text:
Madoka Magica - Episode 03 Discussion / Poll
View Single Post
2011-01-22, 22:36
Twintails are wintails!
Join Date: Mar 2010
Age: 36
Originally Posted by
I don't think Kyubey is evil either. He's amoral. His only purpose is to contract with girls. He has no concern for their welfare beyond that (which should have been obvious by his interactions with Mami and Homura), and his insistence that the girls contract after Mami died was purely out of the fact that there was a witch that needed defeating and two potential candidates for doing that were right there. A better question to ask is who is above Kyubey, or perhaps how the witch/magical girl system got started in the first place. I highly doubt it was for his own amusement, seeing his general lack of anything but his role as a contractor. The other question to ask is why size matters, in reference to his claim that Madoka has the biggest potential of all his candidates.
I don't think Kyuubee is evil as well. It would also be way too obvious the way he's set up.
I think the "evil red eyes" stuff was done intentionally to mislead people about his true nature (whatever that may be).
I also think the "magical girls become witches" theory is stupid, because it doesn't make sense. It's like this:
There are lots of malicious, wicked witches that need to be fought. If they're not fought, they drive people into suicide (like the woman in e. 2) and probably many other nasty things as well.
Thus, the contractors (Kyuubee and others) have a great need for getting girls to become magical girls, in order to fight those witches. it's is so important that the contractors offer the girls even a great reward besides the powers of a magical witch, in order to have them take up the job.
This tells me that the consequences of the witches not being fought by enough magical girls would be far more disastrous than some people commiting suicide: If allowed to roam freely, they might even wreck the world! (this might be what we've seen at the start of ep. 1: not enough magical girls to fight the witches -> witches turn world into ruins)
It's therefore extremely important that as much girls as possible fight the witches, which is why Kyuubee (and probably other contractors as well) put so much effort into recruiting new girls as magical girls, because the fate of the world depends on it. This urgent need to recruit new girls may make the contractors look cold.
If magical girls *would* turn into witches, it would make the witches problem only more serious. Putting so much effort into something (recruiting new girls) that doesn't solve the problem (the witches) but even makes it worse, would make no sense whatsoever.
Besides, this would also mean: no magical girls - no witches! That way, there wouldn't have been any witches in the first place, and there thus wouldn't have been any need to recruit new girls and even reward them with a wish to fight the witches, since there wouldn't have been any.
Therefore, the witches must have some other origin (perhaps ordinary people that became that wicked they became witches) and not come from magical girls.
Among the magical girls, there are two sorts of girls: friendly ones, which are willing to share their loot (the grief seeds) with others and would also be willing to work together with other magical girls, like Mami.
Then there are still other ones like Homura: Arrogant, conceited ones who do everything by themselves, never work together with other magical girls because it would be below their dignity, who look down on ordinary girls (that could be very well seen at the end of ep. 3), who want everything for themselves and never share with other magical girls, and who are even that fiercely competitive that they work up plans to have other magical girls killed and threathen ordinary girls not to become magical girls, just so they can have everything for themselves.
Something else about the brown, shapeless goop that falls down after the witch-worm is dead: it looked like chocolate to me, which would fit the "sweets" them of the witch just fine.
If we assume that the witch had actually eated Mami's body, there were only one to two minutes before Homura appeared and quickly finished it off. That timespan was way too short to digest Mami's body at all, much less that thoroughly that it turns into shapeless, brown goop.
We never saw the witch-worm eating Mami's body, either. It only bit her to death and then dropped her. If it had actually intended to eat her, it would've done so in the first plece and eaten her at once, rather than just biting her and then dropping her.
Another idea I just came up with: Just imagine we got to see a scene next episode where we saw Mami's headless body slowly rising, then crawling around, patting for the head, putting it back up and then saying: "Aww, not again! I really hate it when that happens!"
Having a magical girl (especially Mami) die is quite shocking already. Getting to know that the magical girls all already have died many times while fighting witches, just to piece themselves together again afterwards and continue the fight, would be even much more shocking.
(Something like that could also explain why there was no Soul Gem when Mami died.)
It would just fit Urobochi's twisted mind, and it would give him the opportunity to have the magical girls (Mami and Homura, and then also Madoka and Sayaka) still die various nasty deaths, rather than just once. I could really see him doing that.
Last edited by Himeji; 2011-01-22 at
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Himeji
Find More Posts by Himeji


text:
Preliminary results of the autopsy performed on Ken Caminiti show that the former National League MVP died of a drug overdose, a New York City police source told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap.
Caminiti, 41, reportedly collapsed in a Bronx apartment on Sunday and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. His agent, Rick Licht, said at the time Caminiti died of a heart attack.
The medical examiner's office performed the autopsy on Monday, but a spokesperson for the medical examiner said Thursday that no official cause of death would be announced until the completion of a toxicology report, which could take up to 10 days.
Caminiti battled drug and alcohol problems during his 15-year major-league career. In May 2002, he told Sports Illustrated he used steroids during his career.
On Tuesday, Newsday (N.Y.) reported that Caminiti was "depressed" and "edgy," and wanted to talk about "life, love and everything," during the last half day of his life, according to Rob Silva, a 35-year-old ex-con from Brooklyn, who had met Caminiti about a year and a half ago.
Just last week, he admitted in a Houston court that he violated his probation by using cocaine last month, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail.
Caminiti's big-league career ended in 2001. He was a three-time All Star third baseman and a unanimous pick for MVP in 1996 when he led the San Diego Padres to the division series.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Question: In many consumer products companies marketing executives seem to play
In many consumer products companies, marketing executives seem to play the lead role in new-product planning, whereas research and development executives occupy this position in firms with very complex products such as electronics. Why do these differences exist? Do you agree that such differences should occur?
View Solution:
View Solution:
Answer to relevant QuestionsDiscuss the features and limitations of focus group interviews for use in new-product planning. Is the use of a single city test market appropriate? Discuss. Visit the Yahoo Inc. website. Describe Yahoo's brand portfolio. Many products like Jell-O reach maturity. Discuss several ways to give mature products new vigor. How can management determine whether it is worthwhile to attempt to salvage products that are performing poorly? Suppose management of a raw material supplier is interested in performing a financial analysis of a distribution channel comprised of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Outline an approach for doing the analysis.
Post your question


text:
Online Reservations
Please read the full YPCC User Agreement.
A copy of your insurance certificate for the use of the Cultural Center is required.
To request a reservation at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, check availability on the calendar and fill out the online form below. After the date is confirmed for a hold, you will be emailed a user agreement. User agreement and a $200 deposit are needed to reserve the date. Proof of liability insurance is needed before the event. Call 543-4547 or 543-4538 for more information.


