text:
Murphy cares and is qualified; McMahon is 'playing a role'
Dennis Guillaume, Waterbury
If you saw the Oct. 7 U.S. Senate debate between Republican wrestling executive Linda McMahon and Democratic 5th District Rep. Chris Murphy, you saw a clear difference between the candidates. Mrs. McMahon stuck to her scripted talking points and seldom answered the questions. Watching Mrs. McMahon was a lot like watching her negative and nasty TV commercials. When she blasted Rep. Murphy for accusing her of plagiarism on her website, she sounded like she was playing a role, reciting the same "shame on you" speech twice, word for word.
Read more of this story and more!
7-Day Subscribers have FREE access to everything on rep-am.com and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE to register and activate your access,.
Not a subscriber?
You can purchase a single-day subscription for only $0.75 to read this and access all of our content and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE purchase a single day subscription.
Become an electronic subscriber to the Republican-American for only $8 a month. CLICK HERE.
Follow Us
al.cap wrote on Oct 13, 2012 6:42 AM:
ummm.....no thanks. "
conservative1 wrote on Oct 13, 2012 9:45 AM:
KITTY wrote on Oct 13, 2012 10:23 PM:
al.cap wrote on Oct 14, 2012 8:23 AM:
KITTY wrote on Oct 14, 2012 11:34 AM:
al.cap wrote on Oct 14, 2012 5:59 PM:
Wolcott Fan wrote on Oct 18, 2012 10:08 AM:
Post a reader commentWe encourage your feedback and dialog.
Please be civil and respectful.
If you're witty, to the point and quotable, your reader comments may also be included on the Around the Towns page of The Sunday Republican.
Readers must be registered and logged in to post comments on the site. Registration is free. Click Here to register.
A Subscription is not required to post comments only a Registration.
Log In
|Register / Forgotten Password?
- Wrongdoers should take responsibility, not make excuses
- Compelling people to share earnings is sign of jealousy
- Romney backers seem oblivious to how out of touch he is
- Romney was right to criticize Obama's reaction to violence
- Proofreaders failing to extract errors, bias from reports
- Paul Ryan has been speaking the truth to American people
- Big campaign money breeds irritation
- If Obama wins Nov. 6, beacon of freedom will grow dimmer
- Administration mainly to blame for high gasoline prices
- Students in Roxbury, Bridgewater scoring well on tests

subset: commoncrawl


text:
<< Back to Query / Map page
Somerset Historic Environment Record
|Site Name:
|Excavation (1964-1966), Glastonbury Tor
|St Michael's Church, monastic remains, and other settlement remains on Glastonbury Tor [No:29700]
|Civil Parish:
|Part of:
|Grid Ref:
|Show site on map (Requires Flash)
It is unlikely that there is anything to see unless this event took place on a site (see link above) where there may be details of access. Otherwise please assume that the site is on private land. [Information last updated on 21 May 2003]
Excavation, funded by the Chalice Well Trust, was carried out on the summit of the Tor for 11 weeks over 3 years from 1964-6. Five phases were identified:
Phase 0: Prehistoric and Roman. No structures but quantities of Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic flint and early and late Roman pottery.
Phase 1: Dark Age, centred on 6th century AD. Timber buildings, metalworking, imported mediterranean pottery, local grass tempered pottery, Roman tile, Samian, metal objects etc. See PRN 23603.
Phase 2: Late saxon to early medieval: C10 - C12. Monastic settlement with cross base on summit, cells cut into rock and possible wooden church. See PRN 23604.
Phase 3: C12 - C16. Two or more sucessive stone churches on summit, ?priests house on shoulder. See PRN 23605.
Phase 4: Post medieval. No permanent occupation but signs of beacon fires, gibbits, burials etc. {1}
|Excavation report - Rahtz, P. Excavations at Glastonbury Tor, Somerset 1964-6. Archaeological Journal. 127 (1970), 1-81
|Museum accession number - TTNCM 93/1991. Stored at Museum collection at Somerset Heritage Centre.
|Archive - (1964-1966) Available at Archives and Records at Somerset Heritage Centre. Reference: DD\X\SOM/24/4
Record created on 20 November 2000
© Copyright Somerset County Council 2016


text:
Viewers of the recent BBC drama Jamaica Inn might be surprised to learn that all the horses for the production came from Yorkshire.
Jamaica Inn, the novel, was first published by English writer Daphne du Maurier in 1936.
Riding and driving horses were taken down to Cornwall, across to Crow Edge in Holmfirth and to Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, to bring to life Daphne du Maurier's famous novel.
The book is set in 1820 and tells the story of smugglers operating from the Jamaica Inn on the Cornish coast.
The carriage horses were provided by Ian Smith of Pickering and the ridden horses supplied by Mark Atkinson from Eastrington.
Ian provided a coach and four horses, two Shire horses, a pair of grey horses, a pair of black horses and four black Friesian horses.
He said: "It's not very glamorous work. People think working on TV will be glamorous but it isn't. They want the opposite of what you see in a show ring, instead of us cleaning all the horses and their best show harness they want it to look realistic for that time in history.
"They throw mud on the coaches and want the horses to look dirty and a bit tatty, as if they were being worked hard, as they would have been at that time.
"If horses look too flashy with white socks they sometimes even spray them black."
As Ian drives his horses he also gets to appear on screen as the driver of his coach or carriage.
Asked if he enjoys this element he is quick to answer.
"Not really, " he says. "Sitting on Bodmin Moor in the rain in a carriage for hours on end isn't much fun. But for everyone on the production it is the same. I watched the lead actress on Jamaica Inn and she worked for hours, in terrible weather conditions and just kept going."
Ian, who used to supply horses for Catherine Cookson television adaptations, has now mainly retired from TV work, though he did recently supply horses for the small screen adaptation of PD James' Death Comes to Pemberley.
"People know that I have a collection of horse-drawn vehicles and as I drive four-in-hand for a hobby, my horses are always fit, so when the opportunity arises I take it."
Ian also has a team in Liverpool working on another production and is busy preparing for the county show circuit with his four-in-hand.


text:
SD Unified's March 2012 presentation on CABs
Source: San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified's financial advisers Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates presented the board in March with three ways to issue new bonds without breaking the promised tax cap. Their options: 25-, 30-, or 40-year CABs. All three relied upon a 1 percent growth rate for the district's assessed home values this year, and a 5 percent per year increase in the years that follow. On April 10, board members voted 4-1 to approve the 40-year CAB, Scott Barnett dissenting.


text:
News 12 at 6 o'clock, February 19, 2009
CULLVERTON COMMUNITY, HANCOCK CO. -- A powerful and deadly tornado hit Hancock County Wednesday night. The National Weather Service says it was an EF3 tornado with 140 mile per hour winds that killed Hancock County Employee Johnny Frank Baker.
The tornado touched down on Hickory Grove Road off Highway 16 near Sparta.
As News 12's Lynnsey Gardner found, the twister not only destroyed lives and homes, it also took a piece of history.
The Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church was 143 years old. Rev. Michael Curry says the church had recently undergone a massive restoration and renovation project estimated near $300,000. The project was completed the January, and within a few weeks, a tornado destroyed it in a matter of minutes.
Rev. Curry looked was in a state of shock while surveying the damage. His church, a historic place of worship, now the picture of disaster. "I just can't think what would've happened if we were all here last night." Rev. Curry says at the last minute, he canceled Wednesday night's bible study because of the storm.
The tornado destroyed the building, leaving a pile of rubble where it once stood. A concrete vault was even uprooted from behind the church after a tree beneath it fell to the ground in the storm."Just wonder why, but I know it's not good to question God." adds Rev. Curry.
Also gone in the storm, a faithful member of the congregation and neighbor of the church, Johnny Frank Baker. Rev. Curry, "His grandchildren and daughters loved him very much, and so did we."
The tornado blew Baker's mobile home off the foundation and across the street, with the family inside. Baker's body was found in the roadway, still clutching his pillow. Investigators believe he was sleeping when the storm hit. His daughter and her two children, a boy and a girl, were found in the rubble across the street.
Charles Allen found them. "I heard a child crying for help. The baby, he was in pretty bad shape, he kept going in and out. He'd wake up, then he'd go in and out." All three were transported to Atlanta hospitals with major and minor injuries.
Charles says Baker's death is hard. "I just went to pieces when I saw him. I just turned around and went back to my truck because him and me were real close, he was like a brother. He and me stay about a half mile apart."
And Rev. Curry promises a church that has seen three centuries, will see another day. "I want my congregation to know out of this tragedy, we will triumph."
Rev. Curry says his congregation has about 250 members. On Thursday night they had planned to meet at a nearby church, Victory Baptist Church, to discuss their plans to move forward, starting with this Sunday's service.
Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church did have insurance and plans to rebuild.


text:
Thankfully, it was put to good use, by filming that concert.
Bill Gates will spend his last day of work like everyone else, avoiding responsibility. He will also apparently spend it with more celebs than the rest of us.
Tom Cruise got fired, Israel is fired up, and Survivor is heating up… with racism! Philip Norris has the stories, unless he embarrasses himself trying to rap.
That large black device placed above her ample bottom is a microphone pack for her new reality show tentatively titled "I'm Slightly More Interesting When I'm In A Bikini".
Since this is a Christian Rock Band, I guess these dudes have God on their side. Where on their side? We have no freaking clue because they really, really suck.
The Koreans may have less talented baseball players than Major League Baseball, but when it comes to a brawl they know how to make it interesting.


