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Mideast madness
Islam | Provoked or premeditated, the latest round of uprisings put the United States in its sights
Protests outside the U.S. consulate in Alexandria on Friday and Saturday did not keep worshippers away from St. Mark's Anglican Church on Sunday. "I preached on 'how to live in peace in a multi-religious society,'" said Emad Mikhail. "I used the model of Daniel and his friends. They held fast to their beliefs and spoke about their God. But they always did so respectfully and without insulting the Babylonians."
Alexandria, the second-largest city in Egypt, saw its share of the violence that began in Cairo on Sept. 11 when protesters—claiming a short film made in the United States insults their prophet Muhammad—stormed the walls of the U.S. embassy, tore down and torched its U.S. flag.
A similar mob that succeeded in breaching the U.S. consulate in Libya's city of Benghazi that evening killed U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans and set off a chain of violence and protests across the Muslim world.
In a week's time dozens had been killed and hundreds wounded in fiery, bloody protests ostensibly provoked by Innocence of Muslims, a 14-minute video clip allegedly made in California and launched recently on YouTube.
At least six police and soldiers were injured in Alexandria's Sept. 14 rioting, but "things are normal here," said Mikhail several days later. In addition to preaching at St. Mark's, he is president of the evangelical Alexandria School of Theology.
Elsewhere in the region life was anything but normal, as attacks on U.S. missions led the Obama administration to call for the evacuation of hundreds of diplomatic personnel and insertion of U.S. forces. In Yemen, about 50 U.S. Marines with armored vehicles arrived to protect the embassy in Sanaa after protests and violence killed at least four Yemenis, injured about 50, and destroyed more than 60 vehicles in the embassy area.
As anti-American unrest spread throughout the Muslim world, attacks multiplied to over 20 countries. Afghanistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a base Sept. 15 that killed two U.S. Marines, saying it was in response to the film. Rioters set fire to an American school in Tunisia near the U.S. embassy, prompting the evacuation of embassy personnel to Germany. With three U.S. Navy warships and an expeditionary force out of Camp Pendleton heading to the region, the Pentagon deployed elite U.S. Marine units (called "fleet anti-terrorism security teams") to Libya and Tunisia. Sudan, however, refused to allow Marines to enter after violence erupted near the U.S. embassy in Khartoum—prompting the evacuation of U.S. personnel there as well.
Ongoing threats of violence issued by al-Qaeda and other militants, coupled with the new U.S. deployments, mean the question of U.S. security in the region will stay on the front burner. The United States has more than 265 embassies worldwide, and—in the wake of attacks on U.S. embassies in 1998 and with 9/11—the State Department has completed construction of 80 new diplomatic installations overseas, with 22 currently underway.
Nearly all that effort stems from a 1999 counterterrorism law that required embassies to move or consolidate and improve facilities in order to meet new security requirements.
Embassy security appropriations have fallen since 2009, but even so the State Department last year spent roughly $3 million per embassy for security upgrades. With billions already used to protect the overseas posts—and $1.64 billion slated for embassy construction and security in 2013—lawmakers and taxpayers will be asking whether they are getting their money's worth.
The Obama administration seems intent to deflect questions and scrutiny over September riots as well as ongoing security, especially at U.S. installations in a region that has been in turmoil now for nearly two years. The White House disavowed a statement issued by the Cairo embassy on the morning of Sept. 11 condemning "the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims" after it drew scorn for limiting free speech.
Then it denied that U.S. intelligence could have foreseen the attacks and targeting of an American official. But many officials and experts have been warning about new threats from Salafi groups stepping into the leadership vacuums created by Arab uprisings. "Their goals are the most anti-Western of any Islamist parties," Robin Wright, a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, wrote in August. Yet from Alexandria to Yemen, U.S. policymakers have said or done little about growing Salafi influence since uprisings began in Tunisia in December 2010.
Obama officials also deny that organized Islamic groups have anything to do with what appear to be coordinated attacks in September. Of the deadly assault in Benghazi, U.S. ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said, "What happened initially was that it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in Cairo as a consequence of the video. People gathered outside the embassy and then it grew very violent. And those with extremist ties joined the fray and came with heavy weapons, which unfortunately are quite common in post-revolutionary Libya, and that then spun out of control."
Libyan president Mohammed el-Megarif disagreed with that analysis, telling NPR: "The idea that this criminal and cowardly act was a spontaneous protest that just spun out of control is completely unfounded and preposterous." Libyan officials say Stevens' murder bore the markings of an al-Qaeda attack, with militants using rocket launchers and assault weapons. In addition to Stevens, also killed were Sean Smith, a diplomat, Tyrone S. Woods, and Glen A. Doherty, both former Navy SEALs.
White House insistence that Innocence of Muslims "alone" (according to spokesman Jay Carney) is "solely to blame" (in the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton) for the violence is likely to focus intensified scrutiny on anti-Islamic groups in the United States. That already includes the filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula but also "consultant" Steven Klein (see "Mystery men" at worldmag.com), and Coptic Christians living in the United States who reportedly supported it. For all the uproar surrounding the poorly made, crass film, few, at least in the Middle East, can actually see it: It's been blocked in Egypt and Libya, as well as a number of Gulf states.
Some observers expected a wave of further attacks on minority Christians living in the Middle East too, but a week after Stevens' murder those had not materialized. For Egyptians like Emad Mikhail the film could prove a further challenge in an already challenging region: "We need to respect people's feelings. Attacking their religious beliefs will only engender strife and violence."


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I never had the pumps out, I just checked by pulling the cover off of the return side. You can hear something sucking in the video I posted, but being the cover was off I don't think it was creating enough vacuum to suck any oil. I just bought a new smaller PCV valve and rather then a catch can I ran the house out the back of the fender. I'm going to fire up the bike and take a short trip as soon as I finish this oil change. I'm sick of cleaning oil off of everything, that's for sure.Scottie
My first move would be to remove the stuffing of steel wool out of the breather port. It's not a good place for it.Make sure that rubber vacuum hose is at least 5/16" I.D. tube.Remove the PCV valve, and put a duckbill on the hose, or just get a small gatorade bottle and put two holes in the top, and run the breather hose into it, so it works as a catch can. Then get a duckbill on it when you can.The catch can allows you to see what's blowing out, and not make a mess all over the bike. Zip-tie it to a frame member somewhere out of the way, temporarily.Also, definitely check for the oil return system issues too.