text:
Tagged: sociological imagination
I am so sick of this obvious lie, pt 2
Another obvious lie too many National supporters believe is that Labour are bad for employment (because they raise the minimum wage too fast), and National have "solved unemployment" (because they've made it harder to maintain benefits):
Now, it is true that Labour raise the minimum wage much faster, and that National cut welfare (in a recession!). But the unemployment rates have been more like the other way around,* and anyone suggesting National are better than Labour at keeping unemployment down is either believing or promoting a lie.
Actually, it's a couple of lies… but they're both obviously bollocks to anyone who's spent five minutes looking into them:
"Raisng the minimum wage reduces jobs"
As usual, Gordon Campbell says it best:
If, as Key claims, Treasury has done research that shows major job losses would result from gradual increases in the minimum wage, then this amazing information would be world news – because the vast weight of academic research around the world ever since the groundbreaking David Card/Alan Krueger work in the US fast food industry 20 years ago, is that it would do no such thing.
"National have solved unemployment by making it harder to get the benefit"
I've covered this before, and so have many others. Basically, kicking people off the dole (or DPB/invalid's/sickness benefit) doesn't magically put them into jobs; it just increases the number of people lacking either work or welfare (which has hit a record 110,000 since National's bennie-bashing "reforms"). Creating a desperate unemployed person doesn't create a job for them to go into.
This confusion arises from a basic failure to understand the difference between individual problems/solutions and socio-economic problems/solutions, as sociologist C. Wright Mills pointed out 55 years ago:
* It started to get bad under the Lange (& Douglas) Labour government, which was actually more like a Bolger/Key National government than a Labour one. Of course, just like with debt, things are more complicated than one graph could show.
PS: Graph and truncated y-axis from tradingeconomics.com; annotations mine.
Hone and Johnny
John Campbell has started a series of interviews with party leaders and their partners in their homes. The first two were with John and Bronagh Key and Hone Harawira and Hilda Halkyard-Harawira.
Both couples feed John a meal and talk about their lives and their political involvements – that's about where the similarities end. Hone has photos on his wall from the Springbok tour protests. John famously can't remember his stance on that issue, but he vividly remembers when he first wanted to be Prime Minister a few years earlier.
This is a good illustration of the main difference between Key's and Harawira's interviews, and indeed their overall political personas: Harawira's interview is far more about politics and real issues, while Key's is far more about superficiality, personality and content-free generalities like "making a difference" and "economic management" (Ha!).
Key does talk about "vulnerable people" and kids in poverty after Campbell observes the extreme wealth of their context. But for him these "vulnerable people" are an abstraction – they're completely absent from his life.
Harawira's concern for the marginalised is far more real. His biggest achievements are sacrifices he's made for real live vulnerable people – be it Māori, the poor, South Africans suffering under apartheid, or his grumpy father-in-law. Mana's policies are primarily motivated by real justice for those who most need it.
Moreover, Key's claimed concern for kids growing up on welfare belies the fact that his government has kept benefit rates at 1991 levels. 1991, you may recall, was the year National deliberately set benefits to only cover 80% of minimum nutritional needs. This was an attempt to incentivise people into accepting the new low-wage jobs – or at least, those lucky enough to find jobs. They also encouraged a certain level of unemployment to drive wages down and again incentivise these poverty-wage jobs. This shows individual incentivisation may fill low-wage jobs, but it can't cure unemployment: that requires broader socio-economic changes. These policies were and are sacrifices of the poor to support rich poverty-wage employers.
Two things have changed since then: One, poverty dropped slightly among working families (see p.47 here) since the last Labour government's third-way policy, Working for Families. Key called WFF "communism by stealth" at the time, but he's kept it, and praises it in the video for how it subsidises low wages. Two, National's rhetoric is all anti-unemployment these days.
But three things still speak volumes: One, Key's more willing to use taxpayer money to subsidise poverty-wage employers than make them pay living wages. Two, he sees no problem with WFF's exclusion of beneficiary children from assistance, even though he notes they're the majority of kids in poverty. Three, Key looks no further than individual solutions to the societal issue of unemployment.
Meanwhile, the real-life vulnerable people who miss out on the limited number of subsidised jobs offered by this "economic management" suffer now more than ever. Key thinks leftover Labour policies and welfare scapegoating is enough to help them. Harawira does not. I know which one I'd rather vote for.
The earth turns, the grass grows, the Press publishes articles with zero analysis or respect for human dignity.
Capitalist society marginalises young people, complains about marginalised young people interfering with the smooth running of capitalist consumption, and thinks the solution is to scapegoat them and hide them away.
Let's drive away the intimidating, anti-social, miscreant capitalist system from our city centre/world.
Fabian Mika's lawyer is (mostly) right
Fabian Mika's lawyer is appealing Mika's manslaughter sentence, suggesting his cultural background and upbringing should have be taken into account as a mitigating factor in sentencing.
It looks like this is being met with the predictable outrage when anyone notes there's still ethnic inequality in NZ, coupled with the usual panic whenever someone suggests people's lives are more complicated than just personal choice.
The judges are no doubt right to point out the logistical difficulties of the lawyer's idea. Nonetheless, the lawyer's argument touches on a serious problem with punishment/the 'justice' system in general: it only responds to individuals for their individual choices. But no individual choice happens in a vacuum.
The justice system doesn't deal with the wider social determinants of individual choices. In many ways, it can't: it falls outside of the justice system's purview to deal with (for example) economic inequality, the chief cause of high violent crime rates.
But the 'justice' system should at least acknowledge that these social determinants are very much unequal from one person or group to another.
You can accurately predict from someone's class, ethnicity, or family situation that they're a lot more likely to end up in jail than I am. (Or more likely to have a partner or parent in prison). That's not fair, and it's not chosen.
Yes, convicted criminals have made choices, I'm not denying that. But the social determinants of crime and punishment are true too, and too often we deny that.
One of the first lessons you learn studying criminology is that if you're disadvantaged in society in general, you're also disadvantaged at every stage of the crime and punishment process:
– examples of crime vs. other examples
– opportunities for crime vs. other opportunities
– likelihood of being in extreme need
– laws and definitions of crimes
– types of crimes you're likely to commit
– likelihood of being suspected/pursued by police
– likelihood of being caught
– access to good legal help
– likelihood of being convicted
– harshness of sentencing for your crime
– your specific sentencing
– how you're treated by society after your punishment
So I definitely think someone's experiences and social position should be considered among the mitigating/aggravating factors in sentencing. But that only deals with the tip of the iceberg of the problem: socio-economic inequality leading to manifold inequalities in crime and punishment.
On worshipping money and thanking the rich for being rich
Just when I was thinking corporate media was starting to say some good things about inequality, I saw this infuriating defense of inequality from Damien Grant.
Grant writes off Max Rashbooke's book, and indeed all concern about inequality, as "the zero-sum fallacy; the idea that there is a set amount of cash in the economy."
This is one of the worst straw man attacks I've seen in a while.
In fact, Rashbrooke et al understand better than our government that money is a relative measure, only meaningful insofar as it represents access to wealth/resources. It doesn't matter how much total cash there is in the economy… what matters is:
a) how much resources/wealth there are in the economy, because that's what determines how big the pie is.
b) how much cash you have in relation to others, because that's what determines how big or small your slice of the pie is.
Total cash doesn't affect the pie at all (if it did, Zimbabwe would be the richest country in the world).
Total cash and total resources are not 'zero-sum' phenomena. But percentage of access to cash and resources is (that's the whole point of a percentage – it always sums to 100).
Rashbrooke (and, like, actual evidence and stuff) are concerned with inequality because when one person's percentage of cash goes up, someone else's ability to access available resources necessarily decreases. And when that's too unequal (even when the pie's huge) it causes numerous health and social problems across the whole society.
Grant is the one guilty of a fallacy: the idea that money is an absolute, not just a relative measure; so if there's more total money in an economy, that automatically means there's more wealth/resources available to people. This is more than just a fallacy, it's a properly religious phenomenon – idolisation of money.
Post-script – extra responses to a few of Grant's stupidest comments
"There's no evidence that rising social and health problems are a result of income disparities."
I'm actually astonished to see this much wilful blindness, even in corporate media. Huge amounts of research – very widely available – offer compelling evidence that inequality causes many social/health problems – from murder to community breakdown to high teen pregnancy rates. A journalist doing their job would acknowledge this evidence even if they disagree with its analysis. Grant doesn't indicate whether he disagrees, whether he's ignoring it, or whether he doesn't know it exists … he simply says there's "no evidence."
The fact that the next sentence peddles an evidence-free stereotype ("Poor people get diabetes because they eat junk food, not because Sir Peter Jackson is rich.") is the icing on the bullshit cake.
"Key to the inequality fantasy is that New Zealand is a neo-liberal rich-man's paradise but the facts do not support this. Bill English said… [bla bla bla] Half the population are net beneficiaries."
He goes on to uncritically parrot Bill English's dishonest press release that I addressed a couple of blogs ago. If Grant was doing his job as a journalist and applying some critical thinking, he'd realise English's figures show the opposite of what he claims.
Grant thinks workers should be grateful for being "net beneficiaries" of state assistance… grateful for a situation where their subhuman wages mean they don't contribute much to the tax coffers, let alone to their own families, and Working for Families subsidises their employers to keep paying these sub-human wages. How much more grateful should the rich be for being "net beneficiaries" of a system that facilitates and supports such grossly unequal wealth?
"Economic growth is driven by innovative entrepreneurs adding to the total economy. They sometimes become rich by retaining some of the extra wealth they created."
I don't even know where to start with this statement, except to note that it's pure ideology. He equates economic growth with 'wealth,' ignoring the fact that economic (GDP) growth doesn't just include productive, wealth-producing activities, but destructive ones like crime, pollution and credit card debt. And he simplistically suggests 'wealth' is created by "innovative entrepreneurs," rather than by the contributions of all workers; those who're given the opportunity to utilise their creative/innovative skills, and those who aren't.
The next sentence, where he uses a doctor as his archetypical example of a rich wealth-creating entrepreneur, reveals his ideological assumption that the rich become rich by doing good for the world. A better example of the very highest income earners would be a currency trader who makes much more than a doctor by producing nothing, just manipulating pieces of paper and numbers on computer screens.
Later in the article he again waxes lyrical about how much wealth the rich create, and how grateful we should be for their work. He also mentions how hard-working they are – predictably failing to provide any statistics linking hard work to high income. In fact, income and wealth distributions are way out of proportion to how hard people work… (unless the richest 1% percent work 10-16 times as hard as the average NZer).
"Poverty has many causes, welfare dependency amongst them, but blaming the hard-working for the failings of the indigent is not a solution."
Grant is doing even worse – blaming the hard-working poor (like people working two jobs cleaning toilets on minimum wage to feed their families) for their own poverty. Despicable.


