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IN "The Stuff of Thought," celebrated Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker sets out to explain how language reveals our inner nature. Terming us "verbivores, a species that lives on words," Pinker argues that our verbivorous, highly biased perception of reality differs radically from the findings of science yet allows us to thrive in a complex universe. The meanings of words matter profoundly, for words determine our reality, or at least a large part of it. Semantics is no arcane intellectual quibble; it lies at the core of our existence.
Pinker shows, for example, how subtle features of English verbs reveal hidden operations of the human mind. Consider such contrasting sentences as "The farmer loaded hay into the wagon" and "The farmer loaded the wagon with hay." In this pair, the verb "load" has two different kinds of objects: the stuff that gets moved and the place it goes. Also, in the first sentence, the destination is the object of one preposition; in the second, the stuff is the object of another. Pinker sees these "alternations" as constituting a "microclass" of verbs acting this way, such as "spray" ("spray water on the roses" versus "spray the roses with water"). Where does this observation lead him? To the idea that we sometimes frame events in terms of motion in physical space (moving hay; moving water) and sometimes in terms of motion in state-space (wagon becoming full; roses becoming wet).


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Fenriz agreed to run in the election to make up numbers for the council's "backup list," but never anticipated that he would be successful.
As election season approached, Nagell sensed he might actually have a chance at winning. So he did what anyone in his position might and set out to sabotage his bid. His campaign was a picture of him holding his cat saying, "Please don't vote for me."
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A fiery Christmas
By May Kwek
It's been quite a Christmas
In our expensive Orchard road
Things have been catching fire
It's a wonder business has not slowed
First it was the Christmas tree
Just sitting by the side of the road
Then in a flash of flame
Its ornaments it did unload
Then it was the décor
Hanging on a street light
First it shone with electric brilliance
And then with crimson light
Third was a poor restaurant
That was somehow set ablaze
Now how did that happen?
The sprinkler I can't praise
And now do I hear a fourth?
Hidden in a carpark, a flaming pile of rubbish
Perhaps with the wall,
They couldn't it distinguish
Oh please no more!
This is turning into a bad comedy
Once, twice, I forgive you
But four is insanity
They must have struck everywhere in Orchard road
These mysterious 'arsonists'
Having hit sky and ground
What else could they have missed?
Ah I see it now
I will shop elsewhere instead
Because the only place not yet aflame
Is I fear, my head!
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Stewed Black Beans
Black turtle beans are simmered with onion, garlic, bay, and dried chipotle pepper for this easy, fat-free Mexican recipe. You can even make a big batch in your Slow Cooker: simply throw everything in and set on low for 8-10 hours. This healthy, gluten-free, vegan dish tastes great over Quinoa Fiesta Salad, Arroz Verde, or just topped with some fresh Guacamole.
EASY Servings: 6 Ready In: 70 minutes
1 cup dry Black Turtle Beans
1 medium onion
1 bay leaf
2 cloves garlic
1 dried chipotle pepper
Salt and pepper
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For this recipe, you'll need dry black beans, an onion, bay leaf, garlic, and dried chipotle. You can play with other dried peppers and aromatics.
To soak beans: Place them in a container and cover with at least a few inches of water. Soak at least 8 hours...or overnight.
After soaking, thoroughly rinse the beans under running water until the water runs clear.
After the initial soaking, beans will double or triple in size.
To cook the beans: Place the beans, onion, bay leaf, garlic, and chipotle in a medium pot! Cover with a couple inches of water. Place the lid on, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and let it go for about 40-70 minutes, depending on the age of your beans. Do not salt your beans as this tends to make them tougher and prolong the cooking. Skim off any suds that might come to the surface of the cooking liquid.
To serve: Beans are done when tender and just starting to fall apart.
Remove bay leaf and chipotle. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Serve over quinoa, with lettuce, pico de gallo, and avocado lime dressing for a Fiesta Bowl.
Yield: About 3 cups
Chef's Tips: Make a big batch and freeze them smaller quantities so you have a good supply on hand.
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Amount Per Serving (about 1/2 cup)
Calories 114
Calories From Fat (2%) 2.55
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0.3g <1%
Saturated Fat 0.08g <1%
Omega-3 Fatty Acids g
Omega-6 Fatty Acids g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 3.81mg <1%
Potassium 493.88mg 14%
Total Carbohydrates 21.73g 7%
Fiber 5.14g 21%
Sugar 1.52g
Protein 6.82g 14%
Calcium 1.98mg <1%
Iron 55.76mg 310%
Vitamin A 8.29IU <1%
Vitamin C 2.02mg 3%
Heirloom Yellow Eye Steuben Beans pair beautifully with golden mango in this vegan gluten-free, fat-free Mexican recipe. Packed with healthy protein, use it as a hearty filling for Charred Poblano Tacos, spoon over Red Quinoa Enchiladas, or simply build your own Fiesta Salad with lettuce and avocado.


