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There should be no discussion whatsoever about changing or amending immigration policy without first securing our border, enforcing current immigration law, and implementing E-verify. Our borders are wide open, and we all know it. You have no idea who the millions of illegal immigrants in this country are. You don't know why they came, where they've been, and what they bring with them. You haven't asked each and every one of them. Our current immigration process does just that – so the United States knows that when an immigrant has become a citizen, his background has been checked for criminal records; his blood has been checked for communicable diseases; his financial records have been checked for stability; and his knowledge of the country, its laws, and his reasons for being here have been committed to record. My husband went through that process and became a citizen; it's not that hard!
The millions who go through that process have declared that they want to be citizens, and they obeyed our laws so that they too could be protected by them. Many fled from countries where they didn't have such protection. The last idea our representatives should be entertaining is to pile millions of illegal immigrants – who didn't want to bother with our legal process – on top of the millions who did. This is already an overburdened process. How much extra taxpayer-funded staff will have to be added to field the paperwork of all the new Amnesty recipients? How many legal immigrants' cases will be slowed and pushed aside for illegals to get a cheap ticket at the front? Why should lawbreakers be rewarded? Why should law-abiding legal immigrants be so slighted?
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You should demand that every inch of our border is protected, fenced, surveilled, and patrolled. You should oppose illegal immigrants being given any taxpayer funded services or driver's licenses that are magnets drawing them here. You should demand the implementation of E-verify. This obvious and peaceful solution will have illegals returning to their countries of origin on their own. The interest of Big Businesses who want cheap labor are not more important than the safety of every citizen and the livelihoods of citizens out of work in Obama's horrible economy. You should demand the implementation of voter ID – stand against those who are nullifying the votes of legal citizens with their fraud. Give these three to five years to work before discussing any Amnesty policy.
The anti-gun bill was killed this past week. People know that we need to be able to protect ourselves every single day. The best defense against both threats are law-abiding gun-owners exercising their right to bear arms, and the government and criminals shouldn't be the only ones with guns. Your Amnesty bill should fail for similar reasons because it's not just terrorists that are a concern. In my home state of North Carolina, there are dozens and dozens of crimes committed every month by illegal aliens. They are drunk drivers, rapists, molesters, batterers, and murderers. We know about the government's catch-and-release policy. We know of all the criminals who were released, supposedly in preparation for Obama's Sequestration. The purpose of the government is to protect its citizens, and part of that is securing our borders and enforcing the law. It's obvious; we all know it. Every country does it, and there's nothing racially charged or unfair about it. Stop the push for Amnesty!
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December 23, 2010
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Victims of clerical sex abuse have reacted furiously to Pope Benedict's claim yesterday that paedophilia wasn't considered an "absolute evil" as recently as the 1970s.
In his traditional Christmas address yesterday to cardinals and officials working in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI also claimed that child pornography was increasingly considered "normal" by society.
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"In the 1970s, paedophilia was theorised as something fully in conformity with man and even with children," the Pope said.

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October 03, 2003
For almost seventy years, the National Council of Negro Women has been pushing and prodding our nation towards a true vision of equality - speaking out for the disadvantaged in this country and all over the world. You have been a powerful voice, especially for women of color, who are often struggling to keep a family together, to cope with a hostile work environment, and to give their children a better life despite the burdens of poverty and racial prejudice.
I am so honored to be here with Dr. Dorothy Height who - time and again - was the only woman in the room when the civil rights leaders began the great struggle that culminated in the 1964 civil rights act. And Dorothy Height is not finished, though she has every right to relax. She still wants a better America not for herself but for the next generation and the ones that will follow.
By tradition, the first Monday in October has been more than a date on the calendar - it has marked the opening of a new term at the Supreme Court. A time when Americans have looked toward the Supreme Court with hopes for justice and opportunity. Sometimes those hopes have been surpassed - at other times the hopes have been dashed - but the impact of the Supreme Court in shaping and reshaping America cannot be denied. The next President of the United States will clearly have the power to shape and reshape the Supreme Court itself - and that's why I believe it so important that America elect a President with a broad vision of opportunity and a commitment to equal justice in 2004.
It's no accident that I wanted to speak here today. Because on this day 99 years ago - October 3, 1904 - in a rented cottage near the railroad tracks - Mary McLeod Bethune opened her Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. In the century since then, people of color and women have made great strides - and suffered great setbacks. And all the while, the Supreme Court has been the center of those struggles.
And it still is today. This past term showed a Court at the crossroads. A thin majority brought progress on equal rights for gays and lesbians and people of color. But at the same time, the specter of multiple retirements - and a President with an unwavering commitment to refashioning the court in the ideological image of the far right - have caused many Americans to worry about what lies ahead.
We will soon surpass the record for the longest period of time without a vacancy on the Court. By the end of the next President's term, six of the current members of the Court will be over 70 years of age. The average age of retirement over the past century has been 71 - and so we are likely in for an unprecedented wave of retirements. It is entirely possible that whoever is elected next November will have the power to appoint a new majority of the members of the Supreme Court.
No President will have made this many appointments since FDR. And when it comes to making this deep of a mark on the nation, I somehow trust Franklin D. Roosevelt more than George W. Bush.
Imagine the impact of a Bush Majority on the Supreme Court. In the next few years, the Supreme Court will be making decisions that will have an impact for generations. Restrictions on affirmative action, hate crimes, the right to choose and the right to privacy, basic civil liberties in an era of a global war on terrorism, the right to counsel, voting rights. All these are up for examination - all these are up for grabs.
We don't have to imagine the kinds of Justices President Bush would appoint in his second term. We need only look at the kinds of judges he has appointed thus far. Since he has taken office, President Bush has pursued a strategy of quietly but steadily packing the courts with judges whose thinking is shared by the tiniest sliver of the far right. He's made judicial nominations red meat for the right wing, hoping the rest of us aren't paying attention. Last year he said, and I quote, "We've got to get good, conservative judges appointed to the bench and approved by the United States Senate." With all due respect, I disagree. I don't believe we need conservative judges or liberal judges or anything but patriotic American judges who will enforce the laws and the Constitution of the United States.
Instead of acting on his promise to change the tone in Washington, the President's appointments have hardened partisan decisions and poisoned the atmosphere of justice. He has turned judicial discussions into political debates - and, in the process, diluted the independence of our legal system.
People of color and American women have suffered most from these judges' backwards thinking - and they would be hurt most by George Bush's continued attempts to take America backwards.
We can simply not afford to ignore a disturbing trend in our judicial system. In the past few years, courts have struck down or weakened important sections of the Violence Against Women Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act - and they have continued to steadily erode the right to choose. You don't need to have a crystal ball to be concerned about the future. Without a dramatic change in the direction of judicial appointments - away from the ultra-conservatives nominated by this administration - the very laws that protect us against discrimination based on race and gender could well be the next casualties of an increasingly conservative federal court system.
A quick review of some of the judges that President Bush has nominated make clear that his goal is to use the nomination process to score political points with right-wing extremists - not to further the cause of equal justice.
Brenda and Earl Polkey, an interracial couple in Mississippi, were the victims of a cross-burning on their front law. Judge Charles Pickering set out on a personal campaign to get the sentence of the ringleader of this crime reduced. He even crossed lines of ethics and lobbied a Justice Department official on this point. President Bush believes this kind of record is worthy of a promotion.
When she was a Justice Department official in the Reagan Administration, Judge Carolyn Kuhl convinced the Attorney General to reinstate the tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University. More than two hundred Justice Department lawyers - even including now Solicitor General Ted Olson - protested and the Supreme Court reversed the decision eight to one.
When Azucena Sanchez-Scott was undergoing a breast examination in her doctor's office, the doctor invited in a drug company salesman to watch and laugh at Ms. Sanchez-Scott. Judge Carolyn Kuhl didn't see any invasion of privacy there - and dismissed the case. The appeals court looked at the case and overruled Judge Kuhl. President Bush looked at this record and decided Carolyn Kuhl deserved a promotion.
Charles Pickering and Carolyn Kuhl. These may be George Bush's ideas of good nominees to the federal bench - but they are not mine.
Sadly, President Bush is labeling those who oppose his nominations of right-wing minorities, women, and Catholics as anti-minority, anti-woman and anti-Catholic. These tactics have no place in a free and open debate about the qualifications of lifetime appointments to the federal bench.
We all know the difference between Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
We oppose his nominees because they are bad for justice and bad for America. Because they seek to change the law in ways that will hurt all Americans, especially women and people of color.
It won't surprise you to know I think that elections for Congress and the Presidency are important. But appointments to the bench are just as important - maybe more so. Senators and Presidents come and go. Judges rule for a lifetime.
And while they only see a tiny percentage of federal cases, there is a reason the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. It is there that debates are settled, that doctrines are set, and that millions of Americans look for justice and wisdom.
In recent years, we have seen a Court that has split five to four on important cases - and even split this closely on the fundamental question of, in effect, choosing the President of the United States. With divisions so great, it is important that the next appointments to the Supreme Court be individuals who can bring consensus, not conflict; who will fairly interpret the Constitution without attempting to advance an ideological agenda or make decisions based on their personal politics.
Just think what is at stake if President Bush is reelected for a second term and has the opportunity to appoint a Bush Majority on the Supreme Court. It could mean:
The end of affirmative action and a retreat from diversity in universities and workplaces
· The end of Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose
· A return to the criminalization of homosexuality
· A threat to the federal government's ability to protect our air and water.
· A license to John Ashcroft to trample on our civil rights and invade our privacy.
· A weakening of the protections for ordinary American workers.
· A threat to the rights of the disabled and the elderly
· A threat to the rights of African-American voters
My position on judicial nominations is clear: I will oppose, and filibuster if necessary, any Bush Supreme Court nominee who would turn back the clock on civil rights and protections against discrimination, on the right to privacy and the right to choose, on individual liberties and on the laws protecting workers and the environment. I have applied and will apply a similar standard to lower court judges. The stakes cannot be any higher.
With the future of the Court on the line, the same is true about the stakes in this election. If I am elected President, I will appoint Justices with a broad understanding of American life today and with a commitment to diversity, fairness, and equality. People who understand that the battle against racial discrimination continues, who know working people deserve protections on the job, who recognize that our natural environment is a trust we hold for our children, and who have an unshakeable commitment to a woman's right to choose.
The skills, dedication, and commitment to justice of the men and women that make up our judiciary are the foundation upon which justice stands in America. They need to be the best and brightest, of course, but they also need to have an unerring commitment to justice - especially for those among us who are least able to fight for their fundamental rights.
Without justice, opportunity may never exist for some. But justice within the courts, without opportunity outside of them, is a promise only half-filled.
1935, the year Mary McLeod Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, was the same year the Supreme Court moved into the building it now inhabits - and which has become a symbol of faith and promise for all Americans. It is the promise of an America on the road to becoming a more perfect Union.
Mary McLeod Bethune lived to see progress toward that promise. The daughter of slaves she helped bring about the day when the Supreme Court struck down the disgraceful doctrine of "separate but equal." On the occasion of that day, May 17, 1954, she wrote that "There can be no discrimination, no segregation, no separation of some citizens from the rights which belong to all We are on our way. But these are frontiers which we much conquer We must gain full equality in education in the franchise in economic opportunity, and full equality in the abundance of life."
Next year, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the decision in that case of Brown versus Board of Education at a time when America is still on our way to a nation of civil rights for all - but in an America where there are still frontiers left to conquer. Next year's election will help decide whether America moves forward on that path to progress - or whether we will retreat and reverse our gains. The American people have a choice between the specter of a Bush Majority committed to a rollback of fundamental rights - or a Court where Justices dispense justice and dispense with ideology in favor of fairness.
We can have a nation in which the justice is the birthright of every person in America without regard to their race, their gender, their religion or their sexual orientation. And a community in which opportunity is a gift which all of our children can share. The power in the hands of the American people has never been greater. And the choice has never been clearer. Thank you.


