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I started with the special show dedicated to the major gift Cubist Art to the Museum from the collector and philanthropist Leonard Lauder. Comprising 81 outstanding examples of works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris and Fernand Léger, this is an impressive gift by any standards and effectively raises the Met's holdings in this category from very good to world class. It is a superb show and as it continues until February and I would like to explore it further, I will save a real review until after the new year.
Bartholomeus Spranger
"Jupiter and Antiope", 1596
Stepping back about four hundred years to Bohemia and we come to the first major exhibition dedicated to Bartholomeus Spranger, one of the most important artists of the time. Spranger (1546-1611) had the distinction of serving a cardinal, a pope and two Holy Roman Emperors during his remarkable career and "Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague" presents a selection of his paintings, drawings and etchings in a mini "Kunst Kabinet" setting.
After a delicious lunch in the Petrie Court Café overlooking Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park it's time to continue my tour. The next stop also involves a 16th century artist but this one is mainly known for his tapestries. "Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry" is an amazing assembly of 19 large format woven tapestries designed for the crowned heads of Europe by Pieter Coecke (1502-1550). I can't truthfully say that tapestries are my "thing" but these examples are magnificent and very imposing in their size and imagery. Also on view is a selection of his drawings, prints and altarpieces, which, taken together, leave no doubt as to his artistic genius.
"Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony"
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A quick walk through the Met's European Art galleries to say hello to some favorite Impressionists and down the stairs to the Robert Lehman Collection and we come to another small but truly outstanding special exhibition entitled "Madame Cézanne".
Paul Cézanne
"Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair
(Madame Cézanne in a Striped Dress)", 1877
Paul Cézanne did not paint a wide variety of subjects. Instead he chose to portray people, places or things he knew really well and could examine artistically over and over again. One of the few individuals he portrayed was his lover and later his wife, Hortense Fiquet, the mother of his only child. While they did not have the most romantic of relationships, she was his most painted model - a total of 29 times over a twenty year period. Remarkably, the curators of this exhibition have assembled 24 of these canvases as well as several sketches and watercolors of the same subject. It is a fascinating psychological study as the woman with whom the artist was most close is portrayed in a variety of settings and poses but never in a flattering light! Alternating between grim and detached, Hortense appears long-suffering and alone while remaining devoted to her husband and child.
There are still a few more special exhibitions on my checklist but I've seen a lot already and there is one stop that I absolutely have to make. For me, Christmas just isn't Christmas without a visit to the Met's magnificent Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche. Situated against the imposing backdrop of a 1763 choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid, Spain, the Met's Christmas Tree manages to maintain its resplendent beauty even after the umpteenth visit. And so, from the serenity of the Met's Medieval Sculpture Hall, I wish you and yours a peaceful and joyous holiday season.

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Opened: 21st March 2018
Booking Period: 21st December 2019
Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Venue: Aldwych Theatre
Website: www.tinathemusical.com
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The Show
Tina the Musical celebrates the outstanding and acclaimed career of Tina Turner, winner of 11 Grammy Awards, and includes numerous iconic hit songs 'River Deep – Mountain High', 'Proud Mary', 'Nutbush City Limits', and 'What's Love Got to Do with It' which has earned her the title of the Queen of Rock and Roll.
The musical follows Tina's story from her beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee through a blossoming musical career which pushed the boundaries of gender and race, and a fruitful but turbulent marriage to Ike Turner.
Tina the Musical opened at the West End's Aldwych Theatre on 21st March 2018, which marked its world premiere.
The Cast
Leading and Supporting
Adrienne Warren as Tina Turner
Jenny Fitzpatrick as Alternate Tina
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Ike Turner
Madeline Appiah as Zelma Bullock
Lorna Gayle as GG
Tom Godwin as Phil Spector/Terry Britten
Francesca Jackson as Rhona Graam
Aisha Jawando as Alline Bullock
Natey Jones as Richard Bullock/Raymond Hill
Gerard McCarthy as Erwin Bach
Ryan O'Donnell as Roger Davies
Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Keisher Downie, Kit Esuruoso, Jammy Kasongo, Sia Kiwa, Jason Langley, Kayleigh McKnight, Baker Mukasa, and Tanisha Spring
Derek Aidoo, Gavin Alex, Edward Bourne, Candace Furbert, Hannah Jay-Allan, and Rodney Vubya
Tina the Musical opens on 21st March 2018 at the Aldwych Theatre and it is currently booking until 20th July 2019. The Aldwych Theatre was opened on 23rd December 1905 and has been a host to pantomimes, plays, operas and musicals ever since.
This theatre is owned by the Nederlander Organisation. The best place to buy tickets for Tina the Musical is through the theatre's website. For more information on your visit to the Aldwych Theatre, read our guide.
Our reviewers were blown away by Tina, giving it a ★★★★★ review, and describing it as "…a true testament to the power-house legend that is Tina Turner and an embodiment of her spirit, endurance and perseverance." To read the full review, click here.


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Halle Berry Claims Gabriel Aubry Violated Custody Agreement
(LOS ANGELES) -- Halle Berry and her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry are headed back to court to hash out another child custody issue regarding their 3-year-old daughter, Nahla, reports TMZ.
Berry claims her baby daddy has violated the rules of their custody agreement, and she alleges that Aubry has been negligent in his care of their child.
Berry was in court Tuesday morning with her attorney Laura Wasser, who gave the custody judge legal documents detailing all of Aubry's alleged violations. The judge scheduled a future hearing on the matter because Aubry was not present in court to defend himself.
The former couple spent much of the early part of 2011 hammering out child custody terms for their daughter, and the matter seemed to be resolved, at least temporarily, at a hearing in April.
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University of Southern Maine professor Raphael DiLuzio hopes to chip away at the wall between young, enterprising minds and the technology skills they need to implement their visions by launching the nation's first design science undergraduate program.
"This is a unique opportunity to allow students to collaborate in creative and innovative teams in a project-driven environment," says DiLuzio.
Different from the typical business incubator program, DiLuzio says the design science pathway will focus on projects based in growth technologies, like app development. "We're also going to allow people from outside the university who have an idea for an app to come in, find a group and form an LLC," he says.
DiLuzio says the design science pathway will cut horizontally across a wide array of majors, bringing media studies, art, computer science, marketing and engineering students together into small teams to focus on a common goal: creating their own businesses with legal help and startup funds provided by the university.
Through a partnership with campus neighbors at the University of Maine School of Law, USM intends to help students organize startups as LLCs by providing legal advice on patent and trademark law, work space and advisory boards in return for a stake in the fledgling companies and a promise to keep them in Maine for three to five years.
"This allows students … lots of benefits in terms of cost savings, licensing, trademarking and use of space — it allows them to move forward at much faster pace," says DiLuzio.
The pathway has already received $100,000 in startup funds and a guaranteed $50,000 in discretionary funds. Two groups of students have already begun their projects: one team is focusing on a learning tool app for young children, while the other is pursuing an app to help designers and decorators organize interior spaces.
"It will only mean good things for Portland as it will create a dynamically charged community of highly skilled collaborators, creative thinkers with a strong entrepreneurial ethos," says DiLuzio. "If our efforts at USM are even moderately successful, Portland will be a deep well for innovation and could even become a destination point for leaders in the industry."
Any company looking to establish a strong web presence can easily find itself caught in an arms race of technology innovations. As of July 2011, 82.2 million people in the United States owned a smartphone, and time spent on mobile applications recently surpassed PC- and laptop-based web consumption. The average user now spends 9% more time using mobile apps than accessing the Internet, up 88% from June of 2010, according to analytics firm Flurry.
