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Don't You Wanna Go to Mars?
(NOTE: Story contains Mature Content)
Durell has a migraine because someone made vanilla-flavored coffee. Just the smell is enough to trigger things. Still, he wants caffeine so badly he's tempted, against all logic, to chug it anyway. Instead, he leaves the teachers' lounge and hurries back to his office, head throbbing, where he'll ingest his caffeine in pill form. Massaging temples, poking pressure points, Durell contemplates the framed picture of his wife and son, waits for his four o'clock to show.
The picture was taken at Six Flags Over Texas up in Arlington two years ago. Aliyah was about to ship out to Samarra with the 4th Infantry and her hair was cut close. She joked about being nappy-headed. The hairdo accentuated Aliyah's onyx eyes. Taury, their son, then had the beginnings of what is now a full-blown afro. He calls it his "space helmet." Durell pops two pain pills, his head creaking. He notes the half-eaten dark chocolate bar his desk drawer. Chocolate is also a migraine trigger. He can't stop hurting himself, it seems.
This afternoon Durell has already had three meetings. The first with a divorced Latina whose 7th-grade dyslexic daughter is being held back because her reading skills aren't even at the first grade level. The second, a white father expressing outrage that his son's 1.2 GPA got him booted off the football team. The last, and probable precursor of the migraine, were the parents of a cyber-bullying blonde, icy-eyed cheerleader.
Next up: Lurlene, mother of tattooed and skin-headed Maddox Spivey, a miserable loner. His father, Lanny Spivey is doing 15-20 in Huntsville for armed robbery, a fact that has attracted a lot of unwanted peer attention. Durell met with Maddox twice and now feels that bringing mom into the mix might help. Lurlene. No two ways about it, that is a classic redneck name.
As expected, there is a noticeable difference in Maddox's demeanor when he enters Durell's office with his mother. Something humbling about having the person who used to wipe your butt standing next to you. Lurlene has amethyst-lavender eyes and peroxided hair. She's wearing a Hooters T-shirt like it was custom-made for her. From the face, Durell guesses her age to be early 30s but the body is much younger. There's a frozen, Nordic beauty to her face that explodes when she smiles. Her teeth shine as if bleach from the hair job seeped into her head.
"Well," she says after they all settle into their seats. "Here we are."
"Yes. How are you doing, Maddox?"
Maddox shrugs. "'Kay."
The talk is of test scores and hallway scuffles. Lurlene listens intently, occasionally stroking the back of Maddox's neck. He's got both elbows on his knees, head supported by hands underneath the jaw in an attitude of awkward fatigue. Lurlene's eyes are locked tight onto Durell's. She nods slowly to everything as if afraid to break her gaze.
"What do you think about all this, Maddox?" she says, eyes still on Durell.
Maddox shrugs.
"Why don't you give your mother and me few minutes?" says Durell. Maddox seizes the opportunity to exit. Lurlene shifts her gaze to a novelty paperweight on Durell's desk: an oversized Excedrin Tablet.
"Vitamin E?" she says, referring to the large E carved into the top.
"Excedrin," he smiles.
"Oh." She puts it back. "You must get big headaches."
"Got one now," he massages his temples.
"I hope it's not—"
"Nothing to do with Maddox. It's just been one of those days. I ate chocolate."
"It's a migraine trigger."
"Then why eat it?"
"I like it," he winces as his heart rate aggravates the pounding.
"I'm the same way with cigarettes."
"I used to smoke," he says. "A cigarette would be great right now. It actually helps."
She pulls out a pack of Kools. "Take one."
"No, I shouldn't."
"Come on, do something nice for yourself."
Reluctantly, he takes the coffin-nail and puts it in his shirt pocket.
"No problem." She examines the Six Flags picture. "This your wife?"
"She's in Iraq."
"How long?"
"Eleven months."
"Cute boy."
"That's Taurean—Taury for short."
"He's got your good looks."
Durrell tries to see what she sees in the picture. The nose, maybe? High cheekbones? "Thanks, Mrs. Spivey."
"Lurlene. Sorry." Durell knows they should talk about Maddox, but he's curious about the home situation. "What's going on with Mr. Spivey?"
"Well, you know Lanny's in Huntsville."
"And he can rot there for all I care."
"That's not fair, I know."
"So you've got some hostility about it. That's understandable."
"I think Maddox has some hostility too."
"I know," she sighs.
"I'd like to try and redirect those emotions."
"Any interest in sports, music, things like that?"
"I thought the problem was grades."
"Certain activities prime the pump, you know? Then the grades improve."
"His father used to take him hunting."
Durell smiles, "Something without guns, preferably."
"What does he do after school?"
"Video games."
"Tell you what," he gets up. "You think about it and let's meet again in a week."
"Great. I have to get to work anyway."
"Where do you work?"
She indicates her T-shirt. As a manicured fingernail scrapes the E in Hooters, the nipple hardens visibly underneath.
Durell says, "Thanks."
He smokes the Kool in his car, windows down so as not to stink up the Saturn. It's the first time the cigarette lighter has ever been used. Durell's not stupid, he knows when he's being hit on. Lurlene is angry with her redneck husband for landing himself in the hoosegow. The inherent dangers in this situation are numerous and sobering but also intriguing. He tosses the butt out the window because the ashtray is full of coins.
Durell's migraine pain is manageable by the time he pulls up to Taury's school. The boy stands waiting behind the fence, backpack on. He saunters to the car, climbs in, buckles up. Taury started riding up front this year. When Aliyah comes home, Taury will have to sit in back. But for now, Durell loves having the boy at his side where he can give him a hug.
"I smell smoke." Taury wrinkles his nose.
"You finish your homework?"
"You're supposed to do it before I get here, you know that."
"Don't you want to go to Mars?"
