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Humans Are Still Analog
The last few weeks I've been working on an ARM-based development system that doesn't break the bank. If you read last time, you may have noticed that I mentioned the LPC-Link debugger. However, if you are using the Mbed online compiler, you may have wondered how you would actually debug using the online IDE.
The answer is, you can't. You need some local IDE. I used LPCXpresso, which is a free download for Linux, Mac, and Windows. The problem is the Mbed libraries expect to compile on the Mbed compiler. The code is open source and it is full of
#if statements to account for other supported compilers, but at least for the LPC1114, I didn't get a clean compile right out of the box.
In theory — and this may work one day — you should be able to tell the Mbed IDE to export your project to a different IDE. That is supposed to give you a project with all the right options and dependencies. However, the LPC1114 didn't support LPCXpresso export at the time I tried it.
I wound up exporting the project as a ZIP file which worked, but it didn't set up a project with all the defines, libraries, start up files, linker files, and the other ancillary things needed to get a successful compile. Of course, you can always abandon the Mbed libraries, but they are very handy compared to using the CMSIS setup the LPCXpresso examples use.
Lucky for you, I did all the work of dragging through compile and linker errors and fixing up the Mbed library to work with LPCXpresso. You can find the result along with a small example program in the online listings. You can use the LPCXpresso Import Projects command (from the Quickstart Panel) to load both projects. You could skip the example, but you need the Mbed project if you want to write your own programs or run the example.
Speaking of the QuickStart Panel, I have been frustrated before with LPCXpresso because it does rely on the panel heavily (see the figure below). Many of the panel functions have similar Eclipse menus (for example, the import project) but they don't work the same! You really want to use the functions off the QuickStart Panel instead of the native Eclipse equivalents.
If you don't care about debugging, then you can just get the example and plug it into Mbed (or clone my copy). The code is almost exactly the same either way (I did have to add a reference to
mbed_main for the LPCXpresso copy).
The example drives a common radio control servo on pin 1 of the IC. The one I had needed 5V, so I connected the positive and ground wires to a 5V supply and then made sure the 5V supply had a ground in common with the LPC1114 board (which is a 3.3V system). The control input to the servo connected to pin 1 of the CPU chip.
My goal was to make a meter that could show activity on the PC (after all, reading numbers of a screen is a digital concept and humans are still analog). I'll take a rainy day project in the future to put a needle on the servo and make a cardboard backing that shows 0% to 100%. A small piece of software sends the percentage to the "meter" so the percentage could be anything, really.
If you haven't used an analog servo before, the idea is simple. You periodically send it a pulse. It generates a matching pulse internally that depends on the position of the motor shaft. If your pulse is longer than the internal pulse, the motor will move in one direction. If your pulse is shorter, the motor moves in the other direction. The amount of motion depends on the difference between the pulses, and eventually the shaft will stop at the commanded position.
Most servos have mechanical stops so they don't go all the way around. That's perfect for a meter. I measured and found that my servo would go all the way to the ends with a 1 millisecond pulse and a 2.6 millisecond pulse. Anything between would move the shaft to some point between the extremes.
The software could do some timing loop, or manage a timer interrupt. But with the Mbed libraries it is much simpler. The library provides a PWM (pulse width modulation) object. Normally, you use it to send pulses of a certain duty cycle and period. For example, a 20 millisecond period pulse with a 10% duty cycle would be high for 2 milliseconds and low for 18 milliseconds.
The object will compute that for you, if you want. It also provides methods that let you set the timing of the pulse automatically. That's what I wanted. The serial port is also nicely encapsulated. The code could hardly be simpler:
#ifdef __USE_CMSIS // only needed for LPCXpresso #include "LPC11xx.h" #endif #include "mbed.h" PwmOut out0(P0_8); Serial host(USBTX, USBRX); // I didn't include the flash access adjust // for the online version since it isn't necessary extern "C" void flash_access_time(uint32_t frequency); // Needed for LPCXpresso extern "C" void mbed_main(void); int main(void) { flash_access_time(48000000); host.baud(57600); out0.period_ms(20); out0.pulsewidth_us(2600); while(1) { unsigned int n=200; host.scanf("%d",&n); // read from PC if (n>100) continue; // make sure in range 0-100 n=((unsigned int) (1600.0*n/100.0)); // get a number from 0 to 1600 n=1600-n; // reverse motion direction so now it is 1600 to 0 // add 1000 so that total number is 1000 to 2600 (or 1mS to 2.6mS) out0.pulsewidth_us(n+1000); } }
scanf is wasteful, but it sure makes the program simple! Naturally, the position of the servo was backwards, so 2.6 milliseconds was 0% and 1 millisecond was 100%. That's an easy fix in software, of course.
The first calculation of
n essentially computes a percentage of 1600. Notice the ARM can easily handle floating-point math, which is convenient. The second calculation flips the result so that 100% becomes 0. Finally, the program adds 1000 to
n before calling
pulsewidth_us. This results in 1000 to 2600 microseconds (which is 1 to 2.6 milliseconds).
If you are using LPCXpresso with a debugging probe you can single step, break point, and examine the program executing as you'd expect with any modern debugger. If you aren't, you can still use LPCXpresso and just program using the bootloader like you would if you were using the online IDE. The two objects are just a few of the devices supported by Mbed. If you browse the web site, you'll see objects ranging from networking, cameras, range finders, and plenty more.
I didn't spend much time on the script to send the serial data indicating CPU load, so it probably has room for improvement. I used mpstat (you may have to install it from your repository) to get the one second average and let Awk parse the line, do the math, and send the percentage over the serial port. Here's the code:
#!/usr/bin/awk -f BEGIN { if ( SPORT=="") SPORT="/dev/ttyUSB0"; PGM="mpstat -u 1 1"; system("stty -F" SPORT " 57600 clocal -crtscts cs8 -cstopb -parenb -ixon") while (1) { do { PGM | getline } while ($3!="all"); close(PGM); v=int($4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10+$11+0.5) print v >SPORT print "Debug: " $0 print "Debug: " v system("trap 'exit 1' 2; sleep 1"); }
For debugging, you might just as well use a serial terminal and enter 0 to 100 at 57600 baud and no handshaking. The serial port setup is the purpose of the call to
sty, by the way.
I'll probably come back to the LPC1114 and Mbed at a future date. Hopefully by then the project export will work (I never did get the MBed RTOS to compile under LPCXpresso). Meanwhile, you should be able to work through Mbed and do quite a few powerful 32-bit projects for a very small investment.


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I just booked at the Holiday Inn Express by the mall. It's the only thing I could get for free, since I'm all out of Hilton Honors points. I have a few more years worth of Priority Club points.
This HIExpress is right near the Hampton Inn I-55.
I just booked at the Holiday Inn Express by the mall. It's the only thing I could get for free, since I'm all out of Hilton Honors points. I have a few more years worth of Priority Club points.
This HIExpress is right near the Hampton Inn I-55.
still debating camping, camper or hotel
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camping on the hard ground after a certain age is a deal breaker. even hotel beds make getting up in the morning, or hitting the shower then bed make life so much better.
plus, if you sweettalk the hotel staff, you can get some free towels that can't be put in the rooms, to wipe down after a day's play and splatter.
I'm getting a hotel room for my gf and I. Which one are you guys thinking of staying at?
I'll probably be booking at the hotel Robbie's at.
Hello everybody new to this site. This will be my second living legends event. Last year I camped out an this year I want to stay in a hotel. Does anybody have good recommendation for a hotel one that's close to bar an restaurants. Last hotel i stayed at was holiday inn? On i80 during shatter ball 3 it was ehhh. Thanks for your advice
has there been any consensus on a hotel? now that registration has started we need to decide if we all want to invade 1 hotel and if so get our reservatioins. maybe if we book enough rooms we can get a discount.
