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Daphne slipped in and out of strange dreams for what felt like an eternity, all of them involving voices that whispered her name. When she finally woke up, she realized it was already nighttime.
She stood up with a jolt, and felt her heart pounding in her chest as panic shadowed her reason. Confused, at first she forgot where she was and was then terrified that she had completely lost herself in that dark place. But, when her eyes started to get used to seeing in the dark, she noticed the trees around her, the starry sky up there and a bright moon watching over her. I'm still in the woods, she thought.
Daphne felt queasy and light-headed when she started to remember everything that had happened to her.
She was melancholy, and too tired – even though she had slept there for so many hours – to go looking for the way out of the woods. And why, after all, would she want to leave the only environment where up until then she had found safety and quietness?
A white owl flew from a nearby tree branch to another, and she wished she was an owl or some other bird, so she could stay unperturbed, protected, and in communion with nature.
Ready to make of that place her own little kingdom, Daphne climbed up a tree with some difficulty and sat on a branch by the owl, which eyed her with indifference, its big amber colored eyes glistening in the moonlight.
"Don't worry, I won't bother you. But, if you want to be kind to your new Queen, bringing me pen and paper would make you the loveliest of my subjects. Do you know, also, where I could get food here? Though not the type you eat. Not those poor little rodents you catch. I'm talking about fruit, and vegetables, and – well, whatever grow in these woods that is edible by humans. Oh, and water, too, because I need to drink water every day and I need to wash my body too, and my glasses, because the lenses get dirty too and it's really difficult to see when they are like that. Do you think you could fetch me some water now?"
Daphne would have continued talking, but the owl suddenly hissed at her and started flapping its wings in annoyance.
"All right, all right. Forget everything I said!" Daphne said, and raised her hands to protect her face from the owl's wings. "I'll fetch these things on my own."
The owl then flew away and Daphne craned her neck to see where it was going. There, sitting high up on the tree, Daphne saw the owl fly, like a white ghost in the night, over the lake she had seen with Ben on the day they arrived in Middleton.
Her mouth fell open. She had kept bad memories associated with that lake, but from that new perspective she thought it actually looked beautiful.
Daphne went down the tree and entered the clearing where the lake was. She sat on a big, smooth rock to contemplate the water. "It is beautiful," Daphne repeated under her breath, and was surprised she felt peaceful.
Her memory of the lake had painted it in different colors. In her imagination, it had survived bigger than it was in reality. It was, in fact, way smaller and serene. Without people disturbing its reflecting surface, the lake was a gift from paradise. Its beauty existed only on solitude.
Then, sneaky, the monster of sadness within her awoke and Daphne felt as if she had gone back at least ten years in time, and homesickness hit her hard like the anxiety a child feels when her parents are late to pick her up at school.
But, at the age of seven, Daphne still was able to maintain the hope that her parents would show up at some point. At eighteen, only a miracle that allowed them to read minds and teleport would bring Abelard and Glenda Chase to where she was in the woods.
Daphne lowered her head and her tears dropped, pearly, bombarding the stones on the ground. That night, no one knew how she felt abandoned.
Something that looked like a bright golden word came quickly sliding in the air and bumped against her leg, disappearing in a puff of smoke before she could read it. Daphne raised her head, startled, looking for the origin of such curious phenomenon. Not finding it, she contented herself in running her fingers though the remain of smoke still dissipating in the air.
She was trying to imagine what all that meant, when it happened again. This time, however, she saw precisely when something of the same nature emerged from behind the trees on the opposite side of the river, and came floating in the air with fluidity. As she suspected, it indeed was a word of smoke that came in the air pushed by the wind.
And it wasn't just a random word.
Her heart was beating fast when Daphne read her own name in golden smoke letters. It came floating and dissipated when Daphne reached for it.
Daphne then knew she wasn't alone.
"Is someone out there?" She shouted, and waited. Her wait wasn't long.
She gasped when she saw him stepping aside from behind a tree. Daphne squinted her eyes, myopic, mistrusting her own eyesight.
The shadow stepped into the moonlight glow.
The other times she had seen him, he was always half hidden behind the oak tree on the Chases' ground. Now that he was closer, Daphne confirmed her suspicion that he was nothing more than a dark, masculine silhouette, truly like a tall man's shadow.
For nearly a year he had watched her window, tireless. Daphne knew he was there for her, for only her eyes could see him. None of her brothers, who always played outside, ever acknowledged that shadow's presence, even though Daphne could see very well that he was there.
He took another step forward, and looked like he was going to step into the lake; but, instead of stepping in the water, he hovered over it and landed on the bank where Daphne was. Scared, she quickly retreated to the border of the clearing.
"Do not come any closer!" Daphne shouted at him, and the shadow – which really wasn't a proper shadow, but simply a dark, faceless body – obeyed her order immediately. "You've never dared talk with me. What do you want now?" A terrible thought occurred to her. With a choking voice, Daphne said, "Are you here because I really am going crazy?"
The shadow raised a hand. Daphne noticed that his constitution, observing how mist and the pale moon glow surrounded him, was even more subtle than she had thought.
He started writing in the air with his forefinger, above his head, and words of golden smoke, very bright, gradually appeared.
"You are not crazy," he wrote.
"Who are you?" Daphne asked.
He stepped aside and continued writing in the air.
"I've been called many names throughout the centuries: Muse, imagination, daydream, creativity. I've been praised and neglected. I've given people everything they wanted, and also have taken away more than they wished to share. I've inspired heavenly days, and an equal amount of destruction. I'm the letters you write in sorrow and in happiness. I'm the voice in the back of your head, and the dreams you see when asleep and awake."
"I've taken many shapes," he wrote, and turned into the most beautiful woman, and then into a lark, and then back into a shadow. "But to you, this is what I am for now."
"You mean I think creativity looks like a shadow?"
"Yes," he wrote. "Because you've just begun your career. While insecurity dwells in your mind, I'll be just a silhouette."
"You know I want to be a writer!" She said, and dared walk back closer to him.
"Of course," he wrote, "and that is precisely why I am here. When the artist is ready, creativity comes after him. In this case. . . her."
"Is that why you've been observing me? I've seen you in Lavinia, standing on the other side of the river day after day for almost a year. I thought I was going crazy. And then I started to actually cherish your presence. No one else in my family could see you."
"Yes," he wrote, and hesitated before he continued writing. "I needed to know whether you are ready for our deal."
"Which deal?" Daphne asked, alarmed, for 'deal' was the word she mistrusted the most.
"I like to make deals now and then. If you agree, I'll give you eternal inspiration. I'll give you glory. I'll give you fame. I'll make your name immortal."
Daphne was taken aback.
"I see," Daphne said, trying to regain composure. "But I suppose your services have a price."
"Yes," the shadow wrote.
"What is it? What do I have to give you in exchange?"
"A kiss," he wrote, and the word shone brighter than all others he had written so far.
"Never!" Daphne shouted, indignantly. "I won't kiss you!"
"Why not?" He wrote.
"Well, because I believe a kiss is not something that should be on sale. I can't simply give it to you. If you've observed me enough, you'd know by now I'm not that kind of person. Besides, I – I've never kissed anyone. I want to give my first kiss to someone I truly care for," she said, and protectively hugged herself. "Why do you need a kiss, anyway? Can't you just help me out of – I dunno. . . goodwill?"
"Today, I'm just a shadow," he wrote, "and I need to know you love me. Without your love, I won't help you."
"That's pathetic!" Daphne said, annoyed. "Has anyone ever accepted your deal?"
"Search in all canons, in history books, in museums, and cinemas, and in art galleries, and you shall find all my lovers," he wrote.
Daphne rubbed her forehead.
"Well, if you thought I'd fall for you, you're wrong. This is a foolish deal. I'm positive I can succeed without your help. I, in fact, already see things without your help. Today there was a storm cloud above my head, and only I was able to see it. Now that I know I'm not going crazy, I'm more confident to return to school and start writing. My brain is already full of ideas. I know I'll finish writing soon, then I'll leave this town."
"I'll wait for you," he wrote.
"Don't," Daphne said, and spun on her heels to leave. "I won't kiss you. Ever!" She shouted, and left the clearing bursting with excitement and imprudent confidence.
Leaving the woods was easier than Daphne thought it would be. It was like her legs remembered the paths she took earlier. She didn't need to ponder about where to go. She was, in fact, distracted with her own thoughts, proud of herself that Creativity had chosen her for a deal, despite her own disinclination to accept it. She felt very vain, and vanity wasn't something she experienced every day.
Instead of going straight to the dorms, she decided to rest under the gazebo. Despite her headache, hunger and exhaustion, and the little self-complacent thoughts that now and then distracted her from reality, she needed to ponder about what to do next time – because she was certain there would be next times – she met Caleb. She wanted to be.
She had barely sat down, when she heard someone calling her name. She was then startled to see Ben running toward her.
Uninvited, the boy sat on the floor in front of her with his legs crossed. Under the pale glow of the gazebo's lamp, his serious expression looked rather melancholy.
Daphne sighed, tense, waiting for him to begin talking.
"I saw when you came here," he said, finally breaking the silence.
"It seems as if today was the day for everyone to stalk me," Daphne let slip, slightly annoyed, but Ben's confused look left her feeling immediately guilty.
"Sorry," she said, and vigorously rubbed her forehead to alleviate her headache. "I had a bad day. You probably know why."
"No, I actually didn't know you had a bad day," Ben said, getting overly alarmed like he always did the few times she seemed troubled. "How are you? Can I help you with something?"
Daphne couldn't help thinking that Ben seemed way too friendly; but, strangely, she saw truth in his words. He was not only genuinely interested in her well-being, but he also didn't seem to know about her encounter with Caleb.
For a few seconds she wondered whether she should tell him what had happened, but she decided it was better to say nothing. If Caleb is going to tell everything to him later, Daphne thought, then the gossiper in this story will be only him.
"Don't worry. It was nothing," Daphne said, and tried to sound confident. "You wanted to say something, right? What is it?" She asked, but before he could start talking, she cut in. "Actually, I guess I should say something first, if you don't mind."
"Of course not. Go ahead," Ben said with a sheepish smile.
"Um, Ben. . . I – I'd like to apologize."
He nervously raised his hands to stop her.
"You don't have to apologize."
"No. I do, I do. . . Really. Let me finish, 'cause this is killing me."
"Okay," He said, uncertain.
"I was a jerk to you," Daphne said, and Ben looked as if he disagreed, but remained silent. "The way I treated you was unforgivable. I lied to you, when all you were trying to do was to. . . well, to help me, I guess."
Ben was again alarmed.
"Who said that?"
"Who said what?"
"I wasn't trying to help you. What do you mean? I was – All right, I won't interrupt again. Please, continue."
"Well, the way I treated you wasn't fair. I don't know how to explain this, but I think the way our friendship was progressing scared – I mean, startled me. That's why, I guess, I ran away. I'm not trying to justify my behavior, of course, but – Um. . . I guess that's how I felt and why I lied to you."
"Were you confused, then?"
"Yes," she said, although she didn't know exactly in which way she felt confused.
"Me too," Ben confessed, blushing, and laughed nervously. "I understand you. You don't need to apologize. We barely know each other, but I already can tell you're a nice girl, and I liked hanging out with you. I guess you need more time to get to know me. Yeah, I was looking for you to apologize, but let's forget all that happened. Let's just continue being friends. . . and. . . and we'll see what happens."
His rambling left her dizzy. Or, rather, not having food in her stomach did. But Daphne was certain that his excitement had a strange affect on her. She shook her head to clear her mind.
"Wait, no," she said, abruptly.
Ben blinked, confused. And looked rather silly, too, with a petrified smile on his face.
"I wanted to apologize," Daphne said, and added with all courage she had been able to build up, "but I also wanted to say that I don't think – I'm sorry, Ben, but I don't think we should continue being friends."
His smile vanished.
"What do you mean?" He asked in a low voice.
"I mean that – well, I. . ."
"That's Okay," he cut in and abruptly stood up to leave, "you don't have to say anything."
Daphne was frozen until she realized he was leaving without hearing her excuses.
"Wait!" She said, running up to him, and he turned to her with one of those smiles that we now and then put on to hide how bad we actually feel. "Have I – have I offended you?"
"No," he said, and the tense smile in his face persisted. "Why would I feel offended? I'm not. You said we shouldn't be friends. I think we should. But if you don't want to, there's nothing else I could do, right? So, why let you go through the humiliation of apologies and excuses you don't want to make? No, Daphne, I don't want that for you. You already had a bad day, and I don't want to make it worse. I need to go now. Good luck with everything!"
Daphne felt awful watching him walk away. Her entire body was trembling.
That wasn't the type of life she had envisioned. That roller-coaster of feelings wouldn't do any good to her work as a writer. All she wanted in her life was peace of mind to write a story.
"I guess it's better if we just end everything here," she murmured to herself. She wanted to forget him. "I'm too busy, and having someone like him around would distract me from my writing. Yes, I must focus on what's important. And if Caleb starts bothering me, I'll ignore him. I'll be stronger than I was last time, and I shall punch him again if he annoys me too much."
The thought of their scuffling worsened her headache. She had never fought anyone, and wasn't exactly proud of that first aggressive maneuver on her part, but would repeat it if necessary.
She left the gazebo feeling confident in herself. But, after dinner, she couldn't write. The words didn't feel right as the thought of Ben. She regained her enthusiasm by the time she went to bed and started thinking about her meeting with Creativity. She had never been so bold like the way she had spoken with him and refused the agreement. Perhaps, after all, she wasn't as insecure as she thought herself to be.
When she entered the world of dreams, she was greeted by the most terrifying nightmares – those that have no images, just oppressive feelings – and woke up in the middle of the night with a cold sweat.
April again wasn't in the room, and Daphne was starting to doubt whether she had a roommate at all. She went to her desk and tried to write, but feeling sleep-deprived shadowed her thoughts.
Feeling angry with herself, Daphne walked to the window and peeked from behind a curtain. The sun was rising, but there was no promise of better days. Creativity was standing outside by a lamppost, watching her window.
"Are you ready for our deal?" He wrote in bright words.
Weeks had gone by without Daphne being able to start her book, and the truth is that the more time went by, the more school obligations piled up.
Daphne was always busy with her homework, with the readings she needed to do every night, and the papers she had to write now and then. She soon found herself a very productive student, though kept from her private projects.
Creativity continued standing outside Sampson Hall, and students every day walked by him oblivious to his watchful presence.
Even though Daphne tried to hide it, she knew he was aware of her problems with writing. Proof of Creativity's omniscience came one particularly tiresome morning when she was dragging herself to class. Daphne noticed that he had gained a mouth – a very thin mouth, with lips distorted into a large, cynical smile.
"Why do you insist on prolonging your suffering, Daphne Chase?" He asked, when she walked past him. Daphne was startled that his voice was like Caleb's. "If you accept our deal, I will give you what you wish the most."
She knew he couldn't erase people's memories. So, she ignored him.
From that day on, Daphne started to look for shelter in Marie's literary kingdom. Despite the Sphinx's hysterical laughter whenever it saw her, it was better to be there than to be on campus.
On a cold when day Daphne was feeling particularly lonely, she ran to the bookstore.
Tired, Daphne dropped on a chair and sat looking at the row of books by her head. She was in the back of the store, hidden in the writing corner Marie had introduced to her. She did not see Marie when she walked in, but Daphne already felt open to walk in without announcing her presence.
Isadora was there, and Daphne greeted her with a melancholy nod.
Daphne took off her notebook and got ready to write, but looking at blank pages intimidated her. She took a deep breath and tried to build up courage to write in that stressful day, but her words didn't flow. It was like they were stuck somewhere in a muddy, swampy area of her mind.
Frustrated, Daphne banged her head a few times on her notebook.
She closed her eyes, falling in temptation to take a nap, when she felt someone gently touched her shoulders.
"Isadora?" Daphne asked in a choked voice, and didn't dare to look back.
"No, it's Marie," Marie calmly said.
Daphne turned quickly and was greeted by Marie's amused smile. She felt slightly better, as Marie had a way of smiling that brightened up even the gloomiest days.
"I thought I heard the door," Marie said. "I was right."
"I'm back," Daphne said with a sheepish smile.
"How's your writing today?" Marie asked, and Daphne blushed. She knew Marie had seen her desperation.
"Nonexistent," Daphne said.
"Did creativity refuse to work with you today?"
Daphne's heart skipped a beat. She knew Marie was just joking, but she couldn't help feeling uneasy at the thought of the smiling shadow waiting for her outside her residence hall.
"It's more like the other way around."
Marie's mouth fell open in her dramatic portrayal of surprise. It was like Daphne had said blasphemous words.
"Why did you refuse creativity's help? You are a writer!"
"Because I prefer doing things on my own."
Marie eyed her with suspicion.
"If you prefer working alone, chérie, good luck," she said, serious, and then crossed her arms over her chest. "But I can't help feeling you shouldn't be alone."
"But I'm not alone," Daphne instinctively lied.
"How's your situation with that boy?"
"Which boy?"
"That one from your hometown."
"The same as last time you asked. Nonexistent."
Marie raised an eyebrow.
"Nonexistent like your writing," Marie repeated.
Daphne was getting more and more uncomfortable with that conversation. She had not seen neither Ben nor Caleb since the day she had met Creativity.
"Yes," Daphne said, and tried to remain calm.
"How are your parents?" Marie asked her out of a sudden.
"I – I don't know. I hope they are fine," Daphne hesitated. "I haven't talked with them since I moved to Middleton."
"Why?" Marie asked her very surprised, and the judging tone in her voice left Daphne feeling awkward.
"Because I want to be independent," Daphne said, uncertain. She thought Marie would be mad at her, but the blow never came. Marie simply stood there quietly watching her.
Daphne didn't want Marie to have a bad impression of her, so she told her about her problems at home, about her father's stubbornness and moodiness. He was always drunk on wine, demanded love and reciprocated none of it. There was something else, but Daphne didn't feel like she could ever tell her secret to anybody, not even to Marie.
When she was done talking, she felt like crying. That was the first time she opened up to a stranger about her family. Although, Marie wasn't a stranger anymore. She was, in fact, slowly turning into Daphne's only friend in Middleton.
"You need to be more patient," Marie told her. "I believe your father is just trying to do what he thinks is the best for his family. I recognize fathers and mothers do make mistakes. C'est la vie. Right? I must tell you, Daphne, that being independent doesn't mean keeping your parents from knowing how you're doing here. I have a son, too," Marie said, and her big, black eyes sparkled. "He is about your age."
"Oh, where is he?" Daphne asked and instinctively looked at the staircase expecting Marie to say that he would be upstairs.
"Émile is traveling. He left two years ago. That boy is too restless, he has the heart of a gypsy. We used to call him Gitan when he was a kid. He liked to explore everything when we moved to this country from France."
"I'm sorry. . ."
"Sorry, why sorry? No sorry. The wind is taking care of him, and the same way that it sent him away, it will also bring him back when the right time comes."
"The right time?" Daphne asked, confused.
"Yes. When he's learned everything that life wanted to teach him, when he's seen everything he wanted to see."
Daphne smiled.
"I like the way you talk," she said. "My father would never talk like you. He's too stubborn to understand that I'm not a kid anymore, that I want to see the world, even though it – well, even though it is quite scary. He didn't approve of my wish to major in creative writing."
"I assure you Mr. Chase is very proud of your decision to come to McAdams against his will. Wasn't that the plot of his novel The White Wolf? The girl, what was her name? Oh, yes, Cassandra, wanted to move to a big town to be a poet. Her father was against her leaving, but he secretly liked to see how independent his daughter was."
Daphne frowned. Up until then, she had not noticed the similarity between her life and Cassandra's. A spark of home almost shone in her heart, and then she remembered that Abelard always preached about developing characters that showed nothing of himself.
"If you say so," Daphne said, shrugging.
"Why don't you give him a call? You're probably driving your parents crazy without information."
Daphne didn't want to continue talking about her parents.
"Where's Émile?" Daphne asked out of the blue, more than ready to change the subject.
"Probably far away, because I couldn't find him nearby. He often sends letters that at least let me know he is fine. Like you, he is pursuing his independent life." Marie said calmly. "Why, though, is it so important for you that you write your book away from home?"
Daphne instinctively knew that at least for now she shouldn't insist on talking about Émile, despite how strange it was that Marie didn't know where her son was and so stoically talked about his absence.
"Because my father is too big. He is the hero of his generation, after all," Daphne said, embarrassed for telling the truth. "Well, you know my writing isn't going well. I feel I've lost my identity, and I want to reclaim it through this book I'm working on."
"I don't know why you think that writing this book will make you feel complete, but I wish you good luck. Don't forget, however, to first and foremost write for yourself. I'm not a writer, but all these really good writers at some point in their lives said something of the sort. Daphne's book shouldn't just be a quest to find this identity you say you've lost. Don't forget to have fun with it too. Write something that has meaning to you, like you did when you were twelve with Daphne's Book, and you'll see how writing will be easier and more enjoyable."
Daphne nodded, melancholy. If only Marie knew the truth.


