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6 Sexist Video Game Problems Even Bigger Than the Breasts
Some video games are more obviously focused on women's genitals than a gynecologist exam. In games like TERA, a woman's armor is a map of her erogenous zones, defending her from only the most technical definition of nudity. Dead or Alive uses more computer power to model Kasumi's breasts than NASA had for the moon landings. That's actually not a joke.
And the results deal with similar levels of gravitational attraction.
But there are even more sexist structures in video games than the armor. Even though that armor often looks like someone trying to lasso twin zeppelins.
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One self-exam and she'll explode.
The physical character design can obviously be sexist -- in fact, that's usually its entire job -- but often it's the narrative structures that wrap the player in a matrix of sexism, and these are six of the most common.
#6. Daddy Issues
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Some recent games have featured independent, well-developed characters with amazing powers, intriguing pasts, and mental off-switches activated by ball sweat. It's like the player has kryptonite testicles. BioShock Infinite's Elizabeth was born with the ability to tear portals in time and space, then learned to pick locks anyway, then sat patiently in prison until a penis arrived to save her. Ellie from The Last of Us is immune to an apocalyptic virus, learns new weapons faster than Neo, and has stabbed more enemies to death than Wolverine. But as soon as the guy turns up, she dissolves into tears and nursing. She could be machetifying a rapist cannibal into sashimi, but if the hero arrives she'll instantly collapse into helpless tears, safe in his arms. Because that's exactly what happens.
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"There there ... it's OK, Y chromosome is here."
The protagonists, on the other hand, are such anonymous manly men that we're not even going to bother with their names. You already know they're white, stubbly, grizzled, dark-haired gun platforms. Their only advantages are the magic balls that fix them as the center of any narrative universe. And they've already lost their own girl earlier, because why on Earth would a man care about a woman without prior cause? The woman's struggle becomes a stand-in for the man's loss, her entire narrative is just a piece of his, and he scribbles "Daddy makes it all better" all over her ending.
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"I love you, dad ex machina."
There are father-daughter relationships that work because the daughters in questions are actually children. For example, Clementine is not equipped to cope with the horrors of the zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead. The Little Sisters of BioShock 2 need a literal Big Daddy to protect them from rampaging splicers. But if the woman can already rip holes in reality and/or enemy sternums, maybe they should have a character dynamic other than "Save me!"
#5. The Damsel
The damsel in distress has been thoroughly covered in Anita Sarkeesian's infamous Tropes vs. Women videos, but in case you missed those, the damsel is the character captured just so the dude can save her. The bad guy bursts into her life, destroying everything he sees and carrying her away, then he abuses and tortures her just so some dude can put his courage to the test to come save her, often in an attempt to reclaim her as some sort of love prize or symbolic victory. This often involves the same kind of "smash everything and carry the woman" technique utilized by the villain in the first place, but it's OK, because it's your turn this time! The woman is passed back and forth like a football and you're trying to get into the end zone.
Figurative end zone.
A character is a damsel if she can be replaced by an inanimate object without any changes to the plot. Mario could just as easily have been trying to grab a golden pipe wrench, or find a gas mask so that he doesn't hallucinate so badly when clearing blocked sewage lines in the pharmaceutical animal-testing lab. The reason they're problematic (note: that's the classy, grown-up way of saying "fucked up") is because this trope is technically about the capture of a woman, but evolves to be about the man, and the woman becomes a plot device to get him through a glory-filled narrative.
In over a dozen Zelda games, Zelda has only helped Link save her a couple of times. The games are named after her, but she might as well be a key card in a dress, something he needs to grab to win. Except key cards perform a function in the game.
"I wish he'd hurry up. I'm running out of House episodes to replay in my head."
There's nothing wrong with a hero-rescue tale, but it doesn't always have to be boy saves girl. The days when superior physical strength defined who did what ended the instant we created virtual worlds disconnected from reality. If you can teleport by playing the ocarina, you don't need testosterone to swing a sword.
An alternative view is presented in Hope: The Other Side of Adventure. This free mobile game takes five minutes each day to make you the captured princess awaiting the arrival of her prince. It's short, shocking, heartbreaking, and most importantly annoying. The entire time I wanted to shake her so that she could find a way to pay her own bills and say her own name, and that's the point. The damsel in distress is a frustrating gendered trope that needs 100 ccs of Destiny's Child, stat.
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"I depend on ... me?"
#4. The Dominant Turns Submissive
Growing up I had two ass-kicking female role models I wanted to be: Samus Aran and Lara Croft. (Sorry, Eleanor Roosevelt, but you should have killed a zombie or something if you wanted to leave an impact on me.) Lara Croft and Samus Aran were the queens of gaming. Lara might have moved every ounce of her body fat into her breasts, but she was still an intellectually and physically capable character bringing twin handguns to every ass-kicking. Samus Aran was a tank that could somersault and explode everything underneath before she landed. The fact that her gender surprised so many people at the end of the first Metroid should have started us on the road to fixing these gender problems over 20 years ago.
"Master who?"
Instead, recent reboots have treated them like unsaved files: wiping out everything people spent ages developing, replacing them with blank templates, and filling us with rage. The Tomb Raider reboot reduced Lara to a puddle of tears. Every time she cried, missed a jump (and then cried), or killed a person in self-defense (followed by crying), I wanted Laura Mulvey to spoon me and tell me everything was going to be all right. I get that it's an "origin" story, before Lara became badass, but when we saw young Indiana Jones at the start of the Last Crusade, it wasn't extended shots of him weeping and trying to wipe a snotty nose on his leather coat.
The developers said they wanted the players to care for Lara and protect her. Horseshit. I didn't want to protect her, I wanted to smack her and tell her to get her shit together. Also, imagine applying that to Halo's Master Chief. Or nursing teenage Duke Nukem through his crippling insecurities. Why can't we celebrate her as a competent professional tested by unexpected situations? You know, like every male character ever?
We never see the scene where Duke realizes his chauvinism is due to high school bullying.
Other M replaced Samus, the most badass bounty hunter in gaming, with doe eyes and daddy issues. She's single-handedly exterminated invasive species and exploded entire planets, but now she'll stand in lava and burn to death before switching on her own shields without permission from Commander Fatherfigure, who calls her "lady." The story was so staggeringly sexist that even Team Ninja, the group behind the Dead or Alive sports game where women with breasts larger than their volleyballs go on dates with you for voyeur photography, announced "Woah, that wasn't us!"
What's even more infuriating in Other M is Samus responding to a distress signal from an infant Metroid that she calls The Baby. She has guilt over The Baby. She believes The Baby was crying for her. She feels that The Baby enhanced her abilities. The Baby. The Baby. The Baby. The Fucking Baby.
Because that's how all women think, right? Early Metroid games had a maternal aspect, with a hatchling Metroid saving Samus' life, but that was subtle. To picture how badly Other M ruins it, replace all of Ellen Ripley's dialogue in Alien with constant rape whistle.


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I like the signing. Seems like the vast majority of us do. Young. Cheap. Better defensively than Raffy. A right handed shot. Fills a big need. Has fought before. Appears to check a little bit. Etc...etc...etc.
But, big picture..
We're still the exact same team as we were last year (and the year before, largely), minus rafalski and plus white. Little bit better defensively. Little bit worse offensively. Most of our core guys are a year older. Some of our young guys are a year more experienced.
