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5 Things All Games Could Learn from 'Saints Row IV'
#2. Don't Hold out on Us
Most games hold back on the best stuff: You don't get the ability to summon the soul-meteors of your ancestors until the tail end of a Final Fantasy game; you don't get access to the rocket launcher in GTA until well after the hooker-stomping mission; you can't unlock the Enzo until after you finish obsessively detailing your Camry in Forza. That's just how games are structured -- you have to save the best for last, because what's the alternative? An ever-escalating scale of absurd power, until the whole game devolves into nonsensical explosions and tank jumps?
Fucking yes. Yes, that should always be exactly what happens with everything.
Saints Row III was pretty good about this: They gave you a predator drone in practically the first mission. In the fourth installment, you unlock super-speed and super-jump right off the bat, which are pretty cool. But when do you get what you really want -- the ability to punt a man's crotch off of his body?
The answer is: You already have it.
It's not even unlockable. The game doesn't even make mention of it like it's a special thing. Of course you get the ability to fling a man's wang into a different time zone than the rest of his body -- just hit the wang button, son!
You'll find the power has been within you all along.
There are further unlocks to augment your strength in combat, but the second you get super-powers of any kind, you also instantly get the ability to punch a car into a grocery store. Being granted this level of unprecedented power so early makes for an unbalanced end game, but the question you have to ask yourself is: Do I really give a damn?
Balance is great, don't get me wrong. But it's not crotch-imploding drop-kick great.
#1. Leveling Up is Awesome; Do It Constantly
Leveling up is the best experience in gaming. Perhaps because it stands as such a counterpoint to reality: In real life, self improvement is tiring, frustrating, and incremental. Spend two months practicing a language, and you will, at best, be marginally more intelligible by the end of it. In gaming, you spend 20 minutes punching a cat and you're rewarded with a golden explosion and the ability to shoot fire from your fists. The only downside to this is the gradual, progressive difficulty curve of leveling up -- it has to get harder and harder over time, in order to fool the player into a sense of accomplishment. Eventually, that leads to grinding: At the upper levels, you'll spend 10 hours slaughtering golems to get a meager 10 percent gain in MP. It sucks, but that's just what it takes to maintain balance.
Says god damn who?
Saints Row IV doesn't give one apathetic Sunday morning fuck about balance. It doesn't even know what balance is -- it lurches and staggers around your living room, breaking lamps and puking on the floor until it falls flat on its face. And it is awesome. The entire game is a constant, unceasing blur of upgrades. You unlock them by collecting data clusters. Don't feel like scouring the city for these hidden power-ups? Don't worry -- they're friggin' everywhere. You literally cannot avoid them. And at some point, you are going to want to avoid them, if only because there are about two soundbites your character uses upon collecting a cluster. Mine were "woo" and "oohhh yeaaah." If I made any sort of concerted effort to hop around and collect the clusters, it sounded like Macho Man Randy Savage having a mind-shattering orgasm.
By the time you get the hang of your last ability, you've already got a new one. It can almost get annoying, because you'll never make use of everything given to you. But that's a fairly minor complaint, modern gamers: We who remember when the Frog Suit was a game-changing revelation will not pity you -- as you leap over skyscrapers, glide across the city, sprint through garbage trucks and roundhouse an alien's dick into the ocean -- because you forgot about your super-stomp.
Saints Row IV has its problems -- some of them glaring -- but hey, it lets you play an open world simulation of just the interesting parts of Hancock.
Emphasis on the cock, of course.
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Fukushima: the "additional safety assessment" performed by the ILL deemed to be satisfactory
Following the nuclear accident at Fukushima, the French nuclear safety authority (the ASN) decided to launch additional safety assessments on all French nuclear bases (INBs).
The studies performed at the ILL analysed the behaviour of the ILL reactor under extreme conditions: the earthquake scenarios envisaged would have caused major damage to a town like Grenoble and would have led to the failure of all the dams on the river Drac, leaving the town under 10 metres of water.
On 16th November the permanent group of experts for nuclear reactors has replied with its conclusions: the ILL's proposals have been accepted as satisfactory.
We will now start putting the plans into operation. You will probably know that a major seismic reinforcement programme has already been carried out at the ILL, ending in 2007, to cater for the possibility of an earthquake. The 2011 studies have prompted us to add the possibility of the loss of the 4 dams upstream on the Drac; this implies reinforcement of elements traversing the reactor containment and the construction of a new emergency reactor control room for the crisis management teams from which all the emergency safety circuits can be commanded...

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Best Buy's New Life After Takeover Trauma
Updated from 12:31 p.m. to include home sales data and closing share prices.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Best Buy
While Best Buy is unlikely to admit that a half-year of being hostage to takeover negotiations was a distraction, recent developments such as a store-in-store partnership with electronics giant Samsung and a commitment to match price competitors such as Amazon
More importantly, after years of poor sales metrics in a stagnant economy, rising housing markets and a new crop of electronics products to take on Apple's
For instance, as real estate comes back to life and homeowners find the need to fill living rooms with requisite electronics such as flat screens for the first time since the housing bust, Best Buy may have a better shot at succeeding with novel store-in-store concepts than J.C. Penney
A late March report from the Commerce Department showed new home sales in January and February reached the biggest two-month gain since the fall of 2008.
Best Buy's partnership with Samsung stands out as a crucial development because it draws the Richfield, Minn-based company closer to what's likely its best shot at regaining relevance to consumers, who've clearly shifted to online spending and specialized retail channels such as Apple stores.
While Samsung is nipping at the heels of Apple in the tablet and smartphone market using the Google
In spite of Samsung's size and position, however, the company has virtually no independent retail presence in the U.S., unlike Apple and increasingly Microsoft
Hence the partnership with Best Buy, which will open 500 Samsung store-within-a-store set-ups starting in May and ending this summer. According to Deutsche Bank analyst Mike Baker, the partnership will improve ties between Best Buy and Samsung, while improving the retailer's store space for the hot-selling smartphone, tablet, Chromebook and flat screen products Samsung offers.
The store-in-store concept differs from the one currently in place with Apple, which siphons off the company's iPhone, iPad and iMac products to their own part of Best Buy retail outlets. Samsung is putting its own workers and marketing spending to its store concept at Best Buy, whereas consumers still have to go to an Apple store for a full experience.
The distinction is crucial as just about every hardware manufacturer tries to figure out a way to beat a commodity trap that has only Apple consistently fetching premium prices and consumer loyalty.