With over 300,000 apps downloaded 10.9 billion times in the last three years, the mobile app market is expected to be worth $25 billion by 2015, according to a research report by firm MarketsandMarkets. Which begs the questions: What does a business consumer look for in an app? What functionality or revenue can it provide to a company? And how much should one expect to spend for its presence in the $7.3 billion app market?
"People have a misconception that mobile apps are a lot like making a website. There are lots of cost-effective tools to help [create a website], but there just aren't the same tools out there for apps," says Kerry Gallivan, president and founder of Chimani in Yarmouth, which builds mobile apps for national parks. As a rule of thumb, Gallivan says most companies can expect to pay three times as much on a custom app as they spent on their website.
Before forking out any money for an app, a business owner should consider several factors. The first is determining what you want from your app.
Apps generally fall into three categories, according to Michael DeSouza, CEO of Portland app firm Tap Tapas: apps for businesses, apps by businesses and apps that are businesses. For example: an app for a business might utilize a smartphone's camera to scan and track warehouse inventory; an app by a business might be a game that promotes the business' brand; and apps that are businesses can be fully-functional storefronts, or subscription-based services that offer daily workout tips for a fee.
A business owner should also have a purpose for an app, says Hasan Adil, founder of Portland's LabelTop Software. "If your company needs an app just to be in the app store, it might be too expensive, but if you're making an app that adds value to your customers, then [the investment] is worth it," he says.
The next thing to understand is the fractured smartphone market. Launching iPhone years before competitors entered the market, Apple has managed to make its App Store nearly synonymous with the mobile app market, but it's not the only game in town.
While Apple has sold almost 60 million iPhones worldwide, Google's Android operating system can be installed on various smartphones, giving the search engine giant a leg up over its competition. (Google's Android platform leads with 41.8% market share; Apple's iOS has 27% and RIM's Blackberry, the smallest of the big three, has seen its market share drop drastically, now hovering around 20%, according to analysis firm comScore.)
The impact of this fractured market on a business interested in its own app can be traced to a simple truism in the world of software programming — no one speaks the same language. An app developed for Apple's iOS will work on an iPhone, but the same app will need tedious tweaking to work on any other smartphone platform. "There is no native code that can be shared between the two, and that can have an exponential cost effect on the bottom line," says DeSouza.
Tap Tapas, which has made apps for companies like Toyota Australia, has a loosely set minimum fee of $25,000 for any custom development project — "spending any less than that and the result is a less-than-desirable outcome," says DeSouza.
On the other end of spectrum are local firms like BizAppFusion, which offers template-based designs with prices as low as $147 in startup fees and a $57 monthly charge.
George Dooley of BizAppFusion, a service of Northern Lights Marketing, sees the template-based app as an affordable alternative to pricey custom jobs. Charging between $57 and $117 dollars a month, plus startup fees, BizAppFusion offers clients a range of plans that includes building out their own apps from a back-end site, customizing their apps with different pages, linking to a company's Twitter feed or Facebook page and allowing users to build a mobile website on the cheap. BizAppFusion is a web-based app, meaning it can be downloaded to any smartphone platform through the client's website.
With clients such as Maine Huts and Trails, Mt. Abram ski resort and Fox Ridge Golf Club in Auburn, Dooley says the app is perfect for the small-to-medium business that wants a mobile presence with low maintenance costs. "[Customers] can add and modify things as they please, they don't need us," says Dooley.
App maintenance is a key issue for businesses that make the investment. The most successful apps can gain an almost cult following — see "Angry Birds" — but even the dowdiest inventory-tracking software needs constant updating as companies release newer versions of their mobile operating systems.
"A lot of people think you just kind of build an app and that's it, but if you really want to make this thing work, it's all about maintenance, and the device renewal cycle is so short," says Gallivan. "That's also where it gets to be very expensive; unless you address the issue, people will go out and buy new devices and your apps won't work."
Gallivan currently has 10 versions of his national parks app on Apple's iOS and 10 on Android. "Essentially it's just 10 apps, but really it's a code base of 20 apps," meaning that 20 individual programs need tweaking with each new operating system release. "That's one of the big challenges; people don't realize that it requires real programming," he says.
For companies interested in enhanced smartphone connections, there is a third, less expensive option than creating an app: A mobile website, that is, a version of a company's website optimized for viewing on the smaller, more difficult-to-navigate screen of a mobile device.
"If your website is not optimized for mobile, people are not going to spend time trying to pinch and push it to make the thing readable," says Dooley. "With more and more people accessing the Internet through mobile devices, you need to have something that is compatible."
Mobile websites can be viewed through the web browser of any smartphone, but have limitations. "If you're simply regurgitating the info on your website, build a mobile website. But if you wish to take true advantage of [smartphone] features, then you need a [custom] app," says DeSouza.
In a growing market like app development, the price tag on a product can fluctuate wildly. "I think the market is such that people charge what they want, it's like the Wild West; if they think they can get you to pay $50,000, they'll charge you $50,000," says Raphael DiLuzio, a University of Southern Maine design science professor and creator of two apps (read a Jan. 24 profile of DiLuzio on mainebiz.biz.)
Leading a micro-industry startup curriculum for enterprising students at USM, DiLuzio hopes to inject fresh talent into the local app market and moderate prices. "I want to help develop the intellectual capital and resources of individuals to help [establish] equitable and fair market rates," he says.
According to Gallivan and DeSouza, many pricing issues can be addressed if the client and developer have an earnest discussion around costs. "When negotiating a contract, you want to negotiate ongoing support fees. Generally these should be a lot less than upfront development costs — you at least want to bank for a couple of hours per month," says Gallivan.
Since the "product" of the app amounts to little more than thousands of lines of computer code, ownership can be an abstract concept. Gallivan says some clients find their data held hostage to the developer's server pending payment. "You want to make sure the code base is in a third-party repository so no one has the rights. Make sure no one has exclusive access to the code base so that any revisions on the [developer's] local machine are committed to a third-party server," says Gallivan.
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Just in, a clear and concise summary of the hard-won successes which occurred in President Trump: Year 1. It deftly debunks many of the fevered pessimisms of 2017, which were so ridiculously stirred up around an imaginary 'Trump-Hitler' by the political left. If you want more, the article is a summary of a much larger article which it links to.
The shorter of the two articles does miss the UNESCO withdrawal announcement and his stunning U.S. infrastructure renewal speech, but both of those are admittedly still "coming soon" items on the Trump roadmap — rather than immediate belt-notching successes in 2017. Other commentators have also pointed out that policy-focussed summaries, like the one linked above, miss the important but subtle cultural effects he's already having.


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Anyway, somehow we always make it through this time of the year without me killing them (you haven't read about me in the paper yet). I hope God will give me grace to deal with them better than I have been the last few days. Some things, hubby was like "let it go" and I didn't want to. I didn't want to let it go because all this misbehavior just seems to "pile up". I can't get over the last one, so they just merge from one into the other. Maybe it is because at this point, the kids are getting too old to be coerced into seeing my viewpoint and apologizing. One child in particular (no names, but only one of a different gender) can't seem to admit guilt or even "be" sorry. O.K., I know you are tired of this vent or rant. I will sign off, just remember me and my kids in your prayers. We are having a bad month!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Can you spell Christmas P-A-I-N?!
Every year around this time, my kids start really acting raunchy! I noticed the first year I was a mom, I am sure, but it got really bad when they were all preschoolers and is still continuing to this day. It just seems that no matter how good our fall was, it goes downhill from there and the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is such PAIN! They can't seem to get along, they don't want to do chores, they are antsy and bratty and unkind. I kind of wish they believed in Santa, but even if they had when they were preschoolers, those days are LONG gone.
