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Re: Vanity Fair October 2012 & New Book UNTOUCHABLE
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November 19, 2012, 04:42:32 AM »
well, trash is trash. nuff said - at least from me
i also had a major light bulb moment while i was away - i'm not buying any more Michael books. weeeeeeeeeeeee! they can all rot in book stores, for all i care.
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Re: Vanity Fair October 2012 & New Book UNTOUCHABLE
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November 25, 2012, 10:33:21 AM »
'Untouchable' by Randall Sullivan touches nerve
By Chris Lee, Los Angeles Times
November 14, 2012, 6:15 a.m
Michael Jackson fans have been eagerly anticipating Randall Sullivan's "Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson," which went on sale Tuesday. It's the first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop's convoluted final years on earth. But then, too, the book's been getting a lot of bad press. In the last few weeks, various Jackson family members and celebrity sources have stepped forward to attack the author's claims in "Untouchable" with gusto.
Pop doyenne Janet Jackson vigorously disputes Sullivan's account of how, in 2009, she allegedly refused to allow her brother's remains be interred at Forest Lawn cemetery until his estate repaid her $40,000 in burial costs. Last month, Janet Jackson's lawyer blasted the reportage, excerpted in November's Vanity Fair, as "false and defamatory" and demanded a retraction from the magazine (Vanity Fair stands by the story).
In "Untouchable," Jackson's then-79-year-old mother Katherine Jackson is described calling her grandchildren's nanny after the performer's death with one goal in mind: collecting bundles of cash Michael is said to have stashed beneath his house's flooring — a claim Katherine Jackson's lawyer characterized as "simply ridiculous."
And Sullivan's description of a standoff between Mark Wahlberg and Michael Jackson over who got to charter a private jet out of New York in the frenzied days after 9/11 has been similarly refuted by "sources close to Wahlberg," who told TMZ the movie star maintained his own plane at the time.
Still, for Jackson completists and even those in less than total thrall to the erstwhile Earl of Whirl — people familiar with the performer's sad, untimely demise at age 50 from "acute propofol intoxication" — "Untouchable" is packed with minor revelations that help cast Jackson in a new light.
Chief among them: Sullivan's tries to forever overturn any notion of Jackson as a child molester. Explaining his odd penchant for the company of children, the book posits that Jackson was beyond asexual; he was "presexual." He died "a 50-year-old virgin," Sullivan writes, "never having had sexual intercourse with any man, woman or child, in a special state of loneliness that was a large part of what made him unique as an artist and so unhappy as a human being."
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The author deconstructs Jackson's surprise acquittal in his 2005 criminal trial in support of that thesis and frames Jackson's $15-million out-of-court settlement with Jordan Chandler, a boy who accused the singer of sexually molesting him, as an extortion case.
"Untouchable" also furthers the perception of the King of Pop as an aspiring movie mogul with fevered ambitions to run a studio and even portray cherished cultural icons onscreen. According to a former business partner the book quotes, in 2002 Jackson attempted to buy the comics company Marvel, with an eye toward mounting a film version of "Spider-Man" and portraying the webslinger himself.
And as recently as late 2008 and early 2009, the performer tried to nurture a long-gestating King Tut biopic into production. Jackson's former bodyguard claims he wanted Mel Gibson to direct the project; Jackson's former manager Dr. Tohme Tohme, meanwhile, insists Jackson would have enlisted "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson for the film.
While any number of newspaper and magazine reports have cataloged Michael Jackson's tremendous chemical appetite for powerful sedatives, "Untouchable" provides a comprehensive laundry list of the various opioids, narcotics and cosmetic treatments that framed the singer's existence in his final months. Among the prescription medicines under whose influence Jackson operated before his death in 2009 were: Valium, the pain killer Vicodin, the sedative midazolam, the narcolepsy drug modafinil (reputed to increase wakefulness in sleep-deprived people) and Demerol; but also flumazenil, the wrinkle remover Restylane, Botox, latanoprost and Latisse (to promote eyelash growth), a "mouth plumper" product called Nutritic Lips and the singer's beloved "milk" — the anesthetic propofol that triggered Jackson's death.
In spite of his prodigious pharmaceutical intake, two months before he passed away, the superstar had to submit to a medical examination by his comeback concerts' insurer Lloyd's of London. On a questionnaire he was asked: "Have you ever been treated for, or had any indication of excessive use of alcohol or drugs?" Jackson circled "no" and somehow passed the examination with flying colors. The rest is history.
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Re: Vanity Fair October 2012 & New Book UNTOUCHABLE
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December 02, 2012, 01:53:25 PM »
Angry Jackson fans attack 'Untouchable'
By Jeff Baker, The Oregonian
on December 01, 2012 at 6:00 AM, updated December 01, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Randall Sullivan's book on Michael Jackson got off to a sensational start. An excerpt in the November issue of Vanity Fair had startling new information about bad behavior by Janet Jackson and led to appearances by Sullivan on several ABC shows: "Nightline," "Good Morning America" and "Katie." Amazon named "Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson" one of its best books of the month for November, and it looked like a sure best-seller for the Portland author.
Three weeks later, "Untouchable" is unavailable in book form on Amazon (the Kindle edition is still available), and Sullivan doesn't think he can do a bookstore appearance outside Portland because of security concerns. "Untouchable" has gone from surefire hit to the subject of a boycott campaign by angry Jackson fans. What happened?
The short answer is Amazon posted a note saying "Item Under Review" on the "Untouchable" page. "While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it's described here ... We're working to fix the problem as quickly as possible."
Sullivan says he's been told that's the automatic response when more than one customer complains that a book has been delivered in unacceptable condition, such as being damaged. His publisher, Grove Press, says Amazon informed them one copy was torn and another was returned twice. Grove is trying to get "Untouchable" back online "in the middle of the biggest shopping season of the year, but it's hard to push against a big machine," says Deb Seager, the director of publicity at Grove/Atlantic.
Amazon did not return messages seeking comment.
Whether damaged copies of "Untouchable" were shipped from Amazon's warehouse or were mangled in transit is unknown. What is clear is there is an organized campaign against the book. A Facebook page called "Michael Jackson's Rapid Response Team to Media Attacks" has been encouraging fans to post negative reviews on Amazon, whether they've read it or not, and they've responded with gusto. "Untouchable" had 95 (of 115) one-star reviews as of Nov. 28, and many used the same phrases and language and were written by people who said they hadn't read it. "Tabloid," "slanderous," "trash" and "lies" were repeated in review after review.
What's more revealing for those who are suspicious about the claim of damaged books was a post on the Facebook page on Monday: "MJ fans we have done it again!!! Who's BAD!!!" The post then linked to the Amazon notice about "Item Under Review." One of the five comments was "LOL we don't want to get in trouble though, hopefully this won't ..." Another implored "a few more people to give this book 1 star and a bad review? Thank you so much for your hard work."
So who's behind the campaign against "Untouchable," and what are their motives?
The people attacking the book are Jackson fans who are unhappy because Sullivan, in his book and in interviews, says he is not 100 percent sure Jackson never molested children. "I can't. There is a shadow of doubt," Sullivan said on "Nightline."
To Jackson fans, any suggestion that their idol was a pedophile is anathema. Jackson slept in the same bed as underage children for years at his "Neverland" ranch and reportedly paid $20 million in 1993 to settle a civil lawsuit. He was acquitted on all charges in a 2005 trial. Jackson died in 2009.
