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A young man, Neil, has the capacity to see the future. In a vision he sees his father dying in a flood on the old family farm. Neil also sees himself dying in the attempt to save his father. Regardless of the seemingly inescapable consequences, he journeys to the farm in hope of altering the future.
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Bored and unhappy Ted and Sandy go to the theatre to see a play, The Mirror Box. During the performance Ted sees a clown. The clown, according to the actors in The Mirror Box, is not a character in the play. Ted, after being assaulted by the clown and seeing the Devil, again questions the actors. They have no answers and Ted fears for his sanity. But when one of the actors is also assaulted by the vindictive clown everyone is caught in the surreal vortex of what is reality and what is The Mirror Box.
Runaways, Rockstar and Diamond, manage a meager existence by singing in city parks and on street corners. They've been able to temporarily escape their pasts, but, unfortunately, no one can run away from Fate.
Aka Heaven is the story of Jésus Sanchez, murdered nine years ago, returning from the dead three days before the wedding of his daughter Isabel. A U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, Buck Sherlock, investigating the "Mexican killing field murders" arrives the same day.
Chris has designed a computer program which makes projections on missing persons being the result of a serial killer. Unfortunately, Chris has gone missing and is presumed murdered. Detective Morris arrives the night Rachel, Chris's girlfriend, returns from a trip. Eventually both Morris and Rachel are implicated as killers. And Chris isn't missing, or murdered, but seeking answers.


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Servant Leadership: Putting Principle into Practice
- Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Baer also suggests examining how you view yourself compared with how you view others. He refers to John 13, where Jesus washed the disciples' feet. "How could the Son of God wash feet? He had a healthy view of Himself and others." Jesus knew who He was, where He came from and where He was going. In the freedom of that knowledge, he provided a profound example of servant leadership.
There are many ways to show servant leadership in the marketplace. Here are some ideas that Tom Lutz, founder of Vision Planners, which assists visionary Christian leaders to create solutions to advance visions across America, has found effective:
- Know the name of every person in the organization and talk to them frequently, even those who do what you might consider an insignificant task such as cleaning. "How can I help [the cleaning lady] be the best? By thanking her. If you take that role out, what happens? Understand how it fits."
- Understand what people can and can't do. Don't give them a job they will fail at.
- Listen to just complaints. Hold town hall meetings.
- Teach people the significance of the role they play, that they are performing a function valuable to the organization.
Jones, in her Four Elements of Success, includes specific action steps such as:
- Know your own mission and clearly articulate the vision so people are excited.
- Coach people, rather than being the boss. Free them by lifting obstacles out of their way.
When we begin to understand and practice servant leadership, we may be surprised how many more ideas will come our way. As we go, we can ask Jesus, who was the true embodiment of the concept, to inspire and guide us to make a difference in the marketplace and, ultimately, in people's lives. After all, that's what Jesus was all about.
Other helpful resources include:
1. Marketplace Leaders, founded by Os Hillman, helps men and women fulfill God's call on their lives by understanding the role faith plays in their workplace calling.
2. Good to Great by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness). One of the best leadership books ever written, according to Mike Baer. Collins' concept of Level 5 Leadership describes servant leadership in detail.
Excerpt from an article that first appeared in The Lookout, May 15, 2005. © LeAnne Benfield Martin. Used with permission from the author.
Freelance writer LeAnne Benfield Martin has been published in many Christian magazines. She enjoys writing and speaking about many topics, especially the arts and the beauty around us. Check out her blog on Christians in the Arts at www.leannebenfieldmartin.com.
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Party pulled into one of the units and got out of the car, waiting till Kobra had pulled his bike in behind us before pulling down and locking the door. It was pitch black until he and Jet produced torches and used the tiny beams of light to point the way through into the main part of the building. It was clever, from the outside it looked like nothing but inside, well inside it was kitted out.
"Thought you said he hung out with you at the diner ?"
Ghoul looked back and grinned.
"He does, and here and a few other places. This is the comfy base though."
He had that right. I could see the man himself in one room broadcasting while outside a cute looking guy in roller skates that Grace introduced as Show Pony was bustling around making room for us on large sofas.
"He won't be long sweetie."
I tried to hide my smile as Pony patted Kobra on the backside and then nimbly moved to one side before Kobra could smack him. I noticed that when he did the same with Party he merely smiled. Interesting. There was a sharp rap on the window and I could see the DJ beckoning. Party stood up and grabbed my hand.
I wasn't quite sure how to react to that as he dragged me into the room and closed the door. Party grinned and put a finger to his lips as we sat down. The DJ sort of smiled at me and then spoke into the mike.
"Big news in the zones children, seems like our friend Korse has given us a present for being good motor babies. See he has sent us a rainbow, he was so busy thinking she was one of us so now she is. Well Mr. Sad Man, the zones say thank you and you can be sure the Killjoys will make good use of our newest ally. Here's the latest track from Mad Gear."
With a twist of a dial, music started filling the room and the DJ turned his gaze on me. It wasn't exactly friendly. Now I got a good look at him I was surprised, he was a lot younger than I expected although the rumours about him being crippled and in a wheelchair seemed to be true. I met his stare with one of my own.
"So Rainbow, this for real or you gonna try and run ?"
"I'm not running."
He looked sceptical and I fought down a smile. Party was watching both of us closely.
"You know if you run they will kill you. If Korse doesn't first."
I nodded slowly. I was pretty sure they would try.
"So what do you have to offer us ?"
I had expected this. I knew of my reputation around the zones. People thought I was a thief, an outsider who would do business with all sides and when necessary, would double cross them too. Of course it was all true but none of them were aware of the scope of my little raiding parties and the stuff I knew about the inside of the City. I had kept that back as my bargaining chip in case of just this sort of situation. Now I was prepared to give just a little.
"As in what ?"
Party winked at Dr.D.
"As in we saved your ass and we know about your bunker a couple of miles from here."
I smiled at him and nodded.
"You can have whatever you find useful in there. We can go tonight if you want."
There was actually not much in this zone's bunker. I kept my good stuff elsewhere but there were a few bits and pieces I knew they would like. It would buy my safety for a while anyway. The DJ still looked suspicious but shrugged at Party.
"Ok then, go do that and come back in a couple of days. Got a job I might want doing."
It was clearly a dismissal so we went back into the other room and he resumed his broadcast. We sat with the others and tried not to think about the fact that we had been passed the dreaded Pup and a fork. Hungry enough to eat anything I tucked in and then looked back toward the door.
"Friendly bloke."
Kobra smiled and looked at me.
"You can't expect him to like you. Didn't you rip off that shipment of spare parts coming in from the east a while back."
I tried to look offended but was obviously not convincing anyone.
"Didn't know it was yours when I nicked it."
"You did when you sold it back to us."
I couldn't help the smile on my face.
"Just business. You get a discount now."
Ghoul immediately cracked up which set the others off. It was weird, I was so used to being on my own I had forgotten about having a sense of humour until now. It felt good to laugh. Looking around I noticed someone was missing.
"Where's Grace ?"
Jet looked up, setting his tin on the table.
"She's staying here tonight with Pony and Chimp. Crater Club is no place for her."
I was suddenly interested, there was fun and money to be had at the Crater. Would be interesting to be on the inside of the action for a change. It was a Killjoy hangout, high tech enough to keep BLI goons away and full of people getting drunk, high and indulging in all the things your mother tells you never to do.
"So do you guys wanna go to my bunker first or after ?"
Party grinned.
"First. We won't be in any state after."
"Ok, ready when you are."
