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- Behind the Hoverboard Craze (BoingBoing) — Bernstein is interested in this phenomenon as "memeufacturing" — a couple of social-media stars (or garden-variety celebs) post viral videos of themselves using an obscure gadget, and halfway around the world, factories shut down their e-cig lines and convert them, almost overnight, to hoverboard manufacturing lines. Bernstein cites a source who says that there are 1,000 hoverboard factories in South China.
- neural-vqa — VIS+LSTM model for Visual Question Answering. Scroll to the end and see the questions it's answering about photos.
- Open Season in Editing Genes of Animals (NY Times) — "We're going to see a stream of edited animals coming through because it's so easy," said Bruce Whitelaw, a professor of animal biotechnology at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. "It's going to change the societal question from, 'If we could do it, would we want it?' to, 'Next year we will have it; will we allow it?'"
- RTS AI (PDF) — standard techniques used for playing classic board games, such as game tree search, cannot be directly applied to solve RTS games without the definition of some level of abstraction, or some other simplification. Interestingly enough, humans seem to be able to deal with the complexity of RTS games, and are still vastly superior to computers in these types of games. Talks about the challenges in writing AIs for Real-Time Strategy games.
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Chinese Manufacturing, Visual Question Answering, Editing Animal Genes, and AIs for RTS Games
Kristian Hammond on truly democratizing data and the value of AI in the enterprise
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In this week's episode, O'Reilly's Mac Slocum chats with Kristian Hammond, Narrative Science's chief scientist. Hammond talks about Natural Language Generation, Narrative Science's shift into the world of business data, and evolving beyond the dashboard.
Here are a few highlights:
We're not telling people what the data are; we're telling people what has happened in the world through a view of that data. I don't care what the numbers are; I care about who are my best salespeople, where are my logistical bottlenecks. Quill can do that analysis and then tell you — not make you fight with it, but just tell you — and tell you in a way that is understandable and includes an explanation about why it believes this to be the case. Our focus is entirely, a little bit in media, but almost entirely in proprietary business data, and in particular we really focus on financial services right now.
You can't make good on that promise [of what big data was supposed to do] unless you communicate it in the right way. People don't understand charts; they don't understand graphs; they don't understand lines on a page. They just don't. We can't be angry at them for being human. Instead we should actually have the machine do what it needs to do in order to fill that gap between what it knows and what people need to know.
Vanessa Cho on GoPro's design approach
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In this week's Design Podcast episode, I sit down with Vanessa Cho, head of UX and research for the software and services group at GoPro. Cho, along with her hardware colleague Wesley Yun, will be speaking at O'Reilly's inaugural Design Conference in January. We talk about designing for hardware and software, building design teams, and what she looks for in new recruits.
Here are a few highlights from our conversation:
I started at GoPro 18 months ago. I was one of the first designers, and in that time, we've grown to 18 designers — 18 designers in 18 months. We've spent a lot time recruiting and honing down on what is really important to us.
At GoPro, we're building a hybrid model that allows us to harness specialized skills while delivering speed and scale. What we have is embedded UX generalists for each of the product teams who can champion the customer experience and help define the product and the value of it. Simultaneously, we have a group of shared services, which is filled with specialists, researchers, visual designers, content strategists, and then also me as a manager, that work to help support the UX generalists that are embedded in the team. They're ensuring that the team not only is working well together but it's delivering consistent, on-brand quality work. This model … requires a lot of collaboration and communication between the individuals. … It also helps significantly that I have a very tenured, and mature, and collaborative team that always helps, not only on the software side, but also on the hardware side. We have excellent partnership there. Read more…
Mike Kuniavsky on the tectonic shift of the IoT
The O'Reilly Radar Podcast: The Internet of Things ecosystem, predictive machine learning superpowers, and deep-seated love for appliances and furniture.
Subscribe to the O'Reilly Radar Podcast to track the technologies and people that will shape our world in the years to come.
In this week's episode of the Radar Podcast, O'Reilly's Mary Treseler chats with Mike Kuniavsky, a principal scientist in the Innovation Services Group at PARC. Kuniavsky talks about designing for the Internet of Things ecosystem and why the most interesting thing about the IoT isn't the "things" but the sensors. He also talks about his deep-seated love for appliances and furniture, and how intelligence will affect those industries.
Here are some highlights from their conversation:
Wearables as a class is really weird. It describes where the thing is, not what it is. It's like referring to kitchenables. 'Oh, I'm making a kitchenable.' What does that mean? What does it do for you?
There's this slippery slope between service design and UX design. I think UX design is more digital and service design allows itself to include things like a poster that's on a wall in a lobby, or a little card that gets mailed to people, or a human being that they can talk to. … Service design takes a slightly broader view, whereas UX design is — and I think usefully — still focused largely on the digital aspect of it.
Jai Ranganathan on architecting big data applications in the cloud
The O'Reilly Data Show podcast: The Hadoop ecosystem, the recent surge in interest in all things real time, and developments in hardware.
Subscribe to the O'Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data and data science.
Given the quick pace of innovation in the data ecosystem, we like to take a step back from the details of individual components, architecture, and applications, in order to take a wider view of the landscape of big data. This allows us to evaluate the progress of technology and infrastructure along the way, shifting our attention from the details of individual components like Spark and Kafka, to larger trends.
Some of the larger trends we've been exploring include the capabilities of distributed machine learning and the tradeoffs and design decisions involved in cloud architecture and stream processing.
In this episode of the O'Reilly Data Show, I sat down with Jai Ranganathan, senior director of product management at Cloudera. We talked about the trends in the Hadoop ecosystem, cloud computing, the recent surge in interest in all things real time, and hardware trends:
Large-scale machine learning
This sounds a bit like this should already exist in really good form right now, but one of the things that I'm really interested in is expanding the set of capabilities for distributed machine learning. While there are systems out there today that do do this, I think relative to what you can experience from a singular environment learning scikit-learn or R, the set of things you can do in a distributed fashion is limited. … It's not easy to distribute various algorithms and model-building techniques. I think there is still a lot of work for us to do to improve that experience. … And I do want to have good open source options like MLlib. MLlib may be the right answer. I would be perfectly happy if that's the final answer, but we do need systems just to provide the kind of depth that you typically are used to in the singular environment. That's just a matter of time and investment because these are non-trivial problems, but they are things that people are working on.


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We live in Wisconsin and it's starting to rain a lot. We have a couple wood steps from our front door that can get very slippery when it rains. When I got home from work last night I saw that DH had gone out and had gotten sticky grip tape to put on the steps so I don't fall. I started to tear up because it was so sweet and he thought at first I didn't like it.
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Kim Kardashian just finished shooting her role in the appropriately titled Tyler Perry flick "The Marriage Counselor," but questions about her own 72-day union to Kris Humphries linger, thanks to the loose lips of one of her fellow self-promoters.
Jonathan Jaxson, her former publicist turned aspiring tell-all author, is making the rounds to talk about his time in Kim's inner circle. Among his claims: that her marriage to NBA player Humphries was a big publicity stunt (insert shocked face here), and that she's still carrying a torch for her NFL ex, Reggie Bush.