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A US mother watched her boyfriend and his cousin rape and carve up her daughter, then allegedly had sex with the killer.
Michelle Martens, of New Mexico, admitted sitting back and watching her boyfriend Fabian Gonzales and his cousin, Jessica Kelley, rape, murder and dismember her daughter, Victoria, in August.
She then allegedly had sex with Gonzales just minutes later, reports the Daily Mail.
The video shows Martens and then Gonzales handcuffed and in prison fatigues being led separately from a building by police through a phalanx of reporters.
Martens is asked the question: "Why did you leave your little girl in the apartment?" but keeps her head down and offers no answer.
She shakes her head when a journalist asks if she had anything to do with the death of her daughter.
Moments later Gonzales emerges and when questioned about his role he says: "I just didn't have anything to do with it".
Martens faces charges of kidnapping and child abuse resulting in death; Gonzales faces those same charges as well as child rape.
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EP 2 (Which girl can stand out?) number of girls: 13 Warning there are spoilers in this Episode descriptions Lesson At the Model Manor, the doorbell rings and it is Model Mentor Joey Mead and celebrity model and show choreographer Adam Williams at the door. They walk in and give the contestants a catwalk coaching lesson to help them improve from their previous performance. Outside at the porch, Adam and Joey talk about the importance of identifying fashion styles which then determine one's type of catwalk. Adam takes the girls through 4 key walks they will need to know as a model – chic, edgy, quirky, elegant. Adam then teaches them the different walks for these 4 looks. Joey next reveals their challenge now that they've impressed them: to IMPRESS SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW. The girls will be walking in another catwalk show, but this time, they will be walking at a private Thomas Wee couture event, especially organised for VIP guests at Joel Robuchon restaurant at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. Challenge Backstage after they are made up and dressed, Daniel Boey introduces Thomas Wee to the girls and credits the beautiful dresses they are wearing to him. Daniel says that he, Thomas, and Adam Williams will be critiquing the girls later so have a good show and show off those dresses! But then Daniel drops a surprise… he reveals that the girls will be walking alongside professional models! Out walks Joey and Junita Simon, a supermodel. The girls are shocked! The event begins …
The 'Mummy's Special' is on full sway and this episode sees our dear mummies teaming up with popular TV actors as they fight for a spot in the top five. The judges – Ravi, Naved and Jaaved – will have a tough decision on their hands indeed as they decide on who will be the one mummy who will have to leave the show at this stage. Who will it be? Watch to find out. Boogie Woogie was the first dance show format to hit Indian Television. It gives a platform to dancers- both Indian and Western. It has been entertaining audiences over the past ten years. Hosted by the popular Film and Television personalities Naved and Ravi, the highlight of the show is Javed Jaffery who is the permanent celebrity judge. Boogie Woogie is the ideal platform to showcase and launch new talent across the cross section of people from all backgrounds, age groups, genders and cities. It has time and again encouraged the common man to take to the stage and perform across various themes. Boogie Woogie is an iconic series, which has attracted celebrities like Esha Deol, Juhi Chawla, Rohit Roy, Mallika Sherawat, Govinda, Prabhudeva, Shefali Zariwala and Aadesh Srivastava as judges to add zeal and enthusiasm to the contest. The show is a nationwide talent hunt, which provides an opportunity for talent across the country to launch them in a fun filled and exciting dance show.
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Cigarette smoking is only hard on the heart, Right? Wrong. Recent research has shown that smoking can push you towards an array of health problems. Your heart is not the only organ which has to bear the consequence of smoking as you are destroying every organ of your body by lighting that 'death stick'! 'Death stick' it is, because smoking will eventually lead you to death/or disability! The smoke from that 'stick' contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, 200 of which are toxic and more than 60 chemicals are carcinogens.
Let us have a look at the adverse effects cigarette have on the human body which ultimately lead to a death:
90percent of all lung cancer in men and 80percent of all lung cancer in women are caused by smoking.
Smoking is the leading cause of death from 'Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease'.
Smoking cause Coronary heart Disease, another leading cause of death among many.
Cigarette smokers are at a higher risk of developing Peripheral Vascular Disease'. Smoking leads to reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries) where obstruction of the large arteries in the arms and legs cause problems ranging from pain to tissue loss or gangrene.
Smoking leads to abdominal aortic aneurysm where the 'aorta' which is the main artery of the body swells and weakens.
Smoking cause lung cancer and lung diseases such as emphysema, bronchitis, chronic airway obstruction in which the airways and the alveoli of the lungs get damaged.
The above are just a few of the many dangerous consequences of cigarette smoking. Besides this, smoking has adverse reproductive and early childhood effects. Pregnant women who smoke are at a high risk of infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight and sudden infant death disorder. With all the damages that smoking does to our body it is only natural that those who 'puff' should quit at the instant. According to the author of 'The Perricone Prescription (Harper Collins) author and renowned dermatologist, Dr. Nicholas Perricone, smoking makes people older than they are as when we inhale just one puff of cigarette smoke, more than a trillion free radicals are produced in our lungs. This triggers an inflammatory response that passes throughout the body. That makes one older than his/her actual age. To improve the overall heath and quality of your life quit cigarette smoking. You will only thank yourself for doing this.


