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A New Nonimmigrant Visa Revocation Policy is creating significant concerns and potential problems for nonimmigrants lawfully present in the United States. On November 5, 2015 the U.S. Department of State Visa Office notified consular officers to begin prudential revocation nonimmigrant visas previously issued to individuals who have been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). Why? Because a DUI is indicative of possible visa ineligibility under INA 212(a)(1)(A)(iii) due to physical or mental disorder with associated harmful behavior. Conviction is NOT required! REALLY?!? Aren't you innocent until proven guilty? Nope! Not in the never, never land of 212(a)(1)(A)(iii). Wow!

Consular officers have long referred nonimmigrant visa applicants with a single alcohol related arrest within the past five years to a panel physician for medical examination to rule out medical ineligibility. Under this regime, consequences of a DUI arrest were felt only DURING nonimmigrant visa application - not AFTER visa issuance. This changed November 5, 2015. Now consular officers are to revoke visas previously issued to individuals who have a DUI arrest within the preceding five years.

Upon nonimmigrant visa revocation, consular officers mail notification letters to the individual's home address listed on their visa application. As a result, the individual may not receive the notice. Also, the revocation notices are not standard and their language varies widely. Some suggest that the individual must depart the U.S. immediately (not true). Others explain that the visa is no longer valid for future travel to the U.S.

Sadly, this results in heartbreak situations. An individual, who receives a revocation notice implying that they must depart from the U.S. immediately (incorrect advice), may actually depart only to find they cannot obtain a new visa or reenter the U.S. for several years. Perhaps even worse, an individual who did not receive a revocation notice may innocently depart and attempt to reenter using a visa that appears valid on its face, only to find that the visa has been revoked and they are not permitted to reenter the U.S.

The Department of State claims to take drunk driving and similar arrests seriously. In their view, such arrests indicate both a public safety issue and evidence of possible visa ineligibility under 212(a)(1). Yet, a simple DUI arrest would not make an individual in the U.S. deportable and it would not keep that individual from adjusting their status to that of lawful permanent resident (green card).

At Miley & Brown, P.C., we want to keep our client's appraised of changes such as this that could seriously impact their lives or that of loved ones. We can all help. Visit Miley & Brown at where you can contact Congress to tell them what you think. Every voice matters.

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In some military weddings, the newly betrothed exit the ceremony through a solemn yet spectacular arch of swords.  Near the end of the line, the last two swordsmen lower their sabers, stopping the couple for just a moment. The bride is then given a small swat on the rear with a sword and she hears the words “Welcome to the Army” (or whichever branch of service she has just “joined”).
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After the wedding formalities, however, the real work of cultivating and maintaining a successful marriage begins. It is far from being an easy job as the ever-increasing military divorce rates suggest.
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4.  Fight fair. It’s the only way. Being a real bitch (or the male counterpart to that), even if it’s absolutely warranted, will not help the situation. Focus on achieving a compatible resolution in genuine disagreements and accept that you won’t always get things your way (and visa versa, of course).
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Swiss National Bank is going to be run over by the hordes of Europeans and other holders of increasingly worthless pieces of paper who want to park their cash in Swiss francs.

If I have not made it clear before (see: The Swiss Franc Carry Trade), let me do it now: I find Switzerland's pretension that it got wealthy by accident to be more than a little off-putting. That I could link Swiss financial markets to commodity-cash inflows (see Switzerland's Alpine Cash Inflows) as recently as 2010, when Switzerland's status as a commodity producer is questionable tells us everything we need to know and for some strange reason never want to ask.

The Swiss National Bank is about to find out a second time, the first time being in 2009, what happens to those who stand on the railroad tracks to challenge the oncoming freight train: They are going to get run over, unceremoniously, by the hordes of Europeans and other holders of increasingly worthless pieces of paper who want to park their cash in Swiss francs (or CHF). Their pledge to print CHF in unlimited quantities to defend this arbitrary currency peg is going to end very, very badly.

A country can fix its currency or it can fix its short-term interest rates, but it cannot fix both simultaneously. China got around this problem of yuan-peg maintenance and domestic inflation-fighting ingeniously by shipping excess capital to the U.S. and earning interest on its holdings (see Chinese Monetary Policy and US Fixed Income). Otherwise, they would have needed to issue domestic bonds and pay rather than receive interest.

Switzerland is too small relative to the eurozone to duplicate this trick. Moreover, while the U.S. remains a good credit, (stop laughing, please) the same cannot be said for a number of European sovereigns. Switzerland cannot buy its way out of the soaring CHF; it will try to print its way out of the bind. Yikes.

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Makings of Strong Families-Family Traditions and Celebrations

8.  Has a strong sense of family in which tradition and celebration abound.

When Dan and I had our first thanksgiving dinner, we brought two family traditions together.    His was onion rolls and mine was dried sweet corn.  Every Thanksgiving and Christmas after that we have always have those two items, among all the other wonderful yummy foods we have!  When Jeremy moved in with us, we asked him what one food item made thanksgiving for him.  It was deviled eggs.  So now, we have three foods, for sure we make.

It is the little things that we do every year that make traditions.

  • Leaving cookies and notes for Santa.
  • Dying Easter Eggs.
  • Fireworks on the 4th of July
  • Picking Pumpkins at a Pumpkin farm
  • Hunting for easter eggs
  • opening one present christmas eve
  • breakfast in bed on mother’s day

When I asked my 5-year-old what traditions we have.  He responded “Jesus.”  Oh gosh my heart melted!  We have family celebration of Jesus every day, and bigger on Sunday.  Every holiday we celebrate Jesus is woven into it.

We have special things we do for birthday’s.  Daddy has started taking them out for birthday breakfast.  We let them pick out where or what they want to eat for dinner.  It is their special day.  We also celebrate

  • birthday
  • baptismal
  • confirmations
  • anniversaries
  • adoption days
  • graduations
  • weddings

Family celebrations isn’t about money, but about time with one and other.

Some families have weekly game nights or movie nights.  Some have pizza night.

As we get foster kids in and out, we try to see what important traditions or celebrations they may remember and if possible, use them.  Just like the deviled eggs.

What kind of traditions do you have in your family?

Need  helping getting started check out Simple Mom and 10 Ideas to Get you Started.

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Makings of Strong Families-Teaches right from wrong

5.  Teaches right from wrong

Notice the word teaches.  I talk to many parents who expect their children to know this.  But like anything else there is a training period that lasts about 18 plus years.

