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MOO is still wide awake in the USA (especially as we didn't get to go to the party!) so for those of you who aren't tucked up in bed:
Domicile03, Erin's Dilemma
If this were a reality show, I'd be in a closet talking to a camera right now. I've always lived alone because it makes it so much easier to deal with certain… quirks I have. For example, I became a mycologist because I see mushrooms everywhere. That doesn't mean I'm simply good at spotting mushrooms, but that I see mushrooms in places where no mushroom has a right to be. I wish I had some way of showing you the world through my eyes.
Wow, number 50! In marriage terms, we have reached our golden anniversary. Lots of hard work, but I am sure you will agree, lots of great rewards too? Anyway, down to business:
Domicile03, Guin
I was happy to help out my cousins, distant though they were, but if they thought they were getting a free vacation, they were sadly mistaken. I'd been trying to get at a particular area of exposed rock to take some measurements and the local wildlife hadn't been at all cooperative. I could temporarily lure them into large pens, but if I wasn't careful with their placement, they'd run riot and break out–making it impossible to safely examine the traces of weather.
I had four …Continue reading this article…
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And now, back to the mice. Ray is confused and needs your perspicacity:
Hardboiled, The Journey
Ray's Confusion
After we got the bears out of town, it was time to get ourselves to safety. We'd arranged to stay with a distant cousin who was working on some Ecuadorian islands. We were taking a train to the coast, a boat to the island and then hiking inland to find her.We had a tradition, my …Continue reading this article…
It's pretty quiet here at MOO HQ today, I guess we had too much fun at our birthday party yesterday! We still want to play though, so there will be more questions coming today. Here are the answers you were waiting for:…Continue reading this article…
We are having fun at MOO party but thinking of people who couldn't make it! Please keep smiling as here is another chance to win a Mosaic Frame and a pack of MiniCards:
Domicile03, Sus's Search
As an astronomer, Sus spends a lot of time searching the skies for new objects and events. In fact, she lives in her own observatory, with a gigantic telescope jutting through a hole in her roof.
Today, as she checks the usual night-sky objects off her list, she notices a new pattern. There's something new amongst the asteroid belts and planets. Something new that's comprised of three elements. Excitedly, she focuses the lens and watches as it speeds towards the earth.
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How about a little poem? A break would be nice. As Corvus said (he is our super clue writer), Unbearable will give people paws… er, pause. So let's make tea and get started on this one!
Unbearable Lightness of Being: Poppa's Tale
I know you probably want me to write a poem, but I'm not good at writing. My pen can never quite find its way across the page, roaming from uppercase to lowercase at a whim.. I'm also not a poet like my wife and son. In fact, when I try to count syllables, I usually end up writing numbers instead of letters. Well, if Black Bart could call himself a po8, I guess I can too. Anyway, here's …Continue reading this article…
Good morning, we hope yesterday's questions added fun to your day! It seemed that question 44 wasn't too easy. Thanks for your creativity though, I'm sure the three bears would have loved to stay at Sinead O'connor's! Without further ado…
Question 43:
Answer: Mary and Goldilocks are missing
Winner: Clare Selley
Question 44:
Answer: Erin, the Hedgehog. Penny buns are a colloquial term for boletus badius, or porcini mushrooms.
Winner: Katie
Question 45:
Answer: To the lens of Sus's telescope.
Winner: Bart Braem
Félicitations to the winners! Keep an eye on the blog for today's questions…
That's right folks, question 45 already! We hope you like our Cryptic Quiz, as part of MOO's 3rd Birthday Celebrations. We are now entering the Third Zone. Will you take this challenge?…Continue reading this article…
Moving onto the next question. It's time to check on our bears, apparently Goldilocks is causing trouble, again. If you want to win a Mix Tape USB from Suck UK, you know what to do – answers in comments please!
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Nick was waiting for the three bears when they finally arrived at Moo HQ. He got straight to the point, "Goldilocks is not who she seems and you're in grave danger."
"Oh," said Momma bear, "I'm sure you must be imagining things."
"Danger," scoffed Poppa bear, "she can't be stronger than me!"
"Why," asked Baby bear in a soft voice, "who is she really?"
Nick told them who Goldilocks really was and all three bears went silent.
"Oh dear," Momma …Continue reading this article…
Business Cards can be a great way to show off your company's products. But what if the product you're selling is a little more… esoteric than that? What if you're selling knowledge, expertise, experience? What if you're selling a bit of shazam and a lot of pizzazz?
Well, you could go generic – stock photos of grey-suited businessmen striding purposefully towards a breakfast meeting, maybe, or an abstract blue shape with your company name in the bottom right corner. Or, you could get interesting. You could get creative. Like PR company Ruder Finn.
The pictures on the back of the Corporate and Technology team's business cards are random in a good way. If a member of …Continue reading this article…
What is the best way to start the week? Well, for me it is a strong black coffee but I heard that some couldn't wait any longer for MOO thrilling cryptic questions, so here is the first one…
Hardboiled, Part Fourteen
Nick Puts it Together
As Ray and I went over what we knew about the case–including the new detail that our client, Mary, wore a wig to cover up her blonde hair–Nick was busy writing on a piece of paper. We were used to this, so we ignored him and kept talking it out. We figured the whole thing revolved around Moo and Richard Moross. Suddenly, "Brothers," Nick said, "look at this!"
Nick held out a scrap of paper with a …Continue reading this article…
It's MOO Birthday today, we are all very excited here at MOO HQ! This month has been a lot of fun so far and we would like to thank you for making it this way. Here are Friday's answers, we hope you did well!…Continue reading this article…
Thanks for your efforts this week to find the solutions to our puzzles! You surely deserve your weekend. Before you go though, we have one last question for you…
The Third Zone: Before The Escape
It's Friday in… The Third Zone.
You, along with Rod, Grant, and Blaise, have had an exhausting week. Unlike you however, our heroes are speeding rapidly towards the end of their journey. They may be moving at the speed of light now, and thanks to the power of story, they may continue to move for generations to come. But practically speaking, their existence will likely end abruptly after several more chapters.
But that doesn't mean you won't have to solve a challenge. Just because we're all …Continue reading this article…
We are taking it easy today, moving gently onto the next question of our birthday Quiz.
Remember to answer in your comments!
Hardboiled, Part Thirteen
Ray's Lament
I don't like being the only one of us that can't lie. Invariably, it means I'm the one who ends up on the wrong side of the carving knife. Life this time. Mary, or whatever her name really was, let her guard down when she figured out I was the truth-teller. And in that split second that she relaxed, we bolted. Ran. Scarpered. Fled. Out into the city we went. Instinctively she swung her blade, grazing the top of my tail and giving me a nasty cut. Still, she didn't …Continue reading this article…
First question of the day! Today's prizes will help you creating the best images: One Spyder3 Elite from Datacolor, a Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo and a Corel Draw Graphics.
We'll be picking our winners at random Monday morning. We now join the three bears as they continue on their adventure…
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Why the mice called with such a useless message is anyone's guess, but as the bears scratched their heads and tried to make sense of it, there was a knock at the door. Momma bear went to open …Continue reading this article…
How is your head? Some of our followers on Twitter said that yesterday's questions were not too easy… sorry! Many found the right answers though, as you can see below. If you're enjoying our Birthday Quiz, we would love to know what you would like to see in the next questions! Please tell us what challenges and puzzles you liked the best so far… Thanks! …Continue reading this article…
Here we are already, the last question of the day. It is time to enter the Third Zone again and… hopefully escape safe and sound!
The Third Zone: Beams of Light
Our heroes move even faster, blurring before our eyes until they resemble nothing more than the streaks of coloured light after which they are named. Like two-thirds of a rainbow they speed through the city, which begins to fall apart around them as Twingor the Troll lumbers after them. A scene that could only unfold… in the Third Zone.
