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Creator-Owned Heroes #1, #2, and #3 Reviewed!
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It is true, Trigger Girl 6 is all I would ever need in a comic. It is intelligently written and beautifully drawn. The art of Phil Noto is the most beautiful depiction of women I have ever seen. Period.
I am obviously biased, but I want to give decently equal analysis of each aspect of this book - I just wanted to be clear on Trigger Girl 6 and Phil Noto's art.
Okay, with that out of the way, lets see, where shall I start - well how about an overall generalization of the series? Sure. Here goes...
This is one of the most genius ideas for a comic ever. The planning, dedication and pure heart and soul that goes into this work is astonishing. It certainly shows through its implementation and execution. I am very impressed with everything this book has to offer, and I hope people appreciate it for what it is - and what it stands for...
Each time I pick this book up, I am inspired. Not many things do that anymore. I always hold on to this book after it comes out - I do not want to read it in a rush, sidetracked, distracted - I want to give it all my attention. Most of the comics I read/review I consider "candy", something that is nice and sweet, easy to consume and really contains no real sustenance. This book is far from that - it is the main course. It should be savored.
Geesh! Enough with the gushing. WTF.
Okay, you get. I dig the book. Now, how about some detail on the latest issue -
Creator-Owned Heroes #3:
American Muscle - Part 3
- This has been and continues to be a great post-apocalyptic story.
- The art (Kevin Mellon) fits the mood and tone of the story PERFECTLY.
- The writing is BANG! on.
- It has great story progression - there has been enough revealed in each issue to keep you interested but not too much to spoil the pace.
- I love the gratuitous violence (as might be expected).
- One of the best aspects of the story is that you actually get a real creeped out feeling while reading, experiencing, living in the world portrayed... excellent conveyance.
- The story is very aptly named, as it nicely illustrates the use of the "American Muscle Car" in a very different way - the essence of which is extrapolated as the tone/theme of the entire story.
- It is a story that leaves you asking, "Where can you run when hell is everywhere?"
Interview with Mark Waid
- Awesome.
- Jimmy asks the perfect questions.
- So. Funny.
- We (readers of today) are so fortunate to be exposed to such raw data from our "heroes" - Between this type of published interaction and Twitter, what else could we ask for?
Art of Phil Noto
- See above.
- Seriously. Phil's art is PERFECT for Trigger Girl 6.
- I absolutely love hearing/reading the "behind the art" segments. It is one of the best parts of this entire concept. It adds immeasurable value to the work as a whole. Thank you creators.
Creator Segments/Stories
Steve Bunche - This editorial type piece gives a great perspective on female super-heroes. It is a fun read and made me think of the world of estrogen powered heroes in ways I have never considered.
Justin Gray - Dude. I do hope you get a chance to read this review. Mostly because I want to thank you. Your article(s) are freaking hilarious. I can relate to most everything you said - in fact, it reminded me of my most recent flight from Austin to Seattle... as I was getting off the plane, I had to wait near the cockpit for the passenger in front of me to get in his wheelchair (no that is not the part that it reminded me of) - while waiting, the pilot commented on the shirt I was wearing - it said "geek." in plain white letters. He said, "I don't know about that shirt." When I asked him to elaborate, he ignored me. I guess he really didn't know. The stewardess then chimed in and said, "In my day, geek was a derogatory term." I am not quite sure what they were getting at, but considering I was flying from Austin to Seattle, on a flight that more than likely had multiple "tech geeks" on it, they were way off base to be judging me on my attire, and assumed profession. Yes, I am a geek. I get paid to be a geek. Why is this not acceptable? I guess I should grow up and get a "real job".
Christopher Irving - Christopher talks about his new digital magazine, The Drawn Word - from what he says, it definitely looks like something worth checking out.
Branwyn Bigglestone and Steve Niles - This is a fantastic interview of Steve by Branwyn. It covers everything from punk, to comics, through DIY. It offers a healthy dose of reality from one of the best creators in any industry.
Trigger Girl 6 - Part 3 (of 4)
Now for the main event - or at least what I consider the main event!
- F-ing fantastic. Pure and simple. Perfect. I love it.
- I could read/look at the panels of this story forever.
- Most times I don't even want to turn the page - fearing that it is edging closer to the end...
- As I mentioned, Noto's art is perfect for the character and feel of this story.
- This should be a regular, ongoing series.
- It has excellent story progression - the reveal pace is fantastic, as are her "abilities".
- Snake + 2 Rats? I love the addition of interesting details...
- I love the fearlessness, the determination, the purity of the character.
- This part has a nice reveal at the end, something which has been teased since the last issue. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out.
- I don't want it to be over next issue!
- I understand that this is a short story. I really do. Short stories are nice, but I would pay A LOT of money to see this as its own series (as long as the creators remain the same). :)
Okay, that is about all I can muster for this review. It is a bit more than my normal "Quick Review", but I wanted to be sure and devote a lot of time and attention to this series, reading and reviewing.
Please, add it to your subscription list at your Local Comic Shop. Support the book. Support the cause. It is well worth the investment - as this is the best value in comics today. Period.
Follow @thanosrules on Twitter for more thanosrules Quick Reviews (#trqr) and listen to Stacks of Comics (@stacksofcomics) for all (okay, some of) your Comic Podcast needs!


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News of Riverton, Lander and Fremont County, Wyoming, from the Ranger's award winning journalists.
Shoshoni's fast start part of a promising wrestling year for the county
Dec 16, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor
Shoshoni wrestling coach Tony Truempler was almost speechless after his Wranglers won the Zach Parish dual tournament on Saturday.
The Wranglers did their talking on the wrestling mats in their big home tournament of the season.
It was neat to see two Fremont County teams battle each other for bragging rights early in the season.
The crowd was one of the better ones that I have seen in a long time for the dual tournament.
Coach Truempler and RHS coach Jay Galey are two guys who are fired up all the time during the matches, and they are two of the better wrestling coaches in the state in any division.
Shoshoni came into the tournament as one of the favorites to have an outstanding showing in front of the home fans.
Shoshoni is ranked No. 4 in the preseason wrestling rankings, but I look for that to improve during the season.
The Wranglers are back this year in the 2-A wrestling ranks. Shoshoni is loaded with seniors, and Truempler has them in the right weight classes for the first part of the season.
The Wranglers won their home tournament in style.
It's time for Fremont County fans to take notice.
The seniors this year on the roster are Ethan Marple, Tyler Clemetson, J.J. Crichton, Danny Huxtable and Alex Minge.
The last four seniors have been through a lot at Shoshoni High School in the sporting world.
This is their year to shine. They have a chance to have a memorable year on the mats.
Put in some key underclassmen, and the Wranglers have the makings of a very competitive team.
I know it's only the middle of December. The state tournament isn't for a couple for months away, but I can't wait to see what the future has in store for Shoshoni the rest of the season.
The Wranglers need to stay focused and far away from the injury bug.
I also found out Saturday that there are talented wrestlers all over Fremont County. Riverton some in its lineup and will get better and better under the direction of Galey and the rest of the coaching staff.
Dubois has Sterling Baker and Rowan Hawk. I look for both to be in the thick of things all year long for the Rams.
Coach David Trembly's team may be small in numbers, but the Rams are talented and hungry to bring home individual state titles.
Wind River coach James Cunningham has a good group of wrestlers to work with this year out in Pavillion. Cunningham and I graduated in the same year from Riverton High School.
