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The federal Liberal-National Coalition government and the QLD LNP could do with some English lessons. No I don't mean they can't "speak proper". But rather, while many conservative parties around the world are trying to learn lessons from Donald Trump's "upset" election victory, I think it's time ours learned a few things from a man and a people who share the name English.
Bill English became the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand today. With the transition from the now former NZPM John Key to the new PM, New Zealand goes from having an incredibly popular and politically savvy leader of a conservative government, to a less glamorous but far more genuinely conservative Prime Minister leading the National Party and the country.
While Key had electoral appeal with a significant segment of the population and led National out of the political wilderness it had languished in for years courtesy of the seemingly indomitable Helen Clark, he was significantly lacking in commitment to conservative stances on key (n pun intended) social issues. Key backed same-sex marriage when it came before the Parliament as a result of a private member's bill; supported the status quo on abortion (saying he believed in women's "right to choose"); was open to the possibility of supporting euthanasia and listed his main regret from his time in office as failing to change the nation's flag.
Bill English is a solid conservative when it comes to issues of life and sexuality and has the strong economic management credentials that are necessary to persuade voters to let his party keep control of the Treasury benches for another term. English also has the reputation amongst some as being a "compassionate conservative" – a welcome change from the often harsh economic rationalism Australia and Queensland have seen from recent Liberal treasurers including Joe Hockey, Scott Morrison and Tim Nicholls.
Former President of the Business Council of Australia, Tony Shepherd made this kind endorsement of English in The Australian today:
He is down to earth, humble, intelligent and with an underlying toughness. He is immensely practical and has no airs and graces. English believes there is no such thing as a fair society without a strong economy. [2]
Simply put, if you're a social conservative that values responsible but fair economic management (that doesn't indiscriminately wound the poor in a zealous dedication to the budget bottom line), Bill English is a stellar political leader and would be a pleasure to find yourself able to back. I'd gladly trade Malcolm Turnbull or Tim Nicholls for a carbon copy of Bill English in a moment.
The other English
The other English our Australian conservatives could learn some lessons from is the English people. The discontent of the British public over the UK's place in Europe and the world, expressed in the seismic shock of the Brexit referendum has led to the rise of another "compassionate conservative."
While Theresa May is not as socially conservative as Bill English (for instance, she very openly supported changes to the definition of Marriage in the UK, which ultimately led to the law being changed), she too would seem to be an improvement on her predecessor when it comes to a range of issues.
A couple of things of particular note. 1) There have been hopeful signals that May's well known religious background (her father is an Anglican vicar) and open identification with Christianity will provide some respite in the face of concerning trends in religious liberty in the UK in recent years. In commending a recent report by the Evangelical Alliance and the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, Ms May said:
"…we have a very strong tradition in this country of religious tolerance and freedom of speech and our Christian heritage is something we can all be proud of." [4]
2) May's identification with "One Nation Conservatism" [NOT to be confused with the Pauline Hanson approach to politics in Australia!!!] is a welcome shift in the direction of the British Conservative Party. It signals that May will not settle for a nation divided into the rich and the poor, but will consciously work to make the country she governs a better place for all its citizens. This style of conservatism has potential to better reflect certain Christian social values and takes seriously the old concept of noblisse oblige – the idea that the rich, privileged and educated members of society have a duty to use their position and resources to advance the less fortunate. This is potentially a happy medium between forcing the rich and powerful to part with their resources to be distributed amongst the less wealthy (as in communism and hard socialism) and pursuing policies that benefit those who already have massive resource advantage at the expense of those who fall behind (as is the case with much neo-liberal capitalism, shamelessly peddled by professing conservatives).
This is reflected in May's commitment to the British public upon taking the office of Prime Minister:
"The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few but by yours. We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives. … When we take the big calls, we'll think not of the powerful, but you. When we pass new laws we'll listen not to the mighty, but to you. When it comes to taxes we'll prioritise not the wealthy but you." [5]
An English-style improvement
What Australia and Queensland need then is an "English-style improvement."
Leaders like Malcolm Turnbull and Tim Nicholls who are economic liberals with weak conservative credentials may have just enough political ability to scrape into office, but the parties they lead must realise that they are not leaders that conservative voters can wholeheartedly support.
