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5 years later: Corneria…
"Wow! Dad, we're like a skyscraper!" the young vulpine eagerly clawed at his father's head, thrilled to see the world from a new perspective. Fox grinned as the kit's small shoes bounced off his chest painlessly. While he was aware of his wife, Krystal, somewhere behind them, most of his attention was focused on the hyperactive blue kit riding on his shoulders.
"Someday, I'll take you into space. Then you'll be taller than the whole planet," smirked Fox. While he couldn't see the kit's face, he was sure that his eyes were bugging out of his head. Fox laughed at the thought, while claws once again raked against his head.
"MOM!" yelled the kit. "DAD SAYS HE'S GONNA TAKE ME TO OUTER SPACE!" Fox turned around and smiled meekly at his wife. She winked at him and grinned back.
"That sounds like fun Marcus, but won't you miss earth? There's no ticklefighting allowed in space!" With that, Krystal rushed up towards her cerulean offspring, tickling his sides. Marcus began laughing and trying to get away from his mom's hands.
"Hey, hey, hey!" laughed Fox. "Take it easy! You're going to bash my brain in!" Marcus started to clamber down his father's back onto the green grass below. He was wearing the yellow jumpsuit he had received from his uncle Falco for his birthday. The suit bore the insignia of Falco's G-Zero racing team, with the words "Pit Crew" emblazoned on the front right breast pocket.
"Hey dad?" asked Marcus.
"What is it, kiddo?"
"What's life about?" Marcus turned to look at his father, their eyes meeting.
"Life," began Fox. "Is just a big quest for meaning." Krystal snaked her hand into Fox's as they watched Marcus play with the clumps of grass and mud.
"Hmm," pouted Marcus. "I don't get it."
"You will when you're older," stated Fox.
Krystal and Fox tucked in the small blue vulpine. He was peaceful and angelic when he slept, a sharp contrast to the bundle of energy he was in his waking hours.
"You know," Krystal whispered. "If he wasn't blue, he'd look just like you." She leaned her head on his shoulder and sighed gently. Fox wrapped an arm around her waist and nuzzled his cheek onto the top of her head before pulling away and kissing her gently. "So, Fox…" she asked.
"If life is a quest for meaning, have you found yours yet?" Fox gently led her out of the room and put his hand under her chin so he could look into her eyes.
"I hope this is an okay answer," he stated. With that, he kissed her passionately and held her in his arms. Sweeping her off her feet, he carried her to the bed room, where in between moans and sighs he assured her that he had, indeed, found the meaning of his life.
Thank you for reading!
A special thanks to the following musical artists/ albums:
Sons of Abraham - Termites In His Smile
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White
Fugazi - Red Medecine
Zebrahead - MFZB
Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler
Senses Fail - Still Searching
Ride - Nowhere
A Skylit Drive - Adelphia
Jawbreaker - Bivouac
System of a Down - Mesmerize
City Lights - Demo
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
Operation M.D. - We Have An Emergency
Author's Note:
I'm going to take a short break now that this story is over. Don't worry, I'll be back! I just need an opportunity to recharge my batteries and get my creative juices pumping again, as it were. In the mean time, I'm intent on doing some Beta Reading, so if you need someone to Beta, hit me up!


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Originally posted by Serenity777
You allowed your energy to be absorbed by your own fear and weakness.
This stuff is all par for the course for someone who is awakening. Watch the movie "Inception." It MIGHT explain to you the reason why people do things like what you experienced. Nonetheless, the minute you give over into fear though, they win and get all the energy they need from you.
Originally posted by KnightFire
Originally posted by Iwinder
There is a car wash on site at the gas station, also I would remember this car if it was a neighbous boyfriend because it was a very nice newer mustang and cars like that don't go unnoticed by me.
Thanks for adding to the thread
Regards, Iwinder
In that case, I would definitely keep an eye out for suspicious activity. Watch for any following vehicles and if possible, don't take the same route out of habit while driving or walking for a while. Might even be wise to get a dash cam, front and back just to observe any suspicious activity you may have missed in real time. I'm not saying go all crazy and drive yourself nuts, just be safe and prepared.
Originally posted by Iwinder
Has a person ever spooked you so bad you just want to get away from them by any means possible?,
This was no vision like you experienced but like you I seem to be able to judge people lickity split and I don't ever recall being wrong to the point I regretted it.
Originally posted by Mclaneinc
As always, go with your instinct, if you feel threatened then do whatever you need to get away from that person. I firmly believe there are people who can 'read' a person, I've always felt I've had the 'ability' to do that, to meet a person for the first time and somehow know about them after 2 mins or less, normally the bad or odd people.
Not from what they say but how they act and what sort of vibes they give off. I actually get a sort of mini movie of them doing stuff that is wrong ie I actually met a person at a friends house and straight away I felt the feeling of her hitting children, turns out that's exactly what she had been doing and had her kids taken off her soon after, I'd said to my mate what I thought at the house that day and he rang me up asking how I knew?
I have no clue how I knew..Lucky guess??
If it feels wrong then the chances are it IS wrong and its not worth the chance to test what you think.edit on 16-10-2012 by Mclaneinc because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Expat888
not encountered anyone / anything yet in this world that has scared me ... seen a few that raised my alertness ... usually seems I end up spooking people - rather ironic as am a physician but from practicing iajutsu since childhood ... time spent in war zones / disaster areas treating patients I cultivated zanshin ( relaxed alertness rough translation ) and am always aware of who and what is around me at all times... in most cases I tend to spook westerners more than asians as alot here in asia have the same sense from practicing martial arts - more so the combat forms rather than the sports / western forms ... in most cases I shrug off the reactions and go about my business ... its possible the old guy you met may have studied one of the martial arts.. or been a vietnam vet... vietnam left its mark on alot of us and that tends to unnerve people as well... hope making sense my english is rusty and things dont always translate well...
Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
reply to post by Iwinder
"Has a person ever spooked you so bad you just want to get away from them by any means possible?"
Yes. But not in the way I've heard with regard to those stories about the so-called "black-eyed kids". I haven't even bothered to read your OP, so maybe that's where you're going with this. Rude of me I know. Just wanted to get my thoughts out before I lose track.
So... yes, I've run into people that set off the HUGE RED FLAG light in my pea-brain. But those BEK's... too freaky. If you haven't heard of the legends concerning them, there's even a Wikipedia entry. I've never run into them myself. And that is a good thing considering what I've readout them online.
Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
reply to post by Iwinder
OK. Now I've read the OP... um, OP. And that's too freaky. I would have flown down the road as well.
edit on 10/16/2012 by this_is_who_we_are because: typos
Originally posted by boncho
This is pretty strange cause my grandpa was just telling me a story how he filled up his Mustang after a cross country drive the other day, and some weirdo was staring him and his car down while filling his pick up. He said he felt threatened so he gave the guy cut eye to try and prevent him from stealing his car, (cause he said that's what it looked like the guy was thinking...)
You know how it is, two sides to every story.
