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Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:10 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
The last time "you people" was deployed in a presidential campaign: contempt and class and race
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Nothing illustrates condescension quite like addressing folks as "you people." I believe when this phrase is used by those in power, they betray their own sociopathy. It's not difficult to measure your speech. Normal people who will never breathe the rarified air of a Romney fundraiser are able to do so everyday. Like when we tell our boss that "sure, it's no problem" working late for the umpteenth time this week. Or when there's a heated political discussion in the break room about what a stroke of genius the Laffer Curve was.
We hold our tongue b/c we know that we don't have the power not to.
These elite assholes flaunt their power when they speak down to us as "you people." What they're really saying is that we're too meaningless to matter, and they sure don't have to modify their speech to address with respect. To them, we are merely to be manipulated until they don't even have to refer to us at all...that is, when they have ALL THE POWER (and we are completely objectified for their profit and amusement).
Let's not forget that Ann Romney dropping the "you people" bomb was by way of telling us how little we deserve to know about their business dealings. She wants "us people" to know that their money entitles them to walk all over us. She wants "us people" to know that their money EMPOWERS them to treat us like their servants. And she want "us people" to vote for them.
Well, that's rich.
When Ross Perot addressed the NAACP as "you people," he was revealing exactly what he thought of blacks in America. His language belied a particular form of Southern racism, that "you (black) people" know your place.
Ann Romney's use of this language has a similar goal. She wants "you (non-elite) people" to know your place. She wants "you (non-richy rich) people" to know that her people will crush us people under their pointy Pravda heels the first chance they get. She holds "us people" in contempt...we're out line...and if we don't watch it, someone will be sorry. As CEO of this country Mittens will see to that.
I'm outraged by this comment of hers, but I'm terrified that "those people" hold most of the power in this country. They might not have the White House at the moment, but they run nearly all the businesses, and their toadies who're lower on the corporate totem poles across this country have too much power to make our lives miserable in the form of unfair labor practices, wage suppression, and cronyism.
It's not enough for me to win this election -- we have to run THESE PEOPLE out of our lives for good.
THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Racial Politics; Perot Speech Gets Cool Reception at N.A.A.C.P.
By PETER APPLEBOME
Published: July 12, 1992
In his first campaign appearance before an organization of blacks, Ross Perot called today for racial harmony and said economic development was the answer to the problems of the nation's cities. But he elicited little response from the audience and left some listeners offended by what they said were patronizing or insensitive remarks.
Talking about the nation's economic problems, Mr. Perot said: "Financially, at least, it's going to be a long, hot summer. I don't have to tell you who gets hurt first when this sort of thing happens, do I? You, your people do. Your people do. I know that and you know that."
One man called out objecting to the phrase. He called out again later when Mr. Perot said it was "your people" who suffer most from runaway crime.
Willie Clark, president of the N.A.A.C.P. branch in San Bernadino, Calif., said the overall tone of Mr. Perot's remarks and particularly his use of the phrase "your people" reflected how culturally out of touch he was with his audience. "When he said 'you people' or 'your people,' it was like waving a red flag in front of a bull," he said. "It's something white folks have used when they don't want to call you nigger, but they don't want to treat you like an equal."
Mr. Perot left the N.A.A.C.P.'s convention immediately after the speech. Asked later if he was aware that he had offended some people, he said, "If I did, then I'm sorry."
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Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:12 PM
Spazito (34,711 posts)
1. Excellent OP...
It's right on point.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:15 PM
nykym (1,821 posts)
2. The French
had a very reasonable solution to people like Ann
Response to nykym (Reply #2)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:32 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
4. hmm...is that why we're not supposed to like the French?
never understood that. Maybe we're supposed to hate them for their socialized medicine and worker protections.
They definitely dealt with their elite problem. Thing is, when democracy is working, there's no need for that.
Response to nashville_brook (Reply #4)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:53 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)
44. We're supposed to hate them because they have too much freedom.
Only in France can you tell your wife that your mistress doesn't understand you.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:31 PM
wandy (3,539 posts)
3. Well said.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:53 PM
PuraVidaDreamin (3,748 posts)
5. Ann Leona Helmsley Romney
Must be nice to be a princess.
Response to PuraVidaDreamin (Reply #5)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:21 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
8. Marie Ann-toinette Romney
Response to nashville_brook (Reply #8)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:53 PM
Initech (62,101 posts)
39. Yup - let them eat cake.
Response to PuraVidaDreamin (Reply #5)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:54 PM
MsPithy (809 posts)
23. I'm thinking more along the lines of
Cruella de Vil. Especially because of making a sick, wet dog ride on the top of the car and forcing horses, who are pumped full of pain killers, to dance and such.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:03 PM
chowder66 (2,047 posts)
6. Thank you.
"These people" should be disqualified for this statement alone. This is not who we elect or want to elect for president. I don't care which party someone supports.
To separate themselves by talking down to the rest of us is very telling. I hope that republicans, independents and any other party rejects this. We all should.
I am tired of these tools. Elite or not elite, they are not right for political office in this country. Maybe they can try in one of the other countries they are so happy to support.
Response to chowder66 (Reply #6)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:17 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
7. i wonder if we're so numb to this...or if the media is sympathetic to the elite
that it doesn't catch fire. we'll see, i suppose.
for those of us who are listening, the only thing that's shocking is the brazenness of it. we know this is how we're perceived...we deal with it every day at work and out in the world. we're not even "subjects" to them (as in subjects of the king/queen) -- we're objects, like furniture...and worse.
Response to nashville_brook (Reply #7)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:27 PM
chowder66 (2,047 posts)
10. It is being picked up on the cable network news
so there's that.
They need to spend their money more wisely.... unfortunately I'm not sure who is selling any of the following;
a bit of grace
a whole lot of honesty
a fair amount of transparency
a bag-full of humility
a cart full of modesty
a bucket of empathy
a truckload of decency
Response to chowder66 (Reply #10)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:33 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
11. a smidge of noblesse oblige -- :)
so GLAD it's getting picked up. my news consumption consists of DU, NPR, Cenk and Maddow (and podcasts!). i can't bring myself to listen to cable news, so I'm usually wondering what the rest of the world *thinks* is happening.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:27 PM
Tanuki (6,797 posts)
9. "Miss Ann" Romney
..."Miss Ann is an expression used inside the African-American community, to refer to a white woman (or sometimes a black woman) who is arrogant and condescending in her attitude."
Response to Tanuki (Reply #9)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:35 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
12. oh, spot on!
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:52 PM
hunter (26,827 posts)
13. It reminds me of a job interview my wife had...
... bring your husband along, free lunch, we really want you here, etc...
The invitation was pretty.
We got there at ten. Not five minutes after welcoming us the HR person looks at my wife and says "We don't get many of your people here."
Things went rapidly downhill after that. We didn't even stick around for the free lunch, we canceled our motel reservation and hit the road.
If this place was trying to increase the cultural diversity of their staff they hadn't a clue. It was like traveling back in time to my grandparent's generation. My grandfather thought maybe it was okay to date Mexican women, but you didn't marry them. His views were progressive for his time too. To make lie of the cliche, he honestly had friends who were black, and gay, and Jewish, he'd speak highly of them, defend them, treat them no differently than his white friends, but he still couldn't see outside the box. They were still other.
I try to see everyone as us, as "we the people," as my brothers and sisters, but damn, sometimes these people, these wealthy white elitists, they don't make it easy...