text:
Crawford scored a game-high 20 points on seven-of 12 shooting while twice All-Star forward Blake Griffin weighed in with 19 points and 13 rebounds to help Los Angeles win their fourth successive game.
With forward Caron Butler contributing 16 points and guard Chris Paul adding 14 along with 13 assists, six Clippers players reached double figures as the home team improved their record to 12-6.
Veteran guard Vince Carter led the way with 16 points for the Mavericks, whose 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki has not yet played this season while he recovers from knee surgery.
Dallas were outshot by 50 percent to 40.5 from the field and out-rebounded 49-41 at the Staples Center as they slipped to 8-10 for the season.
The Clippers made a fast start in front of a sellout crowd of 19,060, racing 7-0 up before ending the first quarter with a commanding 29-18 lead after being paced by dunk specialist Griffin, who scored 11 points.
Though the Mavericks began the second quarter with an unanswered 9-0 run to cut the deficit to 29-27, the red-hot Crawford made three three-pointers as the Clippers again pulled away to go up 60-42 by half-time.
Dallas closed the gap to 69-57 after former Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher made three three-pointers but Los Angeles regained control to take an 83-68 advantage into the final quarter.
There was no way back from there for the Mavericks and the Clippers completed their scoring with a flourish when back-up point guard Eric Bledsoe drove to the basket for a layup before adding an alley oop dunk after an assist from Crawford.
- Sports & Recreation
- Basketball
- Blake Griffin
- Clippers


text:
Share Photo
In this Sept. 29, 1010 photograph, a girl walks past U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Seth Little, 22, of Bremen, Ga., as he patrols through a field in Marjah, southern Afghanistan. Since arriving in mid-July, troops from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines' Echo Company have spread out across 13 small, spartan outposts in northern Marjah, a vast patch of fields and ancient hardened mud homes without running water or electricity. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)


text: University of Washington Friday morning's headlines By Jake Ellison • Jul 1, 2011 Minnaert / Wikipedia Sounds great, but don't hold your breath: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Forecast here. Making headlines around the Northwest: Attending UW will cost you 20 percent more Washington parks are no longer free to visit Off the wire: Crane topples; former police chief sues Car-repair scam ends in theft of wallet, arrest Famed Olympia Brewery site future shaping up UW to pay Baby Einstein co-founder $175,000, plus data By The Associated Press • Jun 30, 2011 Associated Press Ever since a University of Washington study published in a major medical journal in 2007 showed baby videos don't make infants smarter, the creators of the Baby Einstein series have been battling the university in court and in the media. Acclaimed UW nursing school struggles with budget cuts By KPLU News Staff • Jun 23, 2011 Lyndsey Struthers / Flickr The University of Washington's highly-ranked school of nursing is plagued with low-morale, internal strife and a lack of trust between faculty and the department head, according to a new report. The report by the Seattle consulting firm MacDonald Boyd and Associates attributed the deep divisions largely to choices made over budget cuts. The state has slashed funding for University of Washington by more than 50-percent in the past 3 years. (Follow the link to the consultant's report) State college students likely to see higher tuition and financial aid By Charla Bear • Jun 7, 2011 This fall, college students could face bigger tuition hikes than Washington has seen in nearly a decade. That's after two years of double digit increases. Under a bill signed by Governor Chris Gregoire, state colleges get to set their own rates. They're also expected to help students who can't afford to pay more. University of Washington could train Teach for America recruits By Charla Bear • May 12, 2011 Jean-Christian Bourcart The University of Washington plans to launch a program to train and certify Teach for America recruits. People who go through the program would start teaching after just five weeks of intensive instruction. Teach for America expects to bring at least 35 of its recruits to Seattle and Federal Way this fall. President Obama's Chief Technology Officer in Seattle By Bellamy Pailthorp • May 11, 2011 Photo by Annie Laurie Malarkey / Courtesy of the Technology Alliance There are 25 assistant advisors in the White House who report directly to President Obama. One of them is the President's Chief Technology Officer. Anish Chopra has been in Seattle this week, meeting with all kinds of players - in everything from energy and education to global health. How the public benefits from the Pac-12 TV deal By Kirsten Kendrick & Art Thiel • May 5, 2011 File photo/Ted S. Warren / AP Listen Listening... / Incredible. Unbelievable. Whopper-sized. Just some of the words used to describe the television deal announced this week by the new Pac-12 Conference. It's the biggest media rights contract in college sports history. KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel says the deal may seem ridiculous to non-sports fans, but they too will benefit from it. Next University of Washington President: Utah's Michael Young By Charla Bear • Apr 26, 2011 Charla Bear / KPLU It's official. The University of Washington's next president will be Michael K. Young. The Board of Regents says the current president of the University of Utah is the right person to lead UW at a time of shrinking state financial support. Higher court fines imposed on Latino drug offenders in Washington state By Paula Wissel • Apr 6, 2011 Listen Listening... / Court fines issued to felons in Washington vary according to the criminal's ethnicity and location. That's the conclusion of a University of Washington study published online in American Sociological Review. More college kids stumped on research papers By Rachel Solomon • Mar 23, 2011 Rachel Soloman / KPLU Listen Listening... / Writing a research paper should be easy for students today. They've got libraries, online databases and all of Google at their fingertips. But an ongoing study out of the University of Washington's Information School is finding that college students find it tougher to do research today than in the past—even with access to more sources than students have ever had before. Kids develop math stereotypes in second grade, UW study finds By Charla Bear • Mar 21, 2011 AP Photo Listen Listening... / Girls start to think math is a boys' subject when they're just 7 or 8 years old. That's what University of Washington psychologists found when they studied children's stereotypes. They say those beliefs could play a major role in the choices kids make as they get older. Japan tsunami illustrates risks facing Pacific Northwest coast By The Associated Press & KPLU News Staff • Mar 11, 2011 Brian Atwater / University of Washington The same type of tectonic earthquake that hit Japan - involving the collision of plates that make up the Earth's crust - could happen in the Northwest. Similar faults lie in the Cascadia subduction zone. The head of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington, John Vidale, told The Seattle Times' Sandi Doughton the Cascadia fault last ruptured in 1700. Scientists believe it generated at magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami that may have been bigger than the one that battered Japan. Huskies bounce back after controversy - NCAA tourney bound? By Kirsten Kendrick & Art Thiel • Feb 25, 2011 Listen Listening... / After a mid-season controversy and losing a shot at the Pac-10 title, the Washington Huskies appear poised to end the regular season on a high note. And they might just make it to the NCAA tournament. Budget cuts could mean fewer spots for Washington students, faculty at state universities By Charla Bear • Feb 25, 2011 Ted S. Warren / AP Photo More than 3,100 Washington students might not get into the state's largest universities in the next couple of years. Hundreds of faculty and staff could lose their jobs. That's what university presidents say will happen if the legislature slashes higher education funding beyond what the governor has already proposed. Young biz entrepreneurs compete for social good By Tom Paulson • Feb 18, 2011 Tom Paulson / KPLU Humanosphere If you walked into the dimly lit, wood-paneled room and listened to the fast-paced talk by Cynthia Koenig, you might be forgiven for thinking she just sounded like another one of those young, profit-oriented entrepreneurs looking for money from venture capitalists or other kinds of investors. Koenig is, actually, one of those money-seeking young business types, except that the primary goal of her proposal is to make life a lot easier and safer for millions of poor women around the world. Hence the Wello, a kind of goofy looking water-carrying wheel-barrel (no, that's not a typo) that she and her colleague, Colm Fay, at the University of Michigan's business school want to sell to poor people. Read more Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next › last »


text:
Iberdrola Urges Poland to Keep Support for Wind Power
Iberdrola SA, an owner of wind parks from Europe to the U.S., urged Poland not to cut financial support for the technology as the central European nation devises a new renewable-energy law.
Reducing incentives for onshore wind would have a "very negative effect on investors' trust," Lech Kuleszynski, head of Iberdrola Renewables Polska Sp Zoo, said in an e-mail. The company has 84 megawatts of wind in Poland and plans to start work on a further 38 megawatts this year if the new law allows.
Poland, which gets about 90 percent of its power from coal, published a draft renewables bill in December aimed at spurring alternative energy while saving the government as much as 1 billion zloty ($283 million) a year. The plans, with amendments proposed in April and May, may curb incentives for new onshore wind farms and boost subsidies for more costly offshore wind.
A reduction in support for new onshore projects may have a "dramatic impact" on investment decisions, Kuleszynski said.
December's draft law signaled cuts to onshore wind support to 0.75 of a "green certificate" for every megawatt-hour from existing and new projects, down from one previously. Following investor complaints that the plan would erode project finances, the government published a new draft proposal on May 29, keeping support at one certificate for current projects, while suggesting it may limit aid to 15 years after commissioning.
Investor Concern
Such a restriction doesn't offer investors enough stability to make future commitments, Kuleszynski said. The draft proposes a cut to 0.9 of a certificate in 2013 for new wind farms of 500 kilowatts or more, dropping to 0.825 of a certificate in 2017. The certificate system obliges electricity suppliers to get a portion of the power they sell from clean sources.
Such curbs may help Poland shore up funds to boost economic growth, which it forecasts will slow to 2.5 percent this year from 4.3 percent last year.
While support for new onshore wind farms will almost certainly decrease, banks may regain their appetite to finance projects once the regulatory uncertainty ends, said Anna Czajkowska, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The government said in April it will continue to oblige utilities to get a share of their energy from clean sources after 2017. That may encourage future investments because it provides stable demand, Kuleszynski said.
A spokeswoman at the Ministry of Economy said the government is still revising the draft law and couldn't give a publication date.


text:
The Cal A's organization is the travel ball expansion of Kathy Millers Cal A's teams. Cal A's has been established since 1993 and has been a steady force in the College and International level of Softball. Many past and current Olympians, College Coaches and collegiate players have played in the Cal A's program.
Cal A's travel ball organization is under the direction of Coach Marian " Speedy" Mendoza who is currently the Head Coach at Fullerton College. Coach Speedy has had over 20+ years of coaching at the collegiate level. She has also coached at the highest levels of international softball and in 2012 guided her Cal A's team to win the Canada Cup in Women's Elite Division.
She was also a stand out player for Long Beach State and also played Professionally for the Tampa Bay Firestix.
Her vision is to work and empower future student athletes to reach their fullest potential. Her dream is to build a program where the player best interest is the number one goal. Her hopes are to provide guidance and knowledge to both athlete and their families to make the right choices for their future college careers.
Assisting Coach Speedy in the organization is Ruby Rojas (Head Coach Mt Sac College), Jessica Repoza (Head Coach Santa Ana College), Jose Ortega (Riverside College) and Crystal Aguirre (Fullerton College). Additional college coaches and players also assist with each of the teams in our organization.
Try Out Information:
August 17 2013 14U Try Outs : 9:00 am – 12:00 pm :
Location: Fullerton College 321 E. Chapman Ave. Fullerton CA 92832
Cal A's 14U – Barber (Mostly 00 players)
Goals – PGF / ASA Nationals. Prepare players for college exposure. Un-official College campus visit. Participate in several exposure events.
Cal A's 14U – Iseri (Mostly 99 players)
Goals – PGF / ASA Nationals. Participate in both 14U /16U events
Participate in private college work outs/ College Exposure events.
August 18, 2013 16U Try Outs: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
18U Try Outs: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Fullerton College 321 E. Chapman Ave. Fullerton CA 92832
Goals for both the 16U & 18U Teams: PGF / ASA Nationals. Participate in the following College Exposure: Surf City/ AFC/ TCS Fireworks/ LV Tourney./Private Cal A's college workouts.
Cal A's 16U – Carrasco / Blue
Cal A's 16U - Aguirre / White
Cal A's 18U – Christian / Blue
Cal A's 18U – Cameron / White: (Mostly College committed players).
All players attending our try must fill out Cal A's questionnaire and send form to email: firstname.lastname@example.com
ACTIVE is the leader in online event registrations from 5k running races and marathons to softball leagues and local events. ACTIVE also makes it easy to learn and prepare for all the things you love to do with expert resources, training plans and fitness calculators.