I could tell they were curious and more than a little surprised that I was offering to do this without the slightest resistance. I admit my sense of honour is limited but I did owe them and it seemed this would be a fair trade. I had decided not to mention my other stashes unless directly asked.
We said our goodbyes and headed back out, turning the car north and heading out of the units and back into the desert. It was cold now, night had extinguished the last of the sunset and the moon was riding high. I carefully pointed the way, not that I couldn't find it in the dark but you never knew what was out there.
"Pull over here."
Party turned, frowning at me from the gloom.
"There's nothing here but a clump of rocks and the sand."
"Yeah I know."
He braked and waved Kobra in as I got out of the car and walked over to the rock. Undoing my watch from my left wrist, I carefully extracted the thin wire key before bending down and pushing it carefully into the almost invisible slot in the base of the rock. There was a click and the keypad slid out. I grinned at the sounds of astonishment from behind me as I keyed in the code and the hatch clicked open.
"Give me a hand."
Kobra and Ghoul bent to help me sweep the sand back so we could lift the hatch and descend. I looked back over my shoulder.
"Let's make this quick. The car makes us a bit visible."
It wasn't a big room and with four tall guys in it, slightly claustrophobic but on occasion I had slept here and the shelves held some weapons, bits of tech and some food. My rucksack was also still in the corner with some changes of clothes so I grabbed that first and then started handing things to the guys.
"Pulse charges, dynamite, couple of guns, radio and yes I do know it's a BLI one, umm oh and how about this ?"
I passed the small metal object over to Jet and watched the smile grow on his face as he examined it before looking up.
"A jammer, what frequency ?"
"BLI's. Carry that and they can't track you if you need to broadcast. Do you guys use radios ?"
"Not much but will come in handy when we need to get in touch with other Killjoys."
I nodded, passing them a few other gizmos and some first aid stuff that I had tucked away. It left hardly anything to take but at least they seemed happy. Deciding one last little piece of generosity would seal the deal, I reached for a box on the top shelf and took out two more wire keys.
"Here, code is 7842. If you ever need a place to hide you can get in here. We'll need to re-stock with food but its cover and its shielded so you can call for help if you need to."
Party stared at me again and there was something in his eyes that made me a little uncomfortable.
"Thanks, this is working out good for all of us."
I shrugged, not wanting to admit that I found myself agreeing.
"I owe you. So we still gonna hit the Crater ?"
Ghoul immediately hugged me again, making them laugh as I squirmed.
"Hell yeah, we need to toast our new alliance. Do you drink Rainbow ?"
"Sure do."
This time he kissed me which was absolutely the last thing I was expecting. His lips were soft against mine and I was kissing him back before I realised it. Blushing I pulled away. Ghoul just grinned lazily at his friends.
"I'm in love."
Party pulled a face and winked at me.
"But Ghoul baby, I thought you loved me."
Ghoul blew him a kiss from the ladder and we climbed back out. They stood back as the hatch clicked into place and I keyed the code back in. The keypad disappeared and the sand moved itself back into place.
"What the fuck ?"
I turned to Kobra and smiled.
"Don't ask me how cos I don't know. I found this place on an old military map. Saves a lot of kicking and getting your hands dirty."
We walked back to the car and turned back for the road. Settling in for the ride, I had started looking forward to the nights entertainment.


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It's time for America to celebrate another birthday -- No. 236. And there will be many celebrations in and around Suwanee and Gwinnett. Here's a list.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
- Independence Day Celebration in Berkley Lake
- Celebrate Braselton in Braselton
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In use and the Pentax K-r's AF performance in good light is as good as instantaneous, and remains quick in less than ideal conditions too. In really poor light conditions the K-r employs a green-tinted AF-assist light to help find focus and prevent any prolonged focus hunting. With options for spot and single-point AF, the K-r helpfully indicates which AF points are being used when set to automatic AF. The viewfinder is bright and clear enough, but does only covers 96% of the frame.
A fixed 3in, 921k-dot LCD adorns the back of the K-r. It's bright and easily viewable from all angles, but does become much harder to use in bright sunlight. In review mode the K-r's Info button toggles between histogram and general shooting information for each recorded image, while the selection wheel allows you to magnify each image to check for sharpness.
The Pentax K-r's live view mode uses the contrast-detection method and is pleasingly quick to achieve focus - not quite as fast as Sony's Alpha range of DSLRs, but certainly on a par, if not quicker, than comparable Nikon and Canon models. We also like how the K-r automatically zooms into the central focusing box to confirm accurate focus before zooming out again to letting you capture the image.
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Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic:
● Horror of horrors, I may have been wrong. I blamed President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the massive election defeat their party suffered last week. They swear it wasn't them. It was, said Pelosi in a USA Today op-ed, "the genuine frustration of the American people, who are justifiably angered by the continued high unemployment rate." Frustration, not their policies. Got it. Proceed, now, to the 2012 campaign on that long black train.
● The Pelosi-Obama-induced implosion of the Democratic Party in the South continues with the decision by three veteran legislators to switch parties. State Rep. Alan Powell's switch means that outside metro Atlanta only two House districts north of I-20 are represented by Democrats: Rick Crawford of Cedartown and Barbara Massey Reece of Menlo, one just south and one just north of Rome. The other two party switchers are from Sanford Bishop's congressional district in the southwest part of the state. Whites so thoroughly abandoned Bishop this year that but for a part of Columbus, where black voter registration is 70 percent and he won by 19,277-4,887, he'd be toast.
● U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson's quick endorsement of Pelosi for minority leader is a reminder that, with defeats and defections, the Georgia party moves further left — no place to be. It's OK, though, for black incumbents. The Voting Rights Act protects them — and will save Bishop from redistricting that could defeat him in 2012.
● State House Democrats here, trying to make virtue of the reality that whites outside Atlanta-Decatur are increasingly opting out, plan to reinvent their party as the party of "women." With some amusement, though, it is noted here that the election victory that party activist Amy Morton touts is the defeat of state Rep. Jill Chambers of DeKalb County, a strong advocate of ethics and MARTA accountability whose public service should be an example to women everywhere. Ah, but she's a Republican and she was defeated by a Democratic woman.
● The state House Democratic caucus, like the Republican caucus before it, made one smart move. Republicans made the visionary state Rep. Larry O'Neal of Warner Robins their majority leader. Democrats gave that honor to state Rep. Stacey Abrams of Atlanta, a 36-year-old tax attorney who is one of the emerging stars of Democratic politics in Georgia — and somebody who's smart enough to help guide this party back into the competition.
● Cobb County would do well to get out of the amphitheater and golf course business, something it's considering. Taxpayers have lost $4 million on the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre and $2 million on the golf course in Acworth.
● If I get a chance to review Aimee Michael's 50-year sentence for causing wrecks that killed five, I'm reducing it. If my family had been victimized, I'd want a pound of flesh, too. But 50-year sentences ought to be for truly bad people.
● The signs of cultural collapse that most depress this week are contained in three stories, all of which point to the disintegration of the two-parent family. The first was the story of the "Nine Trey Blood" Atlanta gang whose members killed casually and for frivolous reasons. The second was the stomping and beating death of 124-pound Bobby Tillman in Douglas County. The third story was the latest finding that 72 percent of black children, 53 percent of Hispanics and 29 percent of whites are born to unwed mothers. You can't rescue the children, fix schools and the criminal justice system, or reweave the social service safety net until you fix the family. Boys aren't born to be gang members and predators.
