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To continue this series on callings, I want to get personal. I plan to share with you my journey to finding out my own callings in life. These next two posts (today and Thursday) are a couple of my most vulnerable thoughts. I wrote this eight months ago, but have been afraid to be this honest until now. (Deep breath). Here we go.
My friend bites into the nut bread that I know she likes and asks for me to explain how I make it. I list for her the ingredients—flour, honey, butter, nuts, cinnamon, salt, baking powder. Bake in the oven for an hour, done.
This Indonesian friend of mine, who lives in a shack and can't afford an oven or even real butter for that matter, nods.
"How much did your oven cost?"
"And how about this house—did you buy it or did you rent it? And that table? That couch? How much were those? How much does your husband make each month?"
She talks fast and I work hard to think of answers that will be polite for her and still hide things I don't feel like telling her. She attributes my hesitancy in answering to my lack of language comprehension.
But really, I am pulling away from the label she wants to give me. Rich white lady.
It's one of those labels people call me that makes me cringe, right next to "straight A student" or "good girl." The labels that others have stuck on me over the years and that are kind of true. I am a rich white lady because I got to go to college and I got to have my babies in a hospital and I have enough food in my fridge to feed my family for at least a week. Most days anyway.
Of course, our ministry salary isn't enough to save for my kids' college or and our retirement savings will be just enough for a one-bedroom apartment where instead of travelling the world, we'll spend our days watching Price is Right.
And yes, I was a good girl who never smoked and always did my homework.
There are, of course, the names people call me that I like hearing: Mom, Wife to Brad, Friend to Muslims, Writer, Healthy Eater, Runner.
But to be honest, even with a lifetime of labels behind me, and even though I'm well into my 30s, I still struggle with the question, "Who am I?"
How embarrassing that I shrink when I think about the answer that I've felt most of my life. As the daughter of an Army soldier who grew up moving all over the country, I fell into the role of New girl and Outsider, trying really hard to get friends and find a place and fit into some label that maybe I didn't even like.
But really, the answer to that question was always, "I am Nobody trying really, really hard to become Somebody."
So, I would join a sport, willing to warm a bench just so that I could wear a uniform to class on game days. I'd join a club and jump into the new skill, hoping that someone would say that I could sing or play the piano or act in the play, because at least they saw me.
And the label I most desired in life? Friend. I put my whole self into becoming what the other person needed me to be.
Need a funny friend? I've got jokes. Want a serious person? I can discuss world poverty. What is your hobby? Reading? Swimming? Playing basketball? Yeah, me, too. Your favorite color? That's funny, that's mine, too.
So for three years or two years or six months—however long I lived in a place—I accumulated as many labels as possible, running from my "nobody" status. Then we moved and I watched them disappear, and I'd start all over in the next place.
As long as I lived in the Army world, though, I got to be a Nobody with other confused kids who were living with the mixture of their life. Kids who had a white father and a Korean mother, or a Mexican father and a Chinese mother, or a white Midwestern mom and a black dad from California.
They were from everywhere and nowhere, too. And I didn't have to work quite as hard to be friends with them as the ones from my civilian schools. So, I'd cling to them until they moved or I moved to some other place with a whole new set of labels waiting to be earned.
Come back Thursday for the rest of the story.
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This is a collection of talks given at the annual SMART conference in Connecticut. Speakers present to tell their stories of their experiences with ritual abuse and/or mind control, their experiences treating patients with such backgrounds, or to raise awareness of the various issues surrounding recovery from ritual abuse/mind control of efforts made to raise awareness with the general public of this issue.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Sarah Jacqueline 2012 - Exposing Satanic Abuse
Sarah Jacqueline 2012 - Exposing Satanic Abuse
Sarah Jacqueline freed herself through deep self-journey from years of living in hell as an alleged victim of satanic abuse to now survivor. Born into a family of Satanists and has experienced and seen some horrific abuse. She speaks of hope and freeing and illusion. Her topic is: Exposing Satanic Abuse


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Magazine article Newsweek
Francois Hollande
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Byline: Tracy Mcnicoll
Would he really be a 'dangerous' leader?
As france elects a president on Sunday, May 6, it is an enlightening fact that Francois Hollande, the Socialist frontrunner whose ideas are blasted by right-wing rivals as "dangerous," is nicknamed for a comfort food, a jiggly caramel custard called Flanby.
Affable and funny, Hollande has a bent for consensus politics, which accounts for the dessert sobriquet. (Also, he was doughier before shedding pounds to run for president.) A fiscal-policy nerd elected to Parliament in France's rural heartland, the 57-year-old Hollande cultivates blandness to show up the excitable incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy. On the trail in February, Hollande spent 12 hours petting cows and kissing babies at Paris's farm expo without insulting anyone. (President Sarkozy, at the same event in 2008, famously told a heckler, "Get lost, you poor bastard.") Hollande T-shirts stamped "normal" are for sale at his rallies.
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From time to time, Atlanta Hyperbaric gets a child referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy who has had a stroke. Although most of our stroke patients are adults, and older adults at that, it seems like awareness of stroke in children is increasing. Not long ago, the American Heart Associations issued guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of childhood stroke. These guidelines emphasize the differences in pediatric and adult strokes. For example, most of the kids with stroke have congenital heart disease or sickle cell disease. Most adults have atherosclerosis. Many of the kids have had perinatal strokes, that is, strokes just before, during or shortly after birth, like our most recent child referred to Atlanta Hyperbaric. Children with stroke often present with seizures, whereas adults do so infrequently. Clot busting drugs like TPA have not been studied in children because it is so rare to diagnose a child within three hours of the onset of stroke.
Now it turns out that the incidence of childhood stroke may be more frequent than once believed. A University of California group took a look at Kaiser Permanente records of more than two million children to determine the incidence of stroke in this population. Stroke is still pretty rare in children, 2.4 per 100,000 person-years, but these finding are roughly double the incidence previously reported. Because the authors searched radiology reports as well as discharge diagnoses, they were able to confirm a lot more cases.
These data say nothing about whether the incidence of stroke in children is increasing or that diagnosis is become more accurate. What we can say, for certain, is that childhood stroke is being recognized more and more.
I believe that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be of particular benefit to children who have had strokes. For example, I have seen striking improvement in seizure control in cerebral palsy patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen and would think the same would be true in children with strokes. Of course, like the cerebral palsy patients, children with stroke have a whole lifetime in front of them.


