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Charlene: If you hate us so much, why are you living under our house?
Decker: Oh that's rich...I'm not living under your house. You're living on top of mine!
Charlene: Well when we built our house here, there was nothing but a mound of dirt.
Decker: Well that mound of dirt just happened to be my home. One minute I'm in the sun room working on a crossword puzzle, when my home gets covered in concrete. So I've been down here for 13 years since, tunneling through fifty feet of concrete!
Charlene: For 13 years?
Decker: It took me 10 years just to get the permit!
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Charlene: He's got these claws and these big sharp teeth!
Baby: (mimicking Charlene) Don't see any monster, maybe just your imagination.
Charlene: Aright, I'm sorry I didn't believe you. Now hurry up and get me out! He's going to cook me for dinner!
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Baby: He's under the bed!
Charlene: You know what? I don't think there is a monster, I think you're just making this whole thing up just to get attention.
Baby: He's gonna cook us in a big pot with carrots, I hate carrots!
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Baby: Whack the monster!
Earl: Fran, turn on the light.
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Baby: Whack the monster!
Earl: Fran, light!
Fran: I can't find the switch.
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The left's outrageously dishonest attempt to blame others for the Democrat policy disaster known as "ISIS" is such a brazen, in-your-face attack on the facts that it simply cannot go unanswered. Here are the top ten signs that this lunatic cult of Islamic savages currently raping, torturing, and mass-murdering its way across Syria and Iraq was created directly by Democrat policies:
10) Even anti-Iraq war partisans like NBC's Richard Engel have openly laughed at the White House's embarrassingly inept and delusional handling of ISIS from the beginning (like incompetently arming them by accident).
9) Even hilariously biased liberal "fact-checkers" like Politifact reject diversionary Democrat attempts to blame the creation of ISIS on George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
8) Even Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) disputed Obama's naive and costly dismissal of ISIS as a "JV team" early on, and called his total non-response to the crisis "too cautious," as it has allowed the group's heinous atrocities to sweep across Syria and Iraq with impunity.
7) Even Palestinian terror-apologist Jimmy Carter blasted Obama for enabling ISIS to take over, saying, "We waited too long. We let the Islamic State build up its money, capability and strength, and weapons while it was still in Syria."
6) Obama now openly lies about it even being his decision to leave Iraq…after campaigning for roughly a year straight on withdrawing the troops. He has also scrambled to blame the rise of ISIS on everything from George Bush (like the race card, it apparently never gets old), to his own subordinates…everything other than Obama carelessly hurrying us out of Iraq. Leftist professors and media outlets have even tried to blame "global warming." And the State Department literally even tried to blame Muslim unemployment.
5) As with Obama's disastrous appeasement of Russia, the "tragic" events Mitt Romney (and President Bush) predicted would happen did in fact end up happening exactly the way he said they would, despite Obama snidely mocking, ridiculing, and condescending to him the entire time on both Russia and Iraq.
4) Even Hillary Clinton is on the record directly attributing the rise of ISIS to Democrats refusing to aid the moderate rebels in Syria, which "left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled."
3) Even Obama's former CIA Director and Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, identified the reckless abandonment of Iraq as the reason ISIS then emerged. According to Panetta, this senseless Democrat betrayal of yet another vital U.S. ally "created a vacuum in terms of the ability of that country to better protect itself, and it's out of that vacuum that ISIS began to breed."
2) All the experts warned Obama that precisely this kind of violence and chaos would ensue across Iraq if he hastily rushed the withdrawal of our troops to meet his arbitrary December 2011 deadline (putting his partisan election-year concerns before our allies, interests, and national defense). Some experts, like Retired Army Gen. John M. Keane, even warned that Obama's plan would be an "absolute disaster" from the moment it was announced.
1) ISIS (formerly al Qaida in Iraq) was already defeated by President Bush's "Surge" strategy (which Democrats trashed, undermined, and insisted would never work), before Obama rushed in and prematurely withdrew nearly all of our troops, needlessly abandoning the country to bloodthirsty Islamic radicals.
Obama himself even fully acknowledged before surrendering the region to infidel-slaughtering psychopaths that there were "risks of increased bloodshed in Iraq without a continuing US presence there." But he then still went on to ludicrously insist that "those risks are even greater if we continue to occupy Iraq and serve as a magnet for…terrorist activity"–a charge that missed the entire point of taking the fight to the enemy and that has been proven thoroughly and utterly wrong at this point.
As with Obama's embarrassing insistence that "The Surge" would never work, his rejection of the interrogation methods that located Osama bin Laden (which he then outrageously took credit for), and his bogus "red line in the sand"…virtually every single thing this Nobel Peace Prize winner has said or done about terrorism in the Middle East has turned out to be disastrously wrong. Not that any of this matters when most of the news media refuse to even mention his abrupt pullout from Iraq when discussing the resulting carnage (compare this with every attack under Bush being framed as happening 'this many days since the"Mission Accomplished" speech').
Obama protects the Muslim fundamentalists who stone women to death for being raped, start global riots over cartoons, and who danced in the streets on 9/11, by equating them to Christians during the Crusades, diverting our attention to the "real threat" of right-wing domestic threats (anyone to the right of Karl Marx), and by refusing to even say the words, "Islamic extremists." He openly arms, funds, and releases Islamic terrorists at every turn, and pretends that this left-wing "grovel, appease, and surrender" foreign policy approach isn't even worse than Bill Clinton's eight-year non-response to al Qaida (which made 9/11 possible).
The Bottom Line: As National Review masterfully spells out in excruciating, step-by-step detail, the facts overwhelmingly demonstrate that ISIS is the direct product of Democrat policies, and nothing else. The left's absurd attempt to blame their relentlessly incompetent foreign policy failures on President Bush for daring to fight back against Islamic terror-sponsors years earlier is the equivalent of blaming FDR for the outcome of Vietnam. It is ridiculous on its face.
Top ten liberal lies about Iraq
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Motorola working on 'just right' size Android device, coming in the second half of 2013
0. phoneArena posted on 17 Apr 2013, 03:08
Motorola has been suspiciously quiet in the last few months, but that sounds like the silence preceding a storm...
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1. gigaraga (Posts: 1454; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
Could this be THE Motorola phone to challenge current high end Android phones?
6. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Sounds more like a mini edition, not unlike the GS III mini....
This may be a letdown. :-(
8. jan25 (Posts: 470; Member since: 26 Feb 2012)
The way i understood it is that it wont be following the latest trend of 5 inch displays.
14. KennethP4V (Posts: 33; Member since: 15 Mar 2013)
i agree, prolly 4.8", and best if they do something like the HTC One dual stereo speakers. I rather have superior speakers for real experience rather than smart pause because i dont mind if the video keeps on playing when im not looking at it, i can just easily rewind it, this is digital not tape, it should not be a big deal. So double the speakers give real performance increase, giving smart pause and some gesture view is just putting more plants in a jungle.
22. alila2 (Posts: 158; Member since: 01 Nov 2011)
4.7" ,on screen buttons , Xperia ZL bezel , htc one round corner style and you got a winner .
33. Leo_MC (Posts: 2749; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
Only if fits in 13 cm.
35. alila2 (Posts: 158; Member since: 01 Nov 2011)
if the ZL is 131.6 mm the X Phone Should 130.84 mm not bad at all, almost the same size length of GS2 but narrower , so it will be about 130.84 x 67 x ????(thickness) .
37. HDShatter (Posts: 1021; Member since: 17 Jan 2013)
While better than a standard phone speaker, the HTC Ones speakers still are not amazing, way below average in the overall speaker market still but all phones have horrible $2 speakers. HTC did do an excellent good making their dual speakers look good, just showoff ports tbh. They don't sound as good as they look. But it is better than any of the other flagships right now.
26. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
yep, motorola knows smartphone needs perfect size, not tablet size sammy.
2. boosook (Posts: 1442; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Come on, how much do we still have to wait? Second half of 2013? Are they working or what???
I think there are a lot of people waiting for a Motorola phone with vanilla Android, since the Nexus 4 cannot be purchased everywhere (not in Italy, for example), what's more there are a lot of people who would buy a high-end Android with a "normal sized" screen.
What are they waiting? Those people will buy the new iPhone if Moto does not release anything and Google does not distribute its Nexus line properly.
12. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
seriously what's taking so long? If anything I would think making a phone with stock android would take even less time. All they really need to improve on is the camera.
3. TechBizJP08 (Posts: 495; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I smell trouble for the Current number 1 Android Phone out there.
10. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
you should get your nose checked.
4. lyndon420 (Posts: 5019; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Finally...an Android phone that is in Google's sole control.
11. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
yah, looking forward to stock nexus, only problem is motorola is only Verizon in the US, and we saw how Verizon messed up the galaxy nexus.
32. McLTE (Posts: 922; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
did you read the article? It said no phones specific to certain carriers.
"Finally, the Motorola design guru mentioned the company won't have any carrier exclusives"
This has been killing Moto in my opionion.
5. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
As far as the dimensions are perfect screen size doesn't matter....
7. Meleagru (Posts: 92; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
I just hope it's available somewhere else besides USA
9. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
I have a crazy idea motorola. Make 2 phones with different sizes!!! Crazy concept I know.
13. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1543; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
May be someone is finally listening to the customers
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15. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Hmm. I'm personally a fan of the 4.8ish screen size. Second half of 2013 isn't too far away, though Motorola tends to wring every last day out of their self imposed deadlines. They could release the phone on New Year's Eve and technically be correct.
Oh, one more thing:
I'm waiting.
16. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Forget it motorola. Getting tired of your release date and your exclusive on Verizon.
17. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
You did just read that they said that the phone they're planning is NOT a Verizon exclusive, right?
19. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I am getting pretty tired of waiting so long with little to no word on when it would be released, aside from the vague "second half" statement. Hopefully they'll talk about it at Google I/O. Also, right in the article it says that Motorola won't have any carrier exclusives.
18. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
4.5" at the very least, preferably bigger if they intend to keep on screen buttons. 1080p at 4.5" though, that's getting pretty close to 500 ppi.
20. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
If Motorola is working on 'just right' size Android device, then it will definitely have 'just right' feeling and 'just right' specs! :)
21. wrm2013 (Posts: 209; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
Please only be 4.5
23. Mimas (Posts: 22; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
HD (720) resolution on a 3.5 inch screen gives 420 pixels per inch. A 4 incher drops it down to 367ppi - still easily good enough for most users. Might go well with a Snapdragon 400...
24. shnibz (Posts: 393; Member since: 18 Sep 2011)
4.5 is perfect to me. Big but still comfortable to hold
25. Tuxedo (Posts: 356; Member since: 19 Mar 2013)
Can we get an internal sd card reader, please??