text:
Teacher Appreciation Day....need Some Fresh Ideas...help
Decorating By tinygoose Updated 20 Mar 2009 , 2:09am by GenGen
Ok, so I've volunteered to do the cake for teacher appreciation day at my 1st graders school It needs to serve at least 30, but 40 or 50 would be ok too. I've done the apple (last year), done a PB&J sandwich, thought about books, thought about the stacked chalkboard cake.....I don't know....I was thinking something carved......something original...anyone...anyone?? Just through them your ideas up there...good or bad...., I'm stumped. Thanks!!
Uuuhhhh... I'm glad I came across this thread, would love to hear some new ideas!
How about making a giant crayon or giant pencil?? That might be fun. Or maybe you can make a wise old owl? Or how about a school bus? I hope I helped
This photo has been in my favorites for a long time : http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1210879
Maybe that will be some inspiration. Good luck!
When is Teacher Appreciation Day?
Crayola crayons? The box of 96 upright with the top flipped open and some spilling out. Maybe even a broken one. I did a quick one that was a piece of notebook paper (lined) with a bite out the side and wrote the dog ate my homework. They loved it!
Good luck!
When is Teacher Appreciation Day?
The first week of May is Teacher's Appreciation Week and May 5th is Teacher's Appreciation Day.
When is Teacher Appreciation Day?
The first week of May is Teacher's Appreciation Week and May 5th is Teacher's Appreciation Day.
Speaking as a person who teaches 373 little darling computers 5 days a week, I would suggest a summer cake....with a countdown to how many more days the teachers get to spend with the little darlings before vacation!!!!!
this is one i did for a teachers appreciation day: i found a photo online for something else and adapted it to what you see here. made my own stencil for it.
it was a sheet cake.. (i think, big one anyways lol) and you can't see it in the photo but at the bottom of the blue circle in yellow is the schools name date etc.
the text "we appreciate you" was specifically reqeusted other wise i'd have went with something else.
lol no offense, i hate those poo- cakes ... i do dig the flies though lol..


