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Introduction: Wood Slat Wall
Wood slat feature wall for entryway.
Step 1: Materials
I used select pine in alternating 1″x2″ and 1″x3″ pieces. I chose select pine (it seemed the most economical) after testing some stains on a piece and liking the results. I highly recommend using pre-stain wood conditioner for a more even stain (helps to prevent blotchiness).
Step 2: Test Stains
I tested several different stains to see how they would look.
Step 3: Wood Prep
After selecting the stain (Minwax English Chestnut), I started prepping the wood. This involved lightly sanding each piece (22) 1″ x 3″ and (24) 1″ x 2″ to expose the grain.
Step 4: Staining and Mockup
I wasn't looking forward to the process of multiple staining and sanding of the wood slats, but was surprised when the Minwax instructions said to NOT sand between applications. I was a bit skeptical, but followed the directions and was happy with the results. I applied about 2-3 coats of stain with rags (old socks!) waiting for each coat to dry before applying the next. I liked the slight sheen that came from only using the stain, and opted to not apply any Polyurethane clear coat.
Step 5: The Slats
I did not pre-cut any of the slats due to the slight variations in the wall length which ranged from 1/4″ to 1/2″. I first held a slat on the wall, and marked the overhang (part to cut off) and trimmed off using a miter saw. I used a brad nailer to attach the 1″ x 2″ to the top of the 1″ x 3. This also helped to straighten out some of the boards that were slightly warped.
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Step 7: Final Product
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Cool idea. One question: how exactly did you attach the slats to the wall?
Hi! I used an 18 gauge brad nailer to attach the slats to the wall. See pic.
This is all very nice if someone else does the dusting and cleaning.
I am currently designing modular enclosed bookshelves due to the dust problem. Even with an room size air purifier, dust is still a problem.
Looks great! I'm about to build an office/workspace and this will be perfect. Thanks for the instructable!
That looks really nice. I like how you were able to work it around the wall art pieces.

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We welcome critical appraisal and constructive reviews. And when problems do arise, we always seek to address them immediately in an appropriate and fair manner. We're not perfect and when we're serving food that's been freshly prepared today , everyday , there are so many variables that have to come together to produce a really good result.
We think that based on the comments we receive on a daily basis – we get it right about 97 % of the time. Our service is often governed by the number of people that who just happen to be passing or are here in the beautiful village of Wytham to walk in our magnificent and ancient woods. Some days up to 70 people can walk into the pub and rightly expect to be served a good drink and a good meal – we're a pub that serves food and if we can't get that right then we shouldn't be in business.
If you are coming to visit us , we do strongly suggest that you make a table reservation as we do sometimes have to turn people away or ask them to wait a little time before we can serve them food.
We live by the old Polish Proverb below
You can of course find many review online about us and not least at Trip Advisor.
"The Jerusalem artichoke veloute was worth the trip alone…you could lock me in a small room and force me to eat this three times a day. Heaven".#
The Oxford Times, January 12th 2017
"We held our wedding reception at the White Hart, and couldn't have asked for a better venue. The food was delicious and service impeccable, not to mention the beautiful setting! Thank you Baz, Amanda, and the team at the White Hart for making our day extra special! Brett & Fen".
"We held a mixed generation party at the White Hart and have decided it made the perfect family venue. The attentive care of our many generations and the quality of the food and service could not have been bettered. We were a group of 22 adults and 6 small children, and the tables and use of space allowed us to visit together comfortably while the children played happily next to and among us all. The meal choices were just right and the freshness and quality of the cooking produced praise from all."
Here are a few of the comments and reviews that we have received elsewhere since taking over in January last year:
By Email
"It was a huge pleasure to eat at the White Hart last Monday (20 April) – not least because Wytham and the walks there have been a seminal part of growing up in Oxford for all our family. Your lovely, welcoming front of house lady found us a table by the fire, and the guy behind the bar was really attentive. Food delicious – mixture of mains and small plates. Great Baz"
"I've been meaning to get in touch with you since I brought my mother for that lovely evening at The White Hart in March. I hope Jo passed on that we really enjoyed our evening. It's so exciting that you have taken over there."
By text
"Just wanted to tell you I am having wonderful lunch at the White Hart – has all your hallmarks"
Via our website
"We ate here tonight. The food is lovely and Amanda made us very welcome. We come to Oxford every year, from Derbyshire and always come to The White Hart for lunch on our way in and dinner on one of the evenings.We wish you well and can't recommend you highly enough" ( KP)
Via Facebook
"We held big family Sunday lunch to celebrate my son's birthday and were thrilled all round that we chose The White Hart. Wonderful selection of traditional roasts (I had the venison which was beautifully soft and buttery) but also great starter and veggie options. Service was faultless and the atmosphere was buzzing and busy but despite being packed (a measure of how good it is) the service was prompt and attentive, food came out quickly and was piping hot. Drive straight past the over-hyped Wolvercote pubs and head straight here instead. You will not be disappointed! PS Do try the home cured olives. Delicious!" Doulla Croft, October 2016
"I've been meaning to post since the summer. An all round gorgeous place to spend relaxing time and eat amazing food, but it's also the extra touches that make such a difference. This summer I sat down with a glass of fizz in the (beautiful!) courtyard garden. My over enthusiastic dog knocked the table and I lost almost all my drink before I could even take a sip. Moments later the wonderful owner appeared and refilled my glass without a word, or any charge. I LOVE this place." Lucy Atkins, September 2016
"Great pub, amazing garden. Really impressed with the food – there was a special wood smoked food festival on when we visited. Had one of the best steaks Ive ever had! Definitely worth a visit." Simon Pipola, August 2016
"Delicious meal last night: the mushroom and duck egg starter was exceedingly good! Thanks to the team"
From Bitten Oxford – the premier local foodies group
Via Open Table
"Yet again, the White Hart of Wytham has been splendid: friendly welcome, good table, pleasant atmosphere and an excellent lunch. The attractive smells from the kitchen are always the signs of quality cuisine." 28th August 2016
"The food and the service were both excellent. This wasn't our first time at the White Hart and the standards continue to be high. Lovely Sunday lunch and the staff were attentive without being intrusive. Thoroughly recomend to others." 7th August 2016
