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Drinking and street food in the state of California are two things that don't usually happen very often. Our convoluted liquor laws only allow it in particular situations and locations -- federal land is one, enclosed areas with permits is another.
See also:
- Drink of the Week: Getting Down and Derby with Milk Julep
- Street Food Fest Night Market and Saturday Bar Preview 2013
- Drink Like a Cool Kid, Order an Amaro
This is part of what makes the Fort Mason and Presidio editions of Off the Grid and events like SF Street Food Fest and Outside Lands so unique. At Fort Mason, Alembic sets up shop and offers up the very San Francisco Bourbon Branca Smash ($10, bourbon, Fernet Branca, lemon, simple syrup).
A smash is basically a julep (liquor, crushed ice, sugar, mint) with the addition of fruit of some kind, in this case lemon. Here Danny Louie of Alembic adds an extra twist with the addition of the fernet. While that may sound excessive, the fernet's strong minty flavor enhances the herbaceousness and cooling quality of the drink. The smash is a great drink to pair with hearty fare that tends to be heavier and spicer, with flavors that lean towards citrus and refreshing. Plus the added benefit of having a digestive liqueur built right into the drink is smart thinking.
Great minds think alike, and Rye on the Road will also be featuring its own version at this weekend's Street Food Fest. Its Whiskey Smash ($10, Wild Turkey Bourbon, lemon, mint, bitters) includes an oleo-sacchrum, a citrus oil and sugar syrup that boosts the citrus.
Two different street food venues means two different opportunities to get yourself smashed.
Bourbon Branca Smash
1 ½ oz. Bourbon whiskey
¾ oz. Fernet Branca
¾ oz. Lemon juice
½ oz. Simple syrup
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.
Whiskey Smash
2 oz. Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
8-10 Mint Leaves
½ oz. Oleo-Sacchrum*
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.
½ lb. Superfine sugar
Peels (just the zest) from 6 lemons
Combine sugar and lemon peels into a zip lock bag or jar, and let rest at room temperature overnight--the sugar will extract oil from citrus and will dissolve the sugar into a thick syrup.


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Sixteen weeks.
Being that this is the week that our baby can begin deciphering our voices, my wife half-jokingly told me to talk to her stomach. But as I guy, what do I say to baby who doesn't understand what I am saying, who just hears a blurry bass tone?
I became Daddy DJ:
"Helloooooo baby… I am yo Daddy. I will be taking care of you, along with your mother. As for tonight, I'm gonna set the mood right for helping you fall asleep…"
Then I begin singing a Barry White version of the first Hall & Oates song that comes to mind, which is usually "You Make My Dreams" or "Maneater" or "Out of Touch".
*Note: Thursday marks the first day of the new week for our baby. I'll probably be posting another one of these pretty soon, but it will be for the next week, not two in the same week.
The Bump Says:
Watch what you say… tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming. And, if you're interested, an ultrasound might be able to determine gender.
All pictures with the "JHP" logo were taken by Joe Hendricks Photography:
Blog- www.photojoeblog.com
Website- www.joehendricks.com

