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In reply to a recent article in which I disclosed some neglected facts concerning race and slavery, a reader inquired as to the point in unveiling them. Before answering, let's review some of the tidbits that I shared in the interest of that "honest discussion" of race that the Eric Holders of the world continually charge the rest of us with deferring:
(1) For centuries, millions of white European Christians were enslaved by Asian and African Muslims;
(2) The first slaves in Colonial America were white;
(3) Blacks were in America prior to slavery;
(4) A significant portion of African blacks who eventually became slaves in America were already Christian;
(5) These black slaves had been converted by the African blacks who sold them into bondage;
(6) During the antebellum period, there existed several thousand slave owners who were black;
(7) The first slave master in Americawas a black man, Anthony Johnson, an Angolan who had originally been sold into slavery by his fellow Africans to Arabs and who owned black and white servants.
There is still other historical "trivia" that defy the conventional narrative on race and slavery.
The civilized world, justly, expresses outrage over the abduction and enslavement of hundreds of young Nigerian schoolgirls at the hands of the African Islamic terrorist organization, Bokum Haram. But the stone-cold truth of the matter is that this sort of thing has been transpiring in Africa from time immemorial. For millennia upon millennia, black Africans have seized upon and enslaved other black Africans. And, as notes famed Islamic scholar, Bernard Lewis, among others, from the dawn of Islam, Muslims have abducted and enslaved non-Muslims—both black and white.
It is estimated that well over 100 million black Africans died over the span of 14 centuries as they were marched across the scalding hot sands of the Sahara Desert by those Arab raiders and traders intent upon reducing them to a life of bondage in foreign lands.
In spite of the tremendous number of blacks transported to the Middle East, the latter consists of relatively few blacks today. Why? For one, African boys were frequently forced to undergo castration, a practice so barbaric that but a tiny percentage survived it. Those who did, however, fetched a purchasing price several times that of those of their peers who were not made into eunuchs.
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The River Wharfe in Otley today. Picture by Robin Jakeways
The Environment Agency is appealing for help to trace the cause of an oil leak on the River Wharfe.
A large slick of some kind of oil could be seen flowing through the middle of Otley today.
Robin Jakeways, of Whiteley Croft Road, spotted the pollution in the morning and, fearful of its likely impact on local wildlife, immediately contacted the authorities.
Mr Jakeways, who took this dramatic shot of the spillage from Otley Bridge, said: "The film of oil smells very unpleasant and is probably diesel.
"There are many birds on the river at this point and it is to be hoped that they will not be seriously harmed."
An Environment Agency spokesman said: "We have received reports from members of the public regarding oil pollution on the River Wharfe by Otley Bridge, Otley.
"Environment officers are working with Yorkshire Water to investigate. There are no reports of wildlife in distress.
"Anyone who has any information about this or any future pollution incidents is urged to call the Environment Agency's Incident Hotline on 0800 807060."
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We consider a data transmission system over a wireless channel, where packets are queued at the transmitter. Automatic repeat request is employed as the error control scheme, by which packets corrupted due to channel impairments are immediately retransmitted. We study the statistics of the packet dropping process due to buffer overflow. In particular, we propose a Markov approximation to model such losses. The delay performance of the packets that are admitted to the queue is studied, and extensions of the analysis to general nonindependent arrival processes are also presented.


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By the mid Nineties, the tobacco industry was ripe for the picking by prosecutors and litigators alike. Up until then, manufacturers had argued, successfully, in "sick smoker" cases that cigarettes aren't dangerous to one's health, and more plausibly, that the decision to smoke is freely chosen. But the climate of public opinion by then had shifted radically. Smoking, in the eyes of many Americans, was just this side of wicked. It was time to go in for the kill.
In May 1994, then-Mississippi State Attorney General Mike Moore sued several major tobacco companies. Seeking to "dramatically improve public health and save lives," he decided to secure outside private help, most importantly, Dickie Scruggs, who had been an Ole Miss classmate.
Getting the suit off the ground was a tough sell. The National Association of Attorneys General wouldn't even allow Moore to give a presentation at its 1994 convention in San Antonio. Moore managed to corral some of his colleagues on the premises. And he wouldn't quit after that.
What ultimately turned the tide was an interpretation of the law, codified by the State of Florida. Since cigarettes make smokers sick, plaintiffs' lawyers reasoned, they incur medical costs upon all of society. And since state governments bear a large portion of these costs, especially through Medicaid contributions, it was only fair that tobacco companies reimburse them. Scruggs later admitted: "Our theory was to sue on behalf of states, which had not chosen to smoke but were still being forced to pay health care costs, and that the tobacco companies had gotten rich because of it."
As the suit gathered steam, the underlying zealotry became more evident. Then-Texas Attorney General Dan Morales, declared in 1996 that his goal was "to bring this (tobacco) industry to its knees." One by one, states joined in the fray, smelling serious money. The potential costs of defeat for the tobacco industry rose accordingly. "Our goal was to raise the stakes so high that the industry would not be able to sustain a single loss," reflected Scruggs. "We wanted them to face a 'bet the company' lawsuit in each state, which we believed would force them to the negotiating table."
Tobacco companies, sensing they were boxed in, succumbed. On June 20, 1997, at a televised press conference, plaintiffs and defendants announced the results of a behind-the-scenes "master settlement." Brown & Williamson, Lorillard, Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Commonwealth, and Liggett & Myers would pay out a combined $368.5 billion over 25 years.
But there was a catch: The agreement would require congressional approval. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likely our next president, now was the man of the hour. He sponsored comprehensive legislation to raise the 25-year industry "contribution" level to $516 billion. The centerpiece of the bill was a $1.10-per-pack cigarette excise tax whose revenues would be earmarked to promote children's health. This time, tobacco manufacturers stiffened their spine and prevailed -- sort of. The bill died on the Senate floor in June 1998, partly because several key Senators decided the measure wasn't tough enough on cigarette makers. That November, the parties had negotiated a lower settlement: $206 billion for 46 states and various territories, plus another $40 billion for Florida, Mississippi, Minnesota and Texas, the latter four states in the process of preparing their cases for trial.