He has a top heavyweight in Charles Oldman. Oldman missed the dual tournament on Saturday, but when he returns he is going to be another state title contender this Lander Valley High School Tigers wrestling team wasn't in attendance in Shoshoni, but coach Nick Fulton has his team right on target.
The Tigers were at Star Valley High School Friday and Saturday for a dual tournament with teams in Class 3-A.
Lander won a big road dual at Jackson on Thursday to start the weekend.
The Tigers are deep in the lower and middle weights and will work on figuring out the rest of the weights as the season goes on.


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Just lovely: My wife now has a blog
This, alas, could be trouble, but my previously very private wife has now launched herself into the blogosphere with her own web log. I do not know if this is a reaction to the hellstorm I have stirred up as a bona fide local troublemaker but by the "vows" I am compelled to support it.
Such is life, as the French among us say.
Click here to visit my wife's site.
I assume she won't spill any inside information about my continuing political black ops but will only talk about her girly writer stuff there.
UPDATE: Uh, yeah, upon further review my wife's blog IS probably a few notches higher than this one in terms of the "intellectual" factor. So we're obviously dealing with different audiences.
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Thanks for the link, honey ... got a nice little kick of traffic. Someday when I'm famous (like Ann!) I'll link back here and return the favor.
"...upon further review my wife's blog IS probably a few notches higher than this one in terms of the "intellectual" factor. So we're obviously dealing with different audiences."
No libs on her blog?
Watch out, Mrs. Budzinski. Soon you'll have the whole of Equality Loudoun/Fairfax whining on your blog.
Yeah she probably doesn't realize the double edged sword comments can become.
So "Joe's Wife" will compete with "Ron's six-year-old son," right? LOL
She mirrored, in her comment, what I was going to comment on. . .well, sorta.
Nice, Linda!
Thanks, Kevin!
I have to say, I'm impressed with the amount of traffic Joe's link drove to my site ... a LOT of people check out NOVATownHall!
And Singleton, at this point, I'd welcome whining from any quarter ... my comments sections are wheezing!
It's a great site. I love children's books and hope to see her book soon!


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447 comments found.
I have trouble gettin' the theme to work! It doesn't show the header or footer… Am I doing something wrong?
I wouldn't know without the url. You may want to forward that to my email i'll take a look over there. Thanks
I have a problem with how the theme formats the txt and images in blogs, any ideas? heres my url, thanks chrishttp://cosmopolly.com/cosmopolly-news/bags-of-choice/
Hi Skyali,
Our Skypanel hasn't been working for a long time and your latest update did not fix it. Somehow everything in the skypanel was set to style="Display:none" I fixed it by removing style="Display:none" from $display_none = 'style="Display:none"'; on line 131 of theme_options.php
foreach($pages[$current_main_page] as $p){ $current_sub_page = str_replace(' ', '_',$p); $current_sub_page = strtolower($current_sub_page); $display_none = '';
It works now but I can't figure out what is causing this behaviour.
(currently not using the account we used to buy the theme)
May just be a plugin or something triggering the variable. Although it's not used for anything but tab hiding in the beginning of the script. Of course there is no way to really know without seeing it with my own eyes. You can send your website details over via email and I'll take a look. Be sure to send it using the account you purchased from. Thank you.
Hi, bought this theme almost a yea ago. The support has been terrible. The number one reason i bought this theme was because of the Header Slider Feature, but ever since installation its been giving me an error. Months later i received a response telling me i should update, so i did. Now the new version does not event include the Top Header option at all. I will like to have a full refund or at least a reasonable answer on how to make this theme work as originally supposed.
Yes I do remember telling you to update the theme but also remembering that you never updated.
Since then the theme has been updated to work with the latest 3.5 wordpress so I'd like to recommend again to update the theme.
The header slider has been removed yes at the request of Themeforest. Sorry but this feature no longer in the theme.
The theme has been installed but I wanted the placeholder images and text installed as well so I could learn how to edit the CMS. How do I do this? Plus, I created a Gallery and it only offers me the option to import 1 Feature Image—how do I insert more images into the gallery? What is your email address so I can take this conversation off the discussion.
1) I can not give you the images since they're not copyright to me.
2) This theme does come with demo content you can check the documentation for this located below the "common problems"
3) Yes, You create the gallery items by creating a new post each time.
You put more images in the gallery by adding more post's and setting a featured image for each post.
You can contact me by using the form located on my profile page.
Hello, I am having an issue with the skypanel not working. The tabs are all greyed out and/or blank. I need to make changes to the layout and cannot.
An update has been released for this issue.
I realized the problem may be that I haven't uploaded the latest version of the theme. I tried to upload to 1.5 but I received this error message "The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet."
Please advise.
My Impulse options does not work after updating WP.
How can i fix this?
This regards all my sites with Impulse theme installed. For one example www.sund-figur.dk
Please use the account you purchased the theme with.
Hello, the Sky Panel stopped working. The tabs appear blank. We can't make any changes and need to. Can you please assist us?
You can login into the account you purchased the theme with, then update. This should help with this problem.
Hi Skyali. Can you please tell me how I'd go about creating a drop down menu with the impulse theme. Thanks so much in advance.
Just add one of your pages as a parent. It automatically will turn into a drop down.
Hi I'm having trouble using the SkyPanel. It's compleetly blanc and I can't download the demo… What can I do. Please help me.
Br. Malene
An update should help with this.
I't dosen't help. It's saying: Your current theme does not have support for the Options Framework plugin… I don't get it? How can this be… it says that Impulse are compatible with Wordpress and yet I get this message.
Annother issue i'm having trouble with is the featured image. Is there anyway i can prevent the featured image to show inside the post? I think it looks so messy with a picture tha isn't fully shown…..?
If your using the latest version of the theme you shouldn't be experiencing any issue's. If you'd like me to take a further look just forward your admin details to my email and I'll take a look to see if I can spot the issue.
You can also double check to make sure your installing the theme correctly.http://support.envato.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/269/0/my-wordpress-theme-isnt-working-what-should-i-do
Okay… i need you to look at it, I tried to do what was explained in the link you left me, but it dosn't seem to work. Were can I find your email adress?
Contact form on the bottom right.http://themeforest.net/user/Skyali
Hello. I have this site fabulouslyfocused.com. Where the instructions on how to install the video slider. I downloaded the plugin prettyPhoto Media, but I need instructions on what video plugin to use.
I'm currently using the random video widget plugin and the video size dimensions are too small. Where can I go to read more about how properly customize this site? Is there a proper forum for this particular theme?
If your using a plugin you can consult with the plugin maker. For the video prettyphoto you just include the video code for the post. You can see the input field on the right.
Hello, we reinstalled the theme but the SkyPanel is still showing up blank. Any ideas? We desperately need to make changes as we are working with advertisers. oceanmagazine.com
Are you sure your using the updated version? If so then I may need to take a look in the backend see if it's something else causing it.
Hi. I've updated to 1.5 and disabled all plugins but Skypanel is still showing empty tabs. Any ideas?
I could take a look just forward your admin to my email.
this theme need logo or its possible use just name?
Yes, You can use a text logo.
Can I request to take a good detailed look at the theme please?
The image alignments in wp 3.5.1 are weird. If you take the option to center the image in WP, in your theme it appears on the left of the next, and other weird stuff like that.
The font formatting is really weird too! If you take the listing option with numbers, the text font changes to a really ugly big font next to the numbers. And when the number list ends, the text below is in normal fonts again.
I would also like to suggest to implement something like TimThumb to keep your images nice and not stretched in article preview images. N an option to make them appear smaller in the article previews, cause they are really big, I think this is very important.