As it rolls out Windows 8 software and a corresponding ecosystem of smartphone, tablet and PC products, Microsoft is building out branded stores in the mold of Apple. Meanwhile, BlackBerry
HP and Dell appear noticeably behind in generating excitement for new tablet or PC products.
Best Buy's turnaround will be reliant on competitiveness of ecosystems such as Android, BB10 and Windows 8, given the concentration of the company's top vendors.
Apple, Samsung, HP, Sony
As part of a March 11 upgrade to "overweight," Piper Jaffray analyst Peter J. Keith said closer supplier relationships could drive the company's sales and gross margins, which have both been pressured in recent years.
"While many investors we speak to remain skeptical that BBY can stabilize sales and improve gross margin, ongoing announcements similar to the two today lend support to improvement in these two important metrics," wrote Keith in an April 4 client note.
The analyst gives Best Buy shares a $26 price target.
Best Buy shares gained about 16% in Thursday trading on its Samsung announcement. Shares are up over 100% for the year to date, to $25.45 in Friday trading, amid renewed optimism the company can turn around its operations.


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A 43-year-old man was referred to our institution with lower abdominal pain and perineal swelling and fullness of more than a year. At the referring hospital, he underwent a nondiagnostic computed tomography–guided biopsy of what was presumed to be a large pilonidal cyst. His medical history was unremarkable for hematochezia or alteration in bowel function. Magnetic resonance imaging at our institution revealed a 14 × 10.5 × 25-cm bilobed, cystic mass situated in his pelvic outlet in the retrorectal space, markedly compressing his rectum (Figure 1and Figure 2). There was a suggestion of internal hemorrhagic vs proteinaceous debris with degenerative changes within the mass and enhancing mural nodules. The mass extended through the floor of the pelvis and into the perineal area. It did not appear to invade his rectum or involve the regional vasculature.
A sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance image demonstrates the bilobed retrorectal mass compressing the adjacent structures. The arrow indicates the compressed rectum, and the asterisk indicates the bladder.
A coronal digital subtraction magnetic resonance image demonstrates multiple enhancing mural nodules on the mass indicated by the arrow.
A. Enteric duplication cyst
B. Complex pilonidal cyst
C. Retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst)
D. Perirectal abscess
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The last time Youngstown State was 5-1 and 2-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference, they made the playoffs.
It may be a stretch to assume the Penguins are going to do the same this year, especially with the brunt of the MVC schedule to come, but the way they're playing is a good sign.
Illinois State (2-3, 1-1) is in a similar boat as YSU - a program once known as the conference's best is now trying to reclaim its throne.
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YSU - Kurt Hess seems to have found his groove at a good time for the Penguins. He hasn't thrown an interception since Week 1, and he has 11 touchdowns in the past five weeks. He became YSU's career leader in passing yards last week, surpassing Tom Zetts' record of 7,643. More importantly, he's playing as well as he has since being named first-team all-conference as a sophomore.
ISU - It's been an interesting year at the quarterback position for the Redbirds. They thought they found a viable replacement for four-year starter Matt Brown in Iowa State transfer Jared Barnett. But he was injured in Week 2, and his five interceptions to two touchdowns resulted in him losing his job to freshman Blake Winkler, who has started the last three games.?Winkler has completed 65 percent of his passes, has one interception and five TDs. He's also a threat to run, something that's given YSU problems in the past.
YSU - The emergence of true freshman Martin Ruiz has been a huge reason for YSU's hot start. He leads the team with 491 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. He's been steady in every phase of the game.?He runs hard, displays good speed and can catch the ball out of the backfield. Jody Webb has slowly taken over the back-up role. The Toledo transfer is probably YSU's fastest and most agile runner, so he adds another dimension to the offense.
ISU - Illinois State sophomore Marshaun Coprich set career highs in rushing yards (124) and touchdowns (3) against Western Illinois, who ISU beat, 35-21. The 5-foot-9, 190-pound bruiser has taken the spot from senior Cameron Hunt, who has 76 yards on 22 carries in three games. Collin Keoshian is a monster of a running back (6-3, 260) who is used on short-yardage situations and leads ISU with five touchdowns.
YSU - The receivers have shown steady progress after a slow start. Slot man Andre Stubbs leads the group with 16 catches, while Christian Bryan and Andrew Williams have 15 each. The Penguins are still lacking a big-play threat. Sophomore Marcel Caver has the size and speed to make those plays, and his time on the field has increased recently. Williams is another downfield option, while Bryan is excellent as an intermediate receiver.
ISU - ISU lost its top three pass-catchers from 2013. The Redbids' top returner is senior Phil Dudley, who leads the team with 19 catches for 191 yards. Cameron Meredith (6-3, 195) poses matchup problems in the red zone (three touchdowns), and Chick Chatham is a downfield threat (averaging 19 yards per catch). Tight end James O'Shaughnessy is a two-year starter who has good speed for a TE.
YSU - Youngstown State is third in the conference by allowing just six sacks. They're also second in the MVC?with 214.3 yards rushing per game. Both are good indicators that the men up front are doing their job. What makes those stats more impressive is that YSU has been without arguably its best lineman, left tackle Kyle Bryant, for the past two games. Bryant could return tonight.
ISU - The Redbirds returned four of their five starters from last year's line, which allowed 14 sacks (14th best in the FCS). They've allowed 11 so far in 2013. ISU is dead last in the MVC in rushing yardage per game (117.0) and yards per carry (3.0). Still, this is a formidable unit.
YSU - The D-line seems to get better each week, which isn't surprising for a group that's young and inexperienced. Senior Kyle Sirl has been a constant force at defensive end (tied with four others for the team lead in sacks with two), and YSU is starting to get increased production from newcomers Vince Coleman, a freshman, and Derek Rivers, a transfer from Orange County College in California. Both are used mainly in pass-rush situations.
ISU - Colton Underwood is one of the best 'D' ends in the FCS. The All-American was a first-team all-conference selection and was a finalist for the 2012 Buck Buchanan Award, which is awarded to the best defensive player in the FCS by The Sports Network.?He led the MVC in sacks (10.5) and tackles for loss (19.5). The 6-4, 260-pound senior only has one sack this year, but he's third on the team in tackles with 28, an extremely high number for a lineman. Tackle Albert Sparks is the only other returning starter up front.