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Self Reflection on Decision Making
I found the workshop on Problem Solving and Decision Making not just useful but also interesting. When we graduate and find work in organizations as Human Resource (HR) managers, we will be faced with many situations on a daily basis that will require us to make sensible, accurate and fair decisions. It could deciding which person to hire, which supplier to use, or which strategy to pursue, but the ability to make a good decision with available information is vital. To be able to do this we need to understand the processes of decision-making and how one can try to eliminate bias while doing so.
Over the course of the day, I learnt that in order to make good decisions, the ability to reason logically and sift the accurate information from the corporate jargon is very important. When we were taught the various steps involved in decision-making process I realized that sometimes I arrive at a decision without considering some of the options. Being creative was another skill I picked up during one of the exercises. Some of the best solutions come from thinking innovatively. We were asked to be part of thought showers and come up with different uses of screwdriver, it was amusing to see what a group of 7 girls could come up with. It also showed me how insightful some of these events could be as we came up with ideas I couldn't possibly think of by myself. Many organizational decisions we will be required to make will never have clear-cut solutions and it is important we think out of the box sometimes.
I also picked up different techniques to solve problems like drawing up a matrix to simplify complicated information, fishbone analysis as well as using decision trees that we later applied to the group case study.
The session on ethical decision-making struck a cord with me, as it is probably one of the most challenging tasks of managers today. Ethics can have a different meaning for everybody hence it is even more important to follow some universally acceptable ethical practices while making decisions. As it is rooted in context, there needs to be a good match between personal ethics and organizational ethics for an employee to be satisfied with the job. This principle will definitely help me understand and evaluate the type of companies I want to work with in the future.
When I considered what I value most, it is self-respect. No job can be satisfying if you do not believe in yourself and your abilities. Being ethical and giving the task at hand my best is what constitutes self-respect for me. This is a virtue I would not want to give up and I hope to maintain that even while working in the corporate world.
As an area for development, I need to talk less and listen more so I understand the whole situation before I offer an opinion. I recognized that during the case study on ethical decision-making I was quick to judge the solution and that half-baked information can be quite dangerous. Until Carol handed us the lawyer's advice none of us had thought of other possible scenarios and we had to revise our plan taking that into consideration.
Decision-making is a key skill in the workplace, and is particularly important if you want to be an effective leader .HR managers have a great task of simplifying complex information and deducing facts especially while interviewing and selecting candidates. Even though HR does not take too many strategic decisions, they do have the task of laying out all the information so that people in charge can make better-informed choices. Sometimes these choices relate to the jobs of people, for example, redundancy decisions or new market expansions. Adair (1999) suggests 5 steps for effective decision making which include defining the objective, collecting relevant information, generating feasible options, making the decisions and also evaluating it (so we know if it was a good or a bad decision). It is therefore very...
References: Adair, J. (1999). Decision Making and Problem Solving. London: CIPD
Bazerman, M. (1998). Judgment in Managerial Decision Making. 4th Edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Jennings, D. & Wattam, S. (1998). Decision Making: An Integrated Approach. 2nd Edition. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.
MindTools (1996) Hartnett 's Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making Model. Available at: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/codm.htm (Accessed on: 14th November 2012).
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Sunday, 11 November 2012
I have been asked this question many times and my answer has always been "as many as I can make."
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I have some very exciting, unexpected news! I now have a little shop within the Mall of Saint Paul, a two floor mecca of mostly vintage pieces and beautiful collectible things in Saint Paul, Minnesota! There are over 60 vendors within the space including me now. We each have a little room or shop as I'm calling it, that we fill with whatever treasures we want to sell. I am integrating things that I've made including some cyanotypes, fabric earrings, napkins, greeting cards and whatever else I have around my studio...combined with pieces that I have collected from thrift stores and from my travels that I am ready to let go of. I am thinking of my little shop as a craft fair meets a flea market meets a thrift store meets a garage sale in the best possible way. It's colorful, eclectic, well organized and affordable.
It's funny how things work out and align sometimes when we pay attention. Like Steve Jobs said, "You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards." I have loved collecting beautiful things and curating creatively since I can remember. Decorating my room as a kid, putting together crazy outfits in high school, thrift store shopping starting in college, buying little treasures when I traveled somewhere...those are just parts of who I am but how they connected to my life as an artist and my business didn't come together until now.
A creative lightbulb went off a couple of months ago and I thought, what if I did a pop up shop with pieces I collected and some of my art mixed in? I envisioned having colorful things like coffee tables, lamps, dish towels, vases, art, earrings, greeting cards...all set up in a beautiful way. People would come and wander around, chat, connect and take something home with them to add into their own lives. They could have the experience of treasure hunting and reusing without the chaos of sifting through so much stuff. I would curate the experience for them with my style and aesthetic. I shared the idea with Kelly, my wife, and a few close friends and they loved it. Then I let it simmer for a couple of weeks and got stuck on what the right space would be for it to happen in. I thought of the places I've sold my art before but farmers markets and craft fairs didn't feel quite right. Someone's house? We have too many pets to host here and it would be confusing to make it obvious what was for sale and what wasn't. Then Kelly went to the Mall of Saint Paul to buy a desk for her office. Kelly being the big thinker and extrovert that she is, chatted with the owner while she was there about how it works to sell things, if someone can sell their own art and if they had any spaces open. He said there was one space available downstairs and I could sell my art, things I collect and basically whatever I want. Kelly came home and told me about it and it felt like puzzle pieces sliding together in such an unexpected way and we both said, "uh, this is actually really perfect!" We went back over so I could meet Bill, the owner and see the space and I decided to trust my gut and go for it. I put my name down on the spot and go for it.
There is no grand plan for this and no road map really since I haven't seen my version of this done before. I have no marketing strategy, none of that. I'm flying by the seat of my pants, trusting my instincts and learning as I go. The thing is, it feels so right and it's REALLY FUN. It feels like so many parts of who I am and what I love coming together in a new way. Now, it's not without a cocktail of hard feelings as I do this-fears that it won't be good enough, that I won't do it "right", that I will spend too much money thrifting and not sell the stuff, that it won't be perfect...but I'm trying to feel those feelings as they come up and not let them stop me from doing something I really want to do. I'm also trying to embrace it as an opportunity to practice not being so fucking hard on myself all the time and that there is no perfect in anything and that's a dumb thing to aspire to anyway because it takes all the fun out of it.
So, here are the details if you want to come and visit! The Mall of Saint Paul is located at 1817 Selby Ave, St Paul, MN 55104 on the corner of Selby Avenue and Fairview Avenue next door to the Blue Door Pub. My little shop is downstairs and is open whenever the mall is open which is Tuesday-Sunday 11am-7pm. There are tons of things to look at throughout the entire place, so be prepared to wander and explore! I won't be there regularly except to stock my shop and work a shift here and there, the staff runs the show and manages all of the sales for everyone.
If you visit, I would love to hear what you think! If you find a treasure, you can take a photo of it and share it on Instagram if you into that kind of thing. Tag me @emmafreeman so I can see what you found!
(And this is my newest attempt at reviving my blog. We'll see what happens but I may start to share more here about my work and my life.)


