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Whelp, I'm hooked. Anyone else?
But it's really fun, and I mean REALLY FUN, and it's getting me to take more steps per day that I have in quite a while.
As you would expect, it's barely been out in the U.S. for a full day and memes and parodies are popping up everywhere.
Personally, I love this one:
My favorite moment of game time so far was last night, when my boyfriend and I went out wandering our neighborhood at 10:30pm looking for new pokes by the pond. Two passersby greeted us with wide smiles, asked simply "Pokémon Go?", and that was that. I asked them how to get free items from the PokeStop, and they told me the trick: spin the circular token in the middle of the screen (once you're close enough for the icon to go from a blue cube to a flat, blue pokeball) and just pop the bubbles.
More of a tutorial would have been nice, but hey, we were just happy that the servers were staying online for more than thirty minutes this time.
Approaching the second Pokestop in our neighborhood, we met more evening trainers. A group of at least 10 of us converged on the sidewalk, trading tips, tricks, victories, failures, and best of all, happy exclamations that there were so many nerds living in our neighborhood, which we had never known before.
Because we live by several ponds, one person remarked that now we all had to be water-type trainers. The local tavern/brewery is apparently a yellow team gym, and we, as red team members, must go there at some point for drinks so that we could topple the yellow team and take over. Another guy joked that we should go to D.C. and "take over."
So much laughter. So much connection. And yes, millennial-haters, we were staring at our cell-phones 75% of the time, if not more. But we, as a collection of disgruntled 20-somethings, still relatively new to the adult world of bills and responsibilities, found a bunch of people who shared similar interests. A similar golden childhood of virtual battles and trading cards. A childhood of belting out a single theme song, not just in front of the T.V. at the start of the show, but anywhere that we felt like, and anywhere that other people smiled and joined in.
Pokémon Go is fun, though admittedly the repeated and prolonged server-crashing is obnoxious. Sometimes, you freeze, or are booted out in the middle of a quest. Sometimes, most frustratingly, in the middle of a catch. For those who want to keep tabs because you are seriously that obsessed and/or have nothing better to do, I recommend this website here.
When the servers in the U.S. go down and I do need a mobile fix of some kind, I recommend Kingdom Hearts Unchained X. It seems pretty fun so far, and like Pokémon Go, it's free to play.
But hunting for Pokémon is fun, even when it's common types that you've caught before. You can transfer them for Pokémon-specific candies that buff up and evolve your current Pokémon, and you also get experience with every catch.
So far, I haven't found any eggs, but I did catch a ghost in broad daylight at a farm.
Pokémon fans young and old will love this simple but charming mobile game. It's the closest you will come to feeling like they are really there, in the real world, with you. And now, if you will excuse me, I'm back off to get some more exercise and Pokémon!
Other good resources for new and returning (a.k.a kicked out by crashing server) players can be found here, here, and here.
My personal recommendations for future upgrades: trade, chat, and basic friending social media features; and a more interactive experience with the Pokémon you catch (something like the Pokémon-Amie feature that premiered in X and Y).


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Far Flung is the fifth release from the Alister Spence Trio, and their first double CD. This release is another landmark from a unique and totally captivating group. The 19 tracks on Far Flung are an interweaving of jazz compositions, open improvisations, and re-composed post-production pieces. As with fit (2009) and Mercury (2007), Far Flung continues Alister's exploration of the possibilities within jazz music, improvisation, and sound as music. This enduring interest in sound and abstraction within jazz was first documented on Clarion Fracture Zone's ARIA Award-winning album Blue Shift (1990). The melody on La Mar Esta Enferma, is provided by triggering a tuned sample of a wok (Chinese cooking pan). In the Alister Spence Trio, all the sounds used live and on recordings are those of the trio: offering different perspectives on the instruments and the music. In live performance, triggering pre-recorded samples on a small midi controller creates the extra layers that are heard on the albums.
Duration: 89 min.
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text: Home > Nation Why Bistek wants Binay-Roxas tandem in 2016 by Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at Aug 12 2014 12:29 AM | Updated as of Aug 12 2014 08:29 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn MANILA - Quezon City Mayor Herbert ''Bistek'' Bautista is pushing for a Binay-Roxas tandem in the 2016 presidential elections. In an interview on ''Aquino & Abunda Tonight,'' Bautista said he believes that both Vice-President Jejomar Binay and Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas have good intentions for the country. He also sees the Binay-Roxas tandem as a chance to unite the country. Binay belongs to the opposition United Nationalist Alliance while Roxas is part of the ruling Liberal Party. Binay also defeated Roxas in the vice-presidential race in 2010. "Sino pa ba ang puwedeng makapag-unite ng bansa natin kundi si President PNoy?" Bautista said. "And the number 1 opposition who is Vice President Binay and [from] the administration who is Secretary Mar Roxas, kapag pinagsama mo 'yan, lahat naman sila ay maganda ang hangarin para maglingkod," he told Kris Aquino, his former girlfriend. Roxas earlier in the day rejected a possible team-up with Binay for the 2016 elections. Binay had said he is open to having Roxas as his running-mate. Roxas said he remains committed to President Aquino's plans and programs for the country, which the opposition has repeatedly questioned. He also said the Liberal Party remains intact following Binay's statement that he may be taken in by the Liberal Party as its guest candidate. "Napakalinaw naman na hanggang ngayon, salungat na salungat ang agenda ng [United Nationalist Alliance] sa agenda ng Daang Matuwid na siyang itinataguyod ng LP," he said. Roxas, however, said he will accept and support the President's choice as standard-bearer whether it be him or someone else. BISTEK FOR SENATOR? Meanwhile, Bautista said that while he personally wants to run for reelection in 2016, he is leaving the decision to the Liberal Party on whether he will run for reelection or for a higher position. "I belong to the Liberal Party and we leave it to the party to decide kung ano ung itatadhana ng partido sa kanino man," he said. "Ako personally i'd rather go for reelection. But i leave it to the party if the party decides na 'Hey! You go for a higher position.'" He is reportedly being pushed to run for senator in the 2016 elections. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: politics presidential elections Mar Roxas jejomar binay halalan tandem 2016 polls halalan2016 /overseas/04/20/18/new-yorks-fearless-girl-to-stare-down-the-stock-exchange/overseas/04/20/18/romania-to-move-israel-embassy-to-jerusalem-report/news/04/20/18/katawan-kapalit-ng-droga-3-tiklo-sa-qc-buy-bust/news/04/20/18/dagdag-sahod-sa-soccsksargen-aprubado-na/entertainment/04/20/18/watch-tears-flow-as-rachelle-ann-partner-exchange-vows


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Camlin and Hero Fountain Pen…
Last year I thought of buying a new fountain pen coz my handwriting was going haywire with the ballpoint pens 🙂
As soon as I decided to buy a fountain pen, went to the nearby shop and bought a new Parker Fountain Pen (200 INR). After buying the pen came home and started using the pen and had a huge sign of relief.
After few months I was still using the fountain pen and suddenly I remembered the childhood days when I used to ask my dad for money (10 – 20 INR) to get a new fountain pen as my current pen got old, leaking, problem with nib, and so on.
I was able to relate the feeling of using the new pen with the childhood days, well the feeling still remains the same just that the years have changed and of course the affording capability too 🙂
We can still buy the 15-20 INR Camlin pen, but then NO!, we always wanted a branded one, unique, different from others, blah blah…and hence we go for a costlier one 😉
Last week I got another Parker Pen for 350 INR coz my other Parker pen was broken and this time I wanted to go for a costlier one, coz of a very simple reason that I can afford for it now.
After coming home I started using the pen and again I remembered about my childhood days. During those days the costliest pen for us was Hero Pen (35 INR), that must be more than 10 years from now.
As I said earlier the feeling of using a new pen (any new thing for that matter) remains the same, except the fact that we have grown older (wiser???) and we can afford for these items.
