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Set 1: Lees-McRae started strongly against UVa-Wise as it scored six of the first seven points in the first set. The Cavaliers rallied to pull in front of LMC though as they took a three-point lead at 15-12. After a Bobcat timeout, Lees-McRae refocused and went on a 7-0 run to stay in front for good as it went on to take the first frame, 25-19.
Set 2: In the second set, the Bobcats were able to follow up their 25-19 win with another victory by the identical score. LMC was led by the trio of Logan Slusher, Kaci Thornton and Elissa Small. The three players combined for 11 kills on 21 attempts in the second.
Set 3: The Bobcats saved their best offensive performance for last Wednesday as it hit a match-high .265 on 34 attempts with 14 kills. Thornton paced LMC's attack with four of those kills by herself and added four digs. Additionally, Lees-McRae never trailed in what proved to be the final set as it went on to finish off the sweep of the Cavaliers, 25-14.
Stat Standouts: Thornton paced the Bobcats both offensively and defensively in the victory as the Lubbock, Texas native posted nine kills to go along with 14 digs. Slusher also had a solid performance with a .429 hitting percentage with seven kills in 14 attempts. Setting up both Thornton and Slusher was senior Courtney Weathersbee who dished out 30 assists in the contest.
Next Up: The Bobcats will look to get a winning streak started when they return to action Friday night at Shaw University. The Bobcats and Bears are scheduled to get underway at 6 p.m. from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Something wicked this way comes, and it's the new Macbeth trailer. Michael Fassbender plays the titular role in the latest adaptation of the Shakespeare classic. As we get closer to the year's end and the fog clears off from the 2016 Oscar contenders, this film from director Justin Kurzel is rising up in the ranks. Watch the dark and stormy new footage below.
This new Macbeth trailer makes the film out to be the Dark Knight of Shakespeare plays. The color palette and, obviously, the tone are dark; the symphonic accompaniment is dramatic and stirring; and the crescendo-ing chants mimic the "Deshi Basara" one from The Dark Knight Rises. But in all seriousness, it's difficult not to get excited over this.
For those who didn't pay attention in high school English, Macbeth tells of the Scottish thane. He encounters three witches who foresee him to "be king hereafter." Incited by his persuasive wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as his own ambitions, he murders the king and takes the throne for himself. Afterwards, he plummets into madness and — since the play is called The Tragedy of Macbeth I'm not spoiling anything here — he dies. Though the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, it's considered one of his most powerful, examining the destructive force of unchecked political ambitions, and the physical and psychological turmoil that can ensue.
We haven't received a feature film Macbeth adaptation since the 2006 version with Clash of the Titans' Sam Worthington and December Boys' Victoria Hill. But this one has a dynamite cast. Fassbender is joined by Marion Cotillard, who is also re-teaming with Fassbender and Kurzel for the upcoming Assassin's Creed movie adaptation, as Lady Macbeth. Also cast are The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s Elizabeth Debicki (Lady Macduff), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation's Sean Harris (Macduff), Harry Potter's David Thewlis (Duncan), Transformer: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor (Malcolm), and Child 44's Paddy Considine (Banquo).
Though it's still early to be prejudging potential Oscar nominees, we're gonna do it anyway. While Macbeth as a whole could be good for a Best Picture nomination, both Fassbender and Cotillard seem ripe for Best Actor and Best Actress nominations. So far, the former category is shaping up to also include Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, (potentially) Jason Sagal in The End of the Tour, and Fassbender (again) for the Steve Jobs biopic. For Best Actress, women like Cate Blanchett in Carol, Julianne Moore in Freeheld, Carey Mulligan in Suffragette, and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy are early standouts. However, there are still plenty more films and performances to see emerge before the year is up.
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On the day that British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap election, the pound was the highest performing currency in the world. The announcement for the election was unexpected. May said over and over that she was not looking to make any big moves even though her party made a huge lead in all the polls.
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Founded by Newton South graduate and lead vocalist Daniel Radin, The Novel Ideas features a slew of other South alumni, including Alex Caplow on guitar and vocals, Noah Balder on bass, Jeannie Yoon on violin and vocals, Tim Cronin on the occassional trumpet, and current South senior Will Radin on drums. This folk-rock band combines the male-female duo feel of Belle and Sebastian with the energy of Sufjan Stevens. But aside from these comparisons, The Novel Ideas has a personality all its own.
The instrumentation makes this album a magical experience. Death Cab For Cutie fans will enjoy the sweet, Ben Gibbard-esque vocals sung by Caplow on "Seabird, and "A Breath of Fresh Air while the occasional cracked note from Daniel shows passion and character. The recurring conversations between Daniel and Yoon bring a sometimes flirtatious, sometimes friendly, sometimes just plain heartbreaking vibe to the group. Solid guitar and drums lay the foundation for the band, and the handful of other instruments, including trumpet, accordion, and mandolin give a full-bodied sound. To put it shortly, they sound pretty darn sweet.
While The Sky is a Field has continuity, each song has its own flavor as well, thus fitting perfectly into the many moods of the hormonal teenager. Highlights include "Homesick, "Wedding Bells, and "The Field, but you really can't go wrong with any of the songs on this album.
"Seabird, the mellow acoustic, featuring Caplow, is perfect for those pensive, life-pondering nights; just add a car and a long stretch of road and you're bound to stumble upon some self-discovery. Girls will swoon over Caplow's vocals and gentle acoustic talent. A touch of brass midway through gives it sparkle, but this innocent and honest song keeps things sweet and simple.
"Wedding Bells, split into parts one and two, begins with the painful account of a wedding reception from the lens of the male ex-lover. If the eerie, weeping guitar did not reveal enough pure, utter anguish, then the heartbreaking lyrics seal the deal, "looks like you have learned to stay/ I was always second best/ It's so hard to see you wear that dress. Although it has the potential to send the recently dumped into a state of uncontrolled tears, dumpees will find comfort in Daniel's genuine, pained vocals.
As part one reaches its agonizing climax, however, the band steals listeners from their own loneliness with the segue into part two. Part two embarks on a starry guitar/bell duet. The forbidden love scene a la Romeo and Juliet materializes, with Daniel's urgent statement, "when I took your hand admit that it felt right and Yoon's honest answer, "it's not that I don't want to/ I just can't see me with you after tonight. Listeners experience the ever-famous butterflies-in-stomach feeling accompanied by beautifully executed harmonies and magical guitar background.
