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Well hello and welcome again, I M have returned with another installment of my grand quest to review all of Deadman wonderland there is to explore, and this quest stops for no man, podcast finished and uploaded my quest returns and I set my sights on Volume 3. Now let's rip this up and see what's inside this next volume.
Dead man wonderland volume three continues the series of carnival displays in the forms of fights to the death this time with the Hummingbird, a seemingly sweet and innocent little girl with a tendency for the ferocious. It also goes into some other stuff with shiro and her past, and a bit more awkwardly out of nowhere story beats at the end however for the most part this volume focuses on the fight between woodpecker and the hummingbird.
From the get go my main complain with deadman has been its inability to stay to one thing for too long before like a schizophrenic child after a mouse. It always seems to lose focus and forget what it was even about before it was too long which made volume three particularly nice that it took its time with the carnival corpse even if it does end with a plot shift alluded to it still remained focused on the dealings at hand. Also giving your best characters (Crow and Shiro) quiet a lot of screen time helps definitely.
The negatives are mostly the same, the hummingbird is to say it conservatively, silly, when it comes to the attempt and being mature, often lewd and cursey to try to make her seem edgy, but that could all be the translation, but I'm not buying it, the main attraction of this event isn't that pleasing but that surprisingly isn't that much of a negative when everything else manages t keep it together.
All in all the candy is still sweet in volume three of deadman, but I can definitely see where things could get much better or worse, however that's yet to surface. Dead man continues to be an enjoyable 4 blood whips out of 5 but unless it starts picking up deadman is going to start to sink, but for now they can celebrate. That's all for today's carnival folks, hope you enjoy the ride just as much as me.
Well hello, welcome anime vice to our lovely community podcast, Finally after some many fatal issues we bring you a new M-cast complete with all the shenanigans. Join me, M, and three other idiots (Pyro blue, Homer Slobotnick, and Patches the Clown) as we discuss everything from Katawa shoujo to fatal frame to steins gate and everywhere in between. So sit back and enjoy and remember today's addition is not a spoiler cast so anyone of appropriate age can enjoy oh and sorry again about the cursing.
Leave us with your questions and comments most of all hope you like it we had great time making this and sorry we were so late.
Oh and opening credits
The massive Spaniard - M
The fantastic beard man - Pyro blue
The lazy doctor - Homer Slobotnick
and lastly camera man Patches the clown
PS. Incorrect statements include, beta outnumber us 14,000 to 1 not 14 to 1 and were always hostile, and fatal frame is made by tecmo not namco.
Welcome again, thank you for joining me, M, for the second part of my adventure to review ever volume in the deadman series, if you missed the first volume you can find my review here, but if not then welcome as we take bite out of Deadman wonderland Volume two.
Volume two continues the story of Ganta, now with less to do with surviving the basic prison of Deadman Wonderland, but instead trying to find the "Red man" who murdered his entire class. This continues until he discovers G ward and the deadmen (people with abilities like ganta's and the Redman's) and more importantly that these people are forced to fight one another in the Carnival Corpse, but most importantly this volume marks the entry of one of my favorite characters, "The Crow."
The series continues with its previous pros and cons with no real change in production and tone more in exactly where the story is going, and while a creepy prison is a more original plot device then a series of tournament style battles it's not done poorly and if that's what it takes for me to get my crow then hell yes. The manga seems to however be kicking into overdrive too hard in terms of pacing, literally the final chapter introduces four all new characters and provides a radical (if predictable) twist to one already established characters.
Basically Deadman wonderlands biggest issue is more of a bad omen, it seems to be putting too much on its plate too fast and I've yet to see if it can handle it. That being said I am very much interested in where this is going seeing as I'm already seeing major differentiations from the anime hopefully for the better. I still am very much enjoying deadman wonderland and still extremely interested which shows the volume is succeeding well enough at what it is despite its questionable plot choices.
While not as good as future diary in terms of pacing story telling and execution but it remains excellent and within that type of creepy and dark that I rather enjoy. This volume continues the franchise at a very solid 4 Shiro cheers out of 5, but that's not all gentlemen, we got nine more volumes to go on this epic saga and as you all know, you can't stop the M train. Later vicers.
Well Hello Anime Vice, M here again with a review but a bit different this time, here I've begun to go through and add a bit of a new segment, reviewing volume by volume Dead man wonderland the future diary manga if memory serves. I've been interested in checking out Deadman wonderland since it first showed up in the back of one of my old Tokyopop mangas.I felt it might be interesting to write mini reviews of each volume as I read it and show my feelings as it evolves on the franchise as a whole, all while I continue to watch the show on Toonami. This being noted let's get into the meat of the this new feature and talk about dead man wonderland volume one.
Released back in 2010 by Tokyo pop Deadman Wonderland features the story of Ganta a middle school kid who was the only survivor of an attack on his class by the mysterious "Red man" and then is as his luck would have it blamed for the incident. With a death sentence invoked he finds himself in Deadman Wonderland a carnival style prison where prisoners perform for our amusement usually in horrific and gruesome ways. From there he meets Shrio a mysterious albino girl whom claims to be a friend of Gantas.
The first volume basically covers his first couple of days and establishes the tone for the franchise, something very gruesome dark and unfair to the main character. The Tone whether you like it or not is very much the same as the tone was in two other mangas I rather enjoyed, Elfen Lied and Future diaries. Both building on a dark atmosphere and often putting the main character in rather painful and unpleasant circumstance. The Pros are simple in this turn around. The main character while a panicked middle schooler seems to have some intelligence and some balls when he needs to and while I already know the answer from the anime, the red man is presented successfully as a creepy and frighteningly powerful entity all while remaining a well presented mystery. The art is gritty but not too much, it looks nice and while not always in some spots it reads well and passes quickly giving you the urge to push on with the series.
The cons are mostly in execution, the begging seems too rushed in terms of pace (not in terms of production) and for the most part the side characters aside from Shiro have little or no time to do much more then shout out a line or two before walking away from the scene so that the story can move to something else quickly. Nothing seems to take the time that it should nor be as well established as it should.
Most of all I'm very interested to see where it goes despite some decisive opinions of the franchise. As for this volume I give it a 4 candy pieces out of 5, Well I'm off to do some work but hope you guys enjoy the new mini reviews also sorry about the podcast were working on it just need one last thing done so just wait you guys later.
Hello vice users, it's M again, one late evening bringing you another review, this time of an older title that completely missed me, something that was brought to my attention by friend of mine, same friend that brought me Steins Gate. With that in mind I decided to give the somewhat acclaimed, Welcome to the NHK, a shot.
Welcome to the NHK, based off a 2006 manga released in America under the once very relevant Tokyo pop, brings to anime introspective drama surrounding the story of Tatsuhiro Satõ. A hikikomori; an, as put by Animevice "agoraphobic shut-in nearly incapable of being in public without having an extreme panic attack." This same man, by accident, is brought into contact with a young girl, Misaki Nakahara, who promises to help him rid himself of his social anxiety and paranoia if he signs a contract with her. The contract promising her to meet each other each night at the park under pain of being fined one million yen. The story itself revolves around Sato slowly trying to work out of his social anxiety and deals heavily in the social and psychological status of himself and the people he meets.
