Branch is responsible for payroll, budgeting and the financial management of all District expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, as well as the coordination of all special financial projects within the Fire District.
The Human Resource Specialist handles all human resource matters regarding new hires and separating employees, including those entering retirement. The HR specialist coordinates all aspects of employee benefits and the management of the District's healthcare and worker's compensation programs.
The Administrative Assistant aids the Deputy Director with project management including grant management, public record requests, Board of Fire Commissioner communications, legislative and legal matters and various other administrative functions.
The Customer Service Administrative Assistant provides customer service and is the District's initial point of contact for the public when visiting or contacting the Administrative Headquarters, as well as handling multiple clerical duties for the District.
The team strives to support the Fire District's citizens and employees in the most effective and efficient manner possible.


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I have a few projects under version control using Git.
Since it is a distributed version control system, it is very easy to have it hosted at multiple places (GitHub, Bitbucket, Google Code, etc.) which provides redundancy, and safety should some site go out of business or turn evil.
The problem is that when a new user clones the repository from location X, only X's remote is available by default in the clone. In order to be able to push changes to the other locations, all of them have to be added manually. This is error-prone and slightly tedious.
Hence the following question: Is it possible to save a set of git remotes inside the repository itself? This way, any clone would have all the remote URLs set up properly and there would not be a long setup required.


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St. John Plantation Historic Locations
The following historic locations are located in St. John Plantation, Maine. Please select a historic place in St. John Plantation to view detailed information including address information, historical signifiance, and much more.
Maine Historic Places
|St. John Catholic Church
St. John Rd.
St. John Plantation, ME
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Well, I mentioned a while ago I wanted to start a wordpress blog because I can upload pdf sewing files to it.Well, I did it! It's called Little by Little and here it is. It's basically going to be patterns only, and it's called little by little, because I will add to it slowly. No whining on this blog. This is one I can put my name to. I think my friends from church read my old blog, they didn't say anything, but I'm pretty sure they looked at it when I was whining about my life having
no point apart from the one piece of joy in my life at the time, which was having a fridge in the garage. Slightly embarrassing to think of it now. But I will keep this blog going. This is like a dairy to me, where I air my naturally pessimistic outlook, or in other words, whinging (winjing? how do you spell that word?) and also rant on about spiritual issues in a way that would embarrass my christian friends... and myself if I hadn't already spent 7 years in society as a mad woman... but there I go again!! see... that's what your there for bloggy.
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} Borders BGP, -0.31% sees fourth-quarter, annual results trailing estimates By Janet Haney, CBS MarketWatch Last Update:
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of book retailer Borders fell 24 percent Thursday after the company said it expects to report lower-than-anticipated fourth-quarter and fiscal 1998 earnings. It blamed stormy weather in key regions.
The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company (BGP) BGP, -0.31% said it will not reach the sales total it needs to meet analysts' consensus earnings estimate. Borders expects comparable-store sales to increase between 2 percent and 2.5 percent, while sales at the company's Waldenbooks unit are anticipated to remain flat or down as much as 0.5 percent.
Analysts surveyed by First Call had predicted the company would earn $1.14 per share in the fourth quarter.
As a result of bad weather and a shift in holiday sales to gift certificates (which are not counted as revenue until they're redeemed), Borders said it anticipates reporting earnings of between $1.14 and $1.18 a share for fiscal 1998, while the First Call consensus estimate is $1.22.
The company said winter storms may also impact its fourth-quarter comparable-store sales by 100 percentage points.Yet gift-certificate sales may increase 40 percent on a comparable basis, according to the company. See press release.
"While we are disappointed that we will fall short of earnings guidance for the first time since our initial public offering, we are encouraged by Borders' underlying fourth-quarter comparable-store sales performance," said Chief Executive Phil Pfeffer.
Borders sees its online efforts losing between 12 and 14 cents a share for the year, compared with 7 cents the previous year. Its stores are predicted to have posted a profit of between $1.27 and $1.31 a share, up from $1.05 in fiscal 1997.
The company plans to release official fourth-quarter and full-fiscal-year results Jan. 27.
Shares rose 6 5/16 to 18 7/8 in recent trading.


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Two weekends ago, I went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for peace of mind away from life and work. I know you're probably thinking, "WHY would she go to MILWAUKEE?" Yeah, Milwaukee is colder than Chicago in the winter. I don't care for weather as long as I have a car to be warm in. So that's what I did. I grabbed Ty, packed for nearly a month (it's a habit of mine- hence why I'm a bag [making] lady), and left.
I went to visit one of my best friends, Anna, who was just relocated to the city because of her job. Anna and I have known each other since high school, where we would party into the wee hours of the night at a mutual friend's basement, but it was only a few years ago that we became really close. She's one of the funnest girls I know and she has the most addicting personality. We were inseparable for a while and lived with each other last year. Even though we did lose touch for a few months, I know I could count on her to cheer me up. Her confidence and carefree personality, and all the drinks and food we had in between, was exactly what I needed that weekend.
I'll be splitting up the pictures and my stories in a few posts for your constant enjoyment!
Anna lives in this beautiful 4 story home (with a basement and an attic!) in the neighborhood of Concordia. The neighborhood is run down and I was told multiple times it's real dangerous... despite that, her rent is cheap, the house is beautiful, the homes around are beautiful, and the city is a short drive away. I'm a sucker for homes with history, wood floors, secret doors, and creepy attics... and since I've lived in places by myself that are the "ghetto", it didn't bother me one bit at all.
Her house was built in 1880 by this artist's father. Her father helped with the build of the Pabst Blue Mansion, so I'm sure you could only imagine all the sweet details he put into the home. She lived there her whole life.
Ty was able to enjoy a full 4 days of puppy play time. He was absolutely play-dead for the two days we had returned home. It was such a treat to have a sleepy year and a half puppy for that long!
That fancy door table was in a little room in the basement. I loved it! Also, check out the detailed ceiling in the last photo. Wild, right? Her house is full of beautiful details.
Have you been on any mini-road trips recently? I've love to read about my readers road trips if you have blogged about any, please post them into my comments!
Until part 2... [THRIFTING to Milwaukee]


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Illuminate your shrubs, plants or textured wall surfaces with this wall wash landscape light from Kichler.More Details >
This textured black adjustable wall washer creates a low, even spread of light that will illuminate shrubs, plants, or textured wall surfaces. Durable die-cast aluminum construction. Clear polycarbonate shield provides high-impact resistance and moisture protection. Works with existing low voltage landscape lighting systems.


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I had a lovely weekend with my Grandparents; Grandma loved her quilt and said my knitting was very good – great praise from someone who's knitted for the past 70 years. I finished the baby hat, it's this pattern here if you want one for your baby, or yourself as there are instructions for an adult sized one! There's even enough yarn left over for teeny tiny mittens. I haven't blocked it or added the face yet, it reminds me of an aardvark rather than Totoro at the moment:
On the way there I knitted and ended up having a long conversation with a nice lady as a result of it, she was amazed at the 5 DPNs I was using and asked me lots of knitting-related questions. On the way back I cast on for a baby cardigan on the first train. Then had to frog it because when I added the second colour I accidentally knitted a whole row with the tail end of the yarn. Then I cast it on again on the second train, and had to frog it because 4 rows in I realised I'd cast on the wrong number of stitches. The third attempt seems to be going ok so far though.