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When a whale announces its presence, it's tough to ignore. There's usually a giant splash or two, a huge exhalation through the whale's blowhole, and excited shouts from anyone lucky enough to witness such a spectacle.
This was certainly the case on our last trip to Mexico, as a perfect day of snorkelling drew to a close just off the shores of Puerto Vallarta.
The seven-hour catamaran tour we'd taken had been flawless. Our Vallarta Adventures boat went to Las Marietas, a group of uninhabited islands home to dozens of bird species and marine life.
The Mexican government once used these islands for military testing and bombing, but international protest in the late 1960s -- initiated by biologist Jacques Cousteau -- resulted in the area becoming a protected park.
UNESCO named the islands a biosphere reserve by UNESCO because of the myriad coral, fish, bird and mammal species found here.
As we took in the rocky beauty, blue-footed boobies, squawking seagulls and swift swallows filled the land and air.
The bird-watching was followed by sea kayaking and snorkelling. We jumped into the crystal clear water as colourful fish darted around us. The occasional sea turtle and giant manta ray also grace these waters.
The next stop was a secluded beach, with time for sunning, swimming and beachcombing.
The day had been ideal, we decided on the way back to the mainland, as dolphins popped up alongside the boat, much as they had throughout the day.
Our guide explained that if we were visiting a couple of weeks later, we might have spotted a humpback whale or two, as well. The humpbacks arrive in the warm waters of Banderas Bay each December and stay until the end of March, largely to reproduce and give birth.
The guide was busily pointing out different types of dolphins when his tone changed. "Do you want to go see some whales?" he shouted.
In the distance, he'd spotted six of them, each weighing about 36 tonnes. It was the first whale-sighting of the season. Our boat caught up with the whales and we saw five males showing off, trying to capture the attention of the lone female.
They jumped, breached, splashed, slapped and bumped into each other. Everyone on the boat stood mesmerized by the spectacle.
The sighting was a surprise -- something Puerto Vallarta still delivers.
For first-time and repeat visitors, the destination offers surprising delights.
I strolled through the heart of the old town on a recent visit, remembering some of my favourite things from a vacation years earlier, such as the cobblestone streets and the Catholic cathedral.
A new display, however, caught my attention. Dozens of chalk murals formed a temporary art show on the pavement, injecting a punch of colour into the classic beauty of the town.
Next up was the malecon, the well-known promenade along the beach.
A statue of a child on a seahorse still stands, as it has since 1976. But not far away, groupings of new statues also command attention, turning the 12-block malecon into an impressive art walk. Artists have coaxed and shaped stone, steel and bronze into an amazing array of sculpture, including high-backed chairs that morph into creatures and the double helix of DNA, intertwined with frogs, a lizard and an octopus.
Another newer delight can be found north of Puerto Vallarta. Here, the Riviera Nayarit has blossomed to become one of Mexico's hot spots, dotted with all-inclusive hotels, secluded hideaways and dozens of beaches. There's a resort for every taste, whether you're looking for activities and sports (Paradise Village) or an escape from reality (Dreams.)
As we arrived at the Riu Palace Pacifico, we discovered a white jewel of a resort sparkling on a golden beach.
The food, the decor and the pool were remarkable.
A walk down to the beach led to a discovery of sand dollars, an assortment of other marine creatures and even a couple of baby sea turtles.
Pods of dolphins also swam by each day, usually around 10 a.m., often coinciding with the morning yoga and stretch class on the beach.
The nearby golf course, Flamingos, provides 18 holes of paradise for golfers. Mangroves, lagoons, lush tropical forest and unspoiled natural areas surround the fairways.
The rates are reasonable compared with other courses in the area.
Other activities in the Riviera Nayarit include a canopy tour, a trip into the Sierra Madre mountains; local flea markets and colonial villages.
Mexico's tourism board recently used the slogan "Mexico: the place you thought you knew."
After spending a week in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, the phrase rings true.
-- Postmedia News
Vacation packages are available at westjetvacations.com. Visitor information on Mexico is at visitmexico.com.
Info on Riu Hotels and Resorts can be found at riu.com, while details on golfing at Flamingos are at flamingosgolf.com.mx.
Landmarks: A historic lighthouse, a glorious malecon, art centre, theatre, cathedral and town market.
The Wonders of Mazatlan
A few years ago, a Mexican tourism organization and media outlet began a contest searching for the 13 man-made wonders of Mexico.
After 1.5 million votes were cast, Mazatlan won a coveted spot, largely for its development as a port city. After gold and silver were discovered here in the 1700s, Mazatlan developed one of the country's most important harbours to export the precious metals.
Today, the destination (on the same Pacific Ocean coast where Puerto Vallarta sits) offers treasures for visitors:
Shrimp: They're fresh, juicy and abundant, and the star of dozens of gourmet dishes.
Beaches: Mazatlan's beaches are some of the widest in the country. When surf's out, you can seemingly walk forever in gentle waves and tidal pools.
Pulmonias: These open-air golf-cart vehicles are tons more fun than the usual taxis found at most destinations.
Parasailing: This is the hot spot for the sport, which makes you think that perhaps man really can, or should, fly.
The Fountain of Eternal Youth: This historic building was once the best-stocked pharmacy of early times, with a chemist developing a potion called the "Goddess Venus." Wealthy people travelled here to buy it, since it was said to restore lost youth.
Today, people come to see the historic architecture, museum, galleries and a restaurant.
Landmarks: A historic lighthouse, a glorious malecon, art centre, theatre, cathedral and town market.


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One More! A @DavidArchie Rainbow From Pocoelsy!!
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Crush Kids' Cancer: The Kids' Chapter's David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project
With the holidays and David Archuleta's birthday nearing, The Kids' Chapter is starting our Christmas/Birthday Project!
Starting now until the end of the year, you have the chance to purchase this special Crush Kids' Cancer ornament! A portion of the proceeds from this ornament will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer as our Christmas and Birthday present to David this year!
The ornament is $12 and will hang nicely on every Archie's Christmas tree, or could be a great stocking stuffer! If you do not celebrate Christmas but still want to be a part of this project, you can always purchase an ornament and give it to someone you know will love it, or donate it to a local hospital, etc.
Project starts Nov 1 until Dec 31, 2012, and at the end we will be letting David know how many ornaments sold and how much was raised for Crush Kids' Cancer! We know David will love this Christmas/Birthday present from all of his fans this year!
You can go HERE to purchase a Crush Kids' Cancer ornament.
It's the season of giving (and celebrating David's birthday) and The Kids' Chapter is excited for this new end-of-the-year, holiday project!
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Forevermore Expanded Edition Out Soon!
Odyssey Live now has FEE posted on their facebook page with the delightful word "SOON"
No specific date is given, but our earlier info from @Kariontour was "after Halloween and before Thanksgiving." WowHD which previously listed Forevermore Expanded Edition's release date as Nov. 5th has now readjusted that date to 11/19/12:
Click above if you wish to order. We'll wait to hear more specific info as to the release date from @DavidArchie (KS) and @Kariontour!
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Remembering Atlantic City 11/1/09
David's final (rescheduled) concert of the David/Demi tour in the summer of 2009 was in Atlantic City at the Taj Mahal hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. The energy level was sky high that night; those who'd waited for this rescheduled show found it was WELL WORTH their wait! re-enjoy slide shows below of the Atlantic City Show from Maureen (ABMS) and GailWe cannot display this gallery
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Vids From Atlantic City!
Yesterday we saw a short vid from the show: David asking about Halloween costumes~ Here are some great performance vids from David in Atlantic City!
ALTNOY at sound check: WOW WOW WOW!! ~vid Cred. MsLemonade08~
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Epic David Chatting with Fans at the VIP: ~MsLemonade08
***He recorded over 30 songs for his first album** vault please!
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Works For Me ~uploaded by MeanDevilguy~
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Don't Let Go uploaded by Stina8614~ (Still an all time fav concert song for me!!)