Originally posted by TheBlackHat
Yep...met quite a few wacked out people over the years unfortunately.
First at high school.
I had a rule of thumb when getting into confrontations with guys...if i thought it would be a regular fight..where a few punches or kicks get thrown Id take my chances...but if I though the guy would literally jump up and down on my scull id back down.
well...I always judged this by looking into a guys eyes...and with "normal" people you see normal facial expressions..when under duress...like when your about to fight them...like anger...or fear...you can just see it written on their face...and in their eyes...so at least you know your dealing with someone normal..
But these other guys..real sociopaths...well they show no sign of fear...what so ever...they dont even sound concerned when threatening you...they speak in a calm relaxed tone when saying things like "im going to kill you"..they may as well be ordering ice cream....
But the clincher is their eyes...its like there are no reflections or highlights in them...just empty of life.
thing is...the few guys i really avoided who had this eye thing going on...were not guys with reputations for being tuff...I fought bigger guys with bigger reps...but id back down to these guys with the dead eyes...
turns out i made the right move...nobody else in school could understand why i chickened out...but a few years later...one of these loony tunes...tried to cut a guys throat for a minor infraction ironically at a gas station)...he ended up in prison on attempted murder charge. And the other guy did something similar...also went to the big house.
Then at college....A big guy who nobody knew from any of their prior schools, joined the class...Big and scary...had them same eyes...and would stare at people in class....scared the 5h17 put of me...and everyone else...This guy looked like someone who would kill you in a second..for little or no reason....
so...one day he is assigned to sit at my table...to do a joint project...his name was Allen..now i recall...anyhow...Allen..was still scary...even more so now..as i had to sit next to him...and he didn't talk other than one word answers...just stared...so...i talked ...introduced myslef and made a few jokes...even a couple at his expense..for being a scary b457ard...
Guess what...it worked...the guy though i was great...and after than made a beeline to hang out with me ...all the time...witch was a bit annoying...but a lot better than being intimidated by him...evidently he had no idea how he was coming off to people...anyhow im guessing he probably went on to murder a few people hahah...but i wasnt one of them anyhow haha.
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Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by Iwinder
Originally posted by boncho
This is pretty strange cause my grandpa was just telling me a story how he filled up his Mustang after a cross country drive the other day, and some weirdo was staring him and his car down while filling his pick up. He said he felt threatened so he gave the guy cut eye to try and prevent him from stealing his car, (cause he said that's what it looked like the guy was thinking...)
You know how it is, two sides to every story.
Hilarious resply boncho!
All or most incivility arises from a simple misunderstanding born of competing or different paradigms or point of view at variance with one another.
I'm just glad no one got into a fight or got killed over it.
Originally posted by Iwinder
Interesting story, the guy sounds like he might have been a bit off.........You never mentioned that he alarmed you in any way before the conversation began so I assume all was good until he opened his mouth.
This is the thing here, in my case all my bells and whistles were going full ahead without one word exchanged between us...
Thanks for adding to this thread.
Regards, Iwinder
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by Iwinder
The point is that he might have been staring at you because you were starting at him staring at you, and might have been the one to start it by noticing his expensive unwashed car.. add to that that he was a big guy and might have had a weird looking outward persona, and there it is, a recipe for absolute terror.. !
Originally posted by Iwinder
Hello everybody, I had the most un-nerving experience last week and it has bothered me to the point I thought I would post a thread and see what others have to say.
First a bit about myself, I am in my early 50's and about 6'1" tall and weigh about 185 pounds.
I worked in the Brewery retail business for over 20 years and have seen a lot of iffy people.
Before that I worked as a porter at a very well known Holiday Inn and there I saw it all as well and then some.
So what I am trying to convey here is that I know people and I can judge trouble a mile away due to my work experience.
Here is my story, I went to a gas station last week to fill up my truck which was on fumes due to running injector cleaner through the gas.
Now this truck takes 100 Liters so I am in for a long fill up at the self serve pump.
I pull into my regular station and start pumping my gas, the guy infront of me at another pump leaves and this newer but very dirty Mustang Boss Cobra? Pulls up to the pump just vacated.
All is good so far and I am thinking to myself who drives an expensive car like that and does not bother to wash it?
The driver gets out and seems to be around 62 or so years old, not a big guy and not bulky either.
I'd guess about 5'6" and about 125 pounds.
This is where it gets weird, this station you can only pull in from one direction and leave from the other so everyone is looking at the exit when they pump their gas.
Just what I am doing, this guy puts the nozzle in his tank and just stares at me........I mean stares with no blinking.
So I look left and right for a distraction but there is none and now my arm hairs are starting to rise up.
Next I try to stare him down and I last maybe 20 seconds if that and I am spooked right out of my stare.
I finally stopped pumping gas at 20 litres, and said to myself this guy is bad bad bad.
I felt like death was imminent and was only seconds away, so I hang the pump up and don't wait for the receipt.
Put the gas cap on and proceed to exit as smooth as my nerves will let me.
As I drive around his car I am checking him in my mirrors and he pivots like a robot to keep his eyes on me as I drive past and he pumps gas.
I hit the road and when out of his sight I went at least 90 kilometers in a 50 zone, took many side streets and then headed home.
I actually had a sweat going and when the wife got home I related all to her and the first thing she said was my third eye is working correctly.
(pineal gland)
Has anyone else here been sure as sure that death or serious consequences are imminent from meeting a total stranger, and you are so sure of it there is no question?
I cannot rationalize my fear of this guy to myself at all, and no I have no mental health issues nor have I every been treated for any.
Mods I figure this was the right Forum for this but move it or delete as you please.
Looking forward to any posts to this thread.
Regards, Iwinder
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I'm back people! Finally emerging from my holiday nog funk. If anyone wants to know how much nog is too much, get in touch and I'll give you the breakdown...
Well, another year has come and gone, and so as usual, I'm taking stock of my 10 favorite shows from 2012. If you didn't make it out to at least ten burners over the past 365, shame on you! There was certainly no shortage of killer local, national, and international performers swinging through our quiet little cowtowns, so step yo game up, get out of your sweats, and stop being lame yo.
Here's my list, in no particular order:
Radiohead at Sprint Center (so obvious), the ACB's at the Jackpot, Phish at Starlight, Dr. Dog at the Granada, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at Wakarusa, My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses at Starlight, Dirty Projectors at the Granada, Taj Mahal at Knuckleheads, Fourth of July at the Replay, Split Lip Rayfield at Wakarusa, and Lemonheads at the Granada.
There's 11 for ya. What are yours?
Dumptruck Butterlips at the Granada in Lawrence
I've written about this neo-gypsy-folk-grass outfit a few times before, from their early Lawrence dive days to playing big festivals around the country. Well, they're back in town this Friday for a show that is being promoted heavily, and is sponsored by Free State Brewery. And if you look around a bit on the interwebs, I think you can find a way to get in free – I was sent an email from the Granada that included a voucher.
