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On Mandela Day (18 July), people around the world are encouraged to spend at least 67 minutes doing something positive for their communities in honour of the 67 years that the late South African president Nelson Mandela spent fighting for social justice and a free, democratic country.
The unofficial international day of philanthropy was inspired by Mandela's speech on 27 June 2008 (his 90th birthday celebration) in London's Hyde Park. In his address, Madiba called on leaders of all nations to help change the world for the better. "It's in your hands now," he urged.
Celebrated each year on the late statesman's birthday, International Nelson Mandela Day aims to inspire a ripple of good deeds throughout the world and looks to encourage individuals, communities, governments and non-profit organisations to take one small step towards the larger leap of making a positive imprint.
This is the third Mandela Day since the global icon passed, and since he's no longer around to anchor the occasion, it's more important than ever to uphold the values for which he struggled and to share his message for peace and humanity with future generations.
Take a look at how you can get involved with Mandela Day in Cape Town this year with our handy guide to ways to make a difference for 67 minutes (and beyond).
Help Create and Fill Care Packages with the Rape Crisis Trust
This Mandela Day, you can join the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust, a South African organisation that supports the recovery of rape survivors and seeks to bring about change in communities, to help create care packages for survivors. Those eager to participate are encouraged to bring along items like underwear (any size for both children and adults; male and female), toothpaste and toothbrushes, shampoo and conditioner, soap, body wash, face cloths, sanitary pads (not tampons) and nappies to fill the special care packs (please only donate new items). Volunteers will decorate and fill the care packages at the Observatory Community Centre on Saturday, 16 July, and anyone is welcome to pop in any time between 11am and 3pm to assist. Those not able to attend on Mandela Day are more than welcome to still donate items (or cash) before the time – contact Shahida Rahman on +27 (0) 21 447 1467 to arrange delivery.
Observatory Community Centre |Observatory | Cape Town | +27 (0) 21 447 1467.
'The Voice' will be performing his legendary list of hits live at the Cape Town Club on Mandela Day in association with Hi-Tec's The Carrick Collection. Having performed at Mandela's inauguration in 1994 and his 90th birthday bash in 2008, Mahlasela is one of our country's most celebrated singer-songwriters with phenomenal vocals and beats to boot. He'll be backed by great local acts in the upmarket, historical ambiance of one of our city's oldest establishments. Proceeds from the event go to charity, so it's the ideal way to spend your 67 minutes in style! Tickets are available from Webtickets.co.za for R200p/p. Proceeds from the event go to The Vusi Mahlasela Foundation and The Casterbridge Music Development Academy. Space is limited so be sure to book quickly.
18 Queen Victoria Street | CBD | +27(0)21 424 5586
Take Part in a Cape Town Beach Cleanup and Fill a DOT Box
NPO CleanC, who goes all out to ensure that the Mother City's beaches are kept beautiful and clean, is running an array of exciting events for those wanting to make a difference this Mandela Day. Philanthropists can take part in their Mandela Day Full Moon Beach Walk (starting at 6:30pm) on Monday, 18 July at Big Bay. Bring your kids and your dogs along for this easy, hour-long stroll on the beach. There is no entry fee for this event but it will be appreciated if you could bring along a bar of soap, facecloth, toothpaste, toothbrush, a box of crayons or a colouring in or reading book as a donation towards filling up a DOT (Do One Thing) Box, which will be distributed to 1000 kids in Cape Town. Corporates looking to do something with their staff on Mandela Day (or any day in July or August) can partake in CleanC's beach clean-up and help clear a stretch of sand between Lagoon Beach and Melkbosstrand (companies are asked to pay a sponsorship fee of R2000). For more information on these and other Mandela Day projects, email email@example.com. or phone +27 (0) 82 873 1962.
Jive and Spread Joy as Part of the Dance for Madiba Campaign
Our late Tata was known for many things, one of them being his iconic dance style, which is now named the Madiba Shuffle. And so, No Danger Diaries, a non-profit organisation that seeks to change the world in a fun-filled way, aims to keep Nelson Mandela's memory alive by inviting Capetonians to create the world's biggest Madiba jive tribute! Those interested can visit Madibajive.com and make a small donation to receive a 67-minute music mix. They can then upload a video of themselves doing the famous move to this backing track – the clip will be used as part of a huge global series of Madiba Shuffle videos and the money will go to the Nelson Mandela Foundation and No Danger Diaries' causes. To take things up a notch, folk can dance in real life alongside others at various allocated dance stations around the city (the idea is to bop for 67 hours straight). For more information on how this all works and for details about the whereabouts of these stations, visit the Dance for Madiba site and Facebook page.
Make HOPE Bracelets for the Chaeli Campaign
The Chaeli Campaign, a non-profit organisation that offers support to children living with disabilities, will be at the Blue Route Mall in Tokai from 10am to 5pm for their Mandela Day Challenge. For R67, shoppers can make and purchase HOPE (Helping Other People Every Day) bracelets – all the charms, beads and twine will be provided. Volunteers will get to make two pieces of jewellery: one to keep for themselves and one to pay-it-forward to someone else who might appreciate the gesture. You could also sponsor a stationery kit to the value of R150. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
16 Tokai Road | Tokai | +27 (0) 861 242 354
Help Raise Funds for the Animal Rescue Organisation
This haven for our furry friends is inviting the public (especially schools and organisations) to fill 67 black bags with old clothing, linen, curtains, pet accessories and other items for its Mandela Day project. Everything collected will then be sold to raise funds for the Mobile Animal Sterilisation Unit, which seeks to spay and neuter animals in rural communities. Bags can be dropped off at the organisation in Ottery anytime during the week (it is closed on weekends) for the whole month of July. The Animal Rescue Organisation aims to offer support and care to pets in Cape Town's more impoverished areas by providing veterinary treatment at mobile clinics and by finding homes for abandoned cats, dogs, rabbits and other creatures. Email email@example.com for more details.
5 Olieboom Road | Schaapkraal | Ottery | Cape Town | +27 (0) 21 396 5511
Build Kennels for Pets in Khayelitsha
Join Mdzananda Animal Clinic, the only permanent veterinary service offered in Khayelitsha, for 67 minutes of reconstructing wooden pallets into dog kennels for their four-legged charges on Monday, 18 July (if you are coming as part of a corporate or workgroup) and on Saturday, 16 July (if you are coming as an individual). Volunteers are asked to donate either R67 or R167 (whichever they can afford) to cover the cost of the doggie houses and to bring a hammer, measuring tape, paint brushes and any additional materials, like wood and nails, to assist in the building. If you intend on participating, RSVP via email to firstname.lastname@example.com or call +27 (0) 82 200 9962. Volunteers are also welcome to bring along books, which will be sold to raise funds for the clinic's projects.