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ZeroGravity ~uploaded by webslingerz *Spidey* Love the comment on YT (Seriously a double spin! Is he trying to kill us??) 😀
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My Hands! I couldn't resist adding this to the post! And listen in the beginning "MaryLou this is for you!" Uploaded by MsLemonade08
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Thursday Tidbits
Look at this great find from Walmart!!! Anyone know who I can credit for this treasure?? 🙂
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A Sublime B&W Edit from PeaceLoveDavid tumblr
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IamCortesian on Tumblr uploaded this: Whatcha Lookin' At David? Or Josh? 😉
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Puzzle Time: David Is Getting a Haircut! **Click Below to Solve!**
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Elysian (Lyn's)"No Cal" With Lorma Story!
Thank you so much, Lyn, for sending in your lovely story about the recent Northern California Archie get together!! It must have been great fun to spend time together once again and to meet Lorma!! Enjoy the pics sent in by Robin, and continue reading the story below. **Click the pics to view full size**
Welcoming back the lovely Lorma of Archuleta Philippines for her second visit with the Nor-Cal Archies, and celebrating the imminent release of the Rainbow music video, and Forevermore Expanded Edition, were the triple themes of our latest fan gathering, which gave us three TERRIFIC reasons to meet up. As usual, we all had FUN, FUN, FUN!!!! It is the inevitable result whenever more than one Archie is in a room! There is a spontaneous eruption of Archuspazzing that simply cannot be contained!!!
This, our third Nor-Cal get together, was held only about a month after our last, because we wanted it to coincide with Lorma's return visit to the U. S. Her trip was multi-purpose, combining a vacation in New York, a wedding in Napa, and two weeks of work in Pleasanton, CA. In the midst of this jam packed itinerary, Lorma was kind enough to meet us for dinner which was scheduled on a Thursday because it was the only day that she had free. While 14 of the Nor-Cal Archies were able to greet Lorma during her first visit, this time work commitments or other obligations prevented the majority of our group from attending the dinner. Even those who had initially thought that they could join the festivities had to cancel at the last minute because of work deadlines. (We missed you Jeanne and Neil!) The four of us who were lucky enough to juggle our work schedules enough to attend (Kalena, Robin, Theresa and I), were therefore tasked with conveying tons of love and hugs to Lorma for the rest of the group, all of whom voiced their disappointment at not being able to welcome Lorma back in person.
The venue for the dinner was Coco Cabana, a beautiful and elegant Latin American restaurant in Dublin, CA, featuring many cuisines including Honduran, which was suggested by Kalena in honor of David's heritage. Kalena has an amazing knack for picking unique restaurants with delicious food and a special David connection. She could make a killing as a concierge! As it turned out, Coco Cabana was a particularly appropriate place for our celebration for reasons that will be revealed later.
Robin and I picked Lorma up from her hotel on the way to the restaurant. En route, she told us that she had just flown into San Francisco a few hours earlier after a flight that had taken 14 hours due to layovers and flight delays! Despite the fact that she must have been exhausted, she was enthusiastic, cheerful and ready to party! We were the first ones to arrive at Coco Cabana, so we immediately began to Archutize our table by setting up the cute and colorful paper flower centerpieces Robin had stayed up late making the previous night. (GREAT idea Robin!!) In addition to the lovely pink and lavender paper flowers, the two centerpieces contained mini 2-sided posters of David. Robin had made these little gems using the GORGEOUS rainbow-hued images that were generously shared with us by Cindy aka CanadianArchie. Kalena had seen some of the awesome collages that Cindy had made in the past, so she asked Cindy whether we could use some of her images for our decorations. She not only graciously agreed, but she created customized rainbow themed images just for us!! THANK YOU SO MUCH CINDY! Yet another awesome example of the helpfulness so characteristic of all Archies! In this case, a Canadian Archie, helping American Archies, honor a Filipina Archie!! I LOOOOVE David's international fanbase!
As we finished up with the centerpieces, Kalena and Theresa arrived, completing our intimate group of five. Robin, who recently returned from New Orleans, draped rainbow colored Mardi Gras beads on Lorma's neck and gave some to the rest of us. Kalena then busily began setting out her latest FABULOUS handcrafted favors, which included a personalized lanyard with a laminated KILLER photo of David from the Forevermore EE CD (which we all couldn't wait to put on), and glitter coated pinecones which were in different colors representing the colors of the rainbow, the holidays, and was in reference to David's "Pinecone" vlog in which he shows and talks about a friend painting a pinecone. Kalena also made absolutely EXQUISITE clear glass Xmas ornament on which she had etched "Peace" on one side and "DA 2014" on the other, tied at the top with a ribbon on which was a musical scale. Kalena's usual attention to detail was evident in that the box containing the ornament was adorned with photos of David both inside and out, and it was filled with rainbow colored shredded paper to cushion the ornament and carry through the Rainbow theme.
We then gave Lorma our David related gifts. Robin gave her a BEAUTIFUL, one of a kind, pink t-shirt she had designed with a silhouette of David, "BEGIN" and flowers on it, as well as a BEGIN key chain. Kalena gave her one of the AWESOME goodie filled bags like the one she gave to all of the Nor-Cal Archies at our last fan gathering, and I gave her a set of 4 glass photo coasters, each showcasing a different image of David's handsome face. Kalena also thoughtfully gave Lorma goodie bags for her to take back to the Philippines, with gifts she had made for jackryan, MyDearWriter, Kricket, Naree and Eula.
By this time, our David decorations and David related gifts piqued the curiosity of Claudio, our UBER professional and personable waiter, who asked who the guy was in all of the photos. After explaining that David was an awesome singer who had been on AI, Theresa asked whether Claudio was Honduran. He replied no, he was Chilean!!! We couldn't believe it!!!! How perfect to be eating in a restaurant featuring Honduran cuisine with a Chilean waiter!! Obviously, Archu-fate in action!!! Naturally, we had to tell him that David was currently in Chile serving a two year mission. Claudio told us that he is from Vino Del Mar which is approximately 45-55 minutes from Santiago. From that point on, Claudio became the honorary sixth member of our party, cheerfully obliging us by taking tons of photos of us whenever we asked (and we asked a lot!), joking with us, and attending to our every need. Claudio, YOU ROCK!
As we feasted on delicious Latin American cuisine, including Peruvian pesto pasta, chipotle pasta, Cuban garlic chicken, and salmon asado, we chatted about a wide range of topics. For example, we discovered that we are all team Holly (Jolly for the WIN!!). Lorma, who is a good friend of Eula's, confirmed that she is a sweet, sincere and lovely person, and that she has two new movies coming out. One is a romance and the other is science fiction! Unfortunately, neither will be available in the States. RATS! Lorma also showed us photos of herself that she took while in New York with both Paul Rudd, who was starring in the play she saw, and Savannah Guthrie of the Today Show!! Lorma is a regular celebrity magnet!! Lorma also confirmed, as jackryan has been consistently assuring us, that Nandito Ako will be available as a DVD when it has finished its run on TV in the U.S. (Keep the faith PEEPS!)
Lorma then presented the utterly FABULOUS gifts that jackryan and Archuleta Philippines had sent with her to be used as raffle prizes at our get together. We were simply BLOWN AWAY by their generosity!! Jackryan gifted us with not one, but 3 sets of the ENTIRE 7th season of AI (each comprised of 4 DVDs), a DVD of David's Bench concert in Manila, and a DVD of the acoustic CASBAA concert in Hong Kong (my all-time favorite David concert!!!), all from her private collection of spectacular videos documenting David's stellar performances. Our appreciation for her willingness to share these rare beauties with us is beyond what can be expressed in words!!! As if we weren't already in Archuheaven, Lorma and Archuleta Philippines gifted us with the AMAZING Nandito Ako t-shirt like the one that David wore in the BTS photoshoot!!! We put our personalized lanyards in a bag and enlisted the ever accommodating Claudio to pick the lucky winner of this t-shirt treasure. I was STUNNED when he picked my name!! WOOHOO!! What a great time to finally break my lifelong streak of never winning anything! Our heartfelt thanks to jackryan, Lorma and Archuleta Philippines for their thoughtfulness and EXTREME generosity!!
