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I don't like hurting people, but truth hurts.
I was in a temple a week back; and the only priest there happens to be a friend of mine. There was another young couple, in their early 20's with a baby in their hand. The priest started the ritual , and then went to the couple. Usually you will have to say your name and those who are in your family, so that he can perform the rituals. I saw the priest frowning when they whispered the name,obviously not pleased.
When I spoke to him later, he told me that they've done prayers for the well being of Dato Seri Yoga Ngana Sittar, a well known man among Malaysian Indian community today. He further went on explaining how poor the couple is and yet they were willing to borrow money from him(the priest) to attend a specific course.
Now, when I posted a picture of this guru a week back in my fan page asking for opinion, many of their followers started their mild threats against me. I actually wanted positive response from them, but instead they asked me not to question their guru. They ask me not to talk if I've not attended the course.
But that's like asking me to die first to know what is death, isn't it?
I know of a lot of people, a few friends even who are fanatic supporters of this guru. I respect their belief, but I know the way this thing is being run, it's MLM style. Now, you followers can't DENY this, because I've been forced almost to the point that I got pissed off by my friend and told him off. This guy himself can't survive a week without borrowing money from anyone; so much for supernatural powers isn't it?
RPT followers are in the world of their own, and I've no qualms about it. But personally, my own family members had lost a lot of money in it. Why can't I question if I'm partly a victim as well? I wanted to know where the money is going, since it's a spiritual society donating to the poor and unfortunate as well. None of the followers were able to answer my question other than pointing me to few pictures of guru handing out goodies. Is that how you display your transparency?
I appreciate and welcome the changes RPT might have brought to their followers, but what about the people who have paid yet have gained nothing? The simple answer that I was given is they did not follow the meditation or the procedure. Here's something to you, my own girlfriend is a follower of your guruji, unfortunately she was denied entry to your meditation center because she failed to introduce another follower.
Many of us though had gone emotional about this issue, some of us whom have no connections or have not been aware of RPT had suddenly been passing degrading remarks; though you've not been impacted in anyway by them. But to tell you the truth the amount of people whom have contacted me when I first posted about the issue is outstanding.They all want their stories to be heard, and sadly , most of them had negative experience.
The Great Shirdi Sai and Ramana Maharishi, died enlightening million others without taking a single cent for them.
But then, if you're going to gain something positive, why not pay RM 730? After all if you're going to learn yoga from a yoga center, you will be paying thousands of ringgit , isn't it? If you're going to learn tuition, you have to pay as well isn't it? These are all some sort of knowledge, so what's wrong paying for it?
Argued one RPT follower…
Fair argument.
I don't mind charges are being inflicted to the disciples , but have you stopped and wondered or calculated what have you been paying for? Is it merely to eat bulb? Bulb sapthe bulb mathiri pese kudathe. 300 participates in each session x RM 730 is a staggering RM 219 000. Your guruji is travelling in a Bentley, but some of you are begging for mere RM 50.
How can a man who have not relinquished a materialistic lifestyle and be clouded by the plays of maya be considered a siddha? Have you even read the life of the 18 Siddhars? Read it.
For me, it's the power of attraction. I have more than 14000 people in my Facebook fan page, if I'm going to declare I can solve your problems, don't you think at least 10 out of that 14000 will turn up tomorrow in my house?
I'm not against the teachings of the guru, but I feel most of them who is in the organization is doing a bad job or at least damaging the reputation of their guru. Remember that a guru is like a magnet, he attracts you. The followers of RPT should stop forcing people into taking up these courses, because once they've taken it out of their own will and felt it's a waste, you've just made up another enemy.
Again, I wish to say I'm not against RPT, but I'm speaking on behalf of thousands whom had been affected. True transformation is needed in running your organization, since it's no longer a spiritual organization but a business oriented spiritual movement. I wish you guys good luck, but PLEASE, do not provoke me and send me threats,yenna…
Nanum ore Babaji than…
Jayame Layam, Layame Jayam.

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Legal Group Fights Swiss Lawsuit Promoting Euthanasia
The European Court of Human Rights is hearing a case launched by a Swiss woman after she failed to secure a doctor's prescription for drugs to commit suicide.
WASHINGTON — The U.S.-based legal group Alliance Defending Freedom has issued a legal brief supporting Swiss laws that bar assisted suicide for those who do not suffer from any fatal disease.
"The government has an obligation to protect life, not assist in promoting death," Alliance Defending Freedom's Vienna-based legal counsel Paul Coleman said in a statement.
The legal group's brief, submitted to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on Dec. 16, concerns the lawsuit Gross v. Switzerland.
Alda Gross, a Swiss citizen, filed suit against the Swiss government in 2009, after she failed to secure a doctor's prescription for drugs to commit suicide. Switzerland is one of four European countries that permits assisted suicide by lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital, but it requires a doctor's examination and prescription for the drug.
The Swiss courts held that the restrictions on the drug are in place "to prevent abuse," Alliance Defending Freedom said. The court ruled that Gross "does not suffer from a fatal disease," and thus is not eligible for assisted suicide.
Alliance Defending Freedom intervened in the case in March 2012. It said that there is no right to assisted suicide or euthanasia under the European Convention on Human rights and no obligation of the governments toward these procedures, excepting their duty "to protect life" under existing human-rights laws.
In October 2013, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights agreed to hear an appeal of the case. A panel of the court in May ruled that the Swiss law banning assisted suicide for patients who are not terminally ill violates their right to privacy and family life found within the European Convention on Human Rights.
Previous legal cases, like 2011's Haas v. Switzerland, have also attempted to establish a right to assisted suicide. In that case, the European Court of Human Rights rejected arguments asserting that the country had an obligation to facilitate citizens' ability to commit suicide.
Alliance Defending Freedom's December 2013 brief echoed this ruling. It declared that the European human-rights convention "protects the fundamental right to life of all the citizens that live within its jurisdiction."
The legal group said this convention does not include "a 'right' to lethal poison, nor any other 'procedural rights' that may attach to this."
Coleman said laws against the lethal use of these drugs have a reasonable basis.
"A person's claim that she should be able to do whatever she pleases does not override national laws rightfully designed to protect the weak and vulnerable," he said. "We are encouraging the Grand Chamber to uphold this principle, which is completely consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights."


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Thirty-six Hope College juniors have been inducted into Mortar Board, a national honor society that recognizes students for scholarship, leadership and service.
The students were recognized during the college's annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 24.
The new members are:
Victoria Baar, Holland
Ashley Barbieri, Haslett
Jonathan Barrus, Midland
Paul Connelly, Lower Waterford, Vt.
Carolyn Courtade, Jenison
Ryan Davis, Holland
Jennifer Fait, San Diego, Calif.
Anna Finger, Anderson, Ind.
Erin Fortner, Greeneville, Tenn.
Anna Gagliardi, Midland
Yuliya Ganenko, Holland
Alexander Griffith, Naperville, Ill.
Ashley Gruenberg, East Lansing
Allison Hawkins, Palm Beach, Fla.
Katie Holm, Naperville, Ill.
Brittney Jatzo, Iron River, Wis.
Danielle Johnson, Kalamazoo
Brett Kingma, Grand Rapids
Ross Knoll, Grand Haven
Jonathan Koopmans, Holland
Caitlin Lamade, Wheaton, Ill.
Christopher Lewis, Troy
Jacquelyn Lewis, Rockford
Daniel Lithio, Downers Grove, Ill.
Jacob Lyons, LakeOrion
Brian McLellan, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Krista Mehari, Grand Rapids
Jonathan Moerdyk, Paris
Molly Smith, Urbana, Ill.
