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Village Christmas
Driving into Fredonia from the dark
fields and vineyards outside
of my somnambulistic village,
the white lights wink alive and awake on Sycamore trees
while the old fashioned buildings
welcome the stranger that I am tonight.
I see this place as if for the first time, now.
My travels in cities blazing and dark
are over. There's a welcome in these buildings,
handsful of comfort in old snow on the Commons' Christmas tree.
The 19th Century fountains dance with lights. Village
hall smiles, full of white lighted windows. Village
gazebo appears a playful carousel of spirit tonight.
Shocking wind rustles the last leaves on trees
lining Barker Square. Snow clouds pounce, dark,
and laden with Erie's energy on Temple and Main. Outside,
the green bushes wiggle with chill. Brick buildings
croon comfort to the traveler. Stalwart buildings
stand the lake storm now buffeting the village.
And I, weary with this century's motion, lean outside
the Opera House humming an aria. Tonight
I hum fiercely, letting loose the dark
tones I have collected. Evergreen trees
blow back the tunes on their boughs. Silver maple trees
drop their dead limbs. Watch them bounce against buildings.
They fall quiet. They do what the they must tonight.
I stop humming, disoriented in this village.
Confusion is striking on Christmas Eve.
The world, tearing itself apart, tries to break me. A facade
of a quiet birth is miracle enough to have survived outside
this numbing storm. The bare Ginko trees
on Central Avenue are as foreign as Bethlehem tonight.
I hold on to the solid brick of the Russo building
and wait for the snow to pass through the village.
Then there is only the winking of little lights in darkness.
The century turns outside these buildings.
Lit spires of trees in Fredonia
on Christmas Eve, glimmer in winter's storm and dark.


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By Janet Hauter February 18, 2016
Francis is changing the way we see our Church. This reminds me of the story of Claude Monet because I see a parallel between Monet's struggles with acceptance by the artistic community for his work and the faithful's difficulty of complying with rules that don't match the "signs of the times" in our Church. Monet did not comply with the "formulas" that artists were expected to follow. Others gained recognition and a lucrative income. By following but Monet tried to use his God-given talents by seeing the world through another lens.
Monet, like Francis, looked at the world, particularly the pond on his property, and saw what others did not see. He and Francis are motivated by "the light"; Monet plays with light to enhance beauty that others don't see; it's a beauty that gives the observer an experience of a landscape. Francis describes the world he sees in Laudato Si and is guided by "the light" in life for him, that light is Jesus Christ. Francis sees the world differently because of Jesus' message of love and how Francis has chosen to model it as The New Evangelization.
Monet, then in his mid-70s, looked at his pond as he often did and began to see enchanting images, colors and beauty that he never saw before. It was so powerful for him that he was compelled to migrate from painting on normal-sized canvasses to wall-sized renderings to offer "the illusion of an endless whole, of a wave with no horizon and no shore". This is also a prototype of Francis who faces incredible demands to make needed changes or not; to hurry to implement new church teaching interpretations or keep the status quo. Both Monet and Francis had a vision to see their reality differently. Monet knew he had to work fast because he was going blind. Francis just turned 79 and is begging us all to help him. We won't have him forever.
Many view Francis as a "rock star" and they watch and wait to see what wonderous deeds lay ahead. Others claim to not understand what Francis is calling us to. We all look to Francis to lead the transformation parade and we'll follow. I believe Francis is calling us all to change the way we see ourselves, as Church. These chaotic times are calling each of us to change, to engage. All around us there are ways to reach out and help others. Begin small—in your own home, community, diocese but the first step is to look in the mirror, assess the gifts we have been given, like Monet and Francis, and step out in faith to help another.
Now THAT is a message for the "Wisdom generation, the Vatican II groupies" to help Francis "rebuild My Church", the same invitation offered to St. Francis, long ago. Both Monet and Francis in their 70s were called to look at their reality in a different way and do something about it. That's what we are asking of you.
With the Curia bucking every step Francis takes, he needs us more now than ever before. Francis cannot pull rabbits out of a hat. There are all sorts of initiatives we could be doing locally, within our own homes, communities and dioceses. We have added a new "Best Local Practices" onto our website where we are asking Catholics to offer their local innovations to share. We are doing this to inspire others to step out in faith and begin to make grassroots changes that reflect a lived faith. We invite you to share your actionable ideas as well as a resource to others.
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we ask that you look at Church differently and get engaged locally!

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Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal...
DUBLIN, Ireland Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament.
Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley said his British Protestant party would not talk with Ahern's foreign minister or other officials during negotiations planned tomorrow at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast.
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"We have cut off from today all connections with the southern government in talks. As far as we are concerned, he is a man that can't be trusted," Paisley said of Ahern.
Paisley, 78, pursued his protest despite taking what he called an apologetic telephone call from Ahern who, according to aides, contended he had been describing the IRA's opposition to photos, not his own.
Ahern's apparent flip-flop illustrated the difficulty of reconciling the demands of the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein, the IRA-linked party backed by most of the north's Catholics. The furor it provoked also dimmed fading hopes that a deal could be concluded this week.
Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled plans last week in Belfast designed to revive a joint Catholic-Protestant administration. The Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein polar opposites in Northern Ireland's politics would jointly lead the coalition.
Northern Ireland's Good Friday accord of 1998 envisioned power-sharing as the best way to end the conflict over the British territory that has claimed more than 3,600 lives since 1969.
While the Democratic Unionists accepted the plans, Sinn Fein rejected them because they required the IRA to provide photographic proof of its full disarmament a principal Paisley demand.
The Anglo-Irish blueprint called for the photos to be published on the same day that Northern Ireland lawmakers formed a new power-sharing Cabinet. Ahern had called that a reasonable compromise.
But he seemed to reverse his stance yesterday after meeting Sinn Fein leaders in Dublin.
"We tried the issue of photographs. That's not workable. So we have to try and find some other way," Ahern said, standing alongside Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness after talks lasting an hour.
Adams, speaking after meeting Blair later in London, called the photographs demand "dead and gone and buried."
Blair declined to comment.
Paisley who earlier this year opened normal relations with the Irish government after decades of boycott responded furiously. The Democratic Unionists already refuse to talk directly to Sinn Fein.
Paisley described Ahern's call as deeply apologetic and contradictory.