text:
'Dancing with the Stars': Rehearsed and Instant Dances
On this week's episode of "Dancing with the Stars," the dancetestants have to do two dances, one rehearsed and one so-called "instant" dance.
The "instant" dance is essentially the definition of social dancing; i.e. you rely on your partner and the basic steps of the dance and you just do what the music tells you to do and you make it up as you go along. We'll see how this plays out but the female contestants have an edge since it's far easier to follow a strong leader than it is for a weak leader to hide bad choices.
So this was very confusing and it took us over an hour to figure this out. But by "instant," DWTS means that the dancers know ahead of time what style they are dancing, but they don't know the music they are dancing to. So, they can practice salsa, say, but they don't know until showtime what song they'll be following.
Who: Chelsea
What she danced: Waltz
How she did: It was lovely overall, although we found the routine too sleepy to be excited about it. She finished her turns and she held her closed position very nicely. While we're tempted to nitpick a few finishes, she's improved so much since the start of the competition and is nicely segueing from amateur to true dance contender.
What the judges said: "It was very musical and theatrical," "That was dancing of the highest quality," "You brought out a whole new mature sophistication"
Score: 29 (includes two 10s)
Who: Hines
What he danced: Fox trot
How he did: Overall, as adorable as Hines always is. But perhaps he was nervous because he lacked some of the fluidity of episode's past. There was something heavy in his feet this time, as compared to his partner's lightness. He does very well in closed-position turns but solo steps felt heavy-footed. Hines goes on to score very highly with the judges but we've seen him do better.
What the judges said: "I loved it, great job," "Your personality just radiates….it's a joyful experience to watch you,"
Score: 28
Who: Romeo
What he danced: Tango
How he did: Ok, it looked good, right? Chelsie was still doing the bulk of the work, though. He looked great and in charge and had fine straight arms. But, sigh, we hate to be nitpickers, but he wasn't holding his partner close enough in closed-position. We noticed Chelsie adjusting her body to bring herself closer. He was leading her with his arms and hands when he needs to be leading with his whole body, including the connection in their torsos.
What the judges said: "You were dancing with intensity," "One of the best dancers you've ever done," "You dance ike a real man out there."
Score: 27
Who: Ralph
What he danced: Viennese Waltz
How he did: In the rehearsal footage, Ralph's literally falling to the ground in pain over a leg injury. He loses rehearsal time but decides to go for it. With that kind of back story, the audience is primed to look kindly on Ralph. He is very compelling and smoldering, especially in his turns. There is some stiffness to him but it works within the spirit of the choreography.
What the judges said: "You did a great job," "It's really a credit to you, Ralph," "You did it with grace and elegance."
Score: 25
Who: Kirstie
What she danced: Argentine Tango
How she did: Ok, from the start of this competition, we've been totally partial to Kirstie. For all the drama that happens in her rehearsals, she turns it once the lights go on. Some steps could have been faster but she threw herself into sultry performance. She hits her marks nearly every single time and matches her partner in intensity more than other contestants.
What the judges said: "Sultry, a hint of aggression — your footwork was brilliant," "You just topped your cha-cha," "It was hot, that was good."
Score: 28
Who: Chelsea
What she danced: Salsa
How she did: Such a thing as white fringed capri pants exist. Good god. The steps were interesting but didn't match the Sean Paul song. (It's almost not entirely their fault, as that song was a bit slower than salsa calls for. Whose idea was that?) Anyways. They throw themselves into it and toss in a few solo breaks, which is ballsy. They do their best to sell the dance and while not flawless, it was enjoyable enough.
What the judges said: "The waltz was cool, the salsa was hot," "You're setting the bar very high," "I did not feel a connection to the music."
Score: 26
Who: Hines
What he danced: Jive
How he did: There was a real disconnect between the leading and the choreography, which is rare to see in Hines. His partner was there for him but she was following the choreography, not Hines. His arms were very weak throughout the dance and he drops his form often. However, Hines is redeemed by his musicality and his footwork which stays on beat throughout.
What the judges said: "It was like watching Mr. Happy Feet, it was bit like a penguin" "You did an amazing job, you were on every beat," "This was a real tough dance and you did a fantastic job."
Score: 26
Who: Romeo
What he danced: Salsa
How he did: Fun, a lot of fun, but very little actual salsa steps in the performance. They threw in all the flashy spins they knew but it wasn't actually salsa. Wow, was it obvious that Chelsie was leading herself, especially at the end. She was basically holding Romeo's hands and spinning herself around.
What the judges said: "There was something a little off. It needed to be tighter," "A tad iffy but I loved it," "The salsa is about fluidity but when you lose it, we have to point that out."
Score: 25
Who: Ralph
What he danced: Cha-cha
How he did: They smartly kept Ralph off his knee, but at the expense of the dancing. He kept a lot of his weight on his non-injured leg and did a lot of swiveling and pointing around that.
What the judges said: "If you have to do two dances and you're not well, something has to give," "The cha-cha's about passion and because of your situation you couldn't do it," "The hip action wasn't there."
Score: [... Oh wait, we were looking down and we missed it.]
Who: Kirstie
What she danced: Salsa
How she did: She wasn't the usual polished Kirstie that we've come to expect but she held her own more than the other dancers. There was more actual salsa steps, instead of filler moves. Except for a small flub, she stayed in sync with her partner and better than the others, she approximated an on-the-fly real dance competition energy.
What the judges said: "You did a classic traditional salsa but you lost sync" "Your energy is so nicely matched, it works for you," "This was a slower more rhythmic, but for me, your hips were working."
Score: 25


text:
Facebook Tops $38 IPO Price
It took more than a year, but Facebook is finally trading above its IPO price of $38, even if it is only in the premarket.
Facebook shares are up 1% at $38.06 ahead of the open. The last time it traded above $38 was on the social network's debut on May 18, 2012.
Through Tuesday, the stock had surged 42% in the four session's since reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results.
UPDATE: Shares officially traded above $38. Minutes after the opening bell, the stock jumped as high as $38.31.
The big question, of course, is whether Facebook will be able to hold this level by the end of the day. Yesterday, we pointed out the psychological and technical significance that surrounds such a big round number.
As of 9:35 a.m. Eastern Time, the stock was waffling right around the $38 level.


text:
Treaties, States Parties and Commentaries
Advanced Search
Treaties and Documents
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocols, and their Commentaries
By date
By topic
By State
Historical Treaties and Documents
By date
By topic
By State
Draft Rules for the Limitation of the Dangers incurred by the Civilian Population in Time of War. ICRC, 1956
Definition of term "civilian population"
Definition of term "civilian population"
Art. 4. For the purpose of the present rules, the civilian population consists of all persons not belonging to one or other of the following categories:
(a) Members of the armed forces, or of their auxiliary or complementary organizations.
(b) Persons who do not belong to the forces referred to above, but nevertheless take part in the fighting.
<< Previous
Next >>


text:
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — In a brief and upbeat ceremony, Brig. Gen. Timothy Coffin assumed command of White Sands Missile Range before military and community leaders Wednesday morning.
Coffin, who has served in the Army for more than 32 years, replaces Paul Mann, WSMR's executive director. Mann, the installation's top ranking civilian employee, was in command for about a month. Mann took over for Maj. Gen. Gwen Bingham, who had been assigned to a leadership position in Michigan.
Coffin is the "ideal leader" of WSMR, said Maj. Gen. Peter D. Utley, commanding general of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, which oversees WSMR's operations.
Utley touted Coffin's experience.
Coffin, 55, comes to New Mexico from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, where he served as deputy commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space at the U.S. Strategic Command.
He also served as a deputy commanding general at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Alabama.
Coffin and his wife, Kristy, toured WSMR in May. His assignment was announced in April, when officials said Bingham was leaving.
"We look forward to getting to know each and everyone of you, get a chance to explore the community around here, and to participate as a team in doing great things for our nation," Coffin said in a short introduction speech to the crowd gathered outside WSMR's Frontier Club.
He called WSMR a "national treasure."
Mann thanked Utley for the temporary leadership opportunity, and expressed excitement for the new commander.
Quipped Mann: "I'm pretty sure the rest of the nation will celebrate the occasion with fireworks in the next few days."
After the ceremony, Coffin and his family greeted those in attendance in a receiving line that stretched outside the Frontier Club.


text:
Welcome to Church and Chapel Funeral Homes
We believe every family deserves exceptional and meaningful funeral service experiences at affordable costs. Families should not have to choose between quality and affordability. As one of our families shared with us, "More people need to know that funeral expenses don't need to bankrupt you and that reasonably priced funerals can be among the finest accorded anyone." At Church and Chapel Funeral Homes we take great pride in offering economical service while providing quality care for all families who place their trust in us.
Please call (262) 827-0659 or contact us, we are available 24 hours per day 7 days a week.
Thank you,
Ted and Pam Larsen Family
- Navigation


text:
iTweaX is a free utility to reveal some usefull hidden features and maintenance tools for OSX 10.5.x
- User-friendly GUI
- Uses, very low system resources,
- maintenance tools, ...
Required OS: not specified
Tags: itweax , hidden , features , maintenance , tools
1 Opinion
Tried it with mixed results. It detects existing tweaks you've already made reasonably well but not perfectly. It makes certain changes more effectively than the most current version of Secrets on Lion (specifically the speed of window effects). But what upset me was opening it the second time somehow activated the checkbox for Disable Spotlight indexing. So now my entire system index is being rebuilt. Be wary of random changes you didn't select...


