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My initial reaction to the news, reported by the Telegraph, that Prince Charles has renewed his determination to style himself "Defender of Faith" if and when he becomes king was a shrug. He can call himself Defender of Elves and Pixies if it makes him happy, I thought. At second glance it worries me profoundly. It summons up all that is most wrong-headed and dangerous about this most buffoonish and pointless of princes.
Comrade Cranmer, who got there before me, urges the queen to "nip this multi-faith profanity in the bud" before it is too late. Damian Thompson, meanwhile, is concerned that this move - "the Royal equivalent of replacing the word Christmas with Winterval" - will "help destroy our Christian identity". He notes that any formal change would require Parliamentary approval, no problem since "nothing would give Labour, Liberal Democrat and trendy Tory MPs greater satisfaction than to delegitimise Christianity in this fashion."
I see it rather differently. It is an attempt to make something out of nothing. Something potentially dangerous out of nothing very much. The move would, if successful, only serve to entrench the Establishment of the Church of England, rather as the desire to "inclusively" permit Muslim and Hindu schools has gone hand-in-hand with a much wider boom in Christian faith schools at the expense of non-denominational education. Or as some Anglican bishops hope that by offering places to some carefully-screened representatives of other faiths they can cling on to their anachronistic right to sit in the House of Lords.
Far from excluding non-Anglicans, as Prince Charles seems to think, the title Defender of the Faith excludes nobody - because it is no more than a constitutional fossil, of no more relevance than the title King of France which remained part of the English monarch's formal designation well into the eighteenth century. It is a reminder, to those few who take an interest in such things, not of what the monarch is, but of what the monarch used to be, in those dim and distant days when power was in the hands of kings rather than those of politicians and bankers. Queen Elizabeth II doesn't defend anyone or anything, except possibly her own job: constitutional monarchy is all about being rather than doing.
It is a century and a half since Bagehot described the monarchy as essentially "decorative" - and that was at a time when Queen Victoria still laboured under the delusion that what she said actually mattered. The present queen has no such constitutional blind-spot. She has preserved herself and her throne for almost sixty years by being as static and inscrutable as the mosaic of the empress Theodora in the church of San Vitale, Ravenna. Of course, there are areas in which ER has been active: horse-racing, for one. Many have speculated about her private views, and there was an awkward moment in the Eighties when one of her advisers improvidently let slip that she and Mrs Thatcher didn't always see eye to eye. By and large, though, she has kept her crown on straight.
Prince Charles, by contrast, has never understood that the fundamentally arbitrary and thus unaccountable nature of his position necessitates, above all, judicious silence. He thinks his various titles describe some sort of objective reality. For reasons lost in antiquity, among the styles attaching to his Royal Person is "Lord of the Isles", a happenstance that has in the past impelled him to don plaid and insist upon being filmed striding around the Western Isles communing with crofters. It was while handing out an architecture award more than twenty years ago when it occured to him that he must perforce be some sort of expert - otherwise why would these distinguished RIBA folks have asked him to "say a few words"? More dangerous has been his repeated championing of quack medicine, which may well have caused actual damage to people foolish enough to take his advice.
As to the title Defender of the Faith, which notoriously was bestowed by the pope upon Henry VIII just a few years before the king decided he wasn't so keen of defending the Catholic Church after all, it predates and has no connection with the monarch's role of Supreme Governor of the Church of England. "Defender of Faith", by contrast, would be a new, consciously revised title, a statement of what its next incumbent believes the monarchy either is or ought to be. It would be, in other words, a job description. Charles doesn't simply want to be Defender of Faith (whatever that means), he wants to do Defender of Faith, to act, perhaps, like a crowned and sceptred Tony Blair, except that the "King Charles Faith Foundation" will be located in Buckingham Palace and carry with it the crown's ancient numinosity. Or perhaps he has another model in mind, that of the King of Saudi Arabia, who glories in the title Guardian of the Holy Mosques of Mecca and Medina.
This "Defender of Faith" business surfaced around fifteen years ago during Charles's never-to-be-repeated interview with a fawning Jonathan Dimbleby (the programme also featured the crofter footage alluded to above). Why should the monarch just defend his Christian subjects? he wailed. What about his Muslim subjects? His Sikh subjects? His Zoroastrian subjects?
The Zoroastrians, unsurprisingly, were delighted that their ancient but numerically negligible faith was thus brought to a wider notice. And, to be fair, Zoroastrians probably are in need of defending rather more than, say, Roman Catholics or Muslims, who seem to be capable of looking after themselves. Elsewhere, though, the absurd image of Prince Charles charging around sword in hand looking for Zoroastrians to defend (and no doubt Yezidis and Mandaeans too) only added to the widespread impression of a royal personage charmingly but irretrievably out of touch with modern realities. The idea was quietly dropped - to be finished off for good, it seems, when the Archbeard himself said last year that both the title and the Christian nature of the coronation service should remain intact. But perhaps, as with his environmentalism or alternative medicine, Charles was simply ahead of the fashionable curve: wrong-headed maybe, but wrong-headed before his time.
For, as we never cease to hear, faith is increasingly relevant, increasingly unavoidable. Faith leaders are sought out by politicians, the BBC director general thinks it worth his while to devote an important speech to religious issues, religion has become a legally-privileged identity, it is held to be at the forefront in international affairs. Interfaith cosying-up, moreover, is all the rage, as well as being impeccably politically correct. Just last week a group of "leading Muslim scholars" went to the Vatican and agreed with the Catholics to set up a join committee to co-ordinate their response to global issues such as "defamation of religion". The Guardian of the Mosques has meanwhile been in New York, where according to Reuters he is "basking in praise" at the UN Interfaith Forum. Yes, indeed, the absolute ruler of the world's most primitive and savage religious tyranny "has attracted extravagant praise from, among others, Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, and Shimon Peres, the veteran Israeli president" for his "unprecedented and bold" initiative.
All of which, you'd think, would be excellent news for Prince Charles and his advisers. No longer indulging a quixotic whim to stick up for Parsees everywhere, he is like Tony Blair going where he thinks the action is. What could be more modern than to be soggily inclusive of "faith"? How 21st century! Of course, there's no indication of how, precisely, he would defend faith: not for him the freedom of action accorded to the King of the Desert. But no doubt he will find a way of using his Royal Influence on behalf of all manner of bearded reactionaries. He should beware. Multi-faith initiatives may be fashionable, and they may press various liberal buttons - they may seem progressive. But they are not. And far from bringing people together, for the new king to cloak himself in religious garb will be highly divisive.
For all the media chatter about religious identity, this remains a secular society in which a considerable proportion of the population is avowedly atheistic or agnostic and millions more merely indifferent. Secularists may not look to King Charles for protection, but by calling himself "Defender of Faith" he will be sending a message that he cares most about those of his subjects who are religious believers. And I sense that today's public indulgence of "faith" in all its forms may not last forever. Indeed, there may one day be a role for a Defender of Unfaith.
Friday, 14 November 2008
Defending the Indefensible
My initial reaction to the news, reported by the Telegraph, that Prince Charles has renewed his determination to style himself "Defender of Faith" if and when he becomes king was a shrug. He can call himself Defender of Elves and Pixies if it makes him happy, I thought. At second glance it worries me profoundly. It summons up all that is most wrong-headed and dangerous about this most buffoonish and pointless of princes.
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I see some familiarity with when the government got rid of the blasphemy law, which was dead and had been continually laughed out of court for over 50 years.
All though it has gone quiet there was a risk of replacing what was effectively a dead law with a new one that hurt peoples religious feelings.
Ultimately this title is an old vestige of our countrys past. To be honest I think some things are just best left alone.
