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A Different Kind Of Chengguan By Anthony Tao May 20, 2014 11:18 pm Comments: 0 Taken in Guzhen, the tourist village of Tongli, Jiangsu province.
Look Who's Wearing Google Glass: Chengguan By Anthony Tao April 21, 2014 4:27 pm Comments: 0 Of course, chengguan. OF COURSE.
"Glass Rained In Like Powder": A Firsthand Account Of A "Chengguan" Attack In Beijing By Derrick Sobodash February 14, 2014 2:50 pm Comments: 8 This morning, my wife and I set out to make a trip to the hospital. Because we were in a rush, we decided to rent a sanlunche (motorized tricycle) to take us to the nearest subway station. We hailed one on the main road outside the north gate of our community at about 8:45 am. Our driver proceeded westbound on Chaoyang Road until reaching the McDonald's across the north gate of Beijing International Studies University. At the intersection, she turned right onto Dingfuzhang Street and proceeded north toward Dalianpo station on Subway Line 6.
What If American Police Beat Fruit Sellers to Death? By Patrick Lozada January 23, 2014 3:50 pm Comments: 4 The Global Times recently published an editorial titled, "What if Chinese police beat a jaywalker?" covering the recent case of a Chinese man allegedly beaten by police for resisting arrest after jaywalking in New York.
18 Chengguan Hospitalized In Xiamen After Sulfuric Acid Attack By Anthony Tao October 21, 2013 6:23 pm Comments: 0 So, who wants to be a chengguan? chinaSMACK reports via Beijing Times that 19 chengguan in Xiamen, Fujian province were victims of a sulfuric acid attack on October 16, with 18 of them needing hospital treatment.
New Law Requires Guangzhou Chengguan To Act Like Decent Human Beings By Anthony Tao October 17, 2013 2:16 am Comments: 3 A new set of regulations called the "Guangzhou Metropolitan Comprehensive Law Enforcement Work Standards" went into effect on Tuesday, essentially forcing chengguan -- urban management officers -- to be congenial. As Danwei reports, the law "state[s] clearly that chengguan may not use profane or threatening language while enforcing their duties, may not damage private property, and may not use any form of violence or intimidation," and "to use words like 'please,' 'thank you' and 'I'm sorry.'"
15-Year-Old Steals Chengguan Vehicle, Petends To Be Chengguan, Harasses Street Vendors By James Hsu October 1, 2013 11:52 am Comments: 1 In a story that would make researchers of the Stanford prison experiment proud, on September 20 in a village in Anhui, a 15-year-old surnamed Pan found keys inside an urban management official's car -- a chengguan's vehicle -- hopped in, and almost instantly began trying to enforce the "law" as chengguan would.
Chinese Rethink Capital Punishment After Execution Of Street Vendor Xia Junfeng By Alia September 27, 2013 10:44 am Comments: 6 "I won't comply!" Those were reportedly the last words of Xia Junfeng, a street vendor who ran a kebab stall in Shenyang, Liaoning province, just before his excution on Wednesday. Four years ago, in what he insisted was an act of self-defense, Xia stabbed to death two urban city management enforcement officers -- chengguan -- and wounded another. Most Chinese, including many law professionals, believed Xia should have been charged with "excessive defense," but after four years of appeals, the Supreme Court finally approved his death sentence.
Chengguan Are Now Brawling With Soldiers (Maybe) By Anthony Tao September 11, 2013 2:03 am Comments: 2 According to the video description, as brought to us by chinaSMACK, urban management officers in Qingdao, Shandong province attempted to demolish the guard room of a "military compound" on the afternoon of September 4. They were met with resistance, as guards and -- reportedly, though this is disputed -- actual soldiers came out looking for -- and getting; this part is not disputed -- a fight.
Mike Tyson, Newly Arrived To Sina Weibo, Is Already Picking On China's Chengguan By Anthony Tao August 20, 2013 2:48 am Comments: 1 Iron Mike Tyson, former heavyweight champion of the boxing world, registered a verified Sina Weibo account on Monday, and four posts later, he's already hitting all the right spots. Check out his most recent message:
Man Hired To Play Dead Can't Take The Sidewalk Heat, Abandons Role By Anthony Tao August 6, 2013 5:30 pm Comments: 0 Heck of a lede by the Associated Press: Having the dead guy jump up for a drink probably wasn't part of the script. Do continue.
Chengguan Beat Up Father In The Presence Of His 9-Year-Old Daughter [UPDATE] By Anthony Tao July 29, 2013 7:00 am Comments: 0 According to the description on a video recently posted to Youku and translated by chinaSMACK, a street peddler was recently beaten up by uniformed staff from the Shichahai Integrated Management Office in front of his nine-year-old daughter, whose pleas of "Stop beating my daddy," "I'm begging you," "We're sorry," and "You can go ahead and take the stuff," were ignored.
Chengguan Deny They Killed Fruit Vendor, No One Believes Them By Anthony Tao July 19, 2013 6:59 pm Comments: 4 Deng Zhengjia, a fruit vendor, died suspiciously on Wednesday after scuffling with chengguan, i.e. this country's much-maligned urban management officers. His family claims he was killed after a blow to the head by an officer -- a charge that chengguan denied yesterday. Reports Global Times:
Here's A Gaggle Of Chengguan Beating Up Jiangsu Villagers By Anthony Tao July 18, 2013 11:46 am Comments: 2 The more of China you see, the more you understand to not take things at face value. But not knowing a thing about the lead-up to this brawl in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province on Monday -- maybe the villagers were being really annoying, I dunno -- we wonder: how big is the budget for chengguan at this place? I see several dozen of them on the scene, fighting about, oh, six to eight people. (We're not completely sure what's up with the uniformed men in white hard-hats. The Youku description says there were 50 to 60 chengguan.) One villager gets stomped while he's already down.
Hunan Villagers Suspect Chengguan Beat Local Farmer To Death – Part Of Chinese Chengguan's Bad Week [UPDATE] By Anthony Tao July 18, 2013 3:30 am Comments: 0 The death of a watermelon farmer in Chenzhou City, Linwu county, Hunan province attracted the attention of authorities because of the suspicious nature of his death -- beaten, it seemed. But after an investigation, authorities concluded that chengguan did not have a role in the man's death, a result that enraged the farmer's family.
Chengguan Deliver Massive Parking Lot Beatdown, Seriously Injure Woman By Anthony Tao June 15, 2013 4:41 pm Comments: 5 The latest case of chengguan violence comes from Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, where officers reportedly beat up the boss of a restaurant and his family and acquaintances. On June 9, after a meal, chengguan went to the parking lot and found a car blocking its way. They demanded that the vehicle be moved "within three seconds." The restaurant's boss came out, but unable to move the car within three seconds, he suffered a beatdown.
Why Did Yan'an Chengguan Stomp On Bike Shop Owner's Face? An In-Depth Look By Anthony Tao June 14, 2013 8:57 pm Comments: 4 Even while bashing the institution of urban management and enforcement -- so neatly summed up in one word, chengguan -- we acknowledge that the officers tasked with urban bureaucracy -- keeping street peddlers X meters away from the curb, making sure businesses have proper licenses, etc. -- do unenviable and difficult work. Keeping in mind that every time we see a video of chengguan beating the snot out of someone, the chengguan have their side of the story, too (and their side of the story probably has another side as well), let's examine one particular case from a few weeks ago in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, featuring a chengguan jumping on the face of a bike shop owner who was wrestled to the ground.
After His Buddies Complete The Beatdown, Chengguan Stomps On Fallen Merchant's Head [UPDATE] By Anthony Tao June 5, 2013 2:00 am Comments: 5 On the afternoon of May 31, chengguan in Yan'an, Shaanxi province reportedly got into a scuffle with merchants. The video that was posted to Youku shows the civilian eventually being surrounded by urban management officers, with one particular chengguan -- the fat one, natch -- delivering a terrifying two-footed stomp on his head. Witnesses say the chengguan smelled like he was drunk.
Chengguan: "Even If They Have Real Documents, It Doesn't Mean They Were Processed Legally" By Anthony Tao April 30, 2013 10:22 pm Comments: 3 Chengguan are not technically police officers, but out in the streets, their word is law. Today, we got a sobering reminder of that in Beijing. As reported by That's Beijing, "around 30 to 50 chengguan, along with 20 xieguan officers ('associate management,' a force subordinate to chengguan – essentially, hired muscle) blocked off Xuezuo Hutong behind Zhangzizhonglu subway station, allowing... Read more »
Chengguan Brawl With Townsfolk In Broad Daylight By Anthony Tao April 23, 2013 1:15 am Comments: 5 On Friday, street enforcement officers of Huangshi, Hubei province entered a convenience store and began confiscating goods -- it's what chengguan do -- but before they could finish, local townsfolk decided they'd seen enough. In the ensuing scuffle, chengguan were subject to verbal abuse, followed by phsyical contact. It wasn't pretty for anyone, as you can see.


