Aprylle Gilbert: Reviews
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September 8 at 5:22pm
Aprylle Gilbert-Hello from friend and fellow artist, Susan Toney. Aprylle, thanks for being one more soul using what hurt to bless others and bring others to healing and hope. All The Best, Susan
September 6 at 3:16pm
Your music is beautiful!
July 11 at 3:12pm
My step dad says Aprylle is really fantastic. He played music with her and he was really inpressed.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Love these songs!
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
I'm so glad I got the chance to listen to your music at Santana Row. Your lyrics really speak to the heart, which is the best kind of music.
Angela melodic revolution
AUGUST 17, 2009
Really enjoy your music you have a wonderful voice.
peace love and revolution
AUGUST 16, 2009
Listening to you right now in the row. Beautiful voice.
JULY 31, 2009
..Touching, heartfelt, deep and moving. WOW! Your voice and lyrics hit me in a place no other has, right in the heart. I can identify with it all. You are an amazingly talented and gifted woman Aprylle..
JULY 8, 2009
i have to admit, i havent heard something this beautiful in a LONG time!
JUNE 12, 2009
Aprylle, I couldnt help but purchase your CD. It usually takes me a few listens before I really begin to get in touch with the music-----HOWEVER, my comment is as follows----"From Your Soul". I wish you the best--Keep on keepin on!!!!
JUNE 2, 2009
I love your CD Aprylle :) Your voice hints of that peculiar quality of loveliness that eludes so many
MAY 18, 2009
You have a beautiful voice and you're a great songwriter. I love your CD...it is a must have! Congratulations...you are quite the artist!
Yin et yang
Apr 24, 2009 3:34 AM
I realy love your voice and your music.
You're so beautiful, sensitive, gifted.
Apr 4, 2009 1:23 PM
You are so exceptionally talented!
Mar 15, 2009 12:35 AM
Your music is beautiful, very emotional and warm.
Mar 13, 2009 5:32 PM
Great Songs and a amazing voice;-)
Feb 25, 2009 1:50 PM
You have such a tender style. It is very refreshing. Rosalinda
Feb 21, 2009 3:30 PM
Your voice is really feeling.
Feb 16, 2009 10:43 AM
I love the voice, the way you sing, natural.
Feb 11, 2009 3:55 PM
You have rare presence!
Feb 5, 2009 2:24 AM
Hey Aprylle - love your music, really sensitive and genuine.
Feb 2, 2009 5:21 AM
Listening to your music, I felt my heart comforted with your heartwarming voice.
I wish you good luck with your debut album from Japan.
Dec 22, 2008 11:24 AM
Howdy Aprylle. Just wanted to say that you have one of the sweetest voices I've ever heard.
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Otherwise Known As: 1667 or Die!
OK, first, I’m qualified to write on this topic because not only have I participated in National Novel Writing Month since I first found out about this incredible creative even in 2005, I have ‘won’ every year. For those who haven’t been bored to tears by my tales of typing woe and writer’s block, you win National Novel Writing Month by writing 50,000 words in the 30 days of November. The purists in the crowd may say 50K is short of a ‘real’ novel, but The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye and many other novels (novellas, really) are log in at right around 50K.
And I’m not just a past NaNo winner, I served as the Municipal Liaison (ML) for San Bernardino and Riverside counties in Southern California for many years. That’s a huge territory – the largest geographic region in the continental US. As ML, I organized parties, write-ins, online chats, answered emails, encouraged writers, talked to schools, set up a writing program at our local library and generally served as chief cheerleader for all the rest of the writers in my territory. I was responsible to not only finish my novel, but do everything I could to encourage everyone else in the region. It was amazing and fun and I learned a lot about how to succeed in crossing the 50K finish line. Let me share some of those hints with you.
1. Don’t Edit – It’s Not a Finished Manuscript – and it’s not meant to be one. Don’t forget that and don’t get hung up trying to create a perfect manuscript. This is a rough first draft. You need to put words on paper/computer screen. Don’t allow yourself to go back and tweak what you’ve written or you could get hopelessly bogged down. Just move forward. Keep typing. You’ll have plenty of opportunities in December or afterward to finish, to edit and fine tune your novel.
2. Hit A Roadblock? – Do something unexpected. Put a main character in danger, introduce a radically different new character, pull a “Dallas” and have the already-written portion turn out to be a dream sequence. You can always delete it all later. Or you may surprise yourself and find some brilliant nuggets of writing in the craziness.
3. Word Count is King – Do your very best not to fall behind in your daily word count. For those who haven’t participated in NaNo, that word count is 1667 per day to reach the finish line by Nov. 30th. That’s not a lot of words unless you’re a slow writer or get stuck somewhere along the way and then it can add up quickly, making catching up look damned near impossible. I’m visual so I use a handy excel spreadsheet designed especially for National Novel Writing Month word count tracking so I know exactly where I am, if I’m on track, and how many more words I need to complete each days’ word count. If you don’t have this great tool and would like a copy, send me an email or leave a comment here – I’m happy to share!
4. Banish Procrastination – Seriously, let the dishes pile up, forget the laundry and vacuuming, stock the fridge with frozen pizzas and juice, sodas, and easy-to-eat foods. I’m not a caffeine freak but plenty of NaNoers are. If you know you need a certain kind of fuel to spark your creative muse, stock up. This is your excuse to ignore the mundane chores and do something just for you. I do recommend talking to family and loved ones so they understand you haven’t gone off the deep end. After all, we don’t want them staging an intervention. Your job this month is to write. That’s all. Just write. So do it.
5. Try a Write-In – it may sound like a procrastination temptation (and it can be) but it’s also terribly encouraging to meet and write with other NaNo enthusiasts. Our group had word wars with prizes for most words written in a set time frame, most words written during the write-in and more contests like that. I had NaNo ninjas to chop through any barriers the writers encountered – and also for fun! It’s also great to get feedback on characterizations, scenes, plot points and more from your fellow writers. If you haven’t done so yet, go to http://www.nanowrimo.org and sign up for your local region. That’s where you’ll find out about write-ins and so much more. Most regions also have a TGIO (thank God it’s over) party where winners and almost-winners can share their tales of November and perhaps even read some of your opus.
6. Plan – OK, this should probably be higher up on the list, but I recognize that it’s not something everyone does. Or does well. If you’re already a confirmed planner, you probably won’t need this bit of advice, but if you’ve tried NaNo and failed or this is your first effort, take heed. I entered my first NaNo adventure with a great (I thought) well-planned idea and not much else. Two days in, I quickly realized I needed a map of this land I’d invented. I had to stop and create one. I also had to name countries, land masses, mountain ranges and lots of characters. If you don’t already have them bookmarked, find some good baby name websites or fantasy name generators and bookmark them NOW! Get a notebook or some file cards and jot plot points on them so you have at hand when you wonder where to go next. Even if it’s just a rough outline, it will be helpful. Or, if you have a more meticulous nature, outline your whole novel down to the elipses. Just don’t be surprised when your characters want to zag when when you’d planned to zig. That’s OK. It’s supposed to happen. Trust your characters and go with the flow. It’s so much easier that way. Remember, you can always go back and edit it later.
So those are just a few tips from me to get you started an on track. There will be plenty more on the NaNo website and in the pep talks they email out to participants.
National Novel Writing Month is an amazing, creative, exhausting event and you may discover new depths in yourself you never suspected. If you’ve ever wanted to write a novel, I encourage you to give it a try. It’s free and all you need is an idea and a little bit of insanity. Good luck and have fun!