At first Rod, Grant, and Blaise were simply fleeing the troll, but then they saw an exit. A small hole that leads they know not where. But as one they turn …Continue reading this article…
It's time for today's second question! Let's get back to our three bears… And don't forget, there is one year subscription to WIRED magazine to win today. A tip for you: Answer the 3 questions (37, 38 and 39 to follow) to increase your chance of winning!
Unbearable Lightness of Being
The three bears didn't actually need to catch any mice, as just when they were heading to the shop to buy a wheel of cheese, their phone rang. Baby bear, being the quickest, scooped up the phone.
"Hello," a tiny voice said, "I don't have much time. Listen to me very carefully:
Did you get that?"
But before Baby bear could answer, the …Continue reading this article…
We hope you did well yesterday! If you want to try again (and if you have enough energy left to answer our twisted questions today), read the first question now… You can win one year subscription to WIRED magazine!
Hardboiled, Part Twelve
There was no way out. Mary blocked our exit, carving knife in her hand. She didn't look like any farmer's wife we'd ever seen, but we weren't going to quibble. All the other details fit and we figured we knew what was coming next.
"I'm going to ask one of you a question," Mary said, "and I know that one of you is incapable of lying to me. So before …Continue reading this article…
We received many answers yesterday and noticed that some of you have an incredible imagination! You'll see below the answers marked and randomly chosen by Meir. To make it short, it was all about animals…
Question 34:
Answer: The three little pigs.
Winner: Irit
Question 35:
Answer: Guin is a Guinea pig. Erin is a hedgehog. Sus is a domestic pig.
Winner: Ariel Cummins
Question 36:
Answer: Astronomer
Winner: Tom Haczewski
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Among airline marketers of a certain age, there are more than a few who would lay claim to having fathered airline frequent flyer programs, and by extension the modern theory and practice of loyalty marketing generally.
But really, frequent flyer programs are the product of airline deregulation; and the father of deregulation—and hence of travel loyalty programs—was the economist Alfred Kahn.
It was Kahn who, as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board under Jimmy Carter, oversaw (and vigorously promoted) the deregulation of the industry, leading to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. The rest—discount carriers, mileage programs, convoluted pricing schemes, labor discord, financial instability—is history.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Kahn several times over many years, and he was unfailingly kind and accommodating—in spite of the fact that I sometimes challenged his unwavering faith in the free market.
Kahn died on Monday, at age 93, his legacy left to be debated—as he would have wanted it—but secure.
This article originally appeared on FrequentFlier.com.

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I received the new TV on the Radio album for my birthday this past week. I'll talk more about it in a future post. I also got a copy of the film Sherrybaby (thanks again, Pauline), which will also be discussed in a future post. For now, I will talk about a film that I saw last night.
The Pursuit of Happyness
This film had all the makings of a classic Hollywood tearjerker: 1) A big name actor showing a vulnerable side. 2) An "inspired by a true story" plot about a man prevailing despite hitting rock bottom. 3) Heart-wrenching dramatic scenes. 4) A cute kid to provide a little levity. Yet with all of that what do they do? Add a Will Smith voice over to really emphasize the point. The narration hurts the film more than anything; there was no need for it. Which leads to the main problem I had with the film: it underestimates the audience.
The audience knows what to expect from the film based on the trailers. Yet the film beats you over the head by explaining the significances of every major scene. For example, Chris Gardner (Smith) and son are alone by the water in a rare moment of joy. It is pretty obvious that they haven't had much to smile about, which makes the scene touching. Oh wait, here comes the voice over to explain that...they were alone and that it is a rare moment of joy. Or, how about the great scene towards the end; when Gardner is talking to his future bosses. Despite tears of joy coming down, Gardner fights to maintain the level of dignity he has shown throughout the film. It's a great scene to watch until...you guessed it; the narration comes in to explain that he is now truly happy.
To me the saving grace in the film are the performances. Will Smith does a really good job in the film, as does his son Jayden and Thandie Newton (who gives a great underrated performance). It's just a shame that the film trust the actors to get the overall message across. If they every make a follow-up film, I hope it's called "The Pursuit of Subtly."
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Saturday, December 23, 2006
The Pursuit of Sappyness
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As you said, it was obvious where the movie was going, since it was based on a true story.ReplyDelete
I have to admit that more than once during the movie I felt that the character was not a very good father for placing his son in those situations while pursuing his dream. Yes, I know it really happened, and no, I don't have a suggestion for how he could have been a better father without quitting.
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So here's a list of Shekel-stretching things I think are worthwhile:
Bring the warmest down comforters you can afford when you come. Yes, you can buy down comforters here in Israel, but if you're looking for really warm ones - and definitely if you need hypoallergenic ones - (and you'll want them if you follow the next tip), buy them abroad. Look for clearance deals at your favorite bedding store and use coupons! Oh, and buy enough for your whole family, and a few for guests. You'll be happy you did.
Don't heat your house much - certainly not at night. After all, you'll be fast asleep under those super-warm down comforters. And for those family members who feel cold when first getting into bed, just fill up a hot water bottle and let that warm the bed... (this WORKS. we have not run the heat at night at all this winter!)
Air dry all your laundry. We've been here for over 10 months, and we still don't have a clothes dryer. Even through the winter, when it took a little longer, we air dried EVERYTHING. Clothes last longer, get "sun-kissed" freshness, you save money, and it's environmentally friendly. You also bond with your kids who think it's so awesome to help Eema hang out the laundry! What could be better?!
Ditch the bottled water habit. It's really a myth that it's safer for you. We use a filter pitcher to filter our water for drinking, and fill up reusable bottles. (Oh, and buy that filter pitcher here in Israel. We brought ours plus plenty of new filters with us, and the filters are just not made to handle the extreme hardness of the water. A filter that supposedly had a 2 month life - usually 6 weeks for us in the States - only lasted 2 WEEKS here. At that point it became so clogged with mineral deposits - from the hard water - that it became useless.)
Turn off your lights. Unplug all appliances when not in use. It really does shave money off your electric bill!
When shopping, focus on produce that costs 2 NIS/kilo or less. Fill your plates with lots of dishes using those foods, and use other foods sparingly to supplement. (Or go to the shuk just before closing time and get as much as you can for as little as you can!)
Pay attention to store sales and advertised prices. If you are overcharged at the register, just go to customer service. They will refund the difference, just state the facts and show them your receipt... I do this a lot, much more than you would think!
Before we made Aliyah, I shopped my local Florida thrift shops for clothing in various sizes for my children to grow into. I went on 50% off days - so I rarely paid more than $1 per item, usually less. While it does cost to ship items over in a lift, I knew I was sending a lift anyway, so a couple of boxes of children's clothing wasn't a big deal to add. If you are not bringing a lift, you could buy these super lightweight duffel bags:
that conform to EL AL's size requirements, and bring as much as possible using your aliya flight luggage allowance (we were allowed 3 bags each - that would have been 18 pieces of luggage besides carry ons. However, we "only" brought 13 with us - everything else arrived in the lift!).
Coffee makers -If you like "American style" drip-filtered coffee, be aware that coffeemakers in Israel can be very expensive. I DID find a very simple one with a not-so efficient thermal caraffe on sale for about 80 shekel, but it is really only good for serving coffee immediately. It cools off way too quickly. I doubt I would ever be willing to spring for the "really good" kind here, that's just way too much money for me. I have heard that some people are bringing their Keurig single-cup coffee brewers with them on Aliyah. If you do that, you must know that K-cups are difficult to find, and if you do get your hands on them, will be very expensive. So here's a great gadget to keep your Keurig brewer going, even here, where coffee follows other rules: The Ekobrew Cup, Refillable Cup for Keurig K-cup Brewers, is a re-usable, fill-it-yourself K-cup!
Another thing that a lot of people try to bring over with them is a cellphone. Specifically, a smartphone. Israelis are completely addicted to their smartphones, but they are much more expensive here than in the US. Consider buying one in the USA. Amazon is a good place to start looking for unlocked iPhones and other cell phones.
