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Sorry for asking this here, but it was the best section that I could think of, because my question concerns literature.
Bit of history: Psychoanalyst Carl Jung carefully analyzed stories from many different societies. Even though the societies vastly different technology, religion, ethnicity, history, geography, culture and basically any other property you can think of, he found commonalities that were always present, to one degree or another. It is like how all stories are structured around the Hero's Journey. Jung took things like this and said that they reveal something fundamental about the human condition. Since he could not travel to these societies, he gathered his evidence by reading their literature. One of the most prominent symbols that he found was the relationship between the Sun and the Moon reflecting that between man and woman.
I want to read more about these symbols and what they represent. A list would be ideal, but anything will do, because I can only find the occasional mentions of these symbols in Jungian works. Thank you.
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Probably represent toxic masculinity and patriarchy.
Mighty Jalapeno: "See, Zohar agrees, and he's nice to people."
SecondTalon: "Still better looking than Jesus."
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Two big celestial objects, two sexes, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_La ... ll_Numbers
But yeah there's not much discussion of it because it's mostly just deeply flawed cherry picking.
But yeah there's not much discussion of it because it's mostly just deeply flawed cherry picking.
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Noc: A larval Doogly. They grow the tail and stinger upon reaching adulthood.
Keep waggling your butt brows Brothers.
Or; Is that your eye butthairs?
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Also, there's some linguistic evidence for the genders of deities/personifications of the sun and moon having swapped in Indo-European cultures, without much reason to assume that happened at the same time meaning there was probably some period where there were male and female deities/personifications simultaneously applied to the sun/moon or a period where both the sun and moon had deities/personifications of the same gender.
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There is no universal symbolism. Read Schopenhauer's World as Will and Representation Volume I, his positions on symbolism are better.
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Terry Vinduska of Marion was cautious when he reached down to survey the condition of his wheat crops Monday.
"You just don't know how hard the cold, winter weather hits until you get up close and personal with the plants," he said. "It's a gamble. Sometimes I wonder why I am a farmer. I don't have much patience."
Vinduska is just one Marion County farmer who was concerned about the condition of his crops when temperatures dropped below freezing and ice, snow, and sleet blanketed fields of already emerging crops.
However Kansas State extension agent Rickey Roberts, believed it was the order of the winter weather that provided a blessing for area farmers.
"We really dodged bullets," he said. "The ice sort of covered the wheat like a warm sweater, keeping it safe from all the cold and snow. Then it melted and gave the plants the extra moisture they needed to keep growing."
Vinduska said he found a little bit of freeze damage on his crops, but said he didn't see the kind of damage he expected; only the tips of the leaves had started to brown.
"It could have been a lot worse, but as you can see the head is moist, green and in real good shape," he said. "This could end up being our best crop ever, we'll just have to wait and see."
Other crops, however, like corn, didn't fare as well.
"It's stunted," he said as he looked at the 3" tall plants in the middle of one of his corn fields. "You can tell the difference between the plants that emerged before the storm and the ones that came up after. This one has browned right up, and will take a long time to grow. This one, on the other hand, probably just emerged this morning. It'll probably take the same amount of time to reach the same height — even though it was planted almost a month later. It's just the nature of the freeze."
Vinduska said at this time last year he had already planted his second round of corn. But, he said he couldn't do that this year because of the extremely wet ground conditions.
"You can see, especially in the low-lying areas, all the water that's still on the ground," he said. "It's unbelievable. Last year we had such a dry season that we were harvesting wheat by June 1. This year, we'll be luckily if we can harvest by the end of the month. It all depends on how the rest of the season goes."
Vinduska said if things don't dry up soon, he'll be forced to plant either grain sorghum or soybeans — plants that do better in the wet conditions.
"Wheat and corn need moisture to start out, but the other plants need it all the time," he said. "If it looks like we're going to have a real wet season, I'll just go in another direction."
Nevertheless, Vinduska said that he plans to keep a careful watch over his plants, especially over the next couple weeks.
"I planted a lot of wheat," he said. "It likes hot, dry conditions. If you get it too wet, it can be at-risk for all different kinds of diseases. Insects usually come with dry conditions, so I'm not really concerned about that. We usually just have to deal with disease."
Due to the three-year drought cycle, Vinduska said he is not too worried about the soil profile. He said the area has had a good deal of moisture this spring, which has led to a good deal of soil moisture. But he said, the key to season-long moisture is having an abundance of moisture locked deep down in the soil — and that's something that area farmers don't have.
"If you go down three feet, it's still pretty dry," he said, explaining that drought still could be a possibility. "We might not be out of the woods yet, conditions are wet but it might not be enough if we have some really hot weather, and wind."
Vinduska prefers to think on the positive side. While he is always cautious when looking at his plants, he knows that he wouldn't stay farming long if he worried about every single weather forecast.
"There are some things you just have to realize you can't help," he said. "That's why we have crop insurance out here in Kansas; if we didn't, we would be in bad shape."
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May wheat and corn futures dropped this past week, as forecasters projected that Kansas crops would be affected by the winter weather conditions. May wheat landed at $7.58 and corn bottomed at $6.82 at closing of the market on Monday. Soybeans landed at $14.48.


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Swiss epic theatre writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt's intriguing 1962 play, 'The Physicists', is both an impassioned argument against nuclear war and an absurd comedy involving the farcical murders of three female nurses. The result is like the awkward lovechild of Joe Orton's 'What the Butler Saw' and Robert Wilson's 'Einstein on the Beach'. But, in Jack Thorne's sharp and sophisticated new version, this strange Cold War tragi-comedy emerges as a moving argument for humanism over unethical progress.
Three physicists, Herbert Georg Beutler, Ernst Heinrich Ernesti and Johann Wilhelm Möbius, are in a mental asylum. Beulter and Ernesti appear to believe they are, respectively, Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, while Möbius is regularly visited by King Solomon. But as conditions in the asylum worsen and Möbius, like his fellow inmates before him, is moved to murder his nurse, all three men are forced to reveal their sanity.
Thorne's funny but earnest script gives coherence to Dürrenmatt's difficult balance of mad humour in the first act and catharsis in the second. Robert Jones's mischievous set, where light bulbs become brandy glasses, also cleverly marries lunacy and lucidity. Although she never falls off, director Josie Rourke does not always seem comfortable on this tightrope.
Of her cast, grotesquely skilful actress Sophie Thompson succeeds in making hunchbacked sanatorium head Dr Mathilde von Zahnd both character and caricature. But Justin Salinger (Beulter) and Paul Bhattacharjee (Ernesti) initially appear unable to humanise their mad personas. But as Dürrenmatt's dialectic settles into a straightforward argument, Rourke and co produce an emotionally compelling second act.
Once something is learned it cannot be unlearned, we are forcefully told. It's a potent lesson, even for a modern audience less in the shadow of the mushroom cloud.
