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The second international edition of the UFC's popular reality series, "The Ultimate Fighter," now has its coaches.
"The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. U.K.," which will begin taping soon for fall episodes, will feature George Sotiropoulos and Ross Pearson as coaches. UFC president Dana White announced the coaches on FUEL TV following Wednesday's UFC on FUEL TV 4 event in San Jose, Calif.
Pearson (13-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) will coach the fighters from the U.K. Sotiropoulos (14-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) will coach the Aussie fighters. Both are coming off losses. Pearson in June lost a second-round TKO to Cub Swanson. Sotiropoulos has not fought in more than a year after being knocked out by Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC 132 – his second straight loss after seven straight wins in the UFC.
UFC officials on Wednesday night confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Sotiropoulos and Pearson will fight at the season's conclusion in a lightweight fight. Pearson, the Season 9 winner of "The Ultimate Fighter," recently dropped from 155 to featherweight, where he has gone 1-1.
The series will feature fighters from Australia against fighters from the United Kingdom, the first national rivalry for the show since "TUF 9," which pitted the U.S. against the U.K. with coaches Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping. This will be the second international edition of "TUF" after "TUF Brazil" earlier this year.
Also dubbed "TUF: Smashes" as an homage to an old cricket rivalry between the U.K. and Australia, the series will be broadcast on FX in Australia this fall, UFC officials recently announced.
There is no word on possible broadcast plans in the U.S. The first season of "TUF: Brazil" had episodes shown online each week after airing on Globo in Brazil. FUEL TV then began airing episodes for U.S. viewers in June.
For more on "The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. U.K.," stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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I'm 13 and my boyfriend is 16. I'm a virgin but he isn't and I feel like if I don't have sex with him he is going to break up with me. Should we just have oral? Also, how can you tell if someone has already had sex?
The only sound way we can tell if someone has or hasn't already had any kind of sex is by asking them and accepting their answer.
Obviously, sometimes some kinds of sex can result in certain outcomes, like pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections, which can also tell us if someone has engaged in some kind of sex. But really, even then, the only sound way of knowing is by asking someone and taking their word on it. People won't always be honest about that, but the idea some people have that how someone's body parts look or feel can give us that information is just plain wrong. Bodies can't tell us who has or hasn't engaged in sex: only people can. I'm more concerned with your first questions than that one, though.
What do you want and feel ready for right now when it comes to an intimate, sexual relationship, if you even want one? Does this situation look like that? I'm guessing it doesn't, since it's pretty safe to say that no one really wants a sexual relationship where sex is happening only because they feel scared if it isn't, they'll get dumped.
Intimate and/or sexual relationships involve being vulnerable, emotionally and physically: that's not really a choice, it's part of the deal. How vulnerable we are depends on a lot of things, but we're always even more vulnerable when we have less agency: when by virtue of the way the world is or our relationships are we've got less power or ability to do things than someone else, due to our sex or gender, age, color, how much money we have, how our bodies are, our sexual orientation, and so on. As a 13-year-old girl or very young woman in the world, one with a male partner older than she is, and who it sounds like feels she gets to call less of the shots in her relationship than her partner, I'd say you're very vulnerable here, and that's something really important to know and accept.
Because of being vulnerable like that, and especially if you don't want to take big risks in either of those departments or be more likely to deal with rough outcomes, healthy sexual relationships usually require trust, feeling and being respected, safe and secure, including emotionally, with ourselves and any partners, and having the ability, either on our own or with help, to take care of our physical and emotional health around sex. Those relationships being healthy and beneficial also includes everyone in them feeling as free, as able to say no, maybe, or not now to sex as they do to say yes, being supported in that, and not feeling like sex is something they have to give or exchange for something else, like a commitment or someone liking you only because you did what they wanted sexually. Healthy personal interactions of any kind also require that everyone in them feel valued and respected, like a person, not an object or just as a means to something one person wants. All those things are also usually what everyone in them really wants.
Do you want to be with someone, anyone, who would only stay with you because you're having the sex they want to have? Really?
I'm not you, so we might feel differently. But for myself, I know that unless the only thing I want from my relationships is sex, that is not usually the kind of person I want to be with. Heck, even in relationships that are only or mostly about sex, I tend to find that kind of setup is a recipe for crappy experiences since sex that isn't masturbation, but something more than one person is sharing and a part of, needs to be about what both people want, and leave a lot of room for everyone involved not wanting the same things, or the same things at the same time. Even in sex-only relationships the kind of situation you think you've got here usually spells BLECK. If what you want is commitment, then what you offer is commitment. If the other person wants it too, they'll offer it back. If they don't, trying to give them something else to get that commitment usually doesn't work and also tends to leave a person feeling pretty gross and create relationships that are quite lousy.
I can't tell you what kind of sex to have with this person or not, especially without having any idea at all what kind of sex you want, on your own terms, if any. The only thing I know you want from your post is that you don't want your boyfriend to break up with you. So, it doesn't sound to me like sex of any kind is even something you want: when it is, someone usually will say something about that.
If you don't really -- for yourself -- want a sexual relationship right now, in general or with this person, what kind of relationship do you want? Whatever that is, that's what you want to aim for, and make choices that are in alignment with that. But if you don't really want a sexual relationship with someone, or this guy, right now, and are only thinking about doing it to keep him around, know that that choice isn't likely to get you what you want.
Sexual choices are very personal, and when we're going to start making them, while we can get some advice, ultimately we need to figure out what we really want and don't, what we do and don't feel ready for, what we are or are not up to dealing with (or what we do or don't want to deal with), and more, and then all of that for anyone else involved, too. Even being ready for that constant, and often complex, decision-making process takes us some time, let alone making those choices.
Should you choose to be sexual with anyone and want it to be most likely to be something you feel good about before, during and afterwards, which supports healthy relationships most likely to make you happy and support your self-esteem, having any kind of sex to try and keep someone around does not make that likely. In fact, it makes the opposite very likely: that you won't feel good about it at all, and that it probably won't be something good for you in the short or long term.
What's more, you should know that one thing we know from statistics and people's personal anecdotes is that it also doesn't usually work in the first place. In other words, even if you do have sex with this person to keep them around, or keep them only having sex with you, chances are good that they'll ditch you in short order anyway if the only reason they were sticking around was for sex.
Now, I don't know if you're getting the idea he'll leave based on his words or actions or if this is more about your own head. If it's coming from him, then we can know this isn't a healthy situation: in healthy relationships, people don't threaten to leave unless someone has sex with them. For sure, sometimes one person wants things the other doesn't or isn't ready for, but when that's the case, there aren't threats or ultimatums or pressure. In healthy interactions, when people are really different in that way, and the person who wants something feels they can't deal without it, they don't seek out relationships with people who aren't feeling similar, or who they suspect aren't there yet with sex.