Dickie Scruggs was sitting on top of the world. Plaintiffs' attorneys had coaxed nearly $15.5 billion in reimbursed fees from Big Tobacco. His firm's share was nearly $1 billion. And he wasn't afraid to spend it. "Immediately, we went through a period of buying faster planes, bigger boats and nicer cars," he later ruminated. "The obscene amounts of money being handed out certainly damaged our cause before Congress and in the public." Prosecutors echoed this view. "The pursuit of perfection became the enemy of the good. We should have accepted less," said Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. Now they tell us.
Scruggs' career never again would achieve the same heights. It was not for want of trying. In 2000, he led class-action lawsuits in four states and Puerto Rico against Novartis, maker of the drug Ritalin, plus the American Psychiatric Association and the nonprofit Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). Scruggs alleged that Ritalin was a "huge risk," "grossly over-prescribed" and designed to treat a nonexistent disorder. The gambit didn't pan out. In all five jurisdictions, the court dismissed the suit before trial or the plaintiffs dropped the suit.
Hurricane Katrina would prove to be his downfall. The August 2005 storm and resulting floods caused an estimated $81.2 billion in property damage. A few months later, Scruggs formed the Scruggs Katrina Group (SKG), consisting of plaintiffs' lawyers representing Gulf Coast policy holders whose claims had been denied by major insurance companies. This case was personal as well as business. Pascagoula beach homes belonging to Scruggs and brother-in-law Senator Lott were among properties demolished.
The plaintiffs reached an $80 million settlement with State Farm, producing $26.5 million in legal fees for SKG. Unfortunately for Scruggs, a rival litigator, Jones, Funderberg, Sessums, Peterson & Lee, thought it was getting short-changed. The firm's lead partner, John Griffin Jones, sued to get some of that money.
Dickie Scruggs wasn't about to yield. In March 2007 he and four persons -- all future defendants -- paid Judge Henry Lackey a visit to make him an offer: Rule in our favor and we'll make you richer. Lackey, not wanting to bring legal troubles upon himself, quickly reported the incident to the FBI. That in turn led to an undercover sting operation. Timothy Balducci, a New Albany, Miss. lawyer, along with former Mississippi State Auditor Steven Patterson, decided to cop a plea and work with the feds. During September 27-November 1, 2007, Balducci made three cash payments to Judge Lackey totaling $50,000. "We paid for this ruling; let's be sure it says what we want it to say," Balducci told Zach Scruggs and Sid Backstrom.
The indictments came down not long after. Instantly, Dickie Scruggs became radioactive to his friends atop the Democratic Party food chain. Senator Hillary Clinton cancelled a scheduled December 15 presidential campaign fundraiser at his home.
Scruggs insisted he'd been railroaded. His lawyer, John Keker, got that message out to the media. "I'll say this, [the judge] sure as hell didn't get bribed by Dick Scruggs or anyone else in his law firm," the San Francisco-based Keker told the Wall Street Journal. He repeated the story to the newspaper this month, accusing prosecutors of concocting a "manufactured crime." The remark ran on March 14, the very day Dickie Scruggs entered his guilty plea -- classic bad timing.
Scruggs' career, for all intents and purposes, is over. He's looking at a five-year prison term and disbarment. But his fall may reveal more about systemic than personal failings. Over the last several decades, the plaintiffs' bar has succeeded in expanding definitions of liability beyond what many people would consider reasonable. The lawsuit remains a necessary option, but in cynically opportunistic hands it has become a tool for fleecing deep pockets. At least some members of the profession, including those sitting on the bench, are saying "no." It's the next best thing to tort reform.
Carl F. Horowitz is director of the Organized Labor Accountability Project of the National Legal and Policy Center, a Townhall.com Gold Partner organization dedicated to promoting ethics in American public life.
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Rabbbits as harbingers of death.
I have no idea what made me think of this.
I have no idea what made me think of this.
Well, it's quite logical really. If you don't notice that there's a rabbit on your head then either your brain probably isn't functioning as it should, or the situation is drastic enough to distract you from the large rodent on your skull.
Neither is good.
I wasn't thinking logically when I first drew this. I don't usually think logically when I draw comics at all.
But I suppose you have a good point.
But I suppose you have a good point.
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doodled my baby maxine p fast
in case nobody knew i adopted her quite a long time ago from *mueren <333333333333
I've always loved this character and aww she looks so adorable here *V* I love her she looks in your style!
ahhh i always loved maxine ;___; she looks so adorable!!
OMG, she's so ADORABLE! I absolutely love it, so much! She is just really too adorably cute!! >w<
awwwww how cute lookie loves how this one done
this is awesome! :3
She looks really adorable,I especially love the eye
golly! this is so pretty!
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Emergency contraception at the WCC
I want to commend the Bay Guardian for publishing an article about the new policy allowing trained pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception to women who have had unprotected intercourse within 72 hours ["The Other Birth Control Pill," 3/27/02]. Unfortunately, most people do not know about this policy and think that they need to go to their medical provider in order to obtain E.C.
As a volunteer member of the Women's Community Clinic, the only free women's health clinic in San Francisco, I have spoken with many women who were unable to get emergency contraception within 72 hours of unprotected sex . The WCC offers evening and occasional Saturday hours, times when most other clinics are closed, in order to meet the needs of women who work during the day. At the WCC, whenever women call for information about emergency contraception, we inform them of their option to either come to the clinic or to go to any Walgreens, where many pharmacists are already trained to give out EC. Hopefully, this topic will receive more press, and we can spread the word throughout our community so that women have the information they need to make health decisions.
