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When I asked my daughter how I should decide whose pictures to post first, she answered that I should do it alphabetically. Unfortunately for Tori that meant that she was last. And what's funny (well maybe not for Tori), one of my friends pointed out that she wouldn't have fared any better if we didn't use her nickname but used her real name instead (Victoria). But even if I used her last name, she still would have been last because the order of all three would have been the same whether we used first or last names, how weird is that??. But I am thinking that just means that we saved the best for last!! Like Brittany, I have known Tori forever, and I have watched her grown up to be a wonderful, not to mention beautiful, young lady. We had a lot of fun with our shoot starting off by the water and the wharf.
Tori wants to be a teacher so it was appropriate that our next stop was the one room school house on the island. Although I think that maybe Tori is aiming for a class that is made up of more than 8 students in one room, but you never know!! Part of the reason that Tori wants to be a teacher is an interesting story, and very indicative of her personality. This past year, Kate started an after school homework tutoring at the school where I work (and the girls' old elementary school). Since she couldn't do it alone, she enlisted Tori and Brittany to run it with her. Because of work schedules, Tori ended up being the one that ended up participating the most. Along the way, she decided that she had a passion for helping kids to learn and has decided to pursue that passion. Tori formed a strong bond with the kids and when softball commitments made it impossible for her to help out, she drafted her younger sister into service to make sure that there was coverage every day!!
Tori is also an athlete, she has played softball ever since I have known her, so playing on the rope swing in the back of the school was right up her alley.
After we left the school, we made a quick island stop before we got to the "tree". Yes the tree that Brittany was so kind to procure permission to use. Although Tori's mom was with us too and she would have asked if Brittany wouldn't (you know I wouldn't have asked, remember what I said about public speaking? Same type of thing!) Of course, Brittany and Kate couldn't resist having a little fun and photo bombing one of Tori's tree shots.
We hit some beach-y areas after that, and like Brittany and Kate, Tori was a really good sport about posing.
We ended at the lighthouse and I think that it is safe to say that the fabulous light totally agreed with Tori, don't you??
Best wishes on your senior year, Tori!! Although I don't really need to formally wish it since I will see you often, I do hope that it is all that you have hoped and dreamed that it would be. I am so happy that you have been in Kate's life for so long, she is so lucky to have a best friend like you!! If all of you girls continue to love and support one another, then the sky is truly the limit as to what you'll be able to accomplish. Thank you for allowing me this honor of capturing a small part of your senior year!! If you would like to see the rest of Tori's pictures, please click here.
I am not going to lie, this is a challenging post to write (not to mention, so crazy that it is here already!!). See this post features my very own senior. I can't believe that I am writing a senior portrait blog post for my own daughter. Where does the time go?? It flies by, that's where it goes, unless you are on an island. As we discovered last week, island time its own entity but that is the subject for another day. I am going to try my hardest to keep the focus of this post on Kate and how amazing she is and not talk about me and how lucky and proud I feel to be her mother. Kate is really, really smart but even more than that, she combines her intelligence with a drive and determination that is truly impressive to watch. As a matter of fact, the highlight of her vacation last week was finishing "Frankenstein", part of her summer work. Just kidding, the highlight of her week was a visit with her besties and taking senior pictures with me, of course!!
We decided to spread it out over a couple of days, you know because we had plenty of time, being on island time and all. On our first outing, she put on a pretty dress, gorgeous shoes and her best smile and we headed out to some quintessential island spots. I know I am biased but Kate has always had the best smile, it is always so genuine and full of joy, you can just tell it comes straight from the heart.
The next day, she put on a different outfit and we brought Nani along to help us scout locations and to help with posing. So glad we brought Nani too, she was great at setting poses and picking out spots. We started out at the sandy beach and then Nani discovered Pulpit Rock (a rock where Roger Williams once preached to the inhabitants of the island):
Then we were lucky enough to find some other great locations, like a one room school house:
And the most adorable little farm stand:
We finished up that day of shooting at the light house with absolutely beautiful light. Appropriate I feel since she is the absolutely beautiful light of my life (sorry, sorry, I know I said that I wouldn't make it about me but I couldn't resist)
Then it was time to do some pictures with her besties. As I mentioned in Brittany's post, these girls have been friends forever. They are such wonderful complements to each other, they really bring out the best, and a real sense of fun, in each other. They had fun playing on the rope swing and they even did a hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil pose for us!
Okay, I know that this has been a very long post but if I can't do a long one for my very own senior, then I don't know for whom I can do one this long for!! Kate, I can't wait to watch you experience this year in all its glory. I hope that it is filled with lots of fun, lots of memories and that all your dreams come true. I love you lots and you always make me so very proud. I have faith that you can do absolutely anything that you set your mind to and that there are great things in store for you!! Please click here if you would like to see the rest of Kate's pictures
Last year, it was fitting that I began my senior picture season with a friend of mine from college's daughter. Well this year, I have an even more special kick off to the senior picture season - my daughter and her best friends. I couldn't decide which one to start with so I asked my daughter to choose and she said that I should start alphabetically so that would make Brittany the chosen one!! We were on vacation last week on Prudence Island in Rhode Island. If you haven't heard of it, then join the club, most people have never heard of it. Probably because there is absolutely nothing on the island: no hotels, no restaurants, no bars, no stores, well with the exception of a store at the ferry and a farm stand (adorably titled Farmacy) that is self serve. Nothing that is except for nature in its most beautiful, unblemished and purest form. So when my daughter asked me if her friends could come over and visit us, I was quick to tell her to make sure that she told them to plan on taking some senior pictures. Not only did they come perfectly dressed and perfectly made up, they also came with the perfect attitudes, a delightful combination of fun and sass. We started at one of the many points on the island where you can pull of the road and take steps to the water.
Next we went to a pier known on the island simply as the T-wharf and Brittany is such a great sport that she had no problem lying on the dock for me. We also spotted a cute little fence to pose on as well.
After we finished at the wharf, we moved on to the one room school house. Since Brittany has been best friends with my daughter since she was in first grade and with Tori since they were in second grade, I thought that it was the perfect location. I also had a special picture that I wanted to take of the 3 of them. After we finished with that, we went out back and the girls had some fun playing on the playground equipment, including a really cool rope swing.
After we left the school house, we passed the "tree". The reason that it is in quotations is because there is a story behind it. We had driven by it countless times over the week and were absolutely fascinated by it. Actually the fascination started several years ago with my sister-in-law, she has been raving about this tree for years. The only problem with the tree is that it is in someone else's yard!! Or should I say that would have been a problem if Brittany hadn't offered to go ask for permission to use the tree. She knocked on the door and explained that she was taking senior pictures with her friends and that they would love to pose in the tree out front. Since Prudence is quite possibly the friendliest place that I have ever been, the answer was an enthusiastic, "Go for it!" I am so glad that she did, the pictures are pretty unique!!
Next we traveled to the sandy beach, being an island there were beaches everywhere but this beach most resembled what we tend to think of as a beach.
There is a picnic table at this spot and once again, Brittany was kind enough to lie down on it (and this time, it was all her idea!)
We ended the day with some terrific lighting and a visit to the lighthouse that was right down the hill from where we were staying. I think that we can all agree that the lighting (not to mention a visit to the island) really agrees with Brittany, huh??
Thanks Brittany, you were just as good a subject as you have always been a friend to Kate!! You rocked the island, I can't wait to see how we make out when we take a trip into the city! I would wish you the best for your senior year but since I see you almost as much as my own kids, it is not necessary to put it into writing (oh well, I will anyway, best of luck!!) Please click here if you would like to see the rest of Brittany's pictures.
