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- Why Focus on the Bush "Tax Cuts" Over the Bush "Spending Increases"?
- Throwing the Bums Out Is Harder Than It Looks
- Coming Soon: Reason Magazine In 3D
- Blue and Red States Look for Ways Around Health Care Bill
- The Global Warming Establishment Needs More than Cosmetic Fixes
- New At Reason
Why Focus on the Bush "Tax Cuts" Over the Bush "Spending Increases"?
"So if the feds were generally pulling in more bucks each year [during the 2000s] - even with those tax cuts that so decimated federal revenue - where did the deficits come from? Oh, that's right: From massively expanded spending that happened both under a lying GOP Congress and a feckless Democratic majority. The story of the Bush years isn't to be found on the revenue side of the ledger, but on the spending side [see charts in article]. This talk about whether tax cuts are irresponsible given the fiscal pickle we're in is nothing more than a way of diverting attention from what Milton Friedman identified years ago as the true cost of government: how much the government shells out in a given year. We're on the hook for it, either through higher taxes now or higher taxes later. We're in a lousy economy and most folks would agree that it's not a great idea to hike taxes or create huge new entitlements and regulations that will take years to figure out. That sort of action creates exactly the sort of uncertainty that freezes people. So do desperate attempts to keep house prices from falling, zombified banks and car companies from going belly up, etc. The one thing the federal government could conceivably do is bring some commitment to freezing or rolling back spending and intervention to some baseline. The first rule when you find yourself in a deep hole? Bitch and moan that it's the other guy's fault. The second rule? Stop digging. Yes, I know, it's unlikely but not impossible that the feds would actually stop spending (go check Clinton's first four years). But this much is certain: To talk about how 'tax cuts' inexorably add to deficits ignores the amount of tribute that poured into D.C. throughout most of the '00s. It's a fundamentally faulty and fruitless discussion." - Reason.com Editor Nick Gillespie
Throwing the Bums Out Is Harder Than It Looks
Reason magazine's Katherine Mangu-Ward writes, "In 1980, the re-election rate in the Senate was 55 percent. But that year was a dramatic outlier. In the 30 years since, re-election rates have never fallen below 75 percent for the Senate, and rates fell below 90 percent only once in the House. Structural guarantees of re-election are mostly to blame for the predictable fizzle of voter rage. But not entirely. Voters are surprisingly indulgent of their own congressmen's foibles. While poll after poll shows that America thinks Congress overall should be ridden out of town on a rail, those same polls show that voters think their own congressman is a pretty good guy or gal who is just trying to do the right thing. (You can see a similar effect in public education, where parents consistently agree that the school system as a whole is deeply flawed, while still sending shiny apples to little Timmy's teacher and singing the praises of their own neighborhood schools.) I have no reason to doubt the professional prognosticators when they say that change in partisan control is coming to Capitol Hill, and I believe the pollsters when they say that Americans are outraged, displeased, and generally annoyed with their representatives. But no matter how dramatic election night may seem, keep in mind that the vast majority of those tossable bums will be boarding planes to fly right back to Washington when it's all over."
Matt Welch: So What Did Christine O'Donnell Run On?
Delaware's O'Donnell Disaster
The Tea Party and the Value of Craziness
Coming Soon: Reason Magazine In 3D
In a couple of weeks the November issue of Reason magazine will be hitting mailboxes and newsstands with a 3D cover and charts that show "How to Slash Government Before it Slashes You" and offering up a series of specific spending cuts. You'll also get 3D glasses to view special Reason.tv videos on the growing cost of government and what to do about it. You can subscribe to Reason here.
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Blue and Red States Look for Ways Around Health Care Bill
"ObamaCare dramatically increases state Medicaid burdens at a time when local budgets are in deep crisis, asks states to participate in a woefully underfunded bridge insurance program, and pushes state governments to set up complex health care 'exchanges' that must be designed and run according to the administration's standards-standards it has yet to define and can change at whim. The law is a big deal in every way, and the first institutions to absorb the shock are state governments. That's why so many have already begun to resist." - Reason magazine's Peter Suderman examines what the health care care bill requires states to do and how ill-equipped they are to do it.
The Global Warming Establishment Needs More than Cosmetic Fixes
At Forbes.com, Reason Foundation's Shikha Dalmia writes, "The global warming establishment found itself in hot water last year when leaked e-mails suggested that leading climatologists had massaged data, interfered with the peer review process and engaged in other shenanigans to exaggerate the observed warming. A subsequent whitewash exonerated the scientists involved but further scrutiny debunked other alarmist claims in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control's (IPCC) last assessment report. For example, the IPCC had predicted that the entire 500,000 square km Himalayan glacier range would disappear by 2035. Multiple analyses, including one by the Yale Climate Media Forum - no denialist outfit - found the claim to be perfectly accurate except for two problems. One, the approximate area covered by the glaciers is just 33,000 - not 500,000 - square km as the IPCC stated. And two, the paper from which the IPCC lifted this claim had predicted the shrinkage would occur by 2350, not 2035! (The Yale analysis is well worth a full read.) The IPCC withdrew this claim - dismissing it as one mistake in a voluminous report that didn't affect its overall conclusions. But the bigger problem is not with what the IPCC says but what it doesn't. Even before GlacierGate, many external reviewers had bitterly complained that lead authors of the report's various chapters solicit their opinion only to ignore it in the final summary if it contradicts their conclusions - creating an impression of a faux scientific consensus."
Ronald Bailey: Bjorn Lomborg Denies Global Warming Conversion - I Told You So
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Obama Uses National Security as a Cover for Violating People's Rights
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Set list from the January Treehouse Records DJ night at the King and I Thai in Minneapolis.
Solomon Burke - "Home In Your Heart"
Water Color - "All Bundled Into One"
James Brown - "Give It Up, Or Turn It a Loose"
Don Covay - "See-Saw"
Gospel I.Q.'s - "Peace in the Land"
The Emotions - "Got to Be the Man"
Stevie Wonder - "Uptight"
Rolling Stones - "I Got the Blues"
Van Morrison - "T.B. Sheets"
Charlie Parr - "Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down"
Bob Seger System - "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"
Gene Clark w/ the Gosdin Brothers - "Elevator Operator"
The Glands - "When I Laugh"
The Soft Pack - "Answer to Yourself"
The Strokes - "Barely Legal"
Spoon - "The Way We Get By"
Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"
Sugar - "Helpless"
Guided By Voices - "Motor Away"
Cheap Trick - "He's a Whore"
The Replacements - "Alex Chilton"
Interstate Leisure Kings - "Best Liquor Store"
The Dexateens - "Pine Belt Blues"
Phosphorescent - "Nothing Was Stolen"
Ben Nichols - "The Last Pale Light in the West"
Waylon Jennings - "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean"
Abner Jay - "The Reason Young People Use Drugs"
Spiritualized - "Think I'm In Love"
Foals - "Miami"
Ride - "Vapour Trail"
The Church - "Reptile"
The Flaming Stars - "Downhill Without Brakes"
The Fresh & Onlys - "Waterfall"
The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary"
Guns 'n Roses - "Think About You"
The Hold Steady - "The Swish"
Blue Öyster Cult - "Transmaniacon MC"
The Easybeats - "Friday on My Mind"
The Supremes - "Nathan Jones"
Homer Banks - "A Lot of Love"
Bettye LaVette - "Love Made a Fool of Me"
Sly & The Family Stone - "If You Want Me to Stay"
The Big Pink - "Velvet"
Big Boi - "Shutterbug"
Vis a Vis - "Obi Agye Me Dofo"
Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia - "DC-502"
George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord"
Love as Laughter - "Canal Street"
John Cale - "Fear is a Man's Best Friend"
Comet Gain - "The Kids at the Club"
Portastatic - "San Andreas"
Red Pens - "Stay Small"
Calexico - "Guero Canelo"
Bobby Bare - "Talk Me Some Sense"
Iron & Wine - "Walking Far From Home"
The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
The Goodnight Loving - "Doesn't Shake Me"
Merle Haggard - "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can"
Califone - "2 Sisters Drunk on Each Other"
Kinks - "Alcohol"
Jerry Jeff Walker - "I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning"
White = Dan
Yellow = Neil
Treehouse Records is the current incarnation of a series of storied record stores at the corner of 26th and Lyndale in south Minneapolis. After becoming Oar Folkjokeopus in 1972 it quickly emerged as the epicenter for the burgeoning 70s and 80s Twin Cities punk scene. Renamed Treehouse in 2001 after the Oar Folk manager took over the business, the store remains a staple of the Twin Cities underground/independent music community and the best source for vinyl in the state.
