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I Hit It With My Axe: Episode 24: Politics, Shopping and Intermediate Demonology
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I'll just say this: what I have planned is nothing compared to the Machiavellian shit my players came up with.
You'll have to wait for Bobbi Starr's episodes to see how that works out though...
I'm hoping this leads to a very large fight. (though in my exprience massive fights tend to go VERY WRONG, VERY QUICKLY in d&d and in particular dark heresy)
on a side note, mandy is cute when she smiles and should do it more often.
OMG - I just discovered this show and am blown away! Thank you so much, guys, for the time you put into the show and your game! It's been far too many years since I played in an established group and this show goes a long way to scratch that gaming itch!
I really like "I Hit It With My Axe" now. At first I was somewhat put off as their first guest star "Sasha Grey" didn't seem all that into the game, but subsequent guest stars seem to really get into it. I like all the girls as they all seem to enjoy their characters, but of course Frankie is everyone's fave since she is so entertaining to see how she handles things thrown at her. (She is the type of character us DM's loves to mess with) I also like the aspect that Zak uses for terrain and figures (bare bones but if he's got it he'll use it). I think too many people get caught up in the "accessories" of the game rather than the game itself. I know I construct alot of DIY project for use in my game and like to see what Zak uses in his. Its also great to see the girls eyes go wide when he brings out a miniature or explains what they're characters are seeing for the first time.
I too hope they continue this episodic treatment of dnd for a long time to come as its always very entertaining to see how other people play the game we love so much and its a good learning tool on how to handle different aspects of the game as well!
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These episodes are filmed decently far in advance right? So I shouldn't worry about 'spoiling'/weird meta game, i.e. i can theorize safely without affecting the result?
Quite. The snakes are books blog post is from the 20th of May. Here:
I wish there was more speculation on this forum... these ladies are beyond creative and devious.
Not only would I love to see who gets it right, but hearing alternate possibilities and theories would be damn cool.
I really had a lot of fun this session. The political, deep, intertwined plot stuff really makes the game pop for me.
Hurrah, I've been looking forward to someone warning the city that an army was coming. Props to Mandy, plus "what if I show you my tits?" was awesome.
The snakes as books idea is genius, really well thought out. Books that bite! :D
I too have been hoping for a bit more theory-craft and activity round these parts, so here I go.
The medusa seems to be pulling all sorts of strings as far as I can see, what's unclear yet is why. She's organised a goblin attack to coincide with the arrival of a skeleton army and from the sounds of things has the city council enthralled in some way. My first thoughts were to try and rule the city, but why bother, she's about there now and could just turn anyone in her way to stone. Plus the medusa will be living right in the middle of the fight, unless she's planning a holiday sometime soon I believe there's more to it.
I'm thinking there's an ulterior motive underneath the carnage that's coming, I'd say a few hundred feet underneath actually. I'm wondering if all of this is so she can read the wyvern that's under the city, would need one hell of a big puzzle ball for that beasty though.
Oh and just as a random side note, a regent? uh oh, I swear that's like the European equivalent of an arabian nights Vizier in movies. hehe
Book of vile darkness??? doesn't that turn you chaotic evil the moment you touch it or read it??
But I'm a tiefling--Gia found out we couldn't read much more of it or we'd go mad actually--during that study date.
I'm not that familiar with DnD, but have some experience with other tabletop/pnp games (Shadowrun, Cyberpunk, W40k). What would be a good place to start to learn more about the basics of DnD? Is there a specific rulebook or webpage which I should seek out?
ps. Show is great.
woah, a person from the show goes on this site?
I have to say, does it seem to anyone else that Mandy plays her character differently when she's wearing the purple wig? Her cleric seems more aggressive when it's Mandy-with-the-Mohawk--maybe I'm just imagining things.
I quite liked the video blog parts--not too much of that, but when done sparringly it's good as we get to see more detail on the character's perspective as well as the player's.
Thanks as always.
Well there is the official wizards of the coast website http://www.wizards.com/DnD/ but because they love your money D&D is now up to version 4, so it will not be quite the same as you're watching at the moment. Your best bet would be to try and find a copy of v3.5 players handbook because the old D&D and AD&D (v1 and v2) will be hard to find. (if you do though snap them up because they're getting rare)
that official website should be able to give you a flavour of the game and have a few things for you to try out for free before you have to shell out cash for a book though. In terms of the sort of gaming scenarios you can encounter, I hit it with my axe is actually a darned good example. :)
Yup almost all of them do and they seem as cool and likeable in forum posts as they do on screen, though mostly it's to talk to us nut jobs in the IHIWMA threads. Kind of like a post game interview.
They're not afraid to flame the trolls (it's the only way to stop them regenerating after all) and whatever you do, don't mention gorgons. :D
gorgons? wtf? like, from greek myths?
uhh, i do not watch this show. i was just peeking in to see the kind of guys that watch it. just so you guys know.
I like the intertwined plot & politics stuff myself, as a DM. My players...not so much.
Seriously; along with MANY monsters in DnD, the Medusa was singular, & has since become plural. Same with hydras, sphinxes...or the Pegasus, who was associated with Medusa (born from, or formed from her blood)-- so I keep expecting to see THEM show up. Recycling mythology is one of the mainstays of the hobby.
I don't know how I feel about "Male Medusas." 4e makes them into a sexually dimorphic race, with the males lacking headsnakes & having poisonous blood. It is...interesting, but not quite there. I mean, if you remove them you can always say medusas & pegasuses (pegasi?) breed with each other...
"It's embalmed and lying on my bead"
Now that has to be a bit of a conversation stopper... Okay...who said LARP it ?
Random comment, I love Connies gloves, so cute.. and Heh, Demons, the shorter faster way into bigger trouble.
You and me both.
I'm currently waiting for a "Whos the neatest" poll or prehaps a "who you'd most like to 'co-star' with" I don't know.. I know my vote would be different for both questions there.
Zak you rock in the creative mastermind sort of way!
I can't wait until the next episode!
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North Haven lawmaker's comic book shop is also political melting pot
NORTH HAVEN -- Anyone who knows Superman's given name, the identity of Captain America's assassin and who Grant Morrison is also knows Wednesday is the most important day of the week.
That's because Wednesday is the day Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. dispatches a truck to DJ's Sports Collectibles and Comics in North Haven, where, like any comic shop on any given Wednesday, you'll find the newest issues of Spider-man, Superman and Batman. Unlike most shops, however, those new comics at DJ's are stocked by a member of the state legislature.
State Rep. David Yaccarino, R-North Haven, opened his shop 21 years ago. Back then, all he sold were baseball cards and sports collectibles. But it wasn't long until his customers began asking for comics, too. Yaccarino says he first started ordering 25 books a week, a decision that would, however unlikely, eventually lead to a political campaign that crossed partisan boundaries. Before long, Yaccarino says, those 25 books a week turned into hundreds.
Some might imagine DJ's customers as pimply teenage boys, but the time when that stereotype might have been true is long over, and Yaccarino says he sells his comics to all kinds.
"I have surgeons, doctors, lawyers, ironworkers, businesspeople, some politicians, some attorneys -- they read comics on a regular basis," Yaccarino says. "When I tell that to people who don't follow the business, they go, 'Get out of here.'"