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Qadri asks parliamentarians to leave assemblies within 48 hours
Addressing the participants of the Inqilab March, Dr Tahirul Qadri praised their determination and patience for staging a sit-in in Islamabad for the past 12 days. He said that the participants endured scorching heat and heavy rains, yet they did not fluctuate from their stance.
The PAT chief said there is no example of such determination in the history of Pakistan. He said the Inqilab March has entered into its final phase of a revolution and the members should evacuate all the assemblies at the earliest.
Qadri said, "We do not consider this government and assemblies to be legal and constitutional".
Showing the participants a burial shroud, Dr Tahirul Qadri said, "Today I have decided either this shroud will be worn by me or it will fall over the Nawaz-government. I have come here to give the final call of a revolution, with a desire to embrace martyrdom".
He warned the parliamentarians to leave the assemblies before the deadline ends.
The PAT chief said the General Elections 2013 were unconstitutional and so were the assemblies formed after it.
He quoted Afzal Khan as saying, "Not just 35, but hundreds of punctures were inflicted, while 90 percent of the elections were rigged in 2013".
Qadri said the government negotiated only for the sake of wasting time, it was not intended to resolve the issue.
He also paid a tribute to the martyrs of Model Town incident and said that their blood provided strength to this struggle.
The PAT chief said that the government is trying to escape the aftermath of the Model Town massacre; it is trying to temper the report of the joint investigation team (JIT).
Dr Tahirul Qadri claimed that two of the JIT members wrote a note against the government and declared it responsible of the killing of 14 people. He demanded the government to bring forth that very note within this 48 hours' period.


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While nursing my hangover with advil and Twilight, Breaking Dawn part 1...I mean CNN 6:00 news...I firmly decided that something sweet would solve all my problems. Hangover, meet fudge. "But Finley, it's not fall yet, silly!" Shut up. I don't care. If pumpkin puree is sold at all times of the year then pumpkin flavor can be enjoyed at all times of the year. I know I literally just posted the pumpkin mug cake, so this may be a little bit of pumpkin overkill...but I wasn't about to let a perfectly good can of partially used pumpkin puree go to waste.
This fudge. Oh em gee. Also, it only takes about five minutes to make. Maybe less. I had to give most of the pan away to keep myself from visiting the freezer every ten minutes. If sun butter doesn't suit you, go with almond butter. If you're not strict paleo, give peanut butter a shot. But the combination of flavors here is like a dancing fiesta of chocolatey fudgy goodness on my palate.
- 2 cups Enjoy Life chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup canned coconut milk
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup sun butter
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon will also work)
- Dash of nutmeg
- Dash of vanilla
- Microwave the chocolate chips and coconut milk in 30 second increments until smooth.
- Spread the melted chocolate across an 8x8 or 9x9 dish.
- In a bowl, combine the pumpkin puree, sun butter, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg and vanilla. Pour the mixture out on top of the chocolate layer and spread across.
- Freeze until set and cut into small squares. Keep in the freezer or refrigerator.


