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I have shed a lot of tears. I don't mean to, Ray wouldn't like it. They are the kind that just sneak up on you, well up in your eyes and roll down your cheeks. They are the tears that come up from a deep place of real regret, loss and sorrow.
I had been working on my next post about teachers and the difference between coaches, teachers and "horse trainers". Ray's passing on March 12 changed things just a bit. Ray is a teacher. A teacher of horses and humans. He said once that he knew if he didn't get through to the human, he could never help the horse. Ray was all about the horse. If you had ever ridden with him, he would say that he was there for the horse first, then him and we could have whatever was left over. There was a whole lot left over. Way more for one person to digest in 4 short days. Way more for one person to digest in a lifetime. It was that way with Ray.
I would leave a clinic with my mind just spinning. There was so much in just the simple things, not to mention the big stuff. I would try and write it down. Even that process took a while. Ray's clinics, those wonderful times I had to just talk to him and listen to him are for some strange and wonderful reason, perfectly clear in my mind. I call on the information and conversations every day. What Ray shared is critical to me as a person and as a horsewoman. His passing leaves a void that can never be filled.
I met Ray and Carolyn for the first time in Eugene, Oregon in the late 90's. I was invited to go and watch by a friend that was showing Quarter Horse with me. She had adopted a very pretty but troubled Appaloosa horse and was told that this old cowboy had a real way with horses. She was going to ride her App and wanted me to come and watch. I did. I spent a good portion of the day chatting with Carolyn in the parking lot talking about construction and contractors we would like to kill. I had no idea what I was missing just a few steps away. Carolyn finally said I should go on in and watch. What I saw was impressive, and I didn't quite know why, it just had a good feel to it.
The Appaloosa horse was indeed troubled. Ray said that for some horses, the kindest thing we can do for them is to put them down. Harsh words from someone that I thought was a horse lover. I didn't understand the extent of caring Ray really had for the horse that day. I did however finally figure it out. He saw the suffering in the horse. He knew what the human wanted of that very pretty gelding. Ray new the horse had had enough. The silver lining was that the new owners took Ray's words to heart, allowed the App a home in their pasture and never even thought of a show career for him again. Amen.
My first ride with Ray was in 2003. Jet was three and Ricky had started him for me. Four good rides from Ricky and we were off and running! I hadn't had a lot of time with the colt. We were still living in San Jose and only coming home on weekends. Some friends let me know that Ray was going to be doing a clinic in Hillsboro, and I was on it! I signed up, paid my money and then checked my calendar and vapor locked. It was the same weekend as the Area 7 Young Riders clinic that Nicki was riding in. I had also agreed to house all of the coaches that were teaching. They were luminaries in Three Day Eventing. Peter Gray and Paul Delbrooke were the co-captains of the Canadian Three Day Olympic team, Major Jeremy Beal was the youngest man to have ever won Burghley and a dressage legend. Jon Elliott had just gone 12th at Rolex and was a rising talent. And they were all staying with us for the next eight days.
I had a few days to prepare. I let everyone know what had happened. Peter was a complete gentleman and let me know he was a very apt cook, so breakfast would be no trouble. Major Beal, in his very British way, said to enjoy my "cowboy" experience. Nicki couldn't believe I was leaving, even for a minute and would miss her rides just to hang out with some old cow dog. I must admit, I was really having my doubts. I had agreed to drive up and back every day. It was two and a half hours each way. No big deal. I could pull this off.
The first day was clear and hot. Amid the good natured jibes, some yee-haws and the like, I loaded Jet and hit the road. The barn was a dump. Falling down fences, cluttered equipment, stalls doors held up with concrete blocks, I was appalled. The colt class was in the morning and I had missed it. It was lunch break and I was doing my best to saddle a very uncooperative three year old. I was nervous and it sure influenced my horse. I had to just keep bringing him back, redirecting his feet. It was sort of like saddling a baby octopus! I finally got it done and to my surprise, a very nice gentleman hopped out of his semi-truck, walked over and told me I did a real nice job saddling my colt. It was Ray. His truck was parked right behind my trailer and I had been providing lunch time entertainment. I didn't understand what he thought was so good about it. It had taken 20 minutes to saddle one horse. I just didn't get it.
Jet and I walked, carefully, over to the arena, trying to avoid all of the hazards on the way. I especially liked the set of discs parked in the alley way to the arena. I started to do what little ground work I knew as the class participants started to filter in. I was getting worried. There was a man on a very scared bay mare, a lady in daisy-dukes and flip-flops riding a very "happy" pinto stallion that was screaming, two women on gated horses riding side by side, one had twine reins, and a younger guy on a buckskin colt that had bucked him off twice in under ten minutes. I had gone to horsey hell.
I was standing sort of in the center at one end of the arena looking around and thinking "this just can't be right". I saw Ray come in and walked up to him and said, "Excuse me, but I think I'm in the wrong class". Ray looked back, smiled and flipped on his mic. "This lady thinks she is in the wrong class, but you just put your snaffle bit on, and it'll be all right." It was at that point I realized that I was so scared at what I was seeing that my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth and I didn't even have enough spit to swallow. I put Jet's snaffle bit on and got in the saddle. This was not like anything I had ever seen or done at any sort of professional clinic. There were horses bolting, some bucking, the stallion trying to mount anything that was close, the gated horses glued to each other, it was a nightmare and I was in the middle of it. Ray talked for a bit. Tried to get the lady on the pinto stud to listen and then sent us out. I was thinking I could make it. No big deal. Then he had us split up. "Half of ya are going to the right and half are going to the left" was the order. "Ya look like a can of worms out there!" Ray was booming. Such a simple thing to have go so terribly wrong. We were just walking and trotting and what a disaster. The round pen was still set up at one end of the area and it was our job to space ourselves in order to go on the back side of it and stay on the rail. Sounds simple. The walker sisters, still glued to each other came into the gap in front of me and plugged my escape, the bolting bay mare was coming up from behind and headed right for us. We got t-boned. Luckily, Jet, even then was a big boy and the bay was small. She knocked me completely out of the saddle. I sort of landed on my feet running backward and crashed in a pile of semi fresh cow poo. It was all over. Up my back, in my pants, on my leg. The clinic sponsor, seeing what had happened, thought it necessary to scream, "rider down, rider down!" That alone was incentive enough to get back in the saddle fast, and I did!