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Author: Skitts PM
Naminé escapes from real life through madeup characters, but now the border between dreams and reality seems a little hazy. How could she fall in love with a drawing she made? .:AU, now NaminéAxel:. .:Complete:.Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Angst - Naminé & Axel - Chapters: 8 - Words: 35,886 - Reviews: 54 - Favs: 26 - Follows: 12 - Updated: 10-30-06 - Published: 09-02-06 - Status: Complete - id: 3136221
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o. "Sounds like" vIoLeNcE.AnGeR.HaTe. x. Flowers in the rain .x Acceptance of pain .o
His words died on his lips, as he felt the cold metal edges of the object he held reverently in the palm of his hand. The disco lights shimmered around the surfaces as it smoothly changed colours, rainbows bouncing around the walls.
She forgot her lucky charm. Or rather, didn't forget it, but left it behind. He didn't have any doubt that she hadn't meant to, but it had fallen from her pocket when she ran and now he was in possession of it. And if he had previously had any doubts about going after her, they had all been erased from his mind.
The object was a link between them. He had to go after her to give her it back. He would've gone after her anyway, but this cemented it for him. He was meant to follow her, wasn't meant to let her run away – the charm told him that.
He wasn't superstitious and didn't believe in 'luck' and ducking when he saw black cats. But he believed there must have been something special about that metallic papou fruit, as it was trying to bind them together, wasn't going to let her make the biggest mistake of her life.
Wasn't going to let her leave everything behind. Was going to tie her back into the past she couldn't leave, because she was part of it just as much as he was.
"Roxas?" asked Selphie loosely, clicking her fingers light-heartedly to the music. The blond haired boy was envious that she could accomplish that simple action – he never managed to get the hang of it, no matter how many times she told him where to place his thumb and fingers. "What's wrong? You've got this sort of … haunted … look on your face…"
He was haunted, and a minor part of him was amazed that Selphie had registered this. She was never the most … perceptive … of people, never one to notice emotion as acutely as Naminé.
Why was he even comparing Naminé to Selphie, anyway, when they were so different?
"Roxas? Earth to Roxas," she said in a sing-song voice she always adapted when somebody ate the last square of chocolate and she felt it her task to call them a greedy pig. She waved her hands in front of the boy's large cornflower blue eyes, trying to force him back into reality. The reality that was people dancing around and music and flashing lights and Selphie. Selphie didn't like to be ignored, everything about her was big – hair, personality, vibrant clothes, mouth because she talked so much.
Naminé was small and shy, a limp little wallflower hanging in the corner, everything about her tiny and petite and blanched white.
He had seen her with that boy with bright red hair whilst he was Olette and Selphie and Tidus, amongst other moving bodies, laughing and having fun. But when his eyes fell upon his former friend, he noted she wasn't having fun. He knew her so well that every slight change in her behaviour caught his eye, commanded his attention. He knew when she was happy or sad from the curve of her mouth and her eyes and her stance. The odd habits she had, when she played with her hair when she was lost for words and fidgeted from left foot to right when she was scared.
Somehow, Naminé had been drifting apart from him, so when they were once united as a team there were only two separate islands. He was fine, he was connected to the mainland, had a strong chain of friends he could rely on, but Naminé was drifting out to sea. She was lost.
He was worried about her.
He'd seen her run away.
He wondered what she was thinking.
Why she'd run off.
Hell, he was her friend, wasn't he? Even if she was a stray island now - she'd attempted to sever their links of friendship after pretty much ignoring him for a few weeks – he could always wade in and try to get her.
Maybe that was why she preferred the red-head over him – shortly after Naminé had exited the hall, he had run off after her, he wasn't afraid to claim her back when she tried to float away from him, too.
He was going to prove he could be a good friend to her. She was deeper than Selphie, more interesting than Selphie, ultimately kinder and sweeter and nicer and better. Just plain better. She wasn't plain, she was unique, and maybe all the people who had been ignoring her for so long were the plain ones. She was different, and despite all the white she wore it just made her more colourful, because nobody else wore white. It made her stand out because she tried so hard to fit in and just kept getting it wrong. It was sort of ironic really.
She had run off – but he could always run after her. He had missed her gentle company, her dark sense of humour, her sweet reassurance that no matter how crappy life seemed she could always paint a better picture of it.
And Naminé was that perfect picture.
"Do you have a headache?" Selphie asked worriedly, sounding a little bit like an over-protective T.V. mother who wanted to smother her child in bubble-wrap and marshmallow hugs to keep all the germs and illnesses away. Roxas, however, was suddenly thankful that she'd unwittingly conjured up a grand excuse for him to slink away.
"Yeah … A bit …" he mumbled, grabbing his head and placing a slightly pained expression on his face.
Selphie fell for it hook, line and sinker.
Naminé would've have done – she knew Roxas too well to fall for two dimensional lies. She would have persisted in her quest to discover what was really wrong, and then tried to make it all better when she found out. But Naminé wasn't there anymore. She didn't want Roxas in her picture anymore – and that stung. Just a little.
Quite a lot, actually.
"Oh, poor Roxy!" He didn't tell Selphie he hated it when she called him that and always had done. "Is the music too loud?" That was a stupid thing to say – Lenne's music was hardly thumping heavy rock that shook the foundations of houses and made dads complain about it not 'being music, just bloody noise'. "The lights too bright?" Of course, Roxas thought sullenly – I'm blinded, Selphie, blinded, infact, are you sure you're Selphie and not Olette? Or Tidus?
"Ung … I think I've just got a head-cold. I think I'll be … okay … Owch…"
"Oh no! I can't let my bestest friend be ill at Lenne's concert! It's just not fair!" she proclaimed, throwing her arms up theatrically. She sounded like a little girl, mad because her parents wouldn't let her buy that Barbie Doll in full cheerleader regalia. To be honest, Selphie's whining was actually starting to make Roxas' head pound. Ever so slightly.
"... Maybe I should go home…"
"My poor baby! It must be reaallllly bad if you're willing to miss out on the best event of our teenage lives!" Selphie, as stated before, had a huge mouth and so was not the best equipped to handle somebody who had an alleged headache because she couldn't turn her volume down. And her volume was always LOUD. "Do you want me to walk you home?"
That was easy. "No … I don't want you to miss out on it because of me. I'll walk back, maybe the fresh air'll make me feel better."
Selphie frowned slightly, not wanting to give up on Roxas without a fight. But the current song suddenly changed, and her eyes lit up as it was obviously one of her favourites, and Roxas' head-ache was old, old news. She would rather get up and dance. How convenient.
"Well… Okay… Don't talk to any strangers."
"And don't talk to any strange men!"
"I won't, Selph…"
"And don't get into fist fights! Don't get your poorly ass kicked and head bashed in and your guts spilt all over the floor!"
"I won't, mother," he reassured her, injecting a faint sense of humour into his voice. Because her words had sounded comic then. They had sounded funny … Sounded ludicrous.
Don't get your head bashed in and your guts spilt all over the floor!
Blonde hair fell around a pale face, strands blowing in an ethereal way in the breeze. The cold was seeping up through the ground to meet her white dress, soaking into the fabric and spreading through her flesh like the plague. She was cold, arms wrapped tightly around her shaking form and large blue eyes down-cast, empty, filled with the ghosts of tears.
She cried a lot.
Tears for Yuna, tears for Shuyin, tears for every one of the people she created and moulded with love and care. Most of the liquid that she shed from the eyeballs was mostly for herself, though. Everything was her fault, after all, so it was reason enough she should drown herself in her sorrow.
Sat on the cold, hard ground underneath the glowing neon lights that flooded the empty street, rain spattering around her – the weather must have known she was coming and the atmosphere morphed into sinister shadows. She even manipulated the weather.
Everything she painted with ridden with sadness and pain; when her fingertips ghosted any pure, perfected surface it would mould beneath her gentle touch. She took a clear sheet of paper, unblemished, and struck powerful red and green and black lines over it and made her a friend. A friend she deeply wished she actually had.
Not some silly figment of her imagination.
He seeped like poison into her veins, circulating around her body until her past memories were warped around that one person. Axel was destroying her life, or the fragments that were left of it.
Or maybe she was doing that all for herself.
With a strangled sort of sob, she let her head fall back against the wall, cracking dully. She welcomed the darkness and the cold with open arms – that was where she belonged.
"Naminé! Naminé!" voices, swirling around her in a complex patchwork of patterns, as memories flashed through her hazy mind. She groaned, nausea rolling over her in waves and bile pushing up to the back of her throat. Shoulders were shaken lightly, fingers clasping them in a firm yet gentle and definitely warm and welcome.
It was a change from the cold her body had been subjected to, as she drifted in and out of consciousness through splinters of memory, trying to pick apart the truth and the lies that made up the complex spider web that was her life.
The hands moved down from their position on her shoulders. Her own ones - death like and pale - were taken and squeezed comfortingly. She liked this sensation against the beating of the raindrops that danced all around her, attempting to drive her back to the ground, into her coffin. However, the person holding her wouldn't let her slip out of consciousness, wouldn't loose her again, as she pulled against the chest of somebody and arms wrapped around her.
"You're as cold as death, you stupid girl…" the voice berated, not in an angry way but a gentle one, treating her like a china doll. Hard words loaded with poison stings would only shatter her fragile skin and she'd break up.
She registered that voice.
"Mnn… Axel?" she tried.
There was a long pause, silence hanging around them. Naminé wished the boy – it was obviously a boy by the tone of voice and flat chest her head was laying on – would say something. The silence could be cut roughly by a cheese knife. Not that either of them had a cheese knife at hand – she didn't think so, anyway.
"I'm not 'Axel', silly. I'm Roxas," the boy finally spoke, only he wasn't some nameless, faceless 'boy' anymore. He'd given her a name to call him.
Her mind raked through her memories, and although it was firmly fixed on an Axel she didn't know a Roxas, and she wondered if she should be happy or glad it wasn't the red-head. She wondered why she was even sat on the cold floor, anyway, and wouldn't her mother be worried…?
Mother. Yuna. Flash.
"You bitch! You expect me to swallow the lies you've been drip-feeding me like poison? I saw you that fucking slut, Yuna – you, my own wife! What about our wedding vows? Didn't they mean anything to you? Or is some prostitute with a huge chest more important?"
He was angry. Naminé didn't like it when her daddy got angry. She tip-toed around him cautiously, as if on the ridge of some volcano ready to explode. And boy, had he exploded this time.
Her friends told her it was only normal for parents to have arguments over who had to clean the dishes or make the salad, and then forget their trouble with a ball game. And that was what all the previous arguments had been, really – niggling little things.
But she had enough sense to tell her daddy was far madder about this than he had ever been about who cleaned the carpet.
"Not in front of Naminé! Not in front of my little girl!" Yuna sobbed. She looked odd back then – she didn't have any cuts of bruises and she wasn't covered with blood. She was pretty, she looked like a model with her full lips and large eyes and brunette hair.
"I think our little girl has every right to hear about what you've been doing behind our backs! You don't 'care' about Naminé! If you did you wouldn't swan off with Tifa… You'd think of your family! Look at us! Look at your fucking family! Make a choice, Yuna – who's more important to you?" He gestured towards the family portrait hung on the wall in all its splendour. It was a nice painting, and Naminé often paused to examine it with a sad little smile on her little-kid face – they all looked so happy. Back then. In another time and another place they were happy, and Yuna could deal with Shuyin's temper tantrums and he was her king and never hit her, not once, and Yuna was a queen and Naminé was their little blonde princess.
"I love you!"
"Love us enough to abandon us for some common tart!"
"That's not … I … I … I love you both! I can't help it, Shuyin…" Tears were rolling down her cheeks, her normal smile flipped upside down, and Naminé cowered, attempting to hide herself behind one of the net curtains in the living room. It didn't block her vision, though.
Shuyin, like an enraged bull, broke his promise. He hit her mummy.
And that, for the little girl, was like the beginning of the end, the start of a downward spiral. Nothing got better after that, and her daddy was erased from her mind forever as a kind and caring man. She would never call him by that title again, because a daddy didn't hit a mummy. He wasn't he daddy.
He was just Shuyin. A nightmare.
"Naminé?!" Roxas cried in alarm as the girl muttered something incomprehensible that sounded like: 'No! Don't hit her again!'. He looked down sadly at the writhing girl, years knocked off her age until she wasn't even in double digits anymore.
He just wanted to take some of her pain away.
"Don't worry, Nam, I'm here, I'm your best friend, I'm Roxas … Roxas, remember?"
"Roxas … That's a familiar sound…" muttered the girl, as the dead-weight of her head crushed his chest.
At least she looked peaceful now.
Her friends cried when she had to leave. She cried when she had to leave, too. So really, nobody was happy. Downward spiral, dragging her under. It was affecting everybody. They asked her why she was going, over and over again until her head hurt from all the questions.
She didn't know why herself, only that the fight between Shuyin and her mummy had a vital role to play in it. In its most simplistic forms, he hit her and that changed everything, even her house and school and friends and life and personality. In it's most complex form, after the fight they had sat down on the sofa and discussed it as adults and decided it was best if they left all the bad memories behind, put the past behind them and moved on. Adult minds worked in strange ways – they couldn't understand that nothing would be the same again. They could try to bury the past events and shelter Naminé, but she knew that she'd never forget. Even if the memory left, she'd still never call Shuyin her father. Not now. Not ever.
She asked her why she had to leave for what had to be the thousandth time, and she looked down at her little white shoes and her little feet that pointed inwards like a child's doll and shook her head. She didn't know, didn't want to say.
"Don't you like us anymore?" asked the red-head, pouting. She was an … unreasonable girl, unquestionably the boss. She wasn't the wisest, or strongest, and, according to the silver-haired one, she was 'only a girl'. But she had appointed herself to the role and it wouldn't change. And she thought, using her six-year-old logic, that she was the boss and if she said Naminé couldn't go she couldn't and that was the end of it.
"Of course I still like you…"
