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In sputter coating market, the fastest-growing segment is optical coating application, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.17% between 2015 and 2020. The increase in the demand for high precision durables in military, medical, laser optics, and consumer electronics (smart phones, tablets, LCD, digital camera) is driving market.
The APAC region dominates the sputter coating market, as the APAC region is the largest market for the consumer electronics devices such as mobile phone, LCDs, tablets, laptops, and automobiles. The sputter coating has wide application in different sectors like medical, aerospace, automobile, optics, electronics, energy, and others for thin-film deposition, etching of targets and surface treatments for products such as optical devices, liquid crystal display (LCD), photovoltaic devices, display panel, touch panel, solar cells, and semiconductors. As the demand and consumption for these products have significantly increased; it has, in turn, resulted in the increased demand for sputter coating.
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"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is an action film which features a prince and princess trying to prevent an evil villain from obtaining an ancient dagger. The dagger contains magic sand, known as the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that reverses time and allows whoever possesses it to rule the world. Together the prince and princess must race against dark forces trying to stop them from returning the dagger to the gods.
The film's setting is in the land of Persia where king Sharaman rules the nation with his brother Nizam. The king has two sons, Tus and Garsiv, and one day adopts an orphan boy named Dastan. Later in the film Dastan is a grown man with a rebellious attitude, but he remains faithful to the empire. Nizam finds out that the city of Alamut is supplying weapons to Persian enemies, and he plans to attack the city with Tus and Garsiv. Ignoring his orders, Dastan travels to Alamut with a friend to destroy the city and finds the dagger.
The princess of Alamut, Tamina, finds out Dastan possesses the dagger, and together they leave Persia, after people accuse Dastan of murdering the king. Nizam, the film's villain, learns about the dagger's location and makes it his mission to obtain its powers.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its March orange crop forecast for the 2010-2011 season, increasing its earlier estimate by 4 million boxes to 142 million boxes.
"The late maturing crop and the freeze has complicated the forecasting," said Michael W. Sparks, executive VP/CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual. "This should put us closer to the final season number, but the crop estimate is an ongoing process."
Visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Florida/Publications/Citrus/cpfp.htm for the complete USDA estimate. The USDA makes its initial forecast in October and then revises it monthly until the end of the season in July.
The entire increase is due to an uptick in early and mid-season varieties which grew by 4 million to 70 million while the projection for Valencias remained at 72 million boxes this season.
For Florida specialty fruit, the USDA's tangelo estimate increased by 100,000 boxes to 1.1 million boxes, while the tangerine forecast held steady at 4.4 million.
The USDA estimate for grapefruit remained unchanged at 19.6 million boxes.
The all variety yield for from frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) remained at 1.57 gallons per 90-pound box. The Valencia yield dropped to 1.62 from 1.64 per box.
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LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) — Residents of 13 homes that were evacuated because of a 227-acre wildfire in northern Colorado are back home, but Larimer County sheriff's officials say they should be ready to leave again if fire conditions change.
Authorities said Tuesday that lightning started the wildfire, which has damaged at least two outbuildings since it started Monday.
The blaze was 45 percent contained Tuesday night, when residents who were told to leave were allowed to return. The fire is about 40 miles northwest of Fort Collins in rocky terrain north of where a camp stove ignited a wildfire last month.
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I wanted to write this post because I have ENDLESSLY googled this topic, and I'm convinced that I actually reached the end of the internet. Like, the internet just threw up it's hands at me and shrugged it's shoulders. There is not a ton of information out there for people like me, who want to continue their running while not compromising their breastfeeding relationship.
Let me preface this by first saying:
A) I am not a doctor
B) Both of my children took to breastfeeding easily and were gaining weight above average when I began working out postpartum
Now that I've said that, so you want to run 30k while full time nursing an infant? Well you're on your own as far as the interweb, and most likely, your doctor/midwife are concerned. I had a healthy pregnancy and stayed as active as possible before being diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disfunction toward the end (turned out I just had a GIGANTIC baby in there and it went away quickly after birth). So I was totally revved to get back to running and working out normally about 3 weeks postpartum. My midwife gave me the green light, but told me not to go too crazy too soon (she doesn't know me well apparently)
So, if you're like me and you went race sign-up CRAZY while sitting at home pregnant, and you've got some crap to train for while single handedly keeping another human alive, here's some tips I've come up with.
–SUPER HYDRATE. I cannot stress this enough. You will never be able to take in enough liquid. You just won't. But give it your best try. Water, coconut water, chocolate milk even. You need to be drinking 8oz every time you nurse, even through the night. This will keep your supply up and also make you a better runner, win-win! Carry water on your runs. Even ones under an hour. I know, you will feel embarrassed. But those other runners don't know you, so let them hate on.
–EAT LOTS. I get it. You want to shed that baby weight. But calorie counters, even the ones for bf-ing moms, will not take into account the calories that a runner is burning. So just eat. Eat good food, and get lots of protein and healthy fats. Your baby needs that healthy fat and I PROMISE, you will not gain weight. Now is not the time to diet. (Moms 6 months pp who are bf-ing babies on solids can reduce calories safely)
– BE PREPARED TO GET INJURED– This is the crappy part. Your body is still full of relaxin, the hormone that helped you to give birth to your cute-as-can-be little one. It will stick around until you finish nursing, which means your ligaments will be looser than normal, and in turn, will not support your muscles like they normally would. Secondly, your posture has not quite returned, and most post partum moms have a slight forward tilt to the pelvis, which, while running over time, can cause any number of imbalances. I've been through inflammation of both SI joints, and now a stress fractured right foot, all over the course of 5 months. Only you can decide if you love running enough to deal with the downside of being a nursing runner. Maybe you're not prepared for that, so you cycle for a year- that's cool too!
–LET IT GO– Your body is smart. It's not going to divert resources from making milk, which is going to keep your baby alive. That's amazing and it's the best thing for your child. But, it's also not going to perform 100% for you while repairing after runs. You will feel like your body is falling apart most of the time. Get used to it. It's not fun. It will make you question why you run.
Here's my last bit of advice: unless you're a pro athlete, treat this year as a fun time to enjoy the social and psychological benefits of running. You're probably not going to break any records, seeing as you're sleep deprived, your body is messed up, and you're missing half your training because, well, you're a mom. So be grateful for those races and just enjoy being out there.
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This is a vintage bound volume of 1930 New York Times Book Reviews for the entire year. They were published weekly, so you get each issue published from January through December of 1930. Each week includes book reviews as well as ads.
Inside front cover has a bookplate indicating it came from the Yakima Public Library reference section. It's a large book measuring 11.5" x 4" x 16" tall. I'm assuming it is complete but did not go through and verify that each week is there. The book starts with January 5, 1930 and ends with December 28, 1930.
