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"Me and my temporary trophee" Brugge Warnings Or Dangers Tip by irisbe
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When I visited the brewery Halve Maan for the 2nd time, I did encounter a big problem.
I was there with a big company of people,
When we ordered our drinks I asked if I could pls have the beer in its original glas so to make a picture for my collection Was it the question? my Antwerp accent? the waiter a young arrogant blond guy started to tell me in a very hautain way that glasses were not given because ... and then he made a walking movement with his fingers over the table. We all sat there amazed by his boldness and unfriendlyness. I said I understood but it was a pity as I cannot make a picture of it then. From that moment he ignored me totally. I could order something or not, it didn't made any difference, I got nothing at all! My company could not believe their eyes! so finally we set him up as some one else told him... "and pls finally bring this lady something to drink too?" So now he could not do else but turn to me and then a elder lady started to fire in her Flanders dialect he better brought that beer immediatly and in an appropriate glass! He tried another attempt on insulting me asking if I wanted the glass with the bottle next to it?
You have it from the tap right? then bring it IN the glass if you pls, I replied.
Some tables were specially reserved for us so we moved to the particular table.
And passing by that arrogant waiter we all laughed and said He! don't worry... we are not stealing this glass! we are not walking out... we are moving to that table .He turned red. Another waiter took over.
We didn't see him in our neighborhood again!
and every one posed with my trophee for a picture!
We did gave the glass back!
I am no thief!
You can guess that I think twice before going back in this brewery! But then I think if he is as arrogant with me, he must be with others too and finally some one will tell the management and he will be kicked out.
So the message in here is: don't let no one fool with you, tourist or no tourist!
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In the ROTS novel, even as good at his invented form (Vapaad) as Mace was (to compensate for the near millennia deterioration of the 7th form Juyo due to impracticality after the ruusan reformation), he couldn't help but to admire Obi-Wan at his mastery of soresu.
The convo went something like this:
"You, Kenobi, are the master of Soresu. I have every faith you can counter General Greivous with your technique."
"Well I thank you for your praise calling me a master--"
master--its philosophy, is so like you, Obi-Wan. It is who you are."
Personal comment: do not misinterpret Soresu's defensive philosophy. As a real life swordsman I give the caveat of Miyamoto Musashi: "If you wait for the attack, defend against it, and only then go in for an attack by parrying and striking, you are making extra work for yourself. Moreover there is always the possibility of missing the 'block'." He goes on to come to: "When you are returning the attack to the enemy after he has attacked you, you are permitting your rhythm and timing to be controlled by him. Regardless how well you fight, you are on the defensive. You should strive to be neither offensive nor defensive. These ideas can force the mind to stop its flow of consciousness and get you killed in a fight."
(Musashi's book of five rings: Book of wind, incorrect carriage and warrior attitudes).
Just a bit of "strategy" from one of Japan's greatest swordsmen.
I say knowing which 'forms' are practical for a situation and knowing how to "shift gears" and rise to the occasion when the situation changes is best. I see a lot in EU that is potentially very misleading.
But back to the point about what "roles" accurately described movie characters...
Mace was undeniably a knight, Obi-Wan may have had the attitude of a consular but had the skill of a knight so in his own way a sentinel. Yoda I'd say much the same b/c in AOTC he is regarded as a great swordsman as his dueling skills could outdo Dooku and (A Younger) Windu.
Anakin Skywalker, well, mostly a knight but not shy to use his powers where he could not beat his opponents with his blade.
I dunno. Categorizing like this can often times be more of a limitation, a label. Not accurately describing anyone. Besides, in TSL you get forms depending on what class you are and, from whom depends on what order you visit them. I.E. Kavar knowing Juyo is to be expected, but in reality you could learn it from Vrook or Zez-Kai Ell. (If playing dark sided, Zez-Kai Ell actually benefits most from using Juyo, as his critical strike is even deadlier now. Against Vrook, no real difference, actually I think it made him easier.)
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The top-ranked Florida State Seminoles swept an afternoon doubleheader against Boston College on Friday � the first on a dominant pitching performance, and the second on a late offensive explosion.
The games were played at Bill Beck Field at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston.
In the first game, FSU�s Luke Weaver threw a complete game, one-hit shutout to lead the Seminoles over Boston College, 6-0. Weaver walked two and finished with four strikeouts. The Eagles� lone hit came from Chris Shaw, who singled to left in the seventh inning. BC starter John Gorman was the losing pitcher. He lasted just three innings, allowing four runs on four hits as he walked four and struck out four.
In the second game, FSU rallied from a 7-2 ninth-inning deficit to plate nine runs and win, 11-7. Three Eagle pitchers were used in the final frame, but BC couldn�t hold the lead in an inning that featured a grand slam by FSU�s John Nogowski. The Seminoles� Jim Voyles picked up the win, while John Nicklas took the loss for BC.
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I bought the CP1025nw in early December. I use a MacBook (which runs OS 10.5.8) with Airport and a Cisco Linksys broadband G router.
I used the CD provided for installation and found it to be a straightforward process with no bloatware. There was one complicated step when I had to create a print queue, but I figured it out on my own: not HP's fault. The wireless set up works well from any point in my apartment (max. 30 feet or so from the printer.)
I print relatively infrequently (maybe a few pages each day) so I didn't want an inkjet whose nozzles would dry up. This laser printer has good color, a fast response time and print time. Black and white text looks especially good. As with any color printer, the paper you use affects print quality as much as the printer itself.
I have not had to change a toner cartridge but expect no difficulties if I follow the instructions provided.
I also need to connect the printer to my HP Pavilion a1110n desktop which runs Ubuntu 10.04. Although hplip.com is supposed to provide drivers for this, the site has been down for over a month, so I have no idea how easy or hard that install is going to be when (if?!) HP gets the site up again.
Overall, straightforward set up, strong wireless connectivity and decent printing results. The jury is still out on replacing toner (how soon will I have to do it and how easy will it be?), on using with Linux and on getting over my annoyance that a full manual is not provided with the printer.
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We're thinking of buying this to use with Ubuntu & Windows 7. Have you had a chance to hook it up to your Linux computer yet? If so, how did it go?
