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The last Kenyan post, I promise! :)
It's been a longer series than I'd anticipated – it's hard to believe we were actually only away for 2.5 weeks! There was just so much packed into that time, and you've now seen the photos to prove it hehe.
And just to give credit where it's due – many of the photos below were taken by my talented Dad. Thanks Pa :)
Our next stop (after the Kakamega Forest) was at a working farm called Kembu. It was magical! I won't go into too much detail, but we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves there, wandering around the farm, hanging out with the dogs, and chatting to the cows and horses. At night, we'd all go out with our torches and scour the hedges around the farm for chameleons. We weren't all that good at finding them ourselves, but the staff were all too happy to help :)
They also had a local knitting cooperative there called The Kanana Knitters who knit and sell gorgeous soft toys in their shop and overseas… definitely worth a visit!
After leaving Kembu, we headed up Mount Kenya to Castle Forest Lodge, a lovely B&B perched on the mountainside. We couldn't see Mount Kenya for the fog unfortunately, but I'm sure it'd be spectacular when it's visible! As you can see from the photos below, it was a bit cold and wet, but still gorgeous!
Our last stop before heading home was a very special one to us – we went back to the village where we'd lived 16 years ago. We'd all been looking forward to it I think, to see what we remembered, and what had changed. We visited our old school (the kids were all on holidays, but the school itself looked very much the same)….
… went back to our favourite local restaurant (T.Tot Hotel) to see if their Samosa's are still the best in the world (they are)…
… Took a walk through the markets, and did some basket shopping (unfortunately many of the shops we remember from here are now closed)…
…. and we got to go back and visit our old house. We didn't expect to get so close to it, but the lady who now lives there remembered us, and didn't mind us coming in for a look around. The house still looked the same, but understandably the yard and surrounds had changed quite a bit. It was a little bit sad to see that most of the things we remembered from there had now gone, but it was still such a joy to even see it again at all.
And just for the fun of it, we did a jump shot ;)
And so we ended the trip on a really special note, coming full circle from a time we've all remembered and cherished. Needless to say it was very difficult to say goodbye to Africa again, and to my family. Until the next big trip! ;)
And in case you missed them, see the previous Kenya posts here: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.


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Supreme Court Accepts Another Chance to Reverse Ninth Circuit, Uphold First Amendment
Today, the Supreme Court agreed to review McComish v. Bennett (consolidated with Arizona Free Enterprise v. Bennett), which challenges Arizona's public financing of elections as an unconstitutional abridgment of speech. Because the case concerns a crucial new battleground in the fight between free speech and "fair" (read: government‐controlled) elections, Cato filed an amicus brief supporting the cert petitions filed by our friends at Goldwater Institute and the Institute for Justice.
McComish centers on Arizona's "Clean Elections" Act, which provides matching funds to publicly funded candidates if their privately funded opponent spends above certain limits. In other words, by ensuring that his speech will not go "unmatched" by his opponent, the privately funded candidate is penalized for working too hard and speaking too much. The law violates established Supreme Court precedents that have consistently held that forcing a speaker to "disseminate hostile views" as a consequence of speaking abridges the freedom of speech. Although the Ninth Circuit upheld the Arizona law, the Second Circuit recently struck down a similar Connecticut law, thus creating a circuit split that undoubtedly encouraged the Court to take the case.
In 2008 the Court decided Davis v. FEC (in which Cato also filed a brief), which overturned the "millionaires amendment" to the McCain‐Feingold campaign finance "reform." That provision gave similar assurances to candidates faced with the possibility of being outspent by their opponent. There, however, the concern was with rich, self‐funded candidates: The act provided increased fundraising limits — triple the amount normally allowed — for candidates whose opponents spent too much (by the government's judgment) of their own money on their campaign. The Davis Court held that this provision "impose[d] an unprecedented penalty on any candidate who robustly exercises [his] First Amendment right."
The Arizona law is even worse. It doesn't even delve into the messiness of fundraising — tripling the contribution limit does not, after all, mean that those funds will be raised — but rather guarantees that a candidate's "robus[t] exercise[] of [his] First Amendment right" will be met with contrary speech from his opponent. And the law sweeps still broader: it applies the same matching funds provision to groups that spend independently from any campaign but are nevertheless deemed to be supporting a given candidate. Such "uncoordinated speech" by third parties — speech that, many times, the candidate does not want even if it is thought to be on his behalf — also triggers matching funds for the candidate's opponent.
The end result, as extensive evidence shows, is that numerous speakers — from the candidate to the independent groups — will be reluctant to spend money to speak (which is, of course, required for nearly all effective campaign speech) because their opponents are guaranteed the funds needed to reply. In elections, where the freedom of speech "has its fullest and most urgent application," such laws simply cannot fly.
Finally, it is also worth remembering what is at stake when we allow politicians to pass laws that determine the very rules by which they hold their jobs. Justice Scalia put this most poignantly in Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce: "the Court today endorses the principle that too much speech is an evil that the democratic majority can proscribe. I dissent because that principle is contrary to our case law and incompatible with the absolutely central truth of the First Amendment: that government cannot be trusted to assure, through censorship, the 'fairness' of political debate." As we now well know, the Court overruled Austin this past January in Citizens United, vindicating Scalia's pro‐free speech position.
It will be exciting to see how McComish unfolds. Expect another Cato amicus brief early in the new year, oral arguments in the spring, and a decision by the end of June.