I 2nd that^^^
Viper just lined up a sponsorship for hotels. There are promotional codes to get money off of staying at a few of them. Go on living legends website for details
Hampton on I-80 is a great hotel. Is part of the promotion CPX / Viper just announced. Close walk to Heros West sports bar. Based on attendance last year I suggest book soon before it fills up, and it will fill up.
Now if we can just get all the BEO gang, TK, and Bud Orr to stay here then this will be an easy choice for me.
Question for those who have booked already - are you having to pre-pay for the stay? With Christmas and all, I can't spare the $ for the hotel if they charge me now.
based on wimags suggestion i just booked at the hampton i-80. you can get a link thru the LL website.
Hotel booked - Hampton Inn on I-80
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Just booked a hotel room for the Hampton Inn as well.
I just made my new hotel reservation at the Hampton Inn I-55.
ben youre staying indoors?!
camp... I'll bring you a bucket
No thanks.
Thanks wimag for the hotel recommendation. I booked Hampton Inn I-80. I saved 15% thru priceline but no cancellations. I'm looking forward to supporting the Automag Army and meeting a bunch of you. My girlfriend's coming but she's not sure she wants to play paintball with 1500-2000 people. See you guys in May!
Getting together with paintball friends this weekend - can anyone suggest some camping destinations near CPX? we will have some camping and some hoteling it this trip and I would like to give them some options to choose from as we work out the logistics to get everyone out there.
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Joaquina Alvis-Simmons yells to her dance team to recite books of the Bible.
The girls, some as young as 5, stand in a straight line listing half of the 66 books, "Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth" — the entire Old Testament. They yelled in unison, the style of African-American Greek organizations who recite their groups' founders and history.
Tru Royal Praisers Ministries, a Houma dance school, is breaking the mold of traditional studios. The parents and students who enter are all greeted with a hug and kiss before the girls fall in line to praise God through dance.
Alvis-Simmons, the owner, coach and motherly figure who doles out the affection, says she wouldn't have it any other way. She and all her customers are like a family.
Each class opens with a prayer circle. Holding hands, everyone says what they're thankful for.
"I'm thankful for Tru Royal Praisers and ask that we grow in our ministry," one student said.
"Thank you for getting me here safely and bless everyone in the world," another said.
The young dancers, 5 and older, head straight to practice after school, many of them still in uniform.
There are no tutus, mirrors or bars. There are no strict rules or tight hair buns. In fact, sometimes there's even no dancing.
"They come in sometimes just to use this as a getaway," Alvis-Simmons said. "We talk about problems they face, they get mentoring and tutoring here."
One dancer, 7-year-old Emanyl' Henderson, travels from Thibodaux to be part of the group. Monday, because of the heavy rain, she ran a little late for class.
In her drenched sneakers and tiny raincoat to fit her small frame, she stepped through the door and immediately into the lineup, picking up the steps mid-choreography.
Emanyl' never stopped moving long enough to let her mom remove the items. She said she looks forward to class at Tru Royal Praisers every Monday.
"I like coming here because we get to learn the books of the Bible with Mrs. 'Quina and learn how to pray and dance," Emanyl' said.
Tru Royal Praisers Ministries was founded in 2006 with only 12 dancers. Alvis-Simmons started the school after teaching dance and directing choirs at several local churches.
Alvis-Simmons found out she was pregnant on the day of the May 2006 recital, so she stopped the group for a while to have kids of her own. She returned to reopen the studio in 2011.
The group recently got its own building on East Tunnel Boulevard and officially became a nonprofit. Alvis-Simmons said she now wants to focus on getting grants and donations to help the school grow.
Now she has 26 registered dancers, comprised of mostly girls and a few boys. They perform around the parish and other places in Louisiana, showcasing their skills in dance, singing, religious mime, rapping, poetry and stepping — mimicking that of fraternities and sororities.
Sisters Charayne and Synae Ruffin said they love being part of the group.
"I love coming here because we get to dance and praise God and pray," said 7-year-old Charayne.
"I love coming here to worship God and read the Bible," 8-year-old Synae added.
"The kids are so attached to me, and I love to help them do anything they enjoy doing," Alvis-Simmons said.
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text: I think it would personally benefit us if we picked up a qb in free agency even if we draft a qb in the first round. I'm just throwing around names but I was thinking we pick up sanchez or vick. I know they prolly wouldn't be the answer but its at least intelligent to have a veteran help guide our drafted qb incase hes not game ready. Even tho it won't prevent a bust, it sure raises our chances of developing a true franchise qb. I do not believe the qb's we have now would in no way benefit a rookie qb because they themselves haven't learned how to win. I would even like it if the chiefs could pull a trade for phillip rivers seeing as how the chargers are heading into a rebuilding faze themselves, although I know that would be highly unlikley.


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A royal penguin that became stranded on a beach more than 1,000 miles from its sub-Antarctic home has died at a New Zealand zoo.
The penguin was emaciated and suffering kidney failure when it arrived at the Wellington Zoo after being found Sunday by hikers.
The zoo did the best it could, Lisa Argilla, the facility's veterinary science manager, said Friday. They suspect the penguin suffered multiple organ failure. It was severely underweight, she said, and had no reserves.
The penguin was about a year old, 50 centimeters (20 inches) long and weighed about 2.7 kilograms (6 pounds) when it arrived, Argilla said. Royal penguins can grow to about 75 centimeters (30 inches) and 5.5 kilograms (12 pounds).
They have a yellow crest, eat krill and squid and generally live around Macquarie Island, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. They are considered a threatened species but not endangered. They shed all their feathers during an annual molt, which the New Zealand penguin had been doing when found. Its sex had not been determined.
It was just the fourth time over the past 100 years that a royal penguin has been found on the North Island of New Zealand.
Jenny Boyne, who lives near Tora Beach where the penguin was found, said she drove it to the zoo in a fish crate after staff suggested she bring it in.
"It sat down like a little quiet lamb," she said.
The bird stood up briefly a couple of times and honked but generally lay still for the two-hour journey, she said. She blasted the air conditioning and spritzed the bird with water after zoo staff instructed her to keep it cool.
It had revived memories of another penguin, an emperor nicknamed Happy Feet, that arrived in 2011 and whose recovery at the zoo captured the hearts of many before he was released.


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Midnight: A struggling writer falls in love with a mysterious and beautiful woman while walking across a fog-enshrouded London Bridge. The woman's charms are as deadly as they are alluring.
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Jason Fulmore is a PhD Candidate in UAB's Health Education/Health Promotion program. When his wife accepted a position in Birmingham, Jason began taking classes at UAB with the goal of finishing a 5th year Mater's degree in order to teach in Alabama. After beginning the program and receiving an MAEd, he decided to stay and pursue a terminal degree. He adds, "I feel fortunate to have found a top quality health education program."
Although Jason's research interests are varied, he is primarily interested in youth health issues. "My Master's thesis focused on the development and validation of a new instrument to assess adolescent athletes' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to sun protection. Skin cancer is increasing around the world, and adolescent athletes are very susceptible because of all the hours they spend outdoors. It's interesting that I would end up doing this research because I spent more than a decade as a high school teacher and athletic coach. My work has really come full circle. When I'm not researching skin cancer and sun protection, I work as an evaluator in the UAB Center for Educational Accountability. Currently, I serve as one of the evaluators on the Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership, which is timely because I end up helping my 7th grade daughter with her math homework each night."