"I told him if he wanted to change his mind, he's entitled to do it, but that he should have had the courtesy to tell me first. … But then he said he wanted to see the photographs too," Paisley said.
A spokesman at Ahern's office said the prime minister had sought to assure Paisley that, when he called the photos demand "not workable," he was trying to describe the Sinn Fein-IRA position, not his own.
Later, Paisley said the call hadn't soothed his suspicion that Ahern was siding with Sinn Fein.
"We informed his office and his foreign secretary that, when he comes here on Wednesday, we'll not be seeing him," Paisley said.
The IRA was supposed to have disarmed fully by mid-2000 under terms of the Good Friday pact. A power-sharing coalition led by moderate Protestants and Catholics gained power in late 1999 but repeatedly broke down over the IRA's refusal to start disarming and other IRA-related arguments.
It collapsed two years ago after police accused Sinn Fein of aiding an IRA spying operation.


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This reminders me of going to going with a friends (who is Brazilian) to a chiropractor while I waited the guy who was a chiropractor had a wife who looked like she was in her mid-30s but actually in her 50s. It makes me think of badly European/American women age.
How on earth do those women appear to be younger than their age indicates? That is phenomenal! Brazil may be one of my places to go find a foreign woman. One thing I like about Brazil is there are women of African descent, mixed, European descent, and etcetera. That variety makes Brazil an option. Here is why I think those women aged gracefully:
-They rarely or never smoke
-Their diet helps their bodies
-They exercise
-They rarely or never drink alcohol
-They do not put stress on their bodies (too much working, getting less than 9 hours of sleep, etcetera)
-They could have had plastic surgery
There aren't many attractive women (inside and outside) in America. A man wants a physically attractive woman with attractive personality traits. American women usually don't have that combination.
Ever since I found Winston's website and read the information on there, my life has been much easier and I've been a MUCH more happier person!
No matter how good she looks, some other guy is sick and tired of putting up with her crap. ~Author Unknown (Quote about women)
The reasons Iawesome60 listed are good reasons why those women look good for being grandmas. I'll just add my two cents:
1. Good genetics - some people act more gracefully than others.
2. No one is ever too young to be a grandma especially in Latin America.
Some of these women probably had their children (who now have children) when they were in their late teens/ 20s.
Ex: My mom babysat Hector, 8 year old son of Martha, a 26year old Mexican single mom. Martha's mom is 38 year old.
If you do the math; Martha was born when her mom just was 12 years old. I haven't seen Hector's 38 year old grandma though,
so I can't say if she can compete with the brazilian grandmothers in the video.
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David Thalman (Surbourg) and Marguerite Bloch married about 1800.Their son- Eleazar (Lazard) Thalman married Esther Kahn- died in Reidselz 1869, Esther died 1888-they are buried in small Jewish cemetery in Wissembourg (Weisenburg in German) (They are my Great-Great Granparents). Had six children--Isaac, Raphael, Bernard, Damiel, David and Jeanette. Raphael is my Great-Grandfather, one of his son's is Leon (my Grandfather) who married Alice Frankel (also born in Alsace), my Grandmother-they lived in New York City.
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I'm writing this on the first day of Summer, and next week, the weather is going to be in the 90's!!
I know you heard about Chad Ochocinco smacking his lawyer's butt and being put in jail for 30 days but then apologizing and having his time in jail shortened to one week.
But it was her recent comments she made to Rolling Stone about the high school boys in Steubenville, OH who were accused of raping a teen girl. People said she was victim-blaming when she spoke up saying the victim was "lucky" (likely meaning lucky something worse didn't happen) and that girls should be taught how not to get themselves in situations like those (being drunk and not in control).
I'm not blaming the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parents should teach you—don't take drinks from other people. She's 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn't remember? It could have been much worse. She's lucky. Obviously I don't know, maybe she wasn't a virgin, but she shouldn't have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that's different."
Serena's most recent statement alluded to her words being misconstrued by RS. She said:
"What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only sixteen, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved — that of the rape victim and of the accused. I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article. What was written — what I supposedly said — is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame."I have fought all of my career for women's equality, women's equal rights, respect in their fields — anything I could do to support women I have done. My prayers and support always goes out to the rape victim. In this case, most especially, to an innocent sixteen year old child.
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I watched this movie a 1000 times on DVD when that was all I had. NO CABLE WAS MADE BY DVD's!!
Paula Deen got fired from THE FOOD NETWORK for racist comments such as the "N Word"
Pauala's Apology: "I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I've done. I want to learn and grow from this. Inappropriate and hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable."
This time, Paula seem more relaxed and offered a more "detailed" apology.
"Your color of your skin, your religion, your sexual preference does not matter...I was wrong, yes, I've worked hard, and I have made mistakes, but that is no excuse and I offer my sincere apology to those that I have hurt, and I hope that you forgive me because this comes from the deepest part of my heart."
Unfortunately for Paula, the two attempts were not enough to save her gig at the FOOD Network. A spokeswoman for the network told TMZ that Paula Deen's contract would not be renewed when it expired at the end of June.
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However, for the 23-year-old's current Coach, the advise is not to consider leaving Ukraine just yet.
"Take another year of the Champions League with us and you will be perfect," Lucescu has told both Costa and fellow Brazilian Alex Teixeira through an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport.
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Archive for May, 2012
Victor's Dung returns to the Corn Mill Theatre over the June Bank Holiday weekend for two nights only. After a none stop tour around the country, which took in Cork, Waterford, Tyrone and even Cavan, Seamus O'Rourke brings his much loved comedy back to where it all began.Read More Post a comment (0)
Victor's Dung is set in a farm yard, complete with its very own dung heap, outdoor toilet and rather poor broadband reception. It is the comic tale of Victor Maguire, a crude, vulgar, abrupt, un-PC Cavan farmer who gets a surprise one Friday morning. We are then taken on whirlwind journey through Victor's somewhat sad and unconventional life, meeting up with many a strange bucko along the way… Hold on to your hats… and your sweets (because there may be Cavan people in the audience)… this could get messy…
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I get nightsweats even when I'm not on steroids. It's more a matter of disease activity for me. And I pee a lot at night, too, but my blood sugar is fine. (I think I have too much water later in the day.)