text:
Phase II Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of TXA127 in the Acceleration of Platelet Recovery Following Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant in Patients With Hodgkin Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Limited Reinfusion of CD34+ Cells
- This is a randomized, double-blind (Investigator and Study Subject), placebo-controlled
- The conditioning regimen and mobilization agents used will be up to the discretion of
the Study Center Investigator
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Platelet recovery
Evaluate the effectiveness of TXA127 in accelerating the time to initial platelet recovery following PBSC transplant with a limited number of CD34+ cells, defined as CD34+ cell concentrations ≥1.5 x 106 and ≤5.0 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg. Platelet recovery is defined as that day the subject achieves a post-nadir platelet count of ≥20 x 109/L with no platelet transfusion in the prior 7 days.
≤ 28 days from re-infusion of CD34+ cells
Michael Schuster, MD
Principal Investigator
Stony Brook university Medical Center
United States: Food and Drug Administration
June 2010
June 2013
|Huntsman Cancer Institute
|Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
|Rush University Medical Center
|Chicago, Illinois 60612-3824
|University of Nebraska Medical Center
|Omaha, Nebraska 68198-3330
|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia 30322
|Washington University
|St. Louis, Missouri 63110
|IU Simon Cancer Center
|Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
|University of Virginia Health System
|Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
|City of Hope Hospital
|Duarte, California 91010
|Montefiori Medical Center
|Bronx, New York 10467
|Stony Brook
|Long Island, New York


text:
Lathrup Village, MI (PressExposure) July 25, 2011 -- Financial institutions have long provided retirement planning, long-term savings and other products and services geared towards financially established consumers. However, according to an August 2010 study from Javelin Strategy and Research, only 11 percent of Generation Y (ages 18-25) has a primary financial relationship with a credit union, versus 15 percent of all other age groups.
Recognizing that younger consumers require the same level of support to succeed financially, Michigan First Credit Union (http://www.MichiganFirst.com) continues to grow its roster of youth- and young-adult oriented products and services with the launch of its new private student lending program, Student Choice, and the momentum of its Young & Free Michigan program.
Bringing Students Convenient Access to Competitive Loans for Education
Partnering with Credit Union Student Choice, Michigan First's new student lending program will help students fill the funding gaps that often reman after lower-cost sources of financial aid, such as scholarships, grands, and Federal Stafford loans have been exhausted. Unlike other alternative loan products, Michigan First's Student Choice private education line of credit loan solution offers students significantly lower rates, zero origination fees and more flexible repayment terms.
"It's critical to build a strong financial foundation at a young age," said Michael Poulos, president and CEO of Michigan First. "Michigan First is pleased to offer this new Student Choice student lending program because it will help students and families achieve their dreams of a higher education, without the higher price tag often associated with private student loans."
The program will be available to undergraduate students enrolled at least half-time in a four year degree-granting program at a public or private non-profit school and will help pay for tuition, books, room and board. For more information on Michigan First's Student Choice, visit http://www.MichiganFirst.com/College.
Youth- and Young-Adult Focused Initiatives Build Momentum
The student lending program is just one of several youth- and young-adult oriented initiatives that Michigan First has launched in recent months, including Young & Free Michigan (www.YoungFreeMichigan.com), a program designed to create relationships with members of Gen Y by providing useful information to manage their finances independently.
Since its launch in February 2011, the Young & Free Michigan program has achieved several major milestones, including the grand reopening of the first Young & Free Michigan branded branch in the Wayne State University Student Center; the announcement of its first Spokester, Janelle O'Hara; and a growing presence at metro Detroit events like the Downtown Hoedown.
Young & Free Michigan's flagship product offering, the First Gear Account, is the ultimate toolkit for Gen Y,offering special tools to help young adults gain momentum in the real world, including MoneyNow overdraft protection plus "Oops Forgiveness" - giving accountholders the ability to refund one overdraft protection or NSF fee every six months after a waiting period. The account also provides three free foreign (non-Michigan First or credit union CO-OP) ATM withdrawals monthly, and a 1 percent discount on a new auto loan. Since Young & Free Michigan's launch, more than 1200 First Gear accounts have been opened and Michigan First is on pace to open 3000 First Gear accounts within the first year.
Michigan First Brings Gen Y the Hi-Tech Services They Demand
Recognizing the technology demands of younger generations, Michigan First also recently added Michigan First Mobile to its suite of convenient banking services. The mobile banking service is available via mobile browser or downloadable applications and allows Michigan First members to check balances, view their transaction history, transfer funds and pay bills, anywhere, anytime, from their mobile device.
"By spearheading these new youth- and young-adult focused efforts, it is Michigan First's goal to continue to establish itself as a leader among metro Detroit financial institutions," Poulos said. "Younger generations need tools and services designed to fit their needs, and we will continue to focus on helping them establish sound financial habits."