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No Christmas tree on Brussels historic market this year
This year unlike previous years there will not be a genuine Christmas tree on Brussels historic market square.
For many years a traditional fir tree has embellished the market square, but this year the tree's sponsor, electricity generator Electrabel, has opted for something new.
Sara De Bruyn: "There will be a 25 metre high structure consisting of a set of screens. During the daytime you can climb to the top of the tree where you will be able to enjoy a panoramic view of the city. As soon as it becomes dark the tree turns into a spectacle of light and sound. Every ten minutes an amazing show will unfold."
[Flandersnews.be / Expatica]
8 Comments To This Article
Hannah posted:
how can anyone think this celebrates Xmas? I reckon someone in the council is getting a bung for this! [Edited by moderator]
jp posted:
this shows how far it will become in europe...Belgium,Danmark all so approachable countries for radical ideas and people ....I think i dont have to go to any of these radical countries and impose my own political and religous ideas......my head will soon bounce on the floor ...........how long before we say this is enough ...or simply for the ones that cannot adapt...return to your own country of milk and honey
Jeremy Halstead posted:
Well of course Tariq is right. Lots of inference but no evidence. I am an agnostic (professing ignorance on matters we cannot know about) but I love religious symbolism and even the rather pagan symbolism of the Christmas Tree. Maybe the electric company is trying to get up to date - perhaps peole should take a look at what they are doing before assuming it is a turn for the worse.
Tariq Modood posted:
The short news items does not say anything about the change being due to not offending anybody but thats how the previous comments have taken it. I know that a lot of media reports such changes as due to not offending Muslims but they never give any evidence for this. I am a Muslim and I am not offended by Christmas trees or Christmas anything and don't know any Muslim that is. The Qur'an enjoins Muslims to respect other people's religions and identifies Jesus as one of the most important prophets of Islam. Not all Muslims think the same on these matters, just as all Christians don't, but to downgrade Christmas and blame for Muslims for it is dishonest [edited by moderator].
Razza posted:
This is political correctness gone too far. Could you imagine not having the pilgrimage to Mecca incase it offends Christians. [Edited by moderator]
Marie Louise Borg posted:
Re: my previous comment..I feel offended that the Christmas Tree will NOT be in Grand Place..my children are coming over to Brussels to see the Christmas Tree in Grand Place amongst other things!
Marie Louise Borg posted:
How can a beautiful Christmas Tree offend anyone! How can these people ever integrate if they cannot accept the culture of the country hosting them?!! I PERSONALLY FEEL OFFENDED SO WHAT WILL THE BRUSSELS AUTHORITIES DO ABOUT IT?!
Julian Carroll posted:
Unbelievable! Are we going to allow this tradition to be scrapped because it might offend some people? How about all the people who are offended by NOT having the traditional tree? I suggest a mass boycott of Electrabel would send the right message.