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I miss my hero pen soo much . Now I am in london ,I can not find one anywhere..
Comment by shashank | October 24, 2008 |
This is such a long lost memory. I mean kids nowadays have so many options. There are ball pens, gel pens, pens with different nip sizes, and many more. I remember the days when we buying a fountain pen was a big activity.
The beautiful ink-filling mechanism of the that pen. It used to be like an invention for me, compared to all the japanese technology influenced pens.
It is really nice to recollect those memories. Thanks Saravan.
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I bought 3 years back Hero fountain pen in a fancy shop near my office in Bangalore. Ofcourse the Bril blue ink. I'm still using this pen for last 3 years occassionally. I'm proud for possessing one with me.
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The son of a fallen Des Moines police officer is headed to the next round at the Iowa high school state wrestling tournament.
Cameron Beminio, a junior who wrestles at heavyweight for Belmond-Klemme, pinned Panorama's Dan Jensen in 51 seconds during a Class 1A opening-round match Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
His father, Tony Beminio, was ambushed and killed in November 2016 in Urbandale while on duty. Cameron Beminio sports a large black and white tattoo of a Des Moines police badge on his right arm, with a single blue stripe honoring his dad.
After his match, he was greeted by other Des Moines police officers in the arena tunnel and shook their hands.
Pretty cool moment after Cameron Beminio won his match he was greeted by Des Moines Police Officers. https://t.co/QOxj4Qtpyp—
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"It's great," Cameron Beminio told reporters after he won his match. "Hearing them (family, friends, fans) when I win, you know … it's just overpowering.
"I mean, I try not to think about a whole bunch of stuff. I just keep my mind clean … just taking it as it comes."
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Lil Wayne had to be treated at a hospital in St. Louis after suffering an accident while skateboarding Sunday (August 21).
The 28-year old rapper was in town for a performance at the Verizon Amphitheatre. Sometime after the show, Wayne stopped by a local skate park where he was injured.
The Young Money star was rushed to a local hospital by his entourage with a gash over his left eye that required 9 stitches to close. After being treated he left the hospital.
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Revelations of Chinese influence operations in Australia and New Zealand, and the ongoing sequels to the Russian "interference" in the 2016 US election, have caused outcry and concern amongst policy-makers and public alike. Beyond the xenophobic aspects to fears of the spectre of a "Yellow Peril" emerging in the Antipodes (a fear that we do […]
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Polycom teams with IBM for cloud video services
The two firms will join forces to develop new solutions utilising the cloud for video applications and unified communications
Polycom today announced a partnership with IBM research to work together on developing video services using cloud computing.
The company already has its own video platform called Polycom RealPresence, but wants to find ways of deploying the solution in a cloud environment – be it public, private or hybrid – and offering it to companies as a 'Video-as-a-Service' (VaaS) option.
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Once testing of current capabilities has completed, the two companies will look to developing advancements for the offering, such as more compatibility with other video solutions for those who want to take advantage of video in the cloud but don't want to concern themselves with which equipment they have in the office.
"Together with Polycom, we can help customers prepare for the future of this industry, whether they choose premises-based video solutions or private, public, or hybrid cloud delivery models," said Ken King, vice-president of business development for IBM Research.
"Ultimately, it's about helping Polycom develop new, innovative video products on a cloud computing platform that creates systems across various industry verticals. By co-developing with Polycom, we can help customers collaborate and make decisions more quickly."
RealPresence will continue to be marketed as a Polycom system despite IBM's involvement. The companies hope it will also continue to be sold into enterprises, but appeal service providers as well, so they in turn can build their own VaaS offerings.
However, neither firm has been forthcoming as to when these research developments will be put into practice and go on sale.


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Sir George Martin became known as 'the fifth Beatle' thanks to his work with the Liverpuddlian band
Music producer George Martin, known as 'the fifth Beatle' has died at the age of 90.
Martin's long and successful career began in 1950 after he concluded his studies at the Guildhall School of Music, and worked as a professional oboist.
He became head of the Parlophone music label in 1955, and went on to sign The Beatles in 1962, enjoying 17 chart-topping hits with the band.
Speaking about meeting the band for the first time and being struck by the potential, he said "I liked them as people apart from anything else, and I was convinced that we had the makings of a hit group".
However, he was not convinced they had any songwriting ability: "As composers, they didn't rate. They hadn't shown me that they could write anything at all. 'Love Me Do' I thought was pretty poor, but it was the best we could do."
After the group broke up, he started his own music publishing company and set about working with other artists such as Jeff Beck, Bob Dylan, Sting and Sir Elton John. Martin also recorded two of Sir Paul McCartney's solo albums, Tug Of War and Pipes Of Peace.
He was awarded a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988, which was followed by a knighthood in the 1996 birthday honours.
According to his official website, he remains the world's most successful record producer - racking up 30 number ones across the UK and US singles charts.
Speaking on Twitter, drummer Ringo Starr confirmed the news, stating that he "will be missed", as well as sharing an image of the producer with the band.
God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family love Ringo and Barbara George will be missed xxx 😎✌🌟💖☮— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) March 9, 2016
Thank you for all your love and kindness George peace and love xx???????? pic.twitter.com/um2hRFB7qF— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) March 9, 2016
Another northern music icon, Liam Gallagher, has also expressed his condolences on Twitter, simply writing: "Sir George Martin RIP LG x".
Sir George Martin RIP LG x— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) March 9, 2016
C A Management, which represented Martin, issued a statement saying that he "passed away peacefully at home yesterday evening, Tuesday March 8th. The family would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers and messages of support.
He added that, in a career that spanned seven decades, he "helped revolutionise the art of popular music recording" and "was recognised globally as one of music's most creative talents and a gentleman to the end".


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August 22, 1990
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAv.GIUSEPPE GAMBINO, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Leisure, District Judge:
Defendant Emanuele Adamita ("Adamita") has been indicted for
conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States in
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963, for conspiracy to distribute or
to possess with intent to distribute narcotics in violation of
21 U.S.C. § 846, and for participation in a racketeering
conspiracy in violation of the RICO statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d).
Adamita has filed a motion to dismiss the indictment
against him pursuant to the double jeopardy clause of the fifth
amendment to the U.S. Constitution. More specifically, Adamita
argues that the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in
Grady v. Corbin, ___ U.S. ___, 110 S.Ct. 2084, 109 L.Ed.2d 548
(1990), mandates dismissal of the charges against him contained
in the pending indictment.
On January 25, 1990, the Court denied Adamita's motion to
dismiss the indictment against him pursuant to the double
jeopardy clause. See United States v. Gambino, 729 F. Supp. 954,
968-69 (S.D.N.Y. 1990). On May 29, 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court
issued its opinion in Grady v. Corbin, supra, 110 S.Ct. 2084,
which appears to expand the protection afforded criminal
defendants by the double jeopardy clause. On July 9, 1990,
Adamita renewed his motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant
to the double jeopardy clause. The prior order and opinion of
the Court recited the full background of the case, including
the charges contained in the indictment, and Adamita's prior
involvement in criminal activity. Only those facts relevant to
the pending motion will be recounted herein.