"We took our whole family for Easter lunch at the White Hart of Wytham and we all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We felt very welcomed as we received friendly and first class service throughout our meal; which included some special requests from the children that were all accommodated easily and with a smile. The food was delicious, with all of us opting for different variations of the traditional Sunday lunch (pork, beef, lamb) and all of us enjoying our meal. What more could you ask for?" 27th March 2016
"We have been here on a few occasions, it's such a lovely place. The staff are very welcoming and friendly, always happy to tend to your needs, but not too much so you can eat your meal in peace. The food is absolutely first class, a delight to the taste buds! Along with a great range of drinks to suit all. We have been to many restaurants throughout the years, and this one is definitely in our top 5! It's a shame that some of the people that visited while we ate there weren't as polite. Well done to the staff for being very professional whilst handling these imbeciles! " 25th May 2015
"We had a family Sunday lunch at the White Hart and we all thought it was excellent. The service was attentive but not too fussy. Loved the fact that we were given water without even asking for it. The meal itself was excellent. Very well cooked, high quality ingredients and plenty of it. Really nice that we were told that if we wanted anymore of anything we just had to ask. The puddings were just as good. We'd definitely go again and recommend it thoroughly " 25th May 2015
"This is now under new management and is owned by Wadworth brewery. Bar staff are really friendly, helpful and attentive. Varied menu, and what we ordered was very good. Had an amazing starter of wild mushrooms on toast with poached duck egg which was superb (but almost enough as a main course in its own right). We were there for a birthday celebration and it was ideal." 1st April 2015
Via Google
"Ignore any old reviews. This pub is under new enthusiastic, skilled, delightfully friendly wood burning fires, fresh lick of paint management. We went for Sunday lunch – incredible value for £20 inc dessert – pork, lamb, beef, pheasant and veggie option all served with SEVEN (yes seven) different vegetables – roast spuds and parsnips, orange roasted carrots,cauliflower in 3 cheese sauce, broccoli, french beans and savoy cabbage. We did not need supper that night. A great trip out of Oxford, and worth coming from London for our guests. " February 2015
"Just came back from a 2.5 hour Sunday lunch by the fire. 8 of us (4 under 6). We were a bit nervous as the owners are new (taking over in January 2015). Great food – we were made to feel really welcome. Perfect Sunday. Thank you"


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by Calculated Risk on 1/14/2019 06:26:00 PM
Monday, January 14, 2019
Mortgages Rates: 30 Year Fixed at 4.5%
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Unchanged to Start the Week
Mortgage rates held their ground today, keeping them in line with long-term lows achieved over the past 2 weeks. To be fair, it was the previous week that offered the biggest benefits, but last week was no slouch. Factoring out the first few days of January, it would have been the best week for mortgage rates since April 2018. [30YR FIXED - 4.5%]Tuesday:
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• At 8:30 AM ET: The Producer Price Index for December from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.1% decrease in PPI, and a 0.2% increase in core PPI.
• At 8:30 AM: The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for January. The consensus is for a reading of 12.0, up from 10.9.
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Dear Rheumatoid Disease,
This letter has been a long time coming. I've wanted to write for so long, but there were things stopping me. It's not just that I couldn't find the right words, or that I was compiling my thoughts and that took time. If it was just that I could have written one letter, and then another, and then another, until everything that needed to be said was on paper. It's that I've been so lost, I haven't wanted to write at all. Not my blog, not my journal, in fact the only thing I have been doing is coloring. That didn't need words, or emotions. I could sit there for hours with my books and pencils, watching the colors, deciding what they meant to me, what they represented on that paper, and in my life. Zoning out, hour after hour, day after day. Colors.
Sometimes though, the colors aren't enough, and they can't take the pain from my mind, they can't save me from you. I often fantasize what I would say if you were standing right in front of me. If you could be a physical being, what I would say to make you listen. What I would do to you to make to feel what you have done to me. Would I hit you? Would I scream and shout? Or would I be vengeful? Would I do to you what you've done to me?
If you were a person for a day I'd make you be me. A taste of your own destruction. I'd make you feel the pain of getting up in the morning knowing that there is no cure for what you have done. Make you feel the humiliation of not being able to open a carton of milk, like you used to be able to do not three years ago. I wonder if you wanted me to feel small and insignificant on purpose, if that was part of your game. I'd make you then bathe, and cry out in pain and shame when you couldn't squeeze the shampoo bottle, or lift your hands to your head to lather in the bar of soap you were forced to use instead. I wonder if you even care how hard you have made my once simple life. Would you understand my anger when you couldn't get dressed without screaming, or pull items from the fridge to feed yourself? Or would you laugh at me, at yourself, because this was your design, and what you wanted. Would you smile at the people on the street that will never understand my pain, will you feel happy that your work was a success?
Some days I stand looking in the mirror, hoping to talk to you. Hoping to ask you why, why did you choose me? Was it my body, was it an experiment? Was my body more resilient than others, were you hoping to see something different in me? How did you come to this choice, this body, this severity? And how much longer are you staying? Months? Years? Are you planning to die with me? Or maybe when I go you just move to someone else, another body for you to destroy piece by piece.
I wonder…. If I begged, if I pleaded with you to stop… could you? Would you? If I cried for you, showed you how much I don't want to die… Maybe then you would ease up?
No of course you wouldn't. I see your smile every time one of my bones cracks. I see your joy in the swelling of my joints, and the discoloration of my skin. I feel your content when I can't find clothes that fit due to my growing body, a side effect of a drug that barely touches you, but causes me great discomfort and shame. What will it take to bring your smugness down? What can I do to destroy you like you've destroyed me? Maybe the only way is when this ends, when I take you down kicking and screaming. When you've broken everything and all that's left is the long sleep.
I always sit and wonder what to say to you. How to make you see how wrong you've been, how unfair. Why did you do this to me. What are your goals in all of this? If it's to ruin me, you're done, you can stop. My bones are brittle like English toffee, my blood poisoned with you, my body exhausted and worn. Every inch of my flesh is crying. Is that enough for you? Have you had enough yet? How much more can I give, how much more do you want?
I'm tired. Please, please, please let my body go. Find another. I wont be much entertainment soon. My body is falling apart. Find another. Please. Please. Please.
