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Meryl Streep finally landed the role of a lifetime: Meryl Streep. In the midst of an otherwise bland Golden Globes, Streep used her lifetime achievement award to launch the first official retaliatory strike in the culture wars that promise to dominate American discourse over the next four years. "There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart, not because it was good, it was — there's nothing good about it. But it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege and power and the capacity to fight back." Streep started her speech by apologizing for losing her voice. I'd argue that she actually found her voice last night (and the voice of artists across the country). In addition to calling out Trump, she expressed the importance of supporting journalists in the coming years. Meryl Streep has made a career of acting like other people. After last night's speech speech, it's America's turn to act like her.
+ Trump responded by calling Streep "over-rated" and a "Hillary flunky." He also insisted that he never mocked a disabled report. (He did.)
+ Am I arguing that Hollywood is always right and middle America is always wrong? Hell no. From the LA Times, here's a very interesting series on the places where the entertainment industry may have fallen short.
+ La La Land set a new record for Golden Globe wins. Here are all the winners.


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Saturday, August 4, 2007
Mexico City, Alltitude & Brian
You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. James 2:22
3 comments:
- Martin, Lisa, Olivia, Emily & Julian Pannell said...
Hi Sam, I love the way you tell a story or 3 in your blogs :) I'm planning on taking 6 months off work just to sit & listen to all your stories when you get back. We miss you mate - Emily prays for you every single night in our family prayer & Julian often chirps in to say 'big tall Sam?' and we confirm... yes.. 'big tall Sam' and we all feel better just talking about you & praying with you. Take Care mate & love to Nic. MP
- August 5, 2007 at 4:35 AM
- Colin said...
Hi Sam. I don't turn my computr on very often, and am not to good at using it. However I managed to work out how to read your Blog. It is wonderful to read of your prilgrimage, its a little bit like being with you, though I don't think I would last one day.
I think of you often and admire your motive for unity, which of course is the Lord's desire.
Give my love to Nic. she sounds ok.
Now I know how to do it I will keep in touch,
I wonder what the Lord has next for you?
Love and prayer.
- August 6, 2007 at 2:11 AM
- Margy said...
Hello Sam, thanks for keeping us up to date on what God is doing in and through you. So great that you have not given up Sam! We thank God for His abundant grace, enabling you to persevere under such extreme & dangerous circumstances. How good is our God, that we have the assurance of His presence with us all the way when we say our 'yes' to Him! As with you, Christian unity is deep in our hearts as we know it's God's heart for His Church. Thanks Sam for your obedience to the King of Kings, so His Kingdom can come here on earth as it is in Heaven.
- August 6, 2007 at 11:41 PM

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Like most players that main TF, I've stuck with him nerf after nerf but completely stopped playing him when they changed his ult from global to 5500 range. I've gone through his many evolutions and game play changes and somehow figured out a way make him viable and competitive.
Yes, it's that time again to give it another shot and see if, even after all the nerfs he's been getting, he can still shine. Even though at his current state, I believe that he is underpowered but if played well, TF can be a force to be reckoned with.
Here's the most recent way I build him that I have found to be best suited for how he is at the time of this writing. Please give it an honest try and hopefully you too can become successful at playing this truly unique and versatile champion.
Get Destruction (armor and magic pen) reds and quints + attack speed yellows and blues. The first item you will be building, Guinsoo's Rageblade, is for attack damage, spell damage, and attack speed. The optimal way to take advantage of this weapon is to have it fully stacked to 8. Having a bit more attack speed in your runes and using PaC and Wildcards in addition to your regular attacks will get you to 8 in no time. The attack speed will help deliver higher sustained dps after your initial burst.
23 points in offense. Get Summoner's wrath for Ghost. Get the AD and AP branches on the offense tree covered. Then get Archmage and Executioner to help induce the freak out factor after your stun burst combo and finish touch when they get low.
7 points on defense. I put 3 points each on magic resist and armor for survivability and to help make their pokes hurt a little less then 1 point on Summoner's Resolve for Cleanse.
Summoner Spells
On top providing a quick escape from impending death, the extra movement speed will help get you to within gate distance of a gank or team fight and help chase victims down after you after your stun burst combo.
Even though TF has different types of CC that he can use with PaC to escape (gold stun for single target escape and red slow for multiple target escape if they are close together), if he is CC'd then he will die very quickly... this is where Cleanse will save your *** big time.
Also, if you are not positioned properly and it will take too long to get the right angle of attack, it is sometimes necessary to break through their tank/cc hell front line and combo b*tch slap their carry. Unfortunately, with your shorter range this could mean disaster for a really soft target like TF without Cleanse.
Many would rather get an offensive summoner spell to drop on your victim when you gate in so that it helps with a quick kill without much reciprocated damage but from my experience, staying alive and preventing your screen from turning grey during those clutch team fights more often than not displays Victory rather than Defeat right before you hit the continue button in the end.
Skill Sequence
If you are not already familiar with TF, he has an E passive that gets bonus damage from every 4th hit.
When stacked deck is ready or when it is one shot from ready, Use PaC and choose gold (stun if you can catch them wanting to trade or blue if they are very dodgy and keep running back to their tower so you can use it on a minion to gain mana back). Follow up a regular attack then wild cards after PaC everytime. Practice this stun burst combo because this is your bread and butter and you will be doing this over and over again.
Use the quick select then double tap trick to choose gold card twice without watching the rotation. (When you hit PaC, anticipate when red changes to gold and pick gold as soon as it turns so that you are in the beginning of the rotation cycle. The next time PaC is ready, just double tap it and you will get the gold card automatically.)
Just for reference, stun card is not necessarily to do damage but to just hold them in place for a second so that wild cards + stacked deck hits their mark. Even if you don't pick Gold by mistake (Blue card actually does more damage but it is harder to skill shot with wild cards since they might be on the move), just make sure that you are able to hit with wild cards + stacked deck. By the way, accidentally picking red is not bad either... you can get 2 to 3 auto attacks in there while they are slowed.
Alternate leveling wild cards and stacked deck until both are all the way then put points into PaC. As you've probably assumed, put points on your ulti every chance you get.


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Release Notes: Some minor compilation warnings on newer GCC versions were fixed. The default X11 directory prefix was changed to /usr/lib and /usr/include.
Release Notes: Now supports FOX 1.6. Left and Right arrow keys allow you skip backward and forward. The number of seconds to skip can be setup in the preferences panel. Goto and Bookmark menu buttons are now grayed out if not playing. The slider is now disabled when in menu mode.
Release Notes: This release redesigns the information display a little bit. It adds Picture bookmarks. Each bookmark now has a picture associated to it, allowing you to choose easily from a list of bookmarks. FOX 1.2 support was dropped for this release. The GUI now looks more like the Goggles Music Manager.
Release Notes: FOX 1.4 support was added. Goggles now supports FOX 1.2 and FOX 1.4. The screenshot browser will show thumbnails of all the screenshots, but this requires FOX 1.4. Inter-thread communication is now safer when using FOX 1.4. Command line options are passed to Ogle from the goggles script. A FOX patch version is no longer checked when linking to stable FOX. You should now be able to update the FOX library without recompiling Goggles. The build script now checks if compilation was succesful and informs the user.
Release Notes: Various fixes for bugs in the build system.
Release Notes: This release adds support for the Ogle CVS version and some general improvements to the build and install script.
Release Notes: Two repeat modes were added: Repeat Chapter and Repeat Title.
Release Notes: This version is updated to support FOX 1.3.18.
Release Notes: This version adds support for F0X 1.3 (both 1.2 and 1.3 are supported), removes compilation warnings, and fixes a small bug in the Xv control panel.
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"Uno. Dos. Tres. Ah. Beh. Seh. Uno. Uno. Uno. Dos. Dos. Dos..."
I opened the windows to our front room to find a stage with speakers facing our house in the plaza below. With little time to think about what this might mean, I strapped on my running shoes for a morning run with my friend Fatima. En route to her house, I found myself weaving through a crowd of Spaniards dressed in strange traditional clothes, including many men in outlandish wooden clogs.
Returning from my run I found that Calle Mayor leading up to my house was lined with people. There was going to be a parade!
And a parade it was:
Matt and I gleaned that our street used to be a major route for livestock through Madrid, so every year in celebration, Madrilenos march their pigs, cows, horses and sheep through the streets, accompanied with costumes, music and drinking. A few photos and videos:
|These oxen were a little stubborn
|Men try to hold up these extremely tall flags, one which
eventually crashed into our house.


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Albuquerque finally had its first freeze Friday morning, which is the third latest on record for the metro. It was also the first time Albuquerque dipped below freezing since March 31st! The chill will stay in the air for your Friday afternoon with more cold temperatures that will be below freezing waking up early on Saturday morning.
