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Everbody loves Social Networking Sites.Who would'nt be tempted to Join,Communicate with old friends and meet someone new.
My story started when I was 9 years old.During that time,my knowledge in Networking sites is very limited so I like to explore and study the website.I used to spend 8 hours a day just to learn and to be familiar with the Site.
I remembered how I typed random names and randomly send them a message.That's when I met her,that's when my story started...
Chapter 1-The Beginning of EverythingEdit
My name is Matthew Alexander Caruso.For short "Matt".I am a Half Italian-Half Filipino and Im on the Second year of the best Four Years of my life.
Five years has passed and I still am addicted on Social Networking Sites.
Five years has passed and I still am in love with her.
Her name is Danica Rose Ponce.She is 15 years old.She lives in Pampanga,Philippines.
Well,at least that is what her profile says.
Am I a stalker? You can say that...I visit her profile every now and then.I just cant get enough of her face...She's just perfect...too perfect.
Her long,beautiful hair falls perfectly without her even trying.
Her eyes shines like the stars.
That is how I see her on her pictures.
I can only see her hair,eyes and her face...
Everyday all I think about is her.
Everynight all I dream about is her.
She dominated my world,my time and my heart and I wonder
"Is this it?Could this be my first love?Could this be my first kiss?"
Chapter 2-Iv'e read a beautiful messageEdit
"Finally I finished my Sophomore and YES! Im one of the Top 10!!!"
After 10 Months of Pain and Sacrifice,I finally finished my Second Year.I felt so happy I wanna let the world know so I posted it on my account...
I slept that night thinking about tomorrow.A new day,new life and hopefully a new lovelife.I wanna explore the world and learn more about it.
When I woke up that morning I realized it's Summer Vacation.I was so excited to take off and feel free but then I realized it's too early so instead I checked my account.
A New Message!
Who could this be?Nobody messages me except my bestfriends but Im pretty sure they havent opened their account yet.I checked to see what's inside the message...
"Hey Matt,I just wanna say Congratulations and I hope we'll meet soon."
--Danicaxxx :)
It took me a second to realize who's Danicaxxx.
It was Danica Rose,my crush since I was 9 years old.
Why did she congratulated me?
For graduating Sophomore?
How did she know?
A lot of questions flooded my mind.I did'nt know what to do.I didnt know what to reply to her.
"Hi Danica...Thank you and hopefully we'll meet soon."
Message Sent
Chapter 3-Is this for real?Edit
I have spent the whole summer thinking about her.For two months I was hoping that she'll reply back...but she didn't.She haven't talked to me again.She's been off for so long.She haven't posted anything.Not a picture,not a comment,not a word.For two months I was wondering "What happened to Danica?What happened to my crush?"
I logged out and prepared myself for the first day of my Junior Year and the start of another Ten months of hardwork.
I was walking towards school when I saw an unfamiliar car and inside is someone familiar but my mind is thinking about Danica so I ignored it.
Danica...Why did'nt she reply,Why did'nt she logged in on her account.
I guess I thought a lot about Danica that I did'nt even realize I'm already at school.
My school is a public school so it is not so big,not so small either.It's just perfect for 2000 students to be exact.
I proceeded to my homeroom.There I saw old faces.
Chie Yap-He is my bestfriend since pre-school.He is a Chinese-Italian so we shared a lot of similarities.He is the sporty one in our group.
Bianca Domingo-She is Spanish but she grew up here in the Philippines and she is the cool-rebel one.
Kim Sey-She is the cousin of Chie but she only moved here in the Philippines a few years ago.She is the conservative one.
Ephie Salgado-He is the boyfriend of Bianca.He is a Filipino-American and he is the smart one in our group.
Those four are my real bestfriends.We hang-out together,play together,study together.
They were talking to a girl who looks familiar.
I walked closer to them and I realized she was the one I saw a while ago.
"Matt!!!"Chie saw me and shouted my name.The five of them looked at me and I looked at them.
There's Chie,his sister Kim,Bianca and her boyfriend Ephie and....
Chapter 4-Worst Nightmare.EverEdit
..... Slap me Hard...
I forgot how to breathe for a second when I saw her face.It was startled that I havent noticed my friends are laughing at me.
Chie:"What's the matter Matt?You look funny."
I look funny??For real?My crush is standing 5 feet away from me so don't expect me to look formal.
I want to say that but I can't say anything,I can't even move or even breath until Bianca slapped me.
They all laughed including Danica.I dont know why..maybe its because I act so childish or maybe I just look so stupid.
Bianca:"Matt this is Danica and Danica this is Matt."
Ephie:"She just moved here and she's from Pampanga."
"Hello,it's nice to finally meet you Matthew." That was the first time I heard her voice.It was sweet and so relaxing.And her smile is just too perfect.
"Umm,Hi" That's all I can manage.
The bell rang and the classes started.
I wasn't paying attention to the teachers, I was looking at Danica the whole time.
I'm making sure that in every class I am sitting close to her but not too close or she'll notice.
She's just too beautiful,too gorgeous,too perfect.
Whenever she looks at me or smile at me,I tried to ignore her but I can't because I dont know what to do.It seems that the world stops whenever her eyes laid on me.
I wanna die right now.
I want to shout.I want to shout how stupid I am.I want to shout how beautiful she is.I want to shout how much I love her.I want to shout her name.
"DDDAAANNNIIICCCAAA!!!" I shouted...
and then I woke up from my nightmare.
Chapter 5-Huge DisappointmentEdit
....Just a dream....
I thought that was real.
Well,Im hoping it'll be real but will I be really scared and act so stupid when Danica is somewhere around?
I hope not.
I got up from bed looking outside of my window and saw an unfamiliar car.
It was the exact car from my dream.
No way.There's no way that my dream is true.There's no way I'm gonna see Danica.Ever.
I slapped my face hard for me to wake up.
Am I hallucinating??
I Hope So...I dont want to see Danica in person...Okay,maybe I want too see her in person but heck I am scared...
I fixed myself for school..Now this is real.Now I am awake.Im so excited as well as nervous.
When I arrived at school many people called unto my name.Well,being one of the smartest students in this school makes you an instant celebrity.Many congratulated me.Some just said Hi,a few just called out my name.
I entered my homeroom.It looks like the Outer Space packed in a small room.
It is full of random rocks,random planet figures and stuff about the outer space.
I looked around and I saw them.
Chie,Kim,Bianca and Ephie.
But this time there's no Danica.
No sign of her.
What was I thinking??She can't be here.She'll never be here.
My Danica...We'll never meet...
Chapter 6-A Dream Come TrueEdit
The teacher entered the room.One thing I can say about her.
She looks soo Medusa.In other words,she looks pretty scary.From her curly and snaky hair to her petrifying eyes,she really looks like the woman who turns people into tombstones.
"Welcome 3rd years,now before we begin I have a very special seat plan for all of you."
Her voice even sound like her.
"Now I will write your arrangement on the board so you can find your seat."
And she started writing.
Im on the 6th seat beside Cabangil,who I don't really know maybe because both of us are shy to each other and Bianca,who's been my annoying seatmate for 3 years.
I scanned the list but skipped some of them.So there's 25 of us.
I scanned the room.Only 24.One is missing.I counted the seats and stopped at number 18.I checked the board to see who is it and I saw the name of the person I don't want to see.Ponce.
As I was about to say something to Bianca,Someone entered the room,panting and sweating.It was her.
"Sorry Ma'am I am late.The traffic outside is pretty huge." She said it with pauses between words.
"Ms.Ponce go sit on the vacant chair so we can start our introductions."
As she was about to take her seat Mrs.Gorgon said something.
"Ms.Ponce since you're still not taking your seat,how about you'll be the one to introduce yourself."
And suddenly Claps and Cheers filled our room.She walked to the front which was not really necessary but we,especially I listened to her.
"Hello Everyone I am Danica Ponce I am 15 years old and I am obviously a transferee."
She said it without pausing this time.
"Okay Ms.Ponce before you take your seat please select one of the names your classmates on the board to introduce themselves next."
Danica scanned the board.
"Ma'am I choose ...