"If you leave, you'll break your promise," she said in a stony way, folding her arms. "Remember when we all swore we'd be together for ever and ever and ever? If you leave we can't do that."
Everybody promises things they don't mean. At the wedding Shuyin and mummy promised each other they'd always love each other. Was love what they had shown to Naminé last night? Did love make you hit people, and lie, and up-root everybody's lives and tear little girls away from their home and their best friends?
That wasn't love. Naminé wasn't very old but she had a strong perception of what 'love' was, and it wasn't that.
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" Naminé said softly, and she saw the cold look on her friend's face and salty tears rolled down her cheeks and she hung her head and cried liked a lily in a flood. And then she cried, and that started a chain reaction and soon he was crying, and he was, and he was, then she was too. Six lonely children, all crying together as they all hugged their friend they'd probably never see again all because of a broken promise. A stupid mistake made by some very stupid adults.
And Kairi held her friend tightly and said she was sorry for being so horrible – she wasn't mad at Naminé. She was sad at Naminé. Sad for Naminé.
It didn't matter. In this downwards spiral, everybody was sad around her and sad at her. Kairi was just another name to add onto the list.
"What did you do to her?!" yelled the red-head in an accusatory way, pulling fretfully at his red hair in the same way Naminé's sleeping fits caused her to thrash around. He had every right to be worried, as he clutched the blonde's good luck charm and hoped to God it was lucky enough to bring her back from the nightmare she seemed trapped in. She meant everything to him, even though he'd only known her for a little while it felt like he'd known her all her life. An old friend. And when he finally found her, she delirious, rolling around and screaming in a most horrible way in her sleep in the lap of some other boy.
"I didn't do anything to her!" said Roxas in a defensive voice, moving to shield the girl from the lunatic he obviously thought Axel was. The red hair and tattoos wasn't really helping his image as a 'sane' person. He wouldn't, however, have much of that glorious crimson left at the agitated way he pulled at it.
"Then why the fuck's she rolling around like that in the cold?"
"What, are you saying it's my fault?!" Roxas shouted, blue eyes blazing with fury, and Axel laughed scornfully. How cute – the little kid was trying to act tough. He was a little like Naminé on that score – he was the stereotypical blond with blue eyes (yet he didn't have boobs, and the stereotypical blonde tended to be female, but he'd let that slide) and he couldn't look angry even he'd wanted.
"It sure looks that way, doesn't it?" Came Axel's curt reply, trying to fight down the anger welling up in his chest as blondie played dumb, feigning innocence. "What have you been feeding her? Crack?"
"You really think I'd feed Naminé drugs? Do I look like a junkie marijuana addict to you?"
"Well, I dunno, the blond hair and stupid expression could be a cover-up. You'd be the perfect person, actually, because nobody would suspect somebody like you would feed little girls illegal substances and then try to molest them…"
Roxas' mouth dropped open. The look on his face was priceless, but Axel didn't have time to think about that. He had to think about Naminé. He bent down over her.
"Who the fuck to do you think you are?!" Roxas demanded. "You could be the one feeding her crack and trying to molest her, from the look on your face. Stay away from her! You're not involved!" Naminé was like a little sister to him and he didn't want this junkie-looking, suspicious-looking person to be all over her with that fake look of concern slapped across his face.
Axel's green fluorescent eyes burned, and Roxas flinched slightly. "What the fuck do you know?! I'm her boyfriend, of course I'm involved!"
He flinched again, under the pain his words were causing him. Boy … Friend? His little sister – virtually – had a boyfriend? "Why did she run away from you?"
"I don't know… Why the fuck do you care?!"
"She ran away from me, too. I'm … I'm here best friend… Or I was. I don't know what I've done wrong…" Tears clouded Roxas' vision, and he looked away from this stranger who claimed to be Naminé's Romeo, her one-and-only, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. He wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing he'd struck a nerve. But so many nerves had been struck that night, in the past few minutes, that it wouldn't have made a difference. The atmosphere hung around them, cold and sharp and pointy like an icicle that refused to melt, even under all the heat the hatred drilled into the clear surface.
"… She runs away a lot…" said Axel slowly; choosing his words carefully, both of them eyeing the other, distrust flitting between them like butterflies. And Roxas nodded slowly in recognition, as he felt her cheek, tracing the lines gently with his fingertips. She was burning up.
"I wonder what she's running from…"
"… I think that wherever she's running, she'd like to have this," said Axel, revealing her charm to Roxas' large eyes.
Naminé sat on one of the large rocks that decorated the rising falls. It was of her 'gang's' little places where they hung out regularly, but this time there was no gang, just Naminé, and this would be the last time she ever sat there and felt like she belonged. She was small compared to all the water rising up to kiss heaven around her – but she had a part in the world around her and fit into her own little nook.
She was getting pulled out roughly of her piece of heaven and cast into hell. She didn't want to leave. She didn't want to be forced to run away.
"Mind if I sit down here?"
"No, not at all," she smiled sadly, as she budged up to make room for the almighty butt of her friend, Axel. She heard a dull thump over the rushing water as his denim pants met the rock surface.
There was a long pause, silence rushing between them like the cascading water, as the same melancholy smile still played about her young features. "Penny for your thoughts?" Axel's good-natured words injected through the sounds of liquid rising in a phenomenon that probably was based in some boring science-like fact, like climate or something. But they were little and didn't care about why things were, but just how they were. They didn't need to know about electricity, all they needed to know what that colourful pictures lit up in the TV when a button was pressed, and just marvel at how, because why seemed so unimportant. How the pictures moved in the black box, not why they did that graceful dance.
"I'm thinkin' that I'm going to miss you…"
"What a coincidence – me too," grinned Axel, although the look of mirth was not mirrored in his large, expressive eyes. "I'm going to really, really miss you."
"But we'll never forget each other – right?"
"That sounds like a promise."
"It'll be our promise, then," said Naminé in as stern a voice as she could manage, watching that waterfalls sparkle around her, light floating around her milky white dress and hair as she pulled out her lucky charm from her pocket, a cold, metallic papou fruit. She had heard about the properties of the fruit from Kairi in a little-girly conversation, and it seemed strange that love and destiny should be embodied in the yellow plush skin of a fruit. Even stranger that they tried to capture that in a cold object lacking all the worth and pink sugar-spun love cotton candy had. "We'll both hold this and make and promise and that means we can't ever ever break it, and when I get older I'll come back and see you guys and we can all be together again."
"We'll make it sure," she said confidently, needing something special to hold onto, some reminder of her friends she was going to leave behind. A reason for her to come back – this was a promise she promised herself she wouldn't break.
But she should have known better, as the two children held onto the object and wished for something…
That some promises you just couldn't keep.
As the years passed by, Naminé grew up from that little girl. She moved to Destiny Islands and met him, and he was replacement enough for all her old friends. They still lingered in her mind, but she drew them onto paper, getting them out of her head. They aged as she did, becoming no more than imaginary friends, as she reached out for somebody other than Roxas she found Axel and Kairi and Sora and Riku and Yuffie. She drew them all, and their parents, and her school friends, all aged to suit how she wanted them to be.
Yet she still broke her promise – she never realised who they were. She had no idea how important they were. She had no idea about that promise because she grew out of it, like how Shuyin said he'd always love Yuna and Yuna said she'd be faithful. She had no idea.
Present day flashed before her eyes as they snapped open to be greeted by two faces, staring down at her worriedly, spread across both their laps like a baby.
She couldn't stop the tears, as all the memories tore apart her mind, smashing against it like a sharp rock, making her bleed liquid from her eyeballs. And this time she wasn't as selfish to only cry for herself. She was crying for everybody else she'd allowed herself to forget. Her selfishness was still linked into this, though, because who forget them? She did… And even when they came back into her life so unexpectedly, she had no idea.
She wasn't insane – her drawings hadn't come alive. Her promise had – it brought them back. But she didn't remember, and she had a horrible feeling everything would come crashing down around her.
Promises only brought pain. Why should this one be any different?
"Axel… Why are you here?" she asked softly through her tears, as she sat, shared, in between Roxas and Axel. Both her friends, both very solid and real and important, and she'd run away from them both. Ran away from her promises. They both had their arms around her and both their coats to keep out the cold, although they were shivering. She didn't deserve it.
"I came to give you back your lucky charm. You dropped it."
"You made me remember my promise … Years ago…" She sniffled. She wondered if Axel remembered. "But … Why are you here now? Why are you on this island?"
He looked a little surprised at her out-of-the-blue question, but chose to answer it, figuring she must be delirious or something. Her face was a little red, and she did have a temperature – he grazed the back of his right hand swiftly across her forehead to check.
"Well … My old home … Hollow Bastion … Was hit by a hurricane … From the rising falls, these big ass waterfalls that go up, all this wind was getting driven from them and spun around. Crashed into the houses, wiped out the city, killed a few people… Most of us escaped, and got sent here… But I thought everybody knew that, it was all over the news."
"I don't watch the news," said Roxas and Naminé simultaneously, and they cast a knowing smile in the other's direction, like looking in the mirror at a reflection. "It's too depressing…" Naminé finished, playing with her blonde hair. "I had no idea. I went sort of crazy…"
"We all know you're crazy, Nam," said Roxas good-naturedly, and the three of them, brought together, laughed softly. As if was something they were meant to do – the three of them were aligned under the same stars or something corny like that and their paths were always meant to intertwine. Roxas and Axel were linked through the lucky charm, through Naminé.
She'd promised Roxas she'd never forget him, too, on the same metal papou fruit.
And they sat and chatted, on the floor in the dark and cold, pools of bright pink and green neon lights washing over them in an unreal way, as Naminé drew Axel and Roxas together, giggling and asking questions and offering quick kisses on the cheek to both of her friends – brought together by one promise.
One promise … She'd forgotten, in her sudden rush of warmth and love that no promise ends well. She'd forgotten about Shuyin. But he hadn't forgotten about her.
He was getting more and more pissed off as he staggered around, looking around for his princess in a drunk haze. He had killed Yuna … It was ringing through his head, and he didn't quite believe it to be true, but it was. He had killed Yuna … He had to get out, before Tifa found out and called the police. Had to run away. Had to get away.
He staggered around, just wanting to rewind and maybe … stop hitting her so hard. But it was too late for regret – it hadn't invaded his cold heart for years, and it suddenly came flowing back like warm hot chocolate pouring through his veins instead of ice. He felt sorry for Yuna. He replayed it again and again, he fragile body falling to the ground, and he had laughed at her, breath scented of beer. Tifa cared about her – maybe she would have been better off if, all those years ago, she had taken Naminé with her to live with Tifa and Axel. Of course she would've been better off – she wouldn't have died.
It was all his fault.
He remembered the wedding, when she was sat in her dress made of frothy white lace and that huge smile and the bouquet and the veil and she had been truly happy. Then the arguments began, small and niggly at first, but they soon expanded. Was that when she ran to find help, ran to Tifa, and made up all those lies? To get away from him …
Well, if he was going to hell for this, he might as well drag Naminé down with him, she was his daughter, and it was like daughter, like father. She would take after her dad – he wanted to have meant something. Naminé was the only person left who meant something in his life. Yuna was too dead to think about Shuyin – she was a good girl. She was probably in heaven with those who cared about her.
Naminé would join him in hell. He was all she had left, she was all he had left. And that was logic. Pure and simple fact.
He didn't know she was just fine without him, and had been for several years, ever since she was six years old. He staggered through the streets, the neon bright lights burning his eyes, as his vision adjusted, resting on three children. Teenagers. Talking and laughing. And to his surprise, his Naminé was one of them.
She was accepted … She had been unhappy for so long, only he was too drunk to realise, eyes sewn shut with hatred. He opened them now, and didn't like what he saw. His Naminé, acting like a slut stringing two boys along, kissing them both and giggling in that short little dress. She made herself fit in by being a slut. Well, she was talking with Tifa's son.
"Naminé!" he screamed, eyes blood-shot, and the threesome all turned their head. Naminé's eyes widened in alarm, as she tried to hide behind Axel and Roxas, who rose like shields. Trying to defend their princess.
They couldn't. Shuyin tore through their defences and yanked Naminé to her feet so hard she swore her arm would come flying form its socket.
"Leave her alone!" shouted Axel, trying in vain to rescue Naminé, as she was roughly dragged away.
"Where are you taking me?!" shouted the girl, her life falling down around her as she struggled, but he was to strong. "Where are we going?!"
"We're leaving…" Shuyin answered curtly, eyes narrowed. "We can't come back. Ever."
"What about mother?"
"Yuna's not coming with us."
"Naminé, be a good girl. We're going," he shouted, spittle landing on her face, as he raised her fists. She shrunk back, and Axel and Roxas both tried to run after her to get her back.
Promises were never meant to be kept.
No matter how hard they ran Naminé knew they would never be able to reach her.
She broke her promises – she ran away from Roxas, she ran away from Axel. Now, when things were looking up, she was forced to run away from both of them.
That was all Naminé could do. Run away. Run further away, deeper into hell, as Shuyin forced her into the back of a cab.
Once she started running, she couldn't stop, even if she wanted to.
Amongst all the jostling, her lucky charm tumbled back out of her pocket, and Axel was left holding it, broken-hearted, eyes wide. Memories were slowly starting to affect him too, or maybe he knew all along and was waiting for her to remember.
When she did, it was too late.
"You broke your promise, Naminé."
"Everybody promises things they don't mean."
"Espeically you… Naminé."
Ooh. Is sad. And rushed. I like the flash backs. And hopefully all is revealed. My friend Lamatikah forced me to write this cause I was all 'CAN'T BE BOTHERED'. Lol. Poor Axel. Poor Roxas. Poor Naminé. I guess when she remembered her promise it was too late because she'd already broken it. This chapter is 13 pages long … Wonder if there's any significance to this xD. And Nami Axel Roxas friendship is cool – I love it . Review, please!


