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Paul Ryan 'We are Not Going to Give Up on Destroying the Health Care System'
http://crooksandliars.Caught on open mic. Does not matter your party affiliation, it really seems like 2014 Dems will be swept into another super majority if the math holds up and Ryan who I guess is the new head of the GOP keeps making statements like this while seeking to privatize social security and defund programs for the poor like Section 8 Housing, but giving more money to people earning $10,000 a week because they might be a Job creator. I know a few people making that kind of cash, and they sure don't create any jobs, but like expensive forgein cars and expensive forgein beer, and clothes. While hard working lower to middle class American's are left thinking who is looking out for me? |
Its Law, It was upheld by the US Supreme Court, the person and party who propsed it have been elected 2x now by a large majority of the American people. We have 4 more years of Obama and very likely a Hillary 2016 win. Not sure where all this opposition from half the country comes from or what numbers. But just take a look at the 2012 Election results. The people spoke loud and clear. Money spent on the military and war is almost unquestion, if money is to be spent for the benefit of US citizens, ultra rich fund groups and thought creators to whip up opposition. Because its not in their interests to see the quality of life for Americans improve. |
Time got it right. The recent bill was all about how to pay for outrageous costs, not how to fix the outrageous costs. That isn't to say either side is at all clean. |
And if they address it, it's only to say that this law is better than nothing. But they won't explain how that is either. |
I think alot of American are waking up to what the GOP really is. The Math, demographics, and population show a turning of the tide in this country
How can you be pro-business and anti-single payer? Removing the healthcare burden from companies will help small businesses the most. It's simple: It stems from the idea that there are a few "makers" who are footing the bill for a bunch of "takers." By booting the "takers" out of the system, the "makers" can now enjoy a privatized system that will cost less because it isn't burdened by the wicked costs of Socialism™. The obvious flaw to this design is that it assumes the country is full of "takers" and ignores the real reasons why healthcare costs have been rising. I am also amazed at the way the GOP gets away with calling 99% of America "lazy welfare recipients". These sound like Romney's 47% of American's comment. Now its Ryan, turn. What I see Obama care doing is yes reforming the healthcare system much like Steve Jobs reshaped the Music Industry, It has to be reformed to change. |
What do you believe the end game of this reform to be? Last edited by OhNoItsDEVO; 03-12-2013 at 06:34 PM.. |
why not examine basically every single major poll on ObamaCare in the past 3 years. Look at the red line for the against ObamaCare that is always above the black line (which is for ObamaCare). Even your most liberal people on this forum know that the majority of Americans oppose ObamaCare. But you seem to think the election was based on ObamaCare.. ? If it was solely based on ObamaCare many of us would've been very happy because Obama would have lost. But any 1st grader knows that there are many different reasons for voting for a person. And yes.. Hillary Clinton is in the bag.. I mean she couldn't beat Obama. when she was the front runner half a decade ago.. And this will of course never reappear.. ""Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make?. I'm not even sure why we have detectives.. because if the person is dead.. what different does it make.. right? It doesn't matter how it happened anyways (per Hillary logic). Also keep in mind if she did win she would be the 2nd oldest president to be sworn in ever. Last edited by DJPlayer; 03-12-2013 at 07:27 PM.. Reason: forgot the link.. doh "The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses." -Malcolm X-
Sorry ... well actually I'm not .. Neither Obama nor the Dem legislatures were elected by a huge majority of Americans. Care to try again ... matter of fact .. after Obamacare was passed the Dems lost the House. Think you could maybe make your post at leas ta little factual? "In an age when scientists are creating artificial intelligence, too many of our educational institutions seem to be creating artificial stupidity." - Thomas Sowell
I used to see Elmer Gantry in my head every time I saw Obama on TV.. now instead of Burt Lancaster all I see is the number 666. We are now in an era where low-information and no-information voters are now in the majority." |
There a lot of those people, so perhaps it all balances out... |
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Luis Alberto's strike in the 56th minute proved to be the difference between the two teams, but the 70-year-old said he was satisfied with the performance of his young side
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists his team did not to deserve to lose against Cluj in the Champions League, and only a wonder-goal could beat them in their 1-0 defeat.A strike in the 56th minute from Luis Alberto stunned the hosts, and though the 70-year-old admitted his team should have got a better result, he was satisfied with the performance of an under-strength side.
"It was a wonder-goal that beat us," he told Sky Sports. "We didn't deserve that. We had a lot of chances. With a goal like that, you have no complaints, you can't do anything about it.
