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Thought-Provoking LinkBlogging
- Posted by Johanna on February 12, 2007 at 7:21 am
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Graeme is stunned by Mary Jane's cause of death in his review of Spider-Man: Reign #3, and I don't blame him. It's funny but horrific.
At what point did Spider-Man having radioactive sperm ever seem like a good idea? … I can't believe this ever saw print, I cannot believe that no-one at Marvel thought that having a comic where Spider-Man tells the corpse of his wife – because, yeah, I meant to say that, he's talking to the corpse of his dead wife – that he killed her with his special radioactive spider-spunk was ANYTHING that should ever be allowed to appear in a comic. … To get an idea of the context of this scene, as he's saying this, the corpse of his wife is trying to kiss him with some kind of demon tongue. I was so numbed by the idea that Marvel somehow thinks that this is a perfectly publishable idea — that showing Marvel's #1 licensing jackpot, the same character that they put on all manner of kid products, the same character who's probably going to have the highest-grossing movie of the year this year coming out at the same time as the collection of this series, as being responsible for the death of his wife (potentially strong story idea, possibility for tragedy, etc.) specifically because of his radioactive jism (somewhere between WTF and TMI, and reducing potentially strong story idea to cheap dirty joke and/or bad idea, and something that I feel is kind of offensive in ways that I can't really explain) …
A friend's reaction, after I told him about this review: "Obviously, there are no responsible adults left at Marvel to read this stuff before it goes out the door."
Ben Towle announces that his Midnight Sun miniseries will end serialized publication with issue #3 in favor of an upcoming book collection, due December 2007. He goes on to discuss the issues surrounding independent comic formats, necessary sales levels, and the changes Slave Labor is facing.
Loren makes an eloquent case for why superhero team diversity matters (link no longer available). Isn't it interesting that in the team-rushing-towards-the-viewer shot, all of the non-white, non-straight characters are omitted? As Loren says,
Honestly, I don't think that Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham sat around thinking about how they could ignore these characters. And, those of you who know me or read me long enough know that I honestly do believe that people have, for the most part, good intentions. But, as I said in the comments in my entry on DC's teaser trailer, not being intentional doesn't always cut it. You have to BE INTENTIONAL if you're going to show a commitment to diversity.
I think I'll bring out Lisa Jonte's ultimate list of what women want (link no longer available) next time someone tries to have any one woman speak for all of us or trots out the tired chestnut "what comic can I buy my girlfriend to make her love them as much as I do?"
-I want "Empowered" to mean something other than "Tits, ass and guns".
-I want "Actualized" and "Motivation" to mean something other than "Rape, rape and a side order of rape".
-I want "Owning Her Sexuality" to mean something other than "Hooker".
23 Responses to "Thought-Provoking LinkBlogging"
- Jer Says:
February 12, 2007 at 8:50 AMRe: diversity in super-hero comics
Its easy to ignore the non-white, non-straight characters in Marvel and DC books because they aren't the big stars. The universes are fairly stagnant – anyone who wasn't a character before the current crop of writers started reading comics aren't going to get remembered unless the writers created that character themselves OR they're going out of their way to showcase that character (as Loren points out). The characters that the writers want to write about are the characters they read about as kids (and probably for many of them, the characters they imagined themselves to be while they were reading the books). - Johanna Says:
February 12, 2007 at 8:53 AMI think you've just defined "self-fulfilling prophecy".
- Rich Johnston Says:
February 12, 2007 at 8:53 AMMoore did it first in Watchmen anyway.
- Terrence H. Says:
February 12, 2007 at 9:01 AMBefore I comment, I will say that I am a male college student in his twenties, part of that demonic demographic that is the root of many of the problems that you spotlight on this site. That being said, I have read Spider-Man:Reign, and the review of the book you highlighted is grossly unfair. There is no scene of Peter gleefully mounting MJ and glowing green little troopers being implanted in the unsuspecting heroine. The crass perspective and bathroom humor is brought by this Graham(he lost all fancy spelling privileges with that review). And from your comments, I gather that you did not even look at the book! I think this is a fabulous site that gives a perspective on comics that is sorely needed, but at least flip through the book before putting up this irresponsible, childish take on it. If it is so bad, wear rubber gloves! While Kaare Andrews work is not groundbreaking, he deserves better than the pervert label that that review slaps him with. All the book says is that MJ got sick from her intimate and constant contact with Peter, the rest is up to the reader. So you can say that excessive kissing was the cause, or maybe old MJ like the "golden showers," it is up to the reader. But I am supporting Marvel on the internet, so what to I know?
- Rob Barrett Says:
February 12, 2007 at 11:06 AMJohanna, I think it's a bit too early to pass judgment on the JSA image–we have no context explaining the inclusion of those particular characters in the image, nor do we have any explanation of why other characters are absent. Yes, Obsidian, Mr. Terrific, and Jakeem Thunder are missing from the image–but so are straight white guys Dr. Mid-Nite and Wildcat.
- Loren Says:
February 12, 2007 at 11:35 AMJer – I ditto Johanna here. The reason why I wrote about this is, again, because DC had made a big to-do about diversifying its universe. I honestly do think they have good intentions and I applaud their effort, but, as I said, sometimes, those intentions have to translate into something. You have to BE intentional to be diverse.
Rob – Like I said in my entry, I know it's just one panel in a panel of many in one book. And, I also say I don't know what's happening in order to judge it. BUT, it is an observation on a KEY panel in the book. I realize that there are straight white guys missing, but there are also several straight, white guys in the panel. My observation is not a condemnation of the book, but I do want to challenge readers and creators to ask themselves who are missing from KEY panels because these are the images that stand out most in a book.
- Loren Says:
February 12, 2007 at 11:53 AMPS – Thanks for the shout out, Johanna! :)
- Rob Barrett Says:
February 12, 2007 at 1:11 PMLoren – It's potentially a problem, yes. In fact, I'm pretty much with you on the curious presence/absence of Obsidian in the book so far. Mr. Terrific has been getting lots of screen time, Jakeem simply hasn't shown up in the new volume of JSA yet, but Todd is both there and not there at the same time. As you point out on your site, he seems like a natural character to feature in this particular storyline–making his restriction to single-panel, shadow-form, non-dialogue appearances disturbing.
I do think this panel stands out in isolation–even though it's a splash page, it wouldn't necessarily be the most gripping panel in the entire issue. With someone like Walt Simonson, sure. But Dale's real gift as a penciller is in the detail work; as many reviewers have noted, his best panels involve his ability to draw distinctive faces forming distinctive expressions (one reason why Maxine has already gripped so many readers).
BTW, Johanna, note that Dale actually gives Jesse real jodhpurs this time round. Maybe he read your entry about the JSA #1 preview . . .
- Johanna Says:
February 12, 2007 at 1:28 PMTerrence, thanks for your perspective. I tried Reign with issue 1, and I didn't enjoy it, so I'm not planning to go back. I linked to Graeme's post because I think it highlights a problematic idea, one that is similar to some of the less-thought-out stories of the 70s (like Ms. Marvel's mind-control rape, or when it was implied that Superboy slept with a mind-controlled woman kidnapped from her home planet).
Rob — if they do a story about a supervillain who's specifically targeting non-white members of supergroups, thus preventing them from being part of the rescue party, I'm there! :)
Seriously, point taken, but visuals are important. If the company's putting out images that are susceptible to such misinterpretation, that can be addressed by them making sure the more diverse members are included in such poster-style pictures.
- Lisa Jonte Says:
February 12, 2007 at 3:27 PMAw! My list is all grown up and… *sniff* and savin' comics!
Thanks for the nod, Johanna. :)
- Richard Marcej Says:
February 12, 2007 at 4:13 PMUh, wait a minute… Mary Jane's dead?
Boy, am I out of touch with mainstream comics
- Michael Denton Says:
February 12, 2007 at 5:46 PMI think in any standard comic, the inference that MJ was killed through intercourse is not hard to make – given the tone of this series, I find it the most logical leap.
That said, I don't find it particularly funny – it's pretty offensive to me. As I wrote at the Sav Critic :
The idea of this radioactive sperm killing Mary Jane is offensive because it perpetuates a misconception that cancer can be transmitted from person to person – and worse seems to trivialize how people truly get cancer. It also feels like it trivializes the struggles of people who live with spouses/partners with HIV.
