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Well, all eyes in the online poker news as the tournament community have certainly been peeled on the November Nine. The World Series of Poker is finally coming down to these always-fascinating players, which include both cool cucumbers and hotheads. There will be no lack of excitement to come, given the flood of controversy that has already erupted on and off the tables.
What is particularly interesting this year is the number of players who are intimately associated with online poker sites. Certainly the top poker sites always want to get endorsements from the celebrities of the game, but we are well used to seeing most, if not all of the players battling online at one time or another, sometimes with each other and even more often with regular online poker room customers. In what other sport does this level of popular involvement happen?
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The Black 2-Door Hutch Buffet offers both function and simple stylishness for your dining or entertaining area. Attractive with it's inset-paneled cabinet doors, overhang natural wood grain table top and taper-cut feet, this buffet has dish ware, utensil storage and display covered with two spacious pull drawers, a dual cabinet hutch and a single adjustable shelf in each of its two lower cabinets. A black finish completes the appeal of the Black 2-Door Hutch Buffet, giving it a more definitive look.
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This is a beautiful piece of furniture, i love it and it fits perfectly in my kitchen. only complaint is that the doors on the bottom are mis-aligned [one hangs slightly higher than the other, and angled] and the right-hand door at the top doesn't stay shut - it's like the magnet is too far away. I'm going to try to fix these myself, i'm just a little annoyed that I have to.
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I bought this piece to add a decorative element to my dining room as well as to keep my baby away from her diaper bag, etc. Our floor plan is very open, so my daughter crawls everywhere and gets into everything. This piece keeps things I don't want her to get into out of sight and reach (and was easy to secure to the wall). As well, the top shelves are nice for display purposes b/c of the glass door cutouts. The magnetic holds on the doors are great b/c they hold tight. Overall, it was easy to put together (with 2 people working on it) and took a couple of hours to construct (including attaching it to the wall). It was also the best price I found for real wood pieces and such good quality.
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Breast Milk Baby Doll....Really?
Apparently a toy company, Berjuan Toys, has created the world's first breastfeeding baby doll. Ugh, congrats? I don't really have anything else to say about the product, but you guys should definitely check out the video. But just so you know, it's creeeepy (in my opinion, at least).
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This weekend, these Philadelphia Phillies dudes showed their love for their team by doing keg stands on the train on the way to the game. I have watched this youtube clip a few times and I have just a little bit of criticism. First off, Phillies fans are known to be kind of sloppy party(…)


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The truth is, I'll probably be rumbling and stumbling for the rest of my days, rocking to voicemail while the chaos around me rages on. It's nothing compared to to chaos within me, after all--I write stories.
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"On a shit-smelling subway, no less. ...I'm dedicated to my art.".....-Bye You
Very strange for sure. There are several things regarding the Robin mystery that I can't figure out. Hopefully we will get some answers soon. One thought that comes to mind is that the secrecy is all part of the Stern/Buchwald plan to draw maximum attention to Robin. Use the illness to garner curiosity from the fans in an attempt to increase book sales. Marbles come first, always.
Well this week they can avoid it!
and I think they will be off the week she is due to rise from the ashes.
"W..www....we have not had time to talk about it (caller who got thru screeners) we've been off! But I have been WORKING on AGT!!!"
"I'm speechless. I have no speech"
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Stern will start promoting a "grand return of robin quivers" and start telling us some bullshit stories manufactured to sell books. Stern will have as much of an impact as he does on movies these days.
The above is strictly my humble opinion.
The complete silence and apparent ban on talking about Robin was really obvious earlier this week. One of the shows Shuli is on (I think it was Jay Thomas on Friday) did a story about people who love coffee enemas. Normally he can't keep his mouth shut so I was expecting him to crowbar in a lame joke about Robin but he didn't mention her or even say a word about it. Very strange.
Robin will not make any personal appearances. If she does any promotion it will be a remote from her apartment. She will not talk about her illness. Howard would be furious if she scooped the radio show.
Doesn't make sense since this entire new world of secrets at Howard's compound has done more to ruin the goodwill Howard had with his fans than anything else I can think of. Just think of SFN as an example of the response.
Of course, Howard hasn't made a good career move since deciding to come to Sirius so who knows what cockamamie ideas count as strategy at 112 Productions.