Antennas Up, Not a Planet at the RecordBar in KC
If you haven't caught up with KC pop-rockers Antennas Up yet, do it now before they flee the scene for larger, more commercial markets, because their catchy as hell songs are being snapped up left and right by the likes of MTV and other networks to back their programs. Their recent, May 2012 release, The Awkward Phase, has gotten plenty of run recently on 96.5 The Buzz, and you can check it out here for free.
Murder by Death and Cowboy Indian Bear at the Granada in Lawrence
Indiana indie-folk favorites MBD are frequent visitors to the KC-Lawrence area, and this is their second NYE show in the past few years. They recently released an album called Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon, enlisting the production smarts of John Congleton, who has worked previously with acts like Modest Mouse, St. Vincent, R. Kelly (seriously), The Roots, Explosions in the Sky, and many, many others. The result was a more stripped down feeling record that debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard charts.
Along for the ride is longtime Lawrence indie-dancers CIB, fronted by Marty Hillard aka Ebony Tusks, as well as Katlyn Conroy aka La Guerre. Also on the bill is newcomer solo act Y(our) Fri(end), who uses loops and effects-heavy vocals to create swirling sounds and echoes. Kinda cool, though. Should be a packed house if my calculations are correct.
Mountain Sprout, Ashes to Immortality, and Tyler Gregory at the Bottleneck in Lawrence
If you want something a little more traditional, this is the spot for you. And by traditional, I mean dudes with beards. This will be a hoedown of epic proportions, featuring local favorites Ashes to Immortality and busker-deluxe Tyler Gregory along with Arkansas' leading dirtgrass merchants, Mountain Sprout, headlining the hootenanny.


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Nashville (AP) -- Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has withdrawn his name from consideration for World Bank president, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.
Frist, a Tennessee Republican, served two terms in the US Senate, where he was a close ally to President Bush.
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz earlier this month announced he will step down June 30th.
His leadership was undermined after he broke bank rules in his handling of a generous compensation package for his girlfriend in 2005.
A source who asked not to be identified because he had not been authorized to speak publicly about the decision said Frist told administration officials Monday he did not want to be considered for the bank job.
He cited his desire to take a break from government work as the reason.
Frist in November abandoned a long-expected White House bid, instead saying that his immediate plans were to take a break from public life.
Frist has also been mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2010, though he has said he is not yet ready to decide on his political future.
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Charlie Cook, famous political analyst, has this column at National Journal, on the difference between independent voters and moderate voters. He highlights what had already been reported, that in the November 2012 election, Mitt Romney carried independent voters by a margin of 50%-45%, with 5% of independents voting for minor party presidential nominees.
But, President Obama carried moderate voters, 56%-41%, with 3% of moderates voting for minor party presidential nominees.
In the U.S. House races, independents supported Republicans more than Democrats by 7%, but moderates supported Democrats more than Republicans by 16%.
These figures make it clear that independent voters and moderate voters are not the same. This fact ought to be faced by the California business community, the Chamber of Commerce, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and the editors of most of California's large daily newspapers, all of whom constantly told the public in 2010 that independents and moderates are the same people and that only a top-two system would enhance the power of moderates. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.


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Un-noodling the Maggi controversy: What is the truth?
The Swiss food giant, Nestle, considered one of the bestknown multinational corporations with an admirable reputation for quality control and standards enforcement, finds itself in a potentially brand-damaging controversy that has snowballed ever since a laboratory in Uttar Pradesh claimed tests had revealed the presence of unacceptable levels of lead and monosodium glutamate, or MSG, in its most popular product, Maggi noodles
The Swiss food giant, Nestle, considered one of the bestknown multinational corporations with an admirable reputation for quality control and standards enforcement, finds itself in a potentially brand-damaging controversy that has snowballed ever since a laboratory in Uttar Pradesh claimed tests had revealed the presence of unacceptable levels of lead and monosodium glutamate, or MSG, in its most popular product, Maggi noodles.
State after state prohibited the sale of Maggi instant noodles while officials issued statements questioning the quality of the product and the credibility of Nestlé. On Friday, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India claimed to have found nine variants of Maggi noodles "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
Based on its 'findings', the FSSAI, India's national food regulator (yes, it does exist), has ordered Nestle to "withdraw and recall all the nine approved variants of its Maggi instant noodles from the market ... and stop further production, processing, import, distribution and sale of the said product with immediate effect."
The firman follows Nestlé voluntarily recalling Maggi noodles to calm what its chief called "confused consumers". Meanwhile, Singapore has prohibited the sale of 'Made in India' Maggi noodles while Britain has ordered random samples to be tested. Needless to say, all this has impacted Nestlé negatively in more ways than one; its stocks have already taken a knocking, losing 10 per cent of their value.
Three points need to be made before we proceed any further on the kerfuffle over Maggi. First, I have not seen any (but I am willing to be corrected on this) comprehensive data-driven report on what exactly has been found wrong with Maggi instant noodles. How many samples were tested? What were the lead and MSG levels? What are the permissible limits? While MSG is an added taste enhancer, what are the possible sources of lead?
Second, Maggi is not the only brand of instant noodles sold across India. The market is now flooded with boil-and-eat noodles-in-a-cup. Most of them are imported from South-East Asian countries; some of them are bulk-produced in China (where human hair is known to be used for making packaged instant soup, don't ask me how) and repackaged in South-East Asia. There are desi knockoffs too. Are all these products being tested and investigated for ingredients and standards compliance?
Third, if Nestlé has indeed been up to mischief, then it cannot be a recent breach of rules and violation of consumer trust. What were food inspectors and the FSSAI doing all this while? What prompted the UP test? Was it entirely out of the blue without being prompted by considerations other than concerns for food safety?
Nestle's chief executive, Paul Bulcke, has contradicted the FSSAI's alarming (or should it be alarmist?) claims. "Our studies showed no lead or MSG in 1,035 tests … We have been carrying out tests on Maggi noodles on multiple batches. All results that came out indicate that Maggi noodles are safe for consumption," Bulcke said in New Delhi during a globally televised media briefing.
The product, which contributes 25 per cent of Nestlé India's revenues, had been recalled because the firm "found the customer confused and distressed". Bulcke clarified, "So as a precautionary measure, as a responsible company, we have withdrawn so that our conclusive tests are shared with authorities. Once the authorities are convinced and customers are convinced, we will put back the stocks."
Given the patchy record of FSSAI and State FDAs, not to mention rampant malpractice in the departments and the lack of ethics among inspectors whose remit it is to ensure food and drug safety, it is entirely possible Nestle, which would be averse to the idea of 'grease of doing business', is bearing the brunt of unfounded allegations. If that is proved to be true, heads must roll, officials jailed and the Government of India made to pay damages even if they run into billions of dollars. Nothing less would suffice.
And if the charges stick, an example should be made of Nestlé. More important, every such product should be subjected to similar scrutiny and severe penalties imposed on producers. Nothing less than this would do justice.
Till then, let's stay calm and not start burning packaged food producers at the stake. Trial by media is what happens in a banana republic. India is believed to be a law-abiding republic.
