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Chick-Fil-A's mission to feed…anti-gay hate groups, that is
November 1, 2011
By Adam Bink
This morning, Equality Matters released the findings of their lengthy investigation and found Chick-Fil-A donated nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in just the year 2009. That doesn't include the more than $1 million they donated between 2003 and 2008, and I can only imagine what the numbers were in the last calendar year. They include:
- Marriage & Family Legacy Fund: $994,199
- Fellowship Of Christian Athletes: $480,000
- National Christian Foundation: $240,000
- Focus On The Family: $12,500
- Eagle Forum: $5,000
- Exodus International: $1,000
- Family Research Council: $1,000
Every one of them has a mission to keep LGBT people down. Every single one. Exodus International holds a particular place in the pantheon, teaching that being gay — or what they call "sexual brokenness" — is perverse and using the scare of AIDS to recruit people in the 1980s. Perhaps nothing is so horrible as driving people to hate themselves and consider taking their own lives.
Whenever one of these reports comes out, everyone says "I'm not eating Chick-Fil-A anymore!" to themselves and their friends and posts it on Facebook, but the message never makes it through to Chick-Fil-A. If it doesn't, they never know how much business they lose. While Chick-Fil-A's ownership and leadership may be driven by personal beliefs, they aren't immune from losing customer support, either — and the less money they have, the less they have to give it to groups that seek to drive LGBT people off the face of the Earth. So give them a call, drop them an e-mail, walk into your local Chick-Fil-A and give them feedback. Write to your paper and break the news of the Equality Matters report so more people know about it. Call into your radio station and denounce Chick-Fil-A.
The more we create a firestorm, the more we change their policies, or if not, dry up their well of money with which they can feed hate.
35 Comments
1. Alan_Eckert | November 1, 2011 at 10:31 am
I'm going back east in December, and it will be a challenge to not eat a chicken sandwich and waffle fries =(
2. Ann S. | November 1, 2011 at 10:44 am
I almost wish they'd open a restaurant here so I could boycott it.
3. Ronnie | November 1, 2011 at 10:49 am
(Starts singing)…..
Money makes the hate go 'round, hate go 'round. hate go 'round…. Money makes the hate go 'round… Hope Chick-fil-a-Hate has some left for reparations……
Money makes the hate go 'round, hate go 'round, hate go 'round…. Money makes the hate go 'round…. Chick-fil-a-Hate does the work of "Satan"….
Money makes the hate go 'round, hate go 'round, hate go 'round…. Money makes the hate go 'round.. Chick-fil-a-Hate is an inhuman corporation…….
Money makes the hate go 'round, hate go 'round, hate go 'round….Money makes the hate go 'round…. Chick-fil-a-Hate is a disgrace on this nation.
………(bows)……… ; ) …Ronnie
4. _BK_ | November 1, 2011 at 10:50 am
I never liked their food, so I can't imagine what it's like to boycott a restaurant you enjoy. Still, there are hundreds of other restaurants you can visit – and I'd wager a large number of them actually support LGBT rights.
Stay strong! (:
5. PhillyKarl | November 1, 2011 at 11:04 am
Any attempt to change Chick-fil-a policies had better be coated in Scripture or it will have no effect. Just saying….
6. drydeniv | November 1, 2011 at 11:14 am
I know! – I love Chick-Fil-A – their spicy wraps, nuggets, and waffle fries are so awesome. I've been boycotting them for about a year and a half now – it has been very hard – but just.
7. tim | November 1, 2011 at 11:36 am
I find it interesting that the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce gave them 416k in 2009. What would a Chamber of Commerce have any interest in promoting a charity that doesn't do anything to promote business or doing work in Atlanta?
Also keep in mind that many family owned or controlled restaurant chains all have charitable organizations that are christian based. Another one that comes to mind is In-and-Out burger who goes as far as to print bible versus on the wrappers.
8. Bob | November 1, 2011 at 11:37 am
There used to be a Chick-Fil-A in West Hollywood (of all places). I don't know if it's still there.
9. Gregory in SLC | November 1, 2011 at 11:45 am
10. Gregory in SLC | November 1, 2011 at 11:50 am
and Winshape!
11. peterplumber | November 1, 2011 at 11:54 am
I just came home from a trip back east. My partner & I went to visit with his mom and grandmother. They told me a story about how grandma knew the Cathy family when they were just starting out. I wanted to jump in and tell her about what they are doing to US…but it's hard to get a word in edgewise with those two women.
12. AnonyGrl | November 1, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Send them a letter, with a copy of this post or the Equality Matters report. Preface it with "I remember you were talking about how you knew the Cathy family… sadly, this is what they are up to these days."
Maybe when she talks about them to others after that, she will say "… and NOW they are trying their best to marginalize and stigmatize my grandson and his partner. Shame on them!"
13. AnonyGrl | November 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Do unto others… judge not… love your neighbor as yourself…
They certainly aren't following THOSE rules.
14. 415kathleenk | November 1, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Me too!!
15. Jim in Santa Cruz | November 1, 2011 at 12:52 pm
We don't have Chick-Fil-A where I live, but this got me to thinking: One of my favorite places to eat is In-n-Out Burger. They print Bible verses on some of their packaging, reflective of their family Christian beliefs. How can we find out who they donate to (they are privately held)?
16. Gregory in SLC | November 1, 2011 at 1:01 pm
here is some info…still digging…
17. Gregory in SLC | November 1, 2011 at 1:12 pm
CNN Poll from "Eatocracy" article:
"Does a side of moral stance flavor your patronage of fast food establishments?"
No – I just eat the food. 34.34% (1,300 votes)
Yes – I won't eat anywhere that supports lifestyle choices I find immoral. 16.24% (615 votes)
Yes – I won't eat anywhere with conservative backing. 19.49% (738 votes)
It won't necessarily stop me, but if I have the choice, I'll eat elsewhere. 27.15% (1,028 votes)
Other (please share below) 2.77% (105 votes)
Total Votes: 3,786
18. dsc77 | November 1, 2011 at 1:35 pm
I remember one in the Del Amo mall back in 1991. I don't know if that's there, either.
I'm in Maine now and I haven't seen any in the Bangor area…
19. dsc77 | November 1, 2011 at 1:37 pm
I see the Fellowship Of Christian Athletes is on the list, but are they really anti-gay? Is it a part of their mission, even though a few things have been said by the coordinator and a coach.
20. dsc77 | November 1, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Nevermind…just found interesting statements in their application page: https://mla.fca.org/fcaweb/mla/default.aspx
21. Reformed | November 1, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I am boycotting them as well. Not too much trouble for me as I don't care for bland chicken sandwiches.
22. Andrew T. | November 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm
To be fair, the tendency of the local Chic-Fil-A outlets to undercook their product is the reason why I've gone there only twice in the last ten years. The Cathys' anti-gay religious shenanigans are the reason why in the next ten years I won't be going there at all.