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Xander Bogaerts is just 21 years old and has just 18 regular season games under his belt, yet he's already a well-known name throughout Boston. He also happens to be a total superstar in his native Aruba.
Bogaerts, who shined during the Boston Red Sox' 2013 World Series run, received a hero's welcome upon returning to Aruba earlier this offseason. The new star status is something that Bogaerts certainly is welcoming, although the up-and-coming infielder told the Boston Herald's Scott Lauber that the whole situation still is hard to fully grasp.
"Remember the triple I hit against the Cardinals at their home [in Game 3 of the World Series]?" Bogaerts asked Lauber during a recent phone interview. "That for me was a big moment. I think it was my first hit in the World Series. It was like a confidence boost. I was actually thinking about that today, just reflecting on the season, like, 'Wow, this really happened. It's not a dream.'"
Bogaerts played an important role in the Red Sox' postseason run after taking over for a struggling Will Middlebrooks at third base. Bogaerts hit .296 (8-for-27) and posted a .412 on-base percentage in 12 playoff games this past October, giving the Red Sox and his devoted fans back home even more reason to be excited about his big-league future.
"Everyone wants a part of him and everyone wants him to do something," Bogaerts' mother, Sandra Brown, told the Boston Herald. "The main word here is 'overwhelming.' In the first press conference we had, I told everyone, 'Remember, he's just 21.' Everyone wants him to be like a celebrity. The whole show around it, that's not so important for us. It's time again to settle down and get back into his training."
Bogaerts is the first Aruba-born player to win a World Series, and he's hands-down the most promising baseball prospect that the island has ever produced. Those living in Aruba recognize Bogaerts' amazing potential, and he already has a Little League field named after him. The field — appropriately named "Xander Bogaerts Ballpark" — features a billboard with his photo.
"I used to play there. It's about 30 seconds from my house," Bogaerts told Lauber. "When I pass it, I see the big, 10-foot wall saying my name. Man, that's really special. Just to see how thankful and how happy the people are for you, it's crazy, man. I can go to a restaurant, and if I sign two balls, I can get a whole meal."
Those signed baseballs might soon be worth more than just a meal if Bogaerts lives up to the hype that's already stretching from Boston to Aruba and beyond.
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Episode Title: "Shut Up, Dr. Phil"
Writers: Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming
Director: Phil Sgriccia
Previously on "Supernatural":
While investigating some strange deaths in Michigan, the Egyptian God Osiris (Faran Tahir) put Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) on trial for his life. Sam (Jared Padalecki) volunteered to serve as Dean's defender in the trial; which temporarily brought Jo Harvelle (Alona Tal) back from the great beyond as an unwilling witness against Dean. Knowing that the next witness would be Sam's kitsune friend, Amy (Jewel Staite); Dean accepted premature judgement (rather than let Sam know that he murdered Amy because he thought she would kill again) and Dean was found guilty by the guilt in his own heart.
Although Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver) and Sam found a way to get rid of Osiris for a few centuries, Dean's guilt lingered and he refused to open up to Sam about what he had done. Meanwhile, a Leviathan named Chet (Sean Owen Roberts) pursued the brothers by tracking their credit card transactions. Chet also poured hot cheese on one of his human victims before eating the man.
In a beauty salon, a woman named Wendy Goodson (Alycia Purrott) dies horribly in a freak hairdryer accident. Elsewhere, Dean is haunted by dreams about Castiel's death, Sam's fragile mental state and the death of Amy; which he deals with by drinking constantly. He and Sam soon learn about Wendy's death and another strange killing in the town of Prosperity, Indiana before deciding to investigate. Meanwhile, Chet continues to close in on them, with a human victim locked in his trunk as a snack.
Once the brothers arrive in Prosperity, Dean finds a strange coin behind Wendy's chair and he notices that her picture on a bus bench reality advertisement is surrounded by dead plants. At a construction yard, Dewey Stevens (Jason Bax) is killed when his nailgun begins floating and firing at him while he uses a portable toilet. Once Sam and Dead arrive, the local law enforcement admit that they are stumped over this death. The brothers find another coin like the one near Wendy's chair and they soon learn that the common link is Don Stark (James Marsters), a local developer and philanthropist.
The brothers speak to Don at his home and he notes that the project he was working on with Wendy, Dewey and the other victim simply fell through. While snooping around, Sam finds witchcraft objects in the closet and discovers that Don's wife, Maggie Stark (Charisma Carpenter) recently left him. Downstairs, Don boasts that he is admired in the town, but Sam calls him out on his wife. After some prodding from Dean, Don admits that he had a brief affair with Wendy and that he and his wife are separated as a result of that. The brothers also meet Don's assistant, Jenny Klein (Cindy Busby); who seems overly friendly with her boss.
The next stop for the Winchester brothers is Maggie's home, where Dean sneaks in and discovers photos of all of the victims with blood markings placed over a shrine. Sam alerts Dean to Maggie's return by setting off her car alarm and he sneaks out with Jenny's photo. Inside, Maggie discovers the missing photo and takes out a replacement before reciting a spell. In her kitchen, Jenny begins coughing up blood until Sam and Dean arrive and destroy the coin. They advise Jenny to get out of town and stay away from Don, but she insists that he is just her boss.
At the local community center, Maggie is getting an exhibition of her art ready with her best friend, Sue (Meredith McGeachie) when Don arrives to speak with her. Don accuses Sue of spreading lies about him and he insists to Maggie that Wendy was a one time misstep. He also warns his estranged wife about Sam and Dean's investigation, but she seems fully aware that they are hunters. He tells her to stop the murders now and she basically laughs him off. Outside, the brothers watch Don as he sees the porcelain statue bust of himself break due to Maggie's sorcery. The brothers conclude that Don is the Darren in this "Bewitched" like setup.
As the brothers gather the ingredients for an anti-witch spell, Maggie's art opening gets closer. Sue builds up her friend's ego… until the paintings start melting and Sue is suddenly decapitated. The brothers then realize that both Don and Maggie are witches. But they fail to notice that Chet the Leviathan has caught up to them. Just when Don and Maggie are about to unleash their magic upon each other, the Winchesters arrive and attempt their spell… which fails horribly. As the two witches prepare to destroy them, Sam and Dean act as impromptu marriage counselors and share that Don wasn't cheating with Jenny.
After tossing around the brothers a few times, Maggie and Don reconnect and kiss while the brothers watch in amazement (and under threat from magically conjured bees). Sometime later, the brothers return to their hotel room only to find Chet waiting for them. He easily begins choking both brothers before Don arrives and casts a spell that immobilizes Chet. He then removes two of the curse coins planted by his wife to use against the brothers, saving their lives twice in thanks for helping him save his marriage. Don also explains that his spell on Chet won't last forever and he suggests that they drop him down a bottomless pit.
With Chet in their trunk, the Winchesters prepare to drive off. Sam gives Dean another opportunity to explain why he's been drinking so heavily, but Dean once again says that he is fine.
The highlight for this episode was easily seeing the two "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" alumni, Charisma Carpenter and James Marsters working together again. Unfortunately, their time together in this episode is limited to just a few scenes, but they were still very fun to watch as they played off of each other.
Don's true nature as a witch himself was a nice surprise, although I kind of preferred him as the slightly clueless Darren type who didn't realize just how dangerous his wife was. There was a sense of history between Don and Maggie from the way they reacted to the various magical torments placed upon them. They were both entertaining, but Don had the edge thanks to his hilarious smirk as he ruined Maggie's art exhibition and decapitated a woman that he blamed for poisoning his marriage.
The downside is that Don really overshadowed the Winchester brothers at the end by so easily disabling the Leviathan, Chet. And let's take a brief moment to note how unsatisfying the Leviathans are as the new villains. We could have had a whole season of the Winchester brothers versus Castiel as God instead of these lame super demons who like dunking people in cheese as they eat them. As far as I'm concerned, the Leviathans can't go away fast enough.
This episode also made Sam and Dean look a little like ineffectual heroes; which works in a comedic episode like this. But it was getting a little overboard when they needed Don to save them at the end. That said, the marriage counseling scene was very amusing; especially when the witches began hitting them with spells even when the brothers were being supportive about their relationship.
Jim Beaver's absence in this episode felt odd, since Dean was regularly on the phone with Bobby and essentially reacting to jokes and dialog that only he heard. If Beaver isn't going to be in every episode, why waste valuable story time pretending like he's still there?
If I wasn't so dismayed by the Leviathans as villains, I'd say that the episode did a good job of mixing the stand alone story with the ongoing season-long arc. Small problems aside, this was one of the more enjoyable episodes this season.
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Putting the 'boing' back in Boingo
Was there any band in the 80s with a more original sound than Oingo Boingo? The California band started in the late 70s as a theater group (Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo) but eventually ditched the acting and stuck with the eccentric rock sound of bandleader Danny Elfman. (Yeah, the same Elfman who has done the musical score for flick after flick in Hollywood).
Sadly, the band is probably best known for a tune they detested -- Weird Science, the title track to the John Hughes movie. (The film producers grabbed it from the band before they had really finished producing it, or so the story goes.) Other 80s films that featured the band include the Rodney Dangerfield opus Back to School (the band entertains Thornton's dorm party, playing "Dead Man's Party") and the Tom Hanks think-piece Bachelor Party.
The band called it quits in the mid-90s, and Elfman spends his days writing creepy music for films like The Corpse Bride, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and Pee Wee's Big Adventure. (Looking for a daily dose of Danny E.? The theme for The Simpsons is also his.)
Our Stuck in the 80s podcast finally honors the band in this week's episode, but until then...
Top 5 Oingo Boingo songs to cherish:
5. We Close Our Eyes: "I looked Death in the face last night. I saw him in a mirror. And he simply smiled."
4. Nothing to Fear: "Go ahead, sleep tight in your beds. Remember what the wise man said."
3. Who Do You Want To Be: "I've been reborn so many times, I can't remember them all."
2. Dead Man's Party: "Goin' to a party where no one's still alive."
1. Grey Matter: "If they say 'take it and like it' ... don't do it!"
(By the way, you can buy the official "Bring Back Boingo" t-shirts at the band's website.)


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Tourism Proposal Hits Security Hurdle
By Cithara Paul | Published: 01st December 2013 07:56 AM |
Last Updated: 01st December 2013 07:56 AM | A+A A- |
One section of the Manmohan Singh Government thinks asking the religion of an inbound tourist amounts to violation of secularism while the other, thinks it is important from the point of view of the national security.
The question on religion has become an issue within the government as the Tourism Ministry wants that column in visa applications concerning religion to be removed. It argues that it will make the visa application process "more tourist-friendly".
"Our ministry had been persistently demanding the simplification of visa forms to make it more tourist friendly. Deletion of unnecessary columns would only simplify the procedure and the religion column was one such.
"Moreover, asking one's religion or race does not suit our secular character," said a Tourism Ministry official.
According to the official, the matter was taken up recently at a Planning Commission meeting held earlier last month to discuss ways to promote tourism in India. The meeting was attended by representatives from all ministries concerned including Planning Commission, Tourism Ministry, MEA and the Home Ministry. All had agreed to the proposal.
"Everyone had agreed that asking the religion of a visitor does not suit the secular character of the country especially when orthodox religious countries in the Gulf do not ask for a visitor's religion," the official said.
He said it was decided in the meeting that the Home Ministry would give the final assent "very soon" as the changes were to be notified before the onset of the tourist season (which begins in India in November).
However, the secular proposal has hit a roadblock. "The tourist season has already begun and the notification is not happening any time soon. We are yet to receive any formal reply from the Home Ministry regarding this," said the official.
It is learnt that the proposal hit a dead-end as the office of the National Security Advisor (NSA) expressed certain reservations regarding the matter.
"The NSA is not against removing the religion column. But it is of the view that any further relaxations in visa applications must be taken up only after proper coordination among various security agencies within and outside the country,'' said a source within the government.
The NSA office had recently opposed the issue of providing tourist visa-on-arrival to China after the Tourism Ministry had proposed that steps be taken to relax the visa regime for China which is the biggest tourism market in the world.
The NSA insisted that the matter should be taken up bilaterally and decided on the basis of reciprocity. Once the NSA put its foot down, the Home Ministry has slowed down on the issue.


text: I was thinking the other day, lets say the draft goes like this: 1. Jamarcus Russel 2. Joe Thomas 3. Adrian Peterson 4. Calvin Johnson 5. Gaines Adams 6. Jamaal Charles 7. Vikings on the Clock Vikings need a qb, but also need to address a lot more positions. Vikings trade 7th pick for Texans 8th pick, plus David Carr. Vikings also give up a 5th. Good move for the Vikings because they get: QB: David Carr WR: Ted Ginn or Safety Laron Landry Texans get: Freed away from Carr and his cap space Brady Quinn a 5th round draft choice possible?