Chapter 7-A Surprise.A not-so-good surprise.Edit
"My name is Matthew Alexander Caruso.You can call me Matt or Matty.I am a Filipino-Italian and please add me on Facebook."
When all of us finished our introductions Mrs.Medusa introduced herself.
"Okay class,I am Mrs.Merusa,your adviser this year as well as your Geometry teacher."
Okay so she's not Mrs.Medusa,she is Mrs.Merusa.Close Enough.
I talked to my friends at lunch.I always want them to know about me having a crush on Danica.So when we were talking I opened a topic about her.
"How bout Danica.What'dya think about her?" I asked them.
"Well she's cool but I don't like her." Bianca said "How bout you Matt?"
"Well I kinda--"
I was about to tell them that I like her but Chie interrupted me.
"I like her and I'm asking her later if she's ready for a relationship."
WHAT?My bestfriend and I like the same girl.
But instead of shouting on the cafeteria I just smiled and said
"Oh yeah.Well both of you look awesome together."
Chapter 8-MismatchedEdit
"...And I got her phone number."
Chie told us what happened yesterday during his "private" convo with Danica.
F*** I should be the one to ask Danice out not my bestfriend.
"Really Chie?That's great!So now only Matt is the only one without a lovelife." Ephie said
And then the topic changed from Chie and Danica to Me and Kim.
"Cmon Matt you and Kim look good together,you just need to ask her out." Bianca said
I don't know if Im hallucinating but I saw Kim blushing and smiling.
Does she like me?Hope not.
"Cmon guys I'll introduce you to her" Chie said.I know who's "Her".Its Danica.I dont wanna meet her.Not yet.
"Umm guys,Ill go home first.Ummmm,My parents are umm...They need me to ummm...fix..a...thing."
"Go Home Matt,you're always a bad liar!" Bianca shooed me away.
I laughed.We all did actually.
I said Bye and went home.I wasnt looking on where I am going.I just knew that I need to go home.
The next morning when I arrived at school,I saw the whole group talking and laughing with Danica.
One day of introduction and they seem to know each other for years.
I went to the canteen to buy some food coz Im kinda hungry when I saw Kim.
"Hi Kim..." I managed to smile
She smiled back and said "Hey Matt"
"Where are you going?" I asked her
"Umm,to the canteen"
"Wanna go with me?Mabe we can eat there together and maybe talk" I asked her
"Ummmm Matt??Are you asking me out?" she said with a faint smile and Im pretty sure she's blushing right now.
Asking her out?Asking Kim out?I never thought of that.But she seemed pretty happy about the idea of Me and Her dating so I dont wanna disappoint her.
"Uhmm,I guess?" and I laughed.
When we arrived in the cafeteria I did not expect to see whos in there...
It was.....
Chapter 9-My First KissEdit
I wish I was day-dreaming.But I wasn't.
I looked at the face of Kim and she was as stunned as I am on what we are seeing.
It was Chie kissing Danica on her cheeks.
It seemed like the time stopped.I think we've been standing there for weeks,months,years or even ages.But Chie's lips is still glued on the cheeks of Danica.
It is really them and they really are together.And I can't do anything about it.
Kim grabbed my hand and we walked towards them.As we get closer I saw Danica's face and I think she was also shocked but she seemed happy.
Chie just stopped when he saw us.He looks pretty happy.And I want to tell him to "back off...she's my girlfriend."
But she's not.And she doesn't even talk to me.And maybe she doesn't even know me.
"So are you two going out already?"Chie asked us"Just when?"
"Yes.Just a while ago."I said it with a gulp.
Kim smiled and sat at the chair in front of them.I sat beside Kim and surprisingly she kissed me.
Chapter 10- My Biggest RegretEdit
Kissed by a girl in front of your dreamgirl is the worst thing that could happen to you.And it just happened to me.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?" I shouted at her "DID YOU KNOW WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" "YOU JUST KISSED ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION."
"So-sorry" she said with a little voice "I just thought-"
"THOUGHT WHAT?THAT YOU CAN KISS ME ANYTIME YOU WANT?IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK,HUH?" I shouted at her louder this time.
SHe bursted into tears and Chie ran after her.
I thought Danica would follow Chie but she sat next to me.
"It's okay Matt.It was just an accident."she said
"An accident?How can that be an accident?"I said it with a calmer voice "She kissed me and worse in front of you guys.Now tell me how can you call that an accident?"
"Im sorry Matt."She said and hugged me .
I dont know what to do so I just hugged her back.And there was I,savoring the short moment and warmth of Danica.
The day after that,Kim wasnt in school.
Ephie and Bianca have been expelled due to fighting inside the school campus.Long Story.
Worse is that Danica and Chie isnt talking to me or looking at me.
I tried to talk to Danica but Chie always drag Danica wherever he goes.
Days,Weeks,and Months have passed and the situation is still the same.
I was still alone.With nobody to talk to.Until one day,the day before classes end , I was sitting under a tree,Danica sat beside me with teary eyes.
"She's dead,Kim,Stage Four Cancer.Chie said She got that since she was born and you were the only reason why she's still fighting.But after the day you got angry at her.Things got worse.She's been in the hospital for 3 months and after that she passed away."Danica said
One,Two,Three tears fell in my eyes.Not only because she died but also because I am the reason she died.I am the reason why she gave up.
"But she already have forgiven you and she also hopes you already forgave her."Danica added "But Matt,this is not what I am here for."
"What do you mean?"I asked her
"Me and Chie,we have planned to move to Canada to continue our studies.We have planned it since Kim's death.And I am here to say goodbye.I am here to say that we are leaving and I dont want to leave without you."
"Matt since I laid my eyes on you.Since we began talking to each other through Social Networks.I already loved you.You were my love since childhood and I just want to tell you that if you want I'll broke up with Chie and go with you.We can go wherever we want Matt and we will be happy together."she started to cry
I started to cry more.I wanted to shout,to get angry because for Months I havent even confessed what I felt about her.And that is my biggest mistake,my biggest regret.
"You can't,We can't.Go with Chie,He deserves your love."I said and I walked away from her and started crying real hard.I walked away without looking back,catching a single,last glimpse of her,of Danica,my Danica.
Chapter 11-The EndEdit
I was standing in front of a tomb that belongs to a special girl.
It's been four years since Kim's death.
Wind blew away the tears on my cheeks.
I knelt and prayed for her spirit.
I stood up,looked around and walked towards a restaurant.
A few months ago,Danica sent me a message that she'll be going home from Canada today,she said she wants to talk to me.
When I entered the restaurant,it took me a few seconds to recognize the face of Danica.
I sat down in front of her and she smiled at me.I smiled back.
It seemed awkward talking to her again but this time I have no feelings for her.None.Taken by time.
We talked for what seemed hours.We talked about her life,my life,Chie and stuff I dont really care.
Finally she said goodbye.I walked away still feeling nothing.I dont understand why am I acting like this.
I decided to go to a building.I climbed up to the rooftop and walked towards the edge still with no feelings.
I looked up the sky above me and the city below.
I have to make a decision.
I chose...
I jumped.
and I remembered the face of Danica and then a total blackout.


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15 signs you're an annoying engaged couple
Are you and your hubby-to-be an annoying engaged couple? Read on to find out if you two are making everyone else sick…
We all know that couple. The couple we wish we were, the ones planning the most amazing wedding with little to no effort while constantly updating their Twitter/ Facebook/ Instagram/ Pinterest accounts with adorable 'engaged couple' details.
Meanwhile we're all sat here crying because our balls of string won't make anything that vaguely resembles a pom pom despite how many times we've wrapped them round that stupid little cardboard circle.
If you're part of that couple then congratulations and kudos on your awesome wedding planning skills but a tiny part of us wishes you would choke on your perfectly handcrafted pom poms….
1. You announced your engagement in the cutest way possible
2. With photos on every social media site
3. And the proposal video that made us all ugly cry
4. Along with that ring
5. You're just too Instagram perfect
6. And your sneaky ring selfie game is on point
7. You even exercise for the wedding together
8. It's a wonder you find anytime to eat
#weddingcaketasting #bestpartofplanning

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There's a certain mythology built about around conflict, as if the laws of physics or economics somehow don't apply.
