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How it was explained to me is that someone was told one gender so they spent a fortune on gender specific clothing and the baby was of the opposite gender so they raised a huge stink and threatened a lawsuit so they made it a blanket policy at all Army hospitals that they could not tell the gender. I am not sure the accuracy of that since I never had maternity care on base, but I was told that several times over by several people. I think it was changed some years back, but I know from word of mouth in 2005 at Ft. Carson Colorado they would not tell you the gender and the first time I heard about it was at Ft Hood Texas in the late 90's by no less than three different women... if you wanted to know the gender you drove an hour away to Austin to the radiology college and they would tell you.
I was seen by a military hospital for my last pregnancy and they made me sign a form saying that gender predictions are not 100% accurate, they weren't liable for wrong guesses, etc. and that the purpose of the u/s was to check the baby, not predict gender. I wanted a surprise anyways, but I suppose they wanted to cover their butts.
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This is a discussion on Just ordered a custom sap! within the Defensive Knives & Other Weapons forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Well, I've ordered my custom 'PocketPal' from master leather artist Chas Clements. Measurements and payment all done, now the wait!! Chas' website is at http://www.warriorschest.com/pals.htm ...
Well, I've ordered my custom 'PocketPal' from master leather artist Chas Clements. Measurements and payment all done, now the wait!!
Chas' website is at http://www.warriorschest.com/pals.htm if you're looking for old world style, quality leather work, thin certainly looks the business!
I shall post a review when my baby arrives in a month or so.
Be well interested to read more about that when you get it.
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is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
If it gets to hand to hand then something has definitely gone wrong. I would not waste my money on a sap. I would stick to my pistol and a knife. Moreover, you have to be sure that it is legal to have. Just my 2 cents.
Listen, Think and React.....Nuff Said.....
Updated: due to customs regs and local law, order amended to a pocket pup.
disko, What rules/regs made you change? Did you check out TPI? Got mine from Todd and looks and feels great. Just the right size and weight. The Denver (4 ply)from BL is great also. Will order a "spare" or two from them at those prices.
If you can (legal?) would reccommend a SAP vs. BJ. The SAPs edge will "cut" better and used on the large muscle groups,closer to the skin will deny use of the arm,hand,leg,etc. It's kinda like the doctor striking above or below your knee to check your reflexes. Only the very hard forceful edge strike will (for the lack of the medical term) make the muscle useless.
With using just a little force/swing try it on yourself. I tried to get my wife to volunteer but she had her revo in the pocket of her jeans so decided against it.
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I reallyreallyreallyreally need one.
disko, look these over, email the maker for info, if you need it. You can cobble one together pretty easily with a trip to the hardware store, with a stop for some lead sinkers.
They use the term non-lethal on their webpage. The term is less-lethal.
I am quite certain that one of those could be used to kill someone.
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Arts Works: re-engaging with learning, training or work
Gattenhof, Sandra J. (2005) Arts Works: re-engaging with learning, training or work. Lowdown Magazine, 27(5), pp. 25-27.
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In the past 12 months, there has been much discussion and project-based work both nationally and at a state level seeking to address the issue of education and training for young people, who for various reasons, have disengaged from formal education. In looking at a number of programs currently running in Australian states and territories a common feature began to emerge. The successful programs or programs with strong outcomes have used training through various arts forms and popular culture to address the issue of educational re-engagement. But, how do arts-based programs provide participants with a greater understanding of the options available to young people who are currently not in education, training and/or employment to enter or re-enter learning or earning and gain the self-confidence to continue along a recognised educational pathway?
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It depends where the mirror is. If I'm in Marks & Spencer's food hall, then I want assisted suicide - overhead lighting at this stage in my life makes me look like Myra Hindley.
I have to look at myself in the mirror when I'm doing a play. I see what needs to be done, and I set about it. It's like cooking: it's a random experience that sometimes works out better than others, but never falls below a certain level. My face is different every day - if I've slept, then perhaps I don't have to do so much work on the bags.
Time is playing its usual tricks and I'm going to age more like my father than my mother, who had a better bone structure. People tell me I have good skin, which is hilarious - it doesn't matter in our business because you can cover it up.
When make-up girls say, "You've such lovely skin" I always take the compliment, but I also flash straight back to my mother saying to my brother, "Why don't you take Eva out? She's got lovely skin." And my brother thinking that skin was the least important factor in deciding whether or not he took Eva out.
I haven't done any elective surgery. I've nothing against it, although I would not touch Botox, because I know an actress who almost died when it went into a nerve instead of the skin. Anyway, I see too many people at too many memorial services who have that scrubbed hamster look, to go down that road.
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I am running a 267 SBC in my new T bucket. It's a stock engine from an 81 Camaro. I'm using a new Holley 390 CFM carb (down jetted 2 sizes for 3000 ft altitude here) on a weiand 8007 dual plane manifod with a square/spreadbore carb adapter, 180 deg F thermostat, a TH-350 transmission with 2.79 rear end and 295R14 tires. I am using a stock points type distibutor (don't know the year) with a points elimination kit in it. I am using a flame thrower coil (40K volts with no balast resistance). My problem is that the gas mileage is really poor. It seems worse at low speed city driving. I thought the gas mileage would be very good with ths set up. Any suggestions as to where I should look to improve things.
I think that the engine is operating out of its optimum RPM range....in other words, it is being lugged too much.
I bet a set of 3.23s or so would get better mileage and would be a lot peppier too.
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You might want to run a vacuum check,and look at a power valve change dropping to a lower size may help,a lot of times guys will change jets and get zero results.
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I always start and do step#1..."stock engine out of a 81 Camero"= do a compression test
my step #2 is mount a manifold vacuum source vac guage in the car, test drive it to confirm approx 25Hg plus on a mild downshift with the motor warm = valves and rings are sealing
is it your size 12 foot or the motor causing the lousy mpg....vac guage will tell you while driving:
just to illustrate....
lead foot "drop the hammer" = guage will show 10Hg or less=carb is full rich (A/F 13:1) and vac advance timing is close to none and mech timing is only 24* or so
"squeeze" the pedal gradually = 15Hg-18Hg= carb is optimum A/F (15:1) ratio and vac advance is full on adding 14* or so to the 24*
squeeze the pedal and Hg still drops to 10....it's the motor
(mounted on the dash like mine...it is a "mpg police"= stay in the green zone or else!)
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looks like your soil is much the same as mine chalky, the chard is a pretty plant, I must grow some Cavalo Nero this year, all the best DavidReplyDelete
How lovely to have snowdrops out now. They must be an early variety. I always used to think snowdrops were just snowdrops but there are so many types.ReplyDelete
Those compost bins are really neat - did you build them yourself?
AS for the broccoli as you said plenty of time yet for that.Replies
Yes, hubby built them years ago and they've lasted well. xxDelete
Those snowdrops are so glorious, though they do seem incredibly early! What a lovely Romanesco coming up. I'm always amazed how winter vegetables manage to survive!ReplyDelete
Brilliant photos, I love the snowdrops.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to get going in my garden and to take a peek at my compost bin. Your winter vegetables look fantastic. I really must have a go this year. Take care.ReplyDelete
Oh goodness, I really wish I knew what I was doing in the garden, looks like I need your help! I'd love to start a veggie patch.ReplyDelete
Me encántan las verduras de invierno sobre todo las coliflores. Muchos saludosReplyDelete
How lovely to see some photos of your garden. That is the first snowdrops I have seen this year! Let's hope we have a better growing season in 2013!ReplyDelete
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My veg patch was totaly neglected last year ,the slugs ate what little i grew so i just gave up ,it is a full time job having a veg patch xxReplyDelete
Lovely to see some snowdrops, they are so delicate and yet tough as old boots to be flowering this early in the year!ReplyDelete
I found some Romanesco heads in my brassicas too, I'd almost given up on it but came good in the end. Annie
Snowdrops always make me smile - they're just so pretty when there's nothing much of anything else around!ReplyDelete
I can't believe how great your garden is coming along already.ReplyDelete
What a great compost place, I love it. We all wait for colder weather, which will come at the weekend. I hope, my Helleborus will not die this winter!ReplyDelete
Whis you a wonderful week.
