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Friday, December 17, 2010
Petty (or maybe not so petty) things not welcomed back in 2011
1. Whitman and Brown campaign commercials. As terrible as it will be at have to listen to Jerry Brown give State of the State speeches or to hear him in press conferences, what a relief to not see any more of his or Whitman's commercials. The only sound more annoying is the Governator's political speeches or this:
2. Trips to the ER. Spent the better part of the week at Urgent Care, the orthopedic doctor and the hand specialist. Belgee has a broken pinky with a laceration thanks to a slamming bedroom door. I could have written a doctrinal thesis in the time I've spent waiting for doctors, x-rays, cast techs, etc. Instead I watched Chikin Run through twice, Toy Story 2, Go Diego Go and hours of PBS kids.
3. Nasty emails. Seriously, if you couldn't or wouldn't say it to my face, don't think that saying it through email will soften the blow any.
4. Along with number 3 is nasty blog comments. "We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility." --Judith Martin
5. Defriending me via FB because you don't like my theology, family members, family member's blog, or politics. Can't we disagree without being disagreeable? I don't think I've ever defriended anyone. If I friended you on FB it is because I actually consider you a friend in real life. And if you just kick me off, it does hurt.
6. Wine with screw tops. They tried to convince me at Whole Foods that it was a superior way of bottling. But drinking wine (and eating food for that matter) is as much about the aesthetic as it is the taste. I tried it a few times, because the wine was organic so "try to keep an open mind" and all that. But it gave me no pleasure to twist off the cap.
7. The violation of my constitutional rights--be it in enormous unread health-care bills that are shoved down the throat of the American people or TSA molestation of people who do not pose any possible risk to safety. I'm very tempted to require my children to memorize the Constitution and Bill of Rights, just in case no one else remembers them by the time they are grown.
8. Theological reflection papers. Aside from the theological reflection I post from time-to-time on this blog, I (and I think I speak for Gana here) shall be happy to never have to proofread another assigned theological reflection paper. Gana graduated in June. He's officially a "theologian" which means my title of editor and proofreader is done....unless one of my children decides to go to seminary before they have a spouse who can take that role.
9. Bad food. I was well on my way to becoming an organic foodie years ago. But, this movie pushed me over the edge (along with Gana, who finally "saw the light".)
10. Uncomfortable chonies. I know I have a primarily female readership, if you are a man, you may excuse yourself now. All ladies left reading this, go here and get the Vanishing Edge panties. You will never want to wear any other underwear ever again.
So, what's on your list of things you are not inviting back in 2011? Leave me a comment. If you post it on your blog, leave me the link. I will choose a random winner from all comments and links after January 1 and send you a wine cork that I will personally autograph for you.
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- Mrs. and Mama K said...
twilight...is that done yet?!
changing diapers for two kids. :)
arthritis...seriously...i'm done. on that note, ANY health issues like hernia, calcium deposits, etc.
- December 17, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Gombojav Tribe said...
Oh yes! Good one, Heather! Twilight and Harry Potter hysteria is not invited back for 2011. Add to that Avatar! I'm so done with ya!
May 2011 be a year of divine health for you and your family, Heather!!!!
- December 17, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Sara said...
oh daja! i know those funks! hope the next week of christmas goodness pulls you through it...
and i had to add, as someone with i am guessing very different political views than you, i totally totally feel the same...can we just be friends? please? lets un-invite nasty politics too. i am tired of it. having an opinion (and gasp, actually acting on it) is great and all but respect is such a lost thing in politics, even how we handle political discussions.
ok. that is it from me about that. :)
drinking wine right now (with a cork) to recover from a bad evening myself.
- December 17, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Gombojav Tribe said...
Oh yes. Let's uninvite nasty politics in general, not just their campaign commercials!
Enjoy your wine. I think I'll enjoy a little myself tonight!
- December 17, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Happy Elf Mom said...
I hate the unfriending thing as well. I have to wonder if people realize that facebook friending is just like friends in real life, and when you "unfriend" someone, you are declaring that you no longer want to be their friend or speak to them. What's really bad is when there is a family fight and you no longer have uncles, children no longer have grandparents, etc.
In some ways I am very grateful because facebook has shown me how shallow and petty ALMOST EVERYONE really is. The people who aren't sometimes surprise you! Silver lining. :)
- December 17, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Gombojav Tribe said...
No kidding. Some family reunions are going to be really awkward after all the Facebook unfriending. I have been unfriended by relatives and I just think, "Really?!"
- December 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Happy Elf Mom said...
Well, you have family reunions? THAT must be "fun." :) Maybe I am the blessed one here... I never see anyone unless someone dies. My parents have never seen Woodjie and Rose and they are 4 and almost 3. BUT... they travel plenty of other places.
It hurts a lot.
I do wonder what on earth you are going to be able to say to the people who unfriended you when you meet next. Just not mention it? Talk about the bean dip? What?
- December 18, 2010 at 6:41 AM
What a wonderful topic, Daja. I responded to your question. Thank you for posting this.
Merriest of Christmases to you and yours & a wonderful, emergency room-free New Year ahead! :-)
Blessings~ Andrea
- December 22, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Karen Joy said...
(So, I'm behind on reading, obviously!)
I'm so with you on screwtop wines! I don't even like the fake cork kind, but at least that's more tolerable. I don't care how nice the wine is supposed to be, if it has a screwtop, it feels to Thunderbird/wino to me. If I'm contemplating a wine, and realize it has a screwtop, I will immediately shelve it.
#3, 4, & 5 made my heart hurt. I can't imagine anyone unfriending you. :( Sure, you have beliefs and opinions, but I've never seen you be anything but gracious, and I am sincerely sorry you've been dealt with in a less-than-gracious manner. :(
- December 29, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Gombojav Tribe said...
Thanks, Karen, for not making me feel like a snob for rejecting the screw top wine! Glad I'm in good company!
Yes, numbers 3-5 were definitely downers! Especially as I am actually a sensitive person and do get my feelings hurt. I think people think because I'm opinionated and political, etc. that I must have thick skin. I really don't.
I'm thinking about your conference. It would be awesome to hug you in person! But, until then.......
- December 30, 2010 at 12:18 AM
- Alexandra Dominique Strauss said...
Daja! I would never have thought you to be a sensitive person. Your just so fun and have your own opinions... I hope I have never hurt your feelings Daja. You're such a role model to me. :)
I'm done with disrespectful politics as well. I hope I never cross that line.. in my personal life or in office. Funny politics is still ok though, lol.
I'm glad that if I'm unfriended, I usually don't notice. Its kind of jarring... you want to send someone a message or post on their wall, and all of a sudden you have to add them again. It just feels weird.
<3 you Daja!
- January 14, 2011 at 11:29 PM