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Redskins Quarterback Kirk Cousins Wants To Bring Gay Players To Jesus
Washington Redskins backup quarterback Kirk Cousins wants to bring potential gay teammates to Jesus.
Well, bless his heart.
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Cousins says:
"From a football standpoint, if the guy can help us win, come help us win. Now, there are a lot of teammates in my locker room right now who may not have a homosexual lifestyle, but they have sins, too. They're not perfect. So I don't say they can't help us win. Nobody's perfect.
To that degree, we'd welcome him into our locker room and say come help us win, and hopefully I can love him like Jesus and hopefully show him what it means to follow Jesus."
Yep. Because gays (and gay teammates) are in need of fixing. (And obviously no gay teammate could possibly already be Christian or a follower of Jesus.)
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Cousins made these statements on Friday while speaking at Northpointe High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We're sure the gay kids in the audience appreciated it.
Despite his good intentions, do you think Cousins realizes that these sort of statements are insulting?
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Well well. Things like this are always so pitiful. Even though I am not Christian I know enough about it's teachings to realize that it is most likely that Jesus would ask mr. Kirk Cousins.." And what makes YOU think that that YOU have the right to judge who is or is not in need of being brought to me????"
Previously, I'd have been delighted to offer Cousins an intimate worship experience: he'd be screaming "Jesus, I'm coming!" for hours..... but no more.....
He is incredibly patronising.
As an African American male, who is gay and married to my 20+ years partner, I take offense to you saying that you can lead Mr. Sams or anyone else to Jesus, but under your conditions, that he help wins games. You my friend have no idea what a struggle it's probably been for him and thousands of other black males , having religion shoved down our throats and used to make them believe that we're less than human and perfect. Until you live with black parents and have to deal with the agony and the shame of the thought of coming out as a black gay male, you have no ground to claim to have a monopoly on Christianity. If you just want him for his athletic ability, then just say so, and stop trying to use bringing him to Jesus as a means to your salvation.
You're looking for a fight here and there isn't one. The guy says he'd love a gay teammate. Period. End of story. He's not saying gays need to be "fixed" in any way, let alone fixed to love Jesus. He's just saying he's going to witness for his Jesus -- which would annoy the crap out of me, personally, as an atheist, but I wouldn't be offended, nor should you be.
actually he is and your apparently ok with that implication. dont be pissed that there are those who are not and will not take lying down. thanks for playing
Why would we need to find Jesus, is he lost?!
Or how about you learn that not everyone has the same faith & beliefs as you and that's perfectly A-OK. This is America, where everyone gets to believe in whatever they feel is right for them. BACK OFF!!!
Goth, preppy, jock, bohemian - those are lifestyles and by spiritual beliefs are perfectly fine. Gaia does not create "sins", humans create "sins" to bolster the unhealthy superiority and control complexes. Civilized humans beings do not need religion to reach them right from wrong.
Until I read this I had a lot of respect for Cousins. No more! As an ordained Christian theologian with a graduate degree from seminary, I question Cousins' motive. As a man who has been gay for the last 47 years of my life, I can tell Cousins a few things about coming to Jesus. Jesus loves gays and lesbians just as Jesus loves everyone else. Sexual orientation does not keep someone from Jesus. It sounds as though Cousins' underlying, unspoken message is that if you are gay and you come to Jesus you can and must turn into being straight. That is at its very core a sinister and offensive message. I wonder what Cousins' real motive is?
I think the issue is openly walking in sin. Sin should never be celebrated.
Not a lot of brain cells this guy has between his ears really just how thick can people be
No, he doesn't have a clue how insulting his words are. He's oblivious to anything but his own beliefs, however misguided those might be!
Its insulting because he basically said what most people who think like him say. Sure they can be around even though who they are is a sin. Lets use them to win if we can then if we find out there gay try and show them "Jesus love" so they see its a sin. Its called tolerating. Putting up with something is what you do with an annoying fly or a law in your country you can`t change but think is wrong. Equality is what Human beings deserve. Being gay is not a sin.
I don't see what's wrong. I mean as a guy jewelry I wouldn't wanna be told to follow jess as much as anyone else who isn't really religious. But con he's saying welcome of they are good players. I don't see how some of you think...
What in God's name did you just say?? Made no sense what-so-ever!
Did you read this before you posted it?? What the H?
"I don't see how some of you think"....clearly without a crack pipe in our other hand. Dude, put down the pipe and take a minute to go back and re-read what you typed.
After reading your comment, I doubt anyone knows how you think. I am wondering what language you think in...
Not only are those words insulting, but to teenagers in the midst of their self discovery, those words are downright dangerous. But Cousins is blind to that. He just deals with "Jesus Affect", not true human affect. Cousins just doesn't know.
That's not at all what he said. Man, you guys at Instinct are just trying to create drama
What a complete and utter MORON!
It is one more person they look up to telling them they are bad or wrong in some way. He should never have said that to kids.