***If you would like to help me financially/medically please visit my page and make a donation: Christine Lilley's Life Fund


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For an "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer sat down with Bill Sandbrook, president and CEO of U.S. Concrete (USCR) - Get Report , a stock that's been hitting new highs despite the lack of a federal infrastructure bill.
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Confidence begins at home. When you feel great in your home, you feel better in your own skin. For the majority of us, the luxury of having a home and filling it wit things that reflect our personalities is a reality….But what happens to people in need who don't have a home to return to?
Every year, the Bailey House Gala & Auction has honored the heroism of individuals and organizations that help further the Bailey House mission of transforming the lives of people with or at risk of HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses through housing, health services and community.
Imagine a room filled with New York's most creative minds, a unique and robust selection of home design furnishings and accessories with outstanding works by established and contemporary artists! The Bailey House Gala & Auction remains one of the hottest parties in town; a myriad of one-of-a-kind fashion, lifestyle, travel and entertainment experiences.…and I'm excited as ever to be attending this year's on March 10th!
I love the Bailey House because their message of hopeful living is one that resonates in my own approach to design. The way we wake up in the morning impacts the rest of our day. How we live and the choices we make allows us to feel more confident and happy – what a beautiful way to live! I strive to empower those through their homes and this organization does the same by helping make the connections with those in need with housing, healthcare, and mental health services they need to achieve full and healthy lives.


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In this role you will install and maintain middle-ware software connecting operating systems, applications, or other software components in a distributed computing environment across multiple National General data-centers.
- Install, configure, troubleshoot, patch, and upgrade middle-ware software
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The Movement Analysis Lab is located in Frankfurt University's Orthopedic Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH and provides an ideal facility for performing clinical research.
Human movement analysis
Human movement analysis begins by designating different parts of the body into separate segments. Each segment is defined by retroreflective markers placed on standardized locations on the study subject's body (Development of a computerized body model, Figure 1) and calculations of joint angles are expressed using kinematic graphs (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Division of the gait cycle on the basis of the ankle angle in the sagittal plane. The gray graph indicates the mean with standard deviation of a healthy subject group (n = 15). The dotted graph indicates a patient with pathological pes equines. IC = Initial Contact; LR = Loading Response; MSt = Mid Stance; TSt = Terminal Stance; PSw = Pre-Swing; ISw = Initial Swing; MSw = Mid Swing; TSw = Terminal Swing; Dors = Dorsiflexion; Plan = Plantarflexion.
How it works
Ground reaction forces are measured by force plates integrated in the walkway. The corresponding joint moments are calculated by an inverse dynamic approach. Dynamic electromyography (EMG) on certain muscle groups give further information and allow structural joint stiffness (e.g. due to severe osteoarthritis) to be distinguished from functional stiffness, which can be seen in the absence of muscular activity in a passive mobile joint (Figure 3). The combination of these different measuring techniques helps us to describe and understand normal and pathological function and to facilitate the interpretation of the identified gait deviations in patients with varied orthopaedic pathologies. Therefore, three-dimensional gait analysis is a powerful tool that can be used as a decision-making aid for surgical interventions.
Figure 3: Surface electrode placement on certain muscle groups (left), raw-signal (middle) and ensemble averaged signal (right) of the tibialis anterior muscle activity
Current research topics and areas of interest
- Identification of gait compensation to investigate the relationship between primary problems and compensatory mechanisms, and how to distinguish between them.
3D Animation of a patient


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What a difference a couple of years have made for Iron Man.
"Nobody cared about Iron Man until we came here," director Jon Favreau told a packed house at the San Diego Comic-Con Saturday, reacting to a rowdy welcome much different than the one the first Iron Man film received two years ago. Favreau rewarded the more than 6,000 fans by showing five minutes of footage from next summer's sure-to-be-blockbuster smash.
Check out this summer's must-see movies
The Iron Man 2 clips included plenty of high-flying action, as well as tidbits featuring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Garry Shandling as a senator investigating Tony Stark, according to Entertainment Weekly. But the crowd really went wild for the first look at War Machine, the alter ego of Stark's buddy Jim Rhodes, now played by Don Cheadle. New villain Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) and the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) received similar audience responses.
Robert Downey Jr., Cheadle, Johansson and Sam Rockwell, another new addition to the cast, joined Favreau on stage to take questions. Despite the absence of Rourke, the panel had plenty to say about him.
Check out photos of Rourke's wild red carpet style
"And I thought I was eccentric," Downey Jr. said. Favreau noted that Rourke researched the role by visiting a Russian prison. But he also poked a little fun at The Wrestler star. "You know, after Perestroika, the first film to arrive in Russia was 9 1/2 weeks. Mickey's a sex god in Russia."
Iron Man 2 is set to premiere on April 30, 2010.


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After you've completed the Turkey scraps from Thanksgiving and have survived Black Friday and all its shopping frenzy, it's a great opportunity to take out the occasion improvements and get bubbly for Christmas and New Year. In case you're searching for some new enlivening thoughts this season for your loft at The Emerson, consider these in vogue and delightful occasion thoughts.
Creative Ideas You've Never Tried
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Christmas Lanterns. Orchestrate a gathering of bubbly lights at your gateway for snappy and-simple occasion style. Consider utilizing fire less candles as a straightforward contrasting option to normal columns."
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This adorable primate is definitely going to be getting all the attention in this Monkey Belly Baby Costume! Features a brown plush fur body with tan face, belly, and inner ears as well as a happy monkey face on hood. Comfy and cute, this costume is surely going to keep your little one nice and warm during trick-or-treating!


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MalAcetic Shampoo is a wonderfully crafted shampoo for dogs. This shampoo aids in treating mild fungal and bacterial infections in dogs as well as cats. It is made up of natural ingredients, hence, it is extremely safe to use on pets. Moreover, it is ideal in treating seborrhea and other conditions in pets and is a completely soap-less shampoo that contains moisturizers. This product is completely safe to use on dogs and cats including puppies and kittens.
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A contribution from Graham Gooch has helped the PCA fund gambling awareness courses at all 18 first-class counties.
Gooch, the former England captain, has run a scholarship scheme designed to encourage the development of young players for many years. It has, in the past, led to the likes of Alastair Cook spending time abroad to work on his game.