"It was obvious that it was staged," he told "Good Day LA" on Friday. "There were contracts already in place for E! to film it ... The whole show was staged to a T."
This echoes what he alleged during a chat this week on "The Elvis Duran Morning Show" (via the New York Post): "She knew weeks before getting married she didn't want to do it. She's never gotten over [Bush]."
(According to Kim, the run-up to the nuptials made her feel "like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn't get off when now I know I probably should have. I got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn't know how to and didn't want to disappoint a lot of people.")
Meanwhile, Jaxson also offers up what has to be one of our favorite claims about Kardashian's romance, namely, that the reality star has been in possession of her $2 million diamond engagement ring for years.
"On December 26, 2007, Kim wanted to stage a paparazzi moment acting like she got engaged because she was with Reggie Bush at the time," he contends to Radar Online. "So I did a setup with her with the same ring.
He claims Kardashian arrived at a Beverly Hills jeweler with the ring in her purse and put it on before exiting to ensure the tipped-off paparazzi got a shot.
"It was calculated to a T and then it was leaked to a magazine," the blabby Jaxson continued during his radio appearance.
He added that Bush was clueless about Kim's purported PR plan, and the discovery supposedly doomed the romance.
As for Humphries, it seems despite rumblings that he's refusing to sign the divorce papers, he's apparently moving ahead with the split. TMZ says he's retained the services of his Minnesota attorney, Lee Hutton, to end the union, which will be "easy as pie" because of the ironclad prenuptial agreement.
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These Social People poems are examples of Social poems about People. These are the best examples of Social People poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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I am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend
I am the original chosen to be right here right now
transmitting verbal frequencies
through speaking my thoughts into existence
I am the heir of omnipotence,
born with a direct connection to profound abundance
The one whose words will age, yet still have substance;
since there are no boundaries attached to my pen
I am constant energy
Translating personal experience into imagery
Vulnerable to tyranny,
yet i continue attempting to share some truth
through this abstract language of poetry
I am the core
I am that I am more
I am the Divine Presence that is the Source of my rewards
I am the green you get when you mix too much yellow with the blue
That shade of gold you get when the sun resides into darkness
and when it ascends in the dawn burning dew
I am the transition between the third and fourth dimension of time;
the love you feel when you realize how it feels
I am the poem that is abstractly direct
because I write beyond limits
absorbing frequencies from 3 to 8 hertz
through meditation for several minutes
I am the one bridging the gap between
the analog ascension and the direct connection to spirit
The one who is love
because I am a descendent of it
I am the rhythm that the wind blows
I am the beginning and the ending of stories told
about the universe and how miracles unfold
I hold the power to accept judgement from those who will do just that
Not knowing that I am them in the absolute reality of me
Judge that
I am knowledge beyond measure because that is my right
So I continue meeting the different parts of me
when I meditate and write
Who am I?
Copyright © humble b
Standing firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we strive to make sure
each day enlightens us
and brightens us
even as light fades to gray
may we keep fighting
with two swollen feet
beneath the body and soul
experiencing trials
and intense life lessons
meshed with stresses
may we persevere
turn off fear's song
may we stand firm
as we glide along
through shifty winds of change
that may cause things to sway
but we hold true
inside the values and morality
we stand for
fall for nothing
may stumble along the trip
may swerve at the wheel yet
do not lose our grip
because no one
can eclipse the sun
everyone heals
before they're done
Just when situations arise
flooding us with pain we despise
and just when it seems like
our tear ducts are dry
from ongoing cries
we may think
things are on the brink of ending
then God shows us the ways of faith
by way of love that he's sending
Standing firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we make sure
every day enlightens us
and brightens us
as each day takes its turn.
Copyright © JSLambert Mister ROBOTO
Authored by Chuck Keys
It had no color,
Lacking shape, size and dimension.
It wasn't moving or breathing.
There was neither aroma nor taste, not here or there.
Touching was useless because it wasn't physical.
It was indistinct and limitless.
Thinking multi-physically
Multi-sensually and multi-psychologically
It wasn't here or there and it was.
With no distinction,
It looked like everything else,
Or it could not have looked like everything else.
It never made me feel good nor bad,
Nor happy nor sad
Nor quite nor trite.
In our world of joy and destroy, we sort and distort,
Looking more on the surface and less on the inside,
Ready to judge and be judged from outside in.
The "oneness" of mankind stretches beyond definitions and limits,
From outside to inside and from inside to outside.
We are one distinct and alike world of "oneness."
Differences exist for differences,
Therefore, differences don't exist.
Only "oneness" exists.
This poem is dedicated to Dr. Clayborne Carson and The Gandhi-King Community,
For Global Peace with Social Justice in a Sustainable Environment.
Copyright © Chuck Keys
It seems like everybody around me has forgotten,
they're stuck on a thought again,
saying alot and whining more.
Preying on their own self-doubts,
they have so much,
yet see so little.
so stubborn.
Can't they see that 64 inch TV,
or feel the beating of the jets in their hot tub ?
They measure their lives too much,
they have fallen into the "Great American Dream Sham"
as my friend "Chad Williams Lowther" would say !
Its a ruse,
an antidote,
so they can make changes in their lives which they normally wouldn't do,
because they lack the strength and insight,
so they get stuck in their minds.
Wheels spin,
tears fall,
marriages crumble
and the damn kids are really suffering,
cause they don't have the latest video gizmo box.
Thoughtless over-reactions of self- abuse,
much like an addict who is never satisfied.
"The Great American Dream Sham" sucked them in,
they forgot,
macroni and cheese,
saturday morning cartoons and matinees.
All replaced by todays goals and desires,
which are masquerading as tired souls trying to find solice,
stuck in "the Great American Dream Sham"
and now saying all there is to say,
Hail, Hail to me
and all who are free,
all who go their own way
and all who see though it !
Copyright © mark king
There once was a man from Niagara
whose wiener's so long it would stab ya'
but when it got little
his pills became skittles
until he O.D.'d on Viagra
© ~JSLambert 2011*****A classic "stiff" competitor, standing "firm" amongst other "members" in the "thick" of the competition:) hope everyone gets "a rise" out of it!
Sometimes I am happy, sometimes I am sad.
Sometime I sing, sometimes I stammer
Sometimes I dance on the music of my soul, Sometimes I dance on the fingers of
one single person
Sometimes I expect so much from others; sometime I myself can't meet my own
Sometime I make fun of others and feel bad later, sometimes life makes fun of me
and I smile
Sometime I win and sometimes I lose, sometimes I don't even understand whether I
won or lost.
Sometimes I laugh as if whole world is with me,
Sometimes I cry as if I am alone wandering in a strange land
Sometimes I give up so easily
Sometimes I work so hard that no one can stop me to achieve what I want
Sometimes I am dynamic person, who wants to change the world,
And sometimes I am a kid who expects anyone to embrace him tightly.
