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Friday, 29 May 2009
Initially, I didn't want to comment, but the more I read of the comment threads, the more I feel I have to say something to Becstar. She participated in a comment thread here, in which she claimed not to be anti-BDSM "anymore." After a conversation with many of us, she's apparently changed her mind. Apparently she was so bothered by many of us not concurring with her stance on porn that she left, here.
I missed her inflammatory flounce somehow. If I had seen it, I would have said this then. But I didn't, so I'm saying it now that she's spewing anti-BDSM nastiness all over that Feministing blog post, including talking about how awful we are.
So I have this to say:
Your views are your own, of course. But many of us here bent over backwards to be kind and helpful to you. Hell, in the Facebook thread I defended you against a good friend, thinking that while you held some views I found repugnant, you were here in good faith. When you spoke of problems you had, many of us jumped to try and help you, to offer you support and possible solutions.
Is this how you repay us?
I hope you think long and hard about how you are behaving, because I find it profoundly dishonorable.
It's things like this, really, that convince me that the pro-BDSM position is not just one I hold because I want to have my selfish fun. I have seen people get heated on both sides, even mean and nasty. But I have never seen this "well, I'll kind of be here, hang out, stay relatively peaceful, and then completely go off and badmouth people who stood up for me and tried to help me" in pro-BDSM and pro-porn circles.
And the more I think about it the more I suspect that the zealotry on the anti-side is to blame. Because if you are a zealot, any time someone says "Hey, do you have figures to back your claim up?" or "actually, I'm in a TPE relationship, and..." or "Hey, I'm a sex worker, and you've left out this, this and this..." it becomes a horrible, horrible affront. Merely saying "Hey, wait, actually no" is, on the zealot's view, justifying real-world violence.
There is no room for considering any other viewpoint, because the connection to violence is instantly made and is unassailable. And anyone who would assail it is a monster, a lover of horrific cruelties.
I stand where I stand not because I like orgasms too much, but because I believe that way of thinking is downright dangerous. And, as this current fracas clearly shows, that way of thinking justifies totally dishonorable behavior, because anything that can be done in service to the Cause must be done, and damn whether it's dishonorable or obnoxious.
I stand where I do because I'd rather make an honest mistake and accidentally allow for horrors than go against my principles.
35 comments:
- Hope said...
Thanks, that's pretty much what I wanted to say too. And also that in addition to being dishonorable I find her behavior vicious and hurtful. Particularly this.
Do you mind if I either post this over at Feministing or email it to her? I don't know that she comes around here anymore and I think it might be good for her to see.
- 29 May 2009 at 17:24
- Trinity said...
Yeah, I agree. Like I said in the post, it's not just that I disagree with that side's opinions. It's the endless repetition of doing things like that.
Something about their ideology says that sort of behavior is okay... which only goes to show how crooked it is.
- 29 May 2009 at 18:19
- Trinity said...
And yeah, show it to her if you want. Sometimes people really do need to be told that they are, in fact, behaving horrifically, and yes, people are noticing.
- 29 May 2009 at 18:20
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
I'm not holding my breath waiting for any sort of recognition that I was a wee tiny bit triggered by her "inflammatory flounce" and surrounding commentary.
She's so in the right, you know. The shaking, howling, throwing up evening I had after that was a healing experience and for my own good, right?
Or maybe I was making it up, like I clearly made up the whole assault thing, my experiences with an abusive relationship, my wrestling with the question of who was responsible for my near-rape and eventual ability to actually blame the perp, and my telling her to get the fuck out of a bad relationship situation.
No, wait, there's documentary evidence of that last one.
Cranky Kiya is full of snide.
- 29 May 2009 at 21:16
- hexy said...
I could only get through half that comment thread. It's a trainwreck.
- 29 May 2009 at 23:54
I so much want to say how much BDSM has helped me heal abuse I've gone through my entire life, etc., but that thread over at Feministing makes me just upset and angry and feeling judged in ways such that I can't address it other than typing random characters on the keyboard, you know?
Becstar's being really underhanded, like she was just gathering info to attack people who do BDSM.
I fail to see how any feminism can feel like it gets to regulate people who are oppressed by patriarchy's sexualities and bodies, and I'm really glad that there are commenters over there pointing out that Becstar and company want to just replace one hierarchy with another. I'm obviously so not into replacing one hierarchy with another or creating hierarchy in radical movement.
- 30 May 2009 at 00:04
- belledame222 said...
Christ. Was it something I said? I mean. I gathered my looking at her cross-eyed was the tipping point. or something.
- 30 May 2009 at 01:10
- belledame222 said...
seriously though, what an asshole.
- 30 May 2009 at 01:10
- EthylBenzene said...
I'm not even looking. I'm not a huge fan of Feministing and don't usually even read it, so NOT reading this trainwreck is not really a problem for me. But yeah, Becstar hopefully will one day realize what a hateful, harmful person she's been. Maybe. Someday. I'm not holding my breath though. Sigh.
- 30 May 2009 at 07:08
- Trinity said...
Yes, you're exactly right. And again, I would have said more back then, but somehow I missed the comment notifications. I hadn't seen the whole studies argument, or the very nasty "You and/or your loved ones must never have been assaulted, or else you'd agree with me, no matter how little facts I have."
It's another common thing with this kind of person: My triggers fit the official approved pattern, so they must be taken seriously. If you mention yours and they're different, you're appropriating.
(This sort of thing is why I'm suspicious of a whole lot of claims of appropriation of all kinds, btw.)
I'm also increasingly suspicious, as time goes on, of "This triggers me, so I must be right about it. If you think I'm wrong, you're not honoring my experiences."
This is probably not gonna be popular to say even here, but, well, at least as I understand myself and what having PTSD means for me:
My PTSD is a disorder. My responses to my triggers, while wholly understandable, are intense overreactions. That's part of what it means to be triggered -- that I respond in an unwarranted way to something that is not, in fact, threatening.
So to me, "I'm triggered by porn/SM/whathaveyou" doesn't prove that whathaveyou is bad. It may prove that, if many people are triggered by whathaveyou, a properly respectful discussion or culture doesn't bring it up willy-nilly all over the place.
