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The world is made of two sections. The Void and the Earth. The Earth is home to a wide variety of races dominantly home to humans. The Void however is said to be the remnants of a world which was plunged into a never-ending war. Scattered throughout are pieces of what was once land floating around in the nothingness of the cosmos. The Void does not house many species, only two. The Larkons, known by humans as "Demons", and the Heretics, known by humans as "Wisps".
The two worlds first encountered each other unexpectedly due to a highly improbable coincidence. A Shaman and Demon were both conducting a ritual at the exact same time and this pulled both worlds into a singular existence. Naturally the blood thirsty Demons who tore the world apart once before declared war and a bloody battle began.
The fighting lasted five years before a league of higher Demons and Humans both agreed the war would not end until both sides were destroyed. The Demons, though blood thirsty, did not want to see this happen again. Peace was declared and the two races integrated into each other. At this point the humans discovered that the Heretics, the source of the Demons magical power, were actually slaves to them. The humans demanded they be released however the Demons soon explained that the Heretics had been genetically locked to each of them in order to stop them escaping and could only be released if the owner demon died.
As demons began to pass away many years later they each began giving their wisps to select humans they had either trusted or befriended. Others obtained theirs by hunting down and killing rouge demons. Soon humans began to thrive with magical power and the danger of a village or town being destroyed by a monster attack was decreasing significantly. The world was now a great land where Humans and Demons co-existed.
But not everyone thought this was great...
Daniel rubbed his head. "Oh. What happened." He opened his eyes. The area around him was filled with black grass and the ground he was sat on seemed harder than normal. Looking into the distance he saw that the land cut off and lead into a black void of nothingness.
"What are you doing here?" A voice behind him whispered. Daniel turned around suddenly.
"You shouldn't be here...You can't be here!" The voice continued. Daniel found himself looking into the large, orange eyes of a floating black sphere of what he could only describe as "energy"
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
"You can't be here. Humans have never been here." Daniel looked around at the emptiness again.
"Been where?" He asked.
"The Void." Daniel was rather taken back by this. A loud explosion came from behind him. He turned around quickly. Dark red eyes stared into his.
"A mortal? How unexpected." The figure grabbed Daniel by the throat. "I didn't expect to have to fight one of you before the portal was open."
"No matter. I guess it's practice." As they finished their sentence they through Daniel into the dark void below.
Daniel woke up in a hot sweat. He looked around to assure him it was a dream. He walked into the bathroom and looked at his watch. 6:12. He splashed cold water on his face. "It was just a dream." He said to himself. "Just a dream..." He repeated slowly as he examined the bruses on his neck in the mirror.
RUNDOWN: You have all woken up that morning after having a similar dream. Confused and dazed you confront your friends. (The other three RPers) and discuss what has happened. The main objective of the plot will be revealed soon after this.
SETTING: The story is set in a medieval meets futuristic world where robotic mechs and guns exist alongside swords and crossbows. The realm is inhabited by a manner of monsters which you can make up as you first encounter them. Just remember to supply a picture or written description.
- Any plot events I issue must be followed to some degree. Leniency is possible if you PM me with why.
- You are not the luckiest person alive. Give your character some damage every now and again. It's more fun if we have to just run sometimes.
- You are already good friends with the other RPers. Not being the cold loner.
- Any major events or character changes must be approved by me first. Send me a PM if you want to make any.
- There are only 4 characters. This allows for 3 more people. First come first serve.
Age: (15-19)
Weapon Proficiency: (The type of weapon you are better at using.)
Weapon Deficiency: (You tend to miss and stumble with this type of weapon.)
Appearance: (Picture or description will work)
Name: Daniel
Weapon Proficiency:Ranged
Weapon Deficiency:Close quarters
Appearance:He has brown hair cut just before his neck which is always scruffy despite him always claiming to have combed it. He usually wears a green, short sleeved shirt with a brown jacket over the top which is always open. His trousers are battered and worn from his free running attempts and mountain climbing. His shoes are just as worn.
Personality: Though timid to those he doesn't know he is known to all his friends as "cocky". He tends to push things to far but when one of his friends is in danger he takes everything seriously and will try his best to protect them. His fear of spiders is deeply psychological and will refuse to go into caves no matter what due to the giant spiders which live in some.
Strengths:Agile and acrobatic on his feet
Weaknesses:Not a high upper body strength
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It may make me a target, but let me be the first to say that I will not follow any unconstitutional laws, be it related to firearms or whatever else. Just not gonna do it. Sorry.
Today, Obamas media mouthpieces are showing him crowing about how he is going to trash our constitutional Rights. They are doing their job of making him appear to be the Savior of all mankind, the King of America! A Ruler who controls all the country! He is the Master of America!
He has plans to do what Hitler could not do-disarm ALL citizens! If he has his way, all Americans will be forbidden to possess firearms. To him, the Second Amendment is a piece of trash. But, if you read the writings of the Founding Fathers, they were unanimous that civilians should possess firearms.
Obama has admitted in his book that he hates the US Constitution, because it limits what the government can do. Absolutely correct! That is its only purpose-to protect our liberty! But, Obama has plans to totally gut out the protections of the Constitution. If he has his way, all Americans will be the losers.
The Sheriff is the most powerful law enforcement officer in any county. It is his or her job to protect the citizens of his county. They pay his salary. His first obligation is to his fellow citizens. He has no responsibility to carry out the unconstitutional ravings of an iron-fisted tyrant in Washington, DC. And, he does not have to enforce law that does not meet constitutional standards.
At this time there are several brave sheriffs around the country that say that they will not enforce Obamas tyranical edicts. This takes courage. I hope that they can stand firm. I hope that there are other law enforcement officials who are not intimidated by Obama. It sure would be better for America.
I heard a talking mouth on who said that it is the Sheriffs job to enforce ALL laws-good or bad, he cant pick and choose! This idiot does not know what he is talking about! NO law enforcement person has to enforce unconstitutional law! If they do, its because they want to do so! How do I know?
Please read the following:
The General rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of it's enactment and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. An unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted.
Since an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, confers no rights, creates no office, bestows no power or authority on anyone, affords no protection, and justifies no acts performed under it...
A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the lend, it is superseded thereby.
No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." - 16 Am Jur 2d, Sec 177 late 2d, Sec 256
NOBODY in America is bound by Obamas unconstitutional anti gun edicts-they are NOT LAW!!!
It may make me a target, but let me be the first to say that I will not follow any unconstitutional laws, be it related to firearms or whatever else. Just not gonna do it. Sorry.
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
It will take multiple loud voices (and arrests) before a law is viewed as unconstitutional. The interim will see the innocent sitting penniless in prison waiting for justice and the eyes of the masses to be opened. It is a noble gesture by sheriffs to speak of their refusal to enforce the law purported to be unconstitutional. There will be examples made and scape-goats offered to appease the hungry wolves.
America found its freedom by the hands of 9%... the few who sacrificed everything at libertys altar. It will take the voice of as many to remind those in the ivory tower that the power held is granted by the people. Until we the people take back the power, they will hungrily, greedily, insatiably consume our liberty. It is the nature of the beast.