But this year, to mark their 50th anniversary, the PCA appealed to its members - both current and former professional cricketers - for extra contributions to help them increase their annual funding from £400,000 to £600,000. Gooch responded by offering £50,000 from his scholarship fund with the proviso that it would be used for a specific project rather than split across several. The PCA suggested the gambling awareness scheme and Gooch agreed.
"There are a lot of dangers in the world for young people now and I am particularly interested in helping out with the education of young cricketers with all the worries and concerns of online gambling and getting into bad habits," Gooch said. "If we can educate people, make them aware of the pitfalls and get insight from people who have been down that route and fallen foul then hopefully they can be warned about the potential dangers."
Gooch's donation helped the PCA fund not just courses - to be run by Paul Buck, whose gambling addiction resulted in a 32-month jail sentence of which he served 11-and-a-half months - but a helpline for those who feel they might be struggling with gambling addiction.
The statistics are alarming. Gambling is the fastest growing offence in the UK that leads to a prison sentence - 1,444 custodial years over the last five years - and the fastest-growing addiction both in the UK and across the world. A recent study from Lincoln University suggests there are 1.1 million gambling addicts in the UK. Bankruptcy, divorce, depression and suicide are all common consequences. Gambling addiction has also been reclassified to full addiction status, the same as heroin, by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
Professional cricketers, with time on their hands and a relatively large amount of expendable income at a young age, are considered a high-risk category. That means they - or the young male ones, at least - are considered three times more likely to be "problem gamblers" than people in the general population. With one in four males between the ages of 18 and 24 "likely to have some form of gambling problem" according to PCA chief executive, David Leatherdale, it is, as he says, "definitely an issue."
The world has changed a great deal in recent years. Not so long ago, sporting events were sponsored by tobacco companies - the John Player Special League was the NatWest T20 Blast of its day - and cigarettes were distributed free of charge in press boxes. In 1994, for a bit of fun, the Warwickshire committee made an accumulator bet on their team winning all four domestic trophies. They ended up with three.
Since those days, there has been a crackdown on tobacco advertising and some tightening of regulation as regards alcohol sponsorship and advertising, though the ECB retain several sponsorship deals with companies that sell alcohol. Most of all, there is greater awareness of the dangers of match-fixing and an absolute ban on players or officials betting on the sport.
But gambling advertising has filled the void left by the departure of tobacco sponsorship. It has grown by 1,300 percent over the last decade with the growth in the use of smart phones making it easier than ever before. According to statistical survey data, eighty-seven percent of first-class players in England have gambled on some other form of sport in the last 12-months and 67 percent in the last month.
Gambling is fully legal in the UK and there are no rules prohibiting cricketers from gambling on other sports. Buck says it is "normalised" to the extent that perimeter advertising at many sporting events offers in-game betting and, at a recent awareness session at a PCA rookie camp, 20 of 22 players admitted to having an online gambling account. It was the two who did not admit to having one that worried the people taking the session.
"Personally I have never been a gambler," Gooch continued. "But I do like going to a horse racing track and having a bet there. I've also hosted Ladbrokes in hospitality boxes at Test Matches so I don't have any issues with gambling.
"But sportsmen, in particular, do find themselves with time on their hands. When I played, people would go to a betting shop if they wanted to have a flutter. Now the temptation to bet online is great. In the social media world it's very easy to get into that. You have to be very careful that it doesn't consume you and cause major problems for you and your family down the line."
Both Buck and Leatherdale believe that cricket is "ahead of the game" in trying to prevent the problem growing. "Cricket is a long way ahead of the other sports we work with, football and rugby, in this regard," says Buck. They hope that by showing young players where uncontrolled gambling can lead, they can shock them out of potentially bad habits.
There will be practical help too. While no debts will be paid off, players will be given psychological help where appropriate and given assistance in restructuring their finances where possible. The key, though, is intervening before that stage is reached. And, thanks in part to Gooch, the PCA have a decent chance of achieving that aim.


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Panasonic announced in Europe its newest ELUGA waterproof smartphone, which is the company's first smartphone for Erurope. With a ultra slim design and ergonomic curved-edge shape, the Android device is IP57 certified that it is able to immersed into water at a depth of up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes and is dustproof. It is powered by a dual-core TI 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and runs Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread with future upgrade to Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The ELUGA sports a 4.3 inches capacities 960x540OLED touchscreen and with super-thin frame, the phone offers a 66% display area ratio, which is the largest on the market. It features a 8 Megapixel auto focus camera with image stabilizer and Full HD video recording, 8GB internal memory, GPS/AGPS support, Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi connectivity. The ELUGA also packs DLNA support and NFS


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Apple just made it a little bit easier for people to use an iPod nano to track their walks and runs with Nike+.
This morning at the "Let's Talk iPhone" event at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, company executives announced that the newest iPod nano, which, like the sixth generation model is a square-shaped screen about the size of a large wristwatch face, does not require users to have a Nike+ sensor in their shoes. The accelerometer in the device tracks the user's workouts and users then upload the date to NikePlus.com for analysis. (CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that the device now included an embedded receiver that synchs up to Nike+ shoe sensors, but Apple.com's new description of the nano negates that.)
Back in 2009, MobiHealthNews reported that Apple had outfitted its iPod nano with an accelerometer so that people could use it to count steps through apps like Nike+; However, users needed an external receiver that plugged into their iPods in order to synch up with the Nike+ insert in their sneaker. The Nike+ system uses a 2.4GHz wireless radio and proprietary network protocol for short range wireless communications, similar to Bluetooth LE and ANT+.
According to Apple's new CEO Tim Cook, the company sold 45 million iPods between July 2010 and June 2011. Half of those went to people who were buying their very first iPod, Cook said.
"We've improved the fitness experience as well," said Phil Schiller, SVP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Apple. "Right out of the box, you can go on a walk or a run as well without adding sensors or devices," according to a report from the event over at GDGT.com. The move toward easier integration with Nike+ certainly strengthens the sneaker maker's position with Apple in the face of an emerging dedicated fitness device market. (It's worth noting that Schiller's presentation included a number of screenshots of Nike+'s platform.)
That said, MobiHealthNews' recent analysis of Apple's AppStore found that there are now more than 100 pedometer apps available for iPhone and iPod touch users to download.
Schiller also noted that people have begun wearing iPod nanos as watches thanks to a growing number of companies and independent artists creating wristbands for the tiny device.