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dear stacie -- thanks for this -- i just checked hp's linux site -- hplip.com -- and it's still down -- i know virtually nothing about linux/ubuntu so am relying on hp to give me the drivers and instructions in as easy and clear a way as possible -- i'm sure there is somewhere else to find the drivers online... -- here's hoping hp will fix their site soon... -- good luck -- george.
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The sites for the linux drivers are hplip.net (not .com) or hplipopensource.com (says site offline, but does provide a link to the drivers). There is also additional information at launchpad.net/hplip
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Thanks for the detailed review. I bought this printer a few days ago (from Office Depot) and love it. It was easy to set up for my MacBook Pro (OS 10.6.6)--for setting up the wireless, just had to click the More Info box during the install process to be told to connect the USB in order to complete the process. Easy as pie! I'm printing color photos of plants and trees and the color is astonishingly good.
I have a workhorse HP LaserJet 6MP (monochrome) that I bought in 1998 and is still going strong. Laser jet is a fine product.
When I bought a new Mac in 2005, I got a new HP printer that had a rebate equal to its purchase price--so, it was essentially free. Remember that there is no free lunch. Turns out that it was a new-fangled inkjet -- the cost of using an inkjet is far greater than the attraction of a low purchase price. It's a great money-making racket for the inkjet makers--I bet they're laughing all the way to the bank. At $30 per cartridge, which has low print volume compared to a laser jet cartridge, that attractive purchase price just hurts!
Spend a little more up front and get a laser jet--check the printed page estimates per cartridge.
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India: A Portraitby Patrick French
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Patrick French's India: A Portrait tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a vibrant democracy with one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any way to discover the 'real' India? In
Patrick French's India: A Portrait tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a vibrant democracy with one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any way to discover the 'real' India? In this intimate biography of 1.2 billion people, Patrick French travels all over the country talking to everyone from political leaders to mafia dons, from chained quarry workers to self-made billionaire entrepreneurs, to tell the story of post-independence India as never before. 'Patrick French brings one of the globe's most dynamic nations springing to life ... he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the country, sensitivity to its subtler nuances and a wealth of research'
Sunday Times 'It's gripping ... If you're Indian, reading the book is like learning the history of your country in four days'
New Indian Express 'Fizzing with wit, insight and infectious curiosity ... a thoroughly enjoyable romp through six momentous decades'
Wall Street Journal Asia 'Wide-ranging, clear-sighted, warm-hearted and immensely readable ... The human tales that French finds are engrossing'
Evening Standard 'A rich colouring of contemporary characters and events, many of them sharply observed at first hand. Crammed with elegant portraits'
Economist Patrick French is the author of Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer, which won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Royal Society of Literature W. H. Heinemann Prize, Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division, which won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land, The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hawthornden Prize, and India: A Portrait.
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—San Francisco Chronicle
"French mingles historical analysis with on-the-spot reportage, aiming to capture the country in all its teeming, volatile complexity. The result is rich, engaging and indeed multi-hued."
—Los Angeles Times
"A well-informed and well-crafted portrait. . . . [French is] a skilled interviewer who writes with a descriptive flair."
—The Boston Globe
"Perceptive. . . . French goes beyond the obvious. . . . India is a burgeoning nation with an inspiring message to the struggling people of the world: It gets better."
—The Christian Science Monitor
"Sharply observed. . . . An accomplished portrait of momentous times in a remarkable country. . . . French is a fine reporter, with an appealing fascination for all things Indian, as his book makes clear."
—The Economist
"It is a funny, witty book; also dense, gripping, thrilling. What blazes through from each page is French's absolute and uncondescending engagement with India, Indians and the mindboggling plurality of practices."
—The Times (London)
"Fizzing with wit, insight and infectious curiosity. . . . A riveting read. . . . One suspects that French could not pen a boring passage if he tried. . . . A thoroughly enjoyable romp through six momentous decades."
—The Wall Street Journal Asia
"Vivid. . . . An impressive study of India since independence."
—The Telegraph (London)
"Admirable. . . . There are many Indias, and French sets out, with enthusiasm and empathy, to encounter as many as he can find."
—The Spectator
"Complex. . . . Stirringly accurate. . . . French offers a fascinating analysis, revealing a deeper truth."
—The Independent (London)
"Lives up to its promise. . . . It's not just readable; it's gripping. . . . French's writing is touchingly evocative at times . . . and hilarious at others. . . . If you're Indian, reading the book is like learning the history of your country in four days."
—New Indian Express
"French is the brilliant enfant terrible who can get away with heresies because they are embedded in his deep affection for and intimate knowledge of India."
—Business Standard
A rollicking, ambitious journey through Indian history and mores from a keen English journalist and National Book Critics Circle Award winner.
French (The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul, 2008, etc.) takes a fondly critical step back to observe how the staggeringly diverse democracy of India actually works, how it elects officials and how it dug itself out of entrenched economic debilitation, the caste system and poverty. In three sections—Rashtra ("Nation"), Lakshmi ("Wealth") and Samaj ("Society")—the author takes apart the workings of a fascinating country and its people, from the founding of the nation in 1947, amid the violent integration of princely states and partition from the Muslim north, through the economic liberalization of the last ten years that has "unbound" the enterprising middle classes. French recounts the Indian legacy through personal stories, such as those of the incongruous makers of the Indian Constitution, who self-consciously modeled their endeavor on the historic American Constitutional Convention—e.g., wealthy, Anglicized Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru, an intellectual whose nationalist secular vision of India was schooled by years in prison; and the untouchable-born lawyer Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, whose incredible personal success evolved into "the outcastes' revenge." Despite their differences, allaimed to hammer out a document that "balanced liberty and security, shared power and did not rely on the goodwill of any one leader." French dwells on the perverse nepotism and tribal loyalties in regional elections, especially that of Indira Ghandhi's family, and the enduring, troubling Muslim Hindu animosity. He senses great gains in society, such as the growth of a true meritocracy allowing social mobility for the first time, and evidence of wealth everywhere. Yet still the country is plagued by a creaky infrastructure, stubborn tentacles of bribery and corruption, an indifference to horrific tales of exploitation right under the peoples' noses and official inertia despite efficiency in everyday life.