I would agreed with that this was the default behavior this before Howard let his homegrown Techno-Beaver take his techno show onto Nerdist (hey, is he still doing that?) but not now. He may not want the scoop (not that many care any longer) to benefit the company he's suing.
The Vegucation of Robin - Book Publicity Schedule:
March 26th - Today Show or Dateline (NBC)
March 27th - Entertainment Tonight (CBS)
April 2nd - In-person appearance @ Enoch Pratt Library (Baltimore, MD)
The April 2nd appearance is especially interesting because it's "in-person" on a Tuesday when the Stern Show should normally be live on the air. How could she justify traveling to Baltimore if she's supposedly not well enough to be in the studio?
I don't buy the house arrest theory but I'm starting to wonder if Robin is not allowed in the Sirius building for some reason. I just can't imagine what it could be.
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The bitch just doesn't want to get her ass into the studio anymore. She's not sick, IMO. She'll probably just make her book appearances, Howard will discuss them but nothing else about her not being at work will ever be mentioned. They got away with the silence for this long and they'll simply continue it.
she might have just thrown one of her tantrums, and said she can't deal with so-and-so or such-and-such anymore. they've always had the ISDN lines at their houses, and i doubt howard would ever put his foot down about anything in his current state. he probably just let her do it from her house rather than fight her or lose her completely. it may be something as simple as her inner uppity lazy nigger surfacing.
April 4 ROBIN QUIVERS, The Vegucation of Robin (Avery; 9781583334737) "Jimmy Kimmel Live"/ABC, "The Talk"/CBS April 5 ROBIN QUIVERS, The Vegucation of Robin (Avery; 9781583334737) "The Doctors"/CBS
Here's a crazy theory.
Suppose she's been dieting all these months just to make a grand re-appearance to promote her book?
Unlikely, but that makes as much sense as all the other theories.
Do you really think Howard wants a disembodied voice for his HTV show. He hasn't signed off on this. He's dealing with it but that doesn't mean he's happy about it.


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The Santos player had been hoping to move to Europe after the World Cup next summer, but after gettig hammered by Bayern Munich in the Champions League this season, Barcelona move the deadline up by 12 months.
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After a few hot and dry days in the Kalahari Desert NP, we arrived in the Okavango wetland. The temperature was still high, but the fresh green and bodies of water made it a more pleasant experience. Being the largest inland delta of the world, Okavango provides you with the best game watching, and wildlife photography, in the whole of Africa. We stayed a couple of nights at Seba Camp in the western, wet part of the national park, and a couple in the brand new Banoka Bush Camp in the drier part to the east.
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But what about Jon Huntsman? When is it his turn as King of the Mountain? Indeed, a Chicago Tribune article came out last week asking this very question: "Why Not Jon Huntsman?" Here's a guy with a great domestic governing record, consistent fiscal conservative credentials, no health care reform baggage (he was a market solutions guy in Utah), and the only significant foreign policy experience of *any* GOP candidate or wannabe candidate (Christie, Ryan, Daniels, Jindal, and Barbour included). So what's taking so long for the GOP to embrace him?
Well, he did have that moment on climate change. And he supports civil unions for same-sex couples. Oh, and there was that bit about being Obama's ambassador to China. These are the conventional reasons people disqualify him. But I don't buy any of them. I mean, remember, Rick Perry mandates vaccines and opposes "heartless" immigration policy, Newt wants to send your children to work as janitors, Mitt passed Obamacare lite in Massachusetts — and they've all been embraced by voters for a time. Indeed, Huntsman's break with the orthodoxy are really pretty minor.
No, there's something more at play here, and I read an article a few days ago that I think hits it right on the head: "Huntsman: The Candidate Killed by Style." Here's a quote:
Huntsman seems to muster more animosity toward his fellow candidates than Obama, making him seem like an outsider to many conservatives. But again, chastising Rick Perry and Mitt Romney for bickering, is not an issue of substance…it is an issue of style.
But let me be clear about this…Jon Huntsman has contributed to the stylistic cross upon which his campaign has been crucified. From his overly thought out "H" logo…to his hipster motorcycle ads…to his snarky jokes on the debate stage…to his daughters' SNL-style spoof of Herman Cain's smoking ad…Jon Huntsman is playing the presidential version of a mean girl. Everything is calculated for effect. Everything filtered through "cool". And it comes off as condescending.