Erin Sundberg, Grand Rapids
Chelsea Vandlen, Kalamazoo
Rachel Vankempen, Grand Rapids
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Thanks attacker 101! ... Learning the ropes in tutorial game 2651211 (I'm Egypyt- just repelled invasion by Libya) ... Trying to figure out benefits of building facilities (e.g. barracks, fortifications, industrial complexes, etc.) ... It seems that my screen is frozen this morning ... I may have to refresh or log out and back in ... Best wishes to you! ... gusv
OK, here is the break down on your facilities:
Barracks are needed to make units in the infantry branch of research however, building to many of these will lower your food production. you need Industrial Complexes to build any unit but lv. 1 cost 5,000 rare materials, which you can use quickly if you build to many. fortifications increase morale in the province and also lower the damage done to units. in fact, lv. 1 fortifications lowers the damage done to units by 55%. infrastructure increases the amount of resources that province makes and is also needed to build tanks. air base's are needed to build planes and are also needed as pit stops for longer journeys. and last, naval base's are needed to make all naval units, but they also deplete oil amounts.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 10:00am
This exhibit at Richard M. Ross Art Museum features works by 13 jewelers from French-speaking countries in Canada and Europe. Each creator re-imagines the ways art and jewelry inform one another in a contemporary context. The exhibit is organized by Noel Guyomarc'h in collaboration with Erin Fletcher, director of the Ross Art Museum; Mary Anne Lewis Cusato, associate professor of modern foreign languages; and Cynthia Cetlin, professor of fine arts. Jewelers featured are Marianne Anselin, Marie Eve Castonguay, Ambroise Degenève, Gabrielle Desmarais, Catherine Granche, Aurelie Guillaume, Sophie Hanagarth, Patricia LeMaire, Nelly Van Oost, Claude Schmitz, Catherine Sheedy, Magali Thibault-Gobeil, and Anne-Sophie Vallée. On Nov. 21, the museum will host a curator lecture at noon, an exhibition tour with the OWU faculty collaborators at 5 p.m., and a reception at 5:30 p.m. During the academic year, the Ross Art Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is handicap-accessible, and admission is always free.
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By Ilona Dolinska-Reiser, CFA, Wealth Skills, Inc.
Working with entrepreneurs I often find they are uncertain about how to price their product or service. Mispricing your product or service, at minimum, leads to frustration: working hard, growing the revenues, but not getting what you want financially out of the business.
Wealth Skills recommends using three methods for pricing of product or service: cost based, market based and pricing for your desired income. Using all three methods for arriving at possible prices for your product or service may just give you the confidence and profitability you desire to have.
For illustration purposes we'll use a simplified example. Let's say you are selling 100 units of product/service per month that costs you $30.
Cost based pricing – pricing based on your costs. Let's say you want to have 50% operating profit margin. This implies $60 price for the product or service (=$30/0.5). At $60 revenue per unit and your $30 costs of delivering product or service, you have $30 left as profit (a 50% profit margin)
Market price – what similar products or services are selling for. Let's say the prices range $55-$75. Therefore the average is $65.
Pricing for your desired income – how much do you want to pay yourself from this business. In this case you sell 100 units per month, each unit cost you $30, for total costs of $3,000. Let's say you want to pay yourself $5,000. This would translate to $8,000 in gross revenue ($3,000+$5,000) or $80 per unit (=$8,000/100).
Usually, these three methods lead to different price levels. One method is not better than another. They are simple methods which help you think through pricing and profitability in your business.
Often times, pricing for the desired income yields a higher price than the other methods, but simply dismissing it as too high and settling for pricing based on one of the other methods means forgoing an opportunity to have what you want financially from your business.
If your product or service has a unique and different value (one recognized by your customers) it may be worthwhile to try to sell the product/service at $80, and be the high value, high price provider in your industry.
If you are not certain about the unique, differentiating value of your product, you could ask yourself if the costs could be sustained at a lower level: $2,500 per month total (lowered by $5 per unit), then you could price the product at $75 (within the market price) and have the desired income from the business.
I find that these three methods help entrepreneurs gain confidence in pricing their products/service, help them manage the financial aspect of business, and have the desired income level.


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In Reply to: Light-Headedness and Sinus Pain posted by Roland on August 19, 2000 at 16:50:17:
I have had these symptoms for about 3 years. A cough, clearing my throat, lightheadedness dizzy, no spinning or vertigo though, ringing in ears. I started taking the OTC Chlor-trimeton and most of the real bad symptoms went away (I was almost incapacitated). I have been taking the drug for about a year. Still clear my throat and cough have slight ringing and lightheadness.
I have been to 4 allergists, they agree that I must be allergic to something, but they are out of answers. I have been to countless other specialists, ENT, Brain, Etc. all negative.
I have also been allergic to seasonal stuff for 25 years (tree pollen, grass) etc. But, this is all the time.
The antihistimines that I tried at first, were the ones that didn't make you sleepy. Like allegra or clariton. They did not work for me. I tried the OTC Chlorotrimeton, which does make you sleepy (it has a 'brain component' in it). I was feeling much better in about 2 weeks. Try it and see. nothing to lose.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
Speeches on Free Trade (London: Macmillan and Co., 1903). https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/2005,
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Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0-rc1¶
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0-rc1 on May 7th 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here. For this RC release, we will not be making APT and YUM repositories available, just base deb and RPM packages.
This is an Release Candidate quality release and is not intended for production. If you want a high quality, Generally Available release, the current Stable version should be used (currently 2.0.7 in the 2.0 series at the time of writing).
New features¶
This version of Percona XtraBackup has implemented full support for new
MySQL 5.6 features (
GTID, remote/transportable tablespaces, separate undo
tablespace, 5.6-style buffer pool dump files).
Percona XtraBackup has implemented support for the InnoDB Buffer Pool Preloading introduced in MySQL 5.6. Starting with MySQL 5.6 buffer pool dumps can be produced and loaded for faster server warmup after the start. This feature is similar to the Dump/Restore of the Buffer Pool in Percona Server. MySQL 5.6 buffer pool dump is copied into backup directory during the backup stage. During the copy back stage (restore) it is copied back to data directory. After the backup is restored buffer pool dump can be loaded by the server either automatically on startup or on demand.
Time interval between checks done by log copying thread is now configurable by
innobackupex --log-copy-interval. Making the interval configurable
allows to reduce the time between checks which can prevent Percona XtraBackup
failures that are caused by the log records in the transactional log being
overwritten before they are copied by the log copying thread.
Percona XtraBackup now stores the
GTID value in the
xtrabackup_binlog_info when doing the backup of MySQL and Percona Server 5.6 with the
GTID mode enabled. Example of how this information can
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Percona XtraBackup option
xtrabackup --export now supports
transportable tablespaces introduced in MySQL 5.6. This option can be used to
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TABLESPACE on MySQL and Percona Server 5.6 as described in
Restoring Individual Tables guide.
Bugs Fixed¶
Percona XtraBackup would crash when preparing the 5.6 backup with partitioned tables. Bug fixed #1169169.
Tables that were dropped between taking a full backup and an incremental one were present in the full backup directory, and were not removed when incremental backups has been merged. Fixed by removing files corresponding to tables that are missing in the incremental backup directory. Bug fixed #856400.
Percona XtraBackup would leave stale
xtrabackup_tmp* files in the
datadir after applying incremental backups. Bug fixed #1079135.
If there are thousands of tables and slow IO then Percona XtraBackup can spend a lot of time opening all the tablespaces. Optimization has been implemented and Percona XtraBackup now avoids loading non-relevant tablespaces when partial backup is being taken which speeds up the backup process. Bug fixed #1130145.
Due to different implementation in MySQL 5.6 error messages were not printed
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innobackupex would still run with
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Percona XtraBackup would leave
xbtemp temp files behind due to a
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innobackupex wasn't handling the
innodb_data_file_path option which
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For the Debian and the Linux binaries, the
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
UCB's Matt Walsh Plays Mr. Bates in Downtown Arby's Video
Friday, March 23, 2012
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Rob Michael Hugel on I Hate Being Single
Friday, March 9, 2012
"Things That Seem Normal When You Live Alone" Interview with the Writer and Director
Horse+Horse, one of the video BETA teams at UCBcomedy, has had some popularity on the web for their first video released, Things that Seem Normal When You Live Alone. The video has generated tons of positive feedback by fans relating to the perks of living solo.
