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Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 - Colombia
|Amnesty International
|Publication Date
|24 May 2012
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|Amnesty International, Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 - Colombia, 24 May 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4fbe394646.html [accessed 29 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Head of state and government: Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes
Population: 46.9 million
Life expectancy: 73.7 years
Under-5 mortality: 18.9 per 1,000
Adult literacy: 93.2 per cent
The government continued to express a commitment to human rights. Despite this, there were few tangible improvements in the overall human rights situation. Civilians – especially Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendent and peasant farmer communities, human rights defenders, community leaders and trade unionists – continued to bear the brunt of the human rights consequences of the long-running internal armed conflict. The Victims and Land Restitution Law, signed by President Juan Manuel Santos in June, was an important step in acknowledging the rights of many victims of the conflict and returning some of the millions of hectares of land stolen, often through violence, to the rightful owners. However, continuing threats and killings of those campaigning for land restitution risked undermining implementation of the law. The government made commitments to end impunity for human rights abuses, and progress was made in some emblematic cases. However, the authorities failed to ensure that most of those responsible, especially for sexual crimes against women and girls, were brought to justice. There were concerns that government plans to broaden the scope of military jurisdiction could reverse what little progress had been made in the fight against impunity. More than 40 candidates were killed during local and regional elections in October, considerably more than during the 2007 elections. Several candidates with alleged close ties to politicians convicted or under criminal investigation for illegal links with paramilitaries were elected to office, including as departmental governors.
Internal armed conflict
Guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the security forces continued to be responsible for crimes under international law, including unlawful killings, abductions or enforced disappearances, and forced displacement. Those living in rural areas, particularly Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendent and peasant farmer communities, were most at risk, as were those living in poverty in urban areas, human rights defenders and trade unionists.
According to the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, 111 Indigenous people were killed in the first 11 months of 2011.
In June, paramilitaries killed five leaders from the Zenú Indigenous People in Zaragoza Municipality, Antioquia Department.
The body of Indigenous Katío youth leader Crisanto Tequia Queragama was found on 26 February in Bagadó Municipality, Chocó Department. Indigenous leaders blamed the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) for the killing.
Around 308,000 people were forcibly displaced in 2011, compared to 280,000 in 2010.
In October, some 400 Indigenous people from Pradera Municipality, Valle del Cauca Department, fled their homes following combat between the security forces and the FARC.
In March, more than 800 Afro-descendants from rural Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, were forcibly displaced during fighting between the security forces and the FARC.
In January, some 5,000 people, including some 2,300 children, were forced to flee their homes in Anorí Municipality, Antioquia Department, after threats from the FARC.
On 2 November, the government issued Decree 4100, which created the National Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law System. The government claimed this body would improve the co-ordination and implementation of the state's human rights policies.
Victims and Land Restitution Law
The Victims and Land Restitution Law acknowledges the existence of an armed conflict and the rights of victims. It provides for reparations for some survivors of human rights abuses, including those perpetrated by state agents. However, there were concerns that many victims would be excluded from making claims for reparation, while significant tracts of stolen land might still not be returned to their rightful owners. There were also concerns that some returnees may be forced to cede control over their land to those who had forcibly displaced them.
Leaders of displaced communities and those seeking the return of stolen lands continued to be killed and threatened.
On 30 June, Antonio Mendoza Morales, leader of the San Onofre and Montes de María Association of Displaced Peoples, was killed by unidentified gunmen in San Onofre, Sucre Department.
Security forces
At least 17 extrajudicial executions by security force personnel in which the victim was falsely presented as a "guerrilla killed in combat" were reported in the first half of 2011. Although this marked an increase on 2010, the figures were still significantly lower than those recorded in 2008, when some 200 such killings were reported.
In July, a judge sentenced eight members of the army to between 28 and 55 years' imprisonment for the 2008 killing of two young men in Cimitarra Municipality, Santander Department. This was the first conviction of soldiers implicated in the killing of more than a dozen young men from Soacha, near Bogotá, falsely presented by the army as "guerrillas killed in combat".
Most of the thousands of extrajudicial executions carried out over the course of the conflict, including those being investigated by the Office of the Attorney General, remained unresolved.
At the end of the year, measures remained before Congress to extend the military justice system's role in investigating human rights violations in which the security forces were implicated. The military justice system regularly has closed such investigations without a serious attempt to hold those responsible to account. If passed, this measure would be contrary to international human rights standards which state that human rights violations should be investigated exclusively by civilian courts.
Congress was also debating measures which could allow human rights abusers, including members of the security forces, to benefit from de facto amnesties.
The guerrilla
The FARC and the smaller National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) committed serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including unlawful killings, hostage-taking, forced displacement and the recruitment of children.
On 22 May, FARC guerrillas reportedly attacked a boat in Medio Atrato Municipality, Chocó Department, killing three civilians and injuring a further two.
On 19 March, ELN guerrillas killed a young Indigenous man in Tame Municipality, Arauca Department, after members of the Indigenous resguardo (reservation) where he lived refused to be forcibly recruited into the guerrilla group.
On 9 July, FARC guerrillas detonated a car bomb in the urban centre of Toribío Municipality, Cauca Department, an area inhabited predominantly by Indigenous Peoples. The explosion and fighting between the FARC and the security forces left at least three civilians and a police officer dead and 120 civilians and two police officers injured.
According to government figures, in the first 10 months of the year, 49 members of the security forces and 20 civilians were killed and hundreds more injured by anti-personnel mines deployed predominantly by the FARC.
According to official statistics, there were 305 kidnappings in 2011 compared to 282 in 2010. Most were attributed to criminal gangs, but guerrilla groups were responsible for the vast majority of conflict-related kidnappings.
On 26 November, FARC guerrillas reportedly executed four members of the security forces they had been holding captive for at least 12 years.
On 4 November, FARC commander Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas (alias "Alfonso Cano") was killed by the security forces during a military operation.
Despite their supposed demobilization, paramilitary groups, labelled "criminal gangs" (Bacrim) by the government, continued to expand their territorial presence and influence. In February, the then Minister of the Interior and Justice, Germán Vargas Lleras, acknowledged that Bacrim had territorial control in many parts of the country, both in urban and rural areas. Reports were received that increasing numbers of paramilitaries were operating in areas with a significant security force presence.
Paramilitaries, sometimes with the collusion or acquiescence of the security forces, continued to commit serious human rights violations, including killings and enforced disappearances, as well as social cleansing operations in poor urban neighbourhoods. Their victims were mainly trade unionists, human rights defenders and community leaders, as well as members or representatives of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendent and peasant farmer communities.
On 12 September, at least 30 armed and uniformed members of the paramilitary group Los Rastrojos arrived at the hamlet of Pesquería, Cumbitara Municipality, Nariño Department. They threatened and ransacked the community and accused them of collaborating with the guerrilla. The paramilitaries reportedly dismembered two civilians while they were still alive in front of the whole community. They also kidnapped 13 people, at least two of whom were killed.
The Justice and Peace process
The Justice and Peace process made little progress. Under this process, introduced in 2005, some 10 per cent of the more than 30,000 paramilitaries who supposedly demobilized can qualify for reduced prison sentences in return for confessing to human rights violations. The remaining 90 per cent received de facto amnesties. By the end of the year only 10 paramilitaries had been convicted under the process; most had appeals against their convictions pending at the end of the year.
