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The Monk is a playable character in "The Cave" and like most of the characters he is a morally flawed individual, his moral flaws are sufficient that he can be considered a protagonist villain: especially if one obtains his "Bad" destiny.
The Monk aspired to become a great Master but lacked discipline or grace, continually failing in even the most simple of tasks he would leave the monastery in disgrace and deep hatred grew in his heart as he sought a means to gain power for himself.
Unlike most Monks he did not want true enlightenment but simply wanted the position of great Master, which he ultimately achieved by undergoing several tasks and usurping the current great Master : murdering him in order to take his place.
In the "Bad" destiny it is revealed the Monk's evil actions earn him the new title of the Dark Master.
Monk can utilize telekinesis to manipulate the world using his mind alone, in fact it was through use of this very power that he successfully murdered his former Master and became the "Dark Master".
- Monk's "Bad" Destiny is similar to the Scientist in how it depicts him as winning, despite his evil ways.

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US "Pick up Artist" Denied Entry to UK
Following a large-scale campaign and a petition amassing over 150,000 signatures, the government has decided to bar controversial US "pick up artist" Julien Blanc from entering the UK in order to hold seminars. In his seminars, Blanc teaches men how to seduce and bed women using tactics which many people have lambasted as abusive.
One Liberal Democrat MP who opposed the idea of allowing Blanc and his company Real Social Dynamics to hold seminars in the UK described some of the statements made by Blanc as "sexist and utterly abhorrent." Lynne Featherstone, Minister of State for the Home Office and MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, went on to say that "if [blanc] was allowed to perform in the UK I have no doubt that cases of sexual harassment and intimidation would increase."
Blanc's controversial teachings encourage men to play on women's insecurities in order to persuade them into sex. Blanc has also drawn particular attention for one seminar where, talking about "picking up" women in Tokyo he said that white men could "do what they want" and said he was "romping through the street just grabbing girls, just like, head… on the dick." This was accompanied by a video of him literally grabbing women on the street and pushing their heads towards his groin. There is now a campaign in Japan to keep him from returning, much like that recently seen in the UK.
Perhaps most shockingly of all, Blanc has even advocated intimidation and physical choking as a "seduction" tactic. He has gone so far as to share multiple photographs of himself choking women as part of his "pick up" efforts. This has inspired Twitter users to highlight such photographs, originally shared by Blanc himself, with the hashtag #ChokingGirlsAroundtheWorld.
In a similar vein, he linked to a chart from his Twitter account that depicted signs of domestic abuse. The chart (pictured right), which was not created by Blanc and was intended to help people identify abusive relationships, included acts of sexual and physical violence along with coercive and threatening behaviour and methods of emotional manipulation, including threats using children. Blanc said that the chart "may as well be a checklist" followed by the hashtag #HowToMakeHerStay.
It is within the Home Secretary's powers to exclude an individual from the country if allowing them to enter the country would not be "conducive to the public good." It was on these grounds that the decision was made to deny Blanc a visa to enter the UK and hold his seminars here. This followed similar decisions from other countries such as Australia, as the seminars were intended to form part of an international tour.
On US television station CNN Blanc said "I just want to apologize, you know, to anybody I've offended in any way."


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Japan has a system of consumption tax exemption for foreign visitors.
Who is eligible for tax exemption?
Foreigners who visit Japan temporarily are in principle treated as non-residents and therefore eligible for tax exemption.
Conditions for tax exemption
Conditions of consumption tax exemption are limited to goods (commodities and consumable items) which are necessary for individual's normal life.
Goods subject to tax exemption
All goods taken out of Japan are in principle subject to the exemption, but a minimum purchase amount and upper limit are established. Also, commodities and consumable items are tallied separately.
What are commodities?
Consumer electronics, jewelry, watches, clothing, bags, shoes, folk crafts, etc. However, this applies when a non-resident purchases more than 5000 JPY (excl. tax) at one shop on the same day. Commodities are required to be taken out of Japan within six months of the purchase date. In addition, a photocopy or picture of your passport is taken when the total amount of purchases is above 1 million JPY.
What are consumable items?
Consumable items include foodstuffs, fruits, cosmetics, beverages, medicine and cigarettes. However, this applies when a non-resident purchases more than 5,000 JPY (excl. tax) up to 500,000 JPY at one shop on the same day. Consumable items are required to be kept unopened and taken out of Japan within 30 days of the purchase date.
Only tax-free shops offer tax exemption procedures. You are also required to undergo tax exemption procedures on the day of the purchase. There are broadly two procedure methods.
When you buy goods including the consumption tax
1. After the purchase, go to the tax exemption service counter at the shop and show the items purchased, your passport, the receipts and if you used a credit card to pay, the credit card.
2. Sign the Covenant of Purchaser.
3. Receive the Record of Purchase.
4. The Consumption Tax you already paid will be paid back in cash or to the credit card (there may be a processing fee).
5. When you depart from Japan, submit the Record of Purchase at customs.
When you buy goods excluding the consumption tax
1. When you make a purchase at a tax-free shop, you show your passport and buy it at the price excluding the consumption tax.
2. Sign the Covenant of Purchaser.
3. Receive the Record of Purchase.
4. When you depart from Japan, submit the Record of Purchase to the customs.
What is a Covenant of Purchaser?
It is a document in which you pledge that you bring the items you purchased out of Japan, do not consume them before you depart from Japan and that you take consumable items out of Japan within 30 days from the purchase date. Sign it when the document is handed to you at the shop.
What is a Record of Purchase?
