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The giving of sincere advice enjoys a sublime and exalted position in Islam, and how could this not be so? The Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) considered the giving of sincere advice on a par with the religion as whole.
The Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) said:
"Religion is giving sincere advice."
A person would give sincere advice to others when he loves and sympathizes with them, when he wishes goodness for them, and when he wishes to thwart evil and harm from them. Thus, Ibn Al-Katheer may Allaah have mercy upon him said that giving sincere advice is an indication of the advisor's wish to bring about goodness for the one advised.
The Companions may Allaah be pleased with them gave an oath of allegiance to the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) that they would sincerely advise the Muslims: Jareer ibn 'Abdullaah may Allaah be pleased with him said, "I gave the oath of allegiance to the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) that I would perform prayers, pay the Zakaah, and give advice to every Muslim."
In fact, a person who sincerely advises people, seeking goodness for them, is one of the vicegerents of Allaah The Almighty upon the earth. Al-Hasan may Allaah have mercy upon him said, "There still exist persons who give sincere advice for the sake of Allaah The Almighty. They sincerely advise people for the sake of Allaah and educate them as to what is due to Him. They implement the orders of Allaah The Almighty upon the earth by giving sincere advice – and these are the vicegerents of Allaah upon the earth."
To Whom Should Sincere Advice be Given?
Sincere advice is for Allaah, His Messenger, His Book, and to the Muslim leaders and the public at large. Imaam ibn Hajar may Allaah have mercy upon him said,
Sincere advice for Allaah The Almighty means describing Him with the appropriate attributes, submitting to Him overtly and covertly, seeking His pleasure through obeying Him, fearing His anger by not disobeying Him, and striving to help sinners return to Him.
Sincere advice for His Book means learning and teaching it, reciting and writing its letters properly, understanding its meanings, observing its boundaries, applying its instructions and rebutting the allegations that fabricators try to raise against it.
Sincere advice for His Messenger (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) means venerating him, supporting him during his life and after his death, reviving his Sunnah by learning and teaching it, following his example in sayings and actions, and loving him and his followers.
Sincere advice to the Muslim leaders means assisting them in the tasks with which they are assigned, alerting them when they are heedless, covering their unintentional mistakes, uniting people upon their obedience, and guiding straying hearts back to them. The greatest sincere advice that a person may give to them is to prevent them – in the best way possible – from oppression.
The Imaams of Ijtihaad [those who issue rulings] are among the Muslim leaders, and sincere advice to them means disseminating their knowledge and merits and thinking good of them.
Sincere advice to the Muslim masses means having compassion for them, seeking what benefits them, teaching them what is useful for them, preventing harm from them, loving for them what a person would love for himself, and hating for them what a person would hate for himself.
Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir As-Sa'di may Allaah have mercy upon him said, "Sincere advice for Allaah and His Messenger implies true belief in them, sincerity in making Jihaad, determination to perform it when one can do so, and trying one's best to encourage and urge Muslims to do so. Sincere advice begins with sincerely advising oneself first, for rarely will a person advise others sincerely if he cheats himself."
The Messengers were the Most Concerned of all with Sincerely Advising Their People
The Prophets of Allaah, may Allaah exalt their mention, endeavored to call people to Allaah. They were extremely keen on guiding them and spared no effort in giving them sincere advice. For instance, Prophet Nooh (Noah) may Allaah exalt his mention said to his people (what means):
"But [I] am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds. I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you…} [Quran 7:61-62] The messengers who succeeded Nooh may Allaah exalt his mention followed his way in giving sincere advice. Prophet Hoode (Hud) may Allaah exalt his mention said to his people (what means): {I am to you a trustworthy adviser."
(Quran 7:68)
Prophet Saalih may Allaah exalt his mention said (what means):
"I advised you, but you do not like advisors."
(Quran 7:79)
Prophet Shu'ayb may Allaah exalt his mention said (what means):
"O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you."
(Quran 7:93)
Also, the Companions of Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) confirmed that he conveyed the message of Allaah, The Exalted and sincerely advised his people. It was narrated on the authority of Jaabir may Allaah be pleased with him that the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) said to his Companions:
"You will be questioned about me [in the Hereafter]; what are you going to say?"
They replied:
'We will testify that you have conveyed the message, fulfilled it and have given sincere advice.'
Giving Sincere Advice is a Due Right upon a Muslim from His Brother
The Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) considered the giving of sincere advice as one of the greatest rights that are due upon Muslims; he (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) said:
"There are six rights due upon a Muslim from his Muslim brother…" one of which was: " … giving him sincere advice if he asks for it."
The Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) also said:
"If any of you consults his [Muslim] brother, he [the latter] should sincerely advise him."
Allaah The Almighty has doubled the reward of the sincere advisor who gives his advice hoping for the well being of other Muslims. It was narrated on the authority of 'Abdullaah ibn 'Umar may Allaah be pleased with him that the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) said:
"If a slave sincerely advises his master and worships Allaah properly, he will have his reward doubled." Moreover, he will be one of the first people to enter Paradise. He (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) also said:
"I have been shown the three types of people who will enter Paradise first: A martyr; a chaste person who sought chastity; and a slave who worshipped Allaah properly and gave sincere advice to his masters."
Etiquettes of Sincerely Giving Advice
Advice has a sublime position in Islam. A beneficial sincere advice is the one in which the advisor abides by the etiquettes of the Sharee'ah that the scholars have mentioned. Among those etiquettes are:
1- The advisor should give his advice sincerely for the sake of Allaah The Almighty, without seeking ostentation, fame, worldly gain or showing superiority.
2- The advisor should have enough knowledge about the advice which he is giving. This is because advising is a form of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. If a person does not have enough knowledge about what he is advising about, he may forbid the good, thinking that he is forbidding an evil, and vice versa.
3- He should give it privately. Giving advice publicly is a reproach and rebuke that is disliked. Mis'ar ibn Kidaam may Allaah have mercy upon him said, "May Allaah have mercy upon a person who presented my faults to me in secret, for giving advice in public is a rebuke."
4- Gentleness in giving advice and avoiding excess and rebuke. The Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: "Gentleness does not enter anything except that it adorns it."
On his part, the one being advised should listen to the advice, apply the good that it containsand rid himself of the evil desires of the self. The righteous predecessors would consider advice a gift that the advisor had presented them. 'Umar may Allaah be pleased with him said, "May Allaah have mercy upon a person who gifted me my faults!" Also the advisee should not let harshness of the advisor deprive him of benefiting from the advice.
We ask Allaah The Almighty to make us all from those who listen to speech and follow the best of it.


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Development Of An Evaluation Tool For Participative E-Government Services: A Case Study Of Electronic Participatory Budgeting Projects In Germany
In recent years, web 2.0 increasingly gained importance in terms of e-government. In this context, e-participation received more and more attention. However, there are only few examinations providing a structured overview on web 2.0 implementation possibilities in participative e-government. This contribution examines these implementation possibilities using electronic Participative Budgeting projects. The web 2.0 characteristics "interaction orientation", "personalization"," social networking", and "user added value" serve as evaluation criterions. The examination shows that web 2.o implementation in German projects is still at a very low maturity level. In parts, communities have significant implementation significances concerning provided features and integration of citizens. Using the most advanced approaches we illustrate how the targeted use of web 2.0 tools can influence the Participative Budgeting success.
