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my wife does this to me i can't get enough of it
Have no fear I could be there on a moment's notice. Just tell me when LOL
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Hi Mariana you can do this to me cause i so want someone to pound me deep and hard in my tight ass
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this is hot... I love when my man bends over & lets me stretch his asshole....
iLove to fuck my hubbie like that. Hè loves it up his ass. We looking for another couple who's hubbie it also liked. Any body?
I'm not a couple, cause mine is to much of a prude to do this to me or anyone else. But, I would gladly be a 3some for you guys . Interested?
Btw.... The moaning " mmm, mmm mmm" from her was overkill.. And what's up with the b Ue eyeshadow and freakish arms? Clean all that up and wax or something... She wasn't hot at all... No ass... No perky tits.. She did know how to ram her cock though.
So sexy! My husband doesn't seem into it... I bought everything I would need... Strap on that would fuck him while it holds another vibrating one in me, anal bead vibrating wand, etc.... Hhhmmm what to do??
Just let me know the time and place :P
Dania - your husband doesnt know what he's missing. My missus and i have just started playing with her dildo, i love it, even when she isnt around i break it out n lube up haha. We're looking at some point to getting another guy to join us, she gets turned on at the thought of watching my ass get pounded by a big hard cock.
I am bisexual and I recently had my male lover to view this with me so he could see how I wanted him to prepare my as for fucking. He got the point and now he gives me the best fuckings of my life. I prefer his hard and warm dick up my ass, as oppose to a strap-on
feeling so horny please take me mistress
This was going sooooo great until the last instant when she gave him head, her tongue was pierced! Why oh why, do gals get ANYTHING in their oral cavities? The ladies OUGHT to get pierced in the ears, one to a side! PERIOD!
I wish my man would let me fuck him like this!
me and wife been doin this for years but she recently convinced me to take some real cock and its way better.
I wanna fuck my man this way.. But he doesn't let me. =(
Missy, I will let you any time;)
id like a guy who would fuck me in the ass and then let me return the favour
Have been surprised to learn just how many women actually want guy's assholes. In my early 20's my first steady girl got me in the 69 with me on top, and she then reamed my ass with four fingers. I couldn't believe she was doing this!?
makes me horny better with 3 girls
hell yes please
wish she would come over to my house and due me. I been trying to get my wife to due this but she told me go fine someone who will. I don't know why because she like it when i put my cock in her anal and like it so i what to fill what it fill like
Very hot Love it when my wife fucks my ass
It feels so good as my wife slips in and then fucks my ass till we both cum, I love to feel her jerking as she cums when doing me from behind.
My ex gf did it to me - I miss a woman fucking my ass
looks good she was really raming that ASS. The guy had a nice ASS & COCK. I like to fuck him in the ASS. an suck his peter. Love to lick her PUSSY
I second that emotion.
Dam wish i could fine a lady who would due this to me. I ask my wife but she not into this so i what to fine a girl who would due this to me
yo quiero hacerle eso a mi macho, pero no se como desirle, a mi gusta comerle el culo. pero no se si al le gusta.. le pregunto y dice que esta bien . pero no se si le gusta. yo quiero meterle mi jueguete pero no me atrevo a decirle
i would like a strap on ram up my ass while eat your pussy
I'm with stuff me. This works for me - my hard cock being jerked while she pounds my ass with a strap on - fucking great
It's from Strapped On 2: Scene 3 / Lick Him Stick In 5: Scene 2
Was für eine geile Braut,von der würde ich mich auch gern mal rammeln lassen
I been playing with my wife toy and it was kinda hard at first to put in my anal but now i been doing for about a month now it fill so good and i just with my next door lady friend would come over or my wife and play like this. It make my cock so hard
mmm-mmm good !!
Any of you ladies who's men don't want to take it up the ass. I am more than willing to take their place and let you fuck my ass deep and hard. Then I will lick, eat, suck nibble all your luscious body parts until you scream from orgasm. I wasn't and need it bad. Any of you ladies willing?
Wow. These two get to play like this AND get paid for it too. LOL
I am a totally gay guy, but I would like to do a threesome with this lovely couple. She could fuck me with the strap on and he with his cock. I would love to fuck him and clean my load out of his ass. I would also like to lick her sweet ass until she has an orgasm.
I wish she would use this on me. I so what this done to me, Dam she is hot and would love fill my cock in her pussy
My gf does it to me, we usually both get so turned on by the action that we don't last long lol
Oh my god love a girl did that on me!
What's her name?!
Love to find a woman that would fuck my ass. Gt video and made me cum hard
Damn, the comments were as sexy as the video. I had to jerk off again after reading all that.
omg i love it! i love his dickanyone wants to fuck me?
She is Nice!!!
she is so hot wish i knew her
i had to pull my cock out watching him take it up his ass turned me on
You can tell this gal ikes to strap on fuck a guys ass, and she can ram mine anytime she likes. Any oter gals on here you are welcome to do the same as well.
She's a lovely, hot girl who knows what she wants and what she is doing!
can i join in she can fuck me anytime
i like it because she acted like she knew what she was doing, no hands holding to that big cock, i love it
She can fuck me like this anytime!!!!! Damn i am hard and horny
She might not be all that good at rimming an ass, but she sure as hell can handle this strap on. It's as if she had a cock in the first place.
don't knock until you have tried it
Cant wait till my bf and i buy our strap-on so i can fuck him in the ass .. :D
hornyredgr, love to have women fuck me with a strapon!
love to find a women that would be open enough to strap one on and fuck my ass
just name the day and the time hornyredgr
she could fuck me any day. nothing better than watching a pair of tits bouncing about as she rams a strap on up your arse
Id let her pound that fat toy into my ass anytime
If that sweet little honey had stuck her tongue up my ass and fucked me deep with her strap on, I would have given a huge, sticky load of spunk on her face, rather than the little dripple he managed. And I would have fucked her asshole before cumming on her.
fuck, she's hot! nice tits, big labia, and loves to suck cock! i'd let her lick and fuck my ass anytime, as long as i could return the favor!
biboy, i'd love it!
wow didn't know so many people felt the way I do, me an my girl also do this but it seems shes not all that in to it. I like trying new things but don't know how to ask my girl about another man if I'm unsure she really likes it in the first place
love to be fucked by a sensative strapon girl!!!
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i cant wait for the day to cum to have a hard strapon or throbbing cock deep in my ass
this is how my gf fucks my ass and it feels absolutely amazing. I love the feeling of her strap on filling my asshole. She's been trying to talk me into letting another guy join us and try my asshole out too. Idk how I feel about that just yet.....
I wanna join ne
we do it togeather with another bi guy. my wife also loves been anal fucked. so we normally take turns getting ass fucked. i love watching her fuck other men with her strap on. any guys wanna join in on the fun just ask
Who with ne? just you or both!!!
She certainly knows how to fuck a mans ass. lots of foreplay, lots of lube. very hot!
what is her name?
can I be next?
Where are you from Mariana? I'd let you play
You can do it to me Mariana, you can do it to me.
ill do it with you biguy ;) we can lick each others assholes
she's beautiful, with huge sexy tits. he's got a nice cock, with a big head. i never licked a guys ass before, but it looks so hot at 18:00 i'd be tempted to try it, maybe while she tongued my hole!
It is nice to see a man hard while getting fucked in the ass! He loves it and so do I!
I wish my woman would do this. I have no idea how to ask her.
my kind of woman, need to find a woman like that, any takers
I would like to be in his position
so hot cant wait till my wife fucks my ass with a strapon
I'd love to feel her strapon or a fat cock inside my tight twink asshole
This made squirt like crazy especially when he was laying down and she was deep in his ass, I'b rubbing my swollen hard clit too begging for some dick
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crap all that moaning for wat fucking sissy
Macht mich immer wieder geil, wenn ich dieses Video sehe. Weiss nicht wo ich lieber abspritzen wuerde - zwischen ihren geilen Titten, in ihre heisse Muschi oder in ihren Arsch. Absolut scharf, wie sie den Typen am Arsch leckt und gleichzeitig seinen Schwanz bearbeitet!
Is love
And she is good enough to keep him from wanking himself off. Girls are much better at it anyway!!!
the director hated her ass. never framed!
The breathing just kinda kills it..
Missy- he may want a real cock fucking him....hey, wait...I have one of those.
wuenschte es gaebe mehr Frauen, die Maenner so ficken wuerden ;)
Mega geile Action vom Anfang bis zum Ende! Die Kleine würde ich auch gerne mal besuchen ;-)
das beste was ich bisher sah,schade dass nur gestöhnt wird,ein paar geile worte wären toll.
hmm süß..von der würd ich mich auch Ficken lassen.. welche sie hat Lust^^
Die könnte mich auch mal verwöhnen, aber zu seinem Schwanz würd ich auch nicht nein sagen.
