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The Taurus X made us hope for a true alternative to an SUV or a minivan. Something that delivered their functionality without the image problems both other classes of vehicle suffer. Instead, it compromises on ability while carrying over too much height from an SUV and the family-man image of a minivan.
And therein lies the Taurus X's damning fault. Ford hopes it will appeal to people who don't want an SUV, but the company still decided to make it look and act as much like one as possible. It's at least 4 inches higher than it should be and simply doesn't need the optional all-wheel-drive. What you're left with is a car that feels like it could and should be a simple, practical station wagon that costs $5,000 less. By failing to take this risk and hoping to latch on to what little of the SUV-craze is left, Ford has made a vehicle completely bereft of a unique selling point. I can't be the only person out there with a soft spot for big station wagons.
It does, however, deliver on the seating capacity. Adult passengers can sit in comfort in all three rows, whether equipped with the three-seat bench in the middle or the two captain's chairs. The raised third row even offers a decent forward view, and the back gets its own climate controls. With all three rows full, luggage capacity isn't great, but the 15.8 cubic feet of space should be plenty for a shopping trip or morning school run.
It's simply not good enough for a manufacturer to just build a car anymore. They need to build a good car. Anyone who's driven Ford Europe's S-Max — a 7-seat MPV that's good to drive, good looking and economical — knows the company can do better. They desperately need to.
If we were in the market for a 7-seat Ford we'd wait until summer, when the company plans to release the Flex. Ostensibly a minivan without sliding doors, it will compete directly with the Taurus X on price and the number of seats, but features such a unique and appealing look — part 1950s wagon, part Scion xB (trust us, it works) — that it looks set to define an entire new category of vehicle: the stylish, desirable minivan. It should be quite a combination.
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Etihad Airways is continuing to build its presence in the Australia market with new flights, and it plans to make further inroads by bringing some of its first Airbus A380s to Australian cities.
The carrier's latest move is to boost its three-weekly Brisbane schedule to daily starting in February, which will increase Etihad's weekly connections between Australia and Abu Dhabi to 25 flights.
At the announcement of the new flights in Brisbane, Etihad CEO James Hogan confirmed that Sydney and Melbourne will be among the first four markets to be served by the airline's initial A380s, in addition to London and New York. Hogan says the first A380s are scheduled to arrive in the last quarter of 2014 or early 2015.
While other foreign carriers such as Singapore Airlines and Emirates Airline have more flights to Australia, Etihad has a major role in the booming Australian market through to its strategic alliance with Virgin Australia.
Etihad currently operates daily flights to Melbourne using Airbus A340-500s and -600s, and 11 flights a week to Sydney with A340-600s. Its current three-weekly Brisbane route is served with Airbus A330-200s.
The UAE-based carrier also code-shares on Virgin Australia's three weekly flights from Sydney to Abu Dhabi.
Unlike the rest of Etihad's Australia flights, which are direct to Abu Dhabi, the Brisbane route is one-stop via Singapore. Hogan says this arrangement is working well for the Brisbane market, and the airline will focus on the frequency increase before it considers direct flights to Brisbane.
Hogan says the additional Brisbane flights will give the carrier "the level of penetration we need at the moment" in Australia. He indicates that no new Australian destinations are imminent, although the airline may introduce Perth flights "in a few years."
Increasing the Brisbane flights to daily will make the service more attractive to corporate and business traffic, Hogan says. State and local authorities had already put incentives in place when Etihad first began flying to Brisbane in 2007. Increasing these flights to daily also triggers additional rebates under the original agreement.
Meanwhile, Etihad has opened a new line maintenance base in Melbourne, which is its second in Australian and seventh outside Abu Dhabi. The airline has invested more than A$10 million (US$10.5 million) in line maintenance operations in Australia since 2007.
Separately, European media are reporting that the battle for control of Aer Lingus is heating up with Etihad for the first time formally indicating that it would be interested in buying out Ryanair's stake in its Irish rival, and Hogan quoted by numerous sources saying that he would be "very happy to have that discussion" with Ryanair.
Etihad currently holds a 3% stake in Aer Lingus and is looking to code-share with the Irish airline. Etihad also has held talks with the Irish government, which is looking to sell its 25% stake in Aer Lingus. The government is adamant that it will not allow Ryanair to take control of Aer Lingus.
Etihad cannot take majority control of Aer Lingus, as non-European investors cannot own more than 49% of a EU-based airline. Also, with Ryanair holding 30% of Aer Lingus from previous takeover attempts, Etihad's approach to Ryanair means it would be restricted from acquiring the Irish government's entire holding.
Etihad's comments come a month after Ryanair issued its third offer to acquire Aer Lingus, this time offering €1.30 (US$1.60) per share to take full control of the airline. However, Aer Lingus management is fiercely opposed to the proposal, saying it undervalues the airline.
Aer Lingus also argues that Ryanair's takeover attempt is anti-competitive. The European Commission already has opened an investigation into the anti-competitive implications of Ryanair's bid, and the UK Consumer Commission is considering the effects of Ryanair's existing Aer Lingus shareholding.
Apart from its Aer Lingus holding, Etihad has minority stakes in Virgin Australia, Air Seychelles and Air Berlin. Negotiations with Air France are limited to code-sharing and do not include talk of an equity investment, says Hogan.


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The Big Apple's known for its bright lights, but the city's iconic luminescence also sucks up huge amounts of power every year. Luckily, a team of designers came up with a plan to keep the city's lights burning bright by harnessing the power of its massive rivers. One of the most exciting entries into Metropolis magazine's 2009 Next Generation Design Competition, Richard Garber and Brian Novello's design provides a way to power street lamps using tidal power.
The ambitious scheme would involve creating "Docking Systems" that would essentially extend New York's existing piers by adding a network of floating, modular docks. The docks' undersides come equipped with three vertical turbines that harness energy from moving river currents and create electricity. The power produced would then be used to light a network of LED street lamps. The designers claim that each module could produce up to 24 kilowatts of power from a 4 mph current moving in any direction. Additionally, the docks would feature green spaces and tidal pools that support wildlife, making them both efficient and aesthetically pleasing.
The Docking Stations plan was created as part of Metropolis magazine's 2009 Next Generation Design Competition, which focused this year on the question of how to fix America's energy addiction. Though Garber's and Novello's design didn't earn the grand prize, it was still featured on the magazine's Web site as one of the most innovative entries.
As of now, NYC has no plans to actually implement Docking Stations, although the city is already testing out their own tidal power stations. The Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project (RITE) began in 2002 and has just finished up its demonstration phase. The project, run by Verdant Power, places Free Flow Kinetic Hydropower Systems in the East River. The horizontal turbines then harness energy from a moving current to create clean electricity. However, designers of the Docking Stations say that their design offers an advantage over the RITE system because its vertical turbines spin regardless of the water current's direction—RITE only works in a certain type of current.
And while Docking Stations may be just a concept for now, we're guessing that tidal power will only become a larger part of New York City's green energy plans. After all, the metropolis boasts 578 miles of waterfront—prime real estate for more underwater, silent power generators.
