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About Me
- Brooke Ragsdale
- Sweet
Graphix Design & Photography is definitely NOT your average retail
design and photography company. My name is Brooke Ragsdale and I will
work with throughout the process, starting with getting to know you so I
can pick up on your personality traits all the way to your intentions
for your finished designs and/or photographs. I want you to walk away
from this experience feeling like you will "do" something artistic or
creative with the photographs instead of tossing them into an envelope
and storing them in "that" box in your attic.
I am probably one of the most laid back and comical people you will ever meet. I am known for taking awkward situations and turning them into something so funny it's a top 10 honorable mention. When working with me I want you to feel relaxed and walking away feeling like you had a blast. I'm a spectator for the most part. I like to hang out on the "out-skirts" and watch my subjects interact, especially when photographing children. I get so tickled when watching children interact with each other and when they discover something new. Being able to capture the expression on their tiny little faces is a great way to document a monumental milestone and deserves to sit on the mantel.
Often with large groups of people like families, I have to get involved a bit more and suggest certain poses but I still like to stay in the background to photograph who you really are. I want you to be able to look back through your photographs and see yourself and feel your personality jump off the page.By now you should have a decent understanding of how I work and if you decide that my style isn't what you are after, then I would be more than happy to refer you to a few other local companies that offer a different experience. My mission for my photography business is not about creating art for myself but for you, my client. I want to create things that YOU will appreciate and want hanging in your home for many, many years. I'm all about dirty faces, bare feet splashing in puddles, crocs, scuffed knees. These are real life things and moments and those are what I love to capture for you. That being said, I love taking my photos a bit further and performing artistic edits on them. For examples of that, please look through the retouching photo folder.I want to be remembered for "Creating your life in Art."
Please contact me today about booking your session and capturing this time in your family's life together at photog@
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- ew couture is hookin' us up AGAIN
- As 2010 comes to an end…
- Christmas Around Our House 2010
- Wedding Give-A-Way Winner Announced…
- Wedding Give-A-Way comes to and end…
- Wedding Give-A-Way Ends Tomorrow
- New Year's Mini Sessions
- Savannah's Teen Shoot 2010.12.05
- Help This Family in NEED
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ew couture is offering this HUGE give-a-way and I highly recommend entering for your chance at some awesome prizes. Click the link below to go check out the details and to enter. Hurry!
As 2010 comes to an end it is now time to make a clean sweep of my hard drives. If you are planning on purchasing prints from a previous session and/or have lost your CD's from your previous session you will have until February 1, 2010 to contact me for prints or to repurchase CD's. Make sure to check back for upcoming sales and New Year specials. Don't forget to schedule your New Year's Mini session now to receive HUGE savings and receive print credits.
Take Care,
It's this time of year when you stay in a snuggle up with a good book and a hot cup of coffee. Yeah right…if I had the time. Sounds good though. Thing's have been slow starting but now they are in full swing. We are planning a stay-at-home Christmas Eve with dinner and surprise's to come. Robert's mother will be spending Christmas Eve with us because she's leaving for Aruba on Christmas Day. How lucky is she? We are planning an evening of cookie decorating, gingerbread house making, and we might open a gift or two. (WINK)
Shh…the girl's don't know it yet but they have a "new" friend that is planning on making an appearance before the holiday is threw. I got this wonderful idea from a fellow Facebook friend Michelle Day Wilson. This is how she explained it to me: "He is a 'scout' elf for Santa. He magically flies back to the North Pole every night to report on the child's behavior. Her elf just happens to be crazy (like everyone else in their family) and does silly stuff each night." Now don't you think that is too cute? I found a $10 stuffed-doll at Wal-mart that I plan to accessorize to suite the holiday season and bring her out every year. Thank you so much Michelle. I have a feeling this will be a great addition to our family holiday traditions.
I have posted some photograph's below of a few old and new Christmas decoration's. Enjoy!
Happy Holiday's
Thank you to everyone that participated in Sweet Graphix Design & Photography annual Wedding Give-A-Way contest. What a turn out. I wasn't expecting 86 entries. I have to say that many of the stories were sweet and touching. I enjoyed reading all of them. I know EVERYONE is eagerly awaiting to know WHO won………..
So, here are the results:
1st Prize Winner: Hunter & Jessica
will receive 4 hours of wedding coverage with an edited cd of all images, engagement session, and 10% OFF PRINTS
2nd Prize Winner: Elisha & Steven
will receive a 1 hour engagement shoot with an edited cd of all images
WINNERS: Please contact me as soon as possible, however I am taking the holiday's into consideration.
Happy Holiday's
The Wedding Give-A-Way is officially over. The winner will be announced this coming Friday on my website. Those of you that entered through Facebook will see a post on your wall of the selected winner. I can feel this is going to be a tight race. Good luck to all of you!
WOW what a response I got this year for this contest. Thank you to EVERYONE that submitted their stories and photo's. The contest will wrap up at 11:30 PM EST tomorrow (Wednesday) night. If you are getting engaged or know someone that is, YOU MUST ENTER THEM INTO THIS CONTEST! I will announce the winner on Friday December 17, 2010. Good luck and thanks for playing!
Time is of the essence, schedule your New Year's Mini Session TODAY and get an extremely discounted holiday price just for you!
Happy Holidays
Ok, let's talk about how ridiculously COLD it was today. Regardless, Miss Savannah was a trooper during her session. We had many laugh's during her session and I was even able to snag a couple shot's of her dad, Jeremy McKaig. Thanks again guy's for allowing me to photograph you. I had a blast!
Jeremy McKaig
Thanks again Jeremy & Savannah. I look forward to working with you again in the future.
Tis the season to GIVE BACK! It's no secret that ALL OF US are pinching penny's this Christmas. But could you imagine loosing your home? Carissa Herzig and her family are facing just that unless we ALL chip in and help. You can donate as little as $1. It all adds up. If you are a designer or photographer you will appreciate that if you donate you will be entered into a drawing to receive a TON of cool products. Read below for more details….
The creator of Gracie's Garden, Carissa Herzig, is in great need this holiday season. Due to an unfortunate financial fall-out (her husband's current employer has not paid in over a month, nor does he plan on paying now), her family is facing eviction if they do not have rent money soon. Carissa's own means of income through her crochet business has been hindered by a recent illness, preventing her from taking the orders necessary to keep up on the household expenses. They do not have a dime to their name, and will soon be without a home if help does not arrive. Carissa's only wish for her family this Christmas is to have her children in their own home. Please help grant this Christmas wish for Gracie and her big brothers, Tristan and Payton. Even the smallest kindness will be the greatest blessing to this sweet little family.
You can click here to CLIPIN. http://carissah.chipin.com/carissa-herzig%20
Each person who is able to give a $1 or more will be put into a drawing. A winner will be selected Monday evening and will receive The Whole Store from My Four Hens Photography and The Whole Store from Pretty Presets (combined $600 Value). Thank you Sarah (My Four Hens Photography) for donating your entire store! Sarah is an amazing friend who is always there for anything I ask, thank you. Collen Rausch is Carissa's Mom and all questions will be forwarded to her. Thank you!
We will continue this through Monday! Thank you.
Happy Holiday's,
Happy Holiday's everyone from Sweet Graphix Design & Photography! I have been taking time off from session's to enjoy this time with my family. My two little girls Jocelyn & Naomi are VERY excited about Santa coming and are very curious to discover just how he is gonna fit down our chimney. Explaining this is gonna be fun! Anyway, I have officially decided to cut my price's in half for this ENTIRE month. Yep, you read it correctly, all session fee's will be 50% OFF if booked and paid for during the month of December. This means you schedule and pay for your session but you can schedule it for a later date. I will be back from holiday break on January 3, 2011. So you can schedule your session anytime after that.
Also, the Design Shop will officially open on January 3, 2011. If you are NOT following my website/blog you will not receive coupon's or hear about current seasonal contests and give-a-way like our current contest, Wedding Give-A-Way . If you want to read the rules and enter go Wedding Give-A-Way. Happy holiday's everyone and please stay tuned for Design Shop updates.
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and survived "BLACK FRIDAY!" I have been busy at work creating all kinds of new designs, templates, and revamping things around here. I decided to update the header for our site and I think it looks pretty good if I say so myself. I am working on a holiday header that I will have up by the end of the week. Please fell free to make comments or leave suggestions. Stay Tuned…