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Turkey and ham, pie and cookies, and sweet potatoes and yams are just some of the rich, fatty, sugary, starchy foods that tempt us during the holidays. Seasonal gatherings are sometimes difficult to navigate, but for those with diabetes, food-focused celebrations can be even more challenging.
Heather Stuckey, assistant professor of medicine at Penn State College of Medicine, says it doesn't have to be that way. Stuckey believes that for people with (or without) diabetes, healthy eating should be considered a way of life.
"It's about a lifestyle," Stuckey said. "It's not just on Christmas day, Thanksgiving or Passover; it's a constant awareness. Diabetes lasts forever, we don't have a cure. It doesn't take a holiday. It doesn't take a break."
Stuckey offers the following tips, not only to those with diabetes, but to anyone trying to eat healthy.
Eat before you go so you're not too hungry and your blood sugar doesn't dip too low. A good choice is a small handful of nuts.
Survey the menu options before you indulge and don't take the first thing you see. Otherwise, before you know it, you have a plate full of starches. Stuckey suggests a slice or two of cheese, crackers, or nuts as an appetizer; lean meats for dinner; and filling the plate with vegetables.
Don't deprive yourself. Stuckey says to take a bite of something you really enjoy. Portion control is key.
"A bite of anything, for most people, will satisfy that craving and won't be enough to raise your blood sugar," she said. "The problem is, most people don't stop at a bite. If you know you're that kind of person, then it's best to try to find a substitute for that food." A good source of diabetes-safe recipes is the American Diabetes Association website, diabetes.org.
Ask yourself is it worth it? "Is it more important to have a whole piece of pie or is it important to avoid a stroke in the future or avoid a heart complication," Stuckey said. "That sounds drastic, but you almost have to think that way." For someone with diabetes, keep in mind why you're trying to control your blood sugar.
Move! If you're going to have something sweet, take a walk in between dinner and dessert. Activity is healthy, especially on days when you know you're going to eat more than usual. Stuckey recommends making movement part of the tradition. "It's so much better to have a game of football in the backyard than it is to sit and watch football all day," she said. Activity benefits everyone, not just family members with diabetes.
Remind yourself, what's not healthy. Think about substitutions for foods high in carbs that raise blood sugar, like bread, mashed potatoes, stuffing and traditional desserts like pumpkin and apple pie. Stuffing, for example, is high in fat and carbs and does not have a lot of nutritional value.
Consider a baked potato to better control the butter and top it with broccoli, or use salt-free seasonings to add more flavor.
Prepare the turkey in natural juices and water rather than in gravy.
Offer a variety of vegetables.
Add a salad to feel fuller. Vegetables like asparagus, green beans, carrots, and festive-colored peppers are healthful and have the most color to make a more appetizing plate.
Cook with broth or stock instead of butter, but watch the fat, sodium content and cholesterol. These do not affect blood sugar, but high blood pressure and high cholesterol often go hand-in-hand with diabetes.
The Medical Minute is a weekly health news feature brought to you by Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Articles feature the expertise of Penn State Hershey faculty physicians and staff, and are designed to offer timely, relevant health information of interest to a broad audience.
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To that end, the Valley River Humane Society (VRHS) has established and maintains a shelter for the humane care of homeless, stray, unwanted, and helpless animals.
We have a wonderful facility staffed by caring individuals whose sole purpose is to help orphaned animals find a forever home. Today many of these animals have either been rescued or owner surrendered, often due to the economy.
The VRHS Shelter in Marble, NC is supported by DONATIONS of caring citizens, VOLUNTEERS who give their time and by proceeds from our Thrift Store. We invite you to visit our facility and see for yourself the result of the hard work by our staff and VOLUNTEERS. Become a member of VRHS and share in our goals of Animal Adoptions, Spay & Neuter program, Animal control and to provide a safe and healthy environment for stray and abandoned animals.


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We are so happy to be HOME with our little girl. Ahhhhhhh!
The hospital stay was, to tell the truth, far from restful and peaceful. Between feeding, changing, and loving on Lola, taking care of my medical needs, eating, and the million and one members of the hospital staff that constantly seemed to be checking in on the both of us, it really felt like there wasn't a moment's peace. Daze is a great word for it, for sure. We really were thrilled to be able to get home, for so many reasons!
We were welcomed home early afternoon on Monday--and had been gone since Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. In reality, that is a long time to be away--but it felt like much longer than three days.
The main reason it seemed like an eternity was because we hadn't been able to see the boys the entire time we were gone. Due to the H1N1 scare, no one under the age of 18 was allowed in the postpartum wing of the hospital--which meant the boys were not able to come up and see us. It was really, really difficult for me, and it was very emotional to come home to those little guys who I had missed so very much!
It feels so great to be a family of six. We truly are loving {almost} every minute--those 1:30, 3:30, and 5:30 feedings would perhaps be excluded *grin*--but mostly, everything is going very well, and we are making the transition from three to four children pretty smoothly!
I don't have a lot of time to write all about Lola's birth story, but here are a few pictures of our hospital stay. More as I get time....I promise!
"Does this gown make my belly look fat?"
Seriously, could they make these things any uglier? Yikes.
After about 12 hours, at 3:26 a.m., little Miss Lola Claire finally made her debut.
Ummmm....can you say this Mommy was relieved? Whew.
So happy that was over and she was here!
Proud Papa....
....and Mama!
And, yes folks--she has HAIR!
Not much, but the most of any of our children so far.
{Jury is still out on the color....}
After a couple of hours in delivery/recovery, they moved us to the postpartum room. The next morning, we spent lots and lots of hours getting to know the little miss!