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Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex
Area 55 Governor, founder of Worthing and Eastbourne Speakers' Clubs.
Meg has been a Toastmaster since March 2012 and finds assisting other people to improve their presentation skills and speaking ability is the most satisfying aspect of being a club member.
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How to use drama to assist you with getting up onto the stage and giving a speech even when you are quaking with fear and have no idea what to say. D is for the do's and do not's of speech craft. R is for remembering what you need to know to speak in front of an audience, especially how to use repetition to catch the attention of the audience. A is for act as if you own the stage and have no fear and other hints on using the stage as part of your speech. M is for more, movement and memory. The last A is for alternative ways of thinking about the world around you and how you respond to the challenge of giving a speech.
Do use your body, voice and enthusiasm, to get your message across. Do not wait to hone the content, find the right words or get it word perfect, just face the fear.
Do it anyway, you will feel so good once it is done that you will want to do another one soon.
Do not be afraid to pause and smile at the people you are talking to as this encourages them to listen to you.
Do practice any changes to your speech craft for 21 days, last thing at night, first thing in the morning, while you are driving, and at least one more time during the day. It takes 21 days to change a habit and acquire a new one.
Decide what anecdotes you hear when you hear them will make great additions to your stories.
Remember that the audience want to hear what you have to say but have no idea what you are going to say, so if you write out your speech and then miss out a bit no one will know.
Repetition, repetition and repetition will assist you as you learn to think, learn to pause, learn to treat thinking like a sport, the more you do it the easier it becomes. Research and preparation are always good when giving a speech, just think about who will be the audience, what is the main purpose of the speech and what message do you want the audience to go home thinking about.
Remember a happy event is happy but an awful event makes a great speech. Rapport with your audience will always get them listening to you, ask them rhetorical a question, "hands up those who—" During your speech feed-back to the audience some comments that they have made, "did you say that you have been there?"
Act as if you own that stage and the world is your oyster, because if you act as if you are a brilliant speaker suddenly you will find that you are one.
Always find an interesting statement to begin your speech, for instance, a sentence that begins "we were all in the room because we had to be there, not wanting to take part at all. However the minute he began his workshop we were all hooked" will grab the attention of the audience because they will want to know what happens next, or why the audience were there.
Always end the speech with a call to action, get the audience to respond even if you have to be controversial it leads to a livelier reaction.
Memorise the first 10 words of you speech, because most people only remember the first ten words they hear. Then they go to sleep and need you, the speaker, to grab their attention again.
Make the last sentence one that the audience will not forget, repeat the first line again, say the total opposite or hint that there is more to come and leave them wanting more. Many people in the audience will only remember how the speech was ended, by using something different they will remember you as well.
Movement will enable you to use your body by giving gestures, to use the stage by purposeful pacing and to change the mood of your speech with a variety of places on the stage.
Make yourself someone who is confidant, cheeky and curious, give yourself a stage presence, this works because to the audience you come across as interesting person whom they will want to listen to. It also shows that you are interested in the people around you and what makes them tick.
Multi-sensory learning, all the audience will use a different sense to get the content of your speech. If you are aware of what you are saying and how you say it then you can help the audience by using all five senses in your speech.
Approach the problem of getting up and giving a speech as fun, while you get better all the time as you speak and practice.
Also, thinking is not a matter of getting the right answer, it is much more a matter of thinking consciously to use your mind and then enjoying using it.
Another way to cope with the fear of speaking is to begin a speech confidently by using a smile to hide behind.
A smile on your face adds enjoyment to your voice, which is picked up by any audience immediately.
A speech is just the same as speaking off the cuff, it is just a matter of some preparation and the confidence to continue. It helps to train your brain not to think in straight lines as this leads to bullet point thinking and everyone runs out of things to say. Another way to hone your speech craft is to treat it like taking up any sport, join a club with like-minded people and you will find that coaching feedback and evaluations makes a big difference.
Attitude is all and learning to think and speak off the cuff will improve your ability to think and speak in front of an audience but just like any sport, it takes time and practice to get good. Always collect great sentences, wonderful repetition, and words to say as others collect china and books. Then write them down carry the book about with you.
Always try look on stressful situations as the beginning of a great speech you can now write. Become obsess by the world around you even while away on holiday. Then take your newly acquired way of being and go out and enjoy giving your speeches.