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Help Me Have a Happy Birthday
Okay, here's the plan. My birthday is on Sunday. We're going to get
Yankeeology on this list for next week. Right now I'm holding a Choose
Your Own Blogventure. I want to know what you would like me to write
about. I'll also be covering the LET THE GAMES AND BLOGS BEGIN topic.
So far the only response to my open casting for ideas was a pair of requests
to know about my pro wrestling days. I'm trying to figure out how to
craft that into a baseball story, and I have a few leads. But I need
more blog entry ideas. I don't want to spit the same stats and
predictions that everyone else is.
I like to be a little different.
let me know what you've got! I don't care how bizarre, wacky, or ordinary (which is wacky in of itself) the ideas may be.
If I don't get any ideas or suggestions, I'll end up posting clips of Gonzo shooting himself from a cannon. You don't want THAT do you? (Well, maybe you do. It would make ME visit the page at least.)

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Hola Bloggies:
This weekend was an important one for the me that is striving to be "the whole package." Saturday I forced myself to re-evaluate my progress in my journey to wellness. You see this past week I received a call telling me my wedding gown had arrived (!!!) several months ahead of schedule.
WOW. Talk about a reality check.
So I've decided to clean up my eating. Say buh bye to refined carbs, excess sugars, mindless eating, and fatty stuff. Say hello to photographing my eats in an effort to keep myself accountable.
Cue breaky . . .
1/3 cup of oatmeal, one tablespoon of Chia Goodness, one banana, half a tablespoon of Maranatha Almond Butter, and a dollop of maple butter (it actually contains no butter and is made by cooking maple syrup to a high temperature, cooling it, then raising it again). This dish wasn't just good – it was ahmazing! Kind of made me wish that every meal was breakfast. So far so good!
Cue lunch . . .
One lean Italian sausage sautéed with a cup of mushrooms. Paired with 1/2 a banana and about a cup of strawberries. Not too green huh!? My fridge was admittedly low on veggies and since I was trying to hold out for Sunday's farmers market I didn't bother re-stocking. Ideally I would have sautéed a pile more veggies in with the sausage. But no could do. Still doing alright.
Cue dinner . . .
Go ahead – say it! "Karen, what were you thinking!? That's not enough food for dinner!" You're right . . . you're so right. I ate 4 1/2 oz. of angus strip loin steak, half of a lean Italian sausage, one orange, and one strawberry. GINORMOUS fail!!! This is where it all fell apart. Sure I felt okay when I finished eating it – maybe even a little stuffed but it just didn't have the staying power I needed. Soon enough I found myself hungry – which is why I proceeded to eat (un-pictured) two more oranges and 1 1/2 bananas.
Lessons learned from Saturday's eats? Eat more veggies!!! My body needs something fibrous and slow to digest in order to keep me full between meals. Fruits are delicious and great for summer days but they just don't have the staying power of veggies. I also learned I need to drink water. A LOT MORE! I need to make sure I keep my absolutely full Nalgene bottle (BPA free) on me at all times. That way I have no excuses. Staying extra hydrated will not only make my skin look baller but it will also help to stave off the hunger.
Let me be clear, I don't intend on depriving myself but I'm smart enough to realize that
revamping cleaning my eating won't be easy. I expect to crave soft doughy rolls, the sugary treats at the office, or indulgent restaurant food . . . I just need to keep the bigger picture in mind!
Sunday I woke up determined to do better food-wise. I also woke up to discover a very sick Fiancé – le pauvre. While he stayed in bed all day I went about my business.
Cue breaky . . .
For breakfast I had pretty much the same 1/3 of a cup of oatmeal, whole banana, one tablespoon of Chia Goodness, and one tablespoon of Maranatha Almond Butter as yesterday. The only difference was that instead of using maple butter I added carob chips. Delish! Clearly this is going to be a staple around these parts.
After breakfast I loaded Daisy into the car and listened to a Joel Osteen podcast (it was my church substitute) as I drove to a local farmer's market. We had a glorious time walking around the place, meeting the food producers, buying delicious goodies, and finding a new health food store. Around lunch we headed back home, where I proceeded to make myself a delicious meal with my new ingredients.
Cue lunch . . .
In my massive salad bowl (it's kind of more bucket-like than bowl-like) went two cups of locally grown greens, half a tomato, two soft boiled organic free-range eggs, three slices of oven-roasted turkey breast, a handful of sugar snap peas, a couple of tablespoons of a homemade vinaigrette, and two tablespoons of nutritional yeast. This was my first time using nutritional yeast and all I have to say is – where have you been all my life!?!?!? Seriously delicious!!! It's almost cheesy or nutty in taste. I'm not really sure how to describe it other than to say that it added a depth of flavour to my salad that had me totally liking the bowl. True story.
After lunch one of my co-workers called and said he wanted to drop off some home-made caramel ice cream as a thank-you for allowing him to use our PO Box. Far be it from me to turn down delicious homemade treats.
Cue the snack . . .
It was such a warm day the poor little ice cream partially melted on the drive over but that in no way lessened it's out of this world yumminess!!! You see those dark pieces? That would be home-made salted caramel. It tasted like dulce de leche (think Argentinean milk candy). I had about a scoop of this deliciousness and forced myself to leave the rest for the Fiancé.
I spent most of the afternoon doing chores, writing emails (wedding stuff), and taking care of the sick one. Unfortunately, I also had to take a nap in an effort to try to get rid of the excruciating bout of back pain I faced this afternoon. Once upon a time, I suffered a back injury; years later I still have flare-ups. Truth be told I've had my fair share of back pain this week. Boo back pain. Thankfully, I woke up feeling all better and incredibly hungry.
Cue Dinner . . .
Dinner featured approx. a cup of those lovely locally grown greens, one strawberry, more vinaigrette (balsamic + olive oil + organic mustard), one tablespoon of nutritional yeast, one lean Italian sausage, and 4 oz. of pork tenderloin (little known fact – pork tenderloin is amongst the leanest cuts of meat you can buy, and I include chicken breast). Okay I'll confess, I liked the plate some more!
Also eaten but not pictured was a handful of pizza flavoured pretzels. Ugh. And I was doing so well. But the Fiancé got a snack attack in his sick state so I bought him some goodies. I couldn't take it. The temptation was too much. Clearly, I need to work on that but overall I'm pretty impressed by how today went.
Operating Bring it! – The Do Over
For a long time now I had been feeling guilty that I started P90X and then stopped doing the workouts on a daily basis. Then, when I re-started the programs I just picked up from where I left off. It just didn't sit right. It kind of felt like cheating.
Clearly Daisy agreed with me . . .
Those little bits of paper would be my worksheets. The ones where I keep track of how many reps I did and at what weight. The worksheets are key in helping me to know how my progress is coming along and if I need to up or lower my weights. Ideally I want to work to failure on each rep and I heavily depend on those torn pieces of paper.
I don't know if they tasted like sweat (she likes to lick me right after a workout) but she got into my precious papers and had a ball. But wouldn't you know it – she barely owned up to the damage.
You see how she wouldn't even look at me!?!? Ha!
My mangled sheets were just the impetus I needed to do the whole thing over again. For a long time I knew it wasn't right to pick up where I started off. Looking back on this challenge I wanted to be able to count 12 solid weeks. No breaks in between. In the end I hoped to have an amazing and inspiring story to tell – Janetha style.
I knew what I had to do, Daisy had made it abundantly clear. It was time to start "Operating Bring it!" from scratch. Again
"Operation Bring It!" – The Do Over – Day 1, June 20th, 2010
Ah good old chest and back. And endless repetition of push ups and pull ups. The workout that is notorious for leaving me weak in the arms the next day.
I've done this workout before so I knew what to expect. But that doesn't mean it hurt any less. There is just something about an hour's work of push ups (intermingled with other moves of course) that makes me want to crawl in a ball. Today was no different.
228 push ups later (all but 36 on my knees) I was done for the night. I started off pretty well but near the end I started to feel nauseous. That's when I decided to call it quits and leave my ab workout until tomorrow morning.
Overall it was a hard workout but I'm proud of myself for sticking with the DVD. As Tony Horton says "Keep showing up. Keep pressing play." One day at a time, I'll get there.