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- Solar Art.Rainbow PavilionReminiscent of Simon (remember that popular 90s game?), Art.Rainbow is a solar-powered prefab party pavilion and "light experience." Conceived by Gualeni Design, the multi-colored pop up dome is a place to host both day and night events. During the day, the bright structure provides shade, while at the same time soaking in the sun's rays. At night, the pavilion is illuminated using the energy it's accumulated all day, creating a magical lightshow for partygoers within.1
- Solar Art.Rainbow PavilionWhile the example shown here is made up of basic colors, the pavilion can be fitted with any combo of hues suits your event best.2
- Solar Art.Rainbow PavilionThe panels are made of transparent composite material and are held together by modular structures that are plastered with flexible solar panels on the top, and can be switched out easily.3
- Solar Art.Rainbow PavilionLED lights within the ceiling of the structure set the party mood.4
- Solar Art.Rainbow Pavilion"ART.rainbow stores the light and the color inside during the day and gives them back outside during the night," explains Gualeni of their design.5
- Solar Art.Rainbow Pavilion"Take the energy, use the energy and enjoy the energy in an intelligent way, that's the only important concept to understand, the concept of a renewable energy source."6
- Solar Art.Rainbow PavilionSee the resemblance to Simon we were talking about?7


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Vodka with other ingredients
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English: Brown Sugar
tamil: Pazhuppu sarkkarai/vellam
malayalam: sharkkara
telugu: Bellam
kannada: Kandu sakkare
hindi: Bhuri Sharkara
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English: Mint Leaves
tamil: Pudhinaa
malayalam: Pudhinaa
telugu: Pudhina Koora
kannada: Pudina Sopu / Chetni Maragu
hindi: Pudina
Bengali: Poodina Patha
Gujarati: Fudino / Phodina
Konkani: Pudina / Vodthalaun
Marathi: Pudina
Oriya: Podana Patra
Punjabi: Hara Pudina
Kashmiri: Pudyanu
Urudu: Pudina
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Do you smell something?
Those pesky cops. Rather than answer their questions, a man decided to keep his dead girlfriend just hanging around.
He said he had come home on Dec. 10 and found her dead in her bedroom.
He reportedly told police that he didn't call 911 because he "got scared" and didn't want to be asked a bunch of questions.
After he found her dead, he went back into the living room, slept and made a decision to move on with his life, police said.
Coincidentally, in Washington DC another person also does not want to answer pesky questions about his significant other.
Former ambassador Joseph Wilson asked a federal judge Wednesday not to force him to testify in the CIA leak case and accused former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of trying to harass him on the witness stand.
That stinks, too.


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Ice cream can contain a fifth of daily calories
THEY may be hard to resist on a hot day but a single ice cream could be a fifth of your daily calorie requirements in one go.
Ice creams contain up to 360 calories – but if you choose carefully, there are also many lower-calorie options on sale to minimise the damage.
Following calls last week to limit the hard sell by ice cream vans on estates, the Irish Independent looked at how ice creams compare nutritionally.
Our survey of nine popular ice cream treats found that HB's Cornetto King Cone was by far the most fattening option of those examined, with 360 calories, some 18pc of an adult's daily recommended intake.
It also contained a whopping 17g of fat, which is a quarter of the recommended limit.
The sugar content of a Cornetto King Cone – which is not stated on the packet – is 36g per product, which is nine teaspoons.
Smaller is usually better if you want to limit the calorie damage. A regular Cornetto – around half the weight of a King Cone – contains 250 calories.
A spokesperson for HB makers Unilever said: "Cornetto King Cone, like all of the ice creams in the HB range, is intended to be enjoyed as a treat and, like all treats, should be consumed in moderation."
A Magnum Classic, meanwhile, contains 260 calories and six teaspoons of sugar. And even the modestly sized Choc Ice or Iceberger contains 190 calories while a Brunch has 170 calories. Soleros are a better option as they contain 94 calories and just 1g of fat.
The Irish-made Rocket ice-pops from Palmgrove have the lowest calorie content of any ice cream we surveyed at 50.
Nutritionist Gaye Godkin said that people shouldn't get hung up on calorie content as the real danger was the combination of fructose, glucose and other processed sugars with fat.
"Choose one with just cream and sugar in the ingredients if possible, not 1,900 different types of sugar," she said.
Fine Gael senator Eve Noone called last week for measures to restrict ice cream vans from making multiple visits to housing estates each day.
This hard sell should be restricted as part of the fight against obesity, she said.
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Last Friday G-Shock kicked off their new global event series, Urban Proof, in Berlin, following up on the Shock The World Tour.
The evening started off with DJ's, beatboxers and artists battling it out against each other on stage, in front of a big crowd in the Berlin Kreuzberg district. Next to showcasing the latest G-Shock watches to be released in the coming weeks and months, the entire place was nicely outfitted with G-Shock design inspired objects and product – from G-Shock oversized cushions, skatedecks to G-Shock watches engraved into large stones and projected onto the walls, you clearly knew what you came for. Heavily branded? Sure, but for the most part tasteful, thus it did not bother us at all. The more chill battle part at the beginning of the night was followed by a full on party until late. Berlin knows how to party, but we all knew that before.