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October 17, 1960
Dear Dad and Russ,
The office is officially closed today (we are celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving Day which we forgot to observe last Monday) so I thought I would take advantage of the free time to try to write you a letter.
Unfortunately, I forgot to bring in your recent letters, Dad and I can't remember if you asked any questions in them. Oh yes, I do remember about the stamps and I will get them off (uncanceled) very soon. I received a large envelope containing letters from Tudi, Nairobi and Sydney (date-marked Bombay!) and also my two drivers licenses for which many thanks. I also noted that you have sent by sea some bed linen and towels. Will probably take a month or two to reach me but I think I can get along in the meantime on borrowed sheets.
Don't be alarmed at the thought of my having to buy a Jeep because Roger Bull let me have his for the sum of $300.00. This vehicle is a real classic. It is named "I PRESUME", the words being stenciled on the front of the jeep just under the windshield. There is quite a history behind "I PRESUME" – it was first brought to Leopoldville in 1951, being driven here all the way from Israel. Since that time it has been passed back and forth between members of the American Consulate and the Canadian Trade Commissioner's office. Before I took it over, it was borrowed by the UN for the use of the Canadian postmaster, Capt. Manck. While it was in the possession of the Canadian contingent of the U.N., a lot of work was done on it so that now it is as good as new and should last me for my posting here. It's a very African-looking vehicle – dark red with brown canvas top, appropriately dusty and fully equipped for safari with gas and water cans and two spare tires on the back. Mind you, it sounds somewhat like a bomb, especially when driving downhill, but the reaction I get from the native population is superb. Children dance up and down and laugh; men and women stop whatever they're doing and wave and smile when I passed by. The Congolese are individually very, very friendly and childlike. But they are slightly timid of white people, particularly when a white person goes swishing by in a huge American automobile. I quite often give rides to people I pass by on the road and they seem to love it and are most grateful. It's good public relations, too, because "I PRESUME" also has "CANADA" painted on both sides of the hood, as well as a maple leaf emblem fore and aft.
Now about my accommodation. I have rented a villa in a lovely residential area known as "Park Hembise" (Ahm-bees) about 7 km straight up into the hills outside of Leopoldville. It is only a 15 minute drive from the office, however, because there was a good, paved road all the way. It is not in the least bit isolated – there is a Swiss family living next door, Swedes across the street and two very close American friends of mine, Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew moved into a house two doors away last Saturday. My garden looks into the garden of the Japanese ambassador's residence on the next street and a few doors down from him some of the Canadian UN officers have a house. While Parc Hembise is quite a distance out of town it is not by any means bordering on the jungle. There are many more houses out beyond the Parc and about 10 km further on there is yet another settlement called the Djelo Binza where many of the Americans and Swedes live. You might say that Parc Hembise is Suburbia As It Should Be – there are no repeat no obvious telephone poles, the houses are all placed at odd angles on the hillside and set in spacious grounds with masses of trees and lovely well-kept lawns, all of the roads are winding and every few hundred feet wooded spaces have been left in their natural state, not to mention the numerous gullies that abound with wild parrots and a million other species of songbirds (one hardly needs an alarm clock – the morning music of the birds is enough to wake even the soundest sleeper). There is also a very good grocery store and a bakeshop in the Parc, as well as two gas stations (Fina and Texaco) so it is not necessary to go into town to do shopping. And the main attraction of life in Parc on bees is the coolness – it is about 300 to 500 feet above Leopoldville, there is always a cool breeze and at night I am mighty glad to have a warm blanket on my bed.
I will now try to describe "Villa Magalette" (Chez Nixon). It is a yellow stucco bungalow with a green roof and white trim. It is built on the hillside with the back of the house facing the road and driveways running down both sides of the house to the parking area underneath the terrace at the front. There is a hedge running along the road to give privacy and the grounds at the back of the house consist of three terraced lawns; the lowest terrace has three huge, "trunkless" palm trees – sort of like giant potted palms – and growing up beside the back porch there is an enormous Bougainvillaea plant which abounds with bunches of bright scarlet and purple flowers. The main entrance is at the side of the house and here, again, is another Bougainvillaea plant. You enter into a hall and on your right there is a small washroom (toilet and washbasin). To the left of the hall you pass through an archway into the living room. This room is the real attraction of the house. Two walls of the room are almost completely taken up with French doors opening onto the biggest terrace I've ever seen which runs along two sides of the house. The view from the terrace is magnificent. I can see the Congo River way down below and in the distance the hills of ex-French Equatorial Africa, stretching as far as the eye can see. And at night the lights of Leopoldville sparkle through the trees. The terrace also looks down onto the garden which consists of a large lawn and lovely trees. Back to the living room – the walls are beige, ceiling white, and the floor two-tone gray tiles (all floors are tile here for purposes of cleanliness and as a precaution against termites). In one corner there is a cupboard which opens up into a bar. In front of this there is a small round wooden table, inlaid with ivory, and a chair. In the centre of the room there is a glass-covered inlaid wood coffee table, two large easy chairs with foot rests, and a curved sofa that measures 12 feet across the back!! All throughout the house the ceilings are about 11 feet high with screened events up near the top to keep the place cool. Also, around one of the sets of French doors in the living room there are 12 screened vents covered with white wooden latticework – very attractive. The living room extends into the dining room which, again, is very nicely furnished with table, eight chairs, buffet and sideboard. The dining room windows look out onto the back garden and through the branches of the Bougainvillea plant. In both the living and dining rooms are crystal chandeliers and walls lights. Between the living and dining rooms there is another archway which goes into a hall. A door on the right of this hall leads to the kitchen – very big, with refrigerator, stove, cupboard, kitchen table with two chairs, double sinks and enough space left over to hold a dance. The kitchen door and windows look out onto the back porch with its four arches and Bougainvillaea plant. In one corner of the kitchen a door leads into a pantry which is a small room with shelves and cupboards along one wall. From the hall outside the kitchen door you go through another door into another hall. Opening onto this hall are two large bedrooms and the main bathroom. I'm using one of the bedrooms as a storeroom and occupying the room on the corner of the house with windows on two walls. There is also a door leading from this bedroom into the bathroom. And at long last I have a bathroom that a person can move around in!! I would say that my bathroom as easily as big as our dining room on Kirkwood Avenue. There is even a recess in one wall where I have a white table and potted fern. So much for the main part of the house. Downstairs there is what is known here as the "boys work area". This consists of a good-size room with two washtubs, ironing table, hallway, shower and separate toilet.
Now about my staff. First of all, let me assure you that a house staff is not a luxury here – it is an absolute necessity. For one thing there is no such thing as a laundry as we know them back home. Also, to attempt to do one's own housecleaning in this climate would be suicide for a European or North American. My staff consists of a houseboy and gardener. A "boy" incidentally is anyone who works in a house and is no reflection on the person's age – my "boy" is married with three children, for example. There are good boys and bad boys. I was fortunate enough to get a real prince of a boy. His name is Ernest (of all things) and he arrives every morning at 6:30. I get up around 7 and wander into the dining room where my breakfast awaits me – usually a pot of fresh coffee, scrambled eggs, fruit juice (or fresh pineapple or papaya) and toast. After I leave for the office, Ernest washes all the floors, does the dusting, makes the bed, shines my shoes, presses my trousers, does the laundry and goes on his bicycle to the store to do any shopping I might want done. This comprises the normal duties of a houseboy. Now Ernest, fortunately, is also a qualified and excellent cook and takes great pleasure in his work in the kitchen. Where he finds the time, I shall never know, but when I arrive home at 12:30 Ernest has a huge hot dinner waiting for me. His steaks are superb, seasoned just right, he cooks a chicken that would make your mouth water just to look at it. He also has potatoes, fresh vegetables and a salad on the table and on weekends he usually prepares a large potato salad and a plate of cold cuts for me to eat on Sundays (his day off). I give Ernest 100 francs a week (about two dollars) to buy fresh vegetables and fruit from the native ladies who come to the door each day and he always seems to be able to buy enormous amounts of food and have quite a bit of money left over. A fresh, golden, juicy pineapple, for example, costs about 10 cents here and you can buy about three papayas for 20 cents. Ernest always serves my after-dinner coffee out on the terrace and then he disappears into the kitchen to wash up the dishes. In the afternoons he does the ironing. The other member of my staff is chap named Donatien, a friend of Ernest's (this is very important here because if you had two boys from different tribes working for you, you might find a war on your hands). Donatien only comes three times a week to do the gardening and general handy-work around the house. He cuts the grass, rakes the leaves, plants gorgeous things in the flowerbeds and planters around the terrace and waters anything that he thinks might need watering. Donatien (who looks like Rudy Vallee in a minstrel show) is not nearly as bright as Ernest but he is a very pleasant happy-go-lucky chap who always has a cheery "bonjour patron" for me in the mornings. You are probably wondering about now just how much I must pay for the services of these two boys. Well, I am almost ashamed to admit it, but I pay them the standard salary for a houseboy and gardener – Ernest receives $42 a month, Donatien gets $20. In other words, my allowance for this post ($115 a month) covers my share of the rent ($50) plus the salaries of both members of my house staff – with three dollars left over!! The one and only disadvantage to this, of course, is that I am getting awfully spoiled – just a clap of the hands and the job is done!
Well, I think the time has come to go for a swim. I spent all day yesterday other place known as the FUNA Club, outside of Leopoldville and managed to turn a lovely lobster red but today is slightly cloudy so I think I can risk a swim without burning some more. The summer is truly upon us now – everything gets greener and greener by the minute and each day is just a little hotter than the one before. So will close for now. Received a long letter from Bob and Joan last week which I haven't had time to answer so would you please phone them and give them my best.
Lots of love, David


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Bouygues Says Unit Wins Cathay Pacific Project
PARIS -- Bouygues SA, a construction and public works company, said its Dragages et Travaux Publics subsidiary was chosen to build the new headquarters of Cathay Pacific airlines at Chek Lap Kok, the site of Hong Kong's new airport.
The project is valued at one billion francs ($195.1 million), Bouygues said. Construction will start at the end of October and is expected to be completed in 22 months, the company said.


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Olympic Torch Relay comes to the SF Bay Area
The Olympic Torch makes its only stop in North America and with it comes 1000 protesters.
Judging by recent events in Turkey, this could get ugly real quick.
This does not bode well for the Olympic Torch in San Francisco
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David Kassman was born in Israel.
He has spent the last 12 years of his life shooting photographs around the world.
His main focus being in Africa, Australia,
New Zealand, South and Central America
and The Far East. As a renowned Israeli artist, Kassmani is teaching photography at Shankar University of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Working with Donna Karan's Urban Zen Foundation since September 2007. .
Exhibitions to date:
October 2008 at Expressions Fine Art Gallery, "Unreal"
May 2008 Exhibit at Donna Karan Studio, New York.
May 2007 Neve Tzedek Gallery, T.A. "Wines Country".
April 2006 Bernard Gallery, Tel-Aviv,
Photo Exhibition.
September 2005 Wildlife of Australia
and New Zealand.
July 2003 Equador, Galapagos Islands.
June 2001 Colombia, Costa Rica.
February 1999 Thailand, Laos


