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MAFS' Mick Describe's Jess' Family's Wedding Behaviour
Jessika Power and Mick Gould have had a number of problems in their relationship since they began their "marriage" on this season of Married At First Sight but the one thing that really put the last nail in the coffin of their relationship was Mick's comments about Jess' family.
Well that and the fact that Jess has been flirting her way around the MAFS dinner party table…
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The fight that ensued during Mick's home-stay last week at his friend Broxy's house saw Mick make a number of inappropriate comments about Jess' family and their behaviour at the wedding, leaving Jess furious at her partner.
"He said that my father was a drunk and then proceeded to call my brother a f*ck head and then said my sister and best friend were c***s," Jess had explained on the show.
"There was actually worse things he said to me in that fight that weren't shown on camera because they were so derogatory," Jess also told Kyle and Jackie O during an interview last week.
While the experts told Mick off during the commitment ceremony last night for speaking ill of Jess' family, Mick today defended his words about Jess' family on the Kyle and Jackie O show.
Mick told us that he wanted the chance to explain what really happened and to tell his side of the story.
"You want to know the truth about that night at Broxy's house don't be shy to call me again," Mick told us.
"We want to know the truth now, what is the truth?" Kyle asked.
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Mick then detailed the behaviour that he witnessed from Jess' family at their wedding that left him absolutely disgusted.
"So we've discussed what her family did at the wedding, and you know the brother raised fists to a girlfriend of mine…was all over my sister on the dance floor pretending to strip off," Mick claimed.
"The father abused everyone after he got cut off the grog and my mother and uncle, who's terminally ill, rung me up basically crying the next day saying how the father had been overly aggressive towards people, all women, at a table, slamming the table and carrying on like a pork chop and being physically intimidating.
"And the bridesmaids, bloody heaven forbid you get a laugh out of them," he continued. "And it turns out one of them's had so much plastic surgery that she can't actually smile."
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Mick then said that he had explained to Jess that he didn't like this type of behaviour over the course of their relationship and she had initially agreed with him. It wasn't until they were at Mick's friend's house that night that she expressed that she was upset about it.
"The night at Broxy's house, she agreed with it all and said, 'Yeah my brother acts like an idiot when he's around my father, the father is a drunk and wasn't in my life for 20 years because he preferred drinking, and the bridesmaids think they're better than everyone'," Mick claimed.
"Let's say, 45 minutes later she drinks a full bottle of red wine and all of a sudden the cameras were off her and she starts crying and carrying on. And I'm like, 'Mate you just agreed with everything."
Jess then came on the air and fired back at Mick to say that this was completely false.
"That's some major allegations," Jess said.
She claimed that her family were the ones disgusted at Mick's behaviour at their wedding.
"They didn't like Mick because the second that I met Mick he was all over me, slapping my ass, being very very hands on and my family didn't like it," she said.
"There's always three sides to a story, his side, my side and the truth," she continued. "I didn't want to slander any body but Mick's obviously into that because he's obviously hurt from being cheated on on national television. I get that. I understand you're hurt. But you don't need to start throwing around allegations around about people's family's."
Ouch! We don't think these two are ever going to see eye to eye…

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When a very large baby is left on the steps of Town Hall, the villagers decide to raise the girl as their own. Oversized, but not under loved, Valentine wonders if there's a match for her anywhere in the world.
Mom has a new friend who comes around a lot. Why do I have to like him? His name is Dan, just like the stinky kid at my school.It's not easy for a young boy or girl to handle a new friend in their parent's life. But when they all go on a road trip together, things begin to look a little better.
Its dinner time and Grandma is cooking! Children will learn how to say the names of different kinds of foods and drinks in Spanish!
What is your favorite day of the week? In this fun story, something important happens each day! But on Saturday, this family has fun! Learn the days of the week in Spanish!
This brilliant picture book adaptation of the first hit song of John Denver is all about roots, family, and country. Set in Appalachia, a humorously diverse bunch of relatives and their in-laws go up, down and around the hills of West Virginia to converge by car, pickup, and motorcycle to a family reunion at Grandma and Grandpas country home. True to Appalachian style, Canyon portrays it all as if on a quilt, complete with little stitches between the fabric.
All around the world in cities, towns, and villages, clothes are washed. Smelling Sunshine captures some of the special moments of this day-to-day chore -- a wonderful, heart-warming time shared between parent and child and an experience young readers will relate to.
Amiqqaq is excited when his family catches a bowhead whale. As his family prepares to celebrate the traditional I_±upiaq whaling feast, Amiqqaq learns about the spirit-of-the-whale.


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The Trump administration announced Monday that it has canceled proposed limits on the number of endangered whales, dolphins and sea turtles that can be killed or injured by sword-fishing nets on the West Coast.
Although the restriction, proposed in 2015, was supported by both the fishing industry and environmental groups, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's fisheries division said studies show that the pending rule is not warranted because other protections have dramatically reduced the number of marine mammals and turtles trapped in long, drifting gill nets.
"The fishery has been under pressure for years to reduce its impact, and it has been very successful doing that," said Michael Milstein, a NOAA fisheries spokesman. "The cap would have imposed a cost on the industry to solve a problem that has already been addressed."
The decision brought immediate criticism from environmental groups that had joined the Pacific Fishery Management Council in an effort to further protect a variety of marine mammals and turtles.
The list included endangered fin, humpback, and sperm whales; short-finned pilot whales and common bottlenose dolphins; as well as endangered leatherback sea turtles, loggerhead sea turtles, olive ridley sea turtles and green sea turtles.
"The Trump administration has declared war on whales, dolphins and turtles off the coast of California," said Todd Steiner, director of the Turtle Island Restoration Network, which is based in Northern California. "This determination will only lead to more potential litigation and legislation involving this fishery. It's not a good sign."
Catherine Kilduff, a senior attorney for the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity, said the action is one of the first by the Trump administration to target protections for threatened species along the Pacific coast.
She noted that the president wants to dismantle other federal programs that protect endangered marine mammals.
The 14-member Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages fisheries in California, Oregon and Washington, recommended that the federal government adopt the restrictions in 2015.
Under the proposal, if any two endangered whales or sea turtles are killed or seriously hurt within a two-year period, the gill net fishery would be closed for up to two years.
The fishery also would be shut down if any combination of four short-finned pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins were seriously injured or killed within a two-year period.
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Physicians should be required to accept sick patients who live nearby — a remedy that would stop them from cherry picking the healthiest ones, some family physicians and health leaders say.
Ontario should follow the lead of the United Kingdom by mandating family doctors to accept patients who live in local geographic boundaries, said Dr. Tara Kiran, a family doctor from St. Michael's Hospital and associate scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.
"I very much think that we should be exploring in Ontario the concept of physicians being responsible for care for patients in certain catchment areas. This was perhaps challenging to do during a physician shortage but over the next decade we will have many more family doctors graduating," she said.
One of the most vexing issues in primary care reform is the large number of "unattached" patients. Many of these are high-needs patients who see doctors often because of multiple problems. They could be frail elderly patients or individuals with mental health and drug problems.
"In Toronto, finding a family doctor is difficult for a lot of patients, particularly if you have high needs," Kiran said. "Despite the fact that in Toronto we have actually a large number of physicians — both specialists and generalists — finding a family doctor is possibly just as difficult as it is or more difficult than in other areas."
According to one measurement on the health ministry's website, the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network has the highest number of unattached patients of all 14 LHINs in Ontario. Through its Health Care Connect program, the province was able to find doctors for 109,000 people, or 68 per cent those who registered with the service between 2009 and 2011. But in Toronto, doctors were found for only 35 per cent of those who registered.