Up until two months ago, Taury was a math prodigy. Since Taury was a toddler, Durell encouraged a love of numbers and science. The time is coming, and it's going to be soon, when we're going to send a man to Mars, he'd tell the child. No one could have predicted in 1959 that ten years later we were going to conquer the Moon. But we did. So I want you to be ready, son. Astronauts start out as pilots, and to be a pilot you have to excel at math. Those who are good at math will be first in line to explore the universe. Taury's first toy in the crib was an oversized calculator. He knew his multiplication tables up to a thousand by the time he was five; he was doing long division by age six. By third grade, Taury had surpassed Durell's limited math knowledge and Dad could no longer directly help with homework. When Taury's vision tested a pilot-perfect 20/20, Durell was ecstatic. Now, at the age of ten, he's mastered algebra. He'd just started calculus and trigonometry when the current apathy appeared out of nowhere.
Durell himself knows only a little about math. He's just a facilitator. A year ago, just before Aliyah shipped out, she got Taury into a special after-school program for gifted kids. Taury's mentor is a retired aerospace engineer named Fred Yakamoto. He said Taury's left-brain capability was so strong he'd be surprised if "underneath that afro his head wasn't lopsided."
Officially, Taury and Durell are Aliyah's dependents. They could afford to live off-base, but settled in Enlisted Housing to economize. Aliyah made Staff Sergeant a month ago, which is a higher rank than Durell held when he resigned three years ago to pursue a civilian career, so there's been a little bump in household income. But it's never enough. Durell got his counseling credentials by attending night school while they were stationed at Fort Benning. When Aliyah transferred to Texas, there was the faint hope in Durell's mind that moving west would somehow keep her out of Iraq. But as soon as they got settled, her unit was activated and off she went. That was almost a year ago.
Taury settles in to do homework at his favorite workstation, the kitchen table. Durell fixes the boy a healthy snack: apple slices, jack cheese—and of course, Tang. Durell is annoyed the homework hasn't been done yet. Now it's going to be tedious. Without the tutor, walls will be hit. While Taury works, Durell checks the snail mail. Nothing from Aliyah. He goes to the living room, puts on the national news at low volume. Somebody blew up a market in Haditha. What used to be a leading story is now sandwiched in between the stock market and weather. Taury usually needs help at least once every five minutes, so when the newscast ends without him making even a single plea for assistance, Durell goes in to check on him.
Taury sits there, drumming a pencil. The snack is the only thing he's finished.
"What's going on?"
Taury shrugs. The motion of the shoulders reminds Durell of Maddox Spivey.
"Taurean, what is the problem?"
Taury looks up. "I miss Mom."
Durell sits down. "They can't keep her there forever."
"When is she coming back?"
This is a cheat, because Taury's studied just enough physics to know that Time is relative. They go to the master bedroom and fire up the computer, but there is nothing from Aliyah. It's been three weeks. Not even a text. Durell opens the pictures folder and does a slideshow. One of Taury's favorite pictures shows Aliyah up close and gritty. Her eyes are dark, bloodshot; surrounding skin smudged like two windows in a burned-out house. It was a cell phone photo, self-portrait. In the background the landscape is rubicund, dessicated—Eden for The God of War. It makes you thirsty just looking at it. The naked fear in Aliyah's face prompts Durell to think she intended the picture just for his eyes. But there was no caveat accompanying the picture, so he showed it to Taury who quickly became obsessed. It's not an easy picture to look at.
His son has a need to see that picture every day. Durell came close to deleting the image, but now he too feels that daily need. Durell allows Taury to log onto the Space Camp website for a few minutes before steering him back to the kitchen table. Taury promises to double time it tomorrow and get caught up. Dad makes fish sticks for dinner ("brain food"), which they eat on TV trays while watching a Nova about a Doomsday Asteroid that may or may not hit the earth in 2036. Durell imagines Taury as part of a special team sent up to divert the asteroid.
Taury takes a bath, brushes his teeth and gets in bed. Sometimes Durell lets him stay up late and they watch The Right Stuff, but not tonight. He tucks the boy in and Taury says his prayers. Durell is agnostic, but Aliyah made him promise Taury would do a bedtime prayer. They're also supposed to say grace when they eat, but Durell let that slide months ago. Taury's face, framed by bushy hair sunk inside the white pillow, reminds Durell of the days when he used to swaddle his infant son. There was never a tighter and faster swaddler than Durell, he is sure of it.
"Do you think there's a heaven?" says Taury.
"I don't know."
"Mom said there is."
"A lot of people say so."
"What about you?"
"I don't know."
"Maybe Mars is heaven."
"Maybe you'll find out someday."
Lurlene calls the next day, says she wants to meet with Durell "one on one."
Lurlene sports a pierced belly button and some kind of tattoo creeping out the waistband of her jeans. Hair washed and teased, plenty of makeup but not too slutty. It's late winter but she is tanned from top to bottom and it doesn't look like it came out of a bottle. Her aroma redolent of Kools mixed with Victoria's Secret Body Spray.
"How's your head?"
"Better. Have a seat?"
"I was thinking we could go someplace where we could talk."
"Fine. I'll get my car."
He brings his car around, seriously considers driving home, abandoning this foolishness. But he's curious, drawn to the danger. He whips the Saturn up to the curb, she grinds out her cigarette underfoot, gets in and they drive off.
She doesn't wear a seatbelt, turns sideways to face him in a coquettish pose. She lifts one leg up and rests her foot on the seat, clasping the tanned shin as if she were relaxing on a couch.
"You look nice," he offers.
"Thanks. So do you."
"What are we doing here?"
"Going to Starbucks."
"You know what I mean."
"We can just turn around if you want."
"No," he says, "we can talk."
At Starbucks, he orders two coffees. Lurlene asks for some ice on the side. He tries to buy a chocolate chip brownie, but Lurlene won't let him.
"You're not allowed, remember?"
On the store sound system, Sinatra's singing Fly Me to the Moon. They take a seat outside, as far back as possible, in the shade.
