text: HomeTVOne Life to LiveDC Interview: Nick Rodriguez Gets "Help" and a Powerful Gay Bashing Storyline on One Life to Live Jamey Giddens December 11, 2009 One Life to Live 5 Comments Nicholas Rodriguez doesn't need any help selling his amazing scenes as passionate, gay activist Nick Chavez on ABC Daytime's One Life to Live. Fortunately for us, the Broadway alum's character on the new web soap Then We Got Help! can't say the same. In the dramedy, offically premiering today, from brilliant writer/actress Julie Ann Emery (Hitch), Rodriguez portrays Dan, one half of a gay couple (Broadway great Blake Hammond plays Dan's partner Eric), who is upset about his overweight partner's lack of concern about his health issues. Dan and Eric are one of four couples who are participating in shoe model-turned-documentary maker Emily's (Emery) experimental non-therapy therapy group. Don't think Rodriguez is worried about being typecast. The good-natured, charming thespian and budding activist (he's a big fan of Nelson Mandela) says he's proud to be playing two diverse gay characters at the same time. I recently caught up with Rodriguez as he was preparing to head over to the Irish Rogue in New York for Then We Got Help!'s premiere bash. We chatted in depth about the insanely-funny, and all-too-real web series (think In Therapy meets Modern Family), whether or not his BFF status wit Venice co-writer Hope Royaltey could lead to Rodriguez appearing on a second web soap, and the powerful work the actor is doing opposite the likes of Brett Claywell, Scott Evans, Tia Dionne Hodge and Emmy-winner Susan Haskell as Nick Chavez begins a lengthy struggle to overcome a brutal gay bashing on One Life to Live. Daytime Confidential: How did your role in Then We Got Help! come about? Nicholas Rodriguez: I had worked with Julie [Ann Emery]'s husband [actor Kevin Earley] before in LA, and so when I talked to her and she said, "You know, I'm doing this thing on the web" I told her I would totally love to do it and literally from day one, I knew it was going to be great! Julie is such a pro. She comes from primetime and film, so I knew it was going to be done right, and I had been talking with a really good friend of mine, who was doing a web series called Venice, and she told me I should do it. DC: No kidding? Which friend? I recently did an interview with Crystal Chappell [Venice's producer/star] for Curve magazine! NR: Hope Royaltey. She's is a a really good friend of mine. She's one of the writers. DC: Yeah, I'm familiar with Hope. Cool, small world! So, maybe in addition to Then We Got Help! could see you popping up on Venice? NR: You know, you never know! I am looking for any excuse to go to L.A. [laughs]. DC: So tell me about Then We Got Help! NR: Well, the premise is that four couples, who can't afford couples therapy, agree to participate in group sessions with Emily, played by Julie Ann Emery, who is actually a shoe model [Laughs]. Julie's character is documenting their progress. My character, Dan, is the youngest. He's studying to be a nutritionist and is into sports, and his partner Eric is severely overweight. They come into the sessions with this as their problem, but as the series goes on, you see that they have many other problems, as do all of the couples. DC: You've done Broadway. What's it like working with Broadway veteran Blake Hammond? NR: Oh it's great! Blake has done six or seven amazing Broadway shows. I was already hooked on the show once I read Julie's script, but when I learned Blake was in it, I was totally sold. DC: I know you're relatively new to soaps, but there seems to be quite a few daytime stars jumping to the web. With all the headlines about soaps dying, do you feel the Internet will be a viable and profitable place for soap actors to continue working? NR: You know, I feel acting is acting. Whether you are doing it on the stage, or on a soap opera, in primetime, movies, or on the web. Any chance you have to share your craft is a privilege. If you can find a story you want to tell, whatever the medium, then yes, there's a place for it. 5 Responses jsg03jd December 12, 2009 Great interview, Jamey. Nicholas is an excellent addition to the show. Glad to know Marty will be doing more than offering sex and/or food to Johnny McPain-in-the-ass. Log in to Reply dkellergrl2001 December 12, 2009 Thank you, DC for interviewing Nick. I'm one of the KISH fans that has really grown to enjoy the character of Nick Chavez and his more developed role on OLTL. I'm excited to see what else is developed for Nick during the aftermath of his attack. I continue to give thanks to TPTB for thinking that Nick should be thought of than just a "Kishblocker". Log in to Reply valso December 12, 2009 thank you for the interview Log in to Reply Dariclone December 12, 2009 Thanks so much for the interview, Jamey. I like Nick and am glad he's sticking around, glad the show didn't turn him into an evil character like I thought they might. I can't wait to see Nick going through therapy with Marty. Log in to Reply celticbelle December 27, 2009 no offense but i am glad that Nick is soon going to be out of Kyle and Oliver's lives for good so that we can finally see them have some happy alone time together…. Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply You must be logged in to post a comment.


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CHAPEL HILL UNC-Chapel Hill's Faculty Executive Committee, including the three authors of a 2012 faculty report about academics and athletics, have issued a statement supporting Jan Boxill, the faculty chairwoman criticized for suggesting revisions to the report.
The statement, approved by the committee Monday and signed by 16 professors, expressed "our full support for Jan Boxill throughout her leadership as Chair of the Faculty. We have complete confidence in her judgment and integrity."
Emails published by The News & Observer this month revealed a sometimes heated back-and-forth conversation last summer among three authors of the faculty report and Boxill, who wrote that other professors on the executive committee were concerned about language that "could further raise NCAA issues and that is not the intention."
A change was made, altering a sentence about a former department manager in African and Afro-American Studies, Deborah Crowder, who helped create bogus classes that kept athletes eligible. The rewrite took out Crowder's name and a phrase that described her as "an athletics supporter who was extremely close to personnel in Athletics."
In an interview Tuesday, Boxill said her suggestion for a revision came from other committee members who, during a session to review the draft, did not like the phrase "athletic supporter," partly because of its alternative meaning as a jockstrap.