Photography: Highsnobiety.com
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Obama's Nairobi Music Guide
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President Obama will be on a tight schedule when he arrives in Nairobi, Kenya this week, but if he has time to take in some music, there will be plenty to see. To find out what's happening on the ground we talked with Robert Njathika--the editor of
Nairobi Now
, a leading arts and culture blog in the Kenyan capital. Look no further, Mr. President: Here is your weekend music guide. If Air Force One makes good time, POTUS might just be able to catch a regular Thursday night set by Kenya's leading country star, Sir Elvis, who was recently featured in the
New York Times
. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/XQp_cyUsVQ0[/embed] For more of a local flavor, Obama can head to the GoDown Arts Center on Friday for a festival celebrating the city's many neighborhoods (explore them yourself
), where he can also check out a mural of himself, and one of Kenyan-Mexican actress
Lupita Nyong'o
Photo: Thomas Mukoya, Reuters
While Obama rests up and preps for the
Global Entrepreneurship Summit
on Saturday, he might want to study up on the track "Fuata Sheria" by Sarabi Band, featuring Juliani. The title means "follow the law," and it address the prevalence of corruption in Kenyan society—a subject that is sure to come up in his meeting with Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/8QGx_6lMjGI[/embed] At the second day of the summit, we suggest the president take part in the
Creative Economy Workshop
—and bravo to the organizers for recognizing the value of arts, fashion and entertainment as "sources of revenue, jobs, and wealth creation." And to round out the weekend, the president really ought to catch the Sunday matinee of
Obama: Dreams of A Father
, a musical adaptation of Obama's 1995
that premiered at the Kenya National Theater this month. It features new music by popular artists including
Suzanna Owiyo
, whose style is rooted in the benga music of the Lake Victoria region of western Kenya, where Obama's father was born. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/8022087" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] According to director George Orido, the musical celebrates the president's ties to his ancestral homeland. But even as Obama makes his first visit to the country as president of the United States, many
question his commitment
to the African continent. We will have to wait and see if this trip proves to be as politically significant, or personally transformative as his first trip in 1988 was. As you can read below in an excerpt from
Dreams From My Father
, that first trip to Kenya left the 26-year-old future president conflicted about his connection with his Kenyan roots and with Africa in general. Hopefully a little music can put the president's spirit at ease.
I watched these nimble hands stitch and cut and weave, and listened to the old woman's voice roll over the sounds of work and barter, and for a moment the world seemed entirely transparent. I began to imagine an unchanging rhythm of days, lived on firm soil where you could wake up each morning and know that all was how it had been yesterday, where you saw how the things that you used had been made and could recite the lives of those who had made them and could believe that it would all hang together without computer terminals or fax machines. And all of this while a steady procession of black faces passed before your eyes, the round faces of babies and the chipped, worn faces of the old; beautiful faces that made me understand the transformation that Asante and other black Americans claimed to have undergone after their first visit to Africa. For a span of weeks or months, you could experience the freedom that comes from not feeling watched, the freedom of believing that your hair grows as it's supposed to grow and that your rump sways the way a rump is supposed to sway. You could see a man talking to himself as just plain crazy, or read about the criminal on the front page of the daily paper and ponder the corruption of the human heart, without having to think about whether the criminal or lunatic said something about your own fate. Here the world was black, and so you were just you; you could discover all those things that were unique to your life without living a lie or committing betrayal.
How tempting, I thought, to fly away with this moment intact. To have this feeling of ease wrapped up as neatly as the young man was now wrapping Auma's necklace, and take it back with me to America to slip on whenever my spirits flagged.
But of course that wasn't possible. We finished our sodas. Money changed hands. We left the marketplace. The moment slipped away.
—Barack Obama, from
Dreams From My Father
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Welcome to the Nerdy Speculator where I'll be taking a look at some older comics that are or will soon be hot items on the comic book back issue market. For news on newer books that are soon to be collector's items be sure to check out my other blog, This Week in Geek, every Wednesday.
In the past few years Hollywood summer blockbuster films have been dominated by Super Heroes and this summer looks to be no exception. Batman, Iron Man and the Hulk are just a few Heroes that will be smashing their way onto the big screen starting this May but the box office won't be the only place these characters will be cashing in.
Guiding around $400,000.00 the first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics #27, DC Comics 1939, might be a little out of your price range, however the first issue of Iron Man from Marvel comics is still very affordable. The Invincible Iron Man #1, Marvel Comics 1968, has sold for around $400-$500 in very fine to near mint conditions for several years now. However, with the Iron Man movie coming this summer look for that price tag to change drastically. In fact this may be the last time Iron Man #1 guides for under $1000.00 ever again. Already, Iron Man number #1 has jumped from an average of $490.00 in near-mint condition in most back-issue value guides to just under $700.00. As the Summer approaches and buzz for the Iron Man movie increases the value of this book is only going to go up. Just looking at auction activity on the web in the last two weeks you can see a steady increase in price on early Iron Man issues in all conditions.
Collectors on a budget in search of good yet affordable investment books are starting to look more and more to the undervalued comics of the 1960's Marvel silver-age. As characters like Iron Man and the Hulk become more popular all the key issues of their comics will continue to increase in value. If you have been thinking about investing in a good looking Iron Man #1 now is the time.
Keep in mind that you don't have to drop $500.00 to pick up a great collectible comic book. Every Wednesday you can pick up a new and potentially valuable comic book from your local comic shop for less than $5.00. Check back this Wednesday for This Week in Geek where you can read about the collectible comics of the future.


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The agents, management and staff of Prudential Gallo Realtors welcome sales agent Pam Szypulski to the company's Bethany Beach office.
Szypulski, a Washington, D.C. native, was raised in Montgomery County, Md., and purchased a home in Bethany Beach in 1989. She moved there permanently in 1994.
"We decided to move here for the slower-paced lifestyle," Szypulski said. "We wanted to start fresh and enjoy what the area has to offer."
For 32 years she was a prominent stylist in the Washington suburbs, particularly enjoying working with people. When she moved to Delaware, she worked as the breakfast chef at a B&B in downtown Bethany. Then she began working real-estate rentals, then moved into sales and has been enjoying her profession since 1989.
"Each of these jobs gave me great insight as to what public wanted in regard to places to stay and property values. I love finding people's dreams or helping them sell their properties. The quest is so enjoyable and rewarding when concluded," she said.
A firm believer in the value of further education, Szypulski is an associate broker and holds the professional designations Accredited Buyers Representative, Certified Residential Specialist, Graduate Realtors Institute and Seniors Real Estate Specialist.
"Wherever I go, I strive to be the top in that profession. From earning my senior license in cosmetology to becoming an associate broker, I always want to be the best that I can be," she said.
"I am so happy to welcome Pam to our group," said Mary Cerami, broker and sales manager of the Bethany Beach office. "She is a real part of this community, and that is such a strength in helping clients find the right property."
Szypulski and her husband are very involved in their local church, especially in mission work. For many years, he was a church choir director and she the costumer-maker for passion plays. She also helped and worked in the children's church program.
"I have incredible listening skills," she said, "and I have developed good negotiating skills for either side of a transaction. Buying or selling - I love them both."
To reach Szypulski at her office at 33292 Coastal Highway, Bethany Beach, call 302-537-2616 or 302-462-5702 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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According to Flight Facilites, in their facebook page, animator Ben Drake spent 4 months crafting the Megaman, Daft Punk & Astroboy inspired anime and we think that it came pretty good.. The single sounds also like an old Daft Punk's track like "Something About Us" or "Digital Love". Listen to it below. Enjoy.
Check out also Miguel Campbell and MAM's remix.


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"Moonkit, Redkit!" Gingerfur mewed. "Stay away from the Elder's den, they're trying to sleep!"
Her kits were now two moons old and were already getting into trouble.