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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: New Zealand Vs Scotland Match Live Streaming Online Star sports & cricinfo.com: Match number 6 in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is going to pit New Zealand against Scotland, NewZealand Vs Scotland is scheduled on 17 February, 2015 at time: 11 a.m. local time, 10 p.m. GMT. World Cup 2015 begins from February 14, 2015 and ends on March 29, 2015. There are various channels that will be telecasting the World Cup 2015.
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 17
Start Time: 11 a.m. local time, 10 p.m. GMT (Feb. 17)
TV Info: Live on Sky Sports 2 (UK) sports & cricinfo.com
Live Stream: Sky Go
Squad: Brendon McCullum (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Luke Ronchi (wkt), Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori, Kane Williamson.
Coach: Mike Hesson
Squad: Richie Berrington, Kyle Coetzer (vice-capt), Freddie Coleman, Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Hamish Gardiner, Majid Haq, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, Calum MacLeod, Preston Mommsen (capt), Safyaan Sharif, Rob Taylor, Iain Wardlaw.
Coach: Grant Bradburn

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Address: 323 Le Van Sy Street - District 3 - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam
Stylish and chic, Ramana Saigon Hotel, let you enjoy an idyllic retreat in sheer tropical luxury with its comprehensive facilities and tasteful decor. Sheltering from the metal and concrete surroundings, Ramana Hotel is the ideal tropical hideaway for your business or leisure trips.
Address: 112 An Phu Dong 11 - District 12 - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam
Silver Creek City Resort is a luxurious resort hotel surrounded by landscaped gardens. It is ideally situated in the junction connects Saigon with provinces, just 12 km from Tan Son Nhat International Airport and 15 km from the city centre, close to many international businesses and leisure attractions.