"There's a really cool use people have created all their own," Schiller said. "Accessories like watch bands. We thought that was really fun, so with the updated nano we've added 16 new clock faces to make it fun for people who like to wear it as a watch," he said. "Why not, right?"
The 7th generation iPod nano comes in seven different colors and is available now with the 8GB for $129, and 16GB for $149.
Earlier this year, a report in FastCompany wondered if Apple would capitalize on the growing trend of wearing iPod nanos on the wrist:
"It's possible Apple is planning something novel with the device to turn it into a full-fledged wrist computer, if not for this immediate update then for one in the near future. The first clue is the incorporation of Bluetooth 4.0 in newer Apple gear. The standard is a lower power consumption one than current Bluetooth hardware, thus improving battery life, and offers simpler 'pairing' between devices--meaning it would be perfectly plausible for your iPhone or Mac to quickly, efficiently, and simply send data to your nearby Nano."
While it's clearly just baby steps of progress for the iPod nano today, FastCompany's prediction may come true in the years ahead. A number of new wrist-worn fitness and health devices have either recently launched or expect to in the coming months, including Jawbone's Up, Basis B1, Wriskwatch, and Hitachi's Life Microscope (which may just be a concept). Another smart watch project that could lead to big things is MetaWatch, an open source project spun out of Fossil that will almost certainly lead to health devices.
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Out of Bounds - The Collected Writings of Marcia Tucker Lisa Phillips, Johanna Burton, Alicia Ritson, Kate Wiener
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Jointly published by the Getty Research Institute and the New Museum. The first anthology to assemble the writings of the groundbreaking art historian, critic, and curator Marcia Tucker. These influential, hard-to-obtain texts--many of which have never before been published--by Marcia Tucker, founding director of New York's New Museum, showcase her lifelong commitment to pushing the boundaries of curatorial practice and writing while rethinking inherited structures of power within and outside the museum. The volume brings together the only comprehensive bibliography of Tucker's writing and highlights her critical attention to art's relationship to broader culture and politics. The book is divided into three sections: monographic texts on a selection of the visionary artists whom Tucker championed, among them Bruce Nauman, Joan Mitchell, Richard Tuttle, and Andres Serrano; exhibition essays from some of the formative group shows she organized, such as Anti-Illusion: Procedures/Materials (1969) and Bad Girls (1994), which expanded the canons of curating and art history; and other critical works, including lectures, that interrogated museum practice, inequities of the art world, and institutional responsibility. These texts attest to Tucker's tireless pursuit of questions related to difference, marginalization, access, and ethics, illuminating her significant impact on contemporary art discourse in her own time and demonstrating her lasting contributions to the field.
Lisa Phillips is the Toby Devan Lewis Director of the New Museum. Johanna Burton is director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University. She was formerly the Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New Museum and editor for the museum's Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture series. Alicia Ritson is a curator and was a Marcia Tucker Senior Research Fellow at the New Museum. Kate Wiener is assistant curator at the Noguchi Museum. She was previously a curatorial assistant at the New Museum.
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Attention all winter sports fans! On November 4th, the WSU Office of the Provost, EIC, Energy & Sustainability Office, Geography Department, Ogden City, and Ogden Nordic are sponsoring Porter Fox and his presentation on his bookDEEP: The Story of Skiing and the Future of Snow. Porter's presentation will include video, slideshows, animation and a discussion of the best skiing in the world, climate change and its effect on snow.
Porter Fox writes, teaches and edits the literary travel-writing journal Nowhere (nowheremag.com) in Brooklyn. He graduated with an MFA in fiction from The New School in 2004. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times Magazine, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Powder, Salon.com and The Literary Review,among others. He has been anthologized in The Best American Travel Writing, nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and was a finalist for the 2009 Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize.
When: November 4th (Tuesday), from noon - 1:00 p.m. Porter will be available to sign books following his presentation.
Where: Wildcat Theater in the Shepherd Union
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Whether you already have a website or are just getting started, you want to make sure that you have the best possible web host for your needs. After all, your host is where your website will live, so do some comparative shopping since not all hosts are created equal.
What web hosts do
A web host will keep all the files for your website, including photos and graphics, text, and special scripts and applications, on their server computers. When a website visitor types in your domain name into their internet browser, your domain registrar will tell the browser to go to your web host for the files it needs to display your website. This is all done in the blink of an eye! While it sounds complicated, there's very little you need to know about the process.
Web hosting companies keep their server computers connected to the internet constantly so that websites are always available. They should keep their servers updated with the latest technologies, protected from hackers, and in good working order. However, it should be noted that no web host is perfect. Servers, like any other technology, do crash from time to time. What's important is how speedily a web host repairs the situation. It's also wise to note that unless you pay a big fee for your own server (often called a "dedicated server"), your website will probably share a server with hundreds or thousands of other websites, so if one website on the server is insecure and allows hackers in or is so busy that it constantly drains server resources, all other websites on the same server are affected. This, too, is just something that comes along with the territory; however, a good web host will note these issues and address them before they become problematic.
When you sign up with a web host, your host should give you their required DNS (domain name system) server settings. You will need to set these DNS server settings with your domain name registrar so that it can point internet browsers to the right web host to find your website.
What to look for in web hosts
- Technical specifications. Different web hosts offer different kinds of hosting. Web designers and developers can use different kinds of programming languages to make your website work. It's important to know what requirements your website needs and then find a web host that meets those needs.
- Disk space and data transfer (or bandwidth). Don't worry; these aren't complicated concepts. Disk space is simply how much space you have to store your website files, similar to hard drive space on your personal computer. Data transfer, or sometimes known as bandwidth, is how much "stuff" can be moved between your web host and someone's personal computer each month. When someone visits your website, his or her computer is actually pulling text, photos, images, and little computer programs from your website's server in order to display on her or his computer. This all adds up, and you are allocated a certain amount of this per month by your web host. If you go beyond that, your website shuts down until the next month. So while it's important to make sure you have enough disk space and data transfer, know that most web hosts offer much more than you may need.
- Technical support. When, not if, your website's server doesn't work, how will technical support fix the problem? Is there a phone number, email address, or online ticket system to use to report the problem? Is support offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year? Is working service guaranteed? These are all important questions to ask.
