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am I the only one that remembers Snake Eyes 2: Snake Ears
Okay, but what if the girl thinks you're really really gay. I mean, really really REALLY gay. She thinks you're so gay. What if that happens?
I think he'll have a big career, and go down as one of the best. He's definately one of the best younger talents out there. When people look back on this generation of filmmakers, it seems as if guys like PTA and Tarantino will probably be considered the best (just like Altman, Scorsese, Spielberg are considered the best of their generation). If he never makes a movie again, he'd still be one of my favorites. This is coming from some prick who eats at burger king twice a week (how that's relevent, I don't know). I usually order the whopper combo with cheese, large orange soda and onion rings.
I also tell them to take off the onions..
sorry for posting again, but I'm too lazy to hit the edit button.. funny story -- I was at the drive through and I told the guy I want no onions on the burger but I wanted onion rings instead of fries.. The guy was confused and it took me five minutes to explain it to him. When he finally understood, he laughed at me as if I were crazy. I explained to him that onions on a burger do not appeal to me, but deep fried onions appeal to me because I am overweight and need to clog up my arteries even moreso than they already are.
Listen to this post, maybe it will convince you. Forgive me if the grammar is poor, it's late (actually it's 3 in the afternoon, but I need an excuse). The fourteen year old cook at Burger King might consider his craft an artform. You, the consumers however, see it as a way to get fat, to eat your meal ASAP and get out of there. To the cook, it's his artform, it's his passion. Making that burger is what gets him up to go to work. In your life, you might meet many Burger King elitists, who view this kid's job as an artform, and might crucify you for not believing it is. Who's right and who's wrong though? It's not so black and white. To the chef, he is an artist, but to you, he is a mutant.
Quote from: RaviMulvaney the Criterion guy? Why?perhaps it is because he is the biggest prick in the world? (right next to the CEO of McDonalds).True story -- there was this one time (ONE time) I was at McDonalds.. still with me? Now, the woman handling the cash register was an absolutely huge woman. She's the type of woman with a mustache and whiskers, with messed up hair and trailer glasses. She's the type of woman that could pass for a man. She has 3 chins, and her face oozed into her body (okay, I'm describing Pizza the Hut here). So, she said what would you like? At this point, every single ounce of energy in my body, every single breath and movement was focused on one thing. I felt the sweat pour down my back and through my shirt. I trembled and couldn't move as I knew it was inevitable. She stared at me, and I stared back, and it was the hardest thing I've ever done, trying to hold back that laughter. Now, standing there a good while, my laughter was getting closer and closer to bursting out. I really considered just running out of there, or perhaps saying nevermind and leaving, but I knew if I had said one word, the laughs would have come out. Suddenly, the heavens answered my prayers --- behind her in the McDonalds kitchen, a dishwasher or something dropped all those trays (that go on the trashcans), and they scattered all over the ground... It was my moment to let all that laughter out.. Thank god for that.. I ended up ordering that BigMac garbage.. worst burger I've ever had.
Mulvaney the Criterion guy? Why?
I was at Wendys the other day and this prick came in, interrupting all our meals. He kept shouting about how Wendys is horrible, and how it's the worst restaurant. He claimed that it's the devils' food. He went on and on for half an hour
Seriously, what's your obsession with fast-food? Do you make yourself laugh with these retarded comments you make?
I do realize that I'm the reject on this board, like the overweight 13 year old minimum-waged dishwasher with a premature mustache at the local BurgerKing
I hate, hate, hate not understanding jokes. When I'm in a crowd and someone makes a joke, 80% of the time (actually let's say 75% of the time) I don't understand the joke. I laugh anyway though because everyone else laughs at the jokes. If I don't laugh I look like a huge horse's ass. A prick basically. I was caught once in the act. I was driving people around in my car, and this man gave a pseudo-joke (purposely doesn't make sense) just to see who would laugh. So, he said the joke and no one laughed, but I laughed. When he revealed that he just wanted to see who would laugh at a joke that doesn't make sense, I was naturally embarassed. No, I wasn't embarassed, I was a moron. I wanted to go into the 'I'm a fucking idiot' routine. I wanted to smash my head on the steering wheel nine times saying "I'm a fucking idiot." Maybe if I was alone that would work, but the car was packed. I was caught in my tracks like a prick, so I told him I only laughed to make him feel better because no one else laughed. They all knew I was a liar, which made it even worst.
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Yep, slow night, I've gone Burger hopping. It was a tough situation, because not many stores were open. I hate to be a prick and ask the stores to re-open because of my own selfish desires. In reality though, they were closing and getting ready to go home. Who am I to tell them to re-open? The lights were on inside in the back kitchen; manager counting his money, guys in the back cleaning dishes. I turned around and faced pitch blackness. It was the loneliest feeling of my life. Standing there in pitch dark outside of a closed burger king staring into oblivion. I wanted to come home and create this post, it was my comfort at the moment. Instead, I got in my car and drove to the 7-11. There, I bought Bugles and chatted with the cashier. I told him I looked forward to going on the internet when I got home. I told him I wanted a cheeseburger but settled for 7-11. He was actually on the phone, so he wasn't paying attention to a word I was saying. Walked outside and drove home. Not a car in the streets. Seemed like I was the only one awake, alive at that moment. Everyone preparing for the new week at hand. Longest day of the week Sunday is. Loneliest feeling in the world, I gotta tell ya.
I'm pretty much trying to lose weight these days, so I ask light on mayo. It's not absolutely essential (because god knows, I've had them without mayo and it's just as good.. more natural I guess). Call me crazy, but a whopper w/cheese and mayo, onion rings and a medium orange soda is like watching a PTA flick in theaters. Nowhere else you'd rather be at that moment. I'd love to combine the two but theater chains don't allow outside food. I need to let them know the importance of the situation. A character just breaks the law, speeds, whatever, in order to get to a place they need to be most. Nothing can stop them, the cops might, but as soon as the cops understand the situation, they back off. It's time to tell my girlfriend how much I love her, even though she's in the middle of Tai Chi class. It's time to catch that airplane. It's time to watch a PTA flick while eating a whopper with cheese with light mayo, onion rings and a medium orange soda. Nothing can stop me.
On another note, I finally quit my slightly over minimum wage, crap, extra money job of mine (err... gave the two week notice.. I'm not going to say 'weeks' because that's the name of probably the worst movie ever, and I dare not mention it here). I've been dreading the moment all week. I've had this job for two years and am so used to the people there and co-workers. Anyway, it was really like The MatrixReloaded (when the TV screens showed hundreds of the possible Neo reactions). I had no idea how the manager would react. One TV screen showed her calling me an ungrateful bastard, another TV screen showed her celebrating. I also prepared what I would say if she asked me why I was quitting. I know it's unlikely, but I figured you might as well be prepared. So, I went in and told her I'm giving two week notice that I'm quitting, and then she didn't respond. About a minute we stood facing each other, she was quiet. I didn't know what to say, so I explained why I was quitting. I told her I'm grateful for this job of mine because it makes me tolerate places that I normally hate (i.e. the doctor getting needles in my flesh). If I was burning in hell, I'd thank be happier than working in this 'job.' Before she could give me her response, I woke up.. I then became extremely depressed that quitting my job was still in front of me. It still is.
Quote from: XixaxBah. Go back to your pizza and burgers, tasteless ones.Don't dismiss burgers now, please.. I don't think you've ever gone to a Burger King and eaten a whopper with cheese and medium onion rings. Top that off with a medium (or large, although large has a lot of sugar) orange soda, and you're in heaven on earth. I appreciate that you made a thread on sushi, but take the burger bashing elsewhere please. I guess I shouldn't expect everyone to see what I see in burgers though.I once took a girlfriend of mine to Burger King on a date. I told her we were going to a surprise restaurant; I even told her to close her eyes until we got there. So, I walked her inside and sat her down as I ordered for the both of us. I told her to open her eyes when I placed the whopper in front of her. The look on her face was one I never want to see again (pretend I'm saying this in the tone of that guy from Mulholland Drive). Let's just say I drove back home alone, and I got to eat two whoppers that day. Yep, I'm single.