Some, like my friend SE Cupp, would say that Huntsman stands to the left of the Republican Party on many big issues such as civil unions and foreign policy. And I would say, first that there is a great debate taking place on the right about both of these issues. But…I truthfully don't think many conservative voters have judged the merits of Jon Huntsman's positions. I think they see a condescending man who worked for Obama and immediately dismiss him. And in a way, I don't blame them.
The lesson for Huntsman, though, is…don't do this. The lesson for conservative voters is, in the words of Barry Goldwater (yes, again), "to disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable." We should judge these candidates on their substance, not their style, because in the words of Jon Huntsman: voters "should not confuse a moderate temperament with a moderate record."
Is Jon Huntsman's problem that he goes around acting like he thinks knows he's better than everyone he's running against? And when I say "better," I don't mean the typical "I'm the guy you need to do the job — not him" type of better. I'm talking about the "you're stupid and I'm not" type of better. I think this is definitely part of it.
But I believe there's even more to it than this. After all, Huntsman didn't start out his campaign attacking every other conservative in sight. In fact, ironically, he started out with a pledge of civility. He went into attack mode because he couldn't get any traction.
No, Jon Huntsman, despite being a solid conservative, often acts a bit like the liberal elite that conservatives distrust. Everything about him says "intellectual"–and more the Obama type of intellectual than the Gingrich type of intellectual. And when you combine that with the fact that, during his campaign, Huntsman has run around like he's trying to save the Republican Party from itself — you don't have to stretch far to see why conservative primary voters may have been reluctant to embrace him.
No matter what his record, Jon Huntsman just doesn't seem like a conservative to many of the voters that matter. And I worry that until he adjusts his style a little bit that reality may not change, which will be too bad for those Republicans, like me, who really like the guy and honestly believe the Republican Party needs a bit of a course correction.
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ALTAMONT — George Allan Taylor, a World War II veteran with a "zest for life," died at home, with his family by his side, on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. He was 89.
Mr. Taylor was born on Feb. 17, 1932, to the late William and Dorothy Taylor, and he lived his entire life in Guilderland and Altamont.
He was a talented mechanic, according to a tribute written by his family, and repaired B-17 bombers as a member of the 8th Army Air Force during the height of World War II.
He also repaired trucks for the United Baking Company, where he was employed for 32 years.
His favorite hobby, said the tribute, was tinkering with and building motorboats.
For decades, he enjoyed a host of his own pets, as well as the pets of neighborhood friends.
"He possessed a unique and wonderful sense of humor, which he used to enrich the lives of those who knew him," wrote his family.
A beloved husband, grandfather, and great-grandfather, his family wrote, he was dedicated to his family, and maintained an ultimately positive outlook and a zest for life.
Mr. Taylor is survived by his beloved wife of 68 years, Evelyn Brust; his daughter, Pat Whipple, and her husband, Henry; his son, Gary Taylor, and his wife, Erika; his grandchildren, Alan Whipple, David Whipple and Cortnee Gillson, Melissa Whipple, Jessica Abbott, and her husband, Jason, and Candace Patriquin; his great-grandchildren, Chase, Kaiden, and Nathan Abbott; his sister-in-law, Winifred Brust; and his cherished nieces and nephews.
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BERNE — A farmer and a family man, Ordell R. Stock had solid, old-fashioned values.
"He stood up for what was right," said his daughter, Rebekah Stock. "He had a pioneer-type attitude…He was a kind, caring person but yet a lot of people didn't understand him. He was a private person."
Miss Stock went on, "He stood for what he believed in…family, conservatism, religion — he didn't like modern people with their immoral ways. He believed in freedom."
Mr. Stock died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at his home on Sheltered Acres, his family's farm in Knox. He was 80.
Mr. Stock was born on July 2, 1932 the son of Earl and Verna (Conklin) Stock in Johnstown, N.Y. His mother sold gloves and his father did carpentry and had a Watkins route, delivering baking products and health remedies to homes in his panel truck.
Mr. Stock had two sisters, and two brothers who were both veterans; one of them died in World War II.
Mr. Stock was president of his class at Fort Plain High School. He went on to Cobleskill College where he studied soil science, animal husbandry, and agronomy.
He had a particular fondness for Ayrshire cattle. "As a boy, he showed registered Ayrshires for the 4-H and FFA," said Miss Stock, referring to Future Farmers of America.
