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Converse launches its fall 2009 collection of collaborations with legendary rock and metal artists AC/DC and METALLICA. Iconic band graphics and visuals inspire this unique collection of Converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoe designs that celebrate two distinct bands that broke musical barriers and brought their inspired originality to music fans globally. With a rich musical heritage, Converse has collaborated with a wide range of groundbreaking artists and musical visionaries of the past, present and future.
AC/DC: In the '70s, when rock and roll was fading and needed a jolt of power, AC/DC surged onto the scene, showcasing a sound that disrupted the status-quo. In the age of stadium rock, stripped down, pure rock and roll was rare, and that basic form of rock combined with AC/DC's thunderous bass, wall-of-sound guitars and arresting vocals was unheard of. The fall 2009 AC/DC collection is inspired by albums and concert graphics, and is a showcase of a discography and visual history of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Chuck Taylor All Star shoes serve as the canvas for amazing designs each with subtle detail and sonic graphics and logos. Chuck Taylor All Star shoes are the foundation of the collection. A monochromatic black version is a simple, cool tribute to the landmark album "Back in Black", complete with stitched band and album logos. Another model in ultra-premium leather includes "Back in Black" embossed on the upper, iced outsoles and a black band logo bumper on the shoe's sidewall. Graphics from "For Those About to Rock" and the iconic image of Angus and the words "Lock Up Your Daughters" are both a rocker's dream. The "Highway to Hell" album rounds out the AC/DC Chuck Taylor All Star collection with a super premium high-top with the band logo both on a side bumper and visible through its clean iced-outsole. AC/DC Chuck Taylor All Star high top shoes are available in black, black/multi, red/white and black AC/DC print canvas versions. Shoes in this collection have a MSRP of $50 - $80 and will be available nationwide at specialty retailers, department stores and online at www.converse.com beginning in June. METALLICA: Pioneers in the world of rock, METALLICA tore up the metal scene from the get-go in the 1980s, and brought it back down to earth with an aggressive sound and a style that was antithetical to the excesses of rock music at the time. Relentless, heavy and hard, the sound and style of METALLICA not only changed metal; it made them one of the most influential bands of all time. Converse's collaboration with METALLICA combines all of the speed and volume of the band, with the spirit of disruption and originality of the Chuck Taylor All Star shoe. High-tops serve as the perfect backdrop for some of the most classic graphics and logos in music history. "Ride the Lightning" album graphics look simple and clean with appliqué embossed patch graphics on the classic Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker. Subtle details like logo tongue patches and midsole graphics take the band's iconography a step beyond. METALLICA Chuck Taylor All Star high top shoes are available in black/multi and white/black. Shoes in this collection have a MSRP of $50 and will be available nationwide at specialty retailers, department stores and online at www.converse.com beginning in July.CONVERSE Announces Product Collaborations With AC/DC And METALLICA
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A great new take on a classic shape. Made from tough Teflon®-coated cotton canvas with a pearlised resin frame. Open up to find a lovely contrast lining, one zip pocket and lots of room! 37 x 26 x 12cm.
Fashioned from logo jacquard with embellished synthetic leather and glittered trim for ultimate shine. Features a fold over flap with iced flame logo pendant. Cargo pockets at side provide additional storage space. Top zip closure. Dual carrying handles. Satiny soft logo lined interior with multi-functional compartments and back wall zip pocket. Dimensions: 16" wide 11" high x 3.5" deep. Handle drop: 8".
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When I see one of those chain emails arrive in my inbox I tend to die a little on the inside. But once in a blue moon, among all the cute kitten photos, the latest shopping centre carpark danger warnings and the "forward this to 8 inspiring wimmin in the next 8 minutes and you'll receive instant good luck" emails, a little nugget of something actually useful and half funny will pop up.
Take this little pearl of wisdom for example.
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Step 2. If it does not look like it's breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth.
If you have a spare $215,000 (yes, count the zeros) you could own one of just 12 bottles of the ultra-rare Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 2004.
Actually it comes in less of a "bottle" and more of a hand-blown glass ampoule inside a bespoke plumb-bob suspended in a hand-tooled Jarrah cabinet.
Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago will fly anywhere in the world to assist when you decide to open it: "The winemaker will travel to the destination of choice, where the ampoule will be ceremoniously removed from its glass plumb-bob casing and opened using a specially designed, tungsten-tipped, sterling silver scribe-snap. The winemaker will then prepare the wine using a beautifully crafted sterling silver tastevin," the container's prospectus says.
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The Block 42 Kalimna is made from 130-year-old vines from a 4ha block at the edge of the Penfolds Kalimna property in the Moppa area of the Barossa Valley, about 60km north of Adelaide. Watch it in action on YouTube:
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You don't get thighs like mine without being a fan of pudding. But until recently I'd had a rather narrow idea of what sort of drinks I could match with my post-dinner treats and I'll admit, tequila wasn't one of them.
But my eyes were opened following a Jose Cuervo masterclass where I was served tequila-filled churros with a Pedro Xochitl, a cocktail made from Cuervo Gran Centenario Reposado, white creme de menthe, Pedro Ximinez and chocolate bitters.
The flavours were sublime and now I'm total convert. Granted the first commercial tequila licence in 1795, Jose Cuervo is the oldest family business in the town of Tequila, Mexico (pop. 50,000). They're the top-selling tequila brand in the world and they make more than a dozen different varieties of the drink.
The Gran Centenario Reposado boasts an unbelievably smooth, biscuity-rich, silky, peppery taste, probably due to being made exclusively from 10- to 12-year-old blue agave plants.
Agave harvesters known as "Jimadors," manually remove the heavy pina (the pineapple-shaped hearts of the plants), which are then slow-roasted at a low temperature to concentrate the sugars and flavours, then washed, crushed, fermented and "rested" (reposado) in new French oak casks.
Extra for experts: "Jose Cuervo" actually means "Joe Crow". There are 128 tequila distilleries in Mexico, more than 80 per cent of all tequila made is actually consumed there and it takes about 7kg of pina to produce just 1 litre of tequila.
Craft brewers the Yeastie Boys have announced the nationwide release of their first "tea leaf beer".
Dubbed "Gunnamatta" it's an India Pale Ale, and it recently beat 60 other breweries to win the trophy for "People's Choice" at Melbourne's Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular.
"I just got fed up with chocolate and coffee beers being the trend du jour and thought it was time to put tea into the limelight," says creative director Stu McKinlay.
"I grew up in a tea drinking family, so it has always been my hot drink of choice." It's a unique beer that uses Earl Grey Blue flower tea instead of hops -and not wanting to "leaf" anything to chance where quality was concerned, the Yeastie team worked through a variety of potential teas and tisanes with Wellington-based t Leaf T before picking the final Gunnamatta blend.
"We ended up choosing Earl Grey Blue Flower for its pungent perfume of citrus and floral notes, knowing immediately that this would work brilliantly in the type of base beer we had in mind," McKinlay adds.
