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From the Golden Age of radio to modern day big screen blockbuster, comic strip and book characters have always found a way off of the 4 color page and into other forms of media. I think this fact above all is the reason for the survival of the comic book industry amid various scandals, witch hunts and periods of financial struggle it has seen over the last 80 or so years. The characters hold value even if some of the books they are featured in do not.
Hollywood and comics have always shared a symbiotic relationship. Some characters can seamlessly transition from the page to the radio to the big screen without pause, like Dick Tracy. Other times a character is created for the sole purpose of adding a story telling element to the TV show or movie that is not offered in the source material. The Batman family has most benefited from Tinsel-Towns contribution of characters.
If not for the Adam West Batman show (love it or hate it that show launched The Caped Crusader into the pop culture immortality!) we never would have received the "Girl Wonder", Batgirl herself, Barbara Gordon. As the story goes, network execs were terrified that Bruce and Dick were being perceived as more than "chums", so to quell the comments on their relationship status they brought in the Auburn haired angle Barbara Gordon. 50 years later Babs is still a pivotal part of the Bat-family and has been a part of some of Gotham City's most important tales (see, Killing Joke).
You can add characters like Harley Quinn to the list of TV's great contributions to comic book canon as well. Now while not all the media "crossovers" have ended well, I think we can all agree that every medium that touches comics and its characters benefit greatly. I love the fact that shows that may not have a big enough fan base to sustain a large budget TV show have been saved from the scrap heap and carried on in comics. Buffy, Angel, (just about every iteration of) Star Trek and Smallville are just a few of the shows given life after cancellation in print. More recently DC has been publishing a weekly digital release that acts as a companion to the freshman breakout hit Arrow.
But there is more that can be done! And this is what I see as the next step in the Print/Film relationship.
Network shows routinely run from September to May and then take a 2-3 month break in the summer. I would love to see more shows take to comics to act as a bridge in between seasons. Let's get a miniseries of OGN (original graphic novel) that fleshes out the characters and back story in a way that TV just doesn't have the time to do. You can beef up subplots and even lead in to next season! Obviously certain genre shows would get better results than others but this can work. I know that Once Upon a Time is doing an OGN to be released this fall that deals with backstory of a fallen character (The Huntsman), but I want a something that will bridge the gaps season to season! Give me a little inside info on what really went down in season 1 and a hit to what is to come in 2! It seems like a no brainer to me, but I'm only the guy who would gladly fork over my cash to have a more time with my favorite fictional people, my opinion doesn't count.


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Friday, April 23, 2010
i keep writing. if anyone is reading, i have some cute ideas in the works. stay tuned...
Monday, April 19, 2010
Le sigh...
Bonjour! I have been neglectful. I think I need blog lessons.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
and summer!
Monday, April 5, 2010
i have not done a thing lately. busy with the cat. one good thing that happened recently was my husband burned the rice. for those who know us this will be funny.
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Hola familia y amigos
There are no changes this week because this week is a 7 week transfer. The extension of the MTC time has made us spend one more week in this change.
On Wednesday, we didn't enter a single house. We contacted the whole day and set up appointments with other people. On our way home we were a little tired and without hope after being rejected more than 20 times that day, but as we were walking to our house a guy got out of his car and shouted "Hey, you guys, come and teach me about Jesus". We at first thought he was drunk, but when we talked with him he told us that he never had time to hear the missionaries and he was sitting in his car waiting for someone and thought, "you know what, I'm going to hear what they have to say". His name was Pablo, he lives in another mission, so we taught him there in the street and sent the reference to Santiago west. It looks like there are people that do want to hear us but you have to look the whole day for them.
On Thursday, we taught Nelson and Katia. They are older investigators. They are a lot more willing to do commitments now. We shared with them the new video the Church has done for Easter.
On Saturday, we found a new Peruvian family. They were really interested and it was awesome because they committed to reading the Book of Mormon and we asked them why and they said. "because we want to know if all of this is true"! I love it when people understand the message.
We also taught Gabriel. He is a young guy we found. He read the chapter we left with him and we taught him the Plan of Salvation. He loved it. He had so many questions, and we are really happy with how he is progressing. He looks happier every time we visit him.
On Saturday night we were invited to the adult session of stake conference. An Area Seventy from Argentina came and taught us about the importance of working with the young men and women from the stake.
On Sunday we had stake conference. We were waiting for 3 investigators to come and no one showed up and President Videla was there. We did all we could but no one came..
That afternoon we taught a lot of people including a part member family that is from Peru. The dad has the priesthood and his wife doesn't know much about the Church but is really willing to investigate.
Yesterday we taught the Murillos Caceres family. They told us that they want to get baptized, but with all of the family drama that they are going through they cant do it right now.It's the same problem with Christian, too many family problems.
I know that the gospel blesses families. My parents taught it to me and look where I am. I know that families based upon the principles of the Gospel are more like to achieve true happiness in this life than any other means.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Back at it Again
Mom is on the ball and got a bunch of new cute fabric. She also has some tops that are already all done. They are $15. Let her know what you need and she is more than willing to get er done for you.
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Story by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Frost
SOUTH CHINA SEA – Sailors aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) gathered in the ship's hangar bay to celebrate the frocking of 12 new senior chief petty officers, June 6.
John C. Stennis' newest senior chiefs are: Senior Chief Machinist's Mate Adam Burkett, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Scott Comer, Senior Chief Air Traffic Controller Andrew Dorich, Senior Chief Machinist's Mate Jomar Dulay, Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Jack Fitch, Senior Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Thomas Funderburk, Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Jason Garcia, Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Jacob Gardner, Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Luke Golden, Senior Chief Aviation Electrician's Mate Joel Hagstrom, Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Rick Hayes and Senior Chief Machinist's Mate Robert Purviance.
"Today we have the honor of recognizing a bunch of our shipmates … who go above and beyond, everyday, to make sure that John C. Stennis and the Navy are better places for all Sailors, and we get to recognize a milestone that they are achieving in their careers as they move on to the rank of senior chief," said Capt. Greg Huffman, John C. Stennis' commanding officer.
Members of the Chiefs Mess pinned senior chief anchors on the selectees' uniform collars and presented them with their senior chief combination covers. The new senior chiefs received their frocking letters from Huffman. After the ceremony, Sailors from the audience came forward to congratulate the new senior chiefs.
"Becoming a senior chief means the Navy has recognized our experience and sacrifice, and the sacrifices our families have made," said Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Jason Garcia, from Tampa, Florida. "It takes good Sailors around you to become a senior chief. I couldn't have done it without their hard work."
Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, John C. Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment.
For more news on John C. Stennis visit http://navy.mil/local/cvn74/ or http://www.facebook.com/stennis74.


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- Kilmer Middle School in Virginia has banned physical contact of any kind between students.
- I actually AGREE with Al Gore...well, sort of.
- Salman Rushdie has been granted knighthood by Britain. Oh, where is the Ayatollah when you need him?
- An 8-foot alligator was removed from the basement of a home in Buffalo.
- Seriously...can't Castro just kick off already?
This day in history:
- 1812: The U.S. declares war on Great Britain.
- 1815: The Battle of Waterloo.
- 1940: Winston Churchill's "finest hour" speech.
- The Baltimore Orioles have fired manager Sam Perlozzo.
- The Evil Empire is considering reaching its tentacles to the West Coast to acquire Shea Hillenbrand.
- The Wings have two months to to exercise their 20 year option on Joe Louis Arena.
- Baseball tonight: Tigers (39-29) @ Nationals (30-39); Mike Maroth (4-2, 4.91 ERA) vs. Matt Chico (3-4, 4.66 ERA).


