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On his wedding day, Yusuke reflects on the mistakes that he has made and the chances that he will never get to take. Songfic to the song of the same name by George Michaels, WHAM, and Seether. (Lyr...
It should have been the best moment of his life, but it was the one he was dreading more than any other. Nothing he had so far seen or done had left him so afraid or alone; he had battled countless demons, had survived death twice, and had had his life turned upside down...and all for what? A marriage that he did not want, with a wife that he did not love, in a world that no longer needed him to defend it.
He was able to get through the actual ceremony fine, by avoiding looking at either of them. He looked everywhere; at the floor, the ceiling, Kuwabara, the guests...anywhere but at the two faces that he had looked at so often in the past few months since his return. But now...now was the moment that they would have their first dance, as bride and groom, and he'd have to look directly into her face. He would have to hold her and act as though there were no secrets between them. He didn't know that he could do it.
He cleared his throat, pulling at his tie. Was it just him, or did they have it up to ninety in here? Why did it have to be so hot? Keiko was standing in her wedding dress, far from him. The lights went down, and the music began. The moment was now. He suddenly found that he could barely breathe; his throat had swelled shut of its own accord. Then he was nudged from behind by someone that he couldn't identify (though it wouldn't have surprised him to learn that it was Kuwabara.) He stumbled toward Keiko, then shuffled across the empty dance floor to take the bride's hand. As their fingers touched, his mind slid crazily back in time, as some sort of weird defense mechanism against the solid thudding of his nervous heart.
"I can't do it, Kurama! This is so stupid."
"Yusuke, it's quite simple. Left, right, turn, left, right, turn–"
"No! It's not simple! It's anything but simple!"
Yusuke stormed away, looking quite ridiculous in his usual blue jeans and muscle shirt. He only looked ridiculous because of the setting; it was a place where many a man had worn a tuxedo and shiny black shoes to learn to woo a woman with wayward waltzes. They weren't the only ones on the practice dance floor; other people–other couples–littered the floor, trying to get down the proper dance moves before a big day when everyone would be watching.
Of course, most of the other couples were comprised of fiancés or lovers who had agreed to do the thing together. Keiko had not needed to learn this dance, and Kurama had originally been happy to oblige the bride. It was all he could do, after all, other than be one of Yusuke's two best men. (Hiei had blatantly refused. Kurama supposed that Yusuke would be lucky if the demon came at all.)
After a moment's hesitation, he followed Yusuke off of the floor, sensing that there was more to his frustration than just the dancing. Someone with Yusuke's background in martial arts shouldn't have such a hard time learning to dance, given that it took quite a lot of control to move the body properly enough to fight. Although, Yusuke did have a more erratic method of battling, and dancing was much subtler than he was used to.
Yusuke had gone off in the direction of the rest room, the only place where there were no other couples staring at them. Kurama followed, expecting that Yusuke was having pre-wedding jitters. He was not far off. The boy was sitting on the bathroom floor with his back against the wall, looking very dejected and, for all the world, too young to be getting married.
"Yusuke, is something bothering you?"
Yusuke didn't answer initially, and Kurama felt that he had overtaxed Yusuke's emotional circuits. Between the wedding plans, his most recent return to the human world, and Keiko's own rampages, Yusuke was certainly feeling heat. Perhaps Kurama shouldn't have tried to teach him the dance in a crowded room with loud music only a few days before the marriage. Perhaps it was too much to ask of him to learn to dance at all.
"It's Keiko."
"She's driving me crazy, Kurama. She wants everything, and I can't give her anything."
"Are you afraid?"
Yusuke looked up at his friend, and Kurama knew that he undoubtedly was. Keiko, with her planning and stressful attitude, had done what numerous demons had not been able to do; leave Yusuke quivering in fear. Kurama had to suppress a smirk at the irony.
"Yusuke, no one will blame you for being afraid. Weddings can cause stress, and–"
"And that isn't why I'm afraid, Kurama."
Kurama didn't need to ask for conformation. He knew only too well what was giving Yusuke second thoughts, but he...he hadn't wanted to admit it at all. He'd wanted to pretend as though he knew nothing about it and had hoped that Yusuke would be married to Keiko before it came up again. If it ever did.
"Yusuke, I–"
"No. Save it. I know what you're going to say, and I don't want to hear it."
"Okay. I'll leave you to your thoughts."
"Kurama, wait–"
But he was already walking out of the restroom, and had left the studio before Yusuke decided that he had wanted to hear what Kurama might say after all. Even if wasn't what he needed to hear.
He pulled on Keiko's hand perhaps rougher than he ought to have, but she smiled dazzlingly anyway. It was such a bittersweet moment for him; only months ago he would have given his limbs to have her smile at him that way. The low lights were glistening on her eyes–oh, god, was she crying? He could hardly stand to look at her, so turned away and brought her onto the floor.
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor.
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad goodbyes.
She knew. He could see it the moment that he looked into her eyes, after he had taken his hands around her waist and began leading her in a clumsy, amateur waltz. For a moment, it totally stunned him, to the point where he nearly stopped dancing altogether. His feet, though, kept him moving when his mind no longer had a part in it. How long had she known, suffering silently? Had she known even before today? Could she have married him even knowing that he did not love her?
I guess that's the end of it, then. She knew, and she married me anyway, but it'll have to be over. It's wrong to use her like this. It's wrong to be married to someone I don't love. Not that way.
"I know, Yusuke," she said, her lips moving with words so quiet that he could have easily pretended that he hadn't heard at all. But that would have been so cold and cruel that he couldn't have done it. His eyes fell to the floor, unable to look at her and admit what he'd done.
"I'm sorry."
"I know. All you have to do is promise that it won't go on. That's all I want."
Her tone was casual, as if they were discussing decorations for the house. He found that he still could not bring himself to match her gaze, but while his eye fell on the crowd of wedding-goers watching them, he caught the glance of a pair of large green eyes, and quickly looked away. Anything was better than seeing his face again; he'd gladly choose Keiko's over his. And yet, he could not answer her, either. He could not sever himself from the secret that he had come to treasure as his own over the last week. She believed that she was asking so little, but it was so much more than that.
I'm never gonna dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm.
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you.
There were quick knocks on Yusuke's door, and he opened it to find Kurama. He was not unduly surprised, but allowed himself a sharp intake of breath. Their previous dance lesson had ended so badly that he'd wondered whether he'd see Kurama again for a while. But there the fox was, standing on his doorstep, as if nothing had surpassed between them. Which, in all technicalities, nothing had just yet.
"May I come in?"
Yusuke nodded and moved aside to let the demon in. He walked a few feet inside the room after removing his shoes and stood patiently. Yusuke shifted his weight, unable to understand why Kurama was here. Had he come to make up for their squabble, or to tell Yusuke that he was an idiot?
"I thought we should continue the lesson," Kurama said, inclining his head ever so slightly toward Yusuke's radio, which sat in a corner surrounded by large speakers. Yusuke raised his brow.
"Keiko will never forgive me for letting your dancing go untrained," he explained, a small smile stretching his lips. Yusuke turned to the radio and flipped it through various channels until he found something relatively slow. It was hardly the right music for the dance he was learning, but it was better than Megallica. Kurama stepped up to him, and Yusuke felt the familiar blush creeping in. This was too weird. Before he had been able to concentrate his embarrassment on other matters; what Keiko wanted, what she needed, why she wasn't teaching him herself.
