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In a characteristically cavalier gesture posing more problems than it solves, Julia Gillard today anointed former Olympic champion Nova Peris as an ALP senate candidate in the Northern Territory, riding roughshod over women, aboriginal Australia, her party and the national interest in one fell swoop.
In short, Gillard's announcement that Peris is to replace long-term incumbent Trish Crossin — apparently without a ballot of local members — is emblematic of the autocratic, self-obsessed and completely undemocratic method in which this PM operates.
I want to make it absolutely clear that I have no issue with Peris personally; on the contrary, I have always liked her enormously, and (despite her iffy political preferences) am pleasantly surprised she has chosen to put her name forward to serve.
Even so, she has a total lack of political experience, and this point is one of several that are central to the reason Gillard's actions today are deplorable.
Gillard does herself no favours with this kind of thing; this time it might come back to bite.
Firstly, she has effectively directed local NT Labor members — via the insultingly impersonal vehicle of national television — to dump the sitting Senator and replace her with a hand-picked Gillard candidate, and with a rubber stamp rather than a vote.
Secondly, she has effectively kneecapped the campaign of Marion Scrymgour — a highly respected aboriginal woman with many years' distinguished political service in the Northern Territory (including a stint as acting Chief Minister) — who has been said in media reports to have been canvassing local support for a move against Crossin for her preselection.
Third, she has made an absolute mockery of any pretence within the ALP that it is a democratically structured party; that half-portion of it not falling within the purvey of union thugs is able, apparently, to be dictated to at whim.
Fourth — and not least with an eye on the fact Scrymgour was already eyeing a preselection bid — Gillard's "initiative" stinks of tokenism towards aborigines, wrapped up as it is in sensationalist and histrionic pap about "redressing a wrong" in that the ALP has never been represented, federally, by an indigene.
This is perhaps the most offensive aspect of the whole thing; if that's what Gillard really wanted, Scrymgour should have been her girl. But no, this isn't about aboriginal representation and advocacy at all; it's about the Labor way of recent times that a "star" is far preferable to a proven and loyal Labor foot soldier.
Even when the "star" and the foot soldier are both aboriginal women.
And in turn, the real message from what Gillard did today, to aborigines, is this: we don't really care two jots about you…until it suits us. Then, Labor is your friend.
Does anybody else find this brand of politics particularly nauseating?
It's made worse by the fact that in claiming Labor has never been represented by an aborigine federally (which is true) it has, over the years, been served very well by aboriginal representatives in state and territory Parliaments — a disingenuous semantic argument indeed, replete with its implicit disregard for the service rendered by its indigenous representatives in other jurisdictions.
And Gillard isn't doing much through this process to enhance her much-vaunted but largely meaningless claim to be a women's advocate by making a cat's paw of one, crucifying a second by proxy, and engineering a right and royal shafting at arms' length of a third — Scrymgour — who is actually the obvious candidate for the spot this catfight is predicated upon.
And the proof of it is that Nova Peris is not being moved into the House of Representatives seat of Lingiari, held for Labor by Warren Snowden, or the seat of Solomon held by the CLP (a Liberal Party equivalent for those unfamiliar); the latter is unwinnable, and Snowden is likely to be blown away if he stands again.
No, to pull this stunt, Gillard is commandeering a virtually unloseable Senate spot, which speaks volumes about the real faith she has in this latest plan were it ever tested somewhere it actually needed to achieve majority support.
So let's not entertain any of the nonsense Gillard is spouting about a "Captain's Pick;" it is all, sadly, hypocritical nonsense. Such a pick, very simply, is not a feature of the ALP's rule book.
Federally, of course — and I note this with no jab intended at the ALP — the Liberal Party has been represented by aborigines, starting with the late Neville Bonner in Queensland; a Senator from 1971, four years after the referendum that allowed his people the right to vote.
But to note in the one breath that a great disservice has been rendered by the ALP in not endorsing aborigines federally, ever, and then to crap on in the next about "proud Labor history (in Aboriginal Affairs)" stinks of hypocrisy, tokenism, and — dare I say it — paternalism.
The other issue here is that of the "star" candidate, parachuted into Parliament; it's something both sides have done, and with mixed degrees of success.
The LNP did it in Queensland last year, and sealed an election triumph in doing so.
The ALP did it in 2004 in the federal seat of Kingsford-Smith, and imported what has proven to be a dud in Peter Garrett who has endangered Labor's decades-long hold on his electorate.
The SA Liberals did it in 1992, parachuting former senior state MPs Jennifer Cashmore, Dean Brown and John Olsen (Olsen had moved on to serve as a Senator) back into the state Parliament to elect a leader — Brown — who went on to annihilate the ALP at the following year's election.
The ALP did it all the way back in 1980, shoehorning ACTU president Bob Hawke into the vacant Melbourne Labor seat of Wills, and the rest was history; two and a half years later, Hawke commenced his tenure as Labor's longest-serving Prime Minister following his triumph on 5 March 1983 over Malcolm Fraser.
There have been other instances of the phenomenon, and more, doubtless, to come; I'm hoping Alexander Downer is the next Premier of South Australia, and if he is, it'll be on entry to that Parliament for the first time on election day next March.
My point is that in all of these cases, the recruit has been someone with either vast political experience or, in the cases of Hawke and Garrett, from backgrounds very commensurate with political life and offering a reasonable expectation of solid performance.
Nova Peris (and I'm sorry to have to say it) is a political nobody, no background, nothing to justify expectations of solid performance, just a star because Gillard wants one.
To make her look good.
To associate with the "beautiful people" (of which Gillard, clearly, is not a member).
To curry favour with white voters impressed by Labor/Greens pandering to minorities (again, the tokenism I was talking about earlier).
And to try to win votes off Peris' back in suburban Sydney and Melbourne (where it won't make a shred of difference).
I sincerely hope that if Nova really wants a political career — yes, in spite of Labor leanings — that she can have some success, whether here and now, or in the future.
But she really is a piece of work, our Prime Minister.
In the end, Gillard today has offended just about every law of political decency; nobody really wins from the half-arsed stunts she cooks up in the backroom with her coterie, and this sort of thing does a massive disservice to the very constituencies Gillard has the bare-faced audacity to purport to be the champion of.
Ultimately, however, the greatest disservice rendered by Gillard today may yet prove to be wrought upon Nova Peris herself.
It might have been better to have allowed Peris — with encouragement, if desired, from behind the scenes — to have worked the NT Labor branches to win over the local burghers, generating her own momentum and the press attention that would accompany it, than to have placed her on a national stage and at the epicentre of what looks likely to be an uproar inside the ALP over her tactics.
And of course, to make an undeserved fool of Peris if, somehow, the whole scheme amounts to nowt.
The Red And The Blue wishes to reiterate that this column has absolutely no issue with Nova Peris; that lovely, laudable and shining light has unsurprisingly given no offence and has conducted herself today with grace and style. It is very sad to see such a good person used in such a cynical fashion by such an objectionable specimen as Julia Gillard.
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If Gillard and her merry band of wreckers cared one jot about Aboriginal representation among their ranks, then why was Warren Mundine overlooked in favour of Bob Carr? Oh – that's right – the Kevvie factor! This woman will do anything to retain power.
I think the Peris anointment shows just how low this woman is prepared to sink. It is tokenism at its worst and as you said, does Peris a massive disservice. Nova Peris has unwittingly become Gillard's pawn. It's blatant and it's disgusting.
