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Ear and Loathing
Piercing remarks of a soap star in a mall
By Justin Berton
CALL IT A STRANGE cause-and-effect marketing formula, perhaps even genius: when ears get pierced, soap opera stars pop up in Sunnyvale. I know, it's strange. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, as rain pounded outside the Sunnyvale Town Center, Don Jeffcoat of daytime TV's One Life to Live sat in a green folding chair signing mug shots for gushing fans.
A few helium-filled balloons taped to the wall in front of the earring outlet helped mark the spot of his celebrity.
Jeffcoat, a.k.a. bad boy Joey Buchanan in his day job as a soap star, flew to Silicon Valley from his Manhattan home for the weekend. Publicity gigs like these help the 23-year-old actor make a few extra bucks.
"The cost of rent in Manhattan," Jeffcoat discovered, "is really expensive."
Jeffcoat might have viewed the event as "an excuse to get off that island," as he put it, but in reality he was a pawn in a much larger scheme.
He was, in fact, the grand prize in "The Soap Star Sweetheart's Ear Piercing Challenge."
Four years ago, Inverness Corporation--the world's largest manufacturer of ear-piercing products--created an employee incentive contest to raise sales. At the time, the company's employee contests lacked heartfelt participation, said Bill Garry, vice president of national accounts.
"We found that the employees could go out and get whatever they wanted on their own," Garry noted of the prizes initially offered. "So we tried creating a little fantasy."
Garry looked at the demographics for soap-opera viewers and was impressed: "Female. Ages between 10 and somewhere around 80," he recalled. A meet-and-greet with a soap star, he figured, "would be an acceptable prize for anyone working at an afterthoughts store."
For store manager Maria Acevedo and the other four female employees who worked hard to become the winners in the Western region, picking Jeffcoat as their star was simple. "We chose him because he's ... him," Acevedo said.
Acevedo estimated the store increased sales by more than 100 percent from last year.
Neither Acevedo nor her district manager, Sherrie Smittle, would reveal how many pierced ears that translates to, or how much in sales of merchandise.
Acevedo's job on Saturday was to snap Polaroids of Jeffcoat and his fans, all of whom Jeffcoat put a warm arm around.
But piercing hasn't always been rewarded with a snuggle from one of daytime's hottest hunks.
Twenty years ago, two brothers created the revolutionary "Inverness Ear Piercing System," helping to make ear piercing an efficient process. The breakthrough technology delivered the earring through the lobe quickly and crisply, kind of like a paper hole-puncher, only smaller. Before Inverness came along, a potato slice, a needle and a loop of string were the usual tools.
Today, Garry said, Inverness claims revenues "in excess of $30 million a year." The contest has been going like gangbusters, he said, creating "a carryover effect that has just been phenomenal," which we take to mean that a lot of people in this female-dominated industry tried hard to win the visit with Jeffcoat, but fell short.
The company, according to publicist Suzanne Lane, is responsible for piercing 2 million ears annually. That equates to roughly the same number of people who curse Don Jeffcoat for actions taken by his character, Joey Buchanan.
"This is off the book," Jeffcoat confided, using a phrase I've never heard before. "But some people," he said in a hush, "need to get off the couch."
Back on the book, whatever that is, Jeffcoat did confess, "Some people don't understand. I'm Don Jeffcoat, not Joey Buchanan."
He's also not Susan Lucci.
Garry said when he first approached the networks with the idea for the "Soap Star Sweethearts Ear Piercing Challenge," a hands-off hierarchy of soap-star status emerged. Even within the soaps, there seem to be B-lists.
"Each year, we know in advance which stars we can and can't get," Garry said. "For instance, Susan Lucci--you could never get her. But him [Jeffcoat], he was one of the ones we could."
With that in mind, a particularly cruel question popped into my head as I sat next to Jeffcoat: "When you dreamed of becoming an actor, Don, did you ever imagine yourself as a soap opera B-lister who spent his weekends signing autographs outside an ear-piercing booth in an empty mall on a rainy Saturday afternoon?"
Just as fast I realized that Jeffcoat was probably sharp enough to turn the question on me. Suddenly I thought better of asking him.
But I didn't leave before having Acevedo take a Polaroid of me and my new friend. (Jeffcoat didn't put his arm around me, though.) I also didn't leave until he autographed a black-and-white mug shot of himself. Jeffcoat wrote, "Thanks for all the support, bro!"
No, bro--thank you, and all the little people on the couch.
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights. In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states. Text by Steve Smith.


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With Vibram's Spring lineup coming out soon, I thought I do a comparison of the new Spyridon LS which were recently reviewed by Leah, and one of Vibram's older trail models, the KSO Trek (review), which shares the same tread pattern as the TrekSport and the Trek LS.
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Dunleavy, Patrick (2012) Book review: managing modernity: beyond bureaucracy? edited by Stewart Clegg, Martin Harris and Harro Höpfl. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (29 Apr 2012) Blog Entry.
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KOCHI: The Kochi port's ambitions of becoming a world class cruise destination has received a boost with Kochi being rated high among the recreational port destinations in the world.
According to Cochin Port Trust sources, Kochi ranks top among the 11 ports across the world that hosted and will host Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09.
Kochi hosted the Volvo Ocean Race for two weeks from December 3 and the stopover was described as a grand success both by the race teams and by the Volvo Ocean Race management.
The success of the event prompted the Union government to provide a grant of Rs. 15 crore directly to the port trust to improve tourism facilities on the premises, said an official of the port trust.
The money is going to improving existing facilities and building new ones for the purpose making Kochi more prepared for its future role as a major cruise destination.
The grant was a pleasant surprise given that several agencies, including the State government have been submitting proposals for building new and improving the existing tourism facilities.
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The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 375 crore and the annual passenger handling capacity is 3.5 lakh.
The feasibility report and business plan for the project was completed in March last year.
The transaction advisor for helping the port in calling for tenders and evaluation was appointed in June. The port authorities are hopeful that the facility can be commissioned in the second half of 2011.
