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History rates as losers those leaders who fail to deal with big problems. Consider the Iranian Revolution. President Carter fretted about the turmoil as protesters took to the streets of Tehran, writing in his diary, "The situation in Iran varies from bad to terrible." Still, it was just one of many issues on his plate.
In fact, Carter spent far more time on normalizing relations with China and arms talk with the Soviets. Days later, he even penned hopefully, "[Khomeini] indicated he might return to Iran and would be receptive to friendship with the U.S."
It didn't pan out. Today, America faces an implacable enemy in Iran, and that nation is helping "stir the pot" against us throughout the world.
It's tempting, then, to point at the Carter legacy and conclude that President Obama needs to drop everything and focus laser-like on the Middle East, and most especially Iran, lest history tag him "loser."
But the real lesson is that successful leaders must be able to multitask. While addressing critical issues quickly and decisively, they must remain ever alert to emerging challenges, making sure that they are dealt with effectively, lest they slip under the radar and wind up becoming full-blown crises down the road.
What's the biggest "stealth" challenge today? It may well be in the Arctic. While the world is fixated on the hot sands of the Middle East, the Obama administration cannot afford to forget the frozen north.
In less than half a dozen years, international competition for primacy in the Arctic will be fierce. An Arctic passage could cut some the world's busiest trade routes by 40 percent. The region holds rich and as-yet unexploited stores of oil and other natural resources.
Gaining and maintaining critical economic assets in the Arctic will require a serious commitment to scientific research, law enforcement, search and rescue, navigational aids and environmental protection. Yet, the U.S. has taken almost no concrete steps to field the capabilities needed to protect our sovereignty, safeguard our interests, or give us a competitive edge.
In particular, our ice-breakers, the cornerstone of Arctic presence, are in pathetic shape. While other Arctic powers are building up their fleets with state-of-the art ships, the U.S. can barely field three.
The Department of Homeland Security inspector general flatly stated that our Coast Guard has neither the ships nor the budget authority needed to achieve its current mission. And that means failure in the future is guaranteed as well.
Don't look for the Coast Guard to start building new ships. According to retired Rear Adm. Jeff Garrett, the commandant of the Coast Guard and others estimate it would take three-quarters to a billion dollars to buy the kind of ice-breaker the future demands. And the Defense Department hasn't asked Congress for dime one.
But the U.S. can perhaps solve this problem-in-waiting by taking a lesson from Finland. There, the government is responsible for coordinating, developing and managing Arctic navigation. But ice-breaking services are contracted out.
The Obama Administration would do well to turn over ice-breaking operations to American-owned and operated vendors. To help lower the cost of these services, Congress could exempt bidding firms from the Jones Act, allowing them to buy ships in the global marketplace. Lifting the prohibition against flagging foreign-built ships would let U.S. companies get the best ships at the best price.
Rarely can government save money and get much better service. But, as Washington frets about the Middle East, it has a rare opportunity to do just that, even as it helps head off a future crisis in the frigid north.


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FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States raised the pressure on euro zone leaders to take decisive action on solving the region's debt crisis, notably by lowering troubled members' borrowing costs, on the eve of a crucial European Central Bank meeting.
President Barack Obama said he welcomed recent declarations by European leaders and the ECB on the need to do whatever is necessary to preserve the euro.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had a blunter message for the euro zone, saying it must take steps including "bringing down interest rates in the countries that are reforming and making sure those banking systems can provide the credit those economies need".
Obama, in a telephone call with French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday, "encouraged their efforts to take decisive action", the White House said.
Hollande reassured Obama that European Union member states aimed to enact soon the decisions taken at a summit in late June, according to the French leader's office.
Germany, whose voters are deeply hostile to funding bailouts of the euro zone's weakest members, agreed in principle at the summit that the bloc's rescue funds could buy bonds of countries that are struggling to borrow on international markets.
Geither made his more forthright comments in an interview with Bloomberg Television recorded on Tuesday, a day after he flew to Germany to meet Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and ECB President Mario Draghi.
Italy and Spain, the euro zone's third and fourth largest economies, are struggling to fund their budget deficits and debt obligations at affordable levels as bond market investors take fright.
Draghi's promise last week to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, within the ECB's mandate, stirred speculation that its Governing Council might take more radical steps at a monthly policy meeting on Thursday.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Draghi's promise was "bold and appropriate", and said European leaders were weighing joint intervention by the ECB and the euro zone's rescue funds.
He predicted that the future permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), would "in due course" be granted a banking licence so it could tap ECB funds to buy almost unlimited amounts of bonds despite German opposition.
Market expectations of a major ECB move this week have faded somewhat. Those traders and investors who expect action on Thursday would sell the euro and European shares, and drive up Spanish and Italian bond yields if the ECB sits on its hands.
Geithner said Schaeuble and Draghi had told him of plans they were making on tackling the crisis, but he cautioned against expecting immediate action.
Past crises showed that the longer it took to address the issues, the more they cost. "I believe they understand that. That's why they've signalled they are prepared to move further. Now again, this is going to take time," Geithner added.
German Vice-Chancellor Philipp Roesler rejected pressure for the ECB to step in and cap the borrowing costs of countries in trouble, saying the central bank should stick to fighting inflation and not ease market incentives for reform.
"If you take away the interest rate pressure on individual states, you also take away the pressure on them to reform," Roesler, economy minister and leader of the Free Democrats, junior partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition, told reporters in Berlin.
He also reasserted Germany's firm opposition to letting the ESM borrow from the central bank, calling this "the road to an inflation union".
Nick Parsons, head of markets strategy at nabCapital in London, said the euro could fall a couple of U.S. cents from current levels, while bond market analysts expect Spanish yields to reach new euro-era highs if the ECB does not act.
At the heart of the crisis, Greek political leaders said on Wednesday they had reached agreement on 11.5 billion euros of austerity cuts demanded by the country's lenders. Failure to agree the cuts threatened a sequence of events that could have led to Greece's exit from the single currency.
The head of one of its lenders, Christine Lagarde at the International Monetary Fund, promised to stand by the country and "never leave the negotiating table", while calling on its leaders to do more with structural reforms and by improving tax collection.
She also warned that uncertainty over the future of the euro zone was clouding the horizon for the Spanish economy.
Monti, who is touring Europe to press for action to bring down Rome's borrowing costs, made his pitch to euro zone hardliner Finland on Wednesday, saying Italy did not need an assistance programme but might in future need "a breathing break" from high interest rates.
"We have in mind a possible intervention through EFSF, ESM and the ECB," Monti was quoted as saying by Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat before he met Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen.
Central bank sources have told Reuters that intervention could be at least five weeks away because Draghi's comments had not been agreed in advance with the Governing Council, and other elements must first fall into place.
The sources said the ECB could revive its mothballed programme of buying the bonds of troubled governments along with the rescue funds, but Spain would first have to request assistance, which it has resisted so far.
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's affirmed Spain's sovereign BBB+/A-2 rating on Wednesday, citing its commitment to economic and fiscal adjustments, but warned it risks losing investment grade if euro zone support fails to boost confidence.
Euro zone leaders would have to agree to the rescue funds buying up government bonds, and the German Constitutional Court would have to uphold the legality of the bloc's permanent rescue fund in a ruling due on September 12.
The leaders have spent the past week issuing statements promising to take whatever steps are necessary to rescue the currency, but none has raised expectations as high as Draghi, who heads the only federal European institution able to act swiftly and decisively.
However, the ECB is divided, with Germany's Bundesbank opposed to reviving government bonds or giving the euro zone rescue fund a banking licence.
Draghi met Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann privately earlier on Monday to try to reconcile differences on what action the bank might take. Neither bank would comment on the meeting.
The Bundesbank released on Wednesday a June 29 interview for an in-house publication in which Weidmann said governments expected too much from the central bank, and what they wanted did not always make economic sense.
"Politicians overestimate the central bank's capacity and place too many demands of it," he said. "Whether it's about interest rates or any sort of special measures, in the end it always comes down to the same thing: trying to rope the central bank into meeting fiscal policy objectives.
Weidmann said the Bundesbank would continue to defend its positions firmly "so that the (European) monetary union remains a stability union".
With the economy slowing and inflation under control, other options on the ECB's radar screen include a possible further cut in interest rates and a further loosening of rules on the collateral it will accept to lend funds to banks.
Additional reporting by Terhi Kinnunen in Helsinki, Swaha Pattanaik and Richard Hubbard in London, Eva Kuehnen in Frankfurt and Margaret Chadbourn in Washington; Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by Will Waterman and David Stamp

