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The middle class in America is under siege. It's in retreat, while Fortress Washington continues to pull the wool over the nation's eyes. So far, it's gotten away with it. The time has come to turn the tables on those who no longer represent us.
The threat posed by Fortress Washington goes far beyond the escalating national debt or the fact that the president and Congress can't agree on anything. In fact, the threat we face is one that puts at risk the foundation of the American experiment in democracy — individual freedom, liberty, economic prosperity and national security.
Not convinced? Ponder this:
The nation's debt is more than $16 trillion and rising rapidly. Left unchecked, it's only a matter of time before we encounter a punishing debt crisis worse than what has happened in Europe. Washington refuses to address it.
The federal income tax code and its regulations are an impenetrable jungle of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations that inhibit economic growth. The code is more than 16,800 pages! Washington won't reform it.
The nation's entitlement programs are out of control. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are projected by their trustees to be on a trajectory to insolvency. Washington's fear of voter retribution has paralyzed it.
Unscrupulous behavior on Wall Street, by the insurance industry and by federal housing regulators precipitated a catastrophic recession that wiped out more than $14 trillion of national wealth, triggered a massive contraction of the national economy and produced record unemployment and underemployment. Fortress Washington responded by passing a financial regulation bill largely written by the Wall Street banks that created the crisis.
The price of college education is now out of reach for millions of American families. Student debt is more than $1 trillion and can't be forgiven, even by bankruptcy. About a third of the nation's children do not graduate from high school, and many who do can't read, write or think coherently. The nation's system of public education is ill equipped to meet the demands of the 21st century global economy. Washington hides behind the canard that it's a state and local issue.
The nation's infrastructure is falling apart. The most recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers has just given the nation's infrastructure a grade of D+, meaning its condition and capacity are at strong risk of failure. Fixing it would cost $3.6 trillion by 2020. But Fortress Washington dithers.
The nation has $37 trillion in oil and gas royalty payments right beneath its feet, enough to make America energy independent, and Washington won't approve the Keystone pipeline.
The military is hollowed out and Congress continues to appropriate money for weapons systems that the Pentagon says it doesn't need. The nation has long been weary of two wars that have not been and will not be won. Washington pretends it's not a problem.
We need another American Revolution — now. We need to throw off the yoke of a government that represses its people by serving itself. For openers, we'll need a band of revolutionaries who will define the content of what must be done and educate the American people so they demand that those ideas be turned into reality.
I hope such a group will be convened and led by Tom Brokaw. I hope he will seek the help and assistance of Michael Bloomberg (after he leaves office), David Brooks, Mitch Daniels, Bob Gates, Michael Gerson, Newt Gingrich, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Richard Haass, Jon Huntsman, Paul Kirk, Peggy Noonan, Paul O'Neill, T. Boone Pickens, Colin Powell, Ed Rendell, Michelle Rhee, Tom Ridge, Olympia Snowe, Joseph Stiglitz and Arthur Travers. Let's call it the American Renaissance Board (ARB).
They should initially seek funding from several foundations such as the Carnegie Corporation, the Commonwealth Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the purpose of preparing the substantive content, context and structure of what needs to be done.
Think of the effort as the preparation of a series of Bowles-Simpson reports on everything essential that needs to be done to restore America — foreign and domestic. Once completed, it will be the blueprint for an American renaissance.
The implementation of this blueprint will require a lean, innovative and independent structure. The prototype for such a structure is the Federal Reserve System (the Fed), a unique blend of public and private elements that has existed for a century and that implements national monetary policy. The Fed is independent. Its board of governors does not receive funding from Congress and the terms of its governors span multiple presidential and congressional terms. This is the model, with appropriate modifications, that the ARB should emulate.
Of course, the most important and difficult task facing the ARB will be translating its ideas into action, into national policy.
Some will say an effort like this can never succeed. They are wrong because an enormous majority of the American people know their government doesn't work and isn't going to reform itself.
If the ARB is smart, creative and disciplined, it will ignite and unify most Americans in support of its agenda, an agenda to reverse America's decline and restore its greatness.
I wonder if this column will activate the goons in the Department of Justice and the thugs in the Internal Revenue System. I'll keep you apprised.
The Shadow's singing the Simon and Garfunkel lyrics "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you," but Goldman can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Time for another American revolution
The middle class in America is under siege. It's in retreat, while Fortress Washington continues to pull the wool over the nation's eyes. So far, it's gotten away with it. The time has come to turn the tables on those who no longer represent us.


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Mississippi beats Mississippi State
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Marshall Henderson scored 31 points, Murphy Holloway added 24 and Mississippi cruised to a 93-75 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night.
Mississippi State scored the game's first basket, but then Ole Miss (18-4, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) reeled off 19 straight points and was never seriously challenged the rest of the evening.
The win snapped a two-game skid for the Rebels. Henderson scored just five points in the first half but hit five 3-pointers in the second half to help Ole Miss stay far out of Mississippi State's reach. Holloway shot 9 of 12 from the field and also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
The Rebels shot 30 of 59 (51 percent) from the field.
Mississippi State (7-14, 2-7) has lost seven straight. Craig Sword led the Bulldogs with 17 points.
Mississippi State scored the first basket of the game on a Gavin Ware putback, but that's pretty much where the good news ended.
Ole Miss scored the next 19 points, driving to the basket at will against the Bulldogs' half-court defense. Holloway was particularly good, hitting all six of his shots in the first half as the Rebels pushed out to a 42-23 lead by halftime.
Mississippi State tried to mount a rally in the second half, but every time the Bulldogs made some headway, Ole Miss answered. The Bulldogs cut the lead down to 75-65 on a Fred Thomas 3-pointer with 3:44 remaining, but Henderson responded with his sixth 3-pointer of the night.
Henderson had a quiet first half with just five points but got going after the break, hitting five 3-pointers to help stave off every Mississippi State rally. He easily topped his SEC-leading scoring average of 19.5 points per game, making 8 of 18 shots from the field, including 6 of 14 from 3-point range. He also made 9 of 10 free throws.
Reginald Buckner scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked five shots. Jarvis Summers added 11 points.
Ole Miss played its second straight game without guard Nick Williams, who is battling a foot injury. The fifth-year senior is averaging close to 10 points per game. Kennedy has said he expects Williams back soon — possibly in time for Saturday's game at Missouri.
Mississippi State's losing streak has now spanned more than three weeks, and the same problems — turnovers, spotty shooting and porous half-court defense — keep holding the Bulldogs back.
Mississippi State did shoot 18 of 32 (56.3 percent) from the field in the second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome the big hole the Bulldogs dug in the first half.
Jalen Steele scored 15 points and Fred Thomas added 13 points and six rebounds. The Bulldogs had 17 turnovers.
Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy now has 143 career wins, which is just one behind B.L. Graham for the school record.

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Animal lovers like you were heroes for the dogs, cats, horses, farm animals, wildlife, and so many more who desperately needed help. That's why when you watch this year's video about 2011's most amazing victories for animals, you won't just be watching another inspiring video – you'll be watching an inspiring story about you.
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You were a hero for animals in 2011 -- and with the big plans we have for taking on the individuals and industries that profit from animal suffering in the new year, we're hoping you'll be a hero again today by making a special tax-deductible gift today. Together we'll protect animals from cruelty everywhere – from the people who club baby seals to death, to those who confine animals in factory farms, to those who abuse dogs in puppy mills.
On behalf of the staff and volunteers of The Humane Society of the United States and animals everywhere, thank you for making this year one of the biggest in our history.
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PARIS (AP) - "I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time," Lady Gaga once said. And the fashion-inspired signer reigned supreme at the opening of Paris' luxuriant haute couture shows. Monday marked the first full day of the spring-summer 2014 displays in Paris, including collections from Christian Dior Couture, Giambattista Valli and Schiaparelli.
PARIS (AP) � "I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time," Lady Gaga once said. And the fashion-inspired signer reigned supreme at the opening of Paris' luxuriant haute couture shows. Monday marked the first full day of the spring-summer 2014 displays in Paris, including collections from Christian Dior Couture, Giambattista Valli and Schiaparelli.