But it doesn't mean that your mental health issue has given you magical insight into the True Nature of whathaveyou. It means the opposite. It means you can't be objective because you have a mental health issue that gets in the way of doing so, ffs.
- 30 May 2009 at 07:57
- Trinity said...
"Becstar's being really underhanded, like she was just gathering info to attack people who do BDSM."
Yeah, that's what I'm beginning to suspect. That we (well, I) opened our doors to someone who we/I thought was honestly unsure about all this... and got epically trolled for the trouble.
- 30 May 2009 at 07:59
Yeah, that's what I'm beginning to suspect. That we (well, I) opened our doors to someone who we/I thought was honestly unsure about all this... and got epically trolled for the trouble.
I agree. And yet, I hope we'll be willing to let it happen again.
In the book of "The Saga of Erik the Viking" there's an episode in which Erik and his men are stranded in the middle of winter in a foreign land; they have built themselves a hall and are waiting out the cold until they can set forth again in their longship. One evening, there comes a knocking at the door, and a thin waif with thin rags for clothes is there. The Vikings welcome her in and offer her shelter; they put more precious fuel on their fire to make it hotter and help her warm up. She tells them her parents are out in the blizzard, lost and hurt, but only a few yards from the door of the hall. In small groups, gradually Erik's men all offer to go out and search for the girl's parents - except one (who is known as having an ability to see things that others do not), who warns against sheltering this girl, and against going out into the blizzard.
Eventually, there is only Erik left; even the doubter has gone out into the night. At this point the girl reveals herself to be a demon in disguise, and places Erik under it's power, and he is about to cut out his heart with his dagger, and give it to the demon, when the doubter leads all of Erik's men back into the hall and kills the demon - he'd managed to break the spell that was affecting them all.
The story closes with a conversation between Erik and the doubter, concluding: "and yet - what we did was the right thing to do, and we would do it again."
Sometimes people will take advantage of a welcoming attitude, but to guard against that abuse would require that we become heartless, unwelcoming and excluding of others.
- 30 May 2009 at 08:51
- Trinity said...
"The story closes with a conversation between Erik and the doubter, concluding: "and yet - what we did was the right thing to do, and we would do it again.""
I feel that way too, to be honest. She could really have been on the fence. She might have been willing to accept our help.
- 30 May 2009 at 09:05
- EthylBenzene said...
"I hadn't seen the whole studies argument..."
Yeah, sorry about that. That kind of thing just irks me. I also didn't realize how much of a troll in disguise she was. Sorry for crapping up the thread :)
- 30 May 2009 at 09:43
- Trinity said...
You have nothing whatsoever to apologize for. Those kinds of press are the proper response.
I meant it as an apology myself, because I assumed that Becstar was just confused and a bit miffed at some of us for being (gasp!) pro-porn. I assumed this because I hadn't seen the horrendous behavior in that thread.
If I had, I would have been more aggressive about moderating. Probably not deleted any comments, but definitely told her that was unacceptable far sooner.
- 30 May 2009 at 09:47
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
Regarding triggers, I'm gonna repost a fraction of this entry here:
Ban penises in my vicinity, just in case one of them might set me off? Presume to tell people "You can't bring that penis in here, she might have a flashback"? Free clue: my neuroses don't have a right to run my life, let alone the lives of innocents. I have the right to live like a normal person, and let other people likewise live their lives.
It sucks to have to manage triggers. But it's something that I have to do. It's something I've worked on, actively, gentle exposure to the occasional penis, going so far as to look at a few (though rarely for long, because it makes my brain itch in unpleasant ways due to, y'know, triggeryness). But I have to do it, because that's the price of living in my head. Like sometimes walking with a cane is the price of living in my body. I don't get to opt out. If I were crippled by the possibility of encountering someone with a penis unexpectedly, I couldn't go get the mail, let alone have a satisfying life including my partners.
- 30 May 2009 at 11:51
- EthylBenzene said...
Trin -- thanks, I just feel awful about what Kiya had to go through beacuse of Becstar's totally out of line "response" to me.
"Free clue: my neuroses don't have a right to run my life, let alone the lives of innocents."
Well said.
- 30 May 2009 at 13:04
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
Don't worry so much about it, EB, please. I'm resilient enough to heal; I had a rough week after that (not just for that reason, I went into it a little low on cope) but I'm okay now. At least until my mother visits.
- 30 May 2009 at 13:47
I definitely agree that getting used underhandedly like that is part of the risk of being open, and that it's a risk worth taking.
Hey, using people's trust and openness like that is sometimes an intentional silencing tactic, figuring that people will speak out less if they've been burned for it before. Which is just all sorts of nasty.
- 30 May 2009 at 14:05
I have decided to stop engaging if becstar's personal attacks continue & I hope other people will do the same. It just seems pointless to feed into the negativity further. Maybe myself & other users will actually be able to have a meaningful conversation if everyone isn't using their time to respond to becstar's offensive comments.
- 30 May 2009 at 14:26
- Alexandra Erin said...
The way she immediately ran to Nine Deuce's blog to share her tale of "I tried to engage with them and they abused me!" right after the flounce really makes the "underhanded" interpretation seem more likely. She wanted a war story, some wounds to show off to prove her valorous conduct against Teh Enemy.
- 30 May 2009 at 16:39
I really really hate the tendency (seemingly most common with anti-BDSM people, but not exclusive to them) to call any interaction that's the least bit negative or that they don't like "abuse".
It fits in with the general watering down of the word that's necessary to call acts done with informed, enthusiastic consent abuse.
- 30 May 2009 at 16:44
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
Honestly, I'm far less bothered by the "trolling kinky spaces for information" than the "lying about the information she got".
The most dysfunctional relationship that's been discussed around here lately has been hers, and we told her to get the fuck out of it.
- 31 May 2009 at 01:44
- ggg_girl said...
Looks like becstar was banned from feministing. I wonder if the saga is over or not.
- 31 May 2009 at 02:55
- EthylBenzene said...
"I'm resilient enough to heal.."
I know, I just don't like to see people I like and respect get so triggered and upset like that. I have an overactive empathy glad, or something. Glad you are feeling better!
- 31 May 2009 at 06:43
- belledame222 said...