7/29/2014 1 Comment
My godson's christening
I have rarely in my life been as unexpectedly, wonderfully surprised and honored as I was when my nephew asked me if I would consider being his son's godmother. I have always been extremely close to my nephew, he is 4 years older than my oldest daughter so I got to spend a lot of time with him before my own kids came along which helped a lot (because we all know how time consuming and exhausting the baby/toddler stage is and with 4 kids born in 5 years, I was in that stage for a good while). He was even in my wedding, how cute was he in his tux??
So you can imagine just how thrilled I was to be asked to play such an important role in his son's life!! The christening was this past Sunday and it was a very nice service. The baby's older brother also got baptized and looking at it from the perspective of a child, the whole thing must have seemed a bit strange. But he took it all in stride and did a great job of answering any questions that the priest posed to him and allowing himself to be blessed by his godparents.
The baby, Kason, didn't participate in quite the same way as his brother, Matty, but he seemed no less aware of his surroundings, taking everything in with his big, blue eyes.
Kason seems to have a real bond with his godfather. He only had to look over at him and Kason broke out into a big smile. Although he seems to like me too, looking over my way a couple of times!!
His godfather was also kind enough to volunteer to do a reading. The priest asked for volunteers and as you can imagine, there was a little reluctance in the church (does anyone like speaking in public?? I know that I don't). Kason's godfather came to our rescue and volunteered. He did a fantastic job too!! My nephew also got up there and said a prayer for all the children being baptized that day and he also did a tremendous job!
Then it was time to go up to the baptismal font. This represented a sligjht dilemma for me since my duties as godmother obviously took precedence over taking pictures. No worries, my youngest daughter was with me at the church so I asked her to take them. She is fast becoming my right hand man, and helps me out a lot and does an amazing job! It was Matty's turn first and although he didn't quite know what to make of it all, he did exactly what he was supposed to and was such a great sport.
Then it was Kason's turn and he was also wonderful (of course!!)
Then it was time for the traditional dressing of the child and the lighting of the candle. The cloak is a symbol of spiritual connection between the godmother and the baby and is said to serve as protection from calamity and the candle fittingly symbolizes the lighting of the way of the journey.
We did a few family pictures at the church but not too many, Kason seemed a little worn out by all the excitement. We saw the slight quiver of the lip on a few occasions, always a sign that it may be time to wrap things up.
I didn't take too many pictures at the party, I was too busy having a good time catching up with my family and soaking it all in. But I did make sure to get a picture of the cake which was just beautiful as well as a picture of me with Kason.
I also got a picture of Kason with his beautiful mother, grandmothers and one of his great-grandmothers before everyone left for the day. And of course, since we were out there we got some other pictures as well.
It really was a wonderful day and it is such an honor and a privilege to be asked to play this important role in Kason's life. I am looking forward to seeing just where the journey takes us. God bless both Matty and Kason, although with so many special people in their lives, I am pretty sure that the blessing has already started!! If you would like to see more pictures from the christening, please click here.
7/28/2014 0 Comments
Still "hopping" into the picture
I know that I promised vacation pictures and senior pictures for this week but I am a little backed up on account of the fact that we just got back from vacation, my house looks like a bomb went off in it, I have a pile of laundry that is dangerous to stand next to and we were at a christening all day yesterday. So I am going to rely on a post that I wrote for last week but couldn't get it to post remotely. Anyway back in October of 2012, I wrote a post about how important it was for moms to "hop" into the picture. Then last year around this time, I wrote about "walking the walk" as far as getting my own picture taken was concerned and I posted some pictures to see if I had listened to myself. Well I thought it would be kind of fun to do that again and to see how I measured up this year. To see if I am still getting in the picture. Let's see how I did.
I think that I did pretty good, what do you think?? And don't worry, I will have all those other things I promised as soon as possible. Depending on how my day goes, there may even be another post today, you never know!
7/27/2014 0 Comments
The week ahead
Do I have some fun things in store to share with you all this week!! I am going to be sharing pictures from our recent island vacation,
as well as pictures of 3 of my favorites seniors ever, my very own senior and her 2 best friends! We had a blast with these pictures and I can't wait to share them and their stories. And we aren't done yet, I am hoping to do a session in Boston at some point.
and my great-nephew's (and godson!!) christening later today, which is just a wonderful exclamation point for the absolutely fantastic week that we just had. Happy Sunday, everyone and anyone out there on vacation, if you have even half as good a time as we did, then your vacation will be sensational!!!
7/25/2014 0 Comments
Friday night video
Looking for something fun to do tonight??? There is a wonderful event taking place in Stoughton tonight, A Movie for Marissa. This is an outdoor showing of the movie, The Little Mermaid (previously it was going to be The Parent Trap but they managed to get the rights for her favorite movie instead). There will lots of fun activites as well as raffle and auction items. There is a suggested donation of $5 per person and all net proceeds will go to The Marissa Paige Ramos Memorial fund. I am not able to attend but I did donate a photo session (shameless plug there but I want to make sure someone bids, how embarrassing if no one bids?)
I am having a slight issue with adding a video so strangely enough, there is no video on this Friday night video post. If I was able to add one, it would be, of course, Kiss the Girl because who doesn't love a reggae singing crab?? Happy Friday, everyone, looks like it is going to be another beautiful day and night, a night that would be perfect for taking in an outside movie, hint, hint.
Patriots training camp opens today, yay!! I believe that I have mentioned once or twice that I am a huge football fan so this news makes me happy, really happy. We have been going to training camp since my kids were little and it used to be at Bryant College. I probably already told you but I once had Troy Brown sign the baby (she's almost 16). We don't go that much anymore, we got spoiled by those early years and now it is too crowded for us. Anyway in honor of camp opening, today's throwback is some of my favorites throughout the years. Happy Thursday, everyone, have a great day! Go Pats!
Yesterday I mentioned that I had a story about pictures and posts being better with them that I wanted to share. When I posted on Monday, one of my friends commented on the post and told me that since I always say that posts are better with pictures that she had a picture that would be perfect for that post and that she would send it to me. This made me really happy, perhaps disproportionately so, for a couple of reasons. One, it is nice to know that someone is listening to me. C'mon, I have 3 teenagers and 1 almost teenager, people listening and paying attention to me is a rare thing!!! And second, the picture is hysterical! At least I think so anyway. Happy Wednesday, evertone, it looks like another fantastic weather day is on tap around here, I hope that you all get to go out and enjoy it!
This post is to all the senior girls out there. I would like you to do me a favor. I would like you all to go back and read a post that I wrote in September of 2012. I hear too often about girls that are reluctant to have pictures taken because they are not happy with the way they look or that they want to wait and see if they can lose some weight. But seniors, don't let this be you, please embrace the way you look!! I ask this for a couple of different reasons. First of all, as the mom of one my seniors wrote back then, ""Little does she know, she will someday look back at these pics to see how beautiful she is right at this moment." It is so true, you are all so beautiful and trust me, as someone almost 30 years removed from being a senior, you got it all going now!! I have to tell you, I was having this conversation with my own senior, my daughter and she said the sweetest thing. I told her at my age, nobody thinks I am gorgeous, except her dad (like they do her) and she immediately replied that she thought I was gorgeous, what a sweetheart! Anyway my second point is that there is nothing on earth as beautiful as someone with the confidence to let her true self shine through, so please let your self shine through!! If I am lucky enough to work with you and you let it shine, then I will do my absolute best to ensure that I capture it in all its glory, that's a promise!! Because posts are always better with pictures (I have a funny story and picture to share with you about that sometime), I have a picture of 2 gorgeous seniors, my daughter and one of her best friends along with my other daughter (also gorgeous but not yet a senior, although I am sure it will be here before we know it).
Want to hear something crazy?? I have to get fingerprinted. I am a 47-year old woman with barely a speeding ticket on my record yet I have to be fingerprinted. Well scratch that, I don't have to be fingerprinted, I only have to be fingerprinted if I decide to remain in my current job. I have been employed in my position for more than a year so I believe that I have a year to comply with this directive. If so, I am going to use that year to do some serious thinking about whether this continues to be the job for me. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job but I am not sure about this.