You are the biggest example in teaching right from wrong.

Let’s face it even God knew this was going to a tough thing for us to know right from wrong.  This is why He gave us the 10 commandments. While he expects us to keep these commandments perfectly,  He knows we can’t so He sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for us.  This is the foundation for teaching my kids right from wrong.

A while ago I wrote a post on lying.  Why do they lie?  Why do our kids do the things they do?  We have many issues with Isaiah.  As I started this post, I had pause to do a time out with him for stealing his brother’s blue tooth.  And his chocolate Easter Bunny front he freezer.  And for food under his bed.  (it is bed room cleaning day!)   Isaiah is five, he entered our family at 3 months.  So he has been raised by us, same morals and values.  Same rules.  I keep teaching him right from wrong.

One of our foster boys I made up a little reminder sheet for him.  He had sticky pockets.  AKA as always taking things with him that were not his.  He did this a lot from his class room.  He would take things from other kids backpacks.  He could walk by something and just take it.

The reminder sheet simple said:

Is it yours?  Yes, then you may have it.  No, leave it be.

I think one of the best ways to teach kids right from wrong is to discuss it daily.  Talk about why what they did was wrong, not that it was just wrong.  Keep the communication open.  Discuss the 10 commandment.  Martin Luther’s Catechism is great to review the 10 commandments and their meanings.  There are many great ways to memorize the 10 commandments.

 teaching kids right from wrongHaving Family Rules also help.  This gives them guide lines to so they know what is right and what is wrong.   We have rules, but they have become unwritten down again.  Again a May project we are working on to update them.    I think rules should not be should nots.

You should not hit.  Instead say,

In this family/house we respect each other.  Which means we do not hit, kick, bite, smack, pull hair, spit, punch or hurt any one.  Including the pets.

This way is also better for new foster kids coming in. Using “In this family” get past the “well in my family we do it this way.”  I simple respond with, in this family we do it this was.  This also works well with friends who are over visiting.  Some with use the Lords name in vain.  We simple say, “In this family we respect God’s name.  Please don’t use God’s name in vain.”

Pinterest really has some great and cleaver ideas for making family rules.  I thinks families have embraced family rules beyond the “should nots”

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Makings of a Strong Family-Shares Responsibilities among its members

6.  Shares Responsibilities among its members

Oh I could go in so many different directions here.

When everyone works together things get done.  Faster.   Better.  Easier.

Is it a women’s job?  Is it a man’s job?

Let’s just agree some things men do better.  And other things women do better.

Find the better and do them.

If the hubby cooks well, then enjoy it!  If the wife likes fixing things up, wahoo!

It is about stepping up and taking initiative to know when you need to step up.

My husband is good at this most days.  He will do dishes often.  And he puts the lefts overs away.

But guys, if your wife is having a tough day, and not feeling good-step up.  If baby is sticky, don’t walk away like you didn’t smell that.  Trash over flowing…you get the idea!

And gals, our guys work hard.  Do extra stuff for them when you can.

All over our house we are lacking this right now- initiative and shared responsibilities.  Unless mommy is giving out who is cleaning what.  It is not getting cleaned right now.  There are something that are getting done.  But I know this is where I have fallen in terms of good chores and shared responsibilities.  We have had list before, but then kids come out and in.

And when I do ask them to clean some times I get screaming and whining.  And sometimes they do it with a cheerful heart.  And sometimes they do it without being asked.

We are going to work on this.  I have already a few ides in place for the beginning of summer.  This will be easier cause AnnieQ will be done with school and it will flow better.

My Kid Organization board on Pinterest has lots of ideas for chores.  Check it out!

This is part of my Making Strong Families Series.

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Makings of a Strong Families: has a Sense of Play and Humor

5.  Has a Sense of Play and Humor

All can be perfectly quiet, calm and before they know it, momma is doing something silly!  You got to!  Kids love that stuff, when moms and dads can be silly!  Watch the smiles on their faces when parents get down and play with them.

When Robby was little he had lots of toys.  But the thing he loved best was when Dan got on the floor with him and played horse.  He loved that.  The smile beamed from his face!  Sadly many parents don’t take the time to get down and play with their kids.  We often are tired or busy.  But kids they want us to play with them.  They would rather us take a ball and throw it with them than sit and watch TV or computer.  Kids would rather sit around the table playing a board game or cards on an evening then all this other stuff we have them in.

Families have to play.  Together.

 I don’t always do a good job on the together part.  You often hear-go play-so I can get things done!

I remember one time we were outside working on some yard work.  Before I knew it we had a football game going on.  The kids ate that up!  More so cause daddy was the one running the football!  Kids love parents when they play!

Marriages do better when you can be silly every once and a while.  Or more.  Most marriages balance each other one, one a little bit more serious the other a little bit more silly.  Dan and I balance each other out!  I have the daily fun down better, he has the big fun down better.

Really as I type this Isaiah walks out with a huge bead necklace, going “look at me” and “shaking his booty!”  Where’s my camera?  Humor and Play!

Jeremy and I can go from having the most serious conversation about life, to have the funnest conventions about life.  Robby thinks we are funny.  Sometimes we are.  But in our house, you just got to find humor to make it through!

When was the last time you all had a belly aching almost peed in your pants laugh?  I remember years ago, I was at my granny and pop-pop’s house.  We were playing cards like we always did there.  My great Aunt Dinny was also there.  I don’t remember what happened, but she said or did something that we all laughed so hard.  We normally didn’t laugh like that together.  But that moment, I will always remember!  We always played together, but the humor was the bellying laughing kind.

I am going to write a book.  I have been saying this for 10 years now. It is going to be called “When All Else Fails There is Always Duct Tape.  Humorous Parenting Advice”

Have fun.  Play games.  Laugh.  Blow bubbles.  Tell knock knock jokes.

How is your family playing and finding humor in life.

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Hello. My name is Jennifer. My husband and I adopted a little boy this year, Bryan, and he is 6 years old. I thought I would share with you our journey and “labor pains.” I want to be sure and start from the beginning so you know WHY and HOW we decided to take this path. Buckle up and ENJOY THE RIDE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE..

When I was younger, I remember saying that I wanted to adopt children. I didn’t know anything about adoption or know anyone who was adopted so I am not sure how I got this idea but I did. After Jeremiah and I got married, I was diagnosed with PCOS. They told us it would be difficult to get pregnant but we continued to try. Countless baby showers later, I had had enough. I wanted my chance to be a mother.