That's my filter on it – apparently I'm one of the few (although not the only one) who feels this way, and cop to it being a gut reaction, but that was my instant take on it emotionally.
- Lea Says:
February 12, 2007 at 5:59 PMI'm with you, Micheal. It comes (no pun intended) across as yet another ham-fisted attempt at relevance and sincerity.
- david brothers Says:
February 12, 2007 at 6:10 PMIt's not trying to be relevant, though. Not at all. It isn't a study of cancer and its causes. It's about one man's grief, and how his guilt over essentially killing his wife wrecked him.
Spider-Man is about two things: his wife and his powers. His powers effectively killed his wife, and he feels guilty over that.
For what it's worth, there is precedent for this. Aunt May got sick after a blood transfusion from Spidey way back when it was still a Lee/Ditko joint, I believe. For her, it was radiation poisoning rather than cancer. For what it's worth, low doses of radiation can cause cancer, and I think being married to a person who is radioactive for what appears to be decades in the text (Pete's got grey hair before she dies) could easily result in a grim end like that.
- David Oakes Says:
February 12, 2007 at 6:43 PMYes, there is basis for MJ's death both in the text – from Aunt May to Better Banner – and metatext – Spider-Man's powers *always* mess up his personal life.
But "Reign" explicitly invokes "bodily fluids". So it is not just Peter's "Love" that kills his wife. (And her love for him, staying beside him in the face of danger.) Rather it is Peter's "love (wink, wink, nudge nudge, knowhatimean?)" that "plants cancer in her like a spider laying it's eggs".
I will be the first to admit that it is powerful imagery. Maybe even literary. But it carries the whiff of prurience, like "Woman of Kleenex" or "That's why they call him Mr. Fantastic…" Perhaps if it wasn't being sold more on the strength of Parker's peter than Peter Parker. Perhaps if "Reign" wasn't trying so hard to be "The Arach-Knight Returns", right down to the visuals. If it wasn't yet one more writer/artist sanctifying Miller and hoping to be only half as much. Maybe then it could be taken on it's own merits. And be given it's own credit.
As it is, it truns the death of a long suffering woman and the loss of a wife into frat boy porn. And that shouldn't be lauded.
- Lea Says:
February 12, 2007 at 6:53 PMDavid: that was very well thought out.
The story is still stupid.
- david brothers Says:
February 12, 2007 at 7:10 PMI'd take issue with the idea that this story is "frat boy porn," but I get the feeling that we'd end up talking at each other, rather than to each other. We'll just have to disagree, then.
(cripes, i can't believe i used "for what it's worth" twice in one paragraph.)
- Lea Says:
February 12, 2007 at 7:14 PMI meant my last comment for David Brothers.
- Tim O'Shea Says:
February 12, 2007 at 8:51 PMI really hope no one in the blogosphere links to the comments section with the title "Golden Showers". (BTW, I would only infer "GS" if it had been written by Chuck Austen.) Terrence H, feel free to disagree with reviewers all you like, but you don't exactly sway me with your choice to incorrectly spell Graeme's name intentionally as some inexplicable seeming attempt to demean his opinion.
- Terrence H. Says:
February 13, 2007 at 12:47 AMAw, I was just funnin. I have no beef with the man or his opinion, but I do not like that the creator gets painted as a pervert because his attempt to create tragedy failed. And I don't see how I get flack for "GS," but Graeme can use the terms spunk and jism to his heart's content. Maybe I should start my own website! But to be clear, I have no problem with him disliking the book, I just get tired of the attacking tone and implications of perversity, when judging the story on its merit or lack thereof would suffice.
- Johanna Says:
February 13, 2007 at 6:36 AMThe story's already been judged that way — it's a wannabe Dark Knight Returns. Now we're trying to get more enjoyment out of it. :)
- Tommy Says:
February 14, 2007 at 12:06 AMI think the Dark Knight comparisons are a bit unfair. The only similarities I can discern is that both stories take place outside continuity and feature the protagonist as an octogenarian.
- Anthony D. Says:
February 14, 2007 at 8:39 AM>>At what point did Spider-Man having radioactive sperm ever seem like a good idea?
Guess after the extremely gory/tasteless Three Stooges "eye poke" by Black Adam to Psycho-Pirate in "Infinite Crisis" and Sue Dibney's fate in "Identity Crisis" (among multiple other complaints I can think of, including the Joker as nothing more than a second-rate Freddy Krueger knockoff/mindless serial killer vs. anything resembling a criminal mastermind or showing a glimmer of intelligence), I shouldn't be much surprised by stuff like this anymore… except, well, I still am. Yeesh…doesn't anyone at DC or Marvel have *any* sense of taste anymore?! And who finds all this stuff appealing, anyway?!


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Libs set to refer mining tax to new Budget Office
PUBLISHED: 08 Nov 2012 00:05:00 | UPDATED: 08 Nov 2012 04:11:23PUBLISHED: 08 Nov 2012 PRINT EDITION: 08 Nov 2012Gemma Daley
At this stage, only the Labor Party is going to be complying with [former treasurer] Peter Costello's Charter of Business Honesty. Penny Wong, Finance Minister. Photo: Andrew Meares
The parliamentary budget office will add further challenges and opportunities for all MPs to get their sums right. Rob Oakeshott, independent MP. Photo: Andrew Meares
I am more than ready to use [the Budget Office]. I have campaigned for it and we want a strong, independent body. Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer. Photo: Jim Rice
The federal Coalition plans to submit the government's resource rent tax to the new Parliamentary Budget Office, which has greater autonomy than the Treasury, in a sign of how the new agency could play a big role in the debate over the government's project budget surpluses.
The Budget Office has the power to ask the companies that pay the tax, including Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Xstrata, to release commercially sensitive information about their outlook for commodity prices.
The office will use present budget forecasts as the starting point for its analysis.
The Senate is set within weeks to pass legislation quarantining the Budget Office from freedom of information requests, meaning it has greater autonomy and powers than Treasury as it responds to requests from the Coalition and other parties.
"As soon as the legislation is passed, we are ready to go," shadow treasurer Joe Hockey told The Australian Financial Review.
"That includes the MRRT and other policies on which the Government's budget relies," he said.
The government's mining tax has been dogged as falling prices and a slump in demand have reduced profits at the big miners most likely to have to pay it.
The Mid Year Economic Fiscal Outlook slashed the revenue by a third to $9.1 billion over four years while the programs it funds have been sustained.
The Coalition, which was criticised this week for not submitting its own policies for costing analysis, will submit queries on the refugee policy and the cost of operating Nauru as soon as the office begins. "I am more than ready to use it," Mr Hockey said.
"I have campaigned for it and we want a strong, independent body which enhances the debate."
The government released Treasury figures this week showing three Coalition policies could cost businesses $4.57 billion in their first year.
The Budget Office will use the published economic parameters as a starting point for any analysis of the MRRT. It can then go wherever it wishes to obtain an up-to-date picture of how much the 22.5 per cent tax on coal and iron ore will raise.
Companies are understood to have paid nothing in the first quarter of the tax, although the the Australian Taxation Office won't report the result until December in the Monthly Financial Statements.
The Greens on Saturday became the first party to release costings from the Parliamentary Budget Office, which was set up in July and is led by former Department of Finance deputy secretary Phil Bowen.
The government would have raised an extra $26 billion over the next four years if it reversed changes made to the resource rent tax in 2010 in negotiation with the three big mining companies, the analysis said.
Finance Minister Penny Wong said that the PBO was established to comply with the Charter of Budget Honesty on policy costs.
"At this stage, only the Labor Party is going to be complying with [former treasurer] Peter Costello's Charter of Budget Honesty," she said in Sydney on Wednesday.
"The role, functioning of the PBO is first, independent, and second, reflects the bipartisan report of a Parliamentary Committee in which all sides of politics were represented."
Rob Oakeshott, the independent MP from the NSW Mid-North Coast, helped set up the office in negotiations about who he would support when the 2010 election delivered the closest result for 70 years.
He said Treasury's functions were complemented by the office.
"The parliamentary budget office will add further challenges and opportunities for all MPs to get their sums right," Mr Oakeshott said from Vancouver. "And ultimately, this means better policy."