- Services. A web host can offer more than just a place to host your website files. If you want domain-specific email accounts (email accounts that use your domain name, such as
email@example.com), check to see if a web host offers this service, and if so, how many accounts it offers. Web hosts can also offer limited spam blocking for these email accounts, free applications, website statistics, parked domains (which allow several domain names to point to one website), and more.
- Price. Here's probably one of the greatest variables of all. Monthly web hosting fees vary from $4.95 to over $300. It simply depends on the company you choose and the services you need. Most hosting in a shared environment, meaning that you share server space with other websites, is under $100 per month. If you want your own server, be prepared to shell out a hefty amount. But shared hosting prices vary greatly based on what you're looking for. More disk space and data transfer typically costs more. More specialized services can also cost more as well. "Do-it-yourself" web hosts, ones where you have to set up your own email accounts and upload your own files, typically cost less than managed hosts, which take care of these items for you. Some web hosts also charge a set-up fee when you sign up; others do not.
Choosing a web host is simply a matter of knowing what you need and then weighing all your options and then selecting the best choice for your money.


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Bathing is one of the healthiest and hygienic activities. It not just cleans and refreshes you it keeps your mind in peace. Baths and sweetness are essential for each other. Here you will discover that how you can
take the ideal bath that will add to your beauty. So here we go!
A mock Turkish bath:
This special kind of deep-cleansing treatment is ideal if your skin is showing indications of winter neglect. Allow a minimum of an hour and half throughout the evening and be prepared to go right to bed afterwards.
The components:
You will need beauty bath salts, soap, a loofah or mitts for friction, a nail brush, pumice stone for just about any areas of hard skin along with a large thick towel.
Following the bath:
When you get out of the bath, wrap yourself inside a towel and lie down. After about 50 % an hour, run another bath however this time use soap and lather well throughout, paying particular attention to the rear your neck, the backs of the arms and elbows, the backs of the legs and heels. Finally, shower or rinse in clean water, towel dry and go to sleep for the night.
A mock sauna:
For any soothing home sauna use two large towels and half to 1 cupful of blended herbs for example mint and camomile. Run the greatest water you can bear in to the bottom of the bath. Pour within the herbs under the pressure from the tap water so as to disperse their fragrance. Do not get into the tub yourself but soak the towels within the scented water. Then, looking at a sturdy stool near the bath, swathe yourself, mummy-style, in the towels. Once the towels begin to cool, unwind them.
Rough, scaly skin:
You are able to improve rough, dry, scaly skin, that is usually very noticeable on legs, by soaking yourself inside a warm bath to which you've added a few drops of vegetables oil soap (offered by chemists or health food stores). Be sure you rinse the soap off completely as soap residue may cause scaling. If you prefer you can use a bath additive rather than soap. Dry yourself very thoroughly using


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NYFW Spring Summer 2017: The Eyeliner Trends To Try Today
There have been a ton of titillating beauty trends coming off from the NYFW SS 2017 runways this past week. But the looks we're currently lusting over are those created with eyeliner. Yes, the windows to the soul. From the Amy Winehouse cat eye to the I-woke-up-like-this kohl-rimmed lines, spring's heavier eyeliner looks will make a great addition to your fall beauty routine today.
Here are our favorite eyeliner trends straight from the runways:
Slept-In Kohl-Rimmed Eyes: As seen at 3.1 Phillip Lim. "Modernizing the way we wear eyeliner, this season we played with the shape and left negative space on the eyes. Makeup is meant to look as though the girls danced the night away and their eyeliner stayed perfectly intact," says Francelle Daly for NARS Cosmetics.
All you need is a steady hand and a great black kohl liner. After applying to upper and lower rim, smudge out gently with finger for that slept-in look.
TRY: Nars Kohliner in Minorque ($25), as seen on the models at Phillip Lim; Rimmel London Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil in Jet Black ($4).
The Thick Cat Eye: As seen at Libertine. "The makeup look created for the show by lead artist, Katie Jane Hughes for Too Cool For School, channeled a 1970's punk rock London girl. The Libertine girl is naturally beautiful, but loves the boldness of a black graphic eye."
For this look, layering is key. Use liquid and gel, or pencil and cream to create the dimension. A thick flick a la Amy Winehouse, with a bit more sharpness. Remember to use a thin, malleable brush. Nix the lower, graphic line as that makes the look more real life-unwearable.
TRY: Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Jet Black ($26), Bobbi Brown Ultra Fine Eye Liner Brush ($28), Make Up For Ever Ink Liner ($23), Benefit Cosmetics They're Real! Push-Up Liner ($24), CoverGirl Intensify Me! Liquid Liner ($9), e.l.f. Studio Cream Eyeliner ($3).
White Lines: As seen at Noon by Noor. "Noon by Noor wanted a romantic but minimal beauty look with the eyes as the focus. The eyes feature clean, precise and graphic white eyeliner, while the rest of the face was kept bare, glossy and healthy-looking with a faint hint of rose on the cheeks," explains Uzo, NARS International Lead Makeup Stylist.
Sure white eyeliner is hard to wear in everyday life, but it is possible. (Check out our 3 ways to wear white here). When it comes to lining the upper lid in white, the key is to make it a show-stopper, so keep the rest of the face beautiful and bare, and make the white line do all the talking (and gawking). Keep the line simple and sleek and follow with a coat of black mascara.
TRY: Nars Las Pozas Velvet Eyeliner ($24),worn on the models at Noon by Noor; Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Snow ($22) Sephora Collection Eye Pencil To Go ($6).
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Garden Flowers – A Beautiful Addition to Any Landscape
I love asking my children to draw pictures of gardens. Their imagination runs wild, and they randomly include rainbows, birds, butterflies, sunshine or rain clouds, but they always include lots of blooming flowers. Like my children, most gardeners believe that beautiful, vibrant blooms are a "must-have" in any garden. These flowers add color to a home, attract friendly birds, bees, and butterflies and fill the air with soothing scents for all to enjoy.
If you are new to gardening and want to start with flowers, there are a few basics that are important to understand. Knowing how to properly plant and care for your flowers goes a long way toward keeping them healthy and providing you with the colors and scents of Mother Nature, year after year.
Flowering plants are essentially lumped into two categories, perennials and annuals.