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Testimony in Court-Martial Describes a Sniper Squad
Pressed to Raise Body Count
By Paul von Zielbauer
The New York Times
Friday 28 September 2007
Camp Liberty, Iraq - An Army sniper is taught to kill people « calmly and deliberately, » even when they pose no immediate danger to him. « A sniper, » Army Field Manual 23-10 goes on to state, « must not be susceptible to emotions such as anxiety or remorse. »
But in a crowded military courtroom seemingly stunned into silence on Thursday, Sgt. Evan Vela all but broke down as he described firing two bullets into an unarmed Iraqi man his unit arrested last May.
In anguished, eloquent sentences, Sergeant Vela, a member of an elite sniper scout platoon with the First Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, quietly described how his squad leader, Staff Sgt. Michael A. Hensley, cut off the man's handcuffs, wrestled him to his feet and ordered Sergeant Vela, standing a few feet away, to fire the 9-millimeter service pistol into the detainee's head.
« I heard the word 'Shoot,' » Sergeant Vela recalled. « I don't remember pulling the trigger, » he said. « I just came through and the guy was dead, and it just took me a second to realize the shot had come from the pistol. »
Then, Sergeant Vela said, as the man, a suspected insurgent, convulsed on the ground, Sergeant Hensley kicked him in the throat and told Sergeant Vela to shoot him again. Sergeant Vela, who is not on trial but faces murder charges in connection with the killing, said he fired a second time.
His testimony on Thursday, in the court-martial of Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval Jr., another sniper who is accused of murder, provided a glimpse into the dark moments of a platoon exhausted, emotionally and physically, by days-long missions in the region south of Baghdad that soldiers call the « triangle of death. » In their testimony, Sergeant Vela and other soldiers described how their teams were pushed beyond limits by battalion commanders eager to raise their kill ratio against a ruthless enemy.
During a separate hearing here in July, Sgt. Anthony G. Murphy said he and other First Battalion snipers felt « an underlying tone » of disappointment from field commanders seeking higher enemy body counts.
« It just kind of felt like, 'What are you guys doing wrong out there?' » he said at the time.
That attitude among superiors changed earlier this year after Sergeant Hensley, an expert marksman, became a team leader, according to soldiers' testimony. Though sometimes unorthodox, soldiers said, Sergeant Hensley and other snipers around him began racking up many more kills, pleasing the commanders.
Soldiers also testified that battalion commanders authorized a classified new technique that used fake explosives and detonation wires as « bait » to lure and kill suspected insurgents around Iskandariya, a hostile Sunni Arab region south of Baghdad.
As their superiors sought less restrictive rules of engagement - to legalize the combat killing of anyone who made a soldier « feel threatened, » for example, instead of showing hostile intent or actions - the baiting program, as it was known, succeeded in killing more Iraqis suspected of being terrorists, soldiers testified.
But testimony in proceedings for Sergeant Hensley and, on Thursday, for Specialist Sandoval, both of whom face murder charges in connection with separate killings of Iraqi men last spring, suggest that as the integrity of the battalion's secret baiting program began to crack, so did Sergeant Hensley.
Only a select group of snipers in the battalion were told of the program, but many more were ordered, without explanation, to carry the baiting items on missions, creating rumors that the items were intended to be planted on victims of unjustified killings, soldiers testified.
Sergeant Hensley, according to several snipers, added to such suspicions when he told a junior member of his team to plant a roll of copper wire - clear contraband - on a suspected insurgent that Specialist Sandoval killed on April 27 after being authorized to shoot by his platoon commander.
On a separate mission two weeks earlier, Sergeant Hensley had killed another Iraqi man he said appeared to be « laying wire » near an irrigation ditch, as the man's wife and children worked and played nearby.
Then on May 11, Sergeant Vela killed the unarmed man. Afterward, as he testified Thursday, Sergeant Hensley pulled an AK-47, a weapon favored by insurgents, out of his pack and placed it on the body, telling his team that the gun would « say » what happened.
Specialist Sandoval's court-martial on murder charges began here on Wednesday, and is scheduled to conclude Friday. Sergeant Hensley's court-martial on murder charges is scheduled to begin here Oct. 22.
An evidentiary hearing for Sergeant Vela, who took the stand on Thursday in the Sandoval court-martial after being granted immunity from incriminating himself in that case, is expected later this year.
Sergeant Murphy has been investigated for a killing of another Iraqi man on April 7. Prosecutors have warned two more battalion members that they are also suspected of committing possible crimes as accomplices in the murder cases.
Struggling to explain why a highly trained Army sniper unit, renowned for its lethal economy of patience and discipline, would bog down under a cloud of murder investigations, some soldiers in interviews faulted commanders for pushing units to keep their kill counts high.
Others pointed toward the outsized influence on the unit by Sergeant Hensley, who, according to other soldiers' testimony, was dealing with two recent deaths: that of a close friend, killed in a roadside bomb, and also the suicide of his girlfriend back home.
« Staff Sgt. Hensley just continued to drive on, » said Specialist Joshua Lee Michaud, in testimony at the July hearing about the sergeant's toughness. « Both of them didn't even faze him. »
A trainer of snipers, Sgt. First Class Terrol Peterson, testified Thursday that the very emotions a sniper must control to do his job properly - anxiety and remorse - sometimes emerge in unexpected and painful ways. « When a sniper breaks, he breaks bad, » Sergeant Peterson said.
Friday, 28 September 2007
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It was the war of the trenches.
Tardi has produced a beautiful comic on a ghastly subject.┬á It is not a history of the First World War, nor is it in any usual sense a novel.┬á Instead, it tells us of the experience of a handful of French soldiers over the course of just a few days.┬á The stories are short, painful and fragmentary, but together they form a coherent picture, they capture the feel of a sustained ordeal, and they convey a sense of deep humanity.┬á The very smallness of the events involved is precisely what allows them to carry such weight.┬á It is the brevity of the narratives that enables them to represent a long duration: suffering is like a single tense moment, stretched to eternity.┬á And it is the individual perception, the subjective experience, the idiosyncratic response, that lets us see what is common to the various soldiers ÔÇö the French, their allies, and even their enemies.┬á It makes no difference what side they are on, or even what war they are fighting.┬á Nations, decades, borders, weapons, uniforms ÔÇö all of that is reduced to an accident of historical detail.┬á One day, one trench, one army, one war ÔÇö is much the same as another:┬á "On the other side, it's more or less the same: But the trenches are better organized, because theyÔÇÖre German."
What matters is that men who, personally, have no reason to hate each other and who, even collectively, have no perceptible stake in the outcome of the conflict, are being cast as enemies, driven to kill, and that they are faced at every moment with the real possibility of an arbitrary death.┬á It is the humanity of those who fight ÔÇö their fear, their loss, and even sometimes their pettiness ÔÇö that allows us to see the inhumanity of the war that is engulfing them.
In terms of its writing and its art, Trenches is a masterful work.┬á The stories are elegantly and convincingly told.┬á The images show, at once, deep horror and real beauty ÔÇö though the one is often so visceral that the other becomes abstract.┬á But the book's true victory is a moral one.┬á For it shows us, clearly and terribly, the thorough destruction of values inherent in modern war.
It shows war as a condition is which the normal rules of human conduct are not only suspended, but reversed.┬á Where one might be punished for not killing.┬á Where one is as likely to die at the hands of "allies" as of "enemies."┬á Where the injured, the captured, and perhaps even the dead are "lucky" ÔÇö because, at least, "the war is over for [them]."┬á And where, as a consequence, the most courageous act available may well be to try and run away.
War is sometimes described as a kind of insanity, but it is not even ordinary insanity.┬á Ordinary insanity is always a minority affair ÔÇö typically, a purely individual experience.┬á War, on the other hand, is collective.┬á┬á It absorbs everything it touches.┬á It makes insanity the rule and punishes the sane.┬á It places perfectly normal men into obscene circumstances, imposes impossible conditions on them, demands the unspeakable ÔÇö and makes it all so commonplace, so hollow, and so dull.┬á The sense of banality and the sense of atrocity converge.
It is impossible, of course, to think of the First World War without also thinking of the Second.  And I'm finding it increasingly difficult to think about any war, without thinking, almost by accident, about the wars in which our country is presently involved.
Sometimes it feels like Armistice Day will never arrive.
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Otherwise known as my constant attempts to enter the coveted Land of the Fertile, and stay there.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Settled In
The downside (if there is one, I suppose), out of the 5 embryos tested, only one was normal.
Dr. Pipsqueak did the transfer today, which was a first for us throughout this journey-out of all the retrievals and transfers we've had, she's yet to do one. Even though there was only one, she seemed to be very excited about it-she said that it was a really good one and she was pleased at how it looked, and, more importantly, it was genetically healthy.
So.....we transferred a lovely morula. It looked like it was starting to compact a little, so it's hopefully well on its way to being a blast. Dr. P and the embryology staff told me in the OR that they all said a prayer to make sure that it was a good outcome, and I replied that Sean and I were going to ritually slaughter a goat in a pit we dug in our backyard and then dance naked around our fire pit. Not sure if they thought that I was serious or not, but hey, whatever works, right? Of course afterwards I got a little weepy and she gave me a big hug. I told her that no matter what the outcome of this is, I couldn't thank her enough for everything she's done for us. Even she got a little weepy at that, and it was at that point that I decided to christen the morula "Bobo". Because, well, why the hell not?
10 days to go until we know. Any prayers/positive vibes/juju/santeria chicken slaughtering that you're doing out there, please keep it up-it's definitely being felt by me right now, and I'm so grateful for all of your support. Y'all rock!
10 comments:
I really hope that bobo sticks!!! I hope the next 10 days go by quickly
- August 15, 2012 7:29 PM
- Sometimes said...
Google "pineapple core" and get yourself some pineapple core! And walnuts. Both are really good for fertility and implantation.
- August 15, 2012 8:00 PM
My fingers (and toes) are crossed for you!
- August 15, 2012 8:07 PM
- LuvnMySailor said...
One is all it takes!! Baby sticky dust your way!
- August 16, 2012 3:52 PM
Best of luck and sticky vibe your way!!! You've been through so much you deserve this! Keep thinking about implantation :)
btw - I'm one week ahead of you - my beta is on Monday.
- August 16, 2012 9:41 PM
- the unexpected said...
Luck luck Luck!!
- August 16, 2012 9:48 PM
God !God! God ! make this work :)
- August 17, 2012 2:23 AM
I'm praying for you reeeeally hard :)
- August 19, 2012 11:31 PM
Just discovered your blog - love it & totally willing Bobo to stick around for a happy & healthy nine months. Cheering you all on from here in Western Oz!
- August 20, 2012 5:59 AM
please update!!!
- August 20, 2012 10:11 PM