I'm not positive she was "spying" so much as just kind of wigged out about something recently; I've seen a fair amount of that tbh. People engage up to just a point and then for some reason, usually probably inspired by something outside the ongoing convo, slam the door and go extra hardcore in defense. shrug. not defending her in any way, just saying.
- 31 May 2009 at 21:49
- Hope said...
I'm with Belle. I don't really think she was being intentionally deceptive before, she just seems to have completely freaked out recently.
She seems to think that someone told her that she should just accept that her (now ex in case you all were wondering) boyfriend wanted to rape her and consent to it so that it wouldn't be rape.
I suspect it was a misunderstanding, but I can understand getting freaked out by that.
- 31 May 2009 at 22:14
- Hope said...
Not that it justifies acting so horrible, of course.
- 31 May 2009 at 22:15
- belledame222 said...
It's sort of aggravating how pretty much everyone here told her the -exact opposite,- in fact, and she somehow managed to...not take that in, or something. Who knows what her deal is. Didn't cause it, can't cure, etc. etc.
- 31 May 2009 at 22:19
- belledame222 said...
she said before she couldn't or wouldn't leave him for various reasons including financial, I think? (with the implication being ideally she -would- do); I guess it's easier to let out your feelings on strangers on the Internets than deal with that shit at home if you, you know, can't. Still, though: thanks, really, not.
- 31 May 2009 at 22:22
- Dw3t-Hthr said...
Welp. At least she broke up with the jerk.
- 1 June 2009 at 13:46
She seems to think that someone told her that she should just accept that her (now ex in case you all were wondering) boyfriend wanted to rape her and consent to it so that it wouldn't be rape.Hmm. We say, "get out - he's not a good person". She says "I can't leave". We say "Oh shit, well, stick to your guns and keep saying 'no' and keep yourself as safe as you can, cos this is not a good guy and we're worried for you".
Where's the "just say yes so it isn't rape" bit coming from?
At least she has now broken up with him and hopefully has some safe distance between them.
- 1 June 2009 at 21:17
- belledame222 said...
did she? well, that's good.
- 1 June 2009 at 23:42
- Hershele Ostropoler said...
becstar's been saying a lot of remarkably stupid shit there recently; my partner suspects troll
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imagineear has launched an interactive museum tour with Liverpool Football Club. Fans will now be offered a personal multimedia tablet, the MPtouch™ when they begin their visit to the club's home ground, Anfield. The interactive tour is an integral part of the visitors' experience as they make their way through the museum.


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A STUDY has found four of New Zealand's most-read newspapers were biased during last year's election campaign, with Prime Minister John Key receiving far more coverage than then-Labour leader Phil Goff.
Research by Massey University Associate Professor Claire Robinson, a political marketing expert in the university's College of Creative Arts, reviewed images and column widths in the New Zealand Herald, Herald on Sunday, Dominion Post and Sunday Star Times during the campaign.
She found the papers showed "substantial bias" in their use of images – most of it in favour of Mr Key, who featured in 138 photos, while Mr Goff featured in 80.
Mr Key also dominated the column centimetres, at a ratio of almost two to one.
"Labour and Phil Goff have real grounds to feel they were unfairly treated in print during the last election campaign," Dr Robinson said.
"My research suggests there could be grounds for a complaint to the New Zealand Press Council that the newspapers breached the principle of fairness and balance in their campaign coverage."
Dr Robinson said both leaders received much more positive and neutral coverage than negative coverage from all four papers, but the Herald and Herald on Sunday were generally more positive in their treatment of Mr Key, while the Dominion Post and Sunday Star-Times were kinder to Mr Goff.
During the teapot tape saga, where a conversation between Mr Key and ACT leader John Banks was recorded following a photo opportunity, just days out from the election, Dr Robinson found "a dramatic shift" in image selection by the newspapers – which began to run highly unflattering shots of John Key.
In the final days of the campaign, none of the papers published a negative image of Mr Goff, but before the teapot tape scandal, more than one in three images of him were negative.
She said newspaper editors need to think again about the impact of images, not just words, on their audience.
"It is time they paid serious attention to the ethics of which images they publish, when and how."


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Started thinking about how people learn new techniques, and for me it is when I see something in a video that I want to learn. Doesn't seem to be much in the way of video tutorials for wave riding while kiting, mostly its all about wake style riding. Which brings me to cutbacks, both front and backside, as well as bottom turns, and I came across these two vids, which are surf specific:
Surfline TV has a whole slew of these.
Feel like I have the bottom turn down, but a rad cutback is not happening for me yet. I was able to do it the past on a skateboard on the coping of a quarter pipe, but with the kite in my hand/hands, it just kind of holds me back. I'm looking at a Rally Slingshot ad as I type this with Patrick Rebstock doing this exact maneuver. Looks like you need to be unhooked, which I totally don't get(how does one ride unhooked?, do you need to totally depower the kite first by pulling on the depower strap and then unhooking-cause otherwise your kite is fully lit). Anyway would be interested to hear from kiters who have mastered this technique, or if you have seen any tutorial vids on this and other kite-wave riding technique.


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A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
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4 September 2010
Happy September...
Ralph Lauren, The Heiress Collection Fall 2010...
Such refined autumnal beauty~ luxurious and inviting!
Happy, happy September to you.
Ralph Lauren, The Heiress Collection via Haute Design.
11 comments:
- Andrea said...
Blessings and prayers,
- 4 September 2010 at 01:11
- Jacqueline said...
Such beautiful interiors. I love them all, especially the first one.....I could just do with a glass of that Champagne right now !!
Sorry that I've been AWOL. As you know, I am just back from Italy and I'm frantically trying to catch up with my commenting.
Happy September to you too. XXXX
- 5 September 2010 at 00:00
- Stacey said...
There is such character and glamour in these interior spaces! Love them! Thank you for visiting my blog:-). Happy weekend to you.
- 5 September 2010 at 02:21
- Charlotta Ward said...
Aaaah the richness, the depth and gorgeous classic warmth of his decor. Love it.
x Charlotta
- 5 September 2010 at 16:34
- INTRO TO MY LIFE said...
oh my,, the photos and this collection is BEAUTIFUL
- 5 September 2010 at 17:56
- Mrs. Pink said...