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James Pigott Pritchett (1789-1868) was born in Pembrokeshire in Wales. His father, a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and the domestic chaplain of the Earl of Cawdor, was the local rector. The young man trained as an architect and then worked for two years in the office of Daniel Asher Alexander, architect of the London Dock Company, before setting up briefly on his own in London (see Cust 411). At the start of 1813 he went into partnership with Charles Watson, an architect in York, who was already well established there. Pritchett settled in York, where the pair had "a very extensive practice, amounting to almost a monopoly, of architectural work in Yorkshire." Amongst Pritchett's works were "the deanery, St. Peter's School (now the school of art), the Savings Bank, Lady Hewley's Hospital, Lendal and Salem Chapels, &c. Elsewhere he built the asylum at Wakefield, the court-house and gaol at Beverley, and acted as surveyor and architect on the extensive estates of three successive Earls Fitzwilliam" (Cust 411). His partnership with Watson lasted until 1831 (see Royle 3).
A leading Congregationalist and philanthropist in his adopted city, Pritchett is mainly known for his many churches and chapels, especially in the York area. Although he produced classical designs for some of his buildings, Nikolaus Pevsner lists him among architects working in "Commissioners' Gothic" (34), that is to say, the budget Gothic used after the Church Building Act of 1818 provided funds for new churches, with the aim of preventing social unrest at that time. Pritchett was also the principal author of A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York, a recent edition of which has been published by the University of York Press. — Jacqueline Banerjee.
Cust, Lionel. "Pigott, J. P. (1789-1868)." Dictionary of National Biography (Pocock to Puckering) , Vol. XLVI. 1896 ed. Internet Archive. Web. 28 November 2012.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, et. al. The Buildings of England: Staffordshire. London: Penguin, 1974.
Royle, Edward. Introduction. A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York. York: University of York Press, 1993. 1-7. Google Books (full view). Web. 28 November 2012.
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In the race for the Republican nominee for Butler County controller, youth was not an insurmountable obstacle.
According to unofficial results from the county elections bureau, Ben Holland, 26, of Connoquenessing Township on Tuesday defeated Karen Diehl, 57, of Franklin Township with 5,944 votes, or 56 percent, to 4,625 votes, or 44 percent.
Although there no Democratic candidates on the ballot, there were 398 Democratic write-in votes. If Diehl or another individual got at least 250 of those write-ins, that person will be the Democratic nominee.
Shari Brewer, county elections bureau director, said the process to identify the names on the write-ins will start Friday. She expects the results to be determined next week.
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Apple has aired a new ad for the iPhone 5, this time focused on the Do Not Disturb feature that lets you turn off Notification Center alerts for set periods of time.
Just turn on Do Not Disturb and your iPhone 5 knows not to ring, unless it's a call you really want.
Apple has aired many feature-specific ads the past. The best of which lately was the panorama photography ad, Cheese. This one, Dream, featuring the Williams sisters of tennis fame playing ping pong, doesn't seem as good as that. It's not terrible, mind you, just not particularly witty, engaging, or emotionally resonant.
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It is horrible to stone women for being women but it goes on in Muslim societies, just as does female circumcision, a very painful practice of virtually removing all pleasurable sensations from the vagina so that the females of those nations don't behave like cats on a hot tin roof. Indeed, the stupidity of the monotheistic religions is only exceeded by their misogyny. Religion poisons everything.
Mrow? And how do the tomcats behave?
Why do people take me literally. It was a joke.
James, it's funny, but only barely so, because the statement in the cartoon above is fully corroborated in the bible, which is tragic. Back then, they meant what they said and would gladly carry out sentence, the feelings of the woman notwithstanding.
This is the brand of humor Heinlein described in Stranger in a Strange Land, where you laugh because IT HURTS, and laughter is the only means to stop it from hurting. Personally, I haven't found humor at another's expense funny for more years than I care to count, nor am I likely to ever again, considering there was a time when I was the target of such humor. I do still laugh at the absurd and some other things, and I can recognize and play with this brand of humor (as I did below) ... but I recognize it for what it is ... and I don't EVER laugh at it.
With the bible, double jeopardy doesn't attach. Hell, the bible never HEARD of double jeopardy! It just stones as it pleases, and any other consideration be damned.
If the rapist had a father that didn't like his son going around raping women, wouldn't he be allowed to have his SON stoned to death?
Just sayin'....
How about a son who went around STONING people? Or is that too "Bob Dylan" for you?
Well, you know what the Taliban always say: "Everybody must get stoned."
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Darvish scratched from Opening Day start
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish has been scratched from his Opening Day start and will likely begin the season on the disabled list.
Darvish has stiffness in his neck and the situation has not improved as quickly as the Rangers expected. Darvish will return to Texas on Tuesday to be examined by Dr. Drew Dossett, the club's spine and back specialist. Darvish played catch on Monday, but it did not go well.
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish has been scratched from his Opening Day start and will likely begin the season on the disabled list.
Darvish has stiffness in his neck and the situation has not improved as quickly as the Rangers expected. Darvish will return to Texas on Tuesday to be examined by Dr. Drew Dossett, the club's spine and back specialist. Darvish played catch on Monday, but it did not go well.
"If I felt right, I would continue to throw," Darvish said. "But I didn't, so I stopped throwing."
On Tuesday morning, the Rangers made the decision to send Darvish back to Texas for further examination. Darvish said the problem was caused because he slept wrong one night last week, but the organization is concerned that the problem might be more complicated than that.
"He has not shown the progress that we would like," assistant general manager Thad Levine said. "We want to start ruling out things at this point. At this stage, we're open to it being more than just sleeping wrong."
The Rangers also wanted to put a stop to any tendency to rush Darvish into trying to pitch on Opening Day.
"We want to get him right physically and mentally," manager Ron Washington said. "We don't want him out there trying to pitch, and in the back of his mind he knows something is wrong and he's trying to gut it out. We certainly don't have a target date on when he will pitch again. We'll just see where it goes."
There is a possibility Darvish could receive an anti-inflammatory injection that will hopefully clear up the problem.
"If I get an injection or acupuncture, it will heal right away," Darvish said.
The Rangers have made no announcement as to who will replace Darvish on Monday when they open the season against the Phillies at Globe Life Park. Martin Perez appears to be the leading candidate, but at this point, it could be almost anybody. Right now, Perez and Tanner Scheppers are the only two pitchers with spots locked up in the rotation, although Joe Saunders is expected to get a spot. Robbie Ross, Colby Lewis and Tommy Hanson are also still competing.
Darvish will likely start the season on the 15-day disabled list, but the Rangers could backdate it as much as nine days. That means Darvish could miss as few as the first six days of the season. The club won't need a fifth starter until April 8.
"We haven't had a chance to sit down and decide what direction we're going," Washington said.
Darvish had neck pain in Spring Training last year, but it was earlier in camp and he ended up being ready for the start of the season. He was on the disabled list last year from July 7-22 for a strained muscle in the back of his right shoulder but missed just one start because of the All-Star break.
"If it were a shoulder or an elbow, I would be disappointed," Darvish said. "This is something that happened when I woke up. I don't know if I should feel disappointed. It is what it is."