- 14 November 2008 at 16:06
- Wasp_Box said...
He really is a complete buffoon and, I agree, makes an error of judgement in drawing attention to himself in this way. There are many of us who see the existence of the Royal family as archaic and nonsensical as belief in an imaginary friend.
We may be incessantly hearing that faith is relevant but it is noteworthy that it is only the deluded believers (like the repulsive Blair) who are constantly telling us this. The atheist (humanist – call it what you will) movement is growing and is speaking out and hammering superstitious nonsense with logic and reason. One day religion will be treated with the incredulous distain it deserves and the "Defenders of Faith" with the contempt they invite. I can only hope that I live long enough.
- 14 November 2008 at 16:08
- The Heresiarch said...
I fear you won't.
- 14 November 2008 at 16:23
- Wasp_Box said...
Sadly, I think you're right but I'm going to give it my best effort.
- 14 November 2008 at 16:44
Let yourself down at the last I am afraid,.... of course the civil war is the unspoken story of our history that resonates today, we are rightfully scared shitless of religious isms, and our Christmas tree faith underpins our secular identity, which is a great paradox.
Defender of Unfaith? well if faith is the same as trust, which I think it is? defender of the untrust, is not going to win many votes.
- 14 November 2008 at 17:09
- valdemar squelch said...
Funny, if I were a potential king I think I'd like to be a Defender of Freedom. But I suppose for an arrogant twerp like Charlie that's a non-starter. Still, for those of us who don't like the monarchy, such a petulant, arrogant and divisive king would be a big step toward an English Republic.
- 14 November 2008 at 17:40
Ach you're all a bit harsh on Charlie! He was born into it and his charities do a lot of good work. Official flummery won't stop if the royals stop, you know. When I got the 100 blood donor badge a while back, I and the other donors had to stand when the councillor who represented Glasgow's lord Provost came into the room and then lisetn to a speech about how wonderful it was that Glasgow councillors had loaned the room for the ceremony.
My guess is, lose the monarchy, and this sort of thing will get worse.
As for defender of faith, oh lord. . .or rather, oh no lord!
- 14 November 2008 at 20:01
- WeepingCross said...
The only contribution I can think of is that I don't really want Charlie defending my faith, ta, it can only do it harm, whereas his Mum is a rather devout old bird who everyone feels rather kindly towards.
I wonder whether the Church of England actually believes in the monarch any more, rather than the other way around? The last two Coronations took place during the ascendancy and domination of Anglo-Catholicism: they were perceived by those who participated in them as sacramental acts, and as far as the present HM is concerned, seems to have affected her as a genuine visitation of the Holy Spirit, according to what she's said about it. I'm not sure anyone thinks about it much like that any more.
- 14 November 2008 at 20:50
- The Heresiarch said...
Edwin, you didn't have to stand. You chose to do so. Am I being unfair to Charles? Probably. But he has done and said some idiotic things over the years, and this is one of them, I'm afraid.
Fr WC, a Coronation on the pattern of the last one seems inconceivable, because no-one would take it seriously. A shame, because for all its absurdity it was rather splendid. I've an awful feeling there will be some sort of multi-faith "installation service" instead. Perhaps we should look to Bhutan.
- 14 November 2008 at 21:26
We're a fickle lot. Today faith is en vogue in politics: tomorrow, who knows. Based on my own anecdotal evidence, I'd guess that we're split roughly in equal thirds between
1. agnostic and atheists
2. Major religions
3. Angel and ghost fancying new agers
That still leaves more faith than rationality, but I can't see an established church lasting in the long-term. Some how the deeply religious USA survives without one!
- 17 November 2008 at 10:51
Hmmm choosing whether or not to stand is a tricky thing. I don't like standing for national anthem but one does it - sometimes out of respect, sometimes out of fear, sometimes you just do.
I was once at the back of a room when Jeffrey Archer made a surprise appearance and our employer at the front stood up and cheered, so all those within our boss's sight also stood.
At the back, the enthusiasts who wanted to clap swept forward, while me and a few other heretics cheerfuly sat waving two fingers each in the air. Not an easy one this.
- 17 November 2008 at 17:49


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Mrs Rinehart last week issued a stinging criticism of corporate governance at Fairfax, publisher of The Australian Financial Review, whose shares closed on Friday at a 20-year low of 62.5¢.
Her company, Hancock Prospecting, is Fairfax's largest shareholder with a 12.6 per cent stake. She has been seeking two seats on the board.
One large institutional shareholder, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said Mrs Rinehart needed to outline her plans to improve the company's performance or increase her stake in the company to secure board seats.
"Interference in editorial is not the issue. The overarching issue is, what would she do differently to the current board?" the investor said.
"The current board has set out a strategy. What would she do differently? There is a break-up play in Fairfax. Maybe that is something she could help instigate, but let's come out and hear it."
The Fairfax board has committed to cutting costs by $170 million by 2015 to offset a weak advertising market and structural challenges.
Another substantial shareholder, Allen Gray managing director Simon Marais, who controls 8.3 per cent of Fairfax, backed Mrs Rinehart's criticism of the company but stopped short of confirming whether he would support a board tilt.
"We share her frustration – something needs to be done, the share price is down massively," he told Fairfax newspapers over the weekend.
"She may well be the right person, she just has to say she will act in everyone's interests. We need a tough outsider that has a history of shaking things up."
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Fairfax has a tightly held register, with seven big institutional investors controlling about 60 per cent of shares on issue. No major shareholder has been directly represented on the board since Nicholas Fairfax resigned late last year.
The media company has been plagued by board instability throughout its history.
Mrs Rinehart was invited to join the board of Ten Network in December 2010 after buying a 10.1 per cent stake in that company on market. Ten's chairman, Brian Long, hailed her contribution to the board in February. "The fact is she is the most successful businesswoman in the country. She has built a business through her own hard work and endeavour and grown it enormously," he said. "We value the input that she has to our strategy direction and our thinking generally as a board."
But Mrs Rinehart's presence on the board of Ten has failed to halt the slide in its share price. Shares in the television company have fallen 14.9 per cent this year.
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|Patti Sells | News-Telegram Feature Editor
July 5, 2005 - Holiday Gardens is blooming again. After a little pruning, the full-service restaurant inside Holiday Inn, located at 1495 East Industrial Drive, is back in business with hopes of "being better than ever," according to Raymond Crook, a Hopkins County native and executive chef with 27 years experience, who recently made his way back to his hometown of Sulphur Springs.
"I'm not facetious enough to say I'm the best cook in town, but I will say I'm the only chef," laughed Crook, who came home two months ago to help care for his aging grandmother.
Crook left the area in 1973, and later joined the Army, where he served as a cook. The U.S. Army then sent him to culinary school in Washington, D.C., where he studied under French chef Bernard Binon, who taught him to cook French, Italian, American and Mediterranean cuisine. Soon he was working in the Officer's Mess, preparing exotic dishes for lieutenants and colonels.
In 1983, as a member of the U.S. Army culinary team,Crook placed fourth worldwide at the Culinary Arts Competition held at Fort Lee, Va.
After his service in the Army, Crook was recruited by Marriott Hotels, where he was employed as an executive chef for 16 years at hotels such as J.W. Marriott and The Mayflower, both luxury hotels in Washington, D.C.
Besides all that fancy stuff, Crook said he knows how to cook for East Texans, especially since he learned from both his father and his uncle, Julius Pitts, who were in the restaurant business for years in Hopkins County.
And what he doesn't know, he said, he can always look up on the Internet, or better yet, call his grandmother.
"Locker links," catfish, red beans and rice, cabbage and lots of other favorite family recipes will be on his menu.
