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Joanna Savill comes top of the class at a Sri Lankan Sunday school when she takes brunch at Sunil's@Thornleigh.
The three-lane highway outside is whizzing with cars and semi-trailers, even on a sleepy Sunday morning. It's amazing the double-fronted full glass windows of Sunil's@Thornleigh (more about the name in a minute) aren't trembling under the strain. In fact, volume levels inside the restaurant are surprisingly subdued, given the rush of passing traffic just metres away.
Sri Lankan-born Sunil Ranasinghe nailed up his giant, can't-miss-it, red "Sunil's Restaurant and Function Centre" sign just three months ago. He moved here from his well-established eatery in Lidcombe which is still operating as Sunil's, but with a new owner - hence the @Thornleigh.
We have come for his recently introduced, monthly Sunday brunch buffet. And judging by a brief chat over the curry trays with a flashily trendy Sri Lankan couple - she in silk cargo pants, sunglasses and camouflage T-shirt - it's a drawcard for his longtime clientele, too, even those who now have to trek across town.
The advertised $19.90 offers a help-yourself array of mostly Sri Lankan specialties. This cuisine is the combined legacy of European (mainly Dutch, British and Portuguese) settlement and the spiced curry-leaf and mustard-seed flavours of South Indian/Tamil cooking.
Sri Lankans like their curry "wet", so sauce-sopping flatbreads such as roti, dosai and string-hoppers (a steamed open-weave mat of rice-flour vermicelli) are an essential part of any meal. These are grouped on platters, on a narrow table under a servery window, alongside a pair of wide, deep terracotta basins, perched over brick-red clay burners. There are also less picturesque stainless-steel trays, steaming over gas burners, and the necessary condiments and relishes known as sambols.
The vocabulary lesson continues as a plate of pastry snacks arrives at our table. The "short eats" selection includes lightly crumbed and deep-fried "pan" (or mutton rolls), a slightly chewy pancake cylinder filled with spiced mince; a croquette of shredded fish with a peppery sour hint of curry leaf and mustard seed, known as a fish cutlet or "cutlis"; and a baked flaky crescent stuffed with a potato and vegie mix, also with a curry-leaf bite. The Thai sweet chilli sauce that comes with them seems a little off-key and we ignore it. Each "eat" is light and crisp but my appetite has definitely shortened. Probably how short eats got their name.
The buffet table beckons and despite the steady influx of brunchers, there are no impatient queues, gravy-splotched tablecloths or overloaded plates. It's all very genteel, in fact. Sunil bobs in and out with plates of dosai, refilling sambols and delivering short eats, to each table of new arrivals.
It's a great meal. Dosai (crisp, lentil-flour pancakes) are served as tradition dictates, with a tomatoey lentil and vegetable broth known as sambhar, and a green chilli and coconut sambol. There's cucumber yoghurt and a tangy onion and chilli relish called lunu miris. It's usually made with lime juice (although this tastes rather more lemony) and a hint of Maldive fish, a dried bonito product that's Sri Lanka's answer to fish paste.
The deep terracotta bowls, "chatty" in Sri Lankan, contain a series of very wet curries, a chickpea and a not-so-tender goat curry; and a couple of dry ones, spiced potato chunks with peas, and a version of chicken tikka, red with tandoori paste and sweet with caramelised onion. The string-hoppers are fluffy and airy and somehow my eats appetite has lengthened again.
Dessert is wattalapam, a nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom-infused baked custard, strewn with cashew crumbs and drizzled with kittul (palm syrup). Forget short eats. This is a heavenly eat. And one of many Sri Lankan words to remember.
Service 7
You don't have to queue and there's plenty of food on the buffet. Sunil doubles as host and cook, so if the drinks service is a little erratic, it's understandable.
Food 7
A couple of minor niggles but old hands and novices will be well content here.
Atmosphere 7
Blue walls, batiks and authentic ambient music that drowns out the sound of six lanes of highway.
Value 9
Try eating like this elsewhere for $19.90, complimentary soft drink or glass of wine included.
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The change need to come from them and internal rather than external as one needs to change their mindset first before going anywhere.
I fully understand his reasons and have nothing but well wishes for him and his family. For all you know, the exchange rate may one day drop to 1 SG to 5 RM so thats why even taking into account inflation, rises in property, it will still be possible for many to buy even then. Who knows?
As for me, i rather do something now then to do it when i am old and increasingly has lesser options with banks not willing to loan, etc.
I am glad things work out well for you in the end. It was supposed to be a weekend home in itself but it grew on my wife and she grew roots here without us realising. Friends came by the other day and now i have an Australian friend who keeps calling me to show him around.
Again, its not for everybody so to each his own. At least bro Greddy came out here and saw for himself. Many others simply dismissed it without even coming here once (which was what i once did)
Yah, prediction and guesses are a form of risky game.
I rather make an informed decision based on what's available in front of my eyes. Don't get me wrong, informed prediction (hindsight is always good of course) will get one very far. But with all these constant policy changes, it's as good as blind guess, if one is to make a prediction for a very far horizons ...