In February, the Constitutional Court ruled that Law 1424, which sought to grant de facto amnesties to tens of thousands of supposedly demobilized rank-and-file paramilitaries if they signed a so-called Agreement to Contribute to the Historic Truth and to Reparation, was constitutional.
The civilian intelligence service
On 31 October, the government disbanded the civilian intelligence service (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, DAS). This had operated under the direct authority of the President and had been mired in an illegal "dirty tricks" scandal, which included threats, killings, illegal surveillance and wire-tapping, targeting human rights activists, politicians, judges and journalists, mainly during the government of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010). It was replaced by the National Intelligence Directorate.
Several senior DAS officials were still under investigation for their involvement in the scandal; others had already been sentenced. However, another former DAS director, María del Pilar Hurtado, continued to evade justice; she was granted asylum in Panama in 2010.
On 14 September, former DAS Director Jorge Noguera was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for the killing of academic Alfredo Correa de Andreis and for links to paramilitary groups.
In November, the Procurator General called on the congressional committee investigating the role played in the scandal by former President Uribe to examine whether he had ordered illegal wire-tapping by the DAS.
Human rights defenders
The work of human rights activists continued to be undermined by killings, threats, judicial persecution and the theft of sensitive case information.
On 23 August, Walter Agredo Muñoz, a member of the Valle del Cauca Branch of the Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee, and Martha Giraldo, a member of the Movement of Victims of State-Sponsored Crimes, received a death threat via text message, accusing them of being communists and members of the FARC. The message listed several human rights NGOs, trade unions, and Afro-descendent and Indigenous organizations.
More than 45 human rights defenders and community leaders, including many working on land issues, and at least 29 trade union members, were killed in 2011.
On 23 March, human rights activists Orlando Enrique Verbel Rocha and Eder Verbel Rocha and his son were on their way home in San Onofre Municipality, Sucre Department, when two paramilitaries shot at them and beat them. Eder Verbel Rocha was fatally wounded.
On 17 March, Gabriela, a member of the Transgender Foundation of the South, was killed by gunmen in Pasto Municipality, Nariño Department. The killing came shortly after fliers were circulated in Pasto calling for the "social cleansing" of members of the LGBT community, among others.
In response to the spate of killings of human rights defenders, the Office in Colombia of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the government in March to fundamentally revise its physical protection programmes. On 31 October, the government issued Decree 4065 which unified all the Ministry of the Interior's protection programmes under a single new agency, the National Protection Unit.
Progress was made in a limited number of key human rights cases.
On 28 April, a judge sentenced retired General Jesús Armando Arias Cabrales to 35 years' imprisonment for his role in the enforced disappearance of 11 people in November 1985 after the army stormed the Palace of Justice where people were being held hostage by members of the M-19 guerrilla group. The government and the military high command both made statements criticizing his conviction and that of retired Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega, sentenced in 2010 to 30 years' imprisonment in the same case. Retired General Iván Ramírez Quintero, who was charged with one of the disappearances, was acquitted in December.
Impunity persisted in the vast majority of cases, exacerbated by threats against and killings of witnesses, lawyers, prosecutors and judges.
On 22 March, the judge presiding over the case against an army officer accused of the rape of one girl, the rape and killing of another, and the killing of her two brothers, was shot dead in Saravena, Arauca Department. The NGO assisting the victims' families received a telephone death threat soon after the killing, as did the family of the three siblings.
Violence against women and girls
Women human rights defenders and community leaders, especially those working on land issues, were threatened and killed.
On 7 June, Ana Fabricia Córdoba, an Afro-descendent leader who campaigned on behalf of displaced communities, was killed in Medellín, Antioquia Department.
On 5 May, 11 paramilitaries surrounded Sixta Tulia Pérez and Blanca Rebolledo, two women leaders of the Afro-descendent community in Caracolí, Chocó Department. The paramilitaries tried to rip their clothes off and grabbed a child who was with them. One of them hit Sixta Tulia Pérez with a whip. Later that day, the paramilitaries threatened the women in front of soldiers, who did not react when asked to help.
Women human rights organizations, especially those working with displaced women and survivors of sexual violence, were also threatened.
On 19 June, a number of NGOs, including many women's organizations, received a death threat by email from the paramilitary Black Eagles Capital Bloc. The email read: "Death penalty to the guerrilla bitches of the FARC who are opposing the policies of our government".
The government made commitments to combat conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls, but the problem remained widespread and systematic. Government compliance with Constitutional Court rulings on the issue, especially Judicial Decision 092 of 2008, remained poor. Impunity for such crimes continued to be significantly higher than for other types of human rights abuse. However, in December, a paramilitary was found guilty of conflict-related sexual crimes, the first such conviction in the Justice and Peace process.
US assistance
US assistance to Colombia continued to fall. In 2011, the USA allocated some US$562 million in military and non-military assistance to Colombia. This included US$345 million for the security forces, of which US$50 million was designated for the armed forces, 30 per cent of which was conditional on the Colombian authorities meeting certain human rights requirements. In September 2011, some US$20 million in security assistance funds from 2010 was released after the US authorities determined that the Colombian government had made significant progress in improving the human rights situation.
In October 2011 the US government ratified the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), despite opposition from human rights and labour organizations which expressed concerns about the safety of labour leaders and activists in Colombia and the impact the FTA might have on small-scale farmers, Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendent communities.
International scrutiny
The report on Colombia of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, published in February, recognized "the commitment to human rights expressed by the Santos administration". However, the report stated that all parties to the conflict continued to violate international humanitarian law, and expressed particular concern "about the continuing homicides, threats, attacks, information theft, illegal surveillance and intimidation targeting human rights defenders and their organizations".


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As you may or may not know, the electronic games industry generates billions of dollars in revenue annually, and shows no signs of slowing down. Full Sail University aims to help those with a passion for gaming whether their true love is for game design, art, or programming to gain the knowledge and tools that will help them succeed in an ever-growing medium.
The focus of the meeting was mainly on the Game Design Online degree where potential students can educate themselves in courses such as Storytelling, Game Mechanics, Prototyping, Level Design, and Usability. Being a current student, I can say wholeheartedly that deciding to attend Full Sail has been the best decision that I have ever made. Their curriculum and knowledgeable instructors are engaging and continue to push me not only technically, but also creatively.
With more and more universities offering programs geared towards gaming, why Full Sail Online? The answer is simple, convenience and knowledge. While taking any course online will require you have a certain level of responsibility and maturity, it does offer you the ability to approach each course and its respective curriculum when it fits your schedule. Most assignments are due on Wednesdays and Sundays, giving you the option to plan ahead and decide when is best for you to complete the required work. Instructors genuinely care about the students and even with them being in various time zones, they are never ones to shy away from helping and giving guidance.
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Villa v Man City pre-match show: Ladies skipper Petrovic guest stars
In a change from the norm, we took our cameras to Ward End Fire Station, the place of work of captain Petrovic.
Check out the popular preview programme.
The all-action defender shows us round, offering in the process a fascinating insight into her day job.