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Stewardship and land preservation were some of the final goals upon the purchase of the Hosmer farm in the early 1930s. Four generations later, when good land stewardship, sustainability, and ecological awareness is a global concern to more than just agricultural producers, Hosmer Winery is proud to be a leader in economically friendly wine production as a fully functioning estate winery. By preserving and building soil and exploring new ways to reduce environmental impacts, the vines can inhabit a site less altered by modern agricultural input.
Recognized environmental practices at Hosmer Winery which are considered to be important include:
- Completion of Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) survey which is a complete assessment of our agricultural practices and their environmental impact
- Awarded “Lake Friendly Farm” for our continued conservation efforts
- Hosmer Winery received a National Conservation Stewardship Award for past conservation practices
- We are Networking with Cornell University ‘s weather monitoring system with our own on-site weather station to use state of the art pest and disease forecast models.
Future developments that are of interest to Hosmer Winery include:
- The use of eco-friendly light weight glass packaging
- The use of biofuel in our vineyard equipment

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After winning the title, LeBron hit up LIV nightclub to rock out with LMFAO.
Last night, while at an All-Star Game afterparty, Lil’ Wayne performed at a Houston club, and went on a rant about his ejection from..
The Nike LeBron plays as canvas to a tribute to Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” Album. The WTT Nike LeBron 9..
Wale stopped by ESPN this morning to confront Skip Bayless on his negative view of LeBron James.
The cover of Sneaker Freaker debuts the upcoming LeBron James signature shoe in a Miami colorway. Look for a number of other colorways and..
Florida group Educated Hustlers utilizes some LeBron James audio from his “decision” as the foundation to their newest track,..
Not really, though, considering the internet has eaten him alive regarding his quickly fading hairline. Funny he addressed it.
If you live outside of Miami and have been waiting on the release of the South Beach Nike Air Max LeBron 8, your wait is almost over as the..
A lot of people are raving about this commercial and I agree with the masses. This commercial has LeBron colliding head on with a lot of..
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Rain Curtains IRL Tests for Haudenschild, Hodnett FORT WORTH, TX (December 4) - Heavy overnight precipitation delayed Friday's sessions and limited Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series star Jac Haudenschild to only 44 laps in his Indy Racing...
Rain Curtains IRL Tests for Haudenschild, Hodnett
FORT WORTH, TX (December 4) - Heavy overnight precipitation delayed Friday's sessions and limited Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series star Jac Haudenschild to only 44 laps in his Indy Racing League test at Texas Motor Speedway Friday.
Haudenschild was limited to 44 laps as he tried to earn his IRL competition license. He turned a lap of 192.77 m.p.h. and almost completed his first test phase before the session ended. Fellow Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series racer Greg Hodnett was also scheduled to compete in the test, but the session ended before he was able to take any laps in the Pennzoil Panther Racing G Force machine usually driven by Scott Goodyear.
Even though Haudenschild didn't earn his IRL license, it was still a dream come true to drive an Indy Car.
"This is something I have been looking forward to for years," Jac said. "I have been really working on this for four years. I'm still pinching myself making myself believe it's true."
A trio of United States Auto Club short track stars earned their IRL competition licenses Thursday. Tony Elliott, Jay Drake and Ryan Newman passed all four phases of the IRL Rookie Test and earned the right to compete in 1999 IRL events.
A recent agreement between the Indy Racing League and the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series and USAC granting IRL rookie tests to the top drivers not already IRL-licensed gave the talented drivers the opportunity to tackle the 1.5-mile super speedway.
The IRL Rookie Test was supervised by Director of Racing Operations Brian Barnhart with Goodyear and three-time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford assisting in the driver evaluations. Four phases of the test were conducted with each rookie candidate with an ultimate speed limit of 210 m.p.h. imposed for the first session.
"The participants really impressed us with their ability to absorb everything about the Indy Racing League cars and produce solid laps in such a short time," Barnhart said. "Some of the future stars of the league were here and we are glad to be able to offer these drivers the opportunity to earn their licenses." WoO

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Sean Young (born November 20, 1959) is an American actress, best known for her performance in films from the 1980s such as Blade Runner, Dune, and No Way Out.
Young was born as Mary Sean Young in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Lee Guthrie, a screenwriter, public relations executive, and journalist, and Donald Young, a television news producer and journalist. She attended Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and then transferred to and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. She has also attended the School of American Ballet in New York. Before becoming an actress, Young worked as a model and dancer.
Young began her film career in 1980 in the film Jane Austen in Manhattan, followed by a small role in the 1981 film Stripes, and played female lead opposite Harrison Ford in the futuristic classic Blade Runner (1982). She had a small role in the film Wall Street as the wife of Michael Douglas's character. Her role was originally intended to be larger, but was significantly reduced due to clashes with Oliver Stone.

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Cake
I am a sucker for seasons. Especially at the dawn of a new season, I like to get in the mood; Decorations, food, activities. Each new season brings new and exciting activities. Unfortunately since we live in Florida we typically have two seasons; Winter & Summer. However, this year it seems to be different.
For the last week my air conditioner has not kicked on. Not even once! This in itself would shock my hubby since he likes to keep the house super cool. I have had the windows open, nice fresh air coming in the house, the crock-pot on, goodies in the oven. Seriously, it has been like Norman Rockwell’s version of Fall in my house. It’s kinda weird, but good. We have been going outside to play more, and just enjoying this beautiful weather.
Inside I am ready to get some Pumpkin and Apple recipes going. I even saw my favorite apples at the store this week, HONEYCRISPS. If you have never tried one, you don’t know what you are missing, YUM! Back on topic, I thought I would make this really great Pumpkin Cream cheese Swirl cake. I still have cream cheese stacked in my fridge from that sale a couple weeks ago. 🙂 This recipe when I first found it called these bars, but when they are done it makes the moistest, lightest cake you have ever tasted. It is like heaven in a bite. So, I call it a cake. They aren’t the right consistency to be called bars. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I have. It is a keeper.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl CakePrint Recipe
- 6 TBSP Butter Melted
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 Cup Pumpkin Canned
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 tsps Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 8 oz cream cheese
- Preheat oven to 350 0 F.
- In a bowl beat together butter and 1 1⁄2 cup sugar with mixer until smooth.
- Beat in 2 eggs, Pumpkin, and 1/3 cup water until well blended; Scraping down sides if needed.
- In a separate bowl mix together the Flour, spices, Baking powder, and baking soda.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and until well blended.
- Spread batter into a 13x9 buttered and floured baking dish.
- In a small bowl beat together cream cheese, 1 egg and 1⁄4 cup sugar.
- Spoon the Cream cheese mixture over the pumpkin mixture. Use a butter knife to swirl the two together.
- Bake at 350 0 for 25-30 minutes or until center of pumpkin batter (not cream cheese) spring back when touched.
- Let cool completely in pan, then cut into 24 bars.
Preheat oven to 350 ⁰ F.
In a bowl beat together butter and 1 ½ cup sugar with mixer until smooth.
Beat in 2 eggs, Pumpkin, and 1/3 cup water until well blended; Scraping down sides if needed.
In a separate bowl mix together the Flour, spices, Baking powder, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and until well blended.
Spread batter into a 13×9 buttered and floured baking dish.
In a small bowl beat together cream cheese, 1 egg and ¼ cup sugar.
Spoon the Cream cheese mixture over the pumpkin mixture. Use a butter knife to swirl the two together.
Bake at 350 ⁰ for 25-30 minutes or until center of pumpkin batter (not cream cheese) spring back when touched.
Let cool completely in pan, then cut into 24 bars.
If you are a fan of Pumpkin, I am sorry cause you are gonna love these so much you will gain 10 lbs. 😉 They are that good! I am going in the kitchen right now to save myself and put them in a container to go in the freezer. Otherwise…it would be sad, so sad, cause I would eat every last one of them.
I cannot wait to try it! Lucky me I just got some fresh cooking pumpkins today!
That looks really good. I just got 10 packages of free cream cheese that I have to use up. LOL.
I made pumpkin bread yesterday, but I happen to have one can of pumpkin left. I think I’m going to be buying some cream cheese today! Yum!
(I found you via I Heart Publix by the way.)
I wonder if I could make this in a bar pan? It looks delish, cant wait!
I LOVE your site more and more each day. I have been looking for a pumpkin recipe to serve to my guests at my fall open house tomorrow, and to my surprise, you posted exactly what I had in mind! My family and I really enjoy many of your recipes, so I know this will be a winner! I already love it since I have all of the ingredients in my kitchen! Thanks a million!
Yum, pumpkin and cream cheese. It looks wonderful.
WOW WOW WOW that’s all I can say. I just made these and they are DELICIOUS!! For a recipe that’s made from scratch, they are actually really easy! I can’t wait to eat another!
Georgeann! They are good aren’t they!? I am so glad you liked them, and you are right…the recipe is incredibly easy! I had to hide mine in the freezer…I am trying really hard not to remember they are in there. 🙂
Can’t wait for the gluten free recipe, these look so good!
Looking forward to the GF recipe!!
YUMMY!!! 🙂 I cannot wait to make these.
That was so yummy! Thanks so much for the recipe.
These were so good! Definately a keeper.

