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Because I'm sick of the way things are in the United States and the world
Because war criminals go on book tours while their victims' corpses rot. Because financial crooks hedge their funds and shield their income from taxes and play games with the global economy.
Because poor people have to pay large fees to cash their small paychecks. Because women do so much emotional labor, mostly unpaid and unthanked. Because 22-yr-olds leave college with heavy loads of debt and few job prospects. Because men & women (& yes, even children) roll themselves in blankets and sleep in doorways, night after night.
Because my friend the professor got a police baton in the chest when she tried to protect UC students from violent cops. Because "there aren't enough funds" for Head Start or state parks or childcare or shelters, but there are ALWAYS enough funds for wars, the pentagon, the increasingly militarized police.
Because November 2's General Strike in Oakland was one of the most free and joyous days of my life. Because December 12's West Coast Port Shutdown was filled wtih solidarity and love. Because people are counting on me to show up and speak out with them. Because I know I'll have a good time. Because I know we'll make a difference. Because I want to.
Because I can. Because I am healthy enough, able-bodied enough, privileged enough, strong enough, well-informed enough. Because I'm ready.
Because I am part of the 99%. Because I'm not waiting any longer for someone else to do something to "save" us. Because the 1% need to see us in action, and I am part of that.
Because of Mary "Mother" Jones the widowed, childless, brilliant labor organizer. Because of Malallai Joya, the Afghan woman leader. Because of women everywhere who risk their lives to go on strike, to support their men on strike, to refuse sex to men in their own form of strikes that aren't in history books (yet). Because of women everywhere who CAN'T yet go on strike.
Because of my son. Because of my young friends and colleagues. Because of children. Because of the grandchild I hope someday to hold in my arms.
Because I'm sick of the way things are, and because I know we can make another way, many other ways forward.
Onward to May Day, the People's Day. General Strike!
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I use alot of rooster accents in my kitchen/dining area. This item justs tops it off. I am very pleased with it, its just what I was expecting it to be.
Darling and just what I wanted, however even though packed very well these were broken at the leggs in the box. glued back and kept as they are too cute to send back.

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The Cleveland Browns jumped the Kansas City Chiefs into to the 22nd overall pick in order to select quarterback Johnny Manziel in the first round of the draft Thursday night, and this begs a significant question:
There are two clear reasons why the Browns felt compelled to leap over the Chiefs from pick 26 in order to secure their 1,000th starting quarterback of the last 20 years. Either A) They were worried about someone else jumping up to get Manziel and wanted to be sure they got their man or B) the Chiefs were going to take Manziel.
Let's break these scenarios down a bit.
1. Cleveland Felt The Need To Pounce
Johnny Manziel was falling, Kansas City expressed a desire to trade, and Houston, Oakland, and Minnesota all expressed interest in adding a quarterback early in the draft. Maybe the feeling Ray Farmer and Company had was they needed to act sooner than later and Philadelphia had the best deal available.
John Dorsey told the media after the selection of Dee Ford he received somewhere between five to six phone calls for the pick at 23. What if one of those phone calls was from Cleveland? There is a solid chance that was the case, which would suggest KC never had any intention of drafting Manziel.
Cleveland moved up to 22 overall for just a third round pick and flipping number 26 overall for number 22. That' is a pretty cheap deal to move up four picks. The feeling in Cleveland may have been the deal with Philly is not only affordable, but also ensures we get Manziel. KC may have just had the misfortune of picking one pick too late to trade down.
2. Kansas City Wanted Johnny Manziel
Consider these three tweets:
I mean, I still don't think he'll fall that far, and I hate playing this game, but I do think the Chiefs love Johnny Manziel.
— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) May 9, 2014
I've written this a few times, but I do think #Chiefs GM John Dorsey likes Manziel. Reid would have to vouch for him to embrace the chaos
— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) May 9, 2014
KC is the next team facing a big decision on Johnny Football….
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 9, 2014
There was a legit reason to believe Kansas City would have taken Johnny Football. When the two most plugged in people in the city say they have interest and one of the most plugged in national guys says "facing a big decision" then there is real reason to believe KC wasn't bluffing or misdirecting people.
Everything about the Chiefs' situation suggests taking a quarterback would have made sense. Alex Smith may not be here beyond 2014 because of his contract commands, which could put him in the top seven of highest paid quarterbacks in the NFL. I like Smith a lot and think the Chiefs can win with him, but I'm not paying him top 10 quarterback money.
Then there is the situation with the Chiefs' cap next season. Justin Houston and Rodney Hudson are free agents after 2014 along with Smith, and the Chiefs have to start thinking about new contracts for Dontari Poe and Eric Berry in addition to understanding Jamaal Charles and Derrick Johnson will be free agents after 2015. Is re-signing Alex Smith worth losing Poe, Berry, and/or Charles and Johnson?
Kansas City has to consider finding a cheaper option at quarterback and Manziel may have fit the bill for the Chiefs. Whether or not he is better than Teddy Bridgewater or Derek Carr or whoever can be debated, but we know the Chiefs liked him and we know the Chiefs had a need for him.
This is why I think we were 10 minutes away from draft Johnny Manziel with the 23rd overall pick. Manziel would have meant the Chiefs got to keep core players like Houston, Poe, and Berry, and gave the Chiefs affordable stability at quarterback beyond 2014. They truly would have started to look like Seattle and San Francisco when it came to roster construction.