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November 11th, 2010
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It's a shame the Democrats can't figure out why Georgia, and the south in general, have left the sinking ship. The politicians are the same conservative types, just party affiliation has changed. No longer the Sam Nunn democrats. In fact who is the most conservative now?
November 12th, 2010
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While world-wide Stimulus Package got positive review generally, why is the D.S alone critical of it ?
1. Audacity of Nope extracted exceedingly low possible jobless rate compared with the extremely critical market situation, while D.S. economy was held hostage by Audacity of Nope, and time was running out.
Prior to the full recovery, the Stimulus Package was all about Lehman Brothers or not of D.S. economy.
2. Last year, Warren buffet warmed in an interview with NBC that the D.S. economy was in free fall. Plus, tragically, the Japan economic leader committed suicide before the strong export report, last year.
As we know, blocking Free Fall From Cliff requires multiple efforts.
3. Global austerity policy dealt a harsh blow to the burgeoning economic activity. By ruling out this critical factor, Power-only party of objection for objection & Almost Dead Media led Independents to Fuel the reps Gains.
For example, Japan export recently took a hit from the low demand world-wide.
4. As a groundwork, the Stimulus Package alone can't complete a perfect building. Sadly, extension of oil wars displaced Energy Independence or A Jobs law, empowering the war party and leaving healthcare law near demise before survival. Accordingly, the Stimulus Package lost momentum creating Synergy.
5. The most efficient deficit-cut way of government would be slashing the destructive war & military waste.
Slashing the destructive war & military waste alone supposedly could be enough to balance the budget.
Regrettably. opponents are instead critical of sound investments. ( Depression : New Deal = Great Recession : Stimulus Package (Groundwork) )
Weapon Sell = Mexican Drug Trafficking = Destroy all, driving global economy in a destructive direction.
Even Overall US intelligence budget tops $80 billion annually.
6. I think Corrupt Money & Almost Dead Media led Independents to Fuel the no idea' Gains. That explains why Moneycracy & Money-driven media call for urgent overhaul.
7. Amid Massive Lay-off Panic, Change & Healthcare for all, After Stimulus Package, Opposition from lots of the Ungrateful.
Taking advantage of benefits from Stimulus Package, Corrupt Money & Almost Dead Media & Power-only party turned U.S. into D.S.
8. Over the duration of healthcare debate, using the preliminary cost analysis of CBO, the reps opposed the public option stubbornly, but
after the release of final score, they have been defiant on the referee.
** Chanting deficit :
a. Amid chanting deficit, the same old failed policy.
b. Amid chanting deficit, hands-off approach over huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China from remorseless health care premium.
c. Unfortunately, as a direct consequence of remorseless health care premium, numerous folks have no choice but to hang onto affordable offerings, since one in two households is said to face a hard decision between necessity & drug.
d. Inaction cost in relation to health care reform totals $9trillion over the next decade.
e. Over the next 10 years, total Bush tax cut costs will equal $3.9 trillion, …. the tax cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion between 2005 and 2014.
9. Title : A businessman is angry at his lost cash bag.
A businessman is drowning in the ocean.
Stimulus : we should rescue him immediately.
Power first : Nope ! How do we pay for it ?, Just let him go under much like Lehman Brothers.
Stimulus : He is dying right now.
Power first : Nope ! You can't save his money bag.
Stimulus ( clock is ticking ) : : We can do everything.
Go under : We are serious about jobs. Where are jobs ?, echoed by the angry businessman.
10. Former President Bill Clinton said "It took me four years to balance the budget, then I gave you four surpluses, paid $600 billion down on the national debt,"
And I'd say : It took 8 years for the Bush mishandling to get a final verdict.
Let's not fall for the outrageous claim : Heal the 8 year-long chronic disease quickly, but do not see a doctor, adding to the deficit.
November 12th, 2010
6:03 am
STRIVE to be SMARTER than the ORIGINAL 'party' of SLAVERY, the democrackkks WANT you to BE!
November 12th, 2010
6:23 am
You are correct about Jill Chambers but your double standard regarding party politics continues to be puzzling. Jill was a hard working, effective legislator who was also a dying relic within the republican party – a moderating voice to the reactionary wing that now controls the party. Her only sin was she was not a democrat, therefore she lost. Jim Marshall was a hard working, effective legislator who was also a dying relic with the democrat party – a moderating voice to the radical wing that now controls the party. His only sin was he was not a republican, therefore he lost. You bemoan one and celebrate the other, just as other republican newspaper writers have reacted.
You are correct about the changing face of party politics in Georgia. The republican party is the party of white voters in Georgia. Nathan Deal and the rest of the Constiutional officers of the state understand they were elected without significant nonwhite support and can be re-elected without significant nonwhite votes. They will also govern likewise.
November 12th, 2010
6:40 am
Wooten should change the name of the column to "Thinking White"
November 12th, 2010
7:00 am
I think we need to end ALL foreign aid.
November 12th, 2010
7:16 am
Georgia's all Republican now, just like the USA was after Bush was elected. And we all know how well that turned out.
November 12th, 2010
7:17 am
Yep, the Democrats just don't get. Unfortunately, neither do the Republicans.
Americans are fed up with Washington and unless some politicians grow a pair and become true statesmen instead of political party hacks, they're going to get voted out next election.
Remember when the Jena Six thugs jumped the white boy? The politically correct pathogens went through pc contortions to somehow blame the victim. Now we have four more black thugs who jump another black and this time, the result is death. At some point, a black leader must emerge (besides Bill Cosby) and talk about the black problem of the breakdown of family. Whites can't talk about it because we will immediately be labeled "racist".
November 12th, 2010
7:43 am
Jill Chambers WAS my representative. She was horrible. That is why she lost. Imagine being the only Republican that could not get elected November 2. That should tell you all you need to know about Jill.
November 12th, 2010
7:48 am
BitterEXdemocrackkk, the cleaners called. Your sheets are ready.
Eight years of failed GOP leadership in Georgia. Virtually all of the problems exacerbated and amplified. Scandal after debacle after inept governance.
Tens of thousands of Georgia business owners who illegally profited from using Mexicalis, laugh all the way to the bank, and get a completely free pass from the anti-law & order types in the GOP. Corporate wh0res by the bevvy and NOTHING of importance accomplished on behalf of the struggling Georgia working class family.
And now with the election of Nathan "Crooked" Deal, we have finally reached the mountaintop – as the greatest laughingstock in the republic.
Prepare for a boatload more of the same.
You're doing a heckuva job connies…
November 12th, 2010
8:03 am
There you go again, Mr. Wooten: spinning data like a dust devil. Truth Gone (with the wind).
So Mr Wooten notes that 72% of black babies are born to single mommies (his source was his own sponsored AJC news article earlier this week). This nostalgically-derived data was the first observation the new Republican Majority made in the wake of their landslide. (no, Hitler did not move that fast). Persecuting blacks with page-three legislative preambles like this is the norm in the Wootonian Utopia. Today, Mr. Wooten quickly and proudly notes that only a barely discernable 29% of white E-trade babies have single moms. Wooten stretches the Truth like the spandex these women use to hold on to 16 with.
In the Wootonian Paradise, genetically inferior blacks, and their godless culture of rebop and hiphop, ( not to mention that all black men do is stomp the yard, and Fiddy-Cent each other all day), seem to be the primary contributor to the "cultural collapse" of America.
Luckily for the world, I can think. Wooten's data is absurd; why, it's like saying that that sunshine is comprised of 72% alpha rays so you can't blame the beta rays for your sunburn. Well, Wooten must have been staring too long into that sun, because white babies born to single moms far outnumber black babies by a factor so large, that if you piled their diapers one on top of the other, they would stretch to the moon and back 74 times, as opposed to glass ceiling that the black diaper pile would reach.