Response to hunter (Reply #13)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:00 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
15. good for you for not taking the job...
it strikes me that comments such as these often happen in the context of an unequal power dynamic such as a job interview.
"we the people" is a form of social contract -- I'm more than happy to include the elite as long as they maintain the contract. but, what i'm seeing lately is contempt for all forms of social contract. any sort of working together is sneered at by these people as "socialism." they prefer we work for them, rather than for ourselves, together.
Response to hunter (Reply #13)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 10:01 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)
45. The last time I was around someone who was gay
I was holding up kitchen cabinets against the wall while he power screwed into the studs....
Wait a sec,....did that come out right?
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:57 PM
bongbong (5,436 posts)
14. Caption for the picture
"I resent all the attention you people are giving my husband for his car elevator. We're also planning on building a horse elevator. Why doesn't anyone ask me about THAT?"
Response to bongbong (Reply #14)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:39 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
30. *snort*
the media is SO unfair to teh Rmoneys!
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:05 PM
thesquanderer (6,013 posts)
16. When she said "you people," didn't she mean the press? (n/t)
Response to thesquanderer (Reply #16)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:12 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
18. the answer is no - but, i bet that's how FOX is spinning it.
"you people" refers to anyone expecting transparency in the matter of the tax returns.
the media have the proximity to assert these demands on our behalf -- but they (the media) wouldn't be giving two shits if there weren't outrage out in the general public...and, one could also say, outrage within their own party. there's pressure from all sides for release of this information b/c it goes straight to the heart of the largest issues of our time: the corruption of capital.
Response to thesquanderer (Reply #16)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:16 PM
treestar (67,748 posts)
26. Of course not. She would have known that it is the people, the voters, who would
be the ones to see the tax returns if the reporters had them.
She is saying the voters don't have the right to see them. Just reporters would be absurd. Reporters don't get them and then keep them secret.
Response to treestar (Reply #26)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:08 PM
thesquanderer (6,013 posts)
31. I didn't say reporters would keep it secret.
But the press would be the ones to examine them and report to the public. And yes, they'd be made available to the public, but how many citizen voters are interested in personally poring over the Romney returns?
I really think this one is much ado about nothing. "You people" could have referred to the press (since that's who she was talking to at the time, and who would report on them), or more generically, could have referred to everyone asking for the returns (including fellow Republicans). Either way, I don't think it's insulting. In the south, she would have said "you all" (or "y'all" but northerners lack that sometimes useful construction.
"You people" is not an artful phrase because it does have a particular history in the context of African Americans, with the offense really being that the people being spoken to are all being stereotypically lumped together and being addressed as a group as if they were all the same and interchangeable; but in this case, the people she are lumping together ARE the same in their desire to see the tax returns. It's an appropriate use of the phrase.
This reminds me of when people get upset when someone uses the word "niggardly." There's nothing really wrong with it, but it raises hackles because of an association.
Response to thesquanderer (Reply #31)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:29 PM
treestar (67,748 posts)
35. Why would reporters want them if not to give the information to the public?
Strikes me as a fake distinction to try to get out of what she said. And if they won't release the tax returns, as every other recent candidate did, then they are taking the position that we, the voters, don't need to see them, in their opinion. Even though others have done so.
Response to treestar (Reply #35)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:51 PM
thesquanderer (6,013 posts)
38. Correct
re: "Why would reporters want them if not to give the information to the public?"
Exactly. The reporters are the conduit to the public, that's what I said as well. But it was still the group she was addressing, or, more broadly, she was addressing the group of people who have been asking them to release the returns. EIther way, addressing that group of people as "you people who are asking to see the returns" is appropriate, if not, as I said, artful.
Response to thesquanderer (Reply #38)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 10:08 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)
46. The dog whistle seems to be "You people" is the "Librul Media"
Who they claim is against them.
...those mean people will distort those papers and make up bad things....
....like they have already....
I get so sick of these tough types acting like delicate flowers when it suits them.
Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #46)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 11:50 AM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
55. can be seen as de facto admission of dirt in the tax returns
Response to treestar (Reply #35)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:01 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
57. +1
Response to thesquanderer (Reply #16)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 08:12 PM
thesquanderer (6,013 posts)
40. actually, I think it's even more benign
I admit, I hadn't watched the video before I commented (a mistake I try to avoid). Having seen it, it actually seems like a verbal stumble more than anything else. It was not spoken as a distinct phrase (much less one with attitude). It was more like she started to say "we've given all you need to know" and switched midstream to "we've given all people need to know."
Response to thesquanderer (Reply #40)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 08:58 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
41. actually, the whole phrase makes it even worse: "we've given you all you need..."
This is a matter of largesse or noblesse oblige -- this isn't a favor we're asking of the rich relatives.
Naturally they're having trouble with the concept of being "public servants," but they have an obligation to prove they're not crooks IF they want to run the country. CEOs generally don't have the disposition to serve anyone, especially the unwashed masses, but that's what the office entails. This snobbish we're-too-good-to-answer-you bullshit isn't going to fly.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:09 PM
The Blue Flower (2,779 posts)
17. This photo is scary
It has to be the most soul-revealing photo I've ever seen of anyone.
Response to The Blue Flower (Reply #17)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:16 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
19. that's what i thought too -- "voracious doll-eyed shark"
i'm finding that phrase to be very useful lately.
Response to The Blue Flower (Reply #17)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:56 PM
bbgrunt (5,221 posts)
24. made me think of nancy grace
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:23 PM
JDPriestly (57,936 posts)
20. "You people" is offensive because it separates the speaker from those being spoken to with terms tha
are on the one hand very intimate and personal, "You" and the other hand very general and impersonal, "people."
That phrase communicates to listeners that the person using it believes him/herself to be in a superior position with a sort of noble right to speak as though to a servant and to speak to a lot of people dismissively all at once.
The expressions, "you folks" or "you guys" combine two terms of intimacy and familiarity. Those terms may offend too if used in addressing people with whom the speaker is not intimate or familiar. But generally, they lower the speaker to the level of the person spoken to (on a social level) and are not nearly so offensive.
They don't seem so condescending. But "You people," mixes the intimate and familiar term, "you" with the distancing, abstract word "people."
Really rude. Really rude.
Reveals a lot about who Ann Romney really is and how she feels about us ordinary "people."
German, French and Spanish have two forms of "you," one that is like "thou" and is used with people with whom the speaker is on close terms and another that is used in formal speech. You people combines and confuses these two kinds of "yous." We don't use the intimate word "thou" any more.
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #20)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:21 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
27. you make a very good point about assumed intimacy and servitude...they're "entitled" doncha know
They're entitled to treat us like shit. They're entitled to use us like objects. They're entitled to rob this country of its wealth and treasure. They're entitled to take away our jobs, our houses and retirements.
No one has stopped them. They're entitled, and that's a form of intimacy that supposes all that is "ours" they hold "first position" to. And who are we to argue? Our lives have been completely mortgaged to these monsters in the form of student loans, crappy jobs and a corrupt financial environment that's bleeding out our future.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:42 PM
bucolic_frolic (6,914 posts)
21. You People Should Retroactively Resign Yourselves to Kneel Before King Mitt
and no Cayman Island account for any of you!!
Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #21)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 09:51 AM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
52. elections are such pesky formalities for those with the Divine Right of Kings
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:52 PM
hifiguy (33,688 posts)
22. The only "us" and "them" I recognise is
the moneyed (and their toadies) and the rest of us. That is ultimately the only division that matters.