text:
NEWTON — Eleven-year-old Clark Rubinshtein, who claims he learned to sing before he could walk, recalls being taken to the opera by his Russian-born mother at age two.
"The first opera I heard was 'The Magic Flute,'" he said, noting that his mother "was always singing — everything from opera to Broadway show tunes."
The pint-sized Pavarotti began formal vocal training at age nine with Commonwealth Lyric Theatre Artistic Director Alexander Prokhorov, who saw in Rubinshtein what he terms "an opera gene." The talented young vocalist has quickly risen in stature to a level that has attracted national and international attention.
Making his operatic debut at 10, Rubinshtein was selected to sing the role of The Judge in the "Marriage of Figaro" at New York's Di Capo Theater in 2012. This was followed by a solo in Commonwealth Lyric Theater's opera gala, and performances in Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmila" and Mozart's "The Magic Flute," where the young star performed the major role of Papageno. In August, he wowed audiences at a sold-out performance in Germany.
He got his start doing family concerts. "I come from a large family. For every birthday, we have around 60 close friends and family at our house. We always had a grand piano. My mom would play, and everyone would do a sing-along," Rubinshtein said.
On January 9, the young prodigy will perform at the New England Conservatory, where he also studies piano. His repertoire will feature American standards and classic Italian opera arias, as well as Yiddish folk songs.
"I have a good ear for foreign languages," said Rubinshtein, who will sing in seven different languages. He has been studying Spanish since preschool, and has recently added Latin and French.
"This past summer, when I got a chance to go to Germany for my first European solo concert, I had about three weeks to learn German," he added.
While opera is clearly his focus, Rubinshtein enjoys many other activities, including art, wrestling, chess and basketball. But he gets a special jolt from his time on stage.
"I love…performing before a large audience," he said. "Some kids tell me they are afraid to look into people's eyes when they perform. I am the opposite. I love to look into people's eyes when I perform — it gives me energy!"
When asked about his future, Rubinshtein responded immediately.
"I would like to become an opera singer and perform all over the world," he said, noting that he dreams of singing at the world's most famous opera houses, such as the Metropolitan in New York, and La Scala in Italy.
Yet he also has plans to earn a law degree so that he can take over his parents' practice some day.
"I want to be the best singer among the lawyers, and the best lawyer among the singers," he said with a smile.
Expanding on that concept, he explained that he hopes to use law to help others, and his musical talents to support his community.
"At least once a month, I give concerts in Greater Boston-area nursing homes, assisted living places, and at a community center for the elderly," he said.
Clark Rubinshtein will perform, accompanied by a live symphony orchestra, on January 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. For tickets, call 617-585-1260 or visit necmusic.edu.
The Jewish Journal welcomes reader comments in order to promote thoughtful discussion on issues of importance to the Jewish community. In the interest of maintaining a civil forum, The Jewish Journalrequires that all commenters be appropriately respectful toward our writers, other commenters and the subjects of the articles. Vigorous debate and reasoned critique are welcome; name-calling and personal invective are not. While we generally do not seek to edit or actively moderate comments, our spam filter prevents most links and certain key words from being posted and The Jewish Journal reserves the right to remove comments for any reason.


text:
Share Photo
Ellington Mitchell, who's grandfather George Mitchell was a Tuskegee Airman, hugs his father, Brian Stokes-Mitchell during the dedication/unveiling of the Tuskegee Airman Highway sign at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Friday. Senate Concurrent Resolution 90 designates a 3-mile section of Interstate 15 as the "Tuskegee Airmen Highway" to honor all the men of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 447th Bombardment Group, who faithfully served this country while fighting the enemy in Europe and segregation at home.
— Don Boomer / UT San Diego


text:
Systematic Review Course - Nottingham, UK
Event: The Nottingham Systematic Review Course 2013
Date: 2-5 July 2013
Location: The University of Nottingham, UK
Details: This course will appeal to all those interested in completing a Cochrane-style review. Experienced tutors and facilitators will be available to give you practical and individual advice.
Study methods: Small group teaching, workshops, library-based interactive tutorials with hands on practical work at computer stations and group work. Read the opinions of a former delegate on the Nottingham Systematic Review Course recently published in BMJ Careers. http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20000296


text:
Trademark Worries Throw Wrench in Bdays; That Doesn't Look Like Dora
For law students looking for a little freelance in-house trademark work, one option might be to police fake handbags or allegedly infringing doggie toys. That seems easy enough. But how about putting the kibosh on a kid's birthday plans? Could you do it?
On the front-page of today's WSJ, Katherine Rosman takes a look at parents whose party plans for their children are getting tripped up by worries of trademark infringement over costumed characters, such as Dora the Explorer, Elmo and SpongeBob. The companies that provide the costumes are skirting liability by commissioning costumes that only slightly resemble the characters, and have names like "Explorer Girl with Backpack," "Big Red Tickle Monster" and "SquishyGuy."
Rosman writes: "The relationship between birthday parties and intellectual property has become more fraught as children's television has gone beyond 'Sesame Street' and become a multi-billion-dollar business. . .[T]o sustain live-entertainment and theme-park revenues, most companies that own rights won't offer licensed, authentic costumes that can be worn by professional birthday-party entertainers."
This new trend of trademark enforcement is not without fallout. Miriam Sorkin, an office manager in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., threw a fourth-birthday party for her daughter in May and arranged for a costumed impersonator of Dora the Explorer. Though the walk-about "Dora" (pictured, right) had the expected pageboy haircut and backpack, her expression was blank and her legs appeared out of proportion to the rest of her body. "When Dora came out," Mrs. Sorkin says, "none of the kids would go to Dora, including my daughter, and a few of the kids started crying."


text:
Translation of welt in Spanish:
- 1 (weal)Example sentences
- She rubbed, absent-mindedly at the welt of a scar on her thigh, covered and concealed by tights and a dress.
- Daniel grabbed her hand and pulled up her shirt sleeve to revel thick welts, scabs and scars all over her arm.
- When they arrived, the soldiers began disarming the guards and giving aid to the prisoners, whose backs, arms and legs were marked with welts and bruises.
- 2 2.1 (on shoe)Example sentences2.2 (border, seam)
Example sentences
- There was the outline, and around this outline ran a well-defined sewn thread which had, it appeared, attached the welt to the sole.
- The once sealed welts have cracks, and as for the 'uppers', well, enough of this nonsense…
- The big change is a frame designed along an asymmetrical last to more closely fit the anatomical sole of a boot and lock more tightly into the boot welts.
- Elegant embellishments such as freeform beading, tiered tassels, piping insertions filled with fine rattail cord and pockets tailored with contrast welts are among his trademarks.
- Pleats, piping, pocket welts, pocket flaps, top-stitched yokes all look wonderful in linen.
- It has a three-button continental placket with polished agate buttons, a knit collar welt, sleeve bands, and a hemmed bottom with side vents.
Definition of welt in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
Grammar and usage help for Spanish:
= trending


text:
Issue No.04 - July/August (2002 vol.19)
pp: 118-130

Battery-Powered Systems account for a significant and rapidly expanding segment of the electronics and semiconductor industries. Unfortunately, projections of the complexity, functionality, and performance of such systems far exceed expected improvements in battery technologies, leading to a widening "battery gap", Bridging this gap is a challenge that system designers must face for the foreseeable future. The need to improve battery life has, in large

Kanishka Lahiri, Sujit Dey, Anand Raghunathan, "Communication-Based Power Management", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol.19, no. 4, pp. 118-130, July/August 2002, doi:10.1109/MDT.2002.1018140


text:
Active Tags
Click tags to the right to narrow your search. Unclick tags to remove.
Grandma's Boarder Ch. 01— Dont kiss and tell
Kim Rediscovers Her Wild Side— I help Kim find her lost youth.
Older Than My Mother— The God of success in Hollywood?
Granny's Dirty Photographs Ch. 02— Robert's affair with his grandmother reaches a new level.
Cornhusker Granny— Meeting a smoking hot, horny and much, much older woman.
Jack and His Nan Ch. 04— Jack and his grandmother finally get together.
Dina's Sexy Elevator Ride— Sexy GILF has her way with young man in elevator.
Grandma's Dirty Movies— Watching them with her was only the beginning.
Wild Horses For Emily— A young man wins the elderly lady of his dreams.
Please, separate your tags with comma: anal orgasm, oral sex.
Read the Literotica Story Tag FAQ for more information on these tags.


text:
Issue No.03 - May/June (2001 vol.3)
pp: 48-53
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/5992.919266
Almost all interesting mathematical algorithmic questions relate to NP-hard questions. Such computation is prone to explode exponentially. The authors anticipate the greatest benefit will come from mathematical platforms that allow for computer-assisted insight generation, not from solutions of grand-challenge problems.
Jonathan M. Borwein, Peter B. Borwein, "Challenges in Mathematical Computing", Computing in Science & Engineering, vol.3, no. 3, pp. 48-53, May/June 2001, doi:10.1109/5992.919266


text:
KOLKATA: So long these crops were left to the mercy of the weather gods. For the first time ever, plantation crops will come under any sort of insurance cover to protect them from uncertain climatic conditions.
A beginning is being made by the Agriculture Insurance Company (AIC), which is planning to come up with a cover for the coffee crop.


text:
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Manipulation Quotes in Catching Fire
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"This has to stop. Right now. This – this – game you two play, where you tell each other secrets but keep them from me like I'm too inconsequential or stupid or weak to handle them." (5.13)
Layers of games run throughout the book. Everyone's running a game on somebody else. Even Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch, who are supposed to be allies, have secrets from one another. As Peeta rightfully points out, Haymitch and Katniss have been keeping him out of the loop at a time when they should have trusted him more than ever.
Quote #5
I don't want Peeta singling himself out as a target for the Gamemakers' anger. That's part of my job. To draw fire away from Peeta. But how did he upset them? Because I'd love to do just that and more. To break through the smug veneer of those who use their brains to find amusing ways to kill us. To make them realize that while we're vulnerable to the Capitol's cruelties, they are as well. (16.100)
As soon as you become associated with the Games, you have to learn about manipulation. It's a necessity. Katniss has come a long way since she first got tapped to play in the Hunger Games. Now she knows she's being manipulated, and how. She's trying to manipulate people right back so that she and Peeta can stay alive.
Quote #6
"You'd have thought we planned it," says Peeta, giving me just the hint of a smile.
[...] "No," I say, looking at Peeta with a new sense of appreciation. "Neither of use even knew what we were going to do before we went in." (17.26, 28)
Peeta and Katniss are becoming more skilled manipulators by the day. They're becoming so good that they can manipulate on the spur of the moment; they don't need to plan in advance anymore. That's one way they know they're getting ready to go into the arena.