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dubai property blog BURJ AL ARAB : WHERE LUXURY IS A COSTLY THING Ever thought of any way to expend all the cash you earn in a whole year in just one night? If yes, I bet this is a better methodway than all your other alternatives, and if you did not consider all this ever before, then stick to this way. The best way to spend your hard made money in a night and get some fantastic memories for your entire life (only if can afford to do so) is booking yourself a room in Burj Al Arab. Choose the room from your range of $1000 to $15000 for a night, yes it's the exact charge and I am not exaggerating. And if you are one of the rich investment bankers or flourishing businessmen then the Royal Suite should be your option for only $28000 a night. All the sarcasm and humor left aside, Burj Al Arab is truly a dream hotel to be in and enjoy the incredible warmth and luxuries, however costly the affair is. Burj Al Arab is the only 7 star hotel among the tallest hotels in the world. The luxuries provided here are best in the business. It is the delight of Dubai, and it is the answer to the world on how robust a tourism based economy it is. Situated on an man made island 280 meters offshore, the 321 meter tall hotel is an architectural masterpiece. Designed to look like the sail of a ship, the hotel is a mixture of the world's advanced technologies and luxuries in one address. It includes services like, pick-up from airport in any of the many chauffeured Rolls Royce which the hotel owns for its boarders pleasure. But for people, who wish to spend approximately the price of a luxury sedan for staying in the hotel for a night, they would not be moved by the road service however luxurious that is. So for them there is a helipad on the roof exterior to the construction of the hotel that adds fancy to its structure. The helipad is for air pick-up for its visitors from airport to the hotel. Despite such great height, the hotel has only 28 double storied floors and accommodates around 202 bedrooms. The sole reason for this is, not to compromise with the luxury and hospitality of its high paying customers. The hotel swanks of the best designs and services offered in the rooms and suites. The rooms show colors of gold and some rich wealth persists in them, leaving aside some of the designing horrors which includes mirror on ceiling the hotel has ensured that on your stay there you get to learn much about the Arab culture and enjoy its luxuries to the fullest. Setting aside criticism and disputes over its seven star rating and the structure resembling a Christian cross the structure is in a true sense a representation of Dubai's desires and its reflection of an promising economic superpower and yet a traditional city to its very core. The interior of the hotel is designed to echo the architecture of the medieval period and to some level let us all enjoy the luxuries and leisures of being a Sheikh when we have a stay there. Today, the Burj Al Arab stands tall and boasts of so much luxury and tradition to the whole world, but this hotel was not that easy to make, it required a lot of engineering advances and breakthroughs to take place. As the hotel stands on an artificial island, it took a lot of concrete loads to be driven into sand. The engineers managed to form a ground layer of large solid rocks, which in turn circled with a concrete honeycomb pattern, which ultimately protects the surface from erosion to water. It actually took more time to reclaim the land than actually constructing the hotel itself.
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PEOPLE living on a Southampton estate can suggest ways to improve the area at a walkabout event.
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The group of about 15 armed men, who reportedly belonged to the Deobandi sect, entered the Ahmadi graveyard at Model Town in Lahore at 10 pm yesterday and severely beat up the security guard and gravedigger.
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It's spotlessly clean, very bare but one of the few places in the area which isn't a total rip-off.
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Our family of five had a very pleasant 3-night stay at Ardagh House.
Our two rooms were a bit small, but very clean and comfortable. The breakfasts were lovely and we appreciated Mary and Willie taking the trouble to get veggie sausages in for us. The property is in a great location - quiet, but just a bus ride from the centre of Dublin. We'd have no hesitation in recommending Ardagh House to others, and would happily stay there again.
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Malibu pair blends fashion and music with style
"Should we do this?"
That was the message Estel Day sent Mark Tango on the social networking site, Friendster, in 2004. He lived in Los Angeles, she lived in New York and the pair hadn't spoken in years.
"Yup," was the reply she received.
The brief exchange was enough for Day to immediately jump on a plane and move back to Los Angeles, where she and Tango would begin work on the "this" they had been dreaming of since they met; the Malibu-based fashion design and music duo, Mark and Estel.
"From the beginning we shared the same vision," Tango said.
"We're kindred spirits, but we're different in a way that goes together," Day said. "I've never had to explain myself to him, the understanding has always been there."
Ten years later, the duo have paved a unique path in the fashion and music worlds, having created both high fashion collections for each season and more casual knitwear lines which they design from their Pacific Coast Highway studio and showroom. But, according to Day and Tango, every collection starts with the music.
"We start with the sounds," Tango said. "The concept or the mood of each collection comes from the music. We wanted to create wearable expressions of it."
"The pieces are married with the music," Day said.
It's no surprise that Day and Tango's music plays such an integral part in their professional collaboration. Tango had been a professional musician for many years when Day first spotted him playing guitar on stage at The Mint in Los Angeles. Day, herself, is a FIDM graduate who had worked on numerous music projects both by herself and with Tango before they created Mark and Estel.
"We're equally both music and fashion artists," Day said. " We really wanted to put everything under one umbrella and create something new and different; something that would allow us to express ourselves artistically."
In addition to following the non-conventional path of fashion mixed with music, the duo broke the mold of many Los Angeles-based designers, whose showrooms are located in densely populated urban areas like Hollywood or downtown, by placing their studio in the heart of Malibu.
Day, a third-generation Malibu resident, believes that defining factor has served the pair well over the last decade.
"It was a very conscious decision to be located in Malibu; we wanted to stick to our roots," Day said. "Malibu is just a pool of creativity and art and is such an inspiring environment to design in."
While the pair has their strongest client base in Malibu, they also boast clients all over the world. Altogether, Day and Tango's designs sell in 300 locations across the globe.
Their pieces include items "that can be worn on the red carpet or at the beach," according to Day. The signature Mark and Estel rocker style carries its influence into all the collections, which feature bold reds, stark whites and classic blacks in a litany of fabrics, from leather to tweed.
All of the Mark and Estel collections are 100 percent made in the United States, a fact which the duo take pride in and have found to be a sought-after commodity in the fashion world.
"We've had clients from around the world who come to us looking for items made in the USA," Tango said. "We think it's funny that we're exporting to China, when it's usually the other way around."
Recently Day and Tango have added runway shows to their list of achievements, appearing in the 2014 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. And, just like everything else they do, the Mark and Estel brand brings something different to the stage; a live performance of their own music after the models have finished their walks.
"The more people that can have fun with what we're doing, the happier we are," Tango said.
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Sex with a Hustler Model, Thank God For Plan B, and a Girl Bangs an A-Lister with a Puppet Fetish
I found this first one posted in the Brommunity…
My sophomore year of college I was living in our fraternity house and one of my brothers had a few friends in town. We went to the bars, and I remember buying his one friend "Kellie" a few washington apples, which made her extremely excited considering the fact she was underage and it was the first time she was ever in a bar.
Needless to say, when we got back to the fraternity house, we went up to my room to grab a bottle and I turned around and she jumped on me. She pulls down my pants and starts blowing on my member like she needs it in order to live. While she was on top of me riding, my door got kicked in and all of my fraternity brothers came charging in. The best part is, the girl didn't stop and just kept riding me. During this I was so wasted I kept having my fraternity brothers come over and give me high fives and handshakes.
After a while everyone got their fill of the show and went downstairs back to the party. While Kellie and I kept going at it. Eventually she bends over on my bed and puts her fingers in her ass and tells me that's where she wants it. I immediately get excited and jump up but I was drunk I lost my balance and fell splitting my head open. I got up and just ignored the blood and continued to bang her out. After we were all finished up I promised her I would go somewhere with her the next day.