On November 25, 1988, Adamita pled guilty to one count of
conspiracy and three counts of substantive distributions of
narcotics before Judge Sprizzo in United States v. Adamita,
701 F. Supp. 85. (S.D. N.Y. 1988). Judge Sprizzo stated at the time
of the pleas that Adamita would be allowed to withdraw his
guilty pleas to three of the counts — the conspiracy count and
two of the distribution counts — if the U.S. Supreme Court
upheld the constitutionality of the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines (the "Guidelines") which Judge Sprizzo had
previously found unconstitutional. Adamita would not be allowed
to withdraw his guilty plea to the final substantive count — a
distribution of heroin by Adamita taking place on August 11,
1987 (the "August 11, 1987 distribution") — as it was a
pre-Guidelines offense. After the Supreme Court upheld the
Guidelines in Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361, 109
S.Ct. 647, 102 L.Ed.2d 714 (1989), Adamita withdrew his guilty
pleas to the three Guidelines charges. Thus, the only criminal
charge against Adamita which may have preclusive effects under
the double jeopardy clause is the August 11, 1987 distribution
to which he pled guilty before Judge Sprizzo.*fn1
The pending indictment charges Adamita with conspiracy to
import narcotics into the United States, conspiracy to
distribute or to possess with intent to distribute narcotics,
and participation in a RICO enterprise. See United States v.
Gambino, supra, 729 F. Supp. at 956-57. The August 11, 1987
distribution is incorporated as overt act 64 in both conspiracy
counts, and as a part of predicate act 18 in the RICO count. As
counsel for Adamita had not identified the August 11, 1987
distribution as being part of the pending indictment in his
previous motion to dismiss pursuant to the double jeopardy
clause, the Court will now consider any and all preclusive
effects of this offense. See United States v. Gambino, supra,
729 F. Supp. at 968.
A. The Conspiracy Counts
Neither Grady v. Corbin, nor any other case, holds that an
individual who has pled guilty to a substantive offense cannot
later be tried for conspiracy to commit the substantive
offense. Such a holding would be at odds with the nature of the
crime of conspiracy. It is clear that "the essence of
conspiracy is the agreement and not the commission of the
substantive offense that is its objective. . . ." United States
v. Labat, 905 F.2d 18, 21 (2d Cir. 1990) (citing United States
v. Abel, 258 F.2d 485, 489 (2d Cir. 1958), aff'd on other
grounds, 362 U.S. 217, 80 S.Ct. 683, 4 L.Ed.2d 668 (1960)); see
also Iannelli v. United States, 420 U.S. 770, 777, 95 S.Ct.
1284, 1289, 43 L.Ed.2d 616 (1975) ("Traditionally the law has
considered conspiracy and the completed substantive offense to
be separate
crimes."). Under pre-Grady analysis, the August 11, 1987
distribution would have no double jeopardy effects on Adamita's
current indictment for participation in two narcotics
conspiracies. See United States v. Nersesian, 824 F.2d 1294,
1319-20 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 958, 108 S.Ct. 357,
98 L.Ed.2d 382 (1987); United States v. Slocum, 695 F.2d 650,
656 (2d Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1015, 103 S.Ct.
1260, 75 L.Ed.2d 487 (1983).
In Grady v. Corbin, supra, 110 S.Ct. 2084, the Supreme Court
held that the double jeopardy clause barred a prosecution for
homicide after the defendant had previously pled guilty to two
traffic offenses stemming from a single incident of drunk and
reckless driving. In reaching its holding, the Court rejected
the contention that the test of Blockburger v. United States,
284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932) — which
provides that cumulative penalties, and thus successive
prosecutions, should not be barred if each offense charged
requires proof of an element which the other does not —
constituted the full extent of double jeopardy protection.
Grady, supra, 110 S.Ct. at 2090-92. Rather, the Court held that
"a subsequent prosecution must do more than merely survive the
Blockburger test. As we suggested in [Illinois v. Vitale,
447 U.S. 410, 100 S.Ct. 2260, 65 L.Ed.2d 228 (1980)], the Double
Jeopardy Clause bars any subsequent prosecution in which the
government, to establish an essential element of an offense
charged in that prosecution, will prove conduct that
constitutes an offense for which the defendant has already been
prosecuted." Id. 110 S.Ct. at 2093. The Court rested its
holding on dicta contained in its prior decisions in Brown v.
Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 97 S.Ct. 2221, 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977), and
Illinois v. Vitale, supra, 447 U.S. 410, 100 S.Ct. 2260.*fn2
Thus, the defendant's guilty pleas to traffic tickets for
driving while intoxicated and failing to keep to the right of
the painted median barred his subsequent prosecution for
homicide, as the government had admitted, in a bill of
particulars, that it would rely on the same conduct in its
homicide case to which the defendant had previously pled
guilty. See Grady, supra, 110 S.Ct. at 2094.
The "same conduct" test of Grady v. Corbin does not support
Adamita's renewed arguments to dismiss the conspiracy charges
against him under the double jeopardy clause. In fact, the
holding of Grady v. Corbin does not appreciably change the law
in the context of a narcotics conspiracy prosecution of an
individual previously convicted of a substantive narcotics
offense. As stated above, the conspiracy charges now pending
against Adamita involve illegal agreements amongst Adamita and
his co-conspirators to traffic in narcotics. The charges do not
involve, or rely on, Adamita's August 11, 1987 distribution of
heroin, or any other conduct constituting a substantive
narcotics offense. Adamita's motion to dismiss the conspiracy
charges currently pending against him under the double jeopardy
clause is denied.
B. The RICO Count
Adamita argues that the RICO count of the pending indictment
should be
dismissed as against him, as he has pled guilty to a
substantive narcotics offense which is charged as a predicate
act of the RICO count. Adamita argues that since proof of at
least two predicate acts is required for a conviction under
RICO, his guilty plea to the substantive distribution charge is
a lesser-included offense of the pending RICO charge, mandating
dismissal of the RICO charge. Adamita claims that the holding
of Grady v. Corbin clearly prevents the government from trying
him for the same conduct to which he has already entered a
guilty plea, when such conduct constitutes an essential element
of the RICO offense charged.
In Garrett v. United States, 471 U.S. 773, 105 S.Ct. 2407, 85
L.Ed.2d 764 (1985), the Supreme Court held that the defendant's
prosecution for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise
("CCE") in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848, was not barred on
double jeopardy grounds by his prior conviction for importation
of marihuana, even though the government charged the
substantive marihuana offense as a predicate act of the CCE.
The CCE statute requires that the government prove that the
defendant committed at least one narcotics-related felony which
was "a part of a continuing series of violations. . . ."
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Don't want the NSA monitoring your phone calls? Sorry, there is the POTENTIAL that terrorists could use it to call
Except that the step from being the offended person to being the offending person is really small... One always has to keep that in mind when whiching for a nanny state.
conservatives, neocons, Christians, et cetera.
My apologies, I should have included them in my list.
Oh...and pedophiles are bad people.
So are terrorists, but neither one are lurking on every corner and website waiting to blow up/molest people's children. I would argue that pedophiles, while a much more likely threat than terrorists, have been somewhat overblown by the people who make money and/or power by having the general poplulace afraid of things.
What does the government have to do with the ESRB?"Want to mod your videogame? Sorry, there is the POTENTIAL someone could modify it to show more nudity or violence."
"So, what exactly does the U.S. government have to do with the ESRB? They are the Sword of Damocles hanging over the head of a self regulatory body that was created simply because of threats of legislative regulation of a sector of business in a free country. Pretty simple, see."
You give a lot of creedance to idle threats made by politicians who have nothing to say so they spit out the easy, anti-free speech line. I don't have such a fear of such people. Any time legislators have tried to take it the next
where we didn't blame every single thing we could irrationally connect to the President on him, and get modded up for it
Exactly! That's what Microsoft was for, and we loved it!
Kids these days...
There has been an anti-freedom faction in American politics ever since the Alien and Sedition Acts. Blindly blaming everything on Bush, despite his horrid presidency, will get you nowhere.
Unfortunately, our point of view is pretty unpopular as it tends to be pretty hard for people to think back that far. They just want to deal with the little arguments that are fed to them to keep them busy, all the while their precious rights are stolen away in the name of "safety." Safety from whom, I ask?
It's not an issue of democrats and republicans or libertarians, it's an issue of the powerful wanting more power, the rich wanting more money, and ultimately, greed.