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I chose to use the cute Mistletoe Hedgehogs image and some papers from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas Collection to create my card.
I coloured my image with a combination of Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens and ProMarkers before adding glitter to the snow. I also used a LOTV stamped sentiment tag along with some ribbon and pearls from my stash.
Brown Sugar Challenge 233 - Anything Goes


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Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Whiteout
Script Analysis of Whiteout
Click on a plot link to find similar books!
Plot & ThemesComposition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 80%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 20% How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/Era of Movie: - present 2000+ Wilderness adventure - Yes Plotlets: - surviving natural elements Murder Mystery? - Yes What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80% Kind of mystery? - police procedural Terrain - ice/snow
Main CharacterIdentity: - Female Profession/status: - police/lawman Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
SettingIce Caps? - Yes Where? - South Pole Misc setting - scientific labs
Writing StyleAccounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths What kind of sex: - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing full frontal--men Kind of violence: - knives Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Movies with storylines, themes & endings like Whiteout
|The Public Eye starring Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Richard Riehle
|Knight Moves starring Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin
|Traces of Red starring James Belushi, Tony Goldwyn, Lorraine Bracco, William Russ
|The Frozen Ground starring Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, John Cusack
|Memories of Murder starring Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim


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His talk was not unfathomable, and was actually quite understandable. One thing that I found quite interesting was that every single one of his power point slides had been written and drawn by hand. Seriously, every graph, figure, title and word he had drawn by hand. I was quite impressed, especially since it was so ascetically pleasing to look at (and colorful too).
He did not go into depth about the his models, but rather gave a brief overview and then introduced some key ideas. The two that I will mention here involve particles and anti-particles, and how mass is involved in interactions (spoiler: it isn't).
In explaining particle interactions he mentioned the standard space-time diagrams with the world lines of the particles. Imagine a particle moving in space and then at some point in time it interacts with another particle, as shown below. The arrows on the lines show the "direction" of the particles through time, that is, the direction of the arrow of time for the individual particles. The two particles exchange a virtual particle and thus have an "interaction". The virtual particle carries the exchange of energy and momentum from one particle to the other. So at some instant in time the particles interact and exchange energy through a particle that is created for just that purpose.


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Your health is important to you – and it's important to us too! We offer a number of benefit plan options for convenience and flexibility.
Through our FSA plan, Fanatics offers you a tax-saving way to pay for health care and dependent care expenses that you'd typically pay for out of pocket.
Life and AD&D coverage are available to help protect your family financially against life's unexpected moments.
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Fanatics understands that sometimes you may need someone in your corner. Through the Life Assistance Program you and your family have access to support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
At Fanatics we place our focus on results and empowerment and encourage you to enjoy your time on and OFF the field with our competitive time off policies.
Need a break? Whether you enjoy a relaxing game of foosball, or prefer a competitive cornhole tournament; we've got the tools to help you unwind.
Help fuel your day and crush the afternoon dip by taking your next meeting over to one of our many coffee bars.
Fanatics values our internal fans too! Our programs are designed to thank and reward Fanatics athletes for their hard work and commitment to winning as a team.
From breakfast to happy hour and every hour in between – Fanatics employees can enjoy time together at one of our many company events.
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Fanatics cares about the fans around us. We encourage you to partner up with your teammates in giving back and serving the communities where we work and play.


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Business for Sale in Newmarket, Norfolk - NEWSAGENT/SWEETSHOP - Leasehold: £59,950
Key Information
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- Type
- Retail Businesses: Newsagents
- Location
- England: Suffolk
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Status
- For Sale
Occupying a delightful corner plot one street behind the bustling main road through Newmarket in the midst of an affluent and densely occupied residential area you will find this long established business. In the same family ownership for over fifty years, this is now ripe for a new owner to capitalise on the enormous goodwill built up over the generations and take this onto the next stage.
Newmarket is renowned for horse racing and attracts many visitors annually. Very close by is the main racing museum and Sweets is ideally located to take advantage of both local and passing trade as it is located on a crossroads opposite a pedestrianised area cutting through to the High Street.
With a turnover in excess of £450,000 this business enjoys the high G.P. you would expect. Boasting some eighteen daily and fifteen Sunday news rounds there is a constant throng of clients in the shop paying bills and making secondary purchases.
With some rebranding and increased stock levels there is much scope to capture more impulse purchases and we feel that under new owners this already profitable venture should provide a very good living.
This shop enjoys a double corner aspect with the local church opposite and is close by the High Street yet enjoys being in the middle of a densely populated area.
The main shop measures some c. 450 sq. ft. with fridges, freezers, ice cream freezers and racking displaying limited lines of groceries, stationery and cards.
To the rear is an office/storeroom and w.c, the whole measuring c. 200 sq. ft.


