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HOUSE of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans will be charged with a series of sex offences against seven men, the director of public prosecutions said.
Keir Starmer, QC, said the 55-year-old Tory MP is accused of two counts of indecent assault, five counts of sexual assault and one rape count.
Evans, who represents the Ribble Valley constituency in Lancashire, will appear before magistrates in Preston on September 18.
Mr Starmer said: "Following an investigation by Lancashire police, the Crown Prosecution Service has received a file of evidence in the case of Mr Nigel Evans MP which concerns allegations of a sexual nature.
"After careful consideration, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to prosecute Mr Evans.
"Lancashire Constabulary has therefore been authorised to charge two counts of indecent assault, five counts of sexual assault and one count of rape relating to a total of seven alleged victims.
"The decision in this case was taken by Joanne Cunliffe, an experienced specialist rape prosecutor, in consultation with John Dilworth, Head of the CPS North West Complex Casework Unit and in consultation with an external and highly experienced criminal QC.
"I have also been consulted on this case. The decision has been taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the CPS legal guidance on rape and sexual offences.
"Mr Evans will appear before Preston Magistrates' Court on 18 September 2013."
The indecent assaults are alleged to have been committed between January 1 2002 and January 1 2004; the sexual assaults between January 1 2009 and April 1 2013, and the rape between March 29 2013 and April 1.
Evans, from Pendleton in Lancashire, answered bail today having previously been arrested in May and June.
He was rearrested and interviewed by detectives throughout the day before being charged tonight.
The Swansea-born politician had arrived earlier at Preston police station in a silver Jaguar XF driven by his solicitor.
He smiled and said: "Thanks for coming" to members of the press who had gathered outside.
He dismissed the original allegations against him as "completely false", and said they had been made by two people he had "regarded as friends".
In June, after his second arrest, he said: "I continue to refute all allegations."
He has stepped aside from his Speaker duties since his arrest, but has continued to work as an MP.
He was one of three deputy speakers elected in a secret ballot of MPs in 2010. Later that year he came out as gay, saying he was ''tired of living a lie''.
Mr Evans was a vice chairman of the Conservative Party from 1999 to 2001. When Iain Duncan Smith became party leader in 2001, he was promoted to the shadow cabinet as shadow Welsh secretary - a post he held for two years.
Mr Evans has resigned as Deputy Speaker, but insisted he will continue as an MP.
Speaking outside Preston police station, he told reporters: "I have today answered bail following complaints I said were incredulous.
"Whilst I'm saddened this case has not been closed today, I am certain of two things: firstly that I am innocent; and secondly, that my innocence will be demonstrated.
"Having informed my fellow deputy speakers Lindsay Hoyle and Dawn Primarolo, my association chairman and my staff, I can confirm I will now resign as deputy speaker
"However I will continue to work hard for the people of the Ribble Valley from the back benches where I first started my political career in 1992.
"I appreciate that this case will create a great deal of media interest, but after today I will not be making any further comment until after the case concludes."
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In November of 2011, Dan Brickley writes:
How can we package, manage, mix and merge graph datasets that come from different contexts, without getting our data into a terrible mess?
During the last W3C RDF Working Group meeting, we were discussing approaches to packaging up 'graphs' of data into useful chunks that can be organized and combined. A related question, one always lurking in the background, was also discussed: how do we deal with data that goes out of date? Sometimes it is better to talk about events rather than changeable characteristics of something. So you might know my date of birth, and that is useful forever; with a bit of math and knowledge of today's date, you can figure out my current age, whenever needed. So 'date of birth' on this measure has an attractive characteristic that isn't shared by 'age in years'.
At any point in time, I have at most one 'age in years' property; however, you can take two descriptions of me that were at some time true, and merge them to form a messy, self-contradictory description. With this in mind, how far should we be advocating that people model using time-invariant idioms, versus working on better packaging for our data so it is clearer when it was supposed to be true, or which parts might be more volatile?
Interesting to read as an issue for RDF modeling.
Not difficult to solve using scopes on associations in a topic map.
Question: What difficulties do time-invariant idioms introduce for modeling? What difficulties do non-time-invariant idioms introduce for processing?*
Different concerns and it isn't enough to have an answer to a modeling issue without understanding the implications of the answer.
*Hint: As I read the post, it assumes a shared, "objective" notion of time. Perhaps works for the cartoon world, but what about elsewhere?


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I'm a bit rusty since I haven't made a thread in ages... So we've had 5 tournaments in total in Best Wishes, 4 being major:
Don Battle: Top 2 of 16
Donamite: Top 4 of 16
Junior Cup: Top 2 of 16
Unova League: Top 8 of 128
Marine Cup: Winner
Anybody else disappointed that they bothered to introduce such a pointless tournament that only acted as a time consumer in the most recent episode, which they make Ash win?
They didn't let him win any of the tournaments that was the major focus & then they introduce a 5 minute tournament that Ash wins. From what I can gather in this series, if its something minor, Ash gets to win. Have they just given up or something?
And now its making me wonder about the entire series in general as well. We have an episode about Crocanaw, the Eevee Episode, we've had a Sweet Honey Episode, then this Detective Cilan Episode, then the Jirachi Episode & Oak Episode which don't seem that bad, same with the Zoroark Episode. Then Butterfree, Ash VS Iris, & Clair. Were not sure when exactly this saga is ending but we have most episodes revealed until July and a tournament doesn't even seem possible until after the Genosect Movie airs, which isn't until after July 14. And since they usually tend to show pictures/summaries/etc of upcoming episodes like 2-3 months in advance, then the Clair Episode will most likely occur in July, and 2 breaks are likely yet again in July, making the possibility of a tournament less likely.
We have two rivals who's stories haven't concluded, yet the ending implies we won't see them again. If they wanted to fill in the gap why not add some better important events instead of showing things that don't add anything new to the characters. Then Iris hasn't done anything in a long time, with Clair's appearance being the only thing. Cilan may have an episode dedicated to him that's NOT filler. There is just so much things they can do but instead they have episodes that everyone will just forget. And to top it all off there isn't a main goal for Ash, battle-wise. I just have no clue what they are doing at this point.


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Robert, The C Book License was placed into the wiki by Devon H. O'Dell, who was the original creator/maintainer of the wiki. When Devon left us, the wiki was moved over to the folks at gobsd.org. A few months ago (I forget exactly when), gobsd.org's web hosting service locked their doors, turned everything off, and was never heard from again. It was at this time that it was discovered that no backups were done of the wiki. Fast forward to May 30th and you'll find out that Andreas Hauser resurrected the wiki in its new form. While a lot of content was restored through Google's cache, some sections were lost forever. You've probably encountered one of those pages. While I won't comment on legal licensing proceedings (Should it stay or should it go?), I thought you'd appreciate the history :-) Thanks, Adrian -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Robert Klein Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 13:58 Subject: C book license Hi , I just put the DragonFly BSD License (from CVS) on the Wiki (it is referred to by the C book project). There's also a link to the not yet existing "C Book License" page. I couldn't find the license anywhere. Could you point me to it? Thanks, Robert


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Soccer's Klose retires from Germany's team
FRANKFURT, Germany — Miroslav Klose has announced his retirement from Germany's national squad a month after the team won the World Cup.
The 36-year-old scored two goals in Brazil, making him the highest-scoring player in World Cup history with 16, one ahead of Brazil's Ronaldo. He had a career total of 71 goals.
Colleges: The NCAA wants a clarification on a California judge's ruling in the landmark Ed O'Bannon case. The governing body wrote in a brief to the U.S. District Court on Monday that schools want to know which recruits are covered under the ruling. The decision opened the door to athletes receiving a small percentage of the millions of dollars they help generate.