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I have had the pleasure of eating at some pretty amazing places this weekend. Kitchin and Martin Wishart are probably well considered to be 'the best', but you won't see me blogging about either of them. After all, what could I possibly say about either of them that hasn't been said before? Yes, the food was excellent, yes I'm glad we dined at both of them, but aside from churning out the usual gushing crap, what else could I say? The whole thought of trying to be clever and trying to tell you about the complex food combinations and balancing acts simply scares and bores me!
And, if I'm honest, it's partly because neither restaurant blew me away. Maybe it's because the sommelier at Sat Bains was the best I've ever come across, because the service at Dinner was super slick and because the food at St John was amazing... Of course, some of the dishes at both Kitchin and MW were fantastic; razor clams at Kitchin were perfection in a clamshell and a beetroot macaroon with horseradish cream at MW was a culinary masterpiece, but my experiences, on a whole, did not blow me away.
And, as I sat at The Bon Vivant (a recommendation from one of our favourite barmen; someone who knows how to mix the perfect drink for me and therefore understands my taste), I pondered on the fact that my experience had far surpassed those of Kitchin and MW. Yes, ok, the food was not as complex and the decor wasn't as pristine but the atmosphere (and waiter) ensured that I was totally comfortable and the food was exactly what we were after (good quality, well presented dishes for a fraction of the price at both Kitchin and MW).
Impressed to find a number (10?) of champagnes served by the glass we decided to splurge a little and went for an aperitif of our favourite Veuve Cliquot. At a tenner a glass, this was some treat, but with reasonably priced bottles of wine (including another favourite of ours - Nero D'Avola for £18), we felt that the budget could be stretched a little.
Starters are served as 'bites' or full starter portions and although the bites would have made for easy sharing food, we decided to order full starters each. My brie was breaded in panko breadcrumbs and deep fried making the cheese perfectly gooey. It's not a starter I would usually go for, as it's all a bit safe, but I wanted to try the panzanella salad it was served with (mainly because it was the freshest sounding aspect of a very rich menu). And, it was pretty safe, but it was, well, you know, nice! The freshness of the salad balanced out the richness of the cheese and it was an ample (but not daunting) serving.
Gav went for haggis pakora; a real fusion dish (although this time there were only two cuisines, not the three I had in my dish with Japanese breadcrumbs, French brie and Tuscan salad). There were three decent chunks of haggis which was well spiced and suited the pakora coating well. They came with a raita which had a bit of a kick to it, but as haggis is hardly the hottest dish in the world, the heat of the chilli in the raita wasn't overkill.
Onto mains and I had to go with another of my favourites; the venison. One big fat lump of tasty, juicy, pink meat came with a crust of pistachios and hazelnuts. Served on a bed of kale (I think) and one fondant potato, it was a perfectly satisfying serving.
Gav had duck which, again, was pink and tasty. The menu had said that it would come with macaroni, which it did; a bizarre but Scottish addition to the dish and a good alternative to the standard potato! There was plenty of veg on the dish too, including a cute little bundle of green beans wrapped up in some pancetta.
I have no idea how Gav fitted in dessert, but I guess the chocolate torte with pistachio ice cream was too much for him to resist... and rightly so. Not only did it look good (have you spotted the beautiful flowers on there?), it tasted good, and was another rich dish. We rounded things off with an Americano and an espresso which came with dinkie petite fours; a nice touch.
With a bill of around £84 this is exceptionally good food for the price; you'd be hard pushed to find something of the same value in Sheffield, never mind about a capital city. It was brilliant and my experience both here and at The Dogs is making me question why I would spend £70 a head ever again...


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^Look how happy this guy is to be at work, in his lovely, bright, open plan office!
Ever since Adam Smith, our economy has had consumption as its goal: production is geared toward the consumption of what is produced as the driver of economic growth. The result (combined with the liberal individualist cultural stream that capitalism is a part of) has been the consumer culture we now inhabit. It is largely the consumption habits of the developed world that drive the global economy.
Production = work, i.e., what most people spend most of their time doing to make ends meet and to find and define their place in human community. For the vast majority in the world, work is a hard grind that our consumer culture largely hides as far as it can (think of the conditions in Apple factories in China).
In the developed world, on the other hand, many of us have jobs that we quite enjoy (even if that isn't the whole story of our work). And, statistically, we are spending more and more hours doing that work. Apparently, we can't get enough of it.
So, here's my question/theory—one that I'm sure someone else has had before. Has consumer capitalism cannibalised production? That is, has it succeeded in turning even our productive labour (at least in the developed world) into an act of consumption? Do we "consume" our work as a means to personal fulfilment and self-definition? It works out very well for global consumer capitalism if it has in fact managed to do just that.