I think I figured out the problem. I pulled the timing cover and there was a piece of silicone lodged in 1 of the return ports. Also I noticed that all the holes in the timing cover gasket for the return ports were not lined up correctly and only about half of the holes were exposedScottie
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What's in a Twist?
We have all thrown around the T word since we became cognizant of saddles. Mostly we talk about whether we like a narrow or wide twist. Hmmmmm… have we ever considered the horse we are riding in this conversation? Not very often.
Just what IS a twist? The twist is actually supposed to accommodate the horse's shape, not the rider's. It is the area in the saddle tree that actually twists the wood or plastic tree angle from the withers to the angle of the back. That the twist is in an area that determines our comfort is just a coincidence.
Why is this important? Most of us have been purchasing saddles with twists we like and we have not been taking the horse's shape into consideration. If the twist is too narrow for your horse, whether in an English, Western, or Australian saddle, it will pinch the primary muscle in the horse that needs to develop. Not only will the trapezius muscle not develop, it will atrophy in many cases because the pinched area also becomes a pivot point where all the rider's weight focuses when the horse tries to utilize this muscle (ie. it flexes this muscle and lifts the narrowed area instead of having the room to flex into).
If the twist is too wide for a horse it can cut into this same muscle right at the top and dig into the spine. In this case the tree will essentially hang on either sides of your horses's long wither spinous processes.
Hold your bicep tightly and flex it. Try to imagine building up your bicep with the constant pain of either of these two kinds of constriction. You would compensate somehow. Horses do too and that may be one reason why so many hocks and stifles are being injected.
When you purchase a saddle, use a saddle fitter who can talk you through whether your horse requires a wide, medium, or narrow twist. So what about your comfort? Let's just say I hope you are comfortable with the build of the horse you purchased, because his or her shape should be the first consideration when you purchase a saddle… after all, your weight is on their back, not vice versa.
Saddle Recommendations
As a professional saddle fitter, I have found that some companies' saddles work better than others. Is this to say that I won't work with others? Not at all! I often see and work with saddles that fit a particular horse really well but they are saddles that have a very limited range of horses that they will fit that well.
I know and tend to recommend saddle companies who offer saddles that fit… better… than other companies' saddles. This may sound strange to some of you, but some saddles, English, Western, and Australian style, have more tolerance for changes in your horse's body. Most independent saddle fitters I know have favorite brands because they know that horses with similar bodies will be comfortable in that saddle.
Are these saddles more expensive? Generally, yes and here's the trade-off:
Your horse will most likely be more comfortable from the day you purchase it
You will most likely be more comfortable in a higher quality saddle
Your horse's behavior and compliance level will be better
Resale value is higher
More perspective resale prospects because of higher tolerance of fit and comfort
This saddle will remain more comfortable to your horse for longer
Do I equate price with quality? NO. The saddles that I generally recommend are not at the highest end of the new and used markets. They are expensive and they are expensive because they are designed well, built well, and utilize quality materials.
The other key component to these saddles is that they are mostly sold through representatives or tack stores who use time honored saddle fitting concepts. When I recommend that a client purchase a new saddle, I usually know who will be fitting that saddle for my client and I trust the representative to make you and your horse comfortable. If you are purchasing through the used saddle market, I will strongly encourage you to make sure that I see it before you own it. If I am unsure of the saddle seller, I also encourage you to have me or an independent saddle fitter evaluate the fit. There are saddle sellers and there are saddle fitters. I would like to say that saddle sellers always have the clients' (both horse and rider) well being at heart, but this isn't always the case. When you employ a saddle fitter who is not compensated by saddle companies, you know your money spent is for your benefit.
Post Show Season Saddle Evaluations
Most of us in the states with winters start thinking about saddle fit in early Spring. Not a bad thought… the saddle probably needs a little tune-up and the weather is tugging at us to start thinking about Summer! Here's food for thought though. At least once in your horse's show career, think about having your saddle evaluated at the end of show season. Why?
At the end of a show season, your horse is usually in the best shape of the year. You have been training and showing for a few months and you are both probably pretty buff. If you purchased this saddle when the horse was not quite at peak performance, you may want to ensure that this saddle still fits well and has room for the muscles that have developed. A quick tweak of the wool or perhaps a different padding system might be discussed so that there is no discomfort. As the colder season approaches and you begin riding a little less you can fill in with a thicker pad when your horses muscles begin to settle into winter.
Have the confidence that your saddle, at your horse's peak condition, is appropriate by having it checked just after the shows end.
Does Your Trainer Need to Love Your Saddle?
If you have worked with me or read my articles you probably know my answer… "It Depends". There are differing levels of trainer involvement for each one of us so there are different considerations for their involvement in your saddle selection.
If you take lessons and very occasionally the trainer hops on your horse to illustrate a technique or make a correction, they should always be asked to view you in a perspective saddle in order to confirm that it places you in a correct position. They should also have a long enough history with you to establish that your riding is as good, or better in this saddle than in your previous one. If your saddle fitter has determined that the saddle is a good fit for you and your horse, and the trainer gives her blessing based on a visual evaluation, you are good to go!
If both you and your trainer are riding your horse on a regular basis, determine who your new saddle is really for. I have some clients whose taste in saddles and whose builds differ enough from their trainers' that they bite the bullet and purchase two saddles. If this is not in your cards, work with your saddle fitter to identify separate saddles that will accommodate you and your trainer and that work well for your horse. An alternative is to ask your saddle fitter to guide you through the fitting process that will best accommodate you, your trainer, and the horse with one saddle. There are no hard and fast rules but the saddle fitter will be able to point out the impact on the horse of, say, a saddle that is too small versus too large in the seat for a rider. My bottom line as a fitter is always the horse but if the saddle is unsuited for the rider, the horse will feel the discomfort also.
Finally there are the owners whose horses are in full training. If this is going to be for an extended period, consider purchasing a saddle that fits the trainer then trading it in for one that fits you when the time comes for your partnership with your horse. I am a firm believer in the used saddle market and encourage clients to buy and sell as their needs change.By the time your horse has matured with professional training, odds are that he or she will need a new saddle anyway.
Some trainers have saddles that can be used on a variety of horses. That said, trainers are not professional saddle fitters and I have seen a great deal of damage done to performance horses by trainers' saddles. It never hurts to have your saddle fitter check any saddle that will be used on your horse. Trust me, it is WAY cheaper than having the hocks and stifles injected because your horse is compensating for pain in the back.