At a friends house one night, somebody mentioned they were going to adopt through the Foster Care System. That Monday we were signed up to take MAPP classes and get licensed for Adoption. We started our classes in October 2011 and had an approved Homestudy on December 20, 2011. This is going to sound a little harsh, but at this time we were allowed to start looking for children on a website. It’s very different than adopting a child that has been placed with you THROUGH Foster placement. We actually had to search through children on different websites. We submitted our homestudy EVERYDAY to so many different agencies and rarely received a reply. COUNTLESS children without homes and we were willing to give them one… but nobody called.

In March we decided to contact some agencies who have what they call Meet and Greets. Basically, you go to an event that is set up as a fun day for children in Foster Care or Group Homes who are waiting on a Forever home. We went to 3 events in April. I will skip to the punch here and let you know that we met our son on April 23, 2011. There he was playing a game all by himself. Normally I don’t have a problem talking to children but when I saw him, I was at a loss for words and was so scared to go up to him. I took a deep breath and just walked right up to play with him. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!

Bryan, my husband Jeremiah and I played all day. We played on the swings, we sang songs, had lunch, jumped on the trampoline, read books and told stories, played tick tac toe, had an Easter Egg hunt and shared cookies. There we met the Gaurdian Ad Litem, case worker and case manager. They were all so nice and loving. They shared with us that Bryan was just TPR’ed on April 22 so he hadn’t hit any websites yet and was legally available for adoption. They also stressed that they didn’t have any families in mind and would gladly start the process on Monday morning with us. The GAL said that she loved us for Bryan and wouldn’t not stop until she got what she wanted and that was all 3 of us together. Later that day, we say SEE YOU LATER to Bryan. (Of course I cried bc honestly you never know what will happen at these events or if you will see the children again.) I gave our information to everyone involved and took down theirs.. EXCEPT FOR THE GAL. Once we got in the car tohead back to town, I started emailing our homestudy to everyone involved. I asked them to send it to the GAL. This is when my labor pains begin…..

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Free/$1 Movies this Summer

Who likes to  goto the movies?  We love the moves doing the summer time!  Especially the free ones and the $1 ones!

A few places have release their movie list (I will update as I get more info!)

  • Monaco has released their free movie schedule:  Every Monday & Wednesday | June – August at 10:00AM
  • Regal Movies will start their Summer express in June also, but will be charging a $1.
  • Carmike $1 movies has $1 or $1.50 movies all year long.  We have a popcorn bucket for them!  We bought it for about $17 back in Jan and can fill it for about $3 every time we go!

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Developing a Sense of Trust Makes Strong Families.

4. Develops a sense of trust

When babies are born, the first thing that they learn is trust. Trust that when they cry their needs will be met. Crying is their only form of communication. When our babies cry, we pick them up, love them, feed them, and care for them. This teaches them that every thing is ok.

This little guy above is my nephew Jon Jon. My daddy took the picture!

When you get married you form a bond of trust. For better or worse. I promise to be there.It is wise for you to create hedges or fences to make sure that trust stays true in your marriage. Listening to each other and keeping communication strong helps keep trust strong. Respecting each other creates a sense of trust.

Divorce is not in our vocabulary. We never have to worry about if we have a bad day with each other that it may end it all. We trust each other that we can make it through those tough times. We trust that God has given us the strength. But it takes work. All the time.

That trust we have in each other is something we have to teach Jeremy. He makes comments that Dan is cheating on me or me and the pool guy. Coming from a normal back ground kid, I would be mad. But we know his back ground. We know that we have to teach him, that Dan and I are strong and together. I do not go to the store to “cheat”. I goto the store to go to the store. But if you understood the history of where he grew up, this is what people did. They didn’t commit to each other for ever. They came and went. They cheated. They were not there when you needed them. Sometimes the only person you could trust was yourself.

Robby grew up with a strong sense of trust. He was hungry, I fed him. He was wet, I changed him. Yes there were times he cried and I didn’t know why. Sometimes babies cry. But we gave Robby that sense of trust.

Isaiah came to us stiff as a board. We popped him into the sling and carried him. He cried all the time. He was sick. He spit up all the time. We only fed him 3-4 ozs at a time. But in time he wasn’t stiff any more. We invested a lot to help him learn to trust. To teach him how to attach.

We did not know he was going to be ours forever. Just that he needed this. To trust.

This trust is a two way street though.

While teaching children to trust, parents trusting children is important to. Mr. Isaiah has been at it again with food. This time hiding food in the dinning room under a dresser. This brought in an ant parade. Right now I do not trust him in the kitchen. He is not allow in the kitchen. He had to get really strict with him about the kitchen and food thing.

When Jeremy move in with us I didn’t trust him. I loved him and wanted him. I just didn’t trust him. He was coming from a back ground where he had done many things and I didn’t know yet how much I could trust him. As time went on, I slowly trusted him more and more. But then when things would happen, certain trust would fly out the door and slowly had to be regained again.

Trust in the Lord you God with all your heart, mind and soul.

Trust is a funny thing. Here one day gone the next.

Why don’t you take your kids on a Trust Walk? or better yet, let them lead you!

Check out my Pinterest Board on Strong Families for more ideas on trust

How do you develop a sense a trust in your family?

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Makings of a strong family

Just before we got married almost 12 years ago, I was finishing my Master Degree in Parish Education at Concordia College, in Seward Nebraska.  One of my summer classes was Marriage and Family.  First I don’t ever recommend anyone to take a class like that just before getting married.  Everything was book defined for marriage, I really had to step outside of that to focus on getting married.  My husband understood it perfectly.  From that class one worksheet stood out to me.  The day we got married that worksheet started hanging in our kitchen.  12 years later you will still find it in our kitchen on our fridge now.

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I keep it there to remind us.  I keep it there to encourage us.  I keep it there to inspire us.

I hope it does to those who also read it there.

But I also keep it there, so when we have a foster child in our home, they can see and learn what is important to us.  And to help them take small nuggets to take back to their family.

It is just like our faith.  I can’t impose it on them, just expose them to God.

I trust He will take care of the rest.

So some have asked about the list.  So I decided to blog about each one and how we use it in our family.  We are not perfect, we learn each and every day.  This is why the list is always in front of us.

