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For the midnight premiere of Iron Man 3, I put together a Pepper Potts costume based on the white suit I'd seen her wearing in previews. I found some bangs that I wrangled with a few attempts at dying before they matched my natural haircolor. I was inspired after reading some posts on the RPF and seeing Robert & Jaime's method for making a Starkpad, so I decided to make one of my own.
I used a knockoff light wedge (book light) and took a combination of interface designs form the movies with some Iron Man-inspired themes to create the design. All of the surface detail is drawn/scratched in using an x-acto knife.
All of the excited energy I channeled into making things was more than warranted - Iron Man 3 is outstanding!
I've put this post together to share some of the programs & tools I've found useful for beginning 3D Modeling. This is by no means comprehensive, and I'm certainly not an authority when it comes to these subjects - I'm a student sharing some of the stuff that's helped me learn.
I know there are numerous programs and tutorials out there – I'm finding new things all the time – but these are what I've become most familiar with or am concentrating on using right now. Many of these have versions that can be downloaded for free, too!
Onward to the wall of words & links:
Wedding outfit from Paco Rabanne Haute Couture Spring 1998.
Blade And Soul reblog for Nico.
Skyrim better male armor mod
It's daedric plate, of course it provides protection!!!!!!!
The Orlesian Grey Wardens are here.
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[IMAGE] Calendar item: Wear cheese and wear it well. You cannot be wearing anything but cheese. You may use any type of cheese you wish. Supermodel it posed next to or on a classic car (a classic car is any car that predates 1980.)
jordynlolz should try out for ANTM
I am proud of having thrown that cheese dress together in less than an hour, and even moreso of how fantastically this impromptu photo shoot came together. The guy whose gorgeous car Jordyn is posing beside was also ridiculously awesome.
I had a notebook. Tas had crayons. And Saroux has art talent.
What other explanation do you need, really
Nothing about that is art talent - all of it is crayon-fueled derpitude. x3
In retrospect, he needs a giant blinged-out golden Mabari… or maybe a griffon.
Team 261, Item 115: A pink feather boa hanging out the window of the engine car of a moving, full-sized steam-powered locomotive.
I drove with my flatmate an hour and a half out to the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad to do this. It was a gorgeous drive and we geeked out over a tavern called The Roadhouse along the way. This was probably my favorite item to accomplish thanks to it encouraging us to go out and explore a place we'd likely never otherwise go to. Despite inclement weather, all of the volunteers running the train and station were incredibly kind and enthused to help us accomplish this.
Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car ;
Otherwise known as the adventures of the OCs belonging to Sa (saroux) and myself (the-flynnster). Nick Barrett (prophet, hunter, your average rogue), and Raziel (the angel assigned to keep tabs on him). Graphic by Sa, fic by me. If y'all have questions about these two, feel free to ask.
"Why me?"
"You know why."
"No shit, Raz," Nick rolls his eyes skyward, lifting his beer for a slow drag. "I just mean why me. Why was I special? Why am I a goddamn prophet?"
It's gotten to the point where Raz doesn't even flinch when he cusses. Nick smiles a little at that, wondering if that's thanks to how much time Raziel spends down here (even though he's technically been here since before biblical times, if the lore is anything to go by), thanks to him specifically, or a combination of the two. Nick hopes it's the latter.
"You were chosen long before you, your parents, even your grandparents were alive," Raz says in reply, eyes fixed on some point close to the horizon. "Prophets are more important than you know. Especially now."
Nick snorts, tilting his head back to get the last swallow of his drink.
"Mate, you really need to quite with the Sunday School bullshit," he shakes his head, squinting down the empty road ahead before chucking the empty bottle as far as he can manage. "You know I don't buy most of it."
Raziel stays quiet for a few minutes, seemingly fascinated by the way the glass bottle shatters into a thousand shards against the concrete. Then, he opens his mouth again.
"If Michael wins, the world loses," he begins. "If Lucifer wins, the world loses. They are too power-hungry and humanity would be considered collateral damage during the actual battle. That bottle is an apt metaphor for a post-Apocalyptic Earth."
Nick blinks at him, startled by the sudden reveal of something most hunters just might consider some pretty important information. "Well that's … bleak," he laughs drily. "What's the occasion for the info dump?"
Raziel turns and gives him the "I am tolerating your human incompetence for the singular reason that I care about your survival" look. And Nick thinks it should be a little more unsettling than it is that he actually knows exactly what that looks translates to from angel to human.
"I am not here under orders anymore, Nick," he answers shortly. "I haven't been under orders for a long time. Heaven is in the middle of mass chaos and the Archangels are quickly running out of patience."
Nick raises an eyebrow, then taps his foot against Raziel's leg to refocus his attention. "Then why're you here, Raz?"
The angel stares at him, eyes settling into that blue-green they get when he's stressed. "I am here for you because you matter."