Best case, we're still the third best team in the west behind Vancouver and Chicago. Worst-case, we could also be behind Chicago, Nashville, and a surprise team (like LA).
Holland still really needs to make an exceptional move or two if this season's going to be worth watching.
Great signing Kenny, and with some cap room, it's possible to still get one extremely decent or two or three average signings done. This is more akin to what I figured Kenny would go for.
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Saint Vincent College dedicated its newly-constructed outdoor labyrinth on September 14.
The labyrinth is a circular paved walking path that has been used for meditation, relaxation and spiritual reflection since ancient times.
The newest addition to the Saint Vincent campus has been created on a high, level area located between the tennis courts and the Gerard Hall residence hall.
According to Mary Alice Armour, R.N., director of the Saint Vincent College Wellness Center, "In January of this year a few hearty souls hiked up to this spot on a windy day in a foot of snow. We wanted to see if would be a good place to construct our labyrinth. Through all the snow and bare trees of winter, we saw the possibilities, and moved ahead with the dream. There is a Latin phrase 'solvitur ambulando' which means 'it is solved by walking.' The labyrinth represents the inner pilgrimage we are called to make to take us to the center of our being. It can help to quiet the mind and prepare us to listen to God. It helps us to pray with our hearts, and offers the opportunity for spiritual reflection with peaceful results. The prayer labyrinth is not a maze, and rather has one path on which we cannot get lost. It serves as a symbol of individual life journeys and the pilgrimage of faith. While labyrinths have been around for centuries, they have re-emerged over the past 20 years and now appear in churches, schools, hospitals and on our campus. We have been very fortunate in this process to have the support of our President, Brother Norman Hipps, O.S.B.; our vice president for student affairs, Mary Collins; the Senior Class of 2011; Student Government Association president Renold Sossong and all of the representatives; the time and talent of Gene Bert, our landscape architect; the generosity of several donors; and the cooperation of multiple departments in the college. It truly has been a community effort with wonderful results."
"While it is proper to extend gratitude to so many who have contributed to this labyrinth, I want to personally thank you for your leadership, Mary Alice, and to your team who have made this happen," Br. Norman Hipps, O.S.B., president, remarked. "In a world which focuses too much on the negative, it is a great joy for me to witness the positive fruits of promoting healthy lifestyles at Saint Vincent College. To be honest with you, my first experience of a real-live labyrinth was actually half a world away from here, in 'The Land of the Rising Sun.' A traveling group from California was making its way through Japan, bringing a "portable" labyrinth with them to literally unfold for people to experience. I wasn't totally sure what to make of it, but since then, I have learned a lot, so much as to ask myself: 'How come this subject never came up in my own educational experience?' You would think it would have been a natural topic somewhere along the way. I mean, after all, labyrinths were well-known in the vicinities of Christian Churches down through the ages. One of the most famous is still at the Cathedral of Chartres, where the path is well-worn by centuries of men and women and children, who have stopped there to lift up their hearts to God in prayer. It truly takes your breath away, knowing that people have brought their joys and sorrows, some even confessing prayers of repentance, to these circles of inspiration. Many times we hear ourselves say: 'I need to sit and think about that for a while.' The labyrinth invites us instead to imitate the biblical figure of Abraham, when God told him 'to get up and go!' (Genesis 12:1). Likewise, we too can see our lives unfold according to some higher Plan. The Chinese sage Confucius is famous for stating the simple observation that 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.' Ever since you stepped foot on this campus, your life became entwined with the lives of so many others, who have come here to grow in knowledge and wisdom. Even more, I am no longer able to count the number of people who have come here for an education, but also to find the love of their life along the way! The simple, quiet presence of this labyrinth is here to allow us to pause from the thousand things we need to do each day, to reflect, and to be grateful for all of the love and generosity of those who have carried us to this place in life, and to give us hope to step into the future with greater confidence and peace of mind. I know what the simple beauty of a labyrinth has taught me late in life. I am happy to know that you will carry this spot with you in your hearts, as we live together, love together, and walk together, with hearts overflowing with the inexpressible joy of knowing that each of us has our part to play in God's divine Plan."
The circular Saint Vincent labyrinth is 30 feet in diameter and constructed with durable materials including granite Belgian blocks, gravel and rock dust with geotextile underlayment.
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The cross between a faggot and a douche. Used when describing someone who fits the characteristics of both.
Hey Brad William is a faggadouche is he not? Why yes William is a Faggadouche Justin
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When someone is a faggot and a douchebag at the same time.
Yo faggadouche why dont you get off that dick and stop being an asshole!
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Synonyms: Cool, great, awesome
Synonyms: Cool, great, awesome
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A Williamsville man faces a maximum of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 30 by Erie County Judge Michael D'Amico on drug and weapon charges, District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III reported Tuesday.
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It's a near-certainty that the architectural style of a 24-hour Walmart Supercenter has never been described as analogous to Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House in Buffalo's Parkside neighborhood.
There's a first time for everything.
That's the type of experience the Cheektowaga Planning Board told architects for the nation's largest retailer that they expect from a massive new store proposed for the current site of the Super Flea & Farmers' Market, 2500 Walden Ave.
Planning Board Chairman John Marriott said he wants to experience a "warm and fuzzy feeling" when walking into the new store, and he was getting far from that vibe Thursday evening when developers presented their much-anticipated first designs for the project to the board.
William Gary McCamy, an architect with Bergmann Associates of Rochester, unveiled preliminary sketches for the site and outlined plans for Walmart to develop a concrete and stucco building.
McCamy was sent "back to the drawing board."
"It's a cold and not very hospitable-looking design. I don't get a warm, fuzzy feeling it's a nice place to be," Marriott told McCamy moments before drawing the comparison to Wright. "The [Martin] house sort of surrounds you as you walk in."
Marriott wasn't the only one unhappy with the early sketches.
Council Member James P. Rogowski, who has expressed a desire for Cheektowaga to get a "Walmart as nice as Hamburg or Amherst or Lockport," made a special appearance at the meeting to throw in his two cents.
Rogowski, who said he isn't "against Walmart," favors a brick facade instead of the less-expensive concrete.
"What we're asking is the best you can provide to the residents of our town to shop at your store," Rogowski told McCamy and Marc A. Romanowski, an attorney representing the project's developers. "As a council member of the Town of Cheektowaga, I'm not going to accept anything less."
Added Rogowski: "I want this to be the best in the United States, and if you can give me that, I'm sure we can make a deal."
Officials for Walmart politely listened to the comments and suggested they were willing to work with the town to find an agreed-upon design.
McCamy said Walmart isn't looking to "replicate" what it built in Hamburg or Amherst.
"That's their store. We don't want to do that," McCamy said. "Let's look at something that fits the community and fits the neighborhood and introduces the softer elements [of architectural design].
"It's not how much money you spend, it's how you use the materials."
Still, McCamy admitted, cost is a factor.
He said the building designs in those other communities were "all overboard" and "ran up construction costs."
"When costs go up, as you well know," McCamy told the board, "it gets passed on to the consumer."
Town resident Dave Burkhardt suggested that was OK. "I'd be willing to pay a little more to go to a nicer building," he said.
Burkhardt said he and others often travel to the Walmart in Lancaster or Hamburg rather than shopping at what he described as a subpar Walmart at the Thruway Plaza.