Since becoming a state representative, Yaccarino, in his second term, says he's found some comic fans at the Capitol, too. Yaccarino's vocation as comic shop owner acts as an icebreaker of sorts -- he says he's had politicians profess their fondness for the art form to him as if it was a guilty pleasure, that they "didn't want to tell anyone."
To that, Yaccarino says, "Why? Who cares?"
So what exactly is the allure of the comic book? Why have comics influenced modern popular culture so heavily, providing the basis for films like "The Avengers" and television shows like "The Walking Dead." What draws the politician, the ironworker, and, yes, the pimply teenage boy, to the comic shop?
Yaccarino says it's hope.
"Good always triumphs over evil," Yaccarino says. "Most of the books are rooted in real-life issues, from either people being bullied, gender issues, cultural issues, race."
He brings up the case of Spider-Man, the wimpy kid who gets pushed around before transforming into someone who can stand up against those doing the pushing. And then there's Daredevil, the blind hero who turns his disability into his superpower, using his heightened senses to outperform sighted foes. And let's not forget the X-Men, those misunderstood mutants whose arch nemesis is as much the threat of discrimination as it is the metal-bending Magneto.
These comics provide a common ground for DJ's customers, something to talk about while browsing the shelves. Ben Gritz, Yaccarino's only full-time employee, says the weekly Wednesday release of comics becomes a part of peoples' schedules. DJ's customers shop according to a regular cycle, so, when they come in, they're likely to see familiar faces, likely to start forming friendships. Yaccarino describes his store as a throwback to the mom-and-pop shops of days gone by -- the kind of place where everyone knows your name.
"I joke with Dave," says Gritz, "this place is like Cheers."
And it's this Cheers-like environment that encourages conversation about more than just comics, Yaccarino says.
"I don't know what it is. It always has. People bounce things off one another. Politics, sports, their life, their personal life, their professional life," Yaccarino says. "People come and have coffee, they congregate here. I have a picnic table outside. Many times, people sit outside and we have really healthy discussions."
Frank Tropeano, a Democrat from North Haven, once was just another one of those customers who would come to DJ's for more than just comics. Now he works for Yaccarino a few days a week, helping with the Wednesday order and auctioning items on eBay.
"It's just a really good place to come in and express ideas and opinions, Tropeano says. "There are a lot of things that are happening in our government and our society today. You want to be able to bounce things off of peers. So, being able to come into the comic book store and talk about what the Congress did, or the Senate did, or what's going on in state and local government, to complain and put out your ideas, to be the Monday morning quarterback for what you would have done if you were a senator or whatever, that's what makes this place great. You could just talk about anything you would want to."
And from these conversations, Yaccarino, Tropeano and Gritz, a Democratically inclined independent, formed an unusual political partnership.
"I was a customer, and over the years I built a friendship with Dave, and we would chat about politics in the store, and Dave asked me if he thought it was a good idea to run," Tropeano says. "He asked me to join his committee, and one thing led to another, and before I knew it I was a campaign manager."
Gritz, who graduated from Boston College with a major in political science and history before going to law school at the University of California, Davis, became Yaccarino's treasurer after he started working at the shop. Gritz says working on Yaccarino's campaigns doesn't conflict with his more liberal outlook.
"Personally, I feel like when it comes to local politics, the issues don't matter so much as competency. And I think Dave is very competent. And I think he's in it for the right reasons," Gritz says.
Since Yaccarino became a state representative, he, Gritz and Tropeano agree DJ's has become more than just a comic book shop. Yaccarino describes it as his North Haven office, a place people can stop by and talk about state affairs. Gritz calls it a political outpost of sorts.
"Parents will come, a lot of times kids will come in wanting Pokemon cards or comics," Gritz says. "And then it's like, "Oh, Dave's here. What do you think about this law they're passing?'"
Like any political forum, Tropeano and Gritz say the discussions sometimes heat up a little.
"I think because of how toxic national politics have become, it's kind of poisoned everything below it, too," Gritz says. "People have a lot of preconceptions going into arguments."
But those true arguments are rare, Gritz says.
"We have a lot of conversations where people learn something. We have a lot of conversations where nobody learns something, but it's still very civil discourse," he said. "And, very rarely, you have the kind that get a little more elevated."
Even if nobody's mind is changed, a lot can come from a healthy political debate.
"We have our discussions and that's how you learn," Yaccarino says. "I think it makes me a better legislator because I can look at both sides. I can hear their side, and they hear my side, and we bounce it off."
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Prospect Soler suspended five games for outburst
CHICAGO -- The Florida State League suspended Cubs top prospect Jorge Soler five games for leaving the dugout and wielding a bat during a game Wednesday night.
"Jorge is tremendously remorseful about what happened and understands what he did was wrong," said Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations. "He didn't sleep last night -- was up all night thinking about it. He was very apologetic. He understands this can't happen again and understands there will be discipline associated with it."View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- The Florida State League suspended Cubs top prospect Jorge Soler five games for leaving the dugout and wielding a bat during a game Wednesday night.
"Jorge is tremendously remorseful about what happened and understands what he did was wrong," said Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations. "He didn't sleep last night -- was up all night thinking about it. He was very apologetic. He understands this can't happen again and understands there will be discipline associated with it."View Full Game Coverage
Soler, who is playing for Class A Daytona, was ejected in the seventh inning. Clearwater second baseman Carlos Alonso came down on Soler after he slid into second trying to break up a double play. Soler and Alonso exchanged words and were separated. But Soler re-emerged from the Cubs dugout with a bat and made his way toward the visitor's dugout. He was restrained by teammates, then ejected. Daytona pitcher Frank Del Valle was the first to get to Soler.
"I think he was frustrated by some things, and there was some emotional things he was fighting with," Daytona manager Dave Keller told The Daytona Beach News-Journal after the game.
"When he slid into second base, [Alonso] ended up laying on top of him. He was laying on him, so [Soler] pushed with his arm to get him off him, and I think the second baseman interpreted that the wrong way, like he wanted to fight or something," Keller said.
Epstein reviewed the video of the incident and spoke to Soler Thursday morning. According to the outfielder, there was some talk back and forth during the game, and something was said about Soler's family, and Epstein said, "that's when he lost his cool."
"He understands and we agree that's not an excuse for what happened," Epstein said. "He has to find a way to better manage his emotions on the field. We condemn the act and what took place, but we support the player. We believe in Jorge as a person as well as a player. It's our responsibility to work with him and make sure he has a better way to channel his emotions on the field and make sure something like this doesn't happen again."
Anyone around Soler in Spring Training could see he was well-mannered, friendly and had a quick smile. But he's also young and adjusting to life in the U.S.
"This is a great kid who has already overcome a lot in his life and someone we're not worried about at all for the long haul," Epstein said. "He's been thrust into a very high-profile situation very suddenly, and it's our job as an organization to make sure he has the tools to make good decisions even in the heat of the moment."
The entire incident was over quickly, Epstein said.
"There was no swinging of the bat, whatsoever. There was no physical contact. There was no violent act," Epstein said. "This was merely a situation of grabbing a bat, which he shouldn't have done, and heading toward the opposing dugout, which he shouldn't have done."
The news of Soler's outburst surprised Cubs players, who were with the 21-year-old outfielder in Spring Training.