Basketball: USA Basketball announced that cadets won't be the only ones who can see some of the NBA's best take the court at West Point. ESPN2 will air the team's two-hour practice from the academy on Monday at 2 p.m., leading up to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which begins Aug. 30 in Spain. Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski is an alumnus of West Point, Class of 1969.
Bowling: Schalmont High graduate Liz Kuhlkin won a gold medal Monday as the U.S. claimed the girls' doubles title at the World Youth Bowling Championships in Hong Kong. Kuhlkin, who is entering her senior season at the University of Nebraska, fired a strike on her first shot in the 10th frame to lift her and Sarah Lokker to a 370-361 victory over Japan's Shion Izumune and Kana Shimoide In the semifinals, Kuhlkin and Lokker defeated Indonesia's Nadia Nurmalina and Alisha Larasati, 354-350. The field included 262 bowlers from 46 countries. The team competition will begin on Tuesday.
Golf: Delmar's Victor Fox is tied for 133rd place after a two-over 74 on the first day of play at the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club in Jones Creek, Ga. Jimmy Beck of Columbus, Ga. leads with a 65. The top 64 golfers, from the field of 312, will advance to match play after Tuesday's round.
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text: Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose more than expected in April and the stock of houses on the market hit a 3-1/2 year high, more indications that the sputtering housing recovery may pick up, Reuters reported. The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday that sales increased 6.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000 units, ending two straight months of declines. Sales were down 4.2 percent from April 2013.


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So I was thinking about the whole specialty massage thing... Victoria got a chocolate massage. The name of Spanish chocolate sauce? Mole (pronounced mo-lay) poblano (aka mole sauce).
Coincidence? Perhaps.
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So I was thinking about the whole specialty massage thing... Victoria got a chocolate massage. The name of Spanish chocolate sauce? Mole (pronounced mo-lay) poblano (aka mole sauce).
Coincidence? Perhaps.
You know, I totally didn't think about that. Very moley indeed!
the new text clue is:
cf (11) 8
any ideas for what this could mean? my mind is a total blank.
also the quiz for this week is up...
for this week's online clue of
my one thought was that the first two groups of letters are in alphabetical order, so if we line up the alphabet in lines that each have 11 characters (because people seem to like 11 for the Mole this season) we have
then we were one character off from Z lining up with E and P (I know, these are lining up exactly, but if you used grid paper).
what if the second row had 10 characters, reduced by one like the cast was in the 1st and 2nd episodes.
and then we put in zeros or blanks after that Z that lines up with the E and the P - who knows and has only 8 characters like we have 8 players following the last episode (so we have one extra zero that is out of the "frame" for this clue).
maybe they're going to the zoo.
it looks cooler on my piece of paper than it does in the post :shrug
The online clues just give me a headache. :lol
Hmm, for cf(11)8, I'm kinda lost. Maybe "see if eleven ate"? It's a longshot; I have no idea. As for the other one, I actually just thought of something. P is 11 letters ahead of E, as is Q of F, and R of G. So, If you go 11 letters back from ZOO, you get ODD. "Odd" clue, right? xP
It looks like 11 might be the magic number this season, like it was four in the first one. D:
Actually this made a lot of since to me i had a similar idea. What could odd be pointing to...Odd letters in their name: Craig, Kristen. Odd age: Alex, Clay, Kristen, Nicole, and Paul. Idk just some thoughts.Quote:
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but on the other hand LG's thoughts also made since so hmm...
I think I heard a collective gasp from the board after tonights show!!
I never saw that elimination coming. Sooo who can it be now?
Add me to the gasping. I'd convinced myself that the spoilers were true.


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Ang Pahayagang Malaya
It's about time the fight against the plot of Gloria Arroyo and her allies in the House to amend the 1987 Constitution be brought to the streets. The people are overwhelmingly against tampering with the Charter at this time. The efforts to railroad changes by the House, specifically via constituent assembly sans the participation of the Senate, are patently unconstitutional.
Gloria and her allies, however, are no longer open to honest dialogue and reasoned arguments. They have a demonstrated history of disrespecting the Constitution, violating the laws and transgressing moral norms. It is wishful thinking to expect them to start playing the game by the rules in the twilight of their reign.
The organizers of today's anti-Charter change rally in Makati are correct. The people must send Gloria and her allies a message via the only language they know. She was carried into Malacañang on the shoulders of the people who had had enough of the abuses of Joseph Estrada. She should be reminded that the people could bodily carry her out of Malacañang just as well.
We understand that some sections of the broad anti-Arroyo alliance are worried that carrying the fight to the streets might be premature. The rally might not attract enough warm bodies. Such a "failure," it is feared, might only further embolden Gloria and her confederates.
Such attitude is self-defeating. Today's rally might not be attended by the people in the hundreds of thousands. But such a "failure" should be viewed as just a dress rehearsal for more actions to come. At the height of the "Hello Garci" scandal, the mass actions calling for Gloria's resignation were as widely attended as those mounted against Estrada in the months immediately preceding his ouster. The difference was that Gloria had no compunction in unleashing the full might of the police and the military against protesters.
She followed this up with additional measures – the preempted calibrated response and the declaration of a state of emergency, among them – aimed at sustaining her crackdown against dissenters.
No doubt Gloria would do the same if and when street protests reach a critical mass that would threaten her rule. But if there is any lesson to be learned from history, it is that repression should be met with heightened defiance. The alternative – to keep silent – is to be complicit to the very crimes committed against us.


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• Microsoft is gearing up for the release of Windows 7 with an avalanche of press, including an interview with the FT in which Steve Ballmer says 'the only way to calm the doubters is by delivering'. Notably, though, when asked what Win 7 will do for the average user, he suggests people will notice "the new touch-style applications" - but surely that's something that will surely only apply to a tiny minority of potential users? Anyway, the company will certainly be hoping that Thursday's launch will take the sting out of the financial results it will be announcing on Friday - which are likely to be tough, given the recent difficulties in the PC market and the number of customers who have been holding off new purchases to make sure they get Win 7. A big week for them.
• Since hitting the highs with its Razr handset a few years ago Motorola has been on a losing streak - but it's trying to get back in the game with new releases based on Google's Android system. First there's the Dext (known in the US as the Cliq) which we said was 'solid but not spectacular'. Now, however, it's promising to launch another handset the Droid in partnership with Google and US network Verizon: and this ad show's they're firmly targeting the iPhone. A European model is said to be in the works, but no clear details yet when or how it might be available.
• With all those concerns about the Large Hadron Collider threatening life on earth - either through al-Qaida action or sabotage from the future - somebody pointed out through Twitter that it may be worth checking in periodically on HasTheLargeHadronColliderDestroyedTheWorldYet.com. It's going to be the first website I check in the morning from now on.
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text: Shared reading has made my child a Frog and Toad and George and Martha fan. Preschool has made him a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. (Remember them, '80s kids? They're back.) In the absence of action figures, he uses his Lego animals as Ninja Turtles. The other day he was playing superheroes: "Here's Donatello, and Michelangelo, and Leonardo, and Raphael. And Arnold Lobel… And James Marshall…" Music to my ears.


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The Minnesota Twins' top brass set off shockwaves across Twinsville on Monday, announcing that General Manager Terry Ryan had been relieved of his duties.
There's not much point to discussing why Ryan lost his job. This quote says it all. "The reason for this change, I think it's safe to say, the last couple years we have not won enough games. That's what it comes down to. It's nothing more, nothing less than that."
If you don't recall reading that quote yesterday, it's because you have to go back much further than that – 22 months further. It's what Ryan told the media when he announced Ron Gardenhire was being let go as the club's manager.
What's good for the goose, etc.