I found Melinda Taub, Director and Writer of the video, on gchat today so, naturally, I requested an interview.
me: hey melinda, do you have a minute?
Melinda: sure
me: congrats on your video
Melinda: thanks! we're pleased.
me: I wanted to do a quick interview with you about it, is that ok?
Melinda: ha, sure.
me: great so can we do it now?
Melinda: now's good.
me: cool. So you live alone?
Melinda: I do.
me: And so this is you in the video, correct? I can only assume.
Melinda: I plead the fifth. No, some of it is me, but most of it is heightened from what I actually do. I have been known to leave chicken defrosting in a pot in the bathtub, but not with me in it.
me: Nice. Seems to be getting really good feedback on the web, I don't think you are alone.
Melinda: Yes, some of the commenters on Jezebel are concerned I'm going to get food poisoning, I think. It's OK, guys! I'm eccentric but sanitary.
me: I was also talking about the fans that strongly relate to farting and peeing with the door open.
Melinda: Ha, yeah. That struck a chord, I think. It's one of the nicer things about living alone. You don't have to spare anyone's delicate sensibilities.
me: How long did it take you to film this?
Melinda: It took about five hours to shoot. We knocked it out on a Saturday morning/early afternoon in my apartment. Which I cleaned like a maniac, because people were coming over, and then had to re-mess for the video.
This one was the first thing I ever directed, but is was a total team effort, even more than these things usually are. Moujan [Producer], Kent [Editor], and Patrick [DP] were really the ones who made this as hilarious as it was. It was sort of ideal of how a BETA team should work: I had this idea, and everyone figured out how to shape it and fill it with funny stuff.
me: So does Laura do yoga? Or was that a pretty dangerous stunt?
Melinda: She does do yoga. No Laura's were harmed in the making of this video.
(Creepy guy in the back is Patrick, the DP.)
Check out and subscribe to this video and other BETA teams' videos here!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Watch Matt Besser in Master Class
Learn from The MASTER.
The students of the UCB Improv Master Class must vote out one member. Part 1 in the series.
The Master Class students must adopt the names of their comedic heroes.
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Why He Runs
In a video by Dick's Sporting Goods last spring, viewers got an inside look at the daily routine of marathon runner Steve Bell '06.
We see the Ithaca College graduate getting up at 7:30 a.m., his alarm clock surrounded by prescription bottles. He takes 50 to 70 pills a day, depending on how many he needs. He spends an hour and a half using a couple of different inhalers—one to open the airways and one to fight the bacteria in his lungs. Then he uses a vest that shakes his upper body to loosen the mucus in his lungs and allow him to get it out.
"It's a full-time job," he says in the video. "It gets to the point that everything you do has a direct correlation to your health."
Despite his debilitating condition, Bell played varsity soccer at IC and has run seven marathons, six of them in less than four hours. After appearing in an issue of Runner's World, he was featured last spring in the Dick's Sporting Goods' series of videos called Why I Run.
"When I first start to open up on a run," he says in the video, "it's like an exoneration from cystic fibrosis. It's like, 'I'm going to beat you, and I'm going to take on this run, and I'm going to do it how I want to.' I run because one day I might not be able to."
The main symptom of Bell's cystic fibrosis is difficulty breathing. The disease also impacts his digestion and nutrition. His body only processes a portion of the nutrients and calories that he takes in from food, so he has to balance his meals carefully. He takes medications every time he eats, as many as 12 pills per meal and between 4 and 8 pills with each snack.
That didn't stop him from performing at a high level on the Bomber men's soccer team as a four-year starter, team captain, and all-conference selection. As coach Andy Byrne said in a newspaper article, "Steve's just like everyone else; he just coughs a lot."
Bell arrived on campus for his freshman year and made the soccer team after its open tryout sessions. Even though he missed the first two to three weeks of preseason training and the camaraderie that developed among many of the team's members, he fit in immediately and his drive won him a starting role as a freshman.
In one early-season practice, Bell recalled that players were divided into two teams and played shirts versus skins. At that time, Bell still used a feeding tube, which he used for about 10 years, so he had a tube sticking out of his stomach. The coaches and athletic training staff knew about Bell's cystic fibrosis, but that scrimmage showed many of his teammates that Bell was dealing with something none of them could imagine.
"I knew I had to deal with [cystic fibrosis]," Bell says. "You learn throughout life that if you downplay it, other people will downplay it, and if you make a big deal about it, then other people will."
Bell began running seriously after his collegiate soccer career ended and he became immersed in the corporate world. Running was a way for him to stay active and relieve stress, as well as a way for him to satisfy a competitive-sport void that his soccer career had once filled.
Bell first ran a half marathon with friends; then he decided to compete in full marathons, the first of which was in San Diego in 2008. Participation in six other marathons followed, with one race in Chicago, one in Pittsburgh, and three in New York City. His seventh marathon was in June in San Francisco. He finished all six of those races in under four hours.
Though running is Bell's passion, advertising is his mainstay. He works in New York City as an account supervisor for Havas, a global advertising, digital, and communications company, where he manages relationships between the advertising firm's creative team and his clients' needs.
Many of his accounts are in the medical and health care fields. A business major at Ithaca College, Bell said a senior-year course in marketing strategy taught by Donald Eckrich was especially important in preparing him for his career in advertising.
Bell now lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he still follows Bomber sports, especially the soccer programs. He returns to campus and the Ithaca community annually, and in April he visited campus for the soccer program's annual alumni game.
For the latest updates on Bell's races and work in raising funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis, visit his website and blog at www.outrunningtheodds.com.
Editor's Note: The video on Steve Bell was produced by fellow alumnus Jason DeLand '98, cofounder of Anomaly, an advertising firm whose clients include Dick's Sporting Goods as well as Budweiser.


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Providence Medical Group has an immediate opening for an Internal Medicine or Pediatrics physician to join a scenic clinic on the Oregon coast. Join seven other providers, offering the full spectrum of primary care. The community has an abundance of outdoor recreational opportunities, with easy ocean access, expansive beaches, unique wildlife and unparalleled views. Seaside is an outdoor family's paradise, where you will provide comprehensive care while enjoying a healthy work-life balance.
Where You'll Work
Providence North Coast Clinic, with primary care offices in Seaside, Cannon Beach and Warrenton, includes an outpatient infusion clinic, a rehabilitation services center and specialty care clinics in Seaside and Astoria. As part of Providence Medical Group, the larger organization of 550+ employed providers across Oregon, the North Coast care teams have a deep bench of clinical and operational support. Residents of Oregon's North Coast can choose from a variety of local providers dedicated to full-spectrum care.
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At the end of the Lewis and Clark trail, Seaside is a popular coastal town that's a great place to live and raise a family. This 6,000-resident community is nationally known for its magnificent seascapes, lush forests and historic monuments. There are countless recreational activities to enjoy in Seaside, including kayaking, hiking and one of the world's largest beach volleyball tournaments. The Seaside Jazz Festival, Art Walk and the Seaside Aquarium all contribute to the city's vibrant culture.
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Providence Health & Services (PH&S) offers a comprehensive range of health and social services at more than 20 hospitals, 400 clinics and hundreds of locally driven programs across four western states: Alaska, Montana, Oregon and Washington. With multiple Magnet and Pathway to Excellence designations, PH&S is committed to its 100-year mission of serving the poor and vulnerable by providing compassionate care to all who need its services.
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What Hawai'i Chefs Eat When They Go Out to Local Restaurants
Everyone envisions chefs laboring away at the hot stove, so much so that we sometimes forget they do venture out of their kitchens, eat at other restaurants, try new dishes and relax with friends around a table.