Here are some key moments and tidbits from the day.
She may not yet have changed the world, but Lady Gaga almost upstaged the clothes at the Atelier Versace couture show on Sunday night.
The slim bottle-blond singer, who sported a black hooded Versace look with draped silk jersey gown, a full train and open back, observed from the front row. She gave a standing ovation to the tiny Donatella Versace � looking like her twin, also in black � as she walked down the catwalk to cap the collection.
Gaga, who featured in Versace's spring advertising campaign, was responsible for the show soundtrack, with remixed versions of her hits with lyrics such as "I'm skinny and I'm loving it" blasting out.
In fact, skinniness was the defining characteristic of the decadent show. And not just in the super-cinched couture silhouettes. The width of this show's seating was narrowed to under 30 cm (12 inches), and barely could accommodate a normal-sized human posterior.
Grace Jones, the iconic singer who often wore hoods, inspired Donatella Versace's bejeweled couture show.
Hoods in black, brash acid green and lilac blue came in satin silk or jersey or simply dripped in mesh made of tiny chains and crystals with the aggressive sexuality of the fiery Jamaican-born model.
Waists were cinched with bustiers, sometimes alongside draping or a white fox and mink fur coat.
Elsewhere, embellishments on sheer fabric looked like tattoos on the skin � among the best looks � and led the eye down to inches upon inches of exposed leg.
If there was any doubt as to the kind of woman Versace was designing for the program notes said it all: a "contemporary goddess."
In other words, mere mortals (real women) may well have slim pickings inside Donatella's super-real imagination.
But this is couture, not ready to wear, and it's meant to make people dream.
Raf Simons took his foot off the intellectual pedal for his Christian Dior spring-summer 2014 couture show Monday. The result? One of the best, and most archetypally "couture" collections in seasons.
Layers, transparencies, abstract scoops and elliptical cutouts gave a diaphanous, weightless feel to silhouettes that literally floated by.
See-through paper-like holes provided � very slightly � a hidden, voyeuristic sensuality.
The plain, white cave-like decor, meanwhile, curved to evoke the idealized female form, and subtly echoed this sensuality.
Gone were the ambitious, myriad flower arrangements of previous seasons, as was the bustling garden imagery in the clothes; and in the place of the rainbow color palette was simple white, pastels and dark ink blue.
Simple was the word.
But the sign of a master designer is a collection that looks simple, but hides its true complexity.
One looks with as many as five layers of depth was testament to this. The program notes describe this collection as one of the most labor-intensive ever produced.
It's taken almost 60 years, but eccentric Elsa Schiaparelli � the rival of Coco Chanel � is finally back on the Place Vendome.
Monday saw the highly-anticipated first haute couture show from the revived house, designed by former Rochas helmsman Marco Zanini. He had an admirable stab at it.
The first look, a Napoleon hat with a draped royal blue dress invoked revolution, imitating Eugene Delacroix's famed painting "Liberty leading the people."
An all-black cinched washed silk look was worn by a model with the big dipper constellation on her head, transforming the clothes into the sky at night. References were sometimes very literal.
But it's a gargantuan task to fill the shoes of a woman considered to be one of the most influential fashion figures of the early 20th century.
If Schiaparelli is no longer a household name � her business folded in 1954, and she died in 1973 � her design firsts have certainly lived on: newspaper prints, exposed zippers, perfume bottles in the female form, shocking pink, and � arguably � the first woman's power suit.
"Superman Returns" actress Kate Bosworth, in a blue and black check silk Dior sheath, turned up to the Raf Simons show with her film director Michael Polish, whom she married five months ago.
"I have been a fan of Raf (Simons) for forever," she told The Associated Press. "I'm married to a director, so to understand how each piece is put together and the importance of every detail."
Meanwhile, HBO "Girls" star Allison Williams was at the same show and wore a beautiful Dior dress with a cinched waistband, expressed an inkling of humor when asked which designer she was wearing.
"Dior. I don't know if you've heard of him. He's a small-time designer from early in the last century. He's up and coming. I think I see promising work coming from the house."
At Schiaparelli, former French First Lady Carla Bruni hobnobbed with Jean Paul Gaultier and former model Elle Macpherson on the front row.
GIAMBATTISTA VALLI's GEOMETRY
To the backdrop of huge geometric crystals, Italian designer Giambattista Valli played with geometry in the female silhouette.
Thick sections of double crepe � in royal blue and white � were banded around the midriff on model whose legs were exposed � a Valli-signature.
Curves in the stiff fabric creatively produced straight diagonal lines in the silhouette, which emphasized an hourglass figure.
The most effective of the 34 looks were those that pushed the volume upward from the midriff, though a few at the beginning of the collection in swirling white made the models thighs look bottom heavy.
There was a beautiful series of looks, sometimes in acid green, that played with the female silhouette by segmenting it in three � in a similar direction to that of Raf Simons in previous Christian Dior shows. It was a highly feminine affair.
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Stacey Bendet was fabulous and unapologetic for her Alice and Olivia Fall 2013 collection presentation. She is the opposite of minimalist…she does everything to the max. This collection was inspired by her fantasy of street style, what she would wear on the street if she really could wear anything and everything at once. It truly was an expression of go big or go home. The collection was all things at once: sexy, chic, edgy, hippie; Stacey Bendet created looks that call out to so many different aesthetics, there wasn't a person in the house who couldn't identify with something. With a musical theme throughout and 18th century French furnishings, it was definitely a mash up of Marie Antoinette goes to a rock concert.
The stage was a warehouse decked out in opulent Persian carpets nonchalantly laid over one another with toile wall paper and gold velvet drapes as the back drop. A huge and extravagant chandelier was the focal point of the room with sofas and gold coffee tables for guests to relax. Fashionistas indulged in Chandon champagne and delicious French macarons by Sugar and Plumm. It was every girl's dream come true. A DJ strummed a violin to current pop beats to get the party started but the continuous sound of popping champagne bottles was truly music to our ears. There was even a mophie charging station to help the digital age recharge. Alice and Olivia had many fans show up to prove the designer's talent as the party was littered with starlets like Katherine McPhee, Tinsley Mortimer, Vanessa Hudgens and even ice skater, Johnny Weir.
Models were grouped together with corresponding looks and props surrounding them. As models posed in front of a baby grand piano and beneath instruments like tubas and trombones hanging from the rafters, the eveningwear capsule collection was straight from a fantasy evening at the opera. A stand out for sure was a feathered beaded peplum lace gown paired with black strappy pumps adorned with black studs. These evening gowns were the envy of all the eyes in the room and will surely be making appearances at many events come this fall.
Party girls in leather and sequins were going anywhere but the opera. With an electric guitar lying in the bathtub, these party frocks were everything but boring. With names like Vixen and Plunging Miss Tulip this collection is not meant for the faint of heart. A black and white bustier jumpsuit paired with a quirky zebra cross body bag was definitely a charmer for the crowd. Another model posed in a pony hair themed outfit including a pony hair cascade jacket, crystal embellished argyle sweater, leopard print jeans, pony hair boot and pony hair bag. Texture and embellishment proved to be two things that the designer has a soft spot for.
The hair throughout was wildly romantic created by Antonio Corral Calero for Moroccanoil. The coiffure was a messy and free-spirited Heidi braid topped off with red roses to match the designer's locks. Sarah Lucero for Stila made plum lips the focal point using Stila's Merlot Stay All Day Lip Vinyl Gloss. NCLA Nails created three exciting manicures to correlate with each ensemble: Rush Hour in a bright red, Call me for the After Party in a metallic blue, or Alice and Olivia plaid nail wraps worn by the designer herself.
Known for statement worthy shoes and purses, this collection wasn't lacking in either department. The Stace Face Pump available in red or green detail was by far the crowd pleaser. The shoes were all on trend with embellished ankle straps, plaid prints, and quilted leather. The purse collection was fun and eccentric including pony hair satchels in green and black, animal print clutches and studs galore. Then A+O line also debuted fabulous legwear in argyle prints and a black and nude swirl combo created by a collaboration with British brand, Pretty Polly.