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After indulging in Christmas brunches and dinners, it is time to think about making healthy choices in the New Year.
Barathi Parthesarathy, registered dietician at Coastal Carolina Hospital, plays a vital role in helping those who need to make certain lifestyle changes.
She works closely with patients who have experienced a cardiopulmonary event, such as open-heart surgery or stent surgery.
Through a 12-week, outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program at the hospital, Parthesarathy helps patients change their unhealthy lifestyles.
"Working in the cardiopulmonary outpatient department, I see almost every patient who walks in the door," she said. "The patients involved with the program are outpatients, so it is very different. We meet one-on-one, complete a nutrition assessment to see how their current lifestyle is like, then educate them on how to make wiser choices through their diet and increase of physical activity."
Through the cardiac rehabilitation program, outpatients not only meet personally with the dietitian, but meet weekly for group education classes.
"They are so excited when they've lost half an inch, seeing the progress in their waistline," Parthesarathy said. "When they come to the group meeting, they are given the chance to interact, sharing experiences and advice."
The average age of the patients involved in the program is 50 to 85. Parthesarathy said taking control before a cardiopulmonary event happens is essential to a healthy lifestyle.
Abandoning the intentions of exercising and controlling food portions is what hinders people from a healthy life, she said.
Through the holidays, family gatherings and social events tempt people to eat more and move less.
"People think that between Thanksgiving and Christmas that you put on 10 pounds, but in actuality, it's usually only two or three," she said. "But there are ways to fight the pounds and still enjoy the holidays."
While Christmas has passed, there are still leftovers and New Year's Eve parties to attend.
"I tell my patients that when it comes to being healthy, they can be selfish; because no one else is going to be in control of how they eat or how much physical activity they do," she said.
"Instead of making New Year's resolutions, it has to be a mantra, a mind-set. You can't indulge now and say you'll diet later, because when the holidays approach again, you gain the weight back. I suggest a lifestyle change because it is the best gift."
Reducing saturated fat, sugar and salt intake can help better the lifestyles of everyone.
"I remind patients that nothing happens overnight. It is a long-term process for everyone who wants to lose weight," Parathesarathy said.
For Councilman Scott Ready, new goals will begin in the new year.
"While I am a goal-oriented person, I'm not much on New Year's resolutions," he said. "I've tried the, 'I'm going to lose 30 pounds,' but found that it's best when the goal is made with a true plan to accomplish it."
His personal goals are to develop and maintain a weekly exercise routine and also be completely debt-free, with the exception of his home, in 2013.
Ready's professional goals include attending local and regional events to meet more citizens of the Lowcountry and also drive the city's five-year plan.
He suggests the best way to keep goals during the new year is to write them down. Once your goals are written down with an action plan, put them on your refrigerator or in your office, wherever you will see them every day, Ready said.


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The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth Games is organized every four years and is the third largest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympics and Asian Games. They are sometimes referred to as the "Friendly Games".
The first country to introduce the concept of the Commonwealth Games was Great Britain. The games were held for the first time in 1930 at Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. There were 400 athletes from eleven (11) of the seventy one (71) Commonwealth members competing in only six (6) sports at the first games. There are now a total of thirty one (31) sports and seven (7) Paralympic -sports which are approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation.
The Commonwealth Games was formerly referred to as the British Empire Games. Since its beginning, the games have had many name changes:
1930 - The British Empire Games
1954 - The British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1970 - British Commonwealth Games
1978 - Commonwealth Games
The Games are controlled by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) which also selects the host cities.


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The champagne corks were popping in Switzerland on 9 June, when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the official British drug appraisal agency, announced that Herceptin (trastuzumab) would soon be approved for use in early-stage breast cancer. For Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, the incorporation of Herceptin into the British NHS system will be the final crowning glory of one of the most successful marketing campaigns in medical history.
In 1998, Roche bought the international marketing rights to Herceptin from the drug's US manufacturer, Genentech. Over the last eight years, the orchestration of their joint public relations has been masterful-with newspaper headlines of a "wonder drug","a breakthrough treatment" and even a "cure", and stories of people so desperate to get hold of Herceptin that they'll sell the roof over their head to pay for it, and High Court battles to get the drug prescribed on the NHS.
How does it work?
So what's so special about Herceptin; what's all the fuss about?
The headlines have got it right in one respect. Herceptin is indeed a breakthrough in chemotherapy, but it could be argued that it's about time we had one. The vast majority of chemo drugs are simply poisons, whose mode of action is to try and kill cancer cells before killing the rest of the healthy cells in the patient. Hardly 21st-century medicine.
Herceptin is different from a poison in that it's claimed to specifically target breast cancer cells, by blocking some of the chemical signals they need in order to grow. There's good evidence that some cancers, breast cancer in particular, are related to a gene called HER2. The term HER has nothing to do with the female gender; it stands for Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor, with the 2 meaning it's the second one to be discovered.
Some breast cancers have been found to be correlated with an abnormally high level of HER2 genes in the body. When that happens, the gene "orders" an excess production of receptors on the surface of cancer cells. The receptors are the "ears" of the cell, picking up chemical signals from the rest of the body, and adjusting the cell's growth accordingly. However, if there are too many receptors, as is the case in some breast cancers, the cells pick up too many growth signals, and start to multiply uncontrollably.
Herceptin works by attaching itself to the receptor "ears", thus effectively blocking them up, and preventing the chemical "grow" signals from getting through. Roche's marketing has stressed that, because Herceptin only attaches itself to HER2 breast cancer cells, it can't theoretically affect other cells in the body. Thus it's a true "breakthrough" in chemotherapy.
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So far so good. The problem, though, is that in practice Herceptin is not that specific. It turns out that other receptors besides breast cancer cells can get blocked by the drug. So far, the receptors that have been found to be damaged are those in the heart and lungs. Researchers at the prestigious Salk Institute have shown that Herceptin damages a gene called erbB2, which is intimately connected with heart and lung function. Interference with this gene can cause breathing problems, and damage heart muscle to the extent of actually compromising the pumping action, leading to heart failure (Recent Prog Horm Res, 2004; 59: 1-12).


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Motuara Island - not just for the birds!
A family friendly outing to Motuara Island Bird Sanctuary in the Marlborough Sounds.
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I'd been promising the girls all through the summer holidays that we would take a trip out with Beachcomber Cruises to Motuara Island. Somehow the summer got away from us but it was with much anticipation on a gorgeously sunny and blue sky autumn day that at 8am we boarded our boat, "Tracker". Nui, our friendly skipper ran through the safety features of the boat and provided us with a commentary about the surrounds, wildlife and history of the area that both, informed and entertained without being intrusive or dare, I say it - boring! This is no mean feat as even the best behaved child (or adult!) can become whiny. But the combination of being out on the water, beautiful scenery, watching out for wildlife and the company of our fellow travelling companions (walkers heading out on the Queen Charlotte Track) meant the 60 minute cruise flew by.