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Two short humanoid beings, wearing silvery white coveralls.
Gary Wilcox. Two 4-ft.-tall beings, silver-white garb, egg-shaped craft just above ground; beings communicated in English.
Two small figures clothed in what looked like white coveralls.
|Ellipse|ET|Heat|Landing Legs|Landing Mark|Smoke|
Carlisle fireman Jim Templeton took three pictures with his SLR camera of his daughter on a day trip to Burgh Marsh.
The photographs came back from Kodak with one of them showing what appears to be a space-suited humanoid in the background.
Chris Parr says: "This case is legendary around the world. Analysts at Kodak confirmed that the photograph was genuine, some UFO experts have linked it to the Blue Streak missile tests which were ongoing nearby when the photograph was taken."
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Three 3- to 4-ft tall beings, light-colored clothing, helmets, moved around beneath cigar-shaped craft with windows; physical traces found at site.
|Cigar|ET|Landing Mark|
Two small beings, black garb, entered disc-shaped craft and took off.
Jose Edrosa. Small beings, large heads, white garb; beings seen moving toward brilliant round object on ground, car lifted, witness in severe shock.
George O'Barski. Seconds later about ten identically clad little figures -- they wore white one-piece outfits with hoods or helmets that obscured their facial features -- came down the ladder.
Danie van Graan. Four 1- to 1.5-meter-tall beings, thin, slanted eyes, light coveralls, hoods, visible inside silver oval with legs; light beam struck witness in face, physiological effects.
|Ellipse|Beam|ET|Injury|Landing Legs|
Mrs. Florida Malboeu. Seconds later, two figures appeared at the edge of the roof. Even though there was nothing unusual about the way they walked, she instinctively knew they were not humans! They appeared to be extremely tall, in the neighborhood of six and a half feet. They were thin and had unusually long arms and legs. Although she could not distinguish their features, their heads appeared to be covered by tight fitting "bathing caps," similar to those worn by frogmen. The rest of their bodies seemed to be covered by a white one-piece skintight tunic.
|Disc|ET|Landing Trace|
Meagan Quezet, Five or six 1.5-meter-tall beings, human appearing, white coveralls, emerged from truncated egg-shaped craft, high-pitched vocal sounds, reentered and took off with buzzing sound.
The beings were pale skinned, dressed in white one piece suits.
|UFO Other|Interference|ET|Explosion|
David D. They were 2.5 – 3 meters in height.
|Disc|ET|Hum|Interference|Landing Legs|Turn On Side|
Three short beings only 30 cm tall were seen next to the object. The beings wore silvery-white inflated suits, with round helmets and appeared to be collecting items from the ground around the object. Ground traces and electro-magnetic effects were reported. No other information.
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He was wearing a white or, light-colored one-piece suit from the neck on down. It covered "his" two arms to his wrists. He didn't wear any eyeglasses, hat, or gloves. He wasn't heavy set, but rather slender. He wasn't wearing, as far as we could tell, any helmut.


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MS Dhoni's Wife Sakshi Shared the Pictures Videos of Ziva Dhoni :- The life of a sportsman is always a typical one and they hardly get enough chances to spend the time with their family . Especially the life of an Indian Cricketer.
MS Dhoni who is the captain of the shorter format of the cricket of the Indian Cricket team has spend his life playing cricket but her wife Sakshi Dhoni is always been a fun loving and she is always active on the Social media.
Last year MS Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni was blessed with a baby girl Zia Dhoni. The baby girl is really very popular for her cuteness and even her mother sakshi used to post her cute pics on the social media.
Recently Sakshi Dhoni, shared the videos and the Some pics of her with daughter Ziva on the Instagram and these pictures and videos goes viral as Ziva looks some adorable and cute in all these picture and the videos.
We have brought all these pictures and the videos for our fans:
- Sakshi shared this picture where Ziva looks extremely cute.
She descripted this picture as " Ziva taking Sunbath".
2. The next pictures that Sakshi Shared was of the MS Dhoni and her daughter.
Sakshi described this picture as "Father and daughter playing together". This was the most liked picture on the Instagram.
3. The last picture was of Sakshi Dhoni and Ziva Dhoni, both mother and daughter were seen sharing their special bond. Also Ziva was seen in this picture with a special effect.
Both mother and daughter looked super cute.
The videos are mentioned below:
It looks like Ziva Dhoni is getting fame at the very tender age and her mother turning her into a small litlle selfie Princess.
Meanwhile, Ziva Dhoni is highly popular in the Indian dressing room and she share a special bond with the Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli.
Virat recently posted her picture with Ziva Dhoni where he mentioned the Ziva as the most adorable baby girl.
Well, this junior baby is on all the social media and looks liek in near future , she has making her own fan following.