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I know it's supposed to be cold and bleak but the shot seems a little underexposed to me - especially against the glowing boat
Maybe a black and white version would work?
I think it could carry a slight highlighting of the boat in the way that you have done. But I think the problem is carrying that into the sky. On the water, that sort of splash of brightness could work. But the halo effect it gives on the sky doesn't look right, I feel.
I would second Donald and add that if you can tighten up the highlighting mask so that less of the water is affected; to increase the contrast between the two areas.
Thanks David. Will give it a go
Thanks a lot Dave! Now I'm off to bed with the tune "When the Boat Comes In" on my brain.
Hi Dave, I like this shot except for the halo (brightening) effect. I can see what you are going for but as mentioned by others it's just a bit overdone. If you can just emphasize the yellow and red and white on the boat perhaps that might be enough to make it stand out. Another process that might set the boat apart is to lasso around it feather by approx 8 pixels and then apply LCE or sharpening to just the boat. I like the lightening effect, but as already mentioned it just doesn't look right on the water or the sky.
Otherwise, great shot, Very moody - bleak and cold - I like that.
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(Awesome Mk. III-B blueprint swiped from the Martian Metals blog.)
I was trolling through the old OGRE Mailing List Archives today and I came across some thoughts on the Combine OGRE Mk. III-B that I liked…
(Awesome Mk. III-B blueprint swiped from the Martian Metals blog.)
I was trolling through the old OGRE Mailing List Archives today and I came across some thoughts on the Combine OGRE Mk. III-B that I liked…
I ran an OGRE Tournament between Christmas and New Year's. Over about a week, I managed to entice six other people into playing. I would consider it a success, and the highlight was a three-player session of Breakout from the old Command Post Gamma site. I'm reposting my session report from my Tournament page here to encourage others to try the Breakout scenario.
Breakout is an OGRE scenario for two or three players on the G1 map. A large Combine force has already overrun the Paneuropean defense, and rather than mopping them up is bypassing them in an attempt to cross a river. However, just as they arrive at its banks, the Paneuro Reserve comes to the rescue.
Here's a brief session recap, from my Tournament page (the colours refer to the different sides):
Breakout was about the best game of OGRE I've ever had. The Combine selected a Mk. V, which quickly wiped out the Paneuro Remnant (except for a few stragglers). However, this cost nearly all the OGRE's missiles, and the Paneuropean Reserves were able to grind it down.
The game ended in epic fashion, as the OGRE risked all to get within secondary range of the remaining forces and got stuck in a swamp. Given enough time, the pitiful Paneuro LGEVs would be able to completely defang the beast. A marginal Paneuro victory was declared for 56 VPs.
Overall, Breakout is an awesome scenario that you should go and try right now. I give it 5 out of 5 nuclear trefoils.
Breakout (Scenario): ☢☢☢☢☢ (5/5)
Here's another oldie-but-a-goodie; the Pan-Pacific Alliance.
It's currently -25°C here (down to -36 with windchill), so here's a wintry-themed OGRE image from the PanPacAlliance Combat Photography section:
Welcome to the Antarctic Disputed Zone. Keep warm, everyone!
Mike's OGRE/GEV Page was a good OGRE site from a few years back. No activity for quite a while, but here are useful some links:
He also posted a number of map extensions and photos of his minis. Worth checking out.
I had never taken a look at the difference in OGRE miniature castings… Compare below two Mk. Vs – the left one is a "modern" Mk. V while the one on the right is from Martian Metals in the '80s:
(The right one is actually labeled "Mk. Vb" by Martian Metals. Misprint, or alternate chassis?)
Check out the stylings on the front of the OGREs; the Martian Metals version has a pointed 'hull' that looks particularly cool. The newer casting has a lot more details, and the external missiles are housed in armour.
There's an entire blog called Martian Metals OGRE Mk. Vb (that's where I swiped the photos from). You should check it out.
Happy New Year, all! For those who have not stumbled upon this before…
Behold the Mk. V LEGO OGRE from Dan Efran:
He's got three pages of LEGO OGRE awesomeness:
(These haven't been updated since '11, but that doesn't matter since both LEGO and OGRE are timeless.)
There's also a cool thread on BGG with several different designs.
Going to try something a little different here (for me) – an OGRE session recap.
A few days ago I decided to try out "Operation Newspaper, a scenario by Steve Jackson which I originally saw in the OGRE Book.
I am hosting an upcoming OGRE Mini-Tournament, and wanted to test the scenario since it was planned for Day 2 but I'd never played it before.