"If you want to build a Walmart in Cheektowaga, you've got to make it look nice," Burkhardt said.
The Planning Board tabled plans for the Walmart until its December meeting. In the meantime, Walmart officials will meet Wednesday with members of the town's Environmental Advisory Committee.
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British slang term for a wimpy, emasculated and weak man. In particular, one who complains immoderately.
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Sometimes, to get to where you really want to be, you have to pass through a needle's eye. There's a passageway with just that name on Vermont's Long Trail, south of Mount Mansfield's Forehead. It's a pair of massive rock slabs, leaning against each other to form a portal barely big enough for a hiker with a backpack to get through. On the other side, just a few hundred yards away, a short side trail leads to my favorite overnight stop on the LT, Butler Lodge.
Butler is a little log cabin, tucked beneath Mansfield's stony ridgeline and facing west toward Lake Champlain's glorious sunsets. It was built by the Green Mountain Club in 1933 (rehabbed in 2000) and counts–by virtue of having four walls and a door, unlike the LT's simpler lean-to shelters–as one of the club's more sumptuous accommodations. My friend Rich Mara and I have called it home during hikes as far back as 1977, and its monastic sleeping platforms, hard benches, and rough wooden table have never failed to do a fair imitation of the Ritz.
The best approach is from the north. The day's hike has taken in the steep slog up from the depths of Smugglers' Notch, and then the easy cruise along the crest of Mount Mansfield. That's a trek above treeline that links each of the peaks that give the mountain its reclining-face profile: the Chin, highest point in Vermont; the Nose; and finally the Forehead. I've always thought that last pinnacle was more of a prow than a brow. From its summit, nearly 4,000 feet up, the view in three directions makes it seem as though the mountain were a vast ship sailing south into the heart of Vermont.
After that, the descent. Between the Forehead and the Needle's Eye, a steeply pitched tumble of bedrock schist can be negotiated, in places, only by way of stout wooden ladders, a catwalk, and a natural chute that requires you to take your pack off first and send it down ahead of you. Then it's time to thread the Needle, clamber down Butler Lodge Trail, and come out into the little clearing where the doughty old structure stands on its stone foundation perch.
Is it the being there or the getting there? I can't say. But when our packs are hung and our sleeping bags rolled out, when sausages are sizzling on the single-burner stove, when the flask is open and the sun seems to have melted into the big lake, it hardly matters at all.
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How it all started…
This little quilt was made out of 100% recycled wool. I used felted sweaters and other clothing to make this primitive little wall hanging. It was so popular with my friends and family that they all encouraged me to make it into a quilt pattern.
I know a lot of quilters don't work in wool so I wanted to remake the quilt in a way that all quilters could enjoy it.
So, many many days later…. I finally finished the pattern.
It takes quite awhile from idea to prototype to writing instructions and testing and revising and editing.
Here is a close up.
If you like "Country" , "Primitive" , or "Folk Art" ; this is the pattern for you.
Did I mention there are full directions for a table runner too?
I always want to give my customers a little more.
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This pattern lends itself to your personal touches. It can be made in cottons, flannels, or especially wools.
The little flowers along the bottom look great done in applique or substitute buttons or yo-yos.
Take this pattern and combine it with your favorite tote bag or pillow pattern and you have a wonderful conversation starter or perfect gift for that extra special someone.
This pattern will be available for a limited time at the introductory price of just $4.50 for a pdf download at Craftsy. I will be adding it to Etsy and Patterspot in the near future, but I like Craftsy the best because it is available to download over and over and if I ever update the pattern to (add more cool stuff) you get all the changes!
Won't you give these little guys a good home?
Have a Quilty Day!


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Domino Hotel
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We have 6-bed dorm, double rooms and twin rooms. Furthermore, we have kitchen where you can always get some hot tea and coffee and cook dinner.
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The journey time from 1 hour, depending on traffic.
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walk 300 metres to the bus 39, going 8 stops to \'Tsirk\' (\'Circus\'), then continue on the metro station \'Geologicheskaya\', go 2 stations to \'Dynamo\', walk 300 meters to Cheluskintsev, 60 The journey takes about 1 hour.
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Airspeeders were repulsorlift vehicles common throughout the galaxy. They were distinguished from landspeeders by a higher operating altitude and normally higher top speed. Sometimes they were also equipped with boosters that enabled them to achieve low planetary orbit for a short time. They were not designed for orbital flight, though they could attain such high altitude that they pushed the boundaries of atmosphere and space.
Airspeeders were used for a wide variety of roles galaxy-wide. These included transportation, recreation, as well as offensive and defensive combat. The skies of many industrialized and/or urbanized planets, particularly Coruscant and other Core Worlds, were often clogged with airspeeders. This became such a problem for ecumenopoleis such as Coruscant and Taris that they were forced to adopt a series of rigidly controlled skylanes to which most civilian airspeeders were regulated. To fly beyond these lanes often required special dispensation from the government; this often required the pilot to demonstrate a degree of skill in handling his craft.
Standard government model airspeeders were equipped with a speed governor, an altitude limiter, and a pilot droid.[1]
Many notable companies produced airspeeders, including Incom Corporation, Tagge Company, and SoroSuub Corporation. Even the Yuuzhan Vong produced a type of combat airspeeder analog called the Tsik vai.
Famous airspeeder typesEdit
- The Incom Corporation T-16 skyhopper was considered the upper limit for airspeeder design when first produced. It was equipped with an ion drive, allowing it much broader operating parameters, including low planetary orbits. Its controls were similar to other Incom designs, allowing civilian pilots like Luke Skywalker to quickly adapt to the T-65 X-wing starfighter.
- Another Incom design, the T-47 airspeeder, was one of the most popular civilian airspeeders. It was modified by the Alliance to Restore the Republic with weapons and tow cables for pulling cargo skiffs. Later, when the Alliance established Echo Base on Hoth, they were further modified to operate in sub-zero temperatures. These airspeeders became known as snowspeeders.
- The Alliance frequently turned starfighters no longer suitable for space combat into customized combat airspeeders.
- The Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car was another airspeeder with an additional ion engine for use in upper-atmosphere flight.
- The V-wing airspeeder manufactured by Slayn & Korpil for the New Republic was one of the fastest combat airspeeder types ever produced.
Behind the scenesEdit
Author Aaron Allston, in three of the four novels he wrote for the X-wing series (X-Wing: Wraith Squadron, X-Wing: Iron Fist, X-Wing: Solo Command and X-Wing: Mercy Kill), would use the word skimmer as a catch-all term for both landspeeders and airspeeders, despite the fact that skimmers were a distinctive class or subclass of repulsorlift vehicle.
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (As "air speeder")
- Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two
- Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
- Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen
- Wanted by Cracken
- Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- Star Wars Technical Journal, Volume One
- The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
- Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
- Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion
- "Blasters for Hire"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
- Star Wars Technical Journal
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Hoth Limited (Card: Vehicle Mine)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Battle of Turak IV on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- Enter the Unknown
- Suns of Fortune
- Coruscant air taxi in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- snowspeeder in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
- Fly Casual


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These pieces are from the Kubad Abad Palace excavations, wall tiles in under glaze technique. The palace is located on the southwest shore of Lake Beyşehir, and three kilometers to the north of Gölyaka. It was built by Sultan Alaeddin Kaykubad I (1226-1236). It's a Seljuk complex of permanent residence rather than a palace. The building, which is one of the oldest examples of Turkish palace complexes, consists of Great Palace on the north, Small Palace on the south and a shipyard at water level and complexes of various sizes flanking them. Among them traces of inner courtyards walls, walking platforms and water installations as well as support and court facilities can be detected.These tiles were produced with the so-called 'Minai technique', involving the use of colors that have to be fired at different temperatures. First blue, green and turquoise were applied on an underglaze and fired. Other colors such as yellow, red, white, black and sometimes gilt were then applied on top of this, and re-fired at a lower temperature.Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.Source: Wikipedia.
