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By Michael Thurston (AFP) – Sep 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES — The director of the film that has sparked protests in the Middle East is "upset" at the death of the US envoy to Libya and has gone into hiding, fearing for his life, a colleague said Wednesday.
Steve Klein, a consultant on the low-budget "Innocence of Muslims," told AFP that Sam Bacile -- not the filmmaker's real name -- initially called the movie "The Innocence of Bin Laden" and hoped it would convert militant Muslims.
The film was only shown in full once in Hollywood about three months ago and drew no attention, Klein said, voicing shock at the eruption of violence this week, including anti-US protests in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.
"He's very upset that the ambassador got murdered," he said, referring to US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, who died along with three other Americans after protests at the US consulate in Benghazi.
Bacile "melted, he fell apart" when told about Stevens' death, added Klein, saying he had spoken to the filmmaker by phone earlier in the day. Bacile is also concerned about family members in Egypt, he said.
"They're underground too, in hiding, added Klein, one of 15 people behind the film project.
President Barack Obama quickly ordered increased security at US diplomatic missions around the world after the deadly protests Tuesday, which coincided with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States.
In a Wall Street Journal interview published Tuesday, Bacile took straight aim at Islam.
"Islam is a cancer," Bacile said of his crudely-produced film, which depicts the Prophet Mohammed variously sleeping with women, talking about killing children and referring to a donkey as "the first Muslim animal."
He said he had worked with some 60 actors and 45 crew to make the two-hour movie in a three-month period last year in California. "The movie is a political movie. It's not a religious movie," he said.
Klein, a former US Marine and Christian activist, said Bacile told him that the movie was aimed at radical or militant Muslims, to try to show them the "truth" about the Prophet Mohammed and convince them to renounce violence.
"His idea was to get them to the (movie) theater, and then to show the movie about Mohammed, the truth, to try to get a fraction of a fraction to say 'You know what, I really don't want to do this any more'," he said.
Klein warned that the reported Israeli-American director could suffer the same fate as Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, who was assassinated in 2004 after triggering protests with an anti-Muslim film.
Asked if Bacile could be killed, he said: "If he goes public I'm sure he will... he could get killed, really easily."
The filmmaker's real identity remains a mystery.
Online reports cited in the New York Times blog Tuesday suggested he could be Morris Sadek, an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian ally of Terry Jones, the Florida pastor known for Koran-burning who has also promoted the movie.
Klein said he had only known the director by the name he gave when they first met, Sam Bacile -- reportedly a real estate developer, but whose name came up blank on Internet searches before the film row erupted.
"I'm sure it's something else," said Klein. "I have no idea why he picked 'Sam,' I have no idea why he picked 'Bacile.'"
Klein said he did not know the filmmaker's nationality -- and denied that Israeli authorities had anything to do with the project.
"I know there's some rumors out there, that Israel did it. No. Israel's not involved. .. This was private people, private money, Sam did a great job of networking getting all the resources. He did a miraculous job."
"The guy is a genius," he added.
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-Satire Rick Santorum has gone and done it now. Foolishly winning everything in sight this week, he has put himself in the unenviable position of being noticed. Why is it unenviable? If you don't know, then clearly you have not been paying attention to those steadfast warriors for freedom, the Republican media. With the microphones around Santorum actually having been turned on in recent days, we are suddenly finding out just how extreme and out of touch he is. We now know that over these past few weeks, for example, he has put his foot in his mouth big time—not once, but thrice. The boob trifecta! Step over to the fifty-seventh state, Mr. President, here comes the new champ.
Are you ready, folks? Here goes: Over just the past month, Santorum has said, (1) he thinks homosexual behavior is inconsistent with his Catholicism, (2) he thinks most men feel more protective towards women than they feel towards other men, and (3) he thinks radical feminism has damaged the traditional family.
(I'll give you a moment to stop laughing and catch your breath.)
If you are calm enough to continue, let's look at the context of these absurd gaffes. (Oh yes, they are indeed "gaffes." How do I know that? The conservative media tells me so.) The first whopper, regarding homosexuality, dates back to early January, but, by the purest coincidence, it has found its way back into the light now, within hours of Santorum's wins in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. Talk about luck!