While we're on the age difference, when someone older -- even by just a few years, especially in our teens or childhood where a few years is a bigger difference then it will be later on -- is in a relationship with someone younger, one thing they need to be able to do is keep in mind that the younger person is likely to be in a different place than they're at. If what they want is "past" where the younger person really is, they need to be able to stick with the younger person's pace, not try and push, pressure or nudge them up to theirs. That's just basic courtesy, but it's also the biggest thing that supports a romantic or sexual relationship where there's an age or development difference (or any big difference in agency) healthy instead of unhealthy. That also tends to take a good deal of maturity, self-awareness and patience. The fact that a lot of people in their teens and twenties are still just developing those things in a big way is why same-age teen sexual relationships tend to be healthier than those where there's an age difference of a few years or more: when someone is already pretty much at your same place, they or you don't have to have so much of those things yet.
But these worries might not be coming from him or anything he's said or done. Sometimes worries like this can come from your own head, or messages you might get from friends, TV or magazines. If we get the message or the idea that sex is either the only thing of value we have to offer, or the thing of the most value, it can be pretty easy to think it's something we have to do to keep people around who might be interested in sex with us. But the thing is, that's just not true. Not with people who see our value as more than just that, anyway.
No one who sees and appreciates you as a whole person is going to see your value as only sexual (including you!). If and when that's what someone wants, they get to choose that, but that is very rarely what anyone really wants in an ongoing relationship, especially love relationships. And if you want a boyfriend or anyone else to see you as more than that, you have to do your part, too, which includes being more than just that, and refusing to be only that.
Either way -- or maybe the pressure is even coming from both him AND yourself -- I'd say that so long as you're feeling like you are, like sex is something you need to do to so he doesn't break up with you, you're not in a space where choosing to have any kind of sex is probably a sound choice. Only if and when you aren't feeling that way, and sex is something you really feel ready for and want on your own, too, and when you're in a relationship or situation where you feel like you can say no and the world will not end, will you be in the right spot to even consider sex as a good choice, and will it be at all likely to be something you feel good about, which is really the point. Sex is supposed to be about feeling good, remember, not just physically, but emotionally, too.
Still on the fence? If so, I can toss some more things out for you to think about and also talk about, with your boyfriend, but also, hopefully, with other supportive people in your life, too.
I think the best approach to figuring this out for yourself might be to ask yourself some questions and ask your boyfriend some questions, too. I think if you can come to clear answers to these, you can probably figure out your own best choices here, choices that support what you really want, that don't involve you doing anything you don't really want to do and feel ready for, and that also help keep you from exchanging sex for commitment.
Questions for yourself:
In terms of that last one, for yourself, and both of you, I'd start by taking a look at this:Ready or Not? The Scarleteen Sex Readiness Checklist.
I'd then look at this: Sorting Maybe from Can't-Be: Reality Checking Partnered Sex Wants & Ideals.
Take some real time going through those and thinking about them: days, at least, not just minutes or hours. How do you feel about those realities and issues? What do you think about him, specifically, and all of that? This is also something to talk about together. When we've heard back from people who took the time to go over this checklist with their partners, they've always reported back that they think doing that helped them to make their best sexual choices, and, when that choice has been to have any kind of sex, they've expressed that having that checklist pretty well covered, for real, is something they think had a lot to do with sexual experiences they felt great about.
Questions to ask your boyfriend and talk about together:
I know those are big questions and conversations that might make you feel uncomfortable having with him, but this is big stuff you're considering, after all. And if you don't feel able to talk about all of this this candidly, or even bring this stuff up with him, I'd say you have your answer right there. If we can't talk about what we're thinking about doing and all it entails, then usually, making the choice to do whatever that is isn't our best choice. When sex feels like something we're really ready for, that's right in a given relationship or interaction, even when talking about it is awkward, it'll be something we can do and know the other person would want us to do. If talking about it and issues around it feel terrifying, we can know that doing it is probably a pretty bad idea.
And all of what I've said here might also feel really overwhelming. Making sexual choices is complicated, and it can feel like a lot to think about for anyone, at any age, especially outside an ongoing sexual relationship we've been in for a long time. But when sex is the right thing for us, even if all we need to consider or discuss is still a little dizzying, it still feels manageable. When it's not the right thing for us, all we have to think about usually freaks us out, big time.
One more thing to know is that our earliest romantic relationships are most often going to be brief, not go on for a lifetime, years or even months. When we are really into them, they don't tend to feel that way: they instead can feel like the way we feel right now is so giant, it'll last forever. But how we feel is how we feel, and what usually tends to happen doesn't often follow those feelings in the ways we think it will. And that's okay: our earliest relationships, however uncomfortable it is to think about, are supposed to be how we start to learn about what we want and don't, about how to have those kinds of relationships, not how we finish. Whether you have sex with this person or not, the chances that this relationship will go on for even more than a few months, a couple years at a max, is very, very unlikely. I'm saying all of that not to be a jerk, but because I want to make sure that you know that no matter what you choose when it comes to sex with this person, they or you are probably going to move on from one another sooner rather than later no matter what.
Last, it can be really hard to make sound sexual choices without good support and perspective, especially when we're new to making those choices. I'm really glad that you came here to ask me these questions, but I'd also encourage you to find another trusted adult in your life, someone who knows you very well, who you know cares for you and respects you, to talk about this with. Someone who can tell you how awesome you are, how much more you have to offer someone than a blow job, how lucky anyone is to date you at all, whether you have sex with them or not, and how much you're already giving someone else by sticking with them, and you'll know they're not just saying all that because they really know you and have already cared for you for a very long time, without you having to do anything big for them that wasn't also right for you and just as valuable to you.
In case all of that still has you hungry for some more to think about, here are a few last links you might find helpful. I hope all of this helps you to make whatever choice you strongly feel is best for you and feel really, really good about.
Information on this site is provided for educational purposes. It is not meant to and cannot substitute for advice or care provided by an in-person medical professional. The information contained herein is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease, or for prescribing any medication. You should always consult your own healthcare provider if you have a health problem or medical condition.


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Switching buffers in Vim is a little painful as you don't realize how many buffers you have opened. This is mostly true while browsing a large source tree with cscope.