Originally brewed for an Australian beer festival, the name Gunnamatta comes from a beach break on the southern coast of Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and it inspired Paul Kelly's instrumental opening track on his 2004 album Ways and Means.
It's a surf rock tune that conjures up visions of salty surfboards, good friends, a few beers and lots of cups of tea, according to the Yeasties.


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Honestly, going vegan is not a bad way to go about things for an adult (not a child) if you monitor your intake, but not the best course of action for an NFL football player, especially someone who is going to get hit 50 times a game.
If Prince Fielder can be a vegetarian since high school, Arian Foster can be a vegan. For some reason I'm not totally surprised from a guy who dresses like this:
He's just putting his personal nutritionist on double-duty. Probably a bazillion supplements.
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... this is a non-issue ...
... watched an old episode of "Entourage" last night ... Vince suddenly became vegan to bang a hot broad ... as soon as she was out of the picture he was back to normal ...
I'm feeing a name-change coming on the horizon..."People feel so strong about meat and milk. I wish they felt this strong about peace," the two-time Pro Bowler wrote shortly after his original tweet.
The idea that a meat based diet is better for you, better for athletes, or any of the other claims often thrown around has been proven wrong time again. Sure, he'll need to be careful about what he eats, but then again, he should already be doing that.
However, being Vegan always seems like the wrong way to go about things. If you're really that concerned about farm animals, shouldn't you be supporting humane practices and small farms? Meh, whatever. I've seen so many people become vegan and fail miserably, and who want's to give up cheese anyway?
I would take Arian Foster on a laffy taffy diet over Shonn Greene.
Thats why I ask... everything Ive heard is that its possible to get everything you need protein wise from a vegan lifeststyle and supplements, with planning, work and attention... which hopefully pro athletes are doing anyway. The guy very well could have a nutritionist helping him out.
With Fielder, he only started vegetarianism (and part time at that) in 2008. When he signed with the Tigers, he announced he had given it up and that he was only one for about 3 months because the minute his home run rate dipped, everyone blamed the diet. I think his definition of vegetarian was cutting down on red meat.
Not true at all. Dairy has complete protein as far as amino acid profile, which means from a biological perspective it is identical to a gram of steak protein. There is just a perception that it's not possible to hold onto muscle without meat. As for him being vegan quinoa is the only complete protein that I have heard of that doesn't have side effects. It will definitely be hard and I agree with John that he's either really dedicated or he will find out it's gonna be kinda tough and quit in a few weeks. I would be more apt to say he could be a vegetarian over a vegan. Dairy and eggs make life a lot easier from a nutrition aspect, esp an elite athlete like him.
I hope he does, personally because I like Foster, and professionally it's guys like him who seem more humble that are good for the sport. I say that comparatively at this point.
On another note, I'm watching Aliens right now as I type this. For being "future" Marines, why do they have Vietnam era helmets? LOL. I know the movie was made in 1986, but still.
Who cares what another man eats? Consider me 'not interested' with this type of topic of discussion.
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For this bread, there's a key way to prepare the butter spread. Put the garlic in your food processor to mince the garlic finely, then add in the butter to infuse the garlic flavor into your spread. Plus, creaming the butter makes it much easier to slather all over your bread!
There are two ways you can bake your garlic bread: the low and slow way, and the "Can we have garlic bread with dinner even though we're serving dinner now?" way.
The former will be outlined below, since that is the best way to release all of the flavors of the garlic and cook it so it's nice and tender. The other way to do it is to stick it under the broiler for about 2 minutes, but this way won't give you the best results, just the quickest. Make sure that if you do it this way, you leave the door open a crack so the oven doesn't get too hot under the broiler setting.
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When Naruto saves Rokusuke, Sangorō, and Hachidai, he is dragged into yet another mission. However, unlike the last two involving a search for Sasuke Uchiha, he is reluctant to participate. However, when Guy reveals information that the leader of the Kurosuki family, Raiga, is connected with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Naruto changes his mind, since Kisame Hoshigaki of Akatsuki was a part of the group. Lee concludes that as Kisame is Itachi's partner, and finding Itachi may bring them closer to Sasuke. With Neji, Lee, and Tenten as his allies, the group goes on their new mission.


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We made some sightseeing to Kostanjevica. The old monastry was fantastic. From 1135. It held several paintings from different artists Cirils daughter married in the nice church. We had a relaxed lunch down at the Krki river. After some problem to find the rigth place we said hallo to Ciril and left for Kranjska Gora; Stenmarks favourite pist. The night was spent in Austria on a motel after ...
Now my room was great and one of the young lads got up to see me off. He took a pic of me and I really should of got a pic of him on my bike, a recent friend taught me that, I guess I'm a slow learner. He would now be part of my blog. Maybe if he reads this he will add a pic of him on his bike, I hope he does.
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Thanks to the Kayo crew and Baby Scumbag here who killed it on and off the board today. That's a varial heel. Keep your girlfriend away from him.
Chuckie had more energy than the whole building combined. There's only one thing you can do with that. Put it on wheels and send it down the rail.
One of these days, I need to drop in again on the vert ramp before I get too old and frail. Alex B is not afraid of the extension and you and me shouldn't be either.
Louson Germain is new to skating but has a boardslide for the end of the ledge. I remember starting out like that.
Jude Germain is one of three brothers here on a family skate session. That's a kickflip off the ledge.
This is Sebastian Chande. He's been following the Park online for well over a decade on the site. In that decade, he's managed to get himself a computer science degree and move on to his masters. Today's he's in town from Ohio on an extended interview and tour of everything we do here at SPoT, especially the digital side. Imagine what Sebastian and I could to together if he ended up working here. That would really take SPoT to the next level I think. Hopefully it works out. Thanks for coming Sebastian. Computer Science master plus frontside nosegrind champ = rare combo of skills.
Thanks to Red Bull for stopping by. These may have been the only three girls in the building that were not here for Baby Scumbag.
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Freedom moves in mysterious ways, often – when no other avenue is available – through film and film-making. By some loophole in the small print of the country's gender agenda, Saudi Arabia's women are allowed to make movies. They are not allowed to drive cars. Nor to walk the streets unsmothered in black. Nor, according to director Haifaa al-Mansour, to teach the Koran while having their periods ... In sex-equality matters, Saudi Arabia hasn't advanced much beyond the Stone Age (of which the country's execution squads have long had their own version). So al-Mansour's Wadjda – the story of a girl who wants to own and ride a bike, a practice frowned on by her society – should be cheered to the echo and beyond.