Sullivan's book is a sympathetic portrait of Jackson as a supremely talented, intelligent man who was physically abused by his father as a child and manipulated by his family into supporting them by touring and giving them money. Sullivan, a longtime contributing editor to Rolling Stone and the author of a book about the deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, says he was not particularly interested in Jackson or his music before agreeing to do a piece for Rolling Stone after the singer's death.
"Then when I got into it I found I was a lot more fascinated by Michael Jackson than I thought I was," Sullivan says, "because of the complexity of his character, and I saw the tragic dimensions. It was clear fairly early on that the evidence of him being a pedophile wasn't nearly as convincing as I thought it was."
Tom Mesereau, the attorney who represented Jackson in the 2005 criminal trial, was a major source for Sullivan and strongly defends the book. This presents a dilemma for Jackson's fans, who revere Mesereau as a hero for his work on Jackson's behalf. Mesereau has written letters to Jackson fan groups supporting Sullivan's book and gone online with an accusation that "Powerful people who are criticized in this book are attempting to manipulate the Michael Jackson fan base into not reading it."
There were plenty of unscrupulous people surrounding Jackson during his lifetime, starting with his family and extending to financial, legal and creative advisers. Many of these same people, and many others, have been involved in contentious disputes about his will and the disposition of his estate. Sullivan did extensive reporting on the tangled state of affairs that has prevailed since Jackson's death and dug into issues that have been largely ignored over the last three years. The question of whether Sullivan thinks Jackson was a pedophile -- he doesn't, but he's not absolutely certain -- seems less important than whether he wrote a full and accurate biography of one of the most famous entertainers in American history.
Would he do it again?
"I don't know," Sullivan says after a long pause. "It's a tough call. I do feel Michael deserved to be vindicated, and somebody needed to do it. Right now I'm sort of staggering and listing from the ferocity of these attacks. It's been insane."
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Re: Vanity Fair October 2012 & New Book UNTOUCHABLE
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January 27, 2013, 02:29:26 PM »
Swarming a Book Online By DAVID STREITFELD
Published: January 20, 2013
Reviews on Amazon are becoming attack weapons, intended to sink new books as soon as they are published.
In the biggest, most overt and most successful of these campaigns, a group of Michael Jackson fans used Facebook and Twitter to solicit negative reviews of a new biography of the singer. They bombarded Amazon with dozens of one-star takedowns, succeeded in getting several favorable notices erased and even took credit for Amazon's briefly removing the book from sale.
"Books used to die by being ignored, but now they can be killed — and perhaps unjustly killed," said Trevor Pinch, a Cornell sociologist who has studied Amazon reviews. "In theory, a very good book could be killed by a group of people for malicious reasons."
In "Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson," Randall Sullivan writes that Jackson's overuse of plastic surgery reduced his nose to little more than a pair of nostrils and that he died a virgin despite being married twice. These points in particular seem to infuriate the fans.
Outside Amazon, the book had a mixed reception; in The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani called it "thoroughly dispensable." So it is difficult to pinpoint how effective the campaign was. Still, the book has been a resounding failure in the marketplace.
The fans, who call themselves Michael Jackson's Rapid Response Team to Media Attacks, say they are exercising their free speech rights to protest a book they feel is exploitative and inaccurate. "Sullivan does everything he can to dehumanize, dismantle and destroy, against all objective fact," a spokesman for the group said.
But the book's publisher, Grove Press, said the Amazon review system was being abused in an organized campaign. "We're very reluctant to interfere with the free flow of discourse, but there should be transparency about people's motivations," said Morgan Entrekin, president of Grove/Atlantic, Grove's parent company.
Amazon said the fans' reviews had not violated its guidelines but declined further comment.
The retailer, like other sites that depend on customer reviews, has been faced with the problem of so-called sock puppets, those people secretly commissioned by an author to produce favorable notices. In recent months, Amazon has made efforts to remove reviews by those it deemed too close to the author, especially relatives.
The issue of attack reviews, though, has received little attention. The historian Orlando Figes was revealed in 2010 to be using Amazon to anonymously vilify his rivals and secretly praise himself. The crime writer R. J. Ellory was exposed for doing the same thing last fall.
Attack reviews are hard to police. It is difficult, if not impossible, to detect the difference between an authentic critical review and an author malevolently trying to bring down a colleague, or organized assaults by fans. Amazon's extensive rules on reviewing offer little guidance on what is permissible in negative reviews and what is not.
With "Untouchable," Grove had hopes for a modest best seller. The book was excerpted in Vanity Fair, and Mr. Sullivan, a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone who lives in Portland, Ore., promoted it on "Nightline" and "Good Morning America." Amazon selected it as one of the best books of November, encouraging readers to "check out this train wreck of a life." The retailer also selected it as one of the 100 best e-books of the year.
None of that helped when Mr. Sullivan tried to complain, saying reviews of his book were factually false yet being voted up by the fans so that they dominated the page for "Untouchable." The bookseller replied with boilerplate. "Rest assured, we'll read each of the reviews and remove any that violate our guidelines," adding, "We've appreciated your business and hope to have the opportunity to serve you again in the future."
In an interview, Mr. Sullivan asked: "Should people be allowed to make flagrantly false comments about the content of a book or its author? This is suppression of free speech in the name of free speech."
"Untouchable" is 586 pages of text, with 200 pages of notes. Much of it focuses on Jackson's chaotic last years, including his efforts at comebacks, his struggles to remain solvent, his shocking death in 2009 and the battle over his estate.
It is a largely sympathetic portrait. For instance, Mr. Sullivan seeks to refute the popular notion that the singer had troubling relationships with young boys. Jackson was found not guilty of child-molesting in a criminal trial in 2005.
Yet even before the book was officially published on Nov. 13, the rapid response team declared, "It's time for action!"
Within two weeks, the book had nearly 100 anonymous one-star reviews that included such comments as: "A disgrace and a disgusting insult to the greatest artist and entertainer the world has ever known." "There is not one actual fact in this book." "Sullivan seeks to criticize Michael's spending habits? It's none of his business what Michael spent his money on." "Michael Jackson has dedicated his entire life to helping others. He doesn't deserve this." "The audacity to term Michael Jackson's life a 'train wreck' is nothing less than evil and uneducated."
For several days in late November, Amazon stopped selling physical copies of the book after buyers said copies were defective, in a development first reported by The Portland Oregonian. Mr. Entrekin said Amazon was the only sales outlet that had received such complaints.
The fans took the credit for removing the book from sale. "Book stopped selling," one of them noted in a Nov. 26 post on the Facebook page. "MJ fans we have done it again!!! Who's BAD!!!"
About that time, other readers started leaving positive reviews of the book and criticizing the negative reviews, turning the review forum into a full-scale brawl. The fans labeled these reviewers "haters," saying: "Do not fight with the haters but we need you to focus on the book and leave negative reviews of the book. Rate it with one star. We do not want the book rating to go up."
It also encouraged the fans to report "the MJ hating trolls" to Amazon for making "inappropriate and personal" attacks against those who left negative reviews.
Tom Mesereau, the Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who became a hero among Jackson fans when he successfully represented the singer in his molesting case, was a major source for Mr. Sullivan. In early December, he made a YouTube video calling the attacks on "Untouchable" a "disgusting, sophisticated, Hollywood-style P.R. campaign."
In reality, the campaign is being run a long way from Hollywood. An administrator for the rapid response team, who identified himself as Steve Pollard, said five people run the Facebook site and Twitter efforts, only three of them in the United States. Going after "Untouchable" was "a moral responsibility," said Mr. Pollard, a 52-year-old resident of Detroit. He explained, "If you were to drive by a graveyard and see someone steal a corpse in order to make a profit, you would feel some responsibility to do something."