Two years ago, the Rangers opened the season with a rotation of Matt Harrison, Derek Holland, Neftali Feliz, Lewis and Darvish. All five are still in the organization, and Feliz, who is now a middle reliever, was optioned to the Minors on Tuesday so he can continue his recovery from Tommy John surgery.
Holland is out until June after undergoing surgery in January on his left knee. He has been throwing in camp and could start throwing off a mound next week in Arlington. Harrison is still recovering from his back problems of last year, and he pitched just three innings in his last start. He is scheduled to pitch on Friday in San Antonio, but it will likely be just three innings again. Harrison could need at least three more starts in the Minors on medical rehab assignment before being an option at the Major League level.
Lewis, who hasn't pitched in the big leagues since July 18, 2012, while recovering from flexor tendon and hip replacement operations, is scheduled to throw 75 pitches against the Mariners on Wednesday. Lewis will likely need at least one more start and possibly two before he's ready to pitch in the Major Leagues again.
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Justice is the key to peace in Colombia
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In a recently published article, Dr Lilia Solano described the impact of Colombia's armed conflict on its people. A long-time human rights activist, Solano reported that in the decades-long conflict, Colombia has seen five million people displaced, sixty thousand declared as "missing", thousands killed, and a million hectares of land snatched away from the rightful owners.
Solano works as director of the Justice and Life project in Bogota, the capital city of Colombia. She is among the leadership of social movements in Colombia. Through this work she began to be engaged with the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme for human rights advocacy.
Following a round of peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in November 2012, Solano reports that she sees human and environmental rights integral to the peace process.
She identifies the role played by ecumenical partners as important for achieving justice and peace in the region.
In a recent WCC consultation on peace and human security in Guatemala, Solano stressed that the peace process in Colombia is important for other countries in the region, explaining why.
"It is important to understand the structural causes of conflict in Colombia. This war is connected to similar situations in other countries of the region, triggered by the growth of poverty and struggles for land," said Solano.
The occupation of the Colombian territory and manipulation of natural resources by the multinationals have resulted in a loss of sovereignty. The destruction of the environment remains a phenomenon that Solano calls both a symptom and a significant impact of the current unjust economic model.
She identified links between the government's decisions and the paramilitary forces active in different areas of the Colombian territory.
"The presence of paramilitary forces in the country is part of a strategy imposed by the state in order to oppress those that are considered 'inconvenient actors' by the economic, political and military powers," noted Solano.
Therefore, the persecution and elimination of members of workers' unions, human rights organizations and social movements became inevitable.
"Even today, the paramilitary activity remains, most evidently in the areas where megaprojects by the multinationals are being implemented," said Solano.
The agenda for peace negotiations between the government and the FARC rebels, both in Norway and Cuba, have included guarantees of comprehensive agricultural development. These were accompanied by proposals for the right to exercise political opposition, the end of armed conflict, a strategy for combating drug trafficking and a plan of compensation for the victims of violence.
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Solano believes that the limited participation by civil society in this process shows that the Colombian government is not taking into consideration the realities of thousands of citizens, who experience the structural causes of the war on a daily basis.
"The dynamics of the peace process should be established by the social actors. We have the right to be part of this process. The civil society can help in building the basis for a lasting peace," Solano added.
Solano stressed that the WCC and other international organizations can play a vital role in the Colombian peace process by supporting the civil society. She said that it is high time for such a support since the Colombian government is threatening to prosecute local organizations, which hope to claim a seat in the roundtable of peace talks.
"Therefore we demand that international organizations like the WCC, with its vast experience in peace talks internationally, accompany, endorse and support the victims of the conflict in Colombia," she continued.
"The ecumenical partners can help to assure the Colombians that they have the opportunity to build the country that they envision," said Solano.
In a situation where Colombian civil society urges a bilateral cease-fire, support from the international community can make a difference.
The WCC's programme executive for human rights and global advocacy, Christina Papazoglou, hopes that the peace talks in Cuba may lead both the Colombian government and the FARC rebels "to show good will and refrain from any actions that may jeopardize the continuation of the dialogue".
She believes that "both sides have a responsibility towards the people of Colombia to exhaust all efforts in order to put an end to this conflict and bring peace and justice in the country," she said.
Solano also spoke about the Programme of Ecumenical Accompaniment in Colombia (PEAC), an initiative supported by the WCC and implemented by the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) and other regional ecumenical organizations.
She said, "There are many elements that can be drawn up from the WCC's experience in Palestine and Israel. However, implementing such an initiative in Colombia requires further considerations, such as high profile international support that can allow an organ such as the WCC to become a valid voice between the Colombian government and the civil society working for peace."
The PEAC initiative is inspired by the WCC's Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, and aims to support communities affected by the conflict in Colombia.
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This is a summative activity about magnets. Learners will observe a demonstration of the action of a magnet on a test tube of iron filings, answer questions, and, using the concepts learned in previous activities, write an essay about their... (View More) understanding of the demonstration. This is the fourth activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. Learners should complete the other three activities in that guide (Seeing Magnetism, What Do You Know about Magnets, and Magnet Map) prior to beginning this activity. (View Less)
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h = pcolor(...)
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Can we have a way to preview music?
Say, a easy reachable switch to turn on preview-listening, which then plays each song from the queue in a defined range of seconds/minutes.
This example would play a song, starting from 30% of song-length and play 52% from that song, then skip to the next song.
% is a great feature, because if a song has a lenght of 4 minutes or 14 minutes, the preview would always play 52% of the songs, starting from 30% of the beginning. Otherwise (sec), the preview would play a fix amount of time (52 seconds), which is too short for a 30mins jazz song to prelisten.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Happy Easter, everybody!
6 comments:
- Bunnygirl79 said...
Igal aastal kui ma mune värvin, siis ühe portsu teen alati sibulakoortega.
Ei ole veel leidnud, mis annaks sibulakoortest ilusama tulemuse, aga lootus peab ju olema :).
- 9:06 pm, April 11, 2009
- thepassionatecook said...
oh they look gorgeous! i made mine with traditional dye this year - just ran out of time to get the natural stuff. they look ok, but not as pretty as yours!
happy easter to the three of you!
- 9:18 pm, April 11, 2009
- Bea said...
Happy Easter!
- 10:53 pm, April 11, 2009
- Lisa said...
I've done that before. How beautiful yours look! Do you also dye other colors naturally?
- 8:35 am, April 12, 2009
- Eve said...
Mina värvisin pruune mune punaste sibulakoortega...superilus jäi ja päris tugeva värviga. Aga sinu piltidest õhkub alati sooja kodutunnet... nii ilus ;)
- 10:57 am, April 12, 2009
- Pene said...
I was going to try the beetroot died eggs this year. Have a happy day.
- 1:15 pm, April 12, 2009
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Actress Futerman and twin sister co-writing memoir
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Samantha Futerman is collaborating on a book about her improbable discovery that she had an identical twin.
Futerman, whose credits include the TV series "The Big C" and the film "Memoirs of a Geisha," has a deal with G.P Putnam's Sons. She will work on the book with Anais Bordier, the adopted daughter of a French family whose friends had seen Futerman's movies and swore that the actress and Bordier looked exactly alike.