"What pisses me off more than anything is that I paid for a game rated for 17 year olds, or possibly 17 and 1/2 year olds, tops. What I got was a game rated for 18 year olds instead." - Maddox
if it's not in the game, the game should not be judged on that criteria. in order to see the pornographic content, users had to VIOLATE THEIR TERMS OF USE of the game.
The horror. The user failed to follow orders from someone who sold a game to you, given after the deal had been made.
I'm starting to approach the point of equating the word "license" with the word "fraud". The reason is that while you buy the game from a store, you apparently don't own it, just a license to use it, and that license can b
Oblivion, on the other hand, does not have that c
Oblivion, on the other hand, does not have that content shipped with the game. It cannot be unlocked because it doesn't exist. What Bethesda did do, was make a tool set available so that players could make their own content for the game. There are dozens of player created mods available with new content that you can add to the PC VERSION ONLY. One of these player created mods happens to be a naked woman model.
Dude, I'm totally going to make a mod for Oblivion where Adolf Hitler guns down a hundred Redguards while sodomozing an underage Khajiit as a party of Dunmer in turbans burns the american flag. In the background, thanks to the Distant Lands LOD, you will see an endless sea of nude Imperial wenches singing an a capella version of "Flight of the Valkyries." Bethesda's going to be in so much trouble!
I believe they should also ban US children from travelling to the French Riviera since they'll get to see many more corrupting (and real-live) tits over there.
Now that's something that would be interesting to explain to parents. =P
Fucking figures though... This kind of shit can be really scary in America. Go up against a jury of freedom-hating prudes, and you could be wiped out. But this sort of thing won't help.
Through modification of the code, nudity is available. This is a
...that they put breasts on reptiles. Dear god, think of all those kids who play Oblivion and end up looking for tits on a snake.
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As we come to the end of what you know as the year 2010, I ask that you pause and take the time to look back over your year and give thanks for all that has happened, all that has come to you and all the abundance in your life.
And abundance is not just about money as many think it to be. Abundance is about how you live, your belongings, your friends, family, health, emotional state, the work that you have chosen to do and every other aspect of your life. All that you have in your life is your abundance.
As you come upon the Solstice as you know the 21st of the month to be, there is an opportunity for you to invite more abundance into your life, for it is true that you can have anything and everything that you desire in your life with the exception of a few situations that you have created for yourself as your learning experiences in this lifetime.
For when you set your plan of action for this lifetime, all of you built in some challenges and situations for you to learn your greatest lessons. These chosen situations will be in place until you fully learn the lesson that they have come to teach you about being a human living on this planet.
You can shift these situations when you finally "get it" as my scribe is fond of saying. So even the long standing challenges can be shifted and you can move into the state of being that you desire when the lesson is completed. And, you can ask for help for this to happen to assist you to move into an abundance of joy and love in this area of your life as well.
But for most of you and for most of your life situations, you have the ability to manifest all that you truly desire. You can set your intention, hold onto the belief that it will come to you, ask your guides and angels for help and take action as you are inspired. You can draw into your life positive things and situations as easily as you draw into your life uncomfortable situations. You get to choose.
And the root of these choices are your thoughts and beliefs, what you have learned on your journey through this life time and there are many of these thoughts and beliefs that completely block the flow of all good things into your life. Here are a few of your favourites as we have observed:
- I don't deserve anything good
- I have to work very hard for all that I have
- Nothing good ever happens to me
- I'm just a loser
- I'll never amount to anything
- Who are you kidding, I can't have that
And there are many, many variations on these popular themes of why you can't, or should not have all of the good stuff in your life.
Even your health situations are under laid by this type of distorted thinking, believing things like it's part of your genetic makeup, being sick allows you to escape from things you don't want to do like go to work and so many more thoughts and beliefs that perpetuate you state of dis-ease.
This too you can do something about and draw into your life and abundance of good health, good feelings and good situations. Again, you get to choose if you want the good stuff or want to stay where you are.
And know that if you are not already experiencing the good stuff, the abundance of life that you desire, there is a good and valid reason. You are getting something beneficial from the situation that you find yourself to be in.
It might be that although you are miserable, at least the situation is familiar. It might be that you are afraid that a change could make things worse instead of better. Or you may be gaining something like support and attention by having the situation in your life. There is a good and valid reason for you to remain where you are.
But it does not need to be so. Search for the gain, the benefit, the comfort in the situation that you really don't like and then let it go and find other ways to get that which you need that this situation gives to you.
You are coming up on a new year, and as so many of you choose to do, it is a time of review and a time to choose something different for the upcoming year.
And your Solstice, Dec 21 is a day that contains some energetic magic of sorts for once again, there is an opportunity for you to connect with a download of light energy that will be available for a period of time and if you choose, you can focus this energy to assist with healing any aspect of your life that you are tired of and wish to shift.
You not only came onto the planet to learn about things that are challenging for many of you, you are also here to learn about abundance – all of the good and wonderful things that life as a human has to offer. Once your challenging lessons are in the past, then you may choose amazing lessons, like learning how to have an abundance of whatever good it is that you want in your life. You get to choose.
So here is my suggestion for the upcoming days:
- Think about all of the good things that you already have in your life – you may choose to write a list or talk to a friends or whatever works best for you
- Identify the challenging situations that you are ready to move beyond and give thanks for the lessons that they have come into your life to help you learn
- And look for the lesson in those challenges and deal with any remaining situations or emotions that are still attached to these lessons. You may ask your guides and angels or other people for help
- Look for the reason that you have that thing or situation in your life and why you are resistant to give it up. It may be a fear, a feeling, a thought, a belief or a need that is holding it in place and choose to let this go
- Then dream about what you really would like to have in your life, what your heart desires, the good stuff that you are also here to experience.
- State your intentions and believe that this can be a part of your life experience. If it is possible for one human to experience, it is possible for all humans to experience.
- And ask your guides and angels for help and support to move into your life of abundance and when they give you guidance to do so, take action, what many called inspired action
- And complete the circle by giving thanks for all of the situations that you have learned from, for all the abundance in your life and for the ability to experience so much more that you can even imagine. Gratitude is the energy that makes this cycle of change possible.
And on the day of your solstice, take time to pause and give thanks for everything and if you choose open yourself to the energy download of this time in your history and ask for help and support to move away from a life of challenges and into a life of joy and abundance, for that is what you are here to experience, a life of joy and peace and love beyond your understanding.
Know beyond a doubt that you are loved beyond measure, in a way that being in human form is beyond your understanding. We in the work of spirit watch and wait for you to truly understand what this means and to integrate this knowledge into your human experience, what many of you call enlightenment, a state that is available for all and the steps I have outlined are also the keys to having this experience as well.
From our side to yours, we wish that you discover the joy and abundance that is your birthright just because you exist on this planet. All you have to do to experience this is to follow this plan and choose this for yourself.
Blessings, Joy, and Abundance are my wish for you.
I love you, LOTS!


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Conviction in only 5% of sexual harassment cases in state
"Sexual harassment is happening more frequently, but such crimes will not be dealt with unless the state sets up a mechanism to tackle these crimes in a better manner."- Feminist on the losing. These are now exposed by there own departments/agencies. Still they are asking for setting up a mechanism to tackle these crimes in a better manner
Mumbai: Passing lewd comments and making inappropriate gestures go largely unpunished in Maharashtra, if the figures of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) are any indication. An abysmal 5% of sexual harassment cases decided in Maharashtra last year resulted in the accused being convicted, way below the all-India average of 52 %.
Women it seems are forced to live with catcalls as a way of life, said lawyers and activists who work with women victims. They said that lodging a police complaint itself is often a Herculean task for those in distress.
