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We just finished up with our Polar M400 Watch Review and 30 day test drive. Normally we take a pass on test drives, but we really wanted to check out what Polar had to offer. To be honest we weren't looking to review the M400, in fact we had our hearts set on reviewing the RCX5.
We are actually glad the RCX5 wasn't available, because if it was, we probably wouldn't have fallen in love with the M400. Yep, the M400 blew the lid off our expectations and now we get to share our experience with you.
The M400 is am amazing watch. It's probably about 99% of what anyone who runs or walks could ever want. It has built in GPS, it records heart rate, it monitors activity and to top it off it looks absolutely stunning. Heck we even were asked several times if it was an Apple watch. To this we said Heck No it's a Polar! To be truly honest it looks much better than the Apple watch and destroys them on battery life, heart rate monitoring and did we mention, the Apple Sport doesn't come with GPS.
A Little History
In 1979 POLAR filed its first patent for wireless heart rate measurement and in 1982, launched the first ever wire-free wearable heart rate monitor, changing the way athletes trained forever. Back in the late 80's I found myself purchasing a heart rate monitor by a company called Polar. We didn't have the internet and we certainly didn't have a lot of information on the subject of smart watches and heart rate monitors. It was sort of the wild west and you were you're own experiment, learning as you went. Fast forward almost 25 years and we are checking out the new Polar M400, leaps and bounds beyond what I first started with. To say Polar watches have advanced is an understatement. The M400 comes loaded with built in GPS, Heart Rate Recording (using the bluetooth monitor/strap) and all sorts of other advanced features that one could have only dreamed of.
Polar M400 Watch Review – The Unwrapping
When our Polar M400 arrived, it came in a nice box. The following were included
- M400 Watch
- Polar Bluetooth Chest Strap
- USB to micro USB Cable
- Quick Start Directions
- Free access to the Polar Flow App and FlowSync Software
- User Guide
- Retails: $249.95
- Accessories that aren't included Stride Sensor – $79.95
Polar states that the M400 should keep about 8 hours battery life when using the GPS and/or Heart Rate Monitor. They also state that using the M400 in watch mode should extend battery life to around 30 days. We never pushed the limits of the batteries, but from our observations, the M400's battery life was really good and we didn't run out of battery life during testing. Of course we did charged the unit several times over our 30 day test period.
When using the watch you will most likely be in one of two modes. Time Mode or Exercise Mode. In Time mode you simply see the date, time and Daily Activity Goal indicated by the bar below the Time. The Watch Face can be set to 3 different modes (Daily Activity, Analog and Big). Our preference was to set it to Daily Activity, which displayed the Activity bar. The Activity bar is basically a visual queue showing you your activity throughout the day. It tracks steps, activity and sleep. During testing we had to walk or run about 5 miles to reach our daily goal. The M400 will continue to monitor your activity beyond the daily goal and depending on the day, you could be at 150%, 200% or more.
Activity is calculated using the M400's Internal 3D accelerometer. It measures your wrist movements and analyzes these movements based on frequency, intensity and regularity in combination with your physical information. If you are being sedentary, the watch will beep with an alert display telling you to MOVE IT.
The Activity calculation can be adjusted based on your real world activity level and what kind of training you do.
Exercise Mode allows you to select the type of exercise you are about to do as well as calibrate the GPS signal and Heart Rate signal. Once one or both of these are set, you are ready to exercise and have the watch start recording. To do so, you simply press the middle red right button to begin recording. At any time you can pause recording by pressing the lower left side button.
We found that the GPS signal could take up to 10-20 seconds to fully calibrate on cloudy days. The Heart Rate signal is streamed using Bluetooth from the Heart Rate chest strap to the watch. A little heart indicator displays when the chest strap is synced to the watch. The first time you use the watch it will ask you to pair up the heart rate monitor. Once paired you will not be asked to pair it again.
When using the M400 outdoors, the display is very readable, even on sunny days thanks to Polar's noticeable high-contrast display.
The M400 night light (Upper Left) is super bright. I even have used it to find some of my shoes in the early morning darkness. It's almost like having a mini flashlight on your wrist.
The M400 is charged using a micro USB plugged into the back side of the watch. Once plugged in the, M400 will start charging and if accessible will attempt to sync to Polar's Flowsync Software. Any recorded workouts are uploaded to Polar's Flow Software for viewing and analyzing.
Once Syncing is complete you can view your workouts online in a calendar view with Polar's Flow Software. Besides recording workouts, the watch also records times of inactivity and that is represented by the Yellow triangles. The M400 comes with an inactivity alarm that basically says "get your butt moving!". Ok maybe it says something a little less harsh, but you get the hint.
We or rather I started running with a group on Fridays. The run is called the Bomb Run and it can be wicked fast. It's a drop run, so if you can not hang, you are spit out of the back. Needless to say I have been spit out quite a few times. The run starts out deceivingly slow for the first few miles and then picks up from there. By the end, the run can be going well under 6 minute pace.
Prior to working out, you can use the Polar Flow software to setup your M400 screen displays, set up interval timers (Distance or Time alerts) and other cool features.
Recording the workout is a snap. Simply wait for the GPS to sync and if you have the heart rate strap, sync that up as well. Once one or both are synced, you press the Start Button (Middle Right), choose which workout you are doing (Running, Walking, Other, Nordic Walking…) and press the start button again to begin the recording.
To pause the workout during the run, you simply click the pause button (Lower Left). To start recording again you click the Start Button. To end the recording session you click the pause button and then hold the pause button again for 3 seconds.
At some point you will charge your Polar M400 and if you have your USB connected to your computer, it can upload the workout information to the Polar Flow software.
When viewing the workout sessions in the Polar Flow software's diary view, you can load individual workouts simply by clicking on them where you are present with more detailed information.
I was using both the GPS functionality and the Polar Heart Rate Strap for the stats below. As you can see, both speed and heart rate were recorded. The Friday Bomb run started out at a rather leisurely pace of 9 minutes and finished under a 6 minute pace, well at least it did for the people in front of me. I maxed out at somewhere around a 6:12 pace. Not too shabby for a guy who is 1/2 a century old. Did I mention I was 50. Unfortunately there was a 54 year old guy who finished ahead of me, so I can't use age as an excuse.
What I find really cool about the information is you can see a map of the course as well as stats all along the route. You can even highlight parts of the course to see where you ran faster or slower as well as get a better idea of pacing vs heart rate.
Other Cool M400 Features
Fitness Test: The M400 Fitness test is one of my favorite tests. It involves relaxing for 4-6 minutes while your heart rate is analyzed. It's a test anyone can do. Once finished, your VO2max result is displayed. I am proud to say it recorded my VO2max score around 62, which put me in the Elite category for my age. That's right, Mr Armstrong has got to be worried. Sadly after doing a quick search for his VO2max score I realized he is way above mine, somewhere around 78 to 92. Oh well back to the drawing board I go.
Training Summary: After a workout, the M400 gives you stats for the workout session. These are really helpful at a glace stats. To get the most out of the recordings, you simply upload the information for even more stats.
- Distance awards
- Start time, Pace and Distance
- Textual feedback pertaining to the workout
- Summary of Heart Rate Zones
- Average and Max Heart Rates
- Calories Burned
- Average Pace and Max Pace
- Running Index
- Altitude
- Lap Information
Syncing with iPhone and iPad
The M400 comes with Bluetooth Smart technology allowing you to sync to things like an iPhone or iPad. Polar also offers free apps for those devices that allow you to view your workout. The apps are simply fantastic and are perfect for reviewing your sessions post workout on bigger screens.
Showing off the information to friends is super easy and everyone we showed the information to was Wowed by all the cool features.
M400 Stride Sensor
Polar offers a stride sensor accessory that attaches to your shoe. The sensor is Bluetooth enabled and is designed for runners who want to improve their technique and performance. Although we didn't get a chance to test out the Sensor, it comes with some pretty cool features.
- Measures each stride you take to show running speed and distance
- Helps improve your running technique by showing your running cadence and stride length
- Allows you to see how your running performance changes, with Polar's unique Running Index
- Compact and fits securely on your shoelaces
- Compatible with iPhone 4S and later
Overall Impression With the Polar M400
The M400 is an absolute winner. It's elegant, it's functional and comes with all the bells and whistles one could possible want in a running/walking fitness watch. The only function we would love Polar to add, would be a some type of thermometer to record temperature.
To get the latest scoop on the Polar M400, check out Polar's Website.
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This new set of Oaken stools embodies contrasts in a unique and memorable form
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Ics and Ipsilon are a set of stools designed by Rodrigo Torres for Poliform. Distinctive and with a confident, well-defined style, the Oak stools were inspired by research into stylistic contrasts that involve form and materials.
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The holidays are steeped in tradition and ritual, sometimes old and sometimes new. Whatever you celebrate, whether it's Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or even the winter solstice, here's a look at some inventions that were born out of the winter holiday season.
1. Greeting Cards
The modern day greeting card first made its appearance during Christmas in England in 1843. Designed by artist John Horsley at the request of Sir Henry Cole, a busy man who worked at the Public Records Office in London, the cards featured the words, "A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You." Cole came up with the idea as a simple way to send a greeting to all of his friends and family at Christmas without having to write a long letter, as was the usual custom during Victorian times. Today, this is what we know as the "mass email message." The cards were so well received that 1,000 cards were printed in 1843 for commercial sale. Later, Hallmark introduced its first Christmas card line in 1915.