It remains to be seen who could take up the mantle of a better conservative leader in the Federal political arena. Tony Abbott obviously has superior conservative credentials compared to Turnbull and there remains a distinct possibility that conservatives will return to supporting him. But Abbott will not likely be successful electorally and his 2014 budget showed he is by no means a "compassionate conservative."
Scott Morrison would be a kind of reverse of Theresa May. He is a fairly solid social conservative, but shares Abbott's capacity for ruthlessness in economic policy. While Julie Bishop could emerge as a compromise candidate between Coalition conservatives, moderates and progressives she offers no significant improvement to Turnbull from a conservative policy perspective. The most senior cabinet minister – after Morrison – who has a reasonably solid conservative approach to politics is Finance Minister Mathias Cormann. He would probably make a great Liberal Prime Minister, but as a foreign-born, Schwarzenegger-sound-alike, Senator (PMs always sit in the Lower House) he has some political hurdles to clear if he plans on becoming party leader (on the downside, I fear he is probably also an economic rationalist, rather than a compassionate conservative).
Tragically, there is very little, if any fresh blood in the Liberal ranks that could be a Bill English and little sign of even getting a Theresa May. When Turnbull is turfed, it will likely be Abbott, Morrison or Bishop replacing him: the future looks bleak.
In Queensland there is fortunately more choice. Tim Nicholls will probably be the next Premier of Queensland (perhaps with the parliamentary support of One Nation MPs **shudder**), but conservatives would be better served by his unsuccessful rival to replace Lawrence Springborg – Tim Mander.
While the LNP will be hoping the public can't smell the stench coming from Nicholls' role as the Newman government's razor-blade Treasurer, Mander is a clean-skin that would bring fresh blood to the leadership. His background as a top NRL referee could endear him to the public, while his previous role as the head of Scripture Union QLD gives me confidence that he could be the kind of compassionate conservative with solid social values we're looking for. Queenslanders are fortunate enough that he likely has a long enough political career ahead of him to have another shot at the job…
[1] New Zealand Tertiary Education Union "Bill English" CC BY-SA 2.0
[2] http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/bill-english-helped-achieve-an-unlikely-quadrella-for-new-zealand/news-story/0976278655959e39b04ab2a0fe267140
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May#/media/File:Theresa_May_UK_Home_Office_(cropped).jpg CC BY 2.0
[4] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/30/christians-should-not-fear-speaking-faith-work-public-places/
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May#Political_positions


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Wow, those have got to be some of the coolest ideas I've ever seen!! If we ever build a house I'm totally creating a space just for this purpose!!
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
All Bemused, All The Time
This is quickly followed by the regret I feel in not having kept a spreadsheet of these discoveries and when they occurred. Just, as my father would say, for hysterical porpoises.
Mary knows the kind of discoveries I'm talking about.
"You know those tweezers you got me for my birthday?"
"You mean the glass ones with the accompanying glass nail file?"
She squints at me as if to size me up. "How many tweezers you givin' away?"
We laugh. A pact has been in place for a number of years now wherein we have agreed, under penalty of a good dope-slap to the forehead, to watch each other for stray facial hairs. It was quite a solemn occasion, that day we swore that neither one of us would walk around with chin hairs if the other could help it. I still get misty, thinking about it.
Oddly enough, the tweezers had nothing to do with that pledge but were simply part of a two-for-one package with a glass nail file.
And you just don't know just how fantastic a glass nail file is until you've tried one.
"Well the tweezers are one of the greatest discoveries ever. Really grabs on to them hairs. I just can't get over it."
"Can't remember how you lived without them, can you?"
She laughs. "Like the first time you had cilantro. Remember that?"
"Who could forget?"
Mary steps into the kitchen and lights a cigarette. She's done this since I quit: lights up in the other room, has two hits, puts it out. There's a clear line of sight from one room to the other, and I watch as she exhales toward the ceiling. My mouth waters slightly.
"I don't know if you're ready for this, so I'm just going to lay it out for you."
"Sock it to me," I say.
"I was at this garage sale last summer, held in some old guy's garage. You know the kind: has his tools outlined on the pegboard, has a gas can marked "lawn mower" and another one labeled "snow blower".
I nod. Mary and I are both admirers of this kind of man.
"Well over there in the corner, affixed under the shelves, he's nailed in baby food jar lids!" Mary shakes her head grinning, grinds out her cigarette. "They're hanging there, full of tiny screws and washers and whatnot, see? All you have to do is unscrew the jar itself and the lid stays affixed to the shelf! How cool is that?"