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Mothers' Day 2015 is coming soon; it's a great day honoring our dear moms. Do remember to tell your mom that you love her so much and boldly express your love to her. Usually we will send flowers and gifts like a box of chocolate, a card, jewelry and so on to mom in this day. These are really classic routines and you will cheer your mom up. And the chocolate are easy to choose as you can just pick your mom's favorite taste, while it is not easy as well to choose the jewelry. If you are looking for jewelry gifts for Mothers' Day, this is the right place for you. We have collected the top 5 jewelry gifts ideas for Mothers' Day this year, from heart pendants, pearl jewelry to handmade stapmimg jewelry.
Heart Pendants
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Pearl Jewelry
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Birthstone, a gemstone that symbolizes the month of birth, is mysterious. And different birthstone represent different months. For example, the birth stone for July is Ruby, while Opal represent October. You can choose the gemstone that symbolizes the month of your mom's birth month.
Hand Stamped Jewelry
It would be much meaningful and fun to create a jewelry for your mom by yourself. And the top pick one is the hand stamped jewelry. You can stamp the words that you want to tell your mom in the blank stamping tag charms.
The jewelry gift ideas for Mothers' Day are endless. Here are some other DIY jewelry ideas for Mothers' Day that we shared last week. Have a look at them and you will get fresh ideas.
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In this episode of Sex on Kava, Creepy Greg joins us, along with awkward comedian Fasil Malik, and Eric Rosenblum, super shy comedian, and we'll see who can be creepier! Also, we have some nice things to say about Newsgirl Maymay, who's recently left the show. And we'll find out about Ethan's weird attraction to specific kinds of transwomen (which he insists upon calling "ladyboys"), and the idea of having sex with a replica of himself. Narcissism, anyone? Plus, found out what Creepy Greg thinks about pubic hair, and what a good sport Fasil Malik is about terrorism humor!
And write us at firstname.lastname@example.com!
This week we talk about the fallout from last week's episode wherein Newsgirl Maymay walked out! That's right, it's Sex on Drama, and we've got mail from our listeners, who have a lot to say about the whole thing. Ethan will confess to being an asshole, and Junior Producer Jackie (who is taking over as newsgirl) will give us her opinion on the matter. Plus we'll talk to this week's guest, the uniquely awkward comedian Fasil Malik, about being the only Muslim comic in town and why his comedy is so clean. Oh, and Fasil will finally get a chance to respond to the charges of plagiarism leveled against him in the media by Miami comic John Gregory! It's an explosive episode of Sex on Kava. Listen now! And write us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
It's the most explosive edition of Sex on Kava ever! Hear Maymay walk out, return, and talk about doing violence to Ethan, as the tension finally comes to a boil. In past episodes of the podcast, Newsgirl Maymay has discussed her lack of sexual experience, but this week, when Ethan brings it up once again, Maymay won't stand for it! This week's guests, Phillip Isme, Artesse Lector, and Kevin Taylor, watch in shock at and wonder if Ethan will survive her wrath. Charges of racism are hurled, Junior Producer Jackie gets into the mix, and of course, Rich Kennedy has silly sound effects! Don't miss this amazing episode of Sex on Kava!
We want to hear from you! If someone brings up a fact about themselves on the radio, or on a podcast, does it become fair game for discussion? Is Maymay being unreasonable? Is Ethan an asshole? Both? Let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com; or send us a DM on instagram @sexonkava!
(Maymay originally discussed her virginity, along with her attitudes toward love in general, in Part 2 of the Season 2 Premiere. If you want to hear that, listen HERE.
Tonight it's an especially hilarious episode as we welcome comedian Phillip Isme into the insanity of Sex on Kava. We talk about Ethan's wild times in Jakarta, Pokemon Go at Awa Na Kava, having your prostate milked, and more. Local comics Kevin Taylor and Artesse Lector (Hennessy Williams III) also get into the action. And about halfway through this episode, Ethan shocks Maymay, Kevin, Artesse, and Phillip by saying that he would not get into a fight with someone who disrespected him, and that he thinks the entire concept of respect is bullshit. Is Ethan a bitch or a pacifist? You decide! Write us at email@example.com
Also, thanks to everyone who's been reviewing our show lately. If you haven't done it yet, don't forget to give us a 5-star rating and a review on iTunes! Share the love!
This may be the best Sex on Kava segment ever! We've got Naughty Nadia, Larry "Law" Ream the porn star (and photographer), and the hilarious Lamonte Stewart all on the mic, and Larry tells you how to get into porn in one day, if you're a straight dude! He'll tell us about having sex with anal queen Amy Reid (in his very first scene in porn!), getting kicked off a porn set, and fake orgasms for men! Naughty Nadia tells us whether she'd consider porn, and we discuss whether it's degrading to women (and what about feminist porn?) Plus: Newsgirl Maymay gives us a news story about child rape robots, and whether they should be legal. Junior Producer Jackie and Ethan have opposing opinions about this… Feel the tension!
And if you're in South Florida and need photographs, don't forget to mention "Sex on Kava" to Lawrence Ream Photography for 20% off! (He does headshots, events, and a lot more, so whether you're in showbiz, need wedding pics, or want some sexy cheesecake shots for your anniversary, Law is your man!)
Tonight on Sex on Kava, we'll hear from South Florida comedian Lamonte Stewart, Naughty Nadia Danowska, and Ethan's little brother, Elliot! Topics include having your salad tossed by a nice lady, fraternal masturbation, the Kratom kraze, Donald Trump, and college sports at the University of South Florida! Oh, and Newsgirl Maymay is drunk on gin! The party never stops on Sex on Kava!
Tonight on Sex on Kava our guest is the always entertaining Artesse Lector, AKA Henessy Williams III. Plus we have some sexy twins from Peru! We'll find out if they sound different, even if they look the same… then Artesse will terrify them and their hot friend Marisol by discussing fisting and BDSM right off the bat! Plus he'll explain to Ethan why the race of a girl's father affects how they talk dirty. Plus, our first live read from our new sponsor, Ohm City Vapor, Mike the Vapor Guy, proper dildo use, and much much more!
So excited to bring you this brand-new "Best of" edition of Sex on Kava! We've packed a lot of funny into a few short minutes here, so strap in! We're talking about penis pumps, homoerotic homophobia, fisting, sounding, being dominated by Mistress Cruella– and that's just in the first 10 minutes! We've also got Cary the Gay guy sharing the intimate secrets of the South Florida gay male culture, Creepy Greg telling us about his deep, dark past (and how he got to be so creepy), and Ethan wearing a dress! Plus, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders! And some of your favorite guests: Eric Rosenblum, Noshod "Shoddy" Barrow, Hanz Rivero, Jen Hellman, Terra the Flight Attendant, Mike Sowa, Raya Elias-Pushett, Morgan the Child, Josh Rosen, and the very sexy Jackie Jacqueline! All right here on the Best of Sex on Kava, Volume III!


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A (very) recent purchase caused me to look into a toy shop called Dominos in Leicester. It sounds like it was an absolutely amazing toyshop in it's day. Any forum members (looking at you, Laurence Dyer!) remember it or been there? Trying to get in touch with Steve Sansom who took it over from his father, Leonard, in the later 90s.
It went from being named the best independent toy retailer in Britain in 2011 to full closure in 2013. It opened up again in Fenwicks in Leicester in Feb 2015 but within 3 months closed it's doors again. Another victim of the high street collapse it seems.
A brief new report on it:
http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2 ... noes-toys/
The price label that prompted the interest. It must have been sold within the first year of trading as they didn't open their doors until 1983:


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"Unemployed Flock to 'Green' Training" is from the April 14, 2009 edition of the Express. I think green jobs will be huge once we get over this financial hurdle. But I think even now, there's worry that two-year colleges that have added green training to their curriculum are training too many workers. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Headline DS #65 - Unemployed Flock to 'Green' Training
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Corinthian Gazebo
What an amazing gazebo! This big, permanent structure is in the Corinthian style and is made from Polycast, a strong and durable material made from poly resin and fibreglass. It has the advantages of being lightweight and yet is heavy enough to be robust – and it is beautiful, making a garden feature that you will love for years to come. It is UV, frost and weather resistant.
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General view of a cenotaph of the Scindia family, Lashkar, Gwalior.
Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1883
Photograph of the cenotaph of the Scindia family at Lashkar near Gwalior, taken by Bourne and Shepherd around 1883. Lashkar is situated about two miles from Gwalior and was founded in 1810 by Daulat Rao Sindhia who set up his lashkar (camp) there, thus giving the town its name. A cenotaph is a funerary pavilion, often used by different generations of the same family. H.H. Cole states in his 'Preservation of National Monuments in India' that "The Chattris of the Scindias in the modern town are of solid construction and beautiful design. The example illustrated unites an unusual simplicity of outline with great elaboration of detail. Excepting some of the buildings at Udaipur in Rajputana, this is one of the most successful modern princely buildings I know in India. Unfortunately it is thought necessary to periodically whitewash the walls, and the sharp outline of the sculptures is disappearing."