Put the following function in your vimrc to get a visual feedback of all your buffers while switching buffers.
function! DoBuff() execute "bnext" let buf = 1 echon " " while buf <= bufnr("$") echon "[" if bufloaded(buf) echohl WarningMsg | echon bufname(buf) | echohl None else echon bufname(buf) endif echon "] " let buf = buf + 1 endwhile endfunction map <Esc>e :call DoBuff()<CR>
To change the key-mapping change map to a key of your choice (I use Esc-e)
Now using Alt-e will cycle between buffers and also provide a listing of your buffers while you switch.
Thanks for the contribution. I don't know if you are aware but we have a number of tips relating to buffers, with the most relevant being Easier buffer switching. In general, we like to keep related information in one place (or, where too complex for one tip, a small number of places). That makes the tips more useful for readers and easier to manage for editors.
I haven't had a chance to think about the tip in detail yet, but I have a couple of preliminary thoughts:
- What happens when you have a lot of buffers? Many people have far more than 10 buffers open at once.
- The tip maps <Esc>e but mentions Alt-e.
- Images can be useful but this one is too big since I think it is only the last line that is relevant. We can think about that later.
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Picking up from Losing its Lustrous!, Ash, his friends and Cynthia battle against Saturn and Mars in the Celestic Town Historical Research Center. Cynthia's Gastrodon manages to easily defeat the multiple Golbat sent out by Team Galactic. Ash sends out Pikachu and Chimchar while Dawn sends out Piplup and Pachirisu, to which Mars and Saturn counter with Purugly's Shadow Ball and Toxicroak's Dark Pulse. With help from Cynthia's Gastrodon and Garchomp, the attacks are repelled, but Chimchar is injured when it takes a Poison Jab meant for Pikachu.
This distraction allows Team Rocket to make their attempt to snatch the Lustrous Orb, only to be caught in the act by Officer Jenny. Despite both this and the fact they are surrounded by Galactic operatives, Team Rocket escapes after Cyrus gives a subtle order for Mars and Saturn to let them go. After they leave, Saturn sends the Golbat after them and flees, while the heroes are forced to retreat to the Pokémon Center to get help for Chimchar and Croagunk and so they can plan their next move.
Meanwhile, another Team Galactic Commander named Jupiter and her Skuntank use the Spear Key to find the location of the Lustrous Orb.
With police everywhere in Celestic Town, Team Rocket is left to flee to the Celestic Ruins, which were previously bombed by Mars. One of Saturn's Golbat spots them and goes to report back, along with Ash's Staravia who has also been searching for Team Rocket.
In the Pokémon Center, Cynthia advises Ash and his friends about the importance of the Adamant Orb and the Lustrous Orb, and their ties to Dialga and Palkia. Ash feels guilty for getting Chimchar injured but Cynthia, who has recognized Chimchar as the one that battled her under Paul's command, tells Ash that it is important not to regret the past but look forward to the future. Professor Carolina and Cyrus have since gone to the ruins to see the damage inflicted by Mars's attack, when Cyrus is informed of the whereabouts of Team Rocket by one of the Golbat.
Carolina and Cyrus find Team Rocket hiding in the ruins, and Mars—after disabling the police nearby with her Bronzor's Hypnosis—quickly arrives on the scene. She attempts to have Purugly and Bronzor attack Team Rocket, but Pikachu, Staravia, Piplup and Garchomp interfere as the heroes arrive. Trapped, Team Rocket tries a desperate move—threatening to destroy the Lustrous Orb. This only prompts Cyrus to explode in anger at them, lecturing the trio on the history of Sinnoh and the importance of the orbs in its space-time legend. Cyrus then loses his temper and begins laughing maniacally as the Golbat return to attack Team Rocket. They fail, but in the confusion Jupiter's Skuntank arrives and steals the Lustrous Orb.
That night at the Pokémon Center, Carolina apprises Officer Jenny of the day's events while Cynthia and Ash's group mourn their failure to protect the orbs. Cyrus advises them to not feel sorry for themselves, that they did an admirable job against Team Galactic, stating that he will remember them for their efforts before leaving.
The next morning, Cynthia departs Celestic Town to meet a challenger for the title of Pokémon Champion. The gang are worried about what Team Galactic are up to, but Cynthia tells them they should just proceed as normal, knowing they will all have to be ready for when Team Galactic make their next move.
Meanwhile, in the secret headquarters of Team Galactic, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn observe the Adamant Orb, Lustrous Orb and Spear Key, which they have attached to machines in a laboratory. A door opens to reveal the leader of Team Galactic—Cyrus. He admonishes Saturn for displaying ineptitude during the mission while Mars snickers. Cyrus then reveals that Ash and Dawn have witnessed the spirits of Mesprit and Azelf to his underlings' surprise. He orders Jupiter to head up the mission of collecting the lake guardians, to which he says she will contact the Pokémon hunters. Mars has news too—the Fuego Ironworks have completed their experiment on the meteorites stolen from Veilstone City, moving the Red Chain project into its final stage. Cyrus laughs insanely as he visualizes the 'beautiful and pure' world he plans to build with the immeasurable power of Dialga and Palkia.
- Message of the Wind is replaced by Surely Tomorrow as the ending theme.
- There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture following this episode.
- The 97th episode of the previous anime series also featured the antagonists of that generation's games, much as this episode features the antagonists of the current generation's games. AG097, however, had a cliffhanger leading into its second part, while this episode is the final part of the two-parter. The previous generation's arc, however, was the last appearance of the respective teams, while this arc, with four Badges left for Ash to earn in Sinnoh, is merely one of Team Galactic's biggest appearances.
- Music from Celebi: Voice of the Forest and The Rise of Darkrai is used.
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It was used by Draco Malfoy while engaging in a practice duel against Harry Potter in 1992 in the Duelling Club, after Severus Snape whispered the advice to Draco. This prompted Harry to speak to the snake, discovering for the first time that he was a Parselmouth and causing some other students to suspect that he was the Heir of Slytherin.[3]
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
The Indignity of Commuting By Bicycle: Freds
Cyclists love to argue about waving to each other. Some of us are quite whiny about it. "The stuck-up roadie didn't wave to me, wah, wah, wah." Whatever. Get over it. For some reason, Americans can't ride bicycles without receiving acknowledgment and encouragement at least every five minutes. We need constant validation that we bought the right thing and look the right way and that we're saving the Earth.
Hey, if you're not actually receiving the finger from somebody then that should be good enough for you.
That's not to say I won't wave to people on bikes. It's just that I mostly reserve it for cases when I see someone on a bike and think, "Wow, we need more of you!" People on road bikes do not fit this criterion. I know this because very often I am one, and when I am on my road bike I am contributing absolutely nothing of value to the world. Rather, I am merely engaged in self-serving recreation, and at best it is the equivalent of publicly wanking. Do you wave to the pervert masturbating on the subway? No you do not. So why wave to the Fred trying to set a good time on a Strava segment? Moreover, there is no shortage of Freds in any city in America, and if anything we're just Rollerbladers with more expensive equipment.