23. DaveP | November 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Wow that is one odd application form. I assume you're refering to their 'sexual purity statement'. I also thought the question "Do you know for sure that you are going to Heaven?"with the little YES/NO button was weird.
24. dsc77 | November 1, 2011 at 2:12 pm
I think I'd like to participate in the adult huddles!!!
25. dsc77 | November 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm
God, that's a rather judgmental form. Really, what MAN is qualified to read what a person would say to God?
26. DaveP | November 1, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I'll certainly boycott. I do it all the time for any anti-LGBT business and I do what I can to make sure they know about it. But other than my little individual voice, how do we make this visible to them in a big way? Maybe a Change.org petition or something?
27. Adam Bink | November 1, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Good for you.
28. Lizeth | November 1, 2011 at 3:26 pm
I read somewhere that they did and haven't ate there since.
I'll research it since its been a while.
29. Lizeth | November 1, 2011 at 3:27 pm
What is the update on Target
30. Alan_Eckert | November 1, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Gage Raley files a seriously late amicus brief: http://www.scribd.com/doc/71208125/10-16696-372
I started commenting on the next post up and on the P8TT facebook page. Make sure you don't roll your eyes too much while reading.
31. Gregory in SLC | November 1, 2011 at 5:17 pm
I snorted aloud @ some of those questions on the app…my goodness!
32. Gregory in SLC | November 1, 2011 at 5:18 pm
too late ! (eyes already rolling….)
33. Sheryl, Mormon Mom | November 1, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Just wondering how Chic-a-filet would respond to a request from an equality group to provide food at a conference. Anyone know if this has been done?
34. Does Chick-fil-A Care if &hellip | July 19, 2012 at 12:30 pm
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Toronto's SurfEasy scrambles to meet global demand for privacy plugin
Selling the perks of SurfEasy's software is easy. Pushing out the product globally? Not so much.
The Toronto-based tech start-up has invented a new approach to secure Internet browsing —
a USB key, with its own web browser, that can be used in complete privacy on any device. It connects through a secure server, so users can't be tracked, and saves encrypted versions of history, bookmarks and passwords to the flash drive — as opposed to computers — so no data is left behind.
Costing USD $69.99 for unlimited data,
plus $3 to $10 per month (depending on data usage) *editor's note: SurfEasy has dropped their monthly fee since this article published*, it's a category-creating product, and has caused a sensation among mobile computer users worldwide. Several thousand have already been ordered, in 48 countries, since the product launched in March.
CEO Chris Houston sparked the demand through a mix of savvy, cost-efficient marketing strategies. But such extreme popularity has caught the company off guard — SurfEasy has never had a sales plan for going global. The business originally planned to sell only from its website, and mostly to customers in North America.
Now, Houston realizes he needs to sell through tech retailers, and on a global basis. Otherwise he risks missing the passing wave of consumer and retailer demand, or even worse, losing lucrative international markets to imitators.
But the marketing strategy, which revolved largely around generating positive press, has done little to lure in global retail chains, and, because they weren't planning to expand so quickly, the company doesn't have a budget to up spending dramatically.
Those limited dollars could prove especially troublesome because of all the additional costs of selling globally — paying distributors, networking with retailers, running ads in foreign media, and hiring lawyers to draft international business contracts.
Houston, a wireless tech marketing veteran who's worked with Virgin, Bell, Boost Mobile and (the now defunct) Amp'd Mobile, is keenly aware of his company's success, and its current risky position.
"It's best to do deal with retailers when they want to deal with you, rather than coming back in a year when we're ready — who knows if they'll still be interested?" he says.
Incorporated in March 2011, SurfEasy began with just two staff, Houston and Athir Nuaimi, the company's chief technology officer. They had investors from the start, but that cash was eaten up by development, manufacturing and hiring (they're now up to 12 staff). As a result, Houston and his team were forced to save marketing dollars with free- and low-cost PR strategies. The most successful venture was pre- selling a discounted beta version of their product on Kickstarter, a leading crowd-funding platform for creative projects. Within weeks, the company had $78,000 in sales.
They also shipped sticks to tech journalists across North America, landing stories in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, USA Today, CTV, CNN and more. The campaigns were highly successful, but still haven't led to contracts with tech retailers.
"In the international sphere, it's a little trickier," says Moren Lévesque, a professor at York University's Schulich School of Business. She says business owners need to consider commerce laws, intellectual property protection, advertising regulations, cultural differences, even currency exchange rates — all of which factor into selling overseas, and all of which can add significant costs.
Working under the exposed beams of a renovated loft-style office building in Toronto's King West neighbourhood, the business team is focused on connecting with the right partners. So far, they've secured distributors in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. They'll work to identify suitable retailers and sell the stick on SurfEasy's behalf in exchange for a percentage of sales.
But relying on distributors is risky, and making sure they actually get the company's product on store shelves may be even harder than Houston realizes.
"If the distributors can make more off another product and put in less effort, that's where they'll put their time," Lévesque says.
As well, she says, because SurfEasy is a first-of-its-kind tech product, the company will need to provide third-party partners with the right information to make sales. This is especially costly when targeting non-English speaking countries.
"It's not another pair of jeans or sneakers — distributors need to be educated to sell them properly," says Lévesque.
Plus, she adds, distributors won't be interested in moving SurfEasy's keys if there's a lack of awareness among consumers in their target markets. The best way to create this awareness is, most likely, with a conventional marketing campaign. But the company just doesn't have the cash.
SurfEasy's limited budget is also causing other problems, and has meant passing up potentially lucrative — but costly — deals in the business sector, including requests from large corporations for a branded version of the SurfEasy key that includes their own software.
"These opportunities can suck up a tremendous amount of resources," Houston says.
Still, the free-or-cheap marketing campaigns have worked wonders so far. The strategy even landed SurfEasy on the Home Shopping Network in the U.S. — within eight minutes, all 500 available units sold out.
In other words, demand is ripe — the challenge is being able to deliver, and to do so before consumer interest starts to rot.


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During the Easter season, especially on Good Friday, Christians focus on the passion of Jesus Christ, or his suffering and death on the cross. Jesus' final hours on the cross lasted about six hours. We will break down these events recorded in Scripture, including the events just before and immediately following the Crucifixion.
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Preceding Events
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Mark 15:31 - The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. "He saved others," they scoffed, "but he can't save himself!" (NLT)
Luke 23:36-37 - The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. They called out to him, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" (NLT)
Luke 23:39 - One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" (NIV)
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Luke 23:40-43 - But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." (NIV)
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Noon - "The Sixth Hour"
John 19:26-27 - When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, "Woman, he is your son." And he said to this disciple, "She is your mother." And from then on this disciple took her into his home. (NLT)
- Darkness Covers the Land
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Mark 15:33 - At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. (NLT)
- Jesus Cries Out to the Father
Matthew 27:46 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (NKJV)
- Jesus is Thirsty
2 p.m.
