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Two and a half years ago, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in a major immigration policy case, United States v. Arizona, 132 S. Ct. 2492 (2012), striking down Arizona's controversial law SB 1070. Just prior to the decision, written by Republican-appointed Justice Anthony Kennedy and joined by Republican-appointed Chief Justice John Roberts, President Obama had issued a broad-policy executive order deferring deportation of certain undocumented youth immigrants, commonly referred to as DACA.
The Court had an opportunity then, in writing about a controversial immigration policy issue, to make clear whether or not President Obama's executive action represented an overreach of executive authority. In fact, the dissenting opinion written by Antonin Scalia specifically singled out DACA in order to criticize it. While the ruling itself did not specifically mention the President's executive order by name, it made clear how the Supreme Court's majority felt about the executive branch's authority and discretion in matters of deportation.
John Roberts' Supreme Court has already validated President Obama's previous executive action, DACA.
At the core of the reasoning that struck down Arizona's law, which essentially gave state and local law enforcement the authority to enforce federal immigration laws, was that in doing so the states would interrupt federal officers' discretion whether or not to deport or otherwise punish undocumented immigrants. Not only is remaining in the country as an undocumented person not a crime, Congress specifically gave the executive branch discretion to decide who should be removed. From Kennedy's majority opinion:
"Congress has specified which aliens may be removed from the United States and the procedures for doing so. Aliens may be removed if they were inadmissible at the time of entry, have been convicted of certain crimes, or meet other criteria set by federal law. See §1227. Removal is a civil, not criminal, matter. A principal feature of the removal system is the broad discretion exercised by immigration officials. Federal officials, as an initial matter, must decide whether it makes sense to pursue removal at all. If removal proceedings commence, aliens may seek asylum and other discretionary relief allowing them to remain in the country or at least to leave without formal removal."
"As a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain present in the United States. See INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, 468 U. S. 1032,1038 (1984)."
The federal government routinely and intentionally avoids expending resources and efforts on investigating and prosecuting federal anti-marijuana laws across the country, and those are matters of criminal law. The executive orders President Obama has signed regarding in immigration similarly gives the federal government the opportunity to exercise discretion in which cases of unauthorized immigration merit top priority.
As Justice Kennedy rightfully points out in his opinion, violators of immigration laws as a general matter aren't "criminals" but are in violation of civil law. There is probably not a more compelling justification for prosecutorial discretion in matters of immigration than this, which determines not to waste resources persecuting people 'whose only violation of the law is fleeing poverty and oppression from Third World governments.'
Congress has never mandated that all unauthorized immigrants be deported. In fact, they gave that discretion to the executive branch when they specifically chose the language "may be removed" instead of "shall be removed." President Obama's recent executive action is nothing more than an exercise of that authority, bestowed by Congress in federal immigration laws.
It is clear from its decision in Arizona vs. United States (2012) that the Supreme Court recognizes the constitutionality of the kind of discretion that is embodied in the recent executive action of President Obama, which simply relieves some immigrants from deportation for a temporary period.


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It's just a few days away and I still have a lot of finishing touches to complete on both the Lagertha battledress and Elsa's gown. However, I do have a couple of images to share as a teaser, and plenty of photos of the final products to share after the madness of con is over.
Here's a sneak-peek of the completed chainmaille tunic body. This was before I added the maille shoulder pieces, and had tried it on for fit...and it fit! (whew!)
I left the left shoulder section of maille detached but laced to a small strip of leather. From the closeup photos I had, I noticed this was used. A genius move on the part of the Vikings costume dept., so that way the entire left side of the tunic can open up for ease of dressing & undressing. When put on, that small strip of leather with the shoulder chainmaille piece simply gets tied back onto the rear shoulder section...if that makes any sense. If I have time later today, I can post a closeup of the original showing this detail.
This was also before I had dyed my leather side laces a darker brown.
There are little to zero clues as to how Lagertha's blue leather dress closes in front. From some of the hi-res pictures, I was able to discern that it closed in front, but how was a mystery. So, once again using my own imagination, I decided to re-purpose a few of the extra rings leftover from the chainmaille as lacing loops.
Even further with my own stylistic leanings, the little holes you see punched in the leather will get some of the brass studs later. or maybe some fancier ones if I can track any down.
Even further with my own stylistic leanings, the little holes you see punched in the leather will get some of the brass studs later. or maybe some fancier ones if I can track any down.
I still need to treat the leather to darken and weather is a little, too
I've been taking my own path with the look of the shirt. Keeping a similar color pallet to Lagertha's, but since it's so hard to make out details, or get a clear view of her undershirt collar, I am using my imagination. For mine, I'm utilizing a flax/hemp cord in a slate grey with some of the deep brown leather flat lacing also used on the leather dress. I've also done some extra decorative stitches in a flax thread along the neck seam.
It's definitely rustic looking, but then I'm portraying a Viking queen, not a Disney princess....at least not the entire time ;-)
The beginnings of the armored arm braces...
**Edited to add: Unfortunately the shield is not a go. We were trying to construct it so that it could separate in half for travel, but we just need more time to perfect it and make it hold together more solidly.**
A shield in the making, thanks to my fiancee, Anders. Nearly complete; it just needs its handles at the back and paint. I have a sword he carved from wood and painted to look like the real thing, complete with leather scabbard.
So, stay tuned. There will be a ton of photos to share very soon. Perhaps even during Dragon Con!

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You could do that in a top 5 comedy list...
Top 5 war tv progs/mini series.Band of BrothersColditzGeneration KillTour of duty(used to be on when TV first went through the night)MASH
Just come across this, looks like it could be worth a watch...From a German point of view..
Band of Brothers is one of the best TV shows ever. It's Saving Private Ryan quality spread over 11 amazing episodes.
I've seen them so many times.
Likewise. It is utterly phenominal.
Ive read the book aswell.. Top drawer..wasnt that impressed with the Pacific though, seemed too hurried, didnt feel for the characters as much as you do in BOB..
Wasnt even aware there were books. Did the show follow them closely?
Yeah, I love Band of Brothers. Only seen it through twice so far though. I was skeptical at first because I love WWII films but I didn't really know if I'd wanna sit through 10+ hours of the same thing. (not all at once lol) But, once I did, I was hooked.
It was a silly thing to feel really because it's just like any other show. The same characters spread out over many episodes.
Pretty much kept to the book..but as you know some things are spiced up for tv/film.. But most of thr action was pretty spot on..Stephen E Ambose wrote the book
Dick Winters also wrote a book.. Beyond Band of Brothers.. I havent read that..
The little interviews at the end of each episode made it even more engrossing..I watched it first on BBC so had to wait a week for each episode.. I got it on blu ray now and usually watch it when im pissed off with the world, very sobering..
Mr Robot, just phenomenal. Just finished season 2 and god knows where they're going to take the third one.