I hope there is a huge and embarrassing backlash over this. Gillard deserves every bit of it.
Great summary of the Nova Peris appointment! Seems like another completely misguided attempt by clueless Gillard. Increasingly Aborigines are waking up to the fact that the coalition is the only party that has made any conscious attempt to increase Aboriginal living standards. I expect the reaction of many Aborigines to Gillard's decision will be "OK, my community is overrun by alcoholism and overwhelmingly welfare dependent and unemployed, and all Gillard's done about it is parachute a successful black Olympian into the senate to give her government another symbolic first. Typical ignorant bureaucrat."
There are so many pots calling kettles black here, with outraged indignation that you wonder just what democracy in this country is coming too! The Right Wing response was entirely predictable and oh so damned boring. C'mon folks 'insult to aboriginality'? Nice spin, missed the wicket!
Interesting outburst. Not quite sure what to say in response considering you didn't actually proffer any arguments – except that the views of conservatives are boring and a threat to democracy. Socrates would be proud of those points!
Nova may be the Best aborigine representative ever, and bring to light original views. Ab- means away from, so original is more appropriate. How about some (Real) historical facts-of the true oppression, of the originals, also black slaves were treated better than convicts as they were, valuable to the oligarchy, the same oligarchy who think they can continue fooling the people today the ones trying to disarm USA-the same way Johny did in port authur false flag, that scumbag is a war criminal, Gillard is a George sorros, London wall street toadie. Wake up Australia- Esp- the Lame stream media Whores. Time to see the light, join the C.E.C. And Wake UP!! 🙂 Ps-avoid fluoride!
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This year, Oscar voters are getting a deadline extension, giving members an extra day to vote on the nominees for this year's Academy Awards after technical issues plagued the first attempt by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to allow online voting.
The Academy announced in early 2012 that it would be making e-voting available to members, and as is often then case in the move from analog to digital, the transition to the new voting platform hasn't been without hiccups. In a recent Hollywood Reporter analysis, many Academy voters complained of issues with logging in to the voting site — something an Academy representative attributed to voters "forgetting or misusing passwords" — difficulty navigating the site once they were logged in, and even the potential for hackers to infiltrate the website and influence the vote.
"They should have had more lead time than, 'Here you go; this is what we are expecting now,'" one Academy voter told THR. "We're talking about many elderly people who are not that computer literate. They might think that it's simple, but the simplest thing isn't simple to many people…. There will probably be a large percentage of people who will just say, 'Screw it' and not even vote this year."
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock tweeted just last week that "the password they sent didn't work for my log in – and they couldn't e-mail me a new log in, only snail mail." Some even called it a "disaster" and expressed worry that the website would be susceptible to hacking. Others worried that frustrations with the new system could lead to low voter turnout.
However, Lori Steele, the CEO of the company that developed the electronic voting system for the Academy, said that despite those reports, the majority of the feedback her firm Everyone Counts had received was positive and that voters had access to a 24-hour telephone support line and assisted voting stations in Los Angeles, New York and London. She also added that the deadline extension was the result of the Academy simply wanting to give voters more time and not because of any particular issue with the e-voting site.
"Voting through our platform has gotten really rave reviews from most members and the user experience went through multiple levels of user testing with members and the satisfaction rate is extremely high," Steele said in an interview with Wired. "There have been some issues — as you've read — with passwords and that simply means the system is working, so those wouldn't be the reasons that this would be extended."
The voting period for Oscar noms, which began Dec. 17, was initially scheduled to end Thursday at 5 p.m. Pacific, but will now wrap up Friday at the same time. After all of the votes from Academy members, who were also given the option to vote using the traditional paper method, are cast they will be tabulated by the Academy's accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. After the nominations are announced Jan. 10, members will also be able to use e-voting to choose who will leave the Academy's gala event with a little gold man.
When the move to e-voting was announced in early 2012, it was cited as a move into the future. But others worried that the change could be too much for the Academy's thousands of members – some of whom, THR noted, don't even have internet access. So the issues with log-ins and passwords aren't entirely surprising, and even Steele notes that "anyone who tries to do something for the first time is going to have greater hurdle than people who have done it many times." And as The Kids Are All Right producer Celine Rattray told the Reporter, "While there may be kinks that need to be worked out, the move to e-voting makes complete sense."
As for the hacking worries, Steele said she's confident the Everyone Counts system is secure, adding that their platform's "military-grade encryption for every single ballot and the ballot box" is suited to the task and noting that the firm's methods have been tested both by outside firms and years of handling online elections.
"We have been security tested by half a dozen organizations that are really world-renowned to ensure this system is bullet-proof," Steele said.
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Some months ago, KYH and I had a discussion of how to salute the flag. I said I used hand-over-the heart; turns out that in 2008, the Flag Code was amended to permit veterans, not in uniform and whether or not wearing a hat ("covered") to render the military hand salute at appropriate times:
I used this authorization at our recent Fourth of July parade and enjoyed the hell out of it!
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Covers for in wall tv wires
On our new house, I'm having supports for HDTV mounts put in walls prior to sheetrocking. Am also putting 3" pvc tubes inside the walls from the area behind the TV to above the baseboard for cables, etc. (My wife want's an absolute minimum of visable wires). Any suggestions on covers for these tubes, in case I have no TV mounted?
Not sure exactly how you are doing it but these are pretty easy.
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3" sounds pretty big - can't you use something smaller?
Regarding your covers. I would just obtain good measurements where the ends of your tubing is in the wall (over and up from a good reference point). Then if you are going to mount the TV, you could cut in a low voltage box that is open to the rear, and run your wires. If you decide not to, nothing is visible
Are these 3" pipes just going vertically within the stud wall from just above baseboard to a location several feet higher? If the wall is an interior wall you probably don't need the pipe at all. At some point in the future when you get the TV it will be easy to fish the wires and install nice wall plates such as in the link above.
If you are talking passing the 120 volt TV power line through the pipe then I think it's a bad idea. Just have a 120 outlet installed where it will be behind the future TV.
You can actually get 12" D plugs for installs such as this, along with using a Clock Outlet. You have to think it through, instead of just throwing it together.
This is the item you need to use if you want to do it the right way:
And FWIW there's no real need for you to run a pipe in the wall...
Code compliant if your AV cables are, and you can easily have the TV surge protected,
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Having just recovered from an anus-obliterating bout of crappuccino-like diarrhea, recalling my fond memories of the eclectic mix of fried chicken and waffles is disheartening since the mere thought of solid food right now is as disgusting as the rum and coke-looking feces I was wrecking my toilet with earlier.
Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles is the greatest thing black people have done since setting up the economic foundation of the American South out of the kindness of their hearts. At first mention, combining the sweetness of buttermilk waffles and syrup with the salty fatfuck taste of fried chicken sounds like a worse idea than The Hangover III: We Lost Someone Else in the Building and Have An Endangered Baby Panda With Us This Time. But, out of novelty, you just have to try that shit to see what it's all about. I was visiting my cousin in LA and he tells me, "I have to take you to eat some chicken and waffles."
Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles is the greatest thing black people have done…
His roommate comes along and the three of us are sitting at Roscoe's. This one guy, I'll assume he was the manager since he was wearing an ugly Christmas sweater and looked like a pastor in a Tyler Perry movie, he was walking around occasionally putting dishes on people's tables and asking how everyone's meal was. While doing this he would pick at his teeth with his tongue as if he's just eaten a big-ass plate of chicken and waffles and is preemptively letting everyone know how delicious it was. There was something cool as hell about that guy, and it wasn't just because he was old and laid back (I'm talking "I had to attend a separate high school" old), but he had this presence about him. Almost as if he were Roscoe.