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55gal Amazon BioTope Hi FW fish keepers! Im setting up a 55 gallon FW tank and will be making it a biotope(Amazon). the list of equipment is: -AquaClear 110 Power filter -Black Hood with 1 54W T-5 bulb -Fine ("Pea") Gravel for substrate -1 large piece of driftwood as centerpiece -Sock with peat moss in it -10gal Q-tank Animals will be(in order of introduction to tank) -100's of cherry shrimp -4 black-widow tets -6 panda cories -15 cardinal tets -4 emperor tets -2 baby angels (koi and original) -2 german blue rams plants will be: -Java Moss(only non-amazon plant)will be placed on driftwood -Several Amazon Swords as accents to centerpiece -Foreground forest of Dwarf Sags -Background Jungle of Corkscrew Vals -1 Hornwort as the big tree of the background jungle -several roseafolia as red accents to background jungle my only problem is the roseafolia-ive heard they are very hard to keep. if so, can anybody recomend another tallish, red, yet hardy type of Amazonian Plant? |
Sounds like a wonderful plan; I love SA setups. For red plants from SA there is the stem (bunch) plant Alternanthera which would grow quickly (and need regular pruning) but be a nice background plant. Some of the hybrid swords (Echinodorus "Red Diamond", "Red Melon" sword, E. "Ozelot") have reddish-brown leaves, redder in brighter light such as you will have. You can see these in the photos of my tanks, some in the 70g and one in the 90g, which are both SA setups. One suggestion, I would use smaller gravel than "pea" size. I have natural gravel in my 70g and dark gravel in my 90g, both small grain size; I couldn't find smaller gravel without going to sand. I would suggest sand for the substrate, but it has some drawbacks in a planted aquarium if you're not careful. You might also want to look at planting substrates that can be used alone or mixed with gravel. I use only gravel with fertilizer tablets inserted next to the larger swords that are heavy feeders. Actually, another suggestion or thought anyway. Vallisneria prefers neutral to slightly alkaline water with a bit of mineral hardness, while all the other plants (and the fish) prefer soft slightly acidic water which the peat will provide. I have never had luck with vallisneria in such water, but it always grows like a weed in water above pH 7.0 so you might consider using Sagittaria subulata in place of Valisneria (looks very similar, long narrow leaves) or there is a species of Echinodorus that has similar leaves. |
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Richard Neri, the Brooklyn cop who shot and killed 19-year-old Timothy Stansbury on the roof of a Bed-Stuy apartment building last winter, has been elected to police union office. In his paid position as a Patrolmen's Benevolent Association delegate in Brooklyn North, Neri will be the new go-to guy for officers in his precinct.
Among other duties for the powerful PBA, Neri will be first on the scene in the event a cop, for example, shoots someone and thinks he might need advice. Just one year ago, Neri was on the receiving end of such PBA help.
On January 24, 2004, Stansbury was trying to take a short cut across a roof to get more CDs for a friend's birthday party. He got as far as a door that opens out to the roof when, in the stairwell, he was shot once in the chest by Neri. The African American teen, a McDonald's employee who was working on his high-school diploma, was unarmed and had never been in trouble with police. Neri later said he pulled the trigger unintentionally.
The racially charged case pitted family members and activists against the NYPD. There were marches, vigils, and speeches. Unexpectedly, the Bloomberg administration positioned itself squarely in the Stansbury family's cornerin direct opposition to the PBA. Mayor Bloomberg visited the boy's grandmother at her home in the Louis Armstrong Projects in Bed-Stuy and spoke at Stansbury's huge funeral.
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Garage sale time is here! Having one garage sale or yard sale a year doesn't make you a business. But it might make you subject to taxes and local regulations, depending on the state where you live and have that sale. Before you have that garage sale or yard sale, check on these issues:

Before You Decide to Have a Garage Sale or Yard Sale

Several issues are involved with the "business" of holding a garage sale:

 Local permits and licenses for garage sales or yard sales

Income taxes on the profits from the sale, and

Sales taxes on the cost of the items sold.