The final surprise of the evening was the ADORABLE and YUMMY tiramisu Rainbow cake Robin brought which said "Welcome back Lorma! The Nor-Cal Archies "heart symbol" you!" It also had a peace symbol on it to reflect David's mission of peace and love in Chile. Finally, it was decorated with another mini poster of one of Cindy's incredible collages. Using a mini poster, instead of a photo of David scanned onto the cake was Robin's clever solution to our dilemma of not being able to cut into or eat a cake with David's gorgeous face on it! LOL!
Throughout the evening, Robin was tweeting photos of our get together so that those in the Twitterverse could get real time updates of our festivities and vicariously share in the fun.
When we realized that it was 10:15 p.m. and we were one of the last groups in the restaurant, we left, saying goodnight to our new Chilean friend, Claudio. Not wanting the evening to end just yet, we all went back to Lorma's hotel and saw the BEAUTIFUL bridesmaid dress that she would wear in her childhood friend's wedding, and we continued to chat about all things David. At 11:00 p.m., we finally took our leave so that Lorma could get some much needed sleep, although she claimed not to be tired! Gracious to the end!! We all hugged and thanked each other for the mutual gifts, and for the special camaraderie that exists between Archies.
I have saved the very best news of the evening, however, for last. We were absolutely THRILLED to hear that Lorma, Jackryan and Naree are all planning to travel to the U.S. for David's first post-mission concert!!! YIPEEE!!! How much more awesome will that EPIC concert be if we can experience it together with three of our most dear and WONDERFUL Archufriends, who have selflessly shared so many breathtaking photos, videos and experiences with the fan base!! We now have yet another reason to look forward to what will surely be the concert of a lifetime!! 2014 can't come soon enough!!!!
~ Lynn aka Elysian~
LOVE reading your story, Lyn!!! I really felt like you brought us there!! Hope to be at one of your get-togethers in the future Thank you! Have a great day everyone!!


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When Marco Regalado noticed the small comic store, Pop Culture Paradise, sitting just off the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, he purchased the store from its previous owner. Why? After taking a look at the store, he says he noticed that it was not a particularly clean or organized place, it had a lackluster selection of merchandise, and it wasn't hosting many activities and events.
With the new ownership and following the closing of Atomic Comics, Pop Culture Paradise's "number of comic subscribers has doubled," Regalado says.
Regalado owes its success not only to the recent closing of Atomic Comics, but also to how he conducts business. He says that running a comic store like Pop Culture Paradise is no different from running any other business. He says that "you need a product that people want, unparalleled customer service and a win-win attitude!"
Regalado says he does his best to live up to the "unparalleled customer service" part of that mission. He places the utmost importance on Pop Culture Paradise's customers, saying that "customers are the lifeblood of any business" and not favoring any one guest over another. He makes it a point to treat both regular and new customers equally well, in order to make the newer ones feel welcome, and never hoards any particular items for himself or his employees; if it's for sale, it's available to any customer.
Being a comic and gaming store right next to a university campus has its advantages as well. College students and young adults are great customers at such stores, and Regalado says that "running a gaming/comic store in an area surrounded by over 10,000 students is a good idea."
He's able to get these students interested in Pop Culture Paradise mainly by two methods: by collecting email addresses for a newsletter he sends out with information on new items, upcoming events and the like, and by offering coupons with various discounts and special offers for ASU students. He also attributes the store's success to simple word-of-mouth.
What does Regalado think of the future of comic book stores here in the Valley, especially after the closing of one of the more well-known stores? He says that he and other comic store owners have nothing to fear.
"The comic book industry is a collectible industry as well as good old-fashioned literature," Regalado says. "It should be okay!"
Pop Culture Paradise sells more than just comics, however. They also sell many different kinds of games, particularly trading card games and other tabletop games. Not only that, but they also hold weekly tournaments and events related to a lot of the games they sell.
Regalado says that although running a comic and gaming store isn't the most profitable business ever, he still loves what he does, claiming that if you're in this business, you're "in it because you love it and because you have the time to devote to it."
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LOS ANGELES - He's acted, danced and sang his way through movies, television and the stage, making Dick Van Dyke an entertainment triple-threat long before Hollywood used such hyphenates.
The 87-year-old actor, best known for the 1960s hit comedy "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and Disney's big-screen musical "Mary Poppins," can now add lifetime achievement honoree. He added that honor to his resume at Sunday night's 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
"They tell me you never work again once you get this award," Van Dyke said on the red carpet. "I'll have to let them know I'm available."
His career has spanned eight decades, starting with work as a disc jockey and a standup comic in the late '40s. He even worked as a national television morning-show host, with no less than Walter Cronkite serving as his news anchor.
But perhaps Van Dyke's most critical career break came in 1960, when director Gower Champion hired him as the male lead opposite Chita Rivera in the new Broadway-bound stage musical "Bye Bye Birdie."
Van Dyke had no professional dance experience, and out-of-town tryouts did not go well. Nevertheless, Champion refused to fire the actor, who would go on to New York with Rivera and win a Tony award for his performance.
About a year later, Van Dyke was starring in his own sitcom, in the role of TV comedy writer Rob Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Three prime-time Emmys for Van Dyke and more than 50 years later, the series remains revered by many critics as one of the earliest models of great workplace comedy.
"'The 'Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life," he said on the red carpet.
During the series' run, Van Dyke also enjoyed big-screen hits, including the 1963 "Birdie" movie and the 1964 all-star comedy, "What a Way to Go!" But biggest of all was "Mary Poppins," in which he introduced the Oscar-winning song "Chim Chim Cher-ee."
"I'm world-famous for my Cockney accent," Van Dyke kidded in his acceptance speech. He has said his British-born co-star, Julie Andrews, told him he never got the accent right.
Last year, Van Dyke presented the same lifetime achievement honor to his former TV co-star, Mary Tyler Moore.
These days, Van Dyke sings with his vocal group, The Vantasix, and enjoys life with his wife of one year, makeup artist Arlene Silver. The couple met seven years ago at the SAG Awards.


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U.S. Gen. Keith Alexander took to the keynote podium today at Black Hat 2013 to shed some light on the government's maligned surveillance program, arguing that they aren't used as broadly as privacy advocates fear, undergo strict checks and balances, and have helped to thwart dozens of potential terrorist threats in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Whether Alexander's address -- combined with newly declassified documents about some of the programs -- will quell critics' concerns remains to be seen. Aside from a couple of outbursts from audience members during the speech, attendees listened quietly, even offering a smattering of applause when the general spoke to how the programs have helped to disrupt attacks.
"[The programs'] reputations are tarnished because all the facts aren't on the table. I believe it's important for you to understand what [agents] have to do in order to do their jobs to defend this nation and the oversight regime that we have with the courts, with Congress, and with the [Obama] administration. I think you need to understand that in order to get the full understanding of what we do and what we do not do."
Alexander spoke about two specific programs: Section 215 of the Patriot Act, and Section 702 of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 215, he said, is a counterterrorism program designed to identify the communication of people suspected to be associated with terrorist organizations and who are communicating with individuals inside the United States.
Through the program, the NSA can obtain the date and time calls are made, the calling number, the number of the recipient, the duration of the call, and the origin of the metadata record. He said the NSA does not receive the actual voice communications, email or text messages, or subscriber info like names, address, credit card numbers, or location information.
Section 702 of FISA lets the feds monitor communications between foreign powers and "agents of foreign powers." That may include American citizens or residents suspected of espionage or terrorism. The program is "for foreign intelligence purposes. This is not targeting U.S. persons; this is targeting threats overseas. This is our lawful intercept program, which is analogous to many other countries' around the world."
