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Big Pink Restaurant Review: Bigger is obviously considered better at this tongue-in-cheek take on the all-American diner. Big Pink bursts with everything-but-the-kitchen-sink salads, overstuffed sandwiches, comfort food entrées, and satisfying burgers (especially the double-decker Pink Daddy Mack, a Big Mac on steroids, with dead-ringer pink sauce), plus fries, onion rings, and corn dogs by the bucket. The daily-changing TV Dinner, served in a six-compartment steel tray, is always worth checking out. And though dessert dominatrix Hedy Goldsmith has moved on, her signature sweets (upgraded comfort food like warm chocolate pudding cake with amarini cherries) remain. In terms of ambience, a colossal TV, featuring sports programming, dominates this echoing warehouse space, so those desiring intimate conversation are better off snagging one of the few tables on the sidewalk out front. Local nightclubbers still hang out until 5:30 a.m. on weekends, to gorge on grown-up kid food.
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Happy Halloween to everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your spooky, hilarious, and thrilling holiday festivities! All around Fulton, Missouri you could find jack-o-lanterns, togas, princesses, nerds, athletes, skeletons, and the occasional astronaut. We will never be too old to dress up and enjoy a night out with friends! Be it catching a movie with Student Alumni Council, the American Sign Language department, or the Jesters, to attending class in your costume, there is always a way for you to enjoy the Halloween festivities at William Woods!
Below are some pictures of my teammates and I dressed up on Halloween night, it was a great time with the best friends a guy could ask for!
Grab a bite!
Tucker Dining Hall is the spot to get the finest food at William Woods! Tucker, as the student body calls it, is the best spot to grab breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You can grab a steaming cup of coffee and a watch your omelet be made right before your eyes to get your day started, put in your order at our Mongolian grill for lunch, and grab a fresh salad and soft serve cone for a sweet treat after dinner! There are options to suit any dining needs including soy milk and fresh tilapia! Not to mention the ever-friendly Tucker Dining Hall staff, who are always willing to help!
Come see us and grab lunch in Tucker Dining Hall at William Woods University!
Come One, Come All
William Woods is absolutely beautiful this time of year! Walking to class is an absolute pleasure! Below is a little glimpse of my walk to class today.
I encourage you to come and visit William Woods this fall during our fall admissions events! The first event is the Equine Weekend, the weekend of November 7th. Also, come on out for Discovery Days at William Woods, the weekend of November 14th.
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Pixelmon Updates!
SpaZMonKeY777posted Nov 14, 14
SpaZMonKeY777 @ Survival
So yesterday and today we have had some big updates to our Pixelmon Server! I have posted most the details on the forums, but I felt there was enough updates to warrant a big news post as well. We have been having a blast with pixelmon, and we hope everyone has been having a good time as well, so here are the updates!
- PokeLEGEND -
This is the new Pixelmon Rank that has been added to the shops (Click here to view). We have added a lot of awesome perks for this rank, and also made sure they weren't too overpowered compared to the rest, so check those out, especially during the sale! You can also view all our Ranks and Perks/Commands by Clicking Here.
- Shops and Warp System -
We have added the ability for players to make shops on Pixelmon and Kaioko has built the Warp Drive! Players can now buy a Town, Market, or Random Warp to be put into the Warp Drive House. Check the Pixelmon Shops and Warps System forum thread for more info!
And lastly, the Nugget Appreciate Sale is still going on until November 27th! Everything will be 25% during this sale that we do once a year for all our lovely nuggets of AWNW! We hope everyone is having a fantastic month so far, and we look forward to possibly being able to update to 1.8 in the coming months! Woot!
- Spaz


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279395522014-11-24T09:57:27.442ZUnenlightened Commentary.Follow me on Twitter- @Unencom - or don't, it's up to you but it would be nice if you did.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-7841748084070182262014-11-22T22:54:00.001Z2014-11-22T22:54:58.846Z"Shut Up" They ExplainedThere are two great articles on the assault on free speech on campuses, Heather Mac Donald how American universities capitulate to the intolerant bullies from marxoid halfwits while Brendan O'Neill tackles Britain's authoritarian student body and their enablers in authority:

The 'no platform' policy of various student unions is forever being expanded to keep off campus pretty much anyone whose views don't chime perfectly with the prevailing groupthink. Where once it was only far-right rabble-rousers who were no-platformed, now everyone from Zionists to feminists who hold the wrong opinions on transgender issues to 'rape deniers' (anyone who questions the idea that modern Britain is in the grip of a 'rape culture') has found themselves shunned from the uni-sphere. My Oxford experience suggests pro-life societies could be next. In September the students' union at Dundee banned the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children from the freshers' fair on the basis that its campaign material is 'highly offensive'.
I realise the student activists are not typical students but an unrepresentative fringe of obsessives but why do the officials allow them to intimidate opponents? Perhaps they agree with them or maybe they are acting out of self interest- feeding the crocodile with a sacrificial victim in order to give themselves a quieter life.

Personally I have never felt the urge to "win" a debate by shutting down opposing views but I can see why the activists, Social Justice Warriors and the like do it- because it works.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-50052808878488889332014-11-16T21:49:00.000Z2014-11-16T21:49:43.617ZMuslims Discovered AmericaAccording to Turkey's Islamist president Recap Erdogan anyway.

Muslims discovered the Americas more than three centuries before Christopher Columbus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

He made the claim during a conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Istanbul, pointing to a diary entry in which Columbus mentioned a mosque on a hill in Cuba.

 Mr Erdogan also said "Muslim sailors arrived in America in 1178".

 He said he was willing to build a mosque at the site Columbus identified.