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Business Licenses/Permits for Garage Sales

Barbara Crews, Expert on Collectibles, lists "Not having a Permit" as one of the top 10 garage sake mistakes. The cost of a permit is pretty inexpensive, but the cost of a fine can wipe out much of your sale profits.

Business owners in many cities are required to get a business license or permit in order to open a business. Some localities include garage sales as businesses. Whether you are required to get a permit for your garage sale depends on your locality. For example, Adam Knapp, Guide to Oklahoma City, writes that all garage sales in Oklahoma City must have a permit.

Other towns and cities might not be this strict. But check with your locality before you put that garage sale ad in the newspaper. And be aware that your town or city might also regulate placement of garage sale signs.

If you have several garage sales in a year, you might get a visit from a city official asking to see your business license. Again, it depends on the regulations of your city, so check before you start having a garage sale every other weekend.

Income Taxes on Garage Sales

When you have a garage sale or yard sale you are selling items you already purchased and for which you have already paid the taxes. Kay Bell, of Don't Mess with Taxes, notes that the IRS says, "if you sold an item you owned for personal use, such as a car, refrigerator, furniture, stereo, jewelry, or silverware, your gain is taxable as a capital gain." Kay explains that a garage sale nets you less than you originally paid, not more. So there's no gain to tax.

Not all income from garage sales is taxable. The IRS says, "Income resulting from auctions akin to an occasional garage or yard sale is generally not required to be reported. However, there may be exceptions.

If an online garage sale turns into a business with recurring sales and purchasing of items for resale, it may be considered an online auction business." So, in general, one garage sale a year doesn't make you a business, and you don't have to pay income taxes on these sales.

Garage Sales and Sales Taxes

Whether your state expects to collect sales taxes from your garage sale depends on the state. Most states aren't going to go out of their way to worry about a couple of hundred dollars from a once-a-year yard sale, but you never know.

In Iowa, for example, the state department of revenue classifies garage sales as "casual sales" and says these sales are not subject to sales tax. They define casual sales as (1) non-recurring (except for the sale of autos, on which sales tax must be paid for all transactions), and (2) the seller must not be engaged in a for-profit business for this sale.Iowa says two sales in twelve months is non-recurring, but three sales is recurring.

Each state has different regulations regarding sales taxes. Check with your state's taxing authority just to be sure.

Disclaimer: The information in this article is general and is not intended to be tax or legal advice. Every situation and location are different. Be sure to check with local and state regulators before having a garage sale or yard sale.

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A group of Mormon pioneers pose for a photo at South Pass, Wyoming in about 1859. Credit: Charles Roscoe Savage, courtesy of the Harold B. Lee Library |
Pioneers who headed West during the 1800s had plenty to fear, but a new study finds that at least one group of these migrants — early Mormons — did just fine on their trek to Salt Lake City.
An analysis of historical records reveals that the mortality rate for early Mormon pioneers was a mere 3.5 percent, hardly higher than the national mortality rate at the time. The average American between the 1840s and 1860s, when the Mormon pioneers were heading West, had between a 2.5 percent and 2.9 percent chance of dying in a given year.
"This is one of the first definitive analyses with the most up-to-date data regarding how many people were in this immigration, how many pioneers died and the breakdowns of these deaths," study researcher Dennis Tolley, a statistician at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, said in a statement.
Mormon migration
Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or LDS Church) in 1830. Smith and his followers were often discriminated against, and Smith himself was killed by a mob in 1844.
The founder's successor, Brigham Young, organized the fledgling religious group, calling for a western migration into what was then Mexico and what is now Utah. Between 1847 and 1868, more than 60,000 Mormons made the journey, according to LDS Church history. Many traveled by wagon train; a few walked, carrying their belongings (and sometimes their family members) in wheelbarrow-like handcarts.
These handcart travelers provide some of the most harrowing tales of the migration. Ten groups of handcart-toting pioneers made the journey to Salt Lake City between 1856 and 1860, according to church histories. Eight arrived more or less safely. The two largest, the Willie and Martin handcart companies, met with a disaster that rivaled that of the infamous "Donner Party," a group of (non-Mormon) pioneers who became stranded in California in 1846 and resorted to cannibalism.
James G. Willie and Edward Martin led 500 and 665 pioneers, respectively. The groups got a late start, however, and didn't leave the area that is now Omaha until August. By October, the companies were stranded in Wyoming, dying of cold, hunger and disease. Rescue parties from Salt Lake City saved many, but more than 200 people lost their lives.
Safe travels
The story of the Willie and Martin companies is a tragic one, and modern Mormons often memorialize it with recreations of short handcart journeys. But only 5 percent of Mormon pioneers made the passage West by handcart, Tolley and his colleagues said in a statement.
"The [Mormon] youth go out and learn that a lot of people died, and they push the handcart, and after three days they think they are practically dead," study researcher and retired LDS Church historian Mel Bashore said in the statement. "But most people traveled in wagons to Utah. The whole Mormon trail movement that spanned 20 years was a really successful endeavor."
Bashore and Tolley analyzed 56,000 records of pioneers who traveled to Salt Lake City between 1847 and 1868. The researchers found 1,900 deaths during the journey or within the calendar year of arrival in Salt Lake, making the overall mortality rate 3.5 percent.
Disease was a major killer, followed by accidents such as being trampled by livestock or run over by a wagon, the researchers reported. Four pioneers were killed by Native Americans; two died from snakebites or scorpion stings; one was murdered, and two were — yikes — eaten by wolves.
Taken alone, the Willie and Martin companies had a 16.5 percent mortality rate, and handcart travel in general was more perilous than journeying by wagon. Handcart pioneers died at a rate of 4.7 percent, compared to a 3.5 percent mortality rate for pioneers with wagons.
"Those travelling with handcarts were presumably poorer, malnourished and all sorts of other factors," Tolley said. These factors would have affected their morality rate.
The mortality rate for women was 3.6 percent, compared to 3.3 percent for men. The youngest immigrants fared best: Those under age 20 had only a 1.75 percent mortality rate.
The findings will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal BYU Studies, which focuses on LDS Church history and teachings.