I can sum up my feeling with Welcome to the NHK in one word, Complex. Its tone is to try to recreate the world in a very realistic way (within the confines of the characters perspective) which I suppose the fact that I feel everything from joy to irritation about NHK itself shows that it achieves some success in that. I've always felt like saying "It gave me a full range of emotions" is a lazy way to described mixed feelings, but actually I feel in this it's a perfect description. NHK did illicit every negative and positive feeling I can be tricked into feeling by a work of fiction simply by being a fairly real story.
The plus about being so real of a story I feel more from less. NHK touch of realism lets scenes that aren't all that dramatic or all that wonderful give a much more profound sense of both sadness and happiness when not much really has happened at all. This is especially true with painting the exact feeling of being completely alone in the world, that heavy sadness that doesn't have you teary eyed but constantly depressed, this difficult to get down emotion is communicated by the characters so perfectly that I am almost certain the writer had gone through some similar sense of, well, soul crushing loneliness.
That being said, NHK is riddled with issues that make it difficult to call a fantastic story. My main criticism being a side effect of being so "real" a story, it's about as monotonous as life is as well. Whether intended or accidental, the anime as a whole seems to drag its feet when it comes to pacing and progression. Almost every scene seems to just go on a little too long and a little too slowly, this is especially true with Sato's delusions that are often so obnoxious it breaks the immersion that the serious scenes so wonderfully build. Even the story itself seems to draw on a bit, even if it is all nicely tied together and almost nothing is a pointless part it all could use some shaving down or tighter focus.
Another hole in the presentation is the humor of NHK. Factually, NHK had me laughing about twice as much as, say, Yuru Yuri did. I felt NHK did, however almost always seem to try three times harder and failed three times more at being funny. Try hard humor just ends up obnoxious and taking away from the best part of NHK, the calmer moments when it takes itself more seriously, that's when NHK begins to shine. These moments make for a excellently human cast whom all both grow on you, make you care, and manage to have at least one scene where you want to smack them around for being an idiot.
Coming to the close I don't feel like I've really done NHK justice or punished it enough for its success and failures, but to be honest I lack the aptitude to explain exactly what makes NHK so worth my time. While failing to be entertaining I think NHK manages to be a truly interesting and unique experience in a format that could use more originality. While I may have a difficult time giving NHK a blanket recommendation it I very much enjoyed my time with it and have not one regret of it. I'll finish this off saying if you've ever gone through a substantial period of your life feeling incredibly alone in this world or the sensation of being lost without a way out you're going to probably find something powerful and meaningful here, if you're one of the lucky ones that have yet to go through that it's probably not going to be that interesting.
Truly NHK befuddles me, I actually contemplating not writing a review purely because I have a hard time scoring NHK, but I'll leave it as is and say if anything I've said seems like something that you might be interested in, then Take my score of 4 anime body pillows out of 5 as a sign that this is VERY much worth your time, if not then see the door on this one because I don't see it worth the 12 hours. That's all for me tonight folks if you got any recommendations leave them in the comments or recommend my review. Later vice.


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Shiva says that it will be good to do this technique in a rainy night when everything is black, when clouds are there and no stars can be seen and the sky is completely dark. In a black night when there is no moon.enter that blackness as the form of forms. Be a witness to that blackness, and then dissolve yourself into it. It is the form of all forms. You are a form - you can dissolve into it.
When there is light, you are defined. I can see you, the light is there. Your body has a definition. You are defined, you have boundaries. Boundaries exist because of the light. When the light is not there, boundaries are dissolved. In blackness nothing is defined, everything merges into every other thing. Forms disappear.
That may be one of the causes of our fear - because then you are not defined, then you don't know who you are. The face cannot be seen, the body cannot be known. Everything merges into a formless existence. That may be one of the causes of fear - because you cannot feel your defined existence. Existence becomes vague and fear enters, because you don't know now who you are. The ego cannot exist: undefined, it is difficult to exist as an ego. One feels afraid. One wants light to be there.
Contemplating, meditating, merging, it will be easier to merge into darkness than to merge into light, because light gives distinctions. Darkness takes away all distinctions. In the light you are beautiful or ugly, rich or poor. The light gives you a personality, a distinctness - educated, uneducated, saint or sinner. The light reveals you as a distinct person. Darkness envelops you, accepts you - not as a distinct person; it simply accepts you without any definitions. You are enveloped and you become one.
The darkness is doing it always, but because you are afraid you cannot understand it. put aside your fear and become one.
Enter that blackness as the form of all forms.
Enter that blackness.. How can you enter blackness? Three things. One: stare into blackness. Difficult. It is easy to stare at a flame, at any source of light, because it is there as an object, pointed; you can direct your attention to it. Darkness is not an object; it is everywhere, it is all around. You cannot see it as an object. Stare into the vacuum. All around it is there; you just look into it. Feel at ease and look into it. It will start entering your eyes. And when the darkness enters your eyes you are entering into it.
Remain with open eyes when doing this technique in the dark night. Don't close your eyes, because with closed eyes you have a different darkness. That is your own, mental; it is not real. If is not real. Really, it is a negative part; it is not positive darkness. Here is light: you close your eyes and you can have a darkness, but that darkness is simply the negative of the light. Just as when you look at the window and then you close your eyes you have a negative figure of the window. All our experience is of light, so when we close our eyes we have a negative experience of light which we call darkness. It is not real, it won't do.

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So we just found out I'm expecting #2 So of course, let the name obsessing begin!
We've always been stuck on boy names, DS was named in the delivery room. Any suggestions we'll take them (DS is Jacob, we like "traditional" with out being "plain" if that makes sense.. haha! Clearly popularity isn't a big deal)
Anyway, My real question is this. One of my top girl names is Emma Grace R**-- we have a 1 syllable last name. Anyway, my 1st cousin's name is Emily and we often call her Emmy. Too close right?? I wouldn't mind even making 'Emma Grace' the first name rather than first in middle. I have ALWAYS loved the name Emma/Emily and would love to use it but I don't want to get the flack from my family over it... anyway, our runner up for a girl is Kayleigh Grace-- but this one has me stumped on spelling.
Anyway this is all just for fun, but I thought I'd put some activity on the board
Pamela ♥ Tanner
Jacob James:10/17/09 @ 5:58 am/ 5.13 lbs 19"(37w2d)
Aubree Olivia: 6/24/11@ 10:31 pm/ 8.3 lbs 19" (38w4d)
i say you like it use it.
that being said... it depends on how comfortable you are with them having similar names. do you like Ella or Emaline? something slightly different but with the same feminine sound? even Emerson can be short-formed to Emmy (dh's boss has a daughter named Emerson and they call her Emmy?
I love Kayleigh Grace... i wouldnt change a thing about the spelling. i think its beautiful.
as for boy names... we have slightly different tastes so i doubt i would be much help lol. i prefer non-traditional, but not "out there", you know what i mean? but i figure its for fun i will give you my list anyways..
i guess you could say i like last names as first names lol.
good luck choosing a name for this little one... its so tough choosing the right name!