But you can be sure I'll wave to a Hasidic kid riding a Citi Bike:
Especially because he's probably disregarding the stupid 16 year-old age limit.
Hey, if he's had his Bar Mitzvah then that should be good enough for the criminals at Citibank.
Not only that, but it makes me happy to see kids riding bicycles, especially when they're from communities that are (rightly or wrongly) sometimes associated with being "anti-bike." A Hasid on a Citi Bike is a somewhat unexpected sight (though probably getting more and more common), and that also compels me to wave--though "unusual" is not always reason enough in itself, since this is somewhat unusual too:
Yet I didn't wave. Instead, I gawked, and felt a mixture of amusement and suspicion. It's moments like these when I realize people are merely animals, and we're no different from the dog barking at the person walking with a limp. We react very strongly to things that are a little "off." It's sort of familiar--the pedals, the clothing, the helment--yet there's only one wheel, and that makes us uncomfortable. It gets the hackles up. I don't know whether to bark at it or sniff at it to make sure it's okay.
Anyway, as I rolled up to sniff the unicyclist's butt, I noticed he had what looked like a number pinned to his CamelBak:
As he was the only unicyclist in sight, the number and the hydration pack led me to wonder if he was either winning or losing an "epic" transcontinental unicycle race by a huge margin. However, I didn't ask him, because people who ride human-powered vehicles with only one wheel are scary and freakish to me.
Anyway, I spotted both of these people yesterday while on a commute that took me through four out of the five boroughs of New York City (Staten Island being the only one spared the kiss of my tires), and here are some observations in no particular order:
--Five years ago Rapha was the clothing of choice for the well-heeled and discerning roadie. Now, you mostly see it on the sorts of people who, five years ago, would have been wearing Primal or Discovery Channel jerseys.
--Doughy bankers with copies of the Financial Times tucked under their arms continue to fling open the doors of yellow cabs with considerable abandon.
--Paradoxically, the best places in the city to ride a bicycle often have the least bicycle infrastructure.
--If you didn't know better you'd think the bike lanes of New York City were equipped with free wi-fi, because pedestrians love standing in the middle of them while staring at their smartphones.
--Roadies doing laps in Central Park in the middle of the day will yell at children on bicycles to get out of the way, so if you're looking for someone to blame for all those Central Park ticket blitzes, why not have a word with the CRCA?
--The Williamsburg waterfront has morphed into a strange hybrid of Jersey City and Miami Beach that seems completely disintegrated from the fabric of the rest of the city.
--Brooklyn has reached "peak beard" and they're about to go suddenly and violently out of style, since far too many people now look like this.
--The Harlem River needs better bike crossings and it will be great when they finish this--except that it will attract the sorts of people who ride bicycles, many of whom are annoying and look like this.
--The 59th Street Bridge is the least pretentious East River crossing.
--New York City used to be a true freakshow. Now everybody just looks like this.
In other news of New York City, I was very pleased that Mayor Bill de Blasio finally began to implement "Vision Zero" yesterday:
De Blasio also announced more immediate steps. School-zone speed cameras, which have been issuing warnings since they were installed in September, will begin issuing tickets tomorrow, the mayor said, and the police will begin prioritizing enforcement of the most dangerous infractions: Speeding and failure to yield to pedestrians. In addition, NYPD will be increasing the size of its highway division — which investigates crashes and performs much of the department's traffic enforcement — to 270 officers, an increase of 50 percent; already, the unit has increased its staff size by 10 percent, up from 170 officers.
We'll see what actually happens, but the fact that a mayor is even saying some of this stuff is unprecedented, so that's promising. Hopefully he'll deal with the scourge of reckless bicyclists, too.
Sorry, did I say "bicyclists?" That's just a reflex, since we've been led to believe over the past few years that bicycles are the biggest menace to public safety in New York. Incidentally, this took place right down the street from the police station, and if you're wondering why they're not doing anything, it's because these riders probably are the police.
Also, the police are supposed to avoid high-speed chases:
Department policy requires that a vehicle pursuit be terminated whenever the risks to uniformed members of the service and the public outweigh the danger to the community if [the] suspect is not immediately apprehended.
That's why it's much easier to harass cyclists, since a cyclist fleeing at top speed is still far less dangerous than the opening door of a parked car.
Lastly, in entertainment news, Dustin Hoffman is going to be in the Lance Armstrong movie?
My guess is either Eddy Merckx, Michele Ferrari, or else he'll simply reprise his role as "Ratso" Rizzo corrupting the young Joe Buck.
103 comments:
- January 16, 2014 at 12:03 PM
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- January 16, 2014 at 12:04 PM
- Serial Retrogrouch said...
butt and pussy.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Ahhh Flyover, you just sneaked past
- January 16, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Unicyclists and robots are not to be trusted.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Where's the soundtrack for the first photo. It should be some sort of re-mix of Fat Bottomed Girls and Bicycle race.
A fascinating photo all in all
- January 16, 2014 at 12:06 PM
top 10!
- January 16, 2014 at 12:06 PM
top 10. Joli. Je vais fumer un joint pour feter ca.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:10 PM
- mikeweb said...
Rain Man in Da House!!!
- January 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM
- Marcel Da Chump said...
Cool for cats
- January 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM
tooopp ten! I did it!
- January 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM
Where's Emily? I want more talk of BJs.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:13 PM
- Velocodger said...
"a mixture of amusement and suspicion"
Words to live by.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:14 PM
shit I got snubbed on the sprint again... stupid fucking robot text I cant read. Does that make me a robot???
- January 16, 2014 at 12:15 PM
Uh oh. The female rider on the left is sans pants and HELMET.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:19 PM
All those posterior cheeks.
My great grandmother would likely exclaim:
"All that meat and no potatoes!"
- January 16, 2014 at 12:20 PM
........recieving the finger?
I thought it was fellatio week...
- January 16, 2014 at 12:21 PM
lob help me.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:22 PM
- DB said...
I believe all those motorcycles in the Washington Hts neighborhood were headed for the Morris-Jumel mansion to take in some NYC history.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:29 PM
- JB said...
- January 16, 2014 at 12:30 PM
I passed that Hasid kid yesterday and he was in my lane, moments from full on collision. Baby steps.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:31 PM
- babble on said...
Hmm. Guess I should wave more, in the interests of keepin' the ol' fingers busy, n'all.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:33 PM
- streepo said...