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In an interview with Business Insider, former U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates, who spent 27 years in the CIA and then served under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said he didn't believe the nuclear deal would have a moderating impact on Iranian behavior or lead Tehran to become a more responsible international actor.
"The notion that betting that this regime is going to temper its behavior in the region because of this nuclear deal I think is mistaken. I think that will not happen.
"This is a country that has a long history under the revolutionary government."
He recalled his involvement in the "very first official U.S .meeting" with members of the Islamic Republic of Iran's government in Algiers just three days before the 1979 U.S. embassy seizure.
"That began my now more than three-decades-long quest for the elusive Iranian moderate," Gates said. "My view is that the belief that Iran over time is going to evolve into a regular nation-state and abandon its theological revolutionary underpinnings, its aspirations in the region, or even its aspirations for nuclear weapons is unrealistic."
"It seems to me that [the nuclear] agreement needs to be paralleled by a very aggressive American strategy of working with our allies, both Arab and Israeli, in the region to counter Iranian meddling, support of terrorism, and other activities. We need the same kind of strong-minded strategy in dealing with Iran in its behavior in the region that other countries are looking for, and there's no reason for that to be contradictory to the" nuclear agreement.
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Reviews For Never Letting Go
Reviewer: riegert8 Signed Date: 2014.06.17 - 03:18AM Title: Chapter 1
No Review
Reviewer: Larry Signed Date: 2014.04.09 - 04:37AM Title: Chapter 1
A great story......
Reviewer: minne Signed Date: 2012.04.16 - 08:56AM Title: Chapter 1
Oh thats so sweet and totally awsome
Reviewer: cloisginnyharry25 Signed Date: 2011.03.17 - 04:22AM Title: Chapter 1
Im so glad harry told Ron off. I love harry and ginny
Reviewer: Professor_Chris Signed Date: 2011.03.12 - 06:46AM Title: Chapter 1
Ah very good, wow Ron hasn't grown up at all... I can't believe he was okay with Harry having a fling with Ginny :)...
Reviewer: deedeevee Signed Date: 2011.03.06 - 03:54PM Title: Chapter 1
I really liked this- so sweet! And you nailed Ron's state of perpetual cluelessness. Nice job & good luck with the challenge.
Reviewer: pottermania Signed Date: 2011.03.03 - 12:26PM Title: Chapter 1
Only Ron could say all that and have no idea why Harry was upset!
Reviewer: Northumbrian Signed Date: 2011.03.03 - 06:21AM Title: Chapter 1
Reviewer: DukeBrymin Signed Date: 2011.03.01 - 03:13PM Title: Chapter 1
Very fun--love Ron's cluelessness.
Reviewer: sidnandragin Signed Date: 2011.03.01 - 10:35AM Title: Chapter 1
Awww... it was a good story. I love how you wrote Ron. It is typical that he never figures it out til someone stands up to him and says something. Maybe there is a method to his madness when he speaks with others. I loved Ginny when she is talking with Harry and how Harry reacts to her. I loved it!
Reviewer: ladyginny89 Signed Date: 2011.03.01 - 09:36AM Title: Chapter 1
AWE! That was so sweet! I could totally imagine Ron saying something similar to that or completly missing that harry and Ginny were serious about each other. Great job!
Reviewer: ginnyweasley777 Signed Date: 2011.03.01 - 05:14AM Title: Chapter 1
aww, very sweet and perfect :)
Reviewer: 29461234 Signed Date: 2011.03.01 - 12:56AM Title: Chapter 1
No Review
Reviewer: foxfire23 Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 02:56PM Title: Chapter 1
Poor idiotic Ron...even when he tries to be an adult he fails miserably.
Reviewer: Green Eyes Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 01:00PM Title: Chapter 1
Really loved it! Good luck on the Challenge.
Reviewer: Rosina Ferguson Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 12:35PM Title: Chapter 1
Excellent. You so nailed the characters of Harry, Ginny and Ron. I could just imagine Harry saying I love you in response to a situation instead of a big planned out occasion. Harry and Ginny's spontaneity is one of their most attractive traits.
Reviewer: FlaGinnyGirl Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 12:01PM Title: Chapter 1
I loved it. what a great story. Poor Ron he can be really thick sometimes.
Reviewer: Dad Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 11:43AM Title: Chapter 1
Sod Ron. I want to know what happens to the kittens.
Reviewer: hms42 Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 09:39AM Title: Chapter 1
No Review
Reviewer: Manwe Valarian Signed Date: 2011.02.28 - 03:21AM Title: Chapter 1
Good story, but I think Ron would be threatening Harry not to leave his sister for some hottie at the Ministry.


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Moses' Friendship with God
Reflection: Exodus 32 – 33:23
A casual reading of the initial events in this fragment of Exodus cannot be more contrasting: led by Aaron the high priest, the Israelites surrounded the Golden Calf, worshipping it at the foot of Mount Sinai, while Moses was bounded by God's holiness as the Ten Commandments were being promulgated, at the top of the mountain. Quite out of the blue, Yahweh alerted Moses to the peoples' infidelity to Him and spoke of His intentions to obliterate them, and starting over again with him (32:10). He possibly did not realize the gravity of the situation, but he knew the potential severity of Yahweh's judgment from His words and tone. The ensuing perplexing conversation was heart wrenching for Moses, as there was no extenuating circumstances that he could have used to plead for mercy, after all He has been through with them in and out of Egypt. Still, he implored with the Almighty using (1) His purposeful miraculous deliverance of His people from Egypt, (2) His reputation among the Egyptians if he destroyed the Israelites, and (3) His earlier promises to his ancestors (32:11-13). Astonishingly, God changed His mind and tempered His judgment (32:14), but certainly not on the basis of these plausible yet vulnerable arguments!
God's sovereignty informs us that His decisions are irrevocable. So, on what basis would Yahweh change His mind? And can man change His mind, as Moses did twice? (32:14; 33:17). Was He testing Moses? The grim narrative over the Israelites' judgment curiously portrayed God, almost casually bantering with Moses over who owned these stubborn people: Moses claimed they belonged to God ('your or this people:' 32:7, 9; 33:1, 13, 16), while Yahweh counterclaimed that they were Moses' ('Your or the people:' 32:11-12; 33:1). However, once Moses discovered the full extent of the people's sin, he carried out the punishment himself (32:25-28), rededicated the people, and went straight back to God the next day to plead for mercy by putting his own life on the line (32:30-33). As chastisement, God withdrew His promise to journey with them further and ignored Moses' offer of his own life. His angel would take His place (32:34); guilt is never swept under the carpet by God.
What took place regularly in the Tent of Meeting gave us a hint of the depth of relationship Moses had with his God: "where the Lord used to speak with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend" (33:7-11). In one such session soon after, Moses took God to task on what He had said earlier (that His angel will journey with them), and used his singular rapport with Him to argue for His personal commitment to accompany His people (33:12-13). His rationale was astounding, 'if I have Your approval, then I would like to know Your intention concerning Israel's fate, so that I get to know You better, and therefore be further approved by You…so that Your people are distinguished from everyone else on earth (33:13, 16). The implication is that without God's presence to guide him, Moses will soon incur His disfavor, and the existence of Israel as a nation would be jeopardized; His angel could never make up for God's personal presence and fellowship. Yahweh relented, and voiced one of the most poignant nuances of His sovereignty and the depth of their friendship, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest… I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favour in My sight, and I have known you by name" (33:14, 17). All the second person pronouns (viz., you) are in the singular – God would be present with the people for the rest of their journey for Moses' sake.
The flipside to God's sovereignty is His condescension over human affairs, and this is His prerogative when he pronounced, "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion" (33:19). Neither Moses' claims throughout these interchanges nor his godliness were the elements that changed God's decisions. Yahweh's self- explanation is clear and simple – because He likes him and personally knows him. Conceivably Moses' faithfulness to the charge that God had given him in the oversight of the Israelites from the beginning, and his love for them, demonstrated by his persistent intercession on their behalf despite their unfaithfulness, was a reflection of God Himself (cf. Heb 7:25). Today, our accessibility to the Throne of Grace remains unhindered, facilitating a level of engagement in our friendship with our Lord that would be the envy of anyone outside the Kingdom (John 15:14). If we are to be a people that bring God's presence to others in our community and this world, then the degree of Jesus' friendship with us is significant and priceless.


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"When you go into a doctor's office, you HAVE to know more about this disease than the doctor."
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Like CFS, there's no cure, and no agreed-upon treatment; once you have it, any immune system insult can bring it back to affect you again. 2/3 as prevalent as West Nile Virus, it gets only 4% of the research funding.
As a result, like CFS, doctors (even in areas where it's common) often don't know anything about it and the patients basically have to diagnose themselves and teach the doctor about it.
Valley Fever, Coccidioidomycosis. is becoming more common in California, and non-Anglos are especially hard hit.