DH Jamie
Paxton James-2/8/2008
Hayden Alexandra- 12/5/2009
Finn Hudson- 06/25/2012
Thanks Brooke!
I guess you can say that I like no traditional too then, because with DS, Parker was my #1 and DH veto'd it asap! haha, He was going to be named Jackson but then Michael Jackson died and I freaked out about naming him Jackson (haha total pregnancy melt down!) Thanks for your boy name suggestions!
I think my hang up on Kayleigh as far as spelling, I think I'm just worried that it's really long and we have SUCH a short last night, I dunno, I'm kind of OCD about names haha As far as alternations of "Emily" I think my most favorite one would be Emmalyn (again stuck with the Grace middle name). My other most favorite variant is Emorie/Emery, but we're military and the name the meals the eat are called M.R.E-- too much haha!! So anyway!
I guess I don't love any other spellings of Kayleigh though, the only ones I've seen are K/Caylee, K/Caleigh, Kalee-- that's about all I've seen.. So again, choices choices! We've got nothing but time, but DH is NOT a name guy haha I pick my tops and give him a few choices haha!
Pamela ♥ Tanner
Jacob James:10/17/09 @ 5:58 am/ 5.13 lbs 19"(37w2d)
Aubree Olivia: 6/24/11@ 10:31 pm/ 8.3 lbs 19" (38w4d)
oh i hear you on the DH being difficult with names... i heard "veto" so many times i thought about suggesting it as a name (jokingly of course)
ive always been a fan of long first names with short last names. Kayleigh isnt that long that it would be overpowering in my opinion. Theres also spelling it Kaylie or Kailey, even Kaley.
Emalynn Grace would be pretty too.. i seriously dont think a long first name would be that big of a deal as long as they sound good together. My DD's name is Hayden Alexandra B****e.. its a mouthful long middle name and 6 letter last name/ first name. But it works.
i love Jackson.. the only reason we veto'd it was because my grandmas last name is jackson and DH's grandma's new husbands last name is jackson.. its confusing enough with all the jacksons in our families. lol. Jacob and Jackson would be so cute too.
if you want a fun way to find names... watch movie credits... seriously. We got DS's name from a movie.. and when i was pregnant with DD i would scroll thru the credits after a movie and see if anything caught my eye. Mind you DS's name was a character (in the movie Hostel, weird place to find a name.. i know lol ), but i saw Hayden when i was watching Remember the Titans... shes the actress who plays the little girl in it. i had never thought of it for a girl before.. originally she was going to be Teagan Jade.
now that im done with babies i miss the fun of naming them. as stressful and time consuming as it is theres something so awesome about when you finally figure out the perfect name. But two kids 22 months apart is enough for me... so i guess i'll have to settle for helping DD name her dolls lol.
DH Jamie
Paxton James-2/8/2008
Hayden Alexandra- 12/5/2009
Finn Hudson- 06/25/2012
Pamela ♥ Tanner
Jacob James:10/17/09 @ 5:58 am/ 5.13 lbs 19"(37w2d)
Aubree Olivia: 6/24/11@ 10:31 pm/ 8.3 lbs 19" (38w4d)
I think Emma or even Emily is fine to use if it is your first cousin. If it were Jacob's cousin, then I think it is too close. A few months after #1 was born, my cousin named her baby my first name and my daughter first name.
The only thing that made it weird (warning long story) is that I wrote an email to my friend, Megan to get her street address to send the birth announcement. I automatically typed in the address. I didn't really pay attention. I noticed when I got the reply I sent it to my cousin Megan, who I hadn't planned on sending an announcement, but felt I had to because she gave me her address! oopsy, so I sent her her future child's name But I have always loved the name Megan (any spelling) and would use it in an instant.
Morgan was a top contender for us last time, I still like it, but Morgen means morning/tomorrow here.
We liked lots of traditional but tried not to be plain, but I can't remember the names.
now maybe you have to think of 2 names!!!
Haha, I have almost the exact same problem (specific name and everything!) My first choice name has ALWAYS been Emma (my Great Grandma actually was Emma Grace!) and then a couple years ago my uncle, who was already in his mid-40's and noone thought he would ever have kids.. finally went and had his first child... and named her Emma!!! Argg! So now we absolutely can't use the same name so we are trying to find alternatives that still let us carry on my Great Grandma's name. Right now, our favorite is Emily Lorraine (Lorraine is DH's grandma) and I also suggested Emmalyn to hubby, but he doesn't like it. Anyways I guess my point is that if we have a girl, there will be an Emma and an Emily, very close in age and family, but we're going to go with it. We're already making a concession as it is, and I've always wanted to use the name Emma!
On the flip side... we have NO IDEA for a boys name... we absolutely can't agree on anything.
Troy and Nicole - March 10th, 2010
Alexander Michael - June 27th, 2011
I always knew I liked you Mystery solved... Emorie all the way! I guess I may be just a tad bias though.
Anyway, I don't think Emily and Emma are so similar that it should be a deal breaker. I'm not a fan of Emily because I have heard the name SO. MANY. TIMES. The great thing about the name is all the nicknames people come up with. Since everyone often calls your cousin Emmy, you could call Emma "Em". We call Emorie by her name and also Emmy and Em.
I also like Kayleigh Grace. I think the spelling is fine, although I also like Kaylee. It used to be one of my favorite names, but lately I've heard so many Kylee/Kyleigh/ect that I'm leaning away from similar names.
Blessed with 2 beautiful girls:
Emorie 8-23-07
Ada 6-24-09
You are actually where I "first" saw the name hahaha!! Dh isn't sold on Emorie because of M.R.E (meals ready to eat--- I think) but anyway, it's a military term haha.
I think I'm almost liking the Kailey spelling-- I stumbled on it the other night. I liked the -leigh ending but I duno haha!
I need to stop worrying, I REALLY feel like this baby is a boy
Pamela ♥ Tanner
Jacob James:10/17/09 @ 5:58 am/ 5.13 lbs 19"(37w2d)
Aubree Olivia: 6/24/11@ 10:31 pm/ 8.3 lbs 19" (38w4d)
Kaileigh (my friend spells hers this way)
All of the above are nice ways of spelling Kayleigh but I will admit I do like the 'Leigh' bit.
Me - Kristi, 30
DD - Leia, July 5 2008
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2011-2012 Utah Jazz Medley from shandon's fan on Vimeo.
All you need to get ready for Game 1 is this spectacular video by @shandonfan.
If you want more, here's a great look at the 1994 Jazz/Spurs series by @jjsportsbeat.
If you'd like statistical breakdowns, you'll have to use this post by @hickoryhigh and @ayoitsjordan.
Here are my quick thoughts before tip-off:
1. Is Utah's best option to play the lineup with Paul Millsap at the 3 heavy minutes?
Millsap at the 3 would seem to be the lineup the Jazz should always use, due to Favors/Harris/Hayward/Millsap/Jefferson being the most effective lineup this season. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons (including Millsap's own insistence on playing the 4) the Jazz will likely only use it as a change up later in games.