Jason has received many awards and honors. He explains, "I am a Leader Associate for AAHE, the American Association for Health Education. The AAHE Leadership Associates Program offers young professionals the opportunity to become involved in the organizational framework and structure of AAHE at the national, district and state level. I serve on the AAHE Board of Directors. I am also the former president of the Beta Chi chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma, the health education professional honorary society. I received a Cancer Research Experiences for Students (CaRES) fellowship. It's a summer internship for students who are interested in cancer research. I also received a TextbookX scholarship for an essay I wrote on the role the media plays in shaping American political opinion."
Jason's many rewarding experiences include the cancer research fellowships, working as a graduate assistant for Dean Froning in School of Education, helping with UAB's Quality Enhancement Plan, playing a role in the rebirth of the local Eta Sigma Gamma Chapter, and working with the CEA staff in the evaluation educational programs.
The one person that has had the most profound impact on Jason is his major professor, Dr. Brian Geiger. "Dr. Geiger has taken a significant amount of time and effort to provide me guidance through the thesis and dissertation process." Jason also feels fortunate to have had the opportunity through the Health Education/Health Promotion program to interact with professors in all three areas of the program (SOE – Health education, SOPH, and UA). "Additionally, the faculty and staff in the school of education and the Center for Educational Accountability have provided me an invaluable learning experience."
When asked what motivates his academics/research, Jason replies, "It sounds cliché, but I really enjoy helping people. It is one of the reasons I taught school for much of the last 12 years. I really enjoyed working with people and value all that I learned from the teaching process. I believe that motivation carries over to what I am currently researching and my own academic situation."
Jason has some interesting advice for other graduate students: "If there are three things I have learned upon returning to school and attempting to finish a doctorate it is that communication, persistence, and patience are key. I also think that is important to value the process and to keep in mind that the journey is truly better than the inn."


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My career spans over 25 years with NASA, both in Houston and Washington, DC. I never thought I'd stay longer than 2-5 years. I had a different plan for my life. Space was NEVER part of it. Funny how that happens. Though I never learned to love our process-rich culture and crusty personalities, I fell head over heels for the great unknown — space! And I love her STILL, after all these years. 😀
Before you ask: No, I'm not a Rocket Scientist. I'm a POLITICAL Scientist. I believe in fostering a culture of creativity, innovation, and change. Change can happen inside the wiggle space of any process, program, or organization. Finding that wiggle space…now, that's our challenge, all you change agents out there. In fact, I'm studying toward a PhD in Planning, Governance and Globalization in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. My topic: Social Intrapreneurship.
The Chinese proverb, "The Protruding Stake Gets Hammered," describes me well. I'm an outlier….statistically and literally.
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Swimming for 3.8 kilometres, cycling for 180 kilometres and then a marathon run to finish: that is the challenge awaiting the 2,000-plus athletes from more than 50 countries that compete in the Ironman in Frankfurt. Facing such a tough programme, the athletes probably won't be taking too much notice of the fascinating cityscapes and scenery in Germany's banking capital and the beautiful surrounding region. Fortunately, there are many spectators on hand who can enjoy all this for them!
The first goal is completing the race, the second is qualifying for the annual triathlon world championships in Hawaii. Around half a million spectators line the Ironman route, cheering on the athletes and giving them moral support. The swim starts 12km from the city centre at Lake Waldsee in Langen. This is also the starting point for the cycling race, which passes through downtown Frankfurt, the Main-Kinzig district and the Wetterau region. Two of the most attractive points along the route for spectators are the historical village of Maintal-Hochstadt (with a 500m slope through the village centre known as 'The Hell') and the area around the castle in Friedberg/Bad Nauheim, the northernmost point of the cycling course. The dead-flat marathon route covers four laps of a circuit beside the river Main with the home straight on Römerberg square in front of the main grandstand. Cheers from the crowds carry the athletes those final few yards – and the elation they feel after crossing the line is indescribable.
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(RNN) - More companies have ended their relationship with Southern celebrity chef Paula Deen, while another says they'll "take a pause" in their relationship with the celebrity chef.
Sears and JCPenny announced Friday that they will no longer carry her cookware or any other of her products.
Home shopping network QVC seemed to leave a door open for future appearances when they said they would "take a pause." But they added that Deen would not be appearing on any upcoming broadcasts on the network.
"Some of you may wonder whether this is a 'forever' decision – whether we are simply ending our association with Paula. We don't think that's how relationships work. People deserve second chances. And we always strive to do the right thing," said Mike George, president and CEO of QVC.
Deen also released a statement saying "As you know, I have some important things to work on right now, both personally and professionally. And so we've agreed that it's best for me to step back from QVC and focus on setting things right."
As she has throughout the week, Deen also re-iterated "I am truly sorry and I will work hard to earn your forgiveness."
Other companies seemed less open to leaving the door open. On Thursday, Novo Nordisk, Target Corp. and Home Depot all dropped Deen in light of her recent scandal in which she admitted using racial slurs.
Novo Nordisk, which manufactures diabetes medicine, said in a statement they and Deen have mutually agreed to suspend her activities with the company.
Novo Nordisk and Paula Deen have mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now, while she takes time to focus her attention where it is needed. Novo Nordisk would like to acknowledge Paula's involvement in our Diabetes in a New Light™ campaign, where she has helped make many people aware of type 2 diabetes and the lifestyle changes needed to control this serious disease.
Deen has promoted the diabetes drug Victoza, manufactured by Novo Nordisk, since revealing her highly criticized diagnoses of Type II diabetes in 2012.
Adding to the growing list of companies that has dropped Deen, Home Depot will no longer sell her items online, and Target Corp. said once Deen's merchandise is sold out, the inventory will not be replaced.
"We have made a decision to phase out the Paula Deen merchandise in our stores as well as on Target.com. Once the merchandise is sold out, we will not be replenishing inventory," spokeswoman Molly Snyder said to CNN.
Deen supporters made their way to Target's Facebook page Wednesday and begged the retailer not to sever ties with Deen.
However, once the word got out that Deen was dropped, some Target customer's weren't pleased.
"You dropped Paula I drop you!!! I spent over $7,000 in your store, and the last $500 within the past 3 months!! Peace out yo!" said Em Santes on Target's Facebook page.
"Apparently I thought way too highly of this company. My mistake," Shannon Mills Pafferoth also said on Target's Facebook page.
The loss of sponsorships including The Food Network, Smithfield, Caesar's Palace and Walmart leaves Deen's multi-million dollar empire in question.
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This Is 40
Judd Apatow has a penchant for writing lewd but truthful comedies. From "The 40 Year Old Virgin" to "Knocked Up" to "Funny People," love him or not, there is a human perception there that rings true even when decorated with hundreds of sex jokes. His latest is called "This Is 40," which is a "sort-of" sequel to "Knocked Up" in that Pete and Debbie (Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann) from that film are now turning 40 and Apatow has decided to check in on them.
From the moment the movie begins, we know we're in Apatow territory. The grunts and moans of morning sex emanate from Pete and Debbie's shower where the two are going at it to celebrate Debbie's 40th birthday. (She will insist she's not 40 again and again, as if this is supposed to be a telling psychological revelation of avoidance.) But within about 30 seconds, Debbie is suddenly upset and storms naked out of the shower.
Why? Because husband Pete has used Viagra to give her an extra special birthday "gift." This, of course, angers Debbie because she wonders why he "needs" Viagra to have sex with her. "Am I not pretty???" she wails. It doesn't matter that he logically explains why. It just matters that Debbie is upset. And throughout the movie, she will be upset a lot. This is what the movie is: Pete is a man-child. Debbie is a shrill nag. After ten minutes of this, I wanted to change the channel; except I couldn't because I was trapped in a movie theater. And after over two hours of this, I was crawling out of my skin.
