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"Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time." Winston Churchill
"Proclaim Liberty throughout All the land unto All the Inhabitants Thereof." Inscription on the Liberty Bell
Free Speech
Our leading hate group
The concept of a "hate group" could be useful. In practice, however, it is like the concept of "hate speech," applied to shut down heterodox speech and confine the public square to dissemination of officially approved thought. The concepts somehow overlook the likes of the hilariously misnamed Southern Poverty Law Center and its works, which direct something far beyond the Orwellian Two Minutes Hate to the likes of Charles Murray »
A Middlebury update
A reader alerts us to an important update on the Middlebury debacle with relevant information we haven't seen reported elsewhere. Two or three days after the thug brigade assaulted Professor Allison Stanger, she returned to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a concussion. The initial incident occurred March 2; we believe the concussion was diagnosed on Sunday, March 5. Below is the undated message distributed to the Middlebury community »
Liberals Hate Free Speech
I am old enough to remember the free speech movement at Berkeley in the 1960s. By today's standards, it was conservative. And I think its leaders were actually in favor of free speech, something that would excommunicate them from today's Left. To see how low the Left has fallen in a few short decades, contrast the photo above with this one, taken yesterday at a pro-Donald Trump rally in Berkeley. »
The scene at Middlebury
I was in the audience when William Rusher and William Shockley took the stage of an auditorium to debate at Yale in the spring of 1974. I arrived early knowing it would be difficult to get a seat and waited patiently for the event to begin. My patience was not rewarded, however, as the event was shouted down. The fascist aura in the auditorium and on the street among the »
With Seth Leibsohn
I enjoyed being on Seth Leibsohn's radio program (the Seth and Chris show) yesterday. We discussed the subject of federal legislation to promote free speech on college campuses, a vital subject for anyone who believes in the First Amendment. You can listen to us by going here. »
Media alert
I will be on Seth Leibsohn's radio show on 960 The Patriot in Phoenix, Arizona. We will discuss free speech on college campuses and legislation to promote it. I'll be on at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Seth is a great host and I look forward to talking with him. »
How Congress can promote freedom of speech on college campuses
We've discussed Stanley Kurtz's effort, in conjunction with the Goldwater Institute, to promote free speech on college campuses through the enactment of state legislation mandating it. Now, Stanley has a proposal that, if enacted, would do even more for campus free speech. Stanley wants federal legislation to make the protection of First Amendment rights a prerequisite of federal financial assistance to America's colleges and universities. He presents his proposal and »
The left does "Groundhog Day"
Today is Groundhog Day. It may put us in mind of the romantic comedy of the same name starring Bill Murray and celebrated by Jonah Goldberg in the NR article "A movie for all time." The premise of the film is involuntary repetition. How can we escape from Groundhog Day? Events in Washington and on the left coast display a political analogue. Listening to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi recycle »
Free speech on campus, a legislative proposal
Today at the Heritage Foundation, Stanley Kurtz rolled out and discussed model legislation to promote free speech at state colleges and universities. He was joined by Jim Manley and Jonathan Butcher of the Goldwater Institute and Casey Mattox of Alliance Defending Freedom. I previewed their presentation here. There's probably no need to persuade Power Line readers that freedom of speech is under siege on America's campuses. As this whitepaper by »
Promoting free speech on campus
Free speech has been under attack on college campuses for decades. Even some liberals acknowledge the problem. What can done to combat it? My friend Stanley Kurtz believes the answer lies in comprehensive state-level legislation designed to secure freedom of speech on the campuses of public state university systems. He explains: Not only are these systems tremendously important in and of themselves, but a national debate over such legislation is »
Another baseless attack on Jeff Sessions
The left has relentlessly attacked Sen. Jeff Sessions as a racist. Sessions' Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle know the charge to be false, and African-Americans from his home state who know the Senator have refuted it. Because the racism slander won't fly, we're now being told that Sessions is anti-LGBT. In support of this charge, critics cite what CNN calls "a public campaign as Alabama attorney general »
Free speech loses in Holland
This week, a court in the Netherlands found Geert Wilders, leader of Holland's Party for Freedom, guilty of inciting discrimination and insulting a group after a trial over statements he made about Moroccans. At a rally, Wilders asked his audience: "Do you want more or less Moroccans in this city and in the Netherlands?" The audience repeatedly chanted "less." The Netherlands has thus criminalized an instance of free speech regarding »
On Free Speech at the University of Minnesota: Not So Fast!
I wrote yesterday about a controversy at the University of Minnesota, where college Republicans (along with dozens of other organizations) painted panels on a bridge at the university. One said "Trump/Pence 2016," while another said "Build the Wall." These panels were defaced by liberals who wrote "Stop white supremacy" across them. I praised University President Eric Kaler for releasing a statement on the episode that upheld free speech, but got »
Free Speech Prevails at the University of Minnesota
Each year, dozens of student groups at the University of Minnesota are invited to paint small murals in designated spaces on the Washington Avenue Bridge, which unites the northern and southern parts of the campus. The college Republicans painted three small sections that included "Trump/Pence 2016" and "Build the Wall." The horror! Left-wing students couldn't bear the sight of Donald Trump and the wall, so they painted the words "Stop »
Under investigation [With Comment By John]
As rioters and looters went on the rampage in Charlotte on Wednesday evening, WBTV News reported live via Twitter that "protesters" (my quotes, not WBTV's) on I277 were "stopping traffic and surrounding vehicles. AVOID." Glenn Reynolds retweeted the item and commented: "Run them down." Falling into the category of "What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd," I found that cathartic. The powers-that-be at Twitter, however, were having none »
Thwarted in attempted show of disrespect for U.S., female soccer star lashes out
I don't follow women's soccer closely. However, I've seen enough of the U.S. team to know that if there's an act to get into, Megan Rapinoe, the flamboyant star midfielder, is probably going to get into it. Thus, it wasn't surprising when she decided to emulate Colin Kaepernick and disrespect America by refusing to stand for the National Anthem. Bill Lynch, the owner of the Washington Spirit against whom Repinoe's »
Colin Kaepernick's timing
My view of the Colin Kaepernick caper is straightforward. If Kaepernick truly holds America in contempt for its alleged "oppress[ion] [of] black people and people of color," then it makes sense for him to refuse to stand for the National Anthem, and obviously he has that right. (People who say they agree, to one extent or another, with Kaepernick's critique of policing but that he should have found a different »


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Drugs and weapons sized after East Perth raid
Police have seized a large quantity of what is believed to be methylamphetamine during a raid on a home in East Perth.
Detectives from the Organised Crime Squad say they found four kilograms of the white powder, as well as steroids, replica firearms, cash and ammunition in the Terrace Road home.
The drug would have a street value of more than $2 million.
Three people have been charged over the haul but police say a 40-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman are facing the most serious charges.