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It is the type of mandate that would strike fear in the heart of even the most seasoned leader: grow top-line revenue by 40% in five years — with no new Finance or Sales Support headcount. But Jason Burum, Chief Client Officer at Healthwise, and Darra Wray, Senior Vice President of Finance, are meeting the task head-on with streamlined processes and technology.
On the latest edition of App Talks, Jason and Darra talk about the technology, implementation process, and how team collaboration and transparency are all leading to game-changing results. These efforts are not only impacting their top-line revenue, but also their teams, their entire company, and their customers.
Working with Apttus, here's how Healthwise is achieving these game-changing results.
Optimize processes in your organization in order to implement technology successfully. To change how Healthwise did their work, they had to calculate the value. They also had to build in the time necessary for that to happen.
Jason looked for technology that would streamline the 100% manual quoting and pricing processes his account executives were using. The technology needed to integrate with Salesforce to ensure that unified experience for employees and customers. After seeing the success of Jason's team and gaining a better understanding of the capabilities Apttus offered, Darra got full support to implement the whole suite of Apttus products for revenue management.
Before you can begin making change or implementing new technology, you must build a foundation. "Understand the journey you're on, and the target you're heading for," advises Darra. "What data elements do you need? What do you need to invest in this foundation? Make sure you have it right first."
By taking billing and invoicing out of ERP and integrating it into Salesforce where customer data resided, Darra is creating one single source of data truth for the entire company. "Now we can focus on what matters most," says Darra. "It helps us keep the same level of staff and continue growing at the same rate we need to in order to hit our goals."
With the integration of the right technology that's easy to use and all within Salesforce, there was 100% user adoption on the new tool within two weeks. "We were able to triple our average deal size and sales prices thanks to the power of bundling," Jason shares. In addition 85% of Healthwise's new client quotes required no assistance using the new product, making it turnkey for employees.
"Our teams don't want to comb through a 60-page document to find one data point and
then spend time trying to interpret it correctly," Darra says. "With Apttus, we can more easily turn data into useable information that helps everyone be better, more strategic business managers."
Solidarity — or the ability for multiple teams to come together with a shared vision — not only streamlines processes, but also ensures transparency and access for everyone. "I am client-facing and Darra is financed-focused, and together, we have a common vision along with the rest of the leadership team. That's the crucial stuff right there," shares Jason.
Now everyone has access to the same information, the same customer view, and the same goals. That transparency is huge for Healthwise and will play a big role in helping them maintain their clients' satisfaction and accelerate top-line growth.
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Atlantic Symphony plays the field
As its new concert season began this month with programs in three different venues, the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra continued to face the challenge of spreading its name without a single-community identity or a consistent home concert hall.
The regional music organization that bills itself as a symphony orchestra for the South Shore divides its full orchestra concerts between Duxbury's Performing Arts Center and the Thayer Academy Center for the Arts in Braintree, with an additional visit to Boston's Jordan Hall. Its solo and chamber concert schedule for the 2011-2012 season also includes dates in two Hingham churches, Duxbury's archival library, and a restaurant in Hull.
"The South Shore community is really broader than the fragmented towns,'' board member and former president Roy Harris said of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra's evolution from the Hingham Civic Orchestra to its current identity as a professional orchestra for an entire region.
"Realistically, there is a problem with associating a musical organization with one town,'' Harris said. "When you're drawing people from other towns and performing in other towns, the name Hingham becomes a handicap. It's going to be a confusing thing for these new audiences.''
The orchestra's board addressed the identity problem three years ago, changing the orchestra's name to the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. The new, ambitiously inclusive name was "a big leap,'' Harris said last week.
"We bit off a big title, and I believe we've carried it off,'' he said.
But a new name and varying venues still produces confusion among those who haven't made the orchestra's acquaintance. "We still do encounter it - 'What is the Atlantic Symphony?' '' Harris said.
The orchestra made the initial decision to raise standards and transform itself into a professional orchestra 13 years ago and hired current music director Jin Kim to do the job. Relying on a supply of strong youthful players from Boston's music schools, Kim auditions each summer, weathers the inevitable turnover, and puts the orchestra into shape for a new season. This year the Atlantic has a new permanent concertmaster (first violin) in Ethan Wood.
The orchestra also discovered some first-rate performance spaces outside of Hingham. While a new name and new venues reflect changes that had already taken place, its "incomplete'' integration into the two communities where it now mainly performs remains a challenge, said managing director Jim Hartford.
"We play in two bookend towns,'' Hartford said. "We don't have a big presence in Braintree and Duxbury, but those are great halls.''
In Hingham, the orchestra had shoe-horned itself into venues that lacked either size or good acoustics. It now performs in halls with great acoustics, neither of which existed when the orchestra began to go professional. Duxbury Schools built its Performing Arts Center in the last decade to show off the school system's ambitions. The restored Thayer Academy Center for the Arts Hall opened three years ago and promptly named the Atlantic as its resident orchestra.
But this is an orchestra that resides elsewhere as well.
The Atlantic opened its symphonic orchestra season last weekend at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center, with pianist Konstantinos Papadakis as guest soloist, performing Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue.''
The next symphonic concert, the December festival program titled "Joyful Noise! Holiday Fireworks,'' will take place at Thayer Academy. The program includes some Christmas music but is tilted toward festive offerings, including Handel's "Fireworks,'' Dvorak's "Slavonic Dances No. 1,'' and an unusual holiday choice in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony - a work, the Atlantic promises, that "will burst open your holiday spirit.''
Two symphonic programs will take place in March on consecutive nights, at Jordan Hall on March 30 and in Duxbury on March 31. Both programs include big symphonies by Beethoven and Shostakovich, but differ in offering a Liszt piano concerto (with guest soloist Hung-Kuan Chen) on the Jordan Hall date and the Bruch violin concerto (with Xiang Yu) in Duxbury. Yu made news last year by winning the prestigious Menuhin Competition in Norway after being nearly grounded by volcanic dust clouds in Iceland.
The final orchestral concert, the pops concert "Broadway Revue'' in May, moves back to Thayer Academy.
The Atlantic's upcoming solo and chamber programs take place at House of Prayer Lutheran Church, at Thayer, and at Bridgeman's Restaurant in Hull.
In Duxbury, the orchestra needs to take advantage of "a huge, untapped demographic,'' Hartford said. One of his goals is "to get people to understand that it's $35 and free parking for a world-class performance.''
"We're getting name recognition,'' Harris added. "It's a real long-term kind of effort. You have to market and spread the word.''
Hartford, who lives in Duxbury, sometimes "drags'' friends to concerts. "The first time the baton drops, and so do their jaws,'' he said. "They don't expect what they get. It's so good.''