A perfectly chaotic encapsulation of Indian government,economy and social life.
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In Ladakh the air is thin and dry, and it is cold even when the sunlight burns you. Tashi Norbu could remember how, in 1948, Buddhist monks in their dark red robes had built an improvised, rocky airstrip near the monastery in Leh. Out of the sky came a buzzing metal shape, a Dakota aeroplane carrying India's new prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. It landed in a cloud of dust.
"We had never seen a car or a motor vehicle at that time," Tashi Norbu said, sitting above his apricot orchard, speaking in a Tibetan dialect. He was an old man, an expert in medicinal herbs, water diversion and the correct way to shoot a bow and arrow. He wore a long brown robe secured with a lime-coloured sash, and on his head he had wedged a homburg.
"There were no roads in Ladakh. A plane lands from the sky, you can't imagine . . . All the local people put their hands together and prayed to the plane, we were all praying."
Ladakh is a mountainous region by the borders of Tibet, China and Pakistan. In the rush of history, it might have ended up on the wrong side of the line; but it is in India. It feels like the remoter parts of Tibet, though without the Chinese influence. By a quirk of history, Ladakhis follow Tibetan Buddhism, having avoided the waves of Muslim invasions that changed the traditions of their neighbours. Geographically inaccessible, the region preserves an ancient way of living. The present, powerless King of Ladakh's lineage dates back an incredible thirty-eight generations to 975. His family lost their influence more than a century ago, and he lives in a little hilltop palace.
Tashi Norbu thought of himself as a Ladakhi above all else. "As children, we hadn't heard about India. We didn't know who the Indians were. We knew they were 'gyagarpa,' people who came from the plains, but it was not until I grew older and saw a map that I understood how big India was. Some things changed after independence: a politician came to visit us from Srinagar in Kashmir, but we didn't know what that meant, whether he was a religious leader or a king, or what.
"I can remember when I first saw the Indian army using kerosene! I couldn't believe the flames, how easily they could make them. They told us we could buy kerosene in Leh if we sold eggs. We would take the eggs, carry them like a baby while crossing the [Indus] river, sell them to a trader, buy the kerosene, and carry the kerosene back to the village.
"Pandit Nehru told the chief lama he should become a leader, and the lama said since we were in a mountain region he would rather be a worker. He handed a shovel to Nehru, who began digging! They took some photographs of it. Yes, I am content to be with India. We would never have got along with Pakistan, because they are Mohammedans and follow different customs. As for China, it is communist; you have to take permission for everything you want to do, and you can't speak your mind. In India you can speak your mind, so I'm happy to be with them."
Ladakh is about as far north as you can get in India. The modern nation created after independence was implacably diverse, culturally and geographically.
Tamil Nadu is more than 1,500 miles south of Ladakh. It is a different kind of world. While Ladakhis are wiry, with narrow facial apertures-a small nose, mouth and ears and slit eyes, perhaps in response to the icy, windy climate-Tamils usually have a wide sprawl of a face, in keeping with the southern lushness. The land is rich with vegetation, paddy fields and mango trees, and the view from the coast is filled with fishing boats, long painted skiffs with curved prows, catching kingfish. Young men dive low for stone fruit-giant blue-green mussels, which they pluck off the rocks.
When the Indian national flag was chosen at independence, a tricolour of saffron, white and green, Ashoka's wheel of dharma, or law, was placed at its centre. The emperor Ashoka had united the subcontinent before the birth of Christ, but even his kingdom stopped advancing when it reached the south. The southern tip of India, perhaps more than any other place on earth, has an unbroken chain to the ancient past. There have been caste wars, the usual comings and goings of power, with one imperial dynasty replacing another in earlier times, but no invasion. European traders-British, Dutch, Portuguese and French-had all pursued their interests forcefully over the centuries, but the society had retained its own earlier forms. It would be as if the religion or culture at the time of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt in the fourteenth century bce, had survived in snatches in the everyday life of modern Egyptians.
The noise of central and northern India can at times drown out the subtlety of the south, which has been so vital in determining the country's present status. On the edge of Chennai or Madras, it can be so luxuriant and humid and quiet that you feel as if you are in another land; but it is just another face of India, with the tinkle of bicycle bells and the echoes of a temple the only distraction. Saravankumar, a professor, described it to me this way: "The identity we have here goes right back to the first century, to the Tamil poem Puram 183. I would say my Tamilness comes from the language." I could understand what he meant, and could see-or hear, on the street and in the home-how the high-speed, bubbling Tamil tongue was part of the environment. So while the north had its upheavals, the south went on forever.
The nation can be triangulated in many ways: it is all India. Far across to the east, about 1,750 miles from Chennai and the same distance from Ladakh-up near Burma, Bhutan and Bangladesh-lies Meghalaya. It is a hilly and rainy state, a kingdom with rushing waterfalls, tropical forests and unexpectedly successful rock groups. The people look different from Tamils or Ladakhis, and follow their own traditions.
Take just one tribe in Meghalaya as an example, the Khasi people, who are more than a million strong. Their language bears some connection to Khmer, which is spoken in Cambodia. They are a matrilineal society: their family name comes from the mother's side, and the last daughter in the family to leave the family home is the custodian of all ancestral property. The Khasi religion is not connected to any other faith and emphasizes a belief in one supreme god, U Blei. In their creation myth, the Moon (which is male) and the Sun (which is female) stand symbolically for the divine presence. The Khasis have a covenant with their deity-who is the dispenser, the maker, the giver, the creator, the divine law. They believe in the concept of "iapan," or pleading with god for everything they need, and are very sure about how they came to be on earth-by descending a golden ladder from the mount of heaven's navel. What they are not sure about is how exactly man came to be created by god.
As Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, a Khasi, explained to me in perfect English: "Although we believe we were created by god, we also think that it is not the business of humans to know exactly how. As I said, the Khasis believe in one supreme god, who is formless, or rather whose form man cannot even begin to imagine, for that is forbidden. A Khasi does not believe in idol worship, since he must not conceive the appearance of god. We do not have a place of worship since our religion is private and familial. True worship takes place in one's heart, or at one's family's hearth. Because of this, the Khasi religion remains largely unorganized, and it is completely lacking in missionary tendencies. This is because a Khasi believes his god is also the god of the Hindu, the Muslim, the Christian, and of all other people. His motto is, therefore, 'Ieit la ka jong, burom ia kiwei'-'Love one's own, and respect others.' As for me, I will always prefer my own religion to any other because it's the only religion that I know which does not believe in hell's damnation. The Khasi universe is two-tier-heaven and earth-and there is no room for hell."
Each of these disparate places was part of the nation that was born in 1947.
When the British gained control of the subcontinent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they often preferred to rule through a local potentate. They did not make a lot of converts to Christianity. By propping up client rulers and giving them imperial baubles and titles, they could secure influence at minimum cost. This strategy of containment succeeded until the early twentieth century, when a new class of Indian nationalists, stirred by ideals of liberty and democracy, used peaceful mass resistance to campaign for an end to foreign rule. The Indian National Congress had been established in 1885 by English-speaking professionals who wanted a greater involvement in government. Under the creative guidance of Mohandas Gandhi-the Mahatma, or "great soul"-the Congress became a popular movement of liberation from the British empire.
While this new political force challenged imperial control and promoted itself as the true voice of India, many Muslims, who made up nearly a quarter of the population, felt excluded by the largely Hindu idiom in which it operated. The Muslim elite, which still retained much of its influence after the decline of the Mughals and the rise of the European powers, was not attracted by what Gandhi represented. Many felt that for all the talk of inclusiveness, the Congress leadership was made up largely of Hindus from the higher end of the caste system who would, if India became independent, undermine the security and status of Muslims. With their homespun khadi clothing, their emphasis on Hindi rather than Urdu as the national language of India, their big rallies and their belief in profound social reform, the Congress leaders seemed like a threat. The Congress-run provincial governments which took office in parts of India in the 1930s were presented as the heralds of a new "Hindu Raj."
When political uncertainty grew during the Second World War, large numbers of Muslims turned to Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who wanted to establish a homeland or a place of safety for their community in parts of north India where Muslims were in a majority. The Indian National Congress failed to acknowledge the gravity of this demand. As late as 1946, Jinnah's Muslim League was willing to accept a federation in which defence, foreign policy and communications remained under common control, rather than a fully independent Pakistan. During the final negotiations, Jinnah was boxed in by a triumphalist Congress and British incompetence: the result was the bloody and disastrous partition of the Indian empire into two dominions, Pakistan and India.
It was a time of accelerated history, when a political leader's decisions might have enormous and fateful consequences. In the largest mass migration in history, Hindus and Sikhs escaped to India and Muslims escaped to Pakistan. Even setting aside the vast, unexpected convulsion during the creation of the two new wings, East and West Pakistan, the shape of free India remained highly unclear. Most significantly, the status of India's princely rulers was left unresolved at independence. Each kingdom had its own treaty with London, and control could not legally be handed over to the successor government-controlled by the Congress-without a signature.
Take Jodhpur as an example: Hanwant Singh was a volatile young man, and like most princely rulers he was not accustomed to being told what to do. Tall and bulky with a toothbrush moustache, he was called "Big Boy" by his father. He liked playing polo, shooting sand grouse and performing magic tricks. As heir to the dry, flinty kingdom of Jodhpur in the west of India, a princely state not much smaller than England, his life had been mapped out for him. When he went to boarding school, he took with him two cars, a stable of horses and a retinue of servants, including a tailor and a barber.
In June 1947, life became more complicated. His father died, making him Maharaja of Jodhpur just as India was about to become free. On the personal side, the 23-year-old intended shortly to breach protocol by marrying a European, although not long before that he had taken a sixteen-year-old princess from Gujarat as his first bride. He dealt with the tension by going off on pig-sticking hunts, but the decisions facing him could not be postponed because he was in an unexpectedly important political position. Jodhpur bordered the emerging Muslim homeland of Pakistan, and its founder, Jinnah, had asked him to break with India and link his kingdom to the new nation. Unfortunately, the prince and most of his people were Hindu. Jinnah offered extraordinarily favourable terms: the maharaja could use Karachi as a free port, purchase whatever weapons he wanted, control the railway line to Sindh and receive free grain for famine relief. It sounded like a good deal. He agreed to sign up for Pakistan. Then, as he was about to touch his fountain pen to the paper, he learned that none of his fellow Rajput princes had yet thrown in their lot with the Pakistanis and he got cold feet. He told Jinnah he would go home and think about it.
India's capital had moved earlier in the century from Calcutta to a processional new city on the edge of ancient Delhi. A few days after he met Jinnah, the maharaja was staying at New Delhi's finest hotel, the Imperial. A short south Indian man appeared there and told him he must come to Government House and meet the viceroy. This was unexpected. Unlike other members of the princely order, the Maharaja of Jodhpur disliked the British, and was glad they were leaving, even if his late father had been made a Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India by the King Emperor George V. He claimed that as a boy he had at night crept out of his marble and sandstone palace (which had been built by his father over fifteen years, using 3,000 skeletal labourers) and put up anti-colonial wall posters. Hanwant Singh did as he was told, and accompanied the south Indian man to Government House.
Here the departing imperial power, in the form of the suave viceroy Mountbatten, told him it would be unwise to join Pakistan since his subjects could rise up in rebellion. The maharaja was incensed. It was clear that what the viceroy was really saying was that independent India's new rulers-lawyers, agitators, socialists, Gandhians; the sort of people who had never shot a sand grouse-would foment revolution against His Highness. He wanted the imperialists to leave, but he certainly did not want their power or his patrimony to be taken over by the Indian National Congress. So would the new Indian government, then, give him what Pakistan had promised? Mountbatten looked to his adviser. No, said the short south Indian man-V. P. Menon, the senior political reforms commissioner-but they might offer a donation of grain. The big prince argued and blustered at Lord Mountbatten, and prevaricated and argued some more, and finally signed the instrument of accession.