I too left my veg patch with things wet and rotting but managed to clear it all on New Years Day. Lovely to be outside in the chilly winter sunshine. We need to make the most of it after all that rain. Your snow drops look lovely. Amanda xReplyDelete
My snow drops are only just popping up, can't wait til they flower! :) xReplyDelete
Lots of lovely veg in your plot to look forward too - it all looks so well organised too! The chard looks beautiful!ReplyDelete
How lovely to see some snowdrops too - they are so pretty and such a welcome sight this time of year.I wonder if mine need splitting - plenty of leaf but no signs yet of any flowers.
Thanks for sharing!
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The compost looks wonderful stuff, and I'm impressed with the bins, our's on the allotment are makeshift things. Good to see that you've still got plenty going on in the veg patch, all I've got left are leeks.ReplyDelete
your garden looks great with all the wonderful veggies. like your snowdrops.
i have no luck with snowdrops.
lovely blog.
have a wonderful week,
How lovely to see so much fresh green growth! I discovered your lovely blog last summer and loved seeing your gorgeous garden pictures! Must get out in my own garden again next weekend and start sorting it out!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful week.
Helen x
It's wonderful to see so much that's growing even in the depths of January. We seem to be living surrounded by a sea of mud here!ReplyDelete
Your garden looks so good! All those vegetables you have. We haven't done much work in the garden lately. I can't wait to get my hands into the soil again.ReplyDelete
Have a lovely weekend!
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That looks go great, here we have snow to our knees so gardening seems like a fairytale right about now. :) The chard is so pretty, I don`t know it we can grow it here but I hope so, what colors.ReplyDelete
I am sooo jealous! What a fantastic garden you have. I suppose it might be hard to pick between all your produce, I would have the shard, beautiful and edible! Love your photos:~)ReplyDelete
I adore the chard! It's beautiful and you can eat it! What could be better? (Your quilt is lovely!)ReplyDelete


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Omaha Lancers defenseman Tucker Poolman received the Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year award given by USA Hockey. Poolman led United States Hockey League defensemen with 15 goals — 10 of which came on the power play — and was third among USHL defensemen in scoring with 41 points in 58 games.
Poolman, a 20-year-old from Grand Forks, Minn., also helped the Lancers lead the league in fewest goals allowed and penalty killing percentage.
Cal Petersen of the Waterloo Black Hawks was named as the Dave Peterson Goalie of the Year. Peterson led the league with 27 wins, including 12 straight at one point.
The Waterloo, Iowa, native and University of Notre Dame recruit was a fifth-round pick by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2013 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
USHL AWARDS: USHL scoring champion Jake Randolph of the Omaha Lancers was named the league's Forward of the Year in voting by the league's coaches and general managers.
Randolph led the scoring race by 12 points with 26 goals and 60 assists in 60 games. The 60 assists set a USHL Tier I era (since 2002) record.
Other awards included: Hayden Hawkey of Omaha as Goaltender of the Year; P.K. O'Handley of the Waterloo Black Hawks as Coach of the Year; Robby Jackson of the Chicago Steel as Rookie of the Year; Jeff Brown of the Indiana Ice as General Manager of the Year; and Brandon Montour of the Waterloo Black Hawks as Player of the Year and Defenseman of the Year.
Hawkey led the league with a 1.99 goals-against average, the lowest in the league's modern era, while going 22-6-3.
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This whole lines thing drives me crazy. There are many instances where a "3rd line" center is more valuable than the 1st line center on the team. That's why I don't like using lines, it's much easier to divide minutes. David Bolland plays some of the toughest minutes in the NHL and does really well with those minutes. Lazar seems to have the potential to play that role. If he can be a David Bolland I would take him 12th-15th overall in a second.
I want to see him be a more prickly SOB to play against like Bolland in this second half, but I agree his skillset and attitude is reminiscent of Bolland. His willingness to do the dirty work and be all over the ice, he respects the importance of playing your role by coming up through in a winning environment on these Oil Kings teams - I think it's a very important mentality to adopt going forward to pro. I believe it helped Bolland's transition to pro having to work his way up through the lineup in a variety of roles in London before exploding in his last year offensively.
Somewhere between Bolland and Brandon Sutter is where I see Lazar going forward at the moment. That is absolutely worth a pick in the 10-20 range.
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Dear Russ,
Thanks for writing & sharing your considerable insight in my case. I think you are correct on just about everything.
I wish I knew what you and others could do to help me. I can't think of a thing, except to support me as you have done.
I have to use a public defender because I simply don't have the $200,000-$300,000 it would take to hire a good private lawyer
(and I can't run the case from a jail cell). That is way too much to raise via a legal defense fund from "The Movement." Ironic eh? There's nobody out there like me to help…me!
July 24, 2010
I have a few other observations to share. Ed underlined the word "me", as if to say something. Notice how he also use the dots
("…..") after the word help, followed by the word me. I think it
speaks to us HELP ME!
Even though he keeps saying in letters to people that he doesn't know what we can do to help. Although, he did agree with my view on his case and I had suggested 1.) an independent lawyer, 2.) that he be interviewed by someone like American Free Press, who would be on his side, 3.) that we raise the money needed to get him an attorney. Even as he acknowledges that raising the kind of money we need would probably never happen. So overall, I see his letter as a cry for help, but he knows inside that no one is going to help him. What a pity this screwed up so called movement is. I have written from the beginning trying to get a fund going, but no one answers the email and none of his so called supporters seem like they really want to do anything, except talk about this. It was one thing to let me rot in jail and then not to even mention it after I got out because I am considered a nobody. However, it is different with Ed being a very high ranking individual, with so many fans and so forth, being ignored and forgotten. I say the WN movement might as well lay down and die if it does not help Ed. I damn sure don't want any part anymore in a movement that is to stupid to figure a way to help someone who is one of their own. So I am going to be watching real close and I am going to try everything I can to help Ed and in any way, but this is about it for me. I will not risk going to jail for a bunch of goofballs that cannot even recognize and support their own. That's my final word on it. To the sites that do and have shown support, like this one, I am not speaking of you. I speak mostly of the bigger sites who have resources and do nothing but take in donations for their greedy selves. They know who they are. I won't be buying your books or ever contributing a cent again… if you fail Ed. That's all.
Tina (AKA "gymnastic chick") permalinkJuly 25, 2010
Russ, I am sorry to hear that the sacrifices you have made, and incarceration you have suffered, for the movement was met with so much ingratitude.
I don't think "movement" people are less generous or loyal than the average person. It's just that they have been kicked in the teeth and misled so many times by some of our leaders that they've become distrustfull, even when it is unwarranted.
Also, a couple of weeks ago, I happened to stumble upon a pro-movement radio interview that seemed to portray Edgar as affluent and therefore able to afford a trial lawyer, yet unwittingly omitted the fact that many of his resources were frozen/seized by authorities.
Unforeseen events can cause complications and confusion which, hopefully, this web site can clarify so as to reassure potential donors that their contributions are justified.
By the way, Russ, I truly wish you wouldn't call yourself a "nobody." In our movement, nobody is a nobody, as we pro-Whites are way too far and few between to afford such a class distinction among ourselves. Everyone has something to offer. If you can breathe, then you are valuable to us.