Later that morning, Grandma 'Nette and Grandpa (Shane's Mom and Dad)
came up for a few hours to meet Lola! She looked so teensy tiny in Grandpa's arms!
Very proud Grandparents!
Grandma MJ and I most certainly did NOT spend quite some
time trying on hats, hair bows, and headbands.
The next day, we got to see my cousin Haley.
The funniest thing I heard that entire day came from Haley, and I shall now share it with you:
"Oh, my goodness....she's so tiny! Her head is the size of the orange Mason ate for breakfast this morning!"
All wrapped up =)
Shane--King of Swaddling.
He can make a baby burrito like no one's business.
{He's not at all smitten.}
So much more to tell about our welcome home party. Soon....soon!


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This saddle pad is a little stiff when you first buy it and it is a little thin. I have a blue wool pad that i put under mine to keep the fleece nice and to add some padding. From the first time i rode my mare in this pad she felt beter. She just moves more fluently and this pad supports her withers really nice. It stays clean forever, i have had mine over a year, and have used it 4-5 times per week, i have never washed it or cleaned it in any way and it still looks almost brand new! My only problem with this pad is sometimes when i lope it slides forward and i just have to get off and readjust it, and before i go in the arena to run i have to adjust it, but that is my only problem.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and clean up all your used fireworks. You'd figure an M80 would have the courtesy to blow itself completely up, but noooooo. LET'S GO!
TEEN MOM – 10:00PM (MTV) MTV's wildly popular ode to birth control returns for another season of terrifyingly young people learning how to parent on the fly. In tonight's premiere, Maci confronts her ex about paying his child support. And I have a strong feeling that this won't be the last time she has to do that. Also, Amber has to choose between her baby daddy and her hawt new boyfriend. And really, is there any choice? You gotta go with the new boyfriend. The baby daddy has a kid. That's damaged goods. ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
SWEETGRASS – 10:00PM (PBS) I always thought sheepherding was strictly the domain of small Italian men and quirky New Zealanders, but no! There are shepherds right here in America, tending to their flocks as they have for decades and decades. But they're quickly becoming a dying breed, what with the dawn of the digital age and what not. Seems people just don't have time anymore to drive sheep across entire states and protect them from being poached by Wile E. Coyote. Tonight, PBS profiles one such throwback, a Montana sheepherder who keeps the tradition alive. Warning: things could get a little woolly. ANTICIPATION: MUTTON!
DEADLIEST CATCH – 9:00PM (Discovery) A bait shortage on the Cornelia Marie triggers some hostilities. Know what we used for fishing bait when I was a kid? Turkey skin. It's great bait, but if you leave it in the tackle box for a week, woe unto you and yours. ANTICIPATION: WE NEED WORMS!
CHOPPED – 10:00PM (Food Network) Your featured mystery ingredient tonight is pricky napoles, and tell me you didn't read that as "prickly nipples." A terrifying concept if there ever was one. ANTICIPATION: WHAT'S A NAPOLE?
HISTORY DETECTIVES – 8:00PM (PBS) Was a Ronald McDonald costume found by the detectives the same one used in the first Ronald McDonald ad campaign? Don't leave me in suspense! I must know. ANTICIPATION: TRIVIAL!
Tuesday Watch List: Save The Drama For Your Baby Mama
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and clean up all your used fireworks. You'd figure an M80 would have the courtesy to blow itself completely up, but noooooo. LET'S GO!


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The three Followill brothers were on the scene for the debut of Talihina Sky: The Story of the Kings of Leon, a documentary that examines the lives of the bandmembers at the annual family reunion in the backwoods of Talihina, Tennessee.
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Interview with Nuno "Stru" Figueiredo - Biggest Kitesurf Wave World Record Holder
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Portuguese champ. 2010/13/14
1st KPWT wave 2010 SC
1st yourmood kitecup wave XXL
2nd PKRA wave 2013 Dakhla
1st KPWT 2011
9th PKRA 2014/5
World Record Holder 19m/63ft kitewave
Nuno "Stru" Figueiredo, in kitesurfing you already have a name as an excellent rider…when did you start kiting?
First, thank you very much
I ride since 2001. The time I started with a foil kite, those times when safety was hell on earth.
So, I started really in the beginning of the sport. I was the first kiter in my town.
And, it was pretty fun.
What is your age?
I am 40 years old…getting old
And when did you start kiting in waves?
I started to kite because I saw Flash Austin riding some waves with the kite, and I already did 10 years of surfing at that time, so I thought it was a good idea to use the wind in my favor.
I started to learn on the foil kite, did water starts, then jumps and I was addicted to freestyle.
I did more freestyle then riding waves.
In 2006 I made a 4'9 in my garage and I started to wave ride with foot straps.
I competed at the KPWT in Guincho and became 5th ( I think).
Then 2 years after I started to ride strapless and became national champion at 2010 and was invited to the KSP world tour for 2011 and 2012.
Do you prefer riding with or without straps?
No straps of course! Like this it becomes most similar to surfing.
But in Nazare, the big waves, like the tow in surfers, I ride with straps, due to the bumpy ride and jumping over the waves.
What was your biggest wave you rode before?
In 2004 or 2005 I rode bigger waves on Papôa in Peniche … Joao Malafaya, a friend of mine who is a tow in surfer called me and asked if I think I can ride in that wave. So I checked the forecast…and said it is my backside, and it is not very comfortable..but I went anyway. It was about 5-6 meters.