Bah. Go back to your pizza and burgers, tasteless ones.
I will not have sex with males in my lifetime. I ordered Onion Rings today at Burger King. I ordered it through the drive-through, and when I got home, there was french fries in the bag instead of onion rings. I said fine, I'll eat these fries, try them out. They were disgusting and I threw it away immediately. IMMEDIATELY. I just didn't care for it, I don't even know why I experimented. From this experience, I learned I will never experiment again. Stick with what works. I won't eat french fries from burger king (don't get me wrong, sometimes they're alright, but I prefer onion rings), I won't watch 1920 silent japanese films, I will not have sex with males. I don't want them to stick a needle in my arm and take blood. Hey cecil, by the way, I don't find huge female breasts very attractive either. Just don't see it: they're french fries. I once dated a fat woman out of pity, and her "breasts" were huge. I told her once about my dream chicken sandwich with the perfect combo of lettuce and mayo. She wasn't paying attention to a word I said.. She tuned in just as I was talking about the "small but firm, tender chicken breast" I desired so much. I clearly said 'chicken' breast, but I guess that makes it even worst. Yep, I'm single.
I will not refer to Big Macs. I have vowed never to make another fast food comment again.
Or the feeling, the passionate feeling in my stomach after I've eaten a square cheeseburger from Wendys.
Don't be so sensitive, Chris Kelvin.. When Wendys took away the Monteray Ranch Chicken Sandwich, I was upset. No, upset is the wrong word; I was heartbroken. Not only was I shocked, and offended at Mr. Thomas' decision, but I was depressed. I thought maybe I could go and start a picket line in front of Wendys, but I figured it's a waste. They'll probably bring back the Monteray Ranch sandwich one day, and when that day comes, I'll be waiting for it. I really miss that sandwich actually. These days I get the spicy chicken sandwich, which is great, but I really miss the days of that Monteray Ranch chicken sandwich with large peppered french fries, and a sprite. It puts a big smile on my face just thinking about it. The salad dressing on a chicken sandwich is really an innovation. Speaking of chicken sandwiches, does anyone here eat at Chick-Fil-A? They claim to have pioneered the chicken sandwich, but that's just a gimmick. Some farmer probably did it hundreds of years earlier. Still though, you gotta love Chick-Fil-A's french fries. I think their fries are their real innovation. They look like little mini-waffles, and they're so delicious. I don't buy chicken sandwiches from Chick-Fil-A, I usually get chicken nuggets and barbecue sauce (but I make it a habit to get their large fries). I actually haven't been there in months though. It's never been a priority, you know? I know that Chris Kelvin knows what I'm talking about.
Hey, lamas, I love you like a cousin, I don't want my words to be misunderstood. It's just annoying these days how everyones blaming everyone else, it's time we take responsibility for our actions!Yes, I'm some slightly overweight prick who eats at fast food everyday. And yes, I'm proud of it. I'm damn proud of looking in the fridge, finding nothing, and going to Wendys to pick up a quick meal. Do you know why? Because I love it. I hate to quote Joel Schumacker movies, Batman Forever, and Val Kilmer, but I have to "I am not batman or bruce wayne because I have to be, but now, because I choose to be." Don't you understand the quote? Don't you understand the situation? It's his choice, to be batman. I want to enjoy life, and enjoy living NOW, but I also want delayed gratification. I also want to wait a while in the parking lot, or better yet, drive slowly to Burger King in anticipation of the food. Because physical pleasure comes and goes (believe me, I have sex with women occasionally, actually that's a huge lie, but it fits my point). Actually, now that I think back on what I wrote in this post, I want to highlight it all and delete it. Not one word makes sense here. I've been out all night burger hopping with friends, and hopping burger joints with friends, and driving the town with friends. I'm no better than you are. You know what I did the other day? And this is the truth (hey, it's not as good as my other stories, but it shows what a prick and hypocrate I am)--- Some bimbo cut me off in line at Burger King, and lemme tell you, I never yell at people, but this was an 'angry day' if you will, and I yelled at her. So, she actually broke out into tears and I felt like a prick making her cry. Sure, it was her fault for cutting me, but I was careless, I shoudl have realized that she must have been very hungry. Actually, that story too is completely fabricated. I really wish my life was this exciting, but it's not. I lead a boring existence just like everyone else here. I live life through the cinema, where it always seems sweeter. I live life through cheeseburgers and fries. Just like you used to live life through cigarettes, and Jack Nicholson lives life through sex. And MacMuffin lives life through redirecting people's threads, but yeah, at the end of the day, I'm on the internet living life through you. You and I live through each other.
And another thing, Lamas, I want to congratulate you for quitting the cigarette smoking. That's a great quality to have, quitting your addiction. God knows I've tried to quit going to fast food. I'm in the process actually. My doctor told me I need to quit eating unhealthy foods. You know what though? Okay, doctor, whatever you say.. Why don't you go home and quit sex while you're at it? Okay, doctor, I'll do that as soon as you tell me that Cecil B Demented needs to get rid of the passion in his eyes.
The best artist I know is the prick who works 9-5 at Burger King flipping hamburgers and putting together that whopper for me. For the best whopper is a work of a great artist. He is a middle aged asian immigrant who most likely sends the money he makes to his family back home so they can live better than all their peers. This artist did not visit any university to learn and understand the ins and outs of a whopper construction, but he went on instinct and guidance from his boss. From all the pseudo-whoppers he's tasted before in Asia. Now when I go to Burger King and eat his whoppers with cheese, I not only eat the whopper, but I digest this asian man's soul and passion.
Usually late at night while watching TV there might be a Wendys commercial on that reminds me that they're open late (so I can eat great at any time). I get excited, and the rebel inside wants to jump in the car and drive to Wendys. Usually this is at around 3 AM though, so my hours are too late for those pricks who work there. For that split second of excitement though, anything is a possibility. On another note, every so often I try to pull all nighters. Couldn't tell you why but it seems like a great idea. I usually get up to 4-5 AM until the bed seems like a savior! Isn't that what it is though? It's a savior, providing boundaries between each day of our life. Why disrespect sleep, I ask, it's there to help not to destroy. Sleep doesn't support Nuclear War, sleep doesn't support child molestation, sleep doesn't support the all new big mac combo, sleep is there for us to forget about these things. As soon as I realize this, I jump in and give it the respect it deserves. Avoiding sleep is like avoiding an invitation to a party thrown by jesus christ of nazoroth.
Burger King would be the best restaurant if it were run by robots. The pricks that work there don't give a damn about the integrity of themselves and the product they sell. Not that robots would, but robots are passive and they get the job done. Every burger perfect, every french fry crisp and salted to perfection. They'd smile everytime you make an order, they wouldn't think a jerk of you if you eat your burger and are still hungry and want something else. They wouldn't spit on your chicken nuggets, they wouldn't preach religion to you. Sure the downside is they're not organic, and they'd take away the jobs from bums, but the goods outweigh the bads here!
Quote from: ewardi weighed 290 pounds when i was sixteen years old and now, at the ripe old age of 18, i weigh approximately 175.....the weird thing is after the initial shock and excitement of seeing urself get thinner, as you kind of ease in to no longer seeing urself as fat and get used to it, your mind starts to play tricks on ya....very evil, dirty, depressing tricks. very discouraging at times.What a minute, what kind of tricks? And how can these tricks be prevented? Did the tricks cause you to gain back the 115 pounds (an achievement so amazing that it shouldn't be referred to since words can give no justice)? Is it like those crazy circus mirror-tricks (did you ever see the image that shows a huge fat ugly man looking in the mirror and seeing a stud, and a sexy woman looking in the mirror and seeing Aunty Em?)perhaps this should be xixax: a site for reformed fat-ass
i weighed 290 pounds when i was sixteen years old and now, at the ripe old age of 18, i weigh approximately 175.....the weird thing is after the initial shock and excitement of seeing urself get thinner, as you kind of ease in to no longer seeing urself as fat and get used to it, your mind starts to play tricks on ya....very evil, dirty, depressing tricks. very discouraging at times.