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Wow, so busy lately with Turkey Day coming up!! Today's Sunday Beauty Zen is a bit different. I haven't tried these yet, as I just got them, but I though that the design was so pretty that it deserved to have a Zen post. And yes, I did just purchase these for the packaging and herb description! Call me shallow 😉
Take photos of your "Beauty Zen" and post on your social media sites ~ use hashtag #unboxingbeautyzen so we can all see the Zenful products you love!
My Sunday Beauty Zen for 11.22.2015
Too Cool For School Aroma Garden Mask Set This set of masks came in a wonderful presentation box that folded over to house all of the masks. There are 2 masks each of each type and the botanical prints are so pretty that.I.had.to.buy. The descriptions about the masks in the "booklet" are pretty, err, unique. These masks are made from Tencel, a wood pulp and they basically contain the same ingredient list except for the two featured ingredients.
Happy & Moisturizing Mask with Mandarin & Neroli
So, the description is very cute, very fantasy story-like
A long, long time ago, on a lost island, somewhere between Fiji and Scotland, lived th magical Mandarine Elf. Smelling strongly of Rosewood and Orange Blossom, the elf attracted a beautiful family of butterflies which followed her everywhere, singing glorious tiny tunes with their tiny, glorious voices. Every morning, afternoon and evening, the Mandarine Elf worked happily on the side of a volcano, farming bubbles for the butterflies to sleep in. The butterflies slept in bubbles because they believed it was good for their voices. And their voices were so beautiful, that it seemed as though this was true. At least the Mandarine Elf thought so, since she dedicated her whole life to bubble farming
Ingredients: water, glycerin, butylene glycol, PEG-32, PEG/PPG-17/6 copolymer, panthenol, citrus nobilis (mandarin orange) fruit extract, citrus aurantium amara (bitter orange) flower extract,, sodium hyaluronate, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, allantoin, betaine, glycereth-26, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, arginine, xanthan gum, disodium EDTA, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, fragrance cosDNA.com analysis
Refreshing & Pore Care with Spearmint & Lemon Verbena
The description on this mask sounds, err, very personal to someone. Perhaps the writer was having a really crappy day! This isn't very refreshing ~ I was expecting another story about an elf, perhaps a water nymph or something ~ instead, a jilted lover ~ ahaha
A summer frolic in the fields with best friends. An evening by the lake in the late afternoon, sipping iced tea listening to the wind pass through the trees. Almost perfect, natural silence. A duck flaps by, quacking an urgent message, but who cares, you don't understand duck language. You are buy worrying about your student loans.. I mean you are completely relaxed, totally unbothered by anything, in love with the whole world, leaving not a single thing unloved. Except that girl who ignored you last Friday.. No, no, even loving her in all her beauty and flaws. Her many, many flaws. If only she smelled more like Lemon Verbena and Spearmint… That would help, maybe
Ingredients: water, glycerin, butylene glycol, PEG-32, PEG/PPG-17/6 copolymer, panthenol, mentha viridis (spearmint) extract, lippia citriodora leaf extract, sodium hyaluronate, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, allantoin, betaine, glycereth-26, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, arginine, xanthan gum, disodium EDTA, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, fragrance cosDNA.com analysis
Relaxing & Soothing with Sandalwood & Clarisage
Must have been the same disgruntled TCFS employee who wrote this description too. Wow, totally touchy person!! I guess writing these descriptions were cheaper than some therapy ~:D Also must be a Dr Who fan.. I love Mariachi bands, btw.
Like an aromatic transportation through time and space, this mask of healing herbal Sage, Sandalwood and Lavender takes you back to your favorite moment of relaxation. It of course removes that annoying Mariachi band that wouldn't give you a moment to talk with your loved ones over dinner. It will omit that bone you didn't see in the fish dinner, the one that scratched the inside of your mouth and nearly ruined your appetite for the rest of the vacation. It will only soothe you the way you want to be soothe. Worry not, for the ocean tide will not rise and spoil that almost perfect night. The ocean tide will be controlled by this mask. Your experience will be just as you wanted. Smooth, full of wonder and completely affordable.
Ingredients: water, glycerin, butylene glycol, PEG-32, PEG/PPG-17/6 copolymer, panthenol, santalum album (sandlewood) extract, salvia sclarea (clary) extract, sodium hyaluronate, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, allantoin, betaine, glycereth-26, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, arginine, xanthan gum, disodium EDTA, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, fragrance cosDNA.com analysis
I do plan to use this as soon as I finish up with some other masks that I am reviewing and will post the reviews once I finish all three. Have you tried any of my Zen-Featured products? What do you think of them ~ please let me know in the comments below 🙂
Not so much as a haul as I got sponsored by Jolse.com and I was given the chance to pick 3 products from their website to review for you!
I am a lucky lady!! #Jolse sent me these products for review, after they kindly let me select them from their online shop! I will have a new facial routine up today, as my testing periods for a few products has ended and I want to get these in rotation. #HolikaHolika Cheoeum Balhyo Miracle Seed Emulsion ~ SO EXCITED TO TRY THIS ONE!! Fermented seeds ~ 20 of them!! #Zymogen Houttuynia Cordata Ferment Serum ~ I adore and love the cream, which I have been using for over a year now and am really excited to get this serum. This will help with oil and blemish prone skin #ItsSkin Jeju Wild Ginseng Bio-Cellulose Facial Mask ~ I never saw this type of mask before from It's Skin and of course with the words "Jeju" and "Ginseng", you know I want to try it! I should have a review of this mask this week The other two products will go into my skin care rotation and a full review in 6 weeks. I will do an intro on them soon. #sponsored #skincare #instablog #femalebblogger #kbeautyblogger #rasianbeauty #asianskincare #kbeauty #femalebeautyblogger #koreanskincare
Beauty Routines
I did a series of IG for Oily/Acne-prone skin and thought it might be of interest to my blog readers
Some of my favorite products to help with my oily skin and blemishes. As I am older, I need gentle products, not harsh ones that strip my face, leaving my blemishes all dry and flaky while the rest of my skin is still an oil pit (you all know what I am saying!) I don't use all of these items at once, of course, but these are in current rotation #NonCo Tea Tree Emulsion ~ nice, lightweight tea tree lotion, perfect for those days when it is hot outside and my face is starting to get really oily. Has a very strong tea tree scent. #Benton Snail Bee High Content Essence ~ I use this at night, day, under my sheet masks. A fantastic all purpose essence that seems to tailor itself to your skins personal needs ~ I know people who have dry skin that love this stuff #Tosowoong Tea Tree Lotion ~ I have a whole arsenal of Tosowoong products thanks to Memebox Global. I really love this tea tree lotion and I hope some USA store (@cupidrop) starts carrying it. I like this for the winter time as it is a bit more moisturizing than the NonCo. This is almost scentless #cosRX Acne Pimple Master Patch ~ these are a major favorite among #KBeauty fans and it is no wonder ~ they work nicely! These are little hydrocolloid pads that you slap on your blemish overnight and in the morning, you will see your zit has decreased in size and not as red. #Graymelin Propolis 80 Energy Ampoule ~ Perfect for oily skin, this ampoule will help speed up healing on your blemishes due to the propolis. I will be having a review in a couple of weeks on this product! It is one of my newest favs and it really is great for oily skin! Many thanks to @alicew2beauty for sending me this to review. #Mizon All in One Snail Repair Cream ~ like the Benton Snail Bee, this AIO cream (gel-cream, really) is great for healing your skin quickly, while adding hydration. It is the one of the first steps in your skin care routine. This works for so many different needs and skin types ~ my mom has very dry, very paper thin skin that cuts and bruises easily. She uses this now and her skin has healed up beautifully!
I had so many products in the above photo, that I couldn't include all of them in the initial opening description
Centella Blemish Cream ~ this gentle treatment cream has a matte finish and will turn colorless when massaged in your skin. I use this mainly at night, sometimes during the day. It really helps my skin in reducing those closed comedones (whiteheads)
Houttuynia Cordata Ferment Cream ~ similar to cosRX, this was my first such cream to use and I use it regularly at night. This is more of a shiny cream, which is why I don't use it during the day, but it does also help reduce whiteheads and get them before they become problem children. jolse sent me the serum recently and I will be testing that out as well as reviewing it!
These are the products that work for me when dealing with acne and oily skin. I've tried LJH essence and whereas it didn't do anything bad for my skin, it didn't do anything …period.. for my skin. Why post this? Because next week, I should have the results of my 6 week Chica Y Chico product review live and one of the items was for blemishes and oily skin. Epic failure. So, I had to go back to these products to help combat my oily, aging but acne prone skin! What products work for you?
How could I forget to put in my spot treatment for blemishes!! #Innisfree Bija Anti-Trouble Spot Essence ~ I really do like the Bija line from Innisfree ~ Bija is a Japanese Yew/Nutmeg tree that is part of the evergreen family (from what I understand, I am not a tree person). This I use for when things get stubborn. Love it ~ smells like pine and tree trea and is both effective and gentle ~ no harsh drying out of the skin. Just like the label says, it is a acne treatment but an essence too! #kbeauty #rasianbeauty #koreanskincare #skincare #instablog #kbeautyblogger #femalebblogger #femalebeautyblogger #bija
Last in my series of #instablogs about blemish and oily skin care. I didn't know what to call this as it really isn't a facial sheet mask, but a quick and fast treatment to help reduce swelling and redness with blemishes. Using either my #cosRX Natural BHA Skin Returning A-Sol, which contains propolis or #primera Pore Treatment Wild Peach, which contains wild peach bud extract ~ a natural astringent ~ and linseed extract. Soak a cotton pad with it ~ pictured are cosRX cotton pads that I got from #wishtrend. I bought like 5 boxes of these so I could get free shipping! But they are really NICE cotton pads. I then slap that soaked cotton pad on the area where I have a blemish ~ doesn't matter if it is new or fully grown ~ and let it sit on there for 5-10 minutes. Both of these treatments really do help bring down swelling. Sometimes when I wake up in the am, there is a blemish. I can't put the little spot patches on, but I need a quick fix to reduce swelling and redness. I then treat it with other products, but at least the initial swelling is down and it is manageable. #kbeauty #rasianbeauty #koreanskincare #skincare #instablog #kbeautyblogger #femalebblogger #femalebeautyblogger #beautyhack #acnecare #blemishcare
Beauty Hack
All those lovely little (and expensive) concentrate samples I've been getting ~ how to stretch them out…
Beauty Hack! With those expensive samples such as an eye concentrate or a nourishing essence, a little goes a long way! But I am used to slathering stuff on my face, so that little sample of #shiseido ultimate eye (that little sample is $21.00!!) or #riceforce deep moisture serum won't go far. I like to mix a little bit of those products (one or the other, not both at the same time) with my eye cream ~ in this case, I am using #secretkey starting treatment eye cream and then pat around my eye area. It helps stretch those concentrates and really gives your eyes a nice overnight treatment! #beautyhack #rasianbeauty #kbeauty #jbeauty #japaneseskincare #koreanskincare #femalebblogger #kbeautyblogger #femalebeautyblogger #instablog #eyetreatment
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Cowboys' rookie offensive lineman, Bill Nagy, is used to being a back-up on the football field.
Nagy, whom the Cowboys picked late in the 7th round of this years' draft, started only 11 games during his 4 years at the University of Wisconsin. His senior season, he was the #6 offensive lineman on a very talented unit, and came off the bench.
After impressing his coaches and teammates throughout the Cowboys' preseason practices and games, however, Nagy may be moving from a reserve in college to a starter in the NFL in just his first season.
Nagy played center his first few weeks in Dallas, but was later moved to guard. He practiced with the starting offense the week after the Cowboys' preseason game with the Broncos, and was named a starter in the Cowboys' preseason game vs. the Chargers.
After the Chargers' game, Garrett stated that Nagy will remain with the first team "for now."
Though Nagy was pleased with his performance vs. San Diego, he understands there is a lot of work left to do.
"I was happy with the way I competed," Nagy said. "I definitely have to get better. There's no question about that. Overall, it was OK."
Jason Garrett, who was also pleased with his game vs. the Chargers, has a lot of praise for Nagy.
"He's done a very nice job," Garrett said. "It's been very impressive to me, to play the position he plays…and to be able to make the transition that he's made. It's a tribute to him, his smarts as a football player, his instincts as a player, how well he's been coached at Wisconsin."
Garrett added, "He's not playing like a rookie. He's handling some different looks in practice, some different looks in the game."
While Nagy has been better than advertised and is surprising his teammates and coaches, Garrett commented "He has so many areas to get better – don't get me wrong – but he's really taken advantage of this opportunity and done a nice job."
Could this 7th round rookie find his way from a collegiate back-up to an NFL starter in just his first season? Perhaps, but Nagy isn't worried about it.
"I'm just showing up and competing. Whatever happens, happens."