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Dr. Sharif Mohammad Brings Experience to College of Dentistry from Several Dental Schools
Dr. Sharif Mohammad recently joined the department of restorative dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry as a clinical assistant professor. He brings experience from a variety of dental schools.
Mohammad received his DDS from the Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland. He also completed a general practice residency in Poland. He performed a U.S. general practice residency at Forum Western Reserve Health Dental Services in Youngstown, OH, and then moved on to the University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry, where he completed a fellowship in geriatric dentistry. Mohammad then did his specialty training in prosthodontics while also earning a master of science in Dentistry at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry.
Mohammad has worked as a part-time assistant professor at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and as a clinical instructor at UCLA’s dental school. As a researcher, he has focused on the clinical applications of biomaterials. The Journal of Dental Research and the Journal of Dental Biomaterials have published his research articles.
“Dr. Mohammad will be teaching in the pre-patient care and clinical predoctoral program, including the predoctoral implant, fixed and complete denture programs,” said Dr. Stephen Campbell, head, restorative dentistry.
“My goal is to excel in my position as an educator and faculty member of the College,” Mohammad said. “To make a difference and help students with understanding dental procedures in a way that makes sense to them.” He noted that he plans on “assisting in the implant and denture clinics. I have interests in new dental technology, implant dentistry, and high-quality aesthetic restorations.”

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We apply a new description of thermal fundamental string probes to the study of finite temperature Wilson loops in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Previously this problem has been considered using extremal probes even though the background is at finite temperature. The new description of fundamental string probes is based on the blackfold approach. As a result of our analysis we find a new term in the potential between static quarks in the symmetric representation which for sufficiently small temperatures is the leading correction to the Coulomb force potential. We also find an order 1/N correction to the onset of the Debye screening of the quarks. These effects arise from including the thermal excitations of the string probe and demanding the probe to be in thermodynamic equilibrium with the Anti-de Sitter black hole background.
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ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Naeem Bukhari has been restrained from working as chairman of Pakistan Tv (PTV) by the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom.
The choice was introduced by a single-bench led by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday whereas listening to a set of petitions difficult Bukhari’s appointment citing it a violation of a 2018 Supreme Courtroom judgment in a suo motu case.
In right this moment’s listening to, Justice Minallah questioned if the federal government had relaxed the age-limit previous to the appointment. To which, the Ministry of Data and Broadcasting stated two summaries have been forwarded to the federal cupboard on November 13 and 26.
The choose remarked that the federal cupboard didn’t make a transparent choice on enjoyable the age restrict, including that Bukhari was a revered determine however “nobody was above the legislation”.
The ministry consultant knowledgeable the court docket that the summaries contended Bukhari to be an skilled and worthy candidate for the put up, including that the federal cupboard had authorized the summaries.
“Did you inform them of the apex court docket verdict? By omitting it, you might be embarrassing the federal cupboard as nicely,” noticed the IHC chief justice.
Justice Minallah remarked that the court docket doesn’t sometimes intervene within the government’s choice and directed the ministry to position a revised abstract earlier than the federal cupboard for evaluate of the earlier choice.
The listening to was adjourned for 2 weeks.
The SC judgment
In a suo motu case on Ataul Haq Qasmi’s appointment as chairman and director of the state-run tv, the highest court docket ordered the federal authorities to nominate a full-time managing director after fulfilling all authorized, procedural and codal formalities strictly in accordance with the legislation.
The judgment, authored by former prime choose Mian Saqib Nisar, famous that public officers, significantly heads of ministries who have been elected representatives of the folks, owed their allegiance and loyalty to Pakistan, the Structure and the legislation. They have been obligated to behave accordingly and with out being influenced by extraneous issues.


SANJURO EP Available on streaming platforms
SILVER TIGER (Heavy/Power, MX) presents its second EP entitled SANJURO, which is already available through digital platforms.
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With the release of the EP, SILVER TIGER also presents the lyric video for HASHIRA FLAMES, the opening song of SANJURO.
SILVER TIGER publicly thanks the great work of Memo Rivas and Felipe del Valle; and hope that these songs reverberate in the players of all lovers of Heavy / Power.
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SkyMiles deal alert: Great Delta One availability to Japan starting at 100k miles R/T
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.
If you're thinking of flying to Japan next year, why not do it in style?
Better yet, why not fly in Delta One? That's right, as reported by TPG reader Spencer we're seeing one-way deals from around the U.S. to Osaka (KIX) starting at just 64,000 SkyMiles plus taxes and fees or 100,000 miles return. We're also seeing flights to Tokyo (HND) for 140,000 miles return. This is a steal for a nearly 12-hour flight across the Pacific, because one-way tickets can run you as much as 160,000 SkyMiles one-way. Note that all routes include a stop except for Seattle (SEA), which is nonstop. In case you're wondering, we value Delta SkyMiles at 1.2 cents each, making a 64,000 SkyMiles one-way ticket worth $768.
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The long-haul routes are operated on Delta's 767-300 Delta One product which, while dated, is still laid out in a 1-2-1 configuration that provides aisle access for all seats in the cabin. We're seeing pretty wide-open availability between March and June 2020, but check for yourself to see what you can find.
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Have you heard of KickStarter.com? It’s a cool site where people can raise money for creative project of all kinds. Ordinary people like you and me can support these projects. Here’s the kicker: the team must reach the monetary goal by 3-month deadline or else they don’t get any of the money that was pledged.
Well, a colleague of mine has started a kickstarter project with her sister to create CDs of classical music with narration for children. They plan to distribute the CD to schools where art programs are being cut. Read all about their project below, or click here to visit their official KickStarter page. There you will find a video with more info and you can make your pledge. With your support, they can go ahead with the CD project and you can receive a copy too! The CD looks like it could be a great resource to use during group lessons with piano students or young children — I’m excited to receive mine. Please read more about their project and consider supporting Sonya and Elizabeth.
Sonya & Elizabeth Schumann’s KickStarter Project | Piano Carnaval CD: Classical Music and Stories for Kids
Who are we?
We (Jeanne and Sonya) are classical concert pianists who happen to be sisters. We decided to record a children’s CD which, through narrative storytelling, is an attractive vehicle for classical piano pieces.
Why do we want to record a children’s CD?
Government funding for Arts Education has been cut everywhere, and we’re worried that children are not exposed to classical music. If classical music could be presented to young children in a way that captured their imaginations, a larger audience of children could grow to love music in a way that would enrich their whole lives.
What is the goal?
To allow elementary school aged children to discover the world of classical music
What are the objectives?
1. To record a CD!!
2. To distribute free copies to programs and educators where arts funding is being cut.
So, what is the narrative plot of the CD?
The recording will present 20 short movements and classical piano pieces, each shorter than 2 minutes. These pieces will be presented within two narratives, in a combination of the classic radio drama and a concert of classical favorites.
The first story, written in verse, is about a little girl who loves animals so much that she hides at the zoo’s closing time and is locked inside overnight. There she sees wondrous things: A tortoise who moves so slowly that he sees everything else in the world as a blur, a midnight skeleton ball (tuxedo clad fossils!) and a myriad of other mysterious creatures doing bizarre and whimsical things. This poetry is based around the Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals”, written for two pianos.
In the second story, the little girl has a magic, talking piano, which plays any piece she asks. At first she uses the piano so that her strict grandma and grumpy piano teacher will think she’s practicing… However, they think her playing is so marvelous that they send her on concert tour with her piano! Trapped in her own fibs, she fools everyone into thinking she is a prodigy, until the inevitable moralistic end, when the piano tires of her hubris and refuses to play for her! Every piece that the magical piano performs will be logically integrated into the dialogue.
How do we plan to spend your hard earned money?
Although our musicians, artists, writers, voice actors and producers are donating their time, talent, and resources, putting out a high quality record will be expensive. Kickstarter funds will pay for instrument rental, studio time, and recording equipment, as well as partially covering the costs of the audio engineering/mixing, team transportation, disc duplication, distribution and publicity.