Topics: drug-offences, east-perth-6004, perth-6000
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Keyphrases provide semantic metadata that summarize and characterize documents. Kea is an algorithm for automatically extracting keyphrases from text. We use a large test corpus to evaluate its effectiveness in terms of how many author-assigned keyphrases are correctly identified. The system is simple, robust, and publicly available. Kea identifies… (More)
Keyphrases are an important means of document summarization, clustering, and topic search. Only a small minority of documents have author-assigned keyphrases, and manually assigning keyphrases to existing documents is very laborious. Therefore it is highly desirable to automate the keyphrase extraction process. This paper shows that a simple procedure for… (More)
- Carl Gutwin, Saul Greenberg
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work
- 2002
Supporting awareness of others is an idea that holds promise for improving the usability of real-time distributed groupware. However, there is little principled information available about awareness that can be used by groupware designers. In this article, we develop a descriptive theory of awareness for the purpose of aiding groupware design, focusing on… (More)
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Desktop conferencing systems are now shifting from strict view-sharing towards relaxed " what-you-see-is-what-I-see " interfaces, where distributed participants in a real time session can view different parts of a shared visual workspace. As with strict view-sharing, people using relaxed-WYSIWIS require a sense of workspace awareness—the up-to-the-minute… (More)
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Real-time educational groupware systems allow physically separated learners to work together in a shared virtual workspace at the same time. These systems do not yet approach the interaction richness of a face-to-face learning situation. In particular, one element poorly supported is workspace awareness: the up-to-the-minute knowledge a student requires… (More)
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Workspace awareness is knowledge about others' interaction with a shared workspace. Groupware systems provide only limited information about other participants, often compromising workspace awareness. This paper describes a usability study of several widgets designed to help maintain awareness in a groupware workspace. These widgets include a miniature… (More)
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My first stay at this Dan Hotel. While the hotel lobby, public areas and rooms are a bit dark and dated, it is a well-run facility with good staff and attention to detail. All areas as well as the room were well maintained and clean. The staff was very helpful with driving directions and well informed as to area sights. For the immediate area around and near Caesaria this is a great hotel. On the golf course and a great looking pool area. All very quiet and relaxing. Ours was a short stay as we were up and out very early in the morning for the airport. Nice and quiet!


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Thinking about watching it all again.I have the collection just collecting dust. :/
AfterFall 22-25, F 2 Responses 1 Feb 25, 2015
Wolf's RainWolf's Rain is definitely in my top 5 list of excellent anime. Combining an awesome storyline with great action and room for every character to develop, it really punches you right in the nose at times. You haven't seen what a great anime looks like until you've watched it. Short...
Sparklepaws 18-21, M 1 Response 0 May 13, 2008
Wolfs Rainwolfs rain is on my top 4 animi list awesome
josh44 13-15 0 Aug 1, 2009
Wolfs Rain2Kiba walked down the ally not knowing what to do "what am I doing here" he thought "what am I looking for" He'd been searching and wandering for as long as he could remember, and he didn't know what he was even looking for, but he always felt there was something he had to do...
gwidean 22-25, M 2 Responses 0 Oct 1, 2013
Of All AnimeI was never a huge fan of Anime. I much preferred watching kitchen appliances get blown up on Mythbusters (still do; it never seems to get old). But Wolf's Rain had to have been the only Anime that I really enjoyed. Song was outstanding (even by my tastes), the entire story...
Wittyname1234 22-25, M 1 Response 0 Feb 1, 2011
Wolfs Rain After Paradise, Part TwoThe first part is on my page, in my stories, hope you like it :) This is still the shortened version. Hige walked out of the shop, carrying a delicious hot-dog, and just took his first bite. But he should have been more careful, because as he was adoring the amazing taste of...
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Its always interesting trying to build a project like Up Shift TV. After a week or so of pluging away at the keyboards everyone has produced a bit of forward momentum with the show efforts. Cross promoting, new articles, the video sites, content for them, and even events!
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Heat by IvanAndreevichWatch
©2013-2017 IvanAndreevich
The Landscape Calendar is now available! To order, select 'Art Gifts' on the right after clicking the link.
Back from vacation to this awesome place again. Woke up every day at 5:50 AM
Location: Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Equipment: Nikon D5200 + Nikkor 10-24mm.
Technique: Photomatix Pro 4.2 and Photoshop CS6 from 3 x RAW in 1.5 EV exposures.
Back from vacation to this awesome place again. Woke up every day at 5:50 AM
Location: Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Equipment: Nikon D5200 + Nikkor 10-24mm.
Technique: Photomatix Pro 4.2 and Photoshop CS6 from 3 x RAW in 1.5 EV exposures.
Great shot! With hiperfocal?
I love this work!
Yay! I'm very glad to announce you that your artwork has been chosen to be amongst the best deviations submitted to our in the month of December 2013. You can check it out here: Featured & here: Hall Of Fame ( 44 – December 2013 ) . P.S. Please, don't forget to show us some love by ing the Blog. If you had seen this Blog faster than we got to announce it to you, even better!
Best of December
Peacock by ~PrimaDonna77 Fairytern by ~Oddersnude
I love to swim 2 by *NB-PhotoArt Ylva -Revingehed by =AndersStangl Cheetah by *L-E-photography
Cinder with the Christmas Tree by =AluminaPhotography Eyecontact by ~AngelaLouwe You are beautiful... by *cricketumpire
Queen of the damned by ~ElizabethPetroumua Tired Nymph by ~meghartley Seen You Before by ~Karabakh
Baby, You're My Disease by ~vyankkapinkrock14 Colorblind by ~Jelisa-Rina Jessica II by *Donna-Lynn
Mariya by ~Anhen I don't live and I will die soon by ~panibe
I Am The Bloody Earth by *TrizTaess
Enira Queen of Banshee - Lineage II by *oShadowButterflyo Miss Scarlet by ~a1photographe EPIC by *Pugoffka-sama
Theatre Square, Dresden by ~hessbeck-fotografix Starry Night by ~mycarisfaster Austin Skyline-2 by =jbone72
Tree by *hayleyonfire Frost by =OlivierAccart Sunrise in Paradise by *PeterJCoskun
morning's touch... by *craigletourneau The Universe Within by *alexgphoto
ghost ship by ~valentina----v
Adamantine by ~OlgaAthens Part I by *DallasHarder The looking Glass by ~Seffernatus
Pangong Lake - Ladakh by ~zaffonato Sandstorm by ~DrDrum666 Poppy Landscape by ~declaudi
The lonely Badger by *la-esmeralda Golden Wedding Anniversary II by ~nettocastro Lonely Barbie by ~MoghraFrama
Merry Christmas by ~x-Felicity-x :thumb4
absolutely stunning
Stunning Ivan, always such fabulous images !!! Happy Winter Holidays
Brilliant colors! Congrats
* ¡Fantástico trabajo! Lo hemos destacado dentro de la carpeta "Featured nº5 o Destacados nº 5" en Special-Groups. (Es la carpeta donde se exhiben los mejores trabajos del grupo).
¡Por favor, queremos ver más trabajos tuyos en el grupo!.
¡Por favor, queremos ver más trabajos tuyos en el grupo!.
High Def Tranquility.. Superb Beauty
i mean sunsetxd
looks like my beach it´s so pretty to see the sunrrise in any beach
amazing shot !
Just a fantastic shot
What an awesome picture
Really beautiful work! Very interesting composition! I love it!
Wow, great shot!
~beautiful~ your art~
awesome photo <3
Amazing work
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The Reluctant Father by Phil Toledano.
Well, obviously, it's not exactly
how it started (that would be a
slightly different kind of book).
I was never particularly interested
in having kids. I liked them in an
abstract sense, in the same way
that exercise seems appealing,
but in practice, utterly tedious.
When friends came over with
their kids, I treated them like
radioactive material. Tolerable
for short periods of time.
Prolonged exposure would have
unpleasant effects, like hair loss,
or inexplicable stains on the sofa.