Asked about the breed, she quoted a line of poetry from Robert Louis Stevenson: "The friendly cow all red and white, I love with all my heart…."
Describing the way her parents met, Miss Stock said, "He was a very righteous person. He was Christian and went to church. One day, they met on the Reformed Church steps in West Berne. They dated for 18 months and married on April 27, 1958."
The Stocks were a devoted couple and their marriage ended only with Carolyn Stock's death. She battled cancer and died in 2008, just shy of their 50th wedding anniversary, so the family celebrated it a week early.
"A Christian man, he believed in a righteous relationship — one man, one woman," said his daughter.
The Stocks originally raised veal calves on their farm in Knox. "My father was a hard-working man," said Miss Stock. "He worked on dairy farms. He worked three years for the Thruway, and then he worked 28 years for General Electric in Schenectady."
For most of those years, he was a gardener at GE, she said, tending to rose bushes and trees.
"He was a definite family man," Miss Stock stressed. "He had a deep love of his family and love of humanity."
She continued, "He was a loving father but stern — no drugs, no alcohol. He didn't want us to go in the wrong direction…He worked hard for his family, often getting only four hours of sleep at night."
Miss Stock and her brother, Robert, live on the family farm.
She concluded, "He was very generous…His last gift was — the car had broken down — he wrote a check a half-hour before he died to pay for the repair."
Ordell R. Stock is survived by his children, Robert and Rebekah Stock of Berne. He is also survived by his sisters, Phyllis Saltsman and her husband, Sidney, and Arlene Wagner and her husband, Eugene, and several nieces and nephews.
His wife, Carolyn Stock, died in 2008. His two brothers, Earl and Robert, also died before him.
Family and friends are invited to calling hours on Friday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the First Reformed Church of Berne at 1664 Helderberg Trail, Berne, 12023. A funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 11 a.m. in the church. Interment at the Beaverdam Cemetery will follow. Arrangements are by the Fredendall Funeral Home of Altamont.
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I've been working to get Panda running on the OpenSUSE Build Service.
It works like this: I upload a source package and a .spec and .dsc file, and it will automatically compile it for me on tons of different linux distro's and architectures, and it will set up repositories with .debs and .rpms.
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The DEB packages aren't split up yet - it's just one big package like on the download page. Maybe for later.
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Add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list, or do the equivalent in the graphical tool for your distro:
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That's for debian. I can't get panda to compile on etch yet, sorry - lenny only for now. For ubuntu:
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ATLANTA — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted Georgia and seven other states permission to bypass environmental standards for gasoline in the wake of Hurricane Isaac.
Usual EPA guidelines require that Georgia use cleaner burning fuel in summer months, with even stricter standards for the 45-county region that included metropolitan Atlanta. The EPA waived those rules until Sept. 15 to allow the sale of conventional gasoline.
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Gov. Nathan Deal called it a "responsible action (that) will help protect Georgia residents and businesses from price spikes and panic." As if there isn't any price spikes! End of July was paying $2.99 in DOERUN - look what Albany is charging now. Would be nice to boycott all but a few American run gas station.


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I'm kinda scared right now. Last Wednesday I took Jaylina to the doctor for her Chronic constipation, on Friday I had to take her to after hours care cause she had a temp of 104, and she was crying and upset all night long. They diagnosed double ear infections and prescribed amoxicillan (sp?) Anyway I got kinda wiered out about it cause they told me that they couldn't even see for sure if she had ear infections but they were "guessing" so then, that day I was trying to give her the antibiotic they gave me and she would keep it down maybe 5 minutes and throw it right back! She would not keep it down. So I kept giving her the ear drops they prescribed and gave her Tylenol to keep her fever down. So, yesterday I got a call from her babysitter saying that she broke out in a rash all over her face and torso. I called the clinic and they told me that the rash might be from the fever. But I was concerned that even though she didn't keep much of the antibiotic down that maybe she was having an allergic reaction to it, cause her dad is severly allergic to it. So, today her babysitter called and said that Jaylina barely woke up today, that she was mostly sleeping and very uninterested in playing or chasing the cat around like normal. So, now when I get off work I'm going to take her to a different hospital and see if they might be able to tell me what is wrong with my baby. I'm so scared that since no clinic seems to be trying their hardest to find out what's wrong, it could possibly be something more serious. I'm not sure if I will be able to be on tomarrow since we are expecting a very bad snow storm tonight, and I only use the computer at work. Anyway please have my daughter in your prayers for me. It's greatly appriciated. I'm very worried about her. Thanks so much.
