Buy Your First Home with Our First-Time Buyers Guide!
Even If You Don't Know Where to Start!
Don't be daunted by the leap into unknown waters! Buying a home for the first time may seem like an overwhelming process, especially when you have no idea where to start, but that's why we're here for you. Learn more about the process of obtaining a mortgage, finding the perfect home, and making an offer, and you'll be on your way to owning your very own home in Triangle!
First and foremost, let's talk about mortgages. Most buyers need one, and there are a lot of options that vary greatly from lender to lender and from buyer to buyer. This means it's important to understand what you're looking for and talk to a lot of different lenders to ensure you're getting the best deal possible.
This is the standard loan used by buyers with good to excellent credit who make down payments of at least 10%. However, there are programs that offer options for lower down payments based on buyer credit and location.
These loans often apply to buyers with lower credit scores, as they offer a down payment as low as 3.5% and lower interest rates. However, FHA mortgages do also require mortgage insurance premiums, which can result in higher overall costs.
All veterans and active military members qualify for VA loans. These offer up to 100% financing, simplified loan approvals, and lower interest rates. They can be much lower than conventional loans.
These loans are available to buyers in rural or low-density areas and offer up to 100% financing and below-market interest rates. Their ideal buyers are of average means, have lower credit scores, and are buying modest homes. Additionally, because of the government's loose definition of the term "rural," some of the buyers in the smaller communities surrounding Triangle will qualify for this loan.
There are four main components to a mortgage payment, often abbreviated as "PITI."
This is the repayment of the initial amount you borrowed from your lender (in other words, the price of your home).
This is a payment to the lender for the money borrowed (and is then added on to the initial price of your home).
Your annual city and county taxes assessed on your property are divided by the number of mortgage payments you make in a year and added into your mortgage.
Your monthly homeowner's insurance payment covers you against various hazards and is added to your mortgage payment.
Before you decide on any particular loan or lender, it's important to do your research. That means meeting with AT LEAST two different lenders to ensure that you're getting the best rate possible. It's also important to understand two different types of interest rates offered by mortgage lenders.
The interest on an FRM will not change, so your monthly payments won't change, making them very predictable.
The interest rate on an ARM will often be lower initially, but as interest rates do fluctuate with the market, they can be somewhat unpredictable or even result in higher payments.
Now that you know what loan options are available to you, what you can expect to pay as a down payment, and what your likely interest rates will be, it's time to determine how much you can afford to pay every month, which will then be used to calculate the price range of your home.
Keep in mind that your mortgage costs will be based both on the price of the home and the CURRENT interest rates. A home's affordability can vary from one day to the next based on the current rates.
You don't have to work with an agent - but it is extremely recommended unless you are a highly experienced buyer or lawyer. Your agent should be someone you know you can trust, an expert in real estate in your area and neighborhood, and very proficient in working with buyers of your experience.
Now it's time for the fun part! You get to start shopping! This is where you get to decide exactly what you want and need in a home, from the type of house or townhouse to the location of the neighborhood to all the exciting interior and exterior amenities you just have to have! Make sure you keep detailed records of the homes you visit, noting things you liked, didn't like, pros and cons, etc. Taking pictures can also help keep your memory fresh.
Tip: Before you start touring homes, determine the actual selling price of homes in your preferred neighborhoods - not just their listing price - to get a better idea of the actual affordability of the location.
You found the perfect house, and now it's time for your and your agent to sit down and discuss your offer. It's important to work together to determine a price you can comfortably afford but will also be a realistic offer for the seller to accept and will not be dismissed against any competing offers the seller might receive.
Think of this as your security deposit. It's paid when you submit your offer to show the seller that you are serious. When your offer is accepted, it is applied to your down payment or closing costs.
This is determined by your loan, or possibly any government programs or assistance you have requested.
These are typically low for buyers and represent the fees associated with paperwork and lender charges.
If the seller accepts your offer, it's time for a home inspection. Before you close, you'll want to have an experienced professional walk the house to ensure that there aren't any lingering problems or maintenance issues that might not be visible at first glance. You don't want to be hit with a serious maintenance or structural issue right after you move in. If necessary, you can request that the seller repair any issues you find.
If everything looks good, it's time to sign the paperwork, make final negotiations and payments, and get your keys!
Before you sign any paperwork, it's important that you carefully read over the contract with your agent or lawyer to ensure there are contingencies - that is, if something falls through with your mortgage, you aren't still obligated to buy the home.
It's time to close! Meet with your agent, lender, and the seller to finalize the paperwork, sign your contracts, and pay your down payment and closing costs. Finally - the keys to your new home!
Still Have Questions About Buying Your First Home in Triangle?
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Here are some techniques that will help you stay calm when you incorporate them into your daily routine.
Deep breathing is a great tool for reducing growing feelings of anxiety. It's one of the simplest tools to use, and you don't need any specialized knowledge to do it. When you breathe deeply, you activate the parasympathetic nervous system, signaling to your brain that you are no longer in danger and can relax.
There are many ways you can add deep breathing to your daily routine. Find something that works for you. If you need someone to walk you through a meditation, there are thousands of guided meditations online that range from a few minutes to a few hours. Or, if you feel like you don't have much time during the day, you can sneak some breathing into your routine. Practice 5-10 deep breaths right as you're waking up, or as you are trying to fall asleep. Even if you can only focus on your breath for a few minutes a day, your anxiety levels will become more manageable as you include purposeful breathing in your routine.
Spending too much time in the past can create a lot of pain and longing, while focusing too much on the future can cause you to worry about things that aren't even guaranteed to happen.
Worrying about the past, or about the future isn't going to do anything to change them. It can feel impossible to get your mind off of these situations, but the more you can focus being on the present, the easier it will be for you to stay calm.
One of the best ways to focus on the present is to focus on your senses. What are you touching? What do you smell? What do you see in your environment? What sorts of sounds do you hear? If you're having a hard time staying present, it can help to say what you sense out loud.
Anxiety is uncomfortable and no one wants to experience it. However, in order to effectively deal with them, you need to be aware of what is going on. You need to know what sorts of thoughts are racing through your mind before you can address them.
Mindfulness based approaches are incredibly helpful in treating depression and anxiety. In fact, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy has been shown to reduce mental relapse by 50%. This sort of therapy works by helping you become aware of your anxious thoughts rather than trying to fix them. Being able to see your thoughts without immediately reacting to them can take away some of the power that anxiety holds over you. Instead of reacting right away, you can process what's going on and figure out the best way to deal with the situation.
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In a 2009 study, 74% of patients reported that knitting helped lessen their anxiety. Those patients found relief from their fears while knitting.
If knitting isn't your thing, you can try any of the infinite hobbies out there. Find something that relaxes you and gives you a sense of accomplishment. Some people have found that painting and journaling helps them get control over their anxiety, while others find relief in exercise. Do what you love, and watch your anxiety lessen.
If you truly feel you cannot get a grip on your anxious thoughts, there is a technique you can use to lessen anxiety's power over you. Most of that power comes from stressing about the unknown. Anxiety can ask a lot of "what if" questions and not provide any answers.
One therapist has found that focusing on the worst case scenario can actually help patients control their anxieties. Most anxious people think a lot about the worst thing that could happen, but they don't follow those thoughts all the way through.
For example, a lot of people feel anxiety about giving presentations. The absolute worst thing that could happen in your presentation is that you feel so anxious and embarrassed that you die on the spot. Instead of leaving the thought there, take it further. How likely is it that this situation will happen? It's probably more or less impossible. Then, other more likely outcomes don't seem particularly bad when compared to your absolute worst outcome. Having this kind of perspective when it comes to anxiety can help lessen its impact and give you more ability to face potential outcomes.
You don't have to live in constant worry about when your next anxiety attack will happen. Instead, you can implement some of these strategies to lessen your overall feeling of anxiety and prevent times of panic and fear.