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- Singers : Aditya Rao, ADK, Sri Rascol
- Mixed by : T R Krishna Chetan, Suresh Perumal
- Mastered by : Suresh Perumal
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Sports News of Sunday, 2 July 2017
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They might not have won the 2017 National Maths and Science Quiz but they very well are poised to bring home the trophy from the annual inter-schools basketball tournament next season, with a newly constructed basketball court in place.
The 1979 year group of Odade3 (Old Presecans) commissioned a newly constructed basketball court for the school as part of activities to mark the 2017 edition of PREGISS.
President of Odade3 Global, Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Markwei, who commissioned the edifice expressed confidence in the boys securing the championship trophy from its current holders; Opoku Ware School at this year's 'Sprite Ball' competition.
According to him, the edifice will serve the purpose of a training grounds where they can build their skills very well for the next competition and subsequent ones. He also urged them to make use of the court to make the school proud.
"whether they like it or not, with the designs and all, that shows you that we are serious people, we are telling them that they should produce basketball champions, because with something like this, if we don't win inter-school basketball, then we will come and break it down", he said.
He commended members of the '79 group for putting up the court.
The Sprite Ball Championship has since its inception in 2007, featured several schools from all 10 regions of the country. Presec won the inter-schools basketball championship in 2008 and came up as the first runners-up in 2014. They obviously are looking forward to winning the trophy this year from its current holders Opoku Ware.
PREGISS, is an annual event which brings together past students from the Presbyterian Boys School (PRESEC) and Aburi Girls Secondary School (ABUGISS) for fun games and a family funfair event. This year's edition of the program came off Saturday July 1 at the Presec Alumni Center in Accra.


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Ivybridge is an attractive Devon market town, with a catchment within a 15-minute drivetime of approximately 78,490. Located approximately 12 miles to the east of Plymouth, 21 miles to the south-west of Newton Abbott and 29 miles to the south-west of Exeter.
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Solar panel roads are set to pave the way to a more eco-friendly future, as the world's first ones have been built in France. They are intended to power the street lights and help drive more affordable solar energy into the mainstream.
More such roads are being planned across the world, potentially turning our planet's surface into a self-sustaining battery. Of course, there are downsides to this plan.
Tourouvre-au-Perche in Normandy, France, is the first to play host to this new technology, and it comes with a hefty price tag. The 30 thousand square feet of solar panels lining the streets cost $5.2 million. It may pay off in the next decade, but it's too early to tell. In order to work, the road may need to be cleaned regularly to maintain maximum effectiveness. Any part which isn't collecting solar power is essentially money wasted, and even a patch of mud could reduce this effectiveness.
This novel approach, in theory, ends up using more available space than solar roof panels, and technology has improved over the past decades to make smaller panels even more effective. However, they might not withstand regular traffic, which is why the roads will be coated with a silicone resin which helps them absorb the weight of 18-wheeler trucks.
That is also one of the biggest problems with solar panel roads. The sheer space one of those trucks blocks off limits how much solar power actually reaches them. Too much traffic could essentially render them pointless, so we probably shouldn't expect to see them in the streets in places like New York City, Los Angeles, or Chicago. Those roads are most likely going to see more undersides of vehicles than sunlight.
The Verge pointed out that roads are generally too level as well, and less effective than ones installed on a slope. The Sun has to hit them at the right angle to give the most energy, and roads are less likely than roofs to achieve this.
Colas, the state-funded company which is creating the solar energy devices, is hoping that the long-term money saved will offset the cost. Technically, it's possible. When the compact disc was invented in an industry dominated by cassette tapes, it took a while for them to go mainstream. The same thing happened with DVD and Blu-Ray discs. The consumer had to be convinced that the new format was more agreeable and worth trading up with new devices to utilize them.
A new trend today is facing the same reasoning. 4K Ultra HDTVs are slowly becoming a mainstream success.
Solar panels still haven't proven to the majority of people that they can be a cost-effective source of renewable energy. In highly forested areas or those often buffered with storms or rain, solar panel roads could be a waste of money. As the Guardian states, Normandy isn't known to see a lot of sunlight, so this is mostly a test to see if the long-term energy provided will be enough to offset the cost.
This test will allegedly be in effect for the next two years, and if proven effective, could tie in with an influx of electric self-driving cars expected by 2020. That could also be a problem, as electric cars could be more of a drain on the world's crumbling infrastructure, and solar panels might not generate enough electricity for them.
Of course, with problems like the one facing Uber in San Francisco, it could be a while before even self-driving cars go mainstream. It might be more environmentally friendly, but it has to be proven effective.
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Chances are, if you are visiting our house,{at any time} you will see some sort of flashcards laying around. We have Pooh Flash Cards, Touch n' Feel Flash Cards & Mickey Mouse Learning to Count Flash Cards.
I haven't always loved flashcards. They remind me of a time when I was in school and the teacher was insisting that I make flash cards, so that I could learn the material she was teaching. I didn't get it. Until now.
Emily loves them. She can carry them around just about anywhere.
Right now, we are reviewing a few familiar words {like ball, flower, house, etc}, thanks to these Pooh Flash Cards. {I found these particular cards at our local dollar store}. What could be more fun that looking at a picture of Piglet holding a ball and saying "ball".
note: In the picture, there are 2 sets piled together. We usually only work on one thing at a time. Either the shapes or the words, not both. I think it can be too much for a toddler if you try to bring in too many new words at a time. At least it is for us. So for now, we will take it one subject at a time.


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May 15, 2018, at the age 85. Predeceased by his wife, Arlene K. Brescia;brother, Robert (Jeanne) Brescia; niece, Barbara J. Brescia. Survived by his nieces & nephews, Paul (Val), Dee, David (Karen) Brescia & Christine (Jack) Shevlin; many loving & devoted friends. Donald was a United States Army Veteran & retired City of Rochester Firefighter.
No prior visitation. Donald's Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10AM on Friday, May 18th at Peace of Christ at St. Ambrose Church, 25 Empire Blvd. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the School of the Holy Childhood, 100 Groton Pkwy, Rochester, NY 14623 in Donald's memory.


