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Cleanse, tone, moisturize — is that it? If that's the extent of your skin care routine, then you're seriously missing out. Take a cue from the worldwide skin care experts — Korean women (and even men now!) — and incorporate these complexion wonders into your regimen (no passport needed!).
1. Air Cushion
Venerable Korean brand AmorePacific introduced the first Air Cushion (above), called Color Control Cushion Compact Broad Spectrum SPF 50+, last year, but the Air Cushion didn't really take off until Korean actress Jun Ji Hyun used Iope's Air Cushion XP on the mega-hit K-drama My Love From the Stars earlier this year. Now people across the globe can't get enough of the liquid tinted sunscreen in a compact, perfect for reapplying throughout the day without messing up your makeup. It also helps that the Air Cushion imparts that perfect mul gwang ("water sheen complexion" — that chok chok wet look Korean stars favor) look with one application.
How genius is the technology behind the Air Cushion? Read more about it here.
And though Iope Air Cushion XP is only currently available at Korean cosmetic boutiques in Koreatown or through smaller sites on Amazon, you can get AmorePacific (they are Iope's parent company, after all) Cushion Compact at Sephora ($60). For a less expensive alternative, Korean line Laneige, which just debuted in the States this spring, has their own BB Cushion ($34), available at Target.
Another top seller from Korean brand Iope is its Bio Essence, a part of that step in any respectable Asian skincare regimen that includes what is called "lotion," "skin lotion" or, to some old-school Koreans, simply "skin" — a water-like solution for the face used after cleansing.
It's different from the toner that we here in the States may have grown up with — that harsh, alcohol-based liquid we swept over skin with a cotton ball to wipe off any residual makeup that our cleanser may have missed. Rather, "lotion" is a post-cleansing hydrator, usually applied by sprinkling into hands and pressing the palms over the face to ensure proper penetration. It's a step that "provides hydration to the skin that might be stripped during the cleansing process," says Diane Nakauchi, skincare expert and CEO of Japanese skincare brand Koh Gen Do. It also increases the effectiveness of all your serums and moisturizers that follow.
Today, Asian skincare companies are bringing these post-cleansing hydrators — whether called "lotion," "water" or even "toner" — to American consumers, and American skincare companies are quickly jumping on board. Some of our favorites include the botanical-based gel-liquid of Koh Gen Do Oriental Plants Lotion and SK-II Facial Treatment Essence. Find more here.
3. Hydrogel Masks
Sheet masks, typically made of paper or cloth, have been around in Korea for ages. Women use them daily as a part of their skin care regimen. And though sheet masks are fairly new in the U.S., there's now an even better option for those in the know: the hydrogel mask. It's also a sheet mask in that it's not a cream or gel, but these new incarnations are made of a gel-like material. Dr. Jessica Wu, a renown dermatologist to the stars, raved about Dr. Jart Water-Full Hydrogel Mask recently. "Dr. Jart Water-Full Hydrogel Mask is made of a gel material similar to what I use on surgical wounds or burns. It forms a barrier so the moisture sinks in rather than evaporating.The hydrogel is made of polymers that are very absorbent and hold water against your skin. The mask traps water more effectively than a sheet mask because water evaporates more slowly from a hydrogel mask. It's also more flexible and conforms to your face better than many cloth or paper sheet masks."
4. Night Pack
We all know that nighttime is the best time for skin care repair. "Sleep is a time when the metabolic rate increases along with the production of skin cells, while the breakdown of proteins needed for cell growth and repair decreases," says Diane Nakauchi of Koh Gen Do. "You can't replace nighttime sleep with daytime hours as the energy required for tissue repair cannot be fully utilized due to other body organs' energy needs in life support during the day."
A night pack, or overnight mask as it's usually called in the U.S., is the last thing you put on your face before sleeping. It has a higher concentration of "sealing" ingredients (which often are not suitable to wear under foundation as it may affect the wear of the foundation), says Nakauchi, which helps to seal in moisture, preventing moisture loss during the night as your nighttime skin care ingredients work overtime to repair skin.
Koh Gen Do's Night Moisture Mask has a gel formulation, which sinks in fast. Despite its light feel, its skin-identical ceramide formulation gently wraps the skin to prevent moisture evaporation during the night. Encapsulated vitamins, A, C & E are released when applied to penetrate deeply into the skin cuticles. Three types of antioxidant-rich red and brown algae not only help to detoxify, condition, soften and aid collagen production, but the red algae is known for its anti-microbial effect that helps to fight blemishes.
5. Finishers
Korean premium skincare brand, Sulwhasoo, is a frontrunner in Korean skincare. And their latest innovation is the Luminature Essential Finisher, brand new in the U.S. There's a saying in Korean skincare — that your skin "eats" your makeup well. Basically, when your skin is at its best, foundation goes on smoothly and looks flawless. When your skin is less than perfect, foundation looks clumpy, settles into pores and just looks obvious. The Finisher, which contains the equivalent of five ginseng roots and 110 cups of green tea, is made to seal in the benefits of all your skincare treatments and provide a smooth base for your makeup. Get it here or at Neiman Marcus.


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THIS WEEK: Washington State (6-7-0, 1-1-0 Pacific-10) makes its first Pacific-10 Conference road trip of the season...Cougars will play No. 1 Stanford (11-0-2, 2-0-0 Pac-10) and California (5-3-4, 0-2-0 Pac-10)...Washington State visits The Farm, Friday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m...Cougars play in Berkeley, Sunday, Oct. 17 at noon.
MATCH COVERAGE: Live stats for the Washington State matches against Stanford and California as well as a recap and stats following each match will be available at wsucougars.com.
PROGRAM SUCCESS: Washington State has advanced to the last two NCAA Championships, the first time in school history the Cougars have made back-to-back postseason appearances.
INJURED COUGARS: Washington State has had nine starters miss at least one match because of injury this season...overall, Cougars have missed 36 starts due to injury through 11 matches...among returnees, only defenders Ali Fenter and Ashley Johnson have started every match...Fenter, a junior, has started every match in her career...Johnson, a senior, has started each match during the last three seasons...freshman Katie Turney has started each match as midfielder/forward in place of injured student-athletes.
SERIES WITH STANFORD: The Cardinal leads 16-2-1...Stanford is 9-1-0 in matches played in the Bay Area...Cardinal has won five-consecutive meetings and is unbeated in the last six...last season, Stanford tied the match in Pullman with a goal in the 87th minute and won 2-1 in overtime.
SERIES WITH CALIFORNIA: The Golden Bears lead 11-6-3...California is 6-1-2 at home in the series...Cougars have won three of the last four meetings...last season, Jacquelyn Roth scored in the 62nd minute on a free kick and Kiersten Dallstream won the match in overtime on a penalty kick in a 2-1 Washington State victory at home.
HISTORIC VICTORY: Washington State's 1-0 victory over Pepperdine, Sept. 18 was the 200th in the history of the Cougar program, now in its 22nd season.
COUGAR HAT TRICKS: Freshman Micaela Castain recorded the 12th hat trick (third on the road) in Washington State history with three goals in the Cougars' 4-1 victory at Weber State, Sept. 5...freshman Eileen Maes notched a hat trick with three-second half goals against Gonzaga, Oct. 1 in a 4-0 Washington State victory...Maes became the sixth Cougar to register at least three goals in a match and the first since 2001.
CASTAIN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED: Washington State forward Micaela Castain is currently ranked as the fifth-best freshman in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.com...Castro Valley, Calif., native leads the Cougars with six goals and 13 points this season.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MATCH: The Cougar soccer team will wear pink jerseys, Friday, Oct. 22 when it hosts Oregon State...October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the match is part of WSU Athletics' effort to raise money and awareness about the disease...jerseys from the match can be purchased for $30 each...for each jersey purchased, $20 will be donated to breast cancer research...contact Craig Lawson (509-335-0265 or firstname.lastname@example.com) for more information.
THINK PINK THURSDAY: Thursday, Oct. 21 has been tabbed "Think Pink Thursday" by the Washington State Athletics Department...student-athletes, staff, and everyone on campus is encouraged to wear pink in support of Natoinal Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Not sure what it is about me, maybe it's my smallish hands (the exception to the rule of course), but for some reason I have had numerous girls who were fisting virgins ask me to be the first guy to ever fist them. Whatever the reason, I take it as a compliment and I have always obliged.