The album concludes with The Field, a tribute to those picture-perfect halcyon days of summer. It's perky, it's peppy, and oh-so-very catchy. Those swamped by an influx of papers, projects, and other forms of endless trivialities can relate to Daniel's reminiscing about the summer. The cheery guitar evokes memories of quintessential sunbeams, green grass, and drippy ice cream cones. With all these happy vibes, it may be the go-to song to get you through those long, cold January days when it's pitch black and only a few degrees at the morning bus stop.
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To answer you honestly, I'm not sure... I've been struggling with some "writers block" or maybe it's been "my life has been topsy turvey lately" block. HAHA.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't go back AT ALL... I've got two of the most beautiful little boys this side of the galaxy! But when you're young (I don't think I'm that old yet hahahaha), and in love... you THINK life can't get better. Aaron is/was my first in every sense of the meaning and so every moment with him felt like a perfect adventure. Still does... I love him so.
We've seen our share of some hard times since we moved home.One thing after another... some things that were pretty big blows, some very personal; like the loss of our first child. I was in my second trimester and the loss was considered a "late term" miscarriage. We felt like the baby was a girl so we named her Bella Grace. This among one event after another made us wonder if we'd made the right decision leaving the military and moving back to GA. The following years were full of one trial to the next, and both of us feeling very alone. The only church home I had ever known took a major blow that disheartened me to my core. We couldn't find anywhere where we felt like we "fit" and so we haven't been consistent. My husband broke his leg in a fight with an auto thief, and shortly thereafter suffered a life threatening blood clot and was hospitalized... we've been dealing with blood clot issues since then. I AM NOT complaining, just sharing my experience. These things, among some major more personal things... I didn't handle them all as well as I thought I would/could/should have. I found myself until about 6 months ago... struggling... struggling to be encouraged, struggling to feel motivated to looking forward to what God had in store when I was honestly afraid I'd be "disappointed". There were moments I felt "abandoned". In truth there were days I thought "Lord, where in the world are you?"
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What have I learned? It's okay to walk through valley's... as long as you keep walking.
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Just Breathe April 1, 2009Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty.
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Spring is officially here although it seems as though the weather didn't necessarily get the memo. Before you pop those tootsies into a cute pair of sandals, you may want to give your feet a little pampering. I've said before that I have tiny toes and tiny toenails and, therefore, am not a huge fan of the salon pedicure. I typically handle prettying up my piggies myself which is why I was super excited to see OPI's new polish called Breathe Life. OPI has joined hands with the Lung Cancer Foundation of America and created this limited edition pearly blue polish to help raise awareness about lung cancer. In addition, OPI made a large donation to the LCFA and is their first corporate sponsor. To find out more about lung cancer, go here. The Breathe Life polish hits stores today.
In Bloom February 5, 2009Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty.
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In my experience, one obsession leads to another. I love to read magazines. I get a lot of ideas from the magazines that I read. You know, like products to try, recipes to cook, or websites to visit. I came across an article about Laura Mercier Lip Glacé. After much searching, I was able to find my color of choice: petal. This gloss is not sticky, tastes and smells like a cupcake, and is the absolute perfect shade of shimmery nude! Jackpot!
Peppermint Patty Pucker January 16, 2009Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty.
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Ranked high among my many obsessions is lip balm. Not to mention that a visit to Walgreens, for me, is basically like setting a kid loose in a candy store. So many fun things, so little funding! Casey had to return a purchase to our local Walgreens, so I was free to roam about looking for new products to try. Bee-line to the lip balm. There I spotted a tube of Palmer's Cocoa Butter Lip Butter…in dark chocolate and peppermint. This combination I find yummy in many things like Junior Mints and Brownies, but I would like to also point out that it can go terribly wrong. Knowing that the chocolate is artificial, there was the potential for this to be a complete flavor disaster. Upon my first smear, I was pleasantly surprised by the Junior Mint-esque scent…but slightly disappointed in the lack of flavor. Not just in the fact that it didn't taste the way it smelled, but that it didn't taste at all. No flavor. Of course, maybe that's the point. If it tasted so good that you licked your lips constantly, would you really be doing your chapped smoochers any favors!?
"But My Lips Hurt Real Bad!" December 26, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty.
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I read this article in the Washington Post about two weeks ago and I can't imagine why Napoleon Dynamite and his Chapstick came to mind. I also must admit that I, myself, do have a "lip balm" addiction. However, when your lips start to look like Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is it really an addiction or a necessity?!
Go Fish! November 11, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Around Town, Beauty.
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Q: What involves a bunch of girls screaming, giggling, and squirming?
A: A Dr. Fish Pedicure
Last night we had a Girls' Night Out and decided to take the plunge and try the Dr. Fish Pedicure that I wrote about a few months ago. We ventured down Route 1 to Yvonne's Hair and Nail Salon to dip our feet into a tank filled with garra rufa fish aka doctor fish. As I stated before, these Turkish fish have no teeth and live off the consumption of dead skin cells (i.e. they nibble the dead skin off your feet). I'm a big fan of GMA and Diane Sawyer assured me that I would only feel a slight tickling sensation. Diane, why did you mislead me?! Tickle? No, that's not what I felt. It was more like the sensation you get when your feet fall asleep. I know that the textbooks say these Dr. Fish have no teeth, but I felt a couple of chomps every now and then. YIKES!
Beth and Cindy were the bravest of the bunch meaning they didn't scream like the rest of us. Of course, we all get a gold star for keeping our feet in the tank for the full fifteen minutes…AND…the promise is true, your feet are a whole lot softer! We had a blast and everyone should try it at least once. As for trying it again, the fish may be biting but I'm not.
To see more photos and video "foot"age, then check out Nicole's blog.
Mint Garden October 21, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty, Shopping.
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Lip balm is one of my MANY obsessions. Last week, we popped into Sephora to get Casey a new bottle of cologne and I spied this near the register. I've used products from the Rosebud Perfume Co. previously, but I like the tingle of mint which they've never offered until now. While it is a petrolatum product, it is incredibly moisturizing probably due to all of the natural oils that it contains. It's a multipurpose product that I give an A+.
TJ Faves: Honey Mango Moisturizing Cream Shave September 16, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty, Shopping.
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I've talked about this product before back in April. It is fantastic! At the peachy keen Trader Joe's price of $2.99, you get to enjoy smooth legs that smell like an island retreat. Even Casey has become a fan. Desperate for shaving cream after running out of his own manly version, he gave my Honey Mango shave cream a try and has been a loyal fan ever since. If it's good enough for his beard of wires, then you can trust me when I say that this stuff rocks!