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Student feels persecuted on flight
I had flown 16 times in the past month. The Pan Am Shuttle had symbolically become the
liaison between the relaxation experienced with my family in Washington and the intensity of MIT in Boston.
The quick link between the cities via New York had also eased the transition from the interdependence of a close-knit family to the self-dependence of college life. In essence, the two, inexpensive, 40-minute rides on the Pan Am Shuttle were a pleasant interlude between my two lives, and had permitted the development of friendships with frequently seen flight attendants and airport personnel.
Yet today, this image which time and a tad of romantic outlook had formed of the Pan Am Shuttle has been obliterated and replaced by an awful, first-hand look at the distrust and violation of human rights which Americans are beginning to impose upon each other as the war with Iraq continues.
Boston was my planned destination early on the Saturday morning of Jan. 27 as I entered the Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport.
After having spent an unplanned overnight stay in New York because of a flight cancellation, I was relieved to finally obtain my boarding pass from the Pan Am Shuttle representative and fasten my seatbelt on Flight 245.
The ritual-like announcements which precede take-off on every shuttle flight resounded with a deadened echo as I dosed on and off. As the engines began to roar I heard a final announcement, "If Washington is not your destination please disembark at this time."
Washington! I immediately jumped up and asked to be let off. With only slight hesitation, the plane's main door was opened, and I exited. If I had known of the consequences which would result from having simply followed the directions to "disembark at this time," I would never have unbuckled my belt.
Within a matter of minutes several security guards approached me and began to question my actions. I clearly explained the situation, yet I ascertained disbelief in their eyes.
Several other chief administrators, including the security chief and the management director asked me for identification and verification of my story. Yet, time and time again, their paranoia of my having planted a bomb on Flight 245 seemed to surmount to an unjustifiably irrational level.
At one point I was even accused of having tried to switch flights in order to gain an additional 6000 miles of frequent flier mileage which the Pan Am Shuttle was offering at the time!
As the minutes passed I continued to give details to corroborate my actions, but nothing I said seemed to sway the prejudged, irrationally based guilty verdict I was to receive.
Finally, an overwhelming sense of relief came upon me as I saw one of the flight attendants I had spoken with the evening before while stranded in New York. She told me, "Don't worry, you'll get on the 9:30 flight to Boston. I'll verify the situation for you."
I began to relax amid assurances that all would turn for the better, yet within minutes I entered a complete state of disbelief as her word was discounted and I was presumed a terrorist.
I was escorted out of the airport by police guards and told that I was a serious security risk to Pan Am and that my return to the Marine Air Terminal would result in my arrest by the Port Authority.
I had done nothing wrong. I had done nothing that warranted the extreme level of disrespect that Pan Am's personnel had for my rights as an American citizen.
From my college dorm window I look onto Boston. I did make it back to Boston, but not without having my outlook on life in the United States and my view of trust and openmindedness fundamentally changed.
I understand Pan Am's concern for the safety of its passengers, and for this it must be commended. Yet there is a limit to the extent and manner in which safety is enforced, and in no case should the rights of American citizens be violated as mine have been by Pan Am.
Nicholas P. De Luca '94->


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penang hotel Fundamentals Explained
Additionally, Penang is the one condition where by the ethnic Chinese are the majority. Penang also has the 3rd-major economy among the states of Malaysia, immediately after Selangor and Johor, exceptionally for its tiny size.
George Town was designed from a swamp. Whilst Fort Cornwallis was getting created, Gentle inspired immigrants to The brand new settlement by firing silver cash into the jungles.[21] He also produced George Town like a cost-free port to bring in traders from Dutch ports within the region.
Chulia Avenue bookshops, numerous bookstores on Chulia Road sell secondhand books at a greater price tag, but in improved affliction
These a few-wheeled human-driven autos may very well be the most effective concept for a pleasing metropolis tour. You can cease at any stage to consider a photograph or get souvenirs.
It offers an personal escape with the heat as well as bustle of occupied George City but is nicely in going for walks distance to it. Opened given that 2009, it characteristics six person suites with wood flooring, four poster beds, mosquito nets and ceiling lovers. RM675 and RM575. edit
The city is clean, Safe and sound and nicely managed. Really walkable as there are pavement along most roadways and also the affliction of the pavement is superb. Fantastic absolutely free maps can be found within the Tourist Information and facts Counter located in the centre with the airport arrival halls. One thing to note is for those who consume inside of a coffeeshop, you should purchase a consume even if you do not require just one or have your own consume in the backpack. Some coffeeshop levy a RM0.50 (Jul 2015) desk demand if no consume has been ordered.
His Repeated visits culminated in the popular 1910 Penang convention which paved link how on the ultimately profitable Wuchang rebellion that overthrew the Manchu governing administration.
So when arriving e.g. at Penang airport from overseas, you won't get far along with your freshly ATM-dispensed RM fifty notes. The fare through the airport to KOMTAR is RM 2.70, so purchase a snack or very similar in the arrival hall.
Penang Island happens to be The most essential financial powerhouses in Malaysia. Bayan Lepas, home to quite a few multinational corporations, is A significant producing centre, although George City will be the country's main health care tourism hub.[five][6][7] Furthermore, George Town serves since the monetary centre of northern Malaysia, with quite a few Global financial visit institutions primarily based in the town centre.
The initial manner of transportation in George Town was the horse hackney carriage, which was visit well known concerning the late 18th century and 1935, when the rickshaw gained reputation.
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The last song to give you goosebumps!
Yesterday whilst driving home i was cranking me copy of dan le sac Vs Scroobious pip album....got to the song 'Tommy'....and on the bit where he says "now tell me one fucking thing more beautiful than that" i got the biggest case of goose bumps ive had in ages. honestly it was like part orgasam!
your turn...
It was
Owen Pallet doing Joanna Newsom's Peach Plum Pear sends shivers down my spine. It's beautiful.
that song is really good
and owen pallet is really good too
it was
Yo La Tengo - The Crying of Lot G
Pretty much the most perfect love song ever, imo.
For me
Deeper into Movies
I love that EP
its really special.
kissing the beehive by wolf parade
I had listened to it a few times and it did little but on my walk back from uni I had it played loud on my ipod and it blew me away. I started shaking with a desire to dance but well I would have looked odd.
the first song on the new elbow album
just before the 'tell is this love' explosion
Sax Rhomer 1 by the Mountain Goats
got me recently. "I am coming home TO YOU!"
Brrr... Lovely.
^ agree
i was nearly brought ot tears at a bus stop when i first heard that
i meant the elbow track
Its a toss up between
Rusties mix on radio one and Flying Lotus going back-to-back with Kode 9 on Rinse FM that I tracked down as mp3s last night their are some brilliant tunes on those that I have no idea what they are called but they gave me goosebumps.
Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows (M83 remix) is epic and beautiful.
A place to bury strangers
Ocean - it kicked in as I was on the last approach to home, and all in front of me was empty.
What Sarah Said - Death Cab For Cutie
I was sat alone at a small train station and there was a power cut, leaving me in the dark with "Who's gonna watch you die" repeatedly sung in my ears.
have you imparted that story before?
Or am i having one of my deja vu things?
Obvioulsy you will only be able to answer one of those questions for definite.
I probably have imparted it before
it probably doesn't sound anywhere near as freaky as it was.
I thought I was going a bit crazy.
Awww people...
We're all such softy's at heart!
Moments like that
are really what mono are for.
Watched a live in-studio take
of Jeff Buckley doing Hallelujah the other day, pretty incredible to see him holding those high notes at the end for so long and then coming down off them.
This music-on-demand on Virgin Media is pretty addicitive. Followed up Jeff by watching a load of Girls Aloud songs
Girls aloud
Blizzard Of '96
The Walkmen


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Extremely excited to receive this awesome cover from fellow ICCC member, Dashdondov J! Thank you very much! It is my second Mongolian cover!
The portrait stamp franked on the front of cover was issued in 2007 to commemorate the 780th Death Anniversary of Genghis Khan.
He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions that would ultimately result in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or invasions of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian populations - especially in Khwarezmia. By the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China.
Back of the cover shows stamps from the "Swans" series. They were issued in 1987.
This cover was posted from Ulan Bator or Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city of Mongolia on 10th Sept 2010 and took 11 days to reach me!


