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The Masters: 2012 Preview
Okay, might as well get it out of the way: TIGER WOODS MIGHT WIN THE 2012 MASTERS. There, now we can move on to a normal preview of golf's most prestigious tournament.
Wait, what? That's right, golf doesn't really get top billing unless Woods is involved. Sure, there are a lot great players on tour right now – in fact, a lot of guys who are better than Woods at the moment. Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Hunter Mahan are just a few of the names that will make a run at the green jacket this weekend, but this game revolves around Woods and don't expect that to change anytime soon. His talent and lighting rod reputation make for great television (and, ahem, great stories), and with four wins in his career at Augusta he is as comfortable on that course as any he plays.
In its 76th year, the Masters has much in common with Woods. They both have had their fair share of controversy, they're both still considered among the best in the world, they both look to make a big splash when the sport focuses on them and neither entity is particularly popular with women. Controversy aside, what if Woods is in the hunt on Sunday? Expect a giant media circus.
Meanwhile, as mentioned previously, there are many other players set to tee off who have a legitimate shot at winning the tournament as well. First and foremost will be McIlroy, the 22-year-old who had a lock on first place last year before shooting an 80 on the last day to choke away the win. It was an epic meltdown, and one that golf's bright young star hopes to put far away in the past this weekend.
Another star looking to break through is Donald, which might sound a bit odd considering he currently has the world's number one ranking. Donald, however, has never won a major and doing so at the Masters would go a long way in legitimizing his best-in-the-world status.
Golf gurus have been waiting for 29-year-old Mahan to make the leap and start winning majors since his impressive collegiate career at Oklahoma State. This could be the year as his game has looked good so far, including a win last weekend at the Shell Houston Open.
Veterans Phil Mickelson and Argentine Angel Cabrera could also be in the mix, as both have won the Masters (three times for Mickelson and once for Cabrera) and could easily step up to win another green jacket.
There's also last year's champ, South African Charl Schwartzel, but only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have won back-to-back Masters – and don't expect that list get any longer this year.
It will be a deep field in 2012, with another 10 golfers not even mentioned here who could hit the clutch shots that take them to the top of the leader board. What are the chances of another surprise like Schwartzel emerging from the field? Not likely with so many premier players on top of the games at the moment. But, in reality, it's a moot point as the Tiger Show will once again be front and center regardless of who finishes first.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Eka Kurniawan
Indonesian Eka Kurniawan, 41, is an internationally acclaimed author whose novels have been translated into more than 20 languages.
In 2015, his Beauty is a Wound (translated from his first novel, Cinta Itu Luka) was included in the list of 100 notable books by The New York Times.
Last year, Eka became the first Indonesian author to be nominated for a Man Booker International Prize for his second novel, Man Tiger.
His third novel, Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas will be translated into English soon. It is expected to create waves as well. The novelist was in Kuala Lumpur recently to talk about his writing journey with Malaysian fans. In this exclusive interview, Eka shared with theSun his feelings about his art.
Has your life changed after receiving the nomination for The Man Booker International Prize?
A lot of journalists wanted to interview me then and I received a lot of invitations to talk at literary events. The literary world [also] treated me differently. Personally, I'm still the same person. I'm still driving my daughter (six-yearold Kidung Kinanti Kurniawan) to school and fetching her back. I am still reading a lot of books.
Do you think there is a higher expectation to produce another award-winning novel?
It is a good thing that people have expectations of me. Even without that, I [always] put a certain pressure on myself. I'm always pushing the bar higher each time I write a new novel.
Do Western readers react to your books differently compared to Indonesian readers?
Western readers talked more about the political landscape of Indonesia and the supernatural elements [in my books] while Indonesian readers focus more on the relationship and sexual elements. But it is their right to interpret my books in any way they want."
Some said your novels contain a lot of sexually explicit scenes.
Some have stopped reading my books because of the sexual elements. But if I were to tone down on the explicit sex scenes, other readers will be disappointed. I have learnt that I cannot please everyone and that I should write the novel the way it should be written.
The sex scenes in my novels are necessary in the story I am writing. For example, in Cinta Itu Luka, my main character is a comfort woman so it will be illogical if I did not have any sex scenes.
In my latest and fourth novel titled O, [there are no] sex scenes. It is just a fable about a monkey who wants to be a man.
Your novels featured supernatural elements. Do you believe in the Supernatural?
I do not want to believe in the supernatural but sometimes, I can't help myself. Recently, there was a demonstration in Jakarta where I lived. A distant relative sent me coconut water to drink. He said if I drink the coconut water, I will be safe from any harm (from the demonstration). I did not believe him. But in the end, I drank it. I would like to believe that I drank the coconut water because it was a hot day and it tasted sweet." (laughs)
When did you realise you wanted to take writing seriously as a career?
I was reading Hunger (by Knut Hamsun) and it was about a starving writer. In the end, the starving writer gave up writing and went to look for a proper job. That novel inspired me to be a writer. I wanted to prove that the character in the novel was wrong for not pursuing his dream to be a writer." (laughs)
What's your view on the Malaysian literary scene?
I do not know much about the Malaysian literary scene. I only read a small number of Malaysian novels. It is sad that we have the same language, but there is barrier between us. We do not know each other's books and each other's writers. I hope in the future, more Indonesians will read Malaysian literature and more Malaysians will read Indonesian literature. There should be more interaction between Malaysian and Indonesian writers.
Your wife, Ratih Kumala, is also an award-winning writer. Do both of you discuss literature?
Sometimes, I recommend some good books for her to read and she does the same. She read all my works before they get published. She does some minor corrections and offered some suggestions. [But] we talk more about household things and our daughter than literature.
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Mental healthcare is incredibly important. For too long it was given less attention than physical health and people struggled to get proper support.
That's why I'm glad this Government acted to give it equal weight in law. Investment in treatment is rising sharply, with an extra £2.25 billion being pumped into mental health services by 2020. Forty per cent more people are accessing them since 2010.
And in Dover and Deal, real strides are being made. Last week I visited Coleman House to discuss progress with Kent and Medway Social Care Partnership Trust chief executive Helen Greatorex, her deputy Victoria Stevens, and the area's new permanent consultant Dr Kirsten Lawson.
People used to come to me all the time complaining about local mental health services. Vulnerable people were cared for in beds in Manchester or Hull. Many were discharged early, some didn't get follow-up contact for weeks. Some didn't get any help at all. I have pushed hard for improvements since I became MP and things finally look like they are on the up.
This year Kent and Medway Social Care Partnership Trust received fantastic praise from health watchdog the Care Quality Commission. Eight out of ten services were rated Good or Outstanding. Inspectors said they are closing in on being rated Outstanding overall, something boasted by only two trusts across the whole country.
The Coleman House team told me how progress was achieved. At one point people were looked after in private beds all over the country. It wasn't right for patients or families, and it was costing the trust millions. By rebalancing units and staff, they have reduced private bed usage to virtually nil.
But I also work closely with local mental health support group Talk It Out, so I know there is more work to be done. I told trust bosses follow-up contact should take place in the first couple of days after discharge. I also said I want to see more care co-ordinators so there is always someone for people to speak to.
More local services, more beds and more mental health support are all part of my vision for a fairer share of healthcare in Dover and Deal.
We've come a long way together since 2010. In Deal our much-loved hospital was left teetering on the edge, until our strong community campaign secured its future. In Dover Buckland Hospital had been decimated over a decade. Two years ago we got a £24 million state-of-the-art facility in its place.
But I want to see more services at both. There's a great opportunity to commission care beds at another brand new facility, right next door to Buckland.
And we must keep up the focus on mental health. We all know someone who has suffered with mental health problems, yet for years they weren't able to access treatment that could help them meaningfully, long and short term.
Let's keep fighting so everyone in Dover and Deal gets the first class healthcare they deserve.
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One of my favorite childhood movies was "The Princess Bride." William Goldman's classic fairytale follows Princess Buttercup and her beloved farm boy, Wesley, as they climb the Cliffs of Insanity, face the perilous Fire Swamp and battle an evil prince all in the name of love.
As conflict builds, Wesley is paralyzed and Princess Buttercup relunctantly agrees to marry the spiteful Prince Humperdinck. Wesley's enemies, turned companions, seek help from the magician Miracle Max and he revives Wesley with a magical chocolate covered pill.