"The committee found that humorous," Boxill said. "Then someone said, 'We're all supporters. Anybody who goes to a game is a supporter.' ... So they thought about the word booster, and someone said that booster might have a specific NCAA meaning, which was not intended."
Booster, she said, typically conveys a meaning of a person who gives a lot of money to athletics programs to underwrite scholarships and stadiums. "That was clearly not ... the intent of the subcommittee members. That's not what they wanted to convey, and they expressed that. That was the sole talk of the NCAA, nothing else," Boxill said.
Boxill said she did not remember which members uttered the concerns in a committee meeting last year.
The faculty report was the first official review that suggested athletics may have played a part in the UNC-CH scandal involving dozens of lecture-style African studies classes that never met and were heavily enrolled by athletes. The university has repeatedly maintained that the scandal was not driven by athletics because both athletes and nonathletes benefitted from the fraudulent classes.
The department's former chairman, Julius Nyang'oro, and Crowder have been blamed for the fraud, which is still the subject of a probe by the State Bureau of Investigation.
Concern over changes
The statement of support for Boxill was signed by the three professors who authored the faculty report – Steven Bachenheimer, Michael Gerhardt and Laurie Maffly-Kipp.
But last summer, the three bristled at Boxill's suggestions for changes.
At the time, Maffly-Kipp, a religious studies professor, wrote: "Why is it a good thing to remove Deborah Crowder's name from the report? The fact is, she was close to people in athletics."
Gerhardt, a law professor, wrote to his two colleagues about Boxill: "She is free to disagree with the report as anyone is, but i (sic) cannot believe she has the authority to change what it says. Indeed, apart from her lack of authority to do this, it strikes me as very poor political judgment. Just imagine what the papers will do with that."
In an interview Tuesday, Gerhardt said the 2012 emails do not tell the full story. He said he was out of town, as was Maffly-Kipp, when the executive committee critiqued the wording in the report. So when he and Maffly-Kipp were presented with proposed revisions later, he said, they reacted without a full understanding of the context.
After a meeting with Boxill, Gerhardt said, he became comfortable with the editorial change regarding Crowder and didn't view it as watering down the report.
The report's authors declined to make another change.
Free-flow exchange
Gerhardt described the emails as a healthy back-and-forth. "I don't think, at least in retrospect, any of it is very significant, because we really had a great deal of confidence in the process that produced the report. ... I don't think we've ever second-guessed how that final report looks."
Other members of the committee said the editing process may have been prickly at times, but they described it a free-flow exchange.
"It's a very lively group, and people express their opinions very freely," said Mimi Chapman, a professor of social work. "Sometimes there's disagreement, and we try and arrive at a solution that everybody feels comfortable with, but there are times where people are clearly dissenting. It's not a groupthink group by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not a chair-dominated group where her word is law or anything like that."
Greg Copenhaver, a biology professor and member of the committee, said there was no plot to cover up information to avoid NCAA scrutiny, only to avoid terminology that was misleading. The changes suggested by committee members, he said, were meant to "shed light on a complicated situation, not obfuscate it."
Copenhaver called Boxill "one of the most ethically grounded human beings I know."
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Last updated: 07/19/2006
This tour is a trip through time, from the Etruscans tombs to Romans remains, from Medieval hill towns to renaissance basilicas. It also offer a great diversity of landscapes, from the vineyards covered hills of Chianti and Brunello to the barren geometrical cypress-crested moulds of the "Crete"
Day 1
Arrival in Poggibonsi, where you will be met by our representative who will drive you to your villa in Staggia near Castellina in chianti where you will enjoy an excellent supper.
Day 2
Villa Lecchi/Colle Vald'Elsa/San Gimignano - Km 35 Departing from villa Lecchi, first you encounter the fortified town of Monteriggioni, its round distinctive shape dominating the surrounding plain; then Colle Val d' Elsa and its glass blowing artisans some of which you can visit. San Gimignano with its towers will request more time and a couple of hours of window shopping before starting back to Villa Lecchi.
Day 3
Villa Lecchi/Castellina in Chianti/Siena - 52 Km. - A nice day through winding Chianti roads, in a landscape of luscious, vineyards and superb wineries to end in Siena to have an icecream on one of the most famous squares in Italy: Piazza del Campo. Free supper.
Day 4
Siena /Buonconvento - Km 32 - A nice day through winding Chianti roads, while the landscape is changing from luscious, vineyards to the more linear cypress-crested hills of the "Crete" near Buonconvento. spend the night in a nice farm. In summer you will be glad to get a refreshing dip in the swimming pool or in autumn a relaxing massage and a sauna at their beauty farm.
Day 5
- Buonconvento/Montalcino - Km 46 - Rather difficult day with moderaste slopes in the beginning and a rather steep one at the end. You head for The Monte Oliveto monastery. Spend the night in a nice hotel in Montalcino the Brunello home land.
Day 6
Sant'Antimo abbey loop - Enjoy this fortified town from the bastions of which you will enjoy of a 360° view. The descending trail road lead you to the beautiful and peaceful church of Sant'Antimo where you may be able to listen to Gregorian chants.
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Montalcino/Pienza/Montepulciano : Km 45A very full day as it includes Pienza, the renaissance jewel redesigned by the pope Pio the II. Visit the town which is also an agricultural centre well known for pecorino cheese, and truffle production. A dirt road will take you to Montichiello a nice little village immersed in the "Crete". you can stop there for a nice lunch or just for a cappuccino before continuing to Montepulciano known for its "Nobile" wine.
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Brick Lane Circle
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Thursday 20 November 2014, 6.30-8.30pm, Conference Room, Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel Rd, E1 1BU
He is Professor of economics at SOAS, who completed his PhD in Economics at Cambridge. Previously he taught at the universities of both Oxford and Cambridge. Information on his research interests are available on
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On Sunday 29 May 2011 Brick Lane Circle held a seminar at Queen Mary College, University of London on:
How can we apply critical thinking to understand 1971?