The road to conviction is long and winding, given a variety of factors, like police apathy, social stigma, an overburdened judicial system, concerns for the safety of witnesses and victims and tiresome procedures that see victims giving up half-way. A senior Maharashtra police officer also said that better forensics and police-prosecutor links would help. Finally, some experts expressed scepticism about the high conviction rates in other states and the all-India average. They said maybe other cases, like rape, were listed under sexual harassment, definitions for crimes differed or even that figures were fudged.
Cases of sexual harassment, which include eve-teasing on the streets, are filed under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code, where the accused is booked for uttering a word or committing a gesture or act that insults the modesty of a woman.
The state's conviction rate for sexual harassment cases decided in 2010 pales when compared to the rates in states like Uttar Pradesh (76%), Punjab (52%) or Kerala (30%), according to the NCRB.
Interestingly, Maharashtra saw the second-highest number of FIRs filed for sexual harassment in 2010. Andhra Pradesh had 4,562 FIRs, while Mahrashtra had 1,180. In Mumbai alone, 138 FIRs were filed. Howeveractivists said this was no indication of actual instances, as most cases are not reported. Incidentally, AP's conviction rate in 2010 was way ahead of Maharashtra's at 35%.
"The fact that 1,180 women in Maharashtra suffered eve teasing is itself a very high number. Many cases go unreported and the real numbers are much higher," said Sonya Gill of the All India Democratic Women's Association. "The incidence of eve teasing and sexual harassment is happening more frequently, but such crimes will not be dealt with unless the state sets up a mechanism to tackle these crimes in a better manner.'
Both societal and systemic reasons are to blame for the poor reporting as well as conviction rates. Mihir Desai, of the voluntary organisation India Centre for Human Rights and Law, one of the experts sceptical about other states outdoing Maharashtra by such a huge margin, said concerns at various level need addressing. "Recording and conviction of crimes such as eve teasing depends on how sensitive the police are to such incidents. What is perceived as eve teasing by a woman may not be recorded if the policeman doesn't perceive it as such," he said.
Advocate Flavia Agnes, who works closely with women victims of violence, said the process of fighting sexual harassment is daunting and victims often give up the fight midway. She recalled how two women who were molested outside a Juhu five-star hotel on New Year's eve in 2007 preferred to drop the charges. "The case could take one to two years to conclude and there is often great difficulty in producing evidence. The public too doesn't come forward to become witnesses," pointed out Agnes.
The state government is waking up to the reality of poor convictions. A committee was set up under the joint secretary, home department, in May to look into the overall trend of few convictions in the state. They studied other states, such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, to understand why their conviction rates were more impressive. "There were several factors in other states which aided better conviction rates. For instance, there was better forensic infrastructure and more liaisons between public prosecutors and the police," said J Supekar of the state CID (crime), who was part of the five-member committee. Judicial pendency in Maharashtra too is higher than many other states, which means cases drags on for years.


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Because who doesn't want to be regaled with the minutiae floating around in my brain?
That's what I thought.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Let Us Celebrate My Long Weekend!
1. la ferassie, tokyo police club
2. bookshop casanova, the clientele
3. boogie chillen, dale hawkins
4. guero canelo, calexico
5. wear you out, tv on the radio
6. novelty, joy division
7. more adventurous, rilo kiley
8. what do you think, the sundays
9. this is pop, xtc
10. michael, franz ferdinand
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Quite Apart from Everything Else in This Economic Meltdown
This guy, AIG Financial Products President, gives me nightmares. I imagine him lurking around corners, sidling up, scaring the shit out of me.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Free South By Southwest Music Sampler
Amazon has one too, with artists that don't include the Decemberists.
I Want Whatever He's On
I'm hoping it leeched into the tomato soup.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Rejection Number 2
Weather: Still Springlike. Thoughts Turning Toward Busting out the Organic Gardening Book Acquired for Christmas
I'm not exactly motivated at the prospect of yard work. Which is pretty ominous, because I can usually count on a winter-incurred rush of optimism and ambitious planning by about this time every year. Sure, it all falls apart by June, but while the rush lasts, it usually allows me to get some good things going for a bit.
But it occurs to me that I got this book as a gift. (Side note to reviewer geniuses at Publisher's Weekly: "groundbreaking" equals pun; it's a gardening guide? Get it?) So while I'm not psyched to put together a rustic woven twig fence, I might be able to contemplate some soil amendment and some kitchy garden accessories. Anyway, subsistence farming is making a recession-fueled come back, so I might as well try to get with the program.
My god, last year I actually had little sketches. Can you believe it?
Friday, March 20, 2009
Today, I Enjoy a Well-Earned Comp Day
Ah, well do I remember being at the 9:30 club being pelted with chicken. Good times.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Via the Laura Yard: Spring Officially Documented
Well, hello there, Mr. Daffodil!
It's almost, almost enough to make me want to yank out all the weeds I didn't get to last fall.
Monday, March 16, 2009
I'm Thinking About Printing This Out and Shoving It Under a Door
Point 8: Fire ineffective people.
Firing people is hard. It's probably the hardest thing you'll ever do. People go to absurd lengths to try and make it easier ("we'll just try him out for a month and see how it goes" is a common one) but they never really help. You just have to bite the bullet and let people go. It's your job. If you can't do it, find someone else.
Firing people isn't just about saving money, or petty things like that. It's the difference between a great organization and a failure. Inefective people drag everyone else down to their level. They make it so that you can't take pride in what you're doing, so that you dread going into work in the morning, so that you can't rely on the other pieces of the project getting done. And assholes, no matter how talented they may be, are even worse. Conversely, there are few things more fun than working hard with a really nice, talented group of people.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Big Brother Is Watching You
I think they meant to send me the one for asthma. But here's the thing: I don't want them to think I have health issues I don't have, because what happens if I have to get insurance on the individual market, and they think I'm pre-diabetic, and they'll gouge me with sky-high rates, and I'll go bankrupt, or they won't cover me at all, and I'll die of an asthma attack even though my asthma is mild and allergy-related only . . .!
Am I being paranoid? Should I call and ask for expunging of any pre-diabetic implication in my records? Should I report my weight, blood pressure, and family history? Should I indicate my vegetarianism?
Friday, March 13, 2009
Speaking of Snuggies
Yes, Yes. Perhaps I Should Have Cable
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Let Me Say Again That You Guys Are Awesome
I'm really psyched about this, thanks so much! That's the good news. The bad news is that I may ask follow-up questions to get angles and details I hadn't considered. I hope that's okay.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Anyway, as part of this process, I wrote about PK (for those who knew him). I thought it would be pretty easy, given the distance and the subsequent expunging of the guilt, but it was harder than I thought. The piece that come out of it was relatively strong and cohesive, though. Naturally, this meant that my teacher picked it for me to read out loud tonight.
I'm kind of mortified that I choked a bit, and I also had some funny-to-me-only guffawing instances on the weirdness that he was. Jesus. It's like goddamned therapy in there, I swear.
One of Those Irritating Days
It could be the sudden cold snap or the time change. Or it could be the fact that it takes me eons to fall asleep these days (random coworker greeting from this morning: "Jeez, did you have your late class last night? Your eyes are all red"). Bah.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Okay, There Are Approximately Three of Us Left Watching Heroes
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Rain. Day 2.
Work went, so that's also a good thing. There was a paucity of cinnamon rolls, because we were all on our own recognizance, and I had a wrong perception on where the place was. Bummer for me. There was also minimum of chaos because there weren't that many people at our event. I mainly spent the day sitting in back of a desk and smiling at people cheerily. Overheard chatter in the lobby was that the event itself was first rate. And reports back from the performance portion that I missed were that it too went well, and that our conductor ruled the place and was a "sex god" (that last observation coming from my friend M after an unspecified amount of wine; no one told me there would be an open bar).
I get a comp day out of it, so that's good. I also got vaguely insulted by a prominent music and cultural critic.