Jet was shaking and so was I. I couldn't do much to help him and he felt like a little volcano, ready to blow. It didn't take long for the eruption. With horses in front of us the bolting bay, and "happy" pinto behind, Jet had had enough. I was no help or support to him and the pressure of leaving him trapped was too much. He bucked. Just one really big one. Enough to launch me straight up. I was airborne. I had blown both stirrups, but was still hanging on to my mecate. I clearly remember looking down at my saddle and really having no thoughts at all. I got lucky. The horses in front kept Jet from going forward. Actually they shut him down long enough for gravity to do it's job. I came right back down from where I started. It was painful. The Aussie guy that was traveling with Ray was to my left and gave me an loud "good on ya!" and a thumbs up. I however was on tilt.
Nothing much registered with me after that. Anger had kicked in. It was probably a good thing. I got the heck out of the mess. I rode for salvation alone, and then it was over. Good thing too. I was done. Ray had us circle up and asked each rider how things were going. Everyone had a comment or two and I was fuming. When it was my turn, Ray said "how are things working for you"? Well, I said, not good. I think I have done a huge disservice to me and my horse. I thought we were both going to die. I was waiting for the apology. I was waiting for a refund! Ray simply nodded and went right on to the next person. I popped a cork. All I wanted was out. Just to put my horse in the trailer and get home. This was a mess. I was convinced I would never be able to show Jet for the damage that was done that day. I had left real horsemen at home to drive all the way here just to wreck my horse. I felt like an idiot and someone was going to pay. I left. I went back to my trailer vowing that refund or not, I was never coming back. The same "friends" that told me about this mess were at the trailer trying to talk me off the ledge. It wasn't working. Jet was unsaddled ready to jump into his trailer when Ray trotted up, eyes sparkling. I'll never forget the look on his face. "Trouble?" The word just bounced out of him. I didn't answer. Gretchen, said " Yup! Trouble with a capital T!" Ray looked over at me and said "I tell ya what, you come back tomorrow and ride in the colts. We'll get things fixed up" I never looked up, acknowledged, nothing. Ray trotted off.
Everyone was SO supportive and encouraging me to come back, don't give up, hang in there...All I heard was bla, bla, bla. I was done. I cried all the way home. It had been so stressful. I was going to hear major crap when I got back home and the day had been a disaster. I was never going back, I was sure of it. I cried all the way to Hillsboro the next day.
The colt class was heaven. There were at least 10 of us packed into the round pen and it felt great. Ray was in control. I was sitting on my colt, but Ray was riding him. There was a huge change in Jet. Better yet there was a huge change in me. I felt good. It all felt just right. We rode out of the round pen. Horses and riders confident, secure. It wasn't really us. It was that feel following a feel. It was how Ray had changed us all in the round pen. Ray exuded presence, confidence, comfort and security. It was enough for all of us, horse and human. That class went all to quickly. As bad as I had felt the day before, that is how good I was feeling on day 2. Heaven.
I unsaddled, rubbed my colt, put him up and and went to lunch. I could eat. It was going to be a hoot being able to watch that afternoon class from the safety of the stands. I couldn't wait. I wanted to see what day two was going to bring with the bolting bay, mounting pinto, walker sisters, and the bucking buckskin. It was going to be entertaining, or so I thought. We had all settled into our seats when Ray on his little chestnut mare flipped on his mic and started combing thought the audience. "Where is that lady with the big bay colt?" He announced. My heart sank as all of my former friends pointed me out. "You go get your colt and come in here" Ray said. I felt sick. I had to walk my own Green mile. I went out, saddled Jet and dragged us both back to the arena or as I was still calling it, Hell. Ray was right there. "Now when you feel things are getting to be too much, you come stand by me or Carolyn, all right. You just keep yourself clear."
That afternoon was a whole new show. I rode for my horse. I kept him clear. I found the good spots and I avoided the wrecks. I really understood for the first time what is was to RIDE my horse. It was so simple it was complicated. I listened to Ray's voice alone. I did exactly what he said. I absorbed every last molecule of information because it meant the difference between success and disaster. That arena was no longer Hell. It was just me and my horse. It was what Ray wanted to prove to me. It was the lesson he knew I needed. He got to the human. He saved the horse.
The rest of the clinic was pure joy. That horsemanship class was never Heaven. It was however a slice of real life. It was a lesson in what creating a partnership was really all about. My horse and I really had to rely on each other. He had to listen to me and I had to listen to him. We had to work things out, we had to do better because there was no "just getting by". It really was so simple it was complicated. Ray didn't spoon feed us. I had to drown a little. He said we would have to. We might have to go down a time or two and really struggle for air, but we wouldn't drown completely. He would help us out before we went down for the very last time. A drowning person really cherishes a life vest. Ray was there to throw us one. All we had to do was put it on. The changes in the horses and people at that clinic will stay with me forever. I have ridden in lots of clinics with Ray since then. But that one was special. I think it was seeing things for the first time. Being so close to the edge of the cliff and learning that you didn't have to tip over. Having Ray tell you just in the nick of time, " How about going this way".
Ray was a real teacher. He allowed you to search, struggle, drown if that is what it took. But, he was also there to support, comfort, guide and yes, in my case pamper just a little. He was a teacher. He knew what his students needed to find success. He knew that if he could get to us, he could indeed make it better for our horses. I asked Carolyn last year about Ray and traveling. She said something profound that I will never forget. She said that Ray just knows that the very next horse at the very next clinic will teach him so much. Isn't that amazing. A true teacher is always driven to learn. A true teacher is also the best student. Ray was a student of the horse. We were blessed having him as a teacher.
Teachers, true teachers are selfless. They give much more than they take. They thrive on giving and sharing. I asked Ray once about retirement and he said "Nope, this is where I want to die". At the time he was leaning on a fence outside a dusty corral, helping people with their horses. Having a student that really listened and did what Ray was asking was the true gift to him. Knowing that he made a difference and that what he was giving as a teacher was being learned, applied and used was the reward. I hope Ray finds Tom in heaven. I hope they get to ride good horses. I hope they find good students to teach that listen and do their best. I hope I was a good student. I hope I made it clear to Ray that he made a difference to me. He was my best teacher. I will try and honor his memory by doing right by my horses and to Whistle, Grin and Ride.
Thank you, Ray.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Ray Hunt 1929-2009
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I have cycled long distances in Europe and the U.S., but my cycling wasn't riveted into the minds of anyone in particular until later, when I had a flat and was walking my bike along the left side of the road in Santee, CA. I looked up and cycling up the low hill toward me was a fellow on a beautiful touring machine complete with air shield and mirrors. A moment went by and suddenly I had the idea that I ought to plant a legend right there for him to see. I had learned to leave legends as a homeless person in New Haven, CT. You plant your feet wide, stretch out your arms, creating a five-point star, and glance at one hand, then the other, because these lines of sight are chords in the pentagon and have special geometric meaning. So I propped my bike against my right hip, took up the legend position, fanned out my two hands forward, and glanced at my left hand. Then, as I turned to my right hand, the other cyclist was just coming upon me. Looking beyond my hand, I smiled broadly at the fellow and he smiled broadly back. But wait...there's more.