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Everyone envisions chefs laboring away at the hot stove, so much so that we sometimes forget they do venture out of their kitchens, eat at other restaurants, try new dishes and relax with friends around a table. We asked these local food experts two questions: What dish would you recommend at your own restaurant, and what dish would you recommend at another? Almost every chef prefaced their favorite dish at their own restaurant with, "It's really hard to choose one thing," but choose they did. Recommending a dish at another restaurant was no less difficult. The end result is a tantalizing spread across the Islands, skipping from Hawaiian to Pacific Rim cuisine, from Mexican to Indian plates, while dwelling just a bit in comforting noodle bowls.
Ron de Guzman
Executive Chef at Stage Restaurant
At his restaurant: Lamb chops ($33).
The lamb chops at Stage are popular and a personal favorite of de Guzman's. They're crusted with Marcona almonds, honey mustard and herbs, and served on a parsley-potato purée, alongside charred brussels sprouts. The Colorado lamb "is a cleaner lamb" than most, he says, and the crust lends a slightly sweet crunchiness to the dish. "The purée is a little different from your regular mash," he says, because he blends in parsley, one of lamb's classic accompaniments.1250 Kapiolani Blvd., (808) 237-5429, stagerestauranthawaii.com.
He also recommends: Char siu tan tan ramen ($8.75) and chicken tatsutaage ($6.75) at Goma Tei.
More than one chef recommended Goma Tei. What draws de Guzman is the deeply flavorful soup in a bowl of tan tan ramen. It's a long-simmered, pork-based broth, enhanced with sesame. He orders it topped with char siu—braised, soft, not-too-fatty slices of rolled pork. A side of chicken tatsutaage, the fried, boneless chicken pieces "that's almost like a mochiko chicken," make Goma Tei his "favorite ramen place." Ward Center, 1200 Ala Moana Blvd., (808) 591-9188.
Hoku Kupihea
Chef de Cuisine at Downtown @ the HiSAM.
At his restaurant: Pan-roasted shutome with cannellini beans ($16).
Kupihea didn't like beans when he first started working at Downtown. But learning to cook them from scratch (adding pancetta doesn't hurt) has made him a convert. He plates shutome atop cannellini beans, tomatoes, arugula and watercress, and brings it all together with a delicate salsa verde. 250 S. Hotel St., (808) 536-5900.
He also recommends: Ikayaki pancake at Tokkuri Tei ($7.50).
"Sushi is my go-to thing," Kupihea says, and that's probably what draws him to the izakaya Tokkuri Tei. In addition to sushi, his staple there is the ikayaki pancake with a miso dressing, topped with bonito flakes. The squid is bound in a thin, egg, crepelike batter. "I love the texture, the local flavor of the dish," he says. It reminds him of a soft tako (octopus), or what he likes to call "Hawaiian bubble gum." It comes out hot and goes well with cold Japanese beer. 449 Kapahulu Ave., (808) 732-6480.
Mark Noguchi
Chef/Owner of Heeia Pier General Store and Deli
At his restaurant: Bacon-teri cheeseburger ($8.50).
"I really like our hamburger," Noguchi says. "It's local beef, but it's not a gourmet burger. It tastes like a diner burger." Even better, he brushes it with teriyaki sauce for a teri burger that's not on the menu. The teriyaki sauce is more Japanese than local-style: "We actually have a mother tare sauce that we keep going and building and building on," Noguchi says. On top of the teri-glazed hamburger patty, he adds sriracha, mayo, watercress. "It's not the most popular thing on the menu (maybe because it's not even on the menu), but it's developed a cult following." Heeia Pier General Store and Deli, 46-499 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, (808) 235-2192, heeiapeir.com.
He also recommends: Dave Caldiero's pasta at Town (price varies).
"Any pasta dish that Dave Caldiero makes, I get kinda emotional," Noguchi says. Noguchi recommends any of his pastas—dried or fresh—though the "pièces de résistance" are the hand-cut pastas and gnocchi. 3435 Waialae Ave., (808) 735-5900, townkaimuki.com
Kevin Hanney
Chef/Owner of 12th Ave Grill and Salt
At his restaurant: Fish special (price varies).
At 12th Ave Grill, the fish changes daily, depending on what the restaurant gets in. Recent catches include kajiki, seared with peppercorn and served with a smoked Ewa tomato relish; an akule escabeche with quinoa risotto, MAO arugula and preserved Big Island Meyer lemon; grilled opah on top of a celery root and parsnip purée, dressed with a beet vinaigrette and garlic chips. 1145 12th Ave., (808) 732-9469, 12thavegrill.com.
He also recommends: Nabeyaki Udon at Jimbo ($14.70).
Like many other chefs, Hanney turns to noodles for off-duty comfort food. Jimbo is on his short list of noodle establishments and, in particular, the nabeyaki udon is his go-to. "It has a little bit of everything," he says. "Chicken, mushrooms, egg, all things I love." Served in a metal pot, and topped with fried shrimp and eggplant tempura, "it's soul satisfying." 1936 S. King St., 947-2211.


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Vintage Cinemassacre
The Green Monster That Walked Into My House (1993)
Gotta love the old films . Awesome 😀
how bout some rolller skates?! lul
How do you do this even at a young age just makes me wonder
Wow lol, at such a young age you already mastered the P.O.V monster and created better punching camera work than Undefeatable. Now thats talent lol, cool video dude
Cinemassacre, since 1988 making awesome films.
Yo James! Nice vid! Can u plays do me a favor and tell your pal Bear McGreary that his job on the soundtrack of walking dead his simply astonishing! Last night episode made me cry and I'm sure the music was in for a big part.
Those are some tiny shorts.
I totally had that same monster when I was a kid. lol I had forgotten all about it.
I was but a wee lad when this was made!
Whoa the flying fist is fucking fantastic!
Wow James. It's clear to me after watching this video that you were "born to do it." Such a strong grasp even at such an early age of concepts such as establishing shots, reaction shots, and the elements of storytelling. I'm impressed. I'm just thankful that there is a medium for you to continue to release this stuff to an audience. Keep it up! Can't wait for the movie!
I liked the music. Where is it from?
What is that music from?
@yonoid818 an old keyboard I had. It was one of the built in loops.
What kinda monster was that? I don't remember that toy.
@Wsquared It's from Tendrill from Inhumanoids. He did a review of the series already.
You have it in your blood, James! Keep up the good work!
very nice. was this edited in the old fasoned way with the vcr and you recording over it? or was it done with a modern editor stitching old shots?
@firewarrior2112 They were mostly in-camera cuts, meaning there was no editing originally. I did in fact go back and edit a little now, nearly 20 years later. Just to make it move a bit quicker.
@JamesAVGN Whats up James. Long time fan here. Just wanted to let you know we appreciate the videos you do post and can't wait for more AVGN. Good luck with the movie.
@JamesAVGN thanks for the reply. its interesting to see the way you edited your old videos with what you had. me in the 2000s making videos with my friends similar to the way you did puts it into perspective on how easy it is now.
Review the X-Files.
This was too damn cute.
I love how this is so much better shot than my Film Class,
James I just wanna say thank you for cheering me up these past 2 days, im going through a rough patch and after watching all of your videos I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, seriously you have made me laugh so hard and your videos do not ever dissapoint
@AaronM gay detected,
@fckuTroll deteced
Cunt detected… and he can't even spell fuck properly. @fcku @AaronM
@Big McLargehuge LOL
@[email protected] Troll harder? Good luck next time.
I always love seeing these videos because it reminds me of the silly stuff my brother and I did as kids, even though we didn't have a video camera. Those were some serious pratfalls!
Beside that this is so shit, James stop posting non avgn content. Internet demands.
@fcku why? this isn't a avgn.com but cinemassacre.com 🙂 some fans want to see a bit more than only the avgn , board james and monster madness. 🙂
@fcku Even though I'd love to see new nerd episodes, these video's are also pretty fun to watch.
I don't know if you watch his updates, but he's very busy for us. Even though he's busy with the nerd's movie and other projects, he still uploads some nerd episodes now and then. You are the best james, It's amazing you find the time to do all that!