Also in your theme demo preview, and demo content, a slight typo in the category name " Secrects " I think you meant Secrets. Just a heads up! :o)
I feel as if the theme is not finished and bugs remain. I also feel as if you lost interest into improving this theme, which can happen and I know the feeling.. I have the same thing going on with some IP.Board themes I create for the IPS Community.
But I'm not very familiar with the WP Framework yet, and I just bought this theme today, and I love it! Please keep your interest in this theme, because I would love to use it as the main layout for my website! It's really beautiful!
Sincerely Sarah
You can send me screens of 1 & 2 I'll take a look at those to see if there needs to be an update released.
3) This theme comes with the standard wordpress image resizer if your images are stretched I suggest either re-uploading or using this plugin.http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/
4) Thank you for noticing a typo for me it's been fixed.
5) Yes, This theme has received several updates over a time period since it's been released. I feel at this point I've done all I can for this theme and it's a great theme with what is has.
If your experiencing any issue's with your theme you can send an email via contact form and I'll take a look into your issue.
Thank you for your purchase and the tips
To give you a example of list formatting: http://i.imgur.com/1x36hKH.png
Also when you change in the options panel, the headings color to something different, it also changes the titles on top of the articles to that color INSIDE the article, not on preview.. I'm not sure if that's intented. But i would prefer it to be like in the demo and like in the screenshot. Like Aside widgets titles in pink for example (colored) while titles or articles remain black inside the article. But if you change headings color in options, it changes both sadly.
I have a problem with the menu too as you can see in the screenshot. The menu hover gets colored to pink, but when a menu is active and selected, it remains just the normal color, it doesn't get highlighted.
In regards to image alignment: This picture is actualy CENTERED inside the editor with no text next to it, the text should be below the image, but on front it shows like this (as if it's aligned to the left): http://i.imgur.com/2pw1kCA.png
Oh and lastly, I'm not sure how to get the frontpage articles to look like in your screenshot in blog format. I read the documentation, but I can't seem to figure it out
I hope you can help with that. Other than that, the theme works lovely!
Thank you
All this needs to go to email. I'll be able to go into more depth there. You can forward using the contact form on my profile page located at the bottom right. Thanks
I have E-Mailed you.
Sincerely Sarah
Are you still out there?
Yes, I received your email. I'm still waiting for the previous message to be forwarded though.
What you mean? You want me to copy my previous messages here in the email also?
I wrote a message after saying instead not to. Not sure why themeforest didn't post it. Sorry about that.
It's okay :o)
I can not change the header image . How do I change the one I have now..it is way too wide of a header I have added.
The header image? Are you referring to the logo ? Not quite sure.
Hi Skyali
I'm about to purchase the Impulse template before I do am I able to change the template colour from black to a another colour (For e.g. Pink/Blue/Green etc)?
Yes, Built in options panel.
Forgive me however, I am new at this and seem to be having difficulties uploading the template. My first problem is I am receiving this error message:
error: Call to undefined function get_header() in /data/21/2/10/61/2988550/user/3316241/htdocs/Impulse/index.php on line 1
Any suggestions?
This usually helps with failed installations.http://support.envato.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/269/0/my-wordpress-theme-isnt-working-what-should-i-do
Thanks however, that did not resolve the issue. I am currently attempting to upload just the included folder entitled "Impulse" and I get the error message. I have a different theme which I uploaded and it worked without a glitch. How do I correct the eror on line 1?


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Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Tribal Code
Title X
Chapter 10. Other General Provisions
Section 10-10-1. Prior Inconsistent Ordinances Repealed
Section 10-10-2. Savings/Severability
PTN Code § 10-10-1
Section 10-10-1. Prior Inconsistent Ordinances Repealed
All prior ordinance(s), resolution(s), policies or rules that are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed and of no further force or effect.
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Code § 10-10-1, PTN Code § 10-10-1
PTN Code § 10-10-2
Section 10-10-2. Savings/Severability
Each section of this Ordinance shall be severable from every other section. In the event that any part of this Ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid part shall be severable and the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Code § 10-10-2, PTN Code § 10-10-2
PTN Code § 10-10-3
Section 10-10-3. Severability
If the constitutional requirements for enrollment with the Tribe are changed by constitutional amendment, such amendments shall automatically be included within this Ordinance.
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Code § 10-10-3, PTN Code § 10-10-3
PTN Code § 10-10-4
Section 10-10-4. Amendments
Any amendment to this Ordinance shall be by resolution of the Tribal Council. The Committee may make recommendations to the Tribal Council concerning amendments.
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Code § 10-10-4, PTN Code § 10-10-4
PTN Code § 10-10-5
Section 10-10-5. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall become effective upon passage by the Tribal Council by resolution.
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Code § 10-10-5, PTN Code § 10-10-5


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Just the Facts
More Americans Agree: Animal Testing Is Wrong
More than one-third of Americans disagree with testing on animals, according to Gallup's 2007 Values and Beliefs Survey. Of the 1,003 people polled, 37 percent said medical testing on animals is morally wrong. Poll results also showed that young people are the least likely to approve of medical testing on animals.
Where's the Beef? Out of Business.
Topps Meat Company has been forced out of business after having to recall more than 21 million pounds of ground beef products that may have been contaminated with the potentially fatal E. coli bacteria strain O157:H7 this past fall. This incident is the second-largest recall in U.S. history.
Small Cars, Big Drivers
More and more overweight Americans exceed the maximum weight allowed for passengers and cargo for safety purposes by the government. Weight limits reflect a mandated federal formula that car manufacturers rate passengers at 150 pounds each, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pegged average weights at 190 pounds for men and 163 pounds for women.
Fishy Recommendations
When the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition set forth fish consumption recommendations for pregnant women that contradict limits set by federal agencies, health care professionals nationwide began asking questions. Turns out the coalition's leadership took thousands of dollars from the fishing industry to promote the recommendation for pregnant women to eat at least 12 ounces of fish per week and did not share their recommendations with coalition members before releasing them to the public. Several coalition members, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, have disputed the coalition's recommendations.
Go Veg to Save the Planet
Following a vegetarian diet can do a lot more than protect your health and save animals' lives. Eating less meat might also help slow global warming, according to a recent study in The Lancet. Experts found that reducing global meat consumption by 10 percent would reduce the amount of methane gas produced by the animals, a major contributor to global warming.
Chronic Disease Blows Hole in America's Wallet
Diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases may cost America's economy $6 trillion by 2050 unless steps are taken to prevent illness. More than 162 million cases of chronic disease cost more than $1 trillion in medical treatment and productivity losses in 2003, according to a recent report by the Milken Institute.
No Doughnut Jokes
When Sgt. Scott Cary of the Austin Police Department traded in his diet of fried chicken, pizza, and burgers for vegan cuisine, he dropped 10 pounds in one month and watched his cholesterol plummet. Now his mission is to whip the police force into shape with the Austin Police Department Running Team. As the department's new peer-to-peer counselor coordinator and wellness sergeant, Cary will lead by example and encourage 1,400 officers and 600 civilian employees to exercise and eat right.
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The Bachelor
Bachelor Season 15 Contestant Ashley Spivey Launches Relationship Advice Blog
Remember The Other Ashley — the one dumped on a two-on-one date in Las Vegas and not chosen to be the Season 7 Bachelorette?
After having her heart broken by Brad Womack on The Bachelor Season 15, Southern belle Ashley Spivey has launched a new blog, "Say No to Cosmo," with the tagline "You might all know me from The Bachelor, but I'd rather you know me from giving you kicka$$ relationship advice."