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Ugly girls are always fat? Lots of ways to be ugly. But please consider, the more fat, the bigger the boobies.
You hope a female is asexual because you don't like the way she looks? If she's not pretty enough for sex in your mind, she isn't fit to be having sex with anyone? Because looks are the only thing that matters? I hope you don't think that about real human beings. That's just... incredibly wrong. I hope it's just a joke. EDIT: Guy has a point about the boobies.
She can have sex and romance all she wants outside of caracter in her private life. "Because looks are the only thing that matters?" I am talking just onscreen here. Its not just looks, also demeneaor. Janeway is as cold as Tuvok.
So because she's not Jeri Ryan she's not allowed to have a life on camera? And did you ever watch the series? Janeway was not cold. You must be mistaken with Seven of Nine, because Janeway felt emotions from "Caretaker" to "Endgame" ETA: And Tuvok was very emotional for a full Vulcan.
^ I just meant other people in general. And oh. Still kind of a weird argument, since Tuvok had several kids and a wife.
From the touch on Janeway's shoulder in "Twisted", to the hug in "YOH" to his comfort speech in "Once Upon a Time", Tuvok has shown to be far from cold. Among many of my race and culture, this is considered a compliment. It's also what made Jennifer Lopez a super star.
No, we should all take them personally. It's not really a defensible statement or attitude, and it doesn't show a lot of maturity. Yevetha, by saying "She can have sex and romance all she wants outside of caracter in her private life," do you mean the character of Janeway or the actress Kate Mulgrew? Either way, you're not making a lot of sense. We've seen Janeway be romantic onscreen already, and Kate Mulgrew has been married and, I believe, has kids. And obviously she's not looking to you for permission on how to conduct herself.
Janeway had sex once in Seven years by herself aided by a holographic muppet. She either didn't need sex or didn't like sex or was pissed at Mark. Judging her by her actions alone... Kathryn Janeway is a surgically altered Vulcan sleeper agent spy waiting for the balloon to go up. Considering the shit Tuvok got away with and shit Tuvok let Janeway get away with, it's far more likely that he is her handler than that he is her friend who respects who entirely no matter her mad choices.