YSU - Indiana State may have been without All-American running back Shakir Bell last week, but it's still impressive that YSU was able to hold them to 81 yards rushing (ISU averaged more than 160 entering the game). Travis and Teven Williams and senior captain Dom Rich are big reasons why. The three all started last year and their experience is obvious as they're rarely caught out of position. Teven leads YSU with 41 tackles, while Travis paces YSU with 4.5 tackles for loss.
ISU - Alex Donnelly highlights an inexperienced group. Donnelly's four starts coming into 2013 are four more than any other LB. He was named to the all-newcomer team with 43 tackles and leads ISU with 30 this year. Middle linebacker Pat Meehan is second with 28.
YSU - The return of Dale Peterman, who came back two weeks ago from a knee injury, has meant a lot to the secondary. Indiana State rarely threw Peterman's way, and the senior knows the tendencies of opposing offenses after starting all of last year. Freshman safety Jameel Smith is quickly becoming a playmaker in the secondary - he returned a pick 95 yards for a TD against Indiana State.
ISU - Corner Mike Banks leads a talented secondary for ISU. He was an honorable mention all-conference selection in 2012 and leads the Redbirds with seven pass breakups. Strong safety Ezra Thompson is another returning starter, and free safety Dontae McKoy leads all the defensive backs with 24 tackles. This is arguably the strength of the ISU defense.
YSU - Punter Nick Liste, a Niles product, is one of the best in the business as he leads the MVC and is ninth in the nation with a 44.5-yard average. He also has 21 touchbacks on kickoffs, by far the best in the league. The Penguins have shown marked improvement with their coverage units, an area they've struggled with during Wolford's tenure.
ISU - C.J. Laros is one of the better punters in the conference with a 42.2-yard average. Nick Aussieker is 3 for 4 on field goals. The Redbirds have just four touchbacks on kickoffs and could be vulnerable in the return game.
Illinois State shocked YSU by coming back from a 28-7 deficit and beating the Penguins, 35-28, last year. They're a different team now, but they've always played YSU tough. The Penguins are playing well on both sides of the ball, and they're looking forward to returning home after two straight road games. I expect a slow start for YSU but a strong finish.


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Below is AAA's Suggested Pre-Drive Checklist, to be completed before every drive, every
- Have your keys in hand before approaching your car or entering a parking area. If you have a keyless-entry remote with a panic alarm button, keep it in your hand, with your finger above the activation button.
- If your vehicle is parked at the curb, face traffic as you approach the driver's door.
- Check the driveway, parking area or street for children or other pedestrians.
- Inspect the headlights, windshield, side and rear windows, turn signals, brake lights and taillights. If necessary, clean and replace items that are broken or not working properly.
- Visually inspect your tires for obvious signs of a problem and notice which direction the front wheels are pointed. Check tire pressures, because visual inspection alone may not reveal an improperly inflated tire.
- Check under the vehicle for fluid leaks.
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To be sure, only insane elderly people who do not actually exist perform a pre-drive checklist — and even then they only do it in awful driving school films that stupid 15-year-olds are not paying attention to. Sane people who exist in the physical realm of this world haven't the time for such nonsense, nor do we much care whether buckets of fluid are leaking under the car — that merely lets us know our car is ALIVE!! Or so we tell ourselves. It's easier that way. One less thing to worry about, really.
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Peyton Manning is not sane. Manning the Quarterback that is. He is not sane and he is not human. He is a machine — a machine expertly programmed to remove all variables from any on-field situation. He is the very REAL-LIFE football version of the non-existent old person in driving school films who spends 20 minutes checking the tread on his tires & testing his taillights & crawling under the car with a spelunking light before every 3-minute drive to Whole Foods or the hardware store. A kajillion stitches in time, after all, might save one crucial 3rd-and-short.
Or better yet, a few thousand practice snaps with wet footballs might feasibly prevent a botched real one.
As the legend goes, in the week leading up to Super Bowl 41, there was talk of rain for Sunday's game. It certainly wasn't a probability. It was a possibility at best. But *QBManning6000* does not do possibilities. Possibilities are too vague, too unknown — they do not ring well in the binary ears of machines. It either will or will not; it was either going to rain or it was not. You & me & the Bears' Rex Grossman hoped/prepared for no rain because it was easier that way, one less thing to worry about in an otherwise worrisome week. Manning prepared for Biblical monsoons. Because OF COURSE HE DID.
For hours on end that week he made Jeff Saturday snap him slippery balls soaked in frigid ice-grease, a wretched and monotonous chore even under the best of circumstances, maybe the most monotonous. But it would prove to be worthwhile in the end. Grossman fumbled multiple snaps in the slippery rain that night, Manning fumbled none, and a more Peyton-y story there is not.
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Sunday night will be many things for you & me and every Colts fan watching, but unemotional is not one of them. ALREADY the normally functioning humans among us — the Bizarro-Mannings, I guess — have come undone, fragmented and heavily armed and crazed, circling our emotional wagons around whichever complicated narrative we hold most dear. Some see Manning and his Colts teams as perennial underachievers, others see him as martyred and gone too soon, and Sunday night has morphed into a historical rubber match of sorts that will once and for all settle The Decision to let him go.
It isn't, of course. It is one regular-season game among many, blown sideways by our weird emotional interests in this game and our need to make sense of it all. But human emotions rarely make sense. They are the ultimate variables, and as such, Manning the Quarterback has no use for them. He will coldly go through his pre-game checklist just like no sane person ever could, searching for all sentimental leaks and thin emotional treads and un-mended fences, numbing whatever human elements need numbed … because of course he will. He already has. Manning the Quarterback is a goddamned machine, for good or ill, and he will shred the Colts like a cruel wheat thresher.
But Peyton the Person? Afterwards? That is different. He will have seen Marvin & Edgerrin and us during the game, as well as 14 years of his life hung up in the rafters and also signs for his Children's Hospital too. I suppose only then, when it's over, will he allow himself to acknowledge the only thing we all agree on: he is still ours, on loan to Denver, and it will somehow make perfect sense.
My God, this game.


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UNFCCC Secretariat Releases Philippines' Submission on Technology Transfer
28 November 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a conference room paper containing a submission from the Philippines to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG LCA) on technology development and transfer to support action on mitigation and adaptation.
In the submission, the Philippines suggest that: the Technology Executive Committee consider issues related to intellectual property rights (IPRs) as they arise in technology transfer; the Climate Technology Centre provide advice and support on technology assessments of new and emerging technologies; and the Climate Technology Centre elaborate its role in identifying currently available climate-friendly technologies for mitigation and adaptation, with emphasis on identifying and facilitating the transfer of such technologies to spur the development of national policies and mechanisms that promote the shift to low-carbon and climate-resilient development. [Publication: Submission from the Philippines]


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Several sources last night reported a massacre in the town of Hatlah, close to Deir el-Zour city.