The great thing about Alice and Olivia is that it invites you to fantasize. You can go all out and pair crystals, leather, pony hair, argyle, leopard, and metallics in just one outfit or you can choose one as a statement piece and play around it. The designer incorporated trends such as menswear prints with tartan plaids and argyles but of course in her own way. Motocross leather, another trend spotted all over the runways, was incorporated in oversized jackets paired with mini skirts in metallic brocades. Stacey Bendet doesn't create for the women swimming downstream, she is a breed all her own that wants to go against the grain. This Fall 2013 collection was a playful mash up of all things fabulous. The motto that everyone left with: Dare to be bold!
For more information about the Alice and Olivia collection by Stacey Bendet visit: http://www.aliceandolivia.com


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Affirmative. You cannot and must not apply Early Decision Binding to more than one school. In agreeing to the EDB accord you are contracting with the law school to attend if they accept you. Obviously you cannot make such a contract in good faith with more than one school. If you did so, you might not actually get sued, but you probably won't get into any law school worth the name. Some schools (Cornell, eg) have an Early Action Non-Binding--this sort of agreement does not require you to attend, it merely guarantees you early notice of the school's decision. You'll need to read each school's individual policy in order to determine which case it is, but it ought to be quite clear on the application/website.
You'd think this process is idiot proof. Read the application instructions. IT'S ALL THERE. As a very encompassing rule, Early Decision means you CAN'T do it to any other school, and Early Action is non-binding. Geeze people, read the damn instructions.


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Well, it was a yard hang, but none the less outdoors on my birthday!
Well, it was a yard hang, but none the less outdoors on my birthday!
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FA Cup: Sunderland 1 Southampton 0
Craig Gardner's superb goal handed Sunderland a 1-0 FA Cup win over Southampton as Rickie Lambert wasted a glorious late chance to equalise.
Gus Poyet's side continued their excellent form in knockout competitions as the League Cup finalists reached the last eight, but only after Lambert somehow contrived to clear the crossbar from two yards in the closing stages.
Gardner's stunning strike five minutes after the break proved decisive, the midfielder turning away from Victor Wanyama before firing home from outside the penalty area.
Sunderland had several chances to make it more comfortable but none as good as the one presented to England man Lambert, whose miss let the hosts off the hook.
Poyet, whose men remain embroiled in relegation trouble, promised to ring the changes ahead of a busy schedule for his side and he duly obliged, making nine alterations as forward Ignacio Scocco was handed his debut.
Mauricio Pochettino has no such problems, with his charges eighth in the table, but he made six changes as both sides struggled to find their rhythm in a frenetic opening.
The visitors had the first opportunity, Adam Lallana finding Lambert with a cross before the striker nodded down for James Ward-Prowse, whose effort was well saved by Oscar Ustari.
Poyet was angered by the officials' decision not to award a penalty when Fabio Borini went down under the challenge of defender Luke Shaw after 12 minutes.
Emanuele Giaccherini then squandered a promising opportunity when he failed to get a shot away after dribbling his way into the Southampton area.
Lambert was denied an excellent chance to put his side ahead eight minutes before the break when Santiago Vergini executed a well-timed tackle in the box.
Gardner sparked the game into life with 50 minutes gone, putting his side ahead with a long-range strike that crashed in off the underside of Kelvin Davis' bar.
It was Gardner's third goal of the season and the visitors struggled to mount a response, with Pochettino opting to introduce Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin just after the hour mark.
Connor Wickham should have made it two 17 minutes from time but he failed to connect with a pass when through on goal, while Lallana could only put Nathaniel Clyne's cross wide from close range.
Pochettino must have realised it was not to be Southampton's day when Lambert spooned Clyne's low cross over the bar with the goal at his mercy as Sunderland sent the visitors crashing out of a second cup competition this season following their 2-1 League Cup win in November.


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Fiesta spirit on parade
The 2013 Battle of Flowers Parade made its way through 2.6 miles of downtown San Antonio amid an intermittent drizzle and the cheers of thousands. Here were some sights and sounds.
The float carrying Rey Feo LXV, aka Larry Benson Sr., and his court had distinguished itself by serving as a platform for a marriage proposal and was near the end of the route when it was yanked from the procession because Benson was throwing beads to the crowd — a no-no, according to a city ordinance and parade rules.
"Larry Benson, being from New Orleans, was caught up in the spirit of Fiesta," said spokeswoman Lisa Andrade Gonima, also the executive director of the Rey Feo Consejo Educational Foundation.
Earlier, an Express-News photo captured Benson tossing a Fiesta medal to parade watchers. Mayor Julián Castro also was seen tossing items to the crowd.
San Antonio police said they warned several parade participants not to do that and ordered an unspecified number of them off the route after consulting with parade organizers. No citations were issued.
"We are sorry that it caused this attention to us, but in the end it's all about education," Gonima said. "Everything that we have been doing this year has been about that."
She said Benson raised more than $300,000 in scholarship money.
Benson and his court will make an appearance in tonight's Flambeau parade aboard a float that Benson had made in New Orleans and is donating to the Rey Feo organization for future use.
And, said Gonima, there will be no beads.
Ready to march
Ready to march
Near the start, Fox Tech senior Jennifer Garcia, 18, stepped away from practicing the violin with fellow SAISD mariachi students to say she was "ready to have more fun."
Their instructor, David Zamarripa, said the group would begin by playing "Volver, volver." He hoped the audience would add to the performance by giving energy back to kids as they honored their heritage.
Armed, not dangerous
Liz Green has been attending the parade since she was a kid, when her siblings were members of participating school bands and J-ROTC groups. Now, Green was coordinating arrangements for a group of about 20 friends and family with front-row seats near Ninth and Broadway.
Each of her three young children was armed with a dozen cascarones, but they weren't quite sure what to do with the confetti-filled eggs.
"Do you throw them at the bands?" Erin Green, 5, asked as the vanguard marched past.
Drizzle no big deal
Drizzle no big deal
Ruben Castillo said he rarely gets a day off, and he was nonchalant as rain began to fall on his lawn chairs at Flores and Commerce streets.
"I'll put on my jacket," he said. "A little rain isn't going to hurt me. I won't melt. I hope."
'Love you forever'
"Oh, there's Rey Feo!" Allison Reyes, 25, said as a float neared.
A minute later it came to a stop in front of the tent reserved for Rey Feo's friends and family, where she stood on the front row.
Reyes briefly looked down to open a confetti popper, but Billy Baldwin, her boyfriend, told her to look at the float.
His accomplice Fred Reyes, her brother and a member of Rey Feo's court, had unfurled a banner that read: "Allison Kara Reyes, will you marry me? Love you forever, Billy."
When she looked back at Baldwin, he was on one knee, a diamond ring in hand. Friends and family in the know cheered and snapped photos.
Baldwin, 28, said later he'd been nervous, "shaking all day," but he needn't have worried.
"He fooled me a couple nights ago," a stunned Reyes said of her groom-to-be. "We were talking and he said, 'I think we should wait at least a year.'"
'Viva Fiesta!'
It's tough to be a princess, but Alexa Tijerina, 7, who rode atop the LULAC Council No. 2 float, said she has been practicing her genteel wave at home, in front of a mirror. Even better were her rainbow-colored high-top sneakers with wheels on the bottom that peeked from below her hot pink tutu.
She and fellow Feria de las Flores princesses Ana Cruz and Gabby Duran, both 6, debated whether they were princesses or witches while hiding from light rain under parasols.
Asked what they hoped to hear from parade watchers, Cruz quickly answered, "Viva Fiesta!"
The hard way
Near the parade route's end, a horse reared during a bit of fancy charro showmanship, knocking off its rider and bolting.
The man landed on his feet, and his compadres caught up with the horse and got it under control.
Got the goods
Got the goods
"We can't put metal handcuffs," said Pinky Slater, a concession cart vendor outside Alamo Plaza. "People'll hurt themselves."
He was talking about the furry handcuffs for sale from his cart, which also featured goods like those loud toy horns called vuvuzelas, stuffed animals, sunglasses and inflatable cartoon characters.