Petrovic discusses the men's team before expressing her pride at skippering the ladies.
She also talks about the progress of the ladies, who are flying high in the league and doing well in the League and FA Cups.
There are also in-depth interviews with Fabian Delph and Ciaran Clark.
Delph talks about the tough-tackling tenacity of Yacouba Sylla in training and the qualities of former team-mate and fellow Leeds man James Milner.
He also talks about getting a run in the side and the confidence he's gained from the past few performances.
Clark also praises the ability of Milner but stresses the players are optimistic going into this clash with the champions.
He also tells us there's no reason why Villa can't repeat their League Cup success over City from earlier in the campaign.
We dip into Paul Lambert's press conference.
He says the lads believe they can get a result, have competed well over the past few games and their attitude is spot on heading into the final eleven games.
Andreas Weimann also looks forward to the challenge of facing the reigning champions, as does former boss Gerard Houllier, who is a special guest on the show.
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Will Prometheus Get A Sequel? Plus Two More Big Questions
By Sean O'Connell 2012-06-11 09:11:45 comments
With fanfare worthy of a summer tentpole, Sir Ridley Scotts Prometheus touched down in theaters over the weekend surfing a pre-release buzz of sci-fi mystery and big-budget mayhem as rabid Alien fans bought tickets to see how the strands of Alien DNA found in Damon Lindelofs screenplay connected Scotts former masterpiece to his latest.
Based on the box-office results, hordes of movie fans at the very least were interested in what Scott had up his sleeve. According to estimates, Prometheus opened to a whopping $50 million in the States, adding an additional $91 million in overseas ticket sales (where the film has been playing, in select international markets, for several days). Granted, those arent Avengers or Hunger Games numbers. But if the numbers hold, Prometheus will be Scotts biggest opening weekend since 2001s Hannibal and the second biggest opening number of the directors impressive career.
All weekend, we have been debating the importance of the black goo, the motivations of the Engineers, and the meaning of Prometheus in our spoiler-heavy discussion (and to join in, click here). Yet now that Prometheus is out and people seem interested, I think there are three VERY IMPORTANT questions that demand to be answered regarding the property and its immediate future. In attempting to answer them, I have to dig into spoilers (as is the case with this movie). Proceed with caution if you havent yet seen Prometheus and if you havent, go now!
So, as for the future of Prometheus, the obvious question is:
Will there be a sequel?
And I think the answer is, Yes. Prometheus seemed to justify a sequel with its box-office performance and critical response. And a sequel always was Scotts intention. Prometheus ends with a clear-cut tease to the next chapter of the ongoing story, with Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomie Rapace) and whats left of the android David (Michael Fassbender) boarding one of the Engineers many ships and taking off to find out where this alien race came from. Shaw started out on a mission to find her creator. Now she wants to find out who created this aggressive race of sentient beings and we dont think shell be happy with what she finds.
Scott has made it clear in virtually every interview he did on behalf of Prometheus that hed love the opportunity to continue telling this story. He always envisioned Shaw and David venturing off on the next leg of their journey as the natural end of this film, and he says he has clear-cut ideas of what could and should happen in the next film. Those who checked out Prometheus likely want to see where Scott wants to take them next. And there are so many questions proposed by Prometheus that demand answers. Its likely a few of them could be answered in a potential sequel (or two). However, its going to be difficult to mount a Prometheus sequel. It might be downright impossible, and Im not certain Scott will be able to overcome the odds and pull it off
Wait, maybe there won't be a sequel.
For starters, Scott collects potential film properties like the Engineers collect cylinders of mysterious black goo. A cursory rundown of the films Scott has agreed to direct include: his oft-discussed Blade Runner sequel; an adaptation of Cormac McCarthys The Counselor, which hes prepping to shoot with Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz; an in-development Monopoly movie; the Cold-War drama Reykjavik; and who knows what else.
And thats just the director. If a Prometheus sequel were to happen, Rapace and Fassbender would need to be available, and their calendars are as booked as Scotts. Rapace has one film, Knockout, in pre-production but has two others in the can. In addition to The Counselor, Fassbender plans to shoot Twelve Years a Slave with his Shame and Hunger partner, Steve McQueen. From there, hes committed to reprising his role of Magneto in the soon-to-shoot sequel to X-Men: First Class.
That film has a July 18, 2014 release date circled, and already has begin pre-production and script detail. Given the fact that a Prometheus sequel is barely in the discussion stages (as far as we know), the earliest we might see a sequel reach theaters is 2015. Are you willing to wait?
So what will actually happen next?
The million-dollar question, with a difficult answer. Basically, whats next is we wait. Fox could confirm a greenlight on a Prometheus sequel right away, which would shift Scotts priorities around slightly. But it sounds like hes eager to dive into his Blade Runner sequel after wrapping The Counselor. If Fox pushes, a Prometheus sequel could slide ahead of Blade Runner on Scotts crowded production schedule. Then again, Rapace and Fassbenders availability (or lack thereof) could hinder an immediate start date for a Prometheus sequel, pushing the project back even further.
Its a good problem for Fox, trying to figure out the logistics on a sequel that many now are anticipating. Because the alternative picking up the Prometheus pieces and sweeping a failed epic under the rug would have been much worse. Scott, his crew, and his fans are elated that isnt the issue. Instead, it seems like well get at least one more trip to the Alien universe with Scott at the helm. When it happens is another story altogether.
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Sneak Peek at The Official Illustrated Guide: James' Bio
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Twilight Lexicon just received an image of James' bio and accompanying illustration from the Official Illustrated Guide due in stores next week. It is so exciting to see how much extra information we can get on a character who plays a supporting role in one book, think of how much information we will end up having about the other characters!
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You talk about the stigma of leisure, and how leisure has become something for the poor.
It used to be as your income rose you bought more leisure – leisure was like a color TV or a car, a good you consumed, time you took off. Now when you earn more money you think about how much more it costs you to take off because you're worth more. Opportunity cost trumps the desire to take time off. Standing still means falling behind.
What did your field trip to the Google headquarters teach you?
They were really ahead of the curve in terms of making their work environment very homey. They provide everything a 1950s housewife would have provided. Do your laundry. Give you a massage. Great food for free. At first glance it seems like a very expensive strategy, but I think it's brilliant. People don't want to go home. There's a volleyball court and board games around. It feels like a college campus. And Google gets more out of each worker.
You mentioned the urinals at Google.
In English or Irish pubs they pin the sports pages over men's urinals so you can read while relieving yourself. At Google they put up coding advice. It felt a little 1984.
You discuss "two-rooms," day care centers-cum-office buildings where parents can watch their children while working. How else will the physical architecture of Elsewhere be changing in the near future?
I might imagine that you'll find more integration of housing and firms, the return of the 19th century "company town." A place like Google could start building housing, like dorms, around their campus, for underpaid programmers, rather than have them waste all this time commuting. They could just live there.
How do we return from Elsewhere?
It's not an option, I'm sorry to say. It's not going to go in reverse. It could be that we have lower inequality because of the decline of the stock market and so on, but I think that will be a temporary blip. What we're really going to see is this trend going forward.


