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Do any of You Banana growers know of a strictly botanical identification key for the genera of Bananas? I have inherited two healthy plants that grew like crazy this summer,but neither has been identified nor have they flowered to date.However if they survive the winter under my residence, I will expect flowers in the summer of 2012 since the plants are almost 2.8 meters tall Any information that might be offered will be VERY greatly appreciated. |
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Your Guide To Cyprus Travel
Cyprus seems to be this year's hot-spot. Here is your guide to Cyprus Travel to make your journey an easy one.
Getting There:
The easiest way to get there is definitely by plane. The main airport is Larnaca International Airport (LCA). You can also reach Cyprus by ferry occasionally from Greece, Syria, Lebanon, and Rhodes. There are also freighter boats that you can take from Southampton, Portugal, and Italy. The easiest place to get there by ferry is from Turkey and they have the most regular ferry service schedule.
Once you are in Cyprus, it is possible to get around by their bus system, but the easiest way is to get around by renting a car.
Where To Stay:
I recommend booking your trip with First Choice. First choice offers all-inclusive holiday to Cyprus that will make planning your trip there an easy one. They have a nice choice of places to stay at in both the Larnaca and Paphos regions.
What To Do:
1. Explore the beaches.
The Paphos region is especially known for its great beaches. Cyprus has one of the widest selections of beaches available from party beaches, to family beaches, to empty get-away-from-it-all beaches.
2. Hike the mountains.
The beautiful Troodos mountains have awesome trails for hiking and cute villages for you to meander through. There are also four ski slopes for you to ski on these mountains during winter.
3. Diving
The Larnaca region is known for the Wreck of the Zenobia. This was a Swedish ferry that sunk in 1980. People say that it's the best wreck diving destination in Europe.
4. Eat.
Cyprus is known for its wonderful food, and is something you should definitely explore. Your Cyprus travel won't be complete until you try the souvlakia of pork and chicken, the halloumi cheese, the wonderful seafood, and the amazing tirokafteri, a spicy, hot cheese dip. Also make sure to try the cypriot wine which is a lot like porto wine.
Do you have any advice about Cyprus travel? Let me know in the comments below!

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FeaturedQuote/ Witty banter Reference - part 11I've made a terrible fool of myself, which isn't at all unusual.Quote/ Witty banter Reference - part 11 More Like This Team Fortress 2 Tenth Class Concept - gameplayso basically as a thought experiment, Ive been thinking about a hypothetical "tenth class" for tf2 and going over what sort of traits they would have and how they would function in gameplay.Team Fortress 2 Tenth Class Concept - gameplay More Like This Quote/ Witty banter Reference - part 10hi im here to ruin everythingQuote/ Witty banter Reference - part 10 More Like This CommentsYou're welcome, and im glad to have amused so many people :3
I just hope i'll successfully make the most of the support and minor internet fame the character has brought me. I'm really trying to have the whole "Sexual Offenderman" thing be as positive an impact as possible. not a very observant person are you?
I'd almost be offended if your claim wasn't so stupid. How about I clear things up for you? I write a story about a girl having to deal with the presence of a tentacle rapist monster named sexual offenderman, which through a number of slap-dash deals with the monster, is now locked in a stalemate with it. With offenderman not being able to rape her, but still posing an immense threat, as he still holds the ability to hurt her and just about everyone around her that she cares about. however, for whatever reason, offenderman made the decision to instead have it be a battle of wills between the two of them, so for now it's just a matter of seeing who will break first, with the odds not being in the girls favor. that's what im doing here, and that's what the artwork is for. it's for a story about a supernatural rapist, as seen through the eyes of a young woman who's life and mental well-being he puts at risk for his own sick amusement. to this day, Ive had over a dozen victims of rape come forward to me to thank me for having made such a character and the stories I included him in. People who recognized that even though I was dealing with a subject very sensitive to them, that I was willing to try and put in the effort to treat the topic of rape with respect within my work, and thanked me for that, some even calling the character therapeutic to them. I continue doing what I am doing with this character because they have given me their blessing and encouragement that I continue. And I value the opinion of the actual victims who have come forward to speak with me than the likes of you. Someone who probably just saw the name "Sexual Offenderman" and nothing else, be decided that it was enough to call someone something as despicable as a rapist, as if using the term so TRIVIALLY would actually help those who have been victims of it, rather than just diminish the term like some common insult. Or personally wish that someone become a victim of rape, as if it didn't make you a despicable monster for ever wishing that kind of pain on someone. As if wishing that someone be raped would ever make you a more noble person than the person you were hoping to condemn. So no, I don't take either of those things as a personal insult, it's useless to be offended when you clearly only come here to insult yourself. So don't come here screeching your own stupidity about the sensitive topic of rape to me when out of the two of us, I'm probably the only one putting in an effort to change things for the better. because guess what? I didn't ask to have to deal with this character and the horrific topics surrounding him, I simply responded to the request of the 5000 or so people who asked it of me, and decided to use the opportunity to encourage that they all treat the topic with more respect within their own works of art and literature. So, either actually do some research and actually treat me and my work with maturity and respect next time you have a complaint, or get out. Because I will not waste my time on bratty morons who refuse to see and inch in front of their nose. Stupid, eh?