I've put together a list of things I'd put in a lift. Go check it out and see what you think!
(This page is a work in progress. I will be adding more tips as I have time to write them, so please check back soon!)
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -Richard A. Graham, director of the Teacher Corps, said tonight that there was a "great deal of merit" in Richard M. Nixon's proposal for a tutorial system in which high school and college students would assist youngsters in disadvantaged areas.
October 21, 1968
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Arran Yacht Club's (AYC) second sailing cup of the year took place on Saturday, June 9 2012, featuring the traditional circuit of Holy Isle, and a fleet of five boats.
Initial concerns that there might be too little wind proved unfounded.
Rory and Neil Hunter in their fast RS800 got the best start, and were well ahead of the 'traditional' dinghies throughout, completing the course in just 55 minutes.
Uncharacteristically, Angus Campbell, winner of the contest more than a dozen times over the years, started poorly and took most of the broad reach leg from Lamlash to King's Cross to catch up.
Round the south channel mark, Malcolm Kerr made best use of unpredictable fluky wind at the south end of Holy Isle to make a break, and left the remaining three boats 'becalmed' for a short period.
Read the full report in the Arran Banner edition of June 16 2012 also on line at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital


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Letherbee introduces Autumnal gin
Looking over everything we're excited about in this week's issue—ongoing Oktoberfest celebrations, the first-ever Chicago Craft Spirit Week, the wine-heavy Chicago Gourmet—it dawned on us: Is this the best drinking week over? More evidence that we might be on to something: On October 1, Letherbee—Chicago-proper's second craft distillery—will introduce the first in a series of limited-edition, seasonal releases: Letherbee Gin Autumnal Fall/Winter 2012. Per Miriam Matasar, who runs Letherbee with distiller Brenton Engel, "Letherbee Autumnal Gin maintains the high spice content of the original label Letherbee with additional overtones of clove, nutmeg and allspice." To those who say gin-and-tonic season is ending, Letherbee says all you have to do is "swap out your lime for an orange and enjoy the fall months with a Letherbee Autumnal gin and tonic."
Taste Letherbee Gin Autumnal at the Whistler as part of the Left Coast v. Third Coast Gin event on Tuesday, Oct 2 from 6–9; at Life's a Cabernet on Thursday, Oct 4 from 7–9pm; and at Lush Roscoe Village on Saturday, Oct 6 from 4–6:30pm.
Letherbee Autumnal will be available in limited quantities beginning Oct 1 at Provenance, In Fine Spirits, Lush, and Life's a Cabernet and in special seasonal cocktails at Longman & Eagle, Vincent and the Violet Hour.


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Azlan Shah Cup 2013: a window to the Junior World Cup
The six teams featuring in the event are full of youngsters who stand a chance to play the Junior World Cup later this year.
New Delhi: Playing in Ipoh but focus on the Junior World Cup in New Delhi - that seems to be how the six participants in this 22nd Sultan Azlan Shah Cup are approaching the tournament, having arrived with an objective to give international exposure to their most talented youngsters.
World No. 2 Australia, defending champions New Zealand and Asian Games gold-medallist Pakistan form the top three forces in the tournament that will also witness how much India have benefited from the Hockey India League (HIL) - with Korea and hosts Malaysia completing the six-team line-up.
But the common goal that all these teams share is to blood youngsters before the all-important Junior World Cup to be hosted by India later this year.
New Zealand (ranked 6th), who won the tournament in 2012, chose to fly in a young outfit - partly to give their upcoming stars a taste of the international arena and partly after some of their key players were allowed to fulfil their commitments in Europe. They will be led by the experienced Dean Couzins, with the Australian Colin Batch as the chief coach.
Australia have lifted the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup six times - the most by any team in the tournament's history. The Kookaburras - as they are popularly known - have fielded a mixed squad that includes five uncapped players. The touring party includes just three players from the London Olympics squad, which clearly suggests Australia are using this tournament to bring youngsters in the fold.
Pakistan (ranked 5th) too have rested veterans Waseem Ahmed, Shakeel Abbasi, Rizwan Ahmed and Rashid Mahmood; and coach Hanif Khan minced no words while explaining what they hope to achieve from this. "We wanted to test new boys by giving rest to some senior players," he said.
As far as the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is concerned, world No. 11 India are the second most successful team behind Australia - having lifted the trophy five times. They arrived well in advance to get acclimatised to the hot Malaysian weather before taking on Australia in their first match. Like other teams, coach Michael Nobbs has also given his key players like Sardar Singh and VR Raghunath a well-deserved break, which also gave him an opportunity to field the young guns that emerged from the HIL.
"Needed to come a couple of days earlier to acclimatise as we are coming from our winter to their hot weather, and it's hot and humid, so its taking a while to get used to it. Our main goal is to prepare our juniors for the World Cup in Delhi later this year," Nobbs told IBNLive.com from Ipoh.
Eighth-ranked Korea, who lost to Pakistan in the 2010 Asian Games final but won the last Asia Cup, are also in the rebuilding phase as they use this opportunity as a window to climb up the rankings and identify the young legs that can serve them in the future.
Hosts Malaysia enter the tournament under their South African coach Paul Revington as the lowest ranked (13th) team. They failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London but will like to put that behind with a decent show in front of the home crowd.
Tournament Schedule:
9 March - 1335 (IST) - New Zealand v Pakistan (Pool)
9 March - 1535 (IST) - Australia v India (Pool)
9 March - 1735 (IST) - Malaysia v Korea (Pool)
10 March - 1335 (IST) - Australia v Pakistan (Pool)
10 March - 1535 (IST) - Korea v India (Pool)
10 March - 1735 (IST) - Malaysia v New Zealand (Pool)
12 March - 1335 (IST) - Korea v New Zealand (Pool)
12 March - 1535 (IST) - India v Pakistan (Pool)
12 March - 1735 (IST) - Malaysia v Australia (Pool)
14 March - 1335 (IST) - Australia v Korea (Pool)
14 March - 1535 (IST) - New Zealand v India (Pool)
14 March - 1735 (IST) - Malaysia v Pakistan (Pool)
16 March - 1335 (IST) - Korea v Pakistan (Pool)
16 March - 1535 (IST) - Australia v New Zealand (Pool)
16 March - 1735 (IST) - Malaysia v India (Pool)
17 March - 1305 (IST) - 5th Place v 6th Place (Placing)
17 March - 1535 (IST) - 3rd Place v 4th Place (Placing)
17 March - 1805 (IST) - 1st Place v 2nd Place (Placing)


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Sorority Recruitment Forum for High School Seniors & Parents
Sunday, February 23, 2014 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Guests will hear about the sorority life during college and beyond, receive the "Recruitment Guide" book and have the opportunity to text questions to an experienced panel. Ample street parking, a visitor's garage and little traffic on Sunday make getting to this event simple. The information you receive will make it worth it!
Get your questions ready and register for the event.
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When & Where
Texas Capitol
1100 Congress Ave
Texas Capitol Auditorium
Sunday, February 23, 2014 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CST)
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Austin Alumnae Panhellenic Association is comprised of women from the 26 National Panhellenic Sororities, from colleges all over the country.
Purpose of the Austin Area Panhellenic Recruitment Committee is to:
Encourage, educate and facilitate entry into the recruitment process so that you will have a fun and successful recruitment experience.
AAPA will help provide you with general sorority information and will notify Austin Alumnae groups of your intent to participate in membership recruitment.


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Play the Prometheus Mini-Game and Unlock Exclusive Content
You know Prometheus? Yeah, that one. Well, Verizon has teamed with Twentieth Century Fox to bring you an online Prometheus mini-game in which you navigate through various levels (powering the ship, unlocking surveillance cameras, etc.) using the extremely cool Verizon Home Monitoring and Control features.


