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Monday, July 18, 2011
~ It's Blogday ~
And my featured blog this week is glor's 'Crochet Galore'. I love reading glor's blog - there's always an inspirational quote on her side-bar. And of course, there's her crochet work. Glor works with thread and has created beautiful doilies - she also works with yarn and she's been getting some projects ready for a new grandson. Congratulations glor. She also offers her free crochet patterns - and has recently taken up cross-stitch. Take a hop on over and I bet you'll find something you like. :)
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When tough gambler Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda) wins young Wanda Nevada (Brooke Shields) in a poker game, he discovers that his new possession might be more of a hindrance than a help. Setting off to search for gold in the Grand Canyon, Beaudray and Wanda must work together to avoid falling into the hands of a group of criminals who are also after their treasure. ~ Iotis...more
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Bella Swan has problems. She's just moved from the heat of Arizona to the small town of Forks in Washington, where it rains all the time.
Her father, the local sheriff, is always busy and she's finding it hard to fit in at her new school. There's one boy, however, who might make it all worthwhile, he's sensitive, smart and good-looking. There's only one only problem – he's a vampire.
Welcome to the world of Twilight, Stephanie Meyer's best-selling series of novels about the love between a lonely girl and a dreamy bloodsucker with a conscience. More than 17 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide and now the film adaptation of the first novel, which opens in the UK on 19 December, is expected to become the blockbuster hit of the season thanks to its fervent army of devoted teen fans.
In the US, where the film, featuring Harry Potter hearthrob Robert Pattinson and rising star Kristen Stewart, opens next week, that army is already clamouring for tickets. Twilight took 63 per cent of pre-sales on ticket website fandango.com, while more than 100 show times across the country have reportedly sold out. Those are big numbers, bigger even than the pre-sales for Disney's High School Musical 3 ahead of its $42m opening weekend.
Twilight is likely to become that rare thing, a genuine word-of-mouth hit, propelled to the top of the box office by an almost obsessive support. There are fans who have tattoos of the book's infamous line, "So the lion fell in love with the lamb".
And it's not just Twilight, vampires are big news right now. The teen sections in bookshops are heaving with rival titles from Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series, essentially Gossip Girl with more bite, to Richelle Meads' Vampire Academy series, which focuses on an all-vamp boarding school. But it's not just teenagers who fancy a date with the undead. Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire may no longer top the best-seller lists but in its place are numerous copycat attempts from the serious – Susan Hubbard's Society of S – to the schlocky – Christine Feehan's steamy Carpathian series.
Nor is it only fiction that is turning to the dark side. Not since Buffy stalked the corridors of Sunningdale High, stake in hand, have so many bloodsuckers competed to get their fangs into fans. HBO's newest drama, True Blood, is a witty take on vampire tropes adapted by Six Feet Under's Alan Ball, while Johnny Depp plans to resurrect 1970s vampire drama Dark Shadows with long-time collaborator Tim Burton. Twilight is set, however, to eclipse them all. When the final novel in the series, Breaking Dawn, was released in August, bookshops opened at midnight to meet demand; a similar rush is anticipated in the US when cinemas open their doors at midnight on 21 November. As to whether it will ultimately trump that other teen-driven hit High School Musical 3 only time and the box office can tell, but one thing is certain: the battle between the all-singing all-dancing Disneybots and the sensitive vampires with soul will be much bloodier than anyone could have imagined. Sarah Jane Hughes
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Who doesn't love a quarter-pounder? If the gourmet burger craze sweeping the nation is anything to go by, most of us do. High streets from Exeter to Edinburgh boast trendy burger joints offering fancy patties, with one in the new Westfield shopping centre serving a version with foie gras. But for me, the finest burgers come from the thousands of roadside vans across the country. So why is Guildford Council forcing them to serve soups and salads? Just as Pizza Hut is the home of pizzas, a van is the rightful home of the burger. Jamie Merrill
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Picture this. You've drained the port, sucked all the chocolate from granny's stem gingers, the children have lost interest in Shrek IV and hell is about to break loose over the washing up. If Christmas threatens to lack harmony and style, I have the solution: a 1000-piece, limited-edition, jigsaw puzzle by leading fashion photographer Steven Meisel. On sale this week, the 50cm by 70cm portrait is the ultimate gift for fashion fans – and, for $750 (£485), offers a rare chance to own a print by this enigmatic American snapper.
Meisel dominates the key international fashion titles and most prestigious advertising campaigns. His controversial Vogue stories have included "models in rehab" and "terror suspects in prison". However, there's nothing in his jigsaw to scandalise the aunties. Meisel has selected a complex shot from the Christmas 2007 issue of Italian Vogue depicting the model Meghan Collison amid a writhing swarm of printed pattern and tattooist's artwork.
Produced by Editions Ricordi (and available via shop.artandcom merce.com) the puzzle, signed and numbered by the photographer himself, is also an unusual foray into print sales for Meisel, raising the question of whether one really should play with it – or simply archive it until the art market recovers. Either way, this is clever market-positioning from Meisel. Penny Martin
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Could there be a snootier nickname for Kate and Pippa Middleton than the 'Wisteria Sisters'? They have been dubbed thus because they are, apparently, decorative, fragrant and – horrors – excellent (social) climbers. Think what you will about them, but when did being a girl with ideas above her station become a crime? We should celebrate, not berate, wisteria women – after all, without ambition and social mobility we wouldn't have Billie Piper, Helen Mirren and, over the pond, Oprah Winfrey. No one calls the self-made success-story Alan Sugar a bindweed bloke, do they? Rebecca Armstrong
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Poseidon is the ruler of the oceans and is surpassed in eminence only by his brother Zeus. He is the Greek God of the oceans, seas, horses, rivers, winds, floods and drought, earthquakes, storms, and tempests and is also the ruler of Atlantis. He appears as a major antagonist in God of War III.