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder August 15, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty.
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As I get older, I notice things changing about my skin. For example:
1) while I may get 19 quatrazillion hours of sleep, I still have dark circles under my eyes;
2) I must be confused A LOT since I have not one, but two, significant wrinkles in between my eyes;
3) even though I may wear sunglasses that compare in size to Edna's (see photo at right), I still squint in the sun thereby making my crow's feet worse;
4) although I have fairly normal combination skin, if I change my moisturizer for say three days straight, I will break out like a prepubescent child who has just ran out of Proactiv. Apparently, my skin still thinks that it is 13 and will only allow the yellow stuff from Clinique to be rubbed on its precious surface.
I could drag this out for days, but I'll spare you the torture. I am now jumping on the anti-aging bandwagon. I'm on the search for a great eye cream. So far, I've not been overwhelmingly impressed with anything. I've tried quite a few eye creams ranging from el cheapo to el steapo, and I still have a few on my list to try. Some work better than others, but nothing has made me say WOW, THIS IS IT! Here are some of the ones I've tried along with my rating of their performance. Keep in mind that what works for you, may not work for me and vice versa. Rating system: 1 star (suck in a jar) up to 5 stars (jackpot).
Hylexin, 1 star
DDF Erase Eye Gel, 2.5 stars
AVON Anew Alternative Intensive Eye Cream, 3 stars
Skin Effects Eye Effects Dual Action Under Eye Therapy, 3 stars
Benefit EyeCon, 3 stars
BeFine Eye Blossoms, 3.5 stars
Prescriptives Vibrant-C Brightening Eye Cream, 3.5 stars
L'oreal Skin Genesis Daily Treatment Eye Serum, 4 stars
I'm using the Loreal product currently and am fairly pleased. There's an eye cream by Aveeno and one by Murad on my list of "to try".
As far as anti-wrinkle creams go, I just began that search and the jury is still out. For those of you who may consider suggesting Botox, DON'T. Hello!!!!!! That's a needle full of toxin jabbed into your face! I do not like doctors and I do not like needles. I will only subject myself to those things for necessary medical reasons…and even then, I procrastinate. To further clarify, in my world, wrinkles are not necessary medical reasons. Wrinkles are just God's way of turning me into a human raisin.
Hey Coral, Cut Me Some Slack June 20, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty, Eco/Green.
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I am white. No, I don't mean I am caucasian. I mean I'm a chalkasian…as in my skin resembles the color of chalk. You know that guy Powder? Well, he and I could totally be BFF with our skin tone! When I am at the beach, Casey's family ridicules me for wearing SPF 70, and even with that kind of protection I can still get burned. If they made SPF 100 or even SPF 1000, I'd stockpile it! As a kid, I lived at the pool. My hair was practically white, my body was brown, and my nose was crusty red…from how badly it stayed sunburned. Now they do those scans that can show how much sun damage your skin has received. I don't need to visualize what I already know to be true. This is why I take such care to minimize getting burned. I was a child then. I'd like to think that I've gained some wisdom over the years. In typical fashion, I digress.
As if I needed something else to worry about at the beach, now it appears that my sunblock is causing coral bleaching. WHAT?! I've recently read several articles that discuss how certain ingredients in sunblock elevate the virus levels in the water thereby killing the algae that live on coral.
The alternative is to use all natural, chemical free sunscreens. There are several brands out there that offer these types of sunscreens: Alba, Burt's Bees, California Baby, Dr. Hauschka, and Nature's Gate. Most can be found at stores like Whole Foods. If there's not a store in your area that carries these brands, then check out drugstore.com to find these and other natural sun care options.
As for me, I'm going to finish using my current sunblock. Then, I'll try to brave the trial and error with some of these natural brands.
I'm With the In Crowd May 19, 2008Posted by smooregasbord in Beauty.
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My cuticles have been looking a little rough, so on a recent trip to Ulta I purchased some of this. It smells really good and is a great moisturizer for your nails and cuticles. It comes packaged in a cute little gold tin. As I rub it on my nails, I feel like Brittany from that movie The In Crowd. You know, the way she psychotically put on that lip gloss.


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2 Bay Area museums team up to celebrate California's artistry
The myth of the solitary artist, struggling in isolation, is exploded by "Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California" at the Oakland Museum of California. A joint production of OMCA and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the show tells the stories of four creative communities active in the northern part of the state from the 1930s to the present. The four groups demonstrate that art movements are a function of the right people being in the right place at the right time.
The show is divided into four sections: Patronage, Public Art and "Allegory of California" (1930s); Postwar at the California School of Fine Arts (1940s-'50s); A New Art Department at UC Davis (1960s-'70s); and The Mission Scene (1990s-today).
The first section reflects the struggles San Francisco was having during the Great Depression, documenting unemployment and labor unrest, as well as works commissioned by the Works Progress Administration and private patrons. Among these is "Allegory of California," a mural by Diego Rivera, here presented in a reproduction with original studies for the work, which depicts a classically beautiful woman whose gigantic arms embrace scenes of workers, gold miners, farmers and bountiful crops.
Rivera, then at the height of his fame, was invited to create the mural at the Pacific Stock Exchange (now the California Club) despite the fact that he was a communist. As painter Maynard Dixon remarked, you couldn't have found a more inappropriate artist for the project. Rivera's selection bred controversy even as he and his wife, Frida Kahlo, became local celebrities.
The show includes Kahlo's portrait of Diego and herself; "The Flower Carrier," a masterful Rivera image of a worker bent down under the weight of blossoms; and works by fellow muralist Ralph Stackpole, who created the WPA mural in Sacramento City College's auditorium. As is the case with each section, the artworks are accompanied by ephemera and films of events from the times and commentaries by curators.
The next section of the show focuses on postwar faculty and students at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute). Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko were early members of the faculty, later joined by Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and Elmer Bischoff, the progenitors of the Bay Area Figurative School. As Bischoff remarked, these artists were closer as a group than the New York artists of the time because they were all in the same building.
Park's return to the figure in the late '40s initiated a new movement that would come to exemplify Bay Area painting for two decades. Among the works in the show is "Rehearsal," a scene that reflects the city's preoccupation with jazz in an image that depicts an informal combo with Park on piano and Bischoff on cornet. Other seminal Bay Area Figurative pieces include Parks' dramatic "Two Bathers," Diebenkorn's "Woman on a Porch," and Bischoff's radiant "Orange Sweater," which unfortunately is in serious need of conservation.