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Comfort food reigns in new SD eateries
Comfort food, no matter how familiar, never seems to lose its luster, especially judging by its presence on even the most esteemed restaurant menus.
A measure of its enduring popularity can be seen in the latest crop of new restaurants spotlighting such irresistible staples as mac 'n cheese, pot roast and fried chicken.
Restaurateur Terryl Gavre, who's at work building out her second downtown San Diego restaurant, has been spending months in the kitchen perfecting recipes for her twist on those Junior League cookbook favorites of yesteryear, like buttermilk biscuits and sloppy Joe's.
News on restaurant closings
Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar, a Huntington Beach-based chain preparing to debut its first San Diego location, also features comfort food favorites on its menu, but mixes them in with an array of more contemporary dishes designed to appeal to a wide demographic. Even a New Zealand-centric restaurant opening this week in Little Italy is planning to eventually offer that country's version of comfort food — single-serving meat pies.
Said Gavre, "I wanted to do something with fried chicken, homey-type food. Once I signed the lease and planned the kitchen out, I realized the whole casual, Southern kitchen with your meat-and-three (sides) hasn't been done in San Diego."
While an admitted foodie, Lazy Dog founder Chris Simms realized early on how home-style fare resonates with diners, and incorporated it into his business model.
"People like things they're familiar with, you don't always want to be adventurous," said Simms, who opened his first Lazy Dog in 2003. "It gives us a great opportunity to bring in guests, and those kinds of dishes tend to build trust in those guests."
Here's a first look at the new restaurants, both already open, and those scheduled to debut in the coming months.
Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar
Location: Mission Valley, 1202 Camino del Rio North
Opening date: Late June
Sample dishes: Spicy Moroccan chicken and couscous, "not your mom's meatloaf," variety of pizzas.
Price range: $3.95 (for grilled garlic flatbread) to $24.95
Cost to develop: $4 million
Chris Simms, 38, spent his early restaurant career in San Diego, yet still waited 10 years before finally deciding to expand his Southern California chain to his former stomping grounds.
The casual dining chain has opted to open its 12th restaurant in the Westfield Mission Valley center, where the long vacant Chevy's once was. While the latest venture represents a homecoming for Simms, he was careful about expanding too rapidly before giving his chain time to gain a strong foothold in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
"We wanted to be very cautious with our growth and grow slowly and safely," said Simms, whose father is the founder of the Mimi's chain and is his partner in Lazy Dog. "We wanted to start off in Los Angeles and Orange County and grow slowly. We finally hit a point where we were big enough to open properly in San Diego.
His idea for Lazy Dog was conceived, in part, as a way to satisfy his own, more refined dining tastes, as well as those of families looking for food that is appealing to both adults and young children. Mix in his love of the Rocky Mountains, a favorite vacation spot that is the inspiration for Lazy Dog's rustic design, and a restaurant chain was born.
"My friends and I were all foodies but as they all started having kids, they couldn't go to all those foodie spots anymore," said Simms, who funded the restaurant development with help from friends and family investors. "So we developed Lazy dog as a place with a relaxed vibe to it, and we layered it with all these craveable classics, from pot roast to chicken pot pie, great hamburgers. Then we have this great layer of more innovative cuisine like you'd see at the foodie places, pulling cool ideas from food trucks and the fine dining places."
The 8,000-square-foot San Diego restaurant, designed with liberal amounts of stone and wood accents, will seat 250 inside and an additional 50 outdoors. While there are no immediate plans to add more San Diego restaurants (Concord, Calif. is its next opening, this fall), Simms says he would be interested in a North County location.
Acme Kitchen and Bar
Location: East Village, 901 E St.
Opening date: Late May or early July.
Sample dishes: Saltine cracker-crusted fried chicken with white gravy, pulled pork on angel biscuit bun, cheesy grits.
Price range: $5 to $15
Cost to develop: $250,000
Before deciding on her East Village location, Terryl Gavre took frequent walks through downtown and surrounding neighborhoods with partner Paul Basile, her designer, scouting buildings they thought could be adapted for a restaurant.
"We'd take pictures, write letters to the landlords. and then this darling little brick building became available, and I love corners," said Gavre, who owns Cafe 222, a popular downtown breakfast spot, and is a partner with Chef Carl Schroeder at Bankers Hill Restaurant and Bar. "We took over three spaces. One was just a 15-seat counter serving Chinese and American food, next door was an optometrist, and the last 400 square feet was a shoe repair."
Her quest to focus on classic Southern-style cuisine led her to a number of Junior League cookbooks from Southern cities, which she perused for recipes she could test before crafting her final menu.
"I tried 15 recipes for angel biscuits, 10 for pecan custard," she said. "I, of course have modernized the ingredients but they're pretty darn authentic recipes. I'm sure I've gained five or 10 pounds trying these recipes. They're not the kind of food you should eat every day."
Initially, her new restaurant will focus on lunch and dinner, as well as takeout that she hopes will be convenient for baseball fans heading to nearby Petco Park. Brunch may come later, said Gavre, who's also busy getting ready to open a Bankers Hill outlet at Lindbergh Field.
At just 1,200 square feet, Acme will be able to seat 40 inside and 40 outside.
Queenstown Public House
Location: Little Italy, 1557 Columbia St.
Opening date: Opened officially on Wednesday
Sample dishes: Lamb burger with beet root, mint dressing and fried egg; rack of lamb served with sweet mashed potato and roasted kale.
Price range: $3.50 to $18
Cost to develop: $600,000
Like Gavre, co-owners P.J. Lamont and Matt Baker had an itch to expand after opening Bare Back Grill in Pacific Beach and, more recently, Raglan Public House in Ocean Beach. When their scouting forays took them to an early 1900s house in Little Italy with a for-rent sign posted, they were hooked.
"We were across the street at Pappalecco and immediately went up to the landlord and asked if we could do some improvements and turn it into a restaurant, and she was very open to the idea," said Lamont. "It's so unique. Everything in the area is newer, modern buildings and only a few cool old craftsman homes."
Expanding on the New Zealand vibe that defines its two other eateries, Queenstown's décor will have what Lamont calls an old school farm feel, employing chicken wire fencing with recycled fenceposts to replicate a rural ambience. The restaurant will soon start planting fruit trees and herbs that can be used for items on the menu.
At just 1,500 square feet, Queenstown will be able to seat 30 inside and 40 more on the restaurant's porch.
If the restaurant performs well, Lamont said he and Baker would like to open other New Zealand-themed restaurants that would be named after individual cities.
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Sharna Burgess And Paul Kirkland Interviewed By Kanan's Rules About DWTS, Careers, And More
Kanan's Rules of UBNRadio interviewed Dancing With The Stars Sharna Burgess and her boyfriend and dancer Paul Kirkland last night. Sharna starts out the interview highlighting her dancing career and how she met Paul in the movie "Street Dance 2" (*just ordered this on Blu-ray! 😀 ). Interesting as Sharna also mentions how she and Paula are both "Gemini's" which Sharna says is like having "4 personalities living in one house". Sharna is also asked about Dancing With The Stars. She was first asked to do the show in 2009 during her run in "Burn The Floor" on Broadway. At the time, she didn't want to quit. She wanted to finish the show out and also she was bound to a contract, but, the producers of Dancing With The Stars waited (even after making "Street Dance 2" as well) and kept calling until Sharna could finally do the show in 2011. After that, they chat about Sharna's Dancing With The Stars partners Andy Dick and Keyshawn Johnson and the differences between them in personality on the dance floor. Not much is mentioned about the new season of Dancing With The Stars except that Sharna says they are "in the dark" like we are about who's dancing and what will happen. Fun interview. Be sure you listen to it in full to get more details in the Podcast section at Kanan's Rules of UBNRadio.


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Sex, God, Rock 'n Roll with Stuart Davis & Kandyse McClure is a news-comedy hosted by musician Stuart Davis and actress Kandyse McClure who joined as co-host for the second season, with segments by Peruvian comedian-actress-model Mariann Gavelo, who regularly and "sensuously explores a rare English word -- in bed." The show airs on HDNet.
On January 12, 2012, Kermit the Frog appeared as a guest on Episode B of the second season. The official description is as follows: "The sexy word is 'apricate' and Stuart hangs out with Kermit The Frog. In the news - staring at breasts is good for you, and strippers at funerals. Candice [sic] shows us how to make a new Rocktail; The One Hit Wonder." The episode was taped on September 27, 2011 in Hollywood, CA.