I believe Dustin Hoffman has Johan Bruyneel written all over him.
He should probably wash it off.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:35 PM
- crosspalms said...
Ratso should do PSAs for pedestrian safety.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:39 PM
- DB said...
You are my early favorite today, Streepo.
Leroy: is your dog getting ready for the mixed-breed agility skill test at the dog show?
- January 16, 2014 at 12:42 PM
- JB said...
"In addition, NYPD will be increasing the size of its highway division [snip] to 270 officers, an increase of 50 percent; already, the unit has increased its staff size by 10 percent, up from 170 officers."
Moving up to 270 officers, after a 50% increase, means they have 180 officers now. If they used to have 170 officers, then currently the staff size has increased by 6 percent (not 10 percent).
- January 16, 2014 at 12:48 PM
- mikeweb said...
Staten Island being the only one spared the kiss of my tires
My tires usually skip the foreplay.
- January 16, 2014 at 12:48 PM
- mikeweb said...
"The NYPD's current authorized uniformed strength is 34,450. There are also approximately 4,500 Auxiliary Police Officers, 5,000 School Safety Agents, 2,300 Traffic Enforcement Agents (parking ticket writers), and 370 Traffic Enforcement Supervisors currently employed by the department."
So, even after the increase the division tasked with enforcing traffic laws and investigating crashes will comprise less than 1% of the 'uniformed' department, and 10% the size of the parking enforcement division(!) This in a city where there are more people killed by drivers than by people weilding guns.
Does anyone else see this as completely fucking idiotic?
- January 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Hey, I'm bikin' here!
- January 16, 2014 at 1:08 PM
- 3G said...
"people who, five years ago, would have been wearing Primal or Discovery Channel jerseys.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAiled it!
- January 16, 2014 at 1:12 PM
- CommieCanuck said...
On top of the Hoffman news, Rob Ford has been approached to play Jan Ullrich.
- January 16, 2014 at 1:21 PM
riding in stretchy clothes is as close to riding nude or pantless that I will ever get, or anyone would ever want me to attempt
- January 16, 2014 at 1:37 PM
Rural 1st!
I wave, and I wave to car drivers too.
Esp during a snowy day ride like today when they don't expect to see me...eye contact crucial for not getting run off the fucking road here in rural Canada's base layer near the Lake.
Why why why they has to pass me on a downhill narrow blind curve when I taking the lane, only to swerve into me as oncoming traffic comes up the hill. That's why I take the lane, so I have somewhere to move when they swerve my way to avoid a head on collision.
I having full blazing rear lights head lights and helmet lights...WTF...I can't be seen?
should I change my route? the speed limit is 35 but hilly on a 5 mile section - or it's flatter but on dirt roads and 8 miles for the same start and end points. I'm faster on the 5 even though there's 8% grades.
I'm a numerical robot now
- January 16, 2014 at 1:39 PM
Hoffman will likely play Greg LeMond. They both are fat and have gray hair.
- January 16, 2014 at 1:44 PM
Fellow commenters, let me wish each and every one of you a happy, healthy and prosperous Tu B'shevat.
- January 16, 2014 at 1:46 PM
This is a slight change from the last time you posted about waving several years ago. I seem to recall you saying that one should never wave to a rider of a different style, regardless. I have taken that to heart and have been living my life thusly since then. I really don't want to change now.
- January 16, 2014 at 1:52 PM
I was gonna complain about the preponderance of NY-centric blogs hereabouts recently, but then I remembered the "NYC" component of Snobby's name.
So, instead I will complain about Snobby's name; I think it's high time Snobby changed his name to something less parochial.
- January 16, 2014 at 1:56 PM
- Roille Figners said...
I'll wave if it's like, such shitty weather that we're the only two cyclists out there and we're both nuts to be out there. So there are some of the same overtones of unusual/need-more-of-you but mostly it's just like "Hey there, holy shit, right?"
Peak Homeless-Beard is kind of like Peak Oil in that it's been 3-5 years since I realized it was happening, yet people still stubbornly persist in denying it.
- January 16, 2014 at 1:57 PM
The jiggly girl in the fire engine panties has that complexion I like. It's....how shall I put this......Red hand-print compatable.
- January 16, 2014 at 2:02 PM
I doubt this is related to Vision Zero™, but last night on my commute home I was slowly passed by a cop cruiser on the Chrystie St. approach to the Manhattan Bridge. The bike lane was filled with cars unloading passengers for China Town buses. I had to take the lane behind the cop, but was shocked (shocked, I tells ya!) to witness the cruiser slow down next to the unloading vehicles and demand over loud speaker that they move out of the bike lane. I've been unjustly ticketed in that same area for going out of the bike lane to avoid those cars... Has the world gone all topsy turvy?
- January 16, 2014 at 2:11 PM
Hey, I'm walking here!
- January 16, 2014 at 2:16 PM
I wave to anybody that gives me the right-of-way.
Otherwise, it's good mornin' or evenin' to other cyclists along the way. Unless we get into a cat 6 race, than all bets are off.
- January 16, 2014 at 2:27 PM
" . . . the helment . . . "
- January 16, 2014 at 2:39 PM
Anonymous 1:44 - i think hoffman is much taller.
- January 16, 2014 at 3:07 PM
Would have been first but three hours ago I was so weeded out I couldn't read the catchup if my life depended on it. WEED.
current one: preloaded (well, one letter off), I wonder if Cipo made that one up?
- January 16, 2014 at 3:09 PM
"Mikeweb@100: "4,500 Auxiliary Police Officers". All 4,500 spend their entire shift in doughnut shops.
And, yes it is completely fucking idiotic. Kind of like the train crash where the alarm sounded everyplace except where the driver/engineer is seated.
- January 16, 2014 at 3:16 PM
I am not going to see that fucking movie
- January 16, 2014 at 3:21 PM
Yesterday someone proposed Canada trade CommieCanuck for Justin Beaver. The USA would be taking O'Canada to the cleaners on that trade. Do it Uncle Sam, do it.
- January 16, 2014 at 3:29 PM
Dustin Hoffman is going to play Lance's dentist. It's going to be kind of a remake of The Boys from Brazil. An extra, in the background of a resturant scene, is going to be Alberto Contador, seen eating a steak.
- January 16, 2014 at 3:39 PM
Babs, Sounds like a plan. But I'm 3,000 miles away from your smile. Maybe you could put instructional videos on the DIY network?
- January 16, 2014 at 3:49 PM
This just in. Woody Allen will play Floyd Landis. And, while away from Toronto for filming, Jabba the Hut will be interim mayor.