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I just made a rare internet baby-centric purchase at Babycenter.com, since I wanted to get this rad bath duck tub thing for a friend.
At the checkout, there was an odd moment: Check this box if you are trying to get pregnant.
That's some netiquette!
Monday, May 14, 2007
Check This Box if You are Trying to Get Pregnant
3 comments:
- Diane said...
Hey, that's a personal question! Maybe they're sending out free pee sticks. :)
- May 14, 2007 at 9:53 AM
- MommyKnows said...
Nosey parkers!
- May 14, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Maybe they have someone who works there who would like to help.
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In a world full of unpredictability, there are still a few things you can count on. The sun will rise, the Earth will keep turning, and Rex Reed really, really hates fat people. It's barely been a year since the New York Observer's film critic got into hot water for calling Melissa McCarthy "tractor-sized" and a "hippo" in his "Identity Thief" review, and he's back at it again with his review of McCarthy's new movie, "Tammy." (Various non-crazytown reviews are collected here.) Here are a few excerpts, with commentary.
"Tammy" is not just a celebration of everything vulgar and stupid in the dumbing down of American movies. It's a rambling, pointless and labored attempt to cash in on Ms. McCarthy's fan base without respect for any audience with a collective IQ of 10. And it's about as funny as a liver transplant.
Rex Reed should rank all movies by how they compare to surgical procedures. "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is as thrilling as a splenectomy, but not as painful as having your wisdom teeth removed.
With all due respect, I bow to her ability to pander to the lowest instincts of her groupies by making box office obesity profitable. So, fool that I am, I went to "Tammy" hoping for the best and ready to give Ms. McCarthy every benefit of the doubt.
Dear Rex Reed: I am not convinced you know the meaning of the phrases "with all due respect" and "benefit of the doubt."
One thing you gotta admit: however amiable and attractive she might be in real life, the star makes no attempt to beautify herself onscreen.
So Reed concedes that McCarthy is, at least hypothetically, "amiable and attractive" in real life. This is progress, sort of.
Nothing she's ever done before will prepare you for what she looks like here, with swollen feet, tag-sale clothes and hair that resembles a nesting place for field mice.
Actually, McCarthy's character isn't the one with swollen feet: That's her grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon. Anyone can make a small mistake, but given that the latter's edema is a symptom of diabetes and her going on a road trip without her medication becomes a major plot point, it's kind of a big deal.
Working as a shuffling, nose-picking waitress for a greasy junk-food chain called Topper Jack's and looking like she's been wolfing down most of the grease all by herself.
We get it. Melissa McCarthy looks bad. Really bad. Not, like, Charlize Theron in "Monster" bad, but then, when beautiful, skinny actresses make themselves look terrible on screen, it's brave. Also, no one eats grease. That's just gross.
To make her grandma's bail after she plies a couple of teenagers with illegal drugs and alcohol, Tammy robs another Topper Jack's with a paper bag over her head, and they both end up at a lesbian jamboree that sets the LGBT movement back 20 years.
Um, why? I get that holding an impromptu Viking funeral for a trashed jetski is not exactly progressive, but I'm sure "the movement" can survive. (Also, note that Reed then spends a paragraph recounting "Tammy's" plot in its entirety, right down to the final scene. Way to meet that word count.)
At one point, Grandma kicks her granddaughter out of their crummy motel room and forces Tammy to sleep on the ground while she has sex with a man she picks up in a barbecue joint and a raccoon eats Tammy's candy bar.
Actually, it's a miniature powdered donut, not a candy bar. Another minor detail, but it's a good choice. Donuts are funnier.
The screenplay is sub-mental. In interviews, Ms. McCarthy and her husband admit it was written in moving cars, on napkins and toilet paper. I believe it. The characters seem hateful and retarded, but maybe they're just dumb as tree stumps.
Come on, man, nobody says "tree stumps" anymore. That's just rude.
The purpose of every Melissa McCarthy movie is the same: Take the most repulsive loser you can conjure up and make her sympathetic and lovable, proving you can find beauty in anything if you look hard enough. This one fails to even do that. Instead of following any kind of linear narrative, the script limps from one phony vignette to the next, linked only by a different road sign. Without structure, trajectory or logic, the result becomes tragically boring.
First, I kind of doubt you are an expert on Melissa McCarthy movies; I'm not even sure you're qualified to weigh in on the ones you have seen. Second, this supposed template fits exactly two of McCarthy's previous films: "The Heat" and "Identity Thief" — not "Bridesmaids" or "This Is 40" or "The Hangover Part III," let alone the ones where she played characters with names like "Paramedic" and "Nico the Goth Girl."
In the chaos, I applaud the star — not for any discernible talent, but for sheer stamina. Her entire performance — if you can call it that — consists of being slapped, slugged, dumped in various lakes and rivers, and bounced off walls and pavements like a big rubber Shmoo doll. She isn't smart, imaginative or creative enough to be a real female clown, like Lucille Ball. Nothing that resembles a fresh approach to slapstick farce ever engages the mind or the eye. Instead she recycles every fatso cliché from John Candy to Totie Fields, which only turns the viewer cynical.
Is it me, or is it worse when Rex Reed pretends to praise Melissa McCarthy than when he's just flat-out insulting her?
This movie is so bad it almost makes me take back everything I said about "Identity Thief" and "The Heat."
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
Santa Riding a Camel
Here we were in Egypt and it was much colder than we were expecting, setting aside the fact that we'd expected our belongings to arrive earlier. So besides not having the proper attire or blankets, the biggest problem for me was not having any of my Christmas stuff. You know me, I LOVE decorating for the holidays, especially when they're spent far from home. Makes me feel settled. Like where I am IS home.
Luckily I discovered that some of the enterprising Tentmaker Appliquers here have made all sorts of creative things for the expat/tourist market. I went on a bit of a buying binge. First off is a wallhanging with Santa riding a camel:
Isn't this great? Notice the itty bitty pyramids there on the bottom right. This really appeals to me cuz I try to collect Santa travelling in unusual ways. (Still trying for that sleigh drawn by kangaroos, but I'm definitely on the wrong continent for that.) I love Santa's face - very simple and folk-arty.
Muhammad was sweet and made up stockings really quickly for my sweetie and I.
That's my name in arabic at the bottom (so they tell me). I love the scale of this one better than the one above - all crowded in and more details in the sky. And of course the sky is BLUE not neutral. Just so you can get a really good look at it:
By the way, these stockings are HUGE.
12 comments:
- Dawn said...
Oh these are sooo cool! I have never seen Santa on a camel!
Now I have no quilts with Santa on a Kangaroo, but I get pictures of Kangaroo's pulling santa's sleighs every year from my friend Jody in Australia! - 12:27 PM
- JudyL said...
Guess if you want a BIG stocking, get a tentmaker to make them! :)
Those are such neat things to have from your travels.
If I see a Santa being pulled by kangaroos, I'll definitely let you know! :)
Judy L. - 12:51 PM
- Sarah said...
These are so cool! What a great way to celebrate Christmas in a new place! And what nice memories after you leave there. I love the stocking! The bigger - the better!
Sarah - 2:15 PM
- Tropical Screamer said...
OK, I almost spewed coffee all over my monitor and keyboard.
The Santas on the camels are great. Thanks for starting my day out with a smile.
Darilyn - 2:45 PM
- Finn said...
Love the camels..and the story. Camels, you know, rank very highly with me...best way to walk across Egypt..*VBG*
Great colors they used..wow! - 4:14 PM
- Samantha said...
Oh, I LOVE santa on a camel! I have a feeling that's how he used to get to me!
- Holly said...
Tonya, your santa riding on a camel things are sooo cute! How fun to have your name in arabic, too.
- Tracey said...
I *love* those stockings, Tonya! Totally unique. What a great memory they will hold for you forever.
- Barbara C said...
These are wonderful. What a fun addition to your Christmas decorations.
- Darcie said...
I'm so very behind with reading around the QM Ring....
What a cool collection of Egyptian artistry! I love the artist's signature on the large wallhanging.
Is there an Egyptian form of Santa Claus? Or do they celebrate the same one as we do? Just curious...maybe I'm speaking too soon...I'd better get caught up with your posts! ;-) - 9:39 AM
- Tonya R said...
The vast majority of Egyptians don't celebrate Christmas. The Coptic Christians celebrate orthodox christmas on Jan ?6th? but I don't think they do Santa. Anything I've seen Santa-related has been for the expats. I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I find out anything different.
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ANybody able to give a sonic ranking for UCD180 compared to other amps AKSA 55 for instance?
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Check the thread "UCD180 questions". Some folks have posted
reviews, however not specifically AKSA versus UCD180. Michael |
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Thanks Michael,
Yes I already checked that thread but I have not heard the amps mentioned there. I have built AKSA & Gainclone amps and wondered about UCD180 being a step up from AKSA? John |
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I don't know if AKSA and UCD180 are quite comparable concepts. AKSA is a solid state Class AB amp (correct me if I'm wrong)whereas UCD180 is a PWM Class-D amp. However, sonically I believe a well-built UCD180 amp may outperform an AKSA.
I am also planning to build an UCD amp but it's hard to tell which concept is really better. We need more reviewers. Michael |
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It would also be interesting to hear people's reactions to these different technologies in the various bands of a triamped system. I suspect, for no good reason whatsoever, that preferences might go class-D for bass & mids up to 2.5 kHz, and class-AB or class-A for the highs. This is completely speculative, of course. Francois. |