The problem is, I never took
into account the relentless
pull of gravity.
You have a girlfriend, and
everyone asks "So when are
you two getting married?'
You get married.
You're married, and everyone
asks 'So when are you two
going to have children?'
You have a child.
You have a child, and
everyone asks, 'So
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Conditions of Business » Equipment Rental
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(A) GEARHOUSE BROADCAST LIMITED (registered no. 2858161) who's registered office is situated at Unit 12, Imperial Park, Imperial Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 4PP (together with its assigns and successors in title), hereinafter referred to as "the Owner"; and
(B) "The Hirer" as specified on the Order Acknowledgement Form.
I.I "the Equipment" means the equipment specified on the Order Acknowledgement Form to which this agreement relates together with all replacements and renewals of such equipment and the component parts thereof and all accessories, additions, containers, handbooks and suchlike, References to the Equipment shall (where the context so permits) be construed as including a reference to any component thereof.
1.2 "the Rentals" means those amounts as are specified on the Order Acknowledgement Form without any deduction, set-off, or counterclaim whatsoever.
1.3 "the Hire Period" means the period specified on the Order Acknowledgement Form and commencing on the Commencement Date.
1.4 "the Commencement Date" means the earlier of the date upon which the Equipment is delivered to the Hirer or its agents or the date upon which the Equipment is made available for collection by the Hirer or its agents.
1.5 "the Order Acknowledgement Form" means the document prepared by the Owner specifying in particular the Equipment, the Rental and the Hire Period and which forms a part of this agreement.
2,1 The Owner agrees to hire to the Hirer and the Hirer agrees to hire from the Owner the Equipment for the Hire Period at the Rentals subject to the terms and conditions set out herein.
3.1 The hire of the Equipment will commence on the Commencement Date.
3.2 At the Commencement Date the Hirer shall inspect the Equipment and the Order Acknowledgement form will be signed by the Hirer or by a person authorised on behalf of the Hirer.
3.3 Signature of the Order Acknowledgement Form by the Hirer or by a person authorised to sign on the Hirer's behalf shall constitute acceptance of the Equipment and of the terms and conditions set out herein.
4.1 The Hirer shall pay to the Owner during the Hire Period the Rentals in the amounts and at the intervals specified in the Order Acknowledgement Form without previous demand or invoice.
4.2 Subject to clause 4.1 above, the Owner shall (where appropriate) be entitled to invoice the Hirer at any time after the Hirer has accepted a written quotation of the Owner or the Owner has accepted any written order of the Hirer, and the Hirer shall pay to the Owner the amount specified on the invoice within 30 days of the Owner's invoice.
4.3 If the Hirer fails to make any payment on the due date then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Owner, the Owner shall be entitled to:
4.3.1 terminate this agreement and any other agreement made between the Owner and the Hirer or suspend any further deliveries to or work for the Hirer;
4.3.2 appropriate any payment made by the Hirer in relation to any goods or services supplied under any other contract between the Hirer and the Owner towards full or partial payment of amounts due under this Agreement as the Owner shall think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Hirer);
4.3.3 charge the Hirer interest at the rate of 4% per annum above the Base Rate for the time being of Barclays Bank plc on all sums which from time to time may be due from the Hirer to the Owner hereunder and remain for the time being unpaid, such interest being calculated from the due date until actual payment compounded monthly and to be payable before as well as after any judgment obtained in respect thereof.
4.4 The time of all payments due pursuant to this agreement shall be of the essence and the Owners right to terminate pursuant to clause 4.3.1 shall continue until such time as all overdue amounts (including interest) have been paid in full and shall not be deemed to be waived or otherwise impaired by the Owner's continuance to perform its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding any breach by the Hirer of clause 4.3.1.
4.5 The payment of all sums must be made to the Owner at the address specified on the Order Acknowledgement Form and payment by post is at the Hirer's risk.
4.6 The Hirer is solely responsible for the payment of all taxes, charges or other amounts that may be levied in respect of the payment for the Rentals or for the delivery of or use of the Equipment and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Owner against any such amounts which the Owner is required to pay.
5.1 The Hirer may use the Equipment for the purposes of its business and for social, domestic and pleasure purposes. The Equipment is not to be used, and the Hirer will not permit it to be used, for any purposes for which it is not expressly designed. Further, the Hirer will not use or permit the Equipment to be used or operated in a manner contrary to any instruction notified by the Owner or to any statutory provision or regulation or in any way contrary to law.
5.2 The Hirer agrees that it will not:
5.2.1 without the prior consent of the Owner effect any modification to or make any alterations additions or repair to the Equipment;
5.2.2 remove or interfere with any identification marks or plates affixed to the Equipment nor attempt or purport to do so nor permit the same;
5.2.3 deface the Equipment nor add any painting, sign writing, lettering or advertising to or on the Equipment.
6.1 The Owner shall during the continuance of this agreement:
6.1.1 (unless the Hirer elects to collect the Equipment from the business premises of the Owner) deliver the Equipment to a place agreed between both parties (free of charge) anywhere in the United Kingdom mainland:
6.1.2 in the event of any of the Equipment becoming temporarily unusable (other than as a result of accident, damage, theft or vandalism) endeavour to make available replacement equipment (not necessarily of the same type and age) for collection by the Hirer within 48 hours (or so soon thereafter as is practicable) after receipt of notification from the Hirer requesting the same. The Owner may at its own discretion from time to time withdraw any Equipment and substitute other equipment of similar make and type. Save as otherwise expressly provided for any replacement equipment shall be subject to the terms of this agreement to the same extent as the Equipment.
7.1 The Hirer shall during the continuance of this agreement:
7.1.1 ensure that the Equipment is operated properly and safely by persons who are competent to operate the same and in accordance with any instructions or guidance issued from time to time by the manufacturer of the Equipment or by the Owner;
7. 1.2 indemnify the Owner against all fines, penalties and liabilities arising in respect of any non-compliance or contravention of any law or regulation, together with the cost or expense relating thereto incurred by the Owner;
7.1.3 not take or allow any of the Equipment to be taken out of the United Kingdom mainland without receiving prior written authority of the Owner and, in the event of that authority being given, only on such terms as the Owner deems fit;
7.1.4 collect from and return to the Owner, or from and to such place as the Owner shall advise, any replacement equipment made available to the Hirer in accordance with clause 6.1.2 hereof. The replacement equipment shall be returned within 24 hours after the Hirer has been notified by the Owner that the original Equipment is ready for collection, failing which the Hirer will pay additional Rentals for the replacement equipment at a rate determined by the Owner for the period during which the replacement equipment is retained by the Hirer;
7.1.5 bear the cost of the repair or rectification of any damage to the Equipment resulting from negligence or improper use of the Equipment by the Hirer or any person permitted by the Hirer to use the Equipment;
7.1.6 pay all costs incurred by the Owner in respect of the supply and fixing of any accessories, extras or additions which may be required by law or which are fixed to the Equipment at the request of or by the Hirer;
7.1.7 take all necessary steps at its own expense to retain and recover possession or control of any Equipment of which the Hirer loses control;
7.1.8 permit the Owner or its authorised representatives at all reasonable times to enter upon any premises where the Equipment may from time to time be to inspect and test the condition of the Equipment;
7.1.9 notify the Owner of any change in the Hirer's address and upon request by the Owner promptly inform the Owner of the whereabouts of the Equipment; and
7.1.10 in respect of the condition and maintenance of the Equipment (including any replacement equipment supplied pursuant to Clause 6.1.2 hereof) be solely responsible at its own cost for:
(a) regularly cleaning and maintaining the Equipment;
(b) subject to clause 5.2.1, promptly repairing damage to the Equipment; and
(c) arranging (where appropriate) the regular servicing of the Equipment and keeping accurate records of the same.