He said that the response team did not tell fans what to say in their Amazon reviews and that they did not try to have the book removed, despite messages to the contrary on the Facebook page. But he added in an e-mail that some of the favorable reviews of "Untouchable" "were removed (I think) because they were attacks against fans and not reviews of his book. We reported the attacks of course."
Mr. Pinch, the Cornell researcher, said he got the sense that "Amazon is hoping that all these problems with positive and negative reviews will go away." He added: "But as more and more abuses come to light, the overall effect will be a slow undermining of the process. There are so many ways to game the system."
Grove distributed 16,000 copies of "Untouchable." Nielsen BookScan, which tracks sales in most outlets, counted only 3,000 copies sold. For a time this month, "Untouchable" was being outsold on Amazon by a book on Jackson's body language, "Behind the Mask."
That book, published by the author, had something going for it that "Untouchable" did not: the endorsement of the fans. "Michael Jackson would be pleased that such an objective book was written about him," one reviewer wrote on Amazon.
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Re: Vanity Fair October 2012 & New Book UNTOUCHABLE
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January 27, 2013, 03:11:40 PM »
Michael Jackson's 'sock puppets' should look at the man in the mirror
By Felicity Capon10:48AM GMT 23 Jan 2013
Anyone who dares publish a book deemed to offend Michael Jackson should be warned. A group of his diehard fans, describing themselves as "Michael Jackson's Rapid Response Team to Media Attacks", are taking credit for the fact that Randall Sullivan's new biography, Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson, has become a "resounding failure in the marketplace", according to the New York Times.
Michael's minions took to Twitter and Facebook declaring a "time for action!" Their mission statement is "defending the king and promoting his legacy". They take this responsibility very seriously.
Sullivan's Amazon page quickly came under attack from the King's men: Untouchable received more than 100 anonymous one-star reviews with fans leaving angry comments such as "It's sensationalism, lies, and simply disrespectful. Let the KING rest in peace Mr Sullivan." Fans are particularly outraged by claims made about the pop sensation's virginity and use of plastic surgery.
The group also took responsibility for temporarily halting sales, after Amazon received reports that the book was physically defective.
But it might be that fans' blistering reviews are actually keeping sales going; after all, there's no such thing as bad publicity. One Amazon user commented: "I have not read it, but this recent negative campaign of naysayers makes me think they want to hide something. I am now going to order it and decide for myself".
The "sock puppets" of cyberspace (the online users who review a work either negatively or positively in order to promote their own agenda) are, in fact, injuring their own cause and advertising the value of the professional critic. The New York Times's Michiko Kakutani described the book as "dreary", "bloated" and "thoroughly dispensable" in a takedown less tainted by vested interests. Maybe her opinion is what is driving down sales.
Notable recent "sock puppets" include the crime novelist RJ Ellory who used various pseudonyms to praise his own novels: he described his own A Quiet Belief in Angels as a "modern masterpiece". In 2010, the historian Orlando Figes apologised when it became apparent he had praised his own work annonymously on Amazon, while describing a work by fellow historian Rachel Polonksy as "the sort of book that makes you wonder why it was ever published."
Professional book critics are often criticised for being too friendly with the people they're reviewing. But at least they use their own names.
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By Fr. Wilson (articles ) | Jun 30, 2004
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer to Congresswoman Nancy Pelossi: "Thank you for clarifying for all U.S. Catholics the meaning of the word "apostasy."
Saturday, June 26, 2004
By Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer - www.hli.org June, 2004
Dear Congresswoman Pelosi,
Thank you for clarifying for all U.S. Catholics the meaning of the word "apostasy." Your May 10 letter to Cardinal McCarrick qualifies for what the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines as the "total repudiation of the Christian faith" (§2089). That, by the way, is a document you may wish to consult before writing another letter to a prince of Christ's Church.
Not only did your letter manifest an utterly infantile understanding of the Catholic Faith-the Blessed Sacrament is properly called the Eucharist, not the "sacrament of holy communion," please-it was intellectually dishonest in the extreme. Your lip service paid to the teaching office of the bishops while knifing their authority in the back is a treachery that deserves the scathing contempt of every honest person, Catholic or otherwise.
You have lost your faith. Just admit it. One either accepts the hierarchy of truths and the hierarchy of authority, or she doesn't. You obviously don't. In such case by continuing to call yourself Catholic you are gambling with the most precious of all birthrights, your own soul; and it's yours to lose. I can understand that it is not politically correct to care about your immortal soul-prescription drug benefits are more popular in Washington-but at least have the decency not to make the souls of others "twice as fit for hell" as you. Have you forgotten about the millstone? The Lord delivered that image to another group of sophisticated public officials who scandalized the weak in faith.
All those who dare call themselves Catholic while shamelessly advocating the death of Christ's "least brethren" will not have the Supreme Court to appeal to on the Day of Judgment. There is a Supreme Judge that you should be more concerned about. However, He obliges no one to remain in the Catholic Church. Membership is, above all, a free "choice." The door of the Church that opens wide to welcome every repentant sinner swings both ways. In the Name of Jesus, use it and spare the rest of us your perversity.
I hold out hope that some day you will see the light and want to reconcile with the Church you have so brazenly betrayed. If so, call me. I will hear your confession. But get ready to do some serious penance.
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, President
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Father will definitely never get anywhere in the hierarchy of our Church. IGod bless you Father; you are a truthful, brave and good man!
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Poor Father, there goes his last chance for a bishopric! An Archbishop here in the UK recently praised a notorious 'Judas' Catholic politician for her "...defence of the poor." He forgot to mention her pathological hatred of Christs' poor little ones; all pre-born babies.
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Pelosi's letter expresses some false doctrine about the moral duties of Catholic politicians, but Fr. Euteneuer is mistaken when he calls it a total repudiation of the Christian faith. There are several sins against faith that don't constitute apostasy, and the Catechism paragraph that Fr. cited (2089) makes distinctions between apostasy, heresy, incredulity, and schism. Even rejecting the teaching authority of the Church would be heresy but not necessarily apostasy. Be more careful, Father.
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Rev. Euteneuer why don't you tell her: I had a dream that a young woman dressed in black went to speak before the Senate and Congress. She proclaim, "You gave me rights, so I hope you don't mind I bought my baby with me." She gently took a small baby out of a basket. It was wrapped in a a yellow blanket. The woman slowly began to unwrap the baby. There to everyone's horror was an aborted baby with its skull crushed. Maybe, she will finally get the picture.
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Than you, Father, BLESS you !!!Marilyn
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For those Pols who think that before they meet their maker they will make a quick Act of Contrition forget that the Devil is not going to let them get away at the last minute. There is a Hell and if you believe in Gods justice . those who die in the state of mortal sin WILL go there. In eternity there is no tonight or tomorrow only NOW.
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Wow! Now THAT's courage and leadership!
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EXCELLENT!!!!! I hope that Fr. Euteneuer sent a copy of this letter to John Kerry and Ted Kennedy.
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Saint Athanasius, thank you for answering our prayers. May God richly bless Fr Thomas J Euteneuer. I wonder if this type of message will hereafter be referred to as Euteneuerist.
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Dear Fr. Euteneuer: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." You have said it all and you have said it so well. Ad multos annos!