Where did the list come from?  Well considering it has been 13 years since my class, I had to do some research.  I believe that a Mrs. Curran came up with the list.   There are many different list of what makes families healthy.  This one just stuck.

So come hopping with me as I taking about what the makings of a strong family are.

I would love to hear what makes your family strong!

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The Stares

Our family is as normal as normal can be to us. But we are unique and we know it. Our two youngest children are bi racial, and many times we travel with one or two extra. Its amazing how many stares we get.

I have noticed this before but not as much as I have on this cruise. Walking along I have my beautiful “brown children” in front of me bouncing and hopping and calling me momma. My oldest behind me and as we walk along the heads just turned. I am not sure what they were looking at, but the looks always start with my two little ones and go to me.
What’s funny about this is it really is not that uncommon for a black and white to have babies together. In fact in England and Bahamas’ it is more common than I knew.
It is always more fun the stares when the whole family is together. Dan went grey early in life, so when they see two white people with two black babies….different ideas pop up.
Like maybe they are raising grand babies. Or foster care or adopted.
My favorite is when we are asked “so where did you get them?”
I know what they mean and chuckle inside when ask that question. And little do they know it opens the door to share my story!
The stares bother me more when it is directed in a mean way, typically directed toward my youngest. Isaiah has issues with transition and has quite the mouth on him. But I am learning to ignore the bad stares and smile at the curious ones.
This is my family….stare all you want cause we got a story to tell.

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Hopping To It: Snowman Movie

Hopping To It: Snowman Movie: I received an email yesterday asking some homeschooling families to preview a new movie coming out in theaters Oct 21. The movie is called …

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I'm not good at these but erm if it is in this story it is true and every charachter is real.... the things in this really happened just not in this sequence and real people are substituted for one direction. haha my dad is really big and stuff and everyone's afraid of him...

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It was already 8 am so I decided to take a shower. It felt so good. I let the heat absorb me into a different world of warm,yellow- DING DONG. The doorbell rang. I groaned and got out of the shower and threw on some sweats and a tank top that didn't cover my hips. Oh well if they ring in my door this early they shouldn't expect me to look like a super model. I opened the door to find 5 amazingly hot boys at the door. I immediately regretted my choice of clothing. I stared,jaw opened at the 5 boys and took in the natural beauty of everyone of them. The one with curly hair cleared his throat and chuckled. I looked down turning a million shades of red. Brent showed up at the door. " Oh hey guys! Come on in. Ignore my sister she's a bit wrong in the head" they all laughed except for me. I walked into my room and slammed the door. Then immediately opened the door and sat on the stairs listening to the boys conversation. "who was that Brent?" the one with blonde hair and an unbelievably sexy Irish accent asked. "that was just my sister." Brent responded eyeing the blonde one questionably. "oh. Erm I'm gonna go... Check up on her to see if she is alright." he walked to the staircase before anybody could object. I tried ti beat him up the stairs before he could find me spying on them... To no advantage. I tripped halfway up the stairs and landed on my face. Ouch. The blonde guy picked me up and brought me to my bed. "Paris,are you alright?" he asked panicking. "ya I'm fine" I said,mortified.
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Cinderella's Diary *ON HOLD* (i might occasionally update MAYBE)

Emilie is a small town girl, who doesn't do much of anything. She gets good grades, keeps her parents happy, and just tries to stay invisible at school. The only thing that she holds dear to her heart is her diary, that she writes in practically everyday. Niall is a 19 year old teenage boy who is anything but invisible. You see he belongs to the very famous boy band, One Direction. But what happens when niall finds emilie's diary?? And falls in love with her? Will niall every be able to return the diary, or will it be lost from Emilie forever?

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       "Oh god, where could it be? If anyone finds it I'm screwed!" I scream to my friends who are sitting next to and across from me

"Calm down Emilie, no one will find it except for us" Amelia reassures me

"Yeah and if anyone does find it, how will they know its your diary?" Stacy asks

"Um well maybe 'cause it says EMILIE in big letters right on the front" I snap at her

"Yeah well there's a million Emilies in the world" Amelia exclaims

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"I doubt that’s true,” Amelia argues

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"Oh my god, who cares, it doesn’t matter, and its not like any of this will matter in 30 years" Bev chimes in

"I care!!!!!" I scream at her

"Its not the end of the world em, you'll find it" she yells back "Just don’t think about it" She pats my shoulder, I could tell she felt bad for yelling at me

"Yeah instead lets think about the 1D signing we're going to tomorrow!!!!" Stacy yells excitingly

"Shhhhh" the rest of us screech "remember guys, stay as invisible as possible at least for the rest of the year, just one more year, so that means no announcing to the whole world that we have tickets!" I motion to Stacy "One more year?" I ask

"One more year" they all chant in unison, then we all part our ways and start heading home

Stacy Amelia Beverly and Anastasia are my four best friends. Anastasia is the quiet but sensible one, Stacy is, well the dumb blonde, haha, Amelia is the crazy corky one, Bev, is the pretty happy- go - lucky, anything goes, YOLO one, and for me, well I'm the smart, scared, sensitive one.

I have straight light blonde, almost bleach blonde hair and blue eyes, all my friends are jealous of my eyes because they're a really bright deep blue eyes my skin is like a peachy pinkish tone and my nails are always painted either some shade of blue or pink

Stacy has like yellow- blonde hair, and is always confused about something, that’s why we call her the dumb blonde, but she’s not that dumb, she’s just clueless, haha, she has green eyes and peach skin

Amelia has really orangey curly red hair and freckles, and she looks exactly like the girl from brave. Well she did move here from Ireland.

 Anastasia has black as night hair, and the palest skin ever; her eyes are an indigo, almost purple color and we think that one of her ancestors was a vampire

Bev has brown hair and brown eyes, she is half Italian and half Spanish she has an olive tone skin and her complexion is so amazing, she has those amazing cheekbones and long eyelashes, we all wish we looked like her.

We all were the new kids our first year of high school, and we were all bullied in middle school, so we promised each other that we would stay completely invisible for our 4 grueling high school years and then off to college.

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Unconditionally (Sequel to Styling My Life)

"Is this what you want?" I asked, my eyes started to get wet. He looked at the floor. "I want what's best for both of us. This looks like the only answer right now." I nodded. "Fine," And so I left. I didn't know when I'd be back.

7. Chapter 5

"So this is Holmes Chapel?" Hallie dropped her suitcase on the floor.