Terry Ryan is a class individual who knows a lot about baseball. I can say that from first-hand experience, having spoken with him several times, both in formal interviews and informally. I enjoyed every minute I had with him.
But the Twins rosters he has assembled have not been winning for far too long and, as Gardenhire conceded at the time of his firing, "I'm gone, I'm outta here because we didn't win. That's what it gets down to in baseball. That's what it should get down to."
And he was right. In major professional sports, it's about winning and the Twins haven't done enough of that for some time.
So there's not much point in debating whether Ryan deserved to be let go. Instead, let's focus on what comes next.
If you were one of the significant (and growing) number of Twins fans who wanted to see someone else be given the keys to Ryan's office, you got to spend an hour or so smiling on Monday. But if you heard or read the quotes coming out of the mouths of the people who will be making the decision concerning who will be getting that office next, your smile didn't last long.
I'm sure there could be worse ways for an ownership group and team president to handle the dismissal of their GM than what the Pohlads and Dave St. Peter did on Monday, but it's kind of hard to imagine how it could have been worse.
To begin with, the bungling of this situation didn't start on Monday; it started last month when, according to Jim Pohlad, he notified Ryan that he would not be retained after the end of the current season.
Reports indicate that Ryan and Pohlad had differences over how to improve the team. Ryan had made several public comments indicating he planned to be very active on the trade market. If Pohlad did not support that approach, it would be one indication he deserves his reputation for not possessing a terribly astute baseball mind.
But to essentially give his top baseball executive four months' notice of his intent to fire him also would indicate Pohlad doesn't have the greatest business mind, either. How, exactly, was that supposed to work?
At best, Ryan would have limited motivation to take actions necessary to improve the club and probably would have limited authority to make deals without ownership approval. At worst, word would leak out around MLB that he was a lame duck GM, totally undermining his negotiating position with his peers.
So, bungle number 1 was telling Ryan he was going to be fired four months in advance.
Bungle number 2 came right on the heels of number 1, though, when Pohlad left it to Ryan to determine how to handle the timing and announcement.
Really? In what kind of business does that make sense?
It's one thing to cut back some middle management staff, ask them to stick around through a transition, and leave it to them whether to tell people it was "early retirement." It's quite another thing to do that for the guy who is essentially running every aspect of your baseball organization short of hiring the beer vendors.
The result is that Ryan waited until just two weeks before the non-waiver trade deadline before telling Pohlad it was time to make the announcement, leaving his assistant (and interim GM) Rob Antony in a very difficult position.
Bungle number 3 is actually more like number 3a through 3(something way down the alphabet from b). Almost every word spoken by Pohlad and St. Peter on Monday reflected an organization totally unprepared for what comes next.
It was made clear that Paul Molitor will be manage the Twins in 2017 and any GM candidate who didn't like that need not apply. How many potential candidates will that rule out, unnecessarily?
But, hey, Pohlad has been preparing for this search by familiarizing himself with how other MLB clubs are structured – by looking through their Media Guides.
Not to worry, though, because the Twins "may" utilize a professional search firm to recruit qualified candidates. They may. Of course that also means that they "may not."
How can these people not at least have some clue as to how their peers around the league are organizing their front offices? No matter. Now would be a really good time to look into that. Maybe one of those search firms could help.
Pohlad also indicated that St. Peter will play a major role in the GM-hiring process and that the new GM will report to the Twins president.
To my mind, the man at the top of the organizational ladder needs to be a Chief Executive Officer (or whatever alternative, more baseball-like, title you want to give to the CEO-type) who understand both the baseball AND business sides of running a big league organization. That is not Dave St. Peter, so St. Peter should be reporting to the new hire, not the other way around.
The CEO level might not be necessary if anyone in the ownership group had some level of baseball savvy, but that is not the case with the Twins. It's time for the Pohlads to not only admit that (which they've essentially done already), but to also structure their business accordingly.
Once the CEO is hired, that CEO should get to hire a GM. And, oh, by the way, that GM should get to hire the manager of her/his choice, too.
I like Molitor and I don't disagree that, had Ryan been retained, he should have been given another year to manage the team. But if you handcuff your new GM before you even get any applicants for the opening, you aren't likely to even get the best candidates to come in for an interview.
These issues don't have to be resolved immediately. A thorough (and professionally organized) recruitment of qualified candidates should take place. Ideally, this would all take place toward the end of the season, but bungles 1, 2 and 3 have already set the wheels in motion.
Mistakes have already been made, but there's still time to do the rest of this thing right and get a competent, forward-thinking executive to run the baseball operations.
Unfortunately, early indications don't give me much hope that will happen.


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What would be your signature dish?
My kids say my lasagna, because it is so freaking amazing. It's an old family recipe, and I have never met anyone who didn't like it.
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Fried chicken and my desserts
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I make THE best sandwiches :)
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Our omelettes. They are freaking amazing! And we make many different kinds as well. This morning was sauteed onion with dill, basil, salt, pepper, turkey, spinach and cheddar cheese. Delicious!
I am a chef, so it's a big deal in my house too!
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It would have to be either my chicken enchildas or tamales.
I am married to a chef, food is a huge deal in my house. :)
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ADAC GT: Round 2 Zandvoort Preview
This weekend Callaway Competition turn their sights to the second round of the German ADAC GT Masters of the 2014 season. After a mixed weekend in Oschersleben, the team is hoping to bounce back positively with their five entries of Z06.Rs. This weekends event moves the championship out of Germany and over to the coastal circuit of Zandvoort, in Holland.
Since the last round, a lot of work has been done back at the teams headquarters in Leingarten to repair the teams cars after a chaotic race two. "After the last race in Oschersleben, it's easy to say that we had a little more than just a new can of paint and adhesive tape to put on to the cars," explains Team Manager Giovanni Ciccone (who has not lost his sense of humor). "The whole team has worked terrific in the past few days to repair the accident damage from Oschersleben. I hope that we will now be rewarded for our hard work in Zandvoort with a good result. We don't want another repeat weekend in Oschersleben. We have worked flat out to ensure all of our Z06.R's made it to the start of this weekends grid. We are motivated as well to be there for our fans, drivers, and team partners."
In the number 1 Corvette German driver Andreas Wirth will see the start of his 2014 campaign alongside 2013 champion Daniel Keilwitz. Wirth unable to attend the first Round, handed duties over to British teammate and factory Corvette driver Oliver Gavin. "I am looking forward to my first start of the season at Zandvoort. In 2012, I was already fighting with the field and doing well. I just hope that the weather remains reasonably stable over the weekend. If there is rain, it will make for an interesting outing."
Patrick Assenheimer and Diego Alessi share the number 2 AutoArenA.de Corvette and are aiming to add even more points to the board after an excellent sixth place Race 2 result in the ADAC GT Masters debut of Assenheimer. "I really like Zandvoort," explains Diego Alessi. "Fast, long drawn-out turns, old kerbstones, tarmac with plenty of grip, traditional pit buildings, and small run-off areas to boot - that´s just how a race track ought to be. Since the circuit is just next to the North Sea, you must always keep an eye on the weather, because conditions by the sea can change in an instant, as everyone knows. I am optimistic that Patrick and I can drive to two good results at Zandvoort. However, we must keep a close eye on the weather throughout the weekend."
This weekend will also see the return of Toni Seiler Racing and his pair of Yellow Z06.R's. Local hero Jeroen Bleekemolen will again partner up with Toni Seiler and Remo Lips/Lennart Marioneck reunite in the teams second car. "This is the track that I know best, and there's no driver on earth who has posted more laps than me on it," said Bleekemolen bullishly. "I've always been good at this circuit and have actually never driven a bad race there. I hope to benefit greatly from my extensive knowledge of the Circuit Park Zandvoort which should also suit our Corvette. I'm expecting a great deal from this weekend, you know." Rounding off Callaways five Corvettes is the customer team of RWT Racing. The blue Z06.R brings back Round 1 drivers David Jahn and Sven Barth.