One caveat to observe when looking for a saddle: keep an open mind! Some professional trainers have saddle preferences which work well for them and sometimes they are sponsored or have deals with saddle companies. Do not let their preferences or prejudices in saddle choices affect your selection process. Saddle companies make saddles in a way that will suit certain riders and certain horses. We, and our horses, are all built differently and we react differently to a saddle. Work with an independent saddle fitter who knows the quality and characteristics of many saddles and who can steer you toward the best for your unique needs.


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Just wanted those of you who knew him that Rich Rhoads passed away today after a battle with brain cancer.
I spoke to his wife Cathy today, the doctors say he didn't suffer.
Please keep Cathy and her family in her thoughts and prayers through this very trying time.
I'll miss you my friend, see you on the other side.


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What is a whole grain?
A whole grain possess natural nutrition and a unique rich flavor. In fact, whole grains are so good for you that the USDA recommends that 3 of our grain servings each day are made up of whole grains. Whole grains have fiber, vitamins and minerals and when children begin eating whole grains early, they tend to develop a preference for those flavors for a lifetime of healthy eating.
Whole grain is better than typical white bread because it still contains original phytonutrients and micronutrients. When grain is processed it is stripped of the nutritious bran and germ of the grain, removing these inherent vitamins that your growing baby and toddler need.
Just remember, you want the bran and germ. They're good for your children and you. So when you shop, make sure to check the labels carefully. Purchase only grain products marked with 100% whole grain: not multigrain and don't choose breads based on appearance alone. When grain is unprocessed the bran and germ is still intact.
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Armstrong Confesses To Oprah
January 15, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After a decade of denial, Lance Armstrong has finally come clean: He used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France....
Armstrong shows contempt of an honorable system of athletes...His confession comes 10 years too late...
Now he decides to say "I'm sorry"...AFTER TEN YEARS OF DENYING...
Well, It isn't good enough--he's a scum where winning was more important to him than honor as a human being...
I know a person personally, who was battling cancer while Armstrong was winning year after year---this person idolized Armstrong!!!!He was a bike racer too...
Armstrong is a FRAUD!!! A good for nothing PHONEY!!!
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dude beat all those types of cancer. don't be silly. he simply didn't die. medical tech beat his cancer. he did nothing but go along for the ride.
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our hearts should go out to the better atheletes who tried and couldn't beatthe dope. Obomma might appologize to world cycling org because an American was un good.
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wonder how many people unfriend him when he goes on line ?
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lance is obviously positioning himself to enter politics in colorado or washington. His act isn't ok by any playbook . He seeks a pathway to honor.
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dude beat all those types of cancer. i have no problem with him what so ever. shows balls.
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Another American Icon found to be nothing more than a cheater and liar. It would seem that he should be prosecuted for making millions based on cheating. He ruined the lives of people who accused him and even sued a London paper for saying he doped and won $500,000. He is more than just a liar he is a criminal and should be prosecutred for obtaining money from his lies. It is said that he is worth $100 million dollars. To whom? He is not worth a dime to me. Oprah will make a nice profit from having him on her show to tell us he is a liar. Maybe she should donate the profits from her show to the doping association or to youth sports. Not just .001% but the whole thing. Not going to happen as she is another American icon who is a fake too.
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im using zcs 7.0 FOSS edition.is there a way that i can backup the users mailbox and address book only instead of full backup of /opt/zimbra folder?
Also from this backup can i migrate the users mailbox and address book to the new zimbra server ,
another thing, if i restore the backup /opt/zimbra on different server with different hardware , will this work?
any help/suggestions is much appreciated


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Ford F-1 Wood Truck Bed Kit Install - Black Locust For A Blue OvalWritten by on July 1, 2009 Installing A New Bed Wood Kit In An F-1
Last month, we worked on the sheetmetal portion of our F-1 truck project, fixing the stake pockets and bedsides. This issue, we're wrapping it up by installing a wood floor kit from Bed Wood and Parts and finishing up the rear end with a new tailgate from National Parts Depot (NPD). Obviously the bed section is one of the most prominent aspects of a truck, and with all the work that one puts into other areas of their project, it only makes sense to give the box and its earthly flooring that same amount of attention. Unfortunately, that wasn't always the case, partly due to the fact that unless one was fairly talented in the ways of the carpenter (of which I'm not) and able to fashion their own wood kit, oak was basically the only wood available in kit form. And whether your truck was gloss black, bright pink, or bone white, you were stuck with an oak bed.
But nowadays, companies like Bed Wood and Parts offer upwards of 40 wood kits from domestic species such as ash, cherry, and poplar, to exotic woods like canary wood, teak, and purple heart. This array of choices allows the customer to pick a wood that matches their truck in both color and application. The difference in appearance between a hard maple and a black walnut bed wood kit, for example, can vastly change the overall aesthetic of a truck. As far as the application goes, each wood has different characteristics that might make one more preferential over the other. In a wet, rainy region, a wood such as cocobolo, with its high oil content that acts as a moisture barrier, might be a better option than a wood that's more prone to water absorption and decay. Of course different woods also have different levels of hardness, so if you're planning on hauling anything in the back of that pickup, you may want to consider a more dense wood such as hickory to better handle the wear and tear.
When it came time to order up a bed wood kit for our F-1 project, we called Jeff Major at Bed Wood and Parts and told him what we were looking for and what we expected out of our kit. The appearance of the wood wasn't of utmost importance to us. What was, however, was a getting an extremely durable and hard wood since we were planning to actually use our truck-as intended! Jeff and his crew came up with a relatively rare wood that's native to the Midwest and South Eastern portion of the United States, robinia pseudoacacia, more commonly referred to as black locust. Also known as iron wood, black locust is extremely hard, resistant to rot, and long lasting, making it sought after for fence posts. That's also the reason why it's a relatively rare wood, as it's often harvested in sizes not conducive to a long, wide bed slat. One of the toughest, heaviest, and hardest woods in North America, its pale yellowish brown coloring and close-grain pattern will complement the dark blue hue the F-1 will soon wear.
After taking some measurements of the stock bed and sending a few photos Jeff's way, Bed Wood and Parts CAD designed a kit specifically to match our bed, something they do for each and every kit sold to ensure perfect fit.
When the kit arrived, we laid each sanded and prepped board in the bed, and once the last plank was installed, everything fit perfectly with a nice consistent gap between each slat. With the initial fitment complete, the wood was sealed using McCloskey Man O' War Spar Marine Varnish to prevent cracking, peeling, and water damage and to give it a luster that will be matched by the paint. Typically, it requires three solid coats of varnish for a proper seal, so that's what we did. Once dry and buffed, the results were beyond expectation.