The heroes then agree to penetrate Humperdincks defenses and rescue Buttercup. While wishing the heroes goodluck, Miracle Max waves and says, "Have fun storming the castle!"
My mom quotes this iconic line often. When I was younger, she would say it when I left for school or to hang out with friends. But over the years, those whimsical words have become more than a fun farewell.
Life is hard. (Overstated yes, but it remains true.) And though life's battles may not overthrow us, their effects can paralyze the strongest, especially if we choose to fight alone.
My mom is like Miracle Max's chocolate covered pill. Her sweet nature allows her to teach without saying a word, love despite flared tempers and, forgetting her own grief, provide comfort to a jaded heart. These attributes loosed me when I felt paralyzed and allowed me to storm countless castles.
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At this program, Professor Wang Jisi, dean, School of International Studies, Peking University, reprised one of the themes raised in his 2005 Foreign Affairs article, "China's Search for Stability with America," (see the Sept/Oct 2005 Foreign Affairs issue) and focused on areas where Chinese and American interests converge and diverge in Asia.
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In his book, Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy, Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, traces the shift in China's security diplomacy to several factors, among them its concern with American primacy in the post-Cold War world, its vision for its own peaceful rise and the emergence of "new thinkers" in China who have provided the theoretical underpinnings for a more pragmatic approach.
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Susan Shirk highlighted some of the key themes of her book, China: Fragile Superpower, in a Washington discussion with members and guests of the National Committee and the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC.
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Jack Perkowski, chairman and CEO of ASIMCO Technologies, gave National Committee members and guests a snapshot view of his experiences in building an automotive parts business in China.
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Following a decision to bring greater transparency to process, the Chinese government started sending delegations abroad to give further clarification of policies adopted at the recent 17th Party Congress. While other delegations have been sent to Japan, Russia, the European Union and Southeast Asia, this particular delegation – with its three principal members having played instrumental roles in developing the policies for political reform that were set out at the Party Congress – came to the United States to give further explication to American China-watchers.
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National Public Radio correspondent Rob Gifford traveled along China's Route 312, from the dynamic metropolis of Shanghai to the remote border region with Kazakhstan. In China Road, Mr.
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there's something about picturing Frank Turner literally playing out this scene that i find rather humorous.
"The show was opened by an acoustic Frank Turner, accompanied by Matt Nasir on mandolin. The singer made reference to his recent ill health and told the crowd he was wearing a back brace. "Last week I slipped a fucking disc in my back and I was told by my doctor not to play gigs for three months... and I told him to fuck off,"
Just imagine it.. the dr sits down to give him some sensible advice and expects his patient to nod gravely and so 'okay doc, you know whats best. But not our Frank! "fuck off!" he says to the doc, flicking him the Vs and hobbling off his chair and out the door going 'ooh... oaaohh.. aah etc etc". The dr sits with a dumfounded expression unable to process why someone would be so anarchic and confrontational after being given sound medical advice.
He's a real punk rocker
stickin' it to The Man
"You can shove your pills, doc"
"Rock n' roll is going to heal me!"
"That's...that's not a thing, Frank."
All I know about Frank Turner is that people routinely post things about him on here
that make him sound like a massive tool.stanstubbs, chris-budget, colon_closed_bracket, and mute-branches this'd this
He always seems to get a lot of stick on here
which is quite suprising since he used to be in Million Dead.
I think he's alright, liked his early stuff but not paid attention since his 2nd album. I saw him in the Night and Day years ago so I think he's done well now he's massive.
Oh I see, I didn't realise he used to be in another band.
I've never heard any of his stuff. Never heard Million Dead either. I think I just had them down as Nu-Metal/Pop-Punk in my mind because of the period when I first heard of them so just wrote them off.
I'll give 'em a listen.
Nah they were a post-hardcore band
certainly not nu-metal or punk pop. They were pretty popular in a cult sort of way (like Reuben)
I think a lot of people on here like them.amyblue this'd this
Yeah, weird.
Anyway, I have just started A Song to Ruin on Spotify.
Quite enjoying this.
They were clearly big fans of early ATD-I.
Try out Before The Rush Hour
and To Whom it May Concern, as well.NickDS this'd this
it's call After The Rush Hour you spanner
like After The Gold Rush
You can't of read any of the threads in which he's discussed then,
as they all mention that he was in Million Dead (usually as a caveat to people thinking that he's a complete nobber these days).
And it can usually get a rise out of cocodalol (Inman pic)
but he hasn't been biting of late(Inman pic)
he's very earnest
and idealistic, which is not a problem in itself but it does lead to slightly embarrassing situations like the OP.
He is an absolute cockjockey now
but Million Dead were quite good.
I remember well the day that I got my first tattoo:
I was so scared before and after I was so proud when it was new.
But these days I've gone and got me many more,
And sometimes I get more when I get bored.
yes. we can all do this you see.
watch you clap your hands by the stage
lend me your ears
just another page
Million Dead are good.
My friends like Frank Turner.
I am sure that my other half would love his solo work.
His full quote to the doctor was probably:
'Fuck off! If I don't play shows I don't get paid, and if I don't get paid I don't eat, and then I'll have a slipped disc AND malnutrition to worry about. Now give me some Tramadol and hand me a plectrum.'
'ok frank, i understand that...that's your job. you need to make a living and you don't want to let your fans down, i completely understand, i do'
'so what now doc'
'well, think we can come to a compromise. if you could just play the gigs sitting on this ergonomic stool....*pulls out stool from under his desk*....the pressure it would take off your back would be hugely beneficial, and of course, you'd still be able to play the gigs, so in a way, it's the best of both worl.....'
*frank kicks away the stool in disgust. he stands and backs away slowly with a scowl of pure revulsion on his face, as if he has just been asked to pleasure an animal on stage. as he nears the door, he slowly flips the doc the bird and spits on the floor, not taking his eyes of the doc for a second*
'frankie don't sit on no stool doc...'
*continuing to face the doc and back away slowly, still with a middle finger raised and a look of intense disgust, frank fumbles for the door with his free hand and leaves*
...in comes Dr Patronsky
'did you just see that?' says Franks doc to Dr Patronsky.
'i saw it. i saw the whole damned thing'. Patronsky puts a conciliatory hand on the the doc's shoulder.
The doc lowers his head and begins speaking to the floor, the room, heck, the whole blasted world if it would listen!: 'can't they see? I'm trying to keep punk rock alive!! if he carries on at this rate, his back will be spasming 20 mins into his set supporting punk-rock die-hards Green Day at the Brixton Academy. Then where will punk rock be?'
Patronsky removes his hand and walks to the window. Outside he spies Turner burping into an old ladies face and laughing. "I don't want to know" he says, wiping a single tear away from his eye.
God help us all.DaddyorChips this'd this
There's always one who has to take it too far
I'm gonna have to cordon this thread off pending an investigation. Everyone out.
Imagine if Frank Turner came onstage to a sold-out audience
whilst suffering from crippling back pain.
Because it looks better coming from him.
You can't keep a straight face. It ruins it.
- andyvine this'd this
*swells with pride*
however, it's not even my joke!
Imagine if Frank Turner came onstage to a sold-out audience
of disgruntled looking NHS staff
I'd heard of them.
I'd just never bothered to listen to them.
Also, you guys on here have really fucking TERRIBLE music taste in the main
so I tend to assume if you're spaffing over something it's probably dreadful.Comaboy, ma0sm, and chris-budget this'd this
I have a reliable source that tells me the exchange was much closer to this
"Well thank you doctor, I'll still be playing the show next week because THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW about social injustice and being yourself and that. If you're at the show I might say some daft things about our appointment here but don't worry, it's all just rock star banter. I'll take the medication and hope for the best. Say hello to mom-mah for me."
Bart: Hello, Springfield! Now here's a song that your Principal Skinner doesn't want us to play!
Audience: Boo!
Principal Skinner: That's not true! This assembly was my idea. I like your inoffensive brand of pop-rock!
Bart: Screw you, man, we're gonna play it anyway!
''Fine. Do the gig. But you better not go on Sunday Brunch''
two months later
DOCTOR: Listen Frank, you really have to listen to me. I understand the power of music, you know... I AM after all Doctor Chris Beat.
