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Excuse me, but has Top Chef forgotten 9/11 already? Our country was attacked! Now the enemy is trying to build a TERRORIST BREEDING CAMP right next to the World Trade Center Sbarro's, and Top Chef is…   Read Story »
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As the chefs are getting ready for another episode, Kevin is trimming his sideburns and talking about how nervous he is. You should be nervous! It is almost impossible that Kevin has not gone home…   Read Story »
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Pope Benedict XVI offered suggestions for ethical ways to stimulate the economy, even as world leaders gathered in Italy for the G8 Summit. In the pope's third encyclical to the world's bishops--titled "Charity and Truth"-- he said globalization is not inherently bad, but must be properly managed.
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The Center for Teaching & Learning is pleased to offer a special opportunity for Queens College faculty: a mini-course on theatre techniques and their applicability to teaching, to be offered in Spring 2012, taught by Professor Susan Einhorn, Director of the Acting Program, Department of Drama, Theatre, and Dance.
(The deadline to apply was: December 9, 2011. Applicants were contacted in December.)
Whether you are relatively new to Queens College, a seasoned faculty member like myself (thirty years to date), or somewhere in between, could you use some new teaching techniques to invigorate your approach?
From my years of training actors, I have culled exercises and techniques that will: ensure that you are present in the room and in your body; make it easier for you to find and release tension in your body, neck, face and voice; help you make and maintain eye contact with your students; and target your weaknesses as well as build upon the strengths of your communication skills. In addition to receiving my feedback, you will learn to give and receive feedback from each other, as this course will create a new and empowering forum for us to share and improve our pedagogical skills.
The mini-course will consist of seven sessions in spring 2012, all on Tuesdays, beginning at 6:00 pm.
Introductory session with dinner: 6:00-8:00 pm, President's Conference Room #2, Rosenthal Library
Additional sessions: 6:00-8:30 pm, The Little Theatre, King Hall, Room 115
This course is open to all current full- and part-time faculty at Queens College. If you are interested in participating, please articulate what you consider your teaching technique weaknesses and strengths in a short statement of approximately 200 words, and submit it by Friday, December 9, using this form.
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How in the world do I clean the black streaks off of our white gutters? The vertical lines are resistant to pressure washing, bleach and a scrub brush.
I remember a few years ago someone said there was a product in a spray bottle that would remove these stains. All you had to do was spray it on and wait a little while then spray with your water hose. All the streaks would then be gone! I can't remember the name of the product. I think they said you could buy it at a home building big box store. Help! I can't find the product... |
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I haven't used it, but there is a version of Krud Kutter for cleaning gutters and exterior metal surfaces. |
Hey girlfriend! I had the perfect product-it worked miracles for my gutter stains. So I ran to the garage to get the name of it so I could be your hero. Well, the last time I used it, I poured it into another container and labeled it "gutter cleaner". Ratz!! I got it on the internet so I googled an couldn't find anything that looked familiar. I'll keep trying. |
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Linear Fresnel Reflector Projects
Concentrating solar power (CSP) projects that use linear Fresnel reflector systems are listed below—alphabetically by project name. You can browse a project profile by clicking on the project name. You can also find related information on linear Fresnel reflector principles and research and development.
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The Prepared Reflex: Behavioral and Subjective Flanker Interference Effects | |
Pin-Wei Chen, Tiffany K. Jantz, Ezequiel Morsella | p1 |
A Test of Learned Industriousness in the Physical Activity Domain | |
Eduardo E. Bustamante, Catherine L. Davis, David X. Marquez | p12 |
Quality Teaching: The Perspectives of the Jordanian Inclusive Primary School Stakeholders and the Ministry of Education | |
Mohammad Sakarneh | p26 |
Attentional Biases in Processing Emotional Facial Expressions: Effects of State Anxiety, Trait Anxiety and Awareness | |
Mark S. Edwards | p41 |
Assured Rewards Facilitate Non-Intervention in Unfair Situations by High Psychopathy Individuals | |
Keita Masui, Shouichi Iriguchi, Mitsuhiro Ura | p56 |
The Insightful Manipulator: Machiavellians' Interpersonal Tactics May Be Linked to Their Superior Information Processing Skills | |
Tamas Bereczkei, Bela Birkas | p65 |
Sutherland, Cleckley and Beyond: White-Collar Crime and Psychopathy | |
Frank S. Perri, Terrance G. Lichtenwald, Edyta M. Mieczkowska | p71 |
Subjective Happiness as Mediator between Personal Growth Initiative and Life Satisfaction in Adolescents | |
Sarita Sood, Richa Gupta | p89 |
Quantum Theoretical Approach to the Integrate-and-Fire Model of Human Decision Making | |
Till D. Frank, Preecha P. Yupapin | p95 |
Living with Cancer: The Experiences of Chinese Canadian Cancer Survivors | |
Tsorng-Yeh Lee, F. Beryl Pilkington, Grace Ho | p106 |
An Assessment of Resiliency and Life Satisfaction in High School-Aged Students in Belize | |
Rachel Youngblom, Daniel Houlihan, Julene Nolan | p115 |
Structural Equation Modeling in Psychology: The History, Development and Current Challenges | |
Leila Karimi, Denny Meyer | p123 |
Work Family Conflict: A Review of Female Teachers in Indonesia | |
Siti Nurmayanti, Armanu Thoyib, Noermijati -, Dodi Irawanto | p134 |
The Adjunctive Impact of Counselling in Management of Dermatological Patients: Tertiary Hospital Experience | |
Ukonu A. B., Ezechukwu A. | p143 |
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Psychological Studies , Vol. 6, No. 4 | |
Barbara Sun | p153 |
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- Marin Snapshot: Marin County Fair producer Jim Farley passes the torch
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- Marin Snapshot: Mill Valley's Maslow celebrates 'richness and value' of Native American art
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AFTER 35 YEARS of keeping the moms of Marin in shape via her pre- and postnatal exercise classes, Luray Eshelman of Mill Valley is still going strong. She's now teaching women who once slumbered on baby blankets as their moms sweated it out on the hardwood floors of the Mill Valley Community Center.
Eshelman, a registered physical therapist, certified childbirth educator and pregnancy exercise consultant, also lectured for eight years at University of California at San Francisco in the physical therapy department. She teaches Lamaze childbirth preparation and has degrees in classical studies, physical therapy and anatomy from Duke University. But the mother of two is best-known, and best-loved, for her community center classes.
Q: How did you get started teaching this class?
A: Don Hunter, then-director of parks and recreation for Mill Valley, called me and asked me to teach the class.
Q: The class is both for pregnant women and those who have had their babies, yes?
A: Yes. It slenderizes the post-partum woman and helps pregnant women stay in shape. New moms can begin classes two weeks after a vaginal birth or four to six weeks after a Cesarean birth.
Q: What makes your class so popular?
A: I individualize the class to a woman's specific level of problem or stage of pregnancy. I might say, "You do this exercise in a different position." To accommodate breast-feeding, a mother can sit upright and do Kegels (pelvic floor exercises) in the class.
Q: Describe a typical class.