Right as I looked at the other fellow a car coming up the hill at a distance of about 100 feet suddenly swirved from its lane into the opposite lane and then back, and shot into the shoulder and stopped. There was some other traffic which must have wondered what was going on. A man, a woman, and a young girl got out of the car on the shoulder, and stood at the outer edge of the shoulder, all in a little row of three. The other cyclist continued on up the hill behind me and I proceded to walk forward down the hill. My home was a mile away, and I intended to fix my tire there. As I walked on, soon I came to the three passengers. They were silent, lining the shoulder, and gazed straight ahead respectfully as I walked with my bike right on by them. I did'nt stop to chat. That would have been anticlimactic in the worst way. I put on a stern demeanor as if to affirm that I was not your average cyclist, wished I could have talked to them because they were proving that they were not your average on-lookers, most certainly the man. It was quite a moment.
Later that summer Greg Lemond became the first American to win the Tour de France. It made me more than a little proud. And now Lance Armstrong is going even further.
I'm just glad cycling has become really popular. It means a lot to me.
What is the purpose of a legend?
Please explain how you "leaving a legend" correlates with the 3 individuals standing on the side of the road, Lance Armstrong, and/or the popularity of cycling.
:( Huh??????????????.If your going to post here......STAY OFF THE DRUGS!!!!!!!!!!
As my alma mater always says, "Lux et Veritas."
I appreciate your reading my thread.
I enjoyed reading your post.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and took the time to say so. I'm sure there will be a wide range of responses and I look forward to reading them as time goes on. Thanks again. Bye.
So is your real legend this post? I'm usually pretty open minded but man, you are WAAAAAY out there. Unless I'm missing something that maybe you can explain.
While it was a relatively well-written story (with the obvious flaws), I think we're just being baited. :p
OK, I'll bite... What is it supposed to mean?
(If it means whatever I want it to mean, then it is meaningless.)
I began solo distance cycling before the current cycling craze began. It became for me an outlet for frustration at losing a college girlfriend to her professor/tutor. As such it was successful because when I returned to school after a solo trip in Europe I was refreshed and full of optimism, both romantically and career-wise.
Here is another story:
In my senior year at college (the first time, I have two BAs) one day I took a break from studies and walked randomly through the library stacks, turned into a random aisle, went to a random bookcase, a random shelf, and picked out a random book. It was a book I had never heard of, obviously for me, but not unknown to a lot of people. It was the I Ching. I read in the introduction that the book was to be used as an oracle, choosing one out of the 64 texts by a random process. Now I know a lot more about the book. But while others know a lot more about it, I found it without any guidance from anyone, in every sense one can imagine. It stands with me like some other things that have happened to me, one of which is that day when I left the legend in Santee. Not everyone knows what the I Ching is. Not everyone knows what a legend, as I described it, is. It is for the individual to weigh. I accept it all, and I try to understand the disbelief, if that is descriptive. The comment from way124 is all I need to feel justified in making such a "way out" post. You can pile an awful lot of derision on a single comment like that and still consider yourself valid. I also appreciate the qualified compliment from orikal that it was "relatively well-written". As for explanation, I am happy with the post as it stands.
It may be relatively well written from a scriptive sense, but if the reader is left only to be in confusion, your message is unclear. How, for example, is Lance relative to the three observers in your story? I too enjoyed reading your post but only because it was a challenge. It did not, however, make sense. It may be due to the fact that I am the type who might read too much into a statement, yet it may be so simple. Hence my inquiry IS THIS POST YOUR LEGEND? I feel you have no rhyme or reason, NO EXPLANATION, which is the effect you may have wanted to achieve, thus, your legend. Cheers.
Had me going, I thought "leave a legend" was going to mean "leave a loogie" on the biker's windshield.
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
got to keep the loonies on the path
Dear Siu Blue,
There are a number of levels of interpretation to my post. On the simplest level, it is an absurd anecdote, even though it is not fiction. I didn't know at the time what the hell those people were doing stopping in such a dramatic fashion and lining up that way. I did, however, know that placing what I am calling a legend is a way of calling attention to oneself in public and is not done lightly because you can be called a lunatic just for doing it. My reason was that I assumed the other cyclist was possibly on a very long trip and from my own experience he could use another cyclist's giving him something to focus on of a human nature to give some orientation to his trip, not to distract him, definitely, but simply to serve as a land-version of a beacon requiring no particular input from himself, telling him "I've been there myself, friend, and I wish you well on your journey" without saying something verbal that would require him to take his mind off what he was doing to make some verbal response. His look back to me told me he took it exactly in that way. He smiled happily. Neither of us needed to say anything else.
I would have been glad to forget about the whole thing as simply a greeting between cyclists on the road but then the car swirved into the oncoming lane of traffic suddenly. This was an open area of road--no buildings in sight and no people in sight. The only event the car's behavior could have been linked to was my "legend," especially because they got out of the car and simply stood at attention by the side of the road. Ever since I started to plant legends I had not any idea what they might mean to others. But I always knew what they meant to myself. They are, just as I said, "beacons." They serve the purpose of marking off experience when you have reached a point in life when you are not sure what you are doing but you have a keen sense that you are still pursuing the right path. I think the man at the wheel knew that because I think some human behavior is well grounded in history, even if it isn't common knowledge.
Greg and Lance come in as far as I am concerned because I take my place in cycling history very seriously and I don't wish to either over or understate it. As my trips were long and lonely, so the explanation of why I think they are significant will be long and lonely too. Still, the details should be interesting most of all to other cyclists because many of them have had similar experiences. The family by the side of the road may not have been cyclists, but they certainly believed I was not your average roadside wayfarer. Would you have stopped to talk to them, or just said hello? Not if you had just placed a legend and wanted to remain under its protective umbrella for the long term in your life and theirs. I believe it should be evident to the experienced cyclist that I am not trying to brag about my life. There are countless ways to do that and instead I am saying things that cause some degree of perplexity, at risk of my own good name at least here on this site. I do this because I believe in legends--legends of men and women throughout history whether they left legends of stance or not--and in the power of solitude as we find it on the road, the freedom to travel and get so totally into our own private journey that it takes on a greater significance in the whole scheme of things, not for egotism or pride, but for celebration of free will and our right to free passage along any of our roads or highways. I think if you talk to anyone who has cycled a long distance you will find a boundless joy for the enterprise of cycling, and joy is often mistaken for insanity.
