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Emma - I place this one near the bottom, not because it is so unworthy (I named my lovely daughter Emma, in fact), but because it seems so different from the above mentioned titles. Emma is a flawed character, more than most of Austen's heroines. But still I love Emma, she learns so much about herself, and longs to become a better person. Don't we all, I ask? As for the movies, I personally love Gwyneth Paltrow's Emma, although they cut out a few parts. Kate Beckinsale did a nice Emma, but they added some stuff I could have done without. Even the silly, but sweet update, &quot;Clueless,&quot; is worth a look. Alicia Silverstone is so very Emma.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway, naturally a movie about the world's greatest author was bound to attract the attention of her most ardent fan (that would be me, by the way). Becoming Jane is a basically fictionalized account of Jane Austen's early adulthood and her relationship with a young lawyer named Tom Lefroy.<br /><br />Have you ever got the strong hunch to call somebody? I remember one instance in particular. I got the hunch to call my maternal grandmother on a Friday. I was rather busy and decided to wait until Monday when I would have more time to talk. She died on Saturday. I always regretted that I did not follow through on that hunch.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As I watched the Talladega race on Sunday, April 26th, 2009, I was torn between admiration for the exciting racing the track brings and the extreme danger it entails. Carl Edwards' regular car sponsor is AFLAC but for this race he was sponsored by Claritin. The number 99 started 16th and spent a little time in front before dropping to the back purposely to try to avoid what is known as 'The Big One', the wreck that always takes out multiple cars. He did a good job all day of avoiding all the accidents, though he did get a little damage from the first multi-traffic pile up. Towards the end of the race, the Claritin 99 car started making his way to the front. He got a great push from behind by the driver of the 09 car, rookie driver Brad Keselowski and together they passed every car in the field.<br /><br />The next issue hinges on the believability of the movie's plot. No [https://insotay.vn/ b&igrave;a sổ đẹp] knows for sure the depth of the actual relationship between Austen and Lefroy. The movie makes several leaps of faith, creating a deep love between the two main characters. There is, of course, little substantial proof that Austen and Lefroy were as close as the movie suggests. By her own account, she was fond of him, and the general consensus among Austen scholars is that Lefroy was the basis for Mr. Darcy (for those of you who continued reading up to this point instead of turning on The Deadliest Catch, Mr. Darcy is a hero of Austen's classic Pride &amp; Prejudice).<br /><br />Mansfield Park - The heroine of this novel is the subject of much debate among Austen fans. Some find Fanny Price tepid and dull, but I believe that to be a low estimation of her worth. If you really give this an honest and thorough read, you'll find Fanny to be a wonderful character. True she isn't as flashy and fun as Elizabeth Bennett or Emma Woodhouse, but we can't all be lively and vivacious. This is a great book about morality and honor and discretion. I have no movie recommendations for this one. The 1999 version with Frances O'Connor was cast with some fine actors and the art direction and cinematography were first rate, but this heavily rewritten version is almost an insult to what Austen was trying to accomplish with her wonderful novel.<br /><br />Downstairs in the lobby my spirits picked up a little. This hotel was so nicely decorated--old western antiques everywhere. I was getting that &quot;Nevada&quot; feeling. It's a wonderful feeling that you don't really get in Las Vegas. These small towns, and even Reno, have a wonderful flavor all their own. You feel a part of their culture and a part of their history. It was a nice feeling of belonging. I was glad we were here. It felt safe and familiar.<br /><br />The bad weather has lead to the canceling of sporting events. The Houston Astros at the Chicago Cubs MLB game scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until a later date. Just last weekend, snow kept the Seattle Marines and Cleveland Indians from playing games for four consecutive days in the city of Cleveland. The Cleveland Indians decided to move their home games to another location until the conditions were better. They took their home stand against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to Milwaukee's enclosed baseball diamond.
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Some of the most expensive claims come naturally from the most expensive cars. A rare or prestige vehicle is often worth a lot of money. But when you have a major claim for a ridiculous reason, well that takes the cake. click here is from a stable of vehicles described as one of the best rally cars in the world. So a successful vehicle would naturally be well cared for and protected from the elements. In this case the owner did just that but somehow a team [family perhaps] of mice got inside the car and chewed its seats and door linings to bits. That's both bizarre and costly.

The storm is headed towards New England and will dump snow on northern New York State, Vermont, New Hampshire, and parts of Maine. This low pressure center will carry a possibility of 6 to 12 inches by Friday. Another snow storm is possible for the Midwest as a new storm is organizing in the Rockies. It will pick up intensity as it hits the central Plains on Friday. This storm brings another threat of severe weathers and lots of snow. It is possible that this storm can start to have an impact by Saturday of this week.




Avoid tail-gating on the freeway, and do not drive with your high beams on. If you can, avoid the roads during these conditions, but if you must drive, drive slowly, with caution, you may want to roll down the window a bit, and turn off your radio, so you have better hearing conditions. Fortunately it has a tendency to burn off by noon, and is not a nightly feature in the winter. Also, if flying into Sacramento, you may want to avoid early and late flights in the winter season, because of this weather condition.

Geminis are the original multi-taskers. They can eat, drink, read the newspaper, shave, or apply make-up all while driving, although this is NOT recommended, even if you're a Gemini. It's the sign of the twins; while one is driving the other co-pilots.

After sitting in stopped traffic for an hour I decided that I would call out of work and return home. I turned around to come home and saw multiple downed powerlines, and trees that had broken from the heavy wind and rain that had fallen into the roadways. I observed another fender-bender on my way home, but again no one was injured. This time traffic was not stopped as the cars had been able to move out of the road. I was very glad to return home and thankfully we had enough groceries to do us for a few days in case we couldn't get back out to the grocery store.

I decided to carefully proceed to work. It was of course still raining steadily and I was concerned on how much rain would be in my yard when I came home from work, but I was hoping that it would stop raining and some of the water would go down. I must commute on Interstate 40 East and go down the Old Fort Mountain to arrive at work. The Old Fort Mountain is very steep with three lanes Eastbound and three lanes Westbound. Both sides of the mountain are filled with large rocks. I proceeded with my journey and when I made it to the top of the mountain, there had been a rockslide from all of the rain that had also caused a three traffic pile up. No one was injured luckily, but traffic was completely stopped for about an hour. Of course, it continued to rain.

So if you cant afford the luxuries of the mall, a great alternative is to try out a few local vintage and thrift stores throughout Baltimore. Many of them house amazing fashions for all clothing styles.