text:
Biography All Music Guide
All Music Guide:
Cleveland-born vocalist Ce Ce Rogers wisely changed his name from Kenny to avoid confusion with the country/pop singer. James Brown nicknamed him Ce Ce as a teen, after watching the young Rogers imitate Chubby Checker. Rogers later studied music in Boston, where he was a classmate of Wynton Marsalis. Marsalis urged him to concentrate on his vocals. Rogers moved to New Jersey and formed Ce Ce & Company, where he worked with vocalist Sybil. After producer Marshall Jefferson saw his show, he recruited Rogers to sing the vocals on a song he'd written titled "Someday." The song did well enough for Rogers to land his own deal. His 1989 LP Forever was well received by dance audiences, and he followed it in 1991 with Never Give Up.


text:
Sandbar Construction Inc. is an employee-owned Canadian Company, which began operations in 2007 with more than 10 years of experience behind us. Sandbar has grown from a local builder to one of Calgary's most respected Commercial and Residential construction companies, with an unsurpassed reputation for quality.
Much of our business has been with repeat customers, indicating the faith placed in our experience, expertise and service during all phases of a project. The balance of our volume comes from the competitive tendering process.
At Sandbar Construction, we pride ourselves on being a service-oriented company that anticipates client requirements. Our relationship with each of our clients is built on open communications, integrity and a continually striving to learn and innovate.
Home | About Us | Services | Gallery | Contact Us
Phone: 403.519.6488 | Fax: 403.242.9330
Copyright © 2008 - 2013 Sandbarconstruction.com All rights reserved. Design by: www.ergraphicsolutions.com


text:
Heresy in Texas! The era of big oil is almost over
It sounds like heresy but there's a discouraging word coming out of energy-rich Texas: the days of booming oil production are almost over. A group of scientists, scholars and energy activists is meeting this week at the University of Texas to discuss what they see as an impending global decline in oil production. That would mean higher prices, more conservation, an emphasis on alternatives and lots of lifestyle changes. That's not something people want to hear – or that politicians are inclined to talk about, which has made it difficult to advance their message.
It's a big debate. Optimists say, no problem, there's plenty of oil underground — so much so that the U.S. will soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. That's the prediction from the International Energy Agency. On the other side are the peak oil advocates who arrived on the UT campus this week with facts, figures, scholarly papers and a dire warning – the end is near, like it or not.
"Why do smart people believe we have an infinite amount of energy?" Houston geologist Arthur Berman asked at Thursday's opening of a conference sponsored by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas. Berman cautioned against predictions about capturing trillions of barrels of untouched crude and new technologies that will make the U.S. energy independent. "Preposterous," he said. Berman is a leading critic of rosy shale predictions about production from "fracking" — injecting water and chemicals deep underground to force out pockets of gas. There's a fracking boom in Texas, including in the Barnett Shale near Fort Worth, but Berman warned it will be short-lived. "The economics don't work," he said, in part because unlike traditional oil production, fracking requires continual drilling even as reservoirs of gas are depleted. There are environmental issues and questions about how much water it uses. But shale supporters point to jobs and the immediate economic boost it provides.
"It's very difficult to fight the religious beliefs of anyone. And beliefs about energy supplies are very akin to religious beliefs," said UT petroleum engineering professor Tad Patzek. "You don't go to Midland and convince people to support President Obama — I tried." He said he went asked Midland Republicans whether there was anything he could say that would change their minds about Obama. No, he said, and convincing devotes of the oil patch that global oil production was about the decline was equally difficult. Peak-oil advocates have been challenging the industry's optimistic predictions of an oil boom and energy independence for about a decade, but for all their science, they've had problems advancing their message of an impending world oil shortage. The implications are bracing. "If we go on a diet of renewables, we're going to be slimmer," Patyzek suggests.
The conference goes through Saturday on the UT campus. There will be forums and presentations of scholarly papers. Among the speakers is Kjell Aleklett, a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden and leading peak oil theorist. Aleklett acknowledges that U.S. output has increased recently, in part because of the shale oil and gas bubble, but he defends the group's fundamental argument that drilling capacity will soon start going down. When that happens, he said prices will go up – and the cost of everything from gasoline to agricultural products will rise. He points to how crude oil reached a record $147 a barrel in July 2008. He says that could happen again, only this time it won't just be a spike.


text:
One year after the government released the decision to allow Guang Lian steel project to increase its investment capital to 4.5 billion dollars, the super-project in Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central region of Vietnam still has not received a certificate on capital increase.
On March 30, the government's office released a dispatch informing the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai that the Quang Ngai provincial people's committee has to report the land allocation and investment certificate to the project.
In August 2010, Hai agreed to the proposal of the investor to raise the designed capacity from five million tons to seven million tons per annum.
The investment capital has also been raised from three billion dollars to 4.5 billion.
In another happening, on February 24, 2011, after the meeting gathered to discuss the solutions to settle the problems of Guang Lian project, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang released a document, asking the Dung Quat Economic Zone to focus on settling problems to grant investment certificates soon, in March 2011.
According to Quang, Guang Lian is a key project in the steel industry. The steel project is specially important because a lot of steel projects have been slow in implementing and others have been canceled. He stressed that the project is important not only to the steel industry, but also to the socio-economic development of Quang Ngai province.
Nguyen Trung, Deputy Head of the Dung Quat Economic Zone, said that the zone has not granted a license because the investor has not fulfilled the procedures required by the provincial authorities and the zone's management board.
"We ask them to make commitments about the speed of the project implementation, and to show commitments by banks to provide loans to the investor. However, to date, the investor still has not submitted the documents," he said.
While stressing that the provincial authorities support the super project, Trung said that in the time to come, the management board of the Dung Quat Economic Zone would grant the certificate for the adjustment of the scale of investment, provided that the investor can meet some conditions.
"The investor needs to prove that within a certain period, he has to implement the project and he needs to prove the origins of loans," Trung said.
Meanwhile, when answering Dau Tu's reporters if the Guang Lian project has been going slowly because of the financial problems, both Jung-Ching Tseng, Deputy General Director of the Taiwanese E-United and Pi Hshien, Chair of Guang Lian Vietnam affirmed that the investor does not have financial problems. E-United is a big group in Taiwan that is financially capable and had a total turnover of eight billion dollars in 2010.
"The biggest problem for us now is the lack of land to undertake the project," Li said.
Dau tu has quoted its sources as saying that 300 hectares of land have been allocated to Guang Lian.
However, the investor wants all the land in the project area, about 500 hectares. The investor said he wants to implement the project in a comprehensive way and does not want to carry out the project in different parts.
"An uncompleted steel mill will not be put into operation, while it will take investor longer time to earn back capital. This will bring losses to investor, or even make banks feel unsafe," Hsueh Hung Yi, General Director of Guang Lian Vietnam explained, once again asking Quang Ngai provincial authorities to allocate land to the project prior to July 31, 2011.
Dau tu has reported that Guang Lian has got the approval from banks to provide loans, though official contracts have not been officially signed.
Guang Lian is a super steel project that has captured the attention of the public.
When the investor planned to raise the capacity from five million tons to seven million tons, the Vietnam Steel Association sent a document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Quang Ngai's authorities asking agencies to verify the finance capabilities of Guang Lian and order the investor to follow the commitments in the feasibility project. – Vietnamnet


text:
All gift-givers dream of evoking that reaction: part surprise, part awe, pure delight. But even with so many products available, a truly unexpected gift can be hard to find. However, with Teaposy's gorgeous Snow Dance gift set, you'll find your luck flourishing. The murmurs of appreciation will begin as soon as the beautiful Daydream teapot is unwrapped. This hand-blown glass pot is sturdy and heat-resistant but maintains an illusion of delicacy with its graceful, crystal-like handle and clever spout, which includes a filter for loose leaf tea. It begs to be tried out right away, a process which will transform murmurs to oohs and ahhs. Place a single bud of Teaposy's Let It Snow tea (six are included in the set) at the bottom of the pot and add hot water; almost instantly, it will blossom into a beautiful flower, a combination of Silver Needle white tea leaves and a cheerful chrysanthemum. A sprinkling of coconut fruit fiber is also unleashed, to float gently through the water like fresh-fallen snow. Together the round pot and the delicate blossom have the look of a lush, living snowglobe.
The Snow Dance set is the perfect seasonal gift with a new twist…and a fresh taste. In about five minutes—during which this will be one pot you will want to watch—the tea is ready to drink. Let It Snow is far from frosty; the tea brews to a surprisingly warm, hearth-like honey-gold color, and the lightly nutty flavor and fragrant jasmine scent are perfect for a winter's day—whether there's real snow outside or sun and palm trees. And after everyone's warmed their hands and tantalized their tongues, the teaposy can be reused for a second round of cups, or the pot can be filled with cold water and the blossom left on display for up to several weeks. Like a perennial flower, this gift will set the tone for the season, and inspire awe every time it blooms.
For more information visit www.teaposy.com
Discover the fascinating world of tea! Find the best tea rooms, learn how to brew Matcha, explore the health benefits of tea and much more.
Searching for your cup of tea? Our taste reviews of some of the finest teas in the world will help you find your favorite blend to sip in no time!
| About Us
| Rating System
| Advertising
| Content Licensing
Copyright © 1996-2016 GAYOT ® All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy Disclaimer Terms of Use GAYOT (pronounced guy-OH) The Guide To The Good Life


text:
Community Engagement
To move towards a comprehensive transit strategy, we need a community-driven road map of implementable improvement strategies. To that end, community engagement and dialogue are essential. The Woodlands Township Transit Plan community engagement strategy fosters the dialogue needed to create this road map through focus group activities, online education and community outreach events. This process supports early and continued participation with a broad range of stakeholders that live, work and play in the area.
Project Management Committee (PMC) Meetings
The Woodlands Township Transit Plan effort is guided by a Project Management Committee. This group of individuals consists of members from The Woodlands Township Board of Directors, H-GAC staff and TxDOT staff. They meet monthly to provide input and guide the technical development of the plan.
Focus Group Meetings
The Woodlands Township Transit Plan engaged a range of stakeholders through focus group discussions. The outcomes of these meetings were twofold. First, they created an understanding of the plan and its vision and encouraged stakeholders to visit the project's website to complete online preference surveys. Second, these meetings helped to develop an understanding of the range of stakeholder issues and potential options related to transit that informed the development of scenarios and implementation strategies for achieving the vision. During a community workshop held in January of 2014, stakeholders received an overview of the project process, vision and potential outputs and weighed in on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of potential transit service improvements. A second series of focus groups held May – June of 2014 solicited input from stakeholders about plan scenarios developed to date and specific implementation opportunities that help to achieve the vision.
Community Town Hall Presentation
To share findings with stakeholders, an informational presentation was held at The Woodlands Township Biannual Town Hall meeting on January 22, 2014. The consultant team answered questions and shared information about the project. An overview of the study, schedule, input opportunities and project website were provided and the consultant team received great feedback from the community regarding the opportunities and challenges related to transit in the study area.
Initial Preference Questionnaire
Almost 1,000 people participated in an online questionnaire conducted February 2 – March 3, 2014 about their travel patterns and preferences.
Open House, Webinar and Questionnaire
In-person and virtual online open houses in June of 2014 focused on the plan alternatives, their evaluation and identification of specific implementation opportunities. An online questionnaire conducted June 4-25, 2014 received input from 4,600 participants on their thoughts to achieve the project vision.
Project Website
The website serves as community stakeholders' one-stop location for current project information.