Situated at the entrance of the Queen Charlotte Sound and only accessible by boat, Motuara Island attracts bird lovers from all over the world. Since introduced pests such as possums and ferrets were eradicated in 1991 it has become a wildlife refuge and a haven for some of New Zealand's most endangered native species including the South Island Saddleback, Maud Island Frog and the Marlborough Green Geko. Today our main focus was on the feathered variety and armed with a handy, wildlife fact sheet provided by Beachcomber Cruises, we stepped off the boat and ventured onto the island with a promise to be back in an hour.
The sound of birdsong was amazing and we were lucky enough to come across a pair of Little Blue Penguins in one of the strategically placed nesting boxes. As we made our way up the track at a steady but manageable climb we came across fantails, bellbirds, tuis, a New Zealand pigeon and robin to name just a few. Alas the Saddleback was elusive but the views across the Marlborough Sounds from the lookout were truly stunning. Motuara Island also plays an important role historically and it was here that Captain James Cook first raised the British flag and claimed sovereignty over the South Island in 1771.
The hour flew by and Beachcomber Cruises were waiting as promised to take us on the next part of our journey. This time we were greeted by skipper Julian as we boarded "Tiricat", which operates the Ship Cove Cruise in the morning and the Mail Run in the afternoon. We headed across to Ship Cove and enjoyed some time ashore exploring this sheltered bay before cruising back to Picton. Skipper Julian was an excellent host and while pointing out points of interest also told some very entertaining tales along the way. I'm not quite sure how much of it was 100% true but you know what they say about never letting the truth get in the way of a great story! Arriving back in Picton at the perfect time for lunch, we were already planning our next Beachcomber Cruises Marlborough Sounds adventure.
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Time always wins in the end. Of course, that hasn't stopped people from trying to fight it.
One of the most infamous examples of a lost battle in historic preservation circles is the demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. The magnificent pink granite structure occupied 28 acres, and had 138-foot-high ceilings and a grand staircase that was 40 feet wide. When construction was completed in 1910, newspapers hailed it as a splendid gift to the city of New York. It cost more than $100 million to build.
That Penn Station was razed in 1963. Today's Penn Station, which is all underground, has 22-foot ceilings. It's an understatement to say the replacement lacks the grandeur of the original. The longtime architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, who died in January, characterized the original station's demise as part of a larger poverty of imagination and ideals.
'Not that Penn Station is the Pantheon, but it might as well be because we can never again afford a nine-acre structure of superbly detailed solid travertine, any more than we could build one of solid gold,' she wrote in The New York Times in 1963. 'The tragedy is that our own times not only could not produce such a building, but cannot even maintain it...'
For the Penn Station of the early 1960s wasn't seen as the noble structure it had been in 1910. It had been littered with colorful advertisements that Huxtable called 'blasphemous utterances.' Automobiles revolved on great turntables, and a swooping aluminum and steel 'clamshell' of a canopy was built over a ticketing area in the mid-1950s.
Three years after the original Penn Station was turned to rubble, the federal government significantly expanded its preservation efforts with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. It was a reaction to the 'wholesale destruction' of neighborhoods, often as a direct result of federal transportation and development programs, according to Paul Lusignan, who reviews applications for the National Register of Historic Places.
Now, nearly half a century later, there are more than 88,400 listings on the Register, according to the National Park Service. About 1,500 new applications come in annually and, because most of the vetting is done at the state level, the vast majority of applications are approved.
But one of the persistent misconceptions is that once a site is designated historic, it will remain forever protected and unchanged. Not so. States can request that a site be removed from the National Register of Historic Places at any time, and for any number of reasons. National Park Service records obtained and analyzed by Digital First Media show that states have requested the removal from the Register of at least 1,752 previously designated sites since 1970. That's 2 percent of the total number of listed sites.
In the past decade, there have been about 51 removals from the National Register per year, with occasional spikes. In 1999, for example, 138 sites were delisted.
'I believe that there is a correlation between tax credits and the number of new listings,' said Jeff Joeckel, an archivist for the National Register of Historic Places. 'But I am not aware of any correlation between a strong economy and the number of removals.'
Joeckel surmises that the 1999 spike may have come because states were overhauling computer systems ahead of the year 2000 as a way to prepare for potentially widespread computer problems that year, and happened to notice sites that needed delisting along the way.
The number of removals per state varies, too. On average, states have removed about 36 of their previously listed sites. Vermont is the only state that's never requested a removal.
'We weren't aware that there weren't any,' said Devin Colman, Vermont's historic preservation review coordinator. 'I checked with one of our former National Register coordinators and she said certainly, there are buildings that should be delisted just because they've burned down. We just have such a small program that we've really tended to focus our efforts and time on the listing process and not so much going back and delisting.'
That's not uncommon and may be the case in other states with few recorded removals, federal officials say.
'With smaller and smaller state staffs, removal work often falls to secondary in importance,' The National Register's Lusignan said. 'The creation of public access to state and national register databases on the Web has also allowed the public to provide information on 'lost' buildings that might otherwise have gone unnoticed by state staffs.'
Arkansas has removed 147 sites from the Register since 1970, the most of any state. The state's National Register coordinator, Ralph Wilcox, says that's probably because his office has a relatively robust travel budget that allows for up to two days a week of site visits.
'Most states don't have the budgets to allow a lot of travel by staff,' Wilcox said in an email. 'As a result of our staff's travel, we probably have a better idea than most states of what properties have been demolished or altered and warrant removal from the National Register. In addition, I usually try to stay on top of that paperwork, and other states may not see it as that much of a priority.'
It's also important to note that 147 removals represent just a fraction - 6 percent - of the 2,549 Arkansas listings on the National Register.
Minnesota has had 117 sites delisted, the second-highest number of any state. That's mostly because the state made it a priority to keep its listings updated, says Denis Gardner, who coordinates National Register listings for the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. The number of overall listings in the state also has climbed substantially, with the new tax credits related to rehabilitation, he says. According to the National Park Service, Minnesota has 1,627 sites on the Register.
The states with the most sites listed on the National Register: New York (5,462), Massachusetts (4,201) and Pennsylvania (3,303). But historians point out that numbers can be misleading. One historic district would be listed a single time on the Register, for example, but it could have 500 historic properties within its boundaries.
Joeckel says he and most others in the preservation field are able to focus on the positives, despite the inevitable crumbling that comes with the passage of time.
'But as the archivist,' he said, 'you do look at the number of removed files and you're just wondering, 'Aren't all of these that are listed eventually going to be over here?''