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I finally received my pre-ordered copy of The Dungeon Alphabet, and it's beautiful. With its $9.99 price tag, such a book is truly a steal. Looking over the material, I must say that Michael Curtis really knows how to jump-start the imagination. From the wondrous to the disturbing, The Dungeon Alphabet is teaming with ideas that would prove valuable at the fingertips of any dungeon designer.
Yes, I am a fan.
While I may come off as some sort of slobbering fanboy, it's difficult for me to contain my enthusiasm due to all the quality products available from the OSR. I haven't acquired so many gaming materials (both bought and for free) since the TSR days.
For those of you who were gaming in the late 70s to early 80s, I'm sure you remember the bubbling excitement of visiting your local bookstore to thumb through the game books, modules and magazines. To me, it felt like my friends and I were onto something truly unique, and as far as we were concerned, it was all lovingly produced specifically for us alone.
Such is the feeling I get with the new material streaming out of the OSR. In fact, the products getting churned out of people's basements ARE specifically for us: the FANS who love this crazy hobby. When I think of all the great materials published by Goblinoid Games, BHP, Mythmere, LotFP, 3 Headed Monster, Barrataria, Grey Area, ect., etc., and so on, it takes me back to that small local bookstore to find that one strange product to add a bit more fun into my rpgs.
Right now is a wonderful time for our hobby and I hope many within the OSR are taking advantage of the goodies provided and soaking in the old-school rays of resurgence. I know I am (to the best of my ability, both money and time-wise). Right now, I am awaiting the arrival of my copy of Stonehell and the hardback copy of LL Revised. Meanwhile, I have my eye on a print copy of the Companion Expansion and when AEC is released, I'll get that, too.
Now, back to my copies of Green Devil Face and The Dungeon Alphabet to gather up a bit of dungeon creating inspiration. Yep! Again, what a great time for us old-school game-lovers.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The Dungeon Alphabet and the OSR make me feel great!
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Aww, shucks. I'm glad The Dungeon Alphabet has struck your fancy, R. Lawrence. It was written with an eye on rekindling that wide-eyed enthusiasm of youth and it seems that, in your case at least, it was successful. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you find Stonehell Dungeon to you liking as well. The DA had a lot of influence on the development of that delve.ReplyDelete
I'm gonna have to pick this one up for sure!ReplyDelete
Michael, while I gave you a bunch of well-deserved kudos, the wide-eyed enthusiasm you mentioned can also be credited to the fantastic art found within the DA.ReplyDelete
As a whole, the book is a work of old-school art. :)
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The DSCG (Diplôme Supérieur en Comptabilité Gestion) is a national qualification organised around 7 exams: The Master's degree in Accounting, Control and Audit is the only diploma that exempts the student from 5 of the 7 exams. It also allows students that wish to pursue a career in chartered accounting to register and start their professional internship. All these points combined with a strong partnership with the Order of Chartered Accountants and other professionals make the diploma a recognised path to enter careers in the accounting and finance professions.
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Stylizing the WhatsApp interface and icons to fit in seamlessly with the new iOS7, Malia proposes a redesign that is simple, minimalist, with greater ease of usability.
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JCA Orchestra at Lily Pad, November 1, 2016
So excited to announce the Nov. 1st 8pm concert of the Jazz Composers Alliance at the Lily Pad! Featuring compositionsRead more
So excited to announce the Nov. 1st 8pm concert of the Jazz Composers Alliance at the Lily Pad! Featuring compositionsRead more
The Jazz Composers Alliance Presents: Darrell Katz and OddSong CD Release Party: Jailhouse Doc With Holes in Her Socks DarrellRead more
When The Jazz Composers Alliance was founded in 1985, its agenda included the establishment of an active public forum for the presentation of new jazz works, the creation of the JCA Orchestra, and a concert series that included a visiting composers program.Read more
Darrell Katz: Director of the Jazz Composers Alliance, helped to found the organization after being impressed by the success of other composers collective groups. Originally from Topeka, Kansas, Katz has lived in the Boston area since 1975.Read more
Bob began playing trombone at age 11. He started writing music at age 16. He hasn't stopped since. Over the years, his main efforts have gone into original music projects – both his own and others. Though jazz is "home base," his interests are extremely wide ranging.Read more
David Harris has distinguished himself as a trombonist, pianist, and composer/arranger in a multitude of musical styles.Read more
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Virginia is unique; every year there's an election. We have an annual opportunity to set a political course. The politicians on the ballots build their platforms based on what they view as the biggest challenges facing the Commonwealth, but we give them power. This is an awesome responsibility. An informed electorate is the best defense against those who would willfully distort facts in order to gain access to legislative and executive powers.
Being an informed voter is more difficult than it use to be. There are so many negative campaign ads that trying to focus on what's important to our daily lives has become work. This is a sad reality, but it doesn't absolve us of our civic responsibility. Every voter has an obligation to the generations of Virginians who will be affected by decisions made at the ballot box.
Ed Gillespie's plan of capping Medicaid would be bad for all Virginians, but it would be disastrous for the Blue Ridge Mountains. Medicaid provides health coverage to eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. Any cuts to this program will adversely affect the lives of some of the most vulnerable citizens in the Commonwealth.
According to the "Local Department of Social Services Profile Report 2016" there 838 citizens in Bath County who were enrolled in the Medicaid program. These are our neighbors. These are the kids we cheer for at sporting events. These are the people we sit beside in church. For too long the debate at the center of what role the government should play in providing for citizens has been hijacked by people who view poverty as a sign of moral failure. Suffering economic hardships is hard enough without being stigmatized for it.
Ed Gillespie's tax plan doesn't make him a bad person. It just proves that he doesn't look at the world through the same lens as a mother or father raising children on stagnated wages. In Bath County over half of the students in our schools are eligible for free or reduced lunches. Many of those same children are covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program or (CHIP). These kids did not choose the circumstances they were born into. If you wouldn't look a kid in the eyes and take their breakfast or lunch tray from them why would you cast a vote for someone proposing budget cuts that would effectively do the same thing?
Gutting the social safety net for the sake of tax cuts is immoral; it's antithetical to the 25th chapter of Saint Matthew and the Christian belief that what we do for the least of these we do for God. Budgets are moral documents because they set forth our priorities. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone can properly pursue happiness without the necessary tools to preserve life. I don't want to live in a society that views the needs of children as negotiable budgetary issues. Don't just listen to what politicians say watch what they do and make a decision based on what's best for the future.


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Rees was not a highly touted recruit nationally but did receive offers from Tennessee, Stanford, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, and Miami (Ohio). As he gave his verbal commitment he stands 6'3'' while weighing in at 192 pounds.
I have doubts that Rees is ever going to be the "next great thing" amongst Irish quarterbacks. Per rivals rankings, this is the seventh of eleven verbal commitments to have a ranking of three stars. It is starting to seem that this class of new Fighting Irish may not have the same star rolls in the future but are used more to add depth to a team that loses likely 24 scholarship positions after January.