Shelly Makleff San Francisco
Dirty transfer
I'm thrilled to see "Great Wall of Mistrust" in the Guardian [3/27/02]. We need some major media muscle to put the brakes on the Navy and the city's idiotic and deadly "dirty transfer" plan for the Hunters Point Shipyard. Without this exposure, the shipyard's parcels A and B would be slipped under the table in the next few months to Lennar, the nation's largest and perhaps most notorious home builder, an unconscionable privatization and giveaway of what will be, once it is cleaned of extensive toxic and radioactive contamination, some of the most valuable real estate on the planet.
With the Guardian's publication of Ahimsa Sumchai's appeal for sanity, our Board of Supervisors and members of Congress will feel compelled to scrutinize and stop the "dirty transfer" plan and demand instead that the Navy do its duty and thoroughly clean the entire shipyard before any part of it is developed. The health and the very lives of the people of Hunters Point depend on it.
Mary Ratcliff San Francisco
A.I. is P.U.
I think the hype around robotics is overblown ["You, Robot," 3/27/02]. My first exposure to the ideas of artificial intelligence came from my college boyfriend, an MIT grad who (a) was convinced that everything in the human mind could be encoded as a digital algorithm, (b) called his start-up company Machine Evolution, (c) said he had never met anyone as smart as himself, and (d) was a demonic, abusive, sick fuck. But, as a student at MIT, I also sat in on some A.I. lectures myself. My overall impression was that the A.I. geeks were so in love with their theories of intelligence that they ignored anything that didn't fit little inconsequential nuisances like the capacity for metaphor, say, or desire. In the case of my boyfriend, he had trouble accepting anything in himself (or me) that could not be reduced to a rationalization. The pursuit of the robot didn't offer him transcendence: it just reinforced his psychosis.
I recall, over the years, hearing two different definitions of intelligence in people. One is that intelligence is the ability to make both fine distinctions and broad generalizations. The other is that intelligence is the ability to perform well in varied and unanticipated situations. The thought of applying either of these two criteria to a Sony singing doll or even an industrial assembly machine is pretty ludicrous. I'd love to see how such robots perform when exposed to a crying baby, or a burning sofa. And what if the clever engineers at Sony actually thought to preprogram a special response to the sound of a baby's cry? Well, that would reinforce my point.
Rob Costin San Francisco
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In our Feb. 13 issue, in "Battle of the Network Stars," we misstated the policy of the board of directors of the San Francisco Community Television Corp. on board members' disagreement with board decisions. The board does not have a written policy preventing board members from speaking out against board decisions.
In our March 27 issue there was a misprint in the letter "Library Secrecy" (Letters to the Editor). The next to last sentence should have read, "The final version was issued literally a few minutes before the meeting which is when I was given a copy."


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Beautiful, all original Ekomaster 400-4 Gold Sparkle in excellent condition. With HSC and strap. Great action and beautiful sixties sound.
Ekomaster 400 4V gold sparkle, serial # n/a
Excellent (90%). Some small dings and dongs
14 inch double cutaway, Fender Jaguar shaped solidbody with bolt-on neck, gold sparkle vinyl top and black back. Raised Eko logo on upper bass bout
25 inch (63,2 cm)
Nut: 1,7 inch (43 mm); 12th fret: 2,1 inch (43 mm)
Unknown with truss rod, black back side
Rosewood, 22, zero fret
Blackfaced peghead with black, bell-shaped truss rod cover, "Made in Italy" printed on back
Open metal Eko tuners with white plastic knobs
42 inch (105 cm)
14 inch (35 cm)
1,25 inch (3,5 cm)
Black-white-black binding along top, white binding along fingerboard and headstock
White plastic "plus" markers
Small metal Eko-type tailpiece plate
Metal bridge
Round fat
Four (2+2) black single coil Eko pickups with blank metal poles on black plastic base plate
Two large metal volume and tone wheel knobs and six white plastic pickup selector switches (Master, 1, 4, 1+4, 2+3, Off) on black base plate above pickups
Transparent, ribbled plastic pickguard with black binding
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1. We buy, restore and sell vintage and used guitars, amplifiers and accessories. For our identification information refer to the About Us section on our website. 2. We do our best to authenticate all parts, the finish and other components and aspects of the guitars and amplifiers that we sell, but - as everyone - we can make honest mistakes. Please read our return policy for details about returns. 3. We can provide a 3-months buying option on specific instruments against a fee of 30% of the selling price, which will be deducted as advance at the final sales transaction. 4. We accept cash on (local) pickup, IBAN or SWIFT bank wire money transfer, and PayPal. 5. We ship with PostNL / TNT, with tracking number, and fully insured. We will inform the customer about the shipment and the tracking number. 6. All items are carefully packed in cardboard boxes with lots of padding, and we take video clips of the packing process. 7. Upon (signed) acceptance of the shipment by the buyer, ownership of the instrument is legally transfered to the buyer who is from that moment on responsible for the instrument. 8. We comply with the European legislation about the 7-day Internet sales buyer protection period. For all other countries, a 48-hour buyer protection period is applicable for the buyer to verify that the instrument arrived safely and that it complies with the specifications as listed on our site. 9. In case the buyer wants to return the instrument within the buyer protection period, the instrument must be returned in exactly the same condition as it was shipped. For that purpose, we will make a video clip of the unpacking process to avoid improper use of the buyer protection policy. 10. The cost of return shipment must be beared by the buyer. Upon safe return of the instrument in the same condition as shipped, we will return the original purchase price minus any transaction costs that we may have occurred.


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Throw Pillow made from 100% spun polyester poplin fabric, a stylish statement that will liven up any room. Individually cut and sewn by hand, each pillow features a double-sided print and is finished with a concealed zipper for ease of care. Sold with or without faux down pillow insert.
I was just humming this song a few minutes ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCD14IrOcIs. It was fun to see your work's title.