Just beautiful images. My favorite is the close-up of the pink roses in a crystal vase. So romantic.
- 5 September 2010 at 20:49
- Abby said...
These pictures are so lovely! So elegant.
- 6 September 2010 at 00:37
- shari @ little blue deer said...
Oh, so amazing! I love the rich colors! I adore Ralph Lauren, both the clothing and the home lines. Just gorgeous stuff! XX!
- 6 September 2010 at 00:47
- Dumbwit Tellher said...
These lovely images remind me of all the reasons I love fall. Happy September to you as well. x
- 6 September 2010 at 01:44
- Indie.Tea said...
Those are luxurious and inviting, just as you put it. And beautiful and all those pale golds really welcome autumn...
- 6 September 2010 at 09:54
- Splendid Willow said...
I have not been here for so long, I should be ashamed of myself! (I was painfully blog lazy in general this summer).
Always love coming here and your "September" images sure make me want to make my own home more cozy filled with warmth and textures.
ox, Mon
- 7 September 2010 at 04:48


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Before we started drawing our pirates we practised how to draw faces based on Stu Duval's drawings.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Pirates of the Caribbean - Clever Pirate Art
Before we started drawing our pirates we practised how to draw faces based on Stu Duval's drawings.
23 comments:
- Ms Clayton said...
Hello Kids with a View,
Your pictures are indeed quite clever. I like the way they are displayed in the frame and with the little bit of motion and the swords crossing across the pictures, it looks like the pirates are falling. Great expressions on the pirates' faces!
I have one student in particular, who will adore looking at this slide show. Keep up the great work!
Ms Clayton
- 26 February, 2012
- Mrs Monaghan said...
Hi Kids with a View
I really like the way you have used block colour backgrounds to make the details on your pirates stand out clearly - it's very effective!
Why did you choose to draw pirates?
Mrs M, UK
- 26 February, 2012
Hi Mrs Clayton
Thanks for visiting our blog and leaving us a comment.
I have just visited your wonderful blog and have left you and your class a comment.
We look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Mrs Laburn and Kids with a view
- 26 February, 2012
- Room 4 said...
Hi! Room 3,
We really liked looking at your fantastic pirate paintings. It was great that you gave us some tips on how you did them too.
We think you are very clever to paint like this.
From Room 4
Hamilton East School
- 27 February, 2012
- Ms Dowling and KD said...
Ahoy there Kids with a View!
Your pirates are sensational! You
have all been very careful to add lots of details and used bright colours. What was the trickiest part about creating your pirate artwork?
We couldn't pick a favourite because they all had different features that made them special. We were wondering if you made up names for them too?
From KD and Ms Dowling
- 28 February, 2012
Hi room 3.I like the way Zana shwd us the way to do the pirit facis.From Anya.
- 28 February, 2012
Hi Everyone,
WOW - this is outstanding work. All of our class thought that your pirate pictures were amazing.We love the way that you showed us how you developed your skills as well. You have inspired lots of our class to make their own pirate pictures and treasure maps today.
Mrs Thompson and Reception Class
Haworth Primary School
- 29 February, 2012
it was so much fun tracing our hand and feet.
- 29 February, 2012
I like your border because it is The pirates of the Caribbean. And I know that it is a movie. And i know it is for teenagers. From Jack
- 01 March, 2012
HI from Nicolas sister
I love your pirate art.
- 02 March, 2012
- Room 4 said...
I love your pirate pictures. It is like watching a movie.
From Caylee
Room 4
Hamilton East School
- 02 March, 2012
- Jackie Nelson said...
Ahoy there Kids with a View!
This is Mrs Nelson - this year without her Craigburn Primary Year 1 class. I am spending a year living and teaching in Canada. Unfortunately I can't have a class blog here but I am still looking forward to visiting your blog and seeing your fabulous learning. So far I have just adored your pirate handprints - how awesome! Your pirate paintings are treasures as well. Keep up the great work you are doing. From Mrs Nelson in Calgary, Alberta Canada
PS if you ever want to ask questions about Canada I'd love to try and answer them for you.
- 02 March, 2012
- kereruclass said...
We think this is so cool, now we would all like to look at pirates. Kereru class loves the header for your blog. The pirate hands were very clever, so easy but so effective.
Kereru Class
- 03 March, 2012
I likeed looking at pictures.
- 06 March, 2012
Hi Room 3,
I showed my Year 2 classroom your wonderful pictures of pirates. They would really like to make some too.
We had a practice at tracing our hands and feet today - what fun!
We would like to know which bit you found the trickiest, and which bit you found the easiest.
from Miss O'Neill
(Room 10 Wairakei School)
- 06 March, 2012
Hi everyone, what a wonderful pictures you have painted, you all did a great job, i love the pirate painting.
- 06 March, 2012
- Room 3 Point View School said...
Hi Miss O'Neill and Room 10
Thank you for you comment. We love that you like our pirate art idea.
The easiest parts of the pirate art work were....
tracing the hands and feet - Bradie, Robbie, Sienna, George, Neeve, Tiffanny, Gina, Mallika, Joshua
colouring in with the pastels - Jack, Kairyn, Ashira, Anya, Trinity, Aryaan
dyeing the art work - Benny, Neeve, Kevin, Maia, Alex
drawing the faces - Nicco, Nicolas, Jacey
outling was easy - George
The hardest parts were....
Colouring in - Gina, Nicco, Mallika, Aryaan, Kevin, Aum
drawing the faces - Trinity, Alex, Jacey, Maia, Benny
drawing the legs - Neeve, Sienna, Robbie, Joshua, George
working with pastels because they smudge - George, Gina, Sienna, Alex, Neeve, Anya, Kairyn, Jacey, Benny.
We can't wait to see your finished art work.
What are you learning about in your class this year?
From Kids with a view
- 07 March, 2012
- Learning Together said...
Hi Room 3 and Mrs Laburn!
I can't believe how talented you are. Your pirates are just amazing.
I can see that you are having a great year so far. My new Preps are just starting the blogging journey. I will make sure that I show them your blog - it is just fantastic.
Have a great day.