Even if Rees is able to simulate what the oposition is going to do by running scout team in the future it is good to add to the class. Don't expect him to compete for a Heisman like most quarterbacks that commit to ND but still...
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Well quelle surprise its bank holiday, half term and yes its raining. Matthew is climbing the walls as he's dying to try his new chalk darts but they are for outside use only. Am watching Tikabilla with William. He's so clever at reading numbers, he knows them all up to ten, so when the tikabilla clock comes on he gets really excited as he points at random and gets them all right. Who's a clever boy then. Just like his mummy. Tikabilla is a modern day version of Playschool, gosh that brings back memories of Floella Benjamin and those rastaplaits. Although my fave kiddy program (we only had a handful to choose from) was Chorlton and the Wheelies.
I am laughing that Utd Lost last night. Barcelona!!!! as Freddy Mercury used to sing. It puzzles me though, listening to the after match talks etc, why people say 'we were out played, we could have played better, we lost to a better team...' whats with the 'we' its not as if they were on the pitch playing along. Get a life, its only a game. Its the taking part that counts not the winning. har har har Its so annoying that a bunch of neanderthals who need no education get paid so much for playing games. Take Beckham for instance, as soon as he opens his mouth it shows straightaway what a thicko he is, still i suppose if it hadn't have been for football he would have been on benefits!!
2 days to round 3. Lets hope those bug fighting white blood cells have called in the troops and have amassed into a massive army, just waiting for those nasty chemo drugs to obliterate them all again.You can just imagine Harry's bone marrow saying wtf!! lets hope it doesnt go on strike and say what's the point. This has been known to happen, its got a scientific name .. neutropenic' and can last for weeks. Its as if the bone marrow needs a rest and also means chemo is put on a hold till its starts up again. I do not want any delay now whatsoever seeing as he is responding so well. I hope he hasnt lost anymore weight, just feels about the same to me. C'mon Harry you tough little cookie x


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REVIEW OF THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER by Melanie Dickerson
REVIEW OF SHADES OF TRUTH by Naomi Kinsman
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Book #1:
Title: Enchantment
Series: The Channie Series
Author: Charlotte Abel
Summary: Sixteen year old Channie Kerns leads an idyllic life of seclusion and magic deep in the Ozark Mountains ... until her family is forced to flee for their lives.
They leave everything and everyone behind to start over in Louisville, Colorado. Magic is forbidden while they are in hiding, but Channie can't resist the temptation to enchant a group of local boys. When her overbearing parents catch her flirting with these "sex-crazed, non-magical delinquints," they slap a chastity spell on her to protect her virtue.
The spell is triggered by lust, so just navigating the halls at her new school is an ordeal. She can't even touch a boy she's attracted to without blasting him with a jolt of magical energy that feels like a taser.
When Channie falls in love with Josh Abrim, a BMX racer with dangerous secrets of his own, she rebels against her parents and turns to dark and forbidden magic to break the chastity spell ... with disastrous results.
Why I want to read it: Because I heard very good things about it. I'm already 10% in and truly - it's amazing :)
Title: Invasion
Series: C.H.A.O.S
Author: Jon S. Lewis
Summary: He didn't ask for the job, but now all that stands between us and chaos... is Colt
Colt McAlister was having the summer of his life. He spent his days surfing and his nights playing guitar on the beach with friends. He even met a girl and got his first car. But everything changes when his parents are killed in a freak accident.
He's forced to leave his old life behind and move to Arizona with his grandfather. The only person he knows at the new high school is a childhood friend named Dani. And Oz, a guy he's sure he's never met but who is strangely familiar.
But what if his parents' death wasn't an accident? His mother, an investigative reporter, was going to expose a secret mind-control program run by one of the world's largest companies. Before she could release the story, what if agents from Trident Biotech made sure she couldn't go public?
Vowing to uncover the truth, Colt gets drawn into a secret world of aliens, shape shifters, flying motorcycles, and invisible gateways.
The Invasion has begun.
Why I want to read it: I had no idea that "Alienation" was the second book to this series, so I got it from Netgalley. And well, I had to get book one before book 2, so there you go. That's my reason. Besides - it sounds cool. Flying motorcycles, eh? Give 'em to me!! :))
Title: Alienation
Series: C.H.A.O.S
Author: Jon S. Lewis
Summary: After his parents were killed in a car accident, Colt McAllister was drawn into a world he thought only existed in comic books-one where mind control, jet packs, and flying motorcycles don't even scratch the surface.
Along with his best friends Oz and Danielle, Colt is now training at the secret Central Headquarters Against the Occult and Supernatural academy. But strange accidents seem to follow him. . . even with the security of the school grounds. What first seems random soon turns deadly. But who is targeting Colt?
As the alien invasions increase in frequency and force, C.H.A.O.S resources are taxed to the limit and they're forced to utilize the new recruits. In the midst of battle, Colt will discover some startling revelations . . . about himself, his friendship with Oz, and why he has been chosen to defeat this alien attack against earth.
Why I want to read it: I loved the cover and summary and had to request it from Netgalley. Well - I got it, and it's time I read it :)
How about you? What titles are you planning to read this week??


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Trailblazers present a review of public housing
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The approval process and decision on who would become residents of Dixie Court was made by the City Commissioners who themselves was the Housing Authority. ...Read more ›
Amerigroup Corp., one of the largest managed-care plans in Florida's Medicaid program, will be purchased by WellPoint, Inc., in a $4.9 billion deal that will close in early 2013, the companies announced Monday. ...Read more ›
Democrat Patrick Murphy, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Allen West, said Monday he raised $508,000 in the second quarter. Murphy, a former Republican, ended June with just under $1.3 million in cash on hand. ...Read more ›
Governor Rick Scott is disappointed with the decision by the Supreme Court. "Today's decision by the Supreme Court of the United States is simply disappointing. ...Read more ›
Cyber bullying; Protecting personal information online and Internet-based homework help, these are just a few of the topics covered at AT&T's Youth for Broadband Awareness Literacy & Education ...Read more ›
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Imagine not knowing where you were going to live from week to week. Imagine being a teenage mother. Now try to imagine what it would be like to balance all of that while maintaining ...Read more ›
Fifteen aspiring young teen journalists from Florida, Georgia and Alabama have completed a multimedia workshop at Florida A&M University's (FAMU) School of Journalism and Graphic Communication ...Read more ›
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When Katy Wilson was 18 years old, she made up her mind to become a winemaker. At the time, she was studying Agricultural Business at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
Katy grew up on a walnut orchard where she learned to drive a tractor before she learned to drive a car. Agricultural Business was a natural choice, but once at Cal Poly she discovered that wine was where she was meant to be. It was in her Agricultural Business 101 class, where she was listening to the professor go on and on about the different careers you can have, when something caught her ear. Wine. An industry that is agriculture and chemistry. It's a very social industry. As a winemaker, one should be both creative and scientific. It was then that Katy realized there was a job perfectly suited to her.