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Saudi Arabia fears rapprochement between Washington and Tehran after 30 years of estrangement will be at its expense
Saudi Arabia maintained a discreet silence on Sunday about the Iranian nuclear deal in Geneva but is thought likely to issue a guarded welcome despite its strong and clearly signalled reservations about what it fears is the rehabilitation of its longstanding regional rival.
Saudi Arabia has long-signalled that it would also seek to acquire nuclear weapons – most likely from Pakistan – if Iran had them. Its own security interests lie in seeing this agreement succeed. But it fears that a new relationship between Washington and Tehran will be at its expense. Iran's backing for Assad, its intimate relationship with Hezbollah in Lebanon and support and inspiration for Shias in Iraq, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's eastern province are all issues of profound concern.
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"What one does to the prophet is what one does to God. The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. When youtouch the prophetic man, you are touching the heart of God. The prophet is nothing in himself. It is neither his wisdom nor his words that are being exhibited. He is the mouthpiece and
expression of very God Himself. To touch him is to touch the very God who sent him.
To do him disservice, or assault, is to lay your hands upon God."
Nice clean cut churches with well dressed people feeling good about themselves and pleased about what they have accomplished are prizes in the kingdom of God.
Are they really?
Some of them, yes, they are the real thing-very genuine, and you can always tell by the look in their eyes and by the way they talk. One can feel good by being around them, never belittled nor lessened in their own eyes. They are treated as being valued.
But when someone begins to change the way they feel about themselves and must have the approval of the "better one; then an those clean cut clothes and fancy ideas have turned into poison and is drugging it's
victim into a slimy syrup of spiritual death.
What Katz writes about the true prophet is true, but the prophet better be sure of his / her standing
with God before making a bold declaration of "Touch me not...."
Prophets prepared in air conditioned
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Everest Summit of Love
Adventurers Lynne and Noel Hanna are set to make history next month when they hope to become the first husband and wife team in the world to climb Mount Everest from both sides.
But while their latest adventure will see them enter the record books, the Dromara couple have a more poignant reason for wanting to stand on top of the world's tallest mountain again.
As they leave tomorrow to make their punishing 8,700 metre, seven-week ascent of the treacherous north side of the mountain, the couple will be carrying with them a very precious cargo – the ashes of their beloved pet dog Babu.
Babu had a special place in their hearts as he was bought just after their last attempt at climbing Everest from Tibet.
Lynne (54) and Noel (49), both seasoned mountain climbers, first attempted the north side of the mountain in 2005, but were forced to abandon it when Noel experienced retinal haemorrhaging in his eyes at 7,000 metres.
On their return home to Northern Ireland they got Babu, a German Shepherd pup, to keep Noel company as he convalesced. Babu means 'child' or 'son' in Tibetan and the couple say their dog became as close to them as a child over the years.
Babu ran and trained in the mountains with Lynne and Noel throughout his 10 1/2 years, but sadly passed away in December of last year.
Noel says: "As we have no kids we treated Babu like a child. We always said that when he dies we would get him cremated and take some of his ashes to the highest mountain in Northern Ireland, which we did on St Patrick's Day.
"Babu had been to the summit of Slieve Donard with us about 50 times. We also want to take some of his ashes to the summit of Everest.
"As far as I know we will be the first husband and wife to have climbed both sides of Everest, but for me it means more that we sprinkle Babu's ashes there and that has made us more determined to be on the summit."
Lynne agreed that it will be a special moment for both of them: "We both miss him so much. When you don't have children your dogs become your children and it will be quite a difficult moment for both of us. But it will also be good to leave him at rest there."
The couple stood on the summit of Everest for the first time in 2009 after climbing the south side from Nepal and are now attempting to scale the north side in Tibet, hoping to reach it by the third or fourth week in May.
Lynne and Noel moved to South Africa four years ago when Lynne was appointed CEO for Paris-based cosmetics giants Clarins, covering South Africa and the Sub Saharan continent. Previously she had been well known as the Northern Ireland manager for Clarins.
She met Noel, a bodyguard and adventurer in 2000, through their joint love of endurance sports.
A match made in heaven, the intrepid duo thrive on extreme challenges and together have tackled some of the world's toughest races.
Among a long list of endurance events are The Marathon Des Sables, Deathvalley 135, Discovery Eco-challenges and Himalayan 100 miler to name just a few.
They have also scaled summits all over the world and Noel has reached the top of Everest seven times.
Noel's vast experience and passion has seen him become a world recognised consultant, advising endurance event organisers on course design and expedition logistics and he has led expeditions to all the seven continents.
What they have achieved so far makes climbing Everest – the challenge of a lifetime to most of us – look like a walk in the park for Lynne and Noel.
Lynne readily admits: "I always liked a challenge and swam my first mile when I was 11. It has just always been in me to challenge my body and my mind.
"We met when Noel was training in the Burrendale Hotel in Newcastle, where Clarins had a salon. He was going on a challenge and asked one of the girls if they knew anyone who would be interested in taking part. They suggested me and he rang me, but I wasn't able to go on that trip.
"The next year he was doing an adventure race in New Zealand and rang me up again and asked if I wanted to take part and that time I did.
"There were lots of races and events that I would have loved to have done and Noel had done most of them. I was lucky I met Noel as he was a similar type of person who appreciated the amount of work that goes on in the background to do a challenge.
"We started to work our way through the list of challenges Noel had done and have now done them together. We have just one left to do, the Los Angeles Crest, which we hope to do soon.
"We had done the longest race and the toughest and we just thought why not try the summits of the highest mountains and that's what we've done."
The couple started to climb a few years ago and have gradually built up their experience and stamina by tackling ever higher peaks all over the world, until they conquered the highest in the Himalayas.
Not content to do it once together, they now aim to become the first husband and wife team in the world to scale it from both sides.
As well as climbing Everest, Noel is also hoping to complete his '7 Summits 2 Sea Level' challenge, which will see him climb the highest peaks in each of the seven continents of the world and return to sea level under his own steam. With just two summits left to do, he is hoping to attain his goal by the end of the year.
Rock falls and avalanches are just some of the difficulties which the couple could face as they attempt their latest challenge.
On their last attempt they had reached 7,000 metres and were so close to the top that even when Noel suffered haemorrhaging in his eyes he was still reluctant to give up.
He says: "The pressure at that height caused the blood vessels in the back of my eyes to burst and that means everything looks red and you can't see properly.
"I made loads of phone calls to the Royal in Belfast and hospitals in England, but we had no choice but to abandon it. When we came back I couldn't drive for two months and that's when we got Babu and he went everywhere with me.
"Anyone who knew Babu fell in love with him, he was nearly like a human. We have two other German Shepherds, Ruskie and Budda, and they are like our children.
"I'm just hoping this time around the altitude won't have the same affect … it was just one of those crazy random things."
The couple are so attached to their dogs that when Lynne was offered her promotion to CEO for Clarins in South Africa four years ago, neither she nor Noel would consider the move unless they were able to bring their beloved pets.
They love their new lifestyle in the sunnier South African climes and are regular visitors back home to Northern Ireland, where they have kept their house in Dromara.
It was a major move up the career ladder for Lynne, who first started working on the Clarins beauty counter in a shop in Belfast 25 years ago.
Clarins are fully supporting her in her Everest challenge and she is hoping to raise funds for a South African college which sponsors the education of children from the townships.
She says: "It was a big challenge and a big change from Northern Ireland moving here, but the basics are the same. There are department stores and beauty counters here just as there are in Belfast.
"We have clear blue skies here and little rain, so from that point of view the move was not that difficult to make.
"I wasn't changing jobs as such as my role is very similar, although it takes in the Sub Sahara from the Democratic Republic of Congo down so it is a huge area.
"It is exciting and new and it wasn't a difficult move, but my only concern was could we bring our dogs. I told the company if they can't go then I can't go and if we hadn't been able to take them I wouldn't have taken the job.
"After 2005, when we had to abandon the climb, we always said we would go back and we just had to wait until the time was right and I could get the time off work. Clarins have been brilliant in supporting me and it is very exciting.
"It is probably going to be the first time Noel and I have spent two months together for a long time as he is always away on some adventure.
"We will be supporting Ridgeway College in Johannesburg, which is a huge charity project that is also supported by Clarins."
Lynne and Noel are undaunted by the challenge despite the risks and dangers, with avalanches and earthquakes posing the greatest threats.
Noel was at base camp when the huge earthquake hit Nepal in 2005, killing over 8,000 people and injuring 21,000.
The mountain had to be closed, forcing him again to abandon his climb.
He says: "It was such a large earthquake and in a way great to have that experience. You hear people saying about the ground moving and you take it with a pinch of salt, but standing on rocks in the middle of that, it really did move, even though we were far away from it.
"Our main worry was that we were camped close to a glacier lake and we were hoping the wall of the lake wouldn't burst and take out part of the base camp.
"The mountain had to be closed and we were told that when we got down it would be like a war zone, but when we were driving to Kathmandu we didn't see any damaged buildings.
"There are gambles to climbing, but I think it is just the buzz of being up there and pushing your body to the extremes which drives you to do it," he adds.
"The main objective for me is taking our dog's ashes and sprinkling them on the summit.
"At the summit it is just so nice if the weather is good. People think when you reach the top the hard work is done, but more people get killed going down than going up.
"The big challenge is keeping yourself fit and healthy and not getting any chest or cold infections and eating healthily. With the altitude you do lose your appetite, but it is like a car which needs petrol put in it and you do need to fuel your body.
"We are lucky that we have a company called Pharma Nord which supplies us with vitamins and fish oils and a brilliant product called Q10, which is something your body produces less of as you get older and which is necessary to maintain muscle.
"A lot of it is out of our control, like the weather and earthquakes, they are things that we can't do anything about.
"You just have to try to give yourself as much time as possible and know your body and what you are capable of."
Lynne is similarly practical in her approach and is somewhat reassured to have Noel, with his vast experience, by her side – something which also comforts family back home.
Her main concern on this expedition is how her body will cope above 7,000 metres as she hasn't experienced that height on this side of the mountain, having had to abandon her last attempt.
She says: "I think you just have to take it one day at a time and keep your focus.
"I am less stressed being with Noel as I know his capabilities. No one knows what's out there and for everyone concerned it is the unpredictable factors such as avalanches and earthquakes that are the main risks."
And Lynne adds: "When you get to the summit you are shattered, but it is unbelievable to be standing on the highest place on earth.
"It is so serene and very calm and beautiful. I really hope we see it again and get up and down safely."
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk


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Stage set for World Economic Forum meet
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to give the opening address at the five-day meet.india Updated: Jan 23, 2007 16:38 IST
Global business and political leaders are converging in Davos for the prestigious World Economic Forum meeting that begins from Wednesday, with India fielding a 100-member strong delegation.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to give the opening address at the five-day meet that will see more than 2,400 participants comprising corporate honchos, government leaders and even religious heads from across the world.
The Indian team is being led by Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. They will address a number of India-centric sessions covering economic reforms, and energy security.
The WEF meeting will not only cover economic issues but also geopolitical concerns confronting the world. There are two sessions on terrorism and West Asia turmoil, in which Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is among those scheduled to take part.
WTO Doha trade talks, suspended since July last year, may restart with a strong possibility of a mini-ministerial meeting of key trade ministers. The key initiative for this meet would come from WTO chief Pascal Lamy, who is likely to try and rope in ministers from India, Brazil, EU and the US.
Meanwhile, Indian bureaucrats and industry heads will engage in economic diplomacy, networking and selling the 'India growth story'. The who's who of India Inc including NR Narayana Murthy, Azim Premji, Anil Ambani, Vijay Mallya, Sajjan Jindal, Anand Mahindra, Baba Kalyani, Gautam Thapar and CII President R Seshasayee will all make presentations to a global audience within the overall theme of 'The Shifting Power Equation'.
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This morning, 19 brave men (and one supremely brave woman) will venture to Bay City again - hoping to find golfing glory at the Bay Valley Resort. I was going to tell you all about it - but it's after 2 AM and I need my beauty rest. So here's a picture of last year's crew - scan those faces and try to figure out who won last year.
I'll just have to say this - and save the rest for later:
The Spinner Invitational isn't about golf - it's about camaraderie.
So, no matter how I shoot, I plan to enjoy the day. I will also be attempting to make real-time Twitter updates during the tournament (just follow jimstyro).
And I'll try to keep the next post from being so lame.
Take care.
* Right next to Saginaw, MI - a city immortalized in Paul Simon's classic America
("It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw / I've gone to look for America")