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Winter stews
March 24, 2009 at 6:36 am	· Filed under general soup, stew	·Tagged daikon, konnyaku, mushrooms, noodles, tofu
The last vestiges of winter are slowly creeping away (at least they better be), so I thought I should write up these lovely stews while they still seem seasonally appropriate.
Our December trip to Japan gave us the opportunity to have several special dishes that are especially associated with wintertime.
Noodles: soba and udon
In mountain town of Gora, we had a fabulous lunch in a noodle restaurant. I chose soba—thin buckwheat noodles—and Yusuke selected udon, which is thick, almost doughy noodles. Both dishes had a light broth, probably soy sauce-based. My soba featured delicious mountain vegetables, like mushrooms (yay!), bamboo shoots, fiddleheads, and onions.
Daikon soup
My mother-in-law made this soup one evening during our visit. Root vegetables are especially popular during the winter, and so daikon is the main element, along with pork, shitake mushrooms, and mizuna, a flavourful leafy green. Daikon is a root veggie, but since it's a radish, it's not starchy like potato or squash. The texture is much smoother and juicer, especially when it's nicely ripe. If it's not good quality (like we sometimes get in Montreal), it's rather stringy. In Japan, all of the daikon was huge, white, and smooth, and it melts in your mouth when cooked in a stew. In Montreal, in contrast, sometimes it's small and skinny, greenish, and pock-marked. Boo. I miss daikon in Japan.
Oden is awesome. It's a pot dish that typically has various soy-based and processed fish-based products that are completely foreign to Western cuisine. The wikipedia article has a more detailed explanation. My mother-in-law made quite the oden feast. One of my sisters-in-law and I monopolized the konnyaku, but I liked all of the new things I tried in this dish. Another of my favourites was the kombu, which is thick seaweed, neatly tied into bows here. There's also hanpen (the white triangles of surimi aka fish purée), gobomaki (boiled greater burdock root wrapped in surimi), chikuwa (tubes of surimi), ganmodoki (fried balls of tofu mixed with grated vegetables), and atsuage (deep fried tofu).
Finally, we had nabe on two different occasions (at a friend's house and at a fabulous restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district). Nabe (short for nabemono) is central to Japanese culture and cuisine. It is essentially a hot pot dish, cooked on the dining table, in which all different types of meat, seafood, and veggies are boiled in a special broth. Everyone is served out of the communal pot on the table, so it brings a warmth and closeness when shared among family and friends. Chankonabe is special, extra-hearty nabe that is a staple in sumo wrestlers' training diets…which is what we had in Ginza: a million different types of mushrooms (yay!), along with some kind of meat, napa, onions, eggs, tofu, noodles, and some other stuff that I can't remember. At the lovely home of a friend, we had nabe chock full of succulent oysters (sooo fabulously juicy and briny), white fish, mushrooms, carrots, napa, and and other veggies. We didn't take any pictures of our nabe, so I borrowed the one above from "Tavallai" on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tavallai/2084203089/. And another nabe pic with oysters is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/upon/2314309029/
Zōni soup
March 21, 2009 at 8:45 am	· Filed under general soup	·Tagged carrots, mochi, mushrooms, spinach
Zoni
Zōni is a traditional dish for New Year's. We ate it in Japan for the holiday, but Yusuke made it recently here, too. The soup has a clear broth with soy sauce and a bit of dashi (bonito powder). Various veggies can be used, so we went our usual standbys of carrots, mushrooms, spinach, and green and white onions. The key ingredient is mochi, which is sticky rice pounded into a glutinous mass. Mochi has a strong place in traditional culture. While we Westerners see the Man in the Moon in the shadows and craters, the Japanese see a rabbit with a mallet making mochi!
Rabbits making mochi
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December sweets
March 7, 2009 at 6:15 am	· Filed under dessert, restaurant	·Tagged mochi
Japanese sweets are very intricate, varied, exotic, and difficult to describe to foreigners who have never had anything that is comparable. The making of wagashi (image search and more pics), or traditional confectionery, is a true art in Japan. We learned on a TV show that wagashi apprentices spend about 15 years perfecting their anko before attempting to make the actual sweets. They are considered masters after 30 or 40 years of practice.
Here, though, I just have some of the everyday desserts that we tried during our December trip to Japan.
Goza souro
This picture shows goza souro being made in the department store Sogo. It's essentially a sandwich of a soft, dense batter (like a pancake) and sweet bean paste.
French toast with azuki
This was Yusuke's dessert at Denny's, of all places. Only the menu wasn't anything like what you find in North America. A prime example was this French toast with azuki beans and pumpkin ice cream.
Mochi is glutinous rice that is pounded— traditionally with a mallet— into a soft, sticky, erm, mass. It can be eaten in many ways, but these mochi balls were coated in cocoa powder. One of Yusuke's sisters, a chocoholic, ate nearly all of the ones that we bought for the family, but I managed to snatch a taste of one.
Kuzu-kiri
Kuzu-kiri consists of flat gelatinous, noodle-like stuff made of starch from the kuzu plant. My explanation in words doesn't make much sense, so more pics are here and here. The chilled "noodles," for lack of a better word, are dipped in a sweet syrup to give them flavour. Yusuke describes the taste as very "gentle."
Oshiruko
I wrote about oshiruko (sweet azuki "soup") before, but it was particularly wonderful at this sweets shop in Kamakura. The homemade mochi was lightly toasted and perfectly chewy. Yuuummmmm.
Rum ball
We had fabulous rum balls at Yusuke's uncle's house. They were bigger than a golf ball, filled with dense rum cake and coated in chocolate, tastefully served on a Hello Kitty plate. Very rich, but perfectly balanced by green tea.
Ohagi
Ohagi is an extremely yummy sweet—definitely one of my most favourite new discoveries on our trip. It's basically squished sweet rice coated with sweet bean paste (anko) or other ingredients. For example, we also had black sesame and edamame bean ohagi. It's not sugary-sweet like Western cakes or cookies (even though it does have TONS of sugar). The about.com article describes it well and so does the explanation on Just Hungry.
Year of the Cow
We had these cute sweets, decorated in honour of the Year of the Cow, at a friend's house. They are manju, a small cake filled with azuki paste. The outside has a thin layer of hardened icing. The effect is somewhat similar to a petit-four.
Sweet potato and chestnut cake
This cake was selected by Yusuke to serve as his birthday cake. It was not overly sweet, instead having a more subtle and rich taste, made with sweet potatoes, pumpkin, chestnuts, and light icing. He didn't want to admit it was his birthday, though…
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Cabbage fried rice
March 4, 2009 at 6:07 am	· Filed under rice, stir fry	·Tagged cabbage, carrots, mushrooms
This Chinese-style fried rice dish was a great way to use leftover cabbage. The veggies—carrots, cabbage, mushrooms (yay!), and white onions— were stir fried briefly first, and then the rice and beaten eggs were thrown in. The seasoning was salt, black pepper, chicken bouillon, and a tiny bit of soy sauce.
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Emails are still a trending way of communication, even if there are tons of other alternatives. Chances are, documents on your computer contain addresses you might one day need, and Windows search doesn't help in this regard, but this is where applications like Offline Email Extractor come in handy.
Once installed and running, the interface takes you through an easy accommodation process, with a simple interface, toolbar, as well as any other element or function you encounter. Most of the space is blank by default, but is where all results are displayed in a list along with details like file name, path, domain, file size, extension, date modified, and a few more.
When triggered, the application snoops through a custom array of file types in an attempt to detect and grab email addresses and deliver them to you either to export or insert in other documents. To initiate the process, it's enough to press the New button and choose search criteria.
A new search is not put in motion until you define source, options, and filters. There are several presets for quick processing. However, you're free to add more extensions, or only those of interest, with entries stored in a drop-down menu for later use. To make the process faster, filters can be applied so that the application skips certain files or entire locations.
Regardless of options, the process doesn't take more than a few seconds. Results are displayed in the list as they are found, with the possibility to stop the search in case you identified an address of interest.
With a full results list, you can easily analyze them, compare two files, and even find specific keywords. Moreover, it's possible to export a selection or all files to CSV, or simply have addresses copied to the clipboard for instant processing in other applications.
Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Offline Email Extractor Crack does a decent job at identifying email addresses well hidden in files on your system you probably did not even know existed. The interface makes sure accommodation is a walk in the park, with results retrieved in a jiffy so you can carry out more important tasks.


Face-O-Matic, our new experimental Slack app that finds faces of political leaders on major national cable networks, has given us a whole new perspective on how imagery is used in news production. Sure, Face-O-Matic picks up clips of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R., Ky., and others speaking, whether on the floor, at press conferences, or at a luncheon.
However, often these elected officials' faces are used to illustrate a point a news anchor is making, or in footage without audio, sometimes as a floating head somewhere on the screen, or as part of a tweet. Face-O-Matic even picks up faces in a crowd.
Face-O-Matic can help find frequently re-aired clips.
Face-O-Matic can find even images that are only briefly displayed on the screen.
Face-O-Matic finds both still and video of Trump in a single clip.
Please take Face-O-Matic on a spin and share your feedback with us, tvnews@archive.org. This blog post explains how it fits into our overall plan to turn TV news into data. To install, for now you'll need to ask your Slack team administrator or owner to set it up. The administrator can click on the button below to get started. Visit Slack to learn how to set up or join a Slack team. Questions? Contact Dan Schultz, dan.schultz@archive.org.
Also writing for The Washington Post's Fact Checker, Michelle Ye Hee Lee checked a number of statements Vice President Mike Pence made about the Senate health care reform bill during an appearance at the National Governors Association.
There's been much controversy in news gathering circles about when, whether, and how to invoke the word "lie" when reporting on public officials. One of our archivists, Robin Chin, has noticed a number of prominent uses of the term by commentators in recent TV news coverage.
Search captions for terms you are interested in at the TV News Archive. For trends, try the Television Explorer, built by data scientist Kalev Leetaru, and powered by TV News Archive data, which can provide quick visualizations of terms broken down by network.
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This is interesting! That face-o-matic could be used on surveilance camera too.