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External links
- Sex, God, Rock 'n Roll with Stuart Davis & Kandyse McClure episode listings 2012
- Official blog post about the episode featuring Kermit the Frog (2011-09-27)
- The Stuart Davis Show on integrallife.com - Kermit the Frog and Stuart Davis Talk Sex, God, and Deep-Fried Flies


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MWC 15 Special
Earlier this week, Huawei officially announced its latest Android smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P7, which follows the tradition of the Ascend P-series high-end smartphones. Powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 910T quad-core CPU at 1.8 GHz, the P7 runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Huawei's Emotion UI 2.3. It supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 850/900/1800/1900MHz MHz as well as quadband UMTS/HSPA+ at 850/900/1900/2100 MHZ as well as pentaband LTE CAT 4 at 800/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz; WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and NFC. It comes with a G-sensor, accelerometer, proximity and light sensor, ambient light sensor and a digital compass. It sports a Gorilla Glass 3 protected 5.0" INCELL Full HD touchscreen.
The auto focus F2.0 5-piece ISP main camera on the back has 13 megapixel with a dedicated BSI sensor, which is said to be originally developed for use in high-end digital cameras. The fix focus front facing camera has amazing 8 megapixel. Both, the front and rear camera come with Blue Glass infrared filters on the lenses to provide a sharper image, with better noise reduction and bright colors and details, even in low light conditions.
The Ascend P7 features 2 GB RAM and 16 GB flash memory which can be expanded with micro SD memory cards. The devices measures incredible 139.8 x 68.8 x 6.5 mm, which might makes the P7 one of the thinnest LTE smartphones in the market today. Together with the non-removable 2500 mAh Li-Poly battery, the Ascend P7 weights about 124 g only.
The P7 isn't sporting any hardware menu buttons but on-screen menu keys. On the right, it features the SIM card and micro SD memory card slot, right next to the power button and volume rocker. The volume rocker can also act as a dedicated camera shutter and can awake the camera for a snap-shot. The 3.5 cm stereo headset jack is back on the top while the micro USB port is located on the bottom.
The Ascend P7 comes with a sleek Gorilla Glass 3 protected glass back which is made with a 7-layer surface treatment using a unique micro-pattern design. A process that increases transparency and gives it a stunningly beautiful look and feel in the hand. The result is a tactile experience with a Spin effect texture finish.
The Huawei Ascend P7 will be available from June and is being released in black, white and pink. The estimated retail price without a contract is something around 419 - 449 Euro, even if sources told us that the device will already go on sale for 399 Euro in certain markets.
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Residents concerned police not responding to dog abuse complaints
Dog advocates confront Harrisburg police chief
Concerns about animal cruelty in Harrisburg led to a confrontation on Wednesday.
Dog advocates confronted police Chief Pierre Ritter and said their complaints have gone unanswered.
The weekly public safety briefing started out like other sessions, but it didn't end that way. Dog advocates unexpectedly showed up to confront Ritter.
"We have documentation and photos of all the complaints that have gone unanswered for the last six months," a dog advocate said.
Ritter wasn't prepared to address the complaints, and after repeated questions he said, "What did I just say about having data in front of me? When I get the data we can talk. The public safety briefing is over."
Dog advocates said they did not get the answer they were seeking, but they did get the media's attention.
"We've had incidents, six months of complaints of animals that weren't being fed or cared for. There was inadequate shelter placing calls and calls for animal control, calls going unreturned," dog advocate Kris Baker said.
Baker said it wasn't until Tuesday that the dogs were seized at a residence on Rudy Road. She also claimed it was challenge getting the city's animal control officer to respond to her report that there was a dog lying in an abandoned garage near Market and Cameron streets.
"We are talking about 20 minutes worth of phone calls," Baker said.
There is only one animal control officer in the city. Residents said that's not enough to handle the amount of complaints. In an incident on Evergreen Street there dog advocates said a pit bull was found injured on the ledge of a building.
"It's a 24/7 job, not Monday through Friday," Baker said.
Advocates said the problem in the city needs to be addressed without having to show up at public safety briefing.
The mayor's spokesperson said he will be looking into animal cruelty concerns and come up with a way complaints can be addressed quickly.


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If the buzz out of Telluride is to be believed, then Ben Affleck's Argo may be the director's best effort yet. We previously brought you the trailer for the film, but if that wasn't enough to get you interested, we now have the first TV spot to share with you. Plus, we'll take a look at some of the early reviews of the film and relay them.
Argo, starring Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and Alan Arkin, centers on an exfiltration specialist at the CIA who concocts a complicated scheme to rescue six Americans trapped overseas amidst the Iranian revolution. The film opens October 12th. Hit the jump to see the new TV spot and early reviews.
Here's the first TV spot for Affleck's Argo :
Here are some of the appraisals out of Telluride via Twitter:
- Dave Karger
@davekarger Yes, ARGO is fantastic. I could see nominations for picture, director, screenplay, and supporting actor for Alan Arkin.
- Anne Thompson
@akstanwyck Telluride Review: Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Is True Hostage Thriller, Hollywood Parody, and Likely Oscar Contender
- Eric D. Snider
@EricDSnider ARGO: terrific, smart, grown-up entertainment. Affleck is a real live director. Top 10 of the year so far for me. #telluride
- Peter Sciretta
@slashfilm Argo is a near-brilliant nail-biting thriller. Fantastic performances/prod design. Ben Affleck'a smartest film yet as director.
- Kristopher Tapley
@kristapley Applause in the middle of the movie. Hearing nothing but "wow" and "outstanding" outside the theater. A big hit. #argo
And here are some snippets from a few early reviews:
The Playlist: "Affleck directs with screw-tightening efficiency that would make Michael Mann proud. Multiple Oscar nominations are in order as this movie surges to the top of the current Oscar contenders list."
HitFix: "With one of the better ensembles in recent memory, Affleck purposely gives his cast room to shine while not diminishing the risks Mendez took. Arkin plays the schmaltzy producer with enough heart to make him three-dimensional and Cranston finally gets a supporting role he can really sink his teeth into."
LA Times: "Two years ago, a prominent Oscar voter left the Telluride Film Festival's world premiere screening of "The King's Speech" and said with certainty that the film would be shortlisted for best picture. At the festival this past weekend, that same voter issued a new prediction: Ben Affleck's "Argo" will be among the finalists for the top Academy Award."
THR: "Argo is a crackerjack political thriller told with intelligence, great period detail and a surprising amount of nutty humor for a serious look at the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81. Proving even more than before that he's a behind-the-camera force to be reckoned with, Ben Affleck tells a dense, multilayered yarn "based on a declassified true story" with confidence and finesse, while its unlikely Hollywood angle will make the hometown industry crowd feel proud of itself. From all points of view, this is one the major releases of the fall season."
Argo will also be playing at TIFF, so keep an eye out for our coverage.


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KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - GS Yuasa Corp, the firm whose products are the focus of U.S. and Japanese investigations into what caused battery problems on Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, said it did not expect the issue to hurt either its earnings or its reputation.
Kyoto-based GS Yuasa, valued at around $1.5 billion, said it did not expect the airplane battery problems to impact orders from automakers for its lithium-ion batteries, and it kept its forecast for full-year operating profit of 10 billion yen - which would be more than a third below last year.
At a news conference on Tuesday, GS Yuasa director Toshiyuki Nakagawa skirted around questions on the status of the company's supplies to Boeing - a business that accounts for less than 1 percent of its revenue.
"We cannot comment on the details of the investigation, but we have confidence in the quality of our manufacturing," he said. "As any manufacturer, we would never supply anything that is dangerous," he said in response to a question on the potential danger of lithium-ion battery technology. "But these incidents have occurred, and we must properly find the cause."
The company, which has stated it sees lithium-ion batteries as a central part of its business, and a future profit driver, said it did not plan to list possible damages claims as a potential risk in its quarterly filings.
All Boeing's 787s have been grounded since January 17 as investigators hunt the cause of two incidents with the plane's lithium-ion batteries - a battery fire on a Japan Airlines (9201.T) 787 at a U.S. airport and the emergency landing of a domestic All Nippon Airways (9202.T) flight after battery problems triggered a smoke alarm.
Japan's transport safety agency said it is still unclear whether battery chemistry or an electrical issue caused the main battery on the ANA flight to overheat, forcing it to make the emergency landing.
Boeing has not changed its production plans for the lightweight, carbon-composite Dreamliner, but it has stopped delivering new planes while the investigations continue.
GS Yuasa said operating profit in April-December - before the recent 787 problems - dropped 28 percent to 6.46 billion yen on revenue that fell 4.6 percent to 196 billion yen, as automakers placed fewer orders for lithium-ion batteries and sales were sluggish in Southeast Asia and Europe.
The company, created in 2004 from the merger of Japan Storage Battery and Yuasa, employs around 12,400 people making batteries for cars, motorcycles - with 27 percent market share, it is a global leader - and a range of industrial customers. In November, the company, led by president Makoto Yoda, won an order to supply lithium-ion batteries for the International Space Station.