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Simon Cowell uses a secret "booster seat" to give him Xtra inches over his fellow TV judges.
The height-conscious mogul, who is already known for wearing Cuban heels, was seen sitting on the cushion at a Britain's Got Talent audition this week.
Simon, 53, has previously been mocked by former judge Piers Morgan about his height – thought to be 5ft 7in to 5ft 9in.
Piers said: "If you look carefully, Simon grows between shows.
"When we're on Britain's Got Talent, he's smaller than me, then suddenly his three pillows arrive and he's taller than me."
Audience member Ian Hunter, 37, spotted Simon's special chair during filming at Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium.
He said: "He's a small man – but with a big opinion and a big personality. It's Simon to a tee.
"It wouldn't surprise me if he had a fan down there keeping his feet warm."
Ian, from Alexandria, West Dumbartonshire, added: "I took pictures and everyone was having a laugh about it."
Judges Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon joined Simon for filming in Scotland on Monday.
The X Factor boss sat on the far left, while 6ft 2in Walliams sat at the opposite end of the panel.
A female fan who also noticed the chair said: "I think he's got the booster seat not because of David but because he wants to look bigger than the girls."
She added: "When we spotted Simon's chair we were in stitches and lots of people were talking about it.
"He looks like the big boss in the big chair but, in fact, he's sitting on a booster seat."
But Simon's spokesman insisted the seat was not to make him appear bigger.
He said: "It's not to make him look taller, it's just a cushion he uses from time to time."
It was earlier revealed that Simon often wears heeled shoes to appear taller and has his trousers tailored to hide them.
The shoes reportedly cost £1,000 and give him a three-inch lift.
He was seen in Cuban heels at his book launch in London last April.


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August 19, 2013
For Immediate Release:
Some of the finest anglers in the Northwest gathered in Garibaldi this past weekend to compete for the Garibaldi title and to see who would become the Overall Garmin OTC Series Champion and secure the invitation to the Offshore World Championship. Once again the City of Garibaldi with our Port Sponsor Duckworth and Weldcraft boats graciously welcomed the 47 teams of anglers to this quaint Oregon coastal port. Unlike last year, this year the weather was fantastic and the ocean was even better.
When the Friday results were released it was obvious that the Oregon Food Bank was the real winner! 40 teams turned in 200 tuna for a total of 4,366.35 lbs. Team "Priorities Strait" finished in first with 126.10 lbs. for total weight of the 5 fish turned in for the competition. The second place team was "Team Englund Marine/Oppor-Tuna-Ty" with 119.4 lbs. and just edging out "Team Big Wave" who finished with 119.30 lbs. Taking the Big Fish Pot sponsored by Westlie Ford was "Priorities Strait" with a 33.5 pound albacore tuna.
As the Saturday results were released team by team the excitement continued to build as it would be a night of "firsts". We ended up with only 36 teams turning in fish as a few boats either couldn't find fish or encountered mechanical issues. This led to the first annual "Irish Mooring Café Sportsman Award" that was given to Captain Jason Ludwig and his crew "Team Bad Blood". Jason and crew had stopped to tow in a fellow competitor with boat issue. As a result of their actions they were not able to cross the finish line by the deadline. As the results were released, every one realized that another first had taken place and karma was on this team's side. They had not made the finish line last year as they too had stopped to help a fellow competitor and just missed the finishing time. This year was another story. The crowd of 450 people was ecstatic as port captain Bud Hosner announced "in 1st place with 129.90 lbs. was "Team Ice Lady" from Garibaldi". This meant that Kelli Bestwick became the first woman captain to win in the 9 years of tournament history. 2nd place with a strong finish and 128.9 lbs. was "Team Teton/FLIR" and 3rd place with 126.70 lbs. was Team Tuna Time. The Big Fish Pot also went to "Team Ice Lady" with a very nice 34.2 pound albacore. Total tuna turned in for the Saturday competition was 3,953.2 pounds.
The Garibaldi overall winner and overall 2013 Series Champion was all that was left to be determined. When it was all added up for Garibaldi, the weekend championship was decided by only 1.2 pounds with "Team Ice Lady" edging out "Priorities Strait". It was a special moment when the trophies and Shimano/PowerPro prize package were handed over to Kelli and her crew.
The Overall Series Championship and the invitation to the Offshore World Championship went to a new team "Team Englund Marine/Oppor-Tuna-Ty" captained by Jad Donaldson which had a 1st and a 2nd in Ilwaco and finished 2nd and 5th in Garibaldi. They finished 15 points ahead of "Team Eat Me Lures".
The real winner though was the Oregon Food Bank with a total of 10,020 pounds of tuna after including the 85 additional tuna donated by fisherman. Overall, the two events (Ilwaco and Garibaldi) of the 2013 Oregon Tuna Classic donated 15,837 pounds of tuna to the Oregon Food Bank and local food banks of Pacific County.
We again would like to thank all that participated, sponsors, vendors, and the many volunteers. The participants, the contributions from our sponsors and all the volunteers whose efforts allow the Oregon Tuna Classic to remain a premier fishing event, benefit the local communities and support the local food banks.
Greg Elliott
OTC Chairman


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Will do.
Did you like the last Captain America trailer but thought it needed more full frontal nudity? (No? Just me then?) Well, anyway, Captain America XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody is going to answer all the request letters I sent to Marvel and Paramount which they foolishly ignored.
The safe for work trailer is below, and can I just say it's refreshing to see a porn parody with just two dudes in it. . . . *raises hand to earpiece* What, you mean it's not a gay porn? DAMN IT. Well, anyway, the misleading trailer is below, and man does Red Skull hate those cars! Probably because they were somehow transported back in time several decades to WWII. Nazis hate anachronistic set pieces.
Sidenote: I really wish they hadn't used a swastika on the porn version of Red Skull's jacket. Am I supposed to wank to this movie? I might, but I'm not going to be happy about it. No sir.
Captain America! Motorcycles! Um . . self-storage! Yeah! USA!
[Hat tip and an ill-fitting latex mask to BleedingCool.]