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Overview—Key Charter Change Recommendations
Because the City of Tucson is the core of the metro region, Tucson city government is the primary instrument by which our region realizes its dreams and aspirations. Yet there is wide agreement Tucson has not fulfilled its exceptional potential and that it is not well-positioned for the future.
But why has a city with a number of highly capable top officials and engaged citizens, in a culturally rich and physically beautiful environment, failed to realize its potential and to position itself decisively for a prosperous future?
To answer that question and better understand how Tucson city government could be more effective, the Southern Arizona Leadership Council initiated a several months-long study, during which it interviewed the mayor, all six council members, the city manager, three former city managers, and several council aides. SALC also conducted research about other cities and consulted with nationally recognized experts on local government.
We learned that Tucson unintentionally has created a spider's web of charter provisions, policies and entrenched practices at the very top of city government. Consequently, authority, responsibility and accountability are diffused at the top of Tucson city government, severely limiting the ability of top city officials to fulfill their roles and meet their responsibilities, and making it difficult, if not impossible, for even the most talented of people to succeed.
To rectify this diffusion of authority, responsibility and accountability at the top of Tucson city government, SALC developed draft recommendations with the following goals:
- To encourage and enable the city council members to focus more on overall policy decisions—to operate at the "30,000-foot-level" of policy, with more attention on critical city issues.
- To let the city manager manage. (Phoenix is a nationally regarded example of how best to structure the roles and responsibilities of a city manager.)
- To create a more effective partnership between the city council and the city's professional staff.
- To promote business and community support for important governmental issues.
We want to emphasize that while SALC conducted this narrow and focused preliminary study, we have always believed that it is essential to any reform effort to build a coalition of an inclusive, diverse group of community partners. We are committed to building this coalition, and it is our intent that this coalition will take the lead and responsibility for modifying the recommendations and deciding how to implement them.
The recommendations focused on changes to the city charter, to city policies and to community practices. While all the proposed changes are important, the proposed charter changes carry an added sense of urgency: The City Council must decide by early July what charter changes, if any, it will refer to the November ballot.
Consequently, this document focuses solely on what SALC considers four key changes to the Tucson city charter. For those wanting to know more about the other recommended changes, we will be happy to provide them with a more detailed report.
We are optimistic and confident that the engagement of the community, working closely with our city officials, will help to produce more effective and more efficient city leadership, unify our community, and provide our region with a healthy economy and a healthy environment.


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Rams vs. Colts: Takeaways from Indianapolis' 38-8 Loss to St. LouisNovember 11, 2013
Rams vs. Colts: Takeaways from Indianapolis' 38-8 Loss to St. Louis
It's the worst home loss since 1993.
What else needs to be said about the Indianapolis Colts' 38-8 loss to the St. Louis Rams?
Unfortunately, there's plenty of other things that can be discussed.
Everything that could go wrong did go wrong on Sunday, as the Rams used a three-touchdown second quarter to get out to a 28-0 halftime lead. The Colts couldn't complete another miraculous comeback this time, as the offense never got on track, the defense allowed too many big plays and the special teams allowed a 98-yard punt return.
It was a true team effort. While some of those issues were aberrations and will be fixed by next week, others were examples of problems that this team has had throughout the season.
So what is fixable, and what is a true concern? Find out in this week's takeaways.
Andrew Luck's Low Turnover Streak Ends
One of the best things about Andrew Luck's second year in the NFL has been his ball security. Luck had just three interceptions through eight games (18 in 2012) and just two fumbles (10 in 2012).
On Sunday, however, Luck was a turnover machine, throwing three picks and fumbling a ball that was returned for a touchdown in the first quarter. Luck was visibly shaken after the sack/fumble and was inaccurate for the majority of the rest of the game.
Luck sailed passes often for the second week in a row, and his internal clock was clearly off as he rushed reads for most of the day.
I don't expect Luck to have another day as bad as this, but it brings up serious concerns about the Colts' next few weeks as Indianapolis tries to adjust to life without Reggie Wayne.
Post-Reggie Wayne Life Isn't Very Fun
Speaking of Reggie Wayne, the Colts once again didn't have anybody but T.Y. Hilton step up to fill the void, as Hilton caught seven passes for 130 yards on Sunday.
The Colts' next two leading receivers were running backs: Donald Brown and Dan Herron.
Darrius Heyward-Bey continues to be a liability rather than an asset and has been a massive bust of a signing for the Colts, at least in the role in which the Colts have used him.
It's really to the point where there's no point to Darrius Heyward-Bey being on the field. That may as well be LaVon Brazill.— Collin McCollough (@cmccollo) November 10, 2013
If the Colts are going to have any sort of success on offense, it's going to be through the air.
Unfortunately, they simply aren't getting production from anybody other than Hilton. While that will be enough at times, it's not going to be a viable strategy every week.
Running the Ball...the Struggle Is Real
The Colts wanted to be a power-running team.
Well, in the words of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, you can't always get what you want.
The Colts' two rotational halfbacks rushed for just one total yard on eight carries. In this one, neither back could find room behind a horrific performance by the Colts offensive line, as Donald Brown and Trent Richardson were swallowed up behind the line consistently.
The Rams have been one of the worst run defenses in the league this year, and the Colts could have had some success had they been able to get their backs in space. Unfortunately, they were never able to, and they quit trying early.
The lack of success has led to an offensive crisis and will need to be addressed in the coming weeks.
Critical Situations End Poorly for Indianapolis
The Colts have been much more effective in the red zone this season, and the Colts' third-down performances have been extremely successful with Andrew Luck at quarterback.
On Sunday, however, the Colts were absolutely abysmal in these key situations.
The Colts offense reached the red zone five times against the Rams but scored just once, a touchdown pass to Donald Brown late in the third quarter. Luck threw two red-zone interceptions and failed to reach the end zone on a scramble, while Matt Hasselbeck added a late interception as well.
Third-down conversions killed Indianapolis, however, as the Colts went an abysmal 2-of-14 on third and fourth downs against the Rams.
Whether it was drops, poor blocking or poor play-calling (a fullback draw shouldn't even be in the playbook, much less be an option on 3rd-and-10), everything went wrong for Indianapolis on Sunday, and it led to offensive ineptitude.
Robert Mathis' Success Continues
In the Colts' first eight games, Robert Mathis was an absolute terror, racking up 11.5 sacks and leading the league.
He's off to a good start in the second half of the season, finishing with two sacks on Sunday, both coming in the first quarter. While Mathis wouldn't get another in the game, he did get a few pressures on Clemens and wasn't the reason why the Colts defense allowed 24 points.
Mathis now has 13.5 sacks on the season, which ties for the second most in a single season in Colts history. He needs just two-and-a-half more to tie Dwight Freeney's franchise record of 16. Mathis has 105 now in his career, also two-and-a-half less than Freeney's franchise record of 107.5.
Big Plays Plague Pass Defense
Tavon Austin caught the ball twice on Sunday.
That was all he needed.
Austin finished with 138 yards and two touchdowns on those two catches (and we haven't even touched his 98-yard punt return), and the Colts gave up several other long passes as well.
As a whole, the defense wasn't getting dominated. Zac Stacy ran for just 62 yards on 26 carries, and Kellen Clemens only completed nine passes. But the Colts gave up big plays and allowed some very inopportune third-down conversions.
Combine that with offensive and special teams struggles, and you get a blowout loss.
The Colts Need to Eliminate Kick Returners from Their Roster
See this picture on the left?
Notice that David Reed is getting contacted at the 7-yard line?
This seems problematic. When it happens four times, you may as well quit lining up a kick returner.
The Colts kick returners failed to reach the 10-yard line twice on Sunday and were held inside the 15 four times. David Reed was the main offender, taking the ball out of deep in the end zone three times and never getting past the 13. Dan Herron also returned a punt to the Colts' 7-yard line.
How do the Indianapolis returners keep bringing out kicks from nine yards deep in the end zone? It's never beneficial for Indianapolis. When the Colts return a kick, on average, they don't get back to the 20.
At this point, it's just embarrassing.
Colts Struggle at Start Once Again, Coach Takes Responsibility
The Colts clearly weren't ready for Sunday's game against the Rams. They were completely outcoached.
Beyond that it's because there are still too many weeks when they look utterly unprepared for mediocre teams.— Nate Dunlevy (@NateDunlevy) November 10, 2013
The Colts have come out flat for the vast majority of this season, and when games like this happen, it's a glaring issue that nobody can ignore. The coaches have many good qualities about them, but this issue is a critical one going forward.
Fortunately, Chuck Pagano took responsibility this time, per Mike Wells of ESPN:
"They beat us in every single phase," Pagano said. "We just didn't do anything. And I take full responsibility as the head football coach, did not have this team ready."
Perhaps this game will be a wake-up call for a team that has the nasty habit of playing down to its opponent, or in this case, simply not showing up.