 The Turkish president - whose AK Party is rooted in political Islam - gave no further evidence to back up his theory, instead stating: "Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th Century."
There's actually quite a long list of supposed examples of pre-Columbian contact between the Old and New World, the Vikings are the only ones who've been confirmed but the Welsh, Irish, Basques, Romans, English, Egyptians, Africans, Chinese, Polynesians and Japanese have all had claims. Some of them are vaguely plausible- though probably still wrong- but most are not.

The Muslim discovery of America is not one of the more convincing theories but like a lot of psuedo-history appeals to the pride of a culture whose actual accomplishments have been rather modest since the Mongols sacked Baghdad. The former Chinese President Hu Jintao did something similar when he informed the Australian parliament that the Chinese discovered Australia back in 1421- a claim based on the ridiculous book by Gavin Menzies. Again it appealed to the pride of a culture that while once great, has lagged the West for centuries.

My favourite example of Islamists hijacking Western accomplishments is the widely believed story in the Middle East about Neil Armstrong hearing the Islamic call to prayer when he first set foot on the moon. In comparison reaching the Americas is lacking ambition.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-68331536577748120622014-11-09T18:51:00.001Z2014-11-09T18:51:11.024ZWhat's In A Word?Female celebrities including Katy Perry, Megan Traynor and Salma Hayek often get criticised by self proclaimed feminists for refusing to identify themselves as feminists. Here is the Observer's Barbara Ellen on Hayek's recent disavowal of the term:

You have to wonder – what's with these women and their seemingly all-consuming need to distance themselves from feminism? An unworthy thought crawls through my brain: is this a man-pleasing exercise – are they afraid that men might find even the slightest whiff of feminism a turn-off, so they bang on about "equality" to keep everything safely gender-neutral and "sexy"?

 Or does it go yet deeper, darker, than that, into the realms of female self-hatred? Where the cause of womankind in itself is just not good enough, interesting enough and so men must be prominently included, feted and appeased, even at a female-celebrating event? While I'm all for inclusivity, something has to explain why some women seem to feel that good instincts to support other females have to be disguised and reframed for public consumption.
 I'm going to go out on a limb and have a guess as to what the actual reason for not associating with the word "feminism". The people who most prominently embrace the term are unfortunately often like Barbara Ellen whose views are rather anti male- see this piece in which she fulminates against men using equality legislation to challenge cases of sexual discrimination.

If people use "feminism" as a cover for politically sectional and rather outlandish views on sex they should no be surprised when others don't use the term to describe all those who believe in equal treatment and freedom from discrimination.

If every other self proclaimed patriot demonstrated that they were in actual fact rabid xenophobes then patriotism would suffer a similar fate- with people who are thoroughly patriotic shying away from the word itself.

If actual feminists, in the sense of people who believe in sexual equality, no longer like the word "feminism" then the likes of Ellen should really look at themselves.Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-15061400191883457562014-11-02T08:07:00.001Z2014-11-02T08:07:44.159ZUnclean UncleanDuring the Black Death, while plague killed a huge proportion of the World's population there were some places that managed to escape mass outbreaks all together- Poland and Milan most notably. Milan adopted a rather brutal but effective strategy of walling up the homes of anyone infected with the disease with the occupants inside, there seems to be less clarity over how Poland avoided it, but one theory is that they pretty much close the borders as well as a medieval state could.

The most effective strategies for countering the plague were the most offensive to individual rights and personal liberty. A major outbreak of an infectious disease is one of the few times where it is justifiable to put the collective good above individual rights. The outcry over a relatively minor quarantine period for those people who have been at the heart of the Ebola infected region of West Africa is not based on "the science" which is contentious, but on knee jerk ethical preening.Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-39175791716339064332014-10-26T20:14:00.002Z2014-10-26T20:14:38.251ZEurope Does Not Equal The EU.Will Hutton writes in support of the European Union:

Moreover, geographical proximity has always given Europe its special character, if doing no more than offering a nearby bolthole or new ideas that could simply cross a frontier. Without Protestant Holland, William Tyndale would have had no home to print the Bible in English; the Industrial Revolution was fuelled by exiled scientists and entrepreneurs from all over Europe. The Ukip/Tory story that Britain's greatness was built on independence from Europe is a fairytale. We are as much part of our continent's history and evolution, and share its values, as any other European country. Arguably, we are the quintessential Europeans.
What he says about the influence of Europe on Britain's development is true but rather undercuts his argument.

William Tyndale fled to the Netherlands because he would have been executed on the orders of the crazed zealot Thomas More, had he remained in England, at the time the Dutch were more tolerant.

Imagine if the EU had existed in the 16th century- all that would have been needed would have been for Thomas More to issue an EU arrest warrant, and he'd have been executed within the month.Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-11771861990636160132014-09-20T18:23:00.001+01:002014-09-20T18:23:43.415+01:00The Cowards Have Beaten The IdiotsOr to put it another way, Scotland voted "No" to independence. So now we are all back to normal as a United Kingdom with a broken constitution.

Hooray!Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-87139751203022539102014-09-13T13:49:00.001+01:002014-09-13T13:49:27.946+01:00ScotlandIt is my hope that Scotland votes to keep Britain together next week, partly for emotional reasons- I'm half Scottish and much of my family is from there and I feel a sense of nationhood that doesn't stop at Berwick. It also seems to me that Britain is a stronger and more formidable country than merely England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Having said that I do think the 'No' campaign are wrong to concede nationalist demands on control of the welfare system in North Britain. Single currency areas like the UK require transfer payments from rich to poor areas in order to compensate for poor areas being unable to devalue their currency to compete. One of the quickest ways that an economically hard hit region to receive transfer payments is through the welfare system.