We each got the typical one chicken, one waffle situation. Our waitress was cool as hell and set up the order in a way that we saved money by ordering one of the meals which included two chicken breasts and two waffles, and a separate one with one chicken and one waffle.
The fried chicken itself is awesome. It's so good it reminds you KFC was invented by a white racist. They can serve that by itself and it's enough reason to visit Roscoe's. The waffle, if eaten alone, is fine. It's nothing special, I've had better and personally I'm a fan of waffles which are a little crispier on the outside but it's still acceptable. But when you put them together angels grow genitals and 69 for the first time. You take that fucking chicken, you tear it apart and shred that little bitch to edible strands you can pick with your fork, you litter the top of your buttery waffle with those chicken scraps, then you top that motherfucker off with maple syrup. The result is something bards will write songs about for generations. Obviously, by bards I mean rappers, and by songs I mean whatever shit it is they try to pass off as songs these days.
Rap? Songs? What?
Damn Lil' Wayne, you're right. I DO hate a shy bitch!
My cousin is a little bitch and eats the individual items separate. That's like watching a white guy at Pollo Tropical eat his rice first, then his beans. Just mix all that shit together like the Latin patron saint of food intended.
If you're ever in LA, you need to hit up Roscoe's immediately.
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Make Your Own Gear › GRAVITY FILTER & HYDRATION SYSTEM
Mar 25, 2009 at 9:37 am #1235071
Hello All,
I am new here and my first post. I am making a gravity filter and hydration system. I am not done yet but so far it is coming along great. I am using a an Antigravity Gear 1 gal water bag and some fittings from local hardware store. I have 50 inches of tubing that weighs 1.3 oz for this. 8 inches from bag to Sawyer inline filter from Walmart. The the rest of the tubing for my hydration system. so far the hydration system hold 80 fl oz and weight about 2.8 oz total. The Gravity filter part which is not done should weight about 2.8 oz for the total system weight of about 5.6 oz. But this is a estimate. My flow rate is ok at 1 liter per minute.
Also I am new to this ultralight thing. and I am redong my gear and so far my approx base pack weight will be around 4.48 pounds. I think this is a good start for now and already with future plans could get it down to around 2.8 pounds.
Thanks. James.Mar 25, 2009 at 11:03 am #1488726
William PuckettMember
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You may want to try this all out at home before going "field live". While I have NOT put together a system as you describe, others in this forum have.
I recall from those other threads in which the Sawyer filter is used that the filter MUST be backwashed or filled with water using a home faucet before it will work at the lower pressures inherent in a gravity feed system. And, the filter must be kept filled with water (and not allowed to freeze) if it is to used again before having access to the higher pressure available at a home faucet.
This is not meant to be knock on the Sawyer filter, but it means that you will be carrying the weight of a "full" in-line filter with its water inside.
Perhaps others who have first-hand experience with the Sawyer in-line filter can confirm or clarify my impression.Mar 25, 2009 at 11:28 am #1488729
Hello All,
1st. Backwashing is not a problem for me. I have tested this at home and it backwashes just fine. However I would like a prefilter but the lightest thing I can find would only get the bigger stuff. I think I would try using an old nylon stocking from my wife and rubber band it around the hose connection inside the water bag.
2nd. I have tested the flow rate with tap water several times from a dry filter and have had no problems with the flow rate. Now this is with the filter completely disconnected then connected. but I have noticed a drop in flow rate if filter is open while still connected to everthing. basicly creating an airlock. But I have been able to correct this very easily. so I dont think I will have to carry a filter full of water. If I need to though I can prime it first.
James.Mar 25, 2009 at 11:36 am #1488731
As far as the filter freezing. I would never let this happen on purpose. My friend had the MSR miniworks filter freeze and the filter cracked. My backup Aquamira realy saved that trip.
JamesMar 25, 2009 at 12:15 pm #1488739
Noel HongMember
@arborrider08Locale: SouthShore of Lake Superior
This is the DIY gravity filter I pieced together with the exception of the filter from spare parts. Filter rate is ~2L/3min. Bugger is a bit heavy at a tad less than 10oz. Filter wet weighs +5oz.
Just put together a gravity filter as outlined in Jason Klass's video located on this site. After priming the filter flow rate is a slow 100ml/min. Normal for a Frontier Pro gravity filter? If so, mass vs. efficiency between the 2 units.Mar 25, 2009 at 6:50 pm #1488854
Keith SelboSpectator
@herman666Locale: Northern Virginia
I can confirm these results. No problem starting out with a dry filter. I noticed a photo in this thread showing the filter only a few inches from the supply bag. A few feet of hose is better because it results in higher pressure. It's also good to have a few feet to the clean water bag so you can reverse the flow for back flushing on an extended hike.
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I have never done anything with adding 2nd batteries, so I am a complete newb in this area.
My friends dad want an updated system in his boat. It's a 96-97? Searay. It just has an old marine HU and 4 coaxials (5 1/2's?). One side is blown. He wants a new HU with iPod capabilities and new speakers. I meantioned a 2nd battery would be a good idea, cause I planned on using an amp or two. He thought that was a great idea. I would like to have the amp and HU on the 2nd battery, both batteries charged off the alternator, obviously. I've never installed an HU in a boat, is it much different than a car? Is it east to rewire the power wire to a different battery? I just got the budget today, it was alot less than what I was hoping. He said $5-800. With a new HU, 2 sets of replacement speakers, 4 channel amp I'm already at about $650. Is there room in this budget for a 2nd battery? What components do I need and how do I install them? I was initially planning on a sub and sub amp, but budget cut that out.
He really liked the idea of a 2nd battery just for the system, so I think he will make that work no matter what the budget is.
Any help would be appreciated.
My equipment I plan on using so far:
HU: Clarion DXZ785USB (for iPod use) ~$230 shipped
Component Amp: Alpine MRP F550 ~$200 shipped
(Found matching Eclipse amps on Ebay too, XA1000 and XA4000. There efficiency should be great for this setup. About $340 shipped for the pair! If budget alows a sub, otherwise just the 4 channel for $190 shipped)
Speakers: 2 pair Elemental Design 6000v.2's They can be mounted with tweeter on woofer as coaxials. ~$200 shipped (I'm open to suggestions, I don't think I could fit seperate tweets and woofers, maybe I could with ~5" mids. Considering no sub, the easily mounting 6.5" from eD looks like a good fit.)
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Floating love Part 1
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On a peaceful sunny day floating around on my back as peaceful as a Floatzel can me a young, but handsome Floatzel with no parents and a young, but adorable little brother, a Buzel. This all started when the battles between some weird people with a big red 'R' on them. Our parents died on the battle field, I to was in the battle but I got wounded and then knocked out, when I woke up I found myself hidden from the battle with other people cheering saying that we won! But when news came that my parents are dead I snapped and went through apathy. I also have a friend who did the same but she miraculously evolved into today's beautifully stunning, and young, Floatzel. She has been taking care of her little sister, a Buizel now a month and a week old two weeks younger than my brother.