8.1 The Hirer will throughout the term of this agreement keep the Equipment (including any replacement equipment provided under clause 6.1.2 above) insured with an insurance company of good repute or with Lloyds underwriters against loss or damage from all risks. The Hirer shall notify its insurers that the Equipment is on hire from the Owner and request the insurers to endorse a note of such interest on the Policy of insurance naming the Owner as loss payee, shall on demand and before commencement of this agreement show the Owner the policy of insurance, premium receipts and insurance certificate and shall not use or allow the Equipment to be used for any purpose not permitted by the terms of the policy of insurance or do or allow to be done any thing or act whereby the insurance may be invalidated. If the Hirer shall make default in the payment of any premium in respect of the insurance the Owner may pay such premium in which event the Hirer shall repay the amount thereof to the Owner on demand. The Hirer shall indemnify the Owner against all loss or damage to the Equipment not recoverable under the policy of insurance.
8.2 Where any event or accident shall occur which is a risk covered by the Hirer's insurance hereunder the Hirer shall immediately notify the Owner thereof, shall not compromise any claim without the consent of the Owner, shall allow the Owner to take over conduct of the negotiations (except in relation to claims by the Hirer for personal injuries, loss of use of the Equipment or loss or damage to property unconnected with the Equipment) and shall at the expense of the Hirer take such proceedings (in the sole name of the Hirer or jointly with the Owner) as the Owner shall direct holding all sums recovered, together with any monies received by the Hirer under its policy of insurance, on trust for the Owner and paying or applying the same as the Owner directs and as herein provided. If any Equipment is declared a total loss, the hire thereof shall terminate. In such event the Owner shall apply any proceeds of insurance received by it at its option:
8.2.1 towards a replacement of equivalent value which replacement shall be deemed to be included in this agreement for all purposes and the Hirer shall continue to be liable to any Rental as if such loss had not taken place, or
8.2.2 in or towards payment to the Owner of the sum necessary to compensate the Owner for the loss suffered as a result of the loss of that Equipment.
8.3 The Owner shall have the right itself to repair or have repaired any Equipment which suffers damage. If the Owner does not choose to do so the Hirer shall be liable to reinstate or repair (subject to clause 5.2.1) at its own expense any of the Equipment which has not become a total loss. In any event, in the case of any damage to the Equipment the Hirer shall continue to pay Rental in respect of such Equipment during reinstatement or repair whether by the Owner or the Hirer.
8.4 The Hirer will be liable to pay to the Owner any amount deducted by the insurers by way of excess or in respect of damage caused to the Equipment prior to the date of total loss and (subject to the application of insurance proceeds under clause 8.2.2 above) shall indemnify the Owner against all and any loss suffered by it in consequence of the total loss of all or any part of the Equipment.
9.1 The Hirer shall be solely responsible for and hold the Owner fully indemnified against all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, proceedings, costs and expenses which may be brought against or incurred by the Owner as a result of any accident involving the Equipment (other than death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Owner or its employees or agents).
9.2 The Owner does not hire the Equipment subject to any condition or warranty express implied or statutory in connection with the fitness for any purpose or age of the Equipment and any conditions and warranties are hereby expressly excluded insofar as permitted by Statute and (save for the Owner's liability for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the Owner or its employees or agents in which event the Owner's liability shall not be limited) the Owner will not be responsible for any liability, claims, loss, damage or expense of any kind or nature caused directly or indirectly by the Equipment or its use.
9.3 The Hirer shall be solely responsible for and hold the Owner fully indemnified against all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, proceedings, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by the Owner as a result of any breach or default on the part of the Hirer in the discharge of its obligations under this Agreement.
10.1 The Equipment shall at all times remain the property of the Owner and the Hirer shall have no rights to the Equipment other than as mere bailee and the Hirer shall not do or permit or cause to be done any matter or thing whereby the rights of the Owner in respect of the Equipment are or may be prejudicially affected.
10.2 The Owner may assign and sell its rights under this agreement and its rights in and to the Equipment.
10.3 The Hirer shall not sell, assign, charge or create any encumbrance, security interest or sub-lease over or otherwise dispose of or abandon the Equipment, nor allow the Equipment to become a fixture on any land or property.
11.1 If the Hirer shall fail to pay any Rental or other sum under this agreement (or any other agreement made between the Owner and the Hirer) or shall commit a breach of any other terms whether express or implied of this agreement (or of any other agreement as aforesaid) or shall do or allow to be done any act or thing which in the opinion of the Owner may jeopardise the Owner's rights in the Equipment or any part thereof, then in each and every such case the Hirer shall be deemed to have repudiated this agreement and the Owner may thereupon or at any time, pursuant to clause 4.4 or otherwise within three months thereafter forthwith terminate the hire constituted by this agreement.
11.2 If any of the following events shall occur, namely:
11.2.1 if any distress, execution or other legal process shall be levied on or against the Equipment or any part thereof or against any premises where the same may be against any of the Hirer's goods or other property or the Hirer shall permit any judgment against it to remain unsatisfied for seven days; or
11.2.2 if the Hirer, being an individual, shall die, shall suffer an interim order (within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986) to be made against him or enter into a voluntary arrangement or suffer the making of a Statutory Demand or the presentation of a petition for a bankruptcy order; or similar or analogous order is made or proceedings commenced or action taken in any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in consequence of debt; or
11.2.3 if the Hirer, being a body corporate, shall enter into any liquidation, shall call any meeting of its creditors or shall have a receiver or receiver and manager of all or any of its undertaking or assets appointed, or shall suffer the appointment or the presentation of a petition for the appointment of an Administrator under the provisions of Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986, or shall be deemed by virtue of sl23 of the Insolvency Act 1986 to be unable to pay its debts, or any similar or analogous order is made or proceedings commenced or action taken in any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in consequence of debt, then in each and every such case the hire constituted by this agreement shall ipso facto and without notice terminate and no payment subsequently accepted by the Owner without knowledge of such termination shall in any way prejudice or affect the operation of this clause.
11.3 Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Owner at its sole discretion may at any time and without giving any reason therefore by seven days notice in writing to the Hirer for all purposes terminate this agreement.
11.4 The Hirer shall upon any termination under clauses 4.3.1, 4.4, 11.1, 11.2 or 11.3 above pay to the Owner:
11.4.1 all arrears of Rental then due and all other sums accrued due and unpaid at the date of termination, together with interest thereon payable under clause 4.3.3 hereof; and
11.4.2 the cost of all repairs required as at the date of termination; and
11.4.3 compensation for the loss suffered by the Owner as a result of such termination, such loss being determined by the Owner; and
11.4.4 any other sums which are or become due to the Owner or to which the Owner is or may be entitled by way of damages.
11.5 The termination of this agreement shall not affect the rights of the Owner or the liabilities of the Hirer subsisting at the date of termination of this agreement.
