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Before the survivors of Flight 815 wound up on a tropical island fighting men without shoes, polar bears and clouds of black smoke, their lives were somehow intertwined. ABC looked to Ultra 16 to show the world how deeply the characters are all connected. "Connections" is not about the destination. It is about the journey.
ABC asked Ultra 16 to develop a Flash microsite that explores the essence of Lost's narrative structure and character development in a unique way. The focus should be on links between characters, the personality traits that define characters and what makes each character unique. The microsite should provide a user experience that translates the complex thematic and character driven interconnections inherent to Lost into a compelling online destination.
Ultra 16 sifted through mounds of information and media searching for links between Lost's characters throughout multiple seasons. Using Flash technology we then created an experience that links characters, their stories, and clips of their connections together via a relationship matrix. We shunned the norms of standard website navigation and opted for an object-oriented style interface.
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The crucial nature of tonight's tie in McLaughlin's mind was underlined by the strong selection he fielded, with first-choice Ireland internationals Best, Stephen Ferris and Andrew Trimble all returning to the first XV, where they were joined by Wannenburg, fully recovered from a recent illness. Indeed, the only personnel choice which may have raised a few eyebrows was the inclusion of Lewis Stevenson at lock at the expense of Dan Tuohy, but the thinking behind even this was transparent, given the rich vein of form Stevenson has enjoyed of late.
Ulster made the marginally brighter opening, with an early highlight the sight of Craig Gilroy in full flight, tearing down the left wing in pursuit of a Stefan Terblanche kick. Aironi dealt with the danger competently at the first time of asking however, and indeed almost fashioned a try of their own on nine minutes, some slick passing bringing them well inside the Ulster '22' before a slight knock-on undid their progress.
Ulster's first score came on 13 minutes, grounded at the posts by Wallace after Aironi had ceded possession cheaply at the line-out deep in their own territory. Pienaar, whose half-back partner Humphreys had been instrumental in Wallace's try with his patient timing of the final pass, converted to round the score off nicely at Ulster 7 Aironi 0.
Pienaar then kicked an 18th minute penalty into the corner and, after a well-worked Ulster line-out and repeated infringement at subsequent scrums from the Italians, referee Neil Paterson had no option but to award the penalty try on 22 minutes. Pienaar added the extras once again and, keen to build on the lead without delay, fine interplay between the South African and Cave in Ulster's very next attack only narrowly failed to unlock the Herons' defence for a third time.
Terblanche had Ravenhill on its feet just before the half-hour mark with a blistering crossfield dash that left half of the Italian side in his wake before he was eventually bullied out of possession on the right wing, but to their credit the visitors showed grit and determination as the threat of a whitewash loomed, and were awarded on 34 minutes through a try by scrum-half Tito Tibaldi after some Ulster hesitation at their opponents' line-out. Naas Olivier converted to reduce the deficit to seven points, but this remained the case for less than a minute, as Pienaar slotted over a penalty from the '22' to make it Ulster 17 Aironi 7.
Despite losing Ferris to injury moments before the concession of the try, Ulster's confidence proved unaffected, and try number three was registered just prior to the break. After the award of a penalty and the presentation of a yellow card to Italian full-back Giulio Toniolatti for repeated infringement, a strong rolling maul from the line-out saw Best go over for the score, and Pienaar convert with the last kick of the half.
Half-Time Score Ulster 24 Aironi 7
A patchy opening to the second half was soon smoothed out by the scoring of the bonus-point try on 45 minutes, Ulster's centre partnership teaming up to good effect as Wallace set up Cave with the killer pass. Pienaar's conversion maintained his 100% scoring record for the night, and the try tally could have risen to five only instants later, had the Springbok's final pass to Gilroy not fallen slightly behind the speedy winger after strong ball-carrying in the middle of the park from Wannenburg.
A 15-minute period of Aironi pressure then ensued, but proved barren of any points on the scoreboard, and clinical Ulster showed their superiority on 62 minutes as Court stretched over the line to score the fifth try at the culmination of the hosts' first meaningful attack in 20 minutes. Humphreys, taking over kicking duties from the recently-departed Pienaar, curled his conversion to perfection to make it Ulster 38 Aironi 7.
With the match won, the bonus point secured and 10 minutes remaining, Ulster began to turn on the style, with Humphreys' sweet reverse pass, and moments later his probing kick to the corner in search of Trimble, eliciting the appreciation of the Ravenhill faithful. However, when try number six came on 74 minutes, through Wannenburg on the occasion of his 50th cap, it was more the product of good, old-fashioned graft from the forwards, and a measure of brute force from the Number Eight as he bludgeoned his way over the line.
With Humphreys' conversion true once again, the score rose to Ulster 45 Aironi 7, and this is how the match ended, despite Ulster's valiant efforts to snatch a late seventh try which would break the 50-point barrier. The worry injuries about Stephen Ferris aside (the flanker is due to have a scan on his ankle in the coming days), Ulster now go into Easter Sunday's Heineken Cup quarter final showdown with Munster full of confidence.
Full-Time Score Ulster 45 Aironi 7
(15 - 9) S Terblanche; A Trimble, D Cave, P Wallace, C Gilroy; I Humphreys, R Pienaar
(1 - 8) T Court, R Best, J Afoa; J Muller (c), L Stevenson; S Ferris, C Henry, P Wannenburg
Replacements (16 - 23) N Brady, P McAllister, A Macklin, D Tuohy, P Marshall, I Whitten, A D'Arcy
(15 - 9) G Toniolatti; S Sinoti, R Quartaroli, M Pratichetti, G Venditti; N Olivier, T Tebaldi
(1 - 8) Alberto De Marchi, F Ongaro, F Staibano; G Biagi, C Del Fava (c); J Furno, N Cattina, M Bergamasco
Replacements (16 - 23) A Denti, Andrea De Marchi, S Perugini, Q Geldenhuys, F Ferrarini, T Keats, L Orquera, G Pavan
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|Rory Best
|Paddy Wallace
|Ian Humphreys
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|Pedrie Wannenburg
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|Darren Cave
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In a news release today, a study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) summarizes scientific findings that support the environmental and economic benefits of using wood in green building construction.
The USDA stated: "Sustainability of forest products can be verified using any credible third-party rating system, such as Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Forest Stewardship Council or American Tree Farm System."
"This study confirms what many environmental scientists have been saying for years," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in the news release.
"Wood should be a major component of American building and energy design. The use of wood provides substantial environmental benefits, provides incentives for private landowners to maintain forest land, and provides a critical source of jobs in rural America."
The study, Science Supporting the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Using Wood and Wood Products in Green Building Construction, says a recent lifecycle analysis found that harvesting, transporting, manufacturing, and using wood in lumber and panel products in building yields fewer emissions – including greenhouse gases – than the resource extraction, manufacture and use of other common building materials.
It says "sustainable forest management can produce stronger, healthier forests that serve as a 'carbon sink' to clean air of greenhouse gases and purify drinking water for wildlife and U.S. municipal water systems. Harvested trees can find value in wood products and systems for green building construction that continue to benefit the environment."
Larry Selzer, President and CEO of The Conservation Fund and Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Board of Directors, said the study is good news for forests and forest communities. "Working forests are an essential part of our nation's critical infrastructure," Selzer said.
"They provide clean air, clean water, wood products and jobs for more than two million people. By taking this step in recognizing the importance of wood in green building and the role of forest certification in verifying sustainability, Secretary Vilsack and the USDA are promoting a major investment in an essential part of our nation's infrastructure."
The report also says research can advance the use of wood in green buildings through development of new product technologies such as cross laminated timber (CLT), which allows large, solid-wood structural panels to be factory manufactured from low-value, small-diameter trees and trees killed by insects and disease. It says these developments can support forest conservation management by providing revenue to reduce treatment costs on forest land needing ecological restoration.
"SFI welcomes USDA research related to emerging issues in forestry, markets and green building," SFI President and CEO Kathy Abusow said. "SFI Inc. is also committed to research related to conservation and productivity through our standard requirements and our conservation and community partnerships grant program."