By Sarmila Bose
It was chaired by Professor Mushtaq Khan
Brick Lane Circle invited Sarmila Bose to talk about her new controversial book called 'Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War', on Sunday 29 May 2011 at Queen Mary College, University Of London.
The Circle believes that it is very important to have open and honest discussion on important subjects relevant to the Bangladeshi community, which should be undertaken in a spirit of critical and counter critical enquiry and reconsideration, based on empirical research, scientific methodology and rules of logic.
We encourage all individuals who are being energised by the publication of the book, whether through a sense of fear or enragement or feeling relieved by its conclusions, to undertake fresh research and engage critically with Sarmila's findings.
Muslin: The famous textile from Bengal
By Professor Dr. Sharif uddin Ahmed
The famous textile from Bengal
By Professor Dr. Sharif uddin Ahmed
He gained his MA at Dhaka University, undertook postgraduate studies (B.Litt) at Oxford University and completed his PhD at London University (School of Oriental and African Studies). Currently he is a Professor of History Department at Dhaka University and Director of Centre for Dhaka Studies. Previously he was the Director of National Archives for Bangladesh and president of the historical society of Bangladesh. He has authored several books on city of Dhaka, including Dhaka: A study in urban history and development (English) and Mitford Hospital and Dhaka Medical College (Bengali).
Lab 3, Idea Store Whitechapel
321 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BU
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Partition and South Asia's Diaspora?
2 July 2008, 7-9pm
Seminar by Dr Joya Chatterji
Venue: Lab 1&2, Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU
Dr Joya Chatterji was educated at the Universities of Delhi and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she is now a Fellow and Lecturer in History. Her first book published in 1994, Bengal divided, Hindu communalism and partition,1932-1947 was the first work which drew attention to the role of Hindu communalism in 1947. It was translated into Bangla by University of Dhaka press in 2003. Last year, her second monograph on the consequences of the partition, The spoils of partition, was published by Cambridge University Press. Dr Chatterji has written widely on communalism, borders, refugees, migration and identity-formation, and is presently leading a large AHRC project on the Bengali diaspora in the delta and the UK.
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Climate Injustice, Bangladesh and Coal Power
Climate change is the most urgent issue facing humanity. It is likely to have devastating effects for many people on the planet, with an increase in drought, famine and disease. Bangladesh is already seeing the consequences of climate change, with increases in flooding affecting millions of people.
what can we do here to fight climate change? Is it enough to make
changes in our own lives, and what changes should we be demanding from
governments? How do we achieve a low carbon economy which can combat
the most catastrophic effects of climate change?
This seminar will bring together speakers on the effects of climate change on Bangladesh, an Islamic perspective on Climate issues, and the campaign against new coal power in the UK and for renewable energy.
1. Mizan
Raja, Executive member of Islamic Foundation for Ecology and
Environmental Sciences (IFEES) will speak on IFEES response to Climate
Change and possible solutions.
2. Tim Jones – Campaigns Policy Officer – World Development Movement will speak on the impacts of climate change on Bangladesh
3. Sara Ayech – Climate campaigner – World Development Movement will speak about the campaign against new coal fired power stations in the UK, and for renewable energy.
World Development Movement campaigns to tackle the root causes of poverty. Joining movements around the world, we win justice for the world's poorest people.
'Dead Reckoning': A Response
By Sarmila Bose
Another Reckoning
By Naeem Mohaimen
Flying Blind: Waiting for a Real Reckoning on 1971
By Naeem Mohaiemen
'Research' on Bangladesh War
By Akhtaruzzaman Mandal and Nayanika Mookherjee
BANGLADESH WAR OF 1971: A Prescription for Reconciliation?
By Nayanika Mookherjee
The continuing rape of our history
By Mashuqur Rahman
Critics of Sarmila Bose often cite the article below which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on 5 April 2005 as evidence of her pro Pakistan bias when discussing her writings on the Bangladesh Liberation War 1971. You may want to read it for yourself.
The right stuff: F-16s to Pakistan is wise decision
By William B. Milam
and Sarmila Bose
By Ian Jack, The Guardian, Saturday 21 May 2011
'Mujib's confusion on Bangladeshi deaths'
By Serajur Rahman, Retired deputy head, BBC Bengali Service, The Guardian, Tuesday 24 May 2011.
'Truth about deaths in Bangladesh War'
By Rashed Chowdhury, Bangladesh High Commision, London, The Guardian, Thursday, 2 June 2011
"This account of the Bangladesh war should not be seen as unbiased"
By Nayanika Mookherjee, The Guardian, Wednesday 8 June 2011
"Controversial book accuses Bengalis of 1971 war crimes"
By Alastair Lawson, BBC, Thirsday 16 June 2011
"The Bangladesh War"
By Sarmila Bose, The Guardian, Thursday 30 June 2011
"Dead Reckoning by Sarmila Bose- review: A long-overdue study of Bangladesh's war of independence"
By Martin Woolacott, The Guardian, Friday 1 July 2011
"Subcontinental Drift: Does the controversial book about Bangladesh's war of liberation uncover new truths, or simply reverse old biases?"
By Salil Tripathi, The Wall Street Journal, Friday 15 July 2011
"Sarmila Bose and bad arithmetic"
By Syed Badrul Ahsan, The Daily Star, Wednesday 13 July 2011
"Misusing the past"
By A.R, The Economist, Monday 1 August 2011
"Sarmila Bose: Responses"
in Unheard Voice: All things Bangladesh
"Thoughts on Dead Reckoning"
By Arnold Zeitlin, The Daily Star, Saturday 17 December 2011
"Dead Reckoning: Disappearing stories and evidence"
By Gita Sahgal, The Daily Star, Sunday 18 December 2011


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I would glaze it for extra depth and do the woodwork in faux-stone. Bring in a little gold, a deep green. Modern furniture on bare wood floors with a Greek vase in the middle." -David Easton Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Appalachian Brown BENJAMIN MOORE APPALACHIAN BROWN 2115-10: "Brown is the new neutral. It's more courageous than taupe. I like my browns the way I like my chocolates — dark and rich. I'd use it in a bedroom, a library, a TV room and add magenta, turquoise, purple, or emerald green. People are generally afraid of dark colors but this is a classic, right up there with navy blue or burgundy." -Larry Laslo Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Autumn Dusk PRATT & LAMBERT AUTUMN DUSK 12-19: "I have this in my bedroom and I absolutely love it. It's a tea-leaf, caramely brown with a hint of green in it, which gives it more life than the typical brown. It doesn't die at night. Very earthy, yet sophisticated at the same time. It brings out other colors. 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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Someone looking to cash in on the next big million dollar industry could look at tattoo removal.