11.6 On termination of the hire howsoever or whenever occasioned or on expiry of the Hire Period, the Hirer shall no longer be in possession of the Equipment with the Owner's consent and shall (unless otherwise agreed with the Owner) forthwith return the Equipment to the Owner at such address as the Owner may direct in good working condition and at the Hirer's expense and risk. Without prejudice to the foregoing or to the breach by the Hirer of this agreement or any other rights hereunder, the Owner or its authorised representatives may at any time after such termination or expiry of the Hire Period without notice retake possession of the Equipment and for such purpose may enter upon any premises belonging to or in the occupation or control of the Hirer and the Hirer shall be responsible for all costs, charges and expenses to be incurred in retaking possession of the Equipment as aforesaid. The Hirer shall also bear the reasonable costs incurred by the Owner at any time in ascertaining the whereabouts of the Equipment and/or the Hirer.
12.1 Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 11.6 hereof, as from the due expiration of the Hire Period and until such time as the Equipment shall have been returned or where the Equipment is returned damaged the Equipment is duly repaired the Hirer shall pay by way of recompense for the continued use of the Equipment and for the Owner's inability to hire the equipment to other person's, a daily sum (payable in arrears) at the same rate per day (pro rata if the rate in the Order Acceptance Form is expressed as other than per day) as the Rental payments were previously due in respect thereof in addition to any amounts payable by the Hirer to the Owner for the repair of any damaged Equipment pursuant to clause 7.1.5 or for any costs, liabilities, expenses, damages or other loss suffered by the Owner as a result of the late return of the Equipment and/or the Equipment being returned damaged pursuant to clause 9.3.
12.2 This clause shall not confer upon the Hirer any right to the continued use or possession of the Equipment.
13.1 All sums due from the Hirer to the Owner shall be increased to include VAT at the rate or rates for the time being in force.
14.1 If the Hirer fails to comply with or commits a breach of any provision of this agreement, the Owner may without in any way being obliged to do so or responsible for so doing and without prejudice to the ability of the Owner to treat that non-compliance as an event entitling it to terminate this agreement under clause II hereof effect compliance on behalf of the Hirer whereupon the Hirer will become liable to pay immediately any sums expended by the Owner together with all costs and expenses including legal costs in connection therewith.
15.1 Although the Owner will use all reasonable endeavours to discharge its obligations under this agreement in a prompt and efficient manner, it does not accept responsibility for any failure or delay caused by circumstances beyond its control.
16.1 No forbearance, indulgence or relaxation on the part of the Owner shown or granted to the Hirer in respect of any of the provisions of this agreement shall in any way affect, diminish, restrict or prejudice the rights or powers of the Owner under this agreement or operate as or be deemed to be a waiver of any breach by the Hirer of the terms and conditions of this agreement.
17.1 No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Owner is exclusive of any other right or remedy herein or by law or equity provided or permitted but each shall be cumulative of every other right or remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing and may be enforced concurrently therewith from time to time.
18.1 The Hirer hereby waives all and any future claims and rights of set off against any instalment of Rental or any payment due hereunder and agrees to pay the Rental and other amounts hereunder regardless of any equity, set off or cross-claim on the part of the Hirer against the Owner.
19.1 All notices or other communications hereunder to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed to by duly given or made when delivered (in the case of personal delivery), when despatched and proper receipt of successful transmission obtained (in the case of facsimile copy or e-mail) or on the second day following the day of posting (in the case of a posted letter) to such party addressed to it at its address specified on the Order Acknowledgement Form or at such address or at such facsimile or e-mail number as such party may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice in writing.
20.1 Where there are two or more parties to this agreement as Hirer their liability shall be joint and several. In this agreement and where the context so admits or requires the masculine gender shall include the feminine or neuter (and vice versa) and expressions in the singular shall include the plural.
20.2 If any provision of these conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provision in question shall not be affected thereby.
20.3 This agreement shall be governed by the Laws of England and Wales. The Hirer irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
20.4 The headings in this agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect interpretation
20.5 No term of this Agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties" Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this Agreement."


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Days for extended silent prayer. Interspersed, there will be brief explorations of ways of praying and finding God in all things.
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The ability to gain strength from alcohol. Technique of Alcohol Manipulation. Variation of Organic Empowerment and Drink Empowerment.
Also Called
- Drunk Empowerment
- Drunken Master
- Drunkenness Empowerment
- Intoxication Empowerment
Users become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. when they come in contact with alcohol, whether by drinking or simply being around it, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Some users may be able draw sustenance from the alcohol or even slow or stop aging.
The user's attacks also become unpredictable to their opponents because the alcohol in the user's system throws their movements off balance.
- Alcohol Immunity
- Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
- Pain Suppression
- Self-Power Augmentation
- Self-Sustenance
- Alcohol Manipulation
- Double-Edged Power: hangover.
- Drink Empowerment
- Enhanced Combat
- Intoxication Embodiment
- Organic Empowerment
- Powers Via Object
- Unpredictability
- Very likely causes alcoholism.
- May lose control and end up destroying everything in one's path until there is nothing left.
- May cause delusions and stress and can end up killing the user.
- May not remember anything while they were drunk due to intoxication.
- May need training in order to control movements.
Known Users
- Orlha (Chrono Cross)
- Bacchus Groh (Fairy Tail)
- Chin Gentsai (King of the Fighters)
- Rock Lee (Naruto)
- Chu (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Hyouzou (One Piece)
- Naomi Drunk (One Piece)
- Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)
- Bo' Rai Cho (Mortal Kombat)
- Suika Ibuki (Touhou Project)
- Yuugi Hoshiguma (Touhou Project)
- Robots (Futurama)
- Orochimon (Digimon Tamers)
- Cassie (Push); in order to increase her precognition abilities
- Chris (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?)
- Certain Drunken Fist users (Kung Fu films)
- Terra of the Left (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Mansam (Toriko)
- Logan (Dead Island)
- Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
- Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
- Vincent Brooks (Catherine)
- Gragas (League of Legends)
- Frank West (Dead Rising)
- Chuck Greene (Dead Rising 2)
- Watchers (Push)
- Lou Garou (Wolfcop)
- Wong Fei-hung/Freddy Wong (Drunken Master)
- Garcia Hotspur (Shadows of the Damned)
- Douche (Sausage Party)
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The Room is Empty: A Poem
The Inner Voice Screams
Sometimes life's events just lend themselves to poetry. Many experiences are so beautiful they make your heart cry out with joy. Our spirits are lifted upward by the magnificence we have witnessed, and we hope to share the feeling with others through our words. At other times situations are troubling and necessitate a more indirect expression to be processed and shared. Poetry lends itself to these darker moments, as well. Its cathartic benefits provide an outlet for the inner voice, screaming to be heard.
My inner voice is screaming today, and I wish to share the words that are demanding to be expressed. In their sharing, I offer thanks to someone who has pushed me to put myself out there with my words and images. Your courage emboldens me.
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The Room is Empty: Images
The Room is Empty
Newspapers are scattered across the floor of his living room.
Dishes from a meal he ate without tasting litter his coffee table.
A fan circulates air throughout the room, flipping pages of a nearby magazine with its steady breeze.
The room is empty.
Bottles of aspirin and antacids line the kitchen counter.
The refrigerator is empty except for milk, frozen foods, and ketchup.
The clock on the wall was never set back, even though Daylight Savings Time ended days ago.
The sheets on his bed are twisted and sweaty.