A: In an exercise class, you always want to do a warm-up and end with a cool down. Some days after warm-up we'll do strengthening movements with weights. Or do some aerobic type exercise. Then we go down to the mat. The classes incorporate movements from pilates, yoga, dance and the ballet barre.
Q: What is the most rewarding part of the class for you?
A: Probably that I have been able to help so many people for so many years. Stuart Kessler, the present manager of the center, said the class fills a niche in the community and is more than an exercise class, it's a class of encouragement and support.
One lady said to me, "I have 10 left feet, but after being in your class and learning to exercise, it opened up the world for me to attend other exercise classes and start a healthy lifetime program of my own."
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Get Sonic Generations for cheap now (before it drops in price a week after launch) {Joystiq}
Sep 29th 2011 2:44AM @def PD Did you find a retailer selling the CE that will ship to the US? The only place I could find that was offering it for pre-orders online was amazon.co.uk and they won't ship into amazon.com territory.
Know Your Lore Tinfoil Hat Edition: Mystery of the naaru {WoW}
Feb 14th 2011 4:01AM Blizzard has implied that the reason that players could not get Ashbringer or Frostmourne as weapons was that the swords were alive in some sense. In the case of Frostmourne, it was imbued with the will of the Lich King. In the case of Ashbringer, well we don't really know. It does seem to have a will of it's own, however. It might as well be a Naaru that chose to assume sword form when "activated" by the paladins, because, like Mu'ru it lacked the strength to regain it's full form and wanted to be useful somehow.
Breakfast Topic: Should Blizzard take away earned titles and rewards? {WoW}
Feb 10th 2011 12:25PM It's perfect actually. Money:Time as Title:TV.
Breakfast Topic: Should Blizzard take away earned titles and rewards? {WoW}
Feb 10th 2011 12:21PM This sets a precedent. Tomorrow Blizz could decide "hey guys, there are way too many 85s out there only a couple months after Cata released, so we're deleting all toons and making you start over. This will be a great experience for those of you who missed questing through the new Azeroth because you were already level 80! Thanks for continuing to make us all rich without us having to make any additional content for the next few months!" or "We have decided that grinding professions is way too easy now, so we've upped the cost of all pre-cata recipes by 400% and reset everybody's skills. Get grinding!" If they are allowed to take something away that we have earned once without a massive backlash because of it, they will continue to do it. Making us do everything that exists in the game to stay where we are is a much easier way for them to keep us playing than making new content. If the community tells them that this change in philosophy is not acceptable by canceling their accounts until it is changed back, Blizz will learn that if they want to keep us around they have to do it by offering more, not forcing us to take what has been there for years.
Breakfast Topic: Should Blizzard take away earned titles and rewards? {WoW}
Feb 10th 2011 12:09PM It was doable without being ridiculously grindy before, but it was still pretty grindy. If I had known that it would become ridiculously grindy instead of just pretty grindy, I would never have started grinding any of it because I hate grinding way too much to do something ridiculously grindy, but was willing to put up with pretty grindy. I have now wasted about 3 weeks worth of play time of my life on something I will never get back, because Blizz decided to change the requirements. How is this fair?
Also, the reps that got easier with Cata were the ones I already had. I did my dungeon reps in Wrath. It's the stuff like grinding pirates for two months straight that anyone could have done at 80 anyway in the same amount of time that I chose not to do. I would have understood 47, since 7 new reps were added to each faction with Cataclysm, but why do I need to do another 3 old reps?
Officers' Quarters: Surviving as a small guild {WoW}
Dec 20th 2010 4:11PM I know how you feel. I'm the leader of a guild with a total of 12 players in it, and we rarely have more than 2-3 on at a time unless we're raiding. We hit the cap the first two days because everybody was leveling, but we haven't even come close since then, and the odds of us ever doing guild 5-mans are very low unless they're scheduled way in advance. It really sucks that they did this after saying that they were going to keep things balanced for 10 and 25 man guilds when an ideal 10 man guild has barely over 10 people in it and that is clearly not enough to keep the guild leveling fast enough unless everybody plays nonstop.
Officers' Quarters: Raiding addons aren't optional {WoW}
Oct 18th 2010 5:14PM Because raiding without addons is like driving somewhere with no directions, gps, or map, when you have 9-24 other people in the car depending on you to get somewhere in time, despite traffic, weather, accidents, ect. Maybe you can usually do fine, but what if there's a detour and you have to turn down a street you've never gone down before? If you don't have a way to figure out how to get on track, you're going to be late, and everybody is going to be let down. There's no reason NOT to have them, so you should. It's that simple.
Breakfast Topic: Casualties of casual gaming {WoW}
Jul 30th 2010 5:00PM What you don't understand is that Farmville is a legitimate threat to all real gaming. Blizzard could stop spending a ton of money to make great games and spend less than 1% of what they did to make WoW to make a Farmville-like game and make 10 times as much from it a year as they do from WoW. That means no SC2 parts 2 and 3, no Diablo 3, no fourth WoW expansion, no new MMO because Blizzard found an easier way to make money.
Breakfast Topic: Casualties of casual gaming {WoW}
Jul 30th 2010 4:51PM The reason that real gamers hate Farmville is that Farmville is a threat to real games. It's marketable, it's cheap to develop, and it's boring as hell. We want no part of it, but what we do want is more expensive to make, and there are fewer of us to buy it. I don't think that it will be long before social games are the only games out there, because companies stand to make so much more profit from them.
Breakfast Topic: Casualties of casual gaming {WoW}
Jul 30th 2010 4:39PM Farmville is not 61.6 million gamers playing one game. It's 0 gamers playing 0 games. No gameplay, no story, and no real goal of any kind means no game. If anything, it's a very unrealistic economy/home decorating simulator.


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SAN DIEGO, CA, USA/GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Wednesday, June 25, 2014 – Scotland-based BioOutsource joined with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and MassBio today to announce that the company will be expanding their U.S. presence, opening a new lab facility in Massachusetts in 2015. The company, a global leader in biologics contract testing and BioSimilar characterization for the biopharmaceutical industry, opened
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Governor Patrick and other officials and industry leaders from Massachusetts will meet today with more than a dozen companies at the BIO International Convention in San Diego that are interested in learning more about locating or doing business in Massachusetts. The meetings will take place in the Massachusetts Pavilion on the show floor as part of the state's "Global Connect" sessions.
"We welcome BioOutsource's expansion in Massachusetts and look forward to their ongoing contributions to our thriving life sciences community," said Governor Patrick.
"This announcement underscores the fact that Massachusetts is the place to be for expanding life sciences," Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) said. "BioOutsource's expansion is yet another tangible example of the success of the Life Sciences Initiative and the growth of the life science industry."
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BioOutsource announced that the last 12 months have been an exceptional growth year for the company. The Company has grown by more than 40%, with positive growth delivered across all business units.
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"On behalf of the Center, I would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the team at BioOutsource as they develop their U.S. lab facility here in Massachusetts," said Susan Windham-Bannister, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, the agency charged with implementing Governor Patrick's 10-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative. "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has one of the strongest concentrations of life sciences talent in the world, and I'm confident that BioOutsource will find the people, resources and clients that they need here to prosper."