Friday, March 6, 2009
It May Be Friday, But Alas, I Must Work This Weekend
Anyway, we have a mini-deal going on this weekend, for which I have to work but one day. And there will be cinnamon rolls, which always offset a lot of grief in my book.
Random ten, since it's Friday.
1. bricks & mortar, the jam
2. dimmest star, pernice brothers
3. heart shaped bruise, elvis costello and the imposters
4. take your carriage clock and shove it, belle & sebastian
5. beetlebum, blur
6. dirt, the stooges
7. i don't want to hear it anymore, dusty springfield
8. take me with u, prince
9. always for you, the album leaf
10. 19-2000 (soulchild remix), gorillaz
bonus number 11: big night, megachoir.
I don't need to point you to the link in the sidebar there, do I people?
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where Bjork is Bjork, and the Elves Are Under the Mountain
Just after October 6, 2008, when Iceland effectively went bust, I spoke to a man at the International Monetary Fund who had been flown in to Reykjavík to determine if money might responsibly be lent to such a spectacularly bankrupt nation. He'd never been to Iceland, knew nothing about the place, and said he needed a map to find it. He has spent his life dealing with famously distressed countries, usually in Africa, perpetually in one kind of financial trouble or another. Iceland was entirely new to his experience: a nation of extremely well-to-do (No. 1 in the United Nations' 2008 Human Development Index), well-educated, historically rational human beings who had organized themselves to commit one of the single greatest acts of madness in financial history. "You have to understand," he told me, "Iceland is no longer a country. It is a hedge fund."
Speaking of Bjork:
Because Iceland is really just one big family, it's simply annoying to go around asking Icelanders if they've met Björk. Of course they've met Björk; who hasn't met Björk? Who, for that matter, didn't know Björk when she was two? "Yes, I know Björk," a professor of finance at the University of Iceland says in reply to my question, in a weary tone. "She can't sing, and I know her mother from childhood, and they were both crazy. That she is so well known outside of Iceland tells me more about the world than it does about Björk."
And this is all kinds of awesome:
Alcoa, the biggest aluminum company in the country, encountered two problems peculiar to Iceland when, in 2004, it set about erecting its giant smelting plant. The first was the so-called "hidden people"—or, to put it more plainly, elves—in whom some large number of Icelanders, steeped long and thoroughly in their rich folkloric culture, sincerely believe. Before Alcoa could build its smelter it had to defer to a government expert to scour the enclosed plant site and certify that no elves were on or under it. It was a delicate corporate situation, an Alcoa spokesman told me, because they had to pay hard cash to declare the site elf-free but, as he put it, "we couldn't as a company be in a position of acknowledging the existence of hidden people."
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sign 'o the Times
Do you: (a) laugh, (b) weep gently, (c) hibernate until 2020 when this thing should start turning around.


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The word coming out of the locker room after yesterday's loss was "Unacceptable". The Bears star wide receiver Brandon Marshall even went so far as to say the offense is questionable and started to ascertain that things need to change. The Bears are 0-3 at Soldier Field and that's not even the worse part. The Bears season might as well be over because as of next Sunday afternoon they're looking at a 3-5 record with a game in Green Bay the following their bye. The Bears defense played awful yesterday, but no one can think about the 22nd ranked defense because of how porous the Bears massively underachieving offense played. Jay Cutler at home this year has five interceptions to go along with an equal amount of touchdown passes. In the Bears four losses all together the trend continues with him having seven touchdowns with the same number of interceptions.
The losses at home are particularly troubling because the only wins the Bears have are on the road where Cutler has a TD to interception ratio of 7:0. The blueprint is clearly to keep Jay Cutler as a game manager, not allowing him to give it away with turnovers. The Bears have all the offensive weapons in the world to be a high-scoring team, but have yet to put it all together. The most points the Bears have scored on the season is 28 in San Francisco, and that is what's most unacceptable. The Bears are not being balanced enough, and while you can look at the defense yesterday and put some of the blame on them, early in the game the unit was good enough to give the Bears a chance to play with a lead.
On the opening drive by the Dolphins who received the kickoff to start the game, the Bears forced a three and out from the 28 yard line. Having fielded the ball at the 40, Chicago proceeded to go three and out themselves. This is where the game was completely lost, and while saying that's a little early to set as a demarkation point for destruction, the Dolphins scored a touchdown on their next possession and Chicago trailed for the rest of the game.
The reason this loss has caused so much unrest both internally and in the public eye is due to the schedule. A trip to a well rested New England followed by a road game in Green Bay after the bye has Chicago staring down the barrel of the gun in terms of a losing season. 3-6 is a completely realistic expectation in the future, and with the way Jay Cutler is playing, that contract is looking to be an abomination much earlier than expected.
On top of everything else that came out of yesterday is the fact that there seemed to be no urgency by Chicago in a game that they knew was massively important to their season. Alshon Jeffery was targeted only seven times with two receptions for nine yards. Completely unacceptable! Couple that with the fact that Brandon Marshall only saw ten targets for six receptions totaling 48 yards, and the criticism of the offense could be expected.
I get that Trestman and Kromer want to be balanced and run the ball with Matt Forte, who was again lights out with 109 all-purpose yards and two scores, but when you've got two of the most physical wide receivers in football, you've got to target them closer to 15 times a game. A combined 17 targets with just eight receptions is completely underwhelming from a gameplan point of view.
The loss is so maddening for so many reasons, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that the season is pretty much an afterthought at this point. Chicago will more than likely be 3-6 after Green Bay and Jay Cutler is just entering his long term contract without much of a chance to be traded or jettisoned. The play calling needs to get better, and the weapons on the outside are going to waste in their primes. Brandon Marshall has had several 1,000+ yard seasons, and the other teams know what kind of attention he demands. The other side of the field is occupied by another emerging threat with likewise abilities to change the game. The opposing defensive coordinators have to account for both of these players while in addition trying to stop Forte, Bennett and Co.
This season was supposed to be going completely differently from opening day, and now it has a chance to be one of the biggest disappointments of the NFL season. Chicago being booed by its own fans after a third straight loss at home is completely understandable. Those fans pay good money to see a team go out and perform to a crowd of thousands. Losing a game you had to have to save your season is obviously going to leave the fanbase upset outspoken. The crowd knew the circumstances of yesterday's game, and the loss was appropriately accompanied by boos. There's nothing wrong with the fans being harsh on an organization that was supposed to be making significant strides this year. Perhaps this team was never a super bowl contender because of its defensive ineptitude, but in the NFL of today everyone has defensive shortcomings because the offenses are so explosive across the league. In this regard Chicago was supposed to have one of the most explosive units entering the season, and to have a high watermark of 28 points is completely unfathomable and upsetting. Winless at home is laughable, and the brain trust needs to be held accountable. Jay Cutler will always be the whipping boy because of his demeanor and mistakes, but in the end the gameplan has to have a few wrinkles in it that doesn't keep the ball in Cutler's hands when he starts to make the mistakes that are becoming commonplace every week.


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Giants & More Mighty Monsters From Mierce Miniatures
March 20, 2015 by brennon
Mierce Miniatures have put together another awesome haul of interesting monsters and heroes for their world of Darklands. See what you think of the Giant Gomagg and a few beasts dwarfed by him!
First up we have Gomagg himself who is absolutely huge and comes on a 120mm base to fit his frame. As a comparison he is about a head and shoulders bigger than their demon model and a regular man comes up to around the bottom of his knee. So yeah – pretty huge!
Following on from him we have some lesser warbeasts that are still huge on the tabletop. From top to bottom we have Malmord, Praach and Tykho. I think of the three of them Malmord would have to be my favourite as I do like Trolls. The other two are neat enoughbut I just don't really like the sculpts, especially in the case of Tykho – but that's just personal preference.