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If you got a little burnt out on Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, it's ok. I actually swore off Black Friday shopping a few years ago. It was after heading out in very icy conditions… I think I was looking for a crock pot or something petty. Long story short, I ended up rear-ending someone because my brakes couldn't handle a fresh ice patch, and that was a very short-lived little shopping trip. I decided all the madness of consumerism and downright danger were just not worth saving a few bucks. I took a step back and thought about how silly the whole thing is. Thanksgiving is about friends, family and togetherness. Where's the gratitude in a $19.99 crockpot and fender bender? So that was the end of my Black Fridays. I went cold turkey. (Thanks for noticing the pun.)
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But I'm all for Small Business Saturday, the day after Black Friday. I fully support the notion of using our cash to support local shops rather than big box stores. We vote with our dollars, you know? I'm guilty of deal hunting at chain stores, but I really want to try to support more small businesses. It just feels good. While I'm trying to cut back on holiday shopping in general, I think at least being mindful of where I'm using my money is a step in the right direction. That said, I'm hoping to do a lot more Christmas crafts this year! And please, before you throw something away consider first donating it, recycling it or upcycling it. Organize a clothing swap, have a DIY-off with friends, make mittens, sew a quilt, make shop rags or give it to someone in need instead.
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Golfer Max McKay (Bartram Trail) is eight strokes off the lead following the third round at the 93rd Florida State Amateur Championship in Orlando.
McKay had a 1-over 73 on Saturday. For the tournament, he's at 6-over 222. Several St. Augustine residents (Steve Carter is at 7-over 223, Brian Phelan is at 15-over 232 and Thomas Stewart 16-over 233) are also in the field.


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Prince Gaborn, the Earth King, has defeated the forces arrayed against him each time before: the magical and human forces marshaled by Raj Ahten, who seeks immortality at any cost and has given up his humanity in trade; and the inhuman, innumerable, insectile hordes of the giant Reavers from under the Earth, whose unknowable motives are inimical to human life.
Now there must be final confrontations, both on the field of battle, with the supernatural creature that Raj Ahten has become, and underground, in the cavernous homeland of the Reavers, where the sorcerous One True Master who rules them all lies in wait—in the Lair of Bones. The survival of the human race on Earth is at stake.
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"The Runelords Saga comes to a gripping conclusion in David Farland's The Lair of Bones…Farland's imaginative use of magic and detailed world-building contribute to the impact…. Gaborn is a flawed but likable hero whom readers will be sorry to leave behind. Fans of Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind will enjoy Farland's Runelords."( Romantic Times)
"David Farland's Runelords books are among the best fantasies on the market today. Great characters, a fascinating concept, and some really nasty monsters make each novel a pleasure to read." (Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times best-selling author of A Forest of Stars)
"The suspense is real, the action is nonstop, and the characterizations continue to convince. . . . [this is] a series that has put Farland on high-fantasy readers' maps." ( Booklist)
"A satisfying conclusion!"
An epic conclusion to Gaborns story which I very much enjoyed, it was full of action and some truly gripping moments. But above all it was the ending to a journey which I have thoroughly immersed myself in and found exciting and thrilling. Certain characters finally get there well deserved comeuppance which I found very satisfying. But it was the end for the journey and for many characters and I carnt help feeling I have lost some good friends but I'm looking forward to the next four books and the next chapters in this incredible world.
"A very good ending to the series"
My review for the whole series (including this book) is pretty much the same as i gave it for the last book which i am copying below. The great thing about this book is that it completes the series.
If you are looking for the 'fantastic' part in a fantasy, this is your book.
World is vivid, and it is serious where people with power held up to serious responsibilities. The magic system is unique, and story line moves at a fast pace. Characters are flushed out, and narrator does justice to them.
My only gripe is that this is a very serious book and does not stop for any light moments. Though, given the background and pace of the book, i am not surprised.
I highly recommend this series.
"A nice finish"
loved this series. a bit bloody, definatly not for kids, but a good story. Narration was good, I liked it and enjoyed Ray's voice and different characters.
"Fast paced epic adventure"
I was pleasantly surprised by this series of books and would highly recommend them to anyone who is a fan of good fantasy. My only problem with the story is that it takes place in just over a week yet vast distances are traveled by armies. Other than that I was really swept away in this adventure and feel as though I know these characters very well.
While there were some predictable parts to this there were also some surprises. Overall this is a fast paced book that keeps your attention until the end.
I do have to say that I was very tired of the narrator by the end. There are multiple spots where the book switches to another subplot and there not even a pause between sentences. I had to back up and really pay attention to catch the change.
"The Saga ends...and peace begins."
Gaborn's journey to becoming the Earth King comes to a dramatic and victorious end. He maintains his humanity even though he has caused the lose of life and innocent along the way. This audible edition is an enjoyable listen and is recommend if you enjoy epic fantasy and telling of a tales and myths.
"Great ending to a great series"
This book wraps up the series perfectly. All the fast paced action that you would expect from the first three books, plus an epic ending. I can't wait for the 4 books in the second series to become available on audible.
"Definitely an edge of seat kind of book"
Lair of bones was a great wrap up for the story arc that David Farland hooed to create. this story makes you an feel as if you are a "white" traveling along with each character as the walk the story on and on. there is a point in the middle that it slows down, but it is only so that you can take a break from the immense action David takes you on to the end. this was truly a modern Epic.
"amazing conclusion"
this is an amazingly well done conclusion to one of my favorite stories. i can't wait to continue listening to the next Saga in the Runelords books.
"A great installment"
I listened to this installment of the series and I was becoming weary that the storytelling was becoming a bit drawn out. After this book though, it was all tired together very well.
In the end, it was a very good listen and I would most certainly recommend it.
"Enjoyable book performance to listen to."
Interesting and fun to listen to this book. The author has a tendency to repeat himself several times within the book. Not sure if he is trying to make a point but it felt redundant.
Overall the story is enjoyable to listen to.
Definitely need to read/lIsten to this series of book in chronological order to keep track of everybody. I like the way the author has people meeting up together and then going off on their own adventure, only to meet up again.
The author has a way of letting you think that some characters die yet they sometimes reappear later in the story and are alive.
The only complaint that I have in each of this author's books is that as a story nears the ending, the author hurries to tie up loose ends and forces conclusions and the book to end within a matter of minutes. It feels like the endings are rushed and the author just put an ending together so that he could separate his books.
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It kinda ended I think.
I have like 6,5 GB free in GMail - I'd love to use it to share stuff.
Oh shit, now I remember what I did before 2012...
...make serveral accounts just to get that 50gb of space...
If I didn't know what cloud computing was I'd find it funny.
Very yes please.
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I'm probably the only one who has never ventured outside gmail since registering for it the month it came out! (I could be wrong but I think it was invite-only at that time and I got one)
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The needle he would fire through the rectal wall into your prostate 2 dozen times over the course of an hour will be worse than "OW".
My dad had prostate cancer when he died, but he died of other causes. He told me he refused prostate surgery, because of the bad results a friend of his suffered from such surgery.
During my visit to my urologist last spring, he told me he had undergone a prostate biopsy recently, and apologized for bitching at me for flinching every time he fired the biopsy needle into my prostate during my two biopsies.
Biopsy needle? Geez...so much to look forward to in the `golden years'.
Just had my first colonoscopy but that was nothin' in the hurt department. Open heart surgery wasn't that big a deal either. Guess it's back to my old Army doc whose name believe it or not is Dr. Cutting.
Better than Dr. Payne, I suppose.


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Castleford Tigers enjoyed an 11-try romp in the sunshine as they hammered Hull KR in an outstanding all-round display at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle.