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Cadillac XTS is one of those cars whose fate was known before he made his debut only product on the market. Specifically, in order to change the image of the company, General Motors premium division in 2013 XTS unveiled to replace two obsolete model with rear-wheel drive (STS and DTS) in the first year, despite the limited supply sales reached 15,049 copies. XTS is solidly accepted to the Chinese market, now the largest car market in the world, where the waiting list is lengthy. However, despite a solid start, Cadillac makes no secret that the days are numbered XTS and will in the near future bizi interchangeable with the new model with rear-wheel drive. But while this does not occur, the American automaker has decided to expand the line of presenting performance versions wearing Vsport tag and to be on sale by the end of the year. 2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport not work the same team who made his name with the Cadillac CTS-V, but this version is the closest thing to what customers expect from fashion to performance cars, which is mainly intended for older customers.
2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport engine
The 2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport powered 3.6L twin-turbo V6 engine that develops 410 hp and 500 Nm of torque, which is significantly less than the CTS, where the same engine develops 10 hp and 83 Nm of torque more. Reasons for dissatisfaction but not after the alleged engine a big improvement compared to the standard 3.6L V6 engine, which develops 321 hp and 371 Nm of torque, and will be particularly satisfied with Chinese customers where the XTS until now was only available with the 2.0L turbo I4 engine with 272 hp and 353 Nm of torque. While the basic XTS available with choice of front traction and drive to all four wheels Vsport will provide only ear the second option, and the power will be transmitted to the wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission. So far, the fastest tested XTS is a model with 3.6L engine and front-wheel drive, which has seen accelerating to 100 km / h in 6.6 seconds and will not be a surprise if Vsport provide acceleration for the same distance under six seconds.
2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport price
From the design the only way to discern from the rest 2014 Vsport XTS lines are 20-inch wheels and a special mask. 2014 Vsport will only be available in two luxurious versions – Premium and Platinum – and therefore is not surprising that the initial high price of $ 63.020. Although this car will have a short life span, we are sure to leave a good enough impression on the market. And with 410 hp under the hood, do not be surprised if your sports car is not able to follow your grandfather's Cadillac.
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Interactive Resource Center, Greensboro - Helping the Homeless
August 30th we were privileged to have with us as our guest speaker Liz Seymour, the Executive Director of Interactive Resource Center.
Interactive Resource Center is a day resource center for people who are homeless or facing homelessness. Liz spent most of her career as a freelance writer, writing--ironically--for high end decorating magazines such as Southern Accents and Traditional Home, but her experience volunteering with a free food program called Food Not Bombs led her to join in the effort to establish a day center in Greensboro.
The Interactive Resource Center opened in January 2009 and Liz became Executive Director in June of that year. In May 2011 the IRC moved from its temporary quarters in Bessemer United Methodist Church to its permanent home at 407 E. Washington Street where it serves over 200 people a day. Liz is a graduate of Smith College and has lived in Greensboro since 1979.
Please join us in support of this great program which truly caries the heart of Gate City Rotary!
407 E. Washington Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
P.O. Box 20568
Greensboro, NC 27420
336/332-0824 (office)
336/544-5422 (direct line)
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Constantin Daniel Rosenthal
Constantin Daniel Rosenthal (1820-1851)
portrait by Ion Negulici
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portrait by Ion Negulici
no copyright infringement intended
He was born in Pest in the family of a Jewish merchant, and the road of his life brought him to Bucharest in the 1840's, where he entered the radical revolutionary circles and participated with full heart to the 1848 Revolution. I never would have thought that I could be as Wallachian as I am now, would he latter testify in a correpondence with one of his Romanian friends, C.A.Rosetti.
He died as a martyr for the 1848 Wallachian Revolution: he had decided to return to Wallachia in an attempt to rekindle the radical movement; the Austrians arrested the painter during his presence in Pest; pressured to reveal his connections and refusing to comply, Rosenthal was tortured to death; his body was never returned to his family.
In 1878, Maria Rosetti, would write:
(He was) one of the best and the most loyal people that God created after His image. He died for Romania, for its liberties; he died for his Romanian friends.
The portraits painted by him bring us the spirit of that epoch, when the modern Romanian state was emerging.
(Ion Negulici)
(Old Masters)
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Were you to break into my house*, this shelf probably has the most valuable loot.
It took me (& my parents) a long time to finally complete the collection of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks—clearly the series that got me into tabletop gaming. Half of the reason is the relative rarity of some of the books: the final of the original series—Curse of the Mummy—was only printed 5000 times, and even one of the newer texts goes for fifty quid online. I've seen auctions go to several hundred pounds for some of these books.
Sure, the TV beside might look more appealing, but these would probably fetch a higher price total.
So I've been recently building dungeons for a secret project** and much of that has involved deciding upon various things for players to locate and sell for cold, hard cash. Worryingly, this process has gotten me thinking.
The treasure you give your players doesn't just have to be worth more money.
While the most obvious (& easily altered) value of an object is its innate or accepted cost, it shouldn't be the only thing you consider when setting out treasure.
- If you have a buyer, it's more valuable. At the baseline, this is the core of a fetch-quest. Here adventurer, go get me this thing. I'll give you gold.
That said, it's also possible to realise partway through possession of something that its value can go up.
- Information (& context) affects value. If you suddenly learn that someone is a keen buyer of something you already have, suddenly its relative value to your players increases.
- Value moves both ways. Blood diamonds are much cheaper. Epiphanies can shift value. Epiphanies are of value.
Luckily, I've never had a book stolen. I have had a bike stolen. (It was a really lovely bike too—sorry Mum.) You can't ride a book away.
- The ease of transport is something that cannot be ignored in its value. I recently placed a massive ten-foot square triptych in my SECRET DUNGEON**. Its monetary value is fantastic; its relative value is quite low because it is so difficult to get out of the dungeon.
Clearly this list is missing a lot of nuance. I don't really care to hone that out, but I do want to hear what you've done about valuable loot.
* Don't.
** SECRETS. Okay, honestly though – if you're interested in OSR RPGs and playing cards, do get in touch.