My hometown Porto also has sometimes 5m solid waves which I rode.
Before this huge wave I rode already in 2006 in Nazare in 10-12m waves.
Did you ever had a big wipeout before? How high was the wave?
My biggest wipeout I had in Papoa (Peniche), which I actually have on tape.
The wave was about 6m high.
The foam caught me and I crashed the kite, but I managed to get out.
Actually, when I wipeout I stay pretty calm, because that's the thing…you stay calm and everything goes well. If you stress, you are f*****.
My friends on the rescue jets shouted to me to let go of the kite…and I said relax…and I put the kite up in the air again.
Did you ever get scared or feared your life during a wipeout?
No! You don't think about that. You can't think about that. Just stay calm…and be mentally strong.
I get scared the day before, I am really scared, and after my session. But when I go inside the water, all the fear goes away. No stress, no fear, just total concentration.
Do you take any precautions for wipeouts? Any special breath training or equipment?
Yes, of course.
I have fluctuation foam on my custom made harness.
Inside and outside the wetsuit I wear a vest.
I make special training for breathing a lot, like apnea.
When did you come up with the idea riding such a giant wave?
It was in 2011 at the WAA when I went to see the crazy show when McNamara did the picture of the lighthouse am him riding the biggest wave. And I thought it could also be possible to rid this wave with a kite.
Only after 3 years I could see a wind direction which is really good for this wave and I rode smaller waves to test out the conditions.
It has a huge cliff, and usually with a bit side onshore wind the wind dies, so it has to be side shore.
It can be a really windy place.
So I startet to train more and more and also did courses with the jet ski pilots for rescues.
Why Nazare ?
It is the biggest wave on the world. Period. And it has wind.
How much wind did you have and its direction? And how is the wind between the waves?
I am not gonna tell the direction
I started the session with about 22 knots. It increased in the middle to around 25 knots and later about 27 knots.
I wanted to ride with my 9, so I wanted minimum 20 knots.
With more wind and for a longer time the waves get mushy and choppier, so it is better to go in the beginning when the wind comes up.
The most scary part was when wave breaks it creates air from the lip and pushes the kite down and there is no more wind. Don't get there! I had it happening 3 times on that day…the kite almost touched the water…luckily I brought it up again.
And what are the most dangerous things riding Nazare?
You have the cliffs, rocks downwind, the really strong current, waves breaking everywhere. There are 3 peaks, but they change. You can ride one wave an look behind there comes already another one. No safe channel to go to.
I think it is the most dangerous spot in the world.
How much time did you spend to learn more about the wave…where and how it breaks etc?
3 years! On my way to ride some super tubes in Peniche I always stopped there to see how the waves are.
I went also other times spending all afternoon just watching the wave trying to understand it.
It is not easy. As you could see at the WSL XL wave competitions, the locals went to the finals.
The other guys who should up few days before the contest, major players, were all out, because you have to understand Nazare. You have to learn the wave a lot.
Are there better places to ride giant waves?
Maybe Jaws. But it doesn't get so big. It is a reef break and always breaks on the same spot.
Sideshore winds, make it easier to have wind on the lip.
But, Nazare is the biggest!
What were your thoughts thinking of riding a giant wave? Was it more fear or excitement?
More excitement. Fear when going in, excitement when I was in.
What were your backup plans if something goes wrong?
I had jetski support. Everything was planned by Jorge Leal. He also does plan everything for the big surfer guys.
When I arrived at the beach and asked if everything is ready, I was informed that there is a big problem…Andrew Cotton went to the hospital so actually I had no more backup.
I called Rafael Tapia and he said it is really gnarly and huge, and I just had the biggest wipeout of my life, I almost died…are you sure you want to go in?
I said if the wind will pick up, I will go in…so he said ok, I will be on the jetski and look out for you.
I asked the other guys around to with me too and that I will go in now.
I went 2 km upwind to get into the water, waves there are around 4-5 m. Then I went downwind to Nazare. And when I arrived there was no Rafael…he helped a Brazilian rider and went to the beach after that…
At the end I was with no instant backup…of course, the other guys would help out, but no instant backup watching me closely.
There where 3-4 jet skis around, but I didn't talk to anyone before.
Tell us how you got into the wave
I was riding around and trying to understand what was going on with the waves.
I tried to go more and more inside. When going back I saw this big wall right in front of me and I said, ok, let's jump it, why not
It was the one thing I wanted to do when I came to Nazare for the first time when it was about 10-12 m. But the wind wasn't so good that day.
The jump gave me motivation to continue, and after a while I felt the big wave was perfect for me…and I rode it. And it was a good choice.
I tried again, but my kite got into the wind from the lip and almost touched the water so I finished my session.
My session was about 2.5 hours. 12- 2:30 pm.
You wrote that IFKO validated your record. So it is an official record? How did they measure the height?
Yes! It is. I made an application for a world record to IFKO. They had a team present and asked me all my photos. IFKO made a request to Kinetics university to help to give an accurate measure... with a specific software. It took 3 weeks to work on it . All my personal details and gear also were measured. That they sent the document to IFKO that approved and give the final measurement of 19 mt 63ft.
What did you think when you got over the lip and entered the wave riding "downhill" ?
When I started to go down that mountain I knew it was a nice one. No wave behind me. It was clean, not too bumpy. And I thought, it is this one now or never. And I just went for it.
It was smooth and really fast. When I finished I looked back….and nothing behind me…so I tacked out.
What would you have done if you crashed ?