An armed organisation of heavily armed militants calling themselves the Mut'aa Brigade converged on the town with the objective of "cleansing" the town of "Raafidis" – a sectarian slur often used by extremists in reference to Shias.
At least sixty residents are said to have been massacred. A video seen by Syria Report shows a large group of men marching towards the village, heavily armed, carrying extremist flags and chanting sectarian slogans.
Another video seen by Syria Report, which will be made available in the near future, shows a Kuwaiti "activist" praising the killing of "the Shia" in Hatlah.
The incident was reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) which is anti-government. A writer for SyriaNews suggests that the SOHR is desperately communicating a distinction between Al-Qaeda inspired and aligned groups, and the Free Syrian Army.
The distinction is said to be communicated with the goal of forcing international and regional actors to "intervene", portray Syria as a failed state and perhaps arm the "Free Syrian Army" in order to contain the Al-Qaeda aligned groups.
Making the distinction has been made virtually impossible as Jabhat al-Nusra and other organisations are increasingly seen to be at the forefront of the insurgency, commanding FSA units and even forming a merger with multiple groups in Aleppo. Since mid-2012, it has looked as though there is no distinction between the organisations, with the FSA being a front and umbrella organisation for militant organisations including those aligned to Al-Qaeda.
Last month, a Christian village near Homs was overrun and it's population massacred.
The incident in Hatlah follows increasing outrages involving public executions, robbery, extortion and the harsh implementation of an extremist interpretation of Islamic law.
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To be very, very drunk. Contrary to the guy before me, the word 'mortal' is also used in the North-East of England (ie: Newcastle and Sunderland)
Last night, I was proper mortal!!!!
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Not immortal. A mortal is someone or something that can die off through natural or unnatural selection.
Is there life after this mortal coil is shed?
de larstait 29 Octombrie 2003
To get so incredibly drunk you only escape your mortality from alcoholic poisoning by pure luck. Probably originating somewhere north uk (or another country altogether). This term is usually used prior to going out drinking, and is followed by a failed effort or pretence of being incredibly drunk.
"I'm gonna get mortal tonight! So lock up your daughters/sons/animals/other"
de sarcasmqueen 11 Ianuarie 2014
An insult in the Percy Jackson or Heroes Of Olympus fandoms. Meaning being idiotic or ignorant. Mostly fangirls or fanboys will call you this. It is very offensive to fangirls or fanboys if called a mortal. Be prepared to be stabbed, smacked, or punched. (For some extra zing they might stab u with a pen)
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1. a downer, upsetting, depressing
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To be very, very drunk. This term is used almost exclusively in the west of Scotland.
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In a unique, home-spun experiment, researchers found that centripetal force could help people pass kidney stones—before they become a serious health-care cost.
East Lansing, Michigan, becomes a ghost town during spring break. Families head south, often to the theme parks in Orlando. A week later, the Midwesterners return sunburned and bereft of disposable income, and, urological surgeon David Wartinger noticed, some also come home with fewer kidney stones.
Wartinger is a professor emeritus at Michigan State, where he has dealt for decades with the scourge of kidney stones, which affect around one in 10 people at some point in life. Most are small, and they pass through us without issue. But many linger in our kidneys and grow, sending hundreds of thousands of people to emergency rooms and costing around $3.8 billion every year in treatment and extraction. The pain of passing a larger stone is often compared to child birth.
Conservatives have put families and communities at the center of their conception of a better America—but they're notably absent from the Republican nominee's account.
Again and again at Monday night's debate, Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump's record in business. She accused him of caring only about himself. Again and again, he pleaded guilty.
When Clinton quoted Trump as cheering for a housing crisis, Trump responded, "That's called business." When Clinton accused Trump of not paying taxes, Trump answered, "That makes me smart." When Clinton attacked Trump for declaring bankruptcy to avoid paying the people he owed, Trump replied, "I take advantage of the laws of the nation because I'm running a company." Clinton set out to paint Trump as selfish and unethical. Trump basically conceded the charge.
Commentators are declaring Trump's answers a tactical mistake. But they're more than that. They show how unmoored he is from conservatism's conception of America.
For decades, the candidate has willfully inflicted pain and humiliation.
Donald J. Trump has a cruel streak. He willfully causes pain and distress to others. And he repeats this public behavior so frequently that it's fair to call it a character trait. Any single example would be off-putting but forgivable. Being shown many examples across many years should make any decent person recoil in disgust.
Judge for yourself if these examples qualify.
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In national politics, harsh attacks are to be expected. I certainly don't fault Trump for calling Hillary Clinton dishonest, or wrongheaded, or possessed of bad judgment, even if it's a jarring departure from the glowing compliments that he used to pay her.
But even in a realm where the harshest critiques are part of the civic process, Trump crossed a line this week when he declared his intention to invite Gennifer Flowers to today's presidential debate. What kind of man invites a husband's former mistress to an event to taunt his wife? Trump managed to launch an attack that couldn't be less relevant to his opponent's qualifications or more personally cruel. His campaign and his running-mate later said that it was all a big joke. No matter. Whether in earnest or in jest, Trump showed his tendency to humiliate others.
If this were Clinton, wild speculation would abound.
At the first presidential debate last night, Donald Trump sniffed audibly several times.
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Some consider this "breathing." Others hear something more.
Over the course of this election cycle, pundits have breached all standards with regard to conjecture about the bodies of the candidates and their functionality. Some took Hillary Clinton's coughing fit as proof of imminent peril. A Florida anesthesiologist got millions of YouTube views for claiming to have used "CIA techniques" to diagnose her with "advanced neurodegenerative disease."
Donald Trump himself has said that Clinton "lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS." As she worked despite pneumonia, he said with an eyebrow raised, "something's going on."
In North Carolina, the Democratic candidate basked in her debate victory. As for her supporters, they're feeling better, but they're not ready to exhale.
RALEIGH, N.C.— "Did anybody see that debate last night? Ooooh yes," Hillary Clinton said, her first words after striding confidently out on stage at Wake Technical Community College Tuesday afternoon.
As a capacity crowd cheered, she added, "One down, two to go."