"I do get a sparkle in my eye when my customers enjoy their food," he said.
Crook's all new wait staff will be dressed in black and white semi-formal attire, with kitchen employees dressed in chef jackets and pants.
"This is going to be a place you can get dressed up and take your date to or celebrate a special occasion," explained Crook.
The hotel itself is going through a rebirth of sorts. Joseph Lang, a full-service training general manager from the metropolitan area, was brought to Sulphur Springs to "whip the place back into shape."
Lang feels that he was fortunate to run across Crook, who already knows how to manage the food and beverage department.
According to Lang, he and Crook have spent the last month getting renovations into gear. With landscaping, pool and remodeling projects all under way, a grand opening should follow by this fall.
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October 2008
Nearly 200 members of the legal community attended the second Legal Technology Expo, which was held Sept. 23 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. The free, six-hour tradeshow outlined the latest technological products, services and systems enabling practitioners to make their practices more efficient and organized. The region's first Legal Technology Expo in nine years was held in November 2007.
The expo, presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, featured dozens of exhibitors and four 45-minute interactive breakout sessions, "Web Site Optimization for Law Firms;" "Toys, Gadgets and Gizmos;" "PDF for Lawyers;" and "Microsoft Office for Lawyers."
MBA Law Practice Management Section Co-Chair Alan J. Klevan led two of the popular breakout sessions with fellow MBA member and Section Co-Chair Rodney S. Dowell. "I chose these breakout sessions because they are the most topical for lawyers in the year 2008," said Klevan. "Technology in the legal practice is a wave. Either you catch it or you don't. Microsoft Office and other products are out there to make practices run more efficiently. I want to help practitioners catch the wave or get ahead of the wave to make their practices a better place to be."
Klevan and Dowell, who ran both the "Toys, Gadget and Gizmos" and "Microsoft Office for Lawyers" sessions, reminded attendees that "There is more to practicing law than practicing law. All lawyers need to understand that they are managers."
Both sessions provided tips to help practitioners work better by using products created to help with time management ― such as portable scanners, dual monitors, and iPhones ― and how to sort your e-mail inbox.
"I had a lightbulb moment," said Heather A. Richards, a law student member of the MBA who attended the Toys, Gadgets and Gizmos session. "I thought ― I can take that [idea of using dual monitors] back to my business."
The Website Optimization for Law Firms breakout session outlined how attorneys could find more business through placement on the Web and the PDF for Lawyers session described Adobe Acrobat 9 and how layout features
can be utilized to help keep everyone on the same page when sharing extensive files.
"There is a lot of technology here that you don't learn about in law school," said attendee Sabrina Bohun, who recently took the bar exam. "Being new to the [legal] field, it is good to know about the different programs around."
Many exhibitors used the event as an opportunity to expose attorneys to their new services. Geek OfficeCalls, a preferred tech support provider for MBA members in medium and large-sized firms, announced their new Purge & Sweep Program ― a way of sanitizing hard drives prior to repurposing or disposal. With the new HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley laws, lawyers must have a procedure to protect their data, and this process allows confidential data to be wiped clean.
Fellow exhibitor TurboLaw, known in the legal community for their Document Software programs, introduced its new Time & Billing software to potential clients. "We are very happy to see the legal technology expos brought back," said Danielle Whitestone, TurboLaw's director of sales and marketing.
Allen Korson, chief executive officer of U.S. Common Law, the Legal Tech Expo's gold sponsor and an exhibitor, said that his company participated in the event to bring added exposure to their products. "I just spoke to a new MBA member who is setting up an office and looking for software to do this," said Korson. "We are offering a very affordable start-up."
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The Evening Post May 14th 1877
The barque Andrew Reid, 814 tons, Captain Alexander, arrived in this harbour yesterday, from London, consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Company, with cargo for this port and also for Napier, wither she will proceed after discharging her Wellington cargo. The Andrew Reid left London on 15th January, and the Downs 18th, landing the pilot on the 22nd, and clearing the English Channel on the 25th. Experienced light winds to the Equator, which was crossed on the 22nd February. Moderate S E trades were met with, and the Cape of Good Hope was rounded on the 29th March. The westerlies were moderate until the 26th April, when a strong S E gale was encountered, compelling the ship to hove to. Passed Tasmania on the 80th day out, and subsequently sustained another heavy S E gale. Sighted Cape Farewell on the 6th inst., 100 days from the English Channel, and encountered the furious westerly gale of last week in Cook Strait. Arrived off the Heads yesterday morning, and was brought into harbour by Pilot Holmes. When the Andrew Reid was in the Bay of Biscay, a vessel was sighted bottom upwards. Captain Alexander went close to her, but was unable to discover anything suggesting her name. It was a vessel of about 500 tons, and a hole was visible in her bottom.
The Evening Post May 25th 1877
Yesterday afternoon a Mr. Turner, while walking on the wharf, saw the body of a man standing in an upright position in the water between the wharf and the ship Andrew Reid. Instead of at once raising an ontcry he went to the police station and gave information. A constable went to the spot, but the body had by this time been carried away by the current, and it has not been seen since. A black felt hat nearly new was picked up near where the body is said to have been seen, and the friends of any missing man may see it at the police station.
The Evening Post May 26th 1877
It is now tolerably certain that the body of the man which was seen floating in the harbour near the wharf on Thursday last is that of a sailor belonging to the ship Andrew Reid. It appears that about half an hour before the body was seen the sailor in question, whose name was David Roberts, was observed walking along the wharf in the direction of his ship, and it is supposed that in endeavoring to get on board he fell overboard without being noticed by anybody. He was 28 years of age and a native of Liverpool. The body has not yet been found.
The Evening Post May 28th 1877
A rather curious circumstance in connection with the case of the sailor David Roberts, who is supposed to have been drowned by falling into the harbour on Thursday last, has come under our notice. It will be remembered that about half an hour after the man was last seen walking towards the ship Andrew Reid, a Mr Turner saw a body in an upright position in the water, but by the time assistance was obtained the body had disappeared, but a felt hat which was identified as the property of Roberts was picked up near the spot. Nothing was seen of the body until yesterday afternoon, when it is stated that some persons observed a dark mass just below the surface of the water, between the wharf and the ship Andrew Reid. It is further stated that the object was found to be the body of a man and that an attempt was made to get it up, when suddenly it disappeared. If this story be true, as it is alleged to be, and the body was that of Roberts it is a most curious circumstance that the body should have remained for upwards of three days in one spot.
The Evening Post May 29th 1877
At half-past one o'clock this afternoon the body of David Roberts, the missing sailor belonging to the ship Andrew Reid, was found. A man named Alexander Connell, who is employed on the wharf, occupied his leisure time after dinner in grappling for the body, which had twice been seen floating between the ship Andrew Reid and the wharf. He had not been at work long before he felt something at the end of his line, and on drawing it to the surface it was found to be the body of Roberts. The attention of the police was directed to the matter, and the body was conveyed to the morgue by Constable Carroll. An inquest will be held to-morrow.