"We will of course also give everything this weekend." Explains Ciccone "Our victory two years ago definitely does not guarantee that we will have the same result again this weekend. To this end, too much has happened in the meantime. We must now start with significantly less power, but considerably more weight and are very excited to see what the weekend brings."
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At the moment, I cannot post any links or pictures in this guide due to restrictions on my account. As I didn't feel like posting random stuff just to get my post count up, wowhead links and additional pictures are missing.
As most players have found out by now, Crowd Control has returned as an important aspect of the game in this new expansion. Ignored during most of Wrath of the Lich King - except on some rare occasions, CC (the common abbreviation for crowd control) fell out of use and its merits were almost forgotten. This was in stark contrast to the Burning Crusade era, where most dungeon groups were built around CC - many long time players will remember the end of the expansion, when Magister's Terrace came out. This was the pinnacle of crowd control: in a time where most tanks could take on 2 enemies or perhaps 3, packs of 6 mobs were a true test of the crowd control skills of your party. In Cataclysm, many heroic instances require once again that skilled players use the appropriate skills to make life easier.
In this guide, I will first give a summary of all abilities that I consider useful as crowd control. They are ordered by class, such that it is easy to see what skills are available to the people you play with (either your friends or in random dungeons). Secondly, I will give a short explanation or "How To:" about the different methods that are used in crowd control, and finally I will present a list of abilities ordered by the type of NPC they apply to (humanoid, undead, beast, elemental, demon, dragonkin).
Please note that in the summary of crowd control skills, snares are intentionally left out - however useful they may be for solo play or PvP, they are not much use in dungeons. It is possible that I mentioned some abilities that you consider worthless, or forgot others that you would include in the list. Lastly, this guide was written from a tanking perspective. Although it is meant for every player to use and learn from, this will from time to time become apparent in the text.
Feel free to comment so I can improve this guide.
Summary of crowd control abilities per class
Death Knight
- Army of the Dead
The archetypical Wrath of the Lich King character, the Death Knight doesn't have access to real crowd control abilities. Army of the Dead is on a long cooldown and generally only useful in emergency situations or extremely difficult pulls. Moreover, most DK's save this for boss fights.
- Hibernate
Pretty much a standard CC spell, but limited to use on beasts and dragonkins. Very useful in Grim Batol and some pulls of other instances.
- Cyclone
A short duration spell, but can be used on all types of enemies. Since it makes the target immune (i.e. it doesn't break), it can be cast on a mob that is in the middle of the fight. Very useful in emergency situations or at the start of a pull.
- Entangling roots
Roots the target in place. Generally only useful in emergency situations (like saving a healer), or to reduce tank damage at the start of a trash fight by rooting a melee mob before the pull.
- Freezing trap
Hunters can launch this trap nowadays, as opposed to putting it down like in the past. Good hunters will be able to place this right in front of a target so that a pack will not be pulled. If it reaches a target and traps it, however, it will engage the pack.
- Pet tanking
Mostly useful in emergency situations, hunters can use their pet's growl ability to grab aggro on a mob.
- Polymorph
Widely seen as the go to crowd control ability, polymorph (commonly called "sheep") is the reason many tanks are relieved to see a mage in their party. Breaks on damage but can be reapplied in combat.
- Frost nova
Roots all targets around the mage in place. Due its value for solo play, often used by mages in emergency situations. Be aware, however, that a rooted mob will attack the targets that it can attack, even if they are not on top of the threat list.
- Turn evil
A very useful crowd control spell, but limited to demons and undead. Can be used mid-fight to move one mob away, but only if there are no other packs nearby.
- Repentance
Only available to Retribution paladins as a talent, this ability puts the target to sleep for 1 minute. However, the cooldown also is 1 minute, so this spell must be used on the pull to avoid breaking it with AoE.
- Hammer of Justice
A short stun available to all paladins. Can be used in emergency situations.
- Mind control
The only Crowd Control spell that makes the caster lose control of her own abilities. The priest instead gains the control of the CC'd mob, using his abilities to inflict damage or heal. Realistically, this spell can only be used by Shadow priest. One must be very mindful of positioning, since any damage to the priest will cancel this effect. Keep in mind that when Mind Control ends or is broken, the priest will have high threat on the mob.
- Shackle undead
As expected, this spell can only be used on Undead targets. One of the "typical" crowd control spells that will be broken on damage and therefore must be used at the right moment.
- Psychic scream
Short range AoE fear. Useful for emergency situations.
- Sap
A very useful crowd control ability that must be applied before the pull, but will not cause the mobs to engage your party.
- Various stuns
A rogue has access to various stuns and disorient abilities that can help in emergency situations or at the start of a high-damage pack.
- Bind elemental
Standard CC spell that only applies to elemental type mobs.
- Hex
A typical CC spell that applies to most mobs.
- Fear
Makes a mob run away in terror. When glyphed, this ability roots the target in place. This is very useful as fear does not break immediately upon damage, so it can be used even after the pull if the tank is smart enough to pull the other mobs away from the feared target.
- Enslave demon
A crowd control ability with a long cooldown, but it can be very useful, especially when dealing with multiple demons such that the warlock can banish one and enslave the other.
- Banish
Banish is a crowd control ability that can only be used on elementals and demons. It does not break on damage (it makes the mob immune), and can be cancelled by casting banish again.
- Succubus seduction
When your party is low on Crowd Control, a warlock can use his Succubus pet to control an additional mob.
- Intimidating shout
An AoE fear that usually can only be used when clear from other packs. However, when glyphed this ability causes all mobs to be rooted, which can be very powerful at the start of a fight to reduce the incoming damage.
How to use Crowd Control
As mentioned in the previous section, there are different sorts of crowd control spells. They can generally be divided into 4 groups:
- Pre-pull CC
- Pull CC
- Mid-fight CC
- Emergency CC
Pre-pull Crowd Control
These are spells that can be used before the pull without engaging in combat. Only Sap and Freezing trap (depending on how it is used) belong to this category. If you plan to use this form of CC, refrain from pulling until they are applied.
Pull Crowd Control
This is the "typical" CC spell that usually lasts long, but breaks on damage. Polymorph, Hex and Repentance are good examples of Pull CC. As the name suggests, this type of crowd control spells is usually used on the pull. If different spells of this type are used on one pull, the casters must try to coordinate in order to let the spells land at approximately the same time.
Mid-fight Crowd Control
This CC spell can be used on a mob in the middle of a fight. Good examples are any form of stun, Cyclone and Banish. These spells can also be used to pull, but it is not necessary to time them as accurately as the previous type, since they do not break on damage.
Emergency Crowd Control
Any form of Crowd Control that is either dangerous, short duration or long cooldown belongs here. They can be used in case the healer is out of mana, the tank is taking too much damage, a mob is loose or any other scenario.
Tips and tricks
Remember to use Raid Marks. If you are the party leader, bind them to easy to find keys like the Numpad or the F1-8 keys. Assign one type of Crowd Control to one mark. Common marks are Moon for Polymorph, Diamond for Banish and Square for Freezing Trap, but conventions may vary from server to server or even from player to player. Just make sure everyone knows what marker means what.
Make sure that everyone in the party knows when to use his or her Crowd Control spell, as described previously. The tank should pull right after the first CC spell has made the pack engage in combat. Ideally, he should use an ability that generated (a small amount) of AoE threat, such as Commanding Shout. If your party is very experienced with CC (you probably don't need this guide in the first place), you can also let the tank pull and use CC spells during the pull. This was the preferred way of handling CC during the Burning Crusade. However, with the improved AoE tanking capabilities this is no longer necessary.