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While the future of storage on your laptop is undoubtedly solid state, it's more difficult to predict how the huge tranches of data in server farms will be housed in the future. Recent suggestions, though, predict the rebirth of an old technology: the humble casette tape. More »
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From WBro Damien of Devotion
A friend and reader from America recently asked me why we have the "United" Grand Lodge of Victoria rather than just Grand Lodge Victoria. The answer lays in our history....
Melbourne was founded in 1835 as an agricultural city and port, but flourished during the Gold Rushes of the 1850's. By the 1860's Melbourne was Australia's largest and wealthiest city - indeed the first Federal Parliament (1901) was held in Melbourne. Likewise, Freemasonry flourished in the State and its cities and towns.
In the 1800's there were three regular Constitutions under which Masonic Lodges in Victoria worked. These three regular Grand Lodges were those of England, Ireland and Scotland – each having a District Grand Master in Victoria. There were also a noticeable number of irregular Freemasons working under a French Grand Lodge but that's outside the scope of this short article.
Just as Masons have all over the world, local Freemasons decided they wanted self determination and decided to move away from geographically distant Grand Lodges by founding their own.
The first native Grand Lodge in Victoria was formed under a member of the Irish Constitution; George Selth Coppin (1819-1906), a theatre entrepreneur, comic actor and politician (MLA & MLC). Coppin formed Grand Lodge Victoria (GLV) in 1883. Of the three Constitutions working here the English by far had the largest number of Warrants and Freemasons. Coppin failed to attract the English Lodges to his new Grand Lodge - but despite that, there was a lot of inter-visiting; indeed Freemasons that were excluded in one of the European Constitutions would just visit or join the other Constitutions - it was all very loose. Once GLV was founded, Coppin could not get the number of Lodges he wanted, it was basically the Irish who supported GLV - but we do have warrants on the walls from GLV signed by Coppin; it was not a tin pot show but a legitimate Grand Lodge. Critically, despite requests for amity, GLV was not recognised by the three European Constitutions working here. It is reported that of the 121 regular lodges in Victoria when GLV was founded only 16 Lodges became members of that Grand Lodge.
Towards the end of 1887 the Earl of Carnarvon visited Victoria. He was Pro Grand Master for England and it is generally reported he encouraged a local Grand Lodge, just as in a wider sense he encouraged Australia's Federation during his visit... and there was just the local leader to form that Grand Lodge.
Sir William John Clarke (1831-1897), was a hugely wealthy and well known Victorian businessman, philanthropist, politician (MLA) and community leader. The Australian Dictionary of Biography records "William was also a prominent Victorian Freemason and was elected Provincial Grand Master of the Irish Constitution in 1881 and District Grand Master of both the Scottish and English Constitutions in 1884, a unique record at that time....In 1885 he had largely financed the building of the Freemasons' Hall in Collins Street... . In 1889 he became the first Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria..." Clarke used his unique position as a District Grand Master of the three major Grand Lodges working here, and, cutting a long story short, he was able to united all of four Constitutions (UGLE, Grand Lodge of Scotland, Grand Lodge of Ireland, Grand Lodge Victoria) into one - critical in that was attracting the English Lodges – and hence - we became United Grand Lodge of Victoria (UGLV) under Clarke. About 6,000 Freemasons attended the celebrations. Clarke was not just an impressive Freemason, but businessmen and his stamp was left in many ways - including World Test Cricket – for it was on his property in Sunbury (now an outer suburb of Melbourne) that the Ashes were born (it is a cricket thing.) Coppin was also an impressive individual and also worth reading about – he left us with some great legacies and even played a role in establishing Torrens Titles in Victoria (it's a lawyer thing but affects us all).
A total of 136 Lodges, being made up of 92 EC 16 IC, 12 SC. and 16 GLV all joined UGLV. Three Lodges under the English Constitution declined to join; Meridian Lodge of St. John No. 729, The Prince of Wales Lodge No. 1058 (both of which joined the UGLV a few months later) and the Combermere Lodge, No. 752 E.C. One cool thing to note is that Lodge Combermere remains in operation in Melbourne to this day under UGLE. Likewise, Victoria Mark Lodge No 47 is the oldest operating Mark Lodge in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second oldest working outside England. It was originally formed on 25 May 1859. When the Mark Grand Lodge of Victoria was formed 1899, Victoria Mark Lodge chose to remain under the English Constitution (EC), and today remains the only EC Mark lodge still working in Australia. It's great to go and visit a foreign lodge in your own city - much cheaper than an air-fare !
The unification of Lodges working under the Irish, English, Scottish and Victorian Grand Lodges is why we became the "United Victorian Grand of Lodge" in 1889.
The Combermere Lodge (EC) meets on the 3rd Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October & December. Installation June.
You might also be interested in the EC Mark and Chapter Lodges still meeting in Victoria:
Victoria Mark Lodge No 47
Freemasonry Victoria >


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Liberal leader hopeful looks to bridge gap with teachers' union
Ontario Liberal leadership candidate and former Windsor West MPP Sandra Pupatello wants to restore a good working relationship with teachers.
Bill 115, which has taken away negotiating powers from the teachers' union, has damaged the tie between the government and its educators.
Various other labour groups are fighting back with the threat of strike action. There have been demonstrations across the province and one is planned for when the new Liberal leader is selected in Toronto in January.
Pupatello said one of her key issues will be repairing the broken relationship between the government and its teachers if she's appointed head of the Liberal Party.
"The best predictor of future behaviour is my past behaviour, so I always had a good relationship as minister of education and I expect I'm going to have that again," she said.
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A large proportion of foreigners purchasing property in Mexico choose to make their investment at one of Mexico's many fine beach locations: with over six thousand miles of sea-facing land, there is ample diversity for those who want to live near the water. However, there exists another option when you're searching for a property foothold in Mexico: a collection of beautifully-preserved colonial towns and cities.
Most of Mexico's colonial cities are situated at altitudes above 5,000 feet. This means that you can expect cooler and more temperate climates in these places than you'll experience on the coasts where, particularly in the spring and summer months, temperatures and humidity soar.
During late fall and throughout the winter, early mornings, evenings, and nights are cooler in colonial cities–even chilly in some higher places that may require the warmth of a fireplace or other heating system. The spring and fall climates are ideal in most of Mexico's colonial cities, featuring temperate ambiance with occasional rainfalls between otherwise undisturbed sunlight, shining across crisp and deep azure-blue skies.
The late late spring and summer months in Mexico's colonial cities are warm and can get quite hot. Most regions experience monsoon rains between May and October each year; these often take the form of torrential afternoon or evening downpours which cool the high summer temperatures and make the local flora and fauna burst into life.
Which colonial cities are people moving to? 'Expat enclaves' including San Miguel de Allende and Ajijic/Chapala have been popular with foreign residents for decades, and their lure and appeal is still attractive to many who visit and make of these places their home, full or part-time.
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On the Move with Max
Well, our living room has been the gathering place for all the stuff my son Max will need to begin apartment living at Big Ten College. We've been dumpster jumping and refurbishing our finds all summer. We've scoured our house for just the right things for him to take. And we've purchased some new items for him. It looked like a lot of stuff and furniture crammed in that room. . .until we picked up the U-Haul this morning and saw how big IT is!
We couldn't get a 10′ truck, which is the smallest that would fit our old sofa, anywhere but in a bad section of Newark, NJ. So for the same price we got a 14′ truck from a U-Haul rental place closer to home. I drove it safely about 5 miles back to our house, although I narrowly missed parked cars with the big side mirrors, according to Max, who was following me.
It was a real squeeze play to drive on Bloomfield Avenue, our local, crowded, parallel-parked main drag, but I did it. And with Max's help I backed that sucker up into our narrow driveway and didn't damage the truck or my self-esteem. One try and presto!
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Panchkula: Minerva Punjab FC created history by becoming the first team from North India in the history of Hero I-League to win the crown jewel of Indian Football. William's goal was enough to seal the title for Minerva Punjab who beat Churchill Brothers by a solitary goal today. This is a landmark moment in Indian Football where two relegation threatened teams have won back to back I-League titles. Last year it was Aizawl, this year it is Minerva Punjab from Chandigarh.
Churchill Brothers on the other hand got relegated after this defeat demotes them to 2nd division.
Minerva Punjab started the first half really well. The attacking trio of Chencho, William and Girik combining really well to put Churchill's defence in jeopardy. Chencho almost scored the match's opener in 8th minute when a low Girik Khosla cross wasn't dealt with properly by Monday which gave Chencho a chance but he couldn't make full use of it. Minutes later Akash Sangwan had an opportunity to score from Left but his shot went straight into the Keeper who blocked well. The moment finally came in 16th minute when William converted from point blank range after a rebound from Girik's shot which fell right into his feet. William had another exceptional chance in the injury time of 1st half but he couldn't control his effort and lost possession.
The first half ended with the home side leading 1-0.
The second half started with a flurry of attacks from Churchill Brothers who tried their best to come back in 2nd half but got unlucky on many occasions. In the 49th minute Akash Sangwan's pin point corner kick met Chencho header but his effort went just wide of target. Churchill Brothers almost scored in the 51st minute when Britto got a chance from just 6 yards out but his weak effort came hit the keeper. Ceesay took a long shot in 54th minute but Kiran was there to save comfortably.
Monday tried his luck in 59th minute but his wayward short was nowhere near the target. The big chance for Churchill came in 61st minute when Ceesay created space inside box to set himself for a shot but ball just went over the crossbar.
Minerva should have doubled their lead in 64th minute when Kassim played one two with Chencho but Chencho's following cross towards Sangwan, who was unmarked, went out for a goal kick.
In 65th minute Britto missed the opportunity of the match so far when he went one on one with the keeper Kiran but Minerva shot stopper came out quickly to save his side.
In another show of combination play Chencho was brilliantly setup by William in 73rd minute in the box but he decided to cut inside and in doing so lost the ball possession.
Minerva centre back Eric Dano got a chance in 80th minute when he took a shot after a deflected corner kick but his shot was nowhere near target.
Bali Gangandeep got a chance to get his name on scoresheet but his weak effort didn't trouble the keeper. As the Full-time whistle was blown it was it for the day. All Over. Minerva Punjab FC were crowned Champions of India in a historic moment for Indian Football.
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The annual Rennie Grove Hospice Care's Santa float which visited excited youngsters in Tring, Marsworth, Pitstone, Wigginton and Cheddington in the run up to the 25th raised a whopping £3,759.76 this year.
The cash will go towards helping patients who are suffering from life limiting illnesses and their families who are supported by the Tring-based charity.
Rennie Grove community fundraiser Claire Redrup said: "We would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers who helped including the drivers, Santas and all the elves who knocked on doors, walked miles and gave up their time to help out with the community event.
"We tried our very hardest to get to as many households as we possibly can and apologise to anyone we didn't visit.
"If you want to see the float again next year, please do consider volunteering yourselves.
"The more people we get to help out the more houses we can visit and the more money we can raise."