Temperatures will start to moderate back to more seasonable highs for Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The slightly warmer temperatures will be thanks to an area of high pressure that will build over the Southwest. This high will eventually push temperatures back to warmer than normal highs by Sunday afternoon.
A low pressure system will then move through the state on Monday. This will be mostly a warm storm system for New Mexico bringing scattered rain to most of the state to begin next week. The highest elevations of the Northern Mountains will have a better shot for snow Monday into early Tuesday. This weather maker moves out by mid-week that means Thanksgiving is looking sunny and slightly warmer than normal.


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Knights is a simple chess board for KDE 4.
It is a rewrite of the KDE3 Knights, but it
net yet feature-complete compared to the old
one. Supports playing againts computer engines
that support the XBoard protocol or against
player at the same computer. It has automatic
rule checking and some nice animations.
WWW: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Knights?content=122046
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/games/knights-kde4/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install knights
cd /usr/ports/games/knights-kde4/ && make install clean
pkg install knights
PKGNAME: knights
SHA256 (knights-2.5.0.tar.bz2) = 6567c4203c55ebe0ae6b5a25c852d7beef8b88d4154592437bc357797da5bd28
SIZE (knights-2.5.0.tar.bz2) = 3426822
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for knights-2.5.0_7:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
NLS=on: Native Language Support
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
cmake:outsource kde:4 tar:bzip2 gettext qmake:_env
Number of commits found: 37
Chase ffmpeg 3.3 update (ABI changes)
Submitted by: riggs
Replace Mk/bsd.kde4.mk by Mk/Uses/kde.mk in preparation for KDE Frameworks and
Plasma5 ports
At the moment KDE ports use bsd.kde4.mk to handle their dependencies. When
working on the ports for KDE Frameworks and Plasma5 it seemed to be more
reasonable to create a new kde.mk instead of adding an bsd.kde5.mk.
The kde.mk in this review is a stripped down version of the one we are using in
the KDE Test repositories plasma5 branch [1] to only contain the parts relevant
to the current KDE4 ports in the portstree [2].
Changes to the KDE Ports needed by this:
Replace USE_KDE4 by USE_KDE [3]
Add USES=kde:4 [4]
Remove expired misc/kdehier4 and update all of its consumers to not reference it
longer. This is a no-op because KDE4_PREFIX is equal to LOCALBASE
Fix up properties for misc/kde4-l10n/files/bsd.l10n.mk to make svn happy.
PR: 209014 (partial)
Submitted by: myself
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6542
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-descrs, categories [g-n]*
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
- Remove deprecated USE_KDE4=kdehier
- while here, remove any reference to KDE in deskutils/charmtimetracker (Qt-only
and supposedly fix build of graphics/gnash with KDE4 option
- Drop @dirrm* from and add empty directories to plists
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4
to GCC 4.8.3.
Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.
Tested by: antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
Upgrade OpenEXR and ilmbase to 2.2.0.
GCC 4.2 in FreeBSD 8.X/9.X base is now too old to compile OpenEXR, so
GCC-based systems will upgrade to the default ports compiler (GCC 4.7
Add two patches to OpenEXR to permit building it in a live system with
the older OpenEXR version installed. Bug report filed to upstream Github
at https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/130
Couple OpenEXR more tightly to ilmbase and require its exact .so
Add UPDATING note, and bump PORTREVISION of all dependent ports.
Proto-STAGE hugin-devel, and mark it IGNORE because hugin is newer.
Approved by: portmgr (implicit for bumping PORTREVISION on unstaged ports)
Update my ports to be compliant with new USES framework and fix other issues.
* various: migrate USE_BZIP2 to USES=tar:bzip2
* various: migrate USE_XZ to USES=tar:xz
* multimedia/py-ffmpeg: add and prefer github (GH) as master site
* ports-mgmt/portbuilder: specify license as BSD2CLAUSE (instead of just BSD)
Most ports are updated infrequently so a single batch commit is preferred over
collating changes per port.
Remove trailing whitespaces from category games
- Bump PORTREVISION after KDE4_PREFIX change
According to the Porter's Handbook (188.8.131.52.) default options must be added to
OPTIONS_DEFINE. This policy has been implemented only recently that's why we
have many ports violating this policy.
This patch adds the default options specified in the Porter's Handbook to
OPTIONS_DEFINE where they are being used. Ports maintained by
firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com and email@example.com have been excluded.
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Part 1 at removing now useless FETCH_ARGS redifition
Add LICENSE (GPLv2) to games/knights-kde4 and bump PORTREVISION.
- PORTREVISION is bumped as some may reject the license.
Remove LATEST_LINK from my ports and fix CONFLICTS for lang/pypy.
Add stage support for games/knights-kde4.
Update to libmpc version 1.0.1 which brings the following fixes:
- Switched to automake 1.11.6, see CVE-2012-3386.
- #14669: Fixed extraction of CC from gmp.h.
- Fixed case of intermediate zero real or imaginary part in mpc_fma,
found by hydra with GMP_CHECK_RANDOMIZE=1346362345.
This is on top of the following changes from version 1.0
- Licence change towards LGPLv3+ for the code and GFDLv1.3+ (with no
invariant sections) for the documentation.
- 100% of all lines are covered by tests
- Renamed functions
. mpc_mul_2exp to mpc_mul_2ui
. mpc_div_2exp to mpc_div_2ui
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE from all my ports.
Better to remove now, in one go, then forget about it.
Set FETCH_ARGS to follow redirections.
The download URL from Dropbox seems to be redirecting to another location
these days, which made make fetch fail.
PR: ports/177994
- Convert USE_GETTEXT to USES (part 4)
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Chase kdegames4 split
Switch to out-of-source build
- convert USE_CMAKE to USES
- while here clean up some ports from CMAKE_VERBOSE, which is intended
for users
Approved by: portmgr (miwi)
- fix '(' '}' typo
- fix OPTION keyword US -> USB (sysutils/nut22)
Update games/knights-kde4 to 2.5.0: unbreak build, make port DOCS, NLS aware.
Version 2.5.0: Port to new KDEGames library, compatible with KDE 4.9
Version 2.4.2: A handful of usability fixes
Version 2.4.1 introduces support for the UCI protocol, setting the difficulty
level of chess engines, game history display, and loading and saving PGN files.
Version 2.4.0 brings voice support, possibility of external control by dbus,
and a couple of bug fixes.
Version 2.3.2 is a bugfix release with several fixes, mostly by Dave Kaye.
It fixes drag-coused freezes, dropping pieces outside of the board, and a theme
appearing twice in the selection dialog.
Approved by: eadler (mentor), email@example.com (maintainer timeout: 2 weeks)
More merges from area51 repository:
- Chase kdemultimedia4 split/kdegames shlib bump
- Convert to new options framework
- Trip Makefile header
- add patches to fix build with ffmpeg-devel [1]
PR: ports/162261 [1]
Submitted by: Phil Oleson <oz at nixil.net>
- Convert USE_QT_VER=4 and QT_COMPONETS to USE_QT4
Review by: bapt, David Naylor (kde team)
- update png to 1.5.10
Remove build dependencies on textproc/docbook-xml and textproc/docbook-xsl.
They were added to fix build with kdelibs-4.5, while correct fix was
to add them as run dependencies for x11/kdelibs4 (done a while ago).
- Bump PORTREVISION to chase the update of multimedia/libvpx
- Update games/knights-kde4 port to latest version (2.3.1)
Submitted by: Mina R Waheeb (maintainer)
Chase after net/openldap24-server update.
Reminded by: miwi
- Update to Knights-2.2.0 release
Submitted by: myself
Approved by: Mina R Waheeb (maintainer)
Feature safe: yes
- Chase security/libksba shlib version bump
Requested by: kwm
Pointyhat to: glarkin
- Update Knights to KDE4 version, 2.0
- Pass maintainership to submitter
Submitted by: Mina R Waheeb <firstname.lastname@example.com> via kde@ mailing list
- Force commit to note repocopy
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1 vulnerabilities affecting 7 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
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Cathouse, Glasgow, December 7
"This song is about rehab, and how much it sucks!" announces Fidlar's impish frontman Zac Carper. The next one, he explains, "is about being skinny and tall and ginger. And a stoner!" The one after that? Blacking out. And the next? LSD. No, that's not right; this one is about heroin, the one after is about LSD. And no forgetting the last one, "for all you cokeheads out there!"
Forget parental advisory stickers; when the LA slacker-punks release their debut album in February, it'll have to be sold in brown paper bags with 'MORAL DECAY!' printed on the front. If they actually manage to shift the thing in significant amounts, the spinning of Mary Whitehouse's corpse could power its own complaints switchboard and Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre will have them run out of the country on a rail. What we're basically trying to say is: you'll like them.
The first song they play tonight tells you pretty much everything you need to know: 'Cheap Beer' is a two-minute thrash whose chorus goes "" No, Fidlar are not a band who are going to surprise you with profundity or virtuosity (though they do display exemplary taste in covering both Warren Zevon's 'Carmelita' and Fear's 'I Don't Care About You'), but they are consistently, criminally, good fun.