Celebration and relief added to the thick humidity of late summer at Clinton's event in North Carolina. Post-debate analysis is in that awkward in-between state, after the pundits have rendered their verdicts and before high-quality polling has measured the nation's response. But the Democratic nominee seemed sure that she was the victor.
It was Clinton's first event after the first presidential debate Monday evening in Hempstead, New York. One sign of her confidence coming out of that encounter: As I approached the rally, a man asked for a hand loading a heavy box into his car. He was the teleprompter man, he said, but when he arrived in Raleigh, he'd been told that Clinton had decided to do without the prompter. He was turning around and heading back to Washington, D.C.
Wait, what?
The way people talk about the internet is, as with most things, imprecise. They say "literally" when they mean "figuratively." They say "the internet" when they mean "the web." (The internet is the structural underpinning of the web, which is what you see when you're clicking around online.)
And yet we've come a long way since the days of "surfing the net," "the information superhighway," and "cyberspace." Most of us, anyway. Politicians, in particular, still have a knack for evoking 1990s web lingo when they find themselves commenting on modern information systems. (The recent congressional record is full of this kind of thing.)
"Cyberspace," in particular, is an old-school favorite that people just can't seem to shake—in large part because of the rise of concerns about "cybersecurity," which has kept the "cyber" prefix in use. In the mid 1990s, the term "cyber" by itself was often a shorthand for "cybersex," or explicit online chatting. The term "cyberspace," though, is usually traced back to William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer, which describes a network of connected computers that creates a mass "consensual hallucination." Before that, "cyber" goes back to Norbert Wiener's epic writings on cybernetics in the 1940s.
Between disaffected Republicans and energized Latinos, all of 2016's cross-currents have conspired to make this formerly red state one of the cycle's most contested targets.
PHOENIX—The Latino activists here are working their hearts out to change this red state's political complexion. But when I bring up Hillary Clinton, Marisa Franco shakes her head.
"People don't like Hillary," Franco says with a narrow-eyed frown. The cofounder of a grassroots group called Mijente, Franco has a militant attitude and a head of black ringlets. Along with two other young Latina activists, we're chatting over tacos at a counter-service joint a few miles from downtown.
Arizona might—might—be a swing state this year, thanks in part to activists like these. But they want to make sure I understand that their work is not testament to any positive feelings toward the Democratic candidate. President Obama represents "broken promises," and Clinton would be "no change," says Alejandra Gomez, who works for a group called People United for Justice.
In a gorgeous new video, the SpaceX CEO lays out his vision for a human civilization on Mars.
Even among tech companies, whose product announcements are geared to be grandiose, Elon Musk's Mars-colonization rollout feels like something new.
In a video shared Tuesday at a space exploration conference in Guadalajara, Musk outlined his plan: Before this century is out, a small team of humans will open a spacecraft door, step onto red ground and stare at the sun faintly shining through Mars' hazy atmosphere. A few years later, more people will arrive, but the planet that greets them will look increasingly familiar. Mars will be swaddled in clouds, and the same watery blue that characterizes Earth.
The journey will begin on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, where Apollo 11 lofted humans to another world for the first time. Only now, the patron will not be a global superpower, but SpaceX. Musk unveiled his plans at an annual gathering of the International Astronautical Federation, a group founded during the Cold War.
One man conducted hundreds of interviews to understand the motivation and morality of those in the finance industry.
How can bankers live with themselves after the destruction wrought by their industry? That's in part what the Dutch journalist Joris Luyendijk sets out to uncover in his new book, Among the Bankers: A Journey Into the Heart of Finance, which was published overseas last year under the title Swimming with Sharks. The book attempts to lay bare not the technical workings of a very opaque industry, but the emotional and moral considerations of those who operate within it.
Luyendijk, a reporter at The Guardian who has a background in anthropology, poses that question of conscience over and over again. To answer it, he conducted hundreds of interviews with people who work in the City, London's version of Wall Street.
The former prime minister and president was a first-hand witness and often a central participant in every moment in his country's history.
The death of a statesman like Shimon Peres, who spent more than 60 years in public service, would mark a towering milestone in any nation. But in Israel, one of the world's younger states, it takes on particular significance, as he represented one of the few remaining links to Israel's founding generation. Peres, who was 93, was a first-hand witness and often a central participant in every moment in its history.
In addition to Israel's youth—it's less than 70 years old—and Peres's longevity, the country's political class has proven unusually long-lived, with leaders remaining part of government for decades on end. It helped that Peres belonged to the Labour Party, which dominated Israeli politics for decades, until a more recent period in the wilderness. It's impossible to come up with an American analogue for Peres's 67-year career. It would as though an aide-de-camp to George Washington had retired during the James Buchanan administration, after a career with turns as ambassador, secretary of state, and senator.
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Delivery, delivery, delivery is the major focus of DNA vaccine research, according to David Weiner, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania professor and also chair of the recent conference on "DNA Vaccines: Building on Clinical Progress and Exploring New Targets."
In his keynote address, Dr. Weiner reviewed the history of the field, detailing how trials of a DNA HIV vaccine dealt a huge blow to the field when it was observed that plasmids carrying five different HIV proteins failed to induce immunity when injected into patients. In the years since, the technology has advanced dramatically, and therapies currently under evaluation are demonstrating the superb potential of plasmid-based vaccines.
DNA vaccines represent a simple, elegant, and straightforward approach. They do not require the handling of live, unstable, and dangerous pathogens; they can be produced and ramped up rapidly to confront epidemics; and because they are composed of DNA they are stable at room temperature, a claim that cannot be made for many proteins. Since no actual viruses are used in the vaccines there is no possibility of a debilitated form mutating back to an aggressive wild type. Finally, DNA is not perceived by the host to be a foreign material and so no immune response would be expected to be mounted against it.
Dr. Weiner emphasized at the meeting, which was sponsored by the International Society of DNA Vaccines and organized by BioConferences International, that in the intervening years, a coterie of new vaccine methods have been developed including new strategies for getting the plasmids into cells, increasing protein production once they are inside, and modifications of the vaccine proteins that increase their recognition and response by the immune system.
Some of the new heavy hitters include transdermal, needle-free patches; devices that blast the plasmids into the skin with air pressure; and electroporation, in which electrical pulses are used to temporarily open the cell membrane, allowing the plasmids easier access to the interior of cells.
Codon modification can also improve the rates of gene transcription, speeding protein manufacture. In addition, adding a so-called leader sequence can improve the stability of the final protein molecule.