As Roger L. Simon reports, Santorum, speaking at a New Hampshire high school, said, "Marriage is not a right. It's a privilege that is given… by society for a reason…. We want to encourage what is the best for children." What a nut that guy is. Where could he get such notions? And that isn't the worst of it. According to Simon's recounting of a January LA Times story, Santorum then "suggested" that even a father who "is in jail and has abandoned" his family is better for a child than two gay parents. (As Simon himself points out, "suggested," as it appears in the original story he is reviving, may imply that Santorum did not actually say this—presumably he "suggested" it in the process of trying to answer a deliberately provocative challenge from the audience.)
Let me see if I understand this: A Catholic who believes that homosexual acts are unnatural, and therefore that homosexual couples should not be allowed to marry, also believes, as an extreme case, that a traditional family, even a badly broken one, would be better than one founded in an unnatural relationship. Crackers! Or, to quote Simon's pithy response, "Whoa."
The ugly part of all this, as Simon says, is that Santorum was speaking at a school in which as many as three students had gay parents. Scandalous! It's as if one were to speak to a high school audience about the destructiveness of alcoholism, when a few of the students have alcoholic parents; or as if one were to speak to students about the dangers of pre-marital sex, when some of the students are already sexually active. Insensitive cad! Has no one taught Santorum the first rule of discussing morals with young people? One must never—absolutely never—actually say anything about morals, lest someone's feelings be hurt.
But all of that is just the recent, restrained Santorum. Simon has also done some research, and has dug up the real dirt on the former senator's views on homosexuality, from 2003. Quoting Santorum from that time: "In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be."
Simon refers to this, understatedly, as "a rather peculiar analogy." Peculiar in its subject matter it may well be, but straightforward in its content: No sexual relationship, apart from that between a man and a woman, has, "to his knowledge," ever been treated as a basis for marriage. Controversial remarks, to be sure.
Simon quotes Santorum further from that same 2003 interview: "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything."
Simon generously allows that these ideas may have been misquoted by the interviewer. After all, if we don't grant Santorum that escape, then we must accept that he has committed himself to the bizarre position that entrenching a specific "right" to consensual sexual acts would open a constitutional can of worms, and leave no way to define the limits beyond which further, subsidiary "rights" might not be developed through litigation.
Whoa—these slippery slope arguments are just ridiculous! As if simply declaring a right to consensual acts in the privacy of one's own home could lead anyone to suggest new, unorthodox legal extensions of that right. I mean, is there any evidence that the various right to privacy cases over the past fifty years have gradually led to people proposing strange new notions, like marriage between two men or something? Er, uh, okay, bad example, but you get my point, right? (If you don't get my point, perhaps you'll get this point, in support of Santorum's point, made by a lawyer who happens to be a gay marriage advocate, on his website devoted entirely to sodomy laws.)
That's enough for me regarding the homosexuality gaffe; my sides are already hurting. So let us move on, then, to the other two humdingers, as reported by the Washington Post's "Right Turn" writer, Jennifer Rubin. These are the gaffes about women.
First up, on the question of whether women should have more active frontline combat roles in the military, Santorum offered this:
"I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved. It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat. And I think that's not in the best interests of men, women or the mission."
If I may paraphrase for those who have been properly indoctrinated, and are therefore impervious to the peculiarly antiquated thinking at work in Santorum's remarks: Men in dangerous combat situations often face difficult, mission-risking emotional conflicts based on personal attachments to their comrades in arms. This situation, Santorum is suggesting, might be exacerbated, thus leading to a greater chance of missions being compromised, if the men in such crises were considering the risks to female counterparts, rather than to other men.
If I may translate further, for those too young to understand such an ancient idea, he is saying that the men might be "naturally" (don't ask!) disposed to feel especially protective of the women at their sides.
Of course, there is no conceivable reason why warriors under the stresses of battle in a foreign land could not, and should not, be trained out of any such genteel notions as feeling protective towards women, so Santorum's point is obvious nonsense. Gaffe alert!