"He came here to work hard, to be in the big leagues, and [I told him to] not pay attention to the negative in the Minor Leagues, because sometimes there are some people who are negative," veteran Alfonso Soriano said. "I said, 'Don't think about that, just think about how you came here to play hard, and sooner or later, you'll be in the big leagues if you do the right thing.'"
Soler's father lives in Miami, and his mother and sister are still in Cuba. Soriano tried to give the young outfielder advice in Spring Training and planned on calling Soler.
"I'd tell him to focus and play baseball and not listen to anybody. Just play baseball," Soriano said.
Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he recalled an incident in rookie ball when one of his players grabbed a bat and went after the opposition.
"We had all kinds of incidents. It was a mess," Sveum said. "We only won 17 games."
That doesn't give Soler a free pass.
"Anything like that is surprising, but the circumstances, you don't know because you weren't there," Sveum said. "You don't know what set somebody off. I really don't know all the details yet, except obviously there was an incident you want back."
Soriano said he was surprised to hear about Soler's actions.
"I talked to him a lot in Spring Training, and he looked to be a nice guy, quiet guy," Soriano said.
Soler signed a nine-year, $30 million contract last June, but Sveum said he didn't think that made the outfielder a target.
"When you're in the Minor Leagues, I don't think anybody knows or cares how much money you've got," Sveum said. "The guy's obviously a good player and going to be a really good player. You just have to be able to handle your emotions, that's all."
Anthony Rizzo said Soler, who played just 34 games last season in the Minor Leagues, is still adjusting to life in the U.S.
"He hasn't even been here a year in the States," Rizzo said. "He's got to adjust. That's why he's not in Triple-A or Double-A. He has to learn the ropes. Everyone has made mistakes. Everyone in this clubhouse has made a mistake playing. It's something you learn from."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A pair of Army mountaineering experts spent six hours down a 140-foot hole in an Alaska glacier and helped shovel out more than a ton of snow to recover the body of a 9-year-old Fairbanks boy killed when he drove his snowmobile into the opening.
The dangerous extraction about 125 miles southeast of Fairbanks went off without a hitch, but there was no celebrating among the soldiers or others involved after the arduous, grim work Sunday and early Monday.
"This one went very smooth, and I'm very proud of our men," said Maj. William Prayner, head of the Army Alaska Northern Warfare Training Center. "But it's difficult to be excited about it because of the circumstances and the tragedy."
A dozen soldiers and a civilian instructor at the mountaineering and cold weather training center aided in the recovery of Shjon Brown's body.
The youngster and his father, Roger Brown, were among thousands of Alaskans who descended on the Hoodoo Mountains south of Delta Junction for the Tesoro Arctic Man Classic, a race in which a skier descends a slope, grabs a towline trailing a snowmobile, gets pulled up an second hill, then descends to the finish line. The fastest skiers cross the finish line in about four minutes.
Many spectators take in part of the race, then enjoy miles of high country and the long, warm days of April. The Browns were among them, and on Saturday afternoon made their way up West Gulkana Glacier.
As Roger Brown took a break on a hillside, he watched his son drive around a mound. When Shjon did not reappear, Roger Brown traced the boy's tracks and discovered the boy had driven into a moulin, a hole formed when water on the glacier's surface melts ice and flows to an underground river below.
The hole in summer would have been about 30 feet in diameter, Prayner said. But heavy snowfall had hidden the hazard, and a snow bridge had partially formed across the hole.
"The problem is, when you get on top of the snow bridge, you can force a section of it to fall down into the hole," Prayner said.
An emergency room doctor with climbing experience, identified by the Anchorage Daily News as Jeff Baurick, was in the area. Tied to a snowmobile with its skis buried in snow, he rappelled into the hole and found the child's helmet, goggles and snowmobile. He concluded that the boy was buried.
Soldiers from the northern training center were nearby training, and Alaska State Troopers called for assistance. The soldiers arrived at the glacier in a tracked, articulated Small Unit Support Vehicle, or SUSV, in time to help pull Baurick from the hole. The doctor's observations led troopers to conclude the boy had died.
The training center needed the Defense Department's permission to participate in a recovery mission. That came Sunday.
A dozen soldiers and a second SUSV returned to the moulin with troopers, Roger Brown and three of his friends. The soldiers used Baurick's pictures to plan the recovery.
"It was a straight drop down with a considerable amount of snow overhanging what would be in the summer the full opening of the hole," Prayner said.
The soldiers positioned logs near the lip to provide stability. The overhang was 10 to 14 feet deep - more than enough to bury anyone who went down.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Staff Sgt. Stephon Flynn, 36, a flight medic who works at the cold weather and mountaineering center, and Stephen Decker, 46, a civilian instructor, went over the lip and into the hole.
"There was a lot of snow, and a lot of snow had fallen into the hole on top of Shjon and his snowmachine, so we had to be very careful not to keep more snow falling in, to keep Flynn and Decker from getting covered," Prayner said.
On the floor of the hole, just 15 feet in diameter, Flynn and Decker roped themselves in. Water flowing in a moulin goes somewhere, Prayner said, and they probed the bottom to make sure it was stable.
They also dug a shallow cave in the wall where they could take shelter from falling show. Every time a load was lifted, they entered the cave. Parts of the snow bridge tumbled down.
"They thought at some point they might get buried for a little bit," Prayner said. Three soldiers at the surface were ready to quickly descend if they needed to be dug out.
Mostly Flynn and Decker probed, dug and shoveled snow into "mule" bags that were lifted out because there was no room to move the snow aside.
Soldiers at the surface couldn't risk adding the weight of pulleys to the logs at the lip. Two roped-in soldiers at the lip used brute force to pull up the bags, which weighed more than 100 pounds each.
Other soldiers, or Brown and his companions, dragged off the bags, emptied them and return them to be sent back down the hole.
The men pulled 30 bags over the lip - more than 3,000 pounds of snow - with Flynn and Decker waiting in their cave for each load to clear.
At 9:30 p.m., their metal probe had touched something soft - the boy's boot.
It took two more hours to remove the snow around Shjon's body. Under lights powered by a generator, the soldiers prepared to lift him at 11:30 p.m. - and made a place at the lip for Roger Brown.
"The No. 1 man bringing the stuff up was one of our lead mountaineers, 1st Sgt. (Tom) Dow," said Prayner, who directed the recovery.
"We put the father right next to him, tied in," he said. "After we had packaged Shjon up, we brought him up, and his father, with the first sergeant, brought him out of the hole."
Shjon's body was moved to an SUSV, where Roger Brown and his friends could grieve in private.
The soldiers at the surface switched ropes, which had been damaged moving up snow, and helped Flynn and Decker climb out. The group met Shjon's mother and the boy's stepfather at the Army's Black Rapids training facility.
Prayner, who has two 10-year-old sons, said the effort was taxing but the soldiers were humbled and honored to help the grieving family.
"This is a 9-year-old boy and a father," he said. "This is probably the hardest one in at least last seven or eight years that I've done. It's just very hard."


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Fergie considers Tiote bid
Roberto Mancini rules out a loan move for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez saying: "...the best solution for us is to sell him. We can't let him leave on loan."
Blackburn boss Steve Kean has apparently fallen out with Michel Salgado over the veteran defender's recent omission from the Rovers squad.