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Mt Taranaki - Pouakai Ranges Crossing
Have you ticked the bucket list for the Tongariro Crossing? Here's your next must-do: Mt Egmont National Park's Pouakai Crossing. Guided tours on request.
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The Pouakai Crossing is the sister walk of the popular Tongariro Crossing.
Mt Taranaki Guided Tours offer this new one day guided trekking tour. Take in great views of both Mt Taranaki itself and surrounding scenery, as you progress on well maintained trails to historic Holly Hut.
The Pouakai Crossing crosses the distinctive Ahukawakawa Wetlands, over the Stoney River bridge, and up the Pouakai Spur to the Pouakai Plateau. The highest point at of the trail is 1400 metres above sea level.
Heading east trekkers can descend to the scenic Pouakai Tarns, a popular spot for photographs on a clear day. Walk down passed the Pouakai Hut on the Department of Conservation's newly upgraded Mangorei Track.
At the road end you'll be driven back to New Plymouth.
This new trek is suitable for reasonability fit walkers as it is an 8 to 9 hour trek.


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There's a children's chorus by May Butler that was popular about 30 years ago, but heard less often in churches these days. It starts off ...
Looking upwards every day,
Sunshine on our faces;
Pressing onward every day
Toward heavenly places.
Mixing a review of the film Sunshine and religion seems quite appropriate given elements of the storyline in Danny Boyle's new work.
"Our sun is dying.Mankind faces extinction."
The opening dialog feels like the start of an epic poem, and sets Sunshine up to be a more arty, contemplative piece than just a sci-fi action adventure disaster movie. It's something of a cross between Deep Impact, Armageddon, 2001 Odyssey and Solaris. A strange mix.
The set up is that the previous ICARUS mission failed (seven years ago). We join the crew near the end of their journey. Eight astronauts strapped to the back of a bomb. ICARUS II. Their purpose: "to create a star within a star", to restart the sun. If they're successful, eight minutes after they set of the bomb, Earth will be flooded with new light. So it's a last chance mission to save humanity from a cold, dark death.
Visually the film's palette consists of bright white, black, orange, slate grey, and tiny optimistic shoots of green. The screen alternates between total darkness, blinding light, and slabs of white on dark backgrounds. Clever face-reflected-in-glass shots. Whenever the ship's crew aren't quite sure what's going on, the action blurs ... and it probably saved a fortune on prosthetics and detailed CGI in the last fifteen minutes of the film! And the soundtrack is a test for your local cinema's bass bins - it's all very deeeeeep.
For a ship that was being constructed as the second last ditch attempt to preserve life on earth, ICARUS II has a remarkable build quality. I'd have expected a less than perfect finish. No point painting everything uniformly. Would the crew have minded if a few corners had been cut. Time was of the essence? Or do heroes deserve better?
And before I forget: why do spaceships need external flashing lights? The ICARUS II has floodlit sections all over. It's a complete waste of energy. There's no one out there to bump into them as they sail through space towards the sun. Maybe it's just in case someone on a passing comet wants to film the ship.
There are a couple of sets that form focal points of the film. There are repeated visits to the observation room, where the crew(s) can watch the sun through a filtered window. The fascination with the sun, an encouragement, a depressant, its life-giving light, its all consuming fire. The crew are sun worshippers. From early on in the film, the religious imagery is painted thick.
Getting there and back means that the ICARUS II needs to produce its own oxygen for the crew. Hurtling towards the sun, with only a massive gold shield (fashioned from all the remaining gold on Earth), photosynthesis is the answer, with the leafy oxygen farm. (It looks like the Eden project, unsurprisingly since that's where it was filmed!)
Deep down, Sunshine is a disaster movie. One questionable decision leads to another. A litany of mistakes, each making the consequences of the next mistake all the greater. Like one bad throw of the dice causing you to slide down a Snakes and Ladders board. So close to the goal, and then so far away from where you were headed.
Yet in the middle of the bitterness, there are some crew willing to lead, and willing to make sacrifices. And in the middle of the darkness, there are green shoots of hope. One of the crew succinctly sums up the mission's success criteria in his last message sent to family at home before the ICARUS II enters the radio dead zone near the sun.
"So if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day, you'll know we made it."
Dilemmas are faced. Yet they know that getting the bomb to the sun is more important than curiosity or saving lives. The crew are torn.
The closer they get to the sun, the more obsessed they become with it. It dominates their waking and their sleeping. Fascinated by the viewing gallery. Disturbed by fiery nightmares. The religious metaphor continues with morbidity as well as hope as they perhaps approach the end of their lives.
The final stages of the film are where it branches out from traditional middle-of-the-road sci-fi, and joins the Solaris appreciation society. In some ways, it saves having to sit through a disappointing ending with victory snatched from the jaws of defeat (or vice versa). But it mars the integrity of the film, introducing new elements to the film at such a late stage. And then in the final seconds, the action switches from space to Earth for the first time in the closing scene: a snowy field, that lacks the normal bright blinding whiteness.
Some parts of Sunshine are really worth seeing. It's a tremendous achievement for a relatively small investment. But it's not going to be a classic sci-fi that's talked about in twenty years time.
And before I forget, the trailers for 28 Weeks Later, Zodiac and Next (more fully, "Next, from the author of Minority Report"!) all look promising. Though sometimes, as in the case of Sunshine, the trailers are better than the actual film.


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What Did 2012 do for your Network?
Five or six years ago, I got a call from a Marketing VP who was antsy in her job. "I need to think about broadening my horizons," she said. "For starters, I need to start networking more." "What kind of networking do you do now?" I asked her. "None," she said. "I know the people I work with, and my friends outside of work, and that's it."
We put together a plan for the Marketing VP's career exploration. Her first assignment was to go to a large networking event; we went together, and chatted with a dozen people there. "That was really fun," said the VP as we left. "I guess I thought that when you network, you have to have a purpose in mind – either you need a job, or you're trolling for business." "Heck, no!" I exclaimed. "That's not networking, that's transacting business. Networking is just talking, and seeing whether glue forms." "We built up a lot of glue tonight!" she said. It was true; we had.
A month later, the VP of Marketing got the news: her division was being eliminated. "I'm sure you knew it, intuitively," I said. "You didn't call me out of the blue." The company gave her a month of stealth time to get organized, before they planned to announce the closure. The VP networked like a banshee during that time, scheduling breakfasts, coffees and lunches, with a few drinks-after-work and large group events tossed into the mix. Some of the networking turned into deeper conversations about business, pain, and solutions. On the day the division-closing announcement was made, she accepted a new job offer.
"It's a whole 'nother world, this networking thing," she said. "It is," I agreed. I'm pretty sure the Marketing VP will never fill out another online job application again. Networking is a million times more powerful than that wan pushing-on-a-rope process, and luckily it's also a million times more fun.