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- Rachel said...
The holidays can be kind of overwhelming and stressful. Kate has been more difficult lately too.
Hope the behavior improves soon.
- December 9, 2008 at 8:29 AM
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Hi everyone this is my July project. A Pocket Letter using the gorgeous Charming Fragments kit. The papers were so easy to mix and match, I loved the way all the colours blended together,the vibrant hues in the flowers to the washed out shabby chic of the ephemera. It was so easy to use inks to distress, doilies, washi tape, flowers, lace and ribbons to adorn my project... I have used mini pastel blue envelopes cut in half as a background to these gorgeous papers, distressed various images, use a pretty piece of bling from my stash to accentuate the gorgeous blue Butterflies and a cute little piece of doily from my stash is perfect to pop into one of the pockets.
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Dear Baby Angel,
Enormous love to you. This is to remind you to awaken to your true and ultimate destiny. Remember, you are an angel having a very human experience.Often times, you have had the desire to fly but you are disappointed since you have not yet grown wings.But you already know ?'the power to grow your wings rests purely in your hands. You have the choice. It is only when you help someone unconditionally when you can create a difference in someone's life, that you grow wings.This is the season for growing wings. This season between Nov 14 to the end of December, more than 100 million of your friends are growing wings.
This is the season for gratitude. Gratitude! But why? What for?Things that are wrong will always be there. Focus on what is beautiful about today - your child's laughter, your body (even if it has some aches and pains),the love of your life partner, the care of your parents, the warmth of your home, the security (even a little insecurity) at work, the friendship of your colleagues (even if some times they shout or grimace at you), the finances you have been able to create (small or big), the future you and your loved ones have shaped together, the past that sees to it you have a shirt on your back and that your children are able to build a future (even if you have a reason to think otherwise), the service you have been able to render to your organization down the line .Think of it all and fill yourself up with gratitude today and all this season.
Do Things with a difference. Stop complaining. Stop perceiving a sense of lack. Fill yourself up with gratitude you will have a different experience.A consciousness that perceives lack attracts poverty. That which is grateful draws abundance. Some of the finest experiences of life are awaiting you this season.Stubbornly refuse to feel bad about anything (even if you are tempted).Swell in gratitude. See the bounties of the universe unfold to you.Today, as the first step on this epic journey of your life - Why not begin with writing (actually) a letter to God?Why not thank God for all the beautiful gifts you have been bestowed with in life? Thank God for all the seeming coincidences and miracles that have happened down the line.
Thank God for all the miracles that are going to be yours in the near future (mention every one of them). Having done this, you could either preserve this letter in your altar, so you can see and note the difference that would occur in a year's time in your life or send them over to us so we too could pray for you at the temple.Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan say If you recognize grace and be grateful, amazing coincidences would unfold in your life and in fact coincidences would become miracles. Grace when recognized and acknowledged multiplies.
Dear Friend, I would like to guide you through this experience of gratitude this entire month of November if it suits you. We could make one of the most beautiful journeys together along with a 100 million of our other friends.By the way, set yourself up for an altered experience of life. Exert yourself, fight against gravity, connect to the higher conscious now and here. Don't postpone. Take action.
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Blessings to you from Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan. Love and regards from me. Your letters to God were very touching and beautiful beyond words. The more you recognise grace, more is the power of God revealed to you.What I am going to share with you is a lesson Sri Amma, gave us as children 18 winters ago as we sat on a huge rock observing a sunset.
Sri Amma told us,"There are three kinds of people who walk the earth.
1. they that hurt even those who love them.
2. they that love only those who love them
3. they that love even those who hurt them
The first category of people are those who have eyes but cannot see.Who have a heart that beats relentlessly but still cannot feel. Theyare blind and dead to all love and care that is shown to them. They drink the love that is showered on them and yet hurt, neglect and ignore those that love. For them relationships are meant to be made use off. They are incapable of gratitude. They are a plague and a disease to mother earth. Never be one among them.
Children, the second among people are those who care only for those for those who love them. Their love is selfish and very limited. Their love lasts only so long as the other continuously loves them and plays to their tunes. They make use of people and are also willing to be made use off, so long as it is convenient to them.But gradually they become insensitive to love and care that they experience on an ongoing basis. These are the ordinary people who only survive but never get to know the joy of living.I would certainly expect you to become conscious of yourself to see if you are one of these.
The first and the second predominate the earth and hence the pain and the anguish you find everywhere.
The third among people are a blessing. It is these that maintain the balance of dharma in a world that is so adharmic and heartless. You find them everywhere, humble, innocent, mighty, great, rich, poor - among all sections of society. You may even find them in your own families.They perceive life to be an occasion for learning and therefore when people hurt them they see them messengers from the divine, who have come to teach them lessons.
Are they not your gurus who teach you deep spiritual lessons on uffering, on compassion, on forgiveness? Life is ultimately a quest to know oneself. Those that hurt you, are revealing to you your innermost emotions of anger, frustration, and venom etc. Since only that which lurks inside comes out when provoked. Therefore do not labour under the presumption of your being righteous and the other being unrighteous. Be humble enough to see the truth of whatever you are. Also be grateful that those who hurt you are taking away your badkarmic debts and cleansing you.The third kinds of people are the noblest of creation - since they return love for those who hurt them.
Dear friends,This message from Amma has stayed with me and all thosewho heard it that day, guiding and shaping our lives over the years.In this season of gratitude why not follow this profound message with an immediacy of action.
STEP 1: Take a book and a pen and make a list of all people who hurtyou- deep and superficial hurts. (If possible also remember all thegood they did to you as well. Do not benumb yourself to all the good they did to you, remembering the pain they caused. Include also into your list those who you think never did any good at all other than hurt you- that is the place you will experience the greatest satisfaction)
STEP 2: Make a list of simple and detailed ways in which you could touch their lives with love and gratitude. (In what ways could you help those who hurt you? However you can take precautions to see that you are not taken for a ride again)
STEP 3: Go ahead and do it now.
STEP 4: Report back to us the miracles that you experience along theway, since you surely will. Express gratitude Express gratitude - show it through a letter, a mail,a gift, an act or kind and affectionate words and you will see the floodgates of grace open to you.Greater your forgiveness and love - greater the grace. Take care that you do not however point out their mistakes and put them to shame in the very act of expressing love and thanks.
All the guides hold you in our prayers to Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan.May their grace manifest in your life in the most beautiful forms.
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Nice premise, fun characters and an interesting plot make for a wonderfully entertaining read. Though there are bits that were slow (there are 2-3 places where I really felt like the plot and pacing seemed to suddenly slow down) and also parts that were ultimately a bit predictable (though maybe less so if I weren't an adult), it was a fun, interesting read. I think it's great for middle-aged kids (the protagonists are in the 11-12ish range): especially ones that maybe feel a bit left out or not-completely-normal. There's a fair bit of "let's celebrate what makes us different" and a lot of small, fun adventures throughout. Despite the slower bits, I found it to be a quick and engrossing read overall, one that makes me interested in reading the rest of the series, and definitely one I'd recommend to elementary through maybe early middle school children.


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Hi, readers :)
My title of this post is not wrong, lol.
i'm going to write a short post about my 4th anniversary with my boy.
I think is not easy to maintain 4 years relationship? haha *wink*
How we celebrate this year was called up gangs ♥ and had dinner together.
Inside the frame 1 was taken on 3rd year anniversary and the instant photo was 4th :)
Girls are Min and Vzhen and Boys are Ck and CW
Feel *paiseh* that Min go back early and we din't manage to take photo together,
so here's our previous photo that took together.