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After a long hiatus, this addictive soap opera continues its 5th season as Sean feels isolated and alone after his sexual assault, Dominique searches for a kidnapped Alexis, and Michael takes drastic matters into his own hands regarding Mia. You can catch up on all the drama of Anacostia by subscribing to its YouTube channel. You can also follow the series on Facebook and Twitter.
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Hehl, Jacob – At Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on Monday, January 28, 2013. Jacob Hehl of Strathroy in his 86th year. Beloved husband of Elisabeth Hehl (Bohler). Dear father of Ingrid Hehl (Mike Glover) of Strathroy. Loving grandfather of Sherry Lynn Lane (John Tanton), Pam Dawn Lane (Mike Medeiros) and Teddy Jacob Lane (Amelia); great grandfather of Justin, Brandon, Cameron and Mackenzie and great great grandfather of Leah. Also survived by his sister Magdalena Stoss. Predeceased by his brother Christian. Visitation will be held at Denning Bros. Funeral Home, Strathroy on Thursday, January 31 from 6-9 PM. A funeral service will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on Friday, February 1 at 11 AM with Rev. Steve Boose officiating. Interment to follow in Strathroy Cemetery. Donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or Alzheimer Society would be appreciated.
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Introducing Guest Blogger Thomas Crocker
I'm thrilled to welcome back Professor Thomas Crocker to the blog! Professor Crocker is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. His research interests focus on issues in constitutional law, including privacy and the public sphere, the First Amendment, interpretive theory, presidential power, and national security. He also keeps his eye on debates in law and philosophy. He teaches courses in Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Free Speech and Democracy, National Security and the Constitution, and Jurisprudence. Having benefitted from a fellowship as a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, MA, he is finishing a book under contract with Yale University Press entitled Overcoming Necessity: Emergency, Constraint, and the Meanings of American Constitutionalism.
Before joining the faculty at South Carolina, Tommy clerked for the Honorable Carlos F. Lucero, on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. He also taught philosophy at St. Lawrence University.
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Order, Technology, and the Constitutional Meanings of Criminal Procedure, 103 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 685 (2013).
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Presidential Power and Constitutional Responsibility, 52 Boston College L. Rev. 151 (2011).
The Political Fourth Amendment, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 303 (2010).
From Privacy to Liberty: The Fourth Amendment After Lawrence, 57 UCLA L. Rev. 1 (2009).
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MMOs, we study them, we grade them, and then either move on or continue to explore what the game has to offer. Countless MMOs are released each year, honestly too many for someone to be able to be possibly claim they've played them all. And even if they could, what's the point?
I've played quite a few MMOs, personally. I'm not proud that I've not been able to find an MMO to keep me enticed for too long. Other than World of Warcraft, I haven't experienced too many enthralling worlds. But I can safely say that I've possibly fallen in love with one game in particular, which isn't even out yet in the American/Europe market: Aion. If the name doesn't ring a bell, don't be dismayed. But I do encourage exploring what the game is.
Recently, as far as gaming goes, I've been digging through Free MMOs. Terrible, I know. But I've honestly been bored enough. I've gone from Dragonica's Closed Beta (which is over now, and was surprisingly quite fun, although shallow to say the least), to Ether Saga Online (fun, but cash shop heavy), to Luna (honestly played only a few minutes of this it was that bad). There was one that I was downloading however, called Runes of Magic. I started to download it, but after playing the mini-games it's downloader had available I became increasingly bored of watching the download move at a crawling pace, lost interest in the game entirely, and then ceased downloading it all-together.
Now I realize the question might arise, "why should we care?" Well, that's subjective. But it's personal opinions of games players out there might be looking into. I've been watching this Atlantica Online ad on here while making this blog, and must ask, "has anyone played this?" It looks interesting, perhaps I'll give it a whirl.
Feed me your thoughts, both on Free MMOs, and what you're playing. I want to know.
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I am waiting for Aion as well it should be a very beautiful and fun game for many people.
For free MMOs I currently play Free Realms I think you might enjoy it, it's a casual mmo with lots of mini games everywhere and the download is crazy small it's mostly resides on your browser, but don't worry it's not actually a browser game, try it out to see what I mean :P
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I have played Atlantica Online and really liked it. It's a turn-based MMO (final fantasy turn-based style). Atlantica is quest-based meaning that you will level up mostly through quests. The community is nice and the economy is player-based.
You might also want to try Mabinogi for a change of pace. Really great game with a unique gameplay (not very newbie friendly at first but once you get used to the "rock-paper-scissor" system, it's all fine). By rock-paper-scissor I mean that for instance, an enemy will use "Defense" and to counter "Defense" you must use "Smash". If the enemy use "Smash" you must use "Counterattack". It's all about predicting your opponents moves. Mabinogi is a sandbox and many features are now free as of February's patch (rebirth, generation chain quest, etc).
There's also Warrior Epic which was just released 3 days ago. It's a mission-based MORPG. It's sort of a mix between Diablo and Guild Wars. It's a really great game even though they're still many bugs, they do not really affect the gameplay experience.
There's also Dungeon&Fighter which will be released around September. Dragonica is very similar but D&F is much more polished and unique. It's also one of the few F2P that have actually reach the top 10 games in Asia. ( I have played the japanese version and I really loved this game so I strongly suggest you give it a try once it is released in NA (by Nexon))
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"His cases have gone badly of late. He never got to the bottom of that Veilgarden soul ring. And now it sounds like he's rearranging the station furniture with a hammer."
— Fallen London, when confronting Da Chief having a meltdown
A character is angry. Very angry. He or she proceeds to smash up a room. This montage shows it, often in stuttercuts or other fancy editing work to make it look even more dramatic.
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- This is what your family goes through!
- Robot Chicken reproduces the above Public Service Announcement about why Drugs Are Bad and Crosses the Line Twice (and a few more times after that), extending the montage to the point of Overly Long Gag.
- Daredevil did this after archenemy Bullseye killed his long time girlfriend Karen Page.
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- The Little Mermaid: Done when King Triton, in a fit of blind rage, fires his Trident to destroy Ariel's grotto and everything in it. A bit of a variant from the norm in that he's not just venting, but does it to make a point to Ariel that anything to do with humans is strictly forbidden.
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- The movie Earth Girls Are Easy featured an Anger Montage that was also a musical number, in which Geena Davis sings as she systematically demolishes everything owned by her unfaithful fiancee. (A particular favorite is the moment where she rolls a bowling ball down a pair of skis into his computer's monitor.)
- Citizen Kane. The movie commentary tracks note that this scene was a bit of "method acting" that got out of control. Welles broke his hand very early in the sequence; you can see him favoring it at the end. Also different from the typical example in that it is shown in a couple of long master shots, rather than an actual montage of closeups: this is because they could only do one take.
- In Apocalypse Now, the opening montage shows Martin Sheen being randomly enraged/emotionally crippled in several ways, including punching a mirror, an injury which necessitated the bandage on his hand for much of the movie. The stuttercuts in this sequence were happened because the cameraman stopped filming when he saw Martin Sheen had been injured. Coppola told him to keep going, but the break in continuity made a montage necessary when editing it all together.
- Used in the film of Dreamgirls when Jennifer Hudson is just walking down a runway singing, "I am telling you, I'm not going!" The camera cuts away and back to her so fast it's like they're afraid of relying the scene solely on her performance. Jennifer Holliday's version has her just sitting down, and she's still astounding.
- Selina Kyle from Batman Returns trashes her apartment as part of her Freak Out and transformation into the dark and dangerous Catwoman.
- A nice touch: she has a neon sign above her bed that reads "HELLO THERE", and we see her hit it twice. At the end of the montage the camera pans out and we see the sign now reads "HELL HERE."
- The Room ends with quite possibly the wimpiest, most half-hearted Anger Montage in the history of film, where Johnny destroys the titular Room by knocking down some fixtures, pulling down drawers and throwing a TV out of the window. It may also be a Shout-Out to the Citizen Kane example above.
- Inverted in Zombieland, where the protagonists mess up an abandoned store in this manner just For the Lulz. Kinda like Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex, except with less sex and more smashing things.
- Master And Margarita: When Margarita found the apartment of the critic who ruined the Master, she rips ink on his pillows, makes the bath overflow, and smashes everything that can be smashed.
- In Walk the Line, Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) has a complete meltdown, in which he uproots a sink, smashes his guitar to pieces, and throws chairs around all because of an emotional breakdown.
- In the film of The Wall, Pink snaps and trashes his hotel room during the "One of My Turns" sequence after learning that his wife was cheating on him, culminating in him throwing one of his TVs out the window. This sudden display of anger and violence thoroughly freaks out the groupie that he had taken into said room.
Live Action TV
- In the Battlestar Galactica episode "Revelations", Admiral Adama has an epic one after discovering his best friend and XO, Saul Tigh, is a Cylon. It ends with the stoic and paternal Adama collapsed in an otherwise uncharacteristic emotional heap on the floor, simply unable to handle the decision facing him. For extra symbolism points, the first thing he smashes is the model ship he's been slowly building throughout the series.
- Done in an ITV two-part one-off drama called Lawless, where Trevor Eve's character trashes a house.
- Elliot does this in an episode of Scrubs, trashing her bedroom before going and getting her hair hacked up into the now-familiar "scarecrow" configuration (all to the tune of "American Girl").
- Dr. Cox often does this as well.
- Cameron Mitchell has one of these in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Unending" thanks to the stress of being stuck in a time dilation bubble for years on end.
- In the 1990 Charles Dance miniseries of The Phantom of the Opera, Erik does one of these after Christine unmasks him, smashing his creepy, childlike possessions.
- The How I Met Your Mother episode "Benefits" has Barney going back to the alley and smashing a TV set from the dumpster every time Ted mentions how he's having sex with Robin again, since Barney has fallen in love with her. Eventually the dumpster runs out of TVs, so he goes to the store and buys one (after doing some comparison shopping with a helpful salesman) just so he can smash it.
- In the Buffy episode "Blood Ties," Dawn destroys her room (and burns her diaries) after she learns that she is the Key. On Buffy's birthday.
- King Henry VIII does this a lot in The Tudors.
- Happens occasionally in Rescue Me when Tommy or Sheila goes on a rampage.
- Sue Sylvester on Glee has rampages all the time, frequently throwing students around.
- Subverted in a season 3 episode of Dexter. We see Dexter snapping and trashing his lab, throwing a chair through a window, smashing his laptop... except he's doing it entirely in his head. In the next shot, he's in his intact lab, even putting on a fake smile.
- On an episode of the short-lived Tenacious D series, Kyle briefly quits the band, setting Jack off on one of these. Including some particularly theatrical wall punches.
- Dean Winchester does this on "Supernatural" when Kevin dies. Also, the toll of the Mark of Cain leads to Dean doing this in a motel room after getting his hunter friend Rudy killed and beating up Castiel.
- On the final episode of the Syfy run of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Pearl loses it when she realizes the Satellite of Love is coming back down to Earth, and proceeded to smash the furniture in Castle Forrester, culminating with her slugging Bobo and slamming down on the pipe organ.
Video Games
- In Splinter Cell: Conviction, Sam goes into one of these after learning that Lambert and Grimsdottir, the two people he thought he could trust in Third Echelon are both responsible for taking his daughter away from him.
Visual Novel
- Done in the VN of Turn of the golden witch. Jessica storms into the honored guest's room after the first twilight, only to find a note there taunting her and insulting her parents. She then proceeds to wreck the room in a fit
Web Original
- The Nostalgia Critic:
- When he reviewed The NeverEnding Story III, he is so angry about the end theme being replaced that he proceeds to destroy the DVD in this manner.
- He also does it at the beginning of his review of Foodfight! as a Shout-Out to the Batman Returns example above.
- When he reviewed The NeverEnding Story III, he is so angry about the end theme being replaced that he proceeds to destroy the DVD in this manner.
Western Animation
- Rugrats: In "Runaway Angelica", Angelica trashes her room in a screaming rage after her father grounds her.