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Episode 310 "Cold Comforts"
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Logline: The officers of 15 Division are still reeling in the aftermath of the unexpected death of one of their colleagues. When they discover that a laptop has been stolen containing sensitive information, they set out to tie up several of open cases and discover a police informant who might have been compromised.
Synopsis: The officers of 15 Division struggle to come to terms with their fallen colleague and get back to work patrolling the streets. And when they discover that a police laptop containing sensitive information has been stolen they set off on a hunt to recover the computer and prevent any dangerous fallout. Andy, Nick and Swarek eventually uncover a drug informant who may have been compromised by the leak – and decide to see the deal through in order to protect the man's life. When that informant's motives come into question, it drives a wedge between Andy and Swarek that unleashes a flurry of pent-up emotions.
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Tesco 25% off all wine special
Tesco are currently offering a minimum of 25% off all wine when you buy a dozen bottles online or six bottles in-store. The offer is only valid until midnight November 6, so act quickly if you want to stock up for Christmas.
It's the season for discounts, as Waitrose currently has a similar deal (also ending Tuesday).
I've picked out five great value wines (around £4-7 a bottle) and a couple of Champagnes that would be great for Christmas celebrations.
01 | Tesco Cava Brut £3.74 (normally £4.99)
You won't find a better sparkling wine for this kind of price anywhere in the UK. The price has crept up slowly in the past year, but at under £4 this is a steal. Perfect for Christmas if you're catering for a large group.
02 | Tesco Finest 2011 Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc £5.99 (normally £7.99)
This is made by one of the world's best producers of the chenin blanc grape, in South Africa, and it's a nice introduction if you've never tried chenin before. Give this a go if you want a change from sauvignon blanc.
03 | Tesco Finest 2010 'Tingleup' Riesling £6.00 (normally £9.99)
The wine is like a kick of lemon and lime, with a real zing in the mouth. Great with some spicy food, especially Thai cuisine. With a double discount, meaning 39% off, this white wine offers incredible value for money.
04 | Cono Sur 2010 Pinot Noir Reserva £6.37 (normally £8.49)
Pinot noir is one of those red wine varieties that most people love. This has all the qualities that make it so easy to like: soft, fruity and smooth. It's a £1 more than Cono Sur's standard pinot, but worth the upgrade.
05 | Tesco Finest 2007 Vina Mara Rioja Reserva £7.49 (normally £9.99)
A nice example of a wine from Rioja with a little bit of age to it, which gives it some savoury flavours. This goes well with all kinds of meat: from a simple BBQ to a fancy Christmas dinner. A solid buy at under £8.
Plus a couple of Champagnes for Christmas…
01 Heidsieck & Co. Monopole 'Blue Top' Champagne £18.74 (normally £24.99)
This is one of the perennially discounted Champagnes for Christmas, but it's a real step-up from the psuedo-half-price Champagnes that many supermarkets offer. It has that bready/toasty flavour and, above all, it's delicious.
02 Bollinger 'Special Cuvee' Champagne £23.99 (normally £41.99)
At 42% off, this looks as if it has already sold out online… but try in-store. Bollinger make some excellent Champagnes and this is great too, despite being their cheapest. A relative bargain for Christmas at £24.


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Friday April 15, 2011 / 8:00pmComedian Owen Benjamin
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Whos that, you ask? Well, Maewyn Succat was an English teen going about his business in the Fourth Century when he was kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. Maewyn eventually escaped and joined the priesthood in Gaul, which we now call France, but swore to return to Ireland to introduce Christianity. Along the way, he changed his name to Patrick. Over a 30-year period, Patrick would work his way to sainthood by converting Ireland from paganism to Christianity before retiring to County Down before dying March 17 and thereby giving the world a reason to dress like leprechauns and drink green beer. Sounds like it would make a great Mel Gibson movie if he hadnt already done Braveheart.
Succats story inspired the crazy kids at the Mad Cat Theatre Company to produce their own unique spin on the history of St. Patrick, in a riff they call Shepherds Pie. Written by Ivonne Azurdia and directed by Paul Tei, the show is being produced with the Miami Light Project and goes up for one night only, this Wednesday at the Colony Theatre.
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Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:14 pm According to the team's website, Falcons rookie DE Jonathan Massaquoi demonstrated "tremendous speed" during Atlanta's final minicamp.
Fantasy Source Spin: Per Falcons.com, Massaquoi's burst was "evident" in special teams periods. The Falcons believe Massaquoi slumped from 13.5 sacks as a sophomore in 2010 to six as a junior in 2011 because he added 15 pounds that offseason. He reported to the Falcons at 260 -- Massaquoi's 2010 weight -- and his explosion appears to have returned. He's a sleeper to emerge as a starter down the road.
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Fantasy Source Spin: Massaquoi is latest in an impressive line of rushers out of Troy, following in Osi Umenyiora, DeMarcus Ware, and Cameron Sheffield's footsteps. A dominant edge rusher as a sophomore, Massaquoi's production slacked as a junior before he declared for the draft. Behind RE John Abraham and LE Ray Edwards, Massaquoi will vie with Kroy Biermann and Lawrence Sidbury for snaps.
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Several things have come together serendipitously that have encouraged me to start over.
Last Sunday our minister was speaking about making God the number one priority in our lives, and among other things, he said DO WHATEVER IT TAKES! I do want God to be the prevailing priority in my life, but the rule applies to all goal seeking.
Then I watched Steve Siebold�s video on STARTING OVER, which made me realize that my backsliding doesn�t mean I have to give up. There are times when it is necessary to start over; this is one of them!
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> Put this on my SparkPage as my new beginning, using dates to track my progress as well as my struggles.