"We are excited to welcome Gerry and his team to Massachusetts, as the gateway into business in the U.S.," said Robert K. Coughlin, President & CEO of MassBio, the life sciences trade association. "BioOutsource has already been and will continue to be great ambassadors to companies across the world who want to work in and with our researchers."
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The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) is an investment agency that supports life sciences innovation, research, development and commercialization. The MLSC is charged with implementing a 10-year, $1-billion, state-funded investment initiative. These investments create jobs and support advances that improve health and well-being. The MLSC offers the nation's most comprehensive set of incentives and collaborative programs targeted to the life sciences ecosystem. These programs propel the growth that has made Massachusetts the global leader in life sciences. The MLSC creates new models for collaboration and partners with organizations, both public and private, around the world to promote innovation in the life sciences. For more information, visit www.masslifesciences.com.
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80s steeze and a new friend collected
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Last night was all about Sam Smith's coat. That coat! It took me back. Back to 80s London pop. Before Rick Astley was properly appreciated. Before he became an internet meme. I haven't been Rick-rolled in so long I almost miss it. Sam Smith was like the baby Rick and Boy George always wanted to have together. Full Story
All of Taylor's emotions
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At this point I think she should just change the name of the song to Lonely Starbucks Lovers. Yes, I can read the lyrics. But all I HEAR is "Lonely Starbucks Lovers". And reading your emails and tweets, it seems you are the same. I love that they had to give her a Lifetime Achievement Award just to get her there. Full Story
Gwyneth for Tracy
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There was a time when Gwyneth Paltrow would go low for weeks, maybe even months, on end. She was living in London. She kept herself away from places where we could find her. And then… She moved to LA. And became a lifestyle entrepreneur. She calls is "contextual commerce". Full Story
One step closer to Angelina …or Gwyneth
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On Tuesday night, Amal and George Clooney went out for dinner in London with Stella McCartney and her husband, Alasdhair Willis. Click here to see the photos. Gossips have been trying to friend-set Amal and Angelina Jolie for a while. Could Stella be the connection? Stella and the Jolie collaborated on Maleficent and were also together earlier this year at the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict. Full Story
Victoria takes the train
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It's just more practical in Europe. You can't SUV yourself everywhere – not even if you're Beyonce and JayZ who have also taken the train when they've been there. So here's Victoria Beckham who was at Selfridges in Manchester yesterday to promote her new collection. Full Story
Sia & Selena
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Selena Gomez just posted this shot on Instagram. She's with Sia. They're on a private plane. They're hanging out, arms around each other, and the idea is that this is girl time, quality girl time. Sia bia #2015 ☺ Full Story
Matt & Ben cross swords
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Not making that up. He said it. Matt Damon said it. I didn't say it. On Monday I posted photos of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the red carpet at the Project Greenlight event and I wrote in that article that I know you're out there – the Matt+Ben Forever Fan Club. Click here Full Story
Faith's pixie and Nicole's boho
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Eddie Redmayne and all his friends
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Eddie Redmayne is Mr. Congeniality. In the past week, he's had his Les Miserables co-star Hugh Jackman by his side at a premiere for The Theory of Everything … A photo posted by Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) Full Story
Half capes and squeaky voices
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Cara Delevingne and Selena Gomez were at LACMA together this weekend. Cara's in a one shoulder cape with darker hair, likely for her upcoming role in Paper Towns which starts shooting right now. She might also be speaking in an American accent because of it. You can hear it in the video below of Cara and Selena speaking to a reporter at the event. Full Story
Motivation with Ryan and Russell
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Ryan Gosling cracked a smile yesterday on the set of The Nice Guys in Atlanta. He's shooting the movie with Russell Crowe, seen here earlier in the week, looking as he always does – no nonsense. I've interviewed Crowe and he was lovely – at least to me – but I was terrified. Full Story
Dr Banner and Tony Stark are honoured
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Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr were honoured last night at the Britannia Awards in LA. Mark was presented with the Humanitarian Award for his work in advocating for clean water. Because, yes, he's the best. Always. Even Dame Judi Dench thinks so. RDJ received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia For Excellence In Film. Full Story
Girlfriends & Beer
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Gwyneth Paltrow has had a great week. Taylor Swift has had an amazing week. She's been out there hard, pushing 1989. And I'm curious to find out what the first week sales figures are going to be. Because RED was a big number. This one will be a big number too. For sure the biggest number of the year. Full Story
Miley's difficult dress
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Miley Cyrus and her mother Tish were also at that amfAR event last night to honour Tom Ford. She wore Tom Ford. Not everyone gets to wear Tom Ford to a Tom Ford party though. So far we have Gwyneth, naturally, and Rihanna, obviously, Miley, of course, and I think maybe January Jones but she got the most boring one. Full Story


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Hey y'all!! I just got a laptop after 4 years without a computer so I'm a little out of practice. I've been lurking here for 4 days & decided that I have to do something with my life & y'all have been a huge part of that decision. I'm single, no kids, no DH, just me & my sweet dog Dakota living in the house I bought 4 years ago.
Since moving in I have not gotten this place organized. I used to live in a 600sf apt & everything was perfect (of course, I was new in town I didn't know anyone so all I did was work & go home). Now I've made lots of friends, but my house is such a mess that I won't let anyone see it. I'd love to entertain, but I couldn't seem to get motivated to do anything to make this place better; now it's so out of hand it's overwhelming. I shouldn't complain, a lot of you ladies have kids, husbands, jobs & very good reason for the house to get out of hand, but me?? I have no excuse. I signed up with flylady last night hoping that will help. Sorry this is so long, I just wanted to introduce myself. |
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Welcome. I went through the same thing moving from apartment living to a house. Its funny how living in a tiny apartment things stay so neat and orderly, but when getting a larger house there are just so many more empty areas that can get filled with 'stuff' and 'to do' piles. I found Flylady a great help to get me on the right track. |
Yes -- the first step is always that moment when YOU say: "THAT is IT -- this situation will change!!!" LOL! At least thats when I shake myself out of the dust bunnies' evil clutches -- and get myself going! Flylady will help too! And there are lots of ideas here too! Just keep us informed of your progress -- thats a great motivator! :) |
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welcome! Well, there's a saying: "a mess expands to fill all available space"--that's why a house it worse off than an apartment. Also, if you haven't really focused on it, ANY new home has a "shake down" period in which you have to figure out what sort of INFRASTRUCTURE you need. (lookout--Talley Sue is starting on "infrastructure" again) You lived in that apt, and had a little time to focus on it, so I bet you hard storage solutions. Did they all come w/ you into the new place? If so, are they applicable? Placed in the best room? They might have worked int he apt., but maybe they're in the wrong place, or the wrong shape, or something now. Or maybe you got more stuff, since you figured you'd have room for it? Whichever it is, remember this: you were organized before, w/ that feeling of your home being "in order." That means YOU CAN GET THERE AGAIN, and it'll be easier for you than for many of the rest of us. Let us know what you plan, and what you achieve, and all that stuff. (remember, you got motivated by hearing about other people's successes; soon it'll be your turn to water the field!) |
Welcome to the forum. You have a great cheering section behind you all the way. You may find it easiest to get started by picking something 'small' to start. That way, you have an easy success to pat yourself on the back, and not be/get overwhelmed. Take it in small bites. It's much easier to think 'I'm going to wash the dishes' than 'I'm going to clean house". If you need to break it down even further, do it. "I'm going to wash all the silverware, then the cups, then the plates, then the pots and pans.' I think you'll find it isn't nearly so overwhelming. And try to promise yourself that once an area is clean or picked up, it's off limits to dirt and clutter. Stay with us, girl, you can do it! Barbara |
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Teen Lotto Winner Blew the Lot
Callie Rogers was just 16 years of age when she won £1.9 million on the UK National Lottery back in 2003 and this week the newspapers have been full of stories of how the teen lotto winner blew the lot in just a few years in a hedonistic blur of cocaine addiction and wild parties leaving her now virtually penniless and selling her story to the News of the World.