Thanks for hearing me out,
July 25, 2010
Thanks Tina, it's nice to hear someone say a nice word about a fellow patriot. I don't see myself as a nobody, I was just referring to the treatment you get from the "so called leaders" whom I am beginning to have serious doubts about.
Many of the so called "people on our side" are busy cutting up Ed Steele with their speculations, all the while accusing those of us defending Steele of being speculators. I know how the system lies and is full of psychopaths. Law enforcement is one of the top positions psychopaths seek to work for and might I add do. That is straight from the expert on psychopaths, Dr. Robert Hare. It frustrates me that people are missing the obvious in this case, the simple fact that law enforcement has a bad reputation in dealing with white folks who are fighting a corrupt government. Matt Hale is just one of many. How about Randy Weaver? How about ADL being the bootie buddy of FBI, as stated by FBI itself. Any white patriot that thinks Ed is guilty before being proven guilty beyond ANY reasonable doubt, needs to go join their liberal comrades. If and when the time should come that Steele is really PROVEN guilty, maybe then I will half way believe it. But I can tell you, no tape is going to convince me of that and no lying low-life informant like Fairfax should ever be believed. This movement reminds me of a bowel movement, meaning it's full of you know what. ****, *** and a poster called ****** are the prime turds. But anyway, thank you Tina. Remember what Ed said "never trust a Jew or one who thinks like them. ****, *** and ****** certainly fit the description.
P.S. I was sent to jail by one of those psychopath liars who doesn't mind distorting evidence and lying under oath or obstructing justice. That's your FBI and law enforcement today, including the Justice Department. They are the real criminals.
Basker permalinkJuly 28, 2010
[a] A Jewish lawyer who cares more about so-called Justice than rants borne of envy by misguided anti-Semitic (so-called patriots) could probably get Mr/Mrs. Steele's (civil forfeitured ?) money back , go on to Win his case – presumed against an otherwise unpopular spokesperson for those who espouse hateful 1st. amendment speech and ideas, obtain settlements for damages to their real property and perhaps more money yet for violation of their ( if so ) – trammeled civil rights ! [?]
[b] Demand independent polygraph of Mr. Fairfax and release results: veracity, hold harmless deal for crimes forgiven, recent drug-use, money received, animosity toward defendant and defendant's wife, etc.
[c] Gary (fearless) Spence, Esquire to the rescue : http://www.spencelawyers.com
July 29, 2010
P.S. ******, I agree that any competent lawyer could get Mrs. Steele's assets back. Perhaps you should read my posts on case law. I think a competent lawyer could also have Mr. Steele's case thrown out due to Fairfax's lies to give probable cause that set this all in motion. For starters though, Mrs. Steele's assets could provide that fund to get the process rolling. So help us out, if you are really serious!
July 29, 2010
You compelled me to look at civil forfeiture. What a sham that is. But here's the facts:
Criminal forfeiture only severs the defendant's interest, so the property rights of third parties (co-owners, banks, and the like) are theoretically unaffected. However, third parties may be unaware of the forfeiture and the property's subsequent disposal. To protect third party interests, the government must provide notice and a hearing to all interested parties. At the hearing, the party must assert and prove their interest by preponderance of the evidence.
Besides, how can a house be guilty. The government is soooooooo dishonest. The misses should be sure to have a competent attorney too. It's definitely no joke that we need a New America. The criminals are running it and law enforcement is just the new gestapo enforcers to steal everything we ever have and give it to illegals, fight wars for global domination so they can steal all their property as well. It's sickening is what it is.
July 29, 2010
I am definitely impressed:
Putting power back into the hands of the people
Gerry Spence was born and educated in the small towns of Wyoming where he has practiced law for almost fifty-five years. He has spent his lifetime representing and protecting victims of the legal system from what he calls The New Slave Master: big corporations and big government. He has tried and won many nationally known cases, including the Karen Silkwood case, the defense of Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, and the defense of Geoffrey Fieger. He has never lost a criminal case. He has not lost a civil case from 1969 to 2008.
Spence is the founder of the Trial Lawyers College which has established a revolutionary method of training lawyers for the people. He believes that what he has learned needs to be shared with those who will continue to strive for justice on behalf of the people.
Spence is the author of many books including the timeless classic and best seller, How to Argue and Win Every Time – a resource for the masses.
Spence is also a noted photographer and poet.
July 29, 2010
It's nice to meet an esquire. I'm a word warrior. After reading a couple of your essays, I have to agree with the term… esquire.
Esquire (abbreviated Esq.) is a term of British origin (ultimately from Latin scutarius in the sense of shield bearer via Old French "esquier"). An unofficial title of respect, having no precise significance, it is used to denote a high but indeterminate social status. Esquire is cognate with the word squire, which originally meant an apprentice or assistant to a knight. Relics of this origin can still be found today associated with the word Esquire. For example in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem "Esquire" is today the most junior grade of membership. "In the U.S., usually applied to lawyers, women as well as men; in Britain, applied to a commoner considered to have gained the social position of a gentleman."
July 29, 2010
Wow, did you know Spence has never lost a criminal trial from 1989-2008?
What a record. You guys need to read about him. Seems he has a way about him
and a way with words to convince juries as to what's right and knows how to apply the laws in the court. Amazing!!!
August 1, 2010
Gerry Spence has declined representation for Edgar. Seems his health will not allow it. Perhaps the family could look into those attorneys gratuating from his school??
August 1, 2010
Writer Basker's idea of demanding an "independent polygraph of Mr. Fairfax and release results: veracity, hold harmless deal for crimes forgiven, recent drug-use, money received, animosity toward defendant and defendant's wife, etc." is a fantastic suggetion!
I hope the family sees this and demands of Mr. Steele's attorney THAT THIS HAPPEN!!
Basker permalinkAugust 14, 2010
FOR YOUR INFORMATION Federal Public Defenders are super competent and experienced trial and appellate lawyers!
After reading about the almost unheard of rush to trial perhaps "by ambush" if no continuance obtains, I wrote a letter to Mr. Steele. The envelope clearly had my name, Attorney at Law and address, and was stamped " SPECIAL MAIL – Open ONLY in the Presence of the Inmate" however I have no way of knowing if the letter was ever actually given to him or not.
It substantially informed him of my post above and expanded slightly to state the following:
[a] A Jewish lawyer who cares more about so-called Justice than rants borne of envy by misguided anti-Semitic (so-called patriots) could probably get Mr/Mrs. Steele's (civil forfeitured ?) money back, go on to Win his case – presumed against an otherwise unpopular spokesperson for those who espouse hateful 1st. amendment speech and ideas, obtain settlements for damages to their real property and perhaps more money yet for violation of their (if so) – trammeled civil rights ! [?] Note: ironically lots of folks call call ' em bad names — until they need one.
[b] Q: Demand independent polygraph results of Mr. Fairfax; if not, why not; expose and release results; veracity; hold harmless deal for crimes forgiven; recent drug-use; drug test results (if any); if not why not; gov't money paid / received; his animosity toward defendant; defendant's wife, etc.
Hopefully, your court appointed lawyers are providing you with research relevant to each issue within each count of your indictments to also include any annotated cases that have actually addressed the quantum of and / or exact proof that was (or was not) held to be relevant. Unfortunately press reports that you actually, i.e., overtly told your wife to "lie."
p.s. Imagine how much $ your quests on message must have allowed Abe Foxman and Mo Dees to generate via direct mail?
August 25, 2010
Basker, are you a present or former public defender? If they are so good then why are so many innocent men in jail for their ideas alone?
As to admin, I think action is better than no action. To sit and wait for a miracle is worse than doing nothing. I am thinking Ed Steele wants someone to move.