Obtaining a court order is no easy task, according to Alexander; each request isn't simply rubber-stamped. "I am on the other end of that table with federal judges ... these are people with tremendous legal experience that don't take any -- I am trying to think of a word here -- from even a four-star general," he said.


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John Nean Craig (1761 – 1842), Revolutionary Soldier and Patriot of Keowee Lake, Pickens Dist., South Carolina
John Nean Craig (1761 – 1842), Revolutionary Soldier and Patriot
JOHN NEAN CRAIG was born March 10, 1761 in Cork or Down County, Ireland, and died February 10, 1842 in Keowee Lake Home, Pickens District, South Carolina. He married (1) CLARKE. He married (2) CATHERINE WILSONNovember 11, 1788 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, daughter of JOHN WILSON. She was born 1767, and died September 29, 1859 in South Carolina.
Child of JOHN CRAIG and CLARKE is WILLIAM H. CRAIG, b. December 13, 1785.
The ten children of JOHN CRAIG and CATHERINE WILSON are:
- MARTHA CLARK CRAIG, b. July 21, 1792, South Carolina; d. January 03, 1876, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. ELISHA LAWRENCE, July 01, 1814; b. November 15, 1789, South Carolina; d. November 24, 1875, South Carolina.
- ARTHUR R. CRAIG, b. December 02, 1794, South Carolina; d. December 20, 1854, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. LUCINDA PARTHENIA GRESHAM, September 23, 1818; b. December 05, 1795, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. October 07, 1875, Pickens County, South Carolina. ARTHUR R. CRAIG and LUCINDA GRESHAM are buried at CraigFamilyCemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.
- AMANDA G CRAIG, b. December 05, 1795; d. October 07, 1825. Burial: CraigFamilyCemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.
- MARGARET"PEGGY" CLARK CRAIG was born June 29, 1797 in South Carolina, and died after 1880 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. She married THOMAS DANIEL BOONFebruary 28, 1822 in Pickens District, South Carolina, son of NATHAN BOON and FRANCIS ANN. He was born about September 16, 1800 in South Carolina, and died March 09, 1876 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. MARGARET CRAIG and husband,THOMAS DANIEL BOON are buried at Boon's ChapelUnitedMethodistChurch, Okalona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
- ROBERT CRAIG, b. May 14, 1800, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. November 07, 1876, Keowee, Oconee County, South Carolina; m. RACHEL ANN SPEED, February 17, 1825, Anderson, South Carolina; b. November 22, 1803, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. July 06, 1881, Keowee, Oconee County, South Carolina. ROBERT CRAIG and RACHEL ANN SPEED are buried at CraigFamilyCemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.
- JANE BROWN CRAIG, b. April 26, 1802; d. November 30, 1824; m. ANDREW MCMULLEN, November 30, 1824.
- ESTER G CRAIG, b. June 21, 1804; d. June 21, 1804. ESTER G CRAIG buried at CraigFamilyCemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.
- MARY CRAIG, b. July 24, 1806.
- SARAH WILSON CRAIG, b. July 28, 1809, Pickens County, South Carolina; d. About 1846, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. ROBERT KNOX, February 17, 1835; b. July 28, 1809; d. 1891. SARAH WILSON CRAIG is buried at CraigFamilyCemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.ROBERT KNOX is buried at New HopeBaptistChurch, Oconee County, South Carolina.
- CATHERINE BROWN CRAIG, b. March 24, 1812; m. HIRAM GIBSON, April 25, 1833; b. January 03, 1807, South Carolina; d. Bef. 1875, Rabun County, Georgia.
John Nean Craig 1761 - 1842, Revolutionary Soldier and Patriot
John Nean Craig, a Revolutionary War soldier at the age of 15. His first marriage was to a Miss Clark who bore him a son, William H. on Dec. 13, 1785. His second marriage was to Catherine Wilson on Nov. 14, 1788. She bore him nine children. They lived on a 425 acre tract of land bordered on the west by KeoweeRiver, about half way between the old Pickens and Nimmons bridges. He was buried in the CraigCemetery, which has been moved because of the DukeLake which will cover the area, to a plot adjacent to OldPickensChurch cemetery. He died Feb. 10, 1842 at the age of 81.
Source: "Many of the Craig Children prominent in Oconee Affairs"Keowee Courier Newspaper.
It is also to be noted that Lucinda Gresham married Arthur Craig. He was a son of John Nean Craig, also a Revolutionary soldier of renown. He owned the tract of land on which this burial ground is situated. The youth of that day were the same as they are today. In that age men were heroic, and youth courageous. Romance flourished, and what was more natural than that the sons and daughters of these distinguished soldiers should marry and establish homes of their own?
John Nean Craig died, February 10, 1812, in his eighty-first year. That he was a man of high ideals, strong convictions and vigorous action, is attested by the epitaph on yonder tombstone: reciting that he was a soldier during the Revolution, a patriot through life, and at death desired his epitaph to record his long cherished political creed --- Free Trade. States Rights, Liberty or Death. His was also the Christian faith, and though dead, he yet speaketh, after 123 years; and his words of wisdom would sound a reproach to time-serving politicians of the present day. We can well imagine how he challenged and fought the Tories of his time; and how he would fight the Tories of the present who would bore from within and undermine the American system of Government for which these early patriots fought and died.
The War of the American Revolution found many ready to take part in it, that a free and independent nation might be insured. We have stood today by the graves of three of these patriots; John Craig, John Gresham and Lieut. Joseph Reid, and paid our tribute to them.
Daughters of the Walhalla Chapter, I again congratulate you and commend you for your good works. We are enjoined in the Constitution of the National Society Daughters American Revolution to seek out and preserve such spots, and the Prophet of Holy Writ has further commanded us, Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which the fathers have searched out. Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Honoring the Memory of Two Revolutionary Heroes, Lieutenant Joseph Reid and John GreshamCompiled by R. T. Jaynes
Reprinted from the Keowee Courier, Walhalla, SC (Issues of Aug. 7, Aug. 14 and Aug. 21, 1935)
Commemorating the Revolutionary Services of Jno. Gresham and Lieut. Joseph Reid.
Craig, John
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b. 1761, Ireland d. 10 February 1842 m. Catherine
He moved to York District, South Carolina, at the age of fifteen and entered service under Col. Thomas Neel. He was sent against the Indians under Gen. Williamson. His second and third tours of duty were under Capt. Sadler and Col. Neel and he was sent to BlackSwamp to serve under Gen. Moultrie. He was in the battle at Stono. Next, he served under Lts. Hugh McClure and John Steele and Capt. John McClure. He was in the engagements at Mobley's Meeting House and Ramsour's Mill. He also served under Cols. Neel, Locke (of N.C.), Lacey and Bratton and Maj. Dickson. He was in the skirmish with Tories At Williamson's Lane (Huck's Defeat) and was in the battles at Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Congaree Fort, Blackstock's Plantation, Thompson's Fort and Fart Watson.
A.A.1569; P614; The Chester Standard, 16 March 1854.
Source:Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution. Volume I, A-J By Bobby Gilmer MossPage 211
1785, 30 March; (Abbeville County, South Carolina) In land grants to Revolutionary soldiers in Abbeville County Court House Vol. 1-Page 241 states "John Craig, as a citizen two hundred acres of land situated above the Ancient Boundary Line on a branch of Saludy River called Rocky Branch, bounding on the Et on John Wilson's land, the other sides vacant." Recorded this 30 of March 1785. Robert Anderson C.L. (Catherine Wilson Craig was probably the daughter of John Wilson.) (John Wilson Senior?)


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WELLINGTON boots would have been more appropriate than running shoes at the latest two races contested by Running Forever Running Club members.
At Chard on New Year's Day, eight runners finished the Chard Flyer 10K despite knee-deep water in places.
