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Mommy To Be Doesn't Want Cake!
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One of my deerest work friends is having twins and desperately wants me to make the cake for her shower. The problem is that she doesn't like cake. I was thinking about making individual/mini cheesecake bites for her which I've made many times before and are absolutely wonderful along with a cake. Does anyone have any ideas of how I can make this extra special for her? I was also thinking cake pops...but I'm just wondering if I can find some better ideas to bring this together from here.
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Truffles with the cake!
Couldn't your cheesecakes are a hit just do a cut fondant topper on them like a pacifier or some other cute baby item
You could always bake a regular cheesecake then decorate (or ice and decorate) like a regular cake
If she doesn't like cake - I wouldn't press the issue. Nothing worse than 'the cake lady' that thinks everybody HAS to love cake or something sweet!
Surprise everybody and go down the super healthy road and make her a watermelon baby carriage - she will probably LOVE it
Google Images has gazillions of options and Youtube has loads of tutorials on how to do them


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The region's premier summer music festival is just two months away. Tickets are now on sale for Solstice! The Cleveland Museum of Art invites the community to celebrate summer's long days and hot nights at Solstice on Saturday, June 30 from 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Enjoy global cosmopolitan music throughout the night on the main stage, get a sneak peek of the Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties exhibition and explore the permanent collection late into the night. From grooving to Ethiopian funk to rocking with Afro-Peruvian electronica, festival-goers will have the chance to see some of the most cutting-edge international musical acts performing today.
- From 7:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m., general admission is $60 per person, $30 for museum members.
- From 10:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m., general admission is $25 per person.
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The race for Humboldt County 4th District supervisor could still change with 845 provisional and absentee ballots left to count in the district, officials said Wednesday.
A report of the unofficial results on June 4 with all precincts reporting had incumbent Virginia Bass leading challenger Chris Kerrigan by 303 votes.
Humboldt County Elections Office Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich said these ballots could have an impact on the race.
"I don't know what they say yet," Crnich said. "One reason for provisional ballots is people who live in some other district could have gone in a precinct that isn't their own to vote, they may not have been entitled to vote in that race. Those votes if they contain a vote on the 4th District supervisor race would not be counted. There's likely to be a handful, but nothing earth-shattering."
"We just have to wait and see," Kerrigan said. "It looks like it's going to be difficult to overcome the deficit with the number of ballots left."
Attempts to reach Bass were unsuccessful.
Crnich said the elections office would be busy running the vote-by-mail votes. Then the office will start on the provisional ballots.
While thousands of vote-by-mail ballots were invalidated statewide because they arrived late, Humboldt County only received 90 after the deadline. The elections office doesn't know how many of those are from the 4th District.
"We do make an effort to have somebody at the post office at 8 p.m. on election night," Crnich said. "They've been cooperative searching all of the bins and making sure we have everything that's in their possession by 8 o'clock."
Election officials hope to post an unofficial update online by the end of the week.
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Like magical girls? Like little sisters? Like harems? In that case... sounds like you're an anime fan.
But ALSO if you like these things, you're going to be happy about Crunchyroll's three newest releases, even though they aren't new at all! These older shows are popular enough to merit a brand new run on the streaming site.
Canvas 2 is the story of an art director who cherishes his young cousin "like his own baby sister" and frees her mind from previous hardships through the therapeutic process of painting. Magician's Academy is a harem anime about an aspiring wizard who lives with three of his gorgeous classmates. Venus to Mamoru! is the story of a boy who has his life saved by a magical girl and decides to ask her out.
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Head Rocketeer, Calvin Carter, has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 Award winner of the Southwest Area North region.
Carter and other Regional award winners now move on to compete for the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year Award, which will be announced November 16 as part of the Strategic Growth Forum held November 13-17 in Palm Springs, CA.
"To me, this honor recognizes that when you do something you love, anything is possible. It's also a testament to my parents who taught me to never give up, never give in. The success of Bottle Rocket wouldn't be possible without the outstanding people who work hard every day to create mobile experiences of the highest quality," said Carter. "This award is indicative of the critical, strategic role mobile apps have attained worldwide in less than five years."