The third section of the show centers around the legendary art studio faculty that Richard L. Nelson assembled for the then-sleepy agricultural college in Davis in the 1960s. On view are works by Robert Arneson, Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud, Roy De Forest and William T. Wiley and their students, among them Bruce Nauman, Deborah Butterfield, David Gilhooly and Peter VandenBerge.
Iconoclastic in spirit, their works often poked fun at the high seriousness of East Coast art and embraced popular culture. From Thiebaud's lush, painterly oil "Delicatessen Counter" to Nauman's sly "Wax Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous Artists" (in actuality not made of wax and only impressions of Nauman's own knee), this section will be familiar to Sacramento viewers but is worth seeing nonetheless.
At its heart is Arneson's "California Artist," a life-size self-portrait atop a base decorated with marijuana plants. A sardonic response to what New York critic Hilton Kramer called "the impoverished sensibility of the provincial cultural life of California," the piece figuratively sticks its tongue out at what Arneson saw as the self-righteous pomposity of Kramer's declaration.
The final section of the show focuses on the working class, bohemian, leftist, ethnically diverse artists of what is known as the Mission School. Beginning in the 1990s these young turks set out to fight the gentrification of San Francisco's Mission District with calls to combat yuppies and give power to the people. I wish I could say that I like most of this art, but I can't. It strikes me as self-consciously awkward and determined to take an anti-art stance.
A few exceptions include Amy Franceschini's wry "Pogostick Shovel"; Matt Gonzalez's small, elegantly assembled collage; and Barry McGee's massive, bulging, optically active untitled work that combines panels of red-orange color with outsider-like sketches and doodles. It makes a strong splash in the midst of works that range from calls to damage expensive cars, found posters for missing birds, and sweaters knitted by an artist who gives them away, except when she need them for a museum show.
Overall, "Fertile Ground" is a strong and satisfying show, one that should not be missed. It's a wonderful blending of the resources of two powerful Bay Area institutions.
Fertile Ground:
Art and Community in California
Where: Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St. (at 10th Street), Oakland
When: Through April 12. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Closed Mondays and Tuesday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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CHRIS UHLMANN: Acrid smoke billowing from a fire in the Hazelwood open-cut mine is forcing primary school students in Victoria's Latrobe Valley out of their classrooms today.
The coal fire has been burning for 11 days, creating toxic conditions for the Country Fire Authority and covering nearby houses, gardens and cars in a veil of soot. The Environmental Protection Agency is bringing in more air testing equipment today to take samples and to try and reassure locals. But the fire could burn for another two weeks.
Rachael Brown reports.
RACHAEL BROWN: The town of Morwell in Victoria's Gippsland region has now been covered in a blanket of ash and smoke for a week and a half.
More than 200 students from Commercial Road Primary School will be billeted out to three schools in nearby Moe. Teachers are restricting students' physical activities so they don't get puffed.
But adults, like asthma sufferer Mick Graham, are also struggling.
MICK GRAHAM: The last couple of days I haven't been able to work, blinding headaches, eyes feel like they're on fire. My throat feels like the skin's been pulled out of it.
FEMALE MORWELL RESIDENT: Everyone within our household is suffering from headaches, sore throats, impaired breathing, and not to mention our dogs have been throwing up and our horse as well.
FEMALE MORWELL RESIDENT 2: I quit cigarettes eight months ago and I'm finding now I feel like I'm smoking a packet of cigarettes every day.
RACHAEL BROWN: The Hazelwood coal-mine fire is brewing a cocktail of gasses.
ROBYN SCHOFIELD: Carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide.
RACHAEL BROWN: Melbourne University air quality expert Dr Robyn Schofield explains children, the elderly, pregnant woman and those with existing medical conditions are most at risk.
ROBYN SCHOFIELD: The smoke is a great irritant to start with. Carbon monoxide is a wee bit different because it's silent. You can't smell it; you don't know you're being exposed. If you start to get headaches then you should seek medical advice.
RACHAEL BROWN: Aside from the physical headaches, Morwell residents are complaining about logistical ones and say they've received little guidance from local authorities.
FEMALE MORWELL RESIDENT 3: I'd love to know exactly what is in that ash that's sitting in my house.
FEMALE MORWELL RESIDENT 4: I had to go to another town, to a friend's place to peg me washing out, because even when you have a shower your towel stinks of smoke.
RACHAEL BROWN: Victoria's chief medical officer Rosemary Lester says she doesn't expect any long term health effects.
At the coal face, more than 20 fire-fighters have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.
The state's Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley says it could burn for another two weeks. He says using too much water could damage infrastructure and cut electricity supply at the power station.
CRAIG LAPSLEY: We need to have what they call a balanced water strategy; that is the amount of water we put in the mine needs to be pumped out. And if we don't do that we could see collapse, we could see flooding of the mine, we could lose critical infrastructure that allows the mine to operate.
CHRIS UHLMANN: Victoria's fire services commissioner Craig Lapsley ending that report by Rachael Brown.
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CHRIS UHLMANN: Acrid smoke billowing from a fire in the Hazelwood open-cut mine is forcing primary school students in Victoria's Latrobe Valley out of their classrooms today.


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I've been sick for about a month and have taken I think 3 weeks off from this supposedly weekly blog. I'm still fighting this ugly resistant infection, made more complicated by the fact that I am allergic to just about every type of antibiotic except the ones that the bacteria is resistant to. I've just started yet a 4th one and hoping, praying it will work. But what does this have to do with dating, my personal dating experiences and search for a meaningful, fulfilling relationship with a man?
I'm not sure exactly. I've had a lot of time to think about why I'm still single 5 plus years after my divorce and why in that time I chose some of the more short term relationships I have been in or went through phases of rejecting just about every guy who showed any interest in me or even being unconsciously completely oblivious to it. Maybe like with antibiotics, I've somehow become "allergic" to most types of men and that isn't their problem but my own. Or is it that I just have been choosing the wrong types? You know, the types of men who I should avoid because I am "allergic", i.e. they are bad for me or I am bad for them and instead I should work on being attracted to the rare type of man who I am not going to break out into a rash over or worse causes me to go into shock.