She felt like a failure after the show, but a guardian angel on her plane home gave her some good advice that she's determined to take.
In her first post, "Thanks Brad Womack…," she writes, "After my exit episode, I got a lot of positive feedback from a lot of girls who said that they could completely identify with how I felt upon leaving the show. I can only imagine that most of them are also bad at taking good advice."
She continues, "I am bombarded by dating advice everyday, whether it's on Twitter, TV, or in magazines, and I'm pretty convinced that a majority of it is bull$h!t. Enemy #1 being Cosmopolitan magazine — have y'all read it lately? I'm pretty sure they are just as clueless about love as the rest of us."
Her goal with the new blog? "[T]o follow the advice of these relationship experts, try out their tips, use my single friends to help them get guys, throw in my own advice, answer some questions from y'all, and hopefully get to the bottom of some good love advice. Who's with me?"
If you're with her, read the full blog and follow Ms. Fun-Sized @AshleySpivey on Twitter.
Need your daily dose of The Bachelor? "Like" us on Facebook! After all, you'd get our final rose.
For more post-Bachelor gossip:
- Brad's Friends Think Emily Is "Just Playing Games With Him"
- Emily Maynard Shoots Down Pregnancy Rumor: "Hell No!"
- Brad Womack: "Absolutely No Chance I'll Be Bachelor Again"
- Ryan Sutter: "Why I Don't Think Brad and Emily Will Make It"


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Replace male domination with respect of difference of gender: Strongly Favors topic 2
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Confront barriers of racism, sexism, heterosexism, & ageism: Strongly Favors topic 3
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Pay a living wage which reflects real value of work: Strongly Favors topic 20
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I said Liverpool. Not just because I'm biased either . I genuinely think we're the best team in the league right now and will drop less points than City and Chelsea; as well as a firm belief we'll put them to the sword at Anfield.
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As an aside, looking at their schedule, I think City would come 3rd.
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My dad is besides himself at having to root for Man U on Tuesday
Can Liverpool just **** off and go back to being **** please?
I have pretty much assumed City will get the three points on Tuesday tbf. Can't see any possible way they don't win handsomely.
So who is going to finish 4th and see Man U win the Champions league and nick their place next season then?
Oh ok, not gonna happen.
Haha correct.
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Feb 19, 2009, 4:26 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
T-Mobile said that it is testing a $50 per month unlimited plan in San Francisco. T-Mobile is also offering a $135 credit for new customers who switch from another network operator. The $50 monthly plan will only be available to customers who've already had contracts for 22 months or longer. T-Mobile may expand the trial to other regions of the country in the coming weeks.
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Uranyl acetate
|This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (June 2012)
Structure of dihydrate
|IUPAC name
Uranium bis(acetato)-O)dioxo-dihydrate
|Other names
Uranyl ethanoate ; Uranyl acetate dihydrate
|541-09-3 (anhydrous)
6159-44-0 (dihydrate)
|UO2(CH3COO)2 (anhydrous)
UO2(CH3COO)2·2H2O (dihydrate)
|Molar mass
|424.146 g/mol (dihydrate)
|yellow-green crystals (dihydrate)
|2.89 g/cm3 (dihydrate)
|Melting point
|decomposes at 80 °C (dihydrate)
|slightly soluble in ethanol[1]
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Uranyl acetate (UO2(CH3COO)2·2H2O) is the acetate salt of uranium and is a yellow-green crystalline solid made up of yellow-green rhombic crystals and has a slight acetic odor. Uranyl acetate is slightly radioactive, the precise radioactivity depends on the isotopes of uranium present. This compound is a nuclear fuel derivative, and its use and possession are sanctioned by international law.
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Commercial preparations of uranyl acetate are usually made from depleted uranium and are prepared by reacting metallic uranium with acetic acid.
Uranyl acetate is extensively used as a negative stain in electron microscopy.[2] Most procedures in electron microscopy for biology require the use of uranyl acetate. Negative staining protocols typically treat the sample with 1% to 5% aqueous solution. Uranyl acetate staining is simple and quick to perform and one can examine the sample within a few minutes after staining. Some biological samples are not amenable to uranyl acetate staining and, in these cases, alternative staining techniques and or low-voltage electron microscopy technique may be more suitable.
1% and 2% uranyl acetate solutions are used as an indicator, and a titrant in stronger concentrations in analytical chemistry, as it forms an insoluble salt with sodium (the vast majority of sodium salts are water-soluble). Uranyl acetate solutions show evidence of being sensitive to light, especially UV, and will precipitate if exposed.
Uranyl acetate is also used in a standard test—American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Designation T 299—for alkali-silica reactivity in aggregates (crushed stone or gravel) being considered for use in cement concrete.
Uranyl acetate is both radioactive and toxic. Normal commercial stocks prepared from depleted uranium have a typical specific activity of 0.37–0.51 microcuries (14–19 kBq) per gram. This is a very mild level of radioactivity and is not sufficient to be harmful while the material remains external to the body.
Uranyl acetate is very toxic if ingested, inhaled as dust or by skin contact if skin is cut or abraded. The toxicity is due to the combined effect of chemical toxicity and mild radioactivity and there is a danger of cumulative effects from long term exposure.
- ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 3–566, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
- ^ "Negative Staining" University of Oxford
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"Rembrandt's Eyes," by Simon Schama. Alfred A. Knopf. 640 pages. $50.
The problem with Rembrandt has always been that precious little is known for sure about the artist's life. This has left scholarly biographers with a dilemma: Either paint the life in broad strokes while concentrating mainly on the work (not so easy, actually, since the authenticity of so many Rembrandts remains in dispute), or indulge in massive, albeit informed, speculation about the life and risk blurring the line between history and historical fiction.


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Not lovin' it: McDonald's customer service under renewed focusContinue reading.
Fish-shay! Fish-shay!*
Fish-shay! Fish-shay!*
McDonald's Filet-o-Fish, that tender puck of wild-caught Alaskan pollock, will soon have a little brother or sister.
It's name is Fish McBite.
The Oak Brook-based chain announced Wednesday the launch of the little fish, bite-sized pieces of that same luscious pollock found in the venerable Filet. This may surprise some (like this loyal Filet fan) but for the last decade, McDonald's has been committed to sustainable fishing. McDonald's is one of the largest single fish buyers in the U.S. and their fish products will soon carry an "ecolabel" form the Marine Stewardship Council, which certifies the fisheries working with McDonald's.
While the Fish McBites aren't yet available in restaurants, McDonald's is attempting to build the hype by asking fans to submit music videos for its crazy fish jingle. Listen here.
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No one wants to plant his seed in a garbage dump: MGTOWers explain why they prefer "chaste" women
Let's take another stroll through the strange wonderland of Men Going Their Own Way, that small and bitter tribe of men who boldly declare their independence from women, then spend the rest of their lives obsessively talking about them.
Today, let's look at the thoughtful discussion that ensued when one such fellow known as TDG asked his Brothers in Going Their Own Way why, of all the women they have Gone Their Own Way from (but not really), they tend to prefer women who are "chaste."
Evil Seven Step Plan to Destroy Men uncovered by Men's Rights Redditor
After yesterday's horribleness, here's a bit of MRA pontificating that's mostly just absurd. In the Men's Rights subreddit, our dear old friend OuiCrudites spells out the Seven Step Plan that is destroying men today. He doesn't explain 1) who exactly is taking these steps, or 2) why exactly they want to destroy men, but, you know, I think we can just assume 1) the evil feminist gynomatriarchy/women in general and 2) EEEEEEVIL.