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Companies | Rio Tinto Ltd, BHP Billiton Ltd, Xstrata Plc |
People | Joe Hockey, Penny Wong, Rob Oakeshott |
Topics | Economy, Metals & Mining, Politics /Federal Politics |

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Here is a clip of the exercise being performed for strength in class today. Don't let the video fool you though, these are challenging!
Strength:Stability Ball Front Plank Rotations
5×3 each direction (3 right, 3 left)
Sub: If too difficult then do 5×30-45 sec plank holds on the stability ball
5 KB swings (50#/35#)
5 handstand push-ups
10 KB swings
10 deadhang pull-ups
15 KB swings
15 double unders
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So, as some may have noticed, I am attempting a sketch a day challenge.
Sketch a day is misleading, as I already have missed a few days, BUT, I am trying to be more consistent.
I love Videogames, and one thing I especially love, is the character design that goes into them (sometimes more than the gameplay). So I figured why not VG characters.
Then I was like hey, the alphabet- that's cool and I can almost repeat it without singing. And so the endeavor was born.
The completed list may be a bit Nintendo-centric. Specifically Nintendo of the 80's and 90's. That was the brand of console during my gaming peak... those roots run deep. If you can't predict who will be for letters L and M respectively, well then you have lived a half life.
It should be fun, and good practice to keep my drawing muscles limber. If it goes well I have an idea for another series to start right after this one.


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So Lucky to Miss Twice! December/January 2013 EHJ (Issue 134) - Excitement and doubt crept into my mind when I found out that I had drawn this special bull elk tag on the Paunsaugunt in southern Utah, and with only four bonus points. Lucky me! I was so excited, but nervous at the same time. My son, Dan Hatch, had already stated that he would take the time off work to help me out. I have always been out on hunts, but never was serious about them, until now. I was telling everyone that I was going to bring something home, not knowing what it would be. I felt confident that it would be something, but unsure of how big. I just knew in my heart that it would be something. My husband and I traveled to southern Utah to set up camp on Friday night and get ready for the next big day— the hunt! Dan and his wife Jordan joined us for the evening, as well as other family members that came out. We went up on a point to glass down into the field where the herd of elk was feeding. There were two shooter bulls in the herd. We were now getting excited for the morning to come. |
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The 9:07 Buck It had finally arrived. It was Wednesday, October 26th at 4:00 p.m., and I was headed to pick up my good friend and hunting partner, Jerrod Schmauch to head out mule deer hunting. Jerrod would be along for the ride with extra packing capability and extra eyes. I had drawn one of the most coveted deer tags in the state of Montana! |
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Overcoming The Odds Spring time in Montana is a beautiful time of year, not only for the good weather, but it is also that time of year where you can start dreaming, "What if…what if I was lucky enough to draw a mountain goat permit?" To put this story in perspective, I have been putting in for mountain goats for over twenty years and every year the best I have ever done is get another preference point. This year was expected to be no different as they only give two permits in the unit I applied for. |
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Calling in a Favor Every time I leave the backcountry I have a sense of leaving a piece of me behind, but I never leave without learning more about the wild places I called home. We live in a time where information about any subject can be gathered in the snap of a finger. As far as backcountry hunting goes, there are numerous books, DVDs and periodicals such as EHJ, which allow us to learn from others' experiences. |
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Good Medicine Concern was growing as I peaked over the topography of the rockslide toward the head of the basin. I couldn't see the ribbon cliff he was on yet. I glanced back at Kenny, and his look was as worried as mine. I crept a little forward and stood on tippy-toes, pulling my binoculars to my eyes while trying not to send a landslide heading for lower country. There was the ribbon cliff, and there he was — staring directly at me! |
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Not Big Enough |
My daughter, Kaycee, is as competitive as they come. The fall elk hunt would be no different. Kaycee had drawn a limited-entry youth bull elk permit. She was 13 years old, and this would be her first elk hunt. She was excited to hunt during the rut in September. Though, I don't know who was more excited, Kaycee, me, or her grandfather, who was taking time off work to come hunting with us, plus traveling from Idaho to Utah so he could be there when his granddaughter got her first bull elk. |
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Cutting to the Chase There is nothing like pulling into a place you have never been before and being able to recognize each mountain, ridge, and creek, and knowing the name of each and how the ground lays. For the last five months I had spent every spare minute studying maps and doing countless hours of Internet scouting for this opportunity. The time was finally here, and it was everything I was hoping it would be. |
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Chuckles in the Washakie We sat on our horses and watched in disbelief as the herd bull went down and the report from the rifle of the distant hunter echoed through the deep gulch. We had spent six days hunting this bull with a bow and to see him fall to someone else's shotthat first morning of rifle season just made me want to puke. I felt like I had been gut shot and snake bit all at the same time. |
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Stone's Sheep at a Stone's Throw I pinch myself to snap out of a surreal stupor. The catnap just ended but the dream hasn't; one ram is definitely not like the others. I wave Bart over, "Take a look at this!" My optimism soars like the visible jet stream high above the surrounding peaks. It is the midpoint of my last Stone's sheep hunt and I reflect upon 35 years of pursuing the ultimate epic mountain adventure. |
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Family Business As far back as I can remember I can hear those words from my father…"Get up, let's go. Those deer aren't going to be moving all day." My fondest memories from my childhood up through high school were, no, not the girls I dated or the sports I played. It was hunting deer! There wasn't anything I liked more than hunting. I'm 39 now with a beautiful wife and four kids, three of whom are boys. Still, to this very day, hunting is my passion and I love taking my sons whenever I can. |
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Hardcore Field Test |
Easton Kilo 3PHave you ever been in search of that perfect product, but after a few years of searching you begin to think that it doesn't exist? I've been in that scenario many times with all types of hunting equipment… tents, sleeping bags, rifles, backpacks, boots, camouflage, etc. Thankfully, many of these categories now have companies that have heard of the plight of sportsmen and decided to do something about it. |
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Incision care after surgery
After surgery, you will need to take care of the incision as it heals. Your doctor used either stitches, staples, or tape strips to close the incision, and you will need to keep the area clean, change the dressing according to your doctor's instructions, and watch for signs of infection.
Tips for reducing the risk of infection
To reduce the risk of infection:
- Do not wash the area for at least 24 hours. Depending on the type of surgery you had, you may need to wait longer. Follow your doctor's instructions exactly.
- Look at the incision every day, checking for signs of infection (see below).
- Change the dressing as your health professional recommends.
Do not:
- Scrub or rub incisions.
- Remove the tape strips (such as Steri-Strips) from incisions unless your doctor tells you to.
- Use lotion or powder on incisions.
- Expose incisions to sunlight.
- Take a bath unless you can keep the incision dry. Take showers until your doctor says it's okay to take baths. Before you shower, cover the dressing with a plastic bag or use another method of keeping it dry.
You may notice some soreness, tenderness, tingling, numbness, and itching around the incision. There may also be mild oozing and bruising, and a small lump may form. This is normal and no cause for concern.
Signs of infection
Call your health professional if you notice any of the following:
- Signs of an infection, such as:
- A yellow or green discharge that is increasing.
- A change in the odor of the discharge.
- A change in the size of the incision.
- Redness or hardening of the surrounding area.
- The incision is hot to the touch.
- Fever.
- Increasing or unusual pain.
- Excessive bleeding that has soaked through the dressing.
Changing a dressing
Before you start, make sure you have gauze pads, surgical gloves, surgical tape, a plastic bag, and scissors. Then:
- Prepare supplies by opening the gauze packages and cutting new tape strips.
- Put on surgical gloves.
- Loosen the tape around the old dressing.
- Remove the old dressing.
- Remove the surgical gloves. At this point, you may want to clean the incision. (See instructions below.)
- Wash your hands, and put on another pair of surgical gloves.
- Inspect the incision for signs of infection.
- Hold a clean, sterile gauze pad by the corner and place over the incision.
- Tape all four sides of the gauze pad.
- Put all trash in the plastic bag, including gloves.
- Seal plastic bag and throw it away.
- Wash your hands.
Cleaning an incision
To clean the incision:
- Gently wash it with soap and water to remove the crust.
- Do not scrub or soak the wound.
- Do not use rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, or mercurochrome, which can harm the tissue and slow wound healing.
- Air-dry the incision or pat it dry with a clean, fresh towel before reapplying the dressing.