That's the Truth.
November 12th, 2010
8:25 am
Jim's one smart Georgia cracker. All black or white for him. No gray (except Confederate gray of course).
November 12th, 2010
8:40 am
The laughing stock of the republic, really? How about California or New York which are bankrupt. You say Ga. is in bad shape, how much dept is Ga carrying? I will answer for you, it is $ 0. Republicans in Ga. have made tough choices the last 3 years to keep our books balanced. Sure not everyone is happy about it, but that is life. We can't have our cake and eat it to. These choices were forced on them due to the national economy and decisions made by others. I just wish we could send them to Washington and get the country back on track.
We have to make tough choices to cut spending, otherwise the country will go bankrupt and the Chinese will just come claim their dead. It would be something for China to takeover the US without ever having to fire the first shot. Don't tell me it's not possible.
November 12th, 2010
8:50 am
jman, I admittedly am no economic expert, but I think the figure for Georgia's debt (I presume dept was a typo) you cited is off by about $44,000,000,000.
November 12th, 2010
9:21 am
Being that Wooten's lily white klan makes up almost half of the U.S. population, if he dropped percentages and used raw numbers be would find that his klan has the largest number of children born to unerring mothers. But since that would go against his white is right them, why would he do that?
November 12th, 2010
9:42 am
"The third story was the latest finding that 72 percent of black children, 53 percent of Hispanics and 29 percent of whites are born to unwed mothers."
We were warned in 1965 by Daniel Patrick Moynihan that this was, and would continue to be, a national problem that called for immediate national action. Both the Democrats and Republicans choose to ignore his warning.
And so we have what we have.
November 12th, 2010
10:03 am
testing – my 200 word post was blocked, and I think there is no objectionable language
November 12th, 2010
10:04 am
Good morning all. Our genial host quotes Ms. Pelosi advising us that the electoral disaster is due to "effect" and not "cause." We would broadly agree that a substantial portion of the electorate is dumb – witness the elevation of a community organizer to what was once the most powerful political position in the world – but they are not too dumb.
The party-switching, by rational conservative politicians, is further proof that republicans have a serious problem, in that they are becoming the party of rational people. The cure, of course, is more pandering to the non-thinkers, as that is the growth area of the population.
I think Hank Johnson feared that Ms. Pelosi was so tilted that she might sink.
November 12th, 2010
10:08 am
Overlords believe amphitheaters and golf courses are essential public services.
Only good people kill five folks and conceal the crime. That is the best proof of disintegration of the family values we once prized.
November 12th, 2010
10:49 am
"The state House Democratic caucus, like the Republican caucus before it, made one smart move. Republicans made the visionary state Rep. Larry O'Neal of Warner Robins their majority leader. Democrats gave that honor to state Rep. Stacey Abrams of Atlanta, a 36-year-old tax attorney who is one of the emerging stars of Democratic politics in Georgia — and somebody who's smart enough to help guide this party back into the competition."
Wow! When even the "Thinking Right" column has nothing bad to say about her, I think Stacey Abrams has a chance to be the positive influence on the State Legislature that it so desperately needs — even with the weakest caucus (by numbers) in Georgia history.
November 12th, 2010
12:38 pm
@DustDevil – 72% born out of wedlock and you don't consider that a significant problem?? In ATL the number is likely over 90%.
Ironic that the Home Page of the AJC today has a black-woman joking about where are all the good men in ATL. Sounds like in the AA community you only have a 10% chance of finding one.
November 12th, 2010
2:21 pm
Georgia's Republicans are the SAME PEOPLE with the same values and "ideals" as the old Jim Crow Dixiecrats. What a joke trying to claim that things are "different' now that the state has broken the 100-year Dem rule and "turned" Republican. Good ol' boy redneck white men who refuse to move forward… How is that different? The only thing new is their alliance with Carpetbagging crooks like yankee congressman Tom Price who's here to show 'em how money always wins.
NOTHING NEW here. Mr. Wooten. NOTHING.
November 12th, 2010
2:24 pm
Went to lunch with my UGA friends today and all they could talk about was the fact that Cam Newton was a crook and should not be allowed to play against UGA. I asked how they could have voted for Deal because he is a crook and should not be allowed to be Governor. The subject rapidly changed to Athens Academy football.
November 12th, 2010
2:41 pm
Churchill's MOM,
Heh…. That was awesome. War Eagle!
November 12th, 2010
5:06 pm
ATLANTA – Georgia Democrats won't regain control of most elective offices until they address the racial tensions in their party, Athens native and outgoing state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said Thursday.
"Bottom line: We need more white folks," Thurmond told a handful of reporters called to meet with him at an Atlanta restaurant.
Yep, after reading a few comments on this blog, I think it's a safe bet the socialists Demwit Dunkeys will remain out of power in this state for about 100 years.
November 12th, 2010
7:36 pm
GaBlue @ 2:21, terrific comment regarding Georgia's Republicans. I said something similar on Jim's previous attempt at relevant discourse, but you stated it much better.
Yeah Jim, how dare the blacks vote their interests and hopes. They should vote just like the majority of the whites, who are constantly voting in people who will continue to screw them over for the foreseeable future, right?
Regarding your first comment Jim, yes, you're most certainly wrong. If you bothered to look at the Democrats running for Congress who lost, you'll see that 26 of them were Blue Dogs, who were very open about opposing Jim's bogeywoman, Nancy Pelosi. In contrast, only 3 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus were defeated in this cycle. So, the message is, if you act like Republican Lite, you'll be rejected for the real deal. Hank Johnson is doing the right thing.
November 12th, 2010
10:07 pm
Georgia Banks are in full retreat…how many Georgia Banks have failed under Republican Rule ?
Georgia Schools are in retreat………..how many Georgia schools cheated under Republican Rule ?
Unemployment Rules in Georgia under Republican Rule.
November 12th, 2010
10:10 pm
Looks like democracy is dead in IRAQ……..as if it was there to start with ……Some much for the Billions of American money wasted there.
Thank you Republicans !
November 13th, 2010
7:55 am
The Democrats lost because the Republicans have a large number of dumbed down voters who will beleive anyting their propaganda experts tell them. If the party tells them to hold up four fingers and see three, they will do it.
November 13th, 2010
9:03 am
I lost a daughter to a drunk driver over 7yrs ago. She was 28 when she was taken from us. The man who took her away from us did 34 months of a 81 month sentence. Walk in my shoes for a day. My family has been ruined. After 32yr of marriage we were divorced. My wife drank herself to death after this happened. Now my other daughter has lost her sister and her mother. I'm sorry you feel that the sentence was excessive. Don't worry. She'll do about 5yrs and get out and resume her life with her family and live happily ever after. While the family with victims will live on in misery every holiday,every birthday, and the day marking their death. You are to be held responsible for your actions.
November 13th, 2010
9:59 am
What could I possibly say about your comments that do not come flying thorugh to any one with a brain. You are wrong today and have always been so.
November 13th, 2010
10:01 am
Amvet @ 7:48am,
More bitter opinion from a sad case. No facts just more ranting from a negative, uninformed shut-in.
November 13th, 2010
10:06 am
carlos @ 7:55am,
Actually the Democrats are losing because of the 2008 voters who, in your words are, "voters who will beleive anyting their propaganda experts tell them. If the party tells them to hold up four fingers and see three, they will do it."
I left the misspelling and disjointed phrasing of your comment intact.