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Thankfully, the sections are marked well enough to make it pretty obvious where the fisting action is. And if you still aren't sure, the name in the page tab in your Web browser changes depending on what site the content is a part of. Still, one navigational issue that is rather irksome is that many sections of links to empty pages, so that's pretty much the same thing as a broken link in my mind.
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There are 105 videos and 16 photo sets. The pictures look good, but there aren't any Zip files to download. As for the videos, they are offered in full-length versions as well as clips. The clips come in Windows Media format and AVIs, but either of these options turns out to be only below average in quality in the end. The full-length ones are only offered in WMVs, but at least these offer you average-quality playback.
I also want to mention that the site is from Eastern Europe and that the performers and productions are all very amateur and that there aren't any subtitles, so if you don't speak the language (I think it is Russian), then understanding anything anyone says is a no-go.
There are some good fisting sites out there and while I did appreciate the amateur nature and deep fisting in the movies, Fisting Cinema with its average-quality vids and the total lack of updates for over a year make this a site, so I am unable to fully get behind the site.
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Reviewing the Law Reviews
Marino, Paul J., Defense Counsel Journal
This is a selective bibliography of current law review literature of interest to defense counsel. Main articles are identified by naming the author or authors. The designations "Note," "Comment," "Case Note," etc. are as listed in the publication, with the authorship, if given, shown in parentheses. Symposiums generally are shown by title.
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Lewis R. Hagood, Claims of Mental and Emotional Damages in Employment Discrimination Cases. 29 N.C. CENT. L.J. 14 (1997-98). North Carolina Central Law Journal, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707.
Lewis Yelin (Note), Burford Abstention in Actions for Damages. 99 COLUM. L. REV. 1871 (1999). Columbia Law Review, 435 W. 116th St., New York, NY 10027.
Heather K. McShain (Note), Still Alive: Antitrust Injury Remains a Part of the Standing Inquiry under Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act Despite Three Recent Appellate Court Decisions. 75 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 761 (1999). Notre Dame Law Review, P.O. Box 988, Notre Dame, IN 46556.
Jason Micah Ross (Note), "Baseball Litigation": A New Calculus for Awarding Damages in Tort Trials. 78 TEX. L. REV. 439 (1999). Texas Law Review, 727 E. 26th St., Austin, TX 78705.
Harvey Brown, Eight Gates for Expert Witnesses. 36 HOUS. L. REV. 743 (1999).
Harvey Brown, Procedural Issues under Daubert. 36 HOUS. L. REV. 1133 (1999). Houston Law Review, Room 25, University of Houston Law Center, University Park, Houston, TX 77204-6370.
Shawn Pompian (Note), Is the Statute of Frauds Ready for Electronic Contracting? 85 VA. L. REV. 1447 (1999). Virginia Law Review, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Deana A. Pollard, Unconscious Bias and Self-critical Analysis: The Case for a Qualified Evidentiary Equal Employment Opportunity Privilege. 74 WASH L. REV. 913 (1999). Washington Law Review, Condon Hall JB-20, 1100 N.E. Campus Parkway, Seattle, WA 98105.
Paul R. Rice, Attorney-client Privilege: Continuing Confusion about Attorney Communications, Drafts, Pre-existing Documents, and the Source of the Facts Communicated. 48 AM. U. L. REV. 967 (1999). American University Law Review, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20016.
Charles C. Warner, Motions in Limine in Employment Discrimination Litigation. 29 U. MEM L. REV.. 823 1999). University of Memphis Law Review, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, TN 38152.
Steven Zeidman, Who Needs an Evidence Code? The New York Court of Appeals' Radical Re-evaluation of Hearsay. 21 CARDOZO L. REV. 211 (1999). Cardozo Law Review, 55 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10003-4391.
Karen D. Butera, Seeing Is Believing: A Practitioner's Guide to the Admissibility of Demonstrative Computer Evidence. 46 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 511 (1998). Cleveland State Law Review, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115.
Joshua M. Masur (Comment), Safety in Numbers: Revisiting the Risks to Client Confidences and Attorney-client Privilege Posed by Internet Electronic Mail. 14 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 1117 (1999). Berkeley Technology Law Journal, University of California Press Periodicals Dep't, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, A 94720.
Joseph P. Monteleone & Emy Poulad Grotell, Coverage for Employment Practices Liability under Various Policies: Commercial General Liability, Homeowners', Umbrella Workers' Compensation, and Directors' and Officers' Liability Policies. 21 NEW ENG. L. REV. 249.
Jeffrey W. Stempel, Judge-made Insurance That Was Not on the Menu: Schmidt v. Smith and the Confluence of Text, Expectation, and Public Policy in the Realm of Employment Practices Liability. 21 NEW ENG. L. REV. 283 (1999).
Francis J. Mootz III, Insuring Employer Liability for Hostile Work Environment Claims: How Changes in Discrimination Law May Affect the Growing Market for Employment-related Practices Liability Insurance. …


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One crucial reason to vacuum your home is for your health. Vacuuming isn't just to keep your floors clean, but more importantly it cleans the air and dust that you can't see with the naked eye.
With that being said, the importance of clean air in your home links back to what products you are using to make it "clean". First off, It's extremely important to change your vacuum filter on a regular basis, it's usually every 6 months but that depends on how often you use the vacuum. If you only use the vacuum once a month then you can most likely wait longer to change or wash your filter. I've never met someone who only vacuums only once a month, but then again you probably haven't either since you are reading this blog post! We can safely say you are in touch with cleaning your home environment and are asking yourself how you can make the air in your home cleaner.
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Really weird... but I kinda like it. Especially the double seat tube. Not so keen on the handlebar set up but I am sure it serves its purpose well. Here's the linky to the site.
Really weird... but I kinda like it. Especially the double seat tube. Not so keen on the handlebar set up but I am sure it serves its purpose well. Here's the linky to the site.
I feel like I've seen a crown mounted bar somewhere before, but I can't place it. Cool bike though, I love those old obscure things.
Rather wacky to me...
you could lean wicked forward without hitting your nuts. I hope we can dig some info up on this frame...
it's probably made from soviet tank parts. I have some old Sovtek guitar pedals that are made from tank parts.
I can't read the logo--any info on the brand name?
Its the thing that should not be.
Woah, the shot with the campagnolo discs is even goofier.
There is another handlebar setup like this. I think it was a Colnago but don't quote me on it.
Kind of proves the old rumor of the former Soviet Union and East German athletic programs surgically altering cyclists.
Bikes use brakes to stop.
If your bike has breaks, don't ride it.
There was a period where there were several bikes of similar builds, but the dual seat tube is something I haven't seen done before. An interesting bit of track history right there...
Split seat tubes are nothing new. Some Italian bikes were built that way to shorten the wheelbase and rear tire would fit in between seattubes. Another option was the bent rear seattube.
The split seatube reminds me a Rigi road bike I saw reviewed way, way back (mid-eighties) in a bike mag. The seatube was split, and Rigi had to make thier own special front derailleur to fit the right seatube. The two seatubes were very thin, and the wheelbase extremelly tight. The tester found the bike painfully stiff, but insanely fun to sprint on.
The handlebar setup, though, makes me nostalgic for the Gitane time trial bikes that Systeme U and Laurent Fignon rode in the later part of the eighties as well.
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anybody have any info on how the fork is mounted to the frame? it doesn't appear as there is any top bearing up there...
Quite a few people have mounted the stem to the fork. This one's my favorite.
I think it was mostly a response to the rules that said that both wheels had to be the same size. If you can't move the whole headtube down, just move the stem and bars.
Of course, I think the pic above may disprove my theory. I can't tell if the front is smaller or if it's just the photo.
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that Colnago is beautiful
there's at least one Rigi track bike running around Tokyo. I posted a pic a while back in the other thread.
those colnago discs are sick.