Anticipation is at an all tim--- Squirrel!!
I found a ''movie confessions'' thread exactly as my ''embarrassment'' thread. I don't want to link it because it's fucking depressing. My ''never seen pulp fiction'' confession is really standard when it comes to our 2003 confessions.
Quote from: Pas on May 07, 2010, 06:10:42 PMI found a ''movie confessions'' thread exactly as my ''embarrassment'' thread. I don't want to link it because it's fucking depressing. My ''never seen pulp fiction'' confession is really standard when it comes to our 2003 confessions.Yeah, I remember that thread - at the time my biggest confession was that I'd never seen a film by Godard.The constant depressive side of Mr.BurgerKing always made him more tragic than funny for me, though I agree he was obviously a fascinating poster. It's the old question: how much of this is performance...? It was very unsettling (in a good way though, I guess).
I wish I wasn't listing from my iPhone. There are some gems on this board. Prophet and Bruce Lee were probably my two favorites. To this day I still wonder if they were putting me on or if they really were that clueless.
If we ever find out the Elvis painting was a put-on, I might cry.
To risk being a killjoy and momentarily take a Xixax funnies thread in a more serious direction it was never meant to go, and probably shouldn't sustain...Quote from: polkablues on May 07, 2010, 07:13:50 PMIf we ever find out the Elvis painting was a put-on, I might cry.This relates to that whole question of performance, levels of commitment to a performance, and what we take as authentic. I mean, we all construct online personas to a degree, but obviously some take it further than others. It really does matter (for example) whether the Elvis thing was a put-on, and equally, how much of BK's life was made-up. Because, while we all come here for pure entertainment to a degree, we're all ultimately still real people interacting with other real people, it's hard to just say "funny is funny - it doesn't matter about intention". Because whether or not - say - Mr BK was a depressed guy constructing a character for defense, or whether the whole thing was genius ruse from start to finish, has big effect on how much I can laugh at/with the guy.As I say, this is just intended as an aside - I don't want to send us down a whole path about the philosophical problem of identity...
The Elvis thing though I'm not too familiar with, maybe someone explain that?

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Let's use it this way anyway, shall we? I have certainly been feeling very maundy this week, although today, ironically, I have cheered up and as well as making some preparations for Easter I've been busy in my sketchbook.
For a long time now I've been as preoccupied with thinking about my work as I have with actually getting on with any. I've asked myself hundreds of questions and spent a lot of time seeking direction and inspiration. This is all good, but recently I've become restless and felt ready to start producing some more significant work again.
So this week I asked myself a new and more direct question:
'Very specifically, what body of work would you like to have produced by the end of this year?'
This is what I answered...
- A collection of stitch samples (hand and machine) which are completely personal to me in terms of method, materials, technique, colour and overall feel. More particularly, I am aiming to find a quality of line that I like, ways of exploiting a limited range of stitches, simple materials, and the achievement of a graphic and painterly feel.
- Similarly, I want to produce a series of paper samples which will improve the techniques and materials that I use in my drawing and painting. Working into and through different ways of making marks and textures until I feel totally comfortable with these techniques.
- A drawing-a-day (at least) to get my observational drawing skills into shape again.
- The production of some constructed pieces - cloth, paper, not sure yet - that feel personal and meaningful.
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Ryan Pinder, the director of broadcasting and media relations for the Penticton Vees, was on the scene when the baby Flames were in Penticton for the recent prospect tournament. He was good enough to snaps some pics and send them our way for publishing.
Lance Bouma and Greg Nemisz get ready during some pre-game skates.
Mikael Backlund apparently wore a letter for this contest.
Bryan Cameron in front of the Oilers net. That's the area from where he scored a lot of goals in junior.
Looks like Backs is trying to pick up the puck here.
Thanks again to Ryan for the snapshots. You can follow him on Twitter here. He also blogs about the Vees here.
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HaU, MoH^ry, Illinois for farmers and their wi¬ ves. Mr Bundgard urges farmers to "come and leam bow to solve low farm commodity prices, by establishing cost of production plus a reasoaable profit and maintain¬ ing a price under contract." He added that Boshtessihto, local civic and oar^ianisational leaders are also invited to attend. The speakers for the evening are Pastor Edward Heine, St Johns Unioed Church of Christ, Hannony and Father Baumhofer, St. Marys Catholic Church, McHenry. Refreshments will be served On Saturday, April 6, the N>.0 will hold a dance at the Huntley American Leg:ion Home at 9:00 P.M. Music will be by Bob Moeh¬ ling orchestra. Three File for School Board Bfr. Emest Stading, Jr., Sec- rMary of the Board of Educfr ion of Huntley Schools, reported to the Farmside that three nominations for membership on — the Board of Education have been filed with him They are Ronald Jirik, Elmer Bastian, and Emest Stading, Jr. The election will be held on i Saturday, April 13. ^ Annual Auxiliary Dinner Meeting Reminder! It's Spring again—time for An¬ ual Pot Luck— Monday, April 1st, 6:30 p.m., American Legion Aux¬ iliary at the American Legion Home. Meat, rolls and butter, cream and sugar, coffee furnished by the Auxiliary. Bring your dish to pass. Special guests have heen invit¬ ed, so let's have a good attend¬ ance. HunUey Unit No. 673 Joyce M. Will, Sec. The Men's Fellowship Dartball Team of Tfae First Congregational Cburch was started in Octobar of 1906. They have just finished their second year of league play. Dartball is played with darts on a baseball appearing field. Each player stands 20 feet from the playing field and throwing tmderhand attempt to throw his dart so that he gets a hit The playing field is divided into col¬ ored areas: blue-for a ball; white for a hit-single, double, triple, hotnemn; red for a sacrifice or donUeplay; grey for a strike green for a foul ball and <»'ange for an out. Each batter throws tUl he gets a hit or makes an ont Tliere are 12 teams in the dart¬ ball leagne, and eaeh team plays every other teem <m a home and away basis. In the 1966-7 year, the ffrst for the huntiey team, the local men finished last Last week marked the end of the current season and found the local team with a 45-36 won lost record, good for fourth place. A tremendous increase over their first year . The dartball league plays ev¬ ery Tuesday night from the lat¬ ter part of Scptemlier until the middle of March with a two week break at Christmas. Among this year's highlights for the local team was winning 2 out of 3 games from th eleague ledaers Bensonville The picture shows the "JOY" of the tocal team. This ia only the second time in history that BensonviUe has lost 2 ont of S games. Pictured above is the new fire- disaster siren mounted a-top the tower in village park. Underneath the new siren is ttie old one which was used for many years in Hunt¬ ley. In order to install the new siren the top of the tower had to be removed and an ancient bell used to summon the fire depart¬ ment of old taken down. The bell will l>e restored to a place of dig¬ nity in the park. The new siren sounded for the first time at noon on Tuesday, March 26. Cadet Scouts Mothers Meeting Picfttved above are the Cadet Scouts as they served cookies and milk to their Mothers at their New Fire Siren Police Chase Saturday Bennie Smith waa arrested ear¬ ly Saturday evening through the combined efforts of the Huntley police, the McHenry County sher¬ iff's department and the State Police. Smith had broken into the home of the parents of his ex-wife and threatened her and their child. On Saturday aftemoon around 3:30 Smith had stopped at the Carl Runge home and wanted to see his child. They did not let him in, as there is a court order which only permits him to call at the Runge home on Saturday between 10:30 nad 11:00 a,m. with his Mother accompanying him. The Runges did n(^ admit his as he had not observed the correct time for visiting and his Mother was not with him. Huntley's police chief Richard Nelson stated that Smith then went downtown to one of Hunt¬ ley's local taverns and had sever¬ al drinks with four of his friends. Shortly before 6 p.m. he and his friends went back to the Runge residence and parked their car. Smith got out and again sought admittance, which was denied. He then broke the storm door, kicked in the panel of the front door and damaged the door jamb. When he could'not gain admittance be then threatened to "get" his ex-wife and their child. When informed that the police had been called. Smith then went to the Runge automobile and ransacked it, toss¬ ing things onto the yard, then he drove off with his friends turning west onto the Huntley-Marengo blacktop. Himtley police had alerted the Sheriffs police. The state police were also alerted, and someone turned in a report to the sheriff's office at about that time that five men were seen in Huntley with guns. The sheriff's police combed the area looking for the '68 Chevrolet with the license number supplied by Chief Nelson. Deputy Dennis Lantis of the sheriffs patrol spot¬ ted the car headed back toward Huntley and alerted the other units participating in the man¬ hunt All vmits converged on the Smith automobile in the Bonnie Brae area. The police participat¬ ing covered the car with shotguns, as a weapons report had been made. A search was made but no weapons were found. The sheriffs men were com¬ mended by the Huntley police for their assistance in apprehending Smith, who was taken to Mc¬ Henry County Jail, where a com¬ plaint was signed against him. Sgt. Sam Auseas in Woodstock drew up the complaint. Judge Parker set bond and the case will come up for hearing in the Court House Annex on April 4, at 10 a.m. It was reported that Smith was released on Sunday, after posting a $460.00 cash bond. Smith, according to Mr. Nelaon, has previously been arrested and convicted of a similar charge and imprisoned in Vandalia. 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Booker prediction: Texas Gov. Castro
NEW YORK – Cory Booker brushed off questions about his own ambitions but predicted Monday that San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro would be the first Latino governor of Texas.