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YSRCP MLA Roja had made remarks against MLA Anitha and Giddi Eswari in the Assembly and following these comments Roja was suspended from Assembly for a period of one year. Anita, speaking today in the Assembly, explained that Roja made personal comments against her and also on her married life and requested to suspend Roja permanently from the Assembly. Watch the discussion on Roja comments.


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How The ECB's Actions Are Playing Out In Emerging Markets: Citi
On Thursday, the European Central Bank gave the market more than it was expecting, lowering interest rates and adding to its stimulus. By contrast, when the Federal Reserve meets next week, many expect a more hawkish tone from the central bank.
Citi's Dirk Willer and his team write that this situation is a risk to the current lull in emerging market foreign exchange rates.
Moreover, Argentina's deal with bondholders is progressing through Congress, with signs that agreement will pass and allow Argentina to issue new debt. Given how long the country has been away from global capital markets, the country plans to issue some $12 billion in bonds, the biggest issuance for any EM country in nearly 20 years.
Because of the issuance, Willer and team rerate Argentina as a bigger weight in their index going forward, but in general, here's his breakdown of how the ECB's actions play out across EM:
Asia – Inflation surprises threaten policy views: Inflation readings have surprisingly jumped in Taiwan, Korea, China, and Thailand. India too has seen consecutive months of modest surprises. Despite being related to food prices, we find evidence that this raises the perceived hurdle for monetary easing. But the impact is more serious in some markets than in others.
CEEMEA – Extending duration in CE: The ECB delivered in our view. There is now an incentive to move away from a policy fully centered on negative rates to a toolset centered on further relief of financing in the banking sector. The markets should be cheering that, rather than reacting in a negative way (especially the typical growth assets, such as European Equities and European High Yield).
South Africa – SARB at the end of the central bank line-up: We expect the SARB's inflation outlook to be a bit more benign than before. An improvement in the inflation outlook might tempt the MPC to stay on the sidelines at next week's meeting as we expect the committee to move back to a gradual tightening mode.
LatAm – Inflation peaks: While we reduced duration exposure in Latam (Mexico and Peru) since we saw risks from higher US rates and commodity short squeeze running out of steam, we warmed up to receivers in Brazil and Colombia as inflation peaks.
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) and the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets exchange-traded fund (VWO) are both higher at recent check. The iShares Latin America 40 ETF (ILF), the SPDR Emerging Middle East and Africa ETF (GAF) and the SPDR S&P Emerging Europe ETF (GUR) are all higher as well.


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A YORKSHIRE charity marked Carers' Week by starting a new initiative using cyberspace to link together the growing number of people looking after a loved one at home.
More than one in seven people in the county carry out a day-to-day role as an unpaid carer for an ill, frail or disabled family member – and as an ageing population grows at an ever-faster pace, this figure is increasing.
The independent charity Carers Resource, which has an office at Broughton Hall, unveiled a new online forum.
From the comfort of their own home, carers are able to link up with others in the community as well as with the team of volunteers from the charity as part of an extension to its Caring Callers service.
Carers' Resource founding director Anne Smyth said: "The relentless nature of their role means that the lives of carers, and the people they care for, often suffer from isolation.
"Creating a new online community will help to banish this feeling of loneliness and offer a new dimension to the range of support and specialist advice that we provide to carers and vulnerable people.
"For the first time, it gives them the opportunity to share their experiences, advice and encouragement by reaching out and chatting with other carers in their community as well as further afield.
"For those who can't get out to groups and activities because of their caring role, or because they have other demands on their time or have mobility issues, it's a wonderful way for people to communicate with others and to make new friends from the comfort of their home.
"Since its launch, Caring Callers has proved a real success in filling a gap in the range of support that is available and the start of an online forum seemed a natural step forward for it."
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Taxpayers probably won't have a clear idea of their 2012 tax obligations until the last minute this year — and possibly not even then. They could find themselves owing several thousand dollars in
income tax that they didn't plan for and may not be able to afford.
That is because the alternative minimum tax is caught up in the negotiations about how to avoid the looming fiscal cliff, and, unfortunately, it is likely to be a key bargaining chip in the negotiations.
Democrats think they have the upper hand because of President Barack Obama's re-election and his threat to veto any plan that doesn't increase taxes on the rich. They will be able to blame Republican obduracy if the cliff isn't avoided, huge tax increases hit everyone and the economy falls back into recession.