Nice to watch something a touch (well, a country mile) more cerebral, after ploughing through seasons of The Walking Dead
Really enjoyed Mr Robot too. Weird but captivating.
It's so clever isn't it, a bit too clever for my tiny mind really, but I love how everything's put together.
I'm now watching Band of Brothers, probably the last person in the Western Hemisphere to do so, after my other half refused to allow me not to watch it. But it also is phenomenal
Err not quite the last person...
BOB...Mainly British cast aswell..Episode 6 - Bastogne is the stand out episode...The Pacific isnt so good..
One of the best series ever. You other half is doing the right thing.
It's got Ross from Friends in it
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Clearwater police officer Jeff Williams was suspended for one day without pay for violating a use of force policy when he used his foot to push a handcuffed man whom he yanked to the ground out of a cruiser, according to an internal affairs report.
"I think he should be thrown off the job," said the victim, Kevin McCue, 56. "For what this officer did to me, I just want to get it out there to have justice."
The internal affairs case was recently closed and officer Williams served his one day suspension last Friday. The incident happened at the Clearwater Beach Marina on Sept. 26 and was caught on surveillance video. Police responded to a disturbance call after McCue got into an argument with a woman he was dating, according to the complaint.
McCue, who was handcuffed and placed into the back of a police cruiser, was arrested for disorderly conduct. The Largo man has a defibrillator, complained of chest pains and paramedic were summoned to the scene, according to the report. When the paramedics arrived, police said McCue refused to get out of cruiser.
That's when officer Williams said he "violently ripped" McCue out of the cruiser and onto the ground. Surveillance video shows that struggle lasted nearly 20 seconds. Then Williams can be seen on video using the sole of his right foot to push against McCue's stomach as the man's lying handcuffed on his side, according to the report.
"He can call it whatever he wants," said McCue's attorney, John Trevena. "He kicks him with his foot, while he's handcuffed on the ground. Totally inappropriate."
In his original report, officer Williams makes no mention of using his foot on McCue. In a second report, Williams wrote that he used his foot on McCue to keep him from getting up and because he was worried the man would spit blood on him.
"I don't buy the blood spat argument one bit," Trevena said. "It just shows the officer was trying to cover up his conduct by not including it on the report. When an officer uses force, anytime during an arrest, he's supposed to document that thoroughly."
The Office of Professional Standards asked Williams if he intentionally left out the foot information in his original report. Williams said, "no" and that he initially put it in the report but took it out because at the time he thought it "was a minor incident."
McCue said he suffers from bipolar disorder, was having an episode that night and doesn't remember much. According to the report, McCue was Baker Acted and the State Attorney's Office dropped the disorderly conduct charge against him. Police said McCue threatened to kill himself and the officers that night, had been drinking heavily and was resisting arrest.
"I was having a mental episode," McCue said. "I really don't trust the police department anymore."
Clearwater Police Chief Daniel Slaughter declined Bay News 9's request for an interview. Trevena said he's going to forward the compliant to the Mayor's office for civil damages.
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Ethier a late scratch with a sore back
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Originally in the lineup for Sunday's game against Team Japan, Andre Ethier was a late scratch with a flareup of the back issues that had kept him out of action for more than a week before his Friday return.
"That back's kind of getting him, still," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Sunday's game, a 3-2 win by the Dodgers. "He's never had to do this in his career, so it's all new to him, and new to us. So we're going to take it slow."
Roberts said the team is considering getting some tests done, perhaps an MRI, on the 34-year-old veteran's lower back before proceeding any further with him.
Ethier left the game on March 6 with back spasms, and returned with an at-bat on Friday. He went 2-for-2 on Saturday, but on Sunday morning he had to shut it down again.
"For a couple of days we felt he was out of the woods, but then this morning he was in there and was ready to go, but he just didn't loosen up," Roberts said.
• One piece of good news Roberts received when he returned to camp following the death of his father is that Corey Seager, out since March 4 with a strained oblique, is making progress toward a return to Cactus League action.
"I've tried to stay in tune and to see Corey back as a full participant is good, running the bases and taking swings and throwing," Roberts said. "He's on his way. As I understand it, he's hopefully turned the corner, so we'll get him in a game sometime soon."
Roberts later said that, after talking with Seager and watch him go through drills, the slugging shortstop will continue to participate in full workouts the next couple of days before the team's Wednesday off-day, then get some at-bats on Thursday -- either on the Minor League side or in the Dodgers' Cactus League game.
• Roberts said young right-hander Julio Urias was going to be on the mound Tuesday, but that's looking unlikely as he was sent to his spring home with what may be strep throat.
"He'll back hopefully [Monday] and we can kind of gauge his energy and strength," Roberts said.
• With veteran Rich Hill getting his work in a Minor League game, Trevor Oaks made the start against Team Japan and impressed Roberts, as he had already through spring. Oaks, who played at three levels in moving up to Triple-A last season, allowed three hits in three scoreless innings.
• O'Koyea Dickson sent the Dodgers home walk-off winners over Japan with a two-run double the opposite way to the right-field corner, showing off his considerable offensive tools.
"He's got a big-league bat, and he's just got to continue to develop as a defender. But there's a lot to like," Roberts said of Dickson, who has spent the last two seasons at Triple-A.
• Prior to Sunday's game, the Dodgers reassigned catchers Jack Murphy and Wynston Sawyer, right-handed pitcher Fabio Castillo and infielder/outfielder Stetson Allie to Minor League camp. That trimmed down the camp roster to 53 players.
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Eastern Kentucky Colonels vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Pick-Odds-Prediction - 2/27/14
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (15-14) at Eastern Kentucky Colonels (19-9)
College Basketball: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 7:30 pm (Paul S. McBrayer Arena)
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The Eastern Kentucky Colonels host the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at Alumni Coliseum.
Tennessee Tech might have flown under the radar this season as they stand a game out of fourth in the Ohio Valley with two to play. Whatever happens in the final week of the regular season the Golden Eagles are playing their best basketball with wins in five of six following a 69-57 decision over Jacksonville State on Saturday. The Gamecocks struggled to score on 38% and the Golden Eagles did not on 46% while dominating the glass 41-29. Balance was the name of the game offensively with Dennis Ogbe, Jeremiah Samarrippas and Dwan Caldwell scoring 13 points each with Shirmane Thomas adding ten.
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Eastern Kentucky can finish as high as third in the OVC standings (with some help) or as low as sixth with defeats in both remaining contests. The score first Colonels prosper the higher they can push the score with the hopes that opponents can not keep up. Austin Peay certainly couldn't keep up in a 96-75 defeat on their home floor with both teams hitting at a blistering 58% with EKU connecting on 17-32 from long range. Glenn Cosey led the offensive charge with 27 points on 4-5 from distance while handing out nine assists while Tarius Johnson tossed in 24. Corey Walden and Eric Stutz netted 16 and 15 points respectively as the starting five accounted for all but 12 points.