- Perennials flower each spring and must be planted after the last frost. They typically produce year after year and go into hibernation each winter. Some plants can live as long as 50 years. Perennials often cost more than annuals, but their yearly production cycle makes them a sound investment. When native, these plants do not require a lot of maintenance, but they must be deadheaded, or cut back, at the end of every growing season to retain health. Some popular perennials include roses, daffodils, tulips, iris, lily and hyacinth.
- Annuals only grow for one season. They go from being planted in the spring to growing, flowering, setting seeds and then dying by late fall or early winter. Some annuals are quite hardy and can be planted late in the growing season because they tolerate cold soil well. Other annuals are tender and need warm soil and air temperatures to begin a healthy growth pattern. Annuals typically cost less at the onset, but many must be repurchased each year. The exception to this is when a garden of annuals is very well maintained and the flowers drop a large amount of seeds. These seeds then grow into flowers in early spring. Some popular annuals include begonia, geranium, petunia, gazania, coleus and salvil.
Flowers Need Sunshine
Regardless of whether you choose annuals, perennials or a mixture of both, one basic principal of gardening is that plants require energy from the sun. While shade loving flowers do exist, many blooming plants are sun loving and need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight every day. Plant them in a space that offers this to maximize their growth and health potential. The warmth of the sun will also inspire your plants' flowers to unfurl, adding the largest, most colorful blooms to your garden.
Giving Plants Room to Stretch Out
When you've located a sunny spot and are planning your garden, consider your plant's growth. Every plant has a maximum size capacity, and if you plant it in an area that is too small, you will increase the amount of work it takes to maintain your garden and reduce the potential for full blooms. If you plant several flowers near each other, also make sure that there is enough room between them for healthy growth. Much of the information about the size of a flowering plant can be found on the seed packet or a stick attached to younglings you'll find in local greenhouses and gardening stores.
Water, Water, Water
Flowering plants are healthiest when they are watered appropriately. Give your flowers water whenever the soil is dry, but be careful not to saturate your plants. Keeping moisture toward the roots is the best way to promote growth and prevent leaf rot, so try to concentrate your water supply in this area by using a drip hose or other such irrigation methods. Adding a layer of mulch to your flower bed is another great way to help your flowers retain moisture during the growing season. Organic mulches such as shredded leaves, grass clippings, bark shavings or compost are ideal options.
Maintenance = Health and Growth
If you want to encourage plants to create the largest blooms, it is also important to develop a good maintenance routine. While some might consider this time consuming, with healthy plants, garden maintenance really shouldn't require more than a few minutes a week and a couple of hours of more major work at the end of each growing season.
- Deadheading is an important part of maintaining the flowers in your garden and is especially beneficial for perennials. Deadheading means removing crumpling flowers so that they don't continue to use your plant's energy and provide more space for new flowers to bloom. This process also discourages the presence of unwanted pests and critters in your garden, making it easier to maintain your flowers without the need for pesticides.
- Disbudding is another way to encourage the growth of large flowers. With this method, a gardener removes all but one or two flower buds, before the buds open during the growing season. Disbudding encourages your plants to direct all their energy to a single bud and can increase the size and vibrancy of remaining flowers.
Gorgeous flowers require time, patience and persistence. It takes a bit of work to grow your own joyous and bright flowering garden, but if you're willing to put in the work, the efforts will pay off in the form of a beautiful addition to any garden, and one that contributes to beautiful landscaping and a tranquil atmosphere you are certain to enjoy.


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These minutes from a Japanese prefectural authority meeting show manga censors have some ... odd ideas.
Back in 2010 Japan signed into law a bill that allows the government to censor, via a committee vote, media that "promotes illegal or immoral sexual activity." The law is almost exclusively invoked against manga; particularly "Loli" manga, which often depicts child-like characters in erotic situations. There was concern that the bill was worded so vaguely it would give censors a very wide purview, allowing them to force their moral views onto a medium considered by some to be art.
And, according to these minutes, taken from a meeting of the "2nd Miyazaki Prefectural Commission for the Promotion of Healthy Youth Development," that seems to be what's happening. At this point, the commission was discussing "boys love" and "ladies comics" which, although not-pornographic, do tend to be rather risqué.
It's hard to choose the most laughable concept; that the idea of women taking the lead in some romantic encounters is "predjudiced," that exposure to such unnatural acts will turn unwary male readers gay, or that homosexuality is "dangerous." Regardless, the concept of this person being in charge of censoring anything is terrifying.
No objection to these ideas were recorded in the minutes, but some commenters have suggested this may be due to the Japanese custom of avoiding public arguments. The group suggested that some manga should be labeled as "urgently designated harmful entertainment," but did not recommend any specific titles for the classification.
Coincidentally, it's worth noting that the bill enacted to censor these manga was only accepted after it was reworded to specifically exclude live-action pornography. I'm sure that was a great relief to Japan's bustling porn industry.
I still find this whole situation hilarious. Now, I'm not one for censorship either, but the sheer insanity that this bill invokes on all sides is nothing but comedy gold.
I honestly haven't seen something that out-of-touch in a very long time. I think the last thing I saw was that horrible Rick Perry ad that popped up awhile back. Oi vey.
Ugh, another example of why I hate Japanese society. This is yet another facet of the sexist mindset that sex is an activity to be enjoyed by the man only, and that a woman "gives" her body to the man as some selfless sacrifice. No wonder that their society is so sexually repressed, if it refuses to admit that sex is a mutual partnership rather than a one-sided act. It's times like this that make me think that the US isn't really that bad after all.
...What? Seriously... what?
Eh, I guess these guys are the Japanese equivalent of our Bill O'Reillys and Rick Perrys.
I really want to know the story behind that picture though. It's hilarious.
Its hardly all of japan that is like that, really most societies have a view of women that is they are beneath a man, hell, even after the sexual revolution women are still struggling to get equal rights and they still regularly earn less then men, feminist is practically a 4 letter word since conservatives have done such a good job of demonizing it. Plus its not reasonable people that get assigned to things like this, its the more conservative and weird elements that get put on things like this.
i think this made me dumber
really japan? really?!
That's okay, Japan. You can send all of your sexually aggressive women to me; I'll take good care of them and find them homes. Now where'd I leave the phone listings for all my single friends...?
I really dont know what else to say....
I think I could understand being concerned about homosexuality when your death rate is higher than your birth rate, however I think sexually aggressive women would probably help that issue, not hurt it.