I nodded. "Yeah. And this is your apartment." I pulled the key out from my pocket and handed it out to her.

She looked at me in disbelief. "You're kidding."

I shook my head and she looked around the room again. It was decent sized, consisting of two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living area, and a bathroom. Louis had helped me decorate, with a significant amount of help from Eleanor. In the living room there was a white couch, a red coffee table and a blue and white striped rug. A TV faced the couch. The living space flowed nicely into the kitchen was a pretty traditional design. A breakfast bar, an island, and her appliances. In her bedroom was were I had spent the most time and thought in design. A window that took up nearly the whole left wall of her room gave her a beautiful view of the countryside. The bed was king size and was made of mahogany. The best wood I could find.

Hallie snatched the keys from my hand. Then she tackled me in a hug, knocking us both to the floor. I chuckled and kissed her nose.

"What you say we break in the new house?" I wink. She shoves my shoulder, yet she still leads me into her new bedroom.

Hallie is in the shower, and I lay on her bed. I'd been staying with her ever since she moved in. Fans crowded the outside of the complex anyway, so even if I wanted to leave, it would be a challenge.

"Hal!" I called. "We're going to be late to dinner!"

Lou and El had set up this huge party at a fancy restaurant. It started at 7. I looked at the clock on the nightstand. 6:30. It was at least a 45 minute ride there. We were going to be late.

Hallie then burst into the room, wearing a lipstick red dress, that showed the perfect amount of leg. It was also quite skin tight. Her hair in curly ringlets that hung down around her face. She hopped around looking for her purse, while putting on her heels. Me, being already in my dress shirt and pants, reclined back on the bed, observing her struggle.

"Looking for this?" I smiled, holding her black clutch in my hand.

"Yes!" She exclaimed, reaching for it.

I pulled back just in time. "You aren't getting this until we are in the car, on our way." She frowned at me. "We're going to be late!" I stood and grabbed my car keys. "Let's go."

We had to sneak out the back door of the complex, as the fans had mobbed the front. They hadn't discovered the back exit yet.

We both hopped in the car and Hallie switched on the radio. Kiss You came on and she quickly switched it.

"Ew. One Direction." She made a disgusted face, but I saw her smile afterwords though, even though she hid her face behind her hand.

I smiled too. "How's the UK so far?" I asked, when we stopped at a stoplight. I checked the time, 6:45. "Green, green, green." I mumbled, tapping my fingers on the steering wheel. It was a nervous habit.

Hallie reached over and calmed my hands. "It's absolutely marvelous." She smiled encouragingly at me, almost like a silent apology for making us late.

When the light turned green, my foot slammed on the gas. I was suddenly very appreciative of two things, 1. There was no one on the roads, and 2. Even if I did get pulled over, I had some pull, I was Harry Styles, after all.

"Where is this restaurant?" Hallie asked, looking out the window. Her face was distorted in a form of confusion, yet she still looked stunning in her dress.

"It's a slight distance outside of Manchester. It'll be good for you to see a whole new side of England." I watched the suburbs breeze by my window.

There was a bit of silence before Hallie spoke again. "Why did you bring me here?" I was stunned for a moment at her question. "I mean, why did you buy me the apartment over here?" She rephrased after seeing my reaction.

"Because I wanted to be with you." I answered flatly.

"That's not what I meant." She frowned.

"What other answer is there?" We turned a corner, 7:00. I exhaled in annoyance.

"Were you afraid you'd feel left out? Lonely?" She pestered. "Were you afraid that you would find someone else and forget about me?"

"That last one sounded more of a fear you had." I stated. She looked out the window. "No, I did not fear being left out, Nellie is still in the US, so I supposed I could hang out with Niall if this whole arrangement didn't work out. But in my mind, that wasn't even an option. You were coming with me."

Hallie crossed her arms over her chest. "And if I said no?"

"Then I'd stay in the US with you. Long distance relationships almost never work out, and I wasn't about to take that chance."

"Be rational, Harry. You wouldn't leave 1D to go to the UK without you to stay with your girlfriend in the US. That wouldn't even begin to go over. Management would kill you before you could even take one step towards me, and one step further from One Direction."

I bit my lip. "I would've figured out something." I whispered.

Hallie sighed and propped her head up on her elbow which rested on the lip of the window. "Why can't men ever admit they were wrong?"

"But I wasn't wrong." I chuckled. "You're here."

She shook her head. "Nevermind." I heard a twinge of my accent in her voice, her American accent was slipping.

"Hal, you're starting to sound like me. Too much time together." I winked.

"Guess I'll just have leave." She shrugged sarcastically and I pushed her shoulder with my free arm.

I pulled into a parking lot and put the car in park. "Here." I stated, very matter-of-factually.

I got out of the car first, telling Hallie to wait. Once I reached the other side of the car, I opened the car door formally and helped her out.

"Such the gentleman." She said, now completely mimicking a British accent.

I cringed. "So wrong."

She nudged her shoulder into my arm and I took the opportunity to snake my fingers into hers.

"Cheeky." She smiled as we approached the entrance to the restaurant. "York Tavern." She raised her eyebrows.

"They sell food too!" I defended. "Remember, El and Lou did pick the place out." I reminded. Then I pulled open the door and we walked in. I adjusted to the dim lighting and found the reservations desk.

"Mr. and Mrs. Styles?" The woman replied when I stated my last name.

"Is this some cheesy excuse for a proposal?" She joked.

"God, no. It would be so much more pathetic if it was real." I teased back.

The woman directed us towards a table in the back, where Louis, Eleanor, Niall, Liam, Danielle, Zayn and Perrie sat. There was another girl in the corner of the booth, but she was looking down, and she wasn't familiar.

"He-ey!" Louis called when he saw us approaching. Eleanor quickly silenced him as the whole restaurant turned to look in our direction.

We slid into the bench next to Liam and Danielle. Liam messed with my tie and I shoved him off. "At least I dressed decently." I smiled at his plaid button up, one of Liam's signature looks.

Danielle gave him a look. "Told you!"

"It is classy." He messed with some of the buttons.

Danielle just shook her head. "Hal, can I talk with you?" She pointed to Hallie, who nodded and pushed me out of the booth so she and Dani could leave.

They walked over by the bathrooms, and I watched them as they talked. Danielle looked like she was shaking a little, and she clung to Hallie's forearms as she stood. Hallie kept nodding and brushing Dani's hair out of her face as it fell into her eyes.