Bordier learned that she and Futerman, who grew up in New Jersey, were born in the same town in South Korea on Nov. 19, 1987. She contacted Futerman earlier this year through Facebook and the women discovered in May they were indeed twins.
"Our incredible twist of fate can lift one to rejoice that anything is possible, and the biggest boundaries in life are the ones we set for ourselves," Futerman said in a statement issued by Putnam, a division of Penguin Random House.
"There are so many possibilities and so many crazy things that happen in a lifetime, and it is a gift to embrace them all," she said. "All I know is I have an innate, unconditional love toward this relative stranger."
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Index talk:Interviews with J.R.R. Tolkien
As I've never found any overview of the interviews conducted with Tolkien (neither on the web nor in literature), I though it could be interesting with such a "list article". A question: any suggestions on a standard for how to name the individual articles concerning interviews? Not all have a proper title, and some have been published under several titles. (Reminding me of the problem of how to name the unpublished letters.) --Morgan 13:59, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
- What I'm thinking of doing is to standardize the article titles to "19XX [name of interviewer] interview". Any thoughts? I know that it's not everyone's cup of tea to have short stub articles on each and every interview, but I find that it really simplifies referencing to individual interviews (and hopefully the stub articles can be expanded, much like Ederchil and Gamling have done with the letters).--Morgan 20:58, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick reply, Ederchil - I'll wait a while to see if others chime in (and I probably won't have time or steadfastness to create all the articles right away).--Morgan 21:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
- I'm definitely in favor of standardizing the titles and can't think of any better suited scheme than what you have suggested. You've got my vote. --Hyarion 23:19, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
- I second that. --Amroth 14:27, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
- The suggested format sounds good to me. --Gamling 22:36, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


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January 9, 2012
By Daniel Sienkiewicz
"The whore of Babylon is drunk with the blood of the saints."
Actually, the analogy is not far off from our present situation. In the disordered world, the anti-world, a "Babylon," where Jewish unconcern for our class is the rule, sex disconfirms the worthy, destroys the precious and brings into being the vicious, the irresponsible at our expense. (1)
It isn't funny.
. . . . .
If we can care about the preservation of rain forests, the hills of West Virginia, endangered species and the gulf of Mexico, and we certainly do care, very much, then we are assuredly warranted by any standard, left, right, or in-between, to care for our co-evolutionary people, our co-evolutionary women.
A pervasive ecological view, combining as it does the taxonomic system of class (as in the White race), acts as a corrective to Lockeatine empiricism – its Cartesian notion of individual rights being prone to rupture systemic, evolutionary process.
It also acts as a corrective to the toxicity of John Dewey's instrumental pragmatism. That is of significance as Dewey was particularly resourceful with his instrumentalism, and with that, a large influence in promoting liberal democracy, despite his philosophy having serious flaws.
Despite its resource and influence his pragmatism de-emphasizes the significance of deep genetic and processual relationships. In being overstated, the facts of historical, co-evolutionary processes in the development of maturation and skill recede from consideration. Being overly practical thus, it promotes a disposition of progressing ever forward, in search of "ever more full and rich experience." As such, it devalues consideration of biological optimality – biological creatures do not need "more and more", too much is toxic as is too little. Moreover, being quite so instrumental, it is not sufficiently respectful of natural processes and necessarily corresponding metaphors of reflection, gestation and digestion. It is not sufficiently respectful of ecological systems requirement for the flexibility of empty space and unused potentiality for change.
While the slow meandering of Heidegger's philosophy makes it better in those regards, the ecological view acts as a corrective to his oversights as well – for example in regard to "own-most being toward death." This too would be toxic, a good last alternative, but not a proper day-to-day premise for White survival, as nature rarely works within lethal variables. It should be bad enough that miscegenation is possible. Black-on-White murder or the extinction of Whites would not even approach appreciable consideration before compelling action on an ecological basis.
Finally, the pervasive ecological view corrects the toxicity in Nietzsche's perspective, his valuation of the "overman". His is a conception that panders, as it were, to a puerile female point of view toward men, wishing them to be impervious to social and natural environment and showing little appreciation for a man's normal point of view toward beauty, caring, cooperation and social responsibility in women. Nietzsche goes so far as to admire Negroes, by analogy, for their 'digestive tracts', as they are quickly done with guilt and fret about problems. That, as compared to White men who are taken to be overwrought with sublimation and "resentment," should be a clue that his was not a perfect model for White men and the White class. Nobody, outside of stupid White women, who has had meaningful experience with Blacks, would want to model White male behavior after Blacks.
Toward regaining the ecological pattern of Whites on the gender interface, the most radical issue is not White men not being men enough. Neither is it particularly the matter that male sexuality has been inhibited by feminism. Clearly, women can be as sexually liberal as men, if not more. In fact, White men must be tactful enough to not let themselves to be incited into low, individual competition, for example with Blacks, who have nothing approaching equal exchange. Whites must not be instigated, whether by Jewish interests, or by ignorant men and women empowered with pseudo-objectivism. The most crucial matter in correction of gender relations is not even marriage or traditional values. What is required is that White people see their own interests in instantiation of the class and its viability through separatism. This will increase trust and reduce competition between the genders. Toward that end, Whites must fight to dis-empower those niches that maintain the Jewish-pseudo-objectivist system. Thereupon, they may rebuild that which is necessary to themselves, the deep pattern of The White Class. It will ensconce the significant value that individual recognition and relationships may provide.
However, I will argue in this essay that the instantiation and maintenance of the class requires that a most radical option of absolute monogamy be respected. A sacral provision for sex, including institution of absolute monogamy, will provide the White class with crucial value worth fighting for.
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Sex as Sacrament Sex as Celebration
Anti-racism, whether derived of Jewish elites ethnocentrism, corporate interests, the upshot of scientism or the generally naïve, destroys the class, the biodiversity it affords, both within and without the class – biodiversity, a necessity for natural selection and the flexibility of ecological balance. Over and against that, the white class is warranted among pervasive ecology to contribute to the homeostasis of world systems.
For our own people, the white class is required to ensconce the freedom of our full systemic, developmental processes and evolution.
Thesis: Seminal and essential to instantiation of the class, its flexibility of ecological balance and accountability, is freedom of choice as maintained through voluntary enclaves of single sex partner for life hopefuls. It is ensconced in the notion of sex as sacrament: the sacrosanct reconstruction of an episode uniquely important to the survival of the cultural pattern.
How practical it is in reality is far less important than it being recognized, sanctioned as a viable option – available, respected, institutionalized, normalized as vitally important – sex as a sacrament.
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While there are many ways to look upon sex and many "stories to tell", the dichotomy between the sacral and the celebratory serves to problematize the issue. It moves us beyond insufficient accounts AND beyond clichés, such as those of liberalism, which would disingenuously depict White advocates amidst non-Whites as sexual puritans, or hung-up conservatives who believe sex is dirty. On the other hand, it moves us beyond the destructive dismissiveness of scientism (2), which holds that sex is merely a natural and normal bodily function that allows for no cultural mediation, that sex is merely natural, and that we should have no objection to our sublime women being taken by (expletives) through the auspices of sex.