Do not use too much CC. It can considerably slow you down if you crowd control too many mobs, as you have to wait for the CC to be applied and casters that are casting CC spells do not have time to do damage. Healer mana and tank health should be the main parameters you monitor in order to judge how much CC is needed per pack.
Look around you to see whether you can use AoE and Cleave abilities. If a mob is near, perhaps you can stand in a different spot where it is safe to use these abilities. It is nearly always a smart idea to move tanked mobs away from the crowd control mobs.
Summary of crowd control abilities per NPC type
Roots and other emergency abilities are left out
- Humanoid:
Freezing Trap
Mind Control
- Beast
Freezing Trap
- Undead
Freezing Trap
Turn Evil
Shackle Undead
- Dragonkin
Freezing Trap
- Demons
Turn Evil
Enslave Demon
Freezing Trap
- Elementals
Bind Elemental
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Well! Everyone desires to have a fulfilling life with a right balance of prosperity, friends, well-wishers, love, affection, emotions and luxuries. A perfect life is a dream of every human. However, a perfect life is not accomplished due to luck but due to our attitude towards our life. Yes, for an impeccable life, we should try developing into a flawless person. Dear readers; becoming flawless is not a rocket science. It is very easy. All we have to do is that, we need to embrace a simple lifestyle and be motivated to achieve our goals. To ensure a fulfilling life, you can follow these simple steps and I bet success will be all yours.
- Embrace Punctuality
Punctuality is an important aspect towards a disciplined life and discipline is essential for a human. As a plant require water for its growth and development similarly, a discipline is essential for a human being to evolve. We must be determined to complete our work on time with requisite amount of efforts into it. This ensures the timely completion of our and increases our potential to reach our destination.
- Get Serious Towards Life
Seriousness is the key for a successful professional and personal life. If we are not serious in our profession, we tend to lose our interest and ultimately, our unique talent gets devastated. Similarly, if we are not serious towards our personal lives, we tend to lose the affectionate bond in the relationship. Apart from this, seriousness towards life increases the mutual respect amongst us and the people in our social circle.
- Prioritize Your Goals
We all have tendency to dream which is essentially good for our survival but most of the times we don't set the short-term goals to achieve our ambition. Most of the times, if our short-term goals are designated, we tend to distract ourselves in short-lived pleasures thus, leaving our goals behind. Thus, it is extremely necessary to prioritize our goals over the distractions thereby, conquering our destination slowly but steadily.
- Work Consistently
Perseverance is extremely necessary for achieving the goals. One should work slowly and calmly thus, attaining perfection in every step of life. As adequate consistency of ingredients is required for a perfect dish similarly, requisite amount of consistent efforts are vital for the attainment of the goals thereby, fulfilling the ultimate ambition of our life.
- Enhance Your Sphere of Knowledge
In case you dream to stand-out amongst your counterparts, you should develop and enhance your own unique potential. This can be done by increasing your sphere of knowledge. Reading books or articles based upon the niches that interest you, watching videos that improves your thinking process, and healthy interaction with the people surrounding you will help you increase your sphere of your knowledge thereby, building up your confidence.
- Work Hard to Fulfill Your Expectations
It is human tendency to have expectations towards life which are necessary to help the individual achieve stability in the life hereby, leading to the stage where goals and desires are attained. However, in the case we expect from our lives but are not willing to give 100% to achieve those expectations, we won't get anything accept disappointment which would demoralize us thus, in order to keep our spirits high we must give in tremendous amount of efforts to achieve our expectations.
- Believe in Yourself
You must believe in yourself, your soul and your instinct. The strong belief of yours towards your own personality will increase your confidence and give you stamina to face the challenges of your life. Thus, you will emerge out of your problems and evolve into a better person.
- Attain Satisfaction
Satisfaction at the end of the day is extremely essential for rightful living. We must be satisfied in our achievements but we should have scope of improvement in our lives. This thought of ours will prevent our greed overpower our generosity and ultimately, we will have a righteous and guilt-free life.
These eight points have emerged as the secrets of a successful life since ages or rather, a perfect life because these steps help the individual evolve into a better person. The individuals following these rules tend to have a broad-minded thought-process and they tend to analyze very moment of their lives appropriately. One must realize that life tend to impart knowledge along with experiences thus, we need to have a thoughtful outlook towards life. We must have tendency to emerge out of our problems thus, evolving into a sophisticated individual. Once this motive is accomplished, our messy life turns into a blissful one and we tend to enjoy our fulfilling life.


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Midweek Copa del Rey previews
In only two games, Barcelona have amassed a staggering tally of thirteen goals against Almeria. Eight came in the league win at Almeria a couple of months ago, five in the first leg Copa del Rey Semi final in the Nou Camp last week.
In the cup game, Almeria (6/1) proved that they were not prepared to lie down as they did in the league meeting between the two but, despite having a few decent chances, were still blown away.
With the tie effectively over and Champions league in the horizon, Barcelona should field a weak team tonight. Of course, I can't guarantee that but it's enough to put me off backing Barca at 2/5.
In the cup quarter final, Segunda leaders Real Betis lost 5-0 to Barca in the first leg but won the second 3-1. Amazingly, Messi played in the latter and even missed a penalty.
I knew Betis could beat Barca in Seville but I preferred to bet in-play. I'm not, however, as convinced that Almeria can beat Barca in the same situation, but will form a firmer opinion in-play.
A draw (19/5) seems a better pre-match punt for my money, but I'm only taking one bet in this game and that's an e/w punt on Almeria's Ulloa (9/1 to score first, 10/3 anytime), a player who has impressed with 7 league goals in only 6 starts.
Worth a punt: Ulloa e/w first scorer (9/1)
Real Madrid v Sevilla, 21:00-Sky Sports 4
Down 1-0 from the first leg and feeling cheated by the goal that never was, Sevilla (7/1) will go into this game with a lot anger and determination. Can they overcome a one goal deficit and take the tie to extra time or will they do enough to progress without the need for another 30 minutes?
Either is possible but, like the Almeria-Barca game, I see a draw (19/5) as the most realistic outcome for fans of the Rojiblancos. Why? Well, despite Real Madrid (4/11) shockingly losing 1-0 to away to Osasuna in the league at the weekend, I don't see them losing two in a row.
Besides, Mourinho has to win something this season and I don't see it being the league or Champions league. Any forecaster has to stand by his picks and mine were Barca for the league and Champions league, with Real Madrid winning the cup.
The above are hardly bold picks you might think, but research the last time Real Madrid won the cup and you'll see that my pick is bolder than it seems on paper.
Had Mourinho not been the Los Blancos coach, I would not have picked Real to win the cup. Sevilla won the cup last year - beating Atletico 2-0 in the final - and they would have been a good pick to repeat again this year had the circumstances surrounding Real been different.
Tonight I think that Sevilla can score first (12/5), though I won't be backing that to happen pre-match, all I'm interested in is the bet at the bottom of this preview.
Before I get to that, though, there will be interest in the scorers market tonight with Ronaldo (9/4 to score first, 1/2 anytime) and new loan signing Adebayor (11/4 to score first, 8/13 anytime) the top picks to score for Real.
For Sevilla, Fabiano, Negredo and Kanoute are the men to choose from. At 10/1 to score first or 10/3 anytime each, all carry bigger than normal prices given their opposition and venue.
In conclusion, though I think that Real (4/11) will win in 90 mins tonight, I'd only back them if they went a goal down or were drawing on 70 minutes. There's just no value otherwise. For better pre-match value and considering that Sevilla are a dirty team, I'm banking on someone being given their marching orders in an anxious, entertaining clash.