text:
Oven Roasted Potatoes Recipe
Submitted By:from Peabody.
Oven Roasted Potatoes Notes
This recipe has become an overnight classic! I was preparing a recipe, and noticed that the spice ingredients were in the new blend I had bought--Back of the Yards Garlic Pepper. I usually make more than the recipe calls for, because they don't last long!
- 5 large russet, or other waxy potatoes, halved horizontally and cut into wedges
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Back of the Yards Garlic Pepper
Serves / Yields
5 Servings
Preparation Instructions
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Toss all ingredients in one bowl. Transfer to a baking sheet that has four sides, so the potatoes don't fall off! Roast 45-60 minutes until potatoes are golden and crisp, turning several times.
Serve very hot with a savory dip, such as ranch or bleu cheese.
Helpful Hints
I keep an eye on the oven. It may not take as long as 60 minutes. This could probably also be done on a grill with the right kind of pan. I will have to try it this summer!
This recipe has no comments. Be the first to submit a comment!


text:
UNION, N.J. – Participants raised more than $5,000 to help families affected by the Boston Marathon bombing with a ride hosted by Indian Motorcycle of Northern New Jersey and CycleTrader.com.
"I appreciated the support of CycleTrader. I only wish we could have raised more money for such a worthy cause," Stephen Waite, dealership vice president and general manager, said. The companies report that 450 people showed up to the May 28 event benefitting One Fund Boston.
"We want to help our dealerships whenever we can, especially with events such as this. We share the same values and priorities, so when we can collaborate for a great cause, it's very rewarding," said Paige Bouma, general manager of CycleTrader.com.
Vendors included Polished Motorcycle Detailing, Rider Insurance, and Anthony Vella Designs. The Indian motorcycle "Spirit of Munro" Special Streamliner and the new Indian Motorcycle Thunder Stroke 111 Engine were on display. Other vintage Indian motorcycles included a 1912 Board Track Racer and a 1931 101 Scout.
There were raffles every half hour, giving away dozens of prizes like Major League Baseball tickets, motorcycle service certificates, restaurant gift cards, leather jackets, helmets, T-shirts, a custom-painted helmet, and more.
Posted by Holly Wagner


text:
MUMBAI | KOLKATA: Non-resident Indians, the group that the government often turns to for investments, are cutting down deposits in Indian banks as they are lured by better yielding opportunities elsewhere in the developed world which is recovering from a recession.
Inflows through various non-resident Indian, or NRI, deposit schemes plunged 34% in nine months to December to $2.3 billion from $3.5 billion a year earlier, data from the Reserve Bank of India shows. Some of them might be investing in real estate which does not show up in this data.


text:
Mr. N. Marsall wrote:
> took off from work early so I could give this a try.
> My primary partition has been shrunk and a new partition created. So
> far so good. It's done the resizing and now is "Scanning all devices".
> I hope this works, otherwise, I'll have to start from scratch.
Ok, well Gentoo didn't go well so I went back and did Mandriva
instead... not too shabby. I'm doing the initial updates now via the
"Software Management" system... one question...
Now that I have Ubuntu and Mandriva, how do I tell which one to boot
into? I've got grub going on, but I have no idea what to do with it.


text:
Have you ever wanted to design your own rockets, launch them into space, and send astronauts to the moon (or beyond)? Now you can with Kerbal Space Program, a unique game and digital toy that focuses on the space-faring adventures of little green dudes called Kerbals.
The game, developed by a small studio called Squad, has been developed with the Minecraft approach. It is totally playable, and a lot of fun, but there are many planned features still in development. Fortunately, the game's developers have allowed impatient gamers to go crazy with mods, and have even created a website called the Kerbal SpacePort that give modders a place to share their creations.
The only problem is the site's huge selection; there are hundreds of Kerbal space program mods to choose from. So, to save you time, I've picked out ten of the best.
B9 Aerospace Pack
Besides rockets, Kerbal Space Program also includes space planes. These are much more complex and harder to design, but allow for the creation of spaceships that can sail to the stars but also re-enter the atmosphere and navigate on their own power.
What's great about the B9 pack, and makes it among the best component packs available, is its attention to detail. The parts use quality textures and are based on concept designs shown by NASA, DARPA, and militaries across the globe. And while most useful for planes and shuttles, the parts can be used in rockets, too – so don't count this mod you just because you haven't started building space planes yet.
Impossible Innovations
Originally developed as a "cheat pack", Impossible Innovations has turned into a fully-fledged component mod for people who want to take their space program a step beyond what's possible with today's technology.
That means a wide variety of wonderful components like fusion engines, high-capacity batteries, advanced command pods, super-charged solar panels and more. These allow for ships that are larger, faster and more durable that anything normally possible.
KW Rocketry
Designing your first rocket can feel overwhelming. After some successful missions, however, you may discover an itch for even more components. That's what KW Rocketry provides.
In this pack you'll find more nose-cones, decouplers, fuel tanks, fairings, a new engine numerous new engines, more solid fuel boosters, and more. These extras vastly expand the rockets you can build and allow for designs that aren't possible with stock components. Yet they're also relatively simple, making this mod digestible for new players.
Piloting can be one of the game's more frustrating challenges. At times it is difficult, and if you're no good at it, even the best rockets will crash and burn.
MechJeb is the solution. Once the mod is installed you'll have access to MechJeb components which, when placed on a spacecraft, provide a wide range of auto-pilot features. This mod can handle almost everything; docking, takeoff, landing, orbital flight, and more. It can mess up from time to time but, in 90% of situations, it works perfectly.
SpaceJunk Cargo Bay
There's one part that is conspicuously missing from Kerbal Space Program – a cargo bay. Since it isn't present, rockets have to put satellites into orbit by just attaching to them to the top. Which tends to work fairly well, but isn't ideal or realistic.
SpaceJunk fixes the problem with a cargo bay. Simple! The bay comes in several different sizes and allow for the deployment of small satellites.
Currently the game includes the parts to make satellites, but they don't do much. RemoteTech gives them a purpose by introducing new remote control options and a communications system.
With this mod it's possible to remotely operate unmanned craft, but only if they're within communications range of mission control. That range is rather short, and blocked by the terrain of Kerbin (your home planet), so you'll need to send up relay satellites.
Eventually you'll create a network that spans the solar system, making this mod perfect for anyone who wants to try their hand at inter-planetary communication.
Kerbal Space Program is as much a toy as it is a game, which means for many players the goal is far less important than the journey. And so we have Telemachus, a mod that lets you use web browsers to create a virtual mission control.
Does this make the game easier? Not really. But it does better simulate hands-off command of spacecraft from a control center rather than the cockpit itself. The mod even includes nifty telemetry data, perfect for graph-lovers and data-mongers.
Quantum Struts
One of the limitations which can become annoying in Kerbal Space Program is the inability to add components after construction. That's annoying because space stations are almost always multiple-part structures built by docking different pieces.
Quantum struts provide a fix by adding "energy" struts that can connect different docked spacecraft, which make space stations less likely to suffer from wobble. And that in turn allows for the construction of much larger stations.
All of these Kerbal space program mods are free to download through the Kerbal SpacePort website, which also provides install instructions. Generally, the folders found in a mod's zip file can be drag-and-dropped into the game's installation folder, and that's that. Mods compatibility doesn't seem to be an issue (I've not run into it, at least).
As for the game itself, you can buy it off Steam for $22.99 or directly from Squad for $23 even.


text: Doctors don't always agree on what's "normal" for iron, but generally 150 to 170 mcg/dl is considered the healthy upper limit. But don't stress about your number too much: Mild elevations such as yours aren't a worry. Still, asking for a more detailed test might be smart, particularly if your family has a history of high iron; some disorders are genetic and could bring on liver or spleen damage or infertility. Serious complications are rare though. In fact, iron deficiency is more common, especially in women who have heavy periods. Low iron can lead to anemia, which causes fatigue or, in more severe cases, heart problems. Iron-rich foods (soybeans, fish, lean red meat) can help. Talk to your doc if you're anemic.