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Drolleries are decorative thumbnail illustrations which adorn the margins of certain manuscripts, often depicting fanciful or grotesque hybrid creatures. One manuscript in particular features such an abundance of this type of illumination that it has become known as 'the Book of Drolleries' (Le Livre des Drôleries).
The manuscript is an early 16th-Century Book of Hours thought to have been commissioned by a lady connected with the Habsburg-Burgundy court. The book later came into the possession of the Croy family, historically one of Burgundy's wealthiest, hence its other name, the 'Croy Hours' (Les Heures de Croy). Today, the manuscript is in the collection of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna.
Some of the best-known artists of the Ghent-Bruges school of illumination are thought to have contributed to the Croy Hours, namely Gerard Horenbout and Simon Bening (who was also responsible for the miniatures in the Da Costa Hours, amongst others). The work also apparently shows the supervisory influence of Gerard David.
My source for the present images was a book by the title of Codices Illustres, a marvellous Taschen publication which reproduces images from dozens of the most famous illuminated manuscripts. Almost every page in this book is ornamented with a single drollery drawn from the Croy Hours, placed next to the page-number. This page, meanwhile, offered the best summary of information about the Croy Hours that I could find.
Click on the images to see them enlarged, although note that the originals were so small that these enlargements are necessarily somewhat fuzzy.Posted by misteraitch at August 26, 2004 03:39 PM | TrackBack
You must create a set of "drolleries" icons for your most frequently used application. The gargoyle-fish-windbag seems especially apropos for Microsoft Outlook -- which, for your sake, I hope you have never seen.Posted by: Jack Rusher on August 27, 2004 12:05 AM
have you ever come across any illustrations of hedgehogs in any bestiaries you may have come across? i remember seeing an illustration of a folk superstiton about hedgehogs stealing fruit from orchards by flipping themselves upside down and then stabbing the fruit with their quills, stacking themselves like shishkabobs with their stolen goods. i have never been successful in finding this image since...
do you by chance know what i'm talking about?Posted by: stacy on August 29, 2004 05:01 AM
Stacy: heres an illustration from the Aberdeen Bestiary. Also heres a scan from my copy of an edition of the Bodleian Library Bestiary MS. 764. The text states:
It is quite clever: if it picks a grape off the vine, it rolls on it and spears it with its spines in order to carry it home to its young.
My apologies to 'mutant': I deleted your comment by mistake while cleaning out some comment-spam.Posted by: misteraitch on August 29, 2004 07:35 AM
Mr H, I've only just discovered your site, but i'm hooked already! It reminds me of a trip I made to Johannesburg from my childhood home in swaziland at the age of 16. I spent almost my savings in a book shop on art books, the 3 best treasures were an Goya's Capricios, small book of Max Ernst reproductions and a book on the 'Great Eccentrics' I've still got it somewhere, and will have to look it out, but as best I can remember it included Blake, Fuselli and Hieronymous Bosch amongst others, I feel exactly the same thrill of discovery of the wierd, and that there are people who see the world like me (only better) which I found in those books on almost every page of your blog. Keep it up.
But, enough gushing and on to the real reason for my posting: In your posting above you tell stacy that there are illustrations from the aberdeen and bodleian bestiaries, which sound intriguing, but I can't see them, can you put them back please?Posted by: paulm on April 1, 2005 08:57 PM
Paul—thanks for your comment. Clicking on the words 'Aberdeen Bestiary' in my comment above will take you to pages at the University of Aberdeen where the whole Bestiary has been scanned, transcribed and annotated.
I only scanned a single image from my copy of a translation of the Bodleian bestiary in response to Stacy's query: click on the word ':scan&~8217; in my previous comment to see it.Posted by: misteraitch on April 2, 2005 07:10 AM


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Disarmament for Sustainable Development as a world wide goal
An international appeal for Disarmament
Updated wording after Rio+20
In 1992 the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit) connected the challenges concerning environmental threats and development around the world. It named this connection, following the Brundtland Report "Our common future" of 1987, sustainable development, a term that was at once accepted internationally as "the challenge of the decade". 2012 took place the world summit on sustainability Rio + 20 where the related challenges of peace and disarmament should have been discussed. However, these issues t were excluded.
Disarmament for Development – today's challenge
In 2011 global military spending amounted to $1730 billion – despite the fact that 1 billion people suffer from hunger, even more do not have access to safe water or adequate health care and education, and even in the developed world millions are without work. The Millennium Development Goals cannot be realized while the world squanders its wealth on militarism.
Today's climatic and environmental conditions exacerbate this imbalance. Ecological disasters pile up; the loss of biodiversity and the destruction of the eco-system are increasing dramatically. In addition, the current economic crisis has made the world's governments reduce spending on critical human needs and is once again hitting the weakest the hardest.
However, apparently unlimited financial resources seem to be available for military jets, tanks, ships, bombs, missiles, landmines and nuclear weapons. The technological developments in the armaments field are becoming more and more sophisticated and murderous.
How to reverse this process is the challenge of today.
The signatories of this Appeal demand that the governments of the world seriously address this neglected issue, and agree on a global plan for disarmament even more after the failure of the Rio Summit in June 2012. The freed-up funds should be used for social, economic and ecological programs in all countries. Starting in 2013, military spending should be cut back substantially, that is, by a minimum of 10 percent per annum. The aim is to launch a dynamic towards sustainable development, which could start by establishing an internationally-managed Fund with a capital of more than $170 billion.
"Disarmament for Sustainable Development" should be announced as one of the sustainable development goals. The discussion about sustainable development goals was one of the results of the Rio + 20 conference.
One of the outcomes of Rio+20 was the discussion on the continuation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). These had the initial deadline of 2015 but are still far from being achieved three years from then. In addition, they do not cover all of the world's challenges. The concept of 'Sustainable Development Goals" (SDGs) was brought up in Rio and is currently discussed. We want the inclusion of Disarmament and Peace in this list of SDGs as they are a fundamental condition for development.
Without disarmament, there will be no adequate development; without development, there will be no justice, equality and peace. We must give sustainability a chance.
The appeal is initiated by INES, the International Peace Bureau (IPB), Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF), the World Future Council (WFC), Mayors for Peace (MFP), VivaRio, Better World Links and World without Wars and Violence.


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I was 13 weeks + 6 days when i found out :D..
I found out at 5 weeks 6 days... Had my first ultrasound 6 weeks 4 days.

Quoting Mama Wolf.:" Yeah the office I go to wants me to wait until I'm more so around 8 weeks. I just hate not knowing exactly how far along I am."