Recommendation: Yes to a red card in the match (23/20)
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Not sure what these are - I just like taking photos of flowers, never really get to identifying them - hope you enjoy!
Taken with Canon Ixus 500 just today, tried to get everything as manual as possible:
Could they be Freesias??
Nice pic!
Geoff Chandler. UK/England/Surrey
NIKON D90 / D80. Nikon 16 - 85 VR, Tamron 28-200,
Sigma 70-300APO, Tokina 100 AT-X Pro D.
SB600 flash. Panasonic DMC-TZ25
Today I have another of these plants that are native to Europe but have been naturalized in North America: Brown Knapweed, Centaurea jacea (Asteraceae). It is family of the blue cornflower (C. cyanus).
First an overview shot of a bunch of them growing beside a path:
Here is a close-up of one flower:
And another close-up that also shows the bud you get when the flower is finished:
Finally, the bees like them too:
Gerard Stafleu
Gallery at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gstafleu
Gerard - nicely presented selection.
I like the way you introduce the overall view first then get in closer.
Quite busy at the moment - not got anything new to post - but keeping an eye on the threads.
Keep it up - I don't know how you find the time but your doing a great job with the pics.
A new compilation of my best shots taken during one week. Hope you like them.
One of my favorite places to visit every July is Perry's Water Gardens in Franklin NC.
The Lotus are in full bloom then & are the most interesting flowers.
I sometimes feel they must have evolved in another galaxy.
attached is a red lotus in full bloom & (hopefully) a very small iris
Thes shots taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5700
Just a couple of flowers out and about.
Fantastic colours to your flowers Jeff31, I am still jealous. I need to get some decent web space so I dont have to reduce my image quality so much to post, I suppose practice makes perfect.
In UK trying to use Sony DSC-V3 & Raynox CM-3500, a Nikon D70 and a 6x9 120 medium format pinhole camera
I love your passion flower.
I have been meaning to get one for my garden for ages.
They have a fantastic structure.
Arron, do please tell us how you get that black background? Is it your software?
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A HIT-AND-RUN in which four people were injured is being treated by police as attempted murder.
The incident happened yesterday in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, shortly after 6pm.
The four were hurt after a man drove a Vauxhall car at them on Crossmill Avenue following an altercation.
A 41-year-old woman and three men, aged 48, 39 and 29, were taken to Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital following the incident.
The 39-year-old remains in hospital with serious injuries, while the other three were released after treatment.
Police are following a positive line of inquiry.
Later in Edinburgh, a 20-year-old was struck in St Mary's Street, in the Old Town, at around 2.10am yesterday.
Police Scotland said the car driver involved failed to stop. Officers are now appealing for any witnesses. The car is a silver mid-sized vehicle and the driver is said to be a white man in his 20s with short blond hair.
It came less than two days after another man was injured in a hit-and-run nearby.
The victim, also a 20-year-old man, was struck by a silver car on Edinburgh's South Bridge, near High Street, at around 4am on Friday morning.
Anyone with information can contact police on 101, or by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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The former Bolton midfielder told the Sunday Sun: "Wigan, Portsmouth, Manchester . . . there were three or four other clubs wanting to sign me.
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Many years ago, when I was waiting tables in various NY state diners, I used this practice when I was maintaining my tables. At the end of my shift I would take the salt shakers from, let's assume, table #1 and use it to fill the rest of the salt shakers in my station. The next day I would take the salt shaker from table #2 and use it to fill the rest of the shakes in my station. Then I used the same method with the pepper shakers as well. This way the salt and pepper was always fresh and properly maintained. Of course, I was the only wait staff that followed this procedure. But, I digress.
I was thinking of all this earlier today as I was putting dishes away and I noticed that some of us haven't been subscribing to this practice at home. I say this without trying to be pretentious or hypocritical because I really think that it is necessary and people need to subscribe to this practice at homes everywhere.
Here are some practical, step-by-step examples that clearly illustrate stock rotation at home. I will use the first and easiest method called circular rotation by force of stock rotation using two stacks of soup bowls.
As you can see I have two stacks of soup bowls on a shelf. Since the middle stack is closest to us we tend to use it all the time ignoring the stack to the right.
After we use a few bowls for various reasons the two stacks of bowls may look like the following picture. Stay with me now. I don't want to lose anyone here due to boredom.
The proper action to take here is the following. Move the bowls from the rightmost area of the self on top of the middle stack. After that move, the shelf will look like this.
As you add new bowls to the shelf you will starting stacking them to the right of the shelf where the empty spot was.
If you start with the above configuration and you use all bowls in the middle, you will end up with the following configuration.
The proper move will be to move/slide the bowls from the right to the middle of the shelf leaving the right area empty.
As you return the bowls to the shelf, naturally, you will add them to the right of the shelf. The following image demonstrates this.
This reminds me of a problem computer science students solve when they are taking Data Structures 101, called The Tower of Hanoi.
But, let's stay on task here. Next I would like to illustrate the in-place stock rotation. This method is useful when you don't have the luxury of working with two stacks. Keep reading...
This time focus your attention on the left side of the shelf where the small, dessert plates are located. As you can see the stack is full and no action needs to be taken at the moment.
Let's say that you use a few plates and the stack of dessert plates is reduced, as illustrated in the following picture.
The proper, prudent move will be to slide the remaining plates a little to the right of the shelf, thus leaving a void behind.
Now bring the "new" plates and place them in the area where the void is.
Then, pick up the plates that you moved over earlier to the side to create the void and gently place them on top of the "new" plates. This way you have placed the "old" plates on top of the stack having the "new" plates on the bottom. Pure GENIUS!
I remember taking a psychology class where I learned about people being anal-retentive. I think this blog entry highlights my personality and I hope you follow my lead in organizing and rotating your dishes, glasses, clothes, and just about every set of objects in your life.


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HAVANA, Cuba - Nearly two years after his death, Cuban president Fidel Castro finally admitted on Tuesday that he is no longer alive. "I was in a state of denial for a long time," he confessed, "but it's time for me to face up to reality." Castro made the revelation to top government officials during his nightly 3 A.M. haunting of the presidential palace. Ordinary Cubans welcomed the news that their leader would finally be at peace, but many admitted they would miss his charismatic presence above their midst.
Dying from a botched abdominal surgery in July of 2006, the elderly dictator initially refused to enter the afterlife. After quickly realizing that he could not govern just through his spirit with no body, he "temporarily" ceded power to his younger brother Raul, still exerting much influence over the island's politics. But now that era looks to be coming to an end: Castro vowed to finally depart from this world after a month-long transitional period in Cuba's government. Thousands of mourners gathered at Castro's secret grave site just on the outskirts of Havana, two meters north of Jose Marti's gravesite, to mark the occasion and pay their last respects to the long-dead presidente.
Castro revealed that initially he planned to remain in political [and spiritual] limbo until after the end of George W. Bush's presidency in order to embarrass the U.S. President with his and Hugo Chavez' constant taunting, but after learning that his own actual approval ratings were now higher than Bush's, Fidel said that "it was embarrassing enough for America." The White House reacted positively to Castro's announcement, and publicly vowed that "the United States...will do everything it can to ensure [the dictator's] soul will enter hell as quickly as is possible". White house spokesperson Dana Perino elaborated on the statement, adding that "the least the Cuban people deserve is for their oppressor to be punished for eternity along with his old jai alai partner, Che Guevara. We've already contacted the Pope, Dali Llama, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Jesse Jackson to intercede with God to make sure that happens." She refused to comment on whether the Bush administration would support Castro getting waterboarded in hell, specifying no need for "intensive interrogation techniques in [the fiery pit]".