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By Julian Pecquet - 04/09/13 09:22 PM EDT
"It is important to note that tourism to Cuba does not benefit the Cuban economy or people, but the Castro regime," they write. "We sincerely hope that you will reevaluate your decision and distance yourselves from this repressive regime and instead stand on the side of the Cuban people who seek freedom and access to basic human rights protections and economic opportunity."
Tourism to Cuba is illegal for U.S. citizens but the couple's visit two weeks ago was reportedly licensed as a cultural trip, with Beyonce reportedly dancing with children at a children's theater group and meeting with teachers at an art institute. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Tuesday called on the Treasury Department to review how it licenses cultural trips to the island.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has also criticized the couple, telling CNN that they shouldn't be "above the law."


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NHTSA is investigating 853,000 Fiat-Chrysler cars because of confusing gear selectors. Perhaps a return to simple shifters is in order.
131FCA's shifter fiasco proves novel gear selectors are a bad idea
- Steven J. Ewing
- 4 days ago
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7Automakers issued a record 868 recalls in 2015
- Pete Bigelow
- Jan 21, 2016
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Automakers issued more recalls than ever last year. But even as the number of defects in cars mushroomed, many motorists ignored the safety defects lurking under their hoods.
5BMW gets exemption to allow self-parking 7 Series in US [w/video]
1Hyundai recalls Elantra to fix stability control system
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Jan 10, 2016
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Starting in February Hyundai will recall 155,000 Elantras from the 2011 and 2012 model years for a malfunctioning yaw sensor in the ESC system.
2Maserati Gran Turismo recalled for fire risk
20No, the feds are not rewriting the rules to hurt Elio Motors
- Danny King
- Jan 9, 2016
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High MPG trike maker may be derailed by new federal government ruling.
23The latest Takata victim wasn't even old enough to drive
- Pete Bigelow
- Dec 24, 2015
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A teen boy who wasn't wearing a seat belt and who didn't have a driver's license became the eighth Takata airbag victim in July, federal officials say.
19NHTSA slaps BMW with $40M fine for slow Mini recall
- Zac Estrada
- Dec 23, 2015
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The civil penalty concerns 2014 and 2015 Minis that were not recalled soon enough after failing to meet U.S. side-impact crash protection standards.
40Exploding Takata airbag claims a teen victim
- Pete Bigelow
- Dec 23, 2015
- 40
Another motorist has died as a result of injuries caused by a shrapnel-spewing Takata airbag, according to federal officials.
3Mitsubishi recalls Mirage in snowy states for airbag delay
12New drunk-driving ads will play before Star Wars at theaters
- Pete Bigelow
- Dec 17, 2015
- 12
Forget the new Star Wars movie. The Force awakening today might be law enforcement. Federal officials announced a renewed attempt Thursday to crack down on drunk drivers throughout the holiday season.
40Car seats and winter coats can be a dangerous combination
- Pete Bigelow
- Dec 14, 2015
- 40
If kids are leaving the house and getting into a car, wearing a coat may be a mistake that holds potentially fatal consequences.
30Hyundai recalls 10k Genesis Coupes for detached driveshafts
14Nissan recalling 34k Rogues for sliding out of Park
1Fiat Chrysler will pay $70M to settle safety disclosure suit
- Chris Bruce
- Dec 10, 2015
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FCA US faces a $70 million fine from NHTSA for failing disclose early warning reports of possible deaths, injuries, crashes, or other safety issues.
21New law paves way for more replica vintage cars
- Chris Bruce
- Dec 8, 2015
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A provision in the recently passed highway bill means that boutique manufacturers can create 325 reproduction vehicles a year with government certification. Customers can buy these vehicles with a full powertrain, and the makers can export them to some other countries.
14Transportation Department aims to revamp crash testing [w/video]
- Chris Bruce
- Dec 8, 2015
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The DOT's new safety rules would add more crash tests, evaluate pedestrian safety in an accident, and check for the latest safety tech in vehicles. While still just a proposal, the updates could arrive for the 2019 model year.
36US House passes massive $305 billion highway funding bill
- Brandon Turkus
- Dec 4, 2015
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The massive, five-year, $305-billion spending bill doles out $281 billion to the beleaguered Highway Trust Fund, and also gives nearly $1 billion to NHTSA.
232Traffic deaths inch lower, but federal officials forecast huge spike
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- Nov 24, 2015
- 232
In some respects, there's never been a safer time to ride in a car. The number of vehicle occupants killed in traffic accidents dipped to 21,022 in 2014, according to the federal agency that tracks the numbers. It's the lowest total since record-keeping began in 1975.
19Why the record-breaking Takata fine might be chump change
- Pete Bigelow
- Nov 12, 2015
- 19
The record-breaking fine federal authorities handed down to airbag manufacturer Takata last week might be chump change.
111NHTSA reverses course, now wants seat belts on school buses
- Pete Bigelow
- Nov 10, 2015
- 111
The government agency charged with keeping motorists out of harm's way has long lauded seat belts as "the single most effective way" vehicle occupants can keep themselves safe. For years, it has also opposed efforts to require seat belts on school buses. As contradictions go, that's a doozy.


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That, I think, is a fair description of the Obama administration's attempt to build high-speed rail lines across America.
It hasn't failed because of a lack of willingness to pony up money. The Obama Democrats' February 2009 stimulus package included $8 billion for high-speed rail projects. The Democratic Congress appropriated another $2.5 billion.
But Congress is turning off the spigot. The Republican-controlled House has appropriated zero dollars for high-speed rail. The Democratic-majority Senate Appropriations Committee has appropriated $100 million in its budget recommendation.
That's effectively "a vote of 'no confidence' to President Obama's infrastructure initiative," concludes transportation analyst Ken Orski, "a bipartisan signal that Congress has no appetite for pouring more money into a venture that many lawmakers have come to view as a poster child for wasteful spending."