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Procreate bows to ME now
by Yoshi on Aug.02, 2016 | ITP: ffxiv, instant ramen, ipad pro, procreate, ramen, video, yoshi wins
A recent patch in Procreate (one of the major drawing apps on the iPad) fixed one of, if not my biggest gripe with the app– the eyedrop tool was too fickle in how it triggered. Now it's mapped to a separate button that triggers when held down. YES. This thing was the biggest dealbreaker for a long time, and I can't believe that it being fixed was what finally made the app not only usable, but pretty freaking awesome for me.
As you can tell, art happened!
I had attempted to do "native" (as in, done 100% in Procreate) pieces in the past but would hit a fatal roadblock, specifically in regards to coloring, because I am heavily dependent on eyedrop sampling for when I blend. It always ended with me having to export to Blastoise to finish in Painter (which presented an annoying, but not fatal issue, in that he would "break" my colors because he deemed the iPad color palette inferior and I'd have to go through all the color layers and tweak them to get them back to where they should be. It's NOT an issue with my monitor, the colors are changed enough for me to know it's not my monitor being improperly calibrated).
Exporting to Blastoise is okay, and expected for super-high-detail work where I specifically want to take advantage of Painter's brushes, but I want to be able to do more casual material 100% on the iPad. For one thing, with my iPad I can do this from bed, which is much more comfortable than a crappy sinking office chair. Also, I am not super-confined to having my canvas oriented in one direction, I can spin it non-destructively so I can better work specific places.
I've gotten pretty used to the way Procreate handles and I'm really happy with the two things I've made so far (Hikaru's FFXIV incarnation and Numair with Dragonite & Dratini), and they didn't take me very long to do, so THEORETICALLY this should facilitate a lot more casual art posts.
Also, another awesome part about Procreate? Native support for video exporting! It basically does all the work for me in terms of generating a process/speedpaint video (shows the completed image first, then fades to the start of a timelapse) that I can instantly plop on YouTube! How it manages to track everything I do without lagging me horribly, I don't know because capturing this shit on Blastoise isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world (I have to basically redo my OBS settings every time to make sure everything gets included) but having this available on the iPad is pretty freaking sweet, and I'm definitely going to export video for all the casual art I do going forward.
In fact, here's the capture of the above-two pieces:
I COULD throw them into iMovie and drop music in, but I'm just too lazy for that nonsense.
The one feature I want to see in Procreate is better support for importing PSD files. You can KINDA do it now, but it's super-clunky and only a handful of dimensions are supported, making it useless to me. I want better PSD importing so I can truly pingpong between Blastoise and my iPad, because right now it's kind of a one-way thing.
House Dragonia
by Yoshi on Jun.07, 2016 | ITP: ffxiv
Oh hi there, patch 3.3 in FFXIV. Logged in around 4:30 this morning to scope it out and my Free Company boss-lady asks me how much money I have. Before I start thinking she wants monies to get a bigger guild house (because a mess of new housing plots were added), it turns out it's the other way around: she's giving me money so I can get my own house, as a loyalty reward and also for my care and feeding of everyone's chocobos.
I wasn't planning on trying to get my own house, as I already had a room in the guild house, but if she's offering… :P (Also, Tarrika isn't exactly someone who takes no for an answer.)
True, it's a small house (a Cottage, if you must use the proper term) and it's the same size as our guild house, but… it's my house. Theoretically I could share with 3 other people; most likely one of them will be Bonnie if she actually cared about housing.
Obviously, uh, I had to dye (paint?) my house dark blue, and I made the bushy fencing and got an Aetherlyte so I can teleport back here, except there isn't much else here (retainer bell, etc.) yet because I'm totally cleaned out of money. :P Tarrika's going to be making a bunch of furniture on demand later today, I'll see if I can get a Riviera canopy bed so I can replicate my bedroom from the FC house on a slightly bigger scale. Most likely I'll keep Dodo stabled at the guild house to make it easier to mass-feed the chocobos.
If you're on Faerie server, my house is in the Lavender Beds, Ward 31, #56.
Toilet Humor
by Yoshi on May.13, 2016 | ITP: dumb drama, no sleep makes yoshi something something
In which I blather about dumb shit going around Facebook, right?
Today's topic: the drama about proposed "bathroom laws" and why it's a thinly-veiled excuse to punish transgendered people (also, you don't REALLY care about women being raped)
It's, like… why is transgendered folks using the bathroom a problem now? They've been doing it for years and not much, if any fuss, has been made over it. Only now is it becoming a capital-I issue and, as you can expect, a lot of the naysayers are throwing caution to the wind and letting their hateful flags fly.
The main argument against letting trans people continue as they were is that it would supposedly "let men put on a wig and dress and attack women in the bathroom." Hi, this happens already. A law or rule enforcing "each gender to their own bathroom" will not put up a forcefield around the doors, scanning everyone to verify their gender. Someone determined to sexually assault another person is going to follow them into the bathroom, rules and laws be damned, full stop.
How would you even enforce such a law, anyway? Hire someone to stand at the door for the sole purpose of verifying one's gender? For one thing, that would cost money, which of course no site owner will want to eat, so they'll either bake it into their prices (if a store/restaurant), cut wages, eliminate services, or directly charge for access. Yeah, that's going to go over well. And, of course, any backlash will cause people to point their fingers (wrongly) at trans people, as if they needed any more reason to inflict scorn and (likely) violence.
Also, people forget that same-gender assault is VERY much a thing. Women attack each other in the bathroom, men attack each other in the bathroom. Pedophiles, who statistically gravitate towards younger boys, attack their victims in the bathroom.
The secondary argument is just outright discomfort and/or transphobia. This one I am marginally less critical of, because at least there's some shred of honesty (and I have relatively more respect for someone who is honest about their bigotry as opposed to someone who would hide behind religion and other platitudes), but there are a mess of counters for it. You have most likely used the same bathroom as a transgendered person at one point, without realizing it. How many people actually make eye contact with another person in the bathroom, anyway? Most of us just want to get in and out of there as quickly as possible, we don't really have time to be looking over someone to see if they're the "correct" gender. Someone who might be trans but doesn't COMPLETELY pass, well, I might do a brief, quiet double take (because human curiosity) but otherwise go about my business.
A transgendered person is no different from us, they want to get their business over with and be on their way. Why should we make it harder for them, unless it is just a latent desire to punish them? If the naysayers have their way, the end result will backfire SO HARD, because you really would have, oh, a pre-transitioned man in the women's bathroom. The awkward facepalm is so real.
"Oh, but loopholes! Someone could put on a wig and–" Well, they do that now. Report creepers to security. Carry pepper spray. Learn self-defense! There are existing laws against this behavior! We don't need to police transgendered folks over a hypothetical (and a statistically-rare, almost impossible) situation that happens more often with straight folks and those of the same gender.
I feel like the sudden concern about women and girls' safety in the bathroom comes off as disingenuous and even hypocritical. We sadly have a terrible track record when it comes to prevention, investigation and prosecution of sexual assault (as well as support for victims). People (men, really) playing the "safety of women" card don't really care about stopping the assault on women in the bathroom, because they aren't willing to go the full distance to actually correct the problem. If you want to really stop women from being raped in the bathroom, you don't put into place laws against transgendered people, you do things like, oh, teach men to NOT RAPE, for starters. You would take victims seriously, you would actually put funding and effort into investigating and prosecuting those who commit such crimes.
Finally, there are other reasons why unisex bathrooms should be a thing (on top of not bellyaching over transgendered people): single fathers with young or infant daughters, parents of disabled children, people with elderly disabled parents, to name some. Are we going to screw them over some bigotry? I hope not.
You know who IS willing to screw unrelated portions of the population over their bigotry, though: the Lt. Governor of Texas, who is so bent on digging in his heels over this nonsense that he's going to defy the recent presidential directive to quit interfering with transgendered people's access to the bathroom. That's right, he's so dedicated to his hate that he would sacrifice federal funding for schools to feed it. A lot of that money goes to the free/reduced lunch program there, so he is effectively going to make a lot of children go hungry. He claims that the state will find replacement funds, but we all know that schools are among the first things on the budgetary chopping block, so they're most likely going to have to go without. What the actual fuck, Texas? Of course, this will also lead to blame unfairly being dumped on transgendered kids for ruining it for everyone, right?
It's just a freaking bathroom. Let people pee!
Slackers Abound
by Yoshi on May.05, 2016 | ITP: derp, laziness, more derp, video games
Who's got two thumbs, a big mug of milk, and goes months without posting here?
Me. This derp. Yep.
Anyway, today is, I suppose, the… 15th anniversary of Ayarane Project? Technically I bought the domain in late April 2001 but the hosting didn't get finalized until May 5. No reason to dump it now! (I have, also, considered picking up a bunch of "ayarane"-flavored domains but… too lazy to set up redirects and such.)
15 years of Yoshi and derping and fun! Let's add 15 more onto the pile!
Playing a lot of FFXIV (and WoW too, less so because "end of expansion content drought" but really the only thing I'm burned out on is spamming LFR for legendary ring progress, which is why I'm so lazy about finishing the ring on my non-Yoshi/Phil alts). Met me a new leveling buddy in there, a cute Lalafell Black Mage/Ninja by the name of Bonnie and it's been pretty nice. :D Also kinda got recruited into her Free Company (guild) even though I had been dodging those for months, and it's not terrible! I've become their Chocobo Lady– while I'm logged in, I feed all the stabled Chocobos on cooldown– and it's not gone unnoticed, as their boss-lady promoted me because of it.
I mean, I'm not particularly gunning for officer-rank here, but it does get me full access to guild storage, so that's kinda nice. :P
In real space, uh, nothing really to blab about beyond the tired "parental management is taken all of my money to clean up their shit, and feeding me lies about how I'll see maybe a fraction of it again" because, yeah, nobody reeeeeally wants to hear that again.
(Instant Ramen Sketchbook) Snowscheme '15 Part 1: Coffee Break
by Yoshi on Dec.12, 2015 | ITP: coffee, deeum, i like christmas, instant ramen sketchbook, snowschemes
So art happened! I even streamed a couple sessions, though the second time I kept dropping my connection. And while it took quite awhile, I did finish it.
Also: HAPPY FLOWER CAKE.
The next one, despite what I said earlier, I may actually attempt to do entirely on the iPad Pro. I think part of my problem is that when I run into "oh this doesn't work the way I'm used to" problems with those apps is that I'd sooner just shoot the file over to Blastoise rather than dig in my heels to find a workable solution where I am. I mean, I know in the big picture both units have to work together for a high-quality, well-polished piece, buuut… I DID get this thing so I can draw on it, you know? And I should actually try to DO that rather than just make a token scribble and then fall back on Blastoise since it's more comfortable/less intimidating there.


