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I won't lie–I was kind of set aback when Justin did his Top 10 Bromances list and included pretty much half of mine in it. I tried to think of other ideas, but all the best ones were either already taken or didn't have enough contenders to make a solid 10. So I'll roll with it.
So many times in film we get romances, especially between male and female characters. But rarely do we get, well… just friends. And it's always fun to see a film explore friendships (especially if it's of the opposite sex). So this is a list that has my Top 10 favorite friendships of 2012 films (or at least of the ones I saw).
First, though, I want to an honorable mention, which is Bond and Eve (Naomie Harris) in Skyfall. I make it a runner-up because there are hints at a little more than friendship, even though it's not really explored in this particular film. They come off as just really good friends with great chemistry, although it will eventually turn to more than that. So that's why it's just an honorable mention.
10) Evelyn and Graham (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson are great together here, and the friendship they build is heartbreaking. I thought this film was pretty underrated this year, as it had some fantastic performances and a good story. And at the heart of that was this particular friendship.
9) Django and Schultz (Django Unchained)
I put this only in the 9th spot basically because the majority of the film treats it more as a strict partnership than a friendship, and it explores the characters more as partners than as friends. (Yes, they do friendly things for each other… but it's mainly under the pretense of a business promise.) And I'm not saying they aren't friends–I'm just saying the film doesn't really explore their friendship as much as the following films.
8) Schmidt and Jenko (21 Jump Street)
Who would have thought that not only would a 21 Jump Street film be any good, especially one starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill? But to have the film be so good because Tatum and Hill were so good together? I think people would have laughed in your face if you'd said that prior to this film coming out. But it's true. This movie is really funny, and these two guys work off each other greatly.
7) Norman and Neil (ParaNorman)
Norman is the heart, and Neil is the comedy. Neil is just hilarious and charming in the film, and he wants so hard to be best friends with Norman. It's just so endearing that it works. And the fact Neil is the only one to ever listen to or believe Norman makes this friendship really work. It's the core of the film, and I don't think the movie would have been half as good without it.
6) Maya and Dan (Zero Dark Thirty)
It's pretty much consensus that Jason Clarke was amazing in this movie, particularly at the beginning when it's him and Maya. Their relationship builds over time through these extreme situations, and when he does eventually go elsewhere, they stay friends, and he helps her for the rest of the movie. It's a solid friendship, and it's one that could easily have been Hollywood-ized and turned into a pointless romantic relationship that broke apart because the stress of the situation and the work between them. But it didn't, and they're just good friends.
5) Tony Stark and Bruce Banner (The Avengers)
Talk about a surprise. Not only did Ruffalo kill it as Banner, but his chemistry with RDJ was so good. Their little scenes together are hilarious. It's not really the backbone of the film or anything, but those moments are just so good they're hard not to love. And it builds up to the epic moment when Banner (as the Hulk) saves the plummeting Iron Man from splatting against the ground at the end.
4) Ralph and Venelope (Wreck-It Ralph)
How much you like this film is pretty much based on how much you bought into their friendship. Personally, I loved where they took this friendship, how it formed, and how these characters connected with each other. Because of this friendship, I absolutely loved the movie. But I think whether or not you love the movie, you can't deny that, as friendships go, this one is really strong.
3) Andrew, Matt, and Steve (Chronicle)
I love this movie. I love the relationship between these three guys. Their chemistry is fantastic. And, again, the film wouldn't have worked at all if it weren't for these guys' great chemistry and the ups and downs of their friendship. It was all about how they bonded and eventually fell apart.
2) Dana and Marty (The Cabin in the Woods) *Spoilers*
This is another example of just great writing that could have gone poorly. Usually in these kinds of movies, if two survive, it's always the love interests. But here, it's just two good friends–and that friendship is definitely tested, especially in the climax. The lengths these two go to help each other followed by sudden betrayal and then forgiveness… it's just great. And what makes it work so well are those final minutes where the two are just sitting there, smokin' a joint, waiting for the world to end… and just chatting and being there for each other.
1) Billy, Marty, and Hans (Seven Psychopaths)
So… yeah. What else was it gonna be with me, honestly? Every fabric of this relationship is tested throughout this film. And it moves from hilarious moments to heartbreaking moments and back to hilarity. These three guys work great off each others, and their friendships really shine through.
Remember, we here at Man, I Love Films don't do definitive lists. We do our favorites and we want to hear yours. So, make sure and tell us about them in the comments section below.