Our image Afghanistan is of a soldier standing in front of a mud hut. That's not what's going on...Businesses are functioning, even thriving, in a very difficult environment.
We came across a number of medium-sized businesses that are finding opportunities.
Our perception going in was that physical insecurity would be the number one concern of business... But we found that Afghans were generally more concerned about the uncertainty in the business environment than they were about security.
Business feel very threatened by the Afghan government...One entrepreneur had this to say: "Insecurity is caused by the government and the Taliban. They are the same."
Afghanistan is donor drunk. In Kabul, people were gaming the system...We frequently found international organizations nominally "trying to help" actually distorting the system.
War should not be an excuse to resurrect failed policies, such as that centrally planned growth is necessary in a chaotic environment…
These snipets are from a talk that Jake Cusack and Erik Malmstrom (two a MPP/MBA candidates at the Kennedy School and HBS) gave as CSIS last Thursday, previewing their fabulous report on entrepreneurship and the prospects for real development in Afghanistan. The report is based on interviews that Cusack and Malmstrom conducted over the summer in Kabul, Herat, Balkh, Nagarhar, and Kandahar Provinces. (Thanks to Dane Stangler for bringing me along to this event, and H/T to the Kauffman Foundation for funding the study.) The full audio is here and is a must-listen for anyone interested in entrepreneurship and development. (When you're done, read Carl Shramm's excellent essay in Foreign Affairs that provides the context for this study.)
Back in January I wrote a post titled "Afghanistan, Land of Opportunity." Drawing heavily upon the success of Roshan, the first and still the leading Afghan mobile phone company (more on Roshan here, here, and here), I made the following argument:
Roshan is an example of the sort of "positive insurgency" driven by entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation that is the real driver of development. Want to "help"? Provide local entrepreneurs with skills development, mentoring, and other essential support (yes, funding as necessary).The report by Cusack and Malmstrom takes this line of argument to another level, documenting that entrepreneurship is, indeed, alive and well in Afghanistan and clearly explaining why support for entrepreneurship must be the cornerstone of any coherent and potentially effective security strategy in that country.
But here's another question: Why did it take two Masters students to get these basic facts straight, and organize them in a manner that they could influence the design and implementation of policy, when the blue-ribbon task force recently assembled by the Council of Foreign Relations failed almost entirely to grasp or articulate them? Why is it that our security thought-leaders have such a difficult time getting past their fixation with the hardware of development to understand the software--entrepreneurship and business innovation in particular?
Granted, the (war) stories we hear about Afghanistan and the (entrepreneurship) stories we don't hear are linked. Entrepreneurs don't get very far under conditions of totalitarian repression, and the founding of Roshan was made possible by the ouster of the Taliban. But, there is a big difference between the systematic repression that existed under the Taliban (which is historically very rare) and the sort of everyday cronyism, neglect, or even anarchy that is far more typical of poor and poorly governed places around the world. Indeed, today's Afghan government ranks among the most corrupt in the world. However, it is precisely the failure of government to provide basic services, combined with a lack of formal regulatory constraints, that can create tremendous opportunities for entrepreneurs.
To claim, as many in development and security circles do, that an honest, stable government is a prerequisite for economic vitality is akin to claiming that a healthy, bountiful garden is a prerequisite for rainfall.
Just ain't so.


text: Michael SykesMay 31SaveSave storyBoehner: "There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party"John Boehner. Photo: Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesFormer Speaker of the House John Boehner said at a political conference in Michigan Thursday morning that the Republican party has lost its identity and is "taking a nap".Quote"There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party."— BoehnerRead more toggleShow lessGo deeper128 WordsHighlights: Trump is "most unusual person we've elected" as president, Boehner said.Trump won the election fairly, Boehner said.If all the "noise" surrounding the president is taken away, his policies are "by and large" good things from a Republican standpoint.On the state of politics: "It's too divided. The left and the right are gnawing at each other" and the press is "throwing gasoline on it."On foreign affairs: Boehner said foreign countries are "thrilled the U.S. is leading" again and that Trump is "doing the right thing" on foreign policy. On a potential trade war: Boehner said he doesn't believe Trump is trying to start a trade war, but wants to get people to the negotiating table. Go deeper: The cult of TrumpRepublicansShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInCopy permalink to your clipboard


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Familiar names considering run for Kaukauna mayor
KAUKAUNA -- Longtime mayor Gene Rosin's decision to step down after his current term has set up a competitive race for his replacement. So far, five familiar names have taken out nomination papers, according to Clerk/Treasurer Susan Duda. For mayor, Brian Roebke, Tony Penterman, Sam Kelly, Marty DeCoster, and Joe Grundy took
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School board member Kelly announces run for mayor
KAUKAUNA -- Sam Kelly, a member of the Kaukauna School board, announced he will run for mayor in the spring 2018 election. Election day is April 3, 2018. A primary would be Feb. 20, 2018, if necessary. Longtime Kaukauna Mayor Gene Rosin announced back in September that he would not run for re-election, according
Lost out-of-towners ask police for directions, end up in jail
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St. Norbert performance features four accomplished Kaukauna actors
Investor eyes former Gustman's site for hotel project
KAUKAUNA -- A new investor may have interest in a hotel project on the former Gustman's auto dealership site on Kaukauna's north side. A hotel originally had been part of a master plan for the Grand KaKalin redevelopment that also included senior housing. A feasibility study in 2013 indicated that a hotel
Kinas has strong finish in 2017 Fox Firecracker 5k
KAUKAUNA -- Cailin Kinas, 14, who will be a high school freshman in the fall, was the second place women's finisher July 4 in the 2017 Fox Firecracker 5K run. She finished 30th overall, with a time of 19:20. Jonathan Fleischmann was the top men's finisher from Kaukauna, coming in 11th with


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All I know about this is that the lead dev is a massive racist
Dark Soldier wrote:All I know about this is that the lead dev is a massive racist
Separate the artist from the art etc fyi
Dark Soldier wrote:All I know about this is that the lead dev is a massive racist
Separate the artist from the art etc fyi
Let me tell you a brief story of how I (as Henry) became the most hated man in the town and castle of Rattay. This is a story of greed, regret, mistakes, and why I spent most of last night trying to repent my ways. This may also contain some light spoilers, so fair warning for those of you reading beyond this point who are already interested in playing Deliverance.
My story begins after the opening segment, after burying my dead parents, having my father's sword stolen from me, and being left for dead. I'd awaken inside a mill, two weeks later, just outside of Rattay. Long story short: a girl from my old village named Theresa rescued me from the prior events, and brought me here. Now her uncle (and owner of the mill), Miller Peshek, demanded I repay him in coin...or help him with some tasks that require a lighter touch.
After making the obvious choice to help him and learn some new things, I was digging up a corpse (despite just burying my own parents prior), failing the tutorial lockpicking segment, and breaking all my lock picks in the process. This would then result in me instead breaking into a man's house by beating him up first and looting him for the key. Finally, I'd earn Miller's trust and we'd become thick as thieves and I'd unlock the ability to sell stolen goods to a fence.
Miller would also attempt to teach me the art of pickpocketing, however during the tutorial, I kept failing the mini-game (again), closed a dialogue window, which then somehow caused Miller to bug out and run off proclaiming I'm a thief and calling for the guard. I knew from this moment on that these mini-games were a crapshoot and maybe not worth the time. Shortly after reloading, I'd meet the local vagabond in Rattay, who offered to help level up my pickpocketing skills in exchange for stealing various things from people in town.
It is here where my life of crime truly began to prosper, as I soon discovered I didn't need to pickpocket at all to be a decent thief. Instead, I could simply just knock people out from behind and completely rob them of everything they had while they were unconscious. Whether it was a local guard, a noble, shop keep, it didn't matter to me. I continued to do this almost every night, as well to random folks outside of Rattay. Each morning, I'd take their belongings to my fence, and fill my pockets with coin.
Before I knew it, the local vagabond was calling me the king of thieves of Rattay. I become so rich from fencing things, I'd simply pay off the guards for any minor offense, including when I began practicing my lockpicking and pickpocketing on the townsfolk. Becoming a true crime master pleased me, however, I'd soon take things a step too far...