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Our intrepid anonymous commenter (henceforth known as Beatrice) basically trotted out two excuses used with disturbing monotony by the Church and its apologists:
- But it wasn't every priest doing it.
- Blame it on the gays. If there were no gays, this wouldn't have happened.
Seen it before, often out of the mouths of very senior members of the Church. They were both bullshit the first time we heard them, and they're still bullshit now.
Let's look at what was said about number 1
Beatrice opened with:
I enjoy reading comments like these. I'm hoping to be a Catholic priest myself and I'd rather the church just flat out say we screwed up.
Not sure why the post brought so much enjoyment, but I think you'll agree by the time we get to the end that it may have something to do with the fact that Beatrice either didn't read it or didn't understand it. And the Church saying "We screwed up" really doesn't quite seem to do the widespread physical and sexual abuse of children across the world for centuries much justice, does it?
"Sorry about that whole slavery thing. Our bad."
Then on to the meat:
To add a bit more rationality to the picture, technically only 0.3% of priests have molested children.
The irony of someone believing in an invisible sky fairy lecturing others on rationality seems to have skipped by Beatrice completely.
But where does this number come from? I'm going to go out on a limb and say pulled out of Beatrice's arse. No source is immediately cited, no figures given for the conclusion. How does Beatrice know how many priests have raped children? Even the Church can't say how many priests have raped children, how does Beatrice therefore arrive at this figure?
Here's a piece of advice Beatrice - making up numbers or misusing them does not make for a rational argument except in the most esoteric and worthless philosophical sense. Here it will get you laughed out of the room.
It is this simple - WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PRIESTS HAVE MOLESTED CHILDREN. Therefore, claiming only a certain number of them has is bullshit. What we do know is the tiny number who have been caught. Perhaps then Beatrice is referring to the fact that only 0.3% of priests have been caught molesting children (we'll see later, but this 0.3% seems to actually be that, out of reported instances of child abuse in the USA in 2006 priests made up only 0.3% of the perpetrators, Beatrice seems to have misread this, but for now we'll go with their reading of the figure).
According to the Catholic Church there were (in 2009) 5,065 bishops and 410,593 priests. Lets just say that only priests molest children, for the sake of argument. That's 1,272 priests in 2009 alone.
The problem is, these scandals don't cover just one time period, they cover centuries. The church has been getting away with it for that long. Take a look here. The numbers start to add up very quickly just in modern times alone. 200 here, 58 there, 22 in that place. Then take a look at the damage just one priest can do. Some of these evil bastards had dozens, and in some extreme cases possibly hundreds, of victims each.
But here's more to think about. We know that most sexual assaults go unreported just in society at large. That link cites sources claiming that as many as two thirds of rapes/assaults go unreported in the USA. That is in an open society with a well developed legal and judicial system. We know that the Catholic Church is the exact opposite of this. If that figure cited by Beatrice is only a third of the rapists (for simplicities sake) then that means there could have been as many as 3,816 rapist priests in 2009 alone. If you look at a closed hierarchical system more like the Catholic Church, say the US military, then the number of unreported sexual assaults can become horrific - the Pentagon estimates that 90% of assaults go unreported. So if that figure of Beatrice's is the 10% of reported rapists, that means there were 12,720 rapist priests in 2009 alone, correct? Wow. That figure ain't looking so rosy now, is it?
But that would be only if everywhere in the world was just like the world's most developed democracy, wouldn't it? Take another look at the Wikipedia page I linked to on Catholic sex scandals. Notice anything about the countries cited? They are overwhelmingly from the developed or 'nearly' developed world. Not many from the third world, are there? Anyone think of a reason why sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church aren't being reported from failed states, isolated missionary posts and states with endemic corruption or incompetence? Anyone seriously believe that there is no sexual abuse going on where people are less likely to find it and do something about it?
No, me neither.
So, what we have is only the few cases we've found in places where it is eventually likely to be found and something done about it. We have evidence of what Catholic priests do when they think no-one will catch them or care. In fact, from what we see of the Jesuits in Alaska we know the Catholic church will dump pedophiles where they think no-one will find them - there are more likely to be rotten priests in the third world countries where we won't catch them. Where they can get away with it at will.
The simple fact of the matter is that Beatrice's 0.3% figure is a disgusting attempt to excuse the inexcusable by painting a rosy picture using dodgy numbers - it is a cast iron assumption to believe the abuse that has come to light in recent years is merely the tip of the iceberg. I shudder to think what is going on in parishes out of the sight of the developed world's media and law enforcement, because I can guarantee it isn't better than it was here.
That number is obviously still higher than it should be.
No. Really? That number is also bullshit. It is misinterpreted and meaningless and does not take into account what we know about repressive or controlling organisations and the reporting of sexual crimes.
That number also does nothing to excuse or explain the Catholic Churches consistent, constant and unrepentant covering up of child rape by its members. It wouldn't matter if it was only two priests if the Catholic Church successfully kept it secret and just moved them around and around. Which, if it hadn't been caught, it would still be doing (and, let's face it, almost certainly is still doing). The Catholic Church enabled the repeated rape of children and didn't care - it only cared when it got caught. Because of this it doesn't matter if it is 0.3% of priests or 100% of priests. The Catholic Church lays claim to moral authority and states that I have none because I am an atheist - yet which of us has covered up mass incidences of child rape? Which of us continues to do so?
Furthermore, most Catholic priests really don't know why there were these priests who decided to be go off the deep end.
Irrelevant. And I notice it didn't stop you spouting your own theory, which we will get to shortly.
From another perspective, understand that there is the church, which is the largest humanitarian organization in the world and mostly filled with plenty of good people, and the church which has a select number of d bags too afraid to say the truth in fear that people will run away when some priests screw up.
Again, this is irrelevant. If you as an organisation cover up and/or participate in the mass rape and physical abuse of children I don't give a flying fuck what other good you do, you should be broken up and scattered to the winds to be looked upon with disgust by future generations. Still need an outlet for humanitarian aid? Join the Red Cross. Work for the UN. They don't make excuses for chronic pedophiles.
This yahoo question also adds a bit of historical reason into the seen. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100903000552AAaJd49
Ah, now I see where that 0.3% number comes from. And I was close, its a misreading of old data, rather than just made up. Still classifies as "pulled from the arse" though. The figures are from 2006 - before many of the large abuse scandals came to light, and they only represent figures in the USA, not the world. And then the comment by imacatholic2 at the Yahoo link also relys on reports from....you guessed it.... the Catholic Church! Well, they're a reliable source for this data. Why, it isn't like we know that the Catholic Church knowingly covered up child sexual abuse or something, is it? I can't imagine why it would be that the Catholic Church might report only a few cases of abuse in the USA between 2000 and 2007, when it was still getting away with covering this shit up because the tide hadn't yet turned. Especially since we now know for a fact that there were not 15 cases but hundreds. For crying out loud, iamacatholic2 starts his comment off with "A few Catholic priests..." Not sure which dictionary definition of "few" he is using, but it isn't the same as mine.
Beatrice - using out of date data, biased sources and demonstrably false claims to support your argument really isn't going to help you.
What about "the gays"?
Also rationally,
Stop saying that if you don't know what it means. Citing someones bigoted opinion from a Yahoo answers page does not make your argument rational Beatrice. It makes you look lazy and bigoted.
if most of these molestation cases were performed on mostly boys, and often by men who were gay priests
How do you know that the priests performing the abuse were "often" gay men? Cite your source that the majority of the abuse was carried out by gay men because they were gay. Go on, we've got time.
Here's how I know you didn't really read the post you were commenting on Beatrice, I actually cited sources that show pedophilia is not something done because of homosexuality, or even exclusively by homosexuals. Pedophiles often can't be shoved into a convenient box labelled "gay" or "not gay". If you had bothered to read the post you commented on, you would have seen this. If you did read it, then maybe you should try understanding it. For the record, here's the report I cited, again. At least try to understand what it is saying this time.
who were gay priests, who entered the priesthood because in the 1950s and 1960s when being gay was so frowned upon there literally was no where else to go
See now Beatrice, this is what happens when you take your ideas from ignorant and poorly educated bigots who provide Yahoo answers. I think you'll find that 1950s and 1960s Europe and North America were not 13th century France. Were conditions for homosexuals great in the 50s and 60s? Hell no. Did families ship their sons off to the church? Don't be ridiculous. Literally nowhere else to go? Literally, the only thing for a gay man to do in the 1950s was to join the priesthood? The Catholic priesthood. The anti gay Catholic priesthood.
You know, you can't find the word "gullible" in the dictionary Beatrice. True fact.
But go on, you made the claim, now prove it. Start with an accurate estimate (show your working) of how many gay men there must have been in the USA in the 1950s and 60s. Then how many of these were from Catholic families. Then compare that to the number entering the priesthood in those decades. We can wait. They had nowhere else to go after all. Literally.
and a hand full of these same priests did this garbage it's still not surprising that the Vatican doesn't want to see anymore gay priests With the backlash against the church being this high for this the church would want to do everything it could to prevent this from happening.
Being gay has nothing to do with pedophilia Beatrice, you and the Catholic Church need to get over it. Can you even show that the rapist priests we know about now are gay? Any of them? Can you then show the only reason they did what they did was because of their homosexuality and nothing else?
No, of course you can't. You know what a claim without evidence is Beatrice? It's a guess.
I prefer the term bullshit myself, but I'm not going to split hairs this late in the game.
I have another theory, one completely supported by the evidence. Do you know what all of those child rapist priests were, for definite? They were all of them, 100%, every single one, Catholic. Homosexuality doesn't seem to be the one thing they have in common, does it? Catholicism is the one thing they have in common. Now, if I were to play this game the way the Church does I could claim that being Catholic seems to turn some people into child abusers and you have absolutely nothing you can say that disputes this. The evidence supports me 100%.
But I don't play the Churches way. I'm not that kind of scum.
After all, as bad as this sounds, a straight individual isn't going to molest a boy.
Wrong. You know, in the days of Google, this type of ignorance is unforgiveable. Let me give you the money quote from the report I cited:
The distinction between a victim's gender and a perpetrator's sexual orientation is important because many child molesters don't really have an adult sexual orientation. They have never developed the capacity for mature sexual relationships with other adults, either men or women. Instead, their sexual attractions focus on children – boys, girls, or children of both sexes...
Try reading what is written and then understanding it, before commenting on it. "Straight" pedophiles can, and do, molest children of their own sex Beatrice.
But that doesn't really describe the whole picture here. What is really at question is the chilidsh notion that whilst adult heterosexuals are considered only to want to have sex with adult members of the opposite sex, it is assumed that homosexual adults must want to have sex with anyone of the same sex, regardless of age. Why is this? I'll tell you. It isn't evidence based, it is naked prejudice, pure and simple.
Homosexuality isn't the cause of pedophilia, pedophilia is the cause of pedophilia. Adult homosexuals want to have sex with consenting adult homosexuals just like adult heterosexuals want to have sex with consenting adult heterosexuals. Pedophiles want to have sex with children. Some pedophiles are homosexual. Many more pedophiles are heterosexual. Only ignorant half wits confuse homosexuality with pedophilia and conflate the two. I also don't hear heterosexuality being blamed for instances of child abuse by priests. You should think long and hard about what that says about your prejudices.
But, there's even more. And it is the logical gaping hole in your allegedly rational argument. If these priests were just gay, why didn't they simply do what other gay men do and seek out other gay men to have sex with? Why didn't they just not have sex with anybody instead of raping children? Is there something about being a priest that makes gay men attack children? Then the problem is with the priesthood, surely? Especially since we know straight priests have raped children as well. Why, it seems the common factor here is once again the Catholic priesthood and not sexuality at all. Being gay doesn't seem to be the problem at all, when you look at it rationally.
For the simpleminded who still don't get it I'll spell it out:
- Homosexuality does not equal pedophilia.
- Pedophilia does not equal homosexuality.
- There is no evidence that all, or even most, or even many, of the abusers were homosexual, but that is given by many Catholics as the reason for much of the abuse.
- The one thing the abusers did all have in common was being Catholic, for which there is evidence, but no-one blames that for the abuse like they do homosexuality, for which there is no evidence. Why?
- How does blaming homosexuality excuse and explain the comprehensive attempt to cover the abuse up, protect the abusers and ignore the victims? The people who did that were Catholic too. Spotting a connection yet?
So, here I am going to stick my neck out. Is the problem actually pedophilia and the fact that these men know that they will be safe in the priesthood and have a ready supply of victims?
I think for any rational person, the answer is obvious.