Rubin's reply to this disaster: "Such remarks may please some social conservatives who were never that keen on women serving in the military, but this may not sit well with women who work, sometimes in male-dominated jobs."
A grand point, deserving of forceful restatement: Women who work, especially those who work in "male-dominated" jobs, will resent the implication that men generally have stronger protective feelings towards them than towards their fellow men. Next thing you know, Santorum will be caught on camera holding a door for his wife. Caveman!
Like Simon, Rubin finds that Santorum's recent outrages are just the tip of the iceberg—for the really good (oops! I mean "troubling") stuff, you have to go back several years. (Interesting, isn't it, that both of these conservative pundits seem to think it so necessary, at this exact moment, to rummage through every bit of Santorum's past in search of his dreaded "social conservatism" controversies.) In 2005, she explains, Santorum, speaking to the issue of families in which both parents work, while their children are cared for by others, wrote the following:
"What happened in America so that mothers and fathers who leave their children in the care of someone else—or worse yet, home alone after school between three and six in the afternoon—find themselves more affirmed by society? Here, we can thank the influence of radical feminism. Sadly the propaganda campaign launched in the 1960s has taken root. The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness."
Matching Mr. Simon's "Whoa," Ms. Rubin responds to this quotation with a monosyllable of her own: "Yikes."
And we can well understand her shock. Just think about this: Santorum has the gall to suggest that 1960s feminism was responsible for changing attitudes towards the traditional family and the role of women within society. What poppycock. After all, everyone knows that feminism had no such intentions or effects—it was just a social network for exchanging recipes. Just ask Shulamith Firestone, one of the women at the forefront of the so-called second wave of feminism—the self-proclaimed "radical feminists"—whose most famous book, from 1970, is called "The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution." This book, as its title clearly implies, is focused primarily on cupcakes and muffins. What in the world was Santorum thinking?
Or is Rubin's "Yikes" a response, not to the absurd implication that feminism was responsible for the alteration of the modern family, but rather to Santorum's tone of disapproval? On that point, Rubin has a suggestion to get Santorum out of this pickle he seems to have created:
"Santorum might want to rethink that and figure out a way to walk back some of that. With women making up almost half the workforce (and now out-numbering men among workers with at least a bachelor's degree), Santorum's remarks sound badly off-key. Perhaps he'll walk back his comments on CNN and explain he's rethought what he wrote in his book. In such matters, the sooner he does that, the better."
Her points are well-taken: (1) Every woman with a job is a feminist who will hate Santorum for speaking out against feminism; (2) Every mother with a job believes that women should choose career over child-rearing; (3) Conservative presidential candidates ought to make a priority of avoiding upsetting the sensibilities of women who fit Santorum's description of those who work while their children are cared for by others, or are left home alone after school; and (4) In general, presidential candidates ought to "rethink" and "walk back" any principles that might ruffle anyone's feathers. (After all, that's what Romney does, and look how many Washington Republicans are voting for him!)
Open and shut case: Unbelievable as it may have seemed before these revelations, it turns out that Rick Santorum is a Catholic who tries to adhere to the explicit moral teachings of this nutty cult he shares with seventy-seven million Americans, and a billion people worldwide; that he espouses one of the fundamental tenets of what used to be called gentlemanly behavior, namely a special sense of protectiveness towards women; and that he believes that a family is best configured along lines very broadly similar to that proposed by every significant moral theorist in history, unless we lower the threshold of significance far enough to include Marx. Crazy.
Or perhaps, in the name of rationality, we might consider this: Believing that mothers ought to feel a special responsibility to their children does not imply a hatred of women, or a denial of their right to seek gainful employment. Disapproval of gay marriage, or of homosexual acts—the Catholic Church believes the act is a sin, but not the desire—does not imply hatred of homosexuals, or intolerance towards those with such inclinations. (Plato's "Symposium," by far the most profound work ever written on the subject, neither makes the case for gay marriage, nor even comes down unequivocally in favor of the morality of the homosexual act—while nevertheless addressing the feelings with the utmost respect, not to say reverence.)
We all know that modern liberals are beyond saving on intellectual matters. But can't conservative commentators, at least, stop addressing all moral issues in terms of the simplistic opposition of "open-mindedness versus bigotry"? Or must this remain one more arena in which the Left has won the cultural debate for all time?