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Anna Craig, 11, has a paper doll covered with stickers. Each sticker is labeled with an adjective such as creative, cheerful, smart or kind. "We choose stickers that best describe us and put them on our dolls," explains Anna, who did the activity with a group of fourth-grade girls last year. "All these words are what makes me beautiful!"
The activity is part of a program called Beautiful Me. The Hance Family Foundation, which was created to honor three sisters killed in a car accident, offers the program for free to schools and community groups. The program's goals are to help girls and young women build healthy levels of self-esteem and develop skills for handling problems and relationships with others. Beautiful Me defines self-esteem as how you feel about yourself and what you think your value is as a person.
"Girls of all ages benefit from recognizing what makes each of us valuable and unique," says Kate Tuffy, who helped create Beautiful Me. "Our goal is to offer the program to as many girls as possible across the United States." So far, about 6,000 girls, in the New York City area; Chicago, Illinois; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have benefited from it. Interested schools and groups can contact the foundation to bring the program to their area.
How It Works
Beautiful Me organizers train teachers to present the program material to small groups of girls. The sessions include hands-on art activities, role-playing games about understanding body language and discussions on topics like building friendships. Schools and groups present the program when they are ready.
Beautiful Me creators say the program helps girls understand their feelings, solve problems and get along better in and out of school. "Girls and women who have built healthy levels of self-esteem are more likely to be better friends to others, to know how to solve conflicts effectively and how to set limits and boundaries," says Tuffy.
Anna says she learned all of that from the program. But most importantly, she learned to appreciate the special qualities
in people and that it's important to feel good about yourself. "When you feel good about yourself," Anna told TFK, "it is easy to make others feel good too!"


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Snow Expected In The Northeast – Possible First Flakes Winner
In our final weeks of winter, we may actually see our first significant snowfall! Not counting a surprising 'fall' snow storm on Oct. 29, this could be the first winter 'storm' of the 2012 season.
According to weather.com, we could see snow from Buffalo to Bangor on Wednesday, February 29. Wondering if the snow will actually arrive, unlike the many other storms we've missed this winter? Well, according to weather.com, there is a 100% chance of snow! Their forecast predicts that 1-3 inches of snow will arrive Wednesday afternoon and we will see 3-5 inches by Wednesday night.
According to News10 we could see snow starting between 1 and 2pm in the Albany Area of New York with a wintry mix to the South of Albany. Either way, we're sure that people who make their living snow plowing and shoveling will welcome the white and wet precipitation with open arms. In addition, we may actually have a winner in our First Flakes contest.
GNA will keep you updated with News10/ABC's Steve Caporizzo starting at 6am on the Sean and Richie show on 1077.


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Alfaro helps Pelicans rally past P-Nats
Rangers catching prospect homers for second straight game
By Robert Emrich / MiLB.com | May 10, 2014 1:26 AM ET
It took him a little while, but it looks like Jorge Alfaro is getting the hang of the Carolina League.
The Rangers' top prospect went 2-for-4 and homered for the second straight game Friday night as Class A Advanced Myrtle Beach rallied for a 7-5, 11-inning win at Potomac.
Alfaro doubled and walked, reaching base three times. He cut the Pelicans' deficit to 5-3 in the ninth with a two-run blast, his fourth of the season.
"Jorge's been swinging the bat good as of late," Myrtle Beach manager Joe Mikulik said. "He's made some adjustments. I think [hitting coach] Josue Perez and him, they've been working on some things just to get his bat through the zone longer and be aggressive more with the fastball and use the whole field. I think that's something he's been doing. Lately, he's been hot. He's made a lot of adjustments that have helped him out. It paid off big-time tonight."
After hitting .264 and driving in 10 runs in April, Alfaro is batting .394 with three homers and nine RBIs in only eight games this month. Mikulik again credited the work the 20-year-old catcher has been putting in with his Perez.
"I think he's done a really fine job of making the adjustment," the veteran manager said. "He went through a little tough time early on, missing some pitches, chasing some balls in the dirt, maybe going away from a plan. Lately, I think he's been more consistent with his plan and taking advantage of some pitches that are left up in the zone and driving the ball with authority."
Alfaro is 13-for-33 during an eight-game hitting streak that's knocked his average up to .300, the highest it's been since Opening Day.
"It's a daily grind. It's not that easy," Mikulik said. "In the Carolina League, when you hit here, you play teams over and over and they're going to make adjustments on you. You have to counter that by making adjustments vs. the pitching, and that's something I think he's done a good job with.
"I think early on he was a little more defensive. Now I think he's aggressive, hitting the ball out front, getting ready to hit and taking advantage of some mistakes. Whereas before, he was putting the ball into play, rolling over some balls, not really driving the ball. As of late, he's been driving the ball with authority, and that's been fun to watch."
Four batters after Alfaro went deep, Preston Beck tied the game with a two-run homer. In the 11th, Beck followed a go-ahead blast by Nick Williams -- Texas' sixth-ranked prospect -- with a solo shot that capped the scoring.
"Beck, lately he's been scuffling a little bit, had some tough luck," Mikulik said. "He keeps working hard, keeps fighting and got a couple of pitches up in the zone that he took advantage of."
Williams finished with two hits and two runs scored for the Pelicans, who have won four straight and boast the league's top record at 21-12.
Myrtle Beach starter Sam Wolff, the Rangers' No. 20 prospect, gave up three runs on five hits over seven innings. Abel De Los Santos (2-0) earned the win with two innings of one-hit relief and Jose Leclerc recorded the final out for his fourth save.
Randolph Oduber went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored for Potomac.
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An obvious corollary to the adage that sex sells is that everybody wants a piece of that action.
So once E.L. James's mommy-porn epic Fifty Shades of Grey bedded down in the bestseller list, it was only a matter of time before we were buried under an avalanche of ancillary products hoping to play off the book's success, using the allure of Fifty Shades to flog everything from bondage gear to kitchen accessories.
Of these spin-offs, Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album may seem the biggest stretch of all. Yes, heroine Anastasia Steele is frequently put through her paces to the sound of classical music, as when she is bound and then disciplined while a choral piece by English composer Thomas Tallis plays on headphones. James, to her credit, even went to the trouble of assembling a YouTube play list, linked to her website, for those readers not already intimate with the sound of Tudor church music.
But let's be honest – when you're looking for dirty dancing, you don't go to the ballet. These days, anyone hankering for aural sex turns to rock 'n' roll, a music whose very name is a euphemism for love-making. Over the last 60 years, rock has described more variations on the horizontal bop than the Kama Sutra itself.
Even James fleshes out her playlist with rock tunes ranging from the Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire to The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice. Rock is sexy, and it knows it.
But as any second violinist could tell you, the classical canon also has its share of naughty bits.
From 16th-century erotic madrigals to epic operas about obsession and desire, classical music has indulged every shade of eroticism, from mildly naughty to downright depraved. But because it's considered high culture, many listeners simply assume there's no sex with violins.
Certainly, classical kink is never as in-your-face obvious as the rock variety. Beethoven did not compose an Erotica symphony, nor have any opera heroines claimed to be like a virgin, although a few could reasonably be described as girls gone wild. Even when the words are obviously naughty, as with something like Monteverdi's madrigal Eccomi pronta ai baci ("Here I am, ready for kisses"), it often takes an educated ear to recognize that there's frisky business afoot.
But classical music's reliance on complicated harmony and extended form can also have its advantages. Where rock tunes tend to be three-minute quickies, offering wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am exhilaration and little more, classical compositions take their time, letting the music build slowly to gradually seduce the audience.
Perhaps the most famous example of this, thanks in part to Bo Derek and the film 10, is Ravel's Bolero. Like a pop song, it relies on repetition to intensify the impact of a relatively simple melody, but that's not all it does. Ravel starts the piece at a gentle murmur, then slowly but deliberately builds volume without altering either the tonal centre or the sensually thrumming bump-bumpity-bump, bumpity-bump-bump beat. After some 15 minutes of gathering intensity, the orchestra is fairly throbbing with desire. Suddenly, the melody modulates up, the brass section growls a few chords, and the orchestra falls back, exhausted. Is there anything as vividly orgasmic in rock?