"What do you think is the matter?" Liam asked, sliding closer to me.

I shook my head. "I don't know. They look a little shaken, yeah?"

Liam nodded. "She's been acting unusual."

I looked at him. "How?"

"She's quiet, and she hasn't gone to work in like a week, she's been sick." He frowned. "It's been just horrible. I think she's caught a stomach flu. Always throwing up, she's gotten really pale..." He trailed off.

We hushed as they started walking back towards us. "It'll be fine, Liam," I whispered. "She'll get better."

He nodded and moved his fork around in his salad.

"What was that all about?" I whispered to Hallie when she returned. She shook her head.

She leaned in to kiss me on the cheek, but whispered something in my ear. "I'll tell you later. When we're alone."

The rest of the night I honestly don't remember very well. Lou and El took us all to the bar part of the restaurant, and we all got pretty wasted, all except for Liam and Hallie of course. They sat in two bar stools at the far end of the counter, just talking.

I think I decided to leave when Niall started falling asleep on the counter. I hit his back. "C'mon Niall." I slurred. I grabbed his arm and dragged him over to where Hallie was sitting. "Let's go."

She took one look at Niall and sighed. "Okay. Bye Liam." She took Niall off of my shoulder and helped him to the car. I stumbled occasionally, so she held me up with her other arm. Hallie put Niall in the back seat and helped me into the passenger seat. She got into the driver's seat. Understandable.

I fell asleep on the car ride back to her apartment. I was so far gone, it all seems blurry, but I remember her guiding me back to the bedroom. She put me in my pajama pants, and slipped a t-shirt on my head and then laid me into bed. I don't recall what happened to Niall at that point, but I fell asleep again in an instant. The last thing I remember is Hallie curling her head onto my chest. Together we drifted off, and I couldn't imagine a better way to spend a night.

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Mystery of the water

Water is my home, my sanctuary, my life. I am a mermaid. I live on land, but spend most of my time in the water. One day while out swimming a boat comes near and I meet 5 boys, but they can't know who I am. In this story, Niall falls for a mermaid, is it real love, or is it just a trance he has been put in? Only time will tell.

9. I have a plan

Niall's POV:

I was starting to really like Merlia, she was awesome, and so beautiful, yet so different.

We said goodbye to the girls around 10 pm and went back to the boat, Liam still had that wierd look on his face, it was time to find out why.

"Ok, what's up with you?" I asked him.

"What do you mean, nothing's wrong" he replied.

"Yes there is, you've had a wierd look on you all night" I said.

"It's just there's... There's something off about Merlia and Ree." He said.

"What do you mean, Something off with them?" I asked confused.

"Like the way she got scared of the water, and how she had that cut, exactly after we found the fish scales, and how she's always in the water, but when were there, she leaves. It's just wierd" he said.

"The cut was from a reef or something, she might not like swimming with us cus she might like being on her own, and she didn't want salt water in we cut" I said.

"I'm guessing she told you all that?" He said.

"No, well yeah, but so what? Look, if you think she's hiding something, do what every smart person does, and google it" I smiled.

"You know what, I will" he said, getting up and running to his laptop.

Ok, I'll admit it's odd, but she's a girl, aren't all girls a bit wierd?

Liam's POV:

I took Niall's advise and googled all the stuff she was doing, and going on, when something caught my eye... Mermaids.

I clicked in the site and read the first paragraph, it described all the things they do and what they are, I'll admit it sounded like something from a fairy tale or book, but it explained all the stuff she was doing.

I scrolled down and read a section that was highlighted bold, it went like this:

A mermaid is a creature that is half human, and half fish. Mermaids are female, while the men are mermen. They have the torso of a human, and once water consumes their skin, the tail will replace the legs.

Legend has it that mermaids were beautiful creatures who lured sailors off rocks, and once the sailors were in their trance, the sailors would jump from the boat an drown in the process of trying to reach them.

When a mermaid is hurt, or cuts its tail, it will affect the legs too. The tail will not heal back, neither will the legs, or feet.

A mermaid will try everything to stop a human discovering their secret, if found out by a human, a they will have to destroy the person before they can tell anyone else. Or they will just get them to keep it a secret, only cruel mermaids will destroy the human, young mermaids have a wry caring nature, especially when it comes to love.

If a mermaid finds love, they will stop at nothing to make the person love them back, but if the person returns those feelings without the mermaid making them, the mermaids tale will form, and show her true nature.

The end.

"Of course" I mumbled to myself. "All I have to do is get Niall and Merlia to love eachother, an then she will show her true nature. If she isn't a mermaid then fine, but if she is, Niall will get angry or run off scared."

It was late, so I decided to get some sleep, and would hatch my plan tomorrow.

Merlia's POV:

The next morning I got a call from Liam, asking if we wanted to come on the boat, I accepted and said IDE bring Ree.

I woke Ree up and told her to get dressed, we grabbed some stuff in a bag, just in case and left.

We met the boys in the harbor, I love the smell of the sea, but it made me sick seeing all the dead fish. Being half fish, you have an attachment to them, it's like seeing a human die.

"Ahoy there ladies" yelled Louis.

"Ahoy captain" Ree yelled back.

They laughed, I could tell Ree and Louis had something going on, O'well, my mind was on Niall.

"Hello babe" said Niall, grabbing my hand and helping on board.

"Hello Irish" I smiled.

He kissed my cheek and I felt a funny tingling notion in my legs, that was weird.

"Hey guys" I said as they all ran to say hi.

"Hey Merlia, where's Ree?" They asked.

"Probably with Louis" I said.

A lot of ooo's filled the boat and we all started laughing.

The boys walked off to fish Or something, and Niall took my hand, leading me to a sun bed.

"How have you been" he asked.

"Good, and yourself?" I replied.

"Good, it was weird Liam calling you onto the boat" he said.

"Yeah it was, did he say why?" I asked.

"Nope, just said it would be nice of you to join us. Are you gonna come swimming with us later?" He asked.

I felt my stomach clench up, I wants to go swimming but I knew I couldn't.

"Nope, I can't, not with my foot. Sorry" I said.

"Oh, it's fine, I understand that you don't wanna damage your foot anymore." He said leaning in and kissing me.

I felt my legs tingle again, they felt funny, kinda like when I'm changing. Oh no.

Liam's POV:

I kept glancing over at Niall and Merlia, they were kissing, until Merlia suddenly pulled out of the kiss. Could she really be a mermaid?