text:
Annapurna Studios has come up with a special documentary to celebrate the '25 years' of iconic 'Shiva' that was released way back in 1989. And the opinions shared by various directors in that 1 hour length documentary film are on one side, and the presence of VV Vinaya is on another side.
Including Puri Jagan, we have Rajamouli, Brahmaji, Uttej, JD Chakravarthi, Tanikella Bharani, Siva Nageswara Rao talking about 'Shiva' in this documentary while Nag, Amala and RGV will anyway do it. But surprising thing is that, director Vinayak is also interviewed in this documentary to share his thoughts about Shiva.
All other celebs who shared their opinion are somehow linked either with RGV, Nag or Shiva. But Vinayak is the feather from some other crown. This adds more to speculation that he is the director of Akhil's debut flick as hero and hence his inclusion in the documentary. What say folks?


text:
Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?" Here is a wonderful explanation!
A daughter is telling her mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.
< br />Meanwhile, her mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, I love your cake."
"Here, have some butter," her mother offers.
"Yuck" says her daughter.
"How about a couple of raw eggs?"
"Gross, Mom!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"
"Mom, those are all yucky!"
To which the mother replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! "
God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful! He loves you.... He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. He gives you even stars at night. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chooses your heart.
I hope your day is a "piece of cake!" (",)
By savitri
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Amma Bhagvan's Cake..
Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?" Here is a wonderful explanation!
Contemplative Questions
They are not meant to serve as solutions nor are they meant to lead you anywhere. These questions are meant to serve as tools to discovering yourself.
1) Do you perceive the Presence of a benevolent force guiding, protecting and shaping your life? What name do you give that Presence? When did you best feel this Presence?
2) What is your opinion of God? Is your opinion drawn from religion, books, parents and or your personal experience of life?
3) Do you pray? Do they get answered? How often?
4) Do you think it is possible to relate to the Divine? What relationship would you opt?
5) Here is a story for you - Two fierce enemies once did a penance to placate god and receive boons vying with each other. God appeared to the first man and asked what he wanted. He said "give me twice of whatever you give my enemy". Then God appeared to the second one. Even before God could say anything he asked, "God, would you please tell me what my enemy asked for? On knowing his prayer request, he said, "then God, blind me in one eye."
Now what would you wish for yourself, your best friend and your worst enemy if God gave you a chance?
6) Have you ever experienced a coincidence or chance that seems to have involved so many people and factors that you can't stop wondering if a mastermind was behind this operation? If yes, do you savour the experience often and have you shared it with someone close to you?


text:
These hard Nokia cases come with clever cut-outs meaning you can access all your phone's functions and ports without having to sacrifice protection.
- Nokia Lumia case made specifically for the Nokia Lumia 610 smartphone
- Proporta Nokia cases allow access to all ports and functions, including charging port
- Robust defence against scratches, drops and bumps
- Lifetime Exchange Warranty
Recent product reviews
Review by Andrew N
Perfect cover for my phone and just as advertised
(Posted on 29.07.2013 | 21:50)
Recent product reviews
Review by Andrew N
Perfect cover for my phone and just as advertised
(Posted on 29.07.2013 | 21:50)
All items delivered to a UK address will be sent using the Royal Mail postal service, absolutely free of charge if your order is over £30. For orders under £30, shipping costs £2.95 per order. Other faster options are also available:
The free 'standard shipping' option takes between 2-4 working days from the time of dispatch, although we usually find it takes less.
All of our international orders are sent by standard mail worldwide. However, if you would like your order to be tracked, we will happily arrange for it to be sent via other recorded means. You can select the delivery option you would like at the checkout.
Please be aware that your order must be placed before 1pm to take advantage of the Next Day delivery option and this only applies to weekdays.
Returns Address
We hope you won't have to but sometimes it just can't be helped and you'll need to return an item. To make this as easy as possible, we have a freepost address label available to download / print at www.proporta.co.uk/returns
Alternatively you can send it back to the address below (but you'll need stamp):
Proporta - Returns Department
Unit 3 Woodingdean Business Park
Sea View Way
To check full details of our returns policy, please visit our Help and Support pages