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Thanks guys
Yes pleased to report that the blue De Rosa is nicely polished back to original shine - it was a shame the post ride picture was out of focus - probably due to frozen, shaking hands and rain.
The groupset is Campy Athena 11spd - most of the graphics are placed on top of the anodising/clear coat so can be removed without too much trouble using very fine abrasive material. The first Athena alloy11spd cranks came out with graphics on top of clear coat so graphics can be removed easily and maintain the protective finish on the cranks - these are the ultra-torque version. The subsequent version (power torque) has the graphics under the clearcoat - same with the levers - so are much harder to deal with. My levers were completely polished back to bare alloy which are not too hard to maintain. Not sure I would want to do that with the cranks as they would be a pain to maintain in good condition without a protective coating.


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I mentioned this last night on the game thread and most thought it was irrelevant. Green needed to get the ball and have others get out of the way. This guy can get to the line now, if he is allowed to. This team took a very bad loss last night for no reason.
Green may be inconsistent initiative wise but his talent is there and it has to be featured for this team to succeed night in night out. Garnett and Pierce are too stagnant in their play for consistent fourth quarter play. Green is the only one who can create space on the floor. Doc needs to make sure Green gets the ball or this team will be an 8th seed.


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The Atlantic Wire asks the question "What Does the Constitution Say About Video Games?" by pointing to a New York Times article about the Supreme Court's "originalists." These justices, led by Justice Scalia, believe the law "should adhere as closely as possible to the Constitution's text and to the founders' original intentions," according to the Atlantic Wire.
So what does this mean as it relates to new technology the founding fathers could have never imagined like video games?
Here is some of what the New York Times article said about it:
"In addition to disagreeing about the value of previous precedents, the conservative justices disagree among themselves about what the founders would have thought about technologies and institutions that didn't exist when the Constitution was written.
In a November oral argument about a California law restricting minors from buying violent video games, Justices Scalia and Samuel A. Alito debated whether the ratifiers of the First Amendment would have thought that it protected portrayals of violence.
'What Justice Scalia wants to know is what James Madison thought about video games,' and if 'he enjoyed them,' Justice Alito said sarcastically. Justice Scalia shot back, 'No, I want to know what James Madison thought about violence.' The dispute will be resolved in the opinion, to be issued later this year.
The point of both articles is pretty clear: strict originalism cannot always address issues that aren't black and white.. like video games and violence. However, technology really has nothing to do with it; the founding fathers would deal with video games the way they would deal with movies, music, television and literature – as forms of free speech.


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So, time for showing some work, shall we? This is the map I could make by using two great tutorials: the one present in Jeremy Elford's portfolio and the ones given by Ascencion.
The original file is bigger: 3000x3000, 300dpi. This is the country of Maze, a medieval stage which originaly is supposed to be a Spain-oriented land. The map presents the version I am working on so far, making this country more diverse. The country remains mainly a spanish medieval country, but now is divided into 5 provinces: Madrid, a purely Spain; Andalucia, which reflects more the spanish colonies (Mexico, many on South America, etc...) Madeira, more oriented to Look like Portugal & colonies; Roma, an italian (and of course roman) province and Atenas, the Greece contribution. The cities names (yet to be positioned), cultural aspects and other minor details will reflect each influence. But the spanish is still the most dominant culture, because it is the most frequent everywhere, forming a squeleton which binds everything together (and prevents the country from tearing into 5 nations). The colorless landmass at northwest is Kahun, a different country which shares borders (and a lot of mutual resentment) with Maze.
The map itself was made using Photoshop CS4. There are no cities because my Inkscape just decided to go nuts and don't cooperate. I am not satisfied with the current result and will warmly welcome any suggestions and criticisms.
UPDATE: Maze 1.1
This is the first update to the map of Maze. First off, I took care of announcing the archipelago of Ve. These islands actualy are part of the original land, and I worked on them right from the beggining, but as an epic example of "d*mn I'm tired"-ness, I ended up uploading a version of the map without them. Don't ask me how I did it. This island, for the sake of curiousity, acutaly is not a province as the others are. Instead, the area is pretty much a headquarters of the country's most proeminent religion. Sort of a Vatican-like municipality.
Following, some minor alterations to the texture. I was kinda annoyed that a map whose border had gemstones was made in such a crappy paper. The texture is the same, but smoothier (and also makes easier to notice the "fiberish" texture. The new compass is one of the C.M. Perry's pack. The "ocean lines" also were remade. I even tried to make them look a bit less precise, by adding a very brief ripple filter. The last minor alteration is that the provinces' colors faded a little bit. I am having some serious issues about leaving them colored, but I can't see a better alternative for differencing them.
Now, the mountain ranges. Thank you guys! The tip was worth my weight in gold. I used Saadek's pack, which looked good enough. D*mn, I realy want to use that fantastic tutorial ironmetal250 gave, but I lack a good scanner (and patience) at the present moment. Maybe in the future, in another map.
So... suggestions, criticizes. Anything, please. I'd like specialy to have some River Police evaluation. The "minor sea veins" re not much of concern (my commmunity likes to leave the least important concerns vague, giving players more freedom to set their scenarios). The big deal are the "reference points", the Rivers Azul and Verde. Here, a brief description of each:
The river Azul (Blue) is born at the "Presas Blancas", or "White Fangs", as you may preffer (worthless note#1: trying to find it an alternative, greek term, as the range is Atenas' territory). basicaly it's a long, broad snake which cuts the ocean 'till reach Lake Esperanza. It is suitable for navigation in most sections (although in others the current and bottom makes it too difficult).
The River Verde (green, because its color is more teal), despite what it looks, actualy is born at some no-name mountain at north (and not at the Gigantes Vacios, the Hollow Giants). The river , when reaching the range, does not go uphill. Instead, the highly porous terrain makes the waters to sink. Them, the river goes underground (the range has many, many caves. Hence the name). Eventualy, the water returns to surface through the many springs at south. From there, the waters goes to Esperanza. Also enables navigation.
The Largest lake in the country, Esperanza actualy is a huge crater flooded. At south, it leaks, forming the River Esperanza, which meets the sea.
UPDATE: Maze 1.2
What changed: With a very few exceptions, I had to start all over again. Blame the messed up rivers I made. Due to situations beyond my control, currently I am being forced to use this old trackball mouse I (luckly) had here. So, tapering rivers was what hystory experts categorize as "Spanish Inquisition torture".
Making rivers took a significant amount of time and failures. But after reading a great tutorial for tapering rivers with Inkscape, I think I finaly made it. I love this site. If it was a girl, I would marry it. Ladies and gentleman, let's give Hai-Etlik a big hand, and some rep as well. I just had to follow his tutorial and roughen the lines a little bit, as I don't like much perfectly drawn river borders. But that's just me.
I don't know if the rivers are alright this time, but they were much easier to do. I tried to follow the suggestions given carefully. You can see that the tributaries now are as much as pointed, giving the rivers a bit more zig-zag (but not too much). For the lines, I did the Smooth selection trick, but added a weak Liquify for messing them up. For the country's divisions, I tried copying the continent shape and them go Jack on them. This way I can keep shapes for any future projects concerning this map.
