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Interior designers know that to give a space the 'wow' factor and make it interesting, there needs to be a focal point.
A focal point is an area that draws the idea and gives a space personality and style. That's a trick you need to be thinking about for your wedding venue.
In fact, you don't need to limit yourself to one focal point – depending on the size and shape of your venue and the set-up, you can have several focal points.
Let's start off with the ceremony
The aisle is going to be a key focus, you'll be walking down it with your bridesmaids and back up again with your new spouse.
On the floor, you could have a special wedding aisle runner. This could have a monogram of your initials or your name.
The side of the aisle also has plenty of potential for decoration. Maybe sprinkle confetti or petals along it (this wouldn't work if you're having an outdoor ceremony and it's going to be windy though).
You could have lanterns placed along the pew or chair ends – an atmospheric touch if you're getting married in the late afternoon or in winter.
You could also ask your florist to place flowers at the pew ends – if these are in containers then they can be reused at your wedding reception and do double duty.
Thinking about your venue
You're going to have plenty of different focal points here.
First off, think about where the guests are going to enter. How can you set the scene so that they get an idea of your wedding style and you make the very most of the wedding venue you've decided upon?
Think about how you can use flowers – and lanterns would also come in useful here.
Another focal point is going to be the table plan. Every guest will be coming along to look at this to see where they are sitting, so pretty it up and make it another focal point. In fact, it may well be one of the first things they look at (people are always curious to see who they are alongside), so you can use it show off the theme of the wedding you've chosen.
You're probably going to be having a top table. This is going to act as the 'stage' of much of the reception. People will look at the top table when the speeches are given and of course they're going to be admiring the bride and groom.
If you think the area behind your top table is a bit lacklustre, then consider having a starlight curtain placed behind it. You can also have a curtain on the skirts covering the table too.
Dress the sides of the table with lavish swags and flowers and consider having the bride and groom's chairs decorated with different coloured sashes so that they stand out.
You'll be decorating the guest tables and chairs but what about the space above their heads? Don't forget about this key area. Add lanterns and room draping and you get a very festive effect (and can disguise a less than attractive ceiling area).
Your wedding cake is also going to act as a focal point. If you've spent a lot of time thinking about it (and a bit of wedding budget too) then you're going to want to show it off to perfection. So maybe add a starlight curtain around the skirts of the table it's placed upon?
Some of your guests may well bring cards and gifts to your wedding reception. In which case you're going to need somewhere to put them safely. A wedding post box is a great idea and again this can act as a focal area (in fact, you need to make your post box obvious so that guests know it's there!)
As the evening draws in, you may have guests walking outside into the garden. Think about how you can create an atmosphere with lanterns – have them lit as the sun goes down for a wonderfully romantic effect.
All the images above have been taken at weddings created by our talented stylists. They are artistic and experienced in making the most of any wedding venue so that it looks welcoming and beautiful.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 19, 2012) – On September 29, National Public Lands Day, national parks from coast to coast will be offering free admission to all visitors. To encourage the public to take advantage of this great opportunity to experience America's national treasures, the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, Travel Channel, and Zipcar have teamed up to make park adventures easy and accessible for everyone.
The National Park Foundation is inviting park visitors to join the community of national park supporters by visiting www.nationalparks.org. There individuals can share their park stories, photos and videos, as well as discover the parks nearest to them wherever they are! In addition, visitors can discover how they can help in supporting and protecting America's nearly 400 national parks through the National Park Foundation.
Travel Channel has been a strong supporter of the National Park Foundation. This summer, the Network partnered with the Foundation on a myriad of on- and off-air initiatives positioned under Travel Channel's "Destination Summer" campaign. The campaign, which kicked off Memorial Day and culminated on Labor Day, featured programming that highlighted the country's national parks and was reinforced by Travel Channel's exclusive posts on national park-related content on Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest and other social media platforms. To help celebrate National Public Lands Day, TravelChannel.com will provide national park information, travel guides and slideshows on national parks in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco regions.
"The primary goal of Travel Channel's partnership with the National Park Foundation and Zipcar is to inspire our viewers to visit and support America's national parks," said Laureen Ong, President, Travel Channel. "By providing a one-stop location for travelers to gather information, we hope this activates our viewers to travel, support and experience the beauty of the national park system."
As part of the program, Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing network, has teamed up to help provide an affordable and convenient transportation option for those without a car by offering a promotion for new members, which can be accessed by visiting www.zipcar.com/travelnationalparks. Zipcar is also encouraging existing members to reserve a car and take advantage of the free admission to their national parks on September 29.
"Zipcar is proud to work with the Travel Channel and the National Park Foundation to encourage consumers to 'get out and zip' to their local national parks on National Public Lands Day," said Mark Norman, Zipcar president and COO. "We are always working to provide our members and those looking to join Zipcar with opportunities to engage in the active lifestyles they love, and this program is a great way for them to take advantage of the surrounding national parks for biking, hiking, picnicking and enjoying the great outdoors."
"We are grateful to our partners at Travel Channel and Zipcar for their support in educating the public and offering easy access to America's nearly 400 national parks," said Neil Mulholland, President and CEO of the National Park Foundation. "Everyone who experiences these treasured places will understand the critical importance of guaranteeing their existence for generations to come."
You are the owner of 84 million acres of the world's most treasured landscapes, ecosystems, and historic sites -- all protected in America's nearly 400 national parks. Chartered by Congress, the National Park Foundation is the official charity of America's national parks. We work hand in hand with the National Park Service to connect you and all Americans to the parks, and to make sure that they are preserved for the generations who will follow. Join us in supporting your national parks -- this is your land. www.nationalparks.org
TRAVEL CHANNEL (www.travelchannel.com) is a multiplatform travel lifestyle brand with the core mission of providing inspiring and compelling programming that takes viewers beyond their everyday destinations, making the unfamiliar familiar, whether it's around the world or around the block. A dual feed network that is also available in HD, Travel Channel is the world's leading travel media brand, and is available in over 94 million U.S. cable homes. Owned and operated by Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), Travel Channel has offices in Chevy Chase, MD, and New York, NY. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) also owns and operates HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country.