I don't see how the Steele family can be doing anything, simply because no contact is allowed between them. I don't get this whole idea. Motions to the court are harmless and can only help or be ruled against. But the fact is that motions unfairly ruled against, can be fuel for future appeals if Ed is sent down the line. Ed has a right to ask for a motion to suppress evidence from Fairfax that led the way to his arrest, because Fairfax is a liar and was caught in the lie. If such motion is granted, the charges must be dropped and the case thrown out. If the court rules wrong and does not grant, then a higher court will probably overturn it. The only strategy in a court case is to win. Sitting and waiting is waiting to be sentenced. No publicity is a death warrant for Ed because they can get away with Railroading him, simply because it's evident that no one is watching. I hate to say it, but the family is wrong to just sit on the hands. Ed has more than hinted that he wants a lawyer or some kind of help. Put yourself in his shoes and mortgage the house or something, sell some of the returned silver or whatever. If not, it's only going to get worse and the husband will be gone forever.
Help get him out and he will be able to recover all plus some from his tormentors. It's a shame that regular people who have never been in jail, have NO clue how it is. Ed will run out of hope if he is deserted. He is at that age where a lot of the fight is out of him… physically speaking. Jail is like PTSD big time. He won't tell you that because he already feels like a burden to his family and does not want to worry them more.
But the cold hard truth is that THIS, NOW is the time to help him. New lawyers have to have time to prepare a case. It is now 8-26-2010. He has roughly 66 days to prepare to take on a corrupt government system with no audio expert and no outside attorney and no media to speak. FES is coming unglued. Sorry, but that is my honest opinion. We are fading away… just like Ed is fading from people's memories… much too quickly. I am not a resident of Idaho, so contacting the Attorney general would do me no good. Matt Hale may have a new pal soon, if someone doesn't get moving.
As to attorneys being crappy until you need one… comment. When you need one they are not there anyway, unless you can make them instantly rich. Where are the attorneys that care about justice???? He is in jail and no one is helping him, that's where!!! The only decent attorney is locked away, isn't that ironic?
August 29, 2010
Ironically, Shawna Forde, another patriot, is in jail awaiting trial; however TPTB are dragging it out as long as they can in an effort to break her. She is also accused of conspiring to kill others, so when Mr. Steele's arrest occurred, I instantly saw parallels. This is the era of the Obamanation, and more patriots will go down. We need to unite to fight this, or we will go down individually.
BASKER permalinkAugust 28, 2010
CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO FORFEITURE DENYING 6th. AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL: EDGAR's money was HONESTLY EARNED, in nowise derived from criminal conduct and accordingly should be available for his use to contest the unbelievable allegations within the indictment charged against him. If I was his legal adviser, I would immediately file for an injunction forthwith against his trial going forward in anywise thus to DEMAND a fast track Declaratory Judgment contesting the civil-forfeiture of HONESTLY EARNED funds as an impermissible violation of his 6th. Amendment right to hire "able" counsel of his choosing, one who EDGAR is WILLING to TRUST, one who could be counted upon to present a ZEALOUS no-holds barred DEFENSE of his chosen strategies, one who was NOT PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT, irrespective of the fact that his present federal defender is beyond reproach; nevertheless as indisputable – in no-wise a "kindred spirit" who EDGAR would otherwise be able and entitled to retain, trust and pay for with his honestly derived funds.
VERILY any Court appointed counsel who does not enjoy a similar mindset with EDGAR would DEFINITELY BE UNABLE TO EMOTE and probably unable and unwilling to petition the U.S. District Court for funds for experts over and above bare minimum thus hoping to investigate and expose evidence alleged to exist regarding government excess and/or any and all facets of alleged conspiracies pre-trial, or to aggressively "push the limits" to make his case before a jury where SADLY EGAR with extremely compromised health is (in effect) on trial for his very few years of whatever life he would otherwise be blessed live and enjoy, and as surely guaranteed to be severely shortened if convicted and imprisoned given the near-criminal horrific, barbaric denial of adequate health-care and violence that exists within the U. S. Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. A well-known fact used all the time thus gleefully to exact plea bargains !!!
TO THE RESCUE ? Perhaps to contact the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS to solicit representation regarding a forfeiture of honestly earned money being unavailable thereby to pay for retained counsel in violation of rights otherwise secured by the 6th. Amendment thus to escape out from under a government paid federal public defender for any number of reasons, obvious, imagined or otherwise ! http://www.nacdl.org / firstname.lastname@example.com (202) 872-8600
NACDL: 1660 L St. NW, 12th Flr – Wash., DC 20036
TENANCY BY THE ENTIRETY: Given the fifth unity of MARRIAGE in addition to Time, Title, Interest and Possession by which the entirety of seized funds also belong to Mrs. EDGAR STEELE too, she being an innocent could probably also join a Petition in federal court for the FORTHWITH RETURN all 100% of HER funds and if successful immediately use that to pay for EDGAR a lawyer if she chose to [?] ! Moreover, their counsel (each one – his and hers) might argue that they could meet with their clients ALL TOGETHER in the same room at the same time to discuss and ramp-up any such case and if denied, petition the U.S. Court of Appeals for an interlocutory injunction about that alone – on an emergency basis [?] !
Parenthetically don't count out the ACLU however much despised by those on the politically conservative 'right wing' because given the gravity of these issues they might nevertheless Jump onto one or more and right fast too [?] !
Finally, Never make the stupid mistake to ever assume that all Jews are Zionist
August 29, 2010
Something else to keep in mind: Shawna has been tortured in Pima County Jail simply because she is a WHITE WOMAN and a Minuteman. She's a white woman on trial for her life in a brown county. I'm sure Mr. Steele knows what that means.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Mark V, Jun 30, 2013.
Sign him up! I would pay money to see Ivan Johnson give DWade the finger.
Sign him up! I would pay money to see Ivan Johnson give Kobe the finger.
He's just making an "I" for Ivan.
Yuge move by the Pistons signing ex-Kentucky Wildcat legend Josh Harrellson to a partially guaranteed deal. This guy was the MVP (think a stronger Larry Bird) of the Chinese NBA averaging 22 pts and 18 boards per game! I wonder if he can play the 3 some with Monroe and Drummond up front? Source: Josh Harrellson signs two-year deal with Pistons - Yahoo! Sports
Can't teach being 6'8.5" without shoes. Perfect filling of the last spot though.
We are starting to accumulate a lot of MVPs on the roster. Perhaps it is a tactic of Dumars to compete against the Heat. When the Miami crowd starts the M-V-P chants, Pizza Guy and Woody Harrelson will think the chants are for them.
It's too bad the Pistons are carrying dead weight like Monroe and Smith around or they'd still have a roster spot open for a proven winner like ex-Dream Teamer Christian Laetner.
I just read the info from wikipedia on Harrellson. A bit of an interesting story. Hard life. Zero interest in basketball until the high school football coach suggested he try out for the basketball team. Showed zero talent to start, but continually improved. Seems the process of improvement has not ended, so we can only guess at how good this guy is until we see him play some come camp. By his size, height, and reach, I'd say center was his best position. Just a guess of course, lets see. But for now, I think I will go play in my sandbox. (Rotation thread.)
I could see him as a poor man's Okur. Dude's got some personality... check out the beat boxin' at the end! Knicks Rookies Can Beatbox Too | NBC New York
He'll make us forget about Darko........
I expect him in the starting lineup before training camp starts. I am counting on you.
I hope the Pistons plan on playing Harrelson some and didn't just sign him as some ploy to tap into the Chinese audience.
I love this move. He's a guy with upside, plus he's a big man who can shoot 3's consistently. Another floor spacer for our team
he probably does everything what Bucket of Turds does not do and does better what BoT does and does it at remarkably cheaper rate . Needless to say, lee356/7 new favourite
No way that this guy will go into the zone like CV does on occasion. He would really need to flatten his shot for that.