@fcku If all you care about is avgn, why would you watch this in the first place, let alone comment on it? Just ignore all James' posts until the avgn movie comes out. Trust me, you won't be missed.
Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
You really need to leave this website bro.
@TommyO'[email protected] Why? He's entitled to his own opinion. We like the vids, he doesn't. What's it really hurt if one or two guys don't like it?
your parents did a shitty job. Nuff said! @fcku
@fcku Cool story bro, can you tell it to me again?
My head…where's my head? LOL.
this was pretty funny, when I think back to the stupid stuff a few of my friends and I would do with video.
Its interesting to see these old vids because it really does show that you were destined to be a film maker, even at a young age.
You were a funny ass kid
I had that same Inhuminoid toy and i loved it so much!
"Where's my head?" Classic!
Cloverfield prequel!
Somehow, I feel that videos like this one shouldn't be posted online…
It's just that, it's probably a good childhood memory for James Rolfe and the Rolfe familly, and for his oldest friends… You know, just watching pictures or videos taken so long ago, and see how time has changed, etc…
But for me, who 's completly stranger to Rolfe's life, I mean… It doesn't give me any feeling…
OK, the avgn was quite involved in film footing ever sice he was 10 or something. Ok, it's nice to know that, but, no hard feelings there, I don't actually care…
I'm a die hard fan of Metallica for instance (and many other bands actually), I love their music, and I've been knowing them for a much longer time than I know the Nerd, but I wouldn't spend one hour watching videos about Hetfield when he was a kid, playing with his toys or playing hide and seek… It's his personal life: we'll probably never know each other, that's fine, we just keep our personal life for ourselves and for the one we care at.
But on the other hand, I could watch a video of Hetfield when he was rearsing at the age of 16, beacause that's more like something that is going to has a strong influence on the rest of his carreer. You might just see in the way he was trying to play, what were his influence and where he was trying to go…
And that's something I could extend to any musician, or artist, sportsman… and even for the Nerd.
I'm interessed in videos showing the Nerd playing video games back up in the 80's/90's just to see what he was playing and how he became mad.
I'm interessed in videos showing Rolf really starting to get involved in video footage, not just trying to play like he's doing right here…
This is just privacy exhibited right here, not any kind of prototype project or whatsoever that could lead James to start making real videos…
At least it's the way I see it…
@Nintendo_Frog wow bro, you said it.
wow. its just a video, watch it and go along with life.
@Nintendo_Frog Why the hell do people make movies?
For other people to watch… jeez…
@Nintendo_Frog Your analogy with Hetfield is invalid. In your argument, you say you wouldn't watch a video of Hetfield playing with his toys as a kid, but you -would- watch a video of him rehearsing at age 16. Well, the way I see it, this footage that James posted is basically the equivalent of Hetfield rehearsing at 16. James was obviously practicing and building up his skills in making movies, and that definitely had/will have a strong influence on the rest of his career. It seems to me like you're more of an AVGN fan than a James Rolfe fan, which is okay, but you haven't given a valid enough reason stating why this footage shouldn't be here. Ontop of this being Jame's site, other people, such as myself, are interested and fascinated by this kind of stuff.
@TommyO'Neil I see the point, but I'm not really sure you can make such a parallel between this video and an hypothetic "Hetfield rearsing in high school video".
To make myself quite clear I'll just say this: If I was to see a video of Hetfield (or any artist you can imagine) at the age of ten, just showing off with a fake guitar, or a kid's guitar, in front of his family, just pretending he was playing or singing, while the music is playong on a background tape…. I wouldn't care at all…
Neither if, for anykind of birthday party or whatever you could imagine, he was just playing a simple melody on guitar (I don't know, "Smoke on the water" for instance…).
Ok, if I were Hetfield, and I saw myself begining so young to play guitar, I'd feel nostalgic. Normal stuff, I feel nostalgic too when I see pictures or videos of myself taken by my family when I was a kid.
And it's always something you like to share with your family, your friends, just to remember the old times, how things where so much better before, etc… ect…
But frankly, it wouldn't be the kind of thing I'd post on my blog, or my website. Unless, of course, if you think as one of the most famous metal star in the world that you have to release every single bits of your existence public…
Well, why not after all. The times are like that now, and the frontier between privacy and public life is becoming more and more thiner with the internet and all those social networks, blogs, and cell phones applications that instantly gives to your relatives the current GPS localisation of where you're actually at an instant X.
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But, in my opinion, I just wouldn't care at all if Hetfield, or Angus Young, or Steve Harris or whoever in the world of metal music did such a thing.
Because, it's not my childhood I'd be watching here, nor the childhood of someone I'm a friend with. It's not my life, it's just the life of a guy from whom I love the great work!
I know a baker in my town who does some of the best cup cakes I've ever eaten in my entire life! They just melt in your mouth as soon as you take a bit. He does a really great job, I admire what he does!
But I don't feel like trying to see everything about his life or his childhood, just because he's a fantastic baker! I'd feel interessed however to learn more about his secrets and his recipe…
Why should it be so different with an artist?
Ok, some things are interresting to know from an artist, if it does actually have an influence on their form of art. Hetfield, for instance, has experienced a lot of time death of his relatives: his mother died because she was in a weird cult that refused medical healthcare, Cliff Burton died in an accident were he survived, an other stuffs like that. When you know this, you can understand why he has been so fucked up during the 90's and why his songs started to become some kind of self therapy for him… at least it gives us some clues on why thing has changed so much during that period…
But obviously not a video of him playing around at ten…
To come back to Rolfe's video, well, I just feel we're in the same case.
I clearly understand that he's passionate with cinema and films, and that he's been attracted by impersonate the world of filming ever since he had a camera in his hands… Which is clearly a reason why he managed to become far later so talented with the AVGN episodes.
But right here I just don't feel I'm watching something important. Something decisive. Something which will have some serous influence on the future.
I'm just seeing a kid playing with his toys, and trying to include the camera in it's game.
Don't be mistrusted with what I'm saying, I have nothing against amateur videos, with cheap ressources. I've seen some couple vids like these which we're awsome!
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But here, everything make's me feel we're in a child game. It has nothing to do with the early videos Rolfe made, for example the fake one he did with the giant turd splitting all over Mike Mattei in his bathtub. This was just a joke, but it was kind of more focused on strong references: a 1950 ambiance, a fake trailer, a allusion to those old scary movies, all dug up under piles of shit…
Well it was silly. But I feel when seeing such a video that we're heading somewhere: it was stupid but it had it's true purpose, it was a step to something bigger.
Not the video of James Rolfe playing in his garage with his green toy…
Anyway, I'm probably wasting my my time here. I might just never be able to explain you what I don't get in this video… and I just might be the one who didn't get anything, and who's just getting all wrong about it…
@TommyO'[email protected]_Frog
I couldn't have said that any better than you just did.
@Nintendo_Frog It's good to see some one reply who isn't automatically going to call everything "awesome". This video was NOT 'awesome". However.. I think the video was interesting to watch. It's kind of cool to see how he was able to make small movies back in the day.
So yeah, I'm very happy to see some one post something other than blind praise. Most post kudos just because it's James posting this stuff. He could do a horrible video and everyone would praise it..
Still, Like I said. I like these little videos. In my own weird way, it helps me relate with a man I probably won't ever meet. I did the same stuff when I was a kid and just wish I still had those videos. It shows you, that you can get some where by following your passions and reams. I also appreciate that this poster put his true feelings up there, and wasn't just along with the crowd. You should always be true to yourself. I personally like these vids, and hope to see more.