It is hard to argue against anything that will make us safer and please understand, I have absolutely nothing against safety, but I do have a problem with being treated as though I am a criminal. Whatever happened to the theory of innocent until proven guilty? And I think we need to start having conversations and questioning these types of things instead of just accepting what we are told. Questions like does it really make us safer? Take this tidbit from Masslive website in an article about this bill, "The proposal came after there were several high-profile cases of teacher misconduct toward a student. Ironically none of those adults had criminal backgrounds, said state Rep. Alice Peisch, D- Wellesley, chairwoman of the joint education committee and sponsor of the bill." Questions like where will it end?? What's next? Won't there always be something else that seems reasonable on the surface so where does it end?
I love the kids in my care and will do anything to ensure their safety. As a matter of fact, one of my friends (the teacher from my what teaching really is post) and I once climbed out a window of her classroom in the middle of the winter during a prep period. We were testing out the theory that if two adults could fit out the window, then her students certainly could in case, God forbid, we were ever faced with a situation like the one that occured in Newtown. Now I ask you, is it safe to lose people of this caliber? Upstanding people that have a problem being treated like they have done something wrong? And I find it bizarre that I am an upstanding citizen and I have to be fingerprinted yet there are reports that the TSA is allowing illegal immigrants, people that we know nothing about, to fly on commercial airlines with just their Notice to Appear form, a print out that has no photo or security features.
But actually it is my choice whether I comply on not, I was wrong when I wrote that I had to get fingerprinted. I don't, what I have to do is to decide if I feel strongly enough about this to sacrifice a job that I absolutely love. That is the only thing that I have to do.
If you have any comments about this, I would love to hear them. My hope is to have a polite and thoughtful conversation about this. If you disagree with me, I would love to hear your reasons why but only if they are presented in a civil manner. Happy Monday, everyone, hope that you all have a great week!
So I think that I may have mentioned once or twice on here about what amazing friends that I have in my life. They are always doing nice things like taking my youngest daughter to Maine for a weekend of fishing and fun, like friends of ours did last weekend:
Or incredible things like running the Boston Marathon this past April:
I could go on but right now, I want to talk about 2 friends in particular that are in the process of doing great things on a bigger scale. My friend, Paula is running the Falmouth Road Race in a couple of weeks to raise money for Dana Farber and my friend, Laura and her family are participating in The Walk the Night fundraiser to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. After cancer affected them and their families, they decided that they needed to find a way to help out so that maybe others and their families don't have to go through what they have gone through. I am so proud of them. See, I told you that I have some pretty amazing people in my life!! If you would like to participate in these fundraising efforts, please visit here for Laura's page on the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's website and here for Paula's page on the Run for Dana Farber website.
Happy Saturday, I hope that you all have a terrific weekend!!
This week, I did something that I haven't done in years. Actually, I can't even remember the last time that I did it. What is this mysterious thing, you ask? Well, I saw a movie in the movie theater that I have already seen. I can count on one hand the number of movies that I have seen once at the movie theater in the past five years, never mind twice. Okay the one hand thing is probably an exaggeration but honestly not much of one. The last movies that I remember seeing at the movies, well besides free ones like the annual Christmas Classics (a canned good gets you admission) or Bookworms (a book report does the same) are Jersey Boys, Blended, Frozen, Sea of Monsters, Identity Thief, A Christmas Carol, Soul Surfer, Enchanted, and 50 First Dates and obviously some of those were at my kids' request and some of the others were my dad's. Although, now that I think of it, weren't Enchanted and 50 First Dates released a while ago? Hmm, I'm thinking that they probably don't count. That's what makes my movie visit this week even more shocking. There is now a movie that I have seen twice in the movie theater! The movie is The Fault in Our Stars (I might have mentioned that I am borderline obsessed with this movie) and I loved it even more this time than the last. It is that well done. The reason that I saw it again is that one of my friends just finished the book. Luckily she liked the movie. Luckily because, as I told her, I am not really sure that I can be friends with someone that doesn't like this book, and now, movie, In honor of the book, the movie and all the fans out there, this week's Friday Night Video is "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX. I have also included a picture with this post (because posts are always better with a picture). I never title my pictures but if I did, I would call this one, "The Stars". If you don't understand, then you need to go see the movie!! Happy Friday and by the way, wouldn't this be a great workout song? I think that I need to put this on my workout playlist asap!! Have a great weekend, everyone!!
I was looking for some inspiration and since it was for a Throwback Thursday, I decided to look back on some of my old posts. I don't know if it is a coincidence or not but one of the first posts that I clicked on was this post about "my muse" from August 2010. The reason that I am questioning whether it is coincidence or not is because "my muse" was a huge help during my photo shoot with Brody and Chase earlier this week..
I have to say that she has moved very ably from the role of muse to assistant. As a matter of fact, she is way overdue for a shout out because she was super helpful to me during Steve and Maria's wedding as well. She came with me to the reception and kept an eye on my equipment and kept me company. This was after she sang with the choir during the ceremony and posed with them after the ceremony (that's her, right next to the bride). She even took some great pictures during the cake cutting portion of the reception, including the one below. It's nice to know that I have a built-in assistant whenever I need one!!! Happy throwback Thursday, everyone!!
So I told you on Monday that I was going to be hanging out with Brody and Chase and that I was very excited about it. Well it certainly did not disappoint, it was so much fun!! We went to one of my all-time favorite places and as soon as we got there, we went to check if there were any animals out. In one spot, there was a llama (or maybe an alpaca, I can never tell the difference). The boys were equal parts fascinated and leery.
Sometime since I last saw him, Chase started to walk and let me tell you, he is dying to keep up with his big brother. Although he was also really good about letting Brody hold his hand.
Chase also loved the gravel and mulch lined paths, whether it was playing with the stones or trying to eat the mulch
The beauty of the place that we were at is that there is plenty of space to explore and lots to see. The boys took full advantage of both.
Chase loves to give Brody kisses so one way to get them to pose together was to ask him to give a kiss. Of course, another way was just to have Brody lie in the grass so Chase could jump on his back!!
We did a couple of traditional poses,
and then decided to wrap it up and head out before we completely lost their attention. Luckily there was a tree and a bench on the way out that that the boys found fascinating.
A little bit more running around and then we really decided to call it a day.
I honestly don't think that there could have been a better way to start the week off than by spending Monday morning with these two!! And to add to the fun, not only did one of our other friends meet us so we could go for lunch afterward, we also had the best assistant ever with us. Just a perfect way to start the week!! Please click here if you would like to see the rest of their pictures.
Photos used under Creative Commons from Kasia/flickr, puroticorico


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Burglar Alarm Systems in Chesterfield
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BTH have been established since 1983 in the electronic security business.
We are qualified electricians which is essential to make sure your security system is connected to its electrical supply in accordance with the latest IET regulations. We have local friendly engineers on our team and aim to provide the best possible service to our customers at competitive prices.
We install new wired and wireless intruder alarms and also undertake servicing and repairs to existing systems.
We also install high definition CCTV security camera systems with night vision capabilities.
A friend recommended BTH to me as they had carried out work for them in the past. Due to the age of my system I expected I would need it all replacing. They arrived on time and within a couple of hours they had my alarm working again. After finding the fault and repairing it they tested the system and everything else was in good working condition. I am very pleased with the excellent service provided and the fact that they only did the work needed and didn't try to sell me a new alarm system. It's over three months since my alarm was mended and is still working fine. I am happy to have received a friendly and reliable service at a fair price.
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We are thrilled to announce that the Junior School have been accredited with the Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) Silver by Unicef UK. We are proud to be the first school in South East Asia to achieve this award.