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Apollo & Python, Athenian black-figure
C6th B.C., Musée du Louvre
PYTHON was a monstrous serpent which Gaia (Mother Earth) appointed to guard the oracle at Delphoi. The beast was sometimes said to have been born from the rotting slime left behind after the great Deluge. When Apollon laid claim to the shrine, he slew the dragon with his arrows. The oracle and festival of the god were then named Pytho and Pythian from the rotting (pythô) corpse of the beast. According to some, Apollon slew the monster to avenge his mother Leto, who had been pursued relentlessly by the dragon during her long pregnancy.
Python was variously described as a male or female drakon. The Homeric Hymn to Apollo (and some Greek art) equates her with Ekhidna, a woman-headed serpent or drakaina, which nursed and consorted with the monstrous giant Typhoeus.
In the image right, Apollon, seated upon the omphalos stone at Delphoi, slays Python with his arrows. Here she appears as Ekhidna, a she-serpent with woman's head and breast.
PYTHON (Puthôn), the famous dragon who guarded the oracle of Delphi, is described as a son of Gaea. He lived in the caves of mount Parnassus, but was killed by Apollo, who then took possession of the oracle. (Apollod. i. § 1 ; Strab. ix. p. 422.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 356 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) :
"Straightway large-eyed queenly Hera took him [Typhaon] and bringing one evil thing to another such, gave him to the Drakaina [Python]; and she received him. And this Typhaon used to work great mischief among the famous tribes of men. Whosoever met the Drakaina, the day of doom would sweep him away, until the lord Apollon, who deals death from afar, shot a strong arrow at her. Then she, rent with bitter pangs, lay drawing great gasps for breath and rolling about that place. An awful noise swelled up unspeakable as she writhed continually this way and that amid the wood : and so she left her life, breathing it forth in blood. Then Phoibos Apollon boasted over her : `Now rot here upon the soil that feeds man! You at least shall live no more to be a fell bane to men who eat the fruit of the all-nourishing earth, and who will bring hither perfect hecatombs. Against cruel death neither Typhoios [her consort] shall avail you nor ill-famed Khimaira [her spawn], but here, shall the Earth and shining Hyperion make you rot.' Thus said Phoibos, exulting over her : and darkness covered her eyes. And the holy strength of Helios made her rot away there; wherefore the place is now called Pytho, and men call the lord Apollon by another name, Pythian; because on that spot the power of piercing Helios made the monster rot away."
Homeric Hymns 3 to Apollo 300 ff :
"But near by [Delphoi] was a sweet flowing spring, and there with his strong bow the lord, the son of Zeus, killed the bloated, great drakaina, a fierce monster wont to do great mischief to men upon earth, to men themselves and to their thin-shanked sheep: for she was a very bloody plague. She it was who once received from gold-throned Hera and brought up fell, cruel Typhaon to be a plague to men."
Simonides, Fragment 573 (from Julian, Letters) (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric III) (Greek lyric C6th to 5th B.C.) :
"[Apollon] killed the snake Python with a hundred arrows. [N.B. This is probably Simonides' etymology for Apollo's title hekateros, "hundred missiles."] "
Melanippides, Fragment 5 (from Plutarch, On Music) (from Julian, Letters) (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric V) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) :
"[The mythical musician] Olympos was the first to use the Lydian mode, when he played on his pipes a lament for the Python."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 22 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"[Apollon] made his way to Delphoi, where Themis gave the oracles at that time. When the serpent Python, which guarded the oracle, moved to prevent Apollon from approaching the oracular opening, he slew it and thus took command of the oracle."
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2. 703 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) :
"[Orpheus] told them [the Argonauts] in song how Apollon long ago, when he was still a beardless youth rejoicing in his locks, slew the monster Delphyne with his bow beneath the rocky brow of Parnassos."
Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 91 (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"[Apollon prophesies from the womb of his mother Leto :] `Not yet is the tripod seat at Pytho my care; not yet is the great serpent dead, but still that beast of awful jaws, creeping down from Pleistos, wreathes snowy Parnassos with his nine coils.'"
Strabo, Geography 9. 3. 10 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"[In the musical contest of the Pythian Games held at Delphoi were] citharoedes, fluteplayers and citharists who played without singing, who rendered a certain melody which is called the Pythian Nome. Now the melody was composed by Timosthenes, the admiral of the second Ptolemy . . . and through this melody he means to celebrate the contest between Apollon and the Drakon, setting forth the prelude as anakrousis, the first onset of the contest as ampeira, the contest itself as katakeleusmos, the triumph following the victory as iambos and daktylus, the rhythms being in two measures, one of which, the dactyl, is appropriate to hymns of praise, whereas the other, the iamb, is suited to reproaches (compare the word 'iambize'), and the expiration of the Drakon as syringes, since with syringes players imitated the dragon as breathing its last in hissings."
Strabo, Geography 9. 3. 12 :
"[According to Ephoros, a Greek historian C5th B.C., who rationalised the Python myth] Apollon, visiting the land [of Phokis], civilized the people by introducing cultivated fruits and cultured modes of life . . . when he arrived at the land of the Panopaians he destroyed Tityos, a violent and lawless man who ruled there; and the Parnassians joined him and informed him of another cruel man named Python and known as the Drakon, and that when Apollon shot at him with his arrows the Parnassians shouted 'Hie Paian' to encourage him (the origin, Ephoros adds, of the singing of the Paian which has been handed down as a custom for armies just before the clash of battle); and that the tent of Python was burnt by the Delphians at that time, just as they still burn it to this day in remembrance of what took place at that time. But what could be more mythical than Apollon shooting with arrows and punishing Tityoses and Pythons, and travelling from Athens to Delphoi and visiting the whole earth?"
Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 6. 5 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"The most widespread tradition [for the naming of Pytho, Phokis] has it that the victim of Apollon's arrows rotted here, and that this was the reason why the city received the name Pytho. For the men of those days used pythesthai for the verb 'to rot' . . . The poets say that the victim of Apollon was a Drakon posted by Ge to be a guard for the oracle. It is also said that he was a violent son of Krios, a man with authority around Euboia. He pillaged the sanctuary of the god, and he also pillaged the houses of rich men. But when he was making a second expedition, the Delphians besought Apollon to keep from them the danger that threatened them. Phemonoe, the prophetess of that day, gave them an oracle verse:--`At close quarters a grievous arrow shall Apollon shoot at the spoiler of Parnassos; and of his blood-guilt the Kretans shall cleanse his hands' but the renown shall never die.'
It seems that from the beginning the sanctuary at Delphoi has been plotted against by a vast number of men. Attacks were made against it by this Euboian pirate."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. 7. 7 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"When Apollon and Artemis had killed Pytho they came to Aigialeia [Sikyon] to obtain purification."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. 30. 3 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"The Kretans say . . . that Karmanor [of Krete] purified Apollon after he killed Pytho."
Pausanias, Guide to Greece 2. 7. 7 :
"When Apollon and Artemis had murdered Python they came to Aigialeia [Sikyonia] for purification."
Aelian, On Animals 11. 2 (trans. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) :
"The people of Epeiros maintain that the [sacred] Drakones [of their temple of Apollon] are sprung from the Python at Delphoi."
Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 7 (summary from Photius, Myriobiblon 190) (trans. Pearse) (Greek mythographer C1st to C2nd A.D.) :
"Apollon organised funeral games in honour of Python [the Pythian Games of Delphoi]."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"From Terra [Gaia] [was born] : Python a divine snake."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 53 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Latona [Leto] was borne there [Ortygia] at Jove's [Zeus'] command by the wind Aquilo [Boreas], at the time when the Python was pursuing her, and there, clinging to an olive, she gave birth to Apollo and Diana [Artemis]. This island later was called Delos."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 140 :
"Python, offspring of Terra [Gaia], was a huge Draco who, before the time of Apollo, used to give oracular responses on Mount Parnassus. Death was fated to come to him from the offspring of Latona [Leto]. At that time Jove [Zeus] lay with Latona, daughter of Polus [Koios]. When Juno [Hera] found this out, she decreed that Latona should give birth at a place where the sun did not shine. When Python knew that Latona was pregnant by Jove, he followed her to kill her. But by order of Jove the wind Aquilo [Boreas] carried Latona away, and bore her to Neptunus [Poseidon]. He protected her, but in order not to make voice Juno's decree, he took her to the island Ortygia, and covered the island with waves. When Python did not find her, he returned to Parnassus. But Neptunus brought the island of Ortygia up to a higher position; it was later called the island of Delos. There Latona, clinging to an olive tree, bore Apollo and Diana [Artemis], to whom Vulcanus [Hephaistos] gave arrows as gifts. Four days after they were born, Apollo exacted vengeance for his mother. For he went to Parnassus and slew Python with his arrows. Because of this deed he is called Pythian. He put Python's bones in a cauldron, deposited them in his temple, and instituted funeral games for him which are called Pythian."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 1. 434 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"When Tellus [Gaia the Earth] deep-coated with the slime of the late deluge, glowed again beneath the warm caresses of the shining sun, she brought forth countless species, some restored in ancient forms, some fashioned weird and new. Indeed Tellus (the Earth), against her will, produced a Serpens (Serpent) never known before, the huge Python, a terror to men's new-made tribes, so far it sprawled across the mountainside. The Deus Arctitenens (Archer god) [Apollon], whose shafts till then were used only against wild goats and fleeing deer, destroyed the monster with a thousand arrows, his quiver almost emptied, and the wounds, black wounds, poured forth their poison. Then to ensure the centuries should have no power to dull the lustre of that deed, Phoebus [Apollon] founded the sacred games, the crowded contests, known as Pythian from that Serpens overthrown."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 1. 459 :
"My [Apollon's] countless arrows slew but now the bloated Python, whose vast coils across so many acres spread their blight."
Propertius, Elegies 4. 6 (trans. Goold) (Roman elegy C1st B.C.) :
"He [Apollon] put to rest throughout its winding coils the serpent Python, the terror of the peaceful Musae."
Seneca, Hercules Furens 453 ff (trans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st A.D.) :
"Did Phoebus [Apollon] encounter savage monsters or wild beasts?
A draco (dragon) was the first to stain Phoebus' shafts."
Seneca, Medea 700 ff :
"[The witch Medea summons deadly serpents with a spell by calling out the names of the great Drakones :] `In answer to my incantations let Python come, who dared to attack the twin divinities [Apollon and Artemis] . . . Let Hydra return . . . Thou, too, ever-watchful dragon [of the Golden Fleece].'"
Statius, Thebaid 1. 561 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) :
"The god [Apollon] had smitten the dark and sinuous-coiling monster, the earth-born Python, who cast about Delphos his sevenfold grisly circles and with his scales ground the ancient oaks to powder, even while sprawling by Castalia's fountain he gapes with three-tongued mouth athirst to feed his deadly venom: when having spent his shafts on numberless wounds he left him, scarce fully stretched in death over a hundred acres of Cirrhaean soil, then ,seeking fresh expiation of the dead, he came to the humble dwelling of our [Argos'] king Crotopus."
Statius, Thebaid 5. 531 ff :
"He that shook the horns of sacred Parnassus [Python], twining his coils among them, until pierced by a hundred wounds he bore, O Delian [Apollon], a forest of thy arrows."
Statius, Thebaid 6. 8 ff :
"Next [the Delphian Games] is celebrated the freeing of Phocis from the Serpent's coils, the battle of the boy Apollo's quiver."
Statius, Thebaid 7. 350 ff :
"Lilaea that sends forth the ice-cold springs of Cephisus, whither Python was wont to take his panting thirst and turn aside the river from the sea . . . quivers the god [Apollon] emptied here in countless slaughter."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 4. 314 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"A sacred place conspicuous; the place where the Pythian [Apollon] had noticed on a hill the ninecircling coil of the Drakon's back, and put to sleep the deadly poison of the Kirrhaian serpent."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13. 22 ff :
"Zeus will not receive you without hard work, and the Horai will not open the gates of Olympos to you unless you have struggled for the prize . . . Apollon mastered Delphyne [Python], and then he came to live in the sky."
Suidas s.v. Delphoi (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.) :
"Delphoi : The sanctuary of Apollo. It was thus named because the serpent Delphyne was found there, the one which Apollon killed."


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Less than two weeks before the Nov. 6 election, some people remain confused about how they should vote on Referendum 74, the state's same-sex-marriage ballot measure.
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And there's no sniveling allowed.
Bobby Massie and Nate Potter are learning that better than anyone this season with the Cardinals. They went from being starters a year ago — the team's bookend rookie tackles — to sophomore season second-stringers.
And in Potter's case, it included a position change to guard as well as a drop on the depth chart.
"My O-line coaches just came to me and said, 'You're moving. You're playing guard today,' " Potter said, recalling how he got the news a couple weeks ago. "I'm like, 'OK, that's fine.' You don't ask why. I'm in no position to ask why."
Though he had basically started the entire second half of the season at left tackle last year, Potter was beaten out in training camp by veteran Levi Brown, who missed all of 2012 with a torn triceps tendon.
And when rookie guard Jonathan Cooper went down with a fractured leg in the third preseason game, Potter was switched to guard, where he is now the backup behind starting left guard Daryn Colledge.
"I've still got a long way to go," Potter, a seventh-round pick out of Boise State, said, "but I'm making progress."
Massie started all 16 games last season at right tackle after being selected in the third round from Mississippi. He was fully expecting to be the starter again this year, but two days before training camp opened, the Cardinals signed free-agent veteran Eric Winston.
Winston happened to have 103 consecutive starts on his NFL resume and it was pretty clear from the beginning of camp he would be named the starting right tackle.
"I feel like I've got a lot better from last year," Massie said. "I'm just in a situation where there's a guy ahead of me who plays the same position, so I've just got to wait my time."
That means doing so without any attitude. That can be tough to do, though, when you're listed as inactive, as Massie was in the season opener at St. Louis, or when you suit up but don't play, which was the case with Potter.
It figures to be the same on Sunday when the Cardinals host the Detroit Lions.
Massie played with a chip on his shoulder last year because he was upset about having fallen so far in the draft. But he's had to train under a controlled rage while taking his reps with the second-team offense.
"I didn't get mad. Hey, it's part of the job," he said. "We needed another right tackle and I guess they just like him more than me. That's how it is.
"The way I look at it, it's good competition. Nothing's free. Nothing's ever handed to you. You have to work for it so in that sense, it's been a good thing."
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said Massie "has all the talent in the world" and is "continuing to improve." When his time comes, Arians said, 'I'm sure he'll step in and do well."
Bradley Sowell, a late free-agent addition acquired off waivers from the Colts, is now the backup at left tackle to Brown. Potter, Arians said, will continue to work out solely at guard. He's making strides, but he's never played the position — at any level.
"I've got to figure it out," Potter said. "I can't really have any other attitude. I'm all in, learning how to be a guard. It's different. It's more close quarters and different footwork, but I'm working on it. It's an adjustment."
The experience Potter and Massie got last season as rookies was invaluable. But taking a step back and learning as understudies should be beneficial, too.
Offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin said he has been pleased with both players. Their turn, he said, will present itself again at some point.
"It's tough, but you've got to stay prepared," Massie said. "You never know when your number's going to get called. I could go 16 games without playing or I might be playing Sunday. You never know."


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The simple fact is, ladies and gentleman, bullying is abuse, no matter how much you deny it.
I can stand here... well, sit here, all day and say that murder is not permentant - it doesn't make it true.
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The simple fact is, ladies and gentleman, bullying is abuse, no matter how much you deny it.
I can stand here... well, sit here, all day and say that murder is not permentant - it doesn't make it true.
The only reason bullying is not called abuse is because adults are too damn chicken to call a spade a spade.
by Walking Talking Dictionary October 23, 2006
expression of negative feelings.
Billy was bullied countless times as a kid, and now is dead. the person bullying him did not think it was actually considered as "bullying"
by BulliedKid November 01, 2010
Acts not thought about with unwanted consequences. Words meaning lies, lies put into someone's head. The problem we all go through, but how we fix them determines if we ourselfs are suffers of life. Otherwise know as bullys.
Did you hear about Craig? I heard he was a victim of bullying.
by ANMAN21 November 05, 2011
The worst way to make someone feel awful about themselves. Putting others down so you feel better about yourself . Lately a young girl has started a "no bullying" trend with her video. She had tons of courage to post it and I am proud of her. The video has saved several lives and reached out of state. Bullying is making someone feel worthless. "What's the point in making someone feel worthless?" Says the girl from the video.