On another routine morning walk to my fence, proud of my latest heist of the town's armory, I'd spot a dead deer on the side of the road. I thought to myself: "Free meat? Why not!" Immediately after closing the inventory window I entered a dialogue window with a man claiming that I poached the animal and he was going to inform the guard. With all the stolen goods on me, I could not let this happen, so in a panic I reached for my bow and shot him down. I'd strip him of his clothing and throw the body in the river in an attempt to hide it from the locals.
After fencing off my goods, I fast-traveled back to town, fearful of how the guards would react to my presence and unsure if the AI immediately picked up on what had transpired. As I approached the gates, to my surprise, everything seemed normal. In that moment I knew I had gotten away with murder...and enjoyed it. Following this, I'd kill plenty more, whether it was random knights on the road outside of town attempting to find "honor" in dueling me or the poor townsfolk who caught me practicing my pickpocket skills on them. I'd simply punch them in the face until they ran out of town, pay my fine to the guards, catch up to them outside of town on horseback, and cut them down.
By this point, my Rattay reputation hit an all-time low; shopkeepers refused to sell their goods to me and would demand gold before I could even speak with them. To my surprise once more, this even included quest-related NPCs. After completing various quests in town, I had spent all my coin attempting to regain their trust -- and worse yet, I could no longer afford food or drink. From there, I decided to take what little gold I had left and travel to another town in an attempt to rebuild my reputation and end my thieving ways.
I decided the roads weren't safe and would make a b-line on foot towards the town of Talmberg through the various hills and forests. A short time later, I realized I had made a critical mistake and had no food on me -- just various forms of alcohol. Although my stomach was growling, I knew I only had one more forest to go through before I made it to my destination. In that moment, I decided to chug down all the alcohol in my inventory, for what little nourishment it had.
Not before long, my vision became blurry and my camera was bobbing in all directions. Henry also began making various burp and fart sounds...I had made another terrible mistake. They would continue, as I mistakenly stumbled into a bandit camp. Moments later, after being horribly cut, with the possibility of bleeding out, I would panic and try to escape by sprinting deeper into the woods.
Instead, I fell down a steep hill, first-person rag-dolling all the way down, all while still burping and farting. There, at the bottom, I'd bleed out and would be greeted by my first game over screen.
Mistakes were made. Let this be a cautionary tale for those who decide a life of crime is for them in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
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Competition in the logistics sector has escalated to such an unprecedented scale that companies are forced to be "unique" in terms of products and services, according to a senior industry professional.
Andy Heung, general manager at Yamato International Logistics (HK) Ltd., told the Hong Kong Economic Journal that having some uniqueness is now a matter of survival for logistics firms.
Leveraging on its Japanese background, Yamato has entered business-to-consumer (B2C) businesses in recent years, tapping the growing online consumption, said Heung, pointing to the company's fresh foods express services that deliver — point to point — sashimi, seafood, fruits and vegetables from vendors in Japan.
Heung said such express services are targeted to account for 30 percent of his firm's total revenue in two years, against the current 20 percent. More resources will be put into the segment, with at least HK$40 million (US$5.16 million) to be invested in a new 10,000-square feet cold storage facility.
Developing downstream businesses is another area to work on, said Heung, adding that the lack of space in Hong Kong has limited the growth in the logistics and storage sector.
Yamato's unit in Hong Kong has yet to break even though it has been in operation for over three years in the city and has put in more effort in B2C businesses. Last year, the unit's loss topped HK$1 million, but it was narrower than the loss posted in 2012, Heung said.
The company is seeking to ally with Tmall.com in a second attempt to enter the mainland market. Heung admitted that it is difficult to get a slice of the mainland business as the company is stepping in a bit late.
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Marks Gray Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
We are pleased to announce that ten attorneys from Mark Gray, P.A. have been selected to the 2016 Florida Super Lawyers list. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than five percent of attorneys in Florida. Two of our attorneys were named to the 2016 Florida Rising Stars List.
The Marks Gray Attorneys on the 2016 Florida Super Lawyers list and their categories of selection are as follows:
Jeptha F. Barbour, Personal Injury General: Defense
Jill F. Bechtold, General Litigation
Edward L. Birk, Communications
Giselle Carson, Immigration: Business
William M. Corley, Personal Injury Products: Defense
John R. Crawford, Estate Planning & Probate
Susan S. Erdelyi, Employment & Labor
Frederick H. Kent, III, Real Estate
Nicholas V. Pulignano, Jr., Business Litigation
Gerald W. Weedon, Business Litigation
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Meagan L. Logan, Civil Litigation: Defense
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Fidelity International's European chief executive Robert Higginbotham has warned the FSA's "overly bureaucratic and intrusive" regulation is damaging UK competitiveness.
His comments were made as part of a new CBI report in which business leaders call on the Government to address a series of barriers to investment in the UK.
In Making the UK the best place to invest, published today, the CBI warns that without action investment and jobs will be lost to other countries.
It suggests a number of measures including removing the 50p tax rate as soon as public finances allow, setting a long term objective of cutting corporation tax to 18 per cent and creating a planning and regulatory system that encourages growth.
Higginbotham says: "Business opportunities and jobs are moving abroad and the Government must look carefully at why this is the case. A key issue is the overly bureaucratic and intrusive regulation by the FSA.
"This may be appropriate for a failed bank, but it is wholly inappropriate and disproportionate for an agency business such as ours. The new executive of the FCA must pay attention to international competitiveness. This is not an invitation for weak regulation but for carefully considered and appropriate regulation."
CBI director general John Cridland says: "With competition for international capital so fierce, the Government must play up our strengths and remove the stumbling blocks to investment. Time isn't on our side and we have less than five years to turn things around."


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The Department of English has been a part of St John's since its inception. Established in 1964, it has been responsible for ushering in the overall progress of the rural students, by catering to the needs of the lower strata of the society.
Under the leadership of the eminent teachers, Prof. Thankamma Maret, Prof. PK Mathew, Prof. V Ramachandran, Prof. Oommen Mathew and, Prof. AJ John the Department achieved creditable progress. Prof. Caesar Antony K., Prof. Narayanan Nair, Prof. N Roy, Prof. KG George Kutty, Prof. PA Rajan, Prof. James Stewart, Prof. Lawrence W Fernandez, Prof. VK Prakasam, Prof. K Vijayakumar, Prof. MV Simon and Prof. KG Babu were the successive Heads of the department. Here's the list of faculty (with their contact nos.) who were instrumental in the welfare and development of the department.
Suja S MalancharuvilAssociate Professor & Headview profile
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Arun M GeorgeAssistant Professor of Englishview profile
The faculty makes maximum use of the IT facilities available in college like the Audio-Visual Theatre, the Smart class and the Conference room. The students are shown movies related to their syllabi, ICT integrated classes are taken with power point presentations and Audio visual clippings related to their papers are shown. The department is techno savvy. It maintains an active Face book page called 'doe– department of english' and also has a Face book group named "BACE", which is a closed group of the alumni, faculty and the present batches of students. Ample importance is given to student welfare also; the teachers are approachable and counsel them. They are taken for study tours and social visits; they are also active in the English Literary Association which organizes programmes periodically.
The department also has an Association of Communicative English or ACE, which comprises the Alumni. The ACE had its first meeting on December 21 where it selected its President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and an Executive Committee.
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Group of archaeologists from the University of Western Australia has spotted something surprising in Saudi Arabia. They have come across a manufactured structure which they named as 'gates'. The structure is 2,000 to 9,000 years old.
Google Earth images have contributed a lot is spotting out this marvelous structure. Saudi Arabia is renowned for its desert lifestyle, hence, the country has a number of archaeological locations that need a considerable study, says, David Kennedy, one of the researchers from the University of Western Australia.
This archaeological structure got the name gates as it bears a resemblance to outmoded farm gates spreading up to 500 meters wide. It seems to be flat when observed from the aerial view taking two vertical positions at the corners connected via more than one long blocks.
"When looked from a distance it seems to be just a usual structure but when you zoom it in Google Earth maps you actually get to see how beautifully it was carved", Kennedy adds. It doesn't seem to a residential area where people or animals survived long back.