However, the Republicans think that the AMT patch is a vital weapon in their negotiating arsenal, as those hit hardest by the tax would be upper-middle-class residents in Democratic strongholds — large coastal cities with high local income and property taxes.
For example, in heavily Democratic Maryland, about 6% of taxpayers owe the AMT each year. Without a patch, that number would jump to 38%.
Republicans are unlikely to agree to the AMT extension without something in return, because their view is that the Democrats will be unwilling to antagonize their core voters by letting the AMT affect more of them.
Congress typically passes a one-year patch to prevent the AMT from biting millions of middle-class taxpayers. The tax originally was aimed at high-income earners who used loopholes to avoid paying much income tax, but it wasn't indexed for inflation, and what was once a high income is now a middle-class one.
The result is that without an annual patch, more and more middle-class taxpayers will be required to pay the AMT.
If no action is taken this year, an estimated 28 million taxpayers will be subject to the tax, and they will face an average unexpected bill of $3,700 for 2012. Most haven't allowed for it in their withholding because they have never had to pay it.
By contrast, if the George W. Bush-era tax cuts are repealed, the higher taxes won't be due until next year's filing season, and withholding could be raised to pay it.
If the Republicans continue to refuse to let income tax rates rise now for high-income taxpayers, Democrats could let the country go over the fiscal cliff as they have threatened. They would allow increases for all taxpayers and then restore lower rates for those earning less than $200,000 a year in the next session of Congress, when they will have more votes.
However, the Internal Revenue Service has warned that without an AMT patch, the 2012 filing season will be a mess. That's partly because the Internal Revenue Service hasn't programmed its computers to allow for the full AMT.
That would have to be done, and tax forms would have to be reprinted. At the very least, refunds probably would be delayed for months — weakening the economy.
Even if the new Congress were to pass a patch retroactively in the first session after the New Year, a period of uncertainty would sap economic vitality.
It is unacceptable that millions of people should have no clear idea of their income tax liabilities so late in the year, and it is another reason that the income tax code must be revised and simplified. Year-by-year AMT patches can't continue.


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RB209: Crisis Spotting (Drone Humanitarianism II)
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What if you could witness a crime taking place from space, and even step in to prevent it?
A group of researchers at Harvard's Humanitarian Initiative are trying to do exactly that.
As the nation of Sudan faced a complex crisis — a secession of the southern region that threatened to boil over into a civil war in 2011 — Nathaniel Raymond and his team at The Signal Program were carefully monitoring the conflict.
Their methods were uncommon. Using donated satellite imagery — the kind normally used to observe environmental conditions or create maps — the team tracked the movements of troops, military vehicles, and resources in near real-time, and used that information to alert humanitarian groups on the ground.
But it's a process fraught with challenges, from imperfect imagery (imagine a cloud passing by just as you're trying to spot tank movements), to the ethical questions that come with intervening in a conflict remotely.
So how does a group of civilians at Harvard go about monitoring an unfolding humanitarian disaster from space?