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Hi Francois, Class D (UcD) performs extremely well for the high frequencies as well, clearly better than my Accuphase that should be straight to well over a few hundred kHz. With the UcD things are just clearer, not in the sense of more high, but in the sense that the music sounds purer, less things added, less curtain in between the musicians and you. This less curtain effect is stronger than most people expect, at least I was very surprised to hear my far more expense Accuphase being blown away by the UcD. I`m actually now using the the UcD180 for tweeter and midwoofers (1 for tweeter and 1 for midwoofer and active crossover, actually DSP) and a Tripath based Marantz for the woofers (will be replaced by UcD400 or 700). Works very well, I just finished this setup and first listening tests are very impressive. Very good imaging, you don`t hear or locate the speakers, just music. Best regards Gertjan |
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Mids will be another issue. Fortunately I found a Peavey CS-800 chassis missing only the power amps, so that's a possible home for some UcD400 modules. Have to do something about the fan and the gaudy faceplate, though.... Francois. |
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Some swedish guys seem to be preparing for a comparison of PWM modules: http://www.diyforum.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1725
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Thanks for the replies - I'm interested in the UCD modules absolute sonic ranking not necessarly among Class D amps only.
I contend that a new technology in audio should push the sonic envelope (so to speak) and should not be compared soley based on what technology class it falls into. John |
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For a start, large sections of the Indian political class and the academia remain defensive about the reforms two decades after they were initiated and lifted more than 150 million people in India out of poverty.
Yet, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said, the "benefits" of an open economy "are still not widely understood among the general public. The instinctive reaction of many is to revert to a state-controlled system". Behind this preference for statism is a distrust of the private sector, which is seen as rapacious.
In view of the belief that Narendra Modi will focus on development if he becomes prime minister, it is possible that the private sector is no longer an anathema as before. But it is still not certain whether his supporters make a distinction between state-driven growth via the public sector or a market-oriented approach, which, to quote Manmohan Singh, is considered "anti-public welfare".
In any case, there is an influential protectionist lobby in the saffron brotherhood, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), which has already voiced its opposition to foreign investment in general, and not in the retail sector alone which has already been declared out of bounds for foreign investors by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The deceleration may continue even if there is a change of guard in New Delhi
Although Modi has called upon the small traders, who have long constituted the BJP's vote bank, to prepare to face the global challenge, it is unlikely that he will overturn this aspect of the party's policy in the near future - notwithstanding what the pro-Modi economist Jagdish Bhagwati says.
But it isn't only the SJM's protectionism of which the foreign investors will be wary. They will be even more watchful of the social scene. The guiding principle of investment is social and economic stability. If there is the slightest sign of uneasiness among the minorities in the aftermath of Modi's rise to power, they will back off.
It is noteworthy how organizations like the SJM, of which little was heard in the last 10 years, have crawled out of the woodwork in view of the possibility of the BJP entering the corridors of power at the centre. So have Hindu extremists like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) Pravin Togadiya with their call for segregating Hindu and Muslim localities by preventing the latter from buying property in Hindu-dominated areas.
None of this is conducive to social peace. In fact, it is what the SJM and the VHP say which will interest the investors more than Modi's assurances. But if Modi is at least formally committed to an open economy even if some in his camp are not, this cannot be said of a large section of those on the "secular" side of the divide.
These nay-sayers to markets will include the Congress, especially now that the "neo-liberal" Manmohan Singh is retiring and Chidambaram says that he will no longer be in public life although he will still be "active". Their departure may encourage the "socialists" in the party led by Sonia Gandhi to seek a return to a closed economy.
They will be eagerly joined by the Left considering that Prakash Karat of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has expressed a willingness to help the Congress support a prime minister from a regional party, as in 1996. There will be other socialists as well, notably Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee.
Against such a formidable line-up, the few who still see some virtue in foreign investment like Naveen Patnaik, some of whose favoured projects were sought to be scuppered by Left-of-centre Congress ministers like Jairam Ramesh and Jayanthi Natarajan, will have a great deal of explaining to do.
The end result will be that the growth story will continue to falter. Mayawati's fear that there will be riots if Modi wins may be exaggerated, but a defining feature of a BJP-led government will be communal tension and that of a Third Front-Congress combine will be a renewed emphasis on sops and subsidies based on casteist politics.
It isn't only the economy which will suffer, but the social scene will come to be dominated by antediluvian personalities who will express their aversion to English and modern lifestyles with greater fervour than before. The only way out is for Modi to be far more stern against the fundamentalists in the so-called Sangh Parivar - the fraternity of Hindu nationalist groups - who continue to live in medieval times.
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They were set right last year before I replaced them yesterday I even took them out to check again they didn't look that bad to me kinda ashy but not all blackened
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And Jennifer Hudson does. Fair? Maybe. Jennifer Hudson can sing her ass off, that's for sure.. but other than her singing moments in the movie, i don't think that the role was very demanding as an actor. Beyonce definitely had more lines. Anyways, what's everyone's reaction.
i am waiting for spider 3
Good. She doesn't deserve one. Looks should only beable to take you so far. When it comes to awards, it should be based on actual talent/performance.
Austin Powers 3 put Beyonce in the negatives for acting points. She needs at least 1 more great acting job to even out at 0...THEN she can start fighting for awards
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Beyonce is way overrated and annoying, she is not even hot, her butt is bigger than a volkswagon dealer.
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Beyonce is a terrible actress, why would she win an acting award? Just because she has more lines?
Can someone please give more of a description than, "she's bad, she can't act, she's a terrible actress?" I don't think she's a bad actress. I think it's funny how people say looks can only get you so far.. but I think in her case that people just won't give anything else she does a chance just because of her looks. It's like people want her to be bad just because she's beautiful. |
Beyonce cant act, cant dance and can barely sing, the only reason she still has gigs is because she's black, if she's white with the big butt, she will not make it into showbusiness.:no:
Beyonce is hot, but that's it. She's not a good actress and doesn't deserve an award for anything other than singing or having a$$.
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The Mishnah in Ta'anis (26b) states: "When Av begins, we decrease joy." The Gemara (29a) adds: "Just as we decrease pleasure when Av begins, we increase pleasure when Adar begins." This last phrase has been made into a popular song to the tune of Pick a Bale of Cotton: "mi-she-(mi-she-, mi-she-)nikhnas Adar marbin (marbin, marbin) be-simkhah" (link)
Oddly, though, the Shulchan Arukh (Orach Chaim 551:1) quotes the rule about decreasing joy in Av but not about increasing joy in Adar. I have no idea why this is the case.
[One could jokingly say that this proves that the Shulchan Arukh wants us all to be (stereotypically unemotional) Litvaks. Or the other side can say that he expects us to be Chassidim (who are stereotypically always happy), so there is no need.]
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mowfow71 I'm no expert on his either but I found a couple of your answers already from playing around. I have a Flytouch 3 with Android 2.1. It's easier to answer question 2 first: I assume you are talking about things on the home screen. If you hold your finger on the icon and wait a second tili the tablet vibrates slightly a trash can will appear on the right of the screen. Keep your finger on the icon ad drag it to the trash can. The icon will turn red, let it go and it should be gone. You can also use this metod to move icons to different places on the screen (other than to the trash can). Question 1: Yeah mine had China on it when I first turned it on. Couldn't even find Australia on it let alone my city. I just removed it altogether as per above method. There are other Weather Widgets in the market for free. You might find one with your area in it. As for Question 3 and Skype, sorry I haven't used it so I can't really give you any advice on that. Good Luck.
Skype is very dodgy on the 2.1 interface. Try getting the update: here and Skype gets a bit better. As for 3g dongles I'm not sure but I'll go on record as saying that your best bet is really a 3g hotspot vs dongle. I know it's not always possible or feasible but it's going to work the best for you with the least hassle.
Thanks for your advice Cheers Ok so the big question is this rooting thing, is it worth doing and how hard is it to do bare in mind Im a newby to android. If I brick this My missus will kick my teeth in and shove the tablet where the sun doesnt shine (she bought it for me as a gift) and i must say what a gift, I love it, its awesome. Im sort at a loss as to what the benefit is for rooting these things. Would you do this to you tablet??
It's not very hard to do and very little chance of bricking the tablet. Basically you're going to open up the ability to do full backups of data and apps and make deeper tweaks to Android if you so choose. Right now I have a few games on my tablet and my daughter plays them on rides here and there. I have a Titanium backup of all the data and apps so if she screws the pooch somehow I can just recover and keep on moving like nothing ever happened.
I ordered mine last week and I should have it by 03/30/11. I'm checking out all the apps and info so I'm ready when it arrives. I got the Flytouch3/SP2 with 2.2,7000mah bat,2.1 camera and it says flash 10.1. I will make a video when it arrives and post it here.
Please do as I wonder if there are good versions of this FT3/SP2. Yours has the higher spec camera and battery. How do you tell if the battery is actually what they say it is? As I have read before the battery is horrible and I found that out yesterday as it drained while off, I read you have to hit reset.