What is she doing?
I think she's bullying Daylon!
I think she's bullying Daylon!
by Savannah R. January 10, 2014
Something that kids used to be able to fight against. Sadly, now it's much easier to just kill yourself over it.
Vinny kept bullying Bobby until Bobby killed himself.
by Solarbeam October 02, 2013
Flaunting your natural superiority.
Ms.Jalowiki: um, what is um, define...ummm...bullying.
Jansen: flaunting your natural superiority?
(fist pound)
Jansen: flaunting your natural superiority?
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ummm this is wonderful! thanks for sharing. can't wait to sit down with a glass of wine and fully read over the weekend :)ReplyDelete
Just scanned through all the pics and can't wait to sit down and read the whole thing. After I find a friend to do yoga handstands with me in the park.ReplyDelete
Where do you get one of those?
I'm with Wily, I want to see that baby Hunt Hunt. Get on it girl!
thanks for being my friend and my trusted health guru.ReplyDelete
Love that no matter what you post about, we all want baby Hunt Hunt. Push him out already, would ya?ReplyDelete
{from the lady who delivered 9 days late...woops!}
Love your take on Vitamin D, but I couldn't get the link to work for the site you references, please do share.
i knowww i knowwww. i think he's pretty comfy in there. in fact, it's prob cooler in there then it is outside in this heat wave we're having. he's all like "hells no! i'll come it when it's 80 again!"ReplyDelete
@shannon, gah! the link def. does not work. here's the one that gives the ratings: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ReplyDelete
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crap...i may be able to fix it - or i'll just do an edit on the blog post tomorrow. Sorry Bridget!!!ReplyDelete
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Poor workers may find Affordable Care unaffordable
It's called the Affordable Care Act, but another wrinkle in President Barack Obama's healthcare law may make insurance unaffordable for many low-wage workers.
The law is complicated, but essentially companies with 50 or more full-time workers are required to offer coverage that meets certain basic standards and costs no more than 9.5 percent of an employee's income. Failure to do so means fines for the employer. But do the math from the worker's side: For an employee making $21,000 a year, 9.5 percent of their income could mean annual premiums of $1,995, and the insurance would still be defined as "affordable."
Daniel Kessler, a Stanford professor of business and law, predicted single adults age 21-29 earning $34,000 to $46,000 will be hit with an increase of 46 percent, even after premium assistance from tax credits. Many are expected to remain uninsured, possibly risking fines. That's due to another provision: The law says workers with an offer of "affordable" workplace coverage aren't entitled to new tax credits for private insurance.
Another stipulation of the law may also be costly to workers: The law defines full-time work as 30 or more hours a week, on average, so many retail stores, hotels, and chain restaurants are reducing employees' hours to avoid having to provide insurance or pay fines. For example, a North Carolina State student told WORLD this morning that a Raleigh IHOP has cut its employees' hours to below the 30-hour insurance threshold.
President Obama said in a Chicago appearance last summer during the presidential campaign, "Let's make sure that everybody who is out there working hard and doing the right thing, that they're not going to go bankrupt because they get sick, that they're going to have health care they can count on. And we got that done."
Some supporters of the law are disappointed to fall into what appear to be Catch-22 insurance rules. "Some people may not gain the benefit of affordable employer coverage," acknowledged Ron Pollack, president of Families USA, a liberal advocacy group leading efforts to get uninsured people signed up for coverage next year: "The new law is a big step in the right direction, but it is not perfect, and it will require future improvements."
As problems in the Affordable Care Act become more evident, the likelihood of the law remaining as is declines. The left will push for a single-payer system like Britain's National Health Service. Conservatives will emphasize the potential of personal medical savings accounts.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Generation X: Nostalgia or Genius?
Anyone care to share thoughts on the new Social Distortion album? the song on the radio sounded more rock than punk rock, but I met Mike Ness at a GBH show back in the day, and he seemed like a cool dude, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
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I wouldn't say nostalgia, since that album was out long before your tenth birthday. And the first wave of punk was long past by your teenage years. So it's equatable to listening to Jump Blues from the 30s/40s, it's just good music to get the blood flowing. It would be a bullshit nostalgia trip if were part of that 'movement' at the time, and you needed an ego boost by talking bullshit about 'well back in my day'..........
But then again, what do I know.
New SD album is like Barry Manilow. WTF? SD needs loud guitars, not candlelight piano for an airport lounge.
- May 11, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Genius and I just had to go and listen to some classic Siouxsie (The Scream) after reading your post -- still purely brilliant
- May 12, 2011 at 2:29 AM
The first Gen X album is bona fide genius. However, that doesn't mean you haven't thusly succumbed.
I don't think a new Social D album is worth a bother. Mike Ness may have been a nice guy, but that is neither a sufficient, nor even a necessary condition for making a good record. Then again, my take on his career arc is that his greatest music was performed as a scrawny, spiky-haired dork who wore eyeliner ("it makes people have a sympathetic view about you").
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Has put me off going to both now. Dinosaur shop it is then.
We visited both on a recent trip and, in both we saw tears from kids who were afraid...more so in RC during the thunder storms.
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OK definitely neither for us then.
oh but both are so wonderful! I hate for you not to go Dawn. Why do you think your kids wouldn't like it? I'm not familiar with how old they are but my first visit there my daughter was 4 & she was (& still is) quite the timid thing. She didn't care for the thunderstorm but she didn't cry, we just put an arm around her. But she loved the rest of it so much I think the thunderstorm was worth it to her.
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Doesn't this involve the "defense of another" defense to killing someone? Just like in "self defense" you are morally and legally justified in using the amount of force reasonably necessary to confront and prevent the danger. If you have a reasonable and justifable fear that the family is in imminent danger of being killed, then you have the right to kill the person who poses the threat. "Luring" him to the window simply gives you the opportunity to exercise the right. There is no moral law or code of ethics which says "luring" another person is per se wrong. The circumstances dictate the answer to such a question. If you daughter was kidnapped would it be morally wrong to "trick" the kidpnapper into telling you where she was?!?
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If you have read the book or seen the movie Altered States, you know about sensory deprivation tanks.
I just had my first experience in one and it won't be my last. My lovely bride, Terry Hoover, discovered and wrote a story for Lake Norman Magazine about a local firm – Buoyance – which provides what they call "floatation therapy." This is supposedly the only tank of its kind in the Charlotte area. What are the benefits, you ask? I'll let Terry explain,
Floating in zero gravity allows joints and muscles to completely relax. With no light, sound, or other sensory input to process, the brain gradually ceases producing cortisol, the stress hormone, and is flooded with endorphins, powerful natural pain relievers, and mood enhancers. Studies have shown that floatation therapy can be used to successfully treat autonomic nervous system problems such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain, high blood pressure, motion disorders, and sleep apnea. It has also been shown to improve perceptual and motor skills in athletes and creativity in artists.
It was the creativity part that got my attention. So, Terry bought me a gift certificate for Christmas and I was excited to experience it. No jokes here about Hoover being in the tank, please.
You put in earplugs, hit the shower to wash off all oils, lotions and sweat, using a special soap the keeps the salts from clinging to you. Then, you climb into a roughly 11×4-foot fiberglass tank full of 450 gallons of body temperature water and 1,100 pounds of high-grade Epsom salts – this is what provides the buoyancy.
Once you close the lid, you float in warmth, darkness and silence. By silence, I mean you don't hear anything but your own breathing and your heart beating, which seem pretty loud. Your heart rate and blood pressure typically drop during your float. My heart rate really seemed to slow markedly. Next, your muscles are supposed to let go, since they really have no work to do in zero gravity.
It took me about 30 minutes – a seemingly looooooong 30 minutes – to hit the relaxation state. Once I did, I slipped into what they call "theta state" or lucid dreaming state. And then, a tone sounded telling me my hour was up. WTF? That didn't last an hour, did it?
I got out of the tank refreshed, clear-headed and energized. This goes on my list of things to do more often. You should give it a try.