Castro and Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., headlined a talk here fresh off Booker's trip last week to San Antonio, where the two rising Democratic stars taped a video for the Obama campaign, Booker said on Twitter.
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"I think the gentleman sitting to my left will be the first Latino governor of the state of Texas," Booker said of Castro Monday.
( PHOTOS: 10 key facts about Julian Castro)
A Democrat has not won statewide office in Texas since 1994. Texas's Hispanic population is rapidly growing, raising expectations that Democrats will soon see better fortunes on the ballot.
"The demographics are on your side," Booker said.
"The work in Texas now is planting seeds for that state to go blue very, very soon," Booker said, adding, "Once the state shifts blue, it changes presidential politics forever."
"Join me in the 'Draft Castro' campaign," Booker said.
Their comments came as they spoke at an event hosted by the New York alumni board of Stanford University, their shared alma mater, and the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
Castro jokingly proposed to Booker "a Cardinal deal tonight that if you run for governor of New Jersey, I'll run for governor of Texas," referring to the university's mascot.
Castro told POLITICO he plans to run for the third and fourth terms he is allowed as mayor.
"If voters will have me, I'll be there for a while," Castro said. "Texas is going to take a while to change."
A Democrat could be elected to statewide office in six to eight years, he estimated.
"It's flattering, but my future is grounded in San Antonio," Castro said, adding: "I'm going to look around as it gets closer."
( PHOTOS: The career of Cory Booker)
Booker deflected questions about his own gubernatorial prospects, telling POLITICO he was focused on his city and President Barack Obama's re-election.
"It's really a question to ask me after Nov. 6," he said.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described 1994. It is the last year a Democrat won statewide office in Texas.


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No explanation is sufficient as to why a cover of a Ben E. King chestnut from 1961, sung by a band of unknown street performers and indigenous musicians from all across the globe, would ever, in the remotest way possible, become a Top Ten hit.
But this is the free-for-all era of digital media, where your mother or your neighbor could become stars if struck with the right idea or confidence to reveal an undiscovered talent. Viral distribution is why "Stand By Me," sung by a group called Playing for Change, became a YouTube hit earlier this year, resulting in a bestselling album, a PBS special, several national television appearances, and, starting in late October, a national tour.
The phenomenon fell into place organically and with ease; however, getting to this point took Mark Johnson, a recording engineer in Los Angeles, four years of travel over 15 countries. Between stints working the studio console for stars such as Paul Simon and Jackson Browne, Mr. Johnson designed Playing for Change as a pet project he hoped would "show all different cultures and races and political points of view coming together to do something positive."
Johnson visited South Africa, Ghana, India, Nepal, the Middle East, Russia, Brazil, and Ireland, among many other regions, with mobile recording equipment to capture instrumentalists, vocalists, choral groups, youth choirs, and subway performers, each contributing individual parts to familiar songs by Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, Peter Gabriel, and others.
Supported by private investors, the project was meant for eyes, as well as ears. An accompanying DVD to the album, "Songs Around the World" (Playing For Change Records/Concord Music Group), features videos that deliver Johnson's vision with striking clarity: a cellist in Moscow accompanied by native American drummers in New Mexico; a steel guitarist in New Orleans backed by a South African choir; the rock star Bono of U2 trading vocals with the Ghana reggae star Rocky Dawuni.
The effect is less a multicultural collision and more an artful collage, as Johnson's editing creates generous space among the performers, which, in turn, allows the songs to gradually build and gives them their emotional sway.
The trial run was "Stand By Me," which Johnson released last November. It ended up receiving over 13 million hits. Johnson credits "the power of transcendence" for the response. "Everyone in the world wants to be part of something bigger than themselves," he says.
Regarding the out-of-nowhere factor, there is a precedent. The Buena Vista Social Club, a group of unknown Cuban singers and musicians, and Down From the Mountain, featuring singers performing Appalachian music and bluegrass, both resulted from hit movies and generated Grammy-winning albums, tours and star turns for little-known performers who languished for years with scant exposure.
Both projects illustrated a public hunger for musical packages that differ from the norm. According to Norman Lear, the legendary television producer who today runs Concord Music Group, several major labels passed on Playing for Change before it landed on his desk.
"At first sight, it does not suggest there's money to be made," says Mr. Lear. "There's no young person or big stars, the songs you heard before and the musicians are all over the world. So I didn't look at it and say, 'there's a big buck to be made.' I thought, 'this can be very good for our label because it's so good and so healthy and so deeply touching.'"
Lear says he frames the project with what he calls "a rising tide" for connection among people from different cultures. "People are desperate to end the killing in the name of God, in the name of a flag, whatever ... there is a crescendo for the need of coming together."
After Lear showed the "Stand By Me" video to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, the resulting album and DVD received distribution through the coffee chain, circumventing traditional retail, which has suffered over the last decade due to digital music sales and conglomeration. In 2008, about two-thirds of all album sales were made at large chains like Wal-Mart and Best Buy, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The direct sales at Starbucks are immediate exposure for Playing for Change artists who may have little profile outside their native country. That includes Ghana reggae singer Rocky Dawuni, who was invited to participate after Johnson saw him perform at a Los Angeles club.
Mr. Dawuni says the project aligned with the way music is appreciated in Africa, as a utility to accompany everything "from birth to celebrations to death." "Everything revolves around music, we haven't even scratched its power," he says. Westerners may balk at appreciating music as anything but entertainment, but Dawuni says his background taught him it has the ability to "create empowerment and promote peace."
The method to making that happen is rooted in the way Johnson made his recordings. After landing in a country, he used local guides to find musicians known for playing native instruments or singing in a particular dialect or style associated with the area. He made the recordings outdoors to capture the environment of each particular location. Each musician wore headphones, which filtered what was recorded up to that point, and allowed them to contribute their parts in accordance with what was needed.
