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At recent rallies, Donald Trump's warm-up playlist, the one the candidate famously insists on choosing himself, has featured "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," the opening medley from Elton John's 1973 album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." Like a lot of the playlist, it's an endearingly perverse song for a political event, opening with a somber minor-key dirge performed on a chorus of analog synthesizers. The track played at least a couple of times at the Giant Center arena in Hershey, Pa., on Friday night, as we waited for Trump to arrive, and whenever the dolorous synths cut through the fried-dough-scented air, I felt as if I were at some hybrid of a monster-truck rally and a requiem Mass.
For all the bluster and provocation of Trump's candidacy, its overriding theme has been loss: lost American jobs and industries, lost American prestige, a lost sense of what, in the minds of his supporters, it means to be American at all. This has been clearest at the moments when Trump has tried to offer a sustained argument for his presidency. His 75-minute speech at the Republican National Convention assembled detailed evidence, both real and imagined, of America's decline, but what Trump intended to do about it was mostly limited to vague gestures and get-rich-quick aphorisms: "All of the people telling you that you can't have the country you want are the same people telling you that I wouldn't be standing here tonight." His campaign may nominally be about a future in which America's supposed decline is reversed, but the magic-wand way he makes promises, and the limited extent to which his supporters seem bothered by it, have always given away the game. Ronald Reagan's gauzy picture of incipient prosperity was at least convincingly imagined. Trump's is a MacGuffin, a pretense for talking about what he and his supporters miss about an irretrievable past.
Which past Trump's supporters are mourning, of course, matters immensely. Is it the past of a booming manufacturing sector, affordable college and attainable homeownership? Or is it the past in which white-majority America did not have a looming expiration date? This has been the central argument for a year and a half now among the many people who have been caught off guard by the popularity of Trump and his vision for America. The fact that it is so often assumed to be an either-or prospect — that you can somehow solve Trumpism for a specific variable, without which it dissolves — reflects an anxiety over what's on the other side of Election Day: whether we live in a country that could, at least in theory, be knitted back together, or one that does not want to be knitted back together at all.
But loss can be complicated. Fourteen minutes into his stump speech in Hershey, Trump summoned an older couple from the stands behind him: Barbara and Hugh Rone, from South Amboy, N.J. On the Tuesday after Memorial Day weekend, the Rones' 19-year-old son, Riley, was returning from the Jersey Shore when his motorcycle crashed on the Garden State Parkway, near Tinton Falls. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. "He was the biggest supporter I had," Trump said, before yielding the floor to the Rones. "Young guy, beautiful guy, the most popular person there was."
In the slightly uncertain tone of a testimonial, Barbara told Riley's story. He was a varsity athlete, a community-college student who planned to take over his father's funeral home one day. He was also a fan of Donald Trump. When Trump was informed of this fact, a week and a half after Riley's death, he tweeted: "Riley Rone was a great young man. We will miss him dearly." He called the family from the campaign trail. "Mr. Trump said, if it cost millions, he would give everything he owned if it would bring my Riley back," Barbara told the crowd.
As Barbara told her story, the arena went from lively to hushed, then from hushed to held-breath silence. It was as silent as I've ever heard a crowd of 11,000 people make itself. A lone man, off to stage left, shouted, "We love you!" I realized, with a start, that I had momentarily done the unthinkable: I'd forgotten that Trump, who was nodding respectfully off to the side, was onstage at all.
Trump's campaign has been unusually crowded with martyrs: His nominating convention alone included speeches by the mother of a State Department officer killed in the U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, the father of a teenager killed by gang members who were in the United States illegally and the mother of a police officer killed in a car crash with an intoxicated undocumented immigrant. So I braced for what seemed like the inevitable conclusion of Barbara's story — but it never came. Somewhere around milepost 103.6, Riley tried to switch lanes and lost control of his bike. No one else was involved in the accident. It was the most true-to-life personal tragedy I'd heard described at a campaign rally, profoundly sad and entirely random, devoid of any political implications.
The point of the story was simply how much Trump meant to Riley. "He was obsessed with Mr. Trump," Barbara said, recalling her son's words as if they were prophecy. "When there were 17, Riley said, 'Mr. Trump is the nominee.' When there's one nominee, Mr. Trump, Riley said, 'Mr. Trump will be president.' " The family put Trump's name on Riley's grave marker. "I want you to please, please, please vote for Mr. Donald Trump in my son's honor," Barbara said. "Please." She collapsed, heaving, against Trump's chest. The crowd erupted. "Oh, boy, I didn't expect that!" Trump exclaimed, less than convincingly.
There was a closed-circuit quality to all of this: Riley Rone saw something in Trump, and Trump acknowledged his having seen something, so voting for Trump would affirm that both of them had been right. What Trump stood for or intended to do as president didn't factor into the equation. There was no obvious way that Riley fit into his narrative of American decline and redemption. What Trump was offering the Rones was an uncomplicated form of meaning, one that asked for nothing but votes and gave nothing but his attention.
Maybe this was just Trump's version of cutting down on the red meat in the last days of the campaign, though his stump speech still featured all the standbys. The rallygoers cheered for the wall, the refugee ban, the imprisonment of his opponent. They wanted these things. But it doesn't diminish that fact, or its consequences, to point out that they didn't want only these things. At the Giant Center, it felt as if the most essential product of Trump's candidacy, for the faithful, wasn't the prospect of him enacting these policies but what was happening right here in this room — as if whether he actually built that wall was less important than the fact that his call for it had made the world sit up and take notice of him, and therefore of them, and all that they were grieving.
In Hershey, the few moments of truly visceral rage I witnessed were directed not at Hillary or Syrian asylum seekers or Mexico but at the media, the dozens of us locked into our pen near the back of the arena floor, proxies for the many shadowy forces arrayed against Trump. At one point a wiry man in a "HIL NO" T-shirt and a lopsided Trump wig lunged at the guard rail around our tables, muscles tense, and berated a local reporter sitting meekly in the front row. All I could make out was, "Are you going to tell that story tonight?" Nearly every person I met, after Trump left the stage and we all began heading for the exits, demanded to know why the TV cameras on the platform in the middle of the arena hadn't once turned away from Trump to show them — why the story was the candidate and not the people who had drawn themselves close around him, why we were not seeing what they saw.
A woman from Gettysburg named Betty Fowler, speaking softly and leaning on a cane, wanted to know if I'd seen the two young boys, the children of a family she knew, who had been running around the floor during the speech waving Trump signs, working up the crowd. "They just lost their dad, not too long ago, to cancer," she said. "Their mother and dad taught them, right before he died, what to do. They were saying: 'Crooked Hillary! Crooked Hillary! Lock her up!' These little children — they listen."
A tall, barrel-chested man named Kraig Moss nodded. In the rolling carnival that has grown up along the Trump campaign trail, Moss had attained a minor celebrity: "They call me the Trump Troubadour," he told me. Moss was from Owego, N.Y., where he still had a house, though he mostly lived on the road now, shuttling between natural-gas fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. He had been following the campaign since January, guitar in hand, writing and performing his own campaign songs. He looked like an outlaw country singer from the '70s, dressed in a black leather vest, a plaid snap shirt and an immaculate Stetson, garnished with a small cross and a pendant of mammoth ivory. Hershey was his 44th Trump rally. "This place was alive," he said. "Everybody was so tuned in to what he was saying — it just exploded."
In January 2014, Moss's 24-year-old son, Rob, died of a heroin overdose. The Rones' story was familiar to him. "They didn't know what to do," he told me. "I didn't, either, when I lost my son. I was down for two years. Then all of a sudden I hear him" — Trump — "talking about protecting the borders, keeping the drugs from coming in. That's when I started supporting him." He drove out to a rally in Urbandale, Iowa, with a man he met named Julian Raven, who had painted an enormous Trump portrait in his garage. "And when I talked to those kids out there about heroin, and I see them nudging their friends and stuff, it just got me," he said. "That's where I decided I was going to go to rallies."