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Posted on January 31, 2007
Fresh Newcastle loan catch Oguchi Onyewu says he is aiming to earn a full transfer from Standard Liège with his play.
"I am not here just for the short term," he told reporters at his Tuesday presentation. "I am definitely here for the long term and to make something special happen."
"I have been following Newcastle for quite some time and saw they were struggling in terms of results, and thought maybe this could possibly be in my future."
Concluded the U.S. backline star: "My work ethic is very high and I just want to contribute something positive to the team."


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Bell's 429 IFR light twin caused quite a stir at its February 2005 launch during the Helicopter Association International show in Anaheim, California. Not only did it replace a machine with a shelf-life of only 11 months–the 427 IFR–but it embodied many features of what the manufacturer has hailed as a new approach to rotorcraft design.
Bill Stromberg, Bell's executive director for commercial programs, is responsible for breathing life into both the 429 and the wider MAPL (modular affordable product line) concept. He told Aviation International News that while the 429 (priced at just under $4 million) may look like the 427 (priced at $3 million plus) and shares some of its characteristics, the new helicopter will require a separate pilot type rating.
"It has the same Pratt & Whitney 207D engines, but with better OEI [one-engine inoperable] performance, and a slightly modified transmission," Stromberg explained. "It has a larger cabin [built by Korea Aerospace Industries], a new tailboom and new rotor blades. The blades are built using a new fabrication technique and have better aerodynamics that give the aircraft full capability up to 20,000 feet."
Cabin volume is significantly increased–200 cubic feet compared with 130 in the 427. "Externally it's slightly wider and longer," said Stromberg. "We gained internal space by eliminating the fuel tanks from underneath the cabin bench seats to below the floor."
The floor is now flat, which offers a great deal of flexibility; especially in the emergency medical services role. It will take two litter patients, loaded either via the twin sliding doors or the optional rear clam-shells, and two attendants. Extra space was gained by relocating the flight control runs from inside the bulky "broom closet" between the seats–something of a Bell trademark–to behind the seats.
Significantly, the 429 employs 10 of the 13 "critical technologies" that form the basis of the MAPL philosophy.
Current plans call for early MAPL aircraft to be roughly the same size: the single-engine entry-level Model 351 will employ the 429 cabin. However, Bell is able to plug or de-plug sections to suit, for example, a FAR 29-compliant twin, and it will be at this point where the concept of common type-ratings–much like Airbus–come into play.
Bell is now about halfway through detailed design and anticipates completion of that phase by year-end. "We have already begun flight testing components," reported Stromberg. "We took the engines, in a 427 testbed, up to 20,000 feet and they performed flawlessly. We are now mapping temperature interaction within the cowlings and onto the composite tail boom, to help us map cooling systems and exhaust patterns.
"We have also flight tested new cable directional controls that run up the center-post of the windscreen," he continued. "We've found absolutely no problem with either engine or control cables, up to 20,000 feet and, in an environmental chamber, down to -40 degrees C [-40 degrees F]. We are starting to build the new rotor blades, with a view to flight testing them around the end of the year."
A month ago, partner KAI released its first drawings of the cabin. Assembly of prototypes is to start late this year and of production aircraft late next year. FAA/Transport Canada certification and first deliveries will start in 2007.
New Paths to Improvement
The New Bell 429 employs 10 of the 13 so-called "critical technologies" that form the basis for the manufacturer's modular affordable product line (MAPL) market initiative.
• Rotor blade fabrication technique
• Blade tip shape
• Autopilot
• Aircraft data interface unit
• Cockpit
• Dual hydraulics
• Cabin
• Tail rotor drive-shaft
• Skids or retractable landing gear
• Avionics suite
The three others–which Bell is still working on–are an advanced technology engine with low running costs, a quiet anti-torque device and a main rotor system to enable higher speeds and center of gravity variations.
What Was Wrong with the 427i?
Customers who were quick to sign up for the Bell 427 IFR model have swallowed the premium associated with upgrading to the bigger 429. But why did Bell ditch the 427i?
Bill Stromberg, Bell's executive director for commercial programs, said customer reaction prompted the move. "We have a [liaison] process that, among other things, helps us design new products. Initial team inputs were incorporated into the design of the 427i; in particular, calls to grow its cabin. As we developed the design, however, it became clear to everyone that just modifying it would not provide the space, features and comfort required to fulfill their expectations.
"At the same time, teams were exploring ways to accelerate the availability of the MAPL product line. In September 2004, we decided to develop a totally new cabin for the 429 as a MAPL technology."
And it turns out the 427 still lives, at least for now. "Demand for the 427 VFR is excellent," claimed Stromberg. "It is a reliable, low-cost light twin and we expect to continue selling it for many years.