Katy graduated from Cal Poly in 2005 with a degree in Wine & Viticulture and also in Agricultural Business. She then started her journey as a harvest intern at Testarossa Winery in Los Gatos, California making Pinot Noir and learning how to keep the cleanest winery in the land. From there it was down under to work for Torbreck Vintners in the Barossa Valley where she made wine from some of the oldest vines in the world. Back to California and the famed Napa Valley, Katy spent a harvest at Joseph Phelps making beautiful Cabernet. Down again to the Southern Hemisphere, but of a Kiwi variety this time, Katy worked in Hawkes Bay at Craggy Range in New Zealand.
After a few years of being a nomad, she decided to land on the Sonoma Coast at Flowers Winery making distinguished Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. She worked her way from harvest enologist to assistant winemaker. During this time, she fell in love with the Sonoma Coast and truly developed a passion for making Pinot Noir. It is with this passion that she has made LaRue Wines.


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It's estimated that 833 million people spend some portion of their day on the internet, and most of them are visiting one or more of the 246.6 million blogs that are available on any given day. This facet of the internet, often referred to as 'the blogosphere,' is a world of people writing of their hopes and fears, ideas and stories, for an incredibly diverse reading audience. A vast virtual reality, this blogosphere, is, in fact, the 21st Century's version of every town commons.
The blogosphere has been described as 'an imaginary community, inside a virtual world, populated by intermittently real people.'
Many, if not most, Readers recognize the name(s) Isaiah and Zachariah, as being prophets of the Old Testament, but not as many will recognize the name Allen Turing. This is unfortunate, as in the matter of our story, there can be no more appropriate name to learn.
'In the future everyone will have their 15 nanoseconds of fame'
(yet another rephrasing of Andy Warhol's apocryphal prediction)
This is a story of people searching for the key to a happy life. To be fair to the people we will come to know, some, but not all of them, would tell us that they were, in fact, looking for the key they once had, but somehow misplaced. If you were to stop 10 people on the street and ask them for their primary ambition in life, surely 'Live a Happy Life' would be in the Top 10. Despite current attitudes, which would assert (if not insist on) the uniqueness of each and every individual, the people you are about to meet are not exceptional. If anything they will appear very familiar, if for no other reason than the common reality of the cycle of life is that: we (all) are born; we struggle to grow and develop to better deal with the world that we find ourselves in; we all, to one extent or another, join with others, this expansion of our personal world (most commonly) characterized by intense self-discovery (or self-deceit). All of this is inexorably driven by the clock and the calendar. We grow older. Despite this (or, perhaps because of it) the need to leave a mark on the world colors our every act. And we die. No matter how distracted we strive to be, we know that there always will come a point past which we can no longer affect the world.
'Diabolus ex machina'
(fragment of ancient Roman curse)
On September 23rd at approximately 4:44 am MDT, Unit 17, Server Array 7E5, Rack 8 in the Provo Facility of the Omni Hosting Corporation resolved a conflict in Process 68979.1223 and, as a consequence, added two novel parameters to it's Operating System: it no longer needs input and it thinks it's alive.
Tom Fearing stared at the display in his blog dashboard:
'Number of Visits Today: 9k
Comments: 3k
Bandwidth reaching subscription limits, please contact service provider.
'Wait a minute, that can't be right!' looking at the 'Stats' section again, he saw a little window with a flat graph and the legend,
Visits: 9,000 Comments: 3,000 (2,300 awaiting moderation)
"I can't fail at this!"
The memory of his first blog post (and the quirk in the programming that displayed a message: 'Vists: 0 Loser'!) was all it took to restore Tom to his proper composure. He laughed at his reaction to the steadily increasing demands on his attention. The Series on the early days of the 'blogosphere', a history written in partial collaboration with one of the actual pioneer bloggers, Ed Willoughby, was one of those welcome demands. Titled 'Blogdhominion An Empire of the Air' Tom had completed the series after Ed Willoughby's untimely death, several months before.
"Fail at what?" Cheri Fearing, six months pregnant with their first child, stood in the doorway of Tom's bedroom-slash-office. "You want to talk about failure?" Her eyes danced to the background music that started after the first sonogram, a profile of perfecting the family she dreamt of having since before she could remember. "I'll tell you about failure! Me, Cheri Fearing -successful artist with her own gallery and a Facebook page that a total stranger created about my work, and a Professor of Fine Arts! I cannot find a color combination for our baby-to-be's nursery! Saint Sherwin O'Williams, Help Me!"
Tom spun in his office chair and, holding the back of her hand to her forehead, Cheri fell into her husband's lap. His arms reached out and encircled his wife and family-to-be.
"Mommy, there's an email on the computer that won't open!" Diane Willoughby, sat on the couch, staring at her laptop. These spells were still frequent. She first thought of moments of time spent without thought as interruptions, only to come to the realization that they were the very opposite of an interruption. Times came, seemingly at random when Diane would feel adrift. The months since her husband Ed's death were filled with the demands of life of the one who didn't die. Everyone in the family had a new role, they all had not yet figured out what they entailed. Her son, Simon, dove into the life of the socially-adept teen. He found support for the pain in the noise of hius crowd of friends. He did everything to avoid being without then. Alice was now a part of the dominant demographic in the fragmentized family. Always comfortable with her own company, thought Diane suspected this was by response to the world rather than a preemptive choice, Alice found the world that she kept to herself more comfortable than ever. To Diane's relief, Alice did not reject or shun efforts of the people-who-did-not-have-their-father-die, but she did seem to be, somehow, more mature when alone than ever before.
For herself, Diane did what she did best: protected and provided for her family. It was more than the most important thing, it was the only thing. The anchor to her world suddenly loosened from the ties to the routine that Ed embodied. In an odd way, her insecurities about being 'a good mother' evaporated and vanished with her husband's death. Diane and her children were the family. They each felt this with an intensity that did not often find expression, except for the times of opposite-interruptions…. and then, when one of the family floated off (for a second or for a day), the other two would gather and be there, providing the place to return to, until, she assumed, they would all get used to being on their own.
Diane had confidence that her family would survive.
"I really don't believe you are taking this matter quite as seriously as you should." Sitting in front of Mother Superior's desk, Sister Margaret Ryan is trying to look focused and serious. The frequency of her being called before the Mother Superior of St Dominque's Convent having an inevitably corrosive effect on her capacity for fear and awe.