This is the most annoying, ingratiating, and interminable film I think I've seen in a decade. Well, wait, "Mamma Mia" was pretty unwatchable, but I'd see that over this if I had to choose between them. Nothing about "This Is 40" is original or insightful. These characters whine and complain their upper middle class white people problems and constantly analyze each other as if they are both psychologists. Nothing is under the surface. Nothing is hidden and kept inside until the big blow out. No. These two people incessantly talk, complain, and scream about their problems ad nauseum until you just want them both to shut the F-up.
Pete and Debbie also have two kids - girls named Sadie (Maude Apatow) and Charlotte (Iris Apatow) played by Judd and Leslie's kids. This is just sort of eye rolling, despite the fact that both Maude and Iris are adorable and hilarious. Megan Fox shows up as the sexy employee of Debbie's clothing store and Chris O'Dowd ("Bridesmaids") plays Pete's record-label right-hand man. These businesses are important because as luck would have it (or boring plot devices would go) not only is Pete's label doing poorly, but also someone at Debbie's store (there are only two employees) has stolen $12,000. This is stated as though it's a curiosity, however, not the fact that it's TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!! These are rich people with rich people problems. The fact that Pete has also loaned $80,000 to his father over the course of a few years is also telling. So when Pete cries in his car about their money problems, which (surprise, surprise) he keeps from Debbie, he does so in his BMW on the way home to their ginormous house. Poor Pete. Poor Debbie.
Meanwhile, Debbie continues to complain about every single thing that Pete does... every single thing. And then there is the scene in which she bullies a middle-school kid to tears for putting her daughter on a "Not Hot" list at school.
What is supposed to be hilarious is actually so mean-spirited and hurtful it was shocking that it was played for laughs. Worse still is when the mother of that boy (played by the always awesome Melissa McCarthy) confronts Pete about his wife's behavior; he defends her by calling her crude names in front of her son. Ultimately, Pete, Debbie, and this mother end up in the principal's office where they make McCarthy's character go crazy. They ultimately walk out of the office after totally acting like assholes. It's not funny. It's gross.
The rest of the movie continues to be about Pete and Debbie fighting about their relationship, awkwardly making up with some "I love you," "I love you, too's;" then ten minutes later they are in another fight. In between, personal reflections and examinations about their pasts and present are brought up in front of other people and then analyzed to death. The problem is not just that these conversations don't happen in the real world, but that it's all just so damn hateful.
"This Is 40" is a joyless movie filled with unlikeable characters and a penchant for childish sexual humor. When the leads end up eating pot cookies, we can do nothing but roll our eyes and wonder if we're watching a comedy from the 90's. Apatow used to be insightful about current relationships, but here he seems grossly out of touch. Hardly anyone can relate to these people and when those people do nonsensical things, it just makes it even worse. Why is Debbie taking WiFi away from her oldest daughter, then telling her to go outside and make a fort instead of chatting online? Is this the 1950s? No mother her age would ever suggest that. And even if "forts" were a thing kids might be into, a fourteen-year old girl is certainly not going to be interested in that. It's just lazy writing. And again, it's out of touch.
But how can we relate when rich white people are crying about having to downsize? Poor babies. Ugh.
I love Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd and I generally like Apatow. That's why "This Is 40" is such a disappointment. For me to hate all of them before the opening credits are finished, well, that's pretty bad. But it was just a sign of things to come, because this, my friends, is one of the most unpleasant movies of the year.


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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Trailing 5-3 heading to the bottom of the ninth, No. 7 Virginia rallied for three runs to defeat the Duke baseball team 6-5 Friday evening at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers doubled their hit total with five in the final frame, capped by a Nate Irving walk-off single to clinch the victory.
Sophomore Trent Swart was outstanding in eight innings of work, scattering five hits, striking out six and walking one. Swart allowed two earned runs and three runs overall as the Duke left-hander faced the minimum in five innings and retired 12 straight batters from the second to the sixth frames.
Sophomore Andrew Istler (3-5) came on in the ninth and retired the first batter he faced before Brandon Downes tripled off the wall in left and ultimately scored on a wild pitch. Following a 55-minute weather delay, Virginia received base hits from Nick Howard and Reed Gragnani to tie the game at 5-5. Duke (25-24, 9-16 ACC) intentionally walked Kenny Towns to load the bases, but Irving delivered the game-winning RBI on a base hit through the right side.
Virginia (40-8, 18-7 ACC) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame as the first three hitters in the Cavalier lineup reached base. Left fielder Mike Papi started with a leadoff walk, the only free pass surrendered by Swart on the evening, and first baseman Jared King singled to put two aboard for three-hitter Joe McCarthy. Following a passed ball, McCarthy laced a two-run single up the middle. Swart was able to regroup and induced a double play and a grounder to short to get out of the frame without further damage.
Swart faced just three over the minimum the rest of the way and kept UVa in check, relinquishing a lone run in his final seventh innings of work.
The Blue Devils answered in the third with an Andy Perez two-run blast, his fourth of the season. Junior Mark Lumpa walked to start the frame and Perez fought off several pitches before driving UVa starter Brandon Waddell's 2-2 offering over the wall in left.
Duke took a 4-2 lead an inning later on a Kenny Koplove two-run shot, his first career home run in a Blue Devil uniform.
After a Chris Marconcini leadoff double in the sixth went for naught, Virginia cut the lead to a single run in the bottom half of the inning. Center fielder Brandon Downes drove in King with a two-out single to left field to make it a 4-3 game.
Senior Jeff Kremer came up with a huge hit in the seventh, driving a two-out RBI double to the gap in right center to extend Duke's lead back to two runs, 5-3.
Nathan Kirby (4-1) picked up the win, recording the final two outs in the top of the ninth. UVa starter Waddell allowed four runs, two earned, over 6.1 innings in the no decision.
The two teams reconvene Saturday with the first pitch of game two set for 4 p.m. at Davenport Field.


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@KobeBryant Joins Twitter
We have confirmed with a couple of sources that the @kobebryant twitter account does indeed to belong to Kobe Bryant.
The real question is who will be running the account? Kobe Bryant or one of Kobe Bryant's many yes men? My guess is that Kobe will make a few mundane tweets from time to time, but for the most part it will be PR people running it.
They will use it for promotion. That is how Lebron's twitter started until he decided it was best he started tweeting himself and it has been a bit hit or miss since then (mostly miss).
I hope Kobe understands what he is getting into. He has been pretty closed off since the Colorado Dry Humping incident and fiercely protective of his privacy.
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The "Jersey Shore" spinoff reality series "Snooki & JWoww" has meant increased publicity for several Jersey City shops and services that were featured on the show, which aired its season finale on Sept. 13.
The MTV series features Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jennifer "JWoww" Farley, living it up as two young women in the big city. However, with Snooki revealing her pregnancy and both women in serious relationships, their antics in this series have been largely muted compared to their previous show.
Twelve episodes of the series were filmed in Jersey City earlier this year and have been airing this summer, with little fanfare. The young women have visited local shops and a bakery, a big change from their hijinks when they were single. Although reality TV fans may have lost out due to the muted tone of the show, the big winners were the local merchants who were its co-stars.
Jersey City store owners said last week that they've been pleased with their role in the series.
Nervous at first
Hudson County wasn't always so friendly to the show's producers. Snooki and Jwoww have become known for their partying ways and regular run-ins with the law. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer denied MTV's request to film in Hoboken last year, based on potential quality-of-life and public safety issues.
MTV's search for another town led to Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, who welcomed the show with open arms.
A boost for local business
Sleep Cheap and Downtown Hardware, both on Newark Avenue, were Snooki and JWoww's go-to spots to get everything they needed to decorate the converted firehouse on Mercer that was their TV home.