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In the wake of the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando a nationwide movement has grown, including in the Triangle, to gather a group of firearms enthusiasts to offer free instruction to members of the LGBT community who want to learn to defend themselves.
The project began after a number of gun enthusiasts stepped up, offering to instruct new shooters from the LGBT community. After several dozen signed on, it was evident that the effort needed to be more organized.
Out of this outpouring of support Operation Blazing Sword was born.
Operation Blazing Sword is a resource for people in the LGBT community, to find one of the more than 1,500 people who have offered to teach them to use firearms for self defense, to help deter another tragedy like the Orlando terrorist attack.
The platform is built off of a Google Maps program to allow user to quickly find a trainer near them.
Sean Sorrentino is one of those people who stepped up to train anyone seeking his help. So far he has trained one person and is set up to train more.
Sorrentino said that the hardest part is to get the new shooter behind the gun and more comfortable with the process, but also dealing with the stigma coming from the LGBT community.
"It has been a real problem," Sorrentino said. "They certainly feel as 'why would Republican white male, conservative people treat us decently, what's going on?' So it certainly is a very interesting situation. I'll teach anybody else to shoot, why not teach you?"
Sorrentino said that it all started after a friend of his posted on social media about people she knew willing to train LGBT people, and it grew from there.
"It just started out as a Facebook thing. [She said,] 'Well, I'll just put down a list of people on Facebook that I know are willing to teach people,' and then it blew up into like 1,500 people on a map," he said.
The list quickly grew and then became the map that is Operation Blazing Sword.
For Sean, it's just like teaching any other novice to shoot.
"It's not really any different. I'm teaching the most basic stuff imaginable," he said. "I have gone through the NRA basic pistol instructor course but I'm not teaching people NRA basic pistol. I'm just like, 'Here's the gun, here's the holdey end, here's the flamey death end, point the flamey death end at the target.' You know it's as basic as it gets because the biggest problem is getting somebody behind the gun in the first place. Once you get it in their hand and they can deal with the pulling the trigger and hitting the target, then that's 90 percent of the problem right there. After that they can go to some high-speed training somewhere, which I totally recommend."
Sorrentino said that the goal is not to make expert shooters out of the people he is training but to give them enough experience to feel confident coming back to places like Triangle Shooting Academy, where he trains, to develop their skills and be able to defend themselves.
"All I am doing is the most basic stuff imaginable and it's not just 'Hey, you're going to learn how to shoot.' That's the hook but what is really happening is, 'Okay, now you're comfortable in this location, now you can come in here and you've been told its okay to be here and you can converse some of the language that you need to know,'" Sorrentino said. "Because who goes to a new place without having some kind of a bridge to bring in? Your friend has to take you there. It's very difficult for most people to just walk into a completely new environment and learn something that they don't know and a lot of their friends don't like."
The project is tied to a national organization that pushed for LGBT people to carry firearms for self-defense.
The group, the Pink Pistols, has more than 45 chapters nationwide, including three in North Carolina.
Here at home there is an Asheville group and also a Triad and Triangle chapter of the Pink Pistols.
The chapters make group trips to firing ranges, introduce new shooters to firearms, help people pick a firearm and also help them navigate the process to obtain a concealed carry permit.
The idea is that the more members of the LGBT community are armed, the less they are are a target for hate groups and terrorist attacks.