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Pharmacy at Spring Mills Walmart robbed
January 23, 2013
SPRINGS MILLS — The West Virginia State Police are investigating a robbery that occurred Tuesday at a pharmacy located within the Spring Mills Walmart in Berkeley County....
He was probably just getting some Tamiflu.
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Im sure this will get filed away just like any other robbery. State Police at its finest.
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Thugs moving out of Martinsburg? Hope they catch the creep.
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According to The Herald, this robbery was solved within hours after commission. So it appears that our fine men and women of the wvsp pulled through once again! So you're right!...State Police at its finest. Have a good day and enjoy being a little more safe thanks to the troopers.
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Unconfirmed reports indicate the police are searching for Waldo.
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Do they ever catch anyone.
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Metro news of WV just released a report tying addiction and the lack of rehab for addicts to the prison overcrowding problem in the state. Copied from the report: Estimates show substance abuse programs cost $1,000 to $7,000 per person, depending on the level of severity. Housing an inmate for a year in a West Virginia prison costs $24,000. "The problem of substance abuse is really overwhelming the criminal justice system in West Virginia," Reynolds said on Wednesday's MetroNews Talkline.
"Frankly, I felt like some of the people we were talking to, who work in the system, are beginning to be traumatized by the level of and the severity of the problems that they're seeing in the people that come before them on the bench."
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@Marcopolo, Bravo! Well said. The men and woman who wear the green are,majority speaking, hard working, respectable, dedicated, fear facing, WV loving, individuals. They work 24/7/365. Holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, sporting events. Not only do they attend the national renowned academy nearly three times longer than any other police department does, the whole state is their jurisdiction. Meaning, when needs arise, they are called on to go and work in a different town, city, county or "holler" than they are assigned to. They run toward danger when everyone is trying to flee.They would and have taken a bullet to protect the people of WV. They are our finest for sure. God bless our law enforcement!!
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Glad they caught the loser but I have had things stolen from me and my family and they had the people on camera from the same walmart and its been 2 months still no word so thats why I have no faith in them,when it happens to you and they blow off your phone calls then see how great the boys in green are.Its there job they get paid and have great insurance so quit acting like they do it simply for the state.
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on January 13, 2013 - 1:00 AM
''Private Keep Out" says the sign.
It is taped to the scarred glass door of a one-story, peach-colored building on West Ferry Street. Faded letters above the entrance are from the name of a barbell club that left more than 10 years ago. A cloud of dark gray paint on the stucco wall conceals graffiti.
It looks like any abandoned building on the West Side – which makes what goes on inside all the more surprising.
On weekday afternoons, the one-room, no-frills West Side Boxing Club comes alive with the sounds of boxing gloves pounding punching bags, trainers barking commands to fighters in the ring and bursts of laughter from the sidelines.
But more than boxing is going on. The gym provides a safe and close-knit after-school refuge for dozens of inner-city youths and young adults, many from violent streets and dysfunctional families, circumstances that help stack the deck against them. Staying in school and doing well, and planning for a future with or without boxing is emphasized by the volunteer trainers who run the club.
"It's all about keeping these kids off the streets. I, for myself, didn't have nobody come down and push me [in the right direction] when I was growing up, and I wish I had," said Rick Diaz, a professional boxing trainer who is also a driver for the county Highway Department.
Diaz shoulders most of the costs, from the mortgage and tournament travel expenses to license fees and food for the fighters. The club is bare-bones, there are no dressing rooms, and the heat is fueled from a propane tank. Still, it is a step up.
"One thing they learn is, it's better to fight in here than to fight in the street. The street's not worth it, and it's going to get you shot or stabbed, since no one fights anymore," added Adalberto "Jerry" Diaz, Rick's son and an Air Force veteran who is also a trainer.
Staying in school is preached all the time in the gym.
"If they're messing up in school, we won't let them train. School is always first. Not everyone can be a professional boxer, so you always need a fallback plan," said the younger Diaz, who is pursuing a degree in physical therapy.
A second home
The boxing club was formed in 2011 after the Police Athletic League, which had provided boxing, vacated the building. The other volunteer trainers – Alvin Gibbs, Andrew Upchurch and Emmanuel DeJesus – also play major roles in the lives of the mostly young Latino and African-American males who find a home away from home.
Daniel DeJesus is one of them. He was among the club's 11 fighters scheduled to fight Saturday night in the New York State Golden Gloves at Tralf Music Hall. At 16, Daniel was the youngest enrolled in the tournament – and already one of the most celebrated.
"His balance, his hand speed, his combinations – he's really a complete fighter at such a young age. It's scary how good he is. The kid's at a whole other level," Upchurch said. "He's also an incredible kid."
Daniel grew up nearby, in an area with its share of violent crime. "Things have gotten a lot worse over the years, with gang violence and things like that," he said.
"This place is like my getaway," Daniel said. "It's a second home, pretty much like family. I come here, keep my mind focused. I know boxing isn't a certain thing, so I'm staying in school, getting my education."
The term "family" is mentioned a lot by the young fighters.
"[The gym] keeps me out of trouble, it's like another family to me," said Antoine Ngayot, another highly touted fighter who was born in war-torn Congo, lost his father at age 2 and doesn't know if his mother is still alive. He came to Buffalo with relatives at age 9 and is seeking U.S. citizenship since graduating from School 44.
The trainers help Ngayot with money from time to time, and are trying to find an immigration attorney to represent him.
Jalen Wright, 16, also likes the gym's familial atmosphere. He's called "Cupcake" there because he attends Emerson School of Hospitality, and hopes to be an executive chef someday.
"We all treat each other like we're family, joke around, play around. I love it here," Jalen said.
Alvis Colon appreciates the emphasis the club's trainers place on the importance of school. He said he stresses the same with his 16-year-old son, also named Alvis, who moved last summer from Puerto Rico to live with him in Cheektowaga.
"The agreement we have is, you do good in school, I bring you to the boxing gym. He's doing good in school. I'm really proud of him," Colon said.
Welcome sanctuary
The gym isn't just a sanctuary for teens. Heavyweight Marcus Winsrey, 23, whose active Army service took him to Afghanistan and South Korea, said the gym helps him stay on the straight and narrow.
"If I didn't come here I would be out in the streets somewhere, making money off of somebody. This is one of the safest ways to keep myself out of trouble now that I'm home," Winsrey said.
"I wish a lot of my friends did this. A lot of them are dead or in jail, or on drugs or selling drugs."
Winsrey, who hopes to turn pro someday, said he's grateful to the club's trainers.
"They actually care about the fighters and what our futures are going to be," he said.
Upchurch, a Williamsville resident, said being able to go to the gym beats having the kids out getting into trouble or sitting at home in front of the TV.