FRANK: What you FLIPPING talking bout Doc?
DOCTOR: You know? The song? Doc-doc-doc-doc-doctor Beat. Miami Sound Machine wrote it about me, because I cured their gout.
FRANK: I don't FLIPPING know that song. But anyway... No. I gotta play my FLIPPING music. It's my FLIPPING CALLING, ya hear? And no medical doctor paid for by the FLIPPING Hitlers is gonna silence me. Heh.
DOCTOR: By Jefferson, Mr. Turner! Don't you see what you've done to yourself by playing these gigs!? In just two months, your - as you put it - slipped flipping disc, has transformed into a horrifying cocktail of diseases: gangrene, typhus, gout, cancer of the wrist, swine flu, bird flu, mad cow disease, cholera, SARS, mad otter flu, and the sniffles.
FRANK: What FLIPPING ever, Doctor FLIPPING OPPENHEIMER. I don't need to listen to your POO. I'm leaving this HOUSE OF LIES
(on his way out, FRANK vomits a vast quantity of blood and organs and trips over one of his kidneys)
FRANK: (on the floor) OW. MY KNEE. MY FLIPPING KNEE. It is bruise'd! I cannot play my gigs with a bruise'd knee. Agh. Doctor. You must... help... me.
DOCTOR: Get in here stat. This guy are sick


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Fake Chinese company CMIEC used by West African gangs
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Contact Person: yeng
Return Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Country: China
Company Type: Manufacturer,
Enquiry Type: Specifications,
Message: How are you today? we own a company in China which is into import and exportion of raw materials, such metallurgical products,machinaries,matals,electrical machinaries etc to other companies especially in Europe,America and Canada.We are therefore pleased to inform you that vacancies exist in our foreign department as offshore representatives.And we would be very glad if you accept to be appointed as our representative in your country and earn 10% of every payment made through you.We normally encounter problems when been paid, because it takes a while for American cheques to clear here in the China so this has prompted me to search for a payment agent in America Canada and Europe, who would stand on behalf of my company.Presently,we are been owed over $610,000 dollars and the company in question has agreed to begin installmental payment.If you are willing to assist,you would be paid 10% of the total sum you collect on behalf of my company.All you have to do is to se!
nd your full names,contact detials,phone and fax numbers. Once you have done this,I would instruct the company to send the cheque to you which you would deposit into your account.When the cheque clears you would then pay the balance (after you have deducted your fee 10% )into an account which I shall provide for you.Note that the information you shall provide shall be subject to final approval.You can visit our website www.cmiec.com to view our products. On our receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards our approval for you to being our representative.
I shall await your response.
Best Regards,
yeng chow
president (cmiec ch)www.cmiec.com
The potential victim is pointed towards www.cmiec.com and www.sinosteel-trading.com, both of which are completely false websites used only to feign credibility. The criminals in this case are West African nationals posing as Chinese export merchants and operating from both London and Thailand. The company Sinosteel is an unwitting victim in this scam and have had their genuine website copied by the criminals.
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The Laguna Beach High girls' volleyball team tuned up for the start of its 2011 season by placing second at the preseason Foothill Queens Court Volleyball Tournament. The Breakers fell in the finals to Dos Pueblos, 25-19, 25-23. They reached the final by defeating last year's tournament winner, Edison, in the semifinals, 32-30, 25-21.
Laguna went 6-2 in the tournament that ran Aug. 27-28 at the American Sports Center in Anaheim.
The girls' volleyball team is one of three Laguna squads to open its season in the coming week. On Friday, the boys' water polo team hosts Villa Park and the football team is home to Webb School of Claremont. The boys' and girls' cross-country teams run for the first time Saturday at the Mt. SAC Fastback Shootout. The girls' tennis team plays its third match of the season on Tuesday at Corona del Mar.
Tennis sessions offered
A Junior Team Tennis Skills Check and Orientation will be held Saturday at Alta Laguna Park in Laguna Beach. Times for each division are as follows: 10-and-under (noon); 12U (1:30 p.m.); 14U (3 p.m.).


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Artist: Pam de Jong & Roughshot
Website: http://www.eeeek.com/svmmusic/
Genre: Country
CD Review:
Now, this has little to do with the review, but - when track 1 1st started, I was reminded of Subway's slogan. You know, fresh sandwiches vs. McDonald's pre-made hamburgers? The fresh taste? Okay, just something that the cd brought immediately to mind. On with the review.. This is a collection of 11 songs that are fairly country, without being overly so. In other words, there are tunes here for those of you who aren't Really into country. Some rockin' guitar (on the title song) and just good backing all 'round. One of my favorites on the album is 'I Don't Need Perfection', a nice cool down from country. 'there's too many pressures, to be just what we're not / it's not your fault; it's just the way that we were taught.' As usual, some bright concepts here on an album that, like Shania Twain, spins right in between the rock and country genres in a pleasing fashion. The album is good, but not great. The playing is at times restrained, and I'm still not sold 100% on Pam's vocals. She sounds very good when being backed up; something about the way her voice combines with others (or even her own?) which really paints my smile. I think this is a good learning experience for Pam and the band, and I'm sure they're going to progress Nicely in the near future.


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First Impression: Oh my lord, it's too... moist. I guess I expected it to be more of a lipstick that moisturizes your lips. Smart Mia didn't read the packaging which clearly said: moisturizing lip colour balm... So at first I was disappointed because it was not what I expected. But then started using it. I'm in love now. It does moisturize my lips which is good because love lip balms and I like the application of this one better than my favorite lip balms from Body Shop which you have to apply with your finger. The colour is very lovely too. I got it in Shade 05 Chunky Cherry.
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Yes folks, it's time for yet another installment of my completely true story of my very recent alien abduction! Whilst I was a lightning-charged, undead, brain-eating, sledge-hammer wielding zombie, of course.
Confused yet? Don't worry, it happens to me all the time.
Here's something to help you ketchup:
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
Act VI
Act VII
Act VIII
Act IX -preview
Act IX
Act X
Act XI
Act XII
And I'll even give you a quickie text recap: I cut my neck whilst shaving in the pool with a meat cleaver. Wifey-Poo gave me a burial at sea (pool) with my sledgehammer and duct tape. Lightning storm re-animated me. Charged me and sledgehammer with lightning. Whilst I was on the roof, I bonged the pyramid (we really have one on the roof) with the charged sledgehammer which then transported me to the A.S.S. (alien space ship) with the rego number of C4P-PFP2012. Upon my arrival the aliens activated a type of illusory hologram so that I appeared to be in a cave complex and yet I retained my actual appearance!
Just scroll back up and open the links to see real photographic evidence of all these happenings, no worries.
When I last posted, I had just stumbled upon this sign:
Ahhhh, perhaps a nice retreat to a clean, beautiful, serene, sub-arctic lake would be nice... Perhaps it's springtime and there's a few other lakes around with a bit of rotten ice still around. Ahhhhhhhhhh...
Ahhhhh, bliss. Enough to melt anyone's heart...
Ahhhhhh, day-dreaming of Lake Lucille
But wait! What if...
Lake Lucille
in Wasilla!
On NO!!!!
Obviously an alien creature that large and powerful must have a HUGE brain! And since I was still a brain-eating zombie at this point, I decided there was only ONE (1) (won) thing to DO!
Would you like to know what I did?
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Alien Abduction Act XIII --Charging to Lake Lucille!
4 comments:
- Fizzgig said...
this is very creative dave! lol
- 2:32 AM, June 30, 2010
- Alaskan Dave Down Under said...
Fizzgig: Glad you like it, the story has really evolved from what I'd originally planned but I like it better this way. I'm having fun with it, but it doesn't seem too be as popular as I was hoping. I was gonna really string it out, but I think I'll wind it up in 2 or 3 more acts at most now. But at least I had fun!
- 10:00 AM, June 30, 2010
- Kriss said...
- 5:06 PM, August 20, 2011
- Alaskan Dave Down Under said...
Kriss: Thanks! Hope you and the soon-to-be-hubby enjoyed it. Guess I should finish it now, eh?
- 11:48 AM, August 21, 2011


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Greenroom Looking For Art Thieves
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) -- The Greenroom in downtown Lafayette is usually a place where you can chill out, have a beer, and play a game of pool. It provides a different atmosphere for those looking to get away from the clubs on the rest of Jefferson Street.