As the musicologist Leonard B. Meyer observed in his book Emotion and Meaning in Music, music's emotional power derives mostly from its manipulation of expectation. In a pop tune, that rarely goes much further than getting the listener to look forward to the chorus. But with the broader canvas that classical music provides, the composer has many more ways to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde offers a classic example of this. Based on a 13th-century romance by Gottfried von Strassburg, it's a tale of doomed love that rivals Twilight in its mingling of frustrated desire and death. But Wagner wasn't content with merely dramatizing Tristan and Isolde's plight; he wanted to make their passion palpable, and filled the opera with unresolved cadences, so that the music itself seems forever thwarted in its desire for consummation, much like Tristan and Isolde themselves. This all culminates in the liebestod or "love death," in Act 3, where after almost five minutes of feinting and sidestepping the music at long last resolves in a glorious B-major chord, which marks Isolde's death. Forget the French notion of an orgasm as "la petite mort" – this is the big one.
Sadly, there's nothing as climactic as that in Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album. Although it avoids the most hackneyed signifiers of larger-than-life romance, such as Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, with its pulsing French horns and arching string melody, the album leans nonetheless on the overfamiliar and clichéd.
What's striking, though, is that the clichés aren't the ones you'd expect. There's nothing as notoriously salacious as Richard Strauss's Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, perhaps the most opulent strip number in opera; neither is there anything as memorably submissive as Un bel di vedremo from Madama Butterfly, in which Puccini's famous geisha dreams of giving herself to her American lover upon his return.
No, what we're given instead are the placid arpeggios of Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and the plodding pulse of Pachelbel's Canon – Baroque selections that may make sense in the context of the novel, but otherwise seem about as kinky as going to Baskin Robbins and asking for vanilla.
Even the passages she plucks from the Romantic repertoire — the second movement from Rachmaninoff's famously lyrical Piano Concerto No. 2, Chopin's delicate Nocturne,Op. 9 No. 1, British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's stately Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis — are more pretty than passionate. But that's because James's choice of music isn't about inciting passion but building brand loyalty, intensifying her readers' bond to the private world of Ana and Chris. It's an accessory to the book, not an aural aphrodiasiac.
As such, it's likely to leave uninitiated listeners wondering what all the fuss is about, and wishing they had something truly kinky to listen to. Something like Brown Sugar by the Stones, or Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer, or Rhianna's S&M.
Something that rocks.
Six sexy classics
Claudio Monteverdi,
Con che soavita
A subtly naughty madrigal for solo soprano, its 16th-century sexual content depends mostly on where you imagine her lips are when she sings "E vi bacio e v'ascolto" ("I both kiss you and listen to you").
Franz Liszt,Sonata in B Minor
The Mick Jagger of his day, Liszt was an intensely charismatic virtuoso whose female fans would swoon as soon as he sat at the piano. This moody masterwork finds him at his most intensely romantic.
Richard Wagner,Prelude and LiebestodfromTristan und Isolde
Love, fate, sex, death — Twilight has nothing on Wagner's Tristan. No wonder George Bernard Shaw described it as "an astonishingly intense and faithful translation into music of the emotions which accompany the union of a pair of lovers."
Richard Strauss,Dance of the Seven VeilsfromSalome
Incestuous lust? Blasphemous necrophilia? Just another night at the opera for Ricky Strauss, who ups the ante here with the most sensually acrobatic strip music ever written.
Claude Debussy,Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune
With its mournful, hesitating flute solo and dreamy wash of strings and horn, this little ballet piece seemed just another pastoral fantasy until Nijinsky choreographed its onanistic interlude. Naughty, naughty faun!
Maurice Ravel,Bolero
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I don't trust Wenger a bit. I don't think he gonna sign even an ant this winter; he's canny but let's wait n see. Come on gunners.
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Arsenal demolished West Ham United last night and moved back in to contention for the all important 4th place and the Champions league qualifying place. The gunners remain struck at 6th place but have reduced the deficit on 4th placed Spurs to 4 just points.
Arsene Wenger asked for a shortened press conference following Arsenal's 5-1 win over West Ham, as the manager suggested he had 'work to do' in the transfer market.
When quizzed on potential new signings Arsene ended his press conference with:
"No [I have nothing to tell you]. That is why I have to shorten the press conference – I have to do some work!"
Interesting. It does really seem Wenger wants to add 2 or 3 players before the window closes 8 days from now. Arsenal were in fine form against West Ham, but it's consistency the Gunners need to find in order to secure a Champions League spot for the 15th season running under Arsene Wenger.
It was really a great night overall for the Arsenal faithful as they witnessed all of their 3 summer signings get in the score sheet. German International Podolski was the stand out performer yesterday who was in the middle of everything for the Gunners. Not only he scored a brilliant equaliser but also created a hattrick of asssists to help the Gunners cause. Giroud Scored a brace and Walcott and Cazorla each chipped in with a goal and an assist to their name.
Wenger was quick to hail the impressive German and admits he has been impressed with the forward's performances so far. He said,
"He [Podolski] had an outstanding game tonight. He scored a very important goal. He has an unbelievable shot because the keeper had no chance. After he gave of course two great balls as well. What is new for us is that we scored on a corner! It was a bit unusual"
He had a very strong game at West Ham as well. Certainly today it was his most efficient game because I felt he took responsibility at the moment when we needed him. With a player of his experience you expect him to do that. I have plenty of candidates [to play through the centre] but I believe still this is his best position [on the left].
And it looks like Vermaelen may miss the game on Saturday with the knock he picked up in the first half. Wenger said:
"Vermaelen has an ankle problem. He got kicked and twisted a little bit. He is a doubt for Saturday but it is nothing major."
Finally we leave you with Podolski's fabulous left foot drive
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I don't trust Wenger a bit. I don't think he gonna sign even an ant this winter; he's canny but let's wait n see. Come on gunners.
great game from arsenal, most surprising was Arron Ramsey. played his position well with full concentration and contributed well to the attacked.
Mr. Loss head AW can never be trusted, he says that and does the opposite
Plsssssssss talk less AW n show some action only. Bcoz the fans have known u now n do not trust yr words even a single percent.let me tell u if u do not buy some gud world now, we r out of CL for the next season n u gonna regret abt it. SO ACTION COUNTS MORE THAN WORDS PLSSSSSSSSSSS


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During the eight weeks Eliz Wong spent working for a charity in Inner Mongolia last summer, the Chinese University student witnessed first-hand how NGOs empower and support disadvantaged women.
"The group offers local women access to microfinance, giving them the opportunity to exercise their rights and helping them achieve gender equality. With the money they can decide on - or at least discuss with their husbands - what plants to grow and what animals to rear, among other things," says Wong, a sociology student in her third year whose internship was organised as part of the university's I-CARE programme.
One of Wong's tasks was to interview the recipients of microfinance loans, determine how effective the assistance was and find out what other needs there were. "I lived in a village for two weeks and spent a lot of time chatting with the locals, understanding the challenges faced by the rural population in China," she says. Inspired by the experience, Wong has decided to pursue a master's degree with a focus on the development of civil society in Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan.
In recent years universities in Hong Kong have been rolling out programmes to promote civic and social engagement to encourage students to help solve problems in society, both locally and abroad. Rather than one-off volunteering events, these initiatives range from summer internships with NGOs and in-depth research projects, to year-long education programmes in primary schools or homes for the elderly. They aim to give students a chance to thoroughly examine an issue in society.
"University students shouldn't just spend time on acquiring [textbook] knowledge or finding a job. They should take on responsibility for our society and nation," says Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung, vice-chancellor of Chinese University and co-chairman of the steering committee of the I-CARE programme that was launched last year.
"We hope to instil in our students a humanistic spirit that emphasises the value of human life, promotes an equal society and cares for others including people with lesser means and disabilities," he adds.