"It's an outlet for these kids, unlike in the suburbs where I live where the parents have more income going on, and can load their kids up in the minivan and take them to a camp that costs a lot of money. These kids don't have that opportunity," Upchurch said.
Diaz is committed to giving teens an alternative to the street. A motivation, he said, is the memory of a fighter who came to him 20 years ago asking for help getting back in the ring. "We didn't have a place to go, and he wanted me to take him somewhere because he was getting into trouble out in the streets."
The fighter was shot and killed two days later. Diaz wants to help other young people avoid a similar fate.
"I was out there in the streets a lot, and I know what it is, and I know what's out there," Diaz said.
A highly respected trainer, Diaz worked with boxer Kenny Abril leading up to his upset victory over Dennis Laurente, the fifth-ranked World Boxing Council welterweight contender, Dec. 8 in Las Vegas.
Making ends meet
There is a minimal charge to use the gym because of the high degree of poverty and the reluctance to prevent anyone from participating. Diaz hopes to eventually obtain not-for-profit status so they can apply for grants and tax-deductible donations.
Diaz owns the building, and the rent from the auto repair shop next door pays for the mortgage. But there are many expenses, from the water bill to the $7,000 he paid last summer to send seven fighters to the Ringside National Tournament in Kansas City.
"Seven teenagers – I'll never do that again," laughed Jerry Diaz about the road trip. He has kicked in some of his GI Bill money to help cover the boxing club's expenses.
The Midwest trip and even one to Angola have given some of the teens a chance to go outside the Buffalo area for the first time.
"I once brought the kids to my uncle's campsite in Angola, where we had a cookout," Jerry Diaz said. "I said to one of the kids, 'I told you there's a beach here, why are you wearing jeans?,' and he said, 'I've never been to a beach before.' "
Alvin Gibbs, a popular trainer who sparred with three heavyweight champions, including Muhammad Ali, said the club does a world of good but clearly needs more support, such as help in buying food for the teens who file in after school.
The range of boxers includes a few children as young as 8 to Bianca Cruz, a 39-year-old grandmother who recently returned to the ring with an eye toward turning pro.
Avoiding injuries
Boxing has fallen out of favor over the years in the United States, partly because of the splintering of boxing associations that no longer offer undisputed champions but also due to the brain damage suffered by popular fighters over the last several decades from repeated blows to the head.
The club's trainers are aware of the dangers, of course, and have their own perspectives on how to avoid them.
"There's definitely a dark side of [boxing], for sure. It really comes down to people staying in the sport too long, and not having the right people looking after them," Upchurch said.
Emmanuel DeJesus said a good trainer can do a lot to prevent serious injury.
"If your fighter is hurt, you tell him to quit. You can see when it's not good to fight. To not do so is because you don't have love for the sport, or for your fighters," DeJesus said.
Preston Jones, a boxing judge and referee who helps out at the gym, sees another side to the sport. "Boxing is really an art form, and we teach kids the art of boxing in the ring, not out in the street."
Christian Colon, 17, learned boxing first for self-protection, since he was picked on for being small. But what he has learned in the gym, Colon said, has given him a new perspective on life.
"There's no point anymore to fight on the streets. I'd rather stay in the gym and make something of myself. Now I make my parents proud," he said.
Upchurch said the changes in these inner-city kids have been a sight to behold.
"There's really a no-nonsense clause with them to do well in school, respect their parents and respect everyone in the gym, and it shows, and it shows with the dedication," Upchurch said.
"Every one of these kids that walks through the door shakes everybody's hand when they come in, and when they leave."
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a suburb in the western suburbs of Sydney
guy: Dude last night after the movies when i was walking to the station there was a bunch of hard cunts fighting just outside westpoint and this one dude got stabbed!
other guy: haha, man i love blacktown its so exciting.
other guy: haha, man i love blacktown its so exciting.
westy_mystery_man tarafından 7 Ağustos 2007, Salı
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A Western Sydney Shire, that covers Quakers Hill, Mt Druitt, Marayong, Riverstone etc. It's flooded with "Lads" (teens that smoke, wear canterbury's, listen to gay techno music, overuse the word "cunt," wag school and hang out in public areas until late) and it's hard to find a white aussie there that isn't a lad/bogan. It's home to what has been named "the filthiest train station" in Western Sydney and often suringes can be found laying around. It's not shy of drug dealers, either. Loads of graffiti, loads of dickheads...
I'm going to Blacktown Boys High!
What are you on?
What are you on?
ColdHardRocker96 tarafından 17 Ocak 2011, Pazartesi
A place in West Sydney that's like a mix of India, the Phillipines and Africa. Basically a shithole and one of the dirtiest places in Sydney, full of fresh off the boat immigrants from mentioned places who can't speak English and have no concept of hygiene. The only white people are the junkies and lads that hang around the train station because its close to Centrelink.
Only good thing about Blacktown is El Jannah and the shopping centre (Westpoint).
Only good thing about Blacktown is El Jannah and the shopping centre (Westpoint).
Guy 1: I live in Blacktown
Guy 2: My condolences
Guy 2: My condolences
knutsmasher tarafından 14 Temmuz 2015, Salı
to get extremely intoxicated from (alcohol, weed, etc.) and blackout or not remember anything that happened.
"Tonight im settin' sail to blacktown! Wooo!"
"What happened last night?"
- "I have no idea I went to blacktown."
"What happened last night?"
- "I have no idea I went to blacktown."
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I don't buy new clothes to wear
I don't shave, don't bathe, don't cut my hair
If it was up to me I'd walk around naked and bare
I don't really care enough to even look in the mirror
I wash Chinese food store Tupperware
Played out boobs and butts and blunts and beer
Among who got guts make blunts in here
I got two big nuts and nothin to fear
I got loose screws and a screw face to match
I don't about-face I ain't got a taste for that
If I really want something I'll pray for that
I don't worry 'bout how I'm gonna pay for crap
Ain't no pavement where I ain't good at
And ain't no place where I'm gonna stay put at
My home base, where the forsaken at
I cape crusade for the sake of that
Hooray for that
I get major dap
I'm in the matrix where more agent at?
I'm in your face like Flushing, where the Asian at?
I don't brush shoulders, it's where my angel at
I heard you're cook 'cane sucka where your apron at?
I heard you serve 'cane son where your staple at?
You like you're worldwide homey where your label at?
Most of you unsigned, how did you finagle that?
While everybody else was busy trying to get on the guest list
I was busy trying to be ambidextrous
Minutes well rested and whippin' up breakfast
Earlier than the rest of the homo erectus
The world don't stop
Doesn't nothin affect this
I won't go pop
Thought that I should address this
I'm loco lots
Local writer and leftist
They all gon' cop
By the way, any questions?