Every working person can network, and should — networking grows your relationship-building muscles, keeps you close to the ground, lets you hear about opportunities, and generally informs your worldview for business and life in ways that staying in your cubicle with your head down do not. Whether you worry about job security or not, having a strong and diverse network of business friends is a huge asset to any working person (or student or job-seeker, for that matter). Here's a quick checklist to let you see how your networking muscles grew in 2012 — or, if you're new to the networking moshpit and haven't tried any of this stuff yet, where to focus your networking energy in 2013:
Let's start with your besties, leaving aside for now the people you work with every day. How well did you do at keeping up with your inner-circle friends in 2012? Did your day-to-day work make it impossible for you to see the girlfriends or get together with the guys (singly or in groups) or were you able to carve out room for that? It's important. In 2013, please try to schedule time for friends and family at the same level of priority as the work on your desk. After all, the work will always be there. The people time is irreplaceable. You need it, and so do the people you love and vice versa.
Who did you meet in 2012, and intend to keep in touch with? Why not send a little holiday email greeting to those folks, while you're thinking about it? Your network is like a rubber plant or a goldfish or a bearded dragon lizard – it's a living thing, unless you let it languish and die. Please don't do that! You don't have to have business to transact with people in order to keep in touch with them. What about an email message that says "I was thinking about you and wondering what's new with you. Have time for lunch or coffee before the holidays?"
It is wonderful that Facebook and LinkedIn make it so easy these days to reconnect with people from even our distant paths. Who did you reconnect with, in 2012? You want to keep up with those folks, too. Maybe someone has a problem you could help with, or someone could make an introduction for you or suggest a book or another resource that might change your life. Who will you reconnect with in 2013? Is there a name drifting in and out of your mind, someone you used to know and miss being around, these days? Call that person now. Why not? There's no statute of limitations on networking!
Most of us work in organizations with cool and sparky people we never actually get to meet, because we've got our heads down all day plowing through the piles of work in front of us. One place to spread your networking wings is right in your own workplace. The office or shop you work in is a great place to grow your network and your mojo (including at the company holiday party) and there are tons of others, from your spouse-or-partner's holiday gathering to a neighborhood cookie exchange. There are amazing people all around you, and this time of year is a great season to meet some of them and grow your networking chops.
Maybe you realized in 2012 that you're fascinated by a particular aspect of business or philanthropy, or something else that sparked your interest this past year. Once you've found a keyhole like that, go right through it! Maybe you'll focus your networking in 2013 on the arts in business, or changes in higher ed, or some other current that pulled you in during 2012.
Ask yourself now: what is that current, or what are the themes that draw you? Once you understand the flame you're growing in your networking, you'll be able to decide which events, groups, and people to focus your 2013 networking efforts around (keeping in mind that the universe has a wonderful way of putting us in situations we need to be in, anyway).
How's your personal branding supporting your networking adventures? Do you have a LinkedIn profile, and if so, are you happy with it? If not, put "Beef up my LinkedIn profile" on your 2013 networking To Do list. What about the way you present in person – are you happy with that? Lots of people stop at this time of year and shift their message or their professional presentation (which might include clothes, hair, glasses, makeup or your briefcase) to align their professional image with the brand they're looking to convey.
Job-seekers often have a career direction: good for them! Working people find it easy to lose their direction, because someone is right there telling them "Here is the next thing for you to learn, and here's the next job for you to strive after." Unfortunately the people who tell us what we need to learn and what job we should pursue are not also telling us "If you do the things I'm suggesting, you'll become Director of Everything six to 12 months from now." Our employers don't drive our careers anymore. We drive them. Every working person needs a career direction, a spot on the horizon that we're sailing toward and some ideas about how to get there. Staying glued into your network, expanding it all the time and tossing around ideas and stories with other people are the ways working folks get clearer about their direction and get the emotional fuel they need for the journey.
Download our quick and fun exercise, What Happened With My Network in 2012 to take stock of your own networking activity in 2012 and make a plan for your 2013 networking. Smart, helpful and charged-up people are all around you. You only have to go meet them!


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…..and here, you'd think its over but its not…..(no, no, this was just tea)…….stay tuned for more loveliness…
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Love the energy of the entire wedding and guests! They did a great job wedding planning and making it unique to them as a couple :)
This wedding is truly stunning. I love how striking the bride's ensemble is…it is just so unique! The photography is so excellent as well…there is just nothing that I dislike about this wedding!
MAGICAL confetti pictures!! AHHH!
So boheme. mismatching china included… oh it's lovely.
I would be p.o.'d to see this on a snark site… this can only be built up; unique is amazing.
Just stop it. This is so fantastic.
very cool. absolutely love everything about this wedding.
Incredible. So out there and awesome.
Do you know where she got her dress from/who made it?
Oh my, these images remind me of my 80's big haired, hooped skirt wedding. THanks for sharing!


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Tony Robinson grew up on a farm in Ohio and alter built custom homes, alter relocating to the Grays Harbor area of Washington State. But after 20 years his artistic side called and he turned his attention first to hand made art items and later to the super sized, almost gigantic chainsaw sculpted statutes.
Living in Copalis Crossing, Tony spends much of his time at the Hogan's Corner intersection, where highway 109 allows visitors to turn left into Ocean Shores or proceed straight on to Ocean City, Copalis Beach and beyond. He also displays in Seabreeze Gallery, a new store and gallery exhibiting and selling the work of 30 local artists and artisans.
Watching Tony at work is to observe a buzz saw of activity, fueled by whining chain saws and his every present movement.
"One day I was walking on the beach and found a large piece of driftwood. I wanted to carve it into a wolf," he says. "I bought a chainsaw, took it to the beach and started carving. I made a gigantic mess."
That lit a fire and after friend, Jeffro Uitto gave him a piece of driftwood, Tony created a now famous image of wild horses that he titled "Hurricane." Tony sees his creative life as a journey which only started when he was 40. Tony felt honored when Keith Hoffman asked him to join Seabreeze Gallery.
"You need three things to be an artist – a gift, ambition and desire," he says. Now his new job has become a passion that takes up both nights and days.
His favorite subjects are magnificient creatures from the natural environment such as whales, wolves, salmon bear, eagles and the ever popular big foot. But he has also been called upon to create life size sculptures of Seahawk players.
The process begins by roughing out a shape in immature wood in a large carving tent. A smaller tent is used to dry the wood, after which Tony is able to carve more intricate details. Some wood is left in its natural state, some varnished and some painted for effect. He often returns to pieces with new items he can not resist.
From friends from every walk of life, Tony gets support from many. His work now graces homes and business all over Washington State. "I have never have trouble getting wood," says Tony, "I know the right people and often trade sculpture for wood."
Many find it odd that Tony has no format art training but he is an avid reader and has developed a keep sense of drawing. "They say you need to learn to draw in order to sculpt," he quips. "I did it the other way around."