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text: Fonik - Pain Game [DSFH5] by __ Betamorph Recordings published on 2011-11-23T22:13:04Z For the people of Haiti on the 2 year anniversary of the tragic earthquake. 100% of all proceeds will go towards the Haitian Relief effort. DOWNLOAD LINK: http://betamorphrecordings.com/3101/ How many times have you opened a bag of chips only to be disappointed by the measly amount in the bag? How many times have you spent 50, 100 dollars at the grocery store, returned home and said out loud, "This is all I got?" How many articles of clothing have you outgrown, ruined, lost, or simply decided that it isn't "you" anymore? How many songs have you actually paid for, and then come back to it later and wondered why you ever bought it? We've all been there, plagued by these particular first-world problems. We all wonder where the money goes, and whose pocket it lines. Today more than ever, consumers like you and I are interested in the end user. We want to know exactly who our dollars endorse. In the case of music sales, we all want the creative intelligences behind our favorite sounds to reap the benefits of our praise and support. We want the artists, labels, venues, and promoters we love to know it and see the evidence of it in receipts. This is how the world operates for now. Purchasing power is the consumer's weapon and soapbox. We put our money where our mouth is, and companies, corporations, governments, even nations listen. Yet, there are a billion small purchases made every day that have literally NO REAL VALUE. Like Chinese food, we buy a ton of it and are hungry an hour later. What if you could eat one meal that satisfied your hunger, satisfied your pleasure center, nourished and energized you for the whole year? Wouldn't that meal be infinitely more valuable than any other? Wouldn't you like, for once, to get way more than you paid for? This is how we at Betamorph Recordings feel about the Dubsteppers for Haiti project. We believe the satisfaction gained from every dollar spent on these tracks exceeds that of that of any other album on the market. Here's why. We know the tracks on the release are bangers. We've worked tirelessly with the artists refining some tunes, re-mastering and re-working others, and also securing brand new tunes, so that every track is a unique version just for this release. Some of our favorites include Tim Ismag's "X-Men", D-Jahsta's "Slug Bass", Fonik's "Pain Game", and "London Riots" from Rednek. All in all we've included 31 top-notch pieces so we know there will be something for everyone, and plenty of it. We've made it available through all quality digital download avenues including our own website, so we know that it's accessible to every human being that can get to a computer. Finally, and of the utmost importance, every dollar or two that you would pay for each track goes toward our account with the Haitian Health Foundation http://www.haitianhealthfoundation.org/index.php/programs/development-projects/ . In the past, we have made our contributions through Americares, but this time we wanted to use a group that was more specifically oriented in Haiti, so that we will be able to track our contribution and know exactly who it goes to and how it benefits them. With this particular foundation we are able to finance 3 things that will literally make and entire family live better for years to come. We will contribute a goat, an out-house style enclosed bathroom, and an entire house built from concrete with a tin roof and a finished floor. These items will significantly improve a families quality of life almost immediately. Disease, famine, and poverty, decimate the population each year. For a Haitian family, a goat means income from selling milk, and meat; not to mention the pride and emotional satisfaction that comes from raising living things. Living in the U.S.A., many of us are unaware that more people in the world live without any form of proper waste removal facility, than do. Giving a family a real toilet will dramatically decrease their susceptibility to disease and bacterial infection, added to that, is the protection of the enclosed home which will keep out rodents, insects, predators, and the elements, which are all killers to a family that sleeps on the ground in ramshackle huts. We do this in the spirit of oneness, brotherhood, and duty. In 2012 we pledge to make internal changes that will increase our outward flow of energy to the coffers of humanity's well-being. We will grow as a company and as individuals, because of our efforts, to contribute to that which saves us all. 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Fourth Grade CIA Meeting Tonight!
The fourth grade class will be "hosting" the CIA meeting, tonight from 6-7pm. This means that we, as a class, will be given an opportunity to show off something we have been learning about so far! We will be showing and explaining the elevation maps we made today and have been discussing since last week.
We are excited to show off our work! Please try to get your children here if possible–it's our first shining moment of the school year!
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August 1, 2010
I am retired and invested in mutual funds. I have always been suspicious of the fees I may be paying for my mutual funds but do not know about. Until I read the article in the newspaper I had never heard of 12b-1 fees. I am definitely in favor of more transparency when it comes to mutual funds. My monthly and annual statements do not reflect the fees I pay and it is very difficult for me to know how expensive my funds actually are. Please pass these rule changes and continue to require brokers and fund companies to reveal in understandable detail the fees we investors are paying.
When I first rolled my retirement lump sum pay out into mutual funds I was shocked to see how much of my money was missing on the initial transaction. No one advised me that there would be such steep fees and I did this with the advise of a so called financial service representative at a credit union. It took my investment over a year to recoup that cost before I began to see any returns.
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Theater Summer Camps for Kids in Marin
Photo: Michael V. Dyett/ Marin Theatre Company
If you have a young Shakespearean or budding Broadway musical star at home, why not hone their talents at one of the theater camps being offered this summer in Marin. Here's a list of 2017 camps that have a focus on acting and musical theater in Marin County.
Marin Shakespeare Company Summer Camps
Location: Novato, Ross, San Rafael
Ages: 4–18
Dates: June 12–August 11
Cost: $200–$925 per session
Marin Shakespeare Company offers camps for kids ages 5 through 18 at locations throughout Marin. The youngest campers can enjoy learning Shakespeare's Stories at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre in San Rafael. Older kids ages participate in Young Company (ages 8–12) at Forest Meadows, Lynwood Elementary School in Novato or Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross or Tennis/Drama (ages 8–14) at Forest Meadows and Marin Tennis Club in San Rafael. Teens can participate in a summer performance of Love's Labour's Lost. For more info, visit www.marinshakespeare.org.
Marin Theatre Company Summer Camps
Location: Mill Valley
Ages: 5–18
Dates: June 19–August 4
Cost: $475–$1,050 per week
Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley offers three Summer Performance camps. Creative Dramatic Camps is for kids grades K–2 that focus on social and artistic development through creative dramatics, improvisation, and theatre games.Youth Camp offers two Production Camp options and 3 week-long Creative Dramatics Camps for grades 2–6. Teen camp for grades 7–12 also runs a 4-week afternoon camp for teens to perform in a production of Seussical, Jr! For more info, visit www.marintheatre.org.
Novato Theater Company Summer Stars
Location: Novato
Ages: 8–17
Dates: TBA
Cost: $375
NTC Summer Stars gives children ages 8-17 the opportunity to have lessons in acting, Improvisation, Voice, and Dance; students rehearse and perform an original play with popular music; students participate in production related tasks such as scene painting, costume and prop construction, and make-up application. $350 early bird price; 15% off for returning students. For more info, visit www.novatotheatercompany.org.