"So, let's talk," he says, hands folded on the table.
She covers his hands with hers. They are smooth, soft, and her left ring finger sports a barely visible indentation where her wedding band used to be. The nails are manicured, long. There's a fancy design on the nails that Aliyah would've made fun of.
"I want to know more about you," she says.
"Look, Lurlene—"
"Don't you ever get lonesome?"
"Don't you ever just want to talk to someone?"
"Absolutely," he says. "I'm glad you've reached out."
"We're in the same boat."
"Pretty much."
The conversation moves along at a caffeinated clip. Durell smokes several of her Kools. When she says: "I mean, don't you ever get angry?" Durell nods his head automatically, not really thinking about where the question's coming from or where Lurlene is taking the conversation. He is amiable, agreeable. It's a pleasurable feeling.
"I mean," she says, "don't you ever just want to grab the first hot piece of ass you can find and say fuck-all!? I know I do."
She takes a sip of coffee, mouth cocked into a half-grin. Durell nods again, dumbly.
He goes inside to use the bathroom. His pee smells of caffeine and nicotine, like it could fuel a rocket. When he comes back, she's up and ready to go.
"I've got to go to work and I'm totally wired," she says.
She remains chatty on the ride back. As he coasts up to her car—a battered Plymouth Satellite—she swoops: hand on his knee, full mouth kiss with tongue. Squibs of light fulgurate across his field of vision.
"Bye," she whispers.
His lips make a noiseless B.
Wanton thoughts of Lurlene flood his mind, spill over.
And anger. Yes. She's right. There is that.
Two days later, she texts: I have to see you again.
At the Super 8 Motel, she answers the door in her underwear.
"Hi," she smiles.
"I came here to tell you that I can't do this."
She pulls him into the room by his waistband, closes the door. She kisses him and says, "Awww."
"I have the headache from hell."
"Do you want to lie down?" she says, leading him to the bed.
He settles onto the bed. There was never a more comfortable lay-down. She stands before him, hand on her hip. The tattoo he'd seen sprouting up her midriff turns out to be a quarter-moon with a face in profile bedecked with flowers and vines. The fairytale face is smiling, but its skin is moldy green. He looks for stretch marks in the surrounding skin, sees none, absurdly wishing that she had them because it would remind him of Aliyah.
"No funny business, okay?" he says. "I'm just here to talk."
"Durell, honey? I'm half-naked in a motel—the funny business has already begun."
He takes in the image of her and allows: "You're so pretty."
"You should do something about it."
"I can't."
She nuzzles his neck.
"Then why are you here?"
He has no answer.
"You mean to tell me," she murmurs, "that you came all this way just to tell me we're not gonna do it?"
She touches him. He removes her hand. She laughs.
Lurlene's digging around in her purse. He thinks it's for cigarettes, but when she pulls out a glass pipe the pounding in his head takes on a metallic tenor.
"No," he says.
"This will make your head feel better."
She shrugs, loads the glass pipe.
"Have you ever?"
"The sex is unbelievable." Lighting the pipe, she adds: "I never slam it."
Durell watches with disapproving fascination. Lurlene's eyes glaze like a snake when shedding its skin. She grins, speaking words of smoke: "We have achieved liftoff." Then she scrambles over, crablike. He snaps into a sitting position, afraid. But instead of straddling, she just leans into him and shivers. "Hold me."
Maybe it's the smoke in the air, maybe it's the touch of her body, but the pain in his head briefly subsides. When she kisses him, he can taste euphoria.
Something about the pleading in her voice. It sounds so pitiful. He starts to undo his shirt. She's got his belt, shoes and pants off before he's even on the second shirt button. She presents herself. He moves in.
"Do it!" she yells.
If it were up to him, Lurlene would get dressed quickly and leave, but it is her motel room. He knows he's the one who should leave but he's paralyzed with sadness.
She says, "I'm sorry you feel bad. But I'm glad we did it."
He listens to the story of her life. It's a story that holds few surprises, but in a way feels like a carrying case in which he can more easily transport, if not conceal, the trouble he has found. Red beams of late afternoon sun leak through the crimson curtain, heating the room like a brick oven. Taury is waiting.
The words running through his mind ever since the sex, This can never happen again, finally pass his lips.
"I understand," she says.
"I'm not cut out for this."
"I know."
"Promise you'll never say anything to anyone about this."
She gets up, starts to put her clothes on, annoyed.
"Sorry," he says. "I'm new to this."
"Not sure what you think I am."
He looks at the purse. It's like she can read his mind.
Durrell replays the scene in his head, torn between suicidal guilt and gushing gratitude. She was loud. He was loud. He became an altogether different person. Do the math, bitch! It scares him, not that he might get caught—he will certainly get caught one way or another—but the thrilling doom of it all. When did this become inevitable? Does it matter anymore?
Taury squats on the ground behind the fence. Fred Yakamoto sits alongside, open book of Calculus problems on his lap.
"Sorry I'm late," Durell calls out. "Parent conference."
"Right. Okay," says Fred. "We really made some progress today, didn't we?"
Taury nods, gets in.
"Thanks, Fred. Sorry again for being late."
Fred gives a dismissive, forgiving wave. The Saturn pulls away and merges into traffic. Durell takes Taury to Captain D's for some brain food. On the way, they pass Hooters.
Do it!
They sit in their favorite booth.
"So Fred got you caught up?"
"He explain what you were doing wrong?"
"That's good."
"He gave me the answer first, then I was able to figure it out."
Then, before Durrell can respond, Taury says, without looking up from his paper, and loud enough for everyone to hear:
"You stink, Dad."
A text arrives from a satellite in outer space and threatens the table with a low hum. Durrell pretends to know who it's from and what it says.


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The EU and CommunityBy Leon Choueke In School Blog
It has been an unforgettable couple of weeks, and regardless of your political views you cannot escape hearing about, reading or participating in a discussion on the EU Referendum. It has been staggering how prevalent it has been. In all the discussions I have had, I have been asked what the implications are for education. With the situation changing on almost a daily basis, it is almost impossible to say.