A Gorgorar unit also makes an appearance to make sure there are enough snake people involved in the proceedings. The Dawn of Khthon are a group of interesting snake women and it could be interesting to see you paint them up with different snake patterns to give them all a bit of individuality on the tabletop.
A pair of riders also stampeded onto the battlefield in the form of Eadric and Crom of Carn Wrach. Eadric is my favourite here simply by virtue of 'less is more'. I think they've got the look of a dark age King just right and with enough small fantasy exaggerations to make him stand out as something different. Crom is cool but just not my cup of tea.
Last but not least are the on foot heroes in the shape of Caedoc and Danilo. Once again I think the less is more approach works better here and Caedoc, while being less animated, looks much better in my books than Danilo. The problem I have with Danilo is that he looks a bit goofy and I think he would have looked better if he had his swords raised in a cross-slashing motion rather than this strange 'en garde' look.
Overall quite the haul from Mierce Miniatures!
"As a comparison he is about a head and shoulders bigger than their demon model and a regular man comes up to around the bottom of his knee. So yeah - pretty huge!"


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1. The proceedings impugned in the present writ petition are those under S. 112 of the Customs Act 52 of 1962, hereinafter referred to as the Act. The facts leading to the action against the petitioner are as follows :
1. On 20th October, 1973, the Central Excise Officers, Coimbatore, intercepted one Chand Mohamed after he got out of Madras-Cochin Kerala Express and on search of his person and his baggage, found 235 wrist watches of foreign origin concealed and they also found a slip of paper on which the address and telephone number of the petitioner were written. The said Chand Mohamed gave a statement that the watches recovered from him were intended for delivery to the petitioner and that he had brought them from Bombay where he had received them from a person known as Radhakrishnan. The officers went to the premises of the petitioner on the same day and found him with another person by name Verghese. The said Verghese was subjected to search and seven wrist watches of foreign origin were recovered from him. The said Verghese gave a statement that the watches recovered from him were purchased from the petitioner. Two rose coloured hoses were recovered from the premises of the petitioner and were found to be similar to hoses found on the person of Chand Mohamed and in which some of the wrist watches of foreign origin were concealed. On the basis of the statement of these persons and the recovery of the wrist watches and the rose coloured hoses, proceedings were initiated by the Collector of Central Excise, Madras, against the petitioner and as well as the other two persons under the Act. Ultimately, the Collector of Central Excise passed orders on 9th September, 1974, confiscating the 235 wrist watches as well as the seven wrist watches of foreign origin under S. 111(d) of the Act. The Collector of Central of Excise also ordered confiscation of the articles used for concealing the wrist watches under S. 112 of the Act. He also imposed a penalty of Rs. 10,000, on the petitioner quoting S. 112 of the Act. There were imposition of penalties on the other two persons about which we are not concerned. The petitioner appealed to the Central Board of Excise and Customs and it did not prove fruitful and the appeal was dismissed by an order dated 17th September, 1975. The petitioner preferred a revision to the respondent and that revision was also dismissed on 19th October, 1977. The petitioner challenges the order passed by the respondent in the present writ petition.
2. Mr. K. C. Rajappa, learned counsel for the petitioner made an attempt to canvass the merits of the case; but ultimately and rightly was content to make a legal submission in that there is no indication in the proceedings initiated and the orders ultimately passed by the authorities under the Act as to whether the penalty is being imposed either under clause (a) or (b) of S. 112 of the Act and this would vitiate the orders passed. On an appraisal of the submission made by the learned counsel along with the provisions of the Act and the relevant judicial pronouncements I am inclined to sustain the plea put forth on behalf of the petitioner. Clauses (a) and (b) of S. 112 of the Act read as follows :-
'112. Penalty for improper importation of goods etc. - Any person - (a) who, in relation to any goods does or omits to do any act which act or omission would render such goods liable to confiscation under S. 111, or abets the doing or omission of such an act, or
(b) who acquires possession of or is in any way concerned in carrying, removing, depositing, harbouring, keeping, concealing, selling or purchasing, or in any other manner dealing with any goods which he knows or has reason to believe are liable to confiscation under S. 111;.....'
Clauses (i) to (v) which then follow deal with the classes of penalties, depending on the categories of goods. A plain reading of the above clauses makes it clear that they are distinct and separate. There is a possibility that the act complained of could fall within both the categories; but if the penal action is proposed to be taken and proceedings are prosecuted and if they should culminate ultimately in the imposition of penalty, then the authorities must be clear in their mind as to whether either of the above clauses would apply or both would apply. The Supreme Court with reference to S. 167(8.a), of the Sea Customs Act, 1878, held in Gianchand v. State of Punjab - : 1983(13)ELT1365(SC) that in the absence of any valid statutory provision in that behalf the onus of establishing the essential ingredients under that provision, necessary to bring home the offence to an accused is on the prosecution. Obviously the stress was on the essential ingredients which go to make up the offence. There cannot be a misconception or ambiguity with reference to the offence complained of because that would cast a cloud of doubt as to the essential ingredients and naturally the discharge of the burden of proof would be stifled. Proceedings should not be allowed to be prosecuted on vague basis and camouflaged hypothesis and prejudice must be presumed to have been caused to the accused in these circumstances. Clause (a) of S. 112 of the Act contemplates the doing of an act or omitting to do an act in relation to any goods, which act or omission would render such goods liable to confiscation under S. 111, or abetting the doing or omission of such an act. Clause (b) of S. 112 of the Act lays down that any person who acquires possession of or is in any way concerned in carrying, removing, depositing, harbouring, keeping or concealing, selling or purchasing, or is any other manner dealing with any goods which he knows or has reason to believe are liable to confiscation under Section 111, shall be liable to penalty as per the clauses set out. S. 112(b) of the Act would be attracted only if the person has been concerned in the offence of importation or exportation of goods which are, for the time being, prohibited or restricted. If that clause is attracted, there should be specific reference to it in the proceedings initiated and the finding rendered, and if there is a failure to do so, the order of penalty cannot be sustained. When the penal provisions are invoked and proceedings are prosecuted for the purpose of imposition of penalty, the matter should not be dealt with in the sphere of ambiguity. There should be precision in the application of the provisions of the Act and it cannot be done in a camonflaged manner. There should be specific allegations even in the show cause notice and as well as in the subsequent proceedings and the ultimate orders to be passed by the authorities under the Act as to which of the clauses are attracted and as stated above, there is a possibility that on the facts of a particular case, both the clauses could also be attracted. In the absence of such specific allegations and specific findings, it is not possible to sustain the proceedings and the ultimate orders passed thereon. If the Customs authorities take recourse to any of the clauses dealing with the penalty, their order must further indicate the amount of duty payable in respect of the goods in question which was not paid.
3. I have been taken through the show cause notice and as well as the orders passed by the authorities under the Act in the present case. There is only the bare quoting of S. 112 of the Act and there is no reference to either to clause (a) or (b) or both of S. 112 of the Act. The essential ingredients have not been specifically set out with reference to either of the clauses. Hence, it has got to be held that there was no making up of mind either at the earlier stage or at the subsequent stage of the prosecution of the proceedings and the passing of the orders thereon as to which of the clauses would be attracted in the instant case. The whole matter has been dealt with in a sphere of ambiguity. The present case is not a case where a wrong provision has been quoted, so that it can be stated that it was due to a bona fide error, which did not vitiate the jurisdiction of the Authority. As stated above, this is a case where there had been a failure to apply the mind as to which of the clauses is relevant and would be attracted. The power and the discretion given to the Authority functioning under S. 112 of the Act are judicial in character and are open to judicial review, and if they are found to have been exercised on irrational and ambiguous basis, the court will strike down the orders.