"It's quiet alright, Gingerfur. We weren't sleeping, merely sun bathing." A light brown tabby rasped.
"Brankenclaw, can you tell us a story?" Redkit mewed.
"Very well, But first, can one of you fetch me some thing from the fresh kill pile?"
"Ok!" Both kits then bolted from the Elder's den and toward the fresh kill pile.
"Still pitting kits against each other, Brankenclaw?" Purred a tank furred elder.
"I've been doing that since before you were born. Besides, it doesn't hurt the kits to have a little rivalry between littermates."
"What the old fur ball is trying to say is that he simply wants the kits to be the best that they can be" Mewed Russetpelt, lifting his head to look at Barktail with clouded eyes.
Heartbeats later, the two kits returned, both carrying the same rather plump squirrel.
Ripplefur purred in amusement. "It would seem that they are working as one."
"Looks like it." Barktail mewed.
"Alright, set that down and I shall tell you of Mountainstar, founder of our great clan."
As Brackenclaw told the story, Gingerfur made her way to Russetpelt, his ears twitched at her approach.
"Hello, sister." the dark ginger tom meowed.
Gingerfur purred and nuzzled her littermate, her twin purred in reply.
"How are the elders treating you?" She asked sitting down.
"Rather well actually. Although I admit I miss being in the forest, hunting for fresh kill with you. Watching as sunhigh became moonhigh."
His sister nuzzled him sympathetically. "As do I."
"Redkit is starting to look like his father." Her brother whispered.
Only Russetpelt knew who Redkit's real father was, every one else thought it was Nightwing, a dark gray almost black tom who had died by Viperstar's paw days before the battle at the gathering.
"I know," Gingerfur whispered back, her golden eyes locked on her kits. "But it doesn't matter now, it's done."
"Who was Mountainstar's mate?" Moonkit asked head tilted.
"No one but Starclan knows," Brackenclaw replied. "But who ever was our founder's secret mate, her descendants are alive in Mountainclan today."
Their eyes widened in awe and wondered which cats were descended from Mountainstar and his unknown mate.
"I bet its Cedarstar and Blacksting." Moonkit whispered.
"I bet it's me." Redkit said, puffing out his white fuzzy chest.
"Yeah, right!" She said hissing playfully before launching herself at her brother.
The Elder's den was soon filled with playful squeaks as the two kits tumbled over each other.
The four elders purred in amusement, it had been so long since they had such spirited kits.
Gingerfur followed after the kits as their tussle was taken out side the den, their play fighting didn't last long as the kits soon broke apart, panting as the tiny warriors fell to their sides. Their flanks rising and falling.
"You finished?" Gingerfur asked amusement in her eyes.
Moonkit giggled. "Yes, Gingerfur."
"Mouseheart, I can still fight." Redkit mewed, getting to his paws which he then tripped over.
Gingerfur purred then nuzzled her two kits. "Come, my little warriors, back to the nursery." She grasped the closest kit by the scruff which had been Redkit then carried him toward the nursery with Moonkit following close behind.
"When will we become apprentices?" Redkit asked as he was placed in the nest.
"Not for another four moons." Gingerfur replied before picking up Moonkit and placing her next to her brother.
"But that's ages away!" Redkit protested loudly.
"I know but you must until you are six moons old, that is the law of the Warrior Code." Their mother replied as she curled around them in the large nest.
"I know, but it's no fun to wait." Redkit said before starting to suckle.
"Did you hear about what happened at the Gathering last night?" Graytail asked the ginger queen.
"I only heard bits and pieces, why what happened?"
"Pantherstar's mate is dead, she was missing for a few moons, but he was visited by his mate who was now a Starclan cat."
"Pantherstar maybe a territory hungry piece of fox dung, but no cat should lose a mate like he did." Gingerfur stated.
Graytail nodded in agreement then looked toward the entrance of the nursery and purred as her mate, Blacksting entered with a blue jaw in his jaws. The black tom carefully made his way to the gray queen then placed the fresh kill in front of her paws.
"For you, my mate." The deputy said.
Graytail smiled. "Thank you, Blacksting."
Heartbeats later a large long haired black tom entered carrying a blackbird and a plump squirrel in his jaws.
Spottedtail lifted her head and smiled at the one eyed warrior. "Greetings, my mate." She purred.
The large warrior purred in reply before placing the black bird at the she-cats paws then placed the squirrel at Gingerfur's paws.
"Thank you, Sharpclaw. Judging by how plump this squirrel is, the hunting is going well." Gingerfur commented.
"It is," Sharpclaw replied his voice was a deep rumbling purr. "The fresh kill pile has been well stocked." He then turned his attention to his mate and nuzzled her.
Gingerfur began to eat the squirrel, her gaze wondered out of the nursery toward Snowstorm's den.
The entrance of the Duskclan nursery quivered, a heart beat later a black and brown kit burst out, fur puffed out excitedly. A jet black kit followed after her littermate not as crazily as the other kit, a third kit appeared a heart beat later, its pelt looking just like that of a badger.
"Two more moons is still so far away!" The tom said.
"Waiting two more moons isn't going to kill you, Bearkit." The badger furred kit replied, giving him a small nudge.
The black and brown kit let out a playful hiss before leaping onto the she-kit and the pair began to tussle while the remaining kit simply watched. She gave her chest fur a lick then looked up when a startled shriek from across the camp.
The pair of play fighting kits had just startled Littlefang; the medicine cat apprentice, the she-cats fur was sticking out in every direction.
"I-I'm sorry, Littlefang," Bearkit stammered. "We didn't see you."
The small she-cat's fur flattened out a few heartbeats later. "It-its ok, it was a simple mistake." She replied before vanishing into the medicine cat den.
He went to go in after her when another cat emerged from the den. It was Foxfur, Littlefang's mentor.
"Ah, Bearkit," Foxfur said. "What bring you here, not sick are you?"
"No, I'm fine. I just wanted to see if Littlefang was alright." Bearkit replied.
"Littlefang is just fine, but she's still recovering from emotional trauma from some moons ago." The Medicine cat mewed.
After Wolfstar had returned from the Cave of Starclan, he and the clan agreed to never mention Viperstar or her name within the clan again, nor would they hold Bearkit and his sister Blackkit accountable for their mother's actions as they were still newborn kits at the time.
"Will she get better?" Bearkit asked.
"In time. Right now I'm having her gather herbs and memorizing their uses for sickness and injuries."
"How will that help though?"
"By having her do all this, her mind is slowly healing itself. But it also doesn't hurt to learn something new."
"Oh, ok." Bearkit said before looking around the older medicine cat to see his apprentice busy looking at herbs.
"Bearkit." Called a gray tabby queen who was sitting near the entrance of the nursery.
He looked over his shoulder. "Coming, Featherstone," He replied before turning back to Foxfur. "Bye, Foxfur."
"Goodbye, little one." Foxfur said before watching the kit run over to Featherstone.
May Starclan keep you on the right path, Bearkit. The Medicine cat prayed as Bearkit reached his foster mother.
A large fluffy gray lifted her head as Featherstone entered, the three kits followed her in.
"Bearkit and Badgerkit get into trouble again?" The queen asked.
"No," Featherstone replied. "They did however, scare Littlefang almost out of her fur."