Sometimes I feel happy about the achievement of my enemy
Sometime I feel dejected with my own success.
Sometimes I help others and show them the right path
Sometimes I feel totally helpless and don't know where to go
Sometimes I ask god to please give my past back
Sometimes I pray to show me the way forward
Life is composed of SOMETIMES and I just flow with that.
U admit or not but you are also sailing on the same boat.
So join me and enjoy it EVERYTIME as SOMETIMES life is very short!
Copyright © Rajat Singhal
God is always love
Forever seek the kingdom;
Praise the creator
Keep giving what you can give
Please endure until the end
Beautiful Heavens
Protecting the meek ones earth
Watching over us
Helping us to cope with life
Comforted with hope and trust
When you find rhythm
You find your hearts inner core
Celebrate the times
Make them better than before
Reminisce and dance all night
It jumps not to the thought of riches or the prospect of gold
For common treasures are not what it seeks
But rather it responds to that probable possibility
That it may have touched the depths of someone else's soul
It hearkens not to sparkling gems or lusts after a lifetime of wealth
For inside jewels lies the hearts of thieves
But rather it stirs at giving a word someone needs
For inspiration to even the smallest person is a diamond in itself
It doesn't ache for dollar bills or lurch at the sight of green
For nowadays money comes in many different forms
But rather it longs to patch up another heart that may have been torn
And once again to give that person's life meaning
It is a place where the world dare not or otherwise cannot go
A safe haven for valuables other than currency
A hidden trail where treasure means finding creativity
A path that only the hearts of poets know
Copyright © Lakisha Williams
Don't hate her because she's beautiful
Or envy that she's hot
She is all about appearances
It consumes her every thought
Try to look a little closer
Past the makeup and the hair
Beauty has little value
If a person doesn't care
Looks are her priorities
She doesn't work on what's inside
People tell her she's beautiful
She gorges on her pride
She's an emotional anorexic
Soul food she refuses to eat
Her behavior reinforced
When people fall at her feet
She craves the admiration
The attention she receives
Pretty is her curse
In the end it's her disease
She becomes a caricature
Her illusion to maintain
Fighting the mirror and time
Over and over again
I appreciate a beautiful woman but the Beauty has to emanate from a much deeper place for me to truly appreciate it. The most beutiful women I have met have become more beautiful with each word they have spoken. We need to stop emphasizing the physical when we raise our children, we will then raise up a generation of truly beautiful people.
Copyright © Richard Lamoureux
Feeling like a lodger
In my own home
Thankful for my music
And my new found roam
Families and communities
They are just so hard to find
But in April 2009
I found the most precious kind
I found the name amusing
So the button i clicked on to see
The layout was very inviting
Like an open door should be
For in a matter of minutes
On first uploading a poem
This Highlander was content
He had found a welcome home
So many lovely writers
Poets who share their bless
No longer this Scotsman is
The Man in the Wilderness
Copyright © James Fraser
Our parents chose to join a cult
Nobody asked us
We went along with what they chose
Too small to make a fuss
Indoctrinated,we believed
This life was the norm,
We were fed on 'comic books'
Taught to worship porn.
While still children we became
'Flirty Fish for God'
We wore bright make up
Wore bright clothes
Walked dark streets alone.
We searched for men and sold them 'love'
They paid with souls and money.
We took them to 'church' convinced that we'd
Fulfilled all Gods wishes.
In innocence we walked the streets
We knew not what we did
Our parents were so proud of us
We were Gods'good fishes
Now this sect has all but gone
What's become of us?
Are we your neighbours or your friend
Maybe someone on a bus!
Are we filling up the jails ?
Or selling sex for pennies?
Are we shooting up with drugs
To blot out all our memories?
Are we alcoholics,drowning out our sorrow,
Pity the poor 'Flirty Fish
Fulfilling someone elses' wish
For them no bright tomorrow.
Copyright © elsie haslett
Even islands get lonely
Like weaving palm leaves to make baskets
Like crocheting to make a pair of socks
We need each other
The threads that connect us all
The webs that we leave behind
As we meet each other
As we befriend each other
As we spend bits of time with each other
As we are there for each other
Add us years, that hold us dear
Copyright © njeri hunjeri
two bible-blabbering, prattling pastors
from two denominational sectors
ended up in stitches and bloody plasters;
those around said it actually began
when one yelled, "faith alone can save a man!",
the other screamed, "only charitable acts can!";
swinging bulky bibles, shouting curses,
they whacked each other's eardrums and noses,
bludgeoned and bloodied their righteous faces;
so ironic, how they maimed each other
for faith, for charity and didn't bother
to heed the Lord's words: "Love one another."
Copyright © romeo naces
All this hyped up glam and glitz
giggly girls break down in fits
these mascara clad boys devoid of wits
The shallower they go, the deeper it gets
Sillouettes lacking inner angles and lines...
The substance goes absent when the light shines...
Plotless drama without direction, still winds
These tragically bad fads spread like vines
Overrun with Reality shows depicting what's REAL
A mass zombie audience digesting their meal
Not In, but outside, this box they soften like veal
Staring at a screen that numbs how they feel
When did the war on intelligence start?
Losers not knowing that losing's not smart...
Cable providers gladly doing their part
News channels selling half-truth ala carte
I will be a rebel and fight for your mind
Hiding remote-controls where they won't find
Trading entertainment for knowledge in kind
Giving books out to the voluntarily blind
It's gonna be a BATTLE!!! WHO'S COMING WITH ME??!!
Copyright © Steve Voorhees
Thugs in the street with their pants hung low
White T's and Tims with two golds in the front row
Philly fades or braids, du-rags, and fitted hats
Sweat towls around the neck
Baseball caps turned to the back
See some people would call them hoodrats
because of where they live at
Not knowing the situation
Seeing the problem
Or trying to give back
Instead they just judge the book by it's cover
Instead of calling the book your brother
See if we don't stick together
And if we don't love each other
And stop calling us women B's and Hoes
for we all know that's not the way love goes
So black people lets take a stand
Reach out and touch your brothers hand
Lets make this world an equal place
Because we've proved that we can
Copyright © Tiffanie McCall
One day, I will be happy...
i will love
i will be at peace
i will stop crying
i will not hurt
One day, I will walk with you...
we will talk softly
we will hold hands
we will love
we will cry together
One day, things will be okay...
no one will die
no one will cry
no one will hurt
no one will be alone
One day, things will be clear...
we all will understand
we all will share our light
we all will be found
One day, all questions will be answered...
our hearts will be resolved
our minds will be at peace
our persons rested
one day..
Copyright © lashawn white
I do believe in magic
I so believe in peace
I believe you know undoubtedly
Of beauties and of beasts
The human spirit can withstand
And rise above the shrine
Belittle all you want, my dear
I'll be the dwarf in time
But I'll evolve as I hold dear
These sentiments that haunt you
I'll cherish every single tear
Because you've plagued me to
I'll turn the other rosy cheek
Though undeserved it may be
I will forgive, but won't forget
The promised growth inspired in me
Further more, I wish to say
Remind me that I'm still alive
Disturb the sleeping monsters
Please provoke me to survive
You compliment this hypocrite
Attention seeking scum
And help stick out the finger
That outranks the sorest thumb
Copyright © Brandon Basson
I read it from the bathroom wall.