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text: UK 1 October 2009 "We'll win when we become New Labour" The reforming Tories around David Cameron and George Osborne are determined to pick up where Tony Bl By Richard Reeves Sign up for our weekly email * If the party chatter at Labour conference was all politics - would Gordon survive or would Miliband the Elder step aside for the much-favoured Miliband the Younger? - the Tories are in full wonk mode. "What should we do about the Educational Maintenance Allowance?" is the kind of question they'll be asking over the canapés in Manchester. Or: "How will the pupil premium work?" Economic policy is at the fore, and it is frankly the area in which the Conservatives have the most work to do. But public service reform runs a close second. The reforming Tories clustered around David Cameron and George Osborne are determined to pick up where Tony Blair left off. Many of these bright young things are undisguised admirers of Blair, but they think he was too slow in seeing that real reform in the public sector means giving power away, rather than setting targets from the centre. The reason Blair had "scars on his back" from trying to reshape the public services is that he fell into the trap of attempting to run schools and hospitals from his sofa in Downing Street. So his first parliamentary term was wasted. Heirs to Blair The new Conservative/old Blairite mission is to use consumer choice to produce better, fairer public services. The idea is to create what the New Labour academic Julian Le Grand has called "quasi-markets" - but then rig these markets in favour of the poor. Labour made a start in both health and education, with foundation hospitals and academy schools. But then Blair ran out of road. Michael Gove, the shadow education secretary, wants to give choice to parents over which school to send their children to, with money following the pupil wherever he or she goes. But crucially, he also plans to weight the choice in favour of the least advantaged by giving them a "pupil premium". Parents will also be able to use the money to set up their own schools, although few are expected to do so. The National Curriculum will be slimmed down. Head teachers will get much more power over pay and rations. Tory education policy is an example of undiluted Blairism. It chimes perfectly with Cameron's calls for a "radical redistribution of power" and with the call in Leading from the Front, a new pamphlet from Demos, for more discretion and power to be given to front-line public servants. Conservative plans to give local councils greater authority are another part of the drive for more diversity, competition and accountability. Three years ago, one of Cameron's inner circle said to me: "We'll win when we become New Labour, and Labour ceases to be New Labour." On education, both demands have been met. Labour still talks the language of reform here, but is back to tinkering from the centre. On these pages, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, has said he doesn't need think tanks to work out that there is a "false choice between heavy-handed statism which does not respect individual choices and a so-called progressive liberalism that sees the state as the enemy of individual freedom". But this is the minister who made cooking classes mandatory in every school, and even gave his own recipe suggestions (shepherd's pie and apple crumble); the minister who, in July, made home-school agreements compulsory; the minister who wants state checks on parents giving the neighbours' kids a lift to Scout meetings. The Tories have ring-fenced spending on the National Health Service - instead of education, which would make more sense - and have opposed many Labour reforms aimed at giving more power to patients. They appear willing to give up some of Labour's hard-won ground to GPs on out-of-hours working. Luddite on health The politics of this are obvious. As part of the detoxification of the Tory brand, it was vital to be seen as a friend of the NHS. Tory high command knows the media would love to run "Tories to privatise health service" stories. The Tories know, too, that they will have to fight the teachers' unions to get their education reforms through, and have calculated that they can't afford to fight the health unions at the same time. They don't want a war on two fronts. But they are now in danger of losing some political credibility. While Lansley blows kisses at the doctors, the Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, is pushing ahead with reform. As well as giving patients the right to choose their own GP, he is driving individual budgets for social care and shifting resources into preventative health. It is a reflection of the weird, refractive nature of current politics that the Conservatives are Blairite on education and Luddite on health, while Labour is regressing on schools reform but still heroically wrestling with the NHS. When the Tories win next year, they will need a true moderniser in health care: someone with impeccable reformist credentials, a reputation for strong departmental management and a willingness to fight the trade unions. How about Peter Mandelson? Richard Reeves is director of Demos Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 05 October 2009 issue of the New Statesman, The tories/the people


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Britain's Duchess Of Cambridge Pregnant With Third ChildPrince William and the former Kate Middleton are expecting their third child together, Kensington Palace announced on Monday.
Kate And William's Ski Holiday Photos Melt HeartsThe royal couple is shown laughing and throwing fistfuls of snow at each other.
This Week: There's More 1D Drama & Hip-Hop Beats The BeatlesThis week, there's more One Direction drama and apparently hip-hop is bigger than the Beatles.
Prince William, Kate Middleton Announce Name Of Royal PrincessThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have chosen a name for their new daughter: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
#Trending In Entertainment: Avengers Trailer Leaked & Is That Renee Zellweger?This week, a major motion picture trailer leaks, a Hollywood favorite looks different, and a famed fashion designer dies.
Jay Lloyd's Getaway: The Home Of Golf And WhiskeyAmericans have been fascinated by the tale of "Braveheart" William Wallace who wielded a broadsword instead of a ballot to wrest Scotland from the English. He failed, but American visitors flock to the site of his legendary Battle of Stirling Bridge.
And The Odds Are... People Can Bet On Royal Baby NamesOnline gambling site lists George as the most likely name of the royal baby, at 5/2 odds.
World A-Twitter With Arrival Of Royal BabyThe traditional easel at Buckingham Palace, used when Prince William was born 31 years ago, was upstaged by social media when it came to the announcement of the royal baby's arrival.
Duchess Kate Gives Birth To Baby Boy Kensington Palace AnnouncesPrince William and his wife, Kate, welcomed the couple's first child, a son, born Monday afternoon at a London hospital.