You can also take in the local art scene as paintings from local artists adorn the walls of the popular bar. But that scene took a hit Saturday night after a group of three men were caught on surveillance camera stealing one of those paintings.
The Greenroom is not taking the theft lightly, ripping the thieves on their Facebook page and using terms that are less than appropriate for our website.
Three men are captured on camera--one wearing a plaid shirt with a golfer's hat, another wearing a teal blue polo shirt, and another with long curly hair and black glasses.
It appears the man in the teal blue polo shirt is taking the painting off the wall. The man in the plaid shirt is then seen walking out of the building with the picture in his left hand.
The Greenroom is asking the three men to turn themselves in, or they will involve police.


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Dec 02, 2014
from 01:00 PM to 03:30 PM
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In attendance: Graham Dransfield (CEB Knowledge Transfer Co-ordinator), Elena Gonzalez (Alumni Relations and Publicity) and Peter Harding (CU Careers Office)
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CEB in collaboration with CUCES (Chemical Engineering Society) presents: CEB Career Panel with Industry Partners
Event Format
Each corporate rep will be given 5 minutes to introduce themselves and tell undergraduates about their role in their respective companies. During the Q&A session, Reps in the panel will take specific questions from students in the room. This will be followed by a networking session over food/drink where students can approach individual reps to get some career advice and more specific information on job applications and potential job opportunities if applicable.
Panel Moderator: Beth Jones (CUCES Careers Rep)
- Industry panel members intro (45 mins) 1-1.45 pm
- Q and A (45 mins) 1.45 pm – 2.30 pm
- Networking in Social Room over lunch 2.30 – 3.30 pm
For a list of all industrial partners taking part in the Career Panel event see poster. For event queries contact Beth Jones on firstname.lastname@example.com or Elena Gonzalez on firstname.lastname@example.com


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Silapathikaram by Illango Adigalar is a classic epic in Tamil covering the three great south Indian empires of Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas. I picked out a few of my favorite verses from this epic and tried to compose them into paintings.
This painting is depiction of the verse 'Vadavaraiyai matthaakki vasukiyai naanaakki'. made famous by M.S. Subbalakshmi who sang this song frequently in her concerts. The song is sung in the epic by a group of girls who dance together for entertaining Kannagi when Kovalan goes to sell the anklet. This narrates the churning of the ocean episode and extols the virtues of Lord Krishna.The painting contains Vasuki, the serpent whose head is held by asuras and the tail by the devas while churning the ocean, the seven dancing girls in Silapathikkaram representing the saptha swaras, the climax in the epic where the two anklets are broken, one scattering pearls and the other rubies.
A link to the song : http://gaana.com/song/vadavarayai-m-s-subbulakshmi
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There are several different countertop surfaces available -- solid surface, natural stone, wood, and more -- but replacing countertops with plastic laminate is a project that any DIYer can tackle. This countertop material is available in many designer look-alike finishes, so if you like the look of slate, you just might find a comparable plastic laminate. Prefer granite? You'll find that, too. In fact, plastic laminate is a kitchen countertop that's easy to live with and easy on the budget, too.
Plastic laminate countertops rank as the least expensive, making them a good choice for those on a tight budget. They are available in a wide range of colors and patterns with finishes like high gloss and matte, and surfaces such as smooth and textured.
Plastic laminates are made from layers of paper and plastic resin that are fused together under high heat and pressure. The thin laminate is then glued to a particleboard or plywood substrate to give it strength
In addition to being inexpensive and readily available at most home centers, plastic laminate countertops are fairly easy to cut and install. Usually they come already cut to length, but holes for sinks and appliances can be made on site using a circular saw or sabre saw. To prevent chipping when cutting, apply a strip of masking tape to the area that will be cut and whenever possible, turn the countertop over and make cuts from the bottom.
Plastic laminate can be molded at the factory around the front edge and backsplash of the substrate in one continuous piece. Also known as "post-formed" countertops, the molded sections are cut to length and the corners mitered before delivery using a highly accurate circular saw.
When two pieces of plastic laminate countertop meet at right angles, the pieces are mitered by cutting each piece to a 45-degree angle, and slots are then cut into the bottom of the substrate. The pieces are aligned on the job site and joined together from underneath the countertop using special miter bolts.
Plastic laminate counters can also be custom-made to suit specific dimensions. Custom laminate countertops usually have a square front edge and come with a separate, detached backsplash. Applying contact cement to both the laminate and substrate forms custom laminate counters. Once the cement is dry, spacer stickers are placed on the substrate and the laminate is carefully positioned on it. The sticks are then removed and a roller is used to press the laminate and substrate together.
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You always wonder what your cat is thinking? Then do not miss the opportunity to communicate with a representative of the breed, when you play free online games Talking Tom Cat. True, he will broadcast your words and if turn on a computer microphone. Instead, he just repeat whatever you speak, but his feline manner. It has the familiar dog, which gives him discomfort and even provoke a fight – a dog, she has a dog. Tom jumps up in fright from cotton paper bag behind him or unconscious after hitting his head on a pillow.
Talking Tom by Category:
Game about talking cat Tom is based on the conversion of voice gamer: you say something into the microphone, and the cat says this phrase amusing altered voice, as if he inhaled helium, and even tries to match words with his facial expressions. When you start it, the cat listens, and even puts his paw to his ear so as not to miss a single word. As soon as you become silent, he immediately repeats your reply.
With this hero has already released several games: they are the cat gets in different situations, and you decide what sentence he will be there to utter. For example, Tom went to a cute kitty. She went out onto the balcony, and he stands at the bottom and brings with her eyes. It depends on you that will go out of his mouth – Will this speech really passionate love with or cat will tell beauty hilarious anecdote.
The game Talking Tom Cat game allows using different tools. There are several icons from depression for which there are various events. If you kliknesh icon gift, Tom will present some kitty show. And it will be different things:
Look: what happens if you click on the icon of a flower in a pot? You can also play a joke on cats in love, call up if a tornado or lightning. How seals react to sudden rising hurricane?
To a talking cat on your computer, set, you need to activate the microphone. Before the game, the program usually asks whether to allow access to the device, and you have to answer in the affirmative, but otherwise the cat just will not hear from you and, accordingly, there will be nothing to say.
Games Talking Tom cat free even allowed to become a party to the broadcast. Here, Tom, along with a dog act as lead, but instead concerted work they turned violent rivalry – clicking on different buttons, you will see how they throw themselves at each other with various objects, and sometimes even fight. Heroes of the game will perform an action, even if just to click on their figures. In this version of the game about a cat Tom can see his face in the game space – monitor on a desk in the studio shows that the camera takes your computer. Play online Talking Tom cat can be, having moved into his virtual house. Here it is again waiting for you to tell him to then repeat your phrase. A dog him in every possible way interferes. It can sneak up from behind, so that the cat jumped with fright at the lamp, or hit Tom with a pillow. To activate this hooliganism, PUSH buttons and see what happens. Top game Talking Tom cat online are available in this section of our site.


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Call-Em-All Helps a Dallas School Deal with a Pesky Coyote
One Dallas school was planning to use Call-Em-All as a mass notification system to issue snow days. Instead, they needed it to quickly alert parents when a coyote was on school grounds. Read and watch the full story from Dallas's CBS-11.
Read the full story here.
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Why I have been a bad blogger...
I realise that my photography is something that I am pursuing with all that I am and that my blogging needs to be a little more frequent. In saying that - where have the last few weeks gone?! We had a trip to Sydney with our children introducing them to the delights of the Taronga Zoo and their first Live stage show where they were old enough to remember, followed closely by a 10 day stay in Sunny Townsville. While we were there we was fortunate to attend and do some of the photography for my cousin Jill and her now husband Bruce's wedding. This was one of the most nerve wracking days I have been through - probably since my own wedding followed closely by the day I realised that I really was a mum! So we were able to see gorgeous sunrises and a beautiful bride, bridesmaids, flower-girl and handsome men all dressed up for the occasion.
Here are a few images from our time away.>
and from the wedding...
I have to say that the hummer was one gorgeous HUGE black car for the bridal car - very cool!
These are just a couple from this wonderful day.