"We had a very young side out, they did very well at times. The pitch was a bit dead, there was frost on it. But I was satisfied we put a decent performance in.
"It was a decent experience for a lot of them. Young [Nick] Powell did quite well for us, he's only 18 years of age. Phil Jones, an excellent game for him tonight. It's only really his second game for us in about nine months, so I'm very pleased with that.
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"We qualified comfortably, there's no question about that. The real tournament starts at the end of February in the knockout stages - it's fantastic."
However, there was one sour note for the United boss, with Tom Cleverley departing the field just before half-time and Paul Scholes replacing him.
Ferguson afterwards revealed that the midfielder was suffering from a calf injury, the severity of which is not yet known.

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Game will be on hold until further notice. I will re-make the game under a new name.
I've been in the dark for about half a month but I have made some progress.
A little update on the development progress. I think I've got half of the game done.
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- Total Time:
- 35 min
- Prep:
- 10 min
- Cook:
- 25 min
- Yield:
- 4 to 6 servings
- 1 pound pizza dough
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse sea salt, for sprinkling
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 shallot, cut into thinly sliced rounds
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves
- 1/2 cup green grapes
- 1/2 cup red grapes
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Roll the pizza dough into a rectangle on a sheet of parchment paper. Place the dough and the parchment on a baking sheet.
Using a pastry brush, cover the top of the dough with olive oil. Sprinkle the dough with coarse sea salt. Sprinkle the dough with the garlic, shallot, and rosemary. Spread the grapes over the top of the dough and push down into the dough.
Bake the focaccia until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Cut into slices and serve.
Serves: 6*; Calories: 248; Total Fat: 7 grams; Saturated Fat: 1 gram; Protein: 6 grams; Total carbohydrates: 42 grams; Sugar: 9 grams; Fiber: 1 gram; Cholesterol: 0 milligrams; Sodium: 549 milligrams
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
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Shashanka Ghosh's remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Khoobsurat, starring Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan, hits theatres on Friday. Despite decent performances from Pak actor Fawad Khan and Kirron Kher's Punjabi mom-act, the film is not worth your time.
Director Omung Kumar's Mary Kom is a highly fictionalised account of what actually happened, and in the process it turned out to be one of those films which are made just for whistles and quick money.
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Film review: "The Devil's Double"
Lee P. Ruddin is Roundup Editor at HNN.
There has been a great fanfare surrounding the cinematic release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, "the anti-Bond movie par excellence," according to the Independent. The 127-minute film, says the Daily Record, is a "slow-brewing, elegant retelling of John Le Carré's Cold War novel." The Guardian even goes as far as to suggest that Tomas Alfredson's work is "the film to beat at [the Venice] festival." Yet "things aren't always what they seem," as Toby Easterhase says to George Smiley, the main protagonist. While it features the "best British line-up" of the year, talk of "damn fine acting" (Total Film), an "utterly absorbing" storyline (Empire) and "engrossing thriller" (Telegraph) reminds this cinemagoer more of The Devil's Double.
I say this not because Lee Tamarhori's flick about a drug-fueled, diabolically-unhinged dictator's son and his "fiday" contains a riveting double performance by Dominic Cooper. Nor do I for the reason that the director has produced an absorbing thriller about (and based on the memoir by) lookalike army lieutenant, Latif Yahia, who is summoned to Baghdad near the end of the Iran-Iraq War and forcibly recruited to serve the role of body-double for Uday Hussein. But rather since viewers receive a valuable history lesson of what was, in effect, Tikriti Iraq (much like how Arabia became Saudi Arabia under Abdul-Aziz bin Saud).
Granted, the ending – which comes around thirty minutes too late – could be said to indulge in a radical historical rewrite with the one-time slave taking revenge on his former master. (While Uday was confined to a wheelchair after a gunman fired eight bullets into him at point-blank range, the 1996 assassination attempt was attributed to a group calling itself al-Nahdah or "the awakening" – a cabal of Iraqi intellectuals that rose up in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.) The suggestion that Uday's staff (including Raad Rawi as his security chief) might not have his best interests at heart is also fanciful. While the less said about Michael Thomas' script, especially with regard to not portraying Papa Hussein in an unfavourable light, the better.
Saddam was, to be sure, his son's main influence notwithstanding his few brief appearances to the contrary. You need only read the book Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, for instance, to see that Uday learned the art of rape and murder from his father: "We once came upon Saddam Hussein's men in black Mercedes limousines chasing two young women," author Kanan Makiya writes. "They hit them and drove over the girls a few times. Then they dragged the bodies to the Tigris River. When Uday asked the men what was going on he grin[ned] and [said], 'Whores of my father'."