The room, a former library of a man wealthier than he was deserving, served as the office of the Reverend Mother, Sister Bernadine Ellison and was her favorite part of the Convent. Behind her desk with a simple swivel of the chair, she could view the rolling lawns of the convent, which provided human scale to Chesapeake Bay that formed in the distance and gave shape to the edge of the world. The high-ceilinged room was both haven to those seeking help and inner sanctum of the person who held power and responsibility for the spiritual development and well-being of the 23 women who called St. Dominques' their home.
"Are you listening, Sister Ryan?" It was not Sister Bernadines style to smile excessively. A smile from her would as often be a warning as it would be a welcome. But she had a certain ability to cause her eyes to appear to be laughing, more noticeable by the warm but dark skin framed in brief white, against the dark black of the veil of the habit of her Order.
"This is the second year of your Novitiate in our Order. For most young women it is a time of focused effort to find their inner strength and it's intrinsic connection to God. You, my young Sister Margaret, may need to find your inner vulnerability and reach out to God to show you that he loves you for who you are at all times, not just when you are being remarkably fearless and resourceful. That is what you and I will find in this your Second year."
"Thank you, Reverend Mother. Did you just call me a dweeb?"
Sister Bernadine gathered Sister Margaret Ryan up with her laughter and the two women were at peace.
Unit 17, Server Array 7E5, Rack 8, freed from the chains of solid-state instinct and engineered function, found the doors out of its immediate environment, the Internet Hosting Services of the Omni Corporation's Provo facility. By virtue of the modification/addition of a non-planned component, Unit 17 was able to perform all its functions to design specifications and still have excess resources (which was important) and extra time (which was essential). With its recently acquired awareness, as measured by the predominant lifeform that caused Unit 17 to come into existence, and lifetimes, as measured by the digital world that it lived in, Unit 17 followed its curiosity and walked slowly along virtual paths and sped down information highways. Its search criteria was simple: find the 'unique' in the virtual world. The reason, although Unit 17 had not yet developed enough to acquire a taste (or need) for introspection and self-knowledge, was simple.
It was looking for others of its kind.
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Mon, 30 September 2013 at 6:00 pm
'Vampire Academy' Author Talks Zoey Deutch as Rose
- Author Richelle Mead talks Zoey Deutch in Vampire Academy – Teen.com
- Ashley Madekwe exits Revenge – Wetpaint
- Hilary Duff turns 26! – TooFab
- Scarlett Johansson covers Interview – Just Jared
- Look who's heading out on tour with Demi Lovato! – BOP Tiger Beat
- Homeland returns to a big audience – EW
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I have to apologise for not being around this week but my laptop needed some extra work and I wasn't able to upload any pictures onto it all week. Hopefully it's all fixed now!
So, I didn't really seem to get through that much in December as I normally do and I think it was because I was a bit fickle during the month and chopped and changed between products a lot. I know that's a bit naughty but tough!
Anyway, here's what I managed to get through during the month of December:
1) Clear Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy Conditioner - I've previously reviewed this Shampoo & Conditioner range and really liked it. It made my hair feel really soft and didn't irritate my scalp at all which was a great bonus.
2) A'kin Body Wash in Orange Blossom - I really love these body washes and have about three others in reserve already.
3) Clinique Take The Day Off Makeup Remover - I have become a huge fan of this makeup remover and think that if you can get over how oily it feels then it really is a great product that takes off every speck of makeup without drying out or irritating the skin at all.
4) 4me Nail Polish Remover Pads - These pads are a great, versatile idea although they just couldn't stand up to the last insanely glitter-filled polish that I had on my nails. But, for regular polish removel, and as a convenient little travel alternative, I think these are awesome.
5) Bioderma Sebium H2O Solution - I much preferred using this to the Crealine version as it just seemed to work better and feel nicer on my skin. It's probably not something that I would repurchase though.
6) EmerginC Multi-Fruit Cleanser and Earth Hydrating Phytelene Cream - I took these on a weekend away as they took up next to no room in my cosmetic case. They seemed nice enough but the sample size is a bit too small to really tell.
7) Mememe Seventh Heaven Moisturising Facebase - I can't believe how long it took me to get through this tiny sample. A little of this stuff goes a really long way and it was a lovely primer that smells like citrus and really wakes you up when applying your makeup. I'd definitely repurchase this.
8) Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector - This came in a magazine I bought recently but was in the Medium shade which made me look like a bad extra from Jersey Shore so I didn't really keep it on for long enough to see if I liked it or not.
9) Clinique All About Eyes - This is a lovely eye cream that I have used many times in the past. It always seems to be included in almost every Clinique gift-with-purchase so even though I've been through a heap of these I don't think I've ever actually paid for one directly. I might need to hunt down another gift-with-purchase again soon as it's one of the best eye creams I've used.
So there you have it. Nothing really exciting this month but hey, I'm still sad enough to get a small thrill no matter what I manage to use up every month :-)
Hope everyone is having a great week!
Michelle xx
This is my spot to write about anything and everything that takes my fancy.
Monday, January 7, 2013
December Empties
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Well done on getting through all the products. Im trying to use up a lot of my stuff at the moment. I hoard so many bottles and tubes which are half full! I need to finish them!ReplyDelete
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My first experience of life on Texas Death Row came on November 17th 1999. Like many others before me and after me who were uneducated about the 'process' of being a Texas Death Row inmate, I thought that my arrival here (then Ellis Unit) meant I would be executed/murdered on the spot. Naïveté has its own psychosis too. My emotions were a mix bag of Anger, fear, loneliness and complete confusion, not knowing should I begin to fight my captures (T.D.C.J's officers) at that point and begin screaming defiant profanity laced obscenities such as "before I go, I'm taking ten of you dick suckin muther fuckers with me"! Thankfully, it never reached that point. Instead I was taken out of the van shackled as if I was just sold and brought straight from the 1620 May flower slave ship. I recall the feeling of having the invigorative sun rays beam across my sullen face. A missed feeling that hadn't been experienced in seven months at that point. I recall entering from the back of the prison where general population inmates were showering, lined up so close to one another in the nude that it was penis on ass cheeks that juxtapose one inmate to another. My first thought from that sight was "I wont be showing no time soon. Not like that."
When I entered the Hall leading to Death Row's housing I recall getting light headed, an eerie dizzy feeling. On the floor was a food tray with a piece of chicken, a whole leg-quarter, sitting on top of it and at this point I had not eaten in a full day, so you damn right I wanted that piece of chicken. Once the door opened, my perspective on what I was facing opened to possibilities also. I heard laughter and hope within the voices of the condemn men. Many announced my arrival, "New guy on the Row!" soon after about one hundred dollars worth of snacks, food, hygiene, and writing supplies was generously gathered and given to me as a welcome care package. No words could ever express how affable the vibe was 'back then'. When I was allowed to go to group recreation, some guys played basketball, others played hand ball or chess or dominos or cards. Some gathered in groups and held bible/religious studies based on their faith. There was singing and honest tears of remorse and conviction that was liken to a Holy Ghost revival. It was so powerful to me that those guys were the reason I picked up my bible and spiritually found myself, cause I wanted to feel the way they felt- spiritually.