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Damaged areas such as this broached hole on the bedside are a common problem on older trucks and need to be fixed before the bed wood can be installed.To repair the broached hole, it was welded up, drilled undersized, and filed to match the square shank of the carriage bolt.The wood kit did not come drilled for the stock crossmember mounting bolts, so we decided to recess the hardware for the crossmembers and keep the bed wood as clean as possible.With the bed sheetmetal work complete and the crossmembers in place, it's time to start the installation.If you remember our story last month, you'll recall that when we installed the new rear stake pockets, we spaced the bedsides off the crossmembers. This was to allow ample room for the wood to fit between.Note the larger groove that is cut on the left side of the board. This is the portion that slips under the bedsides; there are two such boards in our kit. These outer boards are installed first.With the perimeter plank placed under the bedside, it's pushed up flush with the header board. To avoid "creaking", back the board off the front panel about 1/8-inch.The bedside is slightly warped so care must be taken to ensure that the gap between it and the bed wood is even.
With the side boards in place, we start by marking the four corner mounting points. This will ensure the corner gaps are tight and will let us adjust the gap between the bedside and the wood.A 3/8-inch hole is drilled in the outer boards to leave some room for adjustment with the 5/16-inch carriage bolts that secure the bed wood to the frame's cross sills.Some applications require a strip of rubber or welting between the wood and the steel structure of the bed; it really comes down to how much clearance there is.Since we're using stainless fasteners, an antiseize lubricating compound is necessary to prevent galling between the fasteners.With the outer boards bolted down, we're able to proceed with the remainder of the wood, working our way from the sides in toward the center (rather than from one side to the other).Each board in between the outer boards is held in place with carriage bolts and stainless strips. The gaps between each are dictated by the centerline of the bed and the outer boards.A fender washer is used beneath the boards that do not mount to a crossmembers. This helps distribute the load as well as provide a more secure foundation.With the center stainless strip and the gap between all the boards checking out, the rear end cap strip is put in place, finishing off the rearmost portion of the bed wood kit.
Our original tailgate was pretty hammered once we got it back from the blasters, so a new one was picked up from NPD, further distinguishing the back end of our pickup. They offer these in two designs: smooth for that custom look or original, as we opted to go with.Instead of installing a hidden tailgate latch, we opted to go with a stock replacement chain and bracket mechanism; it worked for Ford for 50+ years so why change it now?


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UPDATE: Alex Cobb has been released from the hospital and is now resting at home.
St. Petersburg, Florida - Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher after being beaned in the head by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning.
Cobb immediately put his hands to his head and collapsed to the ground after being struck. Medical staff and trainers rushed onto the field.
Rays players came to the mound and took a knee in shock while Kansas City players were on the top step of their dugout, watching as Cobb was being examined on the mound.
Cobb was kicking his legs while holding his head as medical staff attended to him. Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher, immobilized.
One month ago, Blue Jays starting pitcher J.A. Happ was also hit by a line drive in the head off the bat of Desmond Jennings and suffered a skull fracture.
The Rays said that Cobb never lost consciousness and was hit near the ear.
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Town 'n' Country, Florida - A fast moving fire has left several families without a home.
It happened this afternoon at the Harbour Walk apartment complex in Town 'n' Country along Webb Rd.
Earlier story: Crews battle three alarm fire in Town 'N' Country
This is the second fire at the same complex since February.
It's concerning because neither fire was arson, say investigators. The first one was an electrical short, and they were looking into whether this one may have been as well.
PHOTOS: 3-alarm fire at Harbour Walk Apartments
"You couldn't breathe in there, there was like, no breathing in there," said Angelique Vargas.
Sher and her son Daniel barely got out alive. Fire and thick smoke filling their second story apartment in just seconds.
"The way that went? Had I not woken up I wouldn't be here right now," said Vargas.
"There was flames up - everywhere - it was everywhere," said Daniel, who had smelled smoke for the past 10 minutes or so before the fire started.
In all, 16 units were damaged. Six were a complete loss.
No one was killed or injured, but the fire moved so quickly, says Vargas "you didn't have time for nothing. I took a breath and I took a breath of a lot of smoke."
Vargas was able to save her 9-year-old parrot, Buddy.
A dog named Simon was also given oxygen and survived, but officals were still uncertain as to the fate of a neighbor's cat.
Another big concern for firefighters and residents at Harbour Walk is that there was another fire at this same complex just two months ago.
The cause of that one was deemed to be electrical.
This one may have been too, so now code enforcement was on-scene going building to building.
"It doesn't matter what time of day the fire is. There's families that call this home and we want to make sure that it's a safe place for them to live," said Nacole Revette with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
"I'm sure it's probably the same reason," said former resident Zack Buendia.
Buendia used to live in the building that burned back in February.
He was worried this would happen again.
"We moved out just for that reason is that we obviously didn't want to be in it," he said.
Vargas says she had some exercise equipment on the patio and grill in storage, but didn't think anything of her's could have sparked the blaze.
Whatever the cause, 19 people including an infant were left homeless.
The Red Cross was offering temporary assistance, but after that?
"How do you start over? I don't even know," said Vargas. "You know we work so hard all our lives for what little we have and I have no idea."


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City of Carrollton Announces Sue Haas as New Library Director
For Immediate Release: August 1, 2012
The City of Carrollton has announced the selection of Sue Haas as the new Carrollton Public Library Director. Haas brings over 30 years of progressive and diverse library leadership experience to her new position. Her career path demonstrates extensive experience in all aspects of public library service and management, including line and supervisory positions. Haas will begin her new position as Library Director on August 1, 2012.
Her professional education and training includes a Bachelor of Arts in History from Texas A&M University and a Master of Library Services from North Texas State University. Haas has served as a Municipal Reference Librarian for the Carrollton Public Library since 2007, but prior to joining the Carrollton Public Library, she worked as Assistant Director of Library Services for the Richardson Public Library, as a Municipal Reference Librarian and Library Manager with the Plano Public Library System, and for the University of Arkansas Library and Lubbock City-County Libraries.
Haas' professional affiliations include the American Library Association and Texas Library Association. Throughout her many years spent with the Texas Library Association, she has served as Chair of the Public Relations Committee and served as a Member of the Leadership Development Committee, Public Library Division Standards and Planning Committees, the Tall Texan Leadership Development Institute, and as a Librarian Delegate for the People to People Ambassadors to Russia.
Haas said, "I look forward to leading and working alongside this dedicated Library team and to continue moving forward in innovation and customer service."