Hey, remember, I referred to him, before we got him, as a something you pick up from a yard sale.
I'm sure he will get plenty of garbage time to practise. On a more serious note, lets not get too excited about this signing. He will likely rarely play, and we will get to see him in Jorts a lot. He is an ok rebounder, average defender, average shooter. We didn't just merge the DNA of Ray Allen and Dennis Rodman.
No defense can really expect to stop Josh Harrellson. Your only hope is to somewhat contain him.
I think Harrelson can be a borderline All Star type player once he gets a little seasoning. He was making it look like he was playing in the Chinese NBA in that You Tube clip!
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Posted: May 14, 2012
First, we should define "sharing." Sharing takes place when someone clicks on the "share" link on a given Facebook page (as seen is Figure 1) to repost the original Facebook message on their own timeline, on a friend's timeline, or send it as a private message to another Facebook user. Of the 94% of respondents who had active Facebook accounts, over 42% had shared at least one item from a business's page.
As we've seen in some previous data, younger participants were most likely to share content posted on a food retailer's Facebook page. However, the percentages were about the same for those between 18 and 48 years of age with a significant drop for those age 49 and older (Table 1).
Table 1. Percent of survey participants in each age group who have shared content posted on a Food Retailer's Facebook page.
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|Percent response
|18 to 24
|25 to 36
|37 to 48
|49 to 64
|65 and older
When sharing content, Facebook allows users to choose what groups of friends (all friends, a list that the user has created, or specific people, for example, based on interests or how they know them) to share with. Table 2 shows the percent of participants who shared content with all friends or with a list, as a percentage of those who shared content. You can see that most participants who shared have done so with their entire friend list as opposed to a self-created list.
Table 2. Percent of survey participants in each group who have shared with all Facebook friends or just those on a list they created.
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|All Facebook friends
|Created lists
|18 to 24
| 25 o 36
| 37 to 48
| 49 to 64
| 65 and older
A great way to reach new audiences is to have Facebook followers share your content with their friends. It multiplies your message's reach and can drive traffic to your page. To facilitate sharing, it is important to craft messages that appeal to younger audiences (as seen in Tables 1 and 2).
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Canon PowerShot SD780 IS
Generic Company Place Holder Canon PowerShot SD780 IS Compact CameraTechHive Rating
Quite possibly the most fashionable of the point-and-shoot cameras out right now, the sleek, solid-colored Canon PowerShot SD780 IS ($280 as of 7/10/2009; available in gold, red, black, and silver) isn't just a looker. It also performs very well, with great image quality, a powerful flash, nice high-ISO shots in low light, a great selection of scene modes, and excellent optical image stabilization.
This is a very slim-and-stowable camera, measuring just 0.72 inches thick and 3.4 inches wide; it's about the size and thickness of a half-deck of playing cards. The metal lens casing is surrounded by a plastic, but durable, body--both are the same color--and the contoured edges of the camera add to its slick looks.
In PC World Test Center jury evaluations, the 12-megapixel PowerShot SD780 IS netted an overall image quality score of Very Good, earning some of the highest marks we've seen for a point-and-shoot this year for its lack of distortion, its color accuracy, and its image sharpness.
And that's just in well-lit conditions. In hands-on informal tests, I was amazed at the color accuracy and lack of noise in low-light shots at high ISO levels. The manual ISO settings (ranging from ISO 80 to ISO 1600) are complemented by a special ISO 3200 scene mode. There is definitely some visible speckling at ISO 3200 and ISO 1600, but low-light images taken at these settings with the flash turned off are impressively bright, crisp, and colorful.
Battery life isn't terrible, but we've seen much better. In PC World Test Center battery tests, the PowerShot SD780 IS took 261 shots on a single charge of its lithium ion battery. That was enough to earn a battery life score of Good, but far short of the 300-plus shots now fairly common in today's pocket cameras.
Other than that, this camera really has only a few drawbacks, and none of them hurt much. The 2.5-inch-diagonal LCD screen on the back is a bit small by today's standards, but it's bright and vibrant enough to see in practially every lighting condition (you also get an old-school optical viewfinder above the LCD--a nice touch). The zoom range is a bare-bones 3X optical, with a shrimpy wide-angle end (33mm to 100mm). Because it's such a slim, sleek, and pocket-friendly camera, the control buttons are fairly small and may prove difficult for the meaty-handed to use. And as usual, the plastic doors that cover the HDMI port, A/V out ports, and battery feel like they could tear off really easily.
Despite the slim frame, the SD780 IS is a bit more advanced than your basic point-and-shoot, but it's still definitely for casual shooters. You don't get many manual controls, other than ISO settings, white-balance settings, and exposure compensation values. However, the collection of shooting modes and scene selections in the camera (20 in all) make up for that quite a bit.
At first glance, you won't see that many scene modes; most of them are "hidden" from the main scene selection navigation and are accessible only by pressing the Display button once you've navigated all the way to the right of the scene menu. It's a minor irritation that could have been obviated just by letting you repeatedly press the right navigational button to scroll through all the available scene modes.
In addition to old standbys such as Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, and Snow, some really creative scene options are in the mix. Two of the best are Canon's Color Accent and Color Swap modes. Color Accent lets you isolate a single color in an otherwise black-and-white shot, while Color Swap lets you change all instances of one color in your shot to another color. They're fun to use and work well, and are even accessible in the SD780 IS's movie mode (which shoots 720p HD movies at 30 frames per second; clips are saved as .mov files).
To complement its HD video chops, the SD780 IS also has another nice feature: an HDMI-out port for viewing images and videos on an HDTV (but no included HDMI cable). In addition to its 720p HD mode, the SD780 IS also shoots 640-by-480 and 320-by-240 standard-definition clips, both at 30fps. A minor disappointment is that you can't zoom in and out while filming.
Canon has taken the concept of a fashionable, easy-to-use point-and-shoot that also performs well and knocked it out of the park. The SD780 IS is sure to turn heads and keep casual photograpers happy with its image quality and fun features. It's the best-looking point-and-shoot camera we've seen in 2009, and it's one of the best basic point-and-shoots, period. The trade-off is that you don't get much in the way of manual controls, and the $280 price tag is geared more to its style and performance than its specs.
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The 1980 time-travel romance film Somewhere in Time stars Christopher Reeve as a theatre director who falls in love with the portrait of a long-dead Jane Seymour. Reeve hypnotises himself back to 1912 and into Jane's initially standoffish arms, but as a method of time travel, self-hypnosis proves to be a flimsy vehicle: the appearance of a single coin from his time breaks the spell, bringing Reeve back to the real world.
This moment occurred to me too often as I read the opening chapters of Laline Paull's ambitious but erratic debut, The Bees. Although the novel opens in a recognisably human world, the narrative swiftly turns to centre on Flora 717, a sanitation bee who, though programmed to "accept, obey, serve", begins to confront the orthodoxy of the hive. For the most part, Paull's alien world of bees is made concrete and tangible; it convinces - but then a sentence will crop up, a phrase and, like Reeve's coin, the imaginative spell is broken.
The hive in the early pages is described with a certain amount of realism. Yes, the bees talk, but it feels authentic. However, on page 8, bees hold "platters of pastries and pitchers of nectared water". It's an image so out of place with what Paull has thus far created; it needles the fictional bubble she has credibly built. For pages, all I could think about was how beeswould go about making pastry, and what kinds of machinery would be necessary to produce such small pitchers and platters.