Health: Health Condition Lands Pregnant Kate the Duchess of Cambridge In HospitalPrince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child. The news was revealed today because Kate was taken to the hospital for a severe form of morning sickness. Doctors say the duchess's condition is rare, but treatable. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on the condition.
Prince William And Kate Middleton Expecting A BabyThe most widely anticipated pregnancy since Princess Diana's in 1981 is official: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant.
Locals React To The Kiss Seen 'Round The World'Everybody is a critic, especially when it comes to "The Royal Kiss." Folks on Independence Mall talked about the kisses seen around the world.


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3-D mammograms increase early detection of breast cancer by 29 percent
(ABC NEWS) - Researchers have found that 3-D imaging can detect cancer better than a traditional mammogram.
Here's how it works - the 3-D mammograms take multiple, rapid-fire pictures, which allow doctors to focus on individual cross-sections, kind of like turning the pages of a book.
A study involved nearly half a million breast scans. More than one-third used the new 3-D imaging along with traditional scans.
Researchers were able to identify some tumors that previously could have been missed in the 3-D scans.
They found that 3-D mammograms increased early detection by 29 percent, and significantly cut down on the number of false positives.
"A lot of these women did not have to come back for additional imaging," said De. Alice Rim of the Cleveland Clinic.
The 3-D imaging machines do give off more radiation than a traditional exam, though, and they are more expensive, which means for now, they are still rare.


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Rehabilitation Assistant / Care Assistant
To facilitate our ongoing success, we are looking for enthusiastic, caring, team players who can demonstrate good people skills to join us in Bedford. If this is you and you enjoy the flexibility that bank working provides then we want to hear from you.
In Bedford we provide intensive assessment and rehabilitation for a spectrum of neurological conditions including acquired brain injury, spinal injury and stroke. Alongside longer-term support for individuals with progressive neurological conditions such as Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease and Parkinson's disease.
A Level 2 qualification in Health & Social Care (or equivalent) and experience of a similar role is desirable. The ability to demonstrate the right behaviours and attitude for working in an adult social care environment is a minimum requirement for all our team members.
As a Bank Care Assistant you will have the opportunity to work flexibly, being offered shifts, to include days, evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Activities as part of this role will require you to:
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2. Partaking in diverse celebrations and festivals, sports and games.
Christchurch Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. This post will require an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK is essential.
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Have you heard of Street King, the 50 Cent-peddled energy drink? No? Well, you've heard of The Hangover though, right? And you remember how Mike Tyson was in it for those couple of scenes? Well, he's not above reprising his role to help his good buddy Curtis promote his juice, as the two flash back to a party the night before in Part One of a viral vid. The party starts slow until 50 spikes Curtis' drink with Street King, and the girls start drinking the stuff as well, and all of a sudden there's pillow fights and hallway chases and dancing and all sorts of good stuff. Then Tyson realizes that he was drugged and he beats 50 and his companion within an inch of their life. (OK, maybe they're saving that scene for Part Two.)
It might not be any less of a Hangover duplicate than the actual Hangover II was, but at least it's considerably shorter. Check it out below.


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How does the M24/47 compare to the K31
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October 29, 2008, 12:10 AM
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The K31 is the rifleman's rifle of the milsurp world.
The Swiss cannot help themselves and built a
target rifle disguised as a service rifle. The long
and deep Swiss culture of fine craftsmanship and
firearm technology come together in the K31.
Wonderful rifles. I have done much target work with
them and also hunting. I also invested in them
when they were even more ridiculously priced than
they are now. They are still at bargain prices.
K31 kudos profile --
1. Shoots standard 30 caliber bullets, brass readily available
2. Very easily, cheaply, and effectively scoped
3. Virtually all have excellent bores and crowns
4. Most are very accurate
5. All have excellent triggers
6. They have very good iron sights
7. Superb build quality
8. Handles well
9. Nice diopter sight sets available for the K31
10. The 7.5x55 is a superbly balanced and inherently accurate cartridge
I also have a couple of Yugo M24/47's. They are fine rifles
at a modest cost. But the K31 is in another class. Same class
as the M96 Swedish Mauser in respect to quality, accuracy, etc.
It is not by accident that more and more you see these two rifles pitted
against one another at military rifle matches.
P.S. JW062 is mistaken about the "shortage" of GP11. It is readily
available at this time and there is plenty in Swiss warehouses.
The last GP11 to be loaded was vintage 1995. The vintage showing
up here now is 1978. We are a
way from running out of GP11.
If anything, 8x57 surplus is the cartridge that is drying up.
If any military service ammunition can be described as "match grade" it
is GP11. Considering the quality it is not expensive.
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yeah, he must be drinking or something, because he is just stringing words tohether.
That should count as twelve.
This team has to start chasing that ball with authority. It happened in game 1 and it is happening again tonight. They are missing too many rebounds and not coming up with the 50-50 balls when they have the position.
Also if anyone deserves to be in these playoffs it is TJ Ford. He has been a pro through some tough times in Indiana. He deserves good things.
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Ok, that was more than a little nice. Nice to get the points, definitely, but also nice because there's nothing more deflating to a crowd and a team.
12 minutes to go, tie game. Let's get this one, guys.
This space for rent.
TurnerSportsEJ Ernie Johnson
gotta love the heart of indiana's "fighting vogels"....
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
This is a hell of a series so far.
Thank you basketball gods
Try hard-er or Die hard-er. In this to win it.
The Bulls have to be wondering what they have to do to get us to finally crack. But I don't think it's happening. If we go down, it's going to be fighting.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Oh, and I believe there is a technical term for TJ's shot there:
Ball Don't Lie.
This space for rent.
Paul George is playing the kind of defensive game that you put on your resume
playing like but the game is tied.
hit some shots and the pacers can win this thing.
RealGm Bulls BoardPaul George shut Rose down.
Sittin on top of the world!
Makeup call.
PG keep doing what ur doing....
Wow, nevermind. Good call on Rose Refs.
I am superstitious...I took off my cap before the start of the 4th QTR and when I saw your post I remembered to put it back on.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I like Rush on Rose too
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Tj Ford <3
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
TJ resurrected?
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Palming on Rose? Well, I've seen it all. Might as well hit the hay.


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Stories from Quick Reads and Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan's First Full Length Animation to be Released
Neweurasia.net report on the upcoming release of Kyrgyzstan's first animated film, Aku, drawn by Tolgobek Koichumanov. Judging by the trailer Koichumanov's illustrations will offer the perfect introduction to Kyrgyzstan, capturing both the republic's startlingly beautiful nature as well as the less startlingly beautiful aesthetic of its capital city, Bishkek. According to neweurasia.net:
The animated film tells the story of love between two people, which passed through the barriers of distance and time. A guy named Maksat and a girl named Aku had been friends since childhood. They grew up in a quiet little village on the shore of a mountain lake. And there wasn't a day when they were separated from each other. Aku dreamed of seeing Paris, Maksat wanted to become an artist. Then the fate played a cruel joke with the characters, but like any other blessed love stories, the story of Maksat and Aku is going to have a real happy end.
Kyrgyz MPs Explain Themselves Over a Prayer Room in Parliament
The recent opening of an Islamic prayer room in the Kyrgyz parliament has triggered a heated online debate about the boundaries between the state and religion in the Central Asian country. Responding to criticisms, MPs designed and circulated among journalists and bloggers a six-page document suggesting that prayer houses in parliament or government buildings were common across countries.
Kloop.kg provides [tj] the full text of the document, claiming that it is the "first time" that the country's parliamentarians make such an effort to explain themselves publicly.
"Dreamlike Kyrgyzstan" As Seen by a Photographer
Kloop.kg presents [ru] a collection of photos from "dreamlike Kyrgyzstan" by Russian photographer Danil Korzhonov.
Kyrgyz Scholar: Marijuana Legalization Keeps Governments in Power
As US President Barack Obama's recent comments on marijuana reignite the liberalization debate across the world, including in Kyrgyzstan, a Kyrgyz scholar offers a non-mainstream explanation for the decriminalization of marijuana in a number of countries. In a blog post on kloop.kg, Dr. Rustam Tukhvatshin claims [ru] that legalization helps governments control protest movements:
…People's addiction to [marijuana] is very convenient to politicians because the addicted individuals will never criticize them. Such people will view any policy decision made by politicians through a marijuana smoke screen, joyfully and complacently.