Jonny Evans has given up on the idea of practicing a goal celebration saying: "I would be too embarrassed to celebrate now."
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard looks set to make his long awaited return to first-team football over the busy Christmas period.
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Manchester United head the queue for impressive Newcastle and Ivory Coast midfielder Chieck Tiote. [Daily Mirror]
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Manchester United have joined Liverpool in the race to sign Basel midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri - the man dubbed the new Lionel Messi. [Daily Star]
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Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty, [guilty], says terrorist groups, [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East], will continue to find new ways to threaten countries.
[Just plain fear-mongering and propaganda].
Keelty: "It is clear that terrorism will continue to be a dominant focus for us all," he said.
"Terrorist groups will continue to evolve, new methodology will be adopted by them and they will threaten us in new ways."
The Deputy Prime Minister, [war criminal], John Anderson, announced a review of maritime security yesterday amid concerns a ship carrying explosives could be used to attack an Australian city.
[Just plain fear-mongering and propaganda].
[Allegedly], Shipping Australia has raised doubts about the ability of police and customs to increase port security with their current resources. [?]
[Allegedly], Keelty has declined to comment on how well resourced Australia is to respond to an attack at a port, saying he will wait for the review to be completed.
"The Deputy Prime Minister, [someone else], announced yesterday the review of the arrangements at the port facilities around the country, I think that in my position I should wait for the outcome of that report," he said. [But isn't that what he was told to do?]
Australia's largest-ever counter-terrorism exercise, [fear-mongering, scapegoat and patsy propaganda], Mercury 04, has begun with the focus on an 'incident' in the Northern Territory which involves elements in South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.
[War criminal], Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says ASIO, [an Australian terrorist organisation], has, [allegedly], neither confirmed nor denied reports that it searched for a Chechen believed to be associated with terrorism suspect, [scapegoat], Willie Brigitte.
[Just plain rubbish and fear-mongering propaganda.]
[Allegedly], Mackay Port Authority is confident its terrorist security, [scapegoat security], plan will be fully operational by the end of May.
[Allegedly], Rail authorities from across the nation will meet in Sydney later this week to discuss security arrangements, [fear-mongering propaganda], in the wake of the, [false flag operation, and call to arms, that backfired], Madrid bombings.
[Alleged], Intelligence chiefs from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain will meet in Madrid on Monday to draw up a coordinated response to the, [alleged], heightened terrorist threat Europe faces in the wake of the, [false flag], March 11 bombings in Madrid.
[However, Spain demands 'radical change' in Iraq strategy.]
By No War? 22 March 04
Daily Telegraph rolled-over for Howard's war games
Given the source appears to be the Daily Terror this time, the next thing you'll be told is that Brigitte intended to have lunch with Bin Laden on the lawn at Parliament House Canberra, probably written in the Un-Australian next week after the war games.
Should Howard be detained indefinitely?
Australian mock, convicted terrorist and, [war criminal], John Howard is seriously considering appealing the precise time limit on detaining terrorist suspects,[scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East.]
Counter-terrorism-fear-mongering, propaganda exercise to test several states For the first time, Australia is about to test its ability to respond to terrorism threats and acts, [fear-mongering, propaganda for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East], in several states simultaneously.
Well think about this! Australia's intelligence agencies, [fear mongering, propaganda agencies], look set to receive a substantial funding boost in this year's Federal Budget, with the Prime Minister saying it is an obvious step to take.
HoWARd, where's your head at?
Australians is living on the edge! Seems each time the bombs go off overseas for the Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East Australians are living on the edge.
Australia: National Insecurity Anthem
Australians all let us give voice. For we are free no more. We've lost the right to liberty. In Uncle Howard's war. From high school kids. To journalists. You'll be in custody. If someone you know, give ASIO. A little insecurity.
Howard gov't and media talks up terror
First it was the Lucas Height nuclear reactor Willie Brigitte was alleged to have been planing to blow up. ASIO alleged to have found some type of map as evidence late last year.
Australian corporate media? Brigitte allegations?
A plot to attack the Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor and blow up the Daily Telegraph Newspaper building is alleged to have been the reason Willie Brigitte was deported back to France. Believe it or not?
Brigitte release 'imminent for lack of evidence': lawyer
Lawyers for deported terror suspect, [scapegoat for the Coalition of the Killings resource war in the Middle East], Willie Brigitte expect he may be released shortly by French authorities due to a lack of evidence.
Dying to get to the Opera? Or the Hospital?
There is to be increased funding for security at the Sydney Opera House while people are dying trying to get into a hospital bed. In NSW you have more chance of being shot in the street so the priority should be hospitals not Opera Houses.
Absence of faith in the Australian Gov't
A Sydney-based former baggage handler and his brother have been found guilty in Lebanon's 'military court' of helping to fund a terrorist network linked to Al Qaeda.
Did 'Jihad Jack' train at GI boot camp?
Parody: Jack Thomas, the Melbourne man allegedly linked to, [US demon], al-Qa'ida, [keywords: links, plots, cells, training camps, boot camps, terrorists, jihad, al-Qa'ida], through a friend of a friend of a friend, who had known about al-Qa'ida being investigated by police.
Man on first terror charge not first alleged terrorist
Zak Mallah of Condell Park was arrested overnight when federal and NSW police slipped on a banana skin into a western Sydney reserve and then raided his home.
Big Bang Theory, ASIO
The most significant threat to Australia is Prime Minister John Howard. Howard has lied to the Australian people constantly. Slaughtered the international rule of law by preventive strikes on Iraq, rigorously changed laws to deter asylum seekers, locked up children of asylum seekers, and undermined the political process by jailing Pauline Hanson, political prisoner of the year.
Sydney man terrorised by the NSW Police Force
Senior New South Wales police say s charges have been laid against a man in Sydney. Police say a 20-year-old has been charged with committing an action in preparation for a terrorist attack.
ASIO bill expected to pass Senate
The war criminal, Federal Attorney-General has defended proposed new ASIO, [an Australian terrorist organisation], powers which would limit the media's ability to report on terrorist investigations, [scapegoat investigations.]
Australian Corruption: Absence in Absentia
Two Sydney brothers illegally sentenced in Lebanon to 10 years' hard labour could cancel extradition, despite the fascist dictator John Howard declaring Australia is ready to extradite them.
Lawyer said Govt made Brigitte a scapegoat
The lawyer for French terrorism suspect, [scapegoat for the Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East], Willie Brigitte says his client was not planning an attack in Australia.
Brigitte planned to blow up the Daily Terror
In bright red letters with an X marks the spot it appeared to be right under Campbell Reid's office.
Meet Melanie Brown the Sydney woman who married the Daily Terror? Meet Melanie Brown, the Sydney woman who wed Willie Brigitte -- the tourist, [and now scapegoat for the Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East], accused of helping mastermind a terrorist attack in Australia, according to ASIO [an Australian government terrorist organisation], and the DAILY TERROR.
Daily Telegraph: Wife had a key role in war
Brigitte's wife it had been alleged by the Daily Terror, [and obviously the Australian government], to have been earmarked for bigger things in the war against terror, [The Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East], which is also a war on liberty here at home.
How the Daily Telegraph seduced an Aussie public!