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University of LoralaiWith the increase in the demand of human resource intellectuals and professionals, Baluchistan was in dire need of a new institution for bringing educated men power. Thus, the establishment of University of Loralai was proposed for the purpose of serving the impoverished province of Baluchistan in social and economic domains of life.
The result of the study conducted by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) supported the requirement of a University for Zoab Division at district Loralai named "University of Loralai". For this purpose 500 acres of land at (Zarr Karerz) has been provided by Provincial Government, allocated 12 Km away form the Loralai City at Quetta Road. Notwithstanding, the tentative proposal of the University of Loralai was approved in the ECNEC meeting held on May, 2011, allocation of Rs. 1518.751 million allocated by the HEC as per PC-1 for University of Loralai.


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NAIROBI, Kenya — Armed Marines patrol the U.S. Embassy grounds in Nairobi in bullet proof vests and helmets. Increasingly frequent emergency drills tell embassy staff: "Duck and cover, duck and cover."
The U.S. embassy on Friday sent out a new travel alert to American citizens warning of a continued terrorist threat in a country where the U.S. Embassy suffered a devastating attack in 1998.
An earlier warning this week said for the first time that the embassy itself is taking new steps to increase security "due to recent threat information regarding the international community in Kenya."
Britain's government also warned its citizens this week to avoid the coastal city of Mombasa and beach towns nearby, prompting a travel company to cut short the vacations of hundreds of British citizens and fly them home.
Security concerns have long been high in Kenya because of its proximity to Somalia and the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group that operates from there. The latest high-profile attack came in September, when four al-Shabab gunmen attacked an upscale mall in Nairobi, killing at least 67 people. The 1998 embassy bombing killed more than 200 people.
Since the mall attack, Kenya has suffered numerous smaller bombings in Nairobi and Mombasa. Authorities, with the help of the FBI, also discovered a huge car bomb that could have caused massive damage.
"We know from experience whether it's been in Yemen where embassies have been attacked or in Benghazi where our consulate and ambassador was attacked, anything that is a symbol of a foreign country is a potential target," said Scott Gration, the immediate past U.S. ambassador in Kenya.
Gration, a retired U.S. Air Force major general who runs a technology and investment consultancy in Nairobi, said embassies "are always a target, whether you have a warning out or not, they tend to be a magnet for people that have ideological intentions."
The U.S. Embassy says that more than 100 people have been killed in shootings, grenade attacks and small bombs in Kenya over the past 18 months.
TUI Travel, which owns the British tourism companies Thomson and First Choice, canceled all its flights to Mombasa until October because of the new security alert.
"As a precautionary measure, we have also taken the decision to repatriate all customers currently on holiday in Kenya back to the U.K.," on both Thursday and Friday, a company statement said.
A spokesman for Britain's government in the Foreign Office said the warning was only for the area immediately around Mombasa. The evacuation of tourists was a private company initiative, not a government one.
Gration said that many tourism companies have insurance policies for its tourists that don't allow travelers to be in high-risk locations. He said Kenya's coast is a beautiful and mostly safe location.
"My belief is that everywhere there are issues and we all need to be prudent in when we go and where we go," Gration said. "So I don't travel at night, avoid big crowds and lock my doors. Whether you are in Newark, New Jersey or Nairobi, Kenya, we can all fall victim to crime or terrorism."


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At a Vision Writer's meeting that is.
With so many new faces in recent meetings I thought I'd take a few moments to publicly answer some of the more common questions I get asked before a meeting by first time attendees.
#1 What do I have to bring?
Yourself. The rest of it is optional, though I do suggest bringing a pen and notebook with you, as there is always useful information floating around the room.
#2 Do I have to critique at my first meeting?
Not at all. However if you have joined our message board, and feel comfortable doing so, you will find the stories we'll be critiquing in the Files area.
#3 Are there any rules I need to be aware of?
We're gathering to give constructive criticism on stories people may have been working on for years, so respect is really the foundation of it all.
#4 Is there an age limit?
We're not always critiquing content suited to a young adult audience. I would suggest anyone under the age of 17 have their parent or guardian join the message board and decide if the content for that month is suitable reading for the maturity level of their charge.
We would also ask for that parent or guardian to attend the meeting to decide if it is suitable for their charge to be in attendance.
#5 Does it cost anything to attend Vision Meetings?
Not currently. In the past meetings have been held in coffee shops and other assorted venues that may have incurred a cover charge.
For the last four years or so we've been meeting in Libraries which is free of charge, unless we collect membership fees or donations. So we refrain from asking for money and we get our meeting space for no cost.
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Please Note: While online sessions are a useful modern healing tool and may be creative in their enactment, they lack the group dynamic, which is a pivotal player in this work. We highly recommend attending a workshop if you can. The dynamic created by a circle of people with strong intention propels each individual so much further than on a 1-to-1 basis.
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Hello! My name is Mora and I'm a student artist. I hope to animate, freelance, and make comics.
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Only at the image # 13 I love really her perfect yellow and red soles absolutely beautiful soles this young princess has really perfect feet
What an apple pie
Might be the best one, two punch of presenting sets ever, love blue and green-eyed brunettes.
. "Katie Rae ") if I could give coupledeshots more than a ten_ (there's a few here
Oh mercy! Please shield me from those oh so seductive eyes! Most models can't really pull that off but this little lady could seduce any one who still has a pulse! What a great body! Butt and legs are smokin hot as are the breasts and that lethally seductive face! Hard to believe she is new to nude modeling. You can bet she will be very popular here!
What'ya say Hip, PP club for VS? Those plentiful nether lips would be a mouthful of heaven.
Varya Shay has a very pretty face, dynamite ass and sexy legs and thighs Very hot and seductive. 10+++. Excellent photography. Please return as many times as possible.
Very pretty eyes too. "Bed room" eyes.
Quite a resemblance to Katie Holmes.
I have to second that!
The camera loves this beautiful angel face. Hard not to be impressed with this lady; the camera work
is outstanding.
Am I mistaken or is this girl also known as Fedorova Varya? and if so, can we then expect some solo movies with her on MetArt X at some point? :-D
Anyway, a nice first set with gorgeous Varya, but as much as I like her I'm still going to have to knock off a point for sloppy grooming :-P
In any case like I wrote a nice first set and I hope we'll see many more of Varya, she has that cute n sexy look that I like so much, not to mention a really sweet but subtle smile :-)
Two dazzling debuts in one day? Thankfully this isn't a contest, I'd have to have to pick one of them. Varya's confident smile as she puts herself on display is very, very sexy. And ohhh myyy, do I love the way she puts herself on display. Bold and fearless. Much to OOOF in this set.
Anyone else reminded of Yuki a little bit? ;)
Hardy har har. Shut up Checkers.
Welcome to MET!
Chukkers... I kin always whack you on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper (remember those?) if you get too far out of line - but not so in this case. 😲
Wow! What a start, beautiful hair, beautiful eyes and a body to match and oh those sweet labia! 10+ :)
So having sorted that, welcome Varya Shay who lies on a sofa with her legs wide open in a most charming way to glorious effect. ☺
I like the photos. And I like Yuki If she is presents herself today in an other manner, it isnit important for me. Her face is cute, her body is hot and sexy and the petite sexy pussy with the wide opend labia are pink and really moist. What more do we want?
Hahahahaha, ok it is not Yuki. But as I comment, this girl is absolutely adorable. She is new here, and so hello and welcome cute Varya Shay.
I hope, we can see in future much more of you. I like every inch of your hot and sexy body and I want to see more of your sexiest bodyparts. Especially I want to see in your wide opend pussy, and that best in many close-ups.
Yes, brot1her Beetle! I don't care what her name is, she has my attention! What a beautiful Butterfly and eyes to go with!
Hi All,
My mistake this young lady is a new model, Varya Shay. I will have this corrected shortly, thanks! :)
All is forgiven. Thanks for 2 debuts in one day. Yuki or not, both newbies are fabulous!
??? Are you kidding??????
This is not the Yuki I know.
She's not Yuki but she's a first class beauty in her own right.
You're right. Yuki is one of my favorites, and this model is not her
Hi guys, you are quite right - as you can see from her comment below, K has corrected this now. Facially Varya does have a remarkable resemblance to Yuki... I'd like to imagine they are cousins :-)
Agreed, a very cute girl but not "Yuki', Breasts are smaller