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Signed � Barbara (Puglover1999) 5-3-12
This (first paragraph) is a comment I made on Nancy Howard�s blog, �Is Endurance Exercise the Fountain of Youth?� I have wanted to share these things on SP and this seems to be the perfect time!
I am excited about the changes that exercise and losing a little more than 20 pounds have done for me! Yes, I exercise for more reasons than to lose weight! I am almost 72 years old, am a little crippled, have arthritis, etc.! However, I am now completely off medication for cholesterol (Mine is perfect!) and my medicine for hypertension has been reduced by half. (My blood pressure is perfect, too. I'm hoping my doctor will eventually take me off the medicine completely. It's hard for her to believe I can do it because I've been taking it for 22 years!) The other day I worked hard all day long, including walking on my treadmill, ironing and vacuuming and shampooing carpet. When I was finished, I was very tired, but my legs did not hurt a bit! Before I started exercising, I could only do ONE of those things per day, and only for about one hour per day! I had to rest with my feet up for the remains of the day! I also used to have spinal injections once every three months ... haven't had one since June 2010! I'd say YES, exercise (combined with the weight loss) has made my body younger and more energetic! AND, I only exercise moderately 30 - 40 minutes a day, at least three days a week (more when I can). I AM A BELIEVER IN EXERCISE!
Other things have been whirling around in my mind, too, not the least of which is my problem with focusing! There are so many things I want to accomplish / blog about, etc. my mind keeps going off on tangents � or rabbit trails, as I�ve heard them called. (I have a hard time deciding which rabbit to chase!)
Today I am focusing on CONSISTENCY! I have set a mini goal of CONSISTENTLY STAYING WITHIN MY 1400-CALORIE LIMIT FOR 10 DAYS!
I chose 10 days as my goal because that was the limit Daniel chose when he MADE UP HIS MIND not to defile himself with the �king�s choice food or � wine.� I do not choose a veggie and water diet as he did, but I do choose the 1400 calories limit. By living within that limit, I will eats lots of fruits and veggies and drink plenty of water. My calories will be nutritious and delicious!
I will count down on my daily status report.
I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND! Here goes!
What�s going on here? I have struggled from the beginning, but was always encouraged by slow changes that were good! I even thought for a while that I was truly being transformed into a self-disciplined, healthy-eating, exercising-regularly old woman who was looking younger because of my weight loss and increased energy!
PRIDE goes before a FALL!
I�ve been having too many slow changes that are destructive.Today�s reading on the scale brought me to a halt! Whoa! (WOE!) I do not want to keep going in that direction! It�s time for some self examination!
What�s gong on? SELF DECEIT! (Pride always is!)
I�ve been telling myself I don�t have time �!
Yes, I DO have time to sign on to SPARKPEOPLE!
Yes, I DO have time to TRACK EVERY BITE!
Yes, I DO KNOW IT IS AN INVESTMENT in achieving my weight-loss / life-changing goals!
Yes, I DO NEED the help / encouragement I get from reading what others are experiencing on their journey.
What to do? WHATEVERITTAKES!
Admit I cannot do it alone! I NEED SPARKPEOPLE! (Sounds like AA!)
As Steve Siebold says, I am the problem and I am the solution! It�s up to me � with help from SP! (I wrote that on a 3x5 card and put it on my mirror!)
1) Limit calories to 1400 and track every one!
2) Start drinking water earlier in the day to help me feel fuller all day and get a better night�s sleep (not having to get up so often)!
3) Thank God for my blessings, including SPARKPEOPLE!
a.Remember what Chris Downie said:
i. Pep Talk: I can change who I am by changing what I say to myself. Actually God said it first in Proverbs 23:7 and 2 Corinthians 10:5. (I am healthy and energetic!)
ii. Journal daily. I do not write as interestingly or as cleverly as others, but I need to EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATIONS & SMALL STEPS OF PROGRESS. Writing is for my benefit, not for my popularity!
iii. Streaks! Meeting small goals makes me feel better about myself. (I can go for a lot of that!)
I read Nancy Howard�s blog, EXCUSES GIVE US PERMISSION TO FAIL, and as I promised in my comment, I copied her blog to save to my computer and inserted my own excuses / permissions to fail that did indeed lead to �failure� (NAY! Setbacks that I have learned from!) this week:
1. Lunch w/ a friend from 1:00 -5:00 on Monday! It was great; I had not eaten much at all and had a great time with my friend! Then I ate way too much for supper and afterward! I COULDA had a great day! Instead, I blew it with SELF-INDULGENCE, thinking I could have a free-for-all with my calorie allotment the rest of the evening! LESSON: SHOULDA eaten a healthy meal to end the day and been happy for the satisfaction of emotional hunger�s being more than satisfied with friendship (instead of celebrating with so much food)!
2. Merry Maids on Tuesday. I resent their TIME at my house when I want to be alone. LESSON: SHOULDA been more THANKFUL for the work they do that I cannot do! SHOULDA been more flexible with �my time!� SHOULDA remembered that time is not mine! SHOULDA not eaten out of frustration because my schedule had been interrupted.