November 13th, 2010
10:08 am
John Doe,
I am sorry for you loss and I agree, 50 years was not long enough.
November 13th, 2010
10:10 am
GaBlue and Hurst
Racist to the core are the two of you!
November 13th, 2010
10:55 am
Weve only just begun…
Hide and watch..
Oh, and watch Fox News, the ONLY news….
George Soros controls CNN, NBC , ABC…………
Look mim up and investigate who he is….
It will scare you..
November 13th, 2010
11:23 am
Not So Casual Observer
My misspelling and "disjointed phrashing" notwithstanding, I don't see you actually disagreeing with what I said.
November 13th, 2010
11:46 am
Amen on reducing Aimee Michael's 50-year sentence for causing wrecks that killed five people and injured others. 50-year sentences ought to be for truly bad people. But as expected, there are George Soros funded opinions out there designed to negatively exploit and agitate most unfortunate mishaps in communities throughout the United States…
George Soros in a consummate liberal atheist integrationist! Because of the Nazi Hungarian experience, he shows favoritism to other races of people instead of his own and teaches other liberal integrationist leaders to do likewise for profit…
You never let a serious crisis go to waste; agitate, agitate, agitate.
The George Soros like funded liberal integrationist African American leaders and their minions, especially on talk radio, are responding as if Aimee Michael with malice and forethought caused the deadly wreck that killed five people and injured others. The liberal integrationist African American radio hosts are telling their audience, largely emotional African Americans, Aimee Michael should have received 50 years to serve in prison for causing the unfortunate accident…and to empathize with the dead instead of Aimee Michael.
You never let a serious crisis go to waste; agitate, agitate, agitate.
November 13th, 2010
1:29 pm
It should be easy to see how the New World Order integrationist African American leaders and their minions via their perverted mandatory integrationist ideology for profit caused the death of Bobby Tillman in Douglas County. They teach African Americans it is racist for black people to love black people; and it is racist for white people to love white people…It better to be a mongrel.
Prior to the George Soros mandatory integrationist liberal ideology in the south, 1970, 76% of African American women were married. In 2010, 28% of African American women are married.
You can't fix the African American family, schools, or the criminal justice system until integrationist African American leaders and their black minions are eradicated from American politics, the media, and you know…
November 13th, 2010
2:47 pm
Sheesh! Would y'all just please chill out the cynicism for a season? You talk about partisan counterpunches as though they were our cherished SEC rivalries. They're not. The stakes are astronomically higher. Actual blood 'n' bone.
We all should root for both parties to show themselves at their very best next season. Jim Wooten's a rare one for paying tribute to rising stars in the party he opposes. Two years ago, when it was the GOP which got shellacked, for the most part the mood here was vindictive and vaingloriously as hell. Many commentators boasted that Barack Obama had hammered the last nail into the GOP's coffin.
The historical reality is that neither party is ever truly down and out; its leaders usually are expendable but the party reforms [sic] and survives. Perhaps this is insipid, but it seems best when each major party goes full strength against the other at a moment when differences are defined. The general election, in 2012, is shaping up that way, I hope.
Should that be the case, then the country will witness the rare spectacle of Democrats-as-Democrats versus Republicans-as-Republicans, each arguing for the life of this country. For me it would be a once-in-lifetime spectacle, and an unforgettable ballot on Election Day. In any case that's what I want. Let each party show itself at its best for the next ~23 months.
Yeah, it's disturbing that members of Georgia's delegations, congressional and legislative, "rebadge" themselves as though selling MOPAR to Ford customers, but the proof's in the pudding, either way the switch. As some of you have said recently, should an "elected" feel that her party has , for example, Georgia's working class families, such that she wants to switch parties, then let's all judge how committed the Fresher, the powerless party neophyte, has been to the constituencies she cited in the breach.
Naw, in American politics right now the only sustainability is political self-sustainability, and a good deal more of these perennials have crosshairs on them than realize it so. It's like a shooting gallery at the fair: plink, plink, plink! Take out the phony pols and you get a giant stuffed bear!
November 13th, 2010
8:38 pm
This week I was in the midst of 2 near tragic car accidents. Thew first was a gray jacked up pick up truck speeding and weaving wildly down 85. How he didn't cause a major accident involving at least 6 cars, and tip over on one of them I just don't know. As I swerved to miss the three cars swerving to miss him, all I thought was this is how it happened with Aimee, and who of us isn't going to make it to work today?
November 14th, 2010
8:43 am
Make no mistake that the wave that went over democrats this election was the work of the Tea Party movement. The average Georgia voter was smart enough to know what was coming with Obama. Most of us had never heard of Reid or Pelosi until we saw the unethical process that they used to pass Obamacare. Never again will that be allowed to happen. With the Tea Party becoming a monitor and instant communications, the legislative process will be shut down by millions of voters who know a snow job when they see it . Whether it is democrat or republican, the days of shoving a 2,000 page bill that no elected official has read are over.
November 14th, 2010
8:50 am
GA Democrats have lost a reason to be. The party is lurching left, out of step with the people. Young politically active people are asking why waste their life in the democrat party of permanaent minority status. If the party does not get it together it wil shrink back to a few enclaves in Atlanta, Decatur Athens and Columbus with no power and no influence.
Roy Barnes will go down in history as the man who destroyed the party.
November 14th, 2010
10:16 am
We need to build more prisons and get the cancers of society off the street……..
November 14th, 2010
3:29 pm
Tens of thousands of Georgia business owners who illegally profited from using Mexicalis, laugh all the way to the bank, and get a completely free pass from the anti-law & order types in the GOP.
More bitter opinion from a sad case. No facts just more ranting from a negative, uninformed shut-in.
Clueless Observer, that is a fact, jack. Do you even know the definition of the term fact?
fact -noun
1. something that actually exists; reality; truth.
2. something known to exist or to have happened.
Otherwise show me the list of Georgia business owners prosecuted and held to justice for those crimes. You know actually countermand something with facts that you don't want to know about.
Or just man up and acknowledge that you are a criminal coddler.
And stop the feces flinging. (Or not…)
November 15th, 2010
6:58 am
Over the past forty years, the integrationist African American leaders and their minions allowed George Soros like funded programs to socially engineer their children into American society in exchange for money, fame, status, plush jobs, materialism, etc…Independent African Americans and Americans warned them of the dire consequences, but they chose the doctrine of integration for black children and the accompanying material gains…
In 2010, African American children are literally shooting and killing each other for sports. Social engineering has reduced black children to Godlessness, gang members, predators, etc. And to conceal their complicity in the misery and suffering of black children, the integrationist African Americans leaders and their minions are shifting the blame to the birth of crack babies, rap music, racism, via their ill gotten gains, the media…
The integrationist African American leaders and their minions, generally transplants from the north, should 'shut the f… up' and enjoy their blood money…
November 15th, 2010
7:42 am
A "fact", in your warped mind perhaps, but one that does not include factual content. Your fact was, once again, nothing more than the ranting of a senseless left-wing ideologue.
Please list the "tens of thousands of Georgia business owners".
Your devotion to the Democrat left-wing only exposes your anti-American bent.
November 15th, 2010
7:47 am
Your reading comprehension skills are lacking. I disagreed with you clearly by indicating the "large number of dumbed down voters who will beleive anyting their propaganda experts tell them" are those who voted for Obama in 2008. Again the quote contains your spelling, not mine.
Ignorant=Democrat=Left-wing loon.
November 15th, 2010
7:52 am
I disagree on building more prisons.
We should send every person convicted of a violent crime to a Mexican or South American prison where the cost will be a small fraction to the American taxpayer. A dollar a day should cover the "no frills" approach.