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There is never any guarantee. Even those who were in the system, given priority education or at least polytechnic, no matter how much you educate them, may still turn out to be prostitutes or some even become pornstars in the end.
Education is key but not everything, the right values, outlook in life is essential as well.
I think this is the biggest problem with most of the parents. They feel safer believing that everything is given, as long as they do what are required to secure a place at school etc ... Helping out eca, be a "lollipop woman" (sorry, cant help lol) at the zebra lines outside schools etc etc. it's really hard to break this mindset, I can understand, given that my parents did the same for me. I also think its a genuine concern that priority will be given to sgporean with spore educational background vs sgporean with foreign educational background, unless the foreign education is from the top school that's recognized worldwide ...
One thing i learnt is to never take anything for granted and never ever assumed things will stay the same 10-15 years down the road. Not for Johore, not for Singapore and definitely not the dynamics of how the world continues to evolve. Empires, countries and regimes come and go. What is spoken as a primary language today may become a secondary language in years to come. Who knows in life?
What works for the older generation may no longer be relevant right now. In the past, parents told one to study hard so that one can have a better future than the rest. How many U grads do we have right now? Even ah bengs have diplomas and even degrees these days.
Education is not the only differentiating factor nowadays with so many in the market, foreign or otherwise. How do you differentiate yourself from your nearest competitor? Upper class, first class honours or another MBA? Its like an arms race relentlessly evolving.
There is no 100% guarantee that education will get you anywhere these days even though its a still must have. It becomes a way to ensure that at least your skillsets are just par for the course and on even footing with all the talents in the world. There was a reason why they kept tweaking the education system in SG, even importing US ways as they realised the old ways are not good enough (or no longer as relevant) Being one step ahead, critical thinking and real worlds skills sets are what i hope to impart to my kids not just which ECA to choose to score more points.
Let us remember, there was never a dynasty in China which lasted throughout all time, every one was replaced by another one when the time was up. Qin by Han, Han by Jin, later Sui with Tang and Tang with Song etc.
Even after 1911 when the revolution came, so many things still changed after that.
The only permanence in life is change, the sooner we learnt to deal with it, the better.
Very true bro. Even workplace culture like loyalty is worthless nowadays. Job hoppers everywHere. Employers retrench the long-serving employees like no one biz. Such is the change and reality.
Kids nowadays should be taught on the entrepreneurship skills more than anything. I wish I was brought up with more of this skill set, instead of being trapped in this rat race. Nonetheless, everyone of us will find ways to sustain and survive.
Bro greddy, for a start, u need to get your wife to start reading this forum to have a chance to move and change her. Gambateh!!
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I'm no the property agent, just want to give up the house and get my booking fee back..
True.. What you have today doesn't mean you can still have it in 10 years times.. Live life as it is, but don't wait until full retirement.. Blackberry was once something every corporate executives want but now it is as good as dead.. Apple is now very popular but I am getting tired of using it.. Singapore has been on a good run for 40 years.. Today there is a national divide between the elites and the norms, and the elites are bringing in foreigners for their votes against the citizens.. How long can it continue? After building 2 casinos, what is next? Some teachers become molesters and making smart money as tutors than spending time coaching the poor students.. Principals went to buy sex from underaged girls.. Civil servants getting caught in cheating govt money.. Ministers all while justifying to get more bonus for themselves and yet so difficult to raise the social funds for the umemployable for 270 to 300.. The govt in our country and others will not take care of you.. Be prepared. Do be prepared.
i think bro wuqi understands my situation well (even though i have not really shared too much info about my life)
in fact, we have gone through thoughts of migration many years back... even applied pr to australia.
unfortunately due to global financial crisis, they tightened their immigration criteria. migrant managers become worthless and got to wait... trades and engineers get priority. i have lost touch of my tech skills years ago...
perhaps it is a blessing in disguise.. my wife is a fickle.. sees things only on the surface. i have prepared her as much as possible the type of life overseas.. encouraged her to read forums (and specific useful posts), flown there and met friends who stayed there.
i also sent her for driving lessons, to get a car for her due to poor public transport system over there.
she 'was' ready..
then my kids grow older.. started primary school.. her perspective change.. she wants the best for the kids.
she started to comment aussie gov education no standard too lax.. and private is too expensive.. so we dropped the idea after much debate.
last yr.. i started having thoughts of staying in jb instead.. done research, brought everyone there to look-see.
yes.. she 'was' happy and ready...we almost wanted to buy a resale.. then on deeper thoughts (after having laid down the potential issues).. she changed her mind again.
i have posted earlier, the kids attend extra classes at night/weekends.. so.. she won't compromise education, or anything that affects it (such as spending time traveling over the border everyday) even when the greener pastures are just out there.
well.. i have laid my cards on the table and done whatever i could.
we'll decide when the kids have grown..
that's life.. not everything goes your way.. paiseh.. a bit emo today
I didn't know jogs1 is a sis !