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Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification
In Part II of the assignment you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas. Part II – Writing Write at three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1. 2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position and explain why you selected these specific reasons. 3. Explain your answers to the "believing" questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website. 4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position. 5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases. 6. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the "Believing Game," even if your position on the issue has stayed the same. The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing: •Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph. •Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences. •Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: •Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
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The decision on whether to wear school uniforms or not has indeed come out to be controversial among the relevant academic stakeholders. The rate at which the current public schools are adopting the policy of school uniforms which were traditionally meant for the private schools is also surprising and exciting……………….
Explain your answers to the "believing" questions about the three (3) premises


A study of the principles of biblical interpretation used in both the Jewish and Christian traditions, including the application of these methods to the major literary genres of the Bible.
A survey of the texts and major critical issues concerning the scrolls: their origin, interpretation of the Old Testament, and background to the New Testament.
An examination of the topics currently being discussed in biblical theology, such as the possibility and methodology of a biblical theology, apocalyptic and eschatology, covenant and election, redemption and freedom, worship, church, the righteousness of God, history, society, law and gospel, faith, canon, life and death, suffering, creation, atonement and reconciliation, sin and guilt, wisdom, and worldview.
A study of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible with special reference to introduction, exegesis, and history. Attention is given to their historical and theological significance for both Judaism and Christianity.
A reading of selected texts from the New Testament, including a study of Greek syntax and an introduction to exegetical methodology.
The principles of Hebrew exegesis are reviewed and applied to several examples of the genres found within the Old Testament.Prerequisite(s): A minimum of two years of Hebrew. With the instructor's consent, second year Hebrew Readings may be taken as a corequisite.
Old Testament Seminar presupposes RELS 611 (or equivalent) and is offered every spring semester. Seminar topics are selected from the following: Old Testament Textual Criticism, Genesis, Exodus, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets, Daniel, Psalms, Chronicles and the Rewritten Bible, Inner-Biblical Exegesis, History of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible, and Old Testament Theology. Among other things, students are asked to research and report on various aspects of the seminar topic. One of the purposes of the course is to acquaint students with current issues in the field and to encourage the development of critical thinking.
The principles of Greek exegesis are reviewed and applied to several examples of the genres found within the New Testament.Prerequisite(s): A minimum of two years of Greek. With the instructor's consent, second year Greek Readings may be taken as a corequisite.
New Testament Seminar presupposes RELS 621 (or equivalent) and is offered every spring semester. Seminar topics are selected from the following: Matthew, Luke-Acts, Prison Epistles, Hebrews, Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Apocryphal Gospels and the New Testament, the Septuagint and the New Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, the Targums and the New Testament, Anti-Semitism and the New Testament, and New Testament Theology. Students are asked to research various aspects of the seminar topic and report back to the seminar. One of the purposes of the course is to acquaint students with current issues in the field and to encourage the development of critical thinking.
This course, which presupposes RELS 655, guides students through selected readings in Biblical, Qumranic, and Targumic Aramaic.
Research Design introduces students to the principles of topic selection and thesis development. Special instructions regarding either Old Testament or New Testament thesis development are provided.
In Thesis I, which presupposes RELS 690, the student, in frequent consultation with his/her advisor, selects a thesis topic and begins research. The completion of an annotated bibliography, a summary of relevant scholarly views, and original translation(s) of relevant primary texts are required.
In Thesis II, which presupposes RELS 691, students work toward the completion of their thesis. Minimally, a first draft should be completed. No grade is assigned for RELS 692 until the thesis is finished, accepted, and successfully defended. If the thesis is not completed and defended in the spring semester or the following summer, the student is to continue in the program by registering for RELS 695.


♥ This is a great review video. The professor goes through the eye twice. I highly recommend you speed up the video to 2X speed as he does talk at a very slow cadence. If you don't have the option to increase speed see How to Speed Up Videos.