There is no quarter, no comprimise. This is our land.
I will not obey an unconstitutional law or more accurately a law that attempts to countermand the constitution.
The problem is will people put their money where their mouth is. We saw similar stuff during Katrina (we've all seen those videos by now I am certain) and, unfortunately, it could take TIME and MONEY to fight for your rights. That's where group protection like the NRA is helpful since you won't be able to finance the lawyer money on your own. However, I stand by my statement.
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That's the reason for the 2nd...so we can defend ourselves against an INTRUSIVE GOVT!!!! These assholes fit to a T. I havent heard anyone tell that Piece-of-SHIT Biden it's not about hunting or sport shooting....it's about him and his corrupt cronies!! I will give NOTHING up and I damn sure won't register anything!!!
One of the SCOTUS BOYS said it was our 'DUTY' to disobey laws that ran counter to ths Constitution. However, while I agree with him, you're still going to get shot and put in jail.
I guess that makes me a target as well, For I will not obey any unconstitutional law..Doc
Hi Hunter,
I would rather give up my life, than to be bullied by tyrants and placed in prison as a political prisoner. and they have 8 hours a day to figure out how to keep me inside, and I have 24 hours a day to figure a way out and to get my fellow patroits freeded as well Just as in the rules for soldures in the articals of war. Many are not aware of this but we have people locked up in various instutions all across the country on various charges. and many of them have never been brought to trial, and rthey have no contact with the outside world at all, No letters no mail no nothing! and yet they say we have one of the most model prison systems in the world, and that our prisoners receive the utmost care and have access to programs that will teach them a trade upon release, But when You have someone locked down to the point that no-one realizes where they are, or what has been done with them there is a problem. And To be Honest these so called FEMA Camps that we keep hearing about, I dont think these are for club fed and tennis courts, Im thinking that they are taking actions right out of the Adolf Hitler play book, they did it in Iraq when they used Rommels tank stragities as he used in africa. and there are other instances that point to a Hitler like regieme. The one good thing is that there are two many of Honest Citizans to let this happen, and whe American Citizans have had enough ,we have a tendencey to get a wee bit pissed off! and will fight back with every ounce of strenght we have. I would die defending the United States Constitution, not the crap that Diane Frankinstien D- In kommieforina is peddling and those that are just like her. Ehat all these people seem to forget is all the lives that have been lost, by going to war with all these diffrent countries and we are not winning, nor will we these fools have been fighting for thousand of years, and they almost have it down to perfection. So as Far as these Unconstitional orders, Iwill not follow them!not now not ever!...Doc
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on their own team !!!!!
we've seen it happen in the virtual sense on our message board with Diehl and Bradshaw
fans actually being estatic when they went down ... more excited than they get when we score a TD
simply b/c they are interested in seeing the next guy?
as if the professional coaching staff can't evaluate which players should get more snaps
IMO, the disturbing scene in KC brought this issue from twitter and the boards to out in the open and i love what the KC tackle said about it ... it is disgusting


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looking for source of chrome or mirrored visor material for custom suit .. like the old egg things that panty hose use to come it . you old guys know what i'm talking about .
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looking for source of chrome or mirrored visor material for custom suit .. like the old egg things that panty hose use to come it . you old guys know what i'm talking about .
I dont know where to get the material but I sure remember those eggs lol.
-Tony Vida; TK 3204; Austin, Tx
i saw a clone trooper at CIII with one...not sure where he got it though.
Replacement motorcycle helmet lenses...
Well, you could shop the world of motorcycle helmet accessories. Without posting so many links right off the internet, you can search for Helmet accessories, visors, and mirrored visor tear-offs. On the less expensive side, HJC offers a lot of mirrored visors in pink, blue, silver, rainbow, and gold as an example. But these are hard plastic visors that aren't as flexible as, say, welding shield plastic. They flex, but only a little and are in the $30 range. And if you saw into them, you have to give the size of your field-of-view a wide berth, because the mirroring can chip. The best option might be what are called "tear-offs." You knee-draggers out there know what I'm talking about. Tear offs are thin, very flexible, and are made to quickly tear off your helmet via a small tab when you've accumulated too many bugs and rubber going 140mph. They sometimes come in packs and might be around $20/pack. Yet, I'm not sure as to how many color options might be out there...I've only stumbled across "mirrored" thus far. You might loose some durability with a tear-off, but if you don't plan on touching the visor much, they might give you the look you're going for. Good luck.
...you were too fast for me Forced Trekker :lol
Of course if you want to bend it yourself, etc. try some one way mirror acrylic
or, i was thinking bout some tint for my car headlights, a light blue, and anyway, i was looking at some stuff, and here is the idea. buy a grinder face shield, cut the "T" out, and buy some mirror window car tint. its illegal on cars, but, would be perfect for the chrome visor. you just basically peal and stick....this will also depend on what type you get.
what about chrome car window tinting film?


text: Those of you using SBB how are you setting them up? On Concrete blocks? Regular hive stands? Wooden block? I wonder about the ants crawling up the grass and into the hive. Also about the amount of draft underneath (not enough vs too much). I'm trying mine several ways, but I am curious what others are doing and how it's working.


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[quote user="AsianGiant"]What's going on up there in Canada? I thought you guys were suppose to be all friendly and nice?
Why so much turmoil? LOL!!!!
[/quote]i'm sure they apologized afterwards lol</P>
not sure but i think these are the same ones at the Winter Olympics.. also not sure where they are from but there was a report that they were in the sewer systems, a couple of them got caught exiting a manhole... TO HAS TROLLS! </P>[/quote]
I've heard about the manhole thing too...I guess they wanted to get closer to the leaders. Some conspiracy people say some of these protesters are secretly being paid to cause this havoc, not just in CA but in other places too....
There are peaceful protesters there but I don't see much if any coverage on them.....
[/quote]i don't even know what they are protesting.. the others causing the damage, i don't think they are protestors just losers looking for trouble.. i don't mind the regular hippie pothead koom bi ya protestors.. i wish they had turned the water cannons on the otherones


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Love it! Sorry you had so many issues, the end result is gorgeous!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Love it! Sorry you had so many issues, the end result is gorgeous!
Helen T.
Oh my goodness- that is a beautiful quilt! You will love it more on those cold Michigan nights when you are all snuggled up underneath it staying warm. All your bad memories of it will have faded away and it will earn it's well deserved love. You deserve a big HUG for all your efforts. Good job!
Rosie the "ripper"
I'm sorry things did not turn out as you had expected it to but what I can see of the quilt, it looks absolutely stunning! Hopefully with time, you will fell a lit better about it and see it with different eyes. Best wishes.
Patchwork Crazy!!!
that is gorgeous, enjoy it. You did a beautiful job
It is beautiful!!
It does look beautiful inspite of all of it's drama.