Caring for stitches, staples, or adhesive strips
Stitches or staples normally cause some redness and swelling where the stitch enters the skin, along with mild irritation and itching. Some drainage from the incision may be expected for the first few days after surgery. However, if the discharge does not decrease after a few days, becomes bright red with blood, or contains pus, contact your health professional.
The incisions may be protected with small adhesive strips (such as Steri-Strips) instead of a dressing or bandage. You usually do not have to change these strips. Leave them in place until they become loose or fall off on their own.
Understanding special instructions
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Close to 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day; this is the definition of extreme poverty. Health issues related to extreme poverty and the Millenium Development Goals include:
* * * *Child mortality rates*: Over 10 million children die each year from preventable causes, such as AIDS, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malnutrition.
* * *Maternal health and mortality:* Over half a million women die each year from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. More than 50 million women suffer from poor reproductive health and serious pregnancy-related illness and disability.
* * *HIV / AIDS, Malaria, and other dieseases:* 39.5 million people were living with HIV in 2006. In that same year alone, 4.3 million people were infected. Malaria causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least one million deaths annually. An estimated 1.6 million deaths resulted from tuberculosis in 2005.
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- Care and Aid Program for AIDS Orphans
- MicroFinance and Innovative Agriculture
- Junior Village Health Volunteers (JVHV)
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- "Motlan" Dental Clinic and Oral Health Program,
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Quotes 111. I am fed up with waiting; I need to know so that I can deal with the outcome of your answer.2. Your lips were mouthing I love you, but your eyes said something else.3. I guess in the end, time became a tragedy, making our soaring hearts fall into the freezing ice of a heartless fate.4. I ended up spiralling out of control to stop getting hurt.5. I wanted freedom, and you wanted happiness; I wanted you and you had your doubts. 6. I just need a little more time to show you, just how much you mean to me.7. There are some things in this world we have no control over, like the death of a loved one or who we fall in love with. But it is what we do after that makes us who we are.8. Sleeping in a consent dream world of broken hearts and plastic smiles.9. You were everything I wasnt expecting 10. And I kept thinking of all the times when I thought we were UNBREAKABLE.
quotes 3-love is like an emteral flame once it has been lit it will conuinte to burn for all time-if a tear fell from my eye evertime i wished you were here, i would have a puddle of fallen wised at my feet at all times-if you love someone more than anything, then the distance only matter to the mind, not the heart-when i saw you i was afrid to talk to you, when i talked to you i was afrid to hold you, when i held you i was afride to love you, now that i love you i am afride to lose you-the harset thing in life is not findin love...its makin the one you love love you back-sticks and stones may break my bones and tear my skin apart, but you are the one that hurt me the most because you broke my heart-best friends are siblins god forgot to give us-good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget-a best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky when you have it-i asked god for a flower he gave me a garden, i asked for a tree he gave me a forest, i
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Venezuela election: Chavez and Capriles contest poll
People in Venezuela have voted in what is predicted to be the country's most tightly contested presidential election in a decade.
Left-wing incumbent Hugo Chavez, first elected in 1998, is being challenged by opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
Mr Chavez wants to continue what he calls his socialist revolution while Mr Capriles has promised to restore economic growth.
Almost 19 million Venezuelans are eligible to vote in the election.
Turnout has been high and voting was extended beyond the official closing time of 18:00 (22:30 GMT) at some polling stations where big queues formed.
Mr Chavez - who is seeking a fourth term in office - was diagnosed with cancer last year but says he has now fully recovered.
At the scene
Long queues had formed at polling stations in Caracas before the sun had risen. One man told me he'd come straight from his night shift to vote. The queues lengthened as the day went on, with many eager to cast their vote in what is likely to be the tightest presidential election race here for over a decade.
Venezuela's computerised voting system is meant to be quick and efficient. But electoral officials say they are prepared to keep some voting centres open if there are still queues at 18:00 local time (22:30 GMT), when the voting is due to stop.
With everyone focused on the elections, the city is extremely quiet, with few cars on the roads. The sale of alcohol is banned during elections but as the day winds up, supporters on both sides will be getting ready to celebrate their possible victory.
As he cast his ballot in Caracas, Mr Chavez said the results of the elections should be respected.
"Let's support the results and let's support the people and let's support this democracy and the Venezuelan republic will continue on its path of growth," he said.
Mr Capriles also voted in Caracas, saying that no matter what the outcome, Mr Chavez was the first person he would call once the results were announced.
A colourful and often controversial figure on the international stage, President Chavez, 58, has nationalised key sectors of the economy.
Venezuela is a major oil producer and high oil prices over the past decade have allowed his government to fund health-care, education programmes and social housing.
He says he needs another term to complete his "Bolivarian Revolution" towards socialism.
However, Mr Capriles, 40, and the opposition say the president's policies have led to bureaucracy, inefficiency and shortages.
They also accuse Mr Chavez of authoritarianism, and of suppressing the judiciary and silencing critics in the media.
Social mediaBBC Mundo correspondents in the capital Caracas say Chavez loyalists have been using trumpets to sound a "wake-up" call for voters.
Mr Capriles' supporters were also banging pots in the street in what they called their "goodbye song" for Mr Chavez, our correspondents say.
Venezuela's presidential poll
- Polls open 06:00 (10:30 GMT)
- Polls close 18:00 (22:30 GMT)
- Automated touch-screen voting system
- Nearly 19 million registered voters; 100,000 overseas
- First result expected around 01:00 (05:30 GMT) on 8 October
- President elected for six-year term
National Electoral Council (CNE)
Defence Minister Henry Rangel Silva said the armed forces had identified some groups planning to cause public disturbances but said violence was "unlikely", the state news agency AVN reported.
He also warned those who he said may be thinking of stirring up trouble that troops were on stand-by to quell any disturbances.
Queues formed early outside schools used as polling stations.
Gerardo Montemarano, who was already waiting to vote when the polls opened, brought a chair with him. "I knew there was going to be a long queue," he told the BBC.
About 100,000 Venezuelans, including about 2,000 in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, are registered to vote at diplomatic outposts around the world.
Hundreds of opposition supporters gathered outside the consulate in central London as expatriates cast their ballots.
"I don't support this government," said voter Rebecca Anaya. "I am here because I cannot live in that country. The security situation is the worst thing in the world."
Both candidates have been using social media to urge voters to cast their ballots.
A week before the election, three opposition activists were killed during a campaign rally, while four people were injured in a shooting during a voting rehearsal in September.
From Saturday evening to Monday evening, the sale of alcohol has been banned and only the security forces will be allowed to carry arms.


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CRCD Statewide Advisory Council
The purpose of the CRCD Statewide Advisory Council is to inform the Vice Chancellor on important issues that impact our rural campuses and the UAF Community and Technical College (CTC). Council members also make recommendations on new programs and other business related to the College.
In addition to representatives from each rural campus and the UAF Community and Technical College, the Council includes members from the Department of Labor, Department of Education, Cooperative Extension Service and the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN). In February 2011, the Council also welcomed its first student representative. The Council meets quarterly; twice in person and twice by audio.
Statewide Advisory Council members
Erica Nelson, Chair
Chukchi Campus
Patty Elias, Vice Chair
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Rae Belle Whitcomb
Bristol Bay Campus
Lorelei Kineen
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Laurinda O'Brien
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Top charter school wants to operate in Fayette
California-based nonprofit Heritage Classical Charter Schools (HCCS) has submitted a letter of intent to locate the Liberty Tech Charter School in Fayette County beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. The Fayette County Board of Education on Monday decided to delay the vote on an amendment to the existing charter school policy for 30 days to give the public time to provide input on the amendment.
HCCS CEO and Headmaster Scott Phillips in the Dec. 16 letter of intent said his organization is working closely with an unidentified group of parents in Fayette County "who have approached us to help them develop Liberty Tech Charter School."
"Our vision for Liberty Tech Charter School is a public charter school located in Fayette County modeled after the highly successful Temecula Preparatory School in the southern California area of Temecula Valley," said Phillips. "Temecula Tech as been recognized as one of 'America's Best High Schools' by U.S. News and World Report, has been named a 'California Distinguished School' and has posted some of the highest state test scores in the state for the past several years."
Phillips said the school proposes to open for the 2015-2016 school year serving grades 3-8 and increasing to grades K-12 four years thereafter.
Citing the values of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Phillips said the objective of HCCS is for Liberty Tech to have a heavy focus on virtue throughout the school community as a foundation for good education.