Greek Mythology
In Roman mythology, he was known as Neptune. Linear B tablets show that Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes in pre-Olympian Greece, but he was integrated into the Olympian gods as the younger brother of Hades and Zeus and third of all of his siblings, generally considered a little less powerful than Zeus. Poseidon and Amphitrite, a nymph and ancient sea-goddess and daughter of Oceanus, had many children including Triton, messenger of the sea and herald to Amphitrite, Theseus, the cyclops Polyphemus, and Orion the giant master hunter.
Like his eldest brother Zeus, Poseidon was known for having many human lovers. In the known Greek Mythos, he raped Medusa on the floor of one of Athena's temples. Angered by the blasphemy but unable to harm Poseidon, Athena changed Medusa into a Gorgon. When she was later beheaded by the hero Perseus, Chryasor and Pegasus emerged.
In the God of War Series
Great War
Like most of his siblings, Poseidon was swallowed by the Titan King Cronos. When he was released, he fought alongside his brother, Zeus, in the Great War of the Gods and Titans. During a great battle between the Gods and the Titans, Poseidon aided his brother Hades to bring down the mighty Atlas. After Atlas saved his uncle Cronos from having his soul captured by Hades, Atlas was electrocuted by Poseidon's thunder, bringing him to his knees. Hades reacted swiftly and with his fiery chains he grasped onto Atlas. With Poseidon further electrocuting Atlas, Hades was able to capture the Titan's soul, making him stronger. After the Blade of Olympus was created and the Titans were banished to the Tartarus; the pit of torment, Poseidon was given dominion over all seas. He took Amphitrite as his wife and watched over the waters of Greece, being worshiped by sailors to grant safe passage in his waters.
Wager of the Gods
Poseidon briefly appeared as a contender in the wager of the gods, a contest in which they would each choose one mortal to represent them. The ultimate goal was to capture the healing elixir, Ambrosia. At first, Poseidon kept his champion a secret from the others until finally revealing the Theran warlord Herodius as his champion. Herodius entered said contest to save his people from a plague secretly created by Poseidon, but never returned, as Kratos and his Spartans killed both Herodius and his army. After the Spartans took Herodius' ship, Poseidon, enraged at Kratos for costing him the wager, unleashed his Hippocampi upon the ship. Although the Spartans survived, Poseidon created a massive whirlpool which dragged the Spartans closer and closer to the bottom of the sea. He then sent the Sea Snake to kill the Spartans, but the beast was killed by Kratos. The Spartans docked safely at their destination, infuriating Poseidon even further.
Aiding Kratos
For a period of time, the vicious beast known as the Hydra terrorized the Aegean Sea, until Kratos, guided by Athena, was called upon. Arriving upon a mess of shipwrecks, Kratos battled the various heads of the Hydra. During this feat, he was met by the great God Poseidon, who granted Kratos the gift of Poseidon's Rage. With this magical ability Kratos was able to cast a stream of lightning through his body into his enemies, destroying them or weakening them enough so that he may finish them off. This ability would also be of important use while battling against the Hydra King, the strongest and largest of the Hydra's heads. After destroying the beast, the nightmare the Hydra had caused for many sailors in the Aegean Sea came to an end. Poseidon was also given a section devoted to him in Pandora's Temple. In this section, Kratos obtained Poseidon's Trident, granting him the ability to breathe underwater and dive.
Atlantis' Destruction
While Poseidon does not appear physically, the Ocean God attacks Kratos with a massive whirlpool and other hazards as the Spartan tries to make his way back to the now sunken Atlantis. Later, he manifests himself through one of his statues. Infuriated with Kratos for releasing Thera, the Titaness of fire, and having her destroy Atlantis, his beloved city, he vows he will never forget Kratos' actions, promising he would one day answer for them. Also, his personal army, his "children", the Tritons, appear as enemies.
The Second Titanomachy
" | You challenge me, mortal?! A God of Olympus?! | " |
–Poseidon, standing before Kratos |
Poseidon is among the Gods who are listening to Zeus, who declares that they must unite against the new threat of Kratos, formerly the God of War and now a rogue mortal. Once the walls of Olympus begin to tremble, Poseidon and the other Gods ready themselves to face the Titans who have been saved from their banishment in the Great War by Kratos using the Loom of Fate. After sharing looks with his brother Zeus, Poseidon dives off Mount Olympus, right into Epimetheus' chest, knocking him off the mountain, killing him almost instantly. Poseidon then dives into a large body of water at the base of the mountain, summoning a tendril from below that grabs Gaia's arm and begins pulling her. After Kratos defeats his minions, Poseidon then emerges within a watery construct in his image, projecting Hippocampi from his chariot. Poseidon sends his steeds to attack and restrain Gaia while he himself struggles with both Gaia and Kratos.
After a vicious battle, Gaia punches his chest, sending Kratos on a collision course with Poseidon's human form, which Kratos rips out of the watery construct and onto a platform. There he closes in on the weakened Poseidon, who warns Kratos that the destruction of Olympus would destroy the entire world. Kratos is unfazed by this, and proceeds to beat Poseidon uncontrollably; slamming his uncle's face repeatedly against a wall, and hitting him with his own head, before throwing him to a nearby wall, Poseidon then made a desperate attempt to escape and survive, but is unable to reach the edge and is grabbed by Kratos, who then proceeds to crush his eyes and finally twist his neck, killing the Ocean God once and for all. This last struggle is seen through Poseidon's own perspective.
As Poseidon's lifeless body falls to the water below, his death causes a tidal wave that floods most of the world. This would probably explain why the Desert of Lost Souls (location of the Titan King Cronos) does not exist anymore.
In Poseidon's Chamber, Kratos finds a note Poseidon left where it is indicated he became interested in Pandora's power over Olympus and suspicious of Zeus' intentions, expressing fear his brother has changed for the worst.
The note reads:
A mere girl, somehow she is the key to the labyrinth. I brought this statue here, but so far have learned nothing. That mortal Daedalus, in his madness, has devised a way to shield secrets from even my far reaching view. This does not bode well. I fear Zeus is no longer the brother I once knew- Poseidon
Another note indicates Poseidon's wrath and frustration towards Zeus, citing his brother's refusal to provide Olympus safe harbor from the storms that are brewing. What Poseidon means by that last comment is not clear, but it might allude to the apocalyptic future that Poseidon may have foreseen i.e the destruction of Olympus. Even though Poseidon fought alongside his brother, he alone still had misgivings about Zeus.