Paul Krugman (who despite his hyper partisanship is a renowned economist) explains the process with a comparison of how Spain and Florida were affected by the global recession here. Essentially when Florida's economy crashed, it automatically received more money from Washington whereas Spain did not automatically receive extra cash from Brussels leading to a much weaker fiscal position- because despite currency union Germany isn't willing to fund Spain's welfare system.

If Scotland manages it's own welfare system some of the automatic stabilisers won't work in the case of a shock to Scotland's economy.

More devolution is inevitable but welfare should remain substantially a UK wide issue. Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-87107763929627695322014-09-08T21:41:00.002+01:002014-09-08T21:41:27.612+01:00The Rotherham Scandal- The Culture Behind ItThere is an interesting piece about the Rotherham scandal and other similar cases of Pakistani sex abuse gangs by a British Pakistani woman:

Growing up in an Asian Muslim household, ever since I can remember to be like a white girl, a "gori" was a very bad thing indeed. At primary school age, we were taught how "goras" were dirty. They didn't wash when they went to the toilet. I was told not to eat with goras, because they ate pig – only dirty people could eat such a filthy animal.

As a teenager, I discovered there was nothing worse than acting like a gori. I was a rebellious youth, pushing all the boundaries. I didn't want to wear a hijab and traditional Asian dress. I wanted to be in jeans. I wanted to wear my hair out. I wanted to go out and see my friends. I wanted to meet and talk about boys. I learned that these were "white things": what white girls did, and so strictly forbidden to me by my parents. Why? Because they were seen to be against Islam and therefore shameful. There was no honour or value in girls who dressed or acted like that. Girls like that, it was made very clear to me, didn't deserve any respect. They were the lowest of the low.

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That is why I find it so infuriating in light of Rotherham that some Asian men (and women!) are still looking to blame Western culture – "the goras' culture" – and denying the part their own plays in the abuse. Gora culture, like the white girls who were targeted, is deemed to be shameless and without honour. I've read articles describing western culture as "pornified", like they describe those girls as "whores" to then conclude that the abusers were somehow led astray or not fully responsible.

On the last point about how Western culture is "pornified" and girls wearing inappropriate clothes, that might be the justification used but I doubt it is how the victims were targeted.

I have a female friend who worked in a heavily Pakistani part of Leicester when she was about 19/20, and there was more than one attempt to behave very inappropriately towards her- unwanted grabbing, men trying to get her in the car etc. What was interesting is that these incidents tended to happen when she was very dressed down- in baggy clothes with not much skin showing- not when she was wearing the sort of clothes that get blamed for leading men astray.

This makes sense when you think about it- the abusers target girls they perceived as vulnerable and lacking in self confidence, not those who were confident in themselves.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-47973865274891113142014-09-08T20:58:00.004+01:002014-09-08T20:58:59.966+01:00Rippers & CoppersThe Jack the Ripper murders seem to have been solved. The DNA evidence seems fairly conclusive and it fits in with what I said back in 2006:

 I'm not sure why so many ridiculous notions about Jack the Ripper are given serious consideration, when the 'suspects' bear absolutely no relation to the sort of people who we know do commit serial killings.

The idea that the Ripper would be a son of the Queen or a famous artist was always absurd. The killer was Aaron Kosminski- a Pole who came to Britain to escape anti-Jewish violence in his home country. One part of the story that amused me was how the crucial piece of evidence was still available in a relatively untainted state into the 21st century:

 the shawl had been taken by a police officer for his wife, but she never wore it, and it was passed down through generations until it went up for sale.
 So back in the late 19th century there was a bobby whose first reaction upon finding a brutally murdered young woman was to steal the clothes that he thought his wife might like! Dodgy police officers aren't a new phenomenon, they were just less likely to get caught in the past.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-6063334275634597962014-08-29T09:31:00.000+01:002014-08-29T09:31:05.028+01:00Rotherham, Ending The Taboo On Race.The simple answer for why the Rotherham sex abuse scandal happened- and why similar cases have occurred in other towns and cities in the UK- is that no one knows for sure although educated guesses can be made.

This is because race has become such a taboo that the problem was not officially acknowledged for a decade and even now most* respectable media outlets start from the assumption that "it is has nothing to do with race" and then work backwards to support their predetermined conclusion.

The reasons for the taboo about prominently discussing ethnic issues exists for reasons that are somewhat understandable. No one doubts that in the past sweeping generalisations about racial groups have been employed by demagogues to whip up racial pogroms or justify treating people as second class citizens because of who they are.

There are more cynical reasons too- politicians wanting votes from ethnic minorities and "community leaders" wanting grants but the aversion to talking about race is sincere in most cases.

There are two kinds of problems with this approach, it is morally wrong and it doesn't work. The truth has a habit of coming out eventually. The strenuous efforts by Rotherham Council, South Yorkshire Police and others to conceal the fact that Pakistanigangs were systematically targeting vulnerable young girls has to put it mildly backfired in a spectacular manner.

Honesty is the only way of discussing race that has a chance of succeeding in the long term. In this case it has to be acknowledged that there is a specifically Pakistani (not "Asian" or "Muslim" but Pakistani) problem that needs to be identified and ended.

* Some media outlets deserve praise, the Times's Andrew Norfolk exposed the problem years ago but was ignored.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-12156550946020049022014-08-27T21:39:00.001+01:002014-08-27T21:39:43.237+01:00Luckily Rotherham Had A Campaigning MPThroughout almost the entire period of the Rotherham Asian paedophile gangs running amok the town's MP was Denis Macshane. Two of the areas where he was an active campaigner were racism and criminal gangs sexually exploiting people. Yet when up to 1400 young girls were sexually abused by Pakistani gangs preying to a large extent on white girls he managed not to notice it at all.