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Father Culture eyes big break
BREAKING into the mainstream market has proved to be quite elusive for 52-year-old singer Father Culture. But he is not giving up.
The roots-reggae artiste, who made his recording debut in the early '90s, is hoping his latest singles — It's A Shame and Put On Your Clothes — will give his career a big boost.
"Back then it was hard to find somebody who could find time to help me in my career. Mi used to get riddims and voice fi producer and dem put down the song, but I'm not the type to pressure people. Mi see some youths do it and get through, but mi neva did a go bow. Right now is the most recording mi ever do in my career. A the best of Father Culture this, right now," he told the Jamaica Observer.
Both singles are produced by Garnett "Bobby" Pottinger and will be featured on Father Culture's second album, set for release in August. The videos for the tracks are now online, and he said the reception has been good, contrary to that of his debut single, Flesh.
"I'm getting good support; it's kicking up some views and thumbs up. Mi sing Put On Your Clothes cause mi see all weh a gwaan roun mi wid the woman dem. Woman bring we come yah, if dem let we down, dem let the world down. Some people against the song, but sometimes when you know you a do something wrong you ago get a beating for it," he said.
He shared goals of global success, but says a lack of radio play is a major challenge. Despite this, he remains positive.
"Mi born fi do this; the world ago know my name. Mi is a positive person and mi write lyrics based on life. Mi nah bun out nobody, mi just waan people do better. Di youths listen to artistes more than dem madda, fadda and government, so we have a powerful platform. When the big war did a gwaan between PNP and JLP in the 70s, Michael Manley and Edward Seaga haffi draw fi Bob Marley fi calm di youths. Every artiste caan sing the same ting, but just know righteousness is key."
Father Culture, given name Franklin Dayes, grew up in St Ann and Grants Pen in St Andrew. He lists Capleton, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh as his idols. He released his debut album, Rising Son, five years ago.
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stancomputerhunter wrote:So, TK...how about some numbers? How many people participated? What was the score for LAST place? Why did you only publish the top 100. I'd like to know where I finished. Is that too much to ask? It's just an Excel sheet. You can take it away after a week or so.
Hmm well I had to manually enter all the information by hand into that excel sheet and only reason you can see any places was because I did it . The data the server spits out at us is not as pretty and I have to manually copy all the names and then copy and paste the scores as well. I am not sure how many people participated? Did they have to finish a mission or competition to count as participating?
Maybe on Monday I can do a rough break down so people can know how roughly where they came? As long as you remember your Jolly points though?
I mean where do I stop? There were thousands and thousands...