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"It's gone. The house burned down to the ground and there's nothing left," homeowner Preston Taylor said.
Crews had to move quickly on this one because of the wind and force of the fire.
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My wife's and my appetizers were fantastic! However the main course was underwhelming . We both had same dish a shrimp scallop kebab . It lacked imagination,and taste was average. Perhaps other dishes were better prepared.
The last time we ate here, was years ago, when it was Fishpot. I am delighted that the space was opened again since it has arguably the best real estate on the beach for a restaurant. My husband started with spring rolls, which, were largely unremarkable. I had a marlin appetizer, rare, with an amazing asian sauce. It was mouth... More
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There are lots of great restaurants in Grand Case, and this one was no exception. We decided to go here at the recommendation of someone at our hotel instead of one of the other restaurants rated in the top three, so glad we did. We split oysters (which were very good, served with a great champange sauce), and each had... More
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We stopped here without a reservation, and although they were busy, they accomodated us. My mom asked to smoke, and they asked the people nearby if they minded. I appreciated this (as a non-smoker), but my mom is used to smoking anywhere she wants in st martin. Eggplant app was fantastic. I wish i didn't have to share it! Btw,... More
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I can't figure out why this awesome restaurant is not rated higher in Grand Case. The food was delicious and our server was very attentive. It had a more modern yet elegant feel than other restaurants in Grand Case but the biggest difference was that it gave us the opportunity to dine overlooking the water. Loved it!
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MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Wednesday said year-to-date collections have already breached P1 trillion, a first for the agency.
"Based on preliminary and unofficial collection figures, the BIR breached the P1 trillion collection mark as of December 17," the agency said in a statement.
"The feat is historic for the men and women of the tax agency," BIR added.
In the 11 months to November, the agency has already collected P969.34 billion, making it P96.66-billion short of its goal to rake in P1.066 trillion in revenues this year.
The BIR last year collected P924.1 billion, falling short of its target of P940 billion.


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SANTA MONICA, CA - February 17, 2011 - Image Metrics Inc. (OTC BB: IMGX), a leading provider of facial animation technology for the entertainment industry, has acquired Big Stage's premier platform for consumer avatar creation services. Big Stage was honored in 2009 by Forbes magazine as one of America's top 20 Most Promising Companies. Its software allows consumers to instantly transform photographs into realistic 3-D, animated characters to represent themselves in virtual worlds, video games, video clips and online communities.
Image Metrics plans to merge Big Stage's "Portable You" avatar creation platform into their existing real-time video-driven animation technology and make a new product suite available in the third quarter of 2011. This will allow online and mobile entertainment, social network and communications companies to provide their users with a simple, easy-to-use solution for integrating more realistic avatars into their consumer offerings. Image Metrics will also package and provide Portable You directly to consumers to allow them to customize their digital likeness and utilize it within their digital networks for a richer and more interactive experience.
"We are extremely pleased with the talent and technology coming from Big Stage," said Image Metrics CEO Robert Gehorsam. "Their advanced yet easy-to-use avatar creation technology is the perfect platform to package with our facial animation technology for a complete life-like digital solution for both consumers and developers alike."
With many years of experience providing leading facial animation solutions to top players within the video game and film industries such as Activision-Blizzard, Double Negative, Microsoft, Moving Picture Company, Rockstar and Digital Domain, Image Metrics' ability to create life-like digital experiences is unmatched and will be available directly to business and consumer markets.
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Founded in 2000, Image Metrics (OTC BB: IMGX) has pioneered the field of 3D facial animation through its revolutionary technologies. The company provides complete solutions for the film, television, interactive entertainment and commercial markets, and through its consumer products, enables Internet users to create new immersive experiences in games and social networks. Over the past decade, Image Metrics has established itself as the go-to leader in the TV, film, game development and Web content industries with clients such as Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar, Microsoft, 2K Sports, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, Sony, Bethesda, Double Negative, Motion Theory and Moving Picture Company. Image Metrics is headquartered in Santa Monica, California with its R&D centre located in Manchester, UK. For more information, please visit
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Thinking of the sun and nature coming back to life I was craving for pears and pistachio.