Another triumph for the worst MP of the last fifty years. Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-2326303228550263112014-08-21T22:23:00.001+01:002014-08-21T22:30:24.000+01:00The Sincerest Form Of FlatteryPlagiarism is an even greater form of flattery than mere imitation. Here's a list of the top 100 jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that includes such gags as:

10. I had an argument with one of the seven dwarfs. He wasn't happy. – Rebecca Humphries

 69. Why don't Africans go on cruises? That's exactly how they got us the last time.- Athena Kugblenu

77. Whats the difference between inlaws and outlaws... Outlaws are wanted.- Joe Bains

92. I believe in gay marriage so that gay people can be as miserable as straight people. – Tom Allen
 All of which I heard years ago, so either professional comedians are stealing jokes from other, better comics or they're recycling material from years ago. In this case I'm pretty sure they're just passing off other people's materials as their own.

Comedians have always plagiarised older material, when Robin Williams died recently, news coverage ignored his inglorious habit of stealing other comedians material. Still it's a bit lame that so many of the "best jokes" at the Edinburgh Fringe are stolen.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-15332562087595063792014-08-06T20:19:00.003+01:002014-08-06T20:19:52.222+01:00Nations Without StatesThere is a magnificent blog article by Sean Thomas about the Yezidi people of Iraq at the Telegraph and their plight at the hands of the hateful bigot of ISIS.

The current plight of religious minorities in the Middle East* isn't restricted to the Yezidi, Christians have suffered terrible persecution too partly as a result of the Iraq War. If those peoples had a nation that could defend them and provide a refuge they wouldn't be looking at annihilation. Which is one reason Israel will do it's utmost to remain a Jewish state that is strong enough to defend itself against all its neighbours.

* While the Middle East is the current heartland of violent bigotry almost every region on Earth has periods where belonging to a stateless minority has been very dangerous.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-82713425047487551892014-08-05T22:58:00.001+01:002014-08-05T22:58:12.644+01:00100 Years OnThe centenary commemorations for World War One are a chilling reminder of how quickly a continent can slip from a long peace to industrial slaughter. I'm inclined to agree with the current orthodoxy on the causes of the war- that it was a result of German military expansionism.

Whether the UK should have entered the war is harder to say- if the Asquith government had stayed out, Germany would likely have won and an unrestrained aggressive nation could well have threatened Britain- with no France or the Low Countries between Germany and the UK. Yet it's hard to imagine any greater damage would have been inflicted than hundreds of thousands dead that were inflicted.

An awful even but one that offers no easy lessons.Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-80734874896319071902014-08-05T22:45:00.002+01:002014-08-05T22:45:29.333+01:00Darling You Were Wonderful!Alistair Darling seems to have come out on top in the Scottish independence debate against Alec Salmond. Back in 2010 during the Labour leadership contest I wrote:

Who should have stood: Alastair Darling, he is a much more substantive figure than any of the candidates. The economic woes were largely the result of his predecessor as Chancellor and he appears to be an honourable individual (resisted pressure from Brown & Balls to cook the books according to Mandleson's memoirs) apart from a bit of flipping.

Now, as well as his existing strengths he would be able to portray himself as the saviour of the Union. I suspect that if he were the Labour leader they'd currently be heading for government. Labour supporters must be pulling their hair out when they see how effective Darling can be compared to Ed Miliband.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-29172897271049896102014-07-23T18:29:00.001+01:002014-07-23T18:29:33.436+01:00HousekeepingI've updated my bloglist for the first time in years- there were blogs there that hadn't been updated in half a decade. There's more to do though.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-17102139062952864912014-07-22T21:39:00.000+01:002014-07-22T21:39:44.369+01:00Better Than YouWith so many people obsessed by money, it's good to see that there are still saintly individuals who simply don't care about little things like that.

Take Chelsea Clinton for example:

"I was curious if I could care about (money) on some fundamental level, and I couldn't," she told Fast Company in an interview that ran in the magazine's May edition, explaining why she gave up lucrative gigs to join her family's philanthropic foundation.

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 The Clinton name likely opened doors for the political heiress, including an eye-popping $600,000 annual salary for an irregular stint as an NBC special correspondent, but Chelsea insists her work speaks for itself.

 "I will just always work harder (than anybody else) and hopefully perform better," said Clinton, who along with former banker husband Marc Mezvinsky, purchased a $10.5-million Gramercy Park apartment in 2013. "And hopefully, over time, I preempt and erase whatever expectations people have of me not having a good work ethic, or not being smart, or not being motivated."

Truly a modern saint. Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-34397497338408577922014-07-21T22:41:00.000+01:002014-07-21T22:41:02.713+01:00Moscow's WikiwarAn obscure Wikipedia article about a type of fighter jet has been the subject of an edit war today. Why? Because it is about a "Sukhoi Su-25", and Russia's latest propaganda claim is that a Ukrainian SU-25 was detected near the downed Malaysian flight MH17.

The problem is that the Su-25 can only fly up to 23000 feet- which is far too low to have been intercepting the passenger plane that was flying at 33000 feet. So once the physical impossibility of the Kremlin's claim was pointed out, the Putinbots began to frantically edit Wikipedia like an army of Johann Haris.

If it weren't about the slaughter of 300 civilians the amateurishness of Putin's lies would be comical.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-47100242557273070922014-07-03T22:00:00.000+01:002014-07-03T22:00:40.413+01:00The World GameFootball is supposedly the world game, but it's questionable just how global it really is. For all the internationalism of the World Cup it's pretty obvious that based on the quality of the teams Asia and Africa are significantly overrepresented compared to Europe and South America. The game has always had two centres of gravity from which 75% of the best players and 100% of the best coaches come from- the Western Europe and the cone of South America.