Assistant City Manager Beth Bormann said, "I am pleased to announce Sue in this new role with the City of Carrollton. Please join me in congratulating, welcoming and fully supporting her as the new Carrollton Public Library Director." Haas replaces former Library Director Cheri Gross, retiring after six years of service.
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Local singer goes for win on 'America's Got Talent'
Published: Monday, September 16, 2013 at 11:06 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, September 16, 2013 at 11:06 a.m.
BELLEVIEW — Belleview's got talent. And if the rest of the nation doesn't know it by now, it will in the next two days.
• All six finalists, including Forte, perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
• 9 p.m., NBC
• Season finale. Winner announced.
•9 p.m., NBC
Fernando Varela, music director of St. Paul Parish National Catholic Church in Belleview, is part of Forte, an operatic trio that has reached the finals of NBC's hit show "America's Got Talent."
Tonight, the six entertainment groups will perform for a national TV audience, a live audience in New York City, and for judges Mel B., Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Howard Stern.
Then the public will vote.
And on Wednesday, the winner of the competition — and a $1 million prize — will be announced.
Count on a pro-Forte showing from precincts in Belleview and The Villages.
"There's a lot of anticipation and also, of course, a lot of prayer," said the Rev. Mark J. Niznik, pastor at St. Paul.
Varela, understandably, was absent from Mass on Sunday.
"There's a lot of prep work to do" and rehearsals, Niznik said.
But the entire parish is still thinking of him and rooting for him.
"The whole parish is one big fan," Niznik said.
Chief among the cheerleaders is Niznik's mom, Jean Pierro, who lives in The Villages and attends her son's church.
She'll be watching — and voting — tonight at home with her husband, Angelo. Her daughter, Debbie Niznik, will be watching at home in Lady Lake.
"I'm all excited and nervous at the same time," Mrs. Pierro said.
She said Varela is a humble man, even after all this national excitement, and she credits the Holy Spirit.
"When it's time for him to sing," Mrs. Pierro said, "he calms himself."
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High schoolers race the clock as college deadlines loom
Published: Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 5:43 p.m.
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Like hundreds of other high school seniors in Marion County, Vanguard High's William Brown is scrambling to submit college applications online to institutions nationwide.
Scholarship websites
Vanguard High's International Baccalaureate magnet program counselor Jan Godwin-Raym urges parents to beware of scholarship scams. Officials will not ask for money if it is a legitimate scholarship.
Planning ahead
Here are some basic tips from Florida Trend's Next magazine — www.floridanext.com — for parents with students just entering high school. It is already time to plan for college.
* Freshman year: Parents and students should talk to school counselors, and parents should make financial plans.
* Sophomore: Students should take Advanced Placement classes and register and take the PSAT.
* Junior: Start visiting during the summers before junior and senior years. Register for ACT and SAT and attend at least one college fair. By spring of junior year, update resume and find an internship in anticipated field of study.
* Senior: Finalize list of colleges; apply to college early in the fall; give employers and other adults a month to write recommendation letters; fill out applications for financial aid.
Brown, a student in the International Baccalaureate magnet program, has until Friday to file his University of Florida application and Nov. 4 to finalize eight others, mostly Ivy League schools.
This is the most hectic time of year for high school seniors, and their counselors, at the dozen or so public and private high schools in Marion.
Of the 2,800 or so public school seniors, about 60 percent go on to take courses in some type of postsecondary education institution. Hundreds more private school seniors also are college-bound.
Vanguard IB counselor Jan Godwin-Raym constantly reminds nearly 100 IB seniors of approaching deadlines. The office will send out as many as 800 transcripts for IB students alone. There are 423 Vanguard seniors overall.
"This is by far the busiest time for us," Godwin-Raym said between conversations with students. "We had a student one time who applied to 19 different colleges."
The estimated cost of that student's application fees: $1,000.
On Wednesday, Brown was calm as he talked about the process and was confident he would make all his deadlines. After all, he had to submit one application — to Florida State University — by Oct. 16, so he has some experience.
"It's no big deal," Brown said.
Though the application season is nothing new, UF has added a fresh wrinkle this year: a new application system called Self-Reported Academic Record (SAR).
UF is the first university in the state to use SAR, which requires students to enter their courses and school grades into the online system themselves.
During UF's initial application review stages, officials rely on the honor system when reviewing their submissions. Once the student is accepted, UF requires an official transcript to verify the student's self-reporting.
UF spokesman Steve Orlando said about 30,000 students apply each year, and only about 6,400 freshmen are admitted for the fall semester.
Orlando said UF actually accepts 12,000 students, though about 50 percent end up declining admission for an array of reasons: accepted at other colleges, can't meet the financial demands, other unforeseen situations.
Pat Herring, UF's director of admissions operation, said UF moved to SAR because the school's old system, installed in the late 1980s, no longer communicates with all of the high schools in the state's 67 school districts.
That means official transcripts from 30,000 students were getting to Gainesville in many different ways, slowing down the application review process.
Now, Herring said, officials can more efficiently narrow the field to 12,000 and then request official transcripts.
"We read every application," Herring said. "This allows (UF) more time to look over each application."
Herring said UF will "have an involved verification process."
A dozen seniors interviewed by the Star-Banner said they prefer the FSU application over the new UF version.
The reason: UF has time-consuming drop-down menus for each course and then the students must type in their grades. The FSU application is basic and the transcript was submitted for them.
"It took me about an hour and a half" to enter courses and grades into the UF application system, said Christie Ferguson, 17, who also applied at FSU and the University of South Florida.
Ferguson said the extra work isn't the problem; she just agonized to make sure all courses and grades were correctly logged. One wrong entry could hurt her chances of getting into UF.
Ferguson thought her IB education would make her a lock to get into UF. She was surprised that only 6,400 freshmen — one in five applicants — start classes in the fall each year.
Herring said many state universities and colleges are seriously considering moving to the SAR system. Officials statewide will look at UF's experience using before making a decision.
At the College of Central Florida, new admission enrollment for spring semester, which begins Jan. 8, is Dec. 9.
CF spokeswoman Lois Brauckmuller said current students can register for courses through Jan. 10, which is the last day to drop or add courses.
"We take students up until the last second — we don't want to turn anyone away," she said.
Brauckmuller said the college strongly discourages waiting until the last minute. Choices in courses will be limited, like merchandise is limited when someone starts shopping on Christmas Eve.
CF students apply online, and a copy of the student's transcript must be sent to the college by the school district.
Brauckmuller — who was relaying information from Teri Little-Berry, CF's director of admissions and records — said CF does not plan to use SAR.