3. Dinner at Chili�s on Wednesday. What a menu to choose something low-calorie / healthy from! However, I COULDA had a salad! I COULDA eaten HALF of the burger and fries! I made a wrong choice. I made several wrong choices from the time I did not eat enough at lunch and left home hungry. I chose to eat a package of crackers before I got out of our subdivision. My next wrong choice was at Starbucks. I ordered vanilla scones for my granddaughter (Yeah!) and ate one before I arrived at the traffic light! By the time I ordered dinner, I had already eaten two things I �SHOULDA not� eaten. That was NO REASON! It was a very poor excuse to order poorly at Chili�s. I SHOULDA remembered Beth�s words and ORDERED SMALL! It COULDA been done! I COULDA rescued the day! LESSON: I need to remember that NOW IS THE TIME TO order small / eat right, no matter what wrong choices I have made earlier!
4. Another excuse I�ve used all week is my sleep deprivation which has been due to several different things, some avoidable, some not. I�ve learned that sleep deprivation is a major trigger for my overeating. I COULDA gotten more sleep! LESSON: Be disciplined about getting to bed before 11:00PM!
I�m paying for my �excuses� with a gain today. My heart COULD be singing with the excitement of success and the self-respect that is a result of self-discipline / self-control. It SHOULDA been! LESSON: FOCUS more on my goals; make a VISION STATEMENT; LEARN from these mistakes and don�t make them again! Remember that SMALL THINGS DONE CONSISTENTLY LEAD TO BIG CHANGES! Give myself CREDIT for doing some things right, e.g., thinking on these things and determining to learn from my mistakes and keep heading toward my goals. This is the time in my efforts to change my lifestyle that I usually decide I�m destined to be fat. That is a lie I am not going to accept anymore! I am working to see myself as a thin, healthy, energetic old woman! I am also determined to drink MORE WATER � even if it does seem that it WOULD be more efficient to pour it straight into the toilet!
When I lose a little weight, I feel so happy and self-respectful ... and also terrified that I cannot keep it off. Then I eat more to prove I can�t. I had forgotten this pattern until my recent success on SP: the joy I felt in losing ten pounds as well as the changes in my attitude about and toward myself. I was doing quite well today until I decided I wanted some leftover Halloween candy � and I was going to eat ALL I WANTED. I did NOT want to be self-disciplined; I wanted to be self-indulgent! I just ignored the joy I had felt all day yesterday (official weigh-in day) in having lost 10 pounds. (I need to lose LOTS more, but I�m starting with a small goal that I HOPE I can reach it. I admit that I am very uncertain about maintaining it, even if I make it.
This reminds me of a time forty years ago when I lost weight in TOPS. I weighed 124 pounds (I was 5�6 �� tall) and loved all the compliments. I even discovered a latent clotheshorse in myself! My two little boys, and even the children in my Sunday School class, loved to hug me, wrapping their arms all the way around me. There was so much to be happy about being thin, but one criticism drove me to put the weight back on with a vengeance! My neighbor told me that her husband told her �not to get skinny like [me]!� I can remember standing in front of my refrigerator (with the door open) looking for something to eat and thinking, �I�ll show him I�m fat!�
This is so SICK, I�m embarrassed to write it publicly, but I�m going to with the hope that someone in SP land has some insights and helpful instruction for me. With fear and trembling �.


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John Calvin on the Christian life:
If we, then, are not our own [cf. 1 Cor. 6:19] but the Lord's, it is clear what error we must flee, and whither we must direct all the acts of our life.
We are not our own: let not our reason nor our will, therefore, sway our plans and deeds. We are not our own: let us therefore not set it as our goal to seek what is expedient for us according to the flesh. We are not our own: in so far as we can, let us therefore forget ourselves and all that is ours.
Conversely, we are God's: let us therefore live for him and die for him. We are God's: let his wisdom and will therefore rule all our actions. We are God's: let all the parts of our life accordingly strive toward him as our only lawful goal [cf. Rom. 14:8; cf. 1 Cor. 6:19]. O, how much has that man profited who, having been taught that he is not his own, has taken away dominion and rule from his own reason that he may yield it to God! For, as consulting our self-interest is the pestilence that most effectively leads to our destruction, so the sole haven of salvation is to be wise in nothing through ourselves but to follow the leading of the Lord alone.
--Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 3.7.1 (Quoted in John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine and Doxology, ed. Burk Parsons, pp. 6-7)
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The first three focus on black babes while the last two don't have a focus when it comes to ethnicity. Three of the sites that make up the GhettoDoorway network are on the small side, but the other two are much larger. In all, there are 642 videos and 607 sets of pictures to check out.
When you first sign into the network, you're taken to a landing page that shows the newest scenes for each of the sites. From there, click on a sitename to be taken to the site. There's also a list of banners on the right-hand side of each page that lists all five sites. There is also an "extras" section in the top-page menu, but all it offers are some behind-the-scenes images of couches and computers.
It would be nice if there was a way to view all of the network's content together, but there isn't. Also, once you're in an individual site, you have to rely on the banners I mentioned earlier if you want to go from one site to another. Your only other alternative is to click your browser's back button several times. It would be nice to get keyword tags or a favorites section to make finding something specific a tad easier.
The vids can be streamed online and downloaded in multiple formats. Many of the flicks are available in Full HD Windows Media files. As far as the pics go, they're medium-res when downloaded individually. I just wish they offered Zip downloads to make the task of saving them less time consuming.
The network brings you lots of hardcore action and I don't use the term "hardcore" loosely. Some of it is pretty raunchy and intense. There's typical dick sucking and pussy fucking to be seen, but sometimes the guys get rough in the way they talk to the girls and also in what they do with them. It isn't uncommon to see throat fucking and not all the babes can endure it without gagging and puking. Yes, things do get pretty messy at times, so keep that in mind.