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As promised, I'm happy to arrange a return visit to Stourhead this Autumn, as many participating on our first visit had suggested.
Therefore, if anyone is interested, can they please give me an idea of numbers and, more importantly, possible dates? (Katie, as you showed the initial interest in an Autumn return meet, are you still available any weekend? Obviously it's easier for us to fit in with you!)
For those who didn't come along the first time, Stourhead is absolutely beautiful and I can't imagine how glorious it will be during the Autumn!
I'd love to come along but given that October and November are already pretty booked for us I'll just leave it until closer and see if I can do whatever date you pick.
Glad I jogged your memory on that one then Debbie! Super place to visit, just so busy there last week (but it was Bank Hol Monday!). Loads of dragonflies too - but I wasn't allowed to stand still for long enough to even try and get one. You people must be so patient. Would love a return visit, but pretty busy this autumn, so will just watch out for the date and see how it fits in.
Sorry Deb, Miles and Phil say im a bad omen.
Dorset meet 2 it rained
Libertys it rained
Portland mini meet it rained
Marwell it rained
Stourhead it rained
Need i go on.
I can go to the Studio meet on 18th Sept as this will be indoors.
Only joking Deb and you are no monster.
Awwww Mike, after a long hot summer the nice plants at Stourhead could do with a good drenching anyway...
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Mother of God. A doujin where pregnancy was a goal?
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Exposure to such large amounts of semen causes instant ovulation.
Exposure to such large amounts of semen causes instant ovulation.
Shyster (Fri Mar 23, 2012, 3:19 am) +1 points
Nakadashi is pretty popular fetish in general.
_Satsujinki_ (Thu Mar 22, 2012, 3:25 am) +1 points
>Deslolified Nanoha and Fate
... JESUS CHRIST, HOW HORRIFYING... boner... stop it.
... JESUS CHRIST, HOW HORRIFYING... boner... stop it.
Kyte27 (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 7:35 pm) +3 points
Wow at the end...He's gonna turn those girls into X-Rated bounce houses for those babies DX
scelestus (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 4:09 pm) +1 points
On page 8, did anyone else feel like they were watching an obscure and strangely erotic commercial? They were very descriptive...
P.S. Wouldn't the babies die if he drank their milk every day? He needs to decide between baby, or milk server.
P.P.S. How do you pronounce "Speeerm!"? XD
P.S. Wouldn't the babies die if he drank their milk every day? He needs to decide between baby, or milk server.
P.P.S. How do you pronounce "Speeerm!"? XD
GundamWangZero (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 2:59 pm) +1 points
Angel's Stroke 41... where is the other 40?
hentairella (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 1:14 pm) +1 points
And the Nanoha fap fest continues.
Littshepkid (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:51 pm) +4 points
I came instantly
ErErErgo (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 9:24 am) +2 points
41. Jesus christ, why are there so many of these. o_o
joserod18 (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 1:08 pm) +1 points
there ars sooooo many angel strokes that are already on Fakku, i think there are over 59 of them.
Ryssen (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 9:15 am) +1 points
Quick observations on the cover shows that this is some kind of Super Warrior/fighter manga.
oneshott (Wed Mar 21, 2012, 8:46 am) +1 points
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This was a tasty way to treat chicken. I thought the spices were well-balanced, although in a bite here and there the flavor of thyme, cumin or black pepper dominated. I had to grind the spices and almond mixture in two batches due to the size of my spice grinder, and probably didn't get it as well mixed together as I could have. I used chicken thighs instead of breasts as I had them on hand, and only had 1.5 tbsp of fresh thyme, so I used 1/2 tsp of dried to make up the shortfall.
Egyptian-Spiced Chicken
This spice blend, known as dukka (DOO-kah) in Egypt, combines sesame and cumin seeds plus nuts, and often other spices. The blend gains a roasted note when the spices and nuts are toasted. Then a little salt on the chicken brings out the robust flavors of the blend.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 breast half)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 317
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated fat: 2.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 4.5g
- Protein: 44.9g
- Carbohydrate: 3.8g
- Fiber: 1g
- Cholesterol: 108mg
- Iron: 3mg
- Sodium: 274mg
- Calcium: 58mg
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- Cooking spray
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°.
- 2. Place first 3 ingredients in a small, dry skillet over medium heat. Cook 2 minutes or until lightly browned, shaking pan frequently. Remove from heat, and cool slightly. Place nut mixture, thyme, and peppercorns in a spice or coffee grinder; pulse mixture 15 times to coarsely chop.
- 3. Place nut mixture in a shallow pan; place egg whites in another shallow pan. Dip chicken in egg white, and sprinkle with salt; dredge in almond mixture. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; sauté 2 minutes on each side or until golden. Place chicken on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray, and bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until done.
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I hit the set during a particularly boob-tastic day of shooting this season, with Lily finally showing the first signs of pregnancy, but there were even more exciting things to talk about.
Like what guest stars Martin Short and Kal Penn will be up to, what sort of love triangles we'll be seeing this season (Barney and Robin and Ted? Really?!), lots of wedding talk and, of course, Marshall and Lily's bundle of joy.
We love them as a couple, and we can't wait to meet their kid, but are they really prepared to be parents? "Lily's a kindergarten teacher, she's married to Marshall ... she's good at handling tantrums," star Alyson Hannigan said with a laugh.
And are they worried that a baby will mess up the group dynamic? "We've been going strong for seven years now," star Jason Segel said. "I think you need to keep it interesting."
But when we got down to the million dollar question -- boy or girl? -- there were some very surprising answers. Eagle-eyed fans, do you know the sex of the baby already? Keep reading for more goodies on the new season from Cobie Smulders, Josh Radnor, Segel and Hannigan ...
There is a whole lot of boob talk today ...
Segel: "A lot of boob talk today. My TV wife is pregnant, and she's boobing it up."
Hannigan: "They are out and they are proud. I wish that I could take credit for them ... they're not mine, they're wardrobe's. This is really the first sort of coming out party for the whole pregnancy. It's all boobs. We found out what Victoria's Secret is."
Smulders: "She's very newly pregnant at the moment, so right now we're just all enjoying her breasts. That is about as far as we've gotten in the storyline."
Where do we pick up with everybody at the start of the season?
Hannigan: "The first two episodes kind of address the set-up -- where everybody is at, you know, sort of setting up how the season looks like it might go. Robin and Barney, and now Norah ... [sigh]"
Radnor: "We start at a wedding. Actually there's two weddings in the first episode. We pick up at the wedding wedding, and then we flash back to another wedding -- Punchy's wedding."
Is that Punchy's wedding? The photo of you that was released?
Radnor: "That's a flashback to another wedding. Ted's given Best Man toasts at a lot of weddings, and they haven't gone well. There's a kind of auto-tuned video of Ted that our friend Punchy released. Punchy keeps videotaping him and embarrassing him, then releasing them online, all these breakdowns in these wedding toasts."
So I hear there are musical happenings in the premiere episode. Who all is involved?
Smulders: "There's always musical happenings here. We like our musical things. In our first episode back, Barney and Robin have a moment where they realize that they've got some pretty hot and steamy chemistry. Which takes place within a dance routine. It's gonna be pretty fun ... and it's in present day."
Is Nora still in the picture?
Smulders: "She is. She's very much on Barney's mind, and Robin is definitely liking Barney more than he is liking her. I don't even think it's crossed his mind. He's very smitten at the moment with that other woman."
How does Robin get men interested in her? What are her methods?