2. Scotch Tape
Although adhesive tape had already been invented by Richard Drew of 3M Company in St. Paul, MN in 1925, clear adhesive tape didn't make an appearance until 1930. The cellulose-backed Scotch tape was waterproof and clear, making it ideal for wrapping gifts. During the Depression, Scotch tape became a household name when it was widely used to mend ripped money, books, toys, and other gadgets.
3. Candy Canes
Candy canes didn't always have the iconic red and white stripes they're known for today, nor did they curve at the top. In fact, as simple white sugar sticks of candy, the very first candy "canes" were quite plain looking. As the story goes, in 1670, a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany decided that the ends of the candy sticks should be bent to look more like a shepherd's staff and started a tradition of handing them out to children during religious services to keep them quiet. It wasn't until the early 1900s that the red stripes began to appear and peppermint flavor was added. In the 1950s, the process of making candy canes became automated—oddly enough by a Catholic priest who invented a machine for this.
4. Holiday Stringing Lights
The act of lighting up a tree for the holidays was originally a precarious event—it was originally done with open flame candles! Then in the late 1800s, Edward Johnson, one of Thomas Edison's protégés, created the first set of electric Christmas lights for sale to the general public. From then on, these lights became a staple for department store displays, houses and trees. Today, these lights are a festive way to commemorate any holiday or occasion.
5. Yule Log
While most people don't burn Yule logs anymore, the tradition lives on in a chocolate sponge cake confection called "buche de noel" (Yule log in English), which was invented by a French pastry chef in the late 1880s. The tradition of a Yule log burning on the hearth dates back to a pagan ritual associated with the winter solstice in which a large log, typically pine, aspen, birch, oak, willow, or holly was burned to ward off evil spirits during the darkest days of the year. Each type of wood that was burned had a different meaning. For example, pine was burned for prosperity and growth, oak for health, strength and wisdom, and birch to signify new beginnings.
6. Mass-Produced Wrapping Paper
Throughout the ages, gifts were wrapped in fabrics or plain natural papers. It wasn't until after colored inks began being used in printing that Hall Brothers (now known as Hallmark Cards, Inc.) began selling gift wrap en masse —by accident. When their store ran out of gift "dressing" or "tissue" paper that customers were using to wrap gifts, they began printing wrapping paper on stiffer paper stock, which flew off the shelves. The rest, as they say, is history. Today Hallmark is known as the one of the most recognized gift wrap companies in the world.
7. Kwanzaa Unity Tree
Umoja or unity is one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, and is just one of the reasons Charles R. Clarke of Louisville, KY (US Patent No. D441688, issued May 8, 2001) invented the Kwanzaa Unity Tree. But, as Clarke writes on his website, he decided to take it a step further and create a single product that combines all of the symbols and principles of Kwanzaa. Although not part of the patent, Clarke features green, red, and black—the colors of Kwanzaa—in his sketches of ornaments for the tree.
8. Gift Cards
While IBM pioneered and patented the technology of the now ubiquitous magnetic strip card, credit for inventing the modern day gift card must be given to Nancy Gensburg and Carol Jacobsohn of Swift Gift (known today as Swift Prepaid Solutions) in Highland Park, IL. In 1998, they came up with the idea of a plastic gift certificate that could be used during the holidays. Available in $25 increments, the credit-card-sized gift certificate could be redeemed at 15 million locations worldwide. Sales hit $500,000 that year and the modern day gift card was born.
Some of the most enduring inventions have been the result of the holidays, and many—greeting cards, wrapping paper, gift cards, holiday lights—have evolved into other celebrations in our lives, such as birthdays and anniversaries. It's a testament to the fact that even during the holidays, our innovative spirit remains. Do you know of more inventions that were inspired by the holidays? Post them in our comments section below.


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A Proposal to Change the Death Penalty
I oppose the death penalty. I am by no means an expert on the laws or the detailed history of the death penalty, but this is not an issue where such expertise is necessary. I feel the way I do for what are probably common reasons, but also for reasons that might be less common.
First of all, I'm not a killer. I do not hunt, although I'm not opposed to others hunting to put food on the table. I rescue mice from my cats and don't even kill bugs if they are not actively terrorizing me. And I have no desire to kill anyone, nor to be a party to doing such a thing. That doesn't mean that I am a pacifist, far from it. Anyone who has explored these pages will understand that. I wouldn't hesitate, not even for a moment, to try to defend myself or someone else, even to the point of killing the assailant(s), should that be the only way to stop an assault that could cause death or serious harm. However, that isn't the same as wanting to end someone's life cold-bloodedly and premeditatedly, as is done in an execution.
It's not out of feelings of sympathy that I oppose killing people who commit the kinds of crimes that garner a death sentence. Anyone who commits these heinous acts probably deserves to have his or her life taken away. And that leads to the second reason I oppose the death penalty: can we ever be absolutely sure that the person on death row is guilty? Someone is, at least in theory, convicted because a jury is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty, but when a person is executed, it is done with absolutely no doubt at all. I'm uncomfortable with the disparity between the levels of certainty in the two situations. In my way of looking at things, it is as much an unpardonable crime to execute an innocent person as it is to criminally murder someone. The existence of the death penalty in a situation when there isn't absolute certainty of guilt always admits the possibility of executing the wrong individual. It is irremediable; the later discovery that the convicted person did not commit the crime cannot result in freeing and compensating the person after the error is discovered. The grave is permanent.
There is an unfortunate history of racism and other prejudices in the US that has led to the fact that minorities, especially Blacks, are executed out of proportion to their share of the population. Further, for a given crime, a non-white is more likely to be sentenced to death than a white. I find this an intolerable situation. Even if every Black person executed were guilty and deserved it, the fact that it is not done even-handedly, over all racial and ethnic groups, condemns the death penalty process. This is my third reason for opposing the death penalty.
The fourth reason I oppose it is, to me, the most important. I don't want to have government in the death business. I don't want my taxes to go toward creating a class of hooded, anonymous killers. Nor do I want to see medical professionals perverted by involving them in the supposedly more humane execution method of lethal injection. If I were a religious person, it would probably bother me to see members of the clergy involved in state murder, as well. It all reminds me too much of Nazism and Stalinism. Mouthing words about democracy and the Declaration of Independence doesn't make the monstrosities of past death camps qualitatively different from the death-dealing of federal and state governments in this country.
Why was no one from any government agency charged in the deaths of eighty-some Branch Davidian men, women and children in Waco, Texas? Why did the federal government not charge any of its agents for killing members of Randy Weaver's family at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, after the FBI had entrapped Weaver by pressuring him into committing a crime and then arresting him for it? (It was gratifying to hear that an Idaho prosecutor filed manslaughter charges against FBI agent Lon Horiuchi for killing Vicki Weaver, even though the feds later forced the charge to be dropped.) I think it's because there is a public mindset, long inculcated, that if agents representing a democratically elected government kill someone, it is somehow, ipso facto, different from when a criminal kills someone. I disagree. Mightn't situations like these occur less frequently if all levels of government were formally taken out of the death business?
The Other Side
Many people, probably a solid majority, support the death penalty. They are sick of the awful crimes they read about and see on television every day, not to mention what they see in their own neighborhoods. They want such a penalty, I think, not only for a deterrent and a punishment, but also to exact revenge on the perpetrators. Is this wrong? I hesitate to make a negative judgment on this issue lest it prove hypocritical if I should suffer the loss of a loved one to rape-murder-torture-mayhem-crippling, or if I should suffer some of the above myself. I don't know how I would feel under those circumstances. Are you certain how you would react? Should the majority be condemned for feeling this way?
Many are overwhelmed with sympathy (or perhaps some kind of guilt) not just for the victim of a crime, but for the criminal. The reasons given are that he (or she) had a bad childhood, grew up poor, is a member of a discriminated-against minority group, never had a chance in life, is full of "rage," etc. I, however, am not. However much sympathy I might have for a person, for all of the above reasons, the person removes himself from the sympathy zone by becoming a criminal and hurting others. Feeling otherwise, I think, would be an insult to the great majority of people who come from similar circumstances and do not become criminals. The perpetrator may once have been a victim of society, but by choosing become a brute (and I do think that there is choice here), he or she has been transformed out of the victim category. In short, I think that those who are going around brutalizing others, either deliberately or as an aside to other crimes, have become monsters and ought to be separated from society for as long as they are in that condition.
Death penalty supporters would want to execute such people when they are convicted of severe crimes against innocent people. Are they wrong? I don't know, but I don't want my tax dollars to make me a party to killing them.
What's the solution?
Trying to get rid of the death penalty when it has such social support is like building sand castles to stop the rising tide. It's a waste of effort. So how can those who want the death penalty be satisfied and those who oppose it, at least any who feel that way for the reasons I do, also have some satisfaction?