The Transportation Department is struggling to push some of the previously appropriated money out the door. Some $480 million of planning, engineering and construction grants were made to 11 state governments in September.
But this doesn't build many rail lines, and with one exception, none of them is really high-speed, like Japan's TGV or Japan's bullet train. The governors of Wisconsin and Ohio nixed train lines that wouldn't provide faster service than current parallel Interstate highways. The governor of Florida cancelled a faster line between Orlando and Tampa, which are only 90 miles apart.
The one remaining project that really promises high-speed rail travel, in California, faces cost overruns that would be astonishing -- except for the fact that cost overruns have been standard operating procedure in high-speed rail projects around the world.
The feds insist California build a 160-mile segment in the Central Valley that is estimated to cost at least $10 billion and will have virtually no riders. The estimated cost of the whole project has zoomed from $43 billion to $67 billion, and there seems to be no prospect of any more public- or private-sector money.
Obama has rhapsodized about the wonders of getting on a train across the street from your office and traveling to another city, and he has presented high-speed rail as a technology of the future. But high-speed rail is futuristic in the same way as Disney's original Tomorrowland. Gee, someday you'll be able to take frozen peas from your freezer and heat them on your electric range.
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Discussion in '.375 & Up' started by JesseGibson, Sep 15, 2013.
Now let's not start showing bruises and scars, this cannot go anywhere good knowing this group!
It now has enough velocity to shoot just a little bit low, FINALLY, groups still PERFECTLY CONSISTENT. Strong load. Stronger Rifle. I am still sold on Winchester M70s (hey, I'm poor). Son of a xxxxx they are light, though! 8.6 lbs. with this velocity and bullet weight gives a good 'recoil velocity' number for a LOTT.
Ok ok here's my bruise, now you know Jaco is going to show us his scar ... This was day one, it got bigger and more colorful on days two and three. The question I got multiple times was "now which end of the rifle did this again?"
"wear it like a badge"
- or - "What did you learn?????"
good thing you didn't do that on day one of a ten day safari - might kind of give me the yips
I've learned to treat my 500 Jeffery, with respect since then. 15 full power plus loads from the bench doing load development when I first got it
(hottest was 570g at 2500 fps) and I was too stubborn to quit when it felt like someone was hitting my shoulder with a baby sledge.
Now it's my favorite rifle to shoot offhand, recoil offhand seems non-existent. You have to treat the big bores with a little respect lol ...
An 8.6 lbs. gun is FAR DIFFERENT from 10+ lb'ers. Nevertheless, recoil is zip really. I just like to joke about it. Shooting 465 grain hard cast bullets at 1720 fps. from a handgun is infinitely more attention getting. (Hell, the bruise came from 40 rounds each day, over back to back days, from two rifles.) Looking at that clip, it's pretty clear that it's 'crippling' me, right?
Numbers for my LOTT based on 'chronographed' velocity, bullet weight, charge weight. . .
Calculated it. . .
Recoil Energy = ~87 ft. lbs
Recoil Velocity = ~26 fps.
Here's a good recoil calculator for the masochists who just have to know ...
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Yes sir, indeed it is. Some nice guys here and you are one of them, AND you have a 500 Jeff. Good qualities.
We are working on a single shot, 500 NE. Well, sort of. Using a 500 S&W Magnum Handi-Rifle, we are going to neck down a 500 NE case in the 500 S&W Mag FL Resizing die and ream out the chamber to 500 NE 3". Just for me to shoot in my backyard. . .
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Khaleesi's portryal here is really good and reminds me of a certain manga artist or a certain Korean manwha artist-->_< darn how I can't even remember the names of the video game cover or manwha I'm thinking about >_<
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ho this an dragon
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i love this work and i love you for making it Khaleesi is my favorite character in game of thrones
Il me semble que Daenerys a les yeux violet (dans les livres en tout cas) mais sinon c'est vraiment magnifique ;A;
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This is lovely, but she's supposed to have violet eyes.
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Woow :3 Nice
Shouldn't she have violet eyes?
This looks beautiful! great job!
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Mother of dragons, aka the most annoying character in Game of Thrones. Great piece of art, just can't stand the character.
Really love this but mostly because she looks more like a young teenager like in the books.
Lovely!...But.. but.. her eyes are violet, not greeennn! D':
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A year since the release of "Fallen", the ending theme for the popular TV anime series, 'PSYCHO-PASS 2'. EGOIST's 6th single has been released worldwide with another major anime tie-in! The newly released song has been chosen to be the main theme for the animated trilogy movie 'Project Itoh', which is scheduled to be released in 2016, with the cover illustration created specially by redjuice!
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Talented Debbie Macomber takes readers on a journey into a small North Dakota town to meet a new group of characters in the first of a new trilogy.
Lindsay Snyder was from the South. Shed only ever visited her grandparents North Dakota home as a child. A broken relationship leads to a need to get away, and Buffalo Valleys need for a high school teacher seems the perfect answer. She packs up her life and heads out to serve a one-year contract.
What she didnt expect was to fall in love with the town, her students, and one students big brother, rancher Gage Sinclair. She also wasnt prepared for being constantly reminded that shes an outsider.
To a small farming community hit hard by the times, Lindsay is a breath of fresh air. For Gage Sinclair, she is the woman he is afraid to love for fear she will leave him.
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Thanks to comments from friends, I have now fixed that link to The Rabbit Lists. Hop to it!
Rabbits Are May's Hot Topic
For the third time this week, a customer came in to Applehurst and talked about rabbits eating in her garden. All that delicious, tender foliage makes rabbits fat and happy. Not so much the rest of us.
Because I've heard so many questions on the subject, I'll suggest this post I made several years ago, and which still happen to draw a lot of readers. Hope it's helpful. The Rabbit Lists
Before & After in the Jail Yard
Waaaaay back in 2011 when my store, Applehurst, was new, There was a lot of ugly gravel and an ugly alley in the former jail exercise yard. Add some junipers for screening, a crabapple for color, ice-cream-colored paint, and a few herbs, and… voila!