The Evening Post May 30th 1877
An inquest was held at the Morgue this afternoon, before Dr. Johnston, Coroner, and 6 jury, touching the death of David Roberts, a seaman belonging to the barque Andrew Reid, who was found drowned in the Wellington harbour. George Phillips second mate of the Andrew Reid, deposed that the deceased was one of the hands belonging to that vessel. He was almost thirty years of age and a native of Liverpool; he joined the Andrew Reid in London last January; witness last saw deceased alive at 2 p.m. on the 24th inst at the door of the Pier Hotel; he was not quite sober, but was able to take care of himself; wotness advised deceased to go on board, as he had had quite enough to drink; deceased then walked along the wharf in the direction of the ship; next morning he did not turn up at work, and on making enquiries, it appeared that he had not been seen on board since the previous day; there was no difficulty in getting on board, there being a good gangway. Daniel C. Turner deposed, that at 3 p.m. on the 24th he saw deceased floating in the water, just outside the outer T of the Queen's Wharf; witness at first thought it was a dog in the water, but afterwards saw it was the head and shoulders of a human body in an upright position, the hair being just awash and floating up and down with the waves; witness at once reported the case to the police station, and returned to the wharf, but could not see the body then. Evidence was given as to the subsequent discovery of the body. The jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
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Welcome to the DAV Website
The DAV is a non-profit association which exists to promote debate. It is the peak debating body in Victoria and runs large competitions for adults and for schools across Victoria. It provides training and resources for debaters, teachers and adjudicators.
Public Speaking Competition 2017
Every year the DAV runs a state-wide Junior Public Speaking Competition for students in Years 7- 9. The program aims to give young speakers the opportunity to put their ideas forward in front of an audience whilst expanding their knowledge of current affairs. Students will develop the "building blocks" of public presentation—confidence, clarity, and the development of arguments—which are very important skills both in and out of school. The competition in 2016 will run across one school day, commencing with a training session led by DAV instructors.
Please note: Registration is due by 5pm, Friday 28th April.
When: From Term 2 (with finals to be held throughout Terms 3 and 4)
Where: Host schools across Victoria
Who: Students in Years 7–9
Format: Students will participate in a training session and then present one prepared speech and two impromptu speeches. In semi-finals and the grand final, students will present one prepared speech (same as that used in the preliminary rounds or a new one) and one impromptu topic.
Cost: $30 per student, limit of 6 students per school, per region.
Schools can register students in multiple regions, but we may not be able to accept all additional registrations. These will be dependent on room capacity in each region.
Registration: Coordinators can register students by logging in to the DAV website.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Just when it appeared the Lakers had found stability in what's become a fragile season, one awkward landing could suddenly tilt the balance.
Kobe Bryant spent most of the Lakers' day off Thursday icing his severely sprained left ankle and receiving compression therapy to reduce swelling, while watching the movies, "Django Unchained, " Zero Dark Thirty" and "This is Forty."
He described his ankle on Twitter as "still very swollen," confirmed by Instagram photos that made his ankle appear as if it had a tennis ball attached to it.
The Lakers labeled Bryant's return as "indefinite," making it unclear whether he will play tonight against the Indiana Pacers. As if the Lakers (34-32) had enough to worry about whether they can hold a half-game lead over the Utah Jazz (33-32) for the eighth playoff spot.
Bryant believed Atlanta guard Dahntay Jones knowingly "walked underneath him" while shooting an 18-foot fadeaway in the final seconds of the Lakers' 96-92 loss Wednesday to the Hawks.
"Officials really need to protect shooters," Bryant said afterward.
The NBA said Thursday that Bryant should have been awarded two free throws because he was not given "the opportunity to land cleanly back on the floor."
But Jones won't face any league-imposed penalties for the play.
While playing with the Denver Nuggets, Jones wasn't as lucky when he drew a retroactive flagrant foul after tripping Bryant in Game 4 of the 2009 Western Conference Finals.
"I wasn't trying to walk up under him," Jones said on Sirius XM radio. "I was trying to contest the jump shot and my job as a defender is to make people uncomfortable and to challenge shots."
Longtime Lakers nemesis Bruce Bowen somewhat agreed with Bryant, surprising considering he earned a reputation with the San Antonio Spurs for employing similar tactics.
"It should have been a foul call there," Bowen said on ESPN as an NBA analyst. I'm not saying that's dirty on Dahntay's behalf. A dirty play is taking the guy out of the air where he really has no place to come down."
Bryant thought so.
"17 yrs. Countless fades. This has happened TWICE," he wrote on Twitter. "Jalen (Rose) and Now."
Rose, an ESPN analyst, conceded he intentionally hurt Bryant in the 2000 NBA Finals by planting his foot underneath where Bryant would land after shooting a jumper, an injury that sidelined him for most of Game 2 and all of Game 3.
Bryant responded well enough in Game 4 (28 points) and Game 6 (26 points).
"There's an unwritten rule in basketball that when the shooter goes up, you must allow him to come down," Rose said Thursday on ESPN. "One of the ways to get one of the star players out of the game is not to allow him to have a clean landing."
Bryant missed five games in the 2010 season and the All-Star Game over an 18-day span because of a sprained left ankle. He missed 14 games because of a sprained right ankle in 2005 after falling on the foot of Cleveland's Ira Newbie.
The Lakers play Sunday against Sacramento and Monday at Phoenix. They then have a three-day stretch before playing Friday against Washington.
Should Bryant sit out, it's likely Jodie Meeks or Steve Blake would start.
"I've cried foul play enough," Bryant wrote on Twitter. "Big boy pants time for me."
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A MEXICAN STUDENT was knocked unconscious during a savage beating when he and his friends were attacked in Bray at the weekend.
The assault happened on the Boghall Road at around 3.30 a.m. on Sunday.
The three 19-year-old men had watched a DVD in a friend's house and were walking home together.
The three men live in different houses on the Boghall Road area and were just saying their goodbyes when a gang of youths came out of nowhere and began their onslaught.
One of the victims was kicked unconscious; another suffered bruising around the ears, face and neck, while the third man escaped with one blow.
All of the blows inflicted were to the head. The young men ran to a nearby house for help and the residents phoned an ambulance.
Just a few nights later a further three students were walking through Wolfe Tone when a woman came out of a house and took a phone from one of them.
The incident occurred at around 9 p.m. when the person asked if she could use their phone as she had no credit. She seemed to be under the influence of drugs.
A few more people came out of the house and surrounded the students. One of them lost his iPhone, however no physical harm occurred.
'The biggest industry in Bray is being threatened by people from Bray,' said a representative of a language school attended by the victims of the two incidents. 'Attacks like these affect the victims, their families and the livelihoods of so many people in the town.'
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- 02/20/2003
Both awards were created in 1999 to recognize entrepreneurial achievement through the application of technology. The Kiewit award honors University of Nebraska students who have demonstrated creative and innovative uses of information technology. The student award is accompanied by a $2,500 prize.
The Scott award honors businesses that operate in Nebraska and have developed relationships with the University of Nebraska in the area of technology. The business award includes a $10,000 prize to be used for the creation or promotion of student work-experiences in the fields of information science, technology and engineering.
This year's awards go to:
Bill Frost, a student in management information systems at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recognized for developing a business plan to test the commercial viability of using information technology for remote control of radio and television transmitters. His market analysis revealed an unmet demand for such a product, and a working prototype was demonstrated at the 2002 Heartland Free Enterprise Conference and Competitions; and.
Rieke Metals, Inc., which sells highly reactive zinc and magnesium metals developed by company founder Reuben D. Rieke. Dr. Rieke is a Regents Professor of Chemistry and past winner of the University's award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity. Rieke Metals employs a number of students on a part-time basis and involves them in manufacturing its products and the use of a wide range of electronic equipment. The company also works closely with UNL's Department of Chemistry, Materials Science Program, College of Business Administration, and the office of the vice chancellor for research. Rieke Metals will use the money from this award to pay salaries of graduate and undergraduate student employees.


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Hope that check wasn't done based upon my expressed concern. Ventilation problems can be diagnosed by removing the dipstick and checking for pressure with your finger. The whole ventilation system can be rebuilt by a reputable dealer for $500. What the heck did you get for $1500??