Most often individuals [addicted to the drug] belong to the discontented strata, and the legalization of marijuana renders these strata [unimportant]. Unfortunately, people who use marijuana are only a step away from experimenting with stronger drugs such as heroin and LSD. This then enables the authorities to put such individuals on record and take measures against them, while society at large will never defend drug addicts. These are, in my opinion, the main reasons for decriminalizing marijuana…
Life in Kyrgyz Prisons Through Camera Eyes
Photographer Eric Gourlan spent over a month in prisons in Kyrgyzstan, documenting the life of both inmates and guards. Photographs he took there provide a rare "view from the inside" the country's prison system. Kloop.kg publishes some of the remarkable photos that are now displayed at a museum in Bishkek.
The documentary film below also features Gourlan's photographs, offering a unique glimpse into the life of children, women, and men behind bars in the Central Asian nation. The film is mostly in Russian, but has English subtitles.
"Without Papers You Are Nobody" in Kyrgyzstan
Hundreds of people living in Kyrgyzstan do not have the country's identity documents. This makes these people 'invisible' to the authorities, as Diana Rahmanova writes [ru]:
In essence, you can say, "Here I am. I exist. I live. Here. Here is my body, my face. Look at me. I am not lying!".
But these statements are of little help when you encounter any state institution, such as a hospital, police, or school…
As they say, without papers you are nobody. You are "invisible", you do not exist!
The blogger also posts presentations and videos (in Russian) from a recent event focusing on the problems of people without identity documents in the country.
"Central Asia is Watching [Syria] Too"
As the United States and Russia spar over the way ahead in Syria, the governments in Central Asia are following the situation closely, writes Nathan Barrick on Registan.net:
Russia chooses to focus on the perspective that the Syrian government is fighting a battle against Islamic extremists and this message likely resonates with Central Asian governments. Official silence from Central Asia on Syria should not disguise the real sympathy with Russia's perspective…
…Central Asia is watching too… not because they will seek to develop and acquire chemical weapons to use against their populations, but to note how much confidence they can place in a security partnership with the United States, or even if they should re-evaluate and partner more closely with Russia.
Young Kyrgyz and Tajiks Learn to Blog
More than 20 young activists from the Central Asian nations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are learning the basics of blogging at a summer school in northern Tajikistan. Rustam Gulov reports [ru] on Blogiston.tj that participants at the summer school learn to use social media to contribute to public debates on how best to address the region's most pressing social problems.
Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
Most girls and women in Kyrgyzstan are afraid of leaving their homes alone when it gets dark, believing that a dark street is the most frequent crime scene in the country. In reality, as SQ blog suggests [ru], four out of five crimes against women in the country take place at their homes and are committed by their husbands or other relatives.
Disabled Persons 'Disrespected' in Kyrgyzstan
Blogger Dmitry Efremov writes [ru] about the negative attitudes that people with disabilities confront in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan:
It is terrible to realize that some people among us disrespect persons with disabilities.
Kyrgyz Parliament Considers Anti-Gay Law
The parliament of Kyrgyzstan is considering a bill that criminalizes any activity seen as promoting "a positive attitude toward non-traditional sexual relations". Very similar to Russia's anti-gay propaganda law, the bill is expected to become law soon. Meanwhile, a Kyrgyz blogger argues [ru] that the bill which is targeting the members of the LGBT community will also impact a much broader segment of the country's population – the younger, heterosexual Kyrgyz who do not always share their parents and grandparents' views on sexuality.
An "Increasingly Uncertain" Future for Central Asia's Fergana Valley
On the Caravanistan blog, Cycloscope writes about radioactive landfill sites in the Fergana Valley, a region "absurdly divided between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan":
Unaware of the dangers of radioactivity, the locals take the equipment in the old abandoned mines and sell them as scrap, risking not only their own lives but also the spread of radioactivity. A further problem is the use of rock from landfills as a building material for houses and roads.
The threat coming from radioactive waste is aggravated by unsettled borders, water scarcity, and a history of ethnic riots, making the future of the region "increasingly uncertain".
Things to Love about Kyrgyzstan's Capital
While social media users in Kyrgyzstan often discuss what they don't like about the country's capital, they seldom talk of what they do like about Bishkek. Breaking up with the tradition, blogger Amina Suleyeva offers [ru] a list of qualities that make the Kyrgyz capital a city she loves. These include public parks and tree-lined roads, busy clothes bazaars, cheap and healthy foods, comfortable taxis, barrels with maksym [local drink] on the city's streets, as well as supermarkets and pharmacies that stay open 24/7. The blogger also mentions greater tolerance towards people from other ethnic backgrounds, political freedoms, and respect for women as attributes that she thinks distinguish Bishkek from other Central Asian capitals.
Commenting on Suleyeva's blog post, other social media users discuss additional reasons for loving the city.
Czechoslovakia's Architectural Heritage in Kyrgyzstan
Karina Ditkovskaya writes [ru] about a unique architectural heritage left by volunteer construction workers from Czechoslovakia in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan:
In the 1920s a commune of volunteers from Czechoslovakia built a whole district of Bishkek. Now, after almost one hundred years, this area of Kyrgyzstan's capital city stands out due to its unusual architecture…
The volunteers arrived in Bishkek <…> in April 1925, responding to a call by the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin to support the construction of the newly founded socialist empire…
After building several important factories and a district in the city, many of the [volunteers from Czechoslovakia] left [Bishkek] – some of them were purged, some died during the Second World War, and some returned to their motherland.
The blog features photos of the buildings constructed by the volunteers.
Young People Revel In Halloween Fun in Kyrgyzstan
While debates over the appropriateness of participating in Halloween fun rage in Tajikistan, young people in the neighboring Kyrgyzstan revel in Halloween festivities. The country's most popular blogging platform has published [ru] a map of all venues organizing Halloween festivities in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital. Dozens of people dressed up in zombie costumes took part in the "zombie walk" in central Bishkek. A photo essay published by a Kyrgyzstani blogger shows that schoolchildren too joined in celebrating the holiday by carving pumpkins and improvising costumes.
Kyrgyzstan: "It is Impossible to Propagandize Homosexuality"
Prominent Kyrgyzstani blogger Bektour Iskander reflects [ru] on on the recent law banning gay 'propaganda' in Russia and speculations that some Kyrgyz human-rights NGOs are engaged in such propaganda:
It is impossible to propagandize homosexuality. Because a heterosexual cannot turn into a gay, even if she/he communicates with hundreds of gays every day…
A sexual orientation cannot be imposed or implanted onto people. Because it is not a political leaning or a musical preference. Because a person is born with it.
Kyrgyzstan to Become a 'Beam of Light' in the 'Dark' Region?
Blogger Bektour Iskender suggests [ru] that "free" Kyrgyzstan should allow citizens of the less free nations in Central Asia, particularly Turkmenistan, to stay in the country visa-free:
OK, we have [visa-free regime] for citizens of 44 developed nations. This is great.
However, I believe that Kyrgyzstan as the most free country in Central Asia should become something more than just a beautiful country visited by tourists from the West.
It should become the center of knowledge and freedom in the region…
We should understand that we are surrounded by nations that are not free. And we have to become a beam of light in the dark for citizens of these nations. We should become a place where people facing persecution will dream to move…
We should first of all pay our attention to Turkmenistan… [Kyrgyzstan] should become the second home for [persons facing persecution in Turkmenistan].
Women's Struggle for Clean Water in Kyrgyzstan
UnitedKyrgyzstan blog tells [ru] a story of the daily struggle for clean water faced by women and children in many parts of rural Kyrgyzstan:
It is the task of women and children to queue up for drinking water and then carry home heavy tanks with water through hundreds of meters of broken rural roads…
Traditional Kyrgyz Clothing
Personal appearance can tell a lot about a person and his nation. Traditional clothes of the Kyrgyz people is important part of material and spiritual culture of the nation, and it is closely linked with the country's history
Nurzhan Kadyrkulova writes about the historical evolution and cultural significance of traditional Kyrgyz clothing.
Parliament Restricts Kyrgyz Women's Rights
After lengthy debates, the parliament in Kyrgyzstan has adopted legislation banning young women from travelling abroad without parental consent. On Registan.net, Alisher Abdug'oforov suggests that the new legislation not only violates the country's constitution, but is also unlikely to solve any problems it is designed to address.