They've had similar discussions before, but Nick can't remember getting this far before. The fact alone that he trusts an angel with his life says how far he's allowed Raziel into his life. But he's never asked if the sentiment goes both ways.
"Are you sayin' you've been going against Heaven all this time, Raz?" Nick asks gruffly, expression both startled and wary.
Raziel snorts, laughing wryly as he gives Nick a quizzical look. "I've been 'going against Heaven' since I began staying at your side, Nick. This is nothing new."
He shakes his head, rubbing a hand over his mouth as he tries to get his thoughts under control. "God dammit, Raz," Nick curses. "God dammit."
And that in itself is pretty useless. God isn't here anymore. He hasn't been for a long time. Nick's known that for most of his life.
The angel just watches him, that infuriatingly eternal serene expression on his face. "I don't understand your frustration, Nick. I am voluntarily disobeying wartime orders that would result in the death of over three billion innocent humans. I'm on your side."
Before Raz can start spouting off any more righteous crap, Nick grabs the angel's tie and yanks him into an aggressive kiss, the first real one they've shared. It's more teeth than lips, really, but neither of them minds.
When they pull apart, Nick lets go of Raziel's tie and focuses back on the road stretching out before the parked Mustang. "Next time, Raz," he says, shaking his head with a disbelieving smile on his lips. "Tell me when you've decided to go rogue so I don't have a heart attack when angels come after us while you're here, alright?"
Raziel chuckles, resting a hand on Nick's shoulder as he gives a brief nod of acquiescence. "Anything you wish."
After some fantastic discussion, the usual instigator inspired a bit of blasphemy.


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Flooded fairgrounds will be a thing of the past because the Bremer County Fair is moving west of Waverly as early as 2016.
"It should provide a big boom to the area just because it's a destination spot where people want to come and spend their money," said Chris Knapp, General Manager of the Bremer County Fair Association.
The multi-million dollar project, called Champions Ridge, will be home to the Bremer County Fair as well as multiple baseball diamonds.
"What I'm picturing in my head is seeing barns and a pond here in the front part of the property, lighted diamonds in the back with kids playing ball, families watching," said Fred Ribich, Chair of Champions Ridge.
"All of this will take place in an environment that is designed to support those activities, it's not make-shift, it's not inadequate in terms of parking and everything else, but it's designed for families and kids and adults to have fun," Ribich said.
Knapp said it will be the first time in its history that the Bremer County Fair will own the ground it sits on.
According to Knapp, the Bremer County Fair has been renting approximately 18-acres in southwest Waverly, and the lease with the city expires in February of 2019.
But by 2016, the Bremer County Fair could be moved to more than 40 acres of land at its new location off Highway 3.
"When we move out here all of our parking will be on site which will make things much safer and give us room to add even more things and more events for people to attend," said Knapp.
The first phase of the Champions Ridge project includes four multi-use ball diamonds with clay infields, portable fences and stadium lighting, a concession stand and diamond equipment, seven fairground buildings including a new 4-H building and show ring, plus barns for beef, dairy, sheep, horse and swing.
Tab Ray, from the City of Waverly, said the City has invested almost $2 million in the project, however, he said no tax increases are expected for residents to cover the project.
Tim Neil with the Bremer County Board of Supervisors said the county has agreed to provide $30,000 for the project.
Additional funding is expected to come from grants and private donations and partnerships.
Long term plans include adding an ice rink and campground.
More information can be found here.

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The gem of love and happy dreams, a talisman for transformation and change, the magical, mystical opal flickers, flashes and hypnotises us all with its myriad colours.
Opals are Australia's National Gemstone, and ninety-five percent of the world's opals are from the remote Outback. The "Fire of the Desert" has deep spiritual value and powers for its indigenous people, and is connected to their Dreamtime ancestors.
In the Aboriginal legend, the creator came to earth on a rainbow to bring a message of peace to man, and at the place where his feet touched the ground, the rainbow caused the stones to start sparkling. And so the opal was born.
The play of light or "schiller" that we see in opals, comes from light diffracting from compact tiny silica spheres into the seven colours of the rainbow.
The Dreamtime Collection features Lightening Ridge Boulder Opal, which is found as coatings on sandstone. Beautiful, fascinating and ultimately personal as no two opals are the same.
Visit the Tayma Fine Jewellery showroom or the website, to discover these gorgeous gemstones featured in one of a kind, handmade, beautiful jewellery.


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Join our Community Supported Agriculture Program for fresh in season vegetables, fruits and fish, as well as training and compost. We offer different levels of sponsorship, including monthly and yearly. Our sponsorship levels: Monthly:...Read More
We're reaching out to hundreds of school kids through our Brink City "Green In the City" Comic Book. So far we've published five out of the planned 12 editions. We are working with local schools and sponsoring an essay contest to encourage students to...Read More
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The Rid-All Green Partnership is the dream of three childhood friends who grew up together in Cleveland's Lee-Miles neighborhood. Meet co-founders Damien Forshe, Keymah Durden, and Randy McShepard.