So the morning rolls around and she wakes up and tells me she'll see me later, I ask where I need to go and she gives me directions to the funeral home. To go to her mother's funeral. I man up and keep my word and show up to her mother's funeral and I'm shaking hands with her dad thinking " I've spent more time inside your daughter than I have actually getting to know her." This would not be the last I would see of Kellie, as she banged out several of my other fraternity brothers. Some time has passed and we have since learned she was on January's issue of Hustler's "Best of Beaver Hunt" Anyways, to find her interview or the cover of it just google search Kellie Hustler's beaver hunt, I just felt I couldn't keep something this hilarious to just my fraternity brothers and I.
Of course, I looked her up. And she looks as dirty (if not a thousand times dirtier) as she sounds. Good for her.
This next one came titled as "Angry White Dragon."
My friends make me share this story all the time, so might as well post it for the Bros.
It was my sophomore year of high school (about four years ago) and I barely knew sh*t about blow jobs, hand jobs, rimjobs, etc. and I only scraped the surface of sex, still only then have had sex ½ times (J*zzed my pants…). But none of that mattered, 'cause I had just met the girl of my sex-dreams. She was a beautiful curvy/busty brunette — short hair, nice C-cup breasts, a fat ass and a tight waist, with a little cute bellybutton ring. I fell in lust for this girl, and found myself surprised that she also had a thing for me, so I made whatever moves I had back then and asked her out. One thing led to another, and we were sexting, making out behind the bleachers, and even got my first handy at the movies. Things started getting hot pretty between us very fast and I needed a place to f*ck her. She had strict ass parents, and since I was a sophomore, I didn't have a car yet, or [barely] any friends with cars, and no house to f*ck her – none of these factors helped. So what did we turn to? A classroom of course.
She decided to convince one of her teachers to let us stay after school to do a project, and the teacher agreed. We stayed in this classroom, and while hidden behind the computers she started reaching for my d**k. But I told her to hang on, at least until the teacher left. And finally when the teacher left about 15 minutes after, we finally got our thing on. I searched for a place to f*ck while trying to make out with her, and found a nice long table inside of a walk-in closet. I sat my happy ass on it, and that was when she asked if I wanted a blowjob, biting her lip. Sure, never have had one before, and how could I deny one anyway? So she starts going at it, starting nice & slow, and it was GREAT. I never bothered asking how many guys she's been with, but I knew she's had practice. Now at the time, I'd never been blown before, so I had no idea what I was supposed to do – do I let her know, or take it out, or just ask her what she wants me to do? Whatever it was, I had no time to ask nor did I give a sh*t. And right when she decided to deepthroat me, that's when it happened – I came as hard as I could in the back of her mouth. She turned away and started coughing her brains out. And when she turned around, her mucus/boogers and my j*zz was flowing out of her nose and all over her upper lip and mouth, with a face so pissed she turned red.
She sprinted out of the closet, out of the room, and ran right into a janitor. She walked quickly into the bathroom, and that's when I thought it was a perfect time to dip. As I was running out, the janitor yelled at me and said, "¡No sé lo que hiciste allí, pero es mejor que si no sé!" Which translates to, "I don't know what you did in there, but it's better if I don't." I kept running down the hall and waited frantically outside in the parking lot until my mom came and picked me up. I didn't say sh*t in the car, but I laughed my ass off when I got home.
A couple of weeks later, I was browsing UrbanDictionary.com and found out that I had done a variation of something called an "Angry White Dragon". I had accomplished something great that day – I defeated a dragon.
Absolutely love that.
So this story took place a couple years ago during/after my Company holiday party. I work in finance, so after the recession, the holiday party consisted of a nice lunch with unlimited beer and wine in the office and then a bunch of us going to a bar at about 4pm. Given that I work in finance, the quantity and quality of the girls I work with was limited; therefore, I was content with just getting sh*tcanned with some of my work buddies.
Anyway after the party we end up at some bar and a couple of the secretaries came too. I'm hammered and begin ripping some girly shots with the secretaries, one of which is 30 years old and happens to have massive jugs tells me she thinks I'm the second hottest guy in the office. I'm pretty hammered so I don't know what to make of it. Anyway, I leave her to go chill with some of my work Bros at another area of the bar.
Next thing I know, the office dork is trying to work game on this secretary; not wanting to be outdone by some nerd, I swoop back in and begin making out with the secretary, who we will name Lauren. Lauren tells me she has to pick up her 1-year-old daughter and asks if I want to come along. (Yes, she has a daughter out of wedlock, classy I know.) I say yes and we grab a cab to her house. We immediately start going at it in the cab and before I know it, she is unbuttoning my pants and giving me a blow job in the back of the cab. Before I could blow my load, the cab driver pulls over the cab and kicks us out. Luckily, we are able to find another cab quickly that is able to take us to where her car is parked so we can go pick up her daughter.
At this point I have insane blue balls, but she assures me it will be worth it. We pick up her daughter from her babysitter and she drunk drives us all back to her apartment. I figure we will put the kid to bed and get it on; but instead we have to drunkingly play with the kid for what seemed like an eternity. Finally the kid got tired and Lauren put her to bed. She came back to living room and immediately we started going at it. She got completely naked and confirmed that her huge breasts were 100% fake. She got back to blowing me and gave me one of the best bjs I've ever had. I busted all over her chest.
But it didn't end there, being a young buck at the time, I was able to recharge real fast and before I knew it we were going at it again. This time she decides we're going to f*ck and who was I to complain; she leads me to her bedroom, which is directly next to her daughter's room and hands me a condom from her drawer. We begin f*cking and this girl is just plain loud, her daughter probably thought I was killing her. Anyway, we were drunk and for some reason the condom didn't stay on my dick for long. She gets on top and rides me like it was the last dick she would ever ride. I end up finishing inside of her assuming she is on the pill. Of course, she is not. I freak out, this girl obviously is super fertile, given that she has an accident baby. So the story ends with her driving me and the baby to CVS the next morning so she could get the morning after pill; alas things were a bit awkward at the office between us on Monday morning.
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This last one is from a familiar face, The Jersey Chaser, Stefaine Williams. It's about her first, and only, time banging an A-List Actor.
A lot of people tend to ask (in not as polite terms) why, as a chick, I opt to write for Brobible. Clearly, I'm not a bro (small as my tits may be). And I get it – it can be annoying when you have the girls who want to be "one of the guys" and just end up looking like a slutty moron that thinks knowing who Tim Tebow is makes her one of the boys. But that's not me.
I f*ck around a lot, but it's not because I have self esteem issues or want guys to like me. I don't take my clothes off for approval, I take my clothes off because I'm damn f*cking proud of what's underneath. I drink beer rarely wine, and I know more about baseball and hockey than most girls know about shoes. And I write for Brobible because a lot of my stories, they're not quite the "Sex and the City" diatribes most girls refer to. I laugh at myself and the sh*t I get into too often to be a prima donna.
You can think whatever you like, but at the end of day, I like to think there's a little Bro underneath the makeup and pashminas. And whether it comes out in my inability to ever turn down a baseball stat argument with a Red Sox (and now Marlins) fan, my ability to not puke after fifteen beers and four shots of Jameson until at least the next morning, or the fact that I like sex because it's sex and not because it's love, I can't help but feel even the snobbiest of Bros might agree that while I'm not exactly Bryce Harper, I'm not exactly Carrie Bradshaw either.