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THE RESEARCH IS IN!! Children loss at least two months of learning during the summer months. I guess this is why we all dread September. Think about it. We spend time catching up each school year for the two months of learning we loss during the summer.
Many parents want summer to be a break from learning as many of us struggle with homework during the school year. We dare not think about trying algebra in July. But wait parents, we know that children do better in the next grade when they have summer learning in place.
This is why our schools have started even in elementary school with summer reading. The idea is to keep reading skills sharp at least because children need reading in every area of school these days, including math.
Where to Start?
Most schools are sending home summer packets or have summer reading assignments for children. The great thing about this is that you can always say "the school said to do it". I recommend to parents to take 10 minutes a day or 1 hour a week to improve learning.
Children should be reviewing the main topics they learned the year before and I like to start learning the new topics for the new year. The Common Core website has great information about the requirements for each grade level. www.Corestandards.org
I like to review first as my children respond well to things they know and then I start introducing new topics about midsummer, as we get closer to the new school year.
Radio Show
I had the great privilege of interviewing F. Stewart Kallinger the author of A Lesson for Ms. Fort. This book looks at our education system from the perspective of a teacher and the challenges we face in educating our youth.
- Stewart Kallinger has spent 31 years teaching in NYC public schools and 6 additional years teaching remedial reading and writing to students attending the community colleges of the City University of New York. Earning a BA and MS in Education and English from Long Island University, Kallinger is passionate about bringing to light the literacy crisis, not only in New York City, but across the rest of the country as well. Today, he is retired from teaching and spends his time as a freelance writer in New York.
Dr. Stewart Kallinger's Interview Below:
Great Summer Resources
You can find great workbooks in stores like Walmart, Target, Five, Bellow, the Dollar Tree and Barnes & Nobles to get your children started. I like to use a variety of subjects and workbooks for my children's summer learning. These workbooks can easily cost $1 to $13 depending on the depth and complexity.
The library is a great free resource. Many libraries have a Child Librarian who can help you pick out great summer resources. They have math and science books, language videos, social studies references, all great resources to help with summer learning. I take a trip to the library weekly and have my children pick books about a new country or state each week to learn about.
There are many great online resources as well. Students can benefit from educational learning tools online. I warn parents to balance their approach to learning as children still need to practice writing skills and using an actual pen and paper.
Below are some websites I find very useful during the summer:
Make Learning Fun
I am a big fan of making learning fun for children. Each summer I purchase two memberships, one for a family amusement park and one for a museum. We can spend a year having fun as a family and learning as a family.
Field trips are great for this reason even during the school year. Take your child to the local park and learn about science and nature. Take them to the local bakery to learn about math and measurement. Take them to the local museum to learn about history and current events.
We can as parents be our children's best teacher. I am convinced if parents could make learning fun then our children would learn to love learning too!
Make the Most of Summer
Parents, summer can be a time to relax and have fun as well. We can practice multiplication facts while playing a game of Yahtzee on the beach. See it can be that simple and yet that learning time is valuable as we head into school in the fall.
Take notice of the areas your child has a difficult time with during the school year and focus on them during the summer months. My goal is to help make the school year easier for my children by keeping the summer lag to a minimum.
Well if you have stumbled across my blog, know that I am a parent right in the midst of it, just like you. I hope to share my thoughts, guest experts who will help us all (me too!), and my prayer for each parent is to parent with power and peace.
My favorite verse, serves as a guide for me as I parent my children:
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
I encourage you today to have parenting that is effective and prevailing, creates friendship and unity as you provide guidance, love and care for your children.
Until Next Session,
Dr. Stacy
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In my mid-twenties, I spent two years living and working in Jerusalem, Israel. My Hebrew language skills were conversant at best—good enough to order coffee, take a taxi or ask directions. I worked in an English-speaking office, publishing an English-language magazine. But after work each day, when I walked outside those office doors, my environmental "soundtrack" switched abruptly from English to Hebrew. Teenagers argued on the bus ride home—in Hebrew. TV news echoed from my neighbor's open window—in Hebrew. Pop lyrics rang through my favorite restaurant—in Hebrew. I understood small bits of these "soundtrack" conversations, but most of the language surrounding me became a sort of hum, lost in the background.
One summer afternoon, I was sitting outside in my private garden. It wasn't a particularly quiet environment; my neighborhood was always bustling, full of young families enroute to nearby parks, shops and synagogues. But all of a sudden, my ears perked up, catching an entirely unexpected sound: I heard a distinctly English-speaking crowd, singing "Happy Birthday!" just beyond the treeline that bordered my backyard. My emotional reaction was intense and overwhelming, a catch in my throat that couldn't decide between laughter or tears. That first song lasted less than ten seconds—and had the story ended there, I would have been entirely satisfied. But instead, my unexpected gift kept giving: The group sang "Happy Birthday" THREE MORE TIMES (presumably to celebrate multiple birthdays), ending their final iteration with, "You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too!"
That night I went to sleep smiling. I smiled so deeply and for so long, I'm convinced my face still displays traces of a grin that never quite wore off.
Looking back on that afternoon, I recognize two things that are CRITICAL to my significant communicative relationships with others. And while these two points are closely related to one another, they're also distinctly separate and unique, showing up in different ways and places: (1) Sometimes, I need to HEAR something in my own language—the language that connects to my deepest emotions, resurrects my oldest experiences, and reassures my most vulnerable, inner-child self. (2) Other times, I need to SAY something in my own language—the language that expresses my raw authenticity, straight from the most passionate part of my soul.
Sometimes, it doesn't really matter whether I'm HEARING my own language or SPEAKING it. Sometimes, I simply need MY OWN LANGUAGE (in one form or another) to pull me out of my head, to pluck me out of an otherwise white-noise environment, and to awaken me to consciousness within my own life.
In my role as a wife to my HUSBAND, I'm learning how to balance my voice (it's usually the loud one) with his more tender, more tentitive one. In my work as a Twelve Step sponsor, I'm comfortable conversing with SPONSEES via an autonomous exchange of recovery language, a shared dialect we call "experience, strength and hope." As a women's life, relationship and divorce recovery coach, I'm trained to explore the primary languages spoken by my CLIENTS, utilizing whichever resources make them feel closer to "home."
Regardless of what relationship defines the conversation, determining my partners' life language is a critical early cue, one that influences everything that comes after it. Sometimes I'm fluent in the other person's native dialect. Other times I need to pick it up from them as we go. In either case, when my counterpart and I start speak the SAME life language, something amazing actually "clicks"—and serious stuff begins to happen. From that place of common language, I can ask deeper and more dynamic questions. I can engage with bolder answers, or explore more creative and compelling inquiry. My partner can respond with greater clarity, with deepening conviction, and with a growing sense of confidence and self-awareness. These conversations (and relationships) THRIVE on questions that "hit home," and intimacy develops when one person says, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." (C.S. Lewis)
In 1995, Gary Chapman published his popular book The Five Love Languages. Its decades-old message still inspires readers, helping us to communicate within our relationships. But as a coach, I'm trained to ask the BIGGER, more powerful questions… and so I ask, "Why stop at five? Why not try fifty?"
According to Terri Hase, MMC (www.terrihase.net), Professional Life Coach Instructor for Impact Coaching Academy, most of us speak dozens of "topical languages"—frameworks of communication, formed by our personal learning styles and life experiences. When teaching about direct communication, Terri challenges her students to quickly list every language they already speak—and no, she wasn't referring to English, Hebrew or Gobbledygook. She tosses out examples like "I speak sister," "I speak chef," or "I speak manager." By using contextual language, Terri explains, coaches can translate analogous ideas into relatable "points of connection," keeping clients focused, motivated and inspired.
Because I'm a sucker for list-making, (shouldn't it be an Olympic sport?) I got excited about Terri's exercise. Per her suggestion, I wrote for five minutes. When I finally put my pencil down, I was humbled by the strong-yet-simple statements staring back at me. Here are a few highlights from my five-minute list:
"I speak woman. I speak wife. I speak child. I speak childless. I speak color and images and art. I speak words and paper and ink. I speak family and friendship and community. I speak independence, codependence and God-dependence. I speak self-employment, self-esteem and self-expression. I speak addiction, relapse and recovery. I speak stressed out, overworked and under-appreciated. I speak fear and faith and flexibility. I speak courage, authenticity and transparency. I speak hope-lost, hope-in-process and hope-restored. I speak "life-interrupted," and I speak "life goes on."
So, what's the two-part lesson that connects my Jerusalem story and Terri's exercise? It's pretty straightforward: (1) Personal language is exciting and empowering—when you hear it, when you speak it, and especially when you share it. (2) You've probably already got more language power than you realize.
Want to test that theory? Try Terri's exercise for yourself. I think you'll be impressed with the results. Grab a pen, paper and your sense of adventure. Don't do it tomorrow; do it right now. Start by listing your top five life languages, the ones you speak most comfortably and fluently. Easy peasy, right? Now go for ten, then twenty, then fifty! Get creative, get curious and get gutsy. I know you can do it. And you know it, too.
If you need a brainstorm boost, try to recall everything you've said and done this past week: what you've read, where you've gone, whom you've met, what you've created. Need to energize a few more ideas? Try humming that stuck-in-your-head single from Snap! (1989): "Quality / I possess something / I'm fresh / When my voice goes through the rest / I've got the power!"
A long time has passed since I lived in Jerusalem. In retrospect, I did a LOT of "growing up" during those two years: I started making decisions with intention (versus by default), and I finally learned to recognize and value my own inner voice. But WHO KNEW my voice was so MULTI-LINGUAL?! I'm excited to collect even more life languages, globalizing my vocabulary along the way.
As a woman, I'm grateful to know my own voice. As a wife, I'm grateful to experience the beauty and complexity of vocal harmony. As a sponsor and as a coach, I'm privileged to help other women discover and use their own unique voices. Bottom line, I'm honored to engage in these powerful conversations with other empowered souls—because if I've learned one thing about life language, it all comes down to this:
Even one word, spoken in the right dialect, can make a world of difference.
I'M CRYSTAL RAE MORRISSEY—and I'm irrepressibly passionate. 🙂 I care deeply about everything I do, from writing, to coaching, to living as a woman in long-term recovery. I've spent nine years in the rooms of S-Anon, Al-Anon and various therapists. I've healed (mostly) from the trauma of my first marriage and divorce, ultimately learning to survive and thrive in love with my AWESOME second husband (who is, incidentally, a recovering sex addict). I'm professionally certified as a Women's Life, Couples Relationship and Divorce Recovery Coach, working and writing from my home office in Redondo Beach, California. I practice a trauma-sensitive model for coaching and recovery, providing specialized support for women affected by their partners' infidelity, secrets or sex addiction. I'm committed to support my clients within and/or beyond their presenting relationships—and that's precisely why I've named my coaching practice Women Ever After. I'm keenly aware that relationships typically don't conclude with fairytale endings. But that doesn't mean we give in, give up and go home. No matter how our individual stories unfold, we exist within a greater, kick-ass community of empowered women. Within this community, we don't give up on each other—because we don't give up on ourselves.