"They spent a good amount of money here and they were very pleasant, to be quite honest," said Edwin Cruz, owner of Downtown Hardware. "I would imagine [their visit] brought more attention, but I wouldn't say more popularity. Regular customers that I see have mentioned that they saw me and saw the store. Overall it was a positive thing."
Both establishments were initially uneasy about Snooki and Jwoww's arrival.
"I was definitely apprehensive," said Victor Peralta of Sleep Cheap. "I was thinking they were going to be too crazy. But they actually behaved very well. We wouldn't mind [if they came back]. It was nice to see something different in a different scene."
"I believe that people were worried [at first]," agreed Cruz. "I believe some people didn't want [filming] at all, and I know this for a fact, since I would hear [people] talking. But in general I think they proved everyone wrong because they were quiet."
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"I think it's a lot of fun and I think it's great, because it keeps the community interested in what's going on," said Kristen Scalia, owner of Kannibal Home, after Snooki and JWoww's visit to Jersey City. "It shows that there is outside interest in Jersey City, which really validates us as a great little city to be in, to live, to work, and to just be a part of. I think that from a community perspective it was just great because people really like to see celebrities in the places they often frequent so for my regular customers it's been a lot of fun," said Scalia on customers' reactions. "They've just been popping in and saying 'Hi, we saw the shop and we saw other Jersey City locations also on the show'."
She added, "I am always appreciative of any kind of attention on a local or a national scale, but you know, I think the people that get excited are the people that live here in Jersey City, so it's really nice for them to see some of their favorite shops in town getting highlighted."
On a shopping trip Snooki and JWoww made to Kannibal Home, they met Megan, a very pregnant loyal customer of Scalia who happened to be noticed by Snooki.
"I think that one of the most frequent questions I get is, 'Was it a set up or was it a real scenario?' " said Scalia of the Snooki and Megan on-air pregnancy conversation.
"Megan is an all-time customer of mine. She's been here for the last couple of years. She was actually pregnant with her second child [during the filming] and that day she had a crazy case of baby brain. She just wanted to buy this stuffed toy really bad. She wasn't even paying attention to the commotion in the shop, and it just so happened that she turned around and looked over at Nicole and Nicole looked at her and Megan said to her 'Welcome to the neighborhood, neighbor' and Nicole looked at her and said 'You're pregnant' and it just kind of started that conversation."
JWoww made a friend of her own named Ashley when she took an organic cooking class at Made With Love Artisan Bakery on Jersey Avenue.
"Everyone made friends [that day]," said Celeste Governanti, owner of Made With Love. "In my opinion, they're stars, they're celebrities. They're very, very nice and lovely people, and they have a great talent for cooking, especially Jenni."
Snooki and JWoww browsed through many Jersey City shops to fulfill their needs for clothes shopping and food shopping.
'Fighting for them'
Scalia was eager for the girls to become part of the Jersey City community.
"I think the community was a little bit divided," said Scalia. "They didn't know what to make of it but I kind of was fighting for them. I kept on saying 'You wouldn't turn away someone new that moved in to Liberty Harbor; you wouldn't turn away someone new that moved in to Grove Point; why would you turn away someone new that's just moving down the street in a brownstone?' That was my take on it and I was very happily pleased, because they were polite and they were respectful."
Cruz said, "From what I understand, they gave flowers and gifts to neighbors on the block before they left. And you don't hear too much of that stuff, but it happened."
Maybe Snooki's pregnancy is the biggest contributor to generosity.
"I wish the best to Snooki and the new baby," said Governanti. "I would love to be able to give her organic baby food classes."
The show has been airing on Thursdays at 10 p.m. on MTV.
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Luther lost a hard fought 1-0 decision to University of St. Thomas this afternoon in St. Paul. The one goal loss was the third for the Norse this season all by schools from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC).
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Is this a third world country? Is this a country suffering from abject poverty? This is a recent picture taken by Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan when he visited North Korea in June 2018. Have you be duped by the western media?
Laura Ong – The people are angry
In all my postings, one of my key principles is to avoid tarnishing anyone personally, and the least for indiscretion in their private lives. I avoided writing too much about the high profile X rated cases in the courts. I also schemed through briefly about the indiscretions of the two MPs except making some factual reports that were already in the media.
Many people have taken high moral grounds to dismiss these people in all manners and descriptions. Some had done it to score points, some with an agenda. Even the public had a great time humiliating, sneering and laughing at the people involved, as if they were all saints and angels. They were not merely giggling at the victims but enjoying every bit of it. You can see them and hear them everywhere.
I reluctantly dragged myself into this sordid affair as some called it, or more politely, improper conduct for one reason. The people are angry at the diatribes thrown at Laura Ong. It seems that it is all her fault, that she is the troublemaker, the bad one, and the other party is wholesome goodness and honourable.
How could people be so wrong and unjust to one party of an indiscretion between two consenting adults? How could one be dragged across the public square wearing a conical hat and another praised as good and respectable, full of integrity and full of sympathy and forgiveness?
I am not going to say too much about this. The commentaries in the media are more sordid than the affair itself, and the people berating them are worst. I am very proud of the bloggers in this blog who have not indulged in the same manner as the ruthless and unspeakable. Let the one who have not sinned be the first to cast the stone.
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Red bean, I totally agreed but in singapore, the good guy is the important guy like the director case, the poor girl after kena screwed is made up or make up as if she is a slut. She is very young.
- December 17, 2012 8:52 am
Has anyone with some authority and decency, said a good word for Laura Ong? There must be something good that Laura had done to receive some kind and consolatory words from his bosses or the organisations she worked for.
- December 17, 2012 8:56 am
To become a director of PA.
Must first become a PAP member or not?
This is part of the meritocracy value system founded by Lee Kuan Yew and his cronies.
Michael Palmer is more elite than Laura Ong.
So he is the saint and she is the devil.
Never mind about justice, fairness and the truth.
My guess is that BOTH Michael Palmer and Laura Ong belong to the Pro Alien Party.
But Michael is more elite than Laura.
So Laura Ong is being sacrificed "for the greater good" of the Pro Alien Party.
Laura. Welcome to the other side of the political divide. Now you know how we feel.
- December 17, 2012 8:58 am
The One who give offers for whatever gain
is more sinful than the One tempted to receive the offer.
if the Offerer causes pains and sufferings to third, fourth and more parties, it is very hurtful.
- December 17, 2012 9:10 am
While I do not endorse their action, I do agree with RB that MSM is not fair to LO. If any praise should be given to MP, then why not LO. In the first place, MSM and mininsters should not try to re paint MP. I suspect they did that just to tell the world that their selection critiria is not flawed. Saving themselves and not that they love MP.
- December 17, 2012 9:12 am
- jjgg said...
Good morning RB..having enticed a few young things in my time....hehe..it is difficult to envisage a situation where LO can actually manouever herself into a stalking position..look at what her pre husband n current boy friend is doing..does it look like somebody who rub shoulders with rich..powerful n famous? There can be only one stalker in this affair..after it commenced then different story la..stalker become stalkee..same old story..hehe ..MSM will do what they need to do..reporters,journalists n editors need to keep their jobs till they retire..
- December 17, 2012 9:22 am
Luckily they never burn her on the stake.
- December 17, 2012 9:30 am
This is the justice system of dynastic China.
Welcome to the Leepublic of Singapore.
- December 17, 2012 9:34 am
- oldhorse42 said...
I think our leaders in white are sending a serious message to all those slutish women in the PA who may have intention for a amorous fling with the all powerful MPs to enhance their status and career prospect.The message is that: when the affair is blowm, they would be portrayed as the bad girl who led the good guy in white astray.It is just like the Chinese slaying a dog to teach the monkey,or in this case the wu li gin(vixen)a lessson.