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The Buckets 3/25/09
I think Ricky is the only one actually made by a child. The other ones were made by the parent(I don't want to be sexist unintentionally) that has experience with woodworking.
My favorite is the NASA one because it probably cost $100 million to make and will explode after 3 uses.
(Too soon?)
Neurotica 3/25/09
I think she's distressed because she has no arms in the second panel. They just disappear and then reappear in the last panel. I'd hate to see the person that looks good when that happens.
Minimum Security 3/25/09
And yes, I stole that from the Colbert Report. Airing Monday-Thursday at 10pm central time. Only on Comedy Central.
I wonder if I'll get something for the free advertising for the Colbert Report on Comedy Central?
Probably not, I hear Viacom is an evil corporation.
But that's not what I believe. In my opinion Viacom is a friendly company that loves its employees and cares about the Earth.
I love Viacom.*
The Fusco Brothers 3/25/09
Cul de Sac 3/25/09
This comic is really stupid sometimes.
Or is it me?
It's hard to make a sentence with only 2 letter words. Try it sometime.
This next one make an appearance due to a reader request/suggestion. A reader sent me an e-mail about yesterday's Eek!, but it was after I had already done the day's work so I decided to do today's Eek! especially for her.
Eek! 3/25/09
Saturday Night Live did this joke a long time ago. It was a Christopher Walken episode.
It would be weird to work with someone that didn't wear pants. You'd always be staring at their genitals. It would be doubly weird if it was a centaur, what with the giant horse penis and all.
My "boss" at The DCR really like Cul de Sac, but after reading this garbage I can't understand why. Maybe it's just an off day for the strip, or maybe he's off his rocker.


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KATY, Texas – One prolonged scoring drought was too much for the Nicholls State University men's basketball team to overcome in Friday's 2018 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal game against Stephen F. Austin.
The No. 2 Colonels stayed within striking distance for the opening moments of the first half, but that all changed following a jumper by Roddy Peters at the 15:42 mark. Nicholls proceeded to miss 15 straight field goals that lasted until the 8:13 left in the first half.
Stephen F. Austin took advantage of Nicholls' shooting woes by going on a 13-2 run to take control of the game. The Colonels were never able to recover and were eliminated from the conference tournament with a 78-66 loss to the No. 3 Lumberjacks at the Leonard E. Merrell Center.
"It was a hard-fought game," Nicholls head coach Richie Riley said. "We knew that it would be. Stephen F. Austin is the flagship of our conference. Obviously we were a little undermanned with (Tevon) Saddler out, but they have a heck of a team. They have a way of making you not play real well. They defended us at the rim without fouling better than any team we've played all season."
Nicholls played Friday's without Saddler, the team's second-leading scorer, who missed the last two games after suffering a knee injury against Northwestern State on Feb. 28.
Following Stephen F. Austin's run, Nicholls (21-11 overall) tried to climb back in the game and trimmed its deficit to single digits on several occasions. But each time the Colonels made a run, the Lumberjacks (27-6) answered each time and went into halftime with a 37-27 lead.
"They defended us very well and better than most teams had all season," Nicholls' Lafayette Rutledge said. "They forced us into some tough shots, and they were not falling. In order to score, you have to put the ball in the air and we just didn't make enough plays in the end."
Early in the second half, it was much of the same, as the Lumberjacks continued to keep the Colonels' offense at bay.
Stephen F. Austin appeared to take control of the game by going on a 10-2 run to take a 55-37 lead with 11:31 left to play.
But the Colonels refused to give up and made a run to climb back into the game. Rutledge (24 points) sank a pair of 3-pointers and Kevin Johnson added another as Nicholls went on a 17-4 run to cut Stephen F. Austin's lead to 59-54 with 6:41 left to play. Peters (26 points) also added a dunk in the run.
That would be the closest the Colonels would get. The Lumberjacks outscored Nicholls 19-12 down the stretch for the 78-66 win.
Stephen F. Austin's defense limited the Colonels to a season-low shooting percentage of 28.8 percent (17-of-59).
Shannon Bogues led Stephen F. Austin with 27 points and also scoring in double figures were Ty Charles (17 points) and TJ Holyfield (11 points).
With the win, the Lumberjacks will advance to tonight's Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship game against top-seed Southeastern Louisiana. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2.


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Uma Thurman has admitted that she and her fiancé Arpad Busson were unable to agree on a name for their baby daughter.
Thurman, who gave birth to her third child last July, announced in October that she and Busson had named their new arrival Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.
The actress has now explained the lengthy moniker during an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
After Fallon had read out the name, Thurman referred to her daughter's surname by quipping: "The last part makes sense, right?"
She explained that it had been too difficult to pick one title, saying: "We couldn't quite agree on the name. We call her Luna, so she's lucky that way. The rest, she can just name her own children all these interesting names."
Thurman also joked that her teenage daughter Maya has helped to explain her sister's name, saying: "My daughter came up with the best excuse, which was that I probably wouldn't get to have any more children, so I just put every name that I like [in there]."
Watch Uma Thurman talking about her daughter's name on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon below:


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Qantas raises surcharges as future darkens
Continued increases in the cost of aviation fuel have forced Qantas to raise surcharges on international flights.
Prices will increase by between $20 and $50 on February 19th as oil prices pass $100 a barrel for the first time in two years.
Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce, explained: "Even with a conservative but robust fuel hedging policy, our business will continue to be exposed to this significant cost increase.
"Qantas surcharges will not fully recover this additional cost, and we cannot rule out further changes in the future."
Joyce added the airline has withstood pressure to raise surcharges for as long as possible.
However, both West Texas Intermediate crude oil and Singapore jet fuel were at their highest price since the 2008 financial year, with further increases expected, he added.
Singapore Airlines and British Airways have also both raised surcharges recently.
Looking Forward
The decision comes at a challenging time for Qantas, with the airline presently facing touch trading conditions on international routes.
In particular Joyce raised concerns about over capacity in the Australian market.
"Our competitors are not growing the market on routes to Australia, but simply taking existing demand," he explained, citing figures showing a 39 per cent increase in flight capacity into Australia between 2003 and 2009.
At the same time as inbound demand grew only ten per cent.
"In a marketplace flooded with so much capacity that our competitors aren't even using their full quota, we face severe limits to growth."
Many have taken the comments as a request to government to take action against airlines – particularly those from the Middle East – from dumping capacity on routes to Australia.
Unions will also be on guard for further cost-saving measures, as the company enters the final stages of wage negotiations with two key unions.
"If we continue on our current path, there will be a real question mark over the viability of Qantas International," added Joyce.
"And I have no intention of letting our flagship business decay through lack of action."