text:
F.I.T. CLUB: Framework for Integrated Teaching
Embedding concepts of food, fitness and farming into the classroom
F.I.T. Club promotes health and wellness for children of all ages using literacy and collaborative approaches in schools, afterschool programs, and in the home. Children explore food sourcing and production, cooking, sustainability, nutrition, and disease through clubs centered on these three themes: Young Farmers Club, Young Chefs Club and Young Doctors Club.
Using a three-pronged approach, F.I.T. Club resources include:
- Day-to-day core instruction in the classroom
- Afterschool Sessions and Instructional Videos (FIT Trainers)
- Family booklists (download brochures F.I.T. Family flier, Let's Stay Active!, or F.I.T. Choices)
F.I.T. Club lesson plans incorporate health and wellness themes, within the context of understanding sustainability as it relates to food sourcing and production. F.I.T. Club's focus on literacy to teach concepts of nutrition and physical health connects children with high quality fiction and nonfiction books. Lesson plans utilize common standards, incorporate the ELA, math, science, and social studies, and can be taught during or after school.
F.I.T. Family serves as a literacy resource for parents and children to read together, using books that model healthy habits. F.I.T. Kits bring these principles into the home through gifts and activities to promote a healthy lifestyle.
F.I.T. Club curriculum integrates the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and the English Language Arts with Science and Social Studies to educate students about food sourcing and production, cooking, sustainability, nutrition and disease. The target audience is K-12 students, with specific lesson plans designed for second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade students; however, the concepts can be easily adapted to other grade levels.
Curriculum webs, lesson plans, and reading lists are centered on three themes: Young Farmers Club, Young Chefs Club and Young Doctors Club. The goal is to introduce key concepts of food, fitness and farming within the current framework. F.I.T. Club is designed to enhance the current curriculum.


text:
With First Tutors: Music you can find a Atherstone flute tutor. Flute tuition are a brilliant way to learn a stimulating new hobby, pick up a new talent and attain confidence with flute. Please use our service to find Atherstone flute teachers and select which best matches your needs so you can enjoy your flute tuition in Atherstone immediately!
First Tutors: Music is the best way to find Atherstone flute tutors in the UK, helping you find Atherstone flute tuition close to you and Atherstone tutors to help with any instrument such as piano, violin or guitar. We can help you find Atherstone flute lessons or a Atherstone flute tutor to prepare for flute exams and improve your flute skills! We order Atherstone flute tutors in your area according to their hourly prices and proximity to you.
If you are a flute teacher wishing to offer your flute lessons in Atherstone or anywhere else across the UK, please register with First Tutors: Music or find out more about us here. Becoming a Atherstone flute teacher is a fantastic way to improve your own skills through giving flute tuition while helping someone else, all in Atherstone!


text:
Takanawa Daiichi Mansions
Apartment in Shinagawa, Takanawa, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
6 min. walk to Shinagawa Station where Tokaido & Sanyo Shinkansen (bullet train) stops. Located in a quiet residential area, across from 'Takanawa Park'. Renovated in 2009.
|Property Name
|Takanawa Daiichi Mansions
|3, Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
|Line, Station
|JR Yamanote Line, Shinagawa Station : 6 min.-walk
|January, 1984
|Reinforced Concrete 5 stories & 1 basement floor
|Auto-locking Entry, Video Intercom, Elevator
It is in a 6 min. walk to Shinagawa Sta. from where you can get to both central Tokyo and remote cities easily.
There are many stores and dining and drinking places in the Shinagawa station building as well as in that area.
Takanawa Daiichi Mansions is a luxurious apartment with 46 units in total, located in a quiet environment a little away on the west of Daiichi-Keihin Rd.
Both Sengakuji Sta. and Takanawadai Sta. on Toei Asakusa Line are within walking distance.
Takanawa Park is located right in front of the estate. It is a peaceful environment with lots of greenery.
The renovation of common spaces and facilities completed in 2009. The property has been reborn as a higher-grade apartment.
The floor plans range from 1LDK to 3LDK.
Inside of units are also renovated one after another in order to change the interior design, fittings, water piping, sink and bathroom.
It aims to become modern and uses white as the theme color.
Inside of each unit is spacious and open and has excellent facilities.
You can overlook greenery of Takanawa Park from the windows and patios facing south.
A parking spot is available within the premise.
Please feel free to contact us.
Our Home Finding Experts will guide you to a perfect home.
OPEN EVERYDAY Mon. - Sat. 9:00am - 8:00pm Sun. & Holidays 9:00am - 6:00pm(JST)
- Expatriate Housing Div.
- 03-3583-6941


text:
Drunk In Love (Set of 2)
A set of 2 deep red wine glasses, adorned with a gorgeous valentines inspired design. The perfect set of glasses for a romantic evening. Add a name or a message to make them truly unique.
- Height - 23.0cm
- Width - 9.5cm
- Weight - 300g each
- Hand Wash Inside Glass Only


text:
hello everybody
i'm in relationship for two years and 9 months , and my girlfriend went away from me , i will see her just once or twice a year , and i can't be patient any more i miss her very much , i love her so much and im sure she loves me as much i love her , and i want to marry her , i'm afraid that she will refuse to marry me , because she was married before and she had fuxxing problems before with her ex , , and she get divorced , and she give up in marriage ,,,
i asked her before to marry me and she refused ( 1 year ago and few months ) i was very very sad , and we just keep talking and meeting because i really love her and is not easy for me to live without her , and i understand that she had a fuxxing problems before with her fuxxking ex , and now we back to normal , and we are happy all the times , and i will meet her next September and i will ask her to marry me again , and i don't what to do , is there any human in this world can help me?
Most Helpful Girl
Well, I'm sorry hun but you can't make someone be interested in marriage. If she doesn't have the desire to get married again in the future then there really isn't anything you can do to convince her otherwise. If she is divorced then it's understandable why she would be hesitant to marry again. Of course you can talk to her about it though. I would recommend talking to her first before just randomly proposing to her.
Talk to her and see what her thoughts are. Maybe she'll be interested in marriage again if she has more time to consider it. If not, then perhaps you and her are just not compatible. If you both want different things then it might be difficult to make the relationship work and that could be something you will have to think about as well. Best of luck to you.10|10|0
thank you for help :) , first we understand each other very well , and we have more than 100% common things , and we trust each other , i'm sure that she loves me , just i'm afraid to get refused again to marry her , i'm not forcing her , just now she went away from the country and we can meet just once or twice a year , for few days , and i can't survive with this forever , so i decide to move to live with her or she back to live with me , is not a problem for me , i just want to be with her forever
I understand that. I just think you should talk to her about this first before just surprising her with a proposal. Give her some time to think about it :)