" | Join me, mortal, and receive the power to aid your injured brothers. | " |
Poseidon is one of the four mentors of God of War: Ascension's Multiplayer. His statue is the fourth one in the Rotunda of Olympus.
The God of the Seas mainly focuses on defense and teamwork rather on attack power. Warriors aligned to Poseidon have the best resistance to damage in the game, however they're also the weakest damage dealers, which makes Poseidon the polar opposite to Ares in Multiplayer. This makes the alignment mostly undesirable for many players. He also grants his servants powers over ice and the ability to heal their injured allies.
A warrior of Poseidon can resist very serious blows that most players would normally not be able to, but must learn to deal with the lack of physical power, which can make battles last much longer. Teamwork is the ultimate key to becoming a great warrior of the seas.
Resilient to damage.
Water Magic
Decrease mobility and freeze opponents.
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Increase defense and increase team ability.
Poseidon Weapons
Can decrease enemies mobility with ice and heal nearby allies in certain special attacks.
Poseidon Armors
Focus on physical and elemental resistances rather than in damage.
Powers and Abilities
" | All of Olympus unites against you! | " |
–Poseidon |
Poseidon was among the most powerful of the Olympian gods, second only to his brother Zeus, and surpassing his brother, Hades. It is notable that Poseidon could have single-handedly bested the Titans in God of War III, having downed two of them and making short work of Gaia, had Kratos not intervened. It should be noted that his power seems to be in direct proportion to the amount of water nearby. During the Second Titanomachy, Poseidon was strong because he had access to the sea, but once Kratos separated him from it, he was more vulnerable. This would explain why Poseidon resorts to using lightning instead of water during the first Titanomachy.
- Atmokinesis - As the immortal ruler of the seas, Poseidon possesses the power to manipulate water, storms, and lightning, able to create strong waves and violent storms to bring the rage of the ocean upon those who anger him. Atmokinesis breaks down into several abilities.
- Eco-Hydrokinesis - Poseidon is the master of the water element. He can control all of water in the world.
- Cryokinesis - Poseidon can manipulate and control ice.
- Hydrokinesis - Poseidon can manipulate and control water, ranging from tidal waves and whirlpools, to a watery construct in his image. Since water does not retain a shape, it is clear that Poseidon's control over water is not only immense but precise, in retaining the size and shape of his Titan form.
- Water Breathing - Poseidon can breathe underwater.
- Electrokinesis - Poseidon can generate and manipulate electricity. He used this power to help Hades in defeating Atlas. In God of War, he bestowed Kratos with a small portion of his electrokinetic power. In God of War III, he uses his trident to shoot bolts of electricity at Kratos and Gaia.
- Hydro-Electrokinesis - Due to his control over the seas and its storms, this accounts for Poseidon's electricity based abilities.
- Immortality - As a god, he is immortal and can live forever. Like his brothers and the other Olympians, Poseidon doesn't age and is not affected by time
- Flight - Poseidon was able to propel or accelerate himself through the air with great speed and force.
- Power Granting - Followers of Poseidon are granted a fraction of Poseidon's powers and thus become very resilient and can sustain massive amounts of damage before death. They can use the waters of the deep to aid them in battle by creating Walls of Water and even creating Sea Storms right in the midst of battle without being near a source of water, with these waters they are able to heal themselves and allies. Poseidon also grants his followers the use of Cryokinesis, allowing them to create large spires of ice and even freezing opponents to crush them.
- Shapeshifting - He could reform himself into a massive, elemental form resembling a Titan. This form, in his own image, was entirely water-based, with rocks forming details on his chest and head. In this form he is at his most powerful, with all of his powers and strength increased tenfold. However, his measure still pales in comparison with the Titans.
- Regeneration - He can regenerate himself. In God of War III, when you chop off one of several Hippocampi hands (sting/tentacles) and do not do further damage to it, it will regenerate again.
- Teleportation - As the ruler of Atlantis, Poseidon can teleport to anywhere via sea and water
- Superhuman Strength - His Titanic form also primed his already great strength, allowing him to pound Gaia and Kratos with great force.
- Superhuman Durability - Poseidon can withstand great attacks before submitting to defeat, and due to his Warriors possessing great durability as well, he should be far more durable than Ares. In fact his durability was likely only matched (or surpassed) by his brothers Hades and Zeus.
- Superhuman Stamina - Poseidon's energy and vigor in combat is far greater than that of mortal men, enough to fight the Titans, though he can be defeated.
- Superhuman Agility - Poseidon has a higher jumping capacity than mortals. It is unknown if his agility was on par with that of Hermes.
- Invincibility - When in the waters of the deep, Poseidon is invincible and all of his attributes are multiplied greatly. However the farther away he is from the sea, the less of his "true" power he can exhibit. This was the case with his battle with Kratos, as they were several miles away from the sea at battle.
- Hippocampi Control - In elemental form, below his waist a large jet of water coming from a rock formation was maintained, with Hippocampi protruding out of it, which Poseidon used actively in his battle with Gaia and Kratos. He could also control them even without his elemental form, but the creatures themselves are smaller, one even managing to wrap around his forearm; this is seen when the gods looked down from Mount Olympus to the climbing Titans below.
- His character for God of War III was the most complex for the developers; it took them about 6 to 12 months to fully design his monstrous form.
- Poseidon is the first God seen in God of War and the first boss battle in God of War III.
- In God of War: Ascension, Poseidon's gigantic one-eyed son Polyphemus appears as a Titan and the boss of the desert multiplayer map.
- It is interesting to note that Poseidon was investigating the recent decisions of Zeus for the manufacture of the Labyrinth, and its mysterious prisoner. He took to view that recently, Zeus was not the brother he knew before, as Zeus was infected with Fear. Unlike his brothers, Poseidon showed more resilience to the evils of Pandora's Box, and although corrupted as well, it was not to the extent of his brothers.