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In gcc-strict-aliasing-and-casting-through-a-union I asked whether anyone had encountered problems with union punning through pointers. So far, the answer seems to be No.
This question is broader: Do you have any horror stories about gcc and strict-aliasing?
Background: Quoting from AndreyT's answer in c99-strict-aliasing-rules-in-c-gcc:
"Strict aliasing rules are rooted in parts of the standard that were present in C and C++ since the beginning of [standardized] times. The clause that prohibits accessing object of one type through a lvalue of another type is present in C89/90 (6.3) as well as in C++98 (3.10/15). ... It is just that not all compilers wanted (or dared) to enforce it or rely on it."
#include <string.h>
struct iw_event { /* dummy! */
int len;
char *iwe_stream_add_event(
char *stream, /* Stream of events */
char *ends, /* End of stream */
struct iw_event *iwe, /* Payload */
int event_len) /* Real size of payload */
/* Check if it's possible */
if ((stream + event_len) < ends) {
iwe->len = event_len;
memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, event_len);
stream += event_len;
return stream;
Some users have complained that when the [above] code is compiled without the -fno-strict-aliasing, the order of the write and memcpy is inverted (which means a bogus len is mem-copied into the stream).
pushl %ebp
movl %esp, %ebp
pushl %ebx
subl $20, %esp
movl 8(%ebp), %eax # stream --> %eax
movl 20(%ebp), %edx # event_len --> %edx
leal (%eax,%edx), %ebx # sum --> %ebx
cmpl 12(%ebp), %ebx # compare sum with ends
jae L2
movl 16(%ebp), %ecx # iwe --> %ecx
movl %edx, (%ecx) # event_len --> iwe->len (!!)
movl %edx, 8(%esp) # event_len --> stack
movl %ecx, 4(%esp) # iwe --> stack
movl %eax, (%esp) # stream --> stack
call _memcpy
movl %ebx, %eax # sum --> retval
addl $20, %esp
popl %ebx
*(unsigned short *)&a = 4;
#define CAST(type, x) (((union {typeof(x) src; type dst;}*)&(x))->dst)
// ...
CAST(unsigned short, a) = 4;
No horror story of my own, but here are some quotes from Linus Torvalds (sorry if these are already in one of the linked references in the question):
Date Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:22:15 -0800 Subject Re: Invalid compilation without -fno-strict-aliasing From Jean Tourrilhes <>
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:38:10PM +0100, Horst von Brand wrote:
Jean Tourrilhes <> said:
It looks like a compiler bug to me... Some users have complained that when the following code is compiled without the -fno-strict-aliasing, the order of the write and memcpy is inverted (which mean a bogus len is mem-copied into the stream). Code (from linux/include/net/iw_handler.h) :
static inline char * iwe_stream_add_event(char * stream, /* Stream of events */ char * ends, /* End of stream */ struct iw_event *iwe, /* Payload */ int event_len) /* Real size of payload */ { /* Check if it's possible */ if((stream + event_len) < ends) { iwe->len = event_len; memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, event_len); stream += event_len; } return stream; }
IMHO, the compiler should have enough context to know that the reordering is dangerous. Any suggestion to make this simple code more bullet proof is welcomed.
The compiler is free to assume char *stream and struct iw_event *iwe point to separate areas of memory, due to strict aliasing.
Which is true and which is not the problem I'm complaining about.
And Linus Torvald's comment on the above:
Jean Tourrilhes wrote: >
It looks like a compiler bug to me...
Why do you think the kernel uses "-fno-strict-aliasing"?
The gcc people are more interested in trying to find out what can be allowed by the c99 specs than about making things actually work. The aliasing code in particular is not even worth enabling, it's just not possible to sanely tell gcc when some things can alias.
Some users have complained that when the following code is compiled without the -fno-strict-aliasing, the order of the write and memcpy is inverted (which mean a bogus len is mem-copied into the stream).
The "problem" is that we inline the memcpy(), at which point gcc won't care about the fact that it can alias, so they'll just re-order everything and claim it's out own fault. Even though there is no sane way for us to even tell gcc about it.
I tried to get a sane way a few years ago, and the gcc developers really didn't care about the real world in this area. I'd be surprised if that had changed, judging by the replies I have already seen.
I'm not going to bother to fight it.
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01647.html:
Type-based aliasing is stupid. It's so incredibly stupid that it's not even funny. It's broken. And gcc took the broken notion, and made it more so by making it a "by-the-letter-of-the-law" thing that makes no sense.
I know for a fact that gcc would re-order write accesses that were clearly to (statically) the same address. Gcc would suddenly think that
unsigned long a; a = 5; *(unsigned short *)&a = 4;
could be re-ordered to set it to 4 first (because clearly they don't alias - by reading the standard), and then because now the assignment of 'a=5' was later, the assignment of 4 could be elided entirely! And if somebody complains that the compiler is insane, the compiler people would say "nyaah, nyaah, the standards people said we can do this", with absolutely no introspection to ask whether it made any SENSE.