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A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week.
March 14, 2014 close: $64.51 (U.S.)
up 4.84 or 8.1% over week
There are those who buy their spatulas and kitchenware at Dollarama. And then there are those who travel in circles a little more upscale. The high-falutin' folks turned out at Williams-Sonoma stores in force this holiday, providing strong earnings and a new all-time-high stock price.
March 14, 2014 close: $58.04 (U.S.)
down $6.70 or 10.3% over week
Silly Billy Ackman and his billion-dollar bet against Herbalife that would wipe out all that money he made hassling CP. How quixotic he is, attacking it as no one finds anything wrong with the company. This stock is only going to … oops. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, launched an investigation this week, providing Mr. Ackman a little help.
March 14, 2014 close: $26.55 (U.S.)
down $3.45 or 11.5% over week
You don't have to clip a coupon to take $3 off the company's shares. There was no discount on the stock in its IPO more than a week ago, when the shares nearly doubled. Any investor not lucky enough to buy at the offering price of $16, though, has now lost – not saved – money.
Transat A.T.
March 14, 2014 close: $8.46
down $2.29 or 21.3% over week
The declining loonie has made things tough for a number of Canadian businesses, but they'll soldier on without placing too much blame on currency problems. Like Montreal-based Transat, which headlined its earnings release "Company prevented from improving its results by drop in value of Canadian dollar." Shareholders were prevented from improving their portfolios by drop in value of Transat stock.
Castlight Health
March 14, 2014 close: $39.80 (U.S.)
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This week's hottest U.S. IPO is Castlight Health, which doubled in its debut Friday. It's a software company that helps that country's employers control their health-care costs, a concept somewhat foreign here. Will Americans ever figure out that if the solution is called "Castlight," the problem is that their health-care system is shrouded in darkness?
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This is has been my third year volunteering with BCRF, and I expect to be involved for many years to come! I'm simply amazed by what the organization offers to children and families that have been injured and otherwise affected by fires. In addition to the annual Camp Phoenix experience, Michael Mathis and his foundation offer emotional, psychological, and financial support throughout the year, including money for back-to-school supplies, Christmas break at Phoenix House, a shoulder to lean on and an understanding ear of someone who has been through the experience. As a counselor at Camp Phoenix and volunteer at Phoenix House, I've had the pleasure of getting to know many kids, and watching them grow from year to year. Many of them have told me what a huge impact BCRF has made in their ability to cope with their personal and social lives, school, family, and more. They describe the BCRF community as family, and Phoenix House as a home-away-from-home.
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Press, public need to keep Obama open
After running a campaign with Bush-like discipline in press relations, President Barack Obama promised a "new standard of openness" on his first day in office. His administration is rolling out regulations to ensure a more transparent government. His aides have been addressing citizens online, bypassing reporters to reach the public directly. All this makes the Washington press corps, already struggling with low approval ratings and low profits, potentially less relevant.
If Obama's administration operates anything like his campaign, it will both sideline and compete with the media as a news source.
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The transition team provided a great range of video, official documents, e-mail bulletins and other content for interested citizens. Then, last week, Obama's aides clearly entered the White House with disintermediation on their minds. Scrapping the traditional wire photo shoot of the new president at his desk, Obama's aides simply published their own.
Ditto for Round Two of the swearing-in, which was largely closed to the press. "The same day that the president is talking about transparency, we were not let in," reporter Ed Henry declared on CNN.
Several news agencies, to their credit, refused to circulate those government photos. As one AP official explained, their duty is to document news about the administration — not regurgitate "visual press releases" produced by the administration.
It is great, of course, for the White House to release photos or documents or any other material. Obama's openness is a welcome change from his predecessor, who went all the way to the Supreme Court to hide the RSVP list for a single policy meeting. And transparency is intrinsically good, since in a democracy, very little government activity is legitimately secret.
Transparency reform and government information, however, are no substitutes for journalistic access and original reporting.
In fact, the administration's new openness might even function as little more than another unfiltered route to disseminate its view. If the information is offered to supplant independent reporting — as in the photo disputes — and only flows in one direction, then the government simply amplifies its already sizable megaphone. A louder government with less journalism does not enrich our democratic process.