1 in 5 Americans have a tattoo and the average price is $150. To remove that same tattoo it could cost you nearly $1000.
Mike Powell says she's been tattooing in the Smoky Mountains for more than 20 years. Now at his new shop in Pigeon Forge, Forged Tattoo, he's getting more questions from people who want them gone.
"Removal, a lot of people actually want them gone. And a lot of people don't understand the actual process," said Powell. "Very permanent it's a lifetime decision. You are going to wake up with it tomorrow."
Powell says he's considered adding removal as an option at his shop. For now he says he works with customers on how to recreate their original designs.
"If you have to rework a lot of lines, a lot of times it's a lot easier to start from scratch to reline it, do your shade work, do your color and end up with a brand new tattoo. You can always add to it, but you can't take away from it.," said Powell.
More widowed people get tatttoos than married or single folks. The average age for that first tattoo is in your 20's.
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- This place gets cheap labor by preying on inexperienced engineers, supplies rock bottom salaries in general, and is solely focused on return on investments. This might work in the short run, but with high turnover and bad blood, new comers are forced to re-learn previously built systems without training or transition from the originators which has resulted in a culmination of stove-piped solutions with no real technical core.
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Pork Chops with Cherry Mustard Recipe
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Not the standard pork chops, thanks to Jean-Georges
Cherries and mustard may sound like an unusual pairing, but they taste great together. Sweet, tart and hot, this sauce goes well with chicken and veal as well as pork.
Reprinted with permission from Home Cooking with Jean-Georges by Jean-Georges Vongerichten with Genevieve Ko © 2011 Crown Publishing Group.
Servings: 4 servings
2 tablespoons Colman's dry mustard
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 pound Bing cherries, stemmed and pitted (3 cups packed)
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup ruby port
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cumin seeds, finely ground
3 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1/4 cup honey
4 (9-ounce) bone-in pork chops, preferably Berkshire (each 1¼ inches thick)
- In a medium bowl, stir together the mustard and 1 tablespoon water until smooth. Let stand for 15 minutes. Stir in the salt until well combined.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, boil the cherries, red wine vinegar, port, and sugar over high heat, stirring occasionally, until syrupy, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth.
- Return the mixture to the saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil, stirring occasionally, until the consistency of ketchup, about 5 minutes. Stir the cherry mixture into the mustard mixture, a little at a time, until completely incorporated. This mustard will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Heat your grill to medium-high. Use a lightly oiled kitchen towel to carefully grease the grill grate.
- In a small bowl, stir together the cumin, sherry vinegar, and honey. Reserve 1 tablespoon in another bowl and use the rest to brush all over the pork. Let the pork stand for 5 minutes while the grill heats.
- Grill the pork, turning every 45 seconds to cook evenly, until the center is still a little pink, about 8 minutes. Remove from the grill, brush with the reserved honey mixture, and let rest for 10 minutes. Serve with the cherry mustard.
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Saitama, Japan, 8 February 2005 | Emphasis before the World Cup qualifier tomorrow between North Korea and Japan has fallen on the background of hostilities and bitterness. Japan is said to be readying 3,400 security forces as some among the 150,000
Two members of the North Korean side, which last reached the World Cup finals in its scintillating run of 1966, play in the J-League: Ri Han-jae of Sanfrecce Hiroshima and An Yong-hak of Nagoya Grampus Eight. "I can't help but feel nervous," says An. This is North Korea's first attempt at qualification since 1994. "The government has paid deep attention to developing football in a systematic way," says a member of the country's physical culture and sports-guidance commission. (Update: The match ended peacefully, with Japan 2–1 victors.)
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The third Homeless World Cup is scheduled next summer for New York, with the Ford Foundation providing much of the financial backing. The practical difficulties of organizing the event and of fielding a team are well-chronicled in the New York Daily News (Michael O'Keeffe, "The Game of Life," 11 April) and New York Press (Ron Grunberg, "Street Soccer," 23 June). Both articles discuss the bureaucratic tangles involved in compiling identity and travel documents. Grunberg, the New York team's coach, writes that
[e]ven after several months of planning and twice-weekly practices, after recruiting players at the food lines and in the shelters, with all the interest we'd stirred up—we had just a few bona fide candidates who could play, travel legally and pass the medical tests. But then three new players walked in: two hailing from Peru, the other from Haiti. Not only do they have their papers in order, they're naturals on the grass.
Other complications also crop up, as social worker Zmira Amrani told the Daily News:
"We had a player wind up in the hospital in Austria last year," she says, referring to a homeless New Yorker who came apart emotionally under the pressure of competition. "We want to make sure the players we take to Sweden don't have a history of mental health problems—or if they do, that they are taking their meds."
Renewal in spirit and body, though, has been a more common outcome. Twelve of last year's 141 players are now pursuing a career in football; others have gone back to school or found other jobs. Just competing is an emotional risk. David Tajmas, captain of the Sweden team, said "at first I never wanted to play in the team because I did not want to reveal my [addiction]. But this opportunity has rebuilt my self-confidence" (Simon Reeves, "Homeless WC Finals," footballculture.net).