If we are within the class, and the rules are that the class is to be maintained, then sex as a celebration is perhaps valid within the class, where mutual survival is assured and valued.
In recent times, the criticism that Americans are too "puritanical" has been typical coming from Europeans. It is a highly irritating remark, particularly as Europe has been historically comprised of White nations. Thus, reflecting a terrible narcissism, taking for granted their deep grounding while ignoring the daunting rigors of America's perilously mixed-up demographic and un-protective rule structure.
Old Europe, when and where the classes were stable, had a point for itself. In fact, those ensconced within the class might look upon sexual conservatism as dangerously snobbish, breeding bad blood between people otherwise in common. One of the benign aspects of "racism," of class membership, as previously mentioned, is that it can allow us to transcend jealousy within the class as we are all providing for the same ends. We are all friends and on the same team within the class; have yourself a piece of ass and don't be angry with others among the class who are making themselves happy. Is that a bit ideal, too idealistic? Yes, especially now, in a demographically disordered and barely accountable situation – the disordered situation of West Europe and America especially.
Sex as a celebration makes valid sense in a homogeneous White nation wherein the genetic stakes are not so great, but even there, as anything more than a limited option, it would be reckless; whereas it is absolutely reckless in a heterogeneous society.
By now, with the inundation of non-Whites into Western Europe, perhaps the wise are becoming a bit more "puritanical". But even at that, Europeans have always had an advantage over Americans, in that they have recourse to their ancient national heritages and lands. They can fall back on the notion that this is their country, their people, AND their history more easily than American Whites, whereas White Americans have been largely forced to identify themselves as "American", i.e., with its rule structure and brief history not providing recourse to a deep European heritage, they are "the same as non-Whites, all just Americans."
It is nonsense to dismiss as puritanical White Americans who are not free-loving and celebratory with their sex amidst Negroes and sundry non-Whites.
If you are not disposed to celebration at this point in time, especially not in such a demographically mixed situation, especially not with regard to something as important as sex, it is more than understandable.
Thus, for the purposes of this essay, sex as celebration versus sex as a sacrament serves as a problematizing distinction; it serves particularly to emphasize a willing suspension of belief in the innocence of sex as celebration. As a conceptual foil, it will hopefully serve to illustrate how obnoxious and destructive the celebrations can be. As they are flaunted in the face of those who exercise care, mocking the sacredness of the group's deep resource, it is the purpose here to lend credence to sex as sacrament.
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Sex is surely not merely a trivial matter of an episode. It concerns confirmation or disconfirmation of persons and their worth as socio-political decision makers. Even more fundamentally, it is the natural means by which people come into and populate the world in a responsible way or not; legacies set forth or not; at an appropriate age, or not; in reasonable numbers as resources, experience and wisdom afford, or not – and much more.
Two key aspects that makes sex as sacrament into a viable option is the fact that sex is sexy – that is to say, its mechanism. Another is the dimension of social control.
Let me first address its mechanism – sex is sexy. Its erotic mechanism is of two contrasts.
One contrast is that of human dignity (in patterns of relationship) contrasting with animal drive.
The other is a tension between human dignity as opposed to dominance and submission. (That is, providing that the roles are treated somewhat empathically; and that one role or the other is not taken too seriously).
This mechanism of tension that makes sex sexy in essence bodes for the possibility of sex as sacrament as opposed to a merely naturalistic argument that may dismiss sacrament as nonsense.
Sex as sacrament is naturally practical as it is not so contingent upon one's being the most skilled or beautiful at all times. It is especially practical if class boundaries are enforced and/or a sacral attitude is socially normalized.
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Apart from its mechanism thus, another aspect of sex that enables the possibility of sacrament is that its conduct can be relatively altered by social influence.
A social framework toward sex facilitates even greater rigor for the truth of the matter over scientistic treatment. It gives advantages as well. For example, if a sublime White woman gives herself to a Black, we are more attentive with the social framework to the precipitating aspects whereof her decision was not made alone. The circumstance has been arranged for, encouraged, manipulated and allowed for; those who would object have been silenced by social injunction. This result is not a mere no account matter of science, let alone religion.
By contrast, the scientistic view (2) would hold that sex is a merely natural fact, biologically determined and therefore, socially incorrigible. The episode and moment of sexual union would be very tightly linked with mere biological imperatives. Who, after all, could question that? It is just a scientific fact. That's just the way it is, natural law. It has little to do with the mediation of the quality of life beyond that. .
But if it is not merely determined that the women do this, if our behavior is not so determined, but rather to some extent negotiable of interactive patterns, a matter of conjoint social construction of the class, then it is corrigible, agentive and accountable – there is something that can be done about it, which is not necessarily to her detriment even, if the way of life is deemed at least as valuable and important as the moment.
Note this distinction: negotiable patterns of conjoint interaction as opposed to descriptions of it as caused, determined.
While the acknowledgment of our having some interactive relation to other races and environment is a small concession to a lack of purity, it has the large pay-off of providing for agentive control as opposed to our race being a mere force and accident of nature. This property of the White pattern's contingency provides for the deliberate construction of our White class. It establishes our warrant, our credit to establish for ourselves how our history counts for us and how our future direction may proceed. Thus, the notion of conjoint negotiation of interactive patterns assists in establishing warrant in defending stable and profound patterns of Whites (e.g. our DNA). These determinations of how White patterns are to count and be constructed may also be applied to individual Whites within the life span and within the group. Moreover, this agency may be applied to negotiate our relation of how the White class counts and is to proceed in relation to other groups. Hence, this agentive social management facilitates coherence, accountability, warrant and choice to our agentive advantage and use, as and for Whites.
"Rather than being fulfilling, primitivism is emptying." ~ Kenneth Burke
Let's look at some of the other alternatives for a moment, at how the following stories that suggest that sex is a matter of mere causality and therefore nothing that can be done, neatly ignore accountability to 40,000 years of White evolution:
"Sex is always a ubiquitous tension to be resolved between defiling lust and purifying love" as John Money conceived it. Sex is almost assuredly not the ubiquitous tension as he conceived it to be because he parcels love and lust from the social, from the class too much: defilement and purifying supposedly having some fixed place above social contingency.
"It was just defiling lust."
"We fell in love"
Ok, almost enough in the way of examples. We can all vomit already. That's that for an account.
Rather, let's move on.
"He was stronger" – We might ask, phenotypically, genotypically, in what historical unit of analysis, in combination with what allies?
Described by Frank Zappa as "a normal bodily function" it is a sterile scientism, granting no importance to various levels of significance, relations and histories involved in sex.
The position that "it is just natural" that "it is just a natural fact of life" is prone to become a rogue's way of avoiding accountability.
Even so eloquent a defender of White interests as Jared Taylor was hard pressed to respond to a Black who argued with him that if miscegenation was not natural then "why did there have to be laws against it in The U.S. for so long?"