His cart was one of many dotting the area.
"There's 29 of us, all exactly the same," said Marty Penson, 39, who manned one about 10 feet from Slater's.
Squatters tradition
Squatters tradition
Richard Salas loved parades. Though the self-appointed president of the "Parade Squatters Association" died last month at 72 after battling cancer, more than 50 of his relatives and another 50 friends gathered to keep his party going into its 36th year.
If paid bleacher seating keeps expanding along Broadway, the family's longtime spot could be as endangered as the swine headed for the dinner plates at the Pig Stand restaurant across the street.
Family member Linda Velazquez, 61, recalled how Salas would trim the weeds and line the ground with carpet remnants ahead of parade day and refuse any beer but Lone Star during the event.
Before his death, Salas asked the family to continue the tradition, relatives said.
"God needed him," Velazquez said with tears in her eyes. "He's got his own little parade up in heaven, I guess."
Jennifer Lloyd, Mark D. Wilson, Lindsay Kastner, John W. Gonzalez and Sarah Tressler contributed to this report.


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Disgaea 3 is finally getting trophy support next week, which means it's time to dust off those discs and back up your save files, because once you patch the game, they'll be completely useless.
The Disgaea 3 trophy patch goes live on July 16th, adding in the ability for players to earn coveted trophy points for achieving various goals. Unfortunately, most players will have to achieve those goals all over again, as the patch will render all of their Disgaea 3 save files useless. The official press release for the announcement contains the following warning in bright red type: CAUTION: Trophy Patch Update will make old save data unusable.
Disgaea 3 is the sort of game that one can play for 100's of hours, so news of a patch that renders such progress null and void might as well have been titled "Don't Download This Patch" as far as most fans are concerned. The only alternative I can see is to back up your save files, just in case, start a new game to unlock trophies, and then uninstall the patch when you are done in order to access your previous saves.
That's an awful lot of hoops to jump through, but if you really want those trophies, then there you go. Me? I think I'll pass.


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Efforts to restore Lebanon's old town hall have been put on hold for the winter, and will continue in the spring.
The floor still needs to be poured, and the plumbing and electrical will also be installed in the spring. A room will also be constructed in the basement.
The Lebanon Board of Selectmen recently met with members of American Legion Post 214 to discuss plans for the layout of the basement at the old hall; as a result of last year's election, Post 214 is expected to lease the building.
Prospective plans for the building include two separate entrances (one handicap-accessible), two bathrooms, a full kitchen, and three rooms for equipment and storage.
Selectmen will meet during the next few weeks to discuss budgeting for plumbing, heating, siding, windows, doors, the front porch and a ramp. When a budget agreement is made, they will meet with Post 214 again. To keep some costs down, the veterans have offered to do some of the construction themselves.
"On behalf of the board of selectmen, I would like to thank Rick Geddes, of Bow, New Hampshire, and his company for the wonderful job they did on raising our Old Town Hall and keeping her up there and safe, during not only an earthquake, but a hurricane too," Selectwoman Karen Gerrish said.
November was a very busy month for Lebanon Rescue! Overall, volunteers responded to 52 calls, and also stood by at a variety of town events, including a blood pressure clinic held during the election. Rescue volunteers also attended training sessions at the station as well as others throughout the region that furthered their education and helped keep them up to date with state certifications.
The rescue volunteers logged 1,012 hours in November, so make sure to thank them for all their hard work!
Rescue responded to the following: 14 falls with injuries; 8 motor-vehicle accidents; 6 mutual aid calls to neighboring communities; 3 general illnesses; 3 calls for assistance; 2 cardiac emergencies; 2 seizures; 2 respiratory emergencies; 2 standbys at fire scenes; 2 cases of abdominal pain; 2 assaults; 2 cases of individuals with back pain; 2 suicidal patients; one cardiac arrest or unattended death; and one carbon-monoxide call.
In all, 56 patients were treated and 27 were transported to the hospital; 12 were sent to Goodall in Sanford, 14 to Frisbie Hospital in Rochester, N.H., and one to Wentworth Douglas in Dover, N.H.
Most rescue calls were from Lebanon; however, 6 calls were from out-of-town for mutual aid, and four were from District 4, near Milton, N.H..
Rescue 1 responded to 11 calls, Rescue 2 responded to 49, EMS 1 responded to 42 calls, and ATV 1 responded to 3.
Speaking of Lebanon Rescue, the department is in full swing with its "Operation Santa."
Last year, rescuers helped to donate toys to more than 220 children in the community. They also donated toys to an additional two-dozen families with children who suffered traumatic events.
This year, the rescuers have seen an increase in donation requests, but thankfully an increase in donations has been detected as well. Make sure to get out there, and donate those toys!
On Saturday, Dec. 8, Santa had breakfast at Stokewoods Diner on Carl Broggi Highway. Several families brought their children to see Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas. Lots of cash donations and toys were received to help out "Operation Santa."
Lebanon families that would like to have Santa stop in and drop off a gift a few days before Christmas can fill out a form online at www.lebanonrescue.com. There is no charge for the program. Donations can also be made from the Lebanon Rescue Department's website.
Drop-off locations for "Operation Santa" are Kenney Automotive, Trains Quick Stop, Stokewoods Diner, The Lebanon House of Pizza, and the big blue box outside the rescue station on Route 202.
The Lebanon Dorcas society is selling calendars with proceeds going to local fifth-graders' trip to Ferry Beach in the spring. The calendars are comprised of the students' artwork and are selling for $10 each. Calendars are available at Lebanon Schools and the Lebanon Town Office.
The Lebanon Transfer Station is not changing its hours of operation despite the change in the season. The station is open from 7 a.m. to 3:55 p.m. on Mondays and Saturdays, and from 9 a.m. to 5:55 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The station is closed on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.


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A program titled "An Evening of Inspiration ... What happens to us when we die ... ?," featuring author Michael H. Brown, will be offered on Wednesday, July 31, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the St. Vincent de Paul Parish Center, 2748 Military Road, Niagara Falls.
"Join us for an evening that is sure to have you leaving feeling a new sense of hope, peace and understanding of what happens to us or our loved ones, when we die," said presenter Jeannine Brown Miller, whose son Jonathan was a victim in a tragic fatal automobile accident in November 2009 while in his senior year at Lewiston-Porter High School.
She reports the program will have its focus on the following questions: Did you ever really wonder where we go when we die? What happens when we die? What is the passage like? How do we best prepare? Do we really see loved ones again? Angels? God?
"Are you seeking peace and contentment in the midst of your grief? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, consider coming to this event!" Brown-Miller said.
Brown, a former investigative reporter, is the author of more than 20 books. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, and contributed to publications from Reader's Digest, to the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of some Catholic best sellers "The Final Hour", "After Life," "The Other Side" & "Spirits Among Us."
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AMD Releases Catalyst 13.1 GPU Drivers With Various Tweaks for Radeon HD 7000 Series
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 18, 2013 - 11:33 AM | Tim Verry
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AMD recently released a new set of Catalyst graphics card drivers with Catalyst 13.1. The new drivers are WHQL (Microsoft certified) and incorporate all of the fixes contained in the 12.11 beta 11 drivers. The Radeon HD 7000 series will see the majority of the performance and stability tweaks with 13.1. Additionally, the Catalyst 13.1 suite includes a new 3D settings interface in Catalyst Control Center that allows per-application profile management. The Linux version of the Catalyst 13.1 drivers now officially support Ubuntu 12.10 as well.
Some of the notable performance tweaks for the HD 7000 series include:
- CrossFire scaling performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops II improvements.
- Up to a 25% increase in Far Cry 3 when using 8X MSAA.
- An 8% performance increase in Sleeping Dogs and StarCraft II.
- A 5% improvement in Max Payne 3.
Beyond the performance increases, AMD has fixes several bugs with the latest drivers. Some of the noteworthy fixes include:
- Fixed a system hang on X58 and X79 chipset-based systems using HD 7000-series GPUs.
- Fixed an intermittent hang with HD 7000-series GPUs in CrossFireX and Eyefinity configurations.