Bev Collins led the club home in 36th place in 51m 4s, winning her age group at the same time.
She was followed by Paul Clowes (49th, 54m 5s), Rebecca Coles (55th, 56m 16s), Rob Murr (63rd, 58m 30s), Emil Goretzki (66th, 58m 30s), Jen Boulton (86th, 64m 15s), Liz Williams (94th, 67m 59s) and Claire Allison (96th, 71m 17s). There were 102 finishers.
Nearly 500 runners ventured to the Exeter Basins for the annual First Chance 10K.
The race was delayed by an hour to allow for the possibility of high tides flooding the Basin but eventually it went ahead with a strong headwind in the early part of the race.
Paul Thomas finished 246th in 50m 37s with Rob Murr 270th in 52m 17s. There were 465 finishers.


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It's a special lock that is fitted on your bathroom door. Every time you enter the bathroom and shut the door behind you, it automatically locks. When you want to leave, you just pull on the handle and the door will open!
Although this seems like a good invention, there is a design flaw that would stop people from buying this product.
What is it?
HintThe lock is extremely strong, no one can get in from the outside.
AnswerThere are two reasons why this product wont sell:
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2: If you're in the bathroom and for some reason you can't get the door, you're stuck because no one could help you.
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The Need to Externalize Security
• Preserving service reuse: The security context within which a component service is executed is a function of the composite service within which it is invoked. It cannot be determined during the development of the component service. If authorization logic (who is allowed to use the service) is codified within the component service, then it will need to be modified for each use in different environments or within different composite services. This approach defeats one of the benefits of a SOA: components in an SOA should be completely reusable regardless of the context within which they are invoked.
• Avoiding overhead of inter-company coordination: The owners, administrators, and specialists for access policy are different from those who develop the business logic of the component service. They are often in different organizational domains. Requiring codification of the access-policy management at development time - and within the same package as the business logic - requires coordination that is unnecessary and inefficient.
• Improving visibility and auditability: Access policies need to be audited and checked outside of the service for compliance purposes. Access policy auditing is required for the component service as well as for the composite service or business process within which the component service is invoked. Auditing is important because of corporate governance and compliance needs. It is particularly important, however, in a SOA environment because in pre-SOA environments application functions could be used in only a few very limited, very controlled ways, but in a SOA world services may be invoked in very diverse and unanticipated ways. Auditing is a critical tool to anticipate problems before they occur and locate the root cause of problems when they do occur.
Access Policy Management as a Service
Figure 1. Migration from a tightly coupled paradigm to a loosely coupled SOA
• Component service: Order management
• Access policy:
– Only people with the role of "broker" can enter an order
– Only the owner or a manager of the owner of the order can update an order
– Only the owner, a manager of the owner, or a subject of the owner with the role "reconcile" can read an order
• Accessing a central Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory in which the user roles may be stored
• Accessing another LDAP directory in which the user-manager relationship may be stored
• Accessing a separate local or remote database in which the order-owner relationship may be stored
• A Patriot Act rule might require that an order from a user with a certain attribute (for example, users who belong to a set of identified organizations) and with an order value over a certain amount (e.g. Percentage of total assets held overseas exceeds 50%) should not be permitted
• A Sarbanes-Oxley rule might require segregation of duties between a broker and an administrator
• A business situation such as a merger and acquisition may require modification of the access policy to permit access to users who have the role of broker in one system and account manager in another system
Figure 2. Order Management Component Service being invoked as part of two other business services
So Where Do You Begin?
Figure 3. A well-designed SOA consuming external infrastructure services for policy administration, resolution and auditing
Progressing Toward a More Secure SOA
The Need to Go Beyond User Roles in Setting Access Policies


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if it is france fantina could appear
Wow this is going to my first post here in....Years.
Yeah, I'd say the Region was a good chance of being specifically French based, and I have no problem with that. I just don't want them to be too realistic about and hope we get a smattering of other countries in there too (Specifically Italy, I love that place)
And yeah, despite the fact that Fantina isn't french in the japanese games, i hope her and Burgh make appearances.
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- UK, probably only a small bit..
- Western Europe: France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland.
- Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
- Southern Europe: Part of northern Italy, and Spain and Portugal.
In Best Wishes, we can see something that looks a lot like europe on the map, hence why I'm saying this..
This would leave for a lot of room for seafaring routes, where otherwise, you'd have very little, considering the geography of France.
Call me crazy..
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I want to get credit for if they turn out true. Dated 1:54am on 6-6-16:
- Rowlet: Arrowl - LOL I WAS WRONG!
- Litten: Burstiger - LOL I WAS WRONG!
- Popplio: Bubblaid - LOL I WAS WRONG!
The second line is meant to be sarcastic.. Though there was a random trainer with a Heatran at the Sinnoh League..
If the region is based on France then I hope there's a disneyland-esque area. They could tie it in with the Pokestar studios! Brycen cameo?
A new residential area was built, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to associate it with Ground Zero.wasnt it being rebuilt in bw 2 ?
Call me a small-minded European, but outside of Castelia, Clay and a couple of Pokes such as Braviary, I didn't get much of a US vibe at all. Again, it seems as though they could have done a lot more with it.They took NYC's outline, and threw mountains and a desert on top of it. It's not as if they really used 'New York', aside for Castelia City.
In second photo there's a red building which is hopefully a Pokè-center.
I was hoping for them to base a region off Britain, (as I live here) but it looks like it will be more on France. Annoying as Britain is much more interesting geographically but I love the rural feel and the old style towns.
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The Eiffel tower is over-used. I hope they add something like the Bosphorus bridge.
Personally, I think this adventure will be on a scaled down version of Europe, and the Parisian city is like the Castelia city of this new region. The statued area with the official looking building looks like it could pass as England... IMO
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I don't want to sound rude and no offence if your french but I personally feel that France although a beautiful country is not expansive or has a lot of variety to become a region on its own. Though I do think it can be a central part of what I think is a European based region. I think France Germany UK Italy (hopefully an evil mafia like gang is going to be located there) Spain turkey and Nordic countries are going to be in there. This will give a variety of region areas like a Mediterranean coastal area a Paris like city the market of Istanbul or even the cold tundra areas like Norway.
I think stuffing so much of Europe into a single region would be wasting potential from the countries that could even be used for other regions. Every country in Europe has its own identity and its particularities, and they could produce regions as diverse between themselves as the ones based in Japan.
I honestly don't know why people would like this region to be Europe all-in-one. Just a haste to see the other parts of the continent pokémon-ed, even if it feels crammed and superficial?
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I don't think it's so much 'haste' as 'desire to see it happen in our lifetimes' - as I said before, gen 7 almost certainly won't be set just 30-odd miles away across the channel, or anywhere else nearby. Besides, it's not as if any of the games are going to be a detailed cultural commentary, just look at Surge, Clay and Fantina for portrayal of characters from different countries. Really, I think people just want to be able to have a little place in the Pokemon world of their own to associate with.I honestly don't know why people would like this region to be Europe all-in-one. Just a haste to see the other parts of the continent pokémon-ed, even if it feels crammed and superficial?
Looking at the trailer, I don't think it is a Fire type Gym. I think it is a Fire type E4 challenge. I think this region has to be huge - we need the exploration part. I like the whole France thing - but I think it might be more European. France just may be the main contingent.
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When they decided to leave Japan, they went for the US. Now they're going for France. Maybe next they'll do Germany or Italy.
I am interested in the desserts, I wonder if they are actually placed where real exist or are just made up, anyway, here are my guesses.
Just France: If the region is just France it would probably just be an imaginary desert and could be anywhere.
A part of Europe:The Tabernas Desert, it lays in Spain, which is fairly close to France, and probably in the northern part of the region.
The whole of Europe: The Bledowska Desert, I think it is the largest desert in Europe and it exists in Poland, which would place it at the middle of a map or so.