Smulders: "Violence. Manipulation of alcohol. [Laughs] Those are all true. I think she's sort of torn at the moment ... I think she's trying to figure out what she should do. If she should be the bigger woman and allow him to have his happiness with this other woman, or should she step in and try to claim him?"
How much of this season will revolve around Marshall and Lily's pregnancy? And is the gang excited for it?
Hannigan: "So far -- we're shooting the third episode today -- we haven't really gotten into the whole thing, but it's starting to happen. Right now with the boob thing, then the next episode there could be a little freak-outage."
Smulders: "I think we have a couple episodes coming up where the guys are more involved. Marshall being the dad, and Ted ... Ted, Marshall and Lily have that history, they basically grew up together, so this is a very big deal for Ted, this baby."
Segel: "I'm so ready for it, because I, as a person, know nothing about any of that stuff, so it'll be a real crash course for me. I'm terrified of babies. I feel like Marshall has been dying to be a dad for a long time. He loved his dad so much and looked up to him so much, I think there's some self-imposed pressure on him to be that good ... but I think he'll be a good dad.
Will we meet the baby by the end of the season?
Hannigan: "Hopefully! Yeah, I mean, I don't want to be pregnant for a couple of seasons. That'd be weird."
Segel: "That I don't know!"
Do you think it'll be a boy or a girl?
Hannigan: "Um, I think it might've already been established. Hasn't it already? I think we've already addressed it. We know Lily definitely wants a girl, and Marshall definitely wants a boy, but I think our super fans will actually know what I'm having because it has been said. It has been said. I mean ... yeah. Obviously there's room to play, but we definitely know, in the future, what we have. Now you have to go watch every single episode!"
Segel: "Really? That's more hardcore than I am ... I still don't even know if it's Marshall's! [Laughs]"
Robin is still really harboring feelings for Barney -- does she not have any feelings for Ted anymore?
Radnor: "I think she does! You'll have to keep watching."
Smulders: "I think ... you know, there's so much history involved with both those people. Ted was really like one of her first big loves, and it was definitely a very emotional relationship. And Barney is more that they've just got such great chemistry, and they have a lot of fun together. So there's a bit of a triangle there, but right now, at this moment, she's very much vying for Barney."
What can you tell us aboutKal Penn coming on to guest stars this season?
Smulders: "Kal Penn is popping up in later episodes ... I hear he's going to be somewhat of a romantic interest for Robin. I hope so -- he's a handsome man, I'll take it! I'm lucky because I get all the guys. I get to have new boyfriends like every couple of weeks. She sleeps around!"
And Martin Short!
Smulders: "Martin Short is playing Marshall's new boss, and so far he's only come in for a day to do green screen, but I met him -- he's delightful, and it's so cool to be able to have such a comical genius on our show."
Segel: "We've only done one episode together so far, Martin and I, but I mean, the fact that somebody like that ... I mean, he's a comic icon ... would want to be part of our show is very flattering. He's awesome. He could not have been nicer and more fun to work with. He's just hilariously funny."
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Men's Basketball
July 25, 1997
Three ESPN Appearances Highlight MSU Men's Basketball Schedule
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan State men's basketball team will have three games televised by ESPN during the 1997-98 season while being aired on the ESPN-Plus Regional Game of the Week Package on five occasions with the possibility of a sixth appearance.
The Spartans' first national television appearance of the year will take place on Saturday, Dec. 20, when ESPN will air the MSU-South Florida contest starting at 5:00 p.m. (EST). Other ESPN telecasts involving MSU will be Big Ten contests at home against Wisconsin on Thursday, Jan. 8 (7:30 p.m.) and Michigan on Tuesday, Feb. 17 (7:30 p.m.).
Michigan State will be televised as ESPN-Plus' Regional Game of the Week package three consecutive Saturdays in January -- Jan. 10 at Michigan (2:30 p.m.), Jan. 17 at home vs. Illinois (Noon) and Jan. 24 at home vs. Penn State (12:15 p.m.). Other weekend regional appearances come at home against Iowa on Feb. 7 (Noon) and at Wisconsin on Feb. 21 (2:30 p.m.).
The Michigan State-Purdue contest slated for the final weekend of the regular season could be televised as an ESPN-Plus Regional Game on Feb. 28 or by CBS on Sunday, March 1, beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Seven of the Spartans' 15 home games will be of the non-conference variety, headlined by a Dec. 4 visit by Temple and its legendary coach John Chaney, who in his 25 years of college coaching has compiled 560 victories. The meeting between the Spartans and the Owls will be the first time the programs have squared off since 1969.
The Oldsmobile Spartan Classic, held over the Christmas holidays since 1989, will be played Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 28-29. Joining the Green and White in this year's tourney will be Central Michigan, Gonzaga and Arkansas-Little Rock. Michigan State will play Central Michigan in the first-round game of the Olds Classic on the 28th starting at 6:00 p.m.
MSU, under the direction of third-year Head Coach Tom Izzo, opens the regular season at home against East Tennessee State on Monday, Nov. 17, starting at 7:30 p.m. Other non-conference home dates include Saturday, Dec. 13, vs. Detroit, Wednesday, Dec. 17, vs. Wright State and Saturday, Dec. 27, against Eastern Illinois.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
It's that time of year again- time to "Red, White, & BOOM"!!! Join us in Pembroke, NC for our big concert at Mariani's Restaurant on Saturday, July 6th. We've hosted this concert for the past 3 years with attendances between 600 to 800 people!!! We want YOU to be a part of this year's celebration. For folks that are coming out of town, you'll catch the tail end of Lumbee Homecoming- Pembroke has been home to this 2 week-long celebration since the 70's. This will be a perfect opportunity to learn more about our people and the beautiful Lumbee Heritage.
Guests for "Red, White, & Boom" have a chance to catch up with old friends, dance the night away to music provided by DJ Forge, and listen to the sounds of Dark Water Rising!!! We have a special treat this year- Lakota John will set the stage at 9 pm!!! For more on Lakota John, visit lakotajohn.com. Be sure to get there early to hear those bottleneck blues.
Doors will open at 8 pm. Tickets may be purchased ONLINE (ETIX) or at Mariani's Restaurant (26 Commerce Circle Plaza, Pembroke, NC 28372). Advance tickets will be $15 General Admission and $20 for VIP, sold until Saturday, July 29th. Tickets will be available the day of for $20 General Admission and $25 VIP. You also have the option to reserve tables in the upper level balcony which guarantees a seat for your party. Tables are available in increments of 4, 6, 8, and 10 seats. Contact Aaron Locklear at (910) 527-8139 to reserve your table.
We hope to see you there....we're ready to RED, WHITE, & BOOM!!! One more thing- in preparation for the celebration, we want you to learn the lyrics of the theme song for the event! Get your FREE DOWNLOAD of the "Red, White, & Boom" single here: DOWNLOAD.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
To pick up the guitar and play a riff, to ride down 40 East in the DWRV with the sun shining against our skin, or to feel the bass from the house PA trembling underneath our feet- being in Dark Water Rising is truly a labor of love. Sometimes we have shows were there are 75 people, some were there are 4; yes, we admit it, 4 people in the audience a little over a month ago...deep down inside, we know that our journey is not in vain. Like the line in a DWR creation, "I'm not looking for a pot of gold, just happy to see the rainbow...."
Since the release of our newest project, "Grace & Grit: Chapter I" we've been in the pursuit of happiness that lies on many a' stage in our great state of North Carolina. Lucky for us, the shows keep coming, lined up with sights set on Savannah (Solstice Music Festival), Winston-Salem (Ziggy's w/Possum Jenkins), Durham to find our cool ("Find Your Cool" Summer Concert Series) and a good ole' Barn Jam in Awendaw, SC, it remains clear that "Rocky Soul" has a place in music!