GKCNN can today reveal details of the brazen attempt by another dangerous terrorist newspaper. The Daily Telegraph blends into the Australian community and targets an impressionable public. Along side other corporate media organisations like the Un-Australian Newspaper, used by the Howard Government for propaganda purposes.
An Un-Australian News Pill pushes polls after raising fears
The Un-Australian newspaper is now pushing its own news poll agenda after raising terror fears for the last fortnight. Questions are being asked this morning about what stake the newspaper has in the Australian Government's fear campaign?
ASIO: No responsibility!
Blick: "Because these searches are carried out with the cooperation of police forces, both AFP [Australian Federal Police] and state police, it's not always entirely clear which members of the team ... are those supposed to have done the things which people complain about," he said.
After a war waged by the U.S. military against Vietnam which took the lives of more than 3 million Vietnamese people and more than 58,000 GIs, the U.S. finally withdrew in 1975. It had suffered its first official major military defeat by a united people struggle led by the Vietnamese, along with a mass U.S. anti-war movement.
Australian fascist laws ready as scapegoat talks
ASIO [state terrorists], could use its special draconian powers for the first time in coming days as security forces [state terrorists] step up their investigation of French terror suspect [scapegoat], Willie Brigitte.
Fascist wants more power for ASIO
[War criminal] Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock wants to strengthen Australia's terrorism laws, [scapegoat laws], to make it easier for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) [state terrorists] to hold and question suspects [scapegoats and patsies], without any evidence for three years and ban organisations.
THE DAILY TERROR and ASIO in Fairyland!
ASIO agents [how could anyone believe them?] and analysts from the NSW Police counter terrorism [counter scapegoat] co-ordination command [Noble Cause Corruption Unit], are reviewing a list of names deported Brigitte gave them as his contacts in Australia.
Mahathir offers to go out with a bang
"Report the truth even if it is bad. Don't be a spin doctor, don't distort news, don't have your own agenda," he said.Dr Mahathir has claimed repeatedly that his remark at an Islamic summit in mid-October that Jews rule the world was taken out of context.
US to keep military ties with Indonesia
But America, East Timor, Bali, and Australian complicity have something in common with the 'Indonesian armed forces' and the fallout was the TNI's East Timor's massacre in 1999 and the CIA's false flag, call to arms Bali bombing in 2002, believe it or not.
The Daily Propaganda: Bali bombings could have been worse?
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner, Mick Keelty, says the bombs that killed 88 Australians in Bali could have done a lot more damage if they had been built differently.
NSW Terrorist Minister leads the way
New South Wales is hosting a two-day conference of state and territory prisons ministers on how to detain terrorists [scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's resource war's in the Middle East.]
Australia: Hamas support group investigations
The Australian Federal Police and ASIO [state terrorists] are believed to be investigating support groups in Australia, specifically support groups operating out of Western Australia.
Signs of the Times: Aggressive Scepticism
If anyone has known a schizophrenic then you may also know that it is because of some sound or picture that invaded their thoughts which sent them mad. So possibly, any invasion of my time with self, a time to integrate past experiences could send someone mad. However if there is no interference with our own thoughts and ideas we sometimes choose to write down our conclusions and share our ideas with others socially.
Civil Liabilities: Howard's diversity? I had a dream?
The war criminal, Prime Minister, John Howard, who only yesterday was claiming he was showing diversity has stepped up pressure on the states to support plans to increase the war criminal, Federal Attorney-General's powers to ban terrorist organisations, [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]
Keep the bastards honest: Publicity keeps an eye on ethics?
The Australian Federal Police commissioner says investigations into terrorist links [scapegoat and patsy links] to Australia are being made more difficult by public debate about the progress of inquiries.
Howard, Ellison, Williams, Australian terrorists, Muslim bashing! Brothers sacrificed! [War criminal], Attorney-General Daryl Williams said the Australian Federal Police and ASIO, [Australian state-terrorists], had been in contact with Lebanese authorities over the Khazal brothers. "The Australian authorities are well aware of the fact that a warrant was issued for the arrest of Mr Khazal and his brother in June," [war criminal], Williams said yesterday.
Qantas handler handcuffed to al-Qa'ida
War criminal, Attorney-General Daryl Williams who? Daryl Williams who? Oh you mean that Daryl Williams, would you believe him? You say he what? Confirmed last night the Government was aware of claims that Sydney man Bilal Khazal and Melbourne cleric Sheikh Mohammed Omran were linked to an al-Qa'ida detainee known as Abu Dahdah.
Islamic movement denies links to Al Qaeda
The Islamic Youth Movement has denied having any links to Al Qaeda and says it is considering legal action against the Four Corners [Walls] program. In a statement released early this morning, the group rejects allegations it is helping coordinate any kind of terrorist network inside Australia and says it is being unfairly targeted.
Former Qantas worker denies Al Qaeda link
Four Corners [Walls] has [allegedly] cited a CIA document alleging Bilal Khazal was not only an Al Qaeda operative but was planning attacks on US interests in Venezuela and the Philippines, but Mr Khazal has denied the claims.
Woman linked to Four Corners worked at Sydney Airport: JI
Parody: New airport security concerns have been raised by reports that a woman believed by JI to be associated with Four Corners worked as a baggage handler at Sydney's international terminal.
Evidence emerges of proposed Four Corners base in Bali
Parody: More evidence has emerged that the ABC terrorist network believed to have been behind the propaganda in Australia has tried to set up a long-term base in Bali.
Australian Terror cell here long before Bali
The Australian terrorist Captain Cook infiltrated Australia years before the Bali bombings in which 202 people perished. Aboriginal people attempted to remember Captain Cook not as a founding father but as a harbinger of dispossession and death, a sign of white amnesia. Another anniversary year-used to mark two hundred years since Cook had journeyed along the east coast of Australia and, for some people, discovered a continent.
NSW police confirm don't use the phone to talk about terrorism!
The New South Wales Police Service has confirmed it is using phone taps and other forms of electronic surveillance to monitor suspected terrorist activity [ ? To monitor potential scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]
Australia: Terrorising you in secret
Suspected terrorists [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East] will be tried in secret under new laws to be introduced by the Federal Government.
NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.
Evidence that Howard was complicit in CIA, false flag, call to arms, Bali bombings War criminal John Howard was complicit in the call to arms - false flag operation - Bali bombings - instigated by the CIA - and the Coalition of the Killing - to bolster support - and quell dissent for their illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.
War criminal Howard high-jacks HRCA to 'legitimise killing'
The Human Rights Council of Australia (HRCA) says it fears Prime Minister John Howard's comments in support of the execution of [CIA operative] Osama bin Laden show his eagerness to overturn three decades of national opposition to the death penalty.
State terror units caused the terror!
The level of suspicion and surveillance created by the [US false flag operation and call to arms] Bali bombings, created by [ the Coalition of the Killing and Australian's complicity to go to war on Iraq] means that all Australian's suffer the loss of their human rights, civil rights and their democratic rights, as well as those Australian's who lost their life in Bali.
Al-Qa'ida or poor people without hope?
Anyone contemplating war without a UN sanction is nothing more than a common criminal and not acting in accordance with the law. Isn't Richardson the head of ASIO? A law enforcement agency? Al-Qa'ida is a Coalition of the Killing demon made up by the CIA. These people are just scapegoats, patsies, and peasants."