"We didn't mean to." Badgerkit mewed.
"I know," The gray tabby commented. "Now to your nest, Badgerkit."
The badge furred kit wondered over to the fluffy gray queen who helped her into the nest, the kit instantly tried to get away when her mother started giving her a bath.
"Owlclaw! You already gave me a bath this morning!" She protested.
Owlclaw gently held her down. "True, but that tussle you had with Bearkit has gotten you dirty again."
Bearkit giggled quietly as he watched Badgerkit, he suddenly let out a startled squeak as he was pinned down by Featherstone and he too was given a bath, much to the amusement of his sister.
"You also need a bath, my little one." His mother mewed.
Bearkit grumbled irritability and glared at Blackkit who was still smirking amused.
A small brown queen who was heavy with kits rose from her nest and stretched, back arching as she did so.
"I hear that Duskclan will be getting two new Warriors." The brown queen mewed.
"Both Rockpaw and Cloudpaw have definitely earned their warrior names." Agreed Featherstone between licks.
A gray-silver queen purred at the mention of her kit; Cloudpaw.
"Can we watch the ceremony?" Blackkit asked.
"I don't see why not." Featherstone replied, letting Bearkit up who quickly scurried away.
"Any cat strong enough to make the trek to The Fallen Red Wood meet beneath to Rock Ledge for a clan meeting!" Yowled Wolfstar's command.
Several heart beats later, the rocky-sandy hollow was filled with Duskclan warriors, only four cats stood apart from the rest of the clan. Wolfstar stood atop of the Rock Ledge, looking like a warrior of Lionclan, he looked down at the four cats to his left and addressed them.
"Crowpelt, Swiftbreeze. Are you satisfied with the progress of your apprentices?" Their leader asked.
Both warriors raised their chins proudly, it was Crowpelt; the Duskclan Deputy who spoke first.
"Yes, Wolfstar, she has worked hard and made her clan proud." The blue/black tom replied.
"She has, Wolfstar. Many times over and she shall do so again in the future." Swiftbreeze commented.
Satisfied, the Duskclan leader jumped off the Rockledge and walked over to the four cats. He looked toward the heavens where Starclan resided then spoke again. "I, Wolfstar, Leader of Duskclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these two apprentices. For they have trained hard to understand the warrior code and I commend them to you as warriors." He paused to look at the two apprentices standing before him.
He first addressed the dark tortoiseshell. "Rockpaw, do you promise to uphold the Warrior Code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do." Rockpaw replied, eyes burning with fierce determination.
Wolfstar looked at the fluffy white she-cat standing next to her and said. "And you Cloudpaw?"
"I do." Cloudpaw said without hesitation.
Their leader nodded once, proud of these two she-cats. "Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior names; Cloudpaw from this moment on, you shall be known as Cloudfeather. Starclan honors your courage and strength and we welcome you as a full warrior of Duskclan."
The large black and white tom stepped forward then rested his muzzle on Cloudfeather's head, the she-cat gave her leader's shoulder a respectful lick, as was tradition.
Cloudfeather then stepped back and joined the other warriors.
Rockpaw was shaking with excitement, out of the corner of her eye, she saw her twin Littlefang sitting beside her mentor Foxfur. She could that her sister was smiling at her.
Wolfstar looked at Rockpaw and smiled for a moment before speaking again. "Rockpaw, from this moment on, you will be known as Rockfang. Starclan honors your determination and your loyalty and we welcome you as a full warrior of Duskclan." He once again touched his muzzle to her head, the new warrior gave his leader a respectful lick just as Cloudfeather had done before slipping away and joined Cloudfeather.
A heart beat later, the entire clan began chanting their warrior names. Littlefang was on her paws, calling out sister's name before calling out Cloudfeather's name.
Wolfstar waited until the chanting died down. "Like the warriors before the, Rockfang and Cloudfeather must sit silent vigil until dawn. Guarding the camp as well as their fellow clan mates."
The two she-cat nodded then trotted over the only entrance to the Duskclan and sat down to start their vigil.
Bearkit watched the newly appointed warriors, excitement gripping his heart.
I will be the greatest warrior the forest has ever seen! He vowed as he looked up at Silverpelt.
Moonkit couldn't sleep, she couldn't shake off the feeling that something was going to happen.
Maybe I should go and make dirt. She thought.
As quietly as she could, Moonkit climbed out of the nest and the nursery and then headed for the Dirt Place. All she had to do was quietly walk past the Warriors Den then Cedarstar's den.
Easier said then done. She thought as she gazed around the clearing.
She stalked across the across the clearing, using the hunting crouch that Gingerfur had taught her and Redkit. She froze in the middle of the clearing when she heard a noise. She shrank into the shadows as the noise became the soft sound of paws on the sandy ground. A heartbeat later, a dark tabby tom named Darkpelt trotted past her hiding place as he headed for the Dirt Place. The silver-white kit waited for several heartbeats before the dark tabby emerged from the dirt place.
Once the dark tabby was back in the Warriors Den, she once again slid out into the open, the kit was completely unaware that she was being watched by the Mountain Clan leader.
She's using a perfect hunting crouch. He observed. But what is she doing?
He got his answer when she vanished into the covered area of the dirt place. Getting to his paw, the dark gray tom trotted over to where she had vanished, he then sat down and waited for the kit to emerge.
I can already tell that she will be a great warrior and skillful hunter. He thought with pride.
Having relived herself, Moonkit left the dirt place and let out a startled squeak when she padded into the legs of Cedarstar.
"What are you doing, Moon? Its nearly Moonhigh." The tom asked calmly.
"I-I couldn't sleep. I didn't want to wake Gingerfur, so I thought I'd go to Dirt place by myself." She squeaked.
Cedarstar dipped his head in understanding. "That was very thoughtful, Moonkit. But night is not safe for a kit out in the open, not even in camp. Owls have been known to swoop down and capture unwary cats."
Moonkit's blue eyes widened and she shrank back.
"I do not say this to scare you, I say this to make you aware of the danger," Her leader said. "I'll escort you back to the nursery. Unless your finished making dirt."
Moonkit's stomach made a strange noise and she bolted back into the dirt place. A heart beat later, she emerged feeling better after doing that.
"Better?" She nodded.
Cedarstar quietly lead the kit back to the nursery, once inside he padded back to his den and laid down, head in his paws.
A wail of pure anguish filled the clearing the next morning, the cry brought every cat into the clearing just as Brownfur stumbled out of the elder's den and into the clearing. She opened her jaws and wailed.
he's gone!"
Warriors: New Blood Ch. 2 by FunkyMonkey19Watch
©2012-2017 FunkyMonkey19
Gods damn, the warrior ceremony was a bitch to write, you have to get every thing right, coming up with Warrior Names is even harder. Good thing I wrote down several possible warrior names for my fanfic, On page three pf possible warrior names. lol.
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It uses Internet Explorer as the web browser however due to the number of websites now operating a mobile web version this is less of a problem than on your home PC (I personally use Google Chrome).
You also get Microsoft Office mobile version which allows you to download Excel or Word files to your phone. It's not particularly easy to use and doesn't have the functionality of the PC version. As with most smartphones, you have access to the application market, in this phone called the "Marketplace" which allows you to download apps for free or to pay for them. This is set up through my Xbox account. Disappointingly Microsoft do not have access to all applications which means you won't be able to use apps advertised on certain television shows as they are usually only available to Android or Apple customers.