Kennedy carried out an in-depth study 40 years ago by snapping the photographs of the area and Harrat, the lava field nearby to the gates. But, over the time this study did not get any evidence. The study resumed when he got a helping hand from one of the Saudi Arabia's doctors who had a keen interest in exploring archaeological fields.
They observed some of the areas that might be used for animal husbandry or burying dead bodies. They named it as kites as they had a kite like structure.
Initially, they came across 3 or 4 gates but as the investigation moved further the number starting increasing gradually and now the count comes to be 400. Kennedy's classic research and pictures captured has made this study worth investing.
Get to know about this study in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Journal that highlights all the necessary research conducted.


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Charlo High School athletics have become synonymous with athletic excellence in the Mission Valley and one reason could be the community�s commitment to helping field a top-notch product.
The Vikings� football team and volleyball team hosted Gutz and Glitter and Dudes and Divas, a classroom tutorial on football and volleyball designed to educate the parents on the technical aspects of the competitive sports their kids play.
Charlo football coach Mike Krahn said he felt the tutorial allows parents to get a better understanding of the competitive games their kids are involved in.
�Whenever you are educated about something, the more enjoyable it will be when you go and watch it, � Krahn said. �You are more engaged and it will be a more enjoyable experience. It is surprising the carry-over that (many of the parents) have from the previous year. They are really learning and trying to get to understand the game better.
Krahn, Reese Cox and Coach Peterson all taught mothers in a classroom setting the technical aspects of football from blocking, tackling, conference alignments and rules and regulation changes from year-to-year in hopes to keep them up to up to speed in the ever-evolving world of sport
�It�s always fun to teach something that you are passionate about,� Krahn said. �There is a lot of football related stuff that my coaching staff and I do in the classroom part and the learning about it and being able to get the ladies engaged and have questions and see that �ah-ha,� moment, it is just enriching for the coaches and players. Some of them are community members and you didn�t think the mom was interested in football. Then you see them out on the field and you go, �now I see where that kid gets it from.��
The idea to educate the parents of several Charlo kids began with Christy Bachman, who was inspired by the idea when coach Bobbie Howe had a tutorial for the parents at the University of Montana. Bachman and several other community members took off with the idea.
�It really brings the human element into it and the competition and the love of the sport,� Krahn said. �You have to be ultra-focused and at the end of the day, we are all human beings that are pretty similar. This gives you an appreciation for the football element and what it feels like. It is hard to see through and parents get a different appreciation for what it takes to compete. Hearing the guys talk at the volleyball camp, the average parent I still don�t think understands that what they watch takes quite a while to develop the product that is put on the field or the court.�


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Mr Hoving turned the Metropolitan Museum of Art from a staid collection of paintings and sculpture into a vibrant collection of all that art can and should be, for anyone to come in and enjoy. That is opinion, but one generally held by most historians who studied the evolution of Manhattan's jewel during the late 60's until the late 70's. I'm withholding any other opinion, save that it is a shame Mr. Hoving took the time to be a cheap greasy, sleazeball of a weasel to each and every person he felt slighted him in nearly any way during those years, and even worse, to print this book when so many of these people are dead and cannot defend themselves from his bitchy commentary. That is my OWN opinion, garnered after reading a book I honestly had looked forward to reading for years.
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The City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office is inviting all glee clubs and choral groups of private and public elementary schools in Cagayan de Oro City to join this year's edition of "Halad sa Pasko: Bangga sa Daygon" caroling competition.
A total of P84,000 in cash prizes and trophies await the winners, according to City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Officer Imma Rae D. Gatuslao.
The "Halad sa Pasko 2010: Bangga sa Daygon" grand prize winner will bring home P25,000 cash prize plus trophy. Second and third prize winners will get P20,000 and P15,000 plus trophies, respectively. A token of P2,000 each will be given to the top 12 choral groups, Gatuslao said.
The deadline for the submission of entries is at 5:00 p.m. on December 4, 2010 while the contest proper will be held on December 18, 2010, 4:00 p.m. at the SM City-Cagayan de Oro, she added.
Registration forms are available at the City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office located at the basement of the City Tourism Hall, City Hall and may call the office at telephone no. 8573164 for inquiries. (CIO)


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After you feel confident at that level, start putting some potatoes in the sacks.
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But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
28 comments:
what a shop! what a gorgeous piece of fabric, I would be tempted to frame it too, it is as pretty as a picture that's for sure. It just had to be, given where you found it - the only thing that would have topped it would have been to see inside the flat again! have a great week. Oh, and fantastic cards - you're getting quite good at this paper lark!! Helen #??ReplyDelete
Just had to look the shop location up on Maps, good job there was a bit of road name in the photo. Yes know the area well but this shop is new to me. Adore the sign. Love the HARE fabric, will have to pop in next time I'm visiting Mum. BJ#2ReplyDelete
Oh that fabric is fabulous! It was there waiting for you - a gift from the aunt who used to live there. What memories it holds as well as being just perfect for you. If only those hares could speak!ReplyDelete
Great shop, love the sign - someone has a nice sense of humour.
As for the cards, you want to know which are y favourites? The men cards!± Jan, if you are making cards like that you are officially a card maker - they are fab and I would buy one of those in a tick.
Love the bright colours in the first picture, last week or not, they shout 'spring' to me.
Hugs, Neet 6 xx
Happy WOYWW. No wonder you bought that fabric. Just my sort of thing too. I would scan it and use to make some papercraft stuff. We love Mumbles - great foody places there and always good for a stroll. I forgot about that shop. Haven't been there for years (we normally drive on further down to park). I was hoping to get in contact and arrange our next meet-up, but my health is not allowing for a trip out. Hopefully I will feel stronger soon. Ali x #12ReplyDelete
Hi Jan, that fabric is amazing; no wonder you couldn't resist it. I laughed out loud at the notice in the shop. Some excellent cards again! Sarah #10ReplyDelete
Hi Jan, even I might have been tempted by that fabric, and I don't buy fabric! Love your man cards ... I might have to rummage through Mr M's photos ... Great idea! Yes, you were very good and very restrained. The notice in the shop was fun ...every craft shop should have one. Have a lovely week Heather x #11ReplyDelete
Hi Jan. What fabulous fabric and a fabulous shop. Love that sign :-)ReplyDelete
What wonderful memories were evoked as well, do the shop owners live in the flat? I wonder if you would have liked a peek or prefer to remember as it was?
The cards you made are fabulous! You are very adept at card making now!
Once again thank you so much for my zippy bag - hop you got the email. Anne x #15
How restrained were you! I'm seriously impressed especially if you'd been given permission to buy....as you can see on my blog I don't need telling twice. I'm loving the cards too....well done you.ReplyDelete
Annie x #14
You seem to be able to smell out fabric shops, Jan. We are seriously short of them around here. I adore that hare fabric, it's far too luscious to use, yes definitely just frame it!! How amazing that a family home is now a fabric shop, there has to be something in that....lovely memories for you. I am seriously impressed with your card making too, what a great crafting table you had with your friend, how I would love to have joined you at it.ReplyDelete
Glad you survived the horrible weather.
Hugs Lisa x#17
Good girl. My roundly Apple shaped bum. I love the sign in the shop, love the story of the flat..did you ask if it was the flat for the shop? what a find, all the way in Mumbles!ReplyDelete
All the cards are lovely, great idea to use Gordon's prints for boy cards, and I couldn't tell Janet's apart from yours, so don't be too modest! That's a lot of table covering for just a couple of hours - proves the old thing about you use as much space as you've got!
What a lovely shop you found, and the fabric is 100% gorgeous. It definitely needs to be framed and yes I agree with you, I'd love a feature wall covered in it! A fantastic fabric shop and a wonderful trip down memory lane too - it sounds like the perfect day out.ReplyDelete
Those are beautiful cards too - I love the man-cards, the images look great against the text and wood effect, and it looks like you had a fun couple of hours with your friend.