T-Bone, the Labrador of Unquestioned Sincerity, lays his head in my lap.
"Mary," I say, "That's almost as good as cilantro."
She fingers her cigarette pack, decides against another one. "But not quite as good as the rock salt poured into pantyhose and thrown onto the roof," she says.
The room goes momentarily silent as we both consider the truth in what she's just said.
Because there are very few things that are as cool as salt-filled, roof-bound pantyhose.
* For those of you in the warmer climes, a pantyhose leg filled with rock salt and launched, somehow, up onto your roof helps to melt ice dams, the glacier-like formations that a season of almost 80 inches of snow creates. A small, untreated dam can pull your gutters off, but a large one can break through your roof.
48 comments:
- Kate Coveny Hood said...
I was wondering about the pantyhose...
Now I want a glass nail file.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Gary Baker said...
I'll stop throwing my old pantyhose away. Just in case.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:12 AM
- laughingmom said...
Totally cool! I'm pretty certain that my parents had me (third and last child) because my dad had run out of baby food jars for his nails (he's 80 and still has them kept that way)!!
- February 23, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- George said...
I live in northern Indiana and have seen many gutters felled by ice and have never heard of the pantyhose trick.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Sue said...
A few loves:
*For hysterical porpoises.
*Chin-hair informing friends.
*Baby food jars on the garage wall.
*And, of course, the hose.
Brilliant, Pearl. *swoon*
- February 23, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- bruce said...
i love the jars idea. my father did that. it rocks.
ice dams are a function of ventilation. most houses have choked attics, where the ventilation is poor. i could go thru a whole bunch of stuff about this dilema(sp)...i will stop now.
insulation without ventilation is the devil.
okay i cannot stop...
sorry for the construction bs...
the old nylon and salt trick is pretty cool...
damn i want a cigarette...
congrats on your nonsmokering!
ive said way too much...
later tater!
- February 23, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- becca said...
awesome post
- February 23, 2011 at 7:21 AM
I'm 30, and I keep the jar city of screws and nails and whatnot in my basement. No outlines, but definitely went OCD with the pegboard and hooks.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Camille said...
Oh my God...how did I NOT know about the rock salt filled pantyhose? Why has no one told me until now? I've lived in this God forsaken NE climate for a what now seems like a millennium and NOBODY has taken the time to tell me about this except you dear Pearl. I'm heading for my underwear drawer as we speak - gonna load me up some Leggs!
- February 23, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Oilfield Trash said...
The pantyhose cracked me up. You have to be Macgyiver like to live up north.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- The Simple Dude said...
I am without a doubt a gas can labeled for lawn mower and gas can for snow blower kinda guy - snow blowers use mixed gas, while lawn mowers don't - so you better label them!
But the jar thing - thats genius. As if I needed another reason to be excited for spring, now I have some jar-nailing to do!
- February 23, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Kara said...
Salt-filled pantyhose. Now you've got me thinking. First a patent. Then a prototype. An appearance on the Shark's Tank/Dragon's Den TV show (I'll have to get my hair styled). A silent partner with lots of start-up money. An info-mercial "Call now while supplies last!". And then millions and billions in sales. Gee, thanks Pearl. I'll owe you one.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Flea said...
I adore my glass nail file. Don't know how I lived without it. Not so much on the cilantro, though. You can keep that.
- February 23, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Eva Gallant said...
I never heard of the salt in the pantyhose trick. I can see that would be beneficial!
- February 23, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- IndigoWrath said...
Hey Pearl! I live in a region largely free of snow, but always throw a pair of pantyhose full of rock salt onto the roof. It's an expression of solidarity, sister. I may also buy a glass nail file. Just to be sure. Indigo
- February 23, 2011 at 8:11 AM
- Susan in the Boonies said...
Julia Child's husband did the pegboard with outlines for Julia Child in her kitchen. I will always have a soft place in my heart for Paul Child, for that very reason. It was like the Christmas that my husband bought me a comfortable leather office chair to place in front of my computer, or the day he reserved the domain SusanintheBoonies.com for me. When a man believes in his wife that much, that's a beautiful thing.
And now, to go investigate the brilliance of glass nail files and tweezers. Chin Hair Disclosers are the equivalent of Friends Who Move the Roof Tiles for you. No doubt about it.
- February 23, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Pearl said...