Superintendent Jody Barrow at the Monday meeting suggested the board move ahead with amending the existing policy and the few changes included in the amendment. Board member Bob Todd suggested that the policy sit for 30 days, a customary move for new policies, to give time for public input.
According to the current charter school policy, the school board can vote to accept or deny the petition to establish a charter school within 60 days of the submission of the letter of intent. The amended policy calls for such a decision no later than 90 days from the petition submission date. HCCS submitted the letter of intent on Dec. 16.
If the school board approves the charter petition, the petition will be forwarded to the Ga. Dept. of Education (DOE) within 30 days for review.
If the petition is denied, the board will have 60 days to provide a written explanation to CHHS and DOE stating the reasons for denial and providing a list of deficiencies in the petition.
The amendment will come back to the board at the February regular meeting.
Barrow after the meeting noted that, if denied by the board, HCCS can take the petition to the Ga. Charter Schools Commission. By law, the commission can override a local board.
Such an instance occurred a few years ago in Coweta County. The Coweta school board denied the Coweta Charter Academy but the school received approval by the Ga. Charter Schools Commission.
Dear friends and neighbors,
My name is Christi McCully and I am the Steering Committee Chair for Liberty Tech Charter School. Watching the discussion over Mr. Nelm's article has been interesting and I thought that perhaps an introduction was in order. We are very excited to have the opportunity to work with the Fayette County Schools to bring a high quality educational choice to the students in our home (no,we are not from California). I would like to invite any questions to be addressed to my email at firstname.lastname@example.com and would love to tell you about our plan. Thank you for your interest!
Christi McCully
Dear friends and neighbors,
My name is Christi McCully and I am the Steering Committee Chair for Liberty Tech Charter School. Watching the discussion over Mr. Nelm's article has been interesting and I thought that perhaps an introduction was in order. We are very excited to have the opportunity to work with the Fayette County Schools to bring a high quality educational choice to the students in our home (no,we are not from California). I would like to invite any questions to be addressed to my email at email@example.com and would love to tell you about our plan. Thank you for your interest!
Christi McCully
My earlier comments had more to do with the consistent changes and disbelief of the lack of board support my children seem to face. New teachers, exporting their classmates to the next school and the overall upheaval that a redistricting causes. I am a fan of the great education my children have at their disposal. In fact, I chose Fayette County to make a home based on the schools and diverse demographics. What I hadn't accounted for was the regular chess game that seems to leave my children looking for some form of familiarity within their classmates. School closings a aside, moving our children is disruptive to their focus. Moreover, the bickering of polarized parents is hardly a subject I would ever want to attempt an explanation. The whole process portrays a fantastic community is a rather poor light. I hope that this next challenge will keep our focus on the best outcome for Fayette County Students.
Il était Gustave Flaubert qui dit que "je suis Madame Bovary." Chaque femme a ses secrets.
Ha oui, mais il a également écrit du Coeur Simple, n'est-il pas? Une tragédie du cœur non examinée? Bovary et Félicité ...... peintures du même artiste.
I hope you are following what is going on in Riverside County, Ca. where this attorney aka headmaster has been denied not once but twice by two different entities to open a school there.
Liberty Tech Charter School..see below:
As a parent of two I can only hope for the best education for my children but as a resident I am a bit worried that we are looking at a variable that is going to be upsetting to the new restricting.
Less than a school year behind us and we are already looking at trying to rebalance the schools (move kids around)!
I'll wait to hear more details but I can't say timing is ideal.
What has people "upset" about the possibility of redistricting is what had people upset a year ago when the county had to close schools because of declining enrollments and budget considerations. The behavior of many parents was nothing short of deplorable. Some people have a hard time being honest with themselves, but what they really fear is their kids going to school with people who don't look like them. Yes--that's right. Some people do not want their neighborhood schools looking any different than they did ten years ago. Get real, people. If you are going to become screaming mimis over alleged plans for redistricting, at least have the guts to confront your own prejudices and tell it like it is. Tell the truth about why you are hoping for a charter school, moving to Coweta, etc.
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Your point is true in some cases, yes.
Personally, I think common core is dumbing down our students.
If a charter school performs better and challenges the kids more, I am all for it.
You challenge a kid to step it up and provide good teachers and positive atmosphere, the kids will amaze you. Fayette county has these types of teachers. We just need to get out of the government dumb down of education.
Fayette students are still amazing, but citizens don't hear everything they should. Too often our Big Brother Cal wants to focus on the negatives. The adults who make questionable decisions for our schools while our students keep beating the odds. Did The Citizen ever tell about the students who get accepted to Princeton and Yale out of our public schools? No. Perhaps because it doesn't fit the narrative. And by the way--two of the most recent Ivy League acceptances I'm aware of were out of Fayette County High School, Class of 2009 and Class of 2013. They were definitely challenged and given a positive learning environment.
The father had decals from Univ of So. Cal, MIT, and Penn. Yes, there are many success stories.
If a charter school competes with the state run school and has better results, you can bet lots of parents will enroll their kids. I haven't studied this charter yet, but I will.
I don't think these parents are trying to bring in a charter school based on what Fayette schools have accomplished in the past. I think they're attempting to do this because of fear of the future. That includes fear of the government, fear of the NAACP's district voting, redistricting, and probably several other factors. I'm just thankful that both of mine have graduated from the Fayette school system. BTW both of mine are also college grads from nice colleges. They were able to do that because they received a fine education from the Fayette school system. But, again, it's the future that scares these people. And I can see why.
3-8? Why not k-12? Because the unidentified group doesn't have any high school age children? Because there probably won't be any sports? Will HCCS rent one of the closed schools? I can't wait to read more about this. It sounds interesting.
This does sound interesting. As I read the Citizen and talk to some parents, I hear concern about the effects that the new redistricting will have on Fayette Schools. I wonder if that had anything to do with the timing of this?


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A federal court judge Friday refused to grant an extension of time to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in a long-running case concerning access to emergency contraception.
Once again, politics have trumped science, and it's women and girls who pay the price.
One of the most difficult things to do is tell a friend that we are disappointed or upset with them, but that is what we are doing here today.
Sadly, only about a quarter of the relevant agencies have developed scientific integrity policies as required under White House guidelines and publicly released them.
To the FDA, the evidence is clear: Plan B is safe for women of all ages. Yet in a dangerous precedent, the Secretary overturned the decision based on pseudo-scientific concerns about misuse among younger adolescents.
Dr. Susan Wood discusses the recent misuse of science and data as part of the decision by the Secretary of HHS to overrule the scientific determination by the FDA Commissioner on bringing Plan B fully over the counter.
Physician to President's Scientific Advisors: Plan B Decision Hurt Science, Medicine, Women's Health
"As doctors, we prescribe and recommend Plan B to adolescents and adults, knowing it is safer than Tylenol and many other products sold on drugstores' open shelves."
The Administration's decision to ignore medical and scientific evidence and deny increased access to Plan-B suggests a failure to understand and acknowledge the effects of this decision on Latinas, women of color, undocumented immigrants and low-income women.
We cannot let the Democrats, let our president, lose sight of what this decades-old debate about access to all forms of reproductive healthcare is really about; that is, for women to have any sort of autonomy and self-determination within our society.
The year was a frantic one in the fight over reproductive rights, but what was really remarkable was how anti-choicers quit pretending to simply love fetuses, and wage all-out war on women's non-abortion reproductive rights.


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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Slavyansk: A battle for a peaceful life
The Saker
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"Martxa baten lehen hitzak" by Mikel Laboa, recited, with images of our country.
Translate into Spanish:
"Primeras notas de una marcha"
"El sol funde en lo alto
la nieve de las cimas,
torrencialmente baja hacia los
valles un impulso incesante.
En nosotros está el sol,
el corazón que puede fundir
y la luz que puede raspar
hielo y oscuridad.
Con tanta generosidad como pasión
veamos con claridad toda la
En tanto haya un solo hambriento,
no nos saciaremos.
Mientra haya un oprimido,
no nos liberaremos.
Desbrozando cada uno el suyo,
y entre todos el nuestro,
ampliemos sin interrupción
el camino humano.
Dueño cada uno de sí mismo,
nadie en lugar alguno dominado.
Unidos todo los pueblos,
tendremos nuestro futuro.
En tanto haya un solo hambriento,
no nos saciaremos.