Linearity is a huge part of what's going to make or break this region. Hopefully with the implementation of 3D graphics we can have some large, open spaces for us to explore at our own leisure with minimal restrictions.
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VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor arrived in Tehran early on Monday voicing optimism he could reach a deal to investigate suspected atom bomb research - a possible breakthrough that Iran may hope could help ease Western sanctions pressure and deflect threats of war.
"I really think this is the right time to reach agreement. Nothing is certain but I stay positive," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said at Vienna airport, adding "good progress" had already been made.
But though Amano scheduled Monday's talks with Iran at such short notice that diplomats said agreement on new inspections seemed near, few see Tehran convincing Western governments to ease back swiftly on punitive measures when its negotiators meet big power officials in Baghdad on Wednesday.
On his arrival at Imam Khomeini airport Amano was greeted by Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, state news agency IRNA reported.
Later on Monday he will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, two days before Jalili holds talks in the Iraqi capital with Catherine Ashton, the senior EU official heading a six-power coalition comprised of the five U.N. Security Council permanent members plus Germany.
By promising cooperation with U.N. inspectors, diplomats say Iran might aim for leverage ahead of the broader negotiations, where the United States and its allies want Iran to halt works they say are cover for developing nuclear weapons. Western sanctions on Iran's energy exports, and threats by Israel and Washington of military action, have pushed up world oil prices.
Western diplomats say Amano, a veteran Japanese diplomat, would only make a rare visit to Tehran if he believed a framework agreement to give his inspectors freer hands in their investigation was close.
"We regard the visit ... as a gesture of goodwill," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying by the Iranian student news agency. He hoped for agreement on a "new modality" to work with the U.N. agency that would "help clear up the ambiguities".
The nuclear watchdog wants access to sites, officials and documents to shed light on activities in Iran that could be used to develop the capability to make nuclear weapons, especially the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran.
Two meetings between Iran and senior Amano aides in Tehran in January and February failed to make any notable progress. But both sides were more upbeat after a new round of talks in Vienna last week, raising hopes they were making headway.
"We need to keep up the momentum. There has been good progress during the recent round of discussions between Iran and the IAEA," Amano said, adding he did not expect to visit Parchin during his short, one-day stay in Tehran.
Yet while an Iranian agreement on a so-called "structured approach" outlining the ground rules on how to address the IAEA's questions would be welcome, it remains to be seen how and when it will be implemented in practice.
"We'll see if the Iranians agree to let the agency visit Parchin. I have my doubts, no matter what any agreement says on paper," said one Western envoy ahead of Amano's visit to Iran and the meeting with world powers, the P5+1, in Baghdad.
Such a deal would also not be enough in itself to allay international concerns. World powers want Iran to curb uranium enrichment, which can have both civilian and military purposes.
Iran, to general incredulity from its Israeli and Western adversaries, insists its nuclear programme is intended only to generate electricity and other civilian uses. Unlike Israel, assumed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, Iran is a signatory to treaties that oblige it to work with the IAEA.
"We are not going to do anything concrete in exchange for nice words," another diplomat said of the Baghdad meeting, the arrangement of which stemmed from a P5+1 meeting with Iran in Istanbul last month that ended over a year of not talking.
"Presumably, we will get a flavour of what the Iranians are prepared to do," the diplomat said. "It sounds like they are interested in making progress."
Another Western diplomat said: "What we need now, with the situation in the region, are urgently concrete steps. So our talks will focus on something that can be implemented very quickly."
Leaders of the Group of Eight, worried about the effect of high oil prices on their faltering economies, raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signalling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies.
"All of us are firmly committed to continuing with the approach of sanctions and pressure in combination with diplomatic discussions," U.S. President Barack Obama said.
Israel, convinced a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a mortal threat, has - like the United States - not ruled out air strikes to stop Iran's atomic progress if it deems diplomacy has failed.
Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear programme was being considered in some Western countries.
"It is one of many various signals coming from various sources that the military option is considered as realistic and
possible," Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on his way back from the G8 summit.
Israel has made clear its scepticism about the prospects for diplomacy, saying Iran is just trying to buy time.
"We don't see any readiness from the Iranian side to give up their nuclear ambitions and for them all the engagement, from our point of view, it's clear deception," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday.
In Baghdad, the powers' main goal is to get Iran to stop the higher-grade uranium enrichment it started two years ago and has since expanded, shortening the time needed for any weapons bid.
Iran says it needs the uranium enriched to a fissile concentration of 20 percent for its medical research reactor.
An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said there were hopes the Baghdad meeting would be successful.
But Iran will not "tolerate any pressure and it decides about its destiny in the nuclear issue with full authority," Mehr News Agency quoted Ali Akbar Velayati as saying.
The IAEA wants Iran to address issues raised by an agency report last year that revealed intelligence pointing to past and possibly ongoing activity to help develop atomic arms.
Iran says the intelligence is fabricated, and has so far resisted requests for inspectors to visit Parchin.
Western diplomats say they suspect Iran is cleaning the site to remove incriminating evidence, a charge Tehran dismisses.
"I hope Amano asks for his people to see Parchin," one Western diplomat said. "But it seems a wild guess to me."
Diplomats say the six powers will probably aim to extract an offer from Tehran to implement some limited curbs and begin a long-term process of gradual concessions from all sides.
Their hope is that economic sanctions imposed by Western nations in the last year, targeting Iran's vital oil revenues and ability to trade with international partners, would be enough to force Iran to take that first step, one diplomat said.
Immediate confidence-building measures that Iran could offer are "not all that complicated," said former senior U.S. State Department official James Dobbins, now with the Rand Corporation's International Security and Defense Policy Center.
"It is essentially, 'Stop enriching to 20 percent, ship out what you've already done ... and then let's last start talking about more comprehensive measures'."
But European diplomats say any corresponding changes to their further oil embargo plans are out of the question for now: "The EU oil sanctions are a very big card and a very big step," one said. "Just because they have been applied last doesn't mean they will be the first to be taken off."
Additional reporting by Justyna Pawlak in Brussels, William Maclean in London, Marcus George in Dubai, Patrick Markey in Baghdad and Ori Lewis and Dan Williams in Jerusalem; Editing by Alastair Macdonald, Philippa Fletcher and Eric Beech


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Especially want feedback on if the images work. I know they are a mix of cartoon/real life. It's Mrthejazz... a case not yet solved. 16:08, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
It's Mrthejazz... a case not yet solved. 16:08, June 16, 2010 (UTC)~ 08:36, Jun 26, 2010
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I laughed when I read it the first time, but not the second and third and subsequent times, if that means anything. I thought it has greatly improved from when it was a one page format, when I didn't laugh at all and thought it was crap, even though they're the same jokes. It's surprising what good formatting can do. I only give "8"s when an article strikes me as absolutely brilliant stuff, so don't worry that you didn't get an 8. It's just my personal preference cuz I feel that racial humour, while being very funny, is very easy to do. Ok, enough about that. And I know what follows is mainly criticism, but if I didn't mention something that means its good.
Page 1 - The way you just slap on your source of parody seems a bit unfinished. Some unbooks have an introductory passage where they explain their source of parody, with some jokes thrown in to make it less boring. This is what I think you should do. Like this. I think it'll be good for people who are not familiar with the book and couldn't be bothered clicking on the link. Or it can just be used as a quick overview for people so that they don't accuse you of writing an article that requires prior knowledge of something. In terms of more concrete suggestions, maybe you can put the pic of the kid on the left, and a box for your "intro". Or a box for your "intro" with the kid under it. Or just write the intro under a level 2 section heading. I don't know what would look best so make sure you use the preview button.
Page 9 - I think this has continuity problems towards the end. I don't understand how running around a gong makes you "a ring", "wee" and "far away". Did they move the gong while running around it, or something? And also you never mentioned that they took their clothes off to run (and for what reason?), so to have LYW suddenly say "why have you taken off you clothes etc" comes off as a bit odd to me.