"This is an efficient practice for colleges and universities that receive thousands of applications, but not necessary for a college like CF that has open enrollment with some limited access programs," Brauckmuller said.
Brauckmuller said CF requires students to submit final official high school transcripts, proof of GED or a home school affidavit as part of the application process.
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I used to design and build audiophile speakers. Same thing applied to those. Simpler is better. If it works....stop right there! Just like plumbing:eek2:
I've always been surprised at how...crappy plumbing equipment is. Pipes you can't put a wrench on because they'll collapse, fittings that seem simple but really require a sealant to work. I can do garbage disposal units without any problem, but getting a J trap to seal seems beyond me. Now they've finally started selling what looks like hydraulic connectors so the sealing is done mechanically.
But, I agree, Fred. If it works leave it alone.


text: 105 would be a tough hunt on the general F tag, most deer will be up high. A good friend of mine hunted antelope around Cody this past fall and seen very few deer on public land. I was there two years ago and seen very few as well, maybe later on into the season things change but early on they are still up high.


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Lowe's is planning to stick by its decision to yank its ads from a reality TV show about American Muslims despite the growing opposition the home improvement chain is facing over the move.
California Sen. Ted Lieu put a statement out on Sunday that he is considering calling for a boycott of Lowe's Cos., sparking criticism of the chain from leaders in the Muslim community.
On social media web site Twitter, actor Kal Penn is began directing people to a petition on signon.org in support of the TLC cable network show, "All-American Muslim." By Monday afternoon, there were about 9,200 signatures.
On Monday, Minnesota State Representative Keith Ellison, who is Muslim, released a statement condemning Lowe's Cos. for choosing "to uphold the beliefs of a fringe hate group and not the creed of The First Amendment."
And Democratic state Rep. Rashida Tlaib (tuh-LAIB) of Detroit, the first Muslim elected to the Michigan Legislature, voiced her concerns directly to the company: She wrote a letter to Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock.
"I told them I was extremely disappointed that you give credibility to these hate groups," Tlaib said. "People of Muslim faith are being attacked. It's disappointing, disheartening."
Meanwhile, Lowe's, based in Mooresville, N.C., stood by its Sunday statement that it pulled the advertising after the show became a "lightning rod for people to voice complaints from a variety of perspectives - political, social and otherwise" and says "dozens" of other advertisers also pulled their advertising from the show.
"All-American Muslim" premiered last month and chronicles the lives of five families who live in and near Dearborn, Mich., a Detroit suburb with a large Muslim and Arab-American population. Proponents of the show, which airs on Monday on TLC, say it portrays regular Muslim families living in the U.S.
TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg said "All-American Muslim," which ends its first season on Jan. 8, has garnered a little over a million viewers per week. "We stand behind the show All American Muslim and we're happy the show has strong advertising support," she said.
Lowe's stopped running commercials during "All-American Muslim" after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association e-mailed advertisers to ask them to stop advertising on the show.
The group said the program, which follows the lives of Muslim families living in the Metro Detroit area, was "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values."
Florida Family Association, based in Tampa, Fla., claims that more than 60 advertisers that it e-mailed, from Amazon to McDonalds, have also stopped advertising on the show. But so far Lowe's is the only major company to confirm they pulled their ads from the show.
Amazon and McDonald's and other advertisers did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Meanwhile, Atlanta-based Home Depot, which was cited by Florida Family Association as an advertiser who stopped advertising, said Monday they never intended to run any ads during the show, but one commercial ran "inadvertently and without our knowledge," according to spokesman Stephen Holmes.
The controversy highlights the fine line companies must walk when they select shows to advertise on.
Branding expert Laura Ries said Lowe's made two mistakes. The first was advertising during a show that could be construed as controversial. The second was pulling advertising too quickly.
"For a big national brand like Lowe's, they've always got to be incredibly careful when advertising during any show that could be deemed controversial," she said. "Will it seriously damage the brand in the long term? Probably not. But it is a serious punch in the stomach."
Overall, analysts said the furor is unlikely to damage Lowe's brand in the long term.
"For a company that generates $50 billion in annual revenue, I don't view this as something that will have a meaningful impact," said Morningstar analyst Peter Wahlstrom. "I'm hopeful this blows over and I'm certain management is as well."
Still, Lowe's ad flap comes at a particularly difficult time for Muslims in in the Metro Detroit area.
Florida pastor Terry Jones held an anti-Islam rally earlier this year outside Dearborn City Hall after being barred from protesting outside a Muslim mosque in the city. A burning of the Quran in March at Jones' church in Florida led to a series of violent protests in Afghanistan that killed more than a dozen people.
"Metro Detroit and Dearborn have been the focal point of a number of anti-Muslim movements," said Dawud Walid, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations' Michigan chapter. "There are organized forces in our society that want to marginalize American Muslims to the point where they don't want to see any portrayals of Muslims that regular Americans can connect to."
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Lowe's home improvement stores have pulled ads from a reality TV show about American Muslims following protests from an evangelical Christian group, prompting talk of a boycott against the chain.
The retail giant stopped advertising on TLC's "All-American Muslim" after the Florida Family Association complained it was propaganda that hides Islam's "clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values."
Suehaila Amen, whose family is featured on "All-American Muslim," said she was disappointed Lowe's "would succumb to bigots ... "
Lowe's issued a statement Sunday apologizing for having "managed to make some people very unhappy." It didn't say whether it would reinstate the advertising.
California state Sen. Ted Lieu says he's considering a boycott of the chain and legislative action if the company doesn't reverse its decision.
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Johnson City, Tenn. – The Black Hills State track and field teams put the finishing touches on their preparations for the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday.
Head Coach Scott Walkinshaw was pleased with the team's preparedness.
"I feel that our team is ready to go," said Walkinshaw. "We have had a good season and the national meet is for individuals to really shine. However, I am looking forward to seeing how the team finishes in the standings for both the men and women."
The NAIA track meet will begin on Thursday, March 6 and run through Saturday, March 8 in Johnson City, Tenn.
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Chairman Mao
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"Remember, kids! Starting a cultural revolution can be dangerous!"
Great Leader Chairman Rofl Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Asian Santa Claus or Mao the Dong was a bouncy smiling chubby cherub, who accidentally bumped off seventy million people, famously stating "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, and you can't have fun without killing people".