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One Week To Go
To our next event on 21st October at 7.30 in The Parish Room Little Waldingfield, when George Hodgkinson will talk about "Suffolk Apples and Orchards".
George founded Suffolk Heritage Orchards in 2004 and will discuss climate & soil, give a brief history of commercial & traditional orchards, Suffolk Cyder and the greengage, as well as giving us some words looking to the future.
George undertook two plantings, in 2004/05 and 2007/08, growing a limited number of traditional varieties of English apple with emphasis on those raised in Suffolk. The aim is to help preserve these old varieties, which comprise 12 apple and 6 plum varieties, by growing and selling them to a wider clientele. Most of these old varieties are not currently available in the shops. George also sells apple juice produced from his apples, and in October 2010, his St Edmunds Pippin juice won 2nd prize at the National Fruit Show, which seems pretty good going to me.
It is his busy time right now with picking etc, but we hope George will bring along some fruit with him for us to look at, to learn from and hopefully to buy, though it all depends on just how his harvest goes.
It should be a really fascinating talk from which I'm confident we will all learn much, and I look forward to seeing many guests again very soon.
To book tickets (£4.00 or just £2.00 for members) please contact Di Langford on 01787 248298 or Sue Sheppard on 01787 247980.
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"The president's power to monitor the communications of Americans is virtually unlimited — by the Constitution, or by Congress — when it comes to foreign intelligence." – Patrick Toomey, ACLU
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The Justice Department released two decade-old memos Friday night thanks to ACLU/EPIC FOIA requests, offering the fullest public airing to date of the Bush administration's legal justification for the warrantless wiretapping of Americans' phone calls and e-mails — a program that began in secret after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The broad outlines of the argument — that the president has inherent constitutional power to monitor Americans' communications without a warrant in a time of war — were known, but the sweep of the reasoning becomes even clearer in the memos written by then-Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith, who was head of President George W. Bush's Office of Legal Counsel.
"We conclude only that when the nation has been thrust into an armed conflict by a foreign attack on the United States and the president determines in his role as commander in chief . . . that it is essential for defense against a further foreign attack to use the [wiretapping] capabilities of the [National Security Agency] within the United States, he has inherent constitutional authority" to order warrantless wiretapping — "an authority that Congress cannot curtail," Goldsmith wrote in a redacted 108-page memo dated May 6, 2004.
So broad is the president's Article II power, that he can conduct warrantless searches for foreign intelligence purposes without congressional approval "even in peacetime," Goldsmith stated, citing Supreme Court cases and the Federalist papers.
The program, code-named STELLAR WIND, enabled the NSA to collect communications on U.S. soil when at least one party was believed to be a member of al-Qaeda or an al-Qaeda affiliate, and at least one end of the communication was overseas.
Its existence was revealed in 2005 by the New York Times, setting off great controversy, and the program was finally brought under court oversight in 2007.
As I noted earlier, I think the re-release of Jack Goldsmith's May 6, 2004 OLC memo authorizing STELLAR WIND is meant to warn Congress that the Executive does not believe it needs any Congressional authorization to spy on every American – just in time for the USA Freedom Act debate in the Senate. This is exactly parallel to similar provocations during the Protect America Act debate. In the past, such provocations led Congress to capitulate to Executive branch demands to tailor the program to their wishes.
That earlier post, however, implied that this warning pertains primarily to the phone dragnet. It doesn't. The warning also applies to the Internet dragnet (and I suspect that stories about the heroic hospital heroes shutting down the Internet dragnet have been dramatically overblown).
The new information makes it clear that Goldsmith asserted that Smith v. Maryland applied for metadata — and applied to both phone and Internet metadata. Remarkably, in that analysis, the government keeps at least one paragraph addressing phone metadata hidden, but reveals the analysis at 106-7 (PDF 74-75) that applies to Internet. (Goldsmith's claim that Internet users can get providers to turn off spam, at the bottom of 107, is particularly nice.)
In perhaps the most interesting newly released passage (out of the roughly 5 pages that got newly released!), Goldsmith absolves himself of examining what procedures the government was using in its "metadata" collection.
As for meta data collection, as explained below, we conclude that under the Supreme Court's decision in Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979), the interception of the routing information for both telephone calls and e-mails does not implicate any Fourth Amendment interests.85
85 Although this memorandum evaluates the STELLAR WIND program under the Fourth Amendment, we do not here analyze the specific procedures followed by the NSA in implementing the program. (101/PDF 69)
I find this utterly damning, given that we know that, for the following 5 years, the government would lie to FISC about whether their "metadata" contained content. Even the OLC opinion built in the Executive's ability to collect content in the guise of metadata!
In any case, what is clear — again, just in time to impact the debate over USA Freedom, for which prospective call record collection might or might not be limited to telephone content — is that rather than legally shutting down the Internet dragnet in 2004, Jack Goldsmith authorized it.
And that authorization remains in place, telling the Executive it can collect Internet (and phone) "metadata" whether or not FISC or Congress rubberstamps it doing so. Not only that, but telling the Executive this analysis holds regardless of how inadequate their procedures are in implementing this program to ensure that no content gets swept up in the guise of metadata (which of course is precisely what occurred).
So the Administration, in releasing this "newly unredacted" memo did one thing. Tell Congress it will continue to collect phone and Internet "metadata" on its own terms, regardless of what Congress does.
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Netherlands beat Belgium 3-0 in its first match on the electric blue pitch at Riverbank Arena. For Japan, it was the second defeat of the tournament after losing its opener 4-0 to host Britain.
Lammers scored in each half to bring her tournament tally to four goals and Ellen Hoog smashed in a powerful backhand shot to give the Netherlands a comfortable-looking 3-0 lead early in the second half.
But Japan fought back when Rika Komazawa, who had to leave the pitch in the first half after being hit in the face by a stick, scored in the 45th minute. Japan drew closer when Aki Mitsuhashi deflected a penalty into the Dutch net seven minutes later.
The Netherlands largely controlled play with a measured passing game, but Japan constantly put them under pressure and was dangerous on the break if it managed to force a turnover.
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Hoog doubled the Dutch lead just before half time, turning away from a defender and giving Japan goalkeeper Sakiyo Asano no chance with her rising backhand shot.
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel went on a storming run down the left and cut the ball back for Lammers to easily score her second of the match early in the second half.
After Japan rallied, the Netherlands again asserted its control and Lidewij Welten nearly gave the Dutch a two-goal cushion with four minutes to go, but her shot rebounded safely off the post after beating Japan goalkeeper Sakiyo Asano.
Hoog said there was room for improvement with her team.
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Komazawa said her team did not get balance its game plan well.
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In other matches later Tuesday, first-time Olympians Belgium held silver-medallists China to a goalless draw to win their first point of the tournament; and New Zealand beat the South African team 4-1 to move into first position in Pool B.
Kiwi captain Kayla Sharland scored two field goals, while defender Clarissa Eshuis and Charlotte Harrison — who celebrates her 23rd birthday today — both scored from penalty corners.