We have turned an empty and forgotten piece of land in Cleveland's Kinsman Neighborhood into an urban farm where we grow produce to bring healthy, local food to area institutions and citizens and train others on this work.


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MISSION: Educate, Enrich, Inspire
The mission of the Sordoni Art Gallery is to educate the Wilkes University family of students, faculty and staff through the collection, care, display, and interpretation of works of art; to enrich and deepen the understanding of human cultures, values, and traditions for this constituency; and to inspire the creative, intellectual and artistic life of the University and the community.
To be a recognized and respected center for the creation of innovative learning environments and programs for the appreciation and study of visual art benefiting the academic and cultural community of Wilkes University and the surrounding Region.
To achieve this vision the Sordoni Art Gallery is committed to being a place:
Our normal hours are 12-4:30 pm Tuesday - Sunday or call us to arrange a private viewing time. We are closed during University Holidays and breaks. We especially invite students to see what we have to offer.


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How to Change Mystery Man Graphic without Overwriting Core Image File [Trac Denied]
I am using Sarah Gooding's workaround to replace the core mystery man graphic with a custom graphic. It does not work. It continues to render the core mystery man graphic.
Has anyone had any success overwriting the mystery man graphic?
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function myavatar_add_default_avatar( $url ) {
return get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .'/images/mystery-man.jpg';
add_filter( 'bp_core_mysteryman_src', 'myavatar_add_default_avatar' );`
Tried this too (got it form http://etivite.com/api-hooks/buddypress/trigger/apply_filters/bp_core_mysteryman_src/). It did not work either:
`apply_filters( 'bp_core_mysteryman_src', 'myavatar_add_default_avatar' );`
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For Vol. 5 I had the help of 5 other talented deviants, thank you for the help in choosing the thumbs and artist to be featured, your enthusiasm is amazing! By having more than one member help with the articles I hope to provide a wide range of styles/techniques giving a broader example of what can be found in the Digital Art > Mixed Media Gallery, and to help with the continuing education of what is and isn't Digital Mixed Media.
Remember these are only works that consist of 2 or more combined digital mediums (3d, photos, painting, etc.) from the Digital Mixed Media Gallery.
Features chosen by archanN
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20 of 2013's Most Overused Words including tweaking and selfie.
20 of 2013's Most Overused Words
Nathan Outlaw and Fried Eggs
At LostFest 2011, Nathan Outlaw came and demonstrated a healthy fried egg recipe complete with an asparagus base. These are some of the pictures.
The competition was between 2 sets of lads in a sort of Ready, Steady, Cook type idea.
Look at our fruit
Isn't this exciting. Summer is here and with it's arrival we have fruit. Obviously Blueberries in their abundance! But also for the first time, Cherries. We have been sponsored some apple trees and they are producing fruit already. Them we have our currants, raspberries and strawberries which have been producing fruit for years.
P.S. Sorry about the quality of photos. I will take some better and update these.
Food Forest or Permaculture
This youth work project with multiple aims is mostly to get young people gardening and eating healthily. In order to help our thinking I have read 2 books:
1. Martin Crawford, Creating a forest garden
2. Chris Shein, The Vegetable gardener's guide to Permaculture
I am left with a desire to complete both but feel very much unsure of whether we are on a track towards permaculture or a food forest. More importantly whether it matters.
The ethos of what we're doing lies in a desire to educate, train and resource young people for the future provision of food for their family and the community we live in. However, behind this ethos is also a desire to sit it within a frame work to help guide the work and help to grow it.
And so back to my question, "Is it possible to give us some insight into the difference between the 2 and the path we undertake?
Please feel free to comment or ask some questions.
The signs are up and we have a gate
The signs with the logo on are finally up. We mounted them on the hand cart that we built for festivals and shows a while ago. It is holding up well, we do need to change the wheels though!
Rhododendron clearing continues
Rhododendron is a weed. Well the stuff we've got anyway. It is all over the land and we will be clearing it for some years to come. The way most people clear it is to spray it, but I really don't like this idea. I want to keep the site as organic as possible. We won't register, it costs too much, but at least folks can know we don't use pesticides.
This pictures show what can be achieved in just over an hour!
Tidying and Blueberry Plants
Creating the path to the Gastro Wagon
Today we are finishing the track to the middle of the woods. At some point soon, the Gastro Wagon will drive up this path and be positioned within the trees for a bit of glamorous camping (glamping).
Gastro Wagon Site
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Stocks slump as fiscal cliff deadline nears
After falling 158 points, the Dow ends below 13,000 for the first time since November. Talks between President Obama and GOP leaders are tense. Markets next week could be volatile.
An ugly day in the stock market at Friday's close, courtesy of your friends in Washington. Stocks suffered their fifth straight day of losses, and the Dow Jones industrials ($INDU) closed below 13,000 for the first time since Nov. 28.