Stacey Daub, CEO of the Toronto-Central Community Care Access Centre, which runs Health Care Connect locally, said the program's financial incentives aren't enough to encourage doctors to accept unattached patients and added that it is a good idea for physicians to be required to see local patients.
Some practices are moving in that direction on their own, Daub said, explaining that the CCACs help these practices by providing high-needs patients with care co-ordinators and community health services.


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Listen to this for some motivation and validation for artistic and humanitarian impulses:
It's Wynton Marsalis' doing a commencement speech and this links to an mp3.
PS: It seems their server crashed tonight. If the above doesn't work, try this. Scroll down a little to where it says:
AUDIO: Listen to Wynton Marsalis's full commencement address as he intended to give on June 19, 2009.
The video is not as good - it was raining and he cut his presentation short.
Monday, July 13, 2009
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"Purposeful Misinformation": How Right-Wing Media Are Smearing San Antonio's Proposed Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
August 02, 2013 11:13 am ET by Carlos Maza
"Ludicrous." That's how San Antonio City Councilman Diego Bernal described the effort by right-wing media outlets – including Fox News – to smear a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance aimed at combating bias against LGBT people.
On July 23, the right-wing website OneNewsNow published an article criticizing an effort by the San Antonio City Council to update its non-discrimination policy to include discrimination against LGBT people.
The updated policy would prohibit the city government and its contractors or vendors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation in employment. In addition, it would also prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in housing and places of public accommodation. It would also allow City Council members to consider a person's history of anti-LGBT bias when making appointments to boards and commissions, stating:
No person shall be appointed to a position if the City Council finds that such person has, prior to such proposed appointment, engaged in discrimination or demonstrated a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age, or disability.
That provision drew the ire of conservatives, who claimed that the ordinance was an attempt to limit Christians' freedom of speech.
Before long, several right-wing media outlets picked up on the controversy, with each new iteration of the story presenting even wilder claims about the ordinance's supposed threat to religious liberty.
WND claimed the measure would create a "permanent ban on participation in city government, business or employment" for anyone who "takes[s] the Bible at its word and follow[s] it." An editorial in The Washington Times accused the measure's backers of promoting "bigotry" against Christians and claimed it would restrict free speech, writing "George Orwell is alive and hiding in Texas."
The horror story eventually earned the interest of Fox News' resident anti-gay mouthpiece Todd Starnes, who on July 30 peddled the myth that people who merely attend a church that opposes gay marriage might be barred from public office.
By July 31, the story made its way on to Fox News' America Live, where conservative commentator David Webb condemned the measure as part of a "broader anti-religion effort" and warned that the "thought police" would be punishing people because of their personal religious beliefs:
None of this right-wing fearmongering was based in reality, of course. As City Councilman Diego Bernal explained during an interview with Equality Matters , the "by word or deed" language being seized upon by conservative media outlets only made explicit a power that the City Council already had:
The most important line in that is "no person shall be appointed to a position if the city council finds…" That's not automatic. That's not strict liability. The way that works is, if I'm going to appoint you to a board or a commission, the whole council still has to vote in you as a nominee, right? And my colleagues can vote for or against you for whatever reason they want. All that provision meant was, of the things you can consider are past deeds or words. But I can do that without that provision. I can not vote for you because I don't like your shoes… That's sort of the discretion authority that the council already has. And it's the current law. [emphasis added]
The proposed ordinance would have merely added bias against LGBT people to the list of "prior discriminatory acts" that the city council could consider when making appointments.
Still, Bernal decided to delete the "word or deed" section from the proposed ordinance in order to ameliorate unfounded concerns about free speech and religious liberty.
Bernal expressed his surprise at the conservative media's willingness to distort facts in order to gin up opposition to protections for LGBT people:
What's been the most difficult is that I am of the constitution that I am wired to understand when people disagree with me and I'm wired to understand when people disapprove of what I'm doing. I'm new to the concept of lying about something, of misrepresenting something, of twisting something. [emphasis added]
The San Antonio ordinance isn't the first time a local LGBT measure has been targeted by national conservative media outlets. In early 2012, when Hutchinson, Kansas, proposed a city non-discrimination ordinance to protect LGBT, Fox News' Starnes and Mike Huckabee smeared the measure, claiming it would undermine religious liberty. It was eventually defeated in a public vote.
Instead of focusing on important issues – like the prevalence of anti-LGBT discrimination, the effectiveness of non-discrimination policies, and the popularity of similar policies among Fortune 500 companies – right-wing media outlets hijack debates about civil rights by peddling fanciful horror stories about religious liberty. "Maybe I'm naïve but I was expecting to have a conversation on the merits. And I was prepared to defend the merits," Bernal said. "But we're not even having that conversation." He continued:
I don't mind people saying they disagree and listing the reasons why they disagree. And there's a very stately or gentlemanly way to do that. But I've been taken aback by the amount of purposeful misinformation and I find that to be very harmful. Because I believe that instead of saying "you should oppose this because of these reasons" or "you should oppose this based on moral or religious grounds," they're' saying if this passes it will result in this, and whatever this is isn't true. Whether it's keeping people off working commissions, disallowing them from running for council, or resulting in the arrest of Christians. That's ludicrous. That is ludicrous. So at any point someone speaks to the public or addresses the public and tells them that something will befall them that is not true, not only is it scary but it's dangerous. [emphasis added]
Washington Times Continues Baseless Attacks On San Antonio Anti-Discrimination Proposal
Right-Wing Media Spread Myth That San Antonio LGBT Rights Ordinance Would Ban Christians From Office


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Monday, February 25, 2008
Character 9, 10, 11, 12, 14
Character 14 - Nynia
Nynia is a level 10 mage with level 2 Energy Bolt added. Therefore she basically wasted skill points on them . She is very agile and dexterious for a mage ( 6str 4int 41 dex 18luk). So she should of chose hunter instead of mage.
Character 12 - Hnena
Hnena is a new crew member to PIE, aka Pirates of the Indous Eacomatis. She is extremely LAZY. She would try anything she can to get someone to do the job for her. Captain notices this and let Bo to take charge of her, to make sure she will get the job done.
Character 11 - Bo
Bo is a senior crew on the ship. He is blind and all his actions were guide by just listening. His loyalty toward the captain is far beyond brotherhood. When asked to do something, he gets his job "Done".
2-3 hours
Character 10 - Ruki
Ruki is in the special elite scout force to search for survivors from the alien invasion. He is sent out to search inside the ware house ruin for any sign of life
Character #9 - General Skullie
Skullie started out as a pawn. Being pushed around alot, he decided to be tough and strong. He kills and murder anyone in his way. Because of this ambition, he had made it to the General rank. His name has been spread not because he was strength, but it was him being the only one who had made it to the general rank with a novice axe. From that point on, no one had dared to call him Skullie.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Character #8
Character #8
Golden knight of the Valhalla - Longinus is the main guardian for the Ancient Temple of Valhalla. She prevents any trespasser into the temple, even the innocent will get executed on the spot. Make sure you dont get in her way
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Character 6 + 7
Character 7
Elf Hunter Rynn is Showing off with her legendary bow Rykious. Her main role in the elf Village Kelethin is to repel the novie orcs and kill down the annoying long grass.
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Character 6
"WhAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?" Angry Fisher Woman is having a horrible day, She caught Malvin in her right arm and cokes the poor fish to death =/.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Character #4 and #5
Character #5
"Wheeeeeeeereeeeee issss my Speeaarrrrrr?"