- December 17, 2012 9:36 am
The moral of the story is BIG FISH escape SMALL FISH is facing the punishment SHAME same THE SMRT CEO STORY is the same
Good luck singapore
- December 17, 2012 10:07 am
- Veritas said...
Hi RB,
Laura Ong is not lynch. All extra-marital affairs will be sensationalized in every society other the Islamic countries, if one party involved is from elite class. Even in China where sexual moral are much loose, soon after any party official is exposed to have mistress, the netizen try whatever means to uncover the prima dona.
The PRC even has a term for this (人肉搜索).
While all screwing between consenting adults are private affair, screwing between a public officer and mistress may not be so simple. We know even in the most open France, the affair of President Mitterrand and Chirac are still topic of interest.
In the west, there are ways and means to check that mistresses of elite public officers will not get special favors. But I do not think this is entirely possible. In PRC, very often mistress amass millions or even hundreds of millions of fortunes.
Keep mistress in office is often a precursor to corruption.
If someone is in public service, his must be aware that there is some prohibition in private life. Just in anyone can screw a girl above 16. But a MOE teacher who screw his student even if she/he is above 16, will generate a lot of buzz.
In Chinese society, if you are a tycoon, you may screw as much above 16 as you like, although you will still generate attentions. The HK tabloid never cease to report on the lurid life of tycoon 劉鑾雄 Joseph Lau Luen Hung, and his mistresses get exposed.
No one claim the the mistresses are being persecuted. In fact, his mistresses are all proud for their catch.
In Islamic society, the elite can have as much woman they like. The mullahs will hash it up. Ibn Saud, the first boss of Saudi Arabia have hundreds and probably up to thousands of woman, you probably is going to hear more about Islamic court stoning woman to death for a single case of fortification than cursing the deprave Al Saud family.
Another famous criminal is the depraved late Sultan Iskandar of Johor. He is still revered.
- December 17, 2012 10:23 am
There is No need to feel sorry for someone who is sleeping around with 3 men at any point in time. And actively seeking sex from a married man from her SMS. She is not a victim. She is the aggressor. Had She been a man, She would be greatly chastised. _
- December 17, 2012 10:26 am
And the world has become more equal place where women can be the sexual predator. No need to feel sorry just because the home wrecker and horny one happens to be the fairer sex. I think the papers and general public has been very kind to her already. Comparatively, Cecilia Sue seems likE
e an angel.
- December 17, 2012 10:29 am
- patriot said...
Everybody has the right to seek fulfillment of gratifications.
And in doing so has to bear any consequences arising from the pursuits.
To err is human, to be responsible is divine.
- December 17, 2012 10:32 am
I feel sad for Laura Ong.Had the sexual affair had not been Palmer,a PAP MP and Speaker of Parliament,she would not have been demonise and sodomised by the state-controlled media.
The PAP govt will use every available means to always protect and potray its MPs as the" cleanest" guyswhile the rest of the population that threatened them are crooked.
That had been the way for the last 50 years
- December 17, 2012 10:33 am
- Veritas said...
I do not see how this Laura Ong are being deliberately victimized. Unless she get screwed by Islamic sheikh where things will be hash up, in all other society, people will be curious to find out the physical look of the mistress of a public officer.
But then, if our society is able to completely hush up elites affairs like those occurred in Saudi Arabia, I think LO will then really be victimized.
Ibn Saud has played hundreds and up to thousands of woman, he dumped or divorce most of them -- mercilessly, soon after screwing them.
The hushing of elites escapade requires the total submission of entire intellect class to the rulers, like what has happened in Saudi.
I think that can only be a tragedy.
- December 17, 2012 10:34 am
And She is a public servant screwing with a up and coming minister and collecting Dior Bags on a monthly basis and possible conflict of interest and at the same time bonking other guys in grassroots. And also free vacation for bonding sessions overseas. It should be investigated. How many other men is She bedding? Did She use her seduction to get what She wants? Did She do it during office hours to go hotel rooms? Her Monday bonking session weekly with Michael Palmer is all during office hours BTW. Tax payers money used to fund her sexual activities?
- December 17, 2012 10:36 am
- Veritas said...
And the world has become more equal place where women can be the sexual predator. No need to feel sorry just because the home wrecker and horny one happens to be the fairer sex. I think the papers and general public has been very kind to her already. Comparatively, Cecilia Sue seems likE
e an angel.
You are quite correct. We must to fall for the crocodile tales of these dirty woman. I do not even has sympathy for Cecilia.
Cecila and LO are not ordinary girl next door. They are not those weak, kind, gentle, tender or submissive mistresses. They are powerful alpha female. They knew what they are doing. Cecil is high flyer of Oracle while LO is director of PA.
Anyone who believe LO and Cecila is innocent is naive. These are woman who will not give a damn to poor man but are most willing to let any dirty and powerful elites to pee in them, for the purpose of gaining material favors.
- December 17, 2012 10:40 am
And the reason why she is more widely reported because her numerous sexual partners makes for interesting reading. Who wants to read about Michael Palmer who only has 1 indiscretion? This married woman dating another grassroots and Michael Palmer and 3 Timing and sending SMS asking for more intimacy and Monday office hours rendeavours at Fairmont and acting cute with Teo SL a possible suspect makes one evaluate whether is guy is always the aggressor n woman the victim.
- December 17, 2012 10:45 am
Wah! Now I know where to go to get an easy lay.
Women who wear white are so easy.
- December 17, 2012 10:59 am
A gold digger who got burnt by playing too much with the fire. What if this extra-marital affair is not exposed? She would break up Palmer's family, become his wife and climb up the social ladder. She is just another Ceceilia Sue Siew Lang. She deserves NO symphathy from me.
- December 17, 2012 12:01 pm
As the saying goes "Let those without sin cast the first stone" and I bet no one has the moral right to throw that stone. So, I think we should not blame Laura Ong for the problem. It takes two hands to clap, right?
- December 17, 2012 12:05 pm
redbean is showing his years. getting very senti-mental in his dotage.
- December 17, 2012 12:10 pm
- Matilah_Singapura said...
How could people be so wrong and unjust to one party of an indiscretion between two consenting adults? <
Because Singaporeans are KAY POH KIA.
And they hate their govt so much. When an "easy target" appears....all the anger, frustration, neurotic mental shit gets dumped on -- in this case Laura.
"Home-wrecker", "the other woman"...
....please lah never forget Singaporeans are still very CONSERVATIVE (and thus narrow-minded and bigoted) in their views.
Of course there are exceptions.
- December 17, 2012 1:16 pm
"She would break up Palmer's family, become his wife and climb up the social ladder."
My only problem with this is "climb up the social ladder."
This has nothing to do with climbing the social ladder.
This poison of meritocracy has really become ingrained into our Singapore society.
Well done LKY.
"The evil that men do, lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones."
- December 17, 2012 1:19 pm
Prostitutes Action Party ???
- December 17, 2012 1:26 pm
- Veritas said...
While others read Bible and become reactionary, hard-core right wing conservative, I become a socialst. And the more I read religious text notably like Buddhist scripture (I was from Maha Bodhi School) and Confucius teachings, I got more and more fascinated by socialism.
I fully agree that "Let those without sin cast the first stone". Only radical Islamist will want to stone somebody to death due to fortification while keep a blind eye about they conducts of their leaders.
But that does not mean that we must censor our media in covering such lurid stories. The mistresses of Ex French President Mitterand, Anne Pingeot, and bastard daughter Mazarine, today face media. Current French President Francoise Hollande dump his copine Segolene Royale and openly now cohabitat with another slut call Valérie Trierweiler.