It certainly helps that, while the songs rarely veer from the subject of doing illicit things on illegal substances, they're also laden with memorable hooks and choruses: 'Max Can't Surf' is built around a rudimentary but irresistible riff, while 'No Waves' may be the catchiest tune ever written about crackheads. And inevitably, when you keep propositioning your audience for drugs (as Carper does, often), they're going to assume anything goes. At their London show a couple of nights earlier, things got so chaotic even the bouncers were crowdsurfing. Tonight, faced with a crowd about 30 people deep, you wouldn't expect similar scenes. Yet by the sludge-punk cacophony of 'White On White', the audience are tossing Carper around the dancefloor like a freshly slaughtered trophy.
It's the fate of bands like Fidlar (and Black Lips and DZ Deathrays, to name two more) to never be regarded entirely seriously; in interviews, they've already taken to pointing out how, for a bunch of slackers, they do a hell of a lot of touring. So raise a cheap beer to them for standing at the coalface of rock'n'roll and spitting rubbing alcohol into the fire.
Barry Nicolson


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Target, Target, and more Target! There's a reason why I just can't get enough of this store; they're relentless when it comes to putting out sweet coupon deals every. single. week! Definitely the perfect place to shop if you're looking into starting a stockpile of your very own!
This week, there a bunch of different healthcare deals, including an AMAZING deal on toothbrushes and toothpaste. I ended up saving a total of 83%!! See how I did it below:
Transaction 1:
- Buy 4 Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste Twin Pack ($4.79 each)= $19.16
Buy 4, receive a $5.00 Gift Card through 5/14
- Buy 4 Oral-B Indicator Contour Clean Manual Toothbrush 4 count ($4.99 each)= $19.96
Buy 4, receive a $5.00 Gift Card through 5/14
Total before coupons: $39.12
- Use 30% off Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste, 2 count- Target Cartwheel (-$5.76)
- Use 30% off Oral-B Indicator Contour Clean, 4 pack- Target Cartwheel (-$6.00)
- Use four $2.00/1 Colgate Total, Optic White, Max Fresh, or Enamel Health Toothpaste Twin Pack
- Use four $2.00/1 Oral-B Adult Manual Toothbrush, 4 count or larger
Total after coupons: $11.36, receive two $5.00 Gift Cards
Transaction 2:
- Buy 4 Quaker Real Medleys Oatmeal Cups ($1.67 each)= $6.68
- Buy 2 Band-Aid Gauze Pads, 10 count ($1.99 each)= $3.98
- Buy 1 Band-Aid Bandages, 20 count= $2.79
- Buy 1 First Aid Bag= $5.99
Buy three select first aid products, receive free first aid bag through 5/21
- Buy 2 Dulcolax Pink Tablets, 25 count ($5.49 each)= $10.98
Total before coupons: $30.42
- Use 5% off Quaker Real Medleys- Target Cartwheel Offer (-$.33)
- Use 20% off Dulcolax, All Varieties- Target Cartwheel Offer (-$2.20)
- Use four $1.00/1 Quaker Real Medleys Cup from RedPlum 03/13
- Use one $1.50/2 Band-Aid Brand Products
- Use one $.50/1 Band-Aid Brand Adhesive Bandages
- Use one B1G1 Free Dulcolax Pink, 25 count or larger
- -$5.99 (The first aid bag will be free for buying three first aid products)
- Use $10.00 in Gift Cards from Transaction 1
Total after coupons and gift cards: $.44
Grand total after all coupons and discounts: $11.80 for $69.54 worth of product, or an 83% savings!!!
Also, when buying these first aid kits, be sure to check inside for a little booklet with additional coupon savings on different health products! Score!
83% is definitely something to be proud of, and it's super cool that I scored these particular deals because my stockpile was getting low on toothpaste, Hadley and I needed new toothbrushes, and I was in desperate need of a first aid kit in my house! (I already have one in my car, but I was waiting for the first aid bag deal to come around again before I bought another one. 🙂 )
Until the next $20 or Less!


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The fog is easy enough to navigate.
One foot in front of the other,
You only need to see the step just ahead of you.
But even the strongest will
Will only get you so far without an anchor.
And that's just the fog.
When the gray dissipates,
When the world returns,
It doesn't happen by degrees.
The fog doesn't ease you back into the vibrancy of life.
Instead, you're hurled right back into it,
Headfirst and without a moment to catch your breath.
Suddenly, you can see any number of paths before you.
You don't know who you are anymore.
The fog is safer,
You just keep moving forward.
One foot in front of the other.
Now that it has finally abandoned you—
And that is what you wanted, right?—
Now you have to know who you are,
And where you'll go next.
How long has it been since you were you?
Too long in the fog,
You've lost your sense of direction.
The map was obscured.
A battle fog made the world much smaller, and,
To your dismay, much easier to navigate.
A 4 x 4 square is more easily managed
Than acres of possibilities.
When the fog clears
And you can see much more than
Just that single next step,
You realize you're lost.
You find yourself taking one step at a time—
Deep breaths, in and out, like you have for so long—
Until the safety of the fog returns.
Whoever you are remains lost in the gray.


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Human beings in this current civilization of 15,000 years, have never been more wealthy, advanced and well informed. Yet, if you look at statistics, we are getting sicker and dying younger. We get sick mainly from degenerative diseases – which by the way never existed until the last century; and to deepen the assault, we are now getting diagnosed with mental illnesses that scientists and doctors have to create names for.
There are probably more than one contributive reason to this phenomenon, and most experts would agree that the number one factor is the problem with our diet.
Too much metabolic waste
Whenever we consume food, in order for our body to assimilate nutrients from the food, there are by-products created from digestion. Generally, the more complex the structure of the food, the more by-products are created; and foods with simpler molecular structure are easier to digest with less by products.
Foods that create a high toxic digestive load are basically all meats – with those higher on the food chain containing more toxins than those lower; foods that create the least toxins are plant foods like fruits vegetables seeds and nuts.
Chlorophyl deficient
The most important substance that give life to all organisms on Earth, is chlorophyl. It is the basic substance of life because of its ability to generate sugar and oxygen by taking in sunlight and carbon dioxide.
Chlorophyl is the single most alkalizing and healing substance. Countless scientific research has already shown the dramatic healing effects of chlorophyl on degenerative symptoms. It is the most abundant material on Earth yet humans are not getting enough of it. Why? Because we have taught ourselves to denature, cook and process our food.
The easiest ways to include Chlorophyl in our diet is via the form of green juices, green smoothies, fresh salads with plenty of raw greens, and raw condensed green powders/concentrates.
EFA myth
Today the supplement industry is valued at USD40bil, out of which an increasing chunk is being channeled into Omega 3 supplementation.
The word EFA stands for Essential Fatty Acids. The word Essential means our body needs it but we cannot manufacture it, hence it could only be obtained from the food we eat.
We need both Omega 3 and 6 to have healthy brains, cell membranes and basically proper functioning. 3's are found mostly in nuts, seeds, plant foods and seafood; 6's are found in all land animals and processed cooking oils.
If you do a study of the most healthy tribes and civilizations of our time, their diets all have something in common – high in plant foods and just a small portion of meats. Today, we have managed to completely reversed this – we eat a diet super high in meats and just a small portion of vegetables. We have now increased our ration of Omega 3 to 6 from 1:5 to 1: 30 within less than a century.
The cause of disease today stems mainly from the inflammation that is in turn caused by an over supply of Omega 6.
There isn't much money to be made from us lowering 6's consumption; but there is a ton of money to be made from having us increase our 3's. That is the likely reason that we have so many advertisements on Omega 3 supplementation today.
Supplementation aside, if we can consciously reduce our Omega 6 intake, it could do wonders for our health.
Gut Health
Many people do not know that our gut is our second brain. Memory loss and brain fog is not merely caused by deficiency, but also a gut with imbalanced flora bacteria.
Lately, scientists have discovered that our body is mainly empty space and bacterium. It may not be incorrect to say we are an organisation of bacteria colonies. There is an intricate balance of good versus bad bacteria in us, and in many cases, our health and sports performance depends on maintaining the balance and the stability of the balance.
Our diet today, besides giving us too much metabolic waste, also does a good job at wiping out our good bacteria. Things like anti-biotics and over processed foods make sure that our gut has a harder time re-establishing the good bacteria. In a certain sense, our body is always working against the 'current'.
To reset the healthy bacteria balance, we have to take note of 2 things – Probiotics and Prebiotics. Probiotics are the strains of healthy bacteria that we can ingest; the good news is that they are widely available in health food stores in capsule or powder form. Just make sure to get a variety and rotate them over time. The second thing is Prebiotics – this is the food that the good bacteria feeds on. Think fibrous vegetables, sweet fruits like bananas. Its not that difficult to gain back that balance once you know how to.