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missed two days =/ catching up
Character #4
Cop John O'Mighty is a Italian cop that never fails, where ever you go, he'll always appear infront of you.
Oh look, hes right behind you
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"Wheeeeeeeereeeeee issss my Speeaarrrrrr?"
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missed two days =/ catching up
Character #4
Cop John O'Mighty is a Italian cop that never fails, where ever you go, he'll always appear infront of you.
Oh look, hes right behind you
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Character #3
Alright, had time tonight to squeeze in a character of the day.
Character #3
Little girl was having fun with her imagination as being in the future military soldier. And all of a sudden a futuristic bug appears and is appalled by the little being.
roughly 3hours
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Character #2
Alright, need to start working on the thing me and my friend Garrett Hana are doing , basically its a 1 character per day for 100 days, 50guys and 50 girls and has to have a back story, full body short, but I had been busy with school work and coop lately, so unfortunately I wont be able to do one per day =/
I would say the Subwaygirl one is character #1 so this can be #2,
Character #2
This is takes place in a classic Human VS Robots era, where Humans are slowly taken out by the Robots during war. This assassin is named Kynn, who is a spy from the human side, sneaking into the Robot city called Robotopia (yay) to rescue hostages.
alright, this is #2, I'll try and do one more by the end of this week
roughly 4-5hours (idea influenced by Battle Angel Alita )
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Subway girl
Long story short, I saw this really pretty girl in the subway during rush hour today. She really looked like Iori from I's. I really wanted to get my sketch book out to sketch it down, but it was during rush hour, and she left with the crowd :( but anyhow, this is what I came up with
1hour speed paint
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I left the Podo out in the yard yesterday in the morning, and let it go all day. I didn't originally set it up to go that long, but it's pretty easy to stop it and start again without missing a beat. And that works out well because there's really no way to process that much time lapse all at once with my setup, so having two folders to start out with is just fine. For those who are interested, I've got my routine down to a science. No matter the time between photos in the lapse, I add them to my movie, edit so each lasts half a second, save the video, start a new project, then open that video and speed it up however much I feel like. And in the case of yesterdays, I repeat all but the last step, then make a new project out of both videos. I'm pretty quick at it now.
I really like how yesterday's long video came out. First it's overcast, then you see the sun, then it mostly clears, and finally the moon goes by at the end. So fun.
It was really foggy out this morning, which made for a fun walk, but the video was boring. Couldn't even tell it was a time lapse! Of course, I kept the selfie.
That was after the walk, though. Here's the first photo of the day, during the only few minutes when it was dark. It got bright out surprisingly fast.
The walking trail along the water, which is off to the right. See the bunny?
Heading back the other way, the road to the beach. This will remain when the ferry terminal comes, but the path above won't. I think.
Today's pretty squares.
Over at Mukilteo Beach, I stumbled upon this very Hitchcockian scene.
5.4 miles in 1:54, 12,215 steps
It was still foggy well into the morning and I decided to set the camera up in the back yard again to see what would happen. Turns out the sun going by is pretty interesting. Glad I was in the basement with the curtains drawn as it went by.
My first check for my blogging efforts came today! That's a fun milestone. I kinda want to get it framed.
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"Let's make a burrito!"
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Making the time lapse videos sounds complicated, I hope I can figure it out. You know how I am with new technology! I'll have AJ help me.
He better help!
He will roll his eyes at me, but he'll help. :)
Also this is the best video you've gotten, the moon at the end rocks.
I love those time lapse videos! Seeing the sun arc in just seconds is amazing!
Reminds me of one of my very favorite movies: THE TIME MACHINE - 1960 - starring
Rod Taylor.
Reminds me of one of my very favorite movies: THE TIME MACHINE - 1960 - starring
Rod Taylor.
I haven't seen that one. Just put it in my DVD queue!
It's s superb movie! The soundtrack is awesome as hell!
This is one of my favorite pieces of music of all.
This is one of my favorite pieces of music of all.


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GCSE results 2017/18
2018 GCSE Exam Results – Headline Figures
% of pupils who achieved a C or above in English and Maths
Attainment 8 Score (not available until national figures released by DfE)
Progress 8 Score (not available until national figures released by DfE)
% of pupils who achieved the English Baccalaureate Score 3.6
17%(9-4) 7% (9-5)
Westbourne Academy - Year 11 Exam Results (August 2018)
Another pleasing year of improvements in results for pupils at Westbourne Academy. Headline figures in maths and English compare well to national figures. It is particularly pleasing that there were thirteen students who achieved the challenging level 9 in mathematics. Out of a cohort of 184 students, 61% achieved a level 4 or above in English and maths compared to 58% in 2017.
Top performing student was Jessica Brett with three level 9s, four level 8's and a level 7. Gabriella Wingar made the most progress during her time at the academy.
Garry Trott, Principal at Westbourne Academy commented: "I would like to congratulate students and their parents on their GCSE achievements this year. Pupils faced more challenging examinations and many have risen to the increase in demand in expectations. I would also like to say well done to our staff, who worked with real dedication during a time of great uncertainty in terms of new examinations."
Pictured: Some of our pupils who achieved a Grade 9 in GCSE Maths
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Deploying converged infrastructure enables quick and easy installation of IT equipment in close proximity to data intensive applications in private cloud and converged IT environments.
InfraStruxure Life Cycle Services
SolutionsPre-configured data center infrastructure from the edge (1-2 racks) to the core of the data center (up to 20 racks -100KW) including power, cooling, racks and management. Scalable and adaptable physical infrastructure integrated on-site.
Value PropositionIntegrated assemble-on-site physical infrastructure solutions that provide seamless hardware compatibility and virtualization integration which enables IT rooms and data centers to adapt easily, efficiently and quickly to ever changing business requirements.
DifferentiationAPC by Schneider Electric introduced the first standardized, integrated system to hit the market in 2003 with rules based automated design tools and fast and easy software integration.
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InfraStruxure is the scalable and adaptable data center IT room architecture that dramatically reduces time and complexity from concept and design through installation. Power, cooling, racks, security and management components are conceived and tested as part of an integrated data center solution which is evident in the aesthetics, functionality and ease of management software integration. Additionally, Schneider Electric provides an infrastructure and physical management wrapper around the class leading converged infrastructure from Cisco and NetApp.
- Robust, flexible rack to quickly and easily install server and network devices, converged infrastructure
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- Reduced risk: pre-validated configurations help ensure proper deployment of the current applications on the new infrastructure
- Accelerated deployment: unified and standard architecture reduces transition downtime and management overhead
- Flexibility: a wide variety of applications and workloads is supported through proven hardware and software combinations
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Jaguars rookie corner Jalen Ramsey is 21-years-old. And if you don't believe me, take a look at this photo of his dinner on Sunday.
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Jaguars rookie corner Jalen Ramsey is 21 years old. And if you don't believe me, take a look at this photo of the dinner he consumed on Sunday.
Ramsey's college-kid feast consisted of Vienna sausage and hot sauce on a Styrofoam plate, Mike and Ikes, Cheetos and blue Powerade.
This is legitimately the most college meal possible. First off, the Cheetos are Flamin' Hot, an unhealthy snack that flies off the shelf at the deli at the low price of $1.49 before taxes. Then, you've got your blue Powerade—the most popular flavor among those in their early twenties. Throw in a candy that was probably on sale for like 50 cents, and you've got great items surrounding your main dish: Seven Vienna sausages.