Full-back Luke Dorn led the way with a hat-trick of tries and the winning margin could have been even bigger as Marc Sneyd had a rare off day with the boot, missing six kicks at goal.
Hull KR did not help themselves with some woeful defence at times and they had prop Mick Weyman sent off on the hour for comments apparently made to referee Tim Roby.
But some of the scintillating attacking rugby played by the Tigers would have opened up any side and they looked sharp from the first whistle.
The way some great chasing and tackling forced a drop-out in the third minute indicated that Cas meant business and they were soon ahead as Dorn's nicely timed pass sent the recalled Michael Channing over for the first try, which was converted by Sneyd.
Graeme Horne was denied a reply by referee Roby's decision that an obstruction had occurred in the build-up and it was more or less one-way traffic for the rest of the first half.
Cas scored their second try on 10 minutes when Dorn went over after taking a great inside pass from Weller Hauraki.
Jamie Ellis then came up with a great 40-20 kick to keep the pressure on and a fine chase forced a drop-out soon after, although Rovers held out.
A big minute for Grant Millington turned the game definitely the Tigers' way when he made a superb try-saving tackle on Kevin Larroyer then won the ball back for his team from the play the ball that followed. A penalty allowed the chance for the hosts to get up field again and off the sixth tackle Sneyd's high kick was palmed down by Kirk Dixon for who else but Millington to snap up the ball to score.
Sneyd's goal made it 16-0 and Cas did not look back really.
Dixon was next to go over after leaving Kris Welham for dead on a fine charge to the line before Channing grabbed his second try following an excellent move started by Daryl Clark and involving Jamie Ellis and Hauraki.
Another remarkable turnaround brought the Tigers their next score as one second Welham lost the ball in trying to reach out for Rovers' first try then after a quick 20 metre tap-out by Dixon the ball was moved onto Dorn who raced almost 80 metres for a thrilling score.
Sneyd hit the post to miss his fourth conversion attempt, but the Tigers were well in control at 28-0 in front at half-time.
A Sneyd 40-20 kick gave Cas a great start to the second half, but the pressure came to nothing and it was the visitors who scored when Travis Burns wriggled over the line for a try he converted.
Any hopes they had of a comeback were quickly snuffed out, however. Only a forward pass by Clark to Dorn denied the hosts another try, but there were no errors when Ellis finished off the move of the game involving Hauraki, Dixon and Clark.
Dorn then raced clear to complete his hat-trick following Clark's brilliant break and offload.
Rovers frustrations came to a head as Weyman was red carded for speaking out of turn and their misery was soon added to as Jake Webster collected Ellis' kick to make it 44-6.
Two minutes later Clark came close to a spectacular solo try following a 50-metre break, but from the play the ball the Rovers defence was all over the place and Craig Huby had an easy job to score his side's tenth try.
Sneyd's goal brought the half century up and there was still time for another try as winger James Clare, who did a good job in Justin Carney's absence, brushed off a weak attempted tackle to get himself on the scoresheet.
Rovers did have the late consolation of a try by Wayne Ulugia after he intercepted Millington's pass, but they were well beaten.
Scorers - Castleford: Tries Channing 2, Dorn 3, Millington, Dixon, Ellis, Webster, Huby, Clare; goals Sneyd 5. Hull KR: Tries Burns, Ulugia; goals Burns 2.
Castleford Tigers: Dorn; Dixon, Channing, Shenton, Clare; Sneyd, Ellis; Lynch, Milner, Huby, Holmes, Hauraki, Millington. Subs: Webster, Clark, Mariano, Wheeldon.
Hull KR: Cockayne; Gardner, Horne, Welham, Ulugia; Burns, Keating; A Walker, Hodgson, Weyman, Larroyer, Cox, Costigan. Subs: J Walker, Langley, Green, Lovegrove.
Referee: Tim Roby.
Half-time: 28-0.
Attendance: 7,196.


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A few weeks ago, I decided that when people ask me how I'm doing, rather than issuing my standard response of, "I'm fine," I'll tell them, "I'm having a full human experience."
I thought I was being clever, but it turns out that may not have been the best idea. It's been a bit of an overwhelming experience this past week or so. Perhaps more full than I bargained for.
I'm pretty open about having experienced abuse and trauma in my life. I don't go on about it, but I don't hide it. When sexual abuse and assault, emotional abuse, child neglect, PTSD and similarly light-hearted topics come up in conversation IRL or online, I'm open about what I've experienced if it seems hearing from a survivor might be helpful. Because it can be helpful to see someone who's gone through hard stuff and now looks like they've pretty much got their shit together. Mostly.
When I talk with my students about meditation or opening up to your intuition and my own failures in those things at times, they tell me it's reassuring to know that the person they look up to, the person teaching them, isn't perfect. That the teacher is still learning. It makes progress seem more attainable.
So maybe I should talk more about this journey of healing that I'm on. Maybe I should go on about it, just a little bit more than I do. Maybe even sharing my feelings of frustration and seeming failure would be helpful. I've got a great life — loving family, great husband, smart kids, spacious house, growing career finally doing what I want to be doing. So you can have all that and still feel stuck and mixed up and unrecovered from everything that happened along the way here.
I went to the Terroir Writing Festival this weekend (which really should be held at a winery, rather than a community college, so we could appreciate terroir fully) and ended up doing sessions on memoir writing and writing after trauma. Both applicable to the feeling of stuckness that I have in a few areas of my life right now. It turns out they're related.
I started writing about the years I spent in Barbados (age 10-14) because I got stuck in processing the trauma of my life. I'm a big supporter of mental health treatment and counseling and had been seeing a therapist for a while at that point, just to deal with the stresses of life, divorce and remarriage, and, somehow, attempt to face all the baggage I kept bringing with me. Talking about it only got me so far. And then I didn't know how to move forward.
I believe that, when you take steps on the path of your highest good, the universe rises up to meet you, putting people, ideas and opportunities in your path and lighting them up so you see them, even if it feels like you're stumbling around in the gloom.
It occurred to me to start writing. I was working through a book of writing exercises, taking one slow step after another on my treadmill desk in the basement, when a new story started flooding out. I realized it was a book being birthed and I kept at it. It was, overall, a healing experience. It brought up a lot of old stuff — much of which I knew about, some of which I didn't. It allowed it to all rise up to the surface and say, "Hey, look at me. I'm still here. This still needs to come up and out and be dealt with."
That's a good thing. It's healthy.
It's also messy. And then it's there, waiting to be dealt with, unwilling to get packed down beneath the surface again.
So I've been unpacking it, looking at it, deciding what I still want to keep and where it lives now, and what doesn't work for me anymore. Beliefs about myself. Beliefs about life and other people. Beliefs about how and why things happened. It turns out that I learned a whole lot of lessons growing up, but I didn't necessarily take away the right meaning.
Writing and revising an entire book's worth of beliefs and ideas was worthwhile work. And then I got stuck.
But I have stamina, mostly fueled by determination (aka stubbornness). I used to think I didn't have the stamina to finish writing a book. I've now written three and published two, so there goes another belief about myself that doesn't work for me anymore.
My determination led me to keep looking for ways around my stuckness. Ways to process the trauma differently. Talking got me part of the way. Writing got me further. But if I want to take that writing and shape it into a story that resonates, then I need to take it further. I need to take myself further.