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I have heard this now in a few places, but maybe you have not.
Parking tickets in Cambridge, Massachusetts now have yoga instructions printed on them.
The women responsible for this calls it a form of public art and hopes that it makes people think before becoming angry with the parking enforcement department.
I saw two stories that both said the the same thing from two directions.
- Younger drinkers prefer microbrews. -
The first story I saw said that there are a few larger brewing companies like Guinness trying
to market their own microbrews, which they then call craft brews, to these drinkers. That seems
reasonable to me. The second story that I read said that Budwiser is going to spend all next week
giving away free Bud's in bars where Bud is not usually the top pick and
craft brew sales are historically high.
British children's pocket money has fallen to a seven-year low. I wonder how they determine this,
but I thought it was interested none-the-less.
I am just going to copy this one exactly as I saw it. Should make for an interesting Black Friday.
- By the end of this month, LCD TV prices will be about 5 percent lower than they were at the
same time last year, according research firm DisplaySearch. But a tailspin will start in October:
In the last three months of the year, the firm forecasts that prices will keep falling until they


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The Beginners Guide To Professionals (Chapter 1)
Lawyer Coaches – Helping Lawyers Find Professional Fulfillment in their Profession
Lawyer coaches work hand-in-hand with lawyers to guide the path of their careers, devise strategies that would attract more clients, more revenues, and more idle time, and find additional fulfillment in their jobs.
Society is undergoing changes, and people are too. Lawyers are giving up their jobs, accepting different occupations or positions, as well establishing their own companies and Firms. For the time being, several are in a job but they do not feel completely fulfilled. Many continue to get on the treadmill day after day without looking at a way to actually experience career fulfillment.
Whether you have a job as a private lawyer, public lawyer, or the owner of a Firm, using life coaches is perhaps the key for catapulting you towards a much elevated fulfillment degree than you imagined possible. Think of it, experiencing fulfillment in your profession is the key to living not only a purposeful life but one that is balanced as well. You spend a greater part of your waking hours at your job than any other place after all. How you perform in your job can and ought to be an expression of your values and what you consider most important in your life. On the other hand, do you recognize what is valuable in your life? Are you aware of what you represent? What are your principles or what gives you purpose and sense of fulfillment? These are concerns that coaches for lawyers exactly develop with lawyers looking to initiate that transformation in their lives and to sincerely feel that they are benefiting from their experiences as well as their training, and above all being in control of their careers before it dominates them.
Lawyer coaches assist you in your efforts to have a look at yourself to uncover what you consider as most important in your life. They can help get you there as well help you to realize the goals you are looking to accomplish in life.
Finding fulfillment in your profession is really all about knowing your values, assets, what you enjoy most, and what you naturally do best. For a lot of lawyers, it is about recalling why they took up law school to begin with. You can experience fulfillment in your profession while making good money at the same time. It is your decision and you will have to start working to achieve it, if you choose it.
There are plenty of great things that lawyers can carry out inside as well as outside of the legal structure and contribute greatly to society. They can set up their own movement, as the law would allow, sign up for causes they are in favor or, take part in management boards of companies they trust, mentor students in high school, and so many more. These are only some of the things that lawyer coaches can facilitate for them.
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According to the site, Brittany Curran is the latest name to join the project. Curran (below) has been cast as 'Reign,' the lead female role. She was most recently in CAPTURED and has appeared on TV shows such as "Men of a Certain Age" and "Ghost Whisperer."
During a sex, drugs, and rock-fueled party, six small-town teenagers find an old vinyl record and decide to play it backwards in order to listen for any subliminal/satanic messages. Lo and behold, a seemingly malevolent spirit quickly infiltrates the group, wreaking havoc as it moves from one body to another. Eventually, however, it's revealed that the spirit in question is actually trying to convey a message… and that the real source of horror isn't particularly paranormal, but rather something (or someone) much closer to home.
The young actress joins the previously cast Gage Golightly in the film, which is set to start filming this month in Rhode Island. As always as soon as more details spill our way regarding BACKMASK we'll be right here to tell you about them.


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It started so well – LD slept through till 7am without a peep. Awesome. We had breakfast, we played, we sang, we read, we had lunch, we watched Makka Pakka be all OCD-like with his stones. All good.
LD went down for a nap at about 1 ish. Woke up screaming at about 1.03. Yep, seems tooth no.3 is finally on the way – right at the back, can just feel it starting to poke through. Every time he tries to sleep, it kicks off. Poor little dude 😦 He finally crashed about an hour ago. I don't have high hopes for a restful night.
But enough whiney stuff, let's talk guilt. But the good kind. The pleasurable kind. That's right lovely blog readers – we're talking Guilty Pleasures.
For you see lovely @porridgebrain asked on twitter yesterday for writing workshop prompt suggestions, and she only went with my idea – woo! Given my big love for the workshop, I am super flattered! Of course now, I must play the game & confess to my own guilty pleasures. So, here we go:
1. Cult Teen Movies. Honestly, I don't really consider myself a grown-up. Even now with my 30th birthday & a seven month old son under my belt, my brain still thinks I'm 20. And so every now & then I indulge myself and watch Heathers or The Lost Boys and imagine what life would be like if Christian Slater or Corey Haim were my boyfriend. *wistful sigh*…
2. Trashy chick-lit. I got an A for A Level English Literature. I can converse about Shakespeare and Hardy & Austen with the best of them, and I truly do love proper novels – both of the old and modern variety. But sometimes, I do rather enjoy just switching my brain off & reading a vacuous of tale of love and betrayal and shopping.
3. Biscuits for lunch. At least once a month (yes, often when mother nature is a house guest), I will secretly skip anything of nutritional value at lunchtime, in favour of sitting with a big mug of tea (and perhaps one of those fluffy novels mentioned above), and work my way through a whole packet of biscuits. Shameful? Probably. But SO good.
4. Facebook Stalking. There are SO many people on my friends list who are only there out of politeness. Who I rarely see, only know through friends, or just don't really care about (don't judge me – bet you have some too!), but I do quite enjoy checking up on their statuses and the like – particularly when they're bitching about other pseudo-friends they don't realise you know. It's like a little real-life soap opera 🙂
5. Inappropriate crushes. I'll happily tell anyone who cares to listen about my deep love for Johnny Depp and David Tennant and Robbie Williams… … … sorry – got distracted 😉 – but I also have several less high-profile crushes that I tend to keep to myself – Andrew Castle on GMTV is probably old enough to be my dad, but he's everso dishy. Mister Maker on cBeebies – the LD is a long way off cutting and sticking, yet we watch every single day. And Simon Cowell. Yes, even with that hair and those trousers.
I could go on, but I think 5 guilty confessions will do for now.
As always, all of the prompts over at Sleep is for the Weak are brilliant, so go have a peek. I may still have a go at some of the others myself, but for now, there's a little boy starting to stir who needs my attention.
While I do that – consider the comment box a confession booth – what are your guilty pleasures?