I would propose that when a person is convicted of a crime that would legally qualify for the death penalty, that executing the person by any level of government be abandoned. In its place, the person's life should be awarded to the victim, or to a survivor of the victim, or another aggrieved individual. That person must then either personally execute the convict or remand him or her to the penal system to serve a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Of course, the aggrieved person would have to do the deed in a manner that excludes torture. There would undoubtedly be other safeguards to work out, as well.
Some would say that this proposal is barbaric. I might agree, but I find it less barbaric than state murder. Further, it satisfies certain other criteria which make it superior to existing death penalty laws.
Why did I emphasize the word personally above? It wasn't just to get the act removed from the government and relieve us from the burden of being silent participants. There is another reason. The size and complexity of society today, after the history we have had, has resulted in too many things being done in a faceless, bureaucratic manner, by people involved only by virtue of the fact that they are paid a salary for doing them. Individuals might or might not care about what they do, but that has become incidental to the machinery of society. It is time to start making things more personal again. There is a need to put a brake on the growing alienation of people today, to end the feelings that they are not really involved in society, not really in control in their so-called democracy, that nothing really matters anymore.
Even if this kind of justice is barbaric, it would be no more barbaric than what we have now, and at least it would be a real, human kind of justice. Today, there is little justice for victims and the survivors of victims; everything is out of their hands. Nothing, outside of perhaps a rare little bit of monetary compensation, is ever done for them. In the area of justice, as well as other areas of life and government, it is all done in the name of society. This must change, and my proposal is one small step in that direction. It is putting an element of humanity and control back into the hands of the citizens, where the moral choices of the individual can matter, even if that moral choice is for revenge.
Loose Ends
There are, indeed, some loose ends. Foremost among them is one of the major objections to the death penalty I raised at the beginning of this essay – what about killing a person who turns out to be innocent? Nothing in my proposal cures that problem. True, society as a whole would not be doing it, but it could still happen. The only true cure for this is to abolish death as a punishment entirely and that's not going to happen soon.
Short of complete abolition, the next best thing is to create a disincentive to executing innocent people, those about whom there is any doubt whatsoever of their guilt. That disincentive is to make executing an innocent person, even by the person to whom the criminal's life was awarded, a crime of premeditated murder, with mechanisms in place to be certain that new evidence of innocence gets presented. This would assure that such decisions would not be taken lightly. You can have your revenge, but you'd better be right. Revenge can have its cost, also.
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There would be many things to be worked out, but it could be done, and would be a step forward, if a modest one.
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Hidden Canyon Estates, Mercer Mountain Estates and Lakeview Heights
There's more development in motion in SunCrest! Recently, Draper City Council approved a master development agreement regarding the properties known as Hidden Canyon Estates, Mercer Mountain Estates and Lakeview Heights.
Hidden Canyon Estates
Located adjacent to the Stoneleigh Heights Townhomes and the future Edelweiss development, the agreement allows up to 300 single-family homes with a minimum lot requirement of 7,500 sq. ft. The developer will contribute $500,0000 towards the construction of trails/trailhead in either the first or second phase.
Mercer Mountain Estates
This 20-acre parcel, acquired in the Zion's Bank acquisition, will be limited to 50 single-family homes with a minimum lot requirement of 12,000 sq. ft. The agreement will allow for a gated community if desired and all roads within MME will be private streets.
Lakeview Heights
This 20-acre parcel, commonly referred to as the "concrete jungle," was also acquired in the Zion's Bank acquisition. This parcel will allow townhomes or condos and be limited to 160 units and all roads within LH will be private streets.
April SunCrest Market Update
February SunCrest Market Update
September SunCrest Market Update
August SunCrest Market Update
Proposed Plat for Edelweiss Development
Our understanding from previous Draper City meetings and information from the developer is that they wish to be included with SunCrest HOA and have also expressed interest in being annexed into the TRSSD. Our understanding is that it's a multi year buildout plan with town homes, cottage style homes, and larger 1/4-1/3+ acre lots with around 180 units in total.
Click here to view the proposed plat and zoing request.
There will be a public hearing at Draper City Hall, 1020 East Pioneer Road, on August 28, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. Inquiries may contact Dan Boles at the Draper City offices, 801-576-6335.


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(PG-13 language) Here's the first uncensored look at Why Him?, an upcoming 2016 romantic comedy movie starring James Franco, Bryan Cranston Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, and Keegan-Michael Key. Why Him? comes to theaters on December 25, 2016.
"Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird. The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry—and Ned's panic level—escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question"


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Americas Cardroom Hosts Second Million Dollar SundayTue, 24 Feb 2015 16:57
(Press Release) San Jose, Costa Rica – February 23, 2015 – It took America almost 4 years to realize a $1 million guaranteed online poker tournament. But it'll only take another 7 weeks to see its second $1 million prize hit the felt. On the eve of the 4th anniversary of Black Friday, Americas Cardroom is hosting yet another $1 million guaranteed poker tournament. Million Dollar Sunday is set to get underway on Sunday, April 12th at 3pm ET. It's the last Sunday before the anniversary of Black Friday and the announcement comes the morning after Americas Cardroom held its first $1 million guaranteed tournament. "It took a bit of time, but America has emerged from the shadows of Black Friday brighter than ever," stated Michael Harris, spokesperson for Americas Cardroom. "With another $1 million now on the schedule, we're inching closer to what everyone in the United States has been craving. Yes, that weekly Sunday million dollar tournament could happen sooner than you think." Americas Cardroom's first $1 million guarantee, held on Sunday, February 22nd ran smoothly and saw 1,799 entries compete for a piece of the $1 million prize pool. ForTheNguyen lived true to the "win" in Winning Millions, besting the field to claim the $200,000 first place prize. ForTheNguyen wasn't the only big winner on Sunday. Poker player mschu1213 took first place in the $300,000 Second Chance tournament to claim $57,000. Plus, Americas Cardroom also handed out its first five WSOP packages through online qualifiers. Poker players ealFizhh, HpAsus, Pokemon Master, youareon, and duhbest each secured a $12,500 World Series of Poker prize package that includes the $10k buy-in and money for travel and accommodations. The US-friendly site guaranteed a massive $1.5 million in tournament prize pools yesterday alone. Americas Cardroom has emerged as one of the fastest growing sites in the United States and continues to boast top marks for payment processing. The $1 million guaranteed tournament is a testament to how big the community has grown. The announcement of another $1 million Sunday tournament just seven weeks after the first $1 million guarantee should boost the confidence of US poker players in a major way. Satellites aren't the only way to win a seat into the next Million Dollar Sunday Tournament. Through Americas Cardroom's Spin To Get In feature, players can wager between $0.01 and $1 for a shot at winning a seat in the Millions. Only yesterday, 8 players spun into the $1 million GTD tournament and earned a seat for $1 or less. A total of 21 players were given a seat to the tournament since the new feature was launched. Qualifiers for the next Million Dollar Sunday, scheduled for April 12th at 3pm ET, are now live in the Americas Cardroom tournament lobby.
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It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.
The idea for this post has come up in conversation with friends time and again, finally I'm sharing this concept with you in the hope that I'm not alone.
"how was the meal? " asked the waiter.
"Great" I replied, knowing full well the food wasn't up to much and they had forgotten our drinks order and taken forever to bring the starters.
Why didn't I tell the truth?
It struck me that I have on more than one occasion been polite rather than honest- the result being that I suffer at the hands of someone else's actions.
So why didn't I tell the truth?
Fear of confrontation, fear of offending, lack of assertiveness and any number of possible drivers lead me, and I'm sure, countless others to be polite rather than assertive.
The trouble with this approach to life is that it breeds passive aggression – you spend your time pleasing others whilst feeling resentful.
I've been overcharged in shops, too nervous to stand my ground, short changed, too afraid to highlight the mistake and kept waiting and waiting and waiting in my life of pleasing others before myself.
An accumulation of these events caused me to take a stand – I decided the price of politeness was just too high.
I could find no good reason not to say the food was awful, or that I was disappointed to be kept waiting by a friend or loved one, or short changed, or any number of situations where I was left disadvantaged.
With no good reason to be polite and "keep the peace" I was sacrificing my peace of mind to please others.
The trouble with the strategy of pleasing others, is that you live a false existence and encourage resentment – by pleasing others at your cost you also dent your self esteem by confirming that you are somehow less important and thus your happiness will take a secondary position to that of others.
Never again will I appease others at my own cost – the price is simply too high and the argument inadequate.
In the most polite and assertive way possible I will banish the falseness that has insulated me for so long, I will be polite and nice but I will stand my ground.
The question is, what price have you paid in the name of politeness?


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Drunk passenger anchored Holland America cruiser!
The California resident Rick Ehlert was captured on ship surveillance video aboard the MS Ryndam on Saturday morning donning work gloves and deploying the anchor as the ship was in motion, according to a federal court affidavit.
Rick EhlertTAMPA - Rick Ehlert told investigators he was intoxicated when he released the anchor of a cruise liner as it chugged from Costa Maya, Mexico, to Tampa.
The California resident was captured on ship surveillance video aboard the MS Ryndam on Saturday morning donning work gloves and deploying the anchor as the ship was in motion, according to a federal court affidavit.
The Holland America ship wasn't damaged, but it could have been, according to the affidavit, which says releasing an anchor on a moving cruise ship could damage the rudder and propeller, disabling the vessel's ability to maneuver. It could puncture the ship, causing it to flood or sink.