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I don't know what to say. It's an odd thing, being me. Now, you probably don't know what that is exactly like, (unless....could I be like John Malkovich in that movie, Being John Malkovich, with some kind of portal that allows people to experience the 'thrill' of being me....I put the word 'thrill' in quotation marks to assert some level of dubiousness....I have, after all, spent at least half an hour today just staring at the ceiling...not drunk, or on drugs, or anything like that, though, maybe i should be....but this aside is getting way ahead of itself, and is also running on way too long, so I'm going to close the parentheses now) so, let me give you a close approximation by giving you some ingredients. Cliché, I know, but that is the way of things. First, take a big ol' bag of....actually, I'm not going to do that, let me tell you something, two things, as a matter of fact.
Firstly, I couldn't leave the house the other day. Secondly, it was the first time that this has been the case in a good, seven, eight years. See, physically, I'm well and capable, I have no injuries, no physical maladies, no deformities, no injuries or the like. There was no physical obstruction, either. That is, there was nothing blocking the doors or windows, no bomb, or bomb warning, in the street, no barricades to stop the flesh eating zombie hordes from busting in and devouring me and mine and spreading the plague even further. No, it was a regular sunny day, the afternoon actually, a little after half six, and I wanted to go to the shops. I wanted some Pepsi. Pepsi Max to be specific (the 'X' makes it sound cool). I couldn't leave the house. I stood there, coat-jacket in hand, and I couldn't move. I was literally petrified. Panic attacks are not new to me, they're something I've dealt with my entire life. The constriction in the chest, the hollowness in the head, the rawness of the signals coming from the eyeballs, the feeling as though the room is suddenly much smaller than it was....I read somewhere that they're actually a flaw in the fight or flight response system, that it's the brain fucking up and recognising a source of discomfort, or an event, or whatever, as being eminently more dangerous than it is, and going full hog, jacking up the adrenal glands, cutting out all extraneous information but what's directly in front and surrounding areas, and just generally, you know, preparing for a fight, or a flight. Of course, the problem is, whilst we humans are animals, we're also so cognizant, so very, very self-aware, and so that primal response designed as a emergency button has us dumb chimps looking at the flashing buttons, listening to the wailing sirens, the klaxons, and asking 'why' and not moving.
Don't worry, it only lasted ten, maybe fifteen minutes, and then I was able to move again and I got my pepsi (max), and there was much rejoicing throughout the land, huzzah! However, the panic attack is not the actually bad thing. See, those hit you over the head with their arrival. There's no subtleness to one, it's BAM! IN YOUR FUCKING FACE! The real problem is the other thing, the thing I mentioned in parentheses at the start. Staring at the ceiling. I've been doing a pretty indecent amount of that lately. Staring at the ceiling. Doing nothing, in other words. And it's not that I don't have things to do, I do. I've not yet technically finished university (I still have one assignment to go...and if I'm being honest, there's probably going to be a deferral on one module....I may go into the reasons, the whys and wherefores on that one, but it won't be here, save that for another day) and there is, of course, the issue of post-grad study/employment, and then there's other more frivolous stuff, like video games and books (and boy, oh boy, should you see my shrine to consumerism, it's fab!), let it never be said that I do not have activities to do. In fact, I would never say it. Still, I lay on my bed, and I stare at the ceiling, and I do nothing. Actually, that's a lie. I think. Of course I do. Horrible, spiteful thoughts. No, that's not quite the right word, spite is something one inflicts on others, I don't know what it is, what I do to myself. It's late as I write this, it's something I have to write though, even though I can't quite think of the right words, I need to get out something at least approximate to them. I think about people. I'm lonely. Really, really, fucking lonely. Yet, I can't do shit about it. All I can do is sit in my room, and look at the ceiling. It's a nice ceiling, off-white, not quite cream, though maybe that's just the lighting, and the cobwebs festooning the thing making it look that way. Talk to them. There's a few cracks in the paint too, where the stresses of time, or maybe water, gods, I hope it's not water, are edging their way in. Organise something, a day out maybe? Is that a spider crawling along there? I don't think it is, I think it's just a shadow or something, see, where the cobweb is moving, it's a shadow. They'll say no. Why do they call it a ceiling anyway? Like, where that word come from. I mean, France, obviously, with the way that sounds it can't be anything other than from the Romantic languages. Why didn't you ask her? I wonder why that bit of skirting is missing? It exists to demarcate the boundary between wall and ceiling, so without it, where, in that particular section does the wall begin and the ceiling end there?
Day in, day out. Punctuated by.....see, I don't know what's the interruption in my life anymore. Is it the feeling of drawn out, apathetic malaise that is the norm and the everyday activities, reading, exercising, video-games, etc. that are the interruptions, or is it vice versa. I...think I'm done for now. This isn't helping nearly as much as I thought it would, which was already a pretty low estimate, in fact, it just made me realise how bereft I am of....people....fuck it, I'm out.


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{click image for larger version} I was in a bit of an abstract mood today. The shapes I kept doodling was looking somewhat like letters, so I played with that a bit. I liked what was putting together. Not sure why I started with vowels – but I did – and I do plan to do the rest of them. I **might** at some point do the whole alphabet, but not sure just yet.
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HO 291/1417 ICT ad from Daily Telegraph. The police realised the potential for computers to help them in their work from the 1960s. The ability of computers to handle and search data, very fast, gave rise to the headline on this advertisement from 1968.
These sources are all quite easy to understand. As you look at them, think about: which aspect of police work will be changed? Is this technology an entirely new approach, or a new way of doing an old job? There is some evidence, too, of the attitudes of: the police (Source 2), criminals (Source 3) and the public (Source 4) to these changes.
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Complex Decisions: Theorizing Women's Infant Feeding Decisions in the First 6 Weeks After Birth
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Sheehan, A., Schmied, V., & Barclay, L. (2010). Complex decisions: Theorizing women's infant feeding decisions in the first 6 weeks after birth. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(2), 371-380. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05194.x
Aim. This paper is a report of a grounded theory study of woman's infant feeding experiences and decisions in the first 6 weeks after birth. Background. Breastfeeding is considered the optimum method of infant feeding. Studies have identified numerous factors associated with infant feeding decisions. What remains unexplored are the mechanisms by which socio-demographic, biomedical and psychosocial factors influence infant feeding decisions. Research highlights the need for further investigation of the experiences and decision-making processes of both breastfeeding and formula-feeding women. Method. A constructionist grounded theory approach to data collection and analysis was used. Data for this study were collected and analysed between 2003 and 2004. Further data, collected in a previous study in 2000, were theoretically sampled and analysed in 2005. In-depth interviews with 37 women from various socio-demographic areas in New South Wales, Australia provided data. Findings. The core category was 'deconstructing best'. 'Deconstructing best' was the infant feeding decision-making process in the first 6 weeks after birth. The process of 'deconstructing best' involved seven phases: planning, expecting, realizing, questioning, getting on with it, defending and qualifying. Four main categories -'it's really best to breastfeed', 'it's the unknown', 'it's not the only thing going on', and 'everybody's best is different'- comprised the context within which deconstructing best occurred. Conclusion. Woman's infant feeding decisions cannot be viewed in isolation from other post-natal experiences and needs. Infant feeding decisions will only be understood and appropriately supported when they are seen in relation to the circumstances of a woman's life, her immediate sociocultural context and individual experience. [from publisher's website]
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Sheehan, A., Schmied, V., & Barclay, L. (2010). Complex decisions: Theorizing women's infant feeding decisions in the first 6 weeks after birth. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(2), 371-380. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05194.x


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- Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb - A must read! The first book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your childhood which you can't see, but may be affecting you profoundly to this day. It is about what didn't happen in your childhood, what wasn't said, and what cannot be remembered. My blog post here.
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Adults by Lindsay Gibson - Another must read! Exposes the unintentionally destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. Especially good for people who find themselves falling into caretaker roles in their relationships.
- Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride - An insidious form of childhood abuse & neglect, from which you may be suffering and not even be aware. I really like her steps towards healing in this book. There's also a great audio version. My blog post here and here.
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk - This guy is a total badass and this is such an important book. As Maria Popova from Brainpickings.org wrote, "No one has provided a more illuminating, sympathetic, and constructive approach to healing from trauma." Even if you don't think you've been affected by trauma, his ideas may still resonate with you. If you can't read the whole book, at least try to read some articles by him. You can start with my blog post here.
- Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child by Margaret Paul - A little dated, but a good book about how to fill your own emotional holes instead of expecting other people to do it. My blog post here.
- Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman - A great book for any woman who has lost her mother.
- Longing for Dad: Father Loss and its Impact by Beth Erickson - The impact of fathers can be undervalued in our culture, but their absence can create big holes in us if left untended. See my post here.
- Reinventing Your Life by Jeffrey Young & Janet Klosko - Do you struggle with feelings of abandonment? Mistrust? Social exclusion? Defectiveness? Failure? Unrelenting Standards? This book may help you identify, understand and heal.