Ok, enormouslock, that's what I needed, thank you. You see, although I sometimes dwell deep into a meaning or statement simply to interpret, apparently what I lacked was the insight to understand even more so. I can certainly see now what you were trying to communicate with the lone biker on his excursion of solitude. I feel that he was fortunate that you were there to be able to see him as he sees himself. You are right, communication can be expressed in many different ways, be it verbal or non. That was some story about I Ching in the library. Something had drawn you to the book, to the passage. It is the same type of power that had driven you to post on this forum regarding your legends. Thus, producing a new legend. Yes, a new legend.
I'm so glad we finally figured out our mutual needs, Sie Blue. Your remarks are valuable to me, and I thank you heartily. I do appreciate your perspective regarding the legend quality of posting here about the event, and it is indeed true. My hope is that somehow eventually the family of three will get wind that a comment about the event has finally appeared, and provides some filling out to their part in the experience. I have no idea what they did about it, and I really wonder what both our paths might mean to the other. Thank you for returning to the thread to check up on it. I'm new at this site and I'm trying to get my wings, as it were. Your own writing is good too, I think. Thanks very much for your concern, sir.
Enormouslock, you have certainly made an impression! (By the way, I'm not a sir! :p )
Siu Blue, my apologies on mistaking your gender! I myself am a guy.
Thanks for being a faithful correspondent. Do you have any stories you would like to tell? There have been subsequent developments in the years since my thread incident, but mostly of a non-cycling nature. The day after I went homeless--again--in 1992 I was walking down the street in Chicago just before dawn when I turned and saw, on a building across the street, a seemingly electric fire emerge from its wall and dance around a window, then disappear inside the wall again. Again, hard to explain, but it does remind me of Moses's experience with the bush. The only other time I spoke of this was a few weeks ago at a church meeing. The pastor was very interested, but of course struggled to understand. I believe it was related to the spark that hypothetically started life, still being active in our destiny. One of my degrees is a bachelor's in physics so my natural impulse is to look to science for an explanation instead of religion. Moses didn't have a physics education to my knowledge, so a lot of religious bulwark has been erected around his experience. My fire seemed interested in that building for some reason. I had left architecture school the year before after three years of graduate study without getting my degree--due to a school error they weren't willing to admit. I'm sorry to put a non-cycling comment here, but I feel a bond to the cycling community deep in my soul and I hope they will take it in stride. I believe the combined effect of my legend and my experience in architecture school--when a professor refers in class to one of your projects as "Vintage (my last name)" you somehow get the idea your doing especially well--led to the emergence of the fire (I sometimes refer to it as "the fire that does not consume", which is an accurate observation.)
These things have been pent up inside me for a long time and I needed to get them out into the light of day, for which opportunity I thank bikeforums.net whole-heartedly. And again, I apologise for the non-cycling nature of this particular post. I also apologise again for getting your gender wrong, Siu Blue.
Take it easy.
To bring the thread back around to cycling I must concentrate my vision on the days immediately after I saw the "fire that does not consume" in Chicago in 1992 or so. I was in a quasi-public space and was tapped by the Italian Mafia as first in Chicago, not as a gangster, but as simply first over all I see, having no superior authority to contend with. I found out in 1987 that my blood is Roman, making me eligible, and I became known to inner circles in the East in 1985 or so as one of some note. My big break was being attacked in Santa Cruz, CA in 1981 by several young men in the street at night. I roundly defeated them defensively and an onlooker stepped forward to shake my hand and welcome me to the city. I believe that is when humans started to map my journey.
So since 1992 or so I have been first. I have used it to establish myself professionally, which is hard to do when your stardard has to be in keeping with being at the top with no money to speak of. I am not a gangster and I don't direct gang activities. I serve primarily as a focus of interest and example.
So then came 2002. One day I learned that my ability, learned from my days as a performer, to keep a broad, bright smile in public is considerably needed by everyone. I got on a bus to go to do some business down town and made my smile the whole way. I had done this the previous day on the elevated train and someone noticed me and knew something about it and took up a continuous litany for all to hear stating that someone was going to be sorry because someone (myself, pretty obviously) had made it and would be weilding some heavy social machinery soon. He kept it up for my whole trip. But on the day of note I got on a bus and smiled widely all the way, got out at my stop, did my business, and waited for a bus home. Then all of a sudden a parade of weird custom bicycles came winding down the street, and I mean weird--some tall, some reclining, a lot with unnusual things welded on. There I was smiling widely, very widely, on the sidewalk watching the parade, when one of the paraders saw me and shouted, "I found the king!" This marked the end of my being just "First in Chicago" and now being a king. I knew kings in the United States existed because in my travels, walking through the Yale Law School in New Haven, CT, (my first BA was taken at Yale) when I was homeless, I read a notice stating that there are about 550 monarchies in the United States and there was going to be a seminar or something about them at the law school.
Bicycle story in the end, that's what it is at this point. I have an audience in the custom bicycle world for weird machines. (There's a name for this type of cycle but I don't remember it. I read about them earlier in a local paper.)
Like my audience of three people in my earlier story in Santee, CA, the one man who shouted out in the bicycle parade may be interested in finding out my story, or may be given comfort if the net affect of ricosheting cause and effect reaches him one way or another. I am thankful that he received me in that way. If I could do him some favor large or small I certainly would if it were in my power. All these people inspire me to think that there is a cadre of knowing people in the world. It gives me some measure of confidence to advance as a human being, and to advance the lot of human beings.
I am coming close to the start up of my first website, which I hope will go a long way to bring me into closer harmony with the race. I will post here when that is achieved.
OK, so you have a "place in cycling history," have seen the burning bush, been tapped by the Chicago Outfit and recognized by the art bike crowd as their king.
What, exactly, do we do with this information? Should I just keep my eye open for a grinning guy with a welding torch and a pinkie ring next time I'm on the Blue Line?
I don't know. Maybe you could try casting the I Ching about it. I just did, and got the hexagram: Long Lasting (persistence, perseverance).
Seriously, thouogh, I appreciate your apparent lack of interest in the bare facts I have presented. I believe in content also and that's why I mentioned that I'll be coming out with a website in the next week or so, where I'll be sampling some of my creative work. If that leaves you flat maybe we can get together for a beer sometime.
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Barclays has appointed Antony Jenkins to replace Bob Diamond, who resigned in July, following the bank's attempts to fix Libor interest rates.