I love the juicy sugary flavor of pears. Their light yellow color goes so well with the dark green pistachio cream, not to mention the wonderful mix of flavours.
Serves : 4 tartlets
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for the crust : 200g flour, 50g icing sugar, 50g pistachio powder, 1 pinch of salt, 125g butter at room tempareture.
2 pears.
For the pistachio cream : 50g icing sugar, 50g almond powder, 20g pistachio paste, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 egg, 50g melted butter, 3cl whipping cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
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The OU College of Architecture's undergraduate program was named among the top 10 in the South, according to a design publication.
"Design Intelligence," a twice-monthly report of the Design Futures Council, recognized three aspects of the college — creative programs, outstanding faculty and premier facilities — according to a press release.
Part of what sets OU's College of Architecture apart from others is its focus on creating and making, college dean Charles Graham said.
"Collaborate, create and construct are three basic things our and other excellent colleges of architecture are doing," Graham said. "But we also have one special thing we refer to as creating and making. That's what we do probably better than most of the colleges in U.S."
Gould Hall, the new home of the college, houses work areas where students can design and build projects, Graham said. Though students can use digital replicas, the idea of visualizing design in 3-D realities is very important, so the college emphasizes creating and making models.
The college has had a long-standing goal to achieve national recognition for its work, Graham said. The college collaborates across specialties, including meteorology and engineering, does design projects throughout the country and sends students and faculty abroad to work on projects.
"One of our goals in plan is to be recognized," he said. "Our faculty are giving papers in conferences and meetings. Other universities are learning what we are doing. We are making people aware of what we are doing. It turns out three of our five divisions have gained recognition."
More and more quality students are learning about OU's program, even before the publication's honor, college alumna Miaomiao Chen said.
"They are collecting good applications," Chen said. "Students with national scholarships and different honors or awards from high schools are going to the program."
Part of what makes the college and its students successful, including in national and international design competitions, are the multiple outlets they have to learn, Graham said.
"Students learn from three different ways: faculty, research and each other," he said. "The collaboration can occur between students and faculty, other students and other teachers and coming guests. They create this cooperative environment in college. All three accesses can be given at any time."
The ranking is an honor for the college, and credit goes to all students and faculty, as well as the university for creating the new facility, he said.
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"It's about the quality education we are giving to our students and making other people aware of that," Graham said. "Our goal is educating students as the leaders in their field. We are hoping in three years and five years we can be still cutting-edge."
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once upon a time, i decided to take a short trip to the horn of africa. in order to do so, i had to raise some funds. and so i thought. i love to bake. usually i just do it for free. i bet i could make some cash from it! i hosted a bake sale in my home and, by His provision, i made $300!
now i'm preparing for a big move to OnlyHeknowswhere. before i go, i have some training to complete, and training costs money. lots of it. so i thought... i love to bake. usually i just do it for free. i bet i could make some cash from it! so bake sale 2.0 was born.
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Drabble: Tired (Willow)
Fandom: BTVS
Title: Tired
Author: Shannon
Theme(s): 01. Alone
Pairing/Characters: Willow
Rating: G
Disclaimer/claimer: Not mine, they belong to Joss Whedon, ME, UPN, FOX, WB
Summary: Willow is tired of feeling alone
She was tired of feeling alone. Tired of not feeling needed. Tired of not feeling like she was doing something to help someone. She'd told both Buffy and Xander about her feelings but they didn't understand. She was needed, they'd told her. She wasn't alone, she had Kennedy, and they were always just a phone call away. Xander had even pointed out that there were over a hundred slayers living in dorms in her backyard.
They were right, of course, Kennedy and the new slayers were here, and she was needed to train the new girls but she still felt alone. Having people around didn't make her less lonely. Kennedy didn't love her, not the way Tara did, or Oz. She knew Kennedy could decide to move on at any time and would leave her alone. She knew the difference in years was small but in many ways Kennedy was so much younger than she was, she was still looking for someone to have fun with, not someone to feel safe with.