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But that's not what's happening here. They are categorically demonizing innocent people.
I'm sorry; that was not my intention.
Perhaps I can make a comparison to clarify? As an example, some people think that guns are unethical because they may be seen as an unjust instrument of violence. Even if a particular gun hasn't killed anyone (yet), or even if most guns happened not to be used to kill, then surely it can still be legitimate for people to object to the passive presence of guns, because it gives gun owners the power to kill, and that power may be considered unjust by principle.
Similarly, some people think that non-free software is unethical because it gives programmers the power to do bad stuff, regardless of whether some particular non-free program is actually malware (yet).
(Sorry in advance if I've derailed this discussion into a more controversial subject.)
I realize this is a comparison for clarification, but isn't it still just 'categorically demonizing innocent people'?
You picked a more controversial topic where more people are likely to agree with the demonization I suppose, but your assertion that the power to kill "may be considered unjust by principle" is not well supported by vague assertions that "some think" guns "may be seen as" unjust instruments of violence. I fully support everyone's right to object to something they see as dangerous; opinion does not constitute principle, however.
To me, something is just or unjust based on whether or not it aligns with or infringes anyone's rights. So, I suppose I might actually agree that a power could be "unjust in principle" if it could be shown that the power could not be used justly - that is, without infringing on anyone else's rights. For some powers, mostly political ones, this is the case. In this case I think guns may be a poor comparison, because they actually can be used in ways which are just (defense, etc.), even if you believe that those cases are unlikely and so desire strict gun control, etc.
In contrast, it may be that producing nonfree software is always 'wrong' (in that it infringes on the supposed rights of the users to understand and modify the program they are running) and therefore having or providing the power to do so would be 'unjust in principle'. If the concern is merely that some may produce malware, and there are actually legitimate reasons for producing nonfree software, then it is not unjust in principle to do so, or to provide someone with said power.
I hope I've understood all that correctly, and restated it well. I'm not sure that I agree with the idea that nonfree software is always bad, but I am open to it. Perhaps what I'm missing is a clear understanding of the specific rights that nonfree software violates.
edit: oh and as for the gun analogy... I'm from Canada and fully support gun control (we have it), but I'm not going around and implying that every gun owner is unethical in the process of asking for gun control. That would be shooting myself in the foot!
Sounds interesting. Apart from the regulation part, it sounds a bit like LibreJS[0].
[0]: https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/
However I am opposed to that call for action given it's an all-or-none implementation. I feel it's the role of each country to regulate, which is why I expressly suggested it as a configuration option (ideally it could be enforced at the browser level country by country and if not then user by user).
1. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
Plus note that I was just suggesting that it would be more effective than a social movement with 'ethical repositories'. Just imagine if the ad-blocker devs tried the same strategy...


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This is my ode to the Teatro Marcello, the first ever coliseum. Its the one that no one knows about because the huge coliseum or Amphitheatre sucks up all the air in the room. Kinda like how Nubia gets no love while Egypt gobbles it all up. Not a rant, BTW, cuz one day I will visit Nubia.
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I don't think I have seen lately something lovelier than these gorgeous silk scarves from Portuguese label Gris Neutre. Hermès, move over! Founded in 2010 by an illustrator-designer (Sara Bento de Castro), a fashion designer (Marisa Ferra) and an anthropologist (Joana Gonçalo Oliveira) under the "modest" name of Gris Neutre, this label offers luxury accessories of pure silk printed with elaborated imagery that celebrates nature and humanity.
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Same as the 3700 but outfitted with a lens ring that emits a bright glow in the dark. The new generation photo luminescent material in the plastic absorbs the energy from any light source – fluorescent lights, the sun, or even the flashlight's own beam. No more fumbling in the dark for your flashlight. The Big Ed 3700PL is powered by 4 C alkaline cells.
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How to build a model lighthouse
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Lighthouses have been used for centuries to warn seagoing vessels of hazardous shorelines. The advent of electricity in the late 19th century made modern lighthouses even more effective and enabled them to become literal beacons during the night and in the midst of storms.
Traditionally these lighthouses were operated by lighthouse keepers who lived in a small attachment to the lighthouse itself or in a nearby dwelling. By the turn of the 21st century, most lighthouses were automated and no longer required keepers other than for maintenance. Share this bit of history with the kids as you help them build a model lighthouse night-light of their own.
Cut a 20-cm (8-inch) circle of aluminium foil. Remove the label from a 1.5 litre clear plastic water bottle. Use a craft knife to cut the bottle in half. Be sure to leave the cap on the bottle.
Flip the top half upside down and squirt some glue onto the upper 5 cm (2 inches) of the tapered dome. It's all right if some of the glue runs into the cap. Form a cone with the aluminium foil circle and press the centre point of it down into the bottle's dome and cap. Smooth the foil against the glue on the sides of the bottle. Don't worry if it isn't perfect, you won't be able to see it. This will simply add a nice reflective quality to the lighthouse's dome. Allow the glue to dry completely.
Turn the top of the bottle right side up and cover the outside of the foil-lined area with red acrylic paint, including the cap. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly.
Apply three pieces of black electrical tape vertically to the lighthouse. They should be positioned evenly apart, beginning at the edge of the red paint and extending to about one inch from the bottom cut edge of the bottle. Set the top of the lighthouse aside.
Roll up a piece of modelling clay to about the size of a tennis ball and drop it into the bottom half of the plastic bottle. Press the butt end of a flashlight firmly into the clay. Cut a 2.5-cm (1-inch) notch in the bottle's side to expose the flashlight switch.
Cut a piece of white craft foam to fit around the bottom of the bottle. It should extend about 10 cm (4 inches) above the cut rim of the bottle or just enough to completely conceal the flashlight.
Warp the craft foam around the bottle, making sure the edge of the foam lines up with the bottom edge of the bottle. Trace the notch onto the foam with a pencil or pen and cut it out with the craft knife. Apply glue to the foam and wrap around the bottle, making sure the hole you cut in the foam lines up with the flashlight switch. Allow the glue to dry completely.