Left: Min, Vzhen and Me
Left: Min, Vzhen and Me
Selca of me and Vzhen, all the best for your STPM :)
The Next Day,
#outfit. Denim jacket from WhatIDress , Grey dress
My new shoes, and he got himself a Nike shoes with RED colour :(
Nike, why you din't come out the same design for girls?


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The parliament of Burundi [government website, in French; JURIST news archive] voted Saturday in favor of laws abolishing the death penalty and criminalizing homosexuality [JURIST news archive] in the country. The elimination of the death penalty in Burundi was a requirement for establishing a UN-led truth and reconciliation committee and tribunal [JURIST report] in the country. Gay rights groups in the country condemned the criminalization of homosexuality [AFP report], and stressed the implications of the parliamentary vote for the country's struggle with HIV/AIDS [JURIST news archive].
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January 6, 2016
As you may know our Family Life Coordinator Lynne Piersol will be resigning from her position as of the end of January. Lynne has been with PIC for over seven years and during that time she has been the first "face of PIC" for many families.
Lynne has had the responsibility of introducing our families to what PIC is all about and then working with teachers and families as children transition through the classrooms and age levels while here. She has always been a strong advocate for PIC families in her roles on the Parent Involvement and Diversity committees. It will be hard to say goodbye to Lynne as she will be deeply missed, and yet we are excited to hear about where her next adventures take her.
Grace Piana has been hired as our new Enrollment Coordinator and will begin the last week of January in order to have some mentoring time with Lynne. Grace comes to PIC from the Buerger Early Learning Center, a program of Federation Early Learning Services, where she was responsible for enrollment.
Grace holds a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and is currently a graduate student at Drexel University. Grace has over six years of experience working in various early childhood education positions and during this time she has developed a passion for building relationships with families and other early childhood professionals.
Having grown up in the small island of Guam, she has grown to love the cold weather. During her spare time she enjoys taking photographs, trying out new restaurants, and exploring the beautiful city of Philadelphia. Please join me in warmly welcoming Grace to her new position at PIC.


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I first met Hitomi when I started going to karate class. I was a grade school student at the time, as was Hitomi. That day marked the start of a beautiful friendship.
After I got changed into my pink gi, I started stretching. I had done it before; my mother's exercise tapes were a must back at home, and lately my folks had been worried that I was getting out of shape.
Some minutes later, a boy with red hair and glasses showed up. After getting changed into his blue gi, he approached me. "Do you always warm up like this before a karate class?" he asked.
I looked up and said, "This is actually my first class."
"Same here," the boy said. "The name's Hitomi. What's yours?"
I said, "Tsumugi."
Then the instructor came in.
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My name is Nikaido, Tsumugi Nikaido.
Nowadays, I'm still a karate student. But I'm also studying rhythmic gymnastics. I'm also an amateur at the culinary arts… and surprisingly good as far as they go.
When I signed up for the rhythmic gymnastics division of Altair Private Academy at my mother's urging (she was a talented rhythmic gymnast), I got my uniform from the school store, just like the others on the rhythmic gymnastics side. There was a wide selection, yes. Oddly, they had jean shorts in stock. I just picked up a pair and also selected a tank top. Apart from the requisite pink tights and ballerina shoes, of course.
On my way in, I saw someone who vaguely resembled Hitomi. During homeroom on the first day, a guy in pink came in, and lo and behold, it really was Hitomi. I said to myself, "I knew it all along!"
After classes were over that day, we went to our karate class as usual. Karate is on Mondays and Thursdays. On our way home from that, we were jumped by a strange and malevolent woman who called herself Basilisk the Sculptor, and she turned my right leg into stone! Fortunately, Hitomi became something called a Pretty Cure and defeated her, healing my leg in the process.
Now, I'm a fan of Pretty Cure, tuning in to TV Asahi every Sunday morning since I was very young. So obviously, I'm familiar with how Pretty Cure works: frilly clothes, flashy attacks, best of friends, the whole nine yards. Still… I never thought Pretty Cure would exist in real life. And yet here I am, friends with a real-life Pretty Cure.
"The Baton of the Fighter"
As usual, I got up at 6:30 the morning after my boyfriend became a Pretty Cure, and after tying my hair in my usual preferred style, started practicing on my guitar. Rock happens to be one of my interests, and I decided I would start a school band when the time came.
Afterwards, I changed into my rhythmic gymnastics clothes–tank top, shorts, tights, and ballet slippers–and prepared my breakfast and lunch, the latter which I put in my lunchbox. Following breakfast, I made a mad dash for the school from my family's modestly-sized mansion.
Oh, in case you were wondering how we could live in such a place, my mother picked up an inheritance from a deceased relative some time before I was born, and she had made a good amount of money from writing books on rhythmic gymnastics and the Olympics even before then and still writes such books today. We're not quite upper class, I'll admit; I believe we're closer to the higher end of upper middle class than anything. For that I feel obliged to thank my mother's financial sense; a penny saved is a penny earned, after all.
Homeroom was uneventful that day, though I kept thinking about the previous day's events. My other classes were business as usual, from classic Japanese to social studies.
After the next-to-last class of the day, I headed for rhythmic gymnastics class early, and there I saw Hitomi and another good friend of mine, Saeko. By all rights, we had half an hour to fool around and/or prepare for class, and every so often, I'll admit, I got the urge to dress up Saeko. This has always gone on for as long as we knew each other, and though Saeko doesn't mind, she's still easily frightened, and today, when I forced her out of her tutu and put her in a nurse uniform, she actually dragged me into the dressing room.
The reason: Hitomi.
OK, he wasn't the only reason; in fact, Saeko had dragged me into the dressing room before, because if I was going to dress her up, she'd prefer it be done in private, and not in front of the other students. She was definitely sensible in that regard; there was even a mechanism for locking the door to the dressing room from within.
Yeah, I like cosplay. I even dressed up as a Red Ranger at the most recent anime convention in town. You know who the Red Ranger is if you're familiar enough with Super Sentai. He's the head honcho and the leader of every Super Sentai team Toei had concocted.
"It's your lucky day, Hitomi!" I said. "This is the first day you get to see my friend Saeko in costume!"
Hitomi just said, "…I don't know what to say. Who do you think you are, Haruhi Suzumiya?"
"Actually," I said, "I don't see why you should compare me to an anime character."
"It's just that… you and Saeko like that remind me of Haruhi and Mikuru."
Saeko asked, "Who is this Mikuru?"
Hitomi said, "Apparently, she's some moeblob in some anime series about a reality-warping girl and her special club dedicated to looking for aliens, time travelers, sliders and ESPers."
"Now that you mention it," I said, "might there be any aliens, time travelers, sliders or ESPers in this class?"
"Doubtful," said Hitomi.
"If you ask me," Ana said, "Saeko is basically Mikuru with shorter hair and less talent."
"Hey!" I yelled. "How dare you mock her flat chest!? As they say in Sunshine Town, a flat chest is a status symbol! Extremely rare and valuable!"
Looking at her own chest, Ana said, "Yeah, that was hypocritical on my part."
Itsuko came in and chuckled to herself, saying, "It looks like you're all having fun today."
Hitomi said, "If your idea of having fun is dressing up Saeko in different costumes and being the pot that called the kettle black, then yeah. That was sarcasm, for those wondering."
I looked around and noticed that the coaches hadn't shown up yet. "This is the part," I said, "where Coaches Napier, Nashton, and Navarro show up to mock what we had just said."
"Gossip about people, and their shadows will appear!"