Your service advisor at Bob Smith is a smart guy. If you choose non-OEM cats, he will not be able to profit. He is milking you dry with his recomendations.
I would advise you to purchase a set of used cats from some M5 gearhead that put race cats on. The going rate on ebay and elsewhere is $400, but you need to confirm the reason they removed them. Plan B is aftermarket and plan C is overpriced OEM. Search for posts about good aftermarket units...do not just buy anything or service engine lights and failed tests can result.
You can not run a car on bad cats for long. Once they quit working, they begin to clog. At some point, the backpressure will destroy your cylinder heads and a $8K motor replacement will be needed.
Thanks for the input. I had them check the ventilation system because I started hearing a howling sound coming from the engine a few months ago and got advice here on the Fest that it could be the PCV valve.
Here's my car:
1997 540i-6
120K miles
Dealer says that the cat on bank 1-4 may have been replaced before. I thought that $1,515 was a bit steep as well, but Calabasas is a pretty affluent area, and people around here just say yes to whatever their service advisors tell them. Each labor unit at Bob Smith is $120...outrageous.
Is there a way that I could tell if it's the cat or O2 sensors that are bad?
I think I'll end up taking your ebay advice, getting a new cat and having GT International, an indie shop in Los Angeles that I've heard good things about, install it.
$503 shipped for new OEM cat is all I could find. I hear it's about an hour job. So I guess I'm looking at about $600.
When I told my service advisor that I'd have the cat fixed elsewhere, she said, "Oh I was talking to the tech and he thinks that you probably found someone else to do the job for about half as much as we charge". I looks like it'll be less than half. =)
DOH! I just realized that the ebay cat is not legal in California. Bavarian Autosport has cats for $409.95, but the ones that are legal in Cali are $929.95 each.
I guess it's time to start cruising BMW boards to try to find someone in Cali who replaced theirs with an aftermarket cat.
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Sim Carter with Prudential California Realty was awarded the National Association of Realtors Green Designation.
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MUSCATINE, Iowa -- David Warren Strohl, 57, died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Unity Hospital.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul Ostrem of Zion Lutheran Church will officiate. The organist will be Betty Lincoln. Burial will be in Bowmanstown, Pa. at a later date. A luncheon will follow the memorial service in the Community Room at Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Strohl was born on Feb. 18, 1943, in Bowmanstown, Pa., the son of Franklin and Beatrice Ginder Strohl. He married Kazumi Matsumura on Sept. 26, 1992 in Vancouver, Wash.
He received a bachelor's of science from NYU and his master's from Elmira College in New York.
He was a Vietnam Veteran and used to love to hunt, but hasn't for several years so he could enjoy more time with his two small children.
He was a member of the Governor's Advanced Manufacturing Advisory Committee, one of the Board of Directors for the Iowa Business Council Advanced Manufacturing Research and the Collaboration Cluster, a member of the Iowa Business Executive Technical Committee, and a member of the University of Iowa Advanced Board for College of Engineering. He was a deputy of the Iowa Technology Transfer Council, senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and a member of Business Furniture Manufacturers Association.
His hobbies were computers, aviation, sports cars and Boy Scouts.
He was Vice President of Technical Development with HON INDUSTRIES.
Survivors include his wife, Kazumi Strohl of Muscatine; three sons, Michael Strohl and his wife, Teresa, of Charlotte, N. C., David A. Strohl of Portland, Ore. and Cody Strohl at home; a daughter, Harmonie Strohl at home; two grandchildren, Matthew and Emilee Strohl of Charlotte, N.C.; two brothers, Ronald Strohl and his wife, Kate, of Reading, Pa. and Frank Strohl and his wife, Donna, of Tampa, Fla.; his aunt, Marion Sands of Port Richie, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
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No. 9 Chaminade at No. 8 Mayfair
No. 12 J.W. North at No. 5 Sierra Canyon
Knight at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
No. 16 Orange Lutheran at Crescenta Valley
Highland at No. 13 Great Oak
No. 11 Valencia at Quartz Hill
No. 10 Millikan at West Ranch
Royal at No. 9 Camarillo
Simi Valley at No. 3 Temecula Valley
Burbank at No. 10 Peninsula
Alhambra at No. 2 Alemany
Burroughs at No. 16 Valencia/Placentia
No. 8 Newbury Park at Buena
No. 5 Canyon at Loara
Rowland at No. 3 Westlake
Eastside at No. 7 Thousand Oaks
Beckman at No. 3 Hart
Norco at No. 2 Calabasas
No. 9 Antelope Valley at Pomona
Covina at No. 4 Oak Park
Glenn at No. 3 La Canada
No. 2 St. Francis at Yucca Valley
St. Genevieve at No. 1 Buckley
No. 16 Paraclete at Nordhoff
No. 8 Harvard-Westlake at Costa Mesa
No. 4 Crespi at Fairmont Prep
Milken Community at No. 3 Mission Prep
No. 10 Notre Dame at Flintridge Prep
Heritage Christian at No. 2 Oaks Christian
Webb at No. 1 Village Christian
Holy Martyrs at No. 9 St. Margaret's
No. 8 Viewpoint at Lancaster Desert Christian
Malibu at No. 5 St. Anthony
Animo Leadership at No. 4 Campbell Hall
Providence at No. 11 Salesian
No. 16 Einstein Academy, bye
Orcutt Academy at No. 12 New Community Jewish
Oakwood at No. 10 Western Christian
Faith Baptist at No. 16 Desert Christian Academy
No. 12 AGBU at Southlands Christian
No. 13 Lancaster Baptist at Immanuel Christian
No. 3 Santa Clarita Christian, bye
Grace Brethren at No. 11 Shalhevet
No. 6 Valley Torah at Le Lycee
No. 10 Capistrano Valley Christian at Newbury Park Adventist
Mammoth at No. 2 Bell-Jeff
New Covenant Academy at No. 1 Trinity Classical Academy
No. 9 Baptist Christian at Antelope Valley Christian
San Fernando Valley Academy at No. 5 Laguna Blanca
Delphi Academy at No. 10 Besant Hill
Fifty-six area teams were included when the CIF Southern Section released boys basketball playoff pairings Sunday.
Sierra Canyon (25-2) and Chaminade (22-4), earlier selected to compete in the inaugural Open Division, start play Friday in a 16-team bracket.
Sierra Canyon, the No. 5 seed, hosts No. 12 J.W. North and No. 9 Chaminade plays at No. 8 Mayfair.
Sierra Canyon could face No. 4 Corona Centennial in the quarterfinals and top-seeded Mater Dei (27-0) in the semifinals.
Chaminade has a good shot to get by Mayfair, a team that doesn't have the size to match up with the Eagles. Coach Todd Wolfson's team likely would see Mater Dei in the quarterfinals, although the game would be played in West Hills.
"I feel the Mission League prepared us. My guys are excited to try and win the first-ever open division game in school history," Wolfson said.
Buckley (27-0) was rewarded with the top seed in Division IV-AA. The Griffins open against St. Genevieve and could face Harvard-Westlake in an all-local quarterfinal.
Buckley worked its way to the top with assists from Bishop Montgomery and Serra, which were selected for the Open Division.
Oaks Christian is seeded No. 2 and could face Buckley in the final, a rematch of the 2011 Division IV-A championship.
Crespi was seeded No. 4 and may have drawn the toughest foe in the bracket. The Celts (17-10) could see No. 5 JSerra, a team many experts feel is the best team remaining in the division.
"We lost four of our last five games. We deserve what we got," Crespi coach Russell White said. "We have to figure out a way to make the plays required to win."
Alemany could make some real noise in Division I-A, where the No. 2 Warriors (19-9) benefited from J.W. North going to the Open Division.
