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A man whose boat was destroyed in an arson attack has said he is just glad no one was hurt.
The boat was torched while berthed at the jetty at Maghery Country Park on the shores of Lough Neagh.
Pat Robinson said police believe a rag was put into the diesel tank of the boat and set alight.
Pat and a number of other local residents had been at the park for a walk on Saturday evening right up to around 11pm.
He said he had not noticed any unusual activity at that time so the incident must have happened after that.
He added that it is not easy to set a fibre-glass boat alight and it must have taken a deliberate effort to destroy it.
"A boat can be replaced. I am just glad no one was hurt," he said. "It's just sad the people can't leave things alone."
He said the boat, which was worth almost £10k was not insured.
Pat added that the park was very popular with locals and visitors from afar. "But if it gets this reputation, people will stop coming," he said.
SDLP Cllr Declan McAlinden said there has been a surge in anti-social behaviour at the popular park and called for police to be more active in the area.
He said: "I want to condemn this latest spat of antisocial behaviour in Maghery Country park.
He described the arson attack as a 'blatant attempt of unwanted vandalism'.
"The boat was used for pleasure and was completely destroyed by the time the fire brigade arrived.
"This follows a number of incidents in the park recently when a number of youths arrived to camp out all night.
"I contacted PSNI on behalf of the residents who were concerned about the amount of noise being made throughout the night.
"The persons involved had removed boulders and I have requested Council to replace them with larger boulders.
"I will be calling on Council to lock the gate at night to prevent more incidents like this and for the PSNI to be more active in this area especially at weekends, and as summer approaches to prevent a more serious incident happening," said Cllr McAlinden.
Police in Craigavon said they are aware of recent anti-social behaviour in the park.
Sergeant McMurran said: "On Sunday 11th June, police received the report that a boat had been deliberately set alight in Maghery Country Park. It is disappointing to see, what appears to be, mainly younger people getting involved in anti-social behaviour and causing damage within a local park designed for everyone to enjoy.
"Young people have every right to go about their business and enjoy each other's company, but I would just like to remind them that what might initially seem like fooling about can sometimes get out of hand and end up in a criminal record which can affect travel, education and employment opportunities in the future. It is really important that young people understand this.
"I am also asking parents and guardians to make sure they know where their young people are, what they are doing, and to talk to them about the danger of getting caught up in the moment and the possible outcomes they could face if they are found committing any offences.
"We will continue to monitor reports of antisocial behaviour in the area and respond appropriately, including focusing patrols in certain areas at particular times. If anyone in the area is concerned about antisocial behaviour or any sort of criminal activity, please contact us on the non-emergency number 101 and let us know so that we can respond appropriately. Alternatively information can be provided anonymously through the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."


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Last month, I had the honor of working with my buddy Chris Johnson on creating a custom Showit site for his photography business. My aim was to create web presence that spoke to who he was in an authentic and innovative way and was a clear expression of his brand. With inspiration from J. Crew and Restoration Hardware, hours of conversations with Chris, some j. shipley design goodness, and the power of Showit, we were able to create something that truly represents Chris Johnson Photography. Bam.
The very first thing I do with all of my clients is listen and of course ask a ton of questions. What inspires you? Where do you shop? Where do you wish you could shop? What books do you read? What music do you like? What's your favorite color? What colors do you hate? What do you do in your free time? How would you describe your personality? etc. My goal here is to learn as much about you as possible as to get a sense of who you are. Then, I ask for visual inspiration…magazine tear sheets, textures, photos, architecture, furniture, typography, graphic treatments, and the like. In short, I'm collecting data from which I will create an inspiration board and from that scheme a design concept.
So we did just that, and here's the inspiration board that resulted…
Chris's website design included concept and design, implementation into a Showit site, and logo design.
Chris is a Hawaii born-and-raised photographer with an adventurous spirit and commitment to living life in a laid-back, enjoy-the-simple-things kinda of way. You can't help but slow down a bit and simply take a deep breath when you're around him. I like that about him. He's appreciates the simple, the understated, the clean, the calm. This come across in his work and in his life. And therefore we wanted to infuse his website with this vibe.
The site included custom features such as scrolling galleries, interactive about section, facebook comment integration.
So there you have it. Want one? I know you do. :-) Well, fortunately for you, I'm taking on a select few web design projects this year, so shoot me an email at email@example.com if you want to chat. I'd love to hear from you.

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Foundations of Public Health - open for public access
This course is designed to provide an overview of what is Public Health and some of its main components. It is particularly directed at those with an interest in health problems in developing countries. You will find that we emphasise the importance of creating and applying an evidence base to finding solutions to the health problems facing populations.
While this is a stand-alone course and available to all, we also see it as a pre-requisite for those who wish to enrol in further studies with Peoples-uni, which can lead to a Master of Public Health degree. Working through this module will give you an idea of the structure and type of content you will find as a student. [You might also like to look at some not-for-credit freely available courses on our Open Online Courses site.]
Introduction to Public Health.
The challenges for Public Health are eloquently described in 'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries': "Between 1950 and 1990, life expectancy in developing countries increased from forty to sixty-three years with a concomitant rise in the incidence of the non-communicable diseases of adults and the elderly. Yet there remains a huge unfinished agenda for dealing with under-nutrition and the communicable childhood diseases. Four critical challenges face developing countries today: high levels and rapid growth of non-communicable diseases; the unchecked HIV/AIDS pandemic; the possibility of a successor to the influenza pandemic of 1918; and the persistence of high but preventable levels of diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, and pneumonia for which malnutrition is a critical risk factor." (Note: this quote is from the 2nd edition, DCP2 - DCP3 will update many of the chapters)
Meeting these challenges to the health of the population is the task of Public Health. This course, Foundations of Public Health, is designed to set the scene for those who want to learn more about how to improve the health of their populations.
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Air Harp, re-imagines the classic lap harp for the iPad platform. Designed above all to be fun and easy to play, the Air Harp offers a delightful musical experience for people of all ages. Strum and pluck the strings for a lovely sound. Anyone can make beautiful music with the Air Harp! Play your favorite tunes by ear, or choose popular songs to play and sing along to from an interactive sheet music library.


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It should be explained before we go any further, that the Queen Concept is perhaps, one of the weirdest stories to come to light since Queen the pop group began. But however, your job as the Detective, is to work out the riddle held within the book INNUENDOES - ISBN - 0-9531189-7-5. This in itself, is not an easy task, but however, it is easy once you understand the main Frame work in which Freddie's so-called Fairy Tale sits. The Queen concept comes under the title of the Phoenix and Lily story to enable easier understanding for both the reader of the book, and for the listener of Queen Music.
Queen concept
Many of the facts in the book of INNUENDOES, will shock some readers - whilst others will find it absolutely fascinating. And although this book has been approved by many, it has upset and dismayed a few, mainly the Religious who feel that the "Queen Concept" over steps the mark! - Just slightly! For example, here is just a part of the Framework in which the story sits, and this concerns the Book of Revelation of the Bible.
Revelation v4 - The 4 Creatures (men) who are standing on or around the Throne (stage) are singing.
Revelation v7 - There are 144,000 Angels (people) standing in front of the Throne (stage) and they are singing.
As to who the four men are singing to, it's obviously the crowd in front of them (A Concert). The reason why the Stage is a Throne, is because that is where you would find Queen.
A Throne is also known as a platform or Stage. If you reverse the word `Angels on the `Numbers Game, it reverses as N.A.T.R.Y.F which rearranged makes the words - TRY FAN, which means that the 144,000 Angels are 144,000 Queen Fans from all 4 corners of the world. The Flashes of Lighting and rumbling etc. as mentioned in both Revelations and the song Bohemian Rhapsody, is the light show.
Just to read the above, would amuse some, whilst others will feel dismayed - So now you know where I'm coming from, when I say that this is Weird. But however, the book does bear a lot of facts, which can be backed up. This in itself leaves the Reader feeling somewhat confused and possible even running for the nearest straitjacket. But, if you think that the above, is strange, "You ain't seen nothing yet".
Anyway, it should be noted that this is not a religious book at all, it's just life. Also you should remember that this is for real, it is not made up - it is all of Fact. As for the religious side of Freddie's story, well it was his religion - So think on...


