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In Western America in 1845, it wasn't uncommon to hear of outlaws who robbed banks and derailed trains. It was a tough life being an outlaw in the demanding West, and it was even harder for a woman to make it- especially on her own.
Thought it was common to hear of outlaws, it was extremely rare to hear of a female outlaw.
[F/N] [L/N] is a very well-known outlaw in western America, known from theft to massacres that were accomplished single-handedly. She had a sassy but venomous personality which showed without words that she could easily take down anyone that stood in her way to what she wanted. Her childhood was unknown to anyone but her, there were rumours that she had murdered her family, and other stories how she had lost her parents to a blood lusting Sherriff, but only she knew.
From a young age she had to fend for herself, she used her charm and her child innocence to con people and made her way through life.
She won every type of fight she's ever been in, a challenge always interested the young desert beauty with prickly determined mind.
News about her spread fast like wildfire in a field of dry plants. Stories of her killing sprees and stealing of valuables hit every town, she gained a mean reputation that snapped respect from the worst of outlaws that dare test her toughness.
[F/N] sat proud on her jet black stallion named Barlow, as she patiently plodded through the desert and waited until dark to raid the next town. His heavy hooves padded along the dusty earth, kicking up dust clouds behind him without a care in the world.
When dark finally met the earth, the stars shone and half the moon showed its face to the Earth. Barlow, with an empty stomach, found green foliage nestled near a small running stream. Since he was set on eating and drinking, [F/N] swung one leg over his back, and planted it sturdy on the cracked desert ground- then took her right boot-clad foot out of the stirrup and joined her left foot on the ground. The famous outlaw set up her camp by the running stream, rolling out her sleeping bag and made a small fire so she wouldn't attract too much attention to herself but could stay warm and cook some food. With the comfort of nature and Barlow, the outlaw found peace and with her stomach full she laid down on her side and shut her [E/C] eyes, drifting off to sleep in an instant.
The only problem she had when sleeping, was that she travelled only with Barlow as a companion, so she didn't have anyone to be on guard whilst she slept. Normally she didn't get any trouble, since everyone knew who she was and a very few had the balls to actually attack her.
Unfortunately for her, a unknown Sherriff had found her whilst she slept and had the balls to arrest her. She was ripped from her deep slumber and jumped a mile high when cold water was tossed on her, she started to panic inside when she saw her hands were bound together with rope and a Sheriff was standing in front of her; proud by his pure snow white mare.
The Sheriff stood satisfied with his hands on his hips, obviously pleased as punch that he'd caught the most wanted person in America. Dressed in worn out and frayed in places blue jeans, brown leather boots that were scuffed and dirtied, a dark blue button up shirt with three buttons undone near his neck and a brown jacket rested on his arms and shoulders, a brown cowboy hat perched on his sandy blonde hair allowed a cowlick to prod out from under the brim of the hat showed innocence that matched his baby blue eyes shielded by glasses that complimented his handsome face.
"Damn- they ain't gonna believe me back at the station!" His giddy voice made [F/N] cringe inside and she thought to herself 'I've been caught by an idiot…'
She thrashed out the best she could with rope tied hands as he scooped her up bridal style and carried her over to his mare.
"Unhand me, disgusting pig!" She spat at the Sherriff, trying to get out of his grip as he carried of walking towards his beautiful horse.
"Now, now. That's no way to talk to a Sherriff, little lady."
She hesitated her actions when she was hypnotised by his shining gold sheriff badge glimmering in the dying came fire.
He managed to get her on his mare, that he referred to as Stella. Whilst [F/N] was safely on Stella, he tied Barlow's reins to Stella's so he could bring him along. Once he was done, he climbed into the saddle behind the outlaw and took hold of the reins.
"What do you think you're doing?!" You snapped, feeling his arms wrap around her and took hold of the reins.
"Calm down, sweet cheeks, I'm just making sure that you don't fall off Stella and stop you from running away."
He started the ride back to the nearest town, every now and then he would look at the beautiful young lady he had in his arms on his horse. He couldn't believe that he had come across [F/N], she was even more pretty then her wanted posters. He found it hard to believe that you of all outlaws had committed all these crimes, but he was doing his job and captured you.
Whilst the Sherriff guided Stella back to his hometown, the famous outlaw sat there and sulked about her situation. She and the whole of America knew she couldn't be beat, it was a fact, but now she was starting to doubt her pride and glared a warning of death at the American. Even if she was captured now, she knew all too well that she'll find a way to escape. When she does escape, this joker is going to pay severely.
'He ain't gonna take me down, no way.'
As the sheriff rode Stella back to the near-by town, Barlow padding casually behind, she couldn't help but mutter "traitor" to Barlow who obviously took an interest in Stella. As the Sherriff rode into town, people stood in their doorways to witness the most famous female be taken to her cell to rot until the day they'll bring her out to hang at the gallows.
She should've had her head hung low to show defeat- but she kept it high to show they couldn't break her spirit. She could hear them muttering things, parents keeping their children hidden. Out of spite, she glared and sneered at those talking down to her.
When arriving at the town's prison, the sheriff got off Stella and tied up the two horses to the post outside before getting [F/N] down and pushed her towards the cells. She growled deep within her throat, he was taken aback almost at the warning she had given him. She kicked and lunged, used her mouth and teeth to leave puncture holes in his arms as he tried getting her into the prison cell. He managed to get her behind bars and quickly locked the door, she rested her face between the bars and if looks could kill, he'd be burning to a cinder already.
'Never gonna give in, never gonna give it up, no.'
"You might think that you're gonna have me rot here, but you can't take me. I'm free."
She sat on her bed chained to the wall, wrists raw from the ropes and hours of rubbing to get free but to no avail. Her head hung low with shame, trying not to let her will break and be submissive but as the hours went by it got harder each minute.
With self-pity, she started to question herself with things like 'where did it all go wrong?'. She heard the Sheriff walk in, who had said his name was Alfred but many of the town's people called him 'idiot', he was muttering something to himself in an angered voice. [F/N] lifted her head to watch him pace, something in those baby blue eyes snapped and they turned a small shade of crimson then back to blue when he saw her watching him. She wanted to know what was going on, his whole attitude was different from when he had first captured her.
When he walked over to the cell, she stood to attention and caution, ready to fight if she had to. She watched him use the bunch of keys to open it and walked inside. Pulling a knife from the safety of his boot, he walked towards her without speaking. She started to panic, her hands were tied and he had a weapon, he could do anything he wanted and she wouldn't be able to do anything.
He studied her face, seeing her panic in her eyes. He grabbed her hands and slit the rope keeping her hands bound together. When the ropes were gone from her wrists, in a blink of an eye she had taken the knife and had him pinned to the prison floor. She pressed the blade to his throat and his hands painfully pinned to the ground behind his back. She knew she needed to fight another fight, and she'll fight with all her might that she had built up over the hours.
"Go ahead, kill me." He taunted, his eyes flashing from blue to red, then back to blue. She knew she had a limited time, and although she questioned why he had freed her, she knew she had to run now or her neck will be in a noose.