Chinese University students are encouraged to engage in one of several I-CARE activities. They can initiate research projects to identify a social problem, be involved in work related [or] social enterprises, intern with an NGO on the mainland or take part in social services in Hong Kong. A series of lectures are also in place, featuring famous academics, artists and public figures who will share their views and values.
Sung says the programme hasn't been made compulsory because students should be participating out of their own initiative. "It's important that they're doing this because they want to. It takes time to nurture interest, instil values and change [lives]," he says.
Adopting a different model to foster responsibility for society is Lingnan University. Introduced in 2004, their service-learning projects are designed to combine academic studies and practical learning.
Underpinning the model is the belief that students who are engaged in community services gain a better understanding of their course material and learn to care and be responsible.
From motivating young children to read, helping NGOs raise funds more effectively and researching topics of human rights and disability for an advocacy group, the service-learning programmes vary greatly and involve students from different academic disciplines.
Students receive training prior to the programmes, which covers areas like how to lead and work in a team and how to communicate with young people with mental disabilities. Students are then assigned to an organisation (often a charity) or design a project to achieve a particular goal.
During the 2011-2012 school year, students contributed 24,420 hours and served at least 8,000 beneficiaries.
"A few years ago we initiated a programme to help prevent mobile phone scams in the community. This involved our students who studied crime and delinquency working with the police force," says Carol Ma, assistant director in the office of service-learning at the university. Students applied their classroom knowledge to identify why people commit these crimes and then came up with ways to prevent it happening to others, especially elderly people. They also visited elderly homes and organised drawing contests in kindergartens to raise awareness. As a result of a year's efforts, Ma says there was a decrease in mobile phone scams in the community.
Students met their teachers regularly and presented their conclusions when the programme ended. Like other service-learning projects, they filled in a questionnaire before and after the programme to assess whether they showed improvement in areas such as social competence and civic orientation, as well as in their capacity to communicate, organise, solve problems and carry out research. Impact studies and interviews are also carried out with existing students and graduates.
Lingnan University is conducting reviews of service learning before making it mandatory for all undergraduates from 2014-2015 onwards. "Higher education institutions have [a] responsibility to promote social and civic awareness and engagement among students. Through engaging in the community, students are often able to find the direction of their life," says Ma.
Taking part in a service-learning project helped graduate Carman Chak find her vocation. "I was involved in a programme teaching a group of elderly [people] how to read and write. In class we learnt that many retirees and old people have unfulfilled dreams and needs. Many elderly participants of our project were illiterate and they wanted to be able to read and write. We also chatted with them a great deal. Often all they wanted was to be listened to," says Chak, who enrolled in a master's programme in social work after graduating in 2009.
Now a social worker, Chak says the skills that she learned during the project, such as managing group dynamics, are invaluable to her work. "The experience confirmed my belief that there are things in life worth pursuing, other than just making money. I'm happy I made the choice I did," she adds.
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Pop music's generation gap is a chasm bridged only by the waft of Impulse.
There's a danger that comes with enjoying pop music when you're advancing in years. Going to gigs becomes similar to turning up to your primary school reunion on the wrong day.
At several of this year's biggest concerts, pop-loving "adultescents" have been swamped by hordes of what can only be described as children. Most of the time we played well together.
Linked by the joy of music, and a shared love of the artist or group, the sparklecovered littlies partied alongside older, taller, able-to-drivethemselves- home-afterwards fans.
Then it went bad.
At the explosive Green Day concert in March lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong jerked his hand down his pants.
''Ooooh," he moaned, as both his and the crowd's excitement grew."
OOOOOOOOOOAAAAH," he screamed, as he shoved his hand deeper.
Surrounded by 15,000 blackclad fans, who had turned the normally cold Rod Laver Arena into a sweaty pit of joy, he roared into the darkness.
''I want to f--- every one of you here!" The mob went crazy. But if he had have touched any of about half of the crowd he would have gone to jail.
Together, the three dudes from Green Day - Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool - have amassed 98 years of punk-pop energy.
But to get a century of music appreciation out of the average age of their audience would take a group sized more like a basketball team.
That's OK but there's something a little odd about spending so much time with fans a decade younger.
You start to realise that Impulse smells cheap, that you're surrounded by the world's supply of pink polo-tops with turned-up collars, and perhaps Video Hitsisn't presented for your sole benefit.
March hip-hop event Roc Tha Block had anyone over 25 (tick!) feeling like grandparents at an eight-year-old's birthday.
Thankfully any strangeness was diluted when crooner Case repeatedly licked the face of a girl he had invited onstage.
''Oh good," older audience members thought, "I'm no longer the weirdest one here."
Tense moments were repeated when the world-strutting Destiny's Child rocked Rod last month. The Independent Women busted out in front of a strangely mute crowd: perhaps struck silent in awe, perhaps still developing their vocal chords.
Punters in the seats on the lefthand side of the stadium were pulling on the singlet-tops of those standing and shaking their booties - telling them to stop dancing and sit down.
Still, at the end of a night of pop goodness the crowd was crazy with rapturous fan-love. But, as Kelly Rowland belted out their final track Survivor, she kicked into the killer line of things that she wouldn't do.
Sorry boys: Ms Rowland effectively crushed burgeoning tweenage masculine dreams by promising that she wouldn't "compromise her Christianity".
But even if she did choose to go to the dark side there wouldn't have been much choice - and that's including the security guards.
Maybe this is the real benefit of being an older pop fan. Not only are we taller and able to buy alcohol - we're much more plausible groupies.
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THE peace protesters slipped into the water just after midnight, their images dancing on the waves of the Gare Loch. They cupped their forefingers and thumbs and silently offered a gesture of good luck to each other. Then they walked into the darkness.
Minutes earlier, at a secret location, they had been dropped by a car after a journey from the Coulport peace camp in Dunbartonshire.
They rested during the day, and now, their senses alive, they were to prove that "two middle-aged peace activists" could do what terrorists could easily achieve; infiltrate the heavily guarded Clyde naval submarine base at Faslane and "threaten" a nuclear warship.
The activists hatched their plan days ago. They are among dozens of protesters who have flocked to the camp near Faslane and the adjoining naval base at Coulport for two weeks of protest. In a week, 38 have been arrested.
The pair carried nothing more deadly than spray paint in bags slung bandolier-fashion across their chests.
The planned to daub the word "vile" on the boat.
Their purpose was two-fold, to advance the moral argument for nuclear disarmament and prove that the west of Scotland could be placed in danger from a nuclear incident.
They achieved the objective.
The woman would eventually have to shout to a guard with a machine pistol that she was a peace activist for fear he might shoot. The man would attract attention in more dramatic fashion by clambering on to the hull of HMS Vigilant, a Trident nuclear submarine, and ringing the ship's bell.
But first there would be the long swim, punctuated by evading the sweeping searchlights mounted on the rigid inflatable dinghies manned by Ministry of Defence officers.
As they entered the water, the starlight picked out highlights on their black rubber wet suits and the hoods that obscured their heads. An otter, alarmed by unexpected human intrusion, dived for deeper water.
A fellow peace protester from the Trident Ploughshares campaign group said last night: "Lights from the base were in the distance, hard, bright, reflected on the water. The water seeped into their suits. It wasn't cold and it was bright. The stars were out."
They saw the dinghies' searchlights. One almost caught them, but they waited and stayed still. The lights criss-crossed the Gare Loch, but they wore hoods and turned their backs to present a black image.
The Ploughshares source said: "They told us they felt good, they had rested."
All was silent. They edged their way toward the Vigilant. They had chosen the word "vile" as a protest and because the names of all these boats begin with a "V".
The base's lights shone bright, but they moved into darkness, each taking a side of the boat. They knew they were close; they smelled the sewerage, the urine.
"Submarines are incredibly sinister when you see them in the water," the Ploughshares source added.
The protesters saw three people on the jetty. They were armed.
But the pair swam past and the woman began spraying.