He'd also been able to feign nonchalance easier when in the company of several other couples giving them the weird eye. But here, in his own apartment, alone with a guy he'd known as a friend–okay, a really good friend–he felt out of place. His steps were ungainly, and his timing was way off. His hands were beginning to sweat, and it didn't help that Kurama, owner of twelve feet of luscious hair and the ever-present scent of roses was the one whose hip he was settling his grip on.
Kurama noticed Yusuke's discomfort but said nothing to change it. It was a strange situation, at best...so why had he come here? But it was stupid of him to ask himself questions to which he already knew the answer. Instead, he let Yusuke lead him, poorly as he did, and tried to focus his mind anywhere else. Despite his great control, it was harder than ever before. There was something silently appetizing about the soft music, the lights, the smell of Yusuke which had become more potent since his demonic side had been forced out in the battle with Sensui.
Things began to escalate very quickly after that. Neither could keep his head away from the moment; a section of time that seemed to be frozen, as the song played on and on, and they thought about each other in a way that was not romantic but not exactly platonic, either. The sacrifices they had made to be here were tremendous, and neither would have survived without the other. They had so much in common, and yet, were so different.
Yusuke felt himself slip, tried to turn his thoughts to Keiko, and failed. She had become something of a dream in his mind over the years he'd been in demon world, and coming home had originally seemed as though he'd died and been passed on to heaven. It was only after the wedding plans that things began to turn in a different direction; he'd found Kurama again, that remorseful soul who'd always been counted on and who had been able to count on him. Who had needed him.
Yusuke looked at Kurama, suddenly and urgently needing to see if he had changed in some way since he'd last seen him. Kurama obligingly met his gaze, finding a silly comfort in Yusuke's glance that he had been able to find nowhere else. Yusuke's eyes always appeared to see right through whatever façade he'd come up with, as if they were eyes looking through glass which looked to everyone else as impenetrable as a wall of iron. How easily he could guess Kurama's intentions, and how quickly he always acted to sway his friend from doing anything he would probably not live to regret.
The song ended, and their dancing ceased, but still they looked. Yusuke was just about to turn away, to give it up for the final time, when Kurama sensed it and kissed him. For a second nothing more than shock held Yusuke in place, but after that flash had passed, and he knew what was happening, he was anchored by something he couldn't place. He had been able to trust Kurama from the start, and had never forgotten him once throughout the years of their friendship; every day, he'd wondered what the old fox had been up to, and every day he'd intrinsically hoped that Kurama had forgotten him. Only to return home to find that quite the opposite was true.
The kiss lasted much longer than any he'd shared with Keiko, even the one that he'd received upon returning home, and it was bittersweet to the taste. They pulled apart reluctantly because of lack of air; otherwise, they may never have. Yusuke couldn't get enough of it; he had been breathing haphazardly through his nose, but now took in great gulps through the mouth, stepping back from the dancing pose they'd frozen in.
"I'll go," Kurama said, believing that he had made a grave mistake. For a moment Yusuke let him think that, but when he got to the door, Yusuke realized that he had been waiting for something like this. Ever since coming home, he'd been noticing behavior and just waiting to find some strange surprise for him. And, not only had he been waiting; he had been excited to find it. There was something fundamentally wrong about letting Kurama go now, when the moment hadn't seemed finished yet.
"Don't go," he said, his tone one of dejection and shame. Kurama stood still, his back to Yusuke, one hand on the door knob. He had his own moment of indecision, and needed Yusuke to make him stay. Yusuke did so by coming to him, one hand comfortingly lying on his shoulder.
"Don't go," he repeated, and Kurama only left the next morning to get home to Shiori.
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend.
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind.
There's no comfort in the truth;
Pain is all you'll find.
Keiko did not witness Kurama's departure from Yusuke's house herself. When the sun had risen on the new day and Kurama had left without waking his lover, Keiko had been asleep, dreaming of something insubstantial and unimportant. She found out from Kuwabara who had no idea the trouble he was causing by telling Hiei about what he'd seen that morning.
"Kurama came out of Yusuke's house early. I wonder why he was there. Maybe he had to stay over for some reason?"
Kuwabara did not piece together the implications, being about as perceptive as his own shoe. Hiei, of course, had not been around recently, what with his shifts on Mukuro's border watching being so frequent, but even he had been able to understand what had probably occurred only a few days before Yusuke's marriage to Keiko.
And Keiko herself knew well enough. Despite her own preoccupation with the wedding and the planning, Yusuke's odd behavior had been enough to send her into alert mode. Couple that with Kurama's odd behavior, the dance lessons, Yusuke's way of discussing his old friend when there was no reason to, and the sight of Kurama fleeing Yusuke's home far too early for proper visits, and she could easily see what had occurred. For once, she didn't need solid evidence, or a confession. This was something that she just knew, and she wasn't going to break it off with Yusuke, either. She knew that he needed his friend, and she knew that she loved him. She wouldn't ruin their relationship over a tryst with someone that Yusuke had always valued. Hell, she valued Kurama too. Or, at least, she had.
She wasn't going to ruin them, but she wished with every fiber that she'd never heard Kuwabara's tale. She would have taken it back for every hair on her head, or every tooth in her mouth. Things would have been so much easier for them all if she'd never known, and in her own, cruel heart, which seldom listened to her mind, she would blame Kuwabara for it for years. Forever, maybe, though she never externally showed it. And she would hold a grudge against Kurama, too, though he would hardly pick up on this when her cold manner betrayed it. But most of all, she blamed herself. For not seeing in Yusuke what she had known was there all along.
I'm never gonna dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm.
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you.
Yusuke remembered his night with Kurama as they danced, and was shamed for it. She could always read him like a book, and of course she knew what he was thinking of. He wondered what she would be like in bed tonight, on their honeymoon, and sickly compared what lay ahead to what lay behind him, in his bedroom, with an old friend. What was worse; he didn't know that he would take it back if he could. True, he loved Keiko, and he knew that she loved him. But where was the fire? She made him feel so inadequate, and so incomplete. It wasn't at all how he had dreamed it, all those nights in the Makai when he had been away from her.
And it wasn't as it was with Kurama. Kurama, who actually needed him, to care for him and watch out for him. Kurama, who fit him like a glove, who could read him but who didn't take advantage of that power. Who trusted him as he trusted no other. It was so different, and, in ways, much better.
What was he saying? Kurama was moving on; he had gotten married to Keiko, and he was going to stay that way. He owed it to her to give her that commitment. It would not be fair to leave her for Kurama, when he had asked her to marry him in the first place, or when he had promised her so much for so little. All the same, as he promised Keiko that he would not touch Kurama again, he felt as though some part of him was being cast off, to die slowly in the dark without being nurtured or fed. Some part that he could have grown into something worthwhile, but now he would never get to have that chance.
He no longer wanted to be here, or be himself. He would have preferred being dead again over this, and in a way that only made it worse. He should have truly apologized to her, and to Kurama, for being so unable to make things right to either of them. But he would have a lifetime to make it up to Keiko, and only so long before Kurama would move on; he'd probably become a world-famous botanist and have a pretty little wife and settle down somewhere in the country. He'd forget about Yusuke for most of the time, and he wouldn't wonder what might have been. But Yusuke would, every second of every day, when he was holding Keiko in his arms to when he was making love to her; he would wonder. He could probably deal with having to ask himself what he'd missed out on, but he could not stand to be away from Kurama for any longer. Those years had passed so slowly, and the fox had become a part of who he was. Please, don't ask me to lose you. Please, don't ask me to lose me.
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd.
Maybe it's just better this way
We've hurt each other with the things we wanna say.
We could have been so good together;
We could have lived this dance forever.
Now who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay.