It may not be great cinema, this plain translucent story, but it point-scores delicately and without malice. Wadjda (Waad Mohammed), the 10-year-old whose still-beautiful mother (Reem Abdullah) is being dumped by a remarrying husband, has tomboy inclinations. They peep out below her upper-body black: the jeans and sneakers that for most nations are normal kids' mufti. The young, though, get a brief lease of life and freedom even in Saudi Arabia. Wadjda plays with a bike-owning neighbour boy; she laughs out loud (though women's voices are forbidden to be heard by men in streets); and she is impatient with her chanting lessons, long and arduous, in preparation for a school Koran contest.
Haifa al-Mansour has won the title of Saudi Arabia's "first woman film-maker". In a country where she risks also being the last – if male chauvinism in the land of Mecca gets its way – her bravery is as valuable as her artistry. Of the second there are telling examples: the tenderly sketched relationship, rueful and mutually compassionate, between mother and daughter; a wonderful trompe l'oeil shot of a riderless bicycle appearing to glide along the top of a wall. The bike of the girl's dreams is actually being transported atop an unseen van. (How many hours of great cinema, from Bicycle Thieves to Jules et Jim, have been devoted to the velocipede? That simple yet iconic vehicle whose two wheels mimic the reel-housings of the camera and the projector ...)
The film's eventual happy ending is paid for with some late-scenes heartache. Wishes get granted, in countries like this, in roundabout ways. You must first circumnavigate the giant boulder Patriarchy, obdurate and unbudging in the middle of everyone's lives. This is a bold, heartening movie. Let's hope for more from its creator and indeed from her country.
Men are despots in Megan Griffith's Eden too, another "Allons enfants" to womanhood by a woman. Immigrant girls are captured in the American southwest and herded into a "chicken farm" in mid-desert. For half an hour, with brutish hunks abusing teens in torn clothes, we think: "Sexploitation!" Then stately, plump Beau Bridges appears, a corrupt federal marshal resembling a gone-to-girth Timothy Spall, and the story starts.
There is shading – some – even under the merciless sun of sporadic melodrama. Main distressed damsel is Hyun-Jae (Jamie Chung), a Korean-American girl trying to beat the bullies by appearing to join them. The film gets nasty again at the end. In a human farmyard you expect farmyard, or even abattoir, deaths. To its honour, Eden has already crawled out from the sexploitation mire on to storytelling terra firma.
The World's End is a midsummer British comedy. That is practically a factory label declaring faulty goods. Imagine Shaun of the Dead recycled as a pub crawl comedy by star-screenwriter Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright, with the zombies replaced by ... Oh no, sorry, Pegg and Wright "would really appreciate if you [meaning us critics] didn't reveal some of the surprises". That's fine with me. I won't reveal the full, surprising extent to which the film is witless, inspirationless and flogs its few recurring jokes till they whimper.
Of the week's two thrillers, Sweden's Easy Money is the bolder and better: a Scandinavian-Italian-Serbian-Chilean robbery romp in which a polyglot gang goes for a bank bust, only to learn – well, all the usual things (thieves fall out, cops crash the climactic action), but in a fizzy, multicultural way.
In The Frozen Ground, Nicolas Cage chases a truth-based serial killer (John Cusack) across icy Alaska. The whole film, really, comes from a freezer. Thaw first; then reheat the bugaboo murders, the twitchy killer, the trail of script clues that would lead a moose to the truth in moments but must take 105 minutes to occupy a movie-picked police force.


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To call Saturday's Golden Jubilee at Royal Ascot one of the world's most contentious sprint races in recent memory would seem an understatement. This race brings a bit of everything – and form from Meydan is all over the card. KINSALE KING, winner of the 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) makes his first start since that win over Rocket Man. JOY AND FUN, winner of the 2010 Al Quoz Sprint (G3), makes his second start since the Meydan spoils, following a disappointing sixth over heavier ground in Singapore.
FRAVASHI, second in the Al Quoz, makes his first start back and now has the services of Frankie Dettori.
SIR GERRY, the winner of the first six-furlong sprint race at Meydan, just picked up his first win since when landing a Listed race at Salisbury. WAR ARTIST, the 2010 Al Shindagha Sprint (G3) victor, and fourth in the Al Quoz, gets a jump in the Golden Jubilee as well, and is now trained by Alain Royer Dupre.
Add Aussie Group 1 winner STARSPANGLEDBANNER, VARENAR – the only horse to recently defeat Goldikova (2009 Prix Foret), Darley July Cup winner FLEETING SPIRIT, course and distance winning SAYIF, and Hong Kong's fast-closing third in the KrisFlyer Sprint, HAPPY ZERO – and well, you have just a dandy horse race.


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Missed opportunities haunt Tigers
DETROIT Miguel Cabrera had his chance with the bases loaded. Instead, he ended up standing alone near third base with his hands on his hips.
Another frustrating moment for the Tigers in a World Series filled with them.
Detroit's Triple Crown winner left the bases loaded in the fifth with a harmless popup, wasting Detroit's best chance to break through against Ryan Vogelsong in Game 3 of the Series on Saturday night. The Tigers ended up losing, 2-0, to the San Francisco Giants — their second consecutive game without a run.
Detroit trails the best-of-7 series 3-0 after becoming the first team since 1966 to be shut out in back-to-back World Series games, according to STATS LLC. Baltimore blanked the Dodgers three times in a row that year.
The Tigers had their opportunities. They had a runner on base in seven of the first eight innings, but they hit into double plays to end the first and third.
We couldn't get the killer hit or the killer blow," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
Cabrera had a chance to put all those frustrations to rest. Down 2-0, Detroit loaded the bases in the fifth on singles by Alex Avila and Omar Infante and a walk by Austin Jackson. Quintin Berry struck out, but Cabrera was next up.
With the crowd chanting "MVP!" and the Comerica Park fans desperate for something to happen, Cabrera slapped a line drive down the right-field line, and for an instant, it looked as if he had tied the score or perhaps given the Tigers the lead.
The ball landed a few feet foul. He then popped out to the shortstop.
Detroit left nine men on base in the game.
Returning home after two losses in San Francisco, the Tigers had a chance to strike early when Berry walked and Cabrera singled with one out in the first. But Prince Fielder grounded into a double play to wipe out that threat.
"We're not forcing anything, we're just not getting it done," Fielder said.
The Tigers grounded into 156 double plays in the regular season, the most in baseball. Berry hit into one in the third after Infante and Jackson singled.
Detroit made it to the World Series by sweeping the Yankees when New York was in the middle of an awful hitting slump.
While Detroit never trailed during the ALCS, the Tigers have not led in the World Series.
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Premature menopause and uterus didelphys07/05/2007 |
Hello, I have a didelphys uterus, I am 25 years old and have had one successful pregnancy, through c-section, 5 years ago. Last year, I went without my period for 3 months but was not pregnant. I am currently late for my period and took a pregnancy test which was negative. I sweat through the night and wake up with a wet chest. I read that this may be a sign of premature menopause. Is this common in women with my make up? I am feeling PMS symptoms as well. More so than I used to, that is why I thought I may be pregnant, but am not. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
What you describe could be a sign of premature menopause (also called premature ovarian failure [POF] and primary ovarian insufficiency [POI]). Your symptoms might also be signs of thyroid malfunction or other conditions. Seeing a gynecologist or a reproductive endocrinologist would be advisable, especially if you are interested in having more children. The menstrual irregularities are not necessarily related to your didelphys uterus.