Othen than that, I just tried to give the paper texture a little less "clouds" and a touch of "Fibers". The province of Andalucia was renamed to Durango for Role-playing purposes (now it will reflect Spain's colonies, while the center is more a pure Spain), blah, blah blah blah blah, and the like. As usual, suggestions and criticizes are warmly welcomed.
Random humor: I planned to post that pic while going crazy about the rivers.
UPDATE: Maze 1.3
This one is a small one. Only tilted the colors very briefly and reworked on the frame. I think the gems are better now.


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VMware targets Android fragmentation with Horizon Mobile
Earlier this month, virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions giant VMware teamed with Verizon Wireless to roll out Horizon Mobile, a dual persona solution that promises to standardize the Android user experience across multiple devices. The cloud-based virtualized OS runs a corporate workspace controlled and managed by the user's IT staff, enabling employees to securely access both professional and personal applications and data via the same device: Enterprises own and control a single corporate image they can deploy across a variety of Android products, meaning they may offer any workforce apps they wish without making any modifications to accommodate hardware and software discrepancies--a potentially significant blow to the Android fragmentation headaches limiting enterprise adoption of the Google-backed platform.
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The Cartographers Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateursall are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.
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Talk of the Times with Marywood University's Summer Concert Series director Tom Heinze
This week, staff writer Emma Ginader talks with Tom Heinze about Marywood University's Summer Sunday Concert Series.
Residence: Scranton
Professional background: He is the jazz ensemble director, applied woodwinds instructor and a part-time music faculty member at Marywood University.
Title: Director of Marywood University Summer Sunday Concert Series
Q:Tell us about this year's concert series.
A: Marywood's 2013 Summer Sunday Concert Series features four different music groups with a variety of soloists in each concert. There will be two evenings with the Summer Festival Band, which is a combination of Collegiate Wind Ensemble students and Scranton-area musicians who join us for these concerts. The music is part of the "American community band tradition" and will feature a salute to America on July 7, as well as a John Phillip Sousa-style concert July 21. On the other two weeks, you'll hear jazz concerts. On July 14, we will feature Marywood's new High School Honors Jazz Band and the collegiate Jazz Ensemble playing music of jazz legend Sammy Nestico. Sunday, July 28, we welcome Deborah Pearl (jazz vocalist and Carter lyricist) from Los Angeles. Ms. Pearl will perform with the Northeast PA Repertory Orchestra, the resident professional jazz ensemble of Marywood's department of music-theater-dance. There will be something for everyone - musical styles for all ages.
Q:How did the Marywood Summer Sunday Concert Series begin?
A:These concerts began almost 40 years ago, under the creative direction of former music faculty member Bill Weber. Marywood's Memorial Commons , located at the entrance arch to campus, provides a beautiful outside venue where family and friends can gather to enjoy the musical offerings.
Q:What should audience members bring with them?
A:For the outside concerts, bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread out on the grass.
Q:What is unique about this gift to the community?
A:Back before radio and TV and MP3s, people gathered together to hear live music played by local community bands. These kinds of musical-social gatherings are a part of the fabric of small-town Americana. The community enjoys the atmosphere of the "concert in the park" style that we achieve with the Summer Festival Band concerts on the Memorial Commons. The audience members draw from all ages and all backgrounds. You'll see lots of toes tapping and people swaying to the music. All four concerts are free as our gift to the community.
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What: Marywood Summer Sunday Concert Series
When: Each Sunday in July at 7 p.m.
Where: Marywood University's Memorial Commons (July 7 and 21) and Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts (July 14 and 28), 2300 Adams Ave.
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I have been playing a ME-70 directly into my PA mixer and have been very happy with the basic tone but not the effects. This has lead me to re-discover individual effect pedals and I'm very pleased to learn they are not as noisy as in decades past.
My question has to do with order of effects into the mixer. My basic tone will come from a Tech 21 Blonde or a Boss Fender modeller. Where would this pedal best come in the chain? Following are my thoughts:
Blonde (Tone and Distortion)
Mod (Phaser or Chorus)
I know there are no rules. I want to start with a basic, classic sort of setup. I'm not looking for experimental sounds just yet. My confustion stems from the idea that it I were using a guitar amp instead of the pedal modeller, the effects would be first. The order would also change if the amp had an FX loop. Anyway, your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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Images: 2013 US Army Reserve Best Warrior Competiton: M4 rifle night fire [Image 11 of 14]
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Army Reserve Sgt. Jeremiah Bruce, an infantryman representing the 9th Mission Support Command and a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, engages targets during the M4 rifle qualification night fire event at the 2013 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 26. This year's Best Warrior competition will determine the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted soldier who will represent the Army Reserve in the Department of the Army Best Warrior competition in October at Fort Lee, Va.
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ROME, Italy, July 26. WORLD record holder Rafael Munoz led the way during the semifinal heats of the men's 50 fly at the FINA World Championships.
Munoz clocked in with a meet record time of 22.68. The swim beat the mark of 22.90 he tied Roland Schoeman to set this morning, but is still well off his global mark of 22.43.
Serbia's Milorad Cavic qualified second in 22.75, with Brazil's Nicholas Santos placing third in 23.00.
Croatia's Duje Draganja (23.03), Australia's Matt Targett (23.04), Venezuela's Albert Subirats (23.05), Kenya's Jason Dunford (23.10) and Denmark's Jakob Andkjaer (23.14) completed the final field. Schoeman, surprisingly, finished outside of the top eight with a ninth-place 23.18 after clocking a 22.90 in prelims.


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The dramatic skin protection gender divide. -Birchbox
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Toxic ingredients in beauty products that may be inside of you. -YouBeauty
Excellent beauty tips from 8 lovely leading ladies. -Refinery29
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117 designers you need to follow on Pinterest. -Of A Kind
Kim Kardashian doesn't think she's beautiful, lasers everything. -HuffPost Style
Model Chrissy Teigen discusses her pre-Sports Illustrated diet. -The Thread
Brands like Old Navy now recycling for you. -The High Low
Major jewel heist hits Bergdorf Goodman! -Styleite
Peplum fan Emma Stone can't stop, won't stop. -The Budget Babe
Paris-based retail mecca Colette… isn't that great. -Racked
Fashion inspiration: Pixar's upcoming Brave. -College Fashion
Kim Kardashian says her Stella McCartney dress came that way. -NYMag


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Oh, god. Another one of these articles, written by a woman, warning other women not to get too caught up in career ambitions, lest we are hoisted by our own petards and end up lonely, barren spinsters who realize too late that we've denied our true instincts as women and will pay forevermore. I'm not the first to dissect this steaming pile for the poisonous seeds within, but it deserves to be mocked, loudly and repeatedly.
The author, playwright Zoe Lewis (I don't know her work) has decided to school us all in her Times of London article Madonna Syndrome: I should have ditched feminism for love, children and baking. Yes, that really is the title. Please excuse me while I heave the brownies I made last night.
While there is a teensy sliver of my cold, harpy heart that feels for Lewis–wanting a family is perfectly legitimate and completely understandable–most of me wants to tell her to STFU, because there's so much wrong with her published, widely disseminated essay (which was regurgitated by the Daily Mail, after its initial run in the Times) that I weep for the future of feminism and the British stage.