He would never be a pro at dancing; he had proved that quite spectacularly. Of course, Keiko wouldn't need him to dance with her in public again, and she never did ask him in the privacy of their own home. She didn't know about Yusuke's vow that their only dance would be their last, but if she had known, she would have guessed why. She would have guessed that his memories of the times he'd been dancing as though it was actually something he cared about, he'd been in the arms of a lifelong teammate and friend, and she wouldn't have taken that from him, even if he deserved it. His vow was silent and without true words to bring it to life, but he understood it well enough. Those memories of holding someone he'd never get to again were special, and he would never let them be replaced, even though he knew that time would eventually fade them away.
I'm never gonna dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm.
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you.


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40 mans:
40 mans:
epic, yes
Challenging, yes
a supreme pain in the ass, you better believe it
I never knew what it was like back in the day, but from what I hear, most of the dungeons didnt need 40 people, only 30 as ~10 of them were more or less AFK.
And has anyone tried to coordinate a city raid lately? Its nearly impossible to get them all going in the same direction.
Finally there is the point of what would happen to raiding if only the large guilds could raid on small servers? Many guilds would fall apart, and you would end up having 3-4 super guilds, at least on my server.


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- Mike Colera
- Cibolo, TX
- United States
This conversation is closed.
Why is there so much vitriol expressed by TED contributors in conversations on contentious subjects?
I have been a contributor to many conversations. I am opinionated,and I freely express those opinions. I even try to add some facts to support my opinions. Or, at least some logical rational.
Why are so many comments laced with words and phrases like "Stupid, Idiot, unschooled, bible thumping redneck, and many I won't repeat here. Some rise to the level of threat to do bodily harm and death wishes. I know there are subjects that raise passion. I know that in a rage, words are typed. OK! However, there is a delete key and an opportunity to read your words before you hit submit. Been there, done that.
Still, these words and phrases continue to show up. I don't know why.
It's rude, uncivilized and worse, name calling has never strengthen an argument.
Can anyone explain why this happens and why it should be accepted?
PS. I know there is a process where we can ask the TED system to review and delete improper comments, I haven't done that because no one else seems disturbed. Am I wrong to question such comments?
Closing Statement from Mike Colera
I came to a conclusion yesterday as I thought about all that had transpired in this conversation. I expressed my appreciation to all the participants. As I give it more thought, many comments were similar to my conclusions that vile name calling was an uncalled for comment. A few suggested that when ... you play with fiery topics, you get burned. I understand great passion and excitement but I was not comfortable with those comments.
Thanks to all participants again.
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Jun 8 2013: I think also, that we can not ignore the fact that for some individuals it takes real courage to voice their opinions.
So, they arm themselves with bravery, and say what they need to say:
Jun 10 2013: Absolutely agree.
I personally like the lighthearted approach to topics.
There is alot we just don't know. And even if someone is speaking truth to us, we might just perceive it in a different way all together.....even getting upset for no reason at all.
I once said something in a comment to express my disagreement with another individual, and they thanked me for backing them up. They really had no idea that my comment meant the total opposite. Sometimes we see what we want to see.
Jun 10 2013: Yes, That is the way I see you when you write Mary. Your avatar kinda makes me think of you as a little flower blowing in the breeze. I think of a little girls with a billowy hat and frilly dress. A doll in one hand and the other holding onto her hat in the wind. Looking so innocent as she walks through the park, wondering at the world.
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Jun 12 2013: I was thinking the other day that there are three TEDsters who contribute here regularly, each with a monkey on their avatar.
It would be funny if they each represented one of the three wise monkeys from the toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
"See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil"
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Jun 10 2013: Mirroring is a very good technique.
I have used it oftentimes, but never online.
I am always amazed at how often people fail to recognize their own behavior......me included!!!
Awareness of self is such an interesting topic of conversation.
I am constantly thinking about my thinking, and self-examining my perceptions.
I marvel sometimes at how much more I learn when I quietly observe, and keep my thoughts to myself.
Chris, psychology.....what makes humans tick....really fascinates me.
I guess that is why I read alot of biographies, and love learning about various cultures and the people inside those cultures.
Jun 10 2013: "they tend to label this behavior as mine, yet fail to recognize it as their own." I've heard you use that phrase before. It makes sense. I've found this to be true also.
If you take someone Else's thoughts and reach a different conclusion, they think your incorrect and begin the attack because the same logic leads to a conclusion different from the one they are trying to force you to embrace. Some people think logic is their own, God given realm, They can get really peeved at you.
Logic is nothing more that a tool, like a math function. You put stuff in, something comes out the others side according to the function. You can alter it by changing the variables, etc.
I have found that the human mind is not so robotic in its ability to think and decipher the Universe around themselves. We can reach conclusions that are based on insightful reckoning, something that artists do all the time. They let the imagination roam freely. Einstein used this type of reasoning when he hitched a ride of a light beam.
Jun 11 2013: Your third paragraph on logic reminded me of something I contributed to the conversation on "why are we afraid to make mistakes".
Here it is:
From the book I am reading "Being Wrong" (K Schulz) page 121-122:
"....a fundamental lesson of inductive reasoning...our mistakes are part and parcel of our brilliance, not the regrettable consequences of a separate and deplorable process......Believing something on the basis of messy, sparse, limited information really is how we err. But it is also how we think. What makes us right is what makes us wrong."
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Prince premiered a new hairstyle when he sat down with the women of "The View" Monday, Sept. 17.
The 54-year-old Minneapolis native made the rare TV appearance to promote his upcoming three-night stand at the United Center in Chicago that kicks off Monday, Sept. 24.
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TORONTO -- Andrea Bargnani's first game at the Air Canada Centre as a visitor wasn't one he will particularly care to remember, but it could have been a lot worse.
DeMar DeRozan scored twenty points on Friday as the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks 100-91 in pre-season action.
Bargnani scored 10 points in 22 minutes of play and received a tepid reception from the Toronto crowd. A particularly disgruntled fan yelled out, "You suck, Bargnani," in between the American and Canadian anthems, but the 27-year-old didn't seem to take the boos to heart.
"The fans have the right to do whatever they feel they want to do," Bargnani said after the game. "We had some good years, we had some bad years. a The only thing I have to say about the fans in Toronto is that I was lucky to play here for seven years."
The booing from the half-filled arena wasn't as bad as expected.
"It was actually not that bad," Amir Johnson said. "I heard some cheers, I heard a little bit of boos awe always had great battles in practice just going back and forth. He looked pretty good out there. I just wish the best for him."
The seven-foot, 256-pound Bargnani was drafted first overall by Toronto in 2006, and went on to average 15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game over seven seasons with the team.
The Raptors tried to push Bargnani as the face of the franchise during his seven-year tenure with the organization, but fans failed to embrace him as the team had hoped.
Shortly after DeRozan was drafted ninth overall in 2009, the shift to market DeRozan as the new face of the future began. Four years later, with Rudy Gay at DeRozan's side, the two hope to be the one-two punch needed to help the Raptors end a five-year playoff drought.
"He's been here a long time," DeRozan said of his former teammate. "Way before I was here. Sometimes you just need a new home. A new place to start over and regroup and figure out a new identity."
Through three pre-season games, DeRozan is turning heads. The fifth-year swingman continued his strong showing with a 15-point first half, on 7-for-15 shooting from the field and 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
Toronto's coaching staff has stressed attacking the basket to DeRozan.
"I was eighth or whatever it was in free throws in the league (last season)," he said. "My goal is to try to get into the top five of free throws and that comes with being aggressive."
Carmelo Anthony led New York with a game-high 24 points and added eight rebounds.