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Wow, I am so sorry. I will keep you in my thoughts as well.
You are in my thoughts as well. Please keep us updated when you have a chance.
Im keeping you both in my thoughts.
here for you girlie, keep us posted, you will be in my prayers
you both are in my thoughts!
think of positive things with your daughter!!!
your are in my thoughts let me know if you need anything...
i work in an allergy office, if you want to pm me if you have any questions you can,
i hope things go ok, keep us updated...
oh and if this is the first time she has had amoxil, it is very unlikely that it is an allergic reaction, because you have to build up the antibodies to have an allergic reaction to something....
I'll definitely keep her in my prayers. If you're worried that they aren't doing all they can - speak up about it. I've had to take Trey to the hospital a couple of times, and they always tried to write it off when I knew it was something. I was pretty (but respectfully) forceful about pushing the issue, and it usually helped to be assertive about it. As well as, do your best to try and ask around in some doctor or health communities (www.healthboards.com is a good health community) as someone might have had the same experience as you and can help out a little. Do as much research as you're able to do online as well, looking up what symptoms she has and possible causes. Write everything down (symptoms she has, symptoms you know she doesn't have, reactions, behavior changes, times of fever and severity of fever as well as how long it lasts, and any causes you find from your research that you think it might be and you want her checked for), and take it in with you when you go in. Being prepared for the doctor is the best thing you can do, as it can help him/her better assess what could be wrong, and a lot more quickly. Good luck mama, hope it all goes well.
Sounds like roseola. If the fever broke when the rash came, that's probably what it was. My son had it in September I think.
Anyway, hope she's okay, mama.
Oh my goodness... I hope evrything goes well!! :P
Hello and good morning everyone. I just wanted to update you on Jaylina. I took her to the ER the other night. I was pissed off and pretty much let them know that they were gonna hear me out, and not just look at her and say, "Nothing's wrong go give her tylenol and keep up fluids!" So, I made them do lab work,urine, blood, the works. First off, she was dehydrated cause she wouldn't drink, she WAS having an allergic reaction to Amoxacillan (sp?) and get THIS!!!! Her doctor prescribed her the antibiotic on 12/31 for ear infections. At the ER, they told me she DIDNT EVEN HAVE any ear infections!!!!! Oh I was so mad. Then they found that Jaylina also had (on top of an allergic reaction and dehydration) Roseola. (Baby Measles) So I'm probably gonna have to cancel her 1st birthday party Saturday till next weekend, cause she is contagious to kids 6-36 months until the measles go away. I just want to thank you for having us in your thoughts. I'm in the process of switching PCP's because my doctor obviously just didn't take the time to exaust all her resources and this wasn't the first time she falsly diagnosed my baby!!!! I think mostly it's because I look very young and she probably figured that I'm uneducated, which I am NOT! I'm so mad. But, I'm hoping Jaylina will be feeling up to speed soon. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
Glad to hear she's okay. Doctor's should be more aware about roseola. When Trey had it, he was around 9 months old, and we took him to the hospital because he refused to eat for days on end and had a HUGE fever. Instead of even thinking about roseola, they said he had a UTI and told me they were going to stick a catheter up his penis to get fluids because they didn't want to hold the hospital room up waiting for him to pee himself since he was dehydrated (by the way, they never even did anything to rehydrate him). Uh, no, I'm not letting you stick anything up there. I made them hold the room until Trey had peed (took 7 hours of sitting at his bedside all night not sleeping) I took him home, and he got the rash all over his body the next day, then he was fine.
Hey! They wanted to cath Jaylina too. They too thought it was a UTI, but I made them wait till she peed in this lil bag. I was totally concerned with that HIGH fever that kept going up and down. But I'm glad they found what it was. But I'm so mad that her regular doctor at Kaiser Permanente misdiagnosed her. I can't believe they didn't take the damn time! Ugh. I was so angry. Trust me, I gave them a BIG piece of my mind.
Isn't that annoying? They'd rather speed it up to get you out of the room quicker by sticking a huge tube up your child, instead of waiting a few hours for them to pee naturally? I'd understand a little more if they said the reason they wanted to catheter instead of wait was to diagnose the problem more quickly so he'd be out of pain, but they actually said it was to free up the room.