Acting Out at the Throck
Location: Mill Valley
Ages: K–9th Grade
Dates: June 19–July 21
Acting Out at the Throck, Throckmorton Youth Programs' summer camp in Mill Valley, offers an engaging theatrical experience for performers of all backgrounds and abilities. Session 1, 2nd–5th graders, runs from June 19–July 7 and includes a production of Honk! Jr., a delightful adaptation of the ugly duckling tale. Session 2, for 6th–9th graders is a Broadway Heroes and Villains, which explores memorable characters of musical theater and takes place July 10–21. Fees: $1,200 or $800. For more info, visit www.throckmortontheatre.org.
23 Elephants Theatre Company-Dream Big!
Location: Larkspur
Ages: 8–19
Dates: June 19–July 23
23 Elephants Theatre Company is teaming up with Marilyn Izdebski and the Redwood High Community Education Program to offer an amazing summer of singing, dancing, hip-hop f and laughs with a Broadway Workout and two great shows. Young people ages 7–12 will participate in a production of Madagascar, directed by Ashley Kimball and Bidalia Albanese, from June 26–July 15. Older kids ages 12–18 will rehearse and perform Young Frankenstein, directed by Steven Hess, from June 19–July 22. Fee for either camp is $595 and includes acting, singing, and dance training; rehearsal hours; production work; and two dance classes per week. Camps take place at Redwood High School in Larkspur. For more info, visit www.23elephants.org.
NY Broadway Training Programs
Location: TBA
Ages: 7–15
Dates: July 31–August 11
Taught by New York Broadway professionals, these half-day and full-day camps offer an all-inclusive performaing arts experience. Camps include a Training Camp, with classes in dance, voice, musical theater, acting, and more and a Performance Camp, where campers put on a Broadway-style show. Daily snack provided, and there's a pizza party on the second Friday. www.MarissaJoyGanz.com/broadwaycamps
Stapleton School of the Performing Arts Musical Theatre Camp
Location: San Rafael
Ages: 5–14
Dates: 2 sessions: July 10–4 & August 7–11
Stapleton School offers offer 2 sessions, one July 10-14 for 5-8 year olds and one August 7-11 for 8-12 year olds. For more info, visit www.stapletonschool.org.
PAAM Summer Camps
Location: Mill Valley
Ages: 6–High School
Dates: June 13–August 19
PAAM's summer musical theater programs in Mill Valley offer a new musical theme each week that results in the creation of a 20–30-minute musical performance. Each camper receives a role, speaking lines, and a solo if desired. Musical theater camp sessions take place June 13–17 and 20–24, June 27–July 1, July 11–15, 18–22, and 25–29, and August 1–5, 8–12, and 15–19, and are for ages 4–13+, depending on session. Fee: $445 per week. For more info, visit www.paamarin.com.
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there are three songs you should (and CAN!) listen to at this very instant:
*kelley stoltz channelling paul mccartney on "the sun comes through"
*the new pornographers channelling god and the angels and all of pop heaven on "sing me spanish techno"
*long beach's own brad lindsay soundling like a fey ted leo (and i mean that as a compliment) on "with a flick of my wrist"
brad's been on my mind a lot recently, having caught him up at the eagle rock sunday night bowling and drinking club two weeks back (full disclosure: i help book and promote and also dj at the club) and then again at the prospector on tuesday. not knowing, well, anything about guitar playing or guitar style, i can't really elaborate much on why brad puts on a good show except to say this: he's six-feet-tall and super skinny and blonde and you expect him to cover belle N sebastian, but then he trots out guitar solo after guitar solo and pretty soon you're totally into it. i really hope he plays oc soon. [related: my old friends fielding were also on the bill, and i know it's been a personal joke of mine that 2006 is the new 2003, but seriously? it was kind of surreal to watch them play after not seeing them for almost two years. not much has changed–the band still channels nada surf (in the best way ever) and has perfected their hits (see "legless" and "the giant") to the point of making you want to puke technicolor, cotton candy-scented rainbows. good luck to them at south by southwest. they'll be playing to an open bar and a legion of fans at the scene bar on friday if you'd like to bid them farewell.]
other shows i've enjoyed this week: a few songs from charles kamm's heavily-attended set opening for the model airplanes at detroit bar on monday. his band was loud and clangy and loose and did i mention it was heavily-attended? dude's got a ton of friends. seriously. the planes continue their residency next week with quiet rocker frank lenz, who just won me over with the line "i need a girlfriend who's a blackout drinker" from "just cause" and OH MY GOSH "i've been fucking up" is the greatest song i've listened to all day. also, susanna hoffs (still absolutely gorgeous) and matthew sweet (looking like van morrison now oh no!) performing songs from their new album, under the covers, last night at hotel cafe. "cinnamon girl" and "the kids are alright" and also the vu's "sunday morning" alone were worth hearing, although i secretly wished lindsey buckingham would join matthew on stage and cover "crimson and clover." is that lame?
lastly: check out the loose fur video on stereogum, then scroll down and watch what would happen if microsoft designed the ipod packaging.
also on tap: vavak and model airplanes at the prospector tonight; el ten eleven, elijah fell and the soft lites at detroit bar, too.
p.s.: i can't stop listening to frank lenz's "i've been fucking up". it's been on repeat for the last half hour. i can't stop. SO. GOOD.


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Israeli tourist's behavior is famous throughout the world. Why?
Israeli tourist's behavior is famous throughout the world. Why?
I've only met a few, but from my interpretation they seem to have a lot of passion, vigour and 'live life to the fullest' attitude about them.
I remember one time I spent an evening in Mumbai (Leopold's cafe, incidently) with 2 Israelis and had some quite heated conversation about their spot in the world and what they believe in - it was amazing to see their passion about this, where in Oz we are generally so laid back about everything
I also met another Israeli in Nepal that was at a bar dancing around with 2 tennis balls in stockings, had a chat to him, and the next night he was pretending to be deaf, quite a crazy/funny fellow!