The Knicks took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter after three tight quarters of basketball. After playing his starters throughout the first half, Raptors' coach Dwane Casey elected to go with his reserves in the final frame.
Quincy Acy got into the game for his first minutes of action this season and the move paid off. Acy and fellow sophomore Terrence Ross combined to provide late-game heroics by reeling off their own 11-0 run to lead the Raptors to victory.
"Quincy Acy got our attention, the coaching staff's attention," Casey said. "We knew what he could do, he's working his behind off. There's nothing free, you get an opportunity to go in and play, you take advantage of it. When your number's called, it's an opportunity to go in there and do something and play and produce and he did that."
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- I take my pill every morning when I brush my teeth. Since I ALWAYS brush my teeth in the A.M. I never forget my pill, and to reinforce that I keep my pill pack next to the toothpaste. Also, my boyfriend always checks my pill pack each night at bedtime to make sure i took that day's pill. It's a good safety net and works like a charm. It also gets him involved and reminds us that birth control is a joint venture. :-)
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Pb Travel Initial Luggage tags - Set of 2 pbA friend of mine told me to buy these tags because it makes it so easy to find one's luggage. These tags are great!! They are pretty big ,great quality, strong, sturdy. The best part is the minute my black suitcase came off the carousel I saw it from a distance. I saw it so fast I could not believe it. Why didn't someone think of this great idea before. I am buying one for all my friends for their summer travels. Each family member can have a different color.Highly recommend these cool practical tags!May 24,2009


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HIGHTOWER - AltLd O/S - 27/Feb/14 with Tarquin, Jonno
RAF MR Winter CourseTarquin - AltLd - 27/Feb/14
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Feb/14
Led 1st Pitch, Paul had 2nd. Turf was frozen, ice in places but thin making first chimney a bit tricky. 2nd chimney was good fun and very 'mixed'. Soft snow near top and a fairly large cornice. Andy Hewison - AltLd O/S - 22/Feb/14 with Paul
Ste_b1978 - 2nd - 19/Feb/14
Climbed after approach in the sun, just before the weather broke and it started stormingHansUDes - AltLd O/S - 19/Feb/14 with Bradley Morrell
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Feb/14
efrance24234 - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/14 with Jacob, ste bradley, Beth heatherington
guy757 - 10/Feb/14
Good condition today, some snow ice, turf and rock. http://pjmountains.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/06-02-14-creagan-coire-cha-no.htmlPAJames - 06/Feb/14
Climbed with Ross. Great wee route. wheelsucker - Lead O/S - 04/Feb/14
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/Feb/14
BMC International Winter Meetedmitchell - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/14
BMC international meetabbeywall - Lead rpt - 27/Jan/14
paulmck - Lead - 27/Jan/14
Alt lead, I did the 2nd pitch.adrian williams - AltLd O/S - 23/Jan/14 with glen bloomer
Good route with the crux well protected. Lower groove/chimney thin so took a traverse left below it.Zoomer - AltLd O/S - 23/Jan/14 with adrian williams
nickcj - Lead - 18/Jan/14
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jan/14
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freudy_love - 2nd O/S - 11/Jan/14 with Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas - Lead O/S - 11/Jan/14 with Paul Freudenthal
Mr. K - Lead O/S - 11/Jan/14 with Masa Sakano
masa-alpin - 2nd rpt - 11/Jan/14 with Kyle
Hidden - 2nd - 10/Jan/14
Hidden - Lead - 10/Jan/14
started up the right hand side of the rib dividing the lower half of the gully per photodiagram on scottish winter blog - we thought both pitches grade IV this waymorsy - AltLd - 02/Jan/14 with owain
Did as one long 60m pitch, I thought hard tech 4, really nice thowupert - Lead O/S - 02/Jan/14 with Pete Walker
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Rob lead. Charline's first mixed route and she did very well - cleanly.masa-alpin - 2nd β - 29/Dec/13 with Charline H, Rob G
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robgixer - Lead O/S - 29/Dec/13
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Good fun.GaryK - Solo O/S - 25/Nov/13
abbeywall - Lead - 24/Nov/13 with K, FM
Quite an easy route except for the last 10mYourlead - 2nd - 23/Nov/13 with Paul Freeman, Graham Penny
Hidden - 06/Nov/13
The buttresses were all stripped and looked better for rock climbing but the gully still held some snow and provided some good fun. I led P1, Dave did P2, turf was well frozen, blue sky, good climbing, good company, top day out really.Sutty22 - AltLd O/S - 22/Feb/13 with Dave Gleave
guy757 - 15/Feb/13
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Feb/13
carl_123 - 2nd O/S - 03/Feb/13
James S - Lead O/S - 26/Jan/13 with stu
nice little climb, maybe worth 1 star, for the line and the climbing. http://pjmountains.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/26-01-13-creagan-coire-cha-no.htmlPAJames - 26/Jan/13
First IV for Sandra!Marq - Lead O/S - 26/Jan/13 with Sandra
Hidden - 2nd - 23/Jan/13
Seconded final (crux) pitch after ab inpwb1981 - 23/Jan/13
andybrown114 - Lead - 13/Jan/13 with Ade Mellor
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Technology moves forward every day. The gaming industry has seen huge changes in terms of innovation. Apps on consoles, live TV, controllers with touch screens and the exclusion of controllers all together. Now, the future is coming. OUYA is coming.
OUYA is a Android powered, hackable home console. The developers behind OUYA have created a console not to compete with the big wig systems, but to give the independent game makers a chance to reach the masses. Games on the OUYA will be free to play. For gamers, this means most games will have demos or free games with unlockable content at a price. As for developers, this will give them the ability to set there own prices. OUYA will be fully hackable from day one. Techs devs can utilize the USB and Bluetooth to create their own peripheral. OUYA will sport the Tegra3 core processor, 1 GB RAM, and 8GB of internal flash storage. All OUYA's will use wireless controllers with two analog stick, dpad, 8 button layout, a system button and a touchpad. Not bad for a console with a price tag of $99?
While there is no set release data for the OUYA, it's expected for March 2013. Kickstarter is behind the funding for the project, where people can donate to the project. Pledge 10 bucks, you'll secure your own username early. Pledge $99 or more and you'll get one of the OUYA before it hits the market. Originally, the developers were asking for $950,000 as a goal, of which they had $25,000 this morning. As of now… the project has already raised nearly $2 million dollars in 24 hours. The buzz around this system is swarming with games dev from all over itching to produce games for the OUYA. Be sure to check out their home site for more information and even donate if your up to it. Stay tuned for more news. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console


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Melbourne researchers have revealed the critical importance of highly specialised immune cells, called natural killer cells, in killing melanoma cells that have spread to the lungs. The team, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, also found natural killer cells were critical to the body's rejection of donor bone marrow transplants and in the runaway immune response during toxic shock syndrome.
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A Franklin County, Ohio jury has awarded $1.8 million to the family of a 30-year-old man who died after surgery in 2010. According to the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, the jurors found that Dr. Adam M. Zochowski of Columbus and his medical group, Central Ohio Surgical Associates Inc., were negligent in assessing the man, Carl Whitmer, and clearing him for surgery.
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A recent study of an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique, called femoral nerve block, shows that it leads to less opioid use and allows the majority of patients to go home within hours of surgery. "Our goal with this technique is to reduce pain, which improves patient outcomes and patient satisfaction," said Tarun Bhalla, MD, director of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
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The impact of major cardiovascular risk factors combined is greater in women than men and in blacks than whites. While the gender gap may be narrowing, differences by race may be increasing. Researchers studied population attributable risk changes for the five major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors — high cholesterol, smoking, high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.