As the coaches walked in, I asked, "Do you have to say that every time you come in?"
Miss Nashton said, "I couldn't help myself, Miss Nikaido; you were talking about us just as we came in."
Mr. Napier barked, "Get in formation, you maggots!"
Mr. Navarro just glared at us and said, "I'll be looking forward to teaching you today."
Yeah, Mr. Navarro is pretty damn serious, or at least he tries to be.
Following warm-ups, the whole class–all 15 of us, myself included–went through half an hour of ballet exercises. I personally wouldn't have attempted ballet myself if not for the circumstances. For all I care, I'm glad we of this class got to wear the same clothes we've been wearing as students here. As the school handbook notes, the rhythmic gymnastics side alone has no set uniform; the only constants are pink tights and ballet shoes.
During the tendus, Miss Nashton got on to me again. This time, it wasn't about my tank top, but rather, something else: the way I was doing them.
"I see you tucked your shirt in today, Miss Nikaido," she said. "Good for you. However, you need to be more gentle with the tendus. Easy does it."
After all that, as Miss Nashton had promised us the day before, Mr. Navarro taught us about jumps and leaps. "Be careful, though," she told us. "I wouldn't trust him to not pull a Harpo Marx on us somewhere down the line. For all we know, he could teach you how to trip and fall."
Mr. Navarro shot her a glare and hissed like a cat. "Speaking of which," he said, "the first jump we're going to learn today is the pas de chat, or, as my English colleague would call it, the cat leap. It's been said that cats will always land on their feet. That is how a cat leap–"
He then demonstrated one.
"–is done. You don't do it on your hands, you do it on your feet! One, two–"
As he picked up both of his feet, he tumbled and landed on his ass. Ouch. Miss Nashton was quick to comment on it. "See? I told you."
Mr. Navarro motioned to Miss Nashton as if to say, "Te estoy vigilando, inglésita."
"As I was saying," he went on, "when both your feet are in the air, they're the first to hit the ground. Not your rear ends, your feet. One foot in the air, jump, that foot is the first to touch the ground. Miss Mitaka, Miss Godai, Miss Osaka, Miss Murasaki, Miss Fukuda, you five, to my understanding, are the only students to have had any prior formal ballet training, so you will be the first to demonstrate the cat leap, since you may be familiar with it from your dance classes. Un, deux, trois!"
And the five did so. "Whoa! Did you see that?" I promptly asked Hitomi.
"Saeko's really a pro at this!" I exclaimed as Hitomi and I, along with three others randomly selected by Mr. Navarro, prepared for our cat leaps. "You really should stop by the Fukuda School of Dance tomorrow, see how she does it."
"Un, deux, trois! Mr. Ichinose, that was not bad for a first try. You might want to lift your leg a bit higher in the future, though. Miss Nikaido, Miss Mitaka must've been a really good BFF to you."
"I call it luck," said I.
"In my experience," Mr. Navarro countered, "there's no such thing as luck. Miss Hisakawa, you will do well to land on the raised foot instead of the launching foot in the future. Miss Yotsuya, Miss Tsuwabuki, Miss Kitamura, Miss Watanabe, Miss Yukihiro, you're next. Ready? Un, deux, trois!"
In the same fashion, we learned chasses, hitch kicks, step hops, straight jumps, and the like. It took about 15 minutes. Then spoke Miss Nashton.
"Well! Looks like we got through that quicker than I had expected. Mr. Navarro must really be putting up an effort to teach you here, because, after a brief discussion between myself and Mr. Napier, the pivots and turns have been moved to today; likewise, balances and flexibilities have each been moved up a day ahead of schedule, though your teachers will be the same. Friday, we will start learning how to use the apparati of rhythmic gymnastics.
"Right, then, we'll start with basic tiptoe turns. Really, they can be done any way you want them to, but for today, arms en haut. Obviously, you need to be en releve to do this either way."
She then demonstrated a single tiptoe turn. "Row 1, on your toes. Everyone, when I call your names, you will do two of these turns to your right. Row 1, arms en haut. Everyone ready? Saeko!"
Saeko, who was directly in front of me, performed two tiptoe turns almost immediately after her name was called. "Yasu! Hikari! Row 2, on your toes!"
As a girl with her hair tied back in a bun wearing a purple tank unitard performed her two tiptoe turns, Hitomi and I shifted our weight to our toes, as did the others in our row. "Anzu! Itsuko! Row 2, arms en haut!"
Almost as if on cue, I raised my arms above my head, forming a circle, as did Hitomi and the others in the row. "Lisa!"
That was my cue to turn twice, and I did just that. After the second turn, I lowered my arms in front of me. "Hitomi! Sakura! Row 3, on your toes! Mika! Chiyo! Row 3, arms en haut! Akiko! Ana! Shoko! Row 1, arms en haut! Row 2, arms en haut! Masako! Inori! Arms en haut, everyone, now everyone do two tiptoe turns to their right!"
We all did so in unison. By the way, Tsumugi is simply my Japanese name, given to me by my father. My mother, a former Olympic rhythmic gymnast from Australia, gave me a name that was more adherent to the standards of the Western World from whence she was spawned. My actual name is Lisa Scarlett Serena Logan Nikaido; however, most just call me Tsumugi, though I'm OK with either name.
"Your mother would be proud of you, Miss Nikaido," Miss Nashton said. "She won the silver at the Seoul Olympics. So far, you show promise. Mr. Ichinose, I could say the same about you, if not more. Your mother was one of the best competitors in the Dream City regionals."
Hitomi said, "You didn't know my mother, Professor."
Miss Nashton said, "But I know that a drive to succeed apparently runs in your family. Plus, when I signed on to become a teacher here, I took the opportunity to read through a local history of the sport at the city archives. She was almost consistently in first place each year. She never gloated about it. When interviewed one year, she credited her success to hard work and perseverance, among other things. She's a good person, it would seem. Right, then, let's get back to class and not waste time talking about our family histories."
Afterwards, we learned chaine turns and pirouettes (or, as she called them, passe pivots).
"Like I said earlier," she finished, "balances will be learned tomorrow, flexibilities on Thursday, apparati manipulation on Friday and a special three-hour class on Saturday, followed by the gala. Be there, and be sure to show up looking nice. Dresses, of course, are not mandatory, but you've got to look sharp! Understand?"
Mr. Napier yelled, "Dismissed!"
As the students departed, I said, "Hey. Hitomi, I've got a friend from karate class who will teach you the basics of spear martial arts. She knows and understands just as well as I do, mate, about how you hate to hit most people of my gender, and I called her about your situation. She agreed to train you in spear martial arts with the naginata for an hour every Tuesday after school at the gymnasium."
Hitomi asked, "Is she a rhythmic gymnast, too?"
"Well, it's funny you should ask, mate," I said, "because actually, she's on the general education side. Look for a girl wearing black hakama pants. Come, I'll take you to the gymnasium."
As we continued down the halls, I said, "And be sure to meet me at the Fukuda School of Dance after you're done."
"I thought Saeko's ballet class wasn't until tomorrow?"
"Actually, it's my younger brother's ballet class. I have to walk him over to the Fukuda School of Dance later today for his class. Of course, it's not for another couple of hours, so you'll have plenty of time with my friend Kanako."
Hitomi asked, "Why is your younger brother taking ballet classes?"
"Long story," said I.
Suddenly, we stopped. "Listen," I said. "Do you hear that?"
Hitomi said, "It's the Texas A&M fight song, why?"
Almost at once, a black blur zipped by from out of nowhere and almost knocked me and Hitomi down. I asked, "Who the bloody hell was that!?"
Hitomi said, "Didn't you see his uniform? He's on the American football side."