God alone save's us one and all.
Along with other mixed obscenities like
for a good time call.
Some read rise against.
Others read Elivis was here.
God bless America communist take fear.
Its the lost and found of misspelled words
were the misfits gather do they all.
Im stuck here in a inconvertible position reading writtings from
bathroom wall.
I strain to read Robert and Beth forever.
whomever they are.
I question does this bathroom last through stormy weather.
I wonder what kind of philosopher finds solice in such a dingy
Do they comb the wall just lookin for space.
Theres traces of blood from a drunken brawl.
Im sitting in the true melting pot of the world.
Reading writtings from the bathroom wall.
Copyright © John Patrick Robbins AKA Gonzo
'The Power Of A Poet' 32nd Senryu
Look How Devoted
The Power of A Poet
See How Words Spoke It
This Poem is My Tribute to:
Carolyn Devonshire (The Dove)
and James (The Highlander) Fraser
for your Powerful collaboration on:
Mother Nature's Revenge
It Was Truly Awesome
Copyright © MoonBee Canady
I was a bright, outgoing boy, who sat at the front of the class.
Then, one day that all changed, i feared to even raise my hand for a pass.
I had many close friends, loved sports and school plays.
Then on that day fear beset me, and long gone were those days.
I remember my school, i knew it inside and out.
But now i have blank spots, certain things i've shut out.
Thanks to God and His mercy, i don't recall that foul act.
But i know that it happened, no doubt, that's a fact.
Now, to the person who did this, i have nothing to say.
But, my God will remember, and He'll get you someday!
Copyright © stanley copley
Let's bring into this world peace
So all these wars and violence can cease
Let's stop all this hatred
And give the poor and homeless a piece of bread
Let's start by changing us all and right from inside
And letting God be your guide
There's so much we need to change
Even if it looks and sounds strange
We can all start sometime and somewhere
By showing in everything that we do, that we care
Let's be careful in the manner that we speak
Let's be strong and not weak
Let's show this world, that we still stand strong and tall
Let's unite together with courage and tear down every single wall
Let's bring into this world of ours much more love and peace
So a lot of this vicious circle of strife and pain can one day cease
Let's start today and let's do it right from the place in which we live
Let's always be respectful of our neighbors and our fellow man
Let's give the best of ourselves everyday and all the time that we can.
Let's stop this madness and get rid of all these illegal drugs today
They can destroy everything that you have and will kill you too
Make a vow to bring God into your life every single day
And make Him part of everything that you do.
Believe that your life will be more productive and blessed
When you put Him first in every thing
That you set your mind to do when you bring
Him closer and right inside your heart
And from you He shall never depart
So start by doing this and much more
Let's answer the call and open the door
Let's be watchful of everything that we do and say
And let's be thankful and pray to God everyday!
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
Copyright © Dorian Petersen Potter
Who is more righteous,
The pious man who watches in awe,
Or the faithless man saving those in the blaze?
Who is stronger,
The man who lifts a ton with one arm,
Or the mother of four on her own?
Who has lost more,
The man who has lost his money,
Or the man who has lost his love?
Who is weaker,
The man who can't fight back,
Or the man who won't fight for him?
Who Is more savage,
The man who doesn't know right from wrong,
Or the man who doesn't care?
Who is wiser,
The man who has the answers,
Or the man who asks the questions?
Copyright © Michael McOrus
We swallow boulders:
(lead words, molasses covered prejudice, glass shards of promises long broken)
Mouths open wide and heads tipped back
like Hawaiian fire eaters.
Chipped teeth are bits of porcelain history,
sliding down our throats in rivers of neglect
and acid.
The stones settle,
Our stomachs are filled up, anvil weight
'till we can hardly sit, hardly stand, or walk.
We drag our feet in pain, as the quiet indicator that
we've had rocks for breakfast,
lunch, dinner, for years,
in the hopes that someone will recognize
the broken concrete footprints behind us
and touch us gently on the forearm:
"Honey, are you alright?"
(and isn't it the first sweet trickle of kind words that crumble
the already cracking facade?)
There's no stopping the torrent then,
tsunami tears and a heaving, convulsing
to the point of cathartic vomit-
boulders of every shape and size
tumbling out of our mouths and filling the room;
broken teeth and granite eyes
until we no longer see the floor, the walls...
And then serenity.
The hand has moved to the shoulder,
forming a universal hug.
"I'm here now... and you're ok."
We stand up, together, and leave that room,
a soundless void of yesterday,
to absorb the impermeability of stones,
carrying our gait buoyant, without gravity.
No weight at all now, and barely a second glance,
but to turn out the light - and lock the door behind us...
Copyright © Tatyana Carney
Community, what does it mean
And how does it come into being
Well what does the dictionary have to say
"A group of people living together in one place"
I guess that means were all in community
Though if I were to speak in honesty
It feels like we try to live separately
Living by the culture of our country
Which tells us, do it yourself
If your strong, you don't ask for help
Life is about personal advancement
About money and accomplishments
Hold onto your hardships and pain
Keep striving for personal gain
So many lies deeply engrained
How will we create change?
Well I start with myself
I ask for help
I start with me
I be the change I want to see
I become an infectious contagion
In all of my relations
That could spread across a population
Even across the nations
I model my life after the master of love
Who dwells in the heavens above
He has brought millions even billions together
Over decades, centuries, even millenniums
So what else could be better
Than to faithfully follow him
He who said, I was anointed
to proclaim good news to the poor
to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free"
and I say yeah that's who I want to be
But unless I engage in community
Unless I get to know my fellow human beings
How can I help to set them free
So its time for me to put aside
Popular culture, foolish pride
Social codes, selfish ambitions
Old roads, and useless traditions
And blaze a brand new trail
With my life, write a new tale
Introduce a new theme
Add in a few more characters
And then dare to dream
About how my story could impact theirs
And their's impact mine
Because maybe just, maybe
It might be better, might just be
Not to say, I did it on my own
All this, look I did it alone
No maybe it would be better
If we did it together
So that no matter what my lot
I can always know that I've got
Friends, right until the very end
Help, ready to be sent
Hands willing to be lent
So what need would I have for advancement
For money and accomplishment
I can find all that I need
Everything I seek from this life,
In relationship with fellow human beings
Community, Maybe this is what it means
Copyright © Roland Fleming
To see ourselves as others see us --
unmasked images, through others' eyes --
half-formed caricatures, perhaps --
or mere grotesqueries --
barely recognized, telling
what we thought to hide --
we'd label these as skewed
perceptions, not real truth...
But, no matter -- when once
I thought myself unfairly judged
and asked "How so?",
I was reminded of the obvious,
i.e.: all outcomes are determined
by perceived attitudes and actions.