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A is for Avoca, this beautiful shop/cafe/bookstore is like a black hole for me. If I go near it, it just absorbs me and makes me go in, to see all the beautiful stuff. It doesn't matter that 99% of the times I buy nothing, I consider visiting it fun in its own merit.
|Via avoca.com
B is for Botanic Gardens, this one is for free and it's better during summer. You can learn about the plants, or simply relax under them.
C is for Candem Street, with lots of restaurants, pubs and shops together, from the fanciest to the very affordable ones (although most of them are somewhere in between).
|Via snipview.com
D is for Dicey's, with pints at half price on Sundays, don't be surprised for super long queues to get in. The place is big and looks nice, and because of their promos, it's always full so arrive early.
|Via twitter.com/diceysgarden
E is for Etsy Ireland: This is not a place, but a group of crafters that sell their stuff on Etsy.com. If you are into Irish craft and design, this is a great crew to contact, as they might be selling something you like, and there's always a good feeling about supporting local crafts.
|Via etsyireland.blogspot.ie
F is for Fusion Sundays: A market with international food, music, art and lots of stuff to see and buy, stands with things from many different countries.
|Via facebook.com/fusionsundaysmarket
G is for Grafton Street: The street with the fancy shops, whether actual shopping or just windows shopping, a walk in Grafton is always a good time (especially if the weather is nice). Expect live music in the street.
|Via wikipedia.org
H is for Henry Street: The street with less-fancy-than-Grafton-but-still-great shops. They are not so far from each other so a good shopping day in city center can easily cover both.
|Via flickr.com
I is for the Irish Museum of Modern Art: You don't have to understand it to enjoy it (although I'm sure it helps), the place is beautiful, free and always has something new. Besides the art itself, the garden is a great place to visit in its own merit, and it has a very nice and cozy cafe.
|Via imma.ie
J is for Jack Russells: This is me cheating a little bit, but I had to say it. It is so common to see Jack Russell Terriers walking their humans around in Dublin, and as a Jack Russell Terrier lover, I can't help but smile every time I see one, which is very often.
|These ones, especially, since they're in my pack
K is for Kildare Village, which is not really in Dublin, but it's only a one hour bus ride that costs a fiver and you will be in a large and lively outlet shopping centre full of famous brands. Many shops are still ridiculously expensive, but if you are patient and know how to search, you can find great outfits for decent prices.
|Via kildarevillage.com
L is for Liffey Valley: One of the biggest shopping centres, it has everything a shopping centre should have (including a cinema).
|Via manahanplanners.com
M is for Mongolian BBQ at lunch time, in Temple Bar: This place is great value for lunch, and very very tasty. For 5.90 euros you can fill a bowl with as much veggies as you can fit, and choose one protein (pork, chicken, fish, etc.), and they cook it there in front of you. You can also add lots of sauces and seasonings.
|Via http://www.mongolianbbq.ie/
N is for National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts and History: Probably my favorite museum in Dublin. It's also free, as other National Museums, and the best part is the "rooms" where they have assembled different living areas (bedrooms, studios, living rooms) from different periods in history.
|Via wikipedia.org
O is for Old Jameson Distillery: One of the best-sellers for tourists, and for a reason, you get to learn about Irish whiskey (and to try it of course), and the tour is fun.
|Via jamesonwhiskey.com
P is for Phoenix Park: One of the biggest city parks in Europe, it's beautiful, pet-friendly, full of nature and if you are lucky, you might get to meet the deers that inhabit it.
|Via dublin.ie
Q is for Queen of Tarts: One of my favourite cafes, there's two of them (oddly near to each other), but the best one is in Cow's Lane, D2. The pastries are great, the place is super cute.
|Via http://www.queenoftarts.ie/
R is for Rugby: The sport that fills stadiums and pubs, it doesn't matter if you understand it or not, watching a big game with lots of people is a great experience and you'll feel the great and contagious energy of the fans! (eventually you can become one yourself!). Ah, and you can also dare to play it.
|Via thegatheringireland.com
S is for St. Stephen's Green Park: The ultimate city centre picnic spot, with a little lake and ducks and swans and squirrels. On a sunny day you can see the smallest patch of grass covered by people that go there to enjoy the sun and relax.
|Via http://www.irishcentral.com
T is for Trinity College: Recognized by its excellence, founded in 1592 and a key part of the student life in the country (even for people that don't study there), there's always an event, concert, party or exhibition worth attending.
|Via trinitynews.ie
U is for Unlimited Card at Cineworld: It's not advertising if they don't pay me (maybe they should, wink wink). Paying a bit more than 20 euros a month for unlimited movies is the best. Besides, it's in the heart of City Centre so you can then walk to many places or take the last bus easily.
|Via cineworld.ie
V is for Viking Splash Tour: known for giving me a mini heart attack every time they pass by the bus stop I'm in, this boat-car hybrid is full of people that look like they are having their BEST DAY EVER.
|Via watersidehousehotel.ie
W is for Wicklow which, as Kildare, is not really Dublin, but you can get there with Dublin Bus. The number 145 leaves you in beautiful Bray, where you can walk by the beach and then go to one of many lovely restaurants, pubs and cafes.
|Via bray.ie
X is for Xposé on TV3: Each day on TV3 at 6:00 pm. I'm not much of a TV watcher but this one surely got my eye as it's light, local and trendy. Some fun and girly TV with lots of local designers, brands and events.
|Via tvrage.com
Z is for Zoo!: I'm so glad that the word "Zoo" starts with a "Z", this makes list-makers lives easier all across the globe. But anyway, Dublin Zoo deserves a mention not only for wining by forfeit the "Cool things to do that starts with a Z", but because it's a great place to visit (since 1831!), especially for families.
|Via en.wikipedia.org
In a perfect world, this list would also rhyme, but at least I was lucky enough to find stuff that's nice and starts with the letter X, or Q. This only reinforces my idea that there are too many things to enjoy around Dublin... One year hasn't been enough to discover them all, but I will keep searching and sharing :D


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I entitled this post as "moo" simply because I resembled a cow last night in my cream and black outfit and my leather jacket and skirt.. pretty weird! I was at my friend's 17th birthday party which was really good fun and it gave me a chance to catch up with poeple that I hadn't seen in ages! Andrew and I got her a leopard skin purse from River Island that I would have probably preferred to keep myself as it was cute - I'm such a giver.
To the party I wore a cream Topshop lacy top, a River Island leather skirt with lace print on it, Topshop leather jacket and my friend's black wedges from New Look plus jewelry from Accesorize. It wasn't too casual, but wasn't too dressy!
I got the jewelry as presents from my Auntie for Christmas and I am literally obsessed with them! She always picks such lovely and classy pieces for me which are perfect. I love love love the owl necklace as the body of the owl is made from pearls which is adorable and the earrings are a perfect size and so pretty!
Me and my friend, Joel
Andrew and I
For my nails, I used a dark red shade of FCUK nail polish and painted two layers. Then on top of the layers I used my sister's Miss Sporty (cheap & cheerful) sparkle touch nail polish to give it a glittery design.
WOW - What Others Wore
The birthday girl looked phenomenal, she was wearing a light pink shimmery dip hem skirt and a black mesh crop top from Topshop with the same gold spiky necklace that I wore on NYE - see the post.
It was a fun night but school this week will be a drag but I have 3 parties to look forward to next weekend which will hopefully keep me going throughout the week! Once again I apologise for my rubbish iPhone photos but hopefully I will get a better camera at some stage!
Hope you are all well and have a happy week!


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By Ovunc Kutlu
NEW YORK (AA) - Communications giant Verizon and internet firm Yahoo agreed to cut $350 million from the price for the firm they agreed to last year, the companies announced Tuesday in a joint statement.
The two firms agreed last July that Verizon would buy Yahoo for $4.83 billion. The deal, however, could have fallen apart after 1 billion Yahoo users were believed to be hacked in 2013, and another 500 million in 2014.
"Verizon and Yahoo will share certain legal and regulatory liabilities arising from certain data breaches incurred by Yahoo," the statement read, but gave no details on reasons for the price cut.
The new deal is now worth $4.48 billion in cash, and is expected to be concluded in the second quarter of this year.
"As part of the agreement, Verizon would acquire Yahoo's operating business and global audience of more than 1 billion users, including more than 600 million mobile users," the statement said.
More than 1 billion users are expected to give a major competitive advantage to Verizon in the communications and Internet services markets, especially after the firm bought another internet giant, AOL, for $4.4 billion in 2015.
With the deal, Verizon is also expected to generate more revenue through mobile video services and online advertising. The company's revenue fell to $32.34 billion, or 5.6 percent, in the fourth quarter of 2016 year-on-year.
After Tuesday's announcement, shares of both companies rose by 0.5 percent on Wall Street.


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Practice Areas
CBP Reviewing Report of Diversion of Vessels to U.S. Ports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is accepting comments through July 21 on the proposed extension without change of CBP Form 26, Report of Diversion. This form is initiated by the vessel owner or agent to notify CBP and request its approval for a vessel to divert while traveling coastwise from a U.S. port to another U.S. port, or for a vessel traveling to a foreign port having to divert to a U.S. port when a change occurs in the vessel itinerary. CBP Form 26 collects information such as the name and nationality of the vessel, the expected port and date of arrival, and information about any related penalty cases, if applicable.