Chairman Mao Zedong was quite the biological anomaly. His four kidneys, abnormally large right testicle and wide birthing hips made him the ideal leader of China. Mao rose to power after ending the Tibetan monk uprising of 1969. A man of many interests, the chairman's hobbies included skateboarding on the Great Wall of China and hunting Penguins. Mao also enjoyed riding on large sleds pulled by two hundred cats. In one of his most famous feats of strength, Mao ripped Taiwan off of the coast of China and tossed it into the ocean. This display of strength frightened off the Mongolians who were planning on attacking China for the seventy-fifth time. Sadly, Mao's reign ended far too early after the man choked on a tender panda steak. Mao's mistress immediately blamed Mao's death on pandas everywhere, and the species was then hunted to near extinction. In the end, the Chairman was revived using Chinese medicine. Today he lives in North Korea under the name Kim Jong-Un.
edit Chairman Mao
"Mao Yao" is a famous saying created by the infamous Mao Zedong. It translates into the English phrase "do not" or "don't". Commonly used at the local TOKYO PEKING, this phrase has now attracted world wide media attention. Chairman Mao (1893-1976) was a famous poet from the East, credited with the establishment of the single-party socialist republic known as the People's Republic of China. Disputes after his death about whether he was the legitimate father of Mao Anying are currently being debated in the Party Council, and consensus will probably be reached by Dec 21, 2012. Remember, in the East, people write their last names before the first (after the Great Leap Backwards), so "Chairman Mao" in English would be "Mao of the family Chairman".
edit Early Life
Mao Zedong was born on December 29, 1893, in Hunan Province (we're still talking about Chairman Mao) to Max and Hannah Chairman, two bankers (armchair communists). The rural scenes surrounding him where he grew up inspired him to take up poetry. However, because poetry does not pay well, his traditional Eastern parents forced him to learn hockey. In the East at the time, the Civil Service System was still strong, requiring anyone who wanted a mountable ox that paid more than starvation to pass a test that's, like, at least twice as long and hard as the ones in school these days. Mao failed the test, drawing little "Yuan Shi-kai is a fool instead of essay answers. His parents disowned him, and young Mao took to the hills as one of the East's famous roaming bands of scholar-brigands who beat young travelers up for their lunch money and challenged them to brutal dance offs at the local mall's Dance Dance Revolution machine.
Mao's early life was filled with much confusion. He insisted upon spelling his name "Tse Tung", pronounced say-toung, but his mother preferred the spelling "Zedung" (Chinese for 'the dung' or 'the shit'). This would trouble the great leader in later life, as half of his followers preferred one spelling over the other. (A recent internet poll shows that those who prefer "Zedung" also prefer to use "Catsup" instead of "Ketchup")
edit Poetry
Mao's strict Greek and Jewish upbringing instilled in him a great love (whether a normal human urge or not) for 7-11 slurpees and wolf skin coats. Like many young Jews of his time, he set out to rebel against his father's generation by turning to strange and new ideologies that, like the Hebrew faith preached covert subversion of the world's governments. He was drawn to Communism not only by its subversiveness, but also because his favorite poet was ee cummings , well-known as the Orange Poet Laureate. Mao's two most famous works are "New Year's Day" written in 1930, and "Snow" written in 1996. The two poems are translated from the original erotic, vulgar and sick use of vocabulary here:
New Year's Day Ninghua, Qingliu, Guihua -- What narrow paths, deep woods and slippery moss! Whither are we bound today? Straight to the foot of Wuyi Mountain. To the mountain, the foot of the mountain, Red fags stream in the wind in a blaze of glory.
Snow Softly over the fields, and in deep drifts The fine, clean snow buries the bosom of china In a coat of fine and uniform whiteness Just as I, when I retire to my room at night, Do to a tranny peasant hooker from Tudong Province I look upon the snow on a chilly winter's night From my lonely room in the Forbidden City Each snowflake fits with its brothers and sisters Coating the streets of wondrous Beijing While I jack off to bestiality I knew a girl once, with skin like this snow Her eyes shone like a December moon But I, in the heat of my boyish desires Changed December to "30 Days of Mao-ie Wow-ie" And condemned her to die for not blowing me You say you got a real solution Well, you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well, you know We're doing what we can But when you want money For people with minds that hate All I can tell is brother you won't have to wait Don't you know it's gonna be all right Don't you know it's gonna be all right Don't you know it's gonna be all right Ah You say you'll change the constitution Well, you know We all want to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well, you know You better dull you mind instead But if you go carrying pictures of our wonderful Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with me anyhow Don't you know it's gonna be all right Don't you know it's gonna be all right Don't you know it's gonna be all right Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah All right, all right, all right All right, all right, all right All right, all right, all right Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah All right, all right
edit Interpretations
Scholars of Mao's life believe that in his early years as a poet, his love for all-day sex in nature scenes and war metaphors were an outgrowth of his retarded involvement in the Communist "Orange Revolution" following World War V. In contrast, his later trash (work) reflects his disillusion with the country life and his desire for, as the poet himself said, "mad Canadian honeys, yo! Hey, you ever been to Toronto?"
edit The Sayings of Chairman Mao
The "Orange Book of the Sayings of Chairman Mao" was all the vogue in the early days of post-Revolution China. Teenager boys would even use lines from the Orange Book to woo teenage girls, even if neither one's family name was Woo.
However, after the Multicultural Revolution which ushered in the De Facto Unbridled Capitalism system, the Orange Book sadly fell into neglect. The "Purple Book of Quatrains" by Oscar Wilde now tops the best-seller lists in China.
Mao's Famous speech "Spread Legs and The Cultural Revolution a Chinese Women's Duty"
edit Famous Mao Quotes
"Chinese people are not retards, therefore no one should follow me. However, I am one, so that makes every difference in the world" October 1, 1949. Establishment of People's Republic of China speech
"The Great Leap Backward was an absolute success! Only about 45 million citizens starved to death! Much less than the expected 1.1 billion." Mao after reading the paper on Great Leap Backward
"Communism shall stand as long as the capitalist Twin Towers!" September 11,1970, after realizing the fact that two towers like that existed
"Chinese citizens! Our Communist Party has hope! President Nixon just promised me yesterday that he supports Marxism totarry!" April 2, 1982, at Morale Speech
"In Communist China, you don't re-educate peasants, peasants re-educate you! Oh wait, that makes sense..."
"In stimurating a tiger, use a rong stick"
"Sing Little Birdy?" Chairman Mao on the popular British gameshow World Forum
"Herro." Chairman Mao when people walk close to him.
"SIRENCE! I KILL YOU!" Chairm...no wait, that was Achmed the Dead Terrorist.
"This is a RIE! They arr are! It must be censored! Damn capitarists and their freedom of speech..." Mao after reading these quotes.