A lot of doctors won't see you until you're 8-10 weeks due to viability in the pregnancy. At least that's what I've been told by different doctors. Oh & unless you have a history of being high risk, they'll see you early.
With this one I was seen at 5 weeks because I wasn't exactly sure when my last period was since they have been so irregular so my doctor wanted to see me as soon as possible. He did an ultrasound and I was 5 weeks along.
I found out about 8 weeks with my second and went in for my first appointment and U/S the week after. Found out I was 6w6d and not 9w like they said based off my period.
With my first I was about 5 weeks and went to the doctor at 8 weeks. Didn't get an ultrasound until my OB said I was having a threatened abortion and that was 14 weeks and some days. I got to find out the gender then though:)
First pregnancy my first appt was at 12 weeks. 2nd pregnancy was at 6 weeks because I was high risk. Found out with both at 20weeks.
I found out at 4 weeks 2 days and had my first appointment and ultrasound at 6 weeks due to severe cramping and I am now 22 weeks and 3 days :)
With all my kids I found out around four weeks . At least with this pregnancy my first appointment was 7 weeks I think. Because I go to a midwife who runs a free standing birth center the only ultrasounds I get are around 20 weeks and those are elective , I have to travel two hours to get those.
Quoting Mama Wolf.:" When did you have your first appointment and how far along were you?"
This is my first. I found out shortly after 3 weeks and they wouldn't see me until I was 12. They did a EDD and sent me on my way. My doctor is strange though because even though I'm 33 weeks she schedules me every 3 weeks now. Everyone I've talked to got bumped up to every 2 weeks when they got to 28 weeks... But then again my doctor will only do two ultrasounds and my last one was at 20 weeks so I won't get to see LO till she's born.. Kinda sucks
first appointment was when my doc confirmed i was preggers and he said i was between 3-4 weeks and my first o.b appointment was about a month and a half later because i didn't have medical yet
Quoting Mama Wolf.:" With my first I was 6 weeks when I found out and went to the doctor. With this one I'm assuming I'm ... [snip!] ... this one I'm assuming I'm around 5-6 weeks but my appointment isn't until the 8th of January and I just hate the waiting game."
Lucky!!! I know how you feel though. I won't be getting in until the 28th :(
I was 4 weeks when I found out I was pregnant with all 3 of mine I didnt get into my OB until I was 8 weeks except with this one I got in a lot sooner because I had gotten pregnant after having my tubes tied so I am considered high risk! It sucks waiting but it is well worth it!
2 weeks, 6 days when i found out and i went to my appointment in my 3rd week.
With number 1 I found out at 6wks and had the first appointment at 9wks.
With my second, I found out at 3wks 4d, and had my first appointment at 10wks.
Quoting :" I had my 1st apt at 12 weeks and they told me your due date is determined by the 1st day of your last period"
Yeah that's how I calculated my EDD.


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Intel's presence in the Smartphone field is still too small to make an impact on ARM, but the company hopes to change that by speeding up development for future mobile Atom chips.
How many ARM based chips are released every year, okay just take half a year into account? And how new Intel mobile chips (Atom) are released in the same time frame? Great, now that the answer is in your head, read this. Intel's new CEO Brian Krzanich declared that he isn't particularly happy with the slow pace release of new Atom chips that go up against their biggest competitor, ARM. Krzanich says that the situation could change under his watch pretty soon.
"We see that Atom is now at the same importance, it's launching on the same leading edge technology, sometimes even coming before Core (Intel's line of PC chips)," said Krzanich.
"We are in the process of looking at all of our roadmaps and evaluating the timing of some of those products. It's fair to say there are things we would like to accelerate."
Of course, Intel will have to cut down their profits on selling chips if they hope to make a dent in the market. Competitors like Qualcomm sell their flagship SoCs at a fraction of the cost of Atom chips, and until that changes, OEMs will simply refuse to pick an x86 Atom chip that costs more and reduces their margins over a much cheaper ARM based solution.
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Aaron Colvin heard a story this weekend.
It begins in April 2012, leading up to the NFL Draft.
Former Penn State guard Johnnie Troutman tore his pectoral muscle during training. Teams were sent full details of the damage and surgery. Days after the procedure, the Chargers still took him in the fifth round, and after Troutman missed his rookie season, he started 10 games in 2013, including one in the playoffs.
Colvin listened quietly. He nodded his head.
"That's great," Colvin said. "You just need that one team to take a chance on you. When I get back, I'm telling you right now, I know I'm going to be one of the best cornerbacks out of this class. I just need that one team."
The NFL Scouting Combine wrap ups Tuesday, cornerback and safety the final position groups to participate in on-field workouts. Colvin, an ex-Oklahoma Sooner, didn't join them, sidelined by a knee injury suffered Jan. 21 at the Senior Bowl.
Defending a dig route during a one-on-one practice drill, Colvin planted his right leg. Before scouts, coaches and general managers, the 22-year-old tore his anterior cruciate ligament. Colvin is rehabbing in the same Florida area where Dr. James Andrews performed the ACL reconstruction on Jan. 27.
This is Colvin's pre-draft story.
Maybe, like Troutman's, it will end in San Diego.
The last Chargers draft is widely considered a successful one. In it, they walked away with three players on whom they had a first-round grade, taking tackle D.J. Fluker, linebacker Manti Te'o and wide receiver Keenan Allen in the first three rounds.
Now, here is Colvin, a team captain and all-Big 12 Conference first-team selection, who plays a position of need, who the team can get at a low cost, who perhaps could've been a first-round pick if not for the injury.
Colvin, a higher regarded NFL prospect than Troutman coming out of school, was projected safely to go in the second round. It was viewed possible to some that he could push into the first.
On Sunday, Colvin met with doctors as part of the thorough medical examination that takes place at the combine. He said he was told he could return to the field during training camp and the preseason. But a team will select him with the knowledge he may not be ready to play Week 1.
"I do feel like I'm worth the wait," Colvin said. "I know that when I do come back, I'm going to be hungrier than ever. I'm going to be a better player than I ever was before. I have full confidence in my ability when I come back.
"I'm training with the best, and I know that my knee will be better than it was before."
Colvin had been looking forward to Tuesday.
He planned to "stun people" at the combine, he said, his goal to run in the low 4.3s in the 40-yard dash. He wanted to prove he was a first-round pick. While possible he could fall now to the draft's third day, he assured he's not worrying about that.
He just needs that one team.
That one team who believes in him the way the Chargers did Troutman two years ago.
"The team that takes me is going to get a great player," Colvin said. "I honestly feel like I'm going to come back faster than anyone expects."


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Peggy Sue to Kick Off U.S. Tour with First Aid Kit at Webster Hall, 3/28
In support of their Yep Roc Records release, Acrobats, the London/Brighton-based trio Peggy Sue will play a run of U.S. dates with First Aid Kit kicking off on March 28 at Webster Hall in New York, NY.
Singer/guitarists Katy and Rosa along with drummer Olly recorded Acrobats in Bristol with producer John Parish, best known for his work with PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse and EELS. The band took a different tack for the new record, most notably by plugging in their instruments—the new album contains only one acoustic guitar. This sonic change came about as the trio revisited the bands they loved as teens turning to The Breeders and Sonic Youth for inspiration.
Peggy Sue sought to make Acrobats a much louder record by opening with the six-minute "Cut My Teeth." Singer and guitarist Katy, "I'm really proud of it, I see it as a sort of prologue—it tells the story of the movement from our first to our second album." Also, acquiring two new guitars and a new practice space inspired the band as well. "We'd write the guitar parts before vocals, which was backwards for us," says Rosa. Additionally, touring served as a backdrop for Acrobats, focusing the passage of time while traveling.
Peggy Sue Tour Dates
All dates with First Aid Kit
March 28 Webster Hall New York, NY
March 30 Black Cat Washington, DC
March 31 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
April 2 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
April 3 La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
April 4 The Great Hall Toronto, ON
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April 7 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
April 10 Venue Vancouver. BC
April 11 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
April 12 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
April 18 Slims San Francisco, CA