What has been apparent is how knowledgeable our children are about the EU; they have had a real desire to discuss and put forward their views on the matter. For them, nearly all have articulated that this is something of real importance to them, as it directly affects their future. They feel it is unfair that they have not had a say.
Children at Coleridge have a very rich and sound understanding of what politics is. They experience how they can have a say and have opportunities to learn about how they can have an impact on their local, national and global communities. We have held and run a number of elections, general and mayoral. Children have written their own policies, canvassed, debated and voted. Recently, we went to Muswell Hill Primary School to participate in a debate on the EU Referendum. Children through Philosophy for Children lessons learn how to debate, question and wonder about the world about them.
Participating in activities such as this allows children to understand how to build and put forward an argument, how to constructively challenge others thinking and understand their potential to make a difference. It is such a shame that when children look at the press, there are politicians who are not setting themselves up as positive role models for our children.
The responsibility then falls to schools and parents. We need to teach, model and educate our children, ensuring they learn about positive role models, about the benefits of living in a democratic society and to help them understand their rights and responsibilities of being an active citizen.
The result of the EU Referendum has thrown up lots of different views about community. There are those that believe that the UK, as a national community are better off going it alone, and those who see the value in being a part of a bigger and wider European community. Unfortunately, since the vote, there have been some awful acts of intolerance and racism designed to split and put fear at the centre of our communities. Exposing our children to experience a positive community becomes even more important, which is why we place this as central to the ethos of Coleridge. Children learn about, understand and experience diversity; they understand working together as a community can make a real difference to the world around them.
Last week I attended the Haringey Music Festival at the Royal Albert Hall. A huge number of schools in Haringey took part. In such difficult times it was beautiful seeing children from so my different countries backgrounds and religions coming together to participate in something so spellbinding. At various points there were over 1,000 children singing and playing music together. It was an incredible experience and it raised the hairs on the back of my neck. While there was nothing political about the concert, the children all experienced the effect that many voices can have by coming together, there was a mixture of music, ranging from traditional Peruvian music to hip hop and Justin Bieber, being played on the steel pans. All parents who came along were in absolute agreement about the powerful message the concert had. It was a celebration of diversity, community and music. It was such a refreshing change from the day to day goings on in Parliament.

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Kings of the Court
"On that day, the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of His
people, for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land."
– Zechariah 9:16
Easter Sunday after service
we kissed our mothers goodbye.
We loosened our handshakes and ties
while crossing the street to Clemente's
to shoot rainbows across
a rustic backdrop and dance
over every crack in the concrete.
Budding and blistered feet
in vibrant sneaks bouncing
off the blacktop with gusto,
bare backs glistering
glorious in the sunlight.
We blaze past backpedaling meddlers,
the friction setting fire to our soles.
We stay this way until the sun
stops moving our shadows, and
the orange of our eyes becomes
the blackest of blues.
Flushed and full of life
we tell ourselves that
this is holy ground,
and each of us just
a sunburnt kid
his way
to supper.
Frat Boy
they call us corrupt
because we travel in packs—
newfound adults in
pastel shorts and
backwards hats,
they say our brotherhood
bleeds mob mentality,
that we are aggressive
in our privilege
and childish for
buying the same brands,
spitting off of sidewalks,
stumbling at dawn, and
singing too loud our
chapter's songs,
they judge us by the hint
of liquor on our breath,
shield their eyes
against the shine of
the letters on our chests,
there are times when they
won't even be wrong to,
is this what
we've become?
So join us, brother
pay your dues
and down this cup,
bury the moments
that build you up
and let the shots
slide like water
in the name of
brotherly love and
those who were before us,
we are a family, and it
is tradition, let this be
your epitome of life:
waiting in line to
forget our nights,
spilling all our praises
to the young ladies
who want nothing
but sweet nothings
to get them by, boy
smile with your teeth
you won't be gentle
but you will learn
how to be, boy
repeat after me
Diligence and
Brotherly Love.
Old Town Glory
On any given evening,
half this town might sleep
after three and, tomorrow
still wear a smile to class as
bright as Sunday morning.
And to consider that
all the kids ever needed
was a place.
Friday night was a brick but
every brother brought
a bottle and a babe.
Witnessed kids shotgun
over the kitchen sink,
girls place their fists
in our basement roof, boys
turn to rooms where they'd flip
hourglass figures upside-down as if
they had all the time in the world.
We ruin
sunkissed Timbs from
the spring in the slush
among other things, and
our cherry red tips brave
the brisk like mavericks, we
chainsmoke when wilding
claiming the weekends as
excuses to stay childish.
In these streets, freedom
manifests in many ways
and them winter nights on
the Ocho's deck in the rain
are the reason why
we became
Yung Royals, Revisited
That the curse of this suburbia
runs deeper than the privilege.
That these kids will find the ways
to damn what they've been given.
It's still not so tragic, just
never thought I'd be of the ones
making my way back to sweet nothings
'cause I've known the taste and hold
of loving good loving, how
breaking day only comes if
you waste away in 'em and
how demons only rest once
you finna dance with 'em, see
All these internet kids've known
ugly and glory just like us, yo
we lived our quiet days young
and then we played with gusto,
but if you show a romantic
how to roll a spliff or
to love a bad habit, soon
you might watch him become stiff
or stop putting up a fuss, no more
afternoon cartoons or pop-punk or
kid brimming with goodness, even
if he grew up on wishing and
playing classical music and
reading books and shit, see
he ain't soft no more, see
An addictive personality ain't no thing
'til you twist your words with your livid,
'til you know twice shy once smitten,
'til you trade in your blessings for
an archetype of beauty, or a fix,
or burn holes or bruises or
sinning, and
An addictive personality ain't no thing
'til you keep asking what today is,
'til you drive to church on Sunday
and find no gospel on your playlists,
'til you skip out on them flitting nights
'cause people keep you anxious,
'til you haven't said good morning
in months to any saving graces and
you wonder if this's the same
as forgetting all their faces.