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Earlier this year I was invited by my good friend Sven Brunso to join him and serve as a second ski model on a 2-week tour of the Alps. The trip was organized by George Koch, as well-known writer in the ski industry and beyond. George will be writing articles from this trip for Ski Canada and Backcountry Magazine. The photographer for the trip was Henry Georgi, another extremely well-known ski and action sports photographer. I was definitely the newbie on the trip, and really thankful to be there with this great group of guys.
This is the first photo taken of me while on the trip. The location is Haslital, a smaller ski area in Switzerland. Small is really a relative term in the Alps though, as even "small" ski areas often have 4-5 thousand vertical.
Above is a shot from Zinal, another "small" area in Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland. The good folks at FlyLow Gear were kind enough to provide me with some of their stellar gear for the trip. I've been rocking FlyLow's Magnum pants for a while now, and I was super stoked on the new purple Chemical pants. If you haven't checked out their gear you definitely should. Thanks, FlyLow!
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- GMO pig development gets $500,000 from USDA
- Enviropig - mouse and e coli genes injected into a Yorkshire pig embryo
- Rendering... the grotesque and disrespectful way we continue to exploit animals, objectify them and commodify them even in death
- You and your cat and Mad Cow Disease
- the Monsanto Monster>
- organic ~ the green revolution
- palm oil
- hurt an animal, hurt a child!>
- Mexico's historic Oil Reform could plunge the country in even more poverty and misery, and protected natural areas would lose that status
- articles of interest>
- The Benefits of Being Kind
- Europe watches as a nation's psychological health erodes on a hitherto unimaginable scale
- do you want to become extinct?>
- fashion
- alpaca
- angora
- cashmere
- down
- fur ~ general>
- fur ~ fur farms
- fur ~ fur traders & manufacturers
- fur ~ Karakul lambs don't live older than three days
- fur ~ fur is NOT green
- fur ~ fur free
- ban fur farms in the European Union
- ban fur farms in Sweden
- Kopenhagen Fur partnerships with Tivoli - Boycott them both!
- black bears – the source of fur for Britain's Royal Guards' caps
- seal hunt in Canada
- seal slaughter in Namibia>
- leather ~ general>
- shahtoosh
- shearling
- silk
- vicuña
- wool
- food
- ALL about meat (including petition)
- animal kill counter>
- from farm to fridge>
- factory farms - definition
- factory farming
- livestock auctions
- transportation>
- Australia ~ shocking new evidence of live export breaches>
- John Dalli denies his commitments regarding animal transports made publicly on June 7, 2012 after one week!
- Truck with 31 bulls stranded at the Bulgaria/Turkey border
- EU: report on animal transport successfully adopted in plenary
- Jill Phipps - tribute to a heroine
- Killing for a living
- slaughter
- Ritual slaughter for halal and kosher meat - all you need to know>
- Ban religious slaughter throughout Europe>
- The last moments of their life ~ an investigation by Elige Veganismo
- Rendering... the grotesque and disrespectful way we continue to exploit animals, objectify them and commodify them even in death
- You and your cat and Mad Cow Disease
- bushmeat
- cattle and cows>
- dog meat>
- Dog meat trade in Bali
- dog meat trade in China
- Thousands of dogs massacred for instant noodles in Jilin Province, China
- Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China
- the truth about 'pressed dog' actually known as 'waxed meat' in Mandarin
- dog meat consumption in Nigeria
- dog meat trade in South Korea
- Dog meat trafficking
- elephant meat
- fish>
- goat milk
- horse >
- Kopi luwak or civet coffee
- lambs & sheep >
- live sushi
- pigs>
- pig business>
- Canada: Pig abuse exposed at pork supplier to major Canadian grocery stores
- Canada - about 1,300 weanlings were shot dead at Manitoba hog farm
- Thousands of dead pigs found in Shanghai river, China
- Shocking brutality at East Anglian Pig Co. revealed by Animal Equality
- Pigs brutally stabbed with swords on Spanish pig farm to supply leading UK Supermarket Morrisons
- Shocking cruelty inside Harling Farm (AJ Edwards & son) UK>
- Sickening scenes at Freedom Food Pig Farm
- Walmart's pork supplier exposed
- pig business>
- poultry>
- reindeer
- green turtles are considered a delicacy in Bali and are being smuggled and slaughtered under the disguise of ritual and religious purposes
- Killing for a living
- animals should be off the menu!
- The Emotional World of Farm Animals ~ a documentary
- articles of interest>
- Will the amendment to the Farm Bill introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) nullify laws against animal cruelty?
- Ag Gag Bill dead in Florida
- Five states now have 'Ag-Gag' laws on the books
- California's slaughterhouse law overturned by Supreme Court
- Farmers on red alert over outbreaks of new livestock disease
- more about food...>
- animal cloning for food production in the EU
- bugs as food?
- grow your own food
- mad cow disease has hit the U.S. (April 25, 2012)
- meat is murder? more like suicide!
- going vegetarian has never been easier
- why meat is addictive?
- why are you addicted to cheese?
- Swedish agricultural authorities are recommending a tax to reduce meat consumption and say such a levy should be adopted across the European Union
- U.S. vegan population doubles in only two years
- 'Italian & Vegan' ~ vegan alternatives to Italian food
- fun
- greed
- Earth's lung ~ deforestation and the construction of the Belo Monte dam are destroying the Amazon
- 'Art' ~ animals killed/used in the name of 'art'>
- bear baiting>
- bear bile farming *
- breeding *>
- corruption>
- Prihvatilište KS Prača, commonly known as 'Praca', is a dog concentration camp in Sarajevo (B&H)
- Sofia ~ Corruption and shady practices hinder the management of stray animals population
- India ~ cow slaughter and the illegal cattle mafia
- Italy ~ the Mafia involved in shelter activities
- Romania - what you should know before visiting
- The Romanian 'extermination enterprise'
- Romania - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
- Romania ~ organized crime & stray dog business>
- the mayor of Botosani wants to send the city's stray dogs to Constanta, on a dubious 'pilot project'
- Romania ~ a country cries out for revenge after the tragic death of a four-year-old boy who had been attacked by dogs
- Oradea-dog-shelter, once Romania's privately funded pilot project par excellence, has become a living hell for the animals since the municipality has taken it over
- Timisoara - the municipality pays huge sums of taxpayer's money to Danyflor to care for the stray dogs, but they receive not even a drop of water in their shelter. So where does the money go?
- cock fighting *
- dog fighting>
- horse fighting *
- horse races in Italy
- Italian Mafia making millions from brutal horse races
- ivory trade>
- rhinoceros (Rhino) horn
- Romania's homeless animals... no-one ever wanted them. Except PROTAN!
- Romania ~ Roșia Montană, Europe's largest gold mine: a lot of gold, a lot of money and a lot of cyanide
- China reopens trade in tiger and leopard skins (2011)
- wildlife trafficking
- wombat Forest and its waters under threat of gold mining contamination
- labour
- research
- animal experimentation ~ hidden crimes>
- animal experimentation & vivisection>
- inside laboratories >
- AstraZeneca: please set the Beagles free!