From Mrs Kennedy
- 07 March, 2012
Great pirates I like the way you put it on the blog Mrs Laburn. I like all the pictures that are on the blog. From Joshua.
- 08 March, 2012
Hi room 3 I like your pictures because they look cool. Keep going! room 3, because you are the best!
- 09 March, 2012
Wow room 3 your pirate pictures are super cool! my favourite pirate picture is Kiaryn one because he is the captain.
- 15 March, 2012
I like the swords when they hit.
- 21 March, 2012
Piarate's are fun to look at because non of them are the same not even a little bit. By joshua.
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Opinion: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's visit to the Hill is mostly a PR move
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was on Capitol Hill to talk about concerns that Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Twitter, are taking our information, compiling it and using it to make money.
That should be no surprise. Whether you clicked some button and approved your data being collected or the tech companies did it on their own, all of our online profiles are already unbelievably extensive.
I assume that everything I do online is tracked in some way. All of you should assume the same.
So, is regulation the answer? Zuckerberg has said he is open to being regulated. Of course he is. The government will come up with some general regulations, like when it mandated that warnings be put on cigarette packaging.
The tech companies will comply but then will keep on taking our information in a way that doesn't break the new laws or regulations.
You better believe that the programmers at these tech companies, like Facebook and Google, are decades ahead of whatever the government can come up with.
Then Facebook and others can say "see, everything we do is fully legal!"
Here is the bottom line: this apology tour from Mark Zuckerberg is a charm and public relations offensive. The only way that tech companies will actually stop infringing on our privacy is if they are forced to do so because their users abandon them if they do not. That is called the power of the free markets.


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England football supremo Fabio Capello has decreed that his team will not be allowed to play video games during international training time, in an attempt to put a stop to the famous 'PlayStation culture' within the squad.
The rule is one of several edicts that the Italian boss hopes will instil a sense of discipline among his underachieving, highly paid charges. There will also be bans on visitors, flip-flops and hopeless route-one football. We hope.
Whether it will significantly improve the side's chances of qualifying for the World Cup remains to be seen – sounds like the O'Neal Fallacy if you ask us, not that we'd claim to know what makes a professional footballer tick – but you have to admire the PR nous of the manoeuvre: no one ever lost public sympathy by cracking down on youthful reprobates, which is exactly how the current England squad are perceived. And targets don't get much softer than dissolute, video-game-playing millionaire athletes who (with a couple of exceptions) didn't give a strong impression of caring that they won't be heading to Switzerland and Austria this summer.
But let's take the side of the dissolute, video-game-playing millionaire athletes for a moment. You're a young kid, far from home, trapped in a hotel room with only Steven Gerrard for company. The iPod has run out of batteries. You can't read a newspaper, because people will say you're gay. How do you pass the time? It's obvious: stick on Gears of War. Or, if you're Jonathan Woodgate, Dr Kawashima's Brain Training.
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Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston gave an interview to his archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot, headlined "Cardinal reflects on apostolic visit, meeting with victims." We're working on a story on it for today.
In the interview, Cardinal O'Malley calls the presentation of a book of names of abuse victims (left) to the pope a "very poignant moment in the visit."
… over 1,000 names, first names, done in calligraphy and very beautifully and artistically prepared, with prayers and other reflections interspersed among the names. It was a way to try to underline the fact that the meeting was to be representative of all the victims, not just the ones who were there, or even the ones whose names appeared in the book, and also to underscore the dimension of the problem. The names in the book represent names that have come to us, of cases that have come to us in the last 50 years.
John Allen at the National Catholic Reporter also had details of the meeting in his online column posted last Friday.
Also interesting were Cardinal O'Malley's comments in the interview about the pope's health, especially given the French newspaper speculation over the weekend alleging that the pope is in poor health.
I was just pleased that the Holy Father seemed to hold up so well during the trip. It was an exhausting trip. Many people are commenting how quickly he went up the steps and his obvious enthusiasm. For an 81-year-old who has not had the greatest health it was truly a "tour de force."


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While pursuing those responsible for leaking a preview build of Deus Ex Human Revolution onto the internet, publishers Square Enix discovered that the game (well, part of the game) had been a copy they'd hosted on Valve's Steam service.
This happens all the time; often with PC preview coverage here at Kotaku, for example, we're able to access and download early builds of games on Steam.
The problem here is that an Italian writer's login details were obtained by hackers and Deus Ex's code lifted, then leaked.
Valve says that it has a lot more information on those responsible than it's released thus far, but also says it's unable to give that information to Square Enix (courtesy of its privacy policy) unless the publisher can present them with a subpoena.
So Square Enix is doing just that, asking the Washington court hearing its case against fifteen unidentified Italian hackers for permission to get just such a subpoena.
Subpoenas! Shady European criminals! It's like a cop show! Only, with paperwork instead of guns.
Square Enix Files Suit Over Deus Ex: HR Leak, Valve Caught In Middle [Gamasutra]


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Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III says that with the Giants coming to town on Monday night, the Redskins are expecting to win, and to show they're contenders in the NFC playoff race.
"I think everybody's extremely confident," Griffin said on NFL AM. "Not just by the way we played them last time, but the way we've played the last two games. We have that momentum coming with us, and I think everybody's ready to go. Once again, it's a one-game season for us. This is the only game we have and the only game that matters."
Griffin wouldn't specifically guarantee that the Redskins are going to make the playoffs, but he made clear that he believes they can take care of business.
"We control our own destiny, so it's up to us," Griffin said. "We decide that. Me being on a TV show saying that we're going to make the playoffs doesn't make a difference. You've got to go out there and prove it every Sunday, or every Monday. We've got to go out there and prove it."
It's actually not correct to say the Redskins control their own destiny: Even if the Redskins win out to finish the season 10-6, they'd miss the playoffs if the Giants also win out after Monday night to finish the season 11-5, and if at least two of the four teams ahead of them in the NFC wild card race also win out.
But while Griffin may not have closely studied the NFC standings, he has studied the Giants. And heading into a big game against them, he isn't lacking for confidence.


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A couple of weeks ago I hit genealogical paydirt. I had been corresponding with some McKenzie family cousins and someone gave me an address of a fellow in his seventies who remembered my great grandparents well. He and I shared several emails, although he apologized for the brevity of the correspondence since he wasn't feeling well. He shared an address of another cousin with me who sent me some wonderful old family photographs.