If I crashed I would have looped the kite to body drag out of the area.
Which gear did you ride?
I had the Eleveight WS 9m kite and 5'11 P Unit, a specific tow in board for big conditions.
Will you hunt now giant waves to ride them bigger and bigger?
Not really. I think what I had to do I already did
I have another idea, but not bigger and bigger. But…it is possible.
It is not easy with all the different conditions. I don't think a day like that will be hard to find. For now I feel I accomplished a dream, something I have always thought about.
Do you think there will be other riders now doing what you did to get the record?
I know There are guys like the Hawaiians Patri and Jesse want to make this claim. Jesse was there as well that day…but he was riding more at the end of the day.
So far I didn't see any video of him. But he said Jaws is nothing compared to Nazare.
But I hope one day someone comes and rides bigger waves. I can give some good tips. I am happy to help that nobody dies in Nazare.


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"Glee" star Jane Lynch is hearing wedding bells – and they're not coming from the McKinley High School choir room.
The 49-year-old actress is engaged to longtime girlfriend Lara Embry, her rep confirmed to Access Hollywood.
"Yes, it's true. Jane and Lara are thrilled to be engaged," the rep told Access.
The news comes four months after a previous report by the New York Times' Carpetbagger blog, which claimed Jane and Lara were set to tie the knot in May.
However, her rep shot down the report at the time, telling Access that "Jane is currently in a relationship and there is no related news to that relationship."
As for Jane's "Glee" character Sue Sylvester – she's also got a special woman entering her life on the show.
At a "Glee" event on Saturday night at The Grove in LA, Jane said she taped her own musical number – "Let's Get Physical" – with Olivia Newton John herself.
As previously reported, she'll also find a new on-screen adversary in fellow funnywoman Molly Shannon, who will play Brenda Castle – and aging astronomy teach, badminton coach and arch enemy of Sue.
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Jennifer Tyrrell, right, addresses the media with her partner after delivering 300,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas, Tex., on July 18. Activists stepped up their campaign to change the policy after Tyrrell was removed from her post as den leader of her son's Tiger Cubs' pack.
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From what I can remember, me and another guy were tag teaming Batman in a construction site attached to a restaurant. Fistfight, gunfire, it descended into chaos until my partner was able to get Batman off my back. While he was distracted with my partner, I shot him and he fell over the ledge, hanging on an offshoot of metal. So I went to a bookshelf, more height than length, pushed it to the edge and flipped the fucker over onto Batman, causing him to fall.
I saw him fall, but then he got right back up, ran to the other side of the site and down the elevator with Alfred. I was thinking, "I saw him fall! He should be dead! Wait... Oh shit, it's the goddamn Batman" knowing that I was so screwed. So me and my cohort, and some rich guy, ran back to the restaurant and down a service elevator. While we were going down, agents started popping up and looking around. I directed some shots at a few and tried to persuade the rich guy to take out the final one, but to no avail. Thought of killing him but ended up leaving him alive. On the way down, I knew Batman would recognize me so I took off my face, peeled it off from the hairline to my collar. New face underneath and my cohort did the same.
When we reached the bottom, we sat back to a row of machinery and Batman and a few others went by on the other side. They didn't notice us but they made another pass again. So we just got up, started to walk over when a lady was announcing something. A few people rushed over to where Batman left and she mentioned guerilla warfare, close-combat, stealth, all kinds of skullduggery. I checked my stats FTL-like and found out I was just missing close combat. I shrugged and just went with the lady and the main group.
We went outside, a ways away from an old house when she picked two captains, myself and another. She made a coin toss and let the other captain pick teams first. Whoever she didn't pick, I was left with. And first challenge of the teams was a sniping on a house. There were a few rings near the edge of the roof but she didn't explain the rules. First up, I tested the wind, tested it twice and angled my gun until I wasn't even aiming at the house, grinning all the while. I took a shot and practically saw the trail of the bullet curve to the house, passing through a ring. She mentioned the ring was 2, roof was 1 and something else but I took the full five points. The other leader, also a sniper, didn't fare so well.
Next challenge I forgot but the third was against a lightly/moderately armored dame against a small Indian chap, long sword and two short swords/daggers respectively. I was leaning towards the opposition, the dame, but she was as arrogant as all hell so I went for the Indian. First round he won by a margin, constantly parrying her and keeping her blades at bay with the edge of his. The second round he used a three-bladed weapon and totally dismantled her armor. Amazing battle, and we all commended him on it.
We were just walking to the next site when we saw a guy lying on the ground. We could literally see his skin change colour as it sizzled and baked in the sun and the blood he was bleeding was orange and boiling. We called a doctor over and he said for us to move out of the way of the sun so he could examine him. He went on about how the Incas prophecised about it, his death would mean the death of many but I think we knew that he was a dead man before the hour ended.
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It started off with some random questing and junk until it came to a bigger quest, all about a mask so me and a group of adventurers decided to go for it. Skipped most of the temple fights until the end, where we found part of the mask and it binded on contact. We fought another party, most likely guardians of the temple, and won. There was a huge snake, wickedly venomous and hurts like hell. We defeated it by having our strongest (Constantly referred to as The Strongest) hold it down while I injected venom right into it's veins through a syringe.
The beginning doesn't matter as much as the end, where we did the temple again and things went wrong.