John 19:28-29 - Jesus knew that everything was now finished, and to fulfill the Scriptures he said, "I am thirsty."A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. (NLT)
- It is Finished
John 19:30a - When Jesus had tasted it, he said, "It is finished!" (NLT)
Luke 23:46 - Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. (NIV)
3 p.m. - "The Ninth Hour"
Events Following Jesus' Death
- The Earthquake
Matthew 27:51-52 - At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. (NIV)
The Centurion - "Surely he was the Son of God!"
(Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:47)
The Soldiers Break the Thieves' Legs
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The Soldier Pierces Jesus Side
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Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
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Jesus Rises from the Dead
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Hush kits developed by Stage III Technologies for Rolls-Royce Spey-powered Gulfstreams are back with a new name and a new company. Yesterday at Van Nuys Airport in California, Hush Kit LLC, an affiliate of Hubbard Broadcasting of Minneapolis, flew the first production Stage III hush kit installed on a Gulfstream II (N20H), also owned by Hubbard, in preparation for the product's debut at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla., early next month. Stage III Technologies of La Jolla, Calif., ceased operations on February 8 after running out of money and lacking an airplane to use as a sales vehicle. In stepped one of Stage III's investors, Stanley Hubbard, chairman, CEO and president of Hubbard Broadcasting, who bought the STC and patents and hired Todd Stimmel, former president and CEO of Stage III. "We're in the process of setting up a corporate structure to produce the hush kit," Hubbard told AIN. Western Jet Aviation, a long-time Gulfstream maintenance center at Van Nuys, installed the hush kits on N20H in eight weeks. Stimmel said normal installation should take about five weeks. The Hush Kit Aviation (Stage III) hush kit contains no moving parts and includes a 10-lobe mixer nozzle coupled with an acoustically lined ejector and cascade-style thrust reversers, which replace the original clamshell thrust reversers on the Speys. Hubbard said additional research on the cost of production and installation is needed before the company can set a price for the kit. The Stage III Technologies design received FAA certification for the Gulfstream II, IIB and III in May 2005.
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text: ill take a look at potential free agents the cardinals may look at next year. I know the cardinals neve sign the big names here's a list of needs i believe are needs are. (pass rusher) 1. mario williams top pass rusher probably to expensive but would be nice. 2. anthony spencer solid 3/4 linebacker good at stopping the run solid pass rusher not on marios level but nice . 3. robert mathis (DE) could convert to linebacker to be pass rushing specialist. (offensive line) 1.carl nicks top offensive lineman available just like mario to expensive probably. 2.demetrius bell solid takle would be an upgrade over everything we have on the roster. 3.ben grubbs great run blocker good pass protector. (wide receiver) 1.wes welker good slot receiver great hustler. 2.vincent jackson great deep threat big body. 3.reggie wayne great weapon for years but 34 years old. 4.de sean jackson great deep threat bad attitude wants to get paid. 5.dwayne bowe big body solid route runner. 6.marques colston big body solid route runner injury proned.


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The more I think about it, the more I realize that despite the obvious holes we have at safety and LB, our defense was very good last season while our offense was holding us back. Clearly our offense is lacking the right number of playmakers to become truly dynamic and I dont think there is one player in this draft that can solve that. Keeping that in mind here is my best case scenario. I am aware there is no linebacker here, I believe Lamur is going to be good enough and as much as I hate Rey Malualuga, he will be starting, probably in the middle with Burfict on the outside. We can probably wait until next year unless one of the top linebackers takes a huge fall. Offense is my biggest priority and I think Safety is a bigger need than LB.
1) Tavon Austin/Keenan Allen WR - These players are both excellent at making people miss and generating YAC. While I like Andrew Hawkins, they are a clear upgrade. Austin is preferred but both could certainly fill that role. Green/Sanu/Austin would be a great WR core.
2a) Giovanni Bernard RB - Bernard has been linked to the bengals and offers a new dimension of offense from the backfield
2b) Terron Armstead OT - If we get Smith back I would probably go interior line here. I trust Anthony Collins but not enough to not draft someone who can play RT
3) DJ Swearinger/Baccari Rambo - Swearinger is preferred here since I think he will be a huge steal and maybe the best safety in the class. He is very aggressive and not bad in coverage.
4) Brian Schwenke C - Solid center that would most likely be an upgrade over Cook and Robinson. Unlikely to start this year but Bengals rookies rarely do (See Devon Still, Brandon Thompson, etc.)
5a) Zac Stacy RB - I am really high on Zac Stacy. He was a great player for Vanderbilt without much help against SEC defenses.
6a) Rod Sweeting CB - Was a play maker for Georgia Tech as a defensive back. Had a very good SunBowl covering Robert Woods and Marquis Lee. Could easily compete with Praeter for our last CB spot.


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Birthday bash… high school prom…or a night on the town, the party bus is an increasingly popular way for people to let loose and have fun. But a trip on one of these joyrides can be anything but.
In fact, news reports of deaths across the country have caused great concern. In New Jersey, 16-year-old Daniel Fernandez was killed after poking his head through a rooftop hatch on a party bus as it drove under an overpass.
"Party buses" are surging in popularity across the country, but these rolling nightclubs can also be very dangerous. Quite often, anything goes on these wild rides, and deadly accidents can and do happen.
America Now went undercover to expose the hidden dangers everyone should see before boarding a party bus.
Researcher, Olivia Lavoice, was invited to go on a party bus. Once she got on board, she couldn't believe her eyes. She videotaped her wild ride to give us a rare glimpse of what happens behind those darkened windows."Before the bus was even moving, before the music was even turned on, there were girls on the stripper pole, and people were screaming 'Where's the alcohol?'," says Olivia. "You have kids screaming, jumping up and down. There's music blasting. People are spilling alcohol absolutely everywhere. It was just absolute madness."The footage that Olivia shot with her cell phone shows underage drinking and people being lifted up and hoisted through the roof's hatch. "No one is wearing a seat belt; most of these people aren't even sitting down," says Olivia. "They're dancing in the middle of the bus. They're so intoxicated. They have no idea what they're doing. I saw people slip because the floor was drenched in alcohol. The faster the bus drove, the more unsafe I felt."Alex Darbahani owns KLS limousines in Los Angeles.
"If you see your driver not driving safe, and he's going too fast, you should call 911," he says.Alex provides party buses to Hollywood celebrities. He says the real risk comes when people rent buses from fly-by-night operators."We have a lot of companies we call in our industry 'gypsy operators,'" says Alex. "A one-man operator. This bus has not been inspected. These guys have no license. No insurance. Most of the time, they work with the brokers."According to Darbahani, a cut rate deal is a red flag because low rates don't cover the cost of an operator's liability insurance."As a party bus operator, we are required to have $5,000,000 liability insurance," says Darbahani.Another problem Darbahani sees with unlicensed operators is their buses aren't regulated or inspected by state officials. "You should look for decals on the side of the bus," says Darbahani. "Every state you have to have a DOT license, or in California, we have TCP, which is our Public Utilities Commission License. Always check the company. Ask them to send you the license. Proof of insurance."And that's advice our researcher, Olivia, agrees with."If there was ever an accident, these people would be going through the windows," says Olivia. "Even myself, who was sober and sitting down, I realized it doesn't matter. If this bus hits anything, I could fly right into the stripper pole."