She ran out of the prison as fast as she could, wielding only a knife as she dashed to Barlow and cut the reins before getting on his back and he started to make their escape from the town. Grinning like a mad woman, her hair flying behind her in the wind as she finally felt free and proud she didn't break from the torture. She felt blood spray on her face from people who were caught under Barlow's hooves as he trampled over them and galloped off out of that godforsaken town.
She made a mental note to massacre everyone in that town tomorrow.
She was back in the open desert once again, she smiled and paused for a moment, allowing the wind to make her feel like she was flying. Feeling on top of the world, the thirst for blood filled her senses and her pink tongue slipped between her parted lips and licked at the blood that had splattered on her face that was from the town's people.
Maybe she should've stayed, or at least taken the Sheriff with her- then she could've gotten an answer from him to why he freed her. She shook her head and paid attention to the present, she pressed her legs together a little and indicated Barlow to keep going. Now at a casual pace, she felt like she didn't need anyone but Barlow.
When dusk fell, she stopped Barlow near a sheltered rocks and decided this was the best place for camp tonight. Setting up her comfort, she sat down on the sleeping bag and fed Barlow whatever she had to spare, also feeding herself of course.
On the wind, she heard the terrified screams of the towns people that she had left behind, the sound she knew too well was a murderous melody in her mind. She could smell the bloodshed too, which peaked her interest. Soon she heard another horse's hooves hit the earth and turned her head to see a silhouette of a man on a pure white horse come riding towards the famous female outlaw and her stallion. As he drew closer, the sun on its death bed behind him, she saw the sheriff with a tragic twist. Hair now a rusty burgundy colour under that brown hat, skin tanned gorgeously, eyes blood-lusting red and the tasty crimson liquid stained his clothes and handsome face that was twisted into a smirk that made her shiver with electricity. He reached her and stopped Stella by Barlow and dismounted, he walked over to the outlaw and sat down. Capturing her lips in his he tangled his hands in her fair hair then pulled away after sharing some of the blood with her, knowing she had snapped his sanity and felt the hole in her be complete- for now she had a partner in crime.
You can't take me…I'm free.
Cowboy!America X Outlaw!Reader - Can't Take Me by OperationStabTheCakeWatch
©2013-2016 OperationStabTheCake
So I'm going to a convention soon and I get the honour of cosplay as 2p!America, might be Fem 2p!America but yeah, my best mate is 2p!England and I got inspiration from the song "Can't Take Me" from Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron (such a good movie) and I though, "cowboy America is pretty hot...hmmm.." AND THUS THIS WAS BORN
Sorry my stories have been to short recently, but I have writer's block and I'm stalling my homework I have to do- but the holidays are coming up and wooooooooooo convention time!
Hope you liked, I don't own you, America or the song it's based on
I do own Stella and Barlow
I'll take requests as well to feel free to ask~
...not proof read to let me know if there's anything misspelt or anything like that....
Here's the alternative version: operationstabthecake.deviantar…
And here is the sequel: operationstabthecake.deviantar…
Sorry my stories have been to short recently, but I have writer's block and I'm stalling my homework I have to do- but the holidays are coming up and wooooooooooo convention time!
Hope you liked, I don't own you, America or the song it's based on
I do own Stella and Barlow
I'll take requests as well to feel free to ask~
...not proof read to let me know if there's anything misspelt or anything like that....
Here's the alternative version: operationstabthecake.deviantar…
And here is the sequel: operationstabthecake.deviantar…
You dont how much I fangirled when I noticed the song lyrics!!! SPRIT is my all time favorite childhood movie!!!!!! :iconglimpplz: I love you *^*
OUO I'm also going to make a sequel from America's POV, he's going to be the outlaw and the reader is the sheriff~ it will be based on Cowboy Casanova~ I'm super glad you liked it though
I love the song too! It makes America so sassy ouo
I shall! But now I'm going back to sleep XD
I shall! But now I'm going back to sleep XD
Also...will there be a sequel!!??
AWESOME! that was so cool and nice song choice by the way. Also maybe their can be a sequel.
Thank you for your kind words .3.
Thank you! I love the song so much, and the movie is just so badass XD
Hmm...I haven't really thought about making a sequel, but I shall if you would like me to make one!
Your welcome, I remember watching the movie as a kid. I actually would love to see it again someday. As for the sequel it was only a suggestion, the decision is yours to make.
It's a great childhood film
I'd love to do a sequel! Is there anything that you'd like to happen since it was your suggestion?
I'd love to do a sequel! Is there anything that you'd like to happen since it was your suggestion?
that was so awesome hehe im an outlaw who gets respect
And a sexy 2p!Cowboy~
Awesome icon by the way!
amen to that a sexy 2pCowboy is just wat i need and thank u Prussia i very sexy in that pic i just had to use it
Everyone needs a little 2p action in their lives~
damn look at dem abs
Wait, so this whole story is with 2P!America or 1P!America because at first I thought it was just 1P!America but when it got to the part where it said "Eyes blood lusting red", I realized it wasn't 1P!America.
It starts off with 1p!America, but after the reader influences him and he ends up letting his 2p! self emerge
Loved it ^w^
I'm glad you liked it~
interesting....you know when his eyes went red iknew you put 2p! america in this.
and i've always wanted to be a cosplayer but i have one thing to ask....can you ,like, video tape it?
and i've always wanted to be a cosplayer but i have one thing to ask....can you ,like, video tape it?
Heeheehee, I couldn't resist~
The convention? Sure, I'll take pics of me and my mate as well if you want
The convention? Sure, I'll take pics of me and my mate as well if you want


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Eeeeeeeeeee, i'll def be added something to this when i have funds in my account XD i absolutely love your comic and was so happy when i got your first book. Hurry up college bursary *shakes fist at bursary people*
This project needs more money...
So we can buy that zombie a shirt and new pair of pants!
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So we can buy that zombie a shirt and new pair of pants!
... And maybe a bagel or two... He looks hungry.
i plan on contributing. your comic has always been one of the webcomics that i use as an example of what someone can accomplish by just being a great artist who just wants to tell a story. I've been recommending TZH for years now and i'm hoping you keep putting out this great story
I still need to actually BUY the first one. I'll talk to the husband tonight and see what we can give.
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Skilling Gets Boost as Supreme Court Limits Fraud Law
The U.S. Supreme Court scaled back a favorite tool used by prosecutors in fraud cases, ruling in favor of Jeffrey Skilling on his conviction for leading the Enron Corp. accounting fraud while stopping short of granting him a new trial.
The court also sided with former Hollinger International Inc. Chairman Conrad Black, telling a lower court to reconsider his corporate fraud conviction. The ruling doesn't necessarily mean freedom for either man, instead sending the cases back to the lower court level.
Skilling's lawyers say the ruling gives them grounds to seek reversal of the entire conviction, along with his 24-year sentence. The government has said even the conspiracy verdict that was directly before the high court might not have to be overturned.
"We're back in the game," Daniel Petrocelli, Skilling's lead lawyer, said in a telephone interview. He said today's ruling would be "fatal to the government's case."
Tracy Schmaler, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement that the government will "vigorously defend the Skilling and Black cases on remand" to the lower court.
Black was convicted of mail fraud and obstruction of justice and sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. As with Skilling, his lawyers will have a chance to seek invalidation of the entire verdict, while the government can argue that the entire conviction should stand.
Intangible Right
Writing for the court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the law, which covers fraud schemes to "deprive another of the intangible right to honest services," could be used only in cases involving bribery or kickbacks. The ruling raises questions about potentially hundreds of other convictions and pending prosecutions.
"There are going be a lot of people who serve less time or don't go to prison because of this decision," said Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago lawyer who represents investors with claims against financial companies.
The justices were unanimous in saying the honest-services law couldn't be applied to Skilling and Black. Three justices -- Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy -- would have gone further and struck down the law even for bribery and kickback cases.
Ruling With Nuance
The ruling "has nuance" and should leave federal prosecutors "breathing a sigh of relief," said Douglas Berman, a professor at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law. Even so, he said, the ruling may apply retroactively and will let people with enough money challenge their convictions.
Schmaler said the Justice Department, while disappointed the court narrowed the statute, is "pleased that the court upheld many of the core provisions that have been used for decades to prosecute corrupt public officials and corporate executives who have breached their duties to their constituents, clients and investors."
Skilling, Enron's former chief executive officer, was convicted on 19 counts. The honest-services ruling directly concerns only one of those: for conspiracy to commit fraud.
He was convicted in May 2006 alongside Kenneth Lay, the former Enron chairman who died less than two months later. A federal appeals court upheld the conviction. Skilling is serving his sentence in a federal prison in Colorado.
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The Supreme Court on a 6-3 vote rejected Skilling's contentions that he couldn't get a fair trial in Houston and that the trial judge who oversaw the case didn't adequately explore indications that some jurors were biased against him.
Skilling's lawyers argued that the atmosphere in Houston when the trial began in January 2006 was one of hostility toward him, fed by unrelenting, negative media coverage.
The federal government countered that the trial judge, after questioning the jurors, was satisfied that each could assess the evidence impartially. The high court today agreed with that reasoning.
Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, joined a brief filed by media companies urging the court not to adopt the legal standard sought by Skilling. The brief argued that press coverage alone shouldn't be grounds for transfer of a trial.
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The bankruptcy spawned criminal charges against 34 defendants, including Arthur Andersen LLP, the now-defunct accounting firm whose conviction the Supreme Court overturned in 2005.
Black, 65, was accused of taking part in a $6.1 million theft from Hollinger, a Chicago-based newspaper publishing company. The case centers on payments to Black that were structured to reduce his Canadian taxes. A U.S. appeals court upheld the conviction.
Chief Financial Officer John A. Boultbee and former Corporate Counsel Mark S. Kipnis joined Black in pressing the Supreme Court appeal. Boultbee was sentenced to two years and three months in prison and Kipnis, convicted of a lesser offense, to six months of home detention.
The honest-services statute is being used against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, now on trial on an indictment that includes allegations that he tried to trade the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama for campaign cash or personal favors.
U.S. District Judge James Zagel, presiding over Blagojevich's trial, said the high court ruling "may not offer a lot of hope" for the former governor, the Associated Press reported.
The case is Skilling v. United States, 08-1394.


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Eric Bugyis teaches Religious Studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.
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It Is Marxism!
In addition to Peter Steinfels' essay urging us to be careful not to weaponize Pope Francis' message, which Kaitlin Campbell helpfully points us to, Politico also has a piece by Paul Vallely that paints a bit more confrontational picture of Francis' relationship to the American status quo. After recounting some of the more challenging things that Francis has said about the problems with the prevailing predatory capitalism and "throwaway culture" of a "globalization of exclusion and indifference," Vallely sums up the spin put on these prophetic statements by Francis' so-called "supporters":
Francis' supporters argue that he is not advocating a specific political program; rather than taking political sides, he is trying to open people's minds to the generosity, openness and inclusiveness of the gospel. "It's not Marxism," one cardinal told me. "It's classic Catholic social teaching, as developed by previous popes." What, after all, is Francis' joyful embrace of the poor and the rejected—kissing a man with a terrible skin disease, visiting thousands of African migrants washed up on Europe's shores in Lampedusa, Italy—but an echo of Jesus of Nazareth?
As touching as the gestures that Vallely mentions are, it is difficult to see how things could get more specific or closer to Marxism than what Francis had to say in July when he spoke at The Second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Boliva. There he did not just talk about extending a hand to particular individuals in need. However important this sort of "charity à la carte," as he called it in Evangelii Gaudium, may be (and no one, I think, would doubt that it is), Francis is urging us to adopt a more comprehensive program of systemic change.
Contraception in Context
Just in time for the Synod on the Family that is scheduled to take place this fall, I came across a 1964 article in New Blackfriars by the inimitable Herbert McCabe on "Contraceptives and Natural Law." The main target of the piece is certain natural lawyers who would argue that there is a linear relationship between sexual intercourse and the propagation of the species. McCabe agrees that any natural law account must begin with the premise that a particular form of life implies a proper function.
Integral Equality
In his pastorally tone-deaf response to Friday's Supreme Court decision to recognize same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the USCCB, struck a tone that Michael Sean Winters rightly described as "petulant." Kurtz also made a rather dubious reference to the "unambiguous" teaching of Jesus on marriage -- Is that the one where we're told those worthy of the resurrection "neither marry nor are given in marriage" (Luke 20: 35)? -- and an equally strained analogy to Roe v. Wade. What struck me as the strangest citation, though, was the reference to Pope Francis's concept of "integral ecology" as recently articulated in Laudato Si.
At first glance, it is difficult to see what a document that never uses the word "marriage" might have to do with the question of same-sex marriage.
To See Unto Praise
In her Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, Elizabeth Johnson describes Darwin as "a beholder," citing the first three words of the first chapter of his On the Origin of Species: "When we look...". In this looking, Johnson claims that Darwin was not simply the disinterested observer that some, who still hold to the myth of scientific objectivity, would have us believe. Rather, Johnson claims that Darwin was a seer who beholds what is in order to penetrate more deeply into its fundamental structures, and, in so doing, is able to do justice not only to its presence but also to its future. This is to say that Darwin's theory of evolution is not simply an account of what is and how it came to be, but it also has something to say about what is to come, namely that it is likely to be at the same time completely continuous with and unpredictable in terms of our present reality.
It is this latter unpredictability that philosopher and anthropologist Bruno Latour argues is lost on contemporary neo-Darwinians, like Richard Dawkins, and it holds the key to understanding what makes Darwin's reverential beholding distinct from the mere observations of his most fervent would-be disciples. In his article "Will Non-Humans Be Saved?" Latour claims that the revolutionary discovery of "Saint Darwin," which makes him a later-day "Father of the Church," was that organisms are "creativity all the way down." What this means is that in emerging from a process that begins in the radical contingency of random mutation, each new species is a creation ex nihilo that in coming from nowhere, goes nowhere. Rather than being determined by evolution as if by a mechanical process that leaves no room for artistry, what Darwin saw when he looked at nature was a living composition that unfurled across time like a piece of music in which each new movement was completely unprecedented and yet instantly recognizable.
In his new encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, Pope Francis can be found singing much the same tune, even if the lyrics are those of the slightly more orthodox saint - Francis of Assisi.
Las Hermanas Conference, March 19-21
A good friend of mine is organizing a conference in San Antonio, TX to "honor the history, development, and legacy of Las Hermanas, a grassroots Latina movement formed 40 years ago to challenge and change the church and its role in society." It will be held March 19-21, and it looks like they have a great program of spearkers including:
Father William "Bix" Bichsel, R.I.P.
Last night Jesuit priest and peace activist Father William "Bix" Bichsel died in Tacoma, WA. I was introduced to Bix two weeks ago after mass at St. Leo's parish, where I have been attending services since moving to Tacoma in September, but I had already heard much about him. A Tacoma native, he was one of the founders of Guadalupe House, the Catholic Worker community located just down the street from St.
Sullivan's Catholicism
I count myself among those who are sad to see Andrew Sullivan leave the blogosphere. Mostly this is because I will miss benefiting from the enormous amount of work he and his staff put into curating and editing the vast expanse of the World Wide Web. Most days, I would only find out about a particularly insightful piece of online opinion or news reporting because Sullivan and his team had linked to it. Now, I will be forced to comb through all of this on my own or (what is more likely) grow increasingly ignorant of the offerings, albeit of various and sometimes dubious quality, in this large marketplace of ideas, cultural ephemera, and consumer products we call "the internet."
Secondly and, perhaps, more importantly, though, I count myself among those Dish readers, one of whom was quoted in Dominic's post, who heard in Sullivan's self-described "passionate, tortured relationship with the Catholic Church" a fellow traveler struggling to follow the thread of, what John Cavadini calls, the "love story" amidst the abuses that have all but ruined the romance since the turn of this century. Along with those of fellow English Catholic radical, Herbert McCabe, Sullivan's reflections on the life of faith and the drama of Catholic belief and practice have sustained me during those times when, as Sullivan said in his penultimate Dish post, it seemed as if "the hurt got the better of me."
In this last week, following Paul Elie's recommendations, I have returned to a couple of Sullivan's pieces on Catholicism from the late 80s and read them alongside his most recent long essay on Pope Francis. What I find so life-giving about the faith of this conservative, gay blogger is surprisingly similar to the truth articulated by his Marxist, celibate, Dominican compatriot. It is that, in spite of all evidence sometimes to the contrary, both Sullivan and McCabe are somehow able to keep their sights trained on the stubborn light of hope that shines in the Church even when the hands of those entrusted to carry it threaten to snuff it out by clutching it too tightly. The rays of hope to which Sullivan and McCabe continually return include 1) a Thomistic trust in the ultimate commensurability of the truth of revelation and the truth arrived at through natural reason; 2) an appreciation of the fundamentals of the Gospel message centered around the importance of relationship for mediating this truth; and 3) a call to practice charity as the proper fruit of this truth not only on behalf of the institutional Church ministering to the world, but also (and often more importantly) on behalf of Christ ministering to the institutional Church.
Synod on the Family Survey
I am currently at home in West Virginia for the holiday weekend, and my parents took the survey on family life that was made available to them online by the diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. They, along with their fellow parishoners, were encouraged to take it by their pastor.
A Fortress Against Fear?
In the most recent issue of the Oxford American, Alex Mar has a long piece about her visit to two communities of women religious in Texas. One is a Dominican priory in Houston, and the other is a cloistered convent in Lufkin. I found the article interesting for many reasons, not least because my wife, Katie, is from Houston and was taught by the Dominican sisters at St. Agnes Academy, which receives a shout-out by the prioress (Class of '56).
McCarraher on Love & Debt
Commonweal contributor Eugene McCarraher has a great piece in the most recent issue of Books and Culture. Here's a taste:
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Nasty by JKP standards, we suppose, but not all that nasty.
Cindy Crawford, who bills herself as the baddest girl in the middle-of-the-road JKP stable, is undeniably a babe and appears in two scenes, a truncated d.p. with Kyle Stone and Sergio, and an underachieving threeway with Brodie and Nick Manning. The latter disappoints in part because we never get a clear shot of Brodie sporting her strap-on, and her d.p.'ing of Cindy with Manning is again, all too brief, ending just as Nick really starts pumping away.
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iPod + Rockbox = Entertainment Extravaganza
Wouldn't it be great if you could customize an iPod and run third-party software on it? Wouldn't it be great if you could download games and applications along with the songs and videos you already have? Wouldn't it be great if all those features were open source and free? Wish no longer. Rockbox offers all those things, wrapped in an easy-to-use installer.
Rockbox is an open-source firmware replacement for a variety of music and video players. The interface is very similar, regardless of the device, and as I don't have access to anything other than an iPod, this review focuses on it. You certainly don't need an iPod to use Rockbox, but because Apple's products are so popular, I was happy to see a wide variety of iPod models are supported. Check out the Rockbox Web site to see whether your media player will work.
To get Rockbox on your iPod, the developers offer two options, automatic and manual. The automatic option appealed to my lazy nature, but unfortunately, it didn't work for me. I think this was largely because my iPod was formatted with the HFS (Apple) filesystem instead of the FAT32 (Windows) filesystem. On an iPod with the FAT32 filesystem, the automatic installer is very slick and downloads the latest version of the programs directly from the Internet. I wish the automatic installer had worked for me off the bat, because then I could have just suggested you use it (which I still do) and forget about the manual stuff.
Thankfully, the documentation is very helpful even if you are forced to use the manual method. Here's a brief overview of the procedure, but be sure to read the documentation before attempting it on your own. It's not terribly difficult, but it requires extensive use of the command line. My suggestion is to try the automatic installation program first, and resort to the following method only if the installer doesn't work for you.
Go to www.rockbox.org, and click on Manual at the left. Find your specific device on the list, and go to the instruction manual provided. The installation section is helpful, and following it will ensure success. Here's a rundown of the steps:
If you have an iPod that was formatted for use with OS X, you need to convert the filesystem to FAT32. You either can plug the iPod in to a Windows machine and have iTunes reformat it, or follow the directions provided in the Rockbox manual to reformat it with Linux command-line tools.
Download the appropriate version of Rockbox from the Web site and extract it directly to the iPod. If done properly, there should be a folder on the iPod called .rockbox with the program inside. It should be at the root level of the iPod (not the root level of your computer), and because it starts with a dot, it won't be visible by default.
Next, download the font package, available from the Extras section on the Web site. The font package is the same, regardless of what media player you have, so you can't go wrong when downloading it. Just like with the Rockbox software, the fonts need to be extracted at the root level of the iPod. (The fonts actually reside inside the .rockbox folder, but the zip file is designed to be extracted at the root level of the iPod, and it will put them in the correct place.)
Finally, install the Rockbox bootloader. This is the part that causes the iPod firmware to load Rockbox instead of the original iPod software. Download the Linux version of ipodpatcher (link provided in the installation manual), and execute it as root:
# chmod +x ipodpatcher # sudo ./ipodpatcher
Assuming all goes well, you should see a message telling you the bootloader has been installed. Feel free to do a happy dance, and then hold down Menu + Select to reboot your iPod into Rockboxy goodness (Figure 1). If you have problems along the way, and corrupt the partitions on your iPod (as I did once), just plug it back in to your iTunes machine, allow it to repair itself, and start over.
Now that you have Rockbox installed, let's talk a bit about what you can do with it. Yes, with a name like Rockbox, your iPod now sounds threatening and weapon-like. And sure, if you throw it hard enough, you probably could hurt someone with it, but really, there are more productive things to do with your new media player. Let's look at a few.
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Simplicity would be nice, yes. The other stuff is easy though.
It'd be nice to have a more simple Rockbox UI, yeah. I hope someone comes up with a nice way to edit the menus, that way perhaps we could download new customized UI's and some day _perhaps_ someone would think to make one that's as simple as the original one, only allowing us to play OGG files and shuffling a single playlist (the two things I miss in Apple's firmware).
BTW, for iTunes users, there's a method for playlist conversion. Basically, it boils down to using Songbird with the Playlist Export Tool to turn the playlists into m3u files and moving those over to your iPod.
For synchronization I use:
rsync -avW --progress --size-only --delete ~/Music/* /Volumes/IPODNAME/Music/
And put database.ignore in the iPod_Control/Music folder, since my 60GB iPod is more than big enough to hold two copies of my music library.
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- Dual mics, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and wind reduction technology reduce background noise and deliver clear conversations
- Echo cancellation improves your listening experience on both sides of the conversation
- Automatically adjusts sound levels so you can hear every word clearly when moving in and out of noisy environments
- Lightweight, ultra-slim design for a stable, comfortable fit
- Soft gel ear tips, in 3 different sizes, together with an optional ear loop provide multiple wearing options for your perfect fit - with or without glasses
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The Plantronics M100 Bluetooth Headset delivers outstanding audio and call performance in a slim, lightweight package that feels comfortable for extended wear. Dual microphones, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology, and wind-reduction technology ensure that you'll be able to enjoy clear, natural-sounding conversations whether you're in a car, on foot, or just roaming your home or office. The Plantronics M100 Bluetooth Headset is compatible with the iPhone or any Bluetooth phone, making it an ideal fit for a hands-free lifestyle.
Plantronics M100 Bluetooth Headset
- Slim, lightweight design for comfort
- Dual microphones for enhanced sound quality
- Reduces background noise and wind-noise
- Headset-status voice alerts
- iPhone battery meter display
- 6 hours talk time / 10 days standby
Dual Microphones for Outstanding Call Quality
The M100 Bluetooth Headset carries on the Plantronics tradition of outstanding audio performance. The M100 features dual microphones for enhanced sound quality, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to reduce background noise, and wind-noise reduction for a better listening experience on both sides of the conversation. In addition, the M100 is smart enough to automatically adjust sound volume based on external noise levels, so your hands are always free to work on whatever you've got in front of you.
Slim, Lightweight Design for All-Day Comfort
Weighing in at just 9 grams and measuring 8 millimeters thin, the sleek and lightweight M100 stays comfortable and feels natural all day. Three sizes of soft gel ear tips are included and an optional ear loop is also available for multiple wearing options, letting you find the ideal fit.
Convenient Voice Alerts, On/Off Switch, and iPhone Battery Meter Display
Featuring convenient voice alerts for remaining talk-time, low-battery, mute, and connection status, the M100 will keep you updated without needing to take the headset off. A dedicated on/off switch is located right on the headset, letting you quickly and conveniently turn it off when not in use. The M100 also has a feature for iPhone users that allows them to monitor headset battery levels with an on-screen battery meter.
And with a long-lasting battery that provides up to six hours of talk-time and 10 days of stand-by life, you can leave the M100 on without worrying about running out of battery. The headset is so comfortable, you might even forget you're wearing it.
Easy Bluetooth Set Up With Multiple Device Support
The M100 is a breeze to set up and use, with support for Secure Simple Pairing (SSP). It supports Bluetooth Version 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) and eSCO. It also supports on-demand Multipoint technology, which lets you pair the headset with multiple Bluetooth devices.
The Plantronics M100 Headset is backed by a one-year warranty.
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-Old Ear Piece: Uncomfortable, no matter how I adjusted it or how many ear tips I tried it just hurt to wear. Hard plastic ear loop and not well designed silicone ear piece cover.
-M100: absolutely the most comfortable ear piece I have ever had. I can't begin to describe how comfortable is sits in your ear and stays in place. Very comfortable flexible ear loop what is easy on and easy off. The internal ear piece cover has is comfortable and has a unique extruding piece that hold the unit in place that does not hurt your ear.
-Old ear piece: Has a small hard to reach push button that provides no real way of showing that the unit is turned on.
-M100: It has an honest to goodness slide button. If you see red it's off, if you don't see red it's on. But wait there more, when you turn it on the unit will tell you that it's on and how much talk time you have. When you turn it off the unit will tell you it's turning off!
-Old ear piece: You could not tell if the device was connected to the phone, the blue tooth light would flash but you might have to power it on and off to make sure the unit is connected. As you can imagine that it was very frustrating when a call would come in and the unit would not pick up the phone transmission.
-M100: The unit will tell you it's connected and no matter how long you have not used the unit it will preserve the connection with reduced power usage. I've had zero issues.Read more ›
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I have actually had to touch the headset to make sure I still had it on. Very light indeed
With the feather light weight and fit, this headset can be worn throughout a whole day without issue.
+[Spoken Alerts]:
"Connected", "Lost Connection", "Talk Time, 5hrs", etc... A welcome option for knowing what's going on with your headset, instead of having to decipher what different blinking LEDs mean
+[Easy Pairing]:
Pairing with my Nexus One phone was fast, easy and rock stable. As soon as I go out of range, the headset says so. When I get back in range, it automatically re-pairs and also says so.
+[Excellent Range]: While at home, I like to keep my phone plugged in to charge and just walk around the house with these headsets on, while the phone stays in one location. As long as I'm within the rated range, there's no problem with maintaining the connection. No need to keep the headset and phone within super close range.
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With the dual-mounting way these headsets are worn on the ear, it makes wearing them on your left or right ear a non-issue.
+[Good Inbound/Outbound Voice]:
With good signal on the phone, the incoming voice quality is on par with using the phone's earpiece directly. Similarly, the outgoing voice when I've called others has been reported to being the same as using the phone's mic.
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-[Needs More Isolation]: The feather light weight and non-invasive earpiece make for excellent comfort, but at the expense of letting in more ambient noise (even with the built-in DSP noise filter).Read more ›
First let me say I am not a bluetooth headset expert, I briefly owned the apple bluetooth headset for the iphone but returned it. I also tried the altec lansing stereo bluetooth headphone / headset to less than stellar results. Since those experiments, I just used the very nice apple headphone with the built in mic and volume controls (the ones you buy separate for the iphone for about $40). I just found those to be very easy and I can listen to music while I work or drive and then also make or take calls easily. Also you don't need to charge them up.
Pros of the M1000R BT Headset:
Small, lightweight design, you barely feel it in your ear.