Well, they can be quite irritating when travelling in large groups indeed. But that is with more nationalities.
But I met a few in New Zealand and Bolivia travelling alone or with two people, and they were ok to me. Guess they are just human beings like all of us, but with a certain historical background and different place in the world.
95% of them ive met are rude,arrogant,noisy and disrespectful.
South America is full of them because its cheap and a few times while i was their i just wished i was back home due to the reasons i stated.They have no time for other travellers and are a nightmare to put up with.
*raises eyebrows* There isn't a single nationality of travellers I'd describe in such a way. (The closest would be the Dutch and English, and even there it's realistically only the loud 1% which ruin it for everyone else.)
The few times Israeli travellers have stood out of the crowd enough for me to learn they were Israeli, they were always courteous and made for good company.
I do agree with Utrecht that people of pretty much every single nationality are irritating when they're travelling in a large group together. I don't know if it's the large group which makes people irritating or if people who tend to travel in large groups (as opposed to independently) tend to be more irritating, but either way, yeah, they often don't mesh.
(I also find it interesting that Skinbo said "famous" (rather than "infamous"), and that this very quickly was interpreted as being meant negatively...)
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Quoting Erik85
I also met another Israeli in Nepal that was at a bar dancing around with 2 tennis balls in stockings, had a chat to him, and the next night he was pretending to be deaf, quite a crazy/funny fellow!
Sounds like an interesting bloke!
I agree that any big groups, no matter their nationality can be annoying and loud!
In the two years we have been away I have to say we haven't really directly encountered that many Israelis - maybe on 3 occasions.
The first time was in a hostel in Mendoza and the owner as we came through the reception area was saying 'the room price is 60 for a double, that's the price take it or leave it no haggling allowed, I know what you Israelis are like!'
The second time was a guy on a bus who was boasting that he got a room for US$2, but there wasn't a bed or a bathroom he just had to sleep on the floor and go to the toilet in a bucket!
The third time was a rude experience for me. There was a group of 3 girls who very rudely turned to each other, started talking in Hebrew to each other and ignored me while I was in the middle of a conversation with (asking for tour operator recommendations). I asked them again for their help and they turned their backs on me!
The majority of other travellers we have met have said Israelis have a reputation of being 'cheap charlies' for everything and will haggle all the time, they are loud and can be very rude to other non-Israelis. But as we haven't met many personally and only seen groups of Israelis from a distance, we can't really comment on these perceptions.
Equally though, every nationality can have these traits when travelling.
Skinbo - why do you ask this question is it through experience or from what other people have told you?
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Israeli tourist's behavior is famous throughout the world. Why?
I really take offence to that remark
Australian tourist's behaviour should be the only benchmark on this site.
As for the poor denigrated Israelis tourists, I can only recall coming across them twice in my travels.
First time - Koh Samui when I has seen my sister off at the airport on her way back to Hong Kong in 1997 and I adjourned to the bar/restaurant of Montein House to drink away the remaining hours before I flew to BK and home to Perth.
There were 2 Israeli guys and the most drop-dead gorgeous woman (presumably Israeli) I have ever had the privilege to hairy-eyeball. Her mane of jet-black hair was awesome.
Second time - Coupla days in Dahab in 2003, came back from restauranting down the main drag and found that some Israeli tourist had parked his car (Fiat I fink with Israel flag prominent on licence plate) about 5 metres from our room door. Questionable thoughts did run through my mind at the time but the consumed vino collapso smoothed any concerns I had.
This is a post that is not just hinting, but is downright stereotypical, bordering on being anti-semitic ( refering to Israelis as rude, arorgant and implying they are cheap).
I have seen good and bad traits and qualities in Americans, Germans, Canadians, English, Dutch, Belgians, Swiss etc etc etc etc etc... (Though I can't recall meeting an uptight or difficult Aussie.. but I don't want to be guilty of the same generalizations that I find offensive and inappropriate here-- I am sure there are some out there. )
We should strive to be a bit more progressive and get over these inappropriate generalizations. Every one is an individual and we should try not to fall into these traps.


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As Easter approached a few days ago, the leaders of an unofficial Christian church in China proclaimed their intention to defy Communist Party officials and hold outdoor Easter services. And sure enough, hundreds of church members were detained in their homes and 36 others were taken into custody after they tried to hold an Easter worship service in a public square. This new confrontation comes amid an increasing crackdown on unregistered faith groups. The conflict, overall, has inspired a condemnation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and raises questions about the state of religious freedom in China.
The Shouwang Church was established in 1993 and, according to its leaders, has sought government registration since 2006, but has been repeatedly refused. This is because the Chinese government, despite their claim to promote religious freedom, requires religious groups to gain government approval before they can legally gather. Earlier this month, hundreds of church members were rounded up and detained after they tried to hold another public worship service. The Shouwang Church has over 1,000 members. The public prayer services have been a response to the government's attempts to restrict their access to property purchased in 2009.
"Beijing has again responded with ruthless intolerance to peaceful religious activity," said Leonard Leo, the chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. "The Shouwang Church tried to play by rules that the Chinese government keeps changing. Beijing's action further alienates the fast growing number of religious believers in China, particularly during Easter, the most sacred week in Christianity."
These detentions come in the midst of a larger crackdown on dissent in China in an attempt to forestall events like the recent Jasmine Revolution. But because of the recent surge of religious fervor, particularly among Christians, it seems unlikely that most religious people will take these restrictions lying down. The Chinese government's actions signal a renewed attempt to control independent religious practice, but the Shouwang Church shows no signs that they will accept these controls.