So I tried EMDR. Basically, it's a type of "psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences." My mental health counselor specializes in it and is one of the reasons I went to see her in the first place. And yet, I've avoided it for several years. Processing trauma is hard. EMDR gets it over with quicker than talk therapy, but it felt brutal. There were times during writing when it was hard to do that and maintain competence in anything else (like earning a living and getting dinner on the table). EMDR felt similar. I made it through two sessions, with a break in between, the first taking me through an ex-husband's suicide attempt, the second through my first sexual assault. I'm made of some strong stuff, but even thinking about that second session makes me tear up.
Deep breath.
In the meantime, I've been meandering around on my professional path. What is it that i do exactly? I'm an…author…content marketer…medium…editor…freelance writer…teacher…musician? All of the above? Being all of those things means I have to keep refocusing again and again and again. (Basically, it's like meditation, where your mind wanders down one track and then another and you keep bringing it back to your breath. But, in my working life, what is my breath?)
Once again, the universe rose up to meet me.
I took a business course with Heart of Business and it brought, not just clarity and support on what I was doing in my professional life, but a whole lot of unexpected healing as well. I also saw a local medium (an unlikely thing for me to do, but this felt right) who told me I had stored trauma in my body that wanted (and needed) to be released.
During that time, my counselor suggested I try TRE (Tension, Stress and Trauma Release Exercises) and taught me how to go through the exercises and how to allow my body to tremor. Once I did, my body started producing tremors and contractions so strong they irritated my lower back. I made my sessions shorter. And I went to see my chiropractor.
Something in the combination of stuck energy and an adjustment made my back muscles go haywire. Maybe they didn't want to be told to release before they were good and ready. Maybe it was asking just a little too much. Instead of graciously accepting the adjustment, they went into protective mode and tightened up, fortifying the defenses to not release what wasn't quite ready to go.
My back locked up. I was in so much pain muscle relaxers + narcotic pain meds felt like they barely made a dent.
It's funny how life stops when our body insists on being paid attention to. I couldn't drive (pain + pain meds). I couldn't cook. I could barely get my pants on.
My goals got much smaller. Teach class on Friday. Go to the writing festival on Saturday. I rescheduled appointments, asked lots of favors (cook dinner, take kids to school, drop them home, fill in for me and sing on Sunday). That part was hard. I don't like to ask for help. I realized that it's because of all those times when I was younger and felt vulnerable and reached out for help, only to find none, so I had to suck it up and figure it out by myself anyway. I try and protect myself now by just doing it myself in the first place. But I didn't this time. Not all of it, anyway.
I also realized that the pain — which was truly terrible labor-like pain — and my unprocessed trauma was, and always had been, connected. The back pain I endured for two decades before having spinal fusion surgery may have been technically caused by a car accident when I was a teenager, but was really the trauma trying to get my attention and get out. It wanted to be birthed and allow something new to live and grow and thrive.
I'm a lot better this week. I made it to my conference on Saturday, almost 2 hours away. It wasn't a comfortable experience. But those sessions gave me some more tools to use as/when I revisit my first book. I learned a new word: autofiction to describe what I want to create from my memoir.
The sessions also gave me permission to approach the work in whatever way I need to, to be able to get close enough to get to the heart of it, without getting overwhelmed. That's partly what stops me. I want to dig in, but I don't want to be consumed by it. I want the rest of this life to keep working, for the kids to be fed, taken to where they need to go, to be scrubbed before bedtime and read books to, and for me to keep going with the rest of my writing and teaching life. I'm afraid of falling apart. And yet…it's not going away, the need to tell this story.
So I'm going to follow my body's lead. I'm trusting it to let me know how fast or slow to go. I want to do some more trauma release work this spring and into the early summer and then make space for myself to delve deeper into what's going on in my memoir and craft it into the powerful I know it can be. The story of a girl, willing to travel across the ocean to find home and family on a tropical island, but who instead finds something very different from the promises of paradise in the shiny tourist brochures.


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LEGO Minecraft Crafting Box £23.99 Delivered @ Amazon
Well I never thought I would see the day that the LEGO Minecraft Crafting Box dropped below £30. Normally, it's about £50 and I thought I got a right good bargain last November at £33. Right now, Amazon are selling it for just £23.99 with FREE delivery. That is crazy so be quick... it's already on back order so it'll be sold out soon. Stock is due on 25th May.
The LEGO Minecraft Crafting Box is a Minecraft lovers friend. They don't even need to like LEGO and they will go daft for this. It's full of LEGO blocks that are Minecraft themed.
Just like the game, they can use blocks to create fantasy worlds and figures until their heart's content. This is a big LEGO set and I doubt we will ever see it this cheap again.
It contains 518 pieces and does come with 8-in-1 instructions should they want to build something to plan.
My son Ben plays with his constantly, and absolutely loves it. I seriously couldn't personally recommend this more.
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NEW ORLEANS – 14-year-old Saints superfan Jarrius Robertson will be taking the trip of a lifetime this weekend when he joins the team on its trip to Kansas City for the game against the Chiefs.
Before his trip though, he stopped at Ochsner Hospital for Children, which is where he spends a lot of his time while awaiting a liver transplant.
Friday, like all days, Jarrius was walking around with a wide smile.
"He's definitely contagious," said Whitney Alford. "I think what you see is what you get with Jarrius. He's like that most days here at the hospital. He brings the joy to all of us."
Jarrius is especially jazzed about his weekend trip to Kansas City, where he predicts a victory.
In fact, Jarrius is so enthusiastic that it's easy to forget that he's battling a chronic live disease.
"Essentially to survive, definitely because of his condition, he needs a liver," Alford said.
Jarrius spends so much time at Ochsner that he calls it home, in fact the staff has helped cater to his needs, almost around the clock.
"The doctor was on call at 3 a.m.," said his father Jordy. "He asked them to page the doctor on call and what did he ask for? He asked to be fed."
The hospital has the only pediatric liver transplant facility in the state. One person's donation can save nine lives.
Jarrius said he wanted to use his sudden fame to encourage more people to become organ donors.
"It helps keep me going to know that I'm helping other folks," he said. "It helps to not pull me back down, because I need help too."
"It takes lives to save lives," said Jordy Robertson. "It's not just to save his life. We're trying to touch all aspects of organ donation and save lives throughout that."
Jarrius is smiling through whatever life throws at him and looking forward to whatever lies ahead.
What makes him so happy? "The future," he said with a smile.


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Here is a happy, if unusual, story about loved ones being reunited for the holidays and the unexpected, triumphant return home of a faithful soldier who spent four years rendering invaluable service in two war zones.
Here is a happy, if unusual, story about loved ones being reunited for the holidays and the unexpected, triumphant return home of a faithful soldier who spent four years rendering invaluable service in two war zones.
Ann Connolly received the call about three weeks ago. After tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Butch, a military dog, was safe and sound and ready to be released from service.
Would Connolly like to adopt her?
Butch is a 5�-year-old female Labrador retriever, specially trained as a combat occupational stress control dog.
Connolly and her partner, Daniel Bragg, had raised Butch from a pup of eight weeks, providing her a loving and nurturing home until she was ready to move on at about 16 months.
"I was beside myself," Connolly said about the call. "My heart was pounding. I thought about her everyday but never thought I'd see her again."
Connolly and Bragg have been raising dogs for the Guide Dog Foundation For The Blind for more than 12 years. Their three-acre property provides plenty of room for the dogs to run.
"It takes a lot of love and nurturing to raise these dogs," said Connolly, a retired hospice nurse. Bragg is a retired auto technician and former garage owner.
"They are like my kids," Connolly said. "They are the only kids I have."
It's difficult when the time comes to send them on to Smithtown, N.Y., for advanced training and assignment to new careers as guide dogs, service dogs or as one of America's vet dogs.