Mid way down the river I examined my scars, even if the on my stomach healed up fully it still hurts and the one on my head doesn't any more but has a nasty light orange mark. Just before I went back to relaxing I heard some one calling my name so I lazily tilted my head to the right and saw Asaga! Asaga, a Charmander who got separated from his pack and is now under my protection "Hey! Aram! Airi wants you!" Asaga said waving his arms franticly "What for?" I asked getting to my feet and shaking myself dry "She didn't say, but I did see her picking berries and had some fish next to her when she told me to call you over." Said the little dragon "Really!? Then I better get going, huh? Ha ha ha." I joked with the little dragon but I found myself shuffling nervously back and forth. "Maybe I should give her something, right?" I asked staring at the little dragon nervously until I found it!
A small, sea blue, gem in the shape of a heart! "That's it! I'll give her this! Just like the humans!" I said to the little dragon "You mean in a ring?" said Asaga "Ya, a ring." I said looking back at the gem. "You should go to Golark maybe he can help you." The little dragon said "You think? Alright I go and bring some berries to trade." I said determined to go. Golarks cave wasn't that far from the forest clearing that Airi picked so I'll be there soon after I get the ring ready
"Yo! Golark! I need your help!" I yelled out a few feet away "Aram? Is it really you?" He said from inside his cave "Yes! Of course it's me! Listen I need your help with something." I said blushing a little but it wasn't visible thankfully "Reilly? What do you got to trade?" he said now finally revealing his face "I got some berries that I recently picked," I said presenting the berries then looked at him "Deal?" I asked, Golark is now staring down at me with his beady little eyes "Deal." He said now presenting his arm so I gave him the gem.
He stared at the gem like he knew what was happening then he stared in timidly at the gem the from the spaces of his roughs, cracked fingers I saw the gem get in crusted In some metal then it rose to form a round piece of metal formed with the gem. After he was done he dropped the ring on the ground and I walked towered him with the berries and gave him them and took the ring with me "Thank you Golark." I said turning my head to look at the cave "Your welcome and good luck!"
As I walked to the clearing I could see through the gaps between the trees and saw Airi's back was turned to me and she was already busy with something. So I tip toed so that I can only hear my steps and it seemed to work because she hasn't looked back yet. So I snuck up close enough to grab her when I saw her tails were tucked to the side of her body so tip toed till I was breathing on her neck gently and warped my arms around her belly then I heard a moan come out of her as her shoulders slumped placed her right arm on my right and her left arm wrapped around my head. "Hi beautiful." I said to Airi as she moaned some more "Hi handsome" she giggled "What are you cooking?" I said holding her tighter and slumped my head on her soft shoulder which smelled like fish.
"Your favorite, berry stuffed fish" she said tilting her head on mine. "I got something for you to." I said revealing the ring in my head when she saw it her face lit up "*Gasp* It's beautiful." She said as her emerald green eyes glimmered on the shine off the shine of the gem "T-Thank you." She whispered as she placed the ring on her finger "Only for you Airi." I said and lifted my head to kiss her on the cheek and saw her reaction. Her eyes were wide with surprise and she seemed sort of stunned then looked at me her face was blushing ruby red and looked numb with her glimmering, emerald green eyes staring at me. Then for the finish I let her go and spun her in a 360' then grabbed her arms, to stop her, kneeled then I said "Airi, Will you marry me?" Afraid of the answer I bowed my head and closed my eyes "Yes," I heard her say with a trembling voice.
In disbelief, I raised my head to see Airi, all teary with her face smudged up with joy, "Yes!" she said again and slumped her body weight on mine and then she barred her head on to my chest almost knocking me off balance. I hugged her back and felt her tears wetting my fur, but then I felt a pain on my stomach, Airi had placed her hand on my stomach scar and it felt like it was on fire and it made me clutch her tighter to me, another moan came from Airi but it was more like a moan of bliss. Then I heard a rustling sound my ear twitched towered the sound, it was close, I lifted my head to see "who's there?" I yelled, the rustling sound didn't stop "Come on out, out to where I can see you!" I yelled again.
The rustling stopped, I move Airi behind me but she still poked her head out, the creature in the woods was no other than Asaga! "Asaga what are you doing here?" I asked the little dragon who has a huge grin on his face "Congrats Aram, Airi!" the little dragon said as he walked towered us "Uh…thanks." I said blushing lightly "Let's make it official." Said Airi, who was now next to me on my right "Right!" Asaga said as he made tracks to tell every on. "The Quean of the sea shall do the honors." Airi said as she pulled out of my grip "Yah." I said letting it all sink in. The rusting came back after a few minutes passed which startled me again but then I realized it's just Asaga coming to tell us what's going to happen next.
"Ok so Quean Lugia has been informed about this and she ivied all of us to her under water palace isn't it great!." Said Asaga "Wow, the Quean's palace, and to get married there! That's especially great!" I said grabbing Airi's hands and lifting them half way up, staring at her plush face with tears of joy smeared everywhere and her glistering eyes. Then I heard a munching noise and turned my head to the left to see Asaga Munching away at the food, staring at him in annoyance "Wha-? *loud gulp* waste not want not *burp* excuse me." The little dragon said blushing a little bit.
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Heather Mills is ''delighted'' her ex-nanny had lost her discrimination tribunal against her, as the court has dismissed Sara Trumble's compensation claims.
Heather Mills' former nanny has lost her discrimination tribunal against her.
The model-turned-charity campaigner is said to be "delighted" after a court rejected Sara Trumble's claims that her former employer - who has a six-year-old daughter Beatrice with ex-husband Sir Paul McCartney - "humiliated" her and reduced her to tears with unpleasant treatment and unfair working conditions.
Heather's spokesperson said: "Heather is delighted with the decision of the Employment Tribunal that has dismissed all of Sara Trumble's claims.
"Heather was always a very fair and generous employer to Sara and is very pleased that this has been confirmed by Judge Vowles and the tribunal members unanimously in the judgment."
Sara - who was paid £260-a-week to be Beatrice's nanny from 2004 to 2007 - first made her claims
at a three-day hearing at Ashford Employment Tribunal Centre in Kent, south England, where she was seeking compensation for sex and maternity discrimination, plus constructive dismissal.
However, tribunal judge Steven Vowles has reserved judgement on the claims until today (04.06.10).
Heather has said previously that she had felt "betrayed" by Sara, who she said she treated "like a daughter".
She had also accused Sara of being "motivated by money" and claimed the pair were so close her employee even asked her to be godmother to her daughter Lily, but the relationship turned sour when Heather refused to give the nanny £4,000 for breast enlargement surgery in the spring of 2008.
The 42-year-old charity campaigner also insisted she refused to settle the case out of court because she did not want to set a precedent for other celebrities' nannies.


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I saw that today on an XD site. Not bad huh? Now thats gun porn! heheh
This is a discussion on Full auto - meets glamor :) within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Wish all my shooting companions were like this http://www.fullauto.org/marinavid.htm (9.5Mb)...
Wish all my shooting companions were like this
http://www.fullauto.org/marinavid.htm (9.5Mb)
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
I saw that today on an XD site. Not bad huh? Now thats gun porn! heheh
I carry because I care.
"An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject."
"Cling to the Father and His Holy name, and don't go riding on the Long Black Train" - Josh Turner
just in case anyone wants to download this exicelent training video here is the downable link right click and save http://www.fullauto.org/media/marinam169web.wmv
Nice! And so is the girl!
EOD - Initial success or total failure
Wish my shooting partners looked like that
Yeah baby!