I went to thank the old fellow and his email address bounced back as inactive. I googled him and discovered he had died just weeks after he had shared with me. He was emailing and sharing family history information just weeks before in spite of feeling poorly. If I had waited longer to contact him I never would have received the address of the caretaker of the family photographs. Life is short, the longer you procrastinate on the old fashioned chores, such as writing an old fashioned letter, (which prompted this initial exchange) the more chance you take that the link you are seeking will have passed, quite literally.


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Eminem is claiming he didn't pull an Ashlee Simpson on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend ... TMZ has learned.
A rep for the rapper tells us Em was not lip-syncing during his performance of "Berzerk" ... but does admit he was using a vocal track underneath his live vocals.
Translation: live mic+vocal track = vocal help. Yes, technically ...it's not lip-syncing, but it's pretty damn close.
The rep adds, "He just likes this sound and if you listen to his albums they are done the same way."
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Wednesday February 20, 2019; 10:09 am EST
Asparagus specials are popping up, but to celebrate 20 years, Bay Weekly serves cake
May is National Asparagus Month.
This perennial spring vegetable is one of the first harvests of the season and a favorite on menus. A distant cousin of the lily, asparagus takes some dedication to cultivate, about three years before your first crop. But once it takes, the stalks can grow up to four inches in one day. If your green thumb hasn't stretched to asparagus, you'll find the stalky green popping up all over — in farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants.
Noodles & Company at Westfield Annapolis Mall has launched three new asparagus dishes. Springtime Flatbread is topped with fresh asparagus, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese and savory bacon. The Asparagus Stack, an attractive pile of asparagus spears topped with feta, bacon and lemon, is a low-calorie side (110 calories). For an entrée, the new Garden Pesto Sautee highlights asparagus with other fresh veggies, pecans, feta and spinach tossed in pesto sauce. The dish is available with a gluten-free corn-and-rice fusilli noodle imported from Italy. Try all three while you can: Asparagus season ends in June, as do these seasonal specials.
Chef Zachary Pope of Roundz Gourmet Market in Gambrills shares his tips on blanching asparagus.
If you are purchasing your asparagus, it is most likely bound by rubber bands. Keep the band on the bundle and rinse under running water. Remove the woody root portion of the spear. To determine where to cut the stalks, remove one spear from the bundle and hold the tip end in one hand and the stalk end in the other. Gently bend the stalk until it snaps. That break shows you where the woody root meets the tender portion. Discard the stalk end, and use the spear as a template to cut the remaining spears, usually two or three inches off the base. Prepare a large pot of salted water and bring to a boil. Place your bundle in the boiling water with tongs. The asparagus will turn bright green in less than a minute. Remove with tongs and drain on a paper towel. Remove rubber band and serve.
The Main Ingredient Café in Annapolis is also celebrating asparagus with a special entrée of grilled shrimp with corn, crab, bacon, sherry and cream served over cheddar grit polenta and fresh asparagus.
On the sweeter side, The Main Ingredient is crafting Bay Weekly's 20th birthday cake. Come by our office April 25, 10am to 4pm, to enjoy a slice of the strawberry shortcake with butter-cream icing.


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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – For Barry University women's tennis team, it doesn't get any better than this.
No. 1 Barry beat No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic, 5-4, in the NCAA Division II Championship match at Sanlando Park Saturday. It was the Buccaneers' second national title in the program's history, and the school's 12th overall.
"It's an amazing feeling," Barry sixth-year coach Avi Kigel said. "It wasn't easy. They pushed us to the limit."
This championship wasn't short on dramatics. In fact, even after sweeping doubles play, the Bucs (28-1) were pushed to the edge before Kimmy Twelker pulled out a third-set tiebreaker at No. 6 singles to clinch the title in Barry's third trip to championship match. Barry also won the 2011 title.
It was the second time the Bucs beat the Pirates (28-2) by a 5-4 score this season, but this one was worth every bit the price of admission.
Barry's No. 7-ranked doubles team of Emma Onila and Linda Fritschken secured the Bucs' first point when they beat No. 8 Marlen Hacke and Olga Kalodzitsa, 8-4, at No. 2 pairs. Sixth-ranked Ana Pain and Twelker knocked off No. 1 Aleksandra Filipovski and Barbora Krtickova, 8-6, at the top spot. It was the second time this year Twelker and Pain beat the No. 1-ranked doubles team in the country.
Barry's Blanka Szavay and Karina Goia survived a battle at No. 3, beating Clara Perez and Carolina Prats-Milan, 9-7, to complete the pairs sweep.
"We knew that doubles would be crucial," said Fritschken, who went 25-3 in pairs play this season. "All of us fought so hard. To have a 3-0 lead after doubles gives you so much confidence."
Armstrong cut the gap to 3-1 when 10th-ranked Krtickova handed ninth-ranked Goia her first loss of the season, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 2 singles. Perez, ranked 38th in the nation, was a 6-0, 6-2 winner over Elisabeth Abanda at No. 5. That pulled the Pirates within 3-2.
Fritschken, the No. 23-ranked player in the country, gutted out a 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 win over the 15th-ranked Hacke at No. 3 singles to pull Barry within a match of clinching, 4-2. But second-ranked Filipovski recovered from double match point down to beat seventh-ranked Onila, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, at the top flight.
Prats-Milan, the 28th-ranked player in the nation, defeated Pain, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, at No. 4 in another back-and-forth battle. That left one match in progress to decide the title.
"I really didn't know what was going to happen," said Kigel, the National Coach of the Year. "We just kept fighting. We believed in our players. Just incredible heart in all of them."
Twelker appeared to be headed to a straights sets victory at No. 6 before Kalodzitsa rallied to force a third-set tiebreaker. After Kalodzitsa battled through nine deuces and five match points in the second set tiebreaker, Twelker fought like a champion in the third set, pulling out a 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-4) victory to give Barry the championship.
"We worked so hard for this moment," said Twelker, who went 15-0 in singles this year to tie Barbi Pocza's school record for single season winning percentage. "I'm so glad that we fought through this, and it all pays off today.