This article, although written in 2009, is participating in the exact same kind of anti-feminist bullshittery demonstrated in the craptacular 1982 single "I've Never Been To Me." In it, one-hit-wonder Charlene proceeds to detail her years of wild, high-rollin' sexcapades to a wife and mother who is "discontented," only to conclude by saying, basically: "but you've got it right, lady… all that fun and money and sex and stuff I had? That was garbage, and without a man and some kiddos, I am but an empty shell. It's too late for me, but not for you. Go home and be happy with your lot." (Notably, the song was written by a man, and originally was positioned from a man's perspective. I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked.)
It was bullshit in 1982, and it's bullshit now. I'm sure you all can smell it, but lemme just make a few points about what's wrong Zoe Lewis's "arguments."
1. Both Lewis and Charlene rely on a false dilemma, the all-or-nothing idea that you can be an island-hopping courtesan (roughly how Charlene describes herself), which means "sad," or a wife and mother, which means "happy!" Lewis updates this slightly: You can be a successful careerist (sad, so sad), or a wife and mother (happy!). She pretty much explicitly declares "If I hadn't gone in for feminism, I would be married/childed/totally happy." Never mind that anyone who is married and/or childed will probably tell you than she is not, in fact, totally happy. Where there are any all-or-nothing scenarios in women's lives, you can bet that feminists are among the first of those fighting against that kind of binary thinking.
2. Charlene is actually less offensive than Lewis, because at least Charlene doesn't take the opportunity to bash other women. We can argue about whether Madonna is a feminist at another point, but really, Lewis? Madonna is to blame? Other (single/bitter/feminist) women who judge motherhood (as it currently practiced) as wanting are to blame? Mmmmkay. But of course, Lewis also notes that mothers are terrible judges of the unmarried, too. Her friend Rita laments: "the claws come out." Thank god you and Rita have each other, Ms. Lewis, because the rest of the female population–married, unmarried, Madonna–is out to judge you! You can't win! And clearly, that you can't is all the fault of feminism, which is, as well we know, all about judging women and finding them lacking. Oh, wait…
3. Lewis pulls my favorite (by which I mean "most puketastic") trick: she uses bullshit evo-psych to pigeon-hole both women and men. About herself, she says "Somewhere inside lurks a woman I cannot control and she is in the kitchen with a baby on her hip and dough in her hand, staring me down. She is saying: 'This is happiness, this is what it's all about.' It's an instinct that makes me a woman, an instinct that I can't ignore even if I wanted to." BIOLOGY IS DESTINY, GIRLS! Again, if you do want babies on your hip: rock on with your dough-kneading self. But the second you attempt to naturalize and/or universal it by throwing around terms like "instinct," I'm going to have to ask you to put a fucking hand-knitted sock in it, because any credibility you may have had just flew out the window.
She also makes sure we know that menz… well, they can't control it either: "Men are programmed to like their women soft and feminine. It's not their fault – it's in the genes." The take-away message is that feminism (which Lewis seems to misunderstand to mean "work to out-patriarch the Patriarch") makes you hard and masculine, counter to nature, and therefore NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE YOU AND YOU WILL DIE ALOOOOONE. AND OMG YOU'RE 36? JUST END IT NOW, IT'S ALL OVER FOR YOU.
4. Lewis attempts to qualify her argument ever so slightly ("My views may not represent those of other women of my generation. Perhaps I am just a spoilt middle-class girl who had a career and who has now changed her mind?"), but then overrides her qualification, first by citing a survey that more women are unmarried than used to be. The study doesn't say anything about why there are more unmarried women, or how those women feel about being unmarried, but what does that matter, right, Ms. Lewis? She then turns to the wildly diverse lot that is her immediate peer group: white middle class women in their 30s who are involved in the London theatre scene. They, too, have careers and their own money, education, (mostly) equal standing before the law–no thanks to that icky feminism stuff!–but alas, they are dead inside, thanks to the seductive but empty promises of feminists.
Lewis sounds like a pretty miserable person, to be frank, and I don't envy her. But maybe not for the reason you think. I don't think she's unenviable because she's not caught a man and made some babies; I don't envy her because she is so hopelessly deluded about feminism that she's damning herself to an even bleaker existence. She's lamenting not having settled for a man who doesn't want a equal, for the love of tiny, pink-nosed kittens! She's resigned herself to thinking that women's lot in life is to suffer and resign, rather than to fight and prevail! She has given up hope for a future as a wife and mother (and, by her logic, as a worthwhile human being) at the age of 36! She thinks herself a failure, despite her professional success, her friends, her other skills and contributions to the world, because she hasn't married and mated.
To lay all this baggage at the feet of feminism is at best delusional. Feminism, which is an approach to life, or a political disposition, or even a theoretical lens, is inert if not applied by people. Lewis, not some mysterious feminist police force (shh! I have a badge!), made the decision to pursue a career to the exclusion of a also seeking a personal life that made room for a spouse and children, and now is not only abnegating responsibility for her choice ("the devil made me do it!"), but is actively encouraging other women–since we're all alike–to forgo their own better judgments and just grab for the ring and the cradle, since that's really what matters.
I have yet to meet a person who doesn't have regret about something. That's part of being human. What Charlene (who probably didn't know any better) and Zoe Lewis (who should) have in common is that their anti-feminist views are the very ones that are attempting to limit women's experiences by "protecting" them from a full and freely chosen life. I respect Lewis's right to throw her own life away, even as I find it regrettable (see what I did there?). But I can not and will not let her attempt to ruin other women's lives go without my little bit of cage-rattling. This kind of fear-mongering is simply Patriarchy in bad drag. It's poison. Call it out.


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AUSTIN, March 13. COACH Randy Reese's Circle C age group swimmers broke five U.S. National Age Group relay records at last weekend's American Short Course Championships. Four of those records came in the boys 13-14 age group, while a girls 15-16 team accounted for the fifth mark.
The team of Jerr Merritt, Maverick Smalley, Andrew Wang and Stephen Weber made up a four-man wrecking crew that made a shambles of the relay marks for boys 13-14, smashing marks that had stood for nine to 12 years. All four boys are 14.
In the 200 yard medley relay, the team of Wang (back, 25.35), Merritt (breast, 27.77), Smalley (fly, 23.63) and Weber (free, 23.20) broke through the 1:40 barrier with a time of 1:39.95. The old mark was 1:40.46 by a Cincinnati Marlins team that boasted Nate Dusing as its leadoff swimmer.
In the 200 freestyle relay, it was the 1:30 barrier that was breached for the first time, as Wang 922.41), Merrit (22.31), Weber (2316) and Smalley (21.52) combined for a 1:29.40 effort. The time was almost a full second faster than the former NAG mark of 1:30.39 set by Golden West in 1993.
The 400 freestyle record had stood at 3:17.36 since 1990, when a speedy Curl-Burke team set up a challenge that went unmet for 12 long years. Now the record has moved halfway across the nation to Austin. There the team of Wang (48.49), Smalley (47.03), Weber (51.08) and Merritt (48.99) touched home in 3:15.59.