We rolled out the proverbial red carpet for our new arrival, but he wasn't in the mood to thank us.
Really, I couldn't blame him. A zoo in the eastern United States might have had all the comforts and securities nature did not, but it was no comparison to the beauty of Japan's mountains — the happiness that you could find in climbing its peaks, or listening to the winter melt bubbling down the rocks.
Our temporary guest had been torn from all of that scenic peace. The mysterious Honshou wolves, a race of canine that should have been extinct since 1905, had recently been rediscovered in the mountains near Japan's Mitsumine Shrine. With no space available in the zoos of his homeland, Ookami-no-Mikoto would be playing Japanese ambassador to the other denizens of our zoo for a full two months. The entire day had been spent celebrating his arrival, and now my friend and I would be introducing the wolf to his new home. Crowds and other employees weren't welcome at this stage of Ookami's visit. He was nervous enough.
"Ready, Sara?" June said. She was standing on a safety platform that extended inside Ookami's enclosure, pole cocked to undo the latch on his transport cage. June could tussle with an animal three times her size, had almost been mauled by a bear and came out of the ordeal with little more than a fractured rib. Ookami, though, had been a different prospect from the start.
He was big for a Honshou wolf. Really big. Maybe too big. Right now, he paced beneath my friend of three years, growls matching the strides of his long legs. My Ookami was tired, irritable, and mostly hungry and it showed in the flattened ears and snarling curl to his lips.
If June came too close to those teeth, she would make a nice snack. Wolves aren't vicious by nature, but starve a predator long enough and you'll see a change in personality. I suppose the same can be said of humans.
"Well," June shouted to me again, "are you ready or not?" She tossed some blonde hair out of her eyes. The evening was hot, and some wavy tendrils stuck to the sides of her neck.
"Yeah." I sucked in a deep breath. This was going to be a real Kodak moment. The entire day I'd been dreaming about Ookami jumping out of his cage and into a recreation of the landscape near Saitama Prefecture. I'd taken this whole event to be more than coincidence from the start.
My grandparents in Japan had taken me to visit Mitsumine Shrine when I was seven years old. Together we offered prayers to the wolf god, begging him to protect us in the coming years, and especially the day I would be traveling with my mother to America. The wolves of the mountains, my grandfather had recounted for the hundredth time, had certainly protected him when he was a small boy. He'd been lost on a trail near Chichibu when a white wolf guided him back to town, only to disappear when he reached the village entrance. He believed that it was in gratitude for an act of kindness my ancestors performed a hundred years ago, the legend being that one of my father's great-great-uncles had rescued a mountain wolf from a hunter's snare.
It was impossible, but I wanted to believe Ookami was that same animal. I'd begged the zoo director to let me name him. My Ookami-no-Mikoto, the Prince of Wolves.
I'd chosen the title well, apparently. He was liquid power in the shape of a canine; beautiful as the moon, that silver fur tinted at the edges with blue merle. Ookami was a star or a cloud brought to life, his species more rare than a diamond the size of an apple, his white coloring even more of a miracle. Now, he belonged to the world forever.
He threw himself against the door's bars even as they were sliding open. June cursed, then caught her balance on the platform again. The force of Ookami's jump must have nearly knocked the pole from her hands.
The wolf wriggled through the opening between the cage floor and the lower bars of the door. Another push of Ookami's hind feet and he slipped free, bounding onto the nearest group of boulders. A pause to sniff the bushes, the stone beneath his feet, and then the sky.
His fur was magnificent, long and curled near the ruff of his neck and around each paw, the wisps fluffing like a cloud with every twitch of the muscles.
He was still angry, though, both ears pressed close to his skull. A few more paces and he turned his fierce eyes in my direction. Even from a good distance I could see that they were gold, the color of the sun. Why, he seemed to be asking, did you betray me? Why am I not free?
"You'll be safe here," I said, more to myself than to Ookami. Here hunters, poachers, and black market traders couldn't lay a finger on him. Here he could live peacefully until a zoo in Japan called him home. The enclosure was so perfect in every way, a circle filled with mountain rocks and an artificial stream. Tall trees whispered in the breeze, their leaves blanketing two caves in the enclosure's walls with shadow, speaking of respite from the mid-summer heat. Night was fast approaching. "You'll be safe here," I said again.
Ookami stopped snarling, but continued to examine me with that indignant look. He shone like a jewel in the encroaching darkness, no more real than a dream.
"Yeah. Maybe." I laughed, then examined the sky.
A flock of swallows careened overhead in the twilight, their wings like sickles. Ookami raised his nose into the air, one ear flicking to catch the screech of a marsh bittern. The night would be humid, heavy with the odor of the nearby buffalo pens, and probably with the freedom my silver wolf had lost. His teeth would never cut through the wire mesh surrounding the exhibit.
Still feeling guilty, I turned away before he could look at me again.
It wasn't until a week or so had passed that we felt confidant enough to introduce Ookami to a friend. Desperate situations called for desperate solutions, and the wolf starving himself to death qualified as an emergency.
Not to say that the scenario was unexpected. Transporting a wild animal from one exhibit to the next can be traumatic enough, and Ookami was suffering far more than any of the other animals in our zoo. None of them had been in the cargo hold of a plane for nearly 24 hours, and very few had been ripped from a life of freedom in the wild. Now, the shock of Ookami's journey was at last affecting his behavior.
I begged. I pleaded. I manipulated and I waited. Still, he refused to eat.
So, then, I tried feeding the wolf when the zoo had closed for the night. The evenings were a peaceful time for both of us. No sounds but the cry of ever present birds, no smells but the rich stink of grazing animals, and also no success. Wherever I happened to stand or sit near the exhibit fencing, Ookami chose the opposite portion of his pen. There he'd sprawl in the shade of the closest tree, his limbs stretched in front of his long body, those sharp eyes fixated on me. I was a curiosity to him, and nothing else.
June chided me again and again for my crazy imagination, but if I really didn't know better, I'd have been certain that the wolf was spiting me. None of the meat I set in his enclosure seemed tempting enough, and by the time the decision was made to introduce him to Ranshu, I wanted to cry.
Ookami had come to our zoo for protection. His death would be a tragedy on both an international and diplomatic scale. He had to eat, and that was that.
Maybe if he saw Ranshu enjoying himself, the reasoning went, there would be a change of appetite. Putting two strange wolves together in the same exhibit wasn't a normal procedure, but at this point there was no other solution in sight. Besides, Ranshu stood on the lowest rung of the pack ladder in our group of North American wolves. He'd never be missed.
"Would you look at that?" I said, shading my eyes from the setting sun.
Everyone had held their breath for the first moments of Ranshu and Ookami's meeting. Ranshu might have been Ookami's contrast in every way — black, lean, and a bit smaller — but sometimes, his temperament could be unpredictable. The wolf bit me twice: the first time, when I'd entered the American exhibit to help clean a wall, and the second when he was supposedly put under by our resident veterinarian. Already he'd stiffened with agitation while Ookami approached.
Hackles raised, the white wolf strided over to the rocks near the enclosure's entrance.
Both wolves growled at one another and examined one another. Ranshu's lips curled back, revealing the yellow teeth that had punctured my hand, and I was certain for a moment that he might lunge for Ookami's throat. These struggles for pack dominance were normal.
A brief growl from Ookami changed everything. Ranshu crumpled to the ground as if he'd been struck, then flipped over to show his vulnerable belly, all the while giving some pitiful whines.
Ookami accepted the adoration like a king, then left the black wolf and returned to one of his chosen cave shelters. Ranshu rolled back onto his stomach but didn't move for a long while. There was a glaze over his bright eyes.
"It's almost disappointing," June said. She slapped at a mosquito drifting near her cheek.
The other employees were already resuming their previous chores, and soon we were alone again in an atmosphere heavy with tension. We both knew, somehow, that Ookami still wouldn't eat.
I nodded with both hands covering my face. The day had been exhausting. I needed sleep and some time to myself — but that would never happen until I gave Ookami another chance. The suspense would kill me.
When June left, I once again dropped an offering of meat into the enclosure. Ranshu gave me an irritable growl, but Ookami simply stared from the inner sanctum of his cave, imperious as ever.
"Dozo," I said to him in Japanese. Please. Accept this and eat. The cement of the safety zone around the exhibit hurt my knees as I knelt. For a second, I was a little girl again, kneeling next to my grandparents at Mistumine Shrine, praying to the wolf kami.
My change in language had no effect on Ookami, even though those white ears pricked a little as I spoke. After a half-hour my knees were in agony.
The zoo was closing anyway, and night had darkened the sky. Time to say my goodbyes for the day. "Konbanwa," I said. Good evening.
No answer, of course. Not even a snarl from Ranshu.
After rising to my feet, I left the wolves to the twilight. Another loss.
Many people think that once dusk settles, and the stars are twinkling high in the night sky, that a zoo shuts down completely. The reality couldn't be further from that expectation. Many animals spend their days sleeping, which leaves sunrise, sunset, and nighttime as the busiest hours in their schedules. This is doubly true for predators.
No wonder human 'monsters' always exist in the dark, under beds or in cavelike closets. We still have our ancestors' mindsets, instinctively knowing that death lurks in the shadows. The idea of a nearby, but unseen, hunter is hard to ignore, even if you're separated from one by wire mesh and concrete.
Whispers were following me through the zoo: the rustles of birds hopping from branch to branch, small rodents scurrying across my path and into the bushes. I heard the faint snorting of some large herbivore mixed with my own footsteps, thudding and even.
I'd volunteered for a night shift, eager to use it as an excuse to spend some time observing Ookami. The weather had promised to be pleasant, cool with the glory of a full moon in a clear sky. Its silvery glow frosted the vegetation lining the walkway to his enclosure. Careful not to make too much noise, I slipped around to the front of the exhibit where I could get a better view of the wolf.
Strange. He was nowhere in sight, though I seriously doubted Ookami and Ranshu would be resting in their shelters at such an early hour. The night was still young.
Still tiptoeing, I crept closer to the mesh of the enclosure. Tree leaves scraped against each other in the breeze, their shadows flickering on the rocks near the exhibit entrance. Then a glint of white to the left caught my attention.
It was a young man paced near one of the taller trees, his tresses swinging with every step. At a distance, his long bleached hair took on the appearance of a cloud. For a long moment I couldn't speak, and simply continued to watch as he tugged hard on a portion of wire mesh.
He wanted out, of course. How this idiot had entered the zoo, I had no idea, and how he entered Ookami's exhibit would also be a mystery unless I got him out alive. Any time now and Ranshu would spring for the guy's bare throat. He'd become a walking midnight snack.
He stopped tugging on the mesh and began to turn around.
A pair of blazing eyes burned my next words to ashes, and their remnants coated my tongue with an evil taste. I'd never seen a face so chiseled, or so cold. Human and yet inhuman. Civilized and somehow feral. Then he was marching in my direction, a blur with his hair streaming behind like a river of ice. A silver fog seemed to billow about him with every step, covering some nakedness that I barely registered because I had locked on his face — and the furry ruff ringing his neck.
Before I understood what was happening we were a foot apart, he with his clawed fingers pressed against the mesh and me with my heart hammering at a million miles an hour. There was a part of me that cried for the whole scenario to be a dream, but deep in my heart I knew the truth. Ookami was showing his true face at last, and in the light of the full moon.
The little girl who had bowed to the wolf god at Mitsumine bowed again. This time, though, I shook like a leaf.
"Kudasai." His voice had the power of a distant storm cloud. When I dared to straighten myself, Ookami tipped his chin at the enclosure's main entrance. "Kudasai," he said again, but with the hint of a growl. Please.
Please what? Let him out of the exhibit? I couldn't really say 'no' to a kami, but then again, I could have also been hallucinating. Dreams, though, lack logical consequences. That must have been why I did the unthinkable and prepared to unlatch the outer gate.
Ookami didn't budge from his spot near the upper fencing but he watched me all the while, those bright eyes like a clamp on my soul. Disobey, he was whispering to my heart, and you'll pray for death. His breath warmed my neck even from a distance.
A jangle as I undid the lock. Then I was inside the small safety cage separating my skin from Ookami's claws. My fingers slipped on the last lock dividing us from one another, and I almost cried as the gate swung outward and exposed me to my doom.
Instead of rending me to pieces, Ookami beckoned me inside. My spirit had no choice again but to obey, and then we were a foot apart without the barrier of a mesh fence. I took in the wonder of the fur tufting at his ankles and wrists, the shimmering light that swirled with his body as he moved. Ookami no Mikoto, the Prince of Wolves.
He must have read the adoration in my heart. The fire behind his eyes dimmed a bit, and he turned his head aside as if embarrassed at the little human's worship. Out of respect I bowed again. This was what he wanted before leaving. I was certain of it.
A great weight smashed into my chest, knocking me to the ground.
The breath was punched from my lungs, and I feared every bone in my body might be broken. My head smacked hard into the grass and stars of pain dotted the nightmare pressing me into the earth. I had a brief vision of another face like Ookami's, except black, cruel, and lean.
I sensed teeth an inch from my throat before I was free to breathe again. A furious snarl from the left connected with the evil sitting on top of me and threw it onto the grass.
I coughed, reached up to make sure my neck hadn't been punctured, and, certain at last that there was no blood, struggled back to my feet. Ookami rolled through the grass with my attacker and they snapped for one another's throats. Fur flew into the air. Crimson spattered onto the rocks near my feet.
I'd forgotten about Ranshu. In the full moon's light he'd become a kami as well, and whereas Ookami had a feral majesty, Ranshu had the same face as when he'd bitten my hand. Savage. Malicious and opportunistic.
They were fighting for my life.
Water sprayed through the air in a shower of diamonds. Ranshu was already forced backward into the stream, but he kept glancing over at me between his snarls at Ookami. When the white wolf bounded for his neck, Ranshu broke away and made a mad dash to pounce on me again.
There was nowhere for me to hide, and I'd long since frozen like a sighted mouse. A man in black, sable hair streaming from his head, hungry eyes fixated on me, was sprinting to tear my chest open. Ranshu smiled, his yellow teeth hiding the rest of the world. He was absolutely triumphant until Ookami tugged on his hair from behind and yanked them both back onto the ground.
An agonized howl, a soft whimper, and then the battle was over. Ranshu lay dead, his neck bent in the spot where Ookami had torn it open. The black wolf seemed less dangerous now. Frightened, actually, and almost regretful. Blood matted the grass near his head, clumping portions of the fur on his human ears.
Ookami observed the corpse for a short while, and perhaps satisfied that Ranshu wouldn't move again, he turned to me. Scarlet stained the wolf's white lips, had dribbled down onto the pristine fur near his collarbone. Somehow, he was more beautiful than ever.
"Wakarimasu ka?" he said. Do you understand?
I jumped at the sound of his voice. The silence had seemed too sacred to interrupt.
Why? Why did he help me at all? Ookami could have easily allowed Ranshu to rip me in half, and then both of them could have run to freedom after feasting on my flesh. Instead, I'd been saved from death, and part of me prayed that it wasn't because Ookami wanted this snack all to himself. I bowed again, deeply, and waited for an answer.
Silence. I straightened again to find Ookami standing beside the enclosure's open gates. He was staring up at the moon, an almost wistful expression on his face.
That was why he'd saved me. Because I had dared to open those gates and free him. Because I had in a sense saved Ookami again, and his act of rescue had been the repayment of that debt. In so many ways, this exhibit was the same to him as a hunter's snare. Like my ancestor, I'd freed the white wolf and had in turn been protected as a reward.
Ookami regarded me again, his golden eyes flashing in the moonlight. This time, instead of trembling, I smiled. Yes, I'd said. I understand. I understand that you've been merciful to me, and I will be forever grateful.
His fingers stroked the wires on the upper half of the gate. Once more, he was gazing up at the stars, head tilted to catch the whispers of the animals in the zoo. Perhaps in their own way, they were saying goodbye to the Prince. "Anata-no namae wa?" Ookami's voice tugged at my soul.
Wind ruffled Ookami's hair and the blood-spattered fur ringing his neck. The light surrounding his body started to disintegrate. Sparks drifted up into the air, the pinpricks already mixing with the stars. He was disappearing, as if no more real than a dream, becoming one with the clouds. "Sayonara." The wolf smiled, his stained teeth a stripe on such a white face.
I didn't get a chance to reply. Like a streaking comet, Ookami raced out of the enclosure. I had only sunk to my knees when his body blurred into a fog, and he soared into the night sky, a ghost with the morning mist beneath his feet, a kami returning to the mountains near Chichibu.
Tomorrow, I would have a lot of explaining to do.
Cherry blossoms spiraled down from the trees, layering the sidewalk with a pink snow as I entered the grounds of Mitsumine Shrine. The peace, the beauty of spring lifted my heart for a moment. I had purposely chosen this time of year to visit, eager to see how the petals would festoon the twin wolf statues flanking the gates. How small those figurines seemed – -much smaller than Ookami — and so gray, so weathered by years of mountain rain.
Still, the gates hadn't lost a bit of their magic. No matter how beaten by the elements, they had always stood on this same pathway, welcoming visitors to the world of the kami.
A breeze, fragrant with the scent of pine, kissed my cheeks. The trees swayed, sighing under the coolness of the morning.
For a moment I was back at the zoo in America, standing in Ookami's enclosure and bowing to him beneath a full moon. That night haunted me in a thousand different ways, the least of them being the effect on my job. When the media frenzy died down, zoo management allowed me a month's leave. Well, they requested it, actually, and I was grateful for the offer.
Security found me at the crack of dawn, unconscious in Ookami's exhibit, my body a mess of dirt and scratches, Ranshu lying dead only a short distance away. Ookami, of course, had disappeared.
My explanation of what had happened was poor and inconsistent, but it was also typical of someone in a state of shock. Black market thieves, I'd said, had somehow entered the zoo and were attempting to steal Ookami when I happened to walk by the exhibit. They had already killed Ranshu, and before I could protect Ookami any further they'd knocked me unconscious. I'd had no time, I'd explained, to radio for back-up.
To my great relief, every lie that came out of my mouth was regarded as fact. Those events explained my own bruises, the nasty bump on my head and the lack of paw prints from Ookami if he'd exited through the enclosure's open entryway. Ranshu's injuries were the work of a large dog in the service of the robbers, and nothing more.
I'd arrived in Japan when I received the sad call from June. During the autopsy of Ranshu's corpse, it was discovered that he'd been suffering from a rare brain disease, undetectable through blood work. There was the reason, I told myself, for his unnatural, vicious behavior. Poor thing. We tend to forget that animals can suffer like humans. They too know what it is to fear, to be in pain, to want to run free.
A long howl interrupted my thoughts.
I turned to the right, just in time to catch a glimpse of a white wolf dashing up the hills. The biggest, most beautiful wolf in the world.
Wind. The aroma of spring. The taste of pollen in the air. No other answers than those, but they were more than enough.
The kami, you see, are everywhere.
Sabrina Naples is a lover of all things speculative, who just so happens to reside in the rather mundane state of Pennsylvania. Though Japanese anime and manga are Sabrina's passion, she believes her own stories are equally entertaining. Perhaps you will too.
Elizabeth Seelye is a Grand Valley State University graduate with a BFA in illustration. She lives a quiet life at home drawing, surrounding herself with books, and pampering a cat who seems to think she is the Queen of All Things.