The mask was wandering this time, and we already had part of it from the first run. This time we found it complete and we gave it to the strongest, who already had part of it with her. It was wandering outside the corridor, in front of the snake room with an enemy party barely lighted in said room, some features can be seen so we took them on. When it came to the snake, we held it down but struggled to keep it down long enough to kill it. Couldn't find the vein, no matter how much we poked it (Pretty damn durable), and it's fangs ripped into the strongest one. And we panicked. We were frightened beyond belief, and could do nothing while she screamed in agony. We weren't even on the defense, still frantic and I felt the serpent's fangs bite into me. Hurt like nothing else and I just started casting time magic, reversing time so we could get back to before the snake struck either one of us but the damage was done. Haphazard at best, I went back in parts, greyed out, until my magic ran out and we were alone.
The strongest was mortally wounded, the snake was gone and the room was dark, with a lone light near the pit. We could barely see the corridor but we could see shadowy figures. We couldn't even make them out but all our animal companions fled, save for the raven. The dark figures were approaching and we knew we were dead, that we would die fighting them and die alone. One of us said, "I don't want to die like this..." so we decided we'd die on our own terms, one of them carrying the strongest into the pit, the third walked in right after and I stepped into it last.
I remember looking up from the bottom, seeing our raven flutter into a sword, both filled with colour and the shadowy figures looking down at us. They said some words, and the pit closed.
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April 10, 2013, 02:26:32 am »
Sooo yeah I had a dream...
I was sitting behind a man and a woman in a pretty uninteresting room. From what I'd gathered I was an assassin of some kind and the woman was distracting the guy so I'd be able to kill him. To the right behind a pillar was a guard and further to the right was a hallway filled with security guards.
Eventually I'm standing right behind the guy and the woman has run out of patience and turns away muttering at me to get it over with. By now my heart is racing and I'm shaking pretty bad.
I grab the guy's head and stab him through the neck. It feels so real and I immediately feel so disgusted. Except it gets worse, blood begins flowing from his wound and despite this wound he begins to scream in absolute agony. I keep stabbing and more blood keeps flowing and his screams just get louder. The guards are coming and I'm slashing now at the guy's throat but the scream just keeps getting louder and louder until eventually I wake up.
I have no idea whats caused my subconscious to imagine this and I was pretty horrified myself.
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April 10, 2013, 04:43:22 am »
Just had a super vivid dream about ghost hunting in a sewer system. It started out pretty basic, trying to capture some EVP, and just kept worse and worse. Getting lost, seeing and hearing things, this steadily increasing sense of dread. It took us two days to finally get back out again and when I woke up I was completely disoriented because the dream seriously felt like it was two days long including taking powernaps in shifts which included their own nightmares. Wtf?
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Just had a super vivid dream about ghost hunting in a sewer system. It started out pretty basic, trying to capture some EVP, and just kept worse and worse. Getting lost, seeing and hearing things, this steadily increasing sense of dread. It took us two days to finally get back out again and when I woke up I was completely disoriented because the dream seriously felt like it was two days long including taking powernaps in shifts which included their own nightmares. Wtf?
Sometimes dreams feels so real that we don't know what is going on xD
Last night I had a dream, that was included my fomer roommate (spelling correct???) which did something really mean to me (only in dream, IRL he is one of my best friends and one of the best people to have around ever) concerning my ex, but I didn't remember now
When I woke up, I really wanted to send him a text stating that I hated him but fell asleep again so now I really don't remember what it was all about
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September 06, 2013, 09:30:25 am »
First one was I can't remember the start of but it ended up with my little daughter Anri going missing, the fear of all parents. Me and my classmates searched high and low but couldn't find her, only Riddler-like clues (1966 Batman). Eventually we came to a fenced area of my old schools playground and were let in by this boil covered woman, found some lock picks (Dungeons of Dredmor style picks) and someone said the lockpicks were free. The leader gave us a clue, one that I instantly knew the answer to, but the area was in the ruins in the west, up north. So I hightailed it out of there and came to a lift with rickety old chairs. Took a while for the chair to get there but once I sat down, 5 seconds to get to the top, which instead of it still being outside as I originally saw, it was in a mall. I was panicking as my sense of direction was shot to pieces and while I was running around, I found the mall, indoor pool, giant ass toy store, mega store of games and all that crap (Wicked good finds only in dreams) and found my way outside, right to the ruined area. Then I just realized I had a card of Cerberus or that animal with all those different animal parts (Deus ex machina?) so I took it out and said something akin to Persona and used him to help me find her.
Eventually found her in the field behind a public school an old friend used to go to and she was crying. Someone was approaching her and riding Cerberus, we just hauled ass and charged towards him. I jumped off and said some Papa Wolf things, the things one would expect from a protective father. Cerberus was ready to rip his throat out but I patted him twice to tell him that I got this. He took two steps back, laid down and covered his head with his paws. It's about then that the others finally found their way there (After I left them) while I was nearing the guy near my daughter. I took out my Guan Dao (Guan Yu's badass weapon of kicking ass) and when the guy looked at me, he knew I meant business. More threats and he knew I would deliver, so as I approached, he quickly got up and backed away quickly. I looked down at my daughter and she looked up with me, getting teary eyed again. She said "Papa", I started to get misty, I say "Anri" and eventually we both completely breakdown and hug each other. Being reunited just brought out the waterworks and when I woke up, found myself crying.
It was about 7:15 and since I had no school, went back to sleep.