It uses both a wrap around ear holder or also a new soft rubber "plug". I don't know how to describe it but it works very well. You choose which works better. I liked the plug a lot.
Comes with 3 sizes of the rubber "plug" (ok i need to find out the right word) and it's very comfortable and stays in place. This was well researched and designed.
Call quality is strong, loud, i tested it 10-20 feet away with no problems. I could get used to this.Read more ›
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Quality is wonderful for a great price. Would definitely buy again.Published 3 months ago by Marcus S.
Only on. Not the greatest sound. People were complaining about not hearing me. I was going to return it but then lost itPublished 7 months ago by Jojo
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Whether it's actually for an engagement ring or just a pre- or post-marital bauble, the set-up is the same: Yearning woman, desperate for any indication that her mate has taken the slightest bit of notice of her, becomes feverishly ecstatic upon receipt of some mass-produced jewelry. Bonus points for the "He went to Jared" ad campaign, which always has us wondering who would buy jewelry at a Subway and why a woman would be so happy to get it.
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3. Best Buy's "Slushy Economy" A few North Pole characters ripped off from the classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special sit around bitching. "I don't know what a slushy economy is," one moans, adding something we've never bothered to listen to. A "slushy economy" means, we believe, that everyone's working at a 7-11. Another great Best Buy ad: The leader of the elves telling everyone they're going to have to come in on Christmas to help inept parents program all their new electronics, which gets met with loud groans from the workers. Who knew Christmas was so big in Mumbai?
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Skip to comments.Obama: Repubs Don't Want Place Where People "No Matter What They Look Like" Can Succeed (Race Card)
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At a forum on American Latino Heritage, President Obama goes through a litany of ideas that he is for, including his new stimulus, and ends with "none of this matters to Republicans in the Senate." One of those ideas is believing America is "a place where every child, no matter what they look like, where they come from, should have a chance to succeed." Transcript of Obama's prepared remarks are below:
I ran for President for the same reason many people came to this country in the first place: Because I believe America should be a place where you can always make it if you try; a place where every child, no matter what they look like, here they come from, should have a chance to succeed.
So that's why I put forward the American Jobs Act. That's why I sent Congress a jobs bill made up of the kinds of proposals that, traditionally, Democrats and Republicans have supported. Independent economists who do this for a living have said the American Jobs Act would lead to more growth and nearly 2 million jobs next year. No other jobs plan has that kind of support from actual economists -- no plan from Congress, no plan from anybody.
But apparently, none of this matters to Republicans in the Senate."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
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to hell with your reasons, you deceived and lied your butt off and now you are trying to tell us to do what you want..ESAD dweeb_boy
Worse than Clinton.
Worse than Carter.
Perhaps ever.
Ok, he definitely needs some new excuse writers. Every complaint he whines about starts with either "Republicans . . " or "Bush . . ".
Barry, it's time to grow up, grow a pair and start acting like an adult and taking responsibility for your failures . . . . . . starting in 1962 when you claim you were born . . . .
Mr. Cain doesn't meet the left definition of "Black." For that you have to stay on the democratic (home of the KKK) plantation and submit to the massahs...
Good solid argument, you muslim, anti-American racist and anti-Semite! Can't wait to get your prayer rug, your darling wife, and cigarette butts thrown out of our White House!
Time to sack DC.
Brian: Who cured you?
Ex-Leper: Jesus did, sir. I was hopping along, minding my own business, all of a sudden, up he comes, cures me! One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! "You're cured, mate." Bloody do-gooder.
ObaMugabe doesn't want a country in which non-narcoKingPins can have guns.
Obama is a liar. It's all he's got.
I want ALL Americans to succeed - young and old alike- every color ... And if any of the adults and children are NOT here legally I want them deported...
Except for white males.
Right, every child should have a chance to succeed, but not too much now, because you know, at some point you've made enough money, and if that child becomes a millionaire or billionaire, I'll make sure they don't get a private jet like mine, because only big deals from Big Government can have those, and I'll tax their butts back down to No Child Allowed To Get Ahead territory all over again.
Absolutely disgusting....how Presidential....unreal....
Harmony. Unity. Hope. Change....
Race baiting falls into which of these 2008 bromides?... I forget...
Mr. President, I'm sorry, but ugly people will always be at a disadvantage. It's just a law of nature. You can't legislate it out.
Uhhhh Ohhhhhhh......let's hope the GOP doesn't notice that Herman Cain is black.
Race baiting. Social justice demands it.
As my last post said...Obama, You Lie!
The sad part of all this is... racially charged talk by democrats actually works for them. The sheeple believe the lies..over and over again.
The vapid desperation is only beginning. The left can not run on the truth, so this crap should come as no surprise. Ofake will be gone in 15 months but until we can bring accountability to the LMSM, the race card will be a permanent fixture in America.
we need a whole group of conservative blacks to come out against what Obama just said
Well, he might have a point. If they look like communists, I don't want them.
But I thought it was the content of their characters, not the color of their skin, that matters. Apparently not to obozo.
The pathologial liar-in- chief.
The more he insults our intelligence, the more he calls his own into legitimate question.
Well, since we are dropping facades.
Dear Prince,
Screw you you commie bastard.
True. I don't want to live in a place where people wearing a hammer and sickle succeed.
At a place that emphasizes race and is anti-white Obamanation spouts BS about..."no matter what they look like"
Ubama's definition of "success" is collecting as many government checks as possible.
Do you have any strong feelings about him?
Me : If Orientals, as an American subculture, overwhelmingly embraced basketball, break dancing, rap, pimping, Ebonics and 'Tude, they could today be making the same claim, in the absence of any other explanation that would be credible to 8-year-olds.
Reality sucks.
Could you possibly give us the names of those economists, you liar?
Or is this like the "special" people you meet whose stories you share with us, even if you have to invent one?
If you were a singer on Monday Night Football you would already be fired. :)
Probably the radicals Cloward and Piven
IIRC, the claim to fame for ChocoLite was that it was lighter because it was "Whipped." :-)
By the way, can anyone photoshop that top one to read "9-9-9% CAIN"...?
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I'm sure everyone has heard about the guy who cold-cocked the protester in the red, white, and blue shirt at a Trump presidential rally on March 19th. If not, here's a link to the story.
So anyway, the guy who did the sucker-punching is a guy named Tony Pettway, who happens to be a fourteen-year Staff Sergeant (E-5) in the Air Force, and a Security Forces Specialist (3P AF Specialty Code) stationed at Davis Monthan AFB in Arizona. Air Force personnel refer to people in the 3P field as cops.
My opinion of the whole Pettway thing is summed up in one word: Disgust. Tony Pettway has dishonored his service, the military, and the country by his inexcusable actions. My hope is that he's hung out to dry by the Air Force. With fourteen years of service under his belt, he's subject to what the military calls High Year Tenure when he reaches his fifteenth year. HYT is intended to cull the ranks of the military by removing people (underachievers) from service who aren't making rank within specified time frames. For an E-5, the limit is 15 years. Pettway may get bounced soon anyway by HYT, but I'd sure like to see him get hosed through the military justice system.
To Pettway I say: Your are a pathetic excuse for a non commissioned officer and a human being.