Ahead of the results, GS Yuasa shares ended 0.3 percent higher, but are still down more than 5 percent since the Boston fire on January 7.
In a sign that the investigation may be becoming more complex, Japan Transport Safety Board JTSB.L chairman Norihiro Goto told a news conference investigators may widen their probe to other equipment on the Dreamliner.
The JTSB said it would send its investigators to Thales (TCFP.PA), the French company that makes control systems for the 787 battery, if needed.
CT scans showed six of the main battery's eight cells on the ANA Dreamliner were badly damaged, charred and deformed, Goto said, adding a small hole was found in one cell, which was one of the least damaged.
On Monday, Boeing asked the Federal Aviation Administration FAA.L for permission to conduct Dreamliner test flights, suggesting it is making progress in finding a solution to the battery problems. Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau said it was told about the Boeing request by the FAA.
Launch customer ANA is the world's biggest Dreamliner operator with 17 of the jets. With local rival JAL owning seven, Japan accounts for almost half the 50 787s in service.
ANA said last week it lost around $15 million in revenue as a result of the Dreamliner grounding, while JAL said the halting of 787 flights would shave $7.6 million from its operating profit in the year to end-March. Both companies have said they will discuss compensation for the losses with Boeing. (Additional reporting by Yoshiyuki Osada in KYOTO and Tim Kelly in TOKYO; Writing by Dominic Lau; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)


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WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- As employment numbers for the rest of the country have slowly improved in recent years, more and more adults with serious mental illness find themselves unable to find or keep a job.
According to a new study published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than 80 percent of adults suffering from serious mental illness are unemployed. That despite the fact that -- according to mental health experts at NAMI -- the majority of adults with mental illnesses want to work, and six in 10 can work with the proper support.
According to the new report, 23 percent of mentally ill adults were employed in 2003. In 2012, that number it was 17.8 percent, and it appears to be dropping further.
"It isn't surprising," Sita Diehl, director of state policy at NAMI and lead author of the new report told the Washington Post. "We knew that mental health services really took it on the chin during the recession. Employment rates had already been dismal to begin with, and when the supports were eroded, people with mental illness lost support and lost jobs."
Of the 50 U.S. states, Maine's unemployment rate among people with mental illnesses was highest, at 92.6 percent. The rest of the worst five states -- West Virginia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and California -- are all at 90 percent and above.
"NAMI wants states to make a commitment to help people with mental illness to recover," said Mary Giliberti, the organization's executive director. "Work is a critical part of recovery. As a nation, we still have a long way to go in recognizing that linkage."
Despite the disheartening report, Diehl is hopeful that things will turn a corner as the economy continues to improve and health reforms better protect those with preexisting conditions, including mental illness. But she says to really forge change, individual states need to bolster their employment assistance programs for people with mental illnesses.
"If we were able to bring those programs to scale, then people with mental illnesses would be able to live independently and contribute to their local economies," Diehl said. "The health care cliff is going away."
Though such state and federal assistance programs cost money, the alternative could be more expensive. When people aren't able to find and keep a job, they usually end up relying on expensive safety net programs like Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Income.


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New Trailer Announced!Jul 8th, 2009 | By Kallieross | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
Mark your calendars for August 14 for an exclusive trailer of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, which can only be viewed in theatres in front of BANDSLAM! The exclusive trailer will run in front of all showings of BANDSLAM during its opening weekend. BANDSLAM, a music-driven comedy starring Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka and Gaelen Connell, opens
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I have been a little tardy in spreading the word on this one, but I see that other Mage blogs have been doing their bit, and WoW.com gave it a plug the other day, so I didn't feel I was failing the Mage community.
However, on the off chance that you only read one Mage blog, and that's this one, let me tell you about it…
Magecraft, set up by Dannamoth and one of his mates, Matticus it has some truly awesome potential.
Along the lines of PlusHeal, it is intended to be a safe haven for Mages of any experience level and ability to go and ask the questions that are troubling them.
As with all forums, you generally only get out of it what you put into it, so go have a read, ask questions and have a shot at answering others (or at least contributing to the discussion)
On a slightly unrelated note, Jong has an excellent post on a major way of increasing your DPS… actually it probably applies to all classes, whether DPS, tanks or Healers, the fundamental principles apply… check it out: Jong-Tsu Art of DPS, Chronicle II: Know Your Sugarmommas
That's it for today…
Remember only 2 more days to get your Blogday gifts to me… (but I will give you until Sunday 21st… 4 days in total!)
Gnomer and Out!
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But who-ee! I must still be a printmaker, because the jury card was returned today from the National Small Print Show in Creede, with all three of my entries accepted for the exhibition. But here's the big surprise: I won first place! No. Kidding. It says so. Right here on the jury card.
|"Autumn Reach," reduction linocut, awarded first place at
the National Small Print Show in Creede, Colorado.
I've had work accepted to this show several times over the last few years, but other commitments have kept me from attending the opening reception. The one time we did try to attend we were turned back by snow. (It was, as usual, the last weekend in May. Who expects a blizzard?) I was delighted to realize that I'll be home (about 36 hours) from the Netherlands in time to make the journey this year so, baring another blizzard, look for us on May 26 at the Creede Repertory Theatre. Show opens at 5:30pm, print sale begins at 6:30. Show runs through June 25th and then travels to the Evergreen Arts Center, Evergreen, Colorado, with a second opening there on June 29th. Details at the Creede Arts Council website.


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I took a ton of supplements with my 2 IVF cycles including CoQ10, DHEA, Melatonin, Vitamin C, & Fish Oil. I also did weekly acupuncture.
With the 2nd cycle, I took royal jelly to increase egg quality and quantity.
It seemed to work because I had more eggs the second time (11 eggs). But, for me, it really came down to my age, I was 44 at the time and my eggs just weren't good quality.
We're moving on to donor eggs with much deliberation.
Best of luck to you!


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My first real gastronomic dinner was at my 18th birthday dinner at Les Halles in 1985. The waiters were tuxedoed, the chairs were high-backed, and the crawfish bisque was so expensive that I offered to leave before ordering to avoid bankrupting my parents. But we stayed, and I ate lobster with grapefruit, veal with mustard sauce, and a slice of Paris-Brest worthy of Gaston Lenôtre. We were all on our best behaviour — a little nervous, even — and for years that dinner was my gold standard of what gourmet dining was all about.
My latest experience in gastronomy was drastically different. The secret address was emailed to me 24 hours before the first dish hit the table. The location was a nondescript, somewhat dilapidated, locale on Wellington St. in Verdun. Upon arrival, my phone was confiscated as were watches, the idea being that diners would be forced to concentrate on their meal rather than wondering how much longer it would last, take pictures of it, or text people about it. Ever have your phone confiscated? Brutal.
The diner counted 70 participants, the only one familiar to me being the friend I brought. There were two long communal tables, and once we were seated I discovered I was breaking bread (well, actually bannock) next to two mixologists, an interior designer, an event planner and an advertising copy writer. Most of the diners were young (25 to 35), attractive, and Jean-Charest bilingual. The number of beards, tuques, tattoos and vintage cardigans around me sent the hipster quotient off the charts.
The event had a name, Tripes & Caviar, and, for the past year and a half, these pop-up dinners of their "offal and cocktail food club" have been alternating monthly between Quebec City and Montreal. Social networking sites and plain ol' word of mouth is how most people learned about the event. Reservations are taken through the Tripes & Caviar website (tripesandcaviar.com), and all events sell out quickly. Dinners are being planned for Toronto as well.
The team behind this shindig is new to me. Founder and head chef Jean-Michel Leblond has a background not just in cooking but also in bars and beach clubs, having created cocktail menus here and as far away as Turkey. Cooking became his focus five years ago, and after attending culinary school at the ITHQ, Leblond worked at La Fabrique, Le Comptoir Charcuterie et Vin, and Grumman 78. Two mixologists were also front-row-centre, Gabriel Boies, well-known in Montreal cocktail circles, I'm told, and Patrice Plante, who also manages the Quebec City chapter of the club.
Dinners always centre on a theme in accordance with the club's "cooking without waste" and "anti-foodie" vision. Previous themes include such attention grabbers as "Blood," "Brains" and "Bottarga." This latest, called "Scalp," was Amerindian-inspired, and when I read through the menu, my eyebrows raised. There was a tartare of three hearts (wild boar, elk, deer), a tobacco-smoked horse meat carpaccio, hare kidneys, pickled elk tongue, and braised cod intestines. Yum!
Tripes & Caviar's vision includes an educational element related to cooking, consumption and waste. "We like to transform parts of the animal that are most of the time frowned upon and even thrown away," they state on their website. "We cook them our way. With passion, tender love and care. As much as we like to 'shock' through certain culinary presentations, the club is determined to educate and feed … not provoke and disturb!" Hmm — nice thought, but aren't most of the city's top chefs, upcoming and established, also working those angles?