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HOW MANY GOSPELS ARE THERE? by steve finnell
How many different ways to heaven did the apostle Peter preach on the Day of Pentecost? How many ways to have sins forgiven? Answer, just one.
What did Peter preach?1. Jesus as a miracle worker. (Acts 2:22 NKJV) 2. Jesus crucified. Acts 2:23 NKJV) 3. Jesus raised from the dead. (Acts 2:24-32 NKJV) 4. Jesus as Lord and Christ.(Acts 2:36 NKJV) 5. Peter preached forgiveness from sins by repentance and water baptism. He preached receiving the gift Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38 NKJV)------Peter preached the gospel terms for pardon. The gospel terms are still the same today. FAITH: John 3:16 REPENTANCE: Acts 3:19, Acts 2:38 CONFESSION: Romans 10:9-10 WATER IMMERSION Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38
What the apostle Peter did not teach.
1. Peter did not say water baptism is not essential for salvation.
2. Peter did not say unbelieving infants should be baptized for the forgiveness of Adam's sin and all of their future sins.
3. Peter did not say that there are many roads to heaven besides believing in Jesus as the Christ.
4.Peter did not say that unrepentant atheists can go to heaven if they do good works.
5. Peter did not say that God selects certain individuals for salvation and selects all others to burn in hell. That men have no free-will.
6. Peter did not say that men are saved by grace alone. That men have no responsibility for their salvation. That God forces men to have faith so they may be saved.
7. Peter did not say believers are forgiven before they are baptized in water.
8. Peter did not say water baptism was simply an act to demonstrate faith to the community.
9. Peter did not say if men die before they have a chance to be baptized they will be saved.
10. Peter did not say if men die before the have a chance to believe, they will still go to heaven if they were on the verge of believing.
All of the preceding 10 are contrary to the gospel terms of pardon. Does it matter?
Galatians 1:6-9 I am amazed that you are turning away so soon from God who, in his love and mercy, invited you to share the eternal life he gives through Christ; you are already following a different"way to heaven, "which really doesn't go to heaven at all. 7 For there is no other way than the one we showed you; you are being fooled by those who twist and change the truth concerning Christ. 8. Let God's curses fall on anyone, including myself, who preaches any other way to be saved than the one we told you about; yes, if an angel comes from heaven and preaches any other message, let him be forever cursed. 9 I will say it again; if anyone preaches any other Gospel than the one you welcomed, let God's curses fall on him. (The Living Bible-Paraphrased)
If you are hearing two or more ways to be saved, only one can be correct, however, they both can be wrong.
Why not just trust the apostles? Trust the Bible and the Bible alone. If you cannot trust Jesus and the apostles, who can you trust? Why would trust church leaders more than God?