The applications can be pinned to the home screen (picture 1) or accessed from a complete list (picture 2). The calendar also connects to your Hotmail calendar. It also means that if you add an appointment on your phone it will automatically transfer it to your PC at home.
The HTC Pro 7 features a 5 MP camera, which is pretty sharp in comparison to my current phone. You can adjust the resolution in increments of 1 MP for photos which you don't need to be quite as sharp to allow for smaller file sizes.
It is operated using a small button on the right-hand side of the phone but can also take photographs simply by touching the screening. There is a slight delay however so this isn't the best for taking shots of moving things like wildlife or sports events.
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The phone has 8 Gb of internal memory so you will be able to store many games on it but you can't add memory upgrades.
Accessible by flipping the screen is a QWERTY keyboard. The size is just right to allow quick typing. For writing a long text it speeds up the process.
It claims to manage up to 275 hours on stand-by and up to 4 hours talk time but given that most people will use it for the internet and playing games this will never be seen in your time with this phone!
You'll struggle to find one of these nowadays as it was released in 2011, but you'll find the Mozart which is basically the same on eBay for £40. It doesn't have the keyboard though.
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wish i would have seen this site before i hired this company. I could spend hours writing a complaint about this company. unprofessional, terrible customer service, and will not answer their phone or emails once they have your money.
For the first time in my life i am considering legal action agaisnt this company. Reason, lots of broken items and missing items which I consider stolen property at this point.
We moved from California to Utah. After reading other reviews I have had a similar experience. Under estimated my cubic sq feet by 1000. Our quote was $2700 and the final bill was $7400.
When our property was finally delivered, they arrived at 5pm with some of our property actually strapped to the back of a semi-truck. There was no divider between our belongings and others. The driver disconnected the cab and insited I sign the inventory sheet so he could leave and let the two young movers unload. [continued below]....
Do not ever pay them in cash because after several emails and phone calls, which they never answer, I still have not received a correct invoice showing I paid with cash. Prior to delivery I was on the phone with a supervisor(supposedly) and she said they would not unload the truck without payment in cash. I had a cashier's check but she insisted that is not the same as cash???? I told her my reservations of handing over that much cash to someone I don't know but she assured me they are a business. This day and age I have never come across a business that does not treat a cashires check like cash. But what was I going to do? They had my stuff and it was in the contract. But what is not in the contract is that they would not show a paid balance once I paid. This is impotrant because to file a claim to the insurance company you need your invoice and an inventory list. I have asked several times with no response to be supplied with this information.
We are missing several items and countless broken things. Which they insisted on boxing and charging us for the packing materials to the tune of $1100. They finished unpacking in the dark and was looking for our stuff with a cell phone light.
When I asked the movers because the driver had left, about our missing items and broken things they said to contact the company. They don't answer the phone and you can't leave a message. Their malbox is full. It has not been 30 days since they delivered. It says in the contract by federal law they have 30 days to deliver your property. When that 30 days come I will assume the missing items are stolen property.
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Road Dog Devils Heavy Public Favorite Tonight Against Islanders
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New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro has a shot at his fourth straight home shutout Saturday. The goaltender that will be at the opposite end of the rink also knows a few things about shutouts.
DiPietro and the Islanders look to win their fifth straight home game when Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils visit Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the first time this season.
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Although it's not the only reason, DiPietro's strong play has been a big factor during the Islanders' (19-14-3) surprising start. He has been particularly good lately, recording shutouts in back-to-back starts before that streak ended at 156 minutes, 30 seconds during the first period of a 2-0 loss Wednesday at Ottawa.
DiPietro hadn't allowed a goal since Carolina's Scott Walker beat him early in the third period of the Islanders' 5-1 road loss to the Hurricanes on Dec. 23.
``I can tell you honestly I don't really pay any attention to the shutout streak or anything like that,'' DiPietro said. ``The biggest stat you can have is wins and that's all we were focused on tonight.''
The Islanders have won four straight at home - the last three by a combined 12-0 score. DiPietro, who has stopped the last 91 shots he's faced at Nassau Coliseum, matched Ron Hextall's club record of three consecutive home shutouts, set from Feb. 15-27, 1994.
This game also provides New York with an opportunity to pull within two points of Atlantic Division-leading New Jersey (21-13-3).
``I'm looking forward to continuing to win games,'' DiPietro said. ``We've got to try and create some separation in the Eastern Conference, and the only way is to consistently win.
``This is a big conference game and a division game, and the Devils are playing really well of late. So we've got to have a good game.''
DiPietro has been superb lately against Brodeur and the Devils, winning five straight starts while allowing only seven goals. Brodeur, meanwhile, has been on the losing end in each of those five games and has surrendered 11 goals in the last two meetings with New York.
Islanders captain Alexei Yashin had five goals and nine assists during a 10-game point streak that was snapped in Wednesday's loss. Yashin has two goals and six points in his last two games against New Jersey.
Brodeur didn't record his second consecutive shutout Friday, but made 32 saves as the Devils extended their division lead with a 4-3 victory over Washington.
``It's one of those nights where you have to work hard to win,'' Devils coach Claude Julien said. ``I think our team gave a good effort against a team that wasn't going to quit.''
Scott Gomez had two goals and an assist for New Jersey, which has won three of four overall. The Devils lead the Eastern Conference with 13 home wins.
Brodeur was in net Tuesday for a 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh, the 85th shutout of his career which moved him past Hall of Famer Glenn Hall into sole possession of third place on the career list. Brodeur's five shutouts this season ties him with Detroit's Dominik Hasek for the league lead.
Devils forward Patrik Elias added a goal and two assists Friday, giving him four goals and five assists during a five-game point streak.
New York has won two straight at home against the Devils, both by shootout.
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Scotland's Alasdair Strokosch out for four weeks after suffering fractured near eye
Alasdair Strokosch will be out for around four weeks after it was confirmed he suffered a fractured a bone near his eye.
Last Updated: 09/02/13 2:56pm
Strokosch was forced off after just 13 minutes of his country's RBS Six Nations opener at Twickenham, which ended in a 38-18 defeat for the visitors.
It was initially feared he would miss the rest of the competition, but if Stokosch's recovery goes to schedule he could be back for the last two matches against Wales and France.
"Alasdair was seen by a specialist at the Spire Murrayfield Hospital this week and the injury was diagnosed as a fracture of the orbital floor (the area around the eye)," Scotland team doctor James Robson said.
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Your bird's cage is its most important piece of "furniture." Size is probably the most important factor to consider when selecting the cage. It should be roomy enough to allow the bird to extend and flap its wings without coming into contact with the bars. Small birds, such as canaries and finches, should have enough room to fly to and fro, and larger hookbilled birds should be provided with cages large enough to allow climbing and exercise. Birds with long tails, such as ringnecked parakeets, macaws and conures, require cages with sufficient height to accommodate their tails.
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Your bird will share its interior space with toys, dishes, perches, and perhaps a swing, ladder and other accessories. It's also not unthinkable that you may wish to add another bird at some point! Take measurements before purchasing a very large cage to make sure it will fit through your doorway, if it's a welded model. To avoid doorway dilemmas, assemble a "knocked-down" cage in the room where it will be used.