Congratulations, you survived the first half of the semester. It's only normal for you to want to sit back, grab your favorite snack and binge watch Netflix. And I encourage you to do so, just not all week. Otherwise you'll end up feeling like the Sunday night after Thanksgiving break. Yes, spring breaking can be difficult, especially if you're short on cash, yet there's plenty of single-day activities that won't break your piggybank. So grab the people in your life that don't annoy you too much and split the cost for these fun-filled day trips that will have you simultaneously living your best life and being cautious of wildlife.
If you've taken geology you know what a granite pluton batholith is. If you haven't, or if you just weren't paying attention, don't worry. It's just a beautiful, fairly large chunk of granite that is peeking up from Earth's crust. Ask your professor if you can get extra credit for heading down to Fredericksburg and taking a gander at the Enchanted Rock. Entrance is only $7 for adults.
The HOPE Outdoor Gallery in Austin is a pretty basic outing, yes. But, and it's a big but, its closing down soon. So, I encourage you, if you haven't already, to grab your pals, some spray paint, and create a masterpiece on top of the layers and layers of art on the concrete walls. Then when you're hungry drive down the street to Wingzup for some wings, burgers, nachos and so many more delicious dishes.
Texas is filled with scenic areas. I suggest you venture out to another one of Texas' state parks. Be sure to have your playlist ready for this 3-and-a-half-hour drive down to Colorado Bend State Park. Bust out your favorite swimsuit so that you can enjoy the beautiful springs that are available to swim in, but mostly to capture the perfect Instagram photo with the sun's rays shining on you. Entrance is $5 for adults.
Bring out your inner Noah Jr. and Allie Hamilton and head out to Caddo Lake State Park near the Louisiana-Texas border to take a canoe ride through the swamp-like lake. But if you're not a fan of water, feel free to take a hike on one of the park trails for a canoe ride through the swamp like trees. It's only a 3-and-a-half-hour drive, that's approximately 55 of your favorite songs. The best part? Entrance is only $4 per person and canoeing cost $10 an hour for two people. Watch out for the alligators, though.
Take an hour drive to the Galaxy Drive-In Theatre. Be sure to get there early to get a good spot. Don't worry if the sun is still out, you can walk over to their mini-golf section or beat the crowds and buy your food before the movie starts. Enjoy a double-feature for only $7.00 a person or, for kids 12 and under, $3.
Spend your morning watching cartoons and eating cereal. Later, invite some friends over to play some board games, social sabotage is highly recommended if you want to embarrass your friends, or yourself more than you usually do.