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Who is Cuano?
From what I've read, the only way I can get into the Thieve's guild is to either be a rogue, or have this Cuano guy with me. I want to learn lockpicking (I'm playing as a fighter).
Well, did some reading and got my answer, but don't see anyway to delete my own posts?
I don't think you can delete threads, not even your own.
You meet Cuano automatically.
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Summit County looks ahead …
By Karn Stiegelmeier and Gary Martinez
The reality of a drought here in Summit County, the State of Colorado and now nationally may make County residents wonder what is being done locally to ensure the availability of water supplies. Fortunately, the summer monsoon weather cycle has brought much needed rain over the last several weeks and temporarily reduced the fire danger and water demands for some uses.
However, water policy planning, water rights acquisition and resource development take years to implement, requiring political will and significant financial commitments that go well beyond whatever current weather pattern we might be experiencing.
The Board of County Commissioners works in the water arena in two major ways. First, to provide water locally to certain residential, agricultural and commercial customers, and for other projects that benefit the public generally such as the hospital development, environmental restoration, and stream flow enhancement for environmental and recreational purposes.
The County has a long tradition of appropriating and acquiring water resources to meet the current and future needs of its citizens. It has built an extensive water rights and water storage portfolio and has adjudicated a county-wide augmentation plan that provides a legal water supply for out-of-compliance or new residential wells and other water needs.
County water and storage rights in various reservoirs can be used as a replacement source for water used locally when more senior rights must be made whole. A majority ownership in the soon to be completed Old Dillon Reservoir will significantly add to the County's water rights portfolio. These water rights have assisted agricultural and ranching activities in the Lower Blue River Valley, the construction of accessory dwelling units to address critical housing needs, residential development, stream flow releases during low flow periods, the ongoing Swan River restoration project, and snowmaking that can be critical to local ski areas and our local economy.
The Summit County Environmental Health Department. protects surface and subsurface water quality through monitoring, testing and inspection programs.
Secondly, the County Commissioners take a variety of measures to protect local water resources from further diversions outside the County. Approximately 30 percent of Summit's native water is diverted east through the Continental Divide for use by Front Range water providers; Denver Water and Colorado Springs Utilities claimed and developed these water rights years ago.
Summit County has been a leader in efforts to curtail the further exportation of water as well as efforts to address the impacts of these diversions. This has included years of litigation and negotiation with a variety of water interests throughout the State. Several agreements have been negotiated with water diverters. Most recently, the the historic Colorado River Cooperative Agreement directly involves 43 parties, primarily from Western Colorado, and Denver Water.
The agreement ends decades of fighting with numerous benefits for local agencies including more 1,700 acre feet of water for use in Dillon Reservoir, renewed efforts to maintain water levels in Dillon and stream flows in the Blue River below the dam, $11 million for environmental enhancements and local water supplies, water quality and waste water treatment plant projects, and Denver's commitment to not undertake any future local water development activities without the approval of Summit County.
Summit County continues to pursue further water development plans that will benefit residents, commerce and the environment for a sustainable future.


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fallen auto mogul Denny Hecker found out last week that he's going to spend at least the next seven years in prison. In a call from jail Thursday, however, he told WCCO-TV in an exclusive interview that what he's really worried about is his girlfriend's future.
Christi Rowan will be sentenced next week for lying on a car lease application and bankruptcy fraud.
"She is probably the greatest woman I have ever met in my life," he said. "All I can do is hope and pray that she gets probation."
Hecker blames himself for the trouble she's facing.
"She has become my love of my life and she has been very supportive, and frankly there are not a lot of people who have been supportive of me," he said.
Rowan told WCCO-TV last November that Hecker is her "soul mate" and that they "have a synergy that is beyond words."
One of the more startling twists in the Hecker saga was the allegation that Hecker and Rowan tried to pull off a wedding while he was meeting with his legal team in the U.S. Attorney's Office.
When asked if they were going to get married, Hecker replied with, "everything going on right now, if we were, I couldn't tell you. I wouldn't want anything to screw up her sentencing."
Hecker says he and Rowan are writing a book together that he is convinced will be a bestseller.
"The book will be about things in life and, quite frankly, how you go from riches to bankruptcy to jail," he said.
He said life in jail has an upside: he has lost 25 pounds.
"I am really on a big workout program. I am eating very healthy and I have basically become a vegetarian since I have been here," he said.
He says he regrets forging a document to get millions in financing. He says he is paying the price for that now.
He said gets angry when he is compared to Tom Petters.
"Mine wasn't a Ponzi scheme," he said. "I lost a $100 million of my own money."
According to Hecker, other family members have been devastated by his reversal of fortune. His older sister, Beverly Hecker, collapsed after talking to reporters last week after his sentencing and is still in intensive care.
From jail, Hecker says his greatest fear now is that his Rowan will be sent to jail when she is sentenced. She could face up to six months in prison.
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I photographed another beautiful wedding this past weekend! This one was at Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon. I had photographed Nancy and Michael's engagement session earlier this year in Los Gatos. Just as their dog Rocky came along for the session, he now also participated in the wedding as the ring bearer. I love this picture of the flower girl, Tessa, standing aside as Nancy dresses Rocky.
The morning was very busy with everyone getting ready for the big day. There was going to be two ceremonies, a traditional Vietnamese ceremony and a traditional western ceremony.
Michael showed up and it was time for the Vietnamese ceremony. The house was full of people squeezing in to get a peek.
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After the ceremony the party traveled by limo to have a few portraits done close to Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon. We only had 15 minutes to spare, so I had to work quick to get some dynamic pictures out.
After the session, we quickly went over to Bridges to get ready for the western ceremony. Everyone gathered on the lawn in anticipation of the wedding party.
The reception was beautifully laid out. Michael's sister Linda, who's wedding I photographed in 2006, now does wedding planning. I have to say she did a magnificent job of coordinating everything! The bridesmaids and groomsmen rocked into the room followed by Nancy and Michael as they made their fun entrance.
The evening was full of wonderful memories, beautiful moments, and lots of dancing.
As the sun was about to set, I encouraged Nancy and Michael to step outside and take in the last few minutes of golden light. This is something I try to always get my wedding couples to do. The pictures always make the effort worthwhile.
For now, I'm going to end this with just a few more pictures.Be sure to check out the rest of the teasers in the gallery below. Congratulations to Michael and Nancy on the marriage!


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I've been tagged by Alyce at At Home with Books.
Here are the rules for those I'm tagging.
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag sixish people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know he or she has been tagged.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
Now for Six Random things about me:
1. I'm an alcohol lightweight. Two drinks and I'm making nonsensical jokes while my friends pretend not to know me.
2. I am a speed-reader; have been almost since birth.
3. I'm allergic to shrimp but not to iodine.
4. Because I went to so many different high schools (four in three years), there are entire periods of history I never learned and had to self-teach.
5. I'm a decent singer - what a choirmaster once called a bell-like mezzo-soprano, for all that I have no formal training.
6. I require a minimum of 9 hours of sleep a day, and usually have to sleep around 10-11 hours. Otherwise I will kill you. No, really.
I'm not actually going to tag anyone because I'm working on an refurbishment for this blog, so it will be under construction in the next few days. But I reserve the right to tag when it returns. Bwahahahahaha.
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5 comments:
Great list! I wish I could sing. I can carry a tune, but don't have a voice that anyone would want to listen to in performance. :)ReplyDelete
Hey you and I have 2, 3 and 5 in common. Although I think I have finally outgrown the shrimp allergy.ReplyDelete
I don't need any drinks to make nonsensical jokes and most of my friends pretned not to know me in public. They are only private friends.
too cool... still gotta kill me, aerin? :O lolReplyDelete
Great list!ReplyDelete
Do you actually get that much sleep? If so, I'm jealous!
I do best w/ 8-9 hours a night but rarely get it.
Nine hours of sleep? You don't have children, right?ReplyDelete
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LONDON — Oil prices climbed to near $75 a barrel today in European trading, extending big gains from the previous session as global stock markets rallied.
Benchmark crude for August delivery was up 65 cents to $74.72 a barrel at midday London time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Yesterday the contract rose $2.09 to settle at $74.07.
Most major European stock markets advanced today after the Dow Jones industrial average soared 2.8 percent during yesterday's session in New York, breaking a two-week sell-off. Oil traders often look to equities as a barometer of overall investor confidence and future demand for crude.
Energy prices "continued to hitch a ride on the tails of a wide-swinging stock market," analysts at Switzerland-based Ritterbusch and Associates said in a report. "The main trading focus in oil has shifted away from the euro and to the equities for the time being."
Analyists at Petromatrix said drops in U.S. supplies of oil blamed on Hurricane Alex also bolstered prices. However, today's gains don't necessarily mean oil prices will continue to increase on a long-term basis, analysts said.
Crude inventories plunged 7.3 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute said late yesterday, more than the drop of 3.5 million barrels forecast in an analyst survey by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
Inventories of gasoline and distillates also fell, the API said.
The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reports its weekly supply data later today.
In other Nymex trading in August contracts, heating oil rose 1.44 cents to $1.9931 a gallon, gasoline gained 1.51 cents to $2.0404 a gallon and natural gas jumped 4.7 cents to $4.612 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Brent crude was up 61 cents to $74.12 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange.