Bruce is right on the attic ventilation thing, that's for sure. HOWEVER! Minneapolis, at this time of the year, normally has 34.9 inches of snow. :-) So far this year, we've had 79 -- and March (still in our headlights) is our snowiest month of the year. The poor roofs (rooves?) have absolute FEET of snow on them. The ice-dam guys, with their scaffolds and torches, have done an incredible amount of business. Pays to be fearless at this time of year.
And just for kicks -- and because my house is three stories high and who the heck can launch a pair of pantyhose, no matter HOW heavy with ice that high! -- I threw a handful of kosher salt out of my kitchen window and on to the porch roof below and watched it melt.
Yeah. I know how to party. What up, Minneapolis!!
- February 23, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- bruce said...
yeah. it is nice when the snow goes away...
i am glad we moved to michigan! the glaciers and snow seem to be a little less here. we almost stayed in wisconsin...thank god for small miracles...
love your idea of salting out the window.
sun today is freaking awesome!
- February 23, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Kal said...
You truly do come from immigrant stock. All those home fix-its ideas and appreciation for the real way to remove wildly inappropriate facial hair. Glass tweezers feel like love.
- February 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- Mandy's Kidding said...
Glass nail file? Makes me think of glass slippers. Now I want to fill a glass slipper full of rock salt and throw it on my roof. Not the same?
- February 23, 2011 at 8:34 AM
- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
Ahhhh...that explanation clarifies a lot for me.
- February 23, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Irisheyes said...
Just to let you all know, the nylons filled with salt really do the trick. The only down side is that from the street the roof appears to have several male genitalia hanging from it.:)
- February 23, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Scarlet Blue said...
I have a hunch that the pantyhose tip will come in handy as the winters in the UK get colder.
Btw, as my father would say, for hysterical porpoises., was your father English?
- February 23, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Betty Davis said...
I have never heard of this trick before either. If you continue to toss those salt filled pantyhose up on your roof every time it snows, does your rooftop eventually become festooned with deflated pantyhose? What kind of message does this send to passers-by?
- February 23, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- lisleman said...
too bad hysterical porpoises can't read your blog. They would have no need for a salt-filled pantyhose or nail files but I'm they enough a good laugh. They are always smiling.
- February 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- lisleman said...
Oh how I wish your comment section allowed edits.
It should read, "I'm sure they enjoy a good laugh". Good thing they don't read my comments.
- February 23, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Simply Suthern said...
You need a panty hose rock salt gun.
- February 23, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Pearl said...
A pantyhose rock salt gun! HA!
OH, and my father is an Irish/Scot/Czech mix. Very handsome and quite the punster.
- February 23, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Pearl said...
Hee hee. My father is the Chex Mix.
- February 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- who said...
How many make it to the Roof without snaring unsuspecting flying rats?
- February 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Ruthibelle said...
i want a glass nail file.
- February 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Leenie said...
How could I have lived this long in this frozen nightmare (that turns into heaven for two whole months a year) without knowing about pantyhose and rock salt??? The visuals alone of a whole pair filled to the brim and lying on the roof just made my day. Yeah, maybe a whole pair shouldn't be used.
MY problem is finding pantyhose. Mine don't get used much what with all the layers of thermals getting priority. Then in the spring I need them to cut up and tie up my tomatoes to stakes so they can get at least a LITTLE sunshine before it freezes...again.
There is a glacier wedged in a corner of our roof that's been there since November. This may be worth the purchase of a new pair of No Nonsensers from the grocery!
- February 23, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...
It's good to know panty hose have an actual purpose. I like the nailed-in baby food jar thing and I'm a cilantro lover too. Between the two, it's a close call.
- February 23, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Cheeseboy said...
I have never read a better post about nail clippers and pantyhose in all my life.
I remember my first cilantro experience. It is something I will never forget. (As demonstrated by the fact that I still remember it.)
- February 23, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- Jhon Baker said...
smoking.... pantyhose, driveway salt, glass nail file, tweezers and feminine chin hair... what more could a boy want?
- February 23, 2011 at 2:10 PM
Pearl, I am so glad you explained the pantyhose. I thought you two might be getting kinky!
- February 23, 2011 at 2:13 PM
- Gigi said...
Well hell - I've just had my first entrepreneurial idea ever! Apparently, I can sell all my old panty-hose to those of you living in the Great White North. I never wear them anyway. I'll be a millionaire! Especially after this winter.