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Type: Outsider
Environment: Any
Attack: Bite, berath, dance of death
Special Qualities: Fear
Organization: Solitary, pair, or gang (5-10)
From the personal journal of Azalai Korias, Elven Wizard
21 Lharvion, 998:
As one of the cultists fell and triumphantly turned around, Khovis cast a Hold Person spell on him. Azure bands of force encircled the human and Kleija plucked the fallen shard from the ground, thanking him politely. The other cultists noted our intrusion and did not seem terribly pleased to see us, calling upon their dark gods to send a servant to smite us.
The Ring of Siberys stretches across the night sky in a glittering golden band, and the valuable Siberys dragonshards that fall to Eberron from it draw the dragonmarked houses to Xen'drik like moths to a flame. Artificers in Khorvaire use the shards to create fantastic magical items, but the giants that once ruled this land had uses for them as well: the resurrection shrines dotting the landscape are perhaps the most useful of these ancient artifacts, as they allow the resurrection of the dead whose spirits have been captured within a soul stone. The quori have also found ways to tap into the power of the dragonshards, so it did not surprise me at all to hear that the cultist servants of the daelkyr were seen scavenging the fields south of Stormreach.
The daelkyr are the lords of Xoriat, the Realm of Madness. Their minions seek to destroy the dimensional seals that keep Xoriat from once again becoming coterminous with Eberron. The last time the Realm of Madness was near to Eberron, 9000 years ago, the vast armies of the daelkyr burst forth and devastated the Dhakaani Empire before the orc and hobgoblin Gatekeepers could drive the plane away. The lords of madness wait eagerly for another opportunity to claim our world.
The Cults of the Dragon Below often ally with the daelkyr. Such an alliance aids both parties – the humanoid cultists are much better at infiltrating normal society than the tentacled aberrations of Xoriat, and in exchange the cults gain the use of those very abominations to further their mad schemes against a common foe. These alliances tend to last until one side betrays the other, and due to the ambition of the cultists and the unpredictable whims of the daelkyr, it tends to occur sooner than later.
Robed cultists roamed the field, searching for fallen dragonshards. Once a makeshift pasture, the clearing was covered in black ashen lines, the grass scorched away by the fallen shards. Two cultists were arguing loudly over which of them had found a Siberys shard when one drew a wicked looking blade and stabbed the other. We used the distraction to close in on them, their quarrel masking our less-than-stealthy approach.
I dropped an Ice Storm onto the largest collection of cultists, disrupting their prayers and dropping the less dexterous ones ungracefully to the ground. Senna and Zarn moved in to melee with others when a terrible howl filled the air. Cultists scattered and I swallowed my fear as a hideous beast answering their prayers materialized before us.
Kleija slid into the shadows, creeping around the beast, as Senna moved closer from the front. Zarn stood paralyzed with terror as the hound stepped forward, so Khovis called upon holy power to Remove Fear. I called forth a Lightning Bolt to strike the dog, but the creature dodged the bulk of the attack, and energy resistance seemed to take care of most of the rest. A large, hairless wolf snarled at us, its flesh twisted and grotesque. Its pale and slimy hide pulsed unnaturally and its eyeless head swung unerringly about to face us. Acid dripped from its maw as it approached. This was a thaarak hound, one of the prized hunting dogs of the daelkyr.
Yapping to itself excitedly, it suddenly reared up on its hind legs, leaping about in a preposterous dance. Ethereal tentacles reached out from the ground and grabbed hold of me, forcing their way into my eyes when I suddenly realized that it was simply an illusion – my fears made real by a Phantasmal Killer. The icy grip of terror filling me faded away as I realized the nature of the attack, but the pounding of my heart did not let me forget how close I came to being instantly killed by an extraplanar dog.
Scorching Rays were my response to the thaarak's attempt to kill me, and I wracked my brain for possible weaknesses of this creature. The damage from the rays was partially resisted, but the Quickened Magic Missile that I followed up with seemed to have full effect. Khovis' Dismissal had no effect, so he moved around to see to Kleija's wounds. The thaarak hound looked at me, and I knew that it was laughing inside. It was toying with us.
Senna attacked to draw its attention as Kleija moved in to flank the hound, and the creature turned to let loose a terrible spray of acid into the halfling. Kleija fell to the ground – it was clear that the creature had known she was there all along. With another taunting yip, it lunged at Senna, who deflected the attack with her shield and countered. Freed from his terror, Zarn charged the dog, raging. His greataxe bit deeply into the thick hide of the hound, a rainbow spray of blood erupting from the wound.
The hound hopped backwards and to its feet again in its dance, but Zarn was not about to let it cast its spell so freely. With a fierce swing he knocked the dog off balance and it fell to the ground, snarling angrily. It was my turn to laugh as I flung another ten Magic Missiles into the monster. Senna stood guard over Kleija's prone form, and called out to Khovis that the acid was still burning, and that Kleija was beyond simple healing magic.
With a new goal, we set out searching for a shrine. The battle continued furiously as we fought to avenge our fallen companion, and in time the hound finally fell to the ground and disappeared, returned to its home in Xoriat. Khovis took Kleija's soul stone and placed it gently in his pack.
After meeting one of the daelkyr's hunting hounds, my advice to the adventurer encountering it for the first time would be: run. Of course, given the creatures dogged (ahem) persistence and quick speed, that's not especially likely to work. And while the thaarak hound may be amused by entreaties for mercy or surrender, that avenue isn't likely to meet with success. So, fight you must, though the odds be long. Perhaps you'll have time to scratch out a loving good-bye to a friend, mate, or mother on a nearby stone or wall.
In combat, be sure that your wizard and cleric prepare any potential victims with Remove fear, Deathward, and Protection Against Acid. As accomplished adventurers know, casting a preemptive Remove Fear gives all of the allies protection for some time. The Protection Against Death effects makes the target proof against a lucky phantasmal killer that the hound is likely to summon. Finally, the acid immunity serves good stead given the thaarak's breath that deals damage not just once, but in the minutes that follow as it seeps into the skin and internal organs. Stoneskin and other general defensive enchantments remain good ideas as well, given the strength of the monster's bite. Offensive spells against the thaarak are frequently fruitless anyway, given that the hellspawned whelp possesses a resistance to spell energy that make the drow of Xen'drik envious. Add to that, it has excellent saving throws, as it is an outsider.


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DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER **EXTRA** (Vol. 4, No. 21-A, September 20, 2004)
Written and copyright 2004 by Andrew W. Saul of http://www.doctoryourself.com , which welcomes 1.5 million visitors annually. Commercial use of the website or the contents of this Newsletter is strictly prohibited.
The Doctor Yourself Newsletter is soliciting your entry for the most ridiculous, unscientific, or just plain goofy article currently to be found on the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE. It's so easy to play: just go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi and start searching for any foolish topic of any kind that you wish. The weirder the better.
For example: In the "Search PubMed for" box, type in "flatulence" and you will get 1,233 indexed citations.
Honestly, this is like shooting fish in a barrel.
When you find a real doozy, cut and paste the entire citation into a plain text email (no attachments will be accepted) and send it to me (limit five submissions per reader) to doctoryourself.com/contact.html . So I find it in my non-MEDLINE indexed email Inbox, please use MEDLINE COMEDY CONTEST as your message subject heading.
The Doctor Yourself Newsletter's "Winner Selection Technical Review Committee" will then meet behind closed doors, and without telling you anything about the actual scoring process, will decide which entry is the winner.
(Did you get the joke? If not, please look at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/jsel.html or do a quick search for "Medline JOM" using the search box near the top of http://www.doctoryourself.com .)
Seriously, this really is a contest, and here is the grand prize: my last copy of "Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C: The Clinical Work of Frederick R. Klenner, M.D." by Lendon Smith, M.D. The reader submitting what we judge to be "The World's Most Absurd Medline Citation" will, if he or she resides in the US or Canada, receive this authoritative 68 page megadose vitamin C booklet absolutely free by first class mail. (If an overseas reader wins, it's coming by boat, so don't wait up.)
While there will be only one actual prizewinner, favorite runner-up entries will be published in the Newsletter. This contest ends when the next Doctor Yourself Newsletter is sent out, or when the feds shut me down, whichever comes first.
So join the fun! Search MEDLINE (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi) today! After all, your taxes pay for it.
Officers, staff, review committee members and editors at the National Library of Medicine are not eligible for entry. No particular legal reason; it's just an arbitrary decision on our part.
What's that? You detect a certain sarcasm in my tone? I fail to see why. There is nothing at all funny about the world's largest medical library arbitrarily refusing to index certain scholarly information for professional and public access. For instance: the following papers by twice-Nobel-prize winning Linus Pauling are not on Medline simply because they happened to be published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.
Rath M, Pauling L. Solution To the Puzzle of Human Cardiovascular Disease: Its Primary Cause Is Ascorbate Deficiency ading to the Deposition of Lipoprotein(a) and Fibrinogen/Fibrin in the Vascular Wall. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p 125.
Pauling L, Rath M. An Orthomolecular Theory of Human Health and Disease. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p135.
Rath M, Pauling L. Apoprotein(a) Is An Adhesive Protein. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p139.
Rath M, Pauling L. Case Report: Lysine/Ascorbate Related Amelioration of Angina Pectoris. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p 144.
(If you note carefully, you will see that all four of the above Pauling articles appeared in one single volume of the Journal. We would not want word of THAT to get out, now would we. And there's more: )
Rath M, Pauling L. A Unified theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease Leading the Way To the Abolition of This Diseases As A Cause for Human Mortality. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Volume 7, First Quarter 1992, p 5.
Rath M, Pauling L. Plamin-induced Proteolysis and the Role of Apoprotein(a), Lysine and Synthetic Lysine Analogs. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Volume 7, First Quarter 1992, p 17.
Pauling L. Third Case Report on Lysine-ascorbate Amelioration of Angina Pectoris. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Volume 8, Third Quarter, 1993, p 137.
Hoffer A, Pauling L. Hardin Jones Biostatistical Analysis of Mortality Data for A Second Set of Cohorts of Cancer Patients with A Large Fraction Surviving At the Termination of the Study and A Comparison of Survival Times of Cancer Patients Receiving Large Regular Oral Doses of Vitamin C and Other Nutrients with Similar Patients Not Receiving these Doses. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol 8, Third Quarter, 1993, p 157.
Why are these papers by Linus Pauling not indexed by the amply taxpayer-funded National Library of Medicine? It is not because the subjects are uninteresting. Nor is it because Pauling coauthored them with Matthais Rath, M.D., since the following papers ARE indexed on Medline. Same authors; same topics.
Rath M, Pauling L. Immunological evidence for the accumulation of lipoprotein(a) in the atherosclerotic lesion of the hypoascorbemic guinea pig. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Dec;87(23):9388-90. PMID: 2147514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Rath M, Pauling L. Hypothesis: lipoprotein(a) is a surrogate for ascorbate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Aug;87(16):6204-7. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991 Dec 5;88(24):11588. PMID: 2143582 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Pauling L, Herman ZS. Criteria for the validity of clinical trials of treatments of cohorts of cancer patients based on the Hardin Jones principle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Sep;86(18):6835-7. PMID: 2780542 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Pauling L. Biostatistical analysis of mortality data for cohorts of cancer patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 May;86(10):3466-8. PMID: 2726729 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
I think it is absurd that Medline, which has indexed 116 papers by Linus Pauling, excludes equally valuable work of his due to where it first appeared.
For my readers who think I've harped on this issue long enough, you can unsubscribe by returning this email to me (with the headers intact, please).
For my readers who think I have just begun to fight, you are correct. The emperor has no clothes. The National Library of Medicine/MEDLINE is biased.