Mientras haya un oprimido,
no nos liberaremos.
El sol funde en lo alto
la nieve de las cimas,
torrencialmente baja hacia los
valles un impulso incesante.
- 08 June, 2014 12:11
FYI, Obama re-affirms commitment to Ukraine:
Video: Obama Backs Ukraine's New President - 08 June, 2014 12:58
Good video. For those who forgotten or didn't knew, a soldier spends 90% of its time waiting.
English subs present, but discontinued and low quality (Google Translate maybe).
All in all, a good one!
Thank you, Saker! - 08 June, 2014 13:05
In the end the woman said: " I wish Turchynov and his entourage that their children would have until the end of their lives suffer as these children suffer. Whether he and his children are cursed. This is the worst curse, and he will be cursed."
- 08 June, 2014 13:31
from avalS:
"Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies that several millions of sleeping people are trying to destroy several millions of other sleeping people. They would not do this, of course, if they were to wake up. Everything that takes place is owing to this sleep."
― G.I. Gurdjieff - 08 June, 2014 13:45
Russia needs to create its own version of youtube, and quick, so that the truth cannot be censored.
- 08 June, 2014 14:13
My heart breaks for the Ukrainians and the rest of the world who are being attacked by the same, western backed, thugs.
There are 7.5 Billion of us and 1 Million of them and we can't figure out how to stop this??? - 08 June, 2014 14:42
Must watch video about Russian Chinese gas deal.
Published on Jun 2, 2014 Marin Katusa, the Chief Energy Investment Strategist for Casey Research chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Bridgitte Anderson about the recent earth-shaking Russia-China gas deal and how it is changing the geopolitical landscape of the world. An absolute must-watch for investors and political junkies alike. - 08 June, 2014 14:42
Good effort, but I lament the quality of the translation.
It's hard to get our side's information out if the low-info's at #p2 and #tcot aren't able to understand what's being said in the videos. They're not even going to watch 3 minutes into this. And...that's who we're trying to reach, right?
(That said, thanks for this - tweeted and shared everywhere I can) - 08 June, 2014 15:18
- His Majesty said...
Strelkov interview:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-08/shadowy-commander-east-ukraine-insurgency-speaks - 08 June, 2014 15:54
- Daruma Doll said...
An interview of Strelkov translated on ZH:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-08/shadowy-commander-east-ukraine-insurgency-speaks - 08 June, 2014 17:02
- jo6pac said...
- 08 June, 2014 18:00
Thanks for the link and thanks for the earlier kind words in the other thread. I believe Russians and Finns have much to give each other and I hope the rampant russophobia we see today in Finland will gradually recede.
Best wishes
Anonymous in Finland - 08 June, 2014 18:01
- solerso said...
Thanks for the Video.More and More of these seen in the US and EU will do more over time to corrode the propaganda of the state department and corporate media than any hyperbolic online arguing. I admit to being one of the worst..Its said there was a video of one of these refugee buses coming under fire from right sector/Nazi goons as it tried to leave the combat area. It was up on you tube but apparently the account that posted has been deleted. I went to you tube and found the deleted vid, and I did witness that much at least.
- 08 June, 2014 18:05
- Man From Atlan said...
According to this Bloomberg Report http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-06-07/poroshenko-sworn-in-as-ukraine-s-president
"Russia-Ukraine Talks to Start as Poroshenko Seeks Peace" (?) - 08 June, 2014 18:24
- rob said...
Bulgaria to stop south stream pipeline.
The South Stream project
The South Stream pipeline was designed to carry Russian gas to the EU bypassing Ukraine.
Gas will be pumped to the Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Varna before extending overland through Serbia, Hungary, and Slovenia to supply gas to the Western Europe via Italy and Austria.
The pipeline's capacity amounts to 63 billion cubic meters. - 08 June, 2014 18:31
Ummmmm...more goyim fratricide... Anglo-Zionist Oligarchs must be breaking out the GOOD champagne... one weeps for humanity... AGS
- 08 June, 2014 18:47
A mysterious large explosion at Lugansk airport. Another accident for the Ukes?
- 08 June, 2014 19:24
pug said...
Russia needs to create its own version of youtube, and quick, so that the truth cannot be censored.
It's called http://rutube.ru/ - 08 June, 2014 19:33
Interesting how the song "Land of Confusion" written by Genesis in 1986, still applied when covered by Disturbed in 2006 and of course still does today. So the lyric "My generation will put it right" didn't exactly take off...yet.
Description from songfacts.com:
A rare political song for Genesis, this questions the wisdom of world leaders at a time when the US and Russia were enemies and there was a threat of nuclear war. Phil Collins called it, "A political song about the mess we have landed in."
The very popular video was made using puppets from a British TV series called The Spitting Image. The show would often make fun of Genesis, and by hiring their tormentors, the band proved that they could take a joke. The video could go in the Cold War cultural time capsule: at the end, the Ronald Reagan puppet accidentally launches a nuclear missile.
Land of Confusion - Genesis - 1986
Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn comics, created the video for Disturbed. This version depicts the corporate world driven by greed, represented by one big fat cat. The soldiers vs civilians. Bush, Blair, Chirac, Koizumi and Putin are portrayed.
Land of Confusion - Disturbed - 2006 - 08 June, 2014 20:39
Here's some comments on Ukraine by a great Russian.
Voice of a Prophet - 08 June, 2014 21:09
MJ said...
"Interesting how the song "Land of Confusion" written by Genesis in 1986, still applied when covered by Disturbed in 2006 and of course still does today. So the lyric "My generation will put it right" didn't exactly take off...yet."
Dear MJ,
You brought some old memories.
I can't see you mama
but I can hardly wait
ooh to touch and to feel you mama
oh I just can't keep away
in the heat and the steam of the city
oh its got me running and I just can't brake
so say you'll help me mama
cos its getting so hard
Now I can't keep you mama
but I know you're always there
you listen, you teach me mama
and I know inside you care
so get down, down here beside me
oh you ain't going nowhere
no I won't hurt you mama
but its getting so hard
Can't you see me here mama
mama mama mama please
can't you feel my heart
can't you feel my heart
can't you feel my heart oh
now listen to me mama
mama mama
you're taking away my last chance
don't take it away
can't you feel my heart?
It's hot, too hot for me mama
but I can hardly wait
my eyes they're burning mama
and I can feel my body shake
don't stop, don't stop me mama
oh make the pain, make it go away
no I won't hurt you mama
but its getting so hard
Now I can't see you mama
but I know you're always there
you taunt, you tease me mama
but I never never can keep away
it's the heat and the steam of the city
oh got me running and I just can't brake
so stay don't leave me mama
cos its getting so hard
Best regards,
Mohamed. - 08 June, 2014 21:33
Hey guys, here's the new video from Evgeny Fedorov. Very depressing video.
My question is this: Federov always says that Russia isn't fully independent, and that de facto Russia is a colony of the USA, similar to how Germany is a US colony. Is this true? Why is he saying such things? Is he just exaggerating the importance of the fifth column in Russia?
Fedorov is also saying that Putin was ready to liberate Novorussia, but Putin got told that if he does liberate Novorussia then he would be finished and now the operation is off and Russia will definitely NOT intervene in Novorussia unless a huge number of Russians voices full support and voices their readiness to bear the consequences. - 08 June, 2014 21:37
- Daniel Rich said...
If one side wants to go 'all the way' and the other side will take 'no prisoners,' the only happy persons in the room will be the undertakers...
- 08 June, 2014 21:45
Mama by Genesis:
Develicious (Satanic),
Mohamed. - 08 June, 2014 21:46
- Daniel Rich said...
@ Nora,
Some food for thought [or a thought to eat?]; how come the loudest advocates for a multicultural world prefer their sons and daughters to stay on the 'light' side?
A gun/rifle doesn't kill anyone. Someone has to pull the trigger... - 08 June, 2014 21:48
- Daruma Doll said...
Gurdjieff was right. All these people are killing each other because of egotistic concepts which are nothing else than dream-like illusions.
- 08 June, 2014 22:03
- Daruma Doll said...
It exists already: Rutube...
- 08 June, 2014 22:04
- Daruma Doll said...
Hey sorry, didn't know you've poted the link, I think we posted it at the same time.
- 08 June, 2014 22:07
- Daruma Doll said...