Dinner was hitting tonight pic.twitter.com/wrt8MoLhOx— Jalen Ramsey (@jalenramsey) July 11, 2016
To top it all off, Ramsey couldn't even shell out a couple more dollars for paper plates. My man went Styrofoam. This is an absurd meal.
I'm sick just looking at this.
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My wife and I stopped at Cibo Rustico on the way home from our Mendocino wedding. We couldn't have picked a better place. The food was amazing and the service even better. We were seated immediately and greeted by the owner, Ray. We mentioned being newlyweds and we were treated like family with warmth and even an accordion serenade from the talented Steve (best rendition of "speak softly, love" I ever heard)!
Oh, the food was to die for. We had the spicy pepperoni and margarita pizzas and the meatball appetizer. So Good.
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Julia Pierson was sworn in as director of the Secret Service on Wednesday, making her the first woman to take the helm of an agency tarnished by scandal.
"Obviously, she's breaking the mold in terms of directors of the agency, and I think that people are all extraordinarily proud of her," President Obama told reporters at the Oval Office ceremony. "and we have the greatest confidence in the wonderful task that lies ahead and great confidence she's going to do a great job."
With the President holding the Bible, Vice President Joe Biden swore in the new Secret Service chief with Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano looking on.
"As Joe Biden already pointed out this person now probably has more control over our lives than anyone else, except for our spouses, and I couldn't be placing our lives in better hands than Julia's," Obama said after the ceremony.
Pierson had been serving as chief of staff to Director Mark Sullivan, who retired in February. He faced striking criticism after agents were caught in a prostitution scandal last year in Cartagena, Colombia.
Although this marks the first time a woman takes over as head the Secret Service, Pierson already had an impressive 30-year career in law enforcement. She served for three years in the Orlando Police Department before joining the Secret Service in 1983, according to Central Florida News.
She excelled in federal service, first as a special agent in Miami, and later protecting the President for four years before moving into upper management roles.
Beyond the protection of the President and other national leaders, the Secret Service also investigates financial fraud and counterfeiting. The agency has a $1.5 billion budget and employs 3,500 agents and 1,400 uniformed officers, reports The Washington Post.


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Simply turning up and finding a bed for the night is generally not a problem in Turkey, except in high season at the busier coastal resorts and larger cities such as İstanbul. Many places have internet booking services so you can reserve a room ahead if you want to be sure. Despite Turkey's buoyant economy, prices remain good value by most Western European standards, though İstanbul can be very expensive. In most of the larger coastal resorts, the big cities and well-touristed inland areas such as Cappadocia, a wide range of accommodation is available, from humble pansiyons (guesthouses) to five-star hotels. In relatively untouristed towns of the interior, however, there's often little choice between fleapits or four-star luxury.
Rooms are generally on the small side by European standards, with dim lighting and rarely enough power points. In the newer, three- to five-star establishments single rooms generally go for just over half the price of a double, since proprietors are well used to lone (male) business travellers. Rooms with en-suite bathrooms generally cost about 25 percent more than unplumbed ones; triples are also usually available, costing about thirty percent more than a double.
To avoid noise, pick a room away from main thoroughfares and/or an adjacent mosque. You won't cause offence by asking to see another room, and never agree on a price for a room without seeing it first. Though break-ins aren't the norm in Turkey, security should be at least a token consideration.
Hot water (sıcak su) is not always reliable, even in starred hotels, as the solar-powered systems ubiquitous in coastal resorts struggle to cope with demand – check to see if there's an electric back-up. Plumbers quite frequently pipe the taps up the wrong way round, so check that the tap that should be hot is not the cold! Bathtubs and sinks seldom have plugs, so bring a universal plug from home. Especially on the south and southwest coast, air conditioning (a/c) is found in most accommodation, even pansiyons, though some charge extra for this as electricity prices are so high. Double beds for couples are becoming more popular; the magic words are Fransiz yatak ("French" bed). Incidentally, in some conservative rural areas, hotel management may refuse to let a heterosexual couple share a room unless there is documentary evidence that they are married. A law exists to this effect, so it's no use arguing the toss.
Touts can be a nuisance in places on the backpacker trail (for example Cappadocia, Selçuk and Eğirdir), greeting weary travellers off the long-distance bus with offers of accommodation. It's best to ignore them and use the recommendations in this guide. If you do decide to check out the accommodation offered by a tout, make sure it's up to standard before accepting – there will be plenty more choice available.
Lift/elevator buttons can be a source of potential confusion. "Ç" stands for "call", a lit-up "K" means the car is already on your floor; an illuminated "M" means "in use"; "Z" stands for ground floor; and "A" means the mezzanine floor.
Turkish hotels are graded on a scale of one to five stars by the Ministry of Tourism; there is also a lower tier of unstarred establishments rated by municipalities. At the four- and five-star establishments expect to pay from €110–180 at the lower end of the scale to €200–500 for restored palaces or very upmarket boutique hotels. Two- or three-star outfits (€50–90) are more basic; no tubs in bathrooms and more spartan breakfasts, though in resort areas they may have a small pool, terrace and bar. The walk-in price of three-star and up hotels is always much higher than if it is pre-booked, but if the hotel is slack you may be able to negotiate a much better deal.
Boutique hotels are popping up all over the place, especially in restored old mansions in such places as Amasya, Cappadocia, Gaziantep, İstanbul, Mardin, Safranbolu and Urfa. However, the term is overused to market any accommodation that has been done up in a minimalist or modernist style, and prices vary widely accordingly.
The unrated hotels licensed by municipalities can be virtually as good as the lower end of the one-star class, and most have en-suite bathrooms, televisions and phones (€35–45). Others though, at the very bottom end of the market, will have a basin in the room but shared showers and (squat) toilet down the hall, with prices ranging between €20 and €30. Most solo female travellers will feel uncomfortable in unstarred and even many one- and two-star hotels, especially in less touristed parts of the interior.
Pansiyons and apartments
Often the most pleasant places to stay are pansiyons (pensions), small guesthouses common in touristy areas. These usually have en-suite facilities, and many feature common gardens or terraces where breakfast (usually, but not always, included in the price) is served. Rooms tend to be spartan but clean, furnished in one-star hotel mode and always with two sheets (çarşafs) on the bed. Hot water is always available, though with solar-powered systems not always when you want it. Many have air conditioning, often for a supplement.
Particularly when it comes to family-run pensions, you may well find that the proprietor has links with similar establishments in other towns; often he/she will offer to call ahead to arrange both a stay and a transfer from the otogar for you. This informal network is a good way of avoiding the hassle with touts and a late-night search for a comfy bed.
Self-catering apartments are widespread in coastal resorts, and are mostly pitched at vacationing Turks or foreigners arriving on pre-arranged packages. Some are available to walk-in trade – local tourist offices maintain lists. Apart from the weekly price the major (negotiable) outlay will be for the large gas bottle feeding the stove. Ensure, too, that kitchens are equipped well enough to make them truly self-catering.
Hostels, lodges and treehouses
While there are only a handful of internationally affiliated, foreigner-pitched hostels in the country, this gap has been amply filled by backpackers' hostels, found most notably in İstanbul, Çanakkale, Selçuk, Köyceğiz and Fethiye. Often 1970s pansiyons that have been adapted to feature multi-bedded rooms, laundry and internet facilities, self-catering kitchen, tours and lively bars, they can be fair value – costs vary €10–18 per head in a large dorm, considerably more for a double room.
In recent years, a large number of trekkers' lodges have sprung up in the foothills of the Kaçkar mountains, especially on the south slope, and along the Lycian Way. These generally offer a choice between communal sleeping on mattresses arrayed on a wooden terrace, or more enclosed double to quadruple rooms without en-suite facilities – strangely, cooking facilities may often also be absent. Costs are generally comparable to the backpackers' hostels, though some are far more expensive.