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Langford is currently serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison, after being convicted of over 60 counts of bribery and corruption. Given his age (65) and how he won't be eligible to walk out of prison until at least 2023, it's a possibility that this man will die in prison. On the other hand, the two men convicted alongside him, investment banker Bill Blount and former lobbyist Al LaPierre, earned much lighter sentences. True, they plead guilty and Langford didn't, but the disparity in sentencing only raises the usual conclusions about racially-motivated "justice" in this country.
Most AL.com commentators have been chomping at the bit for Langford's demise and rolling around in his family's misery like happy pigs in slop. Blount and LaPierre never got this much bile thrown at them.
Larry Langford's story meshes neatly with the story of Jefferson County's staggering debt and how it was finally forced to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Rolling Stone magazine has a staggeringly comprehensive backstory on the entire saga, including what led Jefferson County to build a high-tech sewer system in the first place and how $250 million ballooned into over $4 billion in debt thanks to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and its three-card credit swap monte.
Langford, Blount, LaPierre and J.P. Morgan Chase banker Charles LeCroy were instrumental in driving Jefferson County further into debt. To summarize, LeCroy would pay Blount millions of dollars to help grease the lending skids with whoever was in charge of signing off those deals. Blount then feted then-county commissioner Langford (with LaPierre as a go-between) with what would eventually total over $240,000 in clothing and other gifts. Langford would then effectively steer business back towards Blount's investment firm when he signed off on the deals that would eventually land the county in the financial shithouse. This happened quite a lot.
And it kept happening until those bills came due.
For Jefferson County, the deal blew up in early 2008, when a dizzying array of penalties and other fine-print poison worked into the swap contracts started to kick in. The trouble began with the housing crash, which took down the insurance companies that had underwritten the county's bonds. That rendered the county's insurance worthless, triggering clauses in its swap contracts that required it to pay off more than $800 million of its debt in only four years, rather than 40. That, in turn, scared off private lenders, who were no longer interested in bidding on the county's bonds. The banks were forced to make up the difference — a service for which they charged enormous penalties. It was as if the county had missed a payment on its credit card and woke up the next morning to find its annual percentage rate jacked up to a million percent. Between 2008 and 2009, the annual payment on Jefferson County's debt jumped from $53 million to a whopping $636 million.
It gets worse. Remember the swap deal that Jefferson County did with JP Morgan, how the variable rates it got from the bank were supposed to match those it owed its bondholders? Well, they didn't. Most of the payments the county was receiving from JP Morgan were based on one set of interest rates (the London Interbank Exchange Rate), while the payments it owed to its bondholders followed a different set of rates (a municipal-bond index). Jefferson County was suddenly getting far less from JP Morgan, and owing tons more to bondholders. In other words, the bank and Bill Blount made tens of millions of dollars selling deals to local politicians that were not only completely defective, but blew the entire county to smithereens.
And here's the kicker. Last year, when Jefferson County, staggered by the weight of its penalties, was unable to make its swap payments to JP Morgan, the bank canceled the deal. That triggered one-time "termination fees" of — yes, you read this right — $647 million. That was money the county would owe no matter what happened with the rest of its debt, even if bondholders decided to forgive and forget every dime the county had borrowed. It was like the herpes simplex of loans — debt that does not go away, ever, for as long as you live. On a sewer project that was originally supposed to cost $250 million, the county now owed a total of $1.28 billion just in interest and fees on the debt. Imagine paying $250,000 a year on a car you purchased for $50,000, and that's roughly where Jefferson County stood at the end of last year.
Last November, the SEC charged JP Morgan with fraud and canceled the $647 million in termination fees. The bank agreed to pay a $25 million fine and fork over $50 million to assist displaced workers in Jefferson County. So far, the county has managed to avoid bankruptcy, but the sewer fiasco had downgraded its credit rating, triggering payments on other outstanding loans and pushing Birmingham toward the status of an African debtor state. For the next generation, the county will be in a constant fight to collect enough taxes just to pay off its debt, which now totals $4,800 per resident.
And to think this all started with a consent decree.
In 1996, the EPA ordered Jefferson County to revamp its aging sewer system after a lawsuit involving the Cahaba River Society. Something about keeping waste out of the rather fragile Cahaba River, which also served as a source of the city's drinking water. Instead of ordering the city to repair that particular problem, the EPA issued a mandate to eliminate all sewer outflows. That would require a damn-near brand-new sewer system designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible. So the city of Birmingham set out to build the new sewer system, to the tune of $250 million.
A $250 million estimate, turned into a $4 billion clusterfuck of epic proportions.
Meanwhile, whatever chance JeffCo had of paying that debt off ended when its occupation tax did, started in 2005, the 1-cent tax was the county's attempt to recoup some income from the hordes of suburban commuters from outside of the county who still worked in the Birmingham/Jefferson County area. After a fair bit of whining from the usual anti-tax forces, the occupation tax was rendered unconstitutional and struck down, leaving Jefferson County with little to no options for paying down its debt.
At some point, the sewer system fell under receivership and under control of John Young, state court-appointed and given the power to raise sewer rates as necessary. Second Front talks about how he endeared himself to the citizens of Jefferson County:
Since appointed, Young has become one of the least popular public figures in the sewer debacle, mostly because he has been paid $500 per hour for his services, even when giving interviews to the media or speaking to civic groups. Last week, the receiver's total compensation exceeded $1 million. Also, Young has told the state court that a sewer rate increase of 25 percent would be appropriate for the creditors and affordable for most ratepayers.
In these economic times, seeing a guy get paid $500/hr to putz around with people's future sewer rates is a bit much to bear.
Two county commissions spent three years coming to an amicable agreement on how to repay the debt, but it fell through at the last minute:
Three of the commissioners interviewed by Reuters said the turning point came last Monday when creditors who include JPMorgan sent a document to commissioners outlining new settlement terms.
They said the new terms weren't what they thought they had negotiated and they spent two days combing through the document with lawyers before deciding that bankruptcy was a better alternative to accepting a revised deal.
Among the concerns, the creditors were insisting on being paid back $2.19 billion of the $3.14 billion debt, rather than the $2.05 billion the commissioners had expected. And the commissioners claim that the revisions meant an assistance program to help those on a low income pay higher sewerage rates would have to be shouldered by the county for 10 years.
"When I read the document that came back Monday my blood pressure shot up. I felt like everything was in favor of the creditors and nothing was in favor of the county," said Republican Commissioner Joe Knight.
The Commission President David Carrington, also a Republican, said he had been optimistic up until last Monday night. "When I left here (the commission offices) Monday night I thought we had an agreement. I felt good. But I got a call from one of our attorneys. It was about nine o'clock, saying there was these new revisions," he said.
"They had these conditions and those conditions are unacceptable. I knew it wasn't going to happen," he said.
In a last ditch effort, creditors urged governor Robert Bentley to call the state legislature to a special session:
In the wake of the tentative deal, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley promised to call a special session of the state legislature to consider a bill to allow the county to raise fresh funds to address a shortfall in its general fund that could, in itself, have led to bankruptcy.
Already, it has forced the county to cut jobs and services so that, to give one example, a long line snaked outside the courthouse early on Thursday morning of residents waiting to pay for their car tag renewal.
No session was called, however, and there appeared to be little appetite in the Republican-controlled legislature for any increase in taxes. The source said the county voted for bankruptcy mainly because that special session looked increasingly unlikely to happen.
When that didn't happen, Commission President David Carrington filed bankruptcy on behalf of the county and subsequently lost over $1 billion in concessions from creditors.
The fallout's been horrific. Langford, LaPierre and Blount were convicted and sentenced. The old county commission was seen as a bunch of corrupt assholes. The Jefferson County government had to furlough employees, shut down courthouse satellites and even stop county sheriffs deputies from responding to traffic accidents. Sewer customers will most likely see their rates rise by 25% and even higher in subsequent years. This municipal bankruptcy is the largest in recent history, after Orange County's $1.5 billion bankruptcy.
Now that the county's officially declared bankruptcy, the federal courts have stepped in to resolve the matter, first to determine if the county is actually eligible for bankruptcy and second to determine the best financial settlement terms possible for the county and its creditors. A bit of side drama is whether the sewer system remains under control of John Young or whether it defaults back under control of the county itself.
Lots of lives and livelihoods were devastated by the willingness of several entities to engage in greed, and it seems the only people who aren't paying for it are those under employ of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., although it was one of the institutions instrumental in causing the county's fiscal collapse.


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Seasons Greetings from Mrs. Claus
There is so much to do this time of year that quiet moments are rare. After a long day of preparing for and participating in our annual Christmas Feast and Caroling Party (with the help of some of our more culinary and musical elves and fairies), one hopes only for the comfort of a steaming cup of cider and a long winter's nap. But as I lay awake last night relishing the silence, my turkey-filled husband snoring softly at my side, I glanced out the window as a brilliant star shot from the sky.
Now shooting stars aren't at all uncommon during a North Pole winter. Although the sky is often filled with clouds or swirling snow, clear skies are also experienced. And when the blizzards subside and the clouds part, falling stars are often sighted during our many dark hours, especially by the elves in charge of the sled-dogs and reindeer stables.
However, several things occurred to me when I saw that falling burst of light, which after the exhaustion of such a full day, filled me with a much needed dose of Christmas spirit. They aren't profound, or even unique. And I suppose they aren't politically correct. But then I wasn't raised in the modern world where people are so afraid of offending someone, they seldom reveal their beliefs.
Long ago, a brilliant star (probably much brighter than the one I saw) signified the birth of a tiny babe who came to be the light of the world. But unlike my falling star, who's light went out forever, the light that was his love lives on.
And although Santa is too private to speak of it, it's that light and love which motivates everything we do. It surrounds us and fills us and blesses us with lives so full and rich with the spirit of Christmas that each day is abundant with the endless joy of giving.
Many say that Santa Claus is a secular being. Santa and I only chuckle at the notion. When you think about it, the concept is absurd. How can someone who spends every waking moment in the service of others not be connected to the source of love that inspires all he does?
I realize not everyone believes in the same source. And, of course, we deeply love, respect and happily serve all, regardless of their beliefs. I guess I just thought it was time to let some people out there know there are two old folks living at the North Pole who are in the Christmas business for a reason-the "reason for the season".
Merry Christmas With Love,
Mrs. Claus
Saturday, December 11, 2004
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Because of the bored (nothing to do) day.
Me and my friend take a ride.
And we arrived to this beautiful temple in my hometown.
That temple have alots of giants statues.
Even big big giant dragon.
So its kinda became a placewhere tourists came.
Its was a very hot and humid day.
its really hard to not squeeze my eyes.
But, its was amazing. I had a fun time.
And here are my outfit of the day pictures.


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|Sophia is proud of her new puzzle!
|We went to Play Street Museum and the girls had so much fun! Here in the school bus.
|Little veterinarians :) There was so much to do and play with!
|Cousins playing together!
|Fun day at the park!
|At the park with our friends!
|Looking at ducks and turtles on our walk.
|At our favorite park!
|Fun at the zoo with our friends!
|Picnic lunch at the zoo!
|Sisters :)
|Silly girls having a snack together.
|We just LOVE our dog!
|We officially have 2 carousel riders!
|Keeping themselves busy.
|Sophia's first haircut! A little unsure about what is going on.
|She got 4 inches cut off and I thought it looked great!
|Pretty girl!
|Happy Birthday Daddy!!
|This was the first of the snow! It got much heavier and thicker than this.
|Having fun!
|It's cold outside!
|Sophia LOVED sledding down the hill.
|Addison entertained herself in other ways :)
|Snowing again!