You are really off the hook, eh? Stupid? hey, man, I'm a grade above my age, in advanced every class, living in Montgomery county, worst grade in LIFE= A-. And you? Probs not in advanced or a grade above sooooooooooooooooo Just please stop, My friend was over when I found you, and she was raped B4, and, wellllllll...she was pretty offended. yeah? and I'm a college art student who got bumped up a grade in kindergarten and has been "a grade above my age", since I was 5.
and I'll tell you now, I wouldn't consider any of the things you listed as bragging rights unless I was in 16 or lower. But as a 20 year old college student? It only makes me think less of you, and gives me the idea that you are too immature to even be here on my page in the first place. Honestly how old are you? as to be so naive as to think that getting straight A's in your classes is enough to wow me with your "intelligence"? the school grading system is based almost entirely off of memory and information retention, which is only one of about 8 category's by which intelligence is measured. So telling me "I'm good at taking tests and doing math"? it's irrelevant information And I'd recommend you be wary of trying to stake your own personal worth and level of intelligence on something so infantile as the grade's you've earned in school ever again outside of school itself. So for example, a better thing to use as proof of your intelligence and competency? I just finished my second year of college, and by the end of my third year I will probably be the owner of my very own independent computer game development company, have published 2 books, and made a name for myself with over 5000 people across the globe. And that's in one year, and I'm not even out of school yet. So tell me? what are you good at besides school? what kind of database of knowledge have you personally taken upon yourself to study outside of the largely trivial, forgettable stuff they purposely try to teach you throughout most of your time at school? Because even with your "straight A's" mentality, you still lose, Because I'm a college student, and sure, i'm not top of my class, but i never really get any lower than a B, And those are the A's and B's of year levels way ahead of yours. meaning I beat you with experience, Because I'm beating you with a grade level not "A year" but YEARS above your grade level. And as far as stopping goes? Well to be honest, the more you talk, the more it seems like you need to be set straight for your own good, before you get blindsided, and risk becoming a failure in your life. a useless human being, too egotistical to learn any better or see the things a few inches past your nose. and when it comes to your friends opinion? Well, are you familiar with a term called experimenter bias? in which the one holding the experiment changes the outcome, or interpretation of the outcome in an experiment in order to fit their own personal beliefs and biases? How could I truly believe your claim that your friend who was once a victim of sexual assault was legitimately offended by my work, when you blatantly point out that they got all their information, THROUGH YOU. You, who has a CLEAR BIAS against my work. not in a non-biased way in which they would be allowed to come to their own conclusions, conclusions which you yourself probably havent even properly come to yourself since I see no proof of you having even ever read any of my work, not even with the word bubbles in the comics. So you have no proof of research, your argument for your legitimacy is invalid, you show a clear lack of experience/understanding with the topic, which further lessens your legitimacy within the argument, and your evidence is poor at best, as you don't provide any proof for it either, and you seem to be at that age and maturity in which you would absolutely make up a fictitious character to try and back yourself up. address all those issues above and then maybe your agreement would be passable, but as it stand currently? I would put your argument at about a D+ For turned it in of acceptable length, but failed to meet any of the other requirements of the assignment. Well then, let's just hope your field of study is specialized enough to cater to your "genius", such as the many fields based heavily upon mathematics.
Best you get into something that wont be impaired by people consistently mistaking you for a twelve year old in casual conversation. Like basically any field of work or study that requires you to be able to gain, well, much of any respect from others. Like the people in charge of those "naive young mental powerhouses". The ones leading hundreds, if not thousands of willing human minds eager to follow their every word out of respect and admiration or even fear. People like me. But of course, you might be one of the rare few to avoid that hmm? But I wouldn't bet much money on it. So, when the years go by, and you get yourself a job that properly exploits your talents, go ahead and take a good look at the bosses in charge of you, with higher salaries than you, who's names carry more respect than yours does, and if they happen to seem a lot more like me than they do you? Well, give yourself a hearty mental "I told you so" from me. That girl you tried to call a rapist, who thought you were a twelve year old moron online. And probably still thinks that you're a twelve year old moron. |


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Bishops rally Catholic faithful for marriage debate
Gippsland Catholics will be asked to support a campaign calling for Federal parliamentarians to protect the legal definition of marriage in Australia.
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A letter will be circulated in Catholic parishes this weekend encouraging church-goers to respond to an online survey being conducted by the Federal Parliament Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs.
The committee is examining the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 and is calling for public opinion.
Victoria's six Catholic Bishops will this weekend circulate 80,000 copies of a letter telling Catholics they have a responsibility and a duty to let the Parliament know their views on the two Bills.
The Bishop of Sale, Christopher Prowse told ABC Gippsland's Mornings program that the Catholic Church was committed to marriage between a man and woman which was open to the possibility of children.
Bishop Prowse said the institution of marriage was already "fragile" and would be further eroded if the amendments were passed.
"Government's can regulate marriage but they can't redefine it," Bishop Prowse said.
"What is happening here is more than regulating and fine tuning. It's actually a redefinition of the traditional understanding of marriage."
Bishop Prowse said the argument was for the protection of traditional marriage rather than against homosexuality.
He denied the action being taken by Victorian Bishops might be interpreted as an attack on the gay community.
"The actual letter (to Catholics) if read carefully will show there's a great compassion towards people of homosexual orientation," Bishop Prowse said.
"At the moment, this present debate is about same sex issues but who knows, in a generation ahead it might be polygamy, that polygamy should be legalised."
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Papalo (Porophyllum ruderale) is a distinctly pungent herb used in salsas; it has a flavor somewhere between arugula, cilantro, and rue. In Spanish it's called mampuitu (skunk), because of its penetrating aroma.
- 1Preheat a grill. Rub 6 ripe plum tomatoes, 1 red bell pepper, 1 quartered red onion, 2 poblano chiles, and 1 jalapeño chile with a little oil. Grill well on all sides. Alternatively, broil on high, turning once, until the skin is blackened. Peel off most but not all of the blackened skin from the vegetables. Trim and seed the bell pepper and chiles.
- 2For the best chunky texture, prepare the salsa by grinding all the vegetables in a meat grinder. Alternatively, use a food processor or chop well by hand.
- 3Add 1/4 cup lime juice, 2 tablespoons chopped papalo leaves, and salt to taste. Serve with tortilla chips, tacos filled with guacamole or pork carnitas, or Mexican-style chile-marinated pork sandwiches (cemitas).
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Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on June 21, 2013 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Casting Couch? It's one more shot of casting updates before you're off to enjoy your weekend. Read on for stories involving Anne Hathaway, Gerard Depardieu, and Scarlett Johansson. Helena Bonham Carter has always had an otherworldly quality to her. That's probably why she's spent much of her career playing queens, witches, ape women, junkies, and the like. And it's probably why Kenneth Branagh has tapped her to play a very magical role in his upcoming live action take on Cinderella. THR is reporting that she's been hired to play Cinderella's fairy godmother, the mystical benefactor who's famous for helping the little servant girl along by turning pumpkins into stage coaches and water into wine, or whatnot. She joins a pretty stacked cast that features names like Downton Abbey's Lily James as the title character, Game of Thrones' Richard Madden as the charming prince, and Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother.