"Are you alright Merlia?" I asked, walking over to them.

"Yeah, just a bit dizzy, probably the boat. Don't worry, I'll be fine" she said.

"Ok, are you sure, your skins as green as your eyes" Niall said.

"Yeah, he's right" Liam said.

"Yeah, I need to find Ree, excuse me a minute" I said, getting up, but falling immediately.

"Oh my god, are you alright" it was Ree, she seemed as flustered as I was.

"Yeah I'm fine, but I think we need to go now" I whisper yelled.

"What, you can't go, you only just got here" said Liam smiling.

Does he know something?

"Yeah, Liam's right, you gotta stay" Louis said.

"Yeah, and I wanted to say ask you something while your here" said Niall.

"I wanted to ask you something to" Louis said to Ree.

Oh no, we have to get out of here, how could I have forgotten what happens.

Louis and Niall grabbed mine and Ree's hand, sitting us both down. Harry, Zayn and Liam gathered around us.

"Well we know we just met you two, but we think that..." Louis began.

"We think that we love you" Niall finished.

Oh god, my legs are shaking, and are already sparkling. I grab Ree's hand, and we both stand up, edging towards the edge of the boat.

My legs are tingling and I look at Ree, she knows what's about to happen, the boys are staring at us confused, and a little scared.

We take a step to far, and fall over the edge of the boat.

The boys run to the edge of the boat, making sure we're ok, but instead of smiles, their faces are filled with fear.

Are feet are beginning to dissappear, with my tale taking form. Suddenly Liam speaks.

"I can't believe it, you are mermaids" Liam says.

The boys gasp and I let a small tear escape my eye.
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Gophers Blitz Spartans 7-1 in Series Finale
Jake Hildebrand made his collegiate debut against Minnesota

Oct. 14, 2012

Final Stats

Minneapolis, Minn. - For the second consecutive night, No. ½ Minnesota came out with a big first period and rode it to a commanding victory over Michigan State, finishing off a two-game sweep with a 7-1 win. Brent Darnell had the lone score for MSU in the third period, while both Will Yanakeff (18 saves) and freshman Jake Hildebrand (nine saves in the third period) played in the MSU crease.

"That is a very good team. We knew that coming in," said head coach Tom Anastos. "Im not going to make any excuses. They are playing and executing at a level where we want to be. We're working to get there, and obviously, the difference between where we are and where we want to be is pretty big right now. We're young, and we have to get better. That's what we preach - get better every day. That's what we will do this week - get back to work and focus on getting better."

The win was the 599th career victory for Minnesota coach Don Lucia. There was celebration throughout the evening at Mariucci, as the team's 2012 regular-season WCHA Championship banner was unfurled in a pre-game ceremony.

The Gophers jumped on the board at 1:25 of the first. After a Spartan turnover along the right wall, Erik Haula carried the puck to the top of the circle and put a shot on net that was blocked by Nickolas Gatt. Haula collected the puck and pushed through Gatt, forcing the blueliner into the goalcage and knocking down Yanakeff; the puck crossed the line under Gatt, giving the Gophers the early lead.

Minnesota doubled its lead at 5:19. Winger Christian Isackson got the puck to Kyle Rau in the high slot, and Rau fed Nick Bjugstad at the left post, who was all alone and had a wide-open net into which he deposited his second goal of the weekend. Two minutes later, Tom Serratore put back a Justin Holl rebound for his first of the year - and for the second straight night, the Gophers had a 3-0 first-period lead. They added one more before the final buzzer, as Ben Marshall's shot from the right point trickled through Yanakeff's five-hole at 19:06. Kyle Rau opened the scoring for the Gophers just :30 into the second frame, as Isacks set him up at the left post to give the home team a comfortable 5-0 lead.

Through the middle of the period, the Spartans were whistled for three straight penalties, back-to-back-to-back that gave Minnesota just over six consecutive minutes of power play time. The Gophers weren't able to convert with the man advantage, but padded their lead with a sixth goal at 15:58 while skating five-on-five. Nate Condon had the goal, wristing a shot from below the dot in the right circle.

Jake Hildebrand got his first taste of collegiate action, spelling Yanakeff in the third period. At the other end, Brent Darnell broke up the Wilcox shutout at 2:05, walking out of the left corner and beating the goaltender with a sharp-angle shot.

The Spartans had to kill a five-minute major by Jake Chelios (hitting from behind) late in the third period, and the Gophers turned it into their first power-play goal of the night. Brady Skjei's shot from the right point found its way through traffic for his first collegiate tally.

The Spartans will open at home next weekend with a two-game series against Atlantic Hockey entry Niagara.

NOTES: MSU dropped its first two games of the season for the first time since the 1992-93 season. That team dropped a two-game set to Miami, but went on to finish 24-14-2 ... MSU allowed its most goals in a two-game series (12) since allowing 13 to Northern Michigan in the 2009 CCHA First Round ... Minnesota's seven goals tonight is the most the Spartans had surrendered since NMU's eight goals in the second game of that CCHA series ... In all, nine players saw their first action in a Green & White sweater this weekend, including four on the blueline ...


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UGK's Pimp C To Be Released From Prison Within A Month

MC has been in Texas prison since 2002.

Pimp C, one half of the influential Houston rap duo UGK (a.ka. Underground Kingz), has been behind bars at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Terrell Unit since 2002, serving an eight-year sentence on an aggravated assault charge. But on Monday, Bun B's partner in rhyme got some good news: He'll be free within a month.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced that Pimp C (real name: Chad Butler) will be paroled sometime in the next 30 days, about four years shy of his expected release date, according to The Associated Press.

Pimp C was incarcerated after falling behind on his community-service obligations, imposed after he'd pleaded no contest to the aggravated-assault charge, which stemmed from an incident in which he brandished a gun during an argument with a woman at a mall. His legal travails forced UGK to take an indefinite hiatus.

The rapper's jail stint didn't stop the March release of Sweet James Jones Stories, an album's worth of solo material culled from freestyle raps he'd recorded years ago; that disc debuted at #50 on Billboard's albums chart. C is also featured on "Get Throwed" from Bun B's solo disc Trill, which hit stores in October and debuted at #6.

For a feature on UGK (including an in-prison interview with Pimp C), see "Underground Kingz In Exile."