"China is a part of Taiwan and we arr know that."
"In Soviet Russia, Dinner Party is Revorution!" Chairman Mao scoffing at Stalin's overenthusiastic Sixty Minutes Plan.
edit The Long March
The Long March was embarked upon by Mao to avoid a long line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The march took over eighty years and was over thirty thousand miles long. He did things with an elk while on the long march. Terrible things. During the journey he was badly wounded and was briefly involved with a Bucky the wonder elk. The long march ended some time after it began. Ending with some sort of resolving event, like a war or a revolution or something. Just ask your mother I am sure she knows.
edit Carrying Pictures of Chairman Mao
While Mao was known to get his share of poontang, attempts to carry his picture as an aphrodisiac were a distinct failure. On the contrary; they actually made it impossible to get laid. As John Lennon of The Beatles noted, "If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow." Mr. Lennon was correct in this assessment since he recently received a lifetime achievement award for "making it" with as large a number of woman as possible.
edit Personal life
Despite being short and fat with green teeth, a mole that would make the Eiffel Tower look relatively small by comparison and a ridiculous hairstyle, Mao had a reputation as a promiscuous womaniser. No, I don't get it either. Maybe he drugged them or something but it's still strange since he hated women. It certainly wouldn't have got past foreplay though because Mao was supposedly impotent and sterile with only one testicle. The reason for this is unclear. Some say that he contracted testicular cancer in his youth. Still others say that he tried to teabag Hitler while they were at dictator school. Allegedly the false rumours about Hitler having only one ball were circulated by Mao in revenge. Mao compensated for his lack of virility by adopting kids and wiping out most unborn female fetuses in China. Failure to comply would result in women being sterilised. What a very nice man. Although he was at a high risk of cancer, Mao smoked like a chimney so whatever you say about the guy, he had balls (or one of them at least). Strangely, he grew so old the Chinese people almost gave up hope of him ever biting the dust and joining the bleeding choir invisible.
edit Death
"Am I in danger?"
Mao shocked all by having a heart-attack in old age. The reason for the shock was the fact that he had a heart. His lungs became infected and he eventually had to be put on a life support machine. His girlfriend, Jian Qung, who really cared about Mao and didn't want him to die moved him around constantly, sprinkled powder on him and eventually moved him onto his back even though she had been reliably informed that he could only breath by lying on his left side. In spite of Mao's numerous protestations of "Cough, cough, the bitch is trying to k-COUGH, cough, cough", Jiang assured doctors "Don't worry, he's perfectly comfortable." Mao's face then started to turn blue. Shortly after, he died.
Because of all the kind and wonderful things he did for China, Mao is worshipped as a god by the Chinese people to this day, who still smoke a cigarette on September 1st in honour of Good King Mao.
edit Legacy
With time, the genius of Mao Zedong has become manifest. A public devout Communist, he was in reality a closet capitalist. He knew that capitalism would ultimately bring success to his country, but he wanted to set China back 400 years with the Great Leap Backward. Some blame his failures on incontinence, and some on the Gang of Four, but his failures were completely intentional. He wanted to permanently steer his country away from the temptations of Communism. As such, he dedicated his life to bumbling Communism so effectively as to instill a mortal terror of dance dance revolution, chaos, and managed economies into the very heart of the Chinese psyche.
Kim Jong Ill, a well known Mao admirer, ordered the production of the Korean-made Ssangyoung Chairman (A recycled Mercedes E-class) in 2003. His achievements earned him the Nobel Prize in Killing People. Although sixty million would die in the short run from starvation, ultimately, it would allow China to assume its place as a major world power. Mao Zedong, the Great Visionary, saw this path. He is directly responsible for China's current booming industrial and labor resources market, instilling his place among the greatest of history's leaders.
edit Rebirth of Mao
Mao Zedong came back to life in 1992, just a year short of his 143rd birthday. In 1993, Mao Zedong applied for a job at Wolf Camera. He instantly got the job because the employers have been known to prefer Chinese workers. The reason is because Chinese and Japanese like working in camera stores and like to smell the scent of cameras. Mao sold and repaired cameras, but trouble came in 1994. Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and several other political figures stormed into Mao's workplace. This is their conversation:
REAGAN: Chinaman! Come out, now!
MAO: Yeeeess. How may I, the Great Mao Zedong, assist you? Buying a camera, Mr. Reagan?
REAGAN: No, I'm not buying a camera! We're here to teach you a lesson!
MAO: Eh?
CLINTON: Yes, Chinese man. You don't kick us out of Korea. We only wanted to put an end to their quarrel. We would never fight China.
MAO: The hell you wouldn't.
CLINTON: Chinaman, this punishment is 44 years overdue!
MAO: Ah, I believe that YOUR punishment is 44 years overdue!
CLINTON: Is that so?
MAO: Yes, because you planned to nuke us!
CLINTON: Um, well, yes heheh...
MAO: How dare you? Well China is now a SUPERPOWER and you will not wanna fight us now!
Clinton and Mao got in a fistfight, but the SECRET CHINESE RED RESERVE FORCE OF CHINA IN AMERICA appeared with Type 81 assault rifles. Clinton's body guards all died for Clinton, but Clinton himself escaped.
In 1999, Mao quit his job at Wolf Camera and faded into oblivion. Nobody ever saw him again. Some say that he went to work for the People's Republic of China undercover, while others say that he wanted to build a giant statue of himself in the United States. Nevertheless, everyone is on the lookout for him.
edit See Also
| The Conclave of Doom: Fred Phelps, Ed Gein, Enron, Evil Jesus, Wikia, The United States of Arabia, Iran,
|Space Committee: Marshall Applewhite, L. Ron Hubbard, Canadian Rape-Yaks
|Pregnancy Committee: Preggobear, Newtis Newtfield, Mama Luigi
|Politics Committee: Dick Cheney, Chairman Mao, Kim Jong-un, Osama bin Laden, Adolf Hitler, Martin van Buren, Marine Le Pen
|See also: Baby Seals, Axis of Evil Hot Dog Eating Competition, Mortal Sin
|Dictators and Tyrants
|Adolf Hitler ~ Bashar al-Assad ~ Chairman Mao ~ Fidel Castro ~ Imelda Marcos ~ Josef Stalin ~ Kim Il-Sung ~ Kim Jong-il ~ Kim Jong-un ~ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ~ Muammar Gaddafi ~ Osama Bin Laden ~ Lee Kuan Yew ~ Robert Mugabe ~ Saddam Hussein ~ Vladimir Putin


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