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In early 2010 I got the chance to do the March horoscope illustration in Vegas magazine for Aries, and after a long pause I've been doing a horoscope illustration each month for them...here's the first of the new batch, Libra!
The writing says:
"Holding the Scales of Justice, Libra weighs, divides and distributes the summer harvest. Libra embodies this time of equal day and night while seeking to find balance, integrity and fairness for all"
This was for Vegas Magazine's men's issue, so it made sense to make Libra a dude. In the original sketch he also had a scythe for the summer harvest, but the editors thought it looked a little phallic (eep!) and we changed it to an hourglass:
Aaaand the final!
Seeing it again, I think his head/face look a little doofy. It's always funny when you look back on your work and just itch to change something around... Ah well, on to the next!
P.S. Wow, we've gotten a great response on the Anthology Project kickstarter project! Thank you to all the donors!! Almost to the goal!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Anthology project!
Hey everyone! The Anthology Project (volume 2) has a Kickstarter page, and we need your help! The Anthology Project is an anthology of comics contributed by a whole bunch of great artists like Sam Bosma, Joy Ang, Edward Kwong, Sam Bradley, Emily Carroll and myself! (You can see the full list on the kickstarter page!) Also Ed Kwong's lovely cover artwork is on the banner above!
The book is being self-published, and we need your support to get it off the ground. With Kickstarter, you can pledge an amount (from $1 up) and then if we meet the monetary goal ($7000) by the deadline (December 1) your money goes to our cause and you can get a prize to sweeten the deal!
IF however, we do not raise $7000 by December 1, you aren't charged at all & you keep your money. Simple!
The kickstarter page says it best:
This is an opportunity for us (the AP crew), to build a relationship with you (lovers of all things art). It's a way for everyone that loved Volume 1 to not only pre-order volume 2, but for you to help out in getting it off the ground in a very meaningful way!
Beyond that we'll be offering other things like prints, buttons, original sketches, special editions and signed copies of the books depending on the size of the donation.
Please check out the Anthology Project's Kickstarter Page for more details!
And if you're curious, my comic is about this gentleman here:
He's up to something.
Thanks for your support!
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Brains: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
A while back I did a quick piece for the LA Times. Joey Santos (my always-great AD) came to me with a feature story on Alzheimers, and an illustration was needed for ways of reducing your risk of Alzheimers. The writer had attended a conference about Alzheimers and noted that it had been a bit disappointing-- there's no 100% proven way of preventing Alzheimers and a lot of research has yet to be done, unfortunately. There's a few things you can do that seem to be able to help reduce the risk, however:
Exercise, mental stimulation, and a Mediterranean diet.
I tried to reflect that in both my sketches:
This was a very fast turnaround, and I sent this progress piece to show Joey. He suggested the man should be aged more, and also preferred a pink brain instead of a yellow one. (I still kinda like yellow!)
The background in the final is a bunch of neuron synapses.
BRAINS! We should all thank ours.
Exercise, mental stimulation, and a Mediterranean diet.
I tried to reflect that in both my sketches:
This was a very fast turnaround, and I sent this progress piece to show Joey. He suggested the man should be aged more, and also preferred a pink brain instead of a yellow one. (I still kinda like yellow!)
The background in the final is a bunch of neuron synapses.
BRAINS! We should all thank ours.
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A PopCap Games survey released today sheds new light on the demographics of social gamers, concluding that the number of people who play social games in the U.S. and U.K. alone is likely somewhere around 100 million. Much like casual games before them, social games are thought to represent a huge opportunity to reach millions of consumers who historically have not played videogames before. Not surprisingly, Facebook is leading the charge as the most popular social gaming destination.
The survey, which targeted approximately 1,200 people in the U.S. and U.K. who played games on social networking such as Facebook and MySpace, found that the vast majority (95%) played more than once per week. Nearly two thirds said they played at least once a day, and for one in ten respondents an average play session lasted three hours or more.
"This study establishes social games as a fast-growing and quickly maturing pastime for an enormous portion of the population," said Robin Boyar, founder and principal at Thinktank Research, in a prepared statement. "And with more than 80% of social gamers stating that playing social games strengthens their relationship with friends, family and colleagues, social gaming reinforces the core appeal of social networks."
More than half (56%) of the social gamers surveyed said they had been playing social games for more than a year. About one quarter (26%) said they were new to social gaming, having only started playing within the last six months. About one third (35%) of social gamers say their consumption of social games has increased over the past three months, compared to 10% who said it had decreased.
When it came to playing preferences, Facebook was far and away the most popular destination for social gamers, with 83% of social gamers citing Facebook as a place where they went to play social games. MySpace was a distant second with 24%, followed by Bebo (7%), Friendster (5%), Hi5 (4%), Orkut (2%) and Netlog (2%).
Interestingly, the survey revealed that roughly half of the time social gamers logged into social networks it was specifically to play games. While on the network, social gamers spent roughly 40% of their time playing games, followed by chatting with and messaging friends (17%) and playing non-social (solo) games (15%).
When asked why they played social games, the most popular answer was "fun and excitement" (53%), followed by stress relief (45%), "competitive spirit" (43%) and "mental workout" (32%).
As annoying as those endless Facebook Friend notifications about lost sheep, lonely cats and mafia hitmen are, it looks like they're actually pretty good at influencing people. More than half (57%) of respondents said that they heard about new social games through a combination of receiving alerts from online friends who were also playing the game, word of mouth, and seeing ads promoting the game from within the social network itself. (Search engines influenced 27% of respondents, followed by ads on non-social gaming sites [18%]).
Roughly half (53%) of players said that they had earned or spent virtual currency in a social game, but only 28% have purchased virtual currency with real-world money, and only 32% have purchased a virtual gift. Nearly a third (32%) of social gamers said they're likely to purchase virtual items with real-world currency.
One of the survey's few disheartening findings was that one full quarter (25%) of respondents said they had been misled by an ad or "special offer" tied to a social game they've played, which underscores the fact that in spite of how potentially lucrative as the social games sector may be, the industry still has some maturing to do.
However, the survey also highlighted one of the great strengths of social games: that they allow players to build and strengthen personal relationships with each other. Sixty-two percent of respondents said they played social games with real-world friends, while a further 56% played with friends they had made online. Nearly half (43%) of social gamers say they also play social games with their parents, children, and/or other relatives.
Sixty-two per cent of social gamers agreed that social games made it easier for them to reconnect with old friends, work colleagues, classmates and even old girlfriends and boyfriends. A similar percentage (63%) said that social games have been a source of new friendships and 70% say that social games make them feel more connected to other members of their social networks.
"I have family spread out all over the country, and we only get to see each other once a year, at Christmas," one U.K.-based survey respondent wrote. "The gaming gave us something to connect over and helped begin discussions, even carrying over the Christmas period. It helped the older cousins interact more with the younger cousins."