That these kids are bold enough
to ask for anything but forgiveness.
That yung royals learn how strong
to start but never how to finish.
Timmy Chong is an east coast millennial with an addictive personality who studies Journalism and Creative Writing at the University of Maryland. He believes in becoming a balanced man, and yet spends the lasts of his youth being otherwise. But he's getting there.
Find him at theadventuresoftim-tim.tumblr.com // twitter.com/timmychongg


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Best Cream for Crows Feet – Get Rid of Fine Lines for Good
When it comes to choosing the best cream for crow's feet, there are plenty of products out there that will be in the running. You need to take the time to look at the different options and figure out exactly what is best for your needs. It doesn't matter whether you have a big problem or a small one, because the best cream for crows feet will be the one that gets rid of any problem, or at least helps lighten it up. Injections and surgery are options for the removal of crows feet, as well, but they are much more serious and expensive than even the best cream for crows feet.
Choosing the right products is all about finding what works and what doesn't. When researching the best cream for crows feet, you have plenty of options. There are all-natural remedies, which are quite popular these days among people who want the same effective treatments without the harsh side effects or risks of chemical products. Of course, some people feel that these solutions aren't as effective as others, and that will be your judgment to make.
The best cream for crows feet might come to you in the form of a suggestion from a friend or family member, from an online bulletin board, a blog, or even a consumer reporting website. You can find a lot of information about the best cream for crows feet through online beauty magazines, which are notorious for reviewing these types of products. There are plenty of resources available to help you find the best cream for crows feet so that you can get back to looking good all the time.
Synthetic ingredients are in most of the products ranked best cream for crows feet, so you will need to be careful of what you choose. These products can be poisonous to your skin, causing major health issues and other complications that you might not like anymore than the wrinkles. The cream is applied to your skin, which means it is absorbed directly into the body, posing the greatest threat to your overall health. The FDA doesn't regulate safety of effectiveness of even the best cream for crow's feet because these are still considered cosmetic products. That is why it is important for you to research your options and find the safest and most effective products in order to find the best cream for crows feet.


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Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Texas Governor William P/ Clements, left, former deputy Defense secretary, and former Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld huddle during a Washington news conference called Monday to voice their opposition to the SALT II Treaty."
Date: November 26, 1979
Creator: Associated Press
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Torture Museum
12 Jan 2012
There is something awry about this tourist site, a few miles away from Ho Chi Minh city. We had a spare day to spent in Vietnam before hopping on a bus en route Cambodia, so a short day trip in Cu Chi Tunnels seems like a great idea. It is an interesting historical site because while it documents the violent struggle for survival of the Vietnamese during the war, the site felt like it was packaged as a "fun" tour, where visitors can play around fitting through the narrow tunnels or looking at how improvised traps 'work.' It does not help that some of the 'traps' designed by Vietnamese tunnel dwellers are meant to poke fun at American soldiers. Small pendulum swings that target unsuspecting enemies' genitals and little legholds that do no more than just annoyingly cling unto their enemies' boots. The remains of shells, rows of hole traps with spikes at the bottom and abandoned army trucks do not hide the brutality that have taken place in the middle of this jungle. Yet there is a glint of humour in the narrow tracks that they have elaborately built underground to ingeniously get away from American airstrikes. These network of subterranean channels connects to underground shelters, schools, hospitals, infantries where they crafted their own armaments by recycling the war weapons of their foes.


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Coming into this IBF Welterweight Championship bout Andre Berto (27-1 21 KOs), fighting out of Florida, sought redemption. Having suffered his first ever professional defeat and the loss of his WBC Welterweight Championship to Victor Ortiz, soon to fight Floyd Mayweather challenger, in a Fight of The Year candidate four months ago. The 27 year old Berto was a former Olympian from Haiti and had defended his WBC Welterweight title five times before losing to Ortiz, despite being a 4-1 favorite. The man whom Berto looked to redeem himself against is the rugged IBF Welterweight Champion from Slovenia, Jan Zaveck (31-1 18 KOs). Zaveck, age 35, is coming into this fight having defended his IBF Welterweight title three times, after claiming it in December of 2009 against Isaac Hiasthwayo. Each man has something very significant to gain; for Berto, a victory immediately throws him right back into the elite Welterweights. For Jan Zaveck, an opportunity to put his first notary stamp on American grounds.
- Round 1: Andre Berto begins round one with his hands held in a high guard. He gets Zaveck to the ropes and does some good work, Zaveck fights off the ropes in retaliation well. Zaveck lands a clean over hand right,and Berto responds with lefts and rights in combination in the center of the ring. The two now close the distance, and Berto lands two hard hooks to the body, a left and a right. Berto follows up again with two hard body shots, in the center of the ring. Berto pumps his left jab a few times, and closes the range with two body shots again. Zaveck comes forward and gets Andre's back to the ropes, and throws in bunches but is ineffective, hitting Berto's gloves for the most part. Coming off of the ropes, Berto gets whacked by Zaveck with a clubbing right hand, and Zaveck follows up the right hand with a few jabs. Berto and Zaveck then exchange their left jabs, and Berto connects afterwards with a right hand to the body and then to the head. Berto set up both shots with his jab, and follows up the rights with two left jabs. Zaveck responds with his own stiff jab, and follows up with a good overhand right, and once more with the right hand. Berto fires back in the final ten seconds of the stanza with great body work, and takes the round.