Not truth, but clear perception,
pure appearance, guide others' thoughts
and so create the world we live in.
Thus, however harsh,
"Perception is reality."
Copyright © Leo Larry Amadore
I'll say a few words none to be kind.
America is still color blind.
You could be yellow, red, white,
brown, or black.
Hate towards any of these colors is
racism and that's a proven fact.
Racism comes in many different
shapes and forms.
I have had my fair share since I've
been born.
God blessed us by putting us here,
giving us all different shades of
We're not meant to have the same
color skin, but we all can respect one
They judge you by where you come
from and the color of your skin;
for much equality and respect seems
impossible to win.
Because of race why do innocent
people die?
My spirit and soul begins to cry.
As I advocate the human rights for
all man.
Our nation looks so liberal and
claims there is equality for all
We need to join together as one,
Until our earths work is done.
People are just human beings
regardless of their ethnic pride.
So people should try to constantly
look spiritually inside.
Let us all hope that the dark clouds
of racial prejudice will soon pass
away, and that in some not too
distant tomorrow the radiant stars of
love and brotherhood will shine over
our great nation with all their
scintillating beauty. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Copyright © Jeffrey Lee
Allow altruistic artistry among ailing american adversaries.
Bartering begins before begging beasts break brothers.
Capture calamity controlling catastrophe calming castration.
Dedicate decisions directed down dreary deaf disillusionment.
Eradicate equality earning efficient energetic epiphany.
Follow fallen foreigners forgetting faithful flight from fluid folly.
Gasping greatness growing grapes given golden goodness.
Halt hollow hearts hearing helpless happiness.
Imagine impurity imitating indestructible ice inflicting impotent illness.
Justify jolly jerusalem jingling janitors joining january's jewelry.
Kill kindergarten kings kicking kindly kindred kilts.
Lament likeable links lingering lowly light like lavender letters.
Mount monetary moments melting motherly marshal monuments.
Negate nightly notions noticing nurtured naughty nakedness.
Open oblivious obligation of odd operative oceans.
Propagate proposed premonitions producing proud pirate papas.
Quiet quilted questions quickly quoting quaint qualm quandary.
Remember righteous royalty returning rotten remnant rage.
Skip silent sulking surrounding super salty sounds squeezing sanity.
Teach talented tearful tyrants total trivial topics training treason.
Utter utopian universality upon united unitarian usurpers.
Violate vermin validity valuing victorious vomiting virgin volunteers.
Wash wandering women wondering whether western whiteness welcomes war.
X-ray xeric xenophobic xylem-made xebec.
Yearn yellow yearlings yelling yonder yuletide yachtsmen.
Copyright © Justin Presson
her derriere
in the air high
eyes wearing out
Than-Bauk written for Rick Parise's contest
Since first I saw you, it was your eyes,
mesmerizing, your gaze transporting
me to a realm, not of fantasy, real,
where young men go when cupid's
arrow takes root.
Since first I saw you, it was your lips,
captivating, holding me frozen
in anticipation of our lips brushing
for the first time.
Since first I saw you, it was your voice,
a crescendo, light, invigorating,
each word you speak intensifies
my hearing, enveloping each
note, time ceases as I hang motionless
savoring, memorizing.
Since first I saw you, it was your hair,
long, flowing, gently rising above
your shoulders as a slight breeze
passes through sending waves
of your essence my way.
The sun magnifying each strand,
highlighting the minute
variances of invigorating color,
creating a halo effect, a portrait of
your beauty forever imprinted.
Since first I saw you, It was you,
my love forever more for you,
only you.
Copyright © Mac McGovern
A fool was crowned
And now we`re bound
To serve and please
On hands and knees,
To hate and smile
Each day and mile,
We feel defeat
And kiss his feet.
The foolish kings
Cut off our wings.
Their poisoned knife-
Our foolish life.
And faith`s refuse
Won`t save our muse,
When banned to fly,
She`ll fall and die.
Still time will flow-
Kings come and go.
But teams of mules,
That choose the fools
To be ahead
Alive and dead,
Won`t change a bit
The fate they meet.
They`ll choke on pride,
They`ll run and hide
And in their shells
Pity themselves,
That life was cruel
To have set the rule-
"Do as you`re told,
Silence is gold."
We pay the price
To hide our vice:
The coward `s role-
To lie and crawl.
And hope someday
Things`ll come our way,
We`ll find the might
To rise and fight.
Copyright © Marina A


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Oklahoma state ranking deep with talent
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While it might not get as much national recognition as its neighbor south of the Red River, Oklahoma has always been a must-stop spot for college football recruiters.
The depth in the class of 2009 in Oklahoma makes it one of the best seasons in recent memory. More than 40 players have already earned scholarship offers from the state, which made ranking the top 35 players in the state a difficult task.
There are several talented players that didn't make the list in Rivals.com's Oklahoma Preseason Top 35, but there's no debating who is the top player in the state. That honor belongs to Jenks cornerback Gabe Lynn.
Allan Trimble has led his program to nine state titles in his 12 seasons as the coach at Jenks, and he believes Lynn has the chance to be one of the best players he's coached.
"He's special," Trimble said. "He not only can take away half the field for an offense, but he can hurt you on special teams. He's so gifted athletically, but another thing that sets him apart is his intelligence. He's a smart, savvy football player that knows how to be in the right place at the right time to make the big play."
What's even more impressive about Lynn is that he knows he's the face of the Jenks program and everybody will be watching what he does every little step of the way. But that's OK, he relishes the chance to help Jenks win another championship.
"At Jenks, excellence is expected every year and from every player," Lynn said. "That's the legacy we live up to, and we have a responsibility to be the best we can in everything we do."
Behind Lynn at the No. 2 spot in the state is the nation's No. 1 all-purpose back, David Oku of Midwest City Carl Albert. The 5-foot-10, 186-pound four-star prospect has been on the recruiting radar for almost three years. He had a breakout sophomore season that saw him rush for 1,462 yards and 19 scores. He bettered that as a junior with 1,628 yards and 20 touchdowns. He currently ranks as the No. 82 player in the nation overall and has narrowed his list to Florida State, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska and Tennessee.
The No. 3 player in the state is Ronnell Lewis of Dewar. He also is the nation's No. 8 outside linebacker and the No. 99 player in the country. Not bad from a guy that played 8-man football last season. Lewis was offered a scholarship early by Oklahoma, and he quickly jumped on it.
"First of all he is real physical on both sides of the ball. Obviously, for us he runs the ball. He plays running back in the 8-man game, he'll play one of the linebackers � when we go to 11-man. Last year he played something of a strong safety for us. I think he had 11 or 12 interceptions. Offensively, he rushed for over 2,000 yards, and I believe he led all classes in touchdowns."
The top-flight talent doesn't end with Lewis.
Offensive lineman Brandon Webb of Owasso, running back Jeremy Smith of Tulsa Union and Daytawion Lowe of Carl Albert are all four-star players and are ranked fourth, fifth and sixth in the state, respectively.