- Resolved a system hang in Dishonored on 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards.
- Resolved a video issue with WMP Classic Home Cinema.
- Added Super Sample Anti-Aliasing support in the OpenGL driver.
AMD has also released a new standalone un-installation utility that will reportedly clean your system of AMD graphics card drivers to make way for newer versions. That utility can be downloaded here.
If you have a Radeon HD 7000-series card, it would be worth it to update your drivers ASAP. You can download the Catalyst 13.1 drivers on the AMD website.
You can find a full list of the performance tweaks and bug fixes in the Catalyst 13.1 release notes.
And still years behind Nvidia! LOLs At least that is what we are expecting the new fangled "FPS is only half the battle" benchmark. We will be toying with out APU's and seeing if the 13's will be any better than the 12's. Not holding our breath.
WOW Gotta love idiotic fanboys did you just say years behind Nvidia do you even look at benchmarks i have a HD 7970 and previously owned a GTX 580 and benchmarks clearly state that the HD 7970 is the fastest single gpu graphics card on the planet wtf are you on about
Finally! Maybe now the their drivers wont bork my xorg.conf. there 12.xx drivers would not display properly on my apu crossfired laptop.
Glad to find out that this reduced the performance of my 6970s.
Thanks AMD!
well Fan Boy or not I Have owned Tons of AMD Products and still love alot of what they have to offer for there price point. How Ever I Have Recently RMA'ed 2 XFX 7970 as i was suffering from Crash after Crash Running there 12.10 12.11 beta drivers.The Cards its self benchmarks Fine but Overall with the drivers avalible at the time were crap.
I have since Downgraded to a Asus GTX 660 OC 1020Mhz 2 GB GDDR5 GPU and with the money I Now Saved Bought a 3 TB HD
Sadly With the drivers avalible at the time for the 7970 my 660 Performed quite well for price point and runs most of the games on par with the exeption of Hitman absolution and FC3. FC3 Still looks great i have it running on high and well once i pick up another GTX 660 will perform quite well.


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I'm curious, how many teams have won the first two legs?
Quote from: Best Loser on February 26, 2012, 10:35:31 PMI'm curious, how many teams have won the first two legs?Only one - Rob & Amber did it on TAR11, and they won the first three legs. Ernie & Cindy almost did it last season, if it wasn't for the money donating!LOL, Declive beat me to the answer!
I must say that the preview shown for next week is really exciting! I have high expectations for next week! As for this episode, the live stream I was watching was breaking up a bit (particularly at the beginning of the episode) so I didn't really see the Detour very well, but I enjoyed the Roadblock! Great task! So sad that Dave & Cherie are out! Such a loveable team! Joey "Fitness" + Andrew working together to get rid of Dave & Cherie </3But it is Team Border Patrol who is the only team I don't like.
any reason a lot of you guys dont like Border Patrol Agents? IDK why? They seem fine to me. So happy the beat Brachael this time. I HATE BRACHAEL!
And finally, Nary & Jamie got an airtime.
Art & JJ are the best, big brother team are morons.
Art and JJThey did very very well, or the detour was easy?
So Brendon hated Bopper and Mark huh? Idiot.
Quote from: Declive on February 26, 2012, 07:42:17 PMSo Brendon hated Bopper and Mark huh? Idiot.What's your source for this supposed "hate" of Mark and Bopper? I've never heard of either Brenchel or M&B saying anything but good words about each other.In this clip, it sounds like Brenchel got to know and like Mark and Bopper before they teamed up to help each other with the cow math...http://www.youtube.com/v/GZ05AmLzJxE?version=3&hl
Is it just me or is the race seem so rushed now compared to previous seasons like season 11.
The first episodes when we still have so many teams always seems crowded to me, we get more time with each team when we get down to 6 or so.
Quote from: ianthebalance on February 26, 2012, 11:11:40 PMany reason a lot of you guys dont like Border Patrol Agents? IDK why? They seem fine to me. So happy the beat Brachael this time. I HATE BRACHAEL!You are completely entitled to your opinion but I personally find the Border Patrol Agents to come off as quite rude towards (most) other teams and overly competitive. As someone mentioned earlier, they were going to go crazy for coming in second place.
I don't mind Art/JJ at all really. But I have never disliked teams that were "overly competitive" to other viewers. For instance everyone always griped about the Globetrotters and the slide incident but I thought it was funny. Teams don't come on the race to smell the roses and give all the other teams a hug I like nice people but don't knock someone for being serious about the game. Vanessa is that way too and most people like her. I think there is just a thing against strong male teams for no reason.
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Last week, like many other cyclists and cycling advocates from all corners of the country, Carol Wentworth, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Performance Bicycle, headed up to Washington, DC, to take part in the 2012 National Bike Summit. Organized by the League of American Bicyclists, this annual, and growing, event serves as a forum and meeting place for a wide variety of cycling advocates and industry leaders. Summit attendees got to meet with fellow advocates and organizers, and to learn more about both the challenges and opportunities to improve cycling safety and awareness. Breakout sessions at the summit covered topics as varied as calculating the value of bicycle tourism, mountain biking access to national parks, and even a session about pro cycling advocacy featuring cyclocross star Tim Johnson (fresh off of his Ride on Washington, an awareness and fundraising ride from Boston to DC).
Of course one of the main reasons for the summit was to take this pro-cycling message to the decision makers in government. As a board member of Bikes Belong, a leading cycling advocacy group made up of members from the U.S. cycling industry, Performance was there to not only participate in the National Bike Summit discussions, but also to advocate for dedicated federal funding for cycling projects. In addition to scheduled group sessions that included members of the Congressional Bike Caucus (which is led by cyclist and advocate Rep. Earl Blumenauer, whom we met earlier this year during his visit to North Carolina), Carol directly met with representatives from our home state of North Carolina. In these meetings we pushed for continued support of dedicated federal funding for bicycling and walking, especially in the upcoming federal transportation budget. This dedicated funding is a tiny portion of the overall transportation budget, only 1.5%, even though 12% of trips are made by foot and bike. The message we brought was that public investment and pro-cycling policies are good for business and the community, and also essential for the continued success of programs such as transportation enhancements, safe routes to school and recreational trails.
The National Bike Summit brought together passionate cycling advocates from across the country, giving each of us a sense of the power and influence cyclists can exert when we rally together to support a common cause. Events such as the National Bike Summit help spread the word that policies and projects that support cycling are good not just for cyclists, but for an entire spectrum of stakeholders.


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Trumpeter Cuong Vu attacks his instrument with a ferocious intensity usually reserved for rock guitars, and he uses many of the same electronic processors favored by adventurous guitarists from Jimi Hendrix to Bill Frisell.
Yet he also conjures soothing sonic atmospheres from his loops and wah-wahs, occasionally balancing the menacing and the ethereal in a delicate coexistence that stretches the listener's emotional capacity. Like a gyroscope that attains a sort of stillness only through focused, furious activity, Vu sometimes summons a floating calm out of near chaos.
Born in Vietnam in 1969, Vu emigrated to the States at the age of 6 with his family, who settled in Seattle. When he expressed an interest in playing music as a kid, his dad, who was a musician in Vietnam, took a purely practical approach to the issue and had him take up the trumpet.
"Within certain communities and cultures, the trumpet player was the guy who was going to make the most money," says Vu in a phone interview from Seattle.
The trumpet, however, wasn't Vu's thing, which explains his unique sound and approach.
"What makes the way I play interesting is I actually never really wanted to play the trumpet. I've always been really wanting to play drums, and after drums, guitar," he says.
"By the time I had invested enough time in it that I was pretty good at it, I had decided that I didn't like it so much. But I didn't really want to start another instrument. Then it really took a while for me to figure out how to play that thing in a way that I could really like. It really came down to just following your intuition and letting the instrument be the vehicle and not letting the vehicle dictate what you can play," he explains.
Vu wasn't alone in liking the way he played. He received a full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, won numerous awards and gigged with such luminaries as Pat Metheny, Dave Douglas and Laurie Anderson, among others.
As a leader, Vu has created his own musical territory. It's definitely not easy listening, but it is intellectually challenging and emotionally rewarding.