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Anthony Daniels (the "h" is silent;[4] born February 21, 1946 in Salisbury, England) is an English actor who portrayed and voiced the droid C-3PO in the Star Wars films. He is the only actor to be credited to appear in all nine Star Wars episodic films, as well as Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
During the production of the original Star Wars film, Daniels helped George Lucas develop the character, voice, and mannerisms of C-3PO. Aside from playing the fussy droid in all nine movies, Daniels has reprised the role frequently over the past three decades. He's donned the shiny suit for various promotional work, including hosting The Making of Star Wars; for appearances on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street; for The Star Wars Holiday Special; for commercials including Kenner toys, an anti-smoking PSA, and even a breakfast cereal based on the character; and for prequel tie-ins such as Star Wars Connections and The Science of Star Wars. He also voiced C-3PO in a radio drama based on the original trilogy; for the Christmas-themed Christmas in the Stars album; for the Disneyland theme-park attraction Star Tours; for the animated film The Lego Movie; and for four animated series: Droids, Star Wars: Clone Wars, The Clone Wars, and Star Wars Rebels. He provided both narration and all character voices for the Dark Force Rising and The Last Command audio books.
Daniels has a cameo outside of the C-3PO costume in the Outlander nightclub scene early in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones as a character named Dannl Faytonni. Faytonni can also be seen at the Galaxies Opera House in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Aside from portraying C-3PO and Dannl Faytonni, Anthony Daniels also played numerous minor characters such as CZ-3 in A New Hope. The exact number of such characters Daniels played is unknown.
He was the only cast member of the original trilogy to voice his character in all three episodes of National Public Radio's dramatizations of that trilogy. (While Mark Hamill voiced Luke Skywalker for both A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and Billy Dee Williams voiced Lando Calrissian for The Empire Strikes Back, when the Return of the Jedi adaptation was recorded many years later, Hamill and Williams were replaced by Joshua Fardon and Arye Gross, respectively.)
Daniels also contributed the foreword to the collected scripts of the Return of the Jedi radio drama, as their author, Brian Daley, died just as the episodes were being recorded. Daniels' other Star Wars writings include The New Wonder Column for Star Wars Insider magazine and a comic-book adventure for C-3PO and R2-D2 entitled The Protocol Offensive, published by Dark Horse Comics.
In The Phantom Menace, Daniels did the voice work for C-3PO but did not physically appear in the movie, as the character was a puppet instead of a costume—a prototype version of the protocol droid controlled by someone else. He actually controlled the puppet for 2002's Attack of the Clones, but all prototype scenes were cut, with the droid's first appearance in the movie being Daniels in costume. In this movie and 2005's Revenge of the Sith, he also dubbed the vocal tracks for some scenes that used computer-generated imagery.
Daniels was the host and narrator of Star Wars: In Concert.
Daniels was the voice of Legolas in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. He crops up intermittently on British TV in various dramas, notably in a recurring role in Prime Suspect. He also played the priest in the 1990 British spoof horror film I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle.
In 1995, he appeared in Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen, a made-for-TV movie produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and directed by Ben Burtt.
In 2019, Daniels published an autobiography, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story.[5]
Star Wars filmographyEdit
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VIII Now Filming on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Boulton, Jessica (September 20, 2015). Stars Wars' C-3PO on how R2-D2 was no Force to reckon with and Princess Leia in a bikini was boring. Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved on September 20, 2015.
- ↑ 'Star Wars,' 'Inside Out' add to expanding 'Disney Infinity' universe. USA Today (2015-08-28). Retrieved on December 25, 2015.
- ↑ youtube.com/watch?v=c06RBzDLnh4&t=911 Jimmy Kimmel Live interview with J.J. Abrams and cast of The Rise of Skywalker (Jimmy Kimmel Live official YouTube channel)
- ↑ From the Pages of Star Wars Insider: Anthony Daniels on His New Memoir and Journey as C-3PO on StarWars.com (backup link)
External linksEdit
- Anthony Daniels: A Touch of Wry on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Anthony Daniels on Wikipedia
- Anthony Daniels at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Website
- Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) on Twitter


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Arrangements are well underway for the Annual Meeting of the Aquatic Plant Management Society at the DoubleTree San Diego Mission Valley – July 14-17, 2019. The 59th Annual Meeting will be a joint gathering with the Western Chapter of the APMS. The Program Committee has assembled sessions pertinent to western aquatic plant and water management […]Find out more »


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Credit card giant Chase has reached a $136 million settlement with Connecticut, 46 other states, the District of Columbia and the federal goverment's consumer watchdog agency over allegations of abusive debt collection practices.
Connecticut's share of the settlement, announced Wednesday, is $2 million. Part of the settlement will be used to hire one or two temporary employees in the state attorney general's office to help residents and educate them about consumer protection laws.
As part of the settlement, Chase has agreed to reform its collection practices, which were alleged to have included so-called robosigning. Robosigning, which also caused a scandal in bank and servicer foreclosures, involves signing off on documents without verifying their accuracy.
The states alleged that Chase practiced robosigning in its own internal debt collection and when it sold debt to third-party buyers.
"This settlement includes signficant consumer restitution and stringent new standards to help ensure that unfair credit card collection practices do not harm consumers in Connecticut and across the country," Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said in a news release.
Jepsen said the settlement, among other things, requires Chase to overhaul its collection practices and will "institute real and meaningful reform."
Connecticut's regular share of the settlement is $1.3 million. Separately, the state will receive $750,000 because it was among the states that helped lead the Chase investigation, beginning in 2013, and the resulting settlement talks.
In a statement, Chase Card Services said it has "taken extensive steps over the past four years" to resolve debt collection problems. Chase said the problems affected a "small percentage of credit card customers who defaulted on their credit card debt. The issues were discovered by Chase in internal reviews that began in 2010."
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Archive for Other Writing I Do
Coming in from the cold: a family holiday story
TERRIBLE SEX TIPS: "Five Christmas Sex Positions for a Really Happy Holiday"
No, Cosmo. NO. BAD COSMO. No Christmas-themed sex tips. Santa is not getting you a goddamned thing this year, in retaliation for this tinsel-strewn tripe. The names are as cheesy as a Hickory Farms gift basket, the positions are Ghosts of Terrible Sex Tips Past, and let's be honest: anyone who actually celebrates this particular winter holiday is not gonna have time for any fancy-ass fa-la-la. At best, they'll be double-spiking their own drinks and falling asleep with self-stick bows on their heads. Festive!
The Stocking Stuffer
Give missionary a seasonal twist by lying on the edge of the bed, putting your legs straight up, and having him push them slightly to the side. Have him enter you from a standing position. Keeping your legs together makes you feel extra tight. Cozy!
Unless you're doing a lot of core-muscle workout already, this one is going to kink up your spine faster than eight hopped-up flying reindeer. You think your man is going to help you hold up your legs? Hah! He's going to be right off his head in ecstasy from how your normally floppy meat pocket suddenly fits him just right. What do you get the straight cisman who has everything? TIGHT FUCKING PUSSY.
On a One-Horse Open Sleigh, Hey!
Find a penis-level table (the back of a sofa works too) and lie down on your stomach with your butt at the edge and your legs hanging over. Have him grab onto your hips for dear life, lifting your legs and holding them up like a way sexier version of reins. On Dasher and Dancer, but mostly, on Vixen!
Ah, yes, the core-jarring, hip-hoisting, hope-your-boyfriend-is-strong-enough Plow position. They have to put cute names on it, because otherwise it just sounds exactly as brutal as it is. So if you want to add to the season's disappointment and fuckery, by all means bend over the festal board, bruise your elbows, knock over some lit candles, break one of the table leaves… the wreckage will give you a good story for Christmas dinner!
Santa's Lap Dance
Have him sit down, leaning back, then back onto him, slowly guiding him inside you. Keep your feet on the floor and lean forward a bit. Bequeath him with full-on lap dance gyrations, and he will be more than happy to reach around and rub you on in encouragement. #AllAboutTheGiving.
I personally feel that any lap dance worth this name needs to involve balancing a plate of cookies and a glass of milk on your shelf-booty. Now THAT'S sexy. And let's be real, if you were going to be giving Santa a lap-dance, you would need to move his "bowlful of jelly" out of the way to get any kind of proper friction going on. And "allaboutthegiving", HAH. Sorry to be a grinch, but the reach-around this writer mentions doesn't happen under full lap-dance conditions. Who has arms that long?