- January 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM
- Comment deleted said...
Niagara, there *was* a "player to be named later" involved, but yes, it was a bit of a self-serving deal.
- January 16, 2014 at 4:03 PM
In '99 LA and Bill Stapleton almost did a MADE FOR TV LIFETIME DEALS on his 1st but passed on it cause they thought there was alot more to his story. Oh and sidebar he boned Lisa Shiels exactly ONE WEEK post nueter. Wheelmen is very interesting.
- January 16, 2014 at 4:10 PM
- babble on said...
Video! What a great idea! I was thinking of more of a hands-on format, but video... hmmmm... :)
- January 16, 2014 at 4:40 PM
- Comment deleted said...
I think a combined class/Vancouver tour package might be optimal, Babs, a "Ride and Gargle", if you will.
- January 16, 2014 at 4:45 PM
- Jack B. said...
- January 16, 2014 at 4:46 PM
Am I to assume all of the girls in the first image are riding to Babble On's Deep Throat Seminar? I have been told I suck amazing cock but I do not know how to DT. I swallow. Pay close attention to the balls and will pretty much give a BJ anywhere there is time and even mildly acceptable privacy. Please Babble tell me the trick. Do you keep doing it when he is cumming? IS ALL OF THIS IN THE SEMINAR?
- January 16, 2014 at 5:02 PM
- Roille Figners said...
... or SEMENAR
- January 16, 2014 at 5:08 PM
the semenar would be funnier in French...maybe some quebecois instructors..
l'art de fellatiation...
- January 16, 2014 at 5:33 PM
- Serial Retrogrouch said...
...i'm going to go ahead and assume the Emily is McFly's alter, feminine ego.
...Babs... no vids please... as i suggested yesterday, HANDS ON only... well, actually, if DT is done properly, there's no rooms for hands... but that's a detail... also, could you start by teaching sword swallowing techniques?
[robo-cop: 86892695: there's a 69 in there!]
- January 16, 2014 at 5:50 PM
We survived as a species because of our ability to notice and pay attention to details…it's the details that will get you killed, you can gloss over the similarities and survive. Unfortunately, now that we survived we can't turn it off. Hence, we murder and otherwise kill each other over tiny little differences.
On a lighter note, is it ironic (perhaps) that the Linkway for the Knog Blinder Road 3 bicycle cycling light shows a guy who wants to visible in the duskways DRESSED IN ALL BLACK!!! ON A BLACK BIKE!!! AT DUSK!!!
Also, Emily @ 5:02 is CJ, sure as shit.
- January 16, 2014 at 5:58 PM
Blog drafter - I doubt it, otherwise he would be critiquing the angle and dimensions of the member in question.
Need Commie Canuck to come up with a Gran Fondo joke for Babs...
- January 16, 2014 at 6:06 PM
It's really an Emily and Babble's Comments site with a blog subsection thrown in.
- January 16, 2014 at 6:14 PM
"This in a city where there are more people killed by drivers than by people weilding guns.
Does anyone else see this as completely fucking idiotic?"
That's ALWAYS been the case. It's just become a streetshugger talking point nowadays. Diggin' that kool aid, aintcha?
You'd fucking HOPE that in a city of 8 million people going back and forth and left and right all day, more would die in traffic accidents than get shot to death.
You wanna live somewhere where you're more likely to get a cap in your skull than hit by a errant motorist, then move to Compton, clown.
- January 16, 2014 at 6:30 PM
- Roille Figners said...
Well I mean, either one would suck, but it seems like cars, which aren't explicitly intended to be deadly, should at least manage to be less deadly than guns, which are fully intended to be deadly. And yet it seems like I recall traffic & gun fatalities tend to run in the same ballpark year after year. Which is another reason it makes such a good comparison. But it also means, either cars ARE intended to be deadly (and there's an argument to be made for that) or, a bunch of muh-fuggaz are some seriously, lethally inept mug-fuggaz.
- January 16, 2014 at 6:49 PM
- jdlvtrn said...
The bicycle riders and pedestrians who notice, turn and stare or wave to me are almost entirely elderly, foreign born (I'm guessing at those who say nothing) people who perhaps have some faint recognition of the style of my omafiets from their personal history. when I was a motorcycle rider/commuter, almost every motorcyclist raised their right fist as they passed each other on the road, "back in the day"
- January 16, 2014 at 6:52 PM
Blog Drafter @ 5:58 -
I am pretty familiar with CJ's writing style, and I am pretty certain that Emily is not one of CJ's pen names. For one thing, he hates women so much and he is mortally terrified of them that I don't believe that he could successfully adopt a woman's perspective (what do you expect after the terrible things that I did to him and his little micropenis?). I am not saying that Emily is a woman or that "she" is a fan of giving BJs or that "she" is even any good at it, but I am pretty certain "she" is not CJ.
- January 16, 2014 at 7:01 PM
- BikeSnobNYC said...
Anonymous 6:30pm,
It's a perfectly valid point. Murder victims tend to know their killers. (That doesn't make it OK, and I'm not trying to blame the victims, but they're seldom totally random.) As far as just getting killed for no reason in NYC, if anything's going to do it, it's going to be a reckless driver.
That people simply going from A to B is the biggest threat to your well-being in this town is pretty fucked up.
--Wildcat Rock Machine
- January 16, 2014 at 7:13 PM
I can see that it took great restraint on your part to not call Anonymous @ 6:30pm a fucking idiot. Well, I am going to do it for you.
Anonymous @ 6:30pm, you are a fucking idiot. I am surprised that people like you even have the brain capacity to type and breathe at the same time. Or, I don't know, maybe you did lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen while you were typing your moronic screed.
Freddy "the can-o-bull" Murcks
March fapopea
- January 16, 2014 at 7:41 PM
Bike Snob NYC Comments Section=Strava for blog readers. Frustrated bloggers who haven't been able to hit the big time but still want a piece of the action. Snagging the 'podium' is no different regaining a strava record.
How is the irony Flyover bc, Solo Finish, Serial Retrogrouch, et al?
As for those who like to be underneath Babble... How old are you?
- January 16, 2014 at 8:04 PM
A few years ago I saw a unicyclist in Vancouver's Whistler Gran Fondo. It was about 20 km into the ride and as I passed him I noticed that he had a small shaft with a brake lever attached. How the hell does one apply it without pitching forward onto one's face. Oh yes, and I think he was wearing a unitard.
- January 16, 2014 at 8:13 PM
One Less Wheel; If he had a lever attached to his shaft (the size would not matter) then they were probably dick brakes.