On his most recent release, It's Mostly Residual, with longtime trio mates bassist Stomu Takeishi and drummer Ted Poor, augmented by the inimitable Frisell, Vu creates a kind of six-part symphony, with pieces that can stand well on their own. The compositions—built from musical nuggets, "melodic content or just little motives here and there or a specific groove or a sound"—have an orchestral weight and sweep. "That's partly why we use effects, too—to fill up with density and with sound and to create different sonic areas."
The idea is to map a musical narrative "and get into a zone where we can improvise and be as free as we can but still respect the music," Vu says. "It's not intellectual. We're just very focused on the music and letting the music tell us what it needs—and we also really trust each other, and that's why we can take chances and go to places where we're completely unsure."
What is certain are shimmering, mesmerizing sound tapestries that evolve, not in lockstep through a fixed progression of chords and measures as in the typical melody–improv–melody formula, but as they will. From heavy metal rock to acoustic jazz to electronica, the Cuong Vu Trio will use whatever it takes to give the music what it needs right now.


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Watch and see for yourself. The first time this dude wails, I fell outta my chair. I can't understand a word of it... and, yet, it's the funniest thing I've ever seen.
I think I just shat myself with laughter
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#32 wrote:You can't honestly tell me that didn't crack you up. This is some of the funniest crap I've ever seen in my life.
It did... but after it, I was ashamed of myself. I felt... dirty for watching it. Hence the punishment.
Nah, seriously. I've seen really worse than that. That's almost the usual for eastern countries (a bit edgy, but not much)... you should try some turkish folk or sh*t like that. Is much, much ... eh, funnier.
At the library so I don't think I'll watch that video, from everybody's descriptions of it
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Beli is a village in Cres island.
Beli is one of the oldest settlements on Cres which used to play a prominent role in the past. A settlement organised like an acropolis [1], Beli is situated on a 130m high hill above the north-eastern coast of the island, on the site of a prehistoric hill-fort. Today it is a closely-built village with narrow stone-clad streets.
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From the main road of Cres island there is a 7 km long narrow curvy road leading to Beli, sometimes as narrow as one path. If driving, be prepared for slow traffic and careful maneuvers on the serpentines.
Excursion boats arrive at the port of Beli.
Get around
The port of Beli, the beach and the camping is located at the bottom of the hill of Beli. It can be reached with a few minutes drive (good brakes are essential for this road!) or 10-15 minutes walk.
The village has a wonderful setting on the top of the hill. Narrow streets, small houses give it a real Mediterranean feel.
Scubadiving. http://www.diving-beli.com/
Eko Centar Caput Insulae [2] works the integral protection of Eurasian Griffon Vultures [3], organizes exhibitions and organizes eco-tourism programmes. They offer seven hiking routes around Beli.
There are two restaurants in Beli
The buffet at the beach offers drinks, sandwiches and ice-cream until late.
Many rooms and apartments are available for rent: more in the village on the hill-top and a few also next to the beach.
Camping Brajdi
One-star but cozy camping, small in size so ideal for families.Located right next to the beach. Very basic shop, and a buffet nearby.
Beli has a Post Office opening Mon-Fri 9-12am. Stamps, phonecards etc.
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Hey there Uncensored Knitters,
It seems that you guys are shooting right over the real point in the discussion here....and I'm feeling that I am being misunderstood and I would like to do a damage control before people really get the wrong idea about me (yes, I do care what other people think of me....in some regards).
From what I've read on the comments, it seems that people are thinking as though I were against getting tested, which isn't the case at all. If you've read the show notes, you will see that I've already got tested and that it was Dr. D himself who asked the question first before I got to it.
What I was so adamant about in the discussion was the fact that I feel that Cashyie was giving me the idea that you were supposed to be asking right on your first date. Which isn't what I would do. I would of course ask, as I had stated in the podcast, but only when the relationship starts to get serious, i.e. that the relationship is official. When we were recording the podcast, it wasn't official yet, but it is now and like I said, both I and Dr. D got tested.
Now, to re-state and re-phrase the question that I/we want to know again: WHEN is the right time to ask your (potential) partner about their health status? Surely, you wouldn't be sitting down to the first dinner on the first date and suddenly blurt out about HIV-test, would you?
Elemm (who already got tested)
Friday, December 28, 2007
Extra note on Episode 11's discussion
Hey there Uncensored Knitters,
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- Auntly H said...
Forgive me for skipping over the show notes' clarifications. I based my comments on the conversation in the podcast (which may have been edited, leaving out some time-related aspect of the debate). I would not ask on the first date. I would, however, like to see a clean bill of health before the first "ahem." For me (back in my single days), there would be a fair amount of time between first dinner date and "ahem" in which to gather up the courage to ask and to get the tests done and reports back. I was already a fan of Dr. D because he's making you (Elem) happy. Add a few points to his score for asking.
- December 28, 2007 at 12:55 PM
- knitkim said...
Dear Gang
I so agree with the above statement. You have to be your own advocated when it comes to matters of sex and health. No one else will do it for you.
- December 31, 2007 at 12:04 AM
I agree with Cashy's comments on the podcast...getting yourself tested on a regular basis is important as well as checking in with a potential sex partner.
As for when it's a good time to ask...I don't know that there is ever an ideal moment; it's always going to be awkward. And it will vary with how quick the relationship is progressing. I, myself, am extremely shy so for me, I wouldn't ask until I knew or at least anticipated that sex was in the near future but it's important for me to be assertive about this topic and to protect myself. When I was younger, I was too afraid to ask. I was fortunate that nothing bad has ever happened but I was always angry with myself for not asking and hell if the guy would bother to bring up the topic so now I view it as my responsibility but if the guy beats me to it, I have to say, I find that pretty attractive.
- December 31, 2007 at 7:43 PM
- Woman who knits said...
I got tested every year along with my friends just for our mental well being. This was in college and I quit after meeting my hubby.
If I started to date someone and he had "bangin'" potential (Hey I went to college in the Deep South of the US), I'd ask before we sealed the deal. I would ask when we were alone in conversation. That way I felt like the guy would be more honest with me b/c sex wasn't pending at that moment.
For what's it's worth, I never thought you were against testing. You were very clear that it isn't a common practice in your circle of friends. No big deal . . .IMHO!!
- January 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Thanks for the clarification--I was starting to worry about you. I think that the "right" time to ask depends on the dynamics of each relationship--but always before you get the the "ahem" stage! Sounds like everything is under control. Good luck!! Yvonne
- January 3, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- noricum said...
I wouldn't ask on a first date unless the conversation somehow ended up going in a direction where it was really natural to ask. I would ask, however, when the relationship is steering towards being intimate, though, and *before* any "ahem".
I love your podcast! :)
- January 10, 2008 at 3:30 PM
I agree w/everyone else that you have to wait till the appropriate time, before the "ahem" moment. BUT if you have a condition that you know of already that could be transmitted pre-ahem, then it would be nice to divulge before potential transmission occurs. NOT that I'm saying you have one :-)
In Cashyie's defense, if you were checked on a regular basis (at least between one significant other and the next, it would be so much easier to answer when the topic comes up.
- January 10, 2008 at 6:45 PM
- stitchstud said...
Cashy's concern and comfort even insistence on broaching the testing topic with potential partner's is a testament to the Canadian public education system and the culture/country-wide move towards educating the public as prevention. I don't know if the Canadian gay culture is as casual towards the topic of testing as the German one was described to be, but I'm glad that E. and Dr. D. have taken the high and safe road.
- January 11, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Linda said...
I haven't had to worry about this for many years, thank goodness, since I've been married 10 years and my husband and I are exclusive.
I think what I heard from Cashy is concern that there are also other ways to get some nasty stuff. Penetration isn't the only way to get infected with an STD. Whenever the relationship moves to a place where some sort of potentially-infective activity will start is when the conversation needs to happen. Isn't that why there are scotch flavored condoms and flavored dental dams? ;-)
Certainly non-penetrative activity is less risky compared to the other option, so it's a calculated risk to not have the "test conversation" first or to be super careful. I guess it depends on how you were educated, too. My younger friends (20s-30s) seem much more like Cashy about this. In my day (I'm 40 BTW) we didn't worry about protection when doing non-penetrative stuff for the most part. Condoms only came out when the "ahem" would start.