This is a case where Jared's scientifically oriented arguments fail his interests at least to some extent. An effective rejoinder may be in cast terms of there being laws against rape and pedophilia, and yet not many would dream of repealing laws against them just because these are inclinations for some. That is, social injunctions are meant to protect the class against those whose judgment is insufficient to its sustenance. Similarly, we cannot necessarily expect the young woman, such as the one involved with the Black who made this argument, to have sufficient judgment, having been immersed in the context of the pervasive disconfirmation of White interests through political correctness. Jared's argument that spontaneous and voluntary lunchroom segregation may occur between Whites and Blacks fails to recognize that Jewish interests have a long-standing practice of elevating the status of those exceptions to the rule over and against the vast pattern; and they know that they can exploit social corrigibility, especially of the exceptions, to weaken White solidarity. Yet oddly, despite his attempts to gingerly side step the Jewish question, the fear that Jared's objectivist arguments engender is to some extent understandable, as they also bypass accountability (as discussed in The White Left articles).
Thesis 2: Sex as Sacrament can be sufficiently compelling to maintain itself in institution through the mechanism of sex being "sexy", viz. through a tension between social dignity and animal drive; and a tension between social dignity as opposed to dominance and submission.
Lending more possibility to the institutionalization of sex as sacrament is the protracted negotiation that the social-historical unit of analysis affords over the moment and episode.
Sex being sexy through erotic tension with human dignity and its being socially corrigible, lend practicality its sacrament being institutionalized, normalized – an affordance which should be.
Elaborating the advantage to the sacral view of sex is where we will resume next time.
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- It is hard to imagine a greater image of hell than to have our co-evolutionary women, whom we are born to love and worship, take delight in destroying us, believing that they are virtuous for doing so. It is time to take the phony halo off of such conduct. It can be a great relief to become confident that some behavior really does deserve the worst of fate.
- Scientism is the crass misuse of "scientific" thinking, decontextualiztion which would obfuscate its practitioners to and from accountability and their will to power with the pretext of objectivism, its reflex, severe relativism, supposedly beyond personal motives.


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Transfer news: Borussia Dortmund have bid for Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Borussia Dortmund have made a €23 million (£19.5m) bid for reported Liverpool target Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Last Updated: 27/06/13 11:28am
Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin confirmed the Bundesliga side's offer for the 24-year-old midfielder, but insists it falls way short of the club's own valuation.
Instead, the Ukrainian outfit want one instalment of €30m (£25m) for the player, who has gone AWOL after not showing up with the rest of the Shakhtar squad for pre-season training.
His impending departure could have been helped by Shakhtar's acquisition of Brazilian Fred from SC International for €15m (£12.5m), announced by the club on Wednesday.
Palkin told Futbol: "I don't know where Mkhitaryan is now, solely his agent knows this.
Official position
"Borussia offered €23m (£19.5m) for the midfielder. I contacted Mkhitaryan's agent yesterday. I wrote to him about the official position of the club.
"We are prepared to sell Mkhitaryan for €30m (£25m), this offer stands for the next 10 days. If Mkhitaryan wishes to leave, they have to pay this amount for him.
"€30m, one installment. If there is a club that can pay that amount, we are ready to make a deal."
While Liverpool have been linked with Mkhitaryan as Brendan Rodgers seeks to overhaul his squad, Palkin claims there has been no approach from the Reds as yet.


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Well, it is almost April, but we're already thinking about Americade which is June 3rd through 8th. Americade has become the world's largest multi-brand motorcycle touring rally, and, once again, the Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center is very proud and excited to be the official headquarters for Americade 2013.
Almost all of the events, the vendor booths and the demo rides are located on the Fort William Henry property. You MUST register and have a wristband to be allowed on property.
ONLY the Fort William Henry offers a discounted Americade wristband. No one else, not even Americade, sells a discounted full week Americade wristband! When you book online at www.fortwilliamhenry.com, we will automatically include an Americade full week wristband for only $60.
We strongly suggest that you make your reservations by calling the Fort William Henry Hotel at 800-234-0267 and ask for the "Americade Package." The online booking engine through the FWH website is set up ONLY for room reservations. If you book a room through the website, you must them contact Americade to register to receive your wristband.
Back by popular demand is the Motorcycle Stunt Show. This always draws big crowds. This year, we will have the Smage Brothers who appeared on NBC's "America's Got Talent." Each year, there has been a different trick rider and this year's show will be bigger and better and crazier! BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WRISTBAND to see it! Here's a video from last year – Americade 2012: Americade Motorcycle Stunt Show Part 1


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By Joan Vickers, PhD
We saw in the previous section that one of the main reasons that the decision-training approach has been successful is because of a curious paradox that has occurred in the research on motor learning in the past few years. This paradox shows that the traditional approaches to sport training, with their high levels of repetition, feedback, and direct instruction, lead to impressive gains in the short term, but athletes trained exclusively under these conditions often falter in the long term. Research on motor learning now advocates the use of new methods, such as variable practice, random practice, and bandwidth feedback. However, these methods, which are decision-training tools, are not enough to ensure successful performance. Instead, the overall purpose of the practice must be defined first and stated clearly. In the past, instructional designers, curriculum leaders, coaches, and teachers were taught to identify the behavioral goals they wanted their athletes to achieve. Decision training does not follow this approach, but instead requires that the critical athlete decisions underlying successful performance be defined and overtly trained within the practice training environment. The goal is to help the athlete make better decisions, which in turn will lead to greater long term gains in performance.
Instead of leaving to chance the tough job of learning how to make effective decisions, the three steps of the decision-training model bring the training of critical decisions found in each sport to the fore. Figure 9.2 presents the three steps of the decision-training model.
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One night recently we had (another) roasted chicken. We have this often, because we can get three or four meals from a chicken. I make it more or less the same way each time, changing the herbs or the lemon or whatever else makes sense given what I have. I like to slice the cold meat for sandwiches. A little mayo, a grind of salt, some good bread, maybe some lettuce and tomato, maybe just some pepper. YUM!
But I'm getting ahead of myself. When we had the chicken recently, I wanted to make some mashed potatoes. Not normal ones, but special ones. Fancy, even. So I looked around and found that I had some peccorino cheese with truffles in it. I know, it must seem that I eat truffles in EVERYTHING, but I really don't. They're not good in orange juice, for example. But they're FABULOUS in mashed potatoes.
Normally I don't peel potatoes that I'm going to mash, because I LIKE the peel. Our friends in Ireland are grossed out when we eat the peels of baked potatoes, but I think they're nice with a little salt and butter. However, I didn't want the peels in these potatoes, so I took them off.
This is a really great dish when you want something a little special to dress up a plate. Or a palate. (heh) It's good for company, with quail sitting on it, or with just a little gravy. Oh, my. This is company food.
Before we look at the recipe, though, I want to mention again the Hope for Haiti raffle. The original deadline was tomorrow, Feb 28. It's been extended to Sunday, March 7. This means that you still have a chance to buy a raffle ticket for cookbooks signed by the authors, for tote bags and jewelry, for gift certificates or a hand painted stole, or for some awesome Belgian Chocolates. Tickets are only $10 US. I know which one I would choose...