I don't know, I just don't feel this video…
It's like, if I was playing with my Ghostbusters toys, or my Mask toys when I was 10, and did it beeing captured on a movie at the same time…
When I was playong with my toys, in my head, it was a huge movie, trust me! A huge mix up between Legos, Playmobils, GI Joes, Mask, Transformers, Ghostbusters, He-man, Thundercats and Ninja Turtles… I could imagine thousand of scenarios possible, depending on he latest movie I just saw last evening, or a book I've red…
The toys I had in hand where no longer more the caracters they represented, but brand new caracters with their own background I've created for them, in an entire new universe imagined by myself…
Well, I just feel that this video is exactly what Rolfe is trying to do right here except that he has a camera to capture all this.
It doesn't cut off the fact that, he knows how to use it…
But it's just, the way I see it, a child playing in his garage.
If he decided to label that movie Cinemassacre, well probably he doesn't feel at all what I'm feeling…
@Nintendo_Frog This video seems to have a lot to do with James Rolfe and what he's doing for a living right now. Perhaps you may not have noticed, but this site isn't dedicated to AVGN. In fact, there's probably more videos on here showing his love and dedication to classic horror and B-horror than anything else, and this video is a prototypical look into a child trying to reenact the fun and magic of older low budget horror/comedy films that he seems to enjoy so much. Funny how something you didn't enjoy brought out the longest post on the video. It's not like you paid shit to watch it.
I'm not sure here. I just think that he was just playing with his toys and latest camera, and trying to fix every element he was playong with in one part.
I don't see this as a prototype yet…
But I guess I'm wrong here since everyone says otherwise!
I wouldn't be surprise that Rolfe is actually looking back at this video several years after and looking at it by considering all he has done so far… and trying to reconnect it to the historical process of everything he has already reccorded.
The question is: was he really, when he was 12, projecting himself in becoming a real amateur film maker, or was he just playing as any regular kid of his age would do?
I kind of picked my answer from what I've felt so far…
But it's just my personal feelings, once again…
>playing hide and seek.
Don't you mean playing Seek and Destroy? :p
@Nintendo_Frog Your post has me scratching my head, because what you said very much sums up EXACTLY what this video is. It's a video of me "rehearsing" at a young age, and it something that has a strong influence on the rest of my career. Filmmaking.
I too am a huge fan of metal and hard rock music. Think of this as listening to Metallica's No Life Til Leather demo. And sure, if anything else Pre- Kill'em All would surface, I'd be be fascinated to listen to, no matter how poor the quality.
If a vintage Steven Spielberg film that he made as a kid would ever turn up, I'd love to be able to watch it, even if it was terrible. That being said, this video I posted is complete crap. But that's not the point.
I don't see how this is not related. I make movies, and this is an early humble example of that. I guess your comments just don't consider that making movies is my passion, and you only care about game reviewing, which is fine.
@JamesAVGN how cool does it feel when people argue over you like this?
@JamesAVGN James great video and ignore the haters.
@[email protected]_Frog Why is it that James's chilhood video are the ones always being criticised the most out of all his videos that he posts on here. Ppl like johnholmesJr. are real jerks for insulting someone when they were a kid.
I tried to explain further more my point of view in the previous post, so I'm not going to repeat myself here!
Just to say: I'd consider the footage you made of the Black lagoon monster movies like a real rehearsal to what you're making just right now. Or that red Zombie movie you made…
Not this video…
It's not a question of ressources you had at this time, it's just that I don't have the feeling with this one you were doing something for real…
And just like in music, feeling is everything!
@Nintendo_Frog Why are you looking so much into this anyway? Geez seriously man it's just a video. I think it'd be best to just drop it and move along I mean you tried to make your point just leave it at that and let it speak for itself.
I just don't like the fact that while other people here are trying to enjoy the video we have to scroll into the comments and see crap like this going on, like seriously? I'm just saying it's a little uncalled for. And I usually don't reply to comments like these but to me your comment felt like it was trying to bring James down and putting someone down like that for no reason is really crossing the line. Especially when he's putting himself and his work out there (for us may I remind you) without getting paid or anything, I mean that to me sounds like he's really devoted to his fans and we should respect him for that. And don't get me wrong I do understand where you were going with your comment it's just the way you portrayed it was not the best way to get your point across. You instead came across as a jerk but like i said before it'd be best to just let it go and move on.
Its cool watching your old videos cause you can always make a connection to your later projects. It's so interesting to see someone's roots and how they developed there skills through the years.
Keep posting more videos like these, there really fun to watch and good in there own way. Screw those other people dissing the video, they obviously aren't true fans of your work.
Its cool watching your old videos cause you can always make a connection to your newer projects. It's so interesting to see someone's roots and how they developed there skills through the years.
Keep posting more videos like these, there really fun to watch and good in there own way. Screw those other people dissing the video, they obviously aren't true fans of your work.
@[email protected]_Frog
I find it these kind of movies very interesting because I can see what you were trying to do as a kid, trying to learn little techniques here and there and test them out. The video isn't 'crap', because you were a child. It's a pretty ambitious thing for a child to want to do, make movies. The part where you were punching acutally made me feel a little dizzy!
@Nintendo_Frog James was inspired at a VERY early age. If you watch all of his videos you can see this. Check out "The Dragon in my Dreams" and you may or may not be able to appreciate all the younger footage that comes out. I myself have a love of filmmaking (I am watching TCM right now) and I can say that passion for film tends to start early. In the 80's and 90's many of us kids grew up in front of a tv with simple games and thousands of movies/tv shows to rot our brains. But some of us just cant turn our imaginations off. I saw the dark crystal at the age of 4 and it did not scare me one bit. It did spark my interest in art and film making AND fantasy!
I am not going to say you were wrong about the comment you made. But it was made a bit boldly. Almost as if we should all feel the same way? If this was the case consider this my disagreement. I enjoy these videos and the nostalgic quality they have. And just like it takes a brave writer to write about himself. I think it takes a brave film maker to show us his early years.
Keep it comin' Cinnemassacre!
Wow, man… jeez.
You know, even though I highly respect your opinion and applaud you for your well written and entertaining review of the video… I can't help but think that you seriously need to get laid, dude! I mean really! Have you ever even kissed a [email protected]_Frog
@Nintendo_Frog Wtf. I just read your first line, and that opinion does not match many others. so, get that. You are not the center of the world.
actually got a few laughs out of this, cool
I don't know about all of those other internet reviewers, but you James seem to have been destined to make movies.
How was this video in it's original format? Was there some "in camera" editing done back then when this was taped?
This is totally awesome. I love it.
This is a lot more epic than Mark Borchardt's Coven. XD
If this video was made before 22nd of August, then I had not existed yet. It's really impressive to find someone as young as you when creating this video to make cool stuff like this. You obviously had a passion for movie making and certainly knew what you wanted to do in the future, you don't see that now in days. I think I'm gonna go ahead and watch Cinemassacre 200 and 300 next.
Nice Inhumanoids Toy! had that same f*cker when i was a tyke.
James, you were the biggest badass as a little kid. Awesome stuff.
lighten up, dudes.
I liked this a lot. It reminded me of my childhood and it was great. Signature one liners and stupid jokes. I thought it was great!
You should just release this as the AVGN movie, and keep the cash.
lollll @nowhere4321
Auld lang syne. Your stuff sure brings back memories. It's always nice to see a new post from you, even if it's just old footage.
Was that music in the background? Can it even be considered music? haha that was horrible
Ha, I like it. Reminds me of my fun times with a video camera as a kid. =)
Ha, I like it. Reminds me of my fun times with a video camera as a kid.Add. The little music loop is hilarious. Would love to see it in an AVGN or Board James video some time. =D
Is that an Inhumanoid?
That was so cute I had to share it on FB
Classic James.
Who here didn't make those same punching sound effects as a kid when playing with action figures, friends, etc.?
why did the monster (yes hes from inhumanoids) have plastic wrap on him at several points? Was it to make him look wet? I miss the gigantic plastic toys of the 80's and late 90's the era of action figures you could actually PLAY WITH. Spawn figures pretty much screwed it up for everyone hah. They looked cool but your fkd if you wanna play with them. They just break. (ramble ramble ramble!)