Today, dozens of DNA vaccines are being evaluated. Targets include H1N5 avian flu, HIV, and cancer. Dr. Weiner cautioned that such efforts may appear to be simple and straightforward, yet present years of setbacks and frustrations. "The next two years of clinical testing of new and more complex DNA vaccines will be pivotal for either generating a true clinical success based on immune potency, or for telling us that we still have much further to go."
According to Philippe Ledent, Ph.D., process transfer and development manager at Eurogentec Biologics, his company has faced major challenges upscaling output of both protein and nucleic acid products. "In plasmid production protocols we use fed-batch for better growth control of our cultures." In a two-step process that was based on biomass expansion followed by plasmid DNA production, it was possible to increase fermentation yields 10-fold.
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Do you remember Extensions Strip for Classic? How about LiteSwitch X? Both are still around and developer Ammon Skidmore has just updated LiteSwitch X for OS X 10.9 Mavericks and set this handy app switcher free.
LiteSwitch X concept is pretty simple. Among other things, it allows you to exclude cursor interaction when using Command + Tab to switch apps. Also, you can move backwards through apps by pressing Command + Shift.
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University of Michigan is reviewing its inclement weather policy after receiving heat for staying open during last week's dangerously low temperatures.
Ann Arbor last week was pummeled with more than ten inches of snow and temperatures that plummeted to minus 15 degrees, and felt like minus 45 degrees with severe wind chills.
The winter storm was one of the coldest in recent history. Ann Arbor Public Schools and Eastern Michigan University closed on Jan. 6 and 7, but U-M remained open— much to the chagrin of staff members who had to make the dangerous trek to work.
According to U-M Provost Martha Pollack, part of the reason the university's Ann Arbor campus remained open is quite simple: it didn't have a plan in place for closing.
"We didn't have the appropriate mechanisms, even if we wanted to close the university," she explained during a faculty senate committee meeting Monday. "That said, after this was all over, I and some of the other executive officers really strongly believe that we… need to revisit this policy."
If officials closed the campus, several units would still have to function: the health system, daycare staff, police officers and dining hall workers tasked with feeding the students living on campus, to name a few. Pollack said U-M hasn't sorted its essential staff from its non-essential staff, and thus doesn't have a plan in place for closing campus.
The last time U-M closed its Ann Arbor campus due to inclement weather was in 1978.
"The university should only close in extreme circumstances," Pollack said. "One hopes that it is very rare. It's a big deal to close. It really is like closing a city. A small city."
U-M is convening a committee to review closing guidelines, Pollack said.
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Region 1 News Release: BOS 2001-148
Oct. 18, 2001
Contact: Ted Fitzgerald
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BOSTON -- Failure to protect workers from fall hazards on a Merrimack Valley bridge reconstruction project have resulted in $60,300 in proposed fines against a Brockton, Mass., contractor by the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Algar Corp., a construction subcontractor on the River Road Bridge Replacement project in Andover, Mass., has been cited by OSHA for alleged willful, repeat, serious and other violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
The company employs 112 workers, four of whom were working in Andover. OSHA's inspection found two Algar employees working on an abutment more than six feet above the ground without fall protection, such as guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.
"These workers had not been trained to use fall protection nor even to recognize fall hazards," said Richard Fazio, OSHA's area director for Middlesex and Essex counties. "The employer knew fall protection was required, yet apparently chose to ignore this vital safeguard."
OSHA proposed a $49,500 fine against Algar Corp. for an alleged willful violation for failing to supply fall protection. The agency defines a willful violation as one committed with an intentional disregard of, or plain indifference to, the Occupational Safety and Health Act and regulations.
The company was also cited for three alleged serious violations, with $6,000 in proposed fines, for failing to train employees to recognize and minimize fall hazards; failing to provide safe access to the abutment; and allowing an employee to use a power saw with a broken guard. A serious violation is one in which there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result, and the employer knew, or should have known, of the hazard.
A $4,000 fine was proposed for an alleged repeat violation for failing to ensure that an employee wore face protection while cutting rebar. OSHA cited Algar Corp. for a similar violation in June 1999, at a Wilmington, Mass., jobsite. Two alleged other-than-serious violations were for failing to properly maintain illness and injury logs and record injury data. An $800 fine was proposed.
Algar Corp. has 15 working days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to either elect to comply with them, to request and participate in an informal conference with the OSHA area director, or to contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
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Newly acquired WR Braylon Edwards may step into the role as the Jets' No. 1 receiver a lot sooner than expected.
Jerricho Cotchery, the team's leading receiver, missed his second straight practice Saturday with a hamstring injury and will be listed as "questionable" on the injury report for Monday night's game in Miami against the Dolphins, the team announced.
"Questionable" means there's a 50-50 chance that a player will play.
If Cotchery can't go, the Jets will likely start Brad Smith alongside Edwards. Speedster David Clowney and Wallace Wright would also move up in the rotation.
There was no media availability Saturday, but on Friday coach Rex Ryan said he expected Cotchery to play.
Edwards, 6-3, 215 pounds, appears capable of filling any void, even on short notice. He's familiar with the offense and has been an instant hit with his new teammates with his size and talent.
"He's looking good," said cornerback Darrelle Revis. "It's just crazy that he's coming from another team and is that explosive already."
Cotchery, who is off to a career start with 23 catches for 356 yards
and a touchdown, was at the Jets' Florham Park facility as late as 7:30
p.m. on Friday night undergoing treatment and was likely at the complex
Saturday night. That the game is Monday night bodes well for him.
It's unclear when Cotchery suffered the injury. It likely occurred in Wednesday's practice because he popped up on the injury report Thursday as being limited in practice.
In other injury news, CB Donald Strickland (high ankle) is listed as out and CB Lito Sheppard (quad) is doubtful. Sheppard isn't expected to play, and the game will be the third straight that the pair have missed.
RT Damien Woody (foot) and S Kerry Rhodes (knee) are listed as questionable but are expected to play. Woody will likely start but if he struggles, veteran Wayne Hunter will step in.
K Jay Feely missed practice Saturday for personal reasons but will play Monday night. Feely hit a 38-yarder last week against the Saints in the second quarter, his 20th consecutive field goal. It's the second-longest streak in team history behind Pat Leahy's club-record 22 straight.
Miami LB Joey Porter, who led the AFC last year with 17.5 sacks, is expected back in the lineup Monday after missing one game with a sore hamstring.


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Thinking inside the box: a rationale for infanticide
Greetings my friends.