Before renting a party bus, contact the government agency that regulates them in your state. Confirm the company has a current permit, license and insurance. And check references to make sure it has a good reputation. Because riding a rogue party bus can be a real invitation to tragedy.
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I with you now. I learn so much shit on MP. I just added stfu nOOb to my todo list. Hopefully I'll be strong enough to send! There is a joke for you; I'll never send that puppy!
"I just added stfu nOOb to my todo list" When at JTree, it's a MUST do! After you do that one, head over to "Nicole Kidman". www.mountainproject.com/v/nicole-kidman/106786140 LMAO! Simply HAS TO BE the lamest route...EVER! But it was so fucking much FUN!
What do a haul bag and a vacuum cleaner have in common? They're both connected to a dirtbag!
Rock climbing is like getting a BJ from an ugly chick - never look down.
An old one... Whats the difference between a Climber and a Mutual Fund... A Mutual Fund eventually matures and makes money
Whats the difference between a Swiss mountain guide and god? . . . . . . . . . .God doesn't think he's a Swiss mountain guide...
What is the difference between a sport climber and a skunk? You have to provoke the skunk to spray.
What is the difference between an ugly chick and an old climber? Ugly chick don't need a ride.
What is a difference between Miley and a chick climber? Chick climber don't even have to look good.
How can you tell an old climbing chick and an old climbing dude apart? The chick is the rope gun.
Try putting all of them in one post next time. Separating them doesn't make them any funnier, or any less obvious that you get your climbing humor from Google.
Nope. All of them are my own improv.
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What happens when Adam Ondra pinches limestone? ... Everyone around him goes deaf. FTFY
How do you know it's ice climbing season in Canada? All the local fast food places are out of jellies.
What does Vivica Jones and a bad rash have in common? They're BOTH annoying as hell.


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Presented by: Center for Billingual/Bicultural Studies (CB/BS), International Student Association, and International Film Club.
October 21, 1999 - Song of Exile
October 28, 1999 - Lone Star
November 4, 1999 - Kolya
November 18,1999 - Clando
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 4-237
A joint event with MIT's Foreign Languages & Literatures department and the French Consulate
7:00-8:30pm: Un sang d'encre (Black as ink)
- Directed by Jacques Goldstein and Blaise N'Djehoya
Tells the story of the migration to France of Afro-American artists and intellectuals after the Second World War (in French with English subtitles).
8:30-10:00pm: Black, Blanc, Beur: parlons-en!
- Directed by Johann Sadock
What is it like to live in France when your heritage is African, Arabic, Jewish or Asian? (in French, no subtitles)
Each film will be followed by a discussion with the directors, led by Odile Cazenave, Visiting Associate Professor.
Date: November 16, 1999
Location: 4-237
Theme : The Bilingual* Brain (i.e: * = Multilingual)
Friday, March 31, 2000
9:00-9:30: Introductory Remarks
9:30-10:30: Plenary Speaker: Loraine Obler, Graduate Center
10:30-10:40: Break
10:40-11:00: "The Monolingual Nature of Phonological Processing in Bilinguals" Sharon Peperkamp, Emmanuel Dupoux, and Nuria Sebatián-Gallés (Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, EHESS-CNRS)
11:00-11:20: "It's Just as Good the Second time 'Round: Native-Like Ultimate Attainment in L2 Phonology" Jeffrey Steele (McGill University)
11:20-11:40:"Syntactic Behaviours of Thematic Verbs in German-, French-, and English-Speakers' L2 Chinese: Against the Inevitability of Thematic-Verb Raising in L2 Acquisition" Boping Yuan (University of Cambridge)
11:40-12:00: Break
12:00-12:20:" Autoknow and Sugh: A Reply to Newmeyer" Laurent Dekytspotter and Rex A. Sprouse (Indiana University)
12:20-12:40: "Converging Evidence for a Syntactic-Theoretical Constraint in Bilingual Speech" Gretchen Sunderman and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio (Pennsylvania State University)
12:40-2:00: Lunch
2:00-3:00: Plenary Speaker Karl Kim (Cornell Medical)
3:00-3:20: "Teasing Apart Truncation and Missing Inflection in Initial Child L2 Grammars" Philippe Prévost (Laval University)
3:20-3:40: "On the Second Language Acquisition of Crosslinguistic Variation in Different Domains of the Functional Module" Manijeh Youhanaee (Isfahan University)
3:40-4:00: "Root Infinitives and Non-nominative Subjects in the Bilingual First Language Acquisition of Japanese and English" Usha Lakshmanan and Yuko Ito (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)
Saturday, April 1, 2000
9:00-9:30: Coffee
9:30-10:30: Plenary Speaker: Janet Werker (University of British Columbia)
10:30-10:40: Break
10:40-11:00 : "Abstract Features in L2 Grammars: Evidence from Interpretation of Null Nominals" Lydia White, Elena Valenzuela, Martyna MacGregor, Ingrid Leung, and Hela Ben Ayed (Mc Gill University)
11:00-11:20: "Early and Late Bilinguals and the Acquisition of Dative Clitic Doubling" Joyce Bruhn de Garavito (University of Western Ontario)
11:20-11:40: "Interface Constraints in Romance SLA" Larry Lafond (university of South Carolina), Rachel Hayes (University of Arizona) and Rakesh Bhatt (University of South Carolina)
11:40-12:00: Break
12:00-12:20: "The Lexical Learning Hypothesis, Attainment, and Explanation in SLA: The Case of Tough Sentences" Helmut Zobl (Carleton University)
12:20-12:40: "On the Mental Representation of Spanish N-N Compounds" J.M. Liceras, T. Salomaa-Robertson, C. Mongeon, A. Lázaro, and S. Varo (University of Ottawa)
12:40-2:00: Lunch
2:00-3:00: Plenary Speaker: Howard Nussbaum (University of Chicago)
3:00-3:20: "More on the Source of Defective L2 Past Tense Morphology" Roger Hawkins and Sarah Liska (University of Essex)
3:20-3:40: "On Optionality and Grammaticality in L2 Knowledge" Donna Lardiere (Georgetown University)
3:40-4:40: Tentative Plenary Speaker
4:40-5:40: Business Meeting
Sunday, April 2, 2000
9:00-9:30: Coffee
9:30-10:30: Plenary Speaker: Jennifer Austin (Williams College)
10:30-10:40: Break
10:40-11:00: "Multiple Acquisition Paths, Alternative Numerations: A Minimalist View of the Second Language Acquisition of Possession in Spanish" Ana Pérez-Leroux (University of Toronto)
11:00-11:20: "Why Do Learners Occur Such Errors and How Are They Occurred? Novel Passives and Novel Causitives in Interlanguage English" Patricia A. Balcom (University of Moncton)
11:20-11:40: "Interpretation of Reflexive binsing and the Internal Subject Hypothesis by Chinese-Speaking Learners of English: A Timed Sentence Judgment Task" Ian H.G. Ying (University of Colorado-Denver)
11:40-12:00: "Acquisition of Aspectual Information by Kazakh-Russian Children" Inna Vinnitskaya (MIT)
12:00-12:20: "Non-Direct Object Agreement in Bilingual Andean Spanish" Sue Kalt (USC and MIT)
12:20-12:40: Closing Remarks: TBA
Date: March 31 - April 2, 2000
Location: University Park Hotel, MIT
Sponsored by: The Center for Bilingual and Bicultural Studies (CBBS), Foreign Languages & Literatures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The conference is designed to assist area tribes in the field of language reclamation. Issues such as project planning, resource gathering, community organizing, teaching tools, training, and linguistic structure of area languages will be explored.