So far eight different teams have won the tournament- all from those core zones- and an additional four teams have reached finals but never won- all European although in the case of Czechoslovakia and Hungary a little bit outside the core.

Of the top ten most populous nations on the planet, only 5 are at the World Cup, only 6 have been at a World Cup in the last 50 years. Most don't have sustainable professional leagues either, whatever passion they have for the game doesn't seem to extend to playing it.

Football is not yet a genuine world game even if it is closer to being so than any other sport.Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-52324710211337843872014-07-01T22:08:00.000+01:002014-07-01T22:08:01.511+01:00Guess The CountryOver at The View From Cullingworth, Simon Cooke has a quote from a 17th Century English sailor:

"The men that are married are given much to jealousy, and will not permit any stranger to come where their wives are, much less to see them, but will keep them out of sight as much as they possibly can...all their women, both married and unmarried, go with a black veil over their heads and reaching down to their legs, all being covered except their eyes."
Can you guess where the sailor was visiting? If not, have a guess at the predominant religion in the country.

He wasn't at some port in the Ottoman Empire or on the Barbary Coast but was instead visiting Catholic Portugal. It might reflect the Moorish influence in Portugal although it must have been a few centuries since Islam held sway in the country.

It does show that while the burqa is now an Islamic garb in the past, other cultures have been equally repressive. It also shows that even in the 17th century the English regarded it as primitive and evidence of the failings of the menfolk that enforce it.

Also 17th century sailors are more insightful about the motives behind face covering garments than most modern politicians, academics and pundits- it is due to extreme sexual jealousy on the part of the menfolk.

What causes some cultures to foster such extreme sexual jealousy is the next obvious question- I don't know the answer but suspect it has something to do with clannishness and marriage structure.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-42931582085508650302014-06-30T21:14:00.001+01:002014-06-30T21:14:11.011+01:00Right To NothingDoes anyone else not really understand this:

Every employee now has the right to request flexible working hours after the government extended the right previously reserved for carers and those looking after children.

 As part of the right, employees can expect their request to be considered "in a reasonable manner" by employers.

In what sense do people not currently have the right to request flexible working hours? If it doesn't put any obligation on the employer other than to have to consider a request it looks a bit like a gimmick.Rosshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-32222941730737936662014-06-23T23:26:00.001+01:002014-06-23T23:26:33.700+01:00Chimps, War And SerfdomI've been thinking about Chimpanzees- our (joint) closest relatives and all round evil bastards. They are far stronger than humans and when they attack are brutal- with genitals and fingers being pulled out first before they bite your face off. I'd rather be locked in a room with a tiger or a crocodile than a chimp.

They also practice warfare among themselves, in which the aim is to commit genocide of neighbouring chimp populations. They patrol their own territory and kill any rival males who encroach upon it while also making opportunistic raids into rivals' lands to kill any outnumbered males they find there.

If all this sounds familiar it's because it is what humans have done to each other all too frequently- and continue to do today in many tribal societies- which suggests it is a form of behaviour that has deep routes in our shared evolutionary past.

However in most of recorded history, simply wiping out a vanquished opponent is rare*- a lot of killing occurs but the Anglo Saxons didn't wipe out the Celts, the Normans didn't annihilate the Saxons, the fall of the Roman Empire doesn't seem to have involved genocide of the Romans. Instead elite replacement occurs.

All of which is a roundabout way of saying that the tendency of civilised agricultural based societies to form complex and exploitative hierarchies- in which a self serving elite forms to control the surpluses produced and dominate society may not have been such a bad thing after all compared to the alternative.

An elite that exploits the rest of society will have very little interest in wiping out a defeated population in the way an egalitarian hunter gatherer society does- because it makes little difference whose work they are exploiting.

None of which should is an argument for the perpetuation of social elites today of course, this is just speculation about how we came to be where we are as a species.

* Wars between civilised countries are bloodier overall but not on a per capita basis.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-54762353987519752192014-06-23T22:43:00.001+01:002014-06-23T22:43:40.144+01:00The World Cup Is Anti Feminist ApparentlyOh no, what to do now?

In one of the passages explaining the anti-feminist nature of football Sylvia Murray Young writes:

Paul Gascoigne led a generation of males to sport the "Gazza" haircut, yet his popularity was only mildy dented by the sight of his partner Sheryl skulking past the paparazzi with a face swollen and bruised by his fists. Ched Evans was convicted for raping a drunk teenager, but incredulous fans started the #freeched hashtag and outed the victim. Football fans themselves create a demand for the trafficking of women and girls into prostitution.
The stories of a surge in trafficking of prostitutes is a factoid of dubious provenance, but it is true that some prominent footballers have treated women appallingly. However it is surely a bit of a double standard to condemn the whole of football for the actions of a handful of individuals.

When Lord Saatchi grabbed his wife round the throat did it prove that the art world is hostile to women, when the Socialist Workers Party covered up a series of rape allegations against their senior members did it prove that left wing politics is inherently misogynistic?

It seems to me that football is being singled out like this because it is largely played by working class men who are unlikely to be in the target demographic for listening to professional grievance mongers.Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-53165938410675404492014-05-27T23:09:00.002+01:002014-05-27T23:09:35.803+01:00The Decline And Fall Of The Liberal DemocratsOne way or another Nick Clegg won't be Lib Dem leader for much longer, either they get rid of him now or wait until the election when he will lose his seat along with dozens of other Liberal Democrats. I do feel a little bit sorry for him because entering a coalition with the Conservatives was a brave thing to do and right for the country at the time.