Top-seeded El Toro looms in the upper half of the bracket.
Alemany could go from winning the 2012 Division III state championship to not making the playoffs last year to potentially winning a section championship.
Third-seeded Westlake hosts Rowland in a first-round Division II-AA game.
The Warriors, who reached last year's Division II-A final and were Marmonte League co-champions, could face No. 7 Thousand Oaks if the Lancers win three games.
Calabasas and Hart were seeded Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, in Division II-A.
Calabasas was pleased to see Compton chosen for the Open Division, since the Coyotes lost to Compton in last year's quarterfinals.
St. Francis (15-11) and La Canada (20-6) also were second and third, respectively, in Division III-A, with the local rivals possibly meeting in the semifinals.
The Golden Knights have a chance to win the championship with Chaminade and Cathedral selected for the Open Division. La Canada won the Rio Hondo League for the 22nd time in coach Tom Hofman's 28 seasons at the helm.
Village Christian, top-seeded in Division IV-A, was the beneficiary of Sierra Canyon and Cantwell-Sacred Heart going to the Open Division.
The Crusaders (21-4), who won the Olympic League, should cruise before a potential semifinal matchup with No. 4 Windward. Campbell Hall, the No. 3 seed, could meet No. 2 Price or No. 7 Brentwood in the semifinals.
Omega League champion Einstein Academy was included in Division V-AA and received a bye, but it has to travel top-seeded Saddleback Valley Christian in the second round.
Eight local schools were included in Division V-A. Bell-Jeff, the No. 2 seed, and third-seeded Santa Clarita Christian could meet in the semifinals. The winner probably would meet top-seeded Renaissance Academy.
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Fresh from his Oscar win for best foreign film, Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's next project is a TV series about a fictional American pope.
Sorrentino, who won for his sumptuous, stream-of-consciousness feature, "La Grande Bellezza" ("The Great Beauty"), will now direct an imaginary pope named Lenny Belardo. The actor chosen to play the Roman Catholic pontiff has not been announced.
Sorrentino also previously directed "This Must Be the Place," an English-language story about a goth musician played by Sean Penn who, after the death of his father, a Holocaust survivor, comes out of self-imposed exile to become a Nazi hunter.
The new series will be no less controversial; given Sorrentino's wildly inventive style, the series will likely skirt between the sacred and profane.
The working title for the series is "The Young Pope," and the 43-year-old director hopes to create fictional mysteries and scandals within the walls of the Vatican.
The Italian production company Wildside, Rupert Murdoch's Sky TV and U.S. producer John Lyons are co-producing the project.
"The series is about dreams, fears, conflicts, battles, the search for meaning and the need for love of a pope, seen through Sorrentino's unique vision capable of creating worlds that are at the same incredible and more real than reality itself," said Wildside's Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani in a statement.
The series will include eight 50-minute episodes with an international cast and will be shot at the Vatican, Italy, Africa and the U.S.
The producers were unavailable for comment on Tuesday. But in an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Mieli predicted that the imaginary pope would rival other complex characters, including Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos," Walter White in "Breaking Bad" and Frank Underwood in "House of Cards."
"The pope invented by Sorrentino is someone you have to meet at least once in your life," Mieli said.
Mieli said the lead character would be played by "an international actor" but gave no further details.
Hollywood director Ridley Scott recently filmed a TV series, "The Vatican," in Rome, starring Bruno Ganz as the fictional present-day Pope Sixtus VI, while "The Borgias," a historical fiction series created by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, sought to re-create the life of Pope Alexander VI at the turn of the 16th century.
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Long Haired Cat Found in Ardsley Park
Your Name:Kristan Thompson
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Phone Number:912-656-0163
Indicate LOST or FOUND: Just Found
Description: Fuzzy black/grey and white cat. Long-haired, possibly of Main Coon Lineage. Very friendly.
Is there a collar/tag/microchip? Please describe: No collar or tag.
Do not know yet if microchipped.
Height, weight, age if known. Guessing that it is a fairly young cat.
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Buddy Guy - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
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Price: $67 advance, $75 day of show
237 W. 42nd St. - 212-997-4144
New York, NY 10036
Description: Any discussion of Buddy Guy invariably involves a recitation of his colossal musical resume and hard-earned accolades. He's a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a chief guitar influence to rock titans like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, and Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago's fabled West Side, and a living link to that city's halcyon days of electric blues.


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Berry Cream Coffee Cake Recipe
Feel free to substitute your family's favorite preserves in this tried-and-true recipe.—Marjorie Miller, Haven, Kansas
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 cup cold butter
- 2 cups biscuit/baking mix
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 cup raspberry preserves
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1. In a bowl, cut cream cheese and butter into biscuit mix until crumbly. Stir in milk just until moistened. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 8-10 times or until dough is smooth. On waxed paper, roll dough into a 12x8-in. rectangle. Turn onto a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Remove waxed paper.
- 2. Spread preserves down center third of rectangle. On each long side, cut 1-in.-wide strips about 2-1/2 in into center. Starting at one end, fold alternating strips at an angle across preserves; seal end. Bake at 425° for 12-15 minutes. Combine glaze ingredients; and drizzle over warm coffee cake. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 8-10 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece: 261 calories, 11g fat (6g saturated fat), 23mg cholesterol, 379mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.
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Dallas—March 23, 2006—TomFlocco.com—A November 29, 1963 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit memo unearthed in 1977-78 proves that former President George H. W. Bush was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the recipient of a full briefing on the day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 when Bush was 39 years old, despite his protestations to the contrary.
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Welcome to the BlackTaoist website. Home of the martial arts expert Novell Bell.
Novell G. Bell A.K.A. The Black Taoist has been involved in the Chinese martial arts since 1982. He is trained in Yin Style BaGuaZhang, (Cao branch) Lohan Shaolin, Hsing Yi Chuan, Praying Mantis, Tai Chi Chuan, and San Shou.
As an instructor and practioner, Novell teaches all mental, physical and spiritual aspects of the martial arts; Yet, he stresses the practical usage of the Chinese martial arts system. Sensitivity, timing, and proper usage of power and technique are not just shown but emphasized.
The chinese internal martial arts are also known for having superior positive impact on negative health conditions. Quite often, individuals can improve their health, as well as procure a peace of mind while developing practical combat skills for self-defense.
- 2001 Kung Fu Strike Challenge - US vs. China San Shou - 1st place, full contact fighting
- 2000 Summer Bash Chinese Martial Arts Championships - 1st place, fighting and forms.
- 2000 Li Thai Liang Kung Fu International San Shou Strike Challenge - 1st place, full contact fighting
- 1998 2nd Pan American Wu Shu Championships - 1st place, fighting, and moving push hands
- 1997 11th Annual Yokuzuna Tournament of Champions -1st place, fighting and forms.
- 1995 New York City kung Fu tournament - 1st place, fighting and forms.
- 1995 Summer Bash Chinese Martial Arts Championships - 1st place, fighting, forms, and push hands.
- 1991 Battle on the Border Open Karate Championships - 1st place, full contact fighting


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Easy Orange Granita Recipe (52 New Foods, Around the World Week 3) January 18 2013, 3 Comments
This easy orange granita recipe was a deliciously fun project for my kids and me! A simple twist on a favorite fruit: Satsuma Mandarin Oranges.
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Many mouth-watering foods are part of the Chinese New Year celebration, but Mandarin Oranges always top our list of favorites. Ambassadors of prosperity and good luck, Mandarin Oranges are the perfect food to ring in a New Year filled with healthy eating adventures!