"The devil Satan has taken advantage of the authority God has granted to the national government and is seeking to destroy God's church," said Shouwang pastor Jin Tianming after the arrests earlier this month. A statement after the Easter detainments compared the church's struggles to that of Christ:
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You are responsible for the immediate cleanup of
your spill, regardless of the quantity involved.
The responsibility lies with the person who spills
the product, as well as the person owning or
having authority over the oil or hazardous
Reportable spills include:
any amount of oil to waters of the state;
oil spills on land in excess of 42 gallons;
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Is there more? I am always astonished when windsurfers who play in water fouled in so many ways by the oil and chemical industries act as apologists--even, as in the thread above, for their crimes.
The combined oil and plastics industry has fought desperately to prevent meaningful regulation of plastics pollution at the source. They pay nothing--indeed are subsidized--for the toxicity of their product. The oceans are now full of plastics, collected in five gyres. Regulatory agencies--yeah, those terrible people--are doing research on the impacts. Scientist Margy Gassel has now completed fish tissue studies of the impacts of those gyres. Her study is not yet available on the web, but the results were discussed at the State of the Estuary conference in Oakland this week. See
The results? Plastics concentrate contaminants like PCB's to astonishing levels, and result in turning male fish into female fish. I want to hear you righties rationalize this impact.
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techno900, so you think that right wing media is the victim here? You feel sorry for all those much maligned muckrakers spouting off nonsense on conservative talk radio? Or, perhaps you feel that the phony homemade breaking news spreading on the internet is being wrongly attacked and throttled by crazy leftist liberals from mainstream media?
Maybe you can fill me in how extreme left wing radicals are taking over the talk radio market.
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Techno--what is it about the oil companies breaking the reporting laws that you find acceptable, and are blaming on the media?
By the way, don't whine about how hard it is to find a source if you don't want to be ridiculed for something that is easy to find. Or at least ask for cheese and crackers.
You will have to search for eternity to find where I said or suggested that I am fine with oil companies breaking the reporting laws. Go back a few pages and see what my posts were about and keep on topic.
By the way, I wasn't "whining" about how hard it was to find a source. I said no such thing, but as usual, you like to make up things to suit your agenda. Being ridiculed by you when you have no idea about the topic or my posts only comforts me. It makes me smile.
By the way, is your quote about reportable oil spills from the EPA or California or? I was looking for federal regulations, which so far you haven't found with your three clicks. Or at least, you haven't identified your source if it is the EPA.
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Not so fast techno. What you said is that it doesn't matter. What was reported was 300 spills. With almost no exceptions, what spills on land eventually runs off to water. You said, precisely:
t would be interesting to see the definition of what constitutes a reportable spill. Plus, did any of them have a negative environmental impact? The only real issue here.
Maybe just a lot of hot liberal air and meaningless numbers? Maybe not, but your post means absolutely nothing without "the rest of the story", which the media frequently doesn't offer.
The only thing that matters is whether they have a negative environmental impact? Who gets to decide that? The law requires reporting spills, and you tell me it doesn't matter and is a lot of hot liberal air? Since when do the pipeline companies, and their buddies in the State, get to re-write the law, decide on their own what matters, and break the law requiring reporting?
The underlying legal structure for oil spills is in Federal law. It is usually administered by the State's--and in this case the State looked the other way at 300 pipeline spills! To me, integrity matters. To Congress as well. That's why the companies that spilled will be fined.
The requirement to report is independent of the specific determination of what damage is done. The reason is that with State and Federal agencies with limited staff, we rely on the public to know, agitate for remediation of the spills, and keep pressure on the agencies to monitor the oil companies. It all breaks down if they can scoff at the reporting requirement. But if you believe that regulation is an unreasonable imposition on the market, but spilling is not an unreasonable imposition on the air we breathe and the water we drink...
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The results? Plastics concentrate contaminants like PCB's to astonishing levels, and result in turning male fish into female fish. I want to hear you righties rationalize this impact.
Evolution? Genetic predisposition? I've heard you can explain just about anything with those two reasons.
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Geezzzzzzzzzzz, I feel like I am in the twilight zone.
Last post for those that need more clarity:
News stories that don't include the pertinent facts are worthless. 300 spills seems like a lot. Well that depends on what constitutes a reportable spill. The readers would be better informed if they knew a little more about spills, including if they damaged the environment or not, or how costly the clean ups were.
Stories that just offer up big numbers and imply that things are bad, just aren't real stories without supporting facts. Just a lot of liberal hot air? You be the judge.
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Since when do the pipeline companies, and their buddies in the State, get to re-write the law, decide on their own what matters, and break the law requiring reporting?
The underlying legal structure for oil spills is in Federal law. It is usually administered by the State's--and in this case the State looked the other way at 300 pipeline spills! To me, integrity matters. To Congress as well. That's why the companies that spilled will be fined.
Go back and read the article you posted from Bismarck ND and you will see that it says that the spills were "not reported to the public". What does that mean? Not reported to the EPA, the State or local news? Reported to no one? Again, it's the crappy, misleading news writing that is my issue, not abiding by or breaking EPA or State laws. That's it, nothing more. Now do you get it?
Mac - no luck on the EPA reportable spill requirements yet? It's only three clicks away.
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The rigid right who have decided that regulation is just a drag on society--without actually understanding the nature of regulations and the theory--are part of the anti-intellectualism of the new right. The level of deliberate ignorance on this post is just astonishing:
News stories that don't include the pertinent facts are
300 spills seems like a lot. Well
that depends
on what constitutes a reportable spill. The readers would be better informed if they knew a little more about spills, including if they damaged the environment or not, or how costly the clean ups were.