Slip the top of the lighthouse into the white foam sleeve. Secure the foam into place on the top of the bottle with a horizontal band of black tape, forming the bottoms of the lighthouse windows. Paint some red horizontal stripes or diagonal barber pole stripes on the white foam, if you like, and let them dry thoroughly. Set the model lighthouse nigh-tlight on your nightstand and switch it on when you go to bed.
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Wizard Week at Isle of Wight Steam Railway
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Buy Online: Adult £11.50, Child (5-15) £6.00, Infant (0-4) FREE, Family £29.00 (2 Adults & 2 Children).
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Haven Falconry Bird of Prey Centre – Admission to the Haven Falconry Bird of Prey Centre is included in the event admission price (Please Note: All tickets are valid for one day)
In a puff of steam it's Wickedly Wonderful Halloween Fun during October half term holiday.
See the owls and birds of prey, be amazed at the magic shows, enjoy relaxing steam train rides, and tread cautiously through the enchanting woodland walk.
Meet the friendly witches of Havenstreet and help them with their magic spells and potions.
Dress-up as wizards, witches and other spooky characters – there are prizes each day for the best costumes – and enter our Halloween Treasure Hunt!
There are Halloween crafts, shop, plenty of FREE parking and refreshments available.
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Accounting is an indispensable tool for entrepreneurs to manage their business. The data provided by competent accounting service will help the company to develop and increase their income. A very interesting case that illustrates this is the entrepreneur Phil Knight, who founded Nike. As Tom Taulli says in his article on Forbes, Knight worked full-time as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in his early career to make ends meet.
As Taulli pointed out in his article, the knowledge that Knight got from this experience was priceless. Just try to imagine how challenging it might be to manage a fast-growing company…
But what should successful entrepreneurs take into account when it comes to accounting?
To answer this question, Taulli talked to Rob Nixon, CEO and co-founder of Panalitix, who is the key speaker at "Tomorrow's Practice" – Kreston's 45th Annual World Conference to be held in London this month. Rob gives us three tips about what entrepreneurs need to know about accounting.
1 – The Cloud – 'If you are relying on 'desktop' accounting software," according to Rob, "you are looking at redundant data. To get real-time data you need to switch your accounting software to the cloud. You can then access richer, more accurate data on any device.' He also mentioned some accounting systems that are affordable such as QuickBooks and Xero.
2 – Dashboard – according to Rob, 'you need to have a consolidated view of the main operating metrics pertinent to your business. For example, if inventory is important, then make sure you track the amounts and timing of the purchases. This can be extremely helpful in avoiding problems with your cash flows. (…) Once you understand the numbers, you can set some goals and apply tactics to improve the numbers. What you can measure, you can manage.'
3 – The whole picture – you can get more from a cloud-based accounting system. Once all your data is centralized, you can connect it to other systems and get a bigger picture of your business, which is excellent. The most information you have, the better.
Identifying key performance indicators, having real-time visibility and insight on the implications for the business is vital for any entrepreneur. Using a qualified accountant that is familiar with cloud accounting and advising growing businesses will enhance this process, giving the entrepreneur the information they need in an understandable format with the added input from their experience of working with a number of businesses.
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Celts, Romans, Britons: Classical and Celtic Influence in Britain, 55 BC – 2016 AD
An Interdisciplinary Conference Investigating the Place of Celtic and Classical Heritage in the British Historical Imagination
Venue: the Radcliffe Humanities Building, Woodstock Rd., Oxford
Date: Saturday, 2 July 2016 (all day)
This conference will investigate the profound influence of Celtic and Classical heritage on the development of British historical identity. A series of chronologically arranged panels will attempt to trace the respective importance of Ancient Britons and Romans in British culture over the centuries, from the pre-Roman period to the present day. Speakers specializing in a wide range of different subjects, from ancient archaeology to 20th century literature, will discuss the ways in which these two cultures have been appropriated, rejected, combined, and contrasted by different generations of Britons. Were they seen as opposing poles of savagery and civilization, or did they embody competing ideals of Britishness? Did they at any time lose relevance, and what is their status in British culture today? Despite the obvious ways in which this subject would benefit from a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, there has thus far been only limited dialogue between specialisms in this area. Our day-conference seeks to address this problem, hoping to foster a genuinely diverse and multi-faceted discussion of this aspect of British historical identity.
Confirmed Speakers: Professor Barry Cunliffe (Oxford); Dr. Alex Woolf (St. Andrews); Professor Helen Fulton (Bristol) (Honorary Editor of the Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion); Professor Ceri Davies (Swansea); Professor Philip Schwyzer (Exeter); Dr. Mary-Ann Constantine (University of Wales); Professor Rosemary Sweet (Leicester); Dr. Philip Burton (Birmingham); Professor Richard Hingley (Durham).
Organised by Francesca & Rhys Kaminski-Jones, in association with The University of Wales Centre For Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) and Oxford Medieval Studies, sponsored by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), Royal Holloway University of London, the Classical Association, and the Learned Society of Wales.
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The dust settles as the rain picks up, turning into a full drizzle. Thunder grumbles just seconds after a flash of lightning. The storm will let its full strength out soon.
I stumble back into the alley, toward the fallen heroes. There are dozens of minor scratches all over me, but the worst cuts are the one along my back, the one in my left side, and the one that ripped my mask up. I press my fingers against the left eye.
Intact. I blink and open it. Stiff, painful, and I can't actually see thanks to the blood and the goggles being ruined. Being nearsighted sucks sometimes. Still, I sigh in relief. Being nearsighted sucks, but being nearsighted with only one eye would be even worse.
The rain sizzles as it hits my skin. I check my thermometer. I'm only holding a couple thousand degrees, which I can usually restrain inside my body without bringing it to the skin, but now it sits right on top, making my glow bright. But, my power is back, as it was before. I release the heat into the air and ground so I don't have to concentrate around other people.
Empyreal's struggling still, but Lily's managed to staunch the wound. Snow Owl's gotten to her knees. Gyrfalcon is still unconscious. She's not dead, though, I can feel with my thermal sense that her heart is pumping and blood is flowing.
The four of us look at each other, unable to say anything.
"Well," I manage after a second of awkward silence. "I forgot to feed my girl's dog, so I better…" I click my tongue, and point my thumb behind my back.