[Verse Two] [Homeboy Sandman]:
Shout out to my moms and pops and
Brother was inside, they called ox's "oxen"
Forced with an ock I'm aware of my options
Kimbo come for drunken boxin'
Columnists constantly calling me conscious
Cause I'm straight out of comp' not straight out of Compton
No labels on my cloth necessary for confidence
Only the table cloth on my table of contents
Ain't no comfort we ain't already accomplished
We go hard regardless
Lotta sniffin' Con Ed, livin' as a starving artist
Gotta break some eggs makin' omelets
Always hummus in my target audience
Thank you captain obvious
I don't swear except for solemnly in my songs and sonnets
Ain't nowhere to dishonor that made dishonest
Enough ballin', bollocks
You need only seek the son to find solace
Let me show you quick fast how I move masses
Plasma and gasses liquids and solids
Radio p-noid cause I'm on call list
Hear me on delay, Speedy Gonzales
I'm the modern day William Wallace
Always on the go round the globe trotter
Tariq Trotter, scholar
Somethin' out my medulla oblongata
I don't hear no Fendi, Gucci, Prada
All I hear is yada yada yada
All I hear is nada
And it's gettin louder
So I made a vow to
Do something about it
Head up in the clouds
I'm incredibly beyond it
When I'm getting down it's incredibly crowded


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Protein profiling, the quantitative assessment of protein-expression levels, has been at the vanguard of a brave new drug pipeline for the last four or five years. However, while the technologies that make protein profiling possible continue to evolve, they have not yet fulfilled their potential.
"There are a lot of questions that researchers are trying to answer, but so far, at the early detection level, there hasn't been much success," noted Paul Tempst, Ph.D., a researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center who spoke at Select Bioscience's "Cancer Proteomics" conference held recently in Berlin.
"Proteomics hasn't taken a biomarker to a clinical trial, yet. But we have promising candidates. NCI set up a system to evaluate technologies that make up a classic discovery/verification pipeline, but we now need to apply this pipeline to sample sets."
Ralph Schiess, Ph.D., researcher at the ETH—Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, agreed. "The identification of biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment selection—or really the lack thereof, at present—has been a barrier to the realization of personalized medicine in the cancer field."
Dr. Tempst's approach to protein profiling is unique to his lab, he said, in that instead of only looking for concentrations of protein they are actually measuring differences in enzymatic activity. "By correlating the proteolytic patterns with disease groups and controls, we have shown that exopeptidase activities contribute to the generation of, not only cancer-specific but also cancer type–specific, serum peptides. So there is a direct link between peptide marker profiles of disease and differential protease activity." Because of this, Dr. Tempst explained that "the patterns we describe may have value as surrogate markers for detection and classification of cancer."
Dr. Tempst and his colleagues are focused on the relationship between exopeptidase activities and metastatic disease. "We monitored controlled, de novo peptide breakdown in large numbers of biological samples using mass spec, with relative quantitation of the metabolites, using magnetic, reverse-phase beads for analyte capture and a MALDI-TOF MS read-out," Dr. Tempst noted.
In a preliminary prostate cancer study, his group found a significant difference in activity levels of a single aminopeptidase in serum from patients with metastatic prostate cancer as compared to primary tumor-bearing individuals and normal healthy controls. However, there were no differences in amounts of the target protein, and this potential biomarker would have been missed if quantitative levels of protein had been the only criterion of selection.
Many studies evaluating correlations between enzyme activity and cancerous states were executed in the 1950s and 1960s, according to Dr. Tempst. Acidic phosphatase activity was used as a blood-based marker for prostate cancer long before the PSA test was put into general use in the 1980s.
"These older observations on enzymes, including aminopeptidases, by a number of different groups caught our attention. This convinced us that we were headed in the right direction," he added.
Dr. Tempst and his team are currently developing robust biomarker assays. "Our studies on patient samples and mouse models of cancer led to identification of single enzymes (as opposed to complex panels) that can now be individually monitored."
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Editor's note: The following essay about the life of Miriam Mowery, of Milroy, who turns 100 on Oct. 11, was written and submitted by her niece, Ellen E. Wilson, of Canterbury, Conn.
Miriam E. (Hoffman) Mowery, of Milroy ,will celebrate her 100th birthday on Oct. 11, 2012. To mark the occasion, her many nieces and nephews will host an informal, drop-in reception with visiting and refreshments from 2 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 13 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Belleville.
Invitees include her friends, church community and extended family.
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On May 26, 1944, Miriam Hoffman married the love of her life, Lambert Mowery.
Miriam E. (Hoffman) Mowery today
Daughter of the late Lewis and Effie (Snook) Hoffman, Miriam was born in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, on the auspicious date of 10/11/12-a special birthdate for a special person, according to her family.
The cultural and technological transformations during her lifetime are nearly unfathomable.
Imagine, she was born the year Titanic sank; knew many Civil War veterans in her youth; grew up without electricity and indoor plumbing; and was an adult before ever having a phone or radio.
Her family traveled by horse and wagon in warm weather, and when it snowed, by horse-drawn sled. She remembers once being launched into a snow bank when her dad drove the horse too fast around a curve and the sled upset, sending all the occupants flying.
You might think things were boring for an adolescent girl on a farm on the Back Mountain Road to Siglerville, but Miriam's life in her teens and early 20s was a social whirlwind. As many as three or four evenings a week, she and her sisters and brothers went to dances held in the hosts' homes, church functions, parties, picnics, and summer festivals, not to mention the steady stream of friends, relatives, and suitors who made their way to the farm.
With no modern means of communication, visitors might drop by unannounced or might mail a postcard a day or two ahead to announce their plans. Often, when the family came home after a day away, they would find unexpected guests patiently waiting on the porch.
Because there was no ambient light pollution, on clear moonless nights she recalls seeing more stars than any of us can conceive. The down side was you also couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Walking across the farmhouse porch one pitch-dark night, she took a nosedive into the cellar because somebody had left up the trapdoor to the stairs.
Miriam married late according to the standards of the time. However, being so choosy worked out perfectly for her. On May 26, 1944, she married the love of her life, Lambert Mowery, fondly called "Boose." They did not have children of their own, but lavished affection and attention on their many nieces and nephews, nearly all of whom recite memories of how special their aunt and uncle made them feel through unfailing kindness, his athletic prowess, her great pies and extraordinary green thumb. When you were a kid, they were adults who seemed genuinely interested in you, and at a time when that wasn't so common as today. Even in more recent years, at family gatherings Miriam could often be found sitting on the floor entertaining the little ones. That's why nowadays she is most commonly known as "Aunt Miriam."
At her age, Miriam is the last remaining member of her immediate family, having over the years lost her parents, her brothers Raymond and Luther, and her sisters Grace, Sarah, and Mildred. She says she has no idea why she's lived to be 100, still of sound mind and in reasonably good health. However, those who know and love her best attribute her long, productive life to a fortunate mix of luck, faith, humor, and close emotional ties to others.


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Where does Capito stand on privacy?
August 17, 2013
Editor: Shelley Moore Capito has failed to discharge her oath of office....
Old Blue......pretending he/she/it cares about 'privacy' while at the same forked-tongue response; supporting Obama's and democrats move to INCREASE Bush's Patriot Act and allowing NSA, IRS and FBI, CIA and other govt entities to SPY on YOU and the rest of us. Priceless!
Old Blue, once again proving how stupid and hypocritical and nonsensical a liberal is! Thank you. You just keep on typing....you're making our case for us for election day!!!
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Yep; there it is. Old Blue repeating the typical memorized mantra of the democrat progressive socialists when asked about raising our debt even higher. Now go collect your Obama coupon! What'd he offer you now? Free healthcare??? Bwahahaha...How's that working out for ya??
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The Social Security Administration has begun warning the public it cannot guarantee full benefit payments if the debt ceiling isn't increased.
When asked by the public, the agency is notifying beneficiaries that "Unlike a federal shutdown which has no impact on the payment of Social Security benefits, failure to raise the debt ceiling puts Social Security benefits at risk," according to a person familiar with the agency directive.