- Donetsk Medical University, Ukraine ~ appalling living conditions and barbaric experiments conducted on dogs and other animals
- Europe's biggest vivarium in Azambuja, Portugal
- Green Hill, Montichiari, Italy
- Mansoura University ~ merciless killing of donkeys as a mean of education
- Animal testing and monkey business at Monash University, Australia
- Monkeys killed for being of the 'wrong size'
- University of Texas
- University of Wisconsin–Madison conducts horrific experiments on cats
- Wayne State University's Inhumane Dog Experiments: Queenie's Story
- animal cloning for food production in the EU
- animal experimentation - good science versus bad science
- 1,000 doctors (and many more) against vivisection
- animal experiments - safer medicines>
- Beagles are the dog breed most often used in animal testing, due to their size and passive nature
- Cosmetics: the final ban will come into force in March 2013 and no cosmetic products or ingredients will be allowed to be sold in the EU if tested on animals
- India, Government bans use of live animals for education and research
- Iran plans to send monkey into space
- Italy ~ 86% of Italians want to abolish vivisection >
- List of animal derived ingredients and additives
- Make vivisection history!
- NIH Decision signals the beginning of the end for medical research on chimps
- REACH ~ we have until 2018 to save up to 54 million animals from being poisoned and killed
- UK - Government opens laboratory gates to lost pets, protects secrecy, poisoning and electrocution
- Western beauty giants selling their brands to China's fast-growing middle classes are threatening to reverse years of progress in reducing animal testing
- sport
- society
- animal abuse>
- animal abusers - named & shamed!>
- Staff of the Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine Cairo University (FOVMCU) threw dogs off the third floor after experimenting on them
- Alabama, "Purple Hearted Puppies" charged in an extreme case of animal neglect and abuse
- Brazil, Camilla Corrêa Alves de Moura Araújo - a practicing nurse killed a little Yorkshire in front of her child
- Bulgaria ~ Lynch mob enters private property and beats defenseless crippled doggy while TV-reporters film the scene and the police does nothing
- Bulgaria, Raycho Ivanov, from Topolovo, tied his dog to the drawbar of his car and dragged him for many kilometers ~ 'Making The Link' initiator, Malcolm Plant, writes to the prosecutors
- Cyprus - stray puppy thrown into cardboard crushing machine on the orders of the manager of 'Anastasia Beach Hotel' in Protaras
- Derek Fierro, a CPS teacher charged with beating his dog to death
- Greece, priest shot dog for trespassing the convent yard in Patra
- Greece, a so-called shepherd systematically neglected his dog, brutally beat it and gouged out its eyes
- Greece, Salamina ~ a man shot in cold blood a stray for trespassing his garden
- Greece, a man of Albanian nationality tried to kill three dogs with a sledgehammer
- Animals being mistreated at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico
- UK, Robert Payne, ex-councillor for Keighley West, killed four kittens in barbaric attack
- three Vietnamese soldiers tortured and skinning alive before eviscerating and barbecuing two rare monkeys
- Bulgaria - Mrs Zinaida Zlatanova, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, confirmed that the penalties for cruelties for animals will NOT be lessened
- cruelty to animals and connections (incl. petition to the EU)
- animal abuse - how to report
- never be silent!
- animal abusers - named & shamed!>
- animal crush videos
- bestiality zoophilia >
- baby bear torn away from her mother to be used as tourist attraction in Ukraine
- Egypt ~ when migrating birds collide with wind turbines
- British Government euthanizes 800 war dogs!
- Camel cull in Australia
- capitivity>
- Chernobyl - life in the dead zone
- China ~ live animal key-rings for sale on street markets
- companion animals ~ pets>
- black cat superstitions & black dog syndrome
- companion animal overpopulation
- So you're thinking about giving up your pet? You might want to reconsider!
- gas chambers>
- Helping Animals in Gaza
- portraits taken on the very day in which the animal depicted is about to be put down or mercifully killed
- Puppy mills (puppy farms) - prisoners for profit
- the economic benefits of no kill animal control
- a NO KILL NATION for just one day!
- We want justice for Buddy
- dogs ~ man's best friends>
- the sad of case of Lennox, the dog>
- July 11 ~ International Lennox Day
- Lennox ''humanely put to sleep' , Belfast City Council confirmed on July 11, 2012
- World declares war on Belfast!
- One last push of urgent e-mails needed for a Lennox miracle
- First Minister Peter Robinson has made a last-minute intervention to try and save the life of Lennox
- China, a new policy proclaimed in Harbin Province prohibits large dogs
- Denmark - 13 dog breeds are now banned, 12 more are lined up!
- The Riot Dog
- lost dogs
- the sad of case of Lennox, the dog>
- stray dogs - the anonymous>
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: on 3rd of October, 2013 the parliament will vote on whether to implement the "Romanian model" or not - if they, too, will kill all homeless dogs 2 weeks after capture
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: if the law from 2009 gets suspended, the killing of stray animals would resume!>
- Bulgaria, the stray dogs of Sofia are in eminent danger!>
- Egypt has organized intensive campaigns against stray animals. The animals are being poisoned with strychnine and/or shot dead with rifles
- EU, when do you think it is time to act?
- Humane dog population management guidance
- India ~ Send stray dogs to China, Mizoram or Nagaland, for "whatever they do to them"
- Italy ~ the Mafia involved in shelter activities
- The history of Romania's homeless dogs
- Romania - Laws regarding the management of stray dogs
- The Romanian 'extermination enterprise'
- The Eleventh Commandment of Romania: 'Thou Shalt Not Love!'
- The life of an animal rescuer>
- A Thousand Tears fall for Luana... a Life taken too soon!
- Romania tourism
- I am a citizen of Romania - Sunt un cetatean al Romaniei
- Romania - on the greatest animal genocide in European history, government initiated anarchy, violations of human rights and children rights
- Romania ~ a country cries out for revenge after the tragic death of a four-year-old boy who had been attacked by dogs
- Romania - Daciana Sarbu: 'A Head with Two Faces' - One face smiling at the death-bringers, the other face smiling at the protectors!
- MEP Daciana Sarbu, aka Daciana Ponta, makes an impressive election "pledge" to help animals
- on the press conference given on 12th of February, 2014 by MEP Andrea Zanoni and MEP Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI regarding their visits in Romania and the mistreatment of Romanian dogs
- Our observations to IREC's 'Right to Reply' from 7th of March, 2014 concerning the article called 'Neglect of Stray Dogs - MEPs Deliver Damning Indictment of Romania's Mismanagement' published by Dr Rita Pal on Huffington Post
- Romania - ASPA raided a private shelter and the adjucent clinic of Vier Pfoten in Bucharest on 21st of March, 2014
- Romania - ASPA's illegal 'blacklist'
- Exposing ASPA - From Animal Protection to Animal Extermination
- Romania - FPAM takes legal actions against the Romanian government and ANVSA
- Romania – the nazification of social relations
- Romania – Our tacit approval of the evil will make us the evil's accomplices
- The invisible rape of Romania and psychology of violence
- The Romanian Extermination Enterprise
- The Romanian Extermination Enterprise - Who is going to pay the price?
- The Romanian Extermination Enterprise - Fueled by EU-taxpayers' money?
- Romania - PROTAN and where the Romanian stray dogs "go"
- Romania ~ organized crime & stray dog business
- Romania's public shelters - Come in, and die!
- the mayor of Botosani wants to send the city's stray dogs to Constanta, on a dubious 'pilot project'
- Romania - Craoiva lets the dogs to starve to death in the municipal shelter and wants to become a 'European Capital of Culture' .
- Romania - what really happened in Craiova during the night from 3rd to 4th of February, 2014.
- Romania - 'Dog Town' near Bucharest is the biggest animal shelter of its kind in Romania
- Oradea-dog-shelter, once Romania's privately funded pilot project par excellence, has become a living hell for the animals since the municipality has taken it over
- Timisoara - the municipality pays huge sums of taxpayer's money to Danyflor to care for the stray dogs, but they receive not even a drop of water in their shelter. So where does the money go?