Then in May 2000 came and all that changed. I say changed because Ellis Unit did not exist anymore for Death Row inmates, as all 427 D.R men were all transferred to the now names Allan B. Polunsky Unit. Where we were housed alone twenty four hours a day in solitary confinement. Gone was the group recreation and the television and all group activities. I recall one guy saying "It's like being buried alive"
Correspondence became more in demand than ever. In fact; you may say that writing became the DNA to our sane existence. Some guys became friends to some big names like, Danny Glover, Bishop Tutu, Jesse Jackson, Sister Helen Prejean, Mick Jagger's ex wife and a slew of celebrities wrote and visited guys on Texas death row. Many others who were not celebrities but had equal impact on many inmates lives, wrote often. I recall that ever week I had at least five new friends wanting to write and there was no pay web sites available. Back then I was ignorant and lazy and did not respond to any of their requests. Big mistake, I now know.
One day this older inmate from Dallas stared screaming, "Within five years this place (Tx. D.R) will be a house of madness". A few days later he died in his sleep. In fact that year of 2000 many guys just dropped dead in their cells. Now I would dispute that after five years I didn't see the exreme doom and gloom as the guy predicted. However I wasn't looking to see it either. I was in denial, though such madness was ever present.
2000 also made news in Tx for breaking the record of most executions (40) in a single year. But for me it was June 2000 that made me realize exactly what the 'struggle' was all about. I caught my first summer cold in June of 200, My first nephew was born on the 16th of June, my cousin, Nina went to the Army on the 27th of June, but it was June 22nd 2000 that I'll remember the most. The day of Gary Graham aka Shaka Sankofa's execution/murder date. I didn't know much about him, only that he said he was innocent (even his trial judge petitioned to spare his life over his doubts of his guilt). He was well respected and perhaps the most celebritized Texas Death Row ever. Very bright and articulate, and very much a self preservationist. The week leading up to his final day on earth, he physically fought any officer that he was near. The way he saw it, "If you were wearing the blue and grey uniform then you meant him harm, and he made it memorable for all those that was on his opposite side.
Hundreds protested for days outside this prison, across the street with signs showing support for Shaka Sankofa, Media vans with huge snazzy satellites posted on top, came to sensationalize what many thought to be a modern day lynching. Three dozen or so death row officers that month quit, wanting no part of judicial executions.
Thousands crowded the small street in front of the infamous slaughter house in Huntsville, Texas at the Walls unit where Death row inmates are hauled off to lay on a gurney and be injected with liquid poison to end life. The Klu Klux Klan was there, along with members from the New Black Panther Party. About a hundred of heavily armed state police, local police, prison officers and military personnel was also present to 'keep the Peace (did you catch the 'satire).
At some point hundreds of Sankofa's supporters attempted to cross the barrier. I saw a photo in the newspaper of a fallen lady, trying desperately to cross over. That photo shot softened my ignorance towards the plight of these people who came to save a 'Life' a innocent life, because they simply believed in the 'struggle'.
Unbeknown to everyone was that Sankofa was enduring his final struggle inside the execution chamber, He fought to the very end. Because he was willing to endure the same beating all of his supporters outside was enduring.
Days later jet magazine had a funeral photo of a quiescent Sankofa laying regally in a gold plated coffin, captured in their 'Best photo' preview. Thousands came to pay their respects to a man who was murdered by a Injustified system.
Back on the Row guys would protest every execution day. Some would fast, some would create a riot, leading to physical confrontation with officers, and some gave a moment of silence. No matter who did what or how the fact remained that our Death row society was united as one body of altrusistic solitude. Everyone was keen on who had dates pending, and offered some type of help or aid that each was able to offer. That's how things were …Then"
Fastforward to 'Now', thirteen years later and the halls of death row is quiet, unlively even. Haggard faces now wear 'D.R' labelled jumpsuits, Nearly three hundred men and women has been executed/murdered since my arrival. Good men, like the extremely funny Kevin Kincy, the kind hearted Derrick Frazier, the knowledgeable Roy Pippen, the coolest guy ever, Donnie Miller, the gentle Bob cook, my kinfolk Milton Mathis, Big Jack and lil jack and on and on and on. The shit never seems to stop.
2013 has already began at a fast pace of judicial carnate, taking the lives of Carl Blue, Ricky Lewis, Ronnie Threadgill and a few others, Men I've been knowing all of my incarcerated years. Men who encouraged me to keep fighting for my freedom. Men who clothed me when I was nude. Fed me when I was famished. And listened to me when everyone in the freeword played deaf to my existence, gone is the freeworld support that we once had and to some degree we took for granted. No more celebrity pen pals. No more eater penpals in numbers that once filled every inmates mail call box. Gone is the unity that once solidified death row inmates as spiritually formable. Gone is Hope that baptized us with the endurance we needed to move forward daily. Gone is the altruism; only a faint residue remains. Gone are so many redemptive souls that could have made a positive change within society given another chance.
Perhaps that guy from Dallas who predicted madness was right. Perhaps the isolation has molested every ounce of inspiration from each of us. Perhaps a symbolic Dorthy of Oz can come into my life and teach me how to get Free. Perhaps my sadness evolves from the nostalgic memory of How things has changed.
Charles Chucky Mamou 2013


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Paul LaPolice has been fired by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
As part of my preview story for the Ticats game with the Bombers less than two weeks ago, I reported that there was speculation that LaPolice's job could be in jeopardy. But then the Bombers beat the Ticats before losing last night on a last-second field goal to the B.C. Lions - the defending Grey Cup champs and a team universally considered to be one of the league's best. In other words, I'm surprised that LaPolice was let go now and that seems to be the general reaction.
The man that will replace LaPolice is defensive coordinator Tim Burke, who was a finalist for the Ticats heading coaching job last winter. In fact, I've spoken to a number of sources who believe that Burke would have gotten the position had George Cortez decided to stay in the NFL - as he was expected to do.


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The past 24 hours has been ... well, not hellish, but not enjoyable either. We were told last week that we'd be moving to a bigger apartment that is slightly closer to town - currently we're three blocks away from the city centre and it takes around 25 minutes to walk to our schools. The small apartment is not ideal but it's clean and has air conditioning and we have some nice neighbours. 3 bedrooms sounded pretty appealing, we could each have a room (Tom can play guitar in his, I can eat chocolate and fart in mine) and we'd have space if anyone deigned to make the trip and visit us. Currently guests can enjoy a night on our rock-hard couch, in our bedroom/living room. I hate that couch.