21297 Govan Mbeki Road | Khayelitsha |+27 (0) 82 200 9962
Join the Mandela Day Celebration with DARG
The Domestic Animal Rescue Group (DARG) is hosting a Mandela Day celebration on Saturday, 16 July in Hout Bay and invites you to join them and make a donation to the organisation or volunteer to assist them with the wonderful work they do. From 10am to 3pm, you can enjoy an auction and a garage sale while sipping on steaming coffee and tasty fare thanks to the on-site food and coffee trucks. DARG is celebrating Madiba for the whole month of July and need your help. Feel free to check out their Facebook page for the list of various items they require and make a donation. Since this is a month of charity, why not adopt a pet? DARG has plenty of cute critters looking for loving homes this winter.
Hout Bay Main Road | Hout Bay | +27 (0) 21 790 0383
Drop into the Douglas Murray Home for the Aged
Donate your time or some much-needed goods to the Douglas Murray Home, which is located in the suburb of Retreat in the Cape Flats and provides care for 80 elderly and frail men and women. People can donate dry and perishable goods, personal products or money, and they can also spend some time with the residents. The folks at the home could also use some assistance with grooming and cleaning the residents, meal preparation and maintenance around the home and in the garden. Although walk-ins are welcome, volunteers can book for the specific time that they want to visit the home by emailing email@example.com.
Gordon Searle Street | Retreat | Cape Town | +27 (0) 21 712 2146
Make Bracelets and Join the Amazing Race at the V&A Waterfront
Relate Bracelets has teamed up with the V&A Waterfront this year to create a beaded portrait of Nelson Mandela using threads made up of 67 beads each. The beading will take place from Monday, 11 July to Thursday, 14 July from 10am at the Watershed. Volunteers can take part in a beading marathon on Monday, 18 July from 9am to make bracelets that will be sold to the public in order to raise money for various charities. Angel Projects has also set up an Amazing Race challenge in the Waterfront that will require teams of three people from corporate companies to shop for various charities in 67 minutes using only R167 (plus VAT). Register your company on the Angel Projects website or at the Waterfront on Monday, 18 July. For more details email firstname.lastname@example.com.
V&A Waterfront | Cape Town |+27 (0) 21 408 7600
Join the Million Meal Challenge by Stop Hunger Now
Stop Hunger Now, an NGO that seeks to eradicate world hunger, is hosting Follow The Sun meal packaging events from Wednesday, 13 July to Wednesday, 20 July at GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World. This worldwide initiative aims to pack 10 million meals across the globe, with two million to be packed in South Africa. On Wednesday, 13 July, corporate teams are invited to sponsor teams of 20 volunteers and do their part in packing meals for the hungry. For more information, visit Stophungernowsa.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World| 1 Jakes Gerwel Drive | Goodwood | +27 (0) 21 505 7777
Christmas in July for the Friends of the Valkenberg Trust
This non-profit organisation works with staff at the Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Observatory to help comfort patients during their stay at the facility and support them on the road to recovery after they are discharged. The trust is hosting a Christmas in July celebration to bring some fun to the 480 patients this winter and invites you to donate Christmas trees, lights, tinsel and other decorations on Monday, 18 July. In addition, the trust is looking for volunteers to coordinate collections of several other kinds of goods, including clothing, unwanted household items and DVDs. These goods will be sold in the hospital's second-hand shop, and profits will go toward the hospital's efforts. So, why not ask friends and folks in your neighbourhood, office or school to do a bit of food shopping and spring cleaning and see what they have – then organise a quick excursion to deliver the items? Go to Friendsofvalkenberg.co.za for more information and email email@example.com for specifics.
Valkenberg Hospital | Observatory Road | Observatory | Cape Town | +27 (0) 21 447 2092
Buy a Winter Warmer Gift for a Family in Need with Newkidz on the Block
Join NewKidz on the Block, a non-profit organisation that unites orphaned and vulnerable children with foster families and homes, and contribute to their non-perishable hampers they assemble which will be distributed to families on Mandela Day this year. NewKidz encourages volunteers to either make a personal donation or start up a collection box of non-perishable goods such as tea, coffee, sugar, tinned food, flour, peanut butter and oil as well as toiletries and cleaning materials. Once you've collected enough you can deliver it to Newkidz on the Block before Friday, 15 July. For more information call +27 (0) 21 981 5425 or email email@example.com.
D44 Icon Business Park Fourie Street | Brackenfell |+27 (0)21 981 5425
Kidz2Kidz #Read67
Kidz2Kidz, a public benefit trust that seeks to spread the central message of the 'joy of giving', is inviting everyone to participate in its national Mandela Day initiative of reading to children with the theme #READ67. Register as a volunteer on their website and spend the day spreading the magic of storytelling by reading to kids. To find out more, email email@example.com.
Dead Street Arcarde Dean Street | Newlands | +27 (0)76 180 4125
Serve Soup to the Homeless with Ladles of Love
Spend your 67 minutes helping Ladles of Love hand out warm soup and bread to the homeless at Mandela Rhodes Place. If you're not able to stay and serve the soup, you could always donate money or winter clothing items to help keep the city's homeless residents well-fed and warm. The distribution will take place at 12pm on Monday, 18 July but donations can be made at any time to the organisations bank account. Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or phone +27 (0)73 720 8088 for more information.
Pack Meals and Hampers with FoodBank SA
FoodBank South Africa will be hosting a meal and hamper packing event for corporate volunteers at its Cape Town warehouse from 9am – 3pm on Monday, 18 July. Your team will have 67 minutes to pack as many meals as possible, in order to feed over 13.8 million South Africans. FoodBank asks that volunteers donate money toward the cost of rescuing donated food and delivering hampers rather than donating food. If you're not able to attend the event, feel free to hold a food drive in your office or at home and drop off the collection at their warehouse. For further details, call +27 (0)21 531 5670 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cape Town Market | 110 Gunners Circle | Epping 1 Cape Town | +27 (0)21 531 5670
Donate a Book to a Children's Library
John Nicholson, a big-hearted father in the Cape Flats, has been hailed a local hero for opening a children's library in his home in Hillview. Assisted by his son, John transformed his garage into a library that now houses over 5000 books and has become a haven for children who love reading and need a quiet place to learn. John relies on donations to keep his project going so if you'd like to donate books or money to assist in running the library contact him at +27 (0)74 695 4191 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hillview | +27 (0)74 695 4191 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Attend the National Youth Orchestra's Benefit Concert
The National Youth Orchestra will be performing a benefit concert to raise funds for the Cape Town Society for the Blind and the National Youth Orchestra's bursary fund. Led by Polish conductor Ewa Strusinska, the orchestra will be performing Mahler's Fifth Symphony and Benjamin Britten's Double Concerto for Violin and Viola. The concert will take place on Sunday, 17 July at 7pm at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre Auditorium in Parow. Tickets cost R120p/p (full price) and R100p/p (concessions) and can be purchased on Tixsa.co.za.