Thanks Jill, Bruce and Miss M for sharing your day with us all.
enjoy J


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RUSSELL A Russell Thanksgiving tradition will continue this year with the annual Turkey Trot starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
The race will begin at the Russell Super Quik and follow the established Run by the River course. Participants will be able to take on a 5k or 10k.
Ruthie Lynd, chairman of the event, said there is no registration fee. Instead, runners are asked to bring canned food or nonperishable food items.
"It all goes to Helping Hands, which goes right back into our community," said Lynd.
She explained the shelves at Helping Hands are depleted quickly during the holidays, so the hope of the event is to help them re-stock their food items.
Lynd said around 500 runners participated in last year's race, which came with a little drizzle of rain. This year she is hopeful the weather will be in the event's favor.
The race first began more than 30 years ago when Ron Simpson, Andy Ballash, Judge Joe Hood and others came together for a run on Thanksgiving morning. The group also decided to bring food to donate to those in need.
"From then on it just kind of grew," said Lynd.
Over the years, Lynd said runners have added their own creative flair to the trot, making T-shirts and wearing other fun Thanksgiving-related attire.
While the race is noncompetitive, Lynd said a timing clock would be onsite, courtesy of Shawn Thornberry.
For more information about the event, call Lynd at (606) 831-8003.
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This is a plot bunny.
Plot bunnies are little mythical creatures who come wandering in and drop ideas into the brains of writers. Kind of like the Muse, only furrier and less sentient. Basically, if the Muse had a bastard lovechild with a dust bunny, the end result would be a plot bunny.
They come along at the most random times. While I'm driving, walking around, shopping...
...even just looking up at the sky.
I can't even tell you how many have come hopping into my brain while I'm snorkeling.
Wherever I am, the plot bunny will find me.
And this is a good thing, of course. There's a reason I keep a notebook and/or my iPhone (thank you, notepad app!) with me at all times.
BUT. There are times when plot bunnies are not welcome. Specifically, while I'm working on another story.
What usually happens -- to me, anyway -- is this. The story will be coming along nicely...
...which means I'm reasonably immune to the nibble of the plot bunny.
So they wait. Just outside my peripheral vision, they wait. They wait until that vulnerable moment...
When the story stalls. When I need a new idea like I need a damned hole in my head. That, my friend, is when they make their attack.
Some can be quite...demanding:
Now, I've tried telling them I have deadlines to meet. I'd love to play with their new little ideas, but...yeah, can't always do that when I want to. Because in my mind, a deadline should act as a repellent for such creatures.
But...well, let's put it this way. I was raised around Morgan horses. Morgans are what would happen if you ever crossed a horse with a termite. They like to eat barns and fences, and there are these wonderful companies that make such products as ChewStop, which, as its name would suggest, discourages horses from chewing.
And for the most part, it works.
Except with Morgans.
Spray ChewStop or anything like it on a fence, and a Morgan will do one thing and one thing only:
So since deadlines won't do the job, I find other ways to keep plot bunnies at bay.
Sedation works quite nicely.
Of course, like anything, this can backfire. The only thing harder to ignore than a plot bunny is a plot bunny who's drugged out of his gourd.
The plot bunny chewed through its restraints, and is currently gnawing on my skull, even though I'm trying to work on something else. This happens a lot...but OMG, I do not have time for it. (Yes, I have time to spend an evening making a webcomic. Don't judge me.)
My friend Melissa had a suggestion tonight, and quite frankly, I think she's right.
If this plot bunny doesn't get its teeth out of my head and let me finish the book I'm working on right now, there are simply no other options.
It must be done.
(screencap from Monty Python & The Search for the Holy Grail)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Writing Journey Part IV: Plot Bunnies
Labels: Comic, plot bunnies, Writing
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Hahahaha! Love this! Plot bunnies are running wild around my house, and I don't do a very good job of wrangling them.ReplyDelete
Perfect description!ReplyDelete
YAY!!! Plot bunny demolition! Just make sure you count to THREE. ;)ReplyDelete
Plot Bunnies are running amok in my house! I thought having 4 cats would solve the problem, but no, the cats just watch the bunnies. LOL.ReplyDelete
I had not thought of The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch..... Hmmm....
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Skip to comments.Rubios Mom Changed His Mind on Immigration
Posted on 02/08/2013 5:00:32 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Please explain your rant. Otherwise I have to assume you have either confused my answer with another person's answer or you are off your meds.
Yea, we know your kind. The democrats best friend. We don't need your help to beat the socialist.
amazing. Linking arms with Democrats and bringing millions of new Dem voters is good and opposing that is Democrats best friend?
You aren't trying to beat the socialists, you are joining them.
If the bill actually said they cant get benies for 10 years of probation then a Scotus decision to give them benefits (which is believable) would nullify those same ones on probation's legalization too. Then they are illegal getting benefits till deported.
The SCOTUS is not going to give anyone citizenship or Green cards.
All Rub has to do is remove 'path to voting' and Dems will reject it.
Succinctly put justiceseeker93. To put your true statement into current legal context, Chief Justice Marshall, citing Vattel, really is authoritative, but some will call his comment "Dictum" because the decision in The Venus didn't require the definition, which was cited at least twenty times until Chief Justice Waite needed the definition to complete his reasoning in Minor v. Happersett, 1875, turning the Vattel definition into positive law - precedence. The court can ignore precedence, but will have to give us reasons why, and they have not done so.
What still remains a mystery, though one can surmise, is why our "originalist" pundit, Mark Levin, or even Limbaugh, whose brother, father, and grandfather were/are attorneys, have never honestly and directly addressed the issue? Levin uses the purist Alinsky, rule 5 approach, ridicule, to discourage a discussion based upon the reasoning of Bastiat, Thomas Paine, James Wilson, John Marshall, John Jay, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton.
Levin's shtick rests upon his claimed lifelong fondness for the framers and founders, and his skill with invective and ridicule? But he won't risk talking honestly about what they clearly said and understood. He even quoted a Madison letter explaining why there are not definitions in the Constitution proper - on page 37 of Liberty and Tyranny. Feet of clay!
Beck with all his excitement as he discovers the words of our framers, and collects antique volumes, won't mention Franklin's solicitation and delivery of early translations of Vattel's Law of Nations to pre-revolutionary leaders as they argured independence, wrote The Declaration. Franklin's letter thanking Vattel's publisher describing how constantly the volumes serve as a reference tells us how Franklin was shaping the construction of our Constitution. Beck blissfully ignores, along with the rest of the media, the quantitative fact that Vattel was, by at least factor of four, the most cited legal authority in American jurisprudence between 1790 and 1821. Somehow, there is no room for facts or truth in today's dialog, probably because truth leads to the inconvenient truth that all our wise men were afraid to discuss the truth of Obama's ineligibility.
He doesn't mention the Hamilton letter to Washington where Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, describes Vattel as his most trusted source for advising Washington on issues of international law, implying understanding between the two. He doesn't mention historical accounts, a delightfull book written during WWII, referring to newspaper accounts of Washington's first day as President, where Law of Nations is the only book on his desk in New York. The existing records from what became the New York Public Library confirm that Washington borrowed the book in 1789, and never returned it.
We are being "played" by both sides, who are probably correct in assuming Limbaugh's "low-information voters." Obama is illegitimate and the response by our media, representatives, and judicial systems is to evade any serious discussion. Rubio certainly knows. Perhaps the coup is already too far advanced to reverse, and those thought to influence public opinion are merely trying to protect what they have?
With all due respect, that only those who are born in America and both of whose parents were U.S. citizens at the time of his birth can be deemed to be natural-born citizens is not, and has never been, the prevailing interpretation of the natural-born citizen clause. A natural-born citizen of the United States is one who has been a U.S. citizen since birth (a citizen at birth pursuant to the laws at the time of his birth); the term is used in contradistinction to a naturalized citizen, who became a U.S. citizen sometime after birth.
The confusion stems from the fact that, under18th century British law, persons born in Great Britain whose parents were not citizens would not be British subjects at birth (Britain had jus sanguinis to the exclusion of jus soli). But in the United States, Congress adopted as early as 1791 two ways for persons to be U.S. citizens at birth—being born in the U.S. (jus soli), or being born abroad of U.S.-citizen parents (jus sanguinis). Jus soli was later enshrined in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which declared all persons born in the U.S., and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to be citizens at birth. Had the U.S. never adopted laws regarding U.S. citizenship, then the common law would have been applied and the U.S. only would have jus sanguinis. But the common law only is in effect in the absence of a statute, and Congress decided to supercede the common law in that instance. The U.S. Constitution and laws passed by Congress, not British legal traditions, are the Supreme Law of the Land.