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I was commissioned by Smithsonian Magazine to paint a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte for the current issue. The article had an interesting thesis that asserted that we would have been better off if Napoleon never lost in Waterloo. Certainly he would have been.
The idea I let float around in my head for a while was a smirk. I envisioned a Napoleon portrait of the regal, diminutive emperor with a dejected smirk on his sweaty face.
From the article:
"If Napoleon had remained emperor of France for the six years remaining in his natural life, European civilization would have benefited inestimably. The reactionary Holy Alliance of Russia, Prussia and Austria would not have been able to crush liberal constitutionalist movements in Spain, Greece, Eastern Europe and elsewhere; pressure to join France in abolishing slavery in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean would have grown; the benefits of meritocracy over feudalism would have had time to become more widely appreciated; Jews would not have been forced back into their ghettos in the Papal States and made to wear the yellow star again; encouragement of the arts and sciences would have been better understood and copied; and the plans to rebuild Paris would have been implemented, making it the most gorgeous city in the world.
Napoleon deserved to lose Waterloo, and Wellington to win it, but the essential point in this bicentenary year is that the epic battle did not need to be fought—and the world would have been better off if it hadn't been."Thankfully, my favorite sketch was chosen by the wonderful Maria Keehan and I was on to the final art.
(Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/we-better-off-napoleon-never-lost-waterloo )
It's a funny thing about smirks, if you look them up, they are all over the place. The best ever was that amazing real moment when McKayla Marone, the Olympic gymnast let her feelings show on the medal stand in London after receiving her silver (See below). By putting a smirk on Napoleon in the final, it might lean too 'cartoonish' for me and lose the power of the hat or 'crown' being knocked off. I had to figure out how far to go with it and in the end I went with suspicious.
Inspired, when it came time to deliver sketches, I felt I had several good options, but something about that first sketch worked for me and it was the hat being blown off his head with a minimal smirk.
I also made a short gif of the hat being blown off, but it's not quite an 'evergreen' gif as the hat has to go back onto his head eventually.
The Hippolyte Delaroche painting my image was based on.
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Close-up of a sweaty and concerned Napoleon. We decided to keep the color weak in the final art.
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Income inequality is at levels we haven't seen since the 1920s, according to Gary Burtless, an economist at the Brookings Institution. But Burtless says there's a key difference between then and now -- government safety net programs like unemployment benefits and food stamps. But Burtless says the fruits of the current economic recovery aren't being distributed equally.
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- Special Variation:
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- Year Completed:
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- Costume worn at:
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- Katsucon 2013
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...I kid you not. lololol. It was pretty easy but yeah, it could probably use some fixes. The shirt and pants were taken from previous costumes.
I still can't believe I found actual leopard print lining.
Edit: 6/11/13 - I made a few corrections to the outfit so its now more accurate. Added the bias tape to the cuffs and lapels as well as tiny leopard print bias tape to the collar. Also put snaps on the cape so it doesn't fall off so easily.
- Personal Thoughts:
- Pfffft. I've tried to avoid having to make anything out of leopard print for years 'cause I hate leopard print but the majority of Lui's wardrobe consists of it. After our mini Ludwig group at AnimeUSA, we agreed though that my red pleather outfit contrasted too much with Wilhelm's and that I should try to do a different outfit finally. Since we were planning to do a shoot focused on Sleeping Beauty, figured I'd chose an outfit around that time of the story but this was like the only one that I could manage to do in the short period I had.
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- Epic Cosplay
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- Same Ludwig wig from the first costume. But didn't have to pin it up this time so huzzah!
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by Tom Taulli | September 4, 2013 1:17 pm
What a difference a couple acquisitions can make.
Thanks to Verizon's (VZ[1]) whopping $130 billion purchase of Vodafone's (VOD[2]) 45% stake in a wireless joint venture and Microsoft's (MSFT[3]) $7.2 billion purchase of Nokia's (NOK[4]) cellphone business and tech licenses, Fortune has declared "M&A activity finally on the rise." According to Thomson Reuters data[5], global transactions so far in 2013 are now estimated at about $1.55 trillion, up about 1% during the same period in 2012.
Encouraging? Sure. But these recent mega-deals don't necessarily indicate a return to boom times.
First, let's look at the Verizon deal. This transaction was something that had enjoyed speculation for roughly a decade — it was always just a matter of finding the right price tag.
The Verizon Wireless price tag likely was shimmied up in part because of Vodafone's lofty leverage in the situation. But the sudden spike in interest rates also spooked Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, who pushed into the deal — for $30 billion more than VZ apparently thought it was worth[6] — out of fear that rates would continue to rise, making financing the deal even more onerous.
McAdam might not be alone; there probably are other CEOs thinking hard about pulling the M&A trigger. But consider some important factors.
For instance, the Verizon deal has a $10 billion breakup fee in the event that financing cannot be raised — that's a sign that the current funding environment may be far from easy. In fact, with Verizon in the market to issue bonds for up to $50 billion, this could crowd out other deals.
Now, it's also true that this may not be too much of a concern for some companies. After all, corporate America is sitting on more than $1.7 trillion in cash and liquid securities[7], so many companies don't have to worry about interest rates. Case in point: cash-rich Microsoft, which had no such issue striking a deal for Nokia.
Conversely, even companies with big cash hordes might shy away from a return to aggressive dealmaking, considering many CEOs still sport scars from the financial crisis and want to ensure they're not putting their companies in further jeopardy should America get hit by another recession.
Which brings us to the issue of confidence. The U.S. economic recovery is real, but tepid. Even now, we're starting to see signs of a slowdown in emerging markets, and amid threats of war in the Middle East, continued volatility in oil prices and looming U.S. budget negotiations … well, it might be pretty easy to say "no" to a high-stakes deal.
Lastly, Wall Street appears to still be skeptical of transformative M&A. VZ shares dropped 3% on news of its deal, while MSFT dropped 4.5% after announcing the Nokia buyout.
In light of all this, it's hard to make a case that Microsoft and Nokia have just launched a renewed M&A boom across Wall Street. It's likelier that these are two notable outliers — and that dealmaking will continue to limp along as it has been.
Tom Taulli runs the InvestorPlace blog IPO Playbook[8]. He is also the author of High-Profit IPO Strategies[9], All About Commodities[10] and All About Short Selling[11]. Follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli[12]. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Park City, UT: Under the bright lights of the 2013 Powder Awards hosted at Park City Live and distributed worldwide live online, SCOTT Sports took home two of the most coveted and prestigious prizes of the night. Team manager Topher Plimpton and Corey Felton took home Best P.O.V. in a landslide, and Tom Wallisch secured the Men's Reader Poll award for an unprecedented third year in a row.
Tom Wallisch, looking practiced after winning the Reader Poll for a third year in a row. Photo: Powder Magazine
After winning yet another Powder Reader Poll, perhaps the most sought-after award for any freeski athlete, Powder chimed in on Mr. Wallisch: "Back in the the top spot for a third year in a row, Wallisch's three-peat is well deserved. He laid down some of the best lines we saw in Level 1's Sunny. He also won Slopestyle at last year's Dew Tour and the Winter X-Games. Now, he's filming his own two-year project and looking towards the Olympics."