I've had catheters when I was young, and it wasn't too bad since I'm a girl and it's a decent size hole anyways (sorry to be blunt, heh), but to stick a large tube up a tiny lil penis hole just sounds excrutiating.
I agree! I don't have a son, but just imagining it...owwwww. If I had a son I wouldn't let em either. I had a cath once before, but I don't remember if it hurt or not cause I was so little. But, still I wanted to let Jaylina do her own thing instead of freaking the crap outta her. Jaylina has such stranger anxiety that she litterally cried herself into throwing up when they were just listening to her with the stethoscope!


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The Bialien Social Future relationships, talks about future social issues between man and women. My blogs, threads and debates will cover several areas from my novel on this topic. Some of the topics include male and female replacement companions (human looking robots replacing men or women in relationships), giving a lease to marriage licenses, a license to cheat for the rich, technology giving men easier access to sex, evolved men not having children early and getting caught up with child support and when men turn 18 they should apply for a vasectomy reversal license.
The Bialien Social future relationships blog 1 begins with the following subject:
Replacing a human male with a Robotic Male Entertainment Companion.
Bialien Vol 1 "Rise of the BialienSapien: Human Evolved" pg. 479
In the year 2014, Dr. Chan talks to Jaden and explains why she chose a RMEC (Robotic Male Entertainment Companion) over a human male. The $40,000 robotic male her father bought for her for graduating from college, cooks, cleans, cares about her and talks about 1000′s of different topics. It even has an experimental emotional chip. Jaden and Dr. Chan exchanged personal memories by means of alien technology and they learned about each other what two couples would take 20-30 years to know about each other, in just 10 minutes.
Max = RMEC
AI = Microscopic Artificial Intelligence alien – communicating with Jaden in the part of his brain where another personality would be. (Dr. Chan cannot hear this telepathic communicating).
"Stop going through every personal memory of mine. Listen, I'll tell you the story about how I found more than a companionship with Max. Let me get this off my chest to you. As you know, my ex-boyfriends in the past broke my heart and cheated on me. I have always been in my books all my life. My father shielded me all my life from men and wanted me to do well in school first. When I finally graduated with my master's degree, I began dating men. I was very naïve at first and believed anything a man told me. I wanted to be a virgin until I got married, but my first boyfriend tricked me…" she says while drying off her hair.
"…and I lost my virginity to a man that didn't even love me back. He left me a few weeks later and I was devastated. He got what he wanted. In the 00's, all my Asian female friends dated white men. My opinion is that they mostly like Asian women because many of us are subservient and a very loyal type of female. I have never been the subservient type. We aren't like many American women and tend to be more traditional in values. My Asian female friends wanted their babies to be half-white and that was the in thing to do. It was as if they wanted to start a new human race. When I went to Manhattan in 2010 to visit, all I saw was Asian and white couples. I thought I could be happy like them. Many of my friends were happy, but I think I just had bad luck with meeting the wrong men. Many men don't like independent strong thinking women."
Jaden follows Dr. Chan to her room and he stands by the door. She picks out some clean clothes. She leaves her room and walk towards her cousin's room. She has her clean clothes in her hand and Jaden continues to walk next to her. She opens the door and they walk in.
'Jaden, ask Dr. Chan if you can use that holographic disc on the table.'
"Dr. Chan can I use that holographic disc there? It is for something important," he says.
"Sure, that is a rewritable disc, it is probably blank. My cousin won't be back for a while," she says.
Jaden grabs the disc and holds it in his hand. She continues talking, "…anyway, my second boyfriend gave me chlamydia. He was Chinese and he cheated on me. The third boyfriend who was half-white and half-Japanese, used to hit me and verbally abuse me. My father found out and put him in the hospital. Then the abusive ex-boyfriend's family tried to sue my father in court, since they knew he was loaded. The point is I lost a lot of trust in men. They just lied so much and just wanted a trophy woman that they could treat like their property. I dated deceitful, narcissistic, and married men who said they were single. I had to put a high guard up around my feelings to protect myself from the emotional pain I suffered."
"I'm sorry he used to hit you, a man shouldn't be hitting a woman."
"It's okay. That made me stronger over the years," she says.