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not going to well…stress levels has gone up the past few days,,emotional problems making me go hay-wire..not sure how long i can keep up the no-pull hair-anymore goal..hmm..depressed.Pulled my hair almost constantly yesterday…didint know why and didnt even try to stop myself, felt disappointed with myself.Havent touched my hair the whole mornin today, retaliating with my inner demon to not pull my hair…hopefully I can keep it up till end of this day n il be at least a bit happy with my progress through this tortures habit
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Not really impressed with my progress…went really well on first day,but when stress kicked in ,i can feel the urge to pull is even stronger than usual and i eventually succumb to it..hmmm…not really happy with myself.Found a statergy,tying my hair into a bun..it does stop me but I need to find a better statergy for long term effect.Tried writing down each time my hand went up to my hair, tht worked fine and tried to keep a minimum of ten records a day.Not really working well but still gona continue with it and hope for d best. need a whole lot of effort and willpower to stick to it!!!! Gambate!
Sadly, this was my new year resolution last year and im still trying to break this habit but its not really working out. I remind my self constantly whenever i touch my hair to not to touch it and the hair-pulling gets really worse when im stressed or concerntrating in sumthing. So far, i have been for around an hour and half without pulling my hair today,ill increase the time span more tmw(hopefully)
Main reason the addictive habit started is beacuse i have weird hair texture,its not smooth,it has like sum kinda roughness to it or u can call it uneven suface on the strands that make me wana stroke it…weird…i know.It started by jus by feeling by touching it but now im like unconsiously doing it all the time,even while standing up.Made fun by almost anyone bout my eccentric habit, did put me down a little but not enough to stop it.
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Which brings us to the statement: If we were meant to live in the cold, we would not have been losing body hair along the centuries like we have. And yes, that's my 2 cents of "guessing" science to back up the previous question :)
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Per multiple people on Twitter, the Memo of Understanding has been completed and signed by both the players and the owners. The owners ratified the CBA on Wednesday, and the players ratified the CBA this morning. The MOU was the piece of documentation required to allow the lockout to be lifted and to allow business as usual.
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Talk about a hunka, hunka burning solar love. This is one of the most bizarre hotel stories ever.
A condo owner at the Vdara Hotel & Spa in Vegas' CityCenter -- just across the way from the Elvis tribute show at the Aria resort -- says he was fried while sunning at the pool.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the pool, which sits under a south-facing glass tower -- has hot spots which can singe hair and melt plastic drink cups and bags. It has a diagram of how the sun could bounce off the curved glass and do damage.
Lawyer Bill Pintas of Chicago, who co-owns a Vdara condo, told the Review-Journal that around noon Sept. 16, he took a dip and then flopped on his stomach on a recliner. He became so uncomfortable that he had to move. He said he tried to put on his flip-flops, but they were too hot to touch. So he ran to a shady spot.
"I was effectively being cooked," Pintas told the newspaper. He smelled an acrid odor -- some of his hair was scorched, he said. Pool staffers told him they dubbed the phenomenon in certain areas of the pool "the Vdara death ray."
When he returned to his chair, he noticed a plastic bag holding a newspaper was burned and melted in places. Gordon Absher, a spokesman for MGM Resorts International, which owns Vdara, told the newspaper the company was aware of "hot spots" that designers thought they had resolved by installing a film on south-facing windows. He said they are working on an effective solution. Pintas told the paper he doesn't plan to sue, but expects the hotel to rectify the problem.
Review-Journal staffers visited the pool -- a few stories above ground -- unannounced and found a "hot spot" during one visit around noon. I have stayed at Vdara and briefly observed bathers and sunners at the pool, but neither felt nor heard reports of hotspots. It's ironic that one of the all-suite hotel's biggest drawing cards -- its soaring windows with great views of Vegas -- is turning into a liability.
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Magnitogorsk (Russian: Магнитогорск; IPA: [məgnʲɪtɐˈgorsk]) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 407,775 (2010 Census);[2] 418,545 (2002 Census);[5] 440,321 (1989 Census).[6]
It was named for the Magnitnaya Mountain that was almost pure iron, a geological anomaly. It is the second largest city in Russia that does not serve as an administrative center of either a federal subject or an administrative division. The largest iron and steel works in the country, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, is located here.
Magnitnaya was founded in 1743 as part of the Orenburg Line of forts established under the Empress Elizabeth. By 1747 the Russian settlement was large enough to justify the building of the small wooden "Church of the Holy Trinity".
In 1752 two entrepreneurs called Tverdysh and Myasnikov started investigating the possibility of mining the ore for which the area would later become famous, and having established that there were no pre-existing rights to the Magnitnaya Mountain ore, the two petitioned for the right to extract it themselves. Their petition was granted and iron ore extraction began in 1759.
As a part of preparation for the Soviet Five-Year Plans in 1928 a Soviet delegation arrived in Cleveland, Ohio to discuss with American consulting company Arthur G. McKee a plan to set up in Magnitogorsk a copy of the US Steel steel mill in Gary, Indiana. The contract was four times increased and eventually the new plant had a capacity of over four million tons annually.[7]
The rapid development of Magnitogorsk stood at the forefront of Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plans in the 1930s. It was a showpiece of Soviet achievement. Huge reserves of iron ore in the area made it a prime location to build a steel plant capable of challenging its Western rivals. However, a large proportion of the workforce, as ex-peasants, typically had few industrial skills and little industrial experience. To solve these issues, several hundred foreign specialists arrived to direct the work, including a team of architects headed by the German Ernst May.
According to original plans Magnitogorsk was to be inspired by Gary and Pittsburgh, at the time the most prominent centers of steel production in the United States. It was to have followed the linear city design, with rows of similar superblock neighborhoods running parallel to the factory, with a strip of greenery, or greenbelt, separating them. Planners would align living and production spheres so as to minimize necessary travel time: workers would generally live in a sector of the residential band closest to the sector of the industrial band in which they worked.
However, by the time that May completed his plans for Magnitogorsk construction of both factory and housing had already started. The sprawling factory and enormous cleansing lakes had left little room available for development, and May, therefore, had to redesign his settlement to fit the modified site. This modification resulted in a city being more "rope-like" than linear. Although the industrial area is concentrated on the left bank of the river Ural, and the most residential complexes are separated and located on its right bank, the city inhabitants are still subjected to noxious fumes and factory smoke.[citation needed]
The book Behind the Urals, by John Scott, documents the industrial development of Magnitogorsk during the 1930s. Scott discusses the fast-paced industrial and social developments during Stalin's first five-year plan and the rising paranoia of the Soviet regime preceding the Great Purge of the late 1930s.