- January 16, 2014 at 8:20 PM
Anonymous @ 8:04 pm, About Babble? You just have to be old enough to appreciate beauty, talent and smarts. For some of us that can take a lot longer than others. I'm glad you have found an outlet for your anger. Just reflect on it's cause and try to make the world a happier place. Bless and in time bliss for you.
- January 16, 2014 at 9:03 PM
- JB said...
Anon @ 8:04 pm:
And you're bothered enough by a comments podium and double entendre in the comments to complain about it in the comments. Go ride your bike.
- January 16, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Am I to assume all of the girls in the first image are riding to Babble On's Deep Throat Seminar?
Actually, they're pantsless, so that means they're riding AWAY from Babble On's Deep Throat Seminar.
- January 16, 2014 at 9:09 PM
- Mr Plow said...
Well, at least I now understand why I bark at people who limp.
- January 16, 2014 at 9:20 PM
Reckless driving sounds great at face value verbatim.
- January 16, 2014 at 10:59 PM
Believe it or not, that's a geared unicycle. It's a Kris Holm/Schlumpf geared hub. Only capable of 2 gears, and the gears are switches by buttons on the cranks.
- January 17, 2014 at 1:55 AM
- amna ali said...
Bike Snob NYC In his new book, BikeSnobNYC reaches the final frontier of cycling: riding with the familyhttp://topusachannels.blogspot.com/2013/03/discovery-channel-kids-live-free.html As his choice to take to the road with his toddler son in tow is met with
- January 17, 2014 at 2:09 AM
- Paul Bowen said...
Red knickers lady has me empathising with Irishman man.
- January 17, 2014 at 4:32 AM
Damn you WCRM. 15 or 20 years ago I would not have given that Carefree Cellulite Cyclist another glance but that backyard has a white-knuckle ninja grip on my libido. I bet it gets a ticket for a bullett train to Poundtown on a weekly basis.
- January 17, 2014 at 8:08 AM
- Bryan said...
Another hour+ at work spent in happiness and laughter.
Stupid motorcyclists there. Of course, I hope they enjoyed taking half the life off of their tires in 20 minutes of obnoxiousness. I was kind of rooting for the guy on the 4 wheeler to tip over during his wheelie.
I really don't see the appeal of riding in undies or nekkid. it looks very uncomfortable. whatout for seat penetrations!
- January 17, 2014 at 9:22 AM
Some of you are messed up. One of the reasons I group ride is to ogle the in shape female riders. If I wanted chubby I would hang out at Walmart.
- January 17, 2014 at 10:54 AM
- JB said...
You can all be mesmerized by the phat ass all you want. The helmentless female on the red Free Spirit 10-speed is the non-bike-obsessed gem.
- January 17, 2014 at 11:06 AM
- Serial Retrogrouch said...
Dear Anonymous @ 8:04 pm,
re. the daily race to podio on BSNYC vs. strava. that's funny, not ironic. if they made a strava for this comments section, then we can keep track of our wins. you know, some of us have nothing else in our lives to look forward to daily besides a virtual placement on a virtual podio, getting virtual kisses from a few lady-commenters. don't look down on us from all the way up there. [if you are just jealous that you can't podio, just try harder ;) ]
re. your question about the [proper] age to be under our esteemed Babble, i think you have to be legal in the US's foreskin... which, last time i checked, was 15 years of age.
- January 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM
- babble on said...
The Bob and Doug Crack Security Team at the Edmonton International Airport confiscated a pipe bomb off an 18 yr old last September, but offered it back to him and LET HIM ON THE PLANE when it didn't test positive for pot because it never occurred to them that the stuff inside might be gunpowder.
Holy McFuckingDuh, batman.
- January 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM
- babble on said...
FIFTEEN?? Fifteen is legal? Yikes.
- January 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM
- Bama Phred said...
Maybe I can snag the Lantern Rouge, or be Mr. Ir-relevant in the commenting comments section?
Wouldn't you like to have heard Irishman Man and his doctor?
"That's quite a booner you got there, Seamus, and I see you've developed quite the callous on it."
- January 17, 2014 at 11:39 AM
Anon630: It's because the police do almost nothing about most of the deaths. If the mafia gave you a contract to rub out Vito, you'd be crazy to kill him with a gun, knife, etc. Just run him over while walking down the sidewalk, then say the vehicle went out of control, I don't know what happened. Police on the scene will say "move on, move on, nothing to see here".
- January 17, 2014 at 12:04 PM
NAH, ANON@8:04 is right on.
- January 17, 2014 at 12:06 PM
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- September 19, 2015 at 8:51 AM
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- December 8, 2015 at 1:43 AM
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Excerpts for
Nine Pound Hammer : The Clockwork Dark
He was being hunted.
The man sank to his knees in black water. The night air pulsed with the reverberations of a multitude of insects, punctuated by bullfrog croaks and the occasional splash of something leaving the muddy banks for the safety of the swamp water.
Before him, two others struggled through the marsh.
"Go!" he cried. Dragging his legs through the muck, he pulled himself up on cypress knees to the slippery embankment. Free of the mire, he ran. The palmettos and spiny bracken tore his trousers as he ripped away low-hanging limbs and spirals of Spanish moss.
Some distance behind, a hound bayed.
The other two stopped before a large pond. One was a girl with wide eyes, as fierce as lightning flashes. Scratches crisscrossed her pale arms, and a gash on her cheek bled freely. Her lips trembled. By her side stood a man with long dark hair streaked with silver; it fell about his face and covered his eyes. He held the girl's arm with one hand.
In the other he held a sparkling silver pistol.
The girl pulled toward the pond.
"No," the gunman said. "We need another way."
"But . . . the hound!" she cried.
As if in answer, a roar erupted from the dark, shaking the trees around them and silencing the buzzing chorus of insects and frogs. An icy breeze pushed back their hair as their damp clothes grew crisp.
"Go around," the man said. "Follow the pond's edge to the north and there's a crossing."
The gunman nodded and urged the girl forward. As the two disappeared into the brush, another roar tore through the trees, felling limbs and flattening shrubs. The moisture in the marshy earth froze, pushing to the surface in splinters of ice. At his back, the man heard the cracking of ice forming at the edge of the pond. He removed his straw hat and dropped it to the ground.
With a snort of cold air, an enormous muzzle broke through the trees. Slowly the hound stepped out. More massive than a bull, it was seven feet at the shoulder. Its jaws were huge. Each tooth was as long as a hunting knife. Its dark metallic eyes were set deep into bone-white fur, tufted and spiked with frost. The groaning and whining of gears churned from beneath its flesh.
The man faced the monstrous hound as it snarled and leaped forward.