Review: 'Les Misérables' Features Good Talent, But Director Tom Hooper Is Hardly Master of the House
Movie Reviews By Caitlin Hughes on December 20, 2012 | Comments (11)There is a lot of buzz about the live singing on the set Les Misérables. All of the actors sang as the cameras rolled rather than recording in a studio first, and that's a great accomplishment since many of the actors have wonderful singing voices and don't exactly need autotuning. This live singing in combination with the film's grand scope – finally, a film of the legendary Boublil/Schönberg musical! – is supposed to make this a great film. But, very sadly, it does not. While the film is filled with a lot of great talent and certainly is watchable, it buckles under the often mind-blowingly heavy-handed direction by Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) and never becomes the epic piece of cinema that it so clearly set out to be. The story is fairly common knowledge (and quite involved), but Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is finishing up his prison sentence for breaking into a house and stealing a loaf of bread. He thinks he is free, but because of being on a stringent parole at the hand of Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) he cannot get employment after his sentence is over. Valjean vows to make another go of it and when we find him years later, he is living under an assumed identity as the mayor of a small town. Valjean pays his good fortune forward when he helps factory worker-come-prostitute Fantine (Anne Hathaway). After Fantine's death, he bails her young daughter Cosette (Isabelle Allen) out of an abusive boarding house […]
'Les Miserables': A Guide to the Surprising Depth of Its Stars' Singing Backgrounds
Features By Kate Erbland on December 5, 2012 | Comments (5)Let it never be said that director Tom Hooper took the easy road with his follow-up feature to his Oscar-winning The King's Speech. While Hooper's decision to again tackle a period piece with a new film version of an already often-adapted piece of work might have seemed simple when it was first announced, Hooper's inspired idea to make his Les Miserables as close to an actual stage production as possible is anything but safe or expected. With Hooper making the bold decision to use "live" singing from his cast (not going the more traditional route of lip-syncing and recording tracks in post-production), his version of Les Miserables places quite the premium on getting truly great musical performances out of its stars. Which is why it might be confusing to many a moviegoer that the cast of Hooper's Les Mis is rounded out by big name movie stars that most people wouldn't necessarily associate with the Great White Way. But Hooper knew exactly what he was doing when he cast such stars as Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathway, and Amanda Seyfried in his film, because while the cast of Les Miserables is rife with well-known acting talent, it's also filled to the brim with exceptional (and, in most cases, exceptionally trained) songbirds. Not sold on the dulcet tones and vocal stylings of this new Les Mis cast? Let's take a look at their singing backgrounds.
'Great Expectations' Trailer Brings the Classic Story Back to Life, Again
Movie News By Nathan Adams on September 17, 2012 | Be the First To CommentSeeing as we already got a version of Charles Dickens' assigned-to-you-freshman-year-of-high-school classic "Great Expectations" that was adapted by a Harry Potter director (Alfonso Cuarón) back in 1998, some might be under the impression that we don't need another. But Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell would beg to differ, so he's put together his own film version of the much-loved-except-by-high-school-freshmen story, and he's challenged Cuarón to a secret benefactor showdown. For those of you (us) who slept through your high school English classes, Great Expectations centers on the character of Pip (War Horse's Jeremy Irvine), a young boy of meager means who nevertheless befriends a creepy old rich lady named Miss Havisham (Helena Bonham Carter), falls in love with her beautiful but twisted young ward Estella (Holliday Grainger), and eventually becomes a young gentleman with a bursting pocketbook and a wealth of potential due to the generosity of an anonymous benefactor (identity withheld). How does this all hash out in regards to Newell's new film? If its new UK trailer [via Empire] is any indication, it gives Newell the chance to distance himself from the miserable failure that was his last film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, re-embrace the spooky mood-building that made him a good fit for the Harry Potter franchise, and work with respected actors like Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Coltrane, and Sally Hawkins.
'Great Expectations' Trailer: Finally, Helena Bonham Carter Is Miss Havisham
Movie News By Kate Erbland on August 13, 2012 | Comments (1)Oh, thank goodness! Today we finally get our first look at a film that most of us have forgotten was even being made (mainly, because it doesn't need to be)! If nothing else, Mike Newell's take on "Great Expectations" exists for one reason – to allow Helena Bonham Carter the role she was born to play, the culmination of every terribly-clad madwoman she's ever portrayed on screen – Charles Dickens' irrepressible Miss Havisham! As ever, Great Expectations focuses on the impoverished orphan Pip (Jeremy Irvine), the convict who changes his life (Ralph Fiennes), the crazed rich lady who also changes his life (Carter, of course), and her wickedly beautiful and wickedly cold niece (Holliday Granger) who inflicts on him the emotional equivalent of a wrecking ball's best work. The film also features Robbie Coltrane, so it's possible that such a talented cast will make up for an over-adapted source from a screenwriter who can't even accurately adapt his own novels to the screen (sorry, David Nicholls, but you missed the boat on One Day in a big way). Check out the film's first (appropriately overwrought) trailer after the break.
'Les Miserables' Teaser Gives a Sense of Anne Hathaway's Raw, On-Set Singing
Movie News By Scott Beggs on May 30, 2012 | Be the First To CommentMost trailers are anywhere from 2 to 4 minutes, but very few pack as much grandiose power as the new teaser for Les Miserables manages in just a minute and a half. To be fair, director Tom Hooper is utilizing time-honored music that swells and soars, but there's also a power in the shots, the set design, and in Anne Hathaway's voice as she laments the death of a dream. With a shaved head. The scale looks nasty, brutish and epic. Check it out for yourself:
Review: 'Dark Shadows' Is Stale But Satisfying Thanks to Depp
Movie Reviews By Robert Levin on May 11, 2012 | Comments (1)Dark Shadows, the old ABC gothic soap opera, is such natural material for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp that you almost wonder why they bothered. Of all the movies and TV shows to remake, it's perhaps the most logical choice for the men who brought us Beetlejuice and Captain Jack Sparrow, respectively, not to mention Edward Scissorhands and other offbeat luminaries in their partnership. Lighthearted macabre quirk is the tandem's specialty and the primary operating mode of their new movie, a visually-pleasing haunted house/vampire comedy. But even if Dark Shadows is a case of safe, smooth sailing for its makers, it's still far more spirited and thoughtfully made than most summer movie counterparts.