Despite the aforementioned, however, and what Latif says about the movie being only "20%" truthful, incidents such as Uday raping Miss Baghdad and then ordering Latif to kill her father and a newlywed jumping to her death after she was abducted and defiled are accurate. So, too, is the one surrounding his killing of his father's favourite bodyguard and food taster in 1988; as is the one involving Latif's convoy getting ambushed during the rebellion when visiting troops fighting rebels in Basra. Thomas, meanwhile, deserves particular praise for the way Uday's outlandish and murderous behaviour becomes a microcosm of the Husseins' reign of terror more generally. The Baathist state systematically invaded its citizens' privacy, let us not forget, using rape rooms and lashings to breed fear among Iraqis and to maintain its stranglehold over the populace.
For me at least, though, it is the insight offered into how Latif kept the regime ticking over by making public appearances as Uday when Saddam's heir needed to appear leader-like which is invaluable. (He is filmed in Kuwait, for example, keeping morale up as Uday watches on, admiring "his" performance on TV.) Talking of which, those who question the intelligence – justifiably, many would say – which undergirded the 2003 war and the act of regime change should bear in mind who would have become the sixth president of Iraq. Thankfully, Cooper saves this reviewer from delving into the hotly-contested world of counterfactual history by reminding us about "the rumor before the war that removing Saddam was a dangerous thing because this guy who was his son was even more dangerous. And I remember being scared by that as a youngster," Cooper adds, "[g]enuinely scared! 'Someone worse than Saddam?'."
Cooper had every reason to be terrified since, according to a report in The Times, Uday conspired to assassinate the leader of the Iraqi opposition on the streets of London just three years before Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched; the aborted April 2000 plot included an elite recruit in the Fedayeen paramilitary group killing Ahmed Chalabi, the figurehead of the Iraqi National Congress. Uday was "undoubtedly the wealthiest man in Iraq", according to Con Coughlin, whose fortune came from reselling humanitarian aid allocated by the United Nations on the black market as well as from intensifying Iraq's oil-smuggling operation with the mullahs in neighbouring Iran. But it was his links with al-Qaeda, Coughlin writes in Saddam: The Secret Life, which was the most disturbing. "In April 1998," the Telegraph's executive foreign editor informs us, "bin Laden … sent a delegation of his al-Qaeda fighters to attend [Uday's] birthday celebrations [who, in turn,] responded to this gracious gesture by agreeing to train a number of … recruits in Iraq."
Even if not "everyone is a convert to George W. Bush's freedom agenda," as commentator Charles Krauthammer posits in his Washington Post op-ed, "From Baghdad to Benghazi," or, as Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens writes, "(Almost) … Neocon[…] Now," we should all be grateful – the devil's double included despite not having his day in court – for Bush ridding the world of Saddam and Uday, nothing but double trouble and a right pair of devils. With this in mind, cinemagoers can sit back and enjoy what could – indeed should – pip Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to Best Picture at next year's Oscars.
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That was the overall message at a GBRA monthly directors meeting held in Victoria on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The meeting was held in Victoria so lower basin constituents could have a chance to hear the latest on water issues and GBRA activities. Normally, the directors' meeting is held in Seguin.
To illustrate the severity of the river issue, GBRA general manager Bill West played a video interview he did with The Texas Tribune newspaper.
In it, he said tubing on the part of the Guadalupe River where it is spring fed has altered because the flow of the spring has slowed.
"...What normally a float trip would require a six-pack now requires a case," West said in the interview.
That's a not-so-subtle hint at low rivers causing a hit to tourism, as well as drinking water and other uses the water provides, such as keeping grass green.
Dan Alonso, executive director of the San Antonio Bay Foundation – a non-profit organization affiliated with the GBRA – accentuated West's message by providing salinity information at the lower basin of the Guadalupe River.
Alonso checks salinity in the water around Hines Bay – at Austwell, and Hoppers Landing – San Antonio Bay, Mission Lake and Seadrift.
The amount of salinity can effect change in organisms living in the water, as well as plant life. Too much salinity causes negative results.
During the hardest part of the drought, salinity in back bays and in the estuary reached up to 70 parts per thousand. He added that nothing can grow in such conditions.
Normal sea water is around 30 to 35 ppt. But after the rains, readings at the end of August ranged from 23.3 ppt at Austwell, 27.4 ppt at Hoppers Landing and 7.9 ppt at Mission Bay's mouth (in estuary).