An old-style answering machine blinks three times, alerting him to telephone messages he never listened to.
The television runs, offering four hour blocks of "Roseanne," "M*A*S*H," or "The Andy Griffith Show."
He sits upright in bed, resting one arm upon his knee, staring straight ahead.
His eyes are dry from lack of sleep.
He has not moved for hours, save for the rise and fall of his chest as his lungs fill with air.
A young boy's room is next to his own, wallpaper adorned with puppies.
The bed is made—the sheets clean, white, and pressed.
A teddy bear rests in the seat of a rocking chair, arms outstretched in tender greeting.
The room is empty.
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I have read this twice-it came in just as I was headed to bed and I saw Mike and I had to come take a look at what you have written. :* (
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Your alone and now your room and refriderator are empty too?
You are never alone! And your refridgerator has more in it than mine! If I ever wanted to hug someone at this moment it would be you! What troubles you so Mike? Makes me sad to read this, though I understand the feelings of aloneness on an earthly sense-I too am alone but in a spiritual sense-I am never alone. I close my eyes and think of long ago good times, good places, good people and I drift off to sleep...
I am coming over right now to rub your back and sing..oh, I sing terrible...strike the singing...just pat your back and you will fall right off to sleep! :) *it worked for my babies..it will work for you! You are in my thoughts!
You are not having a good night are you babydoll?
Hey...is that an english muffin I see in your fridge? I like english muffins...with peanut butter melted on it...why don't you try one of those and have a glass of milk..if you are still alone and bored, you can draw in the peanut butter with your finger..I do..and it is much fun!
I love it. Nice expression. Sometimes we cannot help it. We just feel empty.
Loneliness fills the room and you have worded it so well. Good job my friend. I feel the teddy bear's anticipation of welcoming you home. Poor little guy. LOL
I remember before I met my wife there were times when I very aware of how empty my life felt, and I can remember at times looking to the right of me at the empty loveseat, wondering how nice it would be that someone would be sitting there to talk to, smile at me, love me, or just be there.
For me, that was my emptiness. However yours is interpreted, the feeling it leaves us with is the same.
Great poem Mike. Keep up the great writing.
lol, call me anything you want Mike, I am sure I have been called worse, HAWWW or Aaron works for me.
Here I am with a different view of your poem. Were is the child that should be in the rocking chair with the teddy bear? Reading this makes me think that the child is away or has died and that is why the guy in the "Empty" room can't seem to get any sleep. He truly is empty without that child in the other Empty room. It is a sad poem but speaks volumes about the loss of a child. Sometimes it takes a long time to just get by from day to day.
Any mood that is on your heart is right. Just reach for the stars and knit that alphabet into something new.
Mike I may not always comment, but I do check out your Hubs.
So I'm here too!
At first, my heart ached a bit. But then I thought a bit and it doesn't necessarily mean the boy's room will always be empty. The main reason it made my heart ache, though, is because I saw so much of my dad in this poem, and it literally brought tears to my eyes. I'm glad you decided to continue poetry. Thank you for sharing, and mostly, thank you for allowing me to see things from a different point of view... I think perhaps you'll never know exactly how it read for me, and that's the beauty of poetry. What words mean for one can mean something entirely different to another. : )
Hey Mike! You know...I was thinking that I may have upset you by being silly...I have been known to put my foot in my big mouth at times. So sorry. I was only trying to cheer you up!
I was thinking when I read this was one of the rooms of yours-loss "untouched-loss of innocence of the boy you once were." That is why it is poetry-to be interpreted by the reader right? Apparently I am not very good at it.
Great Poem, I know that great work can come from positive or negative inspirations, and this poem really told a story. I wish you the best, and please write more poetry.
Mike, is the child coming home soon. I do hope so.
Hello Mike! Yup I come here and check on you to see that you are doing okay! (I sent ya an e-mail directly contact/profile last night but not sure if you got it because I don't know how these things work-or even if it got mailed out?) So I popped in to say that I am glad I didn't upset you by my silliness...it does get the best of me and at the wrong times.
Wow, I wish I could write poems like you Mike. A real talent. Pleasure to follow you.
Very nice once again, Mike! You are truly gifted! Have a wonderful day!
wow, way to evoke your feelings.. we all have been there before in our own version of an empty room.. I hope your room gets less lonely soon! ...great poem :)
Mike, I hope your okay now, at times yes we feel really at a blank wall, but then life smiles for us, I wish in any way I can give smile to you too, HUGS HUGS HUGS, I am still thinking of your poem, wonderfully written it affects even the stone in us, Thank you, Maita
Hi Mike,
This is more than a poem; it is a painting and a symphony at the same time. I could hear the stillness and smell the air in the empty room, I felt the breez of the fan and saw the pages turning.
At times life feels empty and than a door opens and joy comes back
The room is quite lonely indeed, and it makes you wonder about the person who resides in it.
Excellent detail sets up the ending nicely
Great Blog Indeed!!!!! Sometime life behaves like poetry, aptly stated in hub. Every thing happens like total fantasy. The whole hub is meticulously formatted and presentation is of par excellence. Thanks a lot for providing such a wonderful hub.
I just found you...and I am so glad. Empty rooms seem to loom wherever you are in life. I have a room that is half empty. We have a family member who is seriously ill. We try to fill the room with encouragement and bravado. But no matter how hard we try, the room is only getting emptier.
You are a good writer. And I'm glad I've found you.
Hey there Mike,
First time I've had a chance to read one of your hubs. Loneliness and emptiness seem to go hand in hand. Your poem is wonderful; I sense your feelings run deep. Thank you for sharing and reaching out. Know that you are never alone. You have many friends here and we are all pulling for you. Keep doing what you're doing for this too shall pass.
My father-in-law has pancreatic cancer also. We just found out. One month ago he had a check up and they took pictures of that area because he was having certain problems and there was nothing there. Now, one month later, he has a growth the size of a golf ball. It is very fast growing and he has gone from a vibrant man to an old man very quickly.
I'm scared out of my mind. This man means a lot to me. And we are just beginning our new hell on earth. I hope his spirit and heart stays intact. I hope that I can be a bright beacon in this moment and time and that he won't see my fear that he will leave me too soon.
I hope...
Very expressive poem.I liked it immensely.
Hi Mike, great stuff, striking images and a little erie also, excellent read, also love the photos that went with it.
I suppose poetry, although self expression from the writer-also allows each reader to interpret the collection of words in their own personal way, which was achieved in your poem. I very much enjoy reading your work-thank you for sharing it, and for your comments.
HC Porter
Ineffably sad, Mike - but lovely. Thanks for the moving words.
Very moving poem. Wonderful.
Lovely poem and the pictures make it real. I think Poetry is like Therapy.
Well, I hope the room is filled with sunshine and lots of laughter soon. May I have the beer in the fridge please, I think it is beer? Meanwhile, I must have a word with Waitrose to stock up your fridge.
Thanks for sharing your poem.
Very powerful!
Your poem touched my heart deeply as I read on towards the end and realized the reason for the poem to come forth. Our pain sometimes brings out the best poetry. Good write!
That just makes me want to know more - I felt like screaming for air when I finished. It was spooky yet beautiful.
It made me think, somewhat, of the strange process of looking around my dad's place after I'd seen him pass away in the bedroom. Eery, sad, yet beautiful! Thank you.
vivid expressions. very nice.