Three times now Techno has tried to blame the media for not reporting the "full facts", whatever they might be, and in the process give the pipeline companies a pass. Let me explain the nature of the reporting and self monitoring process that is embedded in most air and water quality regulations. Almost all of these laws are predicated on self-reporting. Even though there are a limited number of refineries in the Bay Area, there is only enough staff at the air and water quality agencies to inspect them about once a year. Compliance relies on self-monitoring reports that are prepared by the companies, and submitted to the agencies under penalty of perjury.
Realizing that they weren't giving agencies enough staff for rigorous oversight, Congress and state legislatures allowed citizens to be private "attorney generals." In other words, they can independently sue a business for violating their permits, and those lawsuits sometimes result in large fines and settlements that fund the attorneys in private groups like the Water Keepers.
Knowing a fair amount about refineries, they generally fight new regulations with all of their resources, but do a good job in complying with regulations once they are established. They know that they are big targets and citizens groups will nail them--as they did in the past--if they screw up. Thus the carelessness of Chevron in maintenance and reporting that led to the huge Richmond fire is generally the exception, not the rule.
All of this depends on reporting. When a pipeline company fails to report 300 spills, it doesn't matter what you, or anybody else thinks, about how those spills might be minor. That's not your job--if you want it to be, run for Congress. What the non-reporting shows is the lack of either integrity or competence, or most likely both. That concept seems to be difficult for you to grasp there in the twilight zone.
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Directly from the Twilight Zone, or perhaps from Oz, where the right wing think that oil companies can do no wrong and all reporting in a newspaper is incomplete and biased:
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 1
By Nick Snow
OGJ Washington Editor
Tesoro Logistics LP will restart its High Plains crude oil pipeline in North Dakota that has been shut down since Sept. 29 when a rupture and leak were discovered, the San Antonio pipeline master limited partnership announced.
The announcement came a day after the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administered issued a safety order requiring TLLPs Tesoro High Plains Pipeline Co. (THPP) to take corrective measures after 20,000 bbl of crude leaked from a small hole in the line into a field north of Tioga, ND.
TLLP reported that PHMSA has accepted a detailed restart plan the company submitted under the safety order. The agency and carrier also have completed a preliminary analysis of the failed segment, which was removed and sent to an independent laboratory for further study, the pipeline operator said.
The US Department of Transportation agency issued the order Oct. 31. PHMSA ordered THPP to perform frequent aerial and ground inspections and install additional leak detection equipment. It said the company also must update maps of the entire system and evaluate the 700-mile long pipeline to identify further preventative measures to protect important water bodies.
THPP also will be required to conduct mechanical and metallurgical testing and analysis of the failed pipe, and evaluate previous inspection results, according to PHMSA. The failed pipe segment has been removed and sent to a lab for analysis, it said. New pipe has been installed and tested, and pressure and flow detection systems have been installed, PHMSA said.
I suppose 20,000
qualifies as a spill? Now I understand that the right, and those who own stock in Canadian oil tar, don't want publicity about frequent pipeline spills--frequent
pipeline spills--while the Keystone Pipeline and its impacts are being debated. They are even less willing to discuss the various subsidies involved in the use of public land for right of way.
We can trust corporations but not government. Perhaps in the Twilight Zone.
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Three times now Techno has tried to blame the media for not reporting the "full facts", whatever they might be, and in the process give the pipeline companies a pass
"full facts, whatever they might be" - Exactly, crappy reporting without the FULL STORY. You can't quote the facts because there are none except the 300 spills.
"and in the process give the pipeline companies a pass". I love the way you make things up. You rarely comment on or debate the comments that the opposition posts, you just go off on tangents, ranting and raving on issues dear to your heart, but not relevant to the post that you are responding to. Slow down a bit and pay attention.
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New Approaches in the Post-Modern American Novel: Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan (Abstract)
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Since 1960, a new group of American fiction writers, (so termed because their work is both historically and esthetically posterior to the writers of the Modernist period) have been producing works that expressly repudiate the central tenets of Modernism. That is, whereas the Modernist believed that works of art could represent reality, both objective and subjective, the Post-Modernist feels that reality itself is so unknowable that any attempt to reduce it to fictional terms is absurd; and whereas the Modernist created his work to appeal only to the elite audience of the highly educated, the Post-Modernist tries to reach the popular audience with books that also can appeal to the elite. The Post-Modernist, then, attempts to link the two realms of High and Pop Art.
Representative of this movement, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan write books that are non-realistic and comic. Despite their break with the past, however, all three draw on the Existential literary tradition for the notion that the universe is, in the final analysis, incomprehensible to man. In their works there is a constant suggestion, not only that there is no organizing principle to human existence, but also that any artistic rendering of the external universe is necessarily circumscribed by the fact that the words embodying it are but human creations and hence can never be totally objective They also draw heavily on the American tradition of the non-realistic romance, dealing with escape from an oppressive urban civilization.
For Heller, the universe is so illogical, so inaccessible to human reason, that the faculty of rational deduction is powerless to understand or cope with it. As a consequence, the only characters suited to survive in such a universe are those who abandon logic altogether and live with absurdity as a guiding principle. Thus, since the universe is contradictory, the only language which can begin to express the nature of reality is either contradictory or tautological: language which, in essence, says nothing.
For Vonnegut?, not only is man totally unable to know the absolute truth about the universe (if indeed such truth exists) but also the partial truths that he can learn bring no comfort to his desire for order and purpose in his life. Accordingly, the role of the artist in his works is, not to attempt to tell the truth, but rather to tell harmless untruths, which occupy the ground between truth and lies. Foremost of these is that man is the epitome of all creations, the center of the universe: a harmless untruth that makes life more bearable by depicting man as being better than he really is.