Red paper classes Australia as terrorist suspects
Australia's old foreign policy red paper says Australians have become targets because their own government is being run by war criminals that are complicit in state terror, torture, murder, occupation and genocide.
Australia backs CIA Reichstag, Downer's propaganda
The Foreign Affairs Minister says the latest message from Osama bin Laden is worrying. [Just plain rubbish!]
UK Reid, Blair and the reichstag London threat!
The nature of the [alleged] terrorist threat to London is on the scale of the [USA false flag] September 11 attacks in the United States, the chairman of Britain's governing Labour Party said.
Bin Laden calls? CIA blind man's bluff!
A [US propaganda, fear-mongering] taped message purportedly from Osama bin Laden has warned Arab nations against supporting a war against Iraq but has branded Saddam Hussein an infidel.
Middle Eastern: Specific Legislation
"If there is a target person the police would have powers in relation to that type of person," Mr Costa said. Asked what he meant by "type of person", Mr Costa said: "The example that's been given is if there's a description of somebody, an identikit photograph released by Interpol or other agencies ... these powers may well be exercised on that type of person."
Howard defends terror alert
Prime Minister John Howard says the Federal Government would not have issued a terror alert if it had not come from a credible source. (America?) Speaking for the first time since the Government revealed the warning, Mr Howard says he wants people to be more careful, but not to stop living. [As long as they don't go dancing in Bali? And sure we'll all be depressed for as long as John Howard and Bob Carr say so.]
Carr backs Fed Govt's terror alert
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has defended the Federal Government's decision to issue a warning to Australians about a possible terrorist attack in Australia.
NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.
When Johnny comes marching home again: 'hoorah hoorah'
Posted on the Resistance web page Bronwyn Powell, an organiser of the youth-led mobilisation told Green Left weekly that "in the face of attacks on civil liberties, it is unfortunate that some union officials have felt they need to submit. It could set a negative precedent for upholding the hard-won right to demonstrate in the street."
Give peace a chance
PIERS AKERMAN DT 28 Nov 02: JUSTICE John Dowd should be removed from the bench. His crime? Stupidity. In a breath-taking display of hand-wringing sanctimonious morality, Dowd has condemned the State and Federal Governments' anti-terrorism measures, claiming they erode rights and give encouragement to oppressive regimes.
The scavengers of terror
The NSW Government is to introduce increased police powers bill. Legislation giving New South Wales police special powers to deal with an emergency terrorist situation [emergency scapegoat situation] will be introduced into the New South Wales Parliament today.
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For me, frequent barbershop visits are about much more than good grooming. Going to the barbershop transports me to my childhood. My wonderful father would take my brother and me for cuts. Treks to the barbershop return me to the days of driving my 1984 Chevrolet Cavalier to Curtis Miller's Barbershop in Tallahassee, Fla. It was imperative to keep the flattop of my high-school days impeccably sculpted. Before every major event in my life a trip to the barbershop has been not an option but a necessity. I have sat in the chair of a professional barber before my graduations, my ordination, my wedding and the funerals of those whom I have loved. I have gotten much more than haircuts. I have benefited from wisdom, encouragement, correction, laughter and tears in barbershops in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Maryland. These shops have served as sacred communal space for countless generations of men like me.
The barbershop has also served as a theological classroom. My barbershop habit continued unabated by my precarious economic situation when I was a student at Duke Divinity School between the years of 1996 and 1999. I spent time every Friday at Thorpe's Barber Shop on Fayetteville Street in Durham. I had the privilege of sitting in classrooms with some of the best theological teachers and students in the nation. And when I got to the barbershop with some of my classmates on Fridays we brought seminary into the shop with us. The men and women in the shop looked forward to our arrival every week. They wanted to know what we were learning. They wanted to disagree and agree, they wanted to engage and disengage, they wanted to encourage our theological pursuits and to tell us that our educational aspirations were unnecessary to serve God's church. It was fun. It was heated. It could get tense, even exasperating.
No hyperbole -- we would talk about the JEDP theory. We would talk about the Q source theory. We would talk about hypostasis and kenosis. And folks loved it. I did not realize that these conversations were formational pastoral training. In seminary we talk about ideas with others who talk about ideas, and we are rewarded for mastering the language and techniques of the guild. In the barbershop those ideas needed to be incarnate for the biology professor, the mechanic, the police officer, and the attorney to engage them. People of varying levels of education, exposure and sophistication would engage with bumbling young theologues because we knew that what we were learning was not esoteric. What we were learning came from the thoughtful reflection, intellectual engagement and faithful wrestling of our mothers and fathers in faith. Because we understood that fact, we connected lecture with life in the barbershop. We were saved from the heresy of Gnosticism in Thorpe's Barber Shop. We had acquired no special knowledge. We shared the intellectual gifts and theological heritage of the church with our friends, and they shared the same with us. We honed the skills of listening and learning and teaching every Friday in the Hayti community of the Bull City.
But all was not sunshine and roses. Many of our fellow patrons were suspicious of Duke University because they had deep roots in Durham and knew its history. Many were dubious about the Divinity School and what it taught and stood for. Many were skeptics when it came to Christianity. Many were not enamored of preachers or of the church. All of these complicating factors added texture and depth to our conversations. I learned that my vocation was not to have the answers but to help to escort others into a deeper engagement with the mysteries of our faith even as they escorted me into the same reality. Our Fridays were not exercises in proselytization; they were iron-sharpening sessions.
One day, a gentleman had had enough of me, the bespectacled know-it-all from Duke. He looked at me and said, "You use too many big words!" There was a smidgen of humor in his remarks, but he was serious. His was not an anti-intellectual tirade. That would be too simplistic an interpretation of his gentle yet stern outburst. His was a cry for the church and her servants to be about the truly big words of our sacred texts and proclamation. He wanted less declamation and more demonstration. He wanted more from the church and from me than bland moralism or showing off my recently acquired multisyllabic theological vocabulary. What was I really about? What are we really about? What is the church really about? Who is this Triune God that we talk about ad nauseum? People really do care about these questions.
I read a Barbara Brown Taylor sermon some years ago. She wrote about a drought in our pulpits. A drought not caused by a lack of exegetical rain, but a drought caused by neglecting the big words of our faith. Words like faith, hope, love, grace, justice, peace, and forgiveness. These words are not big because of their many syllables. These words are not big because they are difficult to spell or pronounce. These words are big because they originate in the very being of the God whom we worship, and they come to us only as good gifts from that same God. These words cannot be manufactured by our efforts; they cannot be brought to life through the antics of classroom genius or pulpit proficiency. I learned in the barbershop that God's people, both in the church and out of the church, are desperate to have these blessed, big words spoken into their lives.
My affiliation with Duke Divinity School has afforded me many opportunities. I am grateful for them all. But I did not enter the Divinity School as a theological tabula rasa. I was already formed theologically upon the anvil and cross of African Methodism. It was the pronouncement of big words like justice, peace, love and mercy that first captivated my ears and deepened my faith. The apostle Paul was indeed correct: My faith came by hearing big words that pointed to the reality of God's work in and through Jesus Christ. I have never gotten those big words out of my head.