Now she can look back and contemplate just what she has had an lost after blowing over a quarter of a million of her UK National Lottery on cocaine after going on a never-ending spending spree.
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The winner now believes she shouldn't have had access to her winnings at such a tender age and it has reopened the debate as to whether the 16 year age limit on the UK National Lottery is appropriate.
Callie Rogers has had two children since her lottery win but now lives back with her mother in Cumbria, she wishes she had never won the lottery as she was too young to deal with the wealth.
Since her win, Miss Rogers has been married, had two children, battled Cocaine addiction and made three attempts on her own life. Her winnings have gone, she has blown the lot although she says she doesn't care as all the money brought her was heartache.
It makes for interesting reading and does leave you wondering why when all gambling has an 18 age limit, the National Lottery is just 16. Is 16 tender years old enough to cope with being a millionaire? According to Callie Rogers, no.
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Founder and artistic director of the New York Piano School, which offers students of all ages and skill levels private piano lessons throughout New York City and on Long Island, offers parents tips on how to determine whether their child is frustrated with learning a new skill like playing the piano or if he is simply uninterested in learning how to play the piano.
Though it's hard to tell, there are a few common reasons why a child can become frustrated with the piano, including not liking the current piece he is learning, becoming frustrated by the slow progress he is making, or experiencing a lack of help and encouragement at home.
Sometimes, there might be an incompatibility with the teacher. A switch in teachers could result in an improvement. A teacher can use a different approach where the child might become more interested in the piano lesson. If the first time the child refuses, doesn't want to do homework, or learn a particular song, teachers will know to change the approach.
I also believe help needs to come from home. Sometimes parents think that the child can practice alone. Frustration and confusion happen when the child can't carry out the task on his own. Therefore, parents should help with the assignments (even if they are not musicians- the piano teacher will consult them on how they can assist their child at home), be able to divide practice time and have a post-lesson review (go through the pieces again for about 10 minutes once you get home after the piano lesson).
There are some signs parents should look as an indicator that something beyond frustration is wrong that need to be addressed before the child completely quits her piano lessons. If a child constantly resists practicing the piano, is always refusing to go to the piano lesson, or if he even continually forgets to bring his music scores to the piano lesson, these can be signs of true disinterest.
If a child really refuses and is not even interested in when a teacher tries different approaches and this is repeated, lesson after lesson, then maybe it's time to consider something else. Perhaps introduce her to another instrument, like guitar. It might not be music in general.
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As I read and reread Chris Rogers article of November 10 regarding changes at the Winona Public Library, I felt disbelief, anger, and sadness.
It is common knowledge that the City of Winona has destroyed many historic buildings. Usually this is done from the outside, but not this time. This time it is being done from the inside, fueled by a notion that we citizens cannot appreciate the architecture of the librarys interior with all those pesky books distracting us from its beauty.
Hearing Chad Ubl quoted as saying that he and his staff have yet to decide what to do with the extra room the have created, made me wonder what plan is being put into place here. Change may be called for; space may be at a premium. However, what I have read so far sounds arbitrary and incomplete. Is the library going to be a destination for bus tours, with admission charged to view the interior of the library?
Ubl also says he welcomes more public conversation. This sounds insincere when one looks at the changes made, the books gone, the shelves with their beautiful end pieces carted away, without any public input at all. Even the Friends of the Library were not given a voice, and yet it does seem there ought to be a public accounting here, a public explanation, a presentation of the plan, whatever that might be.
The purposeful dismantling of a public treasure without input or oversight holds us all hostage to what may turn out to be one persons limited view of what our community wants and needs in a PUBLIC library.


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Wall Street and Islamophobia
November 3, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Geoffrey Cook, TMO
Oakland–October 31st–I lived in this curious city across from San Francisco for most of my thirty-one years here in the East Bay. Unlike that City across the Bay, which is more of a dreamland where one goes when one is young, but Oakland is a gutsy –mainly Black – working class city. It is, also, the third largest port on the West Coast. Most of the Muslims here, too, are native born Afro-American converts with a considerable number of Eritrean refugees and a noticeable contingent Yemeni with Palestinian and other miscellaneous groupings.
What created Oakland in the Nineteenth Century was the fact that the trans-Continental railway ended here and its passengers would get off, and be put on ferries to the City on the Golden Gate.
Curiously, in the recent "Occupy Wall Street" Movement, more than New York or even the Western financial hub across San Francisco Bay, the seemingly provincial and small (400,000) peripheral urban space of Oakland has become a center of the battle against the financial collapse of "free" enterprise that the George W. Bush Administration accelerated through his anti-Islamic Colonial Wars. As evil as that was, the administration of those Wars, were managed so incompetently that they failed to finance their martial adventures – contrary to the history of Foreign adventurism which usually leads to a stimulation of a national economy temporarily – in that the Bush Regime gave financially unsound tax-breaks to the upper 1% of the population – the economy shrank instead — as the national debt plummeted. (Now, let it be noted, that I do not advocate preventative War in any way!)
Many in the Muslim community here have suffered even more than the general citizenry. Homes have been foreclosed, jobs have been lost and not regained, lifetime savings have slithered away, and, yes, despite residency in this land of plenty, there is even hunger.
Notwithstanding, President Barrack Hussein Obama's attempted to prod a budget through Congress earlier this year that would begin to alleviate the suffering of the grand majority of Americans, which was obfuscated by the largely anti-Muslim "Tea Party." The latter have hindered relief to suffering American citizens / residents including those who attend the Mosques.
Under Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was largely instituted as one of the Reconstruction Amendments, to prevent any future attempts to reverse the Thirteenth Amendment passed during the U.S. Civil War (1860s) to irradiate the deplorable institution of slavery, also, raises the question of what monetary powers Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment gives to the President. "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law…shall not be questioned…" Therefore, it is argued that Section 4 gives the President unilateral authority to raise or ignore the national debt ceiling (like in a national such as World War II, the Great Depression or the current financial crisis).
President Obama made a grave error in not invoking Section 4, and regulating by decree last February, and, hopefully, when the budget comes up again, and (economic) Keynesian solutions are called for, the Administration will block the reactionaries of the Lower house, for, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, an upcoming worldwide economic collapse is brewing due to the Euro-zone National Debt Crisis and the "Tea Party" fiscal interference in the States. Therefore, to avoid this, drastic measures are indicated.