2. Does a well-rested Duncan, Parker and Ginobili give Utah any shot in Game 1?
Any team in the NBA can beat another on a given night–or in this case, early afternoon. The Jazz will have their hands full, but the odd start time and the time off actually offer an opportunity for the Jazz to steal a game. It isn't likely, but the Jazz definitely have a shot.
3. Will the Jazz steal one of the two games in San Antonio?
I'm predicting the Jazz steal one of these first two games. I've gone on the record predicting a six-game series, so the Jazz need to do me a favor and shock the world between now and next Wednesday night. I was impressed with the lack of intimidation I heard from from the Jazz players at practice on Saturday. They don't feel like it's an impossible task and seem determined to push the Spurs to the limit. They may not win the series, but the up-and-coming Jazz will leave their mark.
During the All-Star break, NBA.com unveiled yet another set of intriguing and informative stats, this time in the form of Synergy...Read More
1. Trey Burke was Utah's best player tonight, and had perhaps his best two-way game as a pro. Utah's second-year...Read More
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ObjectiveDynamic Mechanical Analysis of PVOH films DescriptionDimensional Mechanical Analysis will be performed on previously synthesized PVOH films consisting of the following: 1) MW: 22000 2) MW: 100000 3) MW: 22000 with phosphoric acid 4) MW: 100000 with hydrochloric acid 5) MW: 22000 with phosphoric acid and maleic acid. Samples 3-5 were crosslinked via dehydration in the oven at 120 degrees celsius for 90 minutes. Samples of films 1 and 2 were also cross linked via dehydration for a before and after comparison of crosslinking. DataPVOH MW:22000 length: 20.49mm width: 0.22mm NotesA non-cross linked sample of film 1 will have to be re-analyzed as the length was entered as 3.5mm instead of 5.3mm


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Honda City In Long Island Announces Limited Time Offers On The Entire 2013 Honda Civic Lineup
LEVITTOWN, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 2013 Honda Civic and the 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid models are now available at special discounted prices at Honda City a Long Island Honda Dealership, for a limited time. Those interested in a new 2013 Honda Civic in Long Island or a 2013 Honda Civic Hybrid in Long Island are encouraged to come take a test drive at Honda City before models run out.
The Honda Civic is all new for 2013 with a restyled front and rear end, new suspension and steering, a redesigned interior, and a souped-up performance version. Models come as sedans or as coups. Drivers can choose between the 110-hp 1.8-liter I4 natural gas version, the 140-hp 1.8-liter I4 regular gas version, and the more powerful 201-hp 2.4-liter I4 premium gasoline version. Five and six-speed manual and five-speed automatic versions are available. Models get from 22/31 to 29/41 mpg city/highway. A number of trims and colors are available at Honda City in Long Island.
The Honda Civic Hybrid is also available at Honda City in Long Island at great prices for a limited time. The hybrid underwent similar changes to the body style and has a re-engineered powertrain. The 90-hp 1.5-liter I4 works in conjunction with the electric engine offering more power when needed and taking over at low speeds, when stopped, or when coasting. It gets 44/44 mpg city/highway and has a two-speed CVT transmission.
"We have the largest selection of the popular Civic models in Long Island, and perhaps in all of New York. Civic is consistently one of the top selling models in the world and the 2013 models might be the best yet with better fuel efficiency, a stylish new exterior, upgraded interior, and better performance. Everyone who comes in for a test drive is impressed, especially with the fuel efficiency of our hybrid models. Come in today because these prices won't last and people are buying fast," Dennis Buchanan said of the limited time sales event.
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Chinese Defense Minister Gives Speech About WAR plans against the United States
Says China can only afford to wait another 5 to 10 years before being forced to attack to gain "living space"
"What you are about to read is a VERBATIM translation of the actual speech; with corrections solely for grammar. The content has not been altered. The original Chinese language text is also included below for verification! This is not a news story about the speech, but rather the actual text of the speech itself!
In it, he spoke openly about China's need for "more living space" and stated bluntly that The United States, Canada and Australia are the only places large enough to accommodate future Chinese needs. He notes the need for a quick, effective biological attack upon the U.S. to depopulate it as a prelude to conquest, and plainly states that China is working on genetic bio-weapons to kill everyone except "yellow people."
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Mookie4ever wrote:Anybody notice anything about this summer's big movies?Spiderman 3Fantastic 4 silver surferShrek 3POC 3Live Free or Die HardHarry Potter 4Oceans 13Does anybody have an original thought these days?
by Coppermine » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:11 pm
abrage22 wrote:Anyone see Disturbia!! That was good, same as Norbit! HAHAHAHA
by Amazinz » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:39 pm
by Jimboozie » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:09 am
by JTWood » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:16 am
by Jimboozie » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:29 am
StlSluggers wrote:Original is best. We agree there.The second was cheese. The plot was stupid, the acting was subpar, the villains were boring, and special effects were less than believable.The third had a great villain, a non-stop plot, great acting (you have to love Sam Jackson's character), and all sorts of great stunts. It's also pretty damn funny.1>3>>>>>>>>>2
by Mookie4ever » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:27 am
by StlSluggers » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:43 am
Mookie4ever wrote:If feel good kids movies are your bag...
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Where Does It Stop
It all started out just as fun. When i was younger i would put on my mom,s panties. Then I started wearing her slips around the house while she was at work. When I got married I found myself wearing my wife's pantyhose and bras. Now i live by myself and I sleep everynight in panties and one of my ladies nighties. I find myself now every time i go to shopping I now walk though the ladies department and look at clothes, Like today i found the most beautiful long silk dress with a floral print on it and some black sandals. Well what can I say besides I bought them. I also have started buying make ups and jewelry. I keep asking myself where do I stop. I do know I really enjoy seeing myself all dressed up. And they feel so damn nice to the skin. My income is limited so I really have to controll myself or I would have a closet full of womens clothes.It never ends. Once we start wearing women's clothes the desire increases until it defines who we are. Like most, and you, I began with my mother's things and soon I was swiping items from clotheslines. It always involves panties or stockings and progresses to bras and slips and dresses and shoes. Then we decide we need a wig and that some makeup would be nice and maybe a pair of earrings. Soon we realize we actually like shopping and are constantly on the lookout for something that piques our interest. And it can get expensive; why do you think women are always on the lookout for sales?
Resale shops are great for bargains and I buy most of my clothes from them. Not lingerie-- maybe a slip--but my bras and panties have to be new. I've been dressing forever and passing since I was 16. I dress everyday and when I have to wear men's clothes I feel as if I'm crossdressing. But you know, it's a wonderful thing to truly know who you are and to recognize yourself.