ED: "Ganbalance de Dance Rhythm"
Next episode: "The Ball of the Dancer"
With the voice talents of:
RUPERT GRINT as Hitomi
EMMA WATSON as Tsumugi
YUKO GOTO as Saeko
SARAH WILLIAMS as Ana
LAURA BAILEY as Itsuko
JULIE ANN TAYLOR as Ribbon
CHARLOTTE BELL as Rattlesnake
PAT STARKE as Hebinodoku
R. LEE ERMEY as Coach Napier
LENA HEADEY as Coach Nashton
CHRISTIAN BALE as Coach Navarro
WENDEE LEE as Madame Fukuda
MONA MARSHALL as Shotaro
ERIN FITZGERALD as Hiroyuki
BRIANNE SIDDALL as Hitomi (younger)
Original Japanese voice cast:
TOKIWA YUKI as Hitomi
HIRANO AYA as Tsumugi
GOTO YUKO as Saeko
KUSUMI KOHARU as Ana
NONAKA AI as Itsuko
MITSUISHI KOTONO as Ribbon
TANAKA ATSUKO as Rattlesnake
HAN KEIKO as Hebinodoku
SAITO HARUHIKO as Coach Napier
KITAMURA ERI as Coach Nashton
YAMAJI KAZUHIRO as Coach Navarro
MINAGUCHI YUKO as Madame Fukuda
SHIRAISHI RYOKO as Shotaro
KATSUKI MASAKO as Hiroyuki
KATO NANAE as Hitomi (younger)
Voces de doblaje:
LUIS DANIEL RAMIREZ as Hitomi
LEYLA RANGEL as Tsumugi
IRINA INDIGO as Saeko
ROMINA MARROQUIN PAYRO as Ana
LUPITA LEAL as Itsuko
PATRICIA ACEVEDO as Ribbon
LAURA AYALA as Rattlesnake
ROCIO GARCEL as Hebinodoku
HUMBERTO SOLORZANO as Coach Napier
LAURA TORRES as Coach Nashton
SERGIO GUTIERREZ COTO as Coach Navarro
CRISTINA CAMARGO as Madame Fukuda
ANGEL RODRIGUEZ as Shotaro
EMILIO ANGELES as Hiroyuki
MATIAS QUINTANA ORTIZ as Hitomi (younger)
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10 Anniversary Gift Ideas for Her
Thinking of amazing anniversary gift ideas for her is a challenge, but we're here to make it simple. If you want to impress her we've got you covered. Whether she likes fitness, music, drinking, or other things, we'll help you show her that you care. The list is ranked from most to least expensive so these gifts can match any budget. These gifts are practical, fun, and sweet, and we're sure you'll find something that she'll absolutely love.
Anniversary Gift Ideas for Her
Fitbit Alta Fitness Tracker
This fitness tracker makes a great gift for the runner or general fitness lover. This stylish fitness watch counts steps, distance, and daily calories burned, and it syncs via Bluetooth to her smartphone. The Fitbit Alta's wristband is removable, so you can even purchase multiple wristband colors or styles for her to swap out as she pleases. The Fitbit is available in five different colors for $128.95 plus free shipping.
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Espresso and Cappuccino Maker
If the woman in your life is a coffee connoisseur, this high-end espresso brewing station is the perfect anniversary gift. She can craft single or double-shot espresso, cappuccinos, or lattes from her own kitchen. This easy-to-use system remains heated between cups, so she can make a cup for her and a cup for you without waiting for the machine to reheat. You can get this De'Longhi product on Amazon for $88,50, with free shipping too.
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Instant Film Camera
If she's into taking pictures, go retro with a colorful Polaroid camera. She can take cute, wallet-sized photos of the two of you, the dog, the garden, or whatever else she fancies. This camera instantly prints business card-sized photos and comes equipped with auto flash and four scene settings to make sure she captures beautiful pictures in a high or low light. It comes in four colors so choose the one best to suit her taste. The camera is available for 63.99, also with free shipping.
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Wine Reveller Decanter
A very original addition to our list of anniversary gift ideas for her is this decorative decanter, a perfect gift for wine drinkers. It is specifically designed to give your wine room to breathe and aerate. Its elegant structure comes with a wide spout for easy pouring and avoiding spills. Can be used it for red wine, white wine, or any alcoholic drink to let it breathe or just to display for parties or romantic dinners. Get it on Amazon for $48.83 plus free shipping.
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"I Love You To The Moon And Back" Heart Necklace
Show her just how far your love will go with this sterling silver heart-shaped pendant. She'll love this beautiful necklace that she can wear every day as a small reminder of her special someone. Also, this is perfect for a one-year anniversary gift that shows how much you love her. It is safe to shower with and won't tarnish, so she'll never have to take it off. The necklace is sold on Amazon for $39.99 plus free shipping.
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SoundCore Bluetooth Speaker
Blast the beats all day long: this Bluetooth speaker boasts a 24-hour battery life. If she loves to host parties, or she just likes to dance while she's cleaning up around the house, she'll love having something other than just her iPhone to play her music from. Also, in case the two of you live in a huge house the speaker connects to her phone or another Bluetooth-enabled device from up to 66 feet away. Get it on Amazon for $35.99 plus free shipping also.
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Whether she's a mom, a full-time businesswoman, or a student, every woman deserves time to relax. This great entry from our anniversary gift ideas for her list will help her wind down after a long day. The basket includes lotion, soap, and bath salts in a delicious honey vanilla scent, as well as a massage tool, a bath pouf, and cozy slippers. The basket is made of high-quality wicker and is good for storage (she can even reuse it). It is available on Amazon for $33.95.
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"Happy Anniversary" Toilet Paper
Does your girl have a sense of humor? Then this is the perfect anniversary gift for her. Before she wakes up on your anniversary, run to the bathroom and switch out your regular toilet paper with this paper printed with "Happy Anniversary" and "I Love You". When she goes to the bathroom, she'll be amused to find that you did, especially since you remember the date of your anniversary. This extra-special toilet paper is on Amazon for $15.62 with free shipping for orders over $35.
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3-Year Journal for 2 People
This book is another cute idea from the anniversary gift ideas for her list. For every day of the following year, the two of you will answer a question in the diary. Questions range from "What does your partner's laugh sound like?" to "What feels vitally important right now?" This is a fun way to learn more about each other and your relationship, and grow closer to each other in the process. Find it on Amazon for $14.20.
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Best Wife Ever Mug
She knows how amazing she is, so let her see it every day with this cute mug that reads "Best. Wife. Ever." It comes in black and white, blue and white, red and white, only white, or, for a few dollars extra, get her a magic transforming mug. It looks like a plain black mug, but when she fills it with the hot beverage of her choice, it'll magically transform to reveal that she is, indeed, the best wife ever. Get the mug for $8.99-$16.99, depending on your choice of style, plus $6.60 for shipping.
Finding perfect anniversary gift ideas for her is no small project. However, we hope that this guide will give you just what you need to make her smile, whether your budget is big or small. You can also get more inspiration from our birthday gift ideas for her list. Do you have any other amazing gift ideas for your special day? Please share them bellow in the comments.


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Your Lower Back Pain Could Be Sciatica - Here's How A Chiropractor Can Help
If you have pain in your lower back that runs down your leg, you might have sciatica. Your sciatic nerve runs from your back all the way to your foot. It is a large, broad nerve that can cause various sensations of discomfort when it is compressed, inflamed or irritated. Here is a quick overview of this painful condition and how a chiropractor can help.