President Obama and congressional leaders met on Friday to discuss how to avoid the fiscal cliff -- the combination of tax increases and spending cuts required under a 2011 budget agreement. And it did not appear that anyone was willing to compromise.
Senate leaders spent Saturday trying to work out a deal, at the behest of President Obama. It was not clear if they will succeed.
Friday's sell-off sets up Monday, the last trading day of 2012, as potentially quite volatile because the change in tax rates and spending cuts is to take effect on Jan. 1. If nothing happens, Wednesday's trading, the first of 2013, could be even more volatile.
The market was modestly lower ahead of the first report of the president's proposal and promptly turned lower. The Dow closed down 158 points to 12,938. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) was off 16 points to 1,402, and the Nasdaq Composite Index ($COMPX) fell 26 points to 2,960.
The losses for the Dow and the S&P 500 on Friday were their worst since Nov. 14 and the worst for the Nasdaq since Dec. 21. The sell-off wiped out the major averages' gains for December. The Dow is off 0.7% for the month, with the S&P 500 down 1% and the Nasdaq down 1.7%.
At Friday's meeting at the White House, the president offered only what he offered a week ago -- a full extension of the Bush tax cuts for taxpayers earning less than $250,000 a year and a delay in some of the spending cuts required under the 2011 budget bill. But Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., agreed Friday to try to work out a deal.
If the McConnell-Reid talks fail, the president wanted the Senate to schedule an up-or-down vote on a narrower measure that would extend only the middle-class tax breaks and unemployment benefits. Reid said he would schedule such a vote on Monday absent a deal.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told reporters Friday that sentiment was "gelling" around a new offer, and a source told The New York Times the president would ask Republican and Democratic leaders what proposal could win majority support in the House and Senate.
With Friday's ugly market close and extreme uncertainty about what may happen over the weekend, here's what to watch for next week:
The tug-of-war will be brutal. Democrats and Republicans can barely stand the sight of each other. So, look for action only if financial markets really fall apart.
Falling apart could mean something like the extreme volatility in August 2011 when the battle over the debt ceiling resulted in Standard & Poor's downgrading U.S. debt.
The Dow moved up or down more than 400 points six times Aug. 4-18, 2001, and fell 10.4% between Aug. 3 and Oct. 3.
Next week will feature a group of key economic reports. Some, like the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Index, due Wednesday, will shed light on the uncertainty the fiscal cliff has caused.
But automakers are expected to report on Wednesday that they had strong sales in December. It's 2013 that worries them.
The big report on the week will come on Jan. 4 when the Labor Department issues its December payroll and unemployment report.
Along with the Nasdaq, the Nasdaq-100 Index ($NDX) fell 27 points to 2,606. Apple (AAPL), which represents about 17% of the market capitalization of the stocks in the index, was off $5.47 to $509.59. Apple is off 27% since its Sept. 19 closing peak of $702.10.
None of the 30 Dow stocks was higher on the day. American Express (AXP) was the best performer, off 2 cents to $56.67. The laggard was Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), down 36 cents to $13.68. The stock is down nearly 47% in 2012 alone.
Only 20 S&P 500 stocks showed gains, led by commercial printer R.R. Donnelly (RRD) and Ford Motor (F). The laggards were Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Jabil Circuit (JBL) and J.C. Penney (JCP).
Sears Holdings (SHLD) and Ross Stores (ROST) were the only Nasdaq-100 stocks to show gains. The biggest percentage loser was Garmin (GRMN), down $1.32 to $40.
As the market tumbled, gold (-GC) and crude oil (-CL) in New York also dropped. Gold settled at $1,655.90 an ounce, down $7.80. Crude oil was off 7 cents to $90.80 a barrel.
The declines were due to a rising dollar caused by investors looking for safety in U.S. government securities. The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 1.711% from Thursday's 1.715% and 1.754% a week ago.
But AAA reported that the national retail average price of gasoline hit $3.279 a gallon on Friday, up from $3.261 on Thursday. The average has risen for eight straight days since bottoming at $3.219 a gallon on Dec. 20.
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we wont be able to continue like this for much longer.
You all should be happy....Supposedly from what I've read or tried to understand ??
Is with QE3 we actually are taking some monies out of the system instead of flooding it with inflated dollars and newly printed greenbacks....
Seems it's kind of a lucrative finance and accounting within the Federal Gov,Treasury,other entitys and the FED...Maybe it's just one Group shuffeling to another group but, it may not be as devastating to our Economy as what we think??....But none of it is real good.
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I just got a chance to watch the testimony given last week to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the current state of servicemember's ability to receive special needs care, and in particular, ABA for autistic dependents.