Now Ehlert, 44, is facing federal charges of attempting to destroy, disable or wreck a vessel and attempting to damage a ship in a manner likely to endanger its safe navigation. He faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each charge.
Shortly after the anchor was released at 5:25 a.m., someone deployed a life buoy from Deck 11, the affidavit states.
Around 7:30 a.m., the ship's captain made an announcement asking passengers and crew to come forward with information about the buoy, the affidavit states. When no one stepped forward, the ship's emergency alarm was sounded, and all passengers and crew were mustered on deck.
After about 40 minutes, with everyone accounted for, passengers were allowed to leave the deck.
After being identified on the video, Ehlert, who was on the cruise with his girlfriend, spoke to the FBI and the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service.
He told investigators he knew how to release the anchor because he owns a 50-foot boat with a similar anchor, according to the federal affidavit.
The MS Ryndam is 719 feet long, with a capacity for 1,260 passengers and 580 crew members, according to the Holland America website. It weighs more than 55,000 tons and can travel at speeds up to 22 knots.
Holland America spokeswoman Sally Andrews said the company could provide no information beyond what was contained in the federal complaint affidavit.


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Program Management Essentials for DirectorsFun and Fancy Free Learning Center Toohttps://www.mtecp.org/registry/register.aspx?evid=5077601 14th Ave W, Polson, MT 59860, USA
This course introduces providers to the statewide agencies and programs in Montana that support quality early care and education programs. The course also includes information on program quality. Topics include licensing requirements, child development, curriculum, environments, guidance, family partnerships and professionalism. This course is required for new directors within 90 days of hire or role change.
What Makes a Garden Grow?Kootenai Valley Head Starthttps://www.mtecp.org/registry/register.aspx?evid=507955263 Indian Head Rd, Libby, MT 59923, USA
As spring rolls around in Western Montana many early childhood programs look to getting outside and enjoying the long missed sunshine. Planting and growing is such an essential part of spring. This class is for every level of garden enthusiast, whether you have always wanted to start a garden with your childcare kiddos, or you have been gardening for years with your little ones. This class will help providers start or strengthen existing school gardens, link what's going on in the garden to the classroom curriculum, and help children develop a deeper understanding of growing cycles, the earth and the healthy foods that can come from the earth.
Cost: $16
Early Childhood EssentialsFun and Fancy Free Learning Center Toohttps://www.mtecp.org/registry/register.aspx?evid=5077611 14th Ave W, Polson, MT 59860, USA
This course provides information to early childhood professionals regarding the Early Childhood system in MT. Early childhood practices that promote health, safety, professionalism and quality care and education are explained. Community resources to support early childhood professionals, families and children are presented.
This course is required for all new staff within 90 days of employment.
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Kelley Nicole Photography
Chattanooga, TN
I'm a natural light maternity, newborn, and child photographer in Chattanooga, TN and North Georgia. I've been married for almost 10 years and have two sweet children, ages 7 and 3. I'm also a mother/baby RN.
I shoot both portrait and lifestyle photography, but lifestyle is definitely my favorite. I enjoy telling a story with each session that I photograph. I love using soft colors and textures combined with beautiful natural light to create images that focus on connection and emotion.
This recent session was an in-home newborn session that took place in Dalton, GA with sweet little Nora. She was just 4 days old.
I feel at peace just viewing these images. So restful! The poses, the faces, the color palatte. Wow. These are gorgeous.


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TheWB.com Launched As Private Beta, Plus Facebook App
Early in March we brought you word that The WB, the original Warner Bros. television network which merged with UPN to form The CW, was putting together a new website to to host archival content as well as original Web-only productions. (The CW publishes only current material.)
Well, it seems The WB is about ready to give the public a view into its new project. According to Liz Gannes of NewTeeVee, TheWB.com quietly launched last night as a private beta, and it appears that the company has followed through on most all of the things it reportedly set out to do with the website. Many popular catalogue series originally broadcast by The WB, including "Friends," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Gilmore Girls," "One Tree Hill," "Smallville," "The OC," are all said to be available on demand, though Gannes reveals that only about half a dozen episodes of each show is listed.
While Web-only originals have yet to be seen, a static page is offered as a placemark of things to come. Titles like "Sorority 4 Ever," "High Drama Despite All Oz," and "Rich Girl, Poor Girl" are presented. The WB is evidently also slated to experiment with a video mashup utility, dubbed WBlender, which viewers can employ to "mix" and "mash" video clips hosted on the website. This is clearly an attempt to allow users play with clips while retaining proprietary control on the editing process, which may or may not catch on with WB devotees. We would say much depends on leeway given for video sharing and embeds in within pages outside the confines of WB.com.
Also offered is a Facebook application by which users can gain easy access to videos, games, photos, and The WB fan club - where, say, followers of Veronica Mars can discuss the storyline at great length, if they so choose.
As stated above, TheWB.com is presently in private beta, so unless you've been privileged with login information, you'll have to leave your name and email with site administrators and wait for an invite from the company. If the automated response system is accurate, you can expect "up to a week" to pass before gaining entry.


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Del. Gary Reese (R-67th) may only be a sophomore in the Virginia State Legislature, but he's approaching the upcoming session like a seasoned veteran.
"I'm carrying probably 20 bills on my own and co-patroning a number of others," he said Friday in his Fairfax law office. "It's going to be a heck of a lot of hard work with all these bills and, at the same time, the over-arching issue of the budget."
The bills are on behalf of Fairfax County, the clerks of the General District and Circuit courts, trial lawyers and the county School Board. They deal with the budget, transportation, adoption and state funding for schools.
Reese and Prince William Del. Michelle McQuigg are part of the Cost-Cutting Caucus — the largest, individual caucus in the House — and Reese is its budget chairman. Together, they've been working on a performance-based budgeting bill that passed the House last year, but died in the Senate, and they hope for approval in both arenas, this time around.
"It would mandate performance-based budgeting for state government," said Reese. "It's her bill [that] I'm co-patroning; mine is a companion bill called the Taxpayers' Budget Bill of Rights. It says that the governor's proposed budget will be in a format and language easily understood by the people of Virginia and will directly relate expenditures to goals, objectives, outcomes and standards of performance."
Reese's bill would also require this budget to be placed on the state Web site so people could see for themselves if the adopted budget is actually accomplishing its intended goals. Said Reese: "You can't do that now."
He's also promoting two bills dealing with adoption. One would mandate that specific information be given by the health-care provider to an individual contemplating an abortion. It would tell the benefits of adoption and would inform the woman about where she could obtain financial help and psychological counseling for the adoption.
"It would connect her with families and groups who'd offer support for adoption, instead of abortion," said Reese. "And this information would be provided in a non-judgmental fashion."
His other bill on this subject would make Fiscal Year 2003 the Year of Adoption. "The state — through its public-information programs, TV, radio and the print media — would stress the importance and benefits of adoption," explained Reese. "It would make it plain that the state's interest is in adoption, not abortion."
Regarding transportation, Reese has authored a bill that would require the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to make a decision within six months of receiving a petition to restrict commercial, through-truck traffic on a road.
In addition, Del. Thomas Rust (R-86th) is the chief patron and Reese is the co-patron of a bill to change the highway-funding allocation formula so that it includes a factor for traffic congestion. "Probably the maximum amount that such a change would bring back to Northern Virginia is $11 million to $13 million," he said. "But it's worth trying for."
A proposed change in the education funding formula is also in the works. Toward that end, the Republican members of the House from Fairfax County — Reese, Rust and Dels. David Albo (R-42nd) and Thomas Bolvin (R-43rd) — will make a specific proposal, this Friday, Jan. 10.
Although Reese didn't want to release the details before the formal announcement, he said the change concerns the Local Component Index (LCI) — the system by which localities receive state funding for schools. "As things stand now in Fairfax County, if you take a dollar out-of-pocket from the sales tax and send it to Richmond for schools, you'll receive back 24 cents," he said.
While it's admirable to want to aid the schools in the southern part of the state, said Reese, "At some point, helping your brethren [there] ends up being expropriation — which is the involuntary taking of money and assets. At the 75-cent mark, it's there."
As a result, he said, Fairfax's Republican delegation plans to make a proposal on how to cap the LCI so as to provide approximately $74 million more per year for Fairfax County schools. More details will be forthcoming at Friday morning's press conference in Richmond.
Reese and others are also carrying a bill on behalf of the local School Board dealing with drug and alcohol testing. It would allow the School Board to receive the results of a student's drug and alcohol tests so it could then place that student into a particular school or treatment/counseling program.
Reese also carried to Richmond with him a bill requested by School Board members Rita Thompson (at-large), Mychele Brickner (at-large), Chris Braunlich (Lee District) and Tessie Wilson (Braddock District). It follows recent changes — including a hefty raise — made to county schools Superintendent Daniel A. Domenech's contract.
According to Reese, the proposed bill "requires local school boards to provide public notice of the board's intention to re-negotiate, extend or amend a division superintendent's contract, at least 28 days prior to any such action. And if the re-negotiation has to do with compensation or duration of the contract, the board must give 28 days notice and hold a public hearing."