9 'Dark Shadows' Character Posters Blend Hypercolors, Black and White Behind Johnny Depp and Friends
Movie Marketing By Scott Beggs on March 29, 2012 | Be the First To CommentIt's a mystery why Tim Burton gets stuck in the black and white world from time to time because he's one of the few filmmakers who can make primary colors creepy. Apparently the marketing department for Dark Shadows is pretty good at it too. With Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz and more popping boldly into the foreground, these posters are a reminder of the idiosyncrasy inherent in some of Burton's filmmaking: vibrant grays and disturbing, bright colors. Check them out for yourself:
'Dark Shadows' Trailer Sees Johnny Depp Resisting The Advances of Eva Green
Movie News By Jack Giroux on March 15, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAlice in Wonderland tested my love for Tim Burton, a fandom I am fully aware is unpopular to have online nowadays. His Disney remake was garish, soulless, and calculative, all adjectives Burton's greatest critics have said of him before. Alice in Wonderland felt like Burton at his most bored and expected, with zero sense of passion on-screen. Yet, with the release of the first trailer of Dark Shadows finally online, it seems as if Burton is having actual fun. Check out the trailer below to see Burton's take on the material, including Johnny Depp turning down sex with Eva Green. Burton and company have had a tough time expressing the tone of the picture, but this trailer does it nicely: dark, tongue-in-cheek, and silly. Nothing about this screams "box-office smash!", but that same sentiment could be applied to most of Burton's hits.
Movies to See Before the World Ends: Fight Club
Apocalypse Soon By J.L. Sosa on February 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe Film: Fight Club (1999) The Plot: Our nameless Narrator (Edward Norton) works for a major auto manufacturer, investigating fatal crashes caused by product defects and running cost-benefit analyses to decide whether it'd be more expensive to recall the deadly cars or to pony up settlements in future class-action lawsuits. Sound like an amoral, soul-murdering job to you? Our Narrator agrees and embarks on a fumbling quest for peace. He gets a hearty shove down the path toward enlightenment when a) his apartment full of "versatile solutions for modern living" mysteriously explodes, b) he strikes up a love/hate relationship with the morbid nihilist Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), and c) he joins forces with soap entrepenuer and terrorist mastermind Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) to found the Fight Club movement.
Amanda Seyfried and Taylor Swift Offered Roles in 'Les Miz'? Cue Tween Screaming Now
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on January 3, 2012 | Comments (17)On the heels of the news that director Tom Hooper will likely make the cast of his upcoming Les Miserables adaptation sing "live" on camera (versus inserting vocals after they've been polished up in a traditional recording studio), comes news that The King's Speech helmer may have two other vocal talents to add to his production. Twitch reports, thanks to two different exclusive scoops, that offers are out to Amanda Seyfried and Taylor Swift for a pair of key parts (and both angles on a looooove triangle!). Seyfried (who actually has a background in opera, fun trivia!) has been offered the essential role of Cosette. Cosette is the daughter of Anne Hathaway's Fantine (yes, Hathaway is just three years older than Seyfried), the ruined and tragic prostitute. Fantine gives baby Cosette to the rich Thénardiers, thinking they will care for her, though they mistreat her until she is eventually saved by adoptive papa Jean Valjean. And just why do the Thénardiers abuse her? Well, they're really evil, and they're also busy lavishing treats on their real daughters, including eldest Eponine. Swift has reportedly been offered the role of Eponine, rich girl turned street urchin. Both Cosette and Eponine are in love with second-generation baron Marius Pontmercy (to be played by Eddie Redmayne) in Victor Hugo's classic story. The addition of Seyfried is a bit of a no-brainer, she's well on her way to an established film career (despite some missteps like Red Riding Hood and Dear John), and her actual background in and talent for […]
On Their Own: Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables' Cast to Record Vocals Live on Camera?
In Production By Kate Erbland on December 28, 2011 | Comments (6)Let it never be said that director Tom Hooper doesn't make some interesting choices when it comes to filming his projects for maximum veracity. His Oscar-winning hit The King's Speech was shot on a former porno set (grit!), he used Colonial Williamsburg for a number of sets for his John Adams (gritty, in a different way!), and now it looks like he's going full-hilt on his first musical feature. Hooper's next film is a full-scale musical feature version of the done-to-starving-death Les Miserables, and while a new take on Victor Hugo's classic material doesn't strike most people as necessary, Hooper is going to give the project its own spin to liven it up. No, no, he's not going to make it some sort of bizarre "reimagining," he's going to make its stars actually sing. No, no, it's much more interesting than that – he's going to make them sing live. A "source close to the production" has told the Sun UK that "the director is determined to make the project as authentic as possible." As such, "the cast will record their vocals live on camera rather than go into a studio first then mime on film to the pre-recorded vocal…First they have to learn the complex songs, then they'll have to get it right on set in front of the other stars and crew." This does provide a look inside Hooper's vision for the film, which may be much more classically theatrical than first suspected. Hooper has already lined up […]
Is Kristen Stewart Going to be Kei in Live-Action 'Akira'?