The testimony provided by this excellent panel to include senior members of Tricare, Office if Special Needs, Jeremy Hilton (2012 Military Spouse of the Year and outstanding advocate for military special needs families), Dr. Geri Dawson from Autism Speaks and others. This is well worth the watch if you are a service member utilizing Tricare, ECHO, and the Demonstration project for your child with autism.
You can click here to link to the the high definition video.
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John Davidson has stepped down as president of hockey operations for the St. Louis Blues, TSN hockey insiders Pierre LeBrun and Darren Dreger confirmed.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Columbus Dispatch originally reported Davidson stepped down, after spending six seasons with the franchise.
The news comes just months after the sale of the team to Summit Distributing Chairman and CEO Tom Stillman.
While Davidson interviewed for a front office position with the Columbus Blue Jackets in May, there are no reported details on where he will go next.
Davidson, 59, worked in the Blues' front office with general manager Doug Armstrong and helped lead the club to a second-place finish in the Western Conference last season.


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Danville Shooting
DANVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Two children are without parents after a shooting in a shop in Danville, Kentucky. Police are searching for the couple's killer.
To family friends, 34-year-old Michael and 38-year-old Angela Hockensmith's 9-year-old son is a hero for protecting his 18-month-old sister. "He, uh, excuse me. He grabbed his little sister up and he carried her into the office and he covered her with his body and, it's just, he's a hero," said Steve Divine, a friend of the family. Divine co-owned ABC Gold, Games and More with the Hockensmith's.
Just after 9:00 Friday morning, police say the young boy called 911 to report a robbery at his parents' shop on S. 4th Street in Danville. When officers arrived, they found Mike, Angela, and a customer, 60-year-old Daniel Smith shot to death. The couple's children were not hurt, but the shooter was gone. "He exited through the garage door of the business there, went through the alleyway between the dry cleaning and the pawn shop there," explained Danville Police Chief Tony Gray.
As other business owners in the area showed up to work, word spread about the horrific crime. "Here's a 9-year-old who has to pick up the telephone and dial 911 and begin to tell a stranger, someone has just shot my mother and my father," said James Gage who owns a cigar shop right across the street from the Hockensmith's store, "I can't imagine what that child was going through." Divine agreed, "It's just a senseless act. I don't know why anyone would do something like that."
Friends describe a family very involved in their community. Mike was a youth pastor at Mitchellsburg Baptist Church. The family was housing a foreign exchange student. "Everyone that knew them, just knew that they were awesome people. There wasn't anything fancy about them, but they cared," Divine said. He has a message for whoever killed his friends. "You're a cowardly son of a b---. Excuse my language. You're cold-hearted, you've ruined a family, you've ruined a young man, a beautiful family, and I hope when they catch you, I hope they hang you by your eyeballs."
Police describe the suspect they're looking for as a white male in his 40s or 50s, heavyset, one witness even said he had a potbelly, and at the time of the shooting, he may have been wearing a green camouflage jacket.
An account has been set up at PNC Bank called the Mike and Angela Hockensmith Memorial Fund to cover funeral expenses and care for the couple's children who are now with their grandparents. Donations can be made at any PNC Bank with a routing number 083000108 and account number 3013896575.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Danville Police at 859-238-1220.
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Questions to jumpstart a discussion of R. J. Palacio's Wonder
More discussion questions:
Have you ever been in a situation when you were the "new kid"? What was that like?
Can you think of any kids at your school who feel left out? Who are teased? Bullied? Alone?
What are some things you could do to make life better for these kids?
Mr. Tushman speaks of the importance of being "kinder than necessary." What does that look like in real life?
What are some ways you could be kinder than necessary?
Do you think a kid like Auggie could ever really lead a normal life?
More resources:
Discussion questions especially for the classroomhttp://rjpalacio.com/for-teachers.html
Random House Guide to Wonderhttp://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Wonder_EG_WEB.pdf


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The Charter of Fundamental RightsPosted at 7:23 pm by Conor Slowey
One of the biggest changes the Lisbon Treaty makes, is to enshrine the Charter of Fundamental Rights as part of Treaty law - you can find it here (PDF). It's based on the European Convention of Human Rights (which is the product of the Council of Europe, which is separate from the EU), which the EU would also sign up to if Lisbon is ratified. Though the European Court of Justice has drawn on the ECHR as being part of the legal culture of Europe, this would be the first time that these rights will be part of the EU's primary law, along with the four freedoms (of goods, services, people and capital) that underpin the single market.
The aim of enshrining these rights is to boost the social side of the EU, and to make its laws more responsive to human rights and workers' rights. Though the EU has long had a positive impact on gender equality and other rights, the Charter is a response to the criticism that the economic rather than human elements of the single market dominate the EU's law making. The Charter will only apply to EU law, and national laws that implement EU laws - so it can't be used to expand the EU's powers or competences (it even says so explicitly in Article 51(2)).