Thanks Chris
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End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow."
Luckily , I can say my girlfriend looks as good as her. And likes to shoot too.
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I'm not sure what's hotter...that gun barrel or the babe. :smileeek:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the weaponry to make the difference.
Mmmmm. Like Linda Hamilton in T2.
eschew obfuscation
The only thing that stops bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. SgtD
Does anyone know her phone number?
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Engineered click over concrete
I purchased the Home legends 3/8 x4 engineered click hardwood flooring with a 55 year warranty. Any one have any experience with this floor? Trying to find a vapor barrier that doesnt void warranty and it was very specific. This was the requirement:
"non-recycled (100% virgin resin) 6-mil. Polyethylene film vapor barrier with a density of .92 lbs./cubic ft. and a thickness tolerance of +/- 10% is installed over the concrete subfloor that emits a water vapor no greater than 5 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft. within 24 hours."
I dont have a lot of faith in warranties, but i do want to make sure it is installed correctly and the vapor barrier the store ordered voids the warranty b/c it contained 15% recycled material. What type of vapor barrier would be best, but also what type of cushion? It is only 3/8 on core board. Would like floors to feel like hardwood and have some cushion to them if possible. The store is installing 1200 sq ft on ground floor with concrete subfloor as a part of a $400 whole house installation special and will also be doing the stairs. How does click floor install on stairs? We ordered the stairnose, but i am talking about the floating aspect.
Look for a product called Silencer. Vapor barrier is already attached. You can not install steps in a floating method. Be sure steps are installed with urethane adhesive. Stairnose too. Urethane adhesive is powerful stuff.
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"They set up a meeting with us for Thursday," said Myles. "Coach Mitchell told me that the coaches at Mississippi State wanted us to come over there."
The versatile Myles reports that he was not expecting any real big news, but that he was happy to have the chance to learn more about his options in Starkville.
"I wasn't expecting him to offer or anything," said Myles. "I really thought this was a chance for us all to talk and for them to get to know me better.
"Coach Mullen told me that he was offering me a scholarship."
The reactions from the Myles family were all a bit different.
"My mom is real big on academics, so she was happy to hear Coach Mullen talk about how that was the first thing with him," explained Myles.
"My dad was happy, but he doesn't show a lot of emotion about things. He was just him, but I know he's proud of me.
"He was pretty reserved about everything, but that's what I expect from him. That's just him.
"I was trying to keep my emotions and all the same, but inside I was like 'Wow'! I couldn't believe it."
Myles was the trigger man on the Starkville High offense during last year's run to the 5A state title game, but the Bulldogs like his potential on defense.
"I guess they are recruiting me as an athlete, but he said they like me at DB because of my size," said Myles. "It's all fine with me. I just want to be play where I can help the team the most."
While the offer from the Bulldogs is a dream come true, Myles is going to take a little time to let everything sink in before he makes a decision.
"I went over to Alabama yesterday for their junior day," said Myles. "I am going over to Ole Miss this weekend to see what all they have to say.
"I was real excited about the offer from Mississippi State.
"Coach Mullen told me that he is looking for good people who have character and who will be successful on and off the field.
"He said that he wants his players to succeed in the classroom, in football and in life.
"He said all of those things are important to him and I liked hearing all of that."


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For what it's worth, the following is merely my humble opinion, so feel free to opine as you will….or not....
When it comes to which device is best suited for driving a reactive load like a speaker or a motor, HEX type fets are the trick. Compared to a bipolar the hexfet will out perform hands down in SOA, speed, and cost. While the BJT may have a higher more linear conductance, it also suffers from secondary breakdown, a major killer of BJTs. A TO-220 hexfet can have a Pd of over 50W at 100 degrees C! I have yet to find a similar package BJT to even come close to that.
The hexfet is a vertical type fet and its conductance is typically more than that of a lateral type, but also it has higher input capacitance. This can be a problem for someone using hexfets in a CFP arrangement; therefore, it is better to use them as source follower, where the excess CISS is effectively bootstrapped. Under the right conditions, they are really hard to beat. Then when you consider the price of these transistors at about a dollar or so each, it really makes you wonder what could be done with them. The question is, what do you have to do to make them work as a low distortion linear amplifier? Truth is, a whole lot.
First you need to have extra voltage for the gate drive circuit. You need a second, higher voltage low current preferably regulated supply. There is much non-linearity involved with these devices that needs to be corrected for. Check out the static characteristics in figure 1 of the datasheet for FQP50N06 and compare to a lateral fet or BJT. Quite far from an ideal straight horizontal line, and Vgs vs conductance is highly dependent on Vds. I find it slightly amusing that people try to use these devices for linear applications as if they were BJTs or lateral fets. However, I'm becoming strongly convinced that they really can be used, but they require the help of a few extra parts. The differential EC part of this circuit is very similar to Bob's EC mosfet output stage, which is based on HEC. In this type of EC, the error amp is designed to have unity gain, but lots of bandwidth. Being able to use fast transistors for this stage is important. The problem is hexfets have a thermal response similar to BJTs in that they need thermal compensation even though hexfets are much more forgiving than BJTs in this respect. Small signal transistors would be more ideal for the HEC but are physically difficult to mount with the OPTs to track temperature. Besides, they would do a poor job of really monitoring the instantaneous temperature of the die, for the perfectionist who wishes for more control. Also layout is critical, and mounting the EC transistors to the OPTs complicates this aspect.
What if you could use the common mode bias to control the bias setting? Then you could set a minimum bias so that neither transistor ever turns off. That is another issue with these devices. They don't handle turn off/turn on very well without creating lots of 'issues'. This is true for all transistors, but these are especially bad. I have come up with a little circuit that might just have some potential. At least the first proto-type circuit seems to be tracking OK. This is not a circuit that would be easily simulated. I set bias to 200mA and it did not vary more than 10-20mA as the transistor case approached fingertip burning temperature (very undersized heatsink ). Adding and removing the load, the bias goes straight to the set point. I still have a lot of fiddling yet to do, but so far it seems to be working good enough to warrant more investigation. As the transistors conduct, there will be a differential mode error that is controlled with the HEC. There is also a common mode error if one wants to maintain constant minimum conductance in the "off" device. A representation of the current through each OPT is conveyed to reference GND (0V). The absolute value of the minimum conductance is used to control the bias spread using a fb loop with a IR300 opto coupler from Vishay. The LED and 2 photo diodes are part of the IR300.
The sine wave is the output (30KHz) and the other is the common mode error signal measured as the difference between points A and B (200mV/div). It seems the bias spread is increased during the peak conduction of each half cycle. I guess this makes sense because of the extra Vgs needed. The wave forms are different for the N-ch vs the P-ch devices. The FQP47P06 seems to need increasingly more Vgs than the N type. Interestingly enough, this is sort of reflected in the data sheets fig 1 for the region of interest.
One problem with the temperature controlled version is that there needs to be a coupling capacitor between the gates of the two hexfets in order to prevent cross conduction. This was a frustrating problem in the last model with the load attached or not. The higher the frequency, the more un-depleted charge builds up on the gates and prevented them from turning off, even within the audio band. However, with active discharge this circuit does not require that cap and does not begin to cross conduct until above 80-150KHz, depending on amplitude. There is indeed a CM error signal that contributes to this behavior. But it seems limited in BW to fit in all the HF component of the error signal at such high driving frequencies. A point of future investigation….