Picton Street | Parow | +27 (0)21 939 9105
Raise Funds to Sterilise 67 Animals with the Animal Welfare Society of Stellenbosch
The Animal Welfare Society of Stellenbosch would like to prevent animals from being born on the street by sterilising 67 animals on Mandela Day. It costs R250 to sterilise an animal and they are looking to raise R16 750, so donations would be appreciated. If you aren't able to donate money, you can donate items to their Second Hand shop or volunteer 67 minutes to walk one of the dogs that are up for adoption. For further information email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Devon Valley Road | Stellenbosch | +27 (0)21 886 4901 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Keep Children Dry this Winter with the Community Chest
The winter storms in the Mother City are becoming more harsh every year and as a result plenty of children in disadvantaged communities are forced to stay away from school because they don't have rainproof clothing to keep them dry and warm. The Community Chest of the Western Cape has launched their Winter Readiness campaign in order to put an end to this absenteeism by providing over 2000 preschoolers with raincoats and Wellington boots this winter. The kit costs R350 per child and the organisation would like to raise R750 000 to purchase as many as possible. Make a donation to their bank account (contact the organisers for their banking details) or drop off Wellingtons, raincoats and other warm clothing at the Community Chest offices. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more info.
82 Bree Street | Cape Town CBD | +27 (0)21 424 3344 / (0)21 487 1500 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Donate Clothing to Butterfly Box
The Butterfly Box is looking for previously-worn clothing to sell at their pop-up store in order to raise money for the Hospice Palliative Care Association. Collect your old (undamaged) clothes from the back of your closet and donate it to the Butterfly Box or visit their store to shop for new threads and support a good cause. If you aren't able to drop the clothes off, call Grace at +27 (0)82 425 3874 and it can be collected from your home. To make a monetary donation, sms the word 'HOSPICE' to 40772 (R20/sms).
349 Albert Road | Woodstock | +27 (0)82 425 3874
Help Build the Mandela Day Mosaic at Canal Walk
Canal Walk Shopping Centre is partnering with LEAP Science and Maths Schools to build a mosaic in the shape of the Mandela Day logo using 17 000 food cans – that's 6 700kg of food! All monetary proceeds will go to the LEAP schools and the food donated will be given to LEAP schools' community social development partners. Head down to the Canal Walk Promotions Court on Monday, 18 July between 9am to 5pm and donate one or more cans of food so that you can join the team taking part in this incredible occasion. Volunteers may participate as individuals, in groups or as part of corporate teams. There are limited spaces available so register soon to book your 67 minute slot.
Century Boulevard | Century City | +27 (0)21 529 9699/8
Donate your Time and Talent
You don't need to be a Rockefeller to donate something valuable. Your time and talent can rival the purchasing power of cold, hard cash. So, either volunteer to help with the day-to-day tasks undertaken by local charities or offer a specialised service based on your own unique skill set: cook someone a delicious meal, design a pamphlet, offer some website tips, write a press release that could help a start-up business or visit an elderly member of your community and help them out with repairs around the house. Baffled about where to start? Take a look at our overview of charities in Cape Town.
Help the Homeless, One Sandwich at a Time
Buy a loaf of bread, a chunk of cheese and a few tomatoes and then make a couple of sandwiches and hand them out to those in need on your way to work. You could make this venture even simpler: buy a big bag of whichever fruit is in season (it's normally cheaper, and more delicious), and do the same. Rather give food than money to those in need; though, if you would like to donate money, there are plenty of Cape Town NGOs adept at allocating funds to the proper channels.
Buy the Big Issue
Just do it; don't pretend you have a copy stowed away somewhere in your secret garden when a vendor comes past. Forking out the cash is a small thing, but it'll make a big difference; as the proverbial saying goes, "the change is in your pocket". Or, for that matter, spare R2 for the folks selling the 'Funny Money' pamphlets – you may even get a chuckle out of it.
Say Thank You
Make someone else's day by simply saying 'thank you'. It can be as easy as taking a security guard a cup of coffee or helping your kids draw a thank you card for their teacher or librarian. Similarly, random acts of kindness never go unnoticed: give way to another car in traffic, offer your seat to someone when travelling on public transport, encourage a colleague at work – be kind in any way you can. These gestures may seem small, but the ripple has to start somewhere.
Go Local
Instead of employing a commercial company, support people in your community by hiring them to do jobs in your home or for your business. Additionally, consider buying foodstuffs or clothing tied to non-profit partnerships:
Earthchild Clothing: The original donors responsible for financing the Earthchild Project, a non-profit organisation focused on the holistic development of children, teachers, schools and communities, this clothing line still gives a portion of their proceeds to this innovative initiative. The garments can be found in dedicated Earthchild stores in shopping centres around Cape Town.
Cape Craft and Design Institute: This not-for-profit company is a joint initiative of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology that supports craft producers, many of whom are poor people looking to enter the mainstream economy, and helps connect all involved in the product-to-market chain. Look out for CCDI handmade crafts at exhibitions, collective shops and festivals.
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With HD I was also relieved to note that the image's sharpness isn't badly affected by motion blur. It's just a pity that the amount of motion blur increases quite a bit when you switch to standard definition pictures.
This is the best reason I came across during my time with the UE40B7020 for stepping up to Samsung's 8000 series. For the flagship 8000 range carries 200Hz processing versus the UE40B7020's 100Hz, and the difference the 200Hz system makes with standard definition in terms of reduced motion blur and resolution is marked.
While we're on the subject of the UE40B7020's 100Hz system, I should point out that you need to take care with its setup if you want to enjoy its benefits without suffering glitchy side effects. Just as well, then, that Samsung has made the system unusually flexible, providing a series of 100Hz 'presets' - including our preferred 'Clear' mode - as well as allowing you to adjust the heaviness of the processing's judder and blur components along a sliding scale to suit your own specific tastes.
As with the 8000 series, my main gripe with the UE40B7020 is the effort needed to get its pictures looking their best. Noise reduction, the 100Hz system, the dynamic contrast system, the black level booster, the edge enhancement tool, the HDMI input level… these are just a few of the features you need to spend time tweaking if you want to get anything like the optimum performance from this TV. The good news, of course, is that the 'optimum performance' level you can finally get to is well and truly worth it…
The UE40B7020's sound isn't nearly as satisfying as its pictures, alas. The set carries two 10W down-firing speakers, but these just don't have the dynamic range or bass capabilities to sound convincing with anything more demanding than The Jeremy Kyle Show.
I predicted a couple of years ago that one day LED would rule the TV world, and the UE40B7020 does nothing whatsoever to shake that conviction.
However, as usual with a Samsung TV, it's aggravating that you have to put a little legwork in to get the best out of the UE40B7020. And I really think it's time Samsung put as much effort into improving its TVs' audio as it clearly does revamping their aesthetics every year.
That said, the UE40B7020 really does look sensational, and providing you're willing to tinker with its numerous picture options, it can produce superb pictures for what is a decent price.
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The meeting in Switzerland will feature a WTO panel hearing verbal submissions from both the US and Antigua and Barbuda Governments, both of which will get the chance to pose questions based on the arguments raised by both sides regarding compensation.
Following this, the arbitration panel is expected to enter a deliberation phase after which it will rule on the matter of compensation for America's failure to comply with the earlier rulings of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body.
"I must say that I wanted to await the outcome, the opening session for the panel that has been set up to hear our further dispute at the WTO on Thursday," said Errol Cort, Minister Of Finance for Antigua.