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on November 15, 2011 | Comments (6)Casting continues to come together for Jaume Collet-Serra's live-action adaptation of the dystopian anime Akira. Or, at least, casting rumors continue to come together. I'm not certain that any of this has been officially announced by the production. For a while now it's been thought that Tron: Legacy's Garrett Hedlund is signed to play the character Shotaro Kaneda, the motorcycle gang-leading protagonist of the story. That one seems to be a pretty sure lock. Recently, word came out that roles had been offered to veteran actors Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter as well. That announcement seems a little less certain than Hedlund's involvement, but it hasn't been refuted by any official sources. And now Twitch is adding to the casting rumor pile by saying that Kaneda's sometime adversary, sometime love interest Kei has been cast as well. Apparently, an offer is on the table for Kristen Stewart to play the psychic medium with terrorist ties. If this is the case, then it would put Stewart in yet another high profile role in yet another high profile genre picture. Factor in that next year she is starring in Snow White and the Huntsman, and that's a lot of mystical lasses for one young actress to take on. When you're cast in something that's as big of a phenomenon as Twilight, the threat of being typecast is always there. Is Stewart having trouble finding non-genre roles after being ingrained in most of the world's head as Bella Swan, or are these […]
'Akira' Remake May Get an Oscar Nominee (and a Man Who Deserves an Oscar)
Casting Couch By Scott Beggs on October 24, 2011 | Comments (3)This whole Akira remake business is still incredibly flimsy, but it's starting to get some weight behind it. Even though Jaume Collet-Serra hasn't done anything so far to prove that he can handle this type of material (or that he's anything more than average as a filmmaker), and even though it was recently rumored that Tron Legacy's Garrett Hedlund was being considered for the main role, news of two heavy-hitting actors possibly joining the cast might help wash away all the bad aftertaste. Or at least some of it. Twitch is reporting that two-time Oscar nominee Helena Bonham-Carter and shockingly no-time Oscar nominee Gary Oldman are in more developed talks to join the cast as Lady Miyako and The Colonel respectively. Oldman's role (going by the original) would see him doing some awesome genetic testing, placing Neo-Tokyo (or wherever they end up setting it) under martial law, and generally being a bad ass. As for Bonham-Carter, Miyako was a male figure in the original, so it's unclear whether she'd be playing his wife, or if the character has been changed to a female role. Casting two incredible actors helps a lot, but the whole project is still a massive gamble that just hasn't set any fireworks off yet. Seeing a poster for a beloved story that reads "From the Director of Orphan" isn't exactly the kind of thing that sets heartbeats pounding. Maybe a villainous Oldman is enough?
Helena Bonham Carter, Dwight Yoakam, and Barry Pepper May Ride With 'The Lone Ranger'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on July 19, 2011 | Comments (2)For a while, the only thing we really knew about Disney's upcoming The Lone Ranger is that Johnny Depp would be starring, curiously enough, as Tonto. Then, as the project began to take shape, we learned that he would be re-teaming with his Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango director Gore Verbinski, who came on to helm things. Then the third big piece of the puzzle came into place when The Social Network's Übermensch Armie Hammer signed on to play The Lone Ranger himself. And now that the big names are in place, it has come time to begin filling out the rest of the cast.
A Dragon-Gilded Treasure Trove of Other Fantasy Movies Featuring the Cast of 'Harry Potter'
Cinematic Listology By Ashe Cantrell on July 14, 2011 | Comments (3)Here's a fun fact: Prior to 2001's releases of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, fantasy movies were frequently silly, low-budget shlockfests that actors only wanted to make so they could eat something other than whatever they scraped from under their fridge for another month. (For the record, I am told that this lifestyle — I like to call it Underfridging — is good for bolstering your immune system. On the other hand, high potential for scurvy. Your call.) And since the Harry Potter series has spanned eight films and employed every single actor in Britain at least once (twice in the case of Warwick Davis), you know there's a treasure trove of painfully cheesy fantasy movies lurking in their collective resumes. Let's take a look at some of them!
'Dark Shadows' Buries Itself Alive With a Plot
Movie News By Scott Beggs on May 18, 2011 | Comments (1)Dark Shadows is the next chance for Tim Burton to succeed, and he's playing in a very familiar sandbox. A too-familiar sandbox for some, but there's still hope that in retuning to Gothic roots in a passion project for Johnny Depp, the director can recapture some magic. The one mystery about the movie is what kind of tone it will take. The television show is well known enough, but the movie could take it seriously, keep the camp, or shoot for something entirely different. Fortunately, there's a plot synopsis lurking about (thanks to a Warner Bros. press release announcing the start of filming). Unfortunately, it won't tell us anything about the tone. Read the synopsis for yourself and try to figure out if Burton and company are going more Scissorhands or more Ed Wood here:
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Research papers in the category Life and Death.
The Occupy London group is asking for a real debate in politics and economics, rather than the closed-down debate in Westminster politics and also the City of London. They are right so to do, because no real responses are coming from either, other than the ya-boo of the Commons and the "banking is complicated" of the City. This short paper raises an issue which both groups must address, says the author, if they are to have any integrity. The countries where major financial crises in sovereign debt have occurred in the West are also the ones which are most unequal in terms of the distribution of income and wealth. Author Alan Starkey is an economist and sociologist with a strong theological pedigree.
This short research paper maps out the contours of a revolution in Britain's benefits and welfare system. But the evidence Karen McAndrew examines and evaluates indicates that, far from enabling and supporting sick and disabled people, the changes and cuts the UK government is making – disguised by a superficial rhetoric of compassion and empowerment, and eased by ungrounded prejudices stoked in sections of the media – are causing real harm and destroying the fabric of national care and genuine opportunity. Putting human impact centre stage, this paper sets out disturbing evidence that disabled people are being betrayed, the public misled, and the welfare system endangered. Here is yet more indication that the 'Big Society' is punishing the most vulnerable and eschewing social justice, by making cuts and implementing an inadequate patchwork of policies whereby under-resourced voluntarism cannot substitute for official, statutory neglect.
In the light of the massive cuts in public services being implemented by central and local government, there is increasing concern in many sectors of society about the expanding and damaging gap between rich and poor in Britain today. This paper sets out the case for making those living with poverty axial in decision-making about issues implicated in this division at all levels of society. It links to recent relevant research and makes a brief contribution concerning questions of power, viewpoint and orientation, mechanism and priority, and belief and theological orientation. To be expanded.
There has been a great deal of wild speculation about the character and consequences of so-called 'democratic revolutions' in the Middle East. In this short essay, international relations specialist John Heathershaw, pursuing a historically-grounded power analysis, argues that comparison with post-communist states sheds some light on what is happening and helps us identify both the hope and tragedy in ongoing events - not least from a Christian perspective that seeks to demand justice and practice nonviolence. He also contrasts principled and pragmatic approaches to nonviolent action, and discerns six parallels between the two waves of rebellion.