It turns out there is a lot of funky stuff you have to do to the gate drive of a hexfet in order to get it to work optimally in a linear application, but IMO is well worth it if you can pull it off.
All the trouble I've ever been in started out as fun......
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Wow what a great night! I just got back with REALLY inky fingers from the 12 Tag demo night at Classic! It was fabulous to see soooo many of you there! Thanks so much for coming and helping out a fabulous cause!
Don't forget if you're a Fraser Valley local and would like to participate in a Tag swap group, please email me or leave me a comment. (You make multiples of a tag and trade with other members, I figure we meet at Classic to make it easier)
I had made this tag yesterday but didn't have a chance to take a photo and write about it until now.
So for those of you who don't know Linda at Studio L3 has been doing the Compendium of Curiosities (a Tim Holtz technique book) Challenges for the last 29 or so weeks. She picks a challenge, then lets us know what page number to go to in the book.
Like the past few weeks…I check our her blog on Monday…oogle her fabulous sample, grab my Compendium of Curiosities book, turn to the page and get the "gist" of the technique. Then I'll think about it and let it percolate for a bit before tackling the challenge. I won't go back to the book unless I'm unclear on something.
I JUST went back to the book to figure out what to call the technique for this post and it's…Weathered Wood Grunge on page 50. Um yeah *cough, cough*…well I think Linda is going to hit me with a wet noodle! *flinch*
I can't explain all the instructions as they're Tim's to share (pick up the book anyways, it's really good! 😉 but one of the steps was to use a brown distress ink…hence the name… Weathered WOOD Grunge.
So I'm calling it creative interpretation…I used a red ink instead. (I'm the one that tries to put things together and when it doesn't work…THEN I grab the manual! hehe)
It is a Valentine's Tag.
I'm really happy with the way it turned out even though it's not entirely the aim of the technique.
There's another challenge down. These are fun to do!! Not too many left! I just may go back and catch up on the ones I've missed at a later date!
Thanks so much for dropping in today!! You rock! 🙂
PS. If you're curious what crazy day it is today (Jan 27), it's Thomas Crapper Day. Um…yeah…


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Patriots second year corner back Logan Ryan joins the program to discuss his development and what the team needs to do improve from week one to week two of the preseason.
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But we do wanna go to the AT&T hotline right now. And joining us here on 937 WTI. With Christian for game meets him -- It's Logan Ryan -- in the patriots are beginning -- and pre season game against the Philadelphia Eagles -- how I think sought to take some time to join us. -- -- -- would really appreciate her conversation with Logan brought you by Sam Adams slogan -- -- get better as -- -- number one and you individually. From pre season game number one to number two against Philly. Are you always gonna get better on other battles. You know our work work at -- -- -- little bit better screen up just sort of -- that we -- -- quarter kind of as or -- All around better -- the last week in. Play a little you know play a little tighter better tackling and alerting me to do our -- you look at your glaring at. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Logan others you were you playing a safety. The other day in practice. How would address -- say. That we have so many different wrinkles and packaging result different looks similar or have a lot of guys -- -- at a lot of different places. -- is that position that you could do yourself guests feel comfortable -- playing -- any you know have Scioscia got a lot of history there but. And here they're trying to that secular seems to be one area where there's a lot of guys out different positions. Did you see yourself playing safety. Nobody -- Tibet in I. May not have lined up an -- They -- spot before but actually I'm inside outside road feel different coverages you're -- the political. Former -- a week to week. And I'm comfortable -- -- they don't really talk to back up because forum. A similar game to your short career here at the during the patriots an even bigger state that's back to when you're in college. That's become more of the trend has it not. You're just a defensive back you're not a safety or corner quite as much. Anymore because of the way opposing offenses are attacking defense is you've got to be able to cover even more as a safety. They used to correct. Element -- say anything or you know the -- the so are all you want things in style and we cannot stop the next. Yet to have you know a plane to England on the -- -- got to give recovery got a Big Apple. And eight other guy's gonna let weather safety corners where everyone -- we need to when he got to be able. Four out there and do their job and cover their man I want plane dropped -- -- -- and explain apple opened feel. So somehow either -- It's something that you know trying to work on the improvements but don't talk about it being. You know there's been a lot of emphasis on illegal contact and holding. For for you console players. Another restaurant did the days usually seems to be a lot of flags on the field. What are they telling you can get away with is it basically just stay away don't touch the receiver at all. Are there is any tricks of the trade that you guys are going over try and make sure that you don't find yourself in the position where you can call for penalty. I'll break any rules have changed from last year. Out of the FO -- did you receive revenue got to play good fundamental football nobody wants no defensive back coaches and each in our guys that are only Karzai to -- the hole or sudden jerseys and like that's that's not really a rule change for us. It is somewhat damp side there is something that that side right now and it's here throughout their Pakistani flag and then actually. Well at the trial what was the NY. And it has some of that. -- there but just still and and you know the game and go in and clean up on it's not -- it's saving the panic over and it's an issue. -- they really knew I just think it's on the Tampa side in the public that if you play good fundamental football we are. So would so this being your second year what's the biggest. Adjustment for you this year as opposed to last year. -- the other one is one huge adjustment I would say a lot more. Culture that our military expects. I'm trying to improve awful work through this last year. -- approve individual trying to help the team be more I would -- insult where we've become you know better -- I'm trying to do my job. There are meant whatever that may be an -- China they would become more consistent I think insists he is the biggest part of my game. A more consist now that would be about whether or. -- Ryan defense backed -- patriots are 937 WEEI logging give me one thing you learned from Darrelle Revis one thing you learn from Brandon Browner since those guys become your teammates. Oh as a poker does carpenter. That they hear the penalty. For a lot of years they've made a lot of good plays and its combat on -- rather you know -- consistent. They're -- -- competent players amount appear in the and just you know work ethic and practice. And that we -- me and I want a person who. And it is very competition. Out here confidence -- the is that the is what -- them so much that's careers. Well. Ultimately we need a joke which it and it -- generally skeptical as well. What do you what is one thing you guys took away from the practice yes I was Eagles. I would say there's one thing that we collect additional cleanup a lot of things that. We -- probably. -- And you know individually. This got back to have a good technique competing and that they came out and from bad weather and -- -- we had a great -- practice 101. Team got competing there a simple offered. Such great condition for a and just. And they put Obama -- specific legacy which is something we need. How tough decisions for you when you're going to practicing there's not a lot of life tackling. And you go into a game and obviously everything's lives taking guys the ground is it a tough adjustment. You know for you from going from a practice atmosphere where you can't tackle the next thing you know yet to be in the right place have to -- tackle in space bring those guys down. It's our job it's our job to tackle well football players have been there are a lot of years but I mean I think there is some level clean out. Arm is something that you do need to get back into. And we've done some of them practiced I would appreciate game that's about Portland real -- and capitalize every single play. As -- that it will get better we weakened some the earlier. Up folks are getting better this week. Every syllable between the work on but I do think that -- You'll appreciate this huge -- guys work as a team. Tackle and play and play though it is the ground it's a -- can -- all the -- practiced -- anyone keep oh. Final -- story came out this week about -- from Rob Gronkowski 5050 to start the year week one healthy with the patriots you're seeing him in practice every day what's your Bob. Rather and I get asked Robert Croat vote sure come on -- trapped inside -- But I guess it was -- we -- about secondary. You know outside the ball on where the -- up. That's on the that's route you look -- -- You aren't. Here. I'm loaded X leopard and honestly appreciated and now that's the again during camp during the -- season -- -- That is look at Ryan of the during the patriots -- united recent WE see that's your coach to answer that kind of question as good as opposed secured Williams who popped awful lot earlier -- apparently was coached to answer questions in the politically correct. United equipment these guys yeah he was wearing Foster that went in an almost dead. I was seat -- an almost felt it was Arian Foster. He just one area in Foster on you -- the one question you're never supposed to -- you'd crystal asks what do you think about another guy on your team how do you think he's feeling. That's pathetic for I don't know -- not him you have to ask him that's a question for him that's that's something only he can -- So you know you're up north if it pop up -- I don't know this coming from it looks like a million bucks to me at all people are worried about Israeli ago he's practicing yeah it's great that -- -- be great outlook that answer notes that you know it's an. Buys you -- -- ultimately I don't know it is the season and and fine. The -- tried to. Run through the whistle is usually here. Six point 777979837. Patriots fans who will be more than happy to take your calls as well we come back but we still some folks who want to talk about the Roger clemens' conversation. What he had seen us about getting into Cooperstown as wells being inducted. In the major or two via Boston Red Sox hall of fame today will begin -- major league Baseball Hall of Fame someday. Down the line or what the PED controversy prevent that. From happening while the whole interview coming up in the 1 o'clock -- get back to that conversation next and Christian at some variance -- to comments with Clemens after the interview was done. Really some of those to you next year -- for seven W media.