When you get a chance, check out our video of "My Fun" and the live, acoustic video of "Hometown Hero" in honor of Ms. Faith Danielle Hedgepeth. We love creating music with a purpose and experiences that turn into good memories- hey, we broke in our newest member, Tony Murnahan, at Shakori Hills right- just so you know! Give us a shout every once in a while- thru the website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram! Wheeew, social media rocks because we get to stay in touch with fine folks like YOU! We want to be friends in real life as well- come on out and catch us LIVE- we're jamming more on stage thanks to Tony's awesome skills on the bass guitar!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
We're LIVE baby!!! That's right- "Grace & Grit": Chapter I" is available for your listening enjoyment! You can't have the GRACE without the GRIT.....
Our journey as members of Dark Water Rising has taken us across the great state of NC and past the Mississippi River- to places that we never imagined that we'd be. The people that we've met and experiences that we've encountered along the way have shaped and molded "Grace & Grit: Chapter I" into the piece of work that you hear today. In two simple words we say, "Thank you". Enjoy the songs from this project and allow them to carry you through the Spring and Summer seasons- it won't be long before we release "Grace & Grit: Chapter II"!!!! Enough talk about that though.....
We'd love to hear from you- we're on Facebook, Twitter, and the website everyday, so stop by and share your thoughts and feelings with us. One more thing- MERCH!!! That's right- we finally have DWR merchandise to share with you! We've got Men's & Women's TShirts, along with cool koozies for your favorite beverage! Maybe we'll see some of them along the way during the "Grace & Grit" Tour; that would make our worlds!!!
Okay, have fun with the new duds and we'll catch up with you later!
Monday, December 3, 2012
It's an interesting world that we are living in, moreover, an interesting period of time. There were so many captions that we could use for a header, but we decided to play it safe. We hope that you'll do the same- play it safe that is- by attending one of our shows before the year is over!!!!
We'd love to see you in the audience....we had a strong run of shows for the month of October, making several stops to pay honor and respect to our heritage as American Indians. It's always a pleasure to share traditional songs and dances that have been passed down to us; it's vital to our existence in society.
The upcoming holiday season brings with it chances to perform on new stages and cover new grounds in the DWRV. Join us if you are in the area- or if you're like a few of our fans (Pam McCarthy, Gabriell Vires, Delores Lowry, Tammy Jackson-Locklear, Duane Brayboy-Williams, Mitzi Dawson, & Jill Hunt) you can take a road trip and make a weekend out of it!!! Thanks for your continuous support thus far and if you are reading this blog, we hope that you have a safe and blessed holiday season with your friends and family. Special thanks to the men & women of the Armed Services that sacrifice of themselves for our safety and freedom!
We're taking a short break from live performances, but not from the DWR Locomotion- prepping for the release of our EP in February!!! Please stay tuned for more updates on the progress of "Grace & Grit: Chapter 1"!!!!
Monday, October 29, 2012
No need to be scared- we're right here!!! Halloween is only a day and 1/2 away, Hurricane Sandy is making her presence known, and the leaves are beginning to turn!!! And oh yeah- WE MADE OUR FIRST MUSIC VIDEO!!!!
We're excited to share our video with you! The Avett Brothers, one of our favorite bands and good ole' boys from NC, hosted a competition online for folks to cover their song, "Live and Die" from their most recent album, "The Carpenter". There is a lyric in the beginning of the song that says, "fear like a habit, run like a rabbit, out and away....through the screen doors into the unknown." Well, after deciding that we would compete, and practicing the song a few times, Shay thought it would be a cool idea to have a bunny in the video- taking it another step further- A BUNNY COSTUME!!! After thinking this through and trying to make sense of it all, we decided to go with a theme of predator vs. prey, only to have the predator become the prey, but for the better!!! Doesn't make sense? Well, you'll have to check out the video; open your mind to the lyrics of the song:
The Avett Brothers are two of the best songwriters of our generation. We had so much fun, not only with their lyrics but with the arrangement of the tune as well. A very special thanks to Tony Murnahan and Dustin Lewis for their artistic vision and direction. Feel free to view more of their work on the STWRONGTONE MEDIA WEBSITE. As a collective, we decided to make it our own and couldn't be happier with the finished product. Enjoy, and please comment on YouTube!!! We never know who's watching!
Available now: "Grace & Grit: Chapter I"
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Minnesota Snowmobiling
Trapper's Landing Lodge is located in the middle of what may be the best snowmobile terrain and trail system in Northern America. You won't lack for adventure surrounded by the Chippewa National Forest, which contains 300 miles of trails, including the 23 mile Chipp Connector which runs parallel to Hwy 200 between Walker and Longville.
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Snowmobile Rental Policy; You must present a valid driver's license. A deposit of one half of your total rental per sled is required at time of reservation by cash or credit card. If you cancel more than 14 days before the date of rental, your deposit will be refunded less a $25 administrative fee. At less than 14 days, the deposit is forfeited. The balance is due at time of rental. A refundable damage deposit of $1000 per sled is required by cash $1000 per sled authorization by credit card. (Sorry, no checks accepted for damage deposits).
Heartland Trail
Once in Walker, you can hook up to the Heartland Trail which runs south 30 miles to Park Rapids and north 19 miles to Cass Lake. This trail is a local favorite, groomed for snowmobiling, and running through the northwood forests, lakes (including Leech Lake), it provides stunning and endless vistas.
Paul Bunyan and Soo Line Trails
You can also meet up with the Paul Bunyan Trail to take you to Brainerd or Bemedji. This 100 mile recreational-use trail is for non-motorized use, except for snowmobiles. It can be accessed from the Trapper's Landing Lodge Chipp Connector Trail and passes along the shores of 21 lakes, bridges and crosses many streams and rivers, offering miles of scenic wetlands. You'll find plenty of opportunity to gas up and eat in the many towns it runs through, like Pequot Lakes, Pine River, Backus and Walker. The Soo Line Trail is the longest motorized recreation trail in MN and runs from Cass Lake to Moose Lake... And if you want to keep on going all the way to Canada - by all means, there are trails that will take you there.
Who needs a trial when you have Leech Lake!
You can travel hundreds of miles from your accommodations at Trapper's Landing Lodge to many different destinations in Northern Minnesota - however, you may choose to skip the trails and play on our 184 square-mile snowmobile arena known as Leech Lake. There's nothing like having a place to snowmobile where there's not a tree, car or ditch for miles, so you can easily open it up and let 'er rip. Just watch out for the occasional ice-house!
When you work up an appetite out on the lake - there's no need to head for home, you can just point your snowmobile across the lake to find a number of restaurants. Stop at Benson's for pizza and a cold draft, or Zona Rosa's for the best Mexican food in the northwoods. If you're a more finicky gourmand, four miles north of Walker, you'll find The Boulders. At Charlie's Up North, at the junction of Hwys 200 and 371, you'll find a Chinese food-chef in on Tuesdays and Thursdays, if you're looking for some more exotic flavor. Bring your own fortune cookie, but not your own libations: Charlie's is a happening bar scene too! Also check out Village Square for pizza, pasta, ice cream and specialty coffee.
For more information about Snowmobiling and the Chippewa National Forest visit: www.fs.fed.us/r9/chippewa
For more information about Leech Lake Area Snowmobile Trails visit: dnr.state.mn.us/snowmobiling/maps.html