I left Duke and served as a pastor for nearly 10 years at various African Methodist Episcopal parishes in Florida. I then had the distinct opportunity to return to Duke and work with Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. I have returned to pastoral ministry at the Turner Memorial Church in the Washington Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. I am blessed to work with Leadership Education as I serve the good people of the Washington metropolitan area. As I reflect on my unfolding vocation, I am clear that I am a big-word chaser. When I read of God's love and justice and peace in Scripture, when I hear God's grace and mercy and forgiveness proclaimed from pulpits and lecterns and hospital beds, I know why I am in the world. I am in the world to hear those words, to speak those words, and to watch God's eschatological dream for creation unfold in the everydayness and brokenness of our world. My work as a pastor and as a managing director at Leadership Education tells me that Christians and our institutions have ears that are as parched as our throats. We want to taste the big words of God. We want to speak them. We know that when these words are spoken they become flesh in our world.
I learned at Leadership Education that some of the best stuff written about leadership is not explicitly about leadership but about the habits and practices that shape faithful people who do good work. Here is a practice that we must all cultivate and deepen. As we go about serving God and participating in God's reign, let us use more big words. Let's use them in the barbershops and grocery stores and outlet malls. I would like to hear more big words from our pulpits and lecterns. How about hearing them from our leaders during this political season? Peace. Justice. Hope. Love. Say these words. People everywhere are waiting to hear us speak them again.
This was originally published in the Fall 2012 issue of DIVINITY magazine, published by Duke Divinity School.


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There are no promises Tarvaris Jackson will still be the Seattle Seahawks' starting quarterback in 2012, but he appears to be in surprisingly good position to retain the gig.
ESPN's John Clayton reported Sunday that Jackson will work with the first team when training camp begins next month.
As Pete Carroll told Around The League last week, the signing of Matt Flynn to a $19.5 million contract in the offseason didn't guarantee anything to the former Aaron Rodgers understudy. Or, as Carroll colorfully put it, "On the field, he ain't carrying around any money in his pocket."
Carroll maintained Flynn would get a fair shot at earning the job in camp -- Jackson, Flynn and rookie Russell Wilson will split reps -- but he didn't come off as a guy in love with Seattle's new acquisition, either. According to Clayton, there might be a reason for that.
"(Flynn) hasn't wowed anybody in all the offseason program," Clayton said (via Rotoworld). "And because of that, when they start training camp, Tarvaris Jackson will be taking the first snap. ... It's still gonna be a three-way competition. Because of that, Flynn's going to have to pick things up and wow everybody or at least take control of it during camp. He's not done it yet."
Matt Flynn got $10 million guaranteed in his deal with the Seahawks. That kind of money is almost always a ticket to the starting lineup, though it appears an outlier of a situation is developing in Seattle.


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B6 - supposed to improve infertility by 120%! Plus it helps with MS (morning sickness or multiple sclerosis) so either way this is a great vitamin to be taking!
Mucinex - 3-5 days before O (ovulation) - make sure you get the kind that has Guaifenesin in it - take as directed about 10 days before ovulation - DRINK LOTS OF WATER!! This helps increase your EWCM (egg white cervical mucus) and you should notice a big difference! (Not recommended if you are trying to girl sway!)
Baby Asprin (81mg) - some doctors recommend taking a daily baby aspirin if you have miscarried or have repeated mc's - if you're just starting to TTC (trying to conceive) I wouldn't worry about this unless you've gone a few months without success, then I'd try it just to see... but once you're pregnant check with the doc about continuing - some want you to and others don't....
Temping - get a basal thermometer - take your temp at wakeup time - this needs to be the same time everyday so if you wake up at 4am for work then on your days off you need to be alarming to temp at 4am as well ;-)
Sperm meets the egg plan - if you haven't read this - it has some good information in it! :-)
Fertility foods: waywardstork.blogspot.com/2008/10/f...
Orgasm Sways: When the female has an orgasm it makes the pH more alkaline, which is favorable to male sperm. Without the O, it is more acidic which the stronger female sperm can survive in longer. Girl=NO O Boy=O :-)
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I found a venue that will do open bar, cocktail hour,sit down dinner and center pieces for $2500, its a bit over budget and im wondering if its a little to good to be true. what do you think?
If you are anywhere near Michigan City, IN I can suggest several sites at International Friendship Gardens you could use. There are several local officiants who are reasonably priced. Do-it-yourself food for receptions will also bring the price down. Brides & Grooms all have different wishes for their special day. Some want a very basic reception-wedding and can pull off a beautiful day for $2k. Seen it done, know it can be done. If interested in more help or info, please call 219.878.9885 and leave a message for Mary Kay or Nancy.
Your budget is extremely low, so you'll have to keep a close eye on what you spend. A few thoughts and links to more complete information (disclosure: links are to my website/Pinterest account)...As ram12 pointed out, the venue is usually a big cost, so get creative about where you hold the wedding--in someone's back yard, a field/barn, basement, etc. Basically, anyplace you can get with open space--non-traditional venues are in.Catering/food is another large expense. You can do a home made desserts bar instead of a big cake for people to eat. If you want a traditional cake cutting, have a very small one. Food will depend...maybe you can recruit family/friends for a complete DIY or work with caterer to make main dish and you supply sides?If you want a veil, you can make your own inexpensively ( https://www.myonlineweddinghelp.com/bridal-news/wedding-products/find-accessories/making-a-wedding-veil-how-to )Use a lot of tulle to decorate and use for favors. You can get your selection of color on a 50-yard bolt of 54" for around $40-$50 or a 108" wide for around $100. Message me/reply if you need a link to inexpensive tulle... it's great for a lot of uses (Some ideas on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/YourWeddingHelp/wedding-tulle-ideas/ )Have your favors double as centerpieces...for example: cut tulle into 8" or so squares, fill with inexpensive bulk candy like jellybeans, tie with a matching or contrasting ribbon. For each table's centerpiece, put them on a plate or platter from your--or someone else's--kitchen (they don't have to match). Surround with a few small votives or tea lights for more pizazz.You can usually find a better selection of low-cost items online than you can locally. Look for sales and use coupon codes on top of the sales when you can. Also, some wholesale-priced websites sell single items. (Current deals and offers from online merchants/wholesalers here: https://www.myonlineweddinghelp.com/products/ ). HTH.


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Friday, March 25, 2011
Coco's Animal Antics
Coco is not amused. Every time I play this video, she runs around the house barking. I'm not surprised really , this dog could do with some vocal training.
If you have a pic of pets or animals to share with Coco, post to your blog and leave a link and comment below.
You can see more of Coco's Animal Antics here.
See you tomorrow for Simply Delish
KB and Whitesnake
4 comments:
- Whitesnake said...
I am flabbergasted!
- March 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- JJ said...
Very nice. I once had a golden retriever who would honk the horn on our Jeep if we spent too much time in a pub.
- March 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- KB said...
There sure are some crazy dogs out there.
- March 25, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Miriam said...
Too cute!! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
- March 26, 2011 at 6:09 AM
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The past year has brought so many rumors about who may or may not be starring in Star Wars: Episode VII that it's near-impossible to keep track of. Oscar-nominees, rising stars, lauded character actors - if you can name the Hollywood star off the top of your head, there's a reasonable chance that at some point in 2013 they were either rumored for and/or confirmed to have auditioned for director J.J. Abrams' Star Wars film.