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After some deliberation and much celebration after getting our Certificate of Occupancy, we've been busy again at Odpod. We're currently completing the detail finishing touches including painting the doors and skirting-board, building the robes and carpeting. We must admit that this has taken far longer than anticipated… We had issues in spray painting the internal doors which eventually led us to use a roller which turned out quite well in the end. We used a water-based semi gloss paint for both the doors and skirtingboard which proved to more difficult to apply than an oil based gloss. The skirting-board needed a total of 4 coats (2 undercoats and 2 top coats) resulting in close to 1000m of painting!
We built our own robes using 90x35mm pine to give strength to the large robes. These were covered with a melamine top and finished with a Kiln Dried Hardwood front. Very happy with the result. Next step will be the stainless steel rails and sliding robe doors.
The internal doors have been finished with Shipping Company logos in homage to the use of Shipping Containers in the Odpod build.


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I am heading down a bad path mentally. It's going to take a serious quantity of happy thinking to get me back on track.
I had better experience an act of kindness from a friend or stranger soon or I'm going to totally lose my faith in humanity and everything good.
My whole life has been spent giving to others and never receiving even the simple things that a person needs to survive. I don't want your thanks. I don't want your money. I don't want lame gifts. I want you to nourish my soul and make my life worth living.
Right now I am on the verge of reaching the point of no return and I'm scared. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise. I do NOT want to spend any time with friends or family other than my mom. I don't want to talk to them. I don't want to see them. I am seconds away from deleting Facebook from my phone and tablet. Every single time that I have spent time or communicated with others I have regretted it in one way or another. I leave the situation feeling like my soul has been sucked out leaving my desiccated corpse lying in the dirt.
I am happiest by myself doing fun projects and keeping it awesome. I guess that's just the way it's going to have to be. I like to be alone. It's the best.
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Last Updated: 01.24.2001
"Pinocchio, why are you carrying that shotgun?"
Very odd quote. I like odd, though. Odd keeps life interesting.
I am now expected to rant with each update. It's pretty odd (I just realized that I've said the word odd again, sorry). I guess it's nice to know that people care about what I think, but it means more work for me. I am, by nature a very lazy person, and my writing ability stinks. Oh well, let's get on with the ranting.
I've got some bad news*, which is good news for me, but bad news for all my visitors. I start classes again on the 29th. This is good; because I've been missing out on college life for the past semester, but it's bad because I don't have a computer. That's going to make updating the site very tough. I really can't count on my lazy brother to upload MP3s to NEZ-Leader's ftp server, but I'll try to make him do it. *-Red is for evil
The comic was also received well, that's cool. I think I'll keep updating them for now. Of course, when I'm at school I won't have my computer to use as an artistic crutch. I draw very very badly. I'll try to update while I'm at school.
And now today's comic:
Ha, that's cool, I haven't ranted much today. Sorry to all my loyal readers that like to listen to me endlessly babble. It's late and ranting requires work and thought. I need sleep. Sleep is good. "Sleep, that's where I'm a Viking." -Ralph Wiggum
As usual I don't have a PS2, and, as usual, I'm uploading MP3s. That's about it for now.
Neo-Death signing off


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Storm clouds they come and hide the sun,
My life seems completely undone.
Here comes the rain and tragedy came,
I just won't be the same.
Waters rise and hope takes flight,
Despair consumes my sight.
Sun and rain, joy and pain,
My heart feels the strain.
Holy Spirit, never let go,
Bring comfort to my soul.
Ever faithful, ever true,
Is the love brought by You.
How my soul overflows,
Now filled with hope.
Lance Gargus
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:
Psalms 55:8,16,18


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The Obama administration is considering a drone strike to kill a U.S. citizen it says is a member of al-Qaida, officials said Monday.
The CIA has drones currently watching the individual, who, officials told the Associated Press, is actively planning attacks against Americans living abroad.
Under President Obama's policy the military — not the CIA — can kill Americans overseas who are suspected terrorists.
The country where the man resides doesn't allow U.S. military action within its borders, and officials said defense leaders were torn on whether or not to strike.
Obama said last year that a person can only be killed by a drone strike "to prevent or stop attacks against U.S. persons, and even then, only when capture is not feasible and no other reasonable alternatives exist to address the threat effectively." And that person must be "a continuing, imminent threat to U.S. persons," according to the guidelines, but the Justice Department hasn't finished building its legal case against him.
But officials said the president could defy those guidelines and allow the CIA to use a drone strike.
A move to transfer oversight of the U.S. drone program from the CIA to the Pentagon was recently blocked by Congress under the omnibus bill. Such a move could have shed more light on some of the gaps in the public's knowledge of drones, but members of Congress have voiced hesitation about the Defense Department's ability to effectively and accurately manage the program.


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Hollyoaks star Ricky Whittle has commented on the slew of characters announced to be exiting the teen soap.
This week it was announced that 16 characters are to leave the show under new producer Paul Marquess, including Ricky's onscreen family the Valentines.
However, Whittle - who last year confirmed he would bow out of his role as former-policeman Calvin - had dismissed rumours of a fallout, insisting the developments are an "exciting time" for the programme.
Speaking at the Tric awards, where he scooped the 'TV Soap Personality' gong, he told Holysoap: "It's not this mass cull that everyone thinks it is. It's just people are coming to the ends of their contracts. People are choosing to do different things. It just so happens that everyone's contracts are coinciding - they're all ending at the same time."
"The Valentines are going, I was going anyway, Nathalie Emmanuel [Sasha Valentine] was leaving at the end of her contract anyway. Dominique [Jackson, who plays Lauren] as well, Brian [Bovell, who plays Leo]. So it's not a big mass exodus. It's that things need to be freshened up and a lot of people are doing it for their own careers. And then the boss has come in and he thinks he wants some new families in as well, so some people's contracts aren't being renewed. So it's exciting times for the show and I'll keep watching it when I've gone."
Other characters due to exit the show over the coming months include Jake Dean (Kevin Sacre), Loretta Jones (Melissa Walton), Barry "Newt" Newton (Nico Mirallegro), and Zak Ramsey (Kent Riley). Archie Carpenter (Stephen Beard), Spencer Gray (Darren Longford), Dave Colbourn (Elliot James Langridge) and Des Townsend (Kris Deedigan) who are also being phased out.


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It has sold more than 35,000 copies and their first Mini-Concert was a success.
Macross Delta is the newes entry on the Macross Franchise, and it features a new Idol Group called "Walkure" and their first single to come"Ichido Dake no Koi Nara/Run ga Pikatto Hikattara"has made them being on the Top 5 on the music Charts in Japan.
While Macross Delta Walkure are Anime Characters, the real girls are:
-JUNNA (Mikumo).
-Minori Suzuki (Freyja)
-Kiyono Yasuno (Kaname)
-Nozomi Nishida (Makina)
-Nao Toyama (Reina)
With the excepction of JUNNA, all the other singers are also the voice actress for their characters.
The Mini-Concert that also included a "Soft high-Five" event was also a succes.
The Group will have events in Osaka and Nagoya in August and in Tokyo in September with more dates to be revealed at May 22.
You can talk about the Anime of Macross Delta in any of those Articles (or on the next one in 3 weeks more or less :P)
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Hit a PR on the box squat tonight. Worked up to 405×3 with pretty good form. No bowing out and bent over good-morning-ing it up. I've been using about a 12 inch box with a bumper plate on top of it. If it's not right at parallel, it's only an inch or so high. With good form even, this was a big PR for me.
I was going to do some rep work on the leg press, but because I worked up, I didn't
GHR front elevated 12 inches x 10, elevated 6 inches x 6, elevated 2 inches x 6, 6, 5
machine row 115×10, 12, 11
improvised reverse hyper off GHR – one #3 band double cinched x15, two #3 bands double cinched x12
standing incline DB external rotation 15×20, 20×9
plank 90x57s This was a PR on the plank too. I almost had the full minute, but I could feel my back start to buckle and I was shaking like Smoky the Crackhead .
I wanted to do some kind of shrug too, but what I accomplished was fine.
On another upbeat note, I have some friends from Serbia (I think, I don't want to offend…) who decided to have a bench-off tonight. They're all lightweights, I think under 200. I want to say the winning lift was 175. We placed them on coefficient, but I don't remember who made what. They all actually looked pretty good, and they've come a long way.
Good work and good lifts from the Balkan crew!