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Corey Felton and Topher Plimpton charged a steep, narrow couloir and captured it from a myriad of angles to take home Best P.O.V. (and narrowly missed out on Best Line). As Powder noted, "Who says team managers can't ski? Probably the Jaded Local. However, tonight Topher Plimpton, the team manager for SCOTT took home the "Best P.O.V." Award with his pal Corey Felton for their dual descent in Two Plank Productions' Because.
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Italy PM Sides With Israel Against UN Vote
'You are a dear friend to me and the Jewish people,' Netanyahu tells Berlusconi.
PARIS - With Britain, France and other key Europeans cool toward Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's entreaties to reject a unilaterally declared Palestinian state, and September fast approaching, the willingness of beleaguered Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's to side with Israel on the matter, earned him high praise yesterday from the visiting Israeli leader. "You are a dear friend to me and the Jewish people," Netanyahu told his host at a press conference.
Netanyahu reaffirmed Jerusalem's opposition to any bid to win UN recognition of Palestinian statehood and said only direct negotiations could restart the blocked peace process.
Any fiat issued by the United Nations would hinder the peace process," Netanyahu said. "First, it would violate the agreements between the Palestinians and Israel, but it would also harden the Palestinian position because if the UN General Assembly adopts the Palestinian positions in advance of negotiations why should they negotiate?"
Netanyahu's visit comes as part of a series of trips by the Israeli PM to European capitals to try to convince leaders to reject Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' plan to call for formal statehood at this year's annual meeting of the UN General Assembly.
Since April, Netanyahu has visited Britain, France, Germany and the Czech Republic. He is due to travel to Romania and Bulgaria next month.
"Peace will only come from negotiations. It will be a negotiated peace. It cannot be imposed from the outside, not by any power and certainly not by one-sided UN resolutions," Netanyahu told the news conference yesterday.
As it stands now, Spain seems set to vote in favor of the Palestinian declaration, as do Ireland and possibly Norway. France, too, has indicated it would support Palestinian statehood if peace talks do not restart by September.
Britain is wavering and has suggested it would contemplate a "yes" vote if Israel did not do more to enable talks to resume.
But in Italy, the picture is rosier. "I don't think this in any way would contribute to bringing peace," Berlusconi said at the press conference, joining Germany in establishing the country's commitment against such a unilateral declaration.
As he declared in Washington, Netanyahu said Palestinians must accept Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state for peace talks to be successful, and rejected any possibility of negotiating with Fatah as long as they insisted on moving forward with forming a joint government with Hamas.
Berlusconi seemed to concur: "Making peace," he said, "requires joint initiative and, consequently, requires negotiations."
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Truffle Capital, a European private equity firm, today published the second edition of its "Truffle 100 European Clusters" ranking of Europe's top 40 regions for the software industry. Companies based in Germany's Rhine-Main-Neckar region accounted for 40% of the worldwide revenue generated by Europe's top 100 vendors. The study highlighted the major role played by the region marking it as Europe's "Silicon Valley". South East England and the Paris region were second and third respectively. This mapping is based on the results of the 2009 "Truffle 100 Europe" survey performed with the support of Mrs Neelie Kroes (European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media and in collaboration with analysts firms IDC (www.idc.com) and CXP (www.cxp.fr). The Truffle Cluster rankings were announced at a joint Truffle & Software AG press conference in Brussels with the support of Rainer Zimmerman of the EU Commission, Prof Lutz Heuser of Germany's Software-Cluster and Dominique Potier of the Paris Region Systems and ICT Cluster and are available at http://www.truffle100.com/2010/software-clusters-in-europe.php.
Commented Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG, "We have taken tremendous strides in further establishing the Software-Cluster in Rhine-Main-Neckar as a major drive of industry policy. Government, at both regional and national levels, has been very receptive to and supportive of our cluster activities. This has resulted in a €80 million investment in the development of future emergent software technologies in the region. Further international recognition of the Rhine-Main-Neckar region can only help our initiatives".
Such political support is not uniform across Europe according to Truffle Capital co-founder Bernard-Louis Roques: "The Truffle 100 survey of European Clusters reveals the magnitude of the challenges facing Europeans when it comes to the development of Technology Clusters capable of competing on the international stage and able to emulate Silicon Valley, the Boston region and their likes. Only 5 regions have revenues above €1 bn: 1 in Germany (Rhine-Main-Neckar), 3 in the UK (South-East England including London, NE England and E England) and 1 in France (Ile de France including Paris). While Rhine-Main-Neckar maintains its lead, thanks to 2 major international vendors, SAP and Software AG, South-East England was able to grab 2nd place, and close the gap on the leader, owing its impressive dynamic performance of several flagship vendors including Sage, Autonomy, Misys, and Microfocus.


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Democracy in America: Politicians and Their Constituents – Race Still Matters
New York Times columnist David Brooks recently posted an entry on that publication's blog discussing the findings of a field experiment by Yale Political Scientist, Dan Butler and his student, David Broockman. Butler and Broockman measured the responsiveness of public officials, in this case state legislators in 44 states, to the same email inquiry signed by two individuals, one with a "putatively black alias" and another with a "putatively white alias."
The researchers had a 56.6% response rate ("2,747 responses to the 4,859 emails"). They found that, without regard to party affiliation, the state legislators contacted were less responsive to the email from the black alias than the email from the white alias, although Republican legislators, by a small percentage point, replied less than Democrats to the black alias. The researchers also found that "minority state legislators responded much more frequently to the black alias than to the white alias (by 16.5 percentage points overall)."
As Butler and Broockman point out, one issue surrounding the debate about the need for majority-minority legislative districts is whether elected officials are as responsive to the concerns of constituents whose racial identity is different. These researchers conclude, in part, "our results provide direct support for the broader argument that how effectively minorities are represented does depend on the race of their representative, regardless of party."
David Brooks writes: "The study is one more indication that racial attitudes are deep, often below awareness." In other words, implicit bias, not intentional or invidious race prejudice, has wide-spread impacts. But his example suggests that he misunderstands implicit bias. Alas, we all still have a lot of work to do on race in America.
Brooks writes: "I am sometimes at gatherings where everybody but me is a Republican. I am sometimes at gatherings where everybody but me is a Democrat. In my experience people at all Republican gatherings do not make more racist or condescending comments than people at all Democratic gatherings. The frequency of these comments is about the same across the parties."
Explicit racist comments are not examples of racial attitudes "below our awareness." Whites, who as Brooks suggests say nothing when other whites make racist or condescending comments, especially in social settings, are what Janis McDonald characterizes as "polite whites." They may be offended, but say nothing to preserve their "white privilege." Polite whites tend to avoid confrontations on hard issues like race. But that is not my problem. Whites who believe in racial equality need to stop being so polite or racist attitudes will continue. I will try to do my part with my racial identity group.
Nevertheless, I commend David Brooks for giving this issue wider exposure. But I would advise him to read up on implicit bias – visit Harvard University's Project Implicit or read the works in this area by legal scholar Jerry Kang. As to the value of minority-majority legislative districts, this contentious debate will continue and the Butler-Broockman study can be used as ammunition by both sides.