Have a great week,
Diana xx
Oh such a lovely post Jan - fabric and your stroll down memory lane - perfect. I too could happily live with that gorgeous fabric on the wall. xx JoReplyDelete
Hiya Jan, what an amazing coincidence that shop was! I'm sure it will get many a visit in the future- just for the purposes of memory reliving, of course. :) That fabric really does have your name all over it, doesn't it? Designed with you in mind without a doubt.ReplyDelete
Great job with the cards again, and love how that die cut works with G's photos, Brilliant, as you say, perfect for Guy cards. And that sign made me laugh! Thanks for all the good wishes,lots of love and hugs to you both, Shaz XxxxXX
Hi Jan, I cannot believe you only bought that beautiful hare fabric. I would hacve been drooling the minute I walked in the door:) LOLReplyDelete
What a nice surprise the shop was under your relatives flat and it brought back memories.
All the cards are fab. You obviously have a great eye for colour combinations.
Happy WOYWW
Sue #18
LOL! I love the sign-board.ReplyDelete
And all the lovely fabrics!
Your friends cards are beautiful too.
HAPPY WOYWW, Sussie nr 24.
Hi Jan. Well, what a trip down memory lane that proved to be!!! Glorious fabric, lovely cards, and lots going on in your neck of the woods at the moment. Well done for using the torn paper technique on the man card!!!ReplyDelete
I'm not playing today - too much going on here...
Take care girl. God bless.
Hi Jan, oh that is amazing, that the cool shop is under that old flat. I could totally picture everything, and the sign is fabulous. I love the cards with the beach scenes on them so much. :) ~Stacy #28ReplyDelete
What a lovely memory. I've always wanted a flat above a store. The shop looks fabulous! Our local shop is taking part in a shop hop the first weekend in April. Come hop with me! Creative Blessings! Kelly #28ReplyDelete
What precious memories! I remember times with my grandparents on their farm. Great looking shop and your print fabric, definitely frame-able! Your cards are wonderful and your masculine cards are great! Hope yo have a great week!ReplyDelete
Carol N #25
Oh, my goodness, so much in your post, today! Lovely fabric that called your name! I am sure you will do something wonderful with it! And your friend is quite talented! What gorgeous cards she made! A lovely tea shoppe and what neat memories of the flat above! Love that sign and saying! We all want our husbands to say that. Mine pretty much gives me a free hand! Thank you for stopping by already! #26ReplyDelete
Great post Jan - love the memories and what a delightful store (mistake you made was having hubby with you I think). The hare fabric is gorgeous and just the kind of thing I would go for as well. I did get your email by the way, will respond appropriately!! Thanks for the earlier visit, Cindy #21ReplyDelete
love reading your post and looking through the pics. It looks like you had a busy week from the looks of your desks. I think that the hare fabric would look awesome framed. I love that fabric shop. Do the sell the fabric in 1 yard bits or in most stores is it sold by the bolt more in the UK? Seems most of the folks sewing nowadays are quilters and they sell the fat quarters etc. We have one fabric store about 6-7 miles from me that sells off the bolt. Walmart and Target no longer sell fabric. Hope you have a great week. Vickie #34ReplyDelete
Isn't it great when you find these wonderful little shops. So many have closed where I live and do miss them.ReplyDelete
You continue to be busy and I love the items you have created.
Toni xx
What a get set of cards. Hope you have a great week.ReplyDelete
More gorgeous fabrics bet you will be going back there and not to relive memories. Your cards are great how long have you being making them, they look very professional. Ani#1ReplyDelete
We have a Red house in Kingston too - only its a great artisan bar! Great food, all the "young 'uns" go there, we love the atmosphere and the energy! But I digress - yours looks pretty awesome too! As for you wonderful fabric piece, my first thought when I saw it was FRAME IT!!! It's perfect for framing! Have a great week, and thanks for your visit! Lindart #32ReplyDelete
Another lovely post, Jan. (I looked earlier, thought I'd left a comment and then realised I hadn't - yet another of my senior moments!) The fabric could have been designed with you in mind - it's beautiful ... I thought it was a print at first sight. Mumbles - I'd love to live in a town called Mumbles ... the stuff of children's stories. And the fabric shop is perfect. How nice that it brings back happy memories too ... makes it doubly perfect. You were remarkably restrained despite the message on display :) Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs, Elizabeth x #30ReplyDelete
Wow, you only bought a metre of that stunning fabric? You defo need to go back and buy more! Hope you're keeping warm and well xReplyDelete


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When Victor and I got married in the US last summer, "wedding presents" were an issue. How do you politely say, we really want that blender, but international shipping is phenomenally expensive and not worth it? And as much as I really, really, really want a KitchenAid mixer, it wasn't worth the extra headache (or double the cost!) of ordering from a European website to make sure it has the correct electrical outlet plug, etc.
Vic and I are both shameless givers... so talking about gifts makes both of us squirm. We were very grateful for ALL of our wedding presents (and our entire honeymoon was paid for by our wedding guests, so is our future living room wall-to-wall bookcase that I've been obsessing over via IKEA website... Hello spring projects!).
Anyhow, with this whole Baby business happening all up in my belly, I've already had several requests of "What can we get you guys?!" And seeing I have no idea... I've been doing a lot of research. Buying baby stuff as a first time mama is difficult and stressful. There are a zillion baby products that are marketed as "Must Have Or You Won't Survive." And I shamelessly by into it. I relish in my hours of online research, the lists I have gone over, and the general idea of "how" I want to prepare for baby: Organic. Minimalist. Relatively gender neutral. Vintage inspired. Oh, and punk 'effin rock.
Shopping online for baby can be relatively painless when you can read. This seems.... like a stupid thing to say. But let's face it. I am not fluent in Portuguese. Yet. I can figure out the basics, look things up in my dictionaries. (You will need more than one...) But unfortunately, I can't obsess about the detail differences between products, etc. A lot of websites don't have English translations, and online shopping is a newly emerging trend here. (Weird, right?! When I asked friends (and store employees) about Wedding Registries last year, people had NO idea what I was talking about.... ?!!)
SO... I cannot in my right mind order The. Best. Stroller. Ever (according to the MommyBlogs in the US online. As in, from the US. I am in Portugal. Even if companies DO ship here, the shipping cost is usually doubles (or more!) the price of items. (Example, my beloved KitchenAid Mixer.) My poor mother has already spent a small fortune on international shipping in the past two years, sending everything from online shopping purchases (and returns....), Twizzlers (NONE in Portugal...?!), camera parts, my favorite Neutrogena face wash that I can't live without, etc. Instead of burdening her with the epic task of scrambling around in the next few months to collect all of the baby stuff I "won't be able to live without," I decided to make a registry that our generous, wonderful, delightful and technology-capable friends and family members can use... to generously help share shipping costs... I highly recommend utilizing Amazon UK whenever necessary, as it is much cheaper to order from there, when shipping to us here in Portugal.
If any new mamas (or old pro' mamas and professional papas too!) notice that we are missing Must Have Baby Products, please let me know! You know my email address/ facebook! Who wants to buy me some organic nipple cream?! OOOOHHH!!!! How awkward?! I'm trying to be my pathologically liberal and open-minded self... But nipple cream? I want someone REALLY AWKWARD to send a supply of that stuff. And stretch mark cream. So far, I am heavily moisturized and not stretching anything yet... but I have no problem spending the next 22 weeks dipping myself in every kind of lotion available. Just in case. I think I am more anxious about the aftermath of my body, post-baby, than I am about the act of giving birth... WOAH.
SO! We are registered at
Just look us up, under Jacqui Castro & Victor Castro (listed in Ossining, New York) and for shipping information, you can email my mama Patti at JJBeens1[at]aol.com for our home address here in Portugal.
MUITO OBRIGADA!! Thank you thank you thank you!
PS. I haven't registered for my Perfect Portuguese car seat, stroller, crib set (etc!) yet, I am still... researching and translating... but don't you worry! I will have those items posted as soon as possible! HAhah!!!


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by H.H.Munro (Saki)
The Baroness & Constance Broodle: Pat Franklin
Motorist: Bernard Mayes
Esmé: Erik Bauersfeld
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Esmé was the name given by the Baroness to a stray Hyena she had adopted while out riding. Later that afternoon the animal found a Gypsy's baby left on the roadside, carried it into the woods and ate it. But sadly, returning to the Baroness, Esmé became road-kill by a passing motorist. In her distress the Baroness thought up a shrewd plan for reparation.