- the mayor of Valcea considers killing all stray dogs after 7 days if not adopted
- Romania - the mayor of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Gheorghe Constantin, will apply the 'Slaughter Law' and kill all 577 dogs that are currently in the public shelter because he rather prefers spending the money that is needed for their 'maintenance' on the eld
- The Romanian 'extermination enterprise'
- OFA's selection of FNPA-newsletters written by Dr Carmen Arsene
- Russia's homeless animals
- Serbia - dogs eating each other at the horror-shelter in Leskovac is 'normal' says official
- Turkey intends to kill all stray animals!
- For a rabies-free future
- Trap-Neuter-Release
- Stray cats are starving to death in Belarus basements that authorities have sealed to control rats
- deforestation and the construction of the Belo Monte dam is killing the Amazon
- Over 1,000 dolphins killed by villagers of a remote Solomon island in conservation dispute
- electrocution of wild animals *
- electronic waste ~ the truth
- European tourist countries ~ the ugly truth
- event preparations>
- extinction >
- famous animals *
- fireworks and animals
- Fukushima ~ animals left behind>
- Kerala - tourist information
- Killer whales trapped by ice near Inukjuak, in northern Quebec
- loss of habitat *
- military training exercises
- over-population control *
- politics>
- pollution>
- Puppy farms (campaign)>
- religion>
- Romania - The Shameful Chronology of Abandonment
- U.S. Congressmen compare undercover investigators to arsonists and terrorists
- zoophilia - bestiality>
- animal abuse>
- tradition
- animal sacrifice >
- Aid al-kabir or Eid al-Adha
- Eid animal slaughter funds Pakistan terror groups
- Dashain festival, Nepal
- Gadhimai festival in Nepal
- Animal sacrifice at Halavatha Munneswaram Kovil, Sri Lanka
- Animal sacrifice in India
- India ~ Owl sacrifice during Diwali, the Festival of Lights
- traditional funeral ceremony and sacrifice, island of Sumba, Indonesia
- Kapparot
- the goats of Khokana
- During the Lomisoba celebration in Georgia, hundreds of sheep, calves and chickens are sacrificed
- Malaysia - ritual slaughter of cattle during Hari Raya Aidiladha in schools
- The brutal festival at Nem Thuong village, Vietnam
- Ukweshwana, the festival of fresh fruits
- bullfighting - corridas>
- Spanish fiestas>
- Dog spinning or "trichane" is a ritual celebrated in Brodilovo, a village in Bulgaria
- Horse races in Italy
- Salburun, which means "Hunter's Zest" in Kyrgyz language, has been held annually since 1997
- Thanksgiving, Christmas & Easter>
- Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM>
- animal sacrifice >
Corporate Ecocide
It's much more than Monsanto
By Mickey Z. - 20 August, 2012 - World News Trust
"The earth is not dying. It is being killed, and the people killing it have names and addresses." - Utah Phillips
The other night, I started watching the occu-doc, American Autumn, on line. It seemed like a must-see, but I stopped the stream after about the 10th time the film highlighted the conflict between human need and corporate greed.
The other night, I started watching the occu-doc, American Autumn, on line. It seemed like a must-see, but I stopped the stream after about the 10th time the film highlighted the conflict between human need and corporate greed.
Without even inquiring as to where indigenous humans fit into this narrow equation, I will state what should be obvious: A myopic focus on "human need" by folks all across the political spectrum is exactly what's brought us to the brink of ecocide.
A recent example of this is the Chick-fil-A controversy in which the vast majority of activists focused solely on marriage equality without even mentioning how the global animal food (sic) industry is threatening all life on earth regardless of sexual orientation (for more on this issue, my recent article here).
Mic Check: If you wanna set up a more visionary dichotomy than human need/corporate greed, try this on for size: Ecosystem before economics.
Occupy Wall Street has changed the global conversation, but it's just a start, e.g.:
- Eighty percent of the world's forests are already gone and rising taxes on the rich won't bring back a single tree.
- Ninety percent of the large fish are already gone and even if we establish single-payer health care, it won't revitalize the oceans.
- Roughly 150 to 200 animal and plant species go extinct every single day. Student loan forgiveness or re-vamping the Federal Reserve won't reverse this trend.
- Every year, billions of animals are murdered for "food" and this global industry is the number one source of human-created greenhouse gases. Instituting campaign finance reform and term limits won't slow this lethal damage.
We need holistic justice not single-issue activism, which brings me to Monsanto...
#Occupy the Big Picture
Whether scrawled on cardboard or screamed loudly, this two-word callout is a given at all Occupy events: FUCK MONSANTO.
Assuming the sign-makers and chant-starters know the details behind Monsanto's evil empire, it's an understandable mantra. From Agent Orange to Roundup Ready crops to rBGH to a frightening range of genetically modified nightmares, Monsanto has earned its place as a high-profile corporate crime poster child.
However, too much focus on one company is like too much focus on one party (read: Republicans): It lets all the other criminals to slip out of the spotlight.
Something else that lets criminals off the hook: Standard American diet.
Lifestyle choices that connect the diabolical dots: veganism, animal liberation.
Being a vegan/animal rights (AR) activist is much more than tofu recipes. It's even more than barbarism like veal crates, vivisection, battery cages, slaughterhouses, whaling ships, dogfight rings, fur farms, zoos, circuses, and rodeos.
Vegan/AR issues also relate to ever-expanding global crises like climate change, deforestation, overfishing, desertification, species extinction, health care, habitat loss, corporate welfare, workplace justice, immigration, and so much more.
In other words, Monsanto is far from the only corporation killing the planet via the food (sic) industry. Some more villains for your next sign-making party:
Tyson Foods, which became the world's largest poultry and red meat provider after buying Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (IBP) in 2001. Tyson controls 27 percent of all meat and poultry sales in the United States. One out of every four pounds of chicken, beef, and pork consumed in the United States is a Tyson product.
Fuck Tyson Foods...
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer. Smithfield is the largest pig farming operation in the United States and a major producer abroad. Smithfield controls 26 percent of the U.S. pork market, raising 14 million pigs at its facilities and killing 27 million of the 60 million that went to slaughter in 2006.
Fuck Smithfield Foods...
Cargill, the second largest meat processing company in the United States, after Tyson Foods. It is the second largest supplier of animal feed in the world.
Fuck Cargill...
Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the United States. In 2009, Cal-Maine sold approximately 778 million dozen shell eggs, representing approximately 18 percent of domestic shell egg consumption. The company's approximately 27 million laying hens and 6 million pullets and breeders is the largest concentration of chickens in the United States.
Fuck Cal-Maine Foods...
Nestle, the world's leading producer of dairy products.
Fuck Nestle...
Dean Foods, the leading producer of fluid milk and dairy products in the United States and the second largest dairy company in the world next to Nestle.
Fuck Dean Foods...
McDonalds, the largest purchaser of beef and second largest purchaser of poultry in the United States.
Fuck McDonalds...
KFC, the largest purchaser of poultry in the United States.
Fuck KFC...
Every bite we take impacts the planet but too many on the Left refuse to acknowledge this crucial reality. For example, there's Z Net's Michael Albert who unabashedly declared in his memoir:
"I see no comparison in importance between seeking to eliminate the roots and branches of sexism, and seeking to eliminate the roots and branches of violence against animals. I see no comparison in importance between how chickens are treated and how women or any humans are treated. In fact, for me the animal rights agenda resonates barely at all, and the anti-sexism agenda is part of my life."
Such shortsightedness attempts to accomplish the impossible: separate humans from the natural world.