In this essay, the author gives an overview of some entrenched problems infecting religion and politics in the contemporary Middle East. His chief concerns include the plight and status of historic Christian communities, the treatment of minorities, violence and oppression sanctioned by corrupt regimes and totalitarian religious ideologies, the incohence of strategies towards Israel-Palestine, and the damaging failure of many Western policies and prescriptions. But while being tough-minded about the complex and interrelated factors which entrench these problems, Politics, Religion and the Middle East is also hopeful. The seeds of change are also to be found amidst confusion and terror. Popular movements to challenge top-down political rule and concerted efforts by faith communities to educate their peoples to accept and respect the other, rather than kill or ostracise, are both vital, he says. Above all, the true diversity of the Middle East region needs to be acknowledged, celebrated and protected by law.
Fear or Freedom?: Why a Warring Church Must Change by Simon Barrow (Ed)
The Subversive Manifesto: Lifting the Lid on God's Political Agenda by Jonathan Bartley
Faith and Politics After Christendom: The Church as a Movement for Anarchy by Jonathan Bartley
Consuming Passion: Why the Killing of Jesus Really Matters by Simon Barrow and Jonathan Bartley (Eds)
Threatened with Resurrection: The Difficult Peace of Christ by Simon Barrow


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I didn't pre-order Strong Bad or either Sam and Max; but I was wondering if I all ready supposedly owned the DVDs for them and just had to have them shipped. That's all I have to do, right? Order the DVDs now and get them shipped? Or do I not own them? I forget how to check.
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State Street Report Takes The Pulse Of Buy-Side Firms Mandated To Clear OTC Derivatives
Buy-side firms are unprepared for new trading mechanisms, costs and increased complexity and should partner with established providers to adapt to an evolved OTC derivatives marketplace, according to research commissioned by State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT). The new research paper, "From Readiness to Revolution: The Implementation and Impact of Derivatives Clearing Regulatory Reform," provides insight into preparations for swap execution facilities (SEFs), central clearing, collateral management and reporting.
State Street, which operates as a futures clearing merchant (FCM) and a SEF, commissioned the research with Aite group which surveyed buy-side firms that collectively represent more than $6 trillion in assets under management. The research highlights developments across the entire trade life-cycle and includes a roadmap to readiness for Category III firms - those firms that have yet to complete the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) phased implementation of derivatives clearing.
"The days of the excel spreadsheet are gone, collateral management has moved to the front office and phones have been traded in for exchanges," said Jeff Conway, executive vice president and head of State Street Global Exchange. Global Exchange brings together existing components from State Street's research and advisory, analytics, Currenex®, Global Link® and derivatives clearing capabilities to address clients' data information and trading challenges. "As the trend towards electronification continues, regulatory reform demands strong technology. We are well positioned to provide the buy-side with solutions to these challenges across the entire trade cycle, from execution to clearing to collateral."
Key highlights from the research include:
Clearing and Collateral Category I firms (companies that have completed the transition to mandated clearing) report that first movers had the advantage to negotiate more advantageous FCM agreements that allowed for preferential terms and conditions relating to fees and margin requirements, while Category II firms (firms that have also met clearing mandate requirements) later found FCMs less flexible in their willingness to lower fees. Category III firms who have not put agreements in place early will need to partner with well-established FCMs that can quickly respond to their customers. Other findings include:- Firms tend to select FCMs based on financial stability and pre-existing relationships; for firms that had a pre-existing relationship, the FCM's ability to bundle services to reduce cost became a consideration
- Many firms have only on-boarded with a single FCM and clearing house, allowing only for short term compliancy rather than long term success with multiple FCMs to diversify risk exposure
- Posting initial and variation margin continues to be an operational and technological headache; nine out of eleven firms indicate that they either already outsource the collateral management function or intend to do so
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Hawk has been practicing and teaching Yoga over twenty years. She has served Cornell University for the past ten years as a Yoga teacher for the Department of Athletics, as well as many Cornell related clubs. She is trained in Sivananda Yoga and Dharma Yoga.
Check the schedule for class times. Dharma Gentle, Dharma I and Deep Relaxation is for beginners or anyone in the process of healing. Dharma II is intermediate. Dharma III requires experience, and Dharma IV is for advanced students only! Hawk has also been teaching at Cornell University for 10 years.
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Tom Burchinal has been a serious student of Yoga since he began his practice in 2005. After 6 years of personal practice he did his RYT200 certification in the summer of 2011 at the Ithaca Yoga Center – Ahimsa. He is currently enrolled at the American Institute of Vedic Studies where he studies and practices the higher aspects of Yoga and Ayurveda under Dr. David Frawley (Pundit Vamadeva Shastri). Ayurveda has given Tom a clear understanding that every body/mind is totally unique, and should be instructed accordingly. For this reason, his public classes are tri-doshic in nature and accessible to everyone at every skill level. He is a serious student of asana, pranayama, and meditation, and one can expect each of these elements in his public classes. Tom also works privately with students and is available for Ayurvedic-Yoga consultations. If interested in a consultation, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. Tom bows humbly before all great teachers, past, present, and future.
Hare OM!
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Amanda felt her life transform in a beautiful way as a result of her personal yoga practice, and wanting to share the joy of that experience with others, decided to become a certified yoga teacher. Her goal is to help you ignite your own personal practice, guiding you to what feels right for your personal body-type, leading you towards the ultimate goal of self-realization. To Amanda, asana is meditation in movement; the truest form of embodiment. In her words, "What a blessing connecting body and breath! Allow your practice to unfold like a lotus of many petals." After studying independently for several years, Amanda received her 200 hr, Ahimsa Yoga Training Certification in 2011.
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Hatha Yoga w Amanda~This class is designed for those students who are familiar with basic yogic principles. Amanda leads a meditative asana sequence connecting us to the subtler aspects of our being. This movement mediation focuses on tuning into the body's energetic pathways and channels. Students should anticipate a blend of chanting, asana, relaxation, and pranayama.