The news comes shortly after the banking giant revealed on Wednesday they would be investigated in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inquiry.
Jenkins is perceived by many as being a safe option in restoring Barclay's image after their recent public criticisms, as they were fined £290m for the Libor scandal.
It is understood the SFO will look at payments made since interfering with Middle Eastern funds from around four years previously.
Jenkins believes Barclays has many assets, talented staff and long-standing clients and customers.
"But we have made serious mistakes in recent years and clearly failed to keep pace with our stakeholders' expectations," he told The Guardian.
Jenkins said on Thursday, as quoted by The Telegraph: "We have an obligation to all of those stakeholders - customers, clients, shareholders, colleagues and broader society - and a unique opportunity to restore Barclay's reputation by making it the go "go to" bank in all of our chosen markets."
Details of Jenkins salary have been released by Barclays, with a basic pay of £1.1m and an opportunity to earn up to almost eight times this amount.
Investec analysts told The Guardian: "Given these investigations an external candidate may have been better for Barclays, though with a change of both chairman and CEO the continuity of an internal candidate has some benefits too."
It is believed the new Chief Executive fought off competition from the likes of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Chief Stephen Hester.
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Wlos, Screenwriter Robert Tate Miller began creating a small town for one of his scripts, Hendersonville appears in his mind. "I McFarlan Bakery, I Skyland Barber in my mind," he said. "I remember going to the theater Carolina."
Miller grew up in Hendersonville, Bruce Drysdale Elementary attend, East Hendersonville and Flat Rock Junior High before graduating from East Henderson High. Miller said one of his classmates was the first year of former Mayor Greg Newman Hendersonville.
"Hendersonville has always been my style, because that's where I grew up," Miller said.
Miller wrote the script for the upcoming Hallmark Channel Christmas movie "Goodbye Mr. Kringle." Located in a small town called Summerville, which has focused its economy to be a Christmas theme and Kris Kringle city, a 50 year old man impersonating Santa Claus. The film stars Christine Taylor, Anna, widow of a journalist who comes to town blog about retirement Kringle and gets swept into the life of man.
"I never grew up," he said during a telephone interview from Los Angeles. "I never was born to write."
Miller, 48, graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens. He worked in broadcast journalism after college, including a stint in Asheville WLOS-based television station before working in Jacksonville, Florida, he said actress Sarah Jessica Parker, whom he met through his work in Jacksonville , encouraged him to try his luck in screenwriting.
"I've been writing for television specials," Miller said. "I left, packed and left. I was 26 and was unmarried, had no children. C ' was the time to do it. "
He made his car and headed west. After working for some time, he sold his first screenplay, a movie for ABC Family called "three days" starring Kristen Davis.
"There's a huge amount of work and fail," he said about starting.
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An entire city was built on a plot of Hollywood film and hundreds of people were hired to fill the fictional town of "Goodbye Mr. Kringle." It was filmed in April and May for five weeks.
"It was completely transformed into Christmas," Miller said.
Morgan Shepherd, the actor representing Kringle, Miller said the children are acting in the film really thought he was Santa.
A connection to his childhood Hendersonville arises with director Kevin Connor. Miller remembered seeing "Motel Hell" at the Carolina Theatre, when he was in high school. The film was Conner's first feature film.
Miller has recently returned to Hendersonville for his reunion class East Henderson Country Club.
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Shopping Guide
If you have cross stitched or done any other kind of needlework, such as tapestry, before, you will no doubt be familiar with the tools and materials required. We've noticed, however, that there are plenty of complete beginners out there, who would love to stitch some of the unique and contemporary patterns available but who just don't know where to begin, and might even be a little intimidated by all the threads and needles and yarns available in their local craft store. There are no such thing as stupid questions, but sometimes, you might not want to venture an obvious sounding question about which needle to buy. If this sounds like you, we're here to help! This shopping guide will begin at the very beginning, so as you can purchase that pattern you've had your eye on and get all your supplies together with no trouble at all!
Where to shop: We all have our favourite places to shop for supplies. We, for example, visit a little independent craft store in the village next to ours, where we know we can get everything we need and great service too. When you're just starting out, an independent shop, staffed with lovely, passionate people who know their product inside out can be an invaluable resource, and if you know of such a place near you, we urge you to shop there, and take advantage of their advice and experience. We know though, that this isn't always an option, so your next best place is one of the chain craft stores. In the UK, you should check out Hobbycraft. In the US, Hobby Lobby or Michael's. And of course, you can always rely on internet retailers to stock absolutely everything you need. Have a look at our retailer list for more information about the best places to shop. And if you have a store recommendation, please do let us know so we can add it to the list!
What to buy: As a general rule, there are a few things you will absolutely need to buy to get started stitching, whether you are working on one of our patterns or not. Below I'll list the different items and talk about them in a little bit more detail.
This is the fabric you use for cross stitching. It comes in different counts (often written as ct on packaging) and this essentially means the number of stitches per inch. Aida with a low count (for example, 10 or 11 ct) will have fewer stitches per inch, and patterns stitched on it will be bigger because there will be a larger distance between the holes. Aida with a higher count (for example, 20 or 22 ct) will have more stitches per inch and patterns stitched on it will be smaller. Remember, the higher the count, the smaller the finished pattern. We design all our patterns for 14 count aida, which is the most common count, the easiest to get, and tends to be available in the widest colour range. You can buy it pre-packaged, often rolled or folded, or cut from a bolt in a store (this is often how online retailers sell it too.) Common aida brands include DMC, Charles Craft and Zweigart, as well as craft store own brands. We have found that the brand doesn't matter too much, though some have better colour ranges than others.
When deciding what quantity of aida to buy, have a look at the finished stitched area of your pattern (this is always included on the information sheet at the end of our patterns.) Your aida will need to be slightly bigger than this at the very least. Next, think about how you will frame it when it is done. Some of our patterns are designed for specific hoop sizes, while others are designed to fit standard frame sizes. Even if the pattern is not specifically designed for a frame size, use the finished pattern area measurement to figure out what size and type of frame you will be using (more on this below.) Then buy aida that is about 2 inches bigger than your frame on all sides. This will be useful for framing later. So, if your pattern is around 8" x 10" and you will be putting it in a frame that size, buy aida that is around 12" x 14". And if your finished piece will be living in a 6 inch hoop, buy aida that measures around 10" x 10". If you can only buy larger than your required size, you can always cut it to fit later.