- Poseidon appears much older in God of War than in God of War III. His beard, for example, is whiter and bushier than in God of War III. Like Poseidon, many Gods looked different in God of War than they did in following games, because at that time, possible sequels were not yet certain.
- It may also be because Poseidon, like the other gods, could change his appearance.
- If this is this case though, Poseidon's true form is unclear. It seems likely that his older appearance is his true form, but as a God he wishes to appear youthful.
- Poseidon's chambers adorn statues on the wall that look like Poseidon did in God of War.
- During his fight with Kratos, Poseidon mentions "Atlantis will be avenged!", referencing the events of God of War: Ghost of Sparta.
- It's strange that during his fight with Kratos, Poseidon didn't mentioned the death of his own son, Theseus as he did mention the destruction of Atlantis.
- Poseidon's chariot is pulled by the Hippocampi, creatures with the bodies of horses and the tails of fish. This may seem strange as horses are not aquatic creatures, but Poseidon when challenged to create a beautiful land animal in Greek mythology, Poseidon created these horses, and became his signature creatures. In ancient Greek mythology, his chariot was pulled by the Hippocampi as well.
- By comparison, it is very clear that the designs for Poseidon's monstrous watery form, were based heavily off the older artwork made for the Titan Oceanus, who was considered for (but cut from) God of War II. It is said by the developers in a God of War III bonus video that Oceanus' concept was partially used in designing Poseidon.
- Poseidon was seemingly infected with the evil Anger after Kratos opened Pandora's Box.
- After being weakened, the glowing tattoos on Poseidon's body become very faint and slowly glimmer. This suggests the tattoos somehow represent his vital signs.
- As a powerful god and having the power to control the seas, Poseidon could have killed the Hydra with ease. However, Athena could have planned leaving this task to Kratos, so that he could acquire the Poseidon's Rage ability, empowering Kratos and helping him to defeat Ares in an easier way.
- The God of War novel reveals that Athena indeed convinced Poseidon that the Hydra was sent by Ares. Since Zeus has forbidden the Gods from warring with one another, Poseidon's intervention would breach this rule, so he resorts to giving Kratos the power to destroy the Hydra instead.
- In Homer's Iliad, Poseidon is revealed to have other names. The following is a complete list of said names: Poseidon Earthholder, Poseidon Earthshaker, Poseidon Earthholder Earthshaker, Seabluehair, and Seabluehair Poseidon.
- Poseidon appears briefly in Bit of War when the time of the gods comes to an end and Olympus makes a desperate attempt to regain power.
- In the Chamber of the Flame in God of War III, there are pictures of Poseidon with tentacles in the background; they could either belong to the Kraken or Scylla, if the tentacles do belong to one of the said monsters then it is highly likely that Poseidon was the one who sent them to attack Kratos in previous installments of the series, which was proven for Scylla as she was the Guardian of Atlantis.
- In a leak after God of War III]], it is said that Poseidon does not favor the trident much, but started using it as a symbol after his patron city, Atlantis, began using it as there only weapons, beside bows. He is heard saying "I would use my hands if I could" which leads people to believe he uses his combat avatar to drown his ememies. However, it is not known if this is true.


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FTSE CLOSE: Positive US jobs data offsets fears of slowdown in China, leaving markets up for a fifth day
17.20 (close): London's leading shares index closed ahead for the fifth day in a row today as positive jobs data in the US offset fears over a slowdown in China.
The FTSE 100 Index rose 5.6 points to a fresh four-month high of 5851.5 after the US Labor department reported a 6,000 decline in weekly jobless claims.
The figures helped the London market keep its head above water after China's industrial-output growth unexpectedly slowed in July to a three-year low, raising fears over the health of the powerhouse Asian economy.
Powerhouse economy: Traders hope for further Chinese interest rate cuts so the country can hit a 7.5 per cent annual growth target
The pound dipped to 1.56 against the US dollar after figures showed the UK trade deficit widened to a record level in June. Sterling was still up against the weakened euro, however, at 1.27.
The goods and services deficit - the gap between imports and exports - rose to £4.3 billion from £2.7 billion in May, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, the highest level since comparable records began in 1997.
The gloomy figures have dimmed the UK's recovery hopes because the Government is hoping for an export-led recovery.
Standard Chartered shares continued to recover following a tough defence against allegations that the bank covered up illegal dealings with Iran.
With Bank of America Merrill Lynch also upgrading the stock, Standard rose for the second day in a row, up another 4 per cent, or 47.5p to 1363p, although it is still well below the level seen before it was branded a "rogue institution" by US regulators.
At its lowest ebb the stock had fallen 30 per cent from highs before the allegations were levelled against the lender.
Meanwhile, BSkyB shares were 9p higher at 752p after the broadcaster last night won its appeal against Ofcom's ruling that it had to offer two of its sports channels to competitors at wholesale prices.
The ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal impacted BT, which fell 5.4p to 216.3p, a decline of 2 per cent.
Shares in insurer Aviva slipped 1.5p to 316.7p after it reported a 10 per cent drop in half-year operating profits and warned of more tough conditions to come.
However, it kept its half-year dividend in place, which helped to reduce the negative sentiment.
Music retailer HMV lost earlier gains and fell 1 per cent after it slumped to a
loss of £16.2 million for the 52 weeks to April 28 but said its recovery
was on track. Shares fell 0.1p to 3.6p.
The group had been 8 per cent higher earlier in trading after it reassured investors that it will return to profit in the current financial year.
It expects profits of at least £10 million this year as it drives more business from selling the latest iPad, Google's Nexus tablet and wireless headphones alongside its CDs and DVDs.
The biggest Footsie risers were Standard Chartered up 47.5p at 1363p, ITV ahead 1.95p at 83.2p, IMI up 19p at 899.5p and Glencore ahead 6.9p at 344.8p.
The biggest Footsie fallers were Amec down 56p at 1103p, Evraz off 6.9p at 273.1p, BT down 5.4p at 216.3p and Smiths Group off 18p at 1057p.