Should you have POI, be aware that there is still a 5-10% chance of getting pregnant. The following website may be helpful: pofsupport.org
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UPDATE: Governor signed H.B. 800 on June 14, 2013
On May 21, 2013, the Texas Senate passed H.B. 800, which would provide a sales and use tax exemption and a franchise tax credit relating to qualified research and development (R&D) activities in Texas. The bill now moves to the governor's desk since the bill was passed by the House earlier in the month. With Governor Perry's expected signature, Texas would join nearly 40 other states that have an R&D tax credit.


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No film at this year's Cannes Film Festival garnered a more divisive response than "The Paperboy," Lee Daniels' anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-winning "Precious." The saucy potboiler, based on the popular novel by Pete Dexter, drew harsh criticism for the most part (including from our own Eric Kohn who said the film "isn't a parody but rather an oddly self-aware mess"), while a handful of critics championed aspects of the film, including The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy who singled out Nicole Kidman's brazen lead turn.
"The Paperboy" is set in Miami in the 1960s, where a directionless young man Jack James (Zac Efron) is drafted in to help his journalist brother (Matthew McConaughey) investigate the possible wrongful conviction of a man (John Cusack) on death row. Kidman co-stars as a woman corresponding with the prisoner.
The just released trailer (courtesy of Yahoo!) gives a good sense of the tawdry tone Daniels was going for, while showcasing Kidman's scene stealing turn and Efron's defining asset (we'll let you guess what that is).
Millennium Films opens the thriller on October 5. Go HERE for our interview with Daniels.
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text: Why Won't These Legend of Zelda Characters Talk To Us?Mike Fahey7/07/11 11:20amFiled to: Speak Up On Kotakuspeak upRepublishedOriginalThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordSkward SwordNintendoZeldaVoicesvoice acting123EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Today's Speak Up on Kotaku actually involves speaking up, as commenter Tengen Toppa Duck Face laments over the lack of voice acting in the latest Zelda game. Advertisement To be totally honest, I'm really disappointed that (The Legend of Zelda) Skyward Sword doesn't feature any voice acting. In my opinion, Skyward Sword will be the best looking (not necessarily stylistically, but in terms of textures, quality, etc) and sounding (once again, I mean the fact that it's orchestrated, not that it'll have the best songs) Zelda yet. I never want Link to speak, but I was hoping everyone/thing else would. Maybe I'm just shallow, but a voiceless Hyrule (or... Skyloft, whatever) is starting to feel archaic. I wouldn't even care that much if they went with a made-up language, a la Shadow of the Colossus or Animal Crossing, just give me something. I know it's not the most important part of the game, but I wouldn't play Mass Effect, BioShock, L.A. Noire, and many other games if the voice acting sucked/didn't exist. I'm still getting Skyward Sword, but I hope the Wii U Zeldas do things differently.What does Brotaku think? Advertisement About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes what they have to say has nothing to do with the stories we run. That's why we have a forum on Kotaku called Speak Up. That's the place to post anecdotes, photos, game tips and hints, and anything you want to share with Kotaku at large. Every weekday we'll pull one of the best Speak Up posts we can find and highlight it here.Reply123 repliesLeave a reply


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STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot at a makeshift polling site for island residents, refusing to be disenfranchised by the devastation.
"A lot of people died for it, so we better exercise it," Mackie said of the right to vote.
A week after Sandy's ruinous march up the East Coast, thousands of displaced residents boarded shuttle buses and searched online for alternative polling places to cast their ballots. For millions who were still without power, cleaning mud out of their homes or living in shelters, voting represented both a return to normalcy and an act of defiance.
West Virginia resident Barbara Bolyard has been without power since the storm, relying on a coal-fired stove for heat and eating meals served by the Red Cross at local fire hall. But she and her three adult children still made it to their polling place in Newburg. "It's your right, do it," Bolyard said she told her kids.
National Guard units in West Virginia set up tents at three polling places and provided generators to help provide power to five other areas that had been buried under 2 feet of snow from Sandy.
In Connecticut, where all but two of the 773 voting precincts were open, voters displaced by the storm had to travel long distances to cast ballots in their precincts.
Jody Eisemann, who lost the first floor of her Fairfield, Conn., house to flooding, came home from the New York suburbs where she is staying with her brother to vote at her local polling site. Eisemann's neighborhood was still filled with downed trees, utility trucks and National Guard troops.
"It's a big pain in the neck," the 60-year old acupuncturist said.
In hard-hit New York and New Jersey, voting became an emotional mission for many.
Sarah Brewster of Long Beach, N.Y., sobbed as she emerged from her polling place in a school cafeteria. She said she had been overcome when she went inside to vote and saw the clocks all stopped at 7:27 — the time her community lost power on the evening of Oct. 29.
Voting is "part of our civic responsibility in the midst of all this crisis," said Brewster, a nonprofit worker.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, both signed directives allowing displaced residents of their states to cast provisional ballots at any polling site. Provisional ballots are counted once a voter's eligibility is confirmed.
After voting near his home in Mount Kisco, a New York city suburb, Cuomo told reporters it was essential to make balloting easier for those affected by storm.
"A lot of people are not at their home polling place — they've been displaced, they're staying with friends or their parents. We have first responders and volunteers who are not in their normal polling place, a lot of people from upstate who are helping in downstate New York," Cuomo said.
New Jersey also offered displaced residents the option of requesting a ballot via email and fax — the same procedure followed by the state's overseas residents and military personnel. County election offices were quickly swamped with requests for email ballots, prompting officials to announce they would give voters until Friday to cast ballots.
"It has become apparent that the county clerks are receiving applications at a rate that outpaces their capacity to process them without an extension of the current schedule," Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who is also New Jersey's secretary of state, said in a directive issued Tuesday.
Voters had to request ballots by 5 p.m. Tuesday to take advantage of the option.
In Hudson County in northern New Jersey, officials received 4,000 email ballot requests by 3 p.m.
"It's a different kind of nuts," Deputy County Clerk Janet Larwa said.
Some in New Jersey said they weren't comfortable with the email option.
Pinky Milsen, a 62-year-old retired retail worker forced from her home on Long Beach Island, drove to a polling place on the mainland to cast a ballot for President Barack Obama.
"They said you could do it on the computer, but I said no, I want to push the lever. I want to make sure Obama wins," Milsen said.
In New York City, Elections Commissioner J.C. Polanco said lines were long even in areas of the city most disrupted by Sandy. He said some voters in the Rockaways area of Queens cast ballots at a school where nine polling locations had been merged into one. Other voters in the Rockaways and one precinct in the Bronx were voting in tents powered by emergency generators.