As far as updating goes, GhettoGaggers is updating about once a week, but the other sites stopped adding new content ages ago. None of the individual vids or pic sets are dated in the traditional sense, but we are given the number of days that have passed since the material was added to the site.
Those with a taste for raw action with black beauties will find a lot to like about Ghetto Doorway even though most of its sites have stopped updating. I'll remind you again, though, that some of the action can be pretty intense and very hardcore – some even including lots of vomit. Also take note of the 20GB daily download limit.
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"Seriously though, Crystal," Holland said, looking down at her blouse, "Does this accent my breasts or not?"
Crystal glanced back up from where she was wiping down the table of their apartment, a look of annoyance in her eye, "Yes, Holland, I'm sure Mr.Can-I-Get-Some-More-Coffee-Please-Hottie will be very interested in your breasts."
Holland looked back down at her blouse and sighed, "You're right… I should go more sophisticated."
Crystal rolled her eyes as Holland went back into her room and a knock came from the door as Hoechlin walked in looking fairly shaken up, "Hey, Hoech, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing," Hoechlin said, putting his coat on the chair before moving over to the couch to sit and kick his legs up, "Just… walking back from my job and a black cat walked in front of me. Whole day's ruined."
Crystal paused what she was doing to look up and at the back of Hoechlin's head, "A black cat ruined your day."
Hoechlin rolled his eyes, "You're right, that menace probably is out there right now ruining other people's day too. Heartless."
Holland walked back out of her room, now wearing a black turtle neck, "Okay how about this?"
Crystal opened her mouth to respond when Hoechlin put his hand on his chin and squinted, "For Mr.Can-I-Have-Some-More-Coffee-Please-Hottie? Needs more breasts."
Holland shot a dark look at Crystal before turning on her heel and going back into her room. Crystal rolled her eyes again as the door opened and Tyler walked in, already in a heated discussion with Dylan.
"Listen," Tyler said, motioning his hands in explanation, "I'm just saying that if they guy walks away from the table there's a five minute rule before you can start flirting with his date."
Dylan gave him a sarcastic look as they sat on the couch next to Hoechlin, "Oh yes, I forgot, subsection 2 of paragraph A on the twenty second page of "Why-Posey-Get's-Punched-For-Flirting-With-Other-People's-Dates."
Tyler grinned, "Got her number though. Score!"
Crystal shook her head as another knock came to the door. She walked over and opened it, seeing Colton standing there looking gloomy.
"Hi." he said in a deep, mournful tone. Crystal stuck out her bottom lip and brought him inside, sitting him at the table, "Rough day?"
"The worst," Colton groaned, "Carol just moved all her stuff out. Single-handedly."
Tyler shook his head, "Wow. Can't believe you didn't know she was a lesbian."
Colton shot him a dirty look before Holland walked back into the room, wearing a different blouse, "Alright, how's THIS one look for my boobs?"
Tyler and Dylan's jaws dropped as Colton quickly stood and motioned to her, "What, why… why, why would that matter?"
Holland tilted her head, "Mr.Can-I-Have-Some-More-Coffee-Please-Hottie is taking me out tonight."
Crystal nodded as she continued to wipe the counter, "Yes, and we're all very excited to see if he's interested in her two lumps."
Hoechlin's brow furrowed, "Wait, he wanted lumps with the coffee? Man, I was just getting this guy's name right, now there's With-Two-Lumps added in there?"
Dylan rubbed Hoechlin's back sympathetically, "It's alright, Hoech, Eventually we'll get to know him and he'll ask us to just call him Mr.Can for short."
Colton shook his head, still looking at Holland, "No, um… no don't you think something a little warmer and longer and less revealing would make a good impression, I mean… you don't want to look like your boobs are a big deal."
Holland's brow furrowed, "But they are a big deal."
Dylan and Tyler nodded as Colton rolled his eyes and Holland pushed past him, "I've got to go, Mr.Can-I-Have-Some-More-Coffee-Please-Hottie is going to be there soon. Wish me luck!"
She left and the rest all turned to look at Colton. "What!?" he asked, exasperatedly.
"Dude, just tell her already." Dylan said, "She's going out on a date with a guy who's name hopefully is shorter than what she calls him."
Colton shook his head as he returned to his seat at the table, "She's not interested in me."
"Well yeah, you haven't given her the chance." Crystal said, rubbing his back encouragingly as Hoechlin got up to look out the window, "Just… ease into it."
"Ew." Hoechlin said, pointing out the window, "Ugly Naked Coach is reenacting the scene from Independence day again."
They all got up to look out the window and winced all at once. "God I used to like that movie." Dylan said as they all moved away from the window.


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I'm reading River's Song by Melody Carlson and The Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke on my Kindle. I also just bought a Kobo mini. I can now download library books which I'm looking forward to because this feature isn't avaliable to Canadians on Kindle but I started out by buying Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors ( I don't think that I'm going to be able to resist starting this one as well) , The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, The House Girl by Tara Conklin, The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchannan and The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie. I'm dangerouse with a new toy. Three library books also came in on Saturday so I have The Territory by Tricia Fields, River's Call by Melody Carlson and What Happened to my Sister by Elizabeth Flock waiting in the wings. I need a reading vacation.
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Monday I finished Thirteen Orphans by Jane Lindskold.
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So I've been going to an increasing number of parties lately, and one particular chick has started coming on to me. How can this be a bad thing, you ask. Well let me tell you.