Think I was a crusader and I was with my comrade in some desert or barren rocky place, with long, winding roads and stone spires, all the stuff of the cruel wastelands. We came upon a tribesman who my ally said was our friend when I looked like I was gearing to kill him, and he pointed out another ally on the road but when I looked at one of the spires a long ways away, I saw some lookouts that I knew weren't our friends. We went down some slopes (Felt real, just like the first dream of the night, first-person running-down-various terrain) and came onto a box. I just had to open it but I dreaded what was inside and while I was figuring a way to bust that lock open, my friend was unscrewing the screws around one side of it. I just took the pommel of my sword and went at it, eventually breaking the lock and opening it up to see the decapitated body of my wife. Don't know how it turned out like that but then we saw a hoard of tribesman over a hill far away, we didn't know if they were heading towards us or not so we just ran without burning the box. Didn't think we had armor, just tunics and our weapons so going was still slow because it was a dream. The hoard was going faster and faster until they started to spread out and when we came to a lightly treed forested area, they were close enough to throw javelins at us. We exited out onto the field of my grade school and I remember a javelin arcing high and landing right in front of one of our allies. Any that were thrown at me I was either able to catch or landed in front of me so I was able to grab them and throw 'em back. I continued running until I got to an alley that connected to a street and only stopped when I got there to see that I wasn't being chased anymore.
It was then that I saw a walkway and a really fat woman in one of those motorized scooters plow right into a wall. *Beat* And a second later right through the window and she landed on her ass. I winced but damn that was random. Made me wonder what we were fighting for as I walked back to the field and passed a familiar girl. Walked back to my friend and we chatted about the world we were fighting for and for why. He reasoned that it was to fight against the G-something something Regime even though the world is full of morons.
Think having a decent night's sleep made me remember the dreams more.
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September 06, 2013, 02:53:03 pm »
hk has a daughter?
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September 06, 2013, 08:57:16 pm »
Dreams be crazy like that, nearly felt like I was Viral back in episode 25.
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September 07, 2013, 01:23:49 pm »
Last night, I had a dream that my mother, my sister, myself, and many other people were knocked out and tied up by a cult of cannibals. I came to and saw the cult's leader checking out the people captured, and I spoke out, managing to convince him that I was a cannibal too and I wanted to join them. He was actually pretty delighted and let me go. I had no illusions that I'd be able to save everyone else, but I at least tried to negotiate my family's release, yet he refused. So I grabbed his knife, cut him in the fucking face, and tried to be a hero anyway.
The end.
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Seriously bizarre dream last night.
There was a gun fight in a shopping mall or some other large building with a lot of staircases and open areas, and I was decked out in full tactical gear apparently responding to the disturbance. I was with two other responders who for whatever reason turned out to be Seth Rogen and James Franco. I have no idea why and I agree it makes no logical sense.
So it turns out we are facing off against Mary Jo Pehl (aka Pearl Forrester from MST3K) who was dressed like a blue pyro from Team Fortress complete with flamethrower but also packing a sniper rifle (no gas mask though.) So after initially wounding her she had us pinned down with sniper fire so what else do you do with downtime if you're hanging out with Seth and James? That's right, we rolled big fat doobies and smoked them. It was the most logical part of the entire dream. My alarm clock went off right at the point I bitching at Seth for rolling the joint like shit because it wasn't burning even.
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(CNN) -- Casey Anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, was determined competent to proceed with her capital murder trial after she was examined by three psychologists over the weekend, the judge said Monday.
The psychologists' reports will be sealed, said Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. outside the presence of the jury.
"Based on privileged communications between Casey Marie Anthony and her counsel, counsel reasonably believes that Ms. Anthony is not competent to aid and assist in her own defense and is incompetent to proceed," said the motion, filed by defense attorneys Saturday under seal and made public Monday. "As a result of this well-founded concern, counsel requests a full competency determination before the continuation of trial proceedings."
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Anthony, 25, is charged with seven counts, including first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and misleading police, in her daughter's death. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against her.
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Anthony's defense attorneys also filed a motion Monday asking Perry to reconsider an earlier decision and declare Florida's death penalty law unconstitutional.
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Anthony's attorneys had previously filed a motion asking for the statute to be declared unconstitutional, and Perry denied it. After the Martinez decision, they are asking him to reconsider.
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Jurors heard Monday from two men who worked for Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, after Caylee's disappearance on June 16, 2008.
Private investigators James Hoover and Dominic Casey both said they provided security services at the Anthony home from "protesters" who would show up. Hoover said he was working as a citizen although he is a licensed private investigator.
The two said they spent two days in November 2008 searching a wooded area for Caylee's body. The search site was near where the remains were found a month later. A videotape of that search was played for jurors.
Casey told defense attorney Ann Finnell the search was prompted by a phone tip he received from a psychic.
Both defense attorney Jose Baez and prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick accused Hoover of attempting to cash in on his association with the case by trying to sell the tape of the search, but he denied that, saying he actually thought he had taped over the search and only discovered later he had not.
He did say he at one point was going to sell some photographs of the search and give the money to Casey and the Anthony family. "I didn't need it," he said.
Jurors also heard from Kenneth Furton, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida International University and director emeritus of the university's International Forensic Research Institute. Furton testified that he studies chemicals emitted by both live and dead people.
Chloroform can be given off in small amounts by a decomposing body. One prosecution expert, Arpad Vass of Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, described the levels of the substance in the trunk of Anthony's white Pontiac Sunfire as "shockingly high." Several witnesses also testified for the state about odors that they said smelled like the unmistakable scent of human decomposition.
Furton said there are alternative explanations for the chloroform found in the trunk, noting the compound is found in a number of household items, particularly bleach.