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Posted 4 years ago
VSCO Cam, one of most popular photo apps on iOS, has finally landed in the Google Play Store.
Having been released on the Apple platform back in June, VSCO Cam became an instant success, racking up over a million downloads within a week and tightening developer's Visual Supply Co (VSCO) grip on the photography app market. An Android release had been planned for some time, but it has taken months of private beta testing for VSCO Cam to see the bright lights of the Play Store.
The app is rather unique in that it is loved by professionals and amateur photographers alike, offering a stunning array of filters and editing features that transform regular smartphone snaps into DSLR-like images.
The vast range of editing tools is what VSCO Cam is best known for on iOS and the developers promise that Android users will be able to enjoy the same level of experience. Speaking to The Verge, VSCO co-founder said: "The number one goal was to build [for Android] with the same level of excellence in the editing capabilities."
Editing tools and "presets" (filters) offered are virtually identical to the iOS version; however, some features may not be available depending on the type of device you are using. The Verge notes that, as the majority of Android smartphones do not support spot metering, the developers were required to disable the two-finger split focus and metering tool. This absence, though, does not take anything away from the brilliance of this app, and everything from the interface to the taking of pictures oozes class.
Once photos have been snapped, VSCO Cam lets you share them instantly across connected social media services such as Google+, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
For the editing features alone, VSCO Cam is one app you must have. Download it now for free from the Google Play Store.
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A very recent realm of anthropology is the study of sacred food, which is one of the most important elements of many religions.
All religions have prescriptions about the correct preparation and cooking of food, besides the taboos about forbidden subjects (for instance, animals for hinduism, pork for judaism and islamism, etc.). Many religions have special spellings for the food, which sacralize it and, therefore, who will eat it; but there are foods sacred by its inner nature. In Brazilian candomblé by example, fishes are sacred for their connection to Iemanjá, horns given the relation to Iansã. Consequently those foods are considered offerings. This takes place in other religions too. Some examples:
- coconut: Ganeshin Hinduism
- Oxalá in candomblé (see above)
- bread: Saint Antony in Catholicism
- the challah in Judaism is symbol of divine presence in shabat
- chestnut: Befana
- Leola's Maize Corn: Amerindian goddess of prosperity in cajun of Louisiana.
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With just a few materials, you can make these easy and pretty mini Valentine cards for the whole class in just minutes. They're pretty but can be made quickly--perfect for when you need to make a batch of Valentines for an entire class.

You can make these mini Valentine notes with just a few materials. You'll need:

Colored paper in Valentine colors (pink, white, red, or whatever colors you and your child want)

Paper trimmer (These make the job go faster but if you don't have a paper trimmer, you can just use a ruler to make straight lines and then cut along them with scissors.)

Heart-shape paper punches in different sizes

Glue dots or glue stick

Washi tape (If you don't have washi tape, you can simply draw designs on the card with a colored pencil or marker.

First, begin by cutting mini Valentine cards into small notes, about 4" x 2 1/2" in size. (The size is up to you--these were made by cutting an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper in half and cutting each half into two pieces until they were this size, but any small note-size card will do.)

Then, decorate with washi tape and glue on the punched-out heart shapes.

If you want, you can write or print out a Valentine message. Use a variety of different colors and sizes of heart shapes. It's a great way to get kids to come up with their own designs and ideas for cards to share with their classmates.

Here are some examples of finished Valentines. Use these as guides and create your own designs!

More Ideas for Handmade Valentine Cards

DIY Paper Punch Hearts and Flowers Cards

How to Make Rainbow Hearts Valentine Cards

Butterfly Valentine to Make with Kids

Handmade Vellum Valentine Cards


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Where are the Seadog Cruises?
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On Wednesday, FIA's World Motor Sport Council released the latest iteration of the 2017 calendar in the final sitting of the year in Austria.
FIA confirmed the 20-race 2017 formula calendar with the German Grand Prix dropped from the list , whereas renamed Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been given a new date to avoid clashing with the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race. The 2017 kick start with its traditional start at Albert Park, the Australian Grand Prix the first race for next year's radically
This year's scheduling draw criticism for allowing an F1 race to clash with one of the motorsport's crown jewel events.
Races in Brazil and Canada were also confirmed on the 20-round official version. Both countries fate had also been left open on the draft calendar.
2017 F1 schedule:
Australian Grand Prix – March 26
Chinese Grand Prix – April 9
Bahrain Grand Prix – April 16
Russian Grand Prix – April 30
Spanish Grand Prix – May 14
Monaco Grand Prix – May 28
Canadian Grand Prix – June 11
European Grand Prix – June 25
Austrian Grand Prix – July 9
British Grand Prix – July 16
Hungarian Grand Prix – July 30
Belgian Grand Prix – August 27
Italian Grand Prix – September 3
Singapore Grand Prix – September 17
Malaysian Grand Prix – October 1
Japanese Grand Prix – October 8
United States Grand Prix – October 22
Mexican Grand Prix – October 29
Brazilian Grand Prix – November 12
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – November 26