However! When I was in the hospital on higher doses of steroids, I ended up with steroid induced diabetes and had to get insulin shots. During that time, I peed all the time... And, I sweat easily. So it is important to get your sugar levels tested just to know what it is.
I had some night sweats while on Prednisone and never had any before even through menopause. Had to get up frequently to pee also but I do think that might become somewhat of a habit later. A friend who was on Prednisone, not Crohn's related, said she was up every hour to pee.
Plus since being diagnosed, having stricture and being slightly constipated I try to drink more water which probably increases the urination.


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Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PressExposure) April 14, 2011 -- Broken iPhone and iPod owners now have a quick repair alternative which is open most evenings. So Cal iPhone Repair also buys and sells used iPhones and iPods.
"We pride ourselves on quality work, quick service and our guarantee," Kort Linden said. Kohl Linden added, "We like to be on the cutting-edge of the latest repairs and unlocking solutions."
The two brothers say So Cal iPhone Repair is able to unlock the 4G iPhone. They also install iPhone custom colors front and back. They can do repairs others can't with micro-soldering under a microscope.
The iPhone was first released in late June, 2007. Over six million of the 2G, the first generation iPhone were sold. The 2G is still a viable iPhone but it is no longer being repaired because of it's age. So Cal iPhone Repair does repair the 3G, 3GS and 4G iPhones, as well as the iPods, and the iPad.
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Just over 150 writers submitted to Twisted Vol 2 which means the odds of getting in the book are VERY good.
Some writers submitted many more than one story increasing their chances – and then there is the potential for spin off books like Evil Little Sister.
The bottom line is that entering Twisted50 volume 2 was a very smart move for writers who want to get published.
Why am I sharing this now as Twisted50 is closed?
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We have shifted the Twisted50 Volume 2 deadline to coincide more closely with the Twisted50 volume 1 Awards that will happen mid February next year. This will ensure we get a flurry of activity around the deadline and help platform the new book initiative.
If you have not written a story for Twisted50 vol 2, you will now have until the end of February to do so, but submit early so that you get the benefit of the feedback.
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Yesterday we began the process of sending out Twisted50 contracts and tonight we will start sending out the contracts for Twisted's Evil Little Sister.
Once these are all signed and delivered, we can begin the next phase of the process where the team, publishers and editors submit notes and guidance for final rewrites. And you are invited to have your say too.
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We hear a lot about "good writing" but what does this MEAN? Well, any number of things, obviously - we all want a good story, well told. That means non-negotiables such as great concepts, super structure and not to mention, diverse characterisation. (For starters!) But okay, let's say you've got all of the above. CONGRATS! Now let's start looking at WHAT is on the page - your actual prose. This might mean your prose in terms of your short story, as in your Twisted50 entry (or perhaps your novel?). In short, we're "elevating our prose" ... which might sound fancy-schmancy, but basically means we're making our words BETTER as in: more colourful, more interesting and (crucially) EASIER TO READ.
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On April 18th at 11am UK time we will announce the 50 stories that will be included in the first volume of Twisted, a horror anthology written by members of the Create50 community.
Please help us with this announcement by joining our social media Thunderclap HERE (and if you have supported past ones, you will still need to go in and support this one again).
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Instancing - Grogyan's Proposal
Instancing based on Grogyan's idea
How Instancing would work in specific Ages
We are presented with a box of Relto books, "blessed" by Yeesha. These are the only books that break every rule in the D'ni storyline - more to add
A big city somewhere under the caldera in New Mexico - more to add
The cleft has been suggested to be the starting place for all journeys and where every player could start from, i'm not too keen on this idea, but it does mean that in this instance of being public the area has no cloths and much of the devices around are non funtional, except for maybe the imager.
The player goes up to the caldera and down into the ground ability till they are blocked from further progression by a Nexus podium or a KI machine to issue players with a KI, I don't favor the latter as when we use to play the game each person is automatically assigned a hood, and a link in the book room would link you to Gahreesen, so maybe instead of having the podium having a Nexus book, perhaps having a book to a public Gahreesen with the immediate vicinity around just like you would have with going from the hood. There is also a box of Relto books near the podium where the player would click on to get one, just like what happened with the guild t-shirts
- This section needs clearing up
- explain how stones are different from cloths
- Link from topic and show a sample GUI of the mini KI interface - Explain how the KI will affect the story and moving between instances
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The spate of calls for Jeremy Corbyn to quit since last week's byelections in Stoke and Copeland has been as predictable as it was premeditated. It says everything about the political agenda of the media, and nothing about people's real needs and experiences.
I went to Stoke and Whitehaven, in Cumbria, a few days before polling. Momentum arranged screenings of Daniel Blake. We went to Labour clubs in neglected areas, old estates away from the centre. At one club I was asked: "Why have you come here? No one comes here."
Joe Bradley and Georgie Robertson, the organisers, were a model of how Labour activists should work: full of energy, hard-working and brilliantly efficient. They had a warm greeting for everyone, checked the screening facilities, made space for local contributors so people from that community felt it was their event and that they were being heard. This is how Labour can reconnect.
Both screenings were packed. The discussions were passionate, informed and invigorating, a world away from the tired cliches of the public discourse. This was not a marketing exercise but a real engagement with people and their concerns.
The failure of Labour governments – and, importantly, Labour councillors – was a common theme. It is not hard to see the neglect around Stoke. Solid Labour, for sure, but what good has it done them? A 2015 report into the area found 60,000 people in poverty, 3,000 households dependent on charity food, and £25m in council tax arrears. The presence of the BNP, now replaced by Ukip, shows how Labour's failure left space for the far right.
It was a similar story in Copeland. Industries have been lost – steel, mines, a chemical factory – without any plan to replace them. Labour is seen to be as culpable as the Tories. Someone said that in Copeland it was an anti-establishment vote, and Labour is the local establishment. It was a vote against Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and previous MPs Jack Cunningham and Jamie Reed.
In both constituencies the Labour candidates, neither from the left of the party, were invited, but both candidates ignored the meetings. With coverage on television, radio and the press, this is bizarre. Could it be because Momentum were the organisers? We were there to support Labour. There was not even the courtesy of a reply.