Aww, you were so adorable James! ^^
I wish more people would respect James for the aspects other than AVGN.
I love the Evil-Dead-like sequence 😉
you did it on purpose at that time?
Tendril should get an oscar. LOL I forgot about how easily his and Meltar's heads came off.
Nice punch closeup at the end, you can really tell you were serious even as a kid, always thinking from the viewers perspective, instead my kids that just like running around filming each other fart.
On a side note I just realized I was watching this while watching avgn reruns streaming through my xbox. I have a James Rolfe addiction problem.
how is a body with no face asking "where is my head" . stupid little nerd .
what a mother fucker stupid u are. he did that when he was a kid. besides SHUT THE FUCK UP. if u dont like it dont see it. Go fuck urself @JohnHolmesJr _
@[email protected] NOO what a mother fucker stupid U are !! did my comment distract you while you were jerking off to the vid or what ? now shut up before i make you tongue punch the dust off my fartbox .
@JohnHolmesJr Well it wasnt a human, maybe it didnt need a head to talk, the mouth in his ass. Besides, was that the best insult you could find for this video, the end that as just a joke a dumbass like you dont get
@EivindYuNilsen what a mother fuckin stupid you are x2 . and your mother has ass aids .
"mother fucker stupid"? I'm willing to bet that English class wasn't your best subject… @federikotozzi @JohnHolmesJr
@Big [email protected] good 1 , you sure got me there . im willing to bet you did not read the previous posts that is why you sound like such a fucktard .
Uh, yeah. This is a reply to the original post. Good deduction there Fucktard, @JohnHolmesJr @federikotozzi
@JohnHolmesJr Try harder, dipshit.
@ismail_rashed terrorist .
I NEED THAT FUCKEN MUSIC! from the start of the video my god lol. WTF hahahaha
@StevenTraylor I also very seriously need the music from the start of this video.
Complaining is not going to make the next AVGN episode be made any faster, for fuck's sakes there is going to be an entire movie in due time. I'm thankful if ANYTHING new with James' voice is on this site every time I check it. It's not like a network is paying him to make these videos, if you want to complain complain about how shitty the new Simpsons episodes are.
reminds me of myself when I was a kid… I also made short movies like this and showed it to my friends 🙂


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Hey folks here is a press release for my next show. Wish me luck!
Dated: Dec 03, 2012
Sacramento artist DK Osorio announced today that her artwork will be featured starting December 14 at
Davis' 2nd Friday ArtAbout. Her works of ink on paper will be on display at Armadillo Music, 205 F
Street, in Downtown Davis, until January 6, 2013. There will be a reception and live music on December 14
from 6-9 p.m.
Osorio, a California resident since 1993, began work on her ink on paper series October 1, and has created
one drawing a day every day since. She has worked mostly with oil paint in the past, but has recently begun
to branch out into different media, such as acrylic paint on tile, and ink on paper. The daily artworks can be
seen at http://art.thewallisgroup.com/InkOnPaper-photos.html
2nd Friday ArtAbout is a monthly evening of art viewing and artists' receptions at galleries and businesses in Downtown Davis and beyond. Coordinated by the Davis Downtown Business Association, all events are free and open to the public. Many include complimentary refreshments and opportunities to converse with featured artists.
D.K. Osorio is a self-taught Northern California artist who works mostly with oil paint on canvas. She
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Thomas Arrowford wrote:Bruce N H wrote:Lolino wrote:What is going on? There is one missing category ;P
I don't understand what you mean by this.
I think what Lolino is saying is that one of the categories appears to have gone missing.
There were originally 14 categories and now there are only 13.
The one missing was something about a centre of learning. I have them all written down at home, so I can double check the exact wording this evening.
It's also missing off the submit an entry page.
Bruce N H wrote:Oops. That shall be fixed.
Buurli wrote:I already uploaded (after the start of the CCC) 12 pictures of my build, which I would also like to submit for the misc. category. Is it ok if I just do a separate album on flickr with the 3 allowed pictures for the CCC? Or do I have to delete the other ones?
footsteps wrote:The Precentor of the Scriptorium forgot the Centre of Learning category???????
pj_bosman wrote:Can I use the medieval architectural detail (see below) I submitted to that category to make another MOC for another category? Or can I submit only one of the entries, since they feature the same part?
crazycrownieguy wrote:I have a question
For the forest life category does it have to be a tree forest or could it be something like the bamboo forests in China?
AK_Brickster wrote:Has an exemption for the "previously displayed" rule ever been considered for BrickCon attendees? It's a shame that anyone who puts so much time and effort into their BrickCon displays (Castle swept all 3 "Best in Show" awards this year) has them disqualified for being revealed less than a month prior to the CCC starting. I know several people who are still buried up to their eyeballs in BrickCon sorting/dissassembly (myself included), so we are at a major disadvantage when it comes to pre-building large entries compared to the rest of the CC community. Just look how many large castles were submitted on day 1. It would be almost impossible for a BrickCon participant to do that due to how closely the two events are scheduled to each other.
Buurli wrote:I submitted an entry with too large images, which I resized on Flickr, but I'm still on the naughty list...
I uploaded now smaller pics to Flickr, but I don't know how to edit an entry. Is that even possible or do I have to submit it a second time and you (admins) delete the first one?
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Lack of money isn't the major roadblock to reform of our education system.
Public school leaders nationwide say they are hamstrung by "red tape, competing laws and regulations" as well as "inadequate resources to meet increased requirements and mandates."
Those are key findings of a new national survey of public school superintendents and principals, conducted by Public Agenda, a social science research organization focused on public policy issues.
The new survey, "Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Superintendents and Principals Talk about What's Needed to Fix Public Schools," is a follow-up to a widely cited report in 2001: "Trying to Stay Ahead of the Game," in which public school officials talked about leadership.
While some officials do complain about insufficient funding as the biggest challenge they face, most say they can manage with what they have. What really bugs them is keeping up with local, state and federal mandates, which they say steal too much of their time. President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Act, which every state and school is now bound by, and special education, the program for the mentally, emotionally, and physically impaired, "trigger a great deal of frustration" for public school administrators.
While a handful scoff at the emphasis parents and politicians put on standards and accountability embodied in the "No Child Left Behind" law, most school leaders don't consider it just a fad. Many say their school districts are trying to narrow the long-standing achievement gap between minority and white students, improve the language skills of non-English-speaking pupils and encourage teachers and principals in pushing for student achievement.
A major sore spot, according to superintendents and principals, is teacher tenure, the treasured policy of teacher unions. Most school leaders in the study say openly that teachers automatically receive tenure without proving their know-how. In fact, according to most principals and superintendents surveyed by Public Agenda, it is "difficult — sometimes almost impossible" to fire a tenured teacher. Most school leaders agree that the union sometimes "… fights to protect inadequate teachers and sometimes resists doing things that would improve education." Indeed, a 2002 report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy states that, "Collective bargaining agreements in Michigan, with few exceptions, place more restrictions on school administrators' rights to evaluate their teachers than do any statutory requirements."
One principal complained: "It takes a year and a half to get rid of a tenured teacher unless they do something that's just absolutely off the wall."
The inability to fire incompetent teachers is nothing new, and obviously has implications for educational excellence. What is surprising is that school administrators are voicing this concern, when for decades union power kept all but the most vocal from airing their views.
The Public Agenda survey also found that most school superintendents believe a good principal can make the difference between success and failure in a school. They think it's a good idea to hold principals accountable for student achievement. But this doesn't mean they think the principals they have are doing a good job. Overall, "superintendents give principals a mediocre performance evaluation." They seem particularly concerned about principals' ability to determine teacher quality.
School leaders are said to applaud the goals of the "No Child Left Behind" Act, but say they are not sure national mandates will lead to improved public schools. As one superintendent said, "Some items [in the Act] are well intended, but most of the lawmakers [in Congress] don't have a clue what the unintended consequences of their law will be."