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Thanks to the generosity of Project Green in Iowa City, I was invited to give a presentation on growing and using herbs on April 1 of 2012 at the Iowa City Public Library. The wonderful ICPL–and their equally wonderful librarian, Beth Fisher–taped the presentation and made it available on their website. First are introductions from Mary Lowder of Project Green, then my presentation starts at about 3:30. I hope you find it helpful. You can see the whole presentation, which runs for a little over an hour, or stop and start as you like.
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Rubber-Neckin' to Come
You know what rubber-neckers are, don't you? Streeeeeetching their necks to see all that can be seen as they drive by an interesting sight. They are typically referred to as the cause of slowing traffic as it passes by a wreck. Twist that connotation around a bit, please, and think of rubber necking at a garden as you drive by. Yes, you have! I know you've rubber-necked at a garden. (Maybe it was a wreck of a garden!) That's what I'm aiming for in my new yard at the former Madison County Jail in Winterset. Unfortunately, I'm still mostly aiming. (In case you're not familiar with our move, you can see more about our 1903 county jail in Winterset, Iowa, at Applehurst.com.)
Slowly. Much too slowly. Starting a new garden from scratch is taking much longer than I would like, but I keep reminding myself of the lessons of patience that I have already learned. I've heard it said–and I do believe it's true–that you should live with a new home landscape for a year before digging in. We moved here in November, and the growing season has barely begun. I have already 'dug in' a bit, but I am thinking hard about what I'd like my new gardens and yard to look like.
So, here's the situation: I have two extremes of garden siting and conditions. One side of the 'house' is where the exercise yard of the jail was situated. There is little open garden space, and what is there has only a few inches of soil over several feet of pea gravel. The other side of the house has a traditional lawn under shady trees and deep, loamy soil. Sounds like the best of all possible options, but having many options seems to make it harder for me to decide what to plant with my limited time and dollars.
The gravelly soil will become my new herb garden, which works out well because I sell herb plants at Applehurst, and this will help people see what their little 4″ pots grow up to be. As for the lawn side of the house, I'll be able to have the shade garden that I've always wanted. As for the shade area, there are so many possibilities! Goat's beard (Aruncus), Astilbe – the tall ones, such as 'Bressingham Beauty', Heuchera– also the tall ones, such as H. americana 'Dale's Strain', Ligularia, and snow-on-the-mountain (Aegopodium). Ferns of many kinds, hostas, even a mossy garden will work here. Yummy!
You should head to yoga class now to prepare. Don't want you to miss a thing as you drive by next summer!
Favorite Container Combo
In summers past, while I worked full-time as a garden editor, I woke to watering chores every morning. As many as 40 containers required my attention, in the hopes that each one of them would be photographed for the pages of Better Homes and Gardens, or one of the other magazines I worked on at the Meredith Corporation. This year I had only five containers. That's '5' without another digit in front of it, nor following. Only five, as in the number of fingers I have on only one hand. (Relative) freedom! Yea!
But that doesn't mean that I find container gardening a particularly boring or exhausting. It's fun to create eye-catching pretties in the garden. Here's one of my favorites of this season, and a pairing I'll put together again: 'Breathless Blush' Euphorbia and 'Sweet Caroline Bronze' Ipomoea.
Did you pot up an especially rewarding pairing? Share it!
Make This Stuff and Stuff Yourself: Good Grape's Post
I don't read many blogs, but there are a few on my GoogleReader that I am nearly always glad to catch up on. One of my favorites is GoodGrape.com.
Visit Good Grape for the most recent post, Nine Things Every Wine Lover Must Know How To Make. I have made several of the special treats on his list, and now I think I'll make a list of my own in a future post. (However, I'm not sure my homemade kimchi goes with wine.)
Mmmm. Stomach growling . . .


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Ever-Present Yes: An Interview with Fr. Robert Barron on "Catholicism; A Journey to the Heart of the Faith"
As far as humanist concepts of self-actualization, these can only take us so far and they never take us never far enough. We always run into the limits that a human nature imposes by the very fact that it is fallen and finite. We can aspire to divinity, but there is an infinite, qualitative difference between a human and a divine nature that cannot be overcome from our side. This is why self-actualization is, in the end, an exercise in frustration. We end up grasping at a reality that must in the end be given, not seized or earned. God wants to give us this gift in Christ, but will we accept it? and if we accept it, what will we do with the gift?
It seems to me Catholicism is a religion that the very young and the very old have no trouble "getting." Children intuit mystery very easily and the old come to terms with it when they realize that all they have learned has only shown them all they do not know. Your book seems like a way to help the rest of us find a way to plug back into understandings and insights we tend to lose in our adolescence and sometimes never recapture.
We have a receptivity and sensitivity when we are children in regards to the Faith that can easily be dulled as we grow older. I would say that there are certain basic elements that constitute the grammar of the Faith that should be learned and experienced early on (for example, that God took for himself a human nature in Christ) that help us to understand and to speak the language of the Faith and navigate the culture of the Church. The profundity of the Church's claim are evident to us even when we are very young despite the fact that we lack a mature understanding that can appreciate all the implications.
And the mystery begins with the Incarnation, which unfurls with a thread of paradox running through it: We are sentimental about childhood, but Jesus is a true infant warrior; we are obsessed with credentials, Jesus is an authority without the paper; we look for and expect faux humility, Jesus asks, "who do the people say I am?" How does this Incarnated Christ speak to our modern sensibilities and our entrenched opinions? How do we have a relationship with this being?