And she wasn't needed anymore, she wasn't helping, not like she used to. Not like in Sunnydale. Oh, she trained slayers and patrolled but it wasn't the same. If she wasn't here to do those things, there were literally thousands of others to pick up the slack now. It made her feel unnecessary. She liked feeling needed, as much as Buffy didn't like the attention and responsibility she had, It made her feel like she belonged. It made her feel less alone.


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Multiple GT champion team Risi will return to the American Le Mans Series for 2013 after a one-year hiatus.
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OKLAHOMA CITY - According to newly released statistics from state health officials, eight people have died in Oklahoma from influenza this season.
The information, released Thursday morning by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, indicates 345 people have been hospitalized -- an increase from 117 last week -- since Sept. 30, 2012.
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Three of the deaths have occurred in Tulsa County and one each in Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg and Rogers counties.
People who already have the flu but show no symptoms can still spread it to others, so health officials continue to emphasize the importance of getting the flu vaccine.
Health care providers are encouraging flu shots for everyone, including pregnant women, the elderly and people with underlying health issues. The vaccine is available for anyone six months or older.
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English alternative, post-grunge, and hard rock trio Man Raze formed around the talents of veteran rockers Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Paul Cook (Sex Pistols), and Simon Laffy (Girl). Collen and longtime friend and Girl bandmate Laffy began toying with the idea in 2004 while Collen was home in London to care for his ailing father, but it wasn't until Collen bumped into drummer Cook that Man Raze began to take shape. The group's eclectic blend of raw punk, pop hooks, and dub-kissed post-grunge made its first appearance on the 2005 EP Skin Crawl. Both critics and fans agreed that the trio was more than just a vanity project, and the group returned to the studio to record its full-length debut. The resulting Surreal was released in early 2008. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
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This sounds like a Gene Simmons solo album. So yea... not good. Way to try rockin so hard that you just don't. It's like an Anti rock cheese 80's hair vortex sucking the life out of me.
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Moss isn't the only one with a new second scent. Mariah Carey is readying her second fragrance, Luscious Pink, for Elizabeth Arden. Carey's scent is described as a "sparkling floral" with notes of Sicilian bergamot, Tahitian Tiare petals, lily of the valley and pink peony, sandalwood and white musk.


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Written by sabine/Joab Nevo/Metaphorest Performed by Joab Nevo & Metaphorest
From the soundtrack of PANOPTICON
This Prison
I saw your face
Through your own eyes
And felt disdain's reflection
Your sorrow's pace,
Pulse pumping lies,
Long lost in the translation.
My own unrest
Put to the test
Nerve endings eager allies.
Fates never guessed
Pains pierce my chest
Sad souls breach glassy blue skies.
This prison, this panopticon
Where everything you love is gone...
Your mirror like
A spider web
Re-connects the shattered bits.
With all your might
You fight the ebb
That sucks your mind off all wits.
A helpless guard
I am ashamed
Your edges should not hurt me.
Where do I start
Emotions maimed
I swear to not let you be.
This prison, this panopticon
Where everything you love is gone...
A slightly more refined/less chaotic mix. This one even kinda makes sense on speakers! I think.
I'm up for dancing when you sing
And I'm up for singing when you dance
I'm up for eating anything you make
I'm up for shaking when you stir
And I'm up for stirring when you shake
I'm up whenever you're awake
But I'm down, down, down
when you're leaving
I am down, down, down
when you're not around
I am down, down, down
when you don't make a sound
Oh baby
I'm basement low when you say no
Such a low
Watch me go
Weave yourself a memory
To cherish as you part from me
Don't paint it blue
Don't compose it in a minor key
If your bicycle won't take you straight to heaven
Dig it up and bathe in it
Be young and carefree
And if your bicycle won't take you straight to heaven
Dig it up and bathe in it
We'll soon meet in the skies
In our own paradise
And in this vast universe grew a boy. And in this boy grew a vast universe. |
The floor, it so envied that all-mighty ceiling, |
The right shoe left, knowing the left shoe was right. |
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Hey you Nanners!
It is sooo great to be here!!