When it seems like the world is falling to pieces remember that the pieces are falling into place. We are nearing closer to the End Times.
wow, love the hummel idea. where did you get the designs?
I had not thought of using the Tennassee Waltz that way. It really is a pretty quilt.


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Town Square
When a light goes out in a community …
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Dec 9, 2008
Seidman's loss also is a personal one, dating back for me to the early 1980s when she helped with art exhibits at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation when I was public affairs director there. I have paused more than once while helping compile the news report on her death, and comments of people close to her reflecting facets of her life.
Some comments on Town Square veered into debating about SUVs and safety of intersections in Palo Alto, especially for children or persons in wheelchairs. Some bewailed driver carelessness and irresponsibility.
The distraught driver of the Toyota Highlander told police she just didn't see Seidman as she drove across Embarcadero Road at Cowper Street as Seidman was crossing Cowper at 3:15 p.m. Dec. 2. Seidman died three hours later, her daughter Jennifer reported.
But sadness was a universal theme of the online discussion. The family is planning a memorial service in January, allowing time for her relatives to gather.
Shortly after Phyllis was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, after noticing distressing extreme fatigue and loss of control, she visited my office at PAMF to inform me she could no longer help much with the exhibits. A number of hard years followed for her, but we kept in touch.
Then one day she rolled into my office with a white ball of fluff on her lap, her new puppy, Sintah (although I have seen several spellings of the name). Soon Sintah grew into a bouncy teenager who liked to chew on my hand in greeting -- he soon grew out of that in favor of a more mature tail-wagging. He became a joy and companion to Phyllis.
In 1993, Phyllis arrived at my office one day to inform me that she had been doing some research and found that the foundation had 187 MS patients (not counting others in the area) but that there was no support group anywhere in the Midpeninsula region. She reminded me that travel was often difficult, as many were unable to drive, so most were denied access to the kind of solace a good support group can provide.
I agreed with her on the need, and together we visited Joan Jack, then the manager of patient education for the foundation. She also agreed on the need and we set about trying to figure out how -- and where -- to provide a group. Still at 300 Homer Ave., the foundation had limited space, but Joan came up with the idea of holding the group in the main clinic lobby, after the clinic closed. We hired a facilitator to help with the early meetings, and Education Division staff helped by making copies and mailing out announcements of special talks and presentations.
"We were there to support her, but she was the driving force," Joan remembers of her spirit. It was almost as if her wheelchair had four-wheel drive, forging ahead in spite of difficult terrain.
Phyllis, undaunted by the drafty and cavernous space, created a warm circle of support and outreach that touched initially scores and later hundreds of persons. Ultimately, she traveled around the United States speaking about MS and the need for person-to-person support for a condition that only those who have it can truly appreciate.
The local group still exists 15 years later.
Sintah died a happy old age late this year, and the thought has crossed my mind that perhaps, just perhaps his bright white presence might have increased Phyllis's visibility that fateful afternoon in early December. I find it difficult to too-quickly blame the driver, a woman who reportedly had her 10-year-old son with her. And it's fruitless to engage in debates about SUVs, their drivers or whether a Highlander is defined as an SUV.
Some attention might be paid to intersection safety citywide, but everyone adopting safer-driving habits would be a wish granted by a fairy godmother.
What is important was Phyllis the person, a beacon of bright spirit despite her personal travails, challenges and physical afflictions, someone who loved art deeply but most of all cared for people.
When I foolishly broke an ankle in the mid-1990s, a serious break caused by an ill-advised jump from a low branch of an oak tree three miles above the San Pablo Reservoir late one afternoon, she quickly offered me her old wheelchair. A welder friend adapted it to keep my leg elevated and provide me with a padded battering ram with which to open doors. Phyllis had graduated to an electric model chair.
The two or three months I navigated around using that device convinced me that everyone should try one. That applies particularly to those who designed the floppy front-wheel steering method that drags you toward the gutter in the least slant of a sidewalk -- or which stops one cold at the merest displacement of a sidewalk by a tree root, of which Palo Alto has many. I would also have those who maintain city sidewalks enjoy the experience.
All who have shared their personal memories of Phyllis on Palo Alto Online share a bond and a loss, of which I'm proud to be one.
Thank you, Phyllis.
Comments (7)
a resident of another community
on Dec 9, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Jay, thanks for a lovely rememberence.
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 9, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Jay, this is absolutely beautiful!
Jay and Joan Jack were instrumental and really worked hard, inspired by Phyllis, in forming the support group. I coordinated one or two art shows featuring painting by people with MS. She, and they, were tremendously inspirational. Thank you, Jay, for these wonderful memories.
Carroll Harrington
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 9, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Many thanks for sharing her story - I had frequent sightings of Phyllis and her dog during my doggie walks in PA but did not know the story. I have a niece age 25 who was diagnosed with MS the month she announced her engagement. She just accepted her first job after graduation as an emergency room nurse however, the disease seems to have other plans for her.
The story you shared illustrates how one can continue to contribute to the community in spite of personal challenges.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Dec 10, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I agree that this is a touching heartfelt and wonderfully written column. Thank you Jay for this and for all that The Weekly does for our community. However, your comment that "Some attention might be paid to intersection safety citywide, but everyone adopting safer-driving habits would be a wish granted by a fairy godmother." is off base. The pedestrian death rate in California, especially in our cities, is outrageous. 25% of traffic related deaths in California cities are to pedestrians and bicycle riders. This a moral outrage. There is so much that can be done to make our community safer for walkers, joggers, and bikers.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Dec 16, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Jay, that was a wonderful article about Phyllis. As Volunteer Supervisor at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, we saw her often and always enjoyed our chats. We miss her terribly but remember her fondly. Thanks to the Palo Alto Weekly for keeping us up to date !
a resident of Green Acres
on Dec 23, 2008 at 9:49 am
Alice Schaffer Smith is a registered user.
Although Phyllis was in my bookgroup, I joined only after returning to the States, and therefore knew none of these amazing stories of a brave and caring friend.
a resident of another community
on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I was part of the Palo Alto community from 1950 to 2000 and Palo Alto On Line keeps me in touch. The 2 negative comments about Jay Thorwaldson and his article on Phyllis reflect more on those who made them. They seem angry about something but give no clue to any cause for feeling this way. Multiple sclerosis is a tragedy, Phyllis rose above her disease and Jay is honoring her. What reasons have they for writing so negatively in this particular situation?
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Larry A. Thielen, 54, of Blair, Neb., former owner of the PineWood Cafe in Pine River, Minn., passed away suddenly Feb. 11, 2013.
He was born March 1, 1958, to Betty (Crise) and Donald Thielen in South St. Paul, Minn.
He is survived by his mother, Betty of Blair; brother, Jim (Susan) of Plymouth, Minn.; sisters, Connie (Justin) Wright of Waverly, Neb., and Kris (Brian) Larsen of Herman, Neb.; nephews and nieces, Trevor Wright, Mikah Wright, Dawn Thielen, Evan Thielen and Bree Larsen.