Complicating matters further was the state's recent switch to electronic voting machines and the 2010 legislative redistricting that put many residents into new polling precincts.
"You couldn't pick a more perfect storm — a hurricane before a presidential election, a redistricting year, and new machines," Polanco said.
The efforts put a premium on creativity. At a public school in Staten Island's Midland Beach, flares were set up at an entrance to provide light, and voting machines were retrieved from the school and moved to tents where voters lined up in 29-degree temperatures.
Not everyone hurt by the storm saw voting as a priority.
New Jersey college student Cynthia Barreau was flooded out of her Toms River home and stood in a long line outside a FEMA processing center in Brick Township.
"I'm thinking a lot of people are not going to vote today; I just don't see it happening," she said. "We don't have homes. The last thing on our minds today is looking for a place to vote."
Fouhy reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Geoff Mulvihill and Wayne Parry in New Jersey, John Christoffersen in Connecticut, Vicki Smith in West Virginia, and Frank Eltman, Jim Fitzgerald and Christina Rexrode in New York contributed to this story.
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Parents who want their babies to sleep through the night would be wise to avoid co-sleeping arrangements or feeding their children evening snacks beyond early infancy. According to a Université de Montréal study the way parents put their babies to bed has a direct impact on how well children sleep when they reach four to six years old.
Some 987 mothers and fathers with five-month-old tots were recruited to answer questionnaires about their children. Parents detailed their offspring's psychological characteristics, socio-demographic factors and sleep habits until they reached six years in age. They also recorded sleep habits or disturbances: bad dreams, total sleep time and delays in falling asleep.
"Few studies have investigated how parenting can affect sleep in children," explained lead researcher Valérie Simard, from the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal and its affiliated Sacré-Coeur Hospital, who completed her study with colleagues Toré Neilsen, Richard Tremblay, Michel Boivin and Jacques Montplaisir.
The study asked parents to report on their own behavior at their child's bedtime. For instance, whether parents lulled children to sleep, laid them down awake, or stayed with them until they slumbered. Mothers and fathers were also questioned on how they reacted to night awakenings -- did they comfort children in bed, take them out of bed, give them food or bring them to the parental bed for co-sleeping."
Predictors of sleep
The researchers found that the manner 29-to-41-month-old toddlers were put to sleep influenced how they would slumber between the ages of four to six. Parenting behaviors that most affected children's sleep included:
Staying with children at the beginning of sleep, conversely, appeared protective against delays in slumber. "Giving children food or drink -- effective parenting strategies for early sleep problems -- can later become inappropriate," said Simard. "Since mothers come to believe that infants cry only when hungry, they might adopt an inappropriate response of giving food or drink when 29 to 41-month-old toddlers awake, which in turn causes bad dreams and shorter total sleep when children reach four to six years old."
Beyond parental behavior, Simard cautions, babies can develop poor sleep patterns on their own that affect them into preschool years and beyond. "Parents often opt for co-sleeping as a reaction, but co-sleeping is not the best option to prevent future sleep difficulties. Co-sleeping and other uncommon parental behaviors have negative consequences for future sleep."
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by H.E. Ambassador Bui The Giang,
Deputy Permanent Representative of Viet Nam,
at the Security Council's Debate on "The situation concerning Iraq"
New York, 18 June 2009
Mr. President,
I wish to join others in welcoming H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, again to the Council and thanking him for personally chairing today's meeting. I thank SRSG Staffan de Mistura for his updated briefing on the situation in Iraq and the work of UNAMI, and congratulate him on his leadership of the Mission over a very challenging period in the Mission's operations. I wish him every success in his new position. I also thank Ambassador Al Bayati of Iraq for his contribution to our discussions today.
For the past six months, we have seen a consistent positive trend in the overall political and security situation in Iraq. Serious efforts have been made to form Provincial Councils in 14 governorates and strengthen local governance institutions following the successful provincial elections earlier this year. A new Speaker of Parliament was elected, putting an end to a four-month hiatus and opening up prospects of progress on the pending legislation needed for the country's recovery. The strengthened ability of Iraqi Security Forces to assume greater security responsibilities lays further ground for security improvements within Iraq's sovereignty. That IDPs' return remains at a steady rate in spite of the rise of violence represents the population's restored confidence. High-level visits to and from Iraq have enhanced the country's international relations, first of all with neighboring partners.
We are, however, mindful of the multiple challenges that Iraq is facing. They include inter alia the recent surge of indiscriminate attacks against civilians alongside regular attacks against the Iraqi Security Forces and MNF-I in many parts of the country, the delicate reconciliation process further complicated by the difficult economic situation with a budget deficit projected at 27% this year, the worrisome rates of poverty and unemployment, the oubreaks of diseases and food insecurity, all of which are making the livelihood of fragile groups of the population such as women, children, IDPs and refugees even more vulnerable. In this context, it is crucial for the Government of Iraq and its citizens to strengthen the progress recorded so far and move ahead in the course of national reconciliation, reconstruction and reintegration, resolve the status of Kirkuk and other disputed internal administrative boundaries, push forward the constitutional review process, reach an accord on income-sharing arrangements, and prepare for the elections in Kirkuk, the possible referenda, district and sub-district elections, and the national parliamentary elections this year, and other key electoral events next year. All these issues cannot be dealt with in isolation and will require goodwill and firm commitment from all concerned stakeholders. We call upon all parties in Iraq to rise above their partisan interests, work with one another in the spirit of reconciliation, good faith and cooperation with a view to compromise solutions that would allow the country to march ahead under a common vision and along the track of peace.
Given the fact that the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq is coming to a close by the end of this year, the International Compact for Iraq approaches its third year of implementation and international financing for reconstruction and development diminishes, we share the imperative stated by the Paris Declaration to ensure ownership, accountability and transparency of aid. We believe that international and regional assistance should be better coordinated to help Iraq address its national socio-economic priorities, and that this should be done through every related mechanism, be it the International Compact for Iraq, the UN Development Group Iraq Trust Fund, the Paris Declaration principles, the expanded ministerial meetings, or the regional working groups on energy, refugees and security.
We commend the courageous work of UNAMI in Iraq as mandated by Security Council Resolutions 1770 (2007) and 1830 (2008). We welcome the decision by UN agencies, funds and programs to start with a full UN Development Assistance Framework for Iraq from 2011 to 2014, in line with Iraq's National Development Strategy. We also welcome the Secretary-General's announcement to soon present to the Security Council a report on the review of all Security Council resolutions pertaining specifically to Iraq, in accordance with Resolution 1859 (2008). As Iraq is in the mid of the critical transition period, we reiterate Viet Nam's commitment to contributing practically to the reconstruction of Iraq.
Finally, we thank the Delegation of Turkey for proposing a draft PRST, which we are ready to support.