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Placekicker Rosas need to improve to keep job with Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Aldrick Rosas can't have a repeat of last season if he wants to remain the New York Giants' placekicker.
The 23-year-old from Southern Oregon might have been the biggest surprise of training camp last summer, making the roster as a first-year free agent. The 6-foot-3, rock-solid 233-pounder with a booming leg made almost every kick attempted in training camp to beat out veteran Mike Nugent. It was a no-brainer for then-coach Ben McAdoo and his staff.
Then came the regular season and everything went south for McAdoo, the team – and Rosas.
There were good moments: Rosas kicked in the opener at Dallas and then hitched a ride on co-owner's Steve Tisch's jet so he could get to California for the birth of his daughter and first child, Karsyn Isabella.
"She is doing great, she is awesome," Rosas said Friday after practice. "It's amazing. She is eating the house. She is growing so fast. It's amazing."
His season wasn't so pretty.
Rosas made 18 of 25 field-goal attempts. That's 72 percent and not good enough when coaches expect their kickers to hit 80 percent.
"It's felt like I have done five years since last summer," Rosas said. "It's been a ride. When you go back and reflect, it's learning the game of football, being a professional and learning the game of life and being a Dad. I am still learning."
Rosas said the biggest thing he learned as a player was the need to stick to a plan and take it one kick at a time, regardless of each result.
This season, he is trying to follow a routine after each kick. He wants to come to the sideline, take a sip of water and wait for his next field-goal attempt, kickoff or extra point.
Rosas insists when he walks on the field, he is never looking to see how far he has to kick the ball, or where the ball is positioned. He is looking at his spot and focusing.
"So if I pushed the last one wide right, I am still going to line up the same, right down the middle," he said. "I am going to give it my best effort to make it. It may be the same result, but I am not going to let the last kick dictate what I do on this one."
Rosas has spent a lot of time recently working with regular long snapper Zak DeOssie and new holder, punter Riley Dixon. Friday was the first time the unit practiced the hurry-up, last-minute field-goal attempts with the fans and media watching.
Rosas made all three attempts.
Looking back on last season, Rosas can't say one thing went wrong. He said his confidence level was OK, but he felt he let his mind wander on what he should and should not be doing in practice with his kicking.
This year, he wants to do the same thing every kick and have a little fun.
New coach Pat Shurmur was hesitant to say what he expected from his kicker, although he agreed with someone with a cranky wizard-like voice from behind the podium curtain who chirped in: "Just make `em."
"I think it's important," Shurmur said. "Again, you've got to see it happen in game situations. Most often, the kickers that you have in camp make them during the practice sessions, you've just got to watch it happen. It's really not that much more complicated than that."
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Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise for the Nintendo DS was officially announced at the 2007 Comic-Con in San Diego on July 29, 2007. It was released on September 8, 2008.
"A Kameo or a Viva Pinata on a Nintendo DS makes a lot of sense in a lot of ways from a franchise perspective," Shane Kim, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Game Studios, told 1UP at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas during February 2007.
The game features all of the species from the Classic title along with 7 new species, an expanded selection of tools, new game modes such as Sandbox and Episodes, and the ability to send pinatas via local WiFi.
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise is published by THQ.
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Back Of Case
Never receiving a Western release, the title allows you to play as a ninja amongst other professions - always a good thing. Popular in Japan.
Publisher: Hudson
Game Type: RPG
Console: Dreamcast
Information: Second hand. Complete with spine and registration cards. Slight creasing on manual edge where it has caught on CD box being removed from case.


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John Shelley – New picture book
Here's an image from a new picture 'The Halloween Forest', which will be released later this year by Holiday House in the US. It's a rollicking seasonal book in rhyme with the reader as the central character on a spooky trick-or-treat journey into a dark forest. Loads of fun to work on.
External Link: John Shelley – New picture book


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|Fragment found among Dead Sea Scrolls
In the book of Genesis it is said that a man named Enoch lived 365 years. He walked with God and was no more for God took him (See Gen. 5:21-24). Since that time there has consequently been significant Jewish literature attributed to this figure. The writings are considered by some to be important and yet others even have and do consider them divinely inspired. The Book of Enoch is actually a compilation of five books that are apocalyptic in nature.
Four of the five have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. These writings are very important to the Second Temple period. The original language of most of this work was likely Aramaic. The original is lost but portions of a Greek translations were found in Egypt as well as quotations from early Church Fathers. Gleason Archer noted however that "no one could seriously contend that the straightlaced Qumran sectarians considered all these apocryphal and pseudepigraphical works canonical simply because they possessed copies of them."(1)
The Book of Enoch is considered a pseudoepigraphal work by many Christian scholars. Michael Stone from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem notes that "The oldest known Jewish work not included in the Bible is the Book of Enoch."(2) As Stone implies it was not included in either the Hebrew or most Christian biblical canons. It may have been a sacred text for some but they might not be considered Christians. These writings have value but only in a limited sense in the view of this writer. It seems the book fell out of favor from the third century onward and was even banned by some theologians such as Hilary, Jerome, and Augustine. An Ethiopic version was found in recent times and it was written partly in Aramaic and partly in Hebrew. Aramaic was probably the conversational language of our Lord also.
The higher theology of Judaism in the two centuries before Christ could not be written without the writings of Enoch. Sadly there is little to no unity of time, authorship, or teaching. Norman Geisler and W.E. Nix suggest, "they do represent the religious lore of the Hebrews in the intertestamental period...Although they claim to have been written by biblical authors, they actually express religious fancy and magic from the period between about 200 B.C. and A.D. 200."(3) G.H. Charles who has done recent work on the subject concluded that portions of these writings seem to have belonged originally to the Book of Noah.(4)
Charles also noted that the authors were probably Chasids or their successors the Pharisees. The work has an advanced angel and demonology. During the first century and the close of the second century this book was probably regarded in certain circles as inspired. Jude cites this book as well as the Epistle of Barnabas, Athenagoras. In the third century Clement, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Zosimus and Syncellus quote Enoch as well. Tertullian seems to suggest its inspiration and even suggests that the Jews may have rejected it because it taught the coming of the Lord. For Tertullian this was supposedly corroborated by Jude usage. Origen even noted its similarities and referenced it on occasion.
The Bible and The Book of Enoch:
The Book of Enoch is a voluminous work that describes many events. Some New Testament passages seem to refer to events that are described in the writings of Enoch. For example, 2 Peter 2:4 records that God did not spare the angels who sinned but cast them down and have reserved them for judgment. Jude 6 is a popular passage that references angels who did not keep their proper domain. Jude 14 references Enoch and the coming of the Lord with ten thousand of his saints. Below are the cited references:
2 Peter 2:4, For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; ESV
Jude 6, And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—ESV
Jude 14, It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, ESV
More similarities could be produced but such things are not truly unique since the New Testament writers also cited from heathen poets like Aratus (Acts 17:28), Menander (1 Cor. 15:33); and Epimenies (Titus 1:2). Truth is truth no matter the who or the where. Truth was even uttered by a heathen prophet in Numbers 24:17 and even an ass says something right just two chapters prior (See Numbers 22:28). In the Jude references it seems he records a similar event as Enoch. As we shall see the event is more important than the actual writings of Enoch.
If Jude does literally reference a citation from the Book of Enoch then it would probably be to serve some point or denote an emphasis. Most believers would not consider it unusual for a pastor or minister to quote from a non-inspired book at some point during a sermon or lesson. This can be done to make a point even without the speaker addressing the inspiration of that particular book.
G.H. Schodde took a positive view of these writings. He notes, "The Fathers all, with possibly the one dissenting voice of Tertullian, deny the canonicity of this book, and properly regard it as apocryphal..." In reference to Jerome he also records, "some going even so far as to deny the canonicity of Jude because he had dared to quote an apocryphal work."(5) Tertullian and Schodde may have been too generous in their claims. Many Protestant and Evangelical scholars have pointed this out. Jude could have been merely using a valid oral tradition and not necessarily the Book of Enoch. Here are some of the events Enoch records:
If Jude does literally reference a citation from the Book of Enoch then it would probably be to serve some point or denote an emphasis. Most believers would not consider it unusual for a pastor or minister to quote from a non-inspired book at some point during a sermon or lesson. This can be done to make a point even without the speaker addressing the inspiration of that particular book.
G.H. Schodde took a positive view of these writings. He notes, "The Fathers all, with possibly the one dissenting voice of Tertullian, deny the canonicity of this book, and properly regard it as apocryphal..." In reference to Jerome he also records, "some going even so far as to deny the canonicity of Jude because he had dared to quote an apocryphal work."(5) Tertullian and Schodde may have been too generous in their claims. Many Protestant and Evangelical scholars have pointed this out. Jude could have been merely using a valid oral tradition and not necessarily the Book of Enoch. Here are some of the events Enoch records:
Enoch 1:9, And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of ‹His› holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy ‹all› the ungodly:
Enoch 6:1-2, And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. 2 And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.'
Enoch 7:1-6, And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. 2 And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: 3 Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. 4 And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured mankind. 5 And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. 6 Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.The Jewish Encyclopedia suggest that, "a cycle of Jewish legends about Enoch was derived, which, together with apocalyptic speculations naturally ascribed to such a man, credited with superhuman knowledge, found their literary expression in the Books of Enoch."(6) The Catholic Encyclopedia suggests that Jude "explicitly" quotes from Enoch.(7) These writings include references to similar Biblical concepts and doctrines as well that are debated to this day (e.g. son of man, messiah, Kingdom, angels and demons). In the Semeia Journal Carl Holladay notes that "the Son of Man in the Similitudes of Enoch, are not pre-Christian."(8) J.W. Drane in reference to Enoch and Esdras notes:
"There is no certainty that either of these books was actually written by the time of Jesus, and they are only known through relatively late texts that might in any case have been subject to later emendation and corruption. It is certainly not possible to use them with any confidence to show, for example, that the term 'Son of man' could have been a widely recognized title of any sort in the time of Jesus."(9)
1) Archer, G. L. (1998). A survey of Old Testament introduction (3rd. ed.].) (82). Chicago: Moody Press.
2) Stone, Michael. Jewish Virtual Library http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/apocrypha.html
3) Geisler, N. L., & Nix, W. E. (1996). A general introduction to the Bible (Rev. and expanded.) (262). Chicago: Moody Press.
4) Charles, R.H. Editor. (2004) Vol. 2: Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. (163). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
5) Schodde, George H. The Book of Enoch: Translated from the Ethiopic With Introduction and Notes. Andover: Warren F. Draper 1882 http://www.cimmay.us/pdf/schodde.pdf
6) Jewish Encyclopedia: Read more: http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=384&letter=E&search=Enoch#ixzz1YtCy1hxq
7) "The Book of Henoch (Ethiopic)." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 23 Sept. 2011<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01602a.htm>.
8) Holladay, Carl H. Robert Jewett, E. Society of Biblical Literature. (1984). Vol. 30: Semeia. (78). Decatur, GA: Society of Biblical Literature.
9) Drane, J. W. (2000). Introducing the New Testament (Completely rev. and updated.) (74). Oxford: Lion Publishing plc.