So-called "treehouses", usually just elevated shacks, are found principally on the southwest coast between Antalya and Fethiye. Some have dorm rooms while an increasing number are designed for two people and have doors, windows, electricity, air conditioning and, rarely, en-suite facilities.
In areas frequently visited by independent travellers, pansiyons and hostels with gardens will often allow camping. Charges run from a couple of euros to €7 per head in a well-appointed site at a major resort; you may also be charged to park your vehicle. The most appealing campsites are those run by the Ministry of Forestry, open April to October inclusive; look for brown wooden signs with yellow lettering. Twenty of them are sited in shady groves at strategic locations (mostly coastal) across the west of the country, and they make an ideal choice if you have your own transport, especially a combi-van or car and caravan.
Camping rough is not illegal, but hardly anybody does it except when trekking in the mountains, and, since you can expect a visit from curious police or even nosier villagers, it's not really a choice for those who like privacy.
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Diversity day, community picnic included in chancellor installation week activities
KOKOMO, Ind. — Indiana University Kokomo celebrates the installation of Susan Sciame-Giesecke as its seventh chancellor with a week of events, culminating in a ceremony on Friday, September 12.
The week's festivities kick off at noon Monday, September 8, with a campus open house until 2:30 p.m. Highlights include touring the new medical imaging technology lab, which includes a 3D 4D ultrasound machine; and the new education curriculum lab.
Also Monday, the campus will highlight diversity, showcasing the talents and stories of students, staff and faculty. Those attending are encouraged to wear ethnic attire. The diversity activities are funded in part by the new Diversity Initiative Fund, and the generosity of retired faculty members Herbert Miller and Allen Safianow. Additional contributions may be made by contacting the Office of University Advancement at 765-455-9485 or email@example.com.
On Tuesday, the celebration moves to Foster Park for a community picnic following a run/walk/bike from campus. Those participating should register at 10:30 a.m. in Alumni Hall to sign a waiver and receive a wristband and T-shirt. Groups will depart for Foster Park in groups between 11 and 11:30 a.m.
Shuttle transportation for those who do not want to bike, run, or walk will also be available from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The picnic runs until 1 p.m.
On Wednesday, the campus celebrates the research and creativity of its faculty, with an art exhibition and research reception in the Art Gallery. Come enjoy a wine and cheese reception from 4 to 6 p.m., with an opportunity to view artwork created by faculty, and learn about the latest research.
Thursday, enjoy a free tailgate from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and then cheer for the Cougar volleyball team as it takes on rival IU East at 7 p.m. in the Cougar gym. Student Activities and the IU Kokomo Alumni Association are tailgate sponsors. Admission to the game is $5.
The week culminates with the installation ceremony for Chancellor Sciame-Giesecke, at 1:30 p.m. in Havens Auditorium. A reception will follow in Alumni Hall.
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theBlu.comFriday, May 31st, 2013
I can't remember the last time I officially hand crafted a website. To be precise, this is not even a website, it's just a webpage; I plan to update the rest of the website over the next few weeks, but for now, I feel this is a great first step.
Obviously, my first design goal here is to get visitors to download theBlu, but also to learn about it, to want it, and most importantly, to believe in it as a viable platform to communicate knowledge about biological systems. I think about this branch of digital media as the the simulation of life. And there is also the geographical aspect: mapping the environment where this life occurs. If they manage to simulate life well, computer networks will be the Petri Dish of the future.
And it is also interesting to think about the Darwins of the future, combined perhaps with the Pasteurs of the future and others (of the future too, LoL). Because scale is a controllable variable, in the digital realm, looking into the microscopic drama that unfolds inside a Petri Dish can become a similar experience to sailing across the world's oceans from Galapagos to Galapagos or whatever. Furthermore, the digital explorer is not limited to just observing and collecting samples, but he or she can control time or even manipulate or create life in a way that in the future will probably be possible in the physical world too, but the big difference is that in the physical world we learn to control nature, when in the digital world (or playground) we figure out how to create something like nature.
I don't want to be all over the place but who cares: so CSS and HTML and Javascript. To me, this combination is as relevant to us as Gutenberg's printing press. Am I right?
And on that note, looking back in history to the precursors of other media –Étienne Jules Marey and his relation to animation, for example– do you think stuff like theBlu will be faced by the same lens a few hundred years from now? Does it even make sense to think like this today?


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Trends in introductory programming courses in Australian universities: languages, environments and pedagogy
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Mason, R, Cooper, GA, & de Raadt, M 2012, 'Trends in introductory programming courses in Australian universities: languages, environments and pedagogy', in M de Raadt & A Carbone (eds), Proceedings of ACE2012 Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Melbourne, Vic., 30 January - 3 February,Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT), vol. 123, ACS, pp. 33-4. ISBN: 9781921770043
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This paper reports the results of a study of 44 introductory programming courses in 28 Australian universities, conducted in the latter months of 2010. Results of this study are compared with two censuses previously conducted during 2001 and 2003, to identify trends in student numbers, programming language and environment/tool use and the reasons for choice of these, paradigms taught, instructor experience, text used and time spent on problem solving strategies in lectures and tutorials. Measures of mental effort experienced during the solution of novice programming problems were also examined.


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Art Market Panel Discussion at Katonah Museum of Art
On Thursday, February 5, Rick joined a notable group of art professionals and scholars at the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah, NY for a panel discussion addressing issues in the art market today, Collecting Art in an Altered World. Rick moderated the discussion. The panelists were Teddy Greenspan, of Tag-Arts, a contemporary art advisory service, Marion Maneker, editor of ArtMarketMonitor.com, a daily blog on news of the art world and Lisa Schiff of Schiff Fine Art, a New York and LA-based art advisor and curator. The event was sold out, with an eager and active audience of collectors and museum supporters. The discussion lasted a little over an hour and covered such topics as the role that the auction houses have played in the current economic state of the art market through guarantees and advances; what opportunities for collectors are opening up due to the economic downturn; and how will art fairs affect the market from now on. Pictured left to right are: Lisa Schiff, Marion Maneker, Teddy Greenspan, Rick Wester.
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Whanganui District Council and the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre are partnering with SeatSmart to offer a subsidised recycling programme for expired or damaged car seats.
At least 40,000 child car seats reach their expiry date each year in New Zealand and most end up in a landfill despite around 90% of a typical seat being recyclable.
"Many people aren't aware that car seats have a limited life span of six to ten years".
"There are many factors that can cause seat materials to degrade and weaken, such as exposure to sunlight, changes in temperature and stress from accidents. All these things can affect how they would perform in an accident.
"Sending car seats to the landfill is a waste of resources and giving away or selling expired seats can put children at risk. SeatSmart enables expired or damaged seats to be taken out of circulation and allows the materials to be recycled or repurposed".
Unwanted seats can be taken to the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre during normal opening hours and there is a small fee of $5.00 per seat to cover recycling costs.
Cr Rob Vinsen, who chairs the Council's Waste Minimisation and Environment Working Party, says he is delighted the Whanganui District Council can support SeatSmart to start collections in this area.
"Those managing the SeatSmart programme continue to encourage seat manufacturers and retailers to fund it as part of a product stewardship approach – that is taking responsibility for their products at end of life – but in the meantime the Council is keen to see unnecessary waste diverted from landfill and to stop expired seats from being on-sold or donated."
The Council is able to use its waste funding derived from a landfill levy to establish the new service at the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre.