In the end, recordings that featured up to 70 musicians did not feel crowded; everything in the song sounded essential, even if slight.
Upon introduction, the language barrier was broken by his iPod video screen, which allowed Johnson to play the "Stand By Me" video to provide perspective into what he was up to. "Everyone, whether it was a choir in a South African township or monks in northern India, when they saw the project, they felt it. Which is why the project works. It's about going from one human heart to another."
He sees Playing for Change as an ongoing project, with more albums and videos on the way. A philanthropic foundation bearing the Playing for Change name is building one-room music schools in many of the places where Johnson first recorded, such as Mali, Katmandu, and South Africa, all of them with Internet hook-ups to allow students from different points on the globe to perform together in real time. The tour, which starts Oct. 20 in Alexandria, Va., will feature a band of 10 musicians from the recordings, many of whom don't speak the same language, just music.
Johnson says the tour will be a physical embodiment of the "global family" the project meant to create. "All these people together are much more powerful than the individual," he says.


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Prepare the pork chops. Make a brine by combining the water, sugar, salt, thyme sprigs, clove and all-spice berries in a re-sealable bag. Add the pork chops, seal up the bag and put in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Drain the pork chops and pat dry. Using a paring knife, make a horizontal cut into the center of each chop to make a pocket. Stuff a slice of fontina and prosciutto inside each pocket and secure with a toothpick. Set 2 large cast iron skillets over medium-high heat and add a 2-count of extra-virgin olive oil to each skillet. Add 2 chops to each of the skillets and cook for 4 to 5 minutes until golden. Turn chops, push to 1 side and set grape clusters in pan. Drizzle with a little olive oil and season with salt and pepper before putting the pans in the oven. Roast chops for 5 to 7 minutes until cooked through and cheese has melted. Remove from oven when done and set chops and clusters of roasted grapes aside on a plate - keep warm.
Consolidate juices into 1 pan and set over medium heat. Add a splash of chicken stock to the pan, scraping the bottom to extract all the flavors. Fold in cold butter while whisking to thicken sauce. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, set 1 pork chop on each plate on top of a Grilled Polenta Square, garnish with a cluster of roasted grapes and drizzle with pan sauce. Set a stack of hydroponic watercress to 1 side and serve.
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Bring water and salt to a boil in a large saucepan. Gradually whisk in the cornmeal in a slow steady stream. Lower heat and continue to whisk until the polenta is thick and smooth, about 20 minutes. Add the cream and butter and continue to stir until incorporated. Remove from heat; fold in Parmesan and black pepper. Pour the polenta into a buttered 9 by 13-inch shallow baking dish and spread evenly with a spatula. Cover and chill a few hours. Cut the polenta into squares. Brush both sides with olive oil and transfer to a hot grill. Grill on both sides until golden brown.;


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Last year I was going to mount a satellite dish but decided not to. I tried the Slingbox this year and it works perfectly. If your marina has wifi that is. Downloaded the app to the ipad and just plug it into the tv. The picture is smaller than the actual tv? Not sure if there is a setting I need/can change yet?? Just thought I would put this out there if anyone else was looking for a solution for TV on the boat. With kids ages 7,4 and 2 having something to watch is important for us.
I used to just have an antenna but with digital signals, it wasn't very consistent on windy days. This way I can watch anyting from Directv and on my DVR at home along with the local channels. Works pretty well.


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The American journal, Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. featured several advertisements for A Strange Story, which succeeded Great Expectations as the serial novel for All the Year Round in England, and began its serial run in Harper's immediately after the conclusion of the Dickens novel. On 6 July 1861 the following advertisement appeared on page 418:
Mr. Chas. Dickens's admirable Tale "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" will be concluded in No. 240 of Harper's Weekly. We have the pleasure of announcing that it will be followed by the commencement of
A NEW SERIAL BY SIR EDWARD LYTTON BULWER [sic], ENTITLED "A STRANGE STORY,"
which will be continued from week to week till completed.
The unrivalled merit of the latest works of Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer justifies the assertion that his power as a Novelist is steadily on the increase, and warrants the belief that his new Tale will be even more thrillingly interesting than "WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT?" or "MY NOVEL" — both of which were read by at least half a million of people in this country.
The ad was briefly repeated on 27 July 1861; it is noteworthy that, although the second publicity statement mentioned that the new Bulwer-Lytton novel would be "handsomely illustrated" (p. 466), neither blurb mentioned the illustrations for it by house-artist John McLenan, whose forty plates, large and small, had accompanied the Harper's run of Great Expectations. The formats of McLenan's designs were identical in that he tended to begin each instalment of both novels with a single-column width, uncaptioned plate of 3.75 inches (10.2 cm) in height, and then at the bottom of the same page provide a larger, one-and-a-half-column width captioned plate 4.25 inches (11.5 cm) wide and 4.0 to 5.0 inches high. During the period of its serialization in Harper's the Bulwer-Lytton novel's instalments sometimes appeared without illustration of any kind (e. g., 21 Sept., 5 Oct., 12 Oct., 9 Nov., 30 Nov., and 28 Dec.), probably because the editorial staff wanted to devote more space to illustrations depicting the conflict between the federal and secessionist forces then raging.
Pressure was undoubtedly being placed upon Great Britain by the break-away Confederacy for full diplomatic recognition, despite general British sentiment against slavery and in favour of President Lincoln's anti-separatist stance. Ironically, although the magazine's political cartoons often criticized Great Britain (in the person of John Bull) for supporting the Confederacy economically by continuing to import Southern cotton despite a Northern embargo of ports such as Charleston, the attitude towards British writers throughout this volume of Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization remains one of respect, and even veneration.
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Restler will face Community Board 1 Chairman Chris Olechowski in the upcoming election. Olechowski is backed by Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the Kings County Democratic Party head that Restler has openly criticized.
Outside of Borough Hall on Monday, July 30, Reslter stood with 13 of Brooklyn's elected officials formally endorsing the committeeman.
"In my years of service I can honestly state that I have never met a district leader as committed as Lincoln," said Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez.
In his first term Restler, a Brooklyn native, worked on projects like attracting a grocery store to Fort Green, advocating for affordable housing and pushing for more public transpiration regarding the L and G trains.
"His personal integrity and his progressive ideals are immeasurable, and make him by far the best candidate for state committeeman or district leader of the 50th Assembly District," added Velazquez.
"Lincoln represents the best of Brooklyn," said Borough President Marty Markowitz. "He serves his constituents and does what he thinks is right."
Markowitz went on to discuss Restler's youthful drive, and his reputation as a progressive and reformer.
"I know this is going to be, probably, the easiest election ever that you'll face," Markowitz predicted.
Restler spoke about the need for youth in the Democratic Party.
"I believed that this office, that most folks had never even heard of, could be a platform for effective real substantive change in our community," he said. "And I'm very proud to say two years later that we have accomplished that."
"We have improved mass transit, we have expanded green space, we have worked to preserve the affordability of our neighborhood,s but we have only just begun," he said of his first term. "We've got two more big years of fighting ahead of us."
Chris Owens, district leader in the 52nd District, said that the rally shouldn't be necessary.
"This is a tragedy," he said. "We should not have to stand here and make the case to the public that somebody who is known by everybody in the district deserves support. Because he has the people's support, he doesn't have the establishment's support."
He went on to criticize Lopez.
"He is being challenged because the county leader [Lopez] doesn't like the fact that he speaks his mind," said Owens. "Lincoln Restler has been at the forefront of the reform effort to bring transparency and sense to the Democratic Party."
Owens wasn't the only one to criticizes Lopez openly.