Another superintendent reeled off a list of relatively trivial mandates in the law that he said ranged from oral health instruction, information about body donation, and anti-bullying policies.
"Keeping up with state and federal mandates … is extremely time-consuming," one superintendent noted. "We have an education code that is over 3,500 pages, and that doesn't include all the laws … within the health and safety code and government code to which we must adhere … We spend a lot of time trying to straighten out the confusion and regulations."
Other administrators bitterly pointed out the degree to which mandates detract from the main thrust of public education.
As for trying to teach the impaired kids with special needs, one administrator declared, "We've gone so far overboard that we can no longer even hope to meet our [special needs students'] real education needs. Can you tell that I'm frustrated and disgusted?"
What to do about such problems? The most disappointing omission from Public Agenda's report is any mention of school choice, charter schools or home schooling, which not only offers parents and their children an alternative to traditional public schools, but offers educators the chance to work in a far freer environment with regard to bureaucracy and red tape.
What a waste to have surveyed so many school administrators across the country, only to fail to ask them about the most significant school reform movement in decades.
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In our world, Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure. Paranormal phenomena are distinct from certain hypothetical entities, such as dark matter and dark energy, only insofar as paranormal phenomena are inconsistent with the world as already understood through empirical observation coupled with scientific methodology.Thousands of stories relating to paranormal phenomena are found in popular culture, folklore, and the recollections of individual subjects. In contrast, the scientific community, as referenced in statements made by organizations such as the United States National Science Foundation, maintains that scientific evidence does not support a variety of beliefs that have been characterized as paranormal. we are going to seek the truth in this V-Discovery episode.
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Outrage continues to bubble over a planned black history museum memorial initially billed as a "Slave For a Day!" celebration intent on luring kids to the event with the promise of being able to undergo some of the same conditions and experiences their forefathers were routinely forced into enduring while working the grounds of the notorious Hampton mansion.
Despite all the outrage, the Maryland-based National Historic Park Towson continues to promote the July 8 event as an educational experience for youngsters, highlighted by the opportunity for them to learn how to "work in the fields with actual hoes and scythes and carry buckets of water with a yoke on your shoulder," just as their ancestors may have.
"We celebrate Black History Month here each and every month," park ranger and event organizer Angela Roberts Burton said in defense of all the museum's various projects. "But this month we decided to try something new… we're trying to get more African-Americans to come to the site. By no means am I trying to assimilate the atrocities that enslaved African-Americans endured. This is just a glimpse of the hard work, being out in the heat and the sun."
Organizers have also enlisted the African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute in orchestrating a full-fledged ceremony aimed at coinciding with the event. An altar on the farm's slave quarters is also slated to be unveiled featuring a montage "paying tribute to those who were in bondage" and all visitors are encouraged to bring names of all their known ancestors to place at the feet of the monument.
"Hampton is the story of people — enslaved African-Americans, indentured servants, industrial and agricultural workers, and owners," Hampton officials note on their web site. "It is also the story of the economic and moral changes that made this kind of life obsolete," the website states.
Just the same, critics easily point to the clearly insensitive nature in which the event was initially billed. In the wake of the firestorm, the name has now been changed to the "Walk a Mile, a Minute in the Footsteps of the Enslaved on the Hampton Plantation." Organizers point out that even the exclamation point has been removed from the original event name.
"I was excited because this program would be a first time event at the Parks, and I was trying to get a catchy title to get as many people to the come to the event as possible," Roberts-Burton told the Washington Post in explaining away her "Slave for a Day" beginnings.
Apologies aside, the blatant misstep wasn't lost on well-read local blogger Rachel Monroe. "The inescapable and brutal fact of slavery was that it wasn't for a day," noted local blogger Rachel Monroe. "No,carrying buckets of water with a yoke on your shoulders will be nothing like what it may have been like to be enslaved. Some things are too profound."
Roberts-Burton, who holds a master's degree in history from Howard, maintains she has studied the African diaspora extensively and her actions were purely motivated by the hope and prospect of attracting more of of a diverse audience in "a city that is majority black but a majority visitation nearly all white."
As an example, she points that a recent museum concert featuring musician Joe Becton detailing the evolution of blues music which attracted about a crowd of 40 spectators— none of which were African-Americans.
"The National Park Service allowed me to pick and change the name," she said. "No one did it for me… I picked it." Added Vincent Vaise, chief of interpretation for the National Park Service: "We didn't want people to be upset because of the title of the program. We want people to see the purpose of the program, to tell the story and empathize with people of that era."
To date, museum officials' note they have received roughly 50 emails and phone calls initially reacting to the title and now requesting that the event be altered to instead represent a healing ceremony.
"Such a ceremony would be moot without knowledge of what needed healing," added Roberts-Burton. "Hampton is the story of people, enslaved African-Americans, indentured servants, industrial and agricultural workers, and owners. This exhibit merely shares the story."
The National Park Service began running the property in 1948, but the slave houses and overseer's quarters have only been open to the public since 2006.
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The young Japanese designer Chicako Ibaraki designed this minimalist bookshelf, made of rubber painted stainless steel. 'Weave' was awarded at this year's 100%Design Tokyo.
Two flat bars running perpendicular at right angles create the bookshelf. The irregular braiding shape changes when viewed from different angles. The bookshelf make it possible to put 200 books. Rubber paint prevents slipping books.
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In the free editing process where one is choosing his own words, we have a reliability factor with the psychological wall of truth.
When someone issues a reliable denial, such as,
"I did not shoot him" followed by "I told the truth", while addressing the denial, it is more than 99% likely to be true.
If he cannot tell us he did not do it, we will not say it for him.
See analysis on McCann for an amplified understanding of why this is critical. McCann defenders say the very words McCanns did not say, and this is typical of those who do not discern deception but are obsessed with a case. It is to disregard logic and make an emotional stance while decrying objective truth.
Many deceptive people use "truth" in a statement but will not connect their denial with it. "I have the truth on my side", or "the truth will come out" and so on. "The truth is my friend" Olympian Marion Jones said before being caught lying about performance enhancing drugs. (see analysis and video)
This is a linguistic indicator of having processed death.
When someone is missing and those closest to the victim do not express concern for what the victim is currently experiencing, we must explore for one who has processed (accepted) the death of the victim.
The communication that took place between them is of paramount importance to this case. He likely perseverates on those words that began when she told him she had a new love interest.
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Robert Frost's poem "Death of the Hired Man" opens as Mary, a loving wife, awaits the arrival of her husband, Warren. In the first stanza, she eagerly and discreetly greets her husband so that she can share a piece of important information: Silas, their hired hand, has returned. Mary is careful to explain the circumstances of Silas's return to her husband, expecting her husband to oppose the man's return. She kindly removes the packages from her husband's hands and draws him near her on the porch steps where they discuss Silas's homecoming.
Once seated on the steps, Mary and Warren begin the civil but earnest debate about whether to allow Silas to return to their employ. Warren, who harbors no hard feelings toward Silas, is against allowing him to return. He recounts his interactions with Silas, noting that he has always treated him kindly and humanely. He reminds his wife of Silas's advancing age and his overall unreliability. Still, he relates, Silas repeatedly chose to leave his employ at the peak of harvest. He complains that others were more capable of paying Silas's wages and that Silas left, again and again, to work for these employers, leaving him (Warren) unaided when he most needed assistance. Then, during the winter, when his labors are no longer needed, he returns to Warren and Mary, in need of sustenance and shelter. He always promises that he will help Warren make improvements on the land, and then he fails to keep his word. Warren insists that he will not allow this cycle to continue and he adamantly informs Mary that Silas cannot stay.
As Warren's passion rises, his voice apparently grows louder and Mary asks him to speak softly so that he will not offend Silas. Warren declares that he is determined that Silas should hear him, since he intends to tell him shortly that he must go. Mary delicately asks her husband to reconsider, explaining that Silas appears to be broken in body and spirit. She describes his weakened and wearied condition and pleads with her husband to...
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