There are different schools of thought on how to pronounce aida. We pronounce it ay-dah, but it is also popularly pronounced eye-ee-dah, like the opera. As far as we're aware there is no definitive answer, so you can pronounce it either way. If in doubt, just call it cross stitch fabric. Evenweave linen fabric can also be used for cross stitch, but for beginners, and probably most stitchers, it is best to stick with aida.
Often called cotton embroidery thread or six-stranded floss, this is the thread that you'll be using to stitch your design. The main manufacturers are DMC and Anchor, and whichever you end up using is entirely down to you. There isn't a huge amount of difference between them and the shades in each mostly match up. Our patterns come with floss lists in both DMC and Anchor but if you want to convert from one to the other for a pattern that doesn't list both, there are conversion charts widely available online, like this one. Some retailers will only stock one brand, and that will influence your choice, while others may have one brand cheaper than the other, and that will be the deciding factor. There is no right or wrong choice and we don't recommend one over the other.
Floss comes in bundles called skeins, as seen in the picture above. Both DMC and Anchor have two paper or plastic bands around their skeins. The top one will have the brand logo while the bottom has the barcode and shade number. When you see DMC-XXX or ANC-XXX written on a pattern, where XXX is a 3 or 4 digit number, this is the floss shade you need (ANC is an abbreviation for Anchor.) Some patterns even include the skein quantities for each colour so you know how much to buy. Floss is usually organised in store in ascending shade numbers, so it should be simple to find the colours you want. Sometimes the floss is in little containers on shelves, or sometimes you'll find a branded carousel type display with the floss hanging on little hooks. A single skein is 8m long and usually you will only be using two strands at a time for cross stitching.
We also recommend using Kreinik for your metallic thread needs. Kreinik fine #8 braid is easier to work with, in our experience, than DMC metallics, which tend to fray and unravel while you work with them. When using Kreinik #8 braid, you only need to use one strand for cross stitching, rather than two. If you are stitching on a higher count aida than 14, you can use very fine #4 braid instead, which as the name suggests, is thinner, and comes in all the same colours. It comes on spools rather than in skeins, and not every retailer stocks it but it is readily available online.
There are other brands available, and off brand floss versions too. Be careful when deciding what to use. Cheaper, unbranded floss can fray and snag as you work, or worse, break, and the colours can bleed. DMC, Anchor and Kreinik are definitely what we recommend, as we can vouch for their quality, but there's no harm in using a cheap multipack of floss to practice your stitches when you're starting out. Just be sure to switch to a decent brand when it comes to stitching your first project.
You'll obviously need a needle to do your stitching, but not just any old sewing needle. Needles for cross stitching have a blunt end and come in different sizes. Like aida, the higher the number, the smaller the needle. They are often called cross stitch needles or tapestry needles, and for stitching on 14 count aida, we recommend using a size 24. If you are doing French knots or fractional stitches, it can be useful to have a sharp embroidery needle to hand too. If you are stitching on a higher count aida, be sure to switch to a thinner needle, such as a size 28. Often you can buy packs which have several different sizes in them. Needles are usually made of nickel, but you can also get gold plated versions which don't cost a lot extra, but are especially useful for people with nickel allergies. There are several brands available, which can vary depending on where you live. In the UK, haberdashery brand Hemline has a decent range of needles, and DMC also have their own range.
To hoop or not to hoop? That is the question! Some people use a hoop every time they stitch, where as some, like myself, rarely use one at all. The purpose of an embroidery hoop is to keep your aida taut as you stitch, which means all your stitches are neat and even, but this is more so the case when working in other types of embroidery, which use a much softer fabric. Aida is quite stiff and as long as you pull through all your stitches evenly (not too tight and not too loose) it is possible to do without and use one hand to keep the section you're working on taut and the other to hold the needle. Some people, however, may have joint problems or pain in their hands, and in this instance a hoop is definitely preferrable.
Embroidery hoops consist of an inner ring, which the aida goes on top of, and an outer ring, which goes over both the aida and the inner ring. In this way the adia is held taut over the empty space in the centre of the hoop, ready for stitching. Hoops come in lots of different varieties. The most common is the wooden hoop with a brass screw on the top for tightening (as in the picture above.) Most craft stores sell them and they come in a variety of sizes. You can also get this same style in plastic instead of wood, and in a variety of colours. Flexi hoops consist of a plastic inner hoop and a rubber outer hoop, which means they need no tightening and are particularly suited for framing cross stitch in. These also come in a variety of colours, and even wood grain effect. Flexi hoops can be tricky to set up though, and we sometimes find that they can distort the aida, so we only use them when they will be the final home of the piece we are working on. While round is the most common shape for all types of hoops, you can also find oval and square hoops too, especially in flexi hoops. While hoop shopping, you may come across very deep wooden hoops (usually about 1 inch deep.) These are quilting hoops and are not suitable for cross stitch. Likewise, stay away from spring hoops (which have a plastic outer ring and a metal, sprung inner hoop) as these are intended for machine embroidery and not cross stitch.
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If you are going to use a hoop, we recommend getting one that is bigger than your motif. You can use a smaller one and move it around the aida as need be, but we have found that the marks left in the aida by the hoop can be really tough to get out, and moving the hoop can crush stitches you've already completed and ruin the finished look. There are several methods to avoid this. Wrapping the inner ring in strips of fabric can reduce the imprint left behind by the hoop. Alternatively you can use stretcher bars which hold your entire aida taut in a similar way to how a canvas is set up for painting, or, for larger pieces, a scroll frame which has a scroll bar top and bottom so you can wind up the finished section and work on a new section of aida. Hoops and frames can also be attached to floor stands, to free up both hands while working. When just starting out, however, it is best to stick to hoops until you figure out your own preferences, as other types of frames can cost a bit more. Embroidery hoops can also act as a frame for your work, so bear this in mind when choosing a specific colour or style of hoop.
You'll need at least one pair of scissors for cutting thread and aida, and while a pair of normal everyday scissors will do the job, you might feel like investing in a few pairs specifically for crafting. We use a pair of dressmakers shears for cutting aida, as they are large and sharp and get the job done quickly. Aida is by no means difficult to cut, so you shouldn't feel obliged to do the same, but a decent sized pair will get the job done more quickly.
It is, however, wise to get a pair of small, sharop scissors for cutting threads, untangling knots and unpicking stitches. The classic Stork scissors, seen above, have become traditional in needlework circles because their sharp blades and fine points are ideal for working with threads. Many different manufacturers make them so they are easy to get your hands on. But you should find a suitable small pair in your local craft store or wherever you buy the rest of your supplies.