Page 10 - I recommend you remove the word "stereotype" and any other words that have the same effect. This loses the subtly racist feel of the original and feels like you're trying to hammer the joke in.
Page 11 - "Let's just eat and ignore the fact that I've wandered buck naked throughout the streets of Tokyo all day" - since you mentioned it in a previous page, hammering it in again here is a bit, well, repetitive. I liked it here better, though, so I suggest you remove the previous one that is a footnote, which looks horribly out of place in a children's book. I also don't like your ending. It's like making a sarcastic remark, and then saying "by the way, that's sarcasm".
Other comments - Some other stuff that I liked are certain traits of Asians that are not from the standard list of Asian stereotypes, but they are definitely stuff that only Asians have. Like stress reliever balls and acid breathing transvestites and bonsai. That makes it fresh. This is good, because I almost don't get the feeling of "I've heard this before". I like it that you keep your stereotypes not so standard but there are certain parts where it does get pretty standard. It's ok if you only have a few though.
|It's good that you have such an appropriate source of parody that can generate humour all by itself. I think it is important that you keep the children's book feel, and that means you have to sound like you're racist without knowing it (just like your source of parody). Which means, as I've said, avoid hammering in jokes and explaining your jokes. The contrast between the innocence of the children's book and the racism is a very good source of humour. Another thing about keeping the children's book tone is to keep the sentences short and the vocabulary simple. This is pretty important here and you should go through the article to look for long and complex sentences/words and trim them down.
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|Prose and Formatting complaints:
Formatting greatly improved the humour for me. I think this is my own bias, in favour of an article that looks more "professional". I think you page numbers need to be in boxes, though. Atm it looks a bit haphazard and incorrectly aligned. Don't ask me how. There's a guide somewhere but I can't find it. Or just find some page with that kind of formatting and copy it. It also really irks me how you don't capitalise "Previous" and "Next".
wasn't she pleased! - use "?"
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Well, it is a personal preference of mine that all the images in my article have the same theme, colour hue, brightness and approximate size. I'm not kidding. I'll actually go and change the "hue" of an image if it doesn't actually fit with the rest of the pictures. Not that it matters in terms of VFH, I'm pretty sure. Some articles that in my opinion have horrible image choice and synchronization pass VFH in a few days. So, if I were the writer of this article, I wouldn't go with your choice of image, not because they don't work, but because of my OCDness. That's an indirect way of saying that you can keep most of your images, but you can change them for a different look or "harmony" that may or may not affect your humour value. Like humour, the selection of images is subjective. Just experiment and see what you personally prefer.
Page 3 - This is an image that I feel is a bit "out of sync" with the rest of the book. It is not "innocently (or subtly) racist" but "blatantly racist".
Page 10 - I also don't like this one. It looks out of place and is very obviously a political cartoon. It got me distracted cuz I was trying to figure out its original message. I also don't understand why black kids have tigers.
Page 11 - While we're at it, I'm also not very fond of this image. It looks a bit generic imo, like it's from the "list of Asian stereotypes" that I mentioned earlier. Also, the caption hammers in a 3rd time that LYW wasn't wearing clothes.
|Not 8 because some things needed to be fixed. Especially the intro and formatting of the page turners.
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REGINA -- Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant and defensive end Odell Willis are ready to hear some sour notes in Sunday's Banjo Bowl.
The CFL veterans expect to be the receiving end of some trash talking from fans when the Riders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers meet in the back end of the home-and-home series. Sunday's game marks the first time that Durant and Willis will be on the same team for the Banjo Bowl. They are expecting similar reactions from the Blue Bombers fans, but for different reasons.
Durant raised the ire of Winnipeg's fans and the blood pressure of former head coach Ken Miller when he got involved in some trash talking towards the end of a 45-23 victory over the Blue Bombers in 2011. Durant will not allow that to happen again.
"I won't fall into the trap that they set for me last year,'' Durant said Friday. "It was a trap that was laid out there and I just stepped right into it. It was fun while it lasted. You can ask other guys around the league. I think (B.C.'s) Arland Bruce tweeted something about Winnipeg fans a couple of weeks ago when they were out there. I won't fall into it.''
Willis expects to hear it from the fans after being traded to the Riders during the 2012 off-season. One of the reasons the Blue Bombers cited for trading Willis was he didn't want to play for them. Willis said he was prepared to return to the Blue Bombers, especially with the opportunity to play in a new stadium, the opening of which has been delayed until 2013.
"I expect to hear everything and they've already started on Twitter,'' said Willis, who was a CFL all-star in 2011. "It doesn't bother me because I like the attention. If they are talking to me and saying things, I feel like I'm doing something pretty good. They already started on the social networks, so why not? I hope they have a whole bunch. They can focus on me instead of trash talking the rest of the team.''
Durant said he will try to block out the fans, but knows that's easier said than done.
"Fans do a lot of research and they come up with something that may have happened to you back in the '90s,'' said Durant, who is 2-1 in the Banjo Bowl as the starting quarterback. "They have clues about it. When people say the wrong things or push buttons, sometimes you can't help but respond, but I'm not going to let it get to me. It's all about going into that place and getting a win.''
Willis said that he was unaware of Durant's trash talking last year until seeing the clip on TSN. Willis added that he likes to see his quarterback getting into it with the fans.
"That fires me up,'' Willis said. "To see my quarterback or one of my offensive linemen not backing down or see any of my teammates standing up for themselves gets me motivated. If you want to pick on my teammate, my brother or a member of my family, I have to pick on you. You're not going let anyone disrespect your family.''
Much of the fans' displeasure may be aimed at the Blue Bombers, who are 2-7.
Blue Bombers general manager Joe Mack has been in the crosshairs and addressed the media on Thursday for the first time since Sunday's loss. Among the reasons Mack cited for the Blue Bombers' 2012 collapse was the team was still recovering from the death of Richard Harris, the popular defensive line coach.
"We got over that during the season,'' said Willis, adding that his return to Winnipeg for the first time will be bittersweet. "He was a real father figure to me and he's still an important person to me. Still, it's no excuse for what's going on right now."


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Karolina Kurkova doesn't have a belly button
Man, British people are smart. The folks over at BBC News made a startling discovery over the weekend: Karolina Kurkova doesn't have a belly button. Wait. Women have belly buttons? When did that happen?:
Its absence was noticed this week when the 24-year-old graced a US catwalk for lingerie giant Victoria Secret. While most of us have an "outie" or an "innie", Ms Kurkova has a smooth indentation (although sometimes a tummy button is airbrushed onto her photos in post-production).
Ms Kurkova has not spoken publicly about how she came to have a smooth navel, and all her agent will say is "she's not an alien".
Of course, this news would be startling if I didn't just make a fascinating discovery of my own: Karolina Kurkova – has a face. BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!
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NEW YORK (AP) – Sandy Alderson was chosen as the New York Mets general manager and is now responsible for rebuilding a big-spending organization beset by problems on and off the field.
Alderson will be introduced tomorrow at a Citi Field news conference, the team announced today.
Caption: Sandy Alderson has been announced as the new general manager for the New York Mets. (The Associated Press photo)
Alderson and former Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes were brought back for a second round of interviews this week.
GM Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel were fired after the team's second consecutive losing season. The club has said its new GM will lead the search for the next manager.
Alderson, a Harvard Law School graduate and former Marine, met Tuesday with the Mets owner Fred Wilpon; son Jeff Wilpon, the chief operating officer; and club president Saul Katz. Byrnes met with Mets ownership Monday.
Alderson, the former president and GM of the Oakland Athletics and chief executive officer of the San Diego Padres, will have to leave his current job with Major League Baseball in which he's leading efforts to reform operations in the Dominican Republic.