Berto 10 Zaveck 9
- Round 2: Round number two begins with both boxers jabbing, and Berto opens up with a five punch combination to the stomach of Zaveck and finishes up to the head with his shots being partially blocked. Berto then lands a stiff left jab, and digs in hard with a left hook to the body. Zaveck unleashes some shots effectively to Berto's head, and Andre comes back with multiple left hooks to the body. Berto stays in front of Jan and is making him miss momentarily, and pumping out his jab well. Berto lands a flush right hand, and Zaveck comes back with an even harder, clean right hand that momentarily wobbles Berto. Berto refuses to hold or backpedal, and doesn't show he's been hurt by the right hand. Zaveck lands another right hand over Berto's jab, and Andre misses some punches in response. Berto hits Zaveck with a jab, but gets caught coming in as he's letting his hands go by a right hand. Zaveck again catches Berto coming forward, however Berto gets in some very good body work in combination. A very good right uppercut to the body by Berto and he follows it up with more body work. Jan Zaveck comes back with a few jabs, and the round closes with both men missing in exchanges, swinging for the fences. Close round to score.
Berto 10 Zaveck 9
- Round 3: Andre Berto begins round three working his left jab, Zaveck has been defending against it pretty well thus far, although Andre continues to use it to set up his other punches. Berto pressures Zaveck into the ropes, and makes him body to the body in combination, Andre evades retaliation. Zaveck closes the distance, and does some good work on the inside landing short range punches. Berto comes back firing his own punches on the inside with decent steam on the shots. The two continue an exchange on the inside and Zaveck gets the better of it, landing the cleaner more effective blows. Berto responds in a big bursts, but is getting nailed cleaner in this round. Jan Zaveck then begins pumping the left jab effectively, and Berto comes back ferociously to the body and finishing upstairs. Zaveck replies to the body back, and lands a left jab as he marched forward. Berto stops Zaveck in his tracks with a right hand, and Zaveck returns with a clubbing right. Berto closes the final ten seconds strong, firing off combinations to the body of Zaveck and outworks him in an exchange.
Berto 10 Zaveck 9
- Round 4: Berto begins round four pressing forward, pumping the left jab. Andre sets up a nice combination off the jab, with uppercuts and hooks in the center of the ring. Berto now sits back, and Zaveck is more hesitant to rush in. Zaveck lands a right hand on Berto, and Berto replies with punches in bunches, Zaveck fights back very well. Zaveck now gets in some good work on the inside, landing clean. Once again Zaveck throws and lands uppercuts and hooks in close range effectively, with both hands. Zaveck lands twice with the right uppercut, and Berto cannot respond with as many punches. Andre separates the two with some range and lands three left hooks consecutively to close the round.
Berto 9 Zaveck 10
- Round 5: Berto begins round five fresh and works behind the left jab to set up a combination that backs Zaveck into the ropes for the first thirty seconds of the round. Andre punishes Zaveck for the entirety of the first thirty seconds. Zaveck closes the distance and responds with good, short, cleanly landed punches. Throughout the night Zaveck has been showing an advantage on the inside. Andre shows he can hold his own in close quarters and bangs away with hard left hooks to the body of Zaveck. When the two combatants have had distance, it's been Andre Berto's fight. Andre comes forward and Zaveck counters him well, with hard right uppercuts landing flush. Berto takes the punches and continues forward through more clean shots. Zaveck is catching Andre with sweeping left and right hands in the center of the ring. The punches have no affect on Berto coming forward however, and Andre continues on throwing bombs. Berto finishes the round working behind his left jab and connecting with a hard left hook to close the round.
Berto 10 Zaveck 9
- Round 6: IBF Champion Jan Zaveck is unable to continue and return for round number six. Andre Berto claims his second World Championship, and Zaveck fails in his fourth title defense. The bout is stopped due to Jan Zaveck being unable to see out of his right eye.
Despite Bleachereportboxing having Andre Berto (now 28-1 22 KOs) ahead four rounds to one, or rather 49-46 at the time of the stoppage, this was indeed a very competitive bout. The rugged Slovenian, Zaveck (now 31-2 18 KOs) came into the bout not looking to lie down for the more well known Hatian star, Berto. Jan Zaveck had his moments, and at times was able to land very clean and well on the inside. However the man of the night was Andre Berto, removing doubt that he may not be the same fighter he was after now suffering his first loss. Andre returned in this bout and has immediately redeemed himself, once again becoming a World Champion. With this victory, Berto is once again a viable opponent for any Welterweight in the world, or even the top Junior Welterweights looking to come up in weight. This list would include a rematch with Ortiz, a fight with Mayweather, Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Timothy Bradley, Marcos Maidana, or any of the other top 140, or 147 pound fighters. Jan Zaveck showed himself to be a more than worthy gate keeper type of fighter at the Welterweight division, good enough to match up with any top notch, blue chip prospect or top fighter coming off of a loss. Andre Berto is now a two time Welterweight World Champion, having relinquished Zaveck of his IBF Championship.


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Yes. Most domestic violence charges are misdemeanors (not felonies), but even misdemeanor domestic violence charges are serious. A conviction for domestic violence carries mandatory jail time and disqualifies a person from owning firearms under federal law, among other serious consequences. Click here for a full list of domestic violence consequences.
Yes. Any use of force—even a slight use of force—can be considered violence (i.e., a battery) for the purposes of domestic violence statutes. Many people don't think that minor force, like a push or an open-handed slap, should be considered a battery domestic violence, but that's simply not the law. Because many people don't think such minor use of force is or should be a battery, they unfortunately admit this conduct to police. Such admissions can be very damaging to a criminal case.
"Pressing charges" doesn't mean what you think it does. When the police get involved, it doesn't matter if the alleged victim wants to drop the charges. To read more about this situation, click here.
If you went to court and heard the district attorney ask for sixty days, and then you were given a new date to return to court, then this means the district attorney has not yet filed a criminal complaint against you. The State has one year (on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge) from the date of the alleged incident to file a criminal complaint for battery domestic violence. If you hire me to represent you for your domestic violence case, then I can go to court on the return date and you need not appear personally. At that time, the district attorney may choose to either file a complaint or to "deny" the charges.