As the stragglers left the arena, Moss and I walked out into the crisp, clear night, to the corner of the parking lot where he had left his pickup truck. "You know, I'll admit," he said, wincing a little, "I don't like the way he talks about you guys." He had heard a rumor that the foreign press had been banned from Trump rallies — though in the press pen this didn't seem to be the case — which bothered him; he had recently enjoyed being filmed by a Chinese documentary crew. He propped up the truck bed's cover and fished around through clothes and guitar gear for a knife, so he could open a box of the CDs of Trump songs he had recorded and self-released. He handed me a fistful of them. "Give them to your friends," he said, then thought for a second. "I don't suppose you know a lot of Trump supporters."
I asked Moss where he was going. "Manchester on Monday," he said; New Hampshire would be Trump's last East Coast appearance before Election Day. Moss looked out at the long line of traffic inching out of the parking lot in the direction of the highway. "Tonight, I'll probably just recline the seat."
Moss's CD is called "Donald Trump for President." The songs — "Trump Train," "Let Our Voices Be Heard" — are about Trump, and the jacket artwork is a collage of Trumps, along with the occasional Trump supporter. But tucked inside is a loose piece of paper, with a picture of Moss's son and a copy of the letter Moss wrote him on the first anniversary of his death. "I thought I'd write to you one last time," it says. "Oh, how I wish I were going somewhere with you … working with you … laughing … something other than this."
Moss sifts through the memories: the time he and Rob went to cowboy church in Florida, the time a screech owl divebombed them in a park in Fresno, the time they rolled over a big piece of quartz on a hike and found themselves surrounded by cows. "Anyway, what's done is done," he writes. "I always told you dying was a part of living. Now I got to understand what I was saying."
Driving home that night, I realized I'd forgotten to ask Moss what he planned to do after Nov. 8. The outcome of the election was enormously important to him, obviously. But I wondered if, practically speaking, it might not make much of a difference to him at all — it seemed as if most of what he needed from Trump he had already gotten. "We all cope with death in different ways," he wrote in the CD notes. "Supporting Mr. Donald J. Trump for president and singing to the folks at his rallies has allowed me to talk about my son." And he had met "so many GREAT people along the way."
Is this what politics is for? It shouldn't be. But sometimes it is.


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"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." – Margaret J. Wheatley
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Holding Pattern
This is about my 7 hours in jail on christmas last year.
You and me, we are powerful. I saw it, when you saw me and I saw you, on that dark day in that bright room. She was laying down before she came in, her broken face on the shelf along with a body she had long since forgotten. I danced to keep focus, smiled and sang to keep aim. If they took my sweater plié I knew I might lose it. My socks were fanciful, a reminder of my humanity. Humans had expensive socks that they bought on sale, and loved. They took hers pirouette she was losing it. I spun on my toes, kept form with a body I had long since forgotten. She said, I wish I had your perspective. The words came out between her sores, begetting her youth. My heart was broken before I came in, she couldn't see my sores beyond her own, only my beauty.
I tried to see only my beauty, feel only my beauty in these cold confines of hell, tried to keep far beyond my cable-knit sweater and jail-issue pants so large I wrapped them around my waist and folded them over like thai fishing pants. What kind of safety was this to me now? I know about fashion and dance and people! Two people in uniforms watched, impressed that my hair wasn't real was plain in their eyes. My sweeping gestures were on purpose, which is to say as dramatic and as beautiful as possible, I unclipped one long hair extension after another into a plastic bin at my feet, clink.
Hey, I am smart! I am a mother! I could feel the licks of total degradation at my heels.
Punctuated by another threatening to kill herself, over and over, she cried a sickening, bitter confession that she was back here and back here she had been! She was certain she couldn't make it this time, couldn't take it this time. This time would be it! I couldn't prop myself up enough to avoid dying right beside the one on the shelf. Without a word, she told me she had died before and so would I. She wasn't worried, she just really really really wanted help this time. This time, someone lasting. Someone to tell her what to do, is what she said, I do good when someone tells me what to do. (I believe her, why don't we?) She faded out trembling. She tried so hard to hold herself and failed, falling through her own fingers.
I pounded the broken phone and pushed the button on the wall. Do not push the button on the wall the uniforms said. The button on the wall is to notify the people with carts to collect the dead as the uniforms defined it. Is anyone dead here? There was no effort to define it. The uniforms did not check. I pushed all the buttons until one lead to a voice who sounded willing to let me out, maybe. Did I have a credit card? Did I have someone that could vouch for me? Yes, and decidedly No. Later in morning they might help, they had to come in anyway, they would allow me to do something to repay such grace later.
There is no time in jail, no change. I waited, sat on my fear, danced on my fear; I lobbied for toilet paper. I almost forgot I Am Human, I could feel it slipping through my fingers. How? I could reach deep and grab it back but I didn't know each time that I reached, that I would be able to. What if I was the girl on the bench trembling, already? Grasping at thin air, holding onto the nothing that everyone saw? Well, I wasn't yet, and yet and yet.
Release from jail isn't soon enough and comes too soon. The Lyft drivers aren't really available so I sit on a boulder near the water in a sequins miniskirt and cable-knit sweater and eye anyone. I left my hair, socks and thai style jail-issue pants behind. The residual concern for my own appearance (10AM in sequins is for prostitutes… in the 90s… and only the cheap ones) is overshadowed by something bigger: Criminals aren't born, they're made. I see I am eyeing harder than anyone is eyeing me, maybe one or two people are out. The Ego is awake. I know the strangers in vicinity at once like the back of my hand, better than the back of my hand. In this moment I am alive and my aliveness pulses throughs me, a righteousness of such death/non-death I glow one thousand times greater than my great sequins mini skirt on a boulder by the bay.
The Lyft driver I get is in crisis with his gal, and he tells me all about it. The 45 minutes home. It would be shocking, the fine details he reveals about himself, if I hadn't just gotten out of jail. He treats this ride like a walk in the park with a best friend! I would be astonished if I hadn't just gotten out of jail. A ride home on a unicorn at this point wouldn't impress me. I know him better than the back of my hand and he knows zip about me. I thank him for the ride just before I get out of the car. While I am thinking about not being able to make it into the house with all the grief welling inside me like, the heavy hot lava of a novice volcano unpredictability, he thanks me and asks: Are you a therapist? This question provides a break in my own insanity, one that I know I will be able to use to float on into the house. I wish I could laugh. Instead I let out a hum and a version of 'No… maybe I ought to be'. He feels good at that. He feels he helped me. He did, sort of. Mostly he hurt my ear hairs, and I felt taken for a ride.
I got in the house and tried to shower off what I couldn't. I began crying then, really crying. That was the end of one life and the beginning of another.
That was a year ago, today.
In hindsight, I ought not to have paid him upfront.
This lesson could have cost me a lot more. Larry, thank you for showing me who you are. I do think you sell yourself too short but who am I to quip with you not meeting your word? The fact stands. You blame the designer but he can't help with your integrity problem either. He met his word and struggles beyond that. We all have struggles–you haven't the slightest idea of mine and you have attempted to impose on my graces. What you can hope for when you operate this way is limited to the extent of your illusions. I pray they last because at this rate, you won't.
I could have made it myself for what I paid you to do it, while I worked elsewhere to pay you, while you didn't do the work. Have you ever done such a thing? Do you know what it is like to pay for a deliverable only to receive long-winded excuses, a sling of insults, an ache in the head and an extreme pain in the ass? I will tell you: I am surprised and not in a good way.
So while you have my money and I don't have the deliverable, you have my attention here. When something seems wrong like this does, it gets lodged in my craw and then I feel all the responsibility in the world to right it. I don't know who died and made me keeper of the justice but I wish they would rise again and relieve me.