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Hell, I dunno. I only have like $30 into that one. It isn't perfect, but it was my 1st time bending the tubes. it look a lot better than my old one. Swing by and check it out. I could probably build ya one for like $50 or something.
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Well, as far as the welding galvanized goes, I ground it off where I was welding, before I welded it. No sickness here.
I think I have roughly $60 into the bumper. A lot of work, but cost wise only $60 for a 20ft piece of 1/4" x7" steel. The tubes I get for free from work. They cut them off dump truck tarps and pitch them. They are rolled so they are no good for cages, but they are plenty strong enough for bumpers. I am not sure yet, if I am going to start building these, but it is on my mind. As soon as spring gets here, I am converting the garage to 220 so I can get a better welder. I tacked it all togather with my little mig, then welded it at work. Once I get the better welder here, then I am going to build some. I will however, help ya out with one boggin boy, if ya want. LMK. Its just a PITA right now, cause I have to weld it at work. Oh and CC....are those a direct replacement or is modification needed!? |
January 21st, 2006, 10:34 AM | #14 |
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The roof rack weighs like 20-30lbs im guessing. Its pretty light, but I haven't weighed it yet.
The rear is in the works, but probably wont be until springtime. It has turned out a lot better than I thought it would. Even looks good inperson, up close! |
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The high performance tyre of the future will be very different to the tyres we drive on today, if the results of a recent design competition are a guide.
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