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Many Cuban Americans mellowing to new Cuba policy
By Pascal Fletcher
MIAMI (Reuters) - Smiling Cubans pose for photographs on a scuffed seafront wall against the backdrop of Havana's historic Morro castle and a glittering azure sea.
But the Morro backdrop is a brightly-lit glossy color poster and the artificial wall carries the scrawled slogans "Down with Fidel!" and "Down with the Castro Dictatorship!"
This is Miami, not Havana, and the Cubans are from the 1.5-million strong exile community in the United States, many of them lifelong opponents of communist rule.
The fake Malecon seawall loomed large at a "Cuba Nostalgia" festival in Miami this month that showcased images and memories of life in Cuba before Fidel Castro's 1959 Revolution. Fidel Castro stepped aside because of ill health and last year was replaced as president by his younger brother, Raul Castro.
Despite the occasional anti-Castro slogan and an exhibit by veterans of the failed 1961 U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion, politics at the Miami event mostly took a back seat to bittersweet reminiscence.
This could reflect a softening mood in an exile community long seen as a Republican bastion and whose disproportionate political influence in the United States has helped keep Washington's sanctions on Cuba in place for decades.
But with a new Democratic president in the White House offering a "new beginning" with Cuba, many see Miami's Cuban American community migrating from its traditional "no surrender, no dialogue" posture toward Havana to more engagement and contact with the homeland they left behind.
Observers say that as the diehard anti-Castro generation grows older, and younger exiles have arrived since 1980, many Cuban Americans are more pragmatic and more influenced by the needs of relatives still in Cuba. Continued...


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Agnes [agnes]▼ as a girls' name is pronounced AG-ness. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Agnes is "pure, holy". Latin form of the Greek name Hagnes, from the feminine form of "hagnos". The popular Saint Agnes (fourth century) was a young Roman virgin martyred by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Her emblem is a lamb; the Latin word for "lamb" is "agnus". The name was revived in the 19th century. Choreographer Agnes De Mille; actress Agnes Moorhead; writer Anaïs Nin; film director Annest Holland.
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Agnes is a very popular first name for women (#217 out of 4276, Top 5%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#29359 out of 150436, Top 20%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Agnes reached its highest rank of #39 in the U.S. during 1890-1899, and is at #1272 currently. (2015 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
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These are the wood-shrike, the minivet and the cuckoo-shrike.
But the beauty of the minivet is not merely that of colouring.
This minivet was common at the Cocoa Research Station, where it usually inhabited the shade trees in the cocoa groves.
It is impossible to mistake a minivet, but it is quite another matter to say to which species any particular minivet belongs.
Few are the lurking insects that escape the bright little eye of the minivet.
This longitudinal red or yellow wing-band characterises most species of minivet.
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text: Audit: Gauley Bridge police lied about DUI records By Travis Crum October 27, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gauley Bridge police falsified driving under the influence warning citations submitted to a state highway safety program, according to an audit of the town's accounting practices.The audit was released earlier this month and sheds light on records and citations seized by the West Virginia State Police in early 2011.According to the State Auditor's Office, Gauley Bridge officials displayed a "deficiency in internal control" when it came to monitoring records sent to the Southern Regional Highway Safety Office program from June 2010 to June 2011. The Beckley-based program provides funding to local police agencies for DUI enforcement patrols, DUI checkpoints and other safety-related patrolling.Gauley Bridge police created "duplicative and inaccurate" warning citations of purported DUI traffic stops, according to the audit.The audit noted that falsifying state records is a felony punishable by up to one year and no more than 10 years in prison. The audit does not name officers who might have falsified the records.Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney Carl Harris said in February that his office was cooperating with the State Police in a records investigation.Neither Harris nor State Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Baylous would say what records were being scrutinized.Gauley Bridge Mayor Byron Winebrenner said he never inquired about the investigation because it occurred under former Mayor Stephanie Fout. Fout did not return multiple phone calls seeking comment. Gauley Bridge officials promised to "strengthen internal controls to thoroughly review any and all documentation prior to submitting to prior outside grantor agencies," according to the audit.Gauley Bridge police Chief Shawn Whipkey resigned to work as a coal miner shortly after a Gazette-Mail reporter began writing about the State Police's investigation in February.Winebrenner refused to answer questions about Whipkey and criticized reporters for giving Gauley Bridge a reputation as a "speed trap."In 2002, Gauley Bridge reported registering 28 speeding ticket convictions with the Division of Motor Vehicles for the entire year. That number rose to 268 the following year, after Whipkey joined the force in December 2002.The town took in $322,814, about 50 percent of its revenue, from speeding citations, according to the audit.The audit also found that the town didn't properly maintain the municipal court docket to record dispositions of all traffic citations. As a result, some cases were not properly judged and the municipality did not receive a portion of revenue from the police citations.Officials said that because of the State Police investigation, all citations were confiscated and are being kept and filed in proper order. Reach Travis Crum at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5163. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Cross Lane couple sues, says house deed sold without their knowledge 2 Dozens go topless, braless in Charleston to normalize female bodies 3 WV Senate leader sent invites to coalition's event during special session 4 'This was a crime': Costly Summers County High senior prank splits opinions 5 Rick Ryan: Kanawha Valley coaching changes, West/Frampton and coach Kinder At Elkins Middle, grab-and-go success for students Previous Story Century plan called 'absurd, ridiculous, risky' Next Story


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I have dozens of open source software projects, in various stages of development. I have three wood working projects waiting in the shed to be finished. I have phasmid populations studies I haven't written up yet. I have four book reconstructions that I haven't finished.