O friend, understand: the body
is like an ocean,
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Open your inmost chamber and light its lamp.
Within the body are gardens,
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within the body a lake of bliss,
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Yin Yoga: In our culture, which rewards pushing and achievement, yin is often out of balance. This style of yoga focuses on deeply held poses (sometimes up to 15 minutes) to open and release the connective tissue and joints as well as to find balance, stillness, and healing. Although not gentle, this practice is suitable for all levels — a challenging form of yoga that calls you to face your edges, physically and spiritually.
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Emily is a professional musician, yogi, and animal lover. While studying music in NYC, she started practicing yoga to cope with she stresses of performance anxiety. She is a major advocate of yoga and meditation for relaxation and centering before a performance, and tailors her classes to focus coping with stress.
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Tammy Borchert serves as senior teacher and mentor for Ahimsa Yoga 200HR RYS. She is a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher.
The Jivamukti method of Yoga is one of the nine internationally recognized styles of Hatha Yoga. The name Jivamukti means Liberation while living. Jivamukti is taken from the Sanskrit term, Jivanmukti, which is used to describe the state of enlightenment. David Life and Sharon Gannon named this yoga method Jivamukti because they wanted the student to be reminded of the ultimate aim of the practice to live in enlightenment (Samadhi).
Whether you're a beginner or an advanced yogi, an Open Jivamukti class encompasses all levels. A typical Open class consists of a vigorously physical and intellectually stimulating flowing vinyasa sequence partnered with hands-on adjustments, pranayama (breathing exercises), meditation, Sanskrit chanting, yoga philosophy, and deep relaxation. To keep the practice unanticipated, asana sequences are ever-changing.
We do sitting, standing, and inverted postures and suggested variations for everything in-between. Exuberant, eclectic music plays an integral role in Jivamukti yoga; in a typical Open class you might practice to a shifting soundtrack of uplifting and inspirational music from Krishna Das to Michael Franti to the Beatles. In the words of Sharon Gannon, "The Jivamukti method could be described as that way of teaching and practicing Yoga where the student is constantly reminded that their true Self is none other than happiness, Love itself."
Hayden Stebbins
Dharma II Raja Hatha Ashtanga VinyasaAfter graduating from his 200 hr Teacher Training and Cornell in 2012, Hayden took a brief sojourn to England for his MS Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production, biked from England to Venice and back, went on a retreat to Bhutan with the Gross National Happiness Centre, and spent the last few months in Jackson, WY.


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On 3/14/2011 5:00 PM, Nate Hughes wrote:
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Title: Afghanistan/MIL - A Week in the War
Teaser: STRATFOR presents a weekly wrap up of key developments in the
U.S./NATO Afghanistan campaign. (With STRATFOR map)
Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S.
Forces-Afghanistan (USFA) Gen. David Petreaus is in Washington, D.C. He
briefed U.S. President Barack Obama Mar. 14 and is set to testify before
the U.S. Congress Mar. 15 and 16**CHECK - his first testimony since
command from Gen. Stanley McChrystal> last year. The major themes of his
briefing are already circulating in the media:
notion of progress>, `fragile and reversible' gains. Metrics of new
Afghan security forces trained up and Taliban fighters captured or
killed abound. He has spoken of only `modest momentum,' neither terribly
an unproblematic indicator of success in counterinsurgency>.
In other words, Petraeus' trip to Washington appears to be intended to
maintain support for perseverance and the need to follow through with
the current counterinsurgency-focused strategy. While there has been
some talk of the drafting of alternative plans for the aggressiveness of
the drawdown set to begin in June, this appears to be a defense of the
status quo. Meanwhile, the June deadline looms, a point at which
American and NATO combat strength and influence over events in
Afghanistan will begin to decline
there has been some effort to make provisions to retain combat power and
bandwidth even as forces are reduced>).
Nearly 2,500 fighters have been killed in the last eight months, and
some 900 Taliban `leaders' have reportedly been captured or killed in
the last ten months - though what exactly `leader' means is less clear
both because it remains undefined by the ISAF and because, while the
understanding is improving, a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of
leadership and structure of the Taliban phenomenon> remains a work in
progress. ISAF believes the Taliban is having difficulty replacing these
leaders, but ultimately the effects t of all of that in terms of the
health of the larger movement and its operational impact are still being
understood. Similarly, seizures of arms, ammunition, materiel and drugs
have all reduced the Taliban's arms and finances, but the effect -
particularly the larger, strategic effects in terms of attempting to
reign in
movement that perceives itself to be winning> - remain unclear.
And here is where arguments that progress is being made contrasts
increasingly sharply with Petraeus' and other acknowledgements that
there is a violent year ahead. No one expected violence to cease in the
year ahead, and levels of violence are only one element in the ebb and
flow of an insurgent movement. Nor is it a condition for American
success and withdrawal that violence cease. But because the U.S.
understanding of the Taliban is insufficient, the strength and breadth
of Taliban activity as spring sets in will be perhaps one of the best
indications of the effect U.S.-led counterinsurgency-focused operations
have had on the Taliban and therefore how well the strategy is working.
Petraeus' testimony before the American Congress will come before this
important indicator has really had much chance to reveal itself.
The converse situation is also important. A United Nations and
Afghanistan's human rights commission report found that the targeted
assassination of civilians and officials by the Taliban rose 588 percent
in Helmand and 248 percent in Kandahar last year over the year before.
U.S. officials have warned of
even more aggressive Taliban assassination campaign in 2011>. The
longer-term difficulties and effects of these and other Taliban efforts
and their
to frustrate American-led nation-building efforts> remain an enormous
issue because for the Taliban to deny ISAF victory is to win whereas the
ISAF standard for victory is far higher and more difficult to secure.
2011 has long been expected to be a decisive year for the current
strategy, and it will be at the end of the fighting season when next
winter sets in not the beginning of it where the real status of the war
effort will be assessable.