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Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! Be safe and don't eat too much candy! ;)
Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! Be safe and don't eat too much candy! ;)
I am in the process of finding a last minute Halloween costume for a party this Saturday. Here's some ideas and inspiration. I'll let you know what I decide!! What are you guys being for Halloween??
Mickey/Minnie Mouse (tumblr.com)
Native American (tumblr.com)
Leopard (tumblr.com)
Nerd (tumblr.com)
Mario & Luigi (tumblr.com)
Some other easy ideas: Hippie, flight attendant, skeleton, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's, Greek goddess, cowgirl, ballerina, gypsy, flapper, Amelia Earhart, Where's Waldo?, a French girl, pirate, prisoner
I saw this on Kasia's blog, Bobs and Bits, and I thought it was so cute! This is just something fun…I really haven't done any "get to know me" posts, so here goes!
A. Age: 20
B. Bed size: queen
C. Chore that you hate: cleaning the bathroom…yuck!
D. Dogs: Love 'em!
E. Essential start to your day: Something yummy to eat for breakfast :)
F. Favorite color: Jade green!
G. Gold or Silver: I like both, depending on the outfit, but I tend to lean more towards silver.
H. Height: 5'1"
I. Instruments you play: I have no musical talent! :(
J. Job title: student
K. Kids: NO kids anytime soon!!
L. Live: Georgia, USA…originally from Michigan! GO BLUE!
M. Mother's name: Tami
N. Nicknames: Jazzy, Jay
O. Overnight hospital stays: Never! Thank God!
P. Pet peeves: When people say they are going to do something, but they don't.
Q. Quote from a movie: "So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday" –The Notebook
R. Right or left handed: Right!
S. Siblings: 6 younger sibs (4 boys, 2 girls)
U. Underwear: Um…is that a question??
V. Vegetable you hate: peas.
W. What makes you run late: me unknowingly turning off my alarm clock while still half asleep!
X. X-Rays you've had: teeth!
Y. Yummy food that you make: homemade fettucine alfredo! YUM!
Z. Zoo animal: pandas!
After getting hitched, my new hubby and I headed out for our "mini" honeymoon in Savannah. Savannah is only about 45 minutes away from our university. When we got off the highway and drove into the city, I was wowed! It is absolutely gorgeous! Have you guys been there before? If not, I would definitely recommend making a trip. WARNING: picture overload!
We stayed at the Mansion on Forsyth Park. It was definitely the best I have ever stayed in. I wish I could decorate my bedroom like this.
Things I recommend doing or seeing in Savannah:
-a private carriage tour
-River Street
-shopping on Broughton Street & downtown Savannah
-eating at the 700 Drayton restaurant in the Mansion on Forsyth Park hotel (fine dining)
-eating brunch at Mrs. Wilke's Boarding House (family style and oh so yummy)
-getting a drink at Jen's & Friends bar downtown
I know I haven't posted in forever. I'm definitely going through a huge rut coupled along with being crazy busy.
First of all…I got married! Yes, it happened sooner than I thought it was going to but regardless, it was absolutely wonderful! :)
Secondly, I don't know if you guys have ever had to live out of suitcases before due to lack of furniture. My husband and I have been doing it since July and I cannot get past this disorganization it's causing. It's driving me nuts! We ordered a bed frame and 2 dressers from furnitureblue.com back in July and we still have not received our furniture. Have any of you heard of this company or ordered from them before? I am warning you all…DO NOT ORDER FROM FURNITUREBLUE.COM! They have terrible customer service! Whew! It's so frustrating! Sorry, I just had to get that out.
Lastly, I have some news that I am extremely excited about. It's something that I have been thinking about for a while and I finally went through with it. I am double majoring! I have already claimed Fashion Merchandising major/business minor, but I am also majoring in French! I am so excited to learn the language. I really haven't been this excited about learning in ages. Which leads me to my next piece of news…I am going to France this summer to study abroad!! It's 4 weeks in Bordeaux and 4 days in Paris. I am crazy excited and this is the opportunity of a lifetime. I have never been to Europe before and I cannot wait for this experience!!
I apologize for my HUGE absence. I am really going to try to post at least once a week, but I can't promise anything. With school and work, it leaves little time for other things, but I really want to keep this going, so I'm going to have to make time. Here's an outfit!
I know it's not the best picture, but I really like the outfit! I ordered the shorts from asos.com, and they are so cute! Kind of Gossip Girl, no? When I wear them again, I'll post a better picture. I was in a hurry and about to leave for class.
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Imse vimse swimming nappies - pink dots
Swimming nappy by Imse Vimse
Imse Vimse swim nappies in a pink spot design with a lovely frill around the waist.
Very comfortable and reliable swim nappy
The award winning Imse Vimse swim nappy offers a modern solution for baby swim wear. Perfect for use at the beach or in the swimming pool to contain any little accidents! These swim nappies are made from swimming costume fabric on the outside with a layer of soft, stretchy leakproof fabric on the inside. The elastic around the waist and legs is exceptionally smooth and gentle to ensure a snug but comfortable fit and allowing you baby to move freely in the water without the risk of leaks.
Imse Vimse swim nappies are easy to pull on like pants, or put on lying down, and popper fastenings on one side make it easy to take off, even when wet or soiled.
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Here's Kyra Sedgwick about to go inside and chat with David Letterman on 'Late Night.' I'm guessing she was there to talk about the new season of 'The Closer' (which started last night on TNT). Did you catch it (either Kyra's appearance on Letterman or 'The Closer' season premiere)?
I think Kyra is a great actress and LOVE the character Brenda on 'The Closer.'
What do you think of Kyra's dress? The pattern against the dark panels is very flattering. Those shoes look lethal, though- lol.
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Instantly Save Photos to Your Camera and Phone Simultaneously send every picture you take to your mobile phone via Wi-Fi connection—to make backing up and sharing your high-quality photos easy. Setup AutoShare once and the camera saves it as the default setting. AutoShare also GPS tags your photos with your Smart Phone.
Camera, Smartphones and Tablets Image Sharing Now you can select and send an image or album directly to an Android smartphone, iPhone or tablet with the Samsung MobileLink. You don't even have to send the image as a text message or as an email. With MobileLink, you can control the album on your phone and the changes will be saved to your camera, too.
Control Your Camera from Your Smartphone Control your camera by using your smartphone as the viewfinder. Remote Viewfinder lets you preview images, adjust the camera settings, zoom in and out and frame each scene— all from your phone, wirelessly. This feature is available for select smartphones.
Connect to your Camera Faster Download the Samsung SMART App. which features- Remote Viewfinder, AutoShare, and MobileLink – without having to download each app individually. Rather than launching the apps one at a time on your smartphone, you can open all three apps at once, with the touch of a finger.
Seamless Sharing Across All Devices AllShare Play lets you connect to all devices that support AllShare Play. You can wirelessly stream photos and videos from your camera to nearby devices to share with friends and family at once, or simply upload to Web Storage instantly for easy management. Enjoy the freedom of sharing with AllShare Play!