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Our grief work continues. Yesterday I attended the funeral service for our colleague Karen Haak, who died Sunday, March 15 at the age of 71. Karen was ordained in 1982. During her 30 plus years of active ministry, she served as associate pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, then chaplain at Mary Free Bed Hospital. She then found a call to interim ministry and served many congregations in this capacity including our congregations in Marshall, Coldwater, and Albion. She taught interim ministry, and also polity, which she loved. Elizabeth Candido was one of her polity students at Harvard Divinity School, when Karen was serving a church nearby. She served the Presbytery of Lake Michigan as interim executive presbyter from 2005 through 2007.
Chandler Stokes eloquently and powerfully addressed in his homily the struggles and inequities women pastors face. Karen was not shy about naming and challenging these double standards and advocating for a more just way. As interim pastor, she told truths which were hard to hear. To the end of her life, she loved the church which struggled to appreciate her gifts.
Today, nearly half or 27 of our 66 congregations are served by women pastors. We are blessed with the gifts these women bring in ministry. May we recognize and fully appreciate them. They are blessed by the pioneering witness of the women leaders who went before them, and paved the way for them. Karen Ann Haak was one champion among them. A memorial fund has been established at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids to honor her.
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Like a Mighty Oak Suddenly Fallen in the Forest.
So far, 2015 is requiring some significant grief work. I want to thank you all for your many cards, prayers, and expressions of support for me and my family. They are much appreciated. Soon after my return from attending my father-in-law's funeral, Larry Nelson, our Presbytery treasurer since 2009, reported feeling ill at the Budget & Finance committee meeting on February 3rd. He never got back to the office. It was a whirlwind of events. He thought he had the illness which was going around, then pneumonia when he did not get over it. He was then diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, with hopes of a lung transplant. But alas, his condition continued to deteriorate rapidly. Then, when we were still reeling from this rapid succession of news, he died Friday evening, March 6th. A funeral service, a witness to the resurrection, and celebration of Larry's life, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14 at the Edwardsburg Presbyterian Church where he served as a treasurer for many years.
It feels like a the crashing of a mighty oak leaving a gaping hole in the canopy of our forest, we grieve his lose in our lives. We are blessed in this Presbytery with talent. We will be ok. Others have the needed skills. Only let us grieve the lose of the character of this man who has touched so many of us, whom so many of us loved and trusted. He was the most gentle, congenial, upbeat, humble, Presbyterian with whom I've had the privilege of working. That string of adjectives does not normally get associated with Presbyterians. We are protesters by name, trained to analytically critique everything! Presbyteries are filled with egos. We have a Scottish and Dutch heritage of being rather dour, and tight with money. Larry understood faithfully the purpose of those gifts entrusted to the church are for the purpose of giving them away, spending them to make a difference in people's lives, not to keep them in an account in some bank so we can feel secure. We are not really all that, but Larry was a glowing exception. I will miss his consistent greeting when I popped into his office uninvited, intruding, interrupting his train of thought. "Hello, John," he would say in a welcoming, uplifting voice with an accompanying smile expressing his joy for my presence. Every time! What a special gift that was. That's what I will miss. We have much to grieve, much to celebrate.
Yet, we will carry on. The Nominating Committee is assembling a Search Team for a new Presbytery treasurer. As soon as they get organized, a notice will be made with position description, and how to apply, and all that. The Edwardsburg Church will as well. In the meantime, Leslie has forwarded to the CPA firm the files Larry had dutifully prepared for the scheduled annual review. Bob Kleine will be coming in to the office to review the work of our bookkeeper, and help us close February and March. Tedd Oyler, a former B&F chairperson, now a Leadership Team member, and Marilyn Benson, our former treasurer, stand ready to help in any way they can. We have good, good people who care. We are blessed and will be ok! God will provide, and will forgive us for being a little grumpy. Pray that we recognize God's provision. God is tapping someone on the shoulder. Let me know if that's you or someone you know. And let us be as kind and gentile with him or her as Larry was with us.
Larry's Obituary copied from the CaringBridge blog set up by his granddaughter, Jessica:
Larry R. Nelson
June 17, 1943 – March 6, 2015
Larry R. Nelson, 71, of Three Rivers, born in Akron, Ohio, and formerly of the Edwardsburg-Niles area, as well as Wichita and Hutchinson, Kansas, died peacefully Friday, March 6 at 6:38 pm in Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids after a short struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Larry was the son of Ralph M. and D. Jane (Lagerberg) Nelson. Larry lived a full and healthy life, loving his family, God, church, friends, lakes, boats, books, music, his mountain dulcimers, cats, dogs, travel, lighthouses, and nature. He earned his master's degree in accounting from Wichita State University and excelled as a CPA and business man, co-founding two plastics extrusion companies--Liberty Industries in 1976 in Elkhart, Indiana, and Blue Chip Rubber and Plastics in the 1990's in Niles, Michigan. In his "retirement," Larry worked part time as Treasurer of the Presbytery of Lake Michigan in Kalamazoo and realized a dream by opening the Stray Dog Bookshop in Three Rivers, selling used and collectable books. In addition to collecting books, he collected friends, who were enriched by knowing him. Larry is survived by his wife of 40 years, Nickola Wolf (Nicki) Nelson. He said personal goodbyes to each of his three children, David (Elizabeth) Nelson (son, Jamie), Nichole (Karen Bivins) Nelson (children, Jessica "Lynnie" [great grandson, Aiden], Justin, Jess Jr., Jonathon, Julie, Jaden, and Josie), and Clayton (Tracie) Nelson (children, Katelynn, Bradley, Clayton, and Cody). He is also survived by his two sisters, Linda (Ron) Kassner and Mary Beth "Charlie" Nagle, as well as beloved nieces and nephews of two generations. They shared the wonderful Nelson sense of humor, deep faith in God, and love of music. Visitation with the family will be 4-6 pm, Friday, March 13, at Edwardsburg Presbyterian Church, where he served as Treasurer and Elder for many years. Donations may be made to the church. A memorial service will be held, Saturday, March 14, at 11 am at the church, 68961 Lake Street, in Edwardsburg. Paul Mayhew is in care of arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caringbridge.org/visit/larrynelson2 .
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The Corpses' Blue Suit
Date of Joke: Thursday, 17th January, 2002
The widow takes a look at her dear departed one night before the funeral and, to her horror, finds that he's in his brown suit. She'd specifically said to the undertaker that she wanted him buried in his blue suit; she'd brought it especially for that occasion, and she was distressed that the mortician had left him in the same brown suit he'd been wearing when the lightning bolt hit him. She demanded that the corpse be changed into the blue suit she'd brought especially for that purpose.