And of course, consuming plenty of fermented foods like kim chi, saukrauet, kombucha tea, rejuvelac and kefir drinks will help reset the flora back to optimum.
Fats avoidance
Avoiding fats because we think they make us gain fat is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Our body need fats for the following reasons:
- To absorb fat soluble nutrients
- Flavoring food and making us feel satiated so we won't over eat
- Facilitates neurotransmission
- Cushions our organs against shock and nervous stimuli
- Fat is needed to burn fat
When we are fat deficient, we tend to eat more, have cravings, mood swings, memory loss and coordination problem. We also tend to be more edgy. For those thinking that they could lose weight by avoiding fats, it is a mistake because the body holds on to fat for longer when your diet is fat deficient.
The key thing to note is that not all fats are the same. You want to take in the good uncooked plant fats that are unprocessed and whole. Go for raw sprouted seeds and nuts, high fat fruits like coconuts and durians, and a small portion of cold pressed seed and nut oils.
Remember that your body is not a 'thing'. It is a constant work in progress; a state of manifestation and expression of your accumulated choices. Whatever you do today has an impact on creating new cells and organs tomorrow, and in 6 months you get a completely new organ.
Instead of perfection, aim for progression. Make your journey of health a fun and enjoyable one!
(C) Linda Loo


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Today the White House and the Department of Treasury issued a joint report on the President's Framework for Business Tax Reform. The report is at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/Documents/The-Presidents-Framework-for-Business-Tax-Reform-02-22-2012.pdf.
This report outlines what the President believes should be five key elements of business tax reform: eliminate tax loopholes and subsidies, broaden the base and cut the corporate tax rate to spur growth; strengthen manufacturing and innovation; strengthen the international tax system to encourage domestic investment; simplify and cut taxes for small businesses; and restore fiscal responsibility.
According to the report, the President's Framework would reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent, noting however that at least several considerations relating to the corporate tax base (such as reforming depreciation schedules and limiting deductibility of interest) would be necessary for implementing the reduction. The Framework would also effectively cut the top corporate tax rate on manufacturing income to 25 percent or an even lower rate by reforming the domestic production activities deduction, and would expand, simplify and make permanent the Research and Experimentation tax credit; allow small businesses to expense up to $1 million in investments; and double the amount of deductible start-up expenses from $5,000 to $10,000. On the other hand, some of the other notable proposals in the Framework include imposing minimum tax on overseas profits, taxing carried interest as ordinary income, and eliminating certain temporary business tax provisions that have been deficit-financed.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The White House and the Treasury Department Unveils the President's Framework for Business Tax Reform
Today the White House and the Department of Treasury issued a joint report on the President's Framework for Business Tax Reform. The report is at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/Documents/The-Presidents-Framework-for-Business-Tax-Reform-02-22-2012.pdf.
Curtis Helps Omani Companies with Foreign Shareholdings Win Landmark Tax Judgment in Oman Supreme Court
Muscat, February 22, 2012 – Lawyers from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP helped two Oman-based clients of the firm win an important tax judgment handed down this week by Oman's Supreme Court.
The Court decided in favour of the two Curtis clients, who were represented by James Harbridge and Kamilia Al Busaidy, that Omani companies who have shareholdings in companies outside Oman should not have to pay tax on dividends received between the inclusive period of 2002 through 2004, the years being considered in the matter.
"The issue was hugely important for our clients, one of which is a multi-national oil and gas entity and the other concentrating in the cement business," said Mr. Harbridge, partner in the Curtis Muscat office. "The result highlights Curtis' perseverance on our clients' behalf."
This decision overturned earlier decisions of the Omani Primary and Appeal Courts in 2010 that these overseas dividends were taxable, pursuant to a 2004 Supreme Court judgment. It is expected that the written Supreme Court judgment will make it clear that the ruling also applies to the tax years immediately prior and after: 2000, 2001 and 2005-2009 inclusive.
The favourable Supreme Court judgments therefore imply that tax payers who have received overseas dividends during the applicable years should not be taxed on this income, if they have already disputed the charges or if their assessments are yet to be completed. They are deemed to have accepted their tax liability if they have already paid tax in these respective years.
Following the judgment, dividends paid in the applicable years to any Omani company on shareholdings in foreign companies will no longer be viewed as taxable income.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP is a leading international law firm providing a broad range or services to clients around the world. Curtis has 15 offices in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, and Latin America. The firm's international orientation has been a hallmark of its practice for nearly two centuries. For more information about Curtis, please visit www.curtis.com or follow Curtis on Twitter (twitter.com/curtislawfirm) and Facebook.com/Curtis.Careers).
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Proposed FATCA Regulations Are Released Today
The long-anticipated proposed regulations on implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) were issued today. The IRS news release is at http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=254068,00.html, and the text of the proposed regulations is at http://www.irs.gov/pub/newsroom/reg-121647-10.pdf. A public hearing is scheduled for May 15, 2012; comments must be received by April 30, 2012.
FATCA requires foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to report to the IRS information about financial accounts held by U.S. taxpayers, or by foreign entities in which U.S. taxpayers hold a substantial ownership interest. To avoid withholding under FATCA, a participating FFI must enter into an agreement with the IRS to identify U.S. accounts, report certain information to the IRS regarding U.S. accounts, verify its compliance with its obligations pursuant to the agreement, and ensure that a 30-percent tax on certain payments of U.S. source income is withheld when paid to non-participating FFIs and account holders who are unwilling to provide the required information.
The proposed regulations lay out a step-by-step process for U.S. account identification, information reporting, and withholding requirements for foreign financial institutions (FFIs), other foreign entities, and U.S. withholding agents. Registration of participating FFIs will take place through an online system which will become available by January 1, 2013. FFIs that do not register and enter into an agreement with the IRS will be subject to withholding on certain types of payments relating to U.S. investments.
According to the IRS, the proposed regulations would implement FATCA in stages to minimize burdens and costs consistent with achieving the statute's compliance objectives, and the rules are intended to allow time for resolving local law limitations to which some FFIs may be subject. The IRS also states that the Treasury Department and the IRS will continue to work closely with businesses and foreign governments to implement FATCA effectively. The United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom announced today the intent to develop framework for intergovermental approach to sharing information under FATCA. The joint statement is at http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Documents/020712%20Treasury%20IRS%20FATCA%20Joint%20Statement.pdf. Notably, Switzerland is not a party to the joint statement.
The proposed regulations generally would become effective on the date of being adopted as final regulations.
Implementation of FATCA Guidance May Take Intergovernmental Approach, Remarked Acting Treasury Secretary
At the New York State Bar Association Tax Section's Annual Meeting on January 24, 2012, Acting Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy Emily S. McMahon remarked on issues in the IRS implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance ("FATCA"). Generally, foreign institutions must enter into an agreement with the IRS to implement due diligence and reporting requirements, or suffer a 30% withholding tax on a broad range of payments.
Consistent with her prior remarks, Ms. McMahon hinted that the Treasury Department is "open to exploring an intergovernmental approach . . . that would address legal impediments to direct reporting" and that would be "mutually beneficial" to the United States and foreign governments. She also noted that the Treasury Department's regulations will seek to minimize the administrative burden of FATCA and focus its application on circumstances that present a higher risk of tax evasion. For example, with respect to existing accounts, the regulations will permit substantial reliance on documentation previously collected during account opening procedures; for new accounts, the regulations will seek to align the review required for FATCA purposes with the procedures that financial institutions already follow to comply with anti-money laundering and "know-your-customer" rules.
In addition, the regulations will provide expanded categories of financial institutions that are "deemed compliant" with FATCA, as well as a previously announced exception for retirement plans. The regulations will phase-in FATCA reporting requirements over an extended transition period.
She noted that the Treasury Department is trying to resolve conflicts with privacy or other laws in foreign countries by communicating with a number of major U.S. trading partners about bilateral approaches to overcome legal impediments and facilitate FATCA compliance. The United States has in place a network of agreements with more than 60 countries, which already permit the a foreign government to provide the IRS with FATCA type account information.
Ms. McMahon suggested that one solution may be to allow a foreign financial institutions to report the information required by FATCA to their home country government, which would then transmit the information to the IRS. She noted that the Treasury Department expects to offer foreign countries reciprocity by providing information on U.S. accounts. Information regarding U.S. bank accounts is already available upon request to the IRS. Regulations have been proposed to ensure that the IRS has this information when requested by a foreign government. Information exchange agreements have been designed to safeguard such confidential information and to limit its use to legitimate tax enforcement purposes.
Finally, the Treasury Department will continue to develop multilateral, global approaches to the exchange of financial account information for tax purposes over the long term, under multilateral frameworks such as the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information, the OECD Treaty Relief and Compliance Enhancement project, and the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.