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Hi! I've been proposing this same idea a long time ago, before XMLForm was started and flow was implemented. And I even had a similar implementation of the WizardAction, but I never had time to finish it and make really useful. After long discussion on Flow/XMLForms the common opinion was that Flow is much better for controlling the application's state than an action/set of actions (don't remember details, but you'll find those discussions in archive if you search by 'XForms', 'Flow', etc.). As compared to XMLForm's action, your version seems to me much more flexible and it'd be fine if you could tidy it up and post as a patch to Bugzilla. Just one comment: if you have a lot of places where you should use your action then you'll have a very overloaded sitemap, which is not good and not very maintainable. I'd suggest that the configuration of views/transitions were external, so you could do something like this in the pipeline: <map:act name="wizard" src="/wizards/register.xml"/> Regards, Konstantin From: "DURDINA Michal" <email@example.com> > Hello, > I just finished first iteration of developing the new action > XMLFormController. It implements another solution to XMLForm and it is > intended to be alternative to AbstractXMLFormAction. > XMLFormController is similar to AbstractXMLFormAction but it does not > require to code the flow between pages in perform() method. > [...] > > Tell me please your opinion on such a functionality of this controller, I > have many other ideas and going to implement them. We will build the web > layer for our new project on this approach so it is sure that I will spend > much more time on it. I would like to share it in the cocoon comunity so > tell me if you are interested and what suggestions you have. > > Regards, > Michal > > PS: Attached source containes 'untidy' version of XMLFormController :) > > -- MisoD -- > Michal Durdina - firstname.lastname@example.com > ASSET Soft a.s., > Kosicka 56, Bratislava, 821 08 > Slovakia, Europe > >
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|5 - 7 nights
Handsomely appointed bath and a half third floor condo. Oceanfront, with unobstructed ocean views. Just steps from the beach!
Newly Renovated. Fully tiled floor.
55' Flat screen TV in the living room. Wireless computer router, Wi Fi.
King size bed and Plantation shutters in the bedroom. TV in the bedroom with DVD player. Ceiling fans in both the living room and the bedroom.
Walk-in tiled shower and granite vanity in the full bath.
Beautifully appointed gourmet kitchen fully equipped with top line appliances. Granite counters and island. Rich oak cabinetry.
Floor to ceiling mirrors in the living room reflect the spectacular ocean views, as you are up close and personal with the Pacific Ocean. Watch the ocean sunsets and in the winter the whales from the lanai, which has a bar height table and chairs,.
All new windows and glass lanai railings which enhance the spectacular ocean views.
No need to get in your car, as the world famous Keawakapau Beach is just steps away. Great for snorkeling, swimming, beach walking or whatever your pleasure.
Rent one of, it not the nicest condos at the Kihei Surfside Resort. Don't delay book Condo #305 today.
Cleaning fee $100.
Taxes 13.42%
Tax I.D. # W01912908
Rates vary by season and length of stay. Nightly rate: $170-$325, plus tax.
We do own another condo so if your dates are not available try VRBO 239647
Owner Contact: (808) 878-8789
Keywords: Oceanfront Condominium
We bought our first condo at the Kihei Surfside in 1982. We liked it so very much that we bought a second. The Condo Building has such friendly people; both staff and guests with a wonderful world class location. We hope that you will enjoy it too.
Diana Murdoch (808) 878-8789 purchased this condo in 1982
Super location on the water.
Just stepping out the door and walking to the beach. Fun Hawaiian Sunset counch blowing ceremonies. Hugh lawn area adjacent to the complex for sunbathing or whatever.
From the moment we walked in the door until we had to walk out, we felt at home and comfortable in this condo. We want to return again.
My wife and I stayed 10 days here in July/August, 2016, and everything about this condo was perfect. It's well-appointed, with a modern kitchen, a huge t.v., and WI-FI that was always working. It has all the necessary beach supplies (chairs, towels, umbrella, cooler, etc.). It's located next to a great restaurant and a beautiful beach that is not as crowded as some of the others in the area, and is about a 15 minute beach-side walk (or a 2-5 minute drive) in either direction to plenty of other restaurants and shops. And you can't beat the panoramic ocean view.
This was also our first time renting from this site, and we couldn't help having a small amount of fear that something would go wrong, but we had literally zero problems with the rental. The listing on here was completely accurate, and the owners were always responsive to emails and were quick to refund our security deposit at the end of our stay.
If we could, we would give it 6 stars!
Location, Location, Location!!!
With 150 feet from a beach, unbeatable view of the ocean Surfsode is your perfect vacation spot and a very good value. Diana (the Host) is very accommodating. The unit is fully equipped for a smooth vacation experience. Don't think twice - just go for it!
My husband and I enjoyed 11 nights in this comfortable condo. Diana made booking so very easy. As represented the condo is beautifully updated and furnished with everything you need for an enjoyable stay. The other reviewers were accurate with their listing of all of the items. We enjoyed the best waterfront table on the island for morning coffee, leisurely lunches and sunset dinners!!! It is such a nice oasis to return to after a day of touring, snorkeling and hiking. The beach next door is so nice. We had more close encounters with turtles there then we have ever had on our trips to the island. We love being so close to the water. Mahalo Diana-we are looking forward to our next visit!!!! I just hope we can find an opening!!!!!
I honestly do not think that I ever wrote a review for anything before, ever. However, I have to take a couple of minutes to review this place because it was excellent….3 days back from my stay and I am already trying to figure out when I can go back! Booking was easy; Diana was a pleasure to deal with. The place has everything you need…blender for smoothies, crock pot for slow cooking your dinner throughout the day, beach chairs, beach towels, snorkeling gear, cooler….you get the idea!
I am in agreement with the prior review, I am hesitant to give the place praise because it won't be available for me when I want it again!!
Simply put….if it is available…..BOOK IT !
Thanks Diana, loved my stay in your place
I don't want to write a good review, because I don't want this place to get any more booked up than it already is. This condo was, by far, one of the best places that I have ever rented. Forget value for a second, this place is just straight up well stocked. Beyond having a kitchen bursting with a little of everything to suit your needs (full set of pans, rice cooker, baking pans, serving dishes, vases, etc), the real kicker was the side closet chock full o' stuff. Lawn chairs, umbrellas, mats, cooler, snorkel gear, boogie board, shopping bags, etc. You need beach gear, you got it. Extra sets of sheets, lots of towels (beach and regular) and very clean and impeccably maintained bathrooms. I feel guilty mentioning that I didn't like the pillows. But that's it. That's the only thing not to like.
Given the location, the pricing, the amenities, it's foolish to stay anywhere else. Now go stay somewhere else so that we can come back here!!
|Rate Period
|Weekend Night
Jun 1 2017 - Sep 30 2017
5 night minimum stay
Oct 1 2017 - Dec 13 2017
6 night minimum stay
Discount December
Dec 14 2017 - Dec 20 2017
6 night minimum stay
High season 2017-2018
Dec 25 2017 - Apr 15 2018
7 night minimum stay
Spring Season
Apr 16 2018 - Jun 16 2018
7 night minimum stay
My Standard Rate
7 night minimum stay
|Cleaning Fee
|Damage Deposit
Cleaning fee of $100 for stays of less than one week.
Christmas Holiday two week minimum.
Cancellation policy: full refund, less $150 and any VRBO fees, if cancelled 60 prior to arrival date after that no refund.