text:
The Premier Standard
Discover the Nissan of San Marcos difference with an unparalleled customer experience from the moment you set foot on our lot to many more miles down the road.
Nissan of San Marcos does everything possible to ensure that you're always treated like family. Our unrivaled five-star hospitality includes amenities not found at other dealerships.
From free car washes to complimentary loaner vehicles, you'll notice an immediate difference when you select Nissan of San Marcos for all of your sales and service needs. Nissan of San Marcos invites you to come relax while your vehicle is being serviced. Sit back and enjoy a hot cup of coffee and fresh baked cookie on plush leather sofas while watching TV on one of our many HDTVs.
We also provide free WiFi in our luxury lounge. If you would like to make a trip to the famous Tanger Outlet Mall we offer a courtesy shuttle to stores and restaurants within 15 miles of the dealership.
We always have an incredible selection of new and pre-owned inventory in stock. You can choose from a variety of makes and models all with the options available to suite your wants and needs. Nissan of San Marcos does whatever it takes to make sure you receive the best possible savings and price for your vehicle because we understand the value in saving real dollars.
As a family-owned and operated store we emphasize and understand the importance of spending time with family as a top priority to our employees. No matter what, family always comes first at Nissan of San Marcos. When you factor in the quality of service, giant selection, world-class customer treatment and savings to match, you'll find it difficult to shop anywhere else.
We make it top priority to provide an experience like nothing else. Come visit us today at Nissan of San Marcos and experience first-hand the better way to buy in San Marcos!
*Courtesy shuttle within 15 miles for service guests. **See Service Advisor for Details.
*Courtesy shuttle within 15 miles for service guests. **See Service Advisor for Details.


text:
Get all 7 Vic Spencer releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Chris $pencer - Blessed, The Ghost Of Living, VicTree (Victory), The Cost Of Victory, Vic Spencer X Rocket - Vision Pipes, Vic Spencer: The Rapping Bastard, and Vic Spencer Presents: Walk Away Music. , and , .
Vic Spencer Chicago, Illinois
Question: What is the result when you mix the wit of Sean Price, the comedic delivery of DOOM, the unorthodox approach of the late ODB, the lungs of B-Real, and the life experience of a group home resident hailing from the streets of Chicago's gritty East Side? Answer: Vic Spencer aka The Rapping Bastard. ... more
Streaming and Download help


text:
I…I just…I don't know where to start. There's just too much. It was too good. And just to think, the Real Housewives of New Jersey has only just begun. So we'll go one by one, I suppose, until we get to know the ladies (broads?) better and get more of a storyline.
We'll start off where the show started – Teresa. Teresa might be the tannest person on the show (which is quite the…accomplishment?) and may also be the tannest person I've ever seen in my entire life. We won't even talk about the hair line, because I've yet to decide if it's natural or a lace front yet, and if it's a weave, she needs to find a new weavologist. Her husband is so swollen, oiled-up, and greasy that I felt like I needed to go wash my face after seeing him. She describes him as "juicy," which is just about as disgusting of a word as I can even imagine to describe his state of being. He owns a "construction business" which they might as well just call a "concrete business" – it smells like a mob front from all the way over here. Teresa watches the three kiddos (two of which are cute, the oldest of which looks like she might be possessed by Satan), pretends she's not a stage mom, and spends her husband's juicy money on tacky furniture for their palatially tacky new house. She's also contemplating spending some of it on new "buhbbies," which are forthcoming. Can you wait? I can't. Teresa isn't part of The Family (I'll explain in a moment), but she actually does appear to be friends with the rest of the women in real life, unlike a lot of the Real Housewives in other cities. She also makes the best facial expressions of any of the women, by FAR.
Next, Caroline. She's the matriarch of sorts of The Family – three of this season's housewives are related. She's the oldest and toughest of them and she's got three grown kids with her husband. One is going in to law school and the other two work at the Brownstone banquet hall, which is the family business. My FAVORITE moment of this episode was watching her two grown sons fight over which of them was more of a douche – to which, I think, the only answer is that they are both TREMENDOUSLY douchey. And they both obviously know that. Which is part of the charm of this season so far – these women appear to at least partly understand that they're ridiculous, and they embrace it. Caroline's part in this episode was fairly tame, but if the previews are any indication, I am going to be terrified of her by the time we're done with this.
And then there's Dina, Caroline's sister and wedding-reality-show alum. Dina also works at the Brownstone as an event planner since she is married to her sister's husband's brother – try to wrap your head around that for a moment. Two sisters, married to two brothers. Dina, I think, is a bit quicker on the uptake than she seems. Which is to say, she seems like a total idiot at first, but I don't think she is. She has a daughter from a previous marriage that seems to be so spoiled that she will surely make some poor guy totally miserable in a few years, and she also has a feud going with Housewife Danielle, which seems totally reasonable, based on what we know about both of them.
The most interesting information about Dina and Caroline? The brothers that they married are the son of a real Made Man. Their father-in-law, Alberto 'Tiny' Manzo, was found shot to death, naked and hogtied, in the trunk of his Lincoln back in the 80s. There are very few times in my life where I get to use the phrase "naked and hogtied," so just let that one sink in for a second.
And we've got Jacqueline, sister-in-law of Dina and Caroline. She's married to their brother, and has therefore been inducted as part of The Family. She's the non-native Jerseyan (Jersian? Jerseyite?) of the group, but that doesn't mean she can't still fall victim to the terrible hair that the state of New Jersey apparently imparts on all of its residents (or maybe just its residents that star in reality shows). She, like Dina, also has a daughter from a previous marriage and also a son with her current husband. She wants more babies (not to be confused with buhbbies – she already has plenty of those), and apparently can't have them, which we'll learn more about as the season goes on. She seems generally good-natured, but I guess most people do after about an hour of airtime.
Lastly, Danielle. Holy crackers, Danielle. She's friends with Jacqueline and really NOT friends with Dina, which will assuredly be a problem for her in the future. Danielle takes up most of this episode's mini plot by attempting to meet up with an internet interest named GucciModel with whom she has been having naughty phone conversations for two years. She has no idea what his real name is, and apparently won't ever know it because he totally stands her up at their date. Jacqueline and Teresa had played detective, though, so they were hiding at the restaurant (with enormous binoculars), ready to swoop in. And they did, although no one knows what they actually did after that. Danielle seems totally and utterly unstable, particularly when it comes to men, which should make for some FANTASTIC television in weeks to come. Also, she has one of the most painful-looking boob jobs (and eye jobs, while we're at it) that I've ever seen. For someone that was formerly married to a multi-millionaire, you'd think she would have invested a couple grand in getting some buhbbies that don't look like bolted-on grapefruit halves. Seriously. Ouch.
But that's the moral to the Jersey story, folks: money doesn't buy taste or decorum. And these ladies – who are actually housewives, unlike a lot of the other seasons – know it. And they love it. They seem a lot more candid and real (in a ridiculous way) than some of the others, and that's what's going to keep me coming back week after week. I can't wait until the real plotlines get going…
P.S. Please consider supporting our small, bag-loving team by clicking our links before shopping or checking out at your favorite online retailers like Amazon, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, or any of the listed partners on our shop page. We truly appreciate your support!