"The chairman of the Kings County Democratic party decided that Lincoln Restler doesn't represent the best interest of our communities," said Velazquez. "We are here to say the Kings County Democratic chairman is wrong."


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Imec and Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO) announce a technology to detect eye movement in real time based on electrical sensing aimed to virtual and augmented reality applications.
Today's eye movement detection technology makes use of high-resolution cameras embedded in eye-tracking screens or glasses, already commercialized for numerous applications, including healthcare, research and gaming. While camera-based solutions can accurately determine where users are looking, most cameras' frame rates are not fast enough to match the eye's most rapid movements, such as saccades – a typical movement during reading. Using a more sophisticated camera that matches the eyes' speed is said to significantly increase the cost of these devices and could have implications for their commercial use. Imec's solution, based on electrical sensing, offers a much more inexpensive alternative, while solving the issue of the image processing delay.
Imec's sensors were integrated into a set of glasses, with four built-in electrodes around each lens, two to pick up the eye's vertical movement and two for horizontal movements. Parallel to that, an advanced algorithm was developed to translate the signals into a concrete position, based on the angle the eye is making with its central point of vision. Imec's solution also offers insights on the eye's behavior, like the speed of movement or the frequency and duration of blinks.
"Human eyes have a natural electrical potential", stated Gabriel Squillace, researcher in the Biomedical Applications & Systems group at imec. "At imec, we are leveraging this feature to develop the next-generation of eye-movement detection devices that can detect the eye's position in real time at a five times lower cost and up to four times faster than what is currently available on the market. Imec's ultimate goal is to develop a solution that can track the eye's most rapid movements, such as saccades, enabling seamless real time tracking for AR and VR applications."


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Mayor Don Wesely today released his proposed crime package to improve public safety in the City. The package includes three new City ordinances:
"One of the major factors in our high quality of life is the low crime rate in our City, and keeping our community safe is a priority," said Mayor Wesely. "As we begin our Hometown Security Study of Lincoln's public safety needs, we must also make sure we have the best laws on the books to help police officers do their jobs."
The new ordinance on pawning property is intended to make it more difficult for criminals to obtain fast cash by disposing of stolen property. Pawn shop owners are not required to check criminal records but it would be unlawful for them to knowingly accept property from convicted thieves. The new ordinance prohibiting the storage of firearms in vehicles is intended to decrease the opportunity that criminals will obtain stolen guns.
Wesely said these new ordinances will make it more difficult for repeatedly convicted thieves to pawn stolen property. "I want to make it harder to profit from stealing and reduce the number of burglaries," Wesely said. "Similarly, the ordinance prohibiting the storage of a gun in a car is an attempt to reduce the theft of guns from cars," said Wesely. "This is a safety issue and it only makes sense to store weapons in a secure place, not a vehicle."
"Last year in Lincoln, we had more than 4,600 vehicle break-ins, accounting for well over $1 million in property loss and damage," said Police Chief Tom Casady. "The loss from burglary in Lincoln is even greater, with close to 2,000 burglaries in the City in 2002. We believe many of these crimes are committed by people seeking money for drug and gambling habits."
Chief Casady said that over the past five years, Lincoln police officers have investigated more than 1,200 gun-related incidents, including 11 murders with guns, 7 assaults on officers with guns, 256 robberies with guns, and 275 assaults with guns.
Casady said the proposed ordinance on firearm possession is needed because many people with serious criminal records are able to lawfully possess guns because they have never been convicted of a felony. The new ordinance would outlaw possession of a firearm in the City limits by persons convicted within the last ten years of any of the following misdemeanors:
"These misdemeanors are serious crimes and I believe that the community would agree a person convicted of crimes like stalking, impersonating a police officer or violating a protection order should not be allowed to possess a gun in the City," Wesely said.
Mayor Wesely said that in addition to the three ordinance changes, local officials would continue to work with retailers on a voluntary basis to stop the sale of large quantities of the materials use to make methamphetamine. The number of meth labs in Lincoln has roughly doubled each year for the past three years.
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Sister Parish Book Review and More
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Since reading the book, I have been thinking a lot about Sister Parish's lively interiors and use of color. So it was such a treat seeing her great-granddaughter's apartment in the November Lonny. Did you see it?
Good design definitely runs in the family. And just like that, I want to paint a room blue. ;)
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Rene you are speaking to my heart this morning...love this post! And I love Sister Parish...everything. Burma is one of all-time favorite fabrics. I have the book and now you have me wishing I hadn't already packed it for my move...wanna look at it! And Eliza's apartment is adorable.ReplyDelete
Have a great day Rene.
This sounds like a lovely book. Maybe I'll ask Santa if he'll leave this under the tree for me!ReplyDelete
The apple does not fall far from the tree here!! I would love to read the book!ReplyDelete
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First magazine picture of a room to really stop my breath was done by Sister Parish.ReplyDelete
She still does.
And this has been going on decades!!
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I will have to read that book! I have been trying to do more self-education of design history lately. Thanks for the recommendation!ReplyDelete
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About The 70 Project : John M. Bennett, poet and head of Luna Bisonte Prods, turned 70 in October 2012. John likes skulls and October is the month for All Saints' Day/Day of the Dead/Halloween. John performed his poetry with other sound artists & we displayed this mailart on his birthday in a gallery. 70 PROJECT mailart is all documented here. THANKS to all the artists listed in labels at the right for contributing mailart to/for John's 70th birthday bash!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Happy birthday from Valery and Ruth Oisteanu direct from East Village with Mona Lisa shaved and King Tut in attendance!
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I don't want to repeat information that is the same as last year so I will refer you to my 2010 post of the same title. It is to the right of my blog under "POPULAR POSTS."
Very flexible and adds a softness to the arrangement
Gardening, Containers, Planning, Garden Coaching, Perennials, Annuals, Shrubs, Evergreens, Bulbs
Wow Eileen! Lovely, lovely energetic/creative holiday post ... agree, Wilt Pruf is wonderful both indoors and out!
Eileen, this post is very timely indeed for me. I want to decorate my urns tomorrow, but I don't imagine mine will turn out as beautiful as yours always do! I loved looking at all the wonderful additions for the outdoor displays, so much to choose from (I only wish my budget wasn't so limited.)
I'll be scrounging around looking for something interesting for the urns, and dreaming of the ones in this post.
Great inspiration! I can't get cut greens yet - seems Thanksgiving weekend more will be available at the garden centers. Budgets need not limit us though. Cut boxwood, arborvitea, juniper, or pine from you own yard and the spray paint on twigs makes a tranformation of a brown stick. Thanks for the ideas.
Hi Eileen. I love this posting showing all of the materials used in container decorating. There is always something new every year. I am not good at all making up containers so these ideas really help. Also reminds me that I have some dried Allium stems and heads to spray paint white and blue.
I know your containers will be beautiful again this year winter you always have such good ideas.
Thanks Joey,
I am trying to get the outside done before it turns bitter.
I'll bet you can find a lot of great decor around your property, pine cones, evergreen boughs, etc. Just add some ribbon and your set.
Hi Claudia,
It seems like the greens around us came in earlier than ever. People are really starting early because we are supposed to have a lot of snow this year.
Hi Lona,
I did spray my dried hydrangeas and I also saved my allium heads, think I will use gold on them.
So beautiful...I can't believe it's almost that time again!
This was fun to read about and imagine the finished containers. I enjoyed your containers from earlier in the year and will look forward to your Christmas ones too.
Hugs, Beth
Hi Eileen, I'm inspired! Love the idea of fruit. I think I will get to work on some Christmas decorations and containers.
Eileen girl you have me thinking I may just use my black urn again this year for a "green" display .. I was just reduced to thinking the massive wreath we bought at Costco would be enough .. low on energy but you made me "merry" and thinking I might just manage it ? LOL Thanks for the inspiration Eileen : )
Oh, Eileen, I can't wait to see your urns. You do such a lovely job.