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When your aim in life is to roam around the world, even the smallest opportunity should not be missed. Air Asia's promotional offers were too good to be missed. And hence the wife and I booked tickets to Malaysia and Singapore, and soon landed at…
Destination1: Kuala Lumpur
Anytime you look around in KL, two landmarks almost always stood out – KL Tower and Petronas Towers. Petronas Towers are too prominent to be missed during the day …
… or night. The towers looked especially stunning during the night. Two days in KL were spent marveling at the beautiful city, and roaming around the streets taking in a new culture.
Destination2: Penang
Leaving KL behind, we traveled to Penang – an island state of Malaysia famous for its beautiful beaches and street food.
A beach, and an accompanying sunset is something I will never tire of. I can spend my life on a beach shooting the different hues and colours of the sunset, and the reflections playing around on water.
Beaches were not the only thing to look forward in Penang; it is a beautiful city. At many levels it reminded me of Goa. There is a National Park, there is a hill and there is a botanical garden. Due to scarcity of time, I visited just the Botanical Garden, and seeing the beauty of it kept ruing the fact that I missed the National Park and the hill.
Destination3: Singapore
Day-5 of the trip and reached Singapore. Had delicious Dal Makhani at an Indian restaurant and rushed to Jurong Bird Park.
If you are in Singapore, and not visiting the Jurong Bird Park, I'd say you are committing a crime. Scores of species of birds dot the park, and getting close to them has never been easier. These brand ambassador of paints were strutting around in style.
There were two exhibits that stood out in Jurong. One was of the penguins, and other one was of the birds of prey. Vultures, Hawks, Eagles swooped around our heads, and stared at us as if we were prospective prey.
After visiting the Underwater World at Sentosa in Singapore, I've become a fan of the Stingrays. I doubt there is any creature in the sea that is as graceful as a stingray. They glide effortlessly through the water and cut a very impressive figure in midst of sharks, 4-feet long crabs, some prehistoric fish, and jelly fish to count a few.
Headed to the Sea-Lion show and the Dolphin show and came away impressed with the speed the dolphins displayed while swimming around the pool. As they swam, the calm pool turned turbulent with big waves.
Ended the trip with Songs of the Sea – a show shown on water sprayed around using lasers. Impressive music, astounding light-effects, with fire, fountains, and firecrackers in the backdrop of the Indian Ocean made for an interesting show.


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The End of Everything★★★★
Megan Abbott
Reagan Arthur Books, 2011
Can you remember the first time you ever had the wind knocked out of you? I was about ten. I was playing with my cousins out in their front yard. There was this fence that ran about 2 feet off the ground that we liked to walk along, imagining tight ropes and balance beams. It was during one of these wobbly walks when my ten year old body lost its balance and I came crashing down hard upon that low fence. It caught me right across my stomach where my diaphragm lives.
In a swift "whoosh" all the air was pushed out of my lungs. Every bit of it, or it seemed so at the time. I fell over onto the ground curled protectively around myself. In a blinding moment of sheer panic that exploded into terror, I found I couldn't actually catch my breath. As hard as I tried, I could not breathe in and in those few seconds of sickening realization, I was sure I was going to die. It's one of the clearest childhood memories I have.
Reading Megan Abbott's version of a coming-of-age tale shot through with dark secrets and unbidden impulses is like getting the wind knocked out of you for the first time. It's sudden, inexplicable, frightening and leaves you breathless. When it's all over and done with, you feel a little nauseous, a lot bruised and newly wary of the world surrounding you. It's as if your senses have been heightened, and a forbidden knowledge passed onto you that you don't ever remember asking for, or wanting.
The End of Everything is a story about that tender, delicate, powerful place girls find themselves in before they become women, when they cling to each other like life support systems, sharing breaths, secrets, curiosity and hormones. Hug your daughters close, because I did not need Megan Abbott to grip me by the throat and show me that when our girls are laughing the hardest, and tumbling cartwheels in the sunshine, that is when they are at their most vulnerable. How they yearn for what they cannot name and do not understand, moving towards it like moths to flames, ignorant to the perils, to how much something can burn and leave scars. Thirteen-year-old Lizzie is our narrator, which makes for a brilliant choice. We see events from her innocent eyes and as she is thinking one thing, we are thinking something else.
This is a sad story, and it is a difficult read. There are many times where you will feel deeply uncomfortable. There are truths here that we do not want to know, do not want to ponder, and for some readers, truths they will not want to remember. But it is also a beautifully constructed piece of prose and if I wasn't a fan of Megan Abbott before now, this novel has clinched it.
To my ridiculous delight, I also just recently found out Ms. Abbott is married to Joshua Gaylord (a.k.a Alden Bell) author of one of my Desert Island books The Reapers Are The Angels (see previous post Literary zombies is not an oxymoron). You can find out more about Megan Abbot at her website, or by following her on Twitter (@meganeabbott)
This review also appears on Goodreads.com


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Pakistani Foreign Office spokeswoman, Tehmina Janjua (file photo)
Source: Press TV
Pakistan has denounced the US drone attacks on its territory as unacceptable, reiterating that the strikes were being carried out in violation of the country's sovereignty.
"There is no change in Pakistan's stance on drone attacks. It is very clear that drone attacks are against the sovereignty of Pakistan," Pakistani Foreign Office spokeswoman, Tehmina Janjua, was quoted by Pakistani daily, The Nation, as saying in the capital, Islamabad, on Sunday.
The US Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, recently alleged that Islamabad had stopped demanding an end to the aerial assaults, which are carried out by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on northwestern Pakistan.
Janjua rejected Clapper's remarks, saying that the country would never retreat from its principally-adopted position on the drone attacks.
Major General Athar Abbas, spokesperson for the Pakistan Defence Forces, has also described the US official's comments as 'incorrect' and stressed that the strikes were counterproductive.
Last year alone, over 1,200 people were killed and hundreds others injured in the non-UN-sanctioned US drone strikes, which are being conducted amid growing popular outrage.
Pakistan's Ministry of Human Rights has reportedly asked the government to complain about the 'extra-judicial killings' to the United Nations and other international bodies.
The world body says the US-waged attacks posed a growing challenge to the international rule of law.


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Linda Hartmann dropped me an email to add her observations after a career as psychotherapist
The only reason that people go to therapists (we're talking about ordinary, you – and – me people here) is that it is the first time in their life that someone has listened to them — really listened to
them — for an hour. It is extremely addictive. I have had to kick many clients out after teaching them how to make friends.