15.35: A lacklustre Wall Street open has nevertheless given a small boost to London stocks.
The Dow Jones is trading up 8.3 points at 13,183.9, while the FTSE edged 4.2 points into the black at 5,850.1.
This is against a backdrop of fairly bright U.S. economic news - house prices showed robust growth in the second quarter of the year, while weekly jobless claims dropped unexpectedly.
Gloomy trade figures appear to have made little impact on markets today.
The FTSE is trading down 12 points at 5,834 after figures showed the trade deficit widened to its worst level since comparable records started in 1997. Read more here.
The news has dimmed the UK's recovery hopes because the Government is hoping for an export-led turnaround, although the pound was not noticeably impacted on currency markets.
Standard Chartered was the biggest riser on the Footsie today after getting a boost from bargain hunters.
At its lowest ebb the stock had fallen 30 per cent from highs before allegations about Iranian transactions were levelled against the lender.
But by yesterday's close it had rallied 17% and has been one of the most traded shares in the last seven days, according to Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, with interest from investors up eight-fold.
The bank is up 4 per cent or 50.75p at 1,366.25p today.
The FTSE 100 is little changed on another day of thin trading volumes - it's down 4.2 points at 5,841.8 shortly after midday.
The mining sector has edged higher, countering weakness in oil and pharmaceutical stocks as investors reacted to Chinese production and inflation figures, said Joshua Raymond of City Index.
'The Chinese data this morning was always likely to be a "win-win" scenario for those investors trading on the front foot,' he said.
'Weaker than expected data would likely increase optimism that China could inject fresh stimulus to help growth bounce back in the second half of the year, whilst stronger than expected data would help to ally fears of a faster slowdown of activity in the country.
'As it happens, the former element has taken place this morning and we have seen mining stocks in London rally on the back of it.'
10.30: Standard Chartered shares have continued to recover from Tuesday's dramatic losses as the company launched a robust defence against U.S. claims it laundered Iranian funds.
The Bank of England and London Mayor Boris Johnson also joined a
backlash against the New York regulator that made the damaging
accusations. Read more here.
With Bank of America Merrill Lynch also upgrading the stock, Standard Chartered rose 4 per cent or 55.75p to 1,371.25p.
The FTSE 100 is trading down 3.1 points at 5,842.9 as an early rally on the back of Chinese data recedes.
'After several days of quiet, traders had plenty of economic news from the world's second-largest economy to digest. Industrial production was weaker, while consumer price growth slowed, giving Beijing more room to boost stimulus to help revive the flagging economy,' said Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG Index.
'Normally, the prospect of stimulus in China gets investors fairly excited, but today the reaction has been more muted.'
BSkyB shares were 9p higher at 752p after the broadcaster last night won its appeal against Ofcom's ruling that it had to offer two of its sports channels to competitors at wholesale prices.
The ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal impacted BT, which fell 5.65p to 216.05p, a decline of 2 per cent.
Shares in insurer Aviva were marginally higher, up a penny to 319.2p, as it kept its half-year dividend in place despite a 10 per cent drop in half-year operating profits and a warning of more tough conditions to come.
Music retailer HMV enjoyed a big jump, up 0.5p to 4.1p, after it reassured investors that it will return to profit in the current financial year. Read more here.
8.25: The FTSE 100 has opened up 6.3 points at 5,852.2 as a drop in China's inflation fuelled expectations of further stimulus efforts to boost growth.
China's annual consumer inflation fell to a 30-month low last month,
suggesting its central bank has scope for further interest rate cuts to
keep the economy on track to meet an official 2012 growth target of 7.5
per cent.
The Footsie closed 4.68 points higher at 5,845.92 points yesterday, consolidating around a four-month peak.
A slide in a batch of stocks trading without their dividend entitlements offset gains in banking and mining stocks during the session.
On Wall Street, Standard & Poor's 500 just barely extended a streak of gains to a fourth day, ending above 1,400 in another thinly traded session.
Asian shares rose to a three-month high overnight after the drop in Chinese consumer inflation, which left room for more action to support growth.
On the UK economic front, trade balance data is due to be published later.
Stocks to watch today include:
Standard Chartered: The Financial Times reports that the bank has sought advice over whether it can pursue legal action against a U.S. regulator following allegations it hid Iranian transactions.
HSBC: South Korea's financial regulator said it planned to conduct spot checks on the local operations of Standard Chartered and HSBC Holdings after money laundering allegations against the lenders in other countries.
AVIVA: First-half results.
RANDGOLD RESOURCES: Second-quarter results.
AMEC: First-half results.
BUMI: Second-quarter results.
PSION: First-half results.
TUI TRAVEL: Third-quarter results.
ENTERPRISE INNS: Trading update.
GRAINGER: Trading update.
HILL & SMITH HOLDINGS: First-half results.
KERRY GROUP: First-half results.
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
The chattering classes
Last night Kathleen and I went to Oregon Ridge Park for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Fourth of July concert and fireworks display.* No one would expect people sitting on folding chairs or lying on blankets on a hillside to observe the same decorum as in a concert hall, but still. . . .
There was the woman who conducted a conversation on her cell phone throughout the performance of Charles Ives's variations on "America." (She also continued to smoke after the announcement requesting the audience not to.)
There was this penetrating exchange directly behind us:
Voice 1: "I didn't know you liked popcorn."
Voice 2: "Love it."
Voice 3: "You didn't know that?"
I'm not certain, but it seems likely that Voice 3 was also the source of some impressive percussive effects with chewing gum.**
Of course, people are conducting banal conversations in the concert hall, at the movies, loudly, over cell phones, in the street. And at church.
There used to be a convention that people entering a church before a service would sit down quietly, to pray, to listen to an organ prelude, or simply to settle themselves calmly. No more. I've attended services in recent years in Episcopal churches that were noisier than hotel lobbies. And it is by no means the heedless young who are chattering away; the heedless young don't go to church.
The prospect that someday someone in authority will authorize the use of cell phones on airplane flights leaves me sweaty with fear.
The social and cultural changes that have produced this incessant chin-wagging are probably irreversible, and certainly not by the comments of a lone blogger.