Another misunderstanding has occurred due to a recent misreading of the 19th-century Minor case. The Minor case was about a woman claiming some right, and the Court first had to consider whether she was a cititen. The woman had been born in Iowa of citizen parents, and the opinion of the unanimous Supreme Court stated that, *at the very least*, a person born in the U.S. to citizen parents was a natural-born citizen. The Court also wrote that the term natural-born citizen meant citizen at birth and was used in contradistinction to naturalized citizen.
And insisting that natural-born status required that both parents be citizens at the time the child was born was a fringe position even in the 19th century. When Chester Arthur ran for Vice President (which has the same NBC requirement as the presidency) in 1880, Democrats claimed that he had been born in Canada instead of northern Vermont, and some even claimed that he had been born in Ireland (where his father was from), had he been born abroad, with a father who was a British subject, he would not have been a U.S. citizen at birth and thus not eligible for the vice presidency. But you know what claim was *not* made by prominent Democrats? That the fact that his father was not a U.S. citizen at the time of Chester's birth meant that Chester was not an NBC (his father became a naturalized citizen years after Chester was born).
The both-parents-must-be-citizens requirement was still a fringe position in 1916, when recently retired Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes was the Republican candidate for the presidency. Hughes's father was Scottish, and it was undisputed that he was a British subject (and not a U.S. citizen) when Charles was born. Yet no Republican objected to his nomination, and, as far as I know, only one Democrat rose in opposition on constitutional grounds, penning a well written, but entirely unconvincing, argument about the both-parents-must-be-citizens requirement. His main evidence was how some letters from U.S. consular officers to Americans with French parents warning them that, if they moved to France, France might draft them into military service *because they were French citizens under French law*, somehow "proved" that such persons were 't U.S. citizens at birth (when all it meant was that U.S. law is valid in the U.S. and French law is valid in France). And if that argument proved anything, it proved too much; if Italy or Germany claimed that the grandchildren of Italians or Germany were Italian or German citizens, would that mean that someone born in the U.S. with two U.S.-citizen parents wouldn't be a NBC due to a foreign government's claims? Is Italian or German law the Supreme Law of the Land in America, having precedence over U.S. law and our Constitution? In any event, no state kept Hughes off the ballot, and Congress counted each of Hughes's 250+ electoral votes (he came within less than 1% of carrying California, which would have given him the victory over President Wilson).
Which brings us to 2008. For years, it had been an undisputed that Barack Obama's father never was a U.S. citizen, which, had the both-parents position been the prevailing interpretation of the NBC Clause, would have meant that Obama was ineligible. But you did *not* see prominent constitutional scholars or jurists step forward to argue that position. Only when circumstantial evidence pointing to Obama having been born abroad—which, given federal law in 1961 would have meant that he was not a U.S. citizen at birth—did his possible disqualification become an issue. When some plaintiffs later claim that he was disqualified because his father was not a citizen, the claim was laughed out of court, and no state even considered keeping him off the ballot because of his father not being a citizen—the only serious controversy was that it wasn't clear whether Obama had been born in Hawaii or abroad, and had he been born abroad them he would not be a NBC under U.S. law at the time of his birth. In the end, Congress counted every one of his EVs, with no objections from any members based on his father's non-citizenship.
So, given this history, you believe that Republicans unilaterally should disarm and apply, for the first time ever, a fringe interpretation of the NBC Clause so as to disqualify Marco Rubio (and Bobby Jindal, and maybe Ted Cruz?) from the presidency? I will defend your right to say that Marco Rubio would make a bad president, or that he isn't good on the issues, or that he is untested, or that he would lose the election—while I can't say that I agree with any of those positions, reasonable minds may disagree—but I will not engage in unilateral disarmament based on a legal theory that is disrespectful to U.S. sovereignty (giving foreign law precedence over U.S. law) and which has been rejected again and again by our judicial and political institutions for well over a century.
merci beaucoup
you really nailed it. Finally
"Rubio took his mothers words to heart, and says they are shaping his work on immigration. "
Well that and he needs a big accomplishment to catapult his 2016 presidential run.
Thanks justiceseeker93.
What Difference Does it Make?
LongBlow will be all over you for that, because Mark Levin says Rubio is NBC. Both of them are wrong.
That was a great series, too bad they loaded it with F-bombs, else it would be a good tool for teaching young skulls full of mush about politics.
If you insult people, their supporters circle the wagons. If you argue for preserving the fundaments of American culture, some will still circle the wagons, but others will listen.
Incidentally, for those who do not know this: Jefferson purchased Louisiana precisely for the purpose of protecting the Anglo/Celtic coastal cultures from the Hispanic. He did not disrespect anyone. He understood that we are not all interchangeable, however. (To put it very simply, whom do you think had a clearer understanding of nations, history & culture, Jefferson or Clinton, Bush or Obama?)
We need to have a fuller discussion of these questions, and not let the Leftist media intimidate us into walking on eggs, as it were.
William Flax
Speaking of Idiots.......
Hispanics aren't going away, should we just cede this Country without a fight?
You Open Borders Pimps are out in force today.
You should ping LongBlow for help.
What do you call a government that is so bad their biggest source of income, comes from illegals that are here working, and send money home.
Illegals self deport as soon as laws are enforced, even just a little. Getting troll vibes....
That does not look like the manner of spirit in which the War of Independence materialized. That war is the foundation upon which Jefferson even attained the level of power he did. Sometimes it really is necessary to take arms against a sea of troubles rather than endure the slings and arrows of leftist fortune.
Thanks itsahoot, but I wasn't talking about definitions of NBC, though I definitely have my opinion on that. It is simply what I believe. I simply believe that our president should be born American of two American parents. There should be no other allegiances involved. In my awkward way, that is the point I was making.
I don't want to get into the whole NBC thing though, as I said, I definitely have my opinion on that one. ;-)
Pretty much. Else just make the Constitution and Bill of Rights into @ss wipe.
Lawyers have compiled thousands upon thousands of pages of documents to tell us simple minded folks what the Constitution means.
We haven't even figured out what Is means.
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But on a personal note, I am very sad that Acosta may be replaced. He has been a wonderful US Attorney. If he was to get a grade, it would clearly be an A. He is very smart, and has always been dedicated to doing the right thing. I can't say enough about how great he has been.
I know I am not alone in saying this.
He has won the support of his own office, the defense bar, and the judges. I have spoken to many prosecutors and defense lawyers who say that the only thing bad about an Obama presidency is having to replace Acosta. Well, perhaps Obama will surprise us and reach across the aisle, as he is known to do, and keep Acosta. If not, he's got a fine list to choose from.
Sorry for the formatting, but I have a new blackberry and I am still figuring it out.
The list includes newly minted Florida state Sen. Dan Gelber, a partner at Akerman Senterfitt in Miami; Greenberg Traurig litigators Mark Schnapp and Jackie Becerra in Miami; Bruce Udolf, a white-collar specialist at Berger Singerman in Fort Lauderdale; Curtis Miner, a partner at Colson Hicks & Eidson in Coral Gables and Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Daryl Trawick.
At least two people from the list are already canvassing for support, a source said.
A possible internal candidate would be Jeff Sloman, Acosta's top assistant. Sloman is likely to take over as interim U.S. attorney if Acosta decides to step down before a replacement is named. Guy Lewis stepped from the first assistant slot to acting U.S. attorney in 2000 when Tom Scott resigned after George W. Bush's victory and stayed until August 2002 when Marcos Jimenez was appointed.
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Cal Crutchlow had an afternoon to forget at Misano as the opportunity of a second successive podium passed him by. The Briton started second after the problems affecting Dani Pedrosa but lost three places off the line before crashing on lap five.