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Notice that, even though the dm1z uses a 7200 RPM drive, it suffers from slower read/write speeds compared to the 5400 RPM drives in the C655D and NV51B08u.
WinRAR is a multi-threaded application that scales well based on processor performance. This result confirms what PCMark suggested. The dual-core C-50 still outperforms the single-core E-240, demonstrating that you can get more speed from a slower dual-core part, even in basic desktop productivity apps.


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I need to write a scientific application in C++ doing a lot of computations and using a lot of memory. I have part of the job but due to high requirements in terms of resources I was thinking to start moving to OpenMPI.
Before doing that I have a simple curiosity: If I understood the principle of OpenMPI correctly it is the developer that has the task of splitting the jobs over different nodes calling SEND and RECEIVE based on node available at that time.
Do you know if it does exist some library or OS or whatever that has this capability letting my code reamain as it is now? Basically something that connects all computers and let share as one their memory and CPU?
I am a bit confused because of the huge volume of material available on the topic. Should I look at cloud computing? or Distributed Shared Memory?


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If you restrict the GP bikes too much, you have the WSBK machines circulating faster than a "prototype". That would kind of defeat the purpose of the series.
I hope WSBK get's restricted, which in turn will allow GP to reduce the stupidity of spending while still hold the reigns of being the fastest bikes on the planet.
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Agro-food trade competitiveness of Central European and Balkan countries
This paper investigates the level, composition, and differences in agro-food relative trade advantages/disadvantages for eight Central European and Balkan countries on the European Union (EU) markets and their implications for food policy. Higher and more stable relative trade advantages are found for bulk primary raw agricultural commodities and less for consumer-ready foods, implying competitiveness shortcomings in food processing and in international food marketing. Duration analysis shows that the EU enlargement has a negative impact on agro-food relative trade advantages for all eight analyzed countries. Estimations imply that the duration of agro-food relative trade advantages are the highest for Hungary and Poland, and for Bulgaria in differentiated products, indicating their agro-food trade potentials in the EU-15 markets.
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Elena Lev-Bakker's
A cast of Australian rock royalty gathers for The After Dinner Moose Review – The Songs of Peter Lillie. Presented as part of Caravan Music's Carnival of Suburbia program, performers including Mick Thomas (Weddings Parties Anything), Sean Kelly and Andrew Duffield (Models) and Angie Hart play songs from the late Lillie's catalogue, unknown to many but highly influential for several Australian songwriters.
Tonight 8pm, Caravan Music Club, 95-97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh, $28-$35, 9568 1432, caravanmusic.com.au
Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young returns with his band Crazy Horse for a performance on Victoria's surf coast, 10 years after the full band's last headline tour. Featuring Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro and the inimitable Young, the band mines hits from Young's extensive back catalogue, including Heart of Gold, Cinnamon Girl and My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue). Supported by Husky and Shane Howard.
Today 3.30pm, The Hill Winery, 65 Pettavel Road, Waurn Ponds, $109-$299, adayonthegreen.com.au
Described as having "the tone of an angel and the virtuosity of the devil", French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky appears with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in a program of arias made famous by Carestini and Farinelli, two of the greatest castrati of the baroque period (The Biggie and Tupac of their time). Young Brandenburg star violinist Shaun Lee-Chen appears as a soloist in Locatelli's Violin Concerto in D major.
Tomorrow 5pm, Melbourne Recital Centre, corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, $30-$140, 9699 3333, melbournerecital.com.au
Angie Hart will play songs from the late Peter Lillie's catalogue.
Live entertainment
The co-artistic director of Bell Shakespeare steps up to the plate with a starring role in a recalibrated contemporary imagining of Henry 4. John Bell makes his debut as Falstaff, the "life of the party" companion to Prince Hal, the teenage future king of England. Bell also directs the play along with Damien Ryan, and co-stars with Sean Taylor as King Henry IV and Matthew Moore as Prince Hal. Until March 30.
Today 1pm and 7.30pm, tomorrow 5pm, Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, city, $65-$72, 1300 182 183, artscentremelbourne.com.au
Choreographers Brooke Stamp and Phillip Adams' collaborative double bill And All Things Return To Nature Tomorrow begins its world premiere season tonight. Carefully matching dance, sound, set design and fashion, the pieces draw audiences into a transformative experience, with a little participation thrown in. Performed by the choreographers with Deanne Butterworth, Rennie McDougall and Matthew Day. Live score by Garth Paine and set design by Matthew Bird. Ends in a week.
Tonight 8.15pm, Southbank Theatre, 140 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, $28-$48, 8688 0800, mtc.com.au
There's more to Banjo Paterson than the jolly swagman and The Man from Snowy River. The celebrated Australian bush poet is the inspiration for Banjo Paterson Show, a narrative concert featuring a selection of local singer-songwriters. Backed by house band The Fujiyama Mamas, performers Alison Ferrier, Small Man Syndrome, Michael Meeking and more present their take on Paterson's work.
Tonight 7pm, Thornbury Theatre, 859 High Street, Thornbury, $22-$27, thethornburytheatre.com
Tangling guy-ropes with the other big tents in town, Spiegelworld has set up camp on the roof of Crown until the end of the month. Empire is a show of circus, cabaret, burlesque and vaudeville inspired by the street characters of New York. Expect heavy helpings of raunch, ranging from gymnasts juggling each other to Elena Lev-Bakker whose act the program describes as "hot Russian girl in a bubble". Preview performances this weekend.
Tonight 7.30pm and 9.30pm, tomorrow 7pm, Rooftop, Crown Melbourne, Southbank, $49-$139, 132 849, ticketek.com.au
Gaylene Carbis' The Life I'd Like To Have contains liberal use of the F-word – family. An all-female cast and crew produced the minimalist show, telling the story of a young woman catapulting into the lives of two sisters. Directed by Brenda Palmer, the season runs until March 31.
Tonight 8.30pm, tomorrow 6.30pm, La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton, $15-$25, 9347 6142, lamama.com.au
Cabaret venue The Butterfly Club recently packed up its mountain of kitsch and memorabilia and moved to a new city location, thanks to generous donations from philanthropic foundations and loyal punters. Now occupying the new 80-seat room is May & Alia do Pirates! (of Penzance), a low-fi, high-energy interpretation of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, with all characters performed by a grand total of two cast members. Closes tomorrow.
Tomorrow 8pm, Carson Place (off Little Collins Street), city, $25-$28, thebutterflyclub.com
Upcoming exhibition Hollywood Costume features Dorothy's dress from The Wizard of Oz.
Coming up
From Batman's suit to Dorothy's dress in The Wizard of Oz upcoming exhibition Hollywood Costume features original items from cinema history. Check out several famous costumes, as well as recorded interviews with key Hollywood designers, directors and actors. Melbourne is the first stop on the exhibition's world tour, following a showcase at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
April 24-August 18, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders Street, city, $10-$19.50, 8663 2583, acmi.net.au
Fans of ultra violence and the old in-out rejoice – Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel (and Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1971 film) A Clockwork Orange is returning to Melbourne as a stage play. This incarnation stars a fresh brood of droogs direct from British theatre group Action to the Word, as Burgess' disturbing tale of disenchanted youth in near-future Britain takes on a chilling relevance in the wake of the London riots.
April 6-21, The Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, $69, 136 100, ticketmaster.com.au
Founding father of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash visits Melbourne for a headline show at the end of the month. Credited with inventing many modern DJ techniques, Flash (born Joseph Sadler) began mixing his way to fame in late '70s New York, dominated at the time by disco and punk, and became one of the first high-profile artists of the genre. Supported by Ms Butt, Mafia and Manchild.
March 31, Esplanade Hotel, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, $43, 9534 0211, espy.com.au
Accomplished and versatile singer Kate Ceberano takes to the Spiegeltent stage next weekend. In between starring in the recent production of South Pacific and recording her new album, Ceberano was the artistic director of the 2012 and upcoming 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. She will perform songs from the upcoming long-player as well as hits from her back catalogue.
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Hummingbirds in Arizona are known for its variety of hummingbirds during hummingbird migrations that you can not find anywhere else in the US. In North America, in each state they get a few or more species of hummingbirds during hummingbird migrations and if you happen to live in an area where it's the hummingbird migrations path at, you get a great treat.