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Obama Advisor Writes Health Care Comic
President Obama's economic advisor Jonathan Gruber, an MIT-trained economist, is writing a comic supporting Obama's health care plan entitled Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How it Works. The book comes out from Hill & Wang this September. More information is available here.
L'Association Strike Ends, Jobs Returned
French comics publisher L'Association has settled its strike. L'Association's remaining employees went on strike during the Angouleme Comics Festival earlier this year, demanding the rehiring of their co-workers or a full explanation of the layoffs. L'Association has rehired the employees in contention and the publisher returns to work.
Marvel Says No To Jury In Kirby Case
Marvel Comics is trying to discourage a jury trial in favor of a judge in their copyright case with Jack Kirby's heirs. It is believed that a jury would be more sympathetic to the Kirby family's attempts to regain rights to the characters Jack Kirby created.
Sgt. Rock Salutes Army Maintenance In Special Comic
For the 700th issue of PS, the Army's Preventative Maintenance magazine, longtime Sergeant Rock illustrator Joe Kubert has created a special 8-page Sergeant Rock comic. Comics legend Will Eisner was the original illustrator of PS when it was started 60 years ago. Pages from the comic and more details are available here.
Craig Yoe Curates Comics Exhibit at Museum of Sex
Prominent comics historian Craig Yoe is curating a new exhibit at the Museum of Sex in New York City entitled "Comics Stripped." The exhibit covers the history of sex in comics. Yoe is the writer and researcher behind Secret Identity, the groundbreaking collection of Superman creator Joe Shuster's secret BDSM comics art. More details are available here.
This Week @ The Beat
This week PWCW editor Heidi MacDonald's blog The Beat covered the creation of Diamond's new digital comics division with an exclusive interview, the surprising – and heartening bestselling graphic novels of 2010, the depressing near-win of Essex County, the December DC month-to-month comics sales numbers, discussed a rare new interview with Wizard mastermind Gareb Shamus, and Torsten Adair discusses keeping your comics store alive in this brave new world.
This Week @ Good Comics For Kids
This week School Library Journal's blog Good Comics for Kids covered the 2011 cybil award winners, the DC Super Pets, a preview of The Muppet Show: Muppet Mash, Gene Yang at college and the 2/2 & 2/9 roundup of good comics for kids and a review of Maoh Juvenile Remix.


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Dianawrote a review of Reef Fanning Flip Flop - Women's on June 24, 2011
Best Sandals Ever!!
I have been wearing the Reef Fanning sandals for about 5 years now. I swore I would never spend this kind of money on a flip flop.. until I put my foot into one. These are the most comfortable shoe I have ever worn. I have several pair in several colors. I usually buy 2 or 3 pair every year but I still have my originals for doing yard work and stuff. They look great with shorts, or even a summer dress.


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Baga Killings: Ban Ki Moon Calls On Insurgents To Cease Attacks
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon says he is "shocked and saddened at the reports of high numbers of civilians killed, and homes destroyed, as a result of violence between military forces and an extremist group in the northeastern town of Baga in Borno State, Nigeria, on 19 and 20 April" a statement by the Officer-In-Charge, United Nations Information Centre, Lagos, Olajumoke Araba.
The statement also said "He expresses his condolences to the bereaved families and calls on all extremist groups to cease their attacks. The Secretary-General reiterates his firm conviction that no objective sought can justify this resort to violence. He underscores the need for all concerned to fully respect human rights and safeguard the lives of civilians."
About 185 people were killed after a gun battle ensued between the Joint Task Force and suspected members of the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
There have been conflicting figures as to how many people were killed during the gun battle. Authorities had found and buried at least 185 bodies as of Sunday afternoon, said Lawan Kole, a local government official in Baga.
The Defence Headquarters however put the death toll at 26. The Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Kolade told journalists in Abuja that the information from the Defence Headquarters operations unit suggest that only 25 members of the insurgence were killed while the military lost one solider.


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Saw you post that over on BF, I'd be on both of the new ones like stink on **** if they were G10 instead of aluminum, it's a cool pattern!
I'm actually really liking the aluminum so far. I sent an email to Kershaw last night asking if I could get a set of Blur standoffs for it, and had an email back this morning saying she'd get some in the mail for me right away. I'm thinkin' they'll finish this one off nicely.
Here's the Hankins custom fighter I got a few days ago. It has a 4.75" long, 3/16" thick, titanium Robar NP3 coated 5160 high carbon steel with really cool almost woodgrain pattern carbon fiber scales, which are removable with chicago style hex screws. The blade is very aggressively hollow ground up to the tip, which is convexed, lending excellent cutting power and maintaining a very strong tip. It has large, but not rough jimping at the thumb and heal, and is overall a very sturdy yet quick knife. Came with a simple but secure leather pouch style sheath for under $200.
No pics yet, but I picked up four Randall Made Knives:
#23 Gamemaster. Stainless, Nickel Silver Hilt, Maroon Micarta
#21 Little Game. Carbon, Dark Stag
#15 Airman. Stainless, Nickel Silver Double Hilt, Green Micarta finger grooves
Randall Made Tailor's Knife
I am a huge fan of Randall Made Knives. As far as what's on the list? I think I'm good for the time being!
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You need to make you some decent kydex for that thing.
It's next, for sure.
New BM for work carry. (Firefighter) First shift carrying it and so far I love it! Waiting on a all black delica. Should be here Tuesday.
nice triage.
the new auto version look's pretty b.a. too.
Top one
Ooo shiny
Still no Busse on the horizon for me. Some day.
The TGLB and AMS on their site are pretty good buys right now!!
So, if someone was between an Emerson and a Zero Tolerance, what would you recommend and why?
I know both are outstanding knives but, at least in this thread, I'm seeing a LOT more ZT and hearing lots of positive experiences.
So, prices being roughly equal, Emerson or ZT?
Thanks in advance!
Small batches tend to yield better quality control.
Not as clunky and heavy as most ZT's I've owned.
Easily re-sellable on the secondary market. Almost a cult like following.
The company most attributed to the "tactical" knife market.
Ernie is a member here
What really matters is what you intend to use the knife for and then pick one that closely matches your needs and not really worry about the name if quality and materials are similar.
Benchmade 940 came in yesterday.
I just picked up a benchmade infidel two days ago. I am very impressed with it.
I agree, most ZTs are way too clunky. I like Emerson's no nonsense style, i just wish he'd step up the steel game. I've heard his reasoning for using only 154cm which is fine, but he could offer other steels as well IMO.
Emersons do absolutely nothing for me, and I like ZTs, so....
So far I have purchased
Spyderco Tenacious (awesome EDC)
Spyderco Resilience (thing is a monster)
Spyderco Endura
Byrd G10 Cara Cara 2 (super nice)
Byrd Meadowlark 2 FRN (should have got the G10)
Kershaw Scallion (in my EDC pack)
Have/owned both. Emerson. Love the feel and function. Not knocking ZT, but for me EKI.


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A SWIFT clean-up operation will get under way at Killingworth Lake after overfeeding the swans and geese led to an explosion in the number of birds.
Swans and Canada geese are causing a menace and leaving faeces in public areas at the North Tyneside lake.
Members of the public are now being warned not to feed the birds, as it can cause them to become overweight and distressed and is thought to have brought wildfowl to the area in droves.
It comes amid a flurry of complaints after wildfowl numbers have more than quadrupled over 10 years.
Swan numbers at the lake have escalated in the last decade from 39 to 181,while Canada Geese have shot from four to 89 over the same period.
Now, officers at North Tyneside Council have agreed a plan to spruce up the waterside for visitors.
Grass areas already damaged will be temporarily fenced off and picnic areas will be established within wildfowl vegetation barriers.
After taking advice from charities, the council will also put in place information boards by April to stop people overfeeding the birds.
Letters have also been sent out to residents warning them of the risks of feeding the birds.
The council has also said while there is no Blue Green Algae in the lake, which can cause stomach problems for people and pets, a report of it was made in May and the authority ceased activities such as fishing and boat modelling.
The Environment Agency is monitoring algae levels in the lake and is reporting back to the council.
A spokesperson for North Tyneside Council said: "Council officers have met to discuss ways to repair the damage caused to Killingworth Lake by the increasing numbers of swans and geese and how to protect the birds' welfare.
"Guidance has also been taken from Natural England, the RSPB and several local wildlife trusts on the matter.
"We are working with local residents and voluntary groups – they will also be consulted on the longer term proposals to reduce any harmful affects to birds, damage to the environment and the experience of park users."
Alison Waggott-Fairley, councillor for Killingworth ward, said: "I think most people like to see the swans on the lake, but I think 181 and 89 might be a little too many to be supported on that size of lake, and I think we need expert help to manage them responsibly."