Meanwhile, the number of cruise vessels calling at the Kochi port stands at 37 so far during the current financial year. Twelve vessels care expected to call at the port in the coming weeks and this include Queen Mary II and Queen Victoria, port trust sources said.


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From Taiwan's Commercial Business Times and picked up by numerous tech sites, it is alleged that Apple's blueprint for the first iOS phablet calls for an incredibly thin device - its battery supposedly measuring only 2mm in depth.
The same report, according to Apple Insider, speculated that Apple will nickname the larger iPhone as iPhone Air, obviously due to its slimmed down profile and following the naming approach that the company had introduced via the MacBook Air and the iPad Air.
The iPhone Air branding, however, remains unofficial, CNET said in a report, adding that the device may still end up sporting an entirely different name come the unwrapping time.
It appears though that Apple engineers are hell-bent to deliver a giant but sexy smartphone, somehow affirming the report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo that the larger iPhone 6 will have a screaming 5.5-inch viewing window.
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BGR recalled on its related report that the next-generation iPhone battery will pack some 70 per cent more of operating hours, again per the projections made by Kuo.
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When in Tibet, I was struck by the beauty of the details on the buildings around the doors and windows. When visiting one of the Buddhist temples, I loved the juxtaposition of the vibrant lilies planted in front of this window. It was on one of one of the minor buildings of the temple, perhaps a tool shed or a meditation room by the size of it.
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The original research covered 20 years, and showed that while pitchers overall retain an average of 52% of their previous year's value, Plan anchors retain 80%—a huge difference in consistency that can lower your risk and give you a tactical advantage at the draft.
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Clive James's spokeswoman has released a statement saying that he is in reasonable shape and looking forward to years of working.
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Listen to a clip of Clive James speaking to BBC Radio 4 about his terminal illness here. The Aussie broadcaster told the programme, "I'm getting near the end. I don't want to cast an air of doom over the programme, but I am a man reaching his terminus."
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Seared scallops with sweet chilli sauce
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- Place the ginger, coriander and garlic in a pestle and mortar, then pound to a paste. Add the oil and mix through. Pour over the scallops and rub in until they are covered with the mixture. Thread each scallop onto a skewer (see Know-how, below). Can be done up to 1 day in advance.
- To cook, heat a non-stick frying pan until really hot. Place a couple of skewers in the pan and cook for 2 mins, until starting to turn golden. Turn over, drizzle with more oil if needed, then cook for another min. Serve with sweet chilli sauce.
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This was GORGEOUS! I served them as a starter for 4 people with a few leaves and with a lemony dressing. I griddled the scallops and didn't bother putting them on skewers. The sweet chilli sauce is amazing - the recipe makes quite a lot. It made a reappearance at the end of our meal because it goes really well with cheese! I will definitely make this again and will make the sauce to go with other things like spring rolls.


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Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 01, 2012 | 5:30 PM |Lana Wachowski's transition was news five years ago. Now, it is not news, but something else entirely. It is prurient, zoo-specimen gawking of the worst type, something that trans people must endure all the time. Read More
Voter Suppression, the Latino Vote, & Why It Matters to All of Us
Filed by James Holmes | August 01, 2012 | 4:30 PM |Last night Rachel Maddow sat down with Lou Dubose, editor of "The Spectator" to discuss the possibility that the Lone Star State may soon develop into a purple battleground, the cause, and why the GOP is fighting it. Read More
Bell Ringers & Chicken Slingers: When 'Christian' Companies Go Too Far
Filed by Patrick J Hamilton | August 01, 2012 | 3:30 PM |Chick-fil-A and the Salvation Army have finally and fully dragged their crosses too far across the line, each in their own way, but both changing the game and ending my patience. Time to say Hell No. Read More
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Filed by Karen Ocamb | August 01, 2012 | 2:30 PM |News Monday night of the Democratic Party Platform committee's decision to include a plank supporting marriage equality was historic. But for gays interview in West Hollywood: the announcement was welcomed but unexciting. Read More
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Filed by Terrance Heath | August 01, 2012 | 1:30 PM |As the White House works to make African American and Latino voters aware of preventative care benefits and how to access them, the newest "Death Panel" to enter the seemingly interminable health care reform debate is out to stop them. Read More
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December 2, 2009Infowars has posted numerous stories and videos documenting police and security guards harassing photographers and videographers in public spaces. In the United States, it is entirely legal for you to photograph people, buildings, infrastructure, and even criminal activity in public, so long as you do not interfere with the police. You don't need permission and the cops cannot legally stop you or confiscate your camera, film, or video tape.
Earlier this year, Aaron Dykes was threatened with arrest in downtown Kansas City, Missouri after filming the local branch of the private Federal Reserve building. Security guards working for the Fed approached Infowars reporters at a city park that houses the National WWI memorial and demanded that they provide their names and disclose why they were filming the building.
Dykes and the Infowars crew were legally photographing the Federal Reserve building but this did not stop over-zealous rent-a-thugs from threatening them.
Infowars posted a video of the confrontation, but YouTube removed it claiming it violates their terms of use. Apparently Google (who owns YouTube) does not want people to know Americans are denied their right to photograph in public, especially when they are photographing buildings where criminal activity is planned and carried out.
In February, an independent videographer attempted to photograph the Federal Reserve building in Washington from a public sidewalk and was told he was violating the law by a Fed cop. See the video:
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In 2007, WeAreChange founder and activist Luke Rudkowski was threatened with arrest by New York police for refusing to stop filming on a public sidewalk outside the offices of Larry Silverstein. Cops dressed in street clothes accused Rudkowski of having a gun and a bomb in his backpack. "It is a serious federal and state crime to publicly state that someone has a bomb and is a terrorist when not true — like extreme example of yelling fire in a theater — and needs to be prosecuted," Alex Jones and Aaron Dykes wrote for the Jones Report on April 27, 2007.
In Britain, under section 44 of the Terrorism Act, citizens taking photographs can be stopped, have their film or digital media confiscated or deleted, and can even be arrested and charged as terrorists.
The police state is not as advanced in the United States. For now, a photographer has the right to photograph in public, but that may change.
Below is a link to an information sheet that details your rights as a photographer. It is based on the Bust Card and the Know Your Rights pamphlet that used to be available on the ACLU website. According to Bert P. Krages II, who distributed the sheet, you may distribute the guide to others, provided that such distribution is not done for commercial gain and credit is given to the author.
"The right to take photographs in the United States is being challenged more than ever," writes Krages. "People are being stopped, harassed, and even intimidated into handing over their personal property simply because they were taking photographs of subjects that made other people uncomfortable. Recent examples have included photographing industrial plants, bridges, buildings, trains, and bus stations. For the most part, attempts to restrict photography are based on misguided fears about the supposed dangers that unrestricted photography presents to society."
Ironically, unrestricted photography by private citizens has played an integral role in protecting the freedom, security, and well-being of all Americans. Photography in the United States has an established history of contributing to improvements in civil rights, curbing abusive child labor practices, and providing important information to crime investigators. Photography has not contributed to a decline in public safety or economic vitality in the United States. When people think back on the acts of domestic terrorism that have occurred over the last twenty years, none have depended on or even involved photography. Restrictions on photography would not have prevented any of these acts. Furthermore, the increase in people carrying small digital and cell phone cameras has resulted in the prevention of crimes and the apprehension of criminals.
As the flyer states, there are not very many legal restrictions on what can be photographed when in public view. Most attempts at restricting photography are done by lower-level security and law enforcement officials acting way beyond their authority. Note that neither the Patriot Act nor the Homeland Security Act have any provisions that restrict photography. Similarly, some businesses have a history of abusing the rights of photographers under the guise of protecting their trade secrets. These claims are almost always meritless because entities are required to keep trade secrets from public view if they want to protect them.
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Copenhagen Spokesman Calls for "Creation of Vision" through Works of Fiction at UNESCO Conference
Jurriaan Maessen
December 1, 2009"Broadcasters play a vital role by informing and educating the public about the realities of climate change and the costs of inaction. Armed with information, citizens are better equipped to push for meaningful and responsible follow-through from their elected representatives. This is all the more essential in the final days before Copenhagen."
Statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for UNESCO's International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change
At a UNESCO conference in September of this year on how to best sell the global warming hoax to selected target audiences, spokesman and media-manager of the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change Eric Hall called for the creation of "an imagination, and a vision" through works of fiction for people to chew on in the run-up and exceeding the Copenhagen conference next week.
"That", Hall explained, "will come through film, it will come through soap operas, it will come through reality TV, it will come through novels."
He made the statement at the conference "Broadcast Media and Climate Change", organized by the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Attended by a wide range of public and private broadcasters from around the globe, the meetings were recorded on tape for all to see and hear, highlighting the need for- as one attendee described it: "raising awareness on climate change worldwide".
To put Eric Hall's call for fiction-induced mind control into context, here follows a short summary of the conference. Because the video's are copyright-protected, they are not posted here (I have included the accurate time-codes so the reader may easily look them up). The entire transcript archive of the conference can be accessed here.
Jean Reveillon, Director General of the European Broadcasting Union, outlines the mission at the very start of the conference (Session 1, 00:8:36):
"We believe that the subject at hand is of great importance and the very idea that people from the media- and in particular broadcasters- be able to come together and reflect on the best way to cover information on climate change in order to provide the best possible public service mission that is ours to the world (…)"
During the first session of the conference, we see a familiar face. Mr. IPCC and co-receiver of the Nobel peace-prize Rajendra K. Pachauri tells us via satellite link (Session 1, 01:05:00):
"Earlier speakers have referred to the importance of bringing about behavioural changes- and may I submit that these behavioural changes would essentially be in the nature of changes in lifestyles. There a several things that we can do in our individual lives and I think the broadcasting community perhaps needs to go out and tell people- and create a grass-roots movement (…)."
When broadcasters tell people what to do, any movement as a result of it would of course no longer be grass-roots. Vice-Chair of the IPCC, Jean-Pascal Van Ypersele, seconds Mr. Pachauri's statements, saying (Session 1, 01:12:08):
"We are very much convinced in the IPCC that media- in particular broadcast media which talks to so many people at the same time- have a particular role to inform and educate the citizens throughout the world; and the IPCC is really keen on collaborating with you and trying to provide the best information, the most understandable information so that you can do your very important work."
In response, the Director General of the European Broadcasting Union immediately replied:
"Thank you very much. And indeed I can confirm that we from the media want to do our best to accomplish that mission."
Another UN PR-person states (Session 1, 01:19:42):
"It is very important that the media seize this moment and help the United Nations and help others if they can. Very soon the United Nations will be putting out as part of its campaign a public service announcement. We hope you will work with us as far as that is concerned. I also pray that you'll examine all roads. You look truly at revolutionary ways on climate change coverage."
An interesting intermezzo was provided by speaker Alex Kirby, a 20-year BBC veteran environment reporter, who openly stated he cares not for opposing views of the IPCC fairytale, bizarrely comparing climate-sceptics to Apartheid proponents (Session 1, 01:36:35):
"I've never thought it is part of the journalists' job to try to inject an artificial and spurious balance into an unbalanced reality. If I have been sent to do a story on Apartheid or poverty or starvation, I hope to God I would not have tried to do a balanced story. And I think the same applies to climate change."
Even more interesting than the statement itself is the fact that it is not included in the transcript of his speech, posted here on the UNESCO-website.
But the most curious statement coming out of the mouth of a UN communications person is that uttered by Eric Hall- chief PR-man at the United Nations. Hall outlined the way that climate change can best be hammered into the collective is through works of fiction (Session 2, 00:39:06):
"Probably the majority of the world does not read news at all. They don't look at news as to change, to get their information or to change their behaviour. If climate change is about behavioural change, ultimately which I believe it is, then from a media perspective you must, you must look at it in a way that it's not just about news. It's about creating an imagination, and a vision, of what a climate change world- or a successfully avoided climate change world- will look like. That will come through film, it will come through soap operas, it will come through reality TV, it will come through novels."
Hall draws an analogy with media-coverage in the Cold War era:
"If we did not have that visual imagination from the non-news part of the media about what a post-nuclear world would have looked like, we would have been in much more serious trouble that we have been if we wouldn't have got the kind of agreements we had on the nuclear problem – itself a similar human civilization threatening problem."
It seems that the greatest work of fiction shoved in humanity's face today is the man-made global warming contrivance. Thanks to the leaked documents of the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, the mass mind control activities of most of the broadcasters is breaking down. The recent comments by high level media people about climategate indicates that the propaganda effort is blowing up in the face of those who perpetuate the lie all this time. If UNESCO's Walter Erdelen would have known that crucial information would be leaked to the general public almost three months later, he probably wouldn't have bragged about his organisation's role in perpetuating the myth nor highlighted UNESCO's large role in the selling of it:
"This crucial role is largely invisible to the public eye. UNESCO has long sponsored the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), which are precisely what their names imply, and are fundamental to the progress made by the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Fully 91% of coordinating authors of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report were WCRP scientists, and thus had the support of UNESCO behind them."
This is a good example of a statement turning into a confession in retrospect. All those institutions involved will, after all, be held to account for the role they have played in this whole sordid affair.
URL to article: http://www.infowars.com/copenhagen-spokesman-calls-for-creation-of-vision-through-works-of-fiction-at-unesco-conference/
Camp FEMA: Exposing the Government Plan for Political Concentration Camps
Kurt Nimmo
September 18, 2009Fox News disinfo operative par excellence Glenn Beck and his entourage of yellow journos from Hearst say FEMA camps do not exist. The Fox News kool aid drinkers, numbering in the millions but in steep decline as the truth goes viral, may believe Beck, however they are at odds with reality.
FEMA camps do exist, although they may not be explicitly run by the emergency bureaucrats. In January, a bill was introduced in Congress that would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to set up a network camp facilities to be used to intern U.S. citizens in the event of a national emergency. The National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645 mandates the establishment of "national emergency centers" to be located on military installations for the purpose of to providing "temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster," according to the bill.
FEMA, of course, is part of the DHS, so we are mixing apples and oranges here. It's all part of the emergent federal police state, designed to wrangle the real enemy of the government — the American people.
Rex 84, Operation Garden Plot, Operation Cable Splicer, and a flurry of executive orders issued over the years have established the framework for concentration camps. Glenn Beck, of course, didn't bother to mention any of this in his hit piece, or did his Hearst researchers bother to do a Google search. If they had, they would have stumbled upon the Pentagon's Civilian Inmate Labor Program, provided by Army Regulation 210-35, that establishes labor programs and prison camps on Army installations. In January 2006, Kellogg, Brown and Root reported that they had received a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to expand these internment camps. More than a few have commented that the spanking new KBR camps will be used to house civilian laborers, that is to say slave laborers. Many more have said the camps are for patriots and others who are opposed to an increasingly authoritarian government.
Award winning writer and filmmaker William Lewis' latest documentary should be used to answer Glenn Beck and the other Pentagon script readers in the corporate media. "Why is the media on the one hand saying there are no FEMA camps," Alex Jones asks in Lewis' Camp FEMA, "while on the other hand legislation has been introduced to build them?" As Jones notes in this landmark documentary, HR 645 legalizes what the government has spent decades building.
In the documentary, Jerome Corsi says the government is preparing for civil unrest of the sort predicted by trends forecaster Gerald Celente and others as the economy falls apart – as engineered by the bankster cabal – and millions of people lose their jobs and are reduced to penury. Corsi says he has contacted the Department of Homeland Security and they have admitted KBR has built concentration camps.
Glenn Beck, please stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
"Senate committee hearings and official FBI documents further illustrate the mindset of our elected officials as they classify homeschoolers, gun rights activists and anti-abortionists as threats against the existing social and political order; by default creating an entire nation of radicals and revolutionaries — where everyone is a suspect… equally guilty until proven otherwise," explains the Camp FEMA write-up on Alex Jones' Infowars Store website. "How has our government shown that they will deal with these people? The same way as every other totalitarian regime throughout history… marginalize their activities then lock them up. Prisons are being built; internment camps constructed and laws passed that deal severely with anyone who dares to step out of line or ask too many questions."
This important film — covering an ominous topic the corporate media not only will not cover (despite an abundance of evidence) but is obliged to discredit and dismiss as the collective mental aberration of conspiracy kooks — is now available at Alex Jones' Infowars Store.
It needs to be viewed by every American concerned about government power and the tyranny it inevitably produces. As history frighteningly and repeatedly demonstrates, unchecked government power invariably leads to fascism and totalitarianism – a fact realized by millions of Germans, Russians, and Chinese in the 20th century.
URL to article: http://www.infowars.com/camp-fema-exposing-the-government-plan-for-political-concentration-camps/
Beck has chosen to disregard what appears to be factual evidence only because the doors aren't open for business- yet. Pray they never are.
CRUDE – Official Trailer
Three years in the making, this cinéma-vérité feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion Amazon Chernobyl case, CRUDE is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures. Presenting a complex situation from multiple viewpoints, the film subverts the conventions of advocacy filmmaking as it examines a complicated situation from all angles while bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus.


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"That wipeout measured 7 on the Richter Scale!"
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As a young Mormon girl of fifteen, Ellen Randall has little conception of the trouble she and her fellow Mormons will face when they set out with a wagon train bound for Utah. This historical novel follows real life events. The Mormon wagon train held hope and dreams for the travelers, Mormon settlers who had given up everything to make their home in Utah. Ellen Randall is orphaned at an early age and adopted by Elder Zachary and his wife, Sara. Ellen matures from child to adult as she sees and experiences the ...
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As a young Mormon girl of fifteen, Ellen Randall has little conception of the trouble she and her fellow Mormons will face when they set out with a wagon train bound for Utah. This historical novel follows real life events. The Mormon wagon train held hope and dreams for the travelers, Mormon settlers who had given up everything to make their home in Utah. Ellen Randall is orphaned at an early age and adopted by Elder Zachary and his wife, Sara. Ellen matures from child to adult as she sees and experiences the trials, tribulations, and hardships the Mormons experience as members of a persecuted religion. The journey, full of hope and promise, turns into a nightmare as the travelers face the unexpected. Weariness, and heartache confront them on the long trek to their new homeland. As the journey lengthens, Ellen begins to realize the heavy toll that the hardships have exerted. It has not been easy. The journey has been fraught with shortages of food and water, threats of attack by hostile raiders, and persecution by people unwilling to accept their religious practices and beliefs. But these early Mormons were strong, persistent people, moving towards a way of life that they firmly believe in. The settlers would not be denied their hopes and dreams as the wagon train pushed on. They were determined to build their Zion in Utah, and they succeeded.
The campfire cast long red spirals into the blackness of the night. A crimson streak stretched and reached out as if to tantalize the air around it. For one long second it shone triumphantly, then curled and vanished like mist among the embers. The wood crackled and twisted into fantastic shapes with a slow drawn-out hiss as the flames leapt up, danced and slowly disappeared.
In the long, dark shadows on the ground four Elders sat, quietly discussing the journey. Zachary was perfectly still, his keen gray eyes focused on the low flame. Gregory's long, thin features revealed the rigid face of an ascetic. Ezekiel's old tired frame huddled close to the warmth of the fire. Jonathan's blue eyes moved quickly, taking in the scene behind him. He alone was impatient to depart.
Beyond the fire, far off on the horizon, were the first rays of a cold gray dawn. The wagons stood ready, filled with food and clothing, medicine and tools. People hurried quietly to pack in the last few treasured possessions. An old woman hastily put in a bulky parcel from which emerged sounds of chirping. A young man carefully placed a crate of fragile china dishes into his wagon. A child slipped in a small rag doll.
The Elders seated around the fire saw the thin long rays of light in the distance. They glanced at each other and stood up, slowly and deliberately. Gregory stamped out the fire. The people stopped what they were doing and gathered closer, with the anxious anticipation of what was to come and the dread of leaving whatever used to be.
Zachary straightened himself to his full height and stood like a giant among them. And then he spoke. "Brethren, we are about to embark on a long and needsbehazardous journey across the land. But we are of stout hearts and good spirit, for we are Mormons. Remember always that as long as we remain united in fellowship and understanding, as long as each man does the task which has been allotted to him and all men help each other, we will remain victorious and will reach our promised land, as did so many of our brethren before us. Let us go now and may the Lord bless us on our journey."
There was a long resounding murmur of Amen. And then the people went towards their wagons. Men shook hands with each other and wished goodspeed. Women got their children into the wagons. All was done silently and efficiently as had been planned. Finally the Elders mounted their horses. Zachary sat straight in his saddle. Ezekiel's shoulders stooped with age but his soul was sturdy. Gregory's body was taut and disciplined. Jonathan's mouth was firm and straight, but his eyes were everywhere, anxious to get the parting over with.
A long, loud note from the horn echoed through the camp. The four horses shivered slightly and then all started at once on the road to the west. The first horse-drawn wagon followed. The man who sat at its mouth had the eyes of a visionary. His was the longing for a home in the wilderness he had not yet seen. Another wagon, drawn by a double yoke of oxen, followed. Tied to it was a young cow. Slowly one wagon started, and then another, until there was a long slow procession of covered wagons moving along a wide road beneath the trees. Only a few people were left standing near the ashes of the campfire. They turned at last and returned to their desolated homes, silently weeping for the friends and relatives who had left. But on the faces of those who had gone ahead there were expressions not only of determination but also a joy. For all of them were moving westward to find what every human being seeks--a home.
As the long trail of wagons rolled along in a straight steady line, far off behind them on the horizon there was a soft arc of light. The first rays of the sun suddenly burst through the clouds and shone triumphantly across the trail.
Posted September 24, 2007
The experience of the Mormon migration comes alive through the story of Ellen. A teen, awakening to the world, encounters the need, common to people of any faith, to be loved and accepted. The rich insights and imagery are a must for readers seeking a magical lift.
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Ok here it comes..Do the Texans look at aquiring Freeman? (Signed with Vikings)
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Kubiak and Schaub are this team's liability. Until both are gone the Texans will never win anything of significance. I have been saying this for years now.
I agree that both are a liability, but I believe that the bigger difference is made if you rid yourself of Kubiak.
You rid yourself of Schaub, you still have overly conservative, "play not to lose" mentality.
I cant say BOTH need to be gone, as I believe that a HC change would make the world of difference. Just look at the Ravens for example, they took a lot of our "garbage" and made it work.
I believe a good HC could take this team, even someone like Schaub. QBs DO get much worse than Schaub. (Even though I am not for keeping him around, I just don't feel a change at "BOTH" is needed for success.)
I do believe your statement is correct in a timeline perspective however, I don't see Kubiak being removed until some point after Schaub is gone.
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I just wanted to see if anyother have done this race before. Can you give me insite as to how to train for this race. This will be my first half marathon im so excited.
Also if you have run this course are there many hills?
Hi there. I have not run it but, I had signed up and things came up and I can't do it.. But I would think there are not really any hills. We go to disneyland and around the area where you will be running i don't remember seeing anything to demanding maybe a brige over the freeway. I also know it should be pretty hot.. So really drink that water till your pee is clear the day before and BRING extra water with you.. that you run with. I have been to races where there is not enough water to go around. Thankfully, I always carry my water and sports drink. But I feel bad for the people that don't . And have a blast.. Your going to have so much fun..


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Herb Roasted Chicken with a Mix of Roasted Baby Root Vegetables
- Total Time:
- 1 hr 45 min
- Prep:
- 35 min
- Inactive:
- 10 min
- Cook:
- 1 hr
- Yield:
- 4 servings
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Healthy
- Herb Roasted Chicken:
- 1 (3 1/2 to 4-pound) whole chicken
- 1 1/2 tablespoons salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon chopped thyme leaves
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped sage leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves (reserve the parsley stems)
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 lemon, quartered
- 2 bay leaves
- Baby Root Vegetables:
- 1/4 pound baby turnips, peeled and stem ends trimmed
- 1/4 pound baby red carrots, peeled and stem ends trimmed
- 1/4 pound orange carrots, peeled and stem ends trimmed
- 1/4 pound baby golden beets, peeled and stem ends trimmed
- 1/4 pound baby beets, peeled and stem ends trimmed
- 1/4 pound fingerling potatoes, halved
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.
Wash the chicken and pat dry. Season well inside and out with the salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine the garlic, thyme, sage, parsley and olive oil. Rub the olive oil and herb blend into the cavity of the chicken as well as all over the exterior. Place the parsley stems into the cavity of the chicken, and squeeze each lemon quarter into the chicken and place the rind in as well. Put the bay leaves inside the chicken and place the bird in a roasting pan or a saute pan, and put it into the oven. Roast for about 1 hour, or until the chicken is golden brown, and the juices run clear. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before carving.
For the vegetables: Place the vegetables in a large mixing bowl, and season with the salt and pepper. Drizzle with the olive oil and place in a roasting pan or on a sheet pan. Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes, turning once midway during cooking to ensure even browning. Serve with the herb roasted chicken.
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002
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One of the most moving Irish Famine Monuments is located on Custom House Quay. It is special for me, it depicts sculptures of starving people - very thin, walking towards the ships on the docks. It was built in memory of those who left for another country (mostly the USA) in hope of a better life. Ireland was struck with a great famine between 1845-49 when it was hit with potato blight, that destroyed most potatoes in the country. One milion people died of starvation or disease caused from lack of food. I think it is worth going there and pay a tribute, once in Dublin. A beautiful landmark, really. http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Ireland/County_Dublin/Dublin-296021/Things_To_Do-Dublin-Famine_Memorial-BR-1.html
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Keep the kids busy and happy with a full range of indoor and outdoor experiences – all under the watchful eye of our caring and energetic staff in the vibrant clubhouse. Little ones can enjoy soft play, arts & crafts, make-believe games and great story telling sessions, while bigger kids may watch a video or play computer games. In addition, the Dugong Club provides a daily schedule of activities both in and away from the resort so that every day can be a fresh adventure, whether that be cruising the gentle waves on a kayak, the thrill of an elephant ride, or learning how to play Thai games. Children under the age of four must be accompanied by a parent or babysitter while those aged 4 - 12 may be left unattended.
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Autotrader Research: High Gas Prices Create Interesting Purchasing Behaviors
Rick Wainschel, Vice President of Automotive Insights at Autotrader.com, discusses the impact that high gas prices are having on a potential customer's purchasing habits.
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Ben Lack: | I'd like to get your thoughts on the increasing gas prices. What does AutoTrader.com do as a company to educate itself about these trends and how does the company position itself to be able to take advantage of the findings? |
Rick Wainschel: | We do a lot to understand what people are thinking about and what they're doing in response to issues. Not just about gas prices, about a lot of different things. Certainly gas prices are a big topic these days. To give you some context for this, we do a tracking study with new vehicle shoppers every month, and we recently asked a question about whether people are likely to consider a vehicle they wouldn't normally consider because of gas prices. For the month of February, we saw the highest level of people saying, "I strongly agree that I am more likely to consider a different vehicle."Twenty seven percent of new vehicle shoppers, according to our tracking study, are saying they strongly agree that they're looking at vehicles other than what they normally would because of this issue. And overall, fifty eight percent are saying they agree, strongly agree or somewhat agree. That's one aspect of how we look at this issue. We want to look at the attitude that people are bringing to their shopping process.We also look at the behaviors that they're exhibiting on our site, what kind of trends we're seeing in terms of the vehicles they're looking at, and the segments that they're interacting with on the site.
We created a whole new group within AutoTrader.com about a year ago to do just that. We look at not just gas prices, but a lot of different factors in trends and pressure points—how people are doing things and why they are doing them. Certainly, gas prices are big one right now because of we were hitting prices that we've never seen before. And especially at this point in the year, there's a lot of speculation that we're not out of the woods and prices are likely to go even higher. |
Ben Lack: | Do you agree that it's a very realistic chance that the consumer market could see five dollar gallon gas at some point in 2012? |
Rick Wainschel: | I'm not a global oil analyst. I can't say with that level of certainty that's going to happen or the probability of that happening. But what I can say is that the beginning of the year tends to have one of the lower priced points that we see during the season in terms of gas prices. We're not in the heavy driving season. There are a lot of refinery issues during summer where they switch to more environmentally friendly versions in certain states in California.Historically, gas prices have been higher as we enter some of those different periods of the year, especially as we enter the summer. The fact that we're averaging around $3.60 or $3.65 a gallon at this point in the calendar, is a great indication that prices could go higher. |
Ben Lack: | I want to ask you a question about trends since this is really your specialty. As you mentioned, gas prices are very high on the customer's mind. I'm curious to know what other factors are driving the purchasing division and more specifically, what types of findings are you guys getting that surprised you that you weren't necessarily expecting from the surveys and research you're conducting with the new car buyers? |
Rick Wainschel: | Are you talking about in general or are you talking about specifically having to do with gas prices? |
Ben Lack: | In general. |
Rick Wainschel: | Before we leave the issue of gas prices, I just want to say one thing that can answer your question as well. A couple of years ago, when gas prices were hitting a certain psychological price range of $3 per gallon, we were seeing a lot of people moving away from certain types of vehicles and moving in to others. What happened is people get acclimated to price points. Now, the psychological price point that everyone is struggling through is $4 a gallon.
I think people sort of forgot a little bit once they reached the point of equilibrium of gas being about $3-3.50 a gallon, and now we're heading up once again and hitting another one of those psychological barriers. I think that's why we're seeing some of those levels that we're seeing on things like concerns about gas prices or looking to other types of vehicles. It's kind of cyclical thing that the psychological price range has shifted upwards. It's kind of an interesting phenomenon.In answer to your question, the general question, I can go to a lot of different ways with that. But I will say that one thing we've been looking at quite a bit the whole notion of an economic new normal. This has to do with the fact that we've lived in tough economic times for a number of years now. A lot of consumers are making choices about the vehicles that they are willing to consider that are different than they used to. I'm going to give you a couple of examples. We did a study with new vehicle shoppers and we asked what percentages of them were considering a Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicle because of economic considerations? The percentage that we got back was sixty. 60% of new vehicle shoppers were open to CPO vehicle because of the economy. |
Ben Lack: | Wow! |
Rick Wainschel: | And another question that we asked in the study was what percentage of them was considering that for the first time. The answer we got back was half of that sixty—so nearly thirty out of those sixty points were saying they're doing that for the first time. That's a big shift. People who were primarily or even exclusively considering a new vehicle are now open to a lot of other choices. That led us to take a look at how people are interacting at different types of vehicles.
The sixty percent I just mentioned was in response to a survey. We also looked at the behaviors that they were exhibiting on our site. What we found was a lot of people who looked at new vehicles also looked at near new vehicles and vice versa. There are a lot of tradeoffs that people are making in terms of "should I buy that new non-luxury accord or maybe I should look at near new 3 Series. Should I consider buying a new Corolla or a near new Camry?" |
Ben Lack: | Are you finding that that's also happening with all electric vehicles or hybrids? |
Rick Wainschel: | Hybrids and electric vehicles are an entity unto themselves. There's a group of people growing but it's relatively niche. You have folks who are looking at the Volt, looking at the Prius, looking at some other hybrid choices. Certainly the Prius and other models are doing quite well in relation to where they have been. But those are still relatively niche. |
Ben Lack: | If we could summarize your willingness to look at other alternatives based on our discussion of gas prices, have you done studies to see if the increase in gas prices allows. Because of the increase in gas prices, and because customers are open to other alternatives, are electric vehicles or hybrids becoming considered more? Are they being considered more than the traditional petro vehicles because they're trying to find ways to avoid higher gas prices? |
Rick Wainschel: | Yes. I'll say two things. Yes they are more open to those alternative technologies but it's still not a mainstream set of actions or considerations that people are going forward with. We saw a lot of upward momentum for just regular fuel-efficient vehicles on our site, both used, CPO and new, too. For example like the Kia Optima, the Chevy Cruze, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and the Volkswagen Eos all moved up in our rankings in terms of the vehicles that people are looking at on the site. That was on our CPO list.
For non-CPO used vehicles, there were some of the same vehicles, the Optima, the Cruze, the Beetle, the Prius and Dodge Caliber. That's a lot of those fuel efficient alternatives. Prius is one on that used list that's rising through the range.There are an awful lot of fuel efficient cars that people are gravitating towards. We saw this similarly in the spring. Gas prices headed up in the spring last year. Compact cars in general, we saw a big upward momentum in those vehicles. Even though we did see some movement on things like Volt and Prius and things like that, they were still on the margins. There are a lot of mainstream and well-considered vehicles like the Civics, like the Cruzes and the Focuses that do well in these times because people appreciate them for what they do, in having fuel efficiency that they are tested and proven technologies that I think people feel comfortable with. While with something like Volt, it's not to say that they are uncomfortable. I think there's just some learning that consumers are going or need to do before they truly consider those buyable choices. |
Ben Lack: | Based on what you're getting through this research, how does AutoTrader.com apply these findings to the sales pitch to make sure that the offering is consistent with what people are interested in. |
Rick Wainschel: | There's a couple of different ways. One thing is that we have cars of every size. We have millions of cars listed on the site. We have millions of people coming in to the site to look at them and pretty much if you're looking for any kind of car; new, used, big, small, powerful, fuel efficient, whatever it is, AutoTrader.com has very likely a car that suits each individual person's needs and wants. And so, I think what happens is we are out in a very aggressive way talking about who we are.
People know who we are and what we stand for and that AutoTrader.com is a great place to go to find what you're looking for. It's more a matter of how these consumers' actions are affected. What are the cars they actually looking at and looking for that are affected. So we try to represent all of this in having the widest variety of cars available for people to look at no matter what they want to look at. We have that in great measure because we have so much in inventory on the site and so many people coming and looking at it. The other thing is that we also use this information to make recommendations based on our industry knowledge as to cars that meet certain needs. I'll give you an example. We got a report out a couple of months ago, and we found through our research that seventy one percent of car shoppers were buying cars out of need and not out of want. Need driven by things like having accidents or car broke down, had a baby, need a different type of car and so on. We worked with our experts in the company and we put out a list of what we called "Want to buy cars and a need to buy world". And it was cars that were affordable but still provided some cool features and interesting technology and things of that sort that were a part of the "need to buy package." So we came up with a list of "want to buy cars in a need to buy world" based on our industry knowledge but also based on the consumer's sentiments that we were seeing play out in the marketplace. |
Ben Lack: | Why did you choose to do what you're doing and why did you spend your time working in that space? |
Rick Wainschel: | Well, I love two things. I've been doing market research, insights, and market intelligence work for twenty five years. I love understanding what consumers are thinking about and doing. To me it's fascinating, just a human element of how people are going about things and why they do things. I've always been fascinated by the psychology of that.The other thing is I love the automotive industry. And so for me, getting to work for a company like AutoTrader.com that's focused on industry that I find incredibly interesting and dynamic and having access to enormous amounts of information in which to understand those behaviors and attitudes is like a perfect job. |
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Ryland, John S. and Hayward, Peter J. (1991) Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States: Erect Bryozoa. NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, (NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 99)
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Forty-nine species of erect Bryozoa from a broad range of Cyclostome, Ctenostome, and Cheilostome families are described and illustrated, and an artificial dichotomous key is provided for their identification. In general, the marine bryozoan faunas of the northeastern coasts of the United States are poorly known; species records are sparse and voucher collections few, and it is certain that many more species occur in this region than are presently known. The species described here occur in intertidal, coastal or offshore habitats; some are well known and have been recorded on numerous previous occasions, others have been only rarely reported, while a few are known to occur commonly in the north of the region but have yet to be recorded south of Cape Cod. Some of the species described have not been recorded at all on northeastern coasts of the United States, but are widely distributed in North Atlantic continental shelf habitats and perhaps occur in similar parts of the outer shelf of this region. This fauna is thus provisional, but is intended to stimulate further work on the Bryozoa. (PDF file contains 52 pages.)
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Title: | Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States: Erect Bryozoa | ||||||
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Series Name: | NOAA Technical Report NMFS | ||||||
Number: | 99 | ||||||
Date: | 1991 | ||||||
Publisher: | NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service | ||||||
Issuing Agency: | United States National Marine Fisheries Service | ||||||
Subjects: | Ecology Fisheries Biology |
Item ID: | 2716 | ||||||
Depositing User: | Patti M. Marraro | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2009 02:07 | ||||||
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The sprawling archipelago of Indonesia is a highly undertouristed destination with an amazing array of attractions to offer independent through to luxury travellers. Aside from the popular island of Bali, Indonesia is one of Southeast Asia's least explored countries in terms of backpacker hordes and mass tourism.
While in much of Southeast Asia the general rule is to follow the backpackers to find the beautiful places to stay, in Indonesia you do well chasing the heels of scuba divers and surfers. These are the travellers who have for decades caught dodgy planes, crowded ferries, creaking trains and rusty buses to get to the most stunning, out-of-the-way places in search of the perfect tube or to glimpse a rare underwater species.
Indonesia can be hard work to travel through properly — and the limiting 60-day tourist visa does not help those really wanting to explore the 17,000-island-strong archipelago fully, given how infrequently some ferries travel. But with a little good planning, a lot of energy and bundles of enthusiasm, Indonesia more than rewards those who make the effort to discover its secrets.
Surfing and scuba diving aside, Indonesia offers excellent outdoor activities to enjoy, from trekking to the peaks of smouldering volcanoes on remote islands and hikes through lush rainforests or terraced rice paddies, through to banana-boat riding or parasailing off the tourist-packed beaches of Bali — to each their own.
Culturally, Indonesia is highly diverse, as is recognised in the national slogan of "Unity in Diversity"; travelling across the nation is really like experiencing a romp through a few dozen countries, each with their own language, traditions, cuisine and atmosphere.
In Aceh, at the northwestern point of Sumatra island, the population is comprised mostly of conservative Muslims, unlike the rest of the country where Islam is slightly more freewheeling or co-exists with Christianity and animism. In the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, rebuilt after the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami roared through parts of it, cafes buzz with young and fashionable Acehnese, but men in traditional attire still sip their thick coffees in smoke-filled wooden coffee houses.
Strike out further afield to sightsee through the stunning mountains where GAM once staged its deadly war of independence; these days the former fighters may be cultivating fair-trade coffee. Offshore, Nias and Simeulue islands have long drawn surfers to their excellent breaks. The rest of Sumatra boasts plenty of natural attractions, such as Lake Toba, the largest and deepest volcanic crater lake in the world, or the surf breaks off the Mentawai islands.
Anak Krakatoa, the volcano left behind after the massive eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, lies just off south Sumatra on the way to Java, and intermittently threatens to again erupt, though it would not be with the force of the 19th century eruption, which was heard in Australia.
Indonesian's main island, Java, is the world's most densely populated island but still offers deserted landscapes for those seeking solitude, as well as the crowded, chaotic and polluted national capital of Jakarta. Most tend to either love or hate the megapolis, with its traffic snarls and rubbish-clogged rivers contrasting with gleaming malls and fashionably attired, designer-clad rich. Java is also home to the ancient Buddhist Borobudur temple complex, a stone's throw from the interesting university city of Yogyakarta.
The southern portion of Borneo, Kalimantan, is Indonesian territory (Brunei and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak lie to the north) and home to the longhouse-dwelling Dayaks. Sadly the forests here are quickly disappearing, making way for palm oil plantations and other development. This means native orang utans, among other species, are threatened, though sanctuaries seek to save and rehabilitate those injured in logging and other accidents.
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As one heads further east from Bali, poverty generally increases as infrastructure deteriorates and land gets less fertile. This is definitely an area of the world intrepid travellers will love.
Between Bali and Lombok lies the Wallace Line, the mysterious boundary where flora and fauna quite dramatically switch from being "Asian" — think jungle, elephants and tigers — to "Australasian" — think scrubby, Komodo dragons and cockatoos.
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Highlights of the region include seeing the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, in its natural habitat, the fascinating tribal culture of Sumba — where horses are also bred — and the crater lakes and amazing natural beauty of Flores.
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Sophie Dee, Christian (I), Angela Stone, Derrick Pierce, Jaclyn Case, Amber Rayne, Gianna Lynn
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Squirting
The juice is loose with five hot girls who are more than eager to spread their legs and let the good times flow!
Gianna Lynn goes to town on Christian, pushing out every last drop to keep her partner hard and ready for more. She amazingly achieves a squirting orgasm by rubbing her clit alone while her internal G-spot remains untouched. Hmm.
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