You receive a Record of Purchase from the shop when you purchase an item. The Record of Purchase you received is attached to your passport and submitted to customs when you depart from Japan. If you lose the Record of Purchase or it falls off, the tax exemption may become invalid.
Locations of tax-free shops
Only shops which are licensed by the superintendent of a taxation office can sell tax-free items. Tax-free shops show stickers or flags of "tax-free signs" established by the Japan Tourism Agency at their shop front and you can also search for their locations in multiple languages at the dedicated website.
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Dolores Hidalgo is a city in Mexico, famous as the the place where Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla uttered the cry for Mexican independence in 1810, which became known as the beginning moment of the Mexican War of Independence.
Dolores Hidalgo is known for its historic significance and for its production of ice cream and pottery.
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Ignacio Allende: I visited here in 1810, and was present when Hidalgo uttered his famous cry for independence.


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Hi, We are looking for a reliable and cost effective backup softwares which has ability to backup daily increments and we should have options to restore Backup versions Day wise.
It should also have ability to backup open files including Pst backup.
We have options of symantec backup exec & Arcserve but those are too exensive seems.
Backup media can be a network storage.
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Jan 12, 2010 at 11:20 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
Have you tried Amanda? What about Bacula?
You could save the cost of media and use online storage. 30 users from Rackspace would be (30x4) $120/month and that includes 300GB of backup space. It will back up open files. Sounds expensive but you need NO hardware on your site ever and no extra software. So it might fit your need.
If you can backup to a server and then to RS you can cut the base cost down to less than $7.
Jan 12, 2010 at 11:25 UTC
We use BRU by Tolis Group for its cross-platform support (OS X, Windows and Linux). Might be worth checking out: www.tolisgroup.com.
Jan 13, 2010 at 12:02 UTC
I think scott has it right on here. If you've got people saving documents and files to their own computer, and you need backups from their machines. Rackspace, or Backblaze is a good option for backing up, all automated and its on their servers.
If your people save stuff to a server, or work off of a server, and don't need their computers backed up specifically, then simple scripts to copy data to another server, is a backup. (or the above online options end up being cheaper)
If you're looking for automated backups to where you can expand to tapes in the future, open source projects like Bacula is the way to go. Bacula is similar to BackupExec, I'm still looking to test it out myself, but I have a good hunch on this one, and their website clearly makes me want to use it at home.
Since you said you want to back up pst files. You can still write your own scripts to do copies at night, assuming they leave their computers on at night. You can back them up to a file server... or if you want to go one step further and not write your own scripts. You can tell NTBackup (MS Windows Backup software) to do your backups and send the backup file to the server. I think you can schedule jobs to where you can seperate what day the backup backups, Monday overwrites last Mondays' for example. (Remember NTBackup is actually a scaled down version of Backup Exec!!)
If you have the space on a server, and must keep your data locally, as in you have requirements that your data can't leave your location: then build a server get alot of space in it. Create seperate shares for each computer, backup those computers to write the backup file to their specific share. Put an identifier for the day of the week, Mon, Tue, etc. and have each daily backup overwrite their day of the week.
Other than that, you can always use the online services as stated above.
I forgot to mention, Backblaze, is $5 a month, and it's unlimited space, backup everything from one machine for $5, no matter how much space you need.
Jan 13, 2010 at 5:02 UTC
Checkout BackupAssist which gives you various backup options. BackupAssist uses the normal Windows backup software but you can backup open files, SQL or Exchange servers, you can backup to tape, RDX, network location or zip and is pretty flexible.
They have a 30 day trial. I have just got it for our SQL server as it takes regular transaction log backups, and online backups. The basic product is about £135GBP and can be found backupassist.com
Jan 13, 2010 at 5:21 UTC
The pst files are a problem. I use Allway Sync to take snapshots of my server data and copy it to a backup site, then back that up using Barracudaware's Yosemite Backup to an external drive nightly, and back it up to tape for quarterly and end of year archives.
Allway Sync is limited to backing up networked drives so that would be difficult to back up to a single location without multiple licenses, but is only $69 per license indefinitely with free upgrades.
Yosemite Backup's current pricing is $1500 for a Server license which includes almost unlimited number of server or workstation clients iincluding Windows and Linux and may be a good fit for you as it will back up SQL databases while running. Annual maintenance including upgrades is $400. An Exchange module is also available. It will create a virtual storage library in network storage to store backups and you can schedule it as often as you like.
Jan 13, 2010 at 7:39 UTC
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLC is an IT service provider.
Acronis has a nice solution, Backup and Recovery 10. The features include:
- deduplication
- bare-metal recovery
- centralized management
- universal restore (nice when you can't restore to same hardware)
- very fast
- hidden secure partition for immediate local recovery
- dual destination backups
- remote restore
- distributed backups
Many of these are available in OS software and GNU software and or with online providers. The principal benefits I've garnered from Acronis is ease of use, all-in-one place to manage it, and performance.
If it takes me 15 minutes to restore a workstation to "IT Department Issued" state from a remote console instead of 30 minutes at the workstation, that's worth maybe 1 or 2 hours of labor cost and headache. Even with solid locked down XP SP3 workstations I find I'm restoring/re-imaging workstations on average once per two years. With more than 300 workstations, that's 150 per year, or one per every other work day. The savings add up quickly.
And with data deduplication - I really save on space. NAS space is a premium, but it doesn't approach the cost of online services. If I were to use Rack Space, e.g. (and Scott's post has me looking into it again), using something like Acronis first insures that I'm maximizing the value of the bandwidth and total storage for Rack Space.