Arizona is known for a hot spot for birding but hummingbirds that you can find during spring and fall migration are the magnet for birders and photographers from all over the country and from all over the world. Hummingbird migration schedule usually starts around the beginning of March and it peaks in May. The migrating hummingbirds are travelling mostly from Mexico and some are from all the way from south America countries. They need to do a seasonal migration to stay in a warm climate place and South East Arizona's mountain regions ,known as Sky Island, is on the path for hummingbird migrations. And fall migration starts around the end of August till the beginning of September during which they tank themselves up as much as they can to prepare for their long journey back to South.
Birders and photographers all agree that fall migration is more specutacular than spring migration.
Some hummingbirds have a similar hummingbird migration routes and other hummingbirds have a different migration routes. South East Arizona happens to be a convenient and a popular migration route for the migrating hummingbirds and at Beatty's Guest Ranch, Miller Canyon, you will be greeted with a heavy traffic of hummingbirds at their hummingbird viewing site. In fact, when I first visited there, I was amazed by the number of hummingbirds I saw and literally, there were everywhere and there were so many different species.
How many Arizona hummingbird species out there? According to Tom Beatty, the owner of Beatty's Guest Ranch, he had witnessed 14 species of hummingbirds in a single day in a particular year and he claims it's a record. When I was there, I found 12 species of hummingbirds and needless to say, I was very excited about it. I didn't expect to find 14 species of hummingbirds during my stay at his ranch knowing that his experience was quite unusual. In some parts of the US, they get only one hummingbird, Ruby-throated hummingbird. Some visitors were from one of those states to see many different species of hummingbirds at Beatty's Guest Ranch. It's interesting to note that Arizona has most number of hummingbird species in North America but they don't have Ruby-throated hummingbird. A rare scattered sighting of Ruby-throated hummingbird in Arizona has been reported but it looks to be an accidental find.
Hummingbird pictures captured at hummingbird hot spots,Miller Canyon, Ash Canyon and Ramsey Canyon.
The Huachuca mountains in South East Arizona is one of the hot birding spots in the nation.
This mountain areas are a "sky island" known for a huge hummingbird migration. There are
several canyons in the Huachuca Mountains where you can find many different species of
hummingbirds but Miller Canyon,Ash Canyon and Ramsey Canyon are best known for
varieties of hummingbirds. Among them, Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon,is boast of
the most number of hummingbirds you can find anywhere in North America. Tom Beatty Sr.
holds the record number of 14 species of hummingbird he had seen in a sigle day in the past.
Though there's no guarantee that you'll be able to see that many species in a sigle day at Beatty's
it is very possible that you'll be able to find 10 species any day.
I stayed at Beatty's Guest Ranch and at Ash Canyon Bed and Breakfast in Ash Canyon in August,2008 and in August,2009,
I stayed at Beatty's Guest Ranch and at Ramsey Canyon Inn. These are the hummingbird photos I captured
during those periods.
I'd like to especially thank Shirlene at Ramsey Canyon Inn for giving me a total freedom to do my hummingbird
shoot within their property and I just can not thank you enough. You made me feel right at home when you granted
me such a permission. I also have to tell you that my daughter and I really enjoyed your pies! Your pies are the
best I've ever eaten. Period.
I also would like to thank Mary Jo Ballator at Ash Canyon Bed and Breakfast and Tom Beatty Sr. and his family
at Beatty's Guest Ranch,Miller Canyon,for sharing such a wonderful hummingbird viewing site. This year,2009,
is a very good year for hummingbird viewing and I certainly took advantage of it and I could capture excellent
hummingbird images.
About Hummingbird Multiple Flash Photography
I sometimes get mails from people asking about how I took these
hummingbird pictures. As you can see there are two different kinds of
hummingbird pictures here: hummingbird still photos and in-flight photos.
Taking hummingbird still photos is just a matter of picking a right location
and a good spot to shoot. Shooting hummingbirds in a place like Beatty's
Guest Ranch is like shooting a fish in a barrel. You don't have to look for them.
They are there waiting for you. Just look for a good light,a good angle and have a ton of patience.
But hummingbird flash photography is completely different.
Though some people don't like hummingbird multiple flash photography,
I do believe that hummingbird flash photography is an art in its own and it takes
a considerable time,efforts,trials and errors. I don't go into details here
about how I used my multiple flashes but I used 5 flashes and I used a SU800
to trigger all my Nikon flashes wirelessly. As I learned more about Hummingbird
flash photography,I also learned about the importance of the background.
I used both natural and my own backgrounds,mostly oil paintings.
The background is a very important part of the whole setup and it either pops
the hummingbird image or kills it.
After you went through many trials and errors,making sure all the flashes would expose
a humming bird,a flower and the background prefectly,and when you get a good shot,you will
see the reward in your image and it's a great feeling.
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White-eared Hummingbird at Beatty's Guest Ranch,Miller Canyon,AZ,2009


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Kids these days....
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They got some moves!!!!!!
yikes ...
Winners' Never Quit and Quitters' Never Win
Wow. Where is that?!
Most of the kids look like they're 10 y/o, tops and the youngest don't realize what they're doing. Disturbing that they've clearly seen it somewhere though...
The two in the back (striped shirt guy w/ white top & black bottom girl) looked like they were ready to get it on, and knew what they were doing.
Bottom line....that's messed up.
I dont think 2nd grade is too early for handing out condoms anymore. I blame that damn hippity-hop music!
That looks more like someone's patio than a school...
"Seven minutes to glory."
I don't know if it's better or worse that there were parents there. Probably worse.
Originally Posted by Firefighter4Cy
I got 99 problems but angie isn't one.
thats horrible.
Holy smokes.
If those were indeed parents overseeing that, as far as I'm concerned, that's sufficient grounds for starting an investigation into removing the kids from the home...
"Don't worry Boss...they can't do nothin' 'til they're through sparklin'..."
Avatar - America's new superhero...Cenex Guy
I just can't figure out why AIDS is spreading so fast in some places......
wonder why kids are 16 and prego with 4 kids already?
Hooray for Metaphors!
Whoa...the adults were participating.
Go Cyclones!!
**** Iowa!!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan is due in court to face a new judge, and a new criminal charge, that could return the troubled star to jail rather than the big screen.
The "Mean Girls" star is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a felony grand theft charge. She is accused of stealing a necklace from an upscale jewelry store in the beachside community of Venice.
Police and prosecutors claim she took the $2,500 necklace in January, just weeks after being released from rehab.
It would be the latest -- and most serious -- legal problem for the 24-year-old actress. She remains on probation for a 2007 drunken driving case, but the theft case is the first time she will face a felony.
Her attorney has denied the actress stole the necklace.


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90 days. NEAR-TERM POSITIVE
If the new cabinet took a more proactive line on monetary policy, the appointment of the new (BOJ) governor and deputy governors could reflect that orientation, Nomura strategists wrote in a note.
We might also see expectations for an improvement in the chilly relationship with China and for government spending. We think such expectations would produce a positive response on the equity markets, at least in the near term.
But a trader said he doubted an LDP government would have any long-term positive impact on the Nikkei as the party was in power for a long time before Noda's Democratic Party of Japan kicked it out of office in 2009, and it had not been able to pull the country out of deflation during its tenure.
For now, though, investors were upbeat. Japan's megabanks were in demand after they reported their first-half results after the market close on Wednesday. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group were up between 2.5 and 3.2 percent.
BNP Paribas's Maruyama said it was a bit risky to chase exporters given the fiscal issue in the United States and the euro zone debt crisis.
Banks and real estate companies were the best bet to play the rally in Japanese equities in the short-term, he added.
The real estate sector climbed 2.4 percent, with Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd up 3.5 percent and Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd adding 2.6 percent.
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Three Years Of Computing: Final Report on the Palindrome Quest
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As Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler, a 2012 graduate of Carthage College, Kenosha, Wis., is traveling nonstop, wearing stylish new outfits each day and attracting TV crews in every city she visits. But she's working for an unglamorous cause: kids with incarcerated parents.
Kaeppeler, who saw her father hauled off to prison for white collar crime, is using her platform to spotlight the 2.7 million children of inmates.