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Why Do Restaurants Need Restaurant Insurance?
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Restaurant insurance is vital to the success of a restaurant. The possibility of accidents occurring in your business and on the premises are great. To see what I mean, check out these statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Food Services and Drinking Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses report and the injuries, illnesses, and fatalities report. 120 – […]Read More →


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Your Guide to Celebrating 50 Years of the Doctor in Cleveland
We're finally getting down to it, 9 days until the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who episode "The Day of the Doctor". Ten and Eleven together, Rose Tyler, John Hurt, Daleks, Zygons… and have you seen the second trailer?
Now, hopefully you all have a wonderfully planned out way to celebrate this glory, but if you have not, I'm here to help. Allons-y! Read more →


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The Dragon Engine - Archieved Post
The Dragon Engine
Blood Dragon Empire series book 1
Author: Andy Remic
Publisher: Angry Robot
591pp (eBook edition)
Release date: 3rd Sept 2015
reviewed by Chris Amies
"The Dragon Engine" tells the story of a group of humans who embark on a quest to possibly save the life of one of their number. And to claim the treasure of the supposedly lost Dwarf kingdoms while they're at it. It begins, as such stories may, with a feast and the swearing of mighty oaths. In fact a lot of swearing generally. This is far less well-mannered fantasy than we have been used to in the past; the word Grimdark has been used and we are now habituated to such grim, bloody-slogging nightmare (or those people who read/watch it are) from Mr Martin's Game of Thrones.
On the one side of this savage tale you have the band of fast friends who have, they thought, put their soldiering days behind them and taken to the pleasures of love, food and drink, but who come out of retirement for this quest. Our viewpoint character here is Beetrax, a huge axeman, uncouth and violent but who has hidden depths and capacities. On the other you have their enemy: a thoroughly nasty culture living underground and who are ruled by a dyarchy – so called because each ruler wants the other to die? Separation of church and state has led to on one side a king who might not be that nice but does believe that people shouldn't be tortured to death; his opposite number is Skalg, Cardinal of the Church of Hate, who has no such qualms and is a colossal pervert, brutal both sexually and otherwise. Insurrection is in the air which means that by the time our heroes get there the situation is going to be even more complicated.
This is an impressively bloody novel, with no quarter given or asked from the many vicious fights and nasty situations our characters get into. The language is equally foul and indeed certain words crop up so often it's beginning to look a lot like Tourette's.
As well as the opposing titans already mentioned the other characters are well drawn, the relationships between the adventurers giving them a plausible back story. This is a novel which in many ways plays with fantasy tropes – dragons, dwarfs, stew (why is it always stew? as Diana Wynne Jones asked in 'The Tough Guide to Fantasyland': but it always is) and while using them goes beyond them. There are indeed dragons and what became of them, and the Dragon Engine of the title, is the engine (as it were) of the novel.
This is volume 1 of a new series which going on the evidence here will be worth keeping up with. I write this as someone who doesn't really do Fantasy unless its characters can take time out for a latte (i.e. the Urban subtype) but go on, Andy Remic, do go on, you have convinced me. Not that the world depicted is one I would like to live in – not given the likelihood of sudden brutal death or worse – but in its sweaty, bloody self it is worth a visit.
Chris Amies Writer and translator
Reviewer biography: Chris Amies
Chris Amies was born in the suburbs south of London and lived for many years in Hammersmith, which district still appears in much of his fiction. He is the author of one published novel, one non-sfiction book (about pubs) and 25 short stories though the number is increasing, and has reviewed fiction for the BSFA and Tangent Online. He is currently preparing a collection of his older published works and recently diversified into anthology editing and full-length translations from French. His website is at chrisamies.com