Even players that aren't on the four-star level are heavily courted in the state.
The seventh-ranked player, Lawton MacArthur safety Javon Harris, is heading to Oklahoma. David Gordon from Tulsa East Central is the No. 8 player, and he's become one of the most heavily courted speedsters in the nation. No. 9 Pearlie Graves from East Central is one of the best defensive tackles in the country, and rounding out the top 10 is Booker T. Washington linebacker Michael Doctor.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have done a nice job in their backyards. The Sooners have pledges from three players in the top 35, including two of the top seven. OSU has scored two commitments from players in the top five. Tulsa has also done a nice job, scoring commits from five players in the top 35.
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Why I hate mornings by JellyVampireWatch
©2012-2015 JellyVampire
mm yeah those mornings.
The last one omg
I just died laughing from this. XDD
Oh... oh no xD That face in the last panel though!
this is me. right now. *wheeze*
ive had those
I am like this! XD
what the xD
Hahahaha, I've totally had that happen to me, and this is a hysterical depiction!
The Nightmare of Eternal Waking...
very very scary.
That's me every morning...
I came here because of 9GAG XD
omg the last panel i'm dying!!!! XD
Dear lord the accuracy... I can't even... it makes so much sense now!
I've never seen something more accurate in my life.
That happened to me before, like, I knew I was asleep but and I tried to wake up but I just ended up in a different dream, again and again and again, trying to get out..... It was kinda sad.
I lost a tooth in my sleep once. I dreamed that I was trying to chew on some gum that had dried out. Dreaming that you wake up is always weird.
Those kinds of dreams are really exhausting; for some odd reason. Glad to know I'm not the only one, who's gone through something like that.
me to
That's pretty much EVERY wake up call for me since I'm always still up till 4 in the danm morning!
hahahahhaahah so true thats me in the mornings
this should be on ifunny
Totally me DDD:
some times when my mom used to wake me up, i would hear her and dream of waking up and going to school and coming back, only to really wake 5 minutes later...
i cannot stop laughing at this oh jesus
i lie it
I had about three 'waking dreams' today, each one longer than the other... I got as far as having a shower and making breakfast (perfect pancakes!) before I woke up. As is, the shower was cold and I wasted half the pancake batter because the damn things burnt. *grumblemuttergrr*
So I can empathise with the comic. Mornings are the worst- especially for a night owl like me.
So I can empathise with the comic. Mornings are the worst- especially for a night owl like me.
Do you watch me wake up?
Yeah some idiot tried to get away with that by painting over this original picture.
What an idiot...
BTW to JellyVampire, cute ORIGINAL comic! I enjoyed it ^^
What an idiot...
BTW to JellyVampire, cute ORIGINAL comic! I enjoyed it ^^
Golly! ^0*
Me in the morning.
I like your style.
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this happends to me a LOT D:
this happends to me a LOT D:
LOVE this!!!!
I often find it easier to just... not go to sleep.
Me everyday. I just roll off the bed cuz I really can't stand up. I'm srs.
so true..........
Thats me everyday...
the horrible truth
And then these kinda mornings can be made worse by nights where insomnia just has had enough of you...
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Las Cruces >> Martha Diaz, 34, a native of Ecuador, once helped to distribute shoeboxes of gifts in her home country and in southern Colombia as part of a yearly effort that gives Christmas gifts to impoverished children around the world.
But this year, Diaz, who's attending New Mexico State University, is on the opposite side of the supply line as a volunteer with the Operation Christmas Child project. This week, she's helping a Las Cruces church collect and prep shoeboxes for international shipping.
"For me, it has been a great experience to be on both sides," she said.
Children and teens in villages in Colombia face threats from guerillas affiliated with drug-traffickers, who sometimes kidnap them, Diaz said. But the Operation Christmas Child boxes are a ray of hope, supplying toys, necessities and a Christian message, she said.
"I like to share these boxes with them because these children are poor," said Diaz. "When they receive these boxes, they are so happy."
Tuesday, Diaz helped a handful of volunteers at First Evangelical Free Church, a regional hub for donations of gift-filled shoeboxes. The project is tied to a larger ministry called Samaritan's Purse, which does international humanitarian work.
Yearly effort
Every year, a range of churches, other organizations and individuals across southwestern New Mexico and El Paso buy toys, hard candy and other gifts and pack them into boxes, said local coordinator Kathy Douglas. Those filled boxes are dropped off at local "relay centers," which in turn send them to First Evangelical Free Church, 1435 Pecos St.
After that, the boxes will be sent a shipping hub in California. From there, they'll be distributed to nations across the globe in time for Christmas.
Last year, nearly 7,600 boxes were collected in southwest New Mexico and El Paso in the 2012 Christmas season, according to Douglas.
"We're praying for 8,000 this year," she said.
Samaritan's Purse recommends boxes be filled with items such as toy trucks, harmonicas, jump ropes, pens, crayons, stamps, toothbrushes, hair clips and jewelry, among other items.
Items that shouldn't be included are war-related objects, such as toy guns, knives or military figures; food; chocolate; out-of-date candy; liquids; medications and breakable items, according to the group's website.
The gifts are also geared toward boys or girls, as well as certain age groups.
"It is amazing how much you can fit into a shoebox," Douglas said. "The children treasure that."
Filled boxes can be dropped off at First Evangelical Free Church during set hours each day. The deadline to donate is 1 p.m. Monday.
Diaz, who's in the United States to study English, said she received an Operation Christmas Child box about 16 years ago. And she still has some of the items, such as a book and a small lamp.
"I call them my treasure because it reminds me of when I received this box," she said.
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City begins RTC demo discussionsPublished 11:10am Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Updated 11:33am Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Though the Fergus Falls City Council members said at their last meeting that they were open to further development proposals for the Regional Treatment Center, not much discussion of the property on Monday night was dedicated to talking about possible proposal options. Instead, talk turned to the logistics of demolition, along with getting an extension on the state's RTC demolition/infrastructure grant.
Under one demolition option, the only part of the "horseshoe complex" left standing would be the central tower area, resulting in a demolition of over 300,000 square feet of existing structures.
The hour and a half-long work session started off with a presentation by Phil Caswell, a representative of Stantec Consulting. Stantec acquired Bonestroo, the firm involved with the city's various engineering projects at RTC.
In the presentation, Caswell painted a stark picture of an RTC that has entered deterioration. Though the brick and mortar construction is strong, the building's lack of heat and upkeep in the last few years has contributed to some damaged interiors (mold, water problems) and eroding exteriors (the paint on brick has trapped moisture onto the building's outer walls). The building's electric, heating, and possibly plumbing systems are also out of date.
In short, he said, the Kirkbride can be repaired, but every year increases the rehabilitation cost and decreases the market value unless the city begins consistent upkeep again.
"It's evident that time is not its friend," he said of the building.
However, Caswell noted, the building could easily be torn down to leave either just the central tower section or the central section and the two smaller tower sections to the far east and west on the horseshoe. The building was built in phases, and much of the different sections' previous exteriors are still clearly visible on the inside of the structure.