"Wait!" Snow Owl climbs to her feet using the chain link fence. "Where are you going?"
"Tim still has a girl, a kid I rescued," I say. "He kidnapped her. I've got to rescue her."
Lily stands up. "Not like that you aren't."
I look down. My new jacket is torn to shreds, I'm a bloody mess, and my body aches. Can barely put one foot in front of the other, plus if I don't get my eye looked at soon with some disinfectant, there's a chance I might still lose it. "I have to try."
"I thought you were a cloak," Empyreal says weakly.
I don't really know what to say to that. I turn to walk off, to find someway to meet back up with the others. I check my watch, but it's been destroyed yet again. Drone is gonna be pissed at me for breaking her tech again. To be fair, it was probably Sledge's doing.
"You need help," Lily says, coming to my side.
"I've got friends." I gesture to Empyreal. "Your boss needs you more than I do right now."
"Hold it!" a new voice shouts at the end of the alley. Jettison floats in over the crater I buried Sledge in, and takes in the brick wall bearing claw marks and black spots from our battle. He lands against the wall, supporting himself with his arm. His left leg he lifts up to avoid putting weight on.
I sigh. Of course. "I'm only here to rescue a child. Please, let me go."
"I can't do that." Jettison raises his other hand and points it at me.
Snow Owl alights in between us, stumbling as she does so. She rights herself, and says, "Jettison, stand down."
Jettison falters, looking at me incredulously. "But, Snow-"
"I wouldn't be alive right now if it weren't for him." Snow Owl stands tall. "He saved all of our lives. He killed Sledge."
"He-" Jettison blinks and stammers, and looks at me with wide eyes. "No, no, Snow, we have orders to bring him in. All of this is his fault."
Snow Owl looks down. Her helmet is still crumpled at the top and the visor cracked into pieces. "No, it's my brother's fault."
Lily joins the conversation, saying, "You can't. He saved our lives. He's trying to save more."
I still don't know what to say. I can't find any words for my defense.
Empyreal joins us, clinging to the wall for support as he presses the bandage Lily put on him to his chest. "He's a hero." He looks behind his shoulder and shakes his head at someone, but Gyrfalcon isn't conscious.
"Heroes don't-" He points at my mask. "Heroes don't hide who they are."
"This one does," Snow Owl. "Stand down."
Jettison looks at me, at Snow Owl, then Empyreal and Lily. He scowls and drops his hand.
I squeak out a "Thank you," and stumble to the end of the alley. No one stops me.
I take another look at my handiwork, glancing at the blood puddle in the crater to make sure Sledge isn't secretly regenerating. There's nothing. Guess Sledge needs something I destroyed to regenerate. Probably a nerve ending or brain matter.
A small piece of metal in the stain catches my eye. I step into the crater and, gagging, grab at the little doohickey with my fingers.
An ear comm. How the hell did this survive? Lucky placement, I guess. I put it to my ear. "Hello?"
Nobody answers.
Hmm, better hold on to it, just in case.
I climb out of the crater. I'm getting weaker by the second. I have to go on. I have to link back up with the Underground, I have to find Maisa. No falling here.
I limp down the street, and despite my resolution to go on, I fall to my hands and knees. Fine, I'll crawl. I'll crawl as far as I have to. I can use my power to help me again.
Invisible tendrils wrap around my chest.
"Gabe!" Bedevil says, righting me with her telekinesis. She sets me against a wall, tucking us into another alley. "What happened? You're bleeding!"
"You should see the other guy," I manage with a chuckle. "They're just blood."
Honestly, I'm not happy about that fight. In a very weird way, I understand Sledge. They were like me, wanting to make the world better, even if the way they wanted to do that was fucked up.
Bedevil blinks. "Who?"
"Sledge," I say. "They're gone. For good."
Bedevil's eyes widen, her face twists into an ugly cry. She starts to tremble worse than a chihuahua. "Oh my God." She hugs me. "Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God." She falls into weepy mumbling.
"Did you run into them?" I ask.
Bedevil lets go of me. She nods, wipes her eyes. "I was with Jettison. Carapace, too." She pauses and swallows. In a shaking voice, she says, "Lugs and Asperity."
A chill runs down my spine. "Are they…" I can't voice that.
"Lugs is alive, but Sledge took his arm." Bedevil stops between each sentence as they get shorter and shorter, choked by tears. "Asperity. I tried. To save. Couldn't. Gabe." She starts to cry again. "I'm so sorry."
I stand up, using the wall as a brace. Now, I'm no longer conflicted about that fight. I'm glad I killed the bastard. "Can you help me walk?"
Bedevil clears her throat. "Yes." She presses tendrils against my back to support me, and wraps my arm around her shoulder.
"Do you know what's going on at the warehouse?"
"Tim used his power," Bedevil says.
"I know."
"You were there?"
I nod. "For a little." I just missed her. Can't think about it now. Maybe Remise and Epione got her. I have to hope. "Here, if we go south to the railroad and Harrisburg, we can meet back up with the Underground. Then you can get back to OPI."
"Gabe…" she says, softly, but trails off. She turns us south. "Your eye looks really bad."
"It's intact."
"It might scar."
The rain starts to pelt down a little harder, so Bedevil weaves an invisible umbrella above us. I can see the droplets hit the surface and roll off, falling to the ground a couple feet from me. "I think a scar would be kind of cool. Girls dig scars, right?"
Bedevil's frown eases up, and the faintest smile graces her lips. "Yeah, they do." Her hair is matted with rain, she has a black eye, blood all over her arms that I'm sure isn't hers. Her costume is torn, and she's a mess.
Wait. "Bedevs."
"I told you not to call me that," she says.
"I don't smell alcohol."
Bedevil stammers. She looks away. "I cleaned up a little before the mission, I try not to smell like alcohol when I'm on the job."
"No. I've smelled you like that before." The night we screwed and a few other times she came in after the job. Is that creepy? Whatever. "This is different."
Bedevil is quiet as we limp a little further down the road. Finally, she says, "I haven't had a drink since last night."
"What what? What else is there? I haven't had a drink since last night, doofus," she says.