If you had 6 days to live, what would you work on? If you had six months? Thirty years?
For me, my mind never stops. It's always coming up with ideas. There is always software to write, there are always things to make with wood (and power tool therapy). So, faced with a body that is failing, and a mind that isn't, what would you work on?
The answer is: work on something you want to work on, you will anyway. Work on something personally rewarding, or personally useful. It turns out, the time limit is almost entirely irrelevant.
I'm working on a major release of Aegis, but also pecking away at other software projects, as brain capacity and haemoglobin permit.
I work on bug fixes and feature requests for my OSS projects if I feel like it; but that's how OSS works. Send me a patch, on the other hand, and I'll integrate it the same days as I get it.
"Start a new project!" — Robert Collins.
Oops, yes, I did this, too.
On the 11-Dec-2012 we start a third chemotherapy sequence, this time using Bendamustine and Mabthera. The list of known side effects of Bendamustine is very long. What it will do to me is unknown, except that I will be allergic, and we will treat the symptoms and keep right on using the drug, because it's my best bet, right now. The treatment regimen has 2 days on and 26 days off, times 4 cycles. In what looks like an emerging pattern, the Bendamustine isn't on the PBS, so once again I am paying for a chemotherapy drug out of my own pocket.
We decided to start the chemotherapy now, rather than wait until after christmas. My preference is to be doing, rather than waiting, even when doing will be confronting. To procrastinate, to do nothing, is to choose to die. I choose the option with at least a chance of living.
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Woo hoo!!! I'm one of Catster's Diary Picks of the day!!! I feel so honored! In fact I was so excited that right after mom told me I hacked up a furball! I just couldn't help myself!!! Mom came running and Brodie was staring at me...willing it to be food, but when I finally spit it out...it was all hair! Mom quickly cleaned it up and then gave me some beef flavored stuff that kinda looks like vasoline and said "that should help it go out the other way!"
Now I can bask in the joy that is being one of Catster's elite few (if even for a day!). Fat Albert is TOTALLY jealous because he thinks his diary is WAY better than mine, but not according to Catster! HA take that Fatty!!! I'm cooler than you today, so just deal!!
Thanks Catster for giving me something I can lord over ol' fatty for a while!!
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So the other day I was hanging out on the kitchen counters (mom & dad weren't home of course) and I found a cup with this interesting pink liquid in it. Now, I have this umm...err...fascination with knocking things off counters. PLUS, Tailer was down below yelling "WHAT DO YOU SEE UP THERE???" So, I knocked the cup off so we could both take a closer look at this pink liquid. It splashed all over the place and I jumped off the counter to see if Tailer and I could figure out what it was.
I'm no dummy and I didn't just take a lick to see what it tasted like (that's what Tailer did, by the way...he is a dummy...hahaha). Instead, I put my paws in it to check it out. I tapped it a few times and decided it was safe to take a drink. I took a quick lick and decided it was kinda like water but kinda fruity. I wasn't too impressed. So I walked off.
I realized that mom and dad were going to be VERY unhappy when they got home and I noticed that the hair between my toes was pink. OH NO!!! I was going to be caught!!! I licked and licked, but the pink just wasn't coming off! I mean WHAT WAS THAT STUFF???
Anyways, mom and dad came home and found the glass on the floor with the pink liquid on the floor. Boy were they unhappy!!! They hollered "WHO WAS BAD???" I tried to hide my pink paws but my mom was on to me. She came over and picked me up and said "hey there Pink Paws!" I was SO surprised because instead of being mad she was LAUGHING!!!!!! After that they kept calling me 'Pink Paws' and laughing! I think it took about 2 weeks for the color to fade away...next time when I knock stuff off the counters I'll be more careful not to step in it!!!!
That's it for now!
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Hooray!!! I'm one year old today! I don't feel that much bigger or older, but mom seems pretty happy for me. She keeps saying "Chopper, it's your birthday today". I wonder if I'll get extra food...all to myself that Tailer doesn't get to taste. :) Wonder if it will be that salmon that was out when mom and dad had all those people last week and they fed it to me. That was SO good!!! I even got up on the table to get some more, until mom yelled at me.
AND...Tomorrow is Christmas! Oooh...I am so excited! Tailer and I have tried to get a peek in the presents under the tree, but mom keeps telling us to leave them alone. I wonder if they are ALL FOR ME!!!!???
Well, I'm gonna go celebrate!
Happy Birthday to me and Meowy Christmas!!!!