But still, you few who read this, give it a rest. Sit quietly. Listen to the music. Follow the progression of your thoughts inside your own head for a while. Declare your independence from the noisy.
*And on Friday night we had dinner with friends. After spending most Friday and Saturday nights since 1980 producing newspapers, I'm becoming a gadabout.
**I'm aware that the musical content of these concerts is negligible. There were some nice touches: a thirteen-year-old delivering a stunning rendition of the national anthem, the Ives, a couple of Sousa marches. Apart from that, a medley from Carousel, a schlocky arrangement of "America the Beautiful," and the "1812 Overture" — a work despised by its composer that commemorates the defeat of a totalitarian despotism (Napoleonic France) by a monarchical despotism (czarist Russia) and which has become an American holiday favorite simply because it was written to be accompanied by explosions.
Actually, we enjoyed the concert. I even managed the struggle to get off the grassy field where we and thousands of others parked with greater equanimity and less swearing than you would expect.
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- AnonymousJuly 5, 2009 at 9:59 AM
My theory is that all the mindless loquaciousness today is a result of the rise of cell phone and the decline of cigarette addictions. People can't shut up because they talk all day long about nothing to people who aren't even listening. At least when everybody smoked cigarettes part of the time they had to shut up to light and smoke; smoking was a relatively silent, contemplative activity. Cell phone use is garrulous and noisy.
ReplyDelete With regard to the "1812," I don't understand why orchestras don't play instead Handel's "Music for the Royal Fireworks," which was also meant to be accompanied by gunpowder explosions. Yeah, it was written to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, concluding the War of Austrian Succession -- one of those incessant European balance-of-power squabbles. But the Battle of Borodino doesn't have anything to do with our independence either.
ReplyDelete- cherie bJuly 5, 2009 at 2:44 PM
"The prospect that someday someone in authority will authorize the use of cell phones on airplane flights leaves me sweaty with fear."
I would welcome cell phone conversations over the sound effects of a recent flight. 8 year old (and mom) seated behind me kicking my seat, yelling for hours (no hyperbole); two 20-something women in front of me sharing sexual exploits with loud voices; two rows of folk to my right with their i-pods turned up full blast, earphones on their chests so that we could all hear the endless stream of hip-hop; flight attendants whistling and humming as they came slowly up the aisle.
I'm not positive, but I could swear there were a couple of chickens running loose in the back of the plane... My mother is a church organist who has complained for years that no one can shut up long enough to listen to the prelude that she spent the week preparing. She keeps threatening to play "Jingle Bells" for the prelude one Sunday just to see if anybody notices. Oh how I wish she'd really go ahead and do it!


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His orange beret pulled rakishly to one side, Iraqi poet and novelist Fadhil al-Azzawi brought a touch of guerrilla chic to the awards ceremony for the fourth International Prize for Arabic Fiction – the "Arabic Booker" - in Abu Dhabi this week. Chair of this year's judging panel, al-Azzawi kept up the militant note when he welcomed the liberating tempest that has burst across the Arab world this spring. "It is a storm that could never have happened were it not for the work of hundreds of writers throughout the decades," he said. It's a plain enough point, but one lost on feverish Western commentators who have never read a modern Arab book and somehow imagine that Facebook and Twitter instantly implanted a longing for freedom in millions of minds.
I know from limb-numbing previous experience that cultural rituals in the Gulf tend to be long on gravitas and short on spontaneity. Yet even here, under the obligatory tank-sized chandeliers of a hotel ballroom and with local dignitaries aplenty in the audience, the unsettling new realities could hardly be left outside. Whenever a speaker mentioned the Arab democratic spring, a gunshot crackle of applause rippled through the hall. As Mohammed Achaari, one of this year's winners, put it, "A beautiful storm has swept through the Arab world." In keeping with the mutinous mood of the season, this year's Arabic Booker judges even refused to pick a single victor and – after a deadlocked ten-hour meeting – honoured two writers instead.
Achaari, a former minister of culture in Morocco and (before his own nation's liberalisation) a political detainee as well, won for The Arch and the Butterfly: a novel that investigates the roots of jihadi terrorism as a secular, left-wing father discovers that his son has died fighting for the Taliban. He shared the $50,000 award with Raja Alem from Saudi Arabia: the prize's first women laureate. Her novel The Doves' Necklace aims to celebrate the traditional life and legends of Mecca, her home city, as crooked and ruthless development sweep them clean away. Last year's Saudi winner of this prize – Abdo Khal, also a critic of corrupt modernisation – saw his book effectively banned in the Kingdom after a brief window of availability. Will Alem's novel remain visible at home? Spring may take longer to arrive in some countries.
For Alem, mass tourism has opened the myth-spangled Mecca of her childhood to all the bleakest symptoms of a blind rush into modernity. These evils range from religious extremism to the sheer criminality of construction mafias. "My grandfather's house overlooked the Holy Mosque," she tells me, "and we could see thousands of people of all colours and all customs right under the window." Now this sense of a cosmopolitan community of believers has been buried under high-rises. "Mountains are being razed and replaced by skyscrapers of steel and glass – foreign materials for Mecca."
In Mohammed Achaari's novel, pathological modernity takes the form of terrorism: a "special ideology" that feeds on itself. Even if dictatorship and poverty may light the original spark, "this hatred develops in an illogical way". When suicide bombings struck Casablanca in 2003, it gave Morocco "a huge shock", because "this savagery came from among us". Hence Achaari's delight at this year's home-grown Arab movement, devoted entirely to "peaceful resistance" against tyranny. Yet he has no illusions about the size of the institution-building task ahead for Arab democrats: "I'm extremely happy about what has happened. But I know that a hard time awaits us."
Meanwhile, Achaari has a timely warning for those of us who might expect too much of Arab authors as the pathfinders for a new era of liberty: "We must not ask writers to do something that exceeds their capacity as human beings." Instead, they should nurture their own particular art. When we talk on the day after his victory, he reminds me of what Dostoyevsky once wrote: "Beauty will rescue the world."