Fuck the Old Left...
#Occupy for all Species
If you've been to any of my talks, you may have noted that I open and close with this simple declaration: Peace and power to all species.
This is my personal challenge to the standard "all power to the people" greeting. Without even inquiring as to where indigenous people fit into this limited equation, I will state what should be palpable: A myopic focus on "power to the people" by radicals is part of what's brought us to the brink of ecocide.
As I've written before: It's not nearly enough to rise above the latest man-made conflicts and/or differences and proudly declare oneself a "humanist." In the name of holistic justice and planetary rebellion, we must go deeper to identify as earthlings and stand -- fists raised -- in solidarity with all of our fellow earthlings.
Before anyone tries the "what I eat is my personal choice" defense, please allow me to remind you that factory farming is the number one source of human-created greenhouse gases -- and that's just the proverbial tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Note to my fellow Titanic passengers: What you eat is cannot be a "personal choice" when it directly contributes to unspeakable animal cruelty, a human health holocaust, higher profits and more control for the 1%, and -- oh, by the way -- irreversible environmental degradation.
Comrades, every time you order a pizza to one of your rallies or get a quick bite at McDonalds (or any such death emporium) or opt to chow down on Ben & Jerry's because the owners are so "progressive," you are voting with your meager dollars for: unspeakable animal cruelty, a human health holocaust, higher profits and more control for the 1%, and -- oh, by the way -- irreversible environmental degradation.
Side note to the lesser (sic) evil crowd: Neither party gets it or wants to get it. As Obama clarified at his inauguration: "We will never apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its defense."
Fuck Obama and fuck the so-called two-party system...
#Occupy for Holistic Justice
The correlation between animal rights and Occupy movement is clear. The system being challenged by OWS is built, in a major way, on the exploitation of non-human animals and the eco-system. If the new wave of occupiers and the old guard of animal rights activists join hands, well... the 99% becomes that much more unstoppable.
It's all connected within a culture constructed on the premise of unlimited growth and it must all remain connected within a movement aiming for holistic justice.
Mic Check: Dark green environmentalism is an OWS issue. Animal liberation is an OWS issue. Veganism is an OWS issue.
If you're working to dismantle corporate power, expand freedoms, and create a safer, more sane culture, you already have plenty in common with animal rights activists. Why not take things even further and recognize that the mighty 99% also includes non-human animals -- and the entire ecosystem itself?
Let's join together so together we can spread the word that we occupy because we've reached the point of no return; we occupy because minor changes are not nearly enough; we occupy because we must stop acting like we're the last generation of humans; we occupy because we don't want our legacy to be one of inaction and shame; we occupy because we are the ones planet has been waiting for, and we occupy because we must re-imagine our relationship with the natural world.
Giant first step: Broaden our focus beyond "human needs" and "all power to the people." #GoVegan
Note to those in NYC area: I'll be leading a teach-in on all of the above (and more) at the next Occupy Town Square -- in Sunset Park on Sat., Aug. 25.
Join us...
Mickey Z. is the author of 11 books, most recently the novel Darker Shade of Green. Until the laws are changed or the power runs out, he can be found on an obscure website called Facebook
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This article has been published here with the kind permission of the author, Mickey Z. - it was originally posted at the website of COUNTERCURRENTS.ORG


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How To Mince Garlic: The Video
Home Hacks
Mincing garlic is a small yet ubiquitous kitchen task. We do this nearly every day! Here Emma shows you how she minces a clove of garlic, along with a great little tip to help keep the garlic from sticking to your knife.
A simple task, but sometimes it's helpful to watch how someone else does it! (Even if our camera work is a little shaky; we're working on it, we promise!)
Is this pretty much how you mince a clove of garlic? Or do you have other good tips or tricks for quickly cutting garlic?
More Knife Skills Videos:
• How To Dice An Onion: The Video
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(Image/video: Faith Durand)
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I just give my garlic cloves a good WHACK on the cutting board with the side of my knife, and then mince from there. Much faster!
Ok, what was the point of that? Are we training chimps in here?
Can we get a step-by-step on how to boil water next?
Soooo... you guys did ask for knife skills tutorials. I'm just going to be honest and say it's a little discouraging to get snark when we do one! We're definitely working up to more difficult jobs (just broke down a couple chickens on video, for instance), but we thought it wouldn't hurt to demonstrate something basic.
There was definitely a point in my early cooking career when I could have used a demonstration of mincing garlic!
Faith, I can't watch the video here at work, but I definitely look forward to watching it when I get home. I don't know if Emma's method of mincing garlic will be any different than my own, but I'm dying to know her tip about getting the garlic not to stick to my knife. I hate when that happens!
ok, A for effort... But the videographer needs 1/ a tripod because the camera moves much too much for a shot that has no need to move at all. 2/ to learn how to focus, there are definite moment of bluriness. Seriously, in the short time this video lasted, I got sea-sick...
I have to agree with Faith. If this is something you feel you need no help with, please feel free to move along to the next article. We all have different skill levels, let's be kind to those of us just finding our way into cooking.
I have been mincing garlic for many years, but I was very glad to see this video! Especially to see that Emma's garlic sticks to her knife just like mine does, even though she has that special-edged knife. And I love the tip -- I'm going to try it!
Thanks for the great video! We love you all at The Kitchn.
I do garlic the same way I would an onion. Slice down (but not through the root), slice horizontally, then across.
Well I found this useful, if only to find out that I was doing it right all along. I was never sure that I was, because I would call that action chopping not mincing and thought that people were doing something more cheffy!
Pretty much how I do it to but I give it good whack first like previously mentioned.It helps breakdown the piece of garlic and it let's you see if there is any green sprout starting to grow.I like to remove the green if I see it,can impart a bitter taste.
Cut off the ends first but leave the skin on. Rest the flat side of the knife on garlic and give it a good whack. Skin comes right off!
In that recent post where everyone said what they wanted to learn via the Kitchn, several people asked for how-tos on the basics. I think this is perfect for that!
I know I would have loved to see this video a year ago when I first started using fresh (vs. dried/powdered) garlic. I've got it figured out now and can mince a clove (or more) pretty quickly, but at the beginning I had to muddle through it.
I've found that the easiest way for me is to first slice the long way (instead of the short way like the video), then julienne those slices, then chop into mini cubes. Usually that's small enough, but if it's not, then I go over it repeatedly like they do in the video.
And the tip to keep it from sticking to the knife doesn't work for me. :/ I tried it when it was mentioned in the Kitchn before, and it still stuck. Oh well. It's not that big of a deal to just wipe it off with my finger.
Using the edge of the knife to scrap food back and forth is a quick way to dull a knife.
If you're using a honing tool on your chef's knife before you start cooking each meal (recommended) don't waste the effort by scraping food with the edge.
Instead, knock ingredients off your knife by running the blade along the edge of the cutting board to remove sticky ingredients and then use the spine of the blade to move ingredients on the cutting board.
Tips from cooking school!
Every time a recipe requires minced garlic, I always just bust out my garlic press instead. Easier, faster, and less garlicky hands. Is there any reason not to do this? I feel like it also gets the juices out of the garlic immediately.
I wish I could block nasty posters from this blog. If they have a different way of doing things, they can just tell us about it without slamming the poster! I'm pretty well accomplished in my kitchen and find the ideas on this blog very interesting and informative. Sometimes I may already be aware of the subject, but so many others are not. So just let us enjoy it and lay off of the bitter tones. Most of us are here to enjoy new ideas. If you already know it all...start your own site. Sorry for taking so much space up for the enjoyable bloggers. Just had to get that out.


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