These teams are similar in the way they go about their business and their business is scoring points. Eastern Kentucky is better at it and I'm hoping Tennessee State holds up their end of the bargain...


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Nicole Watson is a member of the Birri-Gubba People and the Yugambeh language group. Nicole has a bachelor of laws from the University of Queensland, a master of laws from the Queensland University of Technology and is currently enrolled in the PhD program at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU. The topic of Nicole's thesis is a comparative analysis of the privatisation of Indigenous lands in Australia, the United States of America and New Zealand.
Nicole was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1999. She has worked for Legal Aid Queensland, the National Native Title Tribunal and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Nicole is also a former editor of the Indigenous Law Bulletin.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Connecticut's Rashad Anderson didn't seem to mind watching the start of a game from the bench for the first time this season.
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Anderson scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half to lead the 19th-ranked Huskies to a 68-58 victory over slumping West Virginia on Tuesday night.
Anderson was benched by UConn coach Jim Calhoun despite scoring a team-high 19 points in a loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Calhoun said Denham Brown earned the starting nod by playing harder than Anderson in subsequent practices.
"I winked at (Anderson) before the game and said, 'Hey, you may not even play today,"' Calhoun joked.
Anderson responded by going 6-of-9 from the field - including four 3-pointers - and made all six free throws in 27 minutes.
No. 1 Illinois 75, No. 18 Wisconsin 65: At Madison, Wisc., Top-ranked Illinois ended Wisconsin's 38-game home winning streak, the nation's longest, beating the Badgers by scoring 14 of the game's final 15 points.
Led by Luther Head's 18 points, Illinois (20-0, 6-0 Big Ten) snapped a five-game losing streak in Madison and became the first team to beat the Badgers at the Kohl Center since Wake Forest on Dec. 4, 2002.
The 18th-ranked Badgers (13-4, 4-2), who led by eight points midway through the second half, fell to 53-3 at home under coach Bo Ryan, including 26-1 in the Big Ten.
The Badgers' most recent home win came when they scored the final 11 points of the game to beat Michigan State 62-59.
Wisconsin took at 64-61 lead on Alando Tucker's drive to the basket with 4:31 left. But dreams of Wisconsin's first win over a top-ranked opponent since beating Ohio State in 1962 soon faded.
James Augustine, who was limited by foul trouble to 4 minutes in the first half, made two free throws with 4:11 left and Jack Ingram did the same at 3:39, putting the Illini ahead for good, 65-64.
Augustine, who scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, added consecutive dunks to make it 69-64.
No. 6 Kansas 86, Baylor 66: At Waco, Tex., No. 6 Kansas is still perfect in the Big 12 after Wayne Simien scored 18 points and the Jayhawks made a school-record 16 3-pointers in an victory over Baylor.
Simien got the Jayhawks (15-1, 5-0) off to a fast start with seven points - including the first two baskets - in a 15-2 run to open the game.
While Simien didn't attempt a 3-pointer, the four other Kansas players who scored in double figures made at least three 3s each. Jeff Hawkins was 5-for-5 on 3s and had 15 points. Keith Langford added 17, J.R. Giddens 14 and Aaron Miles 11.
No. 16 Texas 80, Texas Tech 73: At Austin, Tex., Daniel Gibson scored 20 points, hitting all six of his 3-pointers, to lead No. 16 Texas to a victory over Texas Tech.
The Longhorns (15-4, 4-2 Big 12) went 14-of-21 from 3-point range and made four in a row during one key stretch midway through the second half. It was the eighth game this season Texas has hit at least 10 3s.
Kenton Paulino added 16 points and Brad Buckman had 14 rebounds for Texas.
Ronald Ross scored 29 points and Devonne Giles added 18 for Texas Tech (11-5, 3-2), which came in as the Big 12's top-scoring team but shot just 37 percent against Texas' new zone defense.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The Naked. And the Nude.
Raped by Moon Maids? Please, it's ones from Uranus you have to look out for.
So, what can't Cookie go into, but after seeing this, he cannot stop himself from doing?
The bit about the "Piano Recital in the Nude."
That shook a memory loose. Not of a piano, but about a lady and a her double pedal action concert grand harp.
There was a woman in our neighborhood - a bit of an eccentric who lived on our street in Shaker Heights. She had a large, formal harp. And she had a picture window.
Said woman had attended Juilliard, and had arrived in Cleveland after scoring position with the Cleveland Orchestra as a harpist. (NOTE: Cookie's step grandfather was concertmaster under George Szell for the Cleveland Orchestra.) She stayed a bit, met a guy named "Guy", gave up her position to become a mother.
She was a bit bohemian in that she was into organic before it was chic and if you mentioned Woodstock she would recount a lovely day spent in Woodstock, New York in the early 1950s in which she had a picnic in a field with a handsome boy who attended Colgate with her.
I, of course, being in that seven to eight year old age range had no idea what Colgate was, other than a toothpaste.
She was brilliant, but a bit off. Enough off that she simply ignored housework, a pack rat husband and her two sons and two daughters just enough. She told my mother "I send them off in the morning and if they come home at night, I have done my job."
Mrs. X was also had an annoying habit of showing her agreement with someone while they were speaking of softly saying "Truth" after every statement she believed. She dressed in folk dresses while the rest of our mothers were still shopping at Bon Wit Teller and Halle's.
And there was her cat, named Katz, named after her rabbi, Rabbi Katz.
But her harp, in the window, overlooking the thoroughfare we lived on was magnificent, and it's golden skin sparkled in the winter sun when she would open the drapes. For all the chaos around her, the harp was the one thing nice thing that she owned. We all had pianos. But only they had a harp.
And when she retreated into her harp, for a couple hours each day, everyone was banished from the house. Outside it sounded lovely, but as son number three would point out - "It gets on my nerves."
One day, my mother, out of the blue, said that I wasn't to play with the children from that house. I tried the usual childlike debate tool of "why? why? mommy, why?" which was met with "Because, that's why."
Well, since ignoring one's mother is what children do, I continued to go over to their house, I just didn't tell my mother where I was going. I was smart enough to know that if I went too often, verily, my mother would be onto me.
One winter's day, I went to the house of the children on the other side of the harp lady. And we were shooed outside and a game of tag with snow balls commenced. The snow in their yard had been compacted by the thundering feet of children in the neighborhood, while the harp lady's yard was pretty much untouched.
So I went into her yard to gather some snow for the game. And I heard the music from inside.
And I looked up.
And in the window, there was Mrs. X, seated on her stool, playing her harp.
Without anything on.
I stood there transfixed.
Soon, another child joined me.
And another. And so forth and so on.
We could see her boobs. And she was cold.