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From Library of Congress Name Authority File
Ballard, Florence, 1943-1976
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Fuller Name
- Ballard, Flo, 1943-1976
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 19430630
Death Date
- 19760222
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Motown Record Corporation
- Organization: Temptations (Musical group)
- Organization: Supremes (Musical group)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: ABC Records
- Organization: Lupine Records
Birth Place
- Rosetta (Miss.)
Death Place
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- female
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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- found: Benjaminson, Peter. The lost Supreme, c2008:ECIP t.p. (Florence Ballard) data view (Florence Ballard, Flo Ballard, d. 1976) Chapter 2 (b. June 30, 1943 in Detroit)
- found: All music guide WWW site, June 14, 2013(Florence Ballard; born Florence Glenda Ballard, June 30, 1943, Rosetta, MS, died February 22, 1976, Detroit, MI; styles: soul, Motown, pop-soul; member of the Supremes)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed December 11, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ballard, Florence; singer; born 30 June 1943 in Rosetta, Mississippi; booked as a solo act at the Primes' performances (later renamed the Temptations) recording for Motown Records (1961); put together a singing group of her own, initially a female counterpart to the Primes called the Primettes (1960); was the group's first lead singer; the Primettes changed their name to the Supremes (1963) and became Motown's primary success story; her heavy drinking led to her forced removal from the group (1967); sang at Richard Nixon's 1969 inauguration; signed with ABC Records (1968); she was abusing pills and alcohol and was forced to go on welfare and move into public housing with her family (1970); died 22 February 1976)
LC Classification
Change Notes
- 2007-08-08: new
- 2015-04-19: revised
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If, as we said, the Gospel presents mercy as an excess of God's love, the first thing we have to do is to see where today's world, and every person in it, most needs this kind of overflow of love. We have to ask ourselves how such mercy is to be received. On what barren and parched land must this flood of living water surge? What are the wounds that need this precious balm? What is the sense of abandonment that cries out for loving attention? What is the sense of estrangement that so thirsts for embrace and encounter?
The parable which I would now propose for your meditation is that of the merciful Father (cf. Lk 15:11-31). We find ourselves before the mystery of the Father. I think we should begin with the moment when the prodigal son stands in the middle of the pigsty, in that inferno of selfishness where, having done everything he wanted to do, now, instead of being free, he feels enslaved. He looks at the pigs as they eat their husks… and he envies them. He feels homesick. He longs for the fresh baked bread that the servants in his house, his father's house, eat for breakfast. Homesickness… nostalgia. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. Like mercy, it expands the soul. It makes us think back to our first experience of goodness – the homeland from which we went forth – and it awakens in us the hope of returning there. Against this vast horizon of nostalgia, the young man – as the Gospel tells us – came to his senses and realized that he was miserable.
Without dwelling on that misery of his, let us move on to the other moment, once his Father had embraced him and kissed him. He finds himself still dirty, yet dressed for a banquet. He fingers the ring he has been given, which is just like his father's. He has new sandals on his feet. He is in the middle of a party, in the midst of a crowd of people. A bit like ourselves, if ever we have gone to confession before Mass and then all of a sudden found ourselves vested and in the middle of a ceremony.
Let us think for a moment about the "embarrassed dignity" of this prodigal yet beloved son. If we can serenely keep our heart balanced between those two extremes – dignity and embarrassment – without letting go of either of them, perhaps we can feel how the heart of our Father beats with love for us. We can imagine that mercy wells up in it like blood. He goes out to seek us sinners. He draws us to himself, purifies us and sends us forth, new and renewed, to every periphery, to bring mercy to all. That blood is the blood of Christ, the blood of the new and eternal covenant of mercy, poured out for us and for all, for the forgiveness of sins. We contemplate that blood by going in and out of his heart and the heart of the Father. That is our sole treasure, the only thing we have to give to the world: the blood that purifies and brings peace to every reality and all people. The blood of the Lord that forgives sins. The blood that is true drink, for it reawakens and revives what was dead from sin.
In our serene prayer, which wavers between embarrassment and dignity, dignity and embarrassment, let us ask for the grace to sense that mercy as giving meaning to our entire life, the grace to feel how the heart of the Father beats as one with our own. It is not enough to think of that grace as something God offers us from time to time, whenever he forgives some big sin of ours, so that then we can go off to do the rest by ourselves, alone.
Saint Ignatius offers us an image drawn from the courtly culture of his time, but since loyalty among friends is a perennial value, it can also help us. He says that, in order to feel "embarrassment and shame" for our sins (but without forgetting God's mercy), we can use the example of "a knight who finds himself before his king and his entire court, ashamed and embarrassed for having gravely wronged him, after having received from him many gifts and many favours" (Spiritual Exercises, 74). But like the prodigal son who finds himself in the middle of a banquet, this knight, who ought to feel ashamed before everyone, suddenly sees the King take him by the hand and restore his dignity. Indeed, not only does the King ask him to follow him into battle, but he puts him at the head of his peers. With what humility and loyalty this knight will serve him henceforth!
Whether we see ourselves as the prodigal son in the midst of the banquet, or the disloyal knight restored and promoted, the important thing is that each of us feel that fruitful tension born of the Lord's mercy: we are at one and the same time sinners pardoned and sinners restored to dignity.
Simon Peter represents the ministerial aspect of this healthy tension. At every step along the way, the Lord trains him to be both Simon and Peter. Simon, the ordinary man with all his faults and inconsistencies, and Peter, the bearer of the keys who leads the others. When Andrew brings Simon, fresh from his nets, to Christ, the Lord gives him the name Peter, "Rock". Yet immediately after praising Peter's confession of faith, which comes from the Father, Jesus sternly reproves him for being tempted to heed the evil spirit telling him to flee the cross. Jesus will go on to invite Peter to walk on the water; he will let him sink into his own fear, only then to stretch out his hand and raise him up. No sooner does Peter confess that he is a sinner than the Lord makes him a fisher of men. He will question Peter at length about his love, instilling in him sorrow and shame for his disloyalty and cowardice, but he will also thrice entrust to him the care of his sheep.
That is how we have to see ourselves: poised between our utter shame and our sublime dignity. Dirty, impure, mean and selfish, yet at the same time, with feet washed, called and chosen to distribute the Lord's multiplied loaves, blessed by our people, loved and cared for. Only mercy makes this situation bearable. Without it, either we believe in our own righteousness like the Pharisees, or we shrink back like those who feel unworthy. In either case, our hearts grow hardened.
Let us look a little more closely at this, and ask why this tension is so fruitful. The reason, I would say, is that it is the result of a free decision. The Lord acts mainly through our freedom, even though his help never fails us. Mercy is a matter of freedom. As a feeling, it wells up spontaneously. When we say that it is visceral, it might seem that it is synonymous with "animal". But animals do not experience "moral" mercy, even though some of them may experience something akin to compassion, like the faithful dog keeping watch at the side of his ailing master. Mercy is a visceral emotion but it can also be the fruit of an acute intellectual insight – startling as a bolt of lightning but no less complex for its simplicity. We intuit many things when we feel mercy. We understand, for example that another person is in a desperate state, a limit situation; something is going on that is greater than his or her sins and failings. We also realize that the other person is our peer, that we could well be standing in his or her shoes. Or that evil is such an immense and devastating thing that it can't simply be fixed by justice… Deep down, we realize that what is needed is an infinite mercy, like that of the heart of Christ, to remedy all the evil and suffering we see in the lives of human beings… Anything less than this is not enough. We can understand so many things simply by seeing someone barefoot in the street on a cold morning, or by contemplating the Lord nailed to the cross – for me!
Moreover, mercy can be freely accepted and nurtured, or freely rejected. If we accept it, one thing leads to another. If we choose to ignore it, our heart grows cold. Mercy makes us experience our freedom and, as a result, the freedom of God himself, who, as he said to Moses, is "merciful with whom he is merciful" (cf. Dt 5:10). By his mercy the Lord expresses his freedom. And we, our own.
We can "do without" the Lord's mercy for a long time. In other words, we can go through life without thinking about it consciously or explicitly asking for it. Then one day we realize that "all is mercy" and we weep bitterly for not having known it earlier, when we needed it most!