"So, I am still hopeful that we will meet when I get to Washington but I am awaiting initially the first impressions from our representatives in Geneva at the end of the first day of the hearing of the tribunal on Thursday."
The small Caribbean nation filed a claim for $3.4 billion last month due to lost earnings from online operators based on the island. This was turned down by The White House as exorbitant and 'wildly out of line with any realistic figure' and countered with a figure of $500,000. Antigua's legal representatives said that the $ 3.4 billion claim had been arrived at following serious and professional consultation with international economics experts and could be substantiated.


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Moroi princess, Jill Dragomir's life is in danger and it is up to Alchemist Sydney to help protect her from harm. Forced to go undercover, Sydney, Jill and a couple of others begin their new lives in Palm Springs although not exactly how anyone imagined. Taking their places at a private human school, Sydney and Jill start to realise that keeping Jill safe may be the last of their worries.
Human high school is far more scary than anyone could have ever imagined but Jill and Sydney must find a way to fit in without drawing attention to themselves. That would be a simple task if it weren't for a large chunk of the other students having metallic tattoos, very similar to Sydney's Alchemist tattoo. How are they getting something so very similar and what is it doing to them?
What I thought
I was a bit late to the game when it came to reading Vampire Academy and ended up reading the whole series within the space of a few weeks just before the release of the final book. I loved this series so much and I was dying to get my hands on a copy of Bloodlines so the very day that it came in the post, I started reading and finished it!
The biggest problem really is that we're supposed to be able to read this book even without having read the VA series. Many people who have read this said you can but I really don't think it's a very good idea. Too many characters from VA are brought back at some stage or another and there are a lot of references to plotlines that the other series explored. This wouldn't have been a bad thing for me if they had been mentioned in passing but some things have quite a large effect on the plot of this book so if you haven't read VA, you are going to end up quite confused.
That being said, as someone who has read VA, I was happy to see certain characters being brought back, Adrian in particular. I was always a massive Adrian fan in the previous series and hoped and prayed for better things for him and this series looks like it might just give him that! His character is a bit mixed when it comes to how he acts in this book due to how events in VA affected him but I still loved him anyway. I quite liked that he wasn't completely there and he had a lot of problems but that just means he has no where else to go but up (I hope) from here so things should get better. As one of the main male characters, Adrian has a lot of interaction with the other characters and this really makes him somewhat of a focal point. He seems to be the person holding things together in a strange kind of way.
I wasn't too sure about Sydney to begin with but that is how I felt about her during VA. Luckily, she really did grow on me quite quickly as you get to find out a lot about her within a very short space of time. The beginning of the book made me realise that there was a lot more to this character than I had first imagined and I loved that she had some real depth to her. As Bloodlines carries on straight from the end of VA, Sydney is in the bad books of the Alchemists because of how she acted towards the vampires and I don't think I really thought about how she would be received after all the drama was over. That soon becomes clear though and I think Sydney was really brave and strong to react the way that she did and to fight for her place as an Alchemist. From here though, Sydney seemed a little weak to me at times, being a little bit of a pushover when it came to certain things so I would have liked for her strength to carry on the whole way through the book.
I loved the different storylines in Bloodlines. Not only do we have the main idea of Jill being in danger but there are a few other really important things going on as well. Teenage girls are being murdered for some unknown reason and the strange tattoos students have are a massive deal. It was great that everything wasn't really all about Jill like I thought it was going to be. Instead, she kind of takes a bit of a backseat in this book which leaves time for more exciting things to happen. I'm sure that something bad is going to happen to her down the line though otherwise what would be the point of this new series.
Richelle Mead has a fantastic way of creating tension and action all at the same time. Her action scenes are some of the best in this genre and there is always a fantastic build up to the main event. Bloodlines is no exception. The pacing was pretty close to perfect for me as the beginning of the book gives us time to reacquaint ourselves with old characters while getting to know the newer ones at the same time. Bloodlines then slowly draws out the main plot, allowing us to fully surround ourselves in the world she has created and then BAM… she hits us with some amazing action and excitement. Towards the end of Bloodlines, I was already excited for the next book in the series due to how the ending was panning out and I had a million ideas in my head about what could happen next.
After so much of a build up before the release of this book, I am very happy to say that it didn't disappoint me at all. I do think this is going to be more for VA fans than new readers but now it makes me really glad I did finally get around to reading the series!


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I had a very scary day today & I scared Mama & Aunt Marcia the groomer half to death! Aunt Marcia had come by to give us all our monthly baths, and she started with me. She was combing me out to get ready for my bath, and turned her back for a minute. I'm famous for getting the heck out of there any chance I get, and this time was no different. I immediately took advantage of Aunt Marcia's inattention & jumped off the couch.
I hit the floor pretty hard, and started to limp around. Mama & Aunt Marcia were watching me walk to see how badly I'd hurt my leg (that's what they thought happened) & all of a sudden I couldn't walk or keep my balance at all! When they picked me up, they noticed that my eyes were "funny" - kinda unfocused - and my tongue was purple!
Of course, this happened right in the middle of the vet's lunch break, so they had to wait for 2 hours to take me in! I recovered & was able to walk normally, my eyes looked better & my tongue went back to normal soon after all this happened.
When I got to the vet's Doc told Mama I have a bad heart & he thought a combination of the heat (it was 105 today!), the grooming & the fall/jump from the couch caused me to have an episode with my heart. I'm now on daily heart meds & Mama's hoping this will be the last of that kind of scare we have for awhile.
I could sure use your prayers that the heart meds help & I don't have anymore scary days for awhile! Thanks!
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Today I had to go to the vet to get a dental done. My teeth have gotten pretty bad, and Mama & Doc decided I needed them cleaned and maybe some pulled, too! As it turned out, I did need several pulled. I'm sure not feeling my best today, but Mama says I'll feel better than I have in awhile tomorrow!
Just wanted to update you all!
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Hi everypup! Our foster-pom sister Miss Wiggles has gone to her forever home and we all thought her story should be told, so I'm gonna tell it here in my journal.
Miss Wiggles came to stay with us on St. Patrick's Day, when a lady called our Mama and said she had just moved to Mesa and into a mobilehome park where no dogs were allowed. She said she felt really bad, because she'd had Wiggles her whole life (15 months), but she just couldn't keep her.
On Tuesday, March 18th, Mama called the lady's vet to verify that Wiggles was up to date on her shots. That evening, she got a call from a man in another state who said he was Wiggles' daddy and she had been taken from
him by his ex-wife after she had been gone from Wiggles' life for 6 whole months - half of her life! He said that he missed Wiggles terribly and wanted her back, and he didn't know that her mommy had given her to a shelter until Wiggles' vet called & told him after she talked to Mama.
After CAREFULLY checking out the man's claims, Mama & a committee of rescuers decided that since Wiggles had a home to go to where she was loved and missed, she should be with her daddy. The committee decided that Wiggles' daddy could adopt her and she'd be his forever. And Mama found out she has a kitty brother who missed her terribly, too!
SO on Easter Sunday, Mama & her friend Cathy took Wiggles to the big airport in Phoenix, and her daddy flew in and adopted her, and took her back home! What a wonderful Easter for Mama AND for Wiggles! And Wiggles' daddy & kitty brother were SO happy to have her home again!