- January 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Stephen hizKNITS said...
Whoa, it's really hard to listen to this conversation (as I'm typing this). I'm hearing a cultural difference between Cashyie and Elemm. I'm not sure what cultures I'm referring to: gay/straight, sex-postive/sex-cautious, risk-adverse/personal responsibility for one's actions.
There's a layer of judgment in her insistence of "protection" and being "clean." I'd love to know if she was into someone, and the test results were not to her liking, would she bail on the guy?
I'm all for making an informed decision about who one dates and sleeps with, but a test is only one moment in time, and in the case of HIV, may not be accurate for the past 6 months (incubation window from exposure).
"Testing" doesn't mean taking care of oneself... it means gathering information. It doesn't guarantee trust, honesty, protection or safety. As Elemm brought up, those close to you can lie to you.
And, it's not an absolute of "crazy" or "not crazy." Cashyie's amazement sounds like ignorance. There's a fine line between reacting to Elemm's choice and telling him how to live his life.
BTW, some of your listeners could be HIV+ themselves or have partners who are, or have herpes, or HPV. Are they now unlovable? or un-sex-able? Your personal choice doesn't mean it's the way things are. "Clean" is common vernacular, but what does it imply for its opposite?
To answer the question, it's up to the individuals when to ask about testing. In my life, first date: no way. I've had sex with and without knowledge. I take the same precautions with both. And, yes, I've had sex *GASP* with no intention of dating the person! I've heard it even happens in Canada.
Guys have told me early on of their status and history. With others, it's come out over time. With any significant relationship, it's always been discussed, and has never been a deal-breaker. I've also been rejected for my negative status, as they wanted a positive partner like them.
In the end, I'm responsible for what I get exposed to, and a test is a look backwards, saying nothing of the future. Other than my first boyfriend, my choice is to keep the same level of protection, no matter what test results say.
All that said, I still love all three of you and the podcast. Keep it "uncensored" but watch for bullying. Heavy stuff for a knitting podcast... but keep it coming!
I may be in Germany before 2010, and want to have a drink with Cashyie!
- January 14, 2008 at 2:04 AM
- Knitters said...
I am so glad you wrote in, and in no way did I mean to be bullying elem, except about his thesis(but I bully about that out of love, and because I know he will do a brilliant job). I think your correct about the cultural difference thing and maybe it has more to do with what we want out of life/what is important to us.
"There's a layer of judgment in her insistence of "protection" and being "clean." I'd love to know if she was into someone, and the test results were not to her liking, would she bail on the guy? "
I didn't mean for it to be a layer of judgment – it was more shock at the time of recording. Where I grew up there were super conservatives and super liberals, not so much with the middle ground. In my sex ed class in grade 8 we had an HIV positive bisexual man come in to our class and talk about the disease and what was understood about its transmission at the time. He was incredibly frank in his discussion with us and talked about the responsibility and limitations of having this virus, I had always assumed those in alternative life styles were more open about discussing this sort of thing with potential partners. I think the main reason for having him come talk to us was to impress upon us the human face of the disease, how anyone could contract it (gay/strait/bisexual) as well as the ramifications of being diagnosed positive. I was surprised by elems views and just didn't expect them to be what they were – if/when you meet us in real life elem is the one with his act togeather/organized/increadibly well groomed and I am the complete train wreck. I suppose it does reflect a cultural mind set as well, to have sex with someone I would need to be comfortable with them and be reasonably sure that this person was someone who could be a partner, someone I could have kids with and settle down with. Someone living with HIV/AIDS would be seriously limited in being able to provide me with these sorts of things and could pass this along to me is not able to provide so, yeah would probably I bail on the guy - most likely – mouth herpes I think I could work around. I suppose its selfish probably why im alone, but I guess one has to be honest with ones self and that is a big deal breaker for me.
"I'm all for making an informed decision about who one dates and sleeps with, but a test is only one moment in time, and in the case of HIV, may not be accurate for the past 6 months (incubation window from exposure)."
Again I prob wouldn't sleep with anyone I have know for a short period of time and wouldn't sleep with them unless it was monogamous, and even then protection, protection, protection- dear god I sound like a Victorian – someone please build me a time machine...
"Cashyie's amazement sounds like ignorance. There's a fine line between reacting to Elemm's choice and telling him how to live his life."
Bang on – again you are absolutely correct- and I need to learn choices I make for myself do not apply to others, were elem a random person off the street I wouldn't have thought twice about his comment. I think I reacted the way I do because I think of him as my family – if he was a smoker I would totally bully him about that too (again I know not my place)– I am trying to be better.... its just so hard....
"BTW, some of your listeners could be HIV+ themselves or have partners who are, or have herpes, or HPV. Are they now unlovable? Or un-sex-able? Your personal choice doesn't mean it's the way things are. "Clean" is common vernacular, but what does it imply for its opposite?"
Not at all, I have no idea what it would be like to live with that kind of responsibility and would never want to offend any of our listeners/ really anyone if at all possible. I in no way feel having HIV makes them unlovable or un-sex-able, I do however think being HIV positive means they have a tremendous responsibility to take care of themselves and prospective partners. I in no way intended to imply anything about those who have contracted something and will do my best to avoid using the term "clean" again – I had not thought of the implications and do apologize to anyone who may have been offended.
"To answer the question, it's up to the individuals when to ask about testing. In my life, first date: no way. I've had sex with and without knowledge. I take the same precautions with both. And, yes, I've had sex *GASP* with no intention of dating the person! I've heard it even happens in Canada."
For the record I did not suggest the first date was the time to ask – I think we just had a little miscommunication there. Again I think this is one of those prejudices I have, I probably wouldn't have sex with someone I couldn't see myself being with in the long term (I am very insecure and would like as few people to see me naked as possible hence my expectations are insanely high)- in the long term I want a lot of things, like children, that would be much more difficult were I to have a partner with a serious life shortening illness that I could contract. I understand others are not looking for this and so this is not something they consider, sometimes I guess I just forget others are better able to live in the moment.
"In the end, I'm responsible for what I get exposed to, and a test is a look backwards, saying nothing of the future."
Fair enough, but the past can be used as a predictor of the future, again this is probably more a reflection of my expectations and wants from a relationship than sex/personal safety, though I do feel the spread of many diseases could be reduced if everyone got tested regularly and informed potential partners.
"I may be in Germany before 2010, and want to have a drink with Cashyie!"
Ill buy you the first round – again thanks for writing in, your comments were well thought out and presented, I guess I have cultural biases like everyone else, thank you for writing in and challenging them a bit.
- January 15, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Figino said...
I listened to the podcast only yesterday and therefor can answer only today. I'd ask in the moment that it seems that the relation gets "over the first night", means you sleep in the same appartement several nights (the hole night) and start planing weekends - at that point you know it'll be more than just one night of fun!!
- January 23, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Julie said...
For what it's worth, I think Cashyie's response was a product of our generation and education. I'm prefacing this by saying that I don't know Cashyie at all, but her words sounded much like something I would say. I'm 30 years old and American, and when I hit middle school, AIDS and HIV were just starting to be widely recognized. I remember having entire health classes devoted to them, and the importance of being tested, and how it was our responsibility to make sure that we were tested and our partners were as well. I see this as a sharp dividing line between my generation and the ones that preceded it: my boyfriend, who is 53, is part of the "free love" generation. You could go out and have sex with whomever and not really worry, because STDs could be cured or treated. Then suddenly as Gen X was coming of age, sex was something that could theoretically kill you. I am definitely a product of that mentallity - I have had far less partners than my boyfriend has, and yes, I did ask him on the first date if he'd been tested. Now I had known him a bit through work prior to our first date, but it was still an awkward question, yet one I felt had to be broached.
I have no idea where I'm going with this except to say that I could totally understand where Cashyie was coming from because it had been drummed into my head while I was growing up. :)
- January 24, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- A Guy said...