"Because I don't need their rehab, I'm strong enough to do it on my own," Bedevil says.
I know that quitting on your own is a stupid idea. I try to be gentle as I can, and say, "Bedevs, that's not…"
Bedevil stops walking and glares at me. "What, do you want me to go? After rehab, I won't come back, they'll shuffle me somewhere else, and you and I won't…" She stops herself, shakes her head, and continues, "And I can't help you if that happens."
"It sounded like you didn't have a choice," I say.
"No, I have a three day grace period. If I stay sober that whole time, I can get the rehab waived." A trickle of blood runs down her nose.
"Uh, Ruby, you're bleeding," I say.
Bedevil hisses and wipes her nose.
"Are you okay?"
"It's nothing," she says, staring at her fingers.
Behind us, to my horror, Krater shouts, "Hey!"
Bedevil turns around, I don't. "Krater! What's going on?"
"What's going on? What's going on? We got our asses stomped on! Who is that?" His voice is getting closer. Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit.
Okay, advantages: it's very rainy, there's two of us to one of him, I'm more mobile, and I just slammed through my block at last. Disadvantages: I'm pretty injured, and Bedevil's nose bleed leads me to believe she's not doing so hot either.
"He's a civie, he got injured by that Sledge guy," Bedevil says. "I'm helping him get back to his home."
"Turn him around," Krater says. "Let me see him."
"What, why?" Bedevil sounds as indignant as she can.
"'Cause I see the mask, Bedevil, I know that ain't just a civie! Show me who he is!" Krater shouts.
I turn around. No point hiding.
Krater stands alone in the road a hundred feet from us. Rain patters patches of stone across his skin. He stares at me, his eyes wide. "Home Run." He takes a step forward.
Bedevil holds her hand out. "Don't!"
"Fuck off," Krater says, coming closer. "You slammed me in front of everyone. You made this city afraid. I'm going to stop you once and for all!" He rolls his shoulder and starts a jog toward us.
"I said don't!" Bedevil shouts.
Krater roars and drops to all fours, crushing the street under his bear crawl toward us. I start to summon energy again but now it's just my body holding me back, I'm too weak from Sledge. We're gonna get ransacked.
He's a second from mangling me alive when Bedevil holds both of her hands out. The umbrella protecting me from the rain disappears, and Krater lifts off the ground, splayed out crucifix style. Krater flails his massive limbs, trying to wrench free of her telekinetic grip. He screams, "Bedev-" before tendrils gag his mouth.
Bedevil's nose erupts with blood, her body shakes, her fingers lock in and claw into her palm while her arm trembles under the strain.
Bedevil screams and hurls Krater into the sidewalk, shoving him through the pavement and into the sewers. She reaches a hand toward the warehouse next to us. The wall shakes and trembles, and pulls free of the building in huge chunks. Bedevil, with one last harrowing shriek, slams all that brick and metal into Krater and the sewer, crushing him there.
"Serves you right," Bedevil says. She turns back to me, her mouth and cheeks drenched in her own blood. Her gaze seems to fall behind me, and she stands straight up as her jaw goes slack. She stumbles.
"Ruby!" I grab her shoulders and try to support her, but her entire body stiffens up, and she falls into me, rigid as a board. I don't know what's happening, but blood is pouring out of her nose. "Ruby! Talk to me!"
Bedevil convulses as I lay her on to the ground. Her body spasms, her eyes widen and dilate, blood pours out of her nose while her mouth foams from spittle. Her expressions contorts and her mouth opens in agony but she makes no sound beyond raspy breathing.
Fuck, I've got no clue what to do. Rain starts to pour on us. I put my body over her. Bedevil looks through me, pale as a sheet.
Wait, Flashfire had us take first aid lessons. You're supposed to keep their head supported, so I put my hands behind her head. Keep the area around her clear. I'm doing the best I can by covering her from the rain and staying clear of her. Whisper comforting words.
"Ruby, it's gonna be okay, I'm here. I'm here. I'm not leaving. I'll be right by your side, the whole way. I promise. You're gonna make it, and after this we'll get you somewhere to sleep, and somewhere to eat." I stroke her hair, I don't know what else to do.
Bedevil stares up through me. Telekinetic tendrils lash against me with no warning, buckling my elbows. I turn on my power, but it's weak protection at best. A nearby fire hydrant explodes upward. Windows shatter next to us. I cover her as best I can.
"There's this place called the Rise n' Shine," I whisper to her. "The waitresses call you Puddin' and skate around, and they have delicious pancakes, I'll take you there, it'll be great."
A wave of invisible tendrils shove me from her, squirming all around me with no aim. She's not in control of this. I push through her telekinesis. Another tendril smacks me in the face. One smashes into my shin. I fight back to covering her from the rain, and get my hands under her again.
More tendrils surround me, squeeze me. Too much. She'll pulp me if this doesn't subside, my power is gassed.
"Please, come back," I whisper, not very comforting but sincere. "Please, don't die."
Bedevil's body relaxes, her tendrils relent.
She gags, so I turn her to the side, and cover her from the rain while she vomits onto the sidewalk. Last part, after it subsides you're supposed to stay still. Even with the rain pelting my back, I caress her shoulder, and whisper, "It's okay. It's okay."
"Gabe," Bedevil whines through her puke.
"It's okay," I whisper. "I'm sorry, I'm going to have to carry you."
We're only a block from the railroad, so I carry her there as quick as I can, and jump down from the bridge. I can hear distant gunfire still, so the police must be busy with the Sanctified Remnant.
I carry Bedevil down into the railroad. "Looks like you're in this for the long haul."
"Mhm," Bedevil murmurs, though she sounds sleepy and far off. The first aid course said that seizures made people confused for a while. I wonder if she's even aware that she had one.
Ahead of me, I see the other Underground members waiting near where we split off originally. Drone, Iso, and Remise confer quietly, but fall silent as they see me approaching with Bedevil in my arms. Behind them, Carapace holds the headless body of Asperity while Dustdevil weeps into her shoulder. Epione sits cross-legged by herself, staring at the ground.
Maisa is nowhere to be seen.