To counter this, a populist movement has arisen in America in protest against the corruption of the American system deregulated over the past several decades by interspersed right-wing governments. In a letter, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the only Muslim in Congress sarcastically writes, "…if you exercise your right to free speech against the excessive power and greed of Wall Street…they say you're 'dangerous' and engaging in 'class warfare.'"
The disproportionate importance of the Oakland demonstrations to the national movement is the reaction by incompetent elite who essentially stole an election by a conspiratorial manipulation of rank-choice voting. (This minor city's last two mayors had remarkable resumes – one a former Governor and the last a leading former Congressman. It was expected that the last President Pro Temp of the California [State] Senate in Sacramento who represented Alameda County of which Oakland is the seat, who won a plurality of the first round vote, would be the next Mayor, but lost because three of the other candidates campaigned to have their supporters list two of the others as their second and third choices; thus, thwarting democracy with incompetency. The result of which is that the current Mayor represents only one small ethnic element of the city; therefore, Muslims, who largely belong to the ethnic plurality, are denied political recognition here.)
Be that as it may, this Op-Ed is to state that the "Occupy Wall Street" Movement is related to Islamophobia because the same crisis that created hatred against Muslims in the States gave reign to the greed in America's financial structure. In a way, maybe Islam's non-usury system has a lot to teach the West which, by the way, renounced a similar system in the Renaissance.
Some commentators have equated the "Occupy Wall Street" Movement to America's version of the Arab "Spring." It is true that Islam and democracy can find a compatible form, but – like the case with Soviet Socialism – it may not be able to co-exist with American Capitalism as "written." I believe that the Koran and Hadith have much to teach the West in ways to reform its financial institutions and dealings.
Anam Miah: Second Time Around
September 22, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nargis Hakim Rahman
Anam Miah, Hamtramck City Council candidate, imagines the city of Hamtramck, Mich. as a place for leaders and community members to work together toward common goals by unifying through diversity and neighborly relations.
Miah, 35, said this is the right time for him to join in the leadership to help bring about a discussion between leaders and residents. "This community deserves to know what's going on behind the doors in city hall."
Miah received 345 votes in the August Primaries, making it to the top six. He ran in 2009, at a time when he had four union contracts as the President of the local USW 690 for steel workers (he was elected in April 2006), which took away time from door-to-door campaigning.
He has been employed at Flexible Products in Auburn Hills, Mich. for 15 years.
As a 25-year resident of Hamtramck, Miah remembers growing up in a time when people were proud home owners, and they took care of their neighborhoods. He said things have changed since, "Ethnic groups stick with their own."
"That's not how a community works," Miah said. "We need to all put our two cents in. I need to look at where I'm from and where you're from to get a better sense of unity." Miah was born in Bangladesh and moved to the United States with his family to pursue a better life.
One of the issues Miah hopes to tackle if elected is work to train Hamtramck police officers to better deal with the diverse community made up of predominant populations of Polish, Bangladeshi, Yemeni and Bosnian Americans.
He said police are hard-wired to "follow the book" rather than explain offenses in a dignified manner to citizens who may "not fully understand the rules." Another way to deal with this problem is by hiring people within the diverse communities to fill (when applicable) vacant spots in City Hall and the police and fire departments, he said.
Residents are left in the dark on how their tax money is used, he said. For example, Miah said leaders can help people find out about federally funded programs for low-income families such as the Michigan Weatherization Program, which helps people in the city without hurting the budget. "Vast amount of people are working class… more than well qualified don't know or never have heard about these programs."
Miah was inspired to change his life after a trip to Memphis, Tenn., with USW, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The experience made him reflect and realize he could make a difference, "Instead of living my life working and paying bills."
This one man changed world history for minorities and people, he said. "If he can do it and he has done it I can try."
Miah has been serving on the Hamtramck Zoning Board of Appeals since 2006.
He hopes to pursue an Associate's Degree in criminal justice or political science at Oakland Community College.
The father of two works from his home office with an average of 35 volunteers.
In Yemen, Locals Worry About Obama Policy on Al-Qaeda
January 7, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Michael Horton, The Christian Science Monitor
Yemeni family. (Photo: Richard Messenger / Flickr) |
From smoky halls to the rugged mountains of Yemen, locals are worried that their country – threatened more by poverty and water shortages than terrorism, they say – could turn into another Afghanistan.
Sanaa, Yemen – Amid an intensifying US effort to curb Al Qaeda activity in Yemen, locals in this impoverished country are worried that a focus on military aid alone could backfire – spawning a more robust militant movement and potentially drawing the US into an Afghanistan-like war.
In a smoke-filled hall in the capital of Sanaa, where men gather to chew the mildly intoxicating leaves of the qat tree and smoke water pipes, most of the talk is about Al-Qaeda and American intentions in Yemen.
"By God, they want to turn this country into Afghanistan," declares Mohammad al-Jaffi, a young man who says he fled the Arhab area, a mountainous region just north of Sanaa, after a recent attack on a suspected Al Qaeda hideout. On Monday, the government said it killed two Al Qaeda members in the Arhab region.
"We are not radicals here," Mr. Jaffi adds, his cheek bulging with the pulpy green leaves that strict Salafis — the Muslim sect that Al Qaeda members belong to — consider forbidden. Holding up a qat branch, he yells, "Look at this. We all chew this here – in Afghanistan, in Saudi Arabia, the Wahhabis would kill us for chewing qat."
But US and other foreign diplomats are clearly concerned. France, Germany, and Japan all closed their embassies Monday, following US and British closures the previous day, amid reports that a significant amount of explosives had gone missing from the Yemeni army.
"Exclusive Focus on Al Qaeda a Mistake"
With the reported surge in Al-Qaeda activity in Yemen, the Obama administration has reiterated its "partnership" with the increasingly vulnerable regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who faces a rebellion in the north and secessionists in the south. Gen. David Petraeus, who as head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) is overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, announced on Jan. 1 that the US would double military aid to Yemen after allocating a reported $70 million in 2009.
It has been widely reported that the US is also providing the Yemeni government with intelligence and military trainers. Britain, meanwhile, has announced that it will fund an antiterror police force. Such a sole focus on suspected terrorism is seen as a mistake by some experts as well as locals.
"I think an exclusive focus on Al Qaeda to the exclusion of every other threat in Yemen is a mistake," says Gregory Johnsen, a Princeton PhD candidate who was recently in Yemen for his research on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). "Viewing this threat only through the prism of Al Qaeda induces exactly the kind of result the US is hoping to avoid."
Locals in two provinces often cited as Al Qaeda strongholds, Al-Jawf and Marib, are more concerned with severe poverty – an issue they say the central government has done little to alleviate.
"This government does not care about us. Everything we have, we have to fight for – to get money for a school or medicine we have to block the road. This is all they listen to," says Ahmad al-Nasri. "By God the tribe is all we have, it is what protects us."
Mr. Johnsen says that development aid is "crucial" in Marib and Al-Jawf, but disputes the popular depiction of Yemen as a place with large areas that are totally ungovernable.
"The government doesn't appear to be able to constantly control these areas," he acknowledges, citing recent flare-ups between tribal leaders and the government. "But the image of Yemen being a Wild West … is not necessarily accurate."