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The Bears, who trotted out 21 starting quarterbacks in the 16 years Brett Favre led the Green Bay Packers, now have the most talented and established quarterback in the division.
It was an advantage the Packers took great comfort in having. Now it was eliminated in the blink of an eye. Aaron Rodgers showed much promise in his first year as a starter for the Packers, but he still has much to prove.
Pardon me as I puke.
Please, someone, somewhere, tell me what Rodgers has to prove that Cutler doesn't? And don't give me the 'winning a game in the 4th quarter' thing. I'm sure Rodgers would be winning games in the 4th quarter if he was getting gifts from Ed Hochuli as well. And don't tell me how Cutler's losing record is due to his defense being horrible while he was with the Broncos - two words: Bob. Sanders.
I'm sorry, I know Bedard is pumping up the drama for the sake of the story, and yes, it's a big deal. But to categorically say that Cutler just slams the balance of power in the quarterback-play department in the Bears' favor is a stretch at best, if not downright ludicrous. Give me a freakin' break...
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Authorities are now identifying a burglary suspect shot to death in a confrontation with Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies.
Matthew Lyle Berg died after ramming his vehicle into a patrol car, and being shot by a deputy.
It started just after 12:30 yesterday afternoon, when a woman reported someone had broken into her home on the 2900 block of Highway 154, in the Santa Ynez Valley.
As deputies approached the home, they saw a man, later identified as Berg, leaving in a car. He refused to stop, and the car headed into Buellton on Highway 154, and then jumped on the southbound 101 for a short distance.
The car got off the freeway, and then got back on the freeway at Santa Rosa Road, going northbound through southbound traffic.
Burg then stopped at the freeway's Santa Ynez River bridge. A County Sheriff's deputy drove up to the scene, and the patrol car was rammed by the 47 year old Santa Maria man. The deputy opened fire, killing Berg.


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Members of THE BOOK OF MORMON cast stood next to the NEWSIES company backstage at the 2012 Tony Awards on June 10 and caught their reaction to Christopher Gattelli's Tony win for Best Choreography. Check out the video below!
Gattelli's other Broadway credits include Godspell, South Pacific (Tony & Outer Critics Circle Nominations) Women on the Verge..., Sunday In The Park With George, The Ritz, Martin Short-Fame Becomes Me, 13, High Fidelity. His Off-Broadway credits include Altar Boyz (Lortel & Callaway Awards, Drama Desk Nom.); Bat Boy (Lortel Award); tick,tick..BOOM!, and on the West End, South Pacific; Sunday In The Park; tick, tick...BOOM!.
He was the Director/Choreographer for SILENCE! The Musical, world premiere of Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas, Radio Girl, How To Save The World..., Departure Lounge as well as the Hair concert with Jennifer Hudson and the Chess concert with Josh Groban.
NEWSIES, the new American musical opened at the Nederlander Theatre on March 29th. The show features music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act), lyrics by Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony® Award winner Harvey Fierstein(La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy). The score includes songs from the feature film such as "Carrying the Banner," "Seize the Day," "King of New York" and "Santa Fe." It also features six new songs, three of which ("The Bottom Line," "That's Rich" and "Something to Believe In") have been added for the Broadway production.
Newsies, produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, is directed by Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun (Big River revival) and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific revival).
The Broadway company of Newsies features Jeremy Jordan (Bonnie & Clyde) as Jack Kelly, John Dossett (2003 revival of Gypsy) as Joseph Pulitzer,Kara Lindsay (Little House on the Prairie) as Katherine Plumber,Capathia Jenkins (Caroline, or Change) as Medda,Ben Fankhauser (Spring Awakening national tour) as Davey, Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Mary Poppins) as Crutchie, and Lewis Grosso (Mary Poppins), and Matthew Schechter (Elf) alternating the role of Les. Jordan, Dossett, Lindsay, Fankhauser and Keenan-Bolger will all reprise the roles they created in the Paper Mill Playhouse production last fall.
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South Sister Climber's Log
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|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
|With snow still covering about 50-60% of the trail this late into the season I thought I would give it a go hoping the snow would keep away the crowds. Left the trailhead at 6:20 with my dog, passed about 10 people on the lower section in the trees. Met a guy named Ryan about half way up and we hiked the rest of the way to the summit. Arrived on summit about 10:35 (4hrs 15 min) at a moderate pace. The snowfields were frozen on the way up so you will need good poles and boots, or get over onto rocks. Beauty day - stayed on the summit until noon, eating, talking to others as they came up. Could see all the way to Adams in the north and almost to California to the south. Ryan was heading over to middle so I headed down and hiked with Brent and Becka and their dog Rio. Our dogs got along well. 2:15 minutes down with some exciting glisading on the upper snowfields allowing us to make great time.
|Posted Aug 7, 2011 5:19 pm
|No Prep
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 1997
|Climbed South Sister with some friends on a very nice day many years ago.
|Posted Jun 29, 2011 6:39 pm
|Friends first mountain
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2011
|A buddy of mine was ready to see what this mountain climbing business was about. We had planned to walk in and camp but getting to the TH late we set up the tent there. Snow all the way from the road to the summit. Started at 6am, summit at 1pm, and back to the car at 5pm. Great day on the mountain and from what I know we had it all to ourselves.
|Posted Jun 28, 2011 3:07 pm
|South Sister Summit
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2010
|Hike to the top of South Sister
It's a non-technical but very demanding climb of the state's third-tallest peak.
About the Hike: Oregon's third-tallest mountain has a path to its top. Admittedly, the trail up 10,358-foot South Sister is exceedingly steep, long and rugged, but no technical climbing skills are required and the rewards are great.
From the summit - a broad, snowy crater with a small lake - you can see half the state. If this sounds too demanding, here's a secret: the loop to Moraine Lake, halfway up the mountain, is just as picturesque. This lower hike avoids the final trudge up cinder scree, yet still offers views 100 miles south to Mount McLoughlin. What's more, the weather's better here. The summit often generates its own little cloud, complete with whiteouts, wind, and a miniature blizzard
|Posted Feb 27, 2011 10:57 pm
|Climber's Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010
|I hit the trailhead at 6am, ended up passing about 15 people and still wasnt first to the top! Luckily the first party left upon our arrival so we had the summit alone for about 10 minutes. 30 minutes later there were 15+ people on top. Besides the crowd, the climb rocks and the views are outstanding!
|Posted Feb 20, 2011 6:47 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009
|2 months in a foot cast due to a broken foot. I climbed this pile of choss on the first day out of the cast. I will come back again when there is snow.
|Posted Feb 16, 2011 3:23 pm
|Devils Lake
|Just a big pile of rocks, good view though. Next time I'll climb it when there's still snow
|Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:25 pm
|Green Lakes
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2010
|I went up via the Green Lakes variation. Absolutely no people but certainly a faint and difficult trail to follow. It was like a big party at the summit and on the snow field near the summit (people make snow angels and stuff like that!). Fun!
|Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:26 am
|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2010
|Hiked the standard route with John Seward. Were first on top that day but was not long till the crowds were visible on the descent.
|Posted Jan 9, 2011 11:51 pm
|Where the hell did you just come from?
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010
|Although I have summited South Sister a few times before from the south cow trail, to conclude my Marathon I went straight up the north ridge, which was almost as hard as N. Sister. I crossed three steep glaciers and went up a never-ending 45+ degree scree field from hell, only to face 25 ft. of vertical, rotten, red rim rock. I crawled over the top and the guy standing there said "where the hell did you just come from". I've heard that more than once. :)
|Posted Dec 25, 2010 6:46 am
|finally did it after making Sisters Wilderness one of my favorite spots in Oregon
Date Climbed: Sep 7, 1998
|Lots of fun. One of my favorite wilderness areas in the Cascades.
|Posted Dec 21, 2010 7:47 pm
|Awesome & Challenging Run
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009
|Ran up from the campground (Devil's Lake TH) and what a run it was. Got incredible pics and views of Broken Top, the other sisters, etc. We hit snow with a couple of miles to go which made things very interesting (in shorts & t-shirts) and very fun/beautiful. This is definitely one of the favorite mountains I've ever done. The trail is great and the views are awesome. We bombed/slipped/slid down in hurry and got back in time for a late lunch. VERY cool.
|Posted Nov 8, 2010 9:51 pm
|with our 9yr old daughter
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010
|Our first time on S.Sis. summit. Started at Devils Lake TH and went slow with our daughter and son. She just turned 9 and was a real trooper all the way. Counted 200 people on trail, wasn't too crowded for a gorgeous day. Slippery,sloppy scree from false summit to top, especially coming down. Similarities to Mt.St. Helens summer climb with a lot of bouldering. Glad I had ski poles, knees aren't what they used to be! Difficult but fun for the old folks and youngest, a piece of cake for our teenager!
|Posted Oct 3, 2010 11:36 pm
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|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010
|Last minute decision to head to the Cascades for the weekend led to a summit of South Sister. Basically this time of year it's a hike up the South Climb route. Left early and passed two groups on the way up to have the summit to myself at sunrise. I was amazed at the number of hikers heading up as I hiked out.
|Posted Oct 3, 2010 6:03 pm
|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010
|Drove 10 hrs from Mtn View, slept in car 3-4 hours a couple miles from TH and left at 5am. Car to car in ~5.5 hrs at a very fast pace (for me). First to summit, but saw dozens of people on the way down. Saw all the way to Adams in the North and Bachelor in the South.
|Posted Sep 8, 2010 11:01 pm
|hot steep monutain
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010
|we started in the morning thabout 8000 feet up the mountain my dad saw someone that he know from high school. and ween we rechthe top the crater was stillcavered in snow. on the way down poeple asked me how old iwas i said, "i'm 8".
|Posted Aug 21, 2010 7:43 pm
|with my 8 year old boy
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010
|Made it up with my 8 year old we weren't the fastest but he did a great job. No snow on trail steep but the exposure was never great we started in dark at 5AM and made true summit by 10:30. It's a circus maybe but we didn't see a soul on the trail until 2.5 hours into our trip and I ran into Peter Carey from my High School. You cannot camp to trailhead there is no camp there but nearby camps a few miles away or hike up 1.75 miles to camp at lake. Lake looked beautiful that was no nasty climber's camp one lady swimming looked nice. People camped on summit too said it was very windy.
|Posted Aug 16, 2010 3:37 pm
|Smoke Free...Almost
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010
|Departed Devils Lake trail head about 6:45 AM and was on the summit by 11:30 AM. Mosquitoes were not bad and there was very little snow along the trail. Thought we might have issues with smoke from the Rooster Rock fire but the only smoke we encountered was from the loser smoking a cigarette at the tarn just below Lewis Glacier.
|Posted Aug 9, 2010 6:24 pm
|Climbed South Sister with our dogs
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010
|We climbed South Sister with our dogs yesterday, a 9 year old Australian Cattle Dog and a 3 year old Australian Shepard/Border Collie mix. We had bought rough wear booties for them for the top part where there is scree (sharp and pointy gravel/sand that is abrasive) but unfortunately we forgot them in Portland. We thought they did great but they were very tired on the way up and had some difficulty on the scree both up and down. Today we noticed that it had taken a toll on their paws. I guess dogs are stoic so we didn't know they were in pain. Their pads were cut in a few places and the bare skin inside their paws was raw and painful for them. Our Aussie/Collie is avoiding the gravel in our backyard now so we can tell it definitely bothers her. Our Heeler has fur inside his paws so he had more protection but still has a few torn pads. Anyway just wanted to post some info on this since there wasn't much on the topic when we were initially searching. I would really be wary of taking dogs to the top without booties and not on very hot days. It wasn't that hot and they were still very tired at times and searching for shade to lie down in. Also make sure booties fit well and go for a test walk to see if they stay on. One friend's dog did great with them and another's kept falling off. There were other dogs on the climb but if we ever decide to do the climb again we likely won't take the dogs.
|Posted Aug 9, 2010 12:43 am
|From Devils Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010
|Beautiful hike....snow free. not too many mosquitos.
|Posted Jul 25, 2010 10:18 pm