What was novel here, though, was that the beverages designed to match such culinary cartwheels were not the usual wine pairings, but complex "artisanal" cocktails made with vegetables, fruit, homemade bitters, herbs, and booze ranging from Jim Bean to gin to Canadian Club whisky.
Though wine and beer are served, the team insists, "the real adventure is fully lived when members trust our professional mixologist, who carefully prepares our exclusive offal and cocktails pairing throughout the event." Sounds like a plan, for though offal and odd bits are old hat on Montreal menus, food and cocktail pairings are rare in our city, yet increasingly popular in hip resto meccas like New York and London. This could be interesting.
Once everyone was settled, the meal began with the traditional communal Tripes & Caviar prayer, where diners stood up and repeated a sort of mantra of feasting that finished with the lines, "Je ne mange pas pour vivre. Je vie pour manger!" (I don't eat to live. I live to eat!). The background tunes wafted through the dimly lit space, feathers and seeds were scattered over the tablecloths, and a waitress sauntered past sporting hot pants, fishnet stockings, a sleeveless undershirt, and a headband adorned with a single feather — a nod, no doubt, to the evening's Indian theme. Despite the frigid temperatures in the room, a model-calibre blond sitting next to me wore tight pants, a backless sweater and a large scarf, her bare feet embellished by three-inch stilettos. Catch the drift? It was all quite very, very …
Hip factor aside, the T&C event scored for a couple of reasons: First and foremost, the food was very good. Okay, the deep-fried grasshopper placed on the heart tartare dish was a bit over the top, and, yes, the fish soup was bland. But the smoked trout and salmon with duck-fat-fried potatoes was awesome, and its accompanying vodka/ginger beer/lime cocktail was fresh and feisty. Despite some trepidation, I relished the dish with hare kidneys, Brussels sprouts, potatoes and bacon, and though the cold elk tongue with beets was odd going with an icy cocktail of beet juice, horseradish, Jim Beam, black walnut bitters and crème fraîche, there is no denying there's not only skill but guts (no pun intended) behind these creations. That said, the cocktail-only angle might need a re-think. Mid-winter temperatures don't work in favour of a flight of icy cocktails, and quite frankly, after three I was starting to see double.
In the end, does gastronomy 2013 of Tripes & Caviar compare with gastronomy at Les Halles circa 1985? Not really. The Les Halles experience was a well-timed, well-controlled, precise, meticulous affair. Technique, tradition, luxury and, let's face facts, a certain element of snottiness, were the name of the game. The T&C evening was just the opposite: hip, wild, creative, democratic, and conscientious. Comparing the two meals would be like comparing a dance performance by the Kirov Ballet to one by La La La Human Steps.
As much as I still relish a night of swish French fine dining, there's no denying the Tripes & Caviar event was a trip. In search of trends, food writers often look to edgier cities to see what's to come. Yet judging by what I saw at Tripes & Caviar, we should probably be searching closer to home, looking specifically at the next generation, to see what's what. And what I'm seeing here is a lot less fuss and a lot more fun around the food.
And soon enough, you, too, can experience Tripes & Caviar. At the end of the evening, chef Leblond stood up on a chair and announced this space, at 3725 Wellington St. in Verdun, would be their new restaurant as of mid-April. Expect offal, cocktails, hipsters, scenesters, foodies and I'm sure some pretty far-out cuisine from these wild and crazy kids who, I'm happy to report, eventually returned my phone.
For more food and wine talk, tune in to Dinner Rush with Lesley Chesterman on Saturdays from 3 to 4 p.m. on News Talk Radio CJAD 800.


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Earth has been destroyed, the remnants of humanity are fleeing through space on a massive worldship, and one heavily-armed space marine has to mow down hordes of vicious alien scum to save them. Will he sacrifice his own humanity and gain powerful cybernetic implants to aid his quest? You'll have to wait for this fall to find out, when Sega and Gas Powered Games release Space Siege, an action RPG and spiritual sibling to their popular Dungeon Siege games. We've got all the glorious, two-fisted, alien slaughtering action in the new trailer.
The dastardly alien Kerak obliterated Earth and are hunting down all humans. Seth Walker, Allied Security Force, is the man to beat them. The game's designer promises ethical choices similar to BioShock - early access to cybernetic implants boosts your power, but the best late-game payoff comes to "pure" humans. Is that a nod to Rom the Spaceknight or Norrin Radd I detect? This looks to be a PC-only title, but a console version might be in the pipeline. Image by: Gas Powered Games.


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Coin Toss
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By George, it's going to happen. Coin collectors everywhere are abuzz with the news that the flip side of the nation's quarter is about to undergo a redesign. "There's a great deal of excitement in the numismatic community," says Kenneth Bressett, immediate past president of the American Numismatic Association, "because coin collectors have felt that our nation's coinage was kind of stagnant--we haven't changed designs for many years."
Of course, coin collectors aren't the only ones expected to flip over the commemorative coins that will feature designs from each of the 50 states. Given the opportunity for states to highlight a point of civic pride--the Statue of Liberty, say, as a choice for New York--there's bound to be nationwide interest in the coins that are scheduled to be issued beginning in 1999. (The plan is to release five states' quarters every year until 2009.)
Spearheaded by Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE), the series of state commemorative coins was pending final congressional approval at press time--although all indications are the program will get the green light.
Even with guidelines in place, there's no reason why states cannot--or should not, for that matter--exercise creativity in their designs. Might this propel gift retailers to exercise a little creativity of their own in commemorating the facelift of the George Washington coin? Hey, we're just curious, George.
Better To Give
The holiday season is over, but the spirit of giving remains. In fact, as evidenced by media mogul Ted Turner's recent $1 billion pledge to the United Nations, philanthropy is decidedly de rigueur these days. And despite the fact that not many business owners (or countries, for that matter) can afford to match Turner's generosity, that doesn't mean charitable works are the exclusive domain of the rich and famous.
Not that monetary contributions are the only--or even the best--way for entrepreneurs to do good. On the contrary, philanthropy in the 1990s can be as simple (and financially painless) as stocking T-shirts promoting breast cancer awareness. Don't own a clothing store? Then why not grant your employees time off to volunteer at a local nonprofit organization?
Needless to say, the greatest return on such investments in societal improvement is the improvement itself--and the way it makes you feel. Nonetheless, at the risk of sounding crass, there's a business upside as well: Nearly 80 percent of consumers claim a willingness to change company allegiances according to perceived involvement in social causes. It's called making a difference . . . in more ways than one.
Aussie Fever
Consider this an early warning: Although the 2000 Summer Olympics are still two years away, it's not too soon to start planning for a tidal wave of interest in host country Australia.
What will this interest translate into, exactly? Well, clearly, one can expect the koala bear to re-endear itself to an American audience with a proven soft spot for creatures cute and cuddly. By this same criteria, the ever-recognizable kangaroo should hop back into favor as well. Less likely--but still possible--is an enthusiasm for platypuses (one of the chosen mascots for the 2000 Olympic Games).
Then, too, there is the cuisine of the Aussies. Meat, meat--and, yes, meat--heads the menu in the land Down Under. Not distinct enough? That quintessential Australian favorite, Vegemite, is certainly a strange enough concoction to generate a buzz during Olympic broadcasts.
Will a buzz also surround the rugged apparel associated with life in the Australian interior? Yes, we feel certain an interest in outback chic is bound to be sparked with so much attention being paid to the only country that is its own continent. (Imagine a Banana Republic-meets-L.L. Bean style.)
Finally, since there's no substitute for personal experience, look for adventurous Americans to make their own pilgrimages to Oz. As a matter of fact, one recent nationwide poll conducted by Louis Harris and Associates reveals that Australia is the place Americans would most like to visit--and that's before the Games have even begun. Better throw quite a few more shrimp on the barbie, mate.
Party Line
Your child is cordially invited to dress up as a movie star and attend a mock Academy Awards ceremony. There will be a cake in the shape of Oscar. There will be mini Oscar party favors. There will even be a red carpet on which to make an entrance.
An elaborate practical joke? Hardly. In fact, kids these days are being treated to lavish theme parties that seem to be the best thing to happen to childhood since peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. "In the old days, it used to be that girls had the pink parties and boys had the blue parties," observes Trisha Drain, editor in chief and associate publisher of the monthly trade publication Party & Paper Retailer. "It's way beyond that now."
So it is. Doting parents, spurred on by the example of other doting parents, are going so far as to rent old mansions and host "Clue" parties for their youngsters. It's memorable--and perhaps, in a way, even simple. "It's much easier for parents to accessorize [with theme parties]," says Drain, "and it makes it a lot more fun for the kids."