"Just like it was a phased construction, (it) allows for sort of a phased deconstruction," he said, marking the cost for the demolition of everything but the central tower at just under $4 million, with bid advertisement taking place in July and project completion taking place in October 2013. The city has approximately $5 million left in its RTC demolition/infrastructure grant.
City Engineer Dan Edwards agreed with Caswell's assessment, calling the preservation of one or three towers a realistic option given the scope and condition of the entire structure.
"If we can't have all the buildings and redevelop them, we think at minimum we should probably at least keep this," he said.
However, the idea of tearing down most of the horseshoe was opposed by Mayor Hal Leland and many attending members of the public. Instead, Leland argued, the city should ask the state for a long-term extension of its grant (multiple city officials mentioned a 20-year extension as a suggestion discussed in recent weeks) and a set-aside amount of demolition escrow as the city tries to find a developer for the building. He also argued that the city should use some of its RTC dollars to hire a marketing consultant to bring more exposure to the building (the grant money cannot legally be used for that project, but the city has a separate account of funds from the state for RTC upkeep).
Leland also warned that tearing down parts of the building could void up to $40 million in historical tax credits, according to information he'd received from the Minnesota Historical Society. Chris Schuelke, director of the Otter Tail County Historical Society, also informed the council that the entire horseshoe is on the National Register of Historical Places – not just the tower.
"I think if we ignore the enormous impact that (tax credits) would have on rehabilitating the entire complex, we are negligent in considering what really must be done at the RTC site," he said, referring to the credits as a potentially large economic driver.
However, the council was focused on word from state employees that an extension on the April 2013 grant deadline must have some sort of comprehensive plan behind it (the demolition plan would also likely require a short extension), and they noted that the building currently lacks a developer.
Alderman Eric Shelstad also turned Leland's economic argument around and said that while historic and cultural concerns are important to the RTC convention, he believes there is much economic potential from turning much of the current site into green space.
"I think if we were purely looking at the economics, I don't think we'd be spending a lot of time talking about preservation," he said. "The historical significance and the preservation side goes beyond just the (statement), 'This is the best use of the dollar,' in my opinion."
Ultimately, the council deferred a decision until after a work session at 4 p.m. on April 30 in the city council chamber. City staff will get more information on some possible preservation options, as well as information on an extension from state employees.
During the discussion, the possibility was also broached that the Friends of the Kirkbride could raise money toward hiring a marketing firm for the building. After the meeting, member Laurie Mullen said the group would be willing to raise money for that purpose.
"We definitely need to look outside Fergus Falls for expertise," she said.
To find out how to donate money to the effort, contact Mullen at (218) 736-3359 or Maxine Schmidt at (218) 736-5328.


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Cooper May Be U.K. Labour Finance Spokeswoman as She Tops Poll
Yvette Cooper may be on course to beat her husband Ed Balls to the post of the U.K. Labour Party's Treasury spokeswoman opposite Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne after coming top in a poll of lawmakers.
When the Labour Party is in opposition, its members of Parliament pick a team of spokesmen from among their number to form what is known as the Shadow Cabinet. Ed Miliband, elected party leader on Sept. 25, will choose which job to give each person.
Cooper, 41, the work and pensions secretary in the Labour government that lost power in May, came first in the poll, with 232 out of 256 lawmakers backing her, the party announced in London last night. Balls, who was schools secretary, came third, with 179 votes, behind former Housing Minister John Healey.
Betting exchange smarkets.com gave Cooper a 60 percent chance of getting the Treasury portfolio after the result, against 30 percent for her husband. In 1992, Gordon Brown became shadow chancellor after topping the poll. He went on to serve a decade as chancellor and then three years as prime minister after Labour took power in 1997.
Balls, 43, who was economic adviser to Brown for more than 10 years, also came third in the Labour leadership race, in which Cooper did not run. He focused his leadership campaign on the economy, arguing against attempting to reduce the deficit until the country is clear of recession. Smarkets.com gave him a 50 percent chance of being named shadow home secretary.
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It's the second potential family conflict within the Labour Party in two weeks, after the battle between Miliband and his older brother David for the leadership of the party. That culminated in David deciding to quit frontline politics after his defeat.
Echoes of that battle may live on in Miliband's new team. Five of the 19 backed him to be leader, half the number who supported his brother.
There was a more harmonious result for twin sisters Angela and Maria Eagle, who were both elected to the team, as was Andy Burnham, another defeated leadership candidate, and Alan Johnson, the former home secretary. Diane Abbott, the only woman to run to lead the party, failed to be elected to the Shadow Cabinet after finishing fifth and last in the leadership race.


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Elk City Waterfowl Report -
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|1000-2000 ducks around the area. Mallards, gadwall, widgeon, teal. 500 Snows. A few canada geese around area ponds, but not much use on the reservoir.
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One of the biggest events in the cultural contact between the East and the West was undoubtedly the establishment of Christian missions. The American missionary movement in China lasted more than a century; thousands of missionaries spent the best part of their lives far away from their own country, and tens of millions of dollars were spent in the oriental land. These generations of endeavor and generous enterprises were all for the sole purpose of bringing the Gospel and salvation to the Chinese. Judging from the number of the Chinese who were converted, everyone admits that the missions failed. As Jessie G. Lutz informed us, "At no time did the number of Christian converts exceed one per cent of the Chinese population, and by the mid-twentieth century the missionary effort had been halted" (vii). The saddening fact is that most of the converts were mere "rice Christians," that is, they became Christians for material benefits rather than spiritual needs. Moreover, some of the converts were even "friendship Christians," that is, they became Christians not because they were converted but because they did not want to hurt the feelings of their Christian friends. However, the number of converts should not be the only measure by which we evaluate the missions. Nor should it be the most important measure. Their failure is much more apparent than their achievement. The lessons that can be drawn from their failure and the experience that can be summarized from their achievement are still beneficial in today's cultural exchange.
Pearl Buck was one of the first influential writers who dealt with the issue of Christian missions in China. Being a daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries who, unlike many of their condescending colleagues, were genuine friends of Chinese peasants and farmers and won love and respect with their good deeds as well as kind intentions, she grew up among ordinary Chinese people. She learned Chinese before English, took Chinese lessons from a tutor, Mr. Kung, as well as English lessons from her mother, made many Chinese


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RSC Opens Second New Work Festival at Stratford
Editorial Staff • West End • 18 Oct 2005
Breakfast with Mugabe opens the festival in the Swan Theatre with seven performances from 19 October 2005 (previews from 17 October). The play portrays the combative relationship between Mugabe and his psychiatrist, who is white. Actor Antony Sher, who was born in South Africa, directs a cast that includes Noma Dumezweni, Joseph Mydell, Christopher Obi and David Rintoul. Grace's previous plays include Perpetua, about the war between abortion clinics and pro-lifers.