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The Dixie Chicks's Beyoncé Cover Is The Country Co-Sign We Were Waiting For

Watch the trio's beautiful rendition of 'Daddy Lessons'

Among the many surprises on Beyoncé’s Lemonade -- other than, you know, the entire arrival of the thing itself -- was the debut of her first straight-up country song, “Daddy Lessons.” The twangy, mid-album track hits you hard and fast, as you realize the sheer power of Beyoncé is being able to bounce around from genre to genre like it’s no big deal.

Now, the track has been given a country co-sign by iconic Dallas trio Dixie Chicks, who covered it during their concert in Manchester, England over the weekend. Things got off to a shaky start when singer Natalie Maines missed her cue, but the Chicks quickly recovered and churned out a faithful rendition full of tight harmonies and some fine fiddle action.

“Daddy Lessons” has actually spurred some controversy in the country music world since Lemonade’s release, by fans and critics who question its authenticity. Last week, CMT critic Alison Bonaguro wrote, “Sure, Beyoncé’s new album has a song with some yee-haws, a little harmonica and mentions of classic vinyl, rifles and whiskey. But all of the sudden, everyone’s acting like she’s moved to Nashville and announced that she’s country now. Just because of this song ‘Daddy Lessons.’"

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Charli XCX: My private life is off limits

Charli XCX is delighted that she manages to keep so much of her life out of the limelight.

Charli XCX thinks it’s “awesome” that no one knows about her private life.

The 22-year-old singer is conquering the world with her catchy pop songs such as Break the Rules and Doing It. Although she’s been in the industry since 2008 her debut record hit stores in 2013, and it was after that that things really took off. Despite her fame, Charli has done her best to make it just about the music.

“I mean, nobody really knows anything about my private life, which is awesome. And I hope to keep it that way. I am, like, wild and loud and b***hy on stage, [but] I am, in some aspects of life, quite a quiet person,” she assured Teen Vogue.

Charli suffers from mood swings, and sometimes they mean she doesn’t feel up for talking to people. She knows it can come across as rudeness, but tries her best to let people know it’s more that she needs some time alone. On the flip side, she can also be hyperactive.

Being a pop star is a dream come true for the British singer, who has always loved artists like Britney Spears. She has teamed up with the US singer and worked with Gwen Stefani too, which she’s still coming to terms with.

“With Gwen, I’ve been working on some stuff behind the scenes for her and we’ve not been in the studio together. I never thought when I was a little girl, that I would be asked to write songs for people like this. It’s kind of cool! But trippy and weird,” she laughed.
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The 13th annual Multicultural Retail 360 Summit will be reformatted as a one-day symposium and held Sept. 26 in conjunction with the 2017 Path to Purchase Expo (P2PX). The expo is taking place Sept. 26-28 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., just outside the city.

While the new format will be shorter in length than previous Multicultural Retail 360 Summits, the 2017 symposium will deliver a stronger, more focused agenda that addresses the biggest challenges retailers have when trying to serve multicultural communities. The theme for this year’s Multicultural Retail 360 Summit is: “Remaining Relevant to the New Mainstream Consumer.”

The new setting will also provide attendees with the opportunity to participate in the world’s largest gathering of shopper and retail marketing professionals at the Path to Purchase Expo.

The agenda will be shaped by our Multicultural Retail 360 Retailer Advisory Board. Consisting of representatives from the nation’s leading retail companies, including Kroger, Walgreens, 7-Eleven, Albertsons-Jewel/Osco, and Macy’s, the board provides guidance to ensure the conference content remains true to retailers’ information needs. Other Retailer Advisory Board members are Best Buy, BP/ampm, Brookshire’s, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Maverik, and Milagros de Mexico.

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Approval Date: 2011-07-07

Effective Date: 2013-08-01

Review Date: 2017-08-01

The Vice-President (Administration and Finance) through the Director of Health and Safety on the St. John's Campus, the Vice-President (Grenfell), and the Vice-President (Marine Institute).

To provide a safe and healthy work and study environment for employees, students and visitors.

Applies to:

  • all University facilities and property with the exception of the Harlow Campus;
  • all University employees, students and visitors; and,
  • all external organizations using or contemplating use of University facilities.

In accordance with the Smoke Free Environment Act, smoking is prohibited in any indoor or other enclosed space.  Additionally, smoking is prohibited on property occupied by Memorial University.

This policy is in effect 24 hours a day.

The entire University community will ensure the implementation of, and compliance with, this policy.

Related Documents:

Smoke Free Environment Act
Smoking Cessation Program

There are no procedures associated with this policy.

For inquiries related to this policy:

Department of Health and Safety, 709-864-3786

Sponsor: Vice-President (Administration & Finance)

Category: Operations

Previous Versions:

There is at least one previous version of this policy. Contact the Policy Office to view earlier version(s):

Approval Date:2011-07-07, Effective Date:2011-08-01

Approval Date:2006-03-23, Effective Date:2006-03-23


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Educator Position

We are looking for fun, energetic people to join our education team!

Educators are responsible for various jobs throughout the museum such as school programs, birthday parties, animal handling, etc.  This is a part-time position.  Customer Service experience and availability on weekday mornings are a plus.

Interested applicants should submit a resume to Marcy Paul, Director of Exhibits and Education, at mpaul@munciemuseum.com.

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Addams Family tour tour of Bring it On crazy for you tour Evita the musica tour Funny Girl Tour tour
Hairspray the Musical  Tour Tour of La Cage Aux Follestour of legally blondetour of the Band tour of the Wedding Singer

tour of gary barlow's the girls musicalThe Girls is Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical adaptation of Calendar Girls which ran for six months at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End from February until July 2017, after premiering at the Leeds Grand Theatre in late 2015 with a second out-of-town tryout at The Lowry in Salford in early 2016.

Next year it is going out on tour and returning home to Yorkshire to open at the Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 August 2018 before visiting 42 theatres across the United Kingdom .

The Girls musical is inspired by the true story of a group of ladies, who decide to appear nude for a Women's Institute calendar in order to raise funds to buy a settee for their local hospital, in memory of one of their husbands. This musical comedy shows life in their Yorkshire village, how it happened, the effect on husbands, sons and daughters, and how a group of ordinary ladies achieved something extraordinary.

It is based on the 2003 film Calendar Girls which featured a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women's Institutes in April 1999. It was a major success with an ensemble cast headed by Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton and Geraldine James playing key supporting roles.

Casting for the tour and full dates to follow shortly.

Leeds Grand 15th - August 2018