If you've recently heard about flavonoids, but don't know what they do, you're not alone. To many casual readers, these nutritional elements sound like some kind of science-fiction invention. In truth, flavonoids play a vital role in the development of fruits, vegetables and other plant foods, and have some specific health benefits for you if you're focusing on a plant food-based diet.
Flavonoids help the plants that give us our daily produce, first, by giving fruits and vegetables ranging from berries to peppers the pigments they need to produce bright colors that attract us to them. They also help to protect plants from insects and fungi. Flavonoids are natural pesticides that help in the development of all kinds of plants. These crucial ingredients make their way into the human diet through fruits and vegetables, as well as derivative products like tea, wine and other plant-based drinks.
Although the science is still being studied around what flavonoids do for the body, some nutritionists believe they are responsible for introducing a lot of the powerful antioxidants that help the body fight off disease and stay healthy. Flavonoids have been claimed to be effective against cancers and some forms of heart disease. Some scientists say they boost the immune system as well.
There is a debate going on about how much antioxidant value can be linked to flavonoids as opposed to some of the classical vitamins and minerals that plant foods also contain. The class of flavonoids or bioflavonoids represents a kind of plant secondary metabolytes that nutritional scientists are looking at to examine just how fresh fruits and vegetables supply humans with superior nutrition.
In addition, some scientists are saying that not much of the health value of flavonoids is provided by these elements on their own. They claim that for the best metabolic intake, people need to eat the fresh fruits and vegetables directly, with all of the fibers and other nutrients they contain in raw or fresh unprocessed forms. Otherwise, say some food researchers, flavonoids are just excreted by the body.
Looking at flavonoids is part of the bigger picture on the best weight loss and fitness diets around. What most scientists and nutrition experts agree on is that you're best off eating fresh fruits and vegetables, a lot of them. If you look at your overall diet, the more you push meats, cheeses and processed foods off of your plate and substitute them with fruits and vegetables, the healthier you'll be, although the role of proteins is one exception to this rule. Talk to your doctor before going ahead with any modification to your diet plan. With consultation from qualified medical professionals, you'll see how "green foods" can effectively boost your overall health and contribute to a good diet plan, with flavonoids as well as a variety of other natural nutrition.


I am just asking out of curiosity. Amazon is a giant and I figured they'd have a hand in the VR market but I am unable to find anything. Do you guys know if there have been any rumblings on whether they will or not be producing a VR product?
Children and VR, when is it safe to start?
Can I give a gift card for VR games?


French raider Dunaden just pipped British runner Red Cadeaux in a thrilling finish to the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington Park.
Dunaden wins by a nose over Red Cadeaux in the closest finish of the Cup's history.
The Mikel Delzangles-trained runner was racing neck and neck with Ed Dunlop's Red Cadeaux and the pair flashed past the post together to force a photo. However, Christophe Lemaire just edged in front aboard Dunaden at the line to deny Michael Rodd on Red Cadeaux.
Delzangles said: "I'm still shaking. It's amazing. I thought I was beaten so it's even better."
Lemaire only stepped in for the ride at the last minute after Craig Williams was ruled out of the race through suspension. Williams rode Dunaden to win the Geelong Cup in his prep race earlier this month and Delzangles paid tribute to his efforts.
The handler added: "I would like to have a thought for Craig Williams who should have been on the horse. He did a great job in preparation for the horse and he has been a gentleman. I want to thank all the people we have met here who have helped us."
Lemaire said: "They went very slowly in the beginning but on the back straight we started to go a bit faster and I was always confident. The horse in front of me was going really well and it brought me to the front very easily.
"I was a bit anxious after the line. A rider on a pony told me they thought I had won and then when I turned the corner back towards the stands, everyone was applauding me.
"Two years ago I had a fall before Arc weekend and I missed winning four Group One races, all because of my collarbone, so I know what it is like to watch in your armchair.
"Emotionally I think this is the second best moment in my career. The first was winning the Prix de Diane, because all my family were there and I was on a big favourite called Divine Proportions."
Ed Dunlop was understandably disappointed after Red Cadeaux was edged out in a photo in the Emirates Melbourne Cup by Dunaden.
However, the trainer is already thinking about a return trip in 2012 with the five-year-old.
The handler said: "I thought beforehand that he wouldn't like the ground but that was a fantastic run. I was watching it with Luca Cumani and he thought I'd got it on the nod but the best I thought we'd got would have been a dead heat."
He added: "He got a lovely run into the straight and the jockey has given him a great ride. We don't like to be second but I've come all the way down here for the first time so you have to be delighted. If he's OK, we'll be back next year."
Red Cadeaux lost out by a nose in the photo, the closest verdict in 151 runnings of the race.
Cumani saddled two in the race with Manighar claiming fifth place while Drunken Sailor was 12th, but the Newmarket handler was left ruing his luck after his other possible Bauer was balloted out of the race at the final declaration stage.
The trainer said: "We'll just have to come back again next year. If Bauer had been in the field, he would have been close. Manighar galloped all the way to the line but Drunken Sailor didn't seem to get home and this isn't the right trip for him."
Saeed Bin Suroor also fielded two in the race with Lost In The Moment finishing sixth and Modun a lacklustre last of the 23 runners. He said: "Lost In The Moment ran well, for a second I thought he might be getting there but it didn't quite happen. I'm disappointed with Modun. He was too keen and didn't stay the trip."
Mark Johnston's Fox Hunt was seventh with his other runner Jukebox Jury finishing 20th. Brian Ellison was another trainer to be double-handed but Moyenne Corniche and Saptapadi could muster no better than 15th and 16th respectively.
Jockey Gerald Mosse thought the favourite Americain had perhaps paid the price for being saddled with an extra 3.5 kg this time, and reflected: "I would say the ground was a bit fast for him, as well as the weight. I was never really comfortable and he didn't travel through the race as well as he can, but he always tries his best."


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How I'll Always Be
by Tim McGraw
Album: Damn Country Music (2015)
Charted: 70
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"I Got You Babe" makes Sonny Bono the only person to perform on a #1 hit and also get elected to congress.
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David Bowie's "Let's Dance" is about more than just dancing. It's about dishonesty, particularly when we mask our true feelings.
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The revered singer-songwriter talks inspiration and explains why she put a mahout in "Drop the Pilot."
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Tom stopped performing Thompson Twins songs in 1987, in part because of their personal nature: "Hold Me Now" came after an argument with his bandmate/girlfriend Alannah Currie.
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The Social Origins of Female Combatants
Thomas, Jakana L., and Reed M. Wood. 2018. "The Social Origins of Female Combatants." Conflict Management and Peace Science 35(3): 215-32.
Authors: Jakana L Thomas, Reed M Wood
We investigate the factors that lead some rebel organizations to deploy women in combat roles while others restrict women's participation to non-combat roles or exclude them entirely. Our argument focuses on the influence of the scope and frequency of women's prior participation in social, political, and economic activities on groups' decisions to employ women in combat roles and women's desire to pursue such roles when they are made available. We evaluate our hypotheses using a new dataset on women's combat participation in rebel movements active from 1979 to 2009. Our results provide support for our central hypothesis.
Keywords: civil war, female combatants, gender and conflict, rebellion
Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Combatants, Female Combatants, Conflict, Gender, Livelihoods