This feeling is a kind of moral misery. It is the entirely personal realization that at a certain point in my life I decided to go it alone: I made my choice and I chose badly. Such are the depths we have to reach in order to feel sorrow for our sins and true repentance. Otherwise, we lack the freedom to see that sin affects our entire life. We don't recognize our misery, and thus we miss out on mercy, which only acts on that condition. People don't go to a pharmacy and ask for an aspirin out of mercy. Out of mercy we ask for morphine, to administer to a person who is terminally ill and racked with pain.
The heart that God joins to this moral misery of ours is the heart of Christ, his beloved Son, which beats as one with that of the Father and the Spirit. It is a heart that chooses the fastest route and takes it. Mercy gets its hands dirty. It touches, it gets involved, it gets caught up with others, it gets personal. It does not approach "cases" but persons and their pain. Mercy exceeds justice; it brings knowledge and compassion; it leads to involvement. By the dignity it brings, mercy raises up the one over whom another has stooped to bring help. The one who shows mercy and the one to whom mercy is shown become equals.
That is why the Father needed to celebrate, so that everything could be restored at once, and his son could regain his lost dignity. This realization makes it possible to look to the future in a different way. It is not that mercy overlooks the objective harm brought about by evil. Rather, it takes away evil's power over the future. It takes away its power over life, which then goes on. Mercy is the genuine expression of life that counters death, the bitter fruit of sin. As such, it is completely lucid and in no way naïve. It is not that it is blind to evil; rather, it sees how short life is and all the good still to be done. That is why it is so important to forgive completely, so that others can look to the future without wasting time on self-recrimination and self-pity over their past mistakes. In starting to care for others, we will examine our own consciences, and to the extent that we help others, we will make reparation for the wrong we ourselves have done. Mercy is always tinged with hope.
To let ourselves to be drawn to and sent by the beating heart of the Father is to remain in this healthy tension of embarrassed dignity. Letting ourselves be drawn into his heart, like blood which has been sullied on its way to give life to the extremities, so that the Lord can purify us and wash our feet. Letting ourselves be sent, full of the oxygen of the Spirit, to revive the whole body, especially those members who are most distant, frail and hurting.
A priest once told me about a street person who ended up living in a hospice. He was consumed by bitterness and did not interact with others. He was an educated person, as they later found out. Sometime thereafter, this man was hospitalized for a terminal illness. He told the priest that while he was there, feeling empty and disillusioned, the man in the next bed asked him to remove his bed pan and empty it. That request from someone truly in need, someone worse off than he was, opened his eyes and his heart to a powerful sense of humanity, a desire to help another person and to let himself be helped by God. A simple act of mercy put him in touch with infinite mercy. It led him to help someone else and, in doing so, to be helped himself. He died after making a good confession, and at peace.
So I leave you with the parable of the merciful Father, now that we have we have entered into the situation of the son who feels dirty and dressed up, a dignified sinner, ashamed of himself yet proud of his father. The sign that we have entered into it is that we ourselves now desire be merciful to all. This is the fire Jesus came to bring to the earth, a fire that lights other fires. If the spark does not take, it is because one of the poles cannot make contact. Either excessive shame, which fails to strip the wires and, instead of freely confessing "I did this or that", stays covered; or excessive dignity, which touches things with gloves.
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Letters of Recommendation (I Wish I Could Actually Write)
I've taught mostly juniors and seniors for the past 12 years, so certain times of year you're guaranteed to find me spending the weekend writing letters of recommendation for college applications. It goes with the job.
While I'm generally averse to extra weekend paperwork (especially from the procrastinating kid that asks a day before the deadline), I secretly like penning these rites of passage. Perhaps I've been in teaching too long, but for many kids, it's the first time they've had to deliberately ask for direct feedback from an adult.
Depending on the school, there are boxes you check or paragraphs you may write about how well you know this kid and what kind of person they are. They may not actually read the responses themselves, but these papers are proverbial mirrors that reflect the impression a student has given a person that knows them well. And I know you kid-really, really well.
You've been in my class for a year or two. We interact for several hours each day. I don't know all about your personal life (you definitely have no clue about mine), but we have a relationship that will be surprisingly similar to the ones you will have as a grown-up with most of the people you meet. People you work with, your future neighbors, parents of your children's friends- these are all relationships between people that have no obligation to love you, but for whom you hope to have mutual respect and feelings of goodwill as well as the ability to contribute in a meaningful way. My classroom is a place to practice that, right along with your academic skills. How have you actually been doing?
Dear Sir or Madam:
Alexis does poorly on quizzes and tests, because she is incredibly self-critical and second-guesses most of her answers. I'm not positive where she gets this from, but have met her mother twice and am pretty sure it's going to take a few good years of therapy to address. I want you to understand that the C she earned in my Biology class does not reflect her willingness to always work with a student on the autism spectrum, whom most just ignore. Alexis is the only student I've ever seen him talk to without being prompted. She doesn't know this, but that's on his IEP as one of the few signs of progress this year.
Ms. Ridge
Dear Sir or Madam:
Korban has an A in my class because every time he earned a B on anything, his father spoke with my administrator. She was a theater major before becoming a principal, which makes her comfortable changing his grade in Physics.
Ms. Ridge
Dear Sir or Madam:
Zoe has no interest in going to college. She is a dancer and is filling out this application so that she can continue to dance. She will go to your classes and graduate with a decent GPA, but it is very important that we get out of her way and just let her do what she does best.
Ms. Ridge
Dear Sir or Madam:
I have no idea what kind of home Justin returns to after school, but I know that it takes a lot of effort for him to get here each day. He takes two different city buses to get to my class in the morning and one of them runs only every 40 minutes. So that he isn't counted tardy, he takes the earlier one and I sometimes find him sound asleep sitting up against the wall by my door when he makes it in before I do. Sometimes the bus is late, and I have to mark him tardy just like the kid who pulls up 15 minutes later in an Audi with a $4 cup of coffee. I wish I didn't.
Ms. Ridge
Dear Student:
I am happy to spend my Saturday checking boxes about your motivation and commitment to academic excellence, as long as you'll spend your time at college differently than you have your time with me in high school. You've done well in my classes to get into a good college, and you'll do well in college to get into a good job. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't be writing this letter for you. What will all this "get you into," however? Please take some time to figure out what makes you unique in a way that these boxes can't contain, and how that can contribute to our world. Figure out what you're "into." Figure out why we should care.
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Celebrating 25 years of Brain Drain trivia nights
TICKETS are selling fast for Kumbia State School's P&C Brain Drain fundraiser.
P&C president Kate Curtain said Brain Drain of 2018 was not to be missed and encouraged participants to get their Aussie gear together for the night.
The event, themed 'Straya -1993 to 2018, Celebrating 25 Years of the Kumbia Brain Drain,' will be held in the Kumbia Memorial Town Hall on Saturday August 4.
"We're pretty excited. We've already had a tremendous response from sponsors with a great commitment of goods and services to be raffled," Mrs Curtain said.
For the first time all of the table bookings were exclusively online via the 'Try Booking' website.
The shift to online ticketing was popular, with a rapid uptake since the tables were released, she said.
"We've improved the format of the night in response to feedback, and this year could well be our best Brain Drain yet," Mrs Curtain said.
All proceeds raised from the Kumbia Brain Drain will be used to fund projects and events for the students of Kumbia State School.
The popular trivia night attended by guests from all over the South Burnett is the P&C's major fundraiser of the year.
The event would be BYO Esky and snacks, however a light meal would be provided and soft drinks would be available at the bar, she said.
Tea and coffee would also be provided on the night.
A return bus will run from Kingaroy, courtesy of Peter and Julie Chapman.
There were still a few corporate tables and a number of standard tables still available, since tickets were released.
Ticket prices start at $120 per table, or $240 for a corporate table, and participants must be aged 15 years and over.
Each team will consist of six players and there would be many prizes to be won, including best dressed team, best team name, cash prizes each round, a lucky door prize and the overall winners.
For Kumbia Brain Drain tickets and bus passes visit www.trybooking.com/UXRP.
For more information contact James on 0409598179.