If you appeared in court and your case was called, and the district attorney said that your charges were "denied," then this means that the district attorney has decided not to file charges in your case. Even if you were arrested for domestic violence, the district attorney still has discretion to either file criminal charges or not. However, even if the charges are denied, the district attorney can still, by law, file charges within one year of the alleged incident.
If you have a domestic violence case pending, or if you plead guilty or no contest to domestic violence offense, then the court may issue, at the request of the district attorney and the alleged victim, a "no contact order" (also called a "stay away order") until the case is closed. Pursuant to this order, you may not contact the alleged victim, whether by phone, email, text message, or otherwise, until the case is closed or the order is otherwise lifted by the judge. Failure to comply with this order can result in the imposition of jail time for contempt or the imposition of a suspended sentence.
A TPO is a temporary protective order, issued by a hearing master in Family Court. A TPO will preclude the adverse party from contacting the applicant or coming within a certain distance of the applicant and their home and place of work. A person who violates a TPO's orders is subject to contempt time and may be separately prosecuted for violation of a TPO, which is a distinct criminal offense.
It is important to remember that sometimes a no contact order issued pursuant to an open domestic violence case may be in effect at the same time as a no contact order issued pursuant to a TPO. They are distinct orders issued by different judges, so the lifting of one no contact order has no effect on the other. A person may close his domestic violence case and have the no contact order lifted, and still be restricted from contacting the alleged victim if that alleged victim has also applied for and received a TPO.
A TRO is a temporary restraining order, and is issued in Justice Court rather than Family Court, and is issued between parties who are not involved in a romantic relationship.
You must keep in mind that the standard for filing charges is different than the standard of proof required to obtain a conviction. Police have to have "probable cause" to charge you with a crime, which is a relatively low standard. To convict you, the prosecutor must prove the offense "beyond a reasonable doubt." This is a much higher standard. And so in many cases, where it truly is "your word against hers," the prosecutor may not be able to prove the charges. Of course, the judge (or jury in a felony case) will evaluate the credibility of the witnesses' testimony and the other evidence, so a true "he said/she said" situation is somewhat rare, since there will often be substantial differences between the quality of each side's evidence.
Misdemeanor domestic violence cases are typically simple matters, relatively speaking, and it is rare that a misdemeanor domestic violence trial would last more than a few hours. Jury trials (for felony charges) take longer—usually several days. However, keep in mind, most domestic violence cases don't actually go to trial. Instead, in the vast majority of cases, the charges might be dismissed completely, or the parties (i.e. the prosecution and the defense) will come to some negotiated plea agreement.
You have a constitutional right not to testify at trial, and the court cannot hold your silence against you. However, in a typical domestic violence case, where the state's only witness may be the alleged victim, it is sometimes necessary for the defendant to testify to give him the best chance of acquittal. If I am your attorney, I will work with you on your testimony and only call you as a witness if it will help our case. But again, keep in mind that most domestic violence cases do not go to trial. So most likely you will not have to testify. In fact, the total time you actually spend in court may be only a matter of minutes. Sometimes, trial and substantial time in court cannot be avoided, but the less time my client has to spend in court, the more successful the representation, in my opinion.
No, not if you are charged with misdemeanor domestic violence. You are entitled to a trial by jury only when you are charged with a felony or gross misdemeanor. If you are not charged with third offense felony domestic violence, or felony battery domestic violence with strangulation, or any other felony domestic violence charge, then your domestic violence case is a simple misdemeanor, and will be heard by the judge, not a jury. Therefore, the judge alone will decide whether you are guilty or not guilty (if you go to trial).
No, probably not. The victim showing up to trial and claiming amnesia is not going to be a successful tactic, because once an alleged victim claims to lack testamentary capacity (i.e. remember the events of the case), then the state can bring in hearsay statements (e.g. from a police report) as substantive evidence of what occurred. Falsely proffering such a defense would be a crime. This will not be a successful strategy. Don't do it. Leave the defense strategy to your defense lawyer.
If the victim no-shows the trial, many different things can happen, based upon very specific facts of your case. The charges may be dismissed, or the prosecutor may continue the trial and obtain a material witness warrant to arrest the alleged victim to force that person to testify. Keep in mind that dissuading a witness from appearing at a court hearing is a serious crime, so don't tell the victim not to show up at trial. Again, leave the defense strategy up to your criminal defense lawyer.
Yes. NRS 33.018 defines a "domestic" relationship very broadly. The definition includes far more than just "romantic" relationships.
Yes. Under NRS 33.018, a person can be charged with domestic violence if they commit a battery against a person they live with or even a person they lived with in the past. For a more detailed explanation of this situation, read our blog entry on this topic located here.
I have handled several hundred domestic violence cases, in Las Vegas Justice Court and all other Clark County Justice Courts, and in Las Vegas Municipal Court and all other Clark County Municipal Courts. I have handled many misdemeanor and felony domestic violence cases. I have taken many domestic violence cases—both misdemeanor and felony—to trial, and won.
Ethically, I cannot guarantee outcomes, but within minutes of speaking to me over the phone, I will give you a straight and simple answer about what kind of result we can reasonably expect. Call me now for a free consultation regarding your domestic violence case.


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- Services of Local Tour Guide
- Travel Insurance
- All currently applicable taxes i.e. Hotel Tax and Transportation Tax
Travel Plan as per above mentioned itinerary
- Any Air fare or Train fare
- Personal Expenses such as Laundry, telephone calls, tips & gratuity, mineral water, soft & hard drinks, etc.
- Additional sightseeing or extra usage of vehicle, other than mentioned in the itinerary.
- Any cost arising due to natural calamities like, landslides, road blockage, political disturbances (strikes), etc. (to be borne by the client, which is directly payable on the spot).
- Govt. Service Tax.(5%).
Anything which is not mentioned in the inclusion.