Some people overlook frames when starting a new cross stitch project, but it can inform your choice of aida size and colour, so it is best to think ahead. Not only that, but you don't want to get to the end of all your hard work and then have to wait until you find the perfect frame to finish it. Buying a frame with your other supplies means you can go from first stitch to a finished piece hanging on your wall all in one go. If you intend to use your embroidery hoop as a frame, you won't have to buy anything else, but some patterns have square or rectangular borders which make them impossible to frame in a hoop.
When choosing a frame you can opt for something in keeping with the style of the pattern or choose something neutral that will look good in any room no matter how you redecorate. For example, our traditional style Firefly pattern would the the perfect fit for a thrifted antique style frame, while a Game of Thrones sigil might be better suited in rustic wood, and our Bioshock patterns would look good in a metal or glass deco frame. Choosing a frame is a matter of personal taste so feel free to go for whatever catches your eye or suits your budget. And obviously, you do not need to buy your frames in a craft store. Many home decor stores and supermarkets will have what you need, and not forgetting Ikea, probably the most obvious destination for cheap frames. Be sure to stay away from clip frames (the type with no outer frame and where the glass is held in place by several metal clips) as these are not suitable for the method of framing cross stitch.
Look at the finished size of your cross stitch and use this as a guide when buying a frame. A 4"x4" finished size would fit well in a 4"x6" standard photo frame, while a 12"x12" finished size would go in a 12"x16" frame, and so on. Use your frame size to calculate the amount of aida you need, as mentioned above, and this will ensure it fits into the frame. You will have unstitched aida visible in the frame but the piece will be properly secured and remain taut and in place. We will soon be creating a tutorial on framing your work to help you with this.
That's all you'll need to begin stitching, and pretty much all you'll ever need. Sure, you can experiment with hoop types and styles, and different aida counts, but the basics remain the same. Cross stitch is simpler and more accessible than you may think - the supplies don't cost the earth and you don't need a lot to get started. We hope you have found all the information you needed in this list, and that all the questions you might have about just what to buy and what exactly everything is have been answered. If not, drop us a line and let us know. We're more than happy to help you start your stitching obsession!


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If I could change the way the clock ticks
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What would happen if New Moon essentially never happened? Jacob never fell for Bella while Edward was away, well, no farther then best friends. When Charlie accepts to house a cross-country exchange student from Maine, will Jacob fall for this beautiful, Indian descent girl himself? Will she strain their friendship? How will he deal with not being able to tell him?
Follows the basic plot line of New Moon & on but not from Bella's view, but they are all still vampires and werewolves and everything. Hope you enjoy. Oh, right. I don't own this, even though I would rather own this than my own life. But because killing people is illegal, I guess I'll have to settle for fan fictions. (: love you guys.
Chapter One
I stepped off the plane and the cold air rushed through the exit gate. I was so glad I had landed safely, it had been my first time on a plane, and well, I was prone to over reacting. "I can't wait," I muttered under my breath to myself. I was at first excited to leave Maine, anywhere that wasn't cold. I guess she thought it would be hilarious to send me to the coldest, wettest place in the continental US. I glanced down at the slip in my hand with the name and description of the person I was supposed to meet. I looked around for a girl with auburn hair and about 5"6 tall. I looked around after grabbing my bags and saw a girl holding a piece of paper saying "Hannah." I walked over to her and set down my bags and held my hand out, "Hi, I'm Hannah. I'm staying with you for the Spring Semester?"
She shook my hand weekly, "Yeah, yeah. This way." I picked up my bag and sauntered off towards the truck. Were people here always this quiet and sad? I blame the weather. I laughed to myself at the thought of everybody in a big town like Forks couldn't be depressed. If they were, why would they send students here? Even though I was full of questions for this girl, Bella, I didn't think she was quite in the mood to answer them. The forty minute car ride would probably be better served in silence. I plugged my earphones in and drowned myself in the melodies of Linkin Park.I must have fallen asleep because Bella gently shook my shoulder to wake me up when we were in front of the house. I slowly shook my head and saw the snow freshly piled on the ground. For the middle of March [remember Edwards is back] I was almost blue. There was a strange boy grabbing my bags out of the back. He was tall and dark skinned, kind of like me. I am Abenaki, a type of Indian from the Maine region. Well, at least part of me was. I didn't live on a reservation, but my dad did as a kid. Some major rebellion and he completely swore off the whole Native American thing. But that didn't change me; I had always been interested in the different legions, especially the werewolf ones. Even though they aren't true, they were still interesting.
"Hey, I'm Jacob, Bella's friend." He smiled a million dollar smile. Bella walked inside without us.
"Hi, I'm Hannah, the new one," I smiled back. He seemed real nice.
"By the way, Bella's in a tough spot right now, just ignore her for a little bit and she'll come around. But the main reason I'm here, besides to lead you out of trouble, is that your enrolment in Forks high school has been declined due to the fact they have their quota of students. So, the reservation school has opened their arms to you. I guess it's not exactly what you wanted but-"
I cut him off, "It's exactly what I wanted. It's perfect. Even more the better because I don't get the vibe that Bella is excited I'm back." I laughed it off, "Let me take some of those," I offered.
"Nope, it's no problem."
"They must weigh a hundred pounds!" I exclaimed.
"It's really nothing, I promise." He led me up the steps and into the small, red house. We walked into a kitchen and Bella's father motioned silently for me to sit down at the table. Jacob went into a room, set my bags down, and came back out, "I gotta head out, but it was nice to meet you Hannah, I'll pick you up for school tomorrow, 7:30. Okay?"
"Yeah," I laughed.
"Bye bells," he hugged her, "Just make a decision, okay?" He whispered in her ear, but everyone could hear. Obviously, this wasn't a surprised for anyone. Jake left and closed the door behind him.
"Well," Her dad said glancing at the clock that read seven pm, "Did you eat yet?" He asked me.
"Yeah, I did but thanks," I smiled.
"That's okay, we did too. We can get to the real deal now, Hannah." He smiled, "Rules are simple, You can call me Charlie, curfew is 10:30 week days and 12 on the weekends. Schoolwork is a priority, and just please keep me informed if anything happens. You'll eventually have your own room, hopefully next weekend, but for this week you'll stay in Bella's room. And I am sure," He slurred his words out, "She will be an excellent hostess."
"Of course," she smiled painfully. The doorbell rang, "I'll get it!" She soundly perked up. I could hear mumbling in the other room then they walked in, "Hey, Hannah, this is Edward." She introduced me to this boy. He was something special to her, but I couldn't tell what made him so special. He was average looking, average hair, and an average voice. But there was something electric there that kept them together.