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ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found
If you try to copy your ssh keys to another system and get the error message "ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found", just run the following command and try to copy again:
ssh-keygen -t rsa
2 Responses
[root@N040 ~]# ssh-copy-id nod3
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found
[root@N040 ~]# ssh-keygen -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa):
/root/.ssh/id_rsa already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)? y
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
4f:07:02:fa:2c:24:a4:a8:7c:ad:17:12:6a:f5:9d:59 root@N040
[root@N040 ~]# ssh-copy-id nod3
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No identities found
this is nonsense… if you have a private key moved from your old computer and ssh is just not recognizing your ssh key. With this command you overwrite your existing key ( if your key is named "id_rsa"). Have fun getting access back on your machines without the private key.
And this command is not the solution for the problem. Try this: http://linux.101hacks.com/sysadmin-tasks/ssh-copy-id-and-ssh-agent/


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Ray Part 1 Games
|Game description: This isn't just a movie. You will choose your own fate and every decision has its corresponding number. Add those numbers at the end to see how you fare with the other players. In this mission, some choices will cause
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This Morning expect isolated showers across eastern and northwestern parishes.
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Maximum temperature expected for Kingston and Montego Bay today is 30 degrees Celsius.
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Tuesday: Expect morning showers across eastern parishes and widely scattered afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms across central and western parishes.
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Lisa Quinones-Fontanez is a secretary by day, blog writer by night and Mami round the clock. When Lisa's son, Norrin, was diagnosed with autism in May 2008, she found herself in a world she did not understand. In 2010 Lisa founded the blog AutismWonderland (www.autismwonderland.com). AutismWonderland is an award winning blog that chronicles her family journey with autism and shares local resources for children/families with special needs. In between work, blogging and advocating for Norrin, Lisa is also working on a historical fiction novel A Thousand Branches. A chapter excerpt (The Last Time of Anything) received an Honorable Mention in Glimmertrain's Family Matters October 2010 competition. You can find Lisa on Twitter (https://twitter.com/laliquin) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AutismWonderland).
The more I wrote, the more inspired I was to keep going
I grew up in a home filled with books. My father worked in a book factory and he'd bring them home. I can still hear the crack of the cover as I opened each book for the first time; I still remember the way the pages felt as I thumbed through them.
As a girl I spent countless hours reading about people I could not identify with and neighborhoods that didn't look anything like mine. I didn't realize I was missing something.
I was twenty years old the first time I read a book written by a Latina. It was Esmeralda Santiago's When I was Puerto Rican and I read it in less than two days. Her words filled a void, I didn't know existed. It was the book that inspired me to write, except I had no idea what I want to write about.
Writing professors encouraged me to write what I knew. And over the next few years, I wrote about the things I thought I knew, but nothing worked. I had yet to create a character that haunted my every thought.
In the winter of 2004, I took a vacation to Puerto Rico to visit my godmother. During my trip, we visited the small island of Vieques. It was there that I began to visualize character, a family, a story. I spent the next few years reading, researching, writing and revising.
I began graduate school in 2008 hoping to complete the historical fiction novel inspired by my vacation years earlier. But my son had been recently diagnosed with autism and there was little time to write. Working full time during the day, going to school at night while trying to navigate the special education system was challenging, and my novel was put on hold. I was exhausted and lost my inspiration; suddenly my characters and their world seemed incredibly far away.
I was forced into this new world that I knew nothing about. I didn't know a single person with autism. I didn't even know what autism was. I turned to books for comfort, for guidance, for knowledge. I found all of those things yet it still wasn't enough.
Not a single autism book was written by a Latino or featured a Latino family like mine. I could not identify with any of the men and women sharing their stories. The women wrote about quitting their careers to stay home with their children or moving to smaller house, some even moving to another state so that they could afford services. I knew I couldn't quit my job as a secretary and my husband couldn't quit his job as a Fed Ex courier. Living in a two-bedroom apartment, there wasn't much we could downgrade to, and moving out of The Bronx wasn't an option.
Two after my son's diagnosis, I started writing about our autism experience, my son's progress, our concerns, frustrations and joy and the search for an appropriate school placement. And the more I wrote, the more inspired I was to keep going.
Autism isn't openly discussed among the Latino community and I write to help other parents know they are not alone and to know that there is hope. I want to encourage parents to advocate for their kids, to know their rights so that they fight for what their kid needs. I write because I love my son and I want the world to know what our version of autism looks like. I want people to know how much my son has inspired me.
One day I will finish the historical fiction novel I started. But for now, I will continue writing about raising a son with autism because it's the story I am compelled to write.


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Here's my Saturday Morning Confession: I watch too much tv. I'm admitting it. It's not a good thing, but it's not something that I'm willing to change right now. I read a lot too, so in my mind, as long as I still read a lot and don't just zone out in front of the tv for all of my free/waking hours, then it's okay.
Here's the breakdown of the embarrassing facts (just so you know I'm not kidding)...
{Daily Television Watched}
General Hospital (though often I watch in fast forward mode)
Oprah (well I record daily and watch when I'm interested)
CNN...lots of CNN~ I always watch AC360 and usually have it on throughout the day
The Daily Show
{Primetime Television}
Sundays~ Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters
Mondays~ House, 90210, Gossip Girl, Castle
Tuesdays~ NCIS, One Tree Hill, Parenthood, The Good Wife
Wednesdays~ Modern Family, Mr. Sunshine, Off The Map, Blue Bloods
Thursdays~ The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Royal Pains, Private Practice
{Reality Television}
Amazing Race
Whatever Kardashian saga is currently on
Real Housewives (except Atlanta) & Watch What Happens Live that comes on after the seasons I watch
Bethenny (1st "Getting Married", but coming soon "Ever After")
Joan & Melissa/Joan Knows Best
David Tutera's My Fair Wedding (often lots of fast forward involved in this too)
Who Do You Think You Are? (this is a genealogy show on NBC that is kind of a dumbed down version of a PBS show that I love that Henry Louis Gates does. It's not really traditional "reality television".)
Brick City (on Sundance, currently 2nd season, more documentary tv than reality tv)
{Cable Television}
I like several Cable Television shows, though I normally watch them on On Demand or via Netflix
United States of Tara
In Treatment
(I'm itching to start watching Boardwalk Empire now that I have HBO, but stupid HBO On Demand doesn't have it, so I'm going to get on the DVDs as soon as they come out!)
See what a ridiculously long list of shows I watch? I have a hard time picking favorites because I love many for different reasons.... the characters, the drama, they make me laugh out loud, they are mindless to watch, etc.
What about you? Do you have a favorite show or favorite genera?