Yemeni government offices in Sanaa were closed and the Yemeni embassy in Washington was unable to comment before press time.
Water Shortages
A potentially greater destabilizing influence than militancy in Yemen is water shortages, which are already the root of a large percentage of the inter-tribal fighting that plagues the country.
The UN has ranked Yemen as one of the most water-scarce countries, and one local geology professor has estimated that Sanaa's wells will go dry by 2015 at current usage rates. The country is in desperate need of investment in new drip irrigation systems and water conservation measures.
"Look at these apricot trees," says Mohammad Faris, who owns an orchard on the outskirts of Sanaa that once flourished. "Half of them are dead from lack of water."
"We don't need more guns in this country," declares Mr. Faris as he stands among the parched remains of what used to be fertile ground. "This village needs a new water pump and we need new trees that drink less water."
Increased Sympathy for Al Qaeda?
Many locals emphasize that the country's primary need is development aid, which has in the past been hampered by international concerns about government corruption. But some say they're ready to fight if the US comes – a prospect that as yet looks unlikely, though Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut recently suggested that without preemptive action a future war may occur.
"We have a long history of fighting invaders here," says Ismail Hadi, a village elder in the rugged mountainous province of Hajjah, not far from the sectarian war being fought against Houthi rebels. As he looks out over his terraces of qat trees that cascade down towards a deep canyon, he adds, "We fought the Turks, we fought the Egyptians, God willing we will fight the Americans when they come."
Back at the Sanaa qat hall, Uithman al- Ansi echoes that sentiment.
"If the Americans want a fight they will get it," says Mr. Ansi as he grabs the hilt of his jambiya, the traditional dagger carried by many men here. Another man who says he is from Marib, one of the two frequently cited Al Qaeda strongholds, suggests that US attacks or support for attacks on suspected militants could increase the number of Al Qaeda sympathizers in Yemen.
"The Americans don't know our customs," says the man. "When they attacked al-Harithi [a suspected Al-Qaeda member who was targeted by a US drone in November 2002] on our lands, his people became our guests. We have long memories."
Christa Case Bryant contributed reporting from Boston.


text: Teenage Enlistee Negates Oath of Enlistment With Fingers Crossed Behind Back armydave September 16, 2012 Army 33 Comments Follow Duffel Blog: NEW ORLEANS, LA – Earlier today, Private Jackson Smith took the oath of enlistment, which would make him a proud soldier in the United States Army. But the joke is on Smith's superiors because he secretly crossed his fingers behind his back as he recited the hallowed words – thereby nullifying anything he was promising to do. "I had some second thoughts, and well, the recruiter was just pressuring me so hard. It was kind hard to tell him no. I figured I would just cross my fingers, and after SSG Grant dropped me off at my house that afternoon, I just wouldn't return his phone calls anymore," Smith said as he sat in a bean bag chair and "merced noobs in Call of Duty." "Boom, Head-shot!" he added. The practice of crossing one's fingers to negate a promise has roots deep in English common law. This practice, long recognized by the courts, was brought over during the colonization of the eastern seaboard and has stuck ever since. Smith began his ordeal four months ago, after he had successfully completed his GED. The seventeen year-old was wandering around the mall, looking to buy some gnarly Tap Out gear in celebration, when he stumbled into the local recruiting station. Smith, head down and turning his foot back and forth on its toe, asked about the possibility of enlisting. That was when he ran into recruiter SSG Jed Grant. "I gave him the usual spiel. You know: duty, honor, country – that type of thing. But honestly, kids don't really go for that these days. Instead, I usually just tell them they'll never see combat and get a $30,000 sign-on bonus. That and the college stuff, of course," said Grant. Smith sat down with Grant for two hours and discussed the possibility of enlistment. First and foremost on the recruiter's mind was the lofty standards the Army places on new recruits. "You got any felonies?" asked Grant. "No convictions." replied Smith. Without further ado, Grant slammed a comically large stamp on an Army enlistment form which left the statement "acceptable," in green ink. The next hour and fifty eight minutes were spent discussing hot chicks and awesome guns. The next week, Grant called Smith to follow up. "He told me that he set up an appointment for me to take the ASVAB. To be honest, I wasn't sure who he was, because I was good and fucked up. But, I decided to head down there because my friends were being real douchey anyway," said Smith. Smith's best friend and confidant, Harold Williams said, "He wouldn't shut the fuck up about the Army. I mean, he would be acting all hard when we played Call of Duty – like pretending to know what weapon was what. It was getting real annoying." On his third ASVAB attempt, while being whispered answers through an ear piece by Grant, Smith finally got a score high enough to enlist. At this point, things got serious. Smith was shuffled around various offices to talk to different people in strange uniforms. He was told to sign this or that, and at one point, was instructed to throw a dart at a board which had fifteen sticky notes attached to it. One note said Military Police, the rest –Infantry. After the dart hit, Smith was christened a soon-to-be Military Policeman. Afterward, Smith was pushed into a small room with a couple different flags in the corner. "Some guy walked in. He was eating a honey bun with one hand and carried a piece of paper in the other. I mean, he was going to town on that honey bun." said Smith. "Then he said, 'raise your right hand and repeat after me.' That's when I knew that I was in big trouble." The practice of raising one's hand to give an oath is directly related to the custom of crossing one's fingers to get out of one. If someone raises their hand, theoretically, everyone can see that the fingers are not crossed. Therefore, everyone can trust the oath took effect. But, Smith cleverly crossed the fingers on his left hand. "It was just a bit of quick thinking. You don't get through the Murbury County Community College GED program in only four weeks if you aren't quick on the uptake, you know?" Smith said and tapped his temple with his forefinger to emphasize that point. After the ceremony, Smith quietly rode home with Grant. Two months have passed and Grant is still less than pleased. "Well, I'm not very happy about it, to tell you the truth," said Recruiting officer SSG Jed Grant. "I thought the whole crossing fingers was something five year-olds did. Who knew, right?" The Army is now exploring the possibility of having enlistees raise both hands during the oath but naysayers have complained that it gives the impression that new soldiers are "being taken hostage." Don't miss the next story.Get the latest news and alerts from Duffel Blog delivered to your inbox—free. Short URL: http://duffelblog.com/Fby4F Dudley Toelke says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM Damned! Who knew? Lorene Ordal says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM New Soldiers aren't being taken hostage? Josh Noble says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM Sheesh, all you gotta do is say you're having suicidal thoughts. Michael Hasbun says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM LOL… damn loopholes =o). Clark Tucker says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM I was going to point out