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Patrick Frenchwas born in England in 1966 and studied literature at Edinburgh University. He is the author ofYounghusband; Liberty or Death; Tibet, Tibet;andThe World Is What It Is,which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hawthornden Prize. French is the winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award. He lives in London.
Walter Dixon is a 20+ year broadcast media veteran with a strong theatre/performing arts background. He has voiced numerous commercials and animated characters. Having recently left a career in public radio he is now a full time narrator with more than 50 audiobooks recorded in genres including religion, politics and children's stories.
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Discover how one deleted sequence in "The Empire Strikes Back" addressed Mark Hamill's face injuries, and Luke and Leia's intended relationship.
Travel back to the early 1980s to learn whether a failed pitch for a "Doctor Who" animated series became a cartoon about a time-traveling Fonzie from "Happy Days."
Learn whether a gag about Ryan Reynolds in an issue of "Cable and Deadpool" led the actor to pursue the role of the Merc With a Mouth.
In this week's Bat-mystery, discover the surprising person who had a copy of Yvonne Craig's Batgirl costume when she returned for a 1972 PSA.
This week we clear up some confusion about how Deadpool connects to Fox's deal with Marvel for the film rights to the X-Men.
We piece together the clues to learn whether the original host of the hit 1990s kids show really quit because he was losing his hair.
Discover whether Batman's love interest Vicki Vale was originally going to be killed by the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 blockbuster.
We head to Seattle Grace Hospital to learn which original "Grey's Anatomy" cast member was inserted into the pilot through digital effects.
Travel back a long time ago, to the '70s, to learn how the classic "Star Wars" novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," was almost the saga's first movie sequel.
This week we boldly look at a surprising lawsuit in which a video game company claimed the owners of "Star Trek" essentially ruined the franchise.
We step into the ring to solve one of the great mysteries of the 1980s: why a talking robot was featured so prominently in the blockbuster "Rocky IV."
Discover which fan-favorite "Simpsons" character was (somehow) being considered to star in a live-action spinoff series.
Did George Lucas and Brian De Palma really switch Sissy Spacek and Carrie Fisher in their iconic "Carrie" and "Star Wars" roles?
Just in time for the holidays, learn the story behind the classic Christmas song that was initially so depressing it nearly wasn't released.
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," discover whether the special was responsible for driving aluminum trees out of fashion.
We get to the bottom of the great "Star Wars" debate that's been raging for years: "Who shot first, Han or Greedo?"
We know the writers of the CBS comedy would go to great lengths for a gag, but would they create a Canadian Sex Acts website?
Discover the amazing story of the young woman who accidentally landed a speaking role in 1986's "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."
Learn the sad story of why "The Brady Bunch's" dog Tiger disappeared, and the odd reason the show kept his doghouse around.
Discover the controversial inclusion of the children's book character in Mel Gibson's 2006 adventure about the end of the Mayan civilization.
Just in time for trick-or-treat, we look back at how complaints by Congressmen two decades ago led "The Simpsons" to create its most violent Halloween special.
In celebration of "Back to the Future" Day, find out how the first draft of the 1989 sequel took Marty and Biff back in time to another decade entirely.
How did Crispin Glover's absence from "Back to the Future Part II" lead to a lawsuit that changed the rights of actors forever?
Discover which two 1980s teen icons had to turn down the role of Walter White on "Breaking Bad" before Bryan Cranston was given a shot at it.
Discover whether Bruce Willis' Emmy-winning guest role on "Friends" really came about because he lost a bet to Matthew Perry.
We figure out just when George Lucas decided that Luke and Leia were twins: Was it before or after he had them kiss in "The Empire Strikes Back"?
We head to Philadelphia to tackle a popular fan theory about the real name of the Waitress on the long-running FX/FXX comedy.
This week we discover whether the "Star Wars" icon had a second, uncredited career polishing scripts for Hollywood movies.
Discover how close a "How I Met Your Mother" mystery from the first season came to being revealed on one of the last episodes of the show.
Discover just how close "Toy Story" came to being shut down by Disney, and the odd reason for the studio's problems with the script.
Learn whether "South Park" was originally supposed to be about a vast alien conspiracy, much like the classic series, "The X-Files."
Discover how an Internet parody of "Snakes on a Plane" led to alterations to the Samuel L. Jackson film.
Discover which surprising "Friends" character nearly had a baby, and why the sitcom's producers changed their minds.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival has set its full lineup of films that will be screened at this summer's inaugural event this August 27-30. The official 2015 Festival Schedule is now available online at middfilmfest.org/program. There is just one week until the launch of the very first event, and organizers said they have been delighted with the high caliber of films submitted and the local support from Middlebury residents and beyond.
WEST ADDISON – An East Hardwick man was killed late Monday afternoon in West Addison in a parachuting accident.
Vermont State Police reported that Joseph G. Crossley, 68, died as a result of a hard landing after parachuting out of an airplane. Police were called to a field off Route 17 around four miles west of Route 22A just beyond the intersection with Jersey Street at 4:24 p.m. on Monday. Crossley was dead when police arrived.
FERRISBURGH — Today, "eating local" is all the rage, from school cafeterias to four-star restaurants. But not that long eating local was theonlyway. It was a way of life and a matter of necessity.
Rokeby Museum announces publication of a new book: "Farming & Feasting with the Robinsons," with text by Jesse Natha and drawings by Rowland Evans Robinson. This unusual pairing — the work of an artist who died more than 100 years ago illustrating the words of a contemporary writer — works together seamlessly.
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BRISTOL — Bridge No. 6, which is located on Route 116 in Bristol a quarter mile south of Carlstrom Road and the new bridge over the New Haven River, re-opened to all traffic this past Thursday.
The bridge closed on July 20 while work crews replaced the span over a small creek that flowed under the road and into the nearby New Haven River; a detour routed traffic out to Route 7.
Route 116 over Bridge No. 6 reopened a day ahead of schedule.
CHARLOTTE — Many of the top sailors and fastest boats on Lake Champlain will be taking part Aug. 22 in the 2015 Diamond Island Regatta, hosted by the Royal Savage Yacht Club (RSYC) and Point Bay Marina in Charlotte.