We let the people judge. All these slut faced bravely the public. We are not radical Islamist, we are not going to stone them to death.
But public has the right to know the public sphere elites' private life.
In USA, Clinton and Lewinsky affair goes public. Recently General David Petraeus and his biographer turned mistress Paula Broadwell affair goes public.
I do not see how the femme fatale got victimize? Many are damn proud of their skill of seduction especially Valérie Trierweiler.
The more we uncover these affair, the better. We should have a higher standards than the west, not lower.
Only North Korea or radical Islamic countries like Saudi hush everything up for their leaders.
- December 17, 2012 1:27 pm
When an affair occurs, the blame should be shouldered by all 3 parties, and not just 1. Laura Ong has been made a scapegoat. I feel very sorry for her, first reading Michael Palmer's expressions of love and then having to hear on the news that she was a "grave mistake".
We are humans. Sometimes we marry the wrong person, and sometimes even when we marry the right one, we stray. I just hope that Michael Palmer will have the courage to look deep into himself to realise exactly what he wants.
- December 17, 2012 2:33 pm
- Veritas said...
When an affair occurs, the blame should be shouldered by all 3 parties, and not just 1. Laura Ong has been made a scapegoat. I feel very sorry for her, first reading Michael Palmer's expressions of love and then having to hear on the news that she was a "grave mistake".
We are humans. Sometimes we marry the wrong person, and sometimes even when we marry the right one, we stray. I just hope that Michael Palmer will have the courage to look deep into himself to realise exactly what he wants.
这个 Laura Ong 下贱过潘金莲,现在她已经干过三个汉子,可能还有更多奸夫。
- December 17, 2012 2:51 pm
- patriot said...
Most younger Singaporeans are victims of their own parents who bought into the ideology propounded by the Local Rulers. That is success is measured by wealth and status.
Matilah would say that is the right yardstick and fucking around is definitely alright if one pays for it. No raping, no forced entry, willing and consensual, therefore no one should interfere.
Me agrees with him if the relationship hurts and harms nobody nor contravenes any legal implication.
Me will even say going after ones' needs(physical,emotional and spiritual in no particular order), happiness and thrill are the goals in living. Everything is fair in war, love and survival. Do whatever and face your detractor(s) and answer to all like facing your enemy at the battlefield except the ultimate price one pays will never be ones' life. When You have paid the price, one can walk tall like a peacock/hen again. For, by now You have become some sort of celebrity, at least become welknown. Worth a gamble for fun and thrill seekers.
- December 17, 2012 3:16 pm
Let us not be distracted by the adultery case. It happened to more than 50% of the adult out there. We should instead focus on the independence of election department. If PAP has been screwing the PA, the voting of last election may be unreliable. A country wide election is needed and an independent election dept has to be established.
- December 17, 2012 5:05 pm
Rb, you are right to agree with Jesus. (John 8:7 - So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.)
- December 17, 2012 5:08 pm
Had jesus been her husband, it would had been a different story.
One can always talk like saint when not a victim or affected party.
Pity the folk that is not able to empathize.
- December 17, 2012 5:23 pm
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- December 17, 2012 5:59 pm
- Veritas said...
Had jesus been her husband, it would had been a different story.
One can always talk like saint when not a victim or affected party.
Pity the folk that is not able to empathize.
Those who commit sin can always go and say sorry to Jesus, and his blood will cleanse away your sin..... You have a limit of 70x7 times of sinning....
This is what nuts head pastor stress today without looking at the whole Bible. These pastor are either too stupid or are simply charlatan.
Laura Ong do not just screw one man. But 3 man. I cannot empathize how can a woman be so shameless, who let so many man pee on her.
She must have nothing else to play, get so bored so as to play the hole which spill out excrement and urine. She play her stink shit and urine hole as well as others.
Why cant she remain a virgin? Is is so difficult. I don think so. Everyone gone through temptation and I can tell you according to my experience, nothing is more simple to remain a virgin.
Laura and her fan should be ashamed of themselves.
- December 17, 2012 6:02 pm
- Matilah_Singapura said...
@ patriot:
If I were to have such a "yardstick" as you suggest, then mine would definitely be calibrated to the the idea of the nature of the relationships in that situation -- the couple themselves, plus the nature of relationships with other people in the couples' lives -- are they OK with it?
Adultery is a very serious matter. Because it involves the breaking of not just an expected DEEP trust, as expected in such a relationship. The emotional consequences of the exposure of adultery are high and volatile: anger, humiliation, hatred, lack of self-worthiness, jealousy...
OTOH if a woman/ man knows their spouse is likely to fuck around, and at some level has reconciled it...they might just get a pissed off and verbally berate their wandering partner.
The one-on-one relationship is the most "sacred" (to use a spiritual term) in humanity. Adultery involves other people who are close.
We humans are very sensitive to breaking of TRUST. The catch is: your relationship, your one-on-one connection, with another special human being is only as good as to how far you can trust each other.
There you have it: my "yardstick".
- December 17, 2012 6:03 pm
How would you know? Jesus does not conform to norms. Jesus will do it differently and instead of conforming to society pressure in expecting the husband to react in a certain way that is damaging. People are brainwashed by society including the way they should react. There are women that have several husbands in a certain tribe and that works well. or that woman may not have been this way if the husband love her properly. The list can go on. Just focus on the independence of the election department especially the PA chief and his relationship with PAP. THis is even more damaging to voters.
- December 17, 2012 6:05 pm
Veritas, you are harsh today. Did you wife also cheat on you?
- December 17, 2012 6:10 pm
- Veritas said...
How would you know? Jesus does not conform to norms. Jesus will do it differently and instead of conforming to society pressure in expecting the husband to react in a certain way that is damaging. People are brainwashed by society including the way they should react. There are women that have several husbands in a certain tribe and that works well. or that woman may not have been this way if the husband love her properly. The list can go on. Just focus on the independence of the election department especially the PA chief and his relationship with PAP. THis is even more damaging to voters.
Then can I volunteer to screw your daughter or some of your family members if you really think that anyhow screw are justifiable?
Let me know if any of your sisters got a broken relationship. I have a big dick to comfort her. You happy?
If Laura hated her husband, she can always divorce and get a new boyfriend of she can become a born again virgin. No one is going to stop her. Or she can persuade Mike Palm to divorce first before she let him screw her.
I can teach you a new word, many man vs one woman is call "Polyandry". It is wide spread among Tibetan society.
I would have written alot on it but that is out of context.
- December 17, 2012 6:14 pm
@Matilah Singapura, you must be a muslim guy wanna be who wanna hide your wife behind some thick curtains.
THe perpetrators are most likely the guys. That hunting nature means they hunt down girls who are emotionally weak especially when a woman who is undergoing bad relationship with her spouse or boyfriend. I have seen many such cases.
- December 17, 2012 6:17 pm
@Veritas, I do not think anyhow screw is justified but we have to understand the whole picture.
- December 17, 2012 6:19 pm
Btw, I think she is undergoing a rough emotional patch as she is already separated from her husband at that time. We all know divorce proceeding is not immediate and can take a long time. Btw, I do not think she is saint either.
- December 17, 2012 6:21 pm
- Veritas said...
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- December 17, 2012 6:30 pm
- Veritas said...
I am not harsh. I have been influence by religious text. I do not want to punish people who commit sin in private life so long as it does not bring harm to public.
I am not crazy radical islamist. But I want to highlight, unlike many sin of circumstances, sexual sin is almost 99% controllable.
And I can assured you, girls in SG are not emotionally vulnerable in most of the time. Yes girls do break down. But that does not mean every Tom dick and Harry can gain sexual access because a girl breakdown. It got to be a alpha male. Or maybe the girl is too slut that she is looking for toyboy.