Jan 13, 2010 at 7:47 UTC
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLC is an IT service provider.
I forgot to mention - commercial backup solutions like Acronis seem expensive and there's no denying that if you're doing a single one-time purchase the cost can be quite large. The way I get this past budgeting and owners is to add the cost into acquisition. Every time a workstation is purchased, I automatically add the cost of the backup software - and when I make a purchase of 10 or more I'll even add in another disk for the NAS, or an upgrade to the backup NAS if needed.
Jan 13, 2010 at 7:53 UTC
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLC is an IT service provider.
Also, if you have to go on the cheap here's a solution I've used in the past:
use something like Macrium Reflect Free Edition to get a base image:
then use Amanda or another OS solution to maintain file level backups.
Jan 13, 2010 at 2:56 UTC
Come on guys....... this is a IT guy with 30 users.......and most likely a very small budget if any..... we have to think low to no cost solutions here.... AMANDA for sure is the best $0 cost sollution and I would put AMANDA against any paid or licensed software and walk away with a victory in a feature to feature fight....
This GNU license open source no expense eating FREE solution keeps your 30 person business in the black and you might even get a raise with the money you save!
Jan 13, 2010 at 4:04 UTC
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Jan 13, 2010 at 4:23 UTC
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLC is an IT service provider.
Come on guys....... this is a IT guy with 30 users.......and most likely a very small budget if any..... we have to think low to no cost solutions here.... AMANDA for sure is the best $0 cost sollution and I would put AMANDA against any paid or licensed software and walk away with a victory in a feature to feature fight....
This GNU license open source no expense eating FREE solution keeps your 30 person business in the black and you might even get a raise with the money you save!
feature to feature? are you kidding me?
Don't get me wrong, I like AMANDA too - but it's a file sourced backup solution. It works great that way - and that's what it's meant to do. But it doesn't do block level backups - it doesn't do deduplication - it doesn't do bit level incrementals.
A solution with 30 workstations more than justifies $100 per workstation for a barebones recovery solution. The FIRST time you have to rebuild that computer because AMANDA only backs up files, you'll spend 3 or 4 times that amount in labor. And if a workstation averages a new rebuild every 2 years - that's 15 workstations per year - a little over 1 per month. At $85/hour labor cost - that's $370 - $455 per month because you went cheap.
Open Source is great - I love it. But keep in mind any solutions limitations -regardless of its licensing model.
Jan 13, 2010 at 4:30 UTC
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLC is an IT service provider.
Also, may the gods help you if you're still using Windows XP. With a slipstreamed network install (using Clonezilla or FOG) incorporating SP3, you're still looking at almost 4 hours of the computer updating through MS Updates all the updates that have come around since SP3. - and that's on a 6Mb ISP connection.
Whereas if you were using Clonezilla or FOG to make bare-metal images THEN Amanda to do file backups - that's a solution that is Open Source and cheap in acquisition.
BUT, even with Clonezilla/FOG, you have to shut down the OS and boot to new media in order to capture changes - like once every month after the 2nd Tuesday of the Month. That's a lot of labor that you can avoid with Acronis. Again, I see $100 per workstation on a 30 node network as less expensive than the Open Source alternative.
Also, Clonezilla/FOG is going to require a new server to do rollouts - although you can use a USB drive for Clonezilla if you don't mind being on-site to do the work. Since 80% of my work is done remotely, Clonezilla has its obvious limitations. But I still use it when I am in a pinch and don't have a license available for Acronis.
Jan 18, 2010 at 8:30 UTC
You can also check out 'Indigo Prime" as a good backup solution, but if you want it really simple, you can use Cobian backup. The downside is that you will have to install and schedule backups on each machine, the up side is its free, simple, and always works well in a windows network.
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NOAH First Navigation Of 21st Century - Day 10 was a Professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling NOAH, which took place on January 18, 2001 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Satoru Asako defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru (13:39)
- Masashi Aoyagi defeated Kentaro Shiga (8:14)
- Haruka Eigen, Junji Izumida and Masao Inoue defeated Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota and Makoto Hashi (12:50)
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- Daisuke Ikeda defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in a Wave vs. Burning stable match (11:43)
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- Vader and Scorpio defeated Jun Akiyama and Takeshi Morishima (10:35)
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Skip to comments.MRSA: Farming up trouble
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Microbiologists are trying to work out whether use of antibiotics on farms is fuelling the human epidemic of drug-resistant bacteria.
The sight of just one boot coming through the doorway cues the clatter of tiny hoofs as 500 piglets scramble away from Mike Male. That's the sound of healthy pigs, shouts Male, a veterinarian who has been working on pig farms for more than 30 years. On a hot June afternoon, he walks down the central aisle of a nursery in eastern Iowa, scoops up a piglet and dangles her by her hind legs. A newborn piglet's navel is an easy entry point for bacterial infections, he explains. If this pig were infected, she would have an abscess, a lump of inflamed tissue, just below the navel. In human terms, she'd be an outie instead of an innie, he says, rubbing the pig's healthy, pink belly button.
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Piglets can be terribly cute, and have about the same level of intelligence as chimpanzees. It gets noticeable when they are raised around puppies, because they can often out think them and actually teach some skills to the puppies.
FReepmail me if you want on or off my combined microbiology/immunology ping list.
They'll also be glad to eat you when they get older if you happen to wind up off your feet in their enclosure.