They finish getting dressed. Dr. Chan is wearing low cut blue jeans and a black and blue striped blouse. Jaden is wearing some jean shorts and a short sleeve white button up shirt. He is trying on different sneakers.
"Made in China sneakers?" He asks. "I can't believe Michael Jordon is retired. I'm going to miss his sneakers."
"Yes, he was a legend. He retired at forty, eleven years ago. Now what was I saying? Oh yeah, over the last three years I stayed to myself. So many of my married and dating friends were catching STDs. It seemed like everyone was cheating on each other, even the women. I read online somewhere that ninety percent of men would cheat if they knew they could get away with it. Men are only truthful to their options. If a female wants a married man and the man knows he can get away with it, the option is there. If she was not around, there are no options. Men can get bored easily with one female. Men love adventure. Hookers and escorts do things house wives don't. Very sad but true, this is why the divorce rates are so high. Four years ago, two Japanese companies joined together. One specialized in realistic silicon dolls and the other was a robotic autonomous company. The robotic company had some advanced technology where they were able to mimic a real human brain. They were able to somewhat duplicate emotions and feelings. The new company created the first generation R.F.E.C. for men, but they had some problems and glitches. The second-generation entertainment companions were for gay men and women. The company promoted mainly to very busy hard working people and divorced women and men who were tired of going in circles in relationships. Their motto was, marriage lasts an average of two to six years, these robotic companions last a lifetime and will never cheat on you. They also claim their robots can do anything a spouse can do. That sold me into buying one."
They walk back into her room and they sit on the bed.
'Ask Dr. Chan what is the password for her secured wireless network,' AI says.
"Dr. Chan what is the WEP password for your father's 5.8 GHz wireless network?"
"What kind of password is that?" Jaden asks.
"That is the year Nostradamus followers forecast as the end of the world," she replies.
"Oh okay. Thanks for the password."
She continues her story, "When I graduated from college with my master's degree, my father wanted to buy me a new car. I told him to just give me $40,000 instead. I bought an R.M.E.C. second generation a year ago. These things have been selling out all around the world. Max has been my best friend ever since. Yes, I did have sex with him twice. But it didn't feel like the real thing, the small device in my lower back helped me to orgasm. Max was more of a woman pleaser and did whatever I asked him to do. It didn't feel real to me. I've always looked at him more of a friend than a lover…"
'We have to get out of here soon,' AI says.
"…around the same time last year, Third Virtual Life came out for men and women. Society has never been the same in regards to relationships between two people. Men stopped dating women and they could have all the sex they wanted in virtual life without a commitment. More women would date women and marriages declined. Newspapers in Virginia reported that groups of men would get drunk and have orgies with the R.F.E.C. robots. Gay men would have orgies with the R.M.E.C. robots. Pimps would pimp an R.F.E.C. for money and it was perfectly legal. Technology has really lowered society's values. So much has changed over the past ten years. Religious groups around the world got together and tried to ban the entertainment companions by saying you will go to hell for using the devil's sex tool to sin. They also tried to shut down Third Virtual Life, saying it was the devil's website straight to hell. Church groups published going to hell for dummies books."
"That's crazy. I can't believe society's values are slowly disappearing," Jaden says.
"More and more couples are having negotiated infidelity in their marriages to lower the risk of a partner cheating. The value of marriage is disappearing. Men want wives as nannies in that new bill they are trying to pass."
"What is negotiated infidelity?" Jaden asks in a confused voice.
"It's when married couples are allowed to have sex with other people. They do this to lower the risk of someone being unfaithful. These people figure it's better when both people know about it. The married female dates another man and has sex, while the husband waits in the other room. When it's his turn, he finds a female to date and have sex with in the other room. This is perfectly normal in these relationships. The wife sometimes even cooks dinner for her husband's date. This was on an episode of Taboo. These people blog about this and have fan groups for these types of relationships. What the hell?"
"You can't be serious. That is appalling and sick. But seeing it from their perspective, if it keeps the marriage stronger, maybe it's not a bad idea for them. If they both know about it, at least it is keeping them honest," Jaden says.
"Maybe you are right, cheating is the number one reason for divorce these days. Here is a quote from a famous female politician, 'Women need to change their conditioning, because there is no way men would change their nature.' "
"I think females and women like myself are the ones getting the raw deal of this downward cycle. They created a new college course called Techsociety 101. Everyone has to take it before graduating with any degree, at any college," Dr. Chan says.