One of the goals of the San Antonio Bay Foundation is to restore as much fresh water to the bays as possible. This means controlling invasive weeds that consume significant fresh water, removing log jams and keeping consistent monitoring to help find problems, according to Alonso.
He said he is developing a working group to better manage whooping cranes holistically while getting the community involved.
"The estuary is looking pretty good," Alonso said.
But Alonso said with recent rain came a lot of trash and debris in the estuary.
He noted that National Estuary Day was Saturday, and volunteers would be working out of Fulton Harbor to clean up the debris.
However, he also said with recent rains, the salinity has decreased, and fall vegetation has thrived.
Among that vegetation are wolfberries, a staple whooping cranes depend on. The whoopers are expected to arrive in mid-October.
Also, Tommy Hill, GBRA chief engineer, said despite the rains, the Guadalupe River has not recovered.
He said in January the river was flowing at a rate of 1,000 cfs (cubic feet for second). And as of Tuesday, Sept. 17, the river was flowing at a rate of 400 cfs.
Concern about the whooping crane comes from the drought of 2008, one of the driest years ever in Texas, when more than 20 whooping cranes starved to death because their staples of blue crab and wolfberries were practically gone.
The death of the whoopers caused a lawsuit a year later against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – the agency controlling water rights – by a group called the Aransas Project, claiming not enough fresh water was released into the cranes' habitat.
The suit is in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, awaiting a possible settlement.
In the meantime, the GBRA is exploring numerous ways to conserve water, including the reuse of water by means of a desalination plant.
The GBRA directors entered into a closed session to hear the latest news on the federal law suit. No action was taken after the board of directors reconvened in open session.
In other business, GBRA Trust executive director Roger Welder was recognized for his service as he stepped down to make way for the next executive director Jeff Crosby.
Welder was given a standing ovation for his tenure.
The Trust is a non-profit with goal to sustain and conserve the land and water of the Guadalupe River watershed for its natural, recreational, scenic, historic and productive value.
GBRA Middle School Program
GBRA directors heard a presentation by Debbie Magin on an educational program the GBRA worked with Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. to develop.
The "Waters to the Sea – Guadalupe River Project" is designed to be part of middle school curriculum and involves science and the importance of conservation.
"It launches in schools this fall," Magin said.
She said the teaching module is available online, is very interactive with short videos embedded, as well as educational games.
The program is narrated by three historical re-enactors: Buffalo Hump for the upper Guadalupe Basin, Ferdinand Lineheimer for the middle Guadalupe Basin and Patricia De Leon for the lower Guadalupe Basin.
The educational tool also has a lab in which students can learn how to identify water quality.
A section on the river's eco-systems, explanations of water sheds and cycles and more also are within the program.
Buffalo Hump's basin lessons includes the journey of a raindrop, wastewater treatment, drinking water; Ferdinand Lineheimer's lessons include water game, Edwards Aquifer, streets to stream, and a water reuse Purple Pipes game; Patricia DeLeon's lesson includes estuaries and balance, water wisdom, and on the farm.
And each segment includes the history of the characters.
Magin said she has visited with five school districts over the summer.
School districts that are interested should contact her at the GBRA office in Seguin – 830-379-5822, Ext. 259.
Interested school districts and the public can view "Waters to the Sea" at www.cgee.hamline.edu/WTTS-Guadalupe – anytime.


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The relation between degree of diastolic blood pressure reduction and mortality was examined among hypertensive persons in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program. This program, conducted from 1973-1979, was a multicenter community-based trial, which followed 10,940 hypertensive participants for five years. The one-year annual visit was the first occasion on which change in blood pressure could be measured on all participants. During the subsequent four years of follow-up on 10,053 participants, 568 deaths occurred. With time-dependent life tables and time-dependent Cox life table regression analyses, the existence of a quadratic function which modeled the relation between diastolic blood pressure reduction and mortality was supported, even after adjusting for other risk factors. The minimum mortality hazard ratio, based on a particular model, occurred at a diastolic blood pressure reduction of 26.2 mmHg (standard error = 13.4) in the whole population and 10.0 mmHg (standard error = 5.3) in the baseline diastolic blood pressure stratum 90-104 mmHg. After this reduction, there was a small increase in the risk of death. There was no evidence of the quadratic function after fitting the same model with systolic blood pressure. Methodological issues involved in studying a particular degree of blood pressure reduction were considered. The confidence interval around the change corresponding to the minimum hazard ratio was wide, and the obtained blood pressure level should not be interpreted as a goal for treatment. Blood pressure reduction was attributed not only to pharmacologic therapy but also to regression to the mean, and to other factors unrelated to treatment. |
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Shows the movement of troops in a three county area extending from Warrenton, Va., in Fauquier County through Manassas, Va., in Prince William County, ending to the east around Centreville and Fairfax, Va., in Fairfax County, during the Second Battle of Manassas or Bull Run.
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The Meaning of 'Beneficial Ownership' in Double Tax AgreementsCraig ElliffeUniversity of Auckland - Faculty of Law November 24, 2009 British Tax Review, No. 3, 2009 Abstract: This article considers the significance of the term "beneficial ownership" in Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the OECD Model Double Tax Convention ("the Model"), and looks at features of commonly used cross-border structures (structured finance and holding companies) by way of practical background to the question of how significant this issue is in international tax structures. The ability for a multinational to successfully insert a resident of a more favourable Double Tax Treaty, between the country of the source of income and the ultimate recipient depends, inter alia, on the question of whether the interposed entity can be said to be the "beneficial owner" of the income. In seeking to find a meaning for the term "beneficial ownership" the article considers: a) the approach of New Zealand Courts (as an example of a common law country) to the interpretation of Double Tax Conventions and the reliance upon the Vienna Convention, b) the use, under Article 3(2) of the Model, of either a domestic meaning or autonomous international meaning for the term, and weighs up the relative merits of each approach, c) analyses three recent UK, French and Canadian cases and their decision, both on the issue referred to above in b) and on their conclusions as to the meaning of the term, and d) lastly, predicts what a New Zealand Court will decide on the meaning of the term, having regard to the treaty, statutory and case law position (both NZ and foreign), including the question of whether there is a difference between tightly structured financing transactions (interest) and holding companies (dividends). Number of Pages in PDF File: 31 Keywords: Beneficial ownership, Double Tax agreements, Articles 10,11, and 12, Article 3(2) JEL Classification: K33, K34 Date posted: November 24, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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Bibliomanzer As Edward, Ignatius, and Ty entered, they were greeted by an air of sophistication, classical music, and the wafting scents of professionally prepared food. A waiter approached them. "Do you have a reservation?" he asked. "No," Edward replied. "But I don't need one. The name is Edward Ironcroft III, and I believe you have one of your finest tables in reserve for me at all times." "Ironcroft?!" the waiter shrieked. "Certainly, right this way, sir!" The waiter led them to the finest table available. As they sat down, he handed them the menus. "I shall return when you are ready," he said, before leaving. 6/24/2008 #1 |
Scottish Princess Ty's eyes widened as they entered and he followed the other two in a daze, wondering if it was all just a dream that he would wake from at any given moment. Ty looked at the menu in his hands and chewed on his bottom lip. It was all so expensive! 6/24/2008 #2 |
Bibliomanzer "What'll you have, Ty?" Edward asked. "I think I'll have the blutwurst with a salad on the side and a glass of chardonnay." "I'm having the red wine-roasted game hen and spiced mashed potatoes, with a glass of chardonnay, as well," Ignatius said. 6/24/2008 . Edited 6/24/2008 #3 |
Scottish Princess "I-I have no idea what to get," Ty told them, "I've never been to a place like this before." 6/24/2008 #4 |
Bibliomanzer "Well, I know something for you to start off with," Ignatius said. The waiter appeared. "Are we ready to order?" he asked. "Yes," Edward said. "Blutwurst with a salad on the side and a rack of lamb for me, red wine-roasted game hen with spiced mash potatoes and steamed broccoli for Ignatius, and a 16-oz steak with butterfly shrimp for Ty, and a bottle of chardonnay, please," Edward said. The waiter took their orders and left. "Does that sound good, Ty?" 6/24/2008 #5 |
Scottish Princess Ty nodded. "That sounds fine." He had no idea what all it was, but he was sure that it would taste good. 6/24/2008 #6 |
Bibliomanzer "So, Ty, do you live here in Elarope or are you just wandering through?" Edward asked. 6/24/2008 #7 |
Scottish Princess "I've been wandering through places for years." Ty told them, staring at the table. 6/24/2008 #8 |
Bibliomanzer "Ah," Edward said. He was going to continue, but he looked at Ignatius and Ignatius shook his head. Then, the waiter returned. "Blutwurst with rack of lamb and salad," he said, placing the dish before Edward, then Ty's and Ignatius'. "Steak and butterfly shrimp, and wine-roasted game hen with broccoli and spiced mashed potatoes, and a bottle of chardonnay. Bon appetit!" The waiter left. "Well, what do you think so far, Ty?" Edward asked, pouring each of them a glass. 6/24/2008 #9 |
Scottish Princess "It all smells really good." Ty admitted, smiling shyly. His mouth was watering. ((havta eat diner. be back in half an hour)) 6/24/2008 #10 |
Bibliomanzer ((Okay.)) "Well, no use letting this food just sit here and look pretty," Edward smiled. "That's my job." He then picked up his fork and knife and carved a piece from the blutwurst, ate it, and sipped his chardonnay. Ignatius took a leg from his game hen and bit into it. 6/24/2008 #11 |
Scottish Princess ((And now I'm back)) Ty started in on his shrimp, eating slowly and taking in the wonderful flavours. He'd never eaten anything like this before. 6/24/2008 #12 |
Bibliomanzer "Would you care for some wine, Ty?" Ignatius asked, holding up the chardonnay bottle. 6/24/2008 #13 |
Scottish Princess Ty shook his head. "No thanks." 6/24/2008 #14 |
Bibliomanzer "Very well," Ignatius said, continuing his meal. Edward had already finished his blutwurst and went on to the rack of lamb. "Das is gut," Edward said, savoring the lamb. 6/24/2008 #15 |
Scottish Princess "So's mine," Ty commented, starting in on his steak. 6/24/2008 #16 |
Bibliomanzer Ignatius had finished his game hen, and mixed together the mashed potatoes and broccoli. He proceeded to consume them. Edward had just finished his lamb, and started on his salad, occassionally stopping to sip his wine. 6/24/2008 . Edited 6/24/2008 #17 |
Scottish Princess Ty was taking his steak slowly, still taking in the flavours. "Um, Ignatius," he asked after a few minutes, "Could I try some wine? Just a little?" 6/24/2008 #18 |
Bibliomanzer "You didn't have to ask," Ignatius said, pouring wine into Ty's glass. "You're our guest, after all." 6/24/2008 #19 |
Scottish Princess Ty just nodded, taking a sip of the wine. He set his glass down, licking his lips and trying to decide if he liked it or not. 6/24/2008 #20 |
Bibliomanzer Edward had finished his food. "Wunderbar!" he said. Ignatius picked up the last piece of broccoli with his fork and ate it. "Simply delectable," he said. "Thank you, Edward honey." "No problem," Edward said. "How's the chardonnay, Ty?" 6/24/2008 #21 |
Scottish Princess Ty polished off his steak and took another sip of the wine. "It's interesting." 6/24/2008 #22 |
Bibliomanzer Edward stopped a waiter passing by. "Get me a bottle of Dreamy Diva, Flaming Queen, Apollonian Bedsweet, three glasses, and three cherries, please," Edward asked, sending the waiter on his way. 6/24/2008 #23 |
Scottish Princess Ty raised an eyebrow. "What's all that?" 6/24/2008 #24 |
Bibliomanzer "You'll see," Edward said. When he waiter arrived with the drinks, Edward smiled. He put the glasses in a row. He opened the drinks, added one dash of Flaming Queen, two jiggers of Dreamy Diva, and a cup of Apollonian Bedsweet to each glass. He then mixed each with a sugar-coated stirrer, took the cherries, removed their stems and pits, and dropped one in each glass. "Behold!" Edward said, taking his glass and handing one each to Ty and Ignatius. "My own little concoction. I call it a Cherry-Poppin' Backslider!" 6/24/2008 #25 |
Scottish Princess Ty sniffed his drink and his eyes widened. "I don't think I want any." 6/24/2008 #26 |
Bibliomanzer "Suit yourself, darling," Edward said, downing the drink in one gulp. Ignatius slowly sipped his drink until finished. "Quite invigorating," Ignatius said. 6/24/2008 #27 |
Scottish Princess Ty watched them and felt slightly guilty. He swirled the drink in the glass and glanced up at Edward. "Is it very strong? I don't know how I might handle it." 6/24/2008 #28 |
Bibliomanzer "Oh, no, it's very mild," Edward said. "It's more fruity than alcoholic. It's like a lite beer with a fruit flavor, really." 6/24/2008 #29 |
Scottish Princess Ty looked at the drink and then shrugged and took a large sip. "It's good," he told Edward, "Different and I'm not used to alcohol, but it's good." 6/24/2008 #30 |
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