Funeral was held in Blair, Neb., on Feb. 15.
He was preceded in death by his father, Donald, in 1988, and his grandparents.
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The Romney campaign may have misfired with its suggestion that statements by President Obama and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice about the Benghazi attack last month weren't supported by intelligence, according to documents provided by a senior U.S. intelligence official…
"We believe the timing of the attack was influenced by events in Cairo," the senior official said, reaffirming the Cairo-Benghazi link. He said that judgment is repeated in a new report prepared this week for the House intelligence committee…
"It was a flash mob with weapons," is how the senior official described the attackers. The mob included members of the Ansar al-Sharia militia, about four members of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, and members of the Egypt-based Muhammad Jamal network, along with other unarmed looters.
The official said the only major change he would make now in the CIA's Sept. 15 talking points would be to drop the word "spontaneous" and substitute "opportunistic." He explained that there apparently was "some pre-coordination but minimal planning."
Tarek, an off-duty police sergeant who asked that his full name be withheld to shield him from reprisals, said he came to the scene about an hour after the attack began and found militants blocking the road leading to the compound.
"They drew their guns on me and they told me that the Americans were abusing our prophet," he said. "That's why they said they had come to fight."…
Libyan guards who served as the security force at the U.S. compound said the mob was made up of disparate types, some who appeared to be experienced fighters and others who were not. There were long-bearded men whose faces were obscured by scarves in the style of practiced militants and called each other "sheik." But there also were younger men, some who looked like teenagers with wispy beards on their uncovered faces.
The L.A. Times says that "U.S. intelligence agencies…have found no evidence of Al Qaeda participation." That is contradicted by numerous other accounts and by the Post's latest version. The Post reports that intelligence "suggests the attack was spontaneous even if it involved militants with ties to al-Qaeda."…
More than one month after Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in a terrorist attack, "intelligence officials" cannot even provide the press with a consistent account of what happened. And keep in mind that neither account says that there was a protest before the attack, which was the original story given to the American public…
The New York Times's account of [Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb] sounds eerily similar to a storyline that some Obama administration officials and their surrogates have been pushing. They claim that groups such as AQIM are just "local" jihadist groups that are not really al Qaeda, per se, because they don't want to attack the West. This is nonsense for many reasons, but this argument has mysteriously migrated into the press's reporting on the Benghazi attack…
[T]hese latest accounts are not intended to comb through the evidence carefully. They are intended to provide political cover [for Obama] ahead of the final presidential debate.
The "spontaneous" talking point came from an intercepted telephone call between jihadists, in which one of the attackers notes that his group had attacked after seeing the demonstrations in Cairo. U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence on Benghazi tell THE WEEKLY STANDARD there are two schools of thought on what that means. The first view is reflected in the administration's "spontaneous" line. It holds that jihadists in Benghazi saw the demonstration in Egypt and decided, almost on a whim, to assault the compound. But the nature of the attack—the weapons, the sequencing, the coordination—suggests more planning. The attackers flushed Americans from the compound toward an "annex" two kilometers away. As the Americans fled, they encountered (and avoided) an attempted ambush on the route.
The second view is that the demonstrations in Cairo, which followed the release of a video from al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri on September 10, were seen as something of a "go signal." As we first reported on September 12, the film, in this view, was merely the pretext for an al Qaeda "information operation," and the Zawahiri video, which called directly for renewed jihad and for al Qaeda sympathizers to avenge the death of Abu Yaya al Libi, was intended to trigger protests and assaults throughout the region. Many of those with prominent roles in the protests and assaults—in Egypt, Tunisia, and perhaps Libya—had strong ties to al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan…
One thing that has troubled both intelligence officials and those on Capitol Hill as they have evaluated the administration's early response to the attacks is what appears to be an effort to write al Qaeda out of the story. For example, the talking points first reported by Lake, include this sentence: "There are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations." But according to several officials familiar with the original assessment from which the talking points were derived, the U.S. intelligence community had reported the fact that these were extremists with ties to al Qaeda. That key part was omitted.
Why was that language dropped from the talking points distributed to Congress and Obama administration officials?
If the president really wants to level with the American people, here are some questions he needs to answer…
Is there any intelligence product—raw or finished—that links the attacks in Benghazi to the anti-Islam YouTube video?
If not, why did President Obama himself make a direct link between the film and the attack during his September 18 appearance on the David Letterman show?
CBS News has been told that, hours after the attack began, an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Benghazi, and that the drone and other reconnaissance aircraft apparently observed the final hours of the protracted battle…
But it was too late to help the Americans in Benghazi. The ambassador and three others were dead.
Retired CIA officer Gary Berntsen believes help could have come much sooner. He commanded CIA counter-terrorism missions targeting Osama bin Laden and led the team that responded after bombings of the U.S. Embassy in East Africa.
"You find a way to make this happen," Berntsen says. "There isn't a plan for every single engagement. Sometimes you have to be able to make adjustments. They made zero adjustments in this. They stood and they watched and our people died."
The sophisticated criticism of President Obama's Libya policy is this:
Obama intervened in Libya despite his awareness that the anti-Gaddafi rebels had pro-al-Qaeda leanings. He intervened to support those rebels because he hoped to prove to Islamists everywhere in the Middle East and North Africa that they had more to gain from co-operating with the United States than from fighting the United States. This is the famous "opening to political Islam" that has been so intensely discussed in Washington.
And the opening continues. It continues in the form of the covert aid now reportedly flowing to the Syrian rebels, and in the soft line being taken with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president even after Egyptian police failed to protect the U.S. embassy in Cairo against attack (which also was on 9/11). If the opening failed in Libya, it's likely to fail even worse in Syria, where the rebel groups are even more saturated with Salafist Islam than the Libyan rebels…
President Obama's big risky Mideast gambit is failing badly.
Via the Daily Caller.
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Referee Kennedy caught on hot mic telling coaches he's 'stalling' for TV
By Ben Golliver
Referee Billy Kennedy was caught on a hot mic telling Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni that he was "stalling" the game so that the television broadcast could air more commercials.
The unusual sequence took place with 5:09 remaining in the fourth quarter with the Spurs leading 103-91 at the AT&T Center.
"You called a full and then you wanted a 20," Kennedy explained to D'Antoni. "You didn't have one. You called one in the third quarter. TV went to a 20, thought it was going to be a 20. So what I'm doing right now is I'm stalling, I'm stalling for commercial time. That's why I'm doing this right now. I need your help. ... I can't let your teams go to the huddle, you know what I'm saying?"
The broadcast then cut to a commercial break.
The confusion apparently resulted from D'Antoni asking for his second 20-second timeout of the second half early in the fourth quarter. By NBA rules, each team is only allowed one 20-second timeout per half, though, and the Lakers had already used their 20-second timeout in the third quarter. As such, the Lakers were assessed a full timeout, but the television broadcast didn't air the number of commercials befitting the longer break. Kennedy's plan, then, was to stage the meeting with the coaches so that the broadcast could make up the extra ad time. Because the "stalling" wasn't an official stoppage of play, Kennedy needed to make sure both D'Antoni and Popovich left their teams on the court and didn't use the dead time strategizing in a sideline huddle. The Spurs went on to win 108-105. Tony Parker finished with 24 points, six assists, three rebounds and three steals. Manu Ginobili added 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Kobe Bryant finished with a game-high 27 points, five assists and four rebounds in a losing effort. The Spurs improved to 28-10; the Lakers dropped to 15-20.