3" Hybrid Touch Display The Hybrid Touch Display offers two options: use the 5-way button to quickly move the cursor up, down, left and right to intuitively navigate the menu and make selections. Alternately, when you want to enter text – such as an email address – simply input the characters on the touch screen. Navigating controls and sharing images couldn't be easier.
Share with the World, Anywhere in the World You can instantly email or post must-see images and videos to your favorite social networks. Just select and upload wherever you have a Wi-Fi connection, and then add tags and comments. Share with your Blogger followers, or post to Facebook, Picasa or YouTube — and many more social networks.
Easier to Take, Store and Share Pictures Wirelessly transfer photos and movies to your PC or Mac. Simply choose AutoBackup and you're all set. All your photos and videos are transferred wirelessly and safely stored on to your computer. Feel free to delete photos from your camera knowing there's a duplicate set on your computer.
Get Firmware Notifications When a firmware update is available for our Samsung Wi-Fi connected SMART Camera, the Software Upgrade notification window will pop up on the camera's screen. Connect your camera to your PC for the upgrade, and start using the latest features without delay.
Customize and Edit your Photos Even if you're not ready for your close-up, you can still create the perfect social network profile picture. Beauty Palette lets you choose from seven different makeup looks that help you change photos instantly.
Class Design with a Modern Touch With its sleek, seamless body design, the camera feels as good in your hand as it feels great to have handy.
Great Close-Ups When you're taking pictures at a concert or play, make every seat the best seat in the house. The 5x optical zoom gives you great close-ups, even from the back row. The 25mm wide-angle lens captures all the action on stage. And the combination of 16.1 megapixels and F2.5 lens give you high quality images — even in dim lights.
Add Action to your Still Photos With Motion Photo, you can freeze time around a moving subject to create enchanting images. Capture a friend dancing while everyone else around him is still as a statue—just like in a Hollywood blockbuster. Simply shoot the footage, and then rub the area on the display where you want action. The photo around it will freeze—it's that easy.
Frame your Pictures in Fun Make a portrait look like an antique, or put your face on the moon — Magic Frame's 12 background templates offer lots of picture-taking enjoyment. You can also put images on a 1950's TV set or a movie. There are so many possibilities for fun — especially when you share the poster-quality results!
Smart Filter 3.0 Boost creative fun with the Smart Filter 3.0 –right on the display! Cartoon filter makes any photo look like an animated film scene while Cross Filter makes light sources appear to have several points of light, like stars. There's also Ink Painting, Half-tone Dot and more ways for you to express your creative side.
Smart Auto 2.0 Smart Auto 2.0 (Still & Movie) instantly analyzes key elements of your composition then automatically adjusts to capture the perfect shot with multitude of different photo modes and movie modes.
Live Panorama With Live Panorama, you can capture every peak of a sprawling mountain range or every skyscraper in a magnificent city skyline to create astounding 180º panoramic images. And you can preview the image on the LCD before you even snap it. Just hold the shutter button, sweep across the scene and see what you're going to get before you get it.
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It is a great accessible camera but the 13-pictures-only-allowable Wi-FI download to the internet (or Facebook) limits its capability for efficiency...The WI-FI connection is unstable and not responsive at all if...Read complete review
It is a great accessible camera but the 13-pictures-only-allowable Wi-FI download to the internet (or Facebook) limits its capability for efficiency...The WI-FI connection is unstable and not responsive at all if the source requires per use log in to the internet...The design is excellent and the price is amazing for its features... Its a good buy and I will indeed recommend this product to all...
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Takes great pictures, but broken in less than a week
My fiance and I bought this camera less than a week ago. At first we were very impressed with it. It takes great pictures, has good battery life, its not obnoxiously huge,...Read complete review
My fiance and I bought this camera less than a week ago. At first we were very impressed with it. It takes great pictures, has good battery life, its not obnoxiously huge, and it has a lot of options for photo settings. When it was working, it was a great camera. Just yesterday, it stopped working. The zoom lens has locked open and we get an error message every time we try to turn it on. We have tried several things to remedy the problem but nothing has worked. We did take it to the beach yesterday, but we were careful not to get sand on it, or take it near the water. In my opinion, a camera that cannot handle some light outdoor use is not worth buying, regardless of the features it has. I guess if you are going to use the camera indoors, and you never take it anywhere, it would be a great camera. Otherwise, spend your money on something else.
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FirmaSite - 1.1.6
Free responsive WordPress theme with Buddypress and bbPress supports. Have 4 different layout: content-sidebar,sidebar-content, full content (long), full content(short). 13 different theme styles, Google Fonts, logo upload abilities. Unique 2 feature builtin: Promotion Bar and ShowCase. All options are using WordPress Theme Customizer feature so you can watch changes live! Designers: This theme built on Twitter Bootstrap, have 0 custom css code and using template_part system so you can easily use it as parent theme! You can find detailed information, showcase, live demo, tips and tricks about theme in: http://theme.firmasite.com/
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I am a writer for a software product. Like many software products, we deal with lots of options in our documentation. A command might look like:
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Options have leading hyphens in their names. The problem is that FrameMaker will take every opportunity to use these hyphens to wrap lines. Some documentation text might originally exist as:
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We explored using FrameMaker's nonbreaking hyphens (ESC, -, h). This does work, but has the following drawbacks:
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It does indeed solve the wrapped leading-hyphen problem for options, but of course it also suppresses wrapping at manually hyphenated words. Still, this is a promising approach. I'll run it by my team and see what they think.
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A good place to start when making a promise of commitment is in asking the question,
"Why Choose to Wait?"
This is a great question, surrounded in controversy and debate ... Your Holy Father will always love you and is very proud of these hard decisions you make for yourself. Our Holy Bible provides a wonderful resource of teaching and readings that discuss the issue of purity.
1 Tim 4:12 -- "Set an example for others in Speech, in Life, in Love, in Faith, in Purity."
Prov 22:11 -- "He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend."
1 Cor 13:4 -- "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud..."
Risk of NOT Waiting - Pregnancy
Sex, last time we checked, can lead to pregnancy. Pregnancy can be a wonderful event ... You and I would not be here after all if it was not for a pregnancy. But truthfully, not all pregrancies are well "thought out". An unexpected pregnancy for a young couple outside of marriage will certainly impact dreams and plans for the future. Millions of unplanned pregnancies each year result in abortion ... sometimes leaving the young woman unable to have children later in life.
Reward of Waiting: Confidence
With a commitment to wait, confidence can now be reinforced through the fact that your identity is your own and no one else's. You are in charge! You are loved and wanted for the person you are and by your good works.
Risk of NOT Waiting: Disease
Now, if lucky enough to avoid an enexpected pregnancy, sex outside of marriage can lead to incredible health risks including a wide variety of STDs. STDs can impact your health and hte health of your future spouse.