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Original Pochoir "Le Matin" – Georges Barbier 1925
A fabulous original risqué pochoir by George Barbier (1882-1932) published by Meynial in Paris in 1925. The image part of Barbier's work "Falbalas & Fanfreluches" … translates to frills and (perhaps) more frills … French words that have made their way into the best English dictionaries.
George Barbier (1882-1932) probably the greatest exponent of the pochoir art technique in the early part of the 20th Century. Along with the likes of Brissaud, Lepape and Martin he provided beautiful art works to support the thriving Paris based fashion world particularly during the deco age of the 1920's.
Price $340.00 unframed.
Original George Barbier his "Le Matin"
May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life – Graham Greene – First Edition – 1967
Published by the Bodley Head in 1967, a first edition.
Octavo, 188 pages, with super dust jacket designed by Stephen Russ. Very good if not better condition with a fine complete dust jacket
Greene twelve short stories – "Comedies of the Sexual Life" many of which rank among his best.
The subtitle we are told not to be interpreted too narrowly … and we agree. Many different characters and settings, from the South of France to the Caribbean. The title piece is really super and packs in so much in just 40 pages. We also like the reality of "The Over-night Bag" and the Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
Greene wit at its best .. makes a great and thoughtful gift.
The World's Wickedest Women – Andrew Ewart – First Edition 1964
Subtitled … "Intriguing Studies of Eve and Evil through the Ages" … written by a man.
First edition published by Odham's, London in 1964. octavo, 288 pages in pretty good condition.
Starts with Sapho the Lesbian and Lecherous Layabouts of Ancient Rome and a new name for Cleopatra "Queen Harlot" .. so we get the tone. As the works becomes progressively more modern the work becomes more edgy and less theatrical and in the end is surprisingly enlightening although challenging.
Wicked Women not for the faint hearted
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
The complete unabridged Modern Library edition. Published in 1951 (by reference to the number of book on the list back of dust jacket). Thick octavo, 630 pages. With a forward by Morris Ernst dated 1930 regarding the difficult time the book had had in America because of draconian obscenity laws. Well here it is unadulterated.
Translated by John Payne, which must have been a lengthy task and one well done. It has stood the test of centuries and was a source of inspiration for Chaucer, Shakespeare and Keats.
Good condition albeit with two previous owners names on the end papers and later date stamp on half title. Light chips to dust jacket and a hint of fading, now protected in Brodart.
A lusty bawdy delight by Boccaccio translated by Payne
Petronius – The Satyricon – Private Press – Norman Lindsay Illustrated – 1910
A Revised Latin Text of the Satyricon with the Earliest English Translation (1694) Now First Reprinted with an Introduction together with One Hundred Illustrations by Norman Lindsay
Published privately by Ralph Straus, London 1910. Folio, (33cm by 26cm), 303 pages, 100 leaves of plates.
First English translation side by side with the Latin on alternating pages. The Satyricon, Satyricon liber (The Book of Satylike Adventures) a work of fiction by Gaius Petronius. It is and example of Menippean satire.
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (27AD-66AD) was born in Marseille. He became a Roman Courtier in the reign of Nero. He is well mentioned by Tacitus, Plutarch and Pliny the Elder who regarded him as a "judge of elegance". Petronius became a member of the Senatorial Class who devoted their lives to pleasure … he was essentially a fashion advisor to Nero. Sleeping by day he devoted night time to amusement … he had a reputation of being very good at it!
In the Satyricon, Petronius uses a new style of writing in that each of the characters are well and openly described. Previously, such literature focused mainly on the plot. There is no holding back in terms of moral issues, and it is thought that the main character Trimalchio (who is on the naughty side) is a cameo of Nero.
Petronius fell out of favour and committed suicide in a rather strange manner.
Goings on in the Days of Nero – with numerous Norman Lindsay Illustrations.
Secret Memoirs of the Duke and Dutchess of O***** (Orleans) – Madame d'Aunoy – First Edition 1708
Title continues … Intermix'd with the Amorous Intrigues and Adventures of the Most Eminent Princes of The Court of France
Made into English from the Paris Edition. Published in London, and printed by S.P.R. Burrough and J. Baker in Cornhill E. Curll without Temple Bar. E Sanger at the Post-House, and A Collins at the Black Boy on Fleetstreet, and Sold by J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, 1708
First English edition translated from the French of the 1690's. Small octavo, 293. Strange pagination as the printer obviously had his pages mixed up so several times out of order but text runs exactly. Rebound in full leather, in period style by Roger Perry. Four raised bands with separate red leather title label to second compartment. Blind rules to bands and board edges. A delightful item.
An expose of the amorous goings on of the Duke and Duchess of Orleans. The Duchess was Henrietta of England (1644-1670) youngest daughter of King Charles I. She fled England at the age of three with her governess for the French Court. She married King Louis XIV brother Philippe Duke of Orleans. Phillipe a reputed bisexual had been party to a series of sexual scandals prior to the marriage which was secured after the restoration of the Monarchy in England by a dowry from her brother Charles II.
An interesting piece if factually based fiction and not at all vulgar.
The author Madame d'Aulnoy was Marie Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650-1705). Lucky to have got away with it we would say.
Early expose of the amorous lives of the Duke and Duchess of Orleans.


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CINE-WEEN: Why I Keep October Spooky
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on October 2, 2018 2Comments Trey Lawson
Every October (although let's be real – it's started bleeding into September) I try to watch as many horror movies as I can. Maybe you do, too; it seems like a thing that a lot of people do. But why? I don't mean in a practical sense – obviously a big part of it is that watching scary movies is fun. But what is this seasonal compulsion to watch as many horror movies as possible (essentially binge-watching, before we thought of it in those terms)? Why do I find myself planning my life around these movies for a whole month every year?
For me, the tradition of watching lots of scary movies during the month of October goes back to the early '90s. It might be earlier, but 1990 is the earliest I can remember. This was when Joe Bob Briggs was still on The Movie Channel and thus completely off my radar, since at that point my family didn't have any of those fancy premium channels. But on TNT MonsterVision was already a thing (along with its companion block 100% Weird). Those programs were not Halloween-exclusive, although they could generally be counted on to kick things up a notch if they happened to fall on or around October 31. In October, the genre programming wasn't restricted to those blocks however. Because this was when TNT was still predominantly a network showing old movies and TV reruns, they could be counted on to air a fair amount of classic horror films throughout the week. I distinctly remember one year, for the whole week leading to Halloween, TNT aired a different Hammer horror title every day not long after I got home from school.
But programming alone can't explain why those early years of horror movie viewing made such an impression, to the point that it has influenced my activities for virtually every Halloween season of my adult life. The more I think about it, the more I realize how much credit I have to give my dad. I think it's safe to say that I am the film lover that I am because of him. There were plenty of horror movies and Halloween specials on TV every year, but my dad was my first curator. He went through our ever-present TV Guide and picked out the titles he thought I would like best (and not be too scared by). He set the VCR timer to catch the movies that would air after my bedtime or while I was at school. He went to the local Pic-a-Flick and rented movies that maybe weren't being shown that year. It's thanks to my dad that I first saw the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, and countless other genre odds and ends. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of staying up late on a Friday or Saturday in October to watch flicks like Curse of Frankenstein and eventually giving in to sleep as the opening credits for Godzilla vs Monster Zero started to play.
It's not just that my dad picked out these movies for me to watch. More often than not, he watched them with me. October was the season for monster movies, and monster movies were an event in the Lawson household. Sometimes we'd tape the movies during the week and save them for the weekend so we could stay up later than usual. My dad would pop some popcorn, turn out the lights, and the two of us would watch these movies together. Not just that, but we would talk about the movies, too. My dad was a Fangoria and Starlog reader, in addition to stuff like the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide, and he would share whatever behind the scenes and production history tidbits I might find interesting. He's the reason I was able to sit through the original silent Nosferatu as a kid. With my dad, horror movies were a shared experience. Even at home, on our old tube television, it was a communal activity not all that different from going to the theater (albeit with a much smaller screen and more comfortable seating). We bonded over these movies, and the horror genre is something I've considered "ours" ever since. My dad and I don't live in the same city anymore, but that bond has stuck with us. We'll chat on the phone about recent horror releases – especially when someone like Scream Factory puts out a new edition of a particularly beloved title. For my last birthday he gave me the It's Alive trilogy and a DVD of Teenagers from Outer Space, and my last birthday gift to him was Peter Cushing's complete memoirs. It's a thing that we'll always be able to share.
Some people are drawn to horror for the sense of danger or menace that comes with movies that are meant to frighten. But what brings me back to the genre every October is something like nostalgia. Not really for the movies themselves, although there are certainly old favorites that I will always love and revisit. It's nostalgia for the experience of sitting on the sofa and eating popcorn as my dad cues up the next installment in my horror education. The thrill of seeing movies that are new to me, while also seeing them with someone who wants to share that first time viewing experience with me. We didn't keep up the tradition as much once I was in high school and beyond. I was busy, and he was busy, too. Life got in the way. MonsterVision and its brethren were cancelled. And ever since, for pretty much my whole adult life, I've chased the rush that I got from those childhood Octobers when my dad and I would watch as many horror movies as we could together. Countless times I've revisited the movies I loved most from those years, and I've also tried watching nothing but titles that were new to me. But it's taken me all this time to realize that what I was looking for isn't really about the specific movies. It's about sharing movies with the people you care about most, just like my dad did with me. And so I've come to especially treasure any opportunity I get to have that collective movie-watching experience – whether it's me introducing someone to a beloved film, vice-versa, or even something new to both of us. And so now I've figured out that I shouldn't keep October spooky out of some sense of obligation, or as a race to see who can fit in as many movies as possible. It's about forging memories not just of the movies themselves but of the specific moments in time when I watched those movies. I keep October spooky as a tribute to those childhood memories of Octobers spent falling in love with movies alongside my dad. And so think of this as an invitation: As you work your way through your Halloween movie marathon lists, find ways to share the experience. Introduce friends or loved ones to your favorites. Catch something new in the theater. Let others share their favorites with you. Start a hashtag and watch along with people via Twitter. And please, hit me up and let me know how it goes.
Tags: cine-ween, halloween, horror movies, monstervision
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Trey Lawson is a critic, academic, and sometimes actor who writes on topics ranging from Early Modern English Literature to genre film and pop culture. He has of late been trapped in a crypt, where he reads monster comics and records Tomb of Ideas: A Marvel Horror Podcast with his friend and co-host James Hickson.
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As I sipped a long-pour of vodka and soda, I listed some things on my neighborhood's Facebook garage sale site. I didn't expect it to get so much attention! I woke up to a dozen messages, people wanting appliances, tables, shelves, bikes. One by one I scheduled pick ups, and now I'm about $150 richer … More Goodnight, Bicycle.
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Day 12- Dive Number Two!
Today we started with pancakes and fruit for breakfast and it was amazing and we put Nutella and peanut butter on it. Once we cleaned up, we were on the go and driving to the dive site, minutes later we were in the water and were going through exercises like clearing a flooded mask and other stuff. Our dive instructor let us swim around and have some free time before we were back on the surface and had quesadillas for lunch and they were really tasty. We sailed and everyone had some free time and some people slept or watched a movie but it was nice and relaxed. For dinner, we had chili and rice. Tonight we had a Lifeworks chat, which really opened my eyes.