text:
Happy birthday to that handsome boy!
sweet stache. i see he inherited the impressive facial hair gene ;)
Happy Birthday, Nubster! He's so freaking cute. And seriously, 3-year-olds are no joke. Just a warning. :)
What a dandy boy.....Love him soooomuch!!
Happy Birthday to a very darling 3 year old!
Post a Comment


text:
Definición de Madurese en inglés:
sustantivo (plural igual)
1A native or inhabitant of the island of Madura in Indonesia.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Ali Mumin, a Madurese who has been living in Bali for 10 years, said Idul Fitri celebrations on the island were still less joyous than in his hometown.
- There are many Kalimantan people living in East Java and there are many East Javanese, including Madurese, living in Kalimantan.
- The range of ethnic groups is vast but the principal ones are: Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Balinese, Ambon.
2 [mass noun] An Indonesian language spoken by over 12 million people in Madura and nearby parts of Java.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The main language of Madura is Madurese, which is also spoken in part of eastern Java and on many of the 66 outlying islands.
- The three major languages spoken on Java are Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese.
Relating to the inhabitants of Madura or their language.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- While their menfolk were at sea, Madurese women made batik at home; this is the familiar story about Madurese batik.
- Born in Malang of Madurese parents, Rizza was the fifth of nine children.
- The Madurese settlers are just a small part of the population among the Dayak, Malay and Chinese communities of Kalimantan.
Palabras que riman con MadureseAchinese, Ambonese, appease, Assamese, Balinese, Belize, Beninese, Bernese, bêtise, Bhutanese, breeze, Burmese, Cantonese, Castries, cerise, cheese, chemise, Chinese, Cingalese, Cleese, Congolese, Denise, Dodecanese, ease, éminence grise, expertise, Faroese, freeze, Fries, frieze, Gabonese, Genoese, Goanese, Guyanese, he's, Japanese, Javanese, jeez, journalese, Kanarese, Keys, Lebanese, lees, legalese, Louise, Macanese, Maltese, marquise, Milanese, Nepalese, officialese, overseas, pease, Pekinese, Peloponnese, Piedmontese, please, Portuguese, Pyrenees, reprise, Rwandese, seise, seize, Senegalese, she's, Siamese, Sienese, Sikkimese, Sinhalese, sleaze, sneeze, squeeze, Stockton-on-Tees, Sudanese, Sundanese, Surinamese, Tabriz, Taiwanese, tease, Tees, telegraphese, these, Timorese, Togolese, trapeze, valise, Viennese, Vietnamese, vocalese, wheeze
For editors and proofreaders
Saltos de línea: Madur|ese
Definición de Madurese en:
¿Qué te llama la atención de esta palabra o frase?
Los comentarios que no respeten nuestras Normas comunitarias podrían ser moderados o eliminados.
Muy popular en Reino Unido
Muy popular en Australia
= de moda


text:
Oct 05, 2011 Makara Inspiration 0
Business card also play main role in any business and any industry when we design according to our market and as per our business demand. Its very important to have a good looking business card, well designed business card reflects the seriousness of you involved in your own business.
Makara is web designer and he writing about graphic and web design, social media, blogging and freelancing and features articles on 1stepwebdesign.com
Nov 14, 2013 0
Nov 09, 2013 0
Nov 08, 2013 0
Jan 19, 2013 0