Again this year, proceeds from the event will benefit the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Ferrisburgh. Regatta entry will be free, with money raised through the sale of "swag bags" to sailors and racing fans, including donated items from local businesses.
MIDDLEBURY — John Rouse, owner of Rouse Tire in Middlebury, says he was surprised to receive the American Legion Community Service Award at a special Legion dinner earlier this year. Rouse is well known locally for his involvement in sports, both as a former student at Middlebury Union High School and currently as a sidelines coach for the MUHS varsity football team, as well as for being the president of the Friends of Middlebury Football.
RIPTON — The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the oldest writers' conference in the country, will hold its 90th session when it begins Wednesday, Aug. 12, and continues through Saturday, Aug. 22.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College earlier this summer announced its 2015 class of inductees into the Middlebury Athletics Hall of Fame class. Just the second class to be inaugurated, this year's group includes graduates from five different decades, from as early as 1932 and as recent as 2001.
The class includes five men and five women who, combined, played a dozen different sports for the college. One of the inductees is also being honored for his service as a coach and administrator.
The induction ceremony and dinner will be held Nov. 7.
MONTPELIER — Vermont Fish & Wildlife has hired a new biologist, Nicholas Fortin, to lead the state's deer management program.
Fortin is currently conducting disease research for both the Washington and Idaho Departments of Fish and Wildlife. He will start work in Vermont on Sept. 14. Fortin has previously done research and assisted in management of moose and deer in New Hampshire, mule deer and moose habitat in Wyoming, and deer wintering areas in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.
BURLINGTON — Burlington Electric Department and Green Mountain Power today are warning customers about an ongoing bill payment phone scam that threatens customers with disconnection if they do not pay immediately.
In a new wave of calls on Friday, BED customers received calls claiming to be from GMP and giving the customer a fake toll-free number to call, which is answered by a recording claiming to be Green Mountain Power.
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Stocks Post Sharp Weekly Gain on Solid Earnings
Published on Friday, 27 April 2012 18:10 Written by Christopher Lynn
New York, April 27th (TradersHuddle.com) – Stocks gained for the fourth straight session, posting a sharp weekly advance, with the Dow turning positive for the month. A healthy dose of encouraging corporate results, coupled with better than expected consumer sentiment data boosted sentiment despite a weak first quarter GDP reading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 23.69 points, or 0.18%. The S&P 500 index added 3.38 points or 0.24%, while the NASDAQ climbed 18.59 points, or 0.61%.
For the week, the Dow jumped 1.53%, while the NASDAQ rallied 2.29%, and the S&P 500 gained 1.80%.
The market started on positive ground after futures recouped losses, which came after a downgrade to Spain's credit rating and after a disappointing GDP reading, which showed the U.S. economy grew at 2.2% in the first quarter. Better than expected earnings from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) spurred a strong start for the NASDAQ.
Stocks received a shot of positive news after the University of Michigan survey showed consumer sentiment inched up slightly to 76.4 in April from 76.2 in March. The data helped stocks to log their fourth straight win in the week. The positive streak comes amid solid quarterly results, particularly a stellar report from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and after the Fed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated that the central bank remains prepared to take action.
Stocks in the News
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)
The largest online retailer rallied more than 15% to $226.85, trading at levels not seen in the stock since last October. The retailer posted quarterly results that were significantly better than expected. Amazon said it earned $0.28 per share, $0.21 better than consensus, on sales that jumped 33.8% from a year ago period to $13.19 billion. The online retailer was able to better control costs, while selling more digital products, through its Kindle Fire tablet. The stock received several upgrades, like Bank of America Merrill to a Buy, and numerous boosted their price target on the stock.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
The maker of iPads and iPhones fell 0.77% to $603, ending the week with a gain of more than 5% following a stellar earnings report on better than expected iPhone shipments. Rival Samsung Electronics posted record $5.2 billion profit for the quarter, helped by the strength of smartphone shipments. The Korean electronics company sold 44.5 million smartphones in the quarter, making it the largest smartphone maker in the world and giving it 30.6% share, while Apple, which sold 35.1 million iPhones has a 24.1% share. Yesterday, Hillard Lyons raised its target price on the stock to $740 from $660, and earlier in the week numerous brokerage houses raised their target prices for the tech giant.
Chevron (NYSE: CVX)
The second largest U.S. energy producer fell 0.02% to $106.20. The company beat earnings expectations by $0.05 per share on revenues that climbed 0.8% from a year ago period to $58.9 billion, well below consensus. Chevron raised its dividend by 11% to $0.90 per share. Raising oil prices and increased refining margins made up for the decline in oil and gas production in the quarter.
Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE)
The owner of Expedia.com and Hotels.com surged 23.54% to $40.31, posting the biggest gain in the broad market index after its adjusted earnings and revenues handily topped expectations, thanks to an increase in its international hotel revenue. The company said its adjusted earnings were $0.26 per share, $0.10 better than consensus, on revenues that climbed 12% from a year ago period to $816.5 million. Gross bookings increased 15% for the first quarter of 2012 compared with the first quarter of 2011. Expedia received an additional boost after numerous brokerage houses boosted their price target on the stock. Rival Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) gained 3.94% to $762.13 on the news.
Ford (NYSE: F)
The maker of the Fusion, and F150 vehicles fell 2.27% to $11.60 after gapping higher at the open following quarterly results that were better than expected but still slipped from the same period in the prior year. Solid results in North America helped offset some of the weakness from its European operations, which reported a loss for the quarter. Ford said it earned $0.39 per share, $0.03 better than consensus, on revenues of $31 billion.
Merck (NYSE: MRK)
The maker of Singulair and Zocor slipped 0.03% to $38.46 after the company beat earnings expectations despite falling sales. Merck beat earnings expectations by $0.01 per share on revenues that were inline with consensus. The company reaffirmed fiscal 2012 EPS guidance.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)
The global consumer products company tumbled 3.63% to $64.44, posting the biggest percentage decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after the company reduced its guidance for the year as it continues to feel pressures from higher commodity costs. Procter earned $0.94 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than consensus, on revenues that climbed 1.5% from a year ago to $20.19 billion.