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Alone Again is about 43,000 words and contains some mature content.
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A wickedly funny tale of three very different women as they embark on a road trip in a beat-up 1974 Winnebago to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. About to turn 50 years old, eccentric Emma Daye wants to escape the toxic polluted air of East Texas and breathe in the fresh air of Biloxi Beach that makes her feel better. Her niece, Lori Daye, needs a respite from mourning 3 failed marriages and her mother's recent death. Ellavil Clairmont, Emma's long time renter, wants a free ride to anywhere.
On their trek south, none of them expect to become involved in Reverend P. Abraham Truth's Freedom Hour statewide anti-gambling campaign. They also never expect to meet and become friends with a wealthy Northern couple and two Amish girls on Rumspringa. Even more surprises are in store for the trio when their hometown family doctor shows up at Captain Pinkies R.V. Resort and Laundromat where they are camped. It seems the good doctor has a secret life that none of them are aware of. When Lori is kidnapped by a deranged funeral home director who is involved in a most unusual jewelry fencing scheme, her rescue and its aftermath c hanges several lives.
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John Lasham, a Catholic priest, is burned alive in his car in the parking lot of Piedmont Hospital. Detectives with the Atlanta Homicide Unit have no motive for the horrific attack, but there is one person who has a pretty good idea why the priest was incinerated - Travis Knight. He's the criminal defense attorney who just days before successfully defended Father Lasham and two other priests at their trial where they were charged with molesting 6 year old Kevin Riley. The priest's shocking murder launches Detectives Brikler and Gordon on a frantic chase to bring the maniacal angel of death to justice before the Hellfire weapon is unleashed again. Unfortunately, the list of suspects is long, and time is running out.
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A new novel by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE TURTLE BOY.
On a scorching hot summer day in Elkwood, Alabama, Claire Lambert staggers naked, wounded, and half-blind away from the scene of an atrocity. She is the sole survivor of a nightmare that claimed her friends, and even as she prays for rescue, the killers -- a family of cannibalistic lunatics -- are closing in.
A soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder returns from Iraq to the news that his brother is among the murdered in Elkwood.
In snowbound Detroit, a waitress trapped in an abusive relationship gets an unexpected visit that will lead to bloodshed and send her back on the road to a past she has spent years trying to outrun.
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Ain't Too Proud To Beg **NEW RELEASE!** Sparks fly when a near-fatal car accident brings Hollywood film star, Vaughn Breland and physical therapist and single mother, Trenyce Clark together in Telluride, Colorado.
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A Flynn City Christmas This is the second novel in the series of The Flynn City Egg Man. Set in Flynn City, a small village nestled in the Appalachians and each stand alone novel is based on the holidays. The Flynn City Egg Man starts out the series in Easter, and the newly released A Flynn City Christmas is a whole new take on a Christmas that doesn't require bows, and wrappings. Educational, inspirational, and an action packed romp through Appalachia for all ages.
Jenkins offers up 14 selections of his works on Barnes and Noble, and his paperbacks are available at Amazon, and at his website.
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Swords for a Dead Lady Hi, I'm Jim Webster, author of 'Swords for a Dead Lady'.
This is a fantasy adventure. There is the discovery of the naked body of a woman hastily buried in a marsh, the quest to discover her identity and hunt down her killer leads our protagonists into ambush, civil strife and even light opera.
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WASHINGTON – Congress is hoping to wrap up work for 2011 by the end of this week. But with much bigger issues such as the payroll tax cut extension and annual spending bills still unresolved, a final vote on authorizing a new bridge over the St. Croix River has not yet been scheduled.
The bill's two sponsors, GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann and DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar, had been hopeful the bridge bill would be resolved by year-end. But with time running out on the legislative calendar, that outcome is looking unlikely.
"We are encouraged by leadership and the Natural Resources Committee that HR850 will see a vote, but unfortunately we did not have a concrete timeline at this time," said Becky Rogness, spokeswoman for GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann, the bill's House sponsor.
Measures such as this one are sometimes attached to larger, must-pass bills and there's no shortage of candidates for the St. Croix River crossing to get hitched to. Congress is set to pass a massive $900 billion spending bill by the end of the week and is also due to pass some kind of legislation extending a payroll tax cut and tweaking a Medicare payment formula. All of those bills could be possible legislative vehicles for the Stillwater bridge replacement.
Congressional inaction on this bill has frustrated Gov. Dayton and MnDOT, which last summer had established a Sept. 30 deadline for legislation to pass before money for the bridge would be allocated to other projects. With that date long past, MnDOT now says there is no immediate deadline for Congress to act.


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Henry I. Miller, MS, MD, has been a research fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1994. His research focuses on public policy toward science and technology, especially pharmaceutical development and the new biotechnology. Dr. Miller is a widely respected expert on regulatory issues.
Between 1979 and 1994, prior to his position at the Hoover Institution, Dr. Miller worked at the Food and Drug Administration. There he held various positions involved with the regulation of drugs and biologics. He was the medical reviewer for the first drugs obtained from recombinant DNA-modified organisms evaluated by the FDA and was instrumental in the rapid licensing of human insulin and human growth hormone.
He has also served as special assistant to the FDA commissioner, and from 1989 to 1994 he was the founding director of the FDA's Office of Biotechnology. While a government official, Dr. Miller often represented the FDA or U.S. Government on panels and at conferences.
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Fall is almost here as we enter the month of September and I'm gearing up for the regular season with the rest of my Packers teammates. Not only will I be out on the field, but I'll also be blogging with Travel Wisconsin each month during the season.
While football is a top priority of mine during the fall, I've learned that Wisconsin has many other great fall traditions, events, and destinations. I've also found out that the state has many similarities to my home state of Kansas. I grew up in a small town of about 500 people where my family owns a farm that my brother currently runs. Each football off-season isn't much of an off-season for me since I help him with the daily chores and jobs. Moving to Wisconsin was a smooth transition because, just like in my hometown, supporting your family and community are very important here.