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1812 and All That: the Bicentenary of Dr. Charles Smallwood, Canadian Scientist (1812 - 1873)
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This is a guest post by Andrew McLaren
With all the present glorification of the 1812-15 conflict being promoted by Canada's Federal Government, another important bicentennial is being pointedly overlooked: the birth of Dr. Charles Smallwood (1812-1873), a Canadian physician and scientist who can be credited for the earliest extended research into Meteorology and Astronomy in our emergent Country. His early work included studies into snowflake formation (can any Canadian not relate to this?), many years of observations and research in atmospheric Ozone levels, later founding the Montréal Observatory at McGill University. He even established the National Astronomical Time Standard still used for over a half-century after his death!
Smallwood's research in Ozone, particularly as relating to atmospheric humidity, was published in Montréal in 1857. It is sad to note over a century and a half since, present-day Ozone monitoring in the Canadian North has been subjected to terminal funding cuts, even with the shocking discovery of a Polar Ozone Hole for the first time in recorded history (2011). This bears an unfortunate testimony to our current Federal Government's politically motivated attacks on Science and scientists, particularly those studying the environment. In spite of this "War of 2012" against climate, water, and other environmental scientists, we should commemorate the life and work of Charles Smallwood, and celebrate his massive contribution to science here in Canada and internationally on the occasion of his 200th Birthday.


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I'm using an open bucket as a feeder in my TBH. Although I'm floating everything imaginable in it, some bees still manage to drown.
Will floaters act as a deterent for other bees looking for syrup? - Mike
I'm using an open bucket as a feeder in my TBH. Although I'm floating everything imaginable in it, some bees still manage to drown.
Will floaters act as a deterent for other bees looking for syrup? - Mike
Hi Mike,
I'm using a top feeder on my Warre Hive and I have a waffle shelf liner in it as a floater to keep the bees from drowning. So far it seems to be working.
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I don't think floaters will act as deterrents for other bees. It is best if you could put your feeder inside the hive and away from the entrance to prevent robbing to occur.
I started beekeeping this May with twp top bar hives. We had a very bad nectar flow (read no-flow) due to a very long rainy period so I needed to feed before winter.
I tried to feed bees like you in an open bucket with many small floating branches on top of the syrup and still many had drown. I even had a chicken feeder/water-er and each time it would suck in some air so to release some syrup all the bees at the feeder entrance hole would be sucked into the feeder, the next day I would find at least 50 drowned bees in it.
I find there is nothing better than feeding bees with an inverted jar placed behind the follower board. You can see in this video of mine what I did http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q08DH072Cg
I fed my bees with an open mason jar for a long time with no problems. Months on end, and then it turned into the death trap as you describe.
My most recent feeder is like Guebuddha has. Inverted, but mine is just in a shallow dish with a line of hardened hot glue to raise the jar up to allow it to drain as the bees drink.
In the open feeders though, I observed that dead bees do not provide flotation devices for live bees. More the opposite. The dead bees rotate in the syrup when the live bees try to climb out. horrible to watch,then there you are trying to scoop out your drowning bees with a fork.


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Jan. 23, 2014
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HEAD COACH Holly Warlick
(Opening statement)
"Great win for us. Any win is a great win. We did some great things, played together and we talked a lot about that this week. Just proud of our effort. We had some great hustle plays and distributed the ball. I know we had some great assists. I can't even think right now. I'm kind of happy on how we played."
(On bouncing back after second half slumps)
"Absolutely. We talked a lot about that this week. This team seems to let things affect them. They do one thing wrong, and then we seem to drop our shoulders. We talked a lot about refocusing and forgetting about... I've said on defense the last two days, I don't care if you make a mistake, I want the effort and the energy. Just fly around. I just wanted them to fly around and move around. I think, for the most part, they did that. Can we get better on defense? Absolutely, but I thought we communicated. We shot the ball well, but we took shots that we could make. Makable shots. They made that run and I thought Jasmine Jones stepped up and made some big shots. It's about players making plays and I thought when they cut it, we stepped up and made plays."
(On point guard depth)
"Jordan and Andraya had to carry that load. I think we've prepared them for it and I think they did exceptional. I don't know how many turnovers had - 1 and Andraya had 3 so that's outstanding."
(On Ariel Massengale's status)
"I think they're evaluating her. My first thought was that it's a concussion, but from this point I don't think it is. I think they're just going to evaluate her. I think she got hit in the head pretty incidentally. Got hit in the head pretty hard."
(On if she was worried after Notre Dame loss)
"I was. I debated on whether I wanted to go in at halftime because we kind of get into halftime and take a deep breath and sigh. But, high energy in the locker room. I'll say this. Wednesday we got up at six in the morning and we watched the second half of Notre Dame and we had a pretty strong conversation with each other. Then we went to the practice floor and we had an unbelievably tough practice. We ran up and down, and we didn't even go over what Florida did. It was pretty exhausting coming off Notre Dame and we got up early in the morning. I just felt it was important for us to come together as a team and just talk about things, and then practice. This morning, I thought, 'man, I hope I didn't run them to hard; we won't have any legs.' But they battled through it."
(On Bashaara Graves' play)
"She played with a lot of confidence and that's what we needed from her. She didn't back down and she battled. She was 7 for 8. That's the Bashaara that played for us last year. I think she just kind of held back a little, for her, and I think she made her mind up that she's going to play the game as hard and as fast as she can do. When she plays like that and Isabelle gives the effort she does, the whole team - and I can just go down the line - we just shot the ball very well, 50%, and we haven't done that in a long time."
(On turnover improvement)
"That's huge. I think, probably, I'll sleep pretty good tonight. I'm happy about it, but 27 assists, that means you're playing as a team. You're just going some really, really great things and you cause them to have 19 turnovers and we had a lot of deflections. I look at the stats sheet and one thing I know is we've got to get better in our free throw shooting. That's just a mindset. We've got to get up to the line and not think that it's a rest, that we're tired, and get up there and get your mind right and make some free throws."
(On the importance of this win before taking on Texas A&M this Sunday)
"Any win for us right now is huge. It's a team builder and it's a confidence builder and I thought tonight we got back on track."
(On her defensive strategy)
"Well, I wanted to mix it up. They went small so I thought maybe we would go to our zone early to start the game but I wanted to play man-to-man. They drove on us a little bit and then I wanted to change it and we went zone. We kind of went back and forth just to keep them off guard. I thought we missed some rebounding assignments out of our zone. We didn't get out on three point shooters. I know they had five, but it seemed like they had twenty. Every time somebody shoots a three point shot, I cringe. I thought for the most part, we covered them. They're not big but they're athletic and they play hard. I thought we had to match their intensity and we had to mix it up on them."