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A new official collection produced by Dutch football brand, COPA, is here and it joins a great range. This time it's FC Barcelona.
This is a new retro collection designed and produced under the official license of the Catalan club. Barca is "més que un club" and is very proud of their history and unique identity.
The first part of the collections consists of four retro shirts, a Barca captain shirt and a 'My First Football Shirt' for younger fans. The collection has been designed to take you back to relive the rich history of FC Barcelona.
The classic shirts are based on their first official shirt in 1899 and different historical shirts from the 70's and 80's.
All of the products are produced and manufactured to the highest quality and are provided in luxury gift boxes.
The collection can be found at copafootball.com, in the COPA flagship store in Amsterdam and via selected retailers.


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Hannity No Longer Skeptical About Ed Klein's Anonymous Sources
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It appears that Sean Hannity and Ed Klein have patched up their differences in order to peddle Klein's new anti-Obama book.
Klein appeared on Hannity's radio and Fox News shows to promote The Amateur, a re-packaging of several previously discredited conservative complaints about Obama. Like Klein's other books The Amateur boasts anonymously sourced, inaccurate anecdotes that are often too good to be true.
Apparently a taped audio interview conducted by Klein with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a Hannity obsession for years, was enough to rekindle the Klein-Hannity alliance, as seen in this clip from the May 16 of Fox's Hannity:
Hannity appears willing to accept Klein's anonymously sourced writing, despite his own previous skepticism of Klein's methods.
In 2005 Hannity questioned Klein about the insinuation in his book The Truth About Hillary that Bill Clinton raped Hillary Clinton. Hannity was skeptical of such an incendiary claim based on one source and asked, "Is one anonymous source enough, then, to go to print with something like that?" Klein initially responded that "it's one source who I checked out very carefully," then claimed "sometimes I had several sources."
Later in the interview Hannity discussed Klein's habit of using innuendo to question Hillary Clinton's sexual orientation, noting that "there's no evidence," asking, "Is it fair? Do you consider her daughter in all of this?" Klein replied that "she's given all kinds of signals that her sexuality is in question."
In 2007 Klein was a guest on Hannity & Colmes to promote his book Katie: The Real Story, about anchor Katie Couric. Hannity had concerns about the salacious nature of the book, asking Klein (via Nexis), "Two little girls. They don't have a father. I couldn't write a book like this about somebody's personal life. Why -- why did you want to write this? Why is that important to you?" Klein's response was that "this is one of the great stories in journalism today."
Later in the interview Hannity said, "Why don't we stay, though, on the issues of pointing out her bias, her on-air performance and ignore the personal side of things, considering, you know what? I sort of feel that's off bounds."
These uncomfortable interviews with Hannity apparently led Klein to lampoon him in his terrible novel The Obama Identity: A Novel (Or Is It?). In the book Klein describes Hannity as a buffoon who praises a 9-11 truther as a "great American."
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Finally a new post! What a week - busy busy! Here is a card I made for a couple of challenges. I love the pinks and browns.
This card fulfills the challenge at 2 Sketches 4 You for following this sketch by Kazan Clark:
It also fulfills the color challenge at Our Creative Corner.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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Flyers end road slump with win over Jetsby Patrick Williams
WINNIPEG – The Philadelphia Flyers had everything working against them heading into a meeting with the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday night.
But the Flyers wiped away conventional wisdom and churned out a workmanlike 3-2 win at MTS Centre.
The Flyers, 1-6-0 on the road this season before meeting the Jets and on the second game of a six-game road trip, arrived in Winnipeg early Tuesday morning after a long trip following their latest road setback against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Before facing the Jets, Philadelphia had lost four consecutive road games since recording its only road victory Jan. 26 against the Florida Panthers. Center Sean Couturier did not continue on the Winnipeg leg of the trip after sitting out the loss at Toronto, where Flyers coach Peter Laviolette had pulled goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.
But Philadelphia (6-7-0) received goals from Brayden Schenn, Kimmo Timonen and Tye McGinn in front of a 24-save night from Bryzgalov in a rebound effort from Monday. Philadelphia held the hosts to six shots in the third period while Jakub Voracek chipped in two assists. Voracek has posted six points over his past six games.
"What I really liked about it was that it was 60 minutes of committed hockey," Laviolette said.
Opponents have outscored the Jets 14-7 in the first period this season, but Andrew Ladd notched two goals for Winnipeg (5-6-1), including a tally in the final minute to pull the club within a goal. Ladd also recorded a two-goal game against the Flyers in Winnipeg last season.
"There's got to be desperation right from the outset," Ladd said of the Jets. "Especially [against] a team that comes in here on a back-to-back, you [have] got to have the killer instinct, you know, jump on them early, and stay on them, and not give them any life. I thought we had a great start, and we allowed them to creep their way back in the game, and we couldn't get that extra push."
With Dustin Byfuglien's return to the Winnipeg line-up after a five-game absence with an undisclosed injury, the Jets staged an energetic opening 10 minutes and controlled the game's pace. But the Flyers put up two goals on their first six shots against Jets back-up goaltender Al Montoya. Back in net after posting a road shutout against the Ottawa Senators Feb. 10, Philadelphia victimized Montoya with two goals, missed a point-blank chance and nearly scored on a breakaway over the final 12 minutes of the first period.
"I didn't really care for the game," Jets coach Claude Noel said. "I thought we played in spurts. It's a game that we could have won, and we let it get away."
"We could have gotten a lot more 'A' games from our players, and we didn't," Noel continued. "We certainly need a lot more. We can't seem to get going. We can't seem to get on track. We can't seem to get consistent, cohesive play. It's good. It's in spurts. It's not. Why is that? That's what you're always searching to get."
Montoya departed the game after the second period with what the Jets termed a lower-body injury. Ondrej Pavelec, who has been battling the flu, replaced Montoya to start the third period. Noel would not disclose Montoya's prognosis afterward.
Bryzgalov countered Montoya in net and delivered a superb effort. Winnipeg rolled off a 7-1 shots advantage during a late second-period span while down a goal. But Bryzgalov held the Jets scoreless, including stopping Winnipeg's dangerous Evander Kane on three point-blank opportunities.
"I thought that [Bryzgalov] was sharp for us the entire game," Laviolette said. "I thought he was terrific tonight."
Winnipeg fans have made Bryzgalov a target of jeers inside MTS Centre, but Bryzgalov shrugged aside the reception.
"I hear it," Bryzgalov acknowledged. "They're not cheering anything bad. They're just cheering my name."
Bryzgalov's teammates noticed his work as well.
"He was outstanding," Voracek said. "I think he [has been] our best player early in the season."
Philadelphia grabbed a pair of one-goal leads to take a 2-1 advantage into the third period. McGinn greeted Pavelec with a goal 4:17 into the final period that provided Bryzgalov with late insurance.
Schenn made the Flyers' first shot of the game more than eight minutes into the game count. Voracek spun out of the right corner into the circle before flinging a soft shot on net that Schenn tipped high into the net for a 1-0 advantage at 8:07.
Montoya bounced back three minutes later, however, when Harry Zolnierczyk, recalled earlier in the day from the American Hockey League to replace Couturier, blocked Paul Postma's right-point shot attempt inside the Philadelphia blue line. Zolniercyzk raced in alone on Montoya, but the goaltender blocked a backhanded attempt with his left pad to hold the Philadelphia lead at one.
Ladd's team-leading fifth goal ended Philadelphia's lead later in the first period. Blake Wheeler muscled the puck into the left circle before distributing a pass into the slot that Ladd one-timed past Bryzgalov at 14:12.
The Jets' League-worst penalty kill has tormented Noel all season, and a Zach Redmond cross-checking penalty put Winnipeg in another hole late in the first period. Timonen extended his point streak to four games when he used the man-advantage to take back Philadelphia's lead when he took a bouncing puck at the point and ripped a shot that cut through slot traffic and through Montoya's pads.
Winnipeg's inability to close out scoring chances in the second period stalled their comeback bid, and Noel struggled to diagnose the problem.
"Is it urgency or it frustration from a lack of success in times that we had some point-blank shots?" Noel asked. "Does that drive frustration? Does that make you disappointed, make you frustrated? Those are all negative emotions. Is it urgency? It's hard to say.
"You have to find ways to do the right things. We weren't able to do that consistency. You can look at it and say that it's urgency, but I'm not so sure it's that. I would have liked to have seen us have more 'A' games, and that's more the area for me [to] make assessments there."
McGinn finished off the Jets early in the third period when he deflected Voracek's right-side pass past Pavelec. McGinn also bested Jets defenseman Mark Stuart in a second-period fight and won praise from Laviolette.
"He has been such a nice addition to our line-up," Laviolette said of McGinn. "He comes in, he's big, he's strong, he finishes his checks. He fights once in a while. He scores goals. He sticks up for his teammates."
The Flyers will continue their road trip Friday evening against the New Jersey Devils as they look to undo some of the damage that their early-season road struggles have created.
"We're playing desperate hockey," Flyers captain Claude Giroux said. "It's great to walk out with a win, but it's one win."