Interesting that two whole steps out of the seven here involve complaints about "females" dating thuggy alpha bad boys instead of decent, hard-working nice guys like those you might find posting thoughtful comments on gender relations in helpful list form on Reddit.
Election Day Open Thread! Plus, some inane crap from Heartiste on the single white woman vote.
Election day is here at last! Vote! VOTE!! VOOOTTTTTEEEEE!!!1!!!
Well, if you're American, anyway.
Americans and non-Americans alike, enjoy these ridiculous thoughts on the Single White Woman Vote from our old pal Heartiste.
[S]ingle women's prime directive is to fulfill their hypergamous impulse for the highest possible status man they can coax into long-term commitment. The party that is perceived as being pro-unrestricted female sexuality, anti-male sexuality, and anti-drone beta male is going to get their vote.
Anglobitch: "Misandrist women cannot distinguish between Nobel Prize winners and tattooed psychopaths – all are men and thus worthless brutes in their entitled eyes."
We hear again and again from the angry dudes of the Manosphere that women are status-seeking sluts, spending their twenties riding what has come to be known as the Alpha Asshole Cock Carousel and shutting out the hapless beta males who beg for their attention. Indeed, some Manosphere dudes are so convinced by this narrative that they devote their whole life to learning how to be (or at least how to pretend to be) the the Alphas males that the ladies allegedly prize so much.
Rookh Kshatriya on Anglobitch thinks these fellows – PUAs and "nice guys" alike — are all wrong about "Anglosphere" women. Far from preferring Alphas, he suggests, these women would rather hook up with smelly, butt-scratching losers. Literally. Here's his, er, argument:
Because of the puritanical fictions that prevail in Anglo-American society, Anglo women have become impossible to please by rational means. … the bar has been set impossibly high. The outcome is either misandrist spinsterhood or, more often, what we see around us: a female obsession with the dregs of the male sex. …
Since no male is good enough for her, all men are flattened into an undifferentiated, priapic horde in the Anglo female's mind. A king is a jack is a joker… a classical scholar at Yale is suddenly no better than a murderous baboon like Charles Manson. An illiterate tramp with a ring through his nose instantly acquires the same standing as an architect, physicist or surgeon.
Naturally, Kshatriya provides no actual evidence for these odd assertions, but in the wide world of misogyny that's never a deterrent for a guy with a new dumb theory about the evils of women.
[T]his is what makes Game – so appealing to the logical male mind – so ineffective in the Anglosphere. Misandrist women cannot distinguish between Nobel Prize winners and tattooed psychopaths – all are men and thus worthless brutes in their entitled eyes. And so all the Gamers' striving for 'Alpha' status is pointless – they might as well stick rings through their noses, grow some dreadlocks and slouch the streets scratching their butts. Indeed, as many North American commentators claim, their mating chances would probably improve if they did this. 'Omega males' doubtless confirm the Anglo female's contempt for men in general. If she has to have a man, only the worst knave will do.
I'm pretty sure that I've seen "Anglo females" out strolling with men who are neither wearing dreadlocks nor sporting nose rings nor scratching their asses, but those sightings must be anomalies.
Kshatriya is convinced that social conservatives are equally wrong about the ladies:
Writers like Daniel Amneus consider female hypergamy to be the 'glue' that binds male consent to the social order. …. In the Anglosphere, however, rational female hypergamy has short-circuited due to our cultural bloc's uniquely puritanical socio-moral conditions. While alphas and high betas trudge home to empty beds or divorce threats, tramps and mass-murderers wade through tons of female flesh without breaking sweat. And so the Anglosphere falls apart around our ears. Yet still David Futrelle exhorts us all to 'respect women' and be 'nice'.
Woah, that was a bit of a surprise ending there.
But obviously I must be doing something terribly wrong to merit such a mention. I guess I'd better start growing out some white-boy dreads and thinking awful things about women.
Spearheader: Women are "feral creatures who want to be thugf#$cked and used."
Over on The Spearhead, the discussion of, er, "altruism" (and why the men who sacrificed their lives to save their girlfriends in the Aurora theater shootings were "suckers") continues. All of the comments I mentioned in my previous post now have dozens of upvotes; one has more than a hundred. (All except for the comment praising the dead men as "heroic" which remains underwater, votewise.)
The discussion has inspired one commenter called ck to offer this rather harsh assessment of modern women:
Words cannot convey my sense of dispair, isolation, and acceptance that women are at best amoral beings and at worst imoral. I no longer look at a women and hope they may be the one who vaules a decent, kind, moral man. Instead I see a feral creature who wants to be thugf#$cked and used. They are addicted to a drug called emotion. They want the highs of being thugf#cked and the coming lows of being used and dumped. Then rinse and repeat.
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The stable decent man is too "boring" or "nice". The lush sociatal enviroment we have created for them is taken for granted. It exists as does the air they breath, simply out of nothing in thier minds. They simply cannot grasp the truth of it takes good men to build, invent and maintain their "posh" world. … My eyes are sadly opened to what women are now.
ck also makes comments that suggest to me that he is suffering from depression, possibly quite severe. He gets upvotes for his misogyny, but no one there offers any comfort or help, except for one commenter who urges him, unhelpfully, to "[t]ry to get as far from feminist women as possible," possibly by moving to another country.
Evidently the last thing MRAs ever want to do is to provide actual tangible help to fellow men who are suffering.
Meanwhile, Darryl X offers some thoughts on you, my dear readers and commenters:
I hope the posts on Futrelle's site and others illustrates for you the cold-blooded and parasitic nature of those kinds of people and that they do not represent civilization and that as more and more honest hard-working and innocent men are killed off by them, they will be living in a cave because they have neither the intelligence nor the initiative to do anything but defraud others and they are running out of victims. Eventually they will start cannibalizing themselves. Actually they already have started.
Evidently, according to Spearhead logic, "civilization" is much more effectively maintained by demonizing half of it.
MRAs: The men who lost their lives protecting their girlfriends in the Aurora theater shooting were "suckers."
Over on The Spearhead, the regulars are discussing the three young men who sacrificed their own lives to save their girlfriends in the chaos of the Aurora theater shootings.
Needless to say, many of them aren't too keen on any act of heroism that might benefit a woman.
Trogdor Goes to the Store [TW: Misogyny, Ageism, Racism, Chicken Taquito Rolls, End of Civilization.]
It's been a long time since we've checked in with Trogdoor005, a young Man Going His Own Way with a vivid imagination, a love of bold text, and a deep hatred of all things female. In a recent post on MGTOWforums.com, the Trogger reports on a visit to a local drugstore, where he witnessed a loud argument between two
women cunts. The argument is actually the least interesting part of his story; it's what happens afterwards that really got my attention, suggesting that Trog spends most of his days in a constant state of boiling rage not only towards women but towards pretty much anyone and everyone who crosses his path.
In search of the chips aisle, Trog ended up over by the pharmacy.
As I pass by the pharmacy, I notice that most of the people standing/sitting there are older people … what looks like a handful of 60-75 year olds, baby-boomers getting their last few drop$ of blood drained by big-pharma before they croak. Perhaps a comeuppance of sorts, these are, afterall … the SAME people who embraced and got behind liberalism/feminism back in the day … effectively laying the "foundation" for the Matriarchy that we currently live under, among OTHER things … .