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Also, Furton said, the chemical reactions that produce chloroform also produce other substances. Testing was not done to determine whether any of those substances were present, he said -- either by him or by the Oak Ridge laboratory.
Furton said there is no instrumentation that can record with scientific validity the presence or absence of human decomposition, and said his studies suggest there are chemical compounds unique to human decomposition that were not present in Vass' analysis of the air samples from the trunk.
On cross-examination, however, he acknowledged that a decomposing human body would explain the presence of the compounds that Vass found, but Furton said a bag of garbage that was left in the trunk for weeks could have contributed.
Before a lunch break, Furton testified that the Oak Ridge laboratory should have done a quantitative analysis to determine how much chloroform was present in the trunk in order to state its importance.
Orange County Sheriff's Office Detective Yuri Melich, the lead investigator in the case, was also recalled to the stand Monday. Baez questioned Melich in an effort to cast doubt on the thoroughness of the investigation.
Under questioning, Melich acknowledged that he did not subpoena George Anthony's cell tower records, showing where he was when calls were made or received. Asked whether that might have helped investigators, Melich said it would have, "if I had had a reason to believe it would play a part in this case, which at the time I did not."
He said he also did not seize a computer belonging to Roy Kronk, the meter reader who discovered Caylee's remains in a wooded area near the Anthony home on December 11, 2008. Melich testified he had no reason to do so.
Melich also said that cadaver dogs were not deployed on George and Cindy Anthony's cars, only on Casey Anthony's. On cross-examination, Burdick asked Melich whether anyone ever reported that either of those cars smelled like a dead body, and he said they did not.
Monday marks the beginning of the sixth week of testimony in the trial, which began with opening statements on May 24.
Perry originally told jurors, who are being housed in an Orlando hotel shielded from media coverage of the trial, that the trial could last six to eight weeks.
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Caylee was not reported missing to police until July 15, 2008, when Cindy Anthony, tracked down her daughter Casey and demanded answers regarding Caylee's whereabouts. Prosecution witnesses described Casey Anthony's behavior in the month after Caylee was last seen as nonchalant, testifying that she spent time with her boyfriend, went shopping and to nightclubs -- but told no one her daughter was missing. They testified they noticed no change in her demeanor.
Baez said in his opening statement that Anthony behaved as she did because years of sexual abuse by her father had conditioned her to conceal the truth and hide her pain.
George Anthony has denied the claims that he abused his daughter or helped conceal his granddaughter's death.
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Year Built: 1992
Size: 3,465 fin Sq. ft. / 550 unfin. Sq. ft.
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It's 1992. EuroDisney opens, Radiohead is big, and The Silence of the Lambs sweeps the Oscars. Charlottesville's own John Grisham writes The Pelican Brief. And while you were banging your head to grunge music, Hauser Homes built this five-bedroom colonial in the planned community of Dunlora.
If subdivisions aren't your thing, pass on this place. If you're intrigued by the extra perks— tennis courts, a pool and walking trails, with proximity to Pen Park, Rt. 29, and the long-promised Meadowcreek Parkway, — then bookmark King William Drive for your next Saturday morning house tour. As you drive up, the neighborhood is all very manicured, with cul-de-sacs and heavily landscaped lawns. Lots of houses sport brick facades or shuttered windows— this place has both. The quiet hush almost screams "Welcome to Stepford." Once we stepped inside, though, all that fell away.
The house backs up against a wooded area— Dunlora common ground— so the views, at least this season, are leafy and lush, more typical of a cabin in a forest than a colonial in a subdivision. The entranceway quickly opens up to the main floor, with a library, dining room, and a living room with large windows on two sides. Fireplaces in both the living and dining rooms make for cozy winter living, but as with any house worth its salt, the true hang-out spot is the kitchen.
This one's recently redone, with blue-grey ceramic floor tile echoed in smaller squares across the backsplash. The stainless steel appliances are out-flashed by the mica-flecked grey granite countertops. A pantry, gas range, and an island offer all the amenities that a Top Chef-obsessed yuppie could desire.
There's also a built-in desk with a phone jack in case your culinary experiments don't work out and you resort to take-out. But the diva in this room is definitely the stained glass. Floral-themed glass panels, custom made by Vee Osvalds of McGuffey Art Center, decorate the ceiling and transom windows. (The owners will remove the stained glass if it's not to your taste.)
The current owners bought the house in 2005 for $549,000— which is pretty much their current asking price of $550,000. In the meantime, they renovated— adding the stained glass and redoing the main floor's half bath with modern flair: a cool glass sink and countertop, and tiling with an Art Deco yellow, white, and black pattern.
On the top floor, the laundry room's been primped with blue and white tile, a sink, and a nifty built-in ironing board. The fourth bedroom, with malachite-colored tiles and a dual ceiling fan, looks updated as well. The owners have taken advantage of the extra light flowing through the skylights in the slanted walls and turned this room into a home office.
But after that, they seem to have run out of steam. (They've owned the place only a few years, after all.) The two upstairs bathrooms could use an update— especially the master. It's big, with a shower, jetted tub and his-n-hers sinks. But we saw faceted plastic faucet knobs, linoleum, low, fabricated stone counters, and a tub, toilet and shower color that can only be described as— gulp— taupe.
As for the finished basement, the owners don't seem to use it. And with a finished square footage of 3,465, who can blame them? This space is carpeted except for a small tiled area leading to the pebble patio. With a large den (complete with yet another fireplace), private entrance, full bath and extra bedroom, it'd be an easy convert into a rental or mother-in-law suite.
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