For Brautigan, the only reality is that which is created through the power of language. To him the imagination is a magical faculty, endowed with the ability to transform, through the medium of language, the reality which contemporary man encounters. And since this reality is dominated by a vast, sprawling urban civilization which has virtually destroyed the actual wilderness in which such literary predecessors as Cooper and Twain? could find refuge, such a transformation is not only desirable. but also essential for survival in our age.
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I caught this common bird, a House Sparrow I think, sitting on the electric wire in my backyard this summer.
Fluffing the feathers:
We keep bird feeders in the garden, and even though we didn't fill them that much this past year we've always had lots of different birds in the yard. Everything from golden finches to sparrows, Blue Jays, crows, and grackles frequent my yard. I grow a lot of flowers that birds like so, other than the bird feeders, perhaps that's why they enjoy our yard.


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Believe me, I always love hearing about new "life-styles", it's always fantastic to hear all of the crazy people band together and fight Godzilla in Tokyo so that their feet are no longer threatened by the evil overlord Shoe. It's all well and good. However, once in a while, you'll just find crazy and none of that tasteful Godzilla fighting. Like the pro-ana movement.
Pro-anas say that Anorexia, one of the biggest baddest eating-disorders, is a lifestyle. It's not just for perfectionists anymore, I guess, seeing as they've forgotten about the very visible O in anOrexia.
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I've never wanted to keep a reasonable amount of food in my body so badly before.
Well, I want to mess with them, badly. Because messing with people is my best skill set, and the hysterical day I've been having is making me feel fairly giggly. ^___^ I've got such a stupid grin on my face right now! Breaking impressionable 13-year-olds' flimsy sort of fantasy will make me feel guilty, guilt will force me back into depression, where I belong. ^____^.
Really, just one of the funniest days I've had in a while. I can't explain it. I think I've gone a bit (more) mad.
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One way I trick myself is to check my calories and decide I will bump up my speed and run until I hit a certain number. Example: I may move my speed up two notches and run until my calorie count hits 250. Then back it down again and repeat later on.
Or if I'm really feeling motivated, I will vow to run faster until the person to my left or right changes their speed. This has come back to bite me on more than one occasion (i.e., the younger gal next to me never varied her speed) so I have to be feeling a bit Shalane-ish to attempt that one!
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Isaac Griffith was caught in a rip tide Monday night when he and three friends were swimming at Siesta Beach. Friends had to rescue Griffith when he was swept past the buoys.
Griffith's father Shannon, the head football coach at Manchester University, sent a series of tweets Wednesday evening updating followers on his son's progress.
"Today was a very good day for Isaac! Early this afternoon the doctors gave the orders to remove him from the ventilator and bring him out of his medically induced coma," the tweet read. "He woke up well, is breathing on his own and resting at this present moment. We are still in a marathon for his recovery and this too is just a little battle. He is doing well we still have those little battles in front of us. He has responded to his name immediately, moved his hands, squeezed Kim's {hand, moved his feet. He has some issues they are treating with antibiotics for his lungs but that is something we expected. We are giving praise to God for his strength and still need your prayers. We will update in the morning once he is evaluated but this was a big step forward for Isaac. Thanks for all the well wishes and support for our family. Our faith and strength in God and our prayers are being answered."
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|Bushlad's Lament
Bushlad's Lament is an episode of Taz-Mania directed by Keith Baxter. It first aired 13 Feb 1995.
An elderly Francis X. Bushlad is finally about to become chief of his people. However, he still has not attained manhood by catching the Tasmanian Devil. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton won't crown him until he does. Taz and all the other forest animals are now old and wrinkled too. Francis suspends a 16 ton weight over a television set as bait. When The Lawrence Elk Show comes on, he gets distracted and watches it with Taz. But when a Tasmanian Devil cartoon comes on, they remember and fight, and Taz gets away. Taz sits down to read a comic book, and Francis invites him back to watch television. Francis goes to cut the rope that holds the weight, but forgets what he's doing. When he returns he asks why Taz is watching his tv and chases him away. They soon begin to fight again, and Taz chases Francis at low speed all the way back to his village. Lyndon B. Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, and Richard Nixon are all present to crown him the new exec, but Francis wakes up and realizes it was all a dream.
- This pays homage to Bob Clampett's 1944 short, "The Old Grey Hare".


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Valkyria Chronicles Ranking High On Current Sales Charts
Too many gamers overlooked it last year but thanks to the recently released DLC and positive word-of-mouth, Valkyria Chronicles is suddenly a very hot item...in both Japan and the US!
As reported over at Sega's blog and citing sales numbers provided by Gamasutra, the excellent strategy/RPG sits at #5 on the North American charts this week, and it's all the way up at #1 in Japan. Next week is also shaping up nicely, as Chronicles is ranked #3 in PlayStation 3 sales in the Land of the Rising Sun and holding tight to that #5 spot in the US. It's also good to know that each of the newly available downloadable content packs are also popular, and if you haven't yet had the pleasure, you can pick up this singularly appealing title at Amazon.com this week for only $39.79! Really, if you're a PS3 owner and you have even the slightest interest in this genre, you owe it to yourself to add Valkyria Chronicles to your library. You won't regret it; there's a damn good reason why word is spreading: the vast majority of gamers have nothing but good things to say about it, and so many people just can't be wrong!
Remember, this game dropped in November, during a time when many huge blockbuster titles were already on store shelves. It was just too much to handle at the time, but quality won't be denied. Truth!
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Attention coaches, therapists, and heart-based professionals:
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Herbal Energy Work
Energy Work is the result of my own personal
connection and discovery of the vibrational
and healing qualities of herbs. For several
years I have compiled and documented a system
of healing using the energy of herbs. The
herbs are not ingested in any form but rather
used as gentle energy currents on and around
the body. A small packet of a particular herb
or a small bottle containing a tincture is
held in my hand. I simply allow the energy
to move where it wants to go. The information
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The body chooses or "entrains"
the herb by giving off an electromagnetic
frequency that attracts a particular herb.