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Maternity Photography Finland. Fine Art Maternity Session. Raskausajan Kuvaus Rauma. Raskausajan Kuvaaja Helsinki. Perhekuvaus Helsinki.
This day was so special, meeting Jutta and Juhani again, and their son (and now big brother!) Lucas. We took a walk in a park while Lucas was running around us with his grandpa and we shot this gorgeous maternity session. I'm full of happy thoughts just looking at these images and I can't want to meet the little one.


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To the elderly residents of Century Village in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Ariel Luis Hernandez was a smooth talking, handsome and charming financial planner. However, Century Village residents were shocked to learn that Hernandez had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from various residents who had contracted with Hernandez for financial planning services. In fact at the beginning of February, Hernandez was charged with two counts of grand theft from persons 65 years of age or older, and also for misuse of the personal identification information of another. The Broward County Police Department recently discovered that Hernandez had fraudulently forged the signatures of dozens of Century Village residents in order to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. He stole the funds after gaining access to the investment accounts of Century Village residents who used Hernandez's services as a financial planner. In fact, upon Hernandez's arrest, the credit card of one of his elderly Century Village client's was found in his wallet, and it was soon discovered that the credit card had been used by Hernandez to make multiple high-dollar amount purchases at locations throughout the posh community of nearby Coral Gables, Florida.
The Pembroke Pines Century Village Elderly Investment Scam
The white collar crime that Hernandez committed against the elderly residents of Century Village resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars, which, according to the Broward County Police Captain, was the money that "these people were going to live off of for the rest of their lives." It is believed that Hernandez scammed up to one hundred different people. However, there were four specific elderly individuals who have been identified as being scammed by Hernandez. In fact, one of the two victims who were named in the charges filed against Hernandez is believed to have had over $200,000 stolen by Hernandez. He committed this theft by forging letters of authorization, which were then used to transfer money from the elderly clients' private brokers account and into Hernandez's private bank account. Another charge against Hernandez alleges that he stole $45,000 from a 77-year-old client through the use of 12 wire transfers he made by forging this client's signature.
In order to steal from his victims, Hernandez would ingratiate himself into their lives while also taking advantage of the loneliness of many of his clients. Hernandez became so emboldened that during the police investigation for one of his clients who reported stolen funds, Hernandez answered a call from the police and falsely claimed to be the client's nephew. The outrage regarding Hernandez taking advantage of the Century Village elderly community resulted in him getting a higher than normal bail. Hernandez's bail was set for $300,000 at the courthouse where he was charged, and he was also ordered to not set foot on the Century Village property, nor to advertise his financial services informational luncheons or seminars.
Crimes against the elderly come with enhanced penalties, given the extremely vulnerable position of the victims. When you need a white collar criminal defense attorney in South Florida, contact Jeffrey S. Weiner, P.A. for help.


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The popular description of the unique service that is Twitter is that it's a "mini-blogging" or "micro-blogging" service. By this, they mean you can post 140 characters of text, just enough to let folks know what you're doing. Most people, as I've mentioned elsewhere, are fairly good about posting just one or two posts every now and again. Be that as it may, when certain of the folks that I am following go to certain meetings or watch some things on TV (yes, there are still people watching scheduled network TV in 2008. Go figure.), they tend to live-blog the event, rather than just toss out a micro-post or two.
I never watched a minute of the 2008 Olympics live (well, I may have seen some in a restaurant, but never on purpose), yet some folks felt compelled to document every medal, every event, as though I had NBC on in the corner. Now, this week, I am being treated to posts about the Democratic Convention. Next week, it will be the Repuiblican Convention. Don't these folks realize that this is counter to what Twitter is all about? What part of "micro" is hard to understand??
So, next time you're planted in front of the tube, or if you're in a conference with a great speaker, monitor yourself. If you've posted more than two tweets in a half-hour during an event (@replies don't count), do your followers a favor. Stop. Turn off Twitter, and fire up a real blogging tool. You have stepped over the line, and are no longer micro-blogging, you're "fer real" blogging, just with the wrong tool. Capture those Tweet-worthy ideas into the proper tool, ruminate over them a little, compose a proper post, and then push it out into the world - and make sure you tweet the post, so we can all read it. Your friends who have purposely decided not to watch what you're participating in will thank you. Your friends who are at (or watching) the same event will kick themselves later when they see your wise, polished words on your blog, and compare it to the disconnected slivers they burped out during the event, while not paying attention to the next point. Through your post, there will be a second chance for you and the world to consider your recollection of the event, and the blogosphere will have more quality material from which to search and quote. Future generations will possibly benefit as well.
And maybe there will be fewer FAIL-Whale sightings.
Edited Monday; September 22, 2008:
I just found this great piece (as usual) from Merlin Mann, which puts forth the idea of pausing far better than I had thought about it. His idea is that all social networks need a pause button of some sort, just like you can pause your newspaper or mail delivery. The nice thing about pause, rather than the "unfriend/re-friend" sequence is that it's invisible to the followee, and thus avoids the drama that certain folks have with people managing their own information inputs.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Twitter and "mini-blogging"
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[ed. This piece was written some time ago, but I found it recently while moving hard drives on a computer. I thought some folks may find it ...
[ed. This piece was written some time ago, but I found it recently while moving hard drives on a computer. I thought some folks may find it ...
So, I talk to people a lot about their mobile devices. One of the things I hear quite often is "Apple only gives me 5 gigs of iCloud, a...


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Cobalt Recruitment expanded into Vienna on February 1st 2018. Head of the new establishment in Vienna is Daniel Bauer.
Daniel Bauer is the Senior Executive Director and a member of the executive board, as well as the Managing Director for Cobalt Recruitment Vienna. Since 2006 he has been dedicated to recruiting into the German real estate market and is also a founding member of Cobalt Deutschland GmbH. Previously, he headed up the "Executive Search" division from Frankfurt.