She had lost sight of her partner; he was on the other side of the hull and out of sight.
She knew that the more she sprayed, the easier it would become to spot her. The man with the gun shouted and she shouted back; she didn't want him to open fire.
"It took half an hour to get her out of the water," a friend said. "They hadn't even seen her partner - then all hell broke loose. He was ringing the ship's bell next to the conning tower."
The protesters have been charged under local bylaws with malicious mischief.
The man was remanded, but the woman was released from Clydebank police station.
A colleague said: "They are guilty of protesting, not of crime. International law dictated these weapons are illegal.
"What is more frightening is that they breached a military base while the world waits in fear of terrorist attack."
Police confirmed last night that Gillian Sloan, 40, a social worker from Edinburgh, and David Rolstone, 55, a boat builder from west Wales, will appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court today charged with breaching local bylaws and malicious mischief.
SINCE 11 September last year, security at militarily or financially important places across Britain, thought to be at threat, has been stepped up.
The security service, MI5, has drawn up a secret list of 350 places it considers at risk from al-Qaeda cells.
In addition, the service has been surreptitiously sending recruits to some of the potential targets to test defences and response times.
But despite the efforts, the extra security has not always been as effective as it was meant to be. Recently, a newspaper reporter twice managed to enter Rosyth, one of Scotland's key naval dockyards, in Fife.
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Despite the concerns, security has undoubtedly been pushed to the forefront since the war against terrorism began.
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MARFA PETROVNA PETCHONKIN, the General's widow, who has been practising
for ten years as a homeopathic doctor, is seeing patients in her study on one of the
Tuesdays in May. On the table before her lie a chest of homeopathic drugs, a book on
homeopathy, and bills from a homeopathic chemist. On the wall the letters from some
Petersburg homeopath, in Marfa Petrovna's opinion a very celebrated and great man,
hang under glass in a gilt frame, and there also is a portrait of Father Aristark, to whom
the lady owes her salvation --that is, the renunciation of pernicious allopathy and the
knowledge of the truth. In the vestibule patients are sitting waiting, for the most part
peasants. All but two or three of them are barefoot, as the lady has given orders that their
ill-smelling boots are to be left in the yard.
Marfa Petrovna has already seen ten patients when she calls the eleventh: "Gavrila
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who has sunk into poverty, a little old man with sour eyes, and with a gentleman's cap
under his arm, walks into the room. He puts down his stick in the corner, goes up to the
lady, and without a word drops on one knee before her.
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goodness sake!"
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see my homage on my knees, our guardian angel, benefactress of the human race! Let
them! Before the good fairy who has given me life, guided me into the path of truth, and
enlightened my scepticism I am ready not merely to kneel but to pass through fire, our
miraculous healer, mother of the orphan and the widowed! I have recovered. I am a new
man, enchantress!"
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hear that. . . Sit down please! Why, you were so seriously ill that Tuesday."
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no rest from it . . . by day or by night, my benefactress. I have consulted doctors, and I
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word for them. If it hadn't been for you, our angel, I should have been in the grave by
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My wife and I dated for just over 2 years before we were married. She wanted a ring on her finger by age 30. Compared to other women I dated prior, she seemed to have her head screwed on correctly and there was physical attraction. I never held back on personality or long term goal plans, she knew what to expect after the marriage. Prior to the marriage, in hindsight, I was not hooked on her, meaning if she said, she was moving back to her home state, I would have said ok. Most of my relationships were always short lived for various reasons and I was always the one dumped. So, I have learned to become numb and not base my entire happiness on a relationship.
After our marriage, my wife's true colors started to show. First, most of the honeymoon, she had a cold and was only interested in doing the things she wanted to do. She spent most of her time reading a book in the hotel room, unlike before the marriage. This has been the story since, for the last ten years. We have no life together, other than family holidays and our son's activities. My job keeps me on the road half the month, when I come home, I might as well greet the wall. She has an excuse not to join me for anything or when she does she will complain or ruin any ounce of fun. Conversations are limited, before she finds something I said wrong. My opinions are discounted on how to handle certain things despite I may be right and I usually get stuck fixing the problem of her wrong decisions. She is more attached to her formal life or other friends (mainly female) that live in her home state. When I am home, it is usually my son and I or her and my son. I get blamed for things that go wrong despite it was not me that ruined the situation, she uses sex as control (obviously there is no sex life unless she wants something) and refuses to have adult conversations about issues that need to be fixed. She has a few male friends and I have a few female friends. However, here are no active or prior affairs going on to my knowledge. If I comply with her complaints about me I am doomed and if I don't I am doomed. She goes to bed early, if I come to bed she claims I wake her up (light sleeper) if I do not come to bed she complains that I don't.
We have one child, age 9, she has been telling him things to get him on her side. Throughout the entire 11 years of marriage, if we argue she calls my mother and talks to her. We can't fix a problem when she refuses to have an adult conversation about anything that she may have to change. I get the "talk to the hand" attitude from her. I have never hit her or had a physical affair. I have raised my voice, when she seems to be shutting me out while I am trying to discuss an important issue. The victim here will be our son....however she has him saying we should get a divorce in recent months. For someone claiming not to believe in divorce, she know the divorce laws since we have been married despite she from out-of-state and did not plan on staying.
I have always done more than my fair share of work around the house, plus she gets help from each set of parents (mainly my mother) when I am away. We each have careers with modest incomes, we have separate bank accounts, but I pay certain bills and she pays certain things. I usually handle the the process of everything, while she gets to pick out the color or style. I have come to the conclusion, I am just a tool to her handling the situations she does not want to deal with, I do not feel she wants me around since she makes no effort to be with me and I get excuses from her if I make the effort. I have have given up on her and we live like roommates mainly...
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Six Years, Six Thousand - Too Long, DID Read.
Read before being a bellend
This thread is a retrospective look at my time here. I'll look over some posts, events and members from yesteryear and attempt to celebrate their glory.
It is worth mentioning that the majority of this thread will only be enjoyed by a select few WARRIORS who have soldiered on over the years. These WARRIORS have seen many a legendary member come and go, and these WARRIORS have also seen many a fäggot get their career ended in devastating fashion. These are the elite who make this forum still worth the visit. You know who you are. I salute you. This is for you.
The Early Years
Late 06' - 07'
Sometime in December 2006, I signed up and started lurking in the Tell The Truth thread. At the time, this was not just any old thread, this was the coked-up dusty backroom where all the big shits hung out. It was like rants is today without the tossers. To the best of my memory, back then activity was dictated by the posting patterns of CaliGula and WCW, one of which would go on to become someone I'd never get on with, and the other would go on to become a legit pal o' mine. No homo on that. The other regulars were guys like AMPLine4Life, Derek, Brye, Diesel, Headliner, Role Model, Movement, Pyro (pre-faggot years), Boss Holt and DDMac. Some of you newer guys won't recognize half of those names, but the WARRIORS will. The WARRIORS never forgot them either. 2Slick too. What a badass. Homicide_187.
Here's a random page from that thread. Look at how much fun people are having. On a forum. Newcomers should note that nobody gave a fuck about gimmicks and being a celeb, it was just regular people talking shit, which is the way it should be. You don't see the golden rolling smiley thrown around as much these days, and that's because most people are too concerned about causing a scene and not about having a laugh in your spare time. Pro tip: you become a worthwhile member through not being a cunt. Apart from CaliGula, who is the exception that proves the rule.
Spartanlax ripped me off for $20 on an illegal Danielson DVD sometime around here too. One day I will kill that fucking cunt.
Overall, my activity was generally pretty low in there. I spent most my time defending MVP in the SD Threads (before I realised wrestling was a massive waste of time). I needed a way in to the cool group.
Banners for the Stars
Becoming useful
I suppose 2007 was when I started to involve myself with the other areas of the forum. I started fucking with Photoshop around this time, so I was still defending MVP in the Wrestling section (before I realized wrestling was a massive waste of time) and spamming TTT with shit like..