In retrospect I would like to think she was playing Beautiful Dreamer or some other like song that she had lost herself in. But when she finished and came back to earth, instead of the after glow or a performance instead of serenity, there were about ten of us, just staring.
She smiled, then reached for a robe, which she draped over her shoulders. She disappeared into the dark part of the room and the shear curtains closed, just like at the concert hall. Minus the standing ovation.
Well then. Us kids had to talk this one out.
"We shouldn't of looked."
"Is she going to call our parents?"
"But she was naked and we saw her boobies."
"She wasn't naked," said the eldest amongst us - a fifth grade girl who had just gone to see the Red Shoes with her mother, and who was wise beyond her years as all ten year girls who have seen the Red Shoes are.
"She was nude, in the classical sense." Well that didn't make any sense to me.
And we never once considered that we had had intruded on her. Sure, she was sitting in the window with the harp, and the curtains were open. But maybe the idea of her being seen by others never crossed her mind. On the other hand, the light was on in the room, and cars were flying down the street.
After a great deal of discussion, and an increasing level of discomfort by what we had witnessed, we decided to each go to our respect homes. We were all certain that she was going to call our parents and complain, and woe to us when they found out. But the phones were silent.
Several days later I saw the kids from that other family as they made their way home from Catholic School.
"Did she call your house?"
"Just my grandma called yesterday, and Mrs. X doesn't know her. Did she call your house?"
"Did she call your house?"
"How would I know," said the worldly ten year old girl. "I've been in the school all day."
She never called our house, and I certainly never told my mother. But then I stopped playing with her children, because, well, I saw their mother, naked.
How do you face your friends when you see their mother in the midst of rapture playing her harp in the nude? And because they went to private schools, I never had to encounter them in the halls of our local school.
As time passed, I wondered if my mother knew but didn't say anything. You know, the old lets pretend that the parent doesn't know to see if the kid will confess and redeem themselves? Nope, not a thing. I even got so bold as to asking my mother what the difference was between "naked" and "nude".
"What in heaven's name brought that up," my mother asked.
I shrugged.
"Well," said she, "Venus, the greek goddess is nude, and that is art, and art is beautiful. Naked is is what's in those magazines that your father hides under the mattress."
Still, I couldn't figure out if Mrs. X was naked or nude. If she was nude, in the classical sense, that was beautiful. If she was naked, well that was something that made you pull the curtains. And why would anyone put a magazine under a mattress?
By the third grade, the woman, her husband and their sons moved on. They sold their house and good Lord knows what happened to them, but they were gone. Their home was purchased by a family from India. And the mother was as far from naked or nude as you could get - she was dressed in yards and yards of brightly wrapped silks and gauzy materials.
A year later we moved out of the neighborhood as well to Fairmount Circle, on the northern edge of Shaker. From my new bedroom window, I could see John Carroll University, and that fall students at the college joined their brethren nationwide in the "Streaking" craze.
When I was in my forties, and this had faded long into the past, one night we were finishing dinner at our house in Columbus. My mother - in town for one of her many doctors appointments - had consumed an entire glass of wine. She seldom drank anything, so the wine got her extra tipsy and talkative. The conversation got a bit nostalgic, and I asked her why she laid down the law years ago and told me to stop playing down at the X's house.
"Well," she said, "the kids were good kids, so it wasn't anything that they did. Evidently, Rabbi Katz had come to call, on the 'X's' one day and as he walked up the front walk, there was Mrs. X, playing the harp without a thing on. Rabbi X had told his wife, and his wife had told one of her friends, and she told to friends, and so on," and evidently it got back to my mother.
"And," she continued, "I didn't want you around that weirdness," said my mother sipping from her wine glass. "We had enough weirdness in our own house." My mother never drank, as a rule, but a little wine loosened her up a bit. "I thought Nancy Gallagher," (the mother of the worldly fifth grader who is now a talking head on the national Sunday News programs) "was going to have an utter stroke when she found out."
"So was she naked, or was she nude?" I asked. "I mean did she play it naked, or was she playing it in the nude, in the classical sense?"
"What difference does that make? She was sitting in the front window without any clothing playing that harp, Cookie. Nothing that the vice squad would be interested in, but if word got out it could hurt the property values. And your father would have had a fit had he ever seen her do it. He was convinced that woman was a member of Jews for Jesus."
A sip of wine and she continued. "I'm not saying that she did anything immoral, like seduce the rabbi, but I bet the postman didn't have to ring twice at that house; he just had to stand on the porch..."
Another sip and her eyes narrowed. "Did you ever see her do that?"
"Did you?" I asked.
She pointed out that she had asked me first.
I denied everything. "No, I had just heard rumors." In my mind I could still see her sagging bosom.
"Besides, what effect would it have on me?"
So alas, I will never know if she was naked, or she was nude. But she was certainly without her clothes.
But everytime I see a harp, I think of that day, forty some odd years ago, and imagine in her mind she was nude, playing for the gods. "Beautiful dreamer, wake unto to me..."
Unless a Satyr happened by; then she was most definitely naked.
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OMG..how could you ever leave such an interesting place????? I used to be an organist but I don't recall ever playing my organ in the nude. Or would it have been naked? Oh, you know what organ I mean!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
You find interesting where you are and where you live. Its happening around you right now. You just have to tune into it.Delete
WHOA! mrs. x was nude, in the classical sense.ReplyDelete
Wow. Imagine if she had made an album of harp music - would she have been nude on the cover? In the classical sense? JxReplyDeleteReplies
Would the title of the LP be "Diaphanous Ecstacy" if it were classical music.Delete
If I had a dime for each time I was raped by a moon maid........ReplyDeleteReplies
I understand that they were Hell on Uranus.Delete
There's nude-- in the classical sense; there's naked as in "not wearing clothes" and then there's *nekked* which is naked and up to no good.ReplyDelete
I suspect Mrs. X was truly nude. Did you know Harpo Marx kept his harp in the bathroom so that he could practice whenever he had to spend some quality time? Though I think he'd say he was either naked or partially clothed.Replies
Nude as in the classical sense, naked as in the shameful sense, and you are right, NEKKED as in the caught with your pants off screwing the next door neighbors wife in the woods.Delete
nude harping?ReplyDelete
I imagine heaven must be like that....or is it hell?Replies
She was mid forties amd sagging. We never saw her nipples, but I imagine they were the size of hubcaps. So it was Hell.Delete
the story brings to mind that adorable scene inReplyDelete
"radio days" when the boys spy the sparsely clad broad.
so, did watching harpo marx play give you a boner?Replies
They had to use binoculars. We were ten feet away standing in the snow where the pachysandra grew in the summer. In real life, it wasn't anything sensuous, it was just creepy and shocking.Delete
And there is more on Mrs. X, but I shant write anything about that until I'm sure she's dead. So this happened when I was seven, 1970ish. I figure she was mid forties, so she could be 86ish? So when we cross over her 100th birthdayish I can write more. I know that it sounds strange, but, my motjer told me more over her third glass of wine...Delete
OMG! I can't tell you how much I love coming to this site and reading your interesting tales LOL Nude (in the classical sense) harp playing, neighborhood kids standing around watching her, your mom laying down the law, which was promptly ignored. I wish I was your neighbor and we could have wine and tell tales.ReplyDeleteReplies
Kids will be kids.Delete
Es ist der Blick allein, der den (artificiellen) Unterschied macht.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this thought-provoking post.