"We are the best team in the nation, and we deserved it."


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Jump, dash and twirl your way through Gianas dream in this demo and utilize the twist to your advantage to get past obstacles, beat enemies and find secret passages. What may look like yet another platformer at first glance quickly shows off its main gameplay feature: theentire game world smoothly transforms from spooky dream to fluffy nightmare at the push of a button. The change isnt merely visual - you have to time your twists in order to succeed.
The first of the released levels is an introduction to shifting between the worlds and to Gianas abilities in each of those dreams. The second level demonstrates one of the final stages of the game and offers an advanced challenge for players who want to test their mettle in a fast-paced, world-changing platformer.


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A couple months ago I posted the below...
Okay, things have gotten out of hand! When I launched House of Fifty mag, of course I also created a House of Fifty website, this blog, a facebook page and twitter account, later adding a Pinterest page. Seriously?!?! I feel dizzy. All in addition to my blog Isabella & Max Rooms and the Isabella & Max facebook and twitter accounts.
Then a couple of days ago I literally stopped in my tracks and thought, duh, time to consolidate! I basically post the same information on both blogs and other accounts and at times even repost a post from one blog to another."
So I've decided to consolidate the two blogs I manage into one, continuing to post on Isabella & Max Rooms, but with a name change - House of Fifty by Janell Beals - one that is keeping with my focus to continue building and growing House of Fifty.
Seriously, we only have so much time in each day to manage all this social media, get our work done and also have time for the other things that are important in our lives...so I've taken the leap to simplify and consolidate! I will no longer be posting here, but I'd be honored if you'd stop by here to continue reading new posts.
House of Fifty by Janell Beals
Phew, I feel better!
Is there anything you've done lately to simplify your life?


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The Associated Press___ HP claims fraud prompted $5 billion overpayment for company NEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that it's the victim of a multi-billion dollar fraud at the hands of a British company it bought last year that lied about its finances. HP CEO Meg Whitman said executives at Autonomy Corporation PLC "willfully" boosted the company's figures through various accounting tricks, which convinced HP to pay $9.7 billion for the company in October 2011. Autonomy's former CEO said HP's allegations are false. HP is now taking an $8.8 billion charge to align Autonomy's purchase price with what HP now says is its real value. More than $5 billion of that charge is due to false accounting, HP said. ___ Ex-hedge fund trader charged in $276 million insider scheme NEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors are calling perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time â¿¿ an arrangement to obtain confidential, advance results of tests on an experimental Alzheimer's drug that helped investment firms make more than $276 million. Mathew Martoma, 38, was charged in U.S. District Court in Manhattan with using the information to advise a hedge fund owner to buy shares in the companies developing the drug, then later to dump those investments and place financial bets against the companies when the tests returned disappointing results. Martoma's trades helped reap a hefty profit from 2006 through July 2008, while he worked for CR Intrinsic Investors LLC of Stamford, Conn., an affiliate of SAC Capital Advisors, a firm owned by Steven A. Cohen, one of the nation's wealthiest hedge fund managers. ___ Bernanke warns Congress to avoid 'fiscal cliff' WASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year.
Without a deal, the measures referred to as the "fiscal cliff" will take effect in January.Bernanke also said Congress must raise the federal debt limit to prevent the government from defaulting on Treasury debt. Failure to do so would impose heavy costs on the economy, he said. Bernanke said Congress also needs to reduce the federal debt over the long run to ensure economic growth and stability. ___ Sandy leads to Thanksgiving rental car shortage NEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ Thanksgiving travelers who have yet to rent a car in the Northeast are probably out of luck: Superstorm Sandy has created a shortage. The storm has damaged thousands of cars â¿¿ including those owned by rental companies. The loss of vehicles has been compounded by rising demand. Thanksgiving and Christmas are normally busy rental periods. And lingering mass transit problems caused by Sandy have added to demand. Existing reservations are mostly being honored, but people who still want to book for Thanksgiving are finding almost no cars left. The few cars available carry a hefty premium. ___ US new home starts jump to fastest pace in 4 years WASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ U.S. builders started construction last month on the most homes and apartments since July 2008, more evidence that the housing recovery is gaining momentum. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders broke ground on homes in October at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000. That's a 3.6 percent gain from September. Single-family home construction dipped 0.2 percent to an annual rate of 594,000, down from a four-year high in the previous month. Apartment construction, which is more volatile from month to month, rose 10 percent to an annual rate of 285,000. ___ Unemployment falls in 75 percent of US states WASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ An increase in hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 37 U.S. states last month, the latest indication that the job market is slowly healing.
Unemployment rates are now below 7 percent in 23 of the 50 states. The Labor Department says rates rose in seven states in October and were unchanged in six.South Carolina's rate fell from 9.1 percent to 8.6 percent, the biggest drop among states. It has fallen a full percentage point in just two months. The state gained 7,300 jobs in October, mostly in hotels, restaurants, education and health care, and government. Alaska and Wisconsin recorded the next biggest declines. ___ Best Buy reports 3rd-quarter loss NEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ Struggling Best Buy Co. reported another dismal quarter on Tuesday, recording a third quarter loss and continued sales slump just as the crucial holiday season revs up. Adjusted for restructuring charges, it earned 3 cents per share, well below analysts' expectations. The news sent shares down 13 percent to their lowest level in more than two decades. The electronics chain is trying to reverse a years long decline in its business as competition from online stores and discounters increases, and consumers' tastes shift from more profitable items like TVs and desktop computers to less profitable smartphones and tablets. ___ UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli guilty of fraud LONDON (AP) â¿¿ A rogue trader who lost $2.2 billion in bad deals at Swiss bank UBS was sentenced to 7 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted in what prosecutors called the biggest fraud case in U.K. banking history. Ghanaian-born Kweku Adoboli, 32, exceeded his trading limits and failed to cover his losses, allegedly faking records to hide his tracks at the bank's London office. At one point Adoboli risked running losses of up to $12 billion. A conviction for fraud carries a maximum jail term of 10 years. The 10-person jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found Adoboli guilty of two counts of fraud and not guilty of four other false accounting charges.