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Time is on the side of the aggressor. It is no longer possible to reverse the situation in Crimea, but procrastination would make an upheaval inevitable.
Washington is promising Kiev all kinds of support. Brussels is sending positive signals and promising a swift Association Agreement. Neither the United States nor the European Union will recognise the referendum in Crimea, still less annexation of that peninsula or of any other part of Ukraine. There are rumblings of generous financial assistance from both the US and the EU.
Meanwhile, the Americans and Europeans are already drawing conclusions from the ongoing events. NATO is bolstering defences on its Eastern European borders and preparing for an arms race.
Ukraine, however, does not yet have a place in this scheme. At the moment, the question is really where the eastern boundary of the "free world" should run – on Ukraine's the western border or along the Dnieper river.
Economic, political and financial sanctions will take time. Furthermore, all the regimes that have been subject to sanctions have found ways of getting round them one way or another, even if that proved hard and costly.
Nor is it a certainty that Russia really can be shut out of the global economy for a prolonged period, as that would obviously hurt its foreign partners. They in turn would look for loopholes in the sanctions rules, or else flout them openly, depending on the legal and political traditions of the state concerned.
Until West and East work out a common position, until a realisation dawns that the whole system of international law is at risk of collapse, and until global players assume their responsibilities and take tough action, the threat of destruction will hang over the largest country in Europe, and not it alone.
The possibility that there will be a Checkpoint Alpha, Bravo and Charlie on a border between Ukraine and Little Russia [term used for Ukraine in the Russian Empire] will remain on the agenda, even if it is postponed. And that border might well be located on Kiev's Pivdenny Bridge.
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We can find the Parc del Tibidabo in the Sarrià Sant Gervasi district. This landmark attraction enjoys a prime location which boasts views of the whole of Barcelona from the mountains to the sea. Spectacular vistas which form the backdrop to a modern amusement park which retains its much-loved character. It combines vintage rides from the early days and other high-tech attractions which have been added to cater to the most recent trends. Some of the oldest rides in the park include the Talaia, which dates from 1921 and rises up slowly and gently 50 metres above the plaza below, the Avió, or plane, which is the world's first flight simulator, and the haunted castle, the Castell Misteriós. The most intrepid visitors looking for adrenalin-fuelled thrills and spills can test their nerve on the head-spinning Hurakan, with its sudden plunges and 360º turns. The church of the Sagrat Cor stands in the Plaça del Tibidabo. It was designed by the architect Enric Sagnier and is crowned by a gilded statue of Christ, his arms outstretched towards the city spreading beneath.
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by Chris Gore
What should a pastor think when members of his church are debating whether they should support a vampire or a werewolf?
As ridiculous as the question would have sounded a mere five years ago, that was then . . . welcome to the world of "Twilight." The story is that of a teen girl who goes to a small town to live with her dad and soon finds herself tangled up with a family of vampires and a tribe of werewolves. But the Twilight books are not really about monsters, they are about love. The heroine, Bella, must decide who will have her heart: Edward, the vampire, or Jacob, the werewolf. And so this ultra-popular teen romance unfolds. Beginning as a series of books, the "Twilight" saga is now dominating the silver screen with the third of what will be five movies released recently, "Eclipse."
But the truth is most of you probably already had some knowledge of what the books and movies are about. That is how popular they are. And those coming to ask me questions about the books and movies do not want character information or plot twists, they simply want to know, "Is it OK for my child to read these books or watch these movies?"
I do think that there are great positives in the Twilight books that are uncommon in most modern literature and film. First, concepts like abstinence, marriage and motherhood are not only mentioned in "Twilight" (that alone would be unusual), but they also are all roundly praised in the entire series. Most teenagers are told that these moral values are antiquated and perhaps even wrong, that chaste living suppresses who they are and puts unnecessary burdens on them during what should be the prime of life. Stephenie Meyer is miraculously able in these books to make morality something of value and to set up a riveting moral image that many non-Christian girls and boys who read these books or watch these films have not been introduced to.
"Twilight" should also be praised in that the heroine's main love, Edward (the "vegetarian" vampire), demonstrates for many teenage girls what a young man is supposed to be like. He cares about his girlfriend's spiritual soul so much that he would give her up eternally rather than have her lose it to the darkness, who honors her purity so much that, even when Bella is practically begging him to sleep with her, refuses to compromise until their wedding day, a man who would give his life to protect hers over and over and over again. Vampire-status and the fact that he is not a Christian aside, morally-speaking, this is the kind of man we pray our daughters will find!
But this is where the great problem of "Twilight" comes in, for in setting up this idyllic romance and presenting this near-perfect male hero, it tells a lie. In the story, Bella and Edward find themselves in very intense romantic situations. And yet they are able to restrain themselves. The lie is that the book tells young men and young women who are battling their hormones that a young beautiful girl can be in a bed with a man who longs for her and nothing sexual will happen. It says that an unchaperoned couple can stay in a house overnight and only kiss. It says that a lusty young woman can plead to lose her virginity and her lusty young man will deny her. The story praises the fact that they wait, but that same story does not decry the situations they put themselves in. On the contrary, their struggles are romanticized and their temptations glamorized. That is a dangerous game, a danger even Scripture warned about in the Song of Solomon. "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases." It is almost certain that these books and movies will stir something up in your children that you have spent a lifetime trying to protect them from.
This problem will become even more prominent in the next films to come, as many believe they might well push the limit of "Twilight's" PG-13 rating. In the story, the characters are married before they have sex, but, if the heated nature of just the kissing scenes in the current films is any indication, the scenes of consummation will not be on the light side in terms of sensuality. The screenwriter for the films alluded to as much when she let her facebook followers know that the final two films would have plenty of "sex" and "feathers," a reference to the intensity of the sexual scenes in the books; scenes which she promises will make it to the big screen.
And so the problem for "Twilight" is not that it promotes unhealthy relationships, or that it mixes darkness with light or even that it fantasizes the dark vampire world (which, remember, is not real). It is just another tale of good vs. evil, albeit a little more complicated than usual. The problem is that it will expose your impressionable child to feelings that are overwhelming, situations that are unrealistic and passions that are unhealthy in Christian children who are commanded by God not to act on them. Your little girl who lies in bed at night, dreaming of love and romance like she always has, will now have mental pictures to aid her, lines from a book to inspire her and impossibly tempting situations that she thinks she wants to be in. And she might find herself in one of those situations sooner than you think.
I am so glad that Meyer has found a way to put in such a huge plug for abstinence and marriage and motherhood that this society usually finds laughable. I believe that the daughters out there without parental guidance could actually benefit from the message of the "Twilight" series.
But here is the difference that makes "Twilight" good for the world but not for your daughter. YOU! Teenagers of the world are in great need of any positive influence and the positives seem to outweigh the negatives in this story . . .
But Christian mother and Christian father, your young charges have already been taught that message by you, by their pastor, by the Word of God. These are sufficient and much greater tools than the story of "Twilight" could ever be. By exposing our children to the "Twilight" craze, we are adding nothing to their lives and only risk dulling the threat of temptation to their hearts. Christian children who read these books and watch these movies will receive a far too-tempting taste of what this world we are trying to shield them from has to offer, a match to light a fire that could easily and quickly overwhelm them.
So rejoice that a modern author has found a way to make "true love waits" look normal to the masses. But also rejoice that your kids don't need Meyer to teach them these things. They have you, their parents, to teach them, and they also have you to protect them from the temptations that this good story can awaken in their young hearts. Let the world benefit from "Twilight," but your sons and daughters do not need "Twilight." They have something better. They have you.
Chris Gore is pastor of Beggs, First, and a columnist for the Baptist Messenger.