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I haven't finished this page. needs journalling etc. I have gone this far in DSA2 then transferred to MM for the finishing touches. Things used in DSA2 were brushes (stars) scissors (edges of paper) cut out and frame.
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|ordazd, at 09:53PM on Monday February 01, 2010
That's great! He's A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!! Can't wait to see the finished page....PLEASE publish it! Is that you in the bottom photo sitting on the floor on the right?
|Meezy, at 10:05PM on Monday February 01, 2010
No, they are the 2 who gave him the hat. An Aunt and niece. I get lots of pictures of him with us living in New Zealand we only get to see him on Skype now and again. We visited them for his 1st and 2nd birthday not sure if we will make it for the 3rd on though.
|cpalm73, at 12:16AM on Sunday April 10, 2011
Can I ask what you mean by DSA2? I like all the cutting and scissor look.


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'Is this a joke?!' You thought.
You touched the paper and the blood. The blood felt cold and felt like it was there for a long time. First thing that came in your mind that could have done it, Jane. You waited for the others to come back so you started to play Outlast on BEN's computer. They came back right when you started to get chased by a fat guy that looked like a pig and trying to find batteries in the game. They came in barely covered in blood except for Jeff. Jeff looked like he was doing surgery to someone. They looked at you but BEN ran up to you and sat next to you.
"Whatcha doing with my computer?" BEN said.
"Playing Outlast" you said not looking at him.
"Awesome!! Can I play?" he asked.
"Sure.." you said.
You gave him his computer and got up and walked up Jane. She gave you dirty look and rolled her eyes.
"What do want ugly?" she said.
You rolled your eyes." Did you write that note in my sketchbook?" you said.
She had a confused look in her face and tilted her head a little.
"What are you talking about?" she said.
You were confused now. 'She didn't write that note! Then, who wrote it?'
"Did you write any threatening notes lately?" you asked.
She shook her head and walked away. Then Jeff walked up to you and gave you kiss on the forehead. He saw your confused look and grabbed your shoulders. You looked at him.
"What's wrong?" Jeff said.
"Nothing..." you sighed, looking away.
"(Y/n).......what's wrong?" he said grabbing your chin to look at him.
You sighed " I found a note and it said my time was up.."
Before you knew it, Jeff was dragging your arms to Slendy's office.
Jeff's P.O.V
I didn't believe what I was hearing. Who would tell someone that their time was up? So, I was dragging her to Slendy's office but before i did, i grabbed her sketchbook and continued to drag her to Slendy's. I busted the doors open and Slendy nearly jumped.
"What is it smile child? I'm very busy." he said.
I threw the sketchbook on his desk and he caught it. He looked at it and looked at (y/n).
"(Y/n), do you who wrote this?" he said.
She shook her head "No.."
"Do you have a clue who could it be?" I said to Slendy.
"No, but (y/n), has there been someone here who could have done it?" he said.
"Well,...I asked Jane if she did it but, she didn't do it." she said.
I looked at her in confusion. If Jane didn't do it, then who did? I stuck in my thoughts that i didn't hear (y/n) calling my name. i finally break out of my thoughts when she grabbed my shoulder and started to shake me.
"Jeff, you okay?" (Y/n) asked.
"Yeah" I said.
She nodded and looked at Slendy.
"Then, it must the dead coming after you." he said.
"But, why?" she said.
"Unsure, but, it has to deal with someone wanting something.." he said.
Your P.O.V
You nodded and left his office to finished playing Outlast. You sat next to BEN and took the computer away from him.
"Hey!!" he said.
"Hey." you said.
"I was playing that." he said.
"Sorry but, I need to finish this." you said.
"Oh, then tell me when you're done so I could stalk people on the internet." he said before playing Black Ops 2 on the Xbox.
You nodded and finished playing before you knock out on the couch.
Jeff's P.O.V
I chatted with Slendy for a little bit before I went to get (y/n). I went downstairs to find BEN knocked out playing Xbox and (y/n) knock out on the couch. I yawned and picked up her up an put on my bed. Then, I went to drag BEN by the legs to his room on the floor so he thinks he was drunk and knock out on the floor. I went to my room and laid right next to (y/n) before I pulled her closer to me. Then, I put my eye mask and fell asleep; wondering who gave (y/n) that note.
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I have travelled in Mumbai local trains for close to 3 years, and I surely can say it wasn't easy to travel 4 hours every day standing. Somehow I always had this feeling that the government paid some people just to travel to and fro so that none gets a seat to sit. Or else why will the trains ALWAYS remain full? Where do these many people come from and where do they want to reach?
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Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz lit up the Oscar stage, and the Twitterverse, when they presented awards for costume design and makeup.
Diaz said that famed designer Edith Head said a dress "should be tight enough to show you're a woman." And J.Lo added, "but loose enough to show you're a lady."
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There was nothing loose about the American Idol judge's Zuhair Murad dress, and as she spoke, her left breast seemed to be inching out of its wrapping.
Tweeted Bravo honcho Andy Cohen: "I spy J-Lo's aureole! It's not gonna get more exciting than this tonight."
Stories began popping up saying she'd had a wardrobe malfunction.
But did she really?
Backstage, USA TODAY's Bryan Alexander reports that show producer Brian Grazer congratulated the two on a "really sexy" presentation.
Jennifer Lopez's stylist, Mariel Haenn, wants us to know there was no problem with her client's dress.
"The Oscar dress was custom made for Jennifer by designer Zuhair Murad. The dress fit perfectly to her every inch," says Haenn in a statement to Lifeline Live. "There were cups built in and there's no chance that there were any - how do you say? - 'slips.' While the dress did give the illusion of sheer-ness, the joke's on everyone who wishes they saw something!"
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Revisiting . . . Kid Cudi's 'A Kid Named Cudi' Mixtape (2008)
For the first installment of our "Revisiting …" series we flashback to 2008 when Cleveland, Ohio rapper/singer Kid Cudi changed hip-hop in July of that year, with the release of his debut mixtape 'A Kid Named Cudi.' — Aaron Matthews
Think back to the summer of 'A Kid Named Cudi's' release: hip-hop was in a transitive state, dominated by genre titans either on the wane or approaching a peak they would never reach again. Kanye West won 2007's album release day competition between himself and 50 Cent and continued to dominate the conversation through star cameos on Young Jeezy's 'Put On' and Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop' remix. Rick Ross, Jeezy, Wayne and T.I. ruled the genre for 2008 with big albums and big singles. The little homey Nas gave controversy his best shot with 'Untitled's' pundit-baiting cover and lyrics. Major labels took few chances with new artists; the music industry was ready for a changing of the guard.
2008 also marked a transition of power in the business of rap music, as digital age supplanted physical media and the old ways of discovering music, breaking artists and developing fan bases. Social media sites like MySpace and blogs such as NahRight and 2DopeBoyz began to demonstrate influence by connecting up-and-comers and showcasing new artists who would've otherwise gone ignored. Rappers like Mickey Factz, B.o.B., Wale, Curren$y and Kid Cudi built dedicated followings by releasing free mixtapes online, consisting largely of original music. Kid Cudi burst onto the scene with his debut single 'Day 'N' Nite,' released in Feb 2008 by Fool's Gold Records. The record built a buzz in the underground before peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Cudi signed with the then dance-focused label in early 2007. Cudi would tour with electronic music DJs alongside label co-owner and Kanye West tour DJ A-Trak and posed for the catalog of influential streetwear brand 10.Deep. These connections primed the pump for the release of his debut mixtape 'A Kid Named Cudi.'