- February 23, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- Mamma has spoken said...
I've seen baby food jars used like that before, I think even my dad did this in his garage.
Never knew that you did this with rock salt and panty hose. I'll keep this in mind if we should get that kind of snow here.
- February 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Jeanie said...
I am going to be seen as a genius in my home when I share the rock salt filled pantyhose idea. (I will eventually give you credit).
- February 23, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Nick Thomas said...
Our dog got into a bunch of cilantro and scoffed it down. He didn't move for a while - don't think he appreciated it.
Speaking of pets, it would be remiss of me not to say Happy Presidents Pets Day - the day after Presidents Day, as I like to call it. In the US, we love our presidents..... pets. See my blog if you're in the mood for a good ol' irreverent howl.
- February 23, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Stephanie in Suburbia said...
I've lived in MN half my life. This year, I've heard that panythose trick like 50 times. NEVER before! It's like meat raffles. How am I just discovering these?
- February 23, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- HermanTurnip said...
Cilantro: my arch nemesis. Call me crazy but I can't stomach the stuff. Tastes metallic to me. Now...broccoli with mayonnaise, that's where it's it!
- February 23, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- On My Soapbox said...
I'm glad you explained about the pantyhose on the roof. Never would have guessed that one.
Oh, and my Dad has the baby food jars/nuts & bolts storage in his garage!
- February 23, 2011 at 8:10 PM
- The Elephant's Child said...
I'm with HermanTurnip. Cilantro leaves are poison - the seeds and the roots are fine, but the leaves destroy any dish they are added to. And, notwithstanding the problems, I am jealous of your snow. Very few places in Oz get any and most places get way toooo hot.
- February 24, 2011 at 12:57 AM
- hoodyhoo said...
so far, that baby food jars nailed by the lid to the tool shelf thing is one of the only reasons I want children...
- February 24, 2011 at 4:11 AM
- the walking man said...
Quick Pearl send panty hose. My r-90 worth of attic insulation is falling behind.
- February 24, 2011 at 4:53 AM
- Pearl said...
My mother thinks cilantro tastes like soap. Must be one of those things you either love or hate...
- February 24, 2011 at 6:53 AM
- Hutch said...
After having new roofing and vents and STILL having ice dams, I love the pantyhose thing. I even like the thought of them looking like deflated male genitalia hanging from the roof - we can put out our rainbow flag and amaze the neighbors at how the lesbians are decorating. My best friend's dad had the baby jars with nails and my little Virgo heart thought they were the best invention in the world.
- February 24, 2011 at 4:04 PM


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on our third full day out, we start riding the Katy Trail right next to the Missouri River; then right in the Missouri River. it's flooding up and sometimes over the trail. we pedal thru the water, past almost-submerged mailboxes, with catfish rising a few feet to our left, and turkey buzzards fishing ten feet above. when the water gets over our bike wheels, we walk -- very Lewis and Clark: pushing all our gear upstream in the river.
I record two guys bow&arrow-fishing in the middle a flooded beanfield. the current is flowing right onto the land, and the fish follow. they say when the water recedes most of the fish will get out -- they'd done it before in the floods of '93 and '95.
I ask one of them why the fish swam into the beanfield. he asks if we saw all the earthworms on the trail. yes, we had -- I'd guess we saw at least a million (really); we probably each ran over a thousand (couldn't help but, they were everywhere; saw snakes and a turtle too). he says those worms are trying to get keep from drowning -- most won't -- and the fish are feasting on this buffet of fat worms covering the floodbanks.
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when things get weird, like say a Missouri River flood, we recordists have a feast as well. there's so much tape-potential right now: guys with thick drawls catching bucket-loads of nite-crawlers, frog symphonies, people remembering the flood of '93, and waiting for the river to crest (today or tomorrow).
when we reach Jefferson City, a fence blocks the trail in both directions. a sign describs the way we'd just come: "trail closed; do not continue. you may become stranded with no escape route."
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taking avantage of acedemia (U of MO) to catch up on contacts, and maybe quickly arrange a professorial interview or two. waiting for an email right now from a guy working on a opera based on the expedition.