"I got a really bad start from the front row and quickly lost a couple of places. Actually it was not that I missed the lights but I released the clutch and nothing happened because the clutch was already out and that was my mistake", he explained. "Luckily I managed to stay in fifth position but then it was really difficult to pass Andrea (Dovizioso). On lap four I could see I was catching him a little but he is a demon on the brakes and I was also having a problem stopping the bike with a full fuel load. I wanted to pass him at the first corner but as soon as I got in the middle of the corner I lost the front. I got a bang on my left leg and thought it might be injured but the feeling came back quickly and I could have got back in the race. But the right handlebar was badly bent so the throttle didn't move. I am disappointed because looking at how the race unfolded I gave up a great chance to be back on the podium. Rossi and Bradl recovered quite a few points on me too today, so I need to get back on track in Aragon to make sure I keep fifth place in the World Championship."
With Crutchlow's demise, Monster Yamaha Tech 3's hopes rested on Andrea Dovizioso and the Italian came agonisingly close to a sixth podium in 2012. Dovizioso lost out in a photo finish with Alvaro Bautista and like his teammate, didn't enjoy the smoothest of races.
"It is a pity to finish so close to the podium in my home race because I really wanted to make the top three for the first time in Misano. It was a difficult race right from the start because I had a problem with the front and could not brake hard and enter the corners like during the practice. That meant I had to change my lines and I was not as fast as I expected and I could not catch Valentino and I could not push. I just had to ride smooth and at the end my feeling improved a bit because I could at least fight for the podium. It is a pity I couldn't take third from Alvaro but I ran wide exiting the final corner. I did my best and the good thing is that despite a difficult race I was still battling for the podium right to the very end. We still scored some very important points for the Championship and hopefully with a better feeling with the bike I can be back on the podium at the Motorland Aragon."
Team Manager Herve Poncharal was left to look back on what might have been after showing so much promise through qualifying and the race itself.
"It is a pity on two fronts today because Cal's early crash I think definitely cost him the chance of another podium. He clearly had the pace to be in the top three and it is a shame that he fell so early. He had a really strong qualifying to be on the front row again and we were all confident he could repeat his podium from Brno."
"It is a shame for Andrea also to miss a podium by the narrowest margin. It was a tough race for Andrea with the bike not giving him the feeling he expected, so he did a great job to be in the podium battle right to the end. Unfortunately I think he lost too much time trying to pass Bradl and that didn't give him the time to overtake Bautista. It is very difficult to overtake on a tight track like this but Andrea did his best to give the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team another podium. The photo finish showed a tiny advantage to Alvaro so maybe next time we will come out on top in that situation. I want to congratulate Yamaha and Jorge (Lorenzo) today also because they scored a very important win for the Championship."


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These are the disjointed notes from the lost journal of Falklyde Wodinger. Alas, apart from these saved pages, we have little knowledge of that strange, eastern land. What little we have, we treasure.
-Brother Mallet Obrekian, Cistern-Keeper of Thartrus Monastery
Imagine a land of dry stone, of fire spouts, gas geysers, and naptha sinkholes. This is the land of the Fire Worshippers, the Pyromancers of Akgu. Long called the aptly named " Lands of Green Fire", due to the natural phenomena of numerous "burning hillsides" dotting the landscape, the emissions caused by gasses seeping through fissures in the earth, the Lands of Green Flame lie in that great, eastern expanse of desert and rock, beyond the more modern cities of Udross, and well beyond the unforgiving pale.
All around this place, for a distance of dozens of miles, if one digs a mere two or three inches into the ground and applies a live coal, the uncovered soil instantly takes fire—almost before the coal touches the earth. This flame heats the soil but neither consumes nor marks it, and it is not terribly hot.
For unnumbered ages, gas generated by the subterranean stores of green-black oil, has escaped from the fissures in the limestone crag, and the fires caused of this gas, has lighted the prayers of generations of priests, as it blazed and flared away to the heavens.
...The Lands of Green Flame, the expanse of which one must traverse, in order to reach Venerable Akgku, is not without its dangers. Most worrisome of all, are the Ash-Reavers, those men and women who have been expelled or cast out of the Pyromancers Temple, for some unknown transgression. It was told to me, that these pariahs, escape and withdraw into the formidable and mostly unexplored deserts, and wander the dunes for all eternity, or at least until the next convergence of the World Vortex. These loathsome beings appear as emaciated half-humans, covered in blackest soot, and are purported to breathe clouds of suffocating ash from their mouths. I have gleamed little else, as to the actual nature of these cursed creatures, and was fortunate, for our caravan did not encounter one of the undead beings of Udross waste-lands, on our voyage to Akgku…
The Fire Temple of Iskravalanya stands in the near-forgotten city of Akgku.
Built, back during the mystifying Age of Thickest Fog, a time whose riddles, still puzzle even the greatest of scholars, the Temple was erected by one Iskravalanya, a great queen of that era, whose name meant Protected-By-Fire-and Flame, and whose other deeds are now forgotten, and has since stood; little changed these past four thousand years, jutting out from the eastern Peninsula of Carchereae.
Akgku, meaning First in tongues most ancient, is the antiquarian capital of the now defunct Kingdoms of Udross. Based on the nearby ancient inscriptions this has been a center of prayer for many ages. Though nearly devoid of citizens, the Cult of Fire, whose worshippers still dwell inside the city of stone and open air, have been attending the Everlasting Flame for untold generations, and still do, to this day.
The Temple is adorned with a hundred malachite stupas, each representing one of the Hundred Known Flames, while the central structure, shaped as a wide and irregular ziggurat, represents the Everlasting Flame itself. The center of the central shrine is an open, raised malachite pavilion. The temple expresses the idea of a closed world, that of a fiery beginning and a fiery end. The latter expression is felt when one enters the building proper.
During my visit, I have studied the oral histories and the dogma of the Pyromancers Cult. It is said by their wise-men, that the Everlasting Flame has burned from the time the World Vortex had subsided, four thousand years ago, and it is said, will continue to burn, until the the anticipated return of the next World Vortex, at which point, the insufferable winds will lick and suck up the flames, and cause a great, whirlwind of fire to engulf the Worlds of Men.
Beneath the Temple lies the Crematorium, a vast catacomb of twists and turns, built of granite, sandstone, marble and malachite, tortuous to navigate, for the uninitiated. The Crematorium is where the ashes of the Faithful and the Immolated are entombed, in special lyme and asbestos-lined conical casks and urns. For four thousand years (since the founding of the latest Fire Temple), the ashes of the deceased fire-worshippers have been buried here, and now, an uncountable number of urns and casks line the walls. Fissures carved into the rock of the Crematoiums walls, alight with a pale greenish glow, illuminate the way for those making their way along the eerie, deathly silent tunnels. Many areas of the Crematorium are filled with poisonous earthen gases, and perhaps most deadly of all, an occasional Urn Beast can be found haunting the endless corridors of stone. In fact, more than the occasional Urn Beast, truth be told, can be found inside the Crematorium.
Thieves and other undesirables, whenever spared the flames, are sometimes sent down alive into the catacombs below, cursed to wander its dimly lit halls of bottle-green tints and whitewashed walls painted with innumerable sigils and swirls of rusted red dye, annotating the cults four thousand year old history. Gloomy mausoleums, carved with infinite alcoves, filled with myriad cocoon-like casks and urns, some populated with lairing, fiery spirits, waiting to be unleashed. Many have been driven mad, expired of hunger or thirst, or immolated by the Urn Beasts over the millenniums, if left to their own devices below the Temple. It is whispered other secrets and horrors lie in the cyclopean vastness of the Crematorium, but tales of these mysteries sounded too fanciful to my ears, and they will remain unrecorded by this hand.
The Pyromancer and the High Priestess are the fanciful titles of the rather self-effacing and aloof keepers of the Temple, who prefer to be refered to as Oggonites, named after Ogonne, a beloved Pyromancer-Priest of a distant time and age, despite the fact the Temple itself is named after Iskravalanya, whom Ogonne revered in his day.
The current High Priestess, Akirti Silamah Tolkoterina, the Blogaborinya, She-Who-Bathes-In-Flames, is merely nine years of age, though possessed of the Blazing Truth, and wise beyond her years.
The current Pyromancer Supreme, Pagostipsis, the Nemvidimnoy, the Ever-Burning, is a shark-like man, hairless and seemingly sculpted of smooth, white chalk.