Damn those old people and their MATRIARCHY. Trogdor continues his wandering, and we discover that he hates young girls as well:
As I continued to make my way thru the store, I was particularly disturbed by a lot of the younger girls and their dress/ demeanor. Some of these girls didn't look a day over 13 and here they were, already wearing those short-shorts that go all the way up to the ass, kind of like the ones described here. They of course, had their little "smartphones" in one hand whilst txting away feverishly … and some of their faces were already showing signs of a developing "thousand cock stare", which should come as no surprise considering the rotten feminized culture they were raised in, having absorbed countless hours of Jersey shore and MTV poison.
What the fuck is a "thousand cock stare?"
I overheard a couple of brief comments as I walked by some of them, totally superficial bullshit … you can tell right away these girls are (unfortunately) gonna grow up to be more of the same generic, hypergamous, narcissistic American sluts that we are all-too-familiar with, TOTALLY worthless women just like their mothers in all like-li-hood were as well. You can tell just from the tone of their voices and their snobby remarks that these girls have no substance, no redeemable qualities … they emphasize and accentuate their "curves" because … that's all they are! That's all they have to "offer" … sex … their slimy hole. The future does not bode well for America with such a bad crop of "native" women having >51% of the vote and being "in charge" of reproduction …
Dude, if all you want is a slimy hole, buy a fucking fleshlight – there's no shame in it — and shut the fuck up about actual women and girls.
Eventually, after witnessing another skirmish in what has become an ongoing battle between the two
women cunts he overheard earlier, Troggy leaves the store. While he's walking through the parking lot, a car drives by:
[A] busted-up piece of shit full of "gangsta" dressed caucasian younggins passes a couple of feet in front of me. The windows are open and it absolutely REEKS of weed … no doubt another batch of young men raised by single moms who, lacking the stabilizing influence of a father, turn to such things as a way to cope with their lack of direction in life.
I like how quickly he moves past hating on these guys to hate on their hypothetical single mothers.
Of course I also see a few single moms, thug-lets in tow, making their way to the store as I walk back to my car.
Evidently Trogdor has quite a developed single-mom-dar; I myself am unable to tell if a woman with kids is single or married or even the mother of the children in question. I'm also unable to tell by looking at young children whether or not they will end up as "thugs."
On a last-minute urge, I decided to head over to the nearby 7-Eleven to get some of those chicken taquito rolls. On my way there, I pass a high-school baseball field, which was in the middle of a game. Something that stood out to me was the high percentage of Hispanic youth at this baseball game, virtually all the players on both teams as well as the parents present were Hispanic … a sign of the times and changing demographics.
Dude, I hate to break it to you, but these "changing demographics" are also responsible for the ready availability of chicken taquito rolls at your local convenience store.
Trogdor ends with some broader reflections on the end of civilization as we (or at least he) knows it:
Gents, when I step back and look at the "society" that we live in, I can't help but think … "what a fucking mess" … and I'm sure I'm not alone. Anyone else feel the same way?
The whole thing is so warped, so backwards, so corrupted …
It seems that one of the key differences between a declining society such as ours and lesser "advanced", but longer-lasting civilizations which have actually stood the test of time is that places like China, the Middle East, and India never gave power to/listened to idiots, hence their longevity and stability relative to a place like the United States … which is starting to come un-hinged/fall apart after only a measly 50 years (LOL!1!) of feminist assault.
Dude, the only thing unhinged here is you.
What must it be like to live inside the brain of an MGTOWer like Trogdoor, where everything from old people waiting for their prescriptions to women walking through parking lots with their kids somehow becomes evidence that civilization is in its final days?


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Nick Arvin, "The Crying Man" in Another Fine Mess
SoS:Is there anything you'd like people to know about "The Crying Man" before hearing it?
Nick: When I wrote this story, I was thinking about how our society regards men who cry, which is a microcosm of our confused attitude toward masculinity in general. On the one hand, men now are asked to be more open and emotional than they were in the past, but on the other hand a man who cries is still often viewed as pathetic and is likely to be subjected to derision, whether openly or subtly. I was thinking about that contradiction, and so I created a character -- a man -- who simply cannot stop crying. From there, I just followed where the story led me. Interestingly, it turned out to be one of the funniest stories I've written.
SoS:What advice do you have for people wanting to get more involved with writing in the Denver area (for example any good resources, groups, etc)?
Nick: I teach at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and that's an excellent resource for anyone who is interested in taking a class in the craft of fiction or nonfiction or poetry or plays or screenplays. It is also place to go for anyone who simply wants to meet some other writers or readers, and to connect with the Denver literary community, which I must say has been thriving remarkably in recent years.
SoS:After hearing one of your stories performed with Stories on Stage, did you think of the story differently or were you at all surprised by the actor's interpretation? Why or why not?
"The Crying Man" will be performed by Curious Theatre Company member Michael McNeill in Another Fine Mess on February 9th.
Kyle Wagner, "Midnight Mashed Potatoes" in Making Merry
SoS:Is there anything you'd like people to know about "Midnight Mashed Potatoes" before hearing/reading it?
Kyle: Bits and pieces of "Midnight Mashed Potatoes" have been rolling around in my head for more than a decade, but it was only after Stories on Stage artistic director Anthony Powell asked me if I had any stories available with a holiday theme to them that I got serious about fleshing it out. The idea came from a time when my daughters were little, when they actually stayed up eating leftover mashed potatoes at midnight, but that's as far as the reality goes – this tale is told by a male narrator, which is something I've always wanted to explore, and it's a bittersweet look at contemporary relationships and family dynamics. It's not your typical feel-good holiday tale, but I wanted to tell something that felt real and true.
SoS: You are a journalist by trade. How does the process of writing articles vs. stories differ for you?
Kyle: Well, the really fun thing is, with stories, I get to completely make them up in my head, and I'd better not be doing that for the newspaper. Seriously, creative writing is no less work than journalism, but because it gets the brain mashing around in a completely different way, it feels like a bit of a break, like being a mountain biker and running for a while instead. I get to explore characters and how they feel and are motivated, and consider different ways of using adjectives and descriptions to show, rather than tell. Dialogue is tough, though, because it has to be crafted so that it's authentic, but one nice thing is that the writer can change it to make it work better for transition's sake. In journalism, you always have to quote people accurately, which is very rarely tidy or pretty.
SoS:Does being an author affect your experience as a regular audience member of Stories on Stage's performances? If so, how?
Kyle: Yes, it makes me appreciate all the more the selection process for stories that are read out loud and how and why they work or not for different actors, as well as how much labor goes into pulling off a production like this. It's very different from a play, where actors usually inhabit one character. Here, you come to understand how one actor has to convey the nuances of multiple characters in an engaging and entertaining way. That's no small feat.
SoS:What is it like hearing your stories read aloud by a Stories on Stage actor?
Kyle: When Candy Brown read "Cheese and Crackers" last year, the story I wrote about my mother, it was a little like that scene in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," where the guy gets his heart taken out and he's watching it pound outside of his body. I held my breath through the whole thing. She did an amazing job, and I could see that people were affected by her interpretation. That's all any writer can ask, really, to connect with others and communicate effectively. It's just an incredible thing, to pull it off.
"Midnight Mashed Potatoes" was performed by Jamie Horton in Making Merry on December 14 at 2:00 (Boulder) & December 15 at 1:30pm & 6:30pm (Denver).
Kathleen Boland, "Friend Request" in Readers and Writers
SoS: Is there anything you'd like people to know about "Friend Request" before hearing/reading it?