Saturday, June 10, 2000
7:00-10:00AM: Registration Check-In & Continental Breakfast
10:00-10:30AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Tobias Vanderhoop, Aquinnah Wampanoag, Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project Co-Chair
Jessie Little Doe, Mashpee Wampanoag, Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project Co-Chair
Professor Kenneth Hale, MIT
- Tobias Vanderhoop, Aquinnah Wampanoag, Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project Co-Chair
- Benjamin Bruening, MIT
2:00-3:00PM: Curriculum Development Tools
- Robert Levitt
- Jessie Little Doe, MIT
6:00-9:00PM: Traditional Social and Buffet Dinner
- Host Drum, Mystic River (Regalia Please)
Sunday, June 11, 2000
8:00-10:00AM: Registration Check-In & Continental Breakfast
10:00-11:00AM: Where the Journey Takes Us
- Comments, Stories and Poetry from the Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project Participants
12:00-2:00PM: Lunch (Individually Responsible)
2:00-3:00PM: Building a Lexicon
- Professor Kenneth Hale, MIT
- Professor Norvin Richards, MIT
- Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project
4:30-5:00PM: Conference Participant Questions & Conference Closing
Sponsored by:
The Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project and Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies (CB/BS), Foreign Languages and Literatures, Linguistics, and Philosophy.


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No, really. That's the honest truth, and it's the only thing that worked as a headline. Apparently Mike Schmidt is writing columns for the Associated Press now, and you know what really grinds his gears? People with hard-to-read autographs:
I made out Roy Halladay, Jim Thome and Jimmy Rollins. A couple had the number — thank you Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee and Hunter Pence. That was a great clue, at least for me, but what about the person who buys it at the auction and may not know the numbers?
Boy, one "(with)" snuck in there would have made that a much more interesting quote. As is, it's an entire column that Mike Schmidt wrote for the AP regarding the legibility of autographs. You can resume doing whatever it was you were doing now, but this seemed important.


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Lying in a hot bath may be a pleasant experience, because you can always get out when you've had enough. For some of the fish that swim in equatorial seas, though, that is not an option: climate change…
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New York-based artist Rashid Johnson, one of contemporary art's most-watched young stars, has signed with the gallery Hauser & Wirth. His first show with his new representatives will be at its New York branch, on the Upper East Side, in January.
"It's a perfect fit, and a solid, exciting step," Mr. Johnson, 33, told Gallerist. Hauser & Wirth also has branches in London and Zurich, and recently signed L.A.-based sculptor Thomas Houseago.
Mr. Johnson, who makes mixed media artworks that deal largely with African American history and identity, had one-person shows in New York at Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn's Salon 94 in 2010, and at Nicole Klagsbrun in 2008. In Los Angeles, he shows with David Kordansky Gallery.
The artist first caught the art world's attention back in 2001, when Studio Museum director Thelma Golden included his work in a show called "Freestyle." He is included in the 54th Venice Biennale, which opened in June and ends next month, and "30 Americans," a group show of African-American artists on view at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., through Feb. 12, 2012.
Earlier this year, The Observer caught up with Mr. Johnson at his Bushwick studio, where he was making plans for an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
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see this artist below,
maybe his the next star get him an expo soon will like to see him.cool!
[...] – Hauser Wirth Signs Rashid Johnson: The artist known for making sculptures and installations that explore African American identity and culture has joined the stable of Hauser Wirth and will have his first solo show with their New York gallery in January. Johnson, whose work was featured in this year's Venice Biennale, called the gallery "a perfect fit" for him and his work. Congratulations! [Observer] [...]


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The Human Spirit: When Bubbe and Zayde write back
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Parodying Carly Rae Jepsen's recent musical hit, "Call Me Maybe," curly-haired granddaughter Michele gets on the phone to convince her grandparents in south Florida to make sure they'll vote for Barack Obama.
She turns Grandpa from undecided into an activist for the Democrats. Even a few liberal sites were uncomfortable with the amount of Yiddish used.
Here's the email I'd expect her grandmother to send her after the call.
My Dearest
As always, I was delighted to hear your voice on the phone. Any chance we could turn this into a regular event? Since the presidential election is now over, we don't have to discuss our voting choices. But I've been thinking of your call and I want to share a few thoughts with you, I realize that your calling us was a return to a program that was dubbed in the 2008 election "the Great Schlep." Back then, at our retirement village, when we read that 200,000 young people had downloaded talking points to address their grandparents, we were excited. We spruced up our guests rooms way ahead of intercession, expecting a flow of grandkids. We, too, downloaded the talking points so that we could be prepared for dialogue. After all, we were political activists ourselves in the '60s and were glad to hear our genes had been expressed in you – even if they'd skipped a generation.
Among ourselves, we thought it was chutzpadik of you to think you might inform us about what would be in our selfinterest.
We are, after all, men and women experienced enough in the affairs of the world to have overcome our own economic challenges so that we could fund your college education. But we remembered with nostalgia the audacity of our own youth, the arguments we had with our parents and our certainty that we would change the world for the better. So we were ready for you to bring it on.
Unhappily, the so-called Great Schlep turned into the Great Disappointment.
Fewer than 100 young folks actually came down to Florida. Most of those who did come found that their grandparents were devoted Democratic votes. They'd bonded with the party back when JFK (that's John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president) spoke of "a time for greatness."
Here's a little tip for you from your Zayde and Bubbe from our political days: Downloading isn't political activism. Clicking "like" on Facebook isn't political activism.
You still have to get out there and stump, ring the bells of strangers, risk having dogs unleashed on you and doors slammed in your face.