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Skip to comments.Republican donor expected to shell out $10 million to Gingrich super PAC
Posted on 02/17/2012 8:26:56 AM PST by Josh Painter
Washington (CNN) - In a move that could again dramatically shake up the Republican primary race, billionaire and major Republican donor Sheldon Adelson is expected to donate an additional $10 million to the super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, Winning Our Future, a source with knowledge of the donation told CNN.
That contribution is expected soon, before the end of the month, the source said. The timing is important because Gingirch, whose campaign has been lagging, is hoping to do well in several of the upcoming Super Tuesday states that vote on March 6 to boost his effort. His allies will need that money to be in a position to help. Because ten states go to the polls on that one day, money is key in order to do well.
Such a large gift will give Winning Our Future a major financial shot in the arm and will help it narrow the financial disparity it has with the super PACs supporting Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Both of those groups are up with major TV ad buys while Winning Our Future is up with several radio ad campaigns.
Adelson, a Nevada casino mogul, and his extended family have already given $11 million to that PAC.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
So Romney's attempted strong arm of Adelson apparently has failed???
What's interesting is that Adelson's second choice for the nomination is Romney. That is an odd bird. Most people pick Rick Newt or Newt Rick.
The ads Newt's PAC have been producing have been great. Love the new one on the radio mentioning Dole and McCain and then hearing car crashes.
From what I understand, Adelson does not like Santorum's position on online gambling. That would make more sense of Romney as his #2 choice.
[ So Romneys attempted strong arm of Adelson apparently has failed??? ]
Not necessarily. Some reports say that this money is meant to take out Santorum and help Romney. Romney doesn't have to attack Santorum if Newt's PAC does it for him. Some believe a smear campaign against Santorum like the one he launched against Newt will backfire. Plus, many think Santorum is going to be Romney's VP so Romney doesn't want to attack him. I don't know if there is any truth to these reports.
I think Romney/Santorum is a LOSING ticket! If Romney wins, Romney/Rubio is the way to go, or Romney/Perry.
The adds attack the problem the RNC. Most people who are in the anti Romney group will relate to the message IMO.
They have isolated the target very well. Two birds with one stone.
(To quote the lyrics in Paul Simon's "Mrs Robinson:" "Laugh about it, shout about it; when you've got to choose; any way you look at it; you lose!")
My first thought would be to carpet bomb Romney to hell like he has been doing to Newt all along. On second thought that might be not that be counterproductive.
It's a pretty safe bet that Newt won't be spending Adelson's money on anti-Santorum ads. He hasn't run any yet, despite the fact that Santorum & his PAC have run ads attacking Newt.
Or brokered convention PALIN/PERRY my dream ticket and I will continue
To dream!!!!!!
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7 Ways To 1000 List in 3 Weeks
Posted by frican on May in Blogging, Business, Business Opportunity, Forex, Home Business, Online Biz, Work At Home | 0 comments
Step 1: Get Focused & Have The Correct Mindset
The first step is very important. You have to get focused and in the right state of mind. You need to be focused on the end result, which is growing your email list.
As simple as it sounds, this is where all beginners screw up. It's like a basketball player trying to make a basket without actually shooting the ball.
You can't just say, "I want to get as many subscribers as possible!" – You need to set some goals for yourself.
How many subscribers do you want?
When are the subscribers are going to buy from you?
How much money are you going to spend to build your list
Keep track of your goals, it gives you something to strive for!
The Ultimate Goal
Your ultimate goal should be to provide value to your subscribers. If you're looking to make money from your list (which you should be) then you will need to provide high value.
It doesn't matter how big your list is – if you aren't of any value, they won't buy a single item from you. Be someone who excels at value and you will notice your list grows easier.
Step 2: Take Action
Don't wait around. There never is a 'perfect moment' to start building your list, do it now. You don't need those graphics, funnel or copy. The only 'perfect moment' is when it involves you taking action. Action produces results and that's exactly what we are looking for, so get started.
Step 3: You Need A Landing Page
To be able to start collecting emails, you need a place where someone can subscribe to your list.
The truth is, building a list only requires 2 things at the bare minimum.
A landing page
A traffic source
If you are looking to use a template or plugin to build your landing pages, I recommend:
I don't believe that you need a bribe to get people to opt in. (free report, video, etc) I'm not saying that you shouldn't have one, I just don't think it's a necessity. I've seen a lot of people have a landing page that signs people up for their monthly newsletter.
Important Tip:
I recommend using a two using a two step for your optin on your landing pages A two-step optin is when the visitor takes an action, showing interest, before being presented with an optin form. So instead of being slammed with optin forms all over the place, they will never actually see an optin form until they choose to do so.
An example would be to have an image in your sidebar that says, "Click here to download my latest secrets" – and once they actually click the image, a popup optin form will appear.
Another example would be to include hyperlinks inside of your articles or posts. If you have an article that talks about how to build a doghouse, somewhere in the article you can say, "you can click here to go ahead and download my blueprint for this specific doghouse" – and once they click that hyperlink, an optin form appears!
This has been tested and proven to increase conversions since the visitor is already showing interest and taking action before the form even appears. There are plugins that allow you to implement this sort of functionality with only a few clicks of your mouse.
I recommend checking out Optin Links which is a plugin for WordPress and allows you to implement this strategy and much more!
Step 4: Getting Targeted Traffic
This is probably the biggest issue for all entrepreneurs. There are a million and one traffic products and they can't seem to focus in on just one strategy to drive traffic!
As you know, there are tons of sources for traffic. If you are just starting out and you are looking for a cheap but effective source – I recommend Solo Ads.
This is by far the quickest way to test your squeeze page and see results. If you don't know, a solo ad is when you pay someone (in your niche) who already has an email list in your niche. That person will send an email to their subscribers with a link to your landing page and you only pay if someone visits your website.
The average cost of this is usually .20-.50 per click. Not a bad way to test your landing page and collect some emails!
Issues you may face with buying Solo Ads
Where do you find solo ad sellers?
How do you know if they are trust worthy?
Do I write the email or do they?
What if I get scammed and lose my money?
As with anything in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to buy solo ads. That's why I recommend you read a proven course that takes you by the hand and shows you how to do it the right way.
Don't buy any solo ads until you read that guide.
Step 5: Split Test
Now that you have traffic coming to your landing page, you need to split test your pages. Split testing is the easiest way to double your opt in rates overnight.
A split test is when you have 2 different versions of your landing page and you track to see which one is converting better.
For example, a few split tests you could run are:
Changing a few words in the headline
Changing the color of the background
Adjusting the size of the text
Changing your call to action
Once you find a page that converts better, you trash the other page and start a new split test. In a perfect world, you will never stop split testing. Keep testing and keep increasing your opt in rate.
Step 6: Retargeting The Non-Subscribers
Not everyone will subscribe to your landing page when they see it. We all know that. But that doesn't mean you should just let them go forever. I started to retarget the prospects that left my website without signing up and it has more than doubled my email list.
What is retargeting?
Retargeting is when you place a code on your landing page and whoever visits your website will have a cookie placed on their browser. Now, whenever they visit other websites, you can advertise directly to them because of that cookie.
Pretty sweet right?
So when someone visits my website and they decide they don't want to join my email list, I can show ads to them on Facebook, CNN, HuffingtonPost, etc saying – "Hey, why didn't you join my email list? Come back!"
Of course I can get a little more detailed, but you get the idea. This builds brand recognition and helps you become an instant authority. So how do you do that? I recommend a site called Perfect Audience.
They specialize in retargeting and that's the site I use. Of course, as I mentioned above, if you don't know what you are doing – you can waste a lot of money setting up your retargeting campaigns. I don't want that to happen to. And as always, I want to provide you with the same resources I use when running my online business.
I recommend you follow another guide that takes you by the hand and shows you everything you need to know about retargeting. This way, you don't lose any money and you turn a positive ROI for yourself.
Step 7: Rinse & Repeat
Now that you have your landing page going, you are sending solo ad traffic and you are retargeting lost leads – it's time to duplicate the process!
Following these steps alone helped me grab 1,000 new subscribers in as little as 3 weeks. (In a brand new niche) It's a proven strategy that you should be taking advantage of. Keep setting up new landing pages in new niche, keep split testing and keep maximizing your traffic sources and you will have a list of 50,000+ in no time!