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Author's Note: This is my first NCIS fanfic. I am an established fanfic author for CSI, but never for NCIS. I will also note that I have never read an NCIS fanfic (*gasp*), so I'm unfamiliar with any conventions that are currently in place by those of you who are established NCIS authors. Please note that I am not interested in flames, so if you hate my story, that's fine-- please ignore it and move on. I will also never beg for reviews. I am a grown up with QUITE a full life; I write for my enjoyment alone. If you wish to review and actually have something constructive to say, it is appreciated; if not, that is your prerogative and that is also fine. I truly hope you enjoy my story, but please rest assured that I will never hold the story hostage to reviews.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs paused before knocking at the pediatrician's office door. It was just slightly open, and he glanced inside to size up his witness. Dr. Katherine Andrews was poring intently over a file, making notes here and there. Gibbs couldn't see her face as she studied her work, but the general impression he got from looking at her slender shoulders and the top of her dark red head was a sense of youthful attractiveness. He rapped twice on the door and received a distracted, "Come in," as the young pediatrician continued looking at the file.
As Gibbs stepped in, Katherine Andrews glanced up and did a double take as she took him in. Her surprise at seeing a man with a clearly displayed badge on his belt walk into her office, however, was quickly hidden and she flashed him a warm and genuine smile as she stood and extended her hand to him.
"Good afternoon. I'm Katherine Andrews. How can I help you?"
Gibbs took the proffered hand as he quickly glanced her over—dark blue eyes, a smattering of freckles over her nose and cheeks, medium height, slender build, and nails that were well-manicured but not prissy. She looked entirely too young to have the letters M.D. behind her name.
"I'm Special Agent Gibbs with NCIS."
Katherine raised an eyebrow.
"Naval Criminal—"
"—Investigative Service," Katherine finished, smiling. "My dad was a Marine. What brings an NCIS agent to my office?" she asked, sitting back down.
She gestured for Gibbs to sit in one of the overstuffed chairs across from her desk. He complied. "Can I get you a cup of coffee?"
A woman after my own heart, thought Gibbs in amusement. Aloud, he said, "That would be great, thanks. I keep a lot of late nights."
"As do I. You learn in the first month of medical school that coffee is your best friend and that you won't survive without it," she laughed. Gibbs watched her with some interest as she rose and walked to a cherry side table that held a burr grinder, a French press, and a hot water dispenser. She opened a container, poured some whole beans into the grinder, and started them grinding. Gibbs found himself studying her long red hair, which was tied back at the base of her neck. It was thick and dark and twisted around in curls at the bottom. He jerked himself back to reality and said, "That's some setup you've got there."
She turned to him as the grinder wound down. She poured the grounds into the French press and added hot water. As she let it steep, she laughed again and said, "I'm something of a coffee connoisseur. Some people are wine snobs; I'm a coffee snob." She shrugged. "That'll be ready to pour in just a minute. Why don't you tell me what this is all about?"
Gibbs pulled a picture from the folder he was carrying. "Do you know a man named Duke Jackson?"
Katherine's eyes narrowed and her face and voice were wary as she said, "Yes…"
Gibbs waited.
"He's my best friend's brother-in-law."
Silence. Then, "Agent Gibbs…what's happened?"
A pause. "We found his body this morning in a hotel in Arlington." He watched her carefully as her eyes widened. Her eyes never left his as she closed the file in front of her.
"Oh, God…" she breathed. "What happened?"
"He was murdered. Tortured, actually…and then murdered."
Katherine looked dazed. "Tortured? How?"
Gibbs hesitated. "He was…beaten…and then castrated…and ultimately stabbed multiple times in the abdomen and left to bleed out."
Katherine looked down at her desk. She looked like she might be sick.
"Your name was in a note by the body."
Her head snapped up. "MY name?"
"Yes." Gibbs placed the picture on her desk.
Katherine stared at the 8 x 10 photograph showing a note that read, "This is what happens to men who molest children. Thank God for Katherine Andrews."
"Holy shit…." she whispered.
"Can you explain what the note means?"
Katherine swallowed. "Perhaps."
Gibbs waited.
"Dr. Andrews?"
"Please give me a moment, Agent Gibbs." Gibbs watched as Katherine pinched the bridge of her nose tiredly, took a few deep breaths, and then looked back up at him, eyes oddly clear and focused. She was clearly in control of her emotions, and Gibbs had the distinct feeling that she was a level-headed young woman who would make an excellent witness, without over-embellishing or omitting details.
"Duke Jackson is the brother of my friend Allison's husband, John. Allison and I only met a couple of years ago, so I'd only met Duke once or twice. I really don't know him well." She blew out a big breath, rose, and poured them each a cup of coffee from the French press before she continued. "Three days ago, on Monday, Allison brought her daughter, Hannah, in to see me. Hannah's been having recurrent urinary tract infections, which isn't entirely uncommon in girls her age—Hannah is four. Rather than just testing her urine this time, I decided to have a look to rule out other problems." Katherine paused to sip her coffee and closed her eyes against what she said next. "When I examined her, her vaginal area was extremely red and enflamed, and there was some bruising—though not terribly severe—of the labia. Now, even this isn't necessarily terribly alarming; young children will often fall and bruise their genital areas. So I asked her, 'Hannah, did you fall and hurt yourself?'" She swallowed. "Hannah then stated very clearly that Uncle Duke touched her there and made it feel bad."
Gibbs clenched his teeth together and his eyes tightened. Seasoned investigator though he was, he never quite got used to cases involving child abuse, particularly sexual abuse.
"What happened then, Dr. Andrews?"
"Well, naturally, Allison fell apart. She tried hard to hold it together in front of Hannah, but I could tell it was a losing battle, so I had her call her sister to come get Hannah, who seemed relatively nonchalant about the whole thing, thank God. She simply told her mother that she didn't like it when Uncle Duke touched her there and didn't want him to come over to babysit anymore, and then she continued playing with her doll. Once I was alone with Allison, she went ballistic, of course, sobbing and ranting about her brother-in-law. I told Allison that I was legally bound to report the abuse to child protective services, and she sat with me as I made the phone call. I then asked her if she wanted John to come in, or if she wanted to speak to him privately, and she said she would discuss it with him privately, as she couldn't vouch for his reaction. Then she left."
"Have you spoken to her since then, Dr. Andrews?"
"Yes. I wanted to call that night, but not only was I on-call, I felt that I needed to give the family some time to process things. I spoke to her the next afternoon, though. She said that John had reacted much as she suspected, hitting the roof and threatening to kill his brother." At this point, she paused. "I know how this looks and sounds, Agent Gibbs, but if my opinion means anything, which I'm sure it doesn't, John Jackson did not do this. I've known the man for two years, and he could not take a life."
"Not even the life of his daughter's molester?"
"Not even then. Not that he wouldn't want to, of course. It's just that John is one of the most intelligent and disciplined men I've ever met and I can't see him losing control like that."
"What does John Jackson do for a living?"
Katherine smiled humorlessly. "I'm surprised you don't know that already. John Jackson is Commander John Jackson, and he is a professor at Annapolis."
Katherine Andrews observed Agent Gibbs carefully as she spoke to him. His blue eyes were striking, and he was well built underneath his polo shirt and khaki pants. Without thinking, she glanced down at his left hand. No ring. She noted his reaction as she related the story of discovering what had happened to Hannah. He is a good man, she thought.
She was finding it hard to concentrate as well as she knew she needed to in order to help Agent Gibbs with his investigation. She was shocked and had no idea what to make of the note he has shown her, but she knew it was imperative to assist him to the best of her abilities.
She observed his raised eyebrows as she revealed that her friend's husband was, in fact, a naval officer.
"Commander Jackson?" he said. "He teaches at the Academy?"
"Yes," she answered. "He is a professor of mechanical engineering. When his last assignment aboard the USS Louisiana ended, he accepted a commission to teach at the Academy. He's been doing that for five years or so now."
"And it is your assertion that he could not have been involved in his brother's murder?"
Katherine paused. She struggled a moment with how honest she should be. She finally settled for laying herself bare.
"Agent Gibbs, I never said he couldn't have been involved. I said he didn't do it. I know that John Jackson does not have it in him to murder a man, especially his own brother. But whether he was involved at all, I cannot say."
Gibbs narrowed his eyes, as if evaluating whether she spoke the truth. "If possible, I need you to come to NCIS to make a more complete statement. Can you do that?"
Katherine glanced down at her calendar.
"I had just sat down to do some dictation and make some notes in patient charts….and once the office ladies leave in a few minutes, I'm actually going to be on call. But…I'll go ahead and do it if you can assure me that I'll be free to answer my phone as needed and to leave if I need to. Otherwise, it will have to wait." She smiled apologetically.
Gibbs nodded. "That will be fine. Thank you for being so cooperative."
Gibbs stood with his coffee—which was quite good—and thanked the doctor once again for agreeing to come down to the office to give her statement. He was surprised to find himself looking her up and down appreciatively as they left her office together. She was in front of him, clad in a crisp white button-down shirt and black slacks, paired with smart heels that made her legs look longer than they were. He stopped those thoughts short and gave himself a mental slap on the back of the head. Inwardly rolling his eyes, he thought, She can't be more than 26 or 27, you idiot—and a potential witness, to boot. Snap out of it, moron.
Gibbs pulled out a chair for Dr. Andrews in the interview room. He handed her a cup of coffee and apologized with a rueful smile, "Sorry, I highly doubt this is as good as your coffee—which was great, by the way…thanks again."
She smiled at him and took the coffee appreciatively. "What do you need from me, Agent Gibbs?"
"I just need a complete, official statement of what you've already told me. I'll record it, so you don't have to write it down. I'm going to start by asking you a few questions, and then once you get going, it will mostly be you, although I may break in every now and then with a question for clarification. Do you have any questions?"
"I don't think so."
"Okay, then, we'll begin when you're ready."
An hour later, Katherine was finished, and was amazed to have only been interrupted once with a patient call. Agent Gibbs had informed one of his colleagues—Agent DiNozzo—that he was headed out to interview Cmdr. John Jackson, and that DiNozzo could close up shop for the day, if he liked. Gibbs walked her out to the main lobby of the NCIS offices, and Katherine stood there, unsure of what to do, until Gibbs turned to her.
"Thank you for your time, Dr. Andrews," he said warmly.
"Please, call me Katherine."
"Ok," he smiled. "Thank you for your time, Katherine."
"Is there anything I need to do from here on out?" she questioned.
Gibbs reached into his wallet and handed her a business card. "This is my contact information. If you think of anything else that might be pertinent, please call or email me. I have your information, and if I have any other questions, I'll be sure to get in touch with you. What's the best way to reach you?"
"You can always call me, but if I'm in with a patient, I won't answer. If you email me, you can be reasonably assured of getting a reply within an hour or so."
"Thank you, Katherine. I'll keep that in mind."
With that, Agent Gibbs turned smartly and took his leave of her, leaving a very intrigued Katherine Andrews in his wake.