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I trust usually a few things about Tiger Woods.
I trust that, for a duration of time, he was a many pretentious golfer to ever collect adult a club. we trust that, for many of his career, he had a widest accumulation of golf shots of anyone in a story of a sport. we trust that his pledge career is underrated.
I trust that he could make a cut during Augusta in a wheelchair. we trust that his Scotty Cameron is a biggest arms we've seen given Alexander a Great gathering his sword directly into a Persian Empire and afterwards via Asia Minor.
And we trust that Tiger Woods cares deeply about a Tiger Woods Foundation.
This does not meant we am right. This is only what we believe. And it is that final indicate where we contingency start today. Woods unironically withdrew from a press conference during a Genesis Open on Tuesday dusk when his representative Mark Steinberg announced that Tiger "has again been suggested by doctors to extent all activities."
What does this have to do with a Tiger Woods Foundation? Well, a Genesis Open is being hosted by Woods' substructure this week. Woods has always been lustful of a substructure that aims to lift 8 sum a year to yield scholarships and assistance kids attain in life by education. He has even given a income he earns during events compared with his substructure right behind to it. That sum is good over $12 million now and substantially closer to $15 million.
"Golf is only what we do," pronounced Woods of a substructure recently. "It's only an countenance of me. But what we try and do for kids will endure me and hopefully people will never remember what we did on a golf course. Hopefully, they will remember that this name is synonymous with education, raise and safety."
In a initial year of hosting a Genesis Open Woods would presumably try to pull as many courtesy to a eventuality and a classification as possible. Instead? He won't even be there given of his behind spasms.
"Him being in a rest position is a many critical thing right now," Steinberg told ESPN on Tuesday. "He flew out here sincerely comfortably, and he did that given he cares about a tournament, Hyundai and his foundation. He wanted to give it his best effort, given a spams have not totally calmed down. He is anticipating he can get to a indicate shortly where that is alleviated.''
Steinberg combined that Woods is not approaching to have any impasse in a contest via a week.
This is stunning, nonetheless maybe it shouldn't be. Back spasms that final dual weeks and are so bad Woods can't even uncover adult to travel around, answer some questions and take some photos? That is … interesting.
And Woods' quip from 3 behind surgeries given 2014 has been many things. After personification in a Hero World Challenge in December, a successful lapse seemed hopeful. After blank a cut during a Farmers Insurance Open in January, his quip became a small some-more sober. And after withdrawing from a Dubai Desert Classic dual weeks ago, it became excruciating.
To watch a damaged physique residence a once-vivacious (but maybe now busted) rival suggestion was difficult. We don't know how this ends, of course, yet not display adult to your contest hosted by a substructure that we have given millions of your possess dollars to and clearly means something to we is not a best harbinger.
Maybe this is a proxy reversal for Woods, yet that seems naively confident during best. Maybe Woods plays again this season. Maybe he goes on to play for 5 or 10 some-more years. Maybe he wins a Masters during some point. His quip has already been so diligent with superlatives and a spectrum of adjectives routinely indifferent for formidable general diplomacy, not golf.
The prevalent thesis this week, though, as Woods begrudingly ejected on his coming during Riviera Country Club and abdicated his power over the contest that sent him into a stratosphere given he might or might not be means to lay down is this:
Profound, harsh unhappiness over what has turn of one of a biggest of all time…


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Lead Pastors
Born in Chattanooga Tennessee, Pastor Don grew up in the ministry. The Metcalfs traveled, held revivals, and sang for Pentecostal churches all across America. Pastor Deborah (Chavers) grew up in Southern Louisiana and finished High School in South Carolina. Her family was also highly involved in ministry. Her father, Arthur Chavers was a Pastor as were many of his siblings.
Pastor Don and Deborah first met while attending International Bible College in San Antonio Texas. They have been married for 38 years. They are joined in ministry by two daughters, Jennifer a graduate of IBC, and Angela a graduate of Portland Bible College.
Pastor Don and Deborah ministered for several years to the addicted community in Ft. Lauderdale FL. They served as counselors and later as the director of Faith Farm Ministries Ft. Lauderdale.
In 1983 the Metcalf family moved from Florida to Southern California and partnered with Rev. Art Hughes. Together they pioneered a new church. Several years later Grace Fellowship merged with Messenger Temple and in time became Desert Reign Assembly of God. Don and Deborah have been the lead pastors of this dynamic and evolving congregation for 30 years.
In 2002, Desert Reign purchased Woodruff Christian School and relocated their school and preschool to its present location in Bellflower. Today Southland Christian Academy and Preschool have approximately 250 students.
In 2003, Desert Reign sold the Cerritos property and totally by faith began a courageous journey to build a new campus. In April of 2009 after many miracles, Desert Reign settled into its new home in Downey.
Pastor Don's life message is, "If God can use me, He can use anyone." The fascinating testimony of His life is in a small book he authored entitled "So Broken Yet So Blessed"
With joy and high expectations we seek to bless our community and win those who are far from God to Him. Our cry is, "God use each of us to show others your glory."


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'I'd apologize for slavery and make reparations by investing in low-income communities'
I'd promise them something; work and study hard and don't reproduce if you can't afford it, get a job and maybe you will be somebody. Maybe you won't.
'Reparations' have been paid many times over. That meal ticket is done.


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I know what you are thinking when you look at this No.7 BB Lips, it looks like those Clarins lip perfectors! Well, that is exactly what I thought too and considering the hype around those if there is an affordable dupe, I want it! However, although the packaging is very similar how comparable are these two products really?
Now these do look significantly similar to the Clarins lip products with a few minor differences. For one the applicator on the No. 7 offering is just simple plastic tube compared to the Clarins one which has a sponge applicator (something I have never been that fond of. Pricing wise the No. 7 is cheaper, being €11.75 compared to the Clarins at €18. Not a significant pricing difference but remember No. 7 have those lovely vouchers and also are available in the 3 for 2 in Boots so its possible to get a nice deal. The shade range is quite similar also with some lovely pinks, nudes and corals. I personally went for the shade coral blush.
But enough about the aesthetics, how do these two actually compare? Well pretty close really. The formula for the No. 7 is light, has a understated shine and adds a subtle pop of colour to the lips. It's also not too horribly sticky so when the wind blows there won't be much panic about your hair getting stuck to your lips.
The No. 7 BB Lips is definitely a facsimile for the Clarins glosses. The formula feels the same and both look lovely on the lips. No. 7 is perhaps less moistusing than the Clarins but for someone looking for a more affordable alternative, this is a great option.
Sidenote: Has anyone notice No. 7 have been offering a lot of dupes recently? The Instant Radiance Highlighter, No.7 Instant Illusions Rapid Radiance Balm and now the BB Lips... Interesting.


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This adorable little girl is one of our baby chinchillas. I haven't been feeling the best lately (trying to dissolve a cold) so I brought her in and let her run around my bed for a little bit. It made me feel much better watching her antics. They are such cute little creatures. I don't spend enough time playing around with them, so when I do sit down and take the time, it always puts a smile on my face. I had to put her back after a little while though, because she had much more energy than I did, and I couldn't keep up with her explorations.
If you have never had the chance to get to know a chinchilla, I highly recommend it. They make very fascinating pets! They are curious little creatures that can develop a nice bond with you. Our chinchillas live out in the barn, at one point we had a couple of them indoors, but my dad is quite allergic to them unfortunately (mostly allergic to the dust they take baths in to keep their fur clean). This little girl is so cute though, I am tempted to make her an inside pet, maybe she can take dust baths outside…..


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Alice in Wonderland ...Cheshire Cat ....Bag, pin doll and book...The month of March theme was Alice in Wonderland. I had already done the White Rabbit and Alice to death so thought, well, I will do the Cheshire Cat! I always enjoy the creativity of this group, there are lots and lots, well, I would say almost every gal in this group has a talent, I always enjoy the themes that they come up with,.. My April theme and partner is Kerry and the theme is umbrellas...parasols? I have already started to digitize the panels for her. This one is open to loads of creative ideas.....luv this group. Well, not much happening in bumblebee Lane, I am finished with Easter and this week will enjoy the preparations for a nice dinner. Then, I am off again for another commission, this one is also a nice fun one, It is for a tea shop in France, and it is the entire table set.....just waiting for the materials to come UPS....Don't you just gotta luv all them UPS people? They always make your day! Rain or shine....a package is fun!
That's it from Sierras Creations on this Saturday night...Have yourself a wonderful Sunday and
remember Silvery Moonbeams to watch over you....Sierra
Silvery Moonbeams to Watch over you and yours!


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