..RIP Monty :(
After this wonderful piece of shit, the TTT crew took it upon themselves to use me as their official banner maker. Thus, I made sigs for these cool cocksuckers, which untimely led me to being an accepted newcomer WITHOUT having to be a fäggot in rants. Over the next year, I made shit for WCW, CaliGula, AmpLine4Life, Diesel, Failing Satire, BIE, Bubba T, Headliner, MoveMent, Boss Holt, DDMac and many more.
Even the mighty NWO Sweet wanted a piece of me.
It was this initial design experience that made me go onto University to do it, and eventually set up as a freelance designer (http://www.behance.net/ijpowell). I still think my banner shop that I briefly setup after the demise of Wrestling Realm (soon) is the GOAT and as a professional, I'd like to clarify that Shady is not only a fucking prick, he's also always been a terrible designer.
Pro tip: I've only made 11 threads (now 12) in my 6 years here.
Wrestling Realm
Brand Split and Brandon
I'm not entirely sure when this went down, but I'm pretty sure it was late 08' or early 09'. The gist is that WF had become stagnant, with some of the admins at the time being pricks, some of the better members going inactive or losing interest, and an influx of shitty new members hit the servers. So, Wrestling Realm was born, made up of a lot of the better WF members. In theory it was excellent, and there was a 6 month period where this new forum was amazing. The staff was generally good (J_Merce stopped being a nob eventually, Aussie and DDMac, Cali (good mod tbh), WCW, Pyro (pre-fag days), Movement, Diesel, Aussie, Bruteshot (RIP) and myself), discussion was awesome and we had design and debate leagues filled with awesome people. Failing Satire, Role Model and some others joined the ranks of active members and everyone was happy.
The problem was we had an autistic 15 year old in charge. Enter Brandon. Deadman_15. '15'.
Man, this guy right here. He tried his hardest, but I've never seen someone fuck up something so royally. He pissed members off, created drama where it was not needed, couldn't write to save his life, made poems for girls and shared them in PMs to WCW (bad idea) and generally made an utter twat out of himself. He's the reason WR died, and the reason I came back here and now the reason this thread is being made. So, every cloud.
One of my better posts.
This was also the time DDMac was probably last seriously active. He just made great post after great post.
Memories. What a battle we had.
The Lady Killer
The Lady Killer
The Lady Killer. This guy is the man, and we're fortunate to have him here. He's like the glue between the other good members. Everything positive that happened on WR usually involved him in some way, and I just find him to be incredibly likable. Debate League legend and now WF legend. Pro homo this time. We used to run a music feature together called BANDS THAT MATTER, and I think we might bring that shit back here now the music section doesn't suck as much as it used to. I have some fond memories of myself, Mikey, Brye, Hailsabin, MoveMent, Role Model and The Lady Killer talking in the WR music thread. Ah, how I yearn for such days.
Moral of this chapter: The Lady Killer is God. Andy3000 is Jesus.
Fäggots, Bannings & Return
Phase II
I've been banned twice lifetime I believe.
The first time was for calling Headliner a 'pussy' in rants, if I recall correctly. This was an unsanctioned section, and Headliner since publicly apologized for getting out of pocket. Shots were fired in that thread, but he's a good man. His biggest blunder was not making me Graphics Mod when he had the chance though, as that section would be as good as the music one is as I get involved heavily in shit that interests me. Oh well, lesson learnt.
The second time was when I quoted that fâggot Roman King with 'LOL' after he gave a supermodel a 7/10. That guy is weird as fuck. Shots were fired on my return.
Obviously this all occurred after the downfall of Wrestling Realm.
HOWEVER. There are still quite a few fâggots that are around now and quite a few fäggots from days gone by.
Shady is a fåggot.
Lost is a fåggot.
St. Kaepernick is a fåggot.
Walls is a fåggot.
Sephiroth is a fåggot.
Nitemare is a fåggot.
DualShock is a fåggot.
David is a fåggot.
Truk83 is a fåggot.
You_heard is a fåggot.
Magic is a fåggot.
Kelly Kelly Fan is a fåggot.
BULLY is a .. I'm undecided on you. Sometimes you post good shit but then you do some fåggot shit on the sly. Jury is out.
That's the prelim list.
Top 3 Bodybags
Careers ended
1. Delfin & Cal expose Joe Kills All
Legendary bodybag and the blueprint for anyone to follow if they're looking to end the career of a fellow poster. Straight facts told with a balance of malice and humour. Will never be topped.
2. Flex ruins Hannah Hardy's (FAKE) life.
Another legendary bodybag. Concise, well laid out ruination of a fraud. Slow clap.
3. Sheik puts himself in a bodybag with a weird apology
Never back down.
Post I Found in Bookmarks and Laughed at Earlier
You'll never live it down
I didn't trust you, luckily.
Random Observations
Shit that is worth repeating
- We should hold a candle in remembrance for good users who have passed away. Bruteshot, Monty. Possible Diesel.
- Near faking his own death was a crazy but legendary stunt that deserves some recognition.
- This '12ers/13ers' shit needs to stop. There are users from 04 and shit who are legit worse than these new guys.
- Andy3000 is probably washed up on a beach with a bottle of JD right now. Pray for his safe return.
- AMP should have stopped talking shit on Twitter and made a Christmas Podcast
- David once hacked my PMs. Prick.
- That time when Austin101 claimed he'd had sex 4 times.
- Austin101 almost killing The Debate League via disrespect of Aussie and me consequently ruining him.
- 2009's best post : http://www.wrestlingforum.com/7160428-post3152.html
- When the forum used to do good shit like : http://www.wrestlingforum.com/anythi...esent-wwf.html
The Present and the Future
State of the Union
Obviously, my main activity is now in the Music section and the Workout thread. Rants I like to keep active in as it seems to be where most of the shit goes down. I guess I make better contributions to the place now, and there's a good amount of discussion going on if you look for it. Different to 06, but still worthwhile.
I suppose I've come to realize over recent times that there were still a batch of good posters around, even if not all of the guys who made this place awesome in 06/07 were still regulars. Rush, HOL, Seabs, Rawlin, MrMister, Shrub/Seb/Kiz/whoever the fuck, Flex, Josh, NoGimmicksNeeded, Faraday, Hanoi Cheyenne, Kenny, McQueen, Craig, Yeah1993, Mav, Croft, Redead, Y2Raven, GhettoA, Evo, Svart, TKOK, blarg_ Jupes, Swagger. These guys are still all great. Hardcore_rko, Renegade, DubC. Even a cunt like Cat is so much better than the average that she has to be given respect. New comers like Anark, WOOLCOCK, Shepard and Cactus have potential to contribute for a long time to come. Scrilla can keep carrying rants. Headliner can keep being him. As long as WCW and The Lady Killer post, I'll post, basically.
Add those to the guys whom I've mentioned in this post from my earlier days and there's more than enough quality to shine through the sewers of shit that populate this place.
So, that's about it. I've enjoyed the majority of my time here. My stunning two post per day record looks like it will continue and I wish you all (minus the BELLENDS) a Happy New Year.
Until 12k, 12 years, i$e out.
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holy shit i remember joe kills all
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Positive mention for me (I think it was) despite DAT ARGUEMENT we had last year :jordan2
Excellent work sir, few good lulz in here.
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faggot is unbanned ftr :hb
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Not been around for most of this, but you're definitely one of the better and most prolific posters i've come across on this Forum. Kudos to that much. Thanks for the shout.
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I still wouldn't even know who you are if it wasn't for your sig, true story.
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Barely see you post, but most of them are good posts. Except the ones about the Dark Knight.
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Seen you in the Work Out Thread and I like what you have to say. More of the same!
Re: Six Years, Six Thousand - Too Long, DID Read.
*Tear* Brilliant thread.
Need to go to the Bronx to find Mac. That jigaboo is around somewhere.
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Am I the only one who first had internet in 2010?
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