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Fox News falsely claimed EPA officials "questioned the science behind global warming policy"
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Fox News anchor Alisyn Camerota falsely claimed that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lawyers Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel "questioned the science behind global warming policy" in a YouTube video that is critical of cap-and-trade proposals, and Fox News reporter William La Jeunesse suggested that the EPA's demand that the lawyers take down and edit the video to remove some of the references to the EPA violates President Obama's vow "to take the politics out of science." In fact, in the video, Williams and Zabel affirmed the scientific case for action against global warming and called for "carbon fees" with rebates to address the problem.
Camerota falsely claimed Williams and Zabel "questioned the science behind global warming policy"
From the November 17 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
CAMEROTA: Well, a congressional oversight panel is demanding answers from the Obama administration after it threatened disciplinary action against two long-time EPA climate experts who questioned the science behind global warming policy even though the husband and wife spoke out as just private citizens, the EPA ordered them to remove their 10-minute video from the web.
LA JEUNESSE: The bottom line is the video is down. Congress wants answers, and especially why, Alisyn, because it was the president who said he wanted to take the politics out of science, and this is a very important issue, as you know, facing Congress.
In fact, Williams and Zabel questioned the policy design, not the scientific case for action against global warming
Williams and Zabel affirmed the science behind action for climate change. In the YouTube video, Williams stated, "Scientists are convinced that further delay in cutting greenhouse gases means an unacceptable risk of climate catastrophe" and that a solution to climate change "requires cutting fossil fuel emissions to the atmosphere, which are the main cause of climate change."
Williams and Zabel call for a carbon tax with rebates to fight climate change. In the Fox News report, Camerota and La Jeunesse falsely suggested that Williams and Zabel, who are EPA lawyers, not scientists as Fox News suggested, "questioned the science," when, in fact, they questioned the policy design of a cap-and-trade bill with offsets and proposed a carbon tax to address climate change. From the YouTube video:
WILLIAMS: There are two critical parts of the real solution. First, we need to make sure that clean energy becomes cost competitive with uncontrolled fossil fuel energy within a known time frame. Second, we need to make sure that the energy people need remains affordable. To do this, we must gradually phase in carbon fees, slowly raising the price of uncontrolled fossil fuels until they are more expensive than the clean energy alternatives we have today. This transition can begin very gradually over the current recession and be phased in over the next 10 to 15 years. To keep energy affordable, carbon fees must be given back to consumers in monthly per person rebates.
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Brian Wood's scripting the latest relaunch of Robert E. Howard's Conan character, this time in a series called Conan the Barbarian. The DMZ and The Massive writer is using Howard's short story "Queen of the Black Coast" as a springboard for new stories featuring the barbarian. Wood's telling a classic Conan story here, one that's full of the two-fisted barbarian action we all know and love, but with the addition of a significant amount of sex appeal. Becky Cloonan and James Harren, the two artists of the first two story arcs, are more than capable storytellers with complementary skills. When you add Dave Stewart on colors, Conan the Barbarian quickly becomes one of the best-looking sex & violence comics on the stands.
The wheel around which Wood's story revolves is the pirate queen Bêlit, an impossibly fair-skinned woman who's terrorizing the seas and building her fortune. When the story begins, she's more legendary than concrete, more rumor than woman. People tell Conan about her and he's both thrilled and curious about what she's actually like. As time goes on, Conan and Bêlit become a couple, a pirate queen and king, and set about the business of making money.
If Bêlit isn't perfect, from our perspective, the story fails. We need to believe that she's fearsome enough to lead a band of pirates, cunning enough to survive on the seas, and more than anything, we have to believe that she's the woman Conan wants.
"Wants" is the key word there. Conan and Bêlit have a relationship that may blossom into love at one point, but from where I'm standing, it's predicated on lust. Conan isn't going to exit a hut and see Bêlit standing there in the snow, purring "Face it, tiger, you just hit the jackpot" into the cool night air. This isn't a traditional romance. It's about sex. It's about lust.
Conan wants Bêlit like a lot of heroes in these stories want their love interests. She's unknown and deadly, and therefore a challenge. To bed her is to conquer her, and to conquer her is to possess her. Bêlit becomes Conan's woman, rather than her own person. There's a sadomasochistic element, too, in that Bêlit is very much a danger, both directly and in general, and Conan begins as her enemy. Eventually, as the story goes on, she welcomes him as her king and equal… but only after he proves his worth and lethality.
That's a tall order. Bêlit can't look like your generic adventure comic woman, with stick legs, fake breasts, and arched backs. That isn't sexy. It's comic book sexy. It's Gen13 sexy. No, Bêlit has to be more. Becky Cloonan drew Bêlit's first appearances, and that means that convincing us that Bêlit and Conan was a viable couple fell to her.
The short version is that she knocked it out of the park. Here's the long version:
Cloonan's Bêlit oozes passion. She engenders passion. She forces passion into being. Under Cloonan's pen, Bêlit practically smolders. She's nearly nude, but rather than being alluring, her nudity comes across as more of a danger than a tease. Her eyes are cold and menacing, the sort of eyes that peek out from behind Dr. Doom's mask or narrow on a femme fatale's face before she slips a stiletto between your ribs. She's sexy, but she's a danger. You know that you don't need to interact with her at all, but you can't help wanting to possess her.