The line about property values was the best line in a very funny story.ReplyDelete


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Happy is he among men upon earth who has seen these mysteries; but he who is uninitiate and who has no part in them never has lot of like good things once he is dead, down in the darkness and gloom.
Hymn to Demeter, 480-2 (translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica, Loeb Classical Library [New York, 1920], P. 323)
Thrice happy are those of mortals, who having seen those rites depart for Hades; for to them alone is it granted to have true life there; to the rest all there is evil.
Sophocles, Frag. 719 (Dindorf) (translation by G. E. Mylonas, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries
[Prince ton: Princeton University Press, 1961], P. 284)
Happy is he who, having seen these rites, goes below the hollow earth; for he knows the end of life and he knows its god-sent beginning.
Beautiful indeed is the Mystery given us by the blessed gods: death is for mortals no longer an evil, but a blessing.
Inscription found at Eleusis (translation by S. Angus, The Mystery Religions and Christianity [London, 19251, P. 140)
It was the common belief in Athens that whoever had been taught the Mysteries would, when he died, be deemed worthy of divine glory. Hence all were eager for initiation.
Pausanias avoided explanations regarding the Mysteries and refrained
My dream forbade me to describe what is within the wall of the sanctuary; and surely it is dear that the uninitiated may not lawfully hear of that from the sight of which they are debarred.
And the synthema (pass-word) of the Eleusinian mysteries is as follows: 'I fasted; I drank the kykeon; I took out of the chest; having done my task, I put again into the basket, and from the basket again into the chest.'
Clement of Alexandria, Protreptikos, II, 21. [For the interpretations of this sacred formula, cf. George E. Mylonas, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, pp. 294-305]
The Phrygians, the Naassene says, assert that God is a fresh ear of cutwheat, and following the Phrygians the Athenians, when they initiate in the Eleusinia exhibit in silence to the epoptai the mighty and marvellous and most complete epoptic mystery, an ear of cut-wheat.
Hippolytus, Philosophoumena, V, 8
[According to Walter Otto, 'there can be no doubt of the miraculous nature of the event. The ear of wheat growing and maturing with a supernatural suddenness is just as much a part of the mysteries of Demeter as the vine growing in a few hours is part of the revels of Dionysus.' W. Otto, 'Meaning of the Eleusinian Mysteries,' P. 25, in The Mysteries (New York, 1955), PP. 14-31; see also Mylonas, op. cit. PP- 305-10-]
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Thursday December 2011 is the longest night of the year. Get through those short days and long nights with the help of the library.
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Think you are a movie buff? Test your skills in movie trivia and famous quotes on Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 7pm in the Library Cafe. The questions will cover movies from the early 1900's- 2000. The prizes are free movie tickets.
If you love puppies and you love the holidays join us for a family holiday movie presentation on Wednesday December 21st at 5pm. The library catalog describes the movie in this way. "When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets tired of the North Pole, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. But when the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt and the world begins to forget the true meaning of the season, it's up to Puppy Paws and his newfound Buddies to save Christmas."
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Windows Basics 2 Monday December 19th @ 10am
Search Engines: Covers some of the search engines other than Google, Yahoo and Bing. Students will learn about Collarity, Ixquick, Ask.com and Local.com. December 19 @ 2pm.
Twitter Basics: An introduction to signing-up, creating a profile and using the service to find friends and/ or use Twitter for a news source. Patrons will have the opportunity to have two Twitter friends by the end of the class. December 19 @ 6pm
Windows Basics: We will start at the very beginning of Windows 7 with an introduction to the Desktop, Start Menu and the all new Taskbar. Tuesday December 20 @ 6pm
Keyboard Mouse Skills: Double-click, Right-click, Scroll%u2026 If you get overwhelmed by knowing what all to do and when to do it with your computer mouse, step into this class and learn! Your mouse and keyboard are the ways you communicate with your computer; the more you know the more you can make your computer work for you! Wednesday December 21 @ 11am
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We have Preschool Story Time Tuesday mornings at 10am and Wednesdays at 4pm; Pat-a-Cake Story Time Thursday @ 10am; Family Story Time Thursday @ 6pm and Toddler Time Friday @ 10am.
The library will follow its regular schedule until Saturday December 24th when it closes at 12pm. I will reopen on Tuesday December 27th at 9am
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Long nights are a great time to read a good book. Here are a few suggestions.
The Titan Curse by Rick Riordon- "When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever." –from book materials
Firebirds Soaring: an Anthology of Speculative Fiction by Sharyn November- "First Firebirds. Then Firebirds Rising . Now there is Firebirds Soaring , the third anthology of original stories by some of today s finest writers of fantasy and science fiction. These authors, including Nancy Farmer ( The Sea of Trolls ), Ellen Klages ( The Green Glass Sea ), Margo Lanagan ( Black Juice ), and Jane Yolen ( The Devil s Arithmetic ), have brought new worlds and Old Magic to life in nineteen remarkable pieces of short fiction. Mike Dringenberg, co-creator of Sandman with Neil Gaiman, contributes decorative vignettes. Firebirds Soaring like Firebirds and Firebirds Rising set the standard for short fiction for teenagers and adult fans of the genre "-from the book description
Being Home by Ruth Raymond Thone is a series of essays by the wife of former Nebraska Governor Charles Thone. The book celebrates the simple joys of life beyond the big city and the sacredness of the ordinary.
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France misses relief rally as debt cost soars
FRENCH government borrowing costs hit a high against benchmark German bonds yesterday, as France becomes the latest victim of the crisis of confidence battering the eurozone.
It meant France missed out on a "relief" rally that lifted shares and commodities from Tuesday's lows.
Away from the bond market, the euro rose to US$1.3746 against the dollar and rose to 107.32 against the yen.
And stocks bounced back from their low -- boosted by news from the US.
While Europe remains in disarray, markets got a lift from abroad. The US published better than expected jobs news and there were signs the US Federal Reserve plans to ease lending to banks, boosting credit.
Oil futures rose in London, up 32 cents to $109.86 a barrel, and the main European share index ended the session up 1pc, recovering some of the 6pc fall of the previous day.
In the bond markets, however, the situation remains fraught.
The price France pays to borrow for 10 years rose to 3.13pc yesterday.
It is 1.29pc more than Germany pays -- the widest the gap has been since the launch of the euro.