I hear that Parliament, some time ago, debated the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill and decided not to reduce the time limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. I see that this Bill covers other highly contentious issues, but in this particular communication I wish to discuss the question of dealing with unwanted children. This was an issue upon which I wrote but, as with much of my work, never published. Why never published? Well, I was persuaded by my friends that my views, utterly rational and wholly unsentimental as they are, would outrage the sensibilities of the religious and well-meaning people of my day, and would, quite possibly, lead to my imprisonment if broadcast widely. These views, I dare say, will still now, in the twenty-first century, be viewed by many with horror.
At issue, it is said, is the right of the child versus the right of the mother to control her own body. I, however, insist that speaking the language of rights is unhelpful, because it introduces to the arena of law-making ideas from religion and metaphysics, and these, most emphatically, have no place in legislation.
In my time abortion was a dangerous affair, procured by dangerous potions or self-inflicted violence, such as women throwing themselves downstairs. There were no secure medical techniques as there are now. Unwanted pregnancies were often dealt with by simply abandoning the infant on the street or the 'dunghill'—the annual number of such foundling children in London was estimated at 800 in 1740—or, in effect, infanticide. I was prepared to advocate infanticide, and I will tell you why. All social sympathy was directed towards the new-born child, whereas, from a utilitarian point of view, it was the mother who should receive it. To the physical pains of parturition was added in her case the social stigma imposed on the mother of a bastard. If she spared the child, the popular sanction would destroy her reputation utterly, and pile contempt and misery upon her for the rest of her days. In contrast, the new-born infant lacked any sense of self: it had no anticipation of the future, no reflection on the past. If it survived, the exclusion of its mother from the good offices of the community held out only the prospect of a short life in which pain predominated massively over pleasure. The termination of such a life might be achieved quickly and painlessly, with the collateral benefit of preserving the mother from the loss of her good name. A proper application of sympathy would indicate that it is more conducive to the general happiness to destroy the baby than the mother.
What I contend is, that it is the attitude towards the unmarried mother that is at fault. Of course, the modern view of bastardy is, happily, less censorious that it was in my time. However, it appears to me that the issues are linked through the dangerous and irrational notion of sin, with its equally dangerous and irrational attendant, the notion of God-given, and thus absolute, moral principles. The evils produced by the elevation of personal tastes into prohibitions on the actions of persons with different tastes, in sex, and in many other areas of life not meet for the intervention of penal law, are legion. I had hoped that progress towards the sober calculation of costs and benefits might have banished theological name-calling from policy debates by now, but I always recognized that social attitudes are resistant to change.
In the face of a continuation of a punitive attitude to the fact of bastardy, I would accommodate both mothers and offspring in my projected poor panopticons, where each mother would give suck to another child in addition to her own, and where all inhabitants would be usefully employed. The economic prospects of bastard children could thus be improved beyond recognition, and their mothers protected from the temptation to commit crime in order to secure subsistence for themselves.
I may return to this theme in the future, both because the question of the role of law in regulating sexual affairs, and thereby population, was one to which I devoted considerable time, and because I hear that observers predict that this debate will be revisited if the Conservatives win the next general election. Anti-abortionists think they will have a better chance of winning a majority in such circumstances, which would be a most retrograde step in my view.
Your ever laborious and devoted Servant


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Hard-rocking Numbskull to play at the Cove
Breaking up isn't hard to do.
Just ask Numbskull. The last band guitarist Gary Tagliente was in fell apart. So, he called friend and bassist Kyle Forbes, who was also jumping ship from a split-up band.
The duo tag-teamed with drummer Mike Calabrese, who -- you guessed it -- just got out of a breakup.
"All we needed to do was find a singer," Tagliente said. "Once I heard Jeff (Crock)'s name, I knew he'd be great."
Numbskull played its first show in March, though Tagliente and Forbes have been playing music for 30 years.
"The band's new, but we're not," Tagliente said.
And, neither are the songs they play. Numbskull specializes in hard rock, from classic AC/DC to the radio rock of Nickelback.
One of the band's favorite songs to play is Living Colour's "Cult of Personality."
"Erie's always been a city that likes to hear covers," Forbes said. "But we try to be a hair different than other bands."
That's not hair like hair metal, though the band plays the odd Poison tune. Tagliente, noting that he used to play in bands that favored softer songs from the '90s, said that Numbskull won't back down from its hard-rock roots.
And, Numbskull's members pride themselves in being, well, numskulls.
"We're not all riled up when we play," Tagliente said. "We just want to have fun."
Forbes said that they don't play heavy cuts for laughs, but he doesn't mind letting loose onstage.
"If I have to dance like Michael Jackson to get people pumped, so be it," he said, with a laugh.
You'd be a numskull to not like that attitude.


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Monday, February 28, 2011
Romantic Creations
Using the same romantic image found at
The Graphics Fairy
I've seemed to been more inspired than I ever thought.
Printing this image on fabric paper and using vintage fabric scraps I recently found in a storage basket, I've managed to make some wonderful gift pouches and a romantic blank journal.
Ah, Romance, what have you done to me?
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Ooh La La Marie Antoinette
I simple adore Marie Antoinette - I cannot wait to walk through Versaille in April - I'm having visions of gardens and her Petite Trianon - it hasn't hit me yet, I'm really going to France.
Needless to say, I've been inspired to create more Marie items. The hair, the gowns, the shoes, the colors, I have a sincere romance with her and her style. Most days we throw on our jeans and a t-shirt, can you even imagine how long it took Marie to get dressed? Gotta love it.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful and creative weekend xoxoxoxo Rhonda
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Parlez-vous Francais?
Once I saw this gorgeous image from
The Graphics Fairy
- I knew I would love to create with it. Adding 3 different crocheted laces and trims, I covered a 4.25 inch round wood box and filled it with doilies and a rhinestone crown pin.
Thank you Karen from The Graphics Fairy, you made this Parisgal very happy!
I'm linking up to
Faded Charm's White Wednesday
this week, I haven't done that in months!
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Monday, February 21, 2011
A Little Bit French Embellishments
Using my laces from France and French words on cardstock, I created flowing ribbons mixed with a pendant dangling from a necklace chain - for your art, for your lampshade, for your door handle - for anywhere you see fit. You can even wear the pendant as a necklace.
My fingers were busy this past weekend.....now I have some blog reading to catch up on.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Amour and a Mess
Last week I was busy making more of my altered bottles.
By Friday my work table was piled high with laces, glues, rhinestones, ribbons, I could not find an inch of table that wasn't taken. It took me hours of cleaning up but I did it and I loved it.