Kathleen: "Friend Request" was the first story I ever workshopped at Lighthouse. Back then, it was an absolute mess. I dug up the comments from that workshop and most of them linger on descriptions or word choices - nothing about plot or character, nothing of substance, which is a bad sign in a workshop. A thousand revisions, a few more workshops, and two and a half years later, there's the story you have now. Scenes have changed, the plot has inverted, and entire characters have disappeared. In that way "Friend Request" really captures my writing process: the original ideas, the frustrating rewrites, the big changes, the small revelations, the eventual cohesion. I don't think I've labored over a story so much, before or since.
SoS: What advice do you have for people wanting to get more involved with writing in the Denver area (for example any good resources, groups, etc)?
Kathleen: If you're a writer in Denver, or even in Colorado, you must get involved with Lighthouse. I owe my entire Colorado-based writing career to Lighthouse. It's a warm, welcoming place full of wonderful people who love writing and writers. And anyone can join and take classes! It's a no-brainer. Of course, there's Tattered Cover and it's writer visits, but I'd also recommend checking out some of the smaller bookstores in the city: Kilgore's, Broadway Book Mall, Park Hill Community Bookstore, etc. You can meet some really interesting people and books in those stacks. Check out the bulletin boards in those stores, too - there's always someone looking for a writing group or a book group. There's a vibrant, supportive writing community in Denver. You just need to seek it out.
SoS: How did your writing career start?
Kathleen: It's uninteresting to say, but I've always been writing. The earliest story I remember writing was when I was about eight years old. It was about the sun, who was lonely because the planets always circled but never came close enough to be friends. Aside from a few early stories, however, I didn't really write fiction. I wrote a lot of poetry. I got a minor in creative writing as an undergraduate and I never once took a fiction class. I tried! I remember walking into a fiction workshop and the professor immediately making us do a writing prompt. Something about a scene with two people arguing. After a few minutes, he had everyone read aloud what they wrote. I was so terrified by the whole thing that when it was my turn to read, I stood up and walked out of the class. At the time, I already took numerous poetry workshops, I published a few poems, and I was an editor at the school magazine. I loved writing, but there was something about fiction that just petrified me. It wasn't until Lighthouse that I attempted to write fiction again. The poetry workshop didn't fit my schedule, so I enrolled in Paula Younger's Intro to the Short Story. It was in that class that I wrote the first draft of "Friend Request". A few years later, I've written almost twenty short stories. I haven't finished a single poem.
SoS: What are your thoughts (in anticipation) about having an actor read your story aloud with Stories on Stage?
Kathleen: I'm honored. Having the story performed, rather than just published, is a really special opportunity. I think the performance will make the story more immediate and alive because there will be an active relationship between the actor and the audience. There's also the individuality the actor will bring to the story - which scenes will be emphasized? What sort of inflection will be used in the dialogue? What will be the pace of the performance? I'm really excited to see how it all plays out.
"Friend Request" was performed by Misha Johnsonin Readers and Writerson Nov. 9, 2013.
Amanda Rea, "The Silver Bullet" in Because I Said So...
SoS: Is there anything you'd like people to know about "The Silver Bullet" before hearing/reading it?
Amanda: Aside from thanking the reader/listener, there isn't much to say. I hope the story speaks for itself. I'm a slow writer, so it took me several years to finish, and sometimes it felt like trapping a cat in a sack. My challenge was to contain it, and at the same time allow the young narrator a few digressions. Her daydreams and reveries give the story energy, but they also threaten to derail it. It was a matter of striking the right balance.
SoS: What advice do you have for people wanting to get more involved with writing in the Denver area (for example any good resources, groups, etc)?
Amanda: Denver is a lucky city because it has one of the few nonprofit writing centers in the country, Lighthouse Writers Workshop. It's what brought me back to Denver after years of living elsewhere, and it's no exaggeration to say that it keeps a lot of writers living and working here. They have workshops and retreats and a big festival every summer, and they're welcoming to everyone, from first-timers to writers with bestsellers under their belts. They have online classes, and a great program for kids and teens, and they have scholarships available for those who want to write but can't afford tuition (which is already quite low). They're always bringing major authors to town for readings and classes, so it's a great place for readers too. Along with the mountains and the green chile, it's one of the best things about Denver.
SoS: As a writer, where do you think most of your inspiration comes from? Does living in Colorado inspire you?
Amanda: Colorado is present in everything I write. My family has been here for five generations, so I have an inborn love of the place. We have such a varied landscape, with deserts and mountains and plains and cities and towns that all have their own particular culture. Boulder is nothing like Pueblo, and Telluride is nothing like Trinidad. And the southwestern part of the state, where I'm from, has its own unique landscape and culture. I'm interested in how place affects people, particularly those in rural areas, who have the privilege and disadvantage of living outside the dominant culture. In her amazing novel Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson describes the fictional town of Fingerbone as "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." I love that. It perfectly captures something I felt growing up here, a sense of my own smallness, and I tend to write about characters who've been similarly chastened.
SoS: I know Stories on Stage has read other stories of yours. As an author, what is that experience like?
Amanda: It's really fun, if a little nerve-wracking, to see one's own story performed. After spending so much time with the characters and the sentences, it's kind of mind-blowing to see them reinterpreted onstage. But the actors are terrific performers, and frankly, most writers aren't. We can't always do our stories justice. Seeing Mare Trevathan's performance of "The Silver Bullet" is like seeing my story all grown up, wearing makeup and driving a motorcycle off into the sunset. What a thrill for any writer.


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Joined: Jan 2011
Location: Perth, Australia
Oddometer: 317
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Place your 990 on good scales and if it comes up less than 230 report back
I have knocked off bout 5kgs of the back-end by replacing the stocks cans with Wings cans - but probably put those kgs back on with a light saddlebag pannier rack and rear plate.
My own experience on some pretty gnarly roads is that the current 990 Adv is probably a bit too heavy and overpowered for dirt road riding. On tar you can use the power and the weight comes in handy, but if that's what your doing there are 1000's of road orientated bikes that will do the job much better.
IMHO, KTM might be better off building their great for the road but useless off the road 1290 Adv bike but supplement that with dirt capable 600cc, 160kg single and a 700cc, 180kg twin for 'proper' adventure riding.
Frankly, the current 990 is right on the limit of anything I'd like to take off road and a pig in sand - after the 3rd pick-up in 20 kms, regardless of how good the suspension is, the 200 kgs and 110+ hp starts to wear very thin (and lower the gearing for chrissake! - the way to high for anything remotely tough off road).
bikeless no longer! welcome home, 2011 KTM 990 Adventure!
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Firstly, I only tested this using the latest firmware from Advent (the one without flash [worry not Paul's beautiful Modaco pack puts it back on])
Step 1) Here goes, download THIS to a windows machine and run:
Step 2) Install Pauls r5 pack (I recommend you pay a tenner and get the perfomance pack too as a way of saying thanks to Paul!)
Step 3) Mega thanks to JordanT92 here - download the following Zip file, extract the contents and place them on the ROOT of your SD Card.
Step 4) Download the flash utility from here, extract the files and take the flash_image file ONLY - place it in the SAME FOLDER as where your ADB is (Read the basic tut below for more details on how to use adb!)
Basic adb guide for windows
My technique would be to get Paul's adb-windows file and create a folder called android on your c drive. Paste in Paul's adb-windows file and right click rename it to adb.
Also copy AdbWinApi.dll into the same folder.