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In 2005 I wrote an article about ten of the lamest superheroes of all time featuring characters such as Vibe, Arm Fall Off Boy, Dogwelder, Brother Power the Geek, the Red Bee and Aqualad. Little did I know when I wrote it that in the years to come this article would bring thousands of readers to our web-site. That's right! The Top Ten Lamest Superhero of All Time is, without a doubt, the most successful article we ever ran at Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict, and has been linked at dozens of web-sites and was even reprinted in the National Post. However, like all successful movies, there are always more of the story to tell, and an inferior sequel is written. Thus, I dipped my fingers into the cesspool of the "not so greatest" superheroes of all time to bring you that inferior sequel. Brace yourself friends and readers, for another helping of characters that wont be getting their own feature film anytime soon as:
But first, what defines a lame superhero? If they are lame, does that make them the worst? Not at all. In fact, possibly it does the opposite. In many ways it is their lameness that makes them fan favorites and cherished by comic readers throughout the world. Every character has a fan no matter how obscure or stupid their concept. In fact, there are some comic fans who do nothing but collect and record the adventures of these odd ball characters. I'm guilty myself of collecting anything that has a Brother Power or Red Bee appearance. There is a part of me that loves each and ever character that appears in these articles. No, what hinders a superhero from being "cool" could be the result of a number of different factors. Often it is because the character concept is so outlandish and strange that we can't even understand where the creator was coming from. Many times it's because the character was created with certain social trends in mind, but becomes dated due to the passage of time. Other times it's because a characters creation had good intentions that, due to many factors, just went horribly wrong. Sometimes it's even because the character was intended to be lame from the very beginning. Yet, whatever the reason, these lame characters become interesting character oddities that stick with collectors and comic fans for years to come, despite their lameness, and this couldn't be truer for our first lame superhero…
1. Dazzler
Some superheroes begin their crime fighting careers when they are bit by radioactive spiders and others when they witness their parents gunned down in a back alley by a common crook. But for Alison Blaire, well she started fighting crime because she just wanted to sing! When Allison's father discouraged her from a singing career and tries to force her into being a lawyer, Allison leaves home to follow her dream…TO BECOME A DISCO DIVA! However, Allison has a secret. In reality she is no ordinary dancing queen. No sir. Allison is actually a mutant with the ability to generate sound into light which intensifies when she sings! Donning a silvery blue pant suite stolen from Joey Hetherington's Vegas act, a pair of jeweled roller skates, and blue KISS make up, Allison Blaire, under the new moniker Dazzler, hit the disco scene, burning up the night like a disco inferno, and using her powers to create light and laser shows for the ultimate dance party. However, faster then she could shake her booty, Allison found herself fighting the Hellfire Club alongside the X-Men in her first appearance in Uncanny X-Men #130. Luckily for Dazzler, this particular issue was one of the books connected to the fabled Phoenix Saga, which would be reprinted far longer then disco would be popular, Marvel comic fans would never be able to forget such a dated character concept. Anyhow, armed with a jeweled disco ball around her neck which she could fire paralyzing light beams through, Dazzler eventually found her way into her own comic book where she would be a star in New York and a star in LA, and fighting super menaces like the Enchantress, Doctor Doom and even Galactus! I'm serious. Frikkin' Galactus! I'd love to see Donna Summer try to put a smack down on Galactus. Anyhow, Dazzler began her disco, and crime fighting career, in 1980 when disco was pretty much already dead. Sure, Dazzler has changed her look and her musical style over the years (most recently seen as a techno/trance performer), but for millions of merry Marvel mutant lovers, Dazzler will always remain in their hearts as our favorite disco dancing mutant. I mean, you might be able to take the mutant out of disco, but you'll never be able to take the disco out of the mutant.
2. Madam Fatal
Criminals were looking over their shoulders in terror in 1940s New York City because there was one scarlet clad figure they didn't want to see. It wasn't the Flash or Starman or even the Red Bee. Nope. It was a little old lady in a red hat, red overcoat and red high heeled pumps who was aided by a pet parrot named Hamlet. That's right! Evil doers beware the wrath of Madam Fatal, who could pumble a crook with the strength and speed of a fairly athletic man. In fact, Madam Fatal actually WAS a fairly athletic man! When retired actor Richard Stanton's daughter was kidnapped, Stanton donned the clothes of a woman in order to disguise himself and have his foes underestimate his speed and strength. However, once his daughter was saved, Stanton must have either enjoyed the thrill of crime fighting, or at least the feel of shaving his legs and a nice pair of silk stockings, because through Crack Comics #1-22 Madam Fatal was the cross dressing dare devil of the four color comic set. In recent years, comic book fans and scholars have argued that Madam Fatal was the world's first gay superhero, although the fact that no gay subtext other then cross dressing appeared in any of the comics, as well as the fact that Madam Fatal had a daughter, leads me to believe he probably was nothing more then a cross dresser. I mean, Madam Fatal didn't have a boy sidekick called Fatal Boy (or would have that been Fatal Girl?). Anyhow, we all have our little fetishes, but this was the first, and the last, time that comic books had a transsexual superhero to my knowledge.
3. Extraño
And speaking of gay characters, you just couldn't get any gayer then The New Guardian's resident magician Extraño. In fact, Extraño was nothing more then a giant walking, talking gay stereotype. Created in 1988 as part of their Millennium cross over, Steve Englehart and Joe Staton dared to push the boundaries by creating Extraño, a gay Hispanic magician, who would go down as being DC comic's first bonifide gay superhero. However, instead of helping ease prejudice against homosexuality, Englehart and Staton actually dumped nearly every single gay stereotype that you could heave on to the character from the little thin mustache to a flamboyant costume and personality and even making him the sensitive member of the New Guardians who had his teammates call him "Auntie" when he dished out heart to heart advice. However, when he and his teammates were attacked by a vampire with AIDS (sigh…don't even ask), Extraño revealed that he actually already was HIV positive before he started his superhero career, because we all know that all gay characters HAVE to be HIV positive. We can't let the straight ones be. By the way, for those keeping track Extraño is actually Spanish for "strange" or "odd" or "queer." Good going on that one guys! Even the characters name was in bad taste. Anyhow, Extraño eventually came into the power of a crystal skull that helped enhance his magical powers, or something, but eventually the New Guardians book was cancelled and Extraño disappeared into the abyss of comic book limbo. Reports say that Extraño was last seen in a bath house in Thailand with Gary Glitter, but that's another story.
4. The Black Racer
Some people believe that death comes to you as a skeletal figure in a black robe and armed with a sickle. Others, like Neil Gaimen, will tell you that death comes in the form of a perky Goth girl with an ankh around her neck. However, if your comic book superstar Jack Kirby, you believe that death comes in the form of an angry looking black man who is all dressed up as if he's on his way for a ski vacation in Aspen. That's right! Death comes in the guise of The Black Racer! When paralyzed Viet Nam war veteran Sgt. Willie Walker is contacted by a mysterious force only known as "The Source", Willie Walker crawls out of his bed and is ready to hit the intergalactic slopes as the Black Racer! Donning a snow suite, a medieval knight helmet, a yellow cape and a pair of skis (complete with poles) the Black Racer goes skiing through the cosmos looking for the souls of fallen New Gods (the residents of the planets Apokolips and New Genesis) and guides them to their final resting place in the demission of Hadis. Yeah. The harbinger of doom is a guy on skis. What's next Jack? A guy on a surfboard? Oh wait. You already came up with that one too! Sometimes you just gotta ask yourself, what the hell kind of drugs was Jack Kirby smoking?
5. Captain Planet
Not all environmentalists are tree hugging hippies. No, they come in all shapes and sizes and if you are the politically correct hero Captain Planet, then that means you have blue crystal skin and a green mullet so big that he could eat a rain forest. Created by Ted Turner in 1990 for TV, Captain Planet was an environmentally minded god like entity that was created when five multi-cultured kids from around the world, known as the Planeteers, combine their five magical rings. Anyhow, Captain Planet fought villains like Sly Sludge and Duke Nukem and anybody else that endangered the environment. I mean, you don't even want to KNOW what he did to the captain of the EXXON Valdez. Anyhow, Captain Planet costumed himself in tight short red shorts, a torso baring short tight t-shirt and red knee high boots, making us wonder if he was rummaging around Extraño's closet. However, when it came to powers, well Captain Planet could do most anything. The guy had super strength, super speed and stamina, flight, invulnerability, super breath, super hearing, telepathy, psychokinkisis, shape shifting abilities, matter transmition and he could even control earth elements. I mean, damn, he was a one man X-Men team! Watch out Magneto! However, while he was pretty much the most powerful hero ever, a bit of smog or acid rain could pretty much cripple the poor bastard. I mean, even the Red Bee was immune to a bit of smog. Anyhow, Captain Planet was a bad attempt to make a politically correct, environmentally friendly cartoon, and should have been forgotten in cartoon obscurity. I mean, who wants to see the adventures of a character created by Ted Turner anyways? What business does he have creating superheroes? Leave that job up to Stan Lee, Ted. However, a recent episode of Robot Chicken resurrected memories of the character. As a result, Captain Planet has become a popular costume at comic book conventions world wide, but thankfully, nowhere else. Frankly, I'd rather seek out hot girls dressed up as the Baroness from GI Joe then get my picture taken next to some fanboy dressed up as Captain Planet.