Richard-Emanuel Goldhahn, Managing Director of Cobalt Recruitment Germany:
"Daniel Bauer is one of the most proficient and successful consultants. He is jointly responsible for the rapid and nationwide rise of Cobalt Recruitment in Germany. Through his dedication and talent over the past 12 years, he has built up a substantial network spanning London across the entire German-speaking area. His clients value his professionalism, accuracy and focus on solutions, as well as his consulting skills. We are very happy that Daniel Bauer and his team will expand our service offering in Vienna, Austria."
James Wakefield, Chief Executive Officer Global of Cobalt Recruitment:
"Having worked with Daniel Bauer for more than 10 years and seen him perform at an incredibly high level throughout that period I am absolutely confident that he will build a fantastic business for Cobalt in Vienna. This latest expansion supports the fact that we are the current APSCo International Recruitment Company of the Year, a title we intend to keep by continuing to grow into exciting new markets such as Austria."
"The Austrian market is subject to its own market laws and regional conditions. In order to be able to take the best possible account of the needs of our local customers on site, I am very delighted as a native Austrian to expand our business in the Vienna location", said Bauer in conclusion.
For more information, please contact Daniel Bauer, Senior Executive Director at Cobalt Recruitment.
Tel: +43 (0)1 226 7226 11
You may also be interested in:
Cobalt named International Recruitment Company of the Year at APSCo awards 2017
Cobalt Recruitment was named one of the "Top Recruitment Agencies" in Germany in 2017


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Lincoln Mark – How Do You Choose One?
Can I save the impartiality, while rating on a 10-point rating scale Sharon Stone, Catherine Deneuve and Komaki Kurihara? When in front of you have the "Lincoln Mark VIII", "Peugeot 406 Coupe" and "Subaru SVX"-this is not less difficult. Imputation of the ratings is due to the fact that today we consider the special vehicles, especially the Lincoln one is special, and all of them are called to be the business class compartments.
Machines of this type are unique not only in terms of the possibilities they give to their owners, but also as the drivers admit, it gives an extremely comfortable ride, able to clearly emphasize the individuality of the owner. The individuality, when a rare person canyou're your face, this is what is important. These properties can not be derived from a purely quantitative parameters: maximum speed, the width of the interior and trunk volume.
Therefore, estimates of each driver in their reviews can only be a purely personal opinion of everyone, to which, however, every person also has the right to force the seniority and experience. Why this is important? First of all it gives the drivers the possibility to identify the characteristics and features of each machine of the Lincoln Mark Series. This will help the buyer faster (and more consciously) choose a coupe, which meets his requirements.


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WarGames left theaters nearly three decades ago, but a special screening and panel at The Tribeca Film Festival showed little erosion on its emotional impact or the immediacy of its ethical questions. The production wasn't easy on Its director, John Badham, who came in mid-shoot to right the production. Having not screened it for 15 years, the filmmaker had enough perspective to be able to truly enjoy his work. Hit the jump for our interview with Badham, including some pretty incredible backstory from the set, how he handled the controversial production, his thoughts on Seth Gordon's upcoming WarGames remake and why another of his classics, Saturday Night Fever, is still relevant.
John Badham's involvement with a cross-section of entertainment and the American military didn't start with WarGames. His father was a U.S. Army General and John was actually born in London, where the family was stationed, before they moved back, stateside, with a military transfer to Alabama. His mother, Mary Hewitt, was an actress and his sister, Mary, was actually nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar at age 10 in 1963, for her portrayal of Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Badham was a successful director in television when he got a big screen break in 1976 with The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings. The film starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor and focused on a barnstorming group of African-American baseball players in the 1930's. Badham followed it up with Saturday Night Fever, which made John Travolta a box office star and became a cultural touchstone that still defines the disco era. Work on Broadway and a big-screen version of Dracula ensued, before he got a call from the troubled set of WarGames.
The film starred two unknowns, Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, and follows a teenage hacker, David Lightman (played by Broderick) who stumbles into a US Defense Department central computer. Lightman plays what he thinks is an innocent game of "Global Thermonuclear War" with a virtual counterpart, but his fictional attack on America, is believed to be very real by NORAD commanders and World War III becomes a very definite possibility.
On the set, director Martin Brest (Scent Of A Woman, Beverly Hills Cop) was fighting with producers over creative decisions and, after a two week negotiation, Badham was brought in to replace Brest. The new hire started on a Monday and was shooting three days later. He had already begun overhauling the script with the long-since replaced original screenwriters Lawrence Lasker (Sneakers) and Walter Parkes (who would become a major film producer, including a long-standing collaboration with Steven Spielberg). Badham quickly won over Broderick and Sheedy, who had feared for their jobs, and eventually, American audiences. Box office and critical success followed, along with three Oscar nominations for the film (including one for the fully revamped screenplay).
Badham has the gracious demeanor of someone who's gained a reputation as an actor's director and the patience of a college professor. The latter makes sense, since he now heads the directing program in the Graduate Conservatory at Chapman University. We started our conversation with his last viewing of the American classic he came in to save.
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Collider: When was the last time you had seen WarGames?
John Badham: Oh gosh. It's gotta be 15 years. Probably a, a television version that we had to make [to format the film for air on broadcast TV] so I had to look at it to shorten it down a little bit, but to get to see it like this on a big screen is beautiful. Forget all the problems that you had with it and, and now you get to see it as a proper film. By the time you finish working on a film, you're just, you can't see the details anymore. You're it's just like the surf washing over you. And so to be able to walk away from it for a long time, come back and go, "Oh, that's good. Oh, no. Why did I do that?" You see the, the mistakes and the good things and the happy accidents, and-
What are some happy accidents?
Badham: Oh, just the contributions. There's a line toward the end of the movie that General Beringer, who's in charge of NORAD says, as Matthew Broderick is trying to get up to the computer to see if he can stop it. And everybody is keeping Matthew's character away from everything. And I said, "How's he gonna up there?" Well, the General would let him up there and so I said to Barry Corbin [who played the General], what can we say to him that, you know, would kind of give him permission, 'cause you're the boss in here. And he said, "Oh, I'll think about it." And then, I forgot. And now we're shooting a take and I suddenly hear him say, "Good God. I'd piss on a spark plug if it'd help any. Get that boy up there!" And you go, "Ah, that's great." You know, true Lubbock, Texas-style. You know, when, when you're working well with actors and they start bringing ideas like that and contributions, it just makes it so much richer.