Laura is not a submissive woman. She was a director of PA. She is a alpha female. She sleep 3 people at least.
Even if someone gain sexual access when you are down, I don see the reason why she can sleep 3 man and almost certainly at a point of time, she was running parallel relationship between Mike Palmer together with another lover.
I think its wrong but I do not agree to punish her but at least the public has the right to know, since one of her lover is Speaker of Parliament. She can be like Simone de Beauvoir, go on roof top and shout out that she is a vamp. I even enjoyed her book. Today another slut Valerie Trierweiler is still going strong as pseudo France 1st lady.
What is wrong about exposing Laura? The French can accept that their Pseudo 1st Lady fxxk around. One day, we may accept that too. Its up to people to decide.
I have read fairly lot regarding sexuality in different society. I can coin you fancy terms like polyandry, polyamory. Its out of context, so I wont comment.
- December 17, 2012 6:35 pm
PAP-MIW Slut Joke
Q.What did the female PAPig's right leg say to the left leg?
A.Between the two of us, we can make some serious money.
- December 17, 2012 7:09 pm
@Veritas, "She was a director of PA. She is a alpha female. She sleep 3 people at least."
Our title do not define how emotionally strong we are. Presidents of US, King David, King Solomon also have their share of such failures.
Do anyone think ordinary people who have to slog throughout the day have enough time and energy to commit adultery? Such things happened because they are overly paid and not given much to do by the lousy gov.
If anyone have proof that she is screwing 3 guys at the same period of time, pls do share.
- December 17, 2012 7:52 pm
- patriot said...
Mr Matilah Singapura:
Must say to You that Your Response is very consoling though frankly me
does expect it.
We had been here for years, courtesy of Redbean. Such that knowing what will come from You will not be unexpected. Having said that, me thinks many readers here maybe surprised by Your sensitivity to the feelings of people affected by extra-marital affairs or for the matter, deviant sexual relations.
Thank You for the most sensible profanity free reply. Many here must be very impressed like i do.
- December 17, 2012 8:44 pm
"She would break up Palmer's family, become his wife and climb up the social ladder." - Do u think the new wife of existing Law Minister falls into this category? No wonder so many wanna bee.
- December 17, 2012 9:13 pm
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- December 17, 2012 10:22 pm
Very very disappointed with the local media.
Totally biased, unneccsary comparisons.
- December 17, 2012 11:12 pm
Perhaps this is a wake-up call to the pathetic state of the state-controlled media.
- December 17, 2012 11:20 pm
The only wake up call they understand is money.
I did my part.
I cancelled my subscription.
I was a 3rd generation subscriber.
- December 18, 2012 12:16 am
- Matilah_Singapura said...
Compliments noted.
In any relationship, the worst thing one can be is deceitful. Many people choose wrongly when the go behind their partners' backs to have a fling.
Just think about the times when you trusted someone, and they played you out. Not nice.
Best to be up front from the beginning and let your partner know that you like "something different" occasionally, bearing in mind that you'll also have to allow your partner the same freedom.
Unfortunately (Asian) guys are awful at this: they want to fuck around, but if their wife/ girlfriend does so, it is "not cool". Hypocrisy is institutionalised in the culture.
Trust and fidelity are "all or nothing" deals. And partners respond depending on how they feel about the other's trustworthiness and faithfulness.
You'll be surprised how understanding your partner can be, if you are forthright and honest with them. I have a friend whose wife packs condoms and lubricant in his luggage when he goes on extended business trips.
In her mind there is no question about the loyalty of her man -- her husband and father to 5 kids, and her own solid sense of self-worth. However she also understands her man likes, and needs sex -- and I'm referring here to sex (pure fucking); a biological urge; not taking up with a mistress and getting emotionally involved.
You can have the money and talent in the world. You can even buy affections if that's what you crave...but the "real deal" -- where you can be yourself, express yourself, without having to keep up a guard is only possible in relationships where there is complete trust.
Like everything of value, trust is rare, hard to cultivate and is EARNED by self discipline and effort, and like love, is usually (or hopefully) reciprocated.
Honesty, is really the best policy. Dishonesty in matters of money and relationships is a guaranteed way to fuck up your life and someone elses'.
- December 18, 2012 3:24 am
Matilah, me agreed very good post so again I won't say knn to u
- December 18, 2012 6:18 am
Welcome to politics. This move by pap is indeed smart although cruel. It's call 杀一儆百
- December 18, 2012 7:31 am
Facing with a reduction in subscription and sales, the state-controlled media has resorted to giving free newspapers like mypaper, by sph which is loaded with almost daily articles and faces of the ruling party.
- December 18, 2012 11:25 am
The pathetic state-media has refused to raise the very serious issue of how the the PA staff in the photos that surfaced, showing them in PAP uniforms and and carrying PAP election materials and posters.
They are paid by the Singapore government funded by us the tax-payers.
- December 18, 2012 11:38 am
For those following the story, 3 interesting photosets have emerged. You can can see them here:
- December 18, 2012 12:00 pm
"You'll be surprised how understanding your partner can be" - understanding or depending?
"like love, is usually (or hopefully) reciprocated." - reciprocated love is rare, complete trust is rare too.
- December 18, 2012 4:56 pm
But there are still no naked body in any of the pics.
- December 18, 2012 4:57 pm
"They are paid by the Singapore government funded by us the tax-payers."
Someone breaching the Uk Fraud Act 2006? not sure is there this act in Sin city.
- December 18, 2012 5:02 pm
who knows.. laura might be a future MP if shes not exposed.
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As for what's been dubbed "Elkgate," Matheson said, "I don't see it as influencing anything that I'm doing."
When Broomfield experienced coyote trouble in 2011, a variety of measures were implemented -- including the shooting and killing of 11 of the animals.
Matheson declined to speculate on how a Broomfield approach would play to Boulder's populace but noted, "I do think Boulder is less inclined to resort to lethal measures than other communities."
Some experts on urban wildlife management said the elk's violent end, and the ensuing community discussion, could well influence officials' thinking on other wildlife management issues.
"Any time you have public outcry, it creates a contentious environment that can certainly impact the management alternatives that are considered for the future," said Tara Teel, an associate professor in the department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.
Teel is involved in the ongoing Denver Metro Area Coyote Behavior and Ecology Study, which includes a survey of more than 2,000 residents on their attitudes concerning coyote management strategies. Results of that survey may be available next month.
"Public opposition can play a role in the success of the long-term management strategies, and it (the elk's shooting) will be on the minds of some of the management authorities now because they've seen this public outcry," Teel said.
Public education concerning what is being done, and why, is important, Teel said, because, "We know in some cases that a certain kind of management strategy may be chosen that may not necessarily be something the public is likely to support, but management feels is absolutely necessary."
Boulder resident Rita Anderson, a policy and investigations specialist for In Defense of Animals, advocated for temporarily closing down the eastern portion of the Boulder Creek Path most affected by the recent coyote incidents.
"What I'd like to see is for them to look and see, is there a den or a family of coyotes? Find out what's going on over there, instead of saying, 'Let's just kill them or get rid of them.'"
Shutting down any portion of the bike path, Matheson said, is not under consideration because of its heavy use by commuters.
Mary Ann Bonnell, lead naturalist for the city of Aurora, has been deeply involved in coyote management issues for eight years and is co-principal investigator for the Denver Metro Area Coyote Behavior and Ecology Study. She noted that the situation in Boulder represents "definitely aberrant behavior" on the part of the animals. And, she said, she sympathizes with those struggling to develop a solution.
"Boulder is a completely different community than Aurora, even just by virtue of geography," Bonnell said. "You can never make everyone happy with a wildlife management decision."
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