The platform breaks new ground for the 91-year-old Miss America pageant, whose contestants have long championed issues from ending homelessness and diabetes awareness.
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Defensive passing-game coordinator/
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Ball brings Pac-12 experience to the Sun Devils. He spent the past three years at Washington State, where he served as assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach. Ball also coached on the Cougars' staff from 2000-02.
In 2007, he coached the secondary at Pittsburgh and had great success. That season, the Panthers ranked fourth nationally in pass defense (167.3 yards per game) and seventh in total defense (297.7).
From 2003-2007, Ball coached the secondary at Alabama. In 2004, the Crimson Tide led the nation in pass defense, allowing just 113.1 passing yards per game.


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Arrive Alive Cup 2005 Grand Final
Endeavour Sports High has stamped their authority on the 420-school Arrive Alive Cup competition, coming home strong in the second half to defeat a gallant Keebra Park High in the Grand Final by 20-10.
It was a scrappy match in parts with both teams making handling errors and mistakes. An early chance down the western edge to Endeavour winger Luke Hume was scuttled by the referee after a cut-out pass was ruled forward.
Despite being a Queensland-based school there were certainly a few supporters on hand for Keebra Park. They became very vocal in the 10th minute after sustained pressure saw their second-rower Ben Te?o crash over from close range to open up the scoring. Goal-kicker Matthew Parata failed to convert the try however, and Keebra took a 4-point lead.
A few minutes later Endeavour began to move the ball down the other end of the field and some clever work by hooker Daniel Ezekiel levelled the scores as he darted out of dummy half into a yawning gap. With Mat Seamark adding the extras Endeavour nudged to a slim 6-4 lead.
Patchy play from both sides continued until two minutes before half time. Bodene Thompson ran onto a good pass and broke into the in-goal area from out wide before doing the right thing by his kicker and bringing it around behind the posts. With the conversion to Parata, Keebra Park took a 10-6 halftime lead but this was the last time they would score in the match.
Soon after the resumption of play, Endeavour replacement Luke Letele scurried past the defence from dummy half to level proceedings with Seamark?s conversion making the score 12-10 to Endeavour.
Midway through the second half Endeavour centre Chase Stanley scored the try of the match as a sweeping backline movement beginning on the western side of the ground saw him score out on the eastern flank featuring some great ball-work from the halves and backs. Seamark failed to give Endeavour Sports any breathing space with his missed conversion, and the scores remained at 16-10.
A fight erupted in the 43rd minute after a couple of high shots began to creep into the game. Following on from this Endeavour managed to hold-out Keebra despite several attacking raids in the final stages. A critical call from referee Alan Shortall saw a pass close to the line ruled forward for Keebra, disallowing them the opportunity to draw level with the conversion.
Sensing the game was lost, Keebra began to throw the ball about close to their line hoping for a miracle only to see classy centre Chase Stanley snatch it and go on to score right on the bell. At that point the conversion meant little and Seamark?s miss was probably more a reflection of his eagerness to begin celebrating as the final score of 20-10 was posted on the scoreboard.
In the pinnacle of schoolboy footy, the Sutherland-Shire school has strung back-to-back victories together in 2004-05 following their loss in the 2003 final. Under the guidance of coach Jeff Hardy the school has a swag of talented youngsters who are sure to feature in the NRL someday. Likewise, Keebra Sports High has a fair claim to fame with current Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall being a former student.
Ben Te?o of Keebra was awarded the coveted Peter Sterling Medal for player of the series.
Endeavour Sports High 20 (C Stanley 2, D Ezekiel, L Letele tries; M Seamark 2 goals) def. Keebra Park High 10 (B Te?o, B Thompson tries; M Parata goal). Referee: Alan Shortall. Halftime: Keebra 10-6.
Endeavour Sports High: M Brown, M McGuirk, C Stanley, B Lane, L Hume, M Russell, M Seamark, T Leha, R Lovegrove, F Pakutoa, B Ayshford. Interchange: L Letele, J Hooper, A Cherrington, M Mundine. Coach Jeff Hardy.
Keebra Park High: M Parata, S Mutu, O Wihongia-Seia, D Harth, T Matenga, D McDonald, J Poland, H Retzlaff, M Francis, S Byrne, B Thompson, T Leary. Interchange: M Campbell, A McGill, Brad DePaul, Nathan Sullivan. Coach Greg Lenton.


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for well over half of the total AUM. Coming off of was what rumored to be his
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Defining the terms
I suppose one could argue that we still have a relatively free press, but what one can also argue is that — because it's a press that has become an arm of progressive activism and big government — the freedom it has is being used not as a check on the powerful, but rather as a propaganda arm for them.
Which says to me that we need, institutionally, to begin teaching our children that the press is necessarily biased; and that any "news source" that doesn't admit upfront to its political biases cannot and should not be trusted — nor should it be subsidized in any way by taxpayer money.
All of which is a general prelude to a story that is, in the scheme of things, rather a small one, although fitting given that it's tax day. Chicago Sun-Times:
Nahshon Shelton didn't want to pay the 22-cent tax on his $1.79 two-liter of Pepsi on Saturday afternoon, Chicago Police said.
So he allegedly pulled a blue-steel Intratec .22-caliber submachine gun out of his Gucci satchel inside the convenience store in the 4000 block of West Madison Street where they tried to make him pay it — and he threatened to kill everyone there, a prosecutor said.
This "is my neighborhood, I'm tax exempt!" he would later allegedly tell the cops. "Man, you know what, I'll keep it real. I had to put them in their place."
Shelton, 36, of the 4200 block of West Carroll, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and having an invalid FOID card.
Assistant State's Attorney Claire Savaglio said police saw Shelton yelling at the victims when they answered a report of a man with a gun there.
"I'm going to shoot you in the head three times," Shelton allegedly told one person.
"I'm going to smoke your ass," he allegedly told another.
Savaglio said the whole thing was caught on video surveillance. She said Shelton's gun had eight live rounds in one magazine, five live rounds in another and one in the chamber.
It might be enjoyable to make a game out of this piece of reporting — here, done by staff reporter Jon Seidel — in which we as readers spot the errors, but really, who has the time? So let's just get to it. The way the story is written suggests that Shelton already had a felony conviction, meaning that he was ineligible for a FOID card. That is, as a felon, his having a gun was itself already against the law in Illinois.
Second, if you do a search for an "Intratec .22-caliber submachine gun" (blue steel or no) you'll find that nearly every mention of such a thing is a reworking of this story by a media that is either too lazy to do any research (and astonishingly uninformed about firearms), or else has as its agenda to make the kind of gun this felon was carrying seem all the more sinister.
Here are the facts: the Intratec .22 caliber "submachine gun" is nothing more than a .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol in a gaudy mostly plastic shell.
To put that into perspective, my wife owns a nickel-plated .22 Walther as her carry piece, a Christmas present from me (because the baby Jesus would want us to be able to defend ourselves), and no one anywhere at anytime ever who has even the most rudimentary knowledge of hand guns would mistake a .22 Walther for a sub machine gun, which is a fully automatic rifle.
And not only is it onerous for a citizen (much less a felon) to legally obtain an automatic weapon of any sort, but the only way that this particular plinker could be turned into a machine pistol, which still wouldn't be a "submachine gun," would be by way of machining and filing, something that I doubt was done to this weapon, which, if used automatically, would have been out of ammo in less than a second. Which is why one of the very few .22 submachine guns deployed in the US is uses a drum, not a magazine system.
The fact that so many news services, including some overseas, "reported" that this felon threatened people with a "submachine gun" just goes to show, yet again, that the contemporary news media isn't. Instead, it's an extension of the left's agenda, in this case, to gut the 2nd Amendment to make controlling the masses less dangerous for our new plantation overseers. Because there is no way any self-respecting journalist could get this wrong. It is, therefore, intentional.
So, then. What's not mentioned in the accouint? Is who this guy, who was indignant about paying a tax on his soda, voted for — and whether or not whomever he voted for (assuming he votes or purports to support any political party) represents a tax cut agenda.
Because that's the story here. If you have to find one amid the load of propaganda masquerading as journalism.
(h/t Geoff B)