R-Fr. Guard Andraya Carter
(On mindset going into second half taking point guard spot)
"I talked to Ariel at halftime and told her that we were going to hold it down for her, we were going to take care of business. She's the leader of this team, she's what Dean says is 'the head of the snake' and we have to have her back. She always has our back in tough games, the one pulling us together and that's the mentality that I had."
(On the team coming together)
"Coming into this game we knew we needed to pull together, we knew we needed to lean on each other and have each other's back the whole time. Then Ariel going out, we just had to do it even more. We had to come closer, we had to have tight huddles, we had to stay together. That is what we did and that was really exciting. It was such a good feeling getting that kind of win with Ariel out, on Pat's big night, so it was a great night for us."
(On tonight's lower turnover number)
"It's a big deal. This week in practice, we ran so many sprints because of turnovers. Coach Law specifically has actually put a huge focus on turnovers for us. Turnovers in practice, turnovers in the game. We've watched film. When we move the ball, when we have player movement and ball movement, we don't turn the ball over. That's what we have to focus on. We're focusing on it in practice. It transferred to the game today. I think we had 11 turnovers until the last two minutes of the game. It's transferring, we just have to keep focusing on it, working and being consistent."
So. Forward Bashaara Graves
(On feeling better on court)
"Yeah, I'm definitely feeling better. I just go out there and my team got me the ball so I got some easy points."
(On keeping momentum heading into Texas A&M game on Sunday)
"We just go into Sunday looking to get a win, playing hard and coming in with energy. We know everyone is going to be cheering against us so we have to play together and stick together."
(On Jasmine Jones play tonight)
"Jasmine was amazing today. The coaches know what Jas can do. They keep pushing her in practice to come out and play like she did today. We need that from Jas. If she just stays consistent, she can do that for us every game. We believe in her and she just has to keep going with it."
Sr. Guard Meighan Simmons
(On performance during game honoring Pat Summitt)
"It added some extra oomph today going in. It was Pat's day and I think that was the mentality for a lot of us. We went out there and we played hard, we knew we had to go out there and play for her."
(On Andraya Carter stepping up in second half)
"The coaches half been getting on her in practice about being vocal and getting the ball because her, Ariel and Jordan are in the string so what ever Ariel does Jordan and Andraya try to follow behind it. So I think that really built her confidence tonight to get out there and lead. We trusted her; we were comfortable with her being on the floor and it just excited me to be able to see her take on that role, I'm very proud of her."
(On the difference within the team tonight)
"I think our mentality was a lot different, the energy was a lot higher. There was an expectation that we wanted to hold for ourselves, not just from the coaches but within ourselves, that we needed to go out there, we need to be able to handle adversity. I think from the lessons that we learned from the Notre Dame game, from watching film and things like that, I think we made that adjustment, the big adjustment today. I was proud of the way the team handled adversity today, even when Ariel went out, that is a big piece of adversity that we had to handle. We went out there and we handled business and we did what we do best. We just went out there and played Tennessee basketball."
(On playing at Texas A&M)
"I've had the experience of playing in that arena. It's going to be a little homecoming. We have to go out and play Tennessee basketball. I'm really excited that my family is going to be there. I think it's going to be an exciting game and a test to how well we handle adversity. We'll see how we stick together."
(On having two good offensive games in a row)
"I mean, it's a confidence thing and you know I have not been able to hit a lot of the shots that I know I can hit because I haven't been confident mentally in my shot. I know I can hit those shots. I just have to be confident like you said, get my feet set and just be ready to shoot. My teammates always tell me - you know you can hit those shots, just be ready to shoot the same time. I'm still kinda rebuilding my confidence, but just got to be consistent like Bashaara said, just got to be consistent in the game that I play."
(On getting open looks in the second half)
"Well, we were trying to get our turnovers under 12 today, but I think it was just a matter of us attacking, penetrating, and dishing because Florida would help in with two people on the ball and Draya would be open or Jasmine would be open and they hit those really clutch threes and it was just one of those things that we have to continue to do on any team, especially when we go into Texas A&M who is number one in SEC right now, so we just have to go out there right now, we have to do the little things and when we move the ball and force other teams to play defense, it's easier for us to hit those open shots."
Florida Head Coach Amanda Butler
(Opening statement)
"Tennessee played great which is exactly what we expected and we didn't which is not what we expected. We started slowly. There we definitely some positives. We wanted to neutralize the majority of jumpers and I thought we did pretty good with that. When you look back at the final stat sheet and you've got great players like Meighan Simmons and we let her get 10 looks at the basket, trying the three point line, things like that, it's going to be really difficult to overcome things like that. We've just got to be tougher and better and work harder. Not an interesting answer but that's just how I feel about it."
(On their shooting)
"That's important regardless of who we're playing. A team the same size as us, we've got to shoot the ball better. We've got great shooters on this team. Something we work very, very hard at is getting up those shots weekly and we've just got to be confident in that work. Because if you're going to be a great team certainly you've got to utilize that three ball if it's awarded to us. It certainly doesn't determine everything but I know we're capable of shooting better and we have to."
(On the size difference)
"The size thing is just not a brand new challenge. We play a different opponent - what are we going to do with their size - well the same thing we did with the last one that's bigger. That's kind of just part of the way we have to play and Kayla [Lewis] is a great demonstration of how we handle that. You just have to fight and scratch and claw and move your feet and try to pick your spots. We've got to do a good job as coaches at trying to defensively adjust so that we're not putting her in a position that she can't overcome. Kayla's fight I thought was great, I know that she knows there are areas she could have done more, could have done better, because that's how champions think. That's the mindset she has."
(On turnovers)
"Our turnovers we're just very costly. It's not like we had 30 of them, we ended up with 19 but they were just very timely. Jaterra [Bonds] and Cassie [Peoples] are both very sound ball handlers and decision makers and of those 19, 10 of them to come from those two guys that's hard for us to overcome. Tennessee's a great team, they're going capitalize if you give them another chance. They're going to take the ball back and make you pay and they did a great job of that."
(On the technical foul)
"We were trying to sub in and there were six players on the floor and the ball was handed to our inbound so we were trying to get one on and get one off and it didn't work out that way."
(On the We Back Pat night)
"I really appreciate the University of Tennessee and the folks here involving me, just letting me walk over there and holler at Pat for a second. She's so special to all of us. Just continuing to show that consistency in her fight and her strength to be present and a lesser person would right now be taking days of or hanging out at the lake and she's just not going do that. She knows how important her impact is and this is obviously a fight that's one of those deals it's not Gators and Vols its just something we've all got to engage in together. I think from that standpoint it was a great night."
(On the SEC)
"You know what, the league is just real good. We live it every Thursday and Sunday so we sound like a broken record saying that in the face of a loss or after a big win. There's just not a weak sister in this league. Everybody, you've got to be ready, be on your toes. There's great coaching, the best student athletes in the country and it's very, very hard to maintain consistency of play when you've got that kind of challenge but I think it's a great demonstration of the strength of our league from top to bottom."