Bêlit crawls into Conan's imagination before invading his life. It's easy to see why. Becky Cloonan's Bêlit looks like the type of woman that heroes obsess over. She's equal parts sex-bomb and snake pit. Just looking at her hints at the extremes of pleasure and pain. She's the personification of the intersection between sex and death, a primal force that's impossible to ignore. And that makes her a challenge, which in turn makes her irresistible. Conan doesn't get a choice. Bêlit positively smolders, and her flame consumes him.
Bêlit's smoldering is a low burn, something that inspires pleasure and pain all at the same time, or at least in quick succession. Men are like moths to her flame. Her crew are completely subservient to her, which is partly a reflection of Robert E. Howard's racism and partly a reflection of her power over men. When Conan imagines Bêlit challenging him, she's stepping over dead bodies in a boat floating on a bloody sea. Her feet are filthy, but her body is pristine. Sweat or drool spills over her lips as she talks, lending a distinctly erotic flavor to her challenge. There's the promise of sex in her hips and poison on her lips. In a way, that is what Wood's story is about, so it's perfect. This is a detour with a young Conan, brash and fiery, and Bêlit matches him fire for fire.
What I like about Cloonan's depiction of Bêlit is that everything you need to know is right there on the page. If the comic were wordless, you could still tell that Bêlit was sex and death and pleasure and pain. Just looking at her and thinking a little gives you everything you need to know, which makes it easy to buy into the fact that Conan wants to possess her and she wants to possess him.
James Harren exploded onto the scene for me with Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest. The fight scenes in that comic were wet, visceral, disgusting, and beautiful. In Conan the Barbarian, Harren and Dave Stewart are working with less supernatural fare, but they still manage to crank the violence up and show us carnage like never before.
Example one: While Harren's Bêlit is rounded and alluring, his men are all muscle. And I don't mean Popeye or Superman-type muscles, either. Harren's men look like they're made of leathery skin stretched over stacks of stringy sinew, and then someone gave them a thorough pass with sandpaper after that, just to give their skin the properly rugged feel it needs.
We're used to a certain level of rugged for our heroes. Generally, that equates to body hair (Wolverine) or stubble (Dirty Harry). Past that, they're pristine figures, and tend to look like basketball players or weightlifters who are fresh out of the showers. Your average rugged hero is more calculatedly rugged than actually rugged.
Movie star good looks and facial stubble does not result in true ruggedness. No, if you want to be rugged, you've got to be willing to be ugly. Conan's got a face like a caveman that's been hit by a hammer that was coated in glue and glass. He's attractive in a Mickey Rourke type of way, at best. He looks different from Arnold Schwarzeneggar's Conan, and different from Cloonan's, but he's still recognizably Conan. He has muscles that make it look like he's been wrapped in beef jerky, but he still looks more formidable than everyone else.
Example two: when Spider-Man or Batman get bloodied, they'll bleed from cuts across the chest or from the nose. Whenever there's an occasion for a lot of blood to spray, it's usually colored black or kept to the shadows. Even the grimmest of DC's New 52 relaunch still played it safe when it came to blood.
One subtle thing I don't think I've ever seen in comics is something like this:
A little something goes a long way, and the Harren/Stewart tag team is proof positive of that fact. The two streams of blood out of Conan's nose are familiar, but when's the last time you saw blood staining someone's teeth? And yet, that's exactly what a mouthful of blood, a likely side effect of a punch in the jaw, would result in. It doesn't just go away with a wipe of your mouth, and Harren and Stewart kill it here. This feels real. The blood on Conan's teeth is lighter than the blood coming from his nose, proof that Dave Stewart knows how to use colors to tell and enhance a story.
Example three: On top of rugged physiques and subtle storytelling, Harren and Stewart sometimes crank the violence up to ten and get it really going. Like so:
This scene is Bêlit infiltrating a city and then evading two guards. There are three things I like about this page. First, it takes place over the course of maybe half a sentence. The word balloons set the pace and show you just how fast Bêlit is moving. Second, Harren wildly varies the point of view, but the action never becomes confusing. Panel four is from Bêlit's point of view, even, and the speed lines focus your attention toward Bêlit's next target. Third, the fifth panel is amazing. There's the Sanjuro-style blood spray coming out of the guard's neck and Bêlit, covered in blood and eager for more. It really sells her as being just as lethal as every other member of her crew, if not more so. She's bloodthirsty.
Example four: Sometimes Harren and Stewart crank it up so high they break the knob. Like so:
Sex and violence in comics is one of those things that's incredibly subjective. What's arousing to her may be disgusting to him, and what's viscerally thrilling to this other guy might make someone else sick to their stomach. For me, it always comes down to execution. If you're showing me something I've seen before, and not doing it as well as the first person to do it, then why should I care? But Cloonan, Harren, and Stewart, in concert with Brian Wood, have turned Conan the Barbarian into a series that impresses me in addition to entertaining me. That's a killer combination, and if you like comics like I like comics, you need to check this out. The first seven issues are available now.