Great weave there Mike, I enjoyed sharing that moment in time. I believe you and I have also shared the same coffee table at one time or another, metaphorically speaking.
This is very touching and heartfelt. The only one I know that can help or heal is Jesus. Invite Him in and see what happens. You're in my prayers. God bless
excellent work Mike.
Your poem could have so many hidden meanings. But, I liked it just the same. Although I am new to the hubs, I have to say I like the variety in how many writers express their thoughts. No matter what was the true meaning behind the poem, it was good! Thanks for sharing it.
Mike, i am new to this, but when I was reading empty rooms...my heart began to beat rapidly at the end...i wanted to ready more...u grasped my attention! keep it up!
Mike you inspired me to write about something personal to me, I have not previously opened that door and I have always been somewhat guarded at how much I put out there. I read this the other day and ever since I have contemplated opening up with my writing and perhaps using it to cope. Thank you for freeing my mind a bit. I posted my first "personal" hub today about me and my children
Written expression of the inner self; has always been my favorite style of poetry/writing. This is really good - a clear read with no words mixed in to hesitate the reader in a pause; of what the message is in this poem. A wonderful offer of talent - Great poem.
So deep in words that emptiness becomes fulfilled in true passions, lovely work...
This is very moving and quite powerful. You express loneliness very well. I hope it is an expression of the moment and not a lasting sadness.
Wow! Powerful! The last four verses (aided by the preparatory first verses) grabbed me by the heart, flung me around a few times, then threw me into blubbering fits.
It was a stroke of genius that you didn't specify the details of what had happened; each of us can apply our own experience and take it from there, thus making it more real to us. I think you outdid Longfellow and Robert Frost on that one!
I wrote something about how I think children don't really suffer, on my home page, if you're interested.
I stopped by to re-read some of your work. I was here..left my footprints...have a good night..you were in my thoughts my friend. Peace and love to you!!
Wow this is amazing! So powerful and beautiful I was lost in your words. Great work Mike :)
Just had to come by again. Your poem touches me everytime I read it in a different way. Just depends on what my own mood is at the time.
I hope you do more of this kind of writing. It is very good.
This is great!! Read twice now.........this time leaving a comment...........you are very creative and expressive!
Thankyou for your hubs
Do you have a hidden camera in my house?
Very touching and worded so that every bit of detail literally sprung to life. I am so very sorry to hear of the loss of your brother. Both of mine are now gone as well as both of my parents, my mother being the most recent death. I have my wonderful husband but those feelings of loss can at times overpower one. Hoping that your days have become much brighter.
Wonderful concept and form for an idea such as this...like a little cornucopia of images...then suddenly a solitary character is introduced from among the emptiness...along with the repetition of the title throughout it made for a moving piece...I'll definitely be back. Thank you.
Hey Mike you are not alone. In my hubs about Jack..here was a man who was alone and running on empty love, feelings and courage for some time. His companion was loneliness, empty fridge, empty rooms, being slovenly and not caring what was laying on the floor or how it got there.
Life for Jack was simply an old movie in black and white playing in reverse, he stared into nothingness for some time and drank in excess.
His soul often crying out in pain to be whole and put back together againlike humpty dumpty he just couldn't put those pieces back to complete the puzzle.
So I feel the pain in this great piece and I hope you got past it okay. Peace and a hug is out to you my friend.
Wow, I'm almost breathless! I'm the father of a 4 year old boy who has a new puppy. This poem makes me well up with tears. Thanks for sharing this Mike! I'm a follower from now!
This kind of reminded me of a poem called "Tenement Room" by Claude McKay. Your verb choices and imagery really make the poem come alive. Nice job.
Love the picture that has been painted with these words. Great Hub!
Mike. All I can say is "wow." You have an amazing way of paintiing the scene through words. Even though there is no emotion being expressed by the subject of the poem, as a reader I couldn't help but catch my breath deeper and deeper with each new line. I'm not expressing this very well. What I mean to say -- what I took from your poem -- is the excruciating pain/loss of the man, even though those particular words are never used.
Awesome is a cop-out word, but I'll use it anyway. MM
I remember before I met my wife there were times when I very aware of how empty my life felt, and I can remember at times looking to the right of me at the empty loveseat, wondering how nice it would be that someone would be sitting there to talk to, smile at me, love me, or just be there.
u have truly been blessed by Him, with such an "Awesome" heart, mind, and soul! U Have much to offer to us out here, who can appreicate that gift, u clearly have been blessed to possess! Keep going Sir.. We Need ones like u!
Poetry can express so much and the words that you have used so poetically really paint a picture of loneliness. I see you wrote this some time ago now so I do hope that the emptiness and solitude have now disappeared and that you have filled every moment with contentment and happiness. I loved this hub and I am so pleased that I found your poetry.
I am glad to read that you are no more empty but filled. Pray I ask what with?
Such a lonely poem. I can relate. The ending gave me a bit of surprise. The loneliness has a point > a child perhaps. Poetry doesn't have to give all the answers to be good.
Thanks for the read. nice, nice job.
I have tried to stretch my mind to find words fit to leave here and come up - empty - except to say I have a similar room in my heart, I believe. Very, very moving.


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Solheim Cup star Azahara Munoz wins Ladies Open de France
Azahara Munoz upstaged home favourites Gwladys Nocera and Valentine Derrey to snatch the Ladies Open de France title.
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The Solheim Cup winner started the final day a stroke off the lead, but a five-under 65 powered the Spaniard to her third professional title.
Munoz piled the pressure on the French hopefuls with a blistering start, picking up birdies at the second, fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth holes to turn in 30.
She then added another birdie on the 15th before making her only mistake of the day at 17, but Munoz held her nerve to get up and down from the back of the final green to post the winning score of 14 under par.
"It's been a long year and I've been playing really bad and since Solheim it's got much better and I'm just really happy to have won here," said the 25-year-old.
"Right from the beginning I started to play really well; I hit it really close so I had a couple of tap-in birdies and in the end, I didn't make many putts, but it was enough from the front nine so I'm really happy."
Nocera and Derrey, who were joint overnight leaders along with compatriot Joanna Klatten, finished just adrift after both carded three-under 67s.
Nocera made a costly bogey on the par-three 16th while local professional Derrey failed to build on an outward nine of five under, coming home in two over after dropping shots at 13 and 14.
Klatten (68) was fourth on 12 under while Munoz's Solheim Cup team-mate Charley Hull was the leading English challenger on seven under.


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Summary of Season 1 (1997) - 2 discs
This documentary explores an ancient territory whose cultures sculpted much of today's Western world. The Byzantine Empire existed for more than 1,000 years as the first Christian empire, with influence on three continents for over 11 centuries. This civilization had the potential to follow in the footsteps of Greece and Rome, but was all but decimated by careless intruders. Historian John Romer hosts this fascinating program.
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I'm okay with that.
I actually watched The Hills for the first time about 2 weeks ago. It was the first show of the new season I think. I was impressed by the amount of hawt ladies on that show. I must admit I would have tuned in for a second and third time, but my wife thought I was a gay pussy for watching it, so...
Evidently not even college football is safe from teh gheys.
And since The Golden Calf of Bristol is his "son," isn't that incest, too?
Not in Gainesville.
Evidently not even college football is safe from teh gheys.
funny thing was Saturday i saw that and immediately rewinded to show my gaytor friends that were over....they voiced their displeasure as i cackled with glee
I would bet my life savings that Urban Myer would spread his ass cheeks if The Golden Calf of Bristol asked him to.