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PALAVICINI rates the one to beat and is consequently selected. Lasso The Moon, Sopranist and Conclusive are amongst some likely looking newcomers who could pose a threat. The John Dunlop trained colt will be short enough but his form entitles him to be sent off at cramped odds here. He shaped well on debut before being well supported to land a conditions race over this course and distance. He didn't do anything wrong that day, the form is strong and he may yet take up one of the big race engagements that he holds. Holberg and Saborido are from yards whose juveniles are running well but neither has done enough on the course to be put forwards with confidence. There are some choicely bred newcomers on display as one would expect; they include Sopranist, Conclusive and Lasso The Moon with the last two of particular interest being related to Royal Confidence and Simply Perfect respectively. Reference to the market is advised but Palavicini is likely to be a warm order on his return to racing in maiden company.
Bin End King's Best colt out of Overboard.
Border Patrol Selkirk colt out of Ffestiniog.
Canton Road Galileo colt out of Welsh Diva.
Conclusive Selkirk colt out of Never a Doubt.
Directorship 50-1 (9-3) Slowly away, green in rear, made some headway final furlong, never in contention, 7th of 11, 10l behind Classic Vintage (9-3) at Sandown 1m 2yo mdn (4) sft in Sept.
Great Western (USA) Gone West colt out of Pleasant Temper.
Hilbre Point (USA) Giant's Causeway colt out of Lady Carla.
Holberg (UAE) 12-1 (9-3) In touch, driven over 2f out, edged left and one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind The Miniver Rose (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 2yo mdn (4) sft in Sept.
Lasso The Moon Sadler's Wells colt out of Hotelgenie Dot Com.
Mystic Prince Dubai Destination gelding out of winning miler Hazy Heights.
Pagan Flight (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Always behind, ridden halfway, struggling over 2f out, 16th of 18, 18l behind Alazeyab (9-3) at Newbury 7f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Sept.
Palavicini (USA) 10-11fav (8-12) Raced keenly, tracked leader, led entering final 2f, headed inside final furlong, kept on under pressure, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Taameer (8-12) at Newbury 1m 2yo stk (2) gd in Sept.
Saborido (USA) 50-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 7l behind State Banquet (9-3) at Salisbury 1m 2yo mdn (4) gd.
Sermons Mount (USA) Vicar gelding out of Ginny Auxier.
Sopranist Singspiel colt out of Trefoil.
Zulu Moon Passing Glance gelding out of Mory Kante.
Ditzy Diva 66-1 (8-12) Always rear group, never on terms, last of 14, 42l behind Perfect Citizen (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Aug.
Spinning Joy 66-1 (8-12) Slowly aways, always behind, 11th of 12, 18l behind Dialogue (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Sept.


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For Terri Heymen, gardening is a new venture "and I'm loving it," she commented via a phone interview last summer. She has incorporated some old gardening favorites in her North St. Augustine Boulevard landscape including angel trumpets in pink, white, yellow and peach, impatiens, hibiscus, alamanda, caladiums and bottlebrush, a favorite of hummingbirds.
"This year, for the first time, I actually was able to grow a vegetable garden," she added. She's been enjoying the fruits of her labor: "tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, corn, scallions and datil peppers."
Weekends are Terri's time for gardening. Plantings get Miracle-Gro fertilizer.
"Everything I do is a giant experiment," Terri says.
She needed some assistance initially and friends helped her with some of the heavy duty chores such as digging holes for plants.
She finds gardening to be "relaxing and I love to watch the buds turn into blooms. The angel trumpets have a wonderful fragrance."
"I enjoy sitting out in the evening and lighting the tiki torches and have little fires lit all around the garden," she said.