So when I decided to submit a story to Hookup Heroes, I can't lie and say I wasn't a little nervous. Because apparently as a girl, the want to just have sex because it feels good, doesn't exist. We all have ulterior motives. And having that mental moment right before you bang of "this is going to be the funniest story ever when I stop throwing up tomorrow," it's not something that girls are allowed to think. Welp, I'm here to prove you wrong. Call me a slut, call me a braggart, call me a fame whore, all I know is the story I'm about to tell you was one of the most epically funny hookups I've ever had, and trust me it had nothing to do with love or approval. While I make it a point not to name drop on my blog, I can't lie and say this isn't a kind of obvious give away, even without the name. But for the record, this story evolved long before his fame or outward expression of love for puppetiering ever came to light. But if my sister sends me one more picture of a f*cking puppet I might crack.
If you read my blog or book, the one thing you'll probably take away from it (other than the fact that I'm absolutely shameless) is that I love athletes. A lot of people ask why I never got into actors. Why not try and push my way into B list actors (or rather, let them push their way into me) and get on that whole scene? It's all the same spotlight, right?
Sure, I'll buy that. More money, more fame, at times better longevity of career. But then there are also puppets. And I got the f*cking puppets.
I was in LA with my best friend just about two years ago. Two months previous, I had been in Paris for some work and ended up at a club where no one spoke English and I was the shortest woman there by easily four inches. I scammed my ass into the VIP section, where I was lying about being an FHM model in Paris for work. Please don't ask me why people believed it, seriously, I guess it's easier to buy that sh*t than to say, "really? FHM?" Best you can do?"
I'm standing in the back of the bar, scanning the scene like a total shady person on my own, and I see this guy. He looks super familiar. I'm texting my buddy, Karl, and I'm like, "yo, I think the guy from (this movie) is standing in front of me and looking at me…but I don't want to talk to him, because if it's not him, he's not attractive enough to banter with."
Lo and behold, I hear him speak and I'm 100% sure it's the dude from this movie. I bust my way over and walk right up to him, because I apparently can do anything when I can't understand a word that's being spoken around me.
"Hey, you're (dude's name), right?"
"Yeah," he's totally stoked I came up to him. He's smoking, which is gross. Bros, don't smoke, it's nasty.
We start bullsh*tting, he tells me I look beautiful (everyone at this shindig is in like 800 dollar designer dresses and suits, I'm wearing this hideous floral dress that was on sale for 45$ at Abercrombie that I dressed up with a good belt), we exchange numbers. Like most drunk girls, I kind of forget I gave him my number assuming I'd probably never hear from him again. But forget Stef Williams, he did not. Clearly I resonate with the weirdos of the world. God forbid it be, I don't know, Brian Boyle or C.J. Wilson (working on it). I was surprised to find out he Google searched me later that night (apparently women aren't the only ones who Google stalk), texts me and compliments me on my writing. Obviously he was Googling me to see if he could find the FHM photos that clearly DO NOT EXIST. Glad he came across my old musings about abortion rallies on campus from the University of Maryland student newspaper though!
Two months later, I'm in LA. Easily the second most bender vacation I've ever had in my life. My friend and I were basically famous in our own minds for five days. We were staying at The Roosevelt and hit up Teddy's the last night we were there. We were at like, the shadiest f*cking d-list table ever. Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Evans (before he was "famous", he's a Redsox fan, had some fun with that) one of the dudes from Puddle of Mudd (that's a band, apparently), the chick who had a sex tape with Collin Farrell…yeah, we had VH1 on speed dial that night.
I get a text later in the night as my best friend is chatting up Cedric the Entertainer (never thought that sentence would come from my mouth), from actor, asking if I wanted to come over. I looked at my buddy, she gave me the thumbs up, I begged her not to bring Cedric back to our shared roomed, and headed to grab a cab.
I'll give him credit, his house is amazing. Highlight of the evening was the sound system and décor. That's the chick in me. But as I sit down on the couch, cross my legs like a lady, I look to my left and notice this stuffed animal. A puppet. "What. The. F*ck?" I'm trying not to stare at it, trying to listen to him as we talked about writing and the feeling of when you see "the end" at the end of a project. But since I'm already pretty buzzed, with no trepidation but rather a level of arrogance that should not be coming from a chick who had just left a table that looked like a dinner party for season 4 of Celebrity Rehab, we being to literally insult each other for 45 minutes. At one point he told me I was "one of the biggest a**holes he'd ever met" and that he was "seriously thinking about asking me to leave". To which I responded, "dude, you're in baby blue velour pants and I'm sitting next to a puppet. Go for it."
Obviously we hooked up. I kept saying "this'll be a funny f*cking story in the morning, just go with it". There are puppets in his room. On his desk. I couldn't stop looking at them while we were hooking up (with his lifestyle condoms. Like, dude has millions of dollars and a mansion and a fountain and he uses the equivalent of free-clinic electric yellow condoms. Totally legit). I remember thinking "am I so drunk I am imagining these things, or are they really there?"
I left his house at 8 in the morning. He called 411 for the cab from my phone. Didn't walk me out. Nothing better than that a**hole after-f*ck routine, but at that point I was so traumatized and hung over that I just wanted to get the f*ck out of the house. As I left I saw a room on the second floor landing. I stopped dead, holding my heels in my hand, and stared.
Puppets. EVERYWHERE. Like, an entire "playroom" dedicated to puppets.
When the f*ck did I sign on to be in a made for TV movie based on a STEPHEN KING NOVEL?! Like, holy f*cking Return of the Puppet Master, I'm in an episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark." These little b*tches are going to chase me out of his house with butcher knives in like, five seconds. Someone's going to find my body in a dumpster strangled with marionette strings. I just wanted to get laid for Christ's sake, have a funny story from my first trip to LA and here I was navigating my way through some kind of R.L. Stein book from 1994. Awesome.
I busted my way out to the front of his house shoeless, got in the cab and said "don't ask just take me home." Had one of those "haven't seen daylight in five days" looks on my face, I'm sure. I crawled into my hotel room to find my best friend puking in her bra and skirt, but thankfully no naked Cedric the Entertainer, which I guess we can consider the small victory of the evening.
And that has since turned me off actors. If Justin Chatwin or Channing Tatum (there's the serious chick in me) were blowing up my phone, I'd be all about it. But I've got the whole "f*ck him because he's famous" thing out of my system, and I don't know how women can do it more than once (I barely made it through). I have my one story, and it's pretty f*cking unique, and for now, I'll stick to embarrassing my ass with athletes who have hockey sticks and shin guards in their bedrooms, not Kermit the f*cking Frog replicas.
Check back on Wednesday for another edition of Hook Up Heroes and submit your stories here.


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— Ring of Honor wrestler Tommaso Ciampa turns 28 years old today.
— Glenn Jacobs (Kane) wrote his first blog for The Daily Caller last week, discussing whether the free market causes wealth inequality. Jacobs is listed as the co-founder of The Tennessee Liberty Alliance. You can read that article here.
— There are no pro wrestling shows listed for ESPN Classic tonight.
— Absolute Intense Wrestling is holding the JT Lightning Invitational Tournament on May 24th and 25th in Cleveland, Ohio. Advertised for the show is the following: Kimber Lee vs. Bobby Beverly, Johnny Gargano vs. Matt Cross, and Michael Elgin vs. Biff Busick. Other notable advertised talent includes Adam Cole, BJ Whitmer, Tadarius Thomas, and Colin Delaney.
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* WWF at Meadowlands Arena 5/8/89
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Clay Pigeon Shooting
Clay pigeon shooting
If you enjoy being out in the picturesque British countryside and fancy doing something a bit different, clay pigeon shooting on the Isle of Wight could be for you!