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX)
The largest coffee shop chain in the world tumbled 5.3% to $57.43 after its quarterly results and guidance failed to impress heightened expectations. Starbucks beat earnings consensus by a penny on revenues that were inline with consensus, while its global comparable store sales increased 7%, driven by a 6% increase in traffic and a 1% increase in average ticket. Starbucks provided inline EPS guidance for the current quarter and downside earnings guidance for fiscal fourth quarter, while raising its fiscal 2012 revenue guidance.
Western Digital (NYSE: WDC)
The maker of hard drives for computers and entertainment systems plunged nearly 14% to $37.93, posting the biggest percentage decline in the S&P 500 index. The company posted strong results and issued upside guidance but provided disappointing commentary during its conference call, as it said that it could now meet customer demand. The stock was downgraded to a Neutral at Bank of America Merrill, while Barclays raised its target price to $49 from $45. Rival Seagate Technologies (NASDAQ: STX) tumbled 4.9% on the news and as the stock was also downgraded to a Neutral at Bank of America Merrill. Seagate announced a $2.5 billion share repurchase program, which provided very little support in the day.
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I am sure I saw someone pointing that there is a feed similar to http://meta.stackoverflow.com/feeds/user/48465/recent, but that gets only the questions. I believe it had an .html in the url, and it was hosted by SO itself. Does anyone know it?
Meta Stack Exchange is where users like you discuss bugs, features, and support issues that affect the software powering all 158 Stack Exchange communities.
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Ex-C&C devs for Supergiant, show first game
A bunch of bods from EALA, who's previous credits include games in the C&C series, have formed a new studio called Supergiant.
As noted on BigDownload, the new studio is showing off a demo of its first title at GDC this week.
There's no word on what is actually is, however. Which is substantially less exciting than it could have been.
We do know it'll be released in 2011 for downloadable platforms, as per the new firm's website.
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Nice hotel in a really good central location overlooking a busy square. The hotel is old and it shows in the rooms, old furniture, windows/shutters that dont quite shut, very small bathrooms with shared ventilation with room next door which wasnt nice. However, the hotel staff are really friendly, the lobby area is nice, there is a free continental breakfast on offer, wifi coverage in hotel is ok and free, its just few minutes from the centre and the price is unbeatable! My room overlooked the square which would have been even nicer if it hadn't been raining and cold when I was staying (no fault of the hotel obviously!). I was allowed into my room when I arrived (7am) which was a nice touch and the staff were gracious when I left a few days early (due to the weather in Morelia, not the hotel).
Not the best hotel in the world but I would still consider staying here again simply because of its position, price and great staff attitude.
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Truth be told, I could watch these bitches' reactions while watching a PBS telethon and I'd find it entertaining. These hookers slay me. If the drag race gods somehow manage to put all theses ladies on the upcoming second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars, I'd be one happy camper. I wouldn't know who to root for.
World of Wonder gathered up Alyssa Edwards, Raja, Raven, Alaska, Laganja Estranja, Pandora Boxx, Latrice Royale, Shannel, Delta Work, and Milk to watch straight porn and capture their reactions. Naturally, anything that came out of their mouths was bitchy comedic gold.
Pandora Boxx summed up the experience the best, "I will take from this experience that I am most assuredly 100% homosexual. Amen sister. Check out the video below.
Willam is back with another track – this time with the help of Latrice Royale. The two Drag Race alum are accompanied by countless Andrew Christian underwear models as they sing, "Thick Thighs make the d*ck rise." Willam adds, "It's a meal, not a snack… can I get a holla back?!"
The song has a pretty catchy beat and of course has the hilarious lyrics we've come to expect with these videos. Check it out below (warning: it will get stuck in your head).
It's pretty customary these days for the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race to debut a music video immediately after her coronation. For Season 7, all three Top 3 finalists got in on the action. Definitely wise to capitalize on all the publicity.
I only caught the Season 7 premiere of the drag competition, so I have no real allegiance either way, on whom I'm rooting for to have the best post-Drag Race career. However, if any of the finalists are reading, I can be bought 😉
Violet Chachki may have walked away with the crown, but does she have the best single? IMHO, Chachki has the best music video, but with regards to the best produced track, I'd give the edge to Ginger Minj. She's by far the best vocalist among the three. Watch their videos below, along with Pearl's. Be sure to weigh in afterward on which you prefer the best.
As the latest season of RuPaul's Drag Race comes to a close, it's only fitting that two fan favorites from previous seasons remind us they're still kicking around. Thank God for that. I stopped watching the drag competition early this season and glad Adore Delano and Manila Luzon can remind me of the glory days of RuPaul's show.
Coincidentally, both these ladies look back in time for inspiration for their latest visual. Delano brings out the acid wash and off-the-shoulder tops to serve some major 80s realness. "Give Me Tonight" is one of my favorite tracks of Adore's debut album, Till Death Do Us Party. It's the eighth official release from the LP. Insane.
Meanwhile, Manila goes back even further to prehistoric times. Her giant mammoth tusk titties don't have anything on Madonna's iconic cone bra. "Glamasaurus" is a fitting title for the season 3 runner-up's new clip. It's Jurassic World meets Indiana Jones on major crack. Check out both visuals below.
A missed market has been filled with the new and fabulous Dragbook where finally all of the queens and fans of the queens can get together on one social media platform!
In the style of Facebook (some website you might have heard of), an easy to create online profile gives you access to the newly started community base for drag queens, for fans of drag queens, and people playing looky loo from the corner. Whether you're at Micky's every week, are Willam's number 1 fanclub moderator, know every Li'l Kim lyric (WAIT, SHE'S STILL A WOMAN?!), or have watched Drag Race once and wanna' know the scoop on the scene, Dragbook is looking like the new place to come.
The minute anybody started paying attention to Sharon "The Fucking Future of Drag" Needles, girlfriend was in some hot water. It turned out she occasionally liked to perform wearing blackface and swastikas, brag on Facebook/Twitter about how she's sooooo edgy, she "[doesn't] say n-word..i say nigger…" and associate her employers and all their countrymen with mass murder.