Symptoms You May Experience
When your sciatic nerve is irritated, you might feel pain in your lower back, buttocks, back of your thigh, calf, or foot. The pain may be on one side of your body only, or both sides could be affected. The pain might be constant, but it might get worse after you've been sitting for a long period, or after you twist your back. You could feel a dull ache, tingling, or sharp pains.
What Causes Your Pain
There are different causes of sciatica. You may have a problem with your spine, which causes your nerve to become compressed. The problem could also originate in your lower back muscle. If the muscle is strained and inflamed, it could press against the nerve. Muscle spasms can also affect the nerve and create a painful sensation.
Chiropractic Treatments That Can Help
A chiropractor offers various treatments for sciatica. If your muscles are the problem, ultrasound therapy might be recommended. This therapy sends sound waves through your skin deep into your muscles to help relax them. Hot and cold therapy helps too. Ice packs reduce swelling so there is less pressure on your sciatic nerve. Heat can relax muscles and speed healing of muscle tissue. If the problem originates in your spine, your chiropractor can perform a spinal manipulation to bring your spine back into alignment. These treatments might take the form of gentle pressure on your lower back or quick thrusts to your spine.
Even though sciatica is painful, chiropractic treatments shouldn't be. If your pain is severe or if the treatments don't seem to help, your chiropractor may recommend you have diagnostic imaging tests to see if you have a herniated disc or some other spinal damage that needs surgery to repair.
When you see a chiropractor for sciatica treatment, you'll probably need to have a series of treatments to get results. It may take a few weeks for the inflammation and irritation of your nerve to heal. If you've had sciatica once, there's a chance you'll develop it again if it was caused by poor posture or heavy lifting. Your chiropractor can teach you the right way to sit and sleep to keep pressure off your nerve to reduce the risk of another flareup.


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I know that place.
"Stop Mick, I know that place. That's Inchadonney Spa Hotel in the background? It is, it bloody is. And go back to the last series. Yes, that's Courtmacsherry Bay. Over the other side is where we go gathering muscles and cockles. Well would you credit it? A local girl. She doesn't look like a native. Looks like one of those Scandinavian blonde beauties. What age would you say Mick? Thirteen, twelve maybe?"
"Could be but they are often younger than you'd imagine. She could be ten. You are right about Inchadonney. I can see it now you mention it. Boss, do you suppose they were just visiting or is it a local operation? Not that it matters. This stuff is carefully done. Nothing illegal here. Damned obvious where it's aimed. But there's nothing we could do unless the kid was being abused in some way? Still it's a surprise. I thought all this stuff was middle European or USA. West Cork is a surprise."
"Yes, Mick, it is but let's not get distracted. So far everything on here is non-nude stuff, yes?"
"Yes Boss, but you know as well as me, where we find this we also find hard-core stuff. It'll be buried somewhere here. I'll find it. Give me a few hours. I still get shocked by this; I mean a Priest."
Detective Inspector Jim Burrows of the An Garda Síochána Special Detective Unit had been assigned to Anglesea Street Garda Station, Cork. He was to investigate allegations of clerical child sex abuse in the Diocese of Clyone. He had been pleased to be coming back to live and work in Cork. However, the assignment had been unwelcome in other ways. Jim knew he was being set up to take the fall if the thing went bad politically. This was not so surprising. He'd been handed sensitive stuff before and knew damned well the reason. He was an outsider, a blow-in. And nominally a Protestant too, even though he practiced no religion. "As a non-Catholic you will be seen to be impartial, Inspector Burrows," was how his Superintendent had put it. Yea and I can also be accused of sectarian bias if I uncover stuff you'd rather remained buried, he'd thought in response to that.
Jim Burrows had just turned fifty and had been a police officer for thirty of those years. He'd started in the Royal Ulster Constabulary but got disillusioned by the sectarianism and political bias in that force. He left to go to the Metropolitan Police in London. There, he'd moved to the CID and had shown flare and ability. He quickly rose in the ranks and made Detective Inspector at just thirty. He might have gone further but for the break up of his first marriage. He'd taken that badly and work suffered. He resigned and came to Cork to live and start a new life. He had applied to the Irish force: An Garda Síochána but had been turned down twice. At the interviews, the reason for that was made abundantly clear, the tone of the questions being hostile. The officers speaking to him were sectarian and obviously operated a closed shop. They didn't want outsiders and especially they didn't want Ulster Protestants no matter how well qualified. And the fact of his Irish passport and non-sectarian views did not sway them.
Jim had gotten in eventually using a successful and age-old method: nepotism. He had met and later married a Cork girl, whose father happened to be a District Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. This had been, in all ways, a happy accident. Biddy and he had both been through failed marriages and they had recognized each other as soul mates instantly. The romance had been whirlwind and the marriage followed within a year. Her family was not happy about a civil wedding service, but it was the only kind open to divorcées. They learned to accept it and the tall, softly spoken Belfast man who joined their big family. After a quick and intensive course in Irish, Jim went to the Garda College at Templemore in Tipperary. He graduated top of his intake and then shot up through the ranks.
Jim was a natural detective, intelligent, inquisitive and watchful, with a natural understanding of what made people tick. He could read people and situations well and nothing ever escaped his notice. The smallest details of a scene would be retained for use later. This made him very successful but very unpopular with his colleagues. He was too good, too efficient and too much of an outsider. Once he'd joined the Special Detective Unit at Harcourt Street, Dublin, he found a niche, which suited him very well. He was able to use his colleagues' perception of him as an outsider to his advantage. He had ended up doing a lot of the dirty jobs that were politically sensitive or that involved internal security. His success rate was unrivalled and unarguable. This job was the trickiest and most sensitive yet. Clerical child sex abuse was a real hot potato and no one wanted to touch it. Only a rising tide of public outrage had forced action and Inspector Burrows had been given a unit of three to tackle the problem in one of the largest dioceses in the country. It was a mammoth job and they'd been flogging it for two years. Progress was achingly slow. Obstruction from the clergy was to be expected but the resistance within the force in the Eastern District had been implacable and the single biggest obstacle their little unit had to overcome. They had one small office in the main station in Cork City. They were shunned and ostracized by the majority of Garda there.
Detective Sergeant Mick Clare was a Dublin based I.T. specialist brought in to forensically examine seized computers. He was working on a PC taken from the home of a priest. That cleric was at the centre of more than thirty alleged cases of serious sexual abuse of girls under the age of ten over a period of twenty years. Mick Clare was sitting before that PC now, going through thousands of images. The majority so far was in the non-nude category and these were in a legally grey area. Obviously sexual but not illegal in most countries. Jim would glance over his shoulder occasionally and it was while doing this he'd spotted the pictures shot in West Cork. Now he pulled up a chair beside Mick and watched the screen as he flicked through the series of images featuring the young blond girl, all branded with a BrightStarLucy.com logo. There were around three hundred pictures of the same girl wearing various outfits, both studio and at the beach. "I wonder did the priest pay for these or get them for free?" said Jim.
"No way to tell I guess unless his credit card records show it. There is such a huge volume of stuff there, I can't imagine he paid for it all. Sometimes you can tell by the size of the images. Stuff from newsgroups tends to be decreased in size for quick uploading. These are mostly small so I guess they are groups."
Jim pondered for a moment then asked, "Groups, what do you mean by groups?"
"Oh sorry, user-groups. They are nearly all binary images uploaded in groups based on interests. Some are cars and film stars and stuff like that but the vast majority is porn. Mostly legal stuff but there was a huge amount of child-porn. People like Yahoo have begun to try to stamp out the illegal stuff, but for a while in the early nineties there was loads of really hardcore childporn easily available there. I've come across tons of it. It tends to be the same stuff over and over. A good deal of it has been around for a long time. There was a real rash of stuff made in Holland and Denmark in the sixties and early seventies and that keeps popping up. The sites that advertise childporn for a fee tend to regurgitate that same stuff. I often wonder what makes these ejits hand over their credit cards to these sites to buy stuff that's out there for nothing. Oh, that didn't sound right boss, sorry."