"I think of it as going to college," said Connolly. "I tell them I love them but now they are going on to college."
So it was a particularly happy occasion when word came that Butch could be returned to Connolly and Bragg.
Butch had gone from the rank of master sergeant in Iraq to major in Afghanistan. The military practice is to bestow dogs with a rank higher than that of their handlers; that way, if any abuse or disrespect should occur it can be punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Butch's last handler was an Army captain, a therapist with 219th Stress Control Team's Warfighter Restoration Center on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
As a combat occupational stress control dog, Butch is specially trained to operate on the line. She can jump from helicopters and carry her own survival pack.
Butch's job was to help comfort and reduce the stress faced by combat troops. According to Connolly, Butch can detect anxiety and other issues and will seek to comfort that individual.
Her presence also eases the tension for troops needing to work on stress issues, home front issues, or sleep disorders.
"Dogs are a lot smarter than people give them credit for, and Major Butch is a very special dog," said Connolly. Butch returned home just two weeks ago.
Bragg's father, who is ailing, accompanied him to pick up Butch.
"Butch was happy to see me but then he went right for my dad and stuck with him all the way home," marveled Bragg at the canine still performing her "duties," as a civilian.
Now relieved of active duty, Butch will live and play in peace under the watchful and loving eyes of Connolly and Bragg at their Silver Springs home.
Occasionally Butch may go out and about in the community performing fundraising duties for Guide Dog Foundation/America's Vet Dogs.
Butch will be honored and presented to the community at the Ocala Christmas parade on Saturday. She will be accompanied by an escort from Vets helping Vets, wounded area veteran Steven Lawrence, and Connolly.
Yvonne Johnson, a local volunteer and fundraiser for Guide Dog Foundation/America's Vet Dogs, said: "It's a real honor to be able to work with Major Butch and to be able to have the community meet her. Her work is so important!"


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"Football is more than football." – Avram Grant, football manager, philosopher, folk hero.
The financial disintegration of Portsmouth has been the biggest story of the Premier League season but from the rubble has emerged another, more heartening tale. A tale of honour, redemption and city-wide man-love. Avram Grant's team may be bottom of the table but the Fratton Park faithful have taken the Israeli firmly to their bosom. Supporters of tonight's visitors, Chelsea, may marvel at the metamorphosis of the manager whom they mostly ridiculed despite the fact that he took them to the Champions League final.
At Stamford Bridge, "Avram Can't" was derided as an unqualified boss's stooge and for not being José Mourinho. At Fratton Park, he has become "Uncle Avram", the charismatic people's champion whose waves to the crowd are greeted as joyously as home goals. In his honour, fans hold aloft a large Israel flag before every game and plans are afoot to make a gigantic banner featuring just his beloved head in time for the FA Cup semi-final.
Reaching Wembley fuelled his popularity, of course, especially as it meant sinking Southampton en route, but it is not his tactical acumen and frequently seminal substitutions that have made Grant adored – though he has been justly acclaimed for decisions such as introducing Quincy Owusu-Abeyie to change the game against Southampton, or Kanu to do likewise against Hull last Saturday, and recalling Nadir Belhadj to nullify Glen Johnson against Liverpool or pushing Marc Wilson into midfield against Burnley. Football is more than football. Grant has become more than a manager.
Few people wanted the Portsmouth job after seeing how shabbily Paul Hart seemed to be treated and what little prospect there was for improvement. Since Grant took it in November, almost every week has given him a new good reason to drop it and flee. He was misled about the situation he inherited, the transfer funds he thought he'd be given did not exist and even if they did it wouldn't have mattered because the club were hit with a transfer ban; rather than buy in January, he had to sell his best defender, Younes Kaboul, and his most promising keeper, Asmir Begovic; then came talk of a winding up order and a points deduction; then his salary didn't come. It took a lot less than that for Alan Curbishley, for example, to leave West Ham, the club he supported since childhood, or for Kevin Keegan to storm out of Newcastle, the club where he'd been proclaimed the Messiah. But Grant has not walked. He has stayed. Because he cares. Not like a professional, but like a gentleman who has found a loyalty he can't break, a loving father who cannot and will not abandon his family. A fanatic.
Grant has become both the fans' leader and their man on the inside. And the Pompey players have picked up on Grant's loyalty by clubbing together to save four of the club's training staff from redundancy by paying their wages. Grant's most famous press conference at Chelsea was a transparent protest against media who were against him before they even knew who he was, but at Portsmouth he has found a more uplifting way to stand up to perceived bullies. He rallies and he rails, his outbursts and aphorisms helping to preserve the hope and dignity of a downtrodden, disenfranchised people, who have had to watch impotently as their club has been paraded across the land naked, dumb and impoverished. "You can break many things but you will never break our spirit!" Grant said after the FA Cup victory over Birmingham. "We will fight till the end," he continually declares in Churchillian, or perhaps quixotic, tones. Judging by the team's mostly vibrant performances in spite of the club's glum, grubby predicament, he makes similar speeches in the dressing room. "Football is more than football," he propounded as the points deduction loomed. "I told the players that we do not have the power to change what the Premier League does but we have the power to make people happy and that is a beautiful thing." Little wonder David James calls him Yoda. And little wonder the atmosphere at Fratton Park will still be festive tonight.
Like all the best folk heroes, Grant is probably doomed to failure. Pompey will be relegated and probably won't win the Cup. And no matter how much the manager protests, the Premier League certainly won't reinstate the nine points. On one level, Grant's rage against the inevitable points deduction is senseless, but on another his incessant insistence that it is a "wrong and bad decision" is endearing, containing, as it does, the wise and splendid implication that what is wrong is sometimes good.
Cynics might say all this is canny PR, that Grant, and Portsmouth's valiant players, are merely continuing to do their jobs well so that they can get better ones somewhere else next season. Fair enough, that may be true. It may also be true that anyone who is willing to get to know Grant will realise he is a good coach. And a good guy.


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Only 5 people have been saved from a majority vote with the idol (Yau-Man, Amanda, Russell, Parvati, Penner) And from a tie vote (Tom, Jerri) My point is that having the HII barely guarantees anything and usually doesn't end up saving people.
Parvati didn't play any Idol before. She gave it to Jerri and Sandra.
And Rob played his HII at the Final 5. He didn't need it anyway, but it was the last time he could use it and he did. So the "curse" doesn't really apply.
I think the only curse for Survivor is the famous Car Curse, that's all.
And if your last name has a Hantz, you will most likely be hated by viewers and not win as well. :lol3:
--- Quote from: Joab on March 23, 2013, 10:47:55 AM ---Parvati didn't play any Idol before. She gave it to Jerri and Sandra.
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The Tyson vote out episode? When Tyson switched his vote to Parvati and it got him voted out because Russell played the idol on Parvati?
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I'm a few days late in my usual recipe posting — but hey, it was Thanksgiving last Thursday and not to forget the epic Black Friday.
A girl has to shop till she drops, right?
Mmmm… Wrong!
I'm saving whatever little moolah I have for toady. CAN'T WAIT! But I was so RIGHT about Thanksgiving gluttony. We had celebrated with our neighbors and it cannot be any more perfect.
Oh, and of course there's nothing like eating at your neighbors for Thanksgiving as a way to recoup all the food blogging benefits they have been receiving, right?
Tell me I'm right 😉
As a way to say THANKS, our contribution was pumpkin coconut cream pie and a crab apple bread pudding.
To die for.