Reward of Waiting: Your "Future" Spouse
Nothing can bind a couple in marriage than sharing in this bond with one another. A special bond shared with only this one special person that cannot be broken or claimed by another.
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The ring's shape, a circle, has been used in countless examples of continuity throughout the years. After all, a circle has no beginning and no end - continuing on and on. A ring is the shape of the sun and of the full moon ... the very things that help to sustain a balanced life.
For millennium, ancient cultures have used a circle / ring as a symbol of unity, and eternity. Today, the ring holds many of the same traditions and importance. We wear rings of special commitment upn the third finger of the left hand thanks to the Roman culture. The Roman's once believed that this finger is closest to the "Vein of Love" ... a vein thought to lead directly to the heart.
The "Purity Ring" -- Also often referred to as an Abstinence Ring, a Promise Ring, or a Chastity Ring
A purity ring is a ring worn as an outword symbol of one's commitment to refrain from having sex (thus remain a virgin) until married. This is a decision not taken lightly by the wearer and is often worn with great pride. Couples often make this commitment together and wear similar, or even matching, purity ring styles.
Typically the purity ring is worn on the left hand ring finger and is often included in the wedding ceremony when both bride and groom exchange their purity rings at the alter for their wedding bands.
There is really no "one" particular style of purity ring, wearers simply choose styles / designs of their liking as it remains their personal symbol and reminder. Today it is popular for someone to select a style without "purity" words/phrasing on the band so the ring is personal to the commitment they have made.
Many specific religious groups such as Baptist, Assembly of God, Lutheran, Catholic (and many others) teach classes about living a healthy lifestyle and often include purity rings in their ceremonies and "purity ball" events.
Purity rings make great gifts but should always be presented with a clear explaination of "what the ring represents".
"Precious Holy Father, may my daughter be blessed in her choice for abstience and purity. May she realize how valuable she is in your eyes! Surround her with your Holy Spirit as she walks her life in purity" AMEN
Purity Prayer
When Presenting a Purity Ring to a Daughter
Dearest Daughter, you are a precious gift and I am proud of the young woman you have become. I wish for you the very best this life has to offer and I encourage you to maintain a level of holy character in all your thoughts, actions and in your attitude.
Please take honor in your body. Do not take lightly the treasure you bestow, but take joy in that which you will so intimately share with your husband one day.
Allow your heart of follow the ways of truth. Take confidence in your commitment to purity, modesty, and self control. Be patient my dearest one while guarding your heart from those who may wish to mislead you.
Please obey God's teaching concerning sexual holiness. Stand true to your convictions. When you do struggle and risk self-destruction, put on your battle armor and fight with the POWER of the Holy Spirit. Stay rooted in your commitments!
Take confidence in the POWER of the Holy Spirit who has equipped you with the WILL to stand strong. There is a man in the world who knows you ARE worth waiting for!
"Precious Holy Father, may my son be blessed in his choice for abstience. May he understand his worth to you! Surround him with your Holy Spirit as he walks his life in purity" AMEN
Purity Prayer
When Presenting a Purity Ring to a Son
My Son, you are wonderfully made and I am proud of the noble man you have become. I have always wished for you to have the very best life has to offer. I want to encourage you to be a man of strong character, holding tight to Christ-like behavior in all your thoughts, words and actions. May your attitude reflect truth and holiness.
Take a stand my son! Be extra careful in the path you walk. Be careful to not succumb to peer pressure. Rather, be a leader and set an example for those around you. Please honor your body! Save ALL of yourself for your future spouse! Taking careful aim to avoid impure thoughts and impure words towards the women you meet. Your heart is precious my dear son. Be patient and wait.
Please obey God's teaching concerning sexual holiness. Stand true to your convictions. When you do struggle and risk self-destruction, put on your battle armor and fight with the POWER of the Holy Spirit. Stay rooted in your commitments! Do not take lightly the "treasure" you bestow.
You will one day share yourself with a woman. A woman ordained by God as your treasured wife. Until you are joined with her, follow the way of pure truth. Take confidence in your commitment to purity. It starts her, today! My son, you ARE strong enough to wait.
Second Time Virginity?
Heb 13:4 "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral."
Once someone is no longer a virgin, they cannot simply get it back again (the human body does not work that way). However, some people wear their purity rings as a symbol of their "recommitment" to a pure, healthy, holy lifestyle. In Christ, all things are anew. Titus 3:5 says "he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
Forgiveness can always be sought for what has taken place in the past and begin today with a clean heart and spirit! Many of our visitors come to us with heavy hearts - heavy with decisions made in the past. Many find great peace in seeking forgiveness from their Holy Father, themselves and in the relationshps they now and may one day hold. It is never too late to make a change.
Living purely takes hard work. A lifestyle that requires giving up sexual entanglements that endanger our relationships may seem straightforward, but can be a very difficult path to follow.
Our Bible offers this encouragement: "Struggle against sin using the power of the Holy Spirit. Throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Heb 12:1
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--I may sound like a dumbass, sorry in advance, especially since I'm not an American and I may have some wrong info about your culture...
do you think befriending a kid and getting him in grappling etc. would seem weird in other peoples eyes?
I heard pedophilia is the new "witchcraft" in usa
7/13/2012 9:34am, #12--
Yeah, right. Specially if I hold him in a rear naked for hours at a time, naked and all greased up.
No, that's bullshit - wtf? I get the kid's mother to pay for Judo and I'm a perv? Anyway it's little girls that I like to fondle! Seriously, I've been staff for 11 to 15 year olds for three years and we do criminal checks and have training about what to watch for and limits of touch.
Now Enshin, I looked at their web page and can't tell if they have kiddie classes. Some KK does, some don't. I guess I'll call sensei. They web pages for BJJ and other sites claim good kiddie stuff, Judo and Enshin sites are sketchy.
Here's me waiting to grapple my fave hairless weeener:
"Preparing mentally, the most important thing is, if you aren't doing it for the love of it, then don't do it." - Benny Urquidez
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- Wado Kai/Ryu/Intntl
--Lol! Perv. Congrats, almost spewed beer on keyboard. But srsly, what about your background in Wado (of all sorts) if I remember correctly from my time lurking. Sorry if I come across as a pedant, my training was quite vigourous under several Japanese Sensei. (lots of pain and fun too).
7/15/2012 6:39pm, #14--
Wado-ryu in the sixties in Hawaii was hardcore - that's where I saw 1st dans take on large idiots and beat the **** out of them. But we didn't have perverts, but, uh, what about Wado?
When I have a minute I'll include a Wado story or two in the fighting/sparring thread I started..."Preparing mentally, the most important thing is, if you aren't doing it for the love of it, then don't do it." - Benny Urquidez
3/12/2013 8:07pm, #15
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- Mar 2013
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--Easton. No question.
Edit : and I teach at a bjj gym across town... we just dont have kids program yet