The same team reportedly also broke the 800 free mark of 7:11.47, set by Golden West in 1993.
Circle C's girls 15-16 team slashed more than six-and-a-half seconds from the 400 yard medley relay record of 3:50.40 set by Curl-Burke in 1996. The team of Lindsay Voles (back, 55.91), Alexi Spann (breast, 1:02.64), Andrea Axtell (fly, 54.69), and Danna Davidson (free, 50.65) stormed home in 3:43.89.
Circle C may have a faster time in the future: Spann, Axtell and Davidson are all 15.


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Welcome! Not bad at all for starters !
Mapping is, in my opinion, one of the most fun parts of world building, so while gearing up to write a new fantasy project, I began by first writing a history and second making a detailed series of maps. My maps have been through several iterations so far, and up until yesterday, I was extremely pleased with my efforts.
That is until I found this site.
Some of the maps here are exquisite, some are simply amazing, and yet others are surprising, but they all put my previous efforts to shame. I, of course, could not let this stand, so I found what seemed like a good tutorial, and began re-doing my first map.
Here are the results, before and after:
The difference is staggering. Thank you all so much for having this resource up here-it is invaluable. Special thanks must go to RobA, whose amazing tutorial I followed. Hopefully I can continue to improve.
Welcome! Not bad at all for starters !
Yesterday today was tomorrow.
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Welcome Aboard!
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
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Welcome to the fun part
My finished maps
"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
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That is some crap demo. To sell more moog sounds (like who doesn't have moogy sounds for sale), you'd want to play a bit better than that to get possible excited
21-Jan-08 02:11 PM
Coolest thing about this demo was dudes hairdo.
22-Jan-08 02:37 PM
I for one thought this thing sounded pretty good. Not sure what you (Pv) mean about the playing. Did he mess up or something and I missed it? Did you watch the whole thing? Maybe not - you probably had a session to get to. meh.
22-Jan-08 08:29 PM
I wouldn't call it a "tribute". Never. Even the "ES1 from Emagic" has a better sound and more "moog factor". Indeed, the Hairdo was great.
Hey, and some nice (really not: Moog) sounds are included. A price of 29 Dollar would be fair.
Hey, and some nice (really not: Moog) sounds are included. A price of 29 Dollar would be fair.
24-Jan-08 11:30 AM
I saw Craig speak about this at Namm. He called it a tribute because he started with samples from his minimoog then made new sounds in Rapture. It's not supposed to sound like a moog, it's something different. And again, nice hair.
24-Jan-08 12:58 PM
A lot of talented artists have pushed a product they may or may not be 100 percent behind. I personly think Brandon is the best demo artist for Cakewalk, and loved his demo's on Sonar. I have opened for name acts as far back as 1970, and know my stuff. If you're going to post a comment, please don't make it a personal dig that has nothing to do with the product. If you have to get your rocks off, go to a porno site. There are plenty out there. Great DEMOS Brandon
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MIDI up your drums with these aluminium balls
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I recently completed a nice new build (Keirin track frame), and I am finding the sexy track drops to be fairly uncomfortable and slightly sketchy, particularly in NYC. Thinking of switching to riser bars to elevate my style slightly in traffic and make the ride more comfortable.
Seems a shame to throw riser bars on this bike, but I think comfort, practicality, and safety may win over aesthetics.
Anyone on the forums use riser bars - or have pictures of their set-up? I have seen just a few on FGG and here. I have also read a few previous threads, but nothing seemed too concrete.
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I've had anal sex about 6 times and ive been noticing that my pants now fit me loose, is anal sex affecting my butt cheeks? I think there getting smaller and so are my legs but im not sure about this and im also worried. Please helpView Comment
I get a lot of questions about how to make anal sex hurt less. If you are familiar with my advice, you know that I always tell people to PRACTICE. Anal sex is no different.
Your anus has a lot of nerve endings and happens to be a very sensitive area, but it is not a very stretchy area; this is why it is sometimes difficult for the anus to accommodate a big penis or dildo. Your ability to accommodate large sized objects in your rectum (anus or butt) depends on your ability to relax your butt hole. This is a learned experience.
Practice dilating and relaxing the muscles of your butt hole: If you have access to an adult bookstore you can buy what are called butt plugs and use them as dilators. If you do not want to purchase an aid, you can use your fingers. Apply large amounts of water-based lubricant to your finger and or your butt-plug, and slide them into your anus. Once they are inside of you, relax. Notice how your muscle starts to relax. After you have perfected it with one finger, try again with two fingers, and then three. If you started with a small butt-plug, move up to a larger size. These exercises will get you ready for the real thing.
Remember that you are going to have someone firmly placing either a penis, dildo, finger, or hand in your butt. This is the same area that boo-boo travels out of during a bowel movement. So do not be afraid to go to the drugstore and use an enema or a laxative the day of or the day before for bowel preparation. Just do not overdo it. Diarrhea is so not sexy!
So you have to bring your own. Prepare ahead of time and bring a tube or bottle of water-based lube with you. Some popular brands are Wet and KY Jelly. Avoid Vaseline, Crisco, Baby Oil, or anything that is oily because it will break down the condom very quickly.
If you are new to anal sex, make sure that your partner knows and understands that they should be gentle. Let him or her start out by penetrating you first with a finger and then a thumb. Make sure that they have lubricant on their fingers and a GLOVE. The glove will keep both of you from transmitting any diseases either into an open cut on his or her finger or into a cut in your anus. After the anus has become loose from the fingers, then he or she can move on to bigger things. Start out slow. If you start slamming away, you will not get a second chance to perfect things.
Bring Lots of Latex Condoms: Bring at least six extra. Do not let ANYONE or ANYTHING penetrate you without a condom on it. Lubricated condoms will not have enough water-based lube to last a whole session, so make sure you bring the bottle of lube even if the condoms are lubricated.
Change condoms whenever your partner switches to penetrate a different hole. This goes for your mouth and or your vagina. Use a new condom for each hole!!! If you have a vagina and an anus, do not let anyone dip from your anus to your vagina. This will make it easy for you to get an infection. Instead, have him or her remove the condom that was used for the anus and put a new one on for vaginal penetration. When it comes to your mouth, you don't want a mouth full of boo-boo; this can make you really sick. Take pause and change the condom.
Afterwards it will be hard for you to hold your farts in because your bottom will be loose. This will cause you to walk with your butt cheeks clinched tightly. Take a time out, find a private bathroom, and sit on the toilet for about 15 minutes. During this time out, fart as much as possible. Air will have built up in your rectum and it needs to escape. It's better to let it out on the toilet than it will be to do it during your business meetings.
The key to enjoying anal sex is that you have to relax. If you cannot get your anus muscle to relax, then the experience will be painful. It takes some practice and it will not be perfect the first time you try it, but you can work your way into successful anal sex. A word of caution, understand that you will fart during the experience, so just be prepared.
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Installing Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition On Red Hat and Slackware LinuxWritten by James Teague III
(UT directions for Debian and Gentoo here)
Download this file and cd into the directory where you put it. A .run file is a basically a compressed archive with a pre-appended shell script that runs/uses it, an idea that Loki Entertainment came up with. Fairly clever, too bad Loki is now defunct. When you download this file don't use a download accelerator or anything, as the .run format is rarely used and these apps will corrupt the archive. Also, it can confuse browsers, which will try to display it as text. Right click on the file link proper and do a "Save As" or "Save Link As" to download it properly.