Ow...I think a few hundred of my brain cells started banging their heads on a wall while reading that. I mean seriously? Sexually aggressive women turning men gay? If anything it would make them more straight, have they even seen how the women throw themselves at men some manga? No androgynous Committee Member A, if anything it will lead to a generation of men who believe themselves to be chick magnets, or to put it in perspective, an entire generation Fonzies.
Don't lie to yourself Japan, you know you want that.
Tentacles raping helpless, over-endowed schoolgirls is fine, But exposing the youth to the idea that women may actually WANT to have sex of their accord? Oh you wacky Japanese!
Oh boy, an article about Japan. I'm sure that the comments section won't contain any raging hypocrites.
OT: I'm going to go with Fawxy's answer.
If they start sending them over, remember to add me to your contacts ;)
It's Japan, I don't believe it's safe for your mental well-beign to try and make sense of it.
Not to sound too weeaboo but...
I'm not mad or frustrated or weird-ed out or anything, just confused...
well that's a new one on me.
(i'm joking btw)
You have the most relevant avatar of anyone reading this post.
If this world could use more of any one thing, this might be it.
Keep men thinking about boobs and they'll have less free time to shoot, stab, bomb, and maim one another. Also far less likely to hang themselves.
It's a man's world, sadly. Looking forward to the day women just revolt and we all become man shufu's.
Thank you, Japan. Between this article and the accompanying picture, my brain has now officially resigned.
Didn't even give two weeks' notice, the jerk.
I hope this doesn't kill Kodomo no Jikan... >.>
Actually I think it goes beyond that to be honest. I think it's a direct response towards the whole "sexual revenge" thing you see cropping up as a subculture, especially in Japan.
It goes beyond the whole "women wanting to have sex" or even normal kink with a woman taking the dominant role or even being a dominatrix, to the point of women using sex as a means of outright torturing and tormenting guys, and by this I don't mean in a "fun" way. Sort of a reversal of the whole "only men should enjoy sex" thing taken to an extreme.
I'm not sure if it was someone doing a thread here on The Escapist or whatever, but I remember a bit thing on "revenge love", and a whole subculture of "love motels" and such designed to cater to it, along with trends about male Japanese rape victims who were
It was a wierd thing and it's not my cup of tea, so I haven't spent a lot of time looking into it, but I'm sure we've all probably seen some Manga and anime with female characters that seem to encourage that kind of psycho-stereotype.
I could be wrong here, and it HAS been a while, but if all of that happens to be true to the extent I remember reading, it's quite possible that being from outside the society we're missing context especially seeing as it's one of those problems, that apparently isn't being addressed more directly due to it simply not being reported.
The bit about going gay is a bit odd, but I suppose I could see that connected to an arguement that guys are going to seek release somehow, and if they are scared of girls because of what might happen, with this kind of thing on the rise... yeah.
Now the methods being mentioned here seem odd, but looking at Japanese society I suppose I could see a connection that might not make sense to the outside. A girl doing the picking up and controlling the courting at a bar or club or whatever is far more likely to be able to control the situation, with most of these incidents probably coming from girls who picked the guy up. Thus a case where a guy makes the first move and picks the girl up in the "traditional" fashion and presumably controls the flow of the encounter due to taking the initiative is seen as a bit safer.
Merely a guess.
While the news is rather strange I can't help but feel that the philosophical conundrum in the accompanying picture is much more attention worthy.
Oh look another reason to hate Japanese culture...
EDIT: What do the Japanese PEOPLE think of sexually dominant women? or homosexuality?
I think I spent more time staring at the picture and trying to make sense of it than trying to understand what the hell is going on in Japan.
Right now my brain has given up and demands another drink.
Hm... I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. Having two kittens taped to me as nipples would be quite the experience though, I'll tell you that.
Not sure what I'd actually do though. Hm... quite the conundrum.
As for the actual story, well I don't know. Too tired to think of something to say, and what little brain-power I have is now focused on that picture and its question. Is this even real? I mean, I'm kind of in a daze, so maybe it is. Or is it? I don't know. Brain is too focused on the question that picture is asking.
because you I've turned gay LOLOLOL
but seriously this is so dumb. Why is Japan doing this??
Really Japan? I love anime and manga because of it's strong female characters, even better when all the men in the series are completely useless. It's a breath of fresh air, don't ruin it over something as outdated and ignorant as homophobia!
Wow, seeing as I love assertive women, I must be a flaming homosexual... Yeah, see how that makes no sense, Japan?
You people act as if this is new. Japan has always been very old fashioned about gender roles.
My wife is Japanese, and she hasn't "given" her body to me in quite some time. I call foul.
I can't speak for everyone, but from my perspective, feminism has gotten its current bad name from the outspoken, hardcore, man-hating, feminazi bitches that we keep hearing about. Never run into one myself, so I have a feeling they aren't as common as the internet makes them seem. Classic feminism notion of equality? All for it, as long as it's really equality that they want.
I also want to add that if the internet has tought us anything..sexuality is anything "but" normal
Oh Japan, you're attitude towards women is always so progressive.
Their culture is far less sexually repressed than the vast majority of Christianity based cultures. And let's not even start how they compare to Islamic based cultures and their views about sex.
Really, think about it. Can you imagine any US based committee on the exact same subject matter taking the time to differentiate between forms and genres of the media? No, they'd just try and ban/censor everything even remotely risque or pornographic, not just loli and domme woman stuff. I'd say that alone gives them a more open mind about sex that they have government officials willing to actually discuss it, regardless of how idiotic their discussion may be, instead of just saying "It's the product of Satan, ban it all! JESUS IS LORD!".
People don't seem to note the real absurdity here: real porn is excluded in the bill overall.
This is a media-focused "issue" put forward by a bunch of conservatives in a prefecture government. Considering how insular the Japanese government generally is - even or especially below the national level, even during those rare times it's not the supremely ironically-named Liberal Democrats in power - in addition to that, and something this strange is not terribly surprising. Can only hope it doesn't go too far; this is basically an advance warning on just how dangerous that bill is likely to get.
Okay, now back to the racist rantings.
My brain hurts. I don't like it when my brains hurts. Why you make ym brain hurt Japan?
lol so according to him, all men that plays the lead sexual roll can turn woman into lesbians?...
what an idiot...
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