U.S. Presidential candidates were quick to comment on this international development. Math-challenged former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee immediately said that he "personally requested of Jesus to ensure Castro will be going to hell." Age-challenged Senator McCain responded to the news with a new rendition of the classic "Barbara Ann," altering the lyrics to "Ba-ba-ba-ba-bomb Havan[a]," explaining that it is a necessary action to preempt any change in Castro's mind later and his return as a zombie through Cuba's state religion, Santeria. Meanwhile, Senators Obama and Clinton (the less popular one) both simply stated they "offer their condolences for this great patron of compassion, and hope this development won't adversely affect Cuba's nationalized healthcare system
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It was that kind of relationship.
The reality never matched up to our expectations. We got irritable in art galleries, our noses bumped awkwardly against each other when we kissed. I told her I loved her and she told me she loved me, but neither of us was truly able to believe it, no matter how much our voices might quaver or how deeply we looked into one another's eyes. These were tics we had learned from watching soap operas and romantic movies. In truth we had no time for each other, no time for sunsets, beaches, expensive movies, flower gardens, secluded bowers, mountain retreats, moonlight, long walks and river banks, nor any other romantic cliché we might care to mention.
It was a long time before we realised this, so determined were we to experience love as we saw it represented in films and books and television. We looked for beauty in the wrong places and tried to force our hearts to swell before sights our souls had no affinity with.
Naturally diffident, the language of a Casanova was foreign to me, and in my mouth sounded quite absurd. We found a kindof contentment in downcast eyes and faltering speech, in board games and microwave meals, in nights in front of the television. Our blood quickened with the accidental brush of elbow against flank or an unexpected flash of flesh as a jumper rode up and we discovered room for mirth and clumsiness in love. Indeed, these things became what we valued most of all. We learned to cherish our fumblings and halting speech and not to feel ashamed of the distance between us and the ideals we had held so fervently.
I liked it when her glasses steamed up over a hot mug of tea and savoured the inelegance of her dress and the slight asymmetry of her features.'
Elephants lumber up mountain trails.Victorian photographers chase fairies in landscapes bestrewn with rocks.Cockatiels escape from drawing rooms.Children fidget at dinner parties.Visitors sneak toothpicks and silver cutlery into prisons.Teenagers steal exotic plants form botanical gardens.Small animals emerge from hibernation too early and perish in the cold.
The buffalo repopulate the cities of America.Helium filled balloons slip the hands of their owners and escape into the sky.Actors in horror movies sit patiently while make-up artists turn them into ghouls and monsters.Risqué comedians get booed off stage in provincial towns.Semi-professional golfers travel the world in search of the big-break, their lives a procession of Novotels, Holiday Inns and respectable results in minor tournaments.Teenagers read books of poetry feverishly, in search of a way out.
Secret societies split up in acrimonious circumstances.Teachers with fingers stained yellow with nicotine complain bitterly of recalcitrant pupils and school inspectors.A boy gets booted out the snooker hall for extinguishing a fag on the baize in a fit of pique.Amateur bobsleigh racers squeeze ageing bodies into lycra suits.Greek poets accompany themselves on the lyre, reciting pastiches of Cavafy interspersed with dick jokes and finish by smashing plates against the lino floor.East European Goths catch infections from self-piercings administered with safety pins.
On the moon, craters fill with rainwater.
At noon the mayor mistimes the release of a hundred doves, causing the death of 67 of them, caught in the propeller of a police helicopter.Field mice are mangled by combine harvesters.A defrocked priest manufactures a Neanderthal skull with an iron arrowhead piercing it and throws the academic community into disarray.
Boy soldiers play hopscotch in a ritual enacted to regain lost innocence.Renegade zoologists teach gorillas how to make fires and the rudiments of agriculture.Earnest jazz buffs play Charlie Parker 45s to their unborn children in the womb.Creative writing teachers recite speeches from Dead Poets Society to blank looks and sniggers from their students.Fastidious medical students order a glass of water between each pint of Carling.Abandoned lovers watch TV.A violinist serenades a woman outside her bedroom window. Later, she calls the police.Poachers hew the tusks from sedated elephants.Aircraft carriers are converted into prison ships.
Mothers are publicly shamed for the crimes of delinquent children, being forced to wear sandwich boards detailing the exploits of their offspring, or have their heads dunked in the public toilets by the town citizens, depending on the seriousness of the offences.Ken Livingstone is the victim of a smear campaign, accusing him of cruelty to his newts, and hinting at perverse practises.The Conservative leader is pictured playing steel drums at a primary school in Harlesden.Children leap from couch to armchair, as the carpet is infested with crocodiles.____________________________-----
Landscapes of volcanic rock and sulphurous lakes
Aristocrats fallen on hard times search for tin-openers in the Co-Op, snapping at the young salesgirl when she offers her assistance.
Shetland Islanders struggle with the ticket machines at Kings Cross station.
Catapults fling plague-corpses over the city walls.
A teenage girl picks the lettuce and tomato from her hamburger and tosses them disdainfully over her shoulder. A year later she contracts scurvy, old wounds reopening like flowers in springtime, sores gathering around the lips like blue-tits around a bird-table.
'what you gotta understand is, to them, you're just a number, they'll suck your brains out and leave you in the gutter, that's how they work, they don't give a shit about us, they don't give a shit about me and you.'
Homemade bombs planted in the changing rooms of TopShop exploded in a shower of nails and ball-bearings. Luckily no one was hurt, but a spangly boob tube and a pair of hipster jeans were complete write-offs. As to the perpetrator's motive, we can only speculate.
Britain's diplomat to Japan is sacked after too many glasses of sake at a state banquet lead him to stick his front teeth over his bottom lip, pull his eyes into a slant with his fingers, and answer'Ah-so' to every question addressed to him.When questioned by the press about his behaviour he declaims'Those Orientals just can't take a joke'
In the forthcoming series ofI'm an ex-Prime Minister Get me out of hereJohn Major has a nail hammered through his foreskin and unfortunately contracts tetanus while Margaret Thatcher is injected with morphine and mauled by feral cats.Audiences describe the look on her face as 'priceless.'In the future the programme makers hope to use Tony Blair's arse as a dartboard in a pub tournament._______________________----
Ebony and ivy league.Guillemots and kittiwakes, billabongs and guinea pigs, foragers and pimpernelsCardinals and counterfeits, Razorbills and billygoats, wagtails and scarlet feversImpenetrable citadels, dens of iniquity, black forests and yellow fevers…
Men with the heads and hooves of goats walk through the tree-lined temple courtyardSwinging thuribles and chanting in voices deep and sombre.Exterminators in homburgs, cashmere overcoats and double breasted suits, frown, brandish clipboards, survey the palace kitchens with magnifying glass' and looks of great concentration.'Ha!' one hoists a captured cockroach aloft, a triumphant gleam in his eye. The cockroach is placed in a specimen box and passed over to a colleague to be dissected, examined, classified…The home secretary confirms his reputation as a populist by bringing back public hangings. Prince Charles is cautiously enthusiastic, saying "although the move panders to mankind's baser instincts it has inarguably served to return the town square and village green to its rightful place as shared communal space, where friendships are forged, gossip is exchanged, games are played and entertainment is shared by all."Renegade animal activists capture vivisectionists, lock them in cages which permit very little room for movement and spend mornings squirting shampoo in their eyes, and feeding toilet cleaner directly into the bloodstream via a drip inserted into a vein in the forearm, just above the wrist,feed zoo keepers to lions and tigers, train dog show enthusiasts to sit and beg on command, shake hands and roll over, fatten farmers up with growth hormones and force feeding and slaughter them, after stunning them with an electric shock.In an interview, animal rights philosopher Peter Singer decries their tactics as 'excessive.'In a radical new move all Muslims are to be fitted with an electronic tracking device, a near-microscopic chip inserted in the earlobe. The minister for defence claims "this is an important step in the fight against terrorism. Some will say this is indicative of a blanket prejudice against all Muslims, in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. These measures will help protect innocent Muslims from unjust suspicion. Only terrorists and terrorist sympathisers have anything to fear from these devices, it is simply a case of identifying the wolves in the fold.""Immigrats right, I don't have a problem with them, so long as they've got something to offer, in the field of cooking. Indians, fine, Chinese, great and the more Thais the better, but these east European turnip munchers, waste of bloody space if you ask me."