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the body attracts a particular herb, an assessment
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The Energy Cyst
a force or energy of injury is put into you,
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that is determined by the amount of force.
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by the body's tissues. If the body is
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These areas may contain emotion or chemicals
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Herbal Energy Flushes
the system is ready, that is, when the body
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than ingested, break up gluey stuck material,
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pathways: energy meridians, skin and organs.
Through the further balancing with CranioSacral
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CranioSacral Therapy
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phrases. We use our body to bring attention
to a neglected part of ourselves through touch,
breath, and movement. The body becomes the
internal reference to determine where you
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Le Temps reported today from Rome that Premier Mussolini had given an audience to Preiozi, Italian anti-Semitic leader and editor in Italy of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, discredited account of a purported Jewish plot for world domination.
Simultaneously, Rome newspapers published articles urging anti-Semitic legislation, the report said. Signor Cianetti, president of the Italian Labor Confederation is now in Germany being entertained by Julius Streicher, German flagbearer of anti-Semitism, it was stated.
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So why not try sitting on the floor, preferably in the dark, relax yourself and let your body just rock. Back and forth or side to side or even in a circle. As your body moves, visualize what you desire and maybe clap or rub your hands together as well to receive more energy through them. Keep your desire strong in your mind, if you want to chant something then chant whatever comes to mind and feels right. Do this for as long as you feel is necessary and until you feel you've raised enough energy to manifest the desired outcome; once you feel you have just throw your hands up and feel the energy being sent out.
If you feel a little tired after, then it's ok it happens. Just ground yourself after, but it would be good to ground yourself before doing this; then again, it's up to you. For grounding techniques, you'll find a number of articles on it in the article section. Good luck.


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The decision to use first-round draft picks on a wide receiver twice in four years was unprecedented in Tennessee Titans' history.
If Sunday's 44-41 overtime victory over the Detroit Lions is any indication, quarterback Jake Locker, a first-round choice in his own right, plans to take full advantage of it.
More than half of his career-high 42 throws went to Kenny Britt, the 2009 top choice, and Kendall Wright, this year's number-one. Both were targeted 11 times.
Wright finished with a team-high seven receptions for 41 yards. Britt caught six passes for 45 yards.
"I think you want to see your top guys make catches and make plays," coach Mike Munchak said. "That's why we brought them here. That's why we drafted them. … Hopefully that group can be together for a long time.
"That's why we were excited about Kendall in the draft, we felt he could come in and help us this year. We mentioned that quite a few times, that's what made the decision to pick him."
Through three games, Wright, the 20th overall pick in April, leads Tennessee with 14 catches. His longest gain, though, is just 17 yards and his average per reception is 7.3, which is second worst among the 40 players who, through Sunday, had at least that many receptions.
In two games back from reconstructive knee surgery and a league suspension, Britt has seven receptions for 60 yards.
"Kenny … is still getting familiar with the offense," Munchak said. "This offense he learned last year in training camp and he's only play a couple games in it and hasn't played with Jake before. So there's a long way to go in that relationship, I would think."
Together, Britt and Wright represent half of all wide receivers the franchise ever has drafted in the first round. The other two were Haywood Jeffires (1987) and Kevin Dyson (1998).
Locker, of course, was selected eighth overall in 2011. Plus, running back Chris Johnson preceded Britt as the first choice in 2008.
The last time the franchise used three first-round picks over a span of four years on offense was in 1995 (quarterback Steve McNair), 1996 (running back Eddie George) and 1998 (Dyson). All three of those players were instrumental to the team's run to Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 season.
• Mr. Takeaway: Tennessee has forced just two turnovers through the first three weeks of the season. At the same point last season the defense had four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
Cornerback Alterraun Verner certainly has done his part.
Verner was credited with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery when he took the ball from tight end Brandon Pettigrew and went 72 yards for a touchdown that put the Titans up 41-27 with 1:16 to play in regulation.
He accounted for the only other forced turnover, an interception at San Diego, which he returned 11 yards. Plus, he had an interception against the Lions negated by a roughing the passer penalty.
"I tried before that play to get the ball out on numerous occasions, but it just didn't work out," Verner said of the fumble and return. "I was just fortunate enough to get at that certain time in that point of the game to try to help us get a win."
The 2010 fourth-round draft pick had three interceptions, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery as a rookie but had just one interception last season.
• Injury update: Munchak said he expects tight end Jared Cook to play Sunday at Houston.
The tight end sustained an injury to his left shoulder in the second quarter against Detroit and did not return.
"To not be there for those guys when I wanted to, it was tough man," Cook said after the contest. "It's in a little bit of pain, but I'll be all right."
Britt was unable to finish the game after he "tweaked" his ankle in the second half. His situation also was not immediately considered serious.
• Briefly: Nate Washington has caught a touchdown pass in five of his last seven games, including two of three this season. He has caught 21 touchdown passes in 51 games with Tennessee after having caught just 12 in 49 games with Pittsburgh. … Locker's streak of consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass is now six, which includes at least one in all three starts of his career. … After a 16-14 loss at Jacksonville in the 2011 opener, the Titans have won their last three in games decided by three points or fewer.
Two things have to happen before this team starts to refine itself. First Locker has to get enough snaps to find his identity in this league and with that the rest of the team begins to find their own chemistry and they can start to build on the talent they have. Locker can become one of the most mobile quarterbacks in the league with his running instincts. CJ is the next issue this team needs to deal with. While it has not been all his fault he is not earning that big paycheck just yet !
Well said