The Island of Misfit Toys
In sideways 69 position, slide a vibrating toy into your vagina, then have him use a small clit stimulator on you at the same time. This will seriously unhinge you, but if you can manage to get it together, loop a cock ring around the base of his balls and use a masturbation sleeve on him. Or if he's into anal play, go all MacGyver on his ass (in this case, in his ass) and try a butt plug on him while you give him a blow job. Tricky to rig everything up, but there are no unwanted toys here.
This here's a matter of personal taste and level of concentration, but I frankly can't handle mutual genital stimulation even without the toys. When you start dumping the contents of your Christmas stockings all over each other, that gets confusing really fast. Do you have down a little towel or puppy pad for when that butt plug suddenly shoots out of his ass mid-suck? Can you hear each other over the cacophony of buzz? Do you have all the batteries?
Twas the Bang Before Christmas
Lean your head back over the edge of the bed in this modified missionary until visions of sugar plums dance in your head. Precarious and head-rush-inducing — in the very best way.
This thing about getting a head rush reminds me of kids spinning around and around on the playground so that they get dizzy enough to fall down. Also, I thought one of the most important aspects of missionary, for people who like it, was the eye contact? Just hold your breath a little bit, or make yourself hyperventilate; it's less strain on your neck.
Next year, Cosmo, I wanna see you honor the true spirit of the winter holidays by giving us some pagan positions. "Debauched Donkey." "Bed of Holly." "The Green Man Cometh." Give us something nice and nature-loving, thanks!
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TERRIBLE SEX TIPS: 13 Things To Put On Your Ultimate Sex Bucket List
Occasionally people ask me for advice…
Reading between the lines: decoding workshop blurbs to get what's right for you
TERRIBLE SEX TIPS: "7 Difficult Sex Positions That Are Actually Worth the Effort"
TERRIBLE SEX TIPS: 17 Sexy Phrases GUARANTEED To Get Him All Hot And Bothered
Disclosure: I have recently begun teaching Intimacy Improv, a workshop to get people feeling more comfortable with dirty talk and role play. The guy who wrote this week's really terrible tips on dirty talk, this is the largest part of what his online tutorials are about.
But I don't think of him as a competitor. First of all, he's way more famous than I am already. He's got his videos and his approach, and there are apparently enough people in the world to believe that dirty talk is all about the objectively right words, delivered in the right way, that he will have enthusiastic takers for his wares until the end of time. What do those eager students get? Weak-sauce, gender-stereotype suggestions like this:
"Having a large repertoire of dirty phrases that you can use on your man is important if you want to keep things exciting in the bedroom (and outside the bedroom) as well as keeping him faithful."
Sir, could you not just have left this with "keeping things exciting"? Because the closing three words in that sentence—"keeping him faithful"—deliver an ominous subtext: Be dirty so he doesn't get bored. It will be your fault if he cheats on you, your fault for not being enough of a pervert. Gah. And describing dirty talk as something that you "use on your man" makes it sound like a tool for manipulating someone, not a toy with which to engage your partner in verbal play.
"There is just no point in learning the words if you don't know how to use them properly," says the author. Properly. Ah. This is gonna be good.
How You Talk Dirty
"When talking dirty to your man, you are going to find that you have a lot more success at turning your man on and building sexual tension if you do it confidently. So the next time you talk dirty to your man, make sure to speak slowly and clearly in a way that accentuates the meaning of the actual words."
Slow and clear. That's the way I deliver fem-domme stuff on the phone, that's definitely how you play confident. But that's not necessarily the way I would ever utter stuff in person, and when someone is talking to dirty to me, I want them to talk the way that they're feeling. I want to struggle to hear their whisper. I want their voice low and growly, or trembling and falling away because it is so damn good. As for myself, maybe (probably!) I want to play the little girl. Maybe I am teasing more than telling. Maybe well-modulated is a shitty substitute for how you really feel.
"The last thing you want to do is stutter the words or say them incredibly fast or in a weird tone. My advice is to practice these dirty talking phrases a few times to yourself before you actually use them on your man."
Pro tip: For most people who aren't actors, rehearsing phrases just ends up making them sound rehearsed.
"So now that I have talked a little bit about using dirty talk in a way that is most effective, it's time to learn some dirty talking phrases!"
Hear that? Get your notebook out and write these down. Study them on the bus. Post them near your mirror. Record the lines into a recorder, and listen to them until you fall asleep at night. Maybe make some flashcards? You're learning a whole new language, sweetheart.
Dirty phrases to turn him on in bed:
• You feel so good on top of me.
(or underneath me)
• Just hearing you breathe in my ear sends shivers down my spine.
(TOO LOUD, TOO LOUD, GODDAMN, move your mouth away from my ear.)
• I love just touching your body. It feels incredible.
(It feels edible. NOMNOMNOM)
• I wish we could just stay in bed forever.
(Wasting away, trapped by our lust...)
• Just like that!
(No, not that, the thing you did five seconds ago. No, the thing with the vibrations... sigh. No. Just keep going.)
• Faster!
(Why is slower not on this list?)
• I love being your little minx in the bedroom.
(No one uses the word "minx" anymore except burlesquers and sex advice columnists. Update with "bitch", it means the same thing. What, is that TOO bold?)
• I want to taste you.
(So edible...)
• Keep doing that.
• You're going to put me over the edge.
(Sorry, all I hear is the line from Shrek: "I'M A DONKEY ON THE EDGE!")
• You're making me too turned on.
(Too turned on, what does that even mean? Too turned on for what? Too turned on to drive a car? Too turned on to accurately calculate the value of pi to 100 places? Finish the goddamn sentence to be both sexier and more vivid. Bonus for non sequitors.)
Dirty talking phrases to build sexual tension:
"When you're not in bed, you can use dirty talk much more subtly and discreetly to build sexual tension and also keep your man thinking about you (for hours and hours) rather than just instantly turning him on like with you would using the previous dirty talk phrases."
It's as easy as flipping on a light switch, apparently! (I will leave the dim-bulb comparison as a side note.)
• I can't wait until we're alone, I've got a special surprise for you!
(I got a tattoo!)
• Seeing you in those jeans is making me want to jump you.
• If we weren't out in public, I would be doing some very naughty things to you right now!
(Naughty. You are not eight. Unless that's your game, in which case, go for it.)
• I wish we could just leave this party/movie theatre/concert and go somewhere private. I am just too horny!
(You can leave! Fuck social expectations! Find a broom closet!)
• Don't look at me like that, you know it turns me on.
(It's the googly-eye glasses, god, so fucking hot.)
• You know I wore this skirt/these jeans just for you.
(Just kidding, it's laundry day.)
<head in hands>
This is exactly the stuff that I hate about the public perceptions of what "dirty talk" is, the very reason I stopped TEACHING workshops for a few years. I got tired of dealing with people's misguided expectations; they wanted to learn a formula or phrasebook for dirty talk, something that worked on everyone. I didn't know exactly what to offer instead, but I knew that wasn't right. Phone-sex operators, who are working with quantities of dirty-talk partners daily, even we don't have scripts for dirty talk, because that would be ridiculous. Men are people, and people are individuals.
So no, I don't see the author as a competitor. More like a philosophical arch-nemesis.
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If you've read any of my other reviews of Trail and Fell running shoes, you may have noticed that I regularly make reference to the original Mudclaw 265 as my benchmark for performance on steep mud and soft ground (which we get an awful lot of at this time of year!). I've tried a lot of different shoes over the last couple of years but my trusty Mudclaws are the pair that I go back to most consistently and they never fail to impress.
Like a lot of runners, I find myself getting a wee bit panicky when I learn that a manufacturer is updating one of my favorite shoes as it's surprising how often a few well-intentioned tweaks to a design can really screw things up. With this in mind, I was a little apprehensive upon learning that Inov-8 were refreshing the fantastic 265's but equally excited to give them a try!
Those who are familiar with the previous iteration of the 265 will notice that apart from the colour, the new version of the shoe appears very similar to the old one. It shares the same outsole, midsole, TPU overlays on the upper and a very similar toe rand. However, there is one key difference – the material used for the construction of the upper. The ripstop material that Inov-8 used for the previous version of the 265's has been replaced by a heavy duty nylon mesh which is included in an effort to improve durability and water drainage whilst reducing drying time.