"Don't worry Mick. I know what you meant. I wanted to ask you this. How does seeing all this stuff affect you?"
"I guess I don't really ever look at it, not really see. I mean I see what it is but I don't focus on the content, the people and the children. I try not to think that is a real child, who had that done to her somewhere, sometime. I sort of blank it out. Mind you I have come across a few that were so shocking I couldn't do that and had to look. Completely vile evil stuff, like violent rape of very young children, sometimes infants, you know babies? When I see that I fume and can't ignore it but I try to use that anger to make me do this. Get the bastards, you know? It's a pity we tend to get the users and rarely the producers or those making the money. They're nearly all tucked away safe in Russia and the Ukraine and places like that. That's frustrating. Ah ha, what have we here? I bloody knew it. There is a folder tucked away here, in amongst the system stuff. Yep hard-core stuff. We have him boss."
"Good work Mick. Get some of that on a DVD. Log it all and then let's go see the good Father and hear what he has to say about this muck. The abuse allegations were always going to be hard to prosecute after nearly twenty years, but this is indisputable. He's going down for this. His Bishop can't just shift him to another parish now."
As Burrows and Clare got into the front seats of the large Opel saloon, Mick said, "Sally is going to bitch about sitting in the back again. Maybe I'll get in there this time. Here she comes."
Detective Garda Sally Murphy came jogging across the car park from the back entrance to the station. She grinned when she saw Mick get in the back seat. Sally was twenty-nine years old, dark haired, a little stern looking and very lean and fit. So full of energy she always looked as if she was moving, even when standing still. She leapt into the front seat and beamed at the two men in the car. "It's about time I got to sit up front. I was thinking of putting in a sexual discrimination complaint."
"Bollocks Sally," said Jim Burrows.
"Bollocks to you too, boss. Where are we off to then?"
"Going to lift and charge your name-sake priest. We got kiddie-hard-core on his PC. He's sunk."
"Feck! I mean is that all? Are we not going to charge him with any of the abuse, boss?"
"Not yet. Nothing really concrete yet. I don't want him wiggling out of anything. This is absolutely rock solid and he'll not be able to depend on his victim's reluctance to slide out of this. While he's away for this we might find it easier to get them talking. Make a good solid case that will stand in court. Don't worry Sally, this will get the job done."
"Beg pardon?"
"Sorry boss, not you, him. It makes my blood boil thinking about how long he's gotten away with it. That slimy old fart was so fecking smug and sure he was untouchable. I'm going to enjoy watching him squirm. Is there any way he can claim it wasn't his stuff. Is he really fucked?"
"No one else had access. He stated as much and so did his housekeeper. The PC is new and some of the downloaded material was from a pay-site and we have his credit card records. No, it's solid. He can squirm as much as he likes but he's fucked. As you so eloquently put it."
The three were silent for a time as they drove out of Cork. As Jim came down the slip road and slowed for the junction he said, "Listen you two. There is a sergeant at the local station who is implicated in covering up allegations against Father Murphy. He allegedly intimidated a complainant into withdrawing her statement. That was nearly ten years ago but when we first began this investigation he tried to obstruct me. Refused to speak and would not even tell me where this bugger was living. That sergeant thinks he is immune and he's about to get a shock. This is the first time this has arisen so you two won't be aware of the powers we have. The commissioner himself has authorized me to immediately suspend without pay any Garda who obstructs this investigation or who is suspected of being complicit in the clerical cover-up. So, first stop the station. Sergeant McDermod is on duty now and I intend to give him the good news in person. You two hang back. Sally, take notes on anything he says. This could get unpleasant, one of our own. They will not take this well in the station. If we get any abuse, note who but don't respond in any way, right?"
The three Special Detective Unit Garda spent just fifteen minutes in the Garda station. As they got into the car again, all breathed heavy sighs of relief.
"Bloody hell, boss. That was nasty. What a piece of work he is. My goodness, did you hear the language of him? How on earth did you stay so calm with him hissing all that sectarian abuse at you? I mean what the hell was he thinking. What does where you're from have to do with the price of spuds?" said Sally looking over at Jim.
He took a few more deep breaths and then started the car and drove away quickly. "I'll lay odds he's phoning Murphy right now. We need to get there quick before he does a runner. That fuckwit was hoping I'd lose it and thump him, give him an out. I'm used to that kind of thing. It doesn't get me worked up like it used to. Look, I was right. The Father is getting in his Merc."
Jim stopped the Opel in the entrance gates just as the elderly priest was trying to reverse out. "Get him inside again. I'm going to put a call through to C and C at Harcourt Square about dear Sergeant McDermod and then I'll be in. Get your laptop set up Mick and let's see what he has to say about the snaps. Sally, caution him, then tape everything he says."
The elderly priest sat silently staring at the ceiling. He didn't look at the screen of Sergeant Clare's laptop as the images appeared. Jim Burrows came over and sat beside him on the big sofa. "Well now Murphy, you haven't much to say for yourself now. You had plenty to say when we were here before. You were full of outrage and righteous indignation then. The old priest turned and glared at Jim when he heard his name used without the customary title.
"Father Murphy to you," he snapped.
"No I think not, Murphy. That title is one of respect and you have long since forfeited any right to that. The defrocking is only a formality now old-son. The Bishop can't protect you from this."
Jim heard Sally grunt and stifle a laugh. The priest glared at her and she stared back at him, eyes ablaze with contempt and defiance. He dropped his gaze and blushed. Jim called to his housekeeper, who he was sure was right outside the door with her ear pressed close: "Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, bring a glass of water please."
The old man looked a little faint, as if having a blood pressure surge. His housekeeper scuttled in quickly and stood before him while he sipped the water. Jim noticed her glance quickly at the laptop and she flushed bright red when she saw what was there. Mick had been slow to close the lid and he winced and mouthed a sorry to his boss. "Thank you Madam. I must tell you that you will be alone here, as of tonight. The Diocesan office will be in touch about your future. Please go now and pack an overnight bag for your employer."
"What? Why?"
"Because he is going to jail and will not be home anytime soon."
She harrumphed loudly, coughed and then scuttled away again. As he said this, Jim noticed the old man looking at him. All colour had drained from his face as his defeat became overwhelming. He let out a long sigh and dropped his head. "You have been cautioned and I shall now ask; do you wish to make any statement before you are formally arrested?"
"No, no, it's too late for statements."
"Really? So you intend to put all your victims through the ordeal of a trial rather than admit your guilt and spare them that?" said Sally.
"What victims? They are just pictures."
"Just pictures? No you piece of shit, no, they are children. Just like the ones you abused. Did you imagine we are going to stop with this filth? We will be continuing our investigation into your abuse of children in your trust over the past thirty years. They will feel better able to speak once they see you in the dock for this," said Sally.
The old man seemed to sink in on himself, as if deflating. He dropped his head and muttered: "I have nothing to say."
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text: today first time ever watched one of my games on theater mode no wonder i suck at this game. can not count how many times i would run down firing lane in the middle and then get shot. i was thinking i was against a wall but not really then how many times i would crouch and still be a big target. there is a mode that i can get above the map and see just how bad i am.the cool part is the surrounding area of the maps there is a wide open field behind the radio station in Mission.now i did this in MW3 just wondering if you all ever did this