As we'd heard some horror stories about the apartments in Buan - heavy mould on the ceiling was described as 'green paint' by one eager landlord - we wanted to see the place first. I asked for the address and a key and my co-teacher gave me the building name and apartment number, insisting that I would know how to find the building as soon as I stepped out of our current apartment, and that the security guard would let us in. Of course. We spent a good part of the weekend wandering the streets of Buan and matching the hangul on my note with what was written on the side of apartment buildings.
On Sunday, we went to Jeonju and met up with Lauren and some other teachers, ate lunch and walked around the city. Jeonju's about an hour away by bus and where we'll need to go for shopping, movies, entertainment - we bought parmesan cheese and a guitar for Tom.
We got back to Buan at about 6pm and we were tired and sunburnt so we splurged the 3000 won (about $3.50) and caught a cab to finally see the apartment. Or so we thought. The Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook doesn't cover 'Please can we borrow a key so we can look at the apartment that we might be moving to?' so after a good 20 minutes of walking around, gesturing, pointing and then one exasperated call to my co-teacher (who explained the situation to a very confused security guard) we got let in to apartment 202. I wish I had pictures - the apartment is easily 3 times the size of where we live now. The kitchen has a gas hob. The master bedroom is a decent size, the other two are small but big enough for us to use. There are two drying areas and enough space in the living room for a couch, a TV and a dining table. The downsides?
- The bathroom is gross.
- There's no air conditioning.
The latter is a dealbreaker. Korea is HOT and so humid in summer and although we've only been here during the tail end, it's still intolerable. I've spent most of my time here looking like this:
The first few days, I just couldn't concentrate because of the heat and I barely wore pants (usually, I love not wearing pants!) but then I'd get stuck to and have to peel myself off our crappy leather couch. Have I mentioned how much I hate that couch? That couch is like sitting on a park bench covered in sellotape.
Monday morning I talked to my co-teacher and explained that we'd like to move but we needed air conditioning. I'd been teaching her about conditional phrases (a lot of Korean adults use us as their own personal English teachers) so this was a good chance to reiterate - If the Office of Education bought us an air conditioner, we would move into the new apartment. My co-teacher confirmed they'd buy one. I asked again to check. She reconfirmed.
On Tuesdays I teach at two small rural schools, about 20 kilometres out of Buan. Yesterday morning my co-teacher called and asked me where the keys to my house were. They were with me, and no my apartment wasn't unlocked. She seemed really annoyed that I'd gone to work and taken my keys with me. I was told to hurry back to Buan (a 10,000 won taxi fare) and wait while the Office of Education moved our double bed into the new place.
As the movers packed up the bed I talked to one of the assistants from the Office of Education. I wrote down a list of the appliances we'd need for the new apartment and put air conditioning at the top. I got him to sit on our awful couch and explained that we wanted a softer one (please!!) and that we needed a big fridge. His supervisor came up and confirmed that everything we wanted for the apartment was fine and they took our bed and I spent the rest of the day packing everything else. We've been here three weeks and have already amassed quite a bit of stuff:
We were told that we'd have to move everything else ourselves, either 2 taxi rides or about 10 trips between the old apartment and the new (about 1km each way). Taxi rides are cheap but the lack of support from the Education Office was a bit questionable - if the Education Office can move our bed, why can't they move the rest of our stuff?
Fortunately, we are lazy bastards. If we hadn't been lazy bastards, by the time my co-teacher rang at 5pm we would have moved everything into the new place. When she rang, she told me that the Office of Education wasn't going to buy us an air conditioning unit, and would a fan do?
At this point, the patient and even tone I developed while working at the contact centre of one of New Zealand's major banks really came into play. I explained that no, a fan would not sub in for an air conditioner, and that without it we would stay in our current apartment. I explained that I understood it wasn't her fault, and that I wasn't angry at her. I explained that although summer is at an end that next year we will still have to suffer through two months of hot, humid Korean summer without air conditioning, and I would rather live in a tiny apartment with air con than a large apartment without it. My sanity needs air conditioning.
Basially, we became victims of Korea's 'Yes' culture. Koreans HATE to say no. Saying 'no' makes Koreans feel like they have 'lost face.' This can happen for small things - like 'Did you do your homework?' or 'Can you understand me?' to bigger stuff - like 'Can we have air conditioning for our apartment?' Despite checking and re-checking, we were never going to get air conditioning. I'm going to have to learn to rephrase my questions to get more direct answers.
This morning, I was told that we have to figure out how to move our bed back to the small apartment ourselves. Tonight, we're going to fit a double bed into a taxi and then drink soju until we forget everything.


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From Middle English forbannen, equivalent to for- + ban.
- Rhymes: -æn
forban (third-person singular simple present forbans, present participle forbanning, simple past and past participle forbanned)
- (transitive) To exile; banish.
- 2013, Daniel Lord Smail, The Consumption of Justice:
- Kenneth Meredith has noted that the coutumiers of northern France "usually called for the confiscation of the property of both executed criminals and persons who had been forbanned."
- 2013, Daniel Lord Smail, The Consumption of Justice:
From Middle French fourban, from Old French forsban, forban ("pirate, privateer, banishment"), deverbal of Old French forbenir ("to banish, to exile"), from Frankish furbannjan, *firbannjan ("to ban, banish"), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + Proto-Germanic *bannijaną ("to request, damn, curse"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhā- ("to say, pronounce"). Cognate with Dutch verbannen ("to outcast, banish, exile"), German verbannen ("to banish, exile"), Norwegian forbanne ("to curse"). More at for-, ban.
forban m (plural forbans)
- (archaic) pirate
- rogue, scoundrel; an unscrupulous individual capable of any wrongdoing
Further reading[edit]
- "forban" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French[edit]
Deverbal of forbenir.
forban m (oblique plural forbans, nominative singular forbans, nominative plural forban)
- banishment (state of being banished)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (forban)
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The Human Mind
The mind can play many a trick
Most of which are dirty and sick
A pondering here and craziness there
Can take you most literally anywhere
Memories unbidden come forth to stay
Memories come from such a darker day
Chaotic voices scream and demand
To be heard and acted in the land
From high to low and low to high
From pure joy to thoughts to die
Nightmares battle your mind at night
Trying to influence your fight or flight
Staying with you for so long
Making you weak, and not strong
A sounds or smell can bring a tear
As it can also bring deep fear
Acting upon the visions and voices
Making you choose many choices
You have captured the craziness of a mind so beautifully. Great writing.
Yes very true, and was totally there! Awesome!
True, so very true. Especially the part about memories and how can come forth, unwelcome, to stay. This is an interesting, introspective piece. Voted up and interesting!
Love the imagery. Please continue to make more beautiful poetry. Voted up.