text:
Mon 18th Aug 2014 9:00amRapturecamps's Molho Leste Surf Report
Waves are small but clean. Time for a longboard croozer session.. Sleep in, have a leisurely breakfast and wait for the tide to drop =)
View the Molho Leste Surf Report and Forecast. Rapturecamps's Reports have received a total of 156694 views.
This report has received 211 views since 18/8/14.


text:
FPGA Design Engineer
- Recruiter
- Agile Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Derby
- Salary
- £40,000 - £50,000 plus benefits
- Posted
- 04 Aug 2017
- Expires
- 16 Aug 2017
- Sector
- Engineering
FPGA Design Engineer - VHDL, Network Protocols - IP The Role As the selected FPGA Design Engineer, you'll join an expert Hardware Team and work on the development of industry leading, award-winning technology used by a global client base. The role covers both design and verification of FPGA's in VHDL. There are two positions available with the more Senior offering the chance to mentor Junior members of the Hardware Team. Your technical skills and experience will include: > Strong knowledge in FPGA architecture, operation, and tool flow - Intel, Altera or Xilinx. > HDL - VHDL and/or Verilog > Knowledge of network protocols including IP would be seen as advantageous The Company The company is an industry leading, award-winning technology developer who are going through a large round of expansion due to continued success and product demand. The company can offer challenging but rewarding work within an innovative environment where you will work shoulder to shoulder with expert Hardware Engineers. This will be a great role for an experienced FPGA Design Engineer ready for the next step in their career.


text:
Google Affiliate Network today introduced the Q1'2011 Affiliate Exclusive Opportunities program available only to Google Affiliate Network publishers.
This March, the program features affiliate exclusive opportunities from 30+ Affiliate Network advertisers. This special program will be live for one weekend only from Friday, 3/25, through Monday, 3/28.
Any Affiliate Network publisher who has a relationship with the participating advertisers will have access to these opportunities. If you see an ad you wish to promote for a new advertiser, please apply to the advertiser program via the links below.
How do I promote these on my site?
To promote any of these exclusive opportunities, you need to be an approved publisher in GAN.
- Apply for GAN with your AdSense Publisher ID (or sign in if you are already a Affiliate Network publisher).
- Once approved, review offers and click the "Apply Now" link for every one that you wish to promote.
- Tracking links will be available in your GAN account by viewing the "Announcements" section of your Home tab. You can also search for "March Affiliate Exclusive Offer" links in the Links section on March 25.
Here're the advertisers, opportunities and application links to the advertiser's Affiliate Network program:
Tracking links are available via the GAN platform in the Announcements section within the Home tab. You'll also be able to search for "March Affiliate Exclusive Opportunities" links in the Links section on March 25th.
These ads willn't be live or valid until March 25th and will expire at midnight on March 28th. Affiliates may not post the links until March 25th.


text:
RedrumColl... Photographer
CoreyanaModel Female Dallas, Texas, US
My MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/coreyana
Mayhem # 2476410
About MeI think of modeling as making art with one's body. I love the creativity and the challenge of it. I want to find more opportunities to work with other professionals and make art with them. I'm reliable, responsible and easy to work with. I generally require very little direction in terms of posing and creative ideas, but I am also very good and happy to accept direction. My job is to make your vision come true, after all. I am willing to travel for paid gigs, other traveling will be considered if my other obligations allow, but paid gigs will get priority. I require an escort on all shoots with new photographers. Please contact me via modelmayhem.com.
Have you worked with Coreyana? Add Credits for Coreyana! >>
RedrumColl... Photographer
RGM Photog Photographer
twinn Photography Photographer
Ayanna SoulfulRose Model
TwoLees Photography Photographer
Joey Headshots Photographer
Loading Content


text:
Find Mortgage Processor Jobs Here
To find a mortgage processing job can be time-consuming and frustrating, to say the least. With the NAMP® - Loan Processor Career Center we provide a venue for nationally recognized banks, lenders and mortgage support companies to post loan processor job openings. Advance your mortgage processing career today. Click Here to Search for Mortgage Processor Jobs Now! >>
The Official NAMU® Underwriter Boot Camp™
Get (4) Classes. PLUS, a 1-Year NAMU® Membership.
PLUS, the NAMU®-CMMU Certification
Only $995... SAVE $1,085 !!!
CLICK HERE to Learn More Now! >>