However then I read things like this and stop pitying him:

"If I thought any of our real dilemmas would be addressed by changing leadership, changing strategy, changing approaches, bailing out now, changing direction, then I wouldn't hesitate advocating it,"
Listening to the interview it is clear that "our" refers to the Lib Dems, so he is saying that his approach to being a part of the government is dictated by the perceived benefit to the yellow peril, not to the country.

Opportunist maneuvering for short term gain is the major cause of Clegg's unpopularity in the first place. Rosshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-48938021522460393922014-05-19T21:44:00.001+01:002014-05-19T21:44:52.286+01:00Right To Be MisrememberedSuppose someone was the victim of vicious and false rumours that they were a convicted paedophile or a notorious fraudster. They could at least discredit the rumour by demanding proof- and use the absence of news reports about them as evidence that the story was false.

Except this option might not be possible anymore because of European Court ruling that people have a right to demand that search engines remove embarrassing search results about their past.Rosshttp://email@example.com


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Ashley Clark, Erika Wakefield and Mariah Turner all scored in double figures to lead Tulsa to a 67-64 overtime win against Texas Southern on Tuesday afternoon at HPE Arena in Houston, Texas. TU moved to 2-2 on the season, while TSU fell to 0-4 overall.
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Ashley Clark had a double-double, while Kadan Brady and Mariah Turner both had double-digit points, but Tulsa dropped a 73-71 decision to Oral Roberts in the annual Mayor's Cup on Friday night at the Mabee Center on the ORU campus. Tulsa fell to 1-2 on the season, while ORU moved to 1-2 overall.
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Many school officials react in exactly the wrong ways when one of their students completes suicide, according to the authors of a new book.
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Just because they're kids doesn't mean they don't need exercise. And making it fun and exciting is the name of the game when it comes to enjoying it. These toys and games will get them moving in ways that will benefit them (daily activity is great for their growing bodies and minds) and you (they'll be nice and tired by bedtime!).
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If any of you can get through the summer without shelling out cash on fruity beauty products, please tell me how it's done, because I'm really a sucker for this stuff. First, I was salivating over Bare Escentuals Fruit Smoothies eye shadow collection, and now, I'm ready to pounce on this season's fruit-punch nail color trend.
Style.com recently declared Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour in Orange Blossom ($18) one of its perfect summer polishes, and now I'm finding it difficult to live without this tropical-melon tone. At the spa last week, I saw a woman getting a pedicure with this polish, and it's just as beautiful on nails as it is in the bottle.
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The coroner has announced the cause of death in the Oct. 19 track accident that killed two Bay Area Rapid Transit workers.
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff-Coroner says 58-year-old Christopher Sheppard and 66-year-old Laurence Daniels both died from multiple blunt force injuries as they inspected track between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations.
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On this week's edition of Rebooting The News, NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen riffs on the seminal NPR/This American Life co-production from last year, Giant Pool of Money, and finds in it the germ of a compelling argument: Deep reporting is not only good journalism, it may actually be the thing that creates a desire for more news, building new consumers of news where there were none before.
In other words, a topic that may have been something you knew about peripherally through the headlines — say the financial crisis — becomes a must-know obsession once you understand the core facts and the storyline. And the best way to get to such a place of understanding is through unvarnished explanatory journalism.
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|Ken Doctor: The New York Times' financials show the transition to digital accelerating
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As many fans already know, Santino Marella is retired and wants to make a return to WWE next year. He is one step closer to that goal, as his physician has cleared him medically to start training his upper body after recovering from a severe neck injury. The former Intercontinental Champion stated that he is going to check his ego in at the door and start training from the very beginning. For what it's worth, WWE officials are said to be interested and open to the idea of Marella coming back.
November 3, 2014
With the amount of punishment that his body went through during his long professional wrestling career, Mick Foley understandably prefers that his children not follow his footsteps. However, that is exactly what is happening. Noelle Foley is reportedly training to become an in ring performer. The 20 year old is said to be training somewhere in the Long Island area.
October 12, 2014
Some interesting stuff came out of a recent interview that Mark Henry did with Newsday. The former world heavyweight champion revealed that he met Rock in Canada while he was playing professional football. Henry was up there training with Bret Hart and his family. Henry recruited Rock into joining WWE with him. While they were in developmental, the two of them even shared an apartment.
October 11, 2014
A lot of buzz was created recently when Steve Austin mentioned that he was training for a comeback with WWE. Jim Ross, who happens to be very close friends with Austin, decided to douse some water on those rumors. The legendary commentator stated that Austin might not necessarily be in shape enough to work Wrestlemania 31. He also stated that there is a chance that Austin does not wrestle at all.
October 7, 2014
With fans clamoring for his return for much of the past decade, Steve Austin has finally provided some concrete news on a potential comeback to WWE. The former world heavyweight champion casually mentioned that he was training for a potential comeback during an interview on his podcast show. Nothing is set in stone right now, and a lot will depend on how Austin's body holds up during the training.
October 5, 2014
In addition to making an appearance at an independent wrestling show produced by Kizarny, Jake Roberts also spent the time to help train some of the wrestlers at the event. The WWE legend even got physically involved in the training, so that's great news for those of us who were quite concerned when he was in the hospital for a week.
September 11, 2014