This one is painfully fucking manly. Really. Such that has never been seen by any human being before. She started off, when I first met her, looking like a thinner Velma out of Scooby Doo (only more masculine, complete with borderline pubescent male voice and everything), but has recently got a weird Justin Bieber like haircut, meaning not even someone who was a gay in denial could want her in that way. We've been friends for a while, but I'm really getting worried by her behaviours. I'm pretty sure she's bi, but she's been turning exclusively to me these days.
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Which kind of murder weapon is the least suspicious?
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God forbid she tries to be friends with you. You wuss.
Use a spoon.
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Just treat her like one of DA BOIZ.
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Posion. or you could talk to her. Up to you but if i read in the anything section in a few weeks that a man-ish woman with a Bieber haircut died from poisioning then you're done for.
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Fire. Fire solves everything. Or hire Kofi Kingston
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Three Germans and a moonsault should do the trick.
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Friendzone her at once, or lie and say you're interested in another girl. Just say you fancy someone else then she should get the hint and stop flirting with you. She could be a socially awkward person who is just trying to be your friend but she is coming across as flirty to you. You need to just be straight with her, and ice weapons are always best.
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If you think she is ugly and you want her to stop trying to get to your dick, tell her/him "I think you're ugly. Stop trying to get to my dick." Problem solved, one less dead body, and now you can go eat some scooby snacks with the money you saved by not buying a murder weapon.
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Ballmer, Doc Rivers and Clippers players will be in attendance at a Clippers Fan Festival that will be open to the general public on Monday, Aug. 18 at STAPLES Center at 12:30 p.m. PT. NBA.com
Included on Allen's call list is his former Celtics coach, Doc Rivers, now on behalf of the Clippers. "A lot have called. Doc called earlier in the summer," he said. "A lot of teams want to be able to get me at the veteran's minimum. I still have an ego, too. I still have a service to provide, and teams still have to pay me what I feel my presence is worth. I have to take that into consideration, if it's worth putting my body through what it will take over 82 games." Boston Herald
Is it possible that the Lakers are waiting for Doc Rivers to decide whether he will leave the Clippers as the Donald Sterling saga continues to unfold? "I have a hard time really believing that," Mannix said. "I know that rumor's been kind of floating out there, but Doc Rivers, even with Donald Sterling as an owner, is in a very advantageous position with the Clippers. They're basically a championship-ready team right now that he has effectively total control of. If he went over to the Lakers, he might be a well-paid head coach, but that's all he would be. He's not getting personnel control from Jim Buss or from Mitch Kupchak. So I understand Doc's feelings on Donald Sterling. Those feelings are shared by a lot of people, (including the players). But I still have a hard time believing that Doc would walk way – nor do I really believe that the Clippers would let him out of his contract to go coach the Lakers." CBSSports.com
Rivers won't exactly anoint himself Nakase's mentor, but he will allow her the chance and provide the vehicle to make an impression. "She's been great," Rivers said. "You know it's funny, when guys during the season, when they want someone to help them out on the floor, they go to Natalie. I'm very happy for her." When asked if Nakase could coach in the NBA, Rivers said: "I don't know. Give her a chance. Could Pat Summit coach in this league? Yes." Of course she's heard the remarks. "Why don't you coach in the WNBA?" "Do you really think you'll be a head coach?" "Is this a publicity stunt by a maligned franchise looking for good PR?" But those misguided questions have nothing to do with Nakase's quest. Boston Globe
Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul told ESPN.com that it's "unacceptable" if Donald Sterling is still the owner of the team when the season begins. Paul also said he has spoken to coach Doc Rivers about the possibility of sitting out if Sterling remains in control when the seasons starts in a little more than two months. "That's something me and Doc are both talking about," Paul said Thursday after coaching his AAU program, CP3. "Something has to happen, and something needs to happen soon -- sooner rather than later." ESPN.com
Interim Clippers CEO Dick Parsons testified earlier in the week in state court that Rivers told him on multiple occasions that he doesn't think he wants to continue coaching the team if Sterling remains in control of the franchise. "We're all going to talk about it," Paul said. "We're all definitely going to talk about it. Doc, Blake [Griffin], DJ [DeAndre Jordan]. It's unacceptable." ESPN.com
Amid all the unanswered questions who the Lakers will hire as their next head coach and when, two team sources strongly disputed that any delay stems from waiting out to see if Clippers coach Doc Rivers will become available because of embattled owner Donald Sterling prolonging a costly litigation battle. ESPN's Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose each brought up that prospective theory on why the Lakers have gone three months without hiring a coach since Mike D'Antoni's resignation on April 30. Clippers interim Chief executive Dick Parsons also testified in court Tuesday that Rivers does not want to continue to coach if Sterling still owns the team next season. Los Angeles Daily News
Ramona Shelburne: Clippers CEO Dick Parsons says that Doc Rivers has told him, 'If Mr. Sterling continues to own the team, he doesn't think he wants to continue as coach" Twitter @ramonashelburne
Arash Markazi: Parsons said if Sterling is still owner, "We may lose coaches, including the head coach, and we could lose players." Twitter @ArashMarkazi
So when Nakase, 34, sat on the bench recently on the staff of Brendan O'Connor, the summer league coach, it was an acknowledgment of the work she has put in over the last two seasons as a video intern. "It's where she wants to be someday," Rivers said. "It doesn't matter if it's men or women — she wants to be a coach and she works her butt off at it. She's in our film room all year, she's terrific, and it's a way of rewarding employees. She's very loyal; she's out on the floor with our guys, rebounding, and she's a student of the game, and I thought it was important to reward her." New York Times