4. A similar infirmity in a show cause notice under S. 112 of the Act came up for scrutiny before a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in Charandas v. Assistant Collector of Customs, : AIR1968Cal28 , and there, it has been countenanced that the notice should contain the relevant allegations that the person concerned did or omitted to do anything which he was required to do under the law or he had any knowledge that the contraband seized has been smuggled into the country. On the facts of the case, the Bench held that the person concerned had been asked to show cause why he should not be penalised in accordance with the provisions of S. 112 of the Act, without charging him with the ingredients of the offence which would expose him to a penalty, and therefore, he can neither give a proper answer nor adequately defend himself. If the above propositions are kept in view, I find that the orders passed by the authorities under the Act in the instant case cannot be sustained. There is lack of clarity and the whole matter has been dealt with in a sphere of ambiguity. Definitely, the petitioner must be deemed to have been put to prejudice by such proceedings and the orders passed thereon. This obliges me to interfere in writ proceedings. Accordingly the writ petition is allowed. There will be no order as to costs.


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26th July 2015, 12:10 AM
Am I eligible to do MBA course after completion of graduation 15 years back?
I have completed my graduation 15 years back & would like to pursue my post graduation in MBA finance. Would I be eligible for the course? What would be the procedure which I need to follow up? Can someone give me the information on the same?
26th July 2015, 07:40 PM
Re: Am I eligible to do MBA course after completion of graduation 15 years back?
Yes, you are eligible to pursue MBA course even though you had completed your graduation course 15 years back. Although the institutes offering regular full time MBA course usually do not take admission of students older than 30 years, but still you can try for them especially if you have very good scores in their entrance exams. However, there is nothing to worry even though if you do not get admission call. You can pursue the MBA course through correspondence mode since many institutes with good reputation and exposure facilities offers correspondence course in MBA. You need to chalk out the list of such institutes, get to know their application procedure and apply accordingly.
26th July 2015, 07:55 PM
Re: Am I eligible to do MBA course after completion of graduation 15 years back?
Those candidates who have completed graduation from a recognized university are eligible for MBA course.Final year candidate are eligible for MBA course.
List of the university are,
1. IGNOU, http://www.ignou.ac.in
2. ICFAI University, http://www.icfaiuniversity.in/PhD.html
3. Ph.D Management (Part Time) - LPU, http://www.lpu.in/program/PhD-Management-Part-Time.php
4. Amity University Ph. D Programmes, http://amity.edu/phd
5. Bharathidasan University, http://www.bdu.ac.in/phdadmi.php


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The 31st Annual Cantor Earl Rogers Tribute Sabbath
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Wine, Women & Song: Voices from the Golden Age of Spain, an evening of songs in Judeo-Espanol
Our sanctuary will pulse with exciting Sephardic rhythms and melodies with songs sung in Ladino, or Judeo-Espagnol, the dialect of Sephardic Jews. The accomplished mezzo-soprano, Janice Meyerson, joins Cantor Stone in this fascinating program of songs dealing with love, loss and concerns of daily life. This rich treasure trove of folk music originating in Spain survives long after the Jews were cast out in 1492, and has been infused with the unique sounds and flavors of the lands in which Jews found themselves, from the Iberian Peninsula to North Africa and the Middle East. Bring extended family and friends to our temple, and enjoy!
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I just heard this on the radio, and it has to be in the list: The Stereophonics and Handbags and Gladrags (original by Rod Stewart). There's no story to go with it (it's just a great song) which leaves me space to recount the Ocean Drive story that goes with yesterday's choice.
Anything by The Lighthouse Family takes me back to the time I was working in Nicaragua, and living in Marie-Louise's house (see Day 31 for more details). Living in Marie-Louise's house entailed taking care of her beloved dog, a sort of collie-type thing, which I was very happy to do. I think I'd been there less than a week when it all went pear-shaped.
I came back home from work one day to find the dog in huge distress. It was dragging its rear-end along the ground and seemed to be hemorrhaging. OK, OK, no need to panic, look on the bright side, it's not dead. First step, call the vet. No, first step, find the telephone number for the vet. Err, no. First find the phone book. Err, not even that – lookup 'vet' in the English-Spanish dictionary. Then try to figure out which one might be within reasonable travelling distance of wherever it is I am. Err no, first figure out where I am (remember I'd been in Managua less than a week at this point, and my mental map was pretty poor).
I call the vet and miraculously manage to explain the problem in stumbling Spanish. In retrospect it probably only went as far as 'my dog is very sick', but anyway I understood the instruction to 'bring it over here straight away'. This of course created the next challenge of figuring out where 'there' is. All of this took an agonising amount of time, all the while with the dog outside in the garden, writhing in pain.
Finally, I'm ready to try to lift a significantly heavy and very unhappy dog into the back of the car, and head off vaguely in the direction of the vet. But by then it was too late. The dog had dug herself in behind a bush and was in the process of giving birth to what turned out to be the third of a litter of seven puppies. They all survived, thrived and found good homes. And the vet was thrilled to hear the apparently dying dog was in fact, just pregnant.
So now, whenever I hear The Lighthouse Family, I think of my little puppy family 🙂


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Abiding Presence Lutheran Church is holding a Fall Children's Consignment Sale on Saturday, Sept 15, 2012. Anyone in the community is welcome to consign. Items that may be consigned are Fall/Winter children's clothing, toys, shoes, books, games, infant items and maternity clothes. Consignor's registration opens on July 9th. For more information and to signup to sell/volunteer go to http://www.abidingpresence.net and click on the consigment sale link. Contact Lynne Linder at email@example.com for questions regarding the registration process.
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I used white bread this time. The little iron skillet was hot. I put butter in the pan, a slice. Then I put the bread down on the butter. It had melted in the pan. I added two slices of tomato, and scattered some shredded cheese on top. I put the lid on the sandwich, and turned it over in the pan with more butter to melt. This took 2 minutes to make, and if I had known I was going to do this, I could have made it faster.
I just finished my lunch. I dried clothes today, separated them, and ironed some of them. The sandwich gave me energy that I need for the rest of my day. Cheese can be a meat substitute. I had no reason to put meat on the sandwich. Mayo was on the slice of bread after I heated it. It melted with the cheese. I love toasted, and grilled tomato-cheese sandwiches. I don't have any more tomatoes to show anyone about this wonderful sandwich. It is allllllllllllllllllllllll gone!


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Tinubu Pays For Repatriation Of Moji Olaiya's Body Back to Nigeria
Nollywood film maker and Publicity Secretary for the deceased actress' burial committee confirmed the report on his Instagram page.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu will be responsible for bringing Moji Olaiya's corpse to Nigeria.
Nollywood film maker and Publicity Secretary for the deceased actress' burial committee confirmed the report on his Instagram page.
According to him, the actress who died on the 17th of May will be brought back through the sponsorship of the former Lagos state governor.
"The committee, after due deliberation, consulted our father and a National Grand Patron of our association (TAMPAN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the 21st May, 2017 to inform him of the demise of our colleague, Moji Olaiya, and … our decision to have her body back…
"Today, Monday 22nd May, 2017 the committee members, Adunola (eldest daughter of late Moji Olaiya) and two elder brothers of late Moji Olaiya met with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and he expressed his sympathy directly and gave adequate support that will cover the entire air-freight.
"On behalf of the family, colleagues and friends, we say a big thank you to the national leader for his fatherly and timely intervention.
"Further support or assistance from other sources, if received, will be adequately acknowledged.
"For now, we are grateful to Asiwaju and his family…"
Many thanks to our leader and father Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for this big one. Now MOJ, our dear colleague, your journey to final place of rest now begin. You will sleep where it will be convinient and easy for your family and loved ones to visit your thumb. Details of the arrival of the body, recieving at the airport and other burial details will be relayed to the public shortly. Thanks to the media, fans and friends. Yomi Fabiyi Publicity Foluke Daramola Secretary Faithia Balogun Chairperson FOR: LATE MOJI OLAIYA BURIAL COMMITTEE.