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In the old days of Hollywood, a star with a crush on another star would have their publicist contact their crush's publicist and the two publicists would arrange a date for the two at the Palm or some place similarly swanky. In other words, the star would have his people contact her people to arrange a meeting.
But now there's the internet and stars now have an array of tools, as we all do, to interact with anyone, including other stars, in an instant. So if it's late at night and an aging star — let's call him Jim Carrey — is feeling lonely and longing for the embrace of a much younger, nubile star — let's call her Emma Stone — there's nothing stopping him from making a sorry spectacle of himself, as long as he has a functioning computer and an internet connection.
I just wanted to let you know that I think you're all the way beautiful. Not just pretty, but, you know, smart and kindhearted. And if I were a lot younger, I would marry you, and we would have chubby little freckled faced kids. We'd laugh all day long and go camping and play Yahtzee and tell ghost stories by the fire. And the sex? (Unsettling pause)
Everyday for the rest of your life, you would thank God that I was the appropriate age for you. But I'm not. I'm 49. I have lines on my face, sometimes a little grey in my beard, and it takes me a little longer to pee than it used to. Those are the only discernible signs of aging that I can find so far. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how I felt. You're pretty special, and I wish you continued success and artistic fulfillment, but most of all, I wish you love and contentment. That's all.
There's always the possibility that this is all a publicity stunt of sorts, maybe one to bring attention to Carrey's new website, where the video was posted, but I'm not so sure. In the past celebrities had walls of cooler-headed PR professionals to save them from making public spectacles of themselves. This, I suspect, is but one of a many future bits of unfiltered weirdness from famous people we'll see in the coming years. But really, who could blame Jim Carrey for wanting to cuddle with Emma Stone? I surely can't.
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The anticipation and excitement for these three top franchises have to finally have reached an all-time high. One of the key things you can look to to find out whether that is true or not is just how big the teaser trailer and initial announcements had been for each game. Resistance 3 was teased in front of an audience of industry professionals and streamed live on the internet at E3. It featured nothing but live-action acting and that was enough to get the blood pumping and for people heading to GameStop to pre-order the game as quickly as possible.
MotorStorm Apocalypse was revealed in the same time frame as Resistance 3 and displayed the chaotic racing ahead. It showed that the off-road racing was taking a spin into urban and city environments while buildings exploded around it. Racing fans were quick to point out the resemblances to Split/Second, but in reality, they play nothing alike. The 3D offered in Apocalypse is honestly unrivaled on all fronts. It's as though 3D and Apocalypse were built together, hand-in-hand. I think a lot of people are going to be pleasantly surprised at how much fun this game truly is.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception leaked its teaser trailer just prior to the Spike TV Video Game Awards and confirmed to many gamers what had already been speculated — Drake is heading to the desert. Drake's Deception is going to weave a storyline unlike any other in the franchise and the key to that is going to revolve around just how much of it include deception itself. It looks as though Naughty Dog has created ridiculously beautiful sand effects (something that hasn't really been done before) and it feels as though that Drake's Deception is going to be the masterpiece of this generation. To be honest, it sounds weird saying that considering how successful and how much of a crowning achievement Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was. November can't get here soon enough.
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Michael Brissenden presents AM Monday to Friday from 8:00am on ABC Local Radio and 7:10am on Radio National. Join Elizabeth Jackson for the Saturday edition at 8am on Local Radio and 7am on Radio National.
AM 40th Anniversary - a look back at the history of the ABC's agenda-setting morning radio program.
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AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs. It covers the stories each morning that the other current affairs teams follow for the rest of the day. Below is the program summary with links to transcripts and audio (if available).
Iraq has hit back at the United States over the Bush Administration's condemnation of its weapons declaration to the UN. Saddam Hussein's top adviser has challenged the US to send in the CIA to lead weapons inspectors to any suspected weapons sites.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is repeating its warning to Australians to defer non-essential travel to Indonesia, saying it has new information of an increase in the threat of bomb attacks and kidnap plots targeting Westerners.
The Palestinian leadership has announced it will postpone the elections it had promised to hold in January, saying it's impossible to hold elections while Israeli occupation, incursions and curfews continue.
North Korea has re-activated a nuclear plant suspected of being used to generate weapons-grade plutonium and has begun to dismantle United Nations monitoring equipment.
Meningococcal meningitis has claimed its 13th victim in Victoria for the year. The 30-year old woman was one of four people hospitalised with the disease in the western Victorian town of Portland. The outbeak has prompted a mass immunisation program for the town.
Ten of the world's biggest banks have agreed to pay US$1.4 billion to settle claims brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and have accepted reforms to stop their share market analysts from hyping up companies for the benefit of their investment banking divisions.
The head of the family that bequeathed cricket's holy grail to the Marylebone Cricket Club says the Ashes is a personal and romantic keepsake of the family and should not not be taken around the world as a trophy.
Former Liberal ACT Chief Minister, Gary Humphries, has won a gruelling contest for the casual vacancy which will become available next year when ex-Senate President, Margaret Reid resigns. At the next election he is expecting to face a tough race against the ALP and Greens.
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Handling hedgehogs can sometimes be tricky because of their sharp quills. It's important to handle them correctly to avoid getting accidentally poked.
While you learn to handle your hedgehog safely, you may want to wear gloves to avoid getting pricked. Gardening gloves can help protect your hands. You can also pick up your small pet with bare hands. If you get pricked with a quill, wash your hands to minimize irritation to your skin.
Talk to a hedgehog in a soft voice before you lift it up to let it know you mean no harm. Move your hand toward the hedgehog slowly and slide your fingers under its stomach. Lift slowly and place your other hand underneath it, cupping both hands to provide support. Place the hedgehog against your body and hold it there. (Don't press it against you too firmly or you'll get poked with quills.)
Before you handle a new hedgehog for the first time, make sure you allow it at least a week to get used to its new surroundings before you take it out of the cage. Spend time bonding with the hedgehog before you pick it up. If your new hedgehog rolls into a ball, makes a hissing or clicking noise or struggles to get away, it's nervous about being held. Put it in the cage and try again after it has calmed down.
If someone else wants to handle your hedgehog, make certain the person is comfortable with the idea of holding a small pet with sharp quills. Offer to let him or her wear gloves. Also ask the person to sit on the floor before you let him or her pick up or hold your hedgehog. You don't want your hedgehog to fall far if the person accidentally drops your small pet.