Rivers said the Clippers made the necessary inquiries about West's time in China and the NBADL, and decided offering him a summer league slot was relatively risk-free. "You check all of that out — no doubt," Rivers said of West's behavior. "I got calls from several people in the D-League and in China who said he's ready for this. He has a baby and a fiancee now. A lot of things have been going right for him. "I just think he's far more mature now," he said. "He's given up a lot in his life, and he wants to do well. He still has a disease that he has to fight every day. I know he's doing everything he can to get back into the league, and it's nice to see him here. "But to be honest, it doesn't hit you like, 'Wow, Delonte is back here in the summer league.'?" Boston Herald
"I have no idea," Rivers said of whether he'll invite West to training camp. "Right now we have 1,000 guards. But if the situation fits, then we'll see." Boston Herald
"No strings attached," West said to the now-Clippers coach while making a pitch for a spot on Rivers' summer league team. OK, Rivers decided. Summer league doesn't require any commitment. "He just wanted a shot — he just wanted a chance with no commitments to try and make it," Rivers said last week. Boston Herald
For coach and team president Doc Rivers, that's a bit of a hassle. He is not officially able to sit down and work out details with Ballmer, but said he has "accidentally" run into Ballmer a few times. "(A meeting is) not really allowed," Rivers said here Monday as NBA Summer League play continued. "Bump-ins like today, I don't know how that happened — things like that. It's good, I look forward to that. It has hurt us some this summer. You go in to talk to a free agent and most guys, teams will bring their owner. I go in, looking like this, by myself. I don't know what effect that has had but that's not been great for us." Sporting News
Dan Woike: Doc Rivers said the Clippers have only 2 vet minimum contracts left to offer. Considering a number of players, incl. Delonte West. Twitter @DanWoikeSports
Ken Berger: The Clippers have reached agreement to add former Knicks coach Mike Woodson to Doc Rivers' staff, league source tells @CBSSports. Twitter @KBergCBS
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UK ramps up health über-database
Napoleon called the British a nation of shopkeepers, but we'll be nation of statistics if UK Biobank has its way. It's a scheme backed by the Government and the NHS, and by major medical NGOs and charities, including the Wellcome Trust and the British Heart Foundation. Its aim is to evaluate the lifestyles of half-a-million …
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I was "invited" (actually an appontment was sent to me simmarily,with several hoops to jumo through should I wish to decline).
At first it seemed like a good idea. I don't live far from the hospital, and don't have a fear of various medical tests.
Attending the appointment, ad the University Hospital of Wales, wouild merely mean taking a half-day (unpaid) off work, and leaving the company short staffed in the IT dept. (er.. thats me!) It would be easy to either walk a couple of miles in the rain to the hospital, wait for a few hours, get prodded and give up my secrets, physical, psychological, and sexual, then I too could have had a (possibly) free but-disgusting instant coffee, trudged back in the rain with blood/bruising down my arm, possible MRSA and whatever else diseases the patients had borught in that day. No problem.
I/could/ have ridden over on my lovely motorcycle, however, "Car Parking" at the hospital is stricly controlled by a private company, with an Italian-sounding name, that I expect would either fine or clamp whilst ribbing their sweaty little hands in glee. Or I guess I could "Pay and Display".. Oh.. Can't really do that with a motorcycle, cos the tickets tend to just "dissapear" into nearby cars. And I wouldn't be at all suprised to find both fine and clamp (and subsequent damage to every expensive aluminium/wire race wheels) as a reward for my payment. The streets for miles around are "Residents Only".
I must confess, the proposition was not /that/ attractive, however, progress and all that.
NuLabr had been banging on about getting everyone into as many "joined-up" databases, so that the populations every thought could be tracked from womb to grave, so, after having the priviledge of "participatign", I'm sure the government would never simpyl change the law, and add the participents DNA samples and other personal details to the uber-database, burn it onto CD/DVD in Excel format, and leave copies on the shelves in Tesco by mistake. Or would they?
So I decided to decline anyway.. But the phone number to cancel was always answered (at my cost on mobile - the only phone I have)) by a machine that told me that nobody was available at the moment, and asked my to call back, the web site did not work (under Linux, which is all I use!) and there was no SAE.
I gave up.
Whole project is a masterpiece of mis-engineering. A bit like everything else really.
Is there a betting pool?
Can we place bets on how long it will be before the police get access to this data? But of course only to combat terrorists/paedophiles/drug dealers/witches/whatever the latest scare story is.
Re: Fragula
I went through this last year, and I'm pretty sure they made it clear that reasonable travel expenses would be covered for attendees. I'm assuming that your rant was originally in Welsh and then translated (badly) by some automated system? Whatever you used I'd change it as it's spelling is awful. Alternatively you may need a thicker tinfoil hat?
As I did go through this perhaps I should say something about the process. I too had a feeling of anti-climax at the end, but otherwise the process was extremely professionally handled. Any concerns about any of the procedures were carefully explained and were all optional. My company were very supportive of the process and I got time off to go along.
I was 'invited' too ...
... but then I read their privacy and information processing terms and decided I didn't like it. It seemed that they would be able to just hand my data over to that great big ID database that the Gov are always going on about. Sadly, 500,000 DNA records would be just too tempting IMHO.
Not for me.
I'd have done it anonymously but they just had to link my personal details with my DNA. It shows that the project has no clear idea of what privacy really is.
Self-selected statistical samples
Real statisticians go to great lengths to use true random samples of the population under study. Otherwise, unknown biases will make any conclusions you draw of doubtful validity.