Disclaimer: I am ideologically opposed to mass-produced, factory-made junk food. I am also an organic food fanatic.
The writer is a senior journalist based in the National Capital Region. His Twitter handle is @KanchanGupta


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SCOTLAND'S maddening propensity for taking one step forward and then promptly shooting themselves in the feet that took them there was revisited at Murrayfield, the memory of the hat-trick of summer victories hewn from a granite-like defence now an afterthought.
New Zealand, inspired by the near-effortless brilliance of Dan Carter, have never scored more points in Edinburgh and what was even more chilling was the feeling that they completed the rout while never really in top gear.
After Scotland's brave resistance in Australia in June, this was an experience that has sent them spinning back to square one. It would be easy to focus on Carter and his wondrous creativity, not to mind his remarkable boot that launched successful conversions from all corners of the stadium, but the fact is that the creativity was helped by a Scottish defence that was a calamitous mess at the most critical times in the Test.
In the aftermath, Robinson spoke of "big holes" and "soft drifts", mentioned that his players sat back and gave the Kiwis time and space and he was right. For all the fighting talk in the preamble, Scotland failed to bring with them one of the most basic requirements if you're hoping to live with these All Blacks; bloody-mindedness from first minute to last.
They had it early on, no question. And in that regard it's not the despondency that kills you, it's the hope. Hope when New Zealand started sluggishly; losing a lineout, getting turned over at a ruck, missing a penalty, knocking-on carelessly. And that intercept? Hope again. There is no bad time to latch on to an intercept, but when Carter is the man you're intercepting and a try is the end result, then that is manna from heaven, a gift from the Gods.
Hope? It blew in to Murrayfield after 13 minutes when Tim Visser scored and it blew right back out again in the minutes that followed, devastating minutes that brought one head-wrecking Scottish error after another, a mistake mountain that helped the Kiwis score four first-half tries including three in eight nightmarish and game-defining minutes, some of them masterfully put together, others presented on a plate by defensive lapses that would have Robinson and his management team hiding under their chairs in the coaches box.
Scotland were brighter and more clinical in attack than they have been for a long time. If you're looking for optimism ahead of the Springboks next week, then there it is. The upside came in the shape of their three tries and the attacking nous of Visser and the certainty that South Africa, lacking the weaponry of the All Blacks, will be more route one rather than route one, two, three, four…
Visser is a sharp tool in attack. Defensively, he is a work in progress, but there is no doubting his predatory instincts and that is a major plus for Robinson. The team, finally, has found a finisher. Visser has played three Tests and has scored four tries. After barely a wet week in the team, he is already joint third highest try-scorer in the squad, only four tries behind Sean Lamont who has 65 more caps. There you go. Dine out on that crumb.
Robinson has summoned up the memory of November, 2010, when his team got eaten alive in week one by the All Blacks before gathering themselves in victory against the Springboks a week later. South Africa will bring a more basic gameplan to Murrayfield and will be beatable if Scottish heads are right. That's a big "if". No side can win matches against the world's elite when defending as Scotland did. New Zealand don't need a team to make things easy for them; they're perfectly able to engineer tries on the back of their own genius, but if a sucker is determined to be suckered, then what are they going to do? They're going to say thanks very much and pile up the points.
Four minutes after Visser's first try put Scotland into the rarefied air of a lead against the All Blacks, they fell off the pace and fell out of the tackle, Carter making one break and then another, swatting Scottish jerseys along the way before Israel Dagg was put away in the corner. This is when the alarm bells started to ring, a cue for consolidation and concentration from Scotland, a period when they had to batten down the hatches against a New Zealand team that were beginning to throw some shapes in attack after a faltering beginning.
Scotland needed to get through this spell, but they couldn't do it. They needed to get on the ball but they couldn't find it, needed to get the Strokoschs and the Hamiltons and the Browns into the rucks and disrupt like hell, but they couldn't do that either. In eight minutes, New Zealand scored three tries and for all the feelgood of the hosts scoring three tries against the greatest team in the world, the Test match was over by half-time. That's the truth. It was done in those eight minutes at the end of the first half.
The galling thing is that it was avoidable. Or, at least, part of it was avoidable. Julian Savea's first try was an example of the All Blacks at their best, a try that saw them work Scotland to a standstill before breaking away down the left wing where Visser was isolated and alone and helpless in the face of Savea and a supporting runner just in case Visser made his tackle, which he did not.
Now the blunders came in waves. Scotland got the restart all wrong and two minutes after Savea's try there was one for his opposite wing, Cory Jane, created on the altar of quick ruck ball, fast hands and a precise finish from Jane. This is what New Zealand do to you. A game can become a rout in the blink of an eye. One minute you are level on the scoreboard and the next time you look you are 17 points down as Scotland were after the Jane score.
All week, Robinson and his team stressed the need to reduce their error count to half-nothing. Instead, it multiplied. When they needed to be tight and focused they were ruinously loose. Andrew Hore's try typified it. The fact that Jane wriggled out of trouble on the right wing was bad enough, but the sight of Hore brushing off Geoff Cross and spinning over was a cringe-making moment. Carter's conversion made it 34-10 to New Zealand.
What we'd heard from the home team was that this game was not going to be a repeat of the last time they faced New Zealand, that lessons had been learned from that wretched first half of 2010 when Scotland shipped 28 points. Now, there are new lessons to learn. Scotland conceded 34 points in the first 40 minutes yesterday and another 17 points in the second half, which could have been more had they needed them. For all Richie McCaw's assertions that it was a tough game out there, the All Blacks had gears they never required to use on the day.
A repeat of two years ago, then. How Robinson will be praying that the similarities of the first game of that autumn series are repeated in the second, when South Africa return on Saturday.


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The trip to the United States, where Chanthol Sun grew up, studied and worked prior to serving in a range of key political appointments in his home country, includes visits to Microsoft and Coca Cola as well as other meetings with U.S. trade representatives, congressmen and civil society representatives in Washington, D.C.
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Within only 6 months, he has overhauled the company registration, the export registration and the recruitment processes within the ministry and in its sub-divisions, and has launched a transparency initiative for the Ministry of Commerce. He has also launched reforms of all other administrative processes within the ministry.
An eloquent speaker and fluent in English and French, Chanthol Sun brings a fresh voice to understanding a country that has only two decades ago experienced a traumatic genocide and a 20-year civil war. Today, the country offers some of the most liberal and pro-business policies in the whole Asean region and has become a magnet for tourists and investors alike.
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Okay, so the Cougar Town cast and creators weren't pounding grape quite like the cul-de-sac crew does, but they came with red wine in hand to last night's Paley Center panel. The event was just the latest of a series of viewing parties that the cast and co-creators and executive producers Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel organized as part of a grassroots campaign. With the ABC comedy stuck in TV schedule limbo, they decided that sitting around and doing nothing was not an option. "For Bill and for me it was kind of a no brainer," Biegel said. "Why would you not do this? I want people to see it. So if that means going out there to show it to people, I'm going to go out there and show it to people."