The sport involves aiming and shooting at special flying targets called 'clay pigeons' which are fired into the air from a number of firing machines called 'traps'. The shooter attempts to hit as many of them as possible.
Even if you've never tried clay pigeon shooting before, it is a great activity to try on holiday as all the equipment is supplied for you and there are plenty of places offering coaching a training to all levels and abilities.
To go Clay Pigeon shooting please contact:
Island Clay Breaks
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Bowcombe View Shooting Ground
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For about two years Mary Shea Sutherland worked as the chief of staff for the first lady but she says it was a stressful environment, made worse by a difficult Maureen McDonnell.
Sutherland spent much of the day describing her experience with Mrs. McDonnell…an experience she says started when she helped plan the governor's inauguration…she tried to help the first lady find an inauguration dress…saying Maureen complained multiple times about not being able to get a dress from Williams.
Sutherland says at one point during shopping for the inauguration she had to use her credit card because Maureen's had maxed out.
She says the first lady often yelled at her and other staff members….on two separate occasions Sutherland says the protective unit came in to check on her because Maureen's yelling and screaming were so loud it could be heard through the walls..
Sutherland says by her second year things were getting more difficult…she started looking for other employment…says Williams offered her a job…she says she planned to go back to her old consulting firm and would line Williams up as a client.
She says Maureen approached her and asked if she was going after Williams, her voice quote "ratcheting up" as they talked…she says that's when she knew she was going to quit.
Sutherland says that the governor had a meeting with her and asked her to stay to which she replied, "my gas tank is empty." She eventually left in October.
More testimony is expected tomorrow in United States District Court in Richmond.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate confirmed Wednesday that Statoil Petroleum has encountered a "very good" quality reservoir at its 16/2-14 well that is being used to appraise the Johan Sverdrup oil discovery in the North Sea.
The NPD also confirmed that an oil column of approximately 98 feet in Upper Jurassic reservoir rocks had been encountered.
Det norske oljeselskap previously announced Tuesday afternoon that it had seen positive results from the well, which is on the Espevaer High part of the Johan Sverdrup discovery in Production License 265.
The purpose of the appraisal well was to determine reservoir properties and thickness, and to acquire important data in shallow sections of the well to serve as part of the planning basis for development. Det norske said the results of the well will eliminate uncertainty regarding reservoir quality of the northern part of the central Johan Sverdrup field.
Det norske holds a 20-percent interest in PL265 where Statoil is the operator with a 40-percent interest. Petoro and Lundin Norway hold 30-percent and 10-percent interests respectively.
Oil was discovered at Johan Sverdrup in the autumn of 2010 in the Upper Jurassic oil reservoir rock. Well 16/2-14 has been drilled approximately 4 miles northwest of the discovery well 16/2-6.
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By Andy Chasteen
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Jan 28, 2008
This is arguably the most climbed route in the Refuge. Always sees traffic because of quick access to the route, and the two bolt anchor at the top.
Plus it's a good climb....
By CalebSimpson
Apr 26, 2009
Yowza! This climb gave me a run for my money. Took my first big lead fall on this one. Placed a yellow TCU about 3/4 up the route and had clipped it but didn't quite like it, so jamed my hand in the crack bellow and began to move up to check it out, my jam blew and I want sailing down about 20ft. I SHOULD have not fallen that far though, but my belayer was a newbie and there was a lot of drag in the tope making it hard to determine how much slack there actually was. It gave me a good scare.
The route makes you think though. It's a very sustained 5.7 and a hard 5.7 at that.
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Nov 27, 2010
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|This route eats up gear. Most of the climbing is fairly easy and straight-forward. Great hands and feet. The crux is very committing and exposed but protects beautifully. Once through the crux, it's easy climbing. I definitely feel the name of this route is appropriate.
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During the 18th century we were known as The Marquis of Granby, a military hero of the period. Our current name comes from The Packes, a prestigious Victorian family of land-owners from Leicester. Charles James Packe restored The Packe Arms in the 1800s, to this day as guests enter the building they can see the date stone above the front entrance which reads, 1831, C.J.P.
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The specialist state-of-the-art centre will ensure that local children get the care they truly deserve.
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The lads have won the chance to play in a half-time exhibition match at Ravenhill on Friday, March 1 when Ulster take on Italian side Treviso.
A post on the club's website read: "This is a fantastic opportunity for our boys. Not only can we stand up for the Ulstermen, but the Carrick boys too.
"Our under-13s' head coaches, Richard Higgins and Andy Bell, will be working hard from now until March, getting the boys ready for the big night where they will face their counterparts from Dromore RFC."
Meanwhile, Saturday's matches involving the club's 1st and 2nd XV against Grosvenor and Banbridge respectively, were postponed because of unplayable pitches.
The 4th XV travelled to Donegal Town and came away with a 48-0 victory in the McCambley Cup. In a mid-week match, the 3rd XV lost by 18-17 away to Lisburn.
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Last Tuesday, ACC's Law Department Management Committee hosted a webcast, "Practical Tips for the New General Counsel." During the online presentation, moderators Kevin Blodgett, senior vice president and general counsel, Rockwater Energy Solutions, Inc., and Robin Snasdell, managing director, Huron Legal, outlined 10 practical tips for new GCs.
"Begin with the End in Mind" was the principal theme of the presentation. According to the moderators, the three pillars of success are: Listen. Learn. Lead.
These pillars of success can be broken down into four key tips for new GCs.
- Establish a 90-day plan. When asked during the webcast how many attendees developed a 90-day strategic plan, 88 percent responded "No." Blodgett suggests that new GCs "start before your first day on the job. Research the organization to frame the contours of your upcoming 90-day plan." Snasdell encouraged attendees to "write your 90-day plan down," which will enable you to "plan your work and work your plan."
- Get to know your team of resources and your clients. By doing so, Blodgett adds, this will enable new GCs to "understand the parts to maximize success."
- Assess the legal department. Speakers highlighted the importance of assessing the current situation of the department early on. Consider managing legal spend and the department's leadership and reporting capabilities. Blodgett suggests that new GCs "get to know your team of resources; good relationships make the change process easier."
- Clearly articulate your vision for the legal department and your expectations. Blodgett and Snasdell agreed that, as a new GC, your "team should understand your expectations and their role in the vision."
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Microsoft announced yesterday in a very brief post to its Microsoft Money Web site that its personal financial software, Microsoft Money Plus, would no longer be available for purchase after June 30. Microsoft had discontinued annual updates of Money Plus in 2008. The company plans to support online services (including updates to tax rates and tables) for active customers through at least January 2011. After that, Microsoft will no longer issue automatic data feeds to the product. Users should consult follow-up FAQs for information about support, file conversion options, and other questions.
"With banks, brokerage firms and Web sites now providing a range of options for managing personal finances, the consumer need for Microsoft Money Plus has changed," the Company said in its announcement.
Microsoft is working with Intuit, the maker of Quicken, Money Plus's biggest rival, to provide an option for Money users. "We're working with Intuit to help develop a file conversion process that will help Money customers more easily convert their existing data files to Quicken," Microsoft director Adam Sohn said, according to CNET news. "Both Intuit and Microsoft hope this will be ready to go for the new release of Quicken this fall."
Quicken's existing converter can only transfer 10,000 transactions from Money, which is a fraction of the transactions a long-time Money user would have, says Matt Krantz of USA Today. "We're making it a priority to assess what we can do to make more Money data available and seamless to transfer," said Intuit spokesman Scott Gulbransen, according to Krantz. He also said that they were considering making special offers to Microsoft Money users.
But customers who have used the product for many years may find the file conversion challenging. Microsoft Money has been on the market for 18 years.
Gulbransen emphasized Intuit's ongoing commitment to Quicken for Windows, which it has produced for 25 years, although it offers an online version of the program. "There's nothing more important for people than managing their money," he says in USA Today. "Quicken and Intuit are committed to continue to sell and support desktop software."
"Boxed software still has a future," NPD analyst Stephen Baker told CNET news. "While the retail packaged software market is tough it is not easier to be online only. Your audience is much more limited and (the) potential customer base is much smaller when you go to the cloud. That business model is not a panacea when you are in a struggling market."


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Drunkorexia: a new fad on college campuses?
Posted July 13, 2016
A survey conducted by a psychology professor at the University of Houston suggests alcohol may govern college campus life even more than most people suppose, and it may be affecting the way students eat.
The term used in frat houses and college dorms is "drunkorexia," and it involves students fasting, purging or otherwise altering their diets to make more room for alcohol so they can get drunk faster.
A new study by Dipali Rinker, a public health professor at the University of Houston, found that among students who engaged in at least one heavy drinking episode in the last month, 80 percent had engaged in some form of "drunkorexia," Inside Higher Ed reports.
Contrary to some inflammatory news reports, Rinker clarified in an email that her study focused only on students who had engaged in some form of binge drinking in the past month.
To put that in context, a 2007 study by USA Today found that nearly half of full time college students binged on drugs or alcohol at least once a month. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism estimates that 40 percent of college students binge drink.
Either way, Rinker's study points to a hefty percentage of the student population.
"These behaviors range all the way from vomiting, taking laxatives, and purging (arguably more severe) to eating low-calorie meals or drinking low-calorie alcoholic drinks (arguably less severe), before, during, or after drinking," Rinker said in the email.
The link between college drinking and eating disorders has health experts concerned, even setting aside the health and assault risks inherent in blackout drinking.
"Long term, it's not a good idea to skip nutritious meals in order to consume more calories from alcohol," said Aaron White, the program director of college and underage drinking prevention at the NIAAA, to Inside Higher Ed in response to the study.
"Then there are the short-term consequences," White added. "Having food in your stomach reduces peak blood alcohol levels about a third, so if you flip that, your peak level is significantly higher, increasing risk of blackouts, injuries and poor decisions. The consequences are worse than the consequences of not saving the calories."
The NIAAA notes on its website that 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, 690,000 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking, and 97,000 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.
Additionally, the NIAAA reports, "About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall."
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Making space for each other, noticing one another
Thank You for Doing Your Chore: Yesterday my boyfriend told me he would stop taking the trash out if I keep not thanking him for it. (Seriously?!?!) I told him I'd stop doing the laundry if I didn't start getting a thank-you card for each clean load!
Carolyn: I do wonder sometimes if all these things can be traced to getting cut off in traffic or dissed at work or some other petty insult beyond our control, which motivates us unconsciously to seek perverse and petty justice in the one arena where we feel comfortable.
Good answer, by the way.
Anonymous: Re: Your Traffic Theory: I would totally believe this. My husband, generally a sweet, supportive guy, can get nasty or unreasonable for seemingly no reason, and when we finally talk it through, often it ends up that he's still reeling from some outside influence (traffic problems especially seem to be a culprit).
These are the kinds of things we're supposed to let go, after talking and apologies, right? But I find it really hard sometimes, because I feel like I'm getting sniped at for something that is not my fault.
Maybe I'm being oversensitive, especially as I can recognize the source has nothing to do with me. On the other hand, since he also figures out it has nothing to do with me, shouldn't he be more gentle with me? I.e., why am I, his wife, getting the worst side of him?
Carolyn: Those are both legitimate lines of reasoning. As the person who knows him best, you're in the best position to anticipate when his bad mood isn't really about you; that's one of the great gifts one partner can give to another.
And also, as the person who shares his life and home with him, you deserve the best he has to offer. That, too, is one of the great gifts one partner can give to another.
In fact, I would argue it's your duty to each other as well. We owe it to the people closest to us to be kind to them, and look after them. Call it simple gratitude for their keeping us in their lives. Because they let us take them for granted, we thank them by not taking them for granted.
The best way to find a balance between the two, to my mind, is to understand that some taking for granted is inevitable — but when it displaces kindness and gratitude, then you need to speak up. If you can learn to anticipate him, then it's reasonable to ask him to anticipate traffic and other triggers.
No way to guarantee that he'll do it, of course, but it's important that you ask.
Maryland: Re: Chores: Maybe this is too hokey for your taste, but my fiance and I do thank each other for taking out the trash, doing the laundry, etc. I would never say it's expected (and certainly not demanded) and it probably doesn't happen every time, but it is nice to have the verbal gratitude.
Carolyn: It's not hokey at all. Appreciating each other is the best thing a couple, two friends, two colleagues, two neighbors, etc., can do to invest in long-term goodwill.


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The main method for producing graphene currently involves peeling sheets from a chunk of graphite using sticky tape – a technique that is too awkward to be of use to electronics manufacturers. Graphene has the potential to be used for electronics and to replace silicon with faster and more efficient processing.
Scott Gilje and colleagues from the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, US, have developed an alternative method for making graphene, which they believe their spraying method has the potential for the large scale deposition of graphene for use in electronic devices.
First they spray a solution of graphite oxide powder – a compound studied since 1860 – onto silicon chips heated to 150 °C. On contact, the liquid evaporates, leaving flat graphite oxide sheets behind. Treating these sheets with a reducing agent called hydrazine removes the oxygen and hydrogen to leave double sheets of graphene


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Skip to comments.The ways post-9/11 America has failed
Posted on 09/09/2011 6:47:15 AM PDT by Joy Angela
John Ziegler
It has been said many times that the tragic events of 9/11 provided the United States with a tremendous test, and much has been written about whether and how we have passed that examination. While in many ways we deserve credit for having accomplished an enormous amount under incredibly difficult circumstances (specifically in the military realm), in a couple of ways we have failed to rise to the challenges that the attacks presented.
Before 9/11, I was despondent about the state of our country. The Clinton impeachment saga (Clinton should have been removed from office) and the Florida recount (Gore and the media should have been repudiated for trying to steal the election) had left me wondering whether Americans were still capable of meeting great challenges.
Even worse, I had the sense that, thanks to the advent of reality television and the end of serious journalism, we had become a frivolous, celebrity-obsessed nation no longer worthy of the remarkable inheritance that our forefathers had gifted to us through their incredible sacrifices.
I was pleasantly surprised when the country came together after 9/11, even though the sense of unity only lasted for a few weeks. I vividly remember commentators confidently stating at the time that the attacks had made America a more serious nation. There was even a theory that irony was dead. While no one would want to live in an America devoid of fun and humor, I too saw 9/11 as an opportunity to reverse our national spiral towards silliness.
I now long for the days prior to 9/11, because Americans are even more inane now than we were then. We are more celebrity obsessed, our news media has stopped even pretending to try to educate the masses and our people are less interested in and knowledgeable about current affairs than ever (hence the election and possible re-election of President Obama).
There may be no better proof of this than Tim Pawlentys appearance on Comedy Centrals Colbert Report this week, where he joked that he considered shooting sparks up his butt to get attention in the all-too-entertainment-oriented presidential race he was forced to withdraw from despite being the most electable candidate in the field. Fittingly, few people paid attention to him saying this.
Or, consider that our schools systems have largely abdicated their responsibility to teach students about what happened on 9/11. My wife is a middle-school teacher who each year around 9/11 gives her sixth-graders a short quiz about what happened 10 years ago. The results have never been remotely good and, as you might expect, they get worse each year.
Today, if 10 percent of her students can tell her how many planes were hijacked or which cities were attacked, she is pleasantly surprised. Most of her students dont even know why the school has a moment of silence every September 11th. Since 9/11 is not on the approved curriculum, she has no expectation that the results of her yearly quiz will do anything but get worse in the future.
My wife and I met in part because of the censorship of the best movie ever made about 9/11 (ABCs 2006 docudrama The Path to 9/11) which until the Clintons and the liberal media, as part of a disgraceful and politically motivated witch hunt, basically convinced Disney to kill it was intended to be used in schools as a learning device.
I went on to direct a first-class documentary for Citizens United on the controversy (Citizens United head Dave Bossie told me it was probably the best film his organization ever produced) called Blocking the Path. Unfortunately, because Hillary Clinton didnt win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, Citizens United decided it wasnt in its interest to give the movie much of a push. As a result, the film has largely been ignored (with some notable exceptions).
Its not a coincidence that American children have little understanding of what happened on September 11th, 2001. In the 10 years since 9/11, weve failed to become a more serious nation. And weve failed to educate future generations about the day everyone claims changed America forever.
John Ziegler is currently a documentary filmmaker who most recently released a movie on the 2008 election called, Media Malpractice
How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted. He has also been in radio talk show host in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Louisville and Nashville. Ziegler has written two books and has appeared live on numerous national television shows including the Today Show, The View, Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC.
So True!
History is non-existent, unless we experience it ourselves,
because the youth of today are TOO YOUNG to have ever known what we will never forget!
This absence of HISTORY is the beginning of a real downspin for America.. and it is certainly planned and a calculated effort by the school system.
Children can not remember 9-11 unless they learn about it.
Children are also not learning the truth of the horrors of Communism and Fascism and Dictatorships either!
(They also don't know the horrors of going Third Party at
election time...... Watch as The Democrats spin our ignorance into another Presidential Win! )
Remember the 1993 World Trade Building bombing? What went wrong in 1993 in the investigation which COULD have prevented the 2001 bombing, now called 9/11? The U.S. has been under attack for some time now (from within and from without). You might ask yourself what all of this has to do with the war on terror and the war in Iraq? Pray for America, pray for the U.S.A.
Ways post-9/11 America has failed
- Muslims in America are treated like honored royalty by the government.
- American citizens are treated like scheming terrorists by our own government.
I am SO SICK of hearing people refer to the atrocities committed by the jihadis on 9/11 as "tragic" or "tragedy". 9/11 was not a tragedy; it was and is an ATROCITY. Devestation from a hurricane, or earthquake, or tsunami, or volcano can rightly be considered tragedies. But the acts of jihadis like the 9/11 attacks and the Fort Hood shootings can only be accurately labeled as atrocities and heinous acts of terrorism.
Wilkow made a couple of poignant statements yesterday.
We called them Japs, Krauts, Gooks and Ruskies.
In battle, we killed them, on American soil, we killed them or captured them and killed them.
We evaporated enough matter, organic and inorganic to ubruptly stop a raging lunatic nation.
Our failure today is allowing our language to be hijacked.
The ragheads attacked us and we should be killing the pedophilic camel humpers.
I assure you the info you posted is NOT taught in High School Government classes.
Those who are 18 and of voting age were only born in 1998, and they know NOTHING.
LOOK at all that LOST History!
Patience is on the side of our enemies...
It is not just our language that has been hijacked,
The Conversation itself has been hijacked.
Not talking about, and not knowing about these events,
is truly THE Atrocity of this age!
Depressing. And true.
Nice to see you. Btw, I notice ALOHA RONNIE hasn't posted since July; do you have any word on him? Thanks.
Yeah, it is depressing. But, the real tragedy is if OUR generation sides with the T-Party (aka... Tea Party... aka Third Party...) in this next election.
If we forget... if we let another Clinton Regime reign, by spliting the GOP, we won't be able to blame the youth who have IGNORANCE as their excuse.
What's our excuse?
What... we're going to let a Cute Chick in a short skirt destroy the GOP's chance at a Presidential Win??
And anyone who follows her is to Blame for EVERYTHING that
I agree with you. I don't trust the coy way Mrs. P drops hints she might run 3rd party. And, I think if the Tea Party is sincere about keeping this great nation true to our principles, they would work WITH and WITHIN the GOP to ensure this... not by forming splinter groups such as Bachmann did with the "tea party caucus."
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25th Anniversary Les Mis Docks at Ahmanson
Les Miserables
music by Claude-Michel Schonberg; lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel
directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell
Ahmanson Theatre
through July 31
There are not enough superlatives to describe the magnificence of Les Miserables. The musical score and the scope of the storytelling - so grand - are nothing short of breathtaking. Now the 25th anniversary production triumphantly plays the Ahmanson Theatre through July 31 with top-notch direction from Laurence Connor and James Powell and a stunning ensemble. This production plays more realistically than past renderings but it serves to enhance rather than diminish.
Victor Hugo wrote the novel Les Miserables upon which the musical is based, but few know that Hugo was also a visual artist who created more than 4000 modern expressionistic drawings. It was his creative outlet from 1848-51. In this production the drawings are wisely and beautifully utilized as background. Mostly black and grey with touches of white, they are very dark and foreboding, perfectly suiting the atmosphere and mood of 19th century Paris, the backdrop for Les Mis. Setting the scene, Jean Valjean (J. Mark McVey), a thief purely out of poverty, learns a lesson in humility and amends his ways, but is still pursued throughout his life by police, particularly by Javert (Andrew Varela). Valjean takes Cosette ( Katherine Forrester as a child; Jenny Latimer, adult) after her mother Fantine's (Betsy Morgan) death and brings her up as his own. She falls in love with revolutionary student Marius (Justin Scott Brown), also tragically loved by Eponine (Chasten Harmon). The Thenardiers (Michael Kostroff and Shawna M. Hamic), two unrelentingly menacing street thieves/scoundrels who had surrendered Cosette to Valjean for a high price, consistently abuse Valjean and Cosette whenever their paths cross.
The epic story has more downs than ups with rampant poverty, death and devastation. In this production, directors Connor and Powell have concentrated more on gritty reality than theatrics, and so many scenes play out far more naturally. Take for example, Fantine's deathbed scene. It is not overblown as in past productions. Javert's starkly grim suicide fall from the bridge is yet another example. Despite this reality, though, one cannot escape the sensations that come from looking at a rich and varied canvas throughout. There is a mix of art and humanity, which becomes intoxicating.
The cast are uniformly superb. McVey is a walking illustration of gentility and kindness and never misses a beat in his totally open depiction of Valjean's integrity. Harmon is riveting and sympathetic as the tragic Eponine and even Varela as Javert, Valjean's arch enemy, plays out his moments of bewilderment and confusion with an understandably strained humanity. The children in the ensemble are all terrific with special nod to Colin DePaula as eternally brave little Gavroche. Kostroff and Hamic are brutally hilarious as the Thenardiers. Bravo to one and all - they can really sing!
Matt Kinley's set design inspired by the paintings of Hugo is brilliant as are costumes by Andreane Neofitou, lighting by Paule Constable, and sound design by Mick Potter. Schonberg and Kretzmer's overpowering score is unforgettable with one song better than the next: "I Dreamed a Dream", "Castle on a Cloud", "Master of the House", "One Day More", "On My Own", "Bring Him Home" and my personal favorite "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" resonating the rich meaning of life.