While we gobbled till we wobbled, I was also thinking about the 2 lb bag of sweet potatoes rolling around in my refrigerator. There's so much leftover after making sweet potato & leek soup with parsley oil a few weeks back.
And when it comes to any "potatoes", one word strikes in my brain all the time.
Not any regular fries — these were oven baked! If I can do it, so can you 😉
- 6 medium sweet potatoes, sliced
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp corn starch
- Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Just a little. Wipe out any access.
- Toss all ingredients in a huge bowl until evenly distributed.
- Spread sweet potatoes on baking sheet. Do not overlap. Leave a little room to ensure it crisps while baking.
- Bake for 15 minutes, remove and give the 'taters a flip and bake for another 10 minutes or until it turns dark brown on the edges.
- Serve hot with ketchup!
I hope you had loads of delicious food, great workout by lugging tons of "reasonable" shopping bags and stuffing more leftovers.
I know we did. Well, at least the "stuffing" part 😉
Off to watch for coupons and online deals. I'm eyeing on a new camera and lens.
What about you? Are you a retail or online shopper? What are you "eyeing"?


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"The Virgin Mary", © 1966 Norval Morrisseau
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, sometimes shortened to the Blessed Virgin or the Virgin Mary, is a traditional title used by most Christians and most specifically used by liturgical Christians such as Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics, and some others to describe Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
Since the first century, devotion to the Virgin Mary has been a major element of the spiritual life of a vast number of Christians, primarily in Catholicism. From the Council of Ephesus in 431 to Vatican II and Pope John Paul II's encyclical Redemptoris Mater, the Virgin Mary has come to be seen not only as the Mother of God but also as the Mother of the Church, a Mediatrix who intercedes to Jesus Christ and even a proposed Co-Redemptrix.
The key role of the Virgin Mary in the beliefs of many Christians, her veneration, and the growth of Mariology have not only come about by the Marian writings of the saints or official statements but have often been driven from the ground up, from the masses of believers, and at times via reported Marian apparitions, miracles and healings.
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* The painting in this post: "The Virgin Mary", 55"x32", © 1966 Norval Morrisseau /Collection of the Canada Council for the Arts/; This painting has been exhibited at "NORVAL MORRISSEAU - SHAMAN ARTIST" - The first solo exhibition featuring a First Nations artist in 126-year history of the National Gallery of Canada. Exhibition held in Ottawa, Ontario from February 3rd to April 30th, 2006.
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Even though ordinary fashion spreads often feature models wearing makeup of some sort, the clothing designs are often at the forefront of the shoot, but these close-up beauty editorials are putting a much larger emphasis on such things as eyeshadow, blush and lipstick color. Showcasing a model's face up-close is a fantastic way to market the cosmetics used to accentuate her look.
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By Diogenes (articles ) | May 31, 2004
Hard words from the Manchester Union-Leader aimed at Bishop John McCormack and his auxiliary, Bishop Francis Christian:
Honesty plainly is not the policy of the Diocese of Manchester. That's because it is not the policy of John McCormack and Francis Christian. Even now the leadership of this diocese continues to damage the reputation of the church by offering the public more lies and deception. ...
If Christian is so sure that the public has the wrong perception of his and McCormack's roles in the sex abuse scandal, there is an easy solution. Scrap the agreement with the state and welcome the state's prosecution of criminals. We're sure the truth would come out in a trial.
Thirty months ago such language aimed at sitting bishops by an editorial in general-market newspaper would have been unthinkable
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If the response to McCormack at St. Patrick's in Newport, NH 2 weeks ago, when he came for Conformation, is any indication the "enemy" is already in retreat. McCormack smirked throughout Mass and made a few banal remarks. The congregation laughed and applauded as expected and willingly went to him for Holy Communion. If McCormack were a corporate CEO instead of a Catholic Bishop the AG would already have him locked away.


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Being a good blogger/journalist/web designer requires you to consistently check the statistics for your website. Surprisingly, I found the term "Neal Caffrey Style" as one of the big ones that have been sending us traffic lately.
I then realized that with the popularity of the show White Collar (ESM Classic Television) and the dapper style of its lead character, Neal Caffrey (ESM Icon..) a lot of you folks out there are figuring out how to unlock the secrets to the "Neal Caffrey" style shown on TV.
I'm no professional stylist, but I definitely know a little something about men's style. So without further ado, here are the 5 secrets to getting that super smooth White Collar style:
Secret #1: Be thin
Sorry to break it to you guys, but Matt Bomer is like a buck forty and 5'10" – 5'11". To put things in perspective, Manny Pacquiao is 145 and 5'6″ (maybe).
To get true Neal Caffrey style, you gotta be a little on the bulemic side.
Secret #2: Be good looking
C'mon now, don't tell me you didn't know this. Matt Bomer is a pretty good looking dude. That's probably why he looks good in all those clothes.
Although this secret is helpful, it's not necessary. You don't have to go out and get facial reconstructive surgery just yet.
Secret #3: Wear suits with slim silhouettes
So here is where secret #1 comes into play. Neal Caffrey wears a lot of slim fitted suits that make his frame look tall and lean. Being on the athletic or big side doesn't play to that advantage.
If you've got the cash, you can pick some good ones up at Gucci or Prada. If you're balling on a budget, try H&M and Zara.
Secret #4: Wear slim ties, collar pins and a tie bar
This completes the look from secrets 1 and 3. I am not a big fan of some of the ties Neal Caffrey wears on the show with the weird 50's print. I would suggest getting one that is plain jane and a dark color.
Tie bars and collar pins are pretty cheap and readily available at places like Zara or your local department store. If you don't want to buy a collar pin? Just use a safety pin instead. That's old school Americana style in full effect.
Secret #5: Wear that fedora with confidence
Actually, fedora or not, just be confident. One thing about Neal Caffrey is that his demeanor oozes with confidence and it shows.
If you put the "con" in both confidence and con-man, you'll be alright.


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10 Quick and Healthy Snacks for Moms on the Go
Snacking is a part of life that can't be avoided. Getting hungry in between meals is definitely an inevitability, but just because you have to snack, doesn't mean you can't do it responsibly. From yogurt bites to homemade protein bars, finding healthy, easy to make snacks has never been easier. Take a look at these deliciously healthy, homemade options and see for yourself.
Sweet Potato Chips
Crispy and delicious, these easy sweet potato chips are full of flavor.
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Chocolate Almond Butter Superfood Seed Bars
Raw pistachios combined with delicious superfood seeds and melted chocolate make up these nutritious snack bars.
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Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
These crunchy, snackable almonds are coated in ground cinnamon and a low-calorie sweetener.
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Frozen Yogurt Bites
Ice trays and a few of your favorite snacking items are all you need to create these delicious frozen yogurt bites.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Apple Bites
Fresh apple slices coated in creamy peanut butter, crunchy granola, and delicious melted chocolate.
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Salted Chocolate Dipped Mandarin Slices
These dark chocolate coated mandarin slices make a delightful combination of sweet and zesty.
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Coconut Date Energy Bites
Full of dates and cashews and coated in fresh coconut flakes, these energy bites are completely raw and entirely delicious.
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Strawberry Yogurt Bark
Fresh strawberries and Greek Yogurt combine to create this delicious candy alternative.
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Vegan Cheese Popcorn
This organic popcorn is coated in a turmeric filled vegan cheese powder.
Get the recipe at Vegan Family Recipes
No Bake Peanut Butter Cup Protein Bars
Peanut butter, thick honey, and hearty oat flour make up these simple, no bake bars.
Get the recipe at The Healthy Maven