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Restoration stores bring new life to downtown
Published: Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 7, 2014 at 11:27 p.m.
From the time she got the idea to bring a unique product to Houma, it took Tammy Malbrough less than six months to plan, finance and open the doors to her store at 804 Barrow St.
Malbrough's boutique store sits beneath a painted sign that reads "New Life to Old Furniture." Implied in the store name, Nouveau La Vie Designs could be new life to an old thoroughfare. Malbrough's is the fourth new business to open on Barrow Street in three years.
One week after her store opened on Jan. 19, another restoration store, Royal Room, opened in the former Thatcher Hotel building at 309 Goode Street.
It is the unique product she carries that Malbrough believes will make her pioneering store a long-term staple. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint was developed in England, can coat furniture without preparation and dries in less than half an hour.
Nouveau La Vie has the exclusive license to sell the paint in the Houma region, Malbrough said.
"Annie Sloan really emphasizes small business," she said. "They only want the product sold in specific stores. You can't find it at Home Depot or Lowe's."
Royal Room offers a similar, although more specialized and extensive product line called Amy Howard.
It is the type of unique shopping experience that has bolstered boutique shopping strands across the country. Magazine Street in New Orleans has seen exceptional growth following Hurricane Katrina, fueled by a dearth of new restaurants and retail specialty stores.
In the 1970s, Barrow Street was a bustling retail center with boutique shops and general stores lined up from Town Hall to Bayou Terrebonne. But times were not favorable to small business. A 1974 New York Times article beckoned tough times for small stores around the country.
"Trend to conservatism hurts clothes boutiques," the headline read. Downtown Houma and Barrow Street were soon to follow, as retailer J.C. Penney would leave to join Southland Mall.
Malbrough does not even know how long the building she occupies, just across Barrow from Town Hall and a Region's Bank, sat vacant since the insurance broker there closed down. On either side of her store, vacant properties remain abundant.
Even as major development continues along hot spot Martin Luther Kind Boulevard, Malbrough believes the trend against small stores may be turning around. As booming sales figures in Internet retail has coincided last year with disappointing sales figures at big box retailers, small specialty stores have begun to regain ground in major metropolitan areas.
That unique shopping experience is what Malbrough hopes will turn the tide on downtown shopping.
"I just really wanted to bring something back," she said. "I really want to see downtown a walkable place where people run into each other, like it used to be."
At least one customer on Wednesday had caught on to the experience.
"Did she mention it's addictive," the customer said while glancing over several different colors of the chalk paint.
Inside Nouveau La Vie's cleanly decorated studio are pieces of furniture subjected to the new paint. The proprietor and saleswoman keeps before and after pictures of many of the pieces on display.
"This paint makes it so easy for anybody to transform furniture that otherwise would be trash," Malbrough said. "This piece, this looked like something you would have found at a thrift store, something you might have gotten as a hand me down."
Malbrough pointed to pictures of the formerly matte wood paneled cabinet and chest, which were repainted in a lively blue-grey combination.
"I even used it to paint the knobs on the cabinets, which were brass," Malbrough said. "I didn't have to sand it, prime it. The paint goes right on, and you would never guess what it looked like before."
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There was a Huffington Post piece about something called ôtwilight parenting,ö in which the author interviewed a child psychologist who wrote a book called ôParenting From Dusk ĹTil Dawn.ö The book advocates parents keep to their childrenĺs time. In short: If your kids donĺt sleep well at night, you should take advantage of it and use the time to bond with them.
I saw this pop up on my Facebook feed, and I lost it. I actually felt my anger coagulate into righteous anger. I decided to write a scathing rebuke of this nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping, not for ôflashlight scavenger hunts.ö No matter what. Even if you, as the parent, has to be mean about it.
A short time ago when my wife and I were transitioning Lady Edelstein the Elder from her crib to her bed, and she didnĺt exactly go along with the process. In fact, she fought us at every turn.
And while my wife was able to keep herself together more often than not, I was quicker to anger at our darling little girl, who would be upstairs in bed, alternately crying, screaming and begging. The first few times this would happen each night, Iĺd try to reason with my little sweetheart.
And then Iĺd lose my patience.
Iĺd grab her (gently enough), lay her down (gently enough) and then say ônight night.ö Not gently. At all. Loudly, in fact. Through gritted teeth. Real quick-like, too. Like this: ôNITENITE.ö Dropped that ôghö without a second thought.
Sheĺd throw a pout at me, Iĺd deflect it with a cold heart, and more often than not, sheĺd pipe down and go to sleep.
It had an effect on her beyond the bedtime routine, as one day I happened upon her when she was playing with a baby doll, which she placed (gently enough) in a baby doll crib, and then she told the baby doll, in a near-perfect approximation of my tone and cadence, ôNITENITE.ö
Iĺd like to say I was horrified; but I wasnĺt. I was delighted. She was clearly on board.
Way I see it, bedtime for children is not the time for coddling, not the time to discuss the merits of a good nightĺs sleep, not the time to gently sway with them in your arms for hours at a time until they drift off into sleepy dream world, and certainly not the time to ôbondö with them.
Nope. Itĺs time for bed. And thatĺs it. (Thereĺs some book-reading pre-lights out. Iĺm not a total ogre.) But believe me, when those lights go out, I expect them to go to sleep. And theyĺve gotten pretty good at. Worst case scenario these days is my son and daughter, who now share a room after the birth of their sister, chatter back and forth for a bit. Thatĺs fine. As long as theyĺre not bothering me. After all, Iĺm busy, doing adult things, like checking my Fantasy team and having a cocktail.
So there it is. My scathing rebuke. Except ů
I consider myself to be as media-savvy as it gets. Iĺm a cynical to a fault, believe nothing unless I have undisputed proof, canĺt stand most of what passes as ônewsö these days.
And so it is with great distress I report the following: The ôtwilight parentingö article I got so angry at about?ö It was an April Fools joke.
Iĺm so ashamed. Truly.
At least I know why I fell for it: Because itĺs exactly the kind of nice-nice foo-foo parenting someone would actually advocate. Kid isnĺt sleeping? Have a nighttime party!
And I canĺt stand it. When I was a child, I was a child, and that was that. There were rules to follow, schedules to keep to, liver to eat. Take it or leave it.
Now sure, I love my kids, and whenever I write something like this Ś namely, that I want time away from them sometimes Ś Iĺm bound to get letters telling me to enjoy every moment. And I donĺt disagree. I do try to enjoy every moment. Every waking moment. Every waking moment when theyĺre not supposed to be sleeping.
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Tax Mimicking and Yardstick Competition Among Local Governments in the Netherlands
This paper provides a spatial-econometric analysis of the setting of property tax rates by Dutch municipalities. We find evidence of tax mimicking: a ten percent higher property tax rate in neighboring municipalities leads to a 3.5 percent higher tax rate. Mimicking is less pronounced in municipalities governed by coalitions backed by a large majority. This points to yardstick competition as the most likely source of tax mimicking. We also find that Dutch voters seem to be able to penalize incumbents for anticipated tax rate differentials, but not for unanticipated tax rate differentials. This limits the effectiveness of yardstick competition as a mechanism to reduce political rent-seeking. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2005
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The KHL will expand with a team in Beijing, to begin play next season.