And that's exactly what Beigel & co. did. They screened the season 3 premiere along with the fifth episode. Then, they answered questions from panel moderator Michael Ausiello. Here are the highlights from last night's red carpet and panel session. [Warning: Mild spoilers ahead!]
++ About that Jules and Grayson proposal in the premiere: "Friends did this will-they-won't-they thing with Ross and Rachel. And apparently there was some kind of break or something," laughed Lawrence. "But we were not interested in doing that," added Biegel. And that's why Jules and Grayson are in it for the long haul.
++ Ian Gomez said the premiere was the perfect combination of funny with heartfelt moments. "I get teary," he confessed. And then he promised me I probably would too. "At least I hope so. If you don't I look very wimpy!" (Don't worry, Ian. I totally did.)
++ The name Cougar Town is not going anywhere. The title, which Lawrence said is the "worst title in the history of television" is now being worn as a badge of honor now. They will, however, continue to use clever title card lead-ins including Lawrence's favorite, "This is not The Simpsons title card joke."
++ Courteney Cox directs an episode this season that features her daughter, Coco. "It's an episode where Bobby and I are trying to keep our white shirts clean. So we have a white shirt contest, and Coco's in one scene where she walks by with a chocolate ice cream cone. It's very nerve-wracking."
++ Busy Philipps said that her character, Laurie, finds a boyfriend via Twitter. (Shout out to The Larmy!)
++ Philipps also said that Laurie starts her own business: "Ripped from my own personal headline, she has a cake decorating business." Yes,Busy Philipps is a real-life cake decorator. "I'm basically professional. I'm like one of the people who plays a doctor on TV and then stops at car accidents because they think they can help. Whenever there's cake stuff on set I'm like, 'Okay, guys, let me tell you how it really is in the cake world. We would never use that kind of fondant!'"
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From left: Elizabeth Mahon, David Collins, Caeleigh MacNeil, Principal Joseph Arangio, and Laura Hess. Photo courtesy of Milton High School.
A Milton High School senior was recently named a semifinalist in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program, and three others were named "commended students."
Caeleigh MacNeil, along with the other semifinalists nationwide, is representative of less than 1 percent of students who took the Preliminary SAT, more commonly known as the PSAT.
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If you'd been listening to channel 19a in the Gulf of Tehuantepec earlier this week, you may have overhead a conversation that went something like this:
"Artillery blast hits BRAVO 9."
"Nothing there … HOTEL 7?"
At which point you'd probably be thinking to yourself, "Mexican naval practice?".
But the next line would give it away. "PBCHCHCHCHCHCH, damn you just sunk my battleship!". It was, in fact, Ustupu (good friends we've been buddy boating with) and us in the middle of a heated game of Battleship. Which as we found out, is infinitely more fun to play over VHF.
The fact that we were playing games says a lot about our Tehuantepec crossing: In terms of weather, it was very uneventful which, given the gulf's reputation for hurricane force winds which regularly sink ships, means we must have picked a good window.
A window that, say, allowed us to sit and enjoy a couple episodes of Dexter in the cockpit each night (finished season 5), or, allowed us to engage in some intense Sundown Duels with Ustupu (Trivial Pursuit, Rap Battle?), or, allowed us to bring in an 80lb, 7'6″ sailfish, all while relaxing on one of the most comfortable and calm passages we've been on.
Splitting our days up in to chunks of "3 on 6 off" has helped make this, our longest passage yet, speed by. With 3 of us on board, our personal schedule rotates by 3 hours each day, making no two days quite the same. One day you're on shift for sunrise, the next you're in charge of dinner, and the day after that you're on night watch; a time when, if you're lucky, the the boat is accompanied by a pod of glowing green dolphins as they agitate and ignite the phosphorescent algae around them.
The past five days have been nothing but open water. We've already passed through as many countries as our previous four months at sea. Blazing past Guatemala and El Salvador in 24 hours each, after taking months to make our way through the US and Mexico has definitely been surreal. One more day left and we land in Nicaragua.


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I was lucky enough to attend the Melbourne Cake Bake and Sweet Show recently and so I took my 'almost' 8 year old Lily with me 🙂
She was very excited to try out all the goodies! However one thing we did both notice was that nobody was selling cupcakes 🙁 (Note to self: Maybe I need to set up a stall there next year!!)
I found some amazing suppliers while I was there including Boxd who sell these gorgeous cake, cupcake and pie boxes
And these incredible moulds from Cakes by Ximena which unfortunately were sold out 🙁
At the show, a team was trying to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chocolate bouquet
And another team was making a wedding chapel from cake! (I think a couple was married there on the friday!!)
There were some of the most fabulous cakes made for a competition – my favourites being these cakes (apologies for not having links to the talented creators)
(how cool is the chalkboard effect??)
The highlight of the day was of course a Meet & Greet with Buddy Valastro from Cake Boss who was just as lovely as he appears in his show. He was genuine, warm and so humbled by the success he has had.
Buddy spoke with us about his new range of baking equipment which he has created – a line of all the products he uses for his cakes – everything from the bakeware, to the decorating kits!
I have a range of products to give away as shown by my adorable daughter Molly, which includes the Cake Boss bakeware and some gorgeous Write To Me letterpress recipe cards (this is such a gorgeous company run by two very talented sisters).
As I mentioned on my facebook page, depending on my mood I may through her into the prize pool 🙂
For more of a description I've made a short video
Now… I'm not one who likes giveaways which require a creative response or a quirky poem so I will make it simple for you all. Answer the following questions by leaving a comment here on the blog (facebook/youtube comments wont count) and you will go in to the draw.
1. Which has been your favourite Bronnie Bakes tutorial to date; and
2. What would you like me to create for my next tutorial?
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FOBHL April 2016 Board Meeting
Lovell Community Center
April 14, 2016
Jerry conducted the meeting,
Present were, Ken, Keith, Tom, Jerry, Lynn, Joe A. and one member from Powell
The meeting was held following the Big Horn River System Issues Group spring meeting in Lovell.
Meeting Summary:
About 55 people were there, BOR, Wyoming Game &Fish, Park Service, WAPA, Montana FWP, FOBHL, Crow Agency, Enzi and Barrasso reps, Lovell Chronicle, Big Horn County and Wyoming Water Resources. Topics presented were; water operations, forecasts, sediment studies, Crow Agency projects, meeting criteria and evaluation. Good turnout and discussion.
FOBHL provided the snacks and lunch at noon.
No new board officers were elected.
The new windsock for HS Bend has not been ordered yet.
Jerry went over finances, approx $2400 came in from membership renewal letters.
Ken will contact GK Construction to clean Kane ramp, then notify Bob M at Fire dept to wash it.
(GK already has the cleaning scheduled and will let Bob C know when it is done)
Approved full page ad in Park County Dining guide and the Mustang Guide will be out soon.
Discussed NPS budget being mostly spent at North end. John Bundy mentioned to Tom Newman that he considers anything south of Day Board 9 as South end. Our board members assumed South end was South of Devils canyon or at the most South of Barry's.