While I breathe until something else happens, here is my best advice: Fuss around with the shit you have been given and produce what you can. Words are cheap. Make something you are proud to put your name on, Larry! I thought $$$ would be motivating because to name my price for a job and get paid for it out of the gate like you did would motivate the shit out of me! What else can I say? I was wrong. This isn't working out. I want my money back.
People put energy into feedback like this for others when they care. Most people wouldn't waste the keystrokes, like throwing oxygen after the dead is only good for the bugs eating the carcass, feedback for someone you don't care about getting any better is besides the point.
I am asking for now what I asked for then–provide something valuable, something positive to credit you for, something to promote, something to add to your repertoire of talent, something that makes us a team to make something more. I saw this project as an opportunity when I presented it. You agreed then. You appear to be taking it as a victim now. I implore you to take responsibility for the project you signed-up to do, not make it a loss.
This reminds me, we have a choice. We wake each morning and to some extent, regardless of our circumstances, we get to decide: Do I want to be a decent human being today or a piece of shit liar, for instance. I think it is that ignorance of choice in the first place that gets a lot of us screwed-up.
*I will still pay people upfront, just not Larry.
The rest of the story…
So much goes untold. From here on out I will tell the juicy parts. The parts that drip off the table, I will allow to land here, in addition to the party invites and reviews. Why not? I find myself astute and observing. To keep my musings to myself in the fashion of burying them in a notebook until the pages choke with my scrawls or shredding them of context to fit facebook is really throwing away a thing I am good at. Writing. It could be the thing. To repress myself is not humility, it is self-hatred. Enough of that.
I write to find out what I think. This is true for me and is so for Stephen King, even before he said it. There. I may walk and talk to find out what I think too but that is a longer road. I often take a friend at that so I don't get lost. I repeat myself when I walk and talk. Not so in writing. Writing gets me out of my head. That makes no sense but it is no less true.
These posts will be tagged Uncategorized. Feels blasphemous to write it. Previewed the post to see that it worked. I didn't get kicked-out or have my writing fingers fall off so that's good, I will continue.
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." -Anne Lamott
Spoon Social
New restaurant–Open but not ready for Grand Opening–makes it's debut and welcomes a series of parties echoing the heart of the place. When parties serve as a call for a decided match in clientele, no matter the game, it is a win for all. You don't have to capture all the people to make a place or party successful, just the right people at the right place and those are exactly those that show-up. That is it. It is as magical and as plain as it sounds.
Staying home is magical and plain too, I get it. A burgeoning hermit as there ever was, I find the collection of a few dowdy people (besides me) creates a lot more to live for than I ever could create on my own. I think this is a human way and so I don't take it too personally. It is a matter of human nature to socialize, to connect for real. When we forgo connection for a variety of reasons and excuses, we have a hand in creating the problems we see in the world and deny ownership of yet suffer for.
If you didn't have your reasons and excuses, what would you be doing now? How would you suffer less?

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Max Verstappen branded Esteban Ocon an 'idiot' and was seen shoving the Force India driver after their collision at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Ocon was attempting to unlap himself but made contact with Verstappen as he tried to overtake his rival on the outside and the Dutchman lost the lead.
Stewards handed Ocon a ten-second stop and go penalty and Verstappen was furious on Red Bull's team radio, stating: 'I hope I can't find him now in the paddock because that guy has a f****** problem.'
Verstappen slipped back to second and finished the race behind Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton who picked up his tenth win of the season.
FIA officials had to intervene as Verstappen confronted Ocon in the weighing room after the race and repeatedly pushed the Frenchman in anger.
Asked about his collision with Ocon, Verstappen replied: 'We did everything today. He [Ocon] was such an idiot he gets taken out while he's being lapped.
'I think the race was better than expected for us today. The car worked well. The strategy worked well.
'I'm happy with second, but we should have won today.
'I think we had a great car, the strategy did really well, and we did our race until I got taken out on Turn Two, He [Ocon] got a penalty and that tells you the stewards know who was in the wrong.
'The penalty for me is that I lost the victory today. Hopefully in 15 years time we can laugh about it.'
Ocon heavily criticised Verstappen's behaviour in the weighing room which meant FIA officials had to intervene.
'What I'm really surprised of is the behaviour of Max,' he said.
'Coming into the scales, the FIA having to stop him from being violent, pushing me and wanting to punch me.
'That is not professional.'
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Ist Ist @ Alexandra Palace Theatre
Ist Ist support Embrace in the stunning surroundings of London's Alexandra Palace Theatre.
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Established in late 2014, Ist Ist have forged a formidable reputation on the back of uncompromising, intense headline shows at prestigious Manchester venues such as The Ritz, Gorilla and The Deaf Institute. Through word of mouth and two UK tours, they have grown in size without label or management support to the point where they are outselling established touring bands.
Accompanying these live shows, the band have released five singles and in April 2018, their debut EP 'Spinning Rooms' was greeted with acclaim from independent publications, won admirers from across the world and received regular airplay from Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6.
Expanding to a four-piece at the conclusion of the 2018 tour, second EP 'Everything Is Different Now' was released in January 2019 to similar acclaim and supported by a second UK tour.
Regularly condemned as too 'out there' to be successful; through sheer determination, hard work and a bulging catalogue of songs, Ist Ist continue to silence the doubters and move from strength to strength. Displaying an arrogance akin to the greatest Manchester bands, Ist Ist are constructing their own mould rather than attempting to fit into one. It's time to listen.


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Italian outerwear label K-Way embraces collaborations – but only when the partner is right.
Italian clothing group BasicNet is launching a collaboration between two of its brands – anorak label K-Way and streetwear specialist Kappa. Lorenzo Boglione, BasicNet vice-president of sales, tells Drapers more about K-Way's strategy and next steps.
How did the K-Way x Kappa collaboration come about?
K-Way is approached on a daily basis by a huge number of brands that want to co-operate, as there is a lot of attention today on the windbreaker. With Kappa, which is also owned by BasicNet, it began as a bit of an internal game, joking around.
Then we saw the product and the opportunity and saw a real connection between the two brands. The anorak is a simple product and Kappa can give it a twist. [The collection launches for autumn 18 and features hoodies, sweaters and jumpsuits in bold primary colours, and pairs the Kappa and K-Way logos. Wholesale prices for the collaboration range from £37 for a pull-over style to £42 for tracksuit trousers. Agency Zone Two is managing UK sales.]
Why are collaborations part of your strategy?
K-Way has an iconic product, and iconic products are easy to re-interpret. When you have a windbreaker that is so traditional but still contemporary, it's easy for other brands to try and interpret and add something to the style [it has also collaborated with Ami and DSquared2].
With collaborations you get more visibility and more people knowing the brand, and you also create some novelty for the customer.
I often make the comparison with music. Today music is all about collaborations because after doing your own songs for 20 years you need to put something fresh into it. That's why the market is on such a hype for collaborations.
How are approaching collaborations in the future?
We do collaborations, but we're not actively looking for them. It has to be organic and happen in a natural way. We don't want to push it or force it in any way. Generally, we're reducing the number of collaborations we do, and are trying to focus as much as we can on our business. But when a perfect match comes up, we move forward with it.
How is K-Way growing?
We are trying to keep growth controlled in Italy, which is our primary market. We don't want it to grow too fast or in a disordered manner. France is doing very well for us, and the UK comes just after France in our marketing developments and commercial investment strategy. That's why we're launching the collaboration here.
We are increasing the UK presence and we have a very intense wholesale activity, and our eyes are open for new opportunities. Wholesale currently accounts for about 70% of revenues.
We're going to invest in retail for sure, but we want to keep growth balanced. We're always looking for new stores, but in the UK we're focusing on the Covent Garden store, and on increasing our wholesale channels. [K-Way currently has 55 UK accounts, including Asos, Choice and menswear mini-chain John Anthony.]
Where are you seeking to grow the brand in the future?
We have ambitious expansion plans for Europe – we're far from having reached our objectives. We have big expansion plans in the US and China, which are the biggest markets in the world, and we'll be focusing more on them soon.
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I've not posted anything publicly about this debacle. Thankfully, the "Guardians" summed up what I couldn't find the best words to say.
I've not posted anything publicly about this debacle. Thankfully, the "Guardians" summed up what I couldn't find the best words to say.
Unless you live under a rock, or ya know…had other responsibilities, you've probably heard and/or seen the new Avengers: Infinity War trailer that dropped today.
As if there were any doubt, it looks amazing. For all it's wonderful inclusions, I'd like to know what you all think!
An even better question (please leave your answer in the comments below) is, what character would you like to see introduced in this movie that has not yet been in a MCU film?
My vote? Well, I'm going to cheat here because it's less of a singular character and more of a group. How much would you all freak out if, say, in the post credits sequence, a certain ship materializes out of a certain negative zone with a certain family of Four…. OR…better yet, a slow zoom to Thor, laying unconscious on the ground, as we close in on his face, what looks like a rocky hand pinches his nose and leans in over his face, Thor comes to, flailing then as lucidity comes and his vision starts to correct, he says softly, "Korg? What has happened to you?" to which our ORANGE rocky friend replies, "Korg? That's the last time I try mouth-ta-mouth resuscitation with a guy that calls himself a thunder god…" The camera zooms back out as we see the rest of the FANTASTIC FOUR come into view!!!
If you've been a fan of science fiction television and movies for a bit, there's a good chance that you're familiar with actor David Hewlett. He's best known as the snarky, take-in-small-doses Doctor Rodney McKay who was featured as a recurring character in SG-1 only to be promoted to a regular in my personal favorite entry in the franchise, Stargate: Atlantis, but you may also know him from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dark Matter, the amazing cult classics Cube and Pin (so creepy), and most recently in the Golden Globe winning, Academy Award nominated (SO MANY NOMINATIONS!! Congrats Guillermo!!), The Shape of Water.
What you may not know about this British-born, Canadian-raised actor is Continue reading It's AUTOMA…..er, HEWLOGRAM!!
200 years ago this month, a 20 year old Mary Shelley would see the 1st publication of her story about a scientist who had unlocked the door to our universe' greatest mystery. Life.
Life he would give to his creation, who, misunderstood and full of angst and anger at a life never asked for, would pursue him to the end of his days.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus would become not only one of the single most famous and prolifically copied books of all time, it also is widely considered to be the very first Continue reading 200 Years Of Frankenstein
With the release of the Avengers: Infinity War trailer dropping earlier this week, and the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi due out in a few days, nerd-dom is at its highest of levels right now. And while I cannot wait to see The Last Jedi in theaters on opening day, I've come to realize that I am more excited for Avengers than I am for Star Wars.
To some, this may seem sacrilegious. The franchises aren't even in the same category or genre. How can they even be compared?
Continue reading Franchise Wars
In an interesting move, the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special has had it's first tug into canon.
In the new Star Wars anthology book, From a Certain Point of View, there are 40 fun stories highlighting the ancillary characters in our favorite galaxy far, far away. The love and attention given to background characters in the Star Wars universe has long been a linchpin of its popularity starting with the release of the toys from the very first movie. Characters that had no lines and sometimes barely a second of screen time got a name, a figure and a back story. These would lay the foundation for some of the best Star Wars literature ever released. Although now cast to the "Legends" pile, the great "Tales of the Bounty Hunters" was one of my favorite examples of this. The story of Dengar and his wife saving Boba Fett is a classic… But I digress.
One of the stories contained in From a Certain Point of View is called, We Don't Serve Their Kind Here by Chuck Wendig and is a fun little tale of Mos Eisley Cantina's bartender, Wuher who mentions two characters by name, Ackmena and her wife Sorschi.
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Sharp screen. Solid e-mail program. Comfortable keyboard. Excellent battery life.
No 3G support. Lacks Sprint's One Click interface. No video recording or playback.
Bottom Line
The LG Rumor 2 is an okay messaging phone, but the Samsung Rant costs the same and outmatches it on most measures.
Sprint's latest messaging phone, the LG Rumor 2, isn't bad. But the Samsung Rant, which the carrier is currently selling at the same price ($49, with contract), is better in every way. If the Rant didn't exist, we could come up with reasons to recommend this phone, but given Sprint's current lineup, the Rumor 2 doesn't really make much sense.
It's not a smartphone, but the Rumor 2 is designed to excel at text messaging, e-mail, and IM. Sprint's messaging phones handle e-mail better than any of the other carriers', thanks to Sprint's excellent Seven e-mail program, which pushes most consumer e-mail accounts to your phone and can sync e-mail with Microsoft Exchange. But that's not a unique feature—the Rant has the same software, and runs faster on Sprint's 3G network.
As a voice phone, the Rumor 2 is okay, but not great. I found reception to be a bit below average on my tests. The earpiece and speakerphone are both loud enough, but the latter sounds very hollow. Transmissions through the earpiece sounded a bit tinny, with audible background noise. The phone supports Bluetooth headsets and features speaker-independent voice dialing. It paired with our Altec Lansing BackBeat stereo Bluetooth headset and mono Plantronics Voyager 520 without problems (although the call control buttons didn't work on the BackBeat, and call quality was very wobbly). Calls sounded better (if somewhat hissy) on the Voyager, and the call control buttons worked properly. Battery life was excellent, with more than 6 hours of talk time.
The Rumor 2 isn't a very good multimedia phone. The music player is difficult to find in the phone's UI, and it doesn't sync with Windows Media Player or any other PC-based software (although you can drag and drop files when the handset is connected with a USB cable). The phone plays only MP3 music files (not WMA or AAC), and it won't run in the background while you're doing other things. The music player's interface is slick-looking, though, showing thumbnails of album art. There's no video playback support. Music sounded fine through the BackBeat Bluetooth stereo headset. The 1.3-megapixel camera takes soft, noisy photos, and it doesn't record video. The Rant features a 2MP camera and records video.
Perplexingly, the Rumor 2 doesn't feature Sprint's new One Click carousel-based user interface, which we loved on the Rant. One Click lets you easily customize your home screen and add widgets, and it's available on many new Sprint phones. You do get a decent Web browser, Infraware Polaris 6.01, which can display desktop Web pages in a basic way. Since this is a Sprint phone, you can also add the excellent Opera Mini mobile browser if you choose. But you'll still be surfing on Sprint's slower 1X network. The Samsung Rant moves much faster over 3G.
The Rumor 2 features GPS, which works with Sprint's for-pay navigation service, its child locator service, or the free Google Maps. But because of that poky 1X connection, maps can be very slow to load. Performance on the JBenchmark Java benchmark tests wasn't great, either, so game play won't be as fun as it is on faster phones—like the Rant. The Rumor has 22MB of built-in memory. With the Samsung Rant available at the same price, I can't think of a good reason to recommend the LG Rumor 2. If you want a messaging phone on Sprint, the Rant will have you raving, while the Rumor will likely disappoint. And if you're looking for a little more in terms of e-mail, IM, and Web browsing, check out the inexpensive Palm Centro, which is a true smartphone with a feature phone's price tag.
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Continuous talk time: 6 hours 16 minutes
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TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Asian benchmarks closed mixed Wednesday, with China's Shanghai Composite index finishing higher after industrial output data suggested the economy continued to boom.
The Shanghai Composite ended up 0.3% after a choppy session.
Government data released Wednesday showed China's industrial output rose 16% from that month a year earlier to 564.7 billion yuan ($68 billion), accelerating from March's 15.1% on-year increase.
April production had been forecast to slow to 14.6%, according to the median forecast of eight economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. See full story.
Investors largely shrugged off news of the U.S.' warning to China on its currency policy.
On Tuesday, the Treasury Department did not make a formal finding in its semiannual currency report that the Chinese government manipulated the exchange value of the yuan for export advantage.
But the report warned China that it has six months, until the next currency report is due, to move to a more flexible exchange rate or be designated as a currency manipulating country. See full story.
Japanese stock indexes ended mixed and little changed from their closes Tuesday, when they dropped sharply on gross domestic product data which contained mixed signals about the country's economic outlook.
The Nikkei 225 Average, which closed at a 2005 low Tuesday, broke its seven-session losing streak and edged up 0.1%, or 10.02 points, to 10,835.41.
But the broader Topix of all Tokyo Stock Exchange first section issues lost 0.2%, or 2.62 points, to 1,109.19.
Decliners narrowly outnumbered advancers 774 to 745, with 129 issues ending unchanged from Tuesday.
Toyota Motor (7203) TM, -0.04% ended down 0.8%. The automaker said Tuesday it would fix a suspension defect in about 790,000 vehicles, including Tacoma pickups, in what will be one of its largest U.S. recalls.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended down 0.3% and Taiwan's Taiex index ended down 0.1%.
But Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index ended up 0.8%
South Korea's Kospi index added 0.4%.
Hyundai Motor HYMLY, +0.00% rose 2.5% and steelmaker Posco PKX, +1.71% ended up 1.7%.
The dollar was trading at 107.63 yen, compared to 107.44 yen in late U.S. trading Tuesday. See Currencies.
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.22% rose 79.59 points to 10,331.88, extending a triple-digit gain in the prior session. The Nasdaq Composite Index $COMPQ was up 9.72 points at 2,004.15, the first time the tech-rich index has closed above the key 2,000 mark in five weeks. See U.S. Market Snapshot.


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Heathrow airport staff ordered NOT to waste their time interrogating potential illegal immigrants
Guards told that extremists arriving from Europe is the 'number one' priority
BORDER force staff were told not to waste their time interrogating potential illegal immigrants, a leaked memo has revealed.
Staff at Heathrow were told by the airport's deputy director of Border Security Command, Nick Jariwalla, that extremists arriving from Europe was the "number one" priority.
He said checking documents of visa holders who already had permission to enter the UK was "duplicating the work of visa officers" so was a "poor use of our time".
The document - titled "Protecting the Public" and leaked to the Mail on Sunday - told Border Force guards: "We are not sufficiently focused on the threat from passengers seeking to enter on EU documents."
The Home Office said all scheduled passengers are checked on arrival in the UK and visa holders are subject to "extensive mandatory checks".
Meanwhile No10 was accused of blocking a damning immigration report until after the snap election.
A report by immigration watchdog chief David Bolt was set to publish warnings about the weakness of Britain's defences along its coastline.
A Whitehall source said Downing Street had ordered the publication of the report to be delayed until after the June 8 election. It was understood to reveal the number of illegal entries into Britain.
Harwich in Essex is believed to be particularly vulnerable.
Last year Mr Bolt published a scathing report that found 170 people entered the UK without being checked against a list of potential terrorists and criminals. Thersea May was Home Secretary at the time.
His latest immigration report is understood to be equally critical of Britain's Border Force to safeguard the nation from terrorist threats.
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It's an essential purchase, but have you ever considered if you're getting a good deal on toilet paper?
Even if you spent time monitoring specials and discounts, you can end up with a bum deal, explains consumer journalist Wendy Knowler.
When it comes to choice there are a lot of variables - size of each sheet, thickness, size of the cardboard core and number of the sheets.
Knowler sat down with Azania Mosaka to share her expert advice on how to make sure you're not flushing your money down the drain when it comes to this essential household item.
If you don't look beyond the retail selling price for your pack of nine or eighteen, you are likely to end up buying one of the most expensive toilet paper products on the market while actually thinking you are getting a good deal.— Wendy Knowler, Consumer journalist
If you work it out per sheet it is much more expensive. Sheet for sheet is the most expensive way to buy two ply, it's misleading, so if you are buying two ply and it seems cheap, look at how many sheets you are getting. You should be getting 350. The standard is 350.— Wendy Knowler, Consumer journalist
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Gerard (Gerry) Meenagh has had his real estate license since 2004 and has recently joined Barnbrook Realty. He is a retired New York City Police Officer and a current Registered Nurse. He and his wife, Avis, own their own home in Copake, NY. Gerard has acquired many friends in the area, having lived in the town of Copake since boyhood, and holds dear the beauty extolled in the extent of the natural phenomena in this locale. He uses current technologies including aerial drone videos and photos, as well as high definition walk-through, camera stabilized video to market his listed properties. He looks forward to serving you for all your real estate needs.


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Healthy Meal Plan for August 17, 2015
Healthy Meal Plan for August 17, 2015
How is your summer going? Do you need some motivation to get back on track? Want a simple plan that doesn't involve counting calories? Take the Cize Challenge! I've been testing out our latest program and it's SO MUCH FUN!!
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Purple Roofs Gay Travel Newsletter 9/13/14
Welcome to the Purple Roofs gay travel newsletter.
Our articles section now has five parts – local news, general interest, reviews of past events, travel event news (including upcoming events and reviews and photos of past events), and finally sweepstakes and contests.
We've got lots of other great stuff for you this time, too – including some great feature articles: Dress for Success; the Spanish Virgin islands; Montepulciano, Florence, Venice, and the Dolomites in Italy.
We've also recently launching our revamped Gay Travel Events section – more than 500 pride events, film festivals, circuit parties, and much more, now with photos, descriptions, and links to lodging for your stay.
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TRAVELING IN OUR FABULOUS GAY WORLD: The BEST Way to Travel and Get Great Service
by Don and Ray
Every wonder why some people get to go to the front of the line or get bumped up to the first class section of an airplane? Or ever wonder why some people get waited on immediately and others have to wait and wait? Ever wonder why some people get seated in the best part of a restaurant while others are seated back by the kitchen or restrooms? When shopping in a store do ever wonder why others are being served before you are? We get bumped up to first class on a regular basis and always get seated in a great place at a restaurant. Why? We dress well! We look like we belong wherever we go. For those who want to wear shorts and jeans and flip flops to fine restaurants or on an airplane, by all means do so. That gives more space in the best sections for those who do dress well.
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CARIBBEAN: The Spanish Virgin Islands
by Ernie Alderete
The Spanish Virgin Islands are the westernmost, most undeveloped, and least known slice of the much larger Virgin Islands pie. Twenty-one mile-long Vieques, the largest Spanish Virgin is located 12 miles west of Saint Thomas in the adjoining US Virgin Islands.
The smaller main Spanish Virgin, seven-mile-long Culebra, lies nine miles north of Vieques. Twenty-three smaller islands ring Culebra, all together composing the enchanting archipelago of the Spanish Virgin Islands. Puerto Mosquito, known as Bio Bay in English, in Vieques is considered the brightest bioluminescent body of water in the world!
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ITALY: Rolling the Barrels in Italy
by Dolly Goolsby
Buongiorno, tutti, Yes, we returned to Montepulciano for the barrel-rolling competition, called the Bravio delle Botti. We arrived on Friday afternoon, and the festivities were well under way by then. On Thursday, they had had an evening parade, by candlelight, with people in medieval costume from all 8 contrade, entertainment in the Piazza Grande, and fireworks. Well, yes, we missed that, but on Saturday each contrada had a parade of their young people, so we got to see that. Of course, in the evening there was live music in many different venues. All contrade had their own areas where they were cooking and serving food and drink. It was hard for me to imagine even eating a bistecca Fiorentina at any time, but I know I wouldn't do that at 10:00 at night.
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ITALY: Back in Florence
by Dolly Goolsby
Ahhhhh…Firenze…..la Bella citta. My favorite Italian city. We finally got to Florence late Friday afternoon, after experiencing one train delay after another. We do, however, know the Chiusi train station well. We arrived at Chiusi by bus from Montepulciano with 7 minutes to spare to buy a train ticket and get onto the train. I had to stand in line at the ticket counter to get our tickets, so we missed that one. Then the next train, scheduled an hour later, was delayed for first 20 minutes, then 25, etc., etc…finally, though, we did reach Firenze Santa Maria Novella train station, and were on our way to our apartment. The sun was shining, and life was good once again.
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ITALY: Getting Lost in Venice
by Dolly Goolsby
Yes, we are in Venice. Our first night here, we ventured out just to sight-see, without any true destination in mind. We found a great little trattoria in a tiny square (Campo). We had a lovely seafood dinner. We were glad we had sat inside, for all at once, all the diners from the outside tables had to make a mad dash into the restaurant because of a rain shower. By the time we finished dinner, the rain had stopped and the sidewalks were barely wet. So we had an easy stroll back to the apartment…..with just a little glitch. We got lost. We were in a little dead end campo, trying to read the map by street light, when a couple from England came along…they were lost, also, and then a young couple wandered by, with the same problem.
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ITALY: Venice With Dolly
by Dolly Goolsby
Wow! We are really on the go, now. Diane, Lynnie and Nichole all arrived here in Venice on Monday afternoon. We got settled into the apartment, took the gals on a short orientation walk, then gave them a little time to relax. In the late afternoon we had Happy Hour cocktails and snacks in the apartment, then we cooked dinner there, so we could really relax and everyone could get acquainted. Tuesday morning we were at St. Mark's Basilica long before it opened for visitors. We were in the first group of tourists. Then we took a walk went across the Rialto Bridge, and of course, to the Rialto Mercato.
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ITALY: Bolzano and The Dolomites
by Dolly Goolsby
Yes, we are now in Bolzano, the beginning of the Dolomites. I am sitting on the terrace in front of my hotel room writing to you and here is what I am seeing in front of me. Tomorrow we will be traveling up to Castelrotto, which is in a valley below those mountains. Bolzano is a beautiful town, also. We are hearing more German language here, although I am hearing Italian, also. It is interesting to hear a shop keeper change from German to Italian to English without missing a beat. I have been using my Italian language skills more the past few days. I am pleased with myself over that. When we arrived in Bolzano, we were so hungry! As soon as we got checked into the hotel, we headed for the nearest restaurant. Well, I knew about this brewery/restaurant, so we went there.
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Local Stories:
BAHAMAS: Lesbian Travel – Pink Sands Beach
Prepare to unwind, create your own fun and sink into your sun-drenched vacation far away from the masses.
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BAHAMAS: Gay Pride Cancelled After Death Threats
The first-ever gay pride event in the Bahamas was canceled this weekend due to death threats.
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CANADA, QUEBEC: My Chateau in Quebec City
With its fairytale setting high on a cliff-top overlooking the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City ranks among the most romantic and historic destinations in the Western Hemisphere.
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CZECH REPUBLIC: Tasting the Best of Prague on a Food Tour
I'm not sure when my love of food really started. I don't think I was always so hungry but at some point (probably the first or second year out of college) I realized how much fun food can be.
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CZECH REPUBLIC: Weekending in Prague for Gay Pride
A few weeks ago I took a last-minute weekend trip to Prague for their 4th annual gay pride, Prague Pride.
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GERMANY: Just a Typical Summer Sunday in Berlin
This month marks three years living in Berlin, and as part of my year-long goal to explore more of my adopted city, I've spent the past few weeks wandering around to both new and unfamiliar places as well as old haunts.
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GERMANY: That Berlin Style
I'm not sure how it happened, or when, but at some point Berlin, as a word, became synonymous with "cool." But not just cool. A special kind of cool.
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ICELAND: Event Review – Bears on Ice, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, saw an influx of hairy and hunky men over the past weekend. The reason? The tenth, annual Bears of Ice festival, which, besides evening parties and discos, also includes sight-seeing tours of this fascinating and unique country.
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INDIA: Inside The All-Male "Akharas" Of India
"In general, sexual minorities are not well accepted by mainstream Indian society," 35-year-old photographer Bishan Samaddar tells Queerty in an exclusive interview. "Here, there's always tremendous pressure on men and women to marry each other and produce children."
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IRELAND: Visiting Wilde Dublin
It's with a reflective heart that I stand in the corner of Oscar Wilde's childhood home of 1 Merrion Square. Located on the most fashionable side of Dublin, an area once envied for its location near the Duke of Leinster's residence.
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ITALY: Ponza, Italy's Secret Island
"Enjoy Ponza. Please don't tell everyone about it!", shouted Alina as we left her holiday villa at Il Fontanaro in Umbria, Italy.
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SINGAPORE: My Trip to Gay Singapore
Singapore is often presented as a serious, business city.
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TAIWAN: Country Woos Gay Tourists
Taiwan is officially wooing gay tourists in the hope of becoming Asia's top tourist destination in a region that is often openly hostile toward gay people, reports GayAsiaNews.com.
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UGANDA: IGLTA Meets With Uganda Tourism Leaders
At the invitation of the Africa Travel Association, International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association President/CEO John Tanzella and Past Board Chair Tanya Churchmuch met staff from Uganda Tourism and tourism businesses from Uganda's private sector to discuss the issues surrounding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender tourism to Uganda.
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USA, CALIFORNIA: The Sea Lions at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf
Yes, the sea lions at Fisherman's Wharf are stinky but cute. As soon as I walked down Pier 39, the air was putrid but my nose just ignored it.
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USA, CALIFORNIA: Lesbian Travel: Ventura, California
Feeling the urge to fly the coup, pigeon? Gather your besties, put your boss on notice and point yourself toward Ventura, California.
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USA,CALIFORNIA: Oakland Pride Turns Away Leather Groups
Oakland's first Pride parade is today, but according to the San Francisco Chronicle, the leather community is not invited.
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USA, COLORADO: The Best of Denver
If you think of Denver as a convenient gateway to an amazing mountain or nature trip, you're right. For skiers and hikers, it's the closest major city to such perennial favorites as Telluride, Aspen, and Breckernridge.
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USA, FLORIDA: Getting Around Disney World
Pop quiz: where can you find Florida's third largest bus fleet? Correct answer: Disney World.
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USA, ILLINOIS: If You're in the Closet, Chicago May be the Travel Destination for You
We have plenty of data on where gay men like to vacation — but what about men who aren't out of the closet?
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USA, NEW JERSEY: Gay Asbury Park, New Jersey
Gay Asbury Park is a pretty special place. Not your ordinary Jersey Shore town, there's a quirky and freewheeling spirit here, and a GLBT influence that's become part of the very fabric of the town.
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General Interest Stories:
Staying Fit on a Cruise
Being healthy during a cruise vacation is typically a foregone conclusion.
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Interview With Gay Travel Blogger Carlos Melia
Last year, we reported that LGBT tourists spend more money on vacation than their straight counterparts. And in May, the New York Times (quoting LGBT market research firm Community Marketing Insights) estimated the economic impact of LGBT travelers in the US at $70 billion annually.
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Where to Travel for Thanksgiving This Year
If there's one responsible thing you do over Labor Day weekend, let it be solidifying your Thanksgiving plans.
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Book Review: Gaysia
Throwing a dart at a board. That's one way to decide where you'll go on vacation.
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Traveling With Pets
Hotels and resorts across the United States are constantly amping up their amenities (VIP services, complimentary happy hours, special in-room dining menus) to provide more comfortable stays for their overnight guests.
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Eight Great Cities for a Long Layover
If you're traveling internationally or even just across the country, chances are you'll have a layover somewhere during your journey.
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Three Undiscovered US Beaches in the South
Florida's beach towns are often saturated with travelers, especially in areas like Miami and Destin, but the southeastern U.S. has so much more coastline than people realize.
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Traveling While Transgender – A Nightmare in Hong Kong
Crossing borders as a transgender woman is always a challenge. There are many reasons immigration authorities reject you, but sometimes it's simply because they don't seem to understand who we are.
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The Five Kinkiest Cities In America
Thinking about taking a trip? In the mood to go somewhere kinky? We've got a list for you.
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Past Events:
AUSTRALIA: Thousands Celebrate Cairns Tropical Pride
ORGANISERS of the Cairns Tropical Pride Festival say there is growing acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the Far North as this year's event draws to a close.
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GREECE: Just Back From Xlsior Mykonos
This festival packed 8 massive parties into just 5 days. Starting on Wednesday afternoon at the Elysium hotel in Mykonos town, a hotel perched on the top of one of Mykonos' many hills, the opening party had an amazing view out over the entire town.
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IRELAND: Irish Catholic Students March in Gay Pride Parade
The principal of St. Paul's High School in County Armagh – one of Ireland's largest Catholic secondary schools – has defended his decision to have a group of students represent the school at a gay pride parade in Newry last weekend.
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USA, NEVADA: Pride Las Vegas
As most of the rest of the country's Pride festivals faded into summer memories, Las Vegas Pride 2014 roared to life like an MGM lion last weekend. MGM Resorts International-a major sponsor of the city's annual festivites, represented by an enormous float and hundreds of employees marching Friday night's parade-invited PASSPORT to check out the celebration.
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Upcoming Event News:
AUSTRALIA, NSW: Got New Year's Plans Yet? How About Tropical Fruits?
(Dec 21-Jan 1) If the glitz and glamour of Sydney are all just a bit too much for you on New Year's Eve, look no further than the beautiful Northern Rivers region of New South Wales!
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CANADA, ONTARIO: Toronto WorldPride Chooses Vancouver Artist's Work
Jun 22-Nov 15) Vancouver's Pablo Munoz is one of six Canadians whose work will be shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario during a special exhibition marking WorldPride 2014 in Toronto.
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CARIBBEAN: Transgender Cruise Planned for December
(Dec 14-21) Travel agent Jeff Land blocked cabins on a Royal Caribbean sailing in December for what he believes is the first trans cruise. "This has been a dream of mine for so long," Land said, "because it feels safe being with other trans people."
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COSTA RICA: Gay Surf Week in November
(Nov 8-15) We're not going to ask what you like to ride, but if it includes waves, consider Gay Surf Week 2014, which promises to offer a week of sun, fun and waves for gay and lesbian surfers and beach lovers in Tamarindo, Costa Rica.
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GREECE: Lesvos Island Welcomes Women's Festival in September
(Sept 6-20) After 13 years, this festival keeps getting better, attracting women holiday makers from all over the world to this tiny Greek Isle. For 2014, the International Eressos Women's Festival takes place over two weeks, from 6-20 September.
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USA, CALIFORNIA: Palm Springs Celebrates Gay Pride in November
(Nov 7-9) "I am Pride: Stonewall" is the theme for the 2014 Palm Springs Pride Celebration scheduled for November 7-9, ending with the parade.
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USA, FLORIDA: New: Gay Days Fort Lauderdale
(Nov 25-Dec 1) According to Gay Days president Chris Alexander-Manley, the event is expanding into Fort Lauderdale.
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USA, HAWAII: Maui Pride to Feature Frenchie Davis
(Oct 3-5) Maui Pride is coming up in October and has an amazing array of events this year. Including a Film Festival, which will premier a short film called Princesa and a full feature film Fagbug Nation!
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USA, ILLINOIS: Chicago's Reeling Film Festival to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary
(Sept 18-25) The 32nd Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, Reeling will commence Thursday, Sept. 18 at The Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport ave.) with a screening of Boy Meets Girl, directed by Eric Schaeffer (US, 2014, 95 min).
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USA, MASSACHUSETTS: Women's Week Returns to Ptown in October
(Oct 13-19) For the past thirty years, Provincetown has hosted a festival in October like no other.
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USA, NEVADA: Evolve Returns to Vegas for New Year's Eve
(Dec 31) Evolve 2015, a unique gay New Year's Eve celebration, is more than just a party – it's a 3-day experience attracting men from more than 30 countries to Las Vegas.
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USA, OREGON: Portland Queer Film Festival
(Oct 3-9) One of our favorite LGBT film festivals is coming again in October.
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USA, TEXAS: Adore Delano Coming to the Dallas Red Party Next Weekend
(Sept 19) Most fledgling drag queens learn the finer aspects of female impersonation — including advice on makeup, hairstyles, costumes and how to accessorize — from veteran mentors, known affectionately as drag mothers.
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USA, HAWAII: Win Five Nights in Maui at the Maui Sunseeker
(Enter by 10/1) Step off the plane and the first thing you notice is the warm tropical breeze, full of the scent of plumeria, jasmine and tuberose, wrapping you in a wonderful feeling you've really arrived in paradise. And that's just the first few moments of your escape from the normal. It gets better.Full Story
USA, WASHINGTON: Win a Dream Gay Wedding in Seattle
(Nov 1) Seattle is proud to announce Marry Me in Seattle, a celebration of marriage equality that includes special year-round, customized hotel packages and offerings for gay and lesbian couples.
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Electronic notarization, also known as e-notarization, is a way for notaries to sign and acknowledge electronic documents. It is essentially the same as the notary signing a piece of paper, but makes it a little easier when it comes to documents such as Word files or PDFs. Through this method a notary uses an electronic signature and notary seal using a secure Public key to an electronic document.
E-notarization does not mean the signer need not be present in front of the notary. The individual must still be physically present before the notary in order to legally complete the electronic notarization.
Not all states allow e-notarization. Those who do permit electronic notarization do so under a variety of different acts and rules, including the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA), the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) and state specific laws and rules.
The Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA) was completed in 1999. The UETA created equal legal status between electronic paperwork and signatures and those which involve paper, with electronic signatures defined as "an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record". Not all states have adopted the UETA or allow electronic notarization.
Certain states have specific laws and rules as to e-notarization. These states are:
- Arizona (statutes)
- Colorado (rules)
- Florida (statutes)
- Kansas (program)
- Minnesota (statutes)
- North Carolina (statutes, rules)
- Pennsylvania (program)
- Utah (rules)
The following is a list of the states allowing electronic notarization and what rules, acts or statutes permit notaries to do so:
- Alabama: UETA
- Arkansas: UETA with rules effective 1/1/2014
- California: UETA and Code 27391(e)
- Colorado: UETA and specific notary statutes and rules
- Florida: UETA, notary statute and notary administrative rules
- Iowa: UETA and RULONA
- Maryland: UETA
- Minnesota: UETA and notary statutes
- North Carolina: UETA, notary statute and notary administrative rules
- Oregon: UETA, RULONA and administrative rules
- Pennsylvania: UETA and pilot program
- Texas: UETA
- Utah: UETA
- Vermont: UETA
- Virginia: UETA, specific notary law
- West Virginia: RULONA and rules effective 6/30/2014
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text: The exchange offline defrag doesn't work. You have to do a offline defrag. Firstly you have to unmount the store and use ESEUTIL /d <database name>.( The defrag option does not do any compression. It simply recovers unused buckets from the database, which tend to build up over time.)However keep in mind that buckets will be re-used when ever possible. Unless disk space is really critical I wouldn't do a defrag as part of "normal" maintenance, during this process the database in unavailable to your users. You can do this using the eseutil /d command which is found in the exchsrvr\bin directory Its a good idea to keep the OS and mail databases seperate. Follow this link to move the database. http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF001.html Regards Ponnappa Infrastructure - Chennai i|Nautix Technologies India Private Limited Tel : 91(44) 22546000 # 2119 VOIP : 2120 Chris Wall <Chris.Wall@globalknow To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ledge.com> cc: Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 2000 Question 07/30/2003 07:29 PM Please respond to "[ExchangeList]" http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello all, Below is a message from a buddy of mine who is not an Exchange admin, but has been put in charge of a datacenter that happens to run Exchange 2000. As a 5.5 admin, I would like to get someone else's opinion before recommending a solution to him.... Thanks, Chris > -----Original Message----- > > Hey man, > > I have a question about Exchange maybe you can help me with: > > 1. The exchange database files a few months ago were around 2-3 G, > suddenly they jumped to 9 G in the last month or so. No one has really > been using email and after checking the mailbox sizes it doesn't add up to > 9G. Does exchange 2K automatically run a defrag on the database or is > that something I need to do manually? Have you heard of any reason why > the database size would just jump in size like that? I have been looking > for log files and other crap that might be filling the files up but most > of that is disabled. I can't find anything on the msexchange.org site or > Microsoft's site. Maybe the database is just that large all the sudden > but it seems fishy. > I am running a backup of the entire database and need to play with the > server for a bit. > > 2. Have you ever moved the default mailbox location? I have a D drive > with 45 G free so I figured I could just move the mailboxes to that drive > and leave the C drive alone for the OS. Would that be a good plan or > should we just extend the C drive out? > > ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: pkarumbaiah@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')


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The Hotel Euroski Mountain Resort is located in the area of El Tarter, just 500 meters from one of the main entrances to the famous ski resort of Grandvalira. This makes it one of the best located hotels in Andorra for a skiing holiday or break. In addition, the commercial center of Andorra is only 14 km away.
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My Niche, that is.
A good chat with a good friend (Thanks Darragh!!) tonight has drawn me to the conclusion that helping people not only makes the people I talk to and help, happy, but it makes me happy too. It gives me a sense of purpose.
This is new.
Having a genuine idea what my life could be spent doing?!
Totes bizarre!! I've never known what I want to do. Holy shit! Excuse me while I promptly freak out!!
Hmmmmmm *breathes loudly*
Well when Chris wakes up tomorrow he better be as jazzed as I am!!
On an unrelated but equally happy topic. This Valentines will be our 2nd, Chris and I. Here's to many more, baby! <3
Big love to all of you out there tonight!


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A fall back song for me in a greatest hits list for New Years Eve or Day is Jim's Big Ego's "New Lang Syne (Thank God It's Over)
This past year wasn't the suck that 2013 was, that's for sure, but it still wasn't awesome. It started out rocky with me ending up in the hospital at the end of January. Let's hope nothing stupid like that happens again. I got placed in a good job with good people and while I've felt a little awkward with some of the folks and I've kind of felt left out and on the periphery (various reasons I'm sure) I actually really like where I am. My health hasn't deteriorated any further, I'm thankful for a lot. In March I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs and now it's no big deal, and walking any sort of long flat distance is a piece of cake. I need to get back to more walking though, and get my legs stronger than where they were this time last year. My knees hurt, my left hip hurts. but all told ... I can make this better and find my strength (to steal a little bit from a certain rehab hospital in the area)
There were the huge highlights like Aaron's great wedding, our first vacation really since 2005, and our first trip to the west coast since 1988. We saw some beautiful things and places, I got to be a Best Man, and gave a toast that I think many people will remember forever including referencing my daughter in diapers and Zeubenelgenubi and Zeubeneschalami, words that most of the people in the audience probably had never heard.
I met very cool people coast to coast.
And then there is the whole Geoff Journey with the Eagle Project. Watching the work he's put in all year has been outstanding.
One of our dogs died, and another is kind of on the edge of not making it for much longer. And then there's ole Brodie girl who actually will be 9 this March if you can believe that. Officially a Senior Dog this year, she still is like a puppy sometimes.
Once Jack goes, she'll be by herself and I'm not sure I want to get another puppy any time soon.
Our lease runs out in August and Doug thinks we should move closer to the city. Geoff will hopefully have a job, and if it is around here I don't want to move too far. Jess got picked up for a contract job that I used to have and she's doing great with it and is very happy. I'm hoping that she'll be able to whack all of her student loans down and figure out what comes next for her. As long as she's happy, I really am happy.
So looking back the way most people do this time of year, it was an okay year. I am thankful for the year that was and hopeful for the year coming up.
If you've been reading since 2001, or if you just happened to stop here along the way... thanks for coming along on this ride with me through the years.
Thursday, January 01, 2015
The Oys and the Joys of 2014
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Ask me how I know.
Or, at the very least do not get a puppy in the winter.Replies
I definitely would not do what you're doing! lol. No puppies unless I"m going to be fully unemployed for 3 solid months. and hopefully that won't be any time soon. each puppy we've gotten has been a summertime puppy, fenced in backyard, lots of time outside, kennel training... there's no better way.Delete
happy new year to you and i wanna see that puppy.
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Happy new Year! I have been along for the journey, next year will be great. For both of us.ReplyDelete
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Philippians 2:5-7
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men."
Can an octopus be as smart as a dolphin or even a human? The octopus is thought by those who believe in evolution to be an early, primitive form of life. They certainly look primitive, but that's a subjective opinion based upon the many imaginative illustrations we have all seen in books and films. And we might also say that they do not appear to be very intelligent, but again, do we really know for sure?
In some recent work, researchers had two tanks of octopi and placed a red ball in one and a white ball in the other. The octopi in each tank were trained to attack the balls in their tank. They then placed another tank of untrained octopi close by where they could watch their trained companions. A red and a white ball were then dropped into their tank and, sure enough, those who had watched a red ball being attacked did the same thing but ignored the white ball. Not only did the untrained octopi attack the same color they had watched being attacked, but they learned the lesson much faster than the first group.
This discovery about the intelligence of the octopus is even more surprising because they're not social creatures. Social vertebrates tend to appear more intelligent because they learn from one another. In a similar way, the Creator of this universe became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ so that we could learn by watching and listening to Him.
Notes: M. Stron. "In the lab, it's octopus see, octopus do." Science News, Vol. 141, p.262.
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(CLEVELAND, Ohio) - The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming and diving team opened the season in a dual meet at Case Western Reserve University, winning 161.5-138.5.
Freshman Kellen Gibson (Kirkland, Wash. / Holy Names Academy), junior Taylor Brown (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson), and freshman Kierstyn Cassidy (Waynesville, Ohio / Waynesville) swept the 1,000-yard freestyle with Gibson touching first in 10:53.80. In the 500-yard freestyle, Brown led a sweep touching first in 5:19.26. Cassidy was second and sophomore Megan Christy (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny) finishing third.
Freshman Stephanie Erickson (Voorheesville, N.Y. / Clayton A. Bouton) earned the win in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.96 with Christy right behind her in 1:59.34.
Sophomore Maddie Mianzo (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny) placed first in the 1-meter diving event with 263.25 points and the 3-meter diving event with238.05 points. Junior Megan Roche (Potomac, Md. / Winston Churchill) finished second in both diving events with 213.38 points and 216.00 points, respectively.
The 200-yard backstroke was won by sophomore Jessica Chau (Ridgewood, N.J. / Ridgewood) in 2:07.4 with junior Victoria Feng (Hopkinton, Mass. / Hopkinton) winning the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:27.89.
In the last individual event of the day, junior Emma Nicklas-Morris (Winston-Salem, N.C. / RJ Reynolds) outtouched Chau for the victory in the 400-yard IM in a time of 4:42.16. Chau touched in 4:42.81.
The Tartans will next compete against Washington and Lee University at home on Saturday, November 10 at 11:30 a.m.
Quoting head coach Matt Kinney
Thoughts on overall performance:
"While coming off a lot of injuries and illness, and missing some key people, the women responded well."
On things you thought carried you:
"The divers and distance swimmers really led the way today."