I just signed up; started eating loads of fruit a few days ago, 80/10/10 book is on it's way, finished "Fat to fabulous" yesterday:
I feel soo good and soo abundant eating all this fruit, wow!
So Cheers to you all!
I have a question: Next friday a beloved friend is coming over to dinner and of course I'd like to show her fabulous healthy organic LFRV dinner that looks delicious and taste like from another dimension.
I had a look on the net, but am so new I was wondering if any of you guys know any really good "WOW" recipes so I can convince her and we can add another soul to this community.
Anyone any fab ideas? I am especially wondering about course combinations, you know to make a fab 3 course meal that will make her feel good?
She could definitely do with some good vibe; she's going to some difficult time right now...
Hi Janine,
I have a 3 course valentine menu on my website which could work well. http://www.therawmonkey.com/valentine-love/ Just use a different shaped cutter for the starter if you don't want to have a love/valentine's theme!
Also, the apple pie recipe (in the recipe section) is always popular with everyone so you could give that a go too.
Have a really good time :)
Esperanza xxx
Hey Thanks Esperanza!
Quick reply!!! The apple pie looks great indeed.
Hmmm the desert with bananas or the apple pie... Will have to toss about that one...
-and isn't Venice lovely? Had a look at your pics; I was there last year to visit the Venice Biennale-
...or apple pie with banana-date cream :)
Yes, Venice is amazing! I love Italy so much! Do you speak Italian? The Biennale must have been wonderful :)
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atvise® 2.5 released!
8. Oktober, 2013 atvise 2.5 is ready for download
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opcua2s7 Server for atvise® launched
July, 2013 - So easy to connect to a Siemens S7 PLC
With the opcua2s7 server we have again broadened our product portfolio, in order to give our customers additional options to connect atvise to PLCs.
OPC Foundation Day 2013 held in the Netherlands
The OPC Day is held this month on May 15/16, 2013 at Yokogawa Europe in the Netherlands. This event is open for OPC members and non-members.
webMI2ADS v2.0.4/2.0.5 released
With the latest release of atvise® webMI2ADS - which is for CE Versions 2.0.4 and for Windows Embedded Version 2.0.5 - various improvements and bug fixes have been implemented. Hereby the focus was very much on historisation features as well as certain alarming issues.
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Facebook representative Barry Schnitt said the worm isn't new; it dates back to August, although the variant that first appeared on Wednesday targets only Facebook users.
Craig Schmugar, threat researcher for McAfee Avert Labs, confirmed this in a call with CNET News and said that, in general, Koobface strikes only social-networking sites.
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Question Period May 24
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
NDP Leader, Lorraine Michael questions Minister of Health and Community Services on a public ambulance service and paramedics
MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the Member for the District of Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.
MS MICHAEL: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. The emergency medical service available in the Province is a mixture of public, community, and for-profit services. In November, 2009, the Minister of Health and Community Services said that we may have to start looking at moving toward the type of ambulance service that they offer in other provinces, where there is not as much reliance on the private operators. Mr. Speaker, other provinces have streamlined the provision of ambulance services by putting them under one public umbrella.
So, I ask the Minister of Health and Community Services, when will this government put in place a publicly funded and publicly managed ambulance service so that the same standards of operations and services are provided to everyone in the Province?
MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the Minister of Health and Community Services.
MR. KENNEDY: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member opposite is aware, the ambulance service in this Province is a combination of hospital ambulance, private ambulance, and also community ambulance. Mr. Speaker, a lot of these private ambulances provide services to rural Newfoundland and Labrador as do the community ambulances. As we look upon a review or what we are going to do with ambulances, Mr. Speaker, one has to take into account the very significant or potentially significant impact on rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
Mr. Speaker, this government is not going to do anything that could hurt rural Newfoundland and Labrador. In fact, Mr. Speaker, everything we do is to benefit rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
MR. SPEAKER: The hon. Member for the District of Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.
MS MICHAEL: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So that is why I was asking the minister what his plan is. I did not get what the plan is.
Mr. Speaker, Newfoundland and Labrador is the only Province in Canada where an emergency medical responder can be the primary caregiver in an ambulance. In other provinces, an EMR would have to be accompanied by a more highly trained paramedic. In this Province, resources are not equitably allocated to sustain paramedics on every ambulance.