In 1937 foreigners were told to exit and Magnitogorsk was declared a closed city. There is not much reliable information about events and development of the city during the closed period.
The city played an important role during World War II because it supplied much of the steel for the Soviet war machine and its strategic location near the Ural Mountains meant Magnitogorsk was safe from seizure by the German Army.
Later years[edit]
During perestroika the closed city status was removed and foreigners were allowed to visit the city again. Years after perestroika brought a significant change in the life of the city, the Iron and Steel Plant was reorganized as a joint-stock company Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MISW or MMK), which helped with the reconstruction of the railway and building a new airport.
With the depletion of the substantial local iron-ore reserves, Magnitogorsk has to import raw materials from Sokolvsko-Sarbaisky deposit in northern Kazakhstan.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status[edit]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the City of Magnitogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the City of Magnitogorsk is incorporated as Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug.[1]
The city is connected by the Magnitogorsk International Airport and by a railway. Public transportation includes trams, buses, and taxis.
Education and culture[edit]
There are three establishments of higher education in Magnitogorsk: Magnitogorsk State Technical University (MSTU), Magnitogorsk State University (MaSU), and Magnitogorsk State Conservatory (MSC).
There are also three theatres: Pushkin Drama Theatre (the oldest in the city), the Opera and Ballet House, and the Puppet Theatre. The Church of the Ascension of the Lord opened in 2004.
Metallurg Magnitogorsk is an ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, playing in the Kontinental Hockey League. Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nikolai Kulemin of the New York Islanders both used to play for the club and both are Magnitogorsk natives. The town's football team is FC Magnitogorsk playing in the Amateur Football League. Located in the vicinity of the city, Abzakovo is a popular mountain skiing base built by the MMK (see the URL below).
Magnitogorsk was mentioned in the Blacksmith Institute's 2007 survey of the world's worst polluted cities, placed in the report's unranked list of the 25 most polluted places outside the top ten. Pollutants include lead, sulfur dioxide, heavy metals and other air pollutants. According to the local hospital, only 1% of all children living in the city are in good health. The Blacksmith Institute says that, according to a local newspaper report, "only 28% of infants born in 1992 were healthy, and only 27% had healthy mothers". However according to Blacksmith Institute, plant managers have upgraded much of their equipment in recent years and emissions have been reduced by about 60%.[8]
- ^ a b c d e f Resolution #161
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ Imagining America: influence and images in twentieth-century Russia
- ^ The World's Worst Polluted Places: The Top Ten, Blacksmith Institute, September 2007
- Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Постановление №161 от 25 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении перечня муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав», в ред. Постановления №2222 от 25 сентября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые Постановления Законодательного Собрания Челябинской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южноуральская панорама", №111–112, 14 июня 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Resolution #161 of November 25, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise, as amended by the Resolution #2222 of September 25, 2014 On Amending Various Resolutions by the Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Effective as of the official publication date.).
- Scott, John, Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel, Indiana University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-253-20536-0
- Degtyarev A. G., Letopis' gory Magnitnoy i goroda Magnitogorska, 1993.
The book is about Magnitogorsk, its history and natural resources
- Stephen Kotkin. Steeltown, USSR
External links[edit]
- http://magnitka.clink.ru the official website of Magnitogorsk
- http://www.dialogpress.ru/ Magnitogorsk Main News
- City Magnitogorsk (Russian)
- http://macalester.edu/courses/geog61/aritz/magnitogorsk.html Macalester College site about Magnitogorsk
- Photo sights Magnitogorsk
- Magnitogorsk and Vicinity (Abzakovo, Bannoye)
- The Soviet Steel City at Magnitogorsk
- Magnitogorsk Photos (Russian)


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Just another manic Monday …
Oy. I have a marathon meeting this morning at the business school to work through book edits with my boss. And yes, my alarm didn't go off, I probably ate some stuff I shouldn't have at the Superb Owl party, and the edits aren't fully done because another work-related emergency cropped up on Friday morning (and neither my boss nor I work on Saturdays) and it's just … oy, that's what it is!
I've been noticing through internet and face-to-face relationships that the past week or two has been weird for everyone. Blogs that I read are having comment drama. (Including a bit on my own, which I am just not dealing with right now.) People are having accidents. Washington D.C. is covered in snow while here there's not a flake on the ground. Friends are fighting and breaking up. The Smoke Monster's rival is inhabiting a re-animated Sayid. (That's my theory.)
Tell me it's not just me and my network. Has this been a weird time for you as well? What, if anything, do you attribute it to? Midwinter madness?
Let's consider this an open thread, and also a requests thread. Anything you'd like me to blog about? Or follow up on from previous discussions?
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geekgirl99 on
February 8, 2010 10:59 am
I would love to see you follow up on the "Epidemic of Rudeness" post…but it got so involved that a response would probably have to be epic itself, so I understand that might have to wait. I was surprised that so many people feel we are going to hell in a handbasket, when I agree (with something you mentioned in your book!) that for the first time ever in history, we are finally being, on some level, required to be polite to everyone. I also found it surprising that so many people wanted to tell you how to run you blog. I thought the one guy deserved to be banned, and that he was absolutely acting like a troll, but even if I didn't, your blog your rules, right? Visiting someone's blog is like visiting their house. You're not supposed to tell them how to manage their children.
I would also love to hear more about how you navigate your dietary restrictions; I have many friends with a variety of dietary restrictions, so hearing input on how best to serve them is always interesting.
Also, it's not just you with the weirdness! It's been oddly tough over here too.