The latter is what my former marriage did and I've so been in shock, I didn't even realize it until quite recently, as in last week sometime. For those who've known me personally for awhile, this is old news but for readers who don't my history, the short version without going into details right now is that I was emotionally, verbally and physically abused during my marriage and actually even before. I am one of the strong and lucky ones in that I left him after only 4 years. Some women never can get up the strength and courage to leave because it's been literally bled out of them on multiple levels. And the other stroke of luck is that he only stalked me a little before he gave up.
However I am still healing the wounds. I mistakenly have thought for years that I actually was completely healed and ready. I actually congratulated myself about 1 year after the divorce on being so successful at pulling myself together. This was just when I had started just short term dating. I ignored the fact that I had given up dancing yet again because my ex had shown up at a milonga (place where a person dances Argentine Tango) he knew I frequented. That was just a couple months after we separated, before the divorce was final. Obviously since even after moving to a completely different state a few months after this pat on my own back to myself, I still did not set foot in a tango, salsa or ballroom dance class or event.
For the last 5 years I have either been celibate, willingly a friend with benefits or maybe in a roller coaster on again/off again pseudo serious relationship with another person just as wounded and unready for a real relationship as I was. Now I live in yet a 3rd state and I want to date again but honestly I am terrified of attracting and/or being attracted to another abuser. This past summer I was in my mind (but turns out not his) dating someone seriously for about 3 months until it became clear from his actions that he was using me for sex. So now I'd gone from willing casual lover to unwilling and so I broke it off.
When I first posted my intro to this blog, friends on facebook posted comments like "don't worry, you'll find a guy" etc. But in truth I have no trouble finding a guy. Guys approach me online and in person all of the time. The problem is, I'm not initially anyway attracted to most of them and the guys I am attracted to either aren't available, not in my extended circle of friends and acquaintances or just not interested/attracted to me. (To that last group: What the fuck is your problem? I'm hot)! It's the age old problem of she loves him but he loves somebody else or she loves him but he doesn't even know she exists/but she doesn't exist in the stratosphere of the world that he does.
Intellectually I know that I push guys away either by being aloof and/or caustic or by being "needy" and obviously I do this to avoid getting hurt and I do it even more since my divorce. I feel more vulnerable so I just grew tougher and completely impenetrable armour. So although I've been complaining alot about being sick this past month on facebook and even longer about men, I'm happy that this blog is really forcing me to look deeply at how I approach dating and relationships and also to really ask myself what I want and what mistakes I don't want to repeat while becoming excited and courageous about meeting a guy, the right guy.
And even now I'm still avoiding revealing my type. So here it is after going over a list of guys who've given me intense butterflies over the years: I like tall guys with dark hair who are strong, alpha males but also may have hidden or not hidden sensitive side and who have a sense of humor and can get really good banter going. The eye color isn't important. The most important parts are decisiveness, assertiveness and intelligent sense of humor. Yep so a guy that may at times be a "player" because he can but he might not be either. I like to think that in my maturity I can tell the difference and not mistake a guy's charm and natural flirtatiousness for sincere romantic interest like I did when I was in my twenties and a bit into my thirties.
Oh and I freely admit, I tend to be attracted to guys in their early to mid thirties and a couple who are only in their late 20's but I addressed that one already. I think it's because I look like I'm in my early to mid thirties and not in my early forties and because really I'm attracted to people who are open to new things and who aren't bitter while I desperately fight my own slide into bitter divorced harpy spinster territory.
So I don't know. Have I answered my own questions at the beginning of this post? Do I know how to find and start a relationship that I won't be "allergic" to? Maybe. I just have to take the plunge and see. While I've been sick I've taken time off the sites I'm on which are OK Cupid, Chemistry and Zoosk. Before I started the blog, a couple of guys from one site or another were texting and/or emailing me but it never led to many actual dates. I did meet one of them but it was obvious we weren't compatible. He talked way too much and not to me but at me. Plus he kind of dissed special needs kids and that does not fly with me. I did get a nice sushi dinner though. Thankfully the realization that it wouldn't work was mutual and I never heard from him again.
Since I began the blog a couple guy friends have begun talking to me more. This is a good thing. I don't know yet if anything romantic will happen. For one I'm starting to wonder why guys who live in L.A. who never tried to flirt with me when I lived there are now joyfully making regular contact me when I've moved to another state. Don't get me wrong. I do like it. And maybe romance will blossom. Or maybe it's just a new kind of "safe" flirtation. Hopefully I haven't discovered yet another type of friendship that I'm "allergic" to. Maybe one of these guys or another one I haven't even discovered yet will be that rare find that doesn't give me hives.
So that's the end of the post. But a last note related to this blog and my privacy since it's so personal. I've been thinking about what I will do once I am in a relationship or just dating someone seriously. I wouldn't ever divulge personal details of any romantic relationship I'm in. When that time comes, I may take the blog in a different direction or just make it a more general dating/relationship column. I'm not sure. But I do know it will not be the equivalent of a reality TV show in blog form. So guys who want to date me, I promise not to kiss and tell and like I said before in the initial probationary dating stage and the process leading up to that I will never use names and just give general details.


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I have been writing screenplays for 25 years now. I've sold a few, written a bunch on assignment, and optioned many specs. Some have been optioned several times. Everyone who reads my scripts seems to love my writing, but getting a script to the screen is the miracle. The toughest part of making a movie is raising the initial money to get it into production, especially if you want to make it through all the industry channels. These days that process has become highly improbable for many.
That is why indie filmmaking has become so popular. There are schools and books on guerilla filmmaking and literally thousands of festivals to exhibit a film once it's made. I'm currently working on a super-low-budget indie film (someone else's) for the education. It's like going to school. Because unions and permits are circumvented and the money is scarce, I'm able to jump in and do everything from PA work to craft services to continuity supervising. I now know why people specialize in crew work. For a film production to go smoothly, everyone must know what s/he is doing. Amateurs get in the way. The crew has a unique name for every little thing and you gotta know the lingo… especially if you work on the genie (grip and electric) crew.
However, this will not stop me from going in the direction of writing more indie-type scripts. After being at this craft for over 25 years, I realize that I want more control over my own product. I want to direct what I write. I have already written 7 spec indie scripts and I'm learning with each one how to take production costs into account during the writing. Now, I want to write one that costs virtually nothing to make (that means under $50,000). How will I do that? I will write a script where the story takes place completely within my own living space (all interiors, meaning I can control weather and light) with a minimum of characters – 3 max.