I ask the minister, Mr. Speaker: How is this government going to adequately resource the system so that every ambulance can have a trained paramedic?
MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the Minister of Health and Community Services.
MR. KENNEDY: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the last number of years, we have invested significantly in the road ambulance service. The first memorandum of agreement with the private and community road ambulances was established in 2000. Subsequent agreements, Mr. Speaker, have increased the road ambulance budget by more than 300 per cent.
We recently, Mr. Speaker, entered into a deal, in 2010, where there was approximately $30 million put into a contract. Mr. Speaker, we also had funding for the four regional health authorities for ambulance services for approximately $13 million. So that is $43 million, Mr. Speaker, we are putting into the road ambulance system. Last year, we put defibrillators into road ambulances.
Mr. Speaker, again, we have a vast geography and a small population. We are trying to ensure that we provide the best possible services to the people of rural Newfoundland and Labrador. We certainly are doing that, Mr. Speaker.
MR. SPEAKER: The hon. Member for the District of Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi.
MS MICHAEL: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I look forward to the day when they are going to put paramedics in all of the ambulances. Mr. Speaker, we are losing many of our rural paramedics to other provinces because they are not receiving the same wages as public sector ambulance operators. They are dealing with the same level of trauma, serious illness, and vulnerability experienced by people in emergency as paramedics in urban areas are and those working under the public system. As well, they are now required to have exactly the same level of training.
Mr. Speaker, I ask the minister: Why aren't all of our emergency medical services under a totally public system so everyone gets paid the same and the same quality of care is provided to everyone in the Province?
MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the Minister of Health and Community Services.
MR. KENNEDY: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I understand the member opposite correctly, what she is suggesting is that private ambulance operators in this Province should be – we should get out of that system and not pay for them anymore, so all of the people outside – especially in rural Newfoundland and Labrador - who are providing services, we should say to you, we no longer need your services, and we should publicly fund the ambulance service.
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1. One flaw with private schooling is that schools have a financial incentive not to fail students, and without the risk of failure students may be less motivated to learn and do well in their classes.
2. A second problem with private schooling is that, all other things equal, colleges regularly think higher of a student who went to private school over one who went to public school giving them an unfair advantage.
3. Another problem with private schooling is that students (or rather their parents) pay extensive fees for education, which can leave them with the misconception that they are being educated more, leaving them to think less of their publicly taught peers.
4. A fourth problem with private schooling is that a classroom can't have a diverse range of students or a broad set of opinions if everyone there is paying tens of thousands of dollars in tuition. This leads to an inferior education.
Some argue that private schooling is important because it provides a second option in areas where the public schooling is sub-par, however I would argue that if one lives in an area where they can afford private schooling they probably also live in an area where the public school system is just fine.
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So day four of the honeymoon was definitely one of my favorites. We got up super early because this was the day we were going to Islands of Adventure! For the small amount of people who don't know, I'm a Harry Potter freak. Like, it's seriously bad. It's 5 tattoos bad. Being Floridians, we had been there before. But we had never been to Ollivander's because it's usually so busy. We decided this time we HAD to go so we got there early and got in line to be one of the first people there. We still had to wait in line for Ollivander's, but it was only about a 30 minute wait so it wasn't so bad. The rest of the park was INSANE but we had some honeymoon luck and ended up accidently skipping part of the line for the Hogwarts ride and only had to wait in line for that for another 30 minutes. Then with even MORE luck, the ride stalled for about 3 seconds and so we got to ride it again with NO wait! It was an awesome day. I even splurged and bought myself a Gryffindor robe finally. I took a TON of pictures that day so I'll try to narrow them down.
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The SNAPshots event will feature a cutting-edge fashion show that is produced by Élan Raichle Rogers, editor of FashionHouston.com. Élan has been involved with the SNAPshots event since its inception in 2006 producing the crowd pleasing entertainment each year. Previous designers have included Betsey Johnson, Chloe Dao, Elaine Turner, and Billy Reid. A Special thank you goes out to Neal Hamil Models for providing models for our special event. Below are images from the 2009 Fashion Show.