The warning was assembled after the agency consulted with the Treasury Department, which would play a lead role in determining how the government handles payments if the borrowing limit isn't raised soon.
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The "compromise" will cut $3 TRILLION from Social Security and Medicare while closing the loopholes in the tax code that the 1% use will only be $1 TRILLION. In other words Boehner is saying some thing like this
"the real enemy of the Republicans is not Obama, but American working people as a whole, and particularly the tens of millions of retired workers who rely on Social Security for their income and Medicare for their health care.
Obama will use GOP "hostage taking" as the proximate cause for caving in, saying that he had to give ground to prevent a catastrophic default that would have pushed the economy back into recession.
NEITHER one of these groups are working for the PEOPLE and that includes the teagopers as well.
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Here comes that "compromise" I told you about.
"This Week," Boehner more-or-less admitted to what was going on behind-the-scenes saying:
"Let's look at what's driving the problem. 10,000 baby-boomers like me retiring, every single day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. And it's not like there's money in Social Security or Medicare. The governments, over the last 30 years, have spent it all."
"We know these programs are important to tens of millions of Americans, but if we don't address the underlying problems, they are not sustainable."
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew who appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press," and said, "The president remains prepared to negotiate on fiscal policy….We are happy to negotiate on reasonable policies with entitlement reform and tax reform that closes loopholes. That's something that we would like to do."
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Then why do you do it Old Blue????
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"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about"....Wayne Dyer
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It would do you some good to use your time wisely and do some reading of truth in stead of that tea stuff you spew around, in the long run you will be much better for it, My ten foil hat has a BS filter built in and is capable of seeing through the propaganda that you and your kind spread around. Some times it is so powerful it knocks the BS right out of people if they come close enough,
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The redrawn lines mean the greater risks to incumbents often come from within their own party, which discourages working across the aisle, said Jim Nussle, a former Republican representative and budget director under President George W. Bush.
He also cited rapid turnover during the past two election cycles that has led to "a lot of very green people who've never even passed an amendment" in a subcommittee and don't understand the legislative process. "They're not experienced legislators, they're worried about primaries at home, and the new media is making it difficult for them to stake out any other position than the extreme position," Nussle said. I look at this and I just shake my head," said Nussle. "This is nothing like last time," he said. "It's a very naïve and ignorant understanding of how to govern."
Rigell said the party's predicament isn't surprising. "We've essentially gerrymandered ourselves into this," he said.
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So there will be a "compromise" that in the end will involve Social Security and Medicare, This move in 2010 is what will allow it to happen....After the 2010 Census, Republicans who control the majority of state legislatures redrew many House districts to shore up vulnerable lawmakers by boosting the concentration of friendly partisan voters in their districts and packing Democrats into urban pockets. The process is called gerrymandering and both parties are adept at it.
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May be it is because Republicans have already made statements like this "Lawmakers frustrated with the Tea Party's outsized influence have been working behind the scenes for weeks. Ribble has spoken out during his party's past five conference meetings to implore Boehner to redirect his party's priorities to the entitlement programs-- Medicare and Social Security -- that pose the greatest threat to the nation's fiscal future." Plus one of the teagopers favorites is on this committee (Budget Committee) you know which one (little Eddie Munster) Paul Ryan and we know what tea he was spewing when running along side Romney. This is what he said a few days ago "Still, Representative Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the Budget Committee, said House leaders see talks "converging" over a spending deal and the debt ceiling. "From the get-go, we've wanted to get a budget agreement to grow this economy and get this debt under control,"
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Old Blue; how many stations you get on your tin foil hat??
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Old Blue you are sounding like some of those conspiracy nut balls we keep hearing about and seeing in the news. You're getting creepy.
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Here is what is really taking place with this guise of the shut down, it is actually yhe laying of a far deeper agenda.
the GOP will call a halt to its action before any money-changers get hurt. The Republicans will have shown their willingness to fight Obama. Obama will appear to be defending the people from The Republicans. And then they will both slash away at social spending, as was the intention, all along. Wait and see if this doesn't happen. Like I said before neither Party gives a rats arse about us they both work together just like the Pharisees and the Sadducees they are no different. Your beloved tea gopers are not going to help you and neither are the liberals. They talk a good talk to your face but behind your back they are doing the opposite and call it a compromise. Can you comprehend that or are you to blind to see it, I know you like that disagree button. The tea you drink is going to leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
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Yes it is true there were barecades set up and they got moved but you stated that the Veterans was not allowed into the Memorial which was false. I suppose that those Republicans that shut down the Government didn't check first to see what all got closed when such actions are taken. Then again they may only think that the parts that they want shut down is all that should shut down after all it is the same mentality they have when it comes to the Constitution they will fight for certain parts of it but allow other parts such as your right to privacy be taken away with out a peep.
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OLD BLUE sticking to the old tiring liberal way of DECEIT; FAILS once again to tell you all that the vets had to KNOCK DOWN President Stompy Feets barrycades that he tried to prevent them from getting in yesterday.
Some GOP congressmen showed up and broke the barrycades down and allowed the elderly vets inside.
By the way; Not ONE democrat offered to help them; but RNC offered and is paying themselves to keep the memorial open to vets.
President Stompy Feet...went after 90 some year old vets......but never did close the MLK Memorial. Racist!!!
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Bwahahaha OLD BLUE is NOT a good liar as EVERYONE has seen the articles, the journalists, the dems getting angry about the Obama administration intentionally harming vets and hurting their chance of re-election AGAIN! LOLOLOL.....
TRUTH just PAINS OLD BLUE and WHAT!!
DEMS in PAIN as truth comes out about President Stompy Feet and his sidekick Harry Reid's attempts to hurt elderly 90 some year old Veterans who only wanted to see their own memorial in DC.
Democrats proving once again just what type of critters they truly are. Rats!!
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I don't know where you get your news from, because those Veterans were allowed in to the Memorial.Go read the article not just the headline. How old are you 10?
"Jim McLaughlin Today they were able to get in and see the memorial," he said. "We're hoping the same will be true tomorrow
Either you can't comprehend or you just think people will take your word for what you say, I have no problem with the truth but when you talk out your arse I will tell you about it. You spread a lot of disinformation on these threads whether on purpose or not and then on some try to paint your self as an up standing Christian,it doesn't work both ways.
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Well we sure know that Democrats care very little about YOUR privacy. Obama and dems over past 5 years have spent more time/energy/money on SPYING ON CITIZENS in THIS nation more than spying on REAL enemies. Obama sees Americans as the enemy and terrorists overseas as his friends. Maybe because they are.
On another note; We always did know he cares little for our vets; today he PROVED it yet again as He and Dems in House voted NO to giving vets exemption to visit their own memorial.
President Stompy Feet refused to let those 90 some year old vets in. This guy just eeks of DISPICABLENESS & VILENESS.