FOBHL needs to map out where we would like Boat mooring buoys (for boaters to use for day or overnight stay) and give to NPS for approval, and then FOBHL will oversee installation.
Locations discussed: Contact a board member if you would like to suggest other locations.
1@ Devils Canyon,
2 in Crooked Creek bay,
1 @ cliffs going into Crooked Creek,
1 in South Narrows
1 at Abercrombie
2 along red cliffs
2 in South Lake.
6 buoys are currently available from BICA, Ken will find out how much these cost for FOBHL to consider buying more.
Joe will bring a map to next meeting so we can pin point exact locations.
NPS mentioned to Lynn or Jerry the need for some maps, they need to gather more info before proceeding. Ken will ask Lynn and Jerry to gather more info for the May board meeting.
Discussed need for more young Lovell board members, We all need to keep eyes open for recruits.
Discussed ideas on how to assist Mark Garrison with boat rental services. Currently we do not have enough info to make any decisions, but board is open to assisting if it makes sense.
Ken will gather more details for next meeting.
Next meeting should be in Powell, May 10th, 6:30pm at PV Chamber building.
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"When Bob was on the road, he was playing [soccer] at every spare moment -- after sound check, in the hotel rooms," says Simon. "I think he loved [soccer] almost as much as he loved music."
Simon's photography is paired with anecdotes and reflections from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Patti Smith, who penned the introduction. Simon also offers extensive commentary and stories behind the photos of Marley, whom she befriended in the Seventies.
"From the first time I heard Bob's voice and saw him sing, [I knew] this was not an ordinary pop singer," Simon said. "This was someone who happens once every many generations and yet as a person . . . he was really accessible and really helpful."
Only 2,000 copies of the book will be available with 350 deluxe versions signed by Eric Clapton, whose cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" helped propel Marley's career. The wood-box bound book is available through the publisher's Web site (genesis-publications.com). Simon's 400 mostly unpublished photographs capture Marley everywhere from the One Love Peace concert in Kingston, Jamaica, to his home with his family. Simon also photographed Marley's 1981 funeral. "The entire mountainside was covered with people who were just coming out in love for Bob," she says. "It was unforgettable.
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Apocalypse: The Most Powerful Mutant to Ever Live
He's survived for thousands of years, wanting nothing more than to rid the world of mankind and rule a planet inhabited by mutants. What's up nerds? I'm back with one of the most powerful beings in all of comics, Apocalypse. Please feel free to watch me breakdown the ancient mutant in the video below, or read the blogged out version if you're not the video viewing type.
The Rise of En Sabah Nur
3000 years ago in ancient Egypt, a gray-skinned, blue-lipped child was born in the settlement of Akkaba. Due to his appearance, he was abandoned as an infant and found by a group of nomads known as The Sandstormers. The Sandstormers' leader Baal saw the powerful potential the child had. Baal took the child in and raised him as his own, giving him the name En Sabah Nur. It was within this tribe that Nur learned the philosophy: survival of the fittest.
Time traveler Kang the Conquerer traveled back in time and assumed the identity of the Pharaoh Rama-Tut. Knowing who En Sabah Nur would become, Kang sent his General Ozymandias after The Sandstormers. The Sandstormers were defeated but Baal and Nur escaped and sought refuge in a cave. It is here that Baal revealed to En Sabah Nur the location of alien technology hidden within the cave. The tech had been Baal's secret to climbing the ranks among the Sandstormers in year's past. Shortly after, Baal died and En Sabah Nur vowed to seek revenge on Rama-Tut.
En Sabah Nur posed as an Egyptian slave to enter the Pharaoh's city. Once inside, Nur finds an attraction to Ozymandias' sister, Nephri. However, upon seeing En Sabah Nur's appearance, Nephri rejects him. Nur became enraged, causing his mutant abilities to emerge. Nur then rampages through the city renaming himself Apocalypse. Rama-Tut secretly fled the city and Apocalypse uses his advanced technology to enslave Ozymandias and transform him into stone clairvoyant with the ability to foresee Apocalypse's future.
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Apocalypse is not only one of the most powerful mutants who have ever lived, but he is also one of the most powerful beings to ever walk the Earth. If you thought Superman had too many superpowers, then you might want to take a seat, Apocalypse has so many abilities that even he isn't sure if he has discovered them all yet.
Apocalypse is immortal and does not age. His superhuman strength allows him to lift over 100 tons. His superhuman endurance enables him to withstand drops from orbital heights. He has also been able to take blows from the likes of Colossus and withstand Cyclops' optic blasts.
A power we see quite often is Apocalypse's ability to grow in size. This is because he can control his entire molecular structure. He draws energy sources from different dimensions, causing him to increase his mass. This growth will enable him to become even stronger than he is at normal size, allowing him to lift over 1,000 tons! Because he can control his molecular structure, Apocalypse can also adapt and survive to any environment. He can transform his limbs into weapons, such as blades or hammers, and does not need food, water, sleep or oxygen to live.
Apocalypse's reflexes, speed and agility are also at superhuman levels, granting him the ability to hit the likes of Quicksilver or Beast in combat.
As if he doesn't have enough abilities already, Apocalypse can also absorb and distribute energy, similar to Bishop. However, Apocalypse can also channel energy from those extra dimensions to create his own energy blasts. Apocalypse once absorbed all of Cyclops' optic blast energy, making Cyclops unable to use his power for months.
He is also of genius intellect and possesses extensive telepathic and telekinetic ability. He can read minds, mask himself from other telepaths, mind control, transfer consciousness and/or powers to other mutants and is able to lift 100 tons telekinetically!
Due to the alien tech Apocalypse uncovered, Apocalypse is a technopath and his celestial armor is nearly impenetrable. The armor also grants him the ability to fly at mach 8 speeds and teleport.
Long ago, Cable traveled to the ancient past and infected Apocalypse with the deadly techno-organic virus, the virus ravages living mutant tissue and turns it mechanical. (This is why Cable has one robotic arm.) To most mutants, this may be a death sentence, but since Apocalypse has control of his molecular structure, it's actually a blessing. This allows him to personally merge with his alien tech and reconstruct himself from a single drop of blood.
Now Apocalypse does have a weakness (praise Odin!) Although he is immortal and does not age, his powers take a physical toll on his body. If untreated, Apocalypse's sheer power will exhaust his physical form. His exoskeleton body armor helps contain this power and slows down the process it takes to exhaust his body. This is why we rarely see Apocalypse out of his suit.
In order to survive, Apocalypse must transfer his consciousness and powers to a new host body once his current host body becomes exhausted. Apocalypse can regenerate himself however, by taking long slumbers in his rejuvenation chambers. This sleep can last for hundreds of years and if disturbed will put Apocalypse at his most vulnerable position.
Notable Story Arcs:
After the events in Egypt, Apocalypse traveled the world, conquering and gaining follows to worship him as a god. Apocalypse would enter long periods of hibernation and spring up throughout different time periods. Figuring he was the only mutant at the time, eventually Apocalypse would enter his rejuvenation chamber until a time where more mutants were present so he could be with his own kind and destroy humanity, leaving nothing but a planet of mutants.