This wayward anthropomorphism continues throughout the first half of the novel: we are presented with a world which clearly has a solid grounding in entomological fact, except at odd times when bees open doors, eat in canteens, or adjust neckwear. It's a confusing narrative tic, exacerbated by similar lapses in plotting and character. Unexpected changes of behaviour and unexplained accidents, such as Flora gaining entry to places she should not be allowed, stud the first half, buffeting Flora towards the correct narrative path. It is frustratingly episodic - and at odds with the second half, which buzzes with purpose, suspense and energy. Paull's grasp of pace and character flies once Flora's mission to save the hive becomes clearer. In a succession of scenes of skill, intelligence and vitality, the publisher's hope of a Watership Down for the Hunger Games generation seems tantalisingly close. Had the action started closer to this middle section, The Bees might have been exactly that. Instead, it is a novel of great promise and innovation, hidebound by small yet crucial missteps.Reuse content


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If anyone had any doubt that crazy Ron is,indeed,crazy....these two posts prove it to be true. There's a reason we call him"the hate monger" and "the village idiot"Read posts 3&5 above from Crazy Ron from knoxville. Any wonder why we call him "the village idiot"
Easy vote passage shows Orlando growing more gay-friendly
There are 82 comments on the The Orlando Sentinel story from Dec 11, 2011, titled Easy vote passage shows Orlando growing more gay-friendly. In it, The Orlando Sentinel reports that:
The relatively easy passage of a new domestic-partnership registry in Orlando is the latest sign the city has grown more accepting, members of the gay community say.
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#43 Dec 12, 2011
"Luke laughs at hypocrites!"
Since: Sep 10
Palm Springs, California
#44 Dec 12, 2011
So why are you complaining, tool? It sounds like you had a great job, yet you are crying like a little girl who dropped her pink sweater in the mud. I don't get you guys AT ALL. I don't understand your anger or hate. What does it get you?
"Reality is better than truth."
Since: Nov 09
#45 Dec 12, 2011
John Travolta comes to mind...
#46 Dec 12, 2011
Folks The Orange Co Sheriffs Depatment along The Orlando Police Depatment tried to do this to my wife and I. Cops came to our Home four times using the domestic violence law . They lied about my wife and I even put a target on my back . There were several cops involved with this not just one . I was even followed and threaten by a Orlando cops buddy who work for Orange Co Fl TV and a close friend of the Ex Orange Co Mayor Richard Crotty . Six months later we were attack and assaulted by three Orange Co Fl Deputies at Walt Disney World . Instead of Disney protecting my wife and I Disney help the criminals frame me for a felony . Don't you think somebody would have killed some of these crooked bastards. I thought about it long and hard but because of God and my family I held it together . Walt Disney held back the evidence ( surveillance videos) and even blocked our ad in the Orlando Newspaper for witnesses . Cops stop my wife when she tried to get some names . And my poor wife had cancer at the time . But the crooked Deputy Keith Rogers made sure he got four of Disneys Security Retards to lie for him and the other two scumbag deputies . Folks Disney is a scumbag crooked company that is even trying to destroy America . Isn't it time to hang scum like this in America? SURE IT IS . All crooked cops ,politicians , judges, prosecutors need to be treated as terrorist and hung like Saddam did.
#47 Dec 12, 2011
Hollywoods Rock Hudson died of aids . This low life knew he had aids when he was on the TV show Dallas . He was kissing the women and never told anybody about his aids . Tom Seleck is gay . Obama is a known homosexual who has done crack . The head of the FBI Hoover was gay and a scumbag . Congressman Mark Foley was a pedophile who never went to jail .I believe some in the Bush family including the old man were homosexuals . Make no mistake America is being destroyed while Communist Pig Jews rob America .
#48 Dec 12, 2011
In posting 46 cops and Disney tried to destroy my family.
"Your religion is NOT in charge"
Since: Nov 11
#49 Dec 12, 2011
I, for one, would like to encourage "Cops Disney Crooked" to keep posting, in as many public forums he can find... every mentally deranged post of his shows people the true face of gay hate and paranoia.
#50 Dec 12, 2011
Thank you . I could care less about homosexuals if they don't drag our children into their lifestyle . Also Communist Disney are using homosexuals for political gain . I don't think children need to know about homosexuals and how they lick each others sex organs . When two men or two women can have sex together and produce a child then you can say they are a married couple . It will never happen so these people will always remain HOMOSEXUALS and nothing more . Are dogs homosexual ? They keep licking each other and themselves ? Let's ask Disney who will try to tell us human and animal sex is normal . This sure would be a different Gay Animal Days ???
#51 Dec 12, 2011
That's because hate is not part of the Disney experience
You could have worked down the road at Holy Land Park
Your caustic demeanor would fit right in
#52 Dec 12, 2011
Wive abuse indicates sociopathic personality disorder
*Profile of a Sociopath*
1. Glibness and Superficial Charm
2. Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
3. Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."
4. Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.
5. Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.
6. Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.
7. Incapacity for Love
8. Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.
9. Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.
10. Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.
11. Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by" by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.
12. Irresponsibility/Unreliability
Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.
13. Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.
14. Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively.
15. Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily.
You could have gotten off the hook by pleading clinical insanity; for which there is no cure
#54 Dec 12, 2011
#57 Dec 12, 2011
Crazy Ron was also thrown out of Disney and banned for life
"Luke laughs at hypocrites!"
Since: Sep 10
Palm Springs, California
#58 Dec 12, 2011
Where there's smoke there's fire. Your poor wife is so afraid and cobbled by you she would lie to the Pope at this point. I believe you WERE abusive. Anyone who can hate people he's never met is not stable.
I hope your wife is safe and out of your reach now. Blame Disney, blame Jews, that's it, blame everyone else for your problems. Wahh wahh wahh, "poor me, poor me".
I've discovered in my experience that those who see conspiracies behind every tree are the ones most full of demons and problems already.
#59 Dec 12, 2011
I don't think homosexuals should be having sex with children anymore.
#60 Dec 12, 2011
I was King James
#61 Dec 12, 2011
Usually talking heads mounted on furniture dollys are pretty smart
Perhaps you need a tutu transplant
"Reality is better than truth."
Since: Nov 09
#62 Dec 13, 2011
Yes, because I am SURE you are so important that the multi-billion-dollar, international corporation and the local police view you as a huge threat to them. This is the classic problem with conspiracy theories--no motive to target the alleged victims.
BTW--your wife had no business harassing bystanders; nobody had to talk to her or you, or give any kind of statement. You think cops want to come out to DV calls for the hell of it? Either you two have anger problems or you have a neighbor calling in false reports; either way, they are doing their job.
When you are on disney's property--or any other business's property--you have to play by their rules. Two things I do know is that disney parks do everything they can to make arrests and violent incidents as quick and easy as possible, and that walt disney has been slightly dead for decades and hasn't got a thing to do with you.
"Reality is better than truth."
Since: Nov 09
#63 Dec 13, 2011
You can't transmit AIDS from kissing, idiot. And why are you going on a diatribe about suspected gays when you keep talking about communists and jews--two things none of the people you whine about ARE?
"Reality is better than truth."
Since: Nov 09
#64 Dec 13, 2011
I was a gay kid, and I was constantly bombarded by people trying to drag me into a hetero lifestyle. So you people need to stop it.
Disney is one of the most blatantly capitalistic businesses on earth; try violating their copyrights if you don't think so. How on earth do you use gays for political gain? What political gain are you talking about? They have more than enough money to just outright BUY a politician, just like the oil companies do. But where is the profit motive?
Children don't necessarily need to learn the mechanics of sex in any context until they are old enough to be curious about them. However, when th4ey ARE ready to learn, they may well jut experiment with friends instead of asking you about it, since you are clearly deranged. Are you of the opinion that gays are fixated on oral sex, that straights DON'T practice oral sex, or that you think kids won't eventually find out what kind of sex they like?
"Reality is better than truth."
Since: Nov 09
#65 Dec 13, 2011
I woudl interject that it could be mutually abusive; women can be just as violent and demeaning to their husbands. Societal prejudice automatically assumes that the man is the aggressor, although that is beginning to change.