Of course, such demand for themes makes it all the more important for retailers to stock the right merchandise. "You have to carry accessories for a variety of themes," notes Drain, "and give customers ideas on what themes to have." Well, there's always that Academy Awards theme. . . .
Street Wise
It's cool not to be cool? Alternative reality is the genuine reality? If these observations confuse, confound or slightly alarm you, you're not hip to the young trendsetters of today. A possible literary remedy: Street Trends (HarperBusiness) by Janine Lopiano-Misdom and Joanne De Luca.
Founders of New York City-based market research firm Sputnik, Lopiano-Misdom and De Luca specialize in knowing what makes young people tick. Their approach--hitting the streets and speaking with kids on the cutting edge--has inspired the insights in Street Trends.
Not that there's one prevailing conclusion to be gleaned from Sputnik's analysis. Rather, Sputnik identifies a menagerie of youth cultures and mind-sets. The authors write of the "do-it-yourself" movement that's breeding individualistic kids who are expressing themselves creatively in zines and indie films and entering into unusual business alliances. Then, too, there are the "freestylers" who identify with underdogs and are turned off by marketing approaches that blatantly attempt to be cool.
Perhaps no other young generation is as tough to track as today's teens and twentysomethings--as confusing, confounding and alarming as that sounds. Given their collective buying power, however, the kids written up in Street Trends seem worth the extra effort.
Babes In TV Land
They look unlike anything you've ever seen. They live in a world all their own. They are, perhaps, going to enthrall American kids in much the same way they've already endeared themselves to British tykes. Meet the Teletubbies.
"It's a wonderful, creative show that gives children an opportunity to look at the world around them," says Kenn Viselman, whose New York City-based children's show producer The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co. is bringing "Teletubbies" to U.S. public television this April.
"Teletubbies" targets children aged 1 year old and up. In the fantasy world of Teletubbyland, the four central characters (Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po) co-exist so happily with technology that their stomachs actually turn into tiny TV sets that transmit pictures of children. " `Teletubbies' is a celebration of play," explains Viselman. "It encourages children to use their imaginations."
Still to come, according to Viselman, are published works as well as toy products. (Entrepreneurs interested in pursuing licensing opportunities should contact The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co.) What's more, "Teletubbies" should hit the airwaves in still more countries in 1998. Enthuses Viselman, "It's [already] an extraordinary success."
When It Rains...
Blame it on El Niño. For as much as amateur meteorologists have always existed among us, who could have predicted the degree to which the nation would be struck by a bolt of weather-watching mania? (Incidentally, we're hoping our California-based offices will not have drifted off into the ocean by the time you read this.)
At any rate, there's never been a better time to be a weather buff--or cater products and services to them. For starters, there are all kinds of weather-gauging equipment to purchase. There are also Internet sites--including one tracking the hype surrounding El Niño--to peruse. There are even travel tours especially designed for diehards wanting to spend their vacations literally chasing storms.
Will weather-watching mania survive past this latest El Niño--or wither on the, er, vane? That's about as predictable as the weather itself, we're afraid.
Contact Sources
American Numismatic Association, (719) 579-8217, fax: (719) 579-8012
The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., 156 Fifth Ave., #500, New York, NY 10010, fax: (212) 741-9493
Party & Paper Retailer, (800) 825-0900, email@example.com


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Two of our township officials are being recalled for allegedly being rude and disrespectful and also for voting in favor of enforcing a special use permit for Mrs. Cordts' child care facility on Weston Road. The vote was 3-2. I'm wondering why the two ladies are being recalled but not the man who also voted in favor of the township zoning ordinance as it is written.
At the township meeting Nov. 18, 2009, Mrs. Cordts said she was visited by a representative from the Michigan Dept. of Human Services and was told to construct a fenced 6 foot by 10 foot area for the safety of toddlers since her day care is located near Weston Road. Mrs. Cordts also stated she constructed the fence 8 foot by 24 foot. If it wasn't needed, why did she build the fence that size?
On Jan. 20, 2010, Mrs. Cordts wrote that it is not about the fence. Then I ask, why has she written she also doesn't need a fence put up, when she has already written that the Dept. of Human Services said she did and that she built one? On Jan. 27, 2010, she wrote that the planning commission issued her a special use permit under the supervision of the State. But she says it's not about the fence.
Seems to me the two ladies and one man voted the right way in the beginning. It also seems the two ladies have had their names dragged through the mud. Other people in the township have had to abide by Township Zoning Ordinances. Mrs. Cordts' land also butts up to farm land, so I would think she would want a fence for the children's protection.
I urge the residents of Seneca Township to go to the polls Feb. 23 and vote "No" on the recall.
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The Joy of Brooklyn's Sparkly Bedazzled Mosaic House
Mosaic House is a wonderful documentary short film, a portrait of mosaic artist Susan Gardner, 70, a third-generation New Yorker. The documentary is part of a series called New Yorkers, created by Moonshot Productions.
Wyckoff Street between Smith and Hoyt in Brooklyn's Boerum Hill is a long, tree-lined block of brick homes in varying shades of brown. But amidst the beige and burnt sienna, like a shot of confetti nestled among a line of brown crayolas, sits number 108. Instead of brick, there are beads. And broken mirrors and shells. And a starburst of buttons, and jewels, and marbles, and a menagerie of tiny plastic animals. Bits of coral are encrusted in the walls, and the curlycued bars on the windows are wrapped in beads. Tens of thousands of colorful pieces creep downward onto the patio, and also move upward to the second floor like vines with lives of their own.
This is the project of Susan Gardner, who has spent each summer for the past ten years crouching on her patio or scaling a ladder, adding to this expanding mosaic. The mosaic project began just before September 11, when her anger over the neighborhood's growing slickness and homogeneity was hitting a tipping point. A small flower was her first design. Then, two planes crashed into Manhattan's twin towers, and she couldn't stand to stay alone inside. She grabbed some tiles and beads and started working furiously. "It was one of those things that seemed to change the tilt of the world," she says. "Once I started, I couldn't stop. The idea is that everything in the world does suck," she states. "But there's got to be some joy in there somewhere."
The Joy of Brooklyn's Sparkly Bedazzled Mosaic House
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This is another one of those posts that will only be of use to Crux users, or to me in a few months, if I find myself looking for a port for one of these programs. Most of these, as usual, were stolen rather shamelessly from AUR or from the Arch repositories, and converted in part through Colin Zheng's fantastic PKGBUILD2Pkgfile script, and with a little nudging from me. No fair laughing at the results.
Here's a port for bs, which I mentioned the other day among a group of console games.
# Description: The classic game of Battleships against the computer. Ncurses. # URL: http://www.catb.org/~esr/bs/ # Maintainer: # Depends on: ncurses name=bs version=2.7 release=1 source=(http://www.catb.org/~esr/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz) build () { cd $name-$version make mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin $PKG/usr/share/man/man6 cp bs $PKG/usr/bin cp bs.6 $PKG/usr/share/man/man6/bs.6 }
And gnuchess, since it too was mentioned.
# Description: Lets most modern computers play a full game of chess # URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/chess.html # Maintainer: # Depends on: glibc ncurses readline name=gnuchess version=5.07 release=1 source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/chess/$name-$version.tar.gz http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/packages/$name/repos/extra-i686/$name-gcc4.patch http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/packages/$name/repos/extra-i686/$name-glibc210.patch) build () { cd $name-$version patch -Np1 -i $SRC/gnuchess-gcc4.patch patch -Np0 -i $SRC/gnuchess-glibc210.patch ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-ncurses make make DESTDIR=$PKG install }
Come to think of it, I don't know if including those patches in the source lines will work or not; I had downloaded them manually before I included them in the Pkgfile. I'm still ironing out a way to wget patches and other stuff from the Arch repos. Accessing them via the Web site is actually showing an HTML page, so if your patches don't quite work right, download them manually and move them into the gnuchess port folder. Sorry. 😦
I also mentioned alsaequal a long time ago, but I don't think I ever made a "backup" of the ports I used to build it. Alsaequal wants ladspa and caps; ladspa is in the contrib repo I believe, but this is for caps.
# Description: C* Audio Plugin Suite # URL: http://www.quitte.de/dsp/caps.html # Maintainer: # Depends on: ladspa name=caps version=0.4.4 release=1 source=(http://www.quitte.de/dsp/${name}_${version}.tar.gz) build() { cd $name-$version make make DEST=$PKG/usr/lib/ladspa install chmod 755 $PKG/usr/lib/ladspa/*.so make RDFDEST=$PKG/usr/share/ladspa/rdf rdf-install }
I think that one came from the vico ports originally, but I updated it to the current-at-the-time-of-writing version. 😉 And here is Alsaequal proper.