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Joe Danger gets a sale and DLC
Hello Games has announced over on the US PS Blog that its fun PSN title Joe Danger is getting some DLC.
On top of that, it's going on sale. Between now and November 30 you can purchase Joe Danger in the American store for $7.49 which is half-off the regular price.
The DLC mentioned at the top of the post comes way of new characters, new motorbikes, "crazy new moves" and special collectibles.
One character is a ghoulish, undead Knight named Sir Bonehead who collects Holy Grails to undo "the curse of the Lady of the Lake", another addition is a playable monkey named Chuckles the Chimp, and then there's Joe Danger's "turkey-chomping, Native American brother Geronim-Joe" as well.
There's also a Chicken suit for Joe which gives him special moves such as The Red Rooster and Cock-a-Doodle-Danger.
Check out the video below, and new screen over on the US PS Blog.


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Ghassan Kanafani, Good Byes, Grandma, Gaza, Palestine, Egypt, Morsi & Me
Warning: This is very raw, emotional and looooong.
July 8, Gaza, I don't know from where to start. Should I try to remember the beginning or jump right to the end or just honor the middle by mention it first. I had this strong intuition that 2012 will be an eventful year, a year of unprecedented events, a year of laughter and sobs and a year that I will remember for the rest of my life. Oh boy, Its July and till now I am very right.
Let me start by honoring Ghassan Kanafani, who ignited the inspiration behind this blog post after the abandonment to my blog for a little over a month ago. Today, we commemorate the 40th anniversary of Israel's brutal assassination of Ghassan in Beirut by blowing his car up. Yes, he had a dangerously artistic mind that overflowed with influential work that touched the hearts of numerous people around the world. He needed to be silenced.
Yet, 40 years today after his death, his voice remains stronger or even stronger than ever. His words touch me like he wrote them today to me only and his work is highly known and searched for by many people around the world. Voices like Ghassan cant be silenced.
If you want to know more about him check his website:
By now, most of you became familiar with my weirdness and eccentricity (or I hope you are). I relate to many different things, I belong to many different people\nations\things\countries and I bond with numerous things and people. Ghassan Kanafani is a special case. I remember saying: "I think I know this man", when I first saw his picture. I read allot about him and I kept feeling like I know him.
His face is so familiar, the curve of his mouth when he smiles is familiar, the way he glares is familiar, the way he thinks is familiar and the way he writes is very familiar. I feel like we were best friends or could be best friends had I been born in his Era. I feel angry sometimes because I didn't attend his funeral. I feel jealous sometimes because I wish I was one of his friends in Gaza or outside whom he used to see and\or write to.
Here is a letter he wrote to his friend Mustafa:
It strikes me how familiar and identical Gaza sounds in his letter. Its like he is among us now. His letter is ageless, I wonder if he ever imagined that so many years will pass but Gaza will remain Gaza. The only difference is that more blood flows in Gaza streets reflecting a red that can be felt but not seen. The debris of defeat has created a fog and more sadness camps on Gaza. Yet, more steadfastness took place and life still goes on like it went on when he wrote this letter.
For a split second, I felt like I wrote this letter or it was written to me yesterday. There is allot of Ghassan Kanafani in me and allot of me in him, I wish he was here so I could tell him that. Anyway, I'm sure his soul got my message.
Just like Ghassan, I always undergo the fiasco\inner conflict\dilemma of "should I leave or should I stay?" for the same reasons or atleast similar reasons or just my reasons.
Here is a picture of his funeral:
Starting from the end requires from me to go back to the beginning. This year started with the continuation of revolutions in the Arab world. Revolutions that I was very attached to. I wouldn't sleep, glued to the TV watching the latest news from Tahrir and\or Syria and\or Bahrain and\or Yemen and\or Libya and ofcourse the latest news of my own country –Palestine- even though unfortunately we weren't going through any revolutions here.
I then joined MSF's (Doctors without Borders – France) office in Gaza to live a once-in-a-live-time experience that came out of nowhere and was very unexpected. I learned things in 5 months that I couldn't have learned in 10 years. The best and most exhausting 5 months in my life. I got a wide access to Gaza and the INGOs world here. I discovered shocking things and I witnessed good and bad things after careful observation. Yet, I felt a tremendous pride for being MSF member and MSF felt pride to have me aboard.
Its sad to see that those 5 months have come to an end but its time to move on. I will come out with endless amazing memories and people who will be my friends for life. Plus, a very worthy experience and an unimaginable honor.
On my birthday this year, my grandmother was sick and got sicker and this totally ruined my birthday. I love her so much so I couldn't help be affected by her sickness. Her health kept declining until we were all able to see in May that she is living her last days. I kept preparing myself for the inevitable but later I learned that no matter how hard you prepare yourself, you will never be ready to lose a loved one.
On June 22nd, Friday, I had a bath and left to my best friend's house. Before I left, I saw my sister leaning next to my grandma's bed while she is asleep and reading her Qura'an. I asked her "why?" and she said she just felt like doing it. 15 minutes after my arrival to my best friend's house, I got a call from home: "Come, something bad has happened", my heart told me that the moment I fret just happened.
I rushed home accompanied by Ziad my best friend and I was calm. Then, out of nowhere, felt like air is abandoning my body, like I was about to dive into oblivion, like I was about to go mad, like my mind was about to explode. Half way home, in the cab, I got my first ever panic attack. I never experienced panic attacks before; I only heard about them and saw them on TV. They aren't pretty or easy. I arrived home and saw the ambulance parked downstairs. Suddenly, I had to face the ugly truth. Teta is gone. My grandma is no longer with us. I went down from the cab, threw my bag on the floor and rushed upstairs. Teta is dead, she passed away. I realized that after 12 continuous and strong panic attacks. I thought I was prepared; my body had a different story to tell.
Numbness take over when you cant deal with a big loss. Teta wasn't just a grandma; she was a second mother who kept us together after I lost my mom at the age of 9 and a half. After her death I felt motherless, a feeling so cruel and dark and cold that I felt a constant chill in my spine. I feel that I'm still in denial.
Farewell Grandma, you battled cancer for 13 years, you raised children and grandchildren and you taught us to love Palestine like you did. You lived a full life, you had an exceptional willpower and you kept Palestine in your heart then passed it onto ours. May you rest in peace and know that you will never ever be forgotten.
As if I wasn't overwhelmed enough with everything around, Egypt was unstable and Morsi won the elections. Speculations here and in Egypt were flying like flocks and flocks of birds. I didn't know what to feel. Its either Morsi or Shafiq. Bad and worse. I felt sorry for Egypt and Egyptians. I felt their frustration and showed my support.
I still crave visiting tahrir square and all my friends there. I still have respect for Egypt.
Moving on to Palestine. Hmmm I don't know what to say. I wake up every day craving the west bank and the stolen lands of 1948. I miss Palestine. My soul yearns for Palestine. I want to visit Nazareth and all my family there. I want to visit Safad and relive all the memories that my grandma told me about it and how her heart broke when the huge expulsion of 1948 took place. She always wished and wanted to go back there one day.
I am worried about Palestine. The Palestinian cause has been and still is making a huge progress regarding awareness, BDS and such but the Palestinian cause internally is nearly lost. Palestinians are two seconds away of giving up. Our internal issues are screwed up. We are divided and I think that we require a miracle to unite and free Palestine. I hope god is listening.
Finally, I would like to thank you all for being my friends, loyal fans and having continuous interested in my blog even when life's pressures force me to abandon it for a while. I also want to thank you all for helping me be real, raw and emotional while I share my stories with you.
Eternal Gratitude,
Omar from Gaza