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Linda Dorman, 62, had her hip replaced last month.
"I had a lot of pain when I walked. I couldn't... I couldn't make my leg work right. I didn't have the right kind of gait," Dorman said.
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds women who undergo total hip replacement surgery face a 29 percent higher risk of implant failure within the first three years than men. Researchers explain smaller implants involve a smaller ball in the socket, which can dislocate more easily.
"Females have a propensity to get smaller implants because of the size of their bones and the size of their structure," said Dr. Monti Khatod of Southern California Permanente Medical Group, who co-authored the study.
The study also showed women who had metal on metal implants had almost twice as many problems as men.
"It may be that they are more sensitive to the metals that are breaking off into the bloodstream," said Dr. Diana Zuckerman of the National Research Center for Women and Families.
More than 300,000 Americans undergo total hip replacement surgery every year. The overwhelming majority of these operations-- up to 98 percent-- are successful. Still, experts say the Food and Drug Administration should require more testing on hip implants to find out which ones work best with women's bodies and will last 15-20 years.
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Children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been shown to have slower development in certain regions of the brain. What do you think?
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Sheriff's Investigators have arrested a rural Mountain Home man on charges related to a burglary reported by Gaston's Resort on May 16th. 29 year old ANDREWWOJACEK turned himself in at the Sheriff's Office this afternoon after investigators had developed grounds for his arrest.
Gaston's Resort reported one of their cabins had been broken into and several items stolen. These included towels, a television, furniture, a lamp, and a coffee pot. WOJACEK is a previous employer of Gaston's and still retained a master key that he used in connection with his previous job there.
After stealing the items, WOJACEK told investigators he decided to get rid of them and tossed them into Lake Norfork from the Highway 62 Bridge at Henderson. The value of the stolen items was less than $1,000.
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THEY may not have won the match, but Adam Gilchrist has likened the momentum Australia gained in the opening Test against South Africa to that which set up England's Ashes series victory two years ago.
The Proteas escaped Brisbane with a draw, with rain thwarting Australia's chance of pressing home their advantage. The outcome reminded Gilchrist of the corresponding Gabba Test from the 2010-11 Ashes opener, in which England finished with all the running after they declared their monstrous second innings total at 1-517. It was an advantage the visitors never relinquished and they went on to retain the urn with a 3-1 series victory.
Australia have named a 13-man squad for the second Test in Adelaide, which starts on Thursday, with in-form fast bowler Mitchell Starc likely to replace Ben Hilfenhaus in the pace attack and all-rounder Shane Watson hopeful of proving his fitness to bolster the batting at the expense of Rob Quiney.
''My mind goes back a bit to the Ashes series two years ago when there was a similar result,'' Gilchrist said. ''Australia had the ascendancy and England turned around and got 1-500. Although it was a drawn game, the whole momentum shift was played out at great lengths over the rest of that series.
''Hopefully, from an Australian point of view, that's the way it goes in the next two Test matches. I'm sure Graeme Smith and his team are feeling different about it but it was a very good batting surface. Even on the best wickets ever produced, at 3-40 you are a long, long way from 450.
''The delicate time there was apparent to everyone and the way Michael [Clarke] and Ed [Cowan] nullified that and turned the game around - and with Mike Hussey doing what he did - was brilliant.
''They are encouraging signs for the Australian team. There was only one team that could win the game once South Africa started batting again and that was the Australians. They would have had their tails in the air. [It was] fantastic to see Australia get tested and not only come through all clear but with the ascendancy. The challenge now is to come to Adelaide and replicate that.''
Gilchrist, an ambassador for the University of Wollongong, will join cricket legends Viv Richards and Brian Lara in a Twenty20 double header at the university on Sunday as part of the Stumping Serious Diseases charity fund-raiser.
''Australia has proven they are on a very similar playing field to South Africa, who are the No.1 team,'' he said. ''The fast-bowling contingent that South Africa have seems to be the biggest threat that Australia will face. Obviously 3-40 is delicate times and they'll be working hard not to allow that to happen again. I'm not one to make predictions on scorelines, but what we've shown is that both teams have positives and a few concerning areas. They are pretty well matched. I've said for a little while that there's not much between the top four teams in their capabilities and on any given day one team can pinch a result off the other. It's good, competitive Test cricket.''
Cricket Australia officials have embraced the ICC's decision to approve day-night Test matches. However, Gilchrist wasn't in favour of the proposal.
''At this point in time I don't think that's a need for the game,'' he said. ''I'd happily sit down and listen to the reasoning for why Australia thinks that's a necessity. I have a feeling - and I emphasise this is only from my experience playing first-class cricket at night - that anything other than a white ball while wearing coloured clothes compromises the game. The conditions change too much from afternoon batting to twilight/night.
''Once they are tinkering to that level it compromises the ebb and flow of the game. It opens it up a bit more to chance than the better and more skilled team coming through. I'm sure it's commercially driven and I understand the issues administrators face from that regard.
''But for me, Test cricket is the masterpiece and there are plenty of opportunities for experimentation and commercialising the game well through its shorter versions. I really love Test cricket the way it is.''
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Alabama's celebration is over. Head coach Nick Saban allowed two days for himself and the team to relish winning a second national championship in a row, but now it's time to get back to work.
Saban will hold a team meeting today and the focus turns to three-peating in 2013.
"When the team goes in there, he'll say, 'This team hasn't done anything,'" said A.J. McCarron following Monday night's 42-14 national title win over Notre Dame. "So I'm already mentally prepared for that."
Saban is always focused on the challenges the future presents. Earlier today he was on ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the Morning" radio show where he addressed what's next for the Crimson Tide.
"I'm sitting here thinking about what we got to do next year," Saban said. "Having success is not a continuum. It's a constant process of what you need to do to keep challenging yourself and your team and the people around you in your organization to achieve at a high standard.
"Consistency in performance defines success. That's what we're focused on right now."
Last month, McCarron and linebacker C.J. Mosley announced that they will return next season for their senior years, and on Wednesday afternoon, right guard Anthony Steen did the same. The Tide is still waiting for juniors right tackle D.J. Fluker, running back Eddie Lacy and cornerback Dee Milliner to announce their NFL intentions. They could do so as early as today. All three are expected to forgo their senior years.
Though he's addressed the NFL several times in the last month, ESPN radio host Mike Greenberg asked Saban if he could close the door on his professional football career.
"It's closed," Saban said. "How many times do I have to say it? You all don't believe it. Any time I do an interview, I've got to say the same thing. You don't believe it, so why do I have to keep saying it? I don't understand it. The guy said it the other day at my last press conference, 'Will you close the door on all this?' So I closed the door.
"Now it's two days later and you're asking me to close the door again. The damn hinges are worn off!"
Having the experience coaching in the NFL, Saban can explain the differences between coaching at the two different levels and why he likes college better.