While she is not doing a practice match with Brie Bella before Summerslam 2014, Stephanie McMahon is actually putting in a lot of hours training with Triple H. The couple routinely work out together, so it makes sense for him to put in some ring time with his wife. The match is not expected to last very long, and a surprise ending is still being planned.
August 15, 2014
Rumors have persisted over the last several months that Kevin Steen was set to sign a developmental contract with WWE. It looks to be official now, as the former ROH champion has posed for a picture with Triple H while wearing a WWE NXT shirt. The belief is that he will be focusing more on his weight and physique than actually training for the in ring stuff.
August 12, 2014
When Ricardo Rodriguez asked for his release from WWE, he told his side of the story. He wanted to wrestle again. Reports are now surfacing that the other side of the story involves his weight. Management wanted him to get to a certain number, but Rodriguez had trouble getting to that point. Thus, officials refused to give him the chance that he had been training for.
August 10, 2014
While a lot of fans are still under the impression that Hulk Hogan is really training to make an in ring return for WWE, no discussions are taking place within the company, as many people are already aware that the former world heavyweight champion is in no shape to wrestle. Vince McMahon would gladly pull the trigger on something like this since it would generate a ton of publicity, but he knows it will not be taking place.
August 8, 2014
Earlier in the year, Shannon Moore started training again after taking some time to heal his body. The belief was that he wanted to do another good run on the independent wrestling circuit. However, it now appears that he has retired as an in ring performer. Moore opened up a wrestling school in Florida, and he recently mentioned that he was moving.
August 3, 2014
For years, Hulk Hogan has worked the audience. He knows how to sucker in the most gullible of fans. The WWE legend is at it again. At a promotional event in New Jersey on Saturday, Hogan told the audience that he was training for another match. He also stated that he wanted it to be against John Cena. Hogan is in no shape to work another match, so the belief is that he's just creating a buzz.
August 3, 2014
A day before the company is expected to eliminate a lot of jobs, WWE has come to terms on the release of Ricardo Rodriguez, who stated that the decision belonged to him. The former manager of Alberto Del Rio reiterated that he wanted to be an in ring performer again. Rodriguez had been training in developmental in hopes that management would finally give him a chance. When that opportunity appeared dismal, he opted to move on to the next chapter of his career.
July 30, 2014
With his in ring career fully behind him now, Tensai has been slowly gaining power backstage in WWE. He impressed management with his ability to function as a color commentator. Now, he has convinced them to let him have a bigger part in the company by training the developmental wrestlers. WWE likes the fact that Tensai has worked overseas and is familiar with a lot of different styles of wrestling.
July 26, 2014
"He just signed with us. I was there when he had his tryout at the WWE Performance Center and I met with him there. We've been working on this for a while. His training will start when he gets here. The thing is, you can be a big star anyplace else in the world. That gets you in the door. What you do once you get here is a whole different ballgame. He's no different than anybody else once he walks through the door of the Performance Center." - Triple H on how Kenta Kobayashi will be treated in WWE
July 17, 2014
While she still has every intention of being a stay at home mother and wife, Michelle McCool decided to get out of the house on Monday. She made a visit to the WWE Performance Center. No word yet on why she was there this time around, but she has been known to drop in and help do a little training with the developmental divas. Her appearances always spark rumors of a return to WWE, so don't be surprised if the chatter increases over the next few days.
June 24, 2014
"He is a pro. He comes to work everyday. He is straight forward and tells you exactly what it is. One of my things was I didn't get to work a match with him. I would have dropped the weight I did and keep the muscle I have. He is a great leader in terms of he talks it; he walks it. He is the face of the WWE and likely so. John Cena gave us all an opportunity to train and have the same training regiment. The training of the NBA and NFL with Olympic lifts for maintenance, for power, better cardiovascular. He was on the forefront. He gave guys an opportunity." - Brodus Clay defending John Cena
June 19, 2014
If things go as planned, WWE could have themselves three new stars on the main roster by 2015. Prince Devitt, Kevin Steen and Kenta Kobayashi are rumored to have been signed to developmental contracts with the company. All three need work visas to be completed, but they're expected to start training before the summer ends. Devitt, Steen and Kobayashi are viewed as three of the top international stars available.
May 31, 2014
A picture of WWE star Big Show training with musician Lenny Kravitz.
May 28, 2014
During an interview with the Mirror in England, Stephanie McMahon was asked about a potential match against Brie Bella. The two have been feuding on screen as part of the program centered around WWE champion Daniel Bryan. Stephanie hinted that the match was a possibility and that she is always training. The feud would be heavily featured on Total Divas if it takes place.
May 20, 2014
A lot of wrestling fans were pleasantly surprised to see Kevin Nash making an appearance in the first Magic Mike movie, which surpassed a lot of expectations by becoming a worldwide hit. They're going to be even more surprised when they see Ric Flair in the movie. During a recent podcast interview with Steve Austin, the former WWE champion revealed that he just completed some scenes for the film.
October 31, 2014
Apparently, when Hollywood needs a Russian enforcer, Kevin Nash is the guy to call. The former WWE star has a small role in the John Wick movie, which stars Keanu Reeves. In it, Nash plays a Russian bouncer. A couple of years back, the former world heavyweight champion was cast in the Punisher movie, where he played a Russian hit man for the mob.
October 30, 2014
Batista isn't the only former WWE star who has been signed to star in a movie sequel. It has now been revealed that Kevin Nash will be reprising his role as Tarzan in the upcoming Magic Mike 2 film. The first film, which stars Channing Tatum, was a surprising hit that made a lot more money than expected, so a sequel had been discussed for quite some time now.
September 24, 2014
A message on Twitter from Kevin Nash about the death of his former WCW protege Sean OHaire.
September 10, 2014