E.A. Week on
February 8, 2010 11:21 am
It's not just you, MC. I always feel… out of sorts at this time of year. This morning, my commuter train was late, and then the driver of the Green Line trolley I was on shut the door on my arm when I was trying to exit the train. I arrived at work in a foul mood. Not the best way to start a Monday!
So I blew off a little steam with co-workers, had a laugh and some coffee, and now I feel a lot better. Finding out that others have had similar experiences helps alleviate the frustration and also helps make me feel like not so much of a prickly cactus.
I think it's the time of year/ weather, too, although can I say I'm sooo glad we didn't get belted with that awful snowstorm? It's cold, sure, but cold I can deal with. Cold is okay if the sun is shining. And heck, I'll take a blizzard over an ice storm any day of the week.
And the Winter Olympics start on Friday! Woot!
WRT the open question on rudeness, I'd take a deep breath and step back before tackling any kind of summary. I think the MoM book hit things really well when it mentioned the multiple stressors people have to deal with in their daily lives, all of which is (IMO) exacerbated by the incessant, invasive media and the seemingly 24/7 electronic stimulation we're all subjected to. Throw in weather, traffic, and economic woes, and is it any wonder we're all so snarly?
And I also agree: you run the blog, you make the rules. If people don't like it, tough.
Oh, I owe you a big thanks, MC–I checked the "natural foods" aisle of my local supermarket, and found the Irish steel-cut oatmeal you recommended. Huzzah! So happy to have this treat back in my daily diet.
Dmajor on
February 8, 2010 11:53 am
Deep breath, Miss C, deep breath.
Probably yes, the season does have something to do with it. This is that long pointless stretch of winter, after all the fuss, frolic, and upgefuchts of The Holidays(tm) and long before the first green shoots of daylight saving. Except for the clever folks in New Orleans, for the rest of us, the major holidays of these weeks are (1) a futile superstition about a magic animal who can make winter end sooner, (2) a televised violent clash between automakers, beer companies, and pizza purveyors, with a little bit of sports sliced in, and (3) for the Devout, the formalized renunciation of whatever form of succor has gotten them through this dark season so far.
Today is the first truly sunny day in too long. Get out for a walk or at least try to sit near a window. Hope you're doing better soon.
Amy R. on
February 8, 2010 2:43 pm
This has definitely been an odd couple of weeks. I feel so overwhelmingly frustrated by things that are not that hard. And it seems that for people I am close with, work stuff has gotten really difficult. The struggle between wanting better for yourself and feeling bad about it because there are still people looking for jobs is hard. Especially if someone you tend to lean on is unemployed.
So I guess I would be interested to read more about navigating what I call the "international pain scale" — how to deal with something that is big to you while being mindful that someone else would love to have that problem. (I remember you touching on this awhile back.)
I would also like to read more about friendship breakups and dealing with those tricky waters, especially when other members of the circle are still friends.
Shulamuth on
February 8, 2010 8:52 pm
The last couple have actually not been all the weird for me and mine, but I certainly have had my patches of similar. I have a theory (picked up from Theodore Sturgeon back in my youth) that life's path is made up of stepping stones, usually reasonably spread across the landscape at one-step-apart distance. If you make a misstep you land in the mud, but more than that your next normal step takes you to the puddle that is between the next two steppingstones, rather than back on the path. This can go on for a while until you manage the half-step or huge step that gets you back on the path for a while. So if things are going to the weird they can sometimes stay there for quite some time.
Mind you, since I haven't a clue as to how to get back on the path when I'm off it, it's not a very USEFUL theory, but I'm always happier with a metaphor, however unhelpful, in place than I am with no guide at all.
MelissaJane on
February 8, 2010 10:35 pm
Ooooo, Shulamuth, I have a new metaphor! Thanks!
I've always hoped for more in The Annals of It's Not All About You. Just sayin.'
ATF on
February 8, 2010 11:48 pm
Earlier today when I was working in lab, I thought of something that I wanted to hear your thoughts on. It wasn't a manners/conduct related question but rather one along the lines of a "I generally like the way Miss Conduct thinks about things, I wonder what she thinks of this".
And now, naturally, I have the perfect spot to post the thought I had and I can no longer remember what it was. Like, it's just gone from my headspace. Sigh.
But yes, there is something in the air/water/whatnot. Most of my friends are dealing with malaise of the general out of sorts variety. Right now, I am just tired of being a grownup. I don't know of a better way to put it.
Fillyjonk on
February 9, 2010 3:06 am
Also, I dunno, we haven't seen anyone actually inhabited yet. Locke is a copy in fact. Not that that makes it impossible.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Mike Woodson said the MRI on Carmelo Anthony's injured right knee showed he has "some fluid build-up" and that's what's causing the stiffness.
Anthony wasn't at the Knicks' morning shootaround and is out for Thursday's game against the Pistons.
"Rest will probably be the best thing for him," Woodson said. "He's got to make that commitment. If he wants to sit down and rest a game or two we'll do that. It's still a long season."
This is the start of a back-to-back with Oklahoma City on deck Thursday night at the Garden. Woodson said the Knicks aren't "trying to save" Anthony for Durant and the Thunder. It's going to be Anthony's decision, Woodson said, as to whether he plays in either game.
"I'll do whatever he wants to do," Woodson said. "Trust me. Players know their own body. If he tells me he wants to play I'm going to play him. I'm not going to fight him on that. I'm not going to fight any player who wants to play when you're talking about a player that can help you win games. If he says coach I need to sit down and rest a game or two, I'm going to grant that, absolutely."
Yet the irony is Woodson contends Anthony asked out of Monday's Cleveland game before he aggravated his knee and he didn't listen to him.
"He just kind of nodded that his knee wasn't right," Woodson said. "I kind of ignored it somewhat. Maybe I shouldn't have."
After tripping over his own feet, Anthony fell in the first half. When he got up, he walked right to the locker room and never returned. The Knicks were down 22 at the time and rallied to win behind a strong game from Amar'e Stoudemire.