Apocalypse awoke in London 1859 and encountered a British scientist named Nathaniel Essex. The two bonded over their beliefs of social Darwinism (survival of the fittest) and Apocalypse promised to give Essex immense power if he were to help him. Essex agreed and Apocalypse used his technology to turn him into Mister Sinister. Sinister's first job was to create a human plague that would rid the world of human life. Sinister instead created a plague that attacked Apocalypse, causing him to retreat to his rejuvenation chamber.
Nearly 100 years later, Apocalypse is awoken by Cable's arrival in the present time. Apocalypse examines the world as it is and has several battles with The X-Men, X-Factor and the Avengers. Apocalypse will often posses 4 mutants and grant them immense power and technology. They stand by apocalypse's side as his 4 horsemen. Eventually Apocalypse is "killed" by Cable after attempting to transfer his consciousness into Cyclops. It takes the strength of Jean Grey's telepathy to tear Apocalypse from Cyclops's mind. Cable then destroys Apocalypse in his astral form by using his psimitar.
Because of Apocalypse's techno-organic infection, one drop of his blood into a vat of organs causes Apocalypse's body to be created and his spirit to be reconstituted.
Not so easy to kill, huh? Apocalypse has proven to be a dangerous threat for all Marvel super heroes and should be handled with extreme caution. Apocalypse is one of the first mutants and superhumans to walk the Earth and will rest at nothing to rule the planet with his four horsemen and army of mutants at his side.
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SCYLLA and CHARYBDIS
By Jay B Gaskill
The Chameleons
Hillary Clinton
Chameleon Politicus-Leftus
Donald Trump
Chameleon Politicus-Populus
Classicists will recognize Scylla and Charybdis as the two sea monsters in the Homeric legend that occupied opposite sides of the narrow Strait of Messina. Any mariner who dared thread the path between them faced deadly perils on both sides, hence the expression, being caught between a rock and a hard place.
Herpetologists (who study creeping things) will recognize this portrayal of Clinton and Trump as Chameleons. As a professional politician, Clinton's positions have changed over decades, sometimes during a single campaign, while Trump's populist rhetoric has often mutated, clarified, reversed itself, changing positions day to day.
Our Scylla and Charybdis trap, caught as we are between two political chameleons, is not unprecedented. After all, most politicians are deliberately vague. But given the real perils the US faces, our situation is so perilous that we would be better off staging a dice roll between the two Vice Presidential candidates, were they elevated to Presidential candidates.
The USA desperately needs a functioning two party system, one characterized by mutually respectful dialogue. Without ongoing checks and balances, each party can become corrupt, extremist, or both. For most of the Cold War epoch, bipartisan cooperation was the norm, especially when Democrats were anti-communist and pro-military and Republicans were fully on the same page. That ship has sailed – today, both parties are ideologically fractured. I note that registered democrats and republicans are greatly outnumbered by the voters who identify themselves as independents. However this election and its aftermath play out, our country is in for wrenching changes.
Perils, Problems and Proposals
According to Gaskill
Can the Iranian regime's ill-concealed rush to become the next deadly nuclear power be stopped in time? A nuclear armed jihad (and make no mistake that is the underlying peril) would make the Cold War seem like a bad vacation. Given the negligent acquiescence of the current administration, Obama's reliance on the vaunted "treaty" with the radical Iran regime will not work. Without robust "kinetic sanctions" (i.e., a credible, fully effective military preemptive response, unhesitatingly employed as necessary), we will wake up in a nightmare world.
There is a huge and pervasive infiltration of Palestine by the terrorist entity, Hezbollah, siting vast stores of missiles and bombs near fragile civilian targets, with enough firepower to do terrible damage to Israel next door. Which candidate can be relied on to take Israel's side when the missiles are launched? Hint: The current administration stood idly by while Hezbollah moved in with the support and material assistance of Iran. Hillary has been associated with hawkish positions in the past, but over the last seven years has not differentiated herself from the Obama administration's thinly veiled hostility to Israel. Trump likes to talk tough about the Islamic threat but his actual foreign policy behavior remains unpredictable.
Will the US Supreme Court still be able to act as a realistic check on the abuse of power by the executive branch, against the constitutional overreach by the legislative branch and the unchecked power grabs by massive federal regulatory agencies? The next president will fill more than two key vacancies on the High Court, shaping its composition and direction for decades to follow. Hillary is committed to a court that would not have attempted to reign in the administration's executive power, and will reverse what she sees as an excessive commitment to the Second Amendment, and to an unwarranted use of the First Amendment on behalf of political fundraising. Trump has submitted a list of strict constructionist SCOTUS candidates, while at the same time railing at slanderous media coverage, threatening to sic teams of lawyers on his critics with apparent reckless disregard for the First Amendment considerations.
Who will get the USA through the coming fiscal and international monetary crisis without collapsing the dollar and crashing our economy? This is a complex subject, far beyond the scope of a single essay. Suffice it to say that both candidates are aware of the impending train wreck. But neither Hillary nor Donald has squarely addressed it. WHY? …Because neither has a good answer.
According to Gaskill
The USA needs to take concrete, realistic, real-time steps to reverse the decline of our middle class and restore the US manufacturing base by providing honest, meaningful employment to the vast army of underutilized workers – meaning real work as opposed to a perpetual condition of dependency disguised as an entitlement. The kinds of solutions that will work in the real world tend to trespass equally on liberal and conservative orthodoxy. For example, the identification of certain industries as essential to national security for trade protection (think of exotic metals, key aircraft technology, for example) tends to be dismissed by ideologues of both wings – one as too militaristic, one as a violation of free trade principles. No matter who wins, some major heavy lifting will be needed, including forging difficult compromises with difficult people. Ideologues and faint-hearted political hacks need not apply.
Our two traditional political parties need to reconfigure the presidential nomination process by incorporating at least three reforms: (1) Vetting: Any person who wants to be a republican or democratic candidate for the president of the United States must be confidentially vetted first for all potential medical, financial and scandal issues. Confidentiality is essential to permit those who are rejected to agree to participate. Failure to fully cooperate in the vetting process will be disqualifying. (2) Primary reform: No weighted primary votes, especially no winner-take-all primaries will be permitted. Each political party will determine the sequence and scheduling of state by state primary voting, on consultation with state party officials. In a deadlocked convention, party officials have plenary authority to determine the nominee, but cannot bypass the vetting process. (3) Debate reform: The primary debate rules are determined by the party in advance, including the selection of debate moderators, the number of participants, and the consequences for candidates who disregard the debate rules (which can include disqualification).
The looming fiscal crisis is strongly coupled to the gathering international trade and finance crisis. When it hits (and it will), mere spending austerity and higher tax revenues will not be enough. Robust economic growth will be essential, especially in the industries than can employ more of the 35% of working age Americans who are currently sidelined. But a growth surge is being held back by a vast web of contradictory policy goals. For example, energy policy is stalled by ambivalence regarding a natural gas boom (well within our reach, if we dare), a national commitment to roll out a 4th generation nuclear energy economy (the zero carbon solution that actually works), among other issues.