As a school we always strive to create the best possible learning environment for our children. This achievement shows that we are committed to promoting and realising children's rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school.
What is RRSA?
Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund) is the world's leading organisation working for children and their rights. Their RRSA is a moral framework based on 54 articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) with the aim of embedding children's human rights into a school's ethos and culture.
The RRSA embeds the principles of equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation in daily school life and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.
What does achieving Silver: Rights Aware mean?
- Our school is explicitly embedding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in its policy, practice and culture
- We are promoting knowledge and understanding of the Convention throughout our school community
- We are putting into action and developing the plans outlined on our Action Plan for Silver, which we submitted to achieve our Bronze: Rights Committed
- We are beginning to see the positive impact of these actions on children and young people, staff, and on the school's ethos, practice and environment.
Children and young people are beginning to see themselves as rights respecting global citizens and advocates for fairness and children's rights, both locally and globally.
Our inspiring and open-minded teachers have embraced this worthy project, supporting our student-led steering group and leading a wide range of interesting lessons and projects aimed at discussing and debating children's rights. Creating class charters, playing 'rights bingo', holding a class climate questionnaire, celebrating special days including International Day of Persons with Disabilities and World Religion Day, having friendship captains in every class and playtime pals supporting in Year 2, donating food to the local community, and working alongside local charity Caring for Cambodia, are just a few examples.
What is the Impact of RRSA?
Schools involved in the award have reported a positive impact on relationships and wellbeing, leading to better learning and behaviour, improved academic standards and less bullying. One student said: "It's changed the way I have behaved; it makes me more thoughtful and respectful."
The RRSA Assessor commented: "The children explained eloquently how the school facilitated them to enjoy a range of rights... Pastoral care, ensuring "happy and confident" children, shone throughout the visit as a priority... Children believed their views were taken seriously."
The Junior School's recent British Overseas Schools (BSO) Inspection Report also reflects on the RRSA, saying: "The school's success in achieving the Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Award permeates the whole school. It helps to develop pupils' acceptance of difference and diversity and in conversations with inspectors many pupils talk about always trying to 'do the right thing'. The impact has been to give another dimension to pupil voice, giving pupils the opportunity to discuss and reflect on the wellbeing of children in their own school and throughout the world and an understanding of how they can make a difference. Tanglin pupils talk with passion about their school because it is special. They say it makes them feel happy and valued, not just for what they can do but for who they are."
Working towards Gold
The next step in our Rights Respecting journey is to work towards Gold. We will continue to strive for creative and significant opportunities for the participation and decision making of children and young people to influence and shape the life and work of the school. In addition, we will also continue to promote a school community based on equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation, where the whole school community has a deeper and wider knowledge and understanding of the articles.


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The Rosary and the Possessed Girl
In the book, The Secret of the Rosary, St. Louis de Montfort relates that Father Jean Amat, a Dominican, was giving a Lenten Mission in the Kingdom of Aragon, Spain, when a young girl possessed by the devil was brought to him.
Father Amat began the exorcism. After several unsuccessful attempts, the priest had an idea; taking his Rosary, he looped it around the girl's neck. No sooner had he done this, the girl began to squirm and scream and the devil, shouting through her mouth shrieked, "Take if off, take off; these beads are tormenting me!"
At last, moved to pity for the girl, the priest lifted the Rosary beads off her neck.
The next night, while the good Dominican lay in bed, the same devils who possessed the young girl entered his room. Foaming with rage, they tried to seize him, but he had his Rosary clasped in his hand and no efforts from the infernal spirits could wrench the blessed beads from him.
Then, going on the offensive and using the Rosary as a physical weapon, Fr. Amat scourged the demons crying out, "Holy Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary, help me, come to my aid!" at which the demons took flight.
The next day on his way to church, the priest met the poor girl, still possessed. One of the devils within her taunted him, "Well, brother, if you had been without your Rosary, we should have made short work of you…"
With renewed trust and vigor, the priest unlaced his Rosary from his belt, and flinging it around the girl's neck commanded, "By the sacred names of Jesus and Mary His Holy Mother, and by the power of the holy Rosary, I command you, evil spirits, leave the body of this girl at once."
The demons were immediately forced to obey him, and the young girl was freed.
"These stories," concludes St. Louis de Montfort, "show the power of the holy Rosary in overcoming all sorts of temptations from the evil spirits and all sorts of sins because these blessed beads of the Rosary put devils to rout."
The Rosary and the Fatima Message
Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children, Jacinta, Lucia, and Francisco, at the Cova de Iria, near Fatima, Portugal. During six visits, Our Lady communicated to them a secret which had three parts. The first part was a vision of Hell. During this vision, Sister Lucia said numerous souls fell into Hell like "snowflakes."
In the second part, Our Lady states that WWI would end, but "if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church."
As Our Lady predicted, World War II erupted and the errors of atheist Communism spread. Our Lady added that many will be martyred and nations will be annihilated, if people do not convert. Have people converted? The answer is no. Can Divine punishment be avoided? It depends on the world's fidelity to Our Lady's requests.
Lucia asked Our Lady during the apparitions, "Who are you and what do you want?" Our Lady responded, "I am the Lady of the Rosary, and I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. People must not continue to offend the Lord, Who is already so deeply offended. They must say the Rosary."
Therefore, Our Lady gave us a solution: the recitation of the daily Rosary for the conversion of sinners. The Fatima message is a remedy for our culture immersed in sin. If it were not for Our Lady's promise that "Finally, My Immaculate Heart will Triumph," we would be much dismayed and disheartened. So let us heed her requests. Let us practice the First Saturday devotions. Let us pray the daily Rosary. By fulfilling these requests, we will be consoling the sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary and hasten the triumph of good over evil.
Rosary Saves Man's Life on September 11
A man from New York who had fallen away from the Catholic Church and not gone to confession in years was met at a TFP Fatima presentation given by America Needs Fatima Custodian, Jose Ferraz.
After the visit, the New Yorker took home a Rosary and Rosary Guide and started praying it and going to the sacraments again. Months later, on September 11, 2001, he was in the World Trade Center at the very moment when the terrorist attack took place.
Seeing the fireball and smoke from the crash, the man fled his office and tried running down the stairs to safety. However, he met a big obstacle. The fire doors had locked and he was trapped in the stairwell, listening to the screams of burning people who were still inside the building, unable to escape death. It was awful—horrific. Any attempt to pry open the fire doors with bare hands would be futile.
With Our Lady's help, instead of panicking, he felt calm. He grabbed his Rosary and started praying to the Blessed Mother for help. And within minutes, firemen reached his floor, broke down the fire doors and set him free. He ran downstairs to safety, his prayers answered thanks to the power of the Most Holy Rosary.
The "Weight" of the Rosary and the Judgment Seat of God
"Whatever you do, do not be like a certain pious but stubborn lady in Rome, so often mentioned when speaking about the Rosary.
She was so devout and so fervent that she put to shame by her holy life even the strictest religious in the Church.
"Having decided to ask Saint Dominic's advice about her spiritual life, she asked him to hear her confession.
For penance he gave her one whole Rosary to say and advised her to say it every day. She said that she had no time to say it, excusing herself on the grounds that she made the Stations of Rome every day, that she wore sackcloth and a hair shirt, that she carried out so many other penances and fasted so much.
Saint Dominic urged her repeatedly to take his advice and say the Rosary, but she would not hear of it. She left the confessional, horrified at the tactics of this new spiritual director who had tried so hard to persuade her to take on a devotion that was not at all to her liking.
"Later on, when she was in prayer, she fell into ecstasy and had a vision of her soul appearing before Our Lord's Judgment Seat. Saint Michael put all her penances and other prayers onto one tray of the scales and all her sins and imperfections onto the other tray. The tray of her good works was greatly outweighed by the tray with her sins and imperfections.