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I've always been fascinated with the idea of a capsule wardrobe, but have never quite managed to build one. In fact, for some years it has been one of my new years resolutions… However, I recently realized that I've actually been wearing a sort of capsule wardrobe lately quite accidentally.
Yes, it is very casual, this is just what I have been wearing on my spare time.
3 t-shirts, two gray, one black. If it looks like it's the same shirt in all pictures, that's because it is. Good t-shirts are surprisingly hard to find so when I did, I bought three.
One black sweater, one tribal cardigan, one light weight jacket.
Two pairs of skinny jeans, one gray, one black. These look odd in the pictures. I swear I'm not a hobbit.
One small suede handbag, one black Fjällräven Kånken backpack.
One pair of black Minnetonka moccasins.
Foldable Ray-Ban Wayfarers, fitbit, my engagement ring, one pair of bar earrings from Etsy, CK Be perfume.
I also had socks, underwear, 3 bras and sleepwear.
That's it. I've been enjoying it immensely. It's taken the guessing out of dressing. (Ha.)
What does the weather look like today? It's hot. Great! Wear a t-shirt. It's cool now, but it'll get warmer later. Alright, add the cardigan. Looks like it's going to be cool all day. OK, I'll just wear my only sweater. It's cold. Wonderful, I'll don my one jacket.
The same shoes everyday. The same earrings. One pair of sunglasses to choose from. My only perfume. The ring and fitbit never leave me.
I've been using the backpack when I have something bigger to take with me. It's very good for biking. The handbag when I've needed to take something small that I haven't been able to stuff into my pockets.
That's it. And It's been lovely. I haven't had to think about getting dressed almost at all, and I've still managed to look decent. Perfect.
I hope I'll manage to build a capsule for all seasons!


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To get rid of the Credit in AR
Logos – Correcting customer file for an overpayment in A/R that was refunded in A/P
- Situation: customer was overpaid on something. They deposited the payment in A/R, then they refunded the overpayment part with a check in A/P. Their customer's file still shows the overpayment in A/R. How do they get their customer A/R info correct to show the refund?
- highlight the invoice that is overpaid and the refund button should be available.
- It will create an invoice that can be deleted since it was already paid.
- There will not be a JE created. This will only correct the customer payment file.