that 25 is far from being a teenager…but I didn't want to be that guy. George Runkle III says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM Funny! Sad at the same time because this article has a ring of truth to it. Rodney O. Carter says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM What happened to standing at the position of attention when swearing in??? That recrecruiting station sucks! Gary Lee Brubaker says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM That last line of the story was hilarious! Tim Malcuit says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM In boot camp up at Pendleton when 9/11 happens. As we were watching a compilation of news reports later that night this kid to the left of me says,"I joined for the college money." My reply? "You joined the MARINES for college money? Pussy." Matthew Medeiros says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM So everyone is bashing this kid but what about the SSG giving ASVAB answers through an ear piece??? That's just as bad as when I have seen leadership handing out answers to correspondence courses back in the day… Fked up leadership leads to fked up soldiers. Mickey Rambo McSwain says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM Damn, I had to "cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye" when I enlisted… Gabriel MuddyRoots Martinez says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM I hope everybody on here KNOWS that everything on Duffleblog is fake! For fun reading! If not…and you actually beleive this, your pretty much a retard. Don Bradshaw says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM the pussy kid needs to stick with call of duty. he doesn't have the nut sack to be a part of this club. Nancy González Hernández says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM I don't understand why the Army is mad at this kid… it is common knowledge that crossing your fingers behind you nullifies everything you give your word to. Shame on the army. Lee Highsmith says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM It's amazing how many people think the stories on here are true! Future Senior NCOs… Edwin Cahill Jr. says: April 16, 2014 at 1:24 AM My oath has no expiration date, not funny, not even a little. Honesty I would like to curb stomp both their ballsacks anode that SSG needs a good beating, no wonder we are getting dum Fucks like this, with that kind of integrity, it really give the Army a bad name! La-a says: September 18, 2012 at 10:09 AM Sad thing is.Abunch of dipshits just like this kid are now in the Army Kevin P. McQuade says: September 17, 2012 at 7:00 AM SALUTE! Me tinkles NOT CUZME NO SQUAT 2P! LT!! LT IS ALL RIGHT NOW UZIE GISE stop bacon diss ol NCO chew on DA O'S so. DUFFLE BLOG RULES A FAN KPMcQ says: September 17, 2012 at 9:50 AM LT & ALL DB'RRZ plz 2 no'Titsss VIP( very import post ) regarding greenie Barrett WHORE MOANeries RePORT! KPMcQ w/latest troll poll resultz ass da FIST EVERITE'ees ERRRGH a bout TA TA BEGGIN! Can I play NOW? LT promise promise hope TA die poke my self inda brown eye never TA call you SIR AGIN! So how bout it, can a Broken Down FlyBoy FISH OR WHAT? Not a FLY FISHER MAN EITHER! Lemme no, one way (1?) or TA UDDER LT! Ur CHOICE! Do I smell buttered banammas? NOPE IT IS tt raiderz//: T ROLLER T RASH RAIDERZ //: no slick sleevz/ GEN 2 DA CUFF FULL SLEEVES//GUNNY A PROVED! Secret Squirral Twisted TTRZ ST2012/TTRZ EXPOSED ON DUFFLE BLOG/ had to be recalled from super duper cross my heart and hope to die mission that a book signing was held last year for and whose movie premier grossed out at approx $$$$$$ that much!! ? Twelfth in a sea quell of whoo no's how mangy miraculous miraticalz have been perdemoted by the hippoPottomus/stinck/cEX MISS admin. RE-PORTING frm: corner of corner of Telephone & Telephone; Some where Between Lost & Found & A State off CUNN FUSION! BDFB did it agin! DUFFLE BLOG RULES A FAN KPMcQ says: September 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM Jist send $$$$$$$$.+ no sense! Kevin P. McQuade says: September 17, 2012 at 6:53 AM How DI y'all no LT & I R/NOT FOR SIN A RECON ONURASSES? Cud bee LTz awee " windage HIGHER LT DAN and HYDEZ WID DA FORffffssss in da Treezzz way inn To drop a load in YO ASS? A BARRETT BUDDY LULLA BYE BYE? LT COOD BE UP FRUM DA RANKS ; not unnecessarily RANK ! Could be LT started his car rear as a apprt. baiter, no rate/slicksleve-now OIC OF MASTER BAITERZ Amomamongus. Not a new life form, they've been fraggin a ROUND dnrange since da first hand off widout missinstroke. What was diss post bout any WHOOT! Whadda HOOT! Tanks LT NEEDED DAT! Aaaahhhh! Bettern AIR FARCE SSGT NEVER OUT! Jist waitin 4 DA NEXT ONE TWO OR TEN!! Trollface.jpeg says: September 16, 2012 at 11:27 PM Lol SCORE!, Leave the poor LT. alone. He has every right to let the world know he is a proud member of the commisioned officer's corps. We should all be saluting him right about now and thanking him for his service! Bwahahahaha Joe every man says: September 16, 2012 at 11:14 PM reminds me of that one i said i would stop hitting my boots only to whisper "yeah fucking right" afterword. SSSSCCCCCOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE ! says: September 16, 2012 at 7:19 PM Oh yeah Barely Gladheateit height Scool – ur nco's make your promotions 4 u. You make yourself RANK! Oowwww. Sure wish u were a f b post way up THIER now don't u SIR? SSSSCCCCCOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE ! says: September 16, 2012 at 7:07 PM Hate to say this " SIR " but U BEEN TROLLED " SIR "! Nick name woodknot be anything close to : Billy Bass, Or a Tater, one watt? – aka sunee, still SHAKE in frum da Bacon?? HMMMMM?? Or just what most NCO'S name's R/KNOT! SIR LT; be dat the buttered banna flavor? not gonna say one word bout da post though. Wanna see watt udder kin2Da lye ffff don't exits round a bounty! & I Sed I waznnt gunna! NEXT Lt. Butero-Trinkejo says: September 16, 2012 at 4:51 PM HOLY SHIT THAT IS ALL IT TOOK??????? I could have went to college for free and not had to serve? That is one crafty teenager… Kevin P. McQuade says: September 16, 2012 at 4:18 PM I SWEAR I'm not gonna say A FT! KPMcQ BDFB mumblz giberrator amen. run tell DAT! steven says: September 16, 2012 at 10:19 AM My next re-enlistment will be performed via the "pinky swear".


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Faderhead - Black Friday
Released: October 8, 2010
Label: L-Tracks Recordings
Band Website: faderhead.com
Review By: William Dashiell Hammett
Faderhead is the Electro-industrial project of Sami Mark Yahya begun in 2006 and has since exploded onto the scene to become a necessity on the dance floors in Europe. Starting with the release of the first single "The Protagonistâ€, Faderhead has followed with three full-length albums, an EP and a Greatest Hits album. Now, the producer /DJ from Hamburg, Germany has declared the beginning of a new era for his music with the release of the concept album Black Friday.
The album starts with the overly obvious intro track "Obnoxiatedâ€, with its' melancholy beat ostensibly representing the monotony of daily life. The repetitive vocals that pan back and forth with the machine sounds announce something is coming and while showing a talent for creative mixing, failed at making me want to find out what was coming next.
Moving on to the second track we find another song attempting to build a feeling of anticipation. A much more musical track, the mix between the aggressive vocal style of the verses and softer more traditional singing of the chorus is interesting and does convey a feeling of celebration that the "Escape from the Machine†is nearing. Although the track conveys the emotions it seems it was meant to, the allusion of escaping from the machine/corporate grind is one that is used much too often and lacks the creative flair you'd expect from the man that brought you the inventive ballad rich "Horizon Born EPâ€.