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USB Printer no longer recognized with cups 1.5.3
Running Slackware64-current. Printer is a Canon PIXMA MP-258. This printer is attached to this computers USB port.
Before updating to -current it worked (cups 1.4.8). After updating (cups 1.5.3) it quit.
The problem is not the driver, that works, I upgraded to gutenprint (5.2.8) prior to upgrading.
The problem is that the usb device is not recognized by cups, 'lpinfo -v' does not show the printer.
message log
There is a what I believe to be a related bug located here: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4128+Qversion:1.6
I tried recompiling with the patch applied without success.
I have also tried compiling with --enable-libusb set, though I believe this is now default. At any rate it did nothing.
I also tried blacklisting the kernel module usblp; which of course did nothing.
My work around solution was to go back to cups 1.4.6.
Definitely open to ideas.:banghead:
Perhaps I will have to wait until cups 1.6?
Well it's past my bed time... off to bed...
In my case, it's still working
direct cnijusb:/dev/usb/lp0
I think I *might* know what's going on here. Since even before CUPS 1.4.6, CUPS has been trying to migrate all USB printer support from the kernel usblp module to going through libusb instead. Until a patch was applied to CUPS 1.4.6, that also had similar problems with printers not being detected, and since your output shows a "direct usb" connection I can tell that your printer had been using a connection through the usblp kernel module.
The code in CUPS 1.5.x has changed to the point where it would be difficult to apply the patch restoring the old usblp backend, and as there's no upstream support for it really it should be left behind at this point (if possible). But what I'm thinking is that you've still got the usblp module loaded, and it is interfering with the libusb CUPS backend.
Here's what I'd like for you to try. First, take a look with lsmod and see if usblp is loaded. If so, remove it with 'modprobe -r usblp', and add a line for it in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:
blacklist usblp
Then check and see if your printer is visible again. You may need to power cycle the printer and/or restart CUPS.
Let me know if this helps... if it does, probably we'll need to include this blacklist rule.
does upgrading libusb fixed this problem?
On my system, i tried to migrate to libusbx and no problems with USB-based printers
I have also had a problem with my USB printer since the upgrade. If I try to print the test page from the CUPS web interfacejob it stalls with a message "Waiting for printer to become available."
In the CUPS error log I have messages:
I have no problem printing the test page to a virtual PDF printer using cups-pdf.
Like the OP, I tried blacklisting the usblp kernel module and rebooting, with no effect.
In my case I am doing this in Slackware64, with the cups-compat32-1.5.3-x86_64-1.txz and glibc-solibs-2.15_multilib-x86_64-4alien.txz packages installed as this printer uses a 32bit driver.
All was working fine before the upgrade with the cups-compat32-1.4.6-x86_64-1.txz and glibc-solibs-2.15_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz packages installed.
Reverting to the old cups-compat32-1.4.6-x86_64-1.txz package makes no difference.
One thing I did notice with the virtual pdf printer is that the owner of the file was "ANONYMOUS" whereas previously it was my user name. Could there be a permissions issue?
Ah... I see that the OP did blacklist usblp! Sorry, I should have read more closely. Unfortunately, that means that I don't currently have a good idea about what has caused CUPS to break (again), but I'm suspecting the removal of the usblp backend, since this looks all-too-much like the issues people were having with 1.4.x before that backend was restored.
Hopefully we won't have to revert to the older CUPS, but if that was working well (and this version isn't) it could be the best choice.
please don't revert back to 1.4.x - it has landscape printing broken...
Tell us how to fix the issues with CUPS 1.5.x and then we won't, dolphin77. Otherwise, if we're between a rock and a hard place, we'll choose which looks the least painful.
OK will try to help, but do not have USB printer here (at least till weekend).
@OP: what output gives: /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
PS is it Samsung?
@dolphin77, PS, no it is a Canon. ;)
The output of /usr/lib64/cups/backend/usb is included in the code block.
At the moment I am using the cups 1.5.3, with usblp blacklisted. So you don't have to scroll up, my printer is a Canon PIXMA MP-258, it is plugged in a usb port on this machine. This printer works fine with cups 1.4.6 and gutenprint 5.2.8. I am using Slackware64-current.
On this boot I tried something I have not tried yet. Boot with printer turned off.
I added a bold attribute to two line below that I had missed before. The first look perhaps that a udev rule is needed? The second, I have no clue, but it appear every time the printer is turned on.
# output of /usr/lib64/cups/backend/usb (printer is off)
Hope the above information helps. If needed I can go back to 1.5.3 not a problem.
After logging out of KDE (runlevel 3) I decided to try removing the blacklist for usblp and load it. Here are is the log data.
# dmesg
I have the same problem, and printer is Samsung (Bus 002 Device 005: ID 04e8:3426 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd SCX-4500 Laser Printer)
disabling usblp did not help, and I didn't revert sw yet...
Just found a solution that worked for me after seeing this. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...de_permissions
I created a custom udev rule in a file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usbprinter.rules containing
To get the idVendor and idProduct values look at the output of 'lsusb'
It works whether usblp is blacklisted or not.
Thanks a lot, allend! You seem to have found the missing glue. :)
I added the appropriate udev line, didn't even blacklist usblp (which is nice, because some apps might like to use that interface), and when I rebooted all my queued documents that had been "waiting for printer to become available" began popping out of my Canon printer. Well, off to find a supported printer ID list or determine if there's a better way to do that than to enumerate them in a udev rule.
Why didn't I think of udev right away? I must be getting old...
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Actor Wendell Ramos (left) strips to the waist during the Mabuhay Festival in Toronto. At right, Katrina Halili with handler Josh Andowitt. (Photo images copied from Filipiniana News, July 2010 issue).
Currents & Breaking News
Volume 4, Issue No. 31
/ News That Fears None, Views That Favor Nobody /
. . . . . A community service of Philippine Village Voice (email@example.com) for the information and understanding of Filipinos and the diverse communities in North America . . . . . .
The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Saturday, September 4, 2010
~ "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," according to Plato. Or, the lack of it. A bit actor's strip act during a family-oriented festival is generating a backlash from the Toronto Filipino community. One group feels particularly offended, calling it "uncalled for" and "very offensive". The woman president of the sponsoring organization appears okay with it. But more than that, however, the presence of Katrina Halili as headliner for the show is bound to raise more questions because of her controversial sex caper with ertswhile lover Hayden Kho that millions saw in the internet. If the festival held in July was for family and the youth looking for role models, why was Katrina Halili and stripteaser Wendell Ramos allowed to lead it?
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Strip Act at Toronto's Mabuhay Feast Draws
Condemnation; Katrina Halili Was Headliner
By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ
TORONTO - With an estimated turnout of 14,000 people, the Mabuhay Festival & Trade Show in July must have scored big for its main organizer, the Philippine Independence Day Council (PIDC), a non-profit umbrella organization with a claimed membership of "almost 300" Filipino-Canadian provincial, regional, professional, cultural and social groups in Toronto.
But while success may take the form of expanded pockets and newfound pride among its officers, its basic goal to foster unity within the community "by showcasing the best of Philippine, arts, culture . . ." may have suffered a setback.
Certainly, the likes of burlesque entertainer Katrina Halili and her cohorts at the show don't come up to being "the best" -- unless the bar has been lowered to accommodate the many voyeurs who wanted to see raw flesh than propagate culture.
That evening Katrina was all wrapped from neck to thigh, her blue dress revealing her body's magnificent contours that drive men like her ertswhile lover Hayden Kho into convulsion and fits of insanity.
|PIDC president Minda Neri (Photo image copied
from Philippine Reporter website)
The circus that followed, from a police station to a Manila courtroom to the august chambers of the Philippine Senate, had not weakened the interest in Katrina even as she wailed like an abused child as her defenders made it appear. But of course, she is an adult prone to experience occasional hormone surges which could at times be uncontrollable.
Before the bed frolic with Kho, Katrina was nowhere near being "the best". She sexy-danced in dimly-lit clubs in revealing two-piece bikinis, lip-synching songs, teasing customers with her luscious smile, gyrating to tunes one can only find in red-light districts.
Meanwhile, the women crowd at the Mabuhay Festival had an instant epiphany of their own sexuality, thanks to bit-actor Wendell Ramos, who with Katrina and four others provided some comic relief, a bit of entertainment and lots of disappointments.
I half-believe the witnesses' accounts told by colleagues who stayed much longer than I did at the convention centre for the show.
The crowd was roaring wild, according to them, yelling "hubad, hubad" for Ramos to disrobe. As the shouting got louder and the pressure mounted, the actor happily obliged and removed his shirt.
"It elicited shrieks from the female crowd," was how Balita columnist Tenny Soriano put it, which was a bit of an understatement.
"The women were particularly fired up about meeting Wendell and were not disappointed during the show when he took off his shirt much to the delight of many screaming fans," wrote Karen P. Binaday in the August 2010 issue of Filipino Bulletin, a Toronto tabloid.
"The men, on the other hand, were there to see Katrina in the flesh," the writer continued, adding that "she too had a following that included fellas who braved painful ailments just to stand in line to watch her."
Clearly, much against what it had advertised, the festival wasn't so much about arts or heritage as it was about purveying sex. Sex in various disguises.
|Poster announcing the festival.
"This was supposed to be a family festival," ACL's Elena Grutco wrote to this reporter. "It was going fine until one of the artists took off his shirt to expose his body. This act was uncalled for."
"The family festival turned into a rowdy festival and some of the kids were covering their eyes and some of our senior members left in disgust," Grutco said in her signed letter.
According to her, she talked with PIDC president Minda Neri and complained. "She said that 'there is nothing wrong of (sic) what he did' and apparently she approved of this show," Grutco stressed.
Neri and other PIDC officials had not responded to questions by this reporter sent by email more than a month ago.
One of the questions was why, of all people, Katrina Halili was chosen to lead the festival as if she's the embodiment of a compleat Filipina that many Filipino youth in Toronto look for.
"Knowing Katrina and how notorious she has become, no right-thinking organization would dare promote her as some kind of a role model for modern Filipinas," said a Filipino caregivers' advocate who asked not to be identified.
Apparently, PIDC had an arrangement with the Manila-based GMA network, with the latter acting as "presenting sponsors" of the festival.
From what can be gathered from interviews, it appears that PIDC had no say in what GMA dumps on them. The network is out to promote its shows and the talents in its stable through community festivals such as the Mabuhay Festival where it embeds them.
"The true measure of an organization comes from the success of the events it leads. This is true with the PIDC 2010 events," boasted PIDC's Ben Cruz in a press release listing the many activities that PIDC led since March and ending with a dance contest in October.
According to Cruz, PIDC president Minda Neri said "she's delighted in the knowledge that the various activities of PIDC enjoys strong support and patronage from the different segments in the community. This inspires the members and officers to work even harder to meet and deliver the expectations of the community and its charitable beneficiaries."
(This Currents & Breaking News may be posted online, broadcast or reprinted upon request by interested parties. Permission by the author and the editor must be obtained before any re-posting online or re-publication in print or re-broadcast. Copyright by Romeo P. Marquez, Editor, Philippine Village Voice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Volume 4, Issue no. 31, September 4, 2010. Email at: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com).
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2. Warriors' Day Parade in Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzz_t6gm_Aw&feature=channel
3. Bicol Canada Holds a Fiesta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIdLxGckFhs&feature=channel
4.Toronto's Fetish Fair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op1qMCTzslA&feature=channel
5. Part II of Pistahan sa OLA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAnedigYdkM&feature=channel
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7. Santacruzan in Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkE1Jk7_U6U&feature=channel
8. Beauties & Queens of Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5CCCUneQ1I&feature=channel
9. Shirt as a Medium to Foster Pride in the Philippines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQszB31Coq8&feature=channel
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TORONTO -- By getting Sean Millington to change from CBC suits to Double Blue, Argonauts head coach Michael (Pinball) Clemons feels he has discovered a star.
It doesn't matter to Clemons the fullback/running back has sat on the sidelines analysing football for CBC and acting in movies the past two seasons instead of playing. The Argos had a need for a power back and filled it the best they could.
"I don't know if two years away is even significant in that. He may be the best fullback available or may be the best (CFL) fullback period," said Clemons yesterday before running Millington through his first practice since 2002.
The Argos hope the two-time CFL most outstanding Canadian can play tomorrow when they face the Calgary Stampeders at Rogers Centre (5:30 p.m., TSN).
The most expected of Millington is special-teams duty against the Stamps but the move was made clearly to boost the Argos lacklustre running game.
John Avery has rushed only 41 times for 133 yards and a dismal 3.2-yard average this season and Clemons hopes Millington's presence can push him.
In his 13-year career with the B.C. Lions, Edmonton and Winnipeg, Millington rushed for 5,958 yards while catching passes for 3,166 yards. He retired abruptly from the Lions in 2002 after being named West Division most outstanding Canadian for the third time.
He isn't joining the Argos as a joke but only started thinking about a comeback in January.
"I sat down and looked at myself and said I really have something left to offer," Millington said. "I have more to contribute. I wouldn't be coming here if I was just going to run around, collect a paycheque and go home.
"I feel I'm coming back as Sean Millington and not some other version. I think I can get to levels I haven't achieved before and not just rest on past laurels."
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REYNOLDS FEELING FINE: For the second time in three games, Stampeders RB Joffrey Reynolds wobbled off the turf from a neck stinger last Thursday against the Alouettes.
The injury against the Als wasn't as bad as the first time against Winnipeg two games earlier and the CFL's second-leading rusher isn't putting the blame on anyone but himself. But he's not going to change his bruising style because of it.
"Both times I've done it, I've plowed into people and dug my head into them," Reynolds said. "It's my fault for ducking my head. Instead of ducking my head, I probably needed to give them a shove. Ducking my head, that's not the way you play football."
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ROOKIE JITTERY: Replacing an all-star like Demetrious Maxie is a huge task.
So rookie DL Terrence Patrick is feeling the heat after sliding into Maxie's starting spot tomorrow against the Argos.
"I'm always a little nervous before a football game but after that first snap, I'll be OK," said the Brooklyn, N.Y., native. "I'm ready to handle business but I'll be happy to get back home to Calgary and take a breather."