Response to hifiguy (Reply #22)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:32 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
28. they're very good at keeping us divided on cultural issues, when money is all that matters to them.
you know...middle class people who bought houses or re-fi'd in the last decade were robbed for hundreds of thousands of bucks a piece -- and there's NO outrage on our behalf. but ask the 1% to pay their fair share of taxes, and the way they holler you'd think they were being asked to cut off a finger.
when it's THEIR money, money is all that matters. When it's OUR money, suddenly it's class warfare to demand fairness.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:08 PM
perdita9 (1,042 posts)
25. Let them eat envy
I have come to actively detest this woman. I can't believe the Romney campaign thinks she's an asset.
Response to perdita9 (Reply #25)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 10:50 AM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
54. they're using her cynically, hoping that the "no attacking wives" immunizes her from criticism
so perhaps she imagines she's free to deliver the most odious messages. or maybe she just lost her cool -- the video indicates that she's frustrated. that, in the tax records "there are so many things that will be open again for more attack.
either way, this is hugely destructive to her value to the campaign.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:38 PM
bpj62 (518 posts)
29. Slur
It is a slur plain and simple and it transends race. I thought of Marie Antoinette when I first saw the comment. This is a very very rich women who is clearly out of her depth when it comes to talking to or about ordinary people. She simply said what she felt about us. This is why the rich and republicans hated Clinton and why they hate Obama because they were once like us and they have never forgotten thier roots. As a prior poster said in another century this women would have had her head cut off. The Romneys are the gift that keeps on giving. Lets hope that the press finally wakes up to this charade and starts calling them in thier bullshit. I am not holding my breath but it would be nice.
Response to bpj62 (Reply #29)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:14 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
32. definitely, it transcends race...it's class warfare
they're just flat out insulting the "have-nots" on behalf of the "haves."
Response to bpj62 (Reply #29)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 12:34 AM
DirkGently (12,151 posts)
50. +++ Well put.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:17 PM
DirkGently (12,151 posts)
33. Yes. This was perfectly emblematic
of what Romney and the current Republican Party stand for. The wealthy will not be questioned by the likes of the American people. They will tell us just what we need to know. They claim this privileged attitude on the basis of their money, which comes directly from God, who speaks through them, and will let us know what the rules are.
They are "those people."
Response to DirkGently (Reply #33)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:27 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
34. Divine Right of Kings: yesterday Mittens implied that his money was "God given"
And he sure as hell behaves as if he has a god-given right to not pay his fair share of taxes.
Response to nashville_brook (Reply #34)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:02 PM
DirkGently (12,151 posts)
42. Or to bully a classmate. Or trip a daughter-in-law. Abuse a dog.
What's lurking behind those nearly-vacant eyes is contempt. When he commits voter fraud or files false paperwork on his employment status (or lies about, whichever it was) it's really not wrong in his mind. He is of a class that does not answer for things like that, in the same way one does not insult the boss's tie.
How dare we?
Response to DirkGently (Reply #42)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:33 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
43. Ann(toinette) also said "there are so many things that will be open again for more attack...
so really, there's shit in there they don't want "any people" to know.
Response to nashville_brook (Reply #43)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 10:30 PM
DirkGently (12,151 posts)
48. Read: "We're above scrutiny. You people are not."
Response to DirkGently (Reply #48)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 10:06 AM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
53. the elite's privacy must be respected...while they read our emails and listen to our cell calls.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:30 PM
fascisthunter (29,170 posts)
36. totally ugly, inside and out.
what a freak.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:39 PM
99Forever (14,524 posts)
37. What a superb OP.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 10:22 PM
Brigid (17,621 posts)
47. Ann looks a little like Leona Helmsley in that pic.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 10:34 PM
stevedeshazer (21,653 posts)
49. Great post, and I agree with you.
Ann's ass is showing.
Response to stevedeshazer (Reply #49)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 12:12 PM
nashville_brook (20,958 posts)
56. i bet she becomes pretty scarce in the near future
more of an ass than an asset.
Response to nashville_brook (Original post)
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 06:47 AM
tomp (9,118 posts)


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One day in the early 1960s, my family received a letter from New York State. It said the Long Island Expressway was being stretched eastward into Riverhead -- right across our land. For our family, it was the end of an era.
In the years before tract housing, eastern Long Island was a different world of open fields galore and vastly more accessible shorelines.
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In 1906, my father's parents, immigrants from Italy, rode the Long Island Rail Road from Manhattan to the area called Manorville. They walked about a half mile south on Ryerson Avenue, just down the road from the still-popular Maples, a country restaurant.
They came upon a two-room farmhouse for sale on about six acres. Grandpa bought it with the idea of creating a family getaway. And so each summer for generations, on the day after school closed, several children and adults would travel to this farmstead. Barrels of flour and other supplies followed, and a self-sufficient way of life developed.
The house, a simple frame structure, soon grew from its original two rooms to about a dozen. Many a holiday weekend would find 25 to 30 people there.
Just out the kitchen door stood a bread oven, or "forno," built by the grandparents and other relatives who felt it important to provide some Old World culture. A grape arbor stood over a homemade table that easily seated 20 people. At the end of the table was a block-and-stone barbecue.
Every Saturday and Sunday at about 4 p.m., the older uncles or cousins set a wood fire. An hour or so later, racks of chicken, steak and sausage began to broil over a 2-inch layer of hot coals. Dinner started at about 6 and usually didn't end much before 8.
That's when card games of all sorts started. As moths danced around a string of bare lightbulbs overhead, adults played penny-ante poker while kids enjoyed old maid or war.
Most of the house had no electricity or plumbing. The "facilities" were an outhouse affectionately named "California" because it was a long 100 yards from the main house, among day lilies at the edge of the woods. It seated three, and in the days when my grandmother frowned on women who smoked, three of our younger aunts would stroll inside and produce plumes of cigarette smoke.
By the 1960s, reaction to that letter from the state was mixed. Some of our younger people had shunned the hardships of the summer house and visited less often. And the place was falling into disrepair. Eminent domain sealed its fate, and the wrecking ball took down the house in 1966. The anachronism that was our summer place ceased to exist, and the wide new highway was built straight through the property.
Nothing lasts forever, but the memories of feeling carefree and being enveloped in the love of an extended family are still strong. I wish more people could have such joy. Simplicity of life allowed us to grasp what is important.
I still go to the overpass on Ryerson Avenue between Exits 69 and 70 sometimes, and face east listening for the past. From finding duck eggs in a low-lying field to painting the house's wooden clapboards with messy oil-based paint, I can still sense those faded days and feel a familiar warmth.

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Highway 3 - Hayfork Pass
Highway 3 - Hayfork Pass
Last edited by pashnit; 04-28-2008 at 08:14 PM.
It was here we worked on our 2009 Pashnit Calendar shots.
Kevin proved to be a willing target
So here's the skinny on doing shots like this. My camera has a rapid fire button. All those years I never bothered to read the manual. Something like 3 shots per second it will take. So hit all the right buttons, point the camera at the rider as they swing by and just press the shutter & hope for the best. Some of them actually came out pretty well.
Moral of the story is see if your camera has one of these rapid-fire buttons.
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Kevin even hopped on his wife's bike and took a few passes.
The Pashnit Guy caught on film again.
Down the hill & into Hayfork. Yes, it's as fun as it looks!
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So now it got interesting. It'd been cold and warmed up during the midst of the day, but as we were riding out of Hayfork, it began to snow.
Kevin over the radio took a minute to register. He thought he was looking at pollen or something floating around in the air.