While this blog will be a place where I can share my musings with you on the elements of writing scripts, I will also track my progress on this quest to get a movie made under my complete control… he said with the naiveté of a novice. I hope to encourage and guide you to and through your own film production as I share my experiences and mistakes with you.
In the meantime, I continue to consult with writers on their scripts. There is a wealth of information on line and in books on screenwriting. Most of this information deals with screenwriting 101, i.e. writing a beginning-middle-end story with a single main character who is also the protagonist of the story. There are many other forms and formats of story-telling, but screenwriting 101 must be mastered before any other form is tackled. Screenwriting 101 is the fundamental structure of any good story. The more advanced forms of story-telling are a variation on this theme. I'll write more about these advanced forms in later posts.


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The first section here deals with his personal experiences and since Sufism is a subject largely unknown to the western audience a brief background is given highlighting this subject at the end.
Sufi Photography
Sufism the spiritual mystical side of Islam is the more rooted, popular peaceful version of Islam, which has been under threat by the hard line Islamists. Hassan's interaction with the Sufis started a few years ago, the level of tolerance and acceptance he experienced made him want to explore these believers further. All the taboos of the mainstream hard line version of Islam seem to be broken here, with both men and women allowed in the shrines, to devotional dances and acceptance of transsexuals. Despite all the attacks and security issues for the followers of Sufism there was very easy and quick acceptance.
"I was told that it can be dangerous and not a great idea to photograph at shrines or sufi processions, there could be suspicion, my camera can be stolen and the possibility of attacks, kidnapping are always there by the hard line Islamists. After some initial questions once a trust was developed both with the Sufis and in some cases the police guards, I was accepted and allowed to photograph freely in majority of the shrines. The images will show you that relationship, what was interesting for me was the difference of attitude here compared to the hard line practitioners of Islam. Women who are not allowed to visit Mosques are allowed everywhere, Transsexual 'khusray' who are frowned upon everywhere else were widely accepted. Dance and music, which again in orthodox Islam is not allowed, is an essential ingredient of Sufi devotion."
Street Photography
The other side of the exhibition shows street images of Lahore, through the camera Hassan has been rediscovering the city he left some 26 years ago, despite all the poverty, trouble and violence what is heartening to see is the friendly and hospitable spirit of the city is still intact.
"Again warned not wander the streets in the more impoverished parts in the current climate with a camera; my experience was quite the opposite. There is an indescribable connection that I feel whenever I am roaming the streets of old Lahore, very easily you gain trust and the friendliness and hospitality is extraordinary despite the poverty. Unlike many cities in the west where due to privacy it's not easy to photograph people you do not know, here it is not a problem to photograph strangers. There are places where you easily feel that you have gone back many centuries and that things must have been carried out nearly the same way for a long time."
Sufism Background
Sufism is the spiritual mystical side of Islam. The roots of Sufism go back to the 13th century when Qalandar an ascetic, moved from modern day Iran to Sindh, other mystics fleeing Central Asia as the Mongols advanced joined him. Qalandar teamed with three other itinerant preachers to promote Islam amid a population of Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus. They often incorporated local traditions into their own practices. "There was no force involved in conversions or the propagation of Islam."
Gradually, as the "friends" and other saints died, their enshrined tombs attracted legions of followers. Sufis believed that their descendants, referred to as pirs, or "spiritual guides," inherited some of the saints' charisma and special access to Allah. Orthodox clerics, or mullahs, considered such beliefs heretical, a denial of Islam's basic creed: "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his Prophet." While pirs encouraged their followers to engage Allah in a mystical sense and relish the beauty of the Koran's poetic aspects, the mullahs typically instructed their followers to memorize the Koran and study accounts of the Prophet's life, known collectively as the Hadith.
Currently the followers of Sufism are a peaceful people who among others are under threat by the hard line Islamists. Pakistan currently is going through a wave of intolerance instigated by the Talibans and associated militant Islamic groups. The targets are basically anyone and everyone who do not agree to follow.'Wahabism' (strict form of Sunni Islam followed by members of the Taleban and al-Qaeda). Any other ideology including Minority groups, liberals, are all targets: Among others a large segment of the society who follow 'Sufism' have also become targets of the hard line Islamic groups. There have been several attacks on Sufi Shrines since 2005, in 2010, 64 people were killed in 5 attacks where minority hard-line militants took responsibility. Sufism is not a sect, like Shiism or Sunnism, but rather the mystical side of Islam—a personal, experiential approach to god, which contrasts with the prescriptive, doctrinal approach of fundamentalists like the Taliban. It exists throughout the Muslim world.
Sufism is the more rooted, popular peaceful version of Islam that needs to be given as much exposure as possible in the current climate, how it is still peacefully practiced by so many and how Islam is being hijacked and by a minority of militant 'Wahabi' extremist version of Islam.
About Hassan Kausar
Hassan is an experienced photographer, architect/ interior designer activist with a passion for art & design. Widely travelled with experience on a variety of International design projects. With a strong artistic background, Hassan has a natural eye for light, composition and the right frame for each shot. He is a passionate compulsive photographer, currently working on a variety of photography assignments including, photo journalism, portraits, fashion, and events.
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Thursday, 25 May 2017
Pot plants
Even if you're a pot plant in less than suitable conditions, you can make sure the soil in the pot is good.
We are responsible for looking after our own well-being - making sure we have the things we need to stay energised and functioning well. Even if your situation is not optimal - maybe your job is not as fulfilling as you would like, it's stressful and draining - you can make time to do the things that will de-stress you, charge your batteries, and bring fulfilment. In fact, you must make time for those things, otherwise everything goes downhill.
The bigger environment you're in may be difficult, but you can have some control over the micro-environment immediately around you.
Make sure you know what energises you and what drains you. Make sure you know what brings fulfilment. And make sure to feed yourself those things that will make you grow.
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Beautiful journal page and message. Happy PPF, hugs, ValerieReplyDelete
This is a wonderful journal page! I love your background behind your beautiful plant. Nice!!! Happy PPFReplyDelete
Nice journal page, luv how you have emphasized balance with your bluesReplyDelete
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beautiful painting and thoughts Tracy!ReplyDelete
You are always so wise Tracy...no one can leave without feeling hope with your words and gorgeous art!! Love the meld of colours and pattern on this piece!! You are a special talent!!ReplyDelete
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I love this post. It is so true and everyday I do things to keep my energies up body, mind, and spirit. The potted plant is a beautiful metaphor.ReplyDelete
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Electrostatic and flowing properties of limestone and lime powders using
Limestone (Calcium carbonate) powders and the derivative products are extensively used in the construction industry, in chemical and metallurgical industries
and also in agriculture.