Sit with the grid and tune in to the feeling energy of joy.
Leave the crystal grid setup for an entire month and sit with it often.
This method of crystal grid healing uses the following 3 energies: Sight, Site and Cite.
You Sight the pattern and colour of the grid with your eyes. You have a Site (the location) of the grid setup in your space for an entire month.
You Cite or refer to your intention of feeling joy every time you sit with the grid. This healing crystal grid also uses the 3 energies of The Sun (father), The Earth (mother), and The Mind (child). The Sun energy comes from the color rays of the crystals. The Earth energy comes from raw materials that form the building blocks of the crystals. The Mind energy is your own intention to feel joy which is held in stone in the lattice structure of the healing crystals. This crystal grid forms a powerful healing energy for Joy.


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Ukrainian President ratifies joint 4,500-strong military unit with Poland and Lithuania
Published time: 20 Feb, 2015 21:48 Edited time: 20 Feb, 2015 22:15
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko.(Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko) © Reuters
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law ratifying the creation of a joint military unit with Poland and Lithuania. The unit is set to carry out tasks which have been given a UN Security Council mandate.
"The Agreement provides for the establishment of joint Ukrainian-Polish-Lithuanian military unit and determines the general purpose, principles of activity, decision-making process, security guarantees and other organizational measures related to the activity of the brigade," the Ukrainian president's official website says.
READ MORE: Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania to form joint military force
The brigade is to become a UN and EU peacekeeping force. Other states can join it under joint invitation from the three states.
The Ukrainian commitment is planned at 545 soldiers, according to the country's defense ministry. Poland and Lithuania were expected to contribute up to 3,800 and 350 servicemen respectively. The funding will be separate for each country's contingent and it will be provided by the governments of the participants. The HQ is going to be situated in Lublin in Eastern Poland.
The defense ministers of the three countries agreed to form the unit last September in Warsaw, and plan to conduct the first joint military drill in 2015. Ukraine's parliament ratified it on February 4.
READ MORE: 30,000 troops, 6 rapid units: NATO increases military power in Eastern Europe
The idea to create a joint Ukrainian-Polish-Lithuanian brigade was first put forward in 2007, when the three states decided to establish a joint battalion.
A year later, a more ambitious plan of assembling an entire brigade of Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Polish troops was put forward.
Trends:Ukraine turmoil


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Q: Search in subdocument Hello I want to get all the contacts with syncFlag true in contact object.
I tried this solution but only returns only one sub document
and I also tried this solution it returns all the documents either they are matched or not
How to find document and single subdocument matching given criterias in MongoDB collection
Here is the sample document
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("57ce7d6c7387d533bfa2d45c"),
    "ITBCompanyId" : 2608,
    "updatedAt" : ISODate("2016-09-06T12:19:35.972Z"),
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2016-09-06T08:25:16.325Z"),
    "name" : "This is test",
    "identifier" : "THDNOM2",
    "addressLine1" : "Valencia Lahore",
    "syncFlag" : true,
    "orgId" : "1",
    "deletedAt" : null,
    "whois" : [
        {
            "test" : "noman"
        }
    ],
    "configuration" : [
        {
            "test" : "noman"
        }
    ],
    "contact" : [
        {
            "firstName" : "Active",
            "_id" : ObjectId("57ceb04811f005420b7ed54a"),
            "syncFlag" : false,
            "communicationItems" : [],
            "customFields" : []
        },
        {
            "firstName" : "Active",
            "_id" : ObjectId("57ceb04811f005420b7ed54b"),
            "syncFlag" : false,
            "communicationItems" : [],
            "customFields" : []
        },
        {
            "firstName" : "Active",
            "_id" : ObjectId("57ceb44b5f8b534bc312aacd"),
            "syncFlag" : true,
            "communicationItems" : [],
            "customFields" : []
        },
        {
            "firstName" : "Active",
            "_id" : ObjectId("57ceb457f141fd4c1c98a748"),
            "syncFlag" : true,
            "communicationItems" : [],
            "customFields" : []
        }
    ],
    "agreement" : [
        {
            "test" : "noman"
        }
    ],
    "companySite" : [
        {
            "test" : "noman"
        }
    ],
    "companyNote" : [
        {
            "test" : "noman"
        }
    ],
    "type" : {
        "name" : "Client"
    },
    "status" : {
        "name" : "Active"
    },
    "id" : "19493",
    "__v" : 0,
    "_info" : {
        "updatedBy" : "Omer",
        "lastUpdated" : ISODate("2016-09-06T11:52:07.000Z")
    }
}

Expected Output:
 ITBCompanyId: 1,
    contact: [{
               "firstName" : "Active",
                "_id" : ObjectId("57ceb04811f005420b7ed54b"),
                "syncFlag" : true,
                "communicationItems" : [],
                "customFields" : []

    }]

A: Try this. You should get the document as required. Below I have used an aggregate query to format the mongodb response as required. For more information regarding mongodb aggregate, you can refer this. I reffered this stack overflow post for forming this query.
db.companies.aggregate(
    { $match: {"contact.syncFlag": true }},
    { $unwind: '$contact'},
    { $match: {"contact.syncFlag": true }},
    { $group: {
            _id: '$_id',
            contact: {$push: '$contact'},
    }
});

If you want all the other fields included in the document. You can try this.
db.companies.aggregate(
    { $match: {"contact.syncFlag": true }},
    { $unwind: '$contact'},
    { $match: {"contact.syncFlag": true }},
    { $group: {
        _id: '$_id',
        ITBCompanyId: {$first: '$ITBCompanyId'},
        updatedAt: {$first: '$updatedAt'},
        createdAt: {$first: '$createdAt'},
        name: {$first: '$name'},
        identifier: {$first: '$identifier'},
        addressLine1: {$first: '$addressLine1'},
        syncFlag: {$first: '$syncFlag'},
        orgId: {$first: '$orgId'},
        deletedAt: {$first: '$deletedAt'},
        whois: {$first: '$whois'},
        configuration: {$first: '$configuration'},
        contact: {$push: '$contact'},
        agreement: {$first: '$agreement'},
        companySite: {$first: '$companySite'},
        companyNote: {$first: '$companyNote'},
        type: {$first: '$type'},
        status: {$first: '$status'},
        id: {$first: '$id'},
        _info: {$first: '$_info'},
    }
});

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The Casino project is being developed in a manner that respects and protects the environment and enhances benefits to nearby communities using sound and proven technologies and industry best practices. We recognize that this is vital to our company's existence, progress and continued development.
We recognize that Casino will have an effect on communities. We know that our operations are not only important to our shareholders, but also to the communities in which we operate. And, we believe that establishing strong collaborative relationships and open and transparent communication will help ensure our projects operate at the highest standards possible.
Western Copper and Gold in its everyday operation takes positive action to protect the safety of its workers and be conscientious stewards of our natural resources while minimizing the impact on the environment. We are applying appropriate technology and we are conducting ourselves responsibly at all stages of mining: exploration, mine development, mine production and processing, decommissioning and reclamation.
Western Copper and Gold is committed to achieving the following four objectives during construction, operation, reclamation and closure of the mine:
Protect public health and safety
Minimize, mitigate or prevent adverse environmental impacts
Reclaim the site to a land use state consistent with surrounding conditions
Ensure long-term stability of the spent ore and waste rock storage area and site water quality
Western Copper and Gold believes we must be good corporate citizens, employ ethical business practices and engage with proximate communities, businesses and governments to be consistent with the goals of social responsibility.
We are working in partnership with Yukon and First Nation governments and local governments, employees, contractors and suppliers, other stakeholders and interest groups, and the public in general with the objective of creating lasting benefits.
We believe that Casino will make a significant and positive contribution to the well being of the people living in the provinces or territories in which we operate. We are committed to providing opportunities to generate wealth and to establish mutually beneficial partnerships.
Western Copper and Gold, through Casino Mining Corporation, is committed to respect the people who live near our projects, including their rights, languages, cultures and livelihoods.
The company believes that its future operations can provide opportunities and long-lasting benefits for nearby communities while respecting traditional livelihoods and land use. This can be achieved by building a relationship based on respect that is open, fair and allows for the mutual exchange of information.
Western Copper and Gold will work with First Nation governments in designing and conducting consultation that meets the needs of their communities and respects the rights and traditions of First Nations.