Women have it so good when it comes to clothes, So much to choose from, dresses,skirts,pant suits,etc. Even their lingerie has it all over what us men wear. Give me a dress anyday, and oh by the way, I don't think it ever ends, I've been doing it for over 40 years with a break or two for different reasons, but now it's forever. Good luck
I think all of us who like to wear girls cloths have a similar problem when we see pretty cloths and want them for ourselves. girls have it so nice they can be pretty and sexy and wear soft pretty cloths or a tom boy if they want but we are not afforded the same courtesy
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I love the jacket has a little different design by the way it zips up. The only downside is that it is a bit awkward to zip in public because it is a longer jacket and the bottom of the zipper is out of reach. It would be n ice if it had a belt to tie or something. Runs true to size and is a great jacket for all year. I live in Park City and wear it in the winter when going out at night.
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What's that old saying? "Don't confuse brains for a bull market"?
So, if you watched that National Championship game the other night, you probably came away thinking two things:
Well, question No. 1 pretty much broke Twitter, with the help of Brent Musburger. Question No. 2, though? There's a Fooled By Randomness lesson in there somewhere.
Let's separate college football national title aspirants into two groups.
On one side, we have the SEC. You can probably make the case that five of the top six teams this year were from the SEC ('bama, Texas A&M, Georgia, Florida and LSU... maybe even South Carolina next, and Oregon's the only interloper). One team is going to emerge from the SEC undefeated, or with one loss, and be almost guaranteed a spot in the title game.
The other group is every other BCS conference school. And here's my case on the randomness that fools us each year. There are going to be 15-20 schools in that group with somewhat similar talent levels. They're all going to play a 12-game schedule that breaks down roughly as follows:
That projects out to a 9-3 season. But they're obviously not all going to go 9-3; someone's winning all their close games, someone's splitting them, and someone's losing them. The team that goes 11-1 likely has little more actual talent than the team that went 8-4, it just got a couple of breaks.
Let's say we have 20 teams that fit this 9-3-ish profile. But instead of having them play each other, we'll just determine their results by coin flip. We'll award them the four cupcake wins, flip a weighted coin for the 75% wins, and a regular coin for the 50% games. Pure randomness.
The result? Each individual team has a shade-under-2% chance of going undefeated. But there's a 1-in-3 chance that at least one team runs the gauntlet to 12-0. And we read all sorts of hagiographies on that team and their ability to "do what it takes to win," et. al. (OK, we wouldn't have read as many if K-State made it, but that's a different subject).
My point isn't to say that Notre Dame didn't deserve to make the title game, they clearly did. It's just that the sample size is so tiny -- roughly eight contested games -- that we almost can't help but get a somewhat random outcome.
There were 18 teams in BCS conferences not named "SEC" that finished 8-4 or better in the regular season. My point is that many of them could have made a couple more plays here and there and run the table. One other did, in fact: Ohio State, which was ineligible for a bowl game. And another, Kansas State, came within an upset at Baylor.
So, basically, if Ohio State didn't take their bowl penalty this season, they'd have played Notre Dame in a title game featuring teams probably somewhere between 5th and 15th best in the country, while Alabama's third-stringers were routing Louisville in an unwatched Sugar Bowl.
On the plus side, the BCS championship probably would have been a close game.
You'll never really get away from randomness in football results, there's just not enough games, even at the NFL level.
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How could you of let this happen?
How could this have happened?
All the doors were locked, the windows were shut. There was just no possible way. How could your little sister have left the house? She wasn't even tall enough to try and unlock the doors! You noticed she was missing when she didn't wake you up to make her snack. You at first thought nothing of it, until around Three in the morning. She always asks you for something. So of course, you went into her room to check on her. You never thought you come across what you saw. Her bed was empty and her bedroom window was open. You felt like you dead inside when you saw that, but you still managed to run over, lean out the window and hesitantly look towards the ground. You had let out a sigh of relief when you didn't see her body down there. But then that had only lead to freaking you out more. If she wasn't there, where could she be? That's when you proceeded to tearing the house apart looking for her. You dug through the attic, every bedroom, bathroom, closet. You flipped over the couch, looked in the cupboards. You even went through the basement. You had looked everywhere- No.
There was still one place.
Where He lived.
You had to go. You just had to, no matter how much you didn't want to. You couldn't let her die. And if she did, you weren't going to let her die alone. And that's how you ended up here, walking around the woods with a flashlight, calling out for your littler sister. He might have found you before you found her. But at least you'd be a distraction and she might have a chance of getting away. "(S/N)!?" You called out, shakily as you walked through the forest. You flash light shinning everywhere around you, with your head following right behind it's lead. Inside you were dead scared and tired. By now you had figured he had probably taken her, but you couldn't figure out why! She never showed any signs of the sickness, there were never signs of him following her, she never even talked about seeing him or anyone strange! You stopped walking, about what you assumed to be half-way through the woods. You took in a big breath and yelled out for your sister again, hoping maybe she would hear you and come running. Plus, you really didn't wanna go any farther in than this.
When you didn't hear her call back, you could feel tears well up in your eyes as you started walking again. You felt chills rack through your body as you continued the look around. It all just seemed to taunt you. The wind, the trees, even the moon seemed to be laughing at you. Though while you were walking, you couldn't help but think beautiful of the way the branches looked like they were dancing around the moons and its rays. But, this was His forest. Nothing should seem beautiful about it at all! That bastard took your little sister. You shook your head as you continued to walk through the woods, you're flash light still shinning brightly as you looked around. Your legs were getting heavy and your eyes started to flutter. But you shook it off. You were only tired. "(S/N)! Please, come out! I don't like this game!" You stopped as you heard something off in the distance. For a moment your mind wondered if it was Him and he was following you. But you shook it off and continued your search. The wind continued to blow and nip at your nose. You clutched your thin sweater closer to you as you looked around. Your hand started to shake, causing the light to wave with it. No, you weren't shaking just because you were scared. Scratch that. Terrified. You were also tired. So tired you felt like you could just fall asleep right there. It was Three in the morning and you were out in the damned fall weather, looking for your taken sister. But the thought of Him taking her, just fueled you to continue. You were going to get your sister back, no matter what. "Please, come out! I don't like this game! It's not fun!"
"What game? Oh! We're playing a game!?" You let out a big sigh of relief as her cheerful, carefree voice broke out through the air at you. But you tensed up severely at her next words. "Do you hear that Mister? We're going to play a game!" You quickly turned and took in a sharp breath as his faceless face stared back into yours. His long, slender body stood, unshivering from the cold air of the night. His long fingers, wrapped around the small chubby hand of your little sister. The flash light in your hand started to flicker until it went out and the only thing left to allow you to see was the moon and stars. That.. face. That horrible, empty, lying face. You never thought you'd see it again, you never wanted to see it again. And now here you were, staring straight at it as he stood only a few feet from you, holding onto to your little sister.
His grip on the little girls hand, tightened a bit as he stared at you. You certainly have grown since the last time he had seen you. Taller, thinner, more beautiful. But, you only were just a little tyke then, so young and naive. Ready to believe anything anyone told you. So trusting, even to him. But that was a long time wasn't it? He watched as you held your hand out to (S/N) and called out to her, "Come here, (S/N). I-.. I wanna go back inside, I'm tired and.. and it's cold.." Ahh, so you were nervous? For you? For her? He knew, you knew, he wouldn't kill you. Or had you forgotten that?