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This year's Abu Dhabi Book Fair crams almost 900 exhibitors from across the world into the hulking hangars of the National Exhibition Centre. Yet, once again, many major British publishers are conspicuous by their absence. Whereas the French and Germans take the trouble to design smart collective areas for their imprints, the big UK players seem to sit on their Anglophone backsides. Do they assume that the pull of English-language books means they don't need to drum up business this far away from home? One exception is Bloomsbury which, thanks to its recent deal with Qatar, has made a modest splash – Harry Potter sets included.
Dishevelled hero in fine form
He had only just got a visa. He hadn't booked a bed for the night. His company had no stand arranged. Tousled as ever, he turned up in a donkey jacket and faded jeans among the spotless white robes of the Emiratis. Yet the rumpled figure in the Book Fair corridors is a real hero of the Arab spring. Mohamed Hashem, publisher of Dar Merit in Cairo, has over the years, and in the teeth of censorship and lawsuits, brought to Egyptian and other Arab readers the works that helped to make the change. (He was first to publish Alaa Al-Aswany.) I ask him if his business has been harmed by the past seven weeks of turmoil. Of course, he says, but it doesn't matter. Freedom has dawned, and he can now operate without state intrusion and corruption. Western politicians make endless cost-free speeches about the value to us all of free expression and democratic rights in the Arab world. Hashem, and others like him, have lived the struggle, and paid its price. I think we owe them.
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I've been looking for a blueberry recipe! I don't have whole wheat flour on hand though, can I substitute all-purpose?
Yup, you heard me say delicious! And I know what you mean by eating blueberries by the pint, they are so yummy and no mess.Thanks for sharing!
Cookie Crazed Mama, Thank you I think you should be fine with all purpose flour, I haven't tried it but I don't see why not.Rosanne, Exactly, I love them too.
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As long speculated, it's now official. AirAsia will be moving ALL their operations from their current base at Suvarnabhumi (BKK) to Don Muang (DMK) on 01OCT12.
This includes ALL AirAsia services such as those operated by other 'arms' of AirAsia like the Malaysian AirAsia Berhad (AK) or others.
Several other point-to-point only, Thai-based carriers will also be moving at the same time. The DMK airport operator will be upgrading and installing the necessary facilities (Immigration, Customs, Security, etc) necessary to accommodate the new passenger flows to/from DMK.
The two airports are on somewhat different 'sides" of the city with Suvarnabhumi being on the eastern edge of the city, and Don Muang being on the northern edge of the city.
The distance between the two airports is *about* 40kms depending on route taken and drive times in the :60 range-- again heavily influenced by traffic conditions.
AirAsia has now given guidance to those who hold tickets and are impacted. They say this for your remedy options:
"AirAsia has scheduled October 1st this year as the date when all of its services will be based at Don Mueang Airport. The airline's flights will retain their FD code and original schedules. Passengers who are affected by the switch to Don Mueang Airport, may alter their flights by either choosing another travel date on the same route either 7 days before or after their original travel date, at no additional cost. Passengers also have an option to convert the paid flight into credit shell available to be used within the next 90 days. The change options are only available to affected passengers who purchased their tickets before 26 June 2012 whose travel dates are from 1 October 2012 onwards. For further information and developments visit www.airasia.com or contact the AirAsia Call Center at 02-515-999."
The impetuous for the move was largely government originated as the passenger loads at BKK were/are reaching current limits and the expansion of BKK will not be online for some time.
So the decision was made to (better) utilize Don Muang for those carriers who operate traditional point-to-point services.
Remember that Thai AirAsia does NOT sell or recognize ANY form of a "connection" even if the two flights are both AirAsia operated or on other carriers.
While AirAsia does have a fly-thru service, which acts as a connection service, at present, it is not sold or offered on or to any Thailand destination or on any Thai AiriAsia flight.
This move will have a DRAMATIC impact on those will be combining (note: as AirAsia does not recognize connections, they are not called such) two tickets on DIFFERENT airlines, for SAME-DAY onward travel.
These passengers will now need to allow for MUCH MORE time as an airport change will now be required.
Also note that at present there is no Airport Rail Link (ARL) style train service from DMK into the city. There is the traditional State Railway of Thailand option, but the service is limited in frequency.
There IS preliminary discussions about improving and implementing more DMK to City ground transfer options (my own personal guess is that we'll see the very popular Express Bus service re-started from DMK into the city center) AS WELL AS inter-airport transfer options such as dedicated non-stop bus service..
but at present, nothing has been formalized.
Do remember that ANY airport-to-airport transfer (be that BKK to DMK or v.v) will REQUIRE you to pass and clear BOTH Passport/Immigration control as well as Customs control AND to move your own baggage between airports using whatever transport options are provided or possible.
October is still a solid three months out, so I'm sure we'll get more and better clarity to the inter-airport transfer situation as well as DMK to city options, but at present the base decision--- for AirAsia as well as several other point-to-point carriers to move-- is now formal.
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Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, FamilyChildren's Mental Health Week has rolled around the calendar again. In about 2 hours, I'll be on a stage near Knoxville Zoo's Tiger Tops juggling knives, fire and chickens and if I do this right I finish with lunch! It's going to be 78° outside so I'm wearing wool tuxedo pants. My teenager daughter is sobbing because she has to be with her family instead of her boyfriend. Gotta go.
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An online journal of Mannie Gentile, a National Park Service Park Ranger working on the National Mall in our nation's capital. DISCLAIMER: please note that this blog represents only my views and not those of the National Park Service. Feel free to email me at: email@example.com
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Going Home
This morning the remains of a young soldier, found last October in the Cornfield, were sent off in solemn ceremony, home at last. Almost exactly 147 years following the combat death of this young Union soldier his remains are bound for Saratoga National Cemetery in his home state of New York.
The ceremony at Antietam National Cemetery was marked by dignity, respect, and genuine affection. With professionalism, grace, and poise the National Park Service turned the remains over to representatives of the New York National Guard who will escort the young unknown soldier back to New York.