The new Grace play is followed by Tucker Green's Trade, subtitled Sex Tourism: A Collage of Voices from Home and Abroad and running from 25 to 28 October 2005. The piece about female sex tourism featured in last year's festival as a development project and subsequently transferred to London's Soho Theatre. Sacha Wares directs a cast that includes Lorna Brown, Nadine Marshall and Tanya Moodie.
At Cox's Yard, new work takes the theme of Postcards from America featuring the UK premieres of plays by US writers David Adjmi (formerly international playwright in residence at the Royal Court) and Brett Neveu. Adjmi's Elective Affinities, starring Suzanne Burden, examines the limits of tolerance in the age of global terror. Neveu's Eric LaRue is set in the American Mid-West in the aftermath of a school shooting. The action is seen from the viewpoint of the killer's mother, played by Lia Williams.
Postcards from America is followed by political commentator Alibhai-Brown's monologue, Nowhere to Belong, which was showcased at last year's festival and at London's Soho Theatre. The one-woman show, directed by Gavin Marshall, explores the writer's life-long love of Shakespeare and details how her own experience of playing the role of Juliet as a teenager in 1960s Uganda shocked her family and shaped her emotional and political life.
Two young directors will present works in progress as part of the festival's Development Project on 25 October 2005. Former RSC assistant director William Galinksy will collaborate with playwright Biyi Bandele on an adaptation of Sudanese author Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North at Cox's Yard, while Daniel Kramer, whose reinterpretation of Hair has extended at London's Gate Theatre, presents Sweet Charity - A Darker Look at Life about the aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami, at the Swan Gallery.
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I just realized that I have to go through labor again.....Yikes!! I kind of remember thinking, oh my gosh, this is the hardest thing I have ever done, and I don't know if I can ever do it again!! Well, thank goodness for my adorable little boy cause I'd go through it all again in a heartbeat. He is such a blessing as is this pregnancy. At least I have 9 months to mentally prepare.
HaHa: Today's realization
Married 9/16/2005
Gavin Raul 11/14/2009
Dylan Russell 04/17/2011
I'm not pregnant...yet (I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed!)
But I know what you mean. And I'm already dreading the 3rd trimester when I couldn't sleep, eat anything without getting heartburn, etc. But like you said... it is totally worth it when you see your LO!
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Mama to Mason 01.20.09 & Liam 01.23.10
...and we're trying for Baby #3
I feel the same way!! lol! I can't wait to get pregnant again....but then I think "that means I have to go through labor and delivery...and recovery again!" lol! Then I look at my DS and think.......I'd do this a million more times to have another baby as awesome as him! lol!
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TTC #2 since March 2012.....Cautiously expecting baby #2 EDD 1/23/15 (yayyyyyyyy!!!!!) (mc June 2012, August 2013, and April 2014) My Ovulation Chart
Oh man! I didn't even think of that! Oh well, just happy to preggers and hope all goes well!
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Dylan Russell 04/17/2011
I'm not pregnant... at least, I don't know yet. I don't test till Sept 5th. But, last night, I was laying in bed and the memory of labor with my son came back to me. While it wasn't as traumatic as delivering my daughter, I had back labor with both, which is horrible with or without an epidural. I thought "why am I doing this again?" I couldn't sleep and was in extreme pain the last trimester of both my pregnancies. My husband keeps reminding me that I was completely miserable both pregnancies and asks why I would want to do this again.
But, call me crazy, I still want two more kids.
Kitty + Blue = Raelin / 5.6.06 | Logan / 8.22.08 | Four Angels / 2011 | Inara / 7.27.12 | Aeris / 7.7.13
I had back labor too!! Aweful. I keep hoping that this delivery with be back labor free and a total breeze! I can dream can't I?
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Gavin Raul 11/14/2009
Dylan Russell 04/17/2011
i am in the same boat! i had kind of put a "mental block" on how much i didn't really like being pregnant and going through labor and getting really fat etc....lol. about an hour after the hpt turned bfp, i had that "oh shit" moment! haha....but it's always worth it in the end.
Jess, (29) Bf,(29) ds,8,ds,5,ds,3....Addi 4/18/11 Ava Marie is here! 4/10/2012 My family is complete! : )
lol i know i had this moment when me and my DH were first talking about trying. I hated being pregnant, I could do labor delivery and recovery any day. I'm just hoping that I don't have MS all nine months with my second..but I still can't wait to find out if i am pregnant this cycle.
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i'm a freak. i love being pregnant, and i even enjoy labor and delivery. my recovery w/ ds2 was so easy, probably b/c my labor was so easy. i'm hoping for a calm birth for #3 - heck, who am i kidding, i want a birth-gasm! i have a friend who had one and ever since she told me about it, that's been my goal. i'm confident that i can have one if i prepare the right way. :)
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I'm more worried about getting through those 9 months! I was sick sick sick! throwing up almost every day . . . my longest non-puking stretch was 6 days. There are still smells that make me nauseous.
Heehee, is it evil to say that I'm glad I've had c-sections every time? Medically necessary of course, but I can't say I regret not having to go through childbirth. It's a little scary going into the OR, but no pain and lots of fun pain meds after!
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Rachel Mercer Burns, most recently of Hingham, died on May 15. She was 91.
Longtime Camp Ground resident Dr. Anne W. Merrill died of natural causes at the Pennswood Village retirement home in Newtown, Pa. on June 2. She was...
Pieter M. Hahn died in August 2014 at age 60. There will be a celebration of his life on Tuesday, July 14 at Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole.
Mrs. Vivian A. (Combra) DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs died at Martha's Vineyard Hospital on Sunday, July 5. She was 80.
Gordon (Gordy) Raymond Long died Sunday in Martha's Vineyard Hospital. He was 83.
Carolyn White Spengler Esq. died on June 30 at her home in West Tisbury. She was 75.
Richard H. Santos of Vineyard Haven died unexpectedly on June 29 at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. He was 80.
John A. (Wes) Wesley Jr. of Edgartown, beloved husband and best friend of Mary Beth Hlivak-Wesley, died peacefully on Friday, June 12.
It is with deep sadness that his family conveys the death of Jeffrey (Spider) Sullivan to the hundreds of those whose lives he touched.


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'Desperate Housewives' star reveals he's gay and a new dad
"Desperate Housewives" star Tuc Watkins has come out as gay and revealed he is a new dad to twin sons, born via surrogate.
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The actor has spoken publicly about his sexuality in a candid TV interview with Marie Osmond, which is due to air on the talk show "Marie" on Monday.
Watkins told Osmond he knew he was gay even as a young boy, before sharing the happy news that earlier this year he welcomed his two baby boys, Catchen and Curtis.
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He says, "A lot of people at some point in their lives think, 'Am I going to be a parent? Do I want to be a parent?' And when I was young, I knew three things: I knew I was gay, I knew one day I was gonna be a dad, and I knew that Gene Wilder's 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' was going to be the best movie of all time. So far, I've been right about all three."
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Coincidentally, Watkins played a gay man who wanted to adopt a baby with his same-sex partner on "Desperate Housewives."
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