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(On We Back Pat night)
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That it's the biggest problem in modern beekeeping.
That it's the biggest problem in modern beekeeping.
Mark Berninghausen
What is the purpose of this post?
Please do explain
Larry Pender,Jubilee HoneyBee Company,Camarillo, CA
Of the 30% dieback last year a small amount was CCD or CCD Related. What about the rest? Why isn't there a hue and cry about the 25%?
Mark Berninghausen
Because the 25 percent was caused by weather, pesticides, and PPB, all of which we have seen before, kills a livable percentage, and we know(should know) how to handle. The 5 percent by CCD is still "unexplained", kills all of the hives in that group, and therefore is unknown and mysterious.
But IF I was a betting man, I would bet that that 5 percent is a rolling 5 percent, in that half of the 5 percent go broke, and the other half of the 5 percent figure it out and keep it under their hats. The next year a different 5 percent get effected, and go through the winnowing process. So then the question becomes, when will your number be up?
Crazy Roland
Sorry 'bout that.
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Honey-4-All, I believe CCD is a pathogen, and has several mutations(AKA varieties). You may be experiencing a less virulent form. We had the hard core stuff, and when we solved the problem, it was like throwing a switch. Do our queens last forever, and the bees make 150 lbs a year? No, but weather seems to be the largest factor now.
One of the other explanations to SQKCRK's question is that until you have seen the nasty CCD, you can not believe it could exist. We did not. It is like nothing you have seen before.
Crazy Roland
I know I have had far more issue with Varroa than anything else. I have not lost a hive yet so nothing in the way of CCD. Not sure I would recognize it as such even if I did loose a hive.
This gives some credibility to CCD actually being something that occurs from time to time and then fades away. Sort of like the occasional really bad influenza virus we will see in certain years. Maybe CCD is just a really bad head cold year for bees.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Of the 30% dieback last year a small amount was CCD or CCD Related. What about the rest? Why isn't there a hue and cry about the 25%?
Answer. There has been! Our industry is being hammered with STUFF.
The easiest way to see this is to look at all the additional work we do as beeks to keep hives alive. If you look back 20 to 30 years ago and compare the beekeeping practices used by successful beeks then compared to now I would est. that we do 3 to 4 times the work for the results we get. Also note that are results are poor currently mainly from the unknown factor. Meaning, I can do the same process each season with no promise of the same results.
Larry Pender,Jubilee HoneyBee Company,Camarillo, CA
My general observation is that in discussing "CCD" the topic most often wraps up with the whole thing focusing on the "demise' (deaths) of bee hive colonies.
Why is it that the fact that the following are not tied to "ccd"
1. Colonies rarely produce the honey crops they did even 20 years back.
2. Colonies don't grow in the spring after splitting ( packages) like they used to.
3. Queen supercedure rates are out of this world compared to less than 10 years back.
4. On a wide basis the "umph" the bees used to exude is less prevalent across the board compared to years past.
5. Bees require much more feed and attention than before CCD. Hate to think what would happen if they were left to their own devices with the numbers being run.
To respond to Rolands question as to when "my" numbers will be up. The answer is far from simple. All I know is that the minute they quit going down we will say they are back up.
Since ccd the average American has become much more aware of the importance of honey bees. It has made it lots more pleasant finding new bee yards and the fuel stops when migrating always seem to bring positive feedback versus before when we just got dirty looks.
How did you solve the problem?
And that is the 64,000 Dollar question, cuz that is what it cost me to figure it out.
Crazy Roland
C'mon. Everyone knows its mite related. you know, those viruses.
Really? Then i must be Crazy to think otherwise.
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Lili and Dani are two great people and super hosts!
We had a very good time and felt like home in our nice room!
The whole apartment is very clean, modern and welcoming.
Thank you Lili and Dani!!
See you next year!
The stay at Dani's & Lili's apartment was really great! The room was like it is on the pictures and everything was very clean and tidy. They both arranged to be there when we arrived at the apartment. They showed us around and gave us some tipps for Valencia. All in all a very nice stay! Only recommendable!
We had very nice stay at the apartment! We found the room very comfortable and clean. Lilli and Daniel are very friendly and helpful people. The location of the apartment is great - many restaurants and shops around. It was great stay and we hope to be back soon! :)
Great appartement/rooms. Everything is kept really clean and Lili and Dani are very nice! Keep up the good work :)
A very nice and clean room and the shared bathroom was cleaned every day. The only thing we could of wished for was a mini fridge in our room or at least one in the common kitchen. We could of put our things in Daniel and Lili's fridge but it would of felt easier to be able to take our things when ever we needed to. But the location and the nice room made up for it.
I had an excellent stay at the apartment. It is a beautiful place with several rooms, I had one with a small balcony. I found the room very cute and comfortable, I really felt at home there. You can use the kitchen which is very helpful – and there is a supermarket and a fruit shop a few meters away. I was very warmly welcomed by Lilli and Daniel and they had answers to all my many questions, also before I came to stay. I also really enjoyed the breakfast, brought on a tray to enjoy at my leisure. It was a great stay and I hope to be back some time!
Lili e Dani sono fantastici, sempre disponibili ad aiutare, dare consigli sulla città e su qualsiasi cosa si abbia bisogno!
La stanza è esattamente come nelle foto, comodissima per muoversi e in una zona ottima. La cucina in comune è dotata di ogni comfort e il bagno, da condivisere con u'altra stanza,sempre pulitissimo.
Consiglio a tutti di soggiornare presso di loro!
Camera ottima, accoglienza perfetta , i ragazzi sono stati molto gentili e disponibili.
Tutta la casa , compresi bagno e cucina, erano molto puliti.
Ve lo consiglio!
Unos chicos geniales y encantadores, super atentos de nosotros y facilitándonos muchísimo las cosas. Un sitio estupendo, se lo recomiendo
We arrived in the morning and Lilli and Dani were there to welcome us very friendly.
They gave us information about the city, Fallas, restaurants etcetera. We were allowed to use our room immediately. Our room, the bathroom and the kitchen were new, stylish and cosy. Also very, very clean during our whole stay... The pictures give a good sight of the apartment. There are many little extras and everything is so well organised.
The location is perfect: near a metro station, between the city centre and Turia garden (in the neighbourhood of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias). Lots of restaurants and a big supermarket are very near.
Lilli and Dani were always available and helpful. We had a great stay in Valencia because of the wonderful city and because of Fallas, but also because of those two lovely people.
We definitely highly recommend this place. If in doubt: don't hesitate, just do it, you won't regret it. Lilli & Dani, thank you very much!
We kwamen al 's morgens aan en Lilli en Dani waren aanwezig om ons heel vriendelijk te verwelkomen.