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I have known Michael Geriets for over 24 years and worked with
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I have worked with Michael in numerous types of situations, and
he always handles himself in a very professional manner. He has
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Michael has strived to increase his knowledge of the
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Tomato blossoms:
I can't remember if this is squash or cucumber:
We also put tomato cages on our plants (that we started from seed- so proud of these) and laid soaker hoses, pinning them down with Orbit loop stakes:
The peas and beans at the base of my green teepee are really taking off. Do you think I'll need to thin them though or will they still produce even if I let them go a little crazy?
So excited for these plants!
Super bummed though about these strawberries though:
We think it must be either tarnished plant bug which I am somewhat hopeless of curing (though open to suggestion) or that there might be some problem with the strawberries getting fertilized by each other. I must thank my friend Dana Nash and my sister's horticulture professor respectively for the diagnoses. It could very well be TPB because we have wild mint (a common TPB host) growing in our driveway. But I couldn't see any of the little critters on my plants… Hmm.
Now I open it to you to suggest a solution. Anyone know what to do? I'm going to try taking a clipping to the master gardener at the Utah county extension center but I'd appreciate any help with diagnosis or solutions. I've not given up to despair for my little berries yet though I'm earnest for their revival. Also, does anyone know, if it is either of the above problem, if it will affect my other plants nearby?
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My strawberries are worse so I'm no help — but WHAT A THRILL to see you babies growing up left and right!!!!!!! You EARNED it!


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This book is the first in a series of eight volumes that contain archival forms of my published papers, together with new material.
Literate programming is a methodology that combines a programming language with a documentation language, thereby making programs more robust, more portable, more easily maintained, and arguably more fun to write than programs that are written only in a high-level language. The main idea is to treat a program as a piece of literature, addressed to human beings rather than to a computer. The program is also viewed as a hypertext document, rather like the World Wide Web. (Indeed, I used the word WEB for this purpose long before CERN grabbed it!) This book is an anthology of essays including my early papers on related topics such as structured programming, as well as the article in The Computer Journal that launched Literate Programming itself. The articles have been revised, extended, and brought up to date.
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(Numbers like P68 and Q78 in this list refer to the corresponding papers in my list of publications.)
Available from the publisher (CSLI), and also from the distributor (University of Chicago Press).
This book received the Productivity Award from Computer Language magazine, 1992, awarded to products that significantly increase programmer productivity.
Quick introduction to literate programming by Chris Lee
Matt Pharr plugs Literate Programming when receiving his 2013 Oscar with Greg Humphreys and Pat Hanrahan!
For a list of corrections to errors in the first printing of this book, you may download either the errata file in plain TeX format (8812 bytes) or the errata file in DVI format (10816 bytes) or the errata file in compressed PostScript format (34478 bytes); the latter files were generated by the TeX file, and last updated 12 Jun 2004. Most of the errors in the first two printings were corrected in the third printing, but several minor errors have been found by sharp-eyed readers of the fourth printing (1998) or the fifth printing (2008) or the sixth printing (2013):
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I hope the 2013 version is otherwise error-free. But (sigh) it probably isn't. Therefore I will gratefully deposit 0x$1.00 ($2.56) to the account of the first person who finds and reports anything that remains technically, historically, typographically, or politically incorrect. Please send suggested corrections to firstname.lastname@example.com, or send snail mail to Prof. D. Knuth, Computer Science Department, Gates Building 4B, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9045 USA. In either case please include your postal address, so that I can mail an official certificate of deposit as a token of thanks for any improvements to which you have contributed.
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Reid: I feel sorry for Boehner
Harry Reid feels bad for John Boehner — and he isn't shy about expressing his feelings.
In Reid's view, the speaker has a restive Republican Conference full of "crazies" holding him tightly to a requirement that a majority of Republicans support everything that comes to the floor, which is "bad for the country." Each of his bills are often, by necessity, a "love note to the tea party," Reid says, and the Democratic leader wonders whether Boehner "or anyone else in the Republican leadership in the House really [knows] what they're doing."
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It's almost enough to dampen the Senate majority leader's eyes in sympathy for Boehner, who has been known to shed a few tears himself. Almost.
"I guess I feel sorry for the speaker," Reid told reporters Tuesday, citing the immigration, farm, water infrastructure and Internet sales tax bills that have run into trouble in the House.
( PHOTOS: 13 times John Boehner cried)
Reid isn't criticizing Boehner personally, aides insist. He's instead making the case that Boehner is a nice guy who just isn't in charge of things. And they don't believe Democrats are risking any negotiating capital either.
Reid's not alone with his crocodile tears for Boehner. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said the speaker "wants to do the right thing" by working with moderates.
"I think he's worried the right-wing, extreme base of his party is going to take him out," McCaskill said.
Still, Boehner wouldn't remain speaker very long if he slapped anything and everything passed by the Senate on to the House floor for a vote. And Reid hasn't jumped at putting bills on the floor passed by House Republicans in recent years that might pass the Senate, albeit with a minority of Democratic votes, like approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
( PHOTOS: 12 lawmakers who didn't back John Boehner)
A House GOP leadership aide called Reid's strategy of public carpet bombing "incredibly stupid and childish."
"Boehner's standing in his conference is, if anything, enhanced by criticism from prominent Democrats that his members don't like or respect very much," the aide said. "It's noise and if anything diminishes the Senate majority leader."
At the heart of Reid's razzing is the Hastert rule, the GOP custom which dictates that a majority of Republicans support anything that comes to the House floor. Boehner has broken the rule in the past but says he won't on the Senate-passed immigration bill.
( PHOTOS: John Boehner's life and career)
In opening up the Senate on Monday after a one-week break, Reid talked about his July Fourth holiday and how he enjoyed meeting with his constituents back home in Nevada. And then he segued directly into a diatribe against Boehner's adherence to the Hastert rule, which contributed to the House farm bill's downfall on the floor.
"I hope the speaker has learned his lesson from recent high-profile failures of the shortsighted Hastert rule," Reid said. "There is no shame in passing bills moderates from both parties can support."


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Megan was 20 years old. She had long silky blonde hair and baby blue eyes. She was average height, about 5 foot 4 and had small but perky breasts. Megan had a slender build with long and lovely legs. She was still dressed in her cheerleader outfit and wore sheer pantyhose and white sneakers. Most of the other girls wore white socks on bare legs, but Megan always wore pantyhose. It made her legs look shiny and gave her an edge she thought.
Mandy was busy getting ready. Megan would be there in 2 hours. She wanted to make sure everything went as planned. After all, Megan would be their first victim in a cheerleader outfit!
Mandy and Jennifer shared a room. They were very much into men and popular, however they craved young women's bodies as well. They often played with each other when they were alone, but the real fun was having a guest over and having their way with her.