As with Inov-8's other performance last shoes, the new Mudclaw 265 is rather snug and tapers in a bit around the big toe. It's a performance orientated fit (duh) which is intentionally less spacious than shoes built upon the companies 'standard' last but it does a very good job of holding the foot securely over steep ground.
I always felt that the original red 265 seemed a tiny bit more roomy around the toe box than some of their other shoes that are built upon the same platform as the red ripstop upper is quite soft and flexible and I felt like this provided some forgiveness to the fit. The mesh material that Inov-8 have used for the 2015 version of the shoe is noticeably less pliable which for me, means that the fit feels super secure and perhaps even more 'racy' but at the sacrifice of some 'give'. The sizing of the new mudclaw feels exactly the same as the old version and is 'true to size'.
Moving on to the look of the shoe, the new blue colourway is quite understated compared to many of Inov-8's other models and whether you like this or not is obviously a personal thing. Call me a fancy pants but I quite like bright coloured shoes and feel a little underwhelmed by the colour and lack of detailing but others may welcome this more subtle approach to styling.
As you would expect, grip over deep mud is virtually unparalleled whilst steep, wet grass or soft snow are both handled with ease. Traction over wet damp and roots is much better than you might expect for a shoe that is as nobbley as the Mudclaw, thanks to the soft, sticky compound and flat-ended lugs which create a decent contact area. This surprising versatility was also one of my favourite things about the previous version of the 265 because it inspires so much more confidence than many other heavily lugged shoes over slick, hard surfaces (Salomon take note). The Mudclaws are obviously primarily intended for soft conditions and the outsole will wear down quickly if they are regularly used on rocks and roads but this adaptability makes the 265's an incredibly useful tool when conditions are varied.
The Mudclaws have no rockplate and the midsole is thin, leaving them low to the ground, super-stable and highly flexible. The deep lugs provide a bit of extra cushioning over firm, smooth ground but the lack of protection means that jagged objects can be felt underfoot whilst descending quickly. The 265's are right on the lower-limit of the amount of insulation I feel I need to safely run over sharp rocks but any more protection would lead to a reduction in performance over the kind of soft conditions where the shoes are designed to excel so I wouldn't have it any different.
Lots of manufacturers have started adding DWR water repellency to their shoes over recent years to varying degrees of success and the coating on the new version of the 265's is the best I have tried. You really have to get them completely saturated to get wet feet (unless you submerge them above the ankle) and when they do soak through, the drainage seems better than the old version of the shoe.
The red ripstop upper of the previous Mudlaws felt like it allowed the shoe to mould to my foot and I would happily run in them all day if my legs would allow it. The thick mesh upper of the new 265's seems to have the effect of moulding my foot to the shoe, making the pointy shape of the last more noticeable. The upside of this is that it the shoes feel even more dialed-in leading to incredible security and confidence when running downhill. The flip-side is that I've found myself feeling quite glad to take them off and let my feet return to their normal shape after some longer runs, even following a fairly lengthy break-in period. To test this out, I tried a short run with the old shoe on one foot and the new shoe on the other. They felt exactly the same when standing still but there is definitely a subtle difference between the feel of the two whilst on the move.
The 265's are clearly marketed as a racing shoe so the fit makes sense when viewed within this context. As with Inov-8's other performance last shoes, I'd personally like to see how it worked out it if the toe box was a little less tapered on the medial side with a snugger midfoot to maintain security of the fit.
I've put about 50 miles on the Mudclaws and whilst this isn't long enough to asses their long term durability, I would be very surprised indeed if the upper were to fail prematurely as the mesh material feels incredibly sturdy. I will monitor this and update this post if I have any issues
The changes to the Mudclaw 265 have improved an already excellent product and they retain their place as my favourite shoe for winter miles on mountains and mud. I'd say that the new upper is marginally less comfortable than the old version for long runs but it does what it's supposed to do in that it's tough, it has even better water resistance and drains well. I look forward to getting a lot of use out of them over the coming months
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Health & Wellness
It's a painfully familiar story: you promise yourself to go back to the gym and to count every single calorie that passes your lips. Then, there's a friend's birthday party or a quick drink after work. "I can start again tomorrow," you tell yourself. It's a vicious cycle that too many patients fall into.
When considering surgery, the extra weight becomes a larger problem: it can be a health risk. You chose to have surgery to better your body, self-esteem, and health - not to damage it.
Constantine Cosmetic Surgery is dedicated to your total health and wellness. With that in mind, Dr. Constantine has enlisted the help of Tara Elggren, CHHC. Tara's focus is to help Dr. Constantine's patients achieve their optimal weight and health goals. The reason for this is twofold. First, surgical procedures are much safer when the patient is in their best health. Second, being nutritionally sound promotes better healing. These two factors combined optimize surgical outcomes.
Tara Elggren provides a doctor supervised, medically-based program founded on science and nutrition to create an optimal weight loss environment. We all know "fewer calories in than out." But, sometimes it's not quite that simple. There is an emotional and social side to weight loss that makes it much more difficult to stay on course. Tara is also there to support in those areas. "She's a life-coach with a focus on nutrition. She truly understands trying to balance life, work, family and social. Tara gave me endless support throughout this process whether I reached out to her, or her to me. I knew I had help," says Ann S., one of Tara's clients.
Whether you want to lose that last ten pounds or 105 pounds before surgery, Dr. Constantine and Tara can craft a program to fit your needs. Always based on sound nutrition practices, the program includes:
- Initial exam and weekly testing
- Practitioner consultations
- Program guidebook and recipe book
- Solutions for staying active
- Simple eating guidelines with recipes
- Progress tracking
- Lifestyle counseling
- Nutritional product recommendations
- Body Composition testing
Free yourself from carrying around extra baggage in the from of fat. Without the burdensome load, aching joints and feelings of depression and unworthiness are replaced by those of happiness and self-esteem.
This is a proven physician-developed, medically-prescribed program that allows anyone to address the conditions that accompany being overweight.


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Pamela Anderson is opening a vegan restaurant in the south of France. The actress made the announcement via her website on Monday, but the real question on everyone's lips is 'why?' In truth, there are a few plausible reasons why this type of business venture could be right up her alley.
The first, and possibly most obvious reason, is that Anderson is a long-time animal rights activist. Her restaurant, 'La Table du Marché by Pamela,' (which translates to 'The Market Table') will open in Ramatuelle in the south of France on the July 4. She has teamed up with Chef Christophe Leroy to create a menu entirely free of animal products. Some of the dishes include a tomato tartare with Goji berries, traditional Provençal stuffed vegetables, and a vegan burger. Three courses are set to cost diners about €80 or just under $AUD120.
The second reason for the restaurant is her reported relationship with Julian Assange. While their relationship has never been confirmed, the announcement of the pop-up eatery was heavily buried in a tribute to the Wikileaks founder. Anderson has also been photographed as recently as June 15 arriving at the Ecuadorian Embassy to visit her supposed boyfriend.
In a lengthy blog post on her website, Anderson appeals to the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron to visit her restaurant, so they could discuss the possibility of France granting Assange asylum.
"This is an emergency! I am reaching out, with honest diplomacy, to leaders who can make a difference to Julian's plight," Anderson writes. "At this time, there is such potential for big, galvanizing actions that would inspire the world to activism!
"I am reaching out to Emmanuel Macron, and to his wife Brigitte Trogneux. As a resident of France, my adopted home, I would like to meet with you and discuss Julian's situation. I am opening a new vegan restaurant in France in July, and I would like to extend my invitation to the new President and his First Lady. Join me on the day I open the doors, and we will sit and eat good food and discuss what can be done for Julian. France could display its strength, and so could you, if you give Julian asylum."
Assange didn't let Anderson's efforts go unnoticed.
With all this information, more unanswered questions rise to the surface. Are Assange and Anderson an item? Will Macron and his wife accept the invitation and dine with Pam?