"Filled with terror she cried for mercy, imploring the Blessed Virgin Mary's help. Her gracious Advocate took the one and only Rosary that she had said for her penance and dropped it onto the tray of her good works. This one Rosary was so heavy that it weighed more than all her sins as well as all her good works. Our Lady then reproved her for refusing to follow the counsel of her servant Dominic and for not saying the Rosary every day.
"As soon as she came to she rushed and threw herself at Saint Dominic's feet, and told him all that had happened. She begged his forgiveness for her unbelief and promised to say the Rosary faithfully every day. By this means she arose to Christian perfection and finally to the glory of everlasting life.
"You who are people of prayer— learn from this how tremendous is the power, the value and the importance of this devotion of the Most Holy Rosary when it is said together with meditation on the mysteries."
*An excerpt from St Louis de Montfort's The Secret of the Rosary (Rockford, IL: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1999), 63–64.
The Rosary and Saint Dominic Defeat Heresy
The Rosary—as a spiritual weapon against evil—has a very long and precious history. In twelfth and thirteenth century France, a group of heretics known as the Albigensians was destroying the minds of the Catholic laity with its erroneous ideas. The Albigensians' teachings encouraged suicide, many times by self-induced starvation, because they believed that the body was an intrinsic evil and that the soul must be liberated from matter at all costs. However, as history often shows, Providence raises up great Saints in times of dire crises. This time it was no different. Saint Dominic, born of noble lineage, received the Rosary from Our Lady in the year 1214. Our Lady gave Saint Dominic the Rosary as a weapon to combat the awful Albigensian heresy.
The Rosary as we know it today took some time to develop. After Saint Dominic died in the year 1221, the Rosary was almost immediately forgotten. However, in 1464 Our Lord, Our Lady, and Saint Dominic appeared to Blessed Alan de la Roche, a Dominican friar, after which he preached the Rosary until his death in 1475. This tremendous apostolate by Blessed Alan de la Roche, through the direct intercession of Our Lady, made the Rosary a widespread devotion. The fifteen mysteries as we know them came about through the many confraternities founded after Blessed Alan de la Roche's preaching, and were formalized with Pope Saint Pius V's encyclical, Consueverunt.
The Rosary and the Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto was a crucial conflict between the Christians and the Ottoman Turks, one of the greatest naval battles of all time. The Christian lands around Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean were constantly getting sacked by Muslim pirates, and Imperial warships were ravaging the land. At this point in time, Pope Saint Pius V saw it appropriate to raise a Crusade against these heathen Muslims. After raising a Crusade, he asked every non-combatant across the whole Christian world to pray the Rosary.
Even after this call to arms, the Christian fleet at Lepanto was greatly outnumbered by the Ottoman Turks. The Crusaders got on their knees and began to pray the Rosary. Soon after, the Christians and the Muslims were immersed in a bloody battle. Thus it was that on October 7, 1571, the Christian fleet was blessed with a miraculous victory. Pope Saint Pius V immediately dedicated the victory to Our Lady, establishing October 7 as "The Feast of the Most Holy Rosary."
Holy Rosary Crusade of Reparation
After World War II, Austria was divided between four countries: America, France, the United Kingdom, and Russia. At the time, Russia was still communist. The section of Austria controlled by the communists was the richest, and included the city of Vienna. The Viennese were subject to the all the atrocities and tyrannies of communism. However, in 1946, Fr. Petrus Pavlicek, after making a pilgrimage to Mariazell, the principle Marian shrine in Austria, was told by an interior voice: "Do as I say and there will be peace."
To obey this inspiration of Our Lady, Fr. Pevlicek founded the Holy Rosary Crusade of Reparation in 1947. This Crusade consisted of the Viennese faithful coming out of their homes in order to participate in a public Rosary procession in the streets of the city. The intentions of the Rosary were for the end of communism in their country and in the world. At first, the processions were miniscule, but in time they grew to staggering proportions. In 1955, after eight years spreading the word about the Crusade throughout Austria, the Rosary processions would reach sizes of half a million people, about 1/10 of the Austrian population. Finally, through the help of Our Lady, the Soviet forces pulled out of Austria in October of 1955, leaving the country for good.
Saint Expelled 15,000 Devils from Heretic
From the Secret of the Rosary, pp. 76-79 by St. Louis De Montfort
When Saint Dominic was preaching the Rosary near Carassone, in Southern France, an Albigensian was brought to him who was possessed by devils. Saint Dominic exorcised him in the presence of a great crowd of people. His fame was spreading, and it appears that over twelve thousand people had come to hear him preach.
The devils in possession of this wretched man were forced to answer Saint Dominic's question, in spite of themselves. They said that:
There were 15,000 of them in the body of this poor man, because he had attacked all of the fifteen mysteries of the most Holy Rosary.
They went on to testify that by preaching the Rosary, St. Dominic had put fear and horror into the very depths of hell, and that he was the man they hated most throughout the whole world, because of the souls which he snatched from them through devotion to the Holy Rosary.
They then revealed several other things.
The Greatest Saint
Saint Dominic put his Rosary around the Albigensian's neck and asked the devils to tell him who, of all the saints in Heaven, was the one they feared the most, and who should therefore be the most loved and revered by men. At this, they let out such unearthly screams that most of the people fell to the ground, faint from fear.
Then, using all their cunning so as not to answer, the devils wept and wailed in such a pitiful way that many of the people wept also, out of purely natural pity. The devils spoke through the mouth of the Albigensian, pleading in a heart-rending voice, saying:
"Dominic Dominic, have mercy on us – we promise you that we will never hurt you. You have always had compassion for sinners and those in distress, have pity on us, for we are in grievous straits. We are suffering so very much already, so why do you delight in heightening our pains? Can't you be satisfied with our suffering without adding to it? Have pity on us! Have pity on us!"
Saint Dominic was not one bit moved by the pathos of these wretched spirits, and told them that he would not let them alone until they had answered his question. Then they said that they would whisper the answer in such a way that only Saint Dominic would be able to hear. The latter firmly insisted upon their answering clearly and out loud.
Then the devils were able to keep quiet and refused to say another word, completely disregarding St. Dominic's orders…. So he knelt down and prayed thus to Our Lady: "Oh, all powerful and wonderful Virgin Mary, I implore You by the power of the Most Holy Rosary, order these enemies of the human race to answer me."
No sooner had he made this prayer than a glowing flame leaped out of the ears, nostrils, and mouth of the Albigensian. Everyone shook with fear, but remarkably, the fire did not hurt the man or anyone near him.
Let Us Leave!
Then the devils cried: "Dominic, we beseech you, by the passion of Jesus Christ and by the merits of His Holy Mother and of all the saints, let us leave the body of this man without speaking further – for the angels will answer your question whenever you wish. After all, are we not liars? So why should you want to believe us? Please do not torture us any more; have pity on us."
"Woe unto you wretched spirits, who do not deserve to be heard," Saint Domic said, and kneeling down he prayed to Our Lady:
"Oh most worthy Mother of Wisdom, I am praying for the people assembled here who have already learned how to say the Angelic Salutation properly. Please. I beg of You, force Your enemies to proclaim the whole truth about this, and nothing but the truth, here and now, before the multitude."
Saint Dominic had hardly finished this prayer when he saw the Blessed Virgin near at hand, surrounded by a multitude of angels. She gently struck the possessed man with a golden rod that She held, and said: "Answer My servant Dominic at once." (The people neither saw nor heard Our Lady, but only Saint Dominic.) Then the devils started screaming:
"O, You who are our enemy, our downfall, and our destruction, why have You come from Heaven just to torture us so grievously? Oh, Advocate of sinners, You who snatch them from the very jaws of hell, You who are the surest path to Heaven, must we, in spite of ourselves, tell the whole truth and confess before everyone who it is who is the cause of our shame and our ruin? Oh, woe to us, princes of darkness…..all right…..:
Listen Well!