Over the past couple days, we've begun to anticipate that the cast might be formally announced at long, long last on Star Wars day this year (i.e. May 4th), though photos of original Star Wars trilogy cast members Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford in London - where Episode VII is filming - have already leaked online (though, that "secret" had been spoiled a long time ago... in a galaxy not so far away, at that). The studio and filmmaker powers that be have decided to release that information today, now that Abrams has met up with his main cast for Episode VII in London.
Here is the press release from Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm, revealing the official main cast lineup for Episode VII:
The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.
Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."
Check out the first official photo of Abrams and the Episode VII cast, below (click to enlarge):
Young Daisy Ridley (the Silent Witness and Mr. Selfridge TV series) is the expected unexpected newcomer on the list here, though we'd been hearing that Boyega (Attack the Block) and Driver (Girls) - both respected young actors whose stars are on the rise - could be part of the Episode VII cast for a while now, while last night the news of lauded character actor Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) joining the Star Wars crew made its way online. The same for Daniels, Mayhew, and Baker, whose returns as (respectively) C-3PO, Chewbacca and R2-D2 have been heavily rumored for months now.
Gleeson, alum of the Harry Potter franchise and star of the time-traveling romance About Time, is - in my opinion, anyway - an unexpected but fine addition to the Star Wars universe. Likewise, motion-capture guru Serkis (who reprises as the ape Casesar in Dawn of the Plant of the Apes this summer) and the legendary Swedish actor Max von Sydow (The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, Minority Report) are surprising, yet very welcome casting additions. Will the pair put their respective skills to use as a CGI-enhanced alien and villainous Sith type, perhaps? Or does Abrams have something else in mind for the pair?
One last interesting thing to note (for the time being, that is): The Disney/Lucasfilm press release says that Abrams is directing from a screenplay that he wrote with Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) - with no mention of Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), who penned the original Episode VII script draft. Mind you, that doesn't mean Arndt won't be receiving story credit for his contribution, but it is an indication of just how much rewriting Abrams and Kasdan did on Arndt's earlier draft. Hopefully what we have now is an improvement on what we had under the guidance of an Oscar-winning writer like Arndt.
Star Wars: Episode VII is directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer.
The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.


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Management and Organizational Theory, Undergraduate School- Adjunct Faculty
- Location
- Rockville, MD
- Posted
- Jan 09, 2019
- Closes
- Apr 11, 2019
- Function
- Management, School and Teaching
- Industry
- Education
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Adjunct Faculty
Business and Management
The Undergraduate School
Location: Shady Grove, MD
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) seeks adjunct faculty to teach in the Business and Management Studies program. Specifically, we are seeking faculty for the following courses:
BMGT 110: Introduction to Business and Management - An introduction to the fundamental concepts of business management and leadership. The objective is to understand the interrelated dynamics of business, society, and the economy. Discussion covers business principles and practices in the context of everyday business events and human affairs and from a historical perspective.
BMGT 364: Management and Organizational Theory - An examination of the four functions of management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling with emphasis on the application of management concepts and theories to achieve organizational goals. The aim is to develop strategies, goals, and objectives to enhance performance and sustainability. Topics include ethics, social responsibility, globalization, and change and innovation.
BMGT 495: Strategic Management - A study of strategic management that focuses on integrating management, marketing, finance/accounting, production/operations, services, research and development, and information systems functions to achieve organizational success. The aim is to apply integrative analysis, practical application, and critical thinking to the conceptual foundation gained through previous study and personal experience. Emphasis is on developing an organizational vision and mission, developing and implementing strategic plans, and evaluating outcomes.
BMGT 496: Business Ethics - A study of the relationship of business ethics and social responsibility in both domestic and global settings. The aim is to explore ethical and moral considerations of corporate conduct, social responsibilities, policies, and strategies. Emphasis is on the definition, scope, application, and analysis of ethical values as they relate to issues of public and organizational consequence and business decision making in the domestic and global business environments.
Required Education and Experience
- Master's degree in Business or related field from an accredited institution of higher learning, Terminal degree preferred
- Professional experience in Business Management or related field
- You must meet the minimum technology requirements, which can be reviewed at https://www.umuc.edu/visitors/careers/facultyrecruit/upload/Adjunct-Faculty-Minimum-Technology-Requirements.pdf
- Experience teaching adult learners online and in higher education is strongly preferred
Materials needed for submission
- Resume/ Curriculum Vitae
- Cover letter highly preferred
- If selected, candidates with international degrees may be required to submit translation/ degree evaluation from WES, AACRAO or IERF
Who We Are and Who We Serve
UMUC—one of 12 degree-granting institutions in the University System of Maryland (USM)—is a mission-driven institution with seven core values that guide us in all we do. At the top of the list is "Students First," and we strive to do just that for our 90,000 students at home and abroad. From its start in 1947, UMUC has demonstrated its commitment to adult learners. We recognize that adult students need flexibility and options. UMUC is proud to be a global, 24-hour, institution of higher learning.
The typical UMUC student is an adult learner juggling a career, family, and other priorities. Roughly 80% work full time, half are parents, and half are minority students. They are continuing their education to better themselves, their families, and their professional opportunities. UMUC is also a leading higher education provider to the U.S. military, enrolling 55,000 active-duty service members, reservists, National Guard members, veterans, and family members annually. We are proud of our military heritage and are committed to this service.
The Adjunct Faculty Role at UMUC
UMUC is committed to helping students achieve success not only with us, but also in their professional fields. As a result, we actively seek faculty members who are scholar-practitioners: professionals who are actively and successfully engaged in their field who additionally wish to help the next generation of professionals grow in their knowledge and expertise through education. Your role as an adjunct faculty member will be to:
- Actively engage students through frequent interaction that motivates them to succeed, and conveys a genuine energy and enthusiasm for their learning.
- Guide students in active collaboration and the application of their learning in problem- and project-based learning demonstrations.
- Provide rich and regular constructive feedback, utilizing rubrics effectively for the assessment of student work, and acknowledging student accomplishments.
- Demonstrate relevant and current subject-matter expertise, and help students connect concepts across their academic program.
- Provide feedback to your program chair on possible curricular improvements.
The Business and Management program at UMUC
Please visit the following link to learn more about this program, including its description, outcomes, and coursework: http://www.umuc.edu/academic-programs/bachelors-degrees/business-administration-major.cfm
Faculty Training at UMUC
We are committed to your professional success at UMUC. Each new faculty member is required to successfully complete our online two-week new faculty orientation, FacDev 411, as a condition of hire.
Position Available and will Remain Open until Filled
Salary Commensurate with Experience
Adjunct faculty candidates will be required to provide official transcripts during the candidate selection process.
All submissions should include a cover letter and résumé. UMUC offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits for qualifying positions, such as tuition remission, generous leave and healthcare. For detailed benefits information, please visit: https://careers.umuc.edu/benefits.html.The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. UMUC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.If you are an external candidate, you will have the option to create an account after you submit your application. Passwords for external accounts must contain 8 characters including 1 uppercase letter, 1 number, and 1 special character. Please remember this password, as it will be required to apply to additional jobs.


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