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Ralph Miliband on 'Corbyn'
Something like a blueprint for the shift of power in the party was set out in Ralph Miliband's Parliamentary Socialism, first published in 1961. Miliband's attack on the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) anticipated the Corbynite strategy with uncanny prescience. Cautioning his comrades on the left who wanted to use Labour as a vehicle for socialism, Miliband wrote in a 1972 postscript to the book:
The kind of political changes at the top which a good many socialists hope to see one day brought about in the Labour Party, and which would signify a major ideological shift to the left, would presumably, given the nature of the political system, have to be engineered from within the ranks of the Parliamentary Labour Party. But to say this is surely also to indicate how unrealistic that hope is. It is unrealistic because it ignores the perennial weakness of the parliamentary left. That weakness is not accidental but structural . . . There have been some exceptions: a few Labour MPs have, so to speak, slipped through the net. But they have remained isolated and often pathetic figures, bitterly at odds not only with their leaders but with that large and permanent majority of the Parliamentary Labour Party which entirely shares its leader's orthodox modes of thought.
Corbyn is not a "leader"
If nothing else, understanding this makes it much easier to understand the splits in the party after the recent rebellion within the shadow cabinet. Even the language used by each side reflects basically different conceptions of what politics is about. For Corbyn's opponents, the key word is always "leadership" and the ability of an effective leader to "deliver" certain key constituencies. For Corbyn's supporters "leadership" in this sense is a profoundly anti-democratic concept. It assumes that the role of a representative is not to represent, not to listen, but to tell people what to do.
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Post-Brexit Progressive Alliance
Why we should back Corbyn
As rallies of support for Jeremy Corbyn are held in Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance this weekend, Simon Parker writes an open letter to the region's only Labour MP, Ben Bradshaw.
Dear Ben,
I address this to you, but it applies equally to Cimber, Casca, Brutus and the others. Let me say at the outset that I've always liked you, always admired your straight talking, your passion, your courage, your genuine interest in the underdog, your honesty. That's why I find it so difficult to stomach your actions this week. It is with a heavy heart that I feel the need to take issue with our region's one Labour MP.
I wish you had come out with me on Monday evening. A group of us were gathered in the public hall of a workaday village in South East Cornwall for the regular meeting of Moorland Branch Labour Party. We are a small but growing group, united in our commitment to building a better future for our community, our country and our world. As well as Moorland, there are new and active branches right across my area – Torpoint to Tamar Valley, Lostwithiel to Looe.
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John McDonnell on the leadership battle
This talk was given by John McDonnell on Wednesday 29 June at a Stand Up for Labour event in the George IV pub in Chiswick, West London. The transcript has been lightly edited to account for the difference between spoken and written language but the content is unchanged.
Let me just tell you where we're at at the moment because it's important that you know. I just want to go back a short while, I won't keep you long.
When Jeremy got elected last year he got elected on 59.5% of the vote – the highest mandate that any political leader of this country has ever received from their own membership. It was overwhelming in individual members, the affiliated group and also the new supporters. In every category he won.
When we got back to Parliament he tried, in his own quiet way (I've known Jeremy 35/40 years and he's one of the most caring, compassionate people I've met), to work with people, put them together. He created a Shadow Cabinet of left, right and centre, he tried to hold it together. And when he did that he tried to work with the Parliamentary Labour Party all the way through. But there's been a group within the PLP who consistently refused to accept his democratic mandate and consistently undermined him in every way they possibly could. To be frank, I don't know how he's borne it. I'm just so proud of him, to be honest, for what he's done.
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On Labour Coup, Corbyn, McDonnell
Whoever emerges as Labour's leader after the dust has settled will be dealing with a country riven by deep inequalities and divisions, and crying out for leadership and a bold vision of how to move on from here. McDonnell's evolving economic plan has much that Labour should develop, whatever its future leadership, just as McDonnell and his team can themselves be seen as offering not so much a hard break from the Miliband era, but a further development of some of the best ideas, of using forms of predistribution to tackle the root causes of inequality, on which Miliband's team had worked.
McDonnell has realized that, in the post-crash era of quantitative easing, in which macroeconomic policy is made as much by central banks as by finance ministries, parties of the left can no longer leave monetary policy to the technocrats. His commission examining the workings of the Monetary Policy Committee, chaired by former MPC member Professor David Blanchflower, should be central to Labour's future economic thinking, and should not be ignored by any post-Corbyn leader. Similarly, McDonnell has asked Professor Prem Sikka to report on the future functioning of HMRC, and Lord Kerslake, a former head of the UK civil service, to report on the functioning of the Treasury, and to investigate the case for its future division into separate ministries of finance and economic development. This fundamental work will allow Labour to think more seriously about the future of a progressive macroeconomic policy.
As well as needing to reach out to the 48% of the population who voted 'Remain' and the millions, especially among younger people, who wished they had done so, Labour needs to speak to those who voted for Leave out of a sense of economic desperation. The sense of economic hopelessness that drove voters into the arms of the 'Leave' campaign in the northeast, south Wales, parts of Yorkshire and the East of England, and in many coastal towns, can be addressed only by an ambitious return to forms of industrial policy that direct investment towards areas that need to retool their economies. Plans for regional development banks under Miliband have been further developed under McDonnell, with the thinking of his team being much informed by the work of Professor Mariana Mazzucato, and her book on the Entrepreneurial State. Any future Labour strategy for regional economic development must also follow McDonnell in supporting innovative Labour councils, such as Preston City Council, which has looked for ways to develop the local economy through growing the cooperative sector, and using the power of procurement spending by the local authority and other local 'anchor institutions' in order to encourage an ecosystem of local enterprises to grow and thrive.
Corbyn was the strongest candidate for the Labour leadership last year, because only his campaign of the four seemed prepared to think at the right scale about the challenges of inequality and economic marginalisation. Throwing out the best and most popular features of Corbyn's programme now would be self-defeating in the extreme, whoever is to be Labour's leader into the next election.
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PodCastle 448: Shaina Rubin Keeps Her Head Under Circumstances Nobody Could Have Expected
by Rebecca Fraimow
read by Barbara Krasnoff
A PodCastle original!
Rated PG.
People in our neighborhood are always saying what a pity it is that two such fine-looking people as my cousin Bluma and her husband have no children yet. I don't see that they're so fine-looking as all that. Still, I've often thought that if Bluma had a little bit more business of her own to worry about, she might have less time to waste getting into mine.
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This story is the sequel to "Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen's Proposal to Bluma Zilberman," which originally ran at Diabolical Plots and also ran on PodCastle.
Rebecca Fraimow is an author and archivist living in Boston.
Barbara Krasnoff has had stories appear in over 30 print and online publications. The most recent include Clockwork Phoenix 5, Space and Time, Abyss & Apex, Triptych Tales and Mythic Delirium. When not writing short stories, she works as Sr. Reviews Editor for Computerworld magazine; for fun, she publishes a captioned photo every weekday (in Twitter and Facebook) under the title Backstories.


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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance." – Bumper sticker.
The Lake Turkana route is as near as dammit to a thousand miles and yes it did cost us in cash again!
Today we were headed to South Horr via Baragoi. We had been thoroughly briefed on this leg and were well prepared for the difficulties ahead and were really looking forward to the first proper encounter with the former Northern Frontier Territory and all the travel legends built up around it. We expected a leg of about 6 (or more) hours on the 150km road and an average speed of under 30km/hr with the testing road conditions. Hopefully the possibility of bandits on the route was as remote as all had promised.
Soon after passing the again defunct Maralal Lodge, one begins with a long and steep climb up the mountains around Maralal. There was some boulder hopping up this climb but the worst sections were concreted, presumably for the rains. One drives through fairly thick Podocarpus forest in places, completely different from the dry plains below. After about 15km we turned left to World's End Viewpoint which came highly recommended and justly so. Do make the time for this short 20km (there and back), 1 hour detour. The road is very good and I think part of this road (the best part branches left, off our route to the viewpoint) represents part of the improved roads for the wind farms/oil explorations we kept hearing about. One soon passes through the village of Lesiolo. On top of the hills there is a totally different landscape with cultivation and even fields of wheat. There is a gate signposted Malasso Conservancy, Lesiolo Viewpoint. Here we had to pay KSh400 each to enter. It turns out that one can also camp here, right at the viewpoint and had we known this would certainly have done this rather than camping in Maralal. The view is absolutely out of this world and the campsite is right at the view site. It is set on grass and facilities are simple as becomes a community camp. There are pit latrines and cold showers but the site would be rather exposed if bad weather set in. If I recall correctly camping was KSh500 pppn (US$5). I strongly suggest anyone with a sense of adventure and a love of wilder places, tries this campsite!
The view down into the Sugutu Valley 2,000m below, is truly worth the detour. I do not think the photos do it justice. The Sugutu Valley is extremely hot and very sparsely populated. Many centuries ago Lake Turkana used to fill this valley. Now it is where cattle rustlers take refuge with their booty. One has an awe-inspiring view down into this deep and desolate valley fringed in the distance by its own mountain ranges. Do it!
The main road descending from the heights showed some improvements and was better than we had expected, but this was not to last with some suspension shattering holes, boulder steps and wash aways. Again there were lovely views including the rather stress producing ones of sporadic Samburu herdsmen armed with AK47s, some of them barely in their teens. The road again became very stony with slow going on the long descent into the village of Marti, short areas again concreted. This was the area where armed holdups previously occurred. Like much of the route thus far it was the terrible corrugations that took their toll. Despite the presence of many automatic rifles we did not appear to be under threat, although it is not easy to have to slowly drive past a hitch hiking warrior and his Ak47 automatic rifle. My military backgroung had indicated that these specific firearms belonged to the enemy. The landscape was now very dry with acacia scrubland. Approaching Marti we were thrilled to see our first vulturine guinea fowl ever. We saw regular small and very dainty Gunther's dik dik along the way.
Wayne had been asked to lead the way, as he was a far more patient driver than I and really nursed his vehicle over the rough terrain. Worse than the bumps and the rocky sections, were areas with incessant corrugations. About 80km into the day's journey there was a sudden clanging from my driver's side front suspension. My new (Toyota original part) front shock absorber was broken. The plunger had pulled completely out of its sleeve. We had genuinely been taking things slowly and not once had there been a hard knock. Personally I think that the most monstrous enemy of overland driving, overloading was to blame. I hope others learn from this experience of ours. Load as little as you possibly can. All those modifications done to "strengthen" your vehicle only serve to add to the weight problem. All those 4x4 outfitters should be forced by law to comply with weight-carrying regulations or at least warn of overloading problems caused by modifications. In my next life…………
Luckily despite the clanging, we were able to limp into Baragoi, 42km away. Here my extreme good luck continued. There is now a new single formal filling station in Baragoi named the Star Filling Station. It is on the main road at N01 46,993 E36 47,255. This is the last fuel for more than 800km, the next being at Jinka in Ethiopia (other than unreliable, expensive and possibly contaminated or diluted black market fuel along the way). The attendant assured me they never run out of fuel, but I am not so sure, so I would still fill up Maralal and then top up in Baragoi. In any case the Star Filling Station price is a bit high at KSh120/L, compared to KSh100/L in Maralal. Here I received directions to a motor repair facility, more or less pavement standard but they had a brand new Toyota original front shock absorber. The passenger side shock was leaking and on removal it was also shot, luckily once again they were able to help me with a second hand shock which seemed fine. The total cost for these repairs was KSh 11,500, call it US$115. Even more important, these repairs took only 45min as we still had the difficult road to South Horr ahead. The wear and tear of African rural roads on vehicles carrying heavy loads and travelling long distances is unbelievable. I would suggest every independent self-driver allow for this in their planning both with expected time on the road and with the costs of repairs, mine were mounting. Be sure to leave earlier than needed as a time cushion is a great comfort when trouble and delays strike. Also do not be too ambitious when planning your daily distances, hurrying along or travelling in the dark can only compound the almost inevitable problems. In planning your budget be very generous with the allowances for vehicle emergency repairs.
Obviously the drive to South Horr was now much more relaxed and we were more inclined to enjoy the archetypical African scenery. The massing cumulus clouds, towering mountains, scattered acacia trees, brown grassland and orange soil with a corrugated dirt road stretching ahead, were exactly what we had expected to experience. In fact other than that along the lake, this section between Baragoi and South Horr is the most scenic. One was now seeing huge flat plains stretching ahead with the road having passed through the valleys, hills and mountains. One also passes through magnificent tall acacia woodlands along the dry luggas and crossing them intermittently. They are sandy but really not too bad but would obviously come into play with rain and the flash floods which occur. The Samburu women with their massive multi-layered necklaces were quite a sight to behold. Closer to South Horr one begins to encounter people of the Turkana tribes, as South Horr more or less is the boundary between these 2 groups. The flimsy huts of the Turkana are what one expects of migratory pastoralists and reminded me of the Himba people of northern Namibia.
We arrived at our recommended overnight camping spot, the well-known and oddly named Samburu Sports Club (they do in fact have a basketball facility) in the rural village of South Horr after 9 hours on the road. However if one takes into consideration the diversion to World's End, the stop for the shock absorber and the stop for the repair, our rolling time was about 6-7 hours. Many generations of travelers doing the east Turkana have used many of the same stopovers as there is not really much choice and the campsites in fact determine how many overnight stopovers are needed for this route. Once again I would like to warn against biting off too long a distance per day. Unfortunately wild camping is probably not that safe for much of the route as the population density and the possession of automatic rifles have increased. When one stops people appear out of the bush as if from nowhere. The Samburu Sports Club is a perfectly adequate overnight camping spot. There are rustic bandas but no restaurant. The flush toilets and cold showers are rustic but fine, because of the heat you will not need warm showers. The camping spots are under shady trees on sand, but the fence is very close to some huts of the community and the children staring at you are a little disconcerting. Wood and charcoal were provided at no charge and the staff were friendly and helpful. The generator for electricity was a little intrusive for part of the night. South Horr is a very basic rural village and has no ATMs, no cellphone reception or fuel and only the most basic of supplies.
CAMPING COST: 600KSh pppn (US$6)
Main. The view from World's End.
Thumbs. 1, 2 and 3. Further pics from World's End.
4. The stony, steep ascent from Maralal.
5, 6 and 7. The road between Baragoi and South Horr.
8. Campsite at Samburu Sports Club.
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South HorrSubmitted by atakanmerdin on Tue, 09/13/2016 - 17:23
What a read and inspiration!
That Maralal baragai route as well as the poror viewpoint is just beyond beautiful.
I ended up using that route up north due to problems on the main isiolo route at the time. Needless to say i was taken aback. A tough route it is though, suffered a blown shock and tyre. Departed nairobi circa 0700hrs and finally got to south horr at around 2200hrs.
I'm getting on to your blog a little late but would like to make an addition for those reading to attempt this route in kenya.
Samburu sports club is a very close friends place and he has recently just installed a gas station offering diesel and petrol. My td5 has survived this diesel very well ( and it really doesn't like dodgy fuel). He is getting it off the suppliers who stock up the shell fuel stations in marsabit and isiolo. It has proven to be a very valuable for many on that route.


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Paul's Security Weekly #496
Malware Archaeology Updates Windows Logging Cheat-Sheets
The 'Windows Logging Cheat Sheet', 'Windows File Auditing Cheat Sheet' and 'Registry Auditing Cheat Sheet' have been updated for 2016. The cheat sheets have been updated in part due to auditing improvments[sic] added by the 'Windows 10 Anniversary Update' released earlier this year. We also took the opportunity to do some cleanup and add more autorun keys to the registry auditing cheat sheet. Updates are easy to spot, just look for 'new'.
Go get 'em and watch for the updated Log-MD!
Security Weekly interviews H.D. Moore
This is a very interesting discussion with H.D. Moore, the founder of the Metasploit Project and now angel investor, with guidance on getting your security start-up established and funded.
Try the Critical Stack Intel Client
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You may have seen in my LinkedIn profile that I'm advising a security startup called Critical Stack. If you use Security Onion or run the Bro network security monitoring platform (NSM), you're ready to try the Critical Stack Intel Client.
Bro is not strictly an intrusion detection system that generates alerts, like Snort. Rather, Bro generates a range of NSM data, including session data, transaction data, extracted content data, statistical data, and even alerts — if you want them.
Read the full article and give it a try! Initial feedback is good.
Turning off SSLv3 to avoid POODLE
From the SANS InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog, how to disable SSLv3 for various Linux webservers, mailservers, and the big three Internet browsers.
Apple Users Fend Off Ransom Attacks Against iPhones & Macs
Happily, the attack can apparently be deterred by having a strong unlock passcode, which you already have set, right?
Owners of Mac and iOS devices have found their iPhones and iPads held for ransom through a hack that targets the Find My iPhone and Find My Mac features on these devices to trigger a remote lock of the device.
The Find My iPhone feature is meant to allow users to track missing devices on a map, remotely lock the phone in the event that the device is lost or stolen and display a message so that those who find it will see that custom message. First surfacing in numerous reports in Australia yesterday, this attack claims through the custom message to be perpetrated by an Oleg Pliss, likely a pseudonym given that the most visible person by that name is a software engineer at Oracle. The malicious hacker responsible asks through the displayed message for users to pay $100 through PayPal for the privilege of unlocking their phones.
via Apple Users Fend Off Ransom Attacks Against iPhones & Macs.
Heartbleed SSL Flaw Angst Aggravated by Broken Disclosure Process
I wasn't aware that only a handful of companies were notified of the vulnerability before it was published. That is not best practice.
Via Heartbleed SSL Flaw Angst Aggravated by Broken Disclosure Process:
NEWS ANALYSIS: The decade's most serious security issue was packaged and branded, but many server administrators and service providers were left in the dark.
Google and cloud security vendor CloudFlare were among a very small group that somehow got early access to the flaw and were able to be patched on April 7 prior to the public advisory from OpenSSL.
CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince told eWEEK that his firm was in fact notified early last week by researchers involved in discovering the bug. Other vendors and Web services, including cloud vendors, however, did not apparently get the same message. Cloud services vendor DigitalOcean is among those that was left scrambling on April 7 to patch servers.
Tripwire has a free tool to scan your environment for Heartbleed-vulnerable devices and apps. Find it here, and good luck!
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Schneier on Security: Metadata = Surveillance
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What's missing from much of the discussion about the NSA's activities is what they're doing with all of this surveillance data. The newspapers focus on what's being collected, not on how it's being analyzed — with the singular exception of the Washington Post story on cell phone location collection. By their nature, cell phones are tracking devices. For a network to connect calls, it needs to know which cell the phone is located in. In an urban area, this narrows a phone's location to a few blocks. GPS data, transmitted across the network by far too many apps, locates a phone even more precisely. Collecting this data in bulk, which is what the NSA does, effectively puts everyone under physical surveillance.
This is new. Police could always tail a suspect, but now they can tail everyone – suspect or not. And once they're able to do that, they can perform analyses that weren't otherwise possible. The Washington Post reported two examples. One, you can look for pairs of phones that move toward each other, turn off for an hour or so, and then turn themselves back on while moving away from each other. In other words, you can look for secret meetings. Two, you can locate specific phones of interest and then look for other phones that move geographically in synch with those phones. In other words, you can look for someone physically tailing someone else. I'm sure there are dozens of other clever analyses you can perform with a database like this. We need more researchers thinking about the possibilities. I can assure you that the world's intelligence agencies are conducting this research.
When the government patiently reassures you that the data they are collecting is completely worthless and uninteresting, we should become very interested in finding out why they want it and what they are doing with it.
Reminder: You're more likely to catch a hack from a legit site
iPhoneDevSDK—the site apparently responsible for the hacks at Facebook, Apple, and Twitter—says it was not aware it was being used to attack visitors until it read press reports this week. In a news post do not click if you're wary of security breaches on Wednesday, site admins said they had no knowledge of the breach and were not contacted by any of the affected companies. Though, iPhoneDevSDK is now working with Facebook's security team in order to share information about what happened.
Also, this is a great reminder to log and monitor, or SIEM. An admin's account was compromised, then their website was hacked.
Tripwire would have caught the changes, and login auditing would have caught the hacker/admin's actions.
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Strap on the foil as we chat about past and current enforcers, the new NHL, and, of course, the Washington Capitals. Tune in daily to catch up on the heroes and villans of hockey. Two Minutes for Blogging has a lineup of regular and sporadic contributors that hail from Fried Chicken's hockey fight site.
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The Penalty Minutes Playoff Challenge - Prizes Galore!
Pick the player that you think will accumulate the most PIMs in the playoffs. As a tie break, pick the number of PIMs he will amass.
The winner receives their pick of THREE hockey fight DVDs of their choice from my collection. I'll send you a link when the competition is over. I will also toss in a "Fire Gary" hat as well. And UPDATE - Drew is VERY GENEROUSLY tossing in autographed cards of Terry O'Reilly, Andre Roy, Andrew Peters, Colton Orr, Chris Dingman, and Turner Stevenson for the winner.
Please choose a player and PIM totals and send your guess to twominutesforblogging at gmail dot com.
And feel free to leave your guess here as a comment so others don't pick your player. No need to leave your email address. Don't let the picture entice you!!!
Update - A couple of people have asked... you can submit entries up until Friday 7 pm ET. That should give you a chance to see each team in action once.
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1) Our pick Shane O'Brien of the Anaheim(Fighting) Ducks! Number of PIM's: 68
- April 11, 2007 at 3:02 PM
I'm going Kevin Bieksa with 28 PIMS
- April 11, 2007 at 8:54 PM
- Drew said...
Let's go with George Parros of Anaheim, with 47 PIM. My reasoning behind this is that Laraque led last year, but only played 15 playoff games. Parros is another who won't get much playing time, but I could see him getting some decent PIM numbers.
And while I'm at it, let's sweeten the pot a little. I'll toss in autographed cards of Terry O'Reilly, Andre Roy, Andrew Peters, Colton Orr, Chris Dingman, and Turner Stevenson for the winner. I know, could be better in terms of the selection of tough guys, but that's the best I have that I can give up.
- April 13, 2007 at 4:23 PM
- Colleen said...
hey the guy in the picture is that Sean Avery or Colton Orr? but i think that sean avery will win the most min.
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Discussion in '10mm Reloading Forum' started by Willie Wilson, Dec 5, 2010.
Saw these at the gun show this weekend. Any of you use them?
NOPE! Haven't seen them and even if I did I don't think I'd buy any! Moly wouldn't be of much help at pistol velocities, also moly is tough to clean from the bore.
I cast my own bullets...Use Red Rooster Zambini Red Lube for my 10mm stuff!
Although I have not used Billy bullets, I do load Bear Creek moly coated bullets for all my guns.
9mm, 40S&W, 45ACP and 10mm. I can tell you without a doubt moly is 1000x easier to clean over lead and about 10x easier to clean over FMJ.
Moly does NOT leave any lead or copper residue in the barrel.
I shoot my moly bullet out of my G19, G21, G22, G23, G27, Steyr M9 and M40, Cold Delta Elite and Dan Wesson CBOB. I also run moly out of my HK USC.
Anyone who states moly doesn't work or make a difference has never run them.
Don't be afraid of moly coated rounds, just make sure you buy good ones like bear creek.
This is very true; they don't leave lead or copper residue... They leave Moly residue which is much worse to clean than either lead or copper!!
I bought a case of moly bullets to try in my 1911 and they are just as smoky and dirty as lead. I have since switched exclusively to FMJ and have no intention of shooting moly bullets again.
Many folks buy them because they are cheaper than jacketed rounds but, IMO they are no better than plain lead bullets. If you want to shoot for cheap, shoot bare lead. Lead is A LOT easier than moly to clean out of your firearm's barrel.
I disagree with Cy. .45 acp Billy Bullets give great results in my SW 625 revolver and my CZ 97b. Clean up is quick and there is little, if any leading. They also create much less smoke than lead bullets. (Hint - I don't use powders that have high nitro content with moly-coated bullets) They are also faster than lead bullets for the same powder charge.
I fired about 100 Billy 200gr LSWCs recently through my new 1911 without any problems.
However, I don't know how well they would perform with full pressure (35,000 psi) 10mm loads. Full pressure loads may need a harder alloy than the standard 92-6-2 mix.
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A quick one. Do you think this specs suit me?
When I first saw the name of this lounge, I was thinking, how is it gonna be like? A cinema? A lounge? A Cine Lounge?
Was really glad to go there, and this is another great hang out spot. Totally love the ambience. Curious? Continue to read on :)
Been receiving compliments about this outfit(yes this is the one which I use for blog header) that I at first thought is pretty casual. Hehehe of course feeling very happy. Some friends asked where I got them so here am I to answer your questions.
Top: Nichii pink singlet
Bottom: Cotton On Leggings
Heels: Forever 21 5.5 inch Leopard Prints
Although I look fat in this, but it is really comfy. Hair colour looks so shitty now. Any suggestion on what colour should I try next?
Eh wait, I am talking about Paradiso right?
Lets take a look at the place. I love the ambience when I first stepped in Paradiso. As the name mentioned, it is a Cinema+ Lounge=Cine Lounge . It is the first Cine Lounge in KL,located at Publika,Solaris Dutamas. You don't want to miss this cool place. You can have your drinks and food served while you are watching movie. How awesome can it be?
Description taken from Paradiso Facebook Page:
'Let's start the day at "The Breakfast Club" (1985), Take a "Naked Lunch" (1991), and Join "The Dinner Game" (1998).
Paradiso is about Films, with Food, drinks and Friends Backlighting its stage.
Genres: Indies, World Cinema, Documentaries, Shorts.
PS: Crosscutting the films, the team will make sure to leave a space to Live Bands and Creative Arts. '
I am so eager to introduce their cocktail drinks to you! The names are so cool! They are all movie's names.
Blue Velvet
Pillow Talk
Eyes Wide Shut. Now you see my eyes open wide, later you see my eyes shut after drinking this HAHAHA sorry not funny
Basic Instinct
Midnight kiss. I thought midnight kiss supposed to be sweet but it turned out to be sour.
Dragon tattoo
Sorry if I mixed up some of the drinks' names k?
How to drink if is without food? Will KO very soon leh.
Fried Soft Shell Crab and squid! Favourite dish of the day.
Erm.. bread topped with tomato and mushroom
Garlic bread and Potato wedges
Lamb and Olive Balls with Tangy Tomato Sauce and a Fresh Zesty Garlic Sauce
Personally not a big fan of meat so… well. Haha but others look like enjoying this dish very much. The sauce is good.
Chicken Wings with Peanut Butter Glaze and BBQ sauce
The one with the peanut butter glaze is really new. I had never heard about something like that. Worth a try.
Crispy Spring Rolls filled with Spinach and Emmental Cheese with a Tomato Concase. The Tomato concase is the bomb. Love it. Think they use fresh tomato to make this so it tastes not like the normal tomato sauce.
Cheese and Beef Bacon stuffed Portobello Mushrooms. This is good.
While we are enjoying the food, special drinks, chit-chatting with friends, the short film has been constantly shown. Sometimes got live band too. I love this place as it will be a great hang out spot.
Location : Lot 28 & 29, Level G3, Block C5, Publika - Solaris Dutamas
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Any Star Wars fans out there? Went to watch Star Wars last Friday in Sunway Pyramid. This time they convert the old one into 3D and is going to be on cinema from 9 February.
Director: George Lucas
Writers: George Lucas
Produced by: Rick McCallum
Stars: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Official Site: http://3D.StarWars.com
Trailer (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0007l4MWbEI
I believe you have watched the Star Wars Episode 1 to 6 countless times if you are a fan. Thus I am not going to talk about the synopsis here.
Now, with STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE, Lucas takes us back to the beginning, in which Darth Vader is a hopeful nine-year-old boy named Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi is a determined young Jedi knight. This first chapter, which is rich in art, design, costumes, architecture and technology, follows Anakin's journey as he pursues his dreams and confronts his fears in the midst of a galaxy in turmoil.
I'm actually very curious about the whole story but I don't have every episode of Star Wars. Anyone willing to story me or share the movie with me?
I can't believe they shoot the movie using real person as those characters. Imagine how long did the make up take before filming !
And the Queen's fashion is a thumbs up. The designer is really creative and I wish one day I can wear like that with the exaggerating make up and hairdo.
Everytime when the queen appeared, her costume will definitely different. I was amazed.
Not to forget Natalie Portman is truly a beauty. She brings out the character of a queen who is a leader but vulnerable and open.
Let's take a look at how they shoot the fighting scene.
In real life.
In movie.
Can't believe they actually made the robot
There were no content changes made to Episode I for the 3D release. George Lucas replaced the original Episode I Yoda puppet with the digital Yoda back in 2003. With the film to tape transfer, there was an 8% blow-up, so you actually get 8% more image on screen.
So, are you going to watch this movie? :)
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PROJECT LOCATION: Holy Angels St. Gabriel Room
TIME: Saturday, April 22nd from 9:00am - 11:30am - 14 & older
SERVICE NEEDED: Knitting hats, scarves, shawls or lap robes for donations to charities
ABOUT KNITTING & CROCHETING ANGELS: Knitting Angels is a multigenerational group comprised of those who like to work with their hands to provide warm and useful items for the less fortunate. Knitters and crocheters of all ages, whether beginner or experienced, are welcome. Meetings are every Monday, except holidays, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.


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Is ISIS broke? Suicide bomber boss runs off with MILLIONS as death cult faces collapse
THE twisted female boss of ISIS suicide bombers has legged it with her other half after pocketing millions of dollars from the death cult's coffers.
Chief Daesh moneymaker Abu Mu'taz Qahtani and his lover have done a runner with the stacks of cash as the terror group face total obliteration in northern Iraq.
With Iraqi forces closing in on Mosul, the jihadi maniac has fled with his German girlfriend, who is said to be head of recruiting foreign females.
She played a crucial role in bringing manipulated girls to Iraq, before brainwashing them into carrying out suicide attacks, al-Sumaria News reports.
"Important" ISIS documents are also said to have gone missing, which are also presumed to have been swiped by the pair.
Their desertion comes as Iraqi military edge closer to liberating the besieged city, formerly an ISIS stronghold.
There are reports ISIS is struggling to keep control, resorting to extreme methods of execution to keep their subjects under the thumb.
Several defectors were reportedly thrown into a fiery pit of burning oil for their disloyalty.
While a heartbroken mum revealed how as many as 250 children were kneaded to death in a gigantic bread maker.


text: Hey guys, I just bought a used Acoustimass 5.1 system for a GREAT price. I also have a Sony Receiver in that same deal. My question.. I have heard many terrible things about BOSE, but can I purchase a receiver/speaker combo for around $300 that will be any better than the BOSE? Also, I am not real happy about the bass that the Acoustimass module creates (it is non-powered.) Can I purchase a separate powered sub to connect to my sub output on my receiver and have both running?? Thanks, Chad