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Hiestand: CBS' Kellogg won't ask to cover son's games
Clark Kellogg was calling Xavier-Lehigh Sunday night when the word came that Ohio — where his son Nick is a sophomore guard — had beaten South Florida. Jim Nantz, Kellogg's on-air partner, asked him if he ever got so nervous about games when he was playing. No, said Kellogg on-air, "it's all different when your kids are playing."
But don't look for Kellogg to call his son's action: Nick this week will be headed to St. Louis while Clark goes to Atlanta — which is fine with the old man.
When the NCAA men's basketball tournament field came out, Kellogg says he got a text message from his son. "He said, 'Pops, come to Nashville.' " Clark's answer: "I told him I think I'm headed elsewhere."
While Nick's team last week was in Nashville, CBS sent Clark to Greensboro, N.C. And as 13th-seeded Ohio upset Michigan on Friday, Kellogg called 15th-seeded Lehigh beating Duke as the two games were played nearly simultaneously. Sunday night offered only a little more leeway: Ohio-South Florida tipped 30 minutes before Kellogg called Xavier-Lehigh.
But Kellogg didn't ask if he could bring his work to his son.
"No, no, no, I did not," says Kellogg, who as an ex-Ohio State player and a member of the school's board of trustees presumably also would have relished seeing Michigan lose. "That was never on my radar. I didn't ask. I'd go where I was assigned. If I'd had his region, it would have been an added blessing — and a challenge."
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Kellogg, in a phone interview Sunday before Ohio's 62-56 victory against South Florida, was left peeking at his iPad for Ohio updates Friday and later downloaded video of the game — and planned to do the same Sunday. This week, Kellogg will be in Atlanta for the South Regional and Ohio will be in St. Louis for the Midwest.
Kellogg's wireless look-ins aren't prompted because CBS had any problem with him calling his son's games. Says CBS Sports executive producer Harold Bryant: "We have no issue with whether or not it's his son's game. As a lead analyst, we just want him on the most marquee games possible." (Which, with first-week NCAA TV assignments, usually means wherever Duke is playing.)
Too bad CBS didn't use Kellogg to cover his son's team, given that family ties can create dramatic TV sports. ABC initially didn't let analyst Bob Griese call his quarterback son Brian's Michigan games, then relented. At first, Bob initially wouldn't say Brian's name — referring to him by number — but Griese broke down on-air as Brian's team won the Rose Bowl to seal a share of the 1997 season national title. And Fox's Darrell Waltrip teared up as brother Michael won the 2001 Daytona 500.
Kellogg says his son "would have been thrilled" if he'd called his games, and it's "something Nick would have relished probably more than me." (After all, Nick probably had no reason to fear criticism. When Bill Walton called a 2001 CBS NCAA tournament game in which his son Luke was playing for Arizona, Luke said he didn't care what his dad said on-air, because "if I screw up, he's going to tell me later anyway.") John Thompson, whose son coaches Georgetown, made the NCAA radio calls as the team lost to North Carolina State on Sunday. It's not as if there's any hidden conflict of interest. Thompson joked on-air after the game to the Wolfpack's C.J. Leslie, "I don't know if I want to shake your hand."
Kellogg, whose daughter Talisa played volleyball at Georgia Tech and son Alex played basketball at Providence, might get another shot calling Nick in the NCAA next year — Ohio doesn't have a senior in its starting lineup. But Kellogg says he wouldn't ask for the assignment.
"I'd rather just watch his games as a dad," he says.
So far, so good: NCAA TV ratings are up, but the tournament might be ratings-challenged now with fan favorite/villain Duke gone and no teams from the Pacific or Mountain time zones, which have about 20% of the U.S. population.
Through Saturday, CBS/Turner Sports coverage averaged 5.1% of U.S. TV households per game time slot, up 4% from 2011. Saturday's coverage drew 6.1% per time slot, up 3%. Not surprisingly, ratings are way up — 15% — from 2010, when CBS still had coverage that didn't allow viewers to pick the game they wanted.
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The two were among 13 players selected to the NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional All-Tourney Team for their performances at 2008 regional tourney (May 7-11), which was held at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Cougar Field in Edwardsville, Ill.
Bruntjens posted a 3-0 pitching mark with a 0.00 earned run average in 21.0 innings to go with 12 strikeouts and three walks. She held the opposition to a .151 batting average and gave up only 11 base hits as the Bulldogs held their opponent scoreless in all 36 innings through FSU's four tournament games.
Bruntjens tossed a trio of shutouts at the tourney, beginning with a three-base hit, three-strikeout performance in a 1-0 decision over Saginaw Valley State (May 7). She then followed with a four-hit complete-game effort in Ferris' 4-0 victory against nationally-ranked Wayne State (May 10) to go with three strikeouts. Bruntjens pitched the Bulldogs to the Great Lakes Regional Championship title as she blanked the tourney's top seed Southern Illinois-Edwardsville by a 1-0 score. The 2008 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Second-Team pick fanned six SIUE hitters and limited the 2007 national champions to four hits. She also registered one putout and had eight assists in her four appearances.
Ferris State, which was making its sixth NCAA-II Regional Tournament appearance and its third in the last four years, has now captured three (1998, 1999 and 2008) regional titles to date in the program's 36-year history. The Bulldogs, under 11th-year head coach Keri Becker, improved to 34-16 overall this season with the regional tourney sweep.
Ferris will be making its third national tournament appearance in the school's history this week (May 14-17) as the Bulldogs are one of eight teams who will be competing in the 2008 NCAA-II Spring Championships Festival at Houston, Texas.
Pitcher -- Kaitlin Colosimo, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Pitcher -- Holly Bruntjens, Ferris State
Catcher -- Sarah Berry, Wayne State
Infielder -- Jamie Keltz, Indianapolis
Infielder -- Kaeleigh Rousey, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Infielder -- Lindsey Perry, Wayne State
Infielder -- Lindsay Longfellow, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Outfielder -- Courtney Mall, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Outfielder -- Maggie Swanson, Indianapolis
Outfielder -- Carla Musillo, Lewis
Designated Player -- Meredith Boxberger, Wayne State
At-Large -- Trisha Thurston, West Virginia Wesleyan
At-Large -- Sarah Mueller, Ferris State
Most Outstanding Player -- Holly Bruntjens, Ferris State


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Where the Hard Rock Is Going Soft
Bryan Brown should be a huge Hard Rock groupie. The party-loving 38-year-old copy-machine salesman -- fashionably hip in aqua blue dress shirt, long black overcoat, and moussed hair -- says he was blown away by a visit three years ago to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. "It was the hottest place in town," he recalls.
But ask him about a Hard Rock Hotel that's taking shape along his sales route on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, and Brown balks. Maybe he'll recommend a stay there to nightlife-loving advertising clients. However, the rock-kitsch items and heavy doses of music he enjoyed at the Las Vegas hotel definitely wouldn't work for his more staid law-firm customers, Brown says. He'll continue pointing them to the nearby Marriott.
For 30 years, Hard Rock Cafes, with their beefy burgers and slices of rock 'n' roll nostalgia, have catered to wannabe head-bangers. But now Rank Group (RANKY ), owner of the Hard Rock brand, wants to sell a toned-down version of the rock experience to a broad array of consumers, ranging from trendy road warriors to gambling retirees.
The London-based conglomerate plans at least a half-dozen more Hard Rock hotels over the next three years, backed by $1 billion from private equity firm Becker Ventures and a joint venture with Spanish hotel-management group Sol Meliá. Some, such as the 381-room art-deco behemoth opening in Chicago this January, will go head-to-head with boutique-style hipster hotels such as the W chain, owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT ). Rank is also licensing the Hard Rock name to two hotel and casino resorts on Seminole reservations in Florida and negotiating a similar deal with a group of investors in Biloxi, Miss.