"This new initiative is part of a suite of new waste minimisation initiatives that have been identified by Council through its Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2015 and largely delivered through its service partnership with the resource recovery centre. Other new initiatives are planned," Cr Vinsen says.
The plastic from the seats is recycled into new products used in the building industry and metal parts are also easily recycled. Straps from the seats are used to make recycled bags.
Hastings-based recycling specialists, 3R Group, created SeatSmart.
"We like to think that the landfill should be the last option, not the default," says SeatSmart manager Toni Bye. "So often highly recyclable products are put in the 'too hard basket' and simply dumped."
SeatSmart also collects seats in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Hastings, Greater Wellington, Nelson and parts of Canterbury. More than 5,000 seats have been recycled to date.
Details of all collection sites can be found at www.SeatSmart.co.nz.
The Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre in Maria Place Extension is open from Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 4.30pm, and on Sundays from 10.00am to 4.00pm.
It also has a 24/7 facility for dropping off glass, plastics, cans, clothing, paper and cardboard. For more information, phone 348 7950.


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What should you do if your friend is in an abusive relationship? First, think about notions and phrases that do not help at all, as well as the attitudes that can make things worse.
About a year ago, one of my best friends got out of a toxic relationship. At first sight the relationship didn't seem to be toxic at all. They had been together for a couple of years and got along very well. We used to go out to bars, having plenty of fun and interesting conversations. Everything was fine, until it wasn't. The events that led to the breakup, the ones that made it absolutely clear that the relationship was toxic, happened suddenly. After it ended, we reevaluated the whole thing. While doing so, we realized that the signs were there, and they were abundant. Small things like passive-aggressive comments that subtly insulted her, aggressions that were dismissed as "just a joke," and bigger things that she kept to herself. Why didn't we notice? Only in retrospect it was perfectly clear, which only intensified our frustration and impotence. Fortunately, things got better for her, but we're still stunned by our blindness and inability to help her.
How do you do notice that your smart, funny, wonderful friend is being slowly diminished by an abusive relationship? And what should you do if you don't really see it but your friend tells you about it? First, you should think about notions and phrases that do not help at all, as well as the attitudes that can make things worse.
"Aren't you exaggerating?"
Do I need to explain why this question is harmful? Consider this: your friend might be embarrassed about what's happening in their relationship, so they decide to tell you just a small part of the issue. Questions like "What did you do?" and "Did you provoke your partner?" might sound reasonable when you're trying to understand the context of an incident, but they indirectly blame your friend. Always keep in mind that when it comes to abuse, it's never the victim's fault.
"Don't you realize that they're abusing you?"
Abuse doesn't always look like abuse. A lot of abusive behavior looks "normal" if you consider the idealization of jealousy and possessiveness as something that naturally happens when someone "loves you too much." Your friend might be at a point where they're starting to feel the discomfort of abuse, but they're denying it or haven't fully realized it yet. Abuse starts subtly, and it can become apparent for people outside of the relationship before it does for the person that's directly involved. Just telling them that they're being abused can shock or offend them, which can end up pushing them away.
"I hate your partner"
Remember that your friend might be deeply in love with their abuser. Dismissing the real love they feel can do more harm than good. If you insult their partner, they might think it's just because you don't really know them. Be more specific and focus on the partner's actions instead of their personality.
"Just leave them!"
It's never that simple. If you think it would be easy to leave, you're minimizing their struggle. Don't lecture your friend. Instead, ask them about their experience. Don't act like you know everything and don't tell them what to do. Just listen, observe, and point out the facts instead of your interpretation of the events. Instead of wanting to take control of their situation, you should make it easier for them to reach a decision by themselves.
"If you don't stop this, I will!"
I understand that this situation can be frustrating and infuriating. But it's not a good idea to intervene so directly. Your friend might not be ready to leave him on her own terms, and if you go after him she might stop confiding in you in the future.
"They're good. Give them a chance!"
If you're friends with both of them and it's hard for you to believe their partner is an abuser, consider the fact that a person can change their behavior in private and public spaces. Even if you've never noticed anything suspicious about them, you have to remember that a person can be perfectly nice to you and perfectly horrible to someone else. Believe your friend.
"I'm done with this!"
The last thing you need to do is to act the way their partner do: shaming your friend and making them feel guilty or dumb. Don't give up on them. Don't make threats about not being their friend anymore. Be helpful in specific ways, like letting them stay over at your place if they need to. Remember that sometimes they're financially dependent on their abuser, so you should offer them practical things like a bed to sleep in, clothes, money, or a ride.
You don't have to be an expert to help your close friend, and you need to take care of yourself as well. Remember that these situations affect you too. Go to therapy and learn more about the way in which abuse works, for your friend and for yourself.
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Shakeology® Boost: The Fiber is an easy-to-mix powder that provides 7 grams of fiber for better intestinal health. The Fiber not only aids better digestion, but includes ingredients that aid in weight management, can help lower cholesterol levels, and have prebiotic properties, among other health benefits. It also contains L-glutamine, an amino acid important for preventing muscle loss and boosting immunity from over-training.*
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Inulin (from chicory root)
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Fiber can be soluble (able to dissolve in water) or insoluble (not able to dissolve in water). Soluble fiber absorbs water to become a gelatinous substance that passes through the body, and is fermented by bacteria in the digestive tract. Insoluble fiber passes through the body largely unchanged. Both will help your body in different ways (see sidebar).
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Drinking Game
Take a Drink: every time you check your phone to see if the film is close to ending.
Take a Drink: every time a battle ensues.
Take a Drink: every time Kronol is doled out – and you wish you had some too.
Do a Shot: for Tilda Swinton, who deserves much better, but kicks ass regardless.
Community Review
Movie Review
By: Jenna Zine (Six Pack) –
Please note that my rebuttal is based on my gut-level response to the film, not to the esteemed Henry J. Fromage's fabulous review.
Snowpiercer takes place entirely on a fancy bullet train set to race eternally around the globe after an environmental experiment goes awry, leaving Earth basically uninhabitable. The lucky few survivors are saved by a genius that offers up space on said train. Some of the passengers are happier about their seat assignments than others.
Beer One
My main beef with this film is actually the misleading advertising. Snowpiercer is being lauded as serious arthouse fare, when it's actually a crappy blockbuster in disguise. Both my pocketbook and sensibilities were offended, leaving a taste in my mouth worse than the bug-filled protein bars sloughed off to the second-class citizens forced to live in "the tail."
Of course it's a marketing team's job to get butts in seats – and at this they have surely succeeded. But something is rotten in the state of Denmark – and that something is Harvey "Scissorhands" Weinstein. Failure is not an option in Harvey's world, even if it means flat-out lying. The emperor has no clothes, people.
The emperor has no clothes, but his wife and daughter sure do! [Photo Credit]
Beer Two
Here's a fantastic idea – let's combat global warming by spraying more toxic chemicals on top of an already toxic situation. What could possibly go wrong?
What could go wrong is handing a ham-fisted script and concept to the audience. Suspending belief is the great moment of any cinematic experience. Suspending intelligence is not.
Self-explanatory. [Image Credit]
Beer Three
The hirsute Chris Evans actually does a fine job. In fact he deserves an Oscar for keeping a straight face during the impassioned "I ate babies" speech. But, then again, there's that whole problem of having an "I ate babies" speech in the first damn place. The audience in the showing I attended laughed at this part – uproariously.
Okay, I admit that I did enjoy looking at Chris Evans. Holy hell, I hope he keeps that beard and moves to Portland!