This Shootout Goal In The KHL Skills Competition Is Just Filthy
Holy shit this is dope. Nikita Gusev's little twirling move looks more like ballet than hockey, and not only does it look really cool, it works. Here's a GIF:
KHL Player Scores Incredible Juggling Goal
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was eliminated from the KHL playoffs today, but not before Geoff Platt—who had cups of coffee with the Blue Jackets and Ducks—scored this ridiculous three-tap goal.
KHL Player Concussed After Fans Toss Him In The Air, Fail To Catch Him
This is video of Barys Astana forward Talgat Zhailauov, returning home after a first-round playoff win (the club's first ever postseason series victory) to be greeted by jubilant fans at the airport. Up goes Talgat! Down goes Talgat, hard.
Dancin' KHL Goalie Does Back Flip In Full Gear
Here's Ilya Ezhov, goaltender for the KHL's SKA St. Petersburg, proving that goalies are athletes, too.
Ilya Kovalchuk Joins The KHL, And He's Getting A Raise
Four days after Ilya Kovalchuk's shocking retirement from the Devils, he's found himself a job. As expected, Kovalchuk's deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL was made official today. Let's see how much he'll make, and then maybe we'll stop calling his NHL retirement "shocking."
Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From NHL
Thirty-year-old Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk will "retire" from the NHL, most likely to return to Russia and the KHL. It's a big day for CapGeek.
Mike Keenan Will Coach In Russia, And Made This Weird Video To Say Hi
After four years away from the bench, Mike Keenan will take the reins of the KHL's Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The team announced the deal with this video, which combines the best of Russian production values with Keenan's inimitable charisma.
Russian Meteorite Damages KHL Arena, Putting Playoffs In Jeopardy
A meteorite exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk today, shattering glass, damaging buildings, and injuring nearly 1,000 people. (Head over to Gawker for all your bolide porn.)
Here's The Best Goal From The KHL All-Star Game, Which Had A Final Score Of 18-11
The KHL All-Star Game was more notable for the NHLers playing—Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk took part after getting permission from their American teams, even after Kovalchuk made comments casting doubt on his intentions to return to the Devils this year. (Lubomir Visnovky wasn't an all-star, but he's still not…
The NHL Barely Dodged A Putin-Backed Russian Mutiny, But The League Might Not Be Out Of The Woods Yet
The NHL lockout is over, and most of the players (not Lubomir Visnovsky, though) who kept their games sharp in the KHL have returned to work in the United States. Washington's Alex Ovechkin is back in the States, saying funny things and wearing funny t-shirts. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin has abandoned Magnitogorsk, a…
The NHL Lockout Is Over; Play To Start Within The Next Two Weeks [UPDATED]
Five days short of a January 11 deadline that would have scuttled the entire season, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a deal that, pending approval from a player vote, will end the lockout and allow for a condensed 50-game season. Teams will likely only play other teams from within their own conference during the…
Ilya Bryzgalov Leaves Russian Team Because He Thinks The Lockout Is Ending, Or Maybe Because He Saw A Shiny Object
Here's what's not up for dispute: Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, best known for being a crazy person, will not be playing anymore for CSKA Moscow. He finishes his KHL stint with a 6-5 record and a 2.13 GAA. The real question is, why is Bryzgalov leaving now?
Lots Of NHL Players Have Headed To A Russian City That Is Essentially A Toxic Waste Dump
Magnitogorsk, Russia. Our kind of town. They've got one hell of a hockey team, with Evgeni Malkin and Nikolai Kulemin, and all the rest. They just added the Avalanche's Ryan O'Reilly. What's in the latest headlines over there?
Ilya Bryzgalov Can't Take Your Calls Right Now; He's About To Launch Into Space
The Russian men's national hockey team recently removed Flyers' goalie and philosopher Ilya Bryzgalov from their roster before the start of the Channel One Cup, an annual tournament for Europeans playing in European leagues. During the NHL lockout, Bryzgalov has been playing for CSKA Moscow of the KHL. And he hasn't…
OK! Magazine Russia Names Evgeni Malkin Its Most Eligible Bachelor
The player once called "the ugliest guy in the league" has graduated to the most eligible bachelor in Russia. This says something about the men in Russia, or perhaps more about Malkin's willingness to sit for a photo shoot.
Your KHL Update: Importing the Enforcer
While the NHL and the NHLPA may or may not be making significant progress toward saving the season, hockey rages on abroad. Hopefully I'll have reason to stop doing these posts soon, but in the meantime, here's your second weekly KHL fix.What horrifying thing Alexander Radulov saw on player…
Who Needs The NHL? Your Weekly English-Language KHL Update
With a growing number of European NHLers threatening to stay in foreign leagues after the lockout, maybe it's time the fans did too. After all, the Kontinental Hockey League—the consensus second-best league in the world—has made it easier than ever for North American fans to follow the action. They've got…
Hockey, Everybody!
We noted yesterday there is indeed professional hockey being played, and much of it can actually be watched on television! ESPN2 aired the much-anticipated Lev-Dynamo game, one claimed by Moscow after Alexander Ovechkin seized a mishandled puck and tucked it in for the game's only goal.


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Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Seeks to Bolster Change of Venue Request
Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 11:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 11:25 p.m.
BOSTON | Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge on Tuesday to allow them to bolster their request to move his trial outside of Massachusetts.
In a written motion, Tsarnaev's lawyers asked U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. to give them until Aug. 7 to present an expert's analysis of survey data and media coverage of the case to support their argument that Tsarnaev cannot get a fair trial in Massachusetts.
Tsarnaev, 20, is awaiting trial and faces the possibility of the death penalty in the deadly attack. Twin pressure cooker bombs placed near the finish line of the 2013 marathon killed three people and injured more than 260.
In a change of venue motion filed last month, Tsarnaev's lawyers asked to move his trial from Boston to Washington, D.C. They said preliminary survey results of potential jurors in Massachusetts showed "an overwhelming presumption of guilt."
Tsarnaev's lawyers said they made it clear then that they still needed an expert to more fully analyze the survey data and media coverage of the case.
Prosecutors have opposed the request, saying the poll results cited by Tsarnaev's lawyers are "an unreliable indicator of actual jury bias."
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RBC downgrades Northrop Grunman (NOC -0.8% to $67.25) to "underperform" from "sector perform" and gives it a price target of $68, citing uncertainty in Northrop's key DoD end markets and further spending cuts.
RBC downgrades Northrop Grunman (NOC -0.8% to $67.25) to "underperform" from "sector perform"...
Aug 23 2012, 09:45 ET | About: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) | By: Yigal Grayeff, SA News Editor
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Republicans take over the whole federal government, there won't be any more spending cuts in "defense" (actually, to be accurate, I think it should be called "War"). They will fuel up the spending on war machinery and other favorite areas of "government." The cuts will be in areas that make life bearable for the hoi polloi. Food stamps, roads and bridges, medical needs, disaster relief, etc.....So I will bet on "defense' rollin' on down the road, crushing all other needs.......
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