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The meta port for GIMP User Manual which consists of HTML pages
in several languages for use with the internal GIMP help browser
or any web browser.
WWW: https://docs.gimp.org/
make generate-plist
Dependency line: gimp-help-html>0:graphics/gimp-help
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-help/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install gimp-help-html
cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-help/ && make install clean
pkg install gimp-help-html
PKGNAME: gimp-help-html
There is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for gimp-help-html-2.8.1_1:
ALL=on: All translations
CA=off: Catalan
DA=off: Danish
DE=off: German
EL=off: Greek
EN=off: English
EN_GB=off: British English
ES=off: Spanish
FR=off: French
IT=off: Italian
JA=off: Japanese
KO=off: Korean
NL=off: Dutch
NN=off: Norwegian Nynorsk
PT_BR=off: Brazilian Portuguese
RU=off: Russian
SL=off: Slovenian
SV=off: Swedish
ZH_CN=off: Chinese Simplified
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Number of commits found: 30
- Update WWW
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Remove libintl.so.9 compatibility link that was added in r374303 to
prevent massive PORTREVISION bumps. Bump dependent ports that have not
been bumped since.
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories d, e, f, and g.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
graphics/gimp-help: convert to USES=metaport
Submitted by: email@example.com
Approved by: maintainer timeout (firstname.lastname@example.com ; 35 days)
Convert all :U to :tu and :L to :tl
Since FreeBSD 8.4 and FreeBSD 9.1 make(1) do support :tu and :tl as a
replacement for :U and :L (which has been marked as deprecated)
bmake which is the default on FreeBSD 10+ only support by default
:tu/:tl a hack has been added at the time to support :U and :L to ease
migration. This hack is now not necessary anymore
Note that this makes the ports tree incompatible with make(1) from
FreeBSD 8.3 or earlier
With hat: portmgr
- Update gimp-help ports to 2.8.1. Polish translation has been removed, new
translations have been added (ca, da, el, en_GB, sl, pt_BR)
- Add stage support
- Update maintainer address
PR: based on ports/179681
Submitted by: RyoTa SimaMoto (maintainer)
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Convert to new options framework
- Updated to 2.6.1.
PR: ports/152989
Submitted by: "SimaMoto, RyoTa" <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
gimp-help is now a meta port
pass maintainership to submitter
PR: ports/145650, ports/145652
Submitted by: SimaMoto, RyoTa <liangtai.s4 at gmail.com>
Approved by: kwm@ via irc
Mark as broken on sparc64.
Hat: portmgr
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- update to jpeg-8
- bump all port that indirectly depends on libjpeg and have not yet been bumped
or updated
Requested by: edwin
Update to 2.4.2.
Update to 2.4.1 to fix the fetch.
Reported by: pointyhat via pav
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Update to 0.12
- Break cyclic dependency: this wants to depend on gimp-app, not gimp metaport
PR: ports/112539
Reported by: Robert Backhaus <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Use a local copy of docbook-xsl templates
Saves network communication, and fixes build on pointyhat
- Remove an extra 0 in LIB_DEPENDS
Reported by: vd
Remove a file that isn't installed
Update to 0.11
Chase the GNOME X11BASE to LOCALBASE move, and fix the build with the
new freetype2 where needed.
Submitted by: mezz, ahze, pav, and many others
Approved by: portmgr (implicit, kris)
- Add SHA256 checksums
Bump PORTREVISION to chase the glib20 shared library update.
- Update to 0.9
- Fix build, configure script checks for GIMP
Reported by: krismail
GIMP User's Manual for recent GIMP versions.
The older gimp-manual-* ports can probably be decommissioned
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
10 vulnerabilities affecting 55 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
All vulnerabilities
Last updated:2019-01-17 00:14:50


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'Boardwalk Empire' Season 3 Clips: War is Coming to New York
Now that the heat is officially on, and Gyp Rosetti has launched an attack on Nucky Thompson's alcohol enterprise, "You'd Be Surprised" how quickly things are going to spiral out of control for 'Boardwalk Empire's Atlantic City. This Sunday will see the fifth all-new episode of the season, as Nucky petitions Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg) to get involved with the ongoing feud, while simultaneously taking care of some business for his new-found lady love Billie Kent (Meg Steedle). But who's doing the dirty work, according to these new clips from "You'd Be Surprised?"
Almost halfway through 'Boardwalk Empire's third season, and we can already tell that everything will end bloody. After last week's tense "Blue Bell Boy," there won't be any turning back between Nucky Thompson and Gyp Rosetti, whose firm entrenchment in Tabor Heights makes it impossible to do business.
Enter Nucky's already-tenuous relationship with Arnold Rothstein, who hasn't received his shipment of liquor, but is still petitioned to get in the fight. Will Rothstein be willing to start a war in New Jersey, let alone New York? And how does Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) fit in, who shows up with his associate Mr. Purnsley to menace Eddie Cantor (Stephen DeRosa)?
Check out the all new 'Boardwalk Empire' season 3 clips from "You'd Be Surprise" below, and be sure to tune in Sunday for the rest of the action!


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This is one of those dishes I tossed together to use up some leftover ingredients I had on hand. It is simple, yet extremely flavorful. Can't beat that, right? Broccoli rabe is, unfortunately, another one of those vegetables too often overlooked or just unheard of. Broccoli rabe looks like a crossover between spinach and broccoli. I just love it! It has a strong, earthy flavor that differs from that of most other greens. If you've never tried broccoli rabe, here is your chance!
Broccoli Rabe and Pesto Pasta (serves 2):
1 cup blanched broccoli rabe*
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. fresh thyme
1/2 tsp. salt, or to taste
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper. or to taste
2 heaping tbsp. sour cream
1/4 cup pesto( you can use readymade pesto; i used leftover arugula pesto)
1/2 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
1/2 cup dry pasta, prepared according to package directions
*To blanch broccoli rabe, first wash it, and then trim it as needed. Then, place it in a pot of boiling water, cvoer the pot, and reduce the heat to medium-low. Let the broccoli rabe cook for about 2 minutes, and then shock it with cold water to stop the cooking.
Heat olive oil in a medium skillet. When hot, add garlic on medium heat. Cook for about 1-2 minutes or until the garlic starts to brown. Add the basil, oregano and thyme, and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Then add crushed red pepper, and cook for one more minute. Add the broccoli rabe, and mix well. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then season with salt and pepper. Cook for one more minute before turning off the heat.
Mix the hot pasta with sour cream, shredded cheese, pesto and hot broccoli rabe mixture until the cheese melts. Serve hot.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Broccoli Rabe and Pesto Pasta
Posted by Ameya at 12:01 PM
4 comments:
- Swathi said...
I have Broccoli Rabe in pasta. I haven't tried yet. After seeing your recipe i need to try it.
- June 9, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- Priya said...
Love broccoli rabe in anything, pesto sounds very interesting..
- June 10, 2010 at 1:45 AM
- Rachana Kothari said...
The pasta looks yumm! I love it!
- June 10, 2010 at 3:54 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
Hi Ameya, thanks a lot for dropping by & for giving a lovely comment as well...you have a lovely blog too and this recipe is surely a good one, i have not tried doing pasta till now but your dish looks too good that i feel like trying it soon...very nice clicks...will surely visit often..have a nice day & take care
- June 10, 2010 at 7:23 AM
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