Alderson, who turns 63 next month, was Oakland's general manager from 1983-97, also serving as team president from 1993-95 and 1996-97. He built power-packed teams led by the Bash Brothers of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco that won three straight pennants from 1988-90 and a World Series title in '89.
Well-respected among MLB executives, Alderson was executive vice president for baseball operations in the commissioner's office from 1998-05. He was the Padres' CEO from 2005-09.
The Mets, who went 79-83 last season and finished 18 games behind the Phillies in the NL East, haven't made the postseason since reaching the National League championship series in 2006. On the business side, Alderson also will have to deal with several unwieldy contracts for underperforming players.
They have been beset by injuries the past two seasons to stars Johan Santana, who had shoulder surgery and will miss the start of the season, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, Jason Bay and closer Francisco Rodriguez.
K-Rod also has criminal charges pending stemming from a fight with his girlfriend's father. He tore a ligament in his thumb punching the man. He is due in court Nov. 10.
New York also interviewed Allard Baird, Dana Brown, Rick Hahn and Logan White for its GM position. Major League Baseball discourages teams from making major announcements that conflict with the World Series. The first day off is Friday between Games 2 and 3.


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Attempted murder charges have been laid after a shooting incident on Feb 24 in Cranbrook. At approximately 2:30 AM, the Cranbrook RCMP responded to a firearms complaint at an apartment block on King Street West.
Police determined a shot had been fired into an apartment on the 3rd floor from the ground level narrowly missing one of the occupants. The apartment had three people inside at the time of the shooting, but no one was injured.
A police dog and handler was quickly activated and attended. The team located a firearm used in the incident and then a male who was hiding in the area. A 47-year old male from Cranbrook was arrested and is currently in custody.
"Quick response by police and specifically Police Dog Services led to the successful apprehension of the suspect within a very short time," said Cpl. Chris Newel, Kimberley/Cranbrook RCMP.
Through investigation police have determined that the suspect and a person in the apartment knew each other. This is not believed to be a random act.
Witnesses were interviewed and a search warrant has been executed on the suspect's residence where further evidence was obtained.
The subject went before a Judicial Justice of the Peace the day of his arrest and is being held for his next court appearance, February 27.
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HOUSTON - An elderly man has been accused of setting a fire at his home.
Willie Lewis Sr., 84, has been charged with arson.
According to court documents, Lewis became agitated at his home in the 4500 block of Kashmere on New Year's Day. His caregiver took away the key to his motorized scooter after he tried to run over her, according to Houston police.
A short time later, Lewis poured gasoline inside a closet, lit a piece of paper with a match and then tossed the paper into the gasoline, police said.
The caregiver gave Lewis the key to the scooter back so he could get out of the house, according to court documents. The caregiver then tried to fight the flames with a fire extinguisher, but it was not enough.
According to court documents, Lewis tried to block the caregiver from getting out of the home, but she managed to get past him. She flagged down a motorist for help, went back to the doorway and moved Lewis from the area.
Detectives said Lewis admitted to setting the fire. Investigators said Lewis claimed his caregiver had been mistreating him by not bathing him, locking him up and not properly administering his medication. He said that anywhere was better than being inside the home, police said.
Officials said Lewis told them he didn't ask anyone for help because, he claimed, the caregiver took his cellphone away from him.
According to court documents, Lewis has a lengthy criminal record and a history of drug abuse. The caregiver told police that she had a mental health warrant issued for Lewis on Dec. 1, but it had not been served because of the holiday.
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It's roughly the size of the nail on your pinky finger, but it can pose a huge threat to you and your pets.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet ixodes scapularis, better known in Manitoba as the blacklegged tick, a creepy little bloodsucker with the potential to spread Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that typically resides in deer, mice, squirrels and other small animals.
"It's a small bug but a potentially big threat," celebrity pet expert Jarod Miller warned during a visit earlier this month to the Free Press News Caf©. "We're encouraging people to protect their pets by being aware that ticks carry Lyme disease. Only about 25 per cent of Canadians are even aware of what Lyme disease is."
Best known for dozens of appearances on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America and Conan O'Brien's shows, the media-savvy American zoologist has become sort of the Sidney Crosby of the animal world.
A former executive director of the Binghamton Zoo in Binghamton, N.Y., Miller became the youngest accredited zoo director in the U.S. at the age of 25. Now 34, he is the host of the popular syndicated series Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller.
The outgoing animal expert was in Winnipeg as part of a tour to promote awareness of Lyme disease and the use of K9 Advantix, a topical solution designed specifically for dogs that kills ticks before they can bite and transmit the bacteria.
Miller said this is the time of year when Winnipeggers need to be on guard for blacklegged ticks. With an abundance of wooded areas, our city is a perfect breeding ground for the pests, he noted.
"Right when the good weather starts, that's when the ticks begin their life cycle and the new population of ticks comes out," he said in an interview. Dogs are especially at risk, because they are more likely than cats to spend times rooting around in forested areas.
"Ticks are everywhere. They can be in grass and in trees. They can crawl and jump. They're attracted to warm-blooded animals. What a tick does is leap on the animal and bore its head into their skin, which makes them difficult to remove. They're little bloodsuckers."
Once it lands on a dog or a human, the tick will usually wander around for several hours looking for the perfect spot to dig in and feed. They must remain attached to the skin for several hours to transmit the infection.
"What makes a tick bite different is when they bite, they bore their entire head into the skin, while a mosquito will bite you and take off. During the feeding process, the bacteria can enter into the bloodstream. Once a tick bites, that's when the problems start."
Labelled the Great Imitator, Lyme disease can be extremely hard to diagnose because it has a multitude of symptoms and can mimic many different diseases. That makes it hard to know the extent of the problem.
The first sign is usually a rash that erupts within a month of the initial bite from an infected tick. The rash may be painless, or itchy and hot. It often brings flu-like symptoms, fatigue and joint pain.
The best treatment, Miller told me, is to avoid getting infected in the first place.
He said he'd hate to discourage dog owners from taking their pets outside or on wilderness vacations, but it is essential for them to get in the habit of checking their animals for the tiny ticks as frequently as possible.
"They're small enough to go undetected, but if you're vigilant and go through your dog with a flea comb, you can see them with the naked eye," the zoologist said. "You don't want your dog getting Lyme disease, but also your dog can be the vehicle for your family and your children to be exposed to it, too. It can be very serious."
Miller also strongly advocated treating dogs once a month with K9 Advantix, which must be prescribed by a veterinarian.
"To prevent it, you use a product like K9 Advantix to kill the tick before it bites, because once the tick bites, that's when it can transmit Lyme disease."
He knows only too well the pain caused by this disease. When he was just 10, Miller's aunt fell victim to the bite of an infected tick, but it took doctors years to figure out the source of the problem.
"My aunt suffered from it for 10 years," he recalled. "She got it in the early '80s in Colorado. She was in her 30s at the time and started having problems with her joints and fatigue. She was tired all the time.
"She's made a good recovery but there's still some side-effects, nerve damage, from it."
When removing a tick, Miller noted, dog owners need to be wary of leaving the pest's head behind, because it can become infected.
Tweezers and tick-removal devices sold at pet stores are an option, but owners should never be reluctant to have the removal done by a vet. But he stressed no one should try to remove a tick with a lit match. "You'll end up with a dog on fire," he joked.
Along with ticks, heat is a major threat dogs face in the summer months, the pet expert said.
"Make sure your pets are hydrated and you have water when you go for walks because your dog can get overheated," he warned. "They have a higher natural body temperature than we do. Never leave your dog in a car."
A quick solution for an overheated dog: Put a cold compress on their feet or dip their paws in cold water. "Shave your dogs down for the summer," he advised. "It keeps them cool and makes it easier to find ticks."


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The Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop
Welcome to Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday, this is a blog hop! It is my hope that together we can create an amazing collection of frugal and sustainable ideas that will be an excellent resource for all of our readers. Please feel free to link-up and share as many posts as you would like pertaining to:
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