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I was in satan's starting five. I was one of his leading scorers. I scored points from every position, facing the basket, back to the basket, in the key, from behind the three point line, from everywhere. I even scored jumpers from just inside the half court line regularly. I scored tens of thousands of points during my career.
The problem was, when the game was over I would keep on scoring! I would score a little weed, or maybe some hash. I dabbled in a few other light drugs for recreation, like angel dust or mescaline before turning to free basing cocaine and eventually crack. I was in society's eyes a cool dude. My life however was spiraling downward.
I kept score on how many women I could (slay) as well. I racked up a huge number of rebounds and even assists in that arena too. I was getting even for my nerdy adolescence, when boys called me brain, or professor, and girls wouldn't even look at me twice.
I was a cool dude but a mess inside.
I was living a life of recreation, on a satanic roll, playing his game, oblivious to the consequences. No, not oblivious, I knew from my grandmothers dragging me to church, the (Bottom line). But I wanted to live a little first!
God traded for me in the nick of time! Had I died sinning constantly, I would have lost the game eternally! He traded his Son's life and blood for me! He brought me into his team, cleaned me up, gave me a new uniform, a new position, and sat me on his bench.
While on the bench, he gave me a new coach, (THE HOLY SPIRIT), one who would guide me 24/7 and feed me constant scoring opportunities. He gave me a good salary (I would never lack for anything good or necessary again). He told me that no matter what happens, WE will win the championship, not every game, but the title will be ours!
He then thrust me onto the court of life at a new position, that of Point Guard, with instructions to pass to all who were open to hearing the TRUTH!
The earthly game is winding down people. We're in the fourth quarter. It's crunch time! When we go into this overtime the victory will already have been decided.
Lucifer is taking his last shots, bombarding the rims with bricks, hoping to drag as many as he can into the loser's locker room and like the Boston Gardens, there is no AC in there.
We've got to block his shots, ( lies, unhealthy fleshly desires, greed, selfishness, violence, coldheartedness, unforgiveness, music loaded with debauchery, mediatic subliminal satanic suggestions, political leaders sworn to his service, and the list is practically endless!
We've got to block his shots, jump up and grab the rebounds and fly downcourt and jam in every sense imaginable into Heaven's rims!
Are you on the winning team? Have you chosen the one where God is the owner, Jesus is the general manager, and the Holy Spirit, the coach? Do it now while you still have time, while you still can. Very soon you will be physically forced into a decision as to which side you will be on and your place of residence for eternity will be chosen.
Come sit on God's bench with Jesus (seated at the right hand of THE FATHER) and be sent out to score souls for Good! I did!
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Mountain Province is a landlocked province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. It has a land area of 832.97 sq mi with a population of 154,590.
Capital city: Bontoc
Name of airport: Bagabag Airport
Temperature: 16 – 27 Celsius
Languages spoken by the locals: Ilocano, Bontoc,Kankana-ey,Pangasinan,Tagalog and English
Mode of transportation:
- Jeep
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Province Highlights
- Bontoc Village Museum – The museum building is a replica of a traditional Ifugao house. The museum collection includes traditional costumes, hunting and farming tools.
- Sagada – is known as the Mountain Province's Pride. Here you can do trekking, spelunking and waterfalls hiking.
- Rice Terraces – there are several breathtaking view of rice terraces in Mt Province, a must see is Bay-yo Rice terraces in Bontoc.
- Besao – it is located in western part of the mountain province. Here you can witness the famous "besao sunset".
- Hanging Coffins – it is located in Lumiang Burial Cave. The ancient Igorot believes that hanging the coffins of their loved ones was meant to put them closer to heaven.
Local delicacies
- Patopat – sticky rice cake wrapped in banana leaf
- Gabay Fruit Wines – made from processed berries, roselle flowers, rice and fruits
Must try
- Trekking
- Spelunking
- Kiltepan Sunrise and Sea of Clouds


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Here are a few recently shot pictures of the new BMW 1-Series undergoing final testing at the Nurburgring before its scheduled debut sometime later this year. As you can tell from the prototype caught testing in these photos, there's much less camouflage on the car, which gives us a clearer idea of its styling. It looks more upright than the current model, as it bears a slight resemblance to the X1. Rear visibility is also said to improve.
The new 1-Series will also be larger than the outgoing model, with BMW preparing for their new line-up of entry-level cars slated below the 1-Series. No official launch date has been announced, but we're predicting it will debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show this September.


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I have two dogs, Casper and Bailey. I love them to death. They are my pals. I enjoy being with them. I also love to observe them. With two dogs there is an interaction. I get a kick out of watching them interact.
Casper is the newer edition. I had Bailey for a a couple of years before Casper came along. Casper is also smaller than Bailey but they are both small dogs. When we brought Casper home and he was a tiny, tiny puppy my daughter was worried. She was worried that Casper would be nervous in his new home. LOL. Casper came home and took over. Casper was not a shy dog even when he was teenie, tiny. Even when he entered a new environment with a Top Dog already there. Casper was going to take over and do what he wanted to do. He was not shy.
Bailey is different than Casper. Bailey is shy. When people come over she does not run to interact with them. She prefers her solitude. When Casper first came she even ignored him. Casper, a dog, who is not shy did not give a hoot. He went over to Bailey and nudged her, kissed her, encouraged her and soon Bailey came out of her shell. She started to interact with Casper. Meeting Casper changed Bailey. Bailey is more out going now especially with other dogs.
The relationship with Casper and Bailey is like two pals. Casper picks on Bailey with love. Bailey pretends to be annoyed but she loves Casper. She really likes him to say to her, "C'mon Bailey, play with me."
So what does all this have to do with shyness? A lot. You know all those people like Casper that keep asking you to come and play with them? Stop pushing them away. They can be the key to getting out of your shell. They can prod you on to enjoy your life. Interacting with them can give you a freedom, liveliness and enthusiasm.
It's Friday. Don't reject that friend that wants to do something with you this week end. Go ahead and do something with them. Pretend you are Bailey and they are Casper. Have some fun. Lighten up. Open your heart.
Marcia, Your Confidence Coach
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Summary of observations recorded at 0830 hrs:
The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continues to pass through Lat. 5 N / Long. 86 E, Lat. 8 N / Long. 87 E, Lat. 13 N / Long. 91 E and Lat. 16 N / Long. 95 E. The east-west trough at mean sea level now runs from Punjab to Gangetic West Bengal across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
The cyclonic circulation extending upto 0.9 km a.s.l. over Assam and Meghalaya persists. A cyclonic circulation extending upto 1.5 kms a. s. l. lies over south Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood. A cyclonic circulation extending between 2.1 & 4.5 kms a. s. l. lies over eastern parts of Bihar and adjoining areas of West Bengal. An east-west shear zone runs roughly along Lat. 9.0 N between 3.1 & 7.6 kms a.s.l. across extreme south peninsula.
The western disturbance as a trough in mid and upper tropospheric westerlies now runs with its axis at 5.8 kms a.s.l. roughly along Long.90 E to the north of Lat.28 N. The other western disturbance as a trough in mid and upper tropospheric westerlies now runs with its axis at 5.8 kms a.s.l. roughly along Long.66 E to the north of Lat.35 N. Above two systems are likely to move east-northeastwards. Heat wave conditions prevailed at isolated places over Telangana.
Day temperatures were markedly above normal in some parts of Kerala and in remaining parts of Telangana, appreciably above normal in some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Saurashtra and Kutch, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and of coastal and south interior Karnataka and were above normal in some parts of Odisha, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Vidarbha and of Chhattisgarh and in remaining parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and of Tamil Nadu.
They were appreciably below normal in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar and of east Madhya Pradesh and were below normal in some parts of Gangetic West Bengal and in remaining parts of Assam and Meghalaya. They were normal over the rest of the country. The highest maximum temperature recorded over the plains was 46.0 C at Ramgundam (Telangana). PTI RDS DIP