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A truly dystopian event took place at the Sioux Falls Stampede hockey game on Saturday night.
During a break in play, 10 South Dakota teachers scrambled on the ice to collect as many dollar bills as they could in five minutes. The money they collected was to go towards their classroom or school.
Fans in the stands cheered the teachers on, but commentary online suggested the inaugural “Dash for Cash” was “demeaning.”
The junior hockey team promoted the “Dash for Cash” event where teachers from ten area schools, who had to apply, would compete to grab the most cash.
CU Mortgage Direct donated $5,000 in one-dollar bills for the event.
The teachers also sold tickets to the game, and each ticket sold equaled a $5 donation to their school, according to KELO.
“With everything that has gone on for the last couple of years with teachers and everything, we thought it was an awesome group thing to do for the teachers,” Ryan Knudson, Director of Business Development and Marketing for CU Mortgage Direct, told the Argus Leader. “The teachers in this area, and any teacher, they deserve whatever the heck they get.”
Those who participated in the game, which has been compared to Netflix’s Squid Game, were grateful for the opportunity.
“I think it’s really cool when the community offers an opportunity like this for things that educations a lot of times pay out of pocket for,” Alexandria Kuyper, a fifth grade teacher, said.
“I’ve been throwing my name in the hat everywhere I can find so that way I can get opportunities to get money for the kids,” Barry Longden, who planned to use whatever money he grabbed for the e-sports club he coaches.
On average teachers in South Dakota earn $49,000, and their salary ranks 49th in the United States.
But when video of the event hit the internet and it went viral, the “Dash for Cash” did not go over well.
Many compared it to scenes from Squid Game or the Hunger Games trilogy.
After the five minutes were up the 10 teachers made out with a range of hauls. The highest amount taken home was $616, while the lowest was $378.
“No doubt people probably intended it to be fun, but from the outside it feels terrible,” Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers president, tweeted.
I also believe this was meant to be a fun event, but there could have been a much better way of putting this on.
Share your thoughts with us about this Dash for Cash event, and then share this post on Facebook to keep the conversation going.


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These days, social media is hard to avoid. Social media presents an opportunity for us to share glimpses into our everyday lives, thoughts, and opinions and connect with others. However, what you post on social media is fair game as far as evidence in court. If you’re inactive litigation, it’s best to avoid posting on social media altogether, especially if you question whether or not it could work against you.
Social Media Posts as Evidence
For as long as social media has been around, it has been used in litigation. Social media often presents a wealth of evidence for legal teams, as these apps and websites have so many users who post daily. Anything you post online could be retrievable, too, even if you delete it.
Social media is something that many people consider very personal. For this reason, they may be more willing to post things that could potentially be incriminating, including content about underage drinking or sexting, drug use and possession, and destruction of property or other violence. However, anything you post on social media can be used as evidence against you in court. This evidence can also use it to argue that you have not suffered the consequences of a personal injury case. For instance, if you claim your injury left you immobile, but you post about travel and other outings, that may be used to prove that your injury was not that bad at all, and your payout could decrease.
What Should I Do if I am in an Active Case?
Of course, you should never be engaging in criminal activity. But you should also know that images posted on any social media site can be used against you in criminal and civil trials. For instance, evidence from social media has been used in divorce proceedings, personal injury cases, and more. That means you should always be careful about what you’re posting or sending through social media. It could be used against you in the future.
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New Crown Terroir Disease Outbreak Prevention Key To Prevent Serious Illness He Bailiang Advocates Cancel Quarantine For Close Contacts
The Hong Kong government’s anti-epidemic policy goes against the grain, making society and the economy increasingly backward, lagging behind countries or regions, and recently announced the regularization of more mobile sampling stations. Hong Kong University Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases Director Ho Pak-leung said on a radio show today (7th) that the novel coronavirus is trending towards endemic diseases. nucleic acid testing and the attempt to stop the spread of the local virus is derailing the world and is an inappropriate public health measure. .
He also stressed that the current goal of epidemic prevention is to prevent severe cases and it is no longer necessary to identify patients with mild or asymptomatic symptoms.The government should consider WHO recommendations, cancel the home quarantine obligation for close contacts who have vaccinated and allow them to go to work and school as usual.People living with confirmed cases must be classified as close contacts and quarantined at home for at least 7 days, which has a big impact on public services. Furthermore, he said it is not excluded that the government will routinely make mobile sampling stations for reverse isolation measures with the mainland to facilitate mainland citizens to receive tests. nucleic acid test, should explain with reasons.

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If you will have some stressful days, your home will be part of the places that will help in your relaxation needs. If you would want to have some essential place that you can rest and have some good sleep the bedroom will be that place for you.
A good bedroom should always bring the best moments of relaxation. For your home, the decoration will be part of the things that will stand to offer the perfect kind of the ultimate space that you can enjoy most of your times today.
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Knowing how the hardwood floors and the laminate floors will compare is crucial and you should learn more about the same. Moreover, you should realize that the vinyl Flooring will be a crucial aspect to consider for your bed area. It is one of the economic choices that you can make in the modern world if you would like to have something that you can afford for your bedroom.
It is a good idea to know that it easy to install platform will be something that you can do on your own. For your natural looking floor choice, one of the top options that you can use for the bedroom area it will be essential if you will know more about cork flooring. In the list of the best bedroom flooring, you can read more about the tiles if you would like to have something that will suit any kind of bedroom area.

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Slotted Corners Photo Album Effect in CSS
The code creates an effect where the photographs appear as if they are slotted into an album page.
The shadows and cut-out corners simulated by the CSS give the impression that two corners of each photo are inserted into slits on the page, similar to a traditional photo album. This visual trick is achieved through specific CSS properties that manipulate the shadows and shapes to give depth and realism to the paper-like background and photo presentation.


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Jonas is Absolut Art’s Stockholm curator. Well-known and respected as a high-profile contributor to pop culture, Kleerup established Galeri Jonas Kleerup in 2006 to create a unique platform for contemporary art in Stockholm, combining conceptual art with performances and interventions by architects, musicians, photographers and painters, to support the best of Stockholm’s cutting edge and street-savvy artists. “I am really excited about Absolut Art. Absolut has strong associations with the contemporary art scene in Stockholm. Because of this, leading galleries and artists have been very positive about our collaboration. Absolut Art brings puts Stockholm’s art scene on the map and will help artists find new markets worldwide.”.
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DJ Snake, J Balvin and Tyga have release a new hot theme for the summer entitled “Loco Contigo,” available on all digital platforms.
Today also marks the premiere of the video “Loco Contigo”, directed by Colin Tilley (an award-winning filmmaker known for his work with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj).
With its seductive and global rhythms along with undeniable melodies “Loco Contigo” DJ Snake and his collaborators define Latin music for the pop world of today. Named “global reggaeton ambassador” by the New York Times and winner of three Latin Grammys, J Balvin lights the track with his magnetic presence that has made him one of the most popular artists in the world. Meanwhile, Tyga brings his urban flow in which he listens and feels on his seventh album he just released, Legendary (album that includes his success “Taste” along with the rappero Offset, and the theme has become five times platinum on the Billboard Hot 100 top ten).
“Loco Contigo” comes as the latest single from a series of powerful tracks by DJ Snake, which includes the hip-hop anthem All-star “Enzo” (a collaboration with Sheck Wes, along with Offset, 21 Savage and Gucci Mane) and the international platinum double hit “Taki Taki” (along with Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B).
Known for his explosive live set, DJ Snake is getting ready to appear at many of the biggest summer festivals in the world. For more information on upcoming tour dates visit http://djsnake.com/tour. Soon we will announce more.
DJ SNAKE TOUR DATE:
- June 21 – Las Vegas, NV @ Encore Beach Club
- June 22 – Ottawa, ON @ Escapade Music Festival
- June 23 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music festival
- June 28 – Cologne, Germany @ Bootshaus
- June 29 – Marmande, France @ Garorock
- July 4 – Salzburg, Austria @ Electric Love
- July 5 – Arras, France @ Main Square
- July 6 – Figueira da Foz, Portugal @ RFM Somnii
- July 6 – Novi Sad, Serbia @ EXIT Festival
- July 7 – Zamárdi, Hungary @ Balaton Sound
- July 7 – Constanta, Romania @ Neversea
- July 10 – Athens, Greece @ Primer Music Festival
- July 11 – Neustadt-Glewe, Germany @ Airbeat One
- July 12 – Joensuu, Finland @ Ilosaarirock
- July 13 – Split, Croatia @ Ultra Europe
- July 13 – Barcelona, Spain @ Barcelona Beach Festival
- July 20 – Boom, Belgium @ Tomorrowland
- July 21 – Weeze, Germany @ Parookaville
- July 25 – Cap D’Adge, France @ Amnesia
- July 27 – Boom, Belgium @ Tomorrowland
- July 28 – Las Vegas, NV @ Encore Beach Club
- August 2 – Las Vegas, NV @ Encore Beach Club
- August 9 – Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Germany @ SonneMondSterne
- August 10 – Cannes, France @ Les Plages Électroniques
- August 11 – Landerneau, France @ Fête du Bruit
- August 13 – Mykonos, Greece @ Cavo Paradiso
- August 16 – Kraków, Poland @ Kraków Live
- August 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ XS
- August 18 – Las Vegas, NV @ Encore Beach Club
- August 23 – Las Vegas, NV @ Encore Beach Club
- August 25 – Las Vegas, NV @ XS
- September 1 – Seoul, Korea @ EDC


POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after a man died in a collision on the A361 at Park Hill, Pilton, last night.
Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle collision just before 2am but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said: “While he has yet to be formally identified his family are aware and being supported by specially-trained officers. Our thoughts are with them in their loss.
“A black Ford Fiesta was in collision with a utility pole. No one else was injured in the collision.”
The A361 was closed overnight for collision investigators to examine the scene and pending recovery of the vehicle.
Emergency services on the ground carried out a search to make sure no one else was involved, supported by the National Police Air Service helicopter.
The spokesperson added: “Anyone who travelled along the A361 at about 2am, who saw the Fiesta before the collision, or who may have dashcam footage which could help the investigation is asked to call 101 and give the reference 5221289527.”


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The Phosphorescent Blues by Nonesuch (USA) at Crooks Country. MPN: 075597952704. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last. After working with Burnett numerous times most recently on the soundtrack for the Joel and Ethan Coen film Inside Llewyn Davis and the related Town
After working with Burnett numerous times most recently on the soundtrack for the Joel and Ethan Coen film Inside Llewyn Davis and the related Town Hall/Showtime concert Another Day, Another Time Punch Brothers decided to join forces with the multiple Grammy Award winning producer for their new record. Last summer, the band and Burnett spent a month at Hollywood s Ocean Way Recording laying down the songs that guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjo player Noam Pikelny, mandolinist and lead singer Chris Thile, and fiddler Gabe Witcher had written during several writing retreats last winter and spring.
Thile explains one of the ways the music on The Phosphorescent Blues reflects the band s view of modern life: We often go to bars after shows or writing sessions, to be around other people for a little while. And I d see people just like me on their phones, telling people they wish they were there, texting people who really are there. Then a song would come on that somebody likes and then they see that someone else does too and maybe they both sing it together and that moment is spiritual, some shared experience, and they are interacting in the flesh, with their fellow man. And that s communion. Many of the songs on this record dive into that: how do we cultivate beautiful, three-dimensional experiences with our fellow man in this day and age?
Shortly before the sessions began, Thile and Witcher met with Burnett and discovered the producer had the very same things on his mind. In fact, he d just given a commencement address at the University of Southern California on the subject of technology and human interaction. Witcher remembers, Thile and I looked at each and said, This is unbelievable. It s exactly what we are writing about. So this was a perfect, serendipitous union.
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Over the past 20 years, research on animal models as well as human subjects has demonstrated that the vestibular system contributes to regulating the distribution of blood in the body through effects on the sympathetic nervous system. Elimination of vestibular inputs attenuates the increase in vascular resistance that ordinarily occurs in the lower body during head-up tilts, resulting in increased blood flow to the hindlimbs. Presumably, this increased perfusion of the hindlimbs during head-up rotations produces peripheral blood pooling and a decrease in venous return to the heart, although this hypothesis has not been verified experimentally.
Specific Aim 1 will determine whether removal of labyrinthine signals provides for a reduction in venous blood flow from the lower body during head-up body alterations, which would increase susceptibility for orthostatic hypotension. Head-up rotations additionally result in an increase in vascular resistance in the forelimb, although a bilateral vestibular neurectomy does not attenuate this response, as occurred in the hindlimb. This result indicates the existence of neural pathways that independently control sympathetic outflow to the forelimb and hindlimb.
Specific Aim 2 will employ neuroanatomical methods to ascertain whether separate populations of neurons in the principal vasomotor region of the brainstem, the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), regulate sympathetic outflow to the upper and lower body. Additionally, Specific Aim 2 will utilize neurophysiological recordings to determine whether RVLM neurons regulating sympathetic outflow to the upper and lower body respond differently to vestibular stimulation. Although removal of vestibular inputs through a bilateral vestibular neurectomy attenuates cardiovascular adjustments during head-up postural alterations, the ability to rapidly adjust blood pressure and blood flow during such movements returns over time. Recent findings suggest that baroreceptor and vestibular inputs adjust sympathetic outflow during movement in an additive fashion. In addition, RVLM neurons receive convergent vestibular and baroreceptor inputs and provide the major pathway relaying both signals to sympathetic preganglionic neurons. Thus, increases in the response gain of RVLM neurons to baroreceptor inputs following the elimination of labyrinthine signals could offset the loss of vestibulo-sympathetic responses.
Specific Aim 3 will establish whether responses of RVLM neurons to head-up tilts are attenuated following a bilateral labyrinthectomy, but recover in parallel with enhanced responses of the cells to baroreceptor inputs. These experiments will contribute to understanding the mechanisms through which cardiovascular adjustments are made during movement and changes in posture, and may provide insights towards developing therapeutic approaches to alleviate autonomic disturbances in patients with central or peripheral vestibular lesions.
Standing from a lying or sitting position produces considerable challenges to the cardiovascular system, as gravity causes blood to shift from the thorax to the extremities, resulting in a decrease in the return of blood to the heart. This condition, called orthostatic intolerance, can bring about fainting if not corrected quickly. The proposed research considers the role of the vestibular system in compensating for orthostatic hypotension.
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OAKWOOD — Mounds of bread flowed Monday along conveyor belts inside the new King's Hawaiian Bakery off H.F. Reed Industrial Parkway.
But the California-based company, which opened the Oakwood plant on Oct. 5, is still nine months or so from full operation.
"It takes, typically, quite a few weeks and months for a food plant to be making the quality you want," said John Linehan, executive vice president of strategy and business development.
"We have made some of that quality (of bread), but there is still a lot of (work to do). It's kind of like fine-tuning an instrument."
Linehan gave The Times a tour of the facility Monday afternoon, showing off operations around the 112,000-square-foot plant, which sits on 20 acres in the Oakwood South Industrial Park.
King's Hawaiian considered several Eastern states, including North Carolina and South Carolina, before settling on Georgia for its first plant east of the Mississippi River.
The company, along with area and state officials, including then-Gov. Sonny Perdue, announced in September 2010 that King's Hawaiian would settle in Oakwood.
The word then was that the company would create 126 jobs over two years and then an additional 100 jobs around 2015 at the bakery and distribution operation in Oakwood.
Those numbers are still fairly on track.
Linehan, whose office is at company headquarters in Torrance, Calif., said Monday the company hopes to have 70 employees at the plant by year's end and 150 by the end of 2012.
Eventually, the company will have about 250 to 260 workers.
In June, King's Hawaiian signed a job training agreement with Georgia Quick Start and Lanier Technical College.
The Technical College System of Georgia sponsors Quick Start as a way qualified businesses can get free customized workforce training.
Russell Vandiver, Lanier Tech president, has referred to King's Hawaiian as "a crown jewel in economic development."
"We're looking forward to a long-term relationship," he said at the time.
Linehan said King's Hawaiian was drawn to Hall County because "we were looking for a (place) where we could get people who share the company values."
"This is a family-owned business, and the workforce and the people who work in the company are really important to us," he said.
Linehan also said Georgia and Hall County seemed "very welcoming to businesses and jobs."
"While they hold companies accountable for being good corporate citizens, they also welcome them," he said.
Linehan said that Quick Start, in addition to providing customized training, "does a really good job of teaching new employees the culture of a company. ... I think people have felt more motivated and comfortable from day one. It's really fun to be a part of it."
Shelley Davis, vice president of existing industry for the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, said the company has really "benefited the (area's) economy and people."
"Plus, it's family focused. We're really fortunate to have those type of companies in Gainesville-Hall County."
The company has some large plans.
In about three years, it hopes to add a second production line.
The future also may lead to other operations.
"We are not a bread company. We're a Hawaiian food company that happens to make bread now," Linehan said. "It's very possible we could be making other food products on this property.
"We're using 10 acres now. We bought 20 acres on purpose."


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