6. Super-Hip
Now while Jerry Lewis' kid was giving it a go at being a rock star with his own band "the Playboys", Bob Hope's nephew had his own super rock n' roll hi-jinks, but at a higher price. You see, poor Tadwallader Juteface was the goofiest and dweebiest kid at Benedict Arnold High. This kid was so lame that he made young Peter Parker look like a stud. I mean, when the only pick up line that Tad had was "hey, my uncle is Bob Hope," Tad was pretty much alone every Friday night. However, don't get Tad angry. You wouldn't like Tad when he is angry. Because when Tad is angry he turned into the super powered Canterbury Mod Super-Hip! Dressed in a velvet jacket, ruffled shirt and Chelsea boots with little wings on his ankles, Super-Hip had the power of flight, super strength and shape changing abilities. He possibly may have had even more powers then that but his true superhero potential was untapped. But when Super-Hip calmed down and turned into Tad again, well, Tad couldn't remember a thing. He had no knowledge of Super-Hip at all and was nothing but a blundering doofus again. Super-Hip first appeared in DC comics long running humor series The Adventures of Bob Hope in 1965 and appeared fairly regularly in the book through to its final issue in 1969. However, Super-Hip didn't spend as much time fighting crime as he did annoying the hell out of Bob Hope with his loud guitar playing and his absolutely stupid battle cry "Blech to Lawrence Welk" However, Super-Hip did make the cross over to the regular DC universe when he appeared amongst the guests at Elasti-Girl and Mento's wedding in Doom Patrol #104, standing right next to Superman nonetheless! Anyhow, after the cancellation of Bob Hope's comic Super-Hip was never seen again, despite the fact that he is loved by many fans of quirky and unusual comic book creations.
7. The Greatest American Hero
Ralph Hinkley was a teacher for "special students," but one night coming home from a field trip the short bus breaks down in the middle of the desert. Forced to trudge into the night in search for help, Hinkley comes across not only drunken FBI agent Bill Maxwell, but also a UFO which tells the two men that they need to work together to save mankind and bestows upon Hinkley a leather case containing a red spandex costume which, upon wearing it, would give him the powers of flight, super strength, invisibility, precognition, telekinesis, x-ray vision, super speed, mind control and even psychic abilities! Yeah, I know what you're thinking. That sounds pretty sweet! So what makes Ralph Hinkley so lame? Well, believe it or not, the dumb ass loses the users manual for the suit that the aliens entrusted him with and doesn't actually know how to use any of these powers correctly. So, for much of Hinkley's career, the buffoon flew around the city, screaming like a little girl, flailing his arms and legs like he had epilepsy and could only stop by crashing into large objects. Anyhow, from 1981 to 1983 Ralph Hinkley fought crime, somehow, on the television program The Greatest American Hero. Still a cult favorite to this day, the theme song "Believe it or Not" is far better remembered then the actual character.
8. Stone Boy
Now as we all know, the Legion of Superheroes has let some pretty kooky characters into their ranks. I mean, any team that'll let guys like Bouncing Boy and Matter Eater Lad on the team has to be pretty lenient on what characters get in. However, some superheroes that try out for the team just don't make the cut. Thus was the case for Dag Wintem, better known as Stone Boy. You see, Dag was from the planet Zwen which had six months of darkness in their year. Thus, the people of Zwen had the power to turn into stone statues in order to hibernate through the dark months. Well Dag had this idea. Perhaps his ability to turn to stone might do some greater good in the universe. Thus he contacted the Legion of Superheroes to see if they could use him. So what else could Dag do? Was he super strong? Nope. Did he control rock in any way? Uh-huh. All he could do was turn to stone. Once in stone form Dag couldn't move or talk. All he did was just turn into an unmovable hunk of stone. Anyhow, the Legion didn't feel they had any use for Dag, but then the Legion lacked imagination. Dag joined the ranks of the Legion of Substitute Heroes, a group of Legion rejecties who formed their own superhero group to fight evil when the Legion was otherwise tied up on another mission. Led by Polar Boy and Night Girl, the Subs found lots of good uses for Stone Boy. For instance, hoisting Stone Boy above their enemies heads and dropping him was about as effective as dropping a piano on a bad guy. Also, they could often use Stone Boy as a hard object to throw villains into. Stone Boy made a great battling ram as well. I mean, with a bit of determination, imagination and know how, Stone Boy had his uses. However, that doesn't stop him from being kinda lame.
9. Infectious Lass
Making her first appearance in 1974 in Superboy #201, Infectious Lass was another of the Legion of Superhero rejects that would go on to join the Substitute Heroes. Coming from the planet Somahtur, Infectious Lass had the powers to temporarily give you a disease or an illness. I mean, super villains can't really commit crimes or take over the world effectively if they have a head cold or are vomiting. So, come to think of it, Infectious Lass could come in pretty handy in a fight. I mean, if she was up against the Secret Society of Super Villains she could give the Joker smallpox, Lex Luthor leprosy, Ras Al Ghul a bad rash and Sinestro SARS. But then there was that time that she gave that vampire AIDS and that didn't end up well (sigh…don't even ask). Unfortunately for Infectious Lass though, her love life wasn't all that great because she kept giving her boyfriends mono and her weaknesses included chicken soup, two Tylenol and lots of sleep. Anyhow, Infectious Lass was an occasional presence in the Legion of Superhero books until about 1987 when she slipped into obscurity. However, just recently, she was lovingly resurrected by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang as part of Doctor Thirteen's "Team 13″ in her own search for a place in the new DC Universe, and has once again found her way into being a fan favorite.
10. Captain Caveman
In 1977 animators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, inspired by the sexy antics of the popular TV program Charlies Angels developed a new cartoon series titled The Teen Angels. Featuring the misadventures of three sexy teen sleuths; Brenda, Taffy and Dee Dee, Ruby and Spears brought the show to the two men who knew exactly how to develop mystery based cartoon series – William Hannah and Joe Barbara. Hannah and Barbera loved the idea, however they wanted to make one change. They felt that watching three animated sex bombs wouldn't appeal to kids (obviously they didn't have their finger on the pulse of what I wanted) and thought what if….I mean WHAT IF….the Teen Angels paired up with an ugly, hairy super powered Neanderthal that they thawed out of a block of ice! Yeah! That's golden! Thus was born Captain Caveman. Now I know what you're thinking. You love Captain Caveman! He's not lame! Well friends, don't let your lust for nostalgia fool you. Captain Caveman was possibly one of the lamest superheroes of all time. Despite the fact that he had super strength and could fly, his powers always failed him at the worst possible times in order for hilarity to ensue. Now can you imagine if that happened to Superman when he was fighting Doomsday? All of a sudden HIS super powers conked out? That wouldn't have been so funny, would it have? Furthermore, Captain Caveman also had the ability to pull out ridiculous objects out of his long dirty hair, sort of like Batman's utility belt, but a bit more like Mary Poppins' handbag. You need an anvil? Captain Caveman would get one out of his hair. You need a tailpipe for a 67′ El Dorado? Captain Caveman probably had one in there. However, what is possibly the most annoying thing about Captain Caveman was his dreadful battle cry. While the Thing had "It's Clobberin' Time" and the Green Lantern uttered "no evil shall escape Green Lantern's light" Captain Caveman was reduced to screaming his own name: "Captain CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!!" Yeah. That's original, not to mention subtle. Yet what many people don't remember was that years after the Teen Angels got sick of traveling around with this hairy moron, and, incidentally, Jack Ruby and Ken Spears started their own animation company so that this kind of atrocity wouldn't happen to their creations again, Captain Caveman appeared in Saturday Morning's The Flintstones Comedy Hour in 1980 where his superhero life before he was frozen in ice was revealed. When Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble went out to get jobs at the Daily Granite newspaper, they worked with bespectacled Chester who, in reality, was Captain Caveman. However, what got me was while all the Flintstone characters spoke in full sentences, Captain Caveman spoke in broken English and muttered jumbled phrases with his most favorite phrase being "unga bunga. This makes me wonder if Captain Caveman might have been retarded as well. It sort of sounded like this:
Wilma: Chester! Vandal Savage is feeding Betty to a T-Rex! You gotta help her.
Captain Caveman: Me help Betty! "Captain CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!!
Wilma: Oh no! He heard you coming with your totally unsubtle battle cry which destroyed the element of surprise. You better hurry!
Captain Caveman: Me on my way! Unga bunga! Me save you Betty,
Wilma: Oh no. Your flying powers just conked out. You're to late. Betty is now T-Rex food. You suck Captain Caveman. Oh no Cavey. Look out for that frozen lake!!!!
Captain Caveman: Shit. Unga bunga.