Why we're voting againPosted at 3:18 pm by Owen Rooney
One of the principal arguments I've come across from No campaigners is, in absence of any objection to the Treaty itself, that having a second referendum is undemocratic, and that the people who voted No last time should be respected. The difficulty with this argument is that respecting and listening to the No voters is exactly what has led us to have this second referendum.
After the last referendum, it was quite clear that a renegotiation of certain aspects of the treaty was on the cards. The two biggest No campaign groups, Sinn Fein and Libertas, had both campaigned on the basis of going back to the EU and renegotiating on their contentious issues. Furthermore, no less than 76% of No voters believed that the No vote would be used to "renegotiate exceptions within the treaty", which gave the Government a clear mandate to seek this new deal before putting the treaty back to the people.
Which is exactly what the Government did. The biggest issues for No voters in the referendum were 'Loss of Commissioner' (which 71% of No voters said was somewhat/very important to their vote), 'Neutrality' (82%), 'Workers Rights' (82%), 'Abortion' (66%) and 'Corporation Tax' (72%), which were unsurprisingly the points which the main No groups campaigned on in the run-up to the referendum. These top issues are the very ones which the Government received guarantees on from the 26 other member states, guarantees which state in the most unequivocal terms that these matters will be decided at national, not EU, level.
While I can certainly accept that a No voter might not be happy with these guarantees, might feel that they don't address his or her specific concerns, it would be disingenuous to suggest that the Government doesn't have the right, after listening to the voters and attempting to address their worries, to put this new deal back to the people for a second vote, and allow the people a chance to say whether their concerns have been met or not.
Why do we need Lisbon?Posted at 11:28 am by Stephen Spillane
So why are we actually voting on this treaty? Does Europe need the Lisbon Treaty?
The answer is Yes. If Ireland dosent pass the Lisbon Treaty, there will be another period of soul searching and the European Governments will agree on another treaty, which could be better or worse then this treaty.
The EU was intially made for six countries, and it worked quite well with 15. But since 2004 its at its limit. We are now a union of 27 countries and its getting harder to get things done. The EU needs reform.
Lisbon is the reform. No one is going to 100% happy with the treaty, but overall I think Lisbon is a good deal.
It limits the EU's powers, it gives us a citizens a role, and it gives powers to our elected representatives, both national and european. Not exactly bad things.
If Europe is too move forward and if it is to have influence in the Balkans (prospect of entry) then we need the Lisbon Treaty to be passed. For Europe to be competive in a regionalised world, then we need to update how we do things in Europe with Lisbon.
Europe if is to remain important needs to reform. This is why we need Lisbon.


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The Institute of Medicine recently released a report titled Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention – Solving the Weight of the Nation. The 462-page report is very comprehensive and covers virtually all aspects of the obesity problem. Not surprisingly, advertising and marketing are addressed.
The report calls upon the food, beverage, restaurant, and media industries to take broad, common and urgent voluntary action to make substantial improvements in marketing and advertising. All foods and beverages marketed to children and adolescents aged 2-17 "should support a diet that accords with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans . . . If such marketing standards have not been adopted within 2 years by a substantial majority of food, beverage, restaurant, and media companies . . . policy makers at the local, state, and federal levels should consider setting mandatory nutritional standards for marketing to this age group to ensure that such standards are implemented."
The report references the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), but makes minimal acknowledgement of the substantial changes to advertising and marketing that have occurred since its adoption.
While it contemplates possible new marketing standards, the report makes no reference to the reality that similar "voluntary" standards proposed by the Interagency Working Group have been the subject of intense debate in recent years. In December, Congress stopped the funding for the implementation of the standards until the Federal Trade Commission conducted a cost benefit analysis as required for more traditional federal regulations. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz has since publicly stated "it's probably time to move on" from efforts to limit food advertising to children and said that he does not support Congressional action in that area.
The IWG report was a subject of discussion on a recent CDC Weight of the Nation panel on "Food Marketing: Impact and Effect on Children's Dietary Preference." Panelists included Dr. William Dietz, Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC; Mary Engle, head of the Division of Advertising in the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Elaine Kolish, the vice president and Director for the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative at the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
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Hello again Survivor fans and welcome again to another review of this season's Survivor South Pacific. I am going to change up and do something different this week and instead of a recap of my thoughts I am going to do a summary of what I am seeing to date from some of the season's key players.
I have given it the acronym of C.O.A.C.H and with each area I will touch on the key points of each. With that being said let's jump right in.
Strategical wise and Social wise Coach Ben Wade has played a thorough game winning over his tribe and keeping control throughout the process from start to post merge. It is Coach's game now to call as he sees fit and to have the final say in the end game part.
With the recent full Pagong of what is now the entire tribe of Savaii (with the recent ouster of John Cochran) it is safe to say that it will be someone from Coach Wade's tribe of Upolu who will be sitting at the end. (unless there is a miracle win from a former Savaii member that takes him to the Final 3 be it Cochran or Ozzy which I seriously doubt)
There are some high aces and low cards to having that type of control though. Whereas he has built such solid relationships with his alliance/sub alliances that there was never a consideration of taking him out or flushing the idol he still possesses; this type of control can be both a curse and a blessing.