I'm sitting in the living room, and I have narrowed it down to two choices:
Big 10 Football or The Hills.
I choose The Hills.
Big 10 Football or The Hills.
I choose The Hills.
Confirmed, you sir are very GAY.
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Evidently you all haven't watched the Big 10 lately.


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Last week when I was talking about the iPad Air 2 and Nexus 9 I mentioned that I've been finding new tablet announcements pretty dull. I guess Barnes & Noble has a different opinion.
Yesterday the company announced the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1" and I just don't know what they're thinking. This is a $299 tablet (for now; they're saying that price reflects a $50 instant rebate so at some point it will go up to $249) with a 10.1" screen, and I guess that's as hard as they hope you'll look. Turns out the screen has a resolution of 1280x800, for a poor ppi (pixels per inch) of 149. In other words it has the same resolution as the 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 7.0. Inside is a 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm CPU.
Now to be fair, there aren't a lot of 10" Android tablets that offer a better screen, (Android tablets this big seem to be going out of fashion) but you can find some if you shop around. The ASUS Transformer Pad is 10" with a 2560x1600 (300 ppi) screen and a Tegra 4 CPU inside. It can be had for $279.
But Barnes & Noble's adversary is Amazon, so let's look at the Kindle Fire line.
The latest and greatest Kindle Fire is the HDX 8.9. It's a little smaller than the new NOOK, and it starts at $379, but it has a 2560x1600 (339 ppi) display. That's a display you can stare at all day without your eyes complaining and I assume if you're buying a tablet from a book seller it's because you expect to read on it a lot.
If you can stand going even smaller, the older Kindle Fire HDX 7" is available for a mere $179 and it has a 1920x1200 (323 ppi) screen. I have one of these and it's my current favorite tablet for reading.
The one benefit that the NOOK has over the Kindle tablets is access to Google's Play store. The Amazon tablets limit you to the Amazon app store and that might be a significant difference depending on your needs. If that matters to you I'd still urge you to consider the ASUS I mentioned earlier, or even the smaller NOOK 7; it's currently $169.99 and that 1280x800 resolution on a 7" screen means a ppi of 216. Or perhaps consider Nvidia's Shield Tablet. $299 there gets you an 8" tablet with 1920x1200 (around 283 ppi) with a fast Tegra K1 CPU (if you're into mobile gaming the Shield is an especially attractive choice).
I don't meant to beat up on Barnes & Noble but I just think we're past the day when we should have to put up with low ppi screens. (In case you haven't picked up on this yet, I have a strong belief that a high ppi screen is one of the most important factors in choosing a tablet now that most of them are 'fast enough' for everything but the most demanding mobile games.) Anything less than 200 ppi is, in my opinion, inadequate at this point. 250 ppi is better and anything over 300 ppi is great. I don't have science to back up these figures, just my own experience of using a lot of different tablets.
I feel that, on paper at least, the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1" is an ill-conceived product and I don't think it's going to do much to revive the NOOK brand. Maybe the reviews will prove me wrong; I kind of hope they do.


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A "black hole monster" was to be found in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, but was scrapped from final release. It can be found in the game's beta files.[1]
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The Great Helot Revolt, other times referred to as the Third Slave Rebellion was a domestic conflict that erupted into Sparta following the restoration of the Spartan monarchy in early 379 BCE. The defeat of the Athenian backed democracy prompted Helot slaves, who had experienced a "freer" life, were once again forced into slavery, and as a result railed against Sparta.
The Declaration of Aderin
The Peloponnesian Wars had been a dark time in Spartan history, resulting in a series of decisive defeats by the Athenian navy and army that forced the once superpower, into a puppet-democracy of the growing Athenian Empire. Despite resentment towards Athens, Sparta was unable to act against it, as the Athenians had become extremely strong and wealthy, and any military action would be squashed by the new Empire.
Following the Battle of Eleusis, Athens sphere of influence drastically expanded, though its manpower reserves were crushed. This presented the enemies of Athens to move against it politically, gaining aa over-whelming majority in the Spartan Assembly for nearly a decade. Then, Spartan conspirators moved on surrounding cities, and founded the Samus League, which secretly prepared itself to dethrone Athens.
Several powerful colonial states joined the secret alliance, though in truth Sparta could not be a leader until it rid itself of the Athenian influence. In an act of defiance, the popular conservative movement declared the dissolution of the Assembly and the re-creation of the dual Spartan Monarchy. The so called, "Declaration of Aderin" (as it was declared by a Spartan warrior, Aderin) freed Sparta from Athenian influence. However, the Declaration also "re-restricted" the rights of the Helots, and reduced their freedoms to a slave level. In fact, slaves became such an important factor of post-Aderin life (because they required them for the reconstruction process), that most poor Dorian families owned two or more Helots. The Spartans also instituted their previous military training system, that brought even harsher restrictions and requirements of Helots, eventually cultivating in an open Helot rebellion.
The Rebellion
After Athens was politically defeated by the Samus League, Sparta prepared to strike Athenian allies directly afterwards, but instead was dragged back by domestic issues and lack of a stable monetary system. A group of local Helot leaders, known as the ζηλωτές (zealots), identifying the weakness of the new government, rallied together 3000 Helots during a Spartan ceremony. The Helots, all of whom were young and angry, marched out and burned down the aristocratic suburb of Sparta. The Helots, quickly left the area, and returned to their "homes", pretending to be just as frightened as the ordinary Spartan citizen.
The fire razed for many days, distracting the majority of the Spartan population. The Helots joined together in bands, and discussed their position, still acting innocent to the questionable fire. Many Helots had no desire to part take in the efforts, but eventually a group of Spartan warriors killed a large number of Helot boys, ranging from nine to 15 years of age in an act of anger.
The Spartan Warriors had just ignited the real fire. Thousands of Helots, rampaged through the streets of Sparta amidst the burning chaos. The Spartan Hoplites rushed to defeat the Helots, but the sheer number of the Helot warriors overwhelmed the Spartan lines. As the fire ran rampant across Sparta, many citizens fled the city, while many more died amidst the fire. The Helots used the fire as an advantage, attacking at night, where the fire illuminated their attire, making them seem like blazing warriors to the frightened Spartans. Despite the seemingly total anarchy, Spartan soldiers held back the Helot advance, until both women and children smashed against the Spartan lines. Finally, after three months of fighting, the Helot army broke Sparta's lines and pillaged the palace, driving the kings and their families out of the city.
The majority of Spartans fled as their city burned, but the furious Helots denied them mercy, and ambushed the "migrating" force at every opportunity. In the end, the Dorian population was either completely destroyed, or deserted to other parts of the peninsula.
It was also discovered by modern historians while uncovering some of the ancient Helot cities that had emerged out of Sparta, large quantities of Athenian currency, convincing them that the Helot ζηλωτές were heavily bribed by the Athenian democracy.
The final defeat of Sparta ushered in a short period of peace in Greece. Athens, who had chopped off the head of the Samus League, was able to comfortably admit that their oldest enemy had finally been defeated. The Samus League was not dissolved, though, but the Athenian army had taken the first step in restoring order to an otherwise chaotic continent.


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I needed some "chocolate bullets" for a Veteran's birthday cake...good luck Googling THAT one!
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