# Description: A real-time adjustable equalizer plugin for ALSA sound server. # URL: http://www.thedigitalmachine.net/alsaequal.html # Maintainer: # Depends on: glibc ladspa caps name=alsaequal version=0.4 release=1 source=(http://www.thedigitalmachine.net/tools/$name-$version.tar.bz2 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/$name/$name/$name.patch) build () { cd $name mkdir -p $PKG/usr/lib/alsa-lib/ patch < ../alsaequal.patch make make DESTDIR=$PKG install }
That time the patch download should work; it's only from the Arch repos that I have trouble directly downloading the plain, unadulterated patch. AUR works fine.
As a final group, I mentioned abcde a long time ago as a console CD ripper. Other people have since mentioned crip, but to be honest, I find myself gravitating toward the former. No real reason; I just happen to like it. This one needs a lot of help though, and I'll post the port for abcde first so you can see what you're getting into.
# Description: A frontend command-line utility that grabs tracks off a CD, encodes them to ogg or mp3 format, and tags them # URL: http://code.google.com/p/abcde # Maintainer: # Depends on: bash cd-discid wget cdparanoia cdrkit lame vorbis-tools vorbisgain flac id3 id3v2 name=abcde version=2.4.0 release=2 source=(ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/$name/fix-mp3-tagging.patch) build () { cd $name-$version patch -Np0 -i $SRC/fix-mp3-tagging.patch sed -e "s:normalize-audio:normalize:g" -i $name sed -e "s:/usr/bin/less:/bin/less:g" -i $name install -Dm 0755 $name $PKG/usr/bin/$name install -Dm 0755 cddb-tool $PKG/usr/bin/cddb-tool install -Dm 0644 cddb-tool.1 $PKG/usr/share/man/man1/cddb-tool.1 install -Dm 0644 $name.1 $PKG/usr/share/man/man1/$name.1 install -Dm 0644 $name.conf $PKG/etc/$name.conf }
Many of those dependencies are available from within the Crux repos; the ones that are "orphans" are here. First, cd-discid.
# Description: cd-discid is a backend utility to get CDDB discid information from a CD-ROM disc. # URL: http://lly.org/~rcw/cd-discid/ # Maintainer: # Depends on: glibc name=cd-discid version=0.9 release=1 source=(http://lly.org/~rcw/$name/${name}_${version}.orig.tar.gz) build () { cd $name-$version make make DESTDIR=$PKG install }
As well as id3 and id3v2.
# Description: Utility to edit id3v1 and id3v2 tags # URL: http://home.wanadoo.nl/squell/id3.html # Maintainer: # Depends on: gcc name=id3 version=0.78 release=1 source=(http://home.wanadoo.nl/squell/files/$name-$version.tar.gz id3-0.78-gcc44.patch) build () { cd $name-$version patch -Np1 -i $SRC/id3-0.78-gcc44.patch make make prefix=$PKG/usr mandir=$PKG/usr/share/man install install -Dm644 COPYING $PKG/usr/share/licenses/$name/LICENSE }
# Description: Utility to edit id3v2 tags # URL: http://id3v2.sourceforge.net/ # Maintainer: # Depends on: gcc glibc id3lib zlib name=id3v2 version=0.1.11 release=1 source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz) build () { cd $name-$version make clean make install -Dm 0755 $name $PKG/usr/bin/$name install -D -m644 id3v2.1 $PKG/usr/share/man/man1/id3v2.1 }
Unless I am mistaken, the remainder should be filled out by the Crux repos, whether it's contrib or opt. If I omitted something, let me know. And for those who mentioned crip or perhaps prefer it, there is a port here but I don't vouch for it. Enjoy.


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Our guitars were stolen at the beginning of the US tour. They were stolen the 13th of july (friday the 13th ofcourse) in wicker park, Chicago. Its a red jaguar and a Hagstrom. The Hagstrom has an old sticker of a compass on the back of it (though the thieves might have taken it of). The guitar holds great emotional value to me, so if you or your friend somehow find it, please let us know. If you find it in a pawn shop somewhere, please buy it, we´ll pay you back.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
You'll be GWHTLC someday, IYKWIM
Listen, you little recent college graduate buttwads. I've been working with some of you since May, when you were lucky enough to land a job in this piss poor economy, and I've come to a realization: Aside from a select few, you're lazy, coddled whiners.
As a seasoned professional, I'd like to offer you some free workplace advice. Unless you're happy with your inauspicious beginnings, which I suspect some of you are, it would behoove you to heed my advice. I'll try to make it as easy as possible for you to understand with some text-speak, since I know your robotic brains can synthesize little else. Ready?
1. You need to CTS (Cut the shit)
It's not okay for your boyfriend/significant other to stop by the office every day during business hours and to talk for hours. You can see him during your allotted break, which is called your lunch hour. It's bad enough your boyfriend can't pull up his pants and we have to look at his bunched-up boxers. Do you really think we find your giggling and blushing marathons endearing?
2. IBYNTP (I'm begging you not to procreate)
Do not tell me you stopped taking the pill because of, like, wicked cramps. First, that falls under something called TMI, or too much information. Second, you're asking me to add my .02, which is that you should keep taking the pill because, with his pants down around his ankles, your boyfriend seems primed to inseminate something. Please, for the sake of humanity, don't take a chance on that being you.
3. IWKY (I will kill you)
Just because your brain cannot function without technology does not entitle you to simultaneously watch Youtube, update your status on Facebook, send emails, instant message and talk on the phone while you're working.
You're sitting in a lifeless gray cubicle because you have a job to do, and—news flash—that job doesn't entail being entertained. And I swear, if one of you little assholes gives me another irritated look when I remind you to disconnect yourself until your work is done, I'm going to strangle you with one of those old-fashioned phone cords.
4. URNMC (You are not Miley Cyrus)
This is a place of work, not a strip club or rock concert. We don't want to see your bra straps, underwear, pajamas, miniskirts, concert t-shirts or sweatpants. And thigh-high boots? Really?
5. GAFC (Get a fucking clue)
If you see your supervisor sitting at his/her desk around 12:30 and they are chewing something, chances are that person is in the throes of what is known as a working lunch.
I'd like to suggest that you GAFC and leave that person alone for the next 15 minutes. Do not, I repeat do not, pull up a chair and start asking questions like, "When are raises done?" or "I know I only started two days ago but can I have Friday off so my friends and I can go to Vegas?"
6. GTFU (Grow the fuck up)
Business hours are called such for a reason. Don't show up an hour late and expect the office to be sympathetic because you're "not a morning person." Many of us barely slept because of crying or sick kids or because we were trying to squeeze in a quickie with our partner after remembering it had been several months.
And for the love of all that's holy, don't raise your hand during a staff meeting and suggest we change the meeting time to later in the day because you have trouble concentrating before 10 a.m.
7. N1W2CURDSF (No one wants to see your damn smiley faces)
Professional emails do not include emoticons. I cannot stress this enough.
8. GOVAY (Get over yourself)
If your work is mediocre, I'm helping you by telling you that.
I know you grew up during a time when the whole team got medals and when your parents sung the praises of every piece of macaroni artwork you brought home, even though you ate the glue instead of actually using it, but this is the real world. We don't do a dance when you poo. We don't care about your fragile ego; it's not our fault you were overparented.
Ironically enough, I'd like to conclude by saying TYVM. Working with you has given me a glimpse into the tragedy that belies parents who live with their heads up their kids' butts. I hope Junior fails miserably at something, so he understands the value of humility. I hope he has to work for the things he wants, so he understands pride. I hope he's told by someone he admires that he needs to try harder, so he understands the value of fortitude.
And finally, I hope there are better role models in 2020 so he understands the value of a good belt.
21 comments:
- The Mother said...
Isn't that the truth?
Some study made headlines last week that adversity is good for you. Huh, who'da thunk? The sad part is that it made national headlines.
Positive psych sucks.
- October 25, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- VandyJ said...
Amen! I work on a college campus and wonder about some of the 'students' I see wandering around. They would never make it in the real world.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Funny and yet serious at the same time.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Keely said...
They're the generation after Gen Y, Millenials, and they're unilaterally like that. The sad part is that if you fire them because of their behaviour, it won't teach them anything, because they're completely convinced that they're entitled to a good job (and NOW), and they'll just whine until they get one.
- October 25, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- LAC said...
Well said!!!!
- October 25, 2010 at 11:26 AM
BTW - Why haven't you tweeted this? I tweeted, FB'ed and Stumbled it - really good post!
- October 25, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- JoAnna said...
I really hoped that after they left middle school, all of that would change. I am sooooooo glad I am not a student in these days. I thought maybe college life still resembled something as I knew it. I don't know how you put up with it.
- October 25, 2010 at 12:34 PM
- Sara said...