These powders are highly cohesive and additives are commonly used to enhance their flowability.
The additive and the quantity of additive have to be carefully chosen in order to optimize production processes.
In this case, glycol-type additive was used.
In the present application note, we show how the GranuDrum instrument can be used to quantify the effect of flow enhancer additives.
Moreover, the GranuCharge instrument is used to study the powder electrostatic properties of the powders.
Different limestone derivate products have been considered: Calcium carbonate CaCO3 (Limestone), Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 (hydrated lime)
and Calcium oxide CaO (quicklime).
The main forces inducing cohesiveness in powders are van der Walls force (always present at the contact between two solids), capillary force (related to the water content), electrostatic force.
Therefore, the apparition of powder electrostatic charges inside it due to the triboelectric effect can increase powder cohesiveness.
In addition to the cohesiveness measurement performed by the GranuDrum, a GranuCharge powder electrostatic measurement allows to predict more precisely the behaviour of the powder inside the process line.
Results and discussion
The next graph shows the evolution of the calcium oxide cohesive index as a function of the fraction of additive.
The cohesive index is measured with the GranuDrum at a rotating speed of 20RPM.
A strong decrease of the cohesiveness is observed after the addition of a small quantity of additive.
If more additive is added, the cohesiveness is stable before a significant increase of the cohesiveness.
We will prove hereafter that this increase of cohesiveness is related to electrostatic charges.
The charge density acquired by the powders during a flow in contact with stainless steel has been measured with the GranuCharge instrument. The next graph represents the charge density for the different products derived from limestone.
Significant differences are observed. Coarse (d>30um) and fine (d<20um) hydrated lime Ca(OH)2 powders do not acquire the same charge. In particular, the fine powder is less charged, certainly due to the existence of agglomerates.
With the coarse powder, the grains are moving more freely leading to a higher triboelectrification. Concerning the quicklime with or without additive, the difference is striking. The additive changes the charge sign and drastically increases the quantity of charge.
Therefore, while the additive globally decreases the cohesive forces between the grains, it specifically increases the electrostatic cohesive force. This observation certainly explains why the cohesiveness increases when the quantity of additive is too high.
It is well known that small water content in powders decreases the electrostatic forces.
Indeed, the presence of water increases drastically the powder electrical conductivity, leading to a dissipation of the electrostatic charges.
This effect has been quantified with the GranuCharge instrument. The next graph show the charge density measured after a flow in contact with stainless steel (i) for a sample of hydrated lime with a water content of 0,4% and (ii) for the sample after a drying process.
The triboelectrification is multiplied by a factor 6 after the drying process.
The GranuDrum flowmeter is able to determine the optimal quantity of flow-enhancer additive for limestone and the derivative products.
Moreover, the analysis performed with the GranuCharge powder-triboelectrometer, allows understanding more precisely the mechanisms behind the cohesiveness.
In particular, when the quantity of additive is too high, the powder becomes sticky due to the apparition of electric charges.
Finally, the effect of the water content on the electrostatic charge has been demonstrated.
Measuring the flowing properties of powders and grains, G. Lumay, F. Boschini, K. Traina, S. Bontempi, J.-C. Remy, R. Cloots, and N. Vandewall, Powder Technology 224, 19-27 (2012)


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If you paid the funeral expenses for a deceased person, you may be entitled to a special benefit for funeral expenses up to a maximum of $2500. The deceased does not necessarily have to have been a recipient under the Social Assistance Program or the Social Solidarity Program.
First, within 60 days following the death, you must contact Retraite Québec to find out whether you are eligible for the death benefit payable under the Québec Pension Plan.
Family A group of at least two persons living together, made up of:
Close Relative Anyone who is related to the deceased in one of the following ways, or who is the spouse of someone who is so related, whether by marriage or by civil or de facto union:
The amount of the benefit may be reduced after the following elements are taken into account:
Individual and Family Assistance Regulation (CQLR chapter A-13.1.1, r.1)


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Yeah, this was kinda a rough little drawing, so ignore that. The story is better.
Last night Duncan fell asleep on me, which he seldom does. I put a squish pillow on him (otherwise known as a Teddy Log) since cats love having stuff on them, right? So in the middle of the night I hear and feel the pillow hit the floor and then I make the move of the century and grab Duncan as his little body slowly slid off the bed and I saved him and brought him back up before he smashed to the floor.
I remember wondering if he was dead because he didn't even flinch when I awkward sleep-grabbed him and pulled him up so he could be spooned. But then he was breathing. And now he's annoyingly pawing at papers on the desk.
All is back to normal.


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Well, as long as we're being stupid about things
Enda Kenny is beginning to look not so much a Taoiseach as a hapless night watchman patrolling an abandoned fair ground – the toys have all been packed away, the customers have gone home and everything worth taking was already nicked before he came on to this shift.
And his latest misstep in the abortion debate is a perfect illustration of a man who seems to be making things up as he goes along.
Because making suicidal tendencies the centrepiece of the legislation was always going to be strewn with landmines.
Let's face it – how many Irish women kill themselves each year because they are pregnant?
On the other hand, an estimated 1,500 Irish women are told each year that their child suffers from a fatal foetal abnormality, yet they will be excluded from any protections offered by the Bill. It's an astonishingly heartless position to take, but when people are more concerned with a political or religious issue than those who actually have to live with those consequences, should we even be surprised?
In fairness to Alan Shatter, who has done more than most to demonise his own reputation in recent months, he is prepared to state the facts – the proposal just doesn't go far enough: "(The Bill) will unfortunately, and very sadly, be of no assistance to women who are the victims of rape unless they are suicidal, it will be of no assistance to women who have a pregnancy where there is a fatal foetal abnormality."
That, you would think, would have been screamingly obvious, but Shatter will no doubt continue to spend his lunch break sitting in the Dáil canteen on his own while all the other kids play with Enda and give him filthies.
So, let's get this straight – we are to be a country which will allow a termination in the case of potential suicide but won't accommodate women who have been raped or who are expected to a carry a doomed child to full term.
So, what is to stop a rape victim or a woman with a desperately unviable baby from meeting an abortion panel and 'simply' (nothing's ever simple in this, but you know what I mean) saying they are having suicidal thoughts?
We could have an honest debate and discuss whether we are prepared to have a referendum that grants any woman who wants an abortion to have one, within the internationally recognised standard of between 20-24 weeks. A fair and free vote that we all adhere to.
Or, in the meantime, we could simply ask women in those circumstances to lie.
It's what we do.
Footage has now emerged of Sharon Osbourne (pictured) shouting at one of the X Factor wannabees, Jonnie Rocco, who had pointedly asked her if Ozzy could sing.
"Get him the f**k out of my room," she huffed, before chucking a pen and hitting him on the shoulder.
This is outrageous, I thought.
How dare she be such a bully to a frail old man who probably only wanted to see himself on telly before he died?
And then later the report rather casually mentioned: "73-year-old Jonnie gained notoriety in 2007 when he appeared to issue Mafia style death threats to Louis Walsh."
Mother of sweet and divine Jaysus. Just what the hell is happening to our old people today?
Honestly, back in their day . . .
One of the things that we hear from Americans is that their First Amendment right to free speech is sacred.
Well, sorta sacred.
Former Occupy Wall Street activist Jeff Olson (40) faces 13 years in a California jail after being lifted for writing anti-bank statements on the path outside various branches of Bank Of America in San Diego.
His slogans were written in chalk so they have already been washed away but the judge has declared that Olson's attorney planned defence is bogus and that he could not even refer to: "The First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial."
Now, I'm no fan of the whole Occupy movement (a bunch of attention-seeking dupes, most of them) but I would have thought that scrawling a bit of chalk across a sidewalk is hardly sedition.
I suppose at least we can just thank God that we have no reason to feel that angry with the banks in our country.
Wait? Where are you all going? Did I miss something in the news?
Following several high-profile cases of Asian men using vulnerable white English women as sex slaves in recent weeks, mosques across England issued a blanket denunciation of this practice during Friday prayers.
That's all well and good, but there was the bizarre sight on Sky's lunchtime news when one local Islamic leader, Solomon Kawaja, condemned the sex rings but then blamed liberal sex education in schools, pornography on the internet. And then, while he was on a roll, he threw in the fact that young Asian men are alienated by groups like the EDL.
Ah, so they weren't rapists. Not really.
They were just confused and alienated.
Frankly, I'm just amazed that the female victims haven't seen sent on a cultural sensitivity course to avoid such misunderstandings in the first place.
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Cyclist Landis
A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis in connection with a case of data hacking at a doping laboratory, France's anti-doping chief said Monday.
Pierre Bordry told The Associated Press that French judge Thomas Cassuto is seeking to question Landis about computer hacking dating back to September 2006 at the Chatenay-Malabry lab. Months earlier, the laboratory near Paris had uncovered abnormally elevated testosterone levels in Landis' samples collected in the run-up to his 2006 Tour de France victory.
Landis was stripped of his title and banned for two years.
The American cyclist unsuccessfully challenged the drug test results before an arbitration hearing in California claiming that computer files were mishandled and erased.
"Landis used the hacked files for his defense, that's how we discovered the whole scheme," Bordry said. "He wanted to show that the lab made mistakes in the handling of the tests." Landis did not immediately respond to a phone call and e-mail seeking comment.
The French judge, who is based in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, issued the warrant Jan. 28 because Landis did not respond to a summons in November, Bordry said. The Nanterre prosecutor's office confirmed the warrant had been issued.
"Apparently the judge traced the case back to the beginning," Bordry said. "I can't say I'm happy with this news because I would have preferred there was no Landis case."
Bordry added that Cassuto also issued an international warrant for Arnie Baker, a retired doctor and longtime Landis coach and adviser.
After discovering the hacking, the French lab upgraded security to protect its computer systems.
Landis' urine samples were tested at the lab and found to contain elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone levels, less than a week after he won the Tour de France.
On July 20, 2006, Landis started the 17th stage of the Tour more than 8 minutes behind leader Oscar Pereiro after losing the yellow jersey to the Spaniard the previous day. The American produced an amazing ride during the mountain stage to cut Pereiro's lead to 30 seconds before taking the title.
Landis' samples taken after that stage revealed a testosterone/epitestosterone ratio of 11:1. The limit is 4:1.
The Chatenay-Malabry lab is accredited by the International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping Agency. It helped develop tests for the endurance-enhancing drug EPO.
Landis returned to competition at the Tour of California last year. He recently competed in a minor race staged in New Zealand.


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War Eagle Extra
'Holy cow': Vanderbilt LB Zach Cunningham's unlikely field goal block put Auburn on edge
Auburn's success on special teams almost played a part in the team's undoing Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Kicker Daniel Carlson connected on field goals from 53- and 33-yards out against Vanderbilt.
The glimpses of Auburn's special teams unit in action caught linebacker Zach Cunningham's attention.
"I noticed the center (Ike Powell) had a cadence," Cunningham said after the game.
When Auburn sent Carlson out to end Vanderbilt's comeback hopes with less than two minutes on the clock, Cunningham called an audible.
"I went to the sideline and asked Coach if I was able to jump over the center because I noticed he had a cadence," Cunningham said. "They said do it, so that's what I decided to do."
Cunningham's proposal was easier said than done.
For the All-SEC linebacker to avoid a penalty, he couldn't jump over Powell, land on anyone or cross the line ahead of the snap.
The one-time Auburn target executed the block flawlessly by leaping over guard Alex Kozan. The graceful high-jump earned a "holy cow" from ESPN play-by-play man Mike Patrick.
"That kid is unbelievable," Vanderbilt wide receiver C.J. Duncan. "He does it every day at practice, he does it every game. He shows up when we need it. That's exactly what he did. He's a heck of an athlete. We're just glad to have him on our side."
Auburn coach Gus Malzahn pleaded for a penalty flag, but a review showed it was a clean play.
"You don't see that every day," Malzahn said after the game.
Defensive back Joshua Holsey turned the play into a footnote of Auburn's 23-16 with a late interception, but it could have been the defining play of the season had the Tigers lost.
"Zach Cunningham does what we ask great players to do which is make a play," Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said. "He said, 'Coach, do you want me to go over the top?' And I said, 'Yeah, if you can find a crease, go get it.' That's exactly what he did and he blocks it."
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This is a necklace I did for myself after we lost our little Raleigh. I wanted to do something special to remember him by. Now I can always keep him close to my heart. I have made several of this type of necklace for people, too.
Materials: silver plated chain pewter charms gold plated charms
Tags: cherished memories necklace
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