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[np_storybar title="Need For Speed Rivals" link=""]
Score: 7.5/10
Platform: PlayStation 4 (reviewed), Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC, and Xbox One
Publisher: Ghost Games
Release: November 15 on PS4, Nov 19 on 360, PS3, PC and Nov. 22 on Xbox One
It's hard to hate Need For Speed Rivals.
But it's also hard to love it.
The game brings a solid, core competency in every aspect of its arcade racing base, while introducing interesting new online features.
Unfortunately, these features never quite gel to their full potential.
Rivals is the latest game in the annualized Need For Speed franchise, and is yet another game that attempts to match the open world-arcade style racing introduced (and some would argue perfected) in 2008's Burnout Paradise. This entry also borrows from the more linear Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit from 2010, focusing on the "rivalry" between the a group of ultra-elite street racers and their hyper vigilant supercop counterparts.*
What this means is that you cruise around an open-ish world as either a cop or a racer playing through a series of challenges either to win races or time trials (as a racer) or to pursue and bust illegal street racers (as a cop). The open world here is fairly limited. The entire thing feels less crafted for exploration and cool stunts, and more as a series of roads that offer scenic backdrops to intense races.
On the one hand, this offers a more even experience than many open-world racers. You'll never accidentally slam into five sharp turns in a row like you might in Burnout Paradise. On the other hand, the world feels like you've figured it out pretty early on: you know exactly the kind of driving you're going to do from one end of the map to the other.
And that driving is good! Every car offers an intense feeling of speed, especially when you employ different gadgets and upgrades to make the car go faster. Tropes from early Burnout games such as driving in oncoming traffic to power up your boost meter seem to have simply slipped into the arcade racer language now, and happily work perfectly in the world of Rivals.
If you notice I'm mentioning Burnout a lot, its because it really feels as if the Burnout DNA has been firmly transplanted into the Need For Speed franchise. This is partially because Burnout always had a much stronger sense of identity than Need For Speed ever did, and partially because EA seems to have basically put the Burnout team in charge of the franchise.
The process started in 2010 with Hot Pursuit, which was developed by Burnout creators Criterion, and has continued through at least half of the NfS releases since then. The creation of Ghost Games, made up of the bulk of the Criterion studio, for the development of Rivals seems to solidify this.
To a certain extent this is a good move. Burnout was always more interesting than the blah-nothing of Need For Speed, and the only notable thing that NfS does that doesn't really mesh with the Burnout style is the use of real car models in the game, something which isn't that obtrusive.
The other somewhat essential part of the Need For Speed formula (in that it appears in about half the games) is the interplay between cops and racers. That trope, fits with Burnout's smash and blast style quite well.
It's in this base level interplay between racers and cops, and racers and other racers that the game shines best.* There are lots of options to interact with other people on the road, and inching your way through the pack, or away from the cops by using a series of different gadgets gives an excellent sense of victory.
That said, it's a sense of victory which plays out far better against other people than against the numerous computer opponents that dot the virtual world. To fill your game with real-life opponents, Rivals uses a system called "All Drive" that loads a session full of online racers into you game. In theory, this is a prime way to juice up the world. In practice the results are more mixed.
When you are interacting with other people in All Drive, the experience is great. You are clashing with each other in unpredictable ways and the racing experience is almost always enhanced by it. Yet the world is slightly too big and the number of All Drive players (six) is slightly too small, and for the most part everyone seems to be doing their own thing in their own little corner of the world.
What this means is you'll often see a human racer screaming down the road the other direction with four cops on his tail, but far less often will you actually race them or chase them. People stick to their own thing mostly, despite the fact that the game rewards you for being near other players and you don't have the option of turning the PlayStation camera's mic off while racing.**
And, unfortunately, because All Drive doesn't use dedicated servers on PS4, whenever the host player quits, the rest of the racers in the session have to go through a 20-40 second "host migration process." This means that every 10- to 15-minutes or so, the game will just stop for 20-40 seconds, even if you are in the middle of a race or chase.***
Which is to say that despite the fact that the core driving is enjoyable in Rivals, you really kind of have to work for your fun in the game. Which is a shame, because when everything is working all together, you're streaking through a pack of racers with two cops on your tail and then just barely dodge through another player's high speed chase at an intersection, the whole thing feels transcendent.
This is a good base. If Ghost continues on this path, Need For Speed might actually have an identity to build on in this brave new console generation.
This review was played on a retail PlayStation 4 system.
* The rivalry is also played out in short voice and text snippets between "chapters" of challenges and spoken with a seriousness equal only to its ridiculousness and is possibly one of the most hilarious things about the game. Since it doesn't seem to be played for laughs, and weighs exactly zero on the actual driving portions of the game, you have to wonder what exactly the "story" is for.
** If you have the PlayStation Camera and don't want other people in the All Drive hearing you, a quick way to "mute" yourself is to create a "party" with only you in it. You won't be able to hear anyone else and no one else will be able to hear you.
*** We haven't had any time with other versions of the game, so this is just speculation, but this problem seems like something that the Xbox One's built-in dedicated servers and cloud compute could help solve.


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Add another tally to Disney stars that have posed nude, as Ashley Tisdale is baring it all for Allure's May issue.
]]>Miley Cyrus' ill-fated Vanity Fair shoot, in which she posed with just a blanket for famed photog Annie Leibovitz. The VF photo shoot sparked quite a bit of controversy for the then 15-year-old Cyrus, who later issued the following statement: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about." As for Tisdale, she's hoping to shed her squeaky clean image. "I'm 25, almost 26, but people think of me as much younger because I look young," she says. "Being in this shoot was me saying, 'I'm not just the young girl everybody thinks I am. I'm actually a woman.'" When it comes to professionally photographed nudies (not you, Vanessa Hudgens), we're thinking Tisdale wins this round. What about you? Vote in our poll below.


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A look at the first results from Quality of Service Matchmaking in it's first two weeks, including an explanation of Ping in Gears 4
Gnashers Only Raven Down 24/7 arrives this weekend alongside the return of 4 Locust Packs and our third Community Gnasher!
We've heard your feedback and tomorrow - June 23rd 2017 - we'll be releasing new updates to the Gnasher. Dive into the article for all the details.
Microsoft Stores and The Coalition announce retail store tournaments October and November for Gears of War 4!
Introducing our new Video Series: Gear In The Machine! Join us as we bring you behind the scenes to give you an in-depth curtain lifting look at Gears of War 4.
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Ephyra is the capital city of the Coalition of Ordered Governments. The city rests on the granite-based Jacinto Plateau, which meant it was spared during the COG's Hammer of Dawn attacks that decimated most areas that could be accessed by Locust. However, the city was seized nine years later when Marcus' dereliction of duty allowed the city to fall to the Locust. He was imprisoned in Jacinto Maximum Security Prison.
The island of Azura is a secret research facility where the COG hides all its most valuable citizens; they began this during the Pendulum Wars. Ten years after Emergence Day, Adam Fenix's death was faked and he was abducted by Chairman Richard Prescott to work on the Imulsion Countermeasure in Azura. The island was kept safe from intruders mainly due to the Maelstrom Barrier, which created an artificial hurricane around the island so no one knew it was there. However, the Locust eventually found Azura and slaughtered all its residents, except Adam Fenix who was captured by Myrrah. Delta Squad eventually found Azura as well and protected Adam long enough so he could activate the Imulsion Countermeasure, which killed the Locust, Lambent and Adam. Ultimately, Azura is the battlefield where the COG finally defeated the Locust and Lambent.
Sofia Hendrick is the ethical compass of Kilo Squad in Gears of War: Judgment. Formally an anti-COG journalist for The New Ephyran, she enlisted in the Coalition of Ordered Governments only hours after Emergence Day began. However, she didn't start out as a Private. Due to her intellect, she became a cadet at the prestigious Onyx Guard Academy in Halvo Bay, but her officer studies were cut short when the Locust attacked the city. She joined Kilo Squad and assisted them in launching the Lightmass Missile to kill General Karn, even though it would mean being tried for treason by Colonel Ezra Loomis. She was eventually pardoned and deserted the COG army with Garron Paduk shortly afterwards. She was later kidnapped by COG soldiers. Her whereabouts are unknown.
The Booshka is a Union of Independent Republics grenade launcher that's capable of firing three successive projectiles to blanket a small area with explosive firepower. Its name is Gorasni for "Boom".
Maulers resemble Boomers in size, but they're much faster when they charge their foes. They carry a flail and a Boom Shield, so always be sure to keep a distance from them.
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Friday, October 15, 2010
RIP Simon McCorkindale
'Falcon Crest' player suffered from liver, bowel cancer
By Mimi Turner
Oct 15, 2010, 02:51 PM ET
LONDON – "Falcon Crest" actor and longtime British star Simon MacCorkindale has died at the age of 58 after a long struggle with cancer, his agent Max Clifford said Friday.
MacCorkindale, who played British lawyer Greg Reardon in the eighties soap -- which also starred Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas and Mel Ferrer -- also appeared in "Death On The Nile" and spent six years on the British medical drama "Casualty."
The actor died Thursday night surrounded by his family in a private Harley Street clinic.
He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer four years ago, which had later spread to his liver.
His wife, the actress Susan George, said he had fought valiantly against the ravages of the disease.
"He fought it with such strength, courage and belief. Last night, he lost this battle, and he died peacefully in my arms..to me, he was simply the best of everything, and I loved him with all my heart."
MacCORKINDALE, Simon
Born: 2/12/1952, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, U.K.
Died: 10/14/2010, London, England. U.K.
Simon MacCorkindale's western - actor, producer:
Queen of Swords (TV) - 2001 (Cpt. Charles Wentworth)
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Cellsvich currently opened a new bar around the city, providing a more comfortable and a large variety of drinks than the normal, while also being the perfect place for parties and such.
The bar can be found to the right of Risu's bar and also the Church, being the middle house on the image below:
Those that also wish to make a party in the bar (for whatever reason), should inform me beforehand so it can be organized. My Discord is Lonestar#8191.