The timing is terrible for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is hosting fellow leaders of the G20 group of the top industrial nations at Cannes today.
It also comes as France plans to sell €7bn of bonds at auction.
French borrowing costs rose as rumours swirled in the markets that ratings agencies were close to cutting the European giant's credit rating.
France risks losing its coveted 'AAA' borrower status as a result of the commitment its government has already made to supporting Europe's bailout funds.
In a note to investors, UK bank RBS said France was now a "key short".
That meant RBS analyst Andrew Roberts recommended to investors that they should bet on the value of French bonds falling.
Italy is under even greater pressure in the markets. Its 10-year borrowing costs were close to 6.3pc yesterday, nearly a full percentage point above Spain's cost of funds.
Irish bond yields are holding up well in the latest crisis, consistently around 8pc for 10-year money.
In contrast, the flight from risky assets played to Germany's favour yesterday. It paid just 1pc to borrow €4bn of five-year government bonds yesterday.
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Last night I had the pleasure of watching American Ninja Warrior, which was miraculously being broadcast on NBC. I haven't been able to watch any version of Ninja Warrior since I moved back to California since DirecTV doesn't carry G4. Boo DirecTV!
If you're not familiar with Sasuke Ninja Warrior, it's a TV show in which 100 competitors attempt to make it through four stages of an extremely tough obstacle course. Thousands have tried, and only three men have ever gotten to the top of Mt. Midoriyama to claim the title of Ninja Warrior.
G4, being the best TV channel ever (ahem! DirecTV…), decided to mix this awesome show with an awesome internet meme… cats! Are you ready for the most entertaining 6 minutes of your day? Take a look…
First, you should familiarize yourself with Ninja Warrior. The real one. This video is just the first two stages. Imagine what getting through these and thinking, "I'm only halfway done?!"
Crazy, right? And those are the EASIEST two stages. 3 and 4 only get harder.
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This week we have a several of bloggers participating in a book review blog tour for The Envy of Eve by Melissa Kruger. Links to the reviews will appear below as they are available:
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- Melissa Jackson (breathoflifeministries.blogspot.com)
- Sarah White (awonderfulprovidence.blogspot.com)
- Coralie Cowan (lifemoreabundant.me)
- Vanessa Small (letthemcome1014.blogspot.com)
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What's truly at the heart of our desires? The Envy of Eve guides readers to understand how desires grow into covetousness and what happens when this sin takes power in our hearts. Covetousness chokes out the fruit of the Spirit in our lives, allowing discontentment to bloom. The key to overcoming is to get to the root of our problem: unbelief-a mistrust of God's sovereignty and goodness. An ideal resource for deeper study or group discussion.
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Melissa is a North Carolina native and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, where she studied math and education, as well as met her husband, Mike. She currently works part-time as the Women's Ministry Coordinator for Uptown Church, acting as a liaison between the women's prayer team, program team and staff team. She enjoys meeting with women, studying the Bible, running with friends, reading, and spending her days raising her three children, Emma, John, and Kate.
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A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, with more than a passing resemblance to Aleksander Lebed, a police detective, local forest ranger (a devotee of Zen Buddhism) and some big-city types from St. Petersburg. Inevitably, their good intentions soon give way to endless drinking, visits to local farm girls and much else besides.
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Celtic defender Kelvin Wilson is happy with the timing of the international break
Celtic defender Kelvin Wilson believes the international break has given the squad a chance to recharge the batteries.
Last Updated: 11/09/12 1:01pm
The Bhoys signed off before the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with a 2-2 home draw against Hibernian having booked a place in the UEFA Champions League group phase a few days earlier.
Wilson believes the last 10 days have provided the necessary respite for a squad hit by injuries and hopes Celtic can hit the ground running away to St Johnstone on Saturday.
"It's nice to get a break now, especially with injuries," Wilson told Celtic View.
"The Helsingborgs game was a big one, not just mentally, but physically as well, so it was nice to get that out the way, get the result and just recharge the batteries for the last 10 days.
"It took a lot out of everyone, even the management staff and the coaches so it was nice to celebrate that result and then play the Hibs game, which obviously we would like to have won, and to have this break now.
"When everyone comes back, hopefully we will be ready to hit the ground running again. The Champions League has been the main thing from the start of the season.
"The league is our bread and butter but we won it last year and the next step was getting to the Champions League.
"It was a massive achievement and relief for everyone so it's nice to be there. It's in our hands every year and now we've finally done it."


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In 1917, Frances Griffiths arrives in Yorkshire to stay with her uncle Arthur Wright (Paul McGann), his wife, Polly, and daughter Elsie.
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Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, welcomes the Emissions Trading Scheme but is warning that emitter subsidies will cost taxpayers and dull the scheme's effectiveness.
Dr Wright says the next stage of the ETS, which comes into effect on Thursday, is a significant step in the right direction.
"Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge we face and the ETS means that New Zealand is joining other developed nations in the international effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
"The ETS is the right framework but I still have serious concerns about the subsidies to big emitters, which will not only impose significant costs on the taxpayer but also distort the carbon market and limit the incentives to reduce emissions.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ +16 years-old ] Series inspired by a bestseller that won the Pulitzer Prize. Two Texas Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, are in love. McCrae, Clara Forsythe, and Call, Maggie Tilton, a young prostitute who has a son. Captain Inish Scull, a Yankee aristocrat noted for his valor in war with Mexico, has a actractiva woman who exploits the absence of her husband to be with others. McCrae and Call pursue three outlaws: Buffalo Hump, a great Comanche chief ; Kicking Wolf, a famous horse thief, and smoked a bloodthirsty Mexican bandit. You can watch Comanche Moon online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2008.
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Runtime: 255 minutes
Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Troy Baker, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Beach, Wes Studi and Shani Klein-Madden.
255-minute film (full movie) directed by Simon Wincer.
The original audio of Comanche Moon has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2008.
Screenplay written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry.
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Composed by Lennie Niehaus.
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In celebration of our fifth anniversary, GRCT is headed east! We're thrilled to announce that we're teaming up with Dixon Hall School of Music for this year's March Break, happening March 14-18.
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THE HILL: Following Avastin decision, Republicans say FDA rationing care
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Leading House Republicans accused the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of rationing care after the agency's decision Thursday to revoke its approval of an expensive drug for late-stage breast cancer treatment
The FDA said it made the recommendation after reviewing clinical studies that showed Avastin does not prolong overall survival in breast cancer patients or sufficiently slow the disease's progression. The FDA rejected speculation the decision was based on the treatment's cost, which can run upwards of $90,000 each year.
However, key Republicans brought back allegations that persisted during the healthcare reform debate that the Obama administration wants to ration care. In a statement issued Thursday afternoon, Republicans pointed out that the European Medicines Agency on Thursday approved Avastin for the same treatment.