text:
Tom "Female Penguins are Whores " Martin, banned from A Voice for Men for excessive feminism?
I realize that I may be the only one who's really all that interested in sectarian infighting amongst the MRAs, but an old friend of ours has weighed in on the recent battles over the A Voice for Men satellite group MRA London, and I've learned some interesting things as a result.
The old friend? Tom Martin, the British MRA who famously lost an anti-male discrimination lawsuit against the London School of Economics and who is well known around these parts for his beliefs that 97% of female humans are whores, 100% of female penguins are whores, hard chairs are misandry, and that [TRIGGER WARNING FOR CHILD RAPE APOLOGIA] "pedophiles who pay children for sex are not really rapists, because the child consents, then performs the act, indicating they understand the nature of the contract."
Martin used to be a regular troll around these parts, making himself (and the Men's Rights movement that supported him in his crusade against the LSE) look worse and worse with each comment he posted, until he became too repetitively obnoxious and I banned him.
Apparently he went on to have a bit of a run as a commenter at A Voice for Men, the self-described men's human rights site that hosts an open call to firebomb courthouses and police stations in its activism section. But he was banned there too. Not for his misogyny. Not for justifying child rape. But for being … too feminist???
No, really. All this happened some time ago, apparently. But AVFM's Dean Esmay recently unbanned him to let him post his thoughts about the MRA London fracas, and this exchange happened.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Tom was able to figure out pretty quickly that we hated him, and it wasn't so much because of the whole "male wanting to be treated as a human being" thing so much as his "inability to treat females as human beings" thing. But as we know, the inhabitants of AVFM don't really live in what most of us on planet earth recognize as reality.
In any case, if you want to wrap up your Memorial Day with some utterly surreal reading (non-USians can ignore this bit), I suggest you take a look at the rest of the AVFM thread from that point on. You will see DriverSuz describe Martin as a "male enabler" of feminism. And you will see Martin himself describe himself as a "feminist MRA," and offer this strange semi-endorsement of feminists as potential dates:
[W]hen you've dated and screened thousands of women for potential dates, you get to realize, its the ones identifying as feminists who are the ones least likely to be gold-digging whores looking for an early retirement off the man's toil. …
I follow the money, which is why I am a feminist MRA.
The money the state disproportionately allots to over-screechy victim-feminist wheels is wrong, and needs to be fixed, but pales into insignificance compared to the over-screechiness an anti-feminist traditionalist woman has lined up for any man unlucky enough to cohabit with her. A feckless housewife wannabe is far more a financial burden than an ill-informed egalitarian identifying as feminist who can be corrected on which sex owes the other money.
Tom Martin, such a romantic!
Posted on May 27, 2013, in a voice for men, antifeminism, drama, drama kings, evil women, FemRAs, imaginary backwards land, infighting, men who should not ever be with women ever, misogyny, MRA, rape, rape culture, sexual abuse, straw feminists, Tom Martin, TROOOLLLL!!, victim blaming and tagged a voice for men, antifeminism, men's rights, misogyny, MRA, rape, rape culture, tom martin. Bookmark the permalink. 194 Comments.
And welcome from over here, albeit a little late😀
@pro patria 'truth'teller
It's always interesting to me that feminists like Cloudiah often tell stories about women who have done them wrong.
You do know that feminism doesn't mean women are perfect, right? Just…people.
Hopefully we'll soon stop hearing the feminist narrative that women would bring peace to the earth if they had a chance to rule.
Nobody says this.
(mangina, patriarchy, matriarchy, gender binary, power structure, bla bla bla)
Ok, the only one of those that's ridiculous is 'mangina' and you should feel silly putting the others in that list. I mean, if someone thought we were living in a matriarchy I'd laugh in their face, but it's not the same as mangina.*
*hint: the big insult is 'he's not manly, ew, like he must have a vagina'. Which is pretty fucking transphobic. And misogynistic, since the point (I'm assuming) was 'man who's like a woman, ew'.
And my grandmother was … Valerie Solanas!
Ohmigod, guys, does this mean Cloudiah is like a feminist princess now!!!!!!eleven~!!!!!!
"Whoriarchy?" I like the word, it's got legs. I think I'll start using it.
::headdesk:: Ok, bub, but we can still laugh at you.
Yes I know that most educated feminists don't believe in the narrative of women peacemakers, but most women are not educated about feminism. Therefore the more new-age type of feminism is much more common, which you would know if you actually knew more real women instead of learning about nonsense theories on the Internet just like the manosphere does.
Most types of manosphere ideologies and feminist ideologies both want to stifle all disagreements by accusing people of not understanding them or being endoctrinated if they disagree with the terms of their debate, and wanting to enslave the population to their own agenda, no matter that most men and women disagree with them.
I kinda like Factcheckme because she has the right idea about trans issues, but it's a pretty scary place, especially with her post about women completely enslaving men.
I'll sign up for a Who-riarchy, so long as Captain Jack, Vastra, Jenny, and Strax all have cabinet positions.
This discussion is way more interesting that the one Black Fedora and Pro Patria seem to be having.
Pro Patria Truthteller = Pro Patria Mansplainer
Yes I know that most educated feminists don't believe in the narrative of women peacemakers, but most women are not educated about feminism. Therefore the more new-age type of feminism is much more common, which you would know if you actually knew more real women instead of learning about nonsense theories on the Internet just like the manosphere does.
I know new-age folks, and the feminist ones are definitely not the majority.
Also, those "new-age feminists" are decidedly not the only ones who see women as inherently peaceful. Plenty of anti-feminists and supporters of the patriarchy do that as well (hint: think benevolent sexism).
Most types of manosphere ideologies and feminist ideologies both want to stifle all disagreements by accusing people of not understanding them or being endoctrinated if they disagree with the terms of their debate, and wanting to enslave the population to their own agenda, no matter that most men and women disagree with them.
Accusing someone of not understanding an idea is not the same as stifling agreement. Nor are accusations of indoctrination. You don't seem to understand how most people, including feminists, seem to argue. You would only be correct if their arguments consisted of nothing but "You're brainwashed" and "You just don't understand." But that's not the case; they always have other, underlying arguments to back up what they say.
And enslavement? Really? Pushing forth an agenda via discourse and activism is not the same as forcing everyone to submit to it. You have a very strange understanding of feminism as a social movement.
I kinda like Factcheckme because she has the right idea about trans issues, but it's a pretty scary place, especially with her post about women completely enslaving men.
Pretty scary place, yup. Definitely for trans* girls like me. Probably because it's full of TERF assholes, including factcheckme herself. She doesn't have the "right idea" about trans* issues. Fuck off.
To clarify, an actual instance of stifling disagreement would be saying something like "X is the case, and that's final – because I say so and everything you say is wrong."
Yes I know that most educated feminists don't believe in the narrative of women peacemakers, but most women are not educated about feminism.
So what? People's misconception are their own problem, inherently, unless you're proposing mind control.
Therefore the more new-age type of feminism is much more common, which you would know if you actually knew more real women instead of learning about nonsense theories on the Internet just like the manosphere does.
No, that's not the case. If most well educated feminists are aware that women are not inherently peaceful creatures, then "New-age type of feminism" can't be the answer. Most educated feminists knows its not.
So the new-age stuff would be the blathering of uneducated people pretending to know something about a subject they don't.
… Like this sweeping attempt at sociological explanations for entire generations. How many thousands of women have you quizzed to get the answer you have?
Most types of manosphere ideologies and feminist ideologies both want to stifle all disagreements by accusing people of not understanding them or being endoctrinated if they disagree with the terms of their debate, and wanting to enslave the population to their own agenda, no matter that most men and women disagree with them.
That's a fairly common idea of nominal truth. They're not trying to "stifle" disagreement. If 2 + 2 = 4, you're not "disagreeing" if you say "No! 6!", you are being wrong. The preconceptions of feminism and masculinism and men's power advocates and socialists and anarchists and capitalists rely on this entire fact.
It's not a surprise.
It's… the point of an overarching metaphysical framework for the entirety of existence.
You can try to use it as a criticisms of the philosophy, because you are attempting to insinuate that because they are trying to "stifle disagreement", then disagreement exists, so the ideology cannot be entire overarching and complete. You are trying to paint them as lying liars who need to quash dissent to remain in power.
But that's not how that works when you talk about belief systems, because a pre-requisite of having a belief system is is believing in it
So point out specific instances of a structural belief being mistaken, or keep quiet. Because if you do anything else, everyone knows you're just trying to besmirch the ideology and paint those who think like that as fools.
In this case, because we're feminists, we're also deluded dogamatists unwilling to allow disagreement without our talking points.
Neatly done, that, without mentioning any specific talking points…
Sorry if that seems unduly harsh, but there's been a surprisingly volume of the "Feminists and Men's Rigthers are both just extremist ideologies trying to stiffle dissent and they're both wrong because I say so!" lately.
I am 30.
Oh… I shouldn't be having fun then, right? Damm….My bad…. I will seat down and knit now. Sorry about that.
B-b-but knitting is fun!
(Which just proves I'm really old.)
Well, clearly none of us have ever met other feminists (much less regular ole women!) in the courses of our lives and we all just found out about feminism through the internet (which we know cannot be trusted; after all, we're all using it to communicate with each other right now).
Also, feminism is not a defined political theory or a way of understanding power dynamics in the world. It's all just a bunch of crackpots mumbling "arglebargle?" and getting book deals. You don't actually need to know anything about feminism to call yourself a feminist, either.* In fact, none of us here know the first thing about it — we all just noticed last week that our besties were tagging random Tumblr posts with #totesfeministuguise #grrlpowrrr! and jumped on the bandwagon because we figured that was what the cool kids were doing these days.
*This is actually true in many cases (witness: things like Beyonce and "fierce feminism", though ymmv and it's not necessarily all bad, just maybe not … totally informed). However, the opposite — someone proclaiming "I'm not a feminist, but [feminist statement]" — seems to happen a lot more often, because feminism still has a bad rap. Partially thanks to misinformation spread by men's rights wankers and their ilk. Thanks, guys!
Therefore the more new-age type of feminism is much more common, which you would know if you actually knew more real women instead of learning about nonsense theories on the Internet just like the manosphere does.
Yes, definitely the problem with feminists is that they just don't know real women, and feminists are certainly never actually women themselves.
(Mainstream feminism does have real problems with universalizing the experiences of upper middle class straight cis white able-bodied women and erasing everyone else, but this is still a fucking hilarious criticism coming from Mr. Feminists-Are-Just-As-Bad-As-MRAs.)
Fedora, J. Bigsby. "Survey of Feminist Attitudes." Facts Extruded From My Anus 15.7 (2010): 56. Print.
My favorite pasttime: putting assfax citations in their appropriate format.
"It's all just a bunch of crackpots mumbling "arglebargle?" and getting book deals. "
"Beware the Penguins, my son!
The jaws that flap, the claws that grab!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stoodthe Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,whores penguins through the tulgey wood hardchairs is my name
And burbled as it came! Screaming gods hold court in vain, despair marks corridors and men walk silent
full of shame
down midnight alleys beyond worlds
One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! I don't know how long I can hold all the hatred back
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
News brought fast forward of penguins, whores and alphadom. Maybe screaming angels watched his approach, bade him come.
To make a mockery of a solid, stolid hypocrisy so easily remarked
it must be said that the Jabberwocky still holds the greatest randomisity most stark
yet even a poem crafted from nonsense spawned from the mind of a man
who tried to make up mirrorverses and hold them in his hand
apparently has less garbled eldritch arcane profane depravity
makes more sense than most MRA blip-blap-blappity
you set me an impossible task far to easy to ask
that I rewrite words that make no sense to fit words hewn from hatred, ignorance
and nonsense makes a poorer craft
than all the rapt malice of every MRA manifesto draft
I can't swing a vorpal sword half as deftly as the unknown son did to cleft
from random head the monstrous tip
and no wit nor thesaurus into which I can dip
can give me words to express
the confounding fires wroth from wrath
that surely holds the hearth and heart of every gamma-beta-alpha-bandersnatch
So finishing this simple statement must make do
that everything one says to do
cannot rightly, truly threw
the wicked manner of one side raging wrath, sour grapes, to hold in their contempt
a man who calls penguins whores and hard chairs conspirators in a plot
to compound the misery man has begot
not said nor sain, cleft, deft slain, grasping at straws to infer intent when words
imply an event in which people pretend that men are not people, cannot relent
into vast gulfs of misery their words sent
So MRA, and PUA and Men Going Their Own Never Away:
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
needs must make more sense than any statement cropped from, crafted by, men who like to make their bed built from hatred, ego, the foulest lie
Answer then simply, every query thus:
When speaking of penguins and in our hands entrust
some wild eyed high browed low liver motion of commotion and clever guile
that women are monsters most banal, most vile;
"All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."
Fibinachi wins a solid gold hard chair and all the internets!
"Real" women? As opposed to what – Life Model Decoys? Alien shapeshifters? Cats with opposable thumbs?
Oh wait – is this Inception?
Please show me where women are completely enslaving men. I'd like to visit this place. Perhaps I can bring back a magical lasso of truth and a pair of bullet deflecting bracelets.
Sorry for the delayed response.
Apparently, the quote is from Allan G. Johnson who is an author.
Thanks, melody!🙂
Thank you Fibinachi, I knew we could count on you …
"Who-riarchy" is when all the Whovians get together to rule all of time and space. And THEN we'll actually see peace on Earth.
So long as you don't let the people who think $SHOW_RUNNER is teh absolutist worst EVAR omigod ze's destroying the show know that anybody else is in charge, too.
"I'll sign up for a Who-riarchy, so long as Captain Jack, Vastra, Jenny, and Strax all have cabinet positions."
And we'll pray for the return of our creator goddess the Bad Wolf? (Not Rose, the Bad Wolf, because holy shit do I love that scene)
Falconer — $show_runner at least managed to wrap up SOME loose ends in the season finale. I mean, I'm still not fond of the representation of women, but Vasta and Jenny (and Vasta and Jenny) helps.
Re: finale, sometimes you just need a Sontarin!
I've only just caught up with the nym change to guffaw-ferrets!
::dies laughing in delayed response::
For a proper Who-riarchy to make MRAs' heads explode*, we need to combine with kitties. Because unpossibly cute.
*Since MRAs' heads are so firmly lodged up their arses, is this the origin of the word assplode?
*will not comment on the horror of Miracle Day*
Cats…10 wasn't a cat person. Once you get attacked by one in a habit… (everyone, watch New Earth to get that, but first watch SE01EP02 for who the fuck Cassandra is [not our Cassandra, clearly])
Fun with language time! What would "endoctrinated" mean, if it was a real word?
Also ProTrolling is demonstrating one of the key elements that makes up the misogynist worldview – the assumption that anything written about women that isn't overtly misogynist must have been written by a feminist. Which is how he came to the conclusion that a bunch of New Age crap was produced by feminists.
Endoctrinated …let's see … some sort of evil influence that gets you via your endocrine glands?
Or could the significance be endoctrinated?
Hmmm …
To enrich is to make richer; presumably to endoctrinate is to make more doctrinarian.
Testing, testing…
David Futrelle didn't mention the reason I was banned from AVFM. I challenged founder of J4MB, Mike Buchanan (who doesn't care for more women on boards) by arguing that less women on boards means more sex segregation, and that sex segregation is bad.
I also argue for more women down coal mines, up scaffolds, and on the front lines – but AVFM ignored that bit.
I'm making a documentary, to help people find the funnier side of life by renouncing prostitution in all its forms. You can get on board at my youtube channel, sexismbusters, and subscribe to my twitter thing @sexismbusters too.
Good – I'm pretty sure Septic Splinter Arse "the pedophiles raping child sex workers are the real victims" Boy has been banned once already.
@Cassandra: Endoctrinated means genetically altering someone so that zir body produces a new kind of hormone which makes zir easily suggestible.
@Tom Martin: I will watch your documentary with sheer glee if and only if:
1. We get to see a re-enactment of the whole 'hard chairs' fiasco.
2. There are whore penguins.
Otherwise meh.
"Figurative stopped clock"❤
I'm making a documentary, to help people find the funnier side of life by renouncing prostitution in all its forms.
…oh, MY…
Find the FUNNIER side of life? By renouncing prostitution in all forms?
Oh, Tom Martin…
And kittiwantsavatars up there was Marie. My danged name just got changed😦 But I'm back now.
In case any manboobzers missed it, there's been quite a reaction to the news that I'm shooting a documentary on August the 1st, called Laughing with Women, investigating if gold-digging impairs women's joke-making ability, and if, when women reject gold-digging in all its forms, they can become instantly funnier. Here's an overview of the reaction, from a comedy circuit blog, and from atheist feminist PZ Myers, including a link to the crew call: http://news.mensactivism.org/node/21643
And here's a video Some Grey Bloke scripted, offering spoof support for the project


text: Former Spur to remain under house arrest Back to Article Comments Need to Register? X Remember Me Forgot your password? Today's Deals HyperTough 3V Cordless Precision Engraver for $11 + pickup at... Brentwood 1.7-Liter Glass Electric Kettle for $24 + pickup at... Pacific Cycle 12V Convertible Sports Car for $99 + pickup at... La Hacienda Steel Pizza Oven & Smoker for $134 + free shipping Powered by


text:
8 Unusual Must-Reads for Wednesday Morning
My book book, "FAQ ME" is out. Here is a free intro. I hope you like it.
Is AMZN going to start producing original TV shows? Will they be the next HBO?
Speaking of which, behind the scenes at the Mad Men negotiations? Can't these actors calm down so I can get my Mad Men fix already?
I can't wait! iPad 3 unveiled today. More rumors about what it will have.
Wow. Will Netflix become on-demand with the cable companies?. The entire world is changing faster than I can keep up with it.
MSFT is about to release Office 15. Here are new features and improvements.
Will LIberty raise their stake in SIRI?
Interesting properties of prime numbers
Wherein I pretended to be an immigration officer with a rogue cab driver.
James Altucher is a contributor to the Financial Adviser blog. He is a managing partner of Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm, and an author on investment strategies. Mr. Altucher buys and sells investment instruments for his own account, and will disclose if he holds a position in a company or industry he writes about.