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This were my photos for the 501, and thanks to a lot of you guys, i got finally acepted
This were my photos for the 501, and thanks to a lot of you guys, i got finally acepted
Congrats and welcome to the Legion too!
Good stuff!
Killer Fett, congrats! Welcome to the Leigon!
Looks FettTastic, and congrats on becoming a BH.
great job, brother! you did it!!
That's great man, congratulations!
grats man!
was it tough to get accepted as fett?
Nice job man! Even has the Boba thong. If it were mine, I would give the right shoulder armor a little spritz of orange paint. You would look spot on then. Again, congrats on your 501st acceptance.
Awnsering the question, yup it was hard to get in as a boba, they check out every little detail, but finally got in
About the orange in the shoulder, i'll get on that this weekend (wanna look the best you know)
And thank you so much for your comments ^_^
And Fettdad, yup... after almost 10 months i finally did it
Congrats! Looks awsome!
Congrats vod. You deserve it.
Well done! and everything finally paid off,nice job you look great!
Good job man! I hope to join the legion soon too!
really nice job there still got a way to go with mine. Fett has so many little parts to do
It can drive you crazy.
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They knew he had talent, but Goodson has been trapped behind DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart (and last year Tyrell Sutton) on the depth chart, limiting the impact the 2009 fourth-round draft pick from Texas A&M could have on the team.
But in his first two starts against Tampa Bay and Baltimore, Goodson has been able to do something neither Williams nor Stewart could in the first half of the season -- run for 100 yards in a game.
Goodson has eclipsed the century mark in both games, finishing with 151 yards from scrimmage in Carolina's 37-13 loss to Baltimore with Williams, Stewart and Sutton all sidelined with injuries.
He's expected to start Sunday against Cleveland, although he could see limited reps if Stewart returns from a concussion.
Coach John Fox said it would have been "hard to imagine" Goodson having this type of production in back-to-back games a year ago as a rookie.
"Mike worked very hard this offseason both to increase his size and strength and obviously has a better understanding of our run game as well as our pass protections," Fox said. "The guy enjoys playing, which I deeply respect. He's gotten an opportunity that he's taken full advantage of, and I really like to see that."
Fox also feels like the offensive line is doing a better job blocking the past two weeks.
"Like most run games and historically with ours, it takes a little time to develop," Fox said. "We had some new moving parts with a new fullback. Our tight ends have basically been the same, but three-fifths of our offensive line is different. Like everything else, it's kind of like the more you do with the same guys, the better you get, and it's always taken a little time to evolve."
Given Goodson's success, it will be tough to take him out of the starting lineup even when Stewart returns from a concussion. Stewart has missed the last two games after taking a huge shot from Saints safety Darren Sharper on Nov. 7.
Fox said the blow was "substantial."
"Probably the more contact involved could determine more extended time away from a contact sport," Fox said.
Williams is already on injured reserve. Sutton is nursing his way back from a high ankle sprain but probably isn't ready to go yet.
SERIES HISTORY: 4th regular-season meeting. Panthers lead series, 3-0. The Browns are the only team the Panthers have never lost to in franchise history. Even in hard times like these, the Panthers have always been able to beat the Browns. In 2006, while mired in an eight-game losing streak, John Fox's Panthers traveled to Cleveland and beat the Browns 20-12. After that game, Fox gave game balls to everyone who travelled to Cleveland, including trainers and the equipment staff.
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"Looking back, sitting here at 1-9, I'm not sure how many moves were right -- and that's not being critical of anybody," Fox said. "(It's) just hindsight, which is always 20-20. But I know Jake seems to be happy where he is, and sometimes change is good. I don't believe in looking back."
Fox reiterated that cutting Delhomme was a difficult decision for everyone involved.
"If you remember that press conference, it was very tough on everyone involved," Fox said, referring to the day both he and general manager Marty Hurney desperately tried to hold back tears after announcing the move. "We went through a lot of battles with (Delhomme), and I have the utmost respect for him and what he accomplished here. So it was very hard."
--The Panthers are on pace to score 187 points, which would be 66 fewer points than the 2001 team that finished 1-15 under former head coach George Seifert.
--Wide receiver Steve Smith is rarely at a loss for words, but this week seems to be the exception.
"I have no perspective," Smith said after the Panthers dropped to 1-9. "We didn't close it out, didn't win, another loss. Snowball. Big hill. I don't know what you're looking for. You're going to write the articles, you don't need me to comment on it with my perspective. It sucks losing every week. Same stuff. Different city."
--The Panthers are coming off a season-high three sacks against the Ravens with defensive ends Charles Johnson, Everette Brown and rookie Greg Hardy all getting in on the act. For Brown, the guy the Panthers gave up a first-round draft pick to get, it was his second sack in as many weeks.