Produced by longtime Kanye West collaborator and A&R Plain Pat and super-producer-in-the-making Emile (Eminem, Lana Del Ray, Cormega), and presented by 10.Deep, the 17-track mixtape mixed original songs with Cudi's takes on other artists' music. On AKNC, Cudi raps and croons over samples and interpolations of Gnarls Barkley, Paul Simon, A Band of Horses, J Dilla, Nosaj Thing, N.E.R.D. and Outkast. He melded indie rock, electronica and dubstep seamlessly with hip-hop without pandering or reaching. Before Drake broke through with 2009's 'So Far Gone,' rapping and singing over Swedish indie poppers Lykke Li and Peter Bjorn and John, Cudi tweaked with multi-genre covers and seamless transitions between singing and rapping. He had a versatile flow to showcase over raucous J Dilla ('Cudi Get') and Neptunes beats ('CuDi Spazzin') but favored simple and relatable lyrics over alienating showboating.
'Man On The Moon (The Anthem)' lives up to its name, outlining Cudi's mission statement through meditations on cannabis sativa, loneliness and individualism. Cudi could match wits with fellow up-and-comer Wale on 'Is There Any Love?,' kick love raps and sing his own hook over Outkast's 'Pink and Blue' and reflect on the fickle music industry while flipping Paul Simon's '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover' into his own 50 Ways To Make a Record'. He was clever, funny and nimble, remaining just weird enough to be different without exaggerating for effect.
Despite Cudi's lighthearted chest-thumping on 'AKNC,' the mixtape (along with the work of rapper-ternt-sanga T-Pain) helped lay the groundwork for a sub-genre of hip-hop that writer Jeff Weiss termed "sad robot music." That is Auto-Tuned hip-hop/R&B delivered over moody, EDM-influenced beats; think Kanye on '808s & Heartbreak,' Drake and Future.
Cudi's honesty and unapologetic vulnerability influenced Kanye's own explorations of his conscience on record, which consequently influenced Drake and Future's own forays into the aforementioned "sad robot music." This side came through on 'AKNC 'highlights like 'Save My Soul (The Cudi Confession)', a confessional delivered through Gnarls Barkley, and 'The Prayer', a songwriter's will sampling and interpolating Band of Horses' 'The Funeral'. Shortly after 'AKNC's' release, Plain Pat introduced Cudi to Kanye, who signed him to his imprint GOOD Music; this released Cudi from his previous contract with Fool's Gold Records. Kanye recruits Cudi to write four songs on 808s & Heartbreak, including big singles 'Heartless' and 'Paranoid'. XXL Magazine also began running its top 10 Freshmen list in 2008, picking 10 rappers they suspected would be the next thing. Though the first list largely featured artists who'd been kicking around regional scenes for ages (Lil Boosie, Papoose, Saigon), 2009 brought a new generation of artists who rode the blog wave to stardom. XXL's 2009 Freshmen list reflected this new sensibility, featuring Kid Cudi alongside peers like B.o.B., Wale and Curren$y; this press, coupled with big name cosigns helped push some of these rappers to genuine stardom.
On the side of business, AKNC popularized the trend of streetwear brands functioning as labels for independent artists. The appeal is clear: The brand gains street cred plus co-branding opportunities if the artist takes off. The artist grabs the ear of trendy rap fans through the brand's PR department and hosting for their free mixtapes. 10.Deep also released Wale's critically beloved breakout 'The Mixtape About Nothing' in May, while streetwear brand LRG sponsored B.o.B.'s 'Hi! My Name Is B.o.B.' These tapes functioned as "street albums" and established each rapper's ability to deliver a full length artistic statement. This trend has continued with other streetwear labels including L.A.'s Diamond Supply and NY's Мишка; the latter in particular has broken acts like Das Racist, Main Attrakionz and Mr. Muthaf–kin Exquire. This trend set the stage for a different relationship between fashion and rap; rappers had modeled for hip-hop friendly brands in the past, even released their own clothing lines but partnering for a clothing/music co-release was new. The tape was promoted with the simultaneous limited release of an exclusive 10.Deep X Kid Cudi "Up There" t-shirt, inspired by AKNC's song 'Man On The Moon (The Anthem)'. The limited availability of the tangible product, paired with a free copy of the AKNC mixtape, is an inspired business choice in an industry where music has similarly limited appeal as a physical object.
Through its sample choices, 'AKNC' also predicted the rise of mainstream rap dipping into the fertile soil of underground electronic scenes for beats. Cudi sampled Low End Theory staple Nosaj Thing for 'Man On The Moon (The Anthem)' and Turned-On Bach rockers Ratatat on 'Heaven At Nite'. Before Kanye tapped electronic music beatmaker Hudson Mohawke for 'Mercy' and Yeezus, the Scottish producer ran in the same circles as Nosaj Thing. 'AKNC' also anticipated the rise of dubstep as a commercial concern and the current glut of EDM-inflected pop, rap and R&B. Cudi's breakout hit 'Day 'N' Nite', produced by frequent collaborator Dot Da Genius, sampled British dubstep pioneer Benga's 2007 track 'Night' (produced with Coki). 'Night' itself was a breakout hit for dubstep, a genre that pre-Skrillex and Deadmau5, was still emerging as a commercially viable genre outside of the United Kingdom. In 2007, Kanye sampled Daft Punk for 'Graduation's' hit single 'Stronger' and implemented rock and synthetic textures into his production. He drew on Euro-disco, indie rock and his own Chicago house. Cudi expanded on it further, abetted by the freedom to sample whatever he wanted for a free release; 'Day 'n' Nite' is the only song that survived to Kid Cudi's 2009 debut release 'Man on the Moon: The End of Day,' an intensely hooky, yet melancholy chronicle of a lonely pot smoker.
Cudi employed Italian house production team Crookers for 'Embrace The Martian' and spit over EDM-influenced beats on 'Cleveland Is The Reason' and 'TGIF'). 'Day 'N' Nite' itself was given a danceable remix by Crookers for a single release in 2009, placing No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Cudi himself would go on to collaborate with EDM producers Steve Aoki and David Guetta but in 2008 these electronic/rap crossgenre collaborations were rare on a mainstream level. Cudi having set the trend, Black Eyed Peas dropped the 'I Gotta Feeling' in May 2009, produced by French house DJ David Guetta; the music video is a tip of the hat, with Cudi and Guetta dancing together in the video. Flo Rida, Usher, Nicki Minaj and others would soon channel the house/electro sound for big hits.
In 2013, Cudi is one of the few XXL Freshmen with an actual career, a dedicated fanbase and a major label contract. His eclectic flirtations with EDM and indie rock, lyrical honesty and clever branding predicted the dominant musical trends of the early 2010s, particularly within hip-hop, pop and R&B. 'AKNC' remains a listenable, cohesive project and a favorite amongst Cudi lifers, but its impact on the hip-hop genre will continue to reverberate long after the lonely stoner retires.


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What are your favorite TV shows?
#1. Friday Night Lights- the only show on TV where the men aren't bafoons and the kids aren't in charge. I'm so tired of "dumb man" shows that I hardly watch TV anymore. It's the only network show I watch.
#2. Deadliest Warrior- Just fascinating. The ultimate MAN show.
#3. Dahani Tackles the World - Americans tend to think that American Football is unrivaled in brutality and sheer physicality...here's an NFL linebacker who gets his butt kicked playing rugby, african wrestling or participating in the Highland games.
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Gigi from Houston, Tx reviewed the Holiday Dozen.
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BOTTOM LINE: Yes, would recommend to a friend.
Comments about Fairytale Brownies Holiday Dozen: We order Fairytale Brownies holiday gifts every year. It's a great way to give unique and delicious holiday gifts to your co-workers and clients.
Pros: Good Value,Freshness,Flavor Assortment,Individually Wrapped
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