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She Hulk #16 & #17 "Planet Without a Hulk"
She Hulk is a really enjoyable comic, light humored, contemporary and realistic in some ways (as far as female characters in Popular Culture). Dan Slott (writer) gives Jennifer Walters (She Hulk) a character that aside from being identifiable, as influenced by Alley McBeal , Sex and the City persona. She Hulk is a woman that likes to get laid, enjoy her freedom and super powers – yet has 'issues' that are explored in the comic. She Hulk is not your 'bimbo' comic character, nor the damsel in distress, she is strong (obviously) intependant and a free thinking individual. There are complexities in her life, from the law firm she works at to personal relationships she has with various men. Dan Slott's She Hulk has been a good read.
Issue #16 finds She Hulk (now conscripted with S.H.E.I.L.D) the main muscle in the Hulk buster unit of S.H.E.I.L.D. Taking down Hulk's old foes, imprisoning them on the S.H.E.I.L.D heli carry. Wolverine is tracking down the Wendigo, with She Hulk posing as a unaware camper in the Canadian snowy woodlands. Unknown to Wolverine. Of course Wendigo jumps She Hulk, Wolverine jumps in, and they both attempt to take down the Wendigo. Great fight sequences, with both trying to cause some damage to the Wendigo (who like Wolverine and She Hulk has healing abilities). Meanwhile the S.H.E.I.L.D offices are securing the area, locking out the Indians who asked Wolverine to track down the Wendigo.
To end the fight with the Wendigo, the She Hulk flings Wolverine into the Wendigo (after commenting on his firm 'butt'). Wolverine ends up going through the Wendigo, with the Wendigo's heart hanging off Wolverine's adamantium claw. Apparently Wendigo will reheal himself from this huge wound, albeit slowly.
It's a quirky read, again we see She Hulk (after the battle) proposition Wolverine, but he declines as 'he doesn't want to be another superheros 'sloppy seconds' (haven't heard that saying since High school)'
Issue #17, has our sexy green girl kicking arse trying to capture as many Hulk foes as possible. She Hulk and her crew track down Zzzax, whose powers (body) appear to be an electrical energy mass. They are able to capture him and shove him in a Ghostbusters box type thing and return to the heli carrier.
Tony Stark (now the head of S.H.E.I.L.D) makes an appearance, sideswiping Quatermain (She Hulk's superior) for a debriefing from She Hulk. Yes they end up in the sack, after fucking, She Hulk asks Stark why she would be considered a 'slut' and he a 'player' (for sleeping around), of course this is an age old dilemma for women – before Stark ala Iron Man can reply, all hell breaks lose. Zzzax has somehow ended up in the electrical systems of the ship, causing havoc as the internal security systems go bonkers. Funny sequences with a hundred plus Nick Fury robot replicas attacking She Hulk. Finally everything brought under control, She Hulk holding a decapitated Nick Fury robot head in her hands, hears the head say something about 'Hulk being sent into space'. Hence She Hulk is slowly being revealed the reason the Hulk doesn't exist on Earth (at this point). Of course, The Hulk being her cousin, this will have ramifications.
Funny, violent, sexy and a quirky comic. Definitely worth checking out


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Jay Macabee is at it again!
If you loved his single, Got The Love, you will definitely want to listen to his newest song. Full of hope and inspiration, Macabee has released his song, Greatness (freestyle). Let's support this talented artist by checking out his music. I promise, you won't regret it.
And, if you have yet to listen to his single Got The Love, drop everything you are currently doing and listen!


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"Watt Abbitt has dedicated his life to public service, following in the footsteps of his father who served in the U.S. House of Representatives. For over 25 years, Watt has devotedly served the people of Appomattox and Virginia. A public servant with keen political instincts, Watt always worked with both parties to get things accomplished for his district and the Commonwealth. He served on the House budget where he has been a strong voice for fiscal responsibility and restraint. He was also an outspoken advocate for wildlife and conservation issues – that was his passion. I will truly miss working with Watt. He's a longtime friend and he will be missed in the General Assembly. I wish him and his family all the best as he retires from 25 successful, accomplished years serving the Commonwealth of Virginia."
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Statement of Governor Bob McDonnell on Retirement of Watkins Abbitt from the General Assembly
Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement today following news that Delegate Watkins Abbitt has decided not to run for re-election to the General Assembly.