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Almost all of the Politicians whether Republican or Democrat will tell you one thing when they come home to pander the Public but when back in DC they do the opposite just go look at how they vote on issues and it becomes very clear. You only rag on Democrats and fail to see that it is also Republicans voting against us and doing us harm. If this bill would have passed it would have been a step in the right direction but if you notice more Republicans than Democrats voted against our right,how hard is that to understand. No where did I say that I am upholding Obama and the illegal spying,all I did was let you know that Capito cares nothing about your right either, as I said before they will tell you what you want to hear to get your vote and then vote against you when it fits their fancy. I give you facts but you deny those facts and then spout things toward me and you know nothing about me. I feel sorry for you because you are misinformed and can't even accept something that is fac
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Look slayer the question was, "Where does Capito stand on privacy?" and what I posted is fact. I do agree that spying on we the People is illegal, this bill would have put a damper on it,but 134 Republicans and 83 Democrats voted against this bill. That tells me that they do not give a rats arse about our rights. Even your beloved Bachman and Paul voted against us,the 217 people that voted against us are no better than the single party that you rag on. All of this spying started in2001 and has been ramped up we have just began to hear about it because a couple of people with a conscience decided to blow the whistle one is doing time in prison and the other escaped to Russia for now. I am disappointed in Obama on a lot of things especially for not repealing the Patriot Act that is where it all began. If you have not read the Patriot Act you should do so.
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Old Blue and your idiot guy in the WH now is spying on YOU and everyone and has INCREASED the act against YOUR privacy. Yet your hypocritical mind will 'accept' this!?!
You just keep proving it's not the privacy act that bothers you; it's just that it wasn't Obama that did it that time. You IGNORE what he's doing that is WORSE. He's doubling the act against privacy for citizens and you don't seem to care. What gives???
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On July 24 2013 Capito voted against your right to privacy when she voted NO on HR 2397, which was to make the NSA specifically name who they wanted to collect information on and specifically why, and so did a lot of your Tea Party Candidates in the House. 94 Republicans voted for your right and 134 Republicans voted against your right, 111 Democrats voted for your right and 83 Democrats voted against your right, These are recorded FACTS.
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Unlike Obama and radical progressive democrats..........Capito stands up for the PEOPLE and our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!
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She stands with the CONSTITUTION.
Obama and democrats stand with a DICTATORSHIP. WHich is why they are losing elections.
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CHARLES TOWN - Doors have started opening for Cheryl Pressl. And not just figurative doors, literal doors.
The Head of Schools at Don Bosco Montessori notes happening upon a contractor, the grandfather of a student, who was able to carve an entryway between classrooms, aiding in a Montessori mission: movement.
"Actors - if you walk across the stage, you remember a line more or easier than the lines you have to memorize when you're standing still," she said of studies showing the benefits of movement. "(A child) learns much better when (they) are moving. A child has the freedom to get up from the chair, go over to talk with a friend, come back and sit down - and not only the ability to learn, but it develops their will."
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Tristan Pressl, a student of Don Bosco Montessori and son of its Head of Schools, Cheryl, works on pin maps during a typical school day.
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Don Bosco Montessori students observe a typical school day in their classroom with an open layout that allows for movement.
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Mary Swerda, left, and Noelle Ward, Don Bosco Montessori students, observe a typical school day in their classroom with an open layout that allows for movement.
This academic year the school relocated from Pressl's residence to the parish basement of St. James the Greater Catholic Church.
The nonprofit school, which observes its fifth anniversary this year, was pioneered by Pressl after she taught religion courses at a private Catholic institution where she surmised the mundane led to a lack of interest in learning.
Pressl subsequently decided she wanted different for her children, and when she discovered the principles of Maria Montessori, from whom the education philosophy derives, she knew how to offer them an education that was both fulfilling and custom-fit.
"I think (Montessori has) the same purpose of every school, it's just a different way to go about it," she said. "I think I was drawn to it because it kept alive the spark of their interest in learning."
After returning to higher education to attain her Association Montessori Internationale certification, Pressl teaches her two sons and 22 other students at Don Bosco, where individualized instruction takes precedence.
"The classroom materials used for our youngest students take abstract ideas and put them in a concrete form that makes sense to these developing minds. Students learn to learn from their peers, and respect their own and each other's ability to be a teacher as well as a student," the school's website states. "Finally, our teachers are primarily observers of their students, stepping in when they see a child is 'stuck' or ready to learn a new skill. This allows the children to learn independently, with the guidance and support of our teachers whose primary focus is observing how your child learns, and tapping into those styles and approaches that work best for your child."
The school educates learners ages 15 months to 12 years old, separating them into three groups: toddler, primary and elementary. The school's three classrooms, none of which hold a teacher's desk - a tactic aimed at facilitating movement - integrate students of all ages.
"The older ones learn by teaching the younger ones," Pressl said.
Catholic formation is fostered by daily Mass and classroom prayer in addition to other spiritual observations, though the school also enrolls children of other faiths.
The staff is comprised of three teachers, two aides and one monk - a monk who teaches Latin to first-graders, specifically.
Tuition costs range from $2,700 to $4,725, depending on the student's age group, as the school is a nonprofit organization, the staff does not receive a salary and the tuition directly funds the school, Pressl said.
"I really am drawn to Montessori and the way it inspires children to love learning," she said. "I was a good student in school, but I can't remember a thing I learned in high school. I thought there must a better way."
The curriculum follows National Core Standards, though the Don Bosco classrooms look anything but traditional, evidenced by the toddler room where everything is sized to fit its students.
"They don't have to rely on anybody else to do it for them," Pressl said
Hands-on tools and visual aides lend a more sensorial method of learning, she said.
"The idea is to isolate one of the senses and help them develop that," she said, gesturing to a row of silver bells.
"Research studies show that Montessori children are well prepared for later life academically, socially and emotionally," the school's website states. "In addition to scoring well on standardized tests, Montessori children are ranked above average on such criteria as following directions, turning in work on time, listening attentively, using basic skills, showing responsibility, asking provocative questions, showing enthusiasm for learning and adapting to new situations."
In the future, Pressl hopes doors keep opening for her and the school she pioneered. One day, she hopes Don Bosco Montessori will be a self-sustaining institution that will educate generations to come.
"It really helps a child discover and nurture their own gifts," she said.
For further information visit, www.donboscomontessori.org or call 304-620-8605.
- Staff writer Holly Shok can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 131, or email@example.com.


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Local church offers help in wake of tragedies
Boston bombings and Texas explosion headlined minister's message
Local churches touched on recent tragedies in messages to their congregation Sunday, offering help to those affected by bombings in Boston or the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas.
Johnson Church of Christ minister Larry Culbreath said many turn to religion during tragedies on the national stage. After the September 11th attacks, church attendance spiked for a short time.
"We live in a world where evil and evil people exist. As long as we're here on this earth, that's the way it's going to be. But God is still here. He cares," Culbreath said.
Church members echoed Culbreath's message before service Sunday.
"Our hope is not in bad things happening here on earth. Our hope and our faith is in God," Lindsay Harriman, a parishioner at Johnson Church of Christ said.
Two bombs exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon April 15, killing three and wounding more than 170. A fertilizer plant exploded two days later in West, Texas killing more than a dozen people.
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Man leaves $250K to cats, not kids
Relatives to receive house, money after cats die
A man took his love for his two pet cats to a whole new level when he left them his mansion and $250,000 in his will.
Memphis native Leon Sheppard Sr. was a retired businessman who died in 2012. He left behind five children, 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two cats, Frisco and Jake. In his will, he left his $250,000 fortune and 4,270-square-foot home in a gated community to the two cats, reports WMC-TV.
The money will be used for their care as well as the maintenance of the house. After Frisco dies, the remainder of the money will be divided among Sheppard's relatives, with the understanding that Jake will be taken care of for the rest of his life.
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