Truffled Mashed Potatoes
4 large floury potatoes
about 1/2 cup milk
knob of butter
1 cup grated peccorino cheese with truffles
salt and pepper
- Wash the potatoes, peel them and cut them in reasonably-sized pieces and boil them in salted water till they're fork tender, about 10 minutes.
- Drain and mash them with a potato masher. Add the milk and butter and continue mashing till they're fluffy. You can use a mixer for this, but the texture will be different.
- Add the cheese and mix until the cheese is melted.
- Serve immediately. Strap yourself in, you're in for a real joyride!
Serves 4 if they like it and 10 if they don't.
- This is one of those things that has to be done at the last minute. It doesn't hold well. If you HAVE TO hold it, though, put it in a covered dish in a slow oven. Good luck.
- There is not a lot of truffle in the cheese, but it's enough to flavor the potatoes. Truffle is wonderful, but too much is too much. This is just right, I think.


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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Reynold: The Dazzler
Last one! Thank god.
Alright, so this is Reynold Toepfer. Reynold is an extremely charming 30 year old real estate agent from San Francisco. At least that what his online bio says. Charming. He's a charming charmer who charms people into submission. Calm down there, Alyssa Milano. You are but one man. There is no power of three here.
As annoying as Reynold is in his CBS quiestionnaire (Tom Brady is his inspiration in life), I will give him credit for using the word dazzling to describe himself. Not many straight men do that with such ease so kudos to you, sir.
Let's get this over with. Please to enjoy:
*stares into space*
Sorry, I've been dazzled into a comatose state of boredom, charmed into stone. Only when Reynold shook his jazz hands was I released back into my body and able to move my limbs. He may be this season's eye candy, but my adoration is firmly pointed in Golden Boy's direction. He bewitched my loins long before Reynold came skipping along with his baby blues and matching silk blouse.
The ladies at home will love Reynold and I'm sure the gals on the tribe will dig him too. He has a good chance of lasting awhile especially when the only other men on the tribe are Lispy Firecracker, Sy, Snowflake and Sergeant.
And that's that. These newbies suck, don't they? Let's hope they come out of their shells once they're left to fend for themselves amongst the harsh elements of Caramoan.
I will see you all back here on Thursday for my first Bitchy Survivor recap of the season. Friend me, follow me, whatever (links are on the right hand side) for updates when a new blog is posted. Or just sit there and refresh over and over again on Thursday. Either or. Later, bitches!
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Loved your "charmed into stone" comment. funnyReplyDelete
he was hot to look at until he said "I've seen players that DO this game"....what? huh? DO this game? That doesn't make sense brainiac. I am guessing he has relied on his looks and personality for much of his life. I think he'll have to do the same here.
Malcolm is hot AND intelligent. YUMMMO!
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2013 at 4:41 PM
Your mission, Lala, should you choose to accept it,ReplyDelete
is to take this bunch of crackers and make it funny.Replies
Couldn't I just spread cheese on them and enjoy them with a nice glass of Cabernet instead?Delete
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How to glide an F-16 to a dead-stick landing.
Note the airspeed on the left stays at 220-250 the whole time. Man, how high *is* the stall speed on a Falcon? If I recall correctly, the best glide is usually something like stall + 25%, so that would put stall at somewhere in the vicinity of 175kts.
08 February 2009
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How to glide an F-16 to a dead-stick landing.
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"Batman Vs. Superman" Casts The Role Of Wonder Woman...
Casting news for the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed Batman vs. Superman has consumed Hollywood media for months, and today's big news is no different. Wonder Woman will make her debut appearance on the big screen in the film, and as of this week, the role has officially been cast.
Who's the lucky actress?
Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress most recognized for her work on the Fast & Furious films, has been awarded the iconic role.
"Wonder Woman is arguably one of the most powerful female characters of all time and a fan favorite in the DC Universe," said Snyder. "Not only is Gal an amazing actress, but she also has that magical quality that makes her perfect for the role. We look forward to audiences discovering Gal in the first feature film incarnation of this beloved character."
Batman vs. Superman will hit theaters in the summer of 2015.
What do you think about the casting? Was there a different actress you had hoped would've lassoed the role?
(Via DC Comics)
I think she is a better choice than Meghan Fox. Wonder Woman isn't about being hot. Her image is that she is foreign, does things differently, is extremely patriotic, respects foreign countries(in comics she wears USA colors to show respect while she lives in the USA to make a difference on Earth), and she comes off as sort of sexist against men. That isn't a role I feel Meghan Fox can fill very convincingly. This girl is an amazing choice. I just question her hair. I would hope they can give her that full hair look that is quite signature to Wonder Woman.
I think Gal Gadot will be an awesome Wonder Woman! I am definitely looking forward to seeing what she can do with the character. However, if I had to pick another actress to wield the magic lasso, I would be looking at Jennifer Morrison from "Once Upon A Time." I know she is with ABC (and, by extension, Disney, who owns Marvel), but she has the talent, looks, and the statuesque physique to give the role of Wonder Woman justice. Just my two cents.


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Ride a bike on Sunday straight to hell
A Puck cartoon from a Forbes piece on the 1890s bike boom. That looks like at least 3 races I've done. A commute or two. Back then, the concerns were ill effects of too much cycling, improper female attire, and skipping church service. Today the bike backlash is what? Not paying road taxes, salmoning, and being a scofflaw? Or between cyclists regarding plainclothes or kit.


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Nathan Sykes' Grandfather Passes Away
Poor Nathan Sykes of the Wanted. Rumors that the adorbs singer and his equally adorbs lady love Ariana Grande have split surfaced earlier today (Dec. 20). Now it's been confirmed that the singer's grandfather has passed away.
Sykes posted a black and white image of himself and his beloved granddad on Instagram (seen below), writing: "R.I.P. Grandad. Gonna miss you. Hope I can continue to make you proud."
Aw, what a shame, especially so close to Christmas and during the holiday season.
Somehow we think that Sykes doesn't need to worry about continuing to make his grandfather proud, since he's already doing such a good job of that. We don't foresee him doing anything less than totally awesome in his future, since he is so talented and sweet.
PopCrush sends out best out to Nathan Sykes and his family during this tough time.


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Novelty lighters shaped like guns banned in NY
ALBANY — Those novelty lighters at checkout counters that look like guns, cars, toys, tiny fire extinguishers and even SpongeBob SquarePants are being snuffed out in New York.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that prohibits the sale of the items often displayed near cash registers at convenience stores, hardware stores and other retailers. The lighters range from small toy-like bodies with whistles and buzzers to larger M-16 military rifle replicas. Others are lighters that are part of wrist watches or play music or flash lights.
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who sponsored the bill, said the goal is to keep the lighters away from children who come across them at home and play with them, creating a fire hazard.
"These are the types of bills that don't make headlines, bu they are the types of things that can prevent a terrible tragedy from happening," the Bronx Democrat said in an interview Monday. "Little kids are drawn to these novelty lighters not because they are lighters, but because they look like guns, or cars or even fishing poles ... there's no reason for them to exist."
The New York Public Interest Research Group and several firefighter organizations called for the bill last December in an annual event that highlights dangerous products and toys.