Another education-related bill tries to standardize job classifications. Currently, jobs in Fairfax County schools are classified differently than they are in other counties, so they can't be adequately compared.
"We need common job classifications and position descriptions that would be used in reporting information to the State Board of Education so we could be compared in things such as student-teacher ratio," explained Reese. "For example, Virginia Beach's classification of instructional employees is different from ours, [so that would throw off the numbers]." Besides, he added, "The federal 'No Child Left Behind' [program] is ultimately going to require it, so we better get ready."
Also in the realm of education, Reese foresees a big fight over funding for private and parochial schools — and he's already rolling up his sleeves. "A number of my colleagues have filed major constitutional amendments and voucher bills to take public money and put it into private and parochial schools," he said. "I'm not interested in doing it."
He stressed, as well, that these same people fought to impose SOLs on Virginia's public schools, but private and parochial schools have no SOLs. Therefore, said Reese, "They don't have this accountability. That's disturbing — in a monumental fashion."
"They also argue that parochial and private schools can teach students cheaper," he continued. But that's because the playing field isn't level, he said, and they're not mandated to do many of the things that public schools are.
"There's no requirement for them to take special-ed, emotionally disturbed or multiple-handicapped students, nor students subject to major discipline problems or students who can't even speak in their own language," said Reese. "That's going to be a major battle that'll probably come to the Education Committee — and I'm on it."
The 46-day legislative session began this Wednesday, Jan. 8, and Reese knows full well that state budget shortfalls will take center stage. "I think they're going to go after schools and Medicaid," he warned. "I just hope we're going to be able to keep the bear from the door of schools, and that schools and social services — which helps those who can't help themselves — don't take a hit."
Also beginning Wednesday, Reese's office began a telephone survey of all the voting households in the 67th District. Constituents may go to www.delegatereese.org to respond to the survey, give their viewpoints, see the issues he's dealing with and check his voting record. Said Reese: "We'd appreciate everyone's participation because it gives us an idea of where people stand on the major issues." He may also be reached at 804-698-1067.
Eager to tackle the challenges ahead, Reese said he likes "almost all" of his fellow legislators and looks forward to working with them. "You've got to respect the citizen-legislator concept," he said. "It calls upon the widest possible variety of individuals to give great sacrifices in the interest of government — and that it succeeds is a great compliment to our Founders."


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JonBenet Ramsey Investigation Discovery Special Unveils First Look (Exclusive Video)
Nearly 20 years after 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her home, a slew of new TV specials are hoping to finally solve the case.
Investigation Discovery is one of the networks digging into the unsolved homicide with its forthcoming JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery.
As seen in The Hollywood Reporter's exclusive video, the three-part special re-examines the details of how she died as well as the theories about who killed her, particularly whether it was a member of the Ramsey family or an intruder. Most notably, the exclusive video above discusses an interesting substance found in Ramsey's stomach that may lead to new questions, and answers, about what happened on that fateful night in December 1996.
The special includes interviews with a former Boulder Police sergeant, former Colorado Springs detectives and a former investigator for the Boulder County District Attorney's Office, as well as private investigators for the Ramsey family and close confidants, among others.
From Weinstein Television, American Media and Jupiter Entertainment, JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery is one of four TV projects centered on her mysterious death set to debut this fall. CBS has the docuseries The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey, A&E has The Killing of JonBenet: The Truth Uncovered and Lifetime has a TV movie in the works. Additionally, Dr. Phil will launch the latest season of his daytime syndicated talk show with an exclusive interview with Ramsey's brother, Burke Ramsey.
The projects continue the true-crime trend recently propelled by docuseries like Making a Murderer as well as scripted shows like The People v. O.J. Simpson.
JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery airs over three nights on Investigation Discovery, kicking off on Monday, Sept. 12, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball, Girls Varsity Volleyball · Varsity Volleyball defeats Reed City
Central Montcalm hosted Reed City tonight for our final league game as well as our annual Pink Out game. The stands were nearly full as the Varsity Volleyball team took 3 straight victories 25-20, 29-27 and 25-13. Hannah Putnam led with 14 kills and 4 blocks. Nikki Wilkie had 11 kills. Libby Ledford had 5


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Dear Jade
This is just a quick note to thank you for a wonderful evening you organised for us on Friday 30th October. I apologise that this letter is coming so late – soon after our honeymoon I was diagnosed with pneumonia and have been too ill to be intelligible to anyone not gifted with telepathy. I hope you don't think that the late reply was due to rudeness or any dissatisfaction on our part.
Our wedding day was a total success, especially considering that we had thrown it together in just 15 days! You gave us a guiding hand throughout the process and were in constant contact, ensuring we were aware of all the options available, prices and different ways to order the evening to make the flow as smooth as possible. We were particularly grateful that you made a special arrangement for us regarding the ordering of drinks and assigned us a dedicated waiter, this was very helpful to cope with the volume of drinks being ordered and make sure nobody shirked their share of the payments! Everyone complimented the waiter (I'm very sorry, I've forgotten his name) and mentioned that he was very efficient and entertaining.
The venue was beautifully arranged when we arrived, and we were very touched that even though only half of the expected guests actually turned up, we weren't treated with any less importance than if we had booked out the restaurant. There were many thoughtful touches that we had not expected such as the beautifully arranged bunch of balloons in our area and the laying out of the cake knife with a ribbon on its own plate to add some formality and ceremony to the occasion. The food, as expected, was gorgeous and I think we converted a good many of the guests to lovers of South African food! We were constantly checked on and monitored so that our food was brought out at a time of my choosing and nobody was left waiting for snacks or drinks. At the end of the evening we were laden down with gifts and you kindly arranged for a taxi to collect us and take us home, it arrived within 3 minutes and my new husband and I were ushered from the place with warm smiles, congratulations and compliments.
I wanted to write this letter to thank you personally for orchestrating such a perfect evening – it really went above and beyond what we could have hoped for! Please feel free to publish this letter in whole or in part on any review boards you may use and pass this on with our highest recommendations.
Many thanks once again!


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With New York Fashion Week in full swing, Pantone, the authority on colour, has shared the top 12 shades it predicts designers will be using in their collections for spring/summer 2019, which it adds are "empowering" and full of "confidence and spirit".
In the biannual report, Pantone states that the colour choices are uplifting and that the joyful hues lend themselves to "playful expressionism" with the aim of taking consumers down a "path of creative and unexpected combinations".
The top 12 colours it adds are "vibrant without being overpowering," with highlighted shades illustrating a desire for authenticity and a continued need for creativity and relatable design.
The top five hues are vibrant and attention-grabbing with a festive 'Fiesta' orange red that Pantone states "radiates energy, passion and excitement," while 'Jester Red' adds depth and intensity into designer colour choices, and 'Tumeric' is an "enlivening orange that infuses a hint of pungency" into the palette.
These are followed by 'Living Coral' an "affable and animating shade" whose golden undertone gives it a softer edge and a "tantalisingly theatrical" 'Pink Peacock' that Pantone adds is a "feast for the eyes".
Pantone shares top 12 colours for spring/summer 2019
Next up on the colour chart is three "playful" hues - 'Pepper Stem', a zesty yellow-green, while sunny 'Aspen Gold' stimulates feelings of joy, and 'Princess Blue' offers a majestic royal blue hue that "glistens and gleams".
The final four colours are a "deliciously irresistible" 'Toffee' hue and a golden yellow 'Mango Mojito', while deep green colour 'Terrarium Moss' conjures up thoughts of "flourishing foliage and the physical beauty in the natural world" and 'Sweet Lilac' "quietly charms" with its endearing pink infused lavender tone.
In addition to the top 12 colours, Pantone has added four classic neutrals for spring/summer 2019 that it says serve as a foundation for distinctive colour contrasts. They are - 'Soybean', a subtle, reliable and versatile neutral, 'Eclipse' offers a deep blue hue to offer "serious and mysterious", while 'Sweet Corn' is a soft and buttery colour, and 'Brown Granite' is "grounded and strong" adding an "understated, authentic and timeless" colour to the design palette.
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Riccitiello: Wii to get "half our emphasis'
Speaking in EA's Q3 earnings call last night, CEO John Riccitiello confirmed a heavy switch towards publishing Wii games in the coming year.
EA's goal, he said, is to "rival Nintendo on their own platform" and "get noticed [on Wii] in ways that no other third party will."
JR added: "Nintendo is the leader; they're getting half our emphasis in terms of title counts."
Riccitiello confirmed a Dead Space SKU for Wii in the call, as well as describing the games industry as three "buckets": online games, Wii games, and Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games.
The EA CEO says he places the Xbox 360 and the PS3 in the same "bucket" because "the lion's share of titles developed for those platforms are common."
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The Awl Pierces Breivik, Skewering Geller, Spencer and Others
Abe Sauer , posted at the Awl, what he obviously thinks is a sharp attack upon authors, speakers & bloggers who expose the core doctrines of Islam to public scrutiny. Lets take a closer look.
In 1995, President Clinton tried to blame McVeigh's OKC bombing on Rush Limbaugh. But Rush never suggested that anyone should blow up a federal office building or otherwise engage in militant rebellion. The accusation was a completely unwarranted by facts and logic. Six years later, LibTards employ the same tired tactic against Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, and others who expose Islam.