The Incarnate Christ presents his grace to us moderns in much the same way that he presented himself throughout the history of Israel, by which I mean that he is able to move deftly around our resistance, even going so far as to use our resistance as the very means by which he draws us to himself. How do we have a relationship with him? The relationship we are offering is in, through, and with Christ and this is astounding. I think that the fact that the Lord permits us to have a relationship with him at all is what is truly remarkable (and perhaps it is coming to terms with this is what so many moderns find difficult to bear). But he does—and that reveals something of extraordinary import about both the Lord and about us.
You write that the resurrected Christ typically did two things: he "showed his wounds and pronounced a word of peace." Is that a kind of invitation to us? Is there an invitation to the path of peace wrapped up, somehow, in our wounds? Does that make Christianity a communion and community grounded in mysteries of sin and forgiveness?
Perhaps. We all bear the wounds of sin and that Christ chooses to bear such wounds is worth serious reflection. But I do think that Christ demonstrates in the display of his wounds the futility of our violence when placed in opposition to divine justice. His wounds display that all the power that humanity could muster to destroy God's love ultimately proved itself to be ineffectual; and not only that, but God in Christ transformed that hideous rejection into the occasion by which he would manifest his beautiful mercy to the world for all ages to come. The Church bears this mystery into the world in the practice of her Sacraments, which are all, each in their own ways, an immersion into the grace that is given through the Cross.
Elizabeth Scalia is Managing Editor of Patheos' Catholic Portal, and a weekly columnist at First Things. You can read her blog here.


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Ready For Trench Warfare: The Official Mosin Thread
I just bought a cleaned up and ready to shoot Mosin Nagant w/bayonet and toolkit and a box of ammo - $130
I am now choosing a small, european country to dominate. I think I may begin with Luxembourg.
it's a 91/30 with a hex receiver from the tula arsenal circa 1927
did I get hosed by the mean man at the gun store or did I do OK?
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You did just fine. They're great rifles, lots of fun to shoot.
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I figure for the price, if it moves a bullet downrange whatsoever I can treat it like a great big .22 - a sort of Russian Super Plinker if you will.
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Yep. Good stuff.
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Fucking great rifle. It's like the AK of bolt actions(?).
Ditto on the hi5. Yours has the hex receiver, though. Built with higher standards than mine. Nice find.
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i'm actually looking around for a mosin myself. i've found a couple of places that sell them in good condition, though they're a bit more expensive down under.
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this is one of the places i'm looking at. as you can see, they cost upwards of $360 oz dollars:


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CHAPTER 1 - The Princes
There was a time when Vampires, Elves, Dwarfs even magical creatures as
humans called them had excited. They lived for hundreds of years, wars had been fought, won and lost but none of us gave up. We hid from the world, never giving the chance for humans to notice our presence. There the select few who can hear, see and even feel us. They will be given the choice to free us, or lead us to destruction. We wait, hope, pry that someday we might live again.
Britannia High School
9:56pm Friday
Our story starts here at Britannia High School With a young female who is charming and elegant.
" Micka, Micka, The princes are here!! Get up!!" Micka a Britannia high school student, 14 of age, black long hair, red eyes, tall and extremely beautiful awoke from her deep slumber.
" Can`t you just go and hound Jessica or Britney or even Star. I`m trying to sleep." Micka had not slept in 3 days for she swore she heard something near her ear but when she opened her eyes or even when the room was evacuated of girls. Bunny as they called her ran to Jessica a short blond with egsausted features, blue eyes that sparkled on a full moon night was just about to fall asleep when Bunny, brunette with pink eyes and also short bounced on her bed.
" Oh my god Bunny just go to sleep, where all pooched." Bunny looked sad and slunked to her bed. She pulled the white bed curtains over her empty bed. Micka Felt sorry for her. Bunny had never seen the princes before and was excited. Micka got out of bed and opened Bunny`s curtains. She was whimpering, faced against the wall.
" Bunny, want to go see the princes?" Micka whisperly asked. Bunny turned around and nodded. She got Bunny her cloak and wrapped hers around herself.
They slipped through the door and stepped quickly out of the girls dormitory building to the main building. Micka quietly slipped open the door for a peek.
" There take a gander." Micka quietly took a step back, while Bunny peeked through. By what Micka saw the headmaster and his annoying assistant was there to greet the princes.
" Micka, the shorter one is very cute!!" Micka rolled her eyes and tugged on Bunny`s cloak. Bunny shrugged her off and kept her position at the door peeking.
" Bunny unless you want to get caught, lets go you`ll see them at breakfast." She pulled Bunny away from the door. Before they left she checked to make sure that noone heard them. The tallest about Mickas height came over to the door. Bunny was pushed against the wall behind Micka. Once the door was opened a sword and a rod clanged together.
" What`s your business here?" Micka held a strong firm on her Shinin Rod. They both applied pressure against each others force.
" My friend Bunny wasn`t feeling well... she needed fresh air and she felt better when she was walking around." Micka glared at him and applied more strength.
" That doesn`t answer my question!" He had Blond wild locks and red eyes like the rest of them. His voice was a bit angered as he spoke. Micka was about to respond when the headmaster butted in.
" Now now, lets not get on the wrong foot here. Mrs. Miccody please attend to Buneveria and as for you Micka would you please stay awhile. Micka let the rod fall back into place. She spun on her heel and walked to Bunny.
" What ever Miccody makes you drink, drink it! Other wise we`re in deep trouble. I`m sorry...... I`ll take the punishment, you don`t need it on your first year here." Micka stepped forward into the light of the great hall and Mrs. Miccody attended to Bunny. The doors shut on their departure and Mickas arrival. The headmaster let her sit and have a spot next to the eldest and more safisticated one. They all greeted Evening, all except the blonde Edward.
When the discussion was finished the princes left for a nights sleep. The headmaster told Micka that the punishment was to tutore the Edward, Jasper, Darrin and Justin. Paris was the oldest and did not need a tutore. Micka left the main building. Along the way the 4 princes stopped her in her tracks about 1/3rd of the way to the girls dormitory.