New York retailers will have 90 days to stop selling the impulse items. Manufacturers or importers of the devices often made abroad will face civil penalties of up to $10,000, retailers can face a $500 civil penalty for each lighter.
New York joins at least 14 states including Massachusetts, New Jersey and Illinois as well as the European Union which have banned novelty lighters.
The U.S. Fire Administration supports the bans. The Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled thousands of the lighters since 1996 for hazardous defects.
Dinowitz had cited a case in Arkansas were two boy died in 2007 in a fire set by a motorcycle-shaped lighter.


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Carl Albert baseball team loses to NE Texas, splits with Tyler on Saturday
The Carl Albert State College baseball team suffered its first losses of the season over the weekend on a two-city, three-game Texas trip.The trip ended Sunday with a 9-2 loss to Northeast Texas in Mount Pleasant.On Saturday, the Vikings split a doubleheader on the road against Tyler, Texas, winning the opener 4-1 but losing the nightcap in heartbreaking fashion 4-3.The Vikings will return to action in a 1 p.m. doubleheader Wednesday afternoon in Clarskville, Ark., against the University of the Ozarks junior varsity. The twinbill will be the only action this week for the Vikings.Editor's Note — Look for the story about the Carl Albert State College Lady Vikings softball team's games in the two-day Murray State College Festival from this past weekend in Wednesday's edition. The Lady Vikings will play a doubleheader at 2 p.m. this afternoon in Neosho, Mo., against Crowder College.


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Joanna Krupa … Brooklyn middle school is big on chess … Brooklyn Decker in GQ tho … the bear from Ted humping Sidney Crosby … cop may have pointed a gun at an interviewer … boy raises $10k with a lemonade stand … airport stripper "nude but not lewd" … McDonald's worker spit in drinks, gets arrested … Mike Wallace stories … seafood deformities in the Gulf … Joel McHale on Chevy Chase …
Penguins 10, Flyers 3. It's not over. [Post-Gazette]
Vancouver 3, LA Kings 1. It's not over. [Sun]
Dick Clark passed away yesterday at 82. Three Dick Clark videos to start your morning. [Obit]
An interview with Danny McBride about Kenny Powers. [HBO]
A great read on Rajon Rondo. [Ball Don't Lie]
Kyle Boller is the NFL. [NFL]
Terry Francona will attend the Red Sox special ceremony. [WEEI]
Arrested Developments' 10 new episodes will all hit Netflix at the same time. Will also be awesome. [Complex]
The 15 worst uniforms of all-time. [USA Today]
What are you supposed to think of Tony Soprano and the girl from Girls? [TIME]
Best part of this Rick Reilly column? Mike Tyson mentions he knocked up a prison official. While he was in jail. [ESPN]
Bartolo Colon threw 38 straight strikes. In a game. Last night. [Outside Corner]
Who will the Bills pick with the 10th selection? [Buffalo News]
BBC will be televising the living heck out of the Olympics. [BBC]
Troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers. [LA Times]
Siri, locate my thick rimmed glasses.
The trailer for Sand Sharks starring Brooke Hogan.
Community college brawl involving a woman who brought her small child to school. Perhaps this is why people are willing to face a lifetime of debt for a private school education.
This is the new Rebecca Black(s). Via Cosby Sweaters. [Update: For those of you who don't know who Rebecca Black is.]
Movie kids are dumb!


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If you're worried about your loved ones seeing your Internet history after you pass away, don't. Yahoo Japan's new "Ending" service will erase it for you.
Yahoo /quotes/zigman/59898/delayed /quotes/nls/yhoo YHOO has found a way to take advantage of Japan's rapidly-aging population. For just 180 yen a month — $1.77 at current exchange rates — plus tax, subscribers now have a one-stop shop for all their after-life needs.
At "ending.yahoo.co.jp", Yahoo has launched a "campaign," translated as, "What message would you want to leave behind to your loved ones about your life?" There's also a video showing animated characters receiving texts from Yahoo! Ending saying they received a posthumus farewell message.
There's more. After confirmation of death — Yahoo will perform its own death-check operation — Yahoo will also delete your Yahoo Japan data, erase whatever you stored in Yahoo! Box, stop any billing to your Yahoo digital wallet and open up a memorial space where people can write nice things about you.
Good timing, because the Japanese population is getting older, fast. According to provisional estimates from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 25.7% of the population were 65 and older, while 17.6% were teenagers, as of July 1, 2014. That compares to government data as of Oct. 1, 1999, showing that 16.7% of the population were 65 and older and 20.8% were teenagers.
And during that time, the percentage of the population who were 85 and older jumped to 3.7%, or 4.7 million people, from 1.7%, or 2.1 million people. If Yahoo! Ending can get even 10% of that demographic to subscribe, it could mean 84.6 million yen, or about $833,000, a month for the company.
Meanwhile, the U.S. demographic isn't nearly as attractive as Japan's. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of the population that is 65 and older edged up to just 13% in 2010 from 12.4% in 2000, while the percentage of people 85 and older ticked up to 1.8% from 1.5%.
There are also a number of after-life websites Americans can use, such as Eterniam.com, DeathSwitch.com, Afterwords.cc and WebCease.com.
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The Weinstein Brothers and 'Mandy Lane'
When it debuted in 2006 at the Toronto Film Festival, Jonathan Levine's directorial debut, "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane," sparked a bidding war won by Harvey Weinstein. Seven years later, the Weinsteins are finally releasing the movie domestically. Rachel Dodes has details. Photo: Weinstein Co./Everett Collection.
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WABASH — Adams Central rocked out 25 hits in a 10-1, 14-3 double-header sweep at Southwood Saturday, improving to 15-6 on the season.
The Jets pounded out seven runs in the first two innings of the first game, and then the solid Jets' defense took control of the game Sammie Baker slammed three singles and Olivia Macklin knocked in three runs for the Lady Jets.
Sydnee Peterson pitched the first five innings, striking out five with a walk and one hit allowed in getting the win. Abby Busse pitched two perfect innings of relief.
"I liked the way we came out hitting the ball in that first game. It set the tone. Those were nice road victories," stated Jets' coach Cary Blake.
Thompson had two hits for Southwood and Bentley took the loss, striking out eight with two walks and 11 hits allowed.
Jenae Blackburn had two hits and scored twice and Mary Fox hammered three hits for the Jets.
The Jets struck late in that second game, scoring nine runs in the final two innings to pull away.
Bess Fiechter, Alyssa Keller and Baker all collected three hits for the Jets. Alexa Baller had two hits. Baker, Blackburn and Fiechter all scored three times in the rout.
The Jets are off until Wednesday when they travel to Bluffton to meet the host Tigers in the first round of the Bluffton 2A Softball Sectional.
"Everything points to the sectional games. Every game seems to have a meaning this year," added Blake.
Fiechter was the winning pitcher, fanning four with no walks and two runs allowed. Peterson fanned two in two innings of relief.
Thompson took the loss, walking seven with four strikeouts and six wild pitches. Unger, Bentley and Hensley all had two hits for Southwood.