He looked down at the little girl as she spoke to you in a scolding fashion, like you do to her. "But, (Y/N), we should invite Mister in too. Like you said, it's cold right?" She smiled up at him and he felt something warm spread through him. Something he had felt when he was around you. Of course this did not surprise the being for the young girl looks remarkably like you had when you were her age. But now, when he looked at you he felt something more powerful surge through him and as he may not know what it is, he knew it needed to be taken care of.
Taking in a deep breath, you straightened your back, and harshly threw your arm out as far as it would stretch. You had to be strong, you couldn't show weakness, not now, not in front of him. Clearing your throat, trying to make it unwavering, you spoke again. "(S/N).." You looked from him to your sister and back to him, taking a small step closer. "I'm sure he has his own home he can go back too.." Still staring at him, you felt your self relax for some reason, as if you felt.. comfortable with him being around. Quickly shaking it off your stare went harsh as it went back to your sister.
A frown appeared on her face as her grip on his hand loosened. She knew she had to listen to you when your parents weren't home, and they would probably tell her the same thing. Looking up at him, she felt tears well up in her small eyes. Why didn't you like him? She did, he was so nice and he even had tons of toys for her to play with! Maybe he was a stranger, but he was a really nice one! With a small sigh and a nod of the head, he hand slipped out of his. "Bye, bye mister.." She gave him a halfhearted wave before she turned and walk over to you. Quickly bending down, you lifted her up, clinging her close to you. After having her so close to being taken away, you weren't sure you were ever letting her out of your sight again. With one last hard look at the non-moving being, you weren't sure why a pang of sadness hit you as you turned to leave.. he obviously never felt one. Speed walking away, you felt your sister move her arm a bit and assumed she was waving goodbye to him. If only. A few moments of silence pasted and you could just see the edge of the woods, when she decided to speak up. "I dunno why you don't like him, sissy, he's really nice..."
"You shouldn't go anywhere with strangers, you shouldn't even talk to them!" Was your harsh reply as you past the border over into your yard and avoided her comment. A small whimper came from her and you instantly felt bad for being to hard on her. But she needed to learn! She needed to understand she couldn't just go off with people she didn't know.. Especially people like that. Approaching the door, you set her down and took her hand, seeing she was to big to be carried for so long. You bent down so you eye level with her. "I'm sorry I was rough, but please, don't ever do that to me again! I was so worried about you.." With a small cry she threw her arms around your neck and spewed out cute, sweet apologies. You inwardly snorted at how worked up and over-dramatic she can get, then you visibly flinched at where she probably got it from. You. Rolling your eyes you stood up, reached out, turned the knob, pushed it open and went back to bed, sort of.
~Small Time Skip~
Jerking back forward again, your grip tightened on your baseball bat. With drowsy eyes, you scanned up and down the hallway, then you peeked inside your sisters room. Everything was still intact, she was still asleep.. the dresser was still pushed against her window, the chair was still pushed under her closet know. No one! And you meant absolutely no one was going to get back into your house tonight! "You look wary tired.." With a loud scream you jumped up and swung your bat in the direction of the voice, until a long tentacle wrapped around it and your mouth, silencing your scream. The intruders head turned, looking into your sisters bedroom before looking back your way. In a harsh whisper he spoke, "Be more quiet! You'll vake her.. you alvays vere a loud one.." Feeling a bit of fear run through you, was completely run over by anger. Squinting your eyes, you started kicking, punching with your free hand and screaming.. even if it was muffled. Finally after a moment, you grew more tired then you already were and gave up the screaming. Even though you couldn't see his face, you could tell by the sound of his voice he was a bit ticked by your actions. "Are you quiet done yet?"
Your crossed your arms and felt your heart beat rapidly in your chest as you stood staring at him. Your eyes trailed off to the side, instantly finding the paint on the walls more interesting than him. Taking that as a 'yes' his tendrils slid themselves from your mouth and bat. Not wanting to look at him, as you were disgusted by his presence, you pointed at where you thought the front door would be and spoke. "Get out.." You could see his head silently tilt the side, asking you to speak louder. Finally turning to face him, you stomped your foot and spoke again, only louder. "I said 'get out'! And leave my little sister alone, asshole!" For some reason you felt bad along with the pride you got when you called him that.
You flinched as his back straightened and his tendrils twitched, as he stepped closer to you. Not letting go of the bat, you took a step back with every his forward, until you were pressed against the wall, shivering and shaking from fear. Feeling a drop of sweat roll down your forehead, his face came mere inched from yours and you couldn't help not looking away from where his eyes would be. Your breathing became ragged and your palms became sweaty, causing you to almost loose your grip on the bat when his hand raised and rested right beside your head on the wall. He could feel your breath splash across his face and a sense of dominance as the bat fell to the floor with a loud noise. He towered himself taller over you, still keeping his face inches from yours as your eyes slid down to the floor. The feeling he had gotten in the woods was only growing stronger and he was only doing what felt right.. and oh, how right this felt. "First: you try to injure me with a bat, then you would demand me to leave? Zis is hov you treat old friends? I'm wery disappointed in you.. (First Name).."
You honestly couldn't help feel shivers run down your spine at the way he said your name, how husky it sounded and the fact it always sounded like a thousand voices at once made it more- No! What were you thinking!? This was him! He betrayed you! Left you, wasn't there for you when you needed him.. Inhaling a large breath, and trying your best to find your voice to speak you said, "Y-you're.. not.. my friend.." Cocking his head to the side, his ear came closer to your mouth, in what you thought a mocking way because you were so nervous. "You're not my friend!" His head drew back and he stared at you in what you would think was shock. You just wished you could see his face to know. Curling your hand into fists, you finally spilled out what had been your heart for years. "You left me! You promised me you never would! You weren't there when I needed you most!" Yelling at him, you didn't care how weak you sounded, or if your sister woke up, or the tears that found their way down your face. "All I ever was to you was a victim you could stalk and soon take! All you ever did was deceive me and make me trust you, so you could kill me later on!" A moment of silence pasted before you finished. "You never thought, or cared on how it would hurt me in the end, damn you! You.. you were the only friend I ever had in life and you just left me... I fucking hate you!" Silently he took a step back, as you took one forward, the roles now in reverse, until he was up against the wall. "And when you did come back, you came back for my little sister!" As shameful as it felt to admit it, you were a little jealous that he took your sister in his return instead of you. But what more could you expect from a cold, heartless monster.. and you weren't a child anymore.
Feeling something painful inside him happen as he looked down at you tear-streamed, determined face, the image of you when you were younger flashed through his mind. When you were younger and he was going to leave, he had promised he would be back, and you started to cry but kept a strong face so he wouldn't find you weak. Humans were so amusing. Slowly leaning his head towards yours, the fabric over his mouth ripped and the sound echoed through out the hall until his mouth was visible. He almost wanted to chuckle when you flinched as his hand reached up to your face and brushed against your cheek. Feeling his glove brush against your cold face, you jerked away, only to be pulled closer as his arm wrapped around your waist and pulled you snug against his body. Letting out a silent chuckle against your ear, he could feel your heart starting pounding against your chest as if it were trying to breaking free. Cupping your cheek fully, he spoke into your ear. "But, I did not come back for your sister.."