You showed some gorgeous items to work with.
I usually go out after Thanksgiving and cut down my own greens (shrubbery) and make a few indoor arrangements. They always smell so "Christmasy".
Hi Scott,
It is also difficult for me to believe that the holidays are upon us!
Hi Beth,
I am working on those containers, frozen this morning. I will take advantage of the warm up on the weekend.
Hi Jennifer,
The fruit was beautiful but somehow I thought it would look wierd outside in the middle of winter.
Hi Joy,
I have been on a roll as far as containers. I think I completed eight of them and brought the drop in ones to be done at a local nursery. They are reasonable and I want them to stay in business, so many have gone during the past couple of years.
Hi Zoey,
I wish I had some greens to cut outside. I am definitely short on evergreens.
Eileen, your creativity is amazing! Your pictures are always a color feast for the eyes!
Eileen I love watching people make floral art arrangements but I've never heard of any of these special sprays. I am going to have to ask my few florist friends if they know if this sort of thing is sold in the UK. I really like those pieces of fruit though not so sure about those red melons. Looking forward to seeing what you make!
Wow! Now that is the kind of workshop I'd love to attend. What a beautiful way to decorate your Urns. Can you keep those fruits year after year? At that per item price, I'd have to keep them!
I look forward to seeing the displays you will create. Never seen some of those items.
I see where a lot of people bring small branches in from outside and spray paint them silver, decorate with a red Christmas bow or New Year's Eve colors and they are so festive.


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A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Freshen up current Logo and Business Card for Corporate Event Photography Company
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Look to recover from late collapse vs. Northern Kentucky
DeLand, Fla. (Feb. 9, 2013) – ETSU will aim to regroup after letting victory slip from its grasp against Northern Kentucky by heading south to DeLand, Fla. to take on the Stetson Hatters on Saturday, Feb. 9, inside Edmunds Arena. Tip time is set for 1 p.m. ET.
To help ease the pain of the heartbreaking loss to NKU, ETSU (6-12) (4-7) will have to be on top of its game as it visits the Stetson Hatters (16-6, 9-2) who sit at second place in the Atlantic Sun standings. The Hatters are led by senior guard Victoria McGowan and her 16.8 points per game. SU is 2-2 in its last four games and will look to right the ship against ETSU in its pursuit to the conference crown. The Lady Bucs hope their recent increased offensive efficiency continues against Stetson who gives up only 58.6 points per game, good for second in the league.
For more on Saturday's game, read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" throughout the 2012-13 season ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Lady Buccaneers, but Lady Bucs is also acceptable.
ETSU (6-12, 4-7) aimed to put together their first three-game winning streak since January 2012 when they welcomed the Northern Kentucky Norse (9-11, 6-5) to the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center. The Lady Bucs dominated in the paint in the first half behind the strong effort from Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) who scored 16 points before the midway point of the first half. ETSU increased their lead up to as many as 14 points before NKU closed the gap with made free throws. The Blue and Gold went into the break leading, 42-32. The Lady Bucs allowed the Norse to hang around in the second and it proved costly when NKU drained a go-ahead jumper with three seconds remaining. ETSU got a good look at the basket with time expiring but it caromed off the rim as the Norse edged the Lady Bucs, 77-76. The Lady Bucs got a team-high 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds from Tiana Burley, while Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn) and Brianna McQueen (Jonesboro, Ga.) each added 15 points and 13 points, respectively.
Saturday's contest in the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center will be the 17th all-time meeting between the two teams. The Lady Bucs and the Hatters met earlier this season on Jan. 14 when SU topped ETSU, 71-55. In this recent matchup, ETSU faced another stiff challenge when they welcomed the league-leading Stetson Hatters to the ETSU/MSHA Athletics center. The Lady Bucs once again were the victim of cold shooting, turnovers and poor defense behind the three-point line which resulted in a 35-23 deficit at the break. ETSU fought back in the second half and cut the deficit to six with 12 minutes remaining and narrowly missed an opportunity to cut it to four with 9 minutes remaining. The Hatters responded soon thereafter and went on a 7-0 run which made the deficit too large to overcome, resulting in a 71-55 decision in favor of Stetson. Cara Bowling came off the bench and scored a team-high 15 points. Destiny Mitchell stuffed the stat sheet with 11 rebounds, eight points, four steals, three assists and two blocks.
The emergence of redshirt-sophomore Tiana Burley has provided a badly-needed inside presence for the Lady Bucs. In the transfer's first action as a Lady Buc due to NCAA regulations, the forward came off the bench and posted a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds in a loss to Appalachian State. This performance awarded Burley A-Sun Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 26. Burley also came up huge off the bench in the win against Jacksonville (1/28) when she posted season-highs of 22 points and four blocks as well as 11 rebounds in only 20 minutes of play. On Feb. 4, the sophomore forward was awarded Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. After being inserted into the starting lineup against Northern Kentucky due to injuries amongst the team, Burley dominated from the start and scored 16 points before the midway point of the first half. In total, the sophomore forward scored 20 points and ripped down 11 rebounds. Burley is currently averaging 8.1 points and 5.0 rebounds for ETSU.
The Lady Bucs have recently discovered the most offensive production through points in the paint. ETSU is currently averaging 30 points in the paint per game, including an average of 36 points in its past five. In the win against Jacksonville, the Blue and Gold recorded 50 points in the paint, the most since scoring 50 as well on Jan. 31, 2011 in a 100-62 victory against Mercer in Johnson City.
After being inserted into the starting lineup at the beginning of conference play, Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) has answered the call and has been stellar in league play. In her first start of the season at USC Upstate, Randall tallied 16 points and was 4-of-6 from behind the arc. The junior guard followed this performance with strong showings at Lipscomb (13 points, 4 rebounds), at Northern Kentucky (9 points) and at Kennesaw State (18 points). Randall is currently averaging 8.3 points per game in Atlantic Sun action.
In addition to running the team as a true freshman point guard, Brianna McQueen has shown no fear at the free throw stripe with the game on the line. At Lipscomb and at Kennesaw State, McQueen stepped the line and buried clutch free throws down the stretch to seal the game in the Lady Bucs' favor. McQueen currently is seventh in the A-Sun in free throw shooting at 75 percent.
The Blue and Gold have outrebounded the opposition in 13 of the 18 games this season and enter Monday's game with a plus-6.2 rebounding margin (43.1-36.9), ranking first in the A-Sun … in its game at Morehead State, ETSU outrebounded the Eagles by 20, 46-26 … the Lady Bucs' plus-6.2 rebound margin currently ranks in the top 50 nationally.
Currently the Lady Bucs are averaging 4.9 blocks per contest, good for tops in the Atlantic Sun. ETSU swatted season-highs of eight shots in wins against Memphis on Nov. 30, versus Jacksonville on Jan. 28, against Lipscomb on Feb. 2 and in a loss to Stetson on Jan. 14, each inside the MSHA Athletics Center. The Blue and Gold are led by Tosha Austin's 1.1 blocks per game which ranks in the top five individually in the league. Austin also currently ranks 17th all-time in blocked shots in Atlantic Sun history with 119 rejections.
After a solid start to the season for the now eligible transfer, Serena Clark (Tucker, Ga.) has really turned it on when it comes to Atlantic Sun action. Through the first eleven games of league play, Clark is averaging 9.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, including back-to-back double-doubles at Lipscomb and at Northern Kentucky with 10 points & 14 rebounds and 16 points, 10 rebounds & seven steals, respectively.
Destiny Mitchell is well on her way to become the 21st Lady Buc to join the 1,000-point club ... She is on pace to break the 1,000-point mark near the end of February as she registered 347 points as a freshman and 367 points as a sophomore for 714 total points... through ETSU's first 18 games of the 2012-13 season she has scored 202 to move her career total to 916 .. if Mitchell scores in similar fashion in the next two years as she did as a rookie and a sophomore, she will put herself in the top-10 in Lady Buc history.