"We created havoc for the quarterback most of the night," Brown said. "At the beginning of the game, he had times where he was able to sit back in the pocket, but the secondary saved us a couple times."
--If the season ended today, the Panthers would own the first overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft. You'd have to imagine the Panthers would think long and hard about drafting Stanford's Andrew Luck, the highest-rated quarterback on the board.
BY THE NUMBERS: 7 -- Quarterbacks who have started a game for the Panthers since 2006.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's a profession, and you have a name on your jersey and a number, all of that in our fraternity of people is on film, and it doesn't go away. Our season is not over yet, and we have six more opportunities. Our main focus is to clean this one up and get on the Cleveland preparation. We aren't done until our body of work is done. That is what you play for -- being a professional and having pride in what you do. You do it for those guys in the room." -- Coach John Fox, on what he tells his players with six games ahead and no playoff hopes.
The Panthers have a hot running back in Mike Goodson, so expect them to lean on him in Cleveland. Goodson has run for 100 yards in back-to-back games.
Defensively, the Panthers know all about Jake Delhomme's weaknesses, so they will try to exploit them on Sunday if he starts over the injured Colt McCoy.
All eyes are on the quarterback situation. Jimmy Clausen (concussion) returned to practice Wednesday, so he should be ready to go Sunday, although coach John Fox was a little hesitant in declaring him medically fine. He said Clausen would continue to be evaluated as the week progresses.
If Clausen is healthy, he starts.
If not, it will be up to either Tony Pike or newcomer Keith Null (practice squad), since it sounds as if Brian St. Pierre is out due to a shoulder injury.
--RB Jonathan Stewart is back to practice, but look for Mike Goodson to start.
Will Jake Delhomme win his return to Carolina? Discuss inside the message boards.


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Thanks to the SAS model we offer products that are up to 300 percent more relevant for the customer.
This SAS project had big implications for the entire Overtoom organization. "It was a major project involving a great deal of change for us," observes Ghislaine Duymelings. "Though current technologies make personalized printing accessible, our customized marketing campaigns had a huge impact on the digital printing process, but also on our inventory management and purchase planning. Nearly everybody at Overtoom was involved and so were our communication partner and our digital printing partner."
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Re: Readability confuses mathematica?
In article <bpfg19$m0e$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Bill Rowe <readnewscix at mail.earthlink.net> wrote:
> Interesting. I admit, I've not seriously attempted to use TraditionalForm for
> input mainly due to this comment in the Mathematica Book. I will have to give
> it a try and see how I like it. When you say you use TraditionalForm "in a
> perfectly reliable and unambiguous way", is there anything special (not
> obvious) about the way you use TraditionalForm that makes it "perfectly
> reliable and unambiguous"? Is so, it seems to me there may not be a conflict
> between the comment I found in the Mathematica Book and your experience.
Have a look at
> But if I cannot rely on Mathematica's interpretation of inputs made in
> TradiationalForm this would be rather cumbersome and painful.
But you can always write input into a TraditionalForm cell using
InputForm (or StandardForm) notation.
> From my perspective, it is far better to use a form I can count on as being correct
> and use the coversion options later as desired.
In this case you could just work as you do now with StandardForm input
and then hit \[CommandKey]\[ShiftKey]t.
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Hello I have a very strong alpha male 10 month old male GSD. I have tried training- group and private. Not working. The trainer said he is going to take along time to get his behavior under control. I know the biggest problem is his alpha male- my son left for boot camp and he is a little wild because I can't control him. He is in his crate most of the time because I work and when he is outside he is very destructive. I am looking for a place that can take him and help him get under control. I know I can't do it. He bares his teeth at me and barks and runs with things in his mouth that he can't have- usually something he has dragged off the kitchen counter. I am tired and at a loss. I live in Mesa az. Any suggestions????? Thanks
Hi Patty! I am so sorry to hear what you are going through. While I haven't worked with any rescues, I can recommend an excellent behaviorist in the area if you are willing to go that route (behaviorists are much different than just a trainer). His name is Sam and his info can be found at Phoenix Dog Training | Scottsdale Dog Trainer / Gilbert Dog Behaviorist / Paradise Valley Dog School / Chandler Group Classes / Glendale Dog Obedience, Tempe Dog Questions, Ahwahtukee Dog Lessons, Cave Creek Dog Behavior, Surprise Dog Evaluation, Peo. We hired him for private puppy manners class and he was excellent and has worked with GSD's and aggressive dogs.
I believe there is a rescue in Flagstaff that you could probably find through a google search. I wish you the best!
I know of an excellent trainer in Gilbert, AZ that I highly recommend. I can't say enough good things about this guy, he has a very unique approach to training and I have seen many dogs do a complete 360 under his care. He's not cheap (not sure what he charges for boarding/training) but he gets results, so in the long run, he may be cheaper then dealing with less knowledgeable so called "trainers" that take your money and can't perform. Here's his web site: TOP DOG Boarding & Training - Gilbert - Arizona - Welcome His name is Shawn, awesome guy!! Good luck, hope you can get your boy under control and keep him.
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