Your eyes widened at his words and you didn't even have time to speak before some soft gently pushed against your lips. So many emotions swam through your veins as his lips moved against yours, coaxing yours to following their lead. And as if your body was moving on it's own, your small hands – compared to his body – hesitantly traveled up up his upper body to his chest and griped the jacket of his suit tightly. Only when his gloved hand started to run itself through your hair, you started to kiss him back, applying a bit of pressure to it. Feeling something slither up your leg, you groaned and moved your leg trying to make it go away, but it kept coming. Once it finally got to it's designated spot, a whack filled the air and you yelped as it smacked against your behind. Taking advantage of your now open mouth, a forked appendage invaded this new territory, causing you to lightly moan as it brushed against yours. A small smirk twitched at the beings mouth, as his sensitive ears picked up on your sign of pleasure.
The tendril twisted its self around your thigh, followed by another one on your twin. As they tightened without hurting you, you felt your self being lifted into the air and your self being brought forward. Your legs automatically wrapped around the slender being, and his thick tentacles stayed around your thighs to help hold you. Taking a step forward, blindly walking towards your bed room, his forked tongue wrapped it's self around yours and gently pulled on it. This action sparked a little something you, causing you to groan and lightly buck against him. Quickly taking his tongue between your lips, you gently scraped your teeth along the slick appendage and sucked on it, causing him to quietly groan. His hand reached out, grabbing the door knob, twisting it and wasting no time in pushing it open and entering.
Gripping his jacket tighter, you whimpered helplessly as he nibbled on your tongue, then you bottom lip, making his way towards your bed. Only after shutting the door. The tendrils slipping free, he unwilling broke away from the kiss and a trail of saliva connected you two. Out of no where, deciding to be a tease, you reached up a finger to catch the string and stuck it in your mouth, lightly sucking your finger as you pulled it out. His mouth formed into a smirk at your now flushed cheeks, as he laid you down on the bed. Your cheeks turned brighter, as you spread yourself out on the bed like a sacrifice. Swallowing hard, he felt himself growing uncomfortable down in his pants as you looked up at him with such innocent eyes.
Bending over your small body, he lifted his hand to your forehead and starting there, he trailed the tip of his finger down until the reached the hem of your shirt. Already, from little as he had done, you wiggled feeling your core start to get hot. Biting your lip, you watched as his finger slipped up under your shirt and started to slide up your belly, taking your shirt with it. Putting your arms up, you made it easier for the shirt to slide off. Letting out a soft sigh, his silk like lips pressed them selves on the exposed skin, of your breast from your bra. Your back arched up to meet them more, as your hands started to undo his tie.
His tip of his tongue traced along the edge of your bra, tickling the skin, as his hand sneaked behind your back to unhook your bra. Hearing the snap of your bra being undone, you gasped and covered your ample breast with your arms. Hearing a small chuckle, you felt soft , long tentacles wrap around your arm and gently pry them away. Feeling your self inwardly groan, he licked his lips as he stared down at your bare hills. He quickly dipped his head down and parted his mouth, blowing cold air across your nipples, watching as they harden. Squeezing your thighs together, rubbing them, you tried to apply pressure your covered clit to find a source of pleasure.
Harshly taking your sensative bud into his mouth, he clenched the bed sheet as he grew impatient with his own foreplay. Running his forked tongue in circles of your bud, he then took it between his teeth and rolled it. Seeing as you rid of his tie a bit ago, and slid off his jacket, you started to fumble with the buttons of his shirt hastily. His tendrils also busied them selves with ridding you of your jeans, as you helped by wiggling out of them. Finishing with his white shirt, your slide if off him and threw it aside, though while sliding his arms out of it, he acidentaly bit down to hard on your hard bud, causing you to scream and buck against him roughing.
He growled and sat up, straddling your body that was only clothed in undies, he started to slide off his gloves. Looking up at him, your eyes scanned over his god-like body, watching the muscled in his abs ripple with every movement he made. Reaching up your hands, you blindly started to undo his belt as you watched him take off his other glove and toss it away. Taking his finger, he stuck it close to his mouth and his tongue slipped out, sliding all around it to drench it in his saliva. After he was done, just as you unzipped his pants , he sighed in relief and brought his finger right above your lips.
Instantly they parted, your eyes stared straight at his finger as it moved towards your open lips. Opening them farther, you groaned a long with him as the finger slipped in and you gently suckled on it. You gently started to clench your core, humping against the air as you sucked. He exhaled harshly, not wanting to wait anymore, he ripped his finger out of your mouth and finished up on his pants. Throwing them away, you lifted your self up into a sitting position and a blushed covered your face as you scanned him over in his bare glory. Climbing back over you, he gently pushed your flat on your back, as his tentacles made work of your legs and wrapped them around his waist.
Taking your arms in his hands, he wrapped them around his neck, planting kisses up your arms, neck until he reached your lips. Hovering his lips over yours, you both laid there, chests heaving, cores pulsing and as his lips smashed into yours, he thrust all the way into you. You screamed out and it was swallowed by your lips, your nails dug into his back and he groaned, accidentally thrusting into you again. You screamed once more, tears started to leak down the corners of you eyes and his thumbs brushed them away. He was still as he could be, letting you adjust to his size and length. After you nodded your head, he pulled back out and thrust back in.
The sound of skin slapping against skin, silent screams, pleasureful moans filled and echoed throughout the room. Slick, sweat covered bodies, slid and smacked against each other as this deliciously sinful dance, was done beautifully. Moving across the bed with beautiful grace in their movements, your limbs tangled with his, your nails drug across his skin. His lips and tongue glided over yours, licking and kissing, occasionally nipping with his teeth in a way that would drive anyone insane. As his hand slid along you thigh, he lifted it and threw your leg over his shoulder, reaching and filling places that you believe should shoot you higher then cloud 9.
Screaming out what was assumed to be name, your nails dug into his back, breaking past delicate skin and drawing blood as he bit into your shoulder. Pounding into your sweet spot harsher, he could feel a spasm rack your body as your sweet cavern tightened around him. He started you rock in and out of you faster, knowing you were near your end and he was too. Grabbing your other thigh, he threw it over his shoulder too, and you threw your head back in in unbearable pleasure as he started at an inhuman pace.
Tightening your core around his member, he let out a husky growl of your name and you let out a scream with a laugh as you bucked against him, pushing him further as your juices splashed out over him. He bit down onto your shoulder, leaving a bruise as he released inside of you; the mixtures of both your cum running down your thighs and all over the bed. Instantly your head, that rose up from the bed, fell back down and with a sigh your eyes closed. Looking down at you, your glistening body in the moon light, a small smile tugged at his lips before he laid down beside you, pulling you close and pulling the covers over the both of you.