What is it about the themes of this film that you think, what lessons are we passing on, especially, in terms of warfare, in the 30 years, since?
Badham: Well, I don't know. This is one of the world's oldest messages and you keep hammering away at it and it's hard to get through which is, there's no point to this. This doesn't make any sense, and I think we will always be faced with that problem. Having lived through World War II and listened to, you know, people trying to get that war out of the way, listening to the Beatles, you know, talking about peace or the Vietnam protests and so on, you know there's always people who say, "This is just insane, what's going on." And yet, when you have people attacking you, as in 9/11, it's like, what are you gonna do? You can't lie down. You have to do something, but that doesn't make it less insane.
You talked about the troubles that you had, at the panel, with the process that you got in on a Monday and started on a Thursday, shooting.
Badham: Yes.
How soon can you make those changes, the wholesale changes to be able to [get a workable screenplay]? What was that experience like?
Badham: Well, I was fortunate enough to have had the negotiation process go on for a couple of weeks. I heard about it, like, two weeks before that and the agents and producers were kind of fighting over a deal. Meanwhile, they kept on shooting on the film and I said, "Well, I'm not going to sit here, waiting for something to get done. I'm going to, you know, work on the script myself and so I did and then, when I could get hold of the two [writers] Larry Lasker and Walter Parkes, I brought them in, and we made a lot of dialogue changes and structural changes, along the way, and they kept working on it while we were shooting. So, that if we start at 7:30 in the morning, you know, they'd show up at 7:30, sometimes 7:45 or 8:00 with new dialogue for the day, and, of course, being young as they are, Matt and Ally just absorbed that stuff like sponges and can (makes a vacuum-like sound). You know, whereas I would never be able to remember all those changes, so quickly. They were very helpful, but we just, kind of, kept hanging in there.
I talked to Ally (Sheedy) about the remake that Seth Gordon is directing.
Badham: Yes.
Noah Oppenheim is writing, who's a very serious writer. She said that it would be great to cast unknowns again, as the two leads. What are your thoughts on the remake, in terms of not just the casting, but updating it and–
Badham: The real trick would be to find something that is as groundbreaking as it was, in terms of the idea. I mean nobody wants another computer hacker movie, unless it's something amazingly different. I mean, this looks so, relatively, so far in the future. Not because of me, but because of Lasker and Parkes that the movie studios said, "Nah, nobody wants this. This is a bunch of kids here. This is nothing serious." You know? They just poo-pood it. Well, you need to be able to poo-poo because the idea is so far out. And if it just sounds too familiar, then that's how it's gonna be to the audiences, too. You know… (Badham mock yawns) "Yawn. Didn't we see this already." So, there has been one other sequel to WarGames that went straight to video (2008's War Games: The Dead Code). And it was, just… not… Well that's the reason things go straight to video. (Laughs)
[Is your take on a remake] leave well enough alone or great, have a new, you know, generation have a go at it?
Badham: If they're able to do it. Great. If they're able to do it and, yes, brand new cast, great.
Do you have any- Would you say, "Oh, I would cast this person, or not?
Badham: Oh, no. You'd have to start from scratch. Nobody knew who Matthew was. He had done one movie (Max Dugan Returns) and Ally had done one movie (Bad Boys) that, not kind of in the background, but, you know, not carrying the movie and, and that's part of the freshness of it, too.
And last question. One of your other films that still resonates is Saturday Night Fever. In fact, Glee just used "Saturday Night Fever."
Badham: (Smiling) I heard. I heard.
— as a metaphor for going for your dreams and actually, put [a screening of the film] into the episode. What are your thoughts on how much that film, and why do you think that film resonates?
Badham: It's a tribute to Norman Wexler, who's the writer who managed to create characters and situations that we really tied into. The music is brilliant and the dancing is wonderful and that really kind of sells it, so that it's not just Mean Streets, which is wonderful by itself and was a great inspiration for me, Mean Streets. So, you've got these great characters and situations that you really tie into and this fabulous music and dancing, but when people tried to copy it later they thought all we need is the great music and dancing, and it'll be good. Like, Thank God It's Friday (the 1978 film won a Best Original Song Oscar for the disco classic "Last Dance" and had a cast that featured: Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger) and lots of different films, but they didn't have that foundation that we were blessed with, with the characters in that particular script, which is what, you know, went unsung, forever. You know, you see the whipped cream on top. Now, I hear people coming to me, saying, "You know, I hadn't seen that movie for 20 years or 25 years. Gosh, I didn't realize there was so much to it!" 'Cause, you know, going to see it the first time, you walk out, you know, singing and dancing.
Yeah. Well, I appreciate your time.
Badham: Ok, Thank you.
Thank you.


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2) Food in the US is so processed that increases in agricultural prices don't pass through as rapidly into higher food prices.
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In the matter of All Concerned and Even Remotely Intelligent Citizens of the United States of America versus Soon-to-be-former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, I, mob movie buff Rob Guglielmetti, refer this entire dealio to a single quotation from the film "Casino". I will make the opening statements, in the form of a scene synopsis, and then hand it over to Robert DiNiro, playing the role of Casino Manager Sam "Ace" Rothstein, who shall preside over this case.
The scene in question is the one where Don Ward -- a real dope who was handed a job as slots manager because he had friends in town -- was on-duty while three four-reel slot machines paid off huge jackpots in a matter of minutes. Mr. Rothstein is understandably pissed, feeling this had to be the result of a scam, a scam that Don Ward simply had to be in on. The People argue that this scam mirrors the firings that Mr. Gonzales is having such a hard time recalling precisely what he's been told to say about the matter. Ace wishes to fire poor, dumb Slots Manager, and Don, understandably, resists, claiming ignorance. But all he can come up with in his defense is a simple "This is not how you treat people". And with that introduction, I turn this matter over to Sam Rothstein. Ace?
Listen, if you didn't know..., you're too fuckin' dumb to keep this job. If you did know, that means you were in on it. Either way, you're out. Get out!
I believe this matter is adjourned. Al, pack up your shit and get the hell out of town.