On the high end he possesses the ability to dictate the ebbs and flows of the game into whatever direction that he would like to take it. With the way he setup his alliance/sub alliances he was the foundation or pinnacle to each one. With each one he was the key force in each decision made.
Throughout the season he was able to make decisions for each that could balance and keep each in harmony with the other which is not an easy task.
His decision to not divulge pecking order helped keep the balance. Now with the end game approaching it was Coach who had the ultimate decision at the past Tribal with selecting who will possibly end up with him in the Finals. Which now reveals the actual pecking order.
There were many possible routes Coach could have gone with to have made the end. Several separate factions of "goat" (Brandon-Edna; Rick/Edna; Rick-Brandon; Brandon-Cochran; Edna-Cochran perhaps even Albert-Cochran) and the Iron Sharpens Iron faction with Sophie and Albert.
It now appears Coach has decided on the aforementioned Iron Sharpens Iron faction. Which I will cover with "H". Having the ability to do this is obviously a plus within the game however too there could be a drawback from his decision made at the recent Tribal Council.
With the controversial flip of John Cochran from low totem pole (possibly) Savaii to a possible F4 combination with Albert as a sub alliance; Coach gained the momentum at merge but in doing so has angered or embittered an entire tribe of Savaii who have the final say as jurors. It is still debatable whether this may impact the final decision but it well could. With the ouster of Cochran; the buffer of anger more in the direction of Cochran at the end is no longer something that could be an asset for Coach. Which makes his end game and jury tougher. In reality even though a tribe may be angry at their defector in an end game F3; at the least they hold respect towards the opposing tribe who goes to the end with the person for their being there as in effect the player still "represents" the original tribe at the end.
When the person is shown to have been just a number or appendage however that taste can become bitter. Which is what Coach now faces I feel in his decision to oust Cochran. As a viewer-fan I applaud his ability to perform a virtual Pagong of an entire tribe which is an amazing feat, however as a tactician I do recognize the down side as well. Absolute power in the game can be a blessing but within this ability there is also the psychological impact on the sitting jury as well to be factored in and overcome. I will be watching how Coach handles this and hopefully this will work in his favor.
Should Coach Wade be able to win this season; in my opinion, this will rank him above the likes of Russell Hantz and Boston Rob Mariano. Both having absolute power facing bitter juries. However both selected the easier routes of lesser liked or "C" players as their routes at the end. Coach in my opinion chose a far different course which could make the end stronger but challenging jury wise at the end. I applaud that as it's risky and bold. But overall I applaud his ultimate loyalty to his original tribe and his core alliance as well. Which in a cut throat game like Survivor is not often seen.
Should it work for him it will usurp the games of these strong tacticians and place Coach Wade in a level above both. All in all Coach has had an amazing season and has completely taught us as fans and tacticians how the game of Survivor can be played on a more exciting level.
He has struggled in each important area of strategy and social. Whereas Coach had direction; Ozzy lacked direction and several decisions came back to haunt him as he sits now on Redemption Island. He paired up in an obvious strength pair with a female (a known m.o) and the female was ousted which led to a social faux pas of a melt down on his part. He played in such a way that the pecking order was painfully revealed and everyone knew where their rung was. Which led to separate and disparate factions within one tribe which made the tribe very incohesive and led to the eventual Pagong. Ozzy's only approach throughout his seasons has been to play the strong guy-provider role and in his first season this worked well for him because he was able to make it to the end by winning challenges and being a provider. However as a early leader of the Hispanic Tribe Aitutaki in Cook Islands.. it too showed early signs of what we have seen this season with Savaii on South Pacific.
In his second season he also had the same approach as this season which also detonated in his falling prey to the Black Widow alliance leaving with an idol in his pocket becoming juror number 2.
So in essence has Ozzy found redemption this season? By looking at his history and this season's decisions my feeling is he hasn't. The truth is Ozzy has no clear concept of the actual game itself and relies on his m.o. of provider-challenge prowess which can only take you so far.
The game itself continues to grow and develop per season and if you cannot grow and expand with it then it cannot be a success for you.
His choice of Redemption Island and his own vote off was a selfish decision and only beneficial to Ozzy. It was at the root showing his inability to thrive within the boundaries of the actual game itself. Ozzy maybe able to make his way back in through this process but by being on RI whatever info he receives will not benefit him as by the time he does return Coach Wade's main alliance I doubt will switch things up. Plus he would have to win each Immunity to stay in to make the Finals. Should that happen that would make for an interesting conclusion. We'll see what happens but unlike Coach; I don't see Ozzy as having found redemption. He has not played well and has given us the same patterns used in his similar seasons.