I agree wholehartedly.
Best wishes to you too. - 08 June, 2014 22:29
- Daruma Doll said...
I think it is true that Putin renounced intervening in Donbass under the pressure. I also think that Russia is not fully independent...
- 08 June, 2014 22:33
- Gleb Bazov said...
IMPORTANT - Strelkov Interview (Jun 7, 2014) & Statement (Jun 8, 2014)
Dear Saker,
Please see the following:
Interview by Igor Strelkov (Jun 7, 2014)
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofIo0vvoNk
- English-Language Transcript: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s226ia
- Subtitled Video: http://www.mondbasis.com/ukraine/20140607.html
Statement by Igor Strelkov (Jun 8, 2014)
- Original: http://el-murid.livejournal.com/1851725.html
- English Translation: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s22khu
While entirely your call, but I believe we would all benefit by further discussion and dissemination of this information, particularly on your blog. I would be much obliged if you could post this for discussion. Feel free to use as you wish and to make appropriate amendments to the translations.
A third message from Igor Strelkov, as well as a video by Fyodor Berezin, also came up today. I am translating these and will send to you asap.
Kind thanks,
Gleb Bazov - 08 June, 2014 23:09
@ 08 June, 2014 23:09
I feel as if Strelkov's deputy were speaking to this forum. In many ways it has been a chicken or egg problem -- there seem to be insufficient volunteers for Donbass but that's partly due to shortage of weaponry and shortage of weaponry/kit is due to Russia trying to maintain 'fell off the truck' quasi-plausible deniability.
Screw that, the Ukrainian Air Force is very likely relying on Polish pilots and ground maintenance crews, their Army is being advised by American advisers now publically, and their border guards are being publically equipped through the U.S. Embassy bidding process. Moscow should ignore the screaming about 'meddling in its neighbor' and do what is necessary without putting Russian army boots on the ground. As for the Donbass, do men have to wait until they share the fate of Krasniy Liman to fight? Go volunteer, enlist, and maybe the arms and salaries (in rubles) will suddenly get through the wide open border. Don't wait around especially if your family can flee to Russia for the Nazi Guard to come find you (easy for me to say yes, but I mean this in the sense that Kiev's brutality plus rumors about more 'gifts' from Grandfather Frost found along the highways should see a surge in volunteers this week).
As for the other comment about 'Putin has $40 billion in Swiss accounts' that story has been floating around for years, why should it suddenly have tremendous blackmail power now?
American Kulak - 09 June, 2014 04:13


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FSF News
An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in its historic rehearing of the Bilski case
Harald Welte and Groklaw announced as winners of the FSF's 2007 annual free software awards
End Software Patents (ESP) Project Formed to Eliminate Software Patents
ESP Estimates U.S. Companies Spend $11.4 Billion Annually on Software Patent Litigation
"Tackling the Big Issues" at the FSF Annual Associate Member Meeting, Saturday, March 15
Boston, Massachusetts, USA--Thursday, February 28th, 2008--The Free Software Foundation announced details for its annual associate member meeting to be held at MIT, Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, March 15th, 2008.
FSF to Host Summit on Freedom for Network Services
The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Freedom for Network Services to discuss how the free software community can ensure that software, and its users, stay free in this new technological environment.
Join the FSF in calling on libraries to eliminate DRM
Join the Free Software Foundation and DefectiveByDesign.org this Saturday (2/9/2008) at the Boston Public Library to demand the removal of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology from the library! If you are not from the area, join the cause to eliminate DRM and launch action for your local library if they use DRM.
Free Software Foundation Releases GNU Affero General Public License Version 3
A Quick Guide to GPLv3
The FSF Compliance Lab has published a new article to help developers understand the benefits of GPLv3.
Send comments opposing TLS-authz "experimental" standard by October 23
Environmental and social justice groups unite in support of free software
International coalition of environmental and social justice groups condemns Microsoft Vista and calls for the adoption of free software
Microsoft cannot declare itself exempt from the requirements of GPLv3
"Microsoft has engaged in anticompetitive conduct in the software industry for many years, and has sought to attack free software for almost as long," Free Software Foundation says
Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the "iPlayer"
London and Manchester, England — Tuesday, August 14, 2007 — Anti-DRM Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the iPlayer
Submit your nominations for the 2007 free software awards
Nominations are requested by 31 October 2007.
FSF releases the GNU General Public License, version 3
iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them
FSF Releases "Last Call" Draft of GPLv3
'Play Ogg': FSF launches free audio format campaign
New FSF campaigns team to coordinate free software activism in defense of computer user freedom
FSF releases third draft of GPLv3 for discussion
Ted Ts'o wins the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software
Theodore Ts'o was recognized for his many and varied contributions to free software and his work for the kernel developer community.


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Muscat Festival 2014 will kick off at Naseem Gardens and Amerat Park on Thursday. Organised by Muscat Municipality, the annual festival will run until February 22 and will see the participation of 62 countries.
Amerat Park will host laser performances, the Omani cultural village, international art shows, including plays and circus performances, as well as stalls by NGOs and sport clubs.
Other than art shows, Naseem Gardens will see electronic game stalls, trade fairs, Omani cultural performances and fireworks.


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Faculty-Staff Digest - (09/25/2013 @ 3:46 PM)
Tour of the Edwards Center for Art & Dance this Friday, 9/27 @ 12:30 (Rosemary Armstrong)
The Bowdoin Administrative Staff (BAS) and Support Staff Advocacy Committee (SSAC) would like to invite staff to tour the Robert H. and Blythe Bickel Edwards Center for Art and Dance, formerly the Longfellow Elementary School. Please join the Edwards Center Faculty and Staff this Friday, the 27th, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., for the opportunity to visit and learn about this new campus facility, which is beautiful! We'll be meeting in the lobby of the main entrance on South Street (near the elevator) at 12:30.


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ESPNBoston.com cites a report from ESPN.com writer John Clayton saying that the New England Patriots are in the process of finalizing an agreement to keep Pro Bowl special teamer
Mike Rodak of ESPNBoston.com reports that the Patriots will re-sign linebacker
Shalise Manza Young of The Boston Globe cites a report from Yahoo! Sports that says two "unknown" teams are in the market for running back
Nick Underhill of MassLive.com writes that Patriots' linebacker
Christopher Price of WEEI.com gives us five early Patriots-related thoughts after the first few hours of free agency. Included are his thoughts on DL Red Bryant, who was a hot topic for the Patriots yesterday before re-signing with the Seahawks on Tuesday evening. Price writes, "The talk about the defensive tackle possibly heading to New England hit a fever pitch Tuesday afternoon, but it was quickly squelched when the Seahawks locked up Bryant with one of the first big deals in free agency."
Jeff Howe of NESN.com looks at a few free-agents that the Patriots may be interested as "Day 2" of free agency begins. Included in Howe's list are WR Brandon Lloyd, C Jeff Saturday, DE John Abraham, DT Kendall Langford, LB London Fletcher, and S LaRon Landry.


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Five-star Liverpool overwhelm Swansea
Liverpool FC swept aside Swansea City AFC 5-0 at Anfield to leapfrog Michael Laudrup's team in seventh spot on a day when Chelsea FC and Manchester City FC both enjoyed 4-0 victories in the FA Cup.
The values that Brendan Rodgers had nurtured in south Wales came back to haunt his old club when Luis Enrique finished off a probing team move five minutes into the second half – after a Steven Gerrard penalty and Coutinho's first Premier League strike had put Liverpool in control. Luis Suárez arrowed in a fourth, before Daniel Sturridge completed the formalities from the spot.
Elsewhere, Frank Lampard became Chelsea's all-time leading FA Cup goalscorer as the holders eased past third-division Brentford FC in their fourth round replay at Stamford Bridge. Second-half goals from Juan Mata and Oscar lifted any lingering tension, before Lampard registered his 26th goal in the competition and John Terry headed in a fourth.
Roberto Mancini's men are through to the quarter-finals, meanwhile, after seeing off second-tier Leeds United AFC. Yaya Touré broke the deadlock on five minutes and Sergio Agüero struck either side of Carlos Tévez's effort. As for Wigan Athletic FC, they booked their place in the last eight with a 4-1 win at Huddersfield Town FC.