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Jammu, Apr 14: Just within a few days of assuming power again, ministers have started exhibiting how powerful they are, and they can go to any extent to get what they want.
An owner of a Bungalow in posh Gandhi Nagar locality seems to have become an eyesore for one of the ministers, who seems to be interested in throwing him out of his house, as he is believed to have liked the property.
Sources informed Early Times the minister in question is behaving like an underworld don and is intimidating the police to get the bungalow vacated at any cost. "Jammu and Kashmir Police are caught in catch 20-20 situation as the minister in question is asking the police officials to misuse their official position and do whatever they could to acquire the property and appease him," sources claimed. They said , "The minister showing keen interest in the bungalow came to fore on Thursday when a group of police officers at his (minister's) behest raided the House No 116 AD at Gandhi Nagar which presently is in the possession of one Pawan Sharma. "
"The policemen allegedly lifted the servant of Pawan Sharma and reportedly took him to Bari Brahmana Police Station. As soon as Sharma came to know that his house has been raided and his servant lifted he informed the senior police officers, who told him that the house which he purchased in 2013 from one Paramjeet Singh is a disputed property" said a source.
Sharma while talking to Early Times said, " I was told that two ministers called the senior police officer in Jammu and ordered him to get the house vacated as soon as possible."
"I had purchased the property after court's registration from one Srinagar based person Paramjeet Singh," he added.
Meanwhile, a senior police officer when contacted said, "The bungalow in question is a disputed property between two brothers Paramjeet Singh and Amarjeet Singh. When Aamarjeet Singh realized that Paramjeet had sold the bungalow and swallowed the entire amount he knocked the door of the court where in he filed a complaint that his younger brother had sold his property which he raised out of loan from State Finance Corporation (SFC)."
However, Pawan Sharma said that Paramjeet had power of attorney on ground when he sold the property to him (Sharma).
Meanwhile, another senior police officer when apprised about the matter said that Police are caught "Between devil and the deep sea. One minister has been calling us to get the property vacated, while one more has joined the race and wants us to keep him abreast about the developments," he added.
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Did I mention that Mully was also short for "Sir Mullitus Longinus", and he sports a gray hairstyle to match? It's, um, yeah. XD I worked it out with him that I'll roll a d100 at random occasions, and if I hit a 3% threshold, he'll fall asleep. Other than that, he's free to use it for comic effect as much as he wants. Or just whenever he wants to avoid dangerous questions, such as how he keeps letting slip "It's a good thing you're so useful, now we wont have to kill you!" to Warrik, the guy they lied to to convince to help them. I'm thinking their temporary alliance wont last long. . . but I really hope the teabagging joke lasts until then. Details later.
Well, we wrapped up the first adventure yesterday. Everyone seems pretty happy with the current state of the game, although the two total newbies seem anxious to try out different character builds if they can get the chance to. Being new to the system and all, they seem to want to try out all of their options at present time.
As for the sessions themselves, we picked up where we left off, and the group charged onwards as the creature's tentacles continued breaking through the walls in pursuit of them. Pushing forward, they managed to flush out the core, which was a large, worm-like head that split open to reveal hundreds of small, tongue-like tentacles within its maw. It was a solo creature, but it was also entirely alone and an equal level challenge, so they managed to blast through it without too much trouble with the help of a couple dailies. By the fight's end though, Mully and Warrik were both low and health and out of healing surges, but without really knowing what it was, they managed to use some of the Creation magic that spawned the aberrant to restore lost healing surges and help themselves back up a bit.
As they helped Warrik up, Mully, who seems to enjoy constantly bantering with the NPCs, mentioned that they were just about to teabag him. Warrik, being somewhat oblivious to slang, asked what teabagging was, and Mully quickly tried to cover by explaining that teabagging was something friends did back in his homeland. With a big smile on his face, Warrik clasped his hand and said, "When all this is over, we'll have to teabag together then, friend!" Much laughter ensued. XD
Jeung Shi, who had managed to tunnel his way out of the cave-in with his war pick, reconnected with them at this point after a bit of trepidation and confusion that Cletus took far too long to step forward and reconcile. Next was a prolonged roleplaying section that served to introduce the resident Korean Warden to the new party members, as well as the NPCs. Jeung Shi took a particular interest in young Tarm, the squire, as he tried to convince the boy that he should stay back out of danger and leave the fighting to his elders. This drew out a bit of the squire's backstory, as he hotly countered that he can't afford to. His mother willingly slept with a lord in order to have him, a bastard son, to help support the family with the rights and privileges only such children born to a peasant can get. He has to do what he's doing now, because his mother and Lowborn siblings are relying on him. Still unhappy with having the boy fight, but not seeing an alternative, Jeung Shi let the matter drop.
Of Tyranis, there was still no sign; Jeung Shi's last sight of him had been of him trying to protect himself with a dome of ice as the rocks fell down from overhead. So they pressed onwards, and eventually found a rather unnatural room waiting for them. A 100 foot long, 30 foot diameter perfect cylinder, it had small, blue tentacles writhing against its walls. Within, a child sat crying at the far side, and a woman floated weightlessly as she was batted back and forth by several aberrant monstrosities.
The encounter was pretty interesting. There was no gravity in the room once they stepped off the platform, and it required a DC 10 Acrobatics check to allow you to move as you wished in three dimensions. Failure allowed a saving throw, and failure on that caused you to fly a random number of squares in a random direction. Contact with a wall dealt 1d6 psychic damage to both PCs and enemies alike, and all attacks had "Push 1" added onto them on a hit.
After a few bad rolls, Warrik and Jeung Shi took the worst of it by slamming themselves into walls on failed checks, but they also managed to halve the time of the encounter by pressing their enemies into them as well. Remembering the discarded dolls from the first session, Jeung Shi bought the woman time to flee to her child, which the woman then took into the next room as she fled the area. We broke for the day with Warrik at 9 hp and out of surges, Mully at 15 hp and out of surges, and the rest of the party low on resources but at full hp.


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If I add a new upload to the same project and set a price for that upload only, will the people, who have donated, have access to the new upload as well or do they need to make a new purchase?
A second question I have. Is it possible to send download keys only to people who have donated?
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The Lodge is surrounded by indigenous trees and shrubs which encourage a host of birds and mammals to come right to your front door. Tucked well away from the busy tourist circuit, Ndutu offers peace and tranquillity far from the madding crowd. Spend some time with us and unwind. Relax to the rhythm of an African day as a myriad bird calls herald the rising sun. Stay close to the lodge and enjoy the resident wildlife or go for a drive and explore the range of habitats that lie within easy reach. After sunset return to the homely warmth and hospitality of Ndutu Safari Lodge.
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