"Only a matter of time": a cause–effect relationship is postulated where none exists. The rational critics of Islam are neither ordering nor inciting bombings & shooting sprees. They are publishing relevant facts and logical observations on those facts. If Geller or Spencer had suggested or demanded vigilantism, Sauer would be dancing around the may pole chortling with glee about it. He ain't because they didn't.
"Some right winger": In 1964 it was all about cries of "right wing" & "extremism". No logical or factual argument was levied against Goldwater because none was possible. No logical or factual argument is possible against Geller & Spencer; instead, the LibTards resort to argumentum ad hominem. Loaded words don't cut the mustard.
There is often a difference between the apparent target and the real objective. The present case is exemplary. Eventually, Sauer gets down to his real target.
Presidential politics is not incidental to the matter, it is central; this is a direct smear aimed at one of the leading contenders for the '12 Republican nomination. How does one grapple with loaded phrases such as "cozied to" ? "Anti-Muslim activists" are assumed to be the focus of evil in the modern world, without factual or logical basis for the assumption. First Sauer smears Geller & spencer, next he associates a presidential aspirent with them to smear her.
"Cited numerous times by Breivik as inspirational": Breivik obtained information from Spencer's writings, not inspiration. Inspiration comes from exemplars, not teachers. It is obvious that Breivik's inspiration comes from McVeigh's bomb technology and Muslim terrorists' numerous shooting attacks.
If he was guided by Geller & Spencer, Breivik would have confined his activities to education & lobbying, avoiding violence. He obtained factual information from them, but not guidance.
Observe the flow of loaded words in this excerpt.
"Populist vilification": the pot calls the kettle black. As more people become informed of Islam's core doctrines & practices, the movement grows. It is popular, not populist. This is not about a contest between the elite and uninformed mobs, it is a contest between the self-anointed elite deceivers and an increasingly informed segment of the electorate, a segment of which the elite are becoming increasingly afraid.
"Mainstream" is not a term LibTards use to describe The National Review, instead, they would label it "right wing extremist". Andrew McCarthy was a federal prosecutor who built the case against the Sheikh behind the first WTC attack. He found it necessary to study the Qur'an & hadith in building his case. Because he learned what Shari'ah really is, from the original sources, he is smeared as a populist engaged in vilification of Islam.
Observe how the language is perverted in the next excerpt.
Terrorism is a doctrine and practice of Islam, enshrined in the Qur'an and exemplified by Moe's sunnah. Home grown or imported, terrorism is terrorism. As used by the proponents of anti-Shari'ah legislation, terrorism refers to Islamic terrorism. Breivik is home grown, and a terrorist inspired by his enemy's example.
Terrorism is a battle tactic: a means of weakening their victims; rendering them incapable of mounting an effective defense. "Casting terror into the hearts" of disbelievers is sanctified in the Qur'an, particularly in 3:151 & 8:12. Moe and Allah said that they would cast terror. Then, in 33:26 & 59:2, they said that they cast terror and described the results: death, enslavement and dispossession of disbelievers. Moe said that he was made victorious with terror, in Sahih Bukhari 1.7.331 & 4.52.220.
Shari'ah is an all encompassing set of rules for the guidance of all Muslims at all times, in all places. It codifies Allah's imperatives and Moe's exemplary conduct.
Shari'ah tells Muslims how to purify themselves and pray. it tells them how to bury their dead. Big deal; that harms nobody except the deluded Muslims. It also governs marriage and divorce. it gives the father of a pre-pubescent virgin the right to marry her off without her consent. Doubters & dissenters should dig into Book M of Reliance of the Traveller and read M3.13.
Shari'ah is supposed to be about family matters, totally innocuous. Is marriage a family matter? Is divorce a family matter? Reliance of the Traveller, Book N. treats of divorce. In the previous paragraph, I linked to a provision of Shari'ah which permits a father to compel his minor virgin daughter to marry the man of his choice at the time of his choice. Should pre-pubescent girls be married and divorced? Knowing that I will not be believed, I present objective evidence.
A waiting period is obligatory for a woman divorced after intercourse, whether the husband and wife are prepubescent, have reached puberty, or one has and the other has not.
Intercourse means copulation (def: n7.7). If the husband was alone with her but did not copulate with her, and then divorced her, there is no waiting period.
Shari'ah provides for the marriage and divorce of girls who have not yet reached puberty. By the way, divorce is effected by repeating "I divorce you" three times. LibTards oppose laws barring Shari'ah from our courts and mock us for proposing them.
Shari'ah is all about innocuous matters; prayer, charity, funerals, marriage & divorce. Yeah, right. Reliance of the Traveller, Book O treats of "justice". Its ninth chapter begins with the legal definition of jihad: to wage war against disbelievers. It also prescribes the "religious obligation" to perform jihad, against disbelievers peacefully minding their own business in their own countries: "meaning upon the Muslims each year"
What does the caliph do about that obligation? "The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians ". "The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim " Of course, Shari'ah is innocuous & anodyne, lets enshrine it in our courts. Yeah, right.
Is there any end to loaded language?
"Anti-Muslim sentiment" "bred Norway's shooter". None but his progenitors bred Breivik; actions are not dictated by sentiments. Knowing that Islam is a predatory institution which poses a clear, proximate and persistent existential threat is not a license to kill. "Perceived ties to terrorism"; " 1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey. " "I have been made victorious with terror ". Who tied Islam to terrorism?
Yes, it gets worse, much worse. Observe the egregious hypocrisy exemplified in the final excerpt.
Violence: genocidal global conquest using terror as a battle tactic is an intrinsic part of the core of Islam, exemplified by its founder. LibTards and other ignorant fools have not read the Noble Qur'an, specifically Surahs Al-Anfal & At-Taubah, which contain the jihad imperatives. The exemplification is contained in the Jihad & Expedition books of Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud & Malik's Muwatta.
According to Allah, believers sell their lives & wealth to him, fight in his cause, killing others and being killed; in return for which he admits them to Paradise. Allah threatens those who refuse to join the jihad with painful torment. Allah promises victory to those who fight, along with admission to Paradise. Allah promises a reward for any step taken to injure or enrage disbelievers.
Kindly find the New Testament functional equivalents of 3:151, 8:12, 57, 60, 65, 67, 9:5, 29, 30, 111, 120, 123, 33:26, 27, 47:4, 49:15 59:2, 15 & Sahih Bukhari 4.52.220. I mean explicit commands, threats, promises & boasts, not parables. Show me or quit trying to deflect criticism of Islam with argumentum Tu-Quoque.
The Retreat Caucus Didn't Learn The Last Time
Bush: Will he stay the course as others run? "America good! Al Qaeda bad!" – A trader in the Qatana bazaar, Ramadi, Iraq
Rich Lowry…NY Post
THIS is a sentiment that the Iraqi trader felt safe to utter as a visiting U.S. gen eral passed by, according to John Burns of The New York Times, only after a furtive glance "up and down the narrow refuse-strewn street to check who might be listening." In a microcosm, this is the reason why we're finally making progress against al Qaeda in Iraq: The protection afforded by American combat power has made it possible for Iraqis in Sunni areas to turn against the terror group.
In a global struggle against Islamic extremism, it is an incontestably welcome development that ordinary Sunnis in the Arab heartland are spurning al Qaeda. The extremist group has been on a campaign of savagery in Iraq that has discredited its own cause. The grassroots revolt against it means that it is within our reach to deny al Qaeda its most important current geopolitical objective, which is plunging Iraq into a bloody chaos in which it can thrive.
But a group of Republican senators have picked precisely this moment to call for deconstructing the troop surge that has begun to give us the upper hand against al Qaeda. They thus reveal a key dishonesty in the debate over the war: Everyone professes to want to fight al Qaeda in Iraq – as opposed to policing the sectarian war – but the number of politicians willing to support the means to that end is ever-dwindling.
On Democrats and Terrorism
These clowns never give up. Well, neither do I. I just don't have, like Dennis Miller said, the opportunity others do to get the word out. I try hard via the blogs I write for and visit.
I was called to attention of a certain topic by a blogger hailing by madconductor. We at the Victory Caucus serve but one purpose and one purpose only…TOTAL VICTORY in this Global War On Terror. Unfortunately, there are some that don't have the stomach for the requirements needed for a TOTAL VICTORY in the Global War On Terror.
If you are a member of the Victory Caucus, you will have access to madconductor's post I am about to expound upon. He left a post on a particular thread, complete with several links which, I will place here in due time. Let us begin.
Hamas and The Muslim Brotherhood are in a love-hate relationship because Hamas participated in the elections.
Zawahiri severly chastised Hamas over their "political process". It became so intense that they battled each other on their web sites.
While there is no disagreement with Al-Qaeda types on long term goals, the tactics to achieve them had estranged Hamas from their more violent brethren. This has obviously changed.
The Muslim Brotherhood (Hamas) Now Faces Difficult Decisions:
Some in Hamas are openly discussing making the Gaza Strip Islamic state.
I would think this would give pause to those who repeatedly say that the Ikhwan could and would accept the results of elections and have and will work with non-Islamist coalition partners to advance a broad agenda.