After a near-perfect run on drag race (having only fallen into the bottom two when it didn't matter, as Willam was disqualified that episode anyway), Needles was finally told to sashay away this May the instant her spiked heel hit the airport runway in Vienna, Austria. Needles was booked to perform at the Life Ball, a schmancy international AIDS fundraiser (we're assuming there was no distasteful punning with her name intended). Upon arrival, Needles, apparently drunk but probably in total control of her image and artistry as she is at all times because she's obviously a genius, proclaimed she was happy to be in Vienna, the birthplace of Hitler.
That carefully planned performance piece must have gone over my head, because I thought Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn.
According to other passengers on the flight, Needles also told this joke: "Did you hear the one about the baby with AIDS? It never gets old."
The newest brain child of friend of Homorazzi's Mark Kenneth Woods, known for the Deb and Sisi series, premiered on OutTV two weeks ago, with the second episode just airing this week. This latest mini series follows a group of delinquent characters all vying to win the title of spokesman for their hometown in a television competition testing their, *ahem*, "skills".
Premiering to mixed opinions, the comedy series actually does something that I haven't seen OutTV do before, and new blood and fresh ideas on that network are always welcome in my books. With more extras on the internet than there is actual television show, after every episode you can go online to, for instance, watch the audition videos after the first episode, or catch the blogs the characters have created in a, mostly, disastrous attempt to win that grand prize. Not only do you get an entertaining show, you also can delve into the internet side of the show and get to know the characters a little more in a non-live "After Dark" style thing.
DOUBLE ELIMINATION means DOUBLE INTERVIEW!
Yes I know we missed Serena and Monica with their elimination interviews but due to scheduling conflicts we couldn't get them. That being said, we found a perfect plan and we are back on schedule with our interviews.
This week we've got two fabulous queens for you, Honey Mahogany & Vivienne Pinay who were both sent home this week is a (not so) shocking elimination. The reason I keep saying "not so shocking" is because there were 14 contestants, and Vivienne explains it in her interview so you'll get the scoop.
Also we talk about Honey's new single, "It's Honey", her collection of caftans & how she felt being the first SFO queen on the show. I've also included the new music video for "It's Honey"! Enjoy everything after the jump!


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Motherland Chronicles #42 - Tabitha by zemotionWatch
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Model: Tabitha Constance
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Your make up work draws attention to her sad eyes without making her face seem irrelevant.
For her facial structure and beauty the hair is perfect. A very Grecian look that is only accentuated by her necklace. Elegant but surprisingly simple.
I love your choice in background and lighting. This way she is the only focus and the paleness of the light mixed with her skin adds to a sense of mourning.
The pink of her ear does stand out. If it was intentional it gives her a sense of still being a feeling human being.
If not then I can't understand how it could have been overlooked since your attention to detail in everything else was immaculate.
Her posture is very neutral. This makes sense since it keeps her skin smooth and free of harsh lines from tendons.
I applaud your use of the "pasties." This picture is not about sex and the very idea of her not having nipples gives the sense that she is not a mother.
Very well done. You have vision even though profiles shots are nothing new. It is your technique that I find refreshing and is why I wrote this critique.
Keep up the good work.
TITANS MEGA FEATURE,stay wonderful!
Its been a long time i wrote a feature , i must be getting rusty with time but here i am again in the middle of November striving to bring to you the best of the best ARTS of summer, winter ,Autumn ,a bit of spring a lot of emotions entangled together this time as the MAN WITH A MISSION expresses:
"Counteraction rising
Yeah we are ready for the punch line
There's no use with all your gimmicks
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many people are drawn to the missing nipples and it really is not that unnatural, humans natural can detect other human faces and human features. Its something that was evolutionary useful. That's the reason why clowns scare many children a warped human face is an indication that something is wrong or unnatural or potential dangerous….
I also think the censored nipples is BS, breast are not 'sex organs' and neither are nipples they are baby feeders and have the same function as male breast aside from that. All Censoring does is the impression that there is something perverse or wrong about a body (usual a women's) .The female body is beautiful and should be treated with more respect. if its that a big of a deal you should just crop the picture. That being said I know there are plenty of perverts on the internet but the breast are still there …… so -.-//
after i though about it the nipples are probably missing because of DA retarded censort rules,
this way zemotion can show the pictures to everyone instead of having it for "adults only" or what ever
The hair, her profile, all the photo composition is incredible ♥
Anyway, I agree with alooper21: Then why draw attention to her breasts with the lack of nipples? It's unnatural and therefore attracts attention, which I guess makes it a failure if we're supposed to *not* notice her breasts.
i understand that it serves the effect of "oil painting" and kind of plastic texture, but classic painters never have been reluctant to show nature as it is.
i think the tits have to be toned downed, like you did, but not blurred out that much.
nothing to complain about anything else, the lighting, the sharpness, the model's attitude, the colours... perfect!
good hair/cut fashions as well
grts Eric


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VALLEY SPRINGS - The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office arrested a boy on suspicion of arson after he set two fires at Valley Springs Elementary School on Wednesday, authorities said.
Deputies patrolling the area noticed smoke and located a grass fire in a planter box near the historic Burson School House. Deputies spotted one boy trying to extinguish the fire by throwing dirt on top of it and another boy leaving the area, authorities said.
The second boy admitted to setting the grass fire and an earlier fire in the wood chips on the school playground, deputies said. He was arrested and taken to juvenile hall. His name was not released because he is a minor.
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- Entries and voting will close at midday NZST on the 27th of July 2016
- The volunteer whose photo collects the highest number of votes in the month that the photo was entered will win the monthly prize of a IVHQ Registration Fee (valued at US$279)
- To claim the free Registration Fee, the winner must state the month in which he/she won the competition in his/her IVHQ Application Form
- The free Registration Fee must be claimed (ie. the volunteer must apply on an IVHQ volunteer program) for a program start date within 12 months of winning the prize
- The free Registration Fee is not transferrable for cash
- The free Registration Fee is able to be redeemed by the named winner of the competition and cannot be transferred to any other person
- Once the free Registration Fee has been redeemed, it will not be refunded to the volunteer in the event of cancellation of their IVHQ program