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Not much news to cover today professional hockey wise, but we do have a new pairs presentation, so let's get right to it.
Today we have day four of the pairs competition presentations, continuing along with DT Concepts' and JJ's entry! You can check out theirs right here, and I'll put the links to everyone's presentations (so far) below, just in case you missed one!
Monday: Jay & Bradley
Tuesday: Burkus Circus & Phil B.
Wednesday: Brendan & Steven
Thursday: DT Concepts & JJ
Tune in tomorrow for the final two, and then the voting will begin!
We also have the COTW vote this week, a head-to-head matchup between Mike and Ryan. With only two concepts to vote for, it should be easier to decide, so go leave a quick tally!
COTW Feb 27 - Mar 2 vote (ends Friday @ noon Eastern)
Anthony C. - Atlanta Thrashers
-The logo also stands out like a sore thumb since there's none of the red/orange/yellow colors anywhere else on the jersey.
+It's hard to go wrong with simple, traditional striping.
-They would look better if they were bolder and spaced out a tad bit more.
-Drop the hem trim on the blue jersey too. Hem striping and hem trim doesn't work well together.
-That font really doesn't work well for hockey, and the name is too small. The TV numbers are also small and squished between the shoulder yoke and striping.
+I like the (seemingly) Laval Rocket inspired inclusion of their alternate logo's shape under the striping and such. That's something that I really think could work.
-I think you went overboard though. Keep it on the back hem only, and reduce the size a bit, and you're golden.
-The vertical stitching should stop at the hem stripes.
Overall: 6/10
Anthony C. - Detroit Red Wings
+I actually quite liked Detroit's Stadium Series jerseys, or at least the idea of them, so it's nice to see them elaborated on.
-My personal preference would be to either continue the sash on the back, or just let it wrap around and end at the hem trim.
-The white jersey is a bit too plain. I'd like to see how the sash design works with full red arms, honestly, and it could really help here.
-Not a fan of that font either, and the name/TV numbers still look a bit small.
+I like that fauxback alternate. I think the script works pretty well.
+If you made the chest stripe just a tiny bit thicker I think it would look much better.
-In this case, a block font would work better, and a thicker outline over the numbers would help. The same issue also persists with the sizing of the name and numbers.
-Drop the phantom yoke. Those almost never, if ever, look good.
Overall: 7.5/10
Lucas D. - Winnipeg Jets
+While the Jets' jerseys aren't bad, they have more potential, especially the white ones.
+The removal of the double blue definitely helps clean up their look, and adding the gray and red adds unity to their brand.
-I'd stick with just one gray on the jerseys, though. The double gray gives it a bit of a busy look, and to a small degree they blend together and make the stripe look out of place, as it ends up much thicker than any other stripe on the jersey.
+I like how the design stays exactly the same on each jersey. Those ones are always neat.
+The upper arm coloring works surprisingly well for the Jets.
-The hems look a bit bare. The white stripe on the blue jersey actually helps a lot, but the blue one on the white jersey blends in with the pants too much. Gray or red might work better.
+Great look straightening their number font. Skewed numbers rarely, if ever, look good on a hockey jersey.
Overall: 8.5/10
Mike F. - Israel
+My first thought is that these colors look great. The shade of blue used is beautiful.
-I'm not sure why you have a different shade of blue on the alternate, though. There's no need when the rest of them use the same blue, and in a real life scenario, there's no point to have an extra pair of pants for a slightly different shade of blue.
+The striping on the primary set looks good, though I'm not sure what the reasoning for it is.
+The seemingly subtle flag striping on the alternate looks good, even if you weren't going for a flag stripe look.
+The vintage jersey definitely looks nice and vintage. One of the sweater collars like on recent Winter Classic jerseys would complete that look.
-A blue helmet would look much better for that jersey, though.
Overall: 8.5/10 and my COTW nomination
Ryan C. - San Jose Sharks
+This concept definitely has a San Jose Sharks look to it.
+Good choice keeping teal as the primary color. Good color balance, too.
-I'm still not an advocate of orange for the Sharks. The only way I think it could work is to drop the black.
+The striping pattern makes good use of the colors in this concept, though. I'm glad the orange is at least kept as a trim color for the most part.
+That number font looks great.
-The orange numbers don't really work on this concept, though, since there's little orange elsewhere on the jersey. On their own I like it, though.
-Similarly to the Sharks' previous set of uniforms, the shoulder yoke makes them look way too busy. It would be a much cleaner look without it.
Overall: 8/10
Ryan C. - Tampa Bay Lightning
+Just like the San Jose concept, this design looks like it fits right into Tampa's jersey library.
+Great to see both black and blue brought back, and the gray is a nice accent.
-The black and blue are a tad close in shade, though. A brighter blue may work well.
+Again, that number font looks really nice.
-Not a fan of the "Tampa Bay" on top of the logo.
-Just like last concept, the yokes on these designs really make the jerseys look busy, and would be much cleaner without. I'd keep the gray collars though, I really like them for some reason.
Overall: 8/10
And that's all for today. I hope you guys enjoyed the post, thanks for reading, and I'll see you all again next week!


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Teinin (literally "Spy Ninja") are a rank even higher than jounin, only the village's strongest jounin become Teinin. They are chosen by the village's kage (sometimes it is a joint decision between the kage and the village elders). They serve as the Kage's personal bodyguards (and secret police) and are used to dispatch enemy shinobi and to infiltrate enemy villages. Currently the only villages that have Teinin are: Araregakure, Arashigakure, Jiseigakure, Joukigakure, Kesshougakure, Netsugakure and Tenkugakure.


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