Open a cmd prompt (Start > run > type in cmd [Win 7 users can type cmd into their search bar on the start menu]) Type in the following: cd c:\android (This moves you to the folder you made) Type in: dir (This should list the files in the folder, in our case "adb" [if it's not there bloody put it in]) Type in: adb devices (This command tells you all the android devices connected to your pc) If you've done that -good news! You're ready to roll!
Step 5) Run the following commands on your terminal/cmd prompt window.
adb push flash_image /data/local/ adb shell chmod 4755 /data/local/flash_image
Step 6) Use a filemanager and go to the root of your SDcard, there should be a file called gscript.apk install this.
Step 7) Open gscript and click menu. Click on the add script button. Click LOAD File and USB Slave and USB Host should appear. Click them (one at a time, so you'll have both options in your gscript).
Step 8) Your gscript will now have both options. Click USB Host and pretty much nothing happens. Once the window has closed, restart your vega!
Step 9) Test every USB device you own - and let us know in here: http://android.modac...devices-a-list/
Do something crazy like this -
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Joined: Jan 2012
Location: Newcastle
Oddometer: 27
Postie test
With all the rain that we got on Wednesday I wasn't keen to take the 300 up to Dungog for our Australia day long weekend but instead I chose to test out my Little Red Piglet adventure bike.
Megs and Jezz took there 530's, yeah it's a strange mix but I had my route planed and the guys
were just going to meet me every now and then, soon they found out why I left my 300 at home
As any ground off the main trails was as greasy as a butchers knob and soon joined me on a nice cruise over the hills.
This is the Little Red Piglet
As we came down to the first weir I heard the familiar sound of two 530's getting into attack position ,
I jammed on the breaks and we played cat and mouse until I just went for it, I was thinking wide but it didn't work and they came past and drenched me and the piglet from both sides.
No pics of that cause we were all laughing too hard.
The lads took off to try some singles and I would meet them further on but couldn't help myself and had to test on out for myself
I know this area pretty well and picked a short tight one.
Yes this is a trail
From here we turned off Middle ridge and onto Kanungra, there is a short cut off this road but the creek was a little too deep and moving to hard so we pressed on and came to the next weir.
I have never seen the water this high over this one, the piglet loved it.
Once we hit Berico rd we headed for Craven and as we were doing a good pace with the postie in the lead I saw gold in the form of a single that looked grippy and clean, I launched off the main trail with the piglet screaming at full song and it was fun, I laughed and hooted all the way, so much fun.
Soon it dropped down to a little creek where the Piglet showed the big bikes how its done.
Then I had to help push a 530 out as it went down and nearly got a gut full of water.
It was after this that we realised the wheel bearing on Jezza's bike was shot and we had to get out, we couldn't go back so it was forward.
The country up there is great, the speedo isn't right
We stopped for fuel at Stroud road, well I didn't need any.
We got the bikes to Dungog pub where the beer was welcomed as we waited for the girls to come to the rescue with a trailer.
In the end the two 530's were thrown on the trailer and the Piglet made it home on its own steam.
The next day I took it out for another spin and went from Chichester to Sailsbury and then over to Gresford and back to Dungog and then back to camp at Chichester, all up for the two days it was about 250 klms for the first test rides of the Little Red Piglet that will get me to Ayres Rock next year.
Which way?
That way
I rode up a track and found an awesome view
Love this pic
Cant get an adventure bike so im going to have some awesome adventures on te Little Red Piglet.
Some say " why ? "........... I say " why not? "
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Joined: May 2006
Location: Japan
Oddometer: 1,472
So what really constitutes an adventure bike? Is it the bike or the journey..both? A dirt cheap, dead reliable bike with penty of range and great gas mileage...what's not to like, and why does it not qualify? Goes on and off road?..Check! Street legal?..check! Can carry gear?...check! Forces you to go slow enough on tarmac to enjoy the scenery...check! I would love to have a CT110 to horse around with. Of course I'd probably go nuts with Takegawa aftermarket to the point were it wasn't very practical or inexpensive anymore
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Location: S W France my little bit of paradise
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Great stuff mate love the tank , whats the range , the moon and back
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Interfaith clashes erupted in the Tanzanian town of Buseresere this week, leading to the beheading of a pastor and the injury of several citizens, Tanzania's Daily News reported Tuesday (February 12th).
Denis Stephano, spokesman for the Geita Regional Police Commander's Office, said Muslim leaders are believed to have demanded the immediate closure of butcheries owned by Christians in the area. After the directive, a group of youth assumed to be Muslims attacked a butchery owner and several Christians with machetes and sticks, Stephano said.
Pastor Mathayo Kachili of the Tanzanian Assemblies of God Church was beheaded in the confrontations.
Riot police dispersed the crowd and the situation has returned to normal, Stephano said, adding that Chato District Commissioner Rodrick Mpogolo visited the scene and called on area residents to avoid conflict and seek mutual tolerance between the two faiths.


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IU Dominates in 2-0 Win Over Wisconsin
Oct. 6, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - For the second match in a row, sophomore Eriq Zavaleta found the back of the net twice as the Hoosiers posted a 2-0 win over Wisconsin Saturday night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium.
Indiana improves to 9-2-1 on the season and 3-0 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin drops to 3-5-3, 0-2 in Big Ten action.
"This was a really good result tonight," said head coach Todd Yeagley. "The performance was excellent. Our ball movement and creating chances was there and our energy and mindset from the start was fantastic. We were able to physically impose ourselves while also playing some great soccer."
Zavaleta netted his third game-winning goal of the season and 10th score overall in the 11th minute to give Indiana a 1-0 lead. Junior A.J. Corrado took the corner kick and the ball was sent into the mixer where junior Nikita Kotlov flicked it on to Zavaleta. The sophomore pounced on the ball and took a shot from three yards out, getting passed UW goalkeeper Chase Rau.
That was the only real action of the first half until the 43rd minute when Wisconsin's Chris Prince fired a shot from 10 yards out that forced IU goalkeeper Luis Soffner to make a spectacular save, parrying the ball over the cross bar as he dove to his left.
Indiana finished with a 5-4 shot advantage in the first period, with each goalkeeper tallying one shot.
The Hoosiers got off to a quick start after the halftime break and put the game out of reach with another Zavaleta score, this one coming in the 49th minute. Corrado picked up his second assist of the night, playing the ball up to Zavaleta who chipped an on-rushing Rau.
It is Zavaleta's 11th goal this season and his fourth of the week. Zavaleta has scored two or more goals in four matches this season (Saint Louis, Clemson, Kentucky).
With 35 minutes left to play, freshman Femi Hollinger-Janzen sent in a wicked header wide left of the net, jumping over his defender to meet the service of sophomore Patrick Doody.
In the 62 minute Corrado took a shot on the run that was stopped by Rau, one of three saves on the night for the freshman keeper.
The Badgers had a scoring opportunity in the 68th minute when a shot from Kyle McCrudden was cleared off the line by junior Harrison Petts for the team save.
Zavaleta nearly made it a hat trick in the closing minutes as he ran past his defender on a breakaway but his uncontested shot was sent wide right.
Zavaleta finished with a team high six shots as Indiana finished with a 12-8 advantage in the shot tally. Corrado had two shots to go along with his two assists, while Kotlov, Hollinger-Janzen, Petts and freshman Kyle Sparks had one shot each.
Soffner finished with two saves en route to his seventh shutout on the season. The Hoosiers have yet to allow a goal in Big Ten play, outscoring opponents 5-0 in three matches.
Indiana is back on the pitch this Wednesday as it travels to Louisville, Ky. to take on the Louisville Cardinals at 7 p.m. ET.
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