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Cool off this weekend with this Frozen Hot Chocolate!
Recipe: Frozen White Chocolate Hot Chocolate (Adapted from Epicurious)
- 6 half-ounce pieces of high quality white chocolate
- 2 Tbs half and half
- 1 envelope store bought hot chocolate mix
- 1 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3 cups ice
- Whipped cream (optional)
- Chocolate shavings (optional)
Place the white chocolate pieces and the half and half into a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 1 minutes, stopping to stir half way through. Continue to heat until melted and smooth. Add the cocoa and sugar, stirring constantly until thoroughly blended. Remove from heat and slowly add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
In a blender place the remaining cup of milk, the room temperature chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a cup and top with homemade whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
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Distinct…eye-catching…daringly different! This unique approach to image selection and range creation is what makes Almanac the stand out boutique card publisher in the UK.
Purchased in 2008 it offers a fresh identity to the ranges within The Great British Card Company. Its' core style and association with high quality art. Along with a growing success for the everyday ranges, it has developed a strong reputation within the charity card sector and again has built long-standing relationships with some of the UK's best-known charities such RNLI and The World Wildlife Fund.
Ranges include:
Animal Magic. Almanac Art. Thread Drawn. Maddy McClellan. Indian Summer. Ken Eardley. Shawn St Peter. Ailsa Black. Barry Goodman. Copper Tree. Gaia. Heavenly Creatures. Hobby Horse. Moda. Motif. Natural History Museum. Nicholas Hely Hutchinson. Almanac Notelets. Over the Rainbow. Perennial. Rodgie Humour. Sporting Life. Susie Perring. Wildlife Colourfoil.


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From here, I can see the whole city spread out before me like an ant's nest stamped open by an angry boot.
Tiny figures scutter to and fro below – hungry for power, thirsty for revenge, or just trying to reach the end of their day in one piece. Some happy, some hungry, some in despair, some plotting - and all utterly unaware of my existence.
From my position high above the Square, I watch them, observe them, feed off them.
It's what I - and my kind - have always done.
Once, our grinning grimaces could only be found high on the spires of churches – supposedly as a momento mori that the wages of sin were death, and worse in the ever after. But we're living in an increasingly secular world, so we had to branch out to get our sustenance.
Now, we grace the citadels of capitalism and churches devoted to greed and consumption. The pickings are much richer.
From my spot atop the city's most exclusive hotel, I survey the big house where lawmakers talk endlessly, stage petty theatrics and issue edicts that most of them will never obey.
The building itself is of no interest to me. Its energy is dulled by a miasma of damp, flaccid words floating over its roof.
But the Square in front of it, that's a different matter. Emotion bounces off it like a manic pinball machine, like the ones I spent hours playing during my misspent youth. Before I became.
Sometimes, when music or laughter fills the air, my clawed feet shrink back and connect with the ground, like they did back them, long decades ago. Other times, the red mist of outrage takes my transformation one step further.
Sometimes, when music or laughter fills the air, my clawed feet shrink back and connect with the ground, like they did back them, long decades ago. Other times, the red mist of outrage takes my transformation one step further.
Last night was a good night. Anger was already buzzing in the air as the Square filled with the disillusioned carrying home-made banners and chanting their frustration like a mantra. I licked my stiffening lips in anticipation.
A rush of excitement as a group of black-clad men with flags on suspiciously thick flagpoles marched in. A shift in the air, like a haze of hate, hit me from the street below, bringing with it the metallic scent of violence. My nostrils twitched, and I felt a flutter beneath my bent-over shoulder blades.
A new scent joined the cocktail. A blaze of light and heat exploded at the feet of armoured police snaking their way across the Square. My spirits soared as the fires of hostility burned brightly and angrily. And although their flames and anger dissipated after a while, it was not before I had drunk my fill and grown stronger than before.
Yes, last night had been a good night. I had fed well.
A few more nights like that, and I could finally be strong enough to spread my leathery wings, release my grip on the marble precipice and break free.
Just a few more nights…


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Nowaday, Hong Kong singer and actor Edison Chen has taken his popularity one step higher by his scandal photos (the 1st scandal I heard would be his nude photo in friendster, which had been deleted before I get into it. But nevermind, these new pictures are more valuable than those non-celebrity craps). Using V.K Lingam (Datuk Chua Sok Lek cannot rely,so he's out) infamous phrase which is a formula for me 😛 "He looks like a playboy, acts like playboy, and 100% he is a playboy". This is gonna be the highlight incident of this year, not even Olympic can surpass it.
The hero of the scandal is….. still have to guess?
There are 3 heroins in the scandal, which are
1. Gillian Chung (notable for singer duo Twins, and also cried like your mum after being shot some nude photos during her 2006 concert in Malaysia, now she's total nude! woohoo!) Click here for her crybaby interview in 2006. Twins band was destroyed by her action, no more children and teenagers would recognize them as cute idols, but a sex icon. What is her shameful act responds gonna be? Crying? Attempting suicide? Anymore creative?
2. CeCilia Cheung (an infamous actress, who married to Nicholas Tse and had a baby) I wonder how's her husband gonna respond. For now, only the furnitures' position in the photos looked identical with Edison's Chen furnitures in his house. I can't see where's Edison in the photos..
3. Bobo Chan (she's not as famous as the 2 celebrities above because she only starred in a very few drama series, the only drama series I watched was Aqua Heroes which is about swimming) She performed oral sex on Edison Chen!! I want it badly if I have a chance…. 😛 Joking!
Have you noticed all of the their surname 1st alphabet is C? It's [C]oincidently…
Okay, they denied all the rumours (assume they're like V.K Lingam "He looks like me, he sounds like me, but I'm not 100% sure if he is me" not like Chua Sok Lek "It's me" =.= see what's happened to him,resign…). But expert photographers stated that the photos were true (without photoshopped). Why would Edison take the videos of him doing sex with other celebrities? We all know he wanted to record it for his memorable moments with other celebrities. But now he's in trouble, letting third party to get the photos and this's gonna ruin his life (claimed that the guy who repaired his computer secretly stored the pictures). Since he's in trouble, we can't do anything but to search for his sex scandal photos.
Click more below for his scandal photos with the celebrities stated above. Anyway I don't recommend you to see these except you're a pervert and now mouth watering. (Yeah I am 😀 , but I like sharing instead of it.) Don't click the links if you feel guilty to your idols being caught nude in the photos. (At your own risk.)
1. Link 1
2. Link 2 Photos contain the evidences to support the realness.
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Sunday Morning Chill Vibes. I loooooove waking up early while the house is quiet and getting some extra "me" time. It's a way to honor myself and to feel more balanced. I'm working on having morning and night rituals so that I can be more present and more in tune with what I need to thrive. I know that it's about me making mindful choices about what I do when I wake up and what I do when I get ready for bed. So I'm starting today!
My morning ritual is:
- To wake up with a grateful heart
- Sip on some warm lemon water
- Meditate, diffuse essential oils and then write my intentions for the day
- Eat a good breakfast and indulge in my coffee
- Laugh more
My night routine will be:
- Enjoy my vino & listen to some good music while cooking or working in the garden
- Diffuse my essential oils
- Zoe and I to give eachother scalp massages
- Lock myself in my bathroom for a little selfcare
- Put my phone away an hour before bed
What are some things you incorporate to get your mind right? Sharing is caring.
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