"Part of coaching to me, or the way I was brought up in it, is you try to help players develop personally, you want to see them graduate from school, develop a career off the field," he said. "You want to help them develop to be all they can be. You want to see them be more successful in their life because they were involved in your program when they were in college. There's a lot of fun in all that, too.
"In the NFL, it's not that way. Everything is about people having success in their career as football players so they can make more money, you can win more games. It's a business and it's a little bit different from that standpoint."
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How do I repair my window frame
When I bought my house last year, the frame on the outside of the window frame above the door was "wavy". When I climed up there to investigate, my finger poked through, and the wood was rotted. I made a temporary repair using an entire tube of wood filler, but have some time off coming up and would like to use the opportunity to make a permanent repair and touch up all my exterior wood trim. Have never attempted something like this and need some advice.
1. How do I cut out the rotted portion?
2. What type of wood do I use for the patch?
3. What kind of sealing do I need to do before painting?
Any other advice?
It's a relatively small part of the window frame, and I really don't think the whole thing needs to be replaced. I'll post a picture tonight when I get home just in case that will help.
Yes a picture would help to know what we are looking at.
The frame is the wood structure supporting the house. The (frame) incorporated/attached around the glass/sash is the jamb assembly.
What exactly did you poke your finger threw?
If the section is relatively small then you could chip out (or use a dremel tool) the rot and then fill with an epoxy. Smooth out the area before the epoxy dries. Sand the area smooth. Prime. Paint with a quality finish coat.
If it is a structural reapir then more work would be needed.
Here's the pictures
These are the pictures. The first is of the entire window. The second is a close up of the lower left hand corner where the damage is.
When I "stuck my finger through" it was black rotted wood. I made a quick fix/paint job with a whole tube of wood filler due to the annual HOA walkthrough. (didn't work, still told me to repair the widow sill). Hope this helps.
It appears that the entire window needs replacing. It looks as though the damage was under the glass as opposed to next to the sill. I was wondering if the problem was from your sill not sloping away( being too flat) but it looks as though the water intrusion has occured around the glass itself. In any event I would replace the entire window. You would have a very hard time, if not impossible time trying to "fix" this. I would also want to remove the entire window to ensure there is no futher damage to interior framing as well.
It appears that just the trim molding around the windows will need replacement. Replace the middle bottom (horizontial) section. Replace the second vertical piece from the left. If you are handy then you should be able to handle this but if you are not handy then a repair person should be able to replace and paint the new molding for around $300 to $500 depending on what is found under the trim.
Just the trim moulding? You can tell he has filled in the entire frame practically. This is WAY beyond moulding.
The molding that I am refering to is the 1x6 and the 1x8 that is around the window that has been patched. Some may call this the window casing. It appears that the 1x6 and the 1x8 are not part of the window but cover up the studs between the window sections.
If the molding around the interior of the window were to get damaged then the molding would be replaced. Same for the exterior, replace the damaged pieces.
This is definately an all one piece window and not 3 seperate..I'm pretty sure...Heck sherlock tells the answer to the mystery..:)
Looks to me like it is separate boards - 4 vertical and 2 horizontals. That's why I figured I could just patch it in the first place.
Even manufactured one piece windows are made of seperate boards. Typically (at least for the last 50 years) windows are manufactured and not built per opening. If this is a manufactured factory built window the whole window should be replaced in my opinion.
If it's wood, then it can be rebuilt for a fraction of what it would cost to replace. The only thing is, it would still have to be removed and sent to a shop (unless you can rebuild it yourself). At a qualified wood shop, they can take apart the bottom area and install new wood or composite and then use other materials to repair it, that won't rot. i.e. - epoxies and silicone.
We have done similar repairs for a fraction of the cost of a whole new window. You would just have to live with a 'boarded up' window or plastic framed opening for a few days.
I would suggest that you have 3 choices:
1.) Take it out and have it rebuilt by a reputable and affordable wood shop. (Get a cost estimate before with pictures to see if it's worth it.)
2.) Take it out and replace it with new - by ordering a new set of window(s) to fit that lower space. (Get an estimate of total cost and compare.)
Try to salvage the top 1/2 moon trim work to re-use and re-install onto the top area of the new window(s).
3.) Take it out and order an entire new custom sized window for the opening. ($$$$ + )
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Sounds like a lefty scapegoat scenario, where his is the dumb luck of running a place where suicides go to practice and to simultaneously have a vindictive police chief. And the police withdraw his ability to do business? I'd think a judge would need to be involved to yank all of that. The justifications include that the shooter was left unsupervised on the range? Hell, that's true of most any indoor range I know of, and a few outdoor ranges. Doesn't make the business responsible for not having jumped on the guy in the 1sec it would take to cap one's self.
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The Power Of The President & The Thumb
In their book, Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner argue that economics is, at root, the study of incentives.
American Public Media's new series, "Freakonomics," takes that argument and further explores how seemingly disparate things are actually connected.
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Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. --Psalm 127:3-5Somewhere in the world today, Baby Seven Billion was born.Of course, we don't know who this baby is, or where she/he is. Baby Seven Billion is a linguistic device, an instrument of the glo … [Read more...]
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How odd that the name of former BBC chief Mark Thompson was absent from the 10 O'Clock News and Newsnight last night during their coverage of the BBC's £25 million executive pay-off scandal. According to a National Audit Office report published yesterday Thompson, now New York Times chief executive, sanctioned hundreds of thousands of pounds-worth of payments that broke the BBC's own rules.
Thompson was due to appear in front of the Public Affairs Committee next week to be quizzed over this but a committee source tells me: "Mr Thompson said he wouldn't be able to come to London next week. There is also concern about the cost to the public purse of flying him from New York twice in a year, so he is now set to appear in front of the committee later in the year to give evidence on two matters: the executive pay-offs he oversaw and the £100 million Digital Media Initiative fiasco." Instead of Thompson, the committee will have to make to do with Lord Patten next week.