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Users complain of the rapid consumption of the battery after upgrading to iOS 6.0.2
The recently released update of IOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and IPad mini, could solve some of the issues associated with Wi-Fi, but some users say that the software reduced battery life.
Several readers contacted the AppleInsider, to say that they have noticed "poorer" battery life on their iPhone after upgrading to IOS 6.0.2. In particular, one reader said that he noticed a "significantly faster" battery consumption. In addition, a small number of users have created a topic on the official support forum of Apple (via Ars Technica) to share their issues with battery in firmware 6.0.2.
"It is absolutely draining my battery," user 'atdguy' wrote. "I can usually get through a day with about 75% of my battery power remaining. Today I've gone through 90% and I've done nothing special with it."
Other publications on the Apple's site said that iOS 6.0.2 has the purpose to eliminate questions with Wi-Fi connection. A software update that was released on Tuesday, was designed to address previous defects in Wi-Fi for iPhone and iPad mini.
All of the users who commented or wrote by e-mail, say they have questions pertaining to battery life in their iPhone 5. However, battery problems did not mentioned in iOS 6.0.2 with the iPad mini.
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и на 6.0.1 нормально пока
Все прекрасно держит! (iphone 5)
2 суток в режиме ожидания, из них 6-7 часов использования, (подсветка ровно на половину).


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I'm indebted to my friends over at ISAC for running a series of daily Brexit scare stories to frighten all us ill informed people who are so thick we didn't know what we were voting for and will believe any old bullshit that Project Fear II puts our way.
Here's a summary of the last few days :
Ex-pat pensioners could return to the UK for free NHS treatment after Brexit and, according to a report by the Nuffield Trust, this could cost the NHS an extra £1billion per year. This figure does rather assume there isn't a corresponding saving in no longer treating EU nationals in the UK for free and there is no mention of some of the report's other conclusions, including that Brexit may make another £5billion per year available to the NHS, or the potential benefits in adopting more flexible working practices.
BBC devoted prime news time to the chaos that will ensue if we leave Europol. Now we were in Interpol for fucking years without being in the EU but now it is Europol and leaving the EU will expose us to terror and chaos.
Why the fuck this should be was not explained although I suspect layer upon layer of bureaucracy has taken over rather than coppers etc pooling info.
The remoaner interviewed was of course a Brit employed by Europol. He didn't mention terrorists crossing borders with impunity but that was no surprise.
So, Brexit scare of the day – uncontrolled crime and terrorism.
We won't be able to staff the NHS. So called BBC News at 6.
I wonder how non EU countries manage to attract and employ skilled workers? Could it be that they have a points system and priority occupations?
Of course this could never work for Remoaning Britain. Better to admit every fucker from the EU – and of course far beyond thanks to Frau Merkel – without control or checks.
First minister of some tin pot principality called Wales, Carwyn Jones, tells the BBC news website 'Trade deals with the US etc cannot replace EU trade deals.'
No reason why they should. The deficit is in the EU's favour so any tariffs will hit them harder than us. Trade will continue in both parties interests.
Fact 1. Wales voted Leave.
Fact 2. This gravy train riding cunt knows better that his constituents.
Fact 3. The Welsh assembly is the biggest collection of tossers and misfits outside of Brussels.
Yes, Project Fear has risen from the grave and boy, does it stink…


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Just got to be an associated editor for the industry website VResources.org, which is nice - I am thinking it is good to get involved across networks as well as deep into them. We might officially be using VR at Vestas, but really there might only be 3 or 4 people that have an informed opinion of the field as such. The rest are users and to them the tools are (or need to be) transparent. Means to an end.
Now I am wondering what I am supposed to be editing. I was an editor back in the days at my college. Not sure why journalism didn't catch on for me back then. I think there weren't many issues to write about...so it got all wacky. Which was great fun while it lasted, but unambitious and not captivating in the long run. Not in a career sense, anyway.
Nowadays, there's stuff that I finally feel I KNOW something about and which might be worth the effort to put out. I just have to watch my step as far as NDA agreements go. I would like to tell it all, but the company has fairly hard policies on all that, at least when it comes to blatant namedropping. A bit out of tune media-wise, methinks, but then again I know very little about all the legal crap that Vestas has to enforce to protect the brand from parasites.


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The Nightwatchman
Glenn Peters
Don't believe a word he says.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
When I Grow Up I Want To Be Billy Childish
One more sleep until Meredith. Yay!
Make sure you catch
Billy Childish and the Buff Medways
. Going by last night's gig at The Tote, Billy's going to tear that little farm outside Meredith to pieces. Especially look out for a couple of covers which are so so so right for getting a festival crowd jumping.
If only last night's support, The Breadmakers were on the Meredith bill.
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CHARLEVOIX - The Harbor Springs boys made it two for the week.
The Rams, fresh off a victory in the season-opening East Jordan Invitational, did it again Saturday, topping a 19-team field to win the annual Charlevoix Mud Run.
And, while the Rams took top honors, Petoskey came away with winners in the two boys' individual races.
In the junior-senior run, Petoskey junior Van Tate posted the best time of the day for the second straight year, winning in 16 minutes, 44 seconds; while Petoskey freshman Blaise Henning, in his first varsity run, won the freshman-sophomore race in 17:22, holding a 46-second advantage over the second-place finisher.
Final overall standings were based on combined time for the two races with Harbor Springs finishing in 1 hour, 31 minutes, 20 seconds; followed by Troy, 1:32:35; Petoskey, 1:32:55; Gaylord, 1:34:12; and Charlevoix, 1:34:15.


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–Urges Full Dedication From Golden Eaglets Stars
Emmanuel Amuneke's new year's message to his wards in the Golden Eaglets on New Year's Day insist on hard work .
He categorically stated that nothing but hard work would bolster the team's campaign at the forthcoming continental cadet Championship to be hosted in Niger between February 1 and March 1st.
Addressing the players at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project in Abuja, the 1994 African Footballer of the Year said the players must be ready to work harder since much is expected from them at Niger 2015.
Golden Eaglets, a record four-time FIFA U-17 World Cup winner, are one of the team's to beat in Niamey but Amuneke has reminded the lads that they would not be champions in Niger on a platter of gold.
"First and foremost, we thank God for allowing us to see 2015 and we know he would strengthen us but on our own part, we have to do our very best," explained Amuneke who clocked 44 last week.
"Much is expected from us and we must not shy away from telling you that only hard work would see us through in Niger.
He therefore enjoined the youngsters to have strong mentality by putting up their best performance and attitude in the days ahead, adding that God can only help those who help themselves:"God is not partial and he is not going to hear prayers but if we work hard and
pray, he would crown our efforts .We are not going to pet you here and in the coming days, we are going to push you to the limit in order to achieve our objectives." Amuneke stated.
Meanwhile, Golden Eaglets' coordinator, Prince Udofia has commended Amuneke and Mr. Titiloye Kunmbi of Abuja College of Football for their magnanimity to the team during the festive period.
"In the spirit of the season, I want to thank Mr. Kumbi for remembering us during the Christmas and New Year festive holiday and may God continue to bless him as well as coach Amuneke for providing the players with some merriment," stated Udofia.


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105 20239 Michaud Crescent
This spacious, open concept end unit has soaring ceilings, brand new laminate flooring, and fresh paint throughout. The master suite has lots of room for king sized furniture and opens to the 4 piece en-suite bath. The large in-suite laundry room, super sized storage locker and a massive walk-in closet give you tons of extra storage space. Large windows throughout flood the home with natural light. This fabulous building is on a quiet street only 1 block from the grocery store, transit, parks, playgrounds, restaurants & more. Relax and enjoy the fully enclosed private patio, overlooking a quiet courtyard surrounded by gorgeous landscaping. This is a well-managed building with a healthy contingency fund. Quick poss. avail
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|September 2011
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