Package Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival at Gaya - Bodhgaya
Welcome to your holy Budhhist Tour. Upon arrival in Gaya, you will be transferred to the hotel. Check in to the hotel relax for a while. Later, embark on a sightseeing tour of Mahabodhi temple, Thai Temple and Bodhi tree. Stay overnight in the hotel.
Day 2 Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Nalanda - Patna
Enjoy breakfast in the morning and check out from the hotel, leave by road for Patna. On the way, explore the attractions of Rajgir-the ancient capital of Bihar, and Nalanda- the ancient Indian university. Upon arrival, check into the hotel for the comfortable night stay.
Day 3 Patna - Vaishali - Kushinagar
Have breakfast in the morning and check out from the hotel.Then you will be taken for the drive towards Kushinagar. On the way, visit Vaishali, which has its connection with the Hindu epic Ramayana. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel for night stay.
Day 4 Kushinagar - Varanasi
Enjoy breakfast in the morning, embark on a sightseeing tour of Kushinagar covering the Mahaparinirvana temple and Thai Temple. Later, drive towards Varanasi. Stay overnight in the hotel.
Day 5 Varanasi
Early morning, around 5 AM, enjoy a boat ride on the river Ganges in Varanasi. Enjoy breakfast at hotel,visit Sarnath, where the celebrated Buddhist chant " Buddham Sharanam Gachhami " came into existence. In the afternoon, explore the sights of Varanasi which include The Vishwanath Temple & The Dugra Temple and The Benaras Hindu University. Stay overnight in the hotel.
Day 6 Departure
Have breakfast in the morning and check out from the hotel. Then you will be transferred to the Madurai airport to board flight back home.
Trip Highlights
- Guided trip to Mahabodhi temple, Thai Temple and Bodhi tree
- Visit Nalanda and Rajgir
- Guided trip to Mahaparinirvana temple and Thai Temple
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As per testers-list ideas and discussions, I propose /etc/sysconfig/named which could
contain something like:
The default would be to named with OPTIONS=, ROOTDIR=.
init.d/named could be patched as attached (${ROOTDIR}xxx might use some work).
Add /usr/sbin/populate-named-chroot and we have a system ready to be chrooted in a
jiffy, no pain.
Red Hat could be the first distribution to distribute bind with chroot hooks in place ;-)
Created attachment 7003 [details]
init.d/named patch to be more options/chroot friendly
Disclaimer: Not really tested.
As a matter of coding defensively, PLEASE place options variables as
shown inside double quotes, thus:
OPTIONS=" -t "
... with the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1 aliases,
omitting the quotes confused the updated initscript in 6.0 or 6.1 for
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network ... It would have avoided much pain ...
Done in 9.1.0-0.b1.1
The attached patch is quite broken, but a modified form thereof works, thanks.
Now that I think about this.. if you want to rndc.conf to reside inside chroot,
you probably must
pass ROOTDIR to rndc with -c (configuration file)
Having rndc.conf residing in the chroot structure is not a good idea.
rndc.conf contains secret keys; if someone manages to break into the system over
bind, he shouldn't have access to this file.
He won't if it's outside the chroot jail.
Uhm... btw... is Florence planned to come with bind9 only, or will bind8 still
be provided (hopefully as default)?


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GVSU women's golf wins second straight event
Shipley, Crilley finish first, third overall for Lakers
The Grand Valley State women's golf team claimed first place for the second straight tournament at the Bing Beall Tournament in Findlay, Ohio, which finished on Monday.
The Lakers shot a combined score of 614, 11 strokes better than the host school Findlay University. GVSU fired a 614 in its win at the Dan Salisbury Memorial Event on Oct. 3 and 4, as well.
The Lakers finished day one of the tournament with a score of 310, tied for first place with Northwood University. On day two on Monday, GVSU pulled away from the field, shooting a 304 - the best aggregate score for any team at Findlay Country Club.
The course at Findlay is known for having thick rough and fast greens. GVSU head coach Rebecca Mailloux had her team prepare for the course throughout the week.
"We worked a lot on hitting some shots out of thicker rough and working on technique," Mailloux said.
With two consecutive convincing wins, the Lakers seem to have hit their stride. GVSU dropped to a seventh place finish in its first tournament of the fall season, but have since turned things around, stringing together three consecutive finishes of second place or better following its season-opener.
GVSU's recent success has largely been aided by its lineup consistency. All five Lakers scored in the 70s on day two of the tournament.
The Lakers have had success in second rounds and tough weather conditions all year. Wind whipped on the first day of the tournament, but GVSU managed to battle through the weather and post low scores.
Senior Gabrielle Shipley led the way for the Lakers, earning her first tournament victory of the year by firing a 149 (+5) over two days. The consistency in Shipley's drives allowed her to play aggressively.
"I capitalized off of my longer drives and I was able to get my approaches close to the hole a couple of times," Shipley said.
Junior Danielle Crilley finished just behind Shipley in third carding a pair of 77s (154 overall, +10) thanks to a strong short game.
"I've been getting up and down and making putts," Crilley said. "That makes a big difference when you can score like that with your short game."
Sophomore Samantha Moss and junior Alex Taylor pulled in side-by-side in a tie for ninth place. Taylor shot 77-79, while Moss made adjustments over her rounds, improving from a first-day 81 to a second-day 75.
Freshman Alex Amos rounded out the day for the Lakers. Coming off of her best tournament of the year with a second-place finish in Springfield, Illinois last Sunday, Amos carded a two-day score of 160 (+16), good enough for a tie in 14th place at the Bing Beall Classic.
Freshman Mackenzie Blomberg competed individually for the Lakers. Blomberg shot a 175 over the two days, but her score did not factor into GVSU's overall total for the tournament.
The Lakers will look to continue the winning streak next week at the University of Dayton Fall Invitational in Kettering, Ohio. The tournament will take place Oct. 19 and 20 at NCR Country Club.