" What do you want?" Micka snapped angerly. Edward stepped forward and drew his silver sword. She drew upon her rod and snapped it open to face the blade before. Jasper tried to make Edward put it away and leave her be but failed in the attempt and was shoved to the ground. Edward advanced on Micka. Before any of the princes knew, Micka had been thrown to the ground and held at the edge of the swords tip.
" Remember who your superior is girl!" Micka scowled and kicked Edward in the groin. He fell over holding his crotch.
" Remember who yours is!" Micka grabbed her rod and left. Edward stood and appeared before her in a matter of seconds. As surprised as she was, Micka knew that surprise could not take her otherwise the battle was lost. But Edward had already used it to his advantage. The other princes where nowhere to be seen. Edward held her body tightly close to his. Edwards bony fingers travelled across her tender flesh. He held her head to the side, bared his fangs and bit her neck. Micka let out a small quiet scream of pain. She felt her blood rushing out of her veins and felt a little wheesy.
Edwards hold tightened around Mickas waist. Micka became weak in the knees, her eyes fluttured and she fell into the arms of Paris. Paris smacked Edward and left him alone in the courtyard, cobble road. He entered her dorm the other girls never realized who it was but assumed it was a late nighter just getting in. They fell asleep just was quick as they had awoken. Paris placed Micka back in her white bed and shut the curtains.
When Micka awoke to a commotion. All the girls came to her side, holloring down the hall for a medic.
" What`s going on guys?" Jessica, Bunny, Star and even Britney where by her side. Jessica took off the bandage from Mickas neck it was clean, no marks nothing to indicate that she was ever hurt. Jessica looked puzzled but also like she was trying to make it make sence but nothing came. Micka felt her neck nothing was there. She looked at her clothes and they where blood stained. No wounder Jessica and the girls thought something was wrong.
" Oh thats why!" Micka stood, changed into her school uniform and opened the curtains. The sun shawn brightly through the window, Micka immediantly shut them. She felt her skin tingle, at least the part that touched the suns rays.
" Micka breakfast is about to start coming?" Jessica, Britney, Bunny and Star where heading out the door. Micka nodded and ran after them. She covered herself well so the sun never touched her skin. She entered the hall and the princes sat in there seats properly like the rest of use did. Edward did not take his eyes off of her for hours. Paris observed from the side lines. When classes where over Micka tutored Jasper, Darrin and Justin. Edward was how do you say it an ass the whole night. Micka went back to her dorm building when she swear she sensed that Edward was behind her in the courtyard.
" What do you want?" Edward walked in front of her and kissed her. At first Micka was stunned but snapped out of it and smacked him leaving his cheek red. Micka ran off, hid behind the wall to the entrance and waited till Edward chuckled and left. She was blushing but left to her dorm.
When she entered the room Bunny jumped off her bed and began harassing Micka. Micka had to help Bunny with her music homework. When she went to bed the curtains where closed and she pondered the recent events that took place as she tutored and when Edward kissed her. She smiled and tried to fall asleep but never could. She left the room making sure the girls where fast asleep.
As she walked the stairs to the clock tower, she heard people talking. She stood on the last landing of the stairs and noticed Paris and Edward.
The Hearers Ch.1 The Princes by fireballflameWatch
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heres the Hearers hope u enjoy!! ^^ i`m just starting on chapter 2 so sorry if i don`t get it on here for awhile!!
please let me know what u think ty
please let me know what u think ty
even the intro is very good, i almost can imagine the story started like with some movie scenes and the intro sentences slowly scroll down ^^
i think i will enjoy your story, ok continueing ^^
i am so surprised the story start at ...
quite lively conversation ^^ you really have observed the details in real life ^^
hehehe i think i like Micka
... but i don't like Edward ... i don't know if he is good ... well, i will read all the episodes in the future, then i will know if he is good ...
the last paragraph is sweet ^^
not bad at all, i enjoy reading it ^^
i would like to know more about Micka, Edward and Paris so far ^^
i think i will enjoy your story, ok continueing ^^
i am so surprised the story start at ...
quite lively conversation ^^ you really have observed the details in real life ^^
hehehe i think i like Micka
... but i don't like Edward ... i don't know if he is good ... well, i will read all the episodes in the future, then i will know if he is good ...
the last paragraph is sweet ^^
not bad at all, i enjoy reading it ^^
i would like to know more about Micka, Edward and Paris so far ^^
you are welcome ^^
i think you have try to express everything in a good way ^^
overall is good, you have try to briefly describe some of the characters, but of cos three of them are much more attract me so far ^^
there are two points which are very very interesting in this chapter, they are Micka vs Edward and the last two paragraphs ^^
and there are also some parts which will be interesting if present in a movie scene ^^
i think you have already make it clear to understand ^^
i think you have try to express everything in a good way ^^
overall is good, you have try to briefly describe some of the characters, but of cos three of them are much more attract me so far ^^
there are two points which are very very interesting in this chapter, they are Micka vs Edward and the last two paragraphs ^^
and there are also some parts which will be interesting if present in a movie scene ^^
i think you have already make it clear to understand ^^


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The Fourth Doctor Dalek by MeghanMurphyWatch
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The perfect disguise! (4 of 11)
Created in Illustrator, texture added in Photoshop
Created in Illustrator, texture added in Photoshop
This Dalek is having an identity crisis.
Poor little murderous dude.
He died never knowing the Doctor was in the same Dalek Asylum as him. Poor confused Dalek. Jel-ee-ba-by
someone must have divided by zero for this astronomical phenomenon to occur hehehe great pic my friend
the 4th as a Dalek, lol
If you could cut the top off and make it a line, that would be brilliant. Just so people can zoom in and see the Doctor Daleks in all their splendour.
These are fantastic Medox! Can't wait to see the rest of them