"Obviously he was hurting," Woodson said. "He asked me to bring him out. I kind of ignored it because we were down. I probably should have taken him out and then he took the spill and he left the game because he was hurting. I didn't heed to it because I've seen him banged up and hit and things of that nature and I elected not to pull him. Maybe I should have."
Woodson said he hasn't been told that Anthony's knee worsened from that particular play. Anthony said it's been bothering him for a couple of weeks.
Woodson also said that he has to scale back Anthony's minutes. He's averaging 37.8 per game and his importance to the Knicks is obvious. They need him as fresh as possible for the end of season run and playoffs.
"I just got to trust when he's sitting over there, 'Guys you got to do your part and then we'll get him back in,'" Woodson said. "I've been playing him close to 40 minutes a game. We got to get him down to about 35 minutes a game, somewhere in that neighborhood."
If Anthony doesn't play, Woodson said he probably would start Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert, Tyson Chandler, Kurt Thomas and James White. Woodson will continue to bring Stoudemire off the bench.
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Both are cute and useful. I'll order some more for myself, gifts, and general decor.
Love these darling noses! Bought six , gave away two and had the other four stacked up the wall on little tiny shelves next to my bathroom mirror! Just darling!
AWESOME these are so cute and will make wonderful Christmas gifts.
I bought 2 of these and they worked out so well, I'm going to buy 3 more!
I love my Picasso nose! My glasses are right where I left them, they love hanging out there (very chi chi) and it doesn't look like I'm a moron who can't find her glasses because - it's art. The cats even leave them alone because - it's art. You want these. You really do. Because - it's art.


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Other chatter would have to be kept in this thread -- where it is acceptable, as long as it stays respectful of other members, doesn't use foul language, and otherwise stays within forum rules. And yes, I did notice that tempers were rising here earlier; John and I read all posts that come through the entire Samsung forum. But we generally give a little more leeway in pre-release threads like this: It's not uncommon that frustrations are vented when participants are waiting for product release or for real information.
But you guys have been good at getting the discussion back under control without heavy handed moderation :)
Edit: Just to make it clear: If a NP940X3G owner decides to create an Owners Lounge and take ownership of the opening post, he/she will not have to worry about it being filled with off topic nonsense. We'll see to that. Again, following are examples of such Owners Lounge threads:
in one of the shops here in Switzerland the i7 model is listed. Available from October 18 for about 1850$ (the shop prices are usually higher than other shops here in Switzerland). The model is listed as NP940X3G-K04CH (the i5 is the K02CH)
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Today is the day, GWB is out and Barack Obama is in! Let the World shift into high gear and get back on the highway of a better life. For those who read Cuzoogle, you know that we like to dabble in the works of photoshop, some better than others, but regardless we are always going for a laugh.
During the Presidential campaign we searched around the Internet for some of the best photoshopped photos of John McCain and it was a blast. We knew the day would come when we would do the same for Obama and today seems like a good day for it.
Here are some of the best photoshops we found of the new American President while digging around google images. The header image is actually one of ours but the rest are other people's fine, fine work.
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"Let the world shift into high gear and get back on the highway of a better life"???????
How's that better life working out so far? Is it still all Bush's fault?
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The Institute also assists with the integration of previous professional experiences with the call to Campus Ministry and helps generate new ideas and program possibilities through networking with other campus ministers.
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/// Internet Activists Push Out China Official
October 22, 2012 | All Things Digital
A Chinese official in the southern city of Guangzhou was fired from his post and detained after investigators confirmed he and his family owned 22 homes, according to state media. He is the latest local official to fall at the hands of Internet activists incensed over local corruption. Cai Bin, who formerly ran the city's urban management bureau in the district of Panyu, served as its political commissar and was its deputy chief of police, is suspected of bribe-taking, the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Mei Heqing, a local discipline official, as saying. Read the rest of this post on the original site »
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Just posting to mark my finish. Will edit later once thunder and lightning cease.
Finally got done with this insanity. 2 hours to go of time, but the thunder and lightning and losing power made me panic and post it earlier. I was hoping to expand a bit more on the assumed setting and add some more sample antagonists to the game, but oh well. The submission I sent, 29 pages, the finished work, you can download it for free here.
It is called Insectum, and it is a fantasy roleplaying game about playing bugpeople. (Like this and this.)
Instead of magic, you have hormones and pheromones. Which are magic, just with a different name. Everyone can use those to some extent. The game is designed for 3d6 play and is class-based, and is a sort of spiritual marriage/abomination of nature between practically every D&D-ish game you've ever seen, along with tokens, scenes and story arcs and other devices from "Story Games" kind of RPGs. It is sold as-is and you cannot reduce my Ebay rating because you don't like it.
Oh wow, I'm already finding places with sentences that got cut off or say contradicting things. I still have time, maybe I should revise.
Edit: Found one outstanding problem – regardless of what the contradictory statements say, Pheromones and Hormones only work once each, once each scene. There are no separate rules for Scenes and Combat about how pheromones work. (There USED TO BE but I didn't intend to leave artifacts of that behind.)
Fixed version here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yzu13dkxdd2


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23 Mr J.A. Lyons, Prime Minister, to Mr N. Chamberlain, U.K. Prime Minister
Cablegram unnumbered 14 February 1939,
We are following with closest attention the reported Proceedings of the Palestine Conference [1] and we would like to receive full information of the progress of the talks. We regard the situation in Egypt, Palestine and in fact the whole of the Near East as being of great importance to Australia owing to its relation to vital Imperial communications. In view of the general world situation we feel it will be highly dangerous to estrange the Moslem world at the present time by any decision over Palestine which might be regarded as unduly favourable to the Jews.
We note from the various despatches and reports that ties of friendship in contiguous countries are already being strained over the question of Palestine and we venture to suggest that no opportunity should be lost by the present Conference to reach a speedy agreement.
While we are diffident about expressing an opinion as to the nature of a settlement which might be deemed equitable we feel that all the Partition schemes put forward are impracticable and politically unwise and the best solution might be some settlement which maintains relatively the present status quo with safeguards to prevent Jewish predominance. [2]