Red Hat 9.0
1. Insert GOTY disc1
2. Close the Nautilus window that pops up (RH automounts/displays cdrom contents)
3. Open a terminal (Start -> System ->....Terminal)
4. user@computer~> su
5. root@computer~> sh ut-install-436-goty.run
6. The UT GOTY Installer GUI will come up. The paths should be /usr/games/ut for the install path and /usr/bin for the link path. If not then make it so. Click Install. The first disc will copy over. Then a dialogue box will appear, asking to insert disc 2 to contine. If the cdrom will eject then change discs and click ok. If the cdrom will not eject then:
6a. Open a second terminal window and su to root as in step 4.
6b. root@computer~> eject /mnt/cdrom
6c. Inset disc 2, close the Nautilus window that comes up, and then select ok.
7. Sit back and chill, as this part takes the longest, copying disc 2 and then uncompressing all the files. The installer finishes and asks if you want to play or exit. Go ahead and exit at this point, since it was installed as root if you play now all the preferences will apply to the /root user.
8. Close the second terminal window.
9. In the first terminal:
root@computer~> exit
user@computer~> ut
Red Hat 7.2
Install for 7.2 pretty much follows that of 9.0, in my case I did not even need the second terminal to get the cdrom to eject. However, 7.2 has a well-known bug that sometimes prevents a cdrom from being read, giving the error:
mount /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
If you're getting this error then do this to fix it:
/sbin/depmod -ae
I had a little trouble running GOTY because of X problems, whereas RH9 looks at the XF86Config file to run X, 7.2 uses XF86Config-4. This is important if you are using an nvidia graphics chipset and are compiling your own driver modules.
Slackware 9.0
The Slackware GOTY install is the easiest - open a command prompt, change directory to where the ut install script is, su to root and type:
sh ut-install-436-goty.run
Unlike (for me) in Red Hat, the script will unmount the cdrom (thus allowing you to eject disc 1) when it comes time to insert disc 2. If it does get stuck then do the Red Hat thingy to fix it.
After X starts KDE (on my system, anyway) a little desktop sound is played. Opening a command prompt and starting ut straight away results in the game starting but no sound, and sure enough there is a warning message in the prompt that the sound device, /dev/dsp, is busy or in use. The problem is that the desktop sound process (artsd) takes a few seconds to release the device. Before firing up ut you can see if anything is using your sound device with this command:
lsof | grep dsp
On my system it generally takes about 30 seconds or so for artsd to release the sound card. Also, in the sound-system menu in the Control Center you can uncheck the option that starts artsd when KDE starts.
For Install directions in Debian and Gentoo linux, see Lyz's original UT How-To site: here.


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Engaging young people in Church - particularly those from Generation Y and Z - was high on the agenda when parish pastoral councillors of Brisbane archdiocese met recently.
Generation Y is generally known as the 17-34-year-olds of today while Generation Z are considered as those born from 1995 onwards.
Organiser and ministry development officer for the Brisbane archdiocese's Faith and Life Vicariate Judy Norris said it was made more significant by the number of guests attending.
"The significant thing about the day was that all parishioners interested in the issue of engaging youth in the Church today were invited to accompany their pastoral council members to the event," she said.
Ipswich associate pastor Father Paul Catchlove - who said he was part of "Generation X" - gave the day's main address.
Father Catchlove said "young people have a thirst for knowledge".
Saying "it's the parish community's responsibility to provide catechesis and other opportunities for young people to put faith into action", Fr Catchlove gave specific examples of such opportunities.
"It's critically important to show young people that faith isn't just seen as something done one hour on a Sunday," he said.
"We need to teach them how to pray ... (and to realise) no one form of prayer works for every young person.
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Oct. 12 was a good day for Sgt. Keisha Dewitt, of Longs, S.C., and a wheeled vehicle operator assigned to the 498th Transportation Company, 541st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 96th Sustainment Brigade. She stands at the position of attention as the promotion orders are read for her to become a brand new non-commissioned officer. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lassandra A Key, 498th Trans. Co., 541st CSSB, 96SBDE)
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Letter to the Editor of the Recorder, dated,
"PITTSFIELD, Sept. 24, 1821.
"Dear Sir,- The Lord is doing a great work in this place, and to him be
all the glory. The revival commenced in the latter part of May. It has not been
rapid in its progress; but every week has furnished instances of conviction
and hopeful conversion- many of which are very remarkable. Our last communion
was on the third Sabbath in Sept. Such a scene was never before witnessed in
Pittsfield. Eighty persons were received into the church by profession,
and four by letter. Forty-two of these are heads of families- twenty-five
males and seventeen females.- Thus the worship of GOD has recently
been established, in more than twenty families, and most of them of the upper
class in society. Perhaps forty more persons are entertaining hope and the work
goes on. Yesterday, not far from thirty children were offered in baptism. It
was an interesting sight.
GOD is still carrying on his work in Lenox, and Stockbridge. In Lee, the LORD
JESUS is triumphing gloriously- Sandisfield is experiencing a great refreshing.
Hinsdale and Washington also are visited. "Is it the LORD'S doing and marvellous
in our eyes."
Yours, &c. H. HUMPHREY.
There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: The late 1820s and 1830s saw a Protestant religious revival called the Second Great Awakening which had a strong impact on American religion and reform. Revival meetings were held in many towns with the aim of bringing people into the church. This particular revival held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, began in May and is being reported the end of September. There are also ongoing meetings in Lenox, Stockbridge, Hinsdale, and Washington--all nearby towns of Pittsfield. The Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from January 7, 1812 to August 27, 1822. It changed its name to the Franklin Herald and Public Advertiser.
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May 26, 2016
Deputy Barry White allegedly shot 69-year-old Tillman Jenkins while trying to serve him a misdemeanor warrant at his residence.
According to authorities, Jenkins answered the door with a handgun and tried to shoot the deputy.
"He was on two days leave, requested by me, and we got to the bottom of it, which it's still ongoing," said Sheriff Kemp. "I see no reason at this point why the deputy needs to be disciplined. I see no reason why he can't return to his duties."
Kemp said White was attempting to serve a simple assault warrant filed against Jenkins by Clarke county's prosecuting attorney. George Williams alleged that he was hit by Jenkins at the Clarke County Courthouse Monday.
The incident is under investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Meanwhile, Jenkins remains in critical but stable condition at a Meridian Hospital.
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Watch Stop Motion Fan Film BATMAN: DARK KNIGHTFALL
Why so serious? Batman: Dark Knightfall, a fan made stop-motion animation is not the case apparently, using Batman figures from Hottoys Ltd to play out some of the unusual scenes just for the sake of fun. The short is directed by Derek Kwok and Henri Wong of Parabucks co, a Hong Kong company that focus on art direction, graphic design and animation for TV and film. Some of the company's filmography include Ip Man 2, Dragon Tiger Gate and Galliants. (see their Vimeo channel for some examples).
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