"Then listen well, you Christians: the Mother of Jesus Christ is all-powerful, and She can save Her servants from falling into hell. She is the Sun which destroys the darkness of our wiles and subtlety. It is She who uncovers our hidden plots, breaks our snares, and makes our most intense temptations useless and ineffectual.
"We have to say, however reluctantly, that not a single soul who has really persevered in Her service has ever been damned with us; one single sigh that She offers to the Blessed Trinity is worth far more than all prayers, desires, and aspirations of all the other saints combined.
"We fear Her more than all the saints in Heaven together, and we have no success with Her faithful servants Many Christians who call upon Her when they are at the hour of death, and who really ought to be damned according to our ordinary standards, are saved by Her intercession.
"Oh, if only that MARY (it is thus, in their intense fury, that they called Her) had not pitted Her strength against ours, and had not upset our plans, we could have conquered the Church and have destroyed it long before this…… and we would hve seen to it that all the Orders in the Church fell into error and disorder.
"Now that we are forced to speak, we must also tell you this: nobody who perseveres in saying the Rosary will be damned, because She obtains for Her servants the grace of true contrition for their sins, and by means of this, they obtain God's forgiveness and mercy."
The Devils Leave
Then a wonderful thing happened! Saint Dominic had all the people say the Rosary together very slowly and with great devotion. At each Hail Mary that he and the people said together, a hundred devils issued forth from the wretched man's body under the guise of red-hot coals, which neither burned nor harmed the man. This happened until all 15,000 devils left the man's body!
When the devils had all been expelled and the heretic was at last entirely free of them, Our Lady, who was still invisible to everyone else except Saint Dominic, proceeded to give Her blessing to the assembled company. They could all somehow feel the blessing, and they became filled with even more joy because of this extraordinary experience.
A large number of heretics were converted because of this miracle. Many heretics and previous non-believers then became ardent devotees of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a good number of them even became faithful members of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary.


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This Golden Hour has so many benefits such as helping with bonding, breastfeeding, helping your baby adapt to life in the big wide world. The rush of love can happen now or it can happen in the next few days, never beat yourself up if this doesn't happen straight away as birth can be overwhelming.
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Choi Yul, president of the Korea Green Foundation, has been elected the second chairman of the Board of Directors. He replaced attorney Lee Sae-joong, who had served as chairman since its inception in 2002. Lee has been named honorary chairman.
Choi was awakened to environmental issues in 1970s while serving a prison term for his involvement in the pro-democracy movement against the Park Chung-hee government. He has since devoted his life to the environmental movement for 40 years, creating the Korea Pollution Research Institute, the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement, the Korea Environmental Education Center, the Eco Cooperative and the Korea Green Foundation.
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The disgruntled passengers were frustrated with the airline's employees, and the Broward County deputies were called to the scene to restore order.
When the police arrived, footage from the scene shows several passengers getting into verbal arguments with officers. Several people were pulled away from the crowd by authorities and others were wrestled to the ground and arrested. In total, three people were arrested and another was detained.
@nbc @NBCNews Riot breaks out at #FLL over @SpiritAirlines #cancelled flights. People are angry, some arrested. #worstcustomerservice pic.twitter.com/y1VaH7Lb9w— Jose L. Rodriguez (@asg749d) May 9, 2017
Riot erupted over canceled flight at #FLL to #LGA on @SpiritAirlines pic.twitter.com/osvN63i71H— Jose L. Rodriguez (@asg749d) May 9, 2017
Just witnessed police brutality at Fort Lauderdale airport @SpiritAirlines trying to get back to NYC...i'm tired its 2017 pic.twitter.com/3UHGUqCuwm— Brionka Halbert (@brionkahalbert) May 9, 2017
Following the incident, Spirit Airlines spokesman Paul Berry blamed the company's pilots for the cancellations, saying the carrier was forced to file a lawsuit against the Airline Pilots Association because the pilots were refusing to fly in order to influence negotiations.
"We are shocked and saddened to see the videos of what took place at Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport this evening. This is a result of unlawful labor activity by some Spirit pilots designed to disrupt Spirit operations for our customers, by canceling multiple flights across our network," Berry said in a statement.
"These pilots have put their quest for a new contract ahead of getting customers to their destinations and the safety of their fellow Spirit Team Members. It is for this reason, Spirit has filed suit in Federal Court to protect our customers' future travel."
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Over the last week, an estimated 300 Spirit Airlines flights have been canceled or delayed, causing travel headaches across the United States for around 20,000 customers.
"The Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l and the Spirit pilot group it represents are not engaged in a job action," the pilots association said in a statement.
"Rather, ALPA and the Spirit pilots are continuing to do everything possible to help restore the company's operations, which have experienced significant problems over the past several days. While we will continue these efforts, we will actively defend the association, its officers and its member pilots against the unwarranted and counterproductive legal action brought this evening by Spirit Airlines."
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Eclipse Watch Party at Mid-America Science Museum
Editor's note: The event featured in this article occurred in 2017, but you'll find other great happenings on our Events page.
August 21 stands out this month as the first time since the late 1970s that a total solar eclipse will occur in the U.S.
According to a press release sent by Jim Miller of Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs, a 'solar eclipse is a celestial event in which the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. The entire event will last about three hours, but the longest period when the moon completely blocks the sun from any given location along the path of totality will be about 2 minutes and 40 seconds. The eclipse will be visible from Hot Springs and will occur at approximately 1:15 PM at 85.6% of totality.'
Central Arkansas travel writer Katherine Stewart has written an interesting article on the eclipse and where you can view it across Arkansas. Here is a link to that piece.
According to the article, 'it's been nearly a hundred years since one of this magnitude was visible in Arkansas.'
In honor of the day, Mid-America Science Museum, which is Arkansas' oldest and largest science center, is hosting an eclipse watch party and offering free admission to the museum between noon and 2 p.m. that day.
According to the release, 'although Hot Springs will not be in direct path of the full eclipse, guests can view the event from the museum's unique vantage points on the Bob Wheeler Science Skywalk and other locations on the museum campus. It is important to note that sun-gazers must not look directly into the sun when watching the eclipse. To ensure safety of our guests, the museum will provide complimentary solar eclipse viewing glasses while supplies last. Guests can also make pin-hole viewers in the Alliance Rubber Company Tinkering Studio to use during the eclipse.'
The event provides an opportunity to learn about astronomy and customized eclipse shows will be shown at the Oaklawn Foundation Digital Dome Theater onsite at the museum. The free shows will be held at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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He wasn't sure who invited her, but she was gorgeous. Her long brown hair sitting perfectly on her little head, dancing over her shoulders and accentuating her pretty little face just beautifully. Dark brown eyes looked back at him and that cheeky smile drew him in. She knew exactly what she was doing and damn, it worked.
Her dress was perhaps not suitable for the ball that his family was throwing, but that was alright, when he was done with her, she wouldn't have any choice but to wear one of his sister's dresses. She was sharing perhaps a little bit too much skin for this event in the harness dress that she was wearing. Her cleavage visible, her hips, her back… Just looking at her made his cock hard.
"Kol Mikaelson, a pleasure to meet you," he said as he gently took her hand and kissed it as he looked into her eyes.
"And you!" she replied with a girlish giggle and took a few steps closer to him, invading his personal space. "Care to get me a drink, Mr. Mikaelson?" She gently put her hand on his arm, giving it a squeeze. "Upstairs, perhaps?"
She definitely knew what she was doing. Did she even know what he was? That he could kill her with his pinky finger? Oh, who cared? Free sex was awesome! "What's your name?" He smiled as he put his hand on the small of her back, surprised to find no fabric there, and started to lead her towards the servant stairs. There was no way that he was going to lead her up the grand staircase for all to see.