Hamas showed that the discourse of dialogue and coalition building and the strategy participating in a process its ideologues cannot completely control, will be thrown out if the chance for armed victory emerges.
As destructive as the fighting with Fatah has been in general, it will open the door for a thawing of relations between Hamas and the Salafist groups. The future of that relationship should tell us a great deal about what the real intentions are of Hamas, and by extension, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Well, it seems that after the Department of Justice's decision to name CAIR and ISNA as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land case, the senior leadership at the DOJ has suddenly discovered "scheduling conflicts" that will not allow its leaders to meet the Islamist leader in a planned community outreach program.
The June 27 event, to have been presided over by AG Alberto Gonzalez, is now not being held. A panelist was to have been the vice president of ISNA. Several prominent CAIR members, as well as many of its allies, were to be present.
It seems to me this is the first time the DOJ has had the intestinal fortitude to take a step back away from groups that have pushed their way into the public arena as representatives of the Muslim community while simultaneously having several of its members investigated and indicted by the federal government in terrorism related cases and other cases.
At the same time, it seems that CAIR, which holds itself out as the representative of the Muslim community in the United States, has seen its membership plummet 90 percent since 9-11.
"They" are on the move. "They" being Enemies of The State, a Clear and present Danger to the survival of the American way of life and our traditional values. Their are people that HATE those traditional values and do whatever it takes to eliminate them, even if it means getting in bed with the terrorists to make it so.
Keith Ellison to speak at banquet of unindicted co-conspirator in terror funding case:
That's right, a United States Congressman, Keith Ellison (D-MN), is going to speak at a CAIR banquet, despite the fact that CAIR has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas funding case.
Joe Kaufman is right: Ellison should resign.
An Americans Against Hate press release:
(Coral Springs, FL) Tonight, June 16, 2007, Congressman Keith Ellison will be a featured speaker at the First Annual Banquet of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota). This, after CAIR had just been named an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a Hamas financing case put forward by the United States government.
Ellison, less than three weeks ago, was the keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Convention of the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society (MAS-Minnesota). While he spoke, MAS-Minnesota had on its website material discussing waging war against non-Muslims and the murdering of Jews. The material is still located on the group's site.
Following his appearance, Americans Against Hate (AAH) demanded that Congressman Ellison denounce MAS for its anti-Semitic and anti-Christian statements or resign from office. Ellison has remained silent on the issue.
AAH Chairman Joe Kaufman, stated, "Being that Keith Ellison refuses to denounce the Muslim American Society, and being that he is now going to be speaking at an event sponsored by a group named by the U.S. government as a co-conspirator to Hamas, we have no choice but to call on Keith Ellison to resign from his held office as United States Representative. Congressman Ellison, by openly cavorting with bigoted and pro-terrorist elements in our society, can no longer work for the best interests of our nation."
The Ins and Outs of This War…2007
The only "wars" in recent times that I know of that took a very short time to "win" are the Faulkland Islands and the Invasion of Grenada. The current "war" we are involved in has been going on for decades upon decades upon decades. This "debacle" as touted by the Reids of the world must first be understood for what it is; a Global War of Jihad. There really is only one way to have an ultimate and clear-cut end…total annihilation of the enemy.
Some would have us believe that we can negotiate a settlement with the Global Jihadists. Others proclaim that a radical few have hijacked an otherwise peaceful "religion". Both of these noble premise, although well intended, are as wrong as wrong can get. There is no such thing as "peaceful Islam". I would like for someone to tell me of one instance…just one and only one…where there was ever a "peaceful Islam".
What is Jihad?
What is Jihad: The Arabic word Jihad is derived from the root word Jahada (struggle). Jihad has come to mean an offensive war to be waged by Muslims against all non-Muslims to convert them to Islam on the pain of death. Jihad is enjoined on all Muslims by the Quran.
We have a series on this blog dedicated to the exposure of what our pathetic political leaders cannot nor will not accept…it is not politically expedient and it is surely not politically correct to KNOW the truth.
Perhaps this video will begin to cast a glimmer of a shadow of a hope that a dim light at the end of an infinite tunnel will begin to glow.
The Politically Correct proponents fear world opinion and will not allow themselves to honestly see what the world faces. The world faces World Conquest of Jihad.
I find it appalling that the American Quest and Lust for Political Power within my country has brought us to the brink of self-induced destruction. We haven't been this politically split since 1861 and look how that unfolded. Idealism. Realism. And any other "ism" imaginable or invented to espouse one's "world view" will be the demise of this nation called The United States of America.
What are we united against? What are we united for? We hear a minority in numbers tout separation of Church and State, when there is no such doctrine in the Constitution, when it comes to the Ten Commandments on display in courtrooms and elsewhere yet we allow without impunity, the fabrication and construction of Islamic "cleansing basins", a religion-based tenet of foot-washing in our universities, tax dollars supported. We allow "special" public schools where "peaceful Islam" can be taught to the "peaceful Jihadist's" children in our school systems.
We allow "peaceful religious" Islamic militant compounds to thrive on our own soil yet we take down the Branch Davidians. Duplicitous does not even scratch the surface of this sham called Separation of Church and State.
I read today in the "harpy" news media all manner of wrong-headed and politically charged rhetoric, politically driven, naturally, as to the "ill-gotten when will it all end" nonsense. Those of us that are in The Know, laugh scornfully at the uneducated.
It will all end when the world is ruled by the Caliphate.
More to follow. Let the video sink in.
Excellent editorial by Seth Leibsohn at NRO:
James Gilmore weighs in:
CBS…Lost In Space
The Communist Broadcasting Services continues to pander to the Leftinistra Defeatocrats, the Cut and Run whiners and crybabies. They so FEAR success in Iraq, they will adhere to anything contrary. In an article today, we see this EXACT transaction taking place. I will post one paragraph from this article and one only, at this time. The whole article sickens this veteran.
Although President Bush vetoed legislation passed by congressional Democrats setting a timetable for withdrawal, Levin said his party will try again to begin an American troop withdrawal. This time, he said, Democrats will be successful because they have support from more frustrated Republicans.
Where is the substantiation for such a claim on the part of Levin? And why are the Defeatocrats such losers? And how did such an ignorant and retarded individual get elected in the first place?
The Ultimate AssIdiocy: funding Fallestine
U.S. Plans End to Palestinian Embargo
What do the AssIdiots plan to do? Thanks to Fox News, we know; we have an opportunity to protest the ultimate in AssIdiocy. Who controls the P.A. parliament? Who has the balance of military power in Gaza? What is their strategic objective?
- In another boost for Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the new Palestinian government would create a "new opportunity" for the peace process. Olmert has long welcomed Abbas as a negotiating partner, but said Abbas' alliance with Hamas made peacemaking virtually impossible.
"We have a new opportunity … that we haven't had in a long time," Olmert told reporters on board his plane shortly before taking off for a meeting at the White House.
"The situation has changed, which enables diplomatic progress … We intend to act to take advantage of this situation," he said. "A government that is not Hamas is a partner."
Is there any real difference between Fatah & HAMAS?
- "As I once said in the past: our eyes must continue to focus on the higher goal. The real danger is that I might forget [it], and while advancing towards my short-term goal I might turn my back on my long-term goal, which is the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea…" Faysal Al-Husseini
The struggle will continue until all of Palestine is liberated."
- Article (12) Complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence.
- Article (17) Armed public revolution is the inevitable method to liberating Palestine.
- The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinguished Palestinian movement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life is Islam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine,
How in the eternal Hellfire can anything Islamic ever be a "partner for peace" ? Only if the other partner abandons reason, logic and history. Those of us who retain our sanity; who think with synapses, not 'rhoids take orthodox Islamic doctrine into consideration.
- 9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. The Order to fight People of the Scriptures until They give the Jizyah [Ibn Kathir's Tafsir]
- Muslim Book 041, Number 6985: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews. Another Hadith [Ibn Kathir's Tafsir]
- Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have."
- Abu Dawud 14.2477
Narrated Ibn Hawalah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: It will turn out that you will be armed troops, one is Syria, one in the Yemen and one in Iraq. Ibn Hawalah said: Choose for me, Apostle of Allah, if I reach that time. He replied: Go to Syria, for it is Allah's chosen land, to which his best servants will be gathered but if you are unwilling, go to your Yemen, and draw water from your tanks, for Allah has on my account taken special charge of Syria and its people.
Now you know why Israel can never have peace and security so long as Islam exists on the earth. Now you know why America can never have peace and security so long as Islam exists on the earth.
Now those of you who have not yet done so will sign this petition Defund HAMAS. Next, you will email this post to Your Congressman, Senators & email@example.com disrespectfully demanding the discontinuance of Jizya, tribute & extortion.
Copy this post to your own blog or web site. Email it to everyone in your address book. Do not remain silent: rise up and raise Hell!!
The Clintonistas
In Hillary's Senate Financial Disclosure Report, there are listings as to just how much cash these two are raking in. How dare they whine about how the rich are exploiting the poor. I don't begrudge people making as much money they so choose to make. That is one of the MANY advantages this country allows people to do. There are NO guarantees. But, if you are going to make zillions of US dollars, don't run around whining about all those evil businesses with their "windfall" profits and saying you are going to take your ill gotten wealth (gains) and redistribute it to those in need, all the while pocketing YOUR wealth, ill gotten or otherwise.