Ze gaven ons informatie over de stad, Fallas, restaurants etcetera. We mochten onze kamer onmiddellijk gebruiken. Onze kamer, de badkamer en de keuken waren nieuw, stijlvol en gezellig. Ook heel erg schoon tijdens ons hele verblijf. De foto's geven een goed inzicht van het appartement. Er zijn veel kleine extra's en alles is heel goed georganiseerd.
De locatie is perfect: in de buurt van een metrostation, tussen het centrum en de Turia tuin (in de buurt van de Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias). Veel restaurants en een grote supermarkt zijn vlakbij.
Lilli en Dani waren altijd beschikbaar en behulpzaam. We hadden een geweldig verblijf in Valencia vanwege de prachtige stad en vanwege Fallas, maar ook vanwege deze twee aardige mensen.
We zouden zeker deze plek aanbevelen. Bij twijfel: aarzel niet, doe het, u zult er geen spijt van hebben. Lilli & Dani, heel erg bedankt!
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The most popular adjectives with which to describe North Korea are "Orwellian," "paranoid," and "totalitarian." "Repressive" and "isolated" get ample play, as do "dystopian" and "Kafkaesque." Christopher Hitchens once described it as a "slave state." Dubya name-checked it in his infamous "axis of evil" speech. Let's add another to the list: surreal.
Life in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), to use its official title, revolves around the personality cult of the Great Leader Kim Il Sung -- who was rather absurdly made president for life after his death in 1994 -- and that of his son and successor Kim Jong Il. Kim the younger is usually referred to as the General or Dear Leader, but has also been variously described by the Korean Central News Agency as the Sun of the 21st Century, the Highly Intelligent and Almighty Leader, the Greatest Personifier of Human Wisdom, the Incarnation of Might Displaying Infinite Creative Ability, and Top Brain of the Socio-Political Organism.
In the capital Pyongyang, your tour group (there's no other way to enter but on an officially sanctioned tour) will cheerily clap along as your shy guide, exhibiting all the undisguised nervousness of a karaoke virgin, balances at the front of the bus while warbling the cheery Korean song "Pan Gap Seumnida," or "Pleased To Meet You." Should your country ever cross swords with hers, however, rest assured that she would have no qualms about mowing you down with an AK-47. The DPRK is permanently on a war footing, and all outsiders are viewed with suspicion.
Souvenir hunting proves tricky, and foreign visitors are kept clear of shops frequented by everyday folk. Books, all published by the state propaganda department are available (big seller: the snappily titled The American Imperialists Started The Korean War). Postage stamps are also popular, especially a design -- frequently sold out -- featuring former US President Richard Nixon being stabbed in the eye with a pen. Splash out on a beer with lunch and, should the eatery be short of Euros or Chinese yuan (foreign visitors are not permitted to handle North Korean Won, and US dollars are a political no-no), you could get two more beers as your change.
And while China has marshaled its masses to provide cheap labor for the rest of the world, thereby becoming an economic superpower, the DPRK invests an estimated 200 million of its people's man-hours each year in a choreographed extravaganza of gymnastics, music and dancing. That way the politically vetted elite permitted to reside in Pyongyang can watch kids in fuchsia leotards doing back-flips through hula-hoops. They call it the Mass Games, and it's the most surreal sight in the most bizarre nation on the planet.
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New York Observer longtime film critic Rex Reed is no fan of Melissa McCarthy or her latest movie - and that's putting it mildly.
Reed wrote a scathing takedown of Bridesmaids star McCarthy's latest comedy Identity Thief last week. He (like many others) panned the flick, but he also took a shot at McCarthy on a personal level by zeroing in on her physical appearance.
Directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses), the movie also stars Jason Bateman, who plays a businessman who is on the receiving end of McCarthy's identity-stealing shenanigans.
In his review, Reed calls Emmy Award-winning Mike & Molly star McCarthy "cacophonous," "Obese", "tractor-sized," and a "female hippo".
He also takes aim at the 42-year-old actress' "short" career.
"Melissa McCarthy is a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success," Reed writes. "Poor Jason Bateman. How did an actor so charming, talented, attractive and versatile get stuck in so much dreck."
Readers quickly came to McCarthy's defence, flooding the comments section at the tail-end of Reed's review.
One commenter wrote: "Rex Reed, what is wrong with you? What benefit is there to attacking Melissa McCarthy personally when you're supposed to be talking about the quality of the film? There are so few people you can count on in this over-saturated industry for true film criticism, and you just ruined any remaining shreds of credibility you had."
Asked another: "It'd be interesting to know if Mr. Reed has referred to John Goodman as a 'hippo' or 'tractor-sized' in his reviews of that male actor's movies?"
Another reader vowed never to read the publication again. "Wow, this review is seriously offensive. Calling McCarthy a tractor-sized hippo? Remind me never to read The Observer again."
"I get you hated the movie," said Robin Mitchell. "I have hated lots of movies and didn't need to resort to name-calling and fat shaming. Professionals do not behave this way."
Reed was also rebuked on Twitter.
Film critic Jackson Murphy wrote: "Rex Reed calling Melissa McCarthy "tractor-sized" and "hippo" in Identity Thief review is just wrong. #1 Rule - no personal attacks."
Chimed Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet: "Turns out, Rex Reed didn't die sad and alone 10 years ago. Nope. He's alive and starving for attention, so lets give him some."
Paul Feig, who directed McCarthy in Bridesmaids, tweeted, "For his catty and school bully name-calling of the supremely talented Melissa McCarthy, I cordially invite Mr. Rex Reed to go f*** himself."
Grey's Anatomy showrunner Shonda Rhimes also chimed in, tweeting, "Best. Tweet. Ever."
Actor Chad Lowe (Rob Lowe's younger brother) wrote: "Film critic sideshow #RexReed's personal attack on actress Melissa McCarthy is vile & unacceptable. The @NewYorkObserver should fire him."
As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Reed is no stranger to getting personal in his reviews.
"There's nothing wrong with Sarah Jessica Parker, that couldn't be cured by wart-removal surgery," he wrote in his review of the first Sex and the City flick. "That growth on her face just gets bigger with every close-up, and in the full-length movie version of Sex and the City it's so distracting you can't concentrate on anything else.
"It's not a beauty mark. I guess you can't tell a co-producer anything, but listen up, girl. At this point, you would make a wonderful Halloween witch."
McCarthy has commented on her weight in the past.
"Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. But I am weirdly healthy, so I don't beat myself up about it - it wouldn't help, and I don't want to pass that on to my girls," she told Good Housekeeping last year.
She added: "You just have to say, 'It's pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I'm OK with it. I've got other things to think about.'"
McCarthy has yet to respond to Reed's comments. However, the Observer's editor Ken Kurson is standing by Reed's review.
"Rex Reed is a national treasure. He has a right to his opinion and The New York Observer's smart, passionate readers have a right to disagree with his opinion," Kurson told The Wrap.
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* Eminem to release new album this year.
* Kanye West and Kim Kardashian pack on the PDA in Rio.
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* Bill Maher slams Donald Trump over $5million orangutan lawsuit.
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