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Aloe is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, and the islands of Africa. Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance-shaped with a sharp apex and a spiny margin. Aloe flowers are tubular, frequently yellow, orange, pink or red, and are borne, densely clustered and pendant, at the apex of simple or branched, leafless stems.
A clump forming aloe with dense rosette of spotted leaves and dull red flowers in summer.
USDA Zone - 10
Season to Sow - Spring


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In 1966, Merrill Fisher purchased 98 acres from the Yeager farm.
Soon after this purchase, Green Haven Memorial Gardens was recognized as an official cemetery. As one of the first orders of operations, beautiful gardens were established within the 98 acres. These gardens were created to give a serene, park-like setting.
Among the gardens, a small quaint garden was created for children through one year of age. This garden is adorned with a bronze statue of a child looking toward a small fawn.
Along with these gardens, the cemetery incorporated several different features to represent specific dominations and organizations:
- Last Supper (Catholic)
- Masonic
- Veterans
- Good Shepherd
- Islamic
- Honor
In 1972 construction started on one of the first mausoleums in our area. Inside this mausoleum is The Chapel of Meditation, which has a cathedral type atmosphere with three beautiful mosaic entrances. Our rotunda has two grand chandeliers that illuminate the visiting area.
Our second chapel, The Chapel of Peace, was completed in 2000. This chapel has a bright contemporary appeal with chandeliers illuminating the walk way and main chapel. Memorial lights adorn the crypts that sparkle like stars.
Both mausoleums are available for services and can be reserved hourly.
Green Haven takes special pride in caring for the families that have left their loved ones in our care. Green Haven Memorial Gardens will continue to grow and be a well-respected part of the community.


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WildHorse Resource Development Corporation (NYSE:WRD) announced today that it has signed purchase and sale agreements to acquire producing and non-producing assets in Burleson County, Texas for approximately $15.6 million from multiple sellers. One transaction has closed and the other transactions are expected to close in April 2017.
The newly acquired assets consist of 10,535 net acres and 7 operated (9 non-operated) producing wells with combined production of approximately 1,200 gross (195 net) barrels of oil equivalent per day along with significant undeveloped leasehold. The properties are immediately contiguous and complementary to WRD's existing East Texas Eagle Ford properties and will increase our working interest in over 188 gross locations in the Burleson Main and Burleson North areas.
"I am excited to increase our exposure to one of the premier basins in the country," said Jay Graham, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WRD. "With an implied acquisition cost of approximately $812 per acre, this transaction is consistent with our strategy of not only expanding our industry-leading position in East Texas, but also, expanding our acreage at an attractive value. Entry points like this help us achieve what we think are some of the best full cycle economics in any oil play in the country."
SOURCE: http://ir.wildhorserd.com/press-releases/2017/02-23-2017-120032271


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Especially easy if the dock has an indicator led for when the robot is docked which can be tapped by an analog comparator converting to logic level signals (attaching only a high impedance to the product, for protection). The circuit's shown should be adjusted for particular situations, and simplified. Contact with any questions.
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Two new studies cast doubt on the ecological benefits of biofuels. Separate teams from Princeton University and the Nature Conservancy conducted the studies, which were published in the journal Science. Both groups found that biofuels exacerbate—rather than counteract— global warming.
"Most of the biofuel that people are using or planning to use would probably increase greenhouse gasses substantially," said Timothy Searchinger, a research from Princeton University. "Previously there's been an accounting error: land use change has been left out of prior analysis."
The crux of the new research is that biofuel production cannot overlook the effects of growing, harvesting, and refining biofuels. When the entire process is considered, biofuels are not nearly as attractive from an environmental perspective. Searchinger found that replacing fossil fuels with corn-based ethanol would double greenhouse gas emissions for the next 30 years. Greenhouse gas emissions are problematic, regardless if rainforest or scrubland is used to grow the fuel.
These studies add to a growing body of research which question the belief that biofuels offer great promise as a "green" fuel for transportation. In the wake of the publication, a group of 10 eminent environmental scientists sent a letter to President Bush, urging a reform of national biofuels policy.


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If wireless charging is the future of our mobile batteries, then the Spira is the future of our wireless chargers.
Part wall-mounted interactive picture, part magnetic induction charger, this block of brilliance is the work of Alice Robbiani, created for a project at the University of Contemporary Design and Applied Art.
By sliding your iPhone in a specially made case that incorporates the charging socket, the Spira transforms the function of charging into something a little more artful. An accompanying app can vary the "artistic" representation of the phone's charge level - such as a gradual trickle of balls that fill the screen as the battery tops up. Rotate the phone and it turns the display into a clock. Meanwhile, the additional heat of the charging process changes the background of Spira wall unit, shifting from black to reveal a detailed pattern thanks to its thermocratic ink. Watch it in action below...
And before you ask - no, we've no idea what happens if someone calls you while your phone is hanging on the wall. Presumably the magnet is strong enough to keep it in place should it try and vibrate. We'll be writing emails to Robbiani begging her to turn this design project into something purchasable.


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It may look like I knew what I was doing with this guitar at the Northern Voice EduGlu Blues JamFest, but rest assured, you most likely dont want to ask for a recording (there was none)- but just holding a guitar, for me, is a sensual experience.
And a nostalgic one.
So I am thinking of a story.
A story of a blonde.
A blonde fender Telecaster.
I started taking guitar lessons at 15, with the non original day dreams of being a rock star. We did not have the toys that are here now. I started with a red, white, and blue acoustic for my first lessons. The first song my teacher showed me was "Day Tripper". My parents said if I stuck with lessons 6 months, they would let me get a "real" guitar.
Incentives worked. I ended up with the Takamine acoustic I still own.
But this story is not about her.
I got tired of the regimen of lessons (especially as it veered into music theory- i just wanted to play songs from the radio) and quit. My friend Larry had a organ/keyboard synthesizer, and could pluck the notes/chords by listening; another guy Marc played drums. We talked Kevin into singing. Larry's older brother had left a mondo Marshall bass amp in his house.
We schemed a band.
So with my snow shoveling / gas cutting money saved up, I looked in the newspaper for a used electric guitar.
And came across the blonde telecaster from some guy, with a Peavy Backstage small amp. I don't have a digital photo, but it looked pretty much like:
Mine was maybe a 1973 vintage, not as much grain in the body. It was a heavy sucker, but it felt like a guitar god just to hold. Not that I could make it really sound great.
Actually (and this is added later) I scanned a photo from 1980- look at this 17 year old kid:
So we did maybe one party in my basement. We trucked Larry's electric organ and his brothers giant Marshall amp, and played loud music for hours.
Our tight knit group of friends went off to college. Kevin got an acoustic. I was not playing the Tele all that much, and thought we made an arrangement where he bought it off me for like $25 and I would buy it back some time in the future, and it would pass back and forth.
But that was not how it panned out.
We drifted apart, lost touch, I moved west, he got married, I got married, he had kids…
And he had the Tele! I was pissed off for some time, a lot for the loss of a friendship that I made akin t a brother.. and he had that beautiful guitar (never mind the obvious fact I did sell it). But time wore down that story and I was resigned to that being how it ends.
Ironically, Kevin and I ended up taking different paths into careers of education technology, me via Geology, he via engineering. About 3 years ago, I had an opportunity to do a workshop at the university he was at, and took a chance to reconnect.
I had dinner at his house and watched my old beer drinking buddy parent teen age kids.
And here is the good part of the story.
His son, now 15, plays guitar, and is damn good. And he plays that Telecaster in a real band, who plays in front of real audiences (somewhere there is a YouTube clip, looking…)
And that is where that Telecaster needs to be. In the hands of someone who can make it make beautiful rock and roll (not the noise I generate). In the hands of a young musician, not some old dreamer.
And even better, a few weeks ago Kevin and I met up for beers in Tempe (he was in town for a meeting), and I finally figured out we can have a better friendship now in our 40s than the nostalgia glory I had painted of being 16.
But you know what?
After holding that Ibanez at Brian's house… I'm ready to consider getting an electric.
And maybe, maybe, maybe, it may even be… a lovely blonde Tele.