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Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen
- Story by
- Dylan Horrocks
- Art by
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- Cover by
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- Fantagraphics
When Dylan Horrocks' "Hicksville" was released in 1998, it was the sort of debut that had fans breathlessly awaiting the follow-up. The wait is now over, with one of his serials from "Atlas" — "Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen" — complete and clocking in at 216 pages of excitement and wonder. Within its pages, Horrocks weaves a story about giving up one's inspiration for a steady paycheck and rediscovering the wonder of what one truly loves. With the recession starting to fade and the economy recovering, "Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen's" release couldn't have been more perfectly timed.
Horrocks' story opens in a quasi-autobiographical manner as we follow Zabel, a comics creator who's been writing the adventures of "Lady Night" for a large publisher that owns the character. While the pay is good enough, it's sapping Zabel's creativity, keeping him from working on comics to which he feels a personal attachment. It's hard to not see parallels between Zabel and Horrocks, with Zabel at times being a direct stand-in for Horrocks (even mentioning issues of the comic "Pickle," in which Horrocks' comic "Hicksville" was serialized). This may sound like you're about to embark on 200+ pages of navel-gazing, a general "woe is me" mood hanging over every image. That's why I'm letting you know that, before the book's even a quarter complete, Zabel is standing on Mars, accompanied by a brilliant Japanese schoolgirl named Miki who wields a blast gun and rocket boots.
"Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen" may have a lack of inspiration and writer's block lurking at its core, but it ultimately contains so much more than that. It's simultaneously a fictional review of comic book history, a series of rollicking adventures through several of comics' different genres and a rallying cry to follow your passions. There's even a thread of metafiction where comic creators find themselves face-to-face with their own characters.
Horrocks' art is an integral part of "Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen," bringing to life all of the different comic book realms through which Zabel and company journey. His style, with its slightly simple and stripped down features, is now perfectly on target with current trends in comics as they continue to lean towards a clean look. He's great with the overall language of comics, too; for example, when there's a cliffhanger/transition in one of the chapters where a character makes a big decision, Horrocks carefully leaves off the final panel of the page, just using white space to give the reader an unconscious directive to pause before continuing on. It's a subtle but effective usage of the comics medium, and something that Horrocks clearly understands.
Horrock's coloring within "Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen" is just as striking. "Hicksville" was in black and white, so seeing such care placed into the coloring is a pleasant surprise. This is more than just making sure that all of the Venusians are slightly different shades of green, mind you. It's the beautifully washed out colors for flashbacks, for example, taking an almost duo-tone approach to each page with a background like yellowed newsprint. There's a vibrancy to the book overall, and those colors are a large part of the overall success.
Those who have followed Horrocks' website got a sneak preview of "Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen," but now everyone else can be in on the secret: this book is fantastic. It's wonderful to see Horrocks' second graphic novel build on the strength of the first and remind everyone that he isn't a one-hit wonder. If there's one thing that's clear about the overall message of this comic, it's that — with any luck — we won't have to wait quite so long for a third book from Horrocks. I suspect that, if you read this book, you might find something similar buried within you coming to the forefront. Highly recommended.


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Mobile phone technology and mass mind control
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Regional Lessons
Getting to know the area.
All roads lead to Rome, or in this case our little town. We had one of Caleigh's new chums spend the night, and after a croissant and baguette breakfast , we all loaded into the Citroen and sped off to drop her home. The drive there was easy, a distance Caleigh should be able to bike ride to in the future. After dropping her off and visiting with her parents for a half hour, we were ready to go. It was a real pleasure to talk with her parents. They had wonderful stories of their experiences in France and I could see becoming great friends with them. They are definitely visionaries, and share a fondness for renovating houses. Their house is incredible. I love it, it has great bones, incredible details, and unlimited potential, and most importantly is says home. The work he has already had done is great; an addition on the end works well with the existing structure. He added three dormers that added light to the interior and looked nice from the exterior.
Back into the Citroen and we head to the neighboring town of Soumensac. I was told that the town was a Templar town and that after their demise, the town's fortified walls were torn down and used by locals for their buildings, additions, and outbuildings. We headed into the beautiful remains of the small town, gorgeous in it's intimate scale and preserved buildings. We didn't get out of the car, but just drove down the two short streets. I knew I would be back later to explore on foot with my camera. Off into the countryside we went, following one small road that turned into a smaller road. We passed the lake / reservoir and went out a few kilometers and then kept making lefts hoping that boxing the compass this way would end up where we started. Nice thing about farming roads is that they are always going the shortest routes from one village to another. We had a beautiful tour of the surrounding countryside in the matter of twenty minutes and ended back in our little town. One of my plans has always