The Lady Bucs have been a tough team to beat when it comes to the second half of the season (games played from January-March) … since January of 2008, ETSU is 80-36 (.690) in the months of January through March, including a program-best 19-3 mark in 2009-10.
The Lady Bucs have enjoyed a lot of success since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06 … since joining the league, the Lady Buccaneers have averaged 15 conference wins a year, including a league-best and school record 18-2 mark in 2009-10, three Atlantic Sun Tournament titles (2008-2010), and two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) …in total, ETSU is 103-40 (.720) against conference foes since moving into the A-Sun … the Lady Bucs have also won 83 of their last 113 games against conference foes (includes the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 A-Sun Tournaments).
Through the early portion of the season, ETSU has gotten strong contributions from its bench. On the season ETSU averages 25 bench points per game, including a season-high 44 points off the bench against Memphis. Key reserves Maria Bond (Macon, Ga.) (5.9 ppg) and Tiana Burley (8.1 ppg) have been vital for the Lady Bucs.
ETSU fans wanting to receive Buccaneer news, score updates, in-game promotions and much more sent to their mobile device can do so by signing up for "Buc Updates." Click here to sign up today!
For more information on Buccaneer athletics, visit ETSUBucs.com.


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Actually I have just returned from doing a lot of research about BDSM. I didn't begin being this anti-BDSM. I researched it and talked in depth with the people involved in it. Then the longer I stayed there the more creepy their conversations got.
Women who were clearly in an abusive relationship (even outside of violence during sex) were told to accept that that is their proper position and that to be a true submissive they must learn to accept it. Other who didn't practice violence but rather subjagation were in relationships because they didn't feel like they were enough on their own.
They advocated for violence and refused to ever truly question how it is effecting them or why they desire such things. I have done my research alright, and it is precisely because of the abuse I saw within the community that I became so staunchly opposed. Perhaps you need to dig a little deeper than the happy face they put on for those outside of the BDSM community.
Because I repeatedly see "You're just talking about the public face of it!" and "Stop being disingenuous!" when I try to figure out where this sordid truth comes in. I'm an eight-year veteran of the Scene in multiple locations. I've had multiple long-term relationships with other kinky people. And I am at a loss to find this rotten heart under all our... glitter? Black leather? I've no idea.
I have met some kinky people who were more interested in casual play than relationships and weren't entirely open about this, and I've been hurt by that and seen it hurt other people. So I won't say that sexuality-based subcultures don't have potential downsides. They certainly do.
But I absolutely don't see where this... shadowy cabal comes in. Maybe I'm just not 31337 enough to have met the Kinkster Illuminati, but I highly doubt that.
It's interesting to me how people who make this sort of claim always say "Look deeper," or "do your research," or "we all know it's there," but never give any names, any locales, any groups. I wonder why that could be...


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France pins blame for Europe's horse scandal on meat firm
France has pinned much of the blame for Europe's horse scandal on a French firm that allegedly sold 750 tonnes of horse meat as beef that ended up in millions of ready-to-eat meals sold across the continent.
(AFP) France has pinned much of the blame for Europe's horse scandal on a French firm that allegedly sold 750 tonnes of horse meat as beef that ended up in millions of ready-to-eat meals sold across the continent.
The move came Thursday as police in Britain arrested three men suspected of passing horse off as beef, and as Germany joined the ranks of countries where frozen "beef" lasagne was found to contain horse meat.
The Dutch government's food and consumer watchdog has also searched and carried out tests for horse meat at around 100 businesses, as Europe's tainted beef scandal deepens.
In a sign of the damage the scandal has done to consumer confidence, 11 major food retailers and suppliers issued a public letter in Britain on Friday saying they shared people's "anger and outrage" and were "working around the clock" to identify what has gone wrong.
Evidence of horse meat has until now been confined to frozen products, but Asda supermarket in Britain announced Thursday it had pulled a fresh beef bolognese sauce from the shelves after tests revealed it contained horse DNA.
The scandal has left governments scrambling to figure out how the mislabelling of the meat started in the sprawling chain of production spanning abattoirs and meat suppliers in countries across Europe.
The French government threw some light on that question when it presented the results of an investigation that pinned much of the blame on Spanghero, a meat-processing firm in the southwestern town of Castelnaudary.
French firm Spanghero has knowingly sold horse meat mislabelled as beef
The findings by the DGCCRF anti-fraud office, presented by Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon, are staggering.
It said Spanghero had knowingly sold 750 tonnes of horse meat mislabelled as beef over a period of six months, 500 tonnes of which were sent to French firm Comigel, which makes frozen meals at its Tavola factory in Luxembourg.
That meat was used to make 4.5 million products that were sold by Comigel to 28 different companies in 13 European countries, it said.
Hamon said Spanghero would be prosecuted and officials said its licence to handle meat would be suspended pending further investigations.
The minister told reporters that Comigel, which supplied millions of ready-to-eat meals to supermarkets across Europe which have now removed them from their shelves, had been deceived by Spanghero.
But he said that Comigel had failed to carry out tests or properly inspect paperwork that would have alerted it to the scam. He added that Romanian abattoirs named in the affair appeared to have acted in good faith.
Spanghero on Thursday again denied any wrongdoing, saying in a statement that it had never ordered, received or resold any meat that it did not believe to be beef.
3 men suspected of passing horse meat as beef arrested in Britain
In Britain, where unlike continental European countries eating horse is taboo, police said three men suspected of passing horse meat off as beef were arrested Thursday on suspicion of fraud.
Two were arrested in Aberystwyth in Wales where a food processing plant is based, and one was detained in northern England, where police raided a slaughterhouse on Tuesday.
Both the processing plant and the slaughterhouse were shut down by Britain's Food Standards Agency on Wednesday. They are the first plants in Britain accused of selling horse meat labelled as beef.
Concerns about horse meat first emerged in mid-January when Irish authorities found traces of horse in beefburgers made by firms in Ireland and Britain and sold in supermarket chains including Tesco and Aldi.
The scandal spiralled last week when Comigel alerted Findus to the presence of horse meat in the meals it had made for the food giant and which were on sale in Britain.
Several European retailers have removed Comigel products from shelves
Since then retailers in Britain, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands have removed Comigel products such as meatballs, hamburgers, minced meat and lasagne.
Two supermarket chains in Germany, Real and Edeka, said Thursday that they had found traces of horse meat in frozen lasagne that they had pulled as a precautionary measure off their shelves last week.
After emergency talks in Brussels on Wednesday, the EU's health commissioner Tonio Borg said the block was calling on all of its 27 member states to carry out DNA tests on beef products.
France's Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll meanwhile said authorities had located and would destroy three horse carcasses that tested positive for an equine drug that is potentially harmful to humans.
He said that the carcasses, which had arrived in France from Britain, were "another affair" that had nothing to do with the wider horse meat scandal.
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LG Electronics kicked off Press Day at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday morning, with a heavy focus on smart TVs and other Web-connected products that extend to the line of home appliances made by the Korean electronics giant.
The company said about 70% of the new TV models it plans to introduce this year will be "smart TVs," with seven sets that will feature Google TV. Web-connected TVs will be a major theme at the show this year, as manufacturers race to get ahead of the heavily rumored TV set that Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL is expected to launch this year or next. Apple itself does not participate in CES.
The company has also built Web browsing in its Blu-ray DVD players coming out this year. It also demonstrated how consumers who use the company's Optimus line of smartphones can interface with LG appliances such as washers, dryers and refrigerators.
Speaking of Optimus , LG showed its latest G model that is powered with the quad-core Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm /quotes/zigman/77257 /quotes/nls/qcom QCOM . The company also promised "more tier 1 handsets" to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in late February.
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