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The vultures watched the people. Surveillance technologies. The vultures were first seen perched on the gas holders.
Icebergs sailed into the ports like trading ships. The cold came as suddenly as a break in the cloud.Dogs and carrion crows tried to reach the internal organs of bodies frozen solid. Beaks and jaws tore at flesh as hard and as smooth as bullet-proof glass.
Monuments to neglected gods spoke again, in commandments. Stones spoke. Statues spoke. We were assailed by voices, by contradictory commandments and threats. We ripped each other apart at the bidding of stones and statues which spoke in the voices of gods.
Voices from the soil and voices from the sky. Voices from the sea and voices in the wind. Lights in the sky and fissures in the earth.
Lands of black ice and silence. A cold only the dead should know. The cold of ghosts trapped between realms. Bodiless cold, an icy vacuum. Ghost ships caught in frozen seas.
What are the new taboos? What are the new tattoos? Scar tissue and 3rd degree burns.
Sad eidolon.
The temples have been rebuilt. The energies reactivated. Star satellites.
Cobalt skies. Fierce indoctrination.
Do you know what the leaders of the world have sold in exchange for their power?
Power does not come cheap. There is a body of secret wisdom, but those that teach it require total obedience.
You may meet the hierophant. You may be initiated. You may learn the hidden corpus of knowledge but you are not free to do with it what you will. You have become one of them. You have become one with them. What is power if it cannot be exercised for your own gain?
Music which stirs the heart to war. Play them the war music, for war is afoot. Play the music which will cause the blood to boil. Light the fires and have them dance. War is afoot and death is abroad. Have them dance.
Cantilever. Expose them to the indoctrination rays. Light the incense. Let the light filter through stained glass. Play the organs and have the choirboys sing. The church must go back to its roots as brainwash machine if it is to regain its corporeal power. We have lost far too much ground, but the war is not yet lost. Have the priests speak in incantatory tones. We have men of the utmost gravitas. Yes, gravitas is the priests most potent weapon. Let him move slowly, with grace and deliberation. Let his voice be deep and dark, rich and authoritative, let his cadences be like incantations. Let his commands bypass the conscious brain and lodge themselves like glass splinters in the unconscious. Let his commands become like the commands of the DNA, unfolding themselves at the pre-programmed time, like a boys voice breaks or a girls breasts start to bud.
Unctuous medicine!
The vultures became a common sight, perching on lampposts and traffic-lights. Waiting for an autumn of corpses.
Effervescent bruises. Lurid contusions. A body decorated with wounds. Scars like jewellery.
Swift intake of breath. Shock. Sweating and shaking. Electric haloes around the heads of world leaders. My halo is the proof of my probity. Follow me, for the halo is around my head and I carry the sign of your people.Dust blows. Dust storms in cities turned to desert. Dust storms of bodies turned to dust. Deserts made of bodies turned to dust in an instant. Multitudes become deserts in a single atomic second. One blinding second and all is desert.
The desert lands and the ice lands and cold vacuum of space. Territories of the lost, the defeated and dammed.
The pleasure gardens, the vales of intoxication. And through these lands move the stealers of souls, the succubae and incubi, the young girls who turn to crones at the moment of orgasm. The beautiful young men who swallow your face. The bliss which proves a pretext for the removal of your soul.
The sirens who lure you onto the rocks with voices too beautiful to bear. Pleasure is the way to trap humans. Give them bliss. Give them the bliss of the succubus and they will enslave themselves without complaint. Be a slave to pleasure. We will suck penises to extract the soul from the japs eye.. This is our highest art.There are many lands. The most dangerous are the most pleasurable. Bliss is the first sign of invasion. While you linger in rapture in the Valley of the Lotus we are bleeding you dry. We are the Kings of the Lotus and we will bleed you dry.


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APPENDIX B: Housing Protections in Canadian Human Rights Legislation
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper
This document explains the legal backdrop for the Commission's Policy Framework. It is divided into two main sections. The first provides an overview and summary of key legal principles from some significant legal decisions. This section aims to help readers understand the relevant legal background when seeking to conciliate or otherwise reconcile competing rights claims. The second part of the document surveys the leading cases that deal with competing rights. It also provides examples of situations where the leading cases, and the key principles from them, have been applied by courts and tribunals. It is divided by the types of rights conflicts that most commonly arise. The cases are discussed in some detail as the specific factual context of each case is so important to the rights reconciliation process.
From: Human rights and policing: Creating and sustaining organizational change
Effective human rights organizational change requires a solid understanding of the legal and ethical requirements of human rights in Ontario, and the elements of effective organizational change.
From: An intersectional approach to discrimination: Addressing multiple grounds in human rights claims
As discussed above, the intersectional approach is the preferred one for complaints and cases that cite multiple grounds. Nevertheless, there are other ways in which multiple grounds matters are being handled by human rights bodies, courts and international bodies such as the United Nations (the "UN"). In some instances, the grounds are looked at sequentially to see whether discrimination can be made out on the basis of each one in turn.
The following are some highlights of settlements and decisions reached during the 2006-2007 fiscal year:
From: Policy on female genital mutilation (FGM)
For some time now, Canada has experienced immigrant and refugee movements from countries in which FGM is commonly practised. In Toronto, community groups have estimated that there are 70,000 immigrants and refugees from Somalia and 10,000 from Nigeria, countries in which FGM is commonly practised.[22] As already noted, because of the nature of FGM, reliable statistics on the incidence of its practice are not available.
From: Policy on competing human rights
In general, competing human rights involve situations where parties to a dispute claim that the enjoyment of an individual or group's human rights and freedoms, as protected by law, would interfere with another's rights and freedoms. This complicates the normal approach to resolving a human rights dispute where only one side claims a human rights violation. In some cases, only one party is making a human rights claim, but the claim conflicts with the legal entitlements of another party or parties.
From: Policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination
The Code states that it is public policy in Ontario to recognize the inherent dignity and worth of every person and to provide for equal rights and opportunities without discrimination. The provisions of the Code are aimed at creating a climate of understanding and mutual respect for the dignity and worth of each person, so that each person feels a part of the community and feels able to contribute to the community.
From: Human rights and the family in Ontario
Protection against discrimination on the basis of family status is relatively new in Canada. Provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of family status were added to a number of human rights statutes in the late 1970s and early 1980s.


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April Cox
Therapist and Dancer in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Juggling the careers of an adolescent drug and alcohol counselor and dance instructor, April Cox, is a young professional with a passion to see women of all races and cultures live a healthy, passionate life. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Cox spent most of her childhood in Johnstown, PA, where she obtained her high school diploma from Greater Johnstown High School. Cox graduated from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a minor in dance. Cox has been involved with community organizations such as JAHA Discovery Heritage Center and BOTTLEWORKS. April's choreography has been showcased in events for Relay for Life and Band of Brothers' production of Ain't Misbehavin'. April strives to empower every individual she comes in contact with, whether in a professional or recreational setting. Cox currently practices drug and alcohol counseling with Impact Counseling, LLC in Cambria County, PA and teaches dance at Sharon's Dance Studio in Johnstown, PA.