Grew up on a small farm, raised hogs, and myriad other animals. Pigs are very smart. Never supplemented with anti-bs, but it was very common with cattle, etc., on big farms. The use of anti-b's in so many things even apart from food, such as soaps, just has to be a factor.
They will try eat you as piglets! Chickens are just as bad, although not threatening for the "normal" farmer. City slickers don't have a clue.
Please add me to the mailing list.
BTW, my gigantic Maine Coon says Hi and sends you a head butt.
Nearly six years ago, an outbreak of 'outies' at this nursery marked the first known infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in pigs in the United States. MRSA has troubled hospitals around the world for more than four decades and has been infecting people outside of health-care settings since at least 1995...IOW, pigs must be banned -- creeping islamofascism ping.
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Rassel got into the groove straightway and never allowed the UAE batsmen to settle down restricting UAE to 171 while scripting a convincing 64-run victory.
Earlier, put in to bat by UAE, Bangladesh A amassed 235 for 9 off its allotted fifty overs. Opener Shamsu Rahman led the way for the tourists with a solid 78, which came off 122 balls, studded with six fours and a six.
Nafees Ahmad, who had opened the innings in the first one-dayer, batting down the order in this match and notch a fine half-century to provide momentum to the Bangladesh innings towards the end.
Chasing 236 for victory, UAE began their chase on a disastrous note losing openers Ali Asghar (8) and Taskeen (1) to Rassel cheaply.
One-down Naeemudin and Khuram tried hard to rebuild UAE's innings, but Saqib Hassan poured cold water to their plans dislodging Naeemudin stumped by Rahim for 13 before accounting for Syed Maqsood, to be snapped up by Riyad for 8.
Khuram Khan defied the Bangladesh for sometime but once he fell to Kazi Rajib for 58, it was case of all over bar the shouting for the hosts. Khuram's 58 came off 80 balls with five hits to the fence and two sixes.


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The detention, which came on the day Israel celebrated the anniversary of the 1967 capture of East Jerusalem, was widely condemned by Palestinian leaders as an infringement of religious freedom in the holy city.
Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, serves under the Palestinian Authority which exercises limited rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as well as neighbouring Jordan, long a custodian over Jerusalem's Muslim holy places.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Hussein was arrested to answer questions about a "public disturbance" on Tuesday near al-Aqsa mosque, which overlooks Judaism's Western Wall.
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Thank you all for the positive feedback and the request for a sequel! I did take your thoughts to heart and finally wrote it on my flight to Germany. What a way to kill nine hours stuffed in a plane! So enjoy as an after season story!
Did I Hear right? Part II
The Rehearsal
By Marisha
"Are you ready, man?" Charlie's voice penetrated Don's thoughts. Not that he was thinking that intensively, apart from desperately trying to coming up with a plausible excuse why not to go tonight.
"Oh, hey buddy." Don looked up. "I didn't hear you coming."
"Are you ready?" Charlie repeated his question patiently.
"Don't know, Charlie." Don sighed. "I just don't think I can make it … with all the paperwork and reports…"
"No way, man!" Charlie interrupted louder than intended, which made the heads of Megan and Colby pop up curiously from their cubicles.
"You are not weaseling yourself out of this!" Charlie whispered urgently. "We are stuck in this TOGETHER!"
Don tilted his head. "Come on, Charlie. You'll have them eating out of your hands with your puppy look. You'll be fine…"
"No, Don! YOU are coming with me. I am not facing this alone – especially not Dad!"
Don winced at that, but then smiled as assuringly as he could. "You can make it on your own, Charlie."
Charlie just threw his arms up in exasperation, and with that, dropping his bag with a loud thud on the ground.
"No, Don! You ARE COMING WITH ME TO THE..."
"Shhh!" Don urged him. "Keep your voice down. Not everybody needs to know where we are going!"
"You are not trying to budge out of your commitment, Epps, are you?" Megan's voice floated over to them.
"Oh, yes! He is!" Charlie nearly yelled.
Don just rolled his eyes and turned to Megan. "Don't you have some reports to write?"
Megan just shrugged her shoulders. "Not at the moment. I'm on coffee break."
"Coffee break?" Don's eyebrows arched up and, trying to sound authoritative, he said, "Since when are we having official coffee breaks?"
Megan just smiled. "Since now. David is just coming over with some coffee."
Don looked over his shoulder and saw David approaching with two steaming coffee mugs. He handed one to Megan, but was making no effort to return to his desk.
"What's up?" David asked, looking expectantly from Don and Charlie to Megan, who just said, "It's time!"
"Oh!" Grinned David.
Don shot him a questioning look, which David dodged innocently as Colby shouted from his desk.
"Don! It's your Dad!"
Don just cringed.
After listening for a moment, Colby's grin widened.
"He says and I quote: 'For your own good, you and Charlie better be on your way'."
Don just shook his head. "Yeah, tell him we already left." But he made no attempt to move; instead he turned to Charlie. "I don't know… We are already late and I don't really know where to go…"
"Don't worry, "Megan chimed in. "I already programmed the directions into your board computer. Just punch in 'choir'."
Don shot her a menacing look. "Does everybody know? Can't a man keep a secret around here?"
Megan's smile just broadened. "Not with your father! He made sure we all know…"
David nodded. "Yeah, man! You better hurry! Your Dad made it quite clear that he won't be impressed if you guys don't show up."
Don just raised an eyebrow. "Oh, yeah? What's he gonna do? Ground me?"
David shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, man. Your Dad is still … pretty impressive … I wouldn't wanna cross him!"
"Oh, no, you wouldn't!" Charlie added quickly.