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Who were some of your earliest fishing heroes? I remember watching "The Bassmasters" when I was really young and seeing Kevin VanDam's names on the tournament leaderboard week after week, so he was an early hero. I also remember watching Roland Martin and Orlando Wilson on TV. Photo: Brad Fox 6 / 21 5. What's the biggest bass you've ever caught? I caught a 12-5 during a 2007 Bassmaster Southern Open on the Kissimmee Chain. It was big bass for the tournament and it was my first big-time tournament, so it was a real thrill. I finished seventh. Photo: B.A.S.S. 7 / 21 6. What do you love most about bass fishing? That's hard to say. There's so much that I love about it. Right now — as a professional tournament angler — I focus on the competition, and I really love that. But maybe it's the thrill of the next bite. That's what keeps me going. Setting the hook is always exciting, too ... and waiting for the next bite. Photo: Brad Fox 8 / 21 7. Where is your favorite place to fish for bass and why? There was a phosphate pit near home that I used to fish in high school. A buddy and I would skip school and sneak in to fish it. I wouldn't even think about that sort of thing now, but the fishing was ridiculous. You could catch 'em doing anything, and we'd catch 30 to 50 a day weighing three pounds or better. Now that pit is open to the public, but I haven't been back in years. Photo: Brad Fox 9 / 21 8. What is the biggest challenge you've faced in your career? A few years ago — when I was about 21 — I was missing out on a lot of friend time. Every weekend I was fishing a tournament somewhere and I thought I was missing something because I couldn't go out and do things with my friends. I started to question whether I wanted to fish professionally. I turned it around last year and it started to be fun again. That was my deciding point, and I've been fishing a lot better since then. Photo: Brad Fox 10 / 21 9. What is the best advice you ever received in your career? Without a doubt it would have to be "Just go fishing." Don't get caught up in dock talk or rumors or stories about how many fish people are catching. Just do your own thing, keep your head down and do the best you can do. That's the advice that's helped me the most. Photo: Brad Fox 11 / 21 10. What is the biggest lesson you've learned in your career? Never get discouraged. Don't over-think things. Just go out there and do it. Photo: Brad Fox 12 / 21 11. What is your greatest strength as a professional angler? Probably flipping grass and matted cover. I've really gotten dialed in on the hook-set in the last year or so, and it's the strongest part of my game. I'm also getting stronger mentally. I don't panic when things aren't going well. I don't get discouraged anymore. Photo: Brad Fox 13 / 21 12. What is your greatest weakness as a professional angler? Swimbaits are probably the weakest part of my arsenal. I don't think I've ever even caught a bass on a swimbait, but I'm working on that. I'm also very new to smallmouth fishing. There's a lot to learn in this sport, but that's part of what keeps it fun and interesting. Photo: B.A.S.S. 14 / 21 13. What question do you get asked most by your fans, and how do you answer it? "How do you become a bass pro?" I always tell them that it takes hard work. You have to put your time in and just go fishing. Look at it like a learning process. If you're not learning every time out, you're not doing it right. Photo: B.A.S.S. 15 / 21 14. Do you have any fishing superstitions? I like wearing the same hat for a long time, even though my sponsors don't like that. It takes a while to break a cap in and get it feeling comfortable. I carry a lucky pocketknife, too. When I'm practicing or in a tournament, I like being in my own routine. I don't like to go out to eat during a tournament or to get distracted. At Okeechobee, I wore the same pair of pants all four days. Photo: Brad Fox 16 / 21 15. How big a part does luck play in tournament bass fishing? You gotta be lucky to win, but you have to make the right decisions, too. You have to fish hard. Mostly you have to avoid bad luck. I want people to wish me no bad luck. Photo: Brad Fox 17 / 21 16. When you're not bass fishing, how do you like to spend your time? Lately I've gotten into collecting arrowheads and shark's teeth. I also like saltwater fishing and deer hunting, too. Photo: Brad Fox 18 / 21 17. If you could only fish one lure for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? Probably a 10-inch Culprit worm. There's so many ways you can fish it — flipping or pitching, Texas rigging, Carolina rigging — and it'll catch bass everywhere. Photo: Brad Fox 19 / 21 18. If you could only have one, would it be an AOY title or Classic championship? I want the AOY title. When you win that everybody knows you're the baddest dude out there! Photo: Brad Fox 20 / 21 19. What profession (other than your own) would you like to have tried? This is all I've ever really wanted to do. All my eggs are kind of this basket, though I have a lawn service business to generate some additional income. I love to be outdoors, so if I was doing something else it would definitely be outdoors. Photo: B.A.S.S. 21 / 21 20. When it's all over, how do you want the bass fishing world to remember you? As the best. I don't think there's anything else to shoot for. Photo: Brad Fox


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text: Looking at those replays - looked like a really good game. Sucks I don't have league pass since its so expensive and I'm a poor university student. That block by Ben was key but I don't like that three Chauncey took on the transition. Very un-Chauncey like when it comes to decision making. We were up by 1 and he was the only one up there besides two other Grizz players. He hit it though so I guess it's all good? We can't have that kind of stuff happening during the playoffs though because if they don't hit - that could've cost us the game. I can see Larry Brown watching the game and shaking his head at Chauncey after taking that one.


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MAGGIE SOUNDS OFF. The subject of rants came up in our Comments section a few days ago, and we sort of agreed with JS, who said:
Ranting feels good, and also has many positive physiological benefits...
And we liked Maggie's fiery response to this IP post. But it's not the whole story. Rants are, in reality, like the skipping of the stone across the water, sustained by an enormous body of deeper thought rarely referenced in the performance itself. So, when we saw Maggie's rant, we thought maybe this was a good opportunity to show that 1) Rants aren't purely the emotional pyrotechnics they're usually dismissed as, and 2) This rant's not really telling us anything we didn't know already, in pretty excruciating detail. No offense, Maggie. Honestly. Loved the vibe. But we've been all over this, under it, around it, inside it, and completely on top of it for years. What did we do? We hyperlinked her comment. The first link isn't to InstaPunk. All but one of the rest of them are. We're the ocean of rage under your angry skipping stone. Just so you know.
O.M.G.!!!! That poor eagle is stranded on that drifting chunk of melting polar ice shelf! Damn you selfish humans! If only the United States Congress would take charge of every aspect of our very personal lives and restrict, forbid, and regulate our very breaths with a bill that makes things right ...Well, as I said, we don't always rant. But we are the waterfront.
Our capitalist system has the natural means to flush and correct itself ... if allowed to. But the government over the last several decades has not permitted the natural course of such things. Worse, said government blob is about to cripple and stifle any proper and just failure, lessons learned, and innovations resulting from the process. They are putting us in straightjackets in securely locked padded cells with themselves and unelected lobbyists and czars as the nasty abusive staff of this putrid asylum. Soon we'll all be mercilessly slapped about, abused in our beds, starved, left in our own excrement, and loudly chided to just hurry-up and fucking die already.
We are experiencing a new generation produced from the previous generation that arrived from their parental generation that watched and lived through horrific economic strife and the threat of world fascism. Our generation and that of our offspring's are lazy from lack of want and the need to be useful beyond the limited materials at hand. We knew when we were leaving high school our next paths were either to continue on to college or trade school, find a nepotism placed position with a standing factory in our area, or look for a job we could climb the proverbial ladder in.
Today's generation expects, for some reason, that if they don't go immediately into either the MTV video line-up (NSFW) of music or an insanely ignorant reality show, the NBA/NFL/MLB, or pointless modeling on billboards while posing scantly clad, androgynous sexual partners ... well, then, there's just nowhere else for them to go so the government must assume the job of parent and provider for them and however many offspring they carelessly plant and bring into this society. They suffer from "Day Care" syndrome. All the country is a day care for them ... and all day day care.
Several years ago I saw an evening network news show (I'm thinking it was Diane Sawyer on 20/20 ABC) and she was sitting at a long table with teen girls who were either pregnant or had given birth out of wedlock. She asked them why they would do such an irresponsible thing so carelessly and willingly, and then expect the taxpayers via the government to provide for them and their babies/children (a girl or two/three had more than one child) ... One of the girls made an indignant snit back at her and frankly stated, "Because it's the government's job to take care of me and my baby ... I'll have as many babies as I want. They have to help me."