___PIRG warns of toy dangers but finds fewer of them WASHINGTON (AP) ⿿ Toys are safer than ever before, consumer advocates say, but parents should remain vigilant in keeping their little ones away from powerful magnets and small items that can easily cause choking. PIRG examined more than 200 toys on store shelves at major retailers and dollar stores and tested about three dozen toys for lead and chemicals called phthalates, which are used to make plastic products softer but have been linked to reproductive defects and other health problems. A 2008 product safety law ushered in new standards for children's products, including strict limits on lead and phthalates allowed in toys. Of the toys tested, only one ⿿ a Morphobot action figure ⿿ turned up lead levels that exceeded the new stricter federal limit on how much of that metal can be in the toy. For phthalates, the toys all met the federal standard for what's allowed, though a Dora the Explorer backpack had levels that would trigger disclosure under Washington state and California law, the report said. ___ Eurozone seeks accord on Greece aid BRUSSELS (AP) ⿿ European Union officials made a fresh try to reach political accord on desperately needed bailout loans for Greece ⿿ an agreement that eluded them last week. The Irish finance minister, Michael Noonan, said a main point of contention at the meeting in Brussels among officials of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro is whether to give Greece an extra two years to get to a point where it can raise its own funds ⿿ and how to finance that extension. The finance ministers need to agree on the extension before they can pay Greece the ⿬31.5 billion ($40.2 billion) rescue loan that has been kept on hold for months. When previously frozen aid is considered along with further aid scheduled to be disbursed later this year, that total could reach ⿬44 billion ($56.15 billion), said a spokesman for Jean-Claude Juncker, who chairs the eurozone finance ministers' meetings.
___By The Associated Press(equals) The Dow Jones industrial average fell 7.45 points to close at 12,788.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 0.92 point to 1,387.81. The Nasdaq composite index gained 0.61 to 2,916.68. Benchmark crude fell $2.53, or 2.8 percent, to finish at $86.75 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, fell $1.87, or 1.7 percent, to end at $109.83 a barrel in London. Heating oil fell 4 cents to finish at $3.04 a gallon. Wholesale gasoline fell 4 cents to end at $2.71 per gallon. Natural gas rose 11 cents, or 3 percent, to finish at $3.83 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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Long a mainstay for budget prices and homey accommodations, Ireland's B&Bs have stepped into a new age of marketing savvy and solidarity. Instead of categorizing themselves into two rival organizations and web sites (Irish Town & Country Homes vs. Irish Farmhouse Holidays), all of the member homeowners voted recently to consolidate into one organization and a new web site – B&B Ireland (www.BandBIreland.com).
This new web site is a portal for information and bookings for town and country homes and farmhouses all over Ireland at one source. No more checking out the Town & Country Homes web site and then comparing it to the Farmhouse Holidays web site. The new web site enables visitors to search by county, city or town, and currency. It also points to "Special Offers," currently ranging from discounts to 3-nights-for-the-price-of-2 deals.
The average night at a B&B with full Irish breakfast costs around $50 (35 euro) per person, still a good deal, and an even better deal when you pay for two nights and get to stay three.
In the 40-plus years since Ireland introduced the B&B concept, a lot of progress has been made in the sector. The idea was first floated by representatives of the then-Bord Failte (now Failte Ireland/Tourism Ireland). The tourism officials suggested to a few farmhouse owners, led by Nancy Fitzgerald of Knockraha, Co. Cork, that they take paying guests to make extra money and to ease the shortage of hotel rooms as tourism to Ireland began suddenly to swing upward in the late 1960's. Nancy agreed to give it a go, and rounded up a dozen or so farmhouse owner friends.
The experiment worked smoothly from the start except for one factor – the farmhouse owners found it difficult to charge for their rooms. In a land known for its hospitality to strangers, the concept of actually charging a guest had to be learned. The agreed rate was then 2 Irish pounds (about $5).
Once they began to see the income, the farmhouse women soon found it easier to accept the money – and American visitors all felt they were getting a bargain and a friendly place to stay as well. The number of farmhouse B&Bs mushroomed and soon found competition from a rival group – Town & Country Homes, led by another astute Cork home owner, Angela Muckley of Bantry, Co. Cork. What started in Cork soon spread all over Ireland and today there are more than 1,100 registered and approved B&Bs and self-catering options – all bookable on the new BandBIreland.com web site.
The leaders of B & B Ireland are also endeavoring to put a new spin on the B&B experience by introducing specialist themed vacations – from fishing, walking and golfing to heritage/culture visits and cookery and herb-growing classes. The Definitive Irish Bed & Breakfast & Self Catering Guide 2010 is also available for free online. And if you have never stayed in an Irish B&B home, the web site also includes a charming narrated video that illustrates what to expect.
In sync with its new outlook, B & B Ireland has also voted in a new and highly respected Chairperson, Margaret Cahill, former Head of the European and British offices for Tourism Ireland. Margaret also spent almost 20 years as Promotions Manager for the Irish Tourism Board in NY (then known as the Irish Tourist Board), so she is well versed on what appeals to American travelers. With Margaret at the helm, good deals and smart marketing will be synonymous with B & B Ireland from now on. For more information, visit www.BandBIreland.com.
Patricia Preston has written 23 travel books (15 about Ireland). Visit Pat's website (www.IrelandExpert.com) or get her latest book, Ireland Travel 101 (http://www.IrelandTravel101.


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The BAE Systems Taranis took $303 million and 1.5 million hours to develop, uses stealth technology to hide from the enemy and can be controlled via satellite link from anywhere on Earth. It just passed its tests in Australia.
It's great news for Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation Systems, QinetiQ and the British Ministry of Defence since as you would expect, this flying wing cost quite a bit more than they first thought and its first flight was delayed by two years to keep things interesting at the office.
Designed for intercontinental missions and gathering intelligence from both air and ground, the Taranis is powered by a Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk.951 turbofan with a trust of 6,480 pounds, and despite its primary investigative role, it will also carry a variety of weapons in its two internal weapons bays enabling it to attack both aerial and ground targets. BAE won't get into more details about that.
A great day for the Royal Air Force and British engineering in general, and presumably a rather sad day for goat owners in less fortunate countries all over the world: