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Million Hoodie March: Hundreds Attend, Trayvon Martin Family Speaks
Hundreds have gathered in New York City's Union Square Wednesday night to offer support for the family of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old murdered by a Neighborhood Watch member. Trayvon's parents flew in from Florida to attend the rally.
George Zimmerman, a member of the local Neighborhood Watch, shot an unarmed Martin last month, but as yet has not been arrested or charged over the killing. The case has gained national attention, and the Justice Department has decided to conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the killing.
The rally was planned with only a few days' notice and named the Million Hoodie March because Martin was wearing a hoodie at the time of his death. "These people are out here because they know that this could be their brother, it could've been their father," attendant Brianna Seagraves told the local CBS station.
"This is not a black and white thing – this is about a right or wrong thing," Martin's mother Sabryna Fulton said. "Our son is your son! My heart is in pain, but seeing the support from all of you really makes a difference."
Also in attendance was New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams, who was arrested during the city's annual West Indian Parade and filed a suit against the officers for excessive force. "I know I'm black; I reek of Brooklyn," he stated. "But I'm not a criminal. I'm a city councilman. Some of us are doctors; some of us are President of the United States of America. Our blood is not cheap."
Trayvon's father, Tracey, also addressed the crowd: "We ask that we get justice for our son. He almost gave his life for me. I won't stop until I get justice for him."
Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law has been called into question because of the shooting, and now even its supporters have questioned its legality. "He (Zimmerman) has no protection under my law," former Senator Durell Peaden told the Miami Herald.
City Manager Norton Bonaparte issued a statement addressing why Zimmerman had not been arrested. "Law enforcement was prohibited from making an arrest based on the facts and circumstances they had at the time. The Sanford Police Department has conducted a complete and fair investigation of this incident."
It has been revealed that Zimmerman pursued Martin even after being instructed not to by a 911 dispatcher. When police arrived on the scene, they found Martin dead of a bullet wound to the chest and Zimmerman with a bloody nose. "My son was screaming for his life," Tracy Martin said. "You can't claim self defense if you're the aggressor."

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Someone mentioned a TUG meeting in UK, so I though we can try to keep something of a calendar/dashboard for new and upcoming events. Probably no better way of promoting these to new members.
I suggest the following template:
- What? Event name, organizing entity
- When? Dates and/or times
- Where? Address, driving directions if necessary. A link would probably work fine as well.
- Who? Notable individuals/guests, or a profile of the expected audience (if applicable). Mention event fees payable by participants.
- Why? Topic/agenda of the meeting, if any.
This is community wiki, so feel free to step up and edit to your heart's content. A one-entry-per-event requirement is probably self-evident.


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Save for a handful of movie specials, we haven't enjoyed a regular peak into the "Futurama" since 2003, which feels like light years ago.
That all changes Thursday night when "Futurama," an animated sitcom about life in the next millennium, makes its welcome return on Comedy Central with the first of 26 new episodes.
The comeback represents not only a victory for fans of the program, but is another sign that a network cancellation notice isn't the necessarily the death knell for cult shows that need time to build an audience.
"Futurama," the brainchild of "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, premiered on Fox in 1999. But the "Sleeper"-like story of pizza deliveryman slacker Fry, who is accidentally cryogenically frozen in New York and thawed 1,000 years later in "New New York," never gathered much ratings steam.
The sardonic, visually clever look into a future that's not all that different – save for a degenerate, drunken robot, a mono-eyed mutant beauty and the preserved heads of notables like Richard Nixon – was cancelled seven years ago.
"Futurama" found new life in reruns on Cartoon Network and Comedy Central, buoyed by fans who liked the show the first time around and more recent aficionados drawn by the quirky misadventures of Fry, Bender, Leela and Dr. Farnsworth.
The show's circuitous path, in some respects, follows that of "Family Guy," which was canceled by Fox in 2002, but returned to the network three years later after a successful syndication run.
"Futurama" doesn't have quite the mass appeal of "Family Guy" or "The Simpsons." Its attraction rests more in geekdom – as does its influence. Without "Futurama," we might never have seen sci-fi TV cartoon spoofs like the "Spaceballs" spinoff or the planned George Lucas-sanctioned "Star Wars" animated comedy series.
Even if you're not a "Futurama" fan, the show's return offers a new hope for TV shows like "The Life & Times of Tim," the adult-themed cartoon recently cancelled by HBO (Comedy Central might want to add "Tim" to its animation lineup).
We're at an interesting place in the entertainment universe: Good shows often don't get time to find an audience amid increased ratings pressure and more media competing for our attention (slow-starting classics like "All in the Family" and "Seinfeld" would have never made it past the first season in this climate).
Yet with the proliferation of cable and web outlets, and fans letting their voices be heard through social media (paging Betty White), cancellation isn't necessarily the end of the (story) line anymore.
Reanimating a cartoon, of course, is far easier than resurrecting a live-action show. "Star Trek" came back in movies and spinoff programs, but we've been left to wonder these last four decades what magic Gene Roddenberry would have wielded in Season 4 and beyond. "Arrested Development" has been gone for four years, and prospects for a reunion a movie seem to be melting like a frozen banana left on the boardwalk.
So let's take some joy in the return of "Futurama" – and hope in times to come, more good TV shows that don't quickly establish a mass following will find a home in this universe.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Here are a few notes from Naomi of Bakers Royale on how to make the fruit pops:
- To make these, I used watermelon, apples and blueberries.
- To keep the apples from browning, lightly brush them with lime or lemon juice. I prefer limes for the flavor and that they seem less tart.
- Cut watermelon and apple pieces to thickness of the cookie cutter, then place cookie cutter on top of slices and push straight down. Place one fruit inside of another and finish with a blueberry in the middle.
- Push the straw through all three pieces of fruit to keep it everything in place. If you have trouble pushing a paper straw through the apple portion, use a plastic straw first to create a pathway and then replace with the paper straw. Popsicle sticks will work as well.


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((These will be straight copy-and-pastes from entries of my "Jade Lion Official Reports Logs" that pertain to the Quorum plot. The rest of the logs can be found at this link, should you be interested: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=496 ))
*This letter is sealed with the official symbol of the Alliance Navy*
Date: 21-JANUARY
Ship/Class: "The Jade Lion" Frigate-class
Report by: Captain Bishara-Poor, Danariel
Our mission to inspect the beached horde ship off the eastern coast of Swamp of Sarrows occurred without major incident. Maps, journals, supplies, and some odd creatures were recovered from the vessel. The ship, which we thought might have been a stray abandoned ship from the Horde blockade, turned out to be a second war era freighter-class ship, flying the Stormreaver Clan's flag. Hull damage suggests the ship was shot with cannons, but why a ship from over twenty years ago has beached now is beyond me, but the boarding team found interesting intel that was unknown during the war back then, and the ship itself held some surprising secrets.
The main deck of the ship was found to be nothing special, just dust built up from many years of abandonment. The second floor of the ship was also nothing special, other then some luxury goods and some alcoholic drinks much to our dwarvern priest Bravish's happiness; however, the captain's cabin held old maps that confirm the ship was indeed used during the second war by the Horde. They marked down various odd coordinates that do not make sense on one of the maps, on the southern tip of Kalimdor in the Uldum desert. Why would they be marking down coordinates there when the war was being fought mostly in the northern Eastern Kingdoms? Other random maps were found; Tol-Barad island, the coast of northern Kalimdor, and even maps of Draenor such as Shadowmoon Valley. These, however, had no coordinates marked on them.
The next deck again held nothing surprising, left over magical rituals were found, but our mage did not find any current or dangerous magical spells or enchantments active. Considering that the Stormreaver Clan was the clan of warlocks, its not a surprise to find an old summoning circle. Most of the supplies on this deck was just alchemical components.
The last deck is what held the most interesting intel. This deck held the crew quarters and kitchen, which just held personal belongings of the crew and old food, but our Commander Raeh was able to spot a small, out of place hole in the wall on the far side of the kitchen. Our mage, Cicelle, tried prodding at the hole with some magic, only for it to shock her. She was fine, however, she was able to find out this was a magically warded room. We were able to find an odd key and it worked for this hole, which opened up to a hidden room containing the most shocking find. Slugs like creatures in tubes were found, pale and iridescent. They were eerie, seeming to follow us as soon as we walked into the room, twitching oddly. An empty box was found on the table in the small room, with weird runes that hurt the eyes to stare at. The journals we found here contained... a scary plot should it of succeeded. The texts themselves tell all you need to know, and how it pertains to the supplies we found. The slug creatures were destroyed by our mage shortly after her reading of it.
*The journals are rather faded and old, some parts hard to read but the following can be made out*
-A list of names of Stormwind councilors. In a different hand, at the end of the script is scrawled: "We are undone. Regent Valconis has proven remarkably willful."
-Page open: "We found the Tarvos Parasite, and killed Morgorr to extract it from his flesh, when it became obvious that he had grown mad under the creature's influence. We put the vessel it formed from his body, as well as the nucleus, into the box we acquired from Subjugation's Tongue. It creates a blade, and imparts a great degree of sensitivity to void magic when wielded. We'll deliver it to the Beast in Repose when we next put ashore."
-Last entry: "The Mooncalves we pulled from the Corpse of the Sea have proven remarkably hearty. But we are running out of test subjects. They easily burrow into the skin, and find instinctively the host's spine, which the follow unerringly towards the brain, where they pierce the skull and begin to form a bridge with the host. Those so bound easily bend to the will of those trained in the Void. While these methods are clearly more reliable than the current campaign's current direct manipulation, I retain my belief that simply eliminating the zealots in the human government may lead to more immediate results than any long-term social manipulation."


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Next up we have a quilt made by Kristen Takakuwa with the Mod Mood Quilt Along. We featured one of the original quilts by Sherri Lynn Wood during Week of Improvisation. Nicole's twist on the design is beautiful.
Kristen answered a few questions for us.
What do you like most about Quilt Alongs?
I joined the Mod Mood quilt along at Daintytime.net long after it was originally blogged. Even still, because quilt alongs build in sharing, show and tell, troubleshooting and camaraderie I had this wealth of resources and inspiration that I don't normally get when I make a quilt in isolation. The quilt along also gave me the confidence to try something new that I would not normally tackle all on my own, with step-by-step instructions and real live proof of others' successes. I have to admit, the curves in this quilt were quite intimidating!
What do you think makes this quilt modern?
To me, the quilt is modern because of it's unique design. The clean lines and use of white space give it a modern appeal.
Tell us more about yourself as a quilter.
I learned to sew from my grandmother, at the age of 9. My first quilt, made 3 years ago, was for my daughter's school auction and I've been hooked ever since. Quilting has been a process of discovery. I have found that I often don't want to follow patterns – or start them and then don't want to finish them. On the flip side, I love the process of improvisational quilting (a big surprise for me). Hand work will often find it's way into my quilts, whether it is a whipstitch finish on the binding, embroidered labels, sashiko or other quilting by hand.
Kristen is a proud member of The East Bay Modern Quilt Guild and you can see more of her work in her flickr stream.


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The protest of Racing Santander, in the third tier of Spanish soccer, was fairly attention-getting, as far as these things go. After kick-off of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal, players huddled arm-in-arm and refused to play, while coaches and substitutes did the same along the touchline.
Racing players say they haven't been paid, and had threatened to boycott this match if the club's board of directors didn't step down. That didn't happen. Real Sociedad awkwardly passed around for a bit before kicking it out for a throw-in, at which point the referee called the match a forfeit.


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ESSAY- Greater evil: Why we get airport pat-downs
For the second time in three days recently, a gruff man in a uniform touched my crouch. Behind a curtain, hands were running all over my wife's body.
To see the Taj Mahal in a nation scarred by 26/11– the Mumbai hotel attacks– you have a simple choice. You are either body searched or you don't get close to the amazing work of art.
There might be a third option– you might get shot by the other gruff Indian men with machine pistols– but we succumbed to option number one without pushing our luck. Voluntarily, we were going through a second search, this time to see the world's most famous architecture against the mist of dawn.
We'd already undergone an electronic full body scanning in a German Airport and would again in flying back to the States. We arrived home in time to hear the uproar about TSA's latest attempts to protect American jet liners from terror attacks. After NPR told us about pilot worries of undergoing so much radiation during daily full-body scans– a rational concern– we learned that a San Diego passenger 's "junk" became a national icon for refusing a pat down and read a half dozen rants from Americans who seem to think TSA employees get a kick out of patting down and scanning airline passengers.
I hope those rants don't get overseas. People around this world must wonder if we Americans exist on the same planet. We produce so many tempests in teapots that it must seem that we have little connection with reality.
Don't get me wrong. I wish greatly that my senator, Jim Webb, could walk into the airport with his pistol (who once inadvertently saw a staffer arrested for trying to carry it into the Russell Senate Office Building). I would love to go back to the moment of my first airplane flight when I wondered without fear about the smoke trailing from the propeller engine. I'd give anything to be able to wear my hiking boots when I'm flying to places where I'll be doing a lot of walking.
But there's this real, modern world out there where terrorists, or freedom fighters, or crazies or revolutionaries, or whatever name you wish to give them, have proven their determination to kill us. Right or wrong, good or bad, the Al-Qaeda of that "religion of peace" are still showing no qualms about any method of bumping off some of the Democratic peoples on this planet.
The Al-Qaedas of this world are in conflict with Christians, Jews, Hindus, Bahais and even Buddhists. They've not only taken down planes and taken off hands, noses and other body parts, they've dynamited the great Buddhas of Afghanistan, bombed Spaniards crammed on commuter trains, machine-gunned Aussies on vacation, massacred Somalis in refugee camps, gassed Russians at the ballet, and blown-up Brits on buses.
Unbelievably, in a Sunday front page story December 5, the Washington Post reported that FBI agents "do not target Muslims" in an effort to identify Muslim terrorist cells. Someone in America will call me a bigot for pointing out that the common thread in all that is the word "Muslim," but the rest of the world must wonder about our inability to face blatant reality.
Instead of blaming, or "targeting," the reason for the searches, we blame the poor guy or gal whose unbelievably boring job is to watch a X-ray screen in hopes of heading off future attacks.
While my wife and I were still in India, a young woman was hailed a national hero for asking President Obama why he didn't declare Pakistan a terrorist nation. After four wars– with another one looming over Kashmir– and the horrifying 26/11 attacks which India is convinced were orchestrated by intelligence services of Muslim Pakistan, the Indians aren't so politically correct that they are scared of facing the possible truth that some Muslims want to kill Hindus.
The primarily Hindu Indians are certainly not blameless– and neither are we– but they recognize, and accept, that there's a group of Muslims for whom nothing is out of bounds; whose rules don't include anything related to human compassion; who believe that cold-blooded murder is a ticket to heaven.
Not all Muslims, of course, but enough to be in conflict around the globe.
In an English-language publication, an Al-Qaeda affiliate announced only three weeks ago the intention to keep promoting small scale attacks against the West, such as the recently foiled cargo jet bombs, because it's "a good bargain" for the haters to get more and more potential terrorists to utilize less and less resource-intensive attack methods.
But here, media coverage implies that we Americans are more terrified of the poor TSA screener whose job is to watch hazy electronic images than we are of chemical bombs in the underwear of the determined. We apparently fear that the screener might be some kind of pervert more than we fear specifically announced murder intentions.
Americans should recognize that we live on the same planet as the rest of the world. Pat downs and full-body scans are, unfortunately, a necessary evil in hopes of holding off much greater evil.
A former journalism teacher at Virginia Union University, Randy Salzman is the transportation researcher who, back in April (before BP's blunder), penned the prescient essay predicting a massive underwater oil platform leak.


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Greetings everyone! I've actually been quite busy refining Kongming's Archives in the background to make it a little easier to use and a little easier to update. I've made a few improvements here and there. FAQs and Walkthroughs we feature now enjoy a fine-tuned display script so they are delivered at record speed (being implemented in areas across the site now). The URL of a FAQ we host is also much easier to look at and share with friends, now. As an example, here is Lord Yuan Shu's Dynasty Warriors 6 FAQ/Walkthrough.
Officer Entries in the Encyclopedia Project have new links, making it easier for you to share biography-like officer summaries on the internet and in forums during discussions. As examples, here is Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan.
The Three Kingdoms Hanzi Project and the Style Name Project both share links with the Three Kingdoms Encyclopedia now. This should help to alleviate confusion while viewing similar entries. Our Games Directory Home Page has received a complete facelift to make it a little more intuitive. Lady Wu finally harassed me enough to make it happen. Our Three Kingdoms Encyclopedia, by far the most popular section of our site, now, is going to receive a massive retuning in the near future as well. We'll share more about that when the time comes!
We've added another handful of new links to our Three Kingdoms Link Directory. One addition of note is the Book Purchase Directory, which features purchase links and mini-reviews of some marvelous Three Kingdoms books. Your purchase through these links even takes a nip out of our hosting fees! Everyone is welcome to share their favorite links. Site owners, submit your link to us! Visit our link submission page.
New Sanguo Yanyi Officer Biographies have also been added: Cai Mao (Degui) and Shen Pei (Zhengnan) by Dong Zhou; Shi Huan (Gongliu) by Sam.
By popular request I have just added the Dynasty Warriors 6 (Shin Sangoku Musou 5) original soundtrack (OST) to our music downloads page. It is uploading as I type this, so start with the earliest files to avoid broken links! Odds & Ends users will have a download link in a few hours.
Oh, and please forgive us for our April Fool's joke. While most of you have found out, now, that we play a joke every single year, there are always a handful of people who are out of the loop, so to speak, and are always caught off-guard. I'll share more about this in a future update.


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This is yet another example that shows us one can make money with open source software.
Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors:
With nearly 1 million unique IP addresses downloading ClamAV malware updates daily across more than 120 mirrors in 38 countries, ClamAV is one of the most broadly adopted open source security projects worldwide. ClamAV has also been recognized as comparable in quality and coverage to leading commercial anti-virus solutions. Most recently, at LinuxWorld this year, ClamAV was one of only three anti-virus technologies to provide a 100% detection rate in their live 'Fight Club' test featuring live submissions from the show audience.
Sourcefire said that under the terms of the deal, it has purchased all of the project's technology and related trademarks, as well as the copyrights controlled by all developers involved in the effort, including its founder Tomasz Kojm.


text: From National Aquarium Visitor Programs Coordinator Marnie Greig Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in osprey banding at the Patuxent River Nature Center with the National Aquarium's Youth Programs staff and some Aquarium on Wheels students. As a seasoned staff member, I was reluctant at first to take the one empty spot, but I was encouraged by my younger colleagues to go, and so I did. Why did I hesitate? I had forgotten what a rare gift a "field day" can be, and that when you combine nature and a rowdy bunch of delightful teenagers, life can really be very sweet. I had forgotten that our Aquarium connections are just as unique in the field as they are inside our pyramidal walls. Aquarium on Wheels is an after-school and summer program for Baltimore-area high school students that combines science, conservation, job training, and the theater arts to promote environmental stewardship. I can now see why it's an award-winning program. As these teens came nose to beak with a magnificent bird, there was an instant connection to nature. Holding a creature that exudes beauty, power, and grace is amazing; seeing the bond that ignites a smile on the faces of these kids is even better. What, I wonder, was the osprey telling them? I could not help but think that soon these teens, like their osprey counterparts, will be leaving their nests and soaring to new heights. I'm glad for their brief encounter with the osprey, and I hope that the National Aquarium's legacy to them will be to always understand, protect, and respect their natural world. I want them to succeed; but I also want to offer them one wish… and that is to always keep at least one day a year for a field trip. That's really a lesson for us all. Tags: aquarium-on-wheels, field-day, field-trip, national-aquarium-2, nature-center, osprey, students Categories: Animals, News Previous Post Next Post


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The flying veterinarian
Steffen Kappelmann knows how to avoid traffic when he is called out to visit a sick cow, horse or pig. He takes to the air
"The calf slips out of its mother and onto the straw in the barn, still wet and practically blind," says Steffen Kappelmann, almost whispering now. "It just lies there, connected to its mother by the umbilical cord, recovering from the exertions of the birth. What do I do? Nothing. Blood and oxygen continue to circulate through the umbilical cord – for several minutes, even. Then the tiny calf draws a brief breath before going quiet again. Eventually, it starts breathing regularly, shakes itself, and moves it limbs." A glow enters the eyes of the 220-pound, six-foot-two vet with the receding hairline and hands the size of excavator shovels, as he says: "I just watch quietly as a new life begins."
Kappelmann has an eye for the magic of livestock farming, despite the fact that today, cows are required to produce more milk and bear more calves than ever before. Cows are the smallest production unit in a system of industrial farming. With milk and meat prices constantly fluctuating, farmers are under increasing pressure. And Kappelmann's part in the system is to keep this small unit healthy and performing well. But nobody can stop him from regarding the birth of every calf as a small miracle.
It's important to know this to understand why the 42-year-old is a flying vet, the only one in Germany. His practice is in Sachsenheim, just outside Stuttgart – a city in a cauldron and the traffic-jam capital of Germany. Last year, Stuttgart residents each spent an average 60 hours in traffic. Kappelmann's farmers are in villages dotted all around the place, so he almost always has to drive through the cauldron.
Politics would benefit from a bird's eye view.
Ten years ago, while administering shots to the horses at a riding stable, he received an emergency call saying a calf was stuck in its mother's birth canal and the farmer was afraid it would suffocate. Kappelmann jumped into his car, drove onto the highway and got caught in traffic. Germans consume an average of 60 kilos of meat a year and like milk to be cheap, but most of them would object to pulling off the road for a vet with a flashing blue light on his way to a cow. The calf died and the mother didn't survive, either. For the animal's owner, this was a financial blow, and for Kappelmann, a personal one because the miracle did not take place.
What would ultimately set things in motion were the following words, invoked more in defiance, as a wish or even a long-harbored dream than in all earnestness: "If only I could fly." After a few years, the idea became reality in a training helicopter at Stuttgart Airport. Kappelmann accrued the 60 hours of flight time required for a private license and then spent two years flying a four-seat helicopter. One day, his instructor introduced him to a gyrocopter, and the marriage was made. Gyrocopters are powered by a propeller engine, and the air stream turns their rotor blades. The farther these are tilted backward, the greater the lift. A ten-meter strip is enough to land on, and 100 meters suffice for taking off again. "Short farm tracks beside cow barns are ideal."
But things are not quite as simple as that. German law requires aircraft to land at an airstrip, not just anywhere, and in principle, this is a good idea. The law extends to gyrocopters, which are neither that expensive nor cost much to maintain. So although amateur pilots may not take off in their front yards, Kappelmann learned while coming to grips with German administrative law that every law has its exceptions, and also that a lot can be achieved with a friendly attitude. That and plenty of patience – because good things are worth waiting for.
He knows this from his own experience as a young boy who spent every free moment in the cow barn, then made his way through school to become a veterinarian with a flying license. Kappelmann studied in Munich, worked as an assistant, earned a PhD and gained some experience. In 2000, he received his veterinary license and three years later rented a small apartment and got to work in the neighborhood. "Hello, my name is Dr. Steffen Kappelmann," he would say when greeting a farmer, "I'm a cattle and horse specialist." Eventually, the 20 farmers he "took over" from his former boss numbered 200. "It's a business based on trust," Kappelmann explains, "If I make a mistake at one farm, all the other farmers in the area will find out pretty quickly."
Today, Kappelmann is authorized to land at 27 isolated farms. The first time he lands at a farm, he is often met by a farmer's entire family, who watch with surprise as the "cowboy of the air" climbs out of his gyrocopter wearing a helmet, sunglasses and coveralls. But they are reassured when he starts unloading the rubber boots, endoscope, ultrasound equipment, aprons and medications he has brought with him.
For all intents and purposes, Kappelmann has reached his goal. Nobody gets to a sick cow faster than he does. But for someone as ambitious as him, achieving one's goal is not enough; it's just one step along the way. Take the gyrocopter for instance: With his sport flying license, Kappelmann is permitted to make only 50 flights a year, and to land only where the authorities say he can. Now if Kappelmann held a professional license, he could land wherever he wanted. "I'm working on it," the veterinarian says, "and it will take up lots of time, but I'm very good at family logistics." His son, daughter and wife, who is a small-animal vet, repeatedly manage to bring him down to earth.
Kappelmann joined the Sachsenheim city council in 2009 and now has his eye on a regional seat. "I would like to see consumer protection addressed from a practitioner's perspective," he explains. He even has a timeline all worked out: At 50, he would like to be elected to parliament, in either Berlin or Brussels, it doesn't matter which: "Politics would benefit from a bird's eye view."


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Sunday morning I was listening to John lead a practice and reading in a chair when it hit me. We have been wanting to fill the dead space behind our bed since we moved in, but haven't found anything we liked. I was thinking about this old sham we had sitting in our closet which matches our bedspread when all of the sudden I saw it cut up and ruffled on the wall. Love at first imagining.
Let's just chat for a second before we get into the tutorial... as I said, I did this the same day I thought of it since I already had everything necessary. However, I think I want to improve on it. How much more awesome would it be with two white layers added (around the middle section- creating an every-other layer)? I wanted the ruffling to be tighter than it is, but I didn't have enough fabric. I'm going to add it.
Maybe even today.
Definitely this week.
There is so much potential for adding ruffles to the wall. Wouldn't it be awesome stretched behind a couch?? Or ... stay with me... ruffling an entire DOOR! Maybe to a fantastic closet or a little girl's room. Ah. I love it.
I'm already imagining several other places I want to do this, and best of all- I can! It's so inexpensive (all you need is a sham or an extra sheet) and so easy. Plus, since I used a staple gun, if you don't like it you can just pull it down.
Are you sold?
Ready to make your own?
You'll need....
Sewing machine or needle/thread
Buttons (optional)
** No staple gun? You could always use pretty tacks to stick the fabric to the wall.
|The sham- before I sliced t up
(1) Cut it out. I used a sham and just cut the three sides off. If you're using a sheet then you'll have to cut strips in the length (plus room for gathering) and depth you want. You can either hem the sheets or just leave the edge raw- or use Fray Check. Using a sham was awesome because everything was already hemmed for me.
(2) Gather it. Gather your fabric to create ruffles. If you've never done this before, refer to YESTERDAY'S POST at the bottom. Or just listen in... You'll just use a sewing machine or hand sew a straight, loose stitch across the TOP of the fabric (not the middle, like yesterday's clutch). Next, take one piece of thread from ONE side and start to pull. As the fabric begins to gather, move it down toward the other side of the material. When your material is the proper length/is gathered to your contentment, stop!
(3) Attach it. Using a staple gun, attach your first (bottom) layer to the wall. You'll want a partner for this so that you can ensure you hang it level. Add each layer on top being sure to cover up the top of the layer beneath it. You can make your layers as tight or loose as you'd like. I wish mine were tighter, but as I said, I didn't have enough blue fabric. I really am going to add in two more layers in white!
(4) Secure it (optional). I wanted to staple the bottom layers down at the sides to create clean lines all along the sides. SO, I did. Then I used a hot glue gun to attach buttons over the staples across the top layer and sides so that they couldn't be seen.
I really hope you love this. Sometimes I get *so* excited about a project and then it doesn't go over very well with our audience. Other times I throw something together last minute and it's a HUGE success. I'm hoping that you'll catch my vision with this project and see how you can use it yourself. Even if it isn't something that's feasible in your places & spaces, I hope you can appreciate the fun of using ruffles as wall decor. Sure it's a bit different, but isn't different fun? I'm sure I'll do several updates with all of the other walls or doors that ended up getting ruffled!
If you didn't see the clutch from yesterday, you really should. I'm going to do another one in a black & white pattern this week. Very excited. I'm deciding between two different ruffle projects for tomorrow, so stay tuned. I really like theme weeks. I should do more.
PS- if you live in Michigan, have you SEEN the weather today? It's AMAZING! I can hardly believe it's January, and I'm ecstatic about that. I hope you're having a wonderful day and that life gets a little sweeter for you each day this week. As always, thanks for reading!
** Update one: I added in the white alternating layers. Unfortunately, I'm out of thread, so they haven't been gathered yet. This is just a temporary stage to show you the look of 5 close layers. I like it. I'll update again when it's done.