Don hesitated for a moment, then grabbed his jacket. "Okay. Come on Charlie!"
After what seemed a way-too-short drive to Don, he pulled the car into the parking lot of the community hall. Turning off the engine, he just stared ahead, showing no intentions of leaving the vehicle.
"Don?" Charlie asked tentatively.
Don looked over to him. Charlie looked as miserable as he felt, himself.
"We really have to go in there, don't we?"
Charlie sighed. "I guess so, or we have to face the wrath of Dad." A weak smile flashed over his face.
Don laughed half-heartedly. "Yeah. Right." Then he straightened himself. "Okay! Let's get it over with."
Charlie just nodded and jumped out of the car. For a moment they walked silently towards the entrance, then Don put his hand reassuringly on Charlie's shoulder.
"You know, for you this should be a piece of cake."
Charlie stopped in his tracks and looked at Don. "And how did you figure that?"
"Well, you're used to speaking in front of your classes with lots of people staring back at you," Don smiled, clapping Charlie reassuringly on the shoulder.
"That's completely different!" replied Charlie indignantly.
"Well, it's more than I have to deal with on a regular basis," admitted Don.
Charlie studied him carefully, then smiled. "Well, just look at it as tactical OPS training in unknown terrain with undefined variables."
Don smiled back at him. "That's just how it feels."
"Boys!" Allan's voice boomed over from the entrance. "Hurry up! We are about to warm up!"
"Warm up?" Don voiced to Charlie questioningly, who just shrugged, then replied as cheerful as he could master. "Hi Dad."
"Come on, now!" Allan ushered them down a hallway. "I'll expect you two to behave yourselves worthy of an Epps in there…." Allan was about to start a lecture, but Don and Charlie just moaned in unison. "Dad!"
Allan just gave them a stern look. "Is that understood?"
"Yessir!" Don and Charlie replied in mock salute.
"Glad that's understood," smiled Allan warmly. "Don't worry! You'll have a great time!" But he just received dubious looks from his boys. Allan laughed and pushed them into a room full of cheerful ladies chatting loudly.
"Allan! You brought your sons!" cheered the conductor. The chatting stopped abruptly and all heads turned towards the newcomers. Don and Charlie stopped dead in their tracks, so that Allan nearly bumped into them.
"Just as I promised, Eleanor. Just as I promised!" Allan beamed proudly.
"Ladies! Welcome Allan's sons …" The conductor trailed off with a question mark.
"Don and Charlie," Allan supplied happily.
"Welcome Don and Charlie!" the conductor repeated, which was followed by a cheerful echo from the ladies.
"…They have kindly offered to support our baritone and tenor voices," concluded the conductor as the ladies cheered again with enthusiastic applause.
"But Dad…," started Charlie, "we said just this one time …"
"Yeah, Dad!" whispered Don between clenched teeth. "What on earth did you tell them?"
"Oh, hush now," Beamed Allan, laying a hand on each of his son's shoulders and marching them through the ladies to the back of the room. Don flashed a smile left and right as he accepted the ecstatic welcome from the ladies, while Charlie beside him turned from white to crimson red.
"Great to have you here," a jolly lady in her mid 70's chimed, tapping Don's cheeks, who rewarded her with his most charming smile.
"So good of you to come!" Joined in the lady next to her, as she snagged Charlie by his arm. "You must be a tenor, my dear!"
"Well… I don't know…" stammered Charlie.
"No problem, my dear! Just follow me. The tenor ladies are right over here." And with that she led him away. Panicked, Charlie looked over his shoulder to Don who just shrugged, before being pulled away by his father.
"Here you go, Son. You are right with me and the other baritone," explained Allan, pushing Don between himself and a massive, middle-aged man, who grinned widely. Sandwiched in between his father and the huge baritone, Don realized he had no way of escaping. His back-up plan had just collapsed. Wryly, he smiled left and right, before trying to make eye contact with Charlie. Charlie looked wretched, flanked by two matrons smiling at him motherly. Don tried to send him a reassuring look, only to be reminded by a not-so-soft blow from his father's elbow to focus his attentions elsewhere.
"Ow!" mouthed Don, feigning hurt, but Allan just gave him a severe look and pointed to the conductor.
"Oh, yeah," Don mumbled, focusing on the front. I am never gonna live through this, thought Don, as he heard the first warm-up tones of unintelligible lalala's and mmmhmmmh's. Rolling his eyes upwards, he pretended to mouth the syllables, eyeing Charlie at the same time. His brother seemed to have accepted his fate, following the warm-up sounds under the guidance of the ladies around him.
Again his father's elbow connected with his side, bringing Don's focus back to the main objective. Rubbing his side, Don looked scornfully at Allan, who was mouthing the sounds, motioning Don to follow him. Reluctantly, Don gave in and let the first
"Mimmi Mimmi Hach Hach Ha," roll over his lips and earned an approving look from his father. Don grinned back and was about to sing out again, when the conductor stopped them.
"Let's go to the first song." She smiled. "And since we have new support in the male voices—thanks to Allan…"
Another round of cheers and applause followed and Allan bowed good-humoredly.
"…Let's begin with Beneath the Mistletoe"
"Oh, no," groaned Don under his breath, while his father handed him the music. Instantly, Charlie's head shot around to Don, looking for a means of escape.
"Break time!" mouthed Don soundlessly, giving Charlie a reassuring look. His brother nodded weakly and turned to his music.