Iranian Rockets
ISAF forces seized what they claim to be four dozen Iranian-made
versions of
122mm Grad artillery rocket>. Though the 48 rockets were reportedly
without Iranian markings or serial numbers, they are supposedly
consistent with Iranian manufacture. The Grad is widely proliferated and
Russian and Chinese versions have already popped up in Afghanistan,
though only smaller 107mm Iranian-made rockets have been found up until
this point.
While the Taliban can build
improvised explosive devices> largely with materiel readily available in
country (though ammonium nitrate fertilizer has been banned, making it
harder to get ahold of), military ammunition and explosives are a matter
of considerable concern. They can be more accurate (though artillery
rockets are generally employed in small numbers in a harassing manner
rather than in quantity as they are designed to be employed) and more
deadly. The proliferation of military-grade explosives after the 2003
U.S. invasion of Iraq haunted the U.S. military in Iraq for the rest of
the decade, and there are new concerns about
proliferation of Libyan stocks>.
The degree of Iranian support for the Taliban is an important though not
decisive matter. The Taliban is a movement organic to the Pashtu and
Afghanistan, and there is no indication that Iranian arms are a
life-or-death matter for the movement. But they absolutely facilitate
the ongoing struggle and facilitate Taliban fighting strength. Given the
degree of proliferation of the Grad design and the murky nature of
clandestine Iranian support for movements from the Levant to the Hindu
Kush, it is not always clear how coherent and deliberate (i.e. how
political vs. criminal in nature the support is), but given the broader
tensions between Washington and Tehran, Iran certainly retains the
ability to further ramp up arms shipments to the Taliban and make
matters more difficult and deadly in Afghanistan.
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Like Medicine 3Your name is DAVE STRIDER, and you're just BURNED OUT.Like Medicine 3 by Overdrive-Pulse
It's become a normal thing for Dave to be sitting inside Rose's room. They didn't always have to be talking about mind shit, and she had a way of pacing herself while she spoke. It was nice to listen to.
He wished everything else had gotten easier as well. But he supposed the world was just not that fucking cool to let that slide.
"About 91 days, 2,191 hours 131,487 minutes and 7,889,230 seconds. Hell, three months and I haven't been able to lay down any of my sick rhymes. Hell Rose. This is complete hell."
Rose gives him a small smile, and continues on with her knitting. He didn't know how she could do that stuff. Dave had tried to learn to sew at some point, but it just was not his thing.
His brother smacked him for using a thimble. Fuck that, those things were not for pussies, no matter what his Bro said. Only real men can use a thimble in pride.
And while his own thoughts swirl around his head, he still can't drown out t
Like Medicine 2Your name is KARKAT VANTAS, and you have an UNCANNY ABILITY to form ALLIANCES with the alien creatures that you helped to CREATE.Like Medicine 2 by Overdrive-Pulse
He was really starting to get really gog-damned pissed off that he was being kept from owning a fucking keyboard. He did not understand why exactly his damn friend decided to be such a grublicking puss-sack of excrement about this whole thing. He wouldn't have even destroyed the stupid thing if people could use their BRAINS here, but NO. He got to be punished because he had enough SANITY to get annoyed with their INSANITY.
Though it wasn't as though the thing was completely busted. Just enough to make him look like a complete fucking retard if he tried to type, because half of the letters were completely useless since they wouldn't even fucking respond to being pressed. Fuck you, Terezi. Fuck you and your mutant senses and you're drool-filled computer screen and you're obsession with COLORS. My blood isn't fucking candy! It sm
Like Medicine 1Your name is DAVE STRIDER, and TIME never left.Like Medicine 1 by Overdrive-Pulse
Even after the game, it continued to haunt his mind; always ticking, always echoing, always flowing. No matter what Dave tried to do, the ticking would not cease.
For a while, he had thought it was just some weird, bizarre after effect of the game; like the side effects of pills. Sure, you'd be feeling some wicked chills for a while and have trouble thinking, but after some time it would eventually fade away. That should have been the case here. The game was over, they had won, happily ever after.
But it didn't. It just kept going, and going, and going. Fuck, it was throwing off his jams, what with his constant unchanging inner metronome that was unrelentingly pounding on the inside his head. It made it hard to focus his rhymes. He was supposed to be the cool guy; his words had to be smooth and cool. It wasn't the same when they became pre-set, having to be spoken in between and on the dot of the ticks. It made
Stardust Renegade, Ch.1There is something about the air that tastes extremely stale today.Stardust Renegade, Ch.1 by Overdrive-Pulse
It's like I'm stuck in a hallway in school again, what with all these people that want to continuously bump into you and make their way down narrow pathways and shit. But at least there you know you're getting out soon. Once three fifteen hits, you're out. But now, here, I know I don't have that grace. Except when my company decides they want to ditch. I'm secretly hoping they decide to do just that sometime soon. I hate malls.
Come on already.
"So, I swore! I mean I didn't mean to curse at the guy, but he kept touching my guitar and he didn't even know how to handle it correctly! How was I supposed to know that he was a Jesus freak and would flip out?"
I'm only half-heartedly listening to him talk. Demyx changes subjects a lot, so it isn't that big of a deal if I'm not fully tuned in. All I know is that he's bickering off about how he got his ass handed to him by someone who doesn't appreciate it when th
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You've seen the familiar battle play out time and time again in Washington and Trenton: Republicans say we should cut taxes and need to slash government services to pay for it, while Democrats say taxes need to go up to pay for bigger and more intrusive government.
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18 His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining. | 18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on his head will be resplendent." |
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Mediatabot Reads Javascript [webmasterworld.com] thread.
Apparently you are not alone.
Edit after reading ken_b's post: ...Or maybe the mediabot is on crack.
On my site, food related, the bot being on crackers would be suitable.
I would like to know how to filter ads only for a specific channel. that way I can filter it out of the site that is unrelated but leave it on a site that IS related.
I was browsing some "big boy" sites and they were running some PSA's. Some sites I see have already switched to a different ad provider, and the ads were rather relevent.
Like one site was a free stats provider, and used to have google ads for "Free Stats Providers." Now these new ads are for web hosting, and web content, etc. I actually stopped to read them :)


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