This Les Miserables is more believably real and brutally honest than most. After 25 years, it shows just how well the musical stands the test of time. Its message is eternal, and its execution, a powerhouse. For me, the most chilling and memorable line/image: "To love another person is to see the face of God."


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TAMPA — Almost instinctively Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott started working the room at the Derrick Brooks Camp for Champions. He shook two small hands before facing the crowd of middle school kids.
He told the children, who are in the foster care system, snippets of his life story. He said he lived in public housing for a time.
The kids burst into laughter when they learned that the governor once earned only a penny a newspaper as a delivery boy.
"I was not the best negotiator," he said.
Several children — who attended the event organized by Derrick Brooks Charities, Hillsborough Kids and the state Department of Children and Families — asked questions about his doughnut shop.
Scott was there to serve as a role model, not a partisan political figure, and he fit the part. He even spoke kindly of President Barack Obama: "He's a nice guy. He's working hard."
Despite low approval ratings and critical media coverage, he spoke fondly of his job as governor.
"It's a better job than you think," Scott said. "The newspapers only write good things about you."
But the middle schoolers did not just lob softball questions. One complained that the state had reduced support for foster families.
"We didn't cut. We didn't cut their checks," Scott said, taken aback. He suggested the child call the state. "Somebody else has got your money."
Former Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks helped organize the two-day event, which will continue today .
Brooks said he was thankful the governor interacted with the kids and gave them "one nugget of hope."
"Today wasn't about policy," Brooks said. "It was about principles."


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Nullification of gun laws
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Nullification of gun laws
I understand that some of the arguments against state nullification go back a long ways to before the civil war. South Carolina took a stand to ignore federal laws on tariffs. Andrew Jackson responded with a show of military strength and threatened to invade South Carolina if they allowed goods without tariffs into the state.
They did however pass the law and fully intended to implement it, if not for the severe reaction by Andrew Jackson. It wasn't a symbolic measure at all.
On the other side we see Washington and Colorado pass Marijuana laws which have basically nullified federal laws. The federal government apparently is going to do nothing to these states or their citizens over this.
Keep in mind that both nullified tariff's (The federal government was allowed to levy taxes under the constitution), and legalizing marijuana are neither guaranteed to a citizen under the bill of rights....
Weapons are guaranteed to the citizen to keep and bear.
Why does the mainstream media consider these gun owners protection laws to be tongue in cheek measures without any real power behind them?
A state does not have the right to protect not only the US bill of rights but their own bill of rights as well?
I would think a nullification law on the grounds of protecting the second amendment by a state would be perfectly constitutional. It is not even in the constitutional authority of the US federal government to take action in this matter is it? especially if the weapons owned or manufactured in that state never leave that state.
Our local paper (Larue County Herald News, article writer - Linda Ireland) claims that the states nullification bill in Kentucky called the gunowners protection act is purely tongue in cheek and has no real power. This is a small town (only 4000 residents maybe) in a generally rural area. It is surprising she has voiced her opinion in such an area.
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I have long had a literary crush on Anthony Lane. Today, my crush is renewed, because he talks about Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War. Charlie Wilson's War features some great acting from Tom Hanks, but it's not worth watching it again, except for the scenes with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Lane writes,
I sometimes watch "Rear Window" just for the kick of seeing Thelma Ritter (and that's in a movie that already boasts Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart, for heaven's sake), and, with the same hunger, I often watch "Charlie Wilson's War" (2007) for the scenes with Philip Seymour Hoffman.


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Imagine living in a house with huge crevices in the walls giving passers-by a clear view inside your home—and leaving you exposed to wind and rain. Such lack of privacy and protection is hard to fathom. This was the reality facing Peter, a child in Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program, and his family in Kenya.
22 Mar, 2016
The family lived in a two-room mud house with an iron sheet roof. One room was the parents' bedroom and the other doubled as a kitchen/living area by day and a bedroom for the seven children at night. There was only one seat in the house and limited storage space.
The kitchen was made up of three stones which acted as a fireplace. Due to the conditions, Peter and his siblings were often sick. "Once one of them gets [sick], everyone follows suit. It is hard to find dry pieces of firewood that don't smoke in this cold and wet weather," says Teresia, Peter's mother.
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 1)
The State Department said today that the United States will participate in a Security Council debate on the Middle East next month to which the Palestine Liberation Organization apparently will be invited. The Israeli government stated in a communique today that it will not take part in or cooperate with the debate.
But John Trattner, deputy director of the State Department's Press Office, told newsmen today that it was the U.S. "intention to participate." He added, however, that "this has no implication whatsoever on our position on the substance of the debate. We will make that position clear to everyone during the course of the debate." Trattner did not amplify that statement.
Observers believe the State Department was being deliberately vague in order to allay Israeli fears of a complete U.S. turn-about with regard to the PLO. The American failure to veto last night's Security Council resolution has generated anxiety and anger in Israel over the U.S. position.
Trattner explained that to have vetoed the measure would have ended the UNDOF presence. He stressed that the resolution did not mention the PLO. He also stressed that the invitation to the PLO, contained in a statement by the Soviet Ambassador Yacov Malik in his capacity as President of the Security Council, was not subject to veto because "any nine of the Security Council's fifteen members can invite anyone to participate." He added that this was a "procedural matter."
Trattner was unable to explain why the U.S. went along with the resolution's statement that the Security Council would consider "all" previous Middle East resolutions of the UN when the American Ambassador, Daniel P. Moynihan, stated specifically that "the U.S. considers that only Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 are in fact relevant to the situation in the Middle East." President Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger have said repeatedly during the past few weeks that the U.S. will not deal with the PLO in any way as long as it does not recognize Israel's sovereign status.
Trattner could not respond to numerous other questions regarding last night's Security Council actions. These included the question of whether the U.S. had consulted "fully" with Israel and with the Soviet Union prior to accepting the Council's decision, and whether the State Department still considered Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Harold Saunders' recent statements that appeared to support the PLO as a negotiating partner to be merely "academic" as Kissinger had described them at the time.
Although the Security Council's decision was described as a compromise aimed at ensuring the continued UN presence on the Golan Heights, some sources here felt the U.S. surrendered to Syria's insistence on bringing the PLO into future Mideast debates. According to these sources, the U.S. appeased the Syrians and the Soviet Union which has fully backed Damascus' demands but at the same time has alarmed the Israelis and dismayed the Egyptians.
They pointed out that while Egyptian President Anwar Sadat campaigned for the PLO during his recent visit to the U.S., he failed to elicit any public acknowledgement of U.S. support for a PLO role in Middle East diplomacy. The Syrians, who have been attacking Egypt on this issue, moved the U.S. closer toward their views and now emerge as the champion of the Palestinian cause, having succeeded where Egypt failed, the sources said.


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Today I used this render farm named: Sheep it Render Farm and they tells us:
What is a render farm?A render farm is a group of computers connected together to complete a large task. In the case of 3D rendering, most of the time, a render farm will split frames of an animation to multiple computers, so instead of having a single computer who works for 100 days you can have 100 computers who will work for 1 day.
So I tested and come with free registration, free project adding and free rendering.
First the CPU and GPU from my laptop are supported.
You can selet only the GPU or CPU or both.
You can render project and will have credits and this is very inportant.
Why? Because you need to wait if you don't have credits - mode details FAQ.
You can take a look at status.
I take a look at status: 3316 frames per hour, time to complete render: 6h52m
I also I tested with one 250 frames with 60 frames/s Blender 3D file.
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