The videos created by the Schlep Lab of the Jewish Council for Education and Research (what an amazing name) have been shared endlessly by our friends on Facebook. At the risk of you concluding that your Bubbe doesn't have a sense of humor (an old charge aimed at feminists like me), I was offended by the suggestion in the original Schlep video that we would choose our candidate by the color of his or her skin. Have you forgotten that Zayde and I met on a Freedom Ride to Alabama as part of the Civil Rights movement? Nearly everyone on our bus was Jewish. Singing on the bus late into the night, when we ran out of songs like Let My People Go, we segued into Passover songs. When Zayde and I say we fell in love over Had Gadya, we don't mean at a Seder. Uncle Mickey is named after martyred Mickey Schwermer.
(Google him, Schermer, Chaney, Goodman, Mississippi, 1964.) His father was a sheitel-maker.
"We're all the same inside," preaches that mischievous Sarah Silverman. But, my dear granddaughter, as you took the trouble to remind us in your phone call, Zayde and I were born in Poland. We met on the Freedom Ride, but our parents met in a DP camp. Our concern about the fragility of the Jewish world may be – with all due respect to your beautiful idealism – less rose-colored than yours. What's good for the Jews and what's good for Israel will always be central for us. Speaking of which, we are delighted that all those Jewish summer camps we insisted you attend had sticking power. We liked the easy way you, Michele, use the expressions "lashon hara" and "neshama." But darling, when you call someone a liar, that is lashon hara. And take it from some old politicos, neshamas don't choose politics. The only sweet, soft soul out there in a political campaign is you, sweet girl.
I'm sure you'll think I'm crotchety because I objected to the attempts to scare us. The implication that you might skip your annual winter visit to sunny Florida to punish us for us making up our minds about who to vote for was hurtful back in 2008. Your recent concern that the Republicans would take away Medicare was touching but misplaced. Let me assure you that the crowd we hang out with is knowledgeable about Medicare. Threats have always made us ornery. When you do come down next time, we'll show you the scrapbook from the scraps we've gotten into – not only on the Freedom Ride, but protesting the Vietnam War, demonstrating for Soviet Jewry and wearing gas masks on a solidarity mission during the Gulf War.
Don't think our hearing aids were turned off when we didn't react to your announcement that Shira is more than a roommate to you. Sometimes it's better not to answer right away. We'd be lying if we said that your news made us joyful, but we were relieved to hear that with a name like Shira, she might have an Israeli connection. If you are planning to experience the joy of children in anything but the usual way, you might consider moving to Israel, where such procedures are largely covered by health insurance. The Israelis are No. 1 in IVF, not just IDF. Did you know that Sarah Silverman's brother-in-law has started solar fields, green energy on a kibbutz in the Negev? Since the election is over we'd be proud if you and Shira used your own energy and courage to stand up for Israel on your campus.
We might even schlep north to help you.
Love, Bubbe P.S. Zayde doesn't eat bagels and lox anymore.
He's turned vegan.
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The true size of Africa? Not bigger than we think because Mercator projection confuses, but smaller than we think because we can't "map" ECONOMIC size. Not even the Economist has done it -- but here is a summary.
Five years ago sub-Saharan Africa's economy was no bigger than that of the city of Chicago. (Imagine Chicago with 46 different ministers of education, transportation, finance etc., and 46 customs border inspection systems. And visas needed to go from downtown to uptown or whatever they call it in Chicago.) Today, my colleague Todd Moss at the Center for Global Development reports that mostly due to oil sub-Saharan Africa is bigger (economic size remember): now comparable to Chicago only if South Africa is excluded, which is all by itself the size of . . . Atlanta! Add South Africa and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa and you get Chicago plus Atlanta: an economy approaching $1 trillion. In this ChicAtlan continential economy the median country is about one-quarter the economic size of. . . . Vermont, the smallest U.S. state.
That's why Africa's leaders wish they could overcome the politics of sovereignty and eliminate the cost of all those borders -- something the Europeans have been working on for half a century.
LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African continent. His aim was to make "a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy"—in particular, the fact that most people do not realise how much the ubiquitous Mercator projection distorts the relative sizes of countries.
A sphere cannot be represented on a flat plane without distortion, which means all map projections distort in one way or another. Some projections show areas accurately but distort distances or scales, for example; others preserve the shapes of countries but misrepresent their areas. You can read all the gory details on Wikipedia.
Gerardus Mercator's projection, published in 1569, was immediately useful because it depicts a line of constant bearing as a straight line, which is handy for marine navigation. The drawback is that it distorts the shapes and areas of large land masses, and the distortion gets progressively worse as you get closer to the poles. (Africa looks about the same size as Greenland under the Mercator projection, for example, even though it is in fact 14 times bigger.) This was not a big problem for 16th-century sailors, of course, and the Mercator projection remains popular to this day.
In Mr Krause's map (above) he seems to have used the shapes of the countries from a Mercator projection, but has scaled up the outline of Africa, without changing its shape, to show the appropriate area. An alternative and arguably more rigorous approach would be to repeat the exercise using an "equal area" projection that shows the countries' areas correctly while minimising shape distortion. These two properties are the hardest to balance when showing the whole world on one map. I decided to rework Mr Krause's map using Gall's Stereographic Cylindrical Projection (1855) with two standard parallels at 45°N and 45°S. Distortions are still evident at the poles, but for most countries shape is maintained, and their areas are shown correctly. As you can see (below), the results are distinct from Mr Krause's map. But however you look at it, his point is a good one: Africa is much bigger than it looks on most maps.


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Kittens, anyone?by Patricia | 10.07.09
One night last week I was out late on the back porch pushing my special needs daughter up and down the porch in her wheelchair. My husband was out there, too, and we were talking. The porch is a rickety, second-story affair, so it creaks as I walk. The wheelchair rattles. If our neighbors here lived as close to us as our neighbors in Payson or Provo did, somebody would probably complain that we make too much noise late at night. Here, everyone sleeps comfortably distant from each other. I can walk out on the back porch anywhere from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. with a contrary child and not fear that I'm causing a disturbance.
So there I was, walking, talking. Then I heard below the plaintive mewling of kittens. Looking over the railing, I saw them creep around the corner of the house, following my voice, my creak, my rattle–one dark one and one dark and white one, at least. We dispatched the kids to fetch the kittens. They brought in two younguns, a grey tabby, very compact of body, and a larger grey and white kitten with very big ears. They were lost–quite possibly abandoned–they were cold, and, in our stretch of the woods, they were imperiled–walking popcorn chicken for hungry owls and coyotes. We brought them inside.
They're about eight weeks old and very energetic. They litter-trained right away. Of course, they exude cuteness and are, in my opinion, above-average innocent.  They've been in the house for several days now, and besides pulling pranks like chewing the blossom stem off my daughter's beloved carnivorous sundew plant, walking on computer keyboards and wreaking other mild, housebound-mammal havoc, they seem like nice cats. We enjoy them.