The Liquid Jewels, the Melted Jewels of Iskravalanya are all corundums, rubies, sapphires and diamonds, heated to their utter crystalline melting point, by the impossibly hot fires of the Everlasting Flame. The Jewels are kept floating in six ceremonial bowls of green chalcedony, ensorcelled to withstand the heat.
The Djarqa-Darra, the Lizard of Brilliant Flames, is a creature related to the ancient, long extinct race of Flame Salamanders. The Djarqa-Darra is the size of a small monitor lizard, with thousands of scales, blinding, ruby-red motes, each one aflame. The lizards scales are said to be so blistering hot, as to ignite all flammable materials and matter, within five feet of the creature. The Djarqa Darra is kept in a gigantic granite vat of heated oil at all times, inside the main shrine. Its escape could prove disastrous to the few but stubborn inhabitants of Akgku and its environs, in the estimation of this humble scholar.
The Key Which Never Burns is a palm-sized polyhedron of red porphyry, kept on the High Priestess person during the Bright Night celebration, and otherwise hidden in solid rock. It is said this mystical object, will be the only thing at the end of the world, which will not be burned into infinite ash, by the cosmic World Vortex. It serves as a symbolic anchor for the faithful.
Doka, a Doka is a small container for safely carrying a live coal. The device is useful for lighting fuses with minimum fuss. On a cold night, it can be used to warm fingers before a delicate task. I certainly hope to take one of these contraptions back to Haracon. We could certainly use them at the monastery.
Tumne-Jarkka, the Living Smoke During the Immolation Rite, self-sacrificing disciples and adherents willingly bathe themselves in the Everlasting Flame, incinerating themselves and sending countless wisps of foul-smelling smoke rising into the night skies. On nights of the Beggars Moon (thinnest crescent), this smoke will sometimes take on a near-sentience, and float over sands, rock, and hills into neighboring thorps and villages, making its way into the mouths and nostrils of unsuspecting, and usually sleeping folk. On the morrow, many of the Living Smokes victims begin to develop a strange compulsion, bidding them to travel to the Temple of Iskravalanya and pay homage to the Eternal Flame. I have witnessed this phenomenon with my own eyes, and am at a loss to provide a plausible explanation for this Exigency.
It must be noted that the Pyromancers of Akgku use the term, 'pyromancer', differently than we do in the West. Wherein our pyromancers are sorcerer obsessed with fire and flame, these people are priests and prophets, they derive their power from unknown sources. I would have to stay here, among them, many more years than I could dare to remain, to learn their secrets. I can however tell you and pinpoint, one definitive source of their power. Their uncanny and unshakable faith.
Game Notes: These collected passages, are the only words left from Falklyde Wodinger's famous work, My Travels in the Lands of the Pyromancers, each remaining, fragile page, saved and treasured by the Brotherhood of the Thartrus Monastery.
It can and should be used as an actual PC handout, if ever they visit a library, museum, or consult some sage into the whereabouts of some ancient land or some erstwhile cult of fire worshippers, dwelling inside an antiquated, labyrinthine city of stone. Many of the details are left up to the GM, as this provides merely a framework and some hinted plot hooks and locations.
It is implied that the lands of the Udross are long destroyed, and the PCs would be reading these notes, five hundred years after they were first written. Udross, the Lands of Green Flame, and Most-Venerable Akgku are now distant memories, ruins, its once-proud temples swallowed up by the merciless desert sands.
In a table top campaign, many moons ago, I used notes like these, when the PCs needed to find an intensely magical flame, in order to destroy an indestructible artefact (yeah, it was a while ago). It kick-started our Lands of Burning Earth campaign and the PCs quest to find the Everlasting Flame of Akgku. It was a distant age, a long-ago time, when Fire Cults were still cool in the unspoiled minds of early gamers, and not a dime-a-dozen :)
This could easily be adapted to any GM's favorite version of a fire cult.


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A journal of being bisexual in the 21st century. Views, experiences, advice, and more.
Monday, 3 September 2012
Doctor Who - 'Just a phase' is not just a phrase
"First boy I ever fancied was called Rory...Actually she was called Nina. I was going through a phase. Just flirting to keep you cheerful."
^This is what we've got a problem with. This line.
My thoughts:
Whether Moffat meant to be flippant or not does not stop the line being harmful. The gag of calling Rory 'Nina' for the rest of the episode would have held if written differently without the 'phase' bit. It doesn't do us any good towards debunking the myth that all bisexuality is just a phase if a major show portrays the issue as such, and so casually, for a gag no less.
We're not in a place for it to be used comically yet, with bisexuality being misunderstood with lots of negative stereotypes by a wide portion of both straight and gay populations. We're not there yet, whilst bisexuals still have the highest rate of depression and suicide in LGB.
My dad is a liberal inclusive person who has no problem with non-heteronormative sexualities or genderqueer identities, but even he as a middle class straight white man felt obliged to tell me it was fine if it was just a phase when I came out to him as bisexual. He should not have felt he needed to say that, and it is because the culture still marries the two things together (bisexuality and going through a phase) that my own father made me cry by saying the one thing I was shit scared about my parents saying in response to finding out about my bisexuality, which he never intended to do; he was shocked and upset at my reaction, never having intended to be negative. We are fighting everyday ignorance like this.
I am no longer scared by that response, simply because I know it to be false with no shadow of a doubt - my bisexuality is not a phase. But other young people, like I was before I was completely out, are growing up like I did, surrounded by this misconception that straight and gay people hold that bisexuals are just going through a phase and will end up on a 'side' at some point.
This is generally not the case, and the assumption that it is is damaging for people who are bi and uninformed except for these culturally accepted perceptions. It's not a surprise that lots of bi's get depressed and suicidal if their culture, supported by popular media, tells them that what they are feeling is not possible, or true, and is definitely going to change.
I assume Moffat was just trying to be funny, but he cannot go around using queerness in his writing without being properly informed on the impact of how he is writing it. Ignorance of the baggage behind 'just a phase' does not excuse him from the damage it does by perpetuating the misconception. It may not seem like a big deal to those who do not have to face a society telling them that what they identify as does not actually exist, but 'just a phase' is not just a phrase. It is a hurtful, harmful weapon that should not be tolerated in popular media until we're in a very different place culturally. In today's campaign for understanding and acceptance of bisexuality, it is the equivalent of 'it's unnatural' or 'it's perverted' was in late 20th century campaign for the understanding and acceptance for homosexuality.
Homosexuality was seen as a social problem that encouraged promiscuity, and now that has shifted to bisexuality. Homosexuality was seen as something that could be cured, and now bisexuality is also seen as something transient.
We are at the third stage of our battle for equality - first G, then L, now B, and once bisexuality is as easily accepted as homosexuality, the T's will come to the fore. But for the moment, it is our turn. And Moffat is supporting the opposing side, even if it is unwittingly.
Further to my thoughts, here are some of my favourite quotes I've found around the web:
"It is a phrase with a shit ton of baggage and someone thinking they can get away with saying it on one of the most widely viewed shows (a family show nonetheless) in the world is rather disgusting."
"reinforcing about every parent's mindset that their gay/bi/pan child is just "going through a phase" isn't good."
"do you think it was added in so that bisexual young people could be reassured that what they're feeling is legitimate and normal? Nope! It's added in so that she has that saucy bit of forbidden naughtiness in her past that in no way affects her sexuality now."
"that kind of writing treats bi/pan-sexuality like a joke, like a funny little quip, like "oh look we're so progressive this character had a fling with someone of the same gender, they're so quirky and cool," and it trivialises something that is actually kind of a big deal for a lot of people."
"she says it to rory, to flirt with him. cause girl on girl is only a tool to turn guys on right?"
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- Anonymous3 September 2012 at 19:18
I wish that I could give Moffat the benefit of the doubt, that he simply didn't realise what he was saying, but he's given us no reason to even bother, with his track record on this. As an even harsher example than his Who stuff, take the excerpt from Coupling that I've transcribed here: http://finalowen.tumblr.com/post/30810666442/steven-moffat-ladies-and-gentlemenReplyDelete
Meanwhile, if any Who fans want a genuine representation of bisexuality, they could do worse than reading The Twilight Streets by Gary Russell, which puts a bit more emphasis on Ianto Jones' bisexuality, and features a truly epic rant when Gwen dismisses it as 'the best of both worlds'.
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