On the speaking circuit, the former President Clinton made more than $10 million in paid speeches last year, according to new filings that show he and his presidential- candidate wife have at least $10 million in the bank, and may have closer to $50 million. As a side-bar, I wouldn't pay a single wooden nickel to hear him speak about anything.
And, apparently, the Clintons are deeply involved with CLSA, the fifth largest bank in the world.
CLSA is a leading brokerage, investment banking and private equity group in the Asia-Pacific Markets. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Hong Kong, CLSA's major shareholder is France's Credit Agricole, which merged in 2003 with Credit Lyonnais, to form the 5th largest bank in the world by assets and the 5th largest bank in the world by Tier One capital. CLSA enjoys substantial staff ownership which contributes to its independent stance and operations.
Somethings just make me wonder.
Hillary's Rub
The originality of Hillary Rodham (or no Rodham) Clinton is lacking originality. It never ceases to amaze this writer that the Leftinistra seem to resort to copying others for some mysterious reason. One could suppose that imitation is the primo example of flattery. In this case, it is merely flatulence.
HilaryHub is really Hillary's Rub. It is her way to strike against the opposition and it isn't going to go very far. Her advisers, one can postulate, said it would be a grand idea to emulate The Drudge Report. The problem with that line of thinking is that The Drudge Report presents all sides to all issues. He reports and you decide, as it were. With Hillary's Rub, the presentations are one-sided. The authors presented, depict Hillary as a caring, semi-evangelical and "nice" individual that deserves to be President of The United States. The site is also designed to "tweak" opposition folks…such as I. The only thing "tweaked" is my laugher…I nearly had an "accident" laughing as hard as I did. I made a slight reference to this site here on a previous post.
HillaryHub isn't a typical campaign site. With a simple, three-column look, occasionally edgy headlines and links to a blend of videos, reports from newspapers and blogs and campaign memos, it's a news aggregator on the model of the Drudge Report. The difference, of course, is that the stories are chosen to depict Clinton favorably and to tweak her critics.
When The Politico posted an internal Obama campaign memo aimed at raising the expectations for Clinton's fundraising, HillaryHub linked to it under the headline: "Obama Camp Touts Hillary's Poll Numbers and Endorsements."
Imagine that. Links to sites like sacbee, touting the 1984 VP selection, Geraldine Ferraro, in the DNC camp is to show us, what? I viral feminist? Is that a good thing? She didn't learn her lesson, then? She ran with Mondale. That wasn't such a grand idea now, was it?
Wednesday, Ferraro visited the Sacramento offices of Global Consulting Group, a New York-headquartered public affairs firm for which she is a senior adviser. She endorsed Clinton's candidacy in April, declaring: "By electing Hillary Clinton, we can smash the ultimate glass ceiling once and for all."
Is that what Hillary is all about? Shattering glass ceilings? How does that relate to the Global War On Terror?
Interns? This article at the Hillary Rub, is intended to debunk the recent books all about the Real Hillary.
If you want to understand the woman who would be president, don't bother to read the latest avalanche of recycled biographies – just ask her interns.
Oh, I see. Hillary's interns know best. Well versed authors, taking years to investigate and interview a plethora of people close to and contrary to Hillary surely wouldn't know better than interns. Who did the authors interview? Were there no "former interns" of Hillary anywhere to be found?
This Hillary Rub is doomed. It is domed because it is based on a lie but the Democrats are GREAT at promoting their lies as truth. The gullible fall for anything.
That was just three of the twenty articles displaying Hillary as the New Wonder Woman. She is a wonder alright. I wonder what in the hell she is up to.


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EXCLUSIVE: 'You're The Worst' Stars Talk Season 4 'Role Reversal' & What's Next After the Proposal Cliffhanger
TV season finale proposals are usually a tear-jerking affair: heartfelt confessions made under soft lights, backed by an acoustic indie-pop track you'll Shazam later while crying over your ex. Not so on You're the Worst.
At the conclusion of the FXX comedy's third season, fans watched with bated breath as Jimmy (Chris Geere) popped the question to Gretchen (Aya Cash) at a fake crime scene he set up just for her -- a romantic gesture perfectly befitting the titular "worst" couple, whose respective twisted senses of humor seem to fit together like puzzle pieces. She accepted, and it seemed like happily ever after -- until Jimmy bolted back to his car, stranding his bride-to-be in the Hollywood Hills.
"It's awful!" Geere told ET's Leanne Aguilera on the set of You're the Worst earlier this summer. "I'm totally with the fans if they hate me for a little bit, because it's terrible."
EXCLUSIVE: 'You're the Worst' Stars Reveals Their Worst Dates (and It's Hilarious!)
So what made the acerbic Brit turn tail just as he was finally taking a major step towards happiness? Gretchen unknowingly triggered a lifetime's worth of abandonment issues by suggesting that now, they could be each other's family. (God forbid, right?)
"After everything that happened with Jimmy and his dad dying and everything that he'd been through with his family, I think the idea that she was potentially going to hurt him or leave him the same way that his whole family has, scared him," Geere explained. "It's still not a great excuse, but I have to get where he's coming from, because I have to find some reasoning behind what is possibly the worst thing a guy can do to a girl. You can't excuse it, but this season it's about trying to understand it one day."
Season four of You're the Worst picks up three months after that fateful night above the Hollywood Bowl, and while Jimmy has grown a "tiny little silly beard," according to Geere, he still hasn't returned to Los Angeles, instead camping out at a trailer park-cum-retirement community. And, while his new book is doing well, the cracks in his narcissism-fortified exterior may start to show in the fallout of his seemingly welched proposal.
"On a personal level, being Jimmy, I think he's kind of unaware of the impact of the whole proposal thing [had]," Geere teased. "He has this ridiculous idea that there is still hope for them."
"Of course, she makes it a lot harder for him," he added. "Well, she makes it as hard as she should do."
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Defends Her Decision to Get an Abortion on 'You're the Worst' Finale: 'My Body, My Choice!'
So how has Gretchen been handling the aftermath of the proposal that wasn't? Not great, Bob.
"Gretchen has not left the house in a little while," Cash explained of her character's mindset at the start of season four. "She's gotten really into a radio station called Jack FM. So, she's really into '90s music and yeah, she's a little agoraphobic at the moment."
While the character seemed to be making major strides in her mental health last season, the aftermath of the botched proposal and Jimmy's skipping town finds Gretchen sinking to new, uncharted lows.
"I would say she's in more of a manic state then she is in a depressive state," Cash hinted. "So, she does crack."
But as Gretchen and Jimmy are falling apart, it seems their formerly feeble best friends are finally putting things together. Edgar (Desmin Borges) has landed a job writing comedy sketches for Doug Benson and is managing his PTSD with the help of medical marijuana, while Lindsay (Kether Donohue) is finally free of her toxic marriage and is striking out on her own. At least, for now.
"We've basically done like, a complete role reversal with Jimmy and Gretchen," Borges explained. "They were the, I guess you can say stable ones, with jobs, and so now we've kind of taken their place for a little while."
EXCLUSIVE: 'You're the Worst' Star Kether Donohue Talks Feminism & How She Deals With Body Shamers
"I'm very excited about Lindsay's journey this year. Lindsay has her s**t together," Donohue added with a laugh. "She's a working woman...she's a full-on assistant stylist. She has her own place, she's making her own money, she's not relying on Paul anymore, he's in the past. She has a new haircut, so she's a whole new woman and I'm very excited about that."
And the characters are getting things together in a personal sense as well, kicking off a casual relationship that's been simmering for a few seasons now.
"Like if you just take a s**t load of sparklers together and tape them against a wall, that's how many sparks are flying," Borges teased.
"What's cool about them is they genuinely are just friends with benefits. But [also], for the first time they're both really focused on their individual lives, which they weren't before, so they don't want to mess that up," Donohue chimed in. "They really have the best of all worlds, they get to have mind-blowing sex, do great at their jobs…"
"And then hang out and eat Cheetos," Borges added.
So who's really the worst this season? Cast consensus seems to be Jimmy, but according to Geere, there are plenty of horrible antics to come.
"I think what I did at the end of last season and then what [Gretchen does] halfway through the first block [of episodes] gets [us] back to the top," he mused.
"No, I get a pass," Cash protested. "You left me on top of a hill after proposing to me."
"Yeah but how did you retaliate?" Geere fired back, stopping himself short of revealing any spoilers. "It's 10 times worse than the other thing."
You're the Worst returns Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FXX.


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'Tis the season! I feel like the day after Thanksgiving my neighborhood goes into Holiday high gear. Literally every single house in my neighborhood is already decked out with holiday decorations, trees, Santas on the roof. I'm over here trying to recover from Thanksgiving lol.
Today is as good as any day to get the party started! I'm starting easy, grooving into the holiday season with breakfast. For this post, I teamed up with JUST and their new product JUST Egg. I used it over the summer, remember? It's a product that truly blows my mind because it's made from mung beans and yet it tastes just like eggs (texture and flavor). It's wild!