The widespread assumption among wrestling fans is that Triple H is the one responsible for bringing in Prince Devitt, Kenta Kobayashi and Kevin Steen into WWE. However, during a recent interview, Kevin Nash specifically stated that HHH was against the idea of bringing in performers who have worked a good amount of time elsewhere. Nash stated that HHH preferred to produce talent in house instead. That has caused people to wonder who was behind the decision to bring in Devitt, Steen and Kobayashi.
September 5, 2014
It has started to become a bit of a tradition for Kevin Nash to host a Wrestlemania party each year in the host city. Wrestlemania 31 will be no exception, as the former world heavyweight champion will be throwing a party in San Jose that weekend. His co hosts for the evening will be former WWE diva Melina Perez and former TNA Knockout Rosita. Zema Ion will be the DJ for the evening.
September 3, 2014
A Twitter post from former WWE star Kevin Nash where he jokes about trying to do a Vulcan mind meld with Brock Lesnar to let him know that he is only back on Monday Night Raw for the beers and not looking for a fight.
August 14, 2014
In the past, Kevin Nash has been pretty adamant about not wanting to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He's even gone as far as to instruct his wife to decline the offer if he were to pass away. It seems like Nash is now softening his stance. He recently stated that he would refuse to be inducted as Diesel, but he did not mention anything about going in under his real name.
August 11, 2014
Since WWE wants to make this is a big edition of Monday Night Raw, the company has enlisted the help of Hulk Hogan and friends to help spike the ratings. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash have already been confirmed for an appearance, and there are talks that an nWo reunion could be taking place. Another person from Hogan's past has now been added as well. Paul Orndorff is scheduled to make an appearance tonight.
August 11, 2014
The white and black is headed back to WWE next week when Monday Night Raw comes to us live from Portland. Hulk Hogan will be celebrating his birthday on air, and he has a couple of buddies coming back to join him. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash have reportedly been confirmed for the event, and the belief is that WWE will be doing some sort of nWo reunion to boost television ratings.
August 6, 2014
"Catching Monday Night Raw on my DVR. Just saw all I needed to see. Dolph Ziggler with a huge win. I bought the WWE Network just to keep up with Ziggler." - Kevin Nash praising Dolph Ziggler
August 5, 2014
Earlier this month, rumors surfaced that Mickie James and Rikishi were candidates to join the Rock at the hall of fame induction ceremony during Wrestlemania 31. Another name that WWE has reportedly been discussing is Kevin Nash, even though the former world heavyweight champion has been vocally against being inducted.
May 17, 2014
When he is not inducting his good friend into the WWE Hall of Fame, Kevin Nash does a little bit of work as an actor. The former world heavyweight champion revealed that he has a small part in an upcoming movie with Keanu Reeves. It is called John Wick. Reeves plays the lead role as a highly qualified hit man who ends up killing more than 300 people in the film.
May 2, 2014
A status update on Twitter, where Drew McIntyre joked about how he and his father are joining the Clique. The two of them recently hung out with Sean Waltman, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall backstage, as pictured.
May 1, 2014
It appears that the backstage heat between Kevin Nash and Roddy Piper, which erupted one night on Twitter, is over for the time being. The former WCW stars talked over the phone and hashed out their issues. While neither side is accepting full blame, they both have come to the conclusion that it is best to just move on from this.
April 23, 2014
Over the weekend, wrestling fans were witness to the long standing backstage heat between Kevin Nash and Roddy Piper, as Nash took to his Twitter account to unleash some harsh words towards Piper. It appears that Sean Waltman, whose friendship with Nash is widely known, is staying impartial and wants to keep the peace between the two guys.
April 22, 2014
"I love Roddy Piper and respect him. What I did was disrespectable. He was a legend. I was a raw Detroit guy. Wish it didn't happen. I fucked up. When you strike a man and see fear in his face at my size, you realize you're playing the bully. I was bullied as a 6'10, 212 pound 14 year old." - Kevin Nash apologizing to Roddy Piper
April 20, 2014
"Roddy Piper is a deranged old fool. He got bitch slapped to the floor. Hulk Hogan, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall and Eric Bischoff were in the room. Let it go, Rod. Pod cast invite?" - Kevin Nash telling a backstage story about Roddy Piper and mockingly asks for an invitation to do a podcast interview
April 20, 2014
In an effort to show new fans that the company is capable of drawing in the big name performers in the industry, TNA has added alumni profiles to their roster page on their official website. Some notable names on there are Jeff Jarrett, Sting, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Mick Foley, Hulk Hogan, AJ Styles, Brooke Hogan, Ric Flair and Rob Van Dam.
April 18, 2014
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filed building plans, said Tere Proctor, president of ARC Residential, the sales entity associated with Ricker-Murphy Development LLC, which developed the tower and its parking lot. Ms. Proctor would not identify the new buyers.
unit on the 36th floor of the tower faces south, east and west, according to a spokesman for developer Ricker-Murphy Development LLC. The sale is the priciest purchase in the tower since a $7.46 million sale last April. A 12,500
the property. A message left for one the developers of the building, John T. Murphy, co-principal of Ricker-Murphy Development LLC and president of Chicago-based MB Real Estate Services LLC, was not returned.A former executive in
Goldberg said. Another custom builder, Chicago-based BGD&C Corp., had an agreement with Mr. Murphy's Ricker-Murphy Development LLC to build its own homes on the Deming lots, but didn't want to build on spec and couldn't attract a custom
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buyers started moving into the 39-story tower at 2550 N. Lakeview Ave. The building's developer, Ricker-Murphy Development LLC, still has to sell about half the building's 218 units, and competition from Ms. Fox's client won
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- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional
- Whipped Cooked Icing
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans (we used a nonstick cooking spray with flour). Cream butter, vanilla and sugar well. Add eggs, unbeaten, one at a time. Sift dry ingredients together, add to butter mixture and stir to combine. Add baking soda mixture, stir. Add bananas, and nuts if using, and mix well.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until tested done.
- Cool on wire rack. Remove cooled cakes from pans and frost with Whipped Cooked Icing.
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