The ladies started out with gusto. "Look at him … he is standing right beneath the mistletoe..." This was followed by giggles and laughter, while they were eyeing the newcomers. "Oh look at him… I am gonna kiss him tonight..."
At this moment the men boomed in answer. "Here I am! Here I am – right beneath the mistletoe… waiting for her and it could take all night….'
Don could so not believe it. I am in the wrong film! he thought. This can't be happening to me, can it?
Again the ladies answered. "Look at him… I love him so… oh woauh woauh woauh. Why can't he be a present under the Christmas tree, instead of beneath the mistletoe? Woauh Woauh Woauh."
Allan quickly pointed to the next part, and before Don knew it, he was singing.
"There she is! Standing right beside the mistletoe. I am gonna kiss her tonight!"
The ladies roared with laughter and so missed quite a few notes. Don felt himself grinning in return as he suddenly realized, This isn't so bad. And seeing his father's excitement just made it so much more fun, as he continued in unison with the ladies.
"Tonight is a wonderful night… for kissing and hugging her tight… The feeling I am feeling is right… I am gonna kiss her tonight!"
Don bellowed, hardly able to contain his own laughter. This is actually fun, he thought, as he caught Charlie's look, who was grinning himself. This might not be as bad as anticipated,Don thought as he winked at Charlie.
"See, boys," smiled Allan as they entered Charlie's house, "that wasn't so bad, was it now?"
Don looked at Charlie and shrugged. "Not really."
Charlie nodded. "It was definitely different, Dad!"
"Oh, yeah! That is was!" grinned Don, then he turned to his father. "Thanks for forcing us!"
Allan looked proudly from one to the other, then smiled warmly.
"See, I told you so!"
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June 13, 2012
Read More: Christian Businesses, Froyo, Frozen Yogurt, Gay-Owned Business, Sweet Frog, The Take
I know a number of gays (and non-gays) that simply will not step into a Sweet Frog because of its Christian affiliation.
Sweet Frog, of course, is the wildly successful Richmond-based franchise of frozen yogurt shops. Rapidly growing since 2009, by year's end the brand will have nearly 200 stores in the U.S. and one in South Korea.
According to its website, "SweetFrog was founded on the principles of Christianity and our belief in bringing happiness and a positive attitude into the lives of our consumers. At SweetFrog, F.R.O.G stands for Fully Rely On God – and we hope to be an example of that in every community!"
Even without a public position towards the LGBT community, there's an automatic, and unnecessary perception that Christian-oriented companies are homophobic. This reverse discrimination is unfair and the stereotype is unfounded in the case of Sweet Frog.
I put in a call to Sweet Frog's corporate headquarters yesterday to ask the organization's position on LGBT issues and if they followed inclusive hiring practices. As of publishing, my call has not been returned – but I for one can testify while "researching" last month, the Sweet Frog location played Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
Other Christian businesses like Chik-fil-A have made their position on gay rights loud and clear with negative actions towards the LGBT community.
Sweet Frog has not done anything that would lead to such a conclusion. If they are welcoming to all customers regardless of background, why hesitate to support a business simply based on their religious belief?
By all means if a business is against us, as LGBT consumers, we vote with our dollar. If my fuel-tank is running on fumes, I steer clear of Exxon. And you bet I haven't eaten a waffle fry from Chik-fil-A in nearly two years.
Running GAYRVA.COM, I'm a proud gay business owner — aren't Christian-based businesses entitled to their own sense of pride?… Especially one like Sweet Frog that's not preaching as you weigh your pound of cake-batter froyo and brownie bites but rather passing positivity and happiness to their customers.
If for 10 minutes out of our day a frozen treat can bring that, how can it be bad? I, by the way, personally prefer the original tart with honey, crushed almonds and mochi!
Update: And, for the record, I'm not Christian.
What do you think? Does a businesses religious affiliation impact your support?
Kevin Clay is the editor and publisher of GAYRVA.COM. He is a Richmond native, loves the city and knows it's on the edge of greatness. Don't hold back RVA. You can follow Kevin on GAYRVA's Twitter or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Posted June 13, 2012 at 1:29 pm | Permalink
I pretty much boycott any religion that wears its owners religion on its sleeve. I don't have the time or energy to figure out where they might stand on a variety of social justice issues that I care about.
Plus, actions speak louder than words. I try to patronize businesses that support the same things I support. Let them put their beliefs into action if they're important enough to use for marketing purposes.
Posted June 13, 2012 at 4:06 pm | Permalink
It bears pointing out that "reverse discrimination" is a loaded term used by many on the paranoid right when they fear that their monopoly over a particular segment of society is threatened.
This article is positively dripping with majority Christian privilege. As an atheist queer, you'll forgive me if I don't shed any tears over the supposed hardships endured by Christians in a country in which they comprise three-fourths of the population. Christians have it really, really good in this country. Better than most other religions even though our government is officially secular. Christians have statements of their faith emblazoned on our currency, millions of children are often required to say "under god" every day in classrooms across the country as part of the Pledge of Allegiance, their god is prayed to in our legislatures, their holy books are sworn on, our polticians can't make a move without invoking god, Christmas is a day off but Yom Kippur and Eid ul-Fitr aren't, churches are tax-exempt organizations, and their religious hierarchies are able to shield known child molestors in their employ from the law for decades!
Which group constantly invokes their religion to stop any progress for queer rights in this country? Hmm. Is it atheists? No, not them. Is it the pagans? No, it's not them either. Is it the Buddhists? Gosh, no. It's not the Buddhists. Oh, that's right. It's the Christians who are the ones who have been loudly screaming for decades about how their religious scruples should dictate how many rights each American should have and about how some of us are abominations unto their lord.