Sounds to me like they didn't have any statisticians involved in the design, at least not in a meaningful way. Betcha some bean-counter or management wonk designed the data capture without regard to such niceties.
Fragula the Furry has it right in calling this "a masterpiece of mis-engineering."
PS: I wouldn't be surprised if they intend to use some piece of cheap, crap, copy-cat software to carry out the statistical analysis: there are stat packages out there that generate very wrong answers because the calculations aren't right down inside.
I too declined their offer
For much the same reasons. I don't mind contributing to the general pool of medical knowledge but there was just too much personal downside. The location was inconvenient, the info they wanted was too intrusive, and their childlike confidence in the privacy of my data was touching but misplaced. They were not even going to tell me the results of all these tests.
The area where I live seems to have been targetted for Biobank recruitment and I know three other people who have similarly turned it down. This project is going to collect significantly skewed data from a cohort of self-selecting subjects carrying the altruism gene.
Will they find the cause of sadness
In people delighted to give their DNA to Biobank in order to get all that (actual real) attention in the process? I thought not. Another thing they will not find is the cause of scepticism.
I was invited - much to my disgust. Also declined for reasons of privacy.
University hospital of wales
Spot on about travel and parking, especially the parking.
The private company that runs the parking closes the car park to run a park and ride scheme whenever there's a major event on in Cardiff and usually most weekends in December. I've actually witnessed them telling staff arriving for a night shift to move their cars as there's a park and ride scheme running the next morning. They've consistently removed staff parking places (which get a disocunted rate) too so that nurses have to walk through an unlight area with a history of attacks to get to their cars. They also introduced a scheme where parking charges for the month were deducted from your pay in advance and there weren't enough parking spaces for the staff and no allowance for leave or people car sharing etc so you ended up effectively paying more for the parking and no guarantee you'd find a space.
There has been at least one reported case of a surgeon cancelling an operation as he couldn't park.
You just have to love PFI etc or whatever they called the scheme.
@RW real statisticians
... know what random sampling means, when to use it, and what can legitimately inferred from non-random samples. Which is quite a lot, especially in terms of probing a large dataset for hypothesis-generating associations. And believe me there are plenty of real statisticians on this project which is probably the largest and best planned piece of medical research ever undertaken in the UK.
Not too sure...
... how this is a good thing when viruses (we hope computer related) can wipe out 3 London hospitals for almost 2 weeks...
Although a nationwide database of medical records can only be a benefit if you fall ill away from home and need medical attention where your details and any specific medical issues you may have are easily accessible from a central database, we only have to wonder how long it is before some F*cktard from the NHS leaves a copy on a train somewhere for all of our ailments to be advertised on the internet for Phorm to spam us for better treatments from everything from pile ointments to cheaper opiate based painkillers for backpain...
The white one please with the stethoscope in the pocket
Re: Is there a betting pool?
Christoph asked: "Can we place bets on how long it will be before the police get access to this data? But of course only to combat terrorists/paedophiles/drug dealers/witches/whatever the latest scare story is."
It really would be unfair to take bets on this. Legislative powers are about to be taken to ignore data protection and all other inhibitions to Government using data provided for one purpose for whatever other purposes they can dream up. It will be included in the Coroners and Justice Bill that was announced by Her Majesty the other day.
You trust these people?!?
Anyone who trusts information to an organisation that "pledges" to "look after" such data, warrants a statistical study - an analysis of naive idiots.
@ Hilary
Having declined myself and with you seeming to be in the know I wonder if anyone stopped in the planning stage to ask how people would feel about this or was it just taken as a given everyone would see it as the wonderful research project everyone on the project perceived it to be?
Certainly everyone I know of who had an invitation (5 people) declined or just didn't even bother answering it, now that may well be a skewed sample, but I'd have to infer a high dropout rate.
Now you may still end up with a large sample on the basis you expected a massive dropout rate so massively oversubscribed the service, but statistics works both ways so the drop out rate must have some bearing on any hypothesis you infer.
When I did it, my waist measurement (and my weight) were taken by a nurse who'd obviously had a failed career as a tailor, leading to an interestingly inaccurate BMI
Data security
I was also invited to take part, and asked for more information about the project's data security before committing myself. I didn't get any reply to my request so didn't take part. Shame - I would have liked to help.


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For more than a quarter of a century, Regus has provided business professionals with the physical space and modern amenities they need to do business. Video conference rooms come furnished with flat-screen monitors, cameras, and video conferencing for hosting virtual meetings. Workers can discuss projects, conduct interviews, or surf the web with WiFi in luxury business lounges. And if you'd just like to get some thinking done, private think-pods liberate project developers from ambient workplace distractions, such as wise-cracking fax machines. Other amenities for long- and short-term leases include kitchens, refreshments, and multilingual receptionist services.
Assured Self Storage has anything and everything necessary to safely store supplies for the short or long term. Most facilities boast climate-controlled storage spaces within larger fenced-in facilities, complete with key-coded gates, surveillance cameras, crocodile moats, and door alarms to protect your goods from vengeful ex-roommates and hopelessly lost apartment dwellers. The individual storage rooms, like summer romances, are available in month-to-month leases and range from the closet-sized 5'x5' unit ($34) to the expansive 10'x30' space ($189), which rivals a two-car garage in roominess and number of power tools.
We are committed to making the best all natural BBQ RUB, seasoning and sauce we can make - each time, every time. Our award winning rubs are made with the finest spices available. The focus is on quality and wholesome ingredients that are bustin' with flavor. We only use all natural spices in our seasoning.


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