The problem is, we already have four adult cats, which is about as much as I think this house and yard can handle.   That led me to wonder if anybody out there in bloggerland might like to adopt a couple of kittens.  I hope that anyone interested in taking one cat might take the other as well, because they're sisters and they love each other.  I understand that taking on two cats is rather more than most people care to do. But after watching the social behavior of the horse herd behind our house, seeing how the wild turkeys watch out for each other, spying from a cliff on a herd of romping mule deer in the canyon below, and observing the dynamics in play between our four grown-up cats, I have come to feel somewhat uncomfortable with the casual human practice of splitting up animal families.
Of course, the young of many kinds of animals disperse on their own.  For instance, around this time of year, young coyotes leave the home den looking for their own territories.  The coyote population of an area is density dependent; that is, if an area already supports as many coyotes as it can, the half-grown pups drift like seeds on the wind, looking for advatageous ground in need of more coyotes.Â
But these animals we've taken under our tutelage, stirring the pot of their genetic stories, employing in our service as workers and companions–they're a different story. Cats, dogs, horses, cows–all the so-called domesticated species–it's probably time we reconsider how we affect their lives and communities.
So … kittens, anyone?


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On the first day of the three-day virtual Freescale Technology Forum, MontaVista Software demonstrated that it take merely a second to start its Linux for embedded industrial applications.
MontaVista showed that it can achieve a boot time appropriate for mission-critical applications in the fields of medicine, automotive industry, aerospace and defense. MontaVista chief developer Jim Ready, in their press release, describes the "one second boot from cold power to operational status [as] a breakthrough in embedded Linux performance."
For the demo, MontaVista used the professional version of its homegrown Linux distro on an MPC5121e processor from Freescale. The Freescale Technology Forum runs from July 14-16 and is virtual to keep costs down, with the additional benefit that all presentations are free after an online registration.
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The Playing it Forward Youth Sports Foundation (www.playingitforward.org/) was started in 2011 to provide children with necessary equipment and financial support to participate in organized youth sports.
The Adopt-A-Place program is designed for local organizations, businesses and individuals to come together to combat litter problems in the community to help keep Firestone a beautiful community to live, work and enjoy. The program requires that the group do at least one cleanup a quarter in the adopted place.
Started in 2005, the Adopt-A-Place Program began when the Town of Firestone and its residents recognized the need to clean up litter in the community. By participating in the Adopt-A-Place program, community groups, businesses and individuals help the Town of Firestone reallocate funds, time and manpower to other much-needed programs and projects, including park construction, upgrading and maintenance, trail improvement projects and more.
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The Jaguars (0-3) will go with Johnathan Cyprien, a second-round draft pick, and sixth-rounder Josh Evans against the Colts (2-1). Evans replaced Lowery (concussion) on the second play at Seattle, and the duo was torched.
Jacksonville's receiving corps is equally problematic.
Although tight end Marcedes Lewis (calf) will make his season debut, the Jaguars will be without receivers Stephen Burton (concussion) and Mike Brown (back). With Justin Blackmon suspended one more game for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, the Jaguars are down to two healthy wideouts: Cecil Shorts III and rookie Ace Sanders.
The team likely will sign receivers Jeremy Ebert and Tobais Palmer off the practice squad.
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Picture of the Day: Golfer Choi Na-yeon Promotes ROK Navy
10:40 am on April 11th, 2012 1
Good job Choi Na-yeon this type of pride reflect great credit on yourself, korean people as a whole and the South korean Navy. That's a good ideal for people from different part of sociality to promote a branch of the military of their choosing. Now some of you little girlie boys should do the same
4:07 pm on April 16th, 2012 2
A month ago a stupid girl from Korea University was calling the Korean navy a bunch of pirates. She should get kidnapped and raaaped by North Korean submarine infiltrators to learn a lesson. So much for an 'intellectual elite'.
Her face looked like a stupid shyte too. Unlike this girl.
4:54 pm on April 16th, 2012 3
I'd like to dock in her harbor & offload my, uh, sea men.
7:11 pm on April 16th, 2012 4
What would your mother think if she knew?
Nobody deserves violence for having misguided political views.
7:17 pm on April 16th, 2012 5
I guess it was inevitable that someone would mention sea men.
10:40 pm on April 16th, 2012 6
My mother would agree with me.
What better way is there for a person who just refuse to learn to realize by herself what police and law enforcement are really for than being a victim of an insidious crime herself? And the ROKN is a huge cut above any police or law enforcement agencies in saving her from that fate. I'd be abhorred to discover what else she thinks of USFK's presence in Korea. Then again, it's actually predictable.
It's sad to imagine that she'll eventually be among the members of the Korean society's upper echelon in the future. We need less people like her to be in power for Korea to progress towards success. Or she needs to be reeducated. I already suggested one way it could be achieved that I'm sure would be quite effective.
1:14 am on April 17th, 2012 7
#4, "Nobody deserves violence for having misguided political views."
Tell that to the Third Reich.
3:38 am on April 17th, 2012 8
Being murderous is several degrees more severe than simply being misguided, don't you think?
5:39 am on April 17th, 2012 9
You are overanalyzing what I'm saying. Obviously I was more on the point of her learning the importance of military protection through the personal experience of some great crisis herself that only military intervention could prevent, than truly wishing her dead or harmed. But even in the infinitesimally unlikely case that she's indeed and kidnapped by NKs like Ling, Lee, and Park, her fate would still be far more preferable to what befell the victims of the Blue House and Gangneung infiltration incidents. The only force in the country that is capable of stopping such slaughter is the military, and she needs to learn that fact, preferably up close and personal in hopes that the gravity of her situation would at least register on her five senses if not on her intelligence. Nobody is going to stop the NK soldiers from barging down on her door and take her and raaape her if not for the very people she branded a bunch of pirates and other assortment of evildoers in disguise. This would've been more so the case for her own mother and grandmothers. What step do you think must be taken or what event do you think must arise as the cataclysmic point for her to begin processing that information? I think the event that I described as an hyperbole is indeed quite sufficient to drive the point home for her.
8:26 am on April 17th, 2012 10
Would you be this fixated on her if she was a man?
8:28 am on April 17th, 2012 11
All right, I've reread it. It's quite embarrassing, but I hate to admit I made an error. I'm terribly sorry. I should have written were in my previous comment, not was.
12:33 pm on April 17th, 2012 12
So she is a pro golfer. I'd like to get a hole in one, excuse me I'd like to get one in her hole.
6:12 pm on April 17th, 2012 13
"Would you be this fixated on her if she was a man?"
I don't think it would make a difference. Park was a man. But again you are missing the point.
9:16 am on April 18th, 2012 14
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"Together we lifted our feet and stepped into the unknown"—the thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness exploded onto the literary scene with her debut novel, A Discovery of Witches, Book One of the magical All Souls Trilogy and an international publishing phenomenon. The novel introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and the handsome geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont; together they found themselves at the center of a supernatural battle over an enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782.