And now some queers have the audacity to not want to buy frozen yogurt from a business that wears Christianity on its sleeve? Move over, Soviet Union. This is what "religious discrimination" really looks like: a group doesn't want to buy frozen yogurt from the same people whose coreligionsts have demonizing and discriminating against them for years.
Posted June 13, 2012 at 8:08 pm | Permalink
Jessica Shook. Seriously. Do you think about what you say or do you just like the sound your keyboard makes when you hit the keys?
Asians stores have shrines. Hispanic stores have Jesus things. What the hell is that? Because you know know what I think it is? Pretty damn racist.
If, for instance, someone were to say, "White people can't handle the slightest criticism of their ill-formed religious beliefs," what would you call that?
But that's really neither here nor there. I don't think my poor atheist bretheren and sistren are going to lost much sleep over this pompous, self-important nonbeliever "ruining" things for the rest of them. Believe me, thanks to the majority Christian privilege that you're apparently blind to, things are already bad enough. Don't blame the minority for oppression, because you know what that sounds like? That sounds like, "If only those gays weren't so flamboyant and didn't flaunt their sexuality in everyone's faces, they wouldn't ruin it for all the 'normal' gays." Sorry. Fuck that.
You'll forgive me if I don't think it's my job to comfort the same very people who oppress me and every other queer and atheist in this country. They can get all the comfort they need from their imaginary skyfriend. I, for one, can make my own goddamn frozen desserts at home.
Posted June 13, 2012 at 10:33 pm | Permalink
For a community that is advocating for acceptance, it's funny that gays have no tolerance for others.
The atheist commenting here is missing the point of the article entirely. NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE BIGOTS.
Yes, many are. The ones spewing hate speech in sermons are. The anti-gay marriage followers are. The bullies harassing gay kids are. But there are many Christians who are loving and accepting. Look at St. Mark's Episcopal Church or the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond for example. Both welcome anyone, including the gay community, into their congregation with open arms.
The point Kevin is making here is to not make assumptions about someone just because of their religious affiliation. Just because Sweet Frog is Christian doesn't necessarily mean they are anti-LGBT. If they do something that shows otherwise, that's a different story.
Saying that all Christians are evil anti-gay bigots is like the fanatic religious right saying all gays are pedophiles. Neither are true. One person does not speak for an entire community.
As a Christian who is accepting of gays (many of whom I am close friends with), I commend Kevin for this thoughtful piece. I'm tired of people thinking just because I believe in Jesus, that must mean I'm a bigot.
If gays want to be be treated equally, then the gays need to treat others the same way.
Posted June 14, 2012 at 2:30 am | Permalink
So I think that most people are missing the point. Argument is pretty moot so long as the article reads,
"I put in a call to Sweet Frog's corporate headquarters yesterday to ask the organization's position on LGBT issues and if they followed inclusive hiring practices. As of publishing, my call has not been returned – but I for one can testify while "researching" last month, the Sweet Frog location played Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
So all he's saying is that they have stated no position other than being Christian. They have not said they have inclusive hiring practices or that they support the LGBT community. This article says nothing at all. It is stupid and pointless; a pathetic effort to support a sound idea (all Christians are not anti-gay) based on one location of a damned FROYO CHAIN playing some stupid Lady Gaga song. Why are you wasting everybody's time, Kevin Clay? Who was the genius that published your ridiculous crap?
Posted June 14, 2012 at 10:44 am | Permalink
It's amazing how much ire and demeaning rhetoric this article has drawn. I, for one, was happy to read it. As a person and a professional, I think that CIVIL dialogue is the only way to spark education/tolerance/understanding/acceptance.
I think this article is evidence of that. Kevin is simply pointing out that blind rejection of a business due to being affliated with Christianity without evidence of discrimination or anti-gay rhetoric is the same kind of rejection that we (the LGBTQ community) RAILS against at the hands of the Christian community.
Certainly, eating at Sweet Frog or Chick Fil A is a personal choice and we're all entitled—but if we reject based solely on the affiliation a multi-faceted religion where not everyone is bigoted–aren't we choosing the same path as those who are?
Posted June 14, 2012 at 11:09 am | Permalink
"If gays want to be be treated equally, then the gays need to treat others the same way."
So, it's the responsibility of the oppressed to appease the oppressors in order for the oppressors to deign to give them equality?
Wow. If that's not the most arrogant statement born of privilege, I don't know what is.
Here's a tip to all the privileged classes out there: minorities don't owe you a damn thing. Does it make you feel uncomfortable when someone points out how good you have it in America because you're white or a man or a heterosexual or cisgendered or a Christian? Good. It should make you feel uncomfortable. You should have to deal with the egregrious inequalities your race, gender, sexual orientation and religion give you. And if that makes you feel a little uncomfortable when someone points that out to you, then boo fucking hoo.
It is not our responsibilty to treat any privileged group with "equality" because what they really mean is that we're supposed to defer to the high and mighty status you've bestowed upon yourselves.
Equality does not come from aggrieved and oppressed minorities sucking up to the privileged classes, and it is the height of arrogance to expect us to treat the privileged with their version of "equality" in order for the privileged to treat them like equal human beings.
Posted June 15, 2012 at 9:29 pm | Permalink
I had heard that Sweet Frog was anti-gay but haven't read or seen any proof.
In general, I have no problem with any religion as long as they don't condemn me, work to ensure I don't have equal rights, or try to ram their beliefs down my throat.