Not that he was hiding that he liked to have fun. In fact, it was to be expected of him to show off that he had a girl and was going to bed her, but he had promised to behave. Somewhat. What was the point of behaving and restraint?
"What do you want it to be?" She purred as she put her arm around him as he lead her upstairs. "Do I need a name to have some fun?"
"No, you're right," he replied with a shrug. He didn't even want to know what she was doing here. Perhaps she simply walked in from the street, seeing that there was a party going on, but how did she get passed the people at the door? Kol hurried her into the nearest bedroom which happened to be Klaus' and pushed her inside before closing the door.
"Eager, are we?" She teased as she kicked off her shoes and looked around to take in the room, but he had other things in mind.
"Wouldn't you be after not having had any for what feels like a hundred years?"
"Just a hundred years?" she smirked as she turned around to look at him; it was almost as if she was looking through him, right at him, at the same time. Her eyes piercing him, hooking him and reeling him in. The girl knew what he was and she wasn't scared of him. "It's alright, you know," she assured him. "It's just like riding a bicycle."
He had her on the bed in seconds and when he ripped her little black dress, she laughed heartily, not a care in the world. "You don't care you have to walk around naked?"
"Of course not," she grinned as she stretched herself and looked at him. "My body is all yours, Kol Mikaelson, do with it as you please but promise me that I get a turn too."
Kol didn't need to hear that twice, he covered his body with hers, grinding into her while still fully clothed and sank his teeth into her neck, only to be kicked into the balls and assaulted with a pillow. Recoiling and nearly falling off the bed he looked at her in shock. "What?"
"Don't drink from me," she said sternly, sitting up and using her torn dress to press onto her wound. "I'm not food, you hear me? You may use my body for pleasure but fuck, my blood is mine!"
"I don't have to listen to you, I can make you," he hissed angrily, cupping his groin over his pants. Vampire or not, a kick in the balls always hurt.
"One; I can't be compelled, but I'm not a witch. It's my thing. Two; you don't have to listen to me but I'll walk right out that door if you don't." She was about to scramble off the bed and he couldn't allow that to happen; he needed a release now.
If she had been on vervain he would have tasted it and now his curiosity was peaked. She couldn't be compelled? What was she? Grabbing her by her foot, he pulled her back on to the bed and gently put some of his blood on her broken skin to heal her. "What are you?"
"You're not even apologizing?"
"I don't have to. What are you?"
"Yours, for now."
Frustrating. Was she really going to play lady Mysterious? Oh, why did he care? She pulled him back onto the bed, his back on the mattress as she climbed on top of him. Her beautifully exposed breasts firm and just the right size for him to fondle. He cupped both her breasts and gave a gentle squeeze before rubbing his thumbs over her nipples, eliciting a moan from her lips.
She threw her head back, exposing her beautiful neck to him as he continued to touch her with his finger tips and he fought the urge to bite her again. To drink from her, to drain her from all her blood. Kol was never one for restraint.
"For a monster, you've got delicate hands," she said in barely a whisper before she shifted in his lap and started to open his dress shirt. "You are so handsome," the mysterious girl cooed, nipping at his jaw with her teeth. "Very much the prettiest of them all."
"Thank you! Nobody appreciates me!"
"I do," she whispered in his ear, sending pleasurable sensations through his body as she had managed to open his shirt and was now touching him. "Your skin is flawless, your mouth… I have no doubt that your mouth and tongue are very talented."
When he wanted to move, she placed her hand firmly on his chest. "My turn."
"Cheat! You said I could do anything with you!" Kol objected with a huff, his eyes meeting hers and he could feel his insides melt. What was she? A succubus?
She huffed as she pushed the fabric of his shirt away from him and started to plant little kisses on top of his torso as she was undoing his pants. Kol really couldn't believe his luck. "So you picked me because I'm handsome?"
"Of course," she replied, a bright smile on her face as she looked up at him. "And strong and capable and the cutest. Now lift up your hips so I can get you out of your pants and start sucking your cock. Maybe I'll even allow you to come in my mouth."
He took a deep breath. The possibilities were endless but she wanted him to be patient, she made sure he knew that by the way she carried herself. He didn't like restraint.
"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" she said teasingly, pulling his pants off his legs and crawling back onto his legs. "I do have to say that you're doing great, Mr. Mikaelson," she cooed, eyeing his erect cock hungrily. Licking her lips, she took him in her mouth and placed a hand firm at the base. She moaned around his length as she repositioned herself to have the best access to suck him dry.
Oh, his patience was wearing thin already. He really liked her lips around him, but he wanted to push her onto her back and plunge into her, use the body like she'd promised him, come inside of her and go back to the party; surely his siblings would be missing him?
Despite him wanting to do all that, he didn't move a muscle. He couldn't. What was she doing to him? Kol let out a hiss as she scraped her teeth over his length. "Watch it!"
She looked at him with thunder in her eyes. Swallowing hard, he relaxed again. She wasn't a whore, but even the most talented whore he'd ever had hadn't felt this good sucking him. She wasn't a witch, and perhaps not even a succubus, but she was magical alright. She forced him to enjoy this, which wasn't a big deal because he was enjoying this, immensely.
She scraped his teeth over him again and squeezed his balls before grabbing his length again and moved her hand firmly up and down his shaft. And as she had promised, he came into her mouth and it felt glorious.
"Feel better?" she asked as she wiped her mouth as she sat up. She looked proud and she was admiring him. "Still want a turn, Mr. Mikaelson?" She cooed as she ran a finger over his length with her free hand.
How could he refuse that? He grabbed her and pushed her onto the bed before getting on top of her. Her big brown eyes looked so trusting, but he could so easily kill her when he was done with her, what was her problem? "Can I leave marks on your beautiful body?"
"But I can heal you."
"Then what's the purpose of leaving a mark on my body?" She smiled up at him, her hands in his hair, pulling him down to her. "Take me," she whispered. "I'm so wet and my pussy is aching for your big cock. Do you think it'll fit?"
She was right, what was the use of marking her when the marks would heal with his blood? His cock was ready for action when she commented on its size. She knew what to say, she had him wrapped around her tiny little fingers – they'd break so easily. Allowing her to push him down her body, his face was now at her breasts, and he took hold of one again, putting his lips around her nipple and sucked on it. Her nails were digging into his skull as her body arched into his.
He could smell her arousal, hear her blood rush through her body and she was trying to hide the little moans that escaped her lips, but even that, he could hear. Her body was heating up under his touch. There was some kind of weird connection between the two of them, what was it called? First sight?
It wasn't love, but it was lust, but no one ever had paid as much as attention to him while having sex as she had. Mostly because he'd never let them. This mysterious creature underneath him made him stop and enjoy himself, made him have her enjoy herself. Slowing him down. He wanted her as his.
She pushed his face down again, down her torso, her belly button, until he had his nose buried against her clit. She was cleanly shaven, so soft and her scent was intoxicating. She hadn't been lying when she said that she was wet for him, lapping it up with his tongue, he let out a moan, she even tasted heavenly.
Running a finger along her lips below, he scooped up some of her fluid and slicked up his cock before he repositioned himself and pushed himself into her without warning, causing her to cry out in surprise, her body tightening around him from the initial shock before relaxing again. "Oh, Mr. Mikaelson, that… oh, that feels so good! Harder, please!"
She dug her nails into his back as he pounded into her, she felt so good, so tight and so great around him, it was making him delirious. Her legs were wrapped around his ass, making sure that he wouldn't go away from her and she just about melted into him.
The mysterious girl underneath him let out the occasional bashful giggle as he used his mouth to pay attention to her breasts as he kept moving inside of her. While he wasn't allowed to mark her, she was marking her with her nails on his back and it felt so damn good.