"Today, the FDA is withdrawing its approval of a drug that helps prolong the lives of thousands of women living with aggressive breast cancer," said incoming Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (Mich.), incoming Health subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (Pa.) and Reps. Phil Gingrey (Ga.) and Sue Myrick (N.C.), a breast cancer survivor.
"Unfortunately, this is only just the beginning," they continued. "The new health reform law — the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — creates 159 new boards, commissions and agencies that will destroy the doctor-patient relationship and replace it with federal bureaucrats deciding who gets care and what treatments they can receive."
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) argued in July that the FDA wants to ration care after an agency advisory panel voted 12-1 in July to revoke approval of Avastin for treating breast cancer.
Breast cancer advocate Susan G. Komen for the Cure said it was concerned that the FDA's decision would hinder access to treatment.
"We want to be sure that women who are using Avastin, and for whom it is working, can continue to have access to it, that their insurers will continue to pay for it and that the drug's manufacturer, Genentech/Roche, continues making the drug available to women through its patient support programs and considers an expanded access program," the organization said in a statement.
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Do you see the difference? I really need the Send Email to keep the original formatting. Otherwise multiple lines fields become unreadable.
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I do not provide the values manually. If that was the case, I would have used
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text: ...I just read this and realize it's extremely long. I'm sorry. I tried to edit out details that weren't needed, but this is as much as I could do without sacrificing anything crucial. Thank you for your patience, and hopefully advice. I'm going to try this out...I don't really like posting about shit like this often but I guess when you feel like no one can tell you anything right around you, you try to go to people that are on the internet that will be willing to listen...so I thank you for reading this since I know it's not gonna be quick. Summer of 06. I guess this was when I realized a lot of things about myself through a girl I met. I started dating the girl this post is about...and on our first date I have to say I felt like I was 14 again and I had never kissed a girl before. Everything seemed fresh and dating her made dating exciting again. I was so sick of just random cute girls with nothing to say. This girl understood me well, and was into me just as much as I was into her. We dated for 2 months and I couldn't describe a relationship any better...she was just that girl that you always dreamed of in every aspect down to the little shit. My friends who usually have a hardass attitude about the women I see were totally accepting, and even let me know one-by-one they had never seen me as happy as I was (and I was never really depressed before this), and that I had finally found a girl that suited me well. Being kind of a different dude from a lot of the people in the area I live in, this was saying a lot since every girl I dated tried but couldn't really get into what I really was about as a person. Since she lived an hour away from me, we spent hours on the phone every weeknight, and weekends together in my area, not leaving each other for a minute until sunday morning came around and she had to head into work. Anyways...this all came to a sad sad end at some point as they all do I guess. But, I would have never guessed, how this one was going to end. She told me when I was on vacation with my guy friends, about 16 hours away in Minnesota that she was "very sick" and "might not be able to see me much." This was really odd and out of nowhere, so I asked her more and more about it on AIM and she told me she had gotten home from the doctor and she was at a great risk of health. That night though, she didn't resist our nightly long phone call and we were back on "good" terms as a couple like nothing happened. The next day she admitted things to me...she was a bulemic. After that, shit changed as you can imagine. I made a decision with myself that she was the best friend and lover to me I've ever met throughout my life, and if she was for real about all the long-term implications and shit we had...that I should man up and try to help her out as best as I could. I offered her advice and shit over the next few months...and she tried to break me off one night. I'll never forget it, she explained to me everything and it was so hard on her that hearing her try to force it all out made me even cry a little. Embarassing to admit online, whatever, but fuck it...I'm being real. She told me her story...how it all started, how it affected her, and how it caused her long-term relationship with a guy who was also bulemic to end (they went long distance for 8 months and she felt dating him was progressing her into worse health). I guess aside from her ex-bf and parents, I am the only other person to know about this according to her. She told me she usually breaks it off with a guy when she feels she's getting close to them...but she was in far too deep with me and felt I needed to know. We then broke up officially, that night. I asked her if she really honestly cared as much as she portrayed to me over the last few months, and now that everything else was on the table, I would have no problem hearing the truth about us. She told me she did care about me a lot, but when I asked if she could promise me when she went to get better if it would be a possibility when things were clearing up to remember the times we had and how they could be there for her again, she told me she couldn't make any promises because this situation was something that she was fearing so much she couldn't have any vices in her life. We officially broke up that night because she told me she couldn't possibly date me, or anyone. She told me her parents were coming down on her hard over it and she might even have to go away for a period of time without seeing anyone. I understood, and I told her I loved her for the first time ever, and I'd be there for her whenever she wanted someone. After what was probably one of the most difficult conversations I've had with someone, I went to sleep and that was that. Still, she kept me in her life. She couldn't resist calling me at night, and shit like that. Until about 3 weeks later...in late August. I guess it clicked she had to cut me off. She acted like a total bitch for the first time ever, and I knew it was out of character. She wouldn't talk much but sent me a real fucked up text message about "how i should get out while I can because she's a messed up person beyond what I can understand." I remember driving back from being out of town, and telling my friend as much as it bothered me that we had a little fight I knew it was out of character and she'd be back...she probably just had something bad happen. I wasn't stupid, I knew she was saying she was trying to finally call it off...but I was hoping these were the rough times I'd have to endure to get things right. 3 days later I was driving the same friend home when I got a text message. It was one of those times you knew who it would be before you even looked. IT was her, and she was in my town helping a friend out that lived here move in for school. We met up...she apologized (she was a bit drunk) a few times, and was all over me when I was driving. We ended up hooking up in a parking lot - I couldn't keep her off me. I was stupid and felt like things were going to be ok somehow, and I guess that furthered it. We would talk less from there on out. She told me on AIM that "didnt mean we were back together" among a normal conversation...and shit was just awkward from there on out for some reason on her end. She had distanced herself. When she got back to school (in my city here) she had completely cut me off, but was up and down about it the whole way...one day sending me cute picture messages and another being quiet. I ended up biting the bullet and hoping she'd come back, but I left her on her own just to find out she was hanging out with a guy back home. That lasted 2 weeks. Then she went on a depression "alone" time thing from what I was told - I don't have any mutual friends but her myspace profile was a pretty depressing looking situation. I started to move on at this point, realizing there's some things in life you've just gotta learn from. I started really going hard in my music and live performances...I didn't want to spend weekends with her on my mind so I made sure I was booked every weekend. Well, one weekend I was going to play a show...at her school. Sure enough, running late in typical hiphop star fashion, I get a text message while I'm driving like a retard with my MC in the car. You guessed it. She was there in the front with her friend, and afterwards we talked. I was nice because I didn't want her friend to feel