Now, picking up from A Discovery of Witches' cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of Matthew's old friends, the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
Deborah Harkness has crafted a gripping journey through a world of alchemy, time travel, and magical discoveries, delivering one of the most hotly anticipated novels of the season.
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Overall Rating: 5.00
Story Rating: 4.75
Character Rating: 5.00Audio Rating: 5.00 (Not Part of the overall Rating)
NOTE: I am addicted to the audio version of these books! Seriously y'all–it is so darn good!!!
First thought when finished: The history lover in me loved this book! The Discovery of Witches fan was equally as impressed! :)
What I thought of the Characters: Deborah Harkness has a wonderful way with characters. You love them, you hate them, and you love reading what they are up to. Often times I felt like I was watching through a window as these people went along in their daily lives. All of the characters that were introduced in Shadow of Night from history were fascinating and very well flushed out. I was so caught up that at the end I really wanted a story about their back stories. I know I am being greedy but it is true! I also loved the continuing stories from Discovery of Witches. Diana is coming into her own (love her story arch) and she is my favorite character. Matthew is working through who he is as his past and future collide (so to speak). Diana and Matthew's relationship is epic and at the core of their characters. I wouldn't have it any other way!
What I thought of the Story: I would say that Shadow of Night is slightly slower than Discovery of Witches. It has a different pacing until about halfway through when Diana really starts getting into who she is as a witch. At that point, the story was off and running. I was listening to it every spare moment I had and still couldn't devour the book fast enough. I am pretty sure I had what my friends Tara and Amanda call P.A.B.D. (Post Awesome Book Disorder). I mean I listened to the last hour–twice! I wanted the next book now!!!!
What I thought of the Audio: Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda at a running time of 24 hrs and 30 mins, Shadow of Night was well worth it! I can't say enough of Jennifer's narration! She manages to get the pacing, emotion, and characterization just right! If you can listen to long audiobook, I highly recommend this one!
Final thought: I am a huge fan of this series! I highly recommend it!
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WASHINGTON — Outside money is pouring into San Joaquin Valley congressional races, a potentially mixed blessing for candidates and a sure sign of more to come.
Out-of-state donors, in particular, enabled Democrat Amanda Renteria of Sanger to nearly match the recent fund raising of Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, since January. Renteria this week reported raising a total of $303,468 in the first three months of the year, while Valadao reported raising $322,358.
Most of Renteria's funds came from donors living outside of California.
Particularly for a first-time challenger, posting competitive totals like these can demonstrate political viability. This, in turn, can draw in more money for all sides as campaign professionals sense a real race shaping up.
Renteria reports having $423,965 on hand as of March 31, while Valadao reports having $852,084.
Fresno Democrat John Hernandez is also running, albeit with little money so far, in the 21st Congressional District. The district includes all of Kings County and portions of Fresno, Tulare and Kern counties. As yet, Hernandez has not reported any political contributions.
In the other Valley race that's captivating the national political parties, Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, reports having $1.5 million on hand, while Democrat Michael Eggman reports having $426,665. Like Renteria, Eggman is relying so far on out-of-district donors.
For challengers and incumbents alike, non-local political donations can yield vulnerabilities as well as the obvious benefits.
Republicans, for instance, are trying to fit Renteria's out-of-district financial support into a larger narrative that the Capitol Hill veteran and graduate of Stanford and Harvard Business School is a "Washington, D.C., insider." A GOP tally released Thursday showed less than 1% of Renteria's itemized individual contributions came from district residents.
"If there was any doubt that Amanda Renteria is Washington's pick for this congressional seat, look no further than the shockingly little support she's received from the community she's seeking to represent," National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Tyler Q. Houlton said Thursday.
Renteria, a native of Woodlake, moved back to the Valley last August.
"Central Valley voters are supporting Amanda because they know she can win, because they know the Valley can do better than ... Valadao, and because everyone is concerned that he's failed to deliver on immigration reform and improving the lives of our families.," Renteria's campaign manager, Emily Nowlin, said Thursday.
Democrats cite Valadao's out-of-district donors amid their own preferred attack lines. Democrats note, for instance, that the political action committee for the Kansas-based Koch Industries, whose political largesse has made it a frequent Democratic target, has now contributed $7,500 to Valadao.
"It's not surprising to see shady out-of-state billionaires padding the campaign coffers of Congressman Valadao," Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Tyrone Gayle said in an email Thursday, further asserting that Valadao's alleged support for "the ultra-wealthy like the Koch Brothers was the clearest sign that he has the wrong priorities."
In a statement Thursday, the Valadao campaign countered that "Rep. Valadao is proud of the broad support for his reelection" and added that "these funds will be used to respond to attacks from the liberal and radical environmental groups that are fully funding our opponent's campaign."
Denham was publicly criticized this week by Stanislaus County Republican Central Committee member Marty Miknus for accepting a $10,000 contribution from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The Dec. 2 contribution from the Santa Barbara County based tribe to the Denham Victory Fund came after Denham backed a land-transfer bill sought by the tribe.
Denham has long raised money from tribes, with four other out-of-district tribes contributing to his campaign so far this year. The casino-operating Santa Ynez tribe, in turn, spreads its checks across state and party lines. At least seven other lawmakers who co-sponsored the tribe's land-transfer legislation have, like Denham, received Santa Ynez contributions since last summer, records show.
Neither Denham nor his spokesperson could be reached to comment Thursday.
Note: The original version of this story incorrectly reported that none of the Republican challengers to Rep. Jim Costa have more than $12,000 on hand. Steve Crass reported more than $107,000 in the first three months of 2014. Read more about Steve Crass' fundraising and notice from the National Republican Congressional Committee here.
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(NEW ORLEANS) -- A police cruiser collided with a car late Thursday on North Claiborne Avenue, killing the car's driver and a pedestrian, authorities said.
An on-duty 1st District officer was eastbound on Claiborne about 10:30 p.m. when his car collided with a Dodge that was trying to across Claiborne at Gov. Nicholls Street, Lt. Marlon Defillo said.
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LAKE WACCAMAW, NC (WECT) - The East Columbus athletic staff is facing a very busy offseason.
According to athletic director Karl Bracey, the Gators are in search of both a boys and girls varsity basketball coach.
Last season Troy Snowden replaced Karlyn Stephens on an interim basis and he is being considered for the full time girls job. Under Snowden the Lady Gators advanced to the class 1A East Final where they were eliminated by Lejeune to finish the season with a 20-6 overall record.
Bracey said Wednesday that Snowden's move to full time is "a possibility."
Boys head coach Curtis Moss has been reassigned to Tabor City middle school after spending the last six seasons on the bench. Prior to coaching in Lake Waccamaw Moss was the head coach at East Bladen.
The Gators advanced to the third round of the class 1A playoffs in the 2012-13 season.
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