Ever since they had watched an old movie together, where they had seen a kidnapped girl held captive and chloroformed over and over by an older woman, they were obsessed. They stole some chloroform from the chem. lab and started to put each other under. Then they started to try it on others. They also had Rohypnol to drug drinks with and their newest addition was an envelope of seasick patches.
Jennifer had recently been on a cruise and was given an envelope filled with patches in case she got seasick. She soon learned that they made her quite sleepy. Now the girls would put them on an unsuspecting girl during her makeover to fix so called trouble spots. One would make her submissive, two would make her a sleepy puppet, and three would knock her out completely. Normally they would use only one or two and put her under the rest of the way with chloroform. Then they would strip her, play with her, dress her in various outfits, and take pictures.
Mandy was 21 and fairly tall, about five eight. She had a slender model's type body with great looking long legs. She had long brown hair and above average sized breasts. She was dressed in a white see through blouse and a denim wrap around mini skirt. Underneath she wore a skimpy white bra and panties set and dark colored sheer pantyhose. Her boots were brown and came to just below her knees. They had zippers down the sides.
Jennifer came back to the room and asked Mandy if she was ready for Megan. Mandy nodded an enthusiastic "Yes!" Jennifer was also 21 and very petite. She had long strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes, and tiny breasts. She was just over 5 feet tall and was small in every other way. Her boyfriends always liked to carry her and she loved it. She also had a sleepy fetish and loved to put girls under. But she liked being put under herself even more.
Jennifer was wearing a red jump suit with a zipper that ran all the way down the front. The zipper had a large ring on it that made every guy want to grab it and pull it all the way down. Underneath she was braless and wore tiny black panties. Her legs were bare, and she wore sneakers without socks.
Jennifer asked Mandy how they would handle Megan when she got there. Mandy suggested starting with a face makeover and getting a patch on her quickly. Then one of them would slip off her shoes and make her comfortable while the other worked on her face. For the facial part, a washcloth soaked with chloroform would be used to remove her old make up. It would be gently held in front of her nose as her make up was wiped off, and when she was pretty far gone they would hold it on her tighter to knock her out completely.
Jennifer tingled all over at the thought! She said,
"Maybe you should practice the make up removal part on me first."
Mandy quickly agreed. Jennifer sat in the chair by the make up table and waited as Mandy took a white washcloth and folded it into a square. The she carefully poured some chloroform on it and gently started to apply it to Jennifer's sweet face.
It really did remove the make up of course. Chloroform was a solvent in the first place. Mandy carefully wiped areas of Jennifer's face while making sure a well soaked part of the cloth was touching and always covering Jen's nose. Jennifer was getting dizzy and could hear a ringing in her ears. She secretly hoped that Mandy would continue the practice session long enough to put her under completely!
Mandy wasn't sure Jen wanted to be put all the way under. This was only supposed to be a practice session. She would keep it up though until she was actually asked to stop. Mandy didn't want to stop! She was looking at Jennifer's tempting zipper and wanted to put her all the way to sleep and pull it down. She held the cloth ever closer and tighter against Jennifer's nose and continued the facial wipe.
Jennifer's eyes were beginning to flutter rapidly. Mandy lost all control as she watched her rolling eyes and stopped the wiping and just held the cloth gently but firmly over Jen's nose and mouth. To Mandy's surprise, Jennifer inhaled several extra deep breaths and slipped deeply under. Mandy's prayers were answered! She continued to hold the cloth on the now limp Jennifer for almost a minute.
Mandy placed Jen's totally limp head on the back of the chair. Then with her hand nearly shaking, she put her index finger into the ring on Jen's zipper and slowly pulled it down. When it reached the bottom, the jump suit opened like a jacket and Mandy slipped it off Jen's shoulders and tossed it on the floor.
Jen looked breathtaking in just her tiny panties and sneakers as she lay limp in the chair. Mandy got down on her knees and started slowly untying and unlacing Jen's sneakers. When they were loose enough to suit her, Mandy slipped them both off. Then she picked up tiny Jennifer and cradle carried her to the bed and placed her on her back.
Mandy took several pictures of Jen in just her panties. Then she slowly pulled them down and off. Next she picked up the still wet cloth and held it over Jen's nose and mouth once again. After about 30 seconds she pulled it away and started to play with Jen's very limp body.
When Jennifer finally woke up, she was naked on the bed. Mandy was in the bathroom. Jen's head was spinning as she tried to stand up. When she finally got her balance, she put her panties back on. Then she picked up her jumpsuit and put it back on as well. She was tying her sneakers when Mandy came back in the room.
To Mandy's surprise Jen said,
"That went very well! I hardly even knew what was happening until I was nearly gone. With a patch on her first, Megan won't know what hit her."
Then she said one other thing. "By the way you owe me a 2 hour knockout!"
Mandy didn't mind. It was well worth it to have had her way with Jen. There wouldn't be time now though. Megan would be there any minute.
Megan was approaching the girl's dorm. She didn't quite understand why they wanted her to come in her cheerleader outfit, but she went with it. She badly wanted the friendship of Mandy and Jennifer. Finally she reached the door and knocked on it. Jennifer answered and let her in. So far all was well.
Mandy thought the same thing! Megan was there, and they were more than ready for her. Within 2 minutes Megan was seated in the make up chair eagerly waiting to be made up. Both girls looked her over. Jennifer told Megan that she had a bad spot on the side of her neck and that she had something to fix it. She quickly applied a patch and pushed on it to speed up the flow of the drug.
At the same time, Mandy told her that they would have to remove all her old makeup first. Megan sat willing in the chair as Mandy took a clean white cloth and poured a clear liquid on it. As the cloth was brought near Megan's face, it smelled like alcohol only stronger and sweeter. Megan was feeling slightly light headed within 10 seconds.
Jennifer got down on the floor and gently started untying and unlacing Megan's sneakers. She unlaced them so far the Megan was barely aware that they were being slipped off. She was too far gone to notice anyway. Mandy had the cloth in just the right position. Megan tried to ask what the makeup remover was, but her voice was wavering and her eyes were beginning to flutter rapidly. Mandy held the cloth over her nose and mouth tightly now and waited for some sign of protest.
The protest never came. Megan slipped under without a struggle. Mandy held the cloth on her for over a minute. Then Jennifer put a second patch on the other side of Megan's neck and pressed it firmly. Megan would be no trouble now! Even if she woke up, she would be heavily sedated, and a few whiffs of the cloth would easily put her back under.
Together the girls carried a rag doll limp Megan to the bed. Mandy unhooked and unzipped Megan's short skirt and took it off. Megan's top was then pulled over her shoulders by Jennifer while Mandy held her up. Then Jennifer played with Megan's nylon encased legs and feet while Mandy unhooked Megan's bra and let her breasts out to play.