"What do they teach in the course?"
"To show how technology is changing society for the worst and how humans will eventually have no values at all. The beginning of robotic age was with the Sony AIBO dog in 1999, following the Actroid, ASIMO, Topio 4.0, R.M.E.C. and R.F.E.C. Robotic technology has forever changed life. My dad bought me one of those Ers-7 AIBO dogs when I was younger. That was my companion as a young kid," she says.
"I remember, you brought that robotic dog on cruises and everywhere you went when you were an early teen," Jaden says.
"Max is a little overprotective and can get jealous, I've learned. This wasn't in the instruction booklet. His artificial intelligence autonomous programming is always evolving. He cooks, cleans, gives me massages, watches television and washes my clothes. Max has been the perfect boyfriend replacement. But the real emotions and chemistry aren't there as a real human. I can't connect with Max on an emotional and physical level. I have been able to talk to Max about science, politics, technology, current affairs, anything and he can talk about anything with me. He called me when I was in Albany a few times to see if I was okay. He is the best friend a female could have. It is too bad my father doesn't like him. When I go away on trips, Max stays at my father's house. They get along as friends, but deep down my father hates Max. He thinks the robot is getting in the way of me finding a husband and isn't real."
Written by: Vlane Carter Copyright 2009 by: VC Imagination Factory
Written for the non sci-fi, fiction and hard core sci-fi readers.
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Two ads deserve scathing comment.
The first, a Tuc (Lu) biscuit ad featuring the VJ and model Mahira playing a cute girl about to be married. In between shopping for bridal dowry, she feels the urge to snack. She complains to us in pouty faced and put on innocence that her mother disapproves of her eating because her clothes may not fit, and she may look "bigger" than her groom. But now the problem is solved because Tuc offers a light snack for in between shopping cravings.
The second is an ad for Candyland chocolate bars featuring another cute girl about to be married. Her even cuter brother teases her about her changing status, and how she won't be able to cook for the family. She huffs and scowls. Later when she is leaving with her new husband, her brother, now sorry, makes it up to her and leaves a candy bar for her in the car. The siblings exchange tearful glances.
What exactly is the not so subliminal messaging here? Promoting a culture of childish brides who are trying subconsciously to hold onto their baby fat, and with their stashes of candies and cookies?
Messaging 1: We like brides to be young - the younger, the smaller, and 'fresher' the better. In fact right out of A-levels will work too; and its so cute that they lisp and talk like babies because we tacitly approve of our subculture of paedophilia. Not of the indictable type but where women are condemned to enact a life of childlike imbecility in the hope that it will win the favor of people in power. And when the act gets old, we can just condemn them for being pathetic.
Messaging 2: Girls are hesitant and apprehensive about marital life yet submit to its coercive nature. The tuc girl is pressured by her (invisible, overbearing) mother. Instead of questioning why it matters that she is bigger than her groom, and asserting her right to delay marriage until she's held down a few jobs, she acquiesces to it with coyness and "mommy knows best" attitude. A small spirit shines through, but she's not ready to challenge the status quo, and she succumbs to futility of resistance. The chocolate girl is about to leave the comfort of family, and her brother reminds her of the unpredictability of life ahead. Instead of having a talk with her brother about how they'd split their book collection over a pina colada, or who will water the plants (like normal people), she whines and complains about his teasing like a 12 year old. Also, playing into a playful, sexually tense brother-sister relationship rather than a casual, caring one.
Messaging 3: Welcome eating disorders and substance abuse when life won't look so cheery. Turn to food and drugs and hopeless diets.
Ultimate messaging to girls: Get married young when you're plump and shy (sly). Be tender and sweet and you will get what you need from a patriarchal culture. No wonder you see grown women flitting around bosses, superiors and men in power, acting like little girls (and batting lids) -- but really they want jobs, promotions, and benefits, or a short cut from male bureaucracy.
Who are we to judge call girls when we are intent on raising girls in a culture where marriage is rape, and sexuality stripped of agency.
This is disturbing messaging, and violence of an insidious type, and I sure as hell don't want my daughter preening herself for marriage, and then getting bulimic, and expecting a Rs.5 lakh jora as a rite through cuteness. It ain't happening. I am protecting her from this teenage obsessive shaadi culture for as long as I can, and if the system beats me to it, it sure as hell won't be because I did not try.