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Voltron Festival - 23 to 28 Aug 2012 - TURKEY
Line Up
Main Floor
Live Act's
AKÉS (Hellchedelic Records - Crystal Matrix Records) - Portugal
ANNOYINGNINJAS (Sanaton Records) - Denmark
ANTAGON (2to6 Records - Damaru Records) - Germany
ARCEK (Kamino Records) - Mexico
ATARO (Damaru Records - Free Radical Records) - Iran
ATOMENTAL (Shakra Records - Karmatic Records) - Switzerland
AUDIODIDAKT (Alice D Records - Wild Seven Recordz) - Israel
BOMBAX (Free Radical Records) - Germany
CALYPTRATUS (Bionic Instinct Records) - Germany
COSMIC IRON (Sonic Tantra Records) - Israel
DARK WHISPER (Alice D Records - Rockdenashi Productions) - Italy
DEMONIAC INSOMNIAC (Active Meditation Music) - Macedonia
FRANTIC NOISE (Dark Prisma Records) - Argentina
GIDRA (Acidance Records) - India
JAHBO (Parvati Records) - Denmark
KARMATIC SKULLS (Karmatic Records) - Switzerland - Austria
KASATKA (Bionic Instinct Records) - Germany
KASHYYYK (Kamino Records) - Mexico
LOOSE CONNECTION (Catawampus Records) - Wales (UK)
MAGMA OHM (Shaman Films Media - Tremors Underground) - Brazil
MEGALOPSY (Dark Prisma Records) - Argentina
MUSSY MOODY (Parvati Records) - Denmark
PARANDROID (Maniac Psycho Pro - Electric Moon Records) - Germany
RAWAR (2to6 Records) - Portugal
RED (Mighty Quinn Records) - Russia
SANATHANA (Samana Records) - India
SETH (Bhooteshwara Records - Active Meditation Music) - Macedonia
TECHNICAL HITCH (Insomnia Records) - Israel
VIRTUANOISE (Noise Poison Records - NutriaDance Records) - Italy
WHRIKK (Sanaton Records) - Netherlands
-Z- (alpha & antagon) (Sangoma Records) - Germany
Dj Set's
ABBYSS (Full Om) - Turkey
ABSOLUT (Psycrowdelica) - Sweden
ALPHA (Interzone Pa) - Germany
ANKUR (Seres Music - Acidance Records) - Germany
ANT (Mind Expansion Music) - Germany
CANNIBAL CROW (Psycrowdelica) - Germany
COOPER (Cosmic Plasma) - Romania
CORIOUS (Lycantrop Records - Urban Antidote Records) - Germany
DEPTHCHARGE (Industraum Records) - Turkey
DSOMPA (Peak Records) - Germany
EKO (Mind Expansion Music) - Italy
FILTRO (Dark Prisma Records) - Argentina
GHOST EXPERIENCE (Ostschwiizer Schübel Fraktion) - Switzerland
GIUSEPPE (Parvati Records) - Italy
IGNIS (Damaru Records) - Germany
IKEN (2to6 Records) - Austria
LILL' LI (Dharmaharmony Records) - Denmark
LLOYD POZITIVIST (Damaru Records) - Wales (UK)
LYSERG (Lucid Dreams - Wild Seven Recordz) - Austria
MADEMOISELLE CHAOZ (Pixan Recordings) - Germany
MILOWATT (Noise Poison Records) - Austria
MITRA (Damaru Records) - Germany
NAIMA (Acidance Records) - Austria
PHILOSO (Free Radical Records) - Austria
PSYLLE (Dogū Entertainment) - Denmark
PSYPRESSHILL (Shanti Tribe) - Turkey
SAMSARA (Vantara Vichitra Records - Damaru Records) - Denmark
SPACE FREAK (Freak Out Pro) - Turkey
TILAKA (Karmatic Records) - Switzerland
UNTERWEGS (Industraum Records) - Turkey
VOODOO MANTRA (Liquid Tune Records) - Turkey
WOODPECKER (Logic Vision Records) - Turkey
ZOOLOG (Parvati Records) - Denmark
Alternative Stage
ALWOODS (Altar Records) - Greece
ANCIENT CORE (Astronautic Records - Synergetic Records) - Romania
ASTROPILOT (Altar Records) - Russia
CABEIRI (Altar Records) - Greece
EROT (Altar Records) - Denmark
EURYTHMY (Omnia Records) - Wales (UK)
EX NIHILO (Fall From Cloud Recordings) - Turkey
KLIMENT (Electrik Dream) - Bulgaria
KYOTO (Space Baby Records) - Russia
LAUGE & BABA GNOHM (Flik Flak Family) - Denmark
MAIIA (Altar Records) - Russia
MAX MILLION (Ultimae Records) - Greece
MESSY MASS (Wildbro - Moistlab) - Denmark
MINDEX (Time Resonance Music - Acid Samovar Records) - Russia
NASA (Iono Music - Wildbro) - Denmark
SANATHANA (Geomagnetic Records) - India
SESKAMOL (Pati Patu Prima Records) - Turkey
SUDUAYA (Altar Records) - France
TOR.MA IN DUB (Beats & Pieces Records - Catalyst Records) - Mexico
VONOOM (Flik Flak Family) - Denmark
WONKEY DOBBLER (Whomp - Fungus Records) - England
YUM KAAX (Wildbro) - Denmark
ZEN BABOON (Electrik Dream) - Portugal
ZYMOSIS (Altar Records - Sunline Records) - Ukraine
Dj Set's
ALPAN AYTEKIN (Fall From Cloud Recordings) - Turkey
ANUBIS (Graviton Records) - Macedonia
AQUARIUS (Peak Records) - Germany
ASLANDJ (Electix Records ) - Turkey
AWAARA (Mool Sangeet) - Turkey
CÜNORT (Shanti Tribe) - Turkey
DALTON (Trance Teleport - Maninkari Crew) - Croatia
EROT & SAMSARA (Altar Records) - Denmark
KALLE KOMET (Flik Flak Family) - Denmark
KUNTAKINTE (Effectribe Music) - Turkey
MAGICK (Radiofil.fm) - Turkey
MIDI JUNKIES (Def Beatz) - Turkey
NELSON MANDALA (Zealotry Music) - Denmark
ONDREJ PSYLA (Mystical Waves) - Czech Republic
ORIAH (Radiofil.fm) - Turkey
RUFUS (Lucid Dreams) - Turkey
SPIKY (Diaphan Music) - Greece
WHACKYWHACK (Technoshamans) - Turkey
B.O.T.N DECO & VJ TEAM (Behind Of The Nothing) - Greece
The main designers of the whole Voltron Fest as BOTN Deco and Vj Team:
. make something very very "special" and professional for voltron fest, 100 times better from their previous works !!
. make plan for killer big "dark" festival deco !!!! with big Tents, with Likras and Light Constructions !!!
. build 3 Killer Big Screens with Live Visual Act all the Night's )) with Visuals Only For Voltron Festival !!!
. work on Special Main and Alternative Stage's Construction and Deco Designs for the first time only for Voltron !!!
. design Killer stuff for all of us, especially for the Dark People all over the world !!!
. have a lot of Paintings, Hangings; a lot of Constructions Full on Deco !!!
.will show us the 'Models' of Voltron Previews very very soon !!!
FARBENSPIEL (Industraum Deco) - Turkey
. create the Two Temples' Indoor Designs with killer spiritual goodies
. share their all Deco and Lighting stuff with Behind Of The Nothing,
. design the Voltron Fest Cite Plan
Gökçeova Lake, Muğla.
37.060458, 28.805987
Gökçeova Lake is like a fragment from heaven with its charming Lake, mysterious Forest, spring Waters, lovely Nature and Sun (when the June begins till the midst of September). The location has one small house and a shelter. You will find free Spring Water to drink as a gift of nature to us. The place is 1750 m. high from the sea level. Also location has amazingly natural grass area and is like a spatial of the nature itself. That is also why we will have beautiful memories about this mystic lake.
How to reach the Voltron Festival Location:
From Istanbul by flight;
The closest airport to party location is Dalaman Airport, Muğla.
Istanbul-Dalaman flight takes 1 hour long.
Flight tickets are very cheap. Check them out:
When you go out the airport, you will find the meeting point for Voltron Fest Shuttles.
From Istanbul by bus;
The closest town to party location is Köyceğiz, Muğla.
The road is 750 km which is 12 hours long.
One way bus ticket costs 28 € (65 TL). Check this firm:
When you reach Köyceğiz Intercity Bus Station, you will see Voltron Fest Shuttles there.
You will be able to get your earlybird tickets of Voltron Festival according to the schedule below:
Jan 2012 -- 40 € -- limited to 250
Feb 2012 -- 45 € -- limited to 250
Mar 2012 -- 50 € -- limited to 250
Apr -- 55 €
Ma -- 60 €
Jun -- 65 €
Jul -- 70 €
Aug -- 75 €
23 Aug 2012, at the festival door: 80 €
How to buy presale tickets will be announced in December 2011..
with the subject headline: "Voltron Fest Spatial Design".
Industraum family which dedicated its identity to Dark Psychedelic Trance Music and Culture, has decided to announce one festival for 2012 Summer to share beautiful 1 week by experiencing more than 70 international artists' gorgeous sounds , audio & visual arts , performing shows and many more.
Coming together for the first time to supply the most powerful and meaningful moments under the spiritual roof of ours like 'voltron' phenomene, the festival aims to be created each year in summer period to celebrate and experience for good music, genuine dialogues and remarkable art.
Since there will be a nice children's play area, you are able to bring your kids without a doubt. Children are able to enter the festival for free.
You can bring your any kind of pets to the festival area provided that you will be responsible of looking after the pet.
Caravans and cars are free to park during the festival.
Other details about Voltron Fest will be announced very soon..
Shopping Infos:
Clothing, food, accessories and other kinds of shops, please feel free to contact us by writing to:
with the subject headline: "Voltron Fest Shops"
to be aware of the essentials for having a shop into the festival.


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ABC's Big Brother knock-off, The Glass House, aired its second episode this past Monday, and part of the drama involved a young woman named Holly. In the first episode, Holly confessed to the camera that she was a psychology major in college, but that the didn't want to let her housemates know - because that would, you know, automatically tip them off that she was a clever player who would outsmart them all. She instead claimed to be an art history major.
In the second episode, however, she begins to annoy some of the others, and when a woman asks her about her art history major, she revealed that she clearly knew nothing about art, and she confessed to being a psychology major. (Note: the woman seems to say "Sixteenth Chapel" here, which puts her in the same boat as Justin Bieber, apparently.)
Her housemates say, okay, fine - tell us about the biggest paper you wrote in psychology. When Holly is unable to do this, a woman follows up with this: "Give me one psychologist and their viewpoint. Just one."
I won't spoil it, but you really should watch the two-minute clip below for the answer. (If the clip doesn't load, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850rSB5NCQU.)
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Draft misses -- Adrian Klemm, Kenyatta Jones, Rohan Davey, Bethel Johnson, Ryan Claridge -- have been few and far between since Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli started calling the shots in 2000.
Draft misses -- Adrian Klemm, Kenyatta Jones, Rohan Davey, Bethel Johnson, Ryan Claridge -- have been few and far between since Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli started calling the shots in 2000.
But did the Patriots' brain trust err in 2006 when they picked Laurence Maroney, and not Joseph Addai, to be their running back of the future?
"I don't see it that way," offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said Friday.
It's a question that pops up every so often, especially when Maroney submits a game like last week's six-carry, 19-yard effort against Buffalo.
Since they were drafted nine spots apart by Super Bowl-contending teams -- the Patriots selected Maroney No. 21 overall; Addai went to the Colts at No. 30 -- the two likely will always be compared. So far, Addai has clear advantages in just about every regular-season stat -- games (26 to 21), carries (428 to 270), rushing yards (1,957 to 1,181), catches (71 to 24), receiving yards (594 to 231) and touchdowns (19 to 8).
Addai also leads in Super Bowl rings, 1-0, although that could change soon.
Maroney did score his first TD of the season against the Bills, but he hurt his foot and took part in only 13 plays - an absence that was ill-timed because Kevin Faulk left with a concussion and Sammy Morris was already on injured reserve.
Maroney (95 carries for 436 yards, a 4.6-yard average) was not listed on the injury report this week and should play against the Eagles Sunday night.
However, the episode -- coming on the heels of his missing three games earlier this season with a groin injury -- again called into question his durability. Maroney also sat out two games as a rookie.
"I think that's something that everybody goes through," McDaniels said. "It just so happens that he's had a couple of them here this year and then coming off his injury last year. I think he's a durable player that's had some unfortunate things happen to him. I'm not worried about him not being there. I think he's a tough guy, a tough player. He'll play injured. He'll play with a bump or a bruise and we would expect that of him and I think he expects that of himself."
One reason Addai has produced better numbers than Maroney is obvious -- opportunity. Addai has had 10 games with 20-plus carries in his career (seven of them this season). Maroney has done that once -- against the Jets in Week 1 this season when he rushed 20 times for 72 yards. Although the Patriots' fifth-ranked rushing offense as taken a back seat to the record-setting passing attack so far this season, with winter weather approaching, McDaniels acknowledged that the running game could become more of a focal point.
"Laurence is playing well," McDaniels said. "I think maybe the amount he's played in certain games may make it seem like that's not the case, but it is ... When he's in there, we're happy with him. He's doing a good job. He's also doing a good job in pass protection, which is also something that for a rookie back, last year, was a significant point of emphasis coming into this season and he's really stepped it up in that aspect, too."
How unfair!
This doesn't seem fair. The Patriots have supplemented the NFL's deadliest offense with six return TDs, tied with the Chargers for the most in the league. The non-offensive scores -- fumble returns by Rosevelt Colvin (11), Randall Gay (15) and Ellis Hobbs (35), kick returns by Hobbs (108 yards) and Willie Andrews (77), and Adalius Thomas' 65-yard INT runback.
Last year the Patriots had only one regular-season return TD -- Hobbs' 93-yard kickoff against Houston -- before Asante Samuel brought back picks for scores against both the Jets and Colts in the playoffs.