Ah no Kevin - that floaty white stuff is snow.
Nearing the South Fork Mountain Summit.
Stop at the top of course
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The wind was blowing up the mountain side so hard, no one wanted to take their helmet off. See the snow?
On the other side of the summit, it snowed on & off for the next 20 miles.
Nothing serious, just white flaky stuff floating around in the air. Sucks to be cold, but gotta love the adventure! Could be out here riding, or sitting in an office somewhere.
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One thing I have always wanted to photograph is the 10 mile long goat trail section at Mad River. When you show people a photo like this...
and then call it the best road in the entire state, mouths salivate, and riders can think nothing but of spooning on a new set of tires and making a beeline.
Then you show them this! Goat! Yep, still Hwy 36.
Doesn't last. Back to that creamy smooth pavement.
Finally came down in elevation into the coast redwoods
...and went right through a cloud burst of rain. Thankfully that only lasted 10 minutes or so. We made it through the wall of rain, and you could look back and see this gray wall we'd just come through. Leading edge of the storm or something bumping up against the coast. Gotta love all of California's microclimates!
Billie captures our last fillup to be ready to ride first thing tomorrow.
I was ready for the hot tub!
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Our day typically starts out with a little tree huggin'.
From the redwoods, then out to the Pacific Ocean
It had been cold and wet when we started out. Once we hit the ocean, blue skies and temps went up 10 degrees! It was incredible!
We weren't the only ones out this day enjoying the spring weather!
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Anybody hungry?
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Google Play Movies is one of the apps in Google's catalog that doesn't get a lot of attention. There is sometimes an update to the app here or there, but in general Google focuses more on adding more content to the Movies & TV store rather than updating the app. But, today brought a pretty nice new feature to the app, adding info cards similar to Amazon Kindle's X-Ray function...
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1. WyclefJean (Posts: 44; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)
@Micheal H, even India has got The Play Store Movies today :)
2. Jurdiales (Posts: 133; Member since: 10 Oct 2012)
Google Play Movies is now available in Mexico today too... It doesn't have too much movies right now but is a good start! And we had the Book Store 3 or 4 days ago... I like the way that Google is expanding they market stores, i'm waiting now for the Music Store and streaming :D


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Good to brighten up eyes....I will only rate this on the color I have which is the highlight color. I have tried finding a good rose gold color from the drugstore for my waterline to brighten up my eyes instead of using white and this was the only thing that came close to a rose gold color. I think if I got this in a darker color it would work really well as an eyeliner because this stuff does not budge when I use it as an e...read moreyeliner but when I use it for my waterline, it doesn't stay on as long which is weird because when it sets and I rub my eyes, it doesn't smear at all when I line my upper lid with this. Also, a con about this is that it's the type of pencil that breaks off easily when sharpened. Try not to oversharpen it or else it will break off. — 1 year, 11 months agobeautypoet101 | 581 reviews
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Vanessa WilliansŌĆÖ abortion revelation may come as a shocker to her fans. The actress is writing an autobiography and that is not the only shocking thing you will learn about Vanessa.
Vanessa Williams has always been one of my favorites. She has the voice of an angel and I grew to love her acting in Ugly Betty. I knew about her becoming the first black Miss America, and all of the hate she got from ŌĆ£not being black enoughŌĆØ but never really knew too much about her personal life.
With the release of her new book, Vanessa is doing press and just appeared on ABCŌĆÖs Nightline, where she revealed that she had an abortion at 18 and was also molested at the age of 10 by an 18 year old female friend.
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Orioles reinstate Betemit from 15-day DL; recall Avery, Exposito and Tolleson
The Orioles today announced that they have reinstated INF WILSON BETEMIT from the 15-day disabled list and recalled OF XAVIER AVERY, CA LUIS EXPOSITO and INF STEVE TOLLESON from Triple-A Norfolk.
Betemit had been on the DL since August 12 with a right wrist injury. He has batted .264/.327/.429 with 12 home runs and 37 RBI in 97 games for the Orioles this season, including a .306/.363/.510 line in 245 at-bats against right-handed pitching. He went 2-for-8 with a grand slam in two rehab games with Double-A Bowie.
Avery batted .233/.317/.356 in 24 games over three stints with Baltimore earlier this season. He hit .236/.330/.356 with 57 runs, eight home runs and 57 RBI in 102 games with Triple-A Norfolk.
Exposito hit .059 (1-17) in eight games with the Orioles earlier this season (May 4-25). He hit .268/.326/.420 with 26 runs and 23 RBI in 55 games with Triple-A Norfolk.
Tolleson batted .194/.242/.339 with two home runs and six RBI in 23 games for the Orioles in three stints this season. He hit .278/.358/.346 with 21 RBI in 50 games with Triple-A Norfolk.
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"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
According to nfl.com Rey had 13 tackles, 3 sacks and a INT.
Not bad for his 2nd start at MLB
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It was the right move to go, bad play call for a swing pass. Even worse to lose yards on the play. 6-4 with Cleveland at home coming up.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
So are they an extremely talented team who has fallen on some bad luck? Or are they a team that's not as good as projected? Or are they the Reds, talented, but don't have a coach/manager who pushes the right buttons?
As a fan, I'm confused.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
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Good team lots of talent but Dalton doesn't have what it takes to get them past the first round of the playoffs. 24-51 with 2 TD's and 3 Int's doesn't get it done in a game that had a playoff atmosphere. We are wasting AJ Green. Time to start looking for someone to push Dalton in the draft this yr.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Maybe the last two weeks were just ol' Pythag getting his vengeance. The Bengals were 4-1 in games decided by a touchdown or less, now they are 4-3.
I will come to Dalton's defense here a little. Don't get me wrong he hasn't played well in the last two games. Has thrown some terrible balls and had some terrible INT's. That said he NEEDS to have his WR's step up and make some plays. In the game today Jones lets a Ravens defender go through him (has the refs pick up a PI penality) and pick off the ball. Eifort drops one in the endzone. How many balls just went off the WR's hands, balls they couldn't pull in, balls that you would have had to make an above average play that they just didn't?
Dalton has been poor, but has kept his team in the past two games. Two games they very easily could have won. Games that went to OT each with a Nugent missed short FG.
Couple of more thoughts on the game:
The officials did not have a good game. One sided on the flags, Marvin noted that in the presser.
You should be able to review a personal foul if the player is in bounds. 15 yards are killer, especially when its a terrible call.
You can't challenge a turnover, it is the booth, it results in a penalty if you throw a flag when you aren't allow, remember Jim Schwartz?
Dan Dierdorf is beyond terrible. I can't believe CBS continues to run him out there. For some reason he just doesn't like the Bengals.
I think they need to worry less about drafting "skill" positions and look to improving the offensive line. Better pass protection would be nice, a road grader to help the run would be better. I don't think the Bengals have had a consistent running game since Steinbach left.
If a stud QB falls to the Bengals in the draft, go ahead and draft him. But if not, I'd rather they improve the line. The best teams are the ones that control the line of scrimmage.
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I really like Marvin Lewis. I think he's done a great job turning the team from a laughing stock into a competitive franchise. But sometimes I really wish they'd make him GM or Team President and move Zimmer into the Head Coaching job.
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He's actually good at game-planning and prepping his team, too. But there are others in the NFL that are his equal at that. Like you said, it's his in-game management that's just awful. Sometimes it doesn't seem like he's playing chess out there like he should be.
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Hotfoot from law school without a penny to his name young spur Rudy tackles a huge insurance scam by swindling giant Great Benefit
Being the moment the great Francis Ford Coppola turned his "vision" to yet another of those John Grisham courtroom greenhorn-gets-bloodied-with-the-big-boys type yarns. Not that you'd notice. Without a trace of flamboyance or gravitas, he hits the lawyer-scribe's sappy yet readable prose head-on to deliver a watchable courtroom drama as perfunctory and efficient as any other upmarket Hollywood product. It feels like the deadening of a true creative spirit.
For your money, you get it all straight up, no fuss. Blue-eyed, hotfoot from law school without a penny to his name young spur Rudy (Damon, this year's O'Donnell/McConaughey/whathaveyou) tackles a huge insurance scam. Swindling giant Great Benefit (oooh, how ironic) have refused to pay for medical care on a death-bed leukaemia victim (added emotive charge). And with due care and attention, Coppola plies the Grisham graft. Rudy learns fast - aided by Danny DeVito's relishable ambulance chaser, hindered by Jon Voight's snidely defence attorney.
There are some amusing court bumbles as he fights the good fight, the preened suits underestimating him at every interjection. And a well cast procession of witnesses and interested parties - Danny Glover, Mickey Rourke, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen - turn up for cross-examination or sly advice.
To its credit, The Rainmaker (legalese for a young lawyer employed to bolster a firm with rich clients, the real moneymakers) is a stronger bet than the previous 35 or however many Grisham movies before it. It boasts not a single but a three-strand story with two chunky subplots: Rudy falling for beaten wife Kelly (Danes) allowing a love interest and a bit of shock-violence; Rudy's landlady possibly sitting on a real pot of money allowing some comedic relief. And the central drama works well enough, with the predictable triumph fringed with some quasi-profound musings on the scumminess of lawyers, albeit delivered with Grisham's stable Memphis ham: "If you keep crossing the line then one day it'll disappear..." It's just so unremarkable. Which, considering its director's monumental output (both good and bad) is, frankly, a bit depressing.
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Preparation / Part names
Prepare the app and device before using Smart B-Trainer.
Part names
Download the app
Download and install "Smart B-Trainer" from the App Store or Google Play depending on your smartphone.
* After installing the app, you must set up the sport device (SSE-BTR1) and app.
Connect by touching with NFC.
If your smartphone supports NFC, you can automatically download the app simply by touching your smartphone with your sport device (SSE-BTR1). After downloading the app, you can easily pair your smartphone with the sport device by also using NFC.
* Depending on your device or operating system, NFC may not function properly.
Application preparation and attaching the sports device
After starting the installed app, the Terms of Service and brief explanation of the product will appear. Then after, setup will begin.
At the setup screen, check 1) if the devices are paired, 2) the sport device is fit in your ears, and 3) if your heart rate can be measured.
If you can measure your heart rate, enter your profile to complete the setup.
How to properly wear the sport device (Image)
If you cannot measure your heart rate
This product uses a sensor to measure your heart rate from the outer part of your ear canal. The ear piece and heart rate sensor cover may not fit the shape of your ear out-of-the-box, and as a result, your heart rate measurement may not be accurate.
After making the initial setup, your heart rate can be measured from the "Device Information" menu.
Use network (sign in) function
You can back up your training status, result, or voice memo on the network storage
If you use back up function, you can transfer your data to a new smartphone, or refer to the same data from multiple devices
*During data back up or transfer, very large amount of data transmission may occur according to the amount of the data. It is recommended to use WiFi to make back up.
Basic settings of the app
Tap the
icon on the upper left of the app to display the menu. From this menu, various options ("Training Menu", "History", "Device Information", "Settings", etc.) can be operated, selected, viewed and set.
Transfer music
The sport device comes preset with sample songs but you can transfer your own songs to use when training.
Instructions on transferring songs (*The steps may differ depending on the operating system of your computer)
In order to use the automatic music selection feature during training, after transferring the songs, select "Device Information" > "Retrieve song information" to retrieve tempo information of your songs.
Charge the sport device (SSE-BTR1)
Before training., make sure to charge the device. Insert the right headphone to USB cradle (included) to charge the device. While charging, the power indicator LED button will light up in orange and will turn off when the device is fully charged.
When to charge the battery
When the battery level is low, the area around the power button of the sport device will blink in green and orange alternately. * If the power of the device is unexpectedly turned off while data is being read, data may get corrupted. Please make sure to check the battery status before training. * You can also check the battery status from the "Device Information" menu.
Customize/Select your training menu on the app and transfer it to the device.
Set your goal
Any of left swipe on the application home screen or "Your goals" in the drawer menu, you can set your new goals. You can set your goal in just 3 steps and after your training, let's check current achievement for your goals.
Select training
From the "Training menu" of the app menu, select the training menu that best meets your goals.
In addition to "basic training menus" where you can set your running goals (time, distance, calories burned, pace, etc.) for a certain training day and utilize heart rate training, "Training Plans by Professional Trainer" are available which are special training courses designed for individual goals, fitness levels and to improve training/athletic performance.
Basic training menu
Select your goal and train (Basic training menu)
Provides training menus that consider your heart rate such as efficient fat-burning and endurance building sessions based on training menus with set goals (running time, distance, calories burned, average pace, etc.) along with your profile. Training menus without any target goals ("Free") and with set target goals ("Custom settings") are also available.
Training Plans by Professional Trainer menu
For these plans, depending on the training menu selected, the training period and goals may need to be set. If the setting screen appears, configure according to the instructions of the app. For training plans which include audio coaching, the audio data may need to be downloaded before starting the training.
Transfer training menu
After selecting the training menu and setting target goals, tap the "Transfer Training" button to transfer the training menu information to the sport device. The training information is transferred and once "Start training" appears on the screen, you are ready to train!
* In order to transfer training menu information, the sport device (SSE-BTR1) and app must be connected via Bluetooth.
After transferring your training menu, take only the device and start training outside!
Start training
After transferring your training menu, take only the device and start training outside! Press the "Start" button on the sport device (SSE-BTR1) to begin your training session. Listening to music and receiving audio tips will make training more fun and efficient!
You can also start the training session from the app by selecting either "Start training" (located in the bottom of the training menu screen) or "Start" (on the app menu).
Music playback and voice guidance during training
Voice guidance / Audio coaching*
While a training menu is in progress, vocal guidance/coaching periodically provides information such as your current heart rate and distance run. Audio guidance can be received anytime by tapping the "POWER/INFO" button of the sport device (SSE-BTR1).
In the Training Plans by Professional Trainer menus, a professional coach provides training tips with audio guidance, allowing for more efficient training.
* Audio coaching is only available for certain training menus
Automatic music selection and playback according to your heart rate.*
While training and recording your running log, your heart rate is calculated in real-time and together with your user profile, target heart rate of the training menu and other factors, music is automatically selected and played back. The intensity level of the training session can be changed by pressing and holding the
buttons of the sport device (SSE-BTR1).
button of the sport device (SSE-BTR1). You can move between songs (go to the next song or previous song) using the
buttons of the sport device (SSE-BTR1).
* The training intensity can also be changed from the
on the app.
* Audio coaching is only available for certain training menus.
* Audio BPM analysis function is enabled by Sony 12TONE ANALYSIS technology.
Using your smartphone while training
Real-time review
By connecting the sport device (SSE-BTR1) and app, various information that is measured in real-time can be monitored while you are training. You can also select the tempo for the automatic music selection by selecting
on the screen.
Music playback during training
If you carry your smartphone together with the sport device, you can listen to music stored on your smartphone on the sport device using the Bluetooth function. By tapping the "BLUETOOTH/SELECT" button of the sport device (SSE-BTR1), you can switch between playing songs stored in the sport device and songs stored in your smartphone.
Receive voice calls using the Bluetooth function
If you receive a voice call on your smartphone while training, you can answer the call by pressing the "POWER/INFO" button of the sport device (SSE-BTR1). You can end the call by pressing the "POWER/INFO" button once more. If you cannot answer the call, press and hold the [INFO] button.
Useful functions during training
auto-pause function
It pauses the training session automatically when you stop running at the traffic signal or so.This auto-pause function reduces your operation to pause/start every time, and make it possible to collect genuine training data.
Click here to check how to set up auto-pause
Voice memo
If you press and hold the "MEMO" button of the sport device (SSE-BTR1), an audio guidance will occur and you will be able to record your own voice. You can record ideas and thoughts that you come up with while running.
*change of the setting will not be reflected until you transfer training menu. When you change the setting, please make sure to transfer the training menu.
Volume control of voice guidance
In case it is difficult to hear the voice coaching or distance, you can adjust the volume from the setting of the app menu.
Click here to check how to adjust the volume of the audio guidance
*You need to connect sports device to the app to adjust the setting.
Finish/Temporary stop training
To finish your training workout, press and hold the "START" button of the sport device (SSE-BTR1). To take a break while training, tap the "START" button. Tap the "START" button again to resume training.
* To make sure that your running log is saved, press and hold the "START" button to finish your training workout. By tapping the "START" button, you can pause your training workout. You can resume your training workout by tapping the "START" button again.
* The training workout can be completed or paused also from "Swipe to pause" operation of the app.
You can enable/disable the auto posing feature by changing the setting under "Settings" > "Auto pose settings" of the app menu and transferring the training menu again.
*The setting is not changed until you transfer the training menu. After changing the setting, make sure to transfer the training menu.
Transfer data after finishing the training session
Upon completing your training, if you connect your sport device (SSE-BTR1) and the app, voice memos and other data will be transferred to the app. If you check "Do not show again" in the dialog that appears when transferring data, data will be transferred automatically whenever you connect the sport device and app.
* In order to transfer data quickly, a message indicating that communication between the notification area of your smartphone and the sport device (SSE-BTR1) was disconnected will appear. The data transfer will be automatically reconnected so please do not operate the app or sport device (SSE-BTR1) until the data transfer is completed.
* If training results cannot be transferred to the Android app, tap the
icon next to "Device Information" of the app menu to reconnect the app and sport device.
Check training results on maps, graphs and from other various angles.
Check training results
Summary of training results
When you transfer training results to the app, the training results will appear on screen. You can check the running route, running time, average pace, calories burned and number of steps in one screen.
Comparison graph
While checking the running route, you can display a graph that displays 2 items ("pace", "elevation", "heart rate", "strides" or "pitch") at the same time. You can deselect an item by tapping it.
Lap times
Displays running times for each lap (1 km) and the difference between each while training. By comparing the times needed to run the same distance, you can look back at your training pace.
You can compare two activity logs. When you compare your most recent time and previous time on the same course, you can measure your improvement.
Music playlist
Songs that were played during the training session are displayed in a playlist. Music icons are displayed on the route map allowing you to know where each song was played during your training workout.
Share results on social networks
By selecting the
icon, you can share your training results with friends and family on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
* Social networks that can be used depend on the usage status of your device.
Next Step
Check your past results. Improve every day.
Check your goal & progress
Your goals and progress
Any of left swipe on the application home screen or "Your goals" in the drawer menu, your goals and its progress are displayed graphically.(10 goals(max.)) Your training result is reflected to the achievement and make your goal closer. Your progress makes you motivate for the training. After accomplish your goal, the app also celebrate your goal.
Compare results with previous training data
Training history and list
Previous training data can be viewed in a list from "History" in the app menu. From the icons at the top, you can sort training item data such as running distance, running time, calories burned, average steps, average pace and average heart rate or display them in a calendar view.
View best training scores
Check your best scores to step up
Tapping the
option menu icon found in the upper right of the app home screen and selecting "Best" will display your best training records (Longest distance run, most calories burned, highest average pace and fastest kilometer time). After checking your best training records, set your next goal and training plan.
More fun
Other fun ways to use Smart B-Trainer.
Use as a music player
Music player
Aside from training purposes, the sport device (SSE-BTR1) can also be used as a standalone music player.
Use while swimming
The sport device (SSE-BTR1J) has a waterproof grade equivalent to IPX5/IPX8. Sweat from running can be washed away without any problems and usage when swimming is also possible.
* When using while swimming, make sure to use the underwater ear piece. The underwater ear piece prevents water from entering the driver part of the Smart B-Trainer headphone and also audio clarity from regressing. Usage underwater is limited to listening to music stored on the device.
* IPX5/IPX8 (IEC 60529) or equivalent:Under our test conditions, this product maintained its operability even when submersed in water to a depth of 2.0 m for 30 minutes with the swimming earbuds attached. Bluetooth® and some measurement functions (heart rate, atmospheric pressure, GPS, etc.) do not work correctly when this device is used in water. When you are swimming or otherwise using the device in the water, only the music playback function is available.


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Traveling, the Middle East, and the Zac Brown Band, Day 5
Hurry up and wait is a way of life out here with the military. To say it nicer, one might say, "Maintain readiness." And we agree that we can't keep planes waiting because one of us isn't ready. I had a friend once who said, "If you can't get there on time, get there early." So, we get ready hours early. It's all good. Well, it sucks, really, but we have a good attitude.
Military pilots get it on! They go UP, they go where they need to go, and then they come DOWN. In some places they need to stay high, and also zig-zag to stay safe. When they turn, they TURN. It's a big plane and they fly it like a sports car. I enjoy it and try to keep my lunch down.
We left Mosul and arrived in Kirkuk, where the wind was blowing slightly. As we got off the plane, we were introduced to those assigned to care for us and then ushered into a tent, where there was food, again. Imagine that. By now I'd pretty much lapped myself in the food department; I was probably a whole day ahead of where I should be. But the yogurt looked good anyway. Hadn't had any of that yet. We were in for a good day, it appeared.
I got choked up a few times today, and I wasn't the only one. We got to our camp early enough in the afternoon and again were greeted like heroes. We were also fed like we might be starving or something. They tell you to eat because you don't know when you're going to eat again. That's a lie, as it turns out; you're eating again in a couple hours, without fail.
I was thinking about what it means to be countrymen. Americans have carved out a place in Iraq where we arrive and feel at home. These are our people on these bases, we love each other, and we have everything in common, even though at home we might not seem to. But put us all on foreign soil and it's different. We get in a car, and Jake starts chatting up the guys driving us. He's awfully friendly and soon finds out they're from Alabama. "Roll-TIDE!" he says, and they're like family in an instant. They all hate the same things and love the same things, at least for now, and that's what matters right now.
I've seen it the other way around, when I'm the stranger. I've been in Arab countries, camping, driving and navigating through rough sand and weather, with an Arab guide riding along. I've seen him howdy up to his army's soldiers, get hugged and taken in like a long lost uncle, while we wait in the vehicles. Then he comes out and announces that the army is going to let us stay in a safe place that night because he is one of theirs. We're step-children on that night, but not here, today.
So, I've seen it both ways. I wonder if there will ever come a day when it happens for everyone everywhere. I doubt it, but fun to contemplate. And it's fun to be on the side of the people who are there when you arrive, as it was for us on this trip.
I'll get to the choked-up part, but first, I'll tell you about our sand storm. I've been in them plenty of times, being a fan of camping in the desert. I've driven my Land Cruiser in the States and also in the Sahara when the wind comes. It comes now and without warning. This time was different because I'd never been in a Blackhawk helicopter when it happened. We were a few miles out from a little camp where we were going to play an acoustic set when a wall of sand 2,000 feet high formed right in front of us and was heading our way. Thunderstorms had already formed all around, and the approaching brown wall forced us to abort and fly back to base.
But before we got on that Blackhawk, we had some time in camp while they made a preliminary helicopter ride out to a little camp to deliver instruments, crew and a small PA. While we were waiting our turn to fly, an army sergeant who'd befriended me due to being a Taylor fan announced that we'd be hearing some explosions but not to worry, that they were doing EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) training, setting off some charges. Then he asked me if I wanted to pull the trigger. Um, yeah! I love blowing stuff up, and soon Zac and I were driving toward the location.
Upon arrival, we joined the EOD team, (ala "Hurt Locker") which was training their Iraqi counterparts. This was my first close-up glimpse of the Iraqi police and army that is being trained. You might have a vision at home about these guys, but I saw super-professional, serious, clean-cut young men in uniform, learning to do a very important job. This war is becoming an IED war. It's one way the enemy can win, and they do it as often as they can.
Zac and I learned how they wire an explosive. Just a simple one, in its simplest form, but it was interesting. Okay, I confess they let us wire them ourselves and blow them off. Um, that was fun. It's a guy thing.
While we were there, they told us that they had a memorial service scheduled for 16 of their fallen EOD brethren. It was to be at 5 p.m. and they asked Zac if he'd come sing the National Anthem for the service. Zac agreed to do it if we got back from the FOB hop in time.
We did make it back in time, since it was aborted due to weather. The sand blew in, it was a big gale, and the rain followed. By now they were talking about having us do an acoustic set in the dining hall, albeit a large hall. We encouraged them to go for the real concert, outside, if the rain and wind subsided at all. They did, enough to make it happen. There is a center bazaar with a covered stage. Soon the convoy arrived with our gear, and a tent cover was set up for the mixing gear out front.
Five o'clock came, and we went down to the memorial. This is their own memorial, it's not base-wide, just the EOD folks, and you begin to get the idea that each little unit takes care of its own needs. Seated were about 20 men, six of them Iraqi, and one young lady. A podium, a mic, and a poster of 16 fallen EOD specialists was the setup outside, facing a steel work building bay. Zac and his guys went up and sang a powerful and moving four-part-harmony arrangement of the National Anthem. It rained, the wind howled, and I cried along with a bunch of soldiers and folks from our group. It got really personal at that moment.
The service was short, heartfelt, and bookended in prayer, and it left soldiers with tears in their eyes, some of them unable to say much as they thanked us for coming. They didn't have to verbalize a lot for us to know it meant something for us to be there with their team that day. During the service, they talked about a soldier's mission, purpose, and pride. They also mentioned how, in this line of work, a soldier puts his or her life at mortal risk to serve and save people they do not know. In normal combat, a soldier is often fighting for the one to the left and to the right of himself. Not with IEDs. They realize each time that they might not make it, and these 16 did not. They were not all from this base, but from as far off as Afghanistan, plus one serving in the U.K. But the brotherhood was evident and touching.
Eventually our concert was ready to start, and at this base they quieted down for the color guard to present the flag. People cleared back from the stage as the color guard came through, and what impressed me was the respect paid to the Iraqi flag. Their national anthem played. It's quite beautiful. Then our flag, our anthem. Again I was choked up. It all seems to mean so much. Afterward, the space between the people and the stage filled in like someone opened a floodgate. People's chests were touching the stage, their cameras out and smiles on. Zac and the band walked out to another excited crowd. It was good. It was raining lightly, but nobody seemed to care in the least.
Zac is good at talking, telling stories, and connecting with the crowd. He tells them he'd rather be here than at home for the ACM Awards, where he's nominated in three categories. He means it, and they receive it. Near the end of the show they sing "America" and then transition to "Chicken Fried," and it's touching. Touching to watch the audience, touching to hear the sentiment of the entire song, and touching to see each individual escape and be taken away, if you please, to a very happy place for that night. As soon as the concert was over it started to rain hard. It held off just long enough.
After 300 autographs, some of us went to have a bite to eat. They have ice cream in those mess halls. And everything else you might want. I wanted ice cream.


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Shindzela Tented Safari Camp, is situated within the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger National Park. Shindzela Tented Camp is a simple but comfortable South African bush camp, offering an authentic African safari experience in an unfenced, natural wilderness environment.
This tented camp is our safari base for our wildlife activities – game drives and walking safaris. If you are looking for an affordable Kruger camp, and a safari in a private game reserve, consider visiting Shindzela for a true wilderness experience.
We have comfortable safari accommodation in a canvas tent: Each tent has a wooden entrance door, adjustable canvas flaps for windows, and mesh to keep insects out. All tents have a thatch (grass) roof and porch, designed to cool the tents in summer and keep warm in winter. Tents are equipped with 2 x 3/4 beds, solar lighting, all bedding, and towels, private en-suite bathroom with shower, hand basin and flush toilet. In summer, mosquito nets are fitted above the beds.
Why Choose a Tented Camp
Staying in an authentic canvas safari tent is reminiscence of an authentic safari from a bygone era, when Africa was still being explored and a safari was all about the sights, sounds and smells of Africa.
A safari under canvas brings this back and lets you experience Africa up close and personal. Shindzela Tented Camp is owner run and managed, and your African safari is hosted by your safari guides and trackers.
We have deliberately decided to keep Shindzela undeveloped, so as to better blend in to the environment, and offer guests an undisturbed wilderness experience.
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Published: 2011-06-21, by Peter Warrior.
This app grants you the opportunity to make your darkest dream come true: become a tattoist from the suburbs and work the ink on cute girls's skin and sweaty men hides.
In practice, this game can't be more disappointing. It's just about following the lines with your fingertip, pausing from time to time to let the poor customer breath. Its strongest point is its rock music, but it's difficult to listen when you're zzz-tat-zzz-toing-zzz. In straightforward words: there are just a few tattoos, gameplay's too easy and you'll get bored very, very quickly.
Tatto Mania Free is, as it name suggests, free, supported with ads which are quite intrusive. Conceptually is a very original idea, but it needs a lot of further development.
HandyGames has a lot of entertaining games. Check'em out, please.
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In Casa Pancorbo, we make delicious paella and tapas for you to enjoy with your friends and family anywhere you want: at home, by the pool, at the beach, at the office or at your favorite picnic area.
In Casa Pancorbo, we make delicious paella and tapas for you to enjoy with your friends and family anywhere you want: at home, by the pool, at the beach, at the office or at your favorite picnic area.
Let us cater your next event and take your mind off everything that needs to be done. Our catering offers, paella, tapas and desserts, and much more.
All our tapas always are cooked with the finest Spanish olive oil and selected products from the farm.
Hola! Welcome to the Casa Pancorbo website, we provide the finest tapas and paella catering Sydney wide. We always strive to make the best paella in Sydney for you and your loved ones to enjoy. We do onsite catering for you, your friends and family in whatever location the occasion calls for be it your place of work, by the pool, your most visited beach, or the picnic spot you hold in the highest regard. We always pride ourselves on the standard of our Spanish cuisine and building relationships with our returning customers.
Now claiming to have the best paella in Sydney may be a bold statement, however the proof is in the pudding or the Paella in this particular case. When we prepare our Spanish cuisine we use only the finest seasonal ingredients available. We use traditional methods when it comes to our tapas and paella party catering Sydney wide. You can view our menu here.
We is our sincere pleasure to cater Spanish cuisine to any event, be it business or a personal private event. Here at Casa Pancorbo we will strive to make your private or corporate event a most rememberable one. Our tapas and paella catering businesses is held in the highest regard because it really is second to none. With our Spanish heritage we really are Spanish cuisine enthusiasts, we have a passion for paella and tapas catering Sydney wide. So you can be confident that your event will be a success when hiring our services as we are party caterers that Sydney Spanish food fanatics can trust.
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Biosilk Silk Therapy Reviews
AmazingI love Biosilk Silk Therapy! I have been using it for about 15 years now. My cousin was a hair dresser and she recommended it to me for my "Hay Hair", and I couldn't believe the transformation! My hair is so soft and silky now, I will cry if they ever discontinue this product! — 9 years, 2 months agomissprissof72 | 1 reviews
amazing saving grace!I was amazed how well this stuff works. i have been using this stuff for 15 yrs at least, and have turned many friends on to this product. I have fine dry hair, but lots of it. This stuff really controls frizz, and if you like the straight look, it will help to make that happen, but with tons of shine! I could NOT live without this product, and if I could buy it by the gallon, I would. Do not let the price scare you, since a little goes a long way, and it is well worth it! — 9 years, 2 months agoCANDI170 | 2 reviews
smells good and works greatmy fine, color treated / permed hair loves this stuff. it doesn't take alot to work about the size of a dime. at first i thought it was going to make my hair look oily when i put it on but when the hair dries it just looks fabulous! I have been using this for over a year now and wouldn't use any other "silk" "shine" type of product. no frizzies no poof... just great looking hair. — 9 years, 2 months agosdl31634 | 5 reviews
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Ten stars for Biosilk Silk Therapy feels like an huge understatement!I was introduced to this great product about four years ago at a salon I went to get my hair cut and colored. I hate to say "No" when stylists show me products after my hair is done, but because the salon had a 100% money back guarantee if I was not satisfied, I bought it. The stylist did me a favor! It is wonderful. I use it while my hair is still soaking wet. My hair is so thick, ...read moreI have to use a quarter sized spot, (anything less than that amount, it does not look as good) a bit of gel and mousse, scrunch, and hairspray. I skip the hairdryer and curling iron and go. I get a lot of compliments on how pretty my curly hair is and people ask what salon does my perm. They look at me in disbelief when I tell them my hair does this on it's own. They tell me I am lucky to have hair like this. I try to hide my deep secret. In actuallity, my hair is coarse, curly, frizzy, very thick, and not very shiny. With Biosilk, my secret is safe, because it disguises these problems perfectly. Because Biosilk is a bit pricey, I have twice tried other "compare to Biosilk" products.. Bad idea. One product felt greasy in my hand, and made my hair feel greasy gross. The other did nothing but make my hair smell bad. Buying products that you end up throwing away is a big waste of money, so I will save on a few other items here and there that are not as important as this product is to me. I watch for specially priced larger bonus or bundle packaging especially around holidays and stock up, it usually lasts all year. I recommend this product to anyone with long, coarse, curly, dry, damaged or frizz prone hair or for someone that would like a little shine. I do not think they will be disappointed with their purchase — 9 years, 2 months agostormeevampira | 1 reviews
FABULOUS!!!!I love this product. I have tried so many products for my thich unmanagable hair and finaly, I have found one that keeps my hair silky and shiny and healthy looking. I also use it for my skin. A tiny dab for the dry areas on my face-a miracle worker! Living in Denver, I need all of themoisture I can get. — 9 years, 2 months agokmuuss | 1 reviews
Cannot live without!I have been using biosilk for 7 years now! It keeps my hair from frizzing out, regardless of the weather! It smells great too. The only set back: If you don't find a special deal for it (like at JC penny) then it can be somewhat pricey. But it does last forever!! — 9 years, 2 months agoThePinkRoad | 5 reviews
tamed my hairliked to use it once i blow-dried my curly frizzy hair! totally kept it in control...without making my hair oily (unless i applied too much!) — 9 years, 2 months agoGulrezK | 5 reviews
Tames split ends and frizzI have extremely thick, long hair and I had tried everything to help with my dry ends including almond oil, etc. I read reviews on this product and decided to give it a try. I could actually get a comb through my hair again! I was literally unable to get anything but a wide tooth comb through my hair before Biosilk. One word, you have to have soaking wet hair when you put this on or it will be...read more a greasy mess. It's a lot like frizz ease as it contains silicone. You have to shake the bottle well also before applying. This stuff is nothing short of miraculous! — 9 years, 2 months agoJanice2348 | 3 reviews
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hair product junkies look no more!I was a hair product junkie looking for the right product to help my unruly coarse wavy hair and now I have had this bottle forever. I MEAN forever! They have even changed packaging! You use it sparingly and it really smoothes out the frizzees! BUT THE BEST thing I have discovered was that it helps me smooth out my 4 year olds hair so that I can actually brush it and it won't frizz on her! She won't even let me brush her hair without it...beats the NO more tangle products! — 9 years, 3 months agococochanelgirl | 7 reviews
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Slick and shiny, without the greasy feelingBiosilk has been around for a long time and still is able to compete with the Fekkai's and Keratase's of today. It's a lot more affordable and still gives hair the sleek shine without the heavy gunky feeling. — 9 years, 3 months agoSolsticeSun22 | 31 reviews
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Crime Brief
A Covington man was arrested for discharging a firearm in the city after allegedly firing a gun in the air after another driver passed him.
According to reports by officers from the Covington Police Department, a woman called authorities and told them that she had been traveling south on Alcovy Road and turned onto Herring Street where she got behind a silver Grand AM. She said that the driver of that vehicle turned on his emergency flashers and began hitting the brakes. After doing this several times, she reportedly told officers that the car came to a complete stop in front of her.
The victim decided to go around the Grand AM at which point the passenger, later identified as Lazarus Smith, reportedly stuck a pistol out of the window and fired it into the air. She continued driving up Herring to the Emory Street intersection. During this time the Grand AM was allegedly behind her and she could see that Smith still had the gun in his hand.
During this time the victim was on the phone with 911 operators and officers were able to locate the vehicle on Interstate 20 heading west. The driver was stopped and Smith was arrested and transported to the Newton County Detention Center.


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Kendra Wilkinson Leaves 'DWTS' Rehearsals Looking Drained (PHOTOS)
Kendra Wilkinson escaped elimination this week on Dancing With the Stars, so you know she's hard at work making sure she's not in the bottom three at any point soon.
Wilkinson left DWTS rehearsals on Wednesday looking like she'd just been through a hurricane of sweaty dancing. As she walked towards her car in a hoodie sweatsuit, Kendra's messy hair was a clear indicator that she just danced her butt off.
Thankfully for Kendra, her routine this week was enough to keep her alive in the Dancing field. It was boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard who was sent packing instead. Always the thankful one, Kendra let her fans and voters know how appreciative one by tweeting: "I want to say THANK YOU SOOOOOO much to all of YOU for keeping me in the game! Thank you thank you!"