awkward, and I told her I was glad to see her. She said "we should chill sometime" and was overly nice. I told her "I'd call her tonight" which may not have been the best answer but I didn't know what to even say...I was nearly dizzy since I hadn't talked to her in a month and a half and now she's right there in front of me. I called her the next day...she was nice but claimed to be busy. She then started IMing me and she was trying really hard to be nice/funny and like she used to be. Tried calling again 5 days later, and she said she'd hit me back. Never did and I understood I guess. She then left me a pillage of IMs saying she's sorry, and all this shit but she couldn't bring herself to come back to spending time with me...she said I was a "cool guy and I hold no grudges" and some other shit but she didn't want to involve herself with me more then friends or something. I knew this wasn't her speaking...it was so out of her context and shit it sounded like someone else talking. I just said whatever and stopped IMing her. Took her off my myspace to make a statement we're "done" with things....stupid I know but she works like that so I had to make a motion. She IMed me after no talking, another month and some in...this time I would say December...she told me she was moving to Philly and "getting out of this shithole." At this point I was so cold I was just like yeah, cool....whatever. It somehow came to the point where I was like 'i don't want to talk to her, it hurts too much for me' and she gave me some odd explanation when I asked why she kept talking to me but didn't tell me shit about her intentions with me. She told me she "dated me for an escape" or some shit and she wasn't being "herself." I don't really remember, but I was like I have had enough of her trying to talk to me every few weeks even though I completely left her alone...I'm gonna block her on AIM. So I did and that was it. I told her as much as wierd as it sounds, I still loved her, and I can't go on dealing with her coming back like this because it made it too hard for me to live at least somewhat happily. It's been almost 2 months...and you guessed it. With no AIM, no myspace, etc...she decides to take the last avenue she's got, which I am surprised she even remembers....e-mailing me. But, I'd have to say...this is the first time she's spoken any fucking sense and that's truth. I haven't heard her speak any sense in months. Here's the email I got yesterday: I read this and I didn't know what to say or think. I want you to know as the reader that I consider myself a very strong person emotionally, and I know based on how the people around me, I have changed a lot over the course of the last 8 months because of this situation. I feel like this is the situation that really made me grow up...and I also want you to know there were only a few times where I would go a few days without thinking about her..and then she would come right back into my life as you see. I miss her every day. I will not lie. She's one of a few women in my life but I know we had something very special, and she's the only one I've ever loved and the only one I've told I loved...and I think based on how I handled everything it shows. Well, here's the rest of the conversation: She hasn't written back since that, which was last night at 2-3am. I'm sure she read it. As much as I still love her and I want her to know, I feel like she's probably trapped up in some sort of help institute and very lonely. I am the only one who knows about her illness so I don't know if she's hoping for a hand or what. I called my friends that go to her school and they haven't seen her around. I am assuming she's getting serious help, which I am very happy for...it's not good knowing what she's doing will kill her in a matter of years. Regardless...I just am so confused right now and so drained from battling my feelings and shit for so long. Even writing this to the end was really hard for me. I just want to know what she's thinking at times like this, and I just need some direction. Yes, I want her back...but I know now is not the time so I just handle my business like a grown man, tell her I'll be there for her if she needs me and just hope for the best...it's all I can do I guess.


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Would imagine that part handles things that kick off immediately after beating the Shadow Lord and independent of Zilart's start. So, while it may seem awkward to vets, it's more a progression "make sense" move and not so much a call out to potential returnees.
Wild card: Level cap it at 60.
Personally that would be fine with me. Fuck the haters.
i doubt the fight will be hard at all
I feel like any more conversation on it is just a perspective clash that story content should not be THE endgame. Steps SE has taken post-CoP should serve as example to why.
Still utterly baffled by how the FFXI mobile app is expected to work and I'm skeptical as balls until I see what the real gameplay is going to look like.
Story =/= endgame. I don't care if it's level 1, missions are not there for that reason and even the most casuals should be able to enjoy them.
I don't think run here, talk to npc, run to other side of vana'diel, talk to npc, farm low drop rate items, fight bosses that die in a couple seconds, etc. is particularly fun for anyone. Why bother playing the game instead of just watching the CS on youtube at that point?
Even if the fights themselves aren't very fun, just the action of doing them makes you feel more like you're actually participating in the story instead of just watching it.
Missions in general can be a way to get players out and exploring the game world, which sounds like it could be an additional motivation for this. A hypothetical new or returning player might wind up with better guidance pointing the way to existing mission series without basically needing to look them up elsewhere. Could be that it'll serve as something of a central mission/storyline hub. Maybe a moot point for long-term players, but perhaps a good addition to the game from a ground-up perspective (especially considering it's supposed to make it to the mobile version eventually).
MAYBE if gear syncing was actually good. Shit winds up a lot weaker than level appropriate gear while some stats don't bother to scale at all. Nevermind the reality that some jobs become fucktarded to play the moment you start taking away abilities.
Again, story shouldn't be treated as THE endgame. Despite how some may revere CoP, it handled story delivery wrong, which included the long term sustainability of capped content. "Just make it capped for a bit...!" is dumb. So, could people youtube things? Sure. Same experience? Nope. Then again, those just in it to spam enter for scenario rewards certainly won't be happy until November.
They could incentivize it of course. if you cleared it with a lv cap it instantly gives you like a coupon for 1 capacity point, or something. it doesn't take very much to get people to do something if the reward is good. some people just need more encouragement than others.
i actually enjoyed the fact that CoP gated new zones behind missions that were hard. It firstly incentivized players who were pursuing missions already, and also made it so that the rewards from clearing them were that much more rewarding. in fact I think gating is good. its just a matter of what is being gated.
Abyssea gated atma behind zone boss clears, and it worked well because atma were insanely powerful and it built on itself. I'd think another self-contained system like that would be great.
Gating through skill is one thing. Gating through time or being lucky enough to find X others with the right job(s) when you want to do something is another. XI's history of gating has very rarely been about skill. So, forgive me for not wanting to see them fall into old habits with content on its last legs.
A modest reward for alternative capped versions is fine. Making them the mandatory versions (which includes making said rewards TOO good), however, nope.
ALL content should ONLY be for the handful of LSs who do endgame content!
NO new content should exist that isn't catered to this section of the game!
Full 119 +1 17 Relics and Mythics everything or you're a bad player!
(In case that emoticon isn't comprehended, that is a representation for the human action known as "rolling one's eyes" this indicates that the associated actions or statements are not serious and usually indicates that they are facetious.)
Real opinion time:
It's kinda really dumb to expect the story to be "zomgsohardcoreonry"...
Because that's not the point of the story.
The story exists to enjoy the CSs and the plot.
This is why we have HQMNMs and Delve and Incursion and Vagary and all the other events that comprise the endgame.
Endgame=/=the end of the story.
(For traditional FFs think of the endgame as stuff like Weapons and extra bosses while the plot never requires you to be 99 with full 255/999s.)
mission =/= endgame but making the first part of the last chapter of the game doable at lvl 60 is super dumb; any casual can finish SoA mission and I enjoy soloing the fight so far since you can die in it if you go unprepared!