Yup yup yup! LOLing at grabbing a quickie cause you remembered it had been months. Been there.
- October 25, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- brokenteepee said...
Sadly, I experienced similar problems (not the facebook et al) with my new hires in the '90ies. Seems times have not changed much for youngsters.
I feel like the last generation to have a work ethic.
- October 25, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Stephanie said...
So glad that I don't work where you do. I actually might kill one of them :( Sigh...
- October 25, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Gretchen said...
I totally agree. But, when Junior fails at something or is told to try harder, and comes home crushed, I am just warning you now: you will want to KTPA (kick that person's ass). I always said that my kids would need to learn the hard lessons of life, but when they actually started learning them, it crushed me. It hurts like a MF to see your kids in pain, no matter what the reason may be. Even if it's good for them. Even if they did it to themselves. I usually put my brave face on, then later go in the bathroom and vomit or take a handful of chill pills.
- October 25, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Judy said...
I had to quit working because each and every hour of the day I had it in my mind to just go up and slap one of those damn kids. Didn't want that to happen 'cause I would have been the one at fault. Pissants--that's what they are.
- October 25, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Mrs. Tuna said...
And in a downsizing economy, my personal favorites
MFT=Modified Full Time……..My Funds Tanking
CCL=Company Convenience Leave……….Couldn't Care Less.
RIF=Reduction in Force…….Really Incredibly F*cked
- October 25, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Brandy@YDK said...
i've never really worked with unprofessional people. My first "grown up" job was an accounting firm. hmmm - now that I think about it - maybe I was that person.
- October 25, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- SmartBear said...
Hallelujah Sister! I work with a ton of 20 somethings and it is AHHHMAZING the conduct the have in the workplace? With all the crap my generation got about being a big load of slackers, it's unbelievable to me the lack of perspective and work ethic these "kids" have.
Bless you, bless you....you have vented my frustrations for me!
- October 25, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Frogs in my formula said...
Texan Mama, are you saying I'm going to EMW?
Thanks, Grace!
- October 25, 2010 at 7:57 PM
- Choleesa said...
Im with Texan Mama
- October 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- Holly-- The Storm Chaser said...
Couldn't agree more! You're hilarious, but these are issues that need to be addressed. Entitlement is what makes me SICK. They just don't understand that you weren't born on third base, you have to hit a triple to get there. Of course, that works both ways... Sometimes the people who ARE born on third base try and act like they hit a triple... either way, it makes me sick!
Kids these days.
- October 28, 2010 at 1:06 AM
- Lindy said...
Not only do professional emails not include emoticons...too many exclamation points (ANY exclamation points) make you look like a giddy ass. Stop. Please.
- October 28, 2010 at 7:54 AM
- Clare said...
Amen, sister!
I don't work outside the home, but I totally hear where you are coming from with the abundance of "overparenters" out there!
Funny stuff, but totally true.
:) (Can I use an emoticon in my comment? I couldn't resist..)
- October 28, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- FoN said...
That was well said. And SUPER funny.
I once overheard my oldest on the phone (I won't pay for texting on her phone because I want her to pay attention to the world around her, namly me, her teachers and her boss) - "yeah, that won't work. My parents live in reality"
I don't even know what she was talking about or to who, but I don't care. It was a proud parenting moment that I hope somehow translates to her not SUCKING at her first real job.
- October 28, 2010 at 3:59 PM
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There really was a lot going on in Bristol on Friday the 14th May and we managed to cram in three of those things!
First up a visit to the Museum for the opening of the Art From The New World Show, curated by the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles.
The show featured work from 49 of Americas emerging and established contemporary artists, including Sas & Colin Christian, Carlos Ramos, Mark Ryden, Sylvia Ji and Buff Monster. The show is on until the 22nd August so plenty of chance to take a gander.
There were some stunning pieces on show, here are a few of our faves.
Of course the buzz on the night was all about the performance to be staged by burlesque star Dita Von Teese, however I'm sorry but no pics of that on this blog and not because we are moral in our standings and believe this to be degrading to women, oh no, we really wanted to catch 3Dom's solo show at the Weapon Of Choice so it was very much graff over knockers for us!!!
We hot footed it down Queens Road and got to WOC with minutes to spare but the gallery was still packed. 3Dom had done himself and the gallery proud with some amazing sketches and painted pieces, far removed from what you see him throwing up on the walls of Bristol.
We had just enough time to have a quick browse and take some pics before we were kicked out and on on our way down town to Start The Bus where Inkie, Sepr and Dylan Shipley were waging 'Secret Wars' against Glasgow.
After some previous controversial defeats we are glad to announce that Friday nights winners were Bristol with the supporting cheers hitting 123 on the ol' decibel counter. Yeah go Bristol.
Next stop ….. home and bed!!!
For more photos from all of these events please check out our Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/27892381@N04/


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Well folks it has been a topic of discussion again....
I don't have a confirmation date but I know it's next year.
End of August beginning of September-ISH.
I said we are setting this in stone no bailing out, we always have an excuse or something so now I am starting the process and I will be creating for a more than a year. I have a budget of $0 so it's using whatever money I have in my pockets when i see something I just have to have. I will be making most everything by hand.
I am getting my dress from e-bay for a smidgin of the cost it would be at David's Bridal and I will get it tweeked before the wedding. My mom is a seamstress and she could never make it for what I can get it for.
Yes with the RED!! Yay!! I am so beyond excited. I already have lists started.
So I will let you know the details as we go along.
We got engaged on 2/4/2004 so this has been a long time coming!!
Please share any do it yourself links or ideas you have with me. I am a melting pot of ideas right now.
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I discovered a love for writing about ten years ago and sold my first novel in 2006. As an empty nester I have a lot more writing time now, but you only have to look at my school reports as a five-year-old to see that even then I loved English and hated Maths. Nothing has changed. I did a creative writing class mainly to escape my three rowdy sons for a few evenings! I was immediately hooked, started with short stories then moved on to finally complete a whole novel. I was lucky when a small Nashville publisher was looking for contemporary romance manuscripts for a new line they were going into.
I often envy plotters who have everything neatly planned before they start writing but don't think I'll ever be one. I start with a vague idea which might be the main characters and/or a story idea. My first chapter always gets rewritten multiple times as I discover through some bizarre process where it might be headed. It sounds crazy but seems to work for me.
I still read a lot although not always romances. I love a good mystery particularly by Elizabeth George or P.D.James. I do water aerobics several times a week and enjoy spending time in my garden. It's definitely important to have time away from writing although that doesn't mean it always leaves you alone - I've got story and character ideas in many different places from airport departure lounges to church!
This pair will fight love all the way and it's a question of who'll give in first. The idea took seed when reading about online dating sites and how differently many people start relationships these days. My characters are an English woman and a Southern man - I'm from Cornwall and my husband is from Tennessee - so you can draw your own conclusions where a few of the ideas might have come from!
Rarely. I started off writing by hand until I discovered the story emerged far quicker on the computer and was so much easier to edit. I can't imagine how Jane Austen managed! If you could know the future, what would you wish for? Probably the obvious - health and happiness for my children, many more years with my amazing husband and of course to see as many books as Nora Roberts!
When do you write best? Are you a lark or an owl?
A lark. I always wake early although don't usually start writing then. I try to get all the routine life-gets-in-the-way jobs done in the morning and then settle down to write after lunch. If I'm on a deadline I might do some more after dinner but generally by nine in the evening my brain cells are pretty much closed down for the day. When it's American football season here I write a lot more as my husband is usually laid out in the recliner yelling at the TV and doesn't notice if I'm in the room – or even on the planet sometimes!
The aforementioned sons are more into sports, sci-fi and fantasy NOT contemporary romance. Having said that they're my greatest supporters along with my long-suffering husband. They happily brag on me to their friends as long as I don't ask them to actually read one of my books! They also help with my web page and are dragging me into the 21st century by getting me on Twitter and Facebook.
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Recently Rev Dr Trevor Morrow, a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church, said, 'John Calvin remains a towering figure of influence in the church.' [News Letter 11 September 2010] Not only was he a powerful influence in the church but he was also a powerful influence in Ulster.
It was through the theology of John Calvin and the preaching of John Knox that the Church of Scotland was established as a Presbyterian and Protestant Church and the Presbyterian Church in Ulster is the eldest daughter of the 'mither kirk' in Scotland.
The Ulster-Scots settlers of the 17th century introduced Presbyterianism into Ulster. They brought Scottish Presbyterian ministers with them and within a few years the Sixmilewater Revival embedded Presbyterianism in east Ulster. The arrival of a Scottish Covenanter army in Ulster in 1642, to defend the Ulster-Scots settlers, led to the creation of the first Presbytery in Ulster and thereafter Presbyterianism was a powerful influence in the shaping of modern Ulster.