text: This Russian website documents, with frame grabs, some of the many times Disney animators recycled animation from one film into another. I'd love to see an expanded version of this listing (in English). Missing from this Russian post are the numerous appearances of the whirlpool from the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" sequence in Fantasia and the windblown weed from The Old Mill.(Thanks, Bob Miller)


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It has been trickier doing this for VOLK than it is with most books, because VOLK is a sequel, to my first book EUTOPIA: A Novel of Terrible Optimism. So it's best to read the one before the other. And the odds that one writer will like two books is somewhat lower than the odds that a writer will like just one.
But we founds some! Here is some advance praise (as it will say at the front of the book) from some very cool writers:
"David Nickle's compelling Volk extends and expands upon his Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism. In elegant, engaging prose, Nickle explores the darker highways and byways of the middle decades of the last century, when science joined hands with frightening ideology. It's the latest contribution to what is emerging as one of the truly substantial bodies of weird fiction in the early twenty-first century, and further cements David Nickle's reputation as one of the leaders of his generation of writers."
--John Langan, author of The Fisherman
"David Nickle's sequel to his eugenicist novel Eutopia switches the action to 1930s Europe, but jumping to a different continent doesn't mean the gruesome horror is about to diminish. Volk is a worthy book with plenty of secrets to unravel.
--Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, World Fantasy Award-winning editor
"David Nickle's distinctive mastery of voluptuous horror makes for a sequel every bit as enthralling and disturbing as Eutopia."
--Molly Tanzer, author of Vermillion


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I am not a wizard, therefore it is not surprising.
I meant to do a new blog post on Sunday. Sunday was Easter. I was baking a ham and helping drain the flooded basement.
I meant to do one on Monday. Monday didn't happen this week, not entirely sure why. I think maybe someone stole it or something.
I meant to do one on Tuesday. Tuesday was crazy, as usual.
I meant to do one on Wednesday. I didn't do much of anything on Wednesday, until after 9pm, at which point I went for a run.
It is now Thursday and I am finally making a new blog post.
I mailed in my poems for the National Poetry Month contests I'm doing this year. We shall see. *cue first photo*
I spent time with my cat. Actually, my cat spent time with me. *cue second photo*
Some of my family and I went to Maine Maple Sunday, on Saturday. I love maple season. I love it when I drink so much maple sap that I start talking Old Entish. I love it when we make our own syrup and get to climb on the woodshed roof and roast hot dogs over the smokestack. And smores with cinnamon graham crackers and Reese's peanut butter cups are amazing. But we didn't make syrup this year, so I settled for inhaling as much hot sticky steam as I could at the two farms we visited. It was a lovely day, as the chickens were discussing while they lounged in a sunbeam. *cue third photo*
I am doing Camp NaNo this year, which starts tomorrow, so we shall see how that goes.
Copyright 2016 by Annie Louise Twitchell


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The National Post - Canada January 16, 2011
Ottawa seeks ways to stop 'honour killings'
by Linda Nguyen, Postmedia News
TORONTO— They are disturbing stories of fathers trying to kill their daughters, of brothers murdering their sisters.
Long prevalent in certain Muslim, Hindu and Sikh cultures in South Asia and the Middle East, "honour killings" have increasingly been making headlines in Canada in recent years.
Now, the federal government is urging more community groups to come forward to help fight the rise of such crimes.
Status of Women Minister Rona Ambrose first called for a pitch from organizations for projects targeting this type of violence in July.
Since then, the department has received a couple of dozen formal applications but says it still has more funding that can be put toward helping eradicate these "intolerable"acts.
Since 2002, experts say, there have been 13 honour killings in Canada.
"We continue to encourage women's groups and other community-based organizations to apply . . . for support for projects that explore, expose and (contribute) to ending violence against women, including honour-motivated violence," said the minister's spokeswoman, Rebecca Thompson, in a recent email.
Just over $2-million was set aside to fund initiatives curbing violence against women. So far, about $800,000 has been allocated to three projects in the Greater Toronto Area aimed at empowering women, particularly immigrants, to learn about their rights and to speak out against abuse.
Honour-based crimes or killings are usually committed by a man against a woman who is seen as having brought "shame" on their family. This perception has been triggered by such things as the woman not dressing in traditional clothing, embracing too much of "Western" culture or even just looking at a man of whom her family does not approve.
Since 2002, experts say, there have been 13 honour killings in Canada.
In July, Ms. Ambrose hinted that the Conservatives wanted to draw more attention to the growing issue and were looking at making honour killings a separate indictable offence under the Criminal Code. A Justice Department official quickly refuted the claim, though.
Ms. Thompson said the minister is not now pursuing that option, and one expert agreed that is the right choice.
"Honour killings should be treated as first-degree murder," said Amin Muhammad, a psychiatrist at Memorial University in Newfoundland who studies honour killings. "The public should be aware of the sensitivity and we should recognize it as an honour-based crime, but there should be no separate law."
Mr. Muhammad said the issue is not necessarily cultural, but another example of domestic violence. If it were made a separate offence, it would make it easier for defendants to argue that they themselves are victims of a "cultural trend," wrongly paving the way for more lenient sentences., he said. It may also perpetuate stereotypes that honour killings only occur in certain cultures or religions.
"We should not be focusing on any particular group or culture," he said. "Honour killings can happen to anybody in Canada."
Mr. Muhammad said the government should establish a committee to closely monitor the issue.
Last year, a Toronto man was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to run over his daughter, her boyfriend and his son-in-law with a speeding minivan. The Sri Lankan man apparently disapproved of his daughter's boyfriend, who came from a family of a lower caste.
In October, the pre-trial motions began in the case against a Montreal couple and their son accused of killing three teenage sisters and the husband's first wife in a submerged car in the Rideau Canal in Kingston, Ont.
Mohammad Shafia; his wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya; and their son, Hamed, face four counts each of first-degree murder in the deaths of their 19-, 17- and 13-year-old daughters, and the death of Shafia's first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad.
Authorities have alleged that perceived "immoral behaviour" was behind the killings.
In June, Muhammad Parvez and his son, Waqas Parvez both pleaded guilty to murdering 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez on Dec. 20, 2007. The girl from Mississauga, Ont., was killed by her father and brother for apparently refusing to wear a hijab head covering.
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New Canadian immigration guide says multiculturalism no excuse for barbaric practices like honour crimes, forced marriages, genital mutilation
Can public shame and dishonour bring an end to the sexual terrorism of honour killings?
Shameful 'honour' murders crimewave spreads globally, advocates say numbers much higher than official figures
Honour killings may be culturally driven, but the cultures that practice it are all religious
UN estimates 5000 women and girls murdered annually in so-called 'honour killings'
The difference between 'honor killings' and domestic violence
Ending gender apartheid and misogyny only way to cure cancer of 'honour killings'
A war of words over honour killings
Expert: Honour killings 'act of purifying through blood'
Interview with author of new book by Jordanian journalist, Murder in the Name of Honor
Famous Egyptian feminist tackles religious fundamentalism to protect women and girls, but gets no honour in her own country
'Honour killings' and related abuse on the rise in the UK, but much remains undetected and hidden
As Europe begins to address problem of 'honour killings', Islamic scholars & advocates question Muslim traditions
Saudi Princess fears execution or honour killing of herself and child, granted secret asylum in U.K.
Jordanian girl strangled slowly for family's honour
Five women beaten and buried alive in Pakistan 'honour killing'
Turkish teen buried alive by relatives in gruesome 'honour' killing
Honour killings in India estimated to be among the highest per capita in the world
Young Indian couple from different castes electrically tortured and murdered by girl's remorseless father and uncle
Ontario father and son plead guilty to murdering teen girl to protect the 'honour' of her family
Girl, Interrupted - Is this a case of Islamic honour killing or domestic violence?
Victim in multiple 'honour killings' attempted to marry just weeks before her murder
Canadian parents and son charged with 4 murders, police investigate probable 'honour killing' motive
Canadian judge convicts father for threatening violence against daughter in the name of honour
New Canadian immigration guide says multiculturalism no excuse for barbaric practices like honour crimes, forced marriages, genital mutilation
Message to Scotland's Muslims: Islam can't be used to justify domestic abuse of wives or children
Montreal mother charged with attempted murder of daughter for staying out late in so-called 'honour' crime
British father who murdered 15 year old daughter in 'honour killing' jailed for life, wife fears reprisals for testifying against him
Somali man stoned to death, pregnant girlfriend will be killed after she gives birth; 13 year old girl killed for being raped
Pakistani acid-attack survivors lobby for stricter laws against domestic violence, but face opposition from conservative Islamic scholars


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Nanuqsaurus Digital Wallpaper
By Nathan E. Rogers
This "tiny" tyrannosaur is found in a polar region. At 8 m (25 ft) long, it is less than two-thirds the size of Tyrannosaurus rex. Its size is likely an adaptation to the long winters of the region, when months of darkness reduced hunting opportunities.
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Soft adventure
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- Category: Asia
David Whitley checks out the options in Thailand for those who like their adrenalin rushes adventurous but not terrifying
A holiday in Thailand can be all about lying on the beach. But if it's more action you're after, never fear – there are some great soft adventure options across the country. These include…
Where? Chiang Rai
The mountains in the far north of Thailand are essentially the foothills of the Himalayas, but elevations never get too extreme. Think large hillsides, covered in bamboo forests, with beautiful lookouts over valleys and tea plantations that were once used for growing opium poppies. Two or three day hikes, staying in hill tribe villages, are available for the most enthusiastic. However those who just want a taste cane try two hour ambles packaged up with long boat and elephant rides as a day trip from Chiang Rai. One day trekking adventures provide a happy (if extremely sweaty) medium.
Eagle Adventure Tour is one of the more reliable and likeable outfits selling such tours. Expect to pay 3,000 baht for a full day if on your own, or 1,600 each if there's two or more of you.
More information: www.thaieagletour.com
Sea Kayaking
Where? Krabi
The gorgeous Andaman coastline around Krabi is ripe for exploring by kayak. With a bit of arm-power, it's possible to sneak into the mangrove channels that motor boats can't risk, and gliding next to the limestone karst islands that the region is famous for is a treat. Sea Kayak Krabi runs day-long tours on a number of routes. The Ao Thalane tour heads through the Krabi Klong Talen mangroves – monkeys that are known to jump out from them – whilst taking in impressive limestone canyons. The Koh Hong trip, on the other hand, concentrates on the islands and builds in some snorkelling time for anyone wanting to ogle the abundant marine life. Prices start at 1,500 baht per person.
More information: www.seakayak-krabi.com
Rock climbing
Where? Railay
The limestone coastline around Krabi keeps the rock-climbers just as happy as the kayakers, and the top spot for it is Railay. There are over 400 bolted climbing routes, with plenty of options that are suitable for beginners amongst the tougher, more technical climbs.
Numerous outfitters will happily kit you out and show you the ropes, although Hot Rock is one of the better bets. A full range of options, from half day introductory classes to three day sport rock climbing courses are available.
Daredevils can try what is euphemistically called 'deep water solo' – essentially clambering up ledges that hang above the sea. Make a mistake, and you will fall – but the water is deep enough to ensure that no harm is done to anything but the pride.
More information: www.railayadventure.com
Snorkelling and diving
The Gulf Islands – Ko Tao in particular – offer some of the best diving in Asia. Trips can be arranged from Ko Samui and Ko Pha-Ngan, but anyone serious about underwater activity is best off getting the ferry to Ko Tao and being closer to the true aquatic honeypots. Amongst the best spots are Chumphon Pinnacle, which tends to be home to large tuna and grey reef sharks, and the coral-decorated Japanese Gardens.
Numerous companies and travel agents offer round-island snorkelling trips that include equipment hire and stop for a splash at a number of sites on the way. These include Ko Tao Marine, where day trips cost from 1,200 baht per person.
Dive shops are even more prevalent, with most offering learn-to-dive courses as well as day trips. Crystal Dive has an excellent reputation, and offers trips for already certified divers for from 700 baht per dive. For beginners, a four day Open Water course with full PADI certification at the end costs 9,800 baht.
More information: www.kotaomarine.com and www.crystaldive.com
Where? Chonburi
Calling it 'The Flight of the Gibbon' is somewhat ambitious – gibbons are far more graceful than any human trussed up in a harness will ever be – but flying through the jungle is possible to the south-east of Bangkok.
The Flight Of The Gibbon zipline course in Chonburi involves trees being connected to each other with wires. Visitors clip on to them, then fly across from platform to platform, often over somewhat terrifying drops.
Go for the full day, 3299 baht option with pick up from Bangkok, and you'll cover over 3km of zipline, leaping from 24 platforms and tackling one monster run of over 300 metres.
The same company also runs a similar course near Chiang Mai.
More information: www.treetopasia.com
Where? Phuket
Of all the ludicrous adventure activities to have come out of New Zealand in recent years, zorbing is arguably the silliest. It involves no skill at all – just the ability to flounder around inside a giant plastic ball as it lumbers down a hill. The twist is that the ball is partially filled with water, meaning that the guinea pig (or should that be hamster?) inside sloshes around with it.
Therefore, as you roll down the hill, there's a high chance of being flushed into all manner of positions – upside down, backwards or flat on your face. It's more fun than frightening, though – laughter is far more likely than screams.
The Rollerball operation near Phuket's Patong Beach claims to have the longest zorbing run in the world, stretching 190 metres from the hilltop and running down towards the Andaman Sea. One run costs 950 baht (A$30) per person.
More information: www.rollerball.co
Quad biking
Where? Phang-Nga Province
A good way of exploring the off-road trails in the Thai countryside is to hop on a 320cc quad bike and prepare to get muddy. ATV Phuket offers three hour quad bike jaunts around Phang-Nga province – pick-ups from Phuket are available – and there's no pretence that anyone's going to stay clean.
The route goes along bumpy trails, past villages and towards the river. The twist is that you don't cross the river – you ride along it, tyres creating quite the splash as you go.
The tour then heads up a hill track, towards spectacular views at the summit. Training on how to use the quad bikes is given before the group sets off, although it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work them out. The outing costs 4200 baht per driver – not including the laundry bill afterwards…
More information: www.atvphuket.com
Where? Pai, Chiang Mai Province
There are plenty of other spots in Thailand where rafting is possible – Nan and Kanchanaburi are good options too – but Pai has the advantage of offering two types of rafting trip.
The first – bamboo rafting – is more sedate. This basically entails a small group sitting on a raft made from strapped-together bamboo logs as a guide steers downstream. Such trips are usually packaged into full days out involving elephant rides and trekking. If you just want to do the rafting for a couple of hours, it's best organised through your guest house or one of the numerous travel agencies in Pai.
The more adventurous can head out white-water rafting. The scare factor depends largely on the time of year. Hit the height of the rainy season in August and September, and you're looking at some Grade Five rapids, whilst water levels tend to be low between February and May.
Pai Adventure offers two day trips down the Pai river, and one day adventures where the Khong and Pai rivers meet. Prices start at 1,500 per person.
More information: www.thailandpai.net
You can get Thailand included in the Globehopper RTW or the Navigator RTW
Photo courtesy of HotRockClimbingSchool
You can get Thailand included in the Globehopper RTW or the Navigator RTW
Photo courtesy of HotRockClimbingSchool


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The Deputy Leader is a campaigning role within the party.
I was elected to Parliament in 2015. In that short time I have led national campaigns on a Children's Funeral Fund, which has now been implemented by the Welsh Labour Government; state pension justice for 1950s-born women; a reduced maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) that are the crack cocaine of gambling and improved product recall on electrical items.
In 2015 Jeremy Corbyn appointed me to his frontbench team and I've remained loyal to our Party and the leadership, serving on the frontbench where I am currently Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
I've got a head full of ideas, a heart full of compassion and a voice that's not afraid to speak up and speak out.
I am a champion for change, standing up for those in our communities across Wales who do not feel they have a voice, feel disconnected from politicians, and don't feel that politics benefits them.
I know how that feels because I used to feel that way too. I left school at 16 to work in the DVLA, had my first child at 19 and, over the next ten years, worked as a dinner lady, a barmaid and in a school for children with special needs. I then had my second child, decided to go to university at the age of 34, and following my degree I worked for charities and in local politics.
I've been involved in community campaigning all my life, but I never thought someone like me could be a representative, never mind a Member of Parliament. If I can do that, then I want others in our party to believe that they can too.
I want every voter possible in Wales to believe that Labour is the party that will represent them so we have more Labour controlled councils, a majority Welsh Labour government and a UK Labour government.
As Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour, I will:
- Increase party membership across Wales, so everyone can play their part in campaigning.
- Reach out to all our communities, by working with our trade unions, affiliates and supporters.
- Nurture new talent across our party, by encouraging underrepresented groups to get involved in our movement.
- Campaign against Tory austerity, demonstrating the difference Labour values and socialist policies can make to our communities.
- Rejuvenate our CLPs, making them the beating heart of our movement and communities.
Thank you,
Carolyn Harris MP


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3 Ways In Which Technology Helps Our Healthcare System
In the recent period, technology is eliminating the boundaries, and many items and products have a cross-industrial purpose. What this means is that you can now see the same machine or a similar program being used in the real estate sector as well as in healthcare, and this brings changes to our overall society and the way we do things. Of course, a useful app is a useful app, no matter what, and that is why we are exploiting some of those programs to the maximum.
When it comes to the healthcare industry, several technological advancements have brought massive improvements in treatment and recovery of patients, which means that millions of lives have been saved. Similarly, the quality of life has been significantly enhanced for a lot of patients, all because of the technological progress, and here are the most prominent areas in which gadgets and machines can help us with our health conditions.
Quick Access To Information And Large Databases
Electronic records have changed the face of our healthcare system in a drastic way, and this new methodology enables much faster access to relevant information. As we all know, having the right knowledge at the right time can save lives, and that is why computer programs and large storage capabilities are one of the primary ways in which technology is helping our healthcare industry. Data collection is also useful for recognizing and comparing symptoms of diseases and making analysis and charts, and this can sometimes help with the prevention of certain contagious conditions.
Machines And Gadgets
Of course, we all think about sophisticated MRIs and hi-tech computers when we refer to technology in healthcare, but numerous other devices are used in today's hospitals and clinics. For instance, hand-held gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are very helpful in checking the status of the patient, and wearable technology is also being incorporated more and more into the every-day practices in medical facilities. Doctors can now easily monitor your body signs, and various sensors can collect data and send it to the palm of their hand.
The Benefits Of The Internet
As we all know, the Internet has significantly affected our society, and it has changed many patterns of behavior. When it comes to healthcare, easier communication has given birth to what we know as telemedicine, and this concept is highly beneficial to people who are living in remote areas or for those who are unable to travel. Consultations and video conferences are now easier than ever, and doctors can diagnose and even treat various medical conditions even if you are living on opposite sides of the globe.


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Lamprey Energy is proud to offer propane delivery and service.
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Propane is fast becoming one of the most favored fuels in our region. While traditionally used for grills, cookstoves, and fireplaces, today propane is also running central heat, hot water systems, generators, construction heat, pool heaters, patio heaters, space heaters, and clothes dryers.
More price-predictable than oil, propane offers peace of mind to the budget-conscious customer and less risk to the environment. Lamprey Energy propane is extremely price competitive and can be bought on account via automatic propane delivery or, when a customer owns their propane tank, via 'will-call.'
We offer three propane purchasing programs:
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Finnish artist Janne Iiovenen is making waves with his skilled retro style of comic illustration.
Iiovenen's comic illustrations resemble the classic cartoons of the 50s, especially the famous work of Belgian Georges Prosper Remi. Remi was better known by the pen name of Herge, under which he wrote the internationally famous Tintin series from 1929 to 1976. But although the style of the comic illustrations is vintage, it's their juxtaposed use of very modern imagery that makes them so interesting. Iiovenen depicts digital-age scenes like a frustrated office worker attacking his desktop computer with his mug of coffee and groups of friends gathered around their laptops.
Janne Iiovenen's fascinating comic illustration has been featured in publications including Wired and The Guardian, and he has been commissioned by Lexus and American Airlines.
These Bizarre Modern Situations are Drawn in 50s Comic Illustration Style
Charlotte Joyce Kidd — October 16, 2015 — Art & Design
References: janneiivonen.net & itsnicethat


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Jaime García appears to be the quintessential macho Mariachi. With a life full of women, alcohol and music, his evenings are spent as a charming, talented troubadour at local watering holes and his days on the ranch, blissfully caring for his beloved horses. But despite his wild tales and bawdy persona, a sense of weariness slowly surfaces in the mundane in-between moments of Jaime's everyday existence. Beneath the persuasive, magnetic confidence lies a man who struggles to maintain a relationship with his frequently estranged young daughter and her stringent, religious mother and most imperatively, to live a healthy life as an HIV-positive man. In Jose Villalobos' remarkable debut film, he profiles Jaime over the course of five years. Through vivid tableaux and stylized perspectives of the two very different sides of Jaime's existence, Villalobos paints a beautifully unique and emotional portrait of a man divided.
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Jose started his professional career as a mechanical engineer, but his passion for arts lead him to focus more on audiovisual activities. He left engineering school and jumped right in to the Centre for Broadcasting Studies in 2003. Jose also has experience in the field of arts as an interactive multimedia programmer and musician.
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This is why I persevere
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Its been a year since my teacher started to tell me I am not good enough and I wont be good enough , and when he see my low grades he will get me out if the class , its been a year and I never got less than th grade 90 in math and still in his class😂😂😂 , without him telling me am not good enough I wont be good enough
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i got this, i'm gonna make it, you're going to make it, why? because i believe in you.
What's that scene in 3:28 ?
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This is what a Socialist will never understand
I have already proved them wrong. They think that I am good and decent boy ….but I am the worst 😂😂
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Interactions of Culture and Linguistic Relativism
However, there is a theoretical divide in the study of the Piraha. Peter Gordon, author of a great article about the Piraha in Science, believes that the Piraha have numbers for "one" and "two," but not for any numbers greater than that. However, Daniel Everett - who spent seven years with the Piraha - suggests these words actually refer to "very small" and "small," or other very relative indications of size.
The rift goes deeper than that, however. According to a recent interview in Scientific American Mind, Gordon and Everett disagree on the fundamental question of why the Piraha have no (or very few) number words. Whereas Gordon suggests the Piraha may be "cognitively incapable" of counting, Everett believes that the Piraha have a kind of moral objection to the idea of counting.
In the interview, Everett musters several pieces of evidence to support this view. First, Piraha children can learn to count culturally-relevant items - beads - which shows that the Piraha as a whole are not cognitively incapable of counting (although it's also possible that the cognitive capacity for counting is transient unless reinforced by language).
Second, there are several indications that the Piraha may simply lack the desire to count. For example, Piraha refuse to learn the national language of Brazil. Everett notes that a young boy who did learn to count was actually shunned by other tribe members.
Finally, other cultural facts about the Piraha that are non-specific to counting suggest a radically different view of their situation. The tribe does not have currency, has no art, and no more than 10 consonants or vowels. Everett also notes in the SciAm:Mind interview that Piraha "grammar" does not have embedded clauses - thought by some to be a defining feature of human communication systems. Although this is politically incorrect, it's clearly possible that the Piraha are severely inbred, and may manifest cognitive deficits as a result (although Dan Everett has said that "Pirahã women occasionally have children with Brazilian traders passing through, children raised as Pirahãs. These children don't show any difference I can see from other Pirahãs on these cognitive skills or language facts. I don't think genes, retardation, or other such suggestions are useful or appropriate here.") But as long as mental retardation is a possibility, it seems premature to make conclusions about the innateness of number based on Piraha behavior and language.
EDIT: Predictably, I've taken heat for suggesting that the Piraha may be inbred. One person suggested that the critical number of individuals required for avoiding "inbreeding depression" is 12, which if true would suggest that the Piraha have more than enough individuals to not suffer from the bad effects of inbreeding. On the other hand, I have not been able to verify this number in any published article, and I find it hard to imagine how this number could be empirically verified in the first place. Furthermore it seems that any such number would have to be relative both to a certain number of generations of inbreeding, and to the initial genetic diversity of those 12 individuals, neither of which is known in the case of the Piraha.
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Around dusk on Saturday, with two American climbers and five others missing and probably already dead atop Mount Everest, a 35-year-old New Zealander made a satellite telephone call to his pregnant wife from a snowhole just below the summit of the world's highest peak.
His voice weak from frostbite, the climber, Rob Hall, murmured what may have been his last words before he died. "Hey look, don't worry about me," he said.
As news filtered through today of the worst single loss of life that has ever occurred on the 29,028-foot mountain, the last hours of Mr. Hall, a professional mountaineer who had reached the summit of Mount Everest a record five times, captured the drama that no amount of high technology has been able to strip from the challenge of ascending the world's highest peaks.
The eight climbers who died in a fierce blizzard that blew up on Friday, shortly after they and at least a dozen others reached the mountain's summit, were doing something that has become almost routine in recent years.
Since the first successful ascent of Everest on May 29, 1953, more than 4,000 climbers have tried to reach the summit. Of these, before Friday, 615, including scores of Americans, had made it to the top. In 1993, 40 climbers achieved the feat in a single day.
But mountains like Everest sometimes bite back at their challengers, in ways that make those who love mountaineering question the fashionable turn their sport has taken in recent years, when high technology, clothing and equipment have made it far easier to climb the highest mountains, but also easier to get into situations that can be suddenly fatal.
The dead from this latest disaster included some who were highly experienced mountaineers, including Mr. Hall and a 47-year-old Japanese woman, Yasuko Nanba, who had climbed many of the world's highest peaks. But they also included some who were strictly amateurs, drawn to the venture by advertisements in climbing magazines that offer places on "commercial" Everest expeditions for about $60,000 each.
"Some of us have been asking: Should an average climber be able to order an ascent of Everest out of a catalogue?" said Mark Bryant, editor of Outside, an outdoors magazine published in Sante Fe, N.M.
Partly to answer the question, Mr. Bryant had assigned an American outdoors writer and amateur climber, Jon Krakauer, to accompany the climbing group that was led by Mr. Hall, and it was to Mr. Krakauer's impressions on the Internet that many climbers were turning today as they pondered what occurred.
Mr. Krakauer, one of more than 20 climbers who reached the Everest summit before the storm hit on Friday, was reported to be safely back at the Everest base camp today, along with other amateur climbers who survived the ordeal.
Among them was Sandy Hill Pittman, a former New York fashion editor who has used a radio link to relay dramatic accounts of her experiences on the mountain -- "It's bitterly cold tonight, the temperatures are subzero and it's pitch black" -- to Manhattan friends who accompanied her as far as the base camp. From there, Mrs. Pittman's accounts have been passed by satellite link to an Internet Web site maintained by NBC.
Mrs. Pittman, the 41-year-old estranged wife of Robert Pittman, one of the co-founders of MTV, has previously climbed six of the so-called "High Seven" mountains around the world, one on each of the continents, and may thus have been better qualified than some of the climbers described by Mr. Krakauer in the accounts that have appeared on the Web site known as Outside Online. According to Mr. Bryant, the Outside editor, Mr. Krakauer seemed shocked by the inexperience of some of the climbers he was grouped with at the Everest base camp.
"He mentioned that he was appalled -- I think that was the word he used -- when he looked around him," Mr. Bryant said. "He said he wondered if he wasn't one of the people that didn't have any business being there."
The picture that emerged from injured survivors who were helicoptered off Everest today to Katmandu, the capital of Nepal, and from Internet reports, was of a storm that blew up in minutes on Friday afternoon, turning what had been a good climbing day into a nightmare of temperatures that plunged to 40 degrees below zero, of swirling snowstorms that climbers call whiteouts, and fateful choices that determined which of the climbers died and which survived.
Apart from Mr. Hall, others presumed dead included Scott Fischer, 40, of Seattle, who was leading a group of 11 climbers on a commercial expedition put together by Mountain Madness, an expedition company in which Mr. Fischer was a partner.
The second American among the victims was Douglas Hansen, 42, from Renton, Wash., a United States Postal Service employee who reached the summit in Mr. Hall's group but died alongside Mr. Hall in the snowhole.
Also listed as dead was Andy Harris, 31, a New Zealander with extensive mountaineering experience who was a guide in Mr. Hall's group. Accounts of his death said he had successfully descended to a tented camp at a feature on Everest known as South Col, close to 3,000 feet below the summit, but had somehow missed the tents in the whiteout. When the blizzard lifted on Sunday, the accounts said, Mr. Harris's footprints were found leading from the camp, with his body a little way beyond.
The three others who died were in a third expedition manned by members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Force, an Indian paramilitary organization. Unlike the Hall and Fischer groups, who reached the summit along what has become the "highway" to the summit, the South Col route from Nepal used by Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese climber, on the first successful attempt in 1953, the Indians reached the top from Tibet, up the north face of the mountain. When the storm struck, they too were overwhelmed.
Previously, the worst single accident on Mount Everest had occurred in 1989, when six Polish climbers died in an avalanche. According to records kept by Elizabeth Hawley, an American writer on mountaineering who has lived in Nepal for 35 years, the victims in the latest disaster brought the total number of climbers who have died on Everest since the first climbing expedition in 1921 to 142, many of them experienced mountaineers who died in circumstances similar to the latest victims, in sudden shifts of weather that turned parts of the mountain that are always dangerous into nearly certain deathtraps.
Accounts by survivors said Mr. Hall had remained behind near the summit to help Mr. Hansen, who was said to have been overcome by frostbite and altitude sickness, when others in his group descended. The two made it to the snowhole below a feature known as the South Summit, about 500 feet below the peak of the mountain, and took shelter there as night approached.
Mr. Hansen died during the night, leaving Mr. Hall struggling with severe frostbite of his own. Geoffrey Gabites, chief executive of the Adventure Tourism Council, organizer of the Hall expedition, said Mr. Hall had remained in radio contact with the base camp and had been patched through on a satellite link for what turned out to be his final call, to his wife, Jan Arnold, a climber who reached the peak of Mount Everest with Mr. Hall in 1993 and who is now seven months pregnant with the couple's first child.
Mr. Gabites said Mr. Hall told his wife that he was trapped, unable to move because of the frostbite in his legs, with no tent, sleeping bag, oxygen, fluids or food, but was confident that rescuers would reach him when the weather cleared.


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Regular Cornbreadian (and also designated Cornbread Supper Angel) Paige Prewitt brought Kale Chips to Supper twice in a row, causing the Cornbread Establishment to beg--beg abjectly, ladies and gentlemen--for the cooking instructions. Paige being Paige, we had a good idea there was no standard recipe involved, because Paige's wonderful food derives from her good cooking sense, applied to what she has on hand. So, a request for a Kale Chips Guide meant that Paige would have to write down what she does by instinct. And -- she did!!
Here's the secret for these amazing vegetables-masquerading-as-snack-food. Thank you, Paige!
Kale Chips
1 bunch of Kale - flat or curly
1 T olive oil (don't overdo the oil)
1 t kosher or sea salt (don't overdo the salt either)
Cut the stem out of the middle of all the leaves. Tear the leaves into bite sized pieces. Toss with olive oil and a bit of salt.
Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes. The curly kale varieties will take a little longer than the flat kale. But be careful not to burn. I place my pieces on parchment paper in a single layer. I stir them toward the end of the cooking period.
There are lots of options - Sprinkle with vinegar after they are cooked, toss with garlic or smoked paprika.
Bet you can't eat just one!
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Paige Prewitt's Kale Chips
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Effective April 19, 2010, the Canadian Department of Finance implemented some changes on how CMHC insures a mortgage against any defaults.
It clearly stats that the "Canadian Department of Finance require that all borrowers meet the standards for a five-year fixed rate mortgage even if they choose a mortgage with a lower interest rate and shorter term. This initiative will help Canadians prepare for higher interest rates in the future."
This simply means that if anyone wants a variable rate mortgage, then the borrower has to qualify for a Bank of Canada posted rate.
This rate essentially ensures that the borrower has the ability to pay if the interest rate goes up. Unfortunately it also keeps a lot of borrowers at bay.
The qualifying rate is used to calculate a borrowers Gross or Total debt service ratio.
It is the Bank of Canada who looks at the posted rate of the larger Canadian banks every week (Wednesday). Then it calculates a benchmark rate from all those rates.
CMHC then takes this data and calculates the qualifying criteria of the borrowers. (Emili)