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Beatnik detective Sunny Pascal is an expert at two things: cocktails and finding trouble. And when the filming of John Huston's The Night of the Iguana hits a few snags with its sexed-up, star-studded cast in a Puerto Vallarta paradise, producer Ray Stark brings Sunny in to chill out the set. But matters get tipsy when someone's found deader than dead, shot down by a gun belonging to one of the cast members.
Now Sunny's got to keep his Hollywood stars out of jail long enough for him to solve the case. But the trouble doesn't stop with murder. The Mexican mafia and local newspapers wage a tension war against the hedonistic Americans, and if John Huston has anything to say about it, Sunny's got to be the one to keep the show on the road. Only Sunny will be doing it his way: with a martini in one hand and a Colt in the other.
Prolific Mexican comic book writer and Turn of the Screw Award–winner F. G. Haghenbeck gives us the spins withBitter Drink, a tense tale of crime, passion, and cocktails.
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Photographer's Note
Two men near Bindhu sagar lake and looking towards Lingaraj temple.
Bhubaneshwar the capital of Orissa is a city of temples, several of which are important from an architectural standpoint. The Lingaraj temple - the largest of these is an outstanding specimen of the Orissa style of temple building. It is about a thousand years old
Legend has it that Shiva revealed to Parvati that Bhubaneshwar - or Ekamra thirtha was a resort favoured by him over Benares. Parvati in the guise of a cowherd woman, decided to look at the city herself. Two demons Kritti and Vasa desired to marry her. She requested them to carry her upon their shoulders, and crushed them under her weight. Shiva, then created the Bindu Saras lake to quench her thirt, and took abode here as Krittivasas or Lingaraja.
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kajspice (4542) 2006-02-12 11:09
Hi Radeeh!
You bought a camera?!? I'm really pleased you did because this is an amazing picture. The subjects are nice and clear and the faded background compliments the picture very well. I would like to see this in black and white...Did you play with this pn photoshop?
Great notes as usual...
dsidwell (9783) 2006-02-12 21:59
These men with their backs turned invite my thoughts to wonder about what they are discussing in such an interesting place with such lovely light. Nice work, Radeeh!
xuaxo (6854) 2006-02-14 2:25
Mistery about these men. Very interesting.
It would be better with less of the sky, and more of the feet or ground.
SoupDragon (652) 2006-02-17 3:40
Ahhhhh. Had you tilted the camera down just a bit, this would have been terrific! Never mind. I like the detail in the foggy distance. This is so hard to capture well, but you've done a good job. What camera/lens is this taken with?
touristdidi (8583) 2006-02-17 11:30 [Comment]
ndb1958 (9289) 2006-02-21 13:18
Hi Radeeh,
an interesting and beautiful shot. Nice to see these men with their traditionel clothes. I like the atmosphere.
prumod (8300) 2006-02-27 10:07
hi radeeh
it's an interesting one... if you could show some more portion at the bottom i think it would be good... however this silhoutte like view and the background lake is very nice....
munki (1305) 2006-03-02 18:20
Namaste Radeeh!
Nice shot of the lake. I like the silhoutte of the two men.
Thanks for sharing.
Mistral (15402) 2006-03-13 12:25
Namaskar Radeeh,
I have a nice memory about Bindu Sagar, a nice and peaceful place.
A smile
noborders (1010) 2007-06-23 5:35
There is certainly an atmosphere here, this is classic and eternal India, the POV is excellent, I yearn to return there !
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HURON — It didn't take Elyria Catholic junior quarterback Jeremy Holley long to prove all the preseason hype was legitimate.
Holley connected for a pair of 80-plus yard touchdown passes in the first half and ended up throwing for 367 yards and four touchdowns in the Panthers' 30-27 season-opening road win over Huron at Memorial Stadium.
Holley took control of the game early. After the Tigers marched 67 yards with the opening kickoff to take a 7-0 lead on a Cody Thompson-to-Trae Graham 19-yard touchdown pass, Holley got the Panthers into the end zone just two plays later.
On second-and-7 from his own 19 he lofted a perfect pass over Jacob Moore's left shoulder. Moore pulled it in one-handed at the Huron 40 and cruised into the end zone untouched.
Jacob Moore's conversion failed, but the Panthers (1-0) were within a point.
The Tigers took a 14-6 lead at the 6:38 mark of the first quarter when Aaron Driftmyer caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Thompson, but Holley rallied Elyria Catholic. First he capped a nine-play, 65-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown strike to Connor Hrobat.
Connor Riddell pulled in the 2-point conversion pass from Holley to tie the score at 14.
Holley then opened the second quarter with a 26-yard drive that led to a 30-yard Moore field goal that gave the Panthers their first lead at 17-14.
With 5:15 left in the second quarter, Holley gave the Panthers some breathing room heading into halftime, hooking up with Hrobat on an 80-yard touchdown strike. The conversion failed, but EC led 23-14 heading into the third quarter.
Cody Thompson pulled the Tigers within two points when he ran 64 yards with an interception return to cut the EC lead to 23-21, but Holley was able to hook up with Conner Riddle on a 48-yard touchdown strike late in the third quarter to give the Panthers a cushion.
Huron cut the lead to 30-27 on a Zach Souter 3-yard touchdown catch late in the game, but could not score again.
"It was a tremendous back-and-forth game," Panthers coach Mike Polevacik said. "They had the lead early, then we got the lead in the second quarter. From there it was us just hanging on to the lead for the rest of the game. I was nervous the whole time because I knew this game was going to be a dogfight."
The Tigers had two shots to score late in the fourth quarter, but came up empty on fourth-and-21 from their own 21 and watched as a Hail Mary fell to the turf as the clock expired.
Holley, who added 31 rushing yards to his 367 through the air, knows his Panthers claimed a big win.
"Huron's a great team and we have the utmost respect for them," he said. "Our keys to this game were to run the ball and have explosive passing plays. I definitely think we did that tonight."
Polevacik knows a win against the Tigers at Memorial Stadium is a true accomplishment, and one that could pay big dividends down the line for the Panthers.
"It says a lot about us that we came to Huron and won," he said. "We're both in the same region and we hope we can play them somewhere down the line again. Winning a game like this helps get you to Week 11. Beating a quality opponent on the road is a big win for us because we know they're going to win some games. That means computer points for us."
RECEIVING BAD NEWS: Huron lost both starting wide receivers early in the game. Trae Graham left in the first quarter with a broken arm while Driftmyer had to leave early in the second with a knee injury.
Contact Mike Perry at 329-7135 or ctsportschroniclet.com.
Elyria Catholic 30, Huron 27
Elyria Catholic 14 9 7 0 — 30
Huron 14 0 7 6 — 27
H — Trae Graham, 19 psss from Cody Thompson (Sam Danillo kick)
EC — Jacob Moore, 81 pass from Jeremy Holley (run failed)
H — Aaron Driftmyer, 50 pass from Thompson (Danillo kick)
EC — Connor Hrobat, 15 pass from Holley (Conner Riddell pass from Holley)
EC — FG Jacob Moore 30
EC — Hrobat, 80 pass from Holley (pass failed)
H — Thompson 64 interception return (Danillo kick)
EC — Riddell, 48 pass from Holley (Moore kick)
H — Zach Souter, 3 pass from Thompson (kick failed)
Team statistics
First downs 18 22
— by rushing 6 7
— by passing 11 7
— by penalty 1 8
Yards rushing 110 169
Yards passing 367 214
Total offense 477 383
Passes att./comp. 31/15 31/17
Intercepted by 0 2
Fumbles/lost 3/1 2/1
Penalties/yards 11/130 3/35
Individual statistics
RUSHING — (EC) Darian Justin Taylor 14-70, Jerot Schill 1-(-2), Connor Hrobat 1-10, Jeremy Holley 12-31. (H) Dominic Maschari 12-74, Cody Thompson 15-75, Spencer Maddox 1-8, Derek Daigle 1-8, Jacob Ernst 1-4.
PASSING — (EC) Holley 17-31-367-4-2. (H) Thompson 15-31-214-3-0.
RECEIVING — (EC) Hrobat 7-144, Moore 2-93, Riddell 2-94, Taylor 4-42, Ian Kovacs 1-11, Will Washington 1-5. (H) Driftmyer 2-98, Tyler Graham 1-19, Maschari 4-44, Zach Claus 1-11, Ryan VAnCauwenbergh 1-2, Ernst 2-17, Souter 1-3, Colin McCready 2-24.