Christians have gotten a bad rap because the extremists are really loud about their hate. However, I don't think the Christians who sit idly by and don't speak up are any better. It is because so many Christians are silent, that the haters feel empowered and free to attack. Edmund Burke said, "all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Sweet Frog hasn't said that they are pro-gay but proudly do state that Christianity is part of their business (and no doubt get additional patrons because of it). As a result, I lump them in with the rest of the silent Christians. I'll go elsewhere until they make it clear that they are accepting.
Posted June 15, 2012 at 10:35 pm | Permalink
Sorry Kevin, but I have to disagree. First, the fact that they haven't answered speaks volumes. How about we give them a test: Let them take out an ad in the Richmond Business Alliance.
With so much on the line this year, with marriage amendments in Washington, Maryland and Maine, and the anti-marriage amendment, I don't think we can take any chance that money could be given to groups like NOM from profits they make from our community. The fact that they are using religion as a marketing tool is just a major warning flag to me. Can you name one company that mentions their religious background that supports equal rights? I can't think of any.
It's just too big of a risk. I'd rather have a Ben and Jerry's and know that it is going to people who support us.
Posted June 15, 2012 at 10:40 pm | Permalink
I think the quote I've used before applies to Sweet Frog:
"Your religion is like having a big penis. It's great that you are proud of it. But you shouldn't wave it around in public for all to see."
Posted June 16, 2012 at 8:09 pm | Permalink
"So, it's the responsibility of the oppressed to appease the oppressors in order for the oppressors to deign to give them equality?"
It's the responsibility of every person who professes to value equality to be authentic and practice what they preach. To freely and consistently offer respect, compassion, love, patience, humility—to overcome the fear and hatred of the differences in people, and in fact find joy in them instead—without any expectation or condition that such graces will be returned. That is authentic equality.
Other people's religious views or lack thereof, cultural and ethnic heritage, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, political views, age, locality, nationality, or any other type of status or label so often used to pigeonhole and stereotype people—none of these are relevant to who you are and how you decide to treat other people. All too often, people use them as excuses to succumb to the hurt, anger, bitterness and resentment that are all natural consequences to the harsh realities of intolerance. Many of these comments are proof of that fact. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Rise above. Don't expect a hand-out; be the giver instead. Stand your ground when necessary, but do it with civility and respect.
Richard Rohr once said, "We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking." So many foolishly expect the world to change for them. But when people begin to open themselves up to new ways of being and doing, they are often surprised the healing difference it can make in the perspective of their own lives—and those around them. It's not easy, but it's so worth it.
Posted June 17, 2012 at 6:40 pm | Permalink
Learned a long time ago that what others think of me is none of my business. Don't eat at either establishment, neither are healthy choices for me. However, both are giving my nonprofit organization a percentage of their sales for a day. So, yay for their money. BTW: I'm gay and believe in a higher power.
Posted September 16, 2012 at 11:42 am | Permalink
Sorry, but until I have proof that the profits aren't being funneled into groups that actively work to suppress LGBT rights ( much like Chik-Fil-A), their silence speaks a thousand words.
Sweetfrog is likely looking to avoid any controversy. I fully expected a generic, milquetoast blanket statement of inclusiveness but they couldnt even muster that up. Again. Tells me all I need to know.
Posted March 20, 2013 at 9:54 am | Permalink
who coined the phrase "homophobic" in connection with being anti gays? Homo means man and phobia means fear of. Just asking
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Just yesterday we went to Sweet Frog and I did not know it had ANY affiliation to religion whatsoever – it is fairly new in our area. The store was blaring Christian music and it was very uncomfortable. It was loud – SO loud we couldn't sit inside. Even if they were playing music we wanted to listen to, the volume was such that we would have left anyway, that is how loud it was in there. It was very, very bizarre.
My 16 year old daughter also noticed T-shits for sale that had religious connotations to them. These have not been on the shelf before yesterday. They may have had the Frog "Fully Rely on God" spelled out, but we left quickly as I couldn't tolerate the music volume or the atmosphere. I can't say for certain – she was the one who saw them.
I should explain we live in "Chick Fil A"-land, but we do not eat there any longer so I wanted to do some research about SF and came across this article. Color me a skeptic now as we have never heard this music at Sweet Frog before yesterday and it was very "in your face" with the volume. The T-Shirts for sale also made me curious. These stores are cropping up on every corner in town; taking over other yogurt shops and local businesses. I will find my fix elsewhere until I feel confident their goal is what they state because I agree, if they want to hold true to their beliefs, fine, but I can hold true to mine as well. I did not feel welcome yesterday. I felt like I stepped into a church – something I had never experienced when I ate at Chick-Fil-A in the past. (They did good community works, so hey, they must be good? Wrong!) This experience yesterday – It. Was. Bizarre!
Side note – a few gentlemen who may have been from "corporate" were in the store – checking things out and not speaking in English. This *may* have been a show the staff put on for them? We know one of the employees so I can ask her, but I am reluctant to do so as she does have very strong Christian values and I do not want to offend her. I cannot decide which is worse: They were from corporate so the staff felt the need to play this type of music and display the merchandise or the fact that Sweet Frog may be moving towards courting only those interested in "Going to Church" when you step through their doors? Both left me with enough of an uneasy feeling to come do some research. As I said, I live in a state where people stood on line for a chicken sandwich for 3 hours…as is their right. But damn.
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- John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Yay! Thanks again to everyone who showed up and made Saturday's event one of our best meetups ever. (I think it was certainly our biggest.)
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