I was really excited to be a part of Travel Wisconsin's new fall commercial. Make sure you watch it below. Working with the talented producer and director Jerry Zucker (a Wisconsin native) was an amazing experience and the entire day was really cool. With the lights and cameras, I felt like I was in Hollywood. Though you might not notice it when watching the commercial, the weather that day was cold and rainy throughout the shoot. Seeing the final product made me appreciate Jerry's talent, as he made sure it looked great...and Wisconsin usually has beautiful fall weather! The commercial will always hold a special place in my heart because I was with my wife and son, Emily and Royal, the entire day. It was a great Wisconsin family experience.
I'm really excited for the season of fall to start in Wisconsin and football at Lambeau Field isn't the only reason (although it's a big reason). I really enjoy the changing of the seasons in Wisconsin, particularly the red, orange and gold leaves of trees turning colors in the fall. I've always been an outdoors kid and my family continues to explore on our property in Green Bay. Emily and I enjoy going on walks with Royal through the Fox River State Trail, the Green Bay Botanical Garden, and other trails and fall is the perfect time to do this. Other than that, Lambeau Field is my favorite place to be this time of year. I love being with my teammates and there's nothing better than running out of the tunnel in front of all of the fans on a fall Wisconsin Sunday.
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Indian Brook 14
Indian Brook 14 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Hants County, Nova Scotia.
It is administratively part of the Shubenacadie First Nation.
Father Louis-Pierre Thury sought to gather the Mi'kmaq of Peninsular Nova Scotia into a single settlement around Shubenacadie Nova Scotia as early as 1699. Not until Father Rale's War, however, did Antoine Gaulin, a Quebec-born missionary, erect a permanent mission at Shubenacadie (adjacent to Snides Lake and close to the former Residential school). He also make seasonal trips to Cape Sable, LaHave, and Mirlegueche.[1]
The Shubenacadie mission's dedication to Saint Anne speaks to a spirit of accommodation on the part of both the French and the Mi'kmaq. Anne, traditionally identified as the mother of Mary, was the grandmother of Jesus himself. The esteemed position of grandmothers in Mi'kmaw society was a point of agreement between Roman Catholicism and the Mi'kmaw worldview, and highlights the complexity and contingency of the 'conversion' process.[2]
In 1738, Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre arrived in October of that year at Mission Sainte-Anne, having spent the previous winter in Cape Breton learning the Mi'kmaw language with Abbé Pierre Maillard. During Father Rale's War and King George's War, Mission Sainte-Anne was a sort of military base along with being a place of worship. Coulon de Villiers' hardy troop passed this way on their brutal mid-winter march toward the Battle of Grand Pré in 1747, and Mi'kmaw warriors used the site as a staging point for their attacks on Halifax and Dartmouth during Father Le Loutre's War.[3] During Father Le Loutre's War, Captain Matthew Floyer arrived at the Mission on August 18, 1754 and recorded:
- Half after Twelve we came to the Masshouse, which I think is the neatest in the Country, 'tis Adorned with a Fine lofty Steeple and a Weather Cock. The Parsonage House is the only Habitation here, the land is good & seems to be more so on the opposite side.
Floyer's map, which accompanied his written report, suggests the presence of three structures at the mission site.
Twelve months later, the Expulsion of the Acadians began during the French and Indian War and by October 1755, Mission Sainte-Anne appears to have been destroyed. Oral tradition says the Mi'kmaq destroyed the mission to prevent it from falling into the New Englanders possession and dumped it into Snides Lake, which was adjacent to the mission.[4]
Notable residents[edit]
- Daniel N. Paul - Mi'kmaq elder, author, activist
- Jean-Baptiste Cope - Chief who signed Treaty of 1752.
- Jean-Louis Le Loutre - Missionary Priest
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ Fortunately, historically minded individuals like Henry Youle Hind and Elizabeth Frame in the late 19th century, and Douglas Ormond, F. H. Patterson, and others in the early 20th, rendered enough of this folklore into ink to save it from oblivion.
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JENNINGS — Jeff Davis Parish voters will vote on a proposed sales tax increase to fund the maintenance and operation of a new parish jail.
The Police Jury voted Wednesday to put the 10-year, half-cent sales tax on the May 3 ballot. If approved, it would raise about $2.1 million to be used to run the jail, including costs to feed inmates and provide medical care.
The sales tax increase would take effect July 1, according to Police Jury President Donald Woods. Passage of the tax is vital to the future of the parish jail, he said.
"If it doesn't pass, there will be more criminals walking around like they are now," Woods said. "We really need it because of the lack of space. We can't arrest anybody and put them in jail."
The new jail would also save the parish money on upkeep of an outdated facility that is in need of major repairs, he said.
The current jail, built in 1964, can house only 62 inmates and has major issues with an outdated sewer system, inadequate lighting and a lack of proper security measures.
Plans for the new jail call for a facility that will incorporate the parish jail and the municipal jails in Jennings, Welsh and Lake Arthur. Most of the sheriff's administration offices, including the 911 Center, would also be relocated to the new jail.
A 2012 study by McNeese State University economics professor Michael M. Kurth and accounting professor Daryl V. Burkel recommended the parish build an $8 million, 180- to 200-inmate jail with annual operating costs of $2.35 million.
Based on the report, the cost to operate the new facility would be $32.15 per inmate per day — $12.21 less than the $44.36 cost to run all four facilities independently.
The State Bond Commission approved $10 million in funding for the new jail in October.
The approval includes $835,000 in first-year funding for planning and construction and an additional $9.1 million in future funding. The Police Jury has committed $480,000 from an oil and gas lawsuit settlement for the project.
Parish officials are still mulling plans for the new jail, including location.
The former Southern Barbecue manufacturing facility on U.S. 90 just west of Jennings is among the options being considered.
Properties to the east and west of the facility have been offered to the parish, Woods said.
Plans for a new jail have failed twice since 1998 when voters defeated a half-cent sales tax that would have funded construction of a jail and paid for Sheriff's Office salaries.
Voters also overwhelmingly rejected a sales tax increase in May 2009 for a $12 million jail and administration office. The tax would have generated $1.1 million a year to build and maintain a 228-inmate facility just east of the parish courthouse in Jennings.
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We have people in our community who live from paycheck to paycheck and a lot of people on fixed income. We don't have all the tax money coming in like Calcasieu parish. You'll want build a multimillion dollar jail to house criminals so they can live in comfort with all their medical bills paid and 3 meals a day while everyone else struggle to make ends meet. I have a better idea. Do like the sherriff in Arizona, put up big tents with electric and razor wire fencing around it. Would be a fraction of the cost. I will vote against the tax.


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Been good, I've been a little MIA because I've spent the last 2 weeks looking into gold, inflation etc...
I hate to say it bud, but Ben DOES know what he's doing, but it's not for the better of our economy.
If you have the time, whether now, or later tonite, or tomorrow, PLEASE look at these 2 video clips in order. You will see that this Peter Schiff guy really knows what he's talking about. While everyone laughed at him, he stayed calm, and used his fundamentals.
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Since I was born and raised in Hennepin County, MN, I could read that description with my Minnesota accent!
How come nobody's joining the Crush and Sow Avatar Parade?
Initiated by Ron/Vridar, coined/enabled by Cecilia... C'mon guys! Make that Crush& Sow your avatar for the week! It's National Crush & Sow Avatar Week! Someone want to start a thread? ;-)