It gave me the opportunity to decide what works and what doesn't work on my table.
Oh, it's nice to have everything at your fingertips but a larger, clear workspace is more important.
A supply box full of my French inspired fabric labels comes in handy
I love this shabby box, it holds ephemera and cabinet cards at the moment
Some items I need to see while I am working
Close to my heart items, as the top of my display shelves changes from time to time
Merci, Mon Amies, for all your support and kind comments. Have a wonderful weekend, Rhonda
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Monday, February 14, 2011
A French Friday Winner on Valentine's Day
Amour Amour Amour - Love is in the air this Valentine's Day.
I hope you have a sweet day filled with hearts - a hand in yours - an envelope with your name on it - a kiss That sweeps you off your feet.
Romance on this day and every day swirling around making you dizzy. Those are my wishes to you. Love, Rhonda
The winner of the French Friday GiveAway is:
Lisa of Lesapea Musings
Send me an email with your address
and you bottle will be on it's way to you.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
La French Opera Journals
When I found a damaged vintage French Opera book filled with beautiful music sheets while thrifting, I'm pretty sure I made a scene.
Even though it was damaged, it was stressful to tear the pages out to use in my projects.
I don't read music or play music but these music sheets sing to my heart now.
Using a simple composition notebook, I covered them in the sheet music and layered laces, tied them up with flowing ribbons and added a touch of a rhinestone piece to each.
When you reach for a journal or notebook, choose something beautiful and see where it takes you.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
La French Inspired Altered Bottles
Ooh La La, my new altered bottles.....I spent a glorious day embellishing my antique and vintage bottles.......pulling all the laces, labels, rhinestones, pearls, buttons and ribbons.....making sure everything looked just right.
My table looked like this all day for the sunlight to provide the natural light for the photo shoot. I must have taken over 100 photos.
It was a fabulous day that provided me hours of pleasure. I will keep creating these bottles until the basket is empty........
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Friday, February 4, 2011
French Friday GiveAway
Happy French Friday GiveAway
This month's giveaway is one of my crocheted lace covered antique bottles. These sold out immediately last year, when I listed them in my shop. I've re-stocked my antique bottle supply - so get ready for more to be listed this weekend.
Take a deep breath Rosemary......for I have a bottle with your name already on it.
Good Luck Everyone and if you want a chance to win this bottle - all you have to do is leave a comment. That's it. If you would like to post something about it on your blog, I'd be delighted.
Winner is chosen by a simple name drawing from a box. It is my way of thanking the best bloggers I know of. A lot of my good friends tell me they read my blog, they keep up with my posts but don't blog themselves - therefore they never leave a comment. I thank you ladies, as well. I know you are out there.
Winner to be announced - February 14th - Valentine's Day - how sweet is that?
Have a fabulous day and weekend - I'll be happily creating bottles filled with love potion for Cupid to deliver.
Cheers, Rhonda
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Neil Might Be Senators? Latest Skate Blade Victim
If Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk believes that Matt Cooke cut Erik Karlsson?s Achillies tendon with his skate blade in a deliberate crime, then he might just consider New York Rangers defenseman Anton Stralman a ?copycat? cutter.
Sportsnet?s Ian Mendes reports that Stralman?s skate blade might have cut Chris Neil?s leg during Thursday?s game.
A person with the Twitter handle Radek Bonk Mullet snared quite the stunning screen cap of the freak accident/cold-blooded attempt to injure (depending upon which millionaire you ask).
It?s early, so we?ll have to wait and see if this ends up being a serious injury. Knowing Ottawa?s luck, it wouldn?t be surprising if he ends up missing a significant amount of time.
Update: Neil might have dodged a bullet. Mendes reports that he returned to the Senators? bench during the game, so that?s definitely a great early sign.
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Lightning A Place For Free Agents Again
When Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman took over as the general manager of the Lightning, free agents didn?t really want to come here, as it wasn?t the prettiest of sites. Oren Koules and Len Barrie had essentially run the team into the ground and fans had been driven away by inept ownership and management.
Then Jeff Vinik bought the team and things slowly began to change as he hired legendary Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman who had spent years working with Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland. During Yzerman?s first offseason, ?he had to overpay?Matt Carle to come to Tampa and shore up a defense that well wasn?t much of a defense. Then he had to spend the next two years acquiring castoffs via waiver and through the draft along with trades as many free agents.
But Yzerman has slowly built a team that is now on the map with their most recent run to the playoffs, even though it didn?t go that well once they made it there. But, they still made it?one year after having the 3rd overall pick at the draft.
There was a positive sign when pending UFA Ryan Callahan decided to sign and stay with the Lightning and mentioned some interesting reasons as to why he wanted to stay on with the Lightning organization.
?Being a couple of days away from July 1 is tough, but considering how much I like the Lightning organization, how much I enjoyed my time there, that didn?t really creep into my head too much,?? Callahan said at his press conference. ?There is my family, there is trying to win and then there is the money. I felt like the direction this team is going, the talent they have in that room, (winning) is something they are working towards and is attainable.?
Now free agents and pending free agents like Callahan want to come to Tampa. Yzerman?s busy free agency period where he signed Brian Boyle, who Callahan pitched to come to Tampa, Evgeni Nabokov, Brenden Morrow and?Anton Stralman?has shown that.
?It was pretty simple, I have a family of four kids and we?ve moved around a lot the past seven years in this league,?? Stralman said after signing his deal with the Lightning. ?We were looking for stability and a deal with security. And Tampa was the first team willing to give that, and Tampa is a real exciting group of guys right now. They are taking strides and is going to be a real interesting team to be a part of. I?m really happy and excited to be a part of it.??
Yzerman is not only getting free agents but he is getting them all on fairly good deals as well. Callahan came in on less money than the New York Rangers were offering him and Stralman came in on less money than what the Washington Capitals paid for Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik.? What that means is that it really shows how much players are willing to come to Tampa and play in a ?non-traditional hockey market? as they are not accepting top dollar or the most years.
It?s been an incredible turnaround for a franchise that many were saying would be relocated and now it?s a team that essentially took probably the best players in free agency and didn?t over pay at that.
For the first time since the 2004-2005 lockout, the Lightning are beginning to become stable and are providing that stability for their players and potential free agent players but most of all it?s providing stability in a ?non-traditional? market. For Lightning fans it?s going to be a fun few years coming up?especially if Yzerman can have good offseasons like this.


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