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The official blog for the Annual Shiitake Award Show, which spotlights the dumbest sex offender-related stories of the year. This blog hosts the annual awards show and the annual list of finalists. Voting for the Shiitakes takes place every January. The Shiitake Awards is a project of Once Fallen Productions. For a full description of the Shiitake Awards, its mission, or to nominate candidates, click on the "About the Shiitake Awards" tab.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Nominate 2009 Worst News Mutt
8 comments:
- WarpedOhio said...
Kevin Fischer wants to repeat his 2008 Shiitake Award winning performance:
Not a single state thus far has met a July 2009 deadline to comply with the federally mandated Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.
Granted, no funding is included, and granted, states are battling all kinds of fiscal problems.
But it's amazing what issues suddenly transform politicians into fiscal conservatives.
As I stated previously, sex offender sympathizers writing from other states, in order for your comments to be posted here, you must give their your names and your communities of residence.
Do that, and you can spout off all the pro-pervert nonsense you want.
If you don't, forget it. Your comment will be dust in the wind.
Kevin, you're definitely well on your way to a second Shiitake award!
- January 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Rick Roberts, talkshow host, and another promoter of vigilante violence. Its one thing to protest a sex offender's release, its another thing to post every personal info up you find and paint a virtual bullseye on the guy
- February 6, 2009 at 10:08 PM
- 86Jane said...
My absolute vote goes to one of the most idiotic "news" hosts ever - Jane Velez Mitchell on CNN.
She spits out all kinds of lies about sex offenders and neglects to mention that many teenagers are now entering the registry for "sexting" on their cellphones, among all the other non-violent offenders overpopulating it.
She also makes the ludicrous assumption that Adam Walsh was murdered by an RSO, say what? Total lie, Adam was NOT murdered by an RSO, nor was their any evidence the boy was molested in the tragedy. Get your facts straight Jane!
Jane just uses sex offender hype to increase her ratings, picking up where ol' Glenn left off. What an assbrain!
She deserves the Worst News Mutt Award this year.
- April 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- WarpedOhio said...
I listened in on Jane talking about Sandra Cantu case and she said, "So when will a bill be named after this girl and what will it do?"
- April 25, 2009 at 6:03 AM
- WarpedOhio said...
Robin Sax-of-shit!
Long story hort, she suggests doing away with the US constitution to make it easier to persecute... oops, "prosecute" the accused. Meaning if someone's trying to NIFONG YOU, then under her suggestions you have NO recourse!
- August 14, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Laurie Jennings of JustNews WLPG 10, Pembroke Park, FL, on the situation under the bridge:
"Thank goodness for the homeless trust, really spearheading this." WTF?!? Does she even KNOW what's going on there? Where the fuck was the Homeless trust three years ago? Stupid airheaded bimbo!
- August 24, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- WarpedOhio said...
Wendy Murphy rears her ugly head with more bullshit. Take your pick of everything wrong with her editorial. To her credit, at least she admits the registry is "flawed," if for all the wrong resons:
WENDY MURPHY: Sex offender laws flawed but critical
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Aug 29, 2009 @ 05:00 AM
When the title of an article about sex crimes laws includes the phrase "unjust and ineffective," you know the text that follows will be a puff piece about how sex offenders are treated unfairly and sex offender registries are barbaric. A recent article by writer Georgia Harlem in the prestigious Economist did not disappoint.
It begins with a typical extreme example of a 17-year-old prosecuted for committing a sex offense against an underage student in the middle of a classroom while others were watching a film. Nearly a quarter of the article is spent on the details of this one case – while zero ink is dedicated to explaining that the prosecution of teens who engage in consensual (if underage) sex is exceedingly rare.
Indeed, the only types of crimes described in detail in the piece are those involving "technically" criminal conduct – such as sex between a teenage boy and his "high school sweetheart." The article nowhere describes in similar detail the more typical, brutal sex crime, nor is there a single word about the way sexual violence negatively affects most victims for the rest of their lives.
The United States Supreme Court says rape causes the most severe harm to the self, short of murder, but the Economist chose to focus on teen sex to argue that American laws against sexual violence are "unjust".
No surprise then that the author misses the most important point of all – that the American legal system has historically perpetuated sexual violence by disproportionately failing to redress violence against women and children.
- August 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- WarpedOhio said...
Part 2 of Wendy's rant:
A study in the 1990s submitted to Congress by then-Sen. Joseph Biden proved that less than 2 percent of rapists spend even one day behind bars and that rapists, on average, receive less punishment than people who commit property crimes. Likewise, a more recent study by Professor Ross Cheit at Brown University proved that sex crimes against children rarely end with the offender being incarcerated.
Embarrassingly, Harlem also claims that recidivism rates for sex offenders are low, citing as definitive proof a widely misused study of 10,000 sex offenders that found only "5 percent were re-arrested for a sex crime within three years."
Obviously the study tells us nothing about recidivism because it measures only "re-arrest" rates. Where 80-90 percent of sex offenses are never reported – much less lead to arrest – measuring re-arrests to determine recidivism is like measuring nationwide rainfall by looking only at the data from Las Vegas.
Even more arrogantly, Harlem dismisses people who claim that 75-90 percent of sex offenders re-offend, claiming, "it is not clear where they find such numbers." Too bad Harlem couldn't locate the wealth of research on recidivism laid out in Dr. Anna Salter's prize-winning work in which she cites studies finding that the average sex offender assaults more than 100 different victims during a lifetime.
This is why sex offender registries are good, if imperfect, social policy. That some people misuse them is no more an excuse to ban all registries than is the fact that some people are welfare cheats an excuse to cancel welfare altogether.
Harlem claims that registries make it tough for a convicted rapist to get a job. But isn't the real problem the fact that he committed a horrific act of violence?
Registries don't create new data – they simply make existing public information easier to access. If the government didn't create a registry, the public could do so on its own – which would be even more problematic for offenders in terms of maintaining correct data, etc.
Harlem is right about a couple of things. Registries should contain more information so that a teen sex case isn't misunderstood as a more serious crime. And vigilantism is wrong. But blaming vigilantism on registries is silly.
Vigilantes have emerged in sex-crime matters in response to evidence that the American legal system has failed women and children. When the law doesn't work as it should, people take matters into their own hands – as blacks did in the aftermath of Rodney King – and at other points in our nation's history when the legal system failed to redress racist violence.
Criticism of sex offender laws is fine, but it should be based on truthful information. The Economist usually understands the importance of being straight with its readers. Not this time.
Wendy Murphy is a leading victims rights advocate and nationally recognized television legal analyst. She is an adjunct professor at New England Law in Boston. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read more of her columns at The Daily Beast.
- August 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM


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So next time you see this in your yard you may want to just harvest it instead of trying to get rid of it.
A journey to becoming as self sufficient as we can. And doing it as frugally as possible!
R U on facebook? R U watching what is happening on the Bundy Ranch in Northeastern Nevada?ReplyDelete
I am watching what is going on in Nev. I haven't seen anything today yet. I'm afraid that it is going to get ugly.
I am on FB my personal F.B. is under (Connie Bradshaw Watkins ) you can send me a friend request. I also have the blog F.B. but try to not get to political on the blog F.B. but my personal F.B. I try to keep informed and keep others informed.


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Pulse Detonation Engine Technology
Pulse Detonation Engine is a propulsion technology. Involves detonation of fuel to produce thrust. More efficient than current engine system. Basic concept behind the technology is to detonate, rather than deflate,the fuel. The detonation of fuel results in immense pressure which in turn is used as thrust. Supersonic velocities can be achieved. The basic operation of the Pulse Detonation Engine is similar to that of the pulse jet engine. In the pulse jet, air is mixed with fuel to create a flammable mixture that is then ignited in an open chamber. The resulting combustion greatly increases the pressure of the mixture to approximately 100 atmospheres. The first known flight of an aircraft powered by a pulse detonation engine took place at the Mojave Air & Space Port on January 31, 2008.
Why Pulse Detonation Engine?
Why Pulse Detonation Engine? Answer to the question is limited in following points:
- Simplicity of design.
- Detonation wave does the work of compressing the gas, producing extremely high pressure ratios, higher temperatures.
- No requirement of high compression ratios and thus no compressor required.
- Constant volume combustion offers better efficiencies than constant pressure combustion in Brayton cycle.
- Better thrust, Isp, fuel efficiencies.
- Higher weight to thrust ratios.
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Pulse Detonation Engine Working Principle
Working Principle of Pulse Detonation Engine is Two stage ignition process
In first stage
- Injection of fresh air – fuel charge.
- A volatile fuel (h2) and oxidizer (o2) injection.
- powerful electrical discharge ignition.
- DDT Tubes are used for triggering.
In Second Stage
- Powerful shock wave generation.
- Main AIR+ FUEL Charge compression.
- Repetition of both stages.
Fuel Options for Pulse Detonation Engine
There were many options for fuel some of which are depicted here
- Coal: Efforts are under way to produce clean coal gas
- Natural gas: LPG, CNG etc
- Propane
- Hydrogen
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- Jet fuels
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Advantages of Pulse Detonation Engine
Some of the major advantages of Pulse Detonation Engine or Pulse Jet Engine are given here
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- Easy integration and maintenance.
- Higher thermodynamic efficiency.
- Higher mach number up to 5 can be achieved.
- Much better fuel efficiency.
- No need of compressors and turbines.
- Theoretically lesser weight as compared to conventional gas turbine engine.
- Cost effective.
- NOx emissions may decrease up to 70 – 80 %.
Limitation of Pulse Detonation Engine
- Attaining successive detonation instead of deflagration cycles.
- The risks of containment failure (i.e. catastrophic explosion that turns engine into a grenade).
- Problems in valve operation.
- High vibration and noise levels.
- Engineering materials to withstand the immense pressure and thermal stresses caused by the detonation.
Applications of Pulse Detonation Engine
- In – atmosphere flight.
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Future Projects of Pulse Detonation Engine
- Many developers have a high hopes that PDE will ultimately become the most cost effective method of propelling supersonic sub – orbital craft.
- The ultra – high compression obtained by detonation offer the potential for much better fuel efficiency than even the best turbojet.
- An air breathing engine reduces the fuel load and increases safety when compared to rocket motors.
Pulse detonation engines can be classified into three categories Pure, Combined cycles and Hybrid. General principle of operation for each is identical.
The fuel-air mixture is detonated in the engine cavity , rather than deflagrate. It has an inherently simpler mechanical design and a higher thermodynamic efficiency. It is more efficient , in both specific thrust and specific fuel consumption. Pulse detonation engine technology has application to many aerospace industries,quick and efficient intercontinental travel, safe and cost effective spacecraft launch and military operations.