"It's great. It's what I would consider bonus points," coach Bill Belichick said. "You don't go into a game thinking that, well, we're going to score a touchdown on a fumble return or we're going to score a touchdown on a kickoff return or something. You don't go into a game thinking that, because you're lucky if you get three or four of those through the entire course of the season. If you get one a month, you're probably doing well. We're a little over that."
Brady's success
With Tom Brady at quarterback the Patriots have scored TDs on nine of their last 10 possessions -- two straight against the Colts before they ran out the clock on their last drive, and seven in a row to begin the Bills game before Brady gave way to backup Matt Cassel.
"I don't know about any records of things that we've done or haven't done, I just hope we keep executing together and putting together drives, scoring points, and doing what were supposed to be doing and playing that way on a weekly basis," McDaniels said. "Can I appreciate those things that you mentioned? Probably not. But can I appreciate the level of execution our guys have had in certain games? Certainly.
"I think the other thing is that we want to make sure that we continue to strive to get a higher level of execution. And I think that sense of urgency permeates itself throughout the team, throughout the offense, and certainly throughout the coaching staff."
Injury report
Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (ankle/thumb) did not practice again on Friday and was listed as doubtful for the game. He is likely to be replaced by A.J. Feeley. Philly also listed SS Quintin Mikell (knee) as doubtful, meaning J.R. Reed will get the start.
The Patriots report no injuries other than Brady's normal status -- probable/right shoulder.
The Patriots are 25-4 against the NFC since 2001 and have won 21 of their last 23.
If the Pats claim the AFC East title this weekend - either by beating the Eagles or having the Jaguars knock off the Bills - they will tie for the earliest clinch since the advent of the 16-game schedule in 1978. The other teams that wrapped up division crowns during the weekend of their 11th game - the 1985 Bears, the 1997 49ers and the 2004 Eagles.
This game will pit the two teams with the best November/December records in the NFL since 2000. The Patriots are 45-15 (.750 winning percentage); the Eagles are 44-17 (.721).
Under Andy Reid, Philly won its first 10 prime-time games (playoffs included) and 16 of its first 17. Since then the Eagles are 2-10 and have lost four straight, including three this season (to the Redskins, Giants and Cowboys).


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Directory Navigation
The top of the window consists of 3 buttons with which you can change the current directory. The first button displays the current directory name. Clicking on the button brings up a popup menu showing the entire directory hierarchy with the current directory at the bottom. Select one of the other directories to jump to that position in the hierarchy.
The next button, showing a folder icon with an arrow, will move you up one directory level.
The final button, initially reading "FTP...", will allow you to connect to an FTP server and browse its files. You will be prompted to enter a host name, user name, and password. If no user name is entered, fv will open an anonymous ftp connection. When connected, the button text will change to "Local...". Clicking it will return you to your local computer.
File list box
The file listing shows the names of all files which have the form specified in "File of type" field, their file sizes, and last modification dates. When the "List Fits files only" is selected, only FITS files are shown as well as all the compressed files. Double click a file name to open that file. Directories are listed with "/" (":" on MacOS). Double click a directory name to move to that directory.
File name
In the "File Name" field, the currently selected file name is shown. One can type a partial filename and press TAB to invoke automatic filename completion. One can also type a directory path to move quickly to another location without having to navigate all the intervening directories.
File of type
The file list will be filtered using the wildcard string contained in this entry field.
Open as read-only
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List Fits files onlyTo show only the FITS files in the "Files" list, enable the check button. Also, compressed files are listed.
Open (or Save)
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A FELLOW'S GRIEVANCE ; 18+ for mature audiences.
"Why do the rains that fall upon me pour in such violent shades of color?"
I roam, barely recognizing my newfound reality as all of my energy is fixated upon seduction and gain. I move forward and throughout the saturated midnight streets without hesitation, lurking and scoping my surroundings for fulfilling opportunity and wholesome prey. (It all started with a seductress that went by the name "Johanna.") Red Leather-Red Lipstick: Lips wielding RED THOUGHTS.
"OH, THE BITING." A couple of drinks at "Lens" after receiving my tantalizing treatment from my red, shiny seductress Johanna and I am intoxicated, yearning for more. These overwhelming, animalistic feelings consume me, causing me to step outside, into the open. I must have fallen into some sort of trance, finding myself standing alone in a dank alleyway filled with vile disgust, having no recollection of ever leaving "Lens."
"Had I been drugged?"
"Why was I having a lapse of mind? Was I still 'Me'?"
I could feel such uneasiness and taunting rage filling my insides and hovering all around my confused existence as I stared up into the still night's sky within my state of malicious mania, contemplating the disturbing thought that the feelings I was feeling were permanent, FOREVER. [TO LIVE FOREVER WOULD MEAN HAVING COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL, ALLOWING ONE TO INDULGE WITHIN ENDLESS SENSUALITY FOR CENTURIES TO COME.]
Visions of Roman Emperors fucking and pillaging and Jesus dying for all our sins ran through my bewildered mind as I began to search for helpless souls driven by an uncontrollable, ravenous desire and instinct to feed and inflict pain. Oh, how the pain consumes me, whispers to me, commanding me towards a middle-aged woman whose whole body quivers with appetizing submissiveness.
"MAKE THIS PAIN GO WAY!" I pleaded to God for the discomfort to end. But it had only begun. Like a thrust of untamed adrenaline, I claimed the helpless woman's innocence and fragile being, watching the river begin to flow from her punctured jugular as I took in my temporary relief to try and soothe my ballistic hunger.
To rip the flesh and feed from the innocent within this "state of being" is the only way, as the conflict between despising or admiring my newfound EMOTION makes me grin maniacally. (I can start to hear a voice.)
"You have a choice, my son. You can end all of this now and still have a chance for eternal forgiveness, or you can continue to feed "THE EMOTION" until it engulfs your total being and it becomes too late to escape."
The astonishing speed and agility I execute rampaging the homeless up and down countless dank alleyways fills me, BECOMES me. I am everywhere and I can't bear to acknowledge what I have truly become.
"All the strong will come together and I am now corrupt flesh, a form of Serpentine Madness that is no longer deniable."
"GIVE ME THE FUCKING ALTAR!" 52nd St. I stare at a lonely old man as he lies upon a park bench without a care. Women are what I yearn for, but I must continue to feed and fill "THE EMOTION" at all costs. I view my still surroundings hypnotically, as my ravaging desire builds more and more unsympathetically inside of me.
Step by step, I draw closer, smelling the man's mortal fragrance as I stand over him, anticipating the moment when my craving will subside to a level I can cope with. NOW IT WILL HAPPEN.
"Freeze! Police! Put your hands on your head now!"
The undercover police officer barked like a terrified animal, as I could feel the fear inside of him, hearing him think to himself whether or not God was watching over him, protecting him from all demons and if he would ever see his peaceful, sleeping family again.The officer only remained still for a moment before unleashing his commendable onslaught of aggression upon me with impressive accuracy as I fell upon the frigid ground, unprepared for the burning that invaded my body so profoundly. There was bleeding, but no long-lasting ache as I rested still, waiting for my nemesis to load another magazine into his inferior protection and move closer. I rose in a cinematic flash, grabbing the lawful fool within a grasp of furious power and angst that made him piss himself and buckle like a trapeze artist who horribly misses his mark. (From behind, I could feel someone admiring me.)