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Araujo: Proud to be a Latina in today's society
Editor's Note: The Zavala Hispanic Cultural Initiatve recently hosted its 10th anniversary and the Hispanic Leadership Banquet, where a local high school senior presented the winning essay for Zavala's essay contest, titled "Growing Up Latina." The winner, Julie Araujo, is a senior at Wichita Falls High School.
As a child, you grow up envisioning a life without any burdens and without any worries. Though other races are as cultural and close as Latinos are, they do not understand what we go through and the journey that shapes who we are. I can honestly say that if it were not for my personal experiences I would not be the mature, determined, and responsible young adult that I am today.
Hearing the stories about how my parents came into the United States and how they took the risk to provide their family with a better future, is something that hit me really hard. My parents have always told me how lucky I am to have so many opportunities and how they struggled to get what teenagers my age receive every day age such as food and a place to stay. Neither of my parents finished school because they had to work to help their families. My dad dropped out at the age of fourteen and my mother at the age of fifteen. This gave them the drive to cross the border. Though they knew crossing over would be difficult and that once they were over they would be faced with challenges, they were brave enough to do it. They were strong enough to leave loved ones behind and not see them for years in order to rise from having nothing.
There would be days when my father would be working day and night as a busboy earning only $3.25 an hour. I can only ask myself how he did it to put food on the table, and my own response is that he was determined to make something of himself and actually provide for his family. I also remember hearing how my mom had no one to talk to for years besides my older sister. She was alone, but she was willing to be alone, because she had faith that God would help in the end. Knowing all of this, I cannot help but feel angry when I hear Americans say that Latinos steal their jobs and only cross to ruin things, because I know that it's only ignorance speaking. I am positive that many Americans would not work long-hour shifts for only $3.25 an hour such as my dad did.
They would think of themselves as better than that and look for something else, whereas Latinos do not care where they are working as long as they have food on the table and clothing on their children. This is why I have become a determined person, because I want to help provide for my family and show them that I appreciate everything they have done for me.
I was able to go where my parents grew up and see where they slept. I was able to see how a life in Mexico isn't as easy as a life here. Nothing is handed to you as a Latino. We are brought up, learning how to work for what we want and how to appreciate it whenever we do receive it. We are also brought up seeing our parents have fear of getting sent back.
We know this is home, but others believe that it is not simply because many of us were not born here, and this is the sad truth. I never want to see my dad cry again and ask for pictures of our house in case he is deported. I never want him telling me that if he is gone and we're separated, that he will always think of me. I do not want to feel the emptiness again when other family members are deported. And I do not want another child facing this burden like I did, even though I know there is one feeling it right now.
Thanks to God, I am fortunate to say that my parents no longer need to fear this and I am fortunate to see these struggles because they have helped me grow. Yes, I am mature and yes I am responsible, but I thank my parents for it, and I thank them for their hard journey. My parents and their bravery is what shaped the person that I am today. My parents make me proud of where we're from. My parents make me proud to be a Latina.
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The remote villages of the Mursi tribe, Ethiopia
The Mursi are seminomadic pastoralist located on the eastern side of the Omo River near the Mago National Park in South Ethiopia. Sadly, the Mursi have a bad reputation among travelers and tourists. On the one hand for many visitors the Mursi tribe is one of the main attractions in Southern Ethiopia, especially the women with the huge lip plates. But often tourists are disappointed when they meet the Mursi people on a typical day trip because of their sometimes aggressive behavior. I experienced it myself being part of a group on a day trip to the Mursi in 2008. At that time I was wondering, if it would be possible to stay a couple of weeks in a remote Mursi village to witness the authentic and real life of the Mursi tribe. Over the last 2 years I spent 6 weeks in Suri villages and more than 3 weeks in remote Mursi villages, and I confidently can say: The Mursi as well as their related Suri neighbors are not only fascinating, they are also absolutely likeable, friendly and open-hearted.
There is a lot to learn about the Mursi, starting with the language, which is fortunately almost identical to the language of the Suri tribe on the western side of the Omo River. They are eager to teach the Mursi language to their visitors, but they are also happy to learn a few words English. On the website Mursi Online even a dictionary exists in Mursi-Amharic-English which is quite helpful for the communication. The dictionary was published by David Turton, Moges Yigezu and Olisarali Olibui in cooperation with the Culture and Art Society of Ethiopia in 2008.
The Akha hill tribe people in Laos
The Akha people of Laos are an indigenous hill tribe who live mainly in the mountains of the province Phongsaly. The ethnical group of the Akha people originally settled in the Kuaichao and Yunan province of China, from there they moved also to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. The population of the Akha in southwest China, eastern Myanmar, western Laos, northwestern Vietnam and northern Thailand is estimated about roughly 400,000 people. In all these countries the Akha people are an ethnic minority.
The best way to visit the Akha hill tribe people of Laos is doing a several days trek to the villages in the mountains. One possibility is to start the trek in Phongsaly. A guide is mandatory for the trek, because the Akha people don't speak English, and the accommodation or the food could be a huge problem without guide. Guided tours are offered in Phongsaly from the tourist office or a small local tour operator. There are not many tourists in Phongsaly, but it isn't a problem to find a guide, or if needed, other foreigners to join the guided trek.
The other possibility is to go by bus to Boun Tai and start a 3- or 4-days trek from there to Akha Loma, Akha Mouchi (Mochi) and Akha Eupa (Eurpa) people. Boun Tai is a small town on the way from Oudomxay to Phongsaly. The trek from Boun Tai is lesser known than the treks around Phongsaly and it starts by a songthaew to reach the first Akha Mouchi village. From there a hiking trail, sometimes pretty steep, leads from village to village and ends at the main road, where it is possible to catch a bus either back to Phongsaly or to Oudomxay.
Novice for one week: Novice hood initiation in Bagan, Myanmar
For a boy in Myanmar it is customary to enter a monastery between the age 10 and 20 as a Buddhist novice for at least one week. Sometimes the boys are even younger, and in rare cases they are only 5 or 6 years old. For Burmese people, the novice hood initiation is a very important ceremony and a big event as a family. The novitiation ceremony is called "Shinbyu" in Burmese language. Shinbyu ceremonies are held throughout the whole country, in villages as well as in big cities. Often families send their sons at the same time to the monastery and celebrate the Shinbyu ceremony together. Celebrating together saves costs, because the event with music and traditional dresses is expensive. But it is also a wonderful opportunity for the families to organize a procession through the village as a kind of village festival.
Money doesn't matter for a Buddhist monastery, so they take every boy, regardless of the wealth of the parents. Poor boys or orphans are also welcome to join the monastery for one week. But there is a difference. Although the Shinbyu is without doubt a religious Buddhist ceremony, it is not organized from the monasteries. Of course the monks support the Shinbyu, and they open the monasteries for the families to come and pray. But the ceremony itself is more a secular event, with loud music, a procession on horses through the village, a lot of food, many flowers, wonderful clothes and a big colorful ceremony tent, where the celebration, the dinner and many speeches take place. Sometimes rich families or families who are not blessed with a male child support poor families who cannot afford the ceremony. The boys of the supported families and also orphans are invited to join the ceremony as well.
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