You have an inner city 'class' in this country where the parents of, say, a 15 yr old kid is roughly on average no more than twice that kid's age ... meaning THEY were parents at 15 yrs old. In most cases their own home situation was one of a single parent who more than not was the mother who also had more children from other 'encounters' outside that kid's sperm donor. For all Planned Parenthood's intended struggle to eradicate the "undesirable" lower class segment of our society (See; Margaret Sanger) their self-righteous goal not only fell flat on its face, but now exists only to justify itself by providing their butcher services to the middle and upper class wenches who are better educated and should be smart enough to use preventative birth control in their careless sex drives ... but have this 'safety net' of dehumanizing someone else's life in order to use abortion as 'birth control'.
This is just a sample of the mentality we are dealing with in this generation after ours, and the one they are currently producing. The 'power' has been lazily given over by the more capable, but distracted and complacent, members of society to the powerless who have no more of an idea of what to do with that power than a 3 yr old does with a space shuttle. The liquor cabinet was left unlocked and the drunkards are driving the damn bus. Unaccountability is an art form and personal responsibility has become obsolete, much like the way our body's appendix has, so it's "all good" we're told. They no longer need to think and discover for themselves. All they need are the golden celebrities to guide their politics through Che T-shirts, Chi-Com red stars, and bullshit blurry-eyed warnings of republicans making rape and slavery legal. They are blind to their own chains of ignorance while being raped by the self-important people who lead their very lives ... and the bigger movement behind those 'useful idiots' who would see our society/nation sacrificed for the cause of the collective hive of totalitarian Marxism. They walk joyfully into the fire ... and drag the rest of us with them.
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Crossdraw, 10-15 degrees the OTHER way.
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A forward cant allows a very natural grasp of the pistol...when you draw, there is no need for a hand adjustment to shoot.
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|Fort Barrancas at Pensacola Bay, Florida
If you haven't seen it yet, I'll post a link at the bottom of this post.
Basically, though, it revolves around a posting I made here at Civil War Florida back on January 6th of this year as part of a month-long series on the military aspects of the secession of Florida. I'll post a direct link to it at the bottom of the page as well.
To make a long story short, the posting detailed how, on the night of January 8, 1861, U.S. soldiers guarding Fort Barrancas at Pensacola Bay opened fire on a party of shadowy figures they had seen walking onto the drawbridge of the fort. Tensions were very high and rumors were rampant that state forces intended to seize the fort. Florida's Secession Convention was then meeting in Tallahassee and state forces had already captured the U.S. Arsenal at Chattahoochee and Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos) at St. Augustine.
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Well after darkness, the men standing guard at Fort Barrancas observed unknown men approaching the drawbridge. This is from Slemmer's official report of the incident:
…That night a body of men (about twenty in number) came to the fort with the evident intention of taking possession. The corporal of the guard caused the alarm to be given, upon which the assailants retreated precipitately. The guard was immediately strengthened by half the company, but nothing further occurred that night. - Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, U.S. Army
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Since the AP article was brief and didn't really go into my thoughts about the incident, I thought I would share them with you here. I hope you'll pass around the link to this posting if you read or hear anyone commenting on the story, as there is a lot of misinformation and - to be honest - rudeness spreading around out there today, as the AP article is appearing in newspapers and other media sites around the world.
First, so far as I know, the gunfire at Fort Barrancas did involve the first hostile shot of the war. The firing there took place hours before cadets from The Citadel opened fire on the supply ship Star of the West at the mouth of Charleston Harbor and, of course, three months before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, also in Charleston Harbor.
There were other incidents along the Mississippi River prior to the firing on Fort Sumter and I've heard of one in Texas that I haven't had time to investigate, but so far as I know at this point, the gunfire at Fort Barrancas on January 8, 1861, was the first.
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It is also true that armed combat, again so far as I know, did not begin until Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 (150 years ago yesterday). There can be no doubt, however, that the Southern states fully expected that their secession would lead to war. This is why Florida moved to begin seizing the state's military installations even before the official vote of the Secession Convention on January 10, and why a standoff was already underway at Charleston Harbor. Armed militia was drilling in the streets of Southern cities and the U.S. Army was moving to consolidate its position and defend what forts and arsenals it could.
I've often pondered over just when one could say that the war actually started. Fort Sumter was the beginning of armed combat, but shots had been fired, military facilities seized and separate countries (the individual states) declared in December of 1860 and January of 1861. A state of war clearly existed from the point that South Carolina took Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie in December of 1860 and began mounting guns aimed at Fort Sumter. In Florida, a state of war existed from the moment that Governor Madison S. Perry ordered the seizure of the arsenal at Chattahoochee on January 6th. The same kinds of things were going on in other states and Mississippi even began placing cannon at Vicksburg to block commerce on the Mississippi River.
So it really comes down to a matter of opinion. Military facilities were seized and manned by Southern troops as early as December of 1861. The first hostile shots were fired at Fort Barrancas in Florida on January 8, 1861. The first exchange of fire took place at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. And the first bloodshed of the war took place even after that, as no one was killed in the fight for Fort Sumter.
As an aside, I do believe that more attention should be given to the incident at Fort Barrancas. It was a significant moment in the history of the United Stated and should be better interpreted and remembered and I hope you will agree, whether you choose to call it the "first shot" or not.
Here are the links I promised:
Original Posting: http://civilwarflorida.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-8-1861-fort-barrancas-and-first.html
AP Article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/13/general-us-civil-war-first-shot_8405609.html
More about Fort Barrancas: http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/fortbarrancas1.


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Ok so i have been looking for a WRX for about 6 months. Any decent deals i find are either too much money or to many miles, but today i found a great deal (I think).
So the car is a 2009 Subaru WRX Hatchback, the dealership is selling it for $17,000 with 68,xxx miles. The only mods done to this car based on the description is a TSUDO brand exhaust system, and 17 inch 9 spoke ENKEI brand performance wheels. I like how its not all modded, so i can do what i want to it. I checked the KBB vale for this exact car with the miles is around $19,000 so based off of that i feel like that is a great price for this car. I would love to see what you guys think about this WRX for this price. My price range was $12,000 but if this is a good deal i am willing to send the extra money to get a good car for a deal. Here are some pictures that were posted with it. You can PM me or just respond on this thread. Thanks for all the help guy/girls!
68k miles already gone and they want 65% of the MSRP. Makes me think buying them new is really the better option. Nobody else's problems to deal with and the first 68k miles cost you like 9 grand. That's pretty damn cheap.
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) - An Ocala woman is suing the Florida Lottery over its refusal to pay a $500,000 prize on an allegedly misprinted ticket.
Ann Marie Curcio received the $20 ticket from her husband for Mother's Day in 2007. But when they tried to claim the prize in Tallahassee the next day, lottery officials told them the ticket was a misprint: The number 1 worth $500,000 was supposed to be a number 13.
Curcio's husband died last month, but the 58-year-old widow is pursuing the claim. Curcio filed suit this week in Leon County asking the state to honor the ticket and accusing the lottery of unfair and deceptive practices.
Lottery officials say the ticket's bar code proves it's not a winner, and the Curcios haven't followed the procedure to dispute a claim.
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