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When a Nicolas Cage movie without the words "national" or "treasure" in the title opens in #1 at the box office, it's a cause for celebration in the Cage household, because let's face it, ol Nic hasn't seen a hit in a while now minus all that treasure hunting. That's changed with Cage's latest, the sci-fi thriller "Knowing", which opened at first place over the weekend with just under $25 million.
The weekend's other two new films fared differently, with the Paul Rudd comedy "I Love You, Man" landing in second with a very solid $18 million, while the supposedly star-powered spy comedy "Duplicity", starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen barely cleared the $14 million mark. Not exactly great numbers for "Duplicity", since Roberts' salary alone probably cost more than the film's weekend gross.
Last week's #1, The Rock starrer "Race to Witch Mountain" fell to #4 with another $13 million, giving it a two-week total of $44 million. Zack Snyder's "Watchmen" continues to underperform at the box office, taking another $6.7 million in its third week for a 3-week total of just under $100 million.
Here's how the box office broke down over the weekend:
1 ——Knowing —— $24,814,000 ——$24,814,000
2 ——I Love You, Man ——$18,005,000 ——$18,005,000
3 ——Duplicity ——$14,402,000 ——$14,402,000
4 ——Race to Witch Mountain ——$13,004,000 —— $44,715,000
5 ——Watchmen ——$6,725,000 ——$98,065,000
6 ——The Last House on the Left (2009) ——$5,921,000——$24,047,000
7 ——Taken ——$4,100,000 ——$133,139,000
8 ——Slumdog Millionaire ——$2,700,000 ——$137,202,000
9 ——Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail ——$2,510,000 ——$87,208,000
10 ——Coraline ——$2,143,000 ——$72,803,000


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As the frontman for revered indie-rock pioneers Pavement, Stephen Malkmus helped mastermind some of the best albums of the '90s, including the genre-defining "Slanted and Enchanted," recently reissued as a two-CD set. The band broke up in 1999, and Malkmus went solo. Now he's back with his second post-Pavement record, a sprawling and strangely dark CD — recorded with his new musical collaborators, the Jicks — that sounds nothing like 2000's cheerily accessible "Stephen Malkmus." Mysteriously, the singer has titled it "Pig Lib." Why? Read on for some answers. Sort of.
Is there a specific pig we're looking to liberate?
Um…maybe feral pigs from Hawaii that escaped during the hurricane in the 1990s. They're sick of tourists and roaming around with feral chickens. Maybe it should have been called "Chicken Lib." The title is cryptic. You know, there's no real…it just kind of looks cool, I'm afraid to say. It sounds good.
It's not, like, an anagram?
Well…"Glib Pi"? I'm sure pi is pretty glib. Our guitarist Mike can do pi to 30 or 40 numbers. You should maybe talk to him. He's the pi guy.
Is it fair to say this record has some prog-rock influences?
I suppose. It's just hard-rockin' prog, like [veteran British blues-rock band] the Groundhogs or maybe the first Jethro Tull album. [Early-'70s English prog-folksters] Mellow Candle. Those are the kind of bands I can think of. I've never really even listened to Yes or E.L.P. Maybe Wishbone Ash's first album.
"Pig Lib"'s "Water and a Seat" has a weird time signature that's sort of E.L.P.
Yeah, that was an effort to do a messed-up hip-hop beat. I was making weird beats with this machine and I wanted to transfer that into a rock thing.
Could a Malkmus hip-hop album be in the works?
No, I don't know how to transfer it onto the computer and make it sound phat big. But I think I could come up with some of the rhythms. It's pretty simple. I think it is. [pause] No, it must be hard. Actually, no, I couldn't do it. You can say you can do something, but you never know what people will like. And I don't like [hip-hop] enough.
If your new album were a movie, what would it be?
"Aliens." Sigourney comes back with short hair and all's well at the box office.


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A competition that challenges artists to capture the "Spirit of Porthleven" is open for entries for the fourth year running.
For the first time artists can select their own locations to paint, which the organisers hope will result in an even greater variety of work.
All entries will be exhibited and for sale at Porthleven's old lifeboat house, which has been turned into a gallery, the Lifeboat Art Studio.
This year the panel of judges includes artists Neil Pinkett and Paul Lewin, who will be selecting the art works that most reflect the unique qualities of Porthleven.
The closing date for entries is June 26, with the exhibition on view from June 28 until July 6.
For more details call studio manager Rosie Hughes on 01326 574270.