After the grittiness of "Escape from the Machineâ€, the album slows down to a more mellow pace with the next two tracks "Hot Bath And a Cold Razor†and "The Moth And The Fireâ€. Both songs project feelings of loneliness and longing before unleashing the upbeat and first truly danceable song on the album, "Baby Fireflyâ€. The much harsher industrial influenced "Destroy Improve Rebuild†follows and regardless of the fact Faderhead has stated that all the tracks on this album were written from a fictional point of view and not autobiographical, the opening lyric of this track would indicate otherwise.
Returning to a more deliberate pace, the story seems to get back on track with the song "Aim To Misbehave†and then picks up with the dance beat of "Pussy Rulesâ€. Again, the lyrics would indicate that much more of this album is autobiographical then Faderhead would lead you to believe. But the real highlight of "Pussy Rules†is the vocals provided by Shaolyn, her voice works very well with the lyrics and adds a dimension of seductiveness to the song.
Over the top, is the only way to describe the next track "The Way To Fuck Godâ€. Infused with anger, the song screams industrial, but the blaring refrain of "this is the way to fuck God†seems more for shock value then any real artistic reason. Following on its heels is the dance floor ready track "Beautiful Freak†with its' standard house voice samples and repetitive beats. The hard industrialized lyrics echoing the sample and harmonizing with the more expressive singing work well, but for a concept album, this song goes on entirely too long. It would perhaps be useful for dance floor filler.
The next two songs feature guest artists Chris Pohl (Blutengel and Terminal Choice) and Ted Phelps (Imperative Reaction). I give points to Sami for realizing the need for other voices to project the mood of the songs and of the two, "Do You Know Who I Think I Am?†is the stronger track with a very danceable beat that doesn't take away from melody of the song. Unfortunately, Chris Pohl's vocals on "The Bitch I Love To Hate†are wasted on what amounts to little more then a standard Electro-industrial dance track.
Following the excellent duet of Ted Phelps and Faderhead, the instrumental number "Scumfucker†is a bit of a let down as it too is nothing but your standard dance track. For a concept album, one wonders why this track was included, it doesn't progress the story and seems to have little use, except, like the earlier track "Beautiful Freakâ€, as dance floor filler. Luckily, following is the nice, heavy and gritty "Corpus Crisis†which brings us back to a more sedate tempo before falling into the upbeat "Crashkid†which is reminiscent of Nitzer Ebb. Again, Faderhead utilizes the standard house voice samples, which are repeated in a slightly distorted industrial vocal, and repetitive beats introduced earlier in the album. The album ends with the entirely forgettable instrumental "Regaining Unconsciousness†most likely included to bring the story to a conclusion in the same manner as "Obnoxiated†was meant to start it.
Overall, as is the case with the majority of concept albums, Black Friday in its attempt to transmit the emotions one gets when experiencing a story, in this case the tale of a Friday night gone bad, fails. I found the story difficult to follow and its conclusion, or where it went "badâ€, a complete mystery. Contrary to the hype announcing a new era of Faderhead, I didn't really find anything very innovative or new on this album. In contrast to the Horizon Born EP, it seemed to me to actually take a step backward and continue the musical journey Faderhead began with FH1, FH2 and FH3. However, the album is exceptionally listen-able and most of the songs could definitely be worked into any daily mix. Some of these songs, especially "Pussy Rules†and "Beautiful Freakâ€, are certain to make their way onto the dance floors and stay for some time, or at least until the next Faderhead album. If you enjoyed Faderhead's previous works, you'll like this one as well. On an entirely side note, Sami Mark Yahya needs to lose the "duckface†in photographs.


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The halls of Kane McKeesport were humming on Valentine's Day thanks to Ken Schmigel, his Recreational Therapy team and a merry group of volunteers who delivered over 220 singing telegrams. There were all sorts of reactions ranging from laughter to embarrassment to tears from residents and staff as they were serenaded by the group.
Each recipient of the singing telegram received a balloon and a verse of a song chosen by the sender. The crooners worked at a fast pace on a tight schedule and were able to make it around to all recipients.
A variety of songs were chosen by the senders. Some of the favorites were "Heart of My Heart," "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," and "You Are My Sunshine." One of the unique choices was "Your Cheatin Heart" which drew a few chuckles. Schmigel and his cohorts worked diligently to make sure they could fulfill all requests.
Hubert Humphrey once said, "The greatest healing therapy is love and friendship." That being the case there was plenty of healing going on at Kane McKeesport on Valentine's Day and always.
For additional information, call Ken Schmigel Recreational Therapy Supervisor at Kane McKeesport at 412.675.8711 or Bill LaLonde, Community Outreach Representative at Kane Regional Centers, at 412.422.6773.


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Juana Green As early modern Londoners shopped the city's markets, walked Goldsmith's Row, and strolled the galleries of the Exchanges, they could beholdand possibly buya world of goods. One contemporary cartographer, John Speed, praised London when calling it "the mart of the world," explaining "for thither are brought the silk of Asia, the spices from Africa, the Balmes from Grecia, & the riches of both the Indies East and West" (The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1611, sig. H2r). Of course not all goods on display were imported, nor were all commentators as enthusiastic as Speed about London as a site for conspicuous consumption; yet, early modern London was undeniably a "mart" in which merchandise of all costs and types was on view to passers-by. Although this material world of goods does not fit neatly into the categories scrutinized in the seminar, it was an important part of the visual culture of life in Shakespeare's London. In my presentation, I explained how my project examines the relationship between the things of everyday life available for sale in London and the objects so often mentioned or staged within the genre of city comedy, a genre popular on the London stage in the opening decades of the seventeenth century. Attempting to account for the genre's investment in the things of everyday life, I draw upon the work of anthropologists and historians regarding the social functions of objects so that I can demonstrate the ways objects embody desire and how city comedies attempt to control desire through the control of property. In charting the movement of a chosen object from the home or market to the stage, I ground the object within the material culture of early modern England, examining such things as where it was produced, how much it cost, who owned such objects, and how it may have been used. Recreating the historical lives of stage objects enables us to re-see them through an (admittedly constructed) early modern lens, thus opening new possibilities for interpreting plays. In Ben Jonson's Epicoene, to give but one example, animal-shaped carousing cups are used to stage the contested gender relations in the middle-class Otter household. Captain Otter's bull, bear, and horse drinking vessels, which initially seem like an imaginative comic device by which to characterize the former bear warden, take on new meanings when we discover that these German-manufactured vessels were quite costly and highly fashionable at court. And Mistress Otter, who made her fortune selling such imported goods, appears to be a stereotypical shrew until we consider that her claims to the cups can be substantiated legally under provisions in England's property laws that protected women's rights in property. Focusing on the cups not merely as symbols but as everyday things exposes the ways in which Epicoene dramatizes that a married woman's right in property complicated the calculus of gender relations in early modern England. Moreover, focusing on the cups clarifies the ideological work performed in the play by the Otter narrative, one which has been largely neglected by the play's critics. Visualizing the material culture of Shakespeare's London in today's classrooms requires access to the objects held in museum collections. To date, images of the carousing cups, embroidered hankies, fashionable clothing, and foodstuffs that have formed the basis of my research exist primarily in print sources. However, museums and libraries have begun to digitize their collections; once in place, electronic resources will facilitate our students' abilities to visualize the material culture which helped shape the cultural concerns represented in the early modern texts we teach. |
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