Talk about a stretch. Hard Rock's cachet was built on the back of must-see restaurants offering Americana fare and real rock 'n' roll artifacts, such as David Bowie's gender-bending Ziggy Stardust outfits and original lyrics to Elvis songs. And the Las Vegas hotel and casino has touted bands from punk rockers the All American Rejects to sugary pop stars Matchbox Twenty at its concert hall, The Joint. Now, however, Rank is betting that the aging Hard Rock image can be resurrected with semi-staid hotels, a move akin to the Rolling Stones comeback tour as Mick Jagger and band turned 60.
Trouble is, in the eyes of many critics, Hard Rock's cachet has already been diluted through overexpansion, cookie-cutter design, and the often mediocre menus at its core restaurants, 113 of which are scattered from Gatlinburg, Tenn., to Guam. Profits at Rank's Hard Rock businesses fell 10% in the first half of 2003, to $22.6 million. And Rank doesn't even control the Hard Rock name for casinos in the Western U.S. -- they're handled by co-founder Peter Morton, who's openly disdainful of Rank's approach.
With Rank facing such fundamental challenges, some marketing experts wonder why CEO Mike Smith is even thinking about branching out. "This is a brand that's using an expansion to camouflage that it should be polishing itself," says Simon Williams, president and CEO of New York-based marketing consultant Sterling Group.
Smith, 56, the former head of British gambling chain Ladbroke's, scoffs at those skeptics. He says they're ignoring the enthusiasm of Hard Rock's core customers and the cautious nature of his financing. Despite some recent sales slippage, Hard Rock Cafes attracted some 30 million rock fans and their families in 2002. The Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando, Rank's flagship resort co-owned by Vivendi Universal (V ), has breezed through the downturn with an 84% occupancy rate for its $185-a-night rooms, at a time that the hotel business has been stuck at 60.7%.
Furthermore, Smith argues, such hotel gurus as Toronto design firm Yabu Pushelberg, which has worked on W Hotels, and Jeffrey Chodorow, owner of the China Grill and Asia de Cuba chains, are lining up to be part of Hard Rock's hotel expansion. And by licensing the Hard Rock name for hotels and casinos, Smith is putting the risk squarely on the shoulders of partners such as Becker Ventures, a real estate investment group based in Troy, Mich., run by former auto-parts mogul Charles Becker.
"Seven hundred million of other people's money is going into the brand," Smith says, referring to investments already made by Becker, the Seminole tribe, and others. Becker declined to comment.
Then there's the design of the hotels themselves, which will more whisper than scream life in the rock 'n' roll fast lane. Whereas the Las Vegas hotel greets customers with an outsize neon-lit guitar and adorns its gambling chips with a blowsy-looking Ozzy Osbourne, the Chicago Hard Rock Hotel will employ such subtle touches as photos of the Beatles on tapestried hallway walls and little embroidered guitars on pillowcases.
A centralized music bank located at Hard Rock's Orlando headquarters will pipe tunes into hallways, rooms, and bars. "We will not play Metallica at 8 a.m. at breakfast," vows Trevor Horwell, vice-president of Hard Rock hotels and casinos, and a 17-year veteran of Hyatt Corp.
Meanwhile, the Hard Rocks in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla., will be a mish-mash of slot machines inside boxy hotels. They'll have the misfortune of sitting not too far from the seedy discount-cigarette stands that dot Seminole Indian territory.
Even if Rank develops catchy marketing campaigns for its new properties -- it has been teasing the Chicago hotel by having skimpily clad models lie on top of fake boulders at local landmarks with signs that read "Sleep Like a Rock" -- the mix of brand messages will make it hard to go head-to-head with both boutique hotels and glitzy Vegas-style casinos. "I scratch my head and wonder what they're trying to do with the brand," says William Crow, a lodging-industry analyst at Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Indeed, Rank's approach is far different from the one envisioned by Hard Rock founder Morton when he sold his stake in the cafes to Rank in 1996 for $410 million. Morton's different vision could prove problematic for Smith's expansion plans. Morton retained the rights to gambling operations in the Western U.S., Latin America, and Australia -- and virtual free rein over how he interprets the Hard Rock name.
Morton operates the Las Vegas hotel and casino and is negotiating to open another Hard Rock casino on an Indian reservation in California. And he has no intention of abandoning the in-your-face presence of his Vegas operation. "Rank doesn't understand the ethos of the brand," Morton grumbles. "Our product's getting too homogenized and blended into the culture. We've got to keep it edgy."
Given the reaction of visitors like Brown, the Chicago copier salesman, Morton's view is probably worth considering. After all, it may only be another entertainment venue to Rank -- but it's still rock 'n' roll to Morton and millions of dedicated Hard Rock fans.
By Brian Grow in Chicago
Edited by Patricia O'Connell


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Famous Historical Images Revamped As Instagram Shots [Pics]
Writer Dave Nuttycombe updated some historical photos, making them appear as if they were taken with an iPhone and have had filters added.
Writer Dave Nuttycombe, a mainstay of the alternative weekly Washington City Paper, has updated some of the world's most famous photos to make them appear as though they were taken with an iPhone. The shots, altered by Instagram filters and flashes, imagine what would have happened if iPhone-photographers replaced photojournalists throughout history.
Some of the photographs are square so they limit our view of the event and one has been spoiled by a flash. Instagram lenses have been used to change the shots, including Kodot Verichrome Film, Kaimal Mark II Lens, Roboto Glitter Lens, Alfred Infrared Film, BlackKeys SuperGrain Film and Jimmy Lens. Click through to see the iPhone photos:


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By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY
It's too late for the University of Miami to do anything about rogue booster Nevin Shapiro, who admitted he flooded the football and basketball programs with impermissible benefits which has led to an NCAA investigation, and two former players have refrained from making comments to the media and deferred to the athletics department.
When contacted by phone Friday, former quarterback Ken Dorsey said a request to talk with him had to go through the university even though he's no longer at the school. Dorsey, a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist who led the Hurricanes to the 2001 national championship, is a scout for the Carolina Panthers.
Another former UM football player, who asked not to be identified, declined comment after saying he was contacted by a person affiliated with the program to not speak with media.
Athletics department spokesman Chris Freet, however, said the office has not contacted former players, many of whom have commented about Shapiro and his $930 million Ponzi scheme that allegedly funded illegal activities at Miami.
"The only thing the university has put out are extensive statements from (president) Donna Shalala, (athletics director) Shawn Eichorst and then anything that directly comes from the football program," Freet said. "We're not putting out anything else.
"We're trying to do everything we can to fully cooperate with what the NCAA told us ... which is not to talk about (the investigation) amongst ourselves or externally."
The school made two players available to media at Friday's practice. Senior center Tyler Horn and junior running back Mike James addressed the upcoming, and uncertain, season which begins with a Labor Day game at Maryland. Twelve players are being probed by the NCAA for possible improprieties with Shapiro. Horn and James aren't on the list that includes quarterback Jacory Harris.
"Of course it was a shock. (Those) are serious allegations," Horn said. "But we're focused on football. That's all we're focused on, all we can control. We're coming out every day, working hard, busting our butts to be the best team we can be."
James concurred. "Guys are trying to get on the bus (to travel to Maryland). Guys want jobs more now than ever. It's cutthroat. I can't explain just how intense practice is because guys are not letting up."
More players are expected to be available for comment at Saturday's practice. Coach Al Golden, who didn't speak Friday, is expected to be available as well.
The Hurricanes will have their second fall scrimmage Monday.
First-place votes in parentheses.
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