Worse, through a combination of neglect and design, much of this commerce- suffocating spider-web is entangled with a pervasive federal regulatory regime – an alphabet soup of agencies that, by virtue of their complexity and insulation from meaningful congressional and executive management, have become intractably difficult to reform. Collectively, they add up to "regulation without representation."
The USA needs a sophisticated blend of industrial policy (selectively reestablishing protecting key local industries and their attendant jobs) with fair and open access to foreign markets (a goal that conflicts with other countries' industrial policies).
Our country's economic crisis will require policy approaches that are intelligent, non-ideological, proactive, practical and creative. But when have these terms ever been honestly applied to the creaking, corrupt antiquated political system that operates inside the DC Beltway?
► Please note: Intractable does not mean impossible.
In the context of the grave stakes and challenges, and the very difficult steps needed to avert disaster, all the discussions around special bathroom accommodations for transsexuals (whatever the merits), and nearly all the pending "social issues" are just distractions.
Moreover, it is painfully obvious that the economic issues looming over the USA will not be resolved without additional tax revenues. And it is equally obvious that that the way forward requires each party to accommodate the other.
Our country needs someone of the stature and bipartisan support of a Dwight David Eisenhower,
But we will be settling for much less. Voting for either Hillary or Donald presents a vexing Scylla and Charybdis choice for most Americans – a gamble either way. Both candidates are chameleon politicians. Both promises to take us in a separate direction, or do they? No wonder that a majority of their supporters doubt whether they can take their candidate's promises and assurances seriously.
Electing Trump presents risks that many find unacceptable. Informed conservative voters are being asked to gamble on a moderately good outcome (a more conservative Supreme Court, a tougher foreign policy stance) versus bleak downside possibilities. Informed liberal supporters of a Hillary presidency are being asked to gamble on a moderately good, somewhat unsatisfying outcome (say, a centrist, pragmatic president), versus a circle-the-wagons partisan standoff, possibly coupled with a POTUS health crisis, even hesitation in the face of a Hezbollah attack on Israel or allowing an Iranian nuclear breakout.
Few voters have confidence in Trump or Clinton – hence the dilemma. Neither candidate is a bet that traditional gamblers would normally take. I share the electorate's ambivalence.
Either Hillary's or Trump's Vice President may well become president. Why? …Because neither Trump nor Hillary may serve a full first term. In Hillary Clinton's case, her "secret" medical issues may well truncate her presidency. In the Donald Trump's case, a first term impeachment is not out of the question.
Conservative columnist Michael Gerson wrote an insightful piece in the in the July 29th Washington Post, concluding with this zinger: "[T]he parties, in their wisdom, have chosen the untrusted against the unstable, the uninspiring against the unfit." Given such choices many ask, why vote? …Because the future of the USA is at stake.
Please note: When second term President Bill Clinton was forced to cooperate with the Republican congress, better public policy resulted. Checks and balances worked.
Recent polls show the third parties are gaining support. Although no "third party" candidate can win, but the Libertarian, Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor, may break the 15% barrier and get into the debates. So a vote for a third party candidate makes some sense. Neither Clinton nor Trump will face a rubberstamp congress. By denying the winner a mandate, a strong third party showing will encourage dialogue and compromise.
Is the best we can do?
It was far from the best we could have done.
But that ship, having sailed, is now under water.
So we start over.
Every era begins on the foundations of the mistakes of the earlier ones.
Pray for the United States of America.
Jay Gaskill
►Copyright © 2016 by Jay B Gaskill, Attorney at Law
►Portions of this article appeared in the Post Register ( www.pastregister.com ) A license to link to this piece or to publish pull quotes from it (with full attribution) is hereby granted. For all other permissions and comments, please contact the author via email at outlawyer.gaskill@gmailcom .
►Jay Gaskill served as the chief Public Defender for the County of Alameda, CA, headquartered in Oakland for 10 years, following a long career as an Assistant Public Defender, then left his "life of crime" to devote more time to other pursuits. Learn more about the author by visiting The Policy Think Site at www.jaygaskill.com; or by navigating to http://jaygaskill.com/WhoIsJayBGaskill.pdf and / or http://www.jaygaskill.com/Profile.pdf .
READ Jay B Gaskill's moving essay, THE AMERICAN CREED – http://jaygaskill.com/AmericanCreed2010.pdf
…and his chilling analysis of the nuclear threat from Islam———–
– http://jaygaskill.com/dot2dot/2011/10/24/averting-nukistan-avoiding-islamageddon/


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Everyone knows how good fish is for you but in reality a lot of my friends don't cook it because they 'don't know how'. Come to think of it I was intimidated by the thought of cooking something that came with scales on it until I tried this salmon recipe of my mom's. It's a great way to get your feet wet. ((modest pun intended)) In fact, it's so simple I almost went with the title "Can't Screw it Up Salmon".
Go to your seafood counter and if you don't know how much to order just ask, they should be more than happy to help you. And if they aren't than poopoo on them, they're a jerk. The usual recommendation is 8 oz per person so for two small children & two adults I order 1.25 lbs. If scales creep you out big time no worries, just ask them to take the skin off. Here's a tip however, if you leave the skin on then after your salmon is done you should be easily able to slide your spatula right between the meat & the skin. Skin stays in the pan & nobody ever sees it. If your butcher takes it off you might lose a bit more meat than if you had removed it after cooking.
Beginner's Salmon: Lemon Butter & Thyme
- 1.25-1.5lb atlantic salmon
- 2-3tbs butter
- Fresh or dried thyme
- zest & juice of 1 lemon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a glass baking dish with olive oil, place salmon in center. Season well with lemon juice (I like to always add my juice first otherwise you could 'rinse' off your seasonings if you add it at the end) salt, pepper, thyme, lemon zest & several pats of butter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the salmon easily flakes apart when touched with a fork. Using the side of a spatula divide salmon into portions then slide the spatula between each filet & it's skin for easy removal. Spoon pan juices over salmon after plated if desired.
For me this was an all oven meal & I love love love when that happens because a.) I hate scrubbing pots & pans & b.) I hate cleaning my cooktop. Basically anything to encourage avoidance of cleaning I'm down with. HOTY. Housewife of the Year.
While the salmon was cooking I also roasted some baby potatoes in a separate glass dish with chopped onion, garlic, coarse salt & a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Then on a baking sheet I did the same thing with a bundle of asparagus spears. I probably tossed the veggies once or twice throughout the process. If the potatoes are tiny enough the 25 minutes should suffice but if they're larger you might want to toss them in the oven 10 minutes before the fish. If the asparagus is on the very bottom rack it should be fine for 20 minutes but I wouldn't go much longer or you'll get some droopy spears. And nobody likes a droopy spear.
So what do you think, have I tempted any of you fish virgins to give it a whirl??


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