Beer Four
The endless battle scenes are more draining than compelling. I get that there's a revolt happening… but oh, my god; how long is this movie? I was shocked to learn that only a mere two hours had passed – it easily felt like four.
Beer Five
The most frustrating part was the fact that it was never really explained as to why there were hordes of people forced to live in poverty in the caboose – other than the gist of, "Oh well, that's just the way humanity is." If you're going to endlessly travel the globe with a finite amount of people, what's it to you if everyone has nice accommodations?
Share the green!
Beer Six
And finally, how is the audience supposed to care about the outcome of the movie if the movie itself doesn't even know what it wants? Chris Evan's character spends the entire film, just getting to the front of the train – and the story ends minutes after he reaches his goal. Meanwhile, the man who actually seemed like he had a plan (Song Kang-ho as Namgoong Minso, the man who built the sliding doors between each train car) doesn't. Well, he does – but it's incredibly short sighted. You'd think he would've come up with something more clever than derailing the train, given all the time he has on his hands. And to what end? It's still fucking freezing outside! Maybe the scriptwriters were helping themselves to too much Kronol (the fictional addictive designer drug).
I was left less satisfied than a 20-something gold digger married to an octogenarian.


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Dealing with RV Water Damage: The Basic Repair Process. Part II
In our last post we talked about the dreaded problem that is RV water damage. We also discussed how a good deal of water damage may be manageable and worth going through the effort of making repairs.
Once you have identified the extent of water damage and attempted to discover the source, the next step is to begin repairs. Fixing water damage is a very involved process.
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Cycling Shirts – Functional Comfort and Quality
What's the most important thing you can think of when it comes to choosing an outfit to fit your active lifestyle? Comfort, right? If you're going to be on the move, whether you're checking items off your to-do list or working out, everything is easier and more enjoyable if your clothing is comfortable. What's the second most important factor you look for? More than likely, it is function – you want your cycling shirts to move properly, wick away moisture, and fit correctly. Third, we know you want long lasting quality in your cycling apparel – your cycling T shirts and mountain biking T shirts will get put through the ringer, and want them to last!
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Ridiculously Good BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
I do a lot of lily-gilding when I'm cooking and thinking about cooking. When I'm brainstorming recipe ideas, I always start with a really simple concept; in this case, it was bacon-wrapped chicken tenders. And then my mind inevitably goes to this really ridiculous place, like: Ooo, what if I basted them with BBQ sauce and put them on a sandwich? And what if I added gouda cheese? And caramelized onions? By the time I was finished creating this sandwich, what started out as a really simple dish had a few additional components that elevated it to ridiculously good status. Thus the title of this post. And thus this amazing sandwich.
Honestly, I don't really know what else I need to tell you about these sandwiches. They're loaded with bacon-wrapped chicken tenders, BBQ sauce, creamy, melted, smoked gouda cheese, and sweet, buttery caramelized onions. And a smear of creamy mayo, too (see lily-guilding referenced above). It's ridiculously good, and ridiculously good-looking too (bonus points if you get that reference).
Ridiculously Good BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
2 large onions, sliced
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and peper
8 chicken tenders
8 strips of bacon
1 cup prepared BBQ sauce
1 cup smoked gouda cheese, shredded
4 hoagie rolls, split and toasted
1. In a Dutch oven or high-sided skillet, melt the butter and olive oil over medium-low heat. Add the onions, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are caramelized.
2. Meanwhile, season chicken tenders lightly with salt and more generously with black pepper. Wrap a strip of bacon around each tender. Heat some olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the tenders, bacon-seam-side down, until they're cooked through and the bacon is crispy. Reduce the heat to medium-low and baste the tenders with the BBQ sauce.
3. To make a sandwich, add two tenders to a roll bottom. Top with 1/4 cup of the shredded gouda and a pile of caramelized onions. Smear the top of the roll with mayonnaise and close the sandwich. Serve.
3 comments:
- Allison said...
Love Zoolander ;)
And these sandwiches look really good. They also seem like they'd be good for my little guy isn't eating sandwiches yet. Some sandwiches just don't correlate well to being taken apart, but this should :)
- August 19, 2013 at 8:01 AM
- Courtney Foster said...
wow those to look very delightful!
thinking of you today, first day of school is a rough one!
- August 19, 2013 at 9:26 AM
- Kim said...
For anyone wondering, I entered this recipe into myfitnesspal and one sandwich has 837 calories.
I'm making these for dinner tomorrow but I think I'll just stick to half of a sandwich. :)
- August 19, 2013 at 2:41 PM
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Zac Hanson: Hanson Drummer Spit On By Rude Passerby — Watch
Zac Hanson, of boy band Hanson fame, is used to having female fans in his face — not a disgusting wad of spit!
It's definitely not 1996 anymore! Hanson used to be one of the most popular bands around in the nineties, with girls screaming and crying every time they saw Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson perform — but now, they sadly get spit on, too! Why would someone hock a loogie right in Zac's face? Watch for yourself!
Zac Hanson's Hair And Face Gets Spit On
Hanson was as popular in 1996 as One Direction is today — but it looks like some people might not love the boy band anymore — especially not the man that rudely spit right in Zac's face!
Zac, the youngest Hanson brother and drummer of the still-together boy band, was boarding his tour bus in Seattle, Wash. on Sept. 30, kicking off Hanson's Anthem World Tour.
As Zac got on the bus, a pushy passerby wrangled his way to the steps of the bus — and spit a huge ball of saliva right into Zac's face and hair — so disgusting! The anonymous male spitter then just walked away like nothing had happened.
Poor Zac! How did he react to the situation?
Zac Hanson's Reaction To Getting Spit On
The "MMMBop" singer handled the situation like a total pro. He wasn't even phased by it! He just grinned widely with a "That's life!" look on his face, and promptly slammed the bus door shut.
We guess that after you've toured on the road for almost 20 years, you learn a thing or two about dealing with crazy fans and passerby with class and humility!
The husband and father of two even tweeted about it after, turning the situation into just a bump — or spit — in the road.
Gonna be a good show tonight, I cleaned off all the spit and I am feeling ready to go! -Z
— HANSON (@hansonmusic) October 1, 2013
Looks like his brothers Isaac and Taylor managed to stay dry.
Oh well — spit happens!
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Do you find it funny or sad that Zac Hanson got spit on? Watch and let us know!