Wow, this really made me think and it's not a cut and dry - thrid date - type of answer.
The time to ask is before you engage in an activity that can hurt you. You want to be as sure as possible that you watch out for #1. So if you're the type of person that takes things slow, then you have time before you ask these type of questions for the most part. On the other hand, if one's personality is such that they enjoy a heated roll in the hay on the fist date, then that question should be asked just after saying "Hello"! Seriously!
You need to watch out for yourself and I feel that is what Cashy was saying. I do understand what Elem was saying and I feel that they were both just a bit out of sync with each other.
I won't analyze why Elem said what he did with the intensity he had, nor will I analyze Cashy on the same points. I will say that it was quite refershing to listen to the intensity of the conversation and to hear that special something Cashy has for Elem - she is a true friend and Elem you are a very lucky person.
Stay well, stay happy and stay friends.
A Guy
- January 25, 2008 at 5:21 PM
- WonderMike said...
Have I told you kids how much I love the podcast? Thanks for keeping it fun, informative and provocative. And those show notes, color me very impressed my Dears.
Now, onto my little ole sexual responsibility two cents:
Sex is wonderful and everyone should have more, enjoying it fully, without shame, deception or coercion. I feel that one should always act as if your partner could transmit something to you and take the correct precautions until you have made a decision to bring it to the next level, whatever that might be (monogamy, commitment, testing, etc.).
I'm in a committed relationship and have been for about 6 years now, but I remember dating and "ahem" for more years than I care to disclose. It was always a stressor and always a source of conflict for me when it came to discussing HIV status. There's no easy way to do it, but you gotta do it, if you're going "skydive without parachutes". Hmmm, maybe that's a bad metaphor. Do I sound like a Victorian? Maybe Cashyie and I can use the Time Machine together.
Thanks again for lively debate. Electronic Kisses with digital dental dams to you all.
- January 30, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- Esoteric Knitter said...
Oh my goodness. I haven't been caught up with the podcast but gosh I feel like whoa I've missed something big.
Elemm, you're awesome. *Hug*
- February 25, 2008 at 7:54 AM


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Apparently my husband and I aren't alone, because I nodded my head in agreement at every single thing the guests mentioned on the newest Mad Life episode, hosted by CafeMom co-founder Andrew Shue.
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Apart from taking photos of myself lying in frosty grass in an immensely sparkley circus leotard, and getting myself rather cold, muddy and wet in the process, I ate some soup which tasted weird, threw it away and made some more which tasted okay, watched Marie Antoinette, did some art homework, and put my new website layout up.What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
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Back in November I got a lovely flickr message from "lenaah" about my blog. She mentioned she's a 15 year old photographer, so I took a look at her pictures and only like HAD A HERNIA. Eleanor's pictures are wistfully childish yet mature; in an email exchange she spoke about how being younger gives you a different perception on most things and how sometimes she'll take expressions literally and incorporate them into a shoot. They are similar to Tim Walker's, and she once said in a lexposure.net interview that sometimes she'll see a picture of his and it will be vastly similar to one she was planning on shooting. Eleanor has also been featured on other websites and had a few of her pictures in the recent Dazed & Confused Teenage Takeover issue. And it's no wonder why-Elle's photos have a hint of nostalgia with hope, and though magical and almost fairy tale-like, completely relatable. They are witty and inspiring, like Elle herself, and the fields where she takes them in Oxford, England mixed with clever concepts take you to another world and make you want to explore. Contrary to my complaints about school and adolescense (heh), Elle embraces youth with components of sentiment and innocence in her photos, if she isn't giving an important message about self image or eating disorders. I was honored when Elle agreed to do an interview for the blog, and, like her photos, her answers are fascinating and intriguing.What did you do today?
Apart from taking photos of myself lying in frosty grass in an immensely sparkley circus leotard, and getting myself rather cold, muddy and wet in the process, I ate some soup which tasted weird, threw it away and made some more which tasted okay, watched Marie Antoinette, did some art homework, and put my new website layout up.What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Apart from taking photos of myself lying in frosty grass in an immensely sparkley circus leotard, and getting myself rather cold, muddy and wet in the process, I ate some soup which tasted weird, threw it away and made some more which tasted okay, watched Marie Antoinette, did some art homework, and put my new website layout up.What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Are the concepts behind your photos intentional? Do you think about a message you'd like to incorporate into a picture and then execute the idea? Or is it more natural how ideas come up, and the message just appears accidentally once you look at a photograph in the end?
It varies.. generally I have an image in my head when I go to take photos; sometimes the final photograph after the shoot comes out nothing like it (which can be good or bad I guess) but other times it comes out exactly as I imagine which makes me happy. Both photography and drawing is like tracing an image from your head into reality, and so you can imagine how wonderful it is when an image is copied perfectly between the two, as sometimes that can prove tricky.Where did you get those amazing animal masks?!?!
I have three rubber masks which go over your entire head. Two (cat and horse) are from ebay, the other (gorilla) is from Carnival Stores in my town. I also have some high quality plastic masks (rabbit, pig and dinosaur) from a costume shop in my town, however sadly it shut down. Finally, I own some plastic masks that were about £1 from the same shop the gorilla mask is from.. unfortunately, they worth the few pennies I paid for them, as they're quite small since intended for children. I also own a bunch of masks from unknown stores; eye masks, vampire masks.. old lady masks..Is it difficult for you to lug doors to fields, mattresses to beaches, and baths to flowerbeds? You must be very strong.
I'm weak.. I've only attempted to give piggy backs a couple of times in my life. One of the times I dropped the poor child on the floor. My parents and friends are incredibly lovely and help me carry these large items.. though I try my best to help out. Hopefully I'll get stronger in the future so I can do it myself, but I doubt that'll happen so maybe I'll get a special furniture carrier to help me on all my shoots in the future!What is your favorite book? Is there any book character you think you identify with?
My favourite book is Noughts & Crosses (and the various sequels) by Malorie Blackman. It's a Romeo & Juliet inspired story about prejudice, romance and tragedy and it's incredible.
My other favourite book (and movie) has to be the Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides.. it is just beautiful. In the book the words are handpicked so carefully, the description is incredible, and in the movie version by Sophia Coppola, the beautiful descriptions whcih are diminished by turning a book into a film are made up for with the way the film is done photographically and musically.. the whole story is indescribable, so don't even ask me to explain my love for it, just read and watch it and fall in love.
Another book I discovered when I won a contest at the open day for my school and received it as a prize; it is called River Boy by Tim Bowler.. it's really sweet. It's not the style of book I normally read but this one is really heart touching.
I also love the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Series of Unfortunate Events.. I guess I read a lot.
Book character wise, I'm not sure. I love Scout from to kill a mockingbird, Violet from the series of unfortunate events, and all the Lisbon sisters from Virgin Suicides.. another thing I love about Virgin Suicides is the lack of identification with the characters. They are so mysterious about why they kill themselves and what they feel like, it adds to the charm of the book.What is your favorite series of yours and why?
You have a great deal of photos of Blythe dolls..."great" meaning both big and fantastic...what is it about these dolls that makes you want to photograph them? Do the stories you create with their photos come from your imagination or things that happened to people you know you?
I became interested in Blythe when I was about nine, however it wasn't until I was twelve, in early 2006, that I bought one. It was photographing thesen dolls that kicked off my interest in photography, and although I don't take as many photos of them now as I used to, they have a lot of sentimental value to me because without them I never would have begun and kept up taking photos. The photos I took of blythe remind me of a time when my photography was somewhat naive and carefree, and looking back on them, although all the images are pretty bad technically, they make me feel nostaligic and happy when I see them.Do you think photography is a natural talent or gift, something you need to have a born eye for; or something you need to be very smart and educated about?
I've certainly never had any formal lessons or education on photography.. a creative eye is only part of it.. a lot of photography is will power to put effort into images, to look at the world as if looking through a lens, and just to enjoy yourself. Everything I've learnt about photography has been because of my own interest, and it's only practice and support that has got me where I am now.Thank you so much Eleanor! To see more of her photos and what inspires her, you can check out her flickr, website, or blog.