He came inside of her before her world exploded, but she followed him suit. She panted underneath him as she came down to earth, but she had the biggest, goofiest grin on her face and he found that absolutely endearing. "Stay with me."
"What?" she laughed as her eyes focused on his.
"Stay with me. Be my date for the rest of the evening."
"What makes you believe I don't have a date for tonight?"
"We just fucked."
"And it was glorious," she smirked as she sat up. She gently pat his cheek and ruffled his hair. "But you'd better get dressed and join the party before they come looking for you. Your handsome mug is likely to be missed!"
She made an attempt to leave the bed and gather what was left of her dress and her shoes but he stopped her. "I mean it, stay with me."
The girl softly planted a kiss on his lips. "I'll be around," she whispered. "Don't let anyone tell you that you're less than them, Kol Mikaelson, you deserve better." She then pushed him back onto the bed so he let go of her and he wasn't sure what happened next, but before he came back to his senses, she was gone.
He knew that he had just the most amazing and special night ever with some random stranger, but he couldn't remember her face correctly, which was strange, how was he going to find her at the ball? Was he going to warn his brothers about this stranger at their ball? Nah, it'd be fun to see their faces when they found out!
He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he had an inkling that she wasn't a natural occurrence. There was no doubt in his mind that this girl was supernatural, but not by nature. Kol wouldn't be surprised if she was an escort and that she came from this one specific service… Even if he'd ring them up, the voice on the other end of the line would tell him that they weren't allowed to tell him if the girl was theirs or not – if they sent someone at all. All about the privacy and the protection of mystery.
If she was from that service, he needed to find her again, there was no way that he'd let her go that easily!


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Our secondary 'family' at Global BC has been another major support pillar for Aaron and I through Addison's medical journey. And they have gone one step further to show their love. For the past few weeks, Jill Krop has been working on a special project in honour of Addison. She has commandeered a team at Global and designed T-shirts for "Team Addison".
They say "Team Addison" on the back, and "I ♥ Addie" on the front. Thanks to Doug and Marsha for modelling the T-shirts.
Wayne Cox's son is printing the T-shirts at cost, and all the proceeds from each $20 shirt will be donated to either BC Children's Hospital or to one of the charities which supports families. Aaron and I met so many patients and their families who had traveled to Vancouver from all over the province. While we were fortunate to have great friends and family to help us through the daily grind of being at the hospital 24/7, most of these other families do not.
We are so honoured that Jill and everyone at Global has gone to these great lengths to show how much they care. And we will wear the T-shirts with great pride.
If you want to join Team Addison (each T-shirt is $20), post a comment and I will email you details.
Big hugs and kisses to everyone at Global.
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After a century and a half, Swarovski finally opens the doors of its legendary production plant in the Alps in Wattens, Austria, to the press and curious. The most important supplier of crystals for the fashion industry has always jealously guarded the secrets of its production and it is not that they were all unveiled now in one fell swoop, but already being able to cross the threshold of this iconic place for the fashion world is an immense pleasure.
So, unveiled, for the visual joy of all the fashionistas of the world, the design studio Manufaktur and also inaugurated a whole series of exhibition spaces, containing accessories and iconic looks used by great stylists Come Versace, Armani and McQueen and designers of every field, even the car, as demonstrated by the latest BMW 8 Series concept car, whose dashboard, and gear lever, were made with sparkling Swarovski crystals.
The founder, Daniel, was a Bohemian glasscutter craftsman born in 1862 who patented a glass cutting machine and founded his glassware company in Wattens, using local hydroelectric energy. Today its divisions employ around 27,000 people worldwide, with an annual turnover of just under 3 billion euros.
If on the entrance wall impress the exact glass copies of the right hands of all the 25 Swarovski who were managers of the company, very interesting is also a "cabinet de curiosités" created by the artist and set designer Simon Costin with different objects mostly related to the world of cinema as the splendid top worn by Nicole Kidman in the film "Moulin Rouge".


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Dominick LaCapra
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Dominick LaCapra (born 1939) is an American-born European historian and the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor of Humanistic Studies at Cornell University.
- Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Philosopher (Cornell University Press, 1972; reissued in 1985 by University of Chicago Press; revised edition in 2001 by The Davies Group)
- A Preface to Sartre (Cornell University Press, 1978)
- Madame Bovary on Trial (Cornell University Press, 1982)
- Rethinking Intellectual History: Texts, Contexts, Language (Cornell University Press, 1983)
- History & Criticism (Cornell University Press, 1985)
- History, Politics, and the Novel (Cornell University Press, 1987)
- Soundings in Critical Theory (Cornell University Press, 1989)
- Representing the Holocaust: History, Theory, Trauma (Cornell University Press, 1994)
- History and Memory after Auschwitz (Cornell University Press, 1998)
- History and Reading: Tocqueville, Foucault, French Studies (University of Toronto Press, 2000)
- Writing History, Writing Trauma (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001)
- History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory (Cornell University Press, 2004)
- History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence (Cornell University Press, 2009)
- History, Literature, Critical Theory (Cornell University Press, 2013)
Edited books
- With S. L. Kaplan, Modern European Intellectual History: Reappraisals and New Perspectives (Cornell University Press, 1982)
- The Bounds of Race: Perspectives on Hegemony and Resistance (Cornell University Press, 1991)
- "Chartier, Darnton, and the Great Symbol Massacre," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 60, No. 1, March 1988
- "History, Language, and Reading: Waiting for Crillon," The American Historical Review Vol. 100, No. 3, June 1995
- "Equivocations of Autonomous Art," Critical Inquiry Vol. 24, No. 3, Spring 1998
- Rethinking History 8, no. 4 (2004), a volume focused on LaCapra's work, includes an invited essay by him ("Tropisms of Intellectual History") and four other essays (by Ernst van Alphen, Carolyn J. Dean, Allan Megill, and Michael S. Roth) discussing his career and role in the profession.
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It was a beautiful late winter afternoon, as sunny skies and milder temps were seen across the region. Tonight, clouds will enter, with a slight chance of flurries after midnight.
Weather Forecast:
Lows will fall to the mid and upper teens, with winds becoming light. Saturday will feature light snow showers, with temps warming even more. Highs will top off in the low to mid 30s, while winds shift out of the northwest at at 5 to 10 miles per hour.
Tomorrow night, skies will become partly cloudy, as the light snow leaves. Low temps will bottom out in the low to mid teens, while winds weaken again. Sunday will feature a mix of sun and clouds, as our late winter warm up continues. Have a great weekend!


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On Thursday, November 15 the National Hellenic Museum will host its annual lecture in celebration of World Philosophy Day, 2018.
The speech, by Dr. Thomas Noel, is part of the Dr. Arthur G. Nikelly Annual Lectures for the Preservation of Hellenic Heritage and Culture and will take place at the National Hellenic Museum from 6 pm to 7 pm.
Dr. Noel holds a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, an MA degree with a specialization in education and English literature, and BA degrees in psychology and African American Studies from Rutgers University. His career in public education has inspired him to conduct independent research and explore different education-based topics.
The lecture explores Plato's ideas presented in "The Republic" and seeks to determine if the ideas were presented as a utopia, a detached philosophical reflection, or as a concrete vision; and how they impact modern day society, specifically, the U.S. education system and its policies.
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Galway midfielder Fiontán Ó Curraoin has been discharged from hospital after being stretchered from the field during Sunday's FBD Connacht League semi-final win over Mayo.
Ó Curraoin sustained a heavy knock in the second half, leading to play being delayed by 12 minutes as he was attended to and eventually saw him depart the field.
The Irish Independent reports that Ó Curraoin had been discharged from Castlebar Hospital late on Sunday night.
It remains to be seen if he will be considered for Saturday's final against Roscommon.