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Go Mobile: http://mobile.fosters.com Kittery, group reach deal to save Wood Island
Sunday, October 20, 2013
KITTERY, Maine — The fate of the former Wood Island Life Saving Station has finally been determined, as town councilors recently approved an agreement that will allow the building to be restored.
After two decades of vacancy, the town of Kittery assumed ownership of Wood Island in the 1970s. Since then, little has been done to preserve the station. The building has fallen into a severe state of disrepair and is filled with hundreds of pounds of toxic bird waste and asbestos.
WILSSA developed a new proposal that sought to ask voters to exonerate the town of Kittery from expending any funds related to Wood Island after the initial cleanup costs. More important, WILSSA's proposal also called for ownership of the structure to be transferred from the town of Kittery to WILSSA. Regardless of the fact that WILSSA had obtained more than 800 signatures of support for their plan, the proposal did not sit well with town officials.
Reid echoed Pelletier, noting that he believes it was a smart move to structure the agreement solely on the renovation of the exterior of the building and, for the time being, forgo specifying what the facility will house.
The agreement states that once the Brownfields grant is obtained, WILSSA will have the opportunity to renovate the structure for no less five years.
Once the Brownfields grant is locked in place, Reid said WILSSA will intensify its efforts to fundraise for the project.
Pelletier stressed that the agreement allows WILSSA a 10-year period after the exterior renovations are complete to be involved with the planning process for the interior use of the structure. If a third party submits a proposal to the town to outfit the facility for a specific use, WILSSA also has the ability through the agreement to match that offer within a reasonable timeframe.
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Strauss-Kahn this month also gave a rare magazine interview to France's "Le Point", which photographed him relaxing at his new apartment in Paris's Montparnasse district with a tablet computer in his hand.
It was a stark contrast to the image the world watched on TV in May 2011, as he trudged handcuffed and haggard to a U.S. courthouse to be jailed briefly on criminal charges, later dropped, of trying to rape hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo.
But the potential pitfalls that lie ahead were illustrated in March when police had to bundle him into a getaway car as protesting students clashed with security guards after he gave a speech on the world economy at Britain's Cambridge University.
The case will hang over for him for some time yet; though New York prosecutors dropped the charges on the grounds that Diallo was not a reliable witness, the date of her civil suit has yet to be determined.
And in France, a court will rule on Nov. 28 whether to pursue a judicial investigation into a prostitution ring in which he was allegedly involved. He says he has done nothing illegal and is being pursued because of his libertine lifestyle.
Yet if Strauss-Kahn can put those cases behind him, Cohen said time would work in his favour and pointed to other big names on the conference circuit who overcame image problems.
Clinton, who survived sex scandals and an impeachment trial in the late 1990s, now makes millions of dollars a year attending high-profile events.
According to financial declarations his wife Hillary Clinton makes as U.S. Secretary of State, Clinton charged $750,000 for addressing a telecoms event in Hong Kong, and $500,000 for his presence at an Abu Dhabi conference on environmental data.
Sylvie Audibert, a Paris-based consultant who coaches corporate executives on topics from stress management to life-makeover decisions, said Europe's economic crisis could give Strauss-Kahn a perfect forum to use his talents.
He recently floated an idea under which Germany and France, which are enjoying low borrowing costs as investors see their debt as safe, devote some of their savings to helping weaker countries in the euro zone.
The idea has generated little visible interest, apart from a blog mention by former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton. Greek government sources have also quashed rumours that he is advising Athens over their debt troubles.
But Audibert said that like others who have held frontline posts in politics and global economic management, Strauss-Kahn may still harbour hopes of one day taking up a public policy role, perhaps at European level.
"We're talking about people with very big egos and very big ambitions," Audibert said. "I am not convinced his ultimate goal is to remain the adviser in the shadows."
Strauss-Kahn himself hinted at his longer-term ambitions in his interview with Le Point.
"I sense a possibility of investing myself in big international projects … For the moment, my situation stands in the way."
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CO makes massive rescue pet friendly
Friday, September 27, 2013
BOULDER, Colo. — Some helicopters rescuing people after massive flooding in Colorado carried more dogs, cats and fish than people. Rescuers using zip lines to evacuate people over raging rivers also risked their lives to make sure the four-legged members of families were safe. |


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Betty P. Talbert, M.A.
Education: B.S. (Youngstown State), M.A. (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Fields of Interest: Labor Law, Organizational Behavior, Compensation, and Human Resources
Experience: Betty P. Talbert, Lecturer in Management, received her bachelor's degree in HRM/LR from
Youngstown State University, and her master's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to her current position, Betty accumulated over twenty years of
experience as a Human Resources and Labor Relations Manager, primarily in unionized manufacturing firms.
Her area of expertise is in Human Resource Management and Labor Relations and she is a certified workplace
mediator. She teaches courses in Organizational Behavior, benefits, compensation,
management, employment law, labor law, and American workplace. She also currently serves as advisor in
the internship program within the Economics and Business department.


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Yoakum florist closes for Valentine's Day annually
Feb. 13, 2011 at 10:05 p.m.
Updated Feb. 12, 2011 at 8:13 p.m.
Did you know?
Nationwide, people will spend an estimated $1.7 billion on flowers this Valentine's Day.
Source: National Retail Federation news release
Many florists spend the time leading up to Valentine's Day hustling to gather roses, filling the taller-than-usual orders and attempting to maintain some semblance of calm.
Things are a bit more serene at Ann's Flowers, however. The Yoakum flower shop closes the week before Cupid's big day.
Several factors contribute to the annual close, which began seven years ago, said Ann Clark, who owns the shop.
Staffing is one issue, she said. Although she does take on some part-time help, she said it isn't enough to take on the added load the special day brings.
"Ask any store what would happen if they cut down the staff to one or two people," said Clark, who has owned the store for 38 years. "You'd get the same answer. It's tough."
Flowers have also become more expensive in recent years, she said. And, with the unseasonably cold weather, many wholesalers receive flowers that are frozen, she said.
Yoakum's other floral store, Karl's Flowers & Gift Shop, remains busy throughout the holiday, owner Cheryl Loos said. A typical day brings between 10 and 50 deliveries, she explained, but that number can jump to 500 when Valentine's Day rolls around.
"I tell my employees, 'If you're already on the Titanic, just hope you can swim,'" she said with a laugh. "What's going to happen is going to happen."
Although the holiday means extra work for Loos and the staff - the number of employees typically quadruples with seasonal help - Loos said she enjoys it.
"Valentine's Day is a wonderful day," she said. "It's just so neat to see everyone spreading love."
Ann's Flowers' close does push more business her way, Loos said, but she's grown used to the increase with time. The staff begins preparing about two weeks ahead of time and urges customers to place orders early when possible.
"It's the biggest holiday and it's a lot of work," she said. "But we've trained ourselves to be ready."
As for Clark, she said she opens up if necessary for funerals but, otherwise, plans to keep her doors closed throughout the holiday.
She said she is not sure when she will re-open, possibly by the end of the week.
"I think I'll come out ahead by being closed," she said.


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Prince Valiant: 1939-1940 (Vol. 2)
Prepare to be awed by the skill and swashbuckling of this comic collection.
"And so the council resumes its plans for the tenth war against the Saxons." Thus begins Prince Valiant: 1939-1940, Volume 2 of the Prince Valiant series by Hal Foster published by Fantagraphics Books. This volume reprints the color Sunday Prince Valiant comic strips from 1939 through 1940.
We quickly follow the prince into the heat of battle, and when he's victorious, King Arthur rewards him by making him a knight of the Round Table. From there he goes to restore his father as the rightful ruler of Thule, sets out with Sir Gawain and Sir Tristram on one adventure after another, battles dastardly villains including legions of Huns and a giant, and ends the volume caught in a storm at sea. There's more derring-do than you can shake a sword at!
Foster's stories are filled with vivid, colorful characters, none more engaging than the aptly named Valiant and his never-ending quest for adventure. The artwork is breathtaking. Foster's figures are handsome and graceful whether eating a sumptuous feast or fighting on a crowded battlefield. He covers these figures in meticulous, colorful detail: flowing robes, shining armor, adorned castles, and dangerous landscapes. Each panel is a gorgeous piece of art perfectly rendered and composed. The battle scenes are sweeping, illustrating 20 or more warriors, each with their own distinct features and dress all in one panel. You have to admire the artistic ability required to produce one of these strips week after week for decades.