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Another week, another tour around the depth charts throughout the league.
Without any further ado...
Padres SS
Starter: Pedro Ciriaco
Injured: Everth Cabrera
Next: Alexi Amarista, Logan Forsythe?
The Padres acquired Pedro Ciriaco from the Red Sox on June 14, which proved to be prudent timing. Everth Cabrera came down with a hamstring injury a few days later, and Ciriaco has been the Padres' everyday option at short since June 19. He has only slashed .243/.282/.405 in 37 at-bats since becoming the starting shortstop, and his on-base percentage has been a bit inflated by two (!) intentional walks. However, he showed some signs of offensive competency with the Red Sox last season, and he should gain eligibility at several positions as the season wears on. Cabrera could return from the disabled list this week, but it will be worth monitoring the wires for any mention of his hamstrings, especially considering his main tool (speed) relies upon them. It would not be unreasonable to see Logan Forsythe see a start or two at short after Jedd Gyorko returns.
Brewers 1B
Starter: Juan Francisco
Next: Yuniesky Betancourt
In the minors: Hunter Morris, Blake Lalli
Out for the year: Corey Hart
News emerged over the weekend that Corey Hart, the right fielder turned first baseman, will miss the remainder of the 2013 season after undergoing knee surgery. The announcement does a heck of a lot for Juan Francisco's job security. Francisco has hit four home runs in 21 games since coming over from the Braves, but he has only slashed .200/.280/.431 over his 65 Milwaukee at-bats. Still, he must only beat out Yuniesky Betancourt for playing time, which is not a difficult task. The only real threat to Francisco's playing time at first would be an organizational decision to afford major league playing time to Hunter Morris, who is one of the few prospects of some intrigue in a weak, weak system. Morris only has a .240 average at Triple-A Nashville, but he has been able to slug .481 in his first season at the level. He has recorded an extra-base hit in 10.8 percent of his plate appearances, which would rank second on the Brewers' current major league roster.
Pirates SS
Starter: Jordy Mercer
Next: Clint Barmes
Clint Barmes opened the season as the Pirates' all-glove, no-bat shortstop, but his start Sunday was his first at the position since June 14. The string of non-starts has not been due to injury. Rather, manager Clint Hurdle prefers Jordy Mercer's ability with the bat to Barmes' with the glove. The two had been sharing time at the position since mid-May, but Mercer has earned the regular role with a .308/.400/.404 line over a two-week stretch. Compare this with the .222/.263/.309 mark Barmes has posted since he joined the team last season. Mercer has an even 7:7 K:BB since taking over the starting shortstop job, whereas Barmes has a 40:5 K:BB on the season. Mercer should be the starter moving forward, and Barmes should serve as a defensive replacement and receive the occasional start.
Cardinals CF
Starter: Jon Jay
Next: Shane Robinson
In the minors: Oscar Taveras
For the past few seasons, Jon Jay has been the Cardinals' little engine that could. Never a prospect of any sort of repute, he emerged in the St. Louis outfield in 2010 at the age of 25, and he went on to hit an even .300 over his first 381 major league games. He has hit .244 through Sunday, and he has not hit a home run since May 14. His struggles have been largely unexplained. His .283 BABIP is well below his career average of .336, but many of his other stats have been in line with those from previous years. Whatever the cause for his struggles, Shane Robinson has taken on a bigger role in center, especially when the Cards face left-handed pitching. Oscar Taveras, who entered the season as one of the top offensive prospects in the game, is not an imminent threat here. For one, he hit the minor league disabled list last week with an ankle injury. For two, he still needs to work on his approach against left-handed starters, as he has hit .222 against them in his first turn at Triple-A. Still, he could feasibly poach playing time from a struggling Jay come mid-August or September.
Marlins LF
Starter: Justin Ruggiano
Next: Juan Pierre, Austin Kearns
Injured: Chris Coghlan
Justin Ruggiano needed a new outfield home after Giancarlo Stanton returned from the disabled list and crowded the Marlins' greeny areas. It looks like he has found one in Juan Pierre's territory. Pierre has 18 steals on the season, but a .288 OBP has allowed Ruggiano to steal six starts at the spot in the Marlins' last 10 games. Only half of those six starts have come against left-handed starters, and the starts should continue to come after Ruggiano hit .314/.340/.529 in June. Chris Coghlan could become a factor here, but he remains out indefinitely with a back injury.
Mets 1B
Starter: Josh Satin
Next: Daniel Murphy
Injured: Lucas Duda
In the minors: Ike Davis
I touched on this situation in last week's In Some Depth and incorrectly predicted Daniel Murphy would see the lion's share of playing time at first with Lucas Duda on the disabled list and Ike Davis slugging at Triple-A Las Vegas. Instead, it has been Josh Satin starting seven straight games at first for the Mets. The string of starts may be partly a function of the Mets facing five left-handed starters over the course of the week, which has kept Jordany Valdespin off of second base (and hence Murphy off first), but Satin's 9-for-24 run during that stretch is also helping. He has also demonstrated sound plate discipline over the past week, recording five walks (all unintentional) to just three strikeouts in 24 at-bats. The one element missing from Satin's game has been power, but he looks to be perfectly acceptable filler at the position while the Mets wait on Duda and Davis. Davis has five home runs in 18 games for Las Vegas, but a promotion does not appear to be imminent. The Mets will face a left-handed starter Monday and Tuesday, so Davis figures to remain at Triple-A for at least those contests before a recall is considered.
Astros 1B
Starter: Brett Wallace
Next: Chris Cater, Carlos Pena
The Astros appear to be giving Brett Wallace another try at first base after spending much of the season using a combination of Carlos Pena and Chris Carter at the position. This may be one of Wallace's final chances to prove he is more than just a Quad-A player. He continually looks like an All-Star at Triple-A (see a .326/.398/.554 line at Triple-A Oklahoma City this season), but he then continues to struggle at the major league level (see a .689 OPS over his last 300 major league plate appearances). Chris Carter has nearly matched his home run total from last season (15 in 263 at-bats), but he also leads the majors with 111 strikeouts. He should see time in left field in the coming weeks, especially with Justin Maxwell back on the disabled list.
Royals RF
Starter: David Lough
Next: Lorenzo Cain
The Jeff Francoeur experience finally came to an end in Kansas City over the weekend when they designated him for assignment. Instead of opening up playing time for the now-Ray Wil Myers, Francoeur's disappearance will avail a spot in the outfield for David Lough, a 27-year-old rookie who had been stealing Francoeur's playing time anyway. Lough puts a ton of balls in play (82 percent of his plate major league appearances have resulted with the ball in play, as have 78 percent of his Triple-A plate appearances), which should help him maintain a usable average. The one threat to his playing time would be Jarrod Dyson, who could force Lorenzo Cain to the corner if manager Ned Yost decides to play him more in center.
Blue Jays 2B
Starter: Emilio Bonifacio
Next: Munenori Kawasaki, Maicer Izturis, Mark DeRosa
Things are not going well for Emilio Bonifacio. The generally reliable source for stolen bases only has 11 through his first 71 games. Of course, it is hard to steal second when you are rarely reaching first. He is barely keeping his batting average above .200, and his virtual lack of walks (eight in 221 plate appearances) prevent him from running wild on the bases. More than a lack of stolen bases, he may also be at a lack for starts at second base. The Blue Jays recalled Munenori Kawaski from Triple-A over the weekend, and he started at second base Sunday. Maicer Izturis may also be in the mix more, especially if Brett Lawrie (ankle) returns to third base sooner rather than later.
Seattle CF
Starter: Michael Saunders
Next: Dustin Ackley, Endy Chavez
Injured: Franklin Gutierrez
The Mariners' outfield is both overcrowded and underwhelming. Endy Chavez has a .288 OBP on the season, and he has gone 9-for-48 (.188) over the last two weeks. Michael Saunders has four home runs and 10 steals, but he is also hitting .211. Jason Bay also has 10 home runs on the season, but he is only hitting slightly better at .220. Franklin Gutierrez has stayed healthy for all of 60 at-bats. The newly-converted Dustin Ackley got on base in nearly half of his plate appearances with Triple-A Tacoma, but it remains to be seen whether he can hit major league pitching. Raul Ibanez leads the team with 19 home runs and 45 RBI, but he is also 41 years old and a decline is likely inevitable with everyday play. Such mediocrity has left the Mariners' center field situation in a bit of a quandary. In an ideal world, Saunders would play every day here, while Ackley and Chavez played the corners. In reality, Saunders (when healthy and productive) and Ackley (when healthy and productive) will likely alternate between center field and the bench.