He has made several attempts to take the game over. The first being the attempt to oust Edna during the tribal stage (most likely another reason was Edna was a threat to him personally as to her closeness with Coach and Albert wanted to remove this threat)
I feel aligning with Cochran was the genesis of a seed to take over as well. However in the end Cochran did not sit well with Sophie which is part and partial of why Cochran went. Plus I sense Coach knew it also and wanted to defuse anything that could happen now that the numbers are getting lower. So either way Albert could not emerge victorious on this attempt either way.
In the end the game is and has been determined by Coach Wade. The alliance that Albert-Sophie made with Coach for F3 with the idol during the Upolu stage has guaranteed both Final 3 status as long as the alliance stays on the same page.
In Cochran's exit it now seals the Final Pecking order of the Iron Sharpens Iron alliance.
Which is why I think that Albert cannot fully pull the plug. He knows he has a decent shot with going with Sophie and Coach to the Finals. Coach because he has played twice before and the argument can be made for that. Sophie because she has played a more under the radar low key game. Not doing a lot of testing of the waters. Which is why Albert has ultimately stayed with this alliance. There are good arguments he can make within his case to the jury.
The other drawback to Albert is he has made obvious wooing gestures towards what will be jurors. He wooed Dawn-Whitney with a possible change-up but stopped shy of it. Planting the seed that he at least was approachable. However he did not change the game up so the attempt in hindsight can be viewed as a ploy by the jury. His giving his Reward away tho commendable is also a blatant ploy as well which Cochran did see through.
Albert has played a steady game within the confines of Upolu and for the most part it will guarantee him a slot in the Finals with Coach and Sophie unless something drastically changes.
At Savaii he was on the clear outs from the onset as he did not fit in with the majority of the tribe. His being kept was more of a strategical decision on part by Jim than anything. Cochran at merge decided to take his game into his own hands (more accurately into the hands of Coach-Albert-Sophie)and flipped to Upolu believing he had a new home there and a sub alliance with Albert. That he would be able to rise up through the ranks.
But in reality the move was only more in favor to Upolu than to Cochran, who was wooed for a time and allowed the first bites at retribution towards Savaii. But Cochran's main focus and desire was to keep looking for big splashy moves to make but in reality Cochran was more a slave to insecurities than a clear sound level player. I feel that is why Coach took him under his wing and was doing the Tai Chi with Cochran. I think Coach saw the roots of a smart player who was held back by fears and insecurities.
I think Coach did try to help Cochran but was unable to fully do so. In the end I think Cochran wore on Sophie's nerves and Coach did not want any possible switch up and this is why he ended up going.
Cochran has not been as effective as we all kind of hoped he would and it is disappointing. In a way I would love to see Cochran beat Ozzy at the duel next episode as it would be so good for him morale wise. Maybe to channel some of the Tai Chi he has been doing with Coach. But I fear he will fall prey to the insecurities that has held him back in the game and Ozzy will again be the victor. But were he to pull it off it would be awesome!
Now what exactly is H?
H stands for the slogan Coach Wade set out for in Survivor Tocantins and I feel will come to fruition this season.
Honor and integrity at the end.
I feel this will be the culmination of an exciting and close to call season. With the information shown last Tribal Council we see the pecking order goes like this:
7th Cochran
6th Edna
5th Brandon
4th Rick
With a Final 3 of Coach Wade, Albert Destrade and Sophie Clarke.
To me it is so apparent that this is the end now more so than ever mainly again the hints lie with Sophie. At the beginning of the episode she is shown saying that she is not happy about the fact that Cochran just assumes people will take him to the Finals and openly spoke of being annoyed by Cochran and looked annoyed even.
She also during the time Cochran was making his plea to the tribe body language wise was turned away from Cochran and appeared distant. Showing she was not a full participant.
Sophie in her quiet manner has been the person Albert and Coach have looked to throughout the game for decisions. She has been the glue to them both and far as Coach making his decision I refer back to something he said a long time ago during a Tribal Council in Tocantins. He stated he trusted female intuitions. Which is a portion of why I feel Cochran went was due to Sophie. But with his exit we now clearly see the true pecking order and who Coach is more aligned with.
All 3 have played awesome and would make a strong finish for this season.
Now to make an final note I am saddened to see that one of my favorites..Dawn Meehan lost on Redemption Island. Dawn and Jim were my favorite two Savaii players. Dawn played a very competitive game with heart and I will miss her. Her final words in the game at RI were some of the best ever said on exit. I love Dawn and hope she will have future success in all her endeavors in life. You did great Dawn!!!
We also say goodbye to Whitney as well. Who is also now a part of the jury.
With this being said I will close out my thoughts for now but will be back soon with more reflections. I continue to enjoy this season and am looking forward to a strong solid finish. Hope u all have enjoyed my musings and until next week remember keep your torch lights lit and keep enjoying Survivor South Pacific!


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