As Mandy held Megan's limp body in a sitting position, she could not believe how her breasts stuck straight out. Jennifer was too busy enjoying her nylons to notice. After quite a while Jennifer finally slipped off Megan's pantyhose and tossed them aside. Now Megan was in just her panties. The girl's could not agree on whose turn it was to take them off.
It was finally settled. Each girl grabbed one end and they pulled them down together. Once they were off Mandy decided to sniff them lovingly. Jennifer suddenly got very excited and had an idea! She went and got the bottle of chloroform. Then she took the panties from Mandy and said,
"I see you like to sniff panties!"
As she said it, she was soaking the silky panties with chloroform. Then she said,
'Why don't you try sniffing them now?"
Mandy was a little surprised, but quickly started to sniff Megan's chloroform soaked panties as Jennifer held them over her face. Megan started to ump and say,
"Hey that's about enough!" but Jennifer held them fast.
Mandy didn't protest again. She continued to breathe normally. Soon her eyes were fluttering rapidly. She looked at Megan's limp and naked body through out of focus and fluttering eyes as Jennifer said,
"Sweet dreams!"
Mandy was now deeply under. Not deep enough to suit Jennifer though. She put a patch on her neck and pushed it tightly. Then she lowered Mandy's limp body to the bed and left the chloroform soaked panties over Mandy's nose and mouth. She would strip her later. Right now she wanted some quality time alone with Megan.
Jennifer had her way with Megan for nearly an hour. Then Megan finally started to move. Jennifer quickly grabbed the panties and re soaked them with chloroform. She held them gently on Megan first. Megan went under quickly and deeply. Then she started to strip Mandy
Jennifer ever so slowly unzipped Mandy's boots. Then she slowly eased them off. She played with Mandy's stocking legs and feet for quite a while. Eventually Mandy started to stir. Jennifer quickly grabbed the still wet panties and held them over Mandy's nose and mouth. Mandy made a weak protest, but passed out quickly. Jen pulled the panties away and continued stripping Mandy.
Once Mandy was naked, Jen moved the girls around into various positions and took pictures. Then she went into the bathroom.
Mandy woke up and saw a limp and naked Megan on the bed. She started to play with her. Then she saw the panties and had an idea. She soaked them with fresh chloroform and held them in her hand. After that she pretended to still be out and waited for Jennifer to come back.
Jennifer came back and started to play with Megan. Once she was engrossed in what she was doing, Mandy sneaked over to Jennifer and held the panties over her nose and mouth from behind. Jennifer was startled, but not surprised. She actually wanted to be put under again. She wouldn't let on though. She umpped and struggled hard for Mandy's enjoyment and her own as well of course!
Mandy smiled in triumph as Jennifer finally went limp in her arms. Then she put the 2 unconscious girls in various provocative positions and took picture after picture. She felt strange though. The chloroform had worn off but she still felt sedated. Suddenly she knew! Jennifer had put a patch on her!
Mandy didn't mind. She left the patch on. Then she opened the envelope and took out a patch and put it on Jennifer as she slept. The she took out a second one and put that on Jennifer as well. After all, 2 sleepy puppets were better than one!
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Why Don't Americans Like Soccer?Erik Deckers
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Now that the World Cup soccer championship is underway, I'm starting to realize which of my friends like soccer, and which of them are change-hating xenophobes who automatically mistrust anything invented outside the United States.
Not that I'm bitter or anything.
The World Cup is a magical time for us soccer players, both current and former. I played soccer for 14 years, but I haven't played for nearly 17, but I still love watching "The Beautiful Game."
No other team sport has athletes who play with the speed and the grace of soccer players. When you see a top-notch player launch himself into the air, without regard for his own safety, connect with a ball traveling through the air at 50 miles an hour, and rocket it into the back of the net, you know you've just seen one of the most impressive athletic feats in all of sports. And there are only a few people in all the world who can do it with any regularity.
Anybody can throw an orange ball through a hoop. Anybody can tackle someone carrying an odd-shaped ball. But not everyone can do what professional soccer players do.
I'll admit it takes amazing skills to be a professional basketball or football player; I'm not discounting what they do. But I'm tired of the grumbling by soccer haters who watch a game with their arms folded, muttering that nothing's happening, and rolling their eyes any time there's a shot on goal that doesn't hit the mark. But when a team does score a goal, the soccer hater will throw his hands in the air, and half-shout "finally," as if the 22 players finally figured out the point of the game.
"Why do they call it 'football?'" the haters grumble, forgetting that the game is played with one's feet.
We call it soccer here in the United States, as does Canada, Australia, and South Africa. The rest of the world calls it "football."
When the game was first organized in the late 1890s, it was called "association football" both here and in Europe. However, around the turn of the century, America had a new game they called football. So they took the "soc" out of association, and called the old game by the nickname "soccer."
"But they don't DO anything?" whine the soccer-haters. "A game can end up with a 1-0 score, or even a 0-0 tie! That's not exciting!" Then they turn on professional wrasslin', hoping to see some feller get a can of whup-ass opened up on him, lemme tell you whut.
We've been spoiled in this country. We're the microwave society — we want things fast and hot. Our games are fast, and the scores are dramatically, almost artificially high. We watch sports like we've got a cheat code, and we're using it to create meteoric scores.
In football, a single touchdown is worth six points, a field goal is worth three.
In basketball, a basket can get you two, or even three points.
And in tennis, your first two points are worth 15 each, and your last one is worth 10. Talk about crazy scoring. Why can't you just get 4 points to win a round? Or 10 points for each scored point? Why 15, 15, and 10?
This seems to be lost on the soccer haters. Instead, they think that since a bunch of foreigners like the game, it must be stupid.
During the first day of the World Cup, I was sitting in a restaurant watching the game, and some muscle head and his girlfriend came in for lunch, and to play video golf.
"I don't see why it's even on. Nobody likes soccer," the guy whined to his girlfriend.
"Actually, I like it," I said to the guy. "So does the rest of the world."
"Just because 10 percent of this country watches soccer doesn't mean everyone likes it."
"I know. That's what 10 percent means," I said. "But the World Cup has more viewers than any other sport in the world. In 2006, there were 1 billion viewers of the World Cup final, but there were 106 million people around the world who watched this year's Super Bowl."
The guy stared uncertainly for a second. Never argue soccer with a guy who's got his laptop and a wifi connection.
"Yeah, well, that still doesn't mean it's popular."
"Actually, that's exactly what it means," I said.
The doofus turned back to his girlfriend, who was looking at him like he was some kind of idiot. "What? I just don't like soccer." Then he returned to his video golf game, not realizing he was playing a video game of a sport played by 16 million — that's 6.7% — people in this country, compared to 18 million soccer players.
Not that I'm bitter or anything.
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