See what I mean? Lame…
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Well, good news, Professor Ralph Hinkley's replacement and her spinoff, The Greatest American Heroine, which featured Bill Maxwell teamed up to teach the new girl the ropes since the aliens had given Ralph a replacement manual which he'd lost and wouldn't give another, never made it past the pilot. Mixed News, Madame Fatal was the first, but noth the lats Transgender Superbeing, Mantra fore one was one, and I believe a few others exist as well, like Zavan of the Runaways (He/She flip flops a whole lot, but it is for love). Bad News, Vibe was restored to life in the Animated Justice League Unlimited, as well as the pages of the comic connected with the series, and was literally ressurected for Blackest Night, though making him a Zombie actually makes him some what easier to swallow. Worse, despite years of reinventing himself, Aqualad still is lame, got killed during Blackest Night, only to come right back as a Zombie as well. Doesn't that just bite?
PS: See Northstar (The first openly gay character in comics?), Wiccan, Hulkling, Exiles Sunfire, and many, many, many others from Marvel for the ever growing Gay Comic Community.
I ran into Infectious Lass when I was going to ASU back in 1992. Lucky for me her effect was only temporary.
What? No mention of many, much more lame superheroes?
What about any member of the Great Lakes Avengers? (Flatman, Doorman, Squirrel Girl, Big Bertha, etc)
How about G'Nort?
What about 3-d Man?
There were so many in actual continuity stories that we often also tend to forget some of the What If and Elseworlds stories too (ie: Golden Oldie who was a cosmically enhance Aunt May who Fed Galactus Cosmically charged Cupcakes to satiate his hunger so he would not have to eat planets anymore)
So many idiotic heroes…
I am curious to see who might actually make it to your top ten lamest villains list now.
Haha these are great. I think that this list is even better than the 1st one. These herores were so dumb, it was almost impossible to finish their descriptions. Sam, I have to tell you, you really stepped up your game on this one. I would also like to thank you for using your free time to entertain us. How many other people do you know that do that? That's right, no one.
Here are some heroes I would like to see:
Winter Solider-sort of lame, but with your talent you could spice up the description.
Mastermind-Correct me if I am wrong but I believe all he does is put illusions in people's heads.
Gambit-pretty self explanatory. Weapon of choice? Any normal person would choose a gun, or sword, something along those lines. BUt no, he throws decks of cards at people.
I don't know if you have a list for villains either, but here is a few:
Wendingo- You never hear of how he kicked the crap out of the guy. And the thing he is most famous for is how he got his ass handed to him by Wolverine while Wolverine was most likely distracted trying to figure out his game plan for taking down the Hulk.
Blob-I mean come on, all he does is get fatter and fatter
And let us never forget the inimitable… Bob Phantom!
"Gambit-pretty self explanatory. Weapon of choice? Any normal person would choose a gun, or sword, something along those lines. BUt no, he throws decks of cards at people."
You really don't know much about Gambit do you? Gambit's power is to charge objects with kinetic energy, turning them into makeshift explosives. His playing cards are just his usual trademark weapon he applies the power to.
Gambit using guns and swords…Yeah this doesn't have bad potential accident written all over it.
IIRC his power exponentially grows, too, so if someone would be so kind as to hold a Sentinel in place until he finished charging it, he could make completely unstable walking nukes all the time.
The ultimate showdown! Gambit vs Matter Eater Lad! Can MEL devour a Cessna before Gambit finishes preparing it as a steering-capable missile?
Refresh my memory but wasn't g'nort the lantern that was a squirrel or something? Because if so getting taken out by a yellow bus, best end ever.
Great list and very funny! My own addition to this would simply be that Doc Samson's strength decreases when his hair is cut. Now I never read the Hulk series and have no clue how important to the comic he is, but seriously…I still laugh when I read the back of his trading card.
If you would like to read actual Golden Age stories of Madame Fatal, you should check out the most recent issue of Amazing Golden Age Adventure Funnies (#3), which features THREE stories starring him, as well as three stories each of Miss Victory and Skyman! This book is published by Terrific Comics!
What about Captain Marvel? Not the original "Big Red Cheese", or any of the various ones Marvel came up with. I mean that other guy who only lasted for a few issues before the obscure company that created him was sued into oblivion for copyright infringement – most of the characters were pretty close to better-known ones belonging to somebody else, including a villain called the Bat.
If I remember correctly he was an a humanoid robot from outer space with a magic amulet, so there's a nice logical origin story for starters. His main power was that when he yelled "Split!" his body would fly apart into chunks. The thing was, there were quite a few chunks, not all of them obviously useful. I mean, a hand that can go off and do things by itself might come in "handy", but what use is a shin or a forearm? Basically, he was Arm Fall Off Boy only more so – random bits of him that looked like joints of ham would whizz about and stun several bad guys at once. That was about it, really. Also, his ability to detach his head and have it float up to look over high walls was a bit redundant, seeing as he could fly.
Terrible artwork, recklessly blatant plagiarism, and truly surreal story-lines that tried unsuccessful to make the power to turn yourself into a levitating cloud of prime cuts seem awesome (which it was, but not in the way they intended). Has this guy got a cult yet? Just look at these pictures of him in action:
See what I mean?
don ever hate on captain caveman you ass
You know he actually does his best, but he doesn't know WHEN his powers conk out. >:( JERK!!!
suit, not suite, dude.
You should have counted squirrel girl. She has the power to communicate to squirrels. And yes its is a real superhero.
Big Bruiser, Heroic Agency of Lesser Operatives: An anthro whale able to change his size. Only drawback: his size is tied to his emotion. The more he worries, the smaller he gets.
Darkmask, HALO: Female anthro raccoon. Has an involuntary power which subjects her to continuous bad luck in order to store up good luck for when it is needed.
Plastic, HALO: Can telekinetically control anything made of plastic. It's just that he's a sloth.
Ripclaw, HALO: Male anthro raccoon with the power to turn into any kind of cat. Drawback: once his power is activated, he can never change back to normal.
The Tongue, HALO: An anteater with a tongue of unlimited length.
ret-conning Captain Caveman into the Flintstone Universe was brilliant
actually extrano just means i miss or just strange/odd. not gay or queer. maybe queer as in strange. get your facts straight you racist/uneducated fuck.
Honestly, I'm not sure Thd Greatest American Hero can be deemed lame since he's a parody, and a heartwarming one at that. Count me a fan!!!
Squirrel Girl is not lame. She beat the crap out of Thanos. Also, she doesnt control squirrels, she has a few pet squirrels she taught herself to communicate with. Her actual powers are rather potent.
The other thing I felt I should mention is how tired I am of the LGBT community being discussed only in terms of gay guys. Yeah Marvel has lots of gay guys. not so much lesbians though. DC does (Batwoman, the new Question, Thunder, sometimes Grace). We exist too, folks, itd be nice to not be ignored with all the changes happening.
The red bee though, from the firat list, OMG. So what, his Bee stings you and suddenly hes just a guy in a funny suit?


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Unanswered: Duplicate row using trigger
I have a database with a table that stores details about a computer base unit. This can be identified using a unique ID which is stamped on the top of each case.
Sometimes an old PC gets replaced with a new one, but the old monitor etc. are retained. It would be good to have a way of duplicating a row so that the records for the monitor etc. are updated to use the new unique ID. However, it would be good to have a copy of the old base units details copied into a record with its ID number.
I was thinking about doing this via. a trigger, does anybody have any better suggestions about how this may be done?
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U can use flag separate for identifying old and new.
depending on this u can use auto-incremented values each time.
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American leadership of a fledgling trans-Pacific free-trade zone that excludes China has prompted Beijing to join negotiations to create a 16-nation east Asian free-trade bloc that does not include the US. They both include members of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (Asean), peripheral nations like Australia, and Japan, whose full commitment is problematic because of the power of its farm lobby.
Having joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which already included Singapore, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand, the US seized on it as its main regional trade initiative and linked it to non-tariff issues such as government procurement, the operations of state-owned enterprises, intellectual property rights and complementary regulations - all points of friction with China. Without ruling China out, these conditions made it unlikely Beijing would join.
In a coded rebuff at last year's Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, President Hu Jintao said nations should work to establish a balanced, inclusive and win-win multilateral trading regime. Hence the move to create the new trade bloc - the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, consisting of the 10 members of Asean, plus China, India and South Korea as well as Japan, Australia and Zealand.
The American vision includes the other North American nations, Canada and Mexico. It is only natural, after a decade of preoccupation with terrorism, the Middle East and then the financial crisis, that the US wants to tap into regional markets as part of its pivot back towards Asia. But the exclusion of China does not take account of its legitimate interest in military and trade arrangements in the Pacific. It is also regionally divisive. It is only natural that China should use a multilateral platform to oppose it. Regrettably, it will result in overlapping involving the friends of both countries.
The US and China should focus on speeding up market reforms that reflect the principles of free-trade groups and reduce obstacles to co-operation.
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Lead Plaintiff In Uber Wage Dispute Objects To Proposed Settlement
(Declaration objecting to proposed class action settlement available. Document #43-160520-008X.)
"Although I am a signatory to the O'Connor class action settlement agreement with Uber, I was not present or invited to attend any mediation session...
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