"Hi," I outreached my hand, "I'm Hannah." He reached out and shook my hand.
His hand was extremely cold to the touch, I jumped back. There was definitely something different about him.
"Sorry," He muttered, "Nice to meet you Hannah."
"So Dad," Bella started, "I know Hannah just got here but Edward wanted to take me to go see Rosalie and Emmett because they were home from college this weekend. I'll be back by ten, promise." She smiled a patient smile.
"Are you sure you couldn't take Hannah with you?" He pleaded.
"No," I stated before Bella could object, "I'd rather stay, you know, I'm a little jetlagged from the plane ride. Maybe another time." I winked at Bella and her smiled back, mouthing thank you.
They left and I went into my temporary room. It was a nice size I guess. There was a small cot off to the side where my things were set down. There was a piece of paper on top with a note scrawled on it.
If Bella's busy tonight, give me a call and I can show you around Forks and La Push if you want? I am really glad you came, you have no idea.
Jacob, (:
How could he be so glad? He didn't even know me that well. Although I felt like there could eventually be something more then friendship between us, I wouldn't let it happen. I was only here five months, not long enough to date someone. There was just something in the way of a pull between us, it was weird, but I liked it. In that weird way, I think I might like him. Is that possible? Liking someone within the first hundred words you say to them? Oh well, I was bored and needed something to do.
I picked up my cell from the bottom of my bag and dialed the number he left after his name. "Hello?" I asked,
"Hey this is Jacob, who's this?"
"Wait! This is Hannah, now I remember. Are you ready to take me up on my offer?" He chuckled.
"Yeah, well, I got nothing else to do tonight. Can you drive?" I asked him.
"Well, not legally, but we just won't tell Charlie that." I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Yeah, give me ten minutes and I'll pick you up at your house, bye," He sounded excited, truthfully. All my doubts about this flew away at that moment; this was going to be good.


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What else were you expecting for July 4?
Premise:Aliens attack the earth with the intent of stealing their resources.
Cast:Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson, Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller, Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore, Randy Quaid as Russell Casse, Vivacia A. Fox as Jasmine Dubrow, Mary McDonnell as Marilyn Whitmore, Margaret Colin as Constance Spano, Adam Baldwin as Major Mitchell, Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson, Jame Rebhorn as Albert Nimziki, Brent Spiner as Dr. Brakish Okun, James Duval as Miguel Casse, Ross Elliot Bagley as Dylan, Lisa Jakub as Alicia Casse
Director:Roland Emmerich
MPAA Rating:PG-13
Genres:Action, sci-fi
Notes:Poster taken from IMP Awards.
Pros:Fairly entertaining. The acting isn't bad.
Cons:Sci-fi logic. Dated.
What would you imagine our first encounter with intelligent alien life to be like? Friendly? Cautious? Hostile? Here, it is most certainly hostile.
A movie like this isn't meant to make you think about deep issues. It's meant to entertain you, and in that, it succeeds. Most of the characters are fairly entertaining, though as you might expect, they come second to the action. The acting isn't bad either.
Almost all films end up dated eventually, but this deserves special mention. The technology and the product placement contributes to this, but there's also the massive destruction of pre-9/11 New York.
It doesn't always make sense, particularly in the way they ultimately beat the aliens (I don't think that's much of a spoiler). In the wreckage of one city, somehow there are still trees standing.
Overall, it's worth a watch.
Sex:A couple lives together and are shown in bed together wearing mostly just sheets. They make out and flirt a few times, and he makes a joke about all his other girlfriends. A couple of guys are shirtless. A stripper is shown dancing around a pole, while wearing only enough to not technically be nude. When she talks about her job, she defends herself by saying it helps her support her son.
A boy tries to convince his girlfriend to have sex with him ("You don't want to die a virgin, do you?"). It appears to be working until her brother shows up. A man who was abducted by aliens is mocked about getting probed. When the ships appear, the guy doing the mocking previously tells the news the abductee was sexually abused by the aliens.
A scene makes it look like a man is proposing to another. David suspected a female friend of his was having an affair with the president, but he was mistaken. A man jokes to his wife about having a brunette in his bed (he's talking about his daughter).
Violence:Several major cities are wiped off the map, killing countless people. They're far from the only causalities. Nukes are considered to deal with the aliens. The ships' presence cause tremors. Cars crash. A plane flies into a beam of some sort, killing the pilot. Lots of big explosions happen. People panic and riot. The aliens intend to kill off humanity and take their stuff. Fighters (both alien and terrestrial) get into it.
A man is slammed against a glass window. An alien is punched and kicked. Yet another is dissected, but proves to still be alive and decides to tear its way through the room full of people it's in. It dies by shooting.
David once fought with the President. Steven talks a guy out of shooting him. A woman dies from internal bleeding. A drunken man trashes a room. A bullet ricochets.
Drugs/Alcohol:Cigars are smoked, which one guy calls unhealthy. He still ends up smoking one himself. People drink. One flies while intoxicated. He later notes "I picked a h*ll of a day to quit drinking."
Language:"G*d" and "d**n" are used both separately and together. Also "J*sus", "h*ll", "sh*t", "bas**rd", "booty kissing", "a**", "a**hole", "up yours", "schmuck", "b**ch", "crap", and "bloody".
Spiritual:A soldier makes reference to the Reverend. Other guys respond with "Amen." The possibility of alien telepathy is mentioned. A couple is married in a military chapel. Before a mission, someone remarks nearly forgetting victory cigars nearly put a hex on it. There's a "what-can-we-do-now?-Pray" moment. A Jewish man says he hasn't spoken to God since his wife's death.
So what did you think?
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Gold Today –New York closed at $1,279.20 yesterday after closing at$1,290.10 Tuesday. London opened at $1,279.15 today.
Overall the dollar was weaker against global currencies early today. Before London's opening:
– The $: € was weaker at $1.0766 after yesterday's $1.0724: €1.
– The Dollar index was weaker at 99.46 after yesterday's 99.66.
– The Yen was weaker at 109.03 after yesterday's 108.99:$1.
– The Yuan was slightly stronger at 6.8837 after yesterday's6.8854: $1.
– The Pound Sterling was weaker at $1.2833 after yesterday's $1.2857: £1.
The Shanghai Gold Exchange was trading at 285.90 towards the close today. This translates into $1,286.82. While New York and London were pulled lower by Shanghai yesterday and today you will note that Shanghai has barely changed in the last two days.
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I wish I could say that today's outage could be explained by the Olympics or even a cascading bug. Instead, it was due to this infrastructural double-whammy. We are investing aggressively in our systems to avoid this situation in the future.
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