"You're new to these parts, aren't you, sir?"
I released my grip upon the deceased officer's famished body, turning my attention to a lone slender man standing just a few feet behind me.
"Don't you think that you're being a bit hasty with your actions, fine sir? You don't even know this neighborhood." The lone slender man spoke again as I could feel the undeniable anger rise higher and higher inside of me. The stranger began making his way closer towards me.
"What do you want from these people anyways, besides their lives, sir? There has to be a greater meaning to all of this, beyond the madness?"
"LET ME BE!" I barked like a scared, caged animal.The tall man continued to move my way, causing me to convulse with bewilderment.
"Why don't you end my misery, sir?" The tall slender man was within handshaking distance, calm and collected.
"LET ME BE!" My voice rose with extreme ferocity.
"Why don't you end my misery, sir? Take my life. DO IT."
I lunged forward to make the slender man pay for his taunting, make him plead for mercy within his last dying breath, but what transpired was quite the opposite. (I was left for death, throat ripped from me and was handed my still beating, torn heart.) The slender man stood over me, accompanied by the aroused night; stained and dripping with the essential fluids from his recent kill. "Rookies; They are all bark and no bite"
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In your articles about terrorism and religion, the authors omitted critical information to help readers understand the root causes of Middle Eastern hatred of the Western powers. In laying the blame for violence on our evolutionary history or on conflicts in the Middle Ages, we allow ourselves to escape introspection and an analysis of our present foreign policy. Suggesting that European Christianity has matured and outgrown ethnic and religious warfare requires forgetting the 20th century.
Not only do your authors disregard two World Wars and the Holocaust, but they also fail to mention the battles over North African and Middle Eastern oil fields during those wars. They also neglect to mention how America and Europe continued to control the Middle East after World War II through puppet governments, military aid and support of regimes with horrible human rights records (such as Baathist Iraq).
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By now, most people have heard all the blackout jokes. Especially those of you involved in the blackout, since you had nothing better to do for a day and a half other than sit around in the dark and tell blackout jokes.
Despite my New York residence, I wasn't part of the blackout. I was in San Antonio for a show when it all happened. I did, however, feel a special bond with all the blackout survivors since the elevator doors in my hotel took a half-second longer to open than usual.
Actually, I was pretty concerned. I was watching the news when it happened, and--okay I was flipping through channels trying to find Sportscenter when it happened. But I passed by the news. Seeing footage of thousands of New Yorkers wandering in the streets of midtown, I immediately thought the worst: Barney's annual sale. When I remembered that the August sale is actually in LA, then I started getting scared. Okay, I only know that because I looked it up, but go with it.
I really was pretty frightened. Having lived through September 11th, hearing reports of a massive blackout with an unknown cause rattled me. After the 11th, I had said that I wouldn't run away from New York. If someone blew up the city, I'd lose most of the people who were important to me and I may as well go with them. So my thoughts had me wondering if that's exactly what had happened. Turns out that while I was concerned for the welfare of my friends and family, they were having the best damn time of their lives.
I've only spoken to a few people since I got back in town this morning, and most of them can't stop talking about how much fun it was. One of my struggling actor friends ended up stranded with a big-time Hollywood producer, and another met someone he's been dating since. Some got drunk for under $5, while others just partied in the streets. Of course there was no looting - everyone was too busy hooking up.
Well, there were three New York stores that were broken into during the darkness, which is several fewer than a regular day. One of those stores was a used furniture store. Now that's a poor decision - if you're going to risk prison for a trundle bed, at least make sure it doesn't have a grape juice stain. Ottawa, however, reported a lot of looting, which confuses me. As far as I know, there's nothing to take.
My favorite blackout moments are the press conferences by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg was concerned that once power came back on, everyone would rush to put on lights and air conditioners and cause a similar surge. To prevent it, he told people to have patience once the power was restored. He told them this on TV. If you can't see why that's funny, you're probably a Bloomberg speechwriter.
My concern subsided as I learned that the blackout was caused less by terrorism and more by incompetence. Turns out that more than three hours before the whole mess happened, a plant in Ohio experienced highly unusual voltage fluctuations but didn't do much about it. The worker on watch was probably ensconced in an epic battle with a Jelly donut, and couldn't be bothered. For all you Simpsons fans, we've finally discovered where Springfield is. It's located squarely in Ohio, and Homer Simpson works the power plant.
Overall, everyone seems to have enjoyed the blackout, and I have to admit I'm jealous. My friends all have these cool blackout stories, and then they ask where I was and I have to say Texas. And everything is bigger in Texas. Except the power outages.
I find myself a bit jealous of those who lived through the blackout. Except the people stuck in the subways. Ick. But I wish I were a part of it - so much so that I ran around my apartment turning on all my appliances at once. Let me tell you - when your fuse is the only one that blows, well, it blows.
So I urge you, for my sake, please turn on all your lights and air conditioners and toasters at once. Sure, it will bring massive cities to a screeching halt, but won't it be fun?
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Bethenny Frankel turned her appearance on "Real Housewives of New York City" into a burgeoning empire, and now her ex-managers are claiming she owes them, big.
Raw Talent, Inc., the agency that represented Frankel, has filed a claim in Los Angeles Superior Court stating that they are owed $12 million in unpaid commissions. They are also seeking up to $100 million in punitive damages.
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jared diamond has a new book out: The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
it gets a very favorable review in the guardian. here's a taste of what's in it:
"Diamond has studied traditional societies in Africa, Asia, South and North America and the Arctic, but most of his analysis comes from his observations of his old scientific stamping grounds in New Guinea, a process that has not been without its tribulations. Several years ago, Diamond met a tribesman called Daniel Wemp who said he had organised a clan war in New Guinea to avenge the death of an uncle….
"The issue of vengeance is central to Diamond's book. In the west, when a person is robbed or injured in an attack, the state – in the form of the police – take responsibility for tracking and punishing the culprit. Traditional societies take a very different approach. Minor offences are normally settled by payment of compensation – the pig is the traditional currency in New Guinea – or by holding a feast to signal the re-establishment of friendly relations. For more serious offences, including murder, a family will seek to make alliances with others to help track down and kill their relative's murderer. This usually triggers an identical response from the murdered murderer's family and the process is repeated. The west's depersonalised system of justice looks a lot better from this perspective."
well, looks like i'm gonna have to buy the book. d*mn! (~_^)
see also: Vengeance is Ours: What can tribal societies tell us about our need to get even? [pdf]
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Once again my pal, Erin, tweeted me a phenomenal pumpkin recipe. Erin knows all about my love affair with pumpkin and has been successful at keeping me busy with new pumpkin recipes. Erin is the one who found the recipe for the Glazed Chocolate Pumpkin Bundt Cake. Now, it is Pumpkin Blondies.
I made a few changes to the recipe on Cara's blog:
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Qi Lixia, Head Coach of China
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Why? Because you could use the device to remotely cut power to any gadget that is plugged in to an outlet.
It's only a prototype at the moment (one of many that have come out lately focused on saving energy), which probably explains why it still looks like a child's toy. Not a good idea when you consider that it sits between the wall outlet and the plug of your gadget. At any rate, PowerZoa transmits details on your power usage to a secure website, where you can use the interface to turn specific devices on or off.
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