WATCH: Zac Hanson Gets Spit On
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text: Share: Comments Print January 18, 2013 at 7:02 AM No surprises in LA; big showdown Saturday Posted by Percy Allen No. 21 Oregon and No. 24 UCLA each took care of business last night, which sets the stage for their big showdown Saturday at new Pauley Pavilion on network television. Behind 21 points from Shabazz Muhammad and 17 from Kyle Anderson, the Bruins had no trouble knocking off Oregon State 74-64 for their 10th straight win. UCLA (15-3) moved ahead of Washington and regained sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 standings at 5-0. It's the best conference start for the Bruins since 2003-04, coach Ben Howland's first season in Westwood. Meanwhile, Oregon nearly blew a 10-point lead in the final three minutes and held on to a 76-74 win at USC. It was the sixth straight win for the Ducks (15-2, 4-0). Oregon got its usual balanced scoring, as five players finished in double figures: Damyean Dotson with 16 points. E.J. Singler 14 and Carlos Emory, Tony Woods and Dominic Artis each had 10. Saturday's 1 p.m. PT game will be broadcast on CBS. AROUND THE PAC-12: — In case you missed it, Scott Suggs and C.J. Wilcox hosted a live chat Thursday and took questions from UW fans. Funny stuff. And informative. — Bud Withers offers some historical perspective on Washington winning its first three conference games – all on the road. — It's a little old, but Andy Glockner, a NCAA tournament bracket guru at SI.com, is the first (I believe) to include the Huskies in his tournament projections. He has UW as the No. 12 seed playing in San Jose in the West region. Glockner has five Pac-12 teams in the tourney, including Arizona (No. 1 seed), UCLA (6), Oregon (6) and Colorado (10). — On their subscriber site, ESPN recruiting experts make predictions about where Aaron Gordon will go to school. Some say Washington. Others say Arizona and Kentucky. — Here's a recent video of Gordon talking about the three schools. Interesting to note, he's very familiar with UW's offense and its concepts. He compared UW's schemes to those used by legendary UCLA coach John Wooden. He also talked about the Huskies' desire to score in the first eight seconds. Gordon called Arizona coach Sean Miller a good shooting coach and said Kentucky has great facilities if you're really serious about basketball. — Washington (12-5, 4-0) plays Utah (8-9, 0-5) on Saturday and the Utes could unveil a different rotation that includes freshmen reserves Brandon Taylor and Justin Seymour who are seemingly deserving of more minutes. — After Wednesday's loss at Washington, Colorado has lost four of the last five games. Still the Buffaloes (11-6, 1-4) are trying to remain confident as it heads to Washington State (10-7, 1-3) for Saturday's game. — It's rivalry week in Arizona and plenty of smack talk flying between the No. 7 Wildcats and Sun Devils. Arizona State freshman Jahii Carson got things going when he wrote on his twitter account: "I (don't) think there is a PG in the PAC better then me. Just me. I think I've played the best so far, and it's my first year playin. Salute." Arizona's Solomon Hill said: "That comes with all the social media stuff. He's feeding into that Arizona-ASU hype, this is his first rival game, and a guy like that, who has a lot of confidence like that, you really can't say nothing to." — USC athletic director Pat Haden said he would spend what it will take to attract a top-tier coach for a program and told the Los Angeles Times: "There are probably some coaches that are untouchables, but I'm surprised with the interest I've received in the first two days." — The LA Daily News wrote a profile on Trojans interim coach Bob Cantu. Wonder if the 12-year USC assistant is a serious candidate for the job he's holding or will Haden hire a coach with a high profile? — Muhmmad and Carson have played so well lately they should receive consideration for the Wooden award, according to ESPN's Jason King. Comments | More in Links, Notes, Pac-12 news


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A God for Atheists
copyright bob elschlager, april, 2016.
This post is not political. It is neither for nor against the many sides in these arguments. This post is purely a scientific and "mathematical" development in logic.
I've been playing around, exploring, for a long time, religionists versus atheists. Long ago in some internet discussion group for believers in God, I asked some question, and it generated a huge number of responses. A little later I did the same on an atheist discussion group, just interchanging certain words, and it also resulted in a vast number of responses. Today I remember not the names of the discussion groups. Nor the responses. Except for one, which I have been thinking about every since.
An atheist complained: How can you disprove – attack – something – God – if there is no definition of it – God?
Recently, in playing around with various concepts and ideas, a definition popped out.
Consider the whole physical universe and all that goes on in it. This can be defined mathematically. Define this to be God.
This is a God for atheists.
Now there are no end of interesting questions about this. Only two will I have time to touch on here.
An atheist might feel, regarding this definition, what about consciousness? Is this God as defined, even conscious? More vaguely, is this God as defined, a single consciousness?
My response: atheists already believe consciousness comes fully and solely from the physical – the brain. (see why-do-people-think-that-consciousness-is-only-in-the-brain ).
Does this response fully answer the atheist? No. But it does introduce quite a bit of pause for thought about the atheist's concerns, pause that is rooted solely in the physical and logical, and atheists accept the physical and logical.
The other interesting question – not really a question but an issue – is this. There is only one difference between this atheist definition of God and the religionist definition. In the atheist definition, God is the whole universe, which for the atheist is the whole physical universe; in the religionist's God, God is again the whole universe, but for the religionist, the whole universe is divided into the material (physical) and immaterial.
Furthermore, as vast periods of time and accumulation of knowledge go by, will the material and the immaterial converge? (For interesting observations on the immaterial and material, see https://reasonandthereal.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/consciousness-statement-a-part-1 , which I am in process of rewriting to make it more accessible in terms of the writing and technical presentation, but important parts of it are currently accessible.)
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Gemstones are minerals that are probably produced when asteroids hit the surface of the earth. This scientific phenomenon turned to be a divine occurrence for people and they used it for various healing purposes. Kings and worriers used it for protection and cure of their wounds. The saga of healing touch with minerals is popular since long time though scientifically it is not proven in any laboratory.
Extracting the conclusion from our past, gemstones surely have powers that can deliver various benefits to our mind, body, and soul. In accordance with astrological facts, our body is made of seven chakras which control our entire stature. Gemstones are well-versed with such rays that can influence these chakras to our benefits.
At the same time, it is undeniably essential to ensure an astrological suitability and perfect matching of a gemstone with your birth charts to extract positive results. These gemstones should not be worn without proper guidance and knowledge. Improperly matched stones may deliver adverse effect on your body instead of curing your pain. Here is information regarding different gemstones and their healing benefits:
The gorgeous deep red-colored Garnet gemstone is worn to boost energy level of the body. It is highly reactive and can cure many health issues. It is seen that people wearing Garnet exhibit an exceptional self-confidence and emotional strength. This gemstone can also protect its possessor from evil and provide an escape from bad karma instinct. Garnet is so beautiful that can be suitable for any jewelry, but always wear it closer to your heart for a better impact.
Amethyst is one of the most powerful gemstones known to the mankind. It is equally beautiful and striking in appearance. Its vivid purple shade enhanced with little inclusions makes it an adorable gemstone. It is generally worn to uplift the strength and courage. Our predecessors used to wear this precious stone to gain quality of creativity and peace of mind. It promotes physical health and eliminates issues like mood disorder, anxiety, and eradicates addiction if any.
Apart from being a peace-loving stone, Pearl gemstone is also considered to be the traditional stone for jewelry since many centuries. It is available in many shapes and sizes. It is discovered as a treasure hidden under the deep water of oceans. Its medicinal effects can treat various diseases including the disturbances of the digestive system and heart problems. It can also solve fertility issues. In fact, it can balance the energy of the body, accentuate its positivity, and boost happiness in your mind. Wearing a pearl stone not only cures physical issues but also heals mental health of its wearer.
Beautiful yellow hued Citrine is bestowed with incredible health-boosting powers. If you are suffering from sleeping disorder or having digestive ailments, Citrine is the perfect stone to heal you. Additionally, it can increase positive energy and eliminate difficulties of hearing senses.
Aquamarine is an outstanding stone having a mesmerizing appearance and incredible health benefits. Traditionally, it is the mainly used jewelry stone due to its lovely color. Its diversified power includes healing the problems of digestive system, teeth issues, and eye diseases. Aquamarine brings the luck factor, especially to those who remain close to water like sailors. People wearing Aquamarine acquire medicated powers that boost the healing energy of their body.
Moonstone is equivalently beautiful as the moon. It is bestowed with amazing powers. It brings back the emotional balance, particularly in females. It is the best healing stone for anxiety, insomnia, and depression. It is a better gemstone to break any sort of talisman. Jewelry studded with moonstone is worn to escape from evil eye as well.
These are some of the most effective and stunning gemstones that you can choose to foster a healthier life. However, it is always advisable to consult an astrologer before buying any gemstone to avail its healing or metaphysical properties.