Six Park Rangers, my colleagues and friends, served as pall bearers on what was an incredibly beautiful late summer morning for this very moving event. (video here)
The pall-bearers, from a variety of divisions at the park are briefed at 8:15 a.m.
Crafted with great care and attention to detail by park staff, this elegantly simple box, beautifully lined and fashioned from a walnut tree from the Mumma Farm, contains the remains of the young unknown Union soldier.
As the hearse arrives a silence descends upon the gathering.
The pall bearers proceed to the hearse to receive the empty pine box, an exact replica of a soldiers casket of the Civil War.
The empty casket is carried to the cemetery lodge building where the box with the remains awaits.
The empty casket is followed by a member of the honor guard of the New York National Guard carrying the burial flag.
The doors closed for the transfer as two park volunteers in replica uniforms stood by.
The flag-draped coffin containing the walnut box with the soldier remains emerges from the lodge building...
as the Maryland State flag is dipped in salute.
Within moments, flag, coffin, and soldier left Antietam behind, bound for a long deferred journey home and a final rest in peace. The price of "America's Bloodiest Day" remains a very tangible thing for the people who work at Antietam National Battlefield. This event is one more reminder of the service and the sacrifice that are sometimes the price of freedom.
Today I felt very grateful to a young Union soldier, and very proud of the men and women I'm privileged to work with at Antietam National Battlefield.
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Mannie, very nice video. Wish we could have been there but we had to get back home, doing so last night. Incredible that this boy was found after all these years. Just accentuates the importance of Antietam Battlefield Park, still speaking to us today of the horrors of that day in '62.
Paul and I went to the first walk at South Mountain yesterday, I was disappointed in the presentation(guess I am too used to Ed Bearrs).
The USSC et al had a great time, the newbies in our group roamed everywhere and took in the various talks at the Visitors Center. We all look forward to next year(God willing and the "crick" don't rise).
Take care.
Jim T.
watching from beautiful Orleans County, NY - 11:01 PM
Mannie thanks for sharing the pictures. A moving tribute to the young soldier.
Susan - 2:06 AM
- J David Petruzzi said...
Thanks, Mannie - very moving video and ceremony. Wish I could have been there (should be coming this Saturday for a little R&R and early groundwork for "The Complete Antietam Guide" :)
Thanks for sharing. You're lucky indeed.
- The Ebon Swan said...
Thank you for making this video, Mannie. It's just beautiful.
Beautiful Video. Beautiful ceremony. Great choice of music in using 'Going Home'. I am reminded of the use of that song when FDR left Warm Springs, Georgia in 1945 and 'Going Home' was played as he was put on the train.
Chris - 12:21 AM
- Jim Beeghley said...
As a follow up to your post, here is an article on his arrival in New York.
Jim - 7:29 AM
Thank you very much for sharing this. It is quite moving. We should all be grateful for the sacrifice of this young man and the thousands of others who gave the "last full measure of devotion." I share your sense of pride in the National Park Service.
Bob Pollock
U. S. Grant National Historic Site - 1:08 PM
- betardo said...
Sincere thanks for sharing the video. I can only say I had a lump in my throat and watery eyes.
Donald - 7:16 AM
- nygoe said...
Thank you for the beautiful video.
And thank you for your service in helping current generations remember the sacrifices the men made so many years ago.
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The M134 Vulcan, also known as the Minigun, is a heavy Machine Gun that can only be used in the Game Modes of Spy Hunt.
After becoming a Super Spy, he or she will automatically obtain this weapon. The Minigun is seemingly impossible to counter; it contains 900 bullets, and it does not require any reloading at all as it has no extra magazine/belt. A downside is that the Vulcan has a short period of spooling (warming up) before it can actually fire.
Compared to the other Machine Guns in Combat Arms, the Minigun seems to be the heaviest (fighting Super Spy one-on-one, with the player having another type of MG, the player would actually move slightly faster than the Super Spy).
After the 3-25-09 Patch, the power of this weapon has been decreased due to players complaining the firepower is too high and causes uneven gameplay.
A Specialist variant of the M134 was released during the the August 25/26, 2009 patch. However, the Specialist is much different from the original, such as allowing the Minigun to be continuously spooled (or "revved up,") so it is almost always ready to fire, and having only 500 bullets.
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The M134 (Super Weapon) is a special variant of the M134 Minigun only available in Cabin Fever after round 20 is reached.As one of the Super Weapons, it is enhanced to fight the Infected.
This special Vulcan is chambered to deal its usual damage against the Infected, unlike its weakened versions. So it is possible to mow the Infected down with its usual damage by using this gun.
- The non-specialist M134 Minigun actually has a different name. Look at the ingame Spy Hunt picture on the right or bottom and as you can see, it says M134 next to the bullet count. Compare that to the picture of the ingame M134 Minigun (Operative), That version says M134 Minigun.
- The M134 has black barrel brackets on the barrel unlike the white/silver ones on the M134 Minigun.
- It is the second weapon to be lifted up when running. The first being the Anaconda Black, third being the Desert Eagle, the fourth being the M134 Minigun, and the fifth being the Skorpion. (NX variants not included).
- The M134 is the only Model Weapon (as well as Super Spy weapon) that can be picked up. No other weapon can be obtained outside their respective game modes.


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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Income At Home is an online business system that has suffered from a lot of negative reviews. But are these reviews telling the whole story? The fact of the matter is that most of the reviews on Income At Home which can be found online are not real reviews, but simply material that is meant to either discourage people from joining the opportunity or else promoting a different opportunity; in many instances both is the case.
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Homer Simpson's D'oh!'s Span 20 Years [VIDEO]
There have been some pretty memorable television catchphrases, but none like the one from Homer Simpson!!
Yes, I'm talking about the Homer Simpson 'D'oh!,'
YouTube user Andrewjcm has put together an "almost complete" supercut of all the 'D'oh!'s that have left Homer's mouth during 20 years of 'The Simpsons.' Watch the Homer suffer and suffer and suffer. Look closley, doesn't he remind you a little of Jon?!?! 😉
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[via BuzzFeed]