Ray jerked awake. The voices of the other orphans chirped over the rattle of the train. He was in the passenger car, Mister Grevol's exquisite passenger car, with his sister, Sally, napping at his side.
Ray settled back onto the soft velvet bench and opened his hand. On his sweaty palm lay the lodestone. He hadn't meant to nod off with it in his hand. He knew better.
Pushing the lodestone into his pocket, Ray craned his neck to scan the passenger car for Miss Corey. She was still not back.
Miss Corey had given the orphans an extensive list of rules, instructions, and threats the morning before Ray and Sally and the other seventeen children boarded the beautiful, dark train with its powerful ten-wheeler locomotive:
"Mister G. Octavius Grevol is a highly respected industrialist," Miss Corey had warbled. "He has generously allowed us passage on his personal train. I expect you"--she had looked directly at Ray, who at twelve was the oldest of the orphans--"to be well-behaved, well-mannered, and to remain at all times in the passenger car designated for our use."
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Ray started down the aisle toward the back of the passenger car. He stumbled a moment with the sway of the train, but steadied himself against the back of the next bench before continuing. Some of the orphans were taking naps, but most were talking boisterously or playing with jackstraws or cornhusk dolls on the ornately quilted seats. They were excited, and they had good reason. They were traveling on a marvelous train away from the horrible city. Soon they would reach the South, where Miss Corey had arranged for them to be adopted. Wishing he could share their enthusiasm, Ray reached for the vestibule door's polished brass handle.
As he stepped out onto the vestibule, a coal-smoke wind met him, accompanied by the noisy clatter of the train's wheels. He quickly shut the door. Finally, he was alone.
The vestibule was a short, open-air passage between the train cars. Ray settled his elbows on the railing and looked out at the green and gold fields, speckled with clusters of trees and white clapboard farmhouses. The wind batted his brown curls across his brow. Ray pushed them back as he took the lodestone from his pocket.
The lodestone began moving at once, tugging against his grip. Ray clutched it tighter and wondered, as he had again and again over the last month: What was it pulling toward and why did it keep showing him the monstrous hound?
His father had given him the dark stone eight years ago--before Sally was born, before his father had left. Ray had only been four at the time, but he still remembered it vividly.
"I'm heading down South for a job of work, Ray," his father had said that morning on the banks of Lake Wesserunsett in rural Maine. His father had grown up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of eastern Tennessee, and his words sometimes sounded funny compared to the way New Englanders spoke. "Might be a spell before I'm back."
Then his father had taken out the flannel pouch he always carried in his pocket. He opened the drawstring and slowly removed a rock.
"What is it?" Ray asked.
"That's a lodestone," his father said, placing the stone in Ray's hand. "They're magnetic. Folks use them to make compasses. But this ain't no ordinary lodestone. I want you to keep it safe while I'm gone. It'll guide you when you have a need." Then he had added with his lopsided smile, "It'll help me get back home, too."
But it hadn't. Ray's father had never returned. Eight years had passed. Eight terrible years.
Ray looked down at his hand, feeling the lodestone pressing against his fingers as if the little stone was struggling to escape.
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Small scale farmers in Tanzania have urged land developers to follow the required procedures in acquiring land in order to reduce the increasing number of conflicts which are now threatening the development of nation.
Speaking at a meeting convened to discuss the fate of small scale farmers recently, Rehema Perer, a farmer from Mbarali District in Mbeya Region said all land conflicts happening in various parts of the country are a result of failure by land seekers to follow the laid down procedures.
The meeting held in Morogoro Municipality was organised by the national network of farmers' groups in Tanzania (Mviwata) and it attracted 90 participants.
She said most land seekers do not consult the village leaders or convene meeting to get land purchase authorization.
"Even when they follow the procedures, they do not fulfill all of them. As a result conflicts from villagers demanding land emerge," she said
She said the forceful eviction of farmers and pastoralists from Ihefu wetlands did not follow laid down procedures, as a result some people were killed and others injured.
Even the compensation was not done properly, ad the evicted people were not provided with land, hence the conflict still simmers todate.
Mviwata farmer Sekelaga Sandube from Kapunga valley and Elia Mbambo from Morogoro Rural District blamed the prevailing laws and policies for causing land disputes.
They said the land issue is a historical problem which has never been properly addressed, blaming the government for continuing to use outdated laws and policies which are unjust to the people.
"It is impossible for us villagers to remain quiet as we observe people grabbing our land and give it to investors," Mbando said.
For his part, assistant lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam Richard Mbunda, said apart from reviewing existing laws, if the government intends to solve the current land crisis, it should turn to the foundations of Arusha Declaration.
He said the declaration put it clearly that all land should ne managed by the public and showed clear methods of utilising it.
"We have witnessed land dispute at Dakawa and Manyara whereby villagers were evicted from their areas, this could not have happened if the declaration was implemented," he noted.
He said land disputes involving various groups were on the increase, but the speed at which the government was dealing with them was time-consuming.
"There have been conflicts between those who want to use land for investment and villagers who use land for their daily earnings…we something ought to be done to respond to the emerging interests to regulate this situation," he noted.


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Soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division are now under the helm of a new commander.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson handed command of the 4th ID and Fort Carson over to Maj. Gen, Paul LaCamera in a change of command ceremony Thursday. Anderson became commander of the 4th ID in Nov. 2011. Fort Carson credits him for helping to bettering the lives of soldiers and their families during his tenure, most notably by overseeing numerous programs aimed at improving quality of life and improving access to wellness care.
Anderson is now headed to Fort Bragg, N.C., where he will serve as Special Assistant to the Commanding General of U.S. Forces Command.
LaCamera is formerly the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg.
Earlier this week, the Mountain Post said also said goodbye to another leader.
Brigadier General Darsie Rogers served as the deputy commanding general for about a year. He and his family are heading to North Carolina.
Fort Carson held a retreat ceremony Wednesday to say goodbye.
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Reverse Satin Stitch Shade
$49 Sale $34.99
- Overview
With stripes of white, our solid shades look right with most lamp bases.
- 11.5" diameter, 9" high
- Frame is crafted of iron and covered with a styrene-lined linen/cotton blend.
- All our shades, with the exception of chandelier shades, require a harp and finial to secure to a lamp base.
- Shades and bases sold separately.
- Dimensions + Care
- Overall: 8" diameter at top, 11.5" diameter at bottom, 9" high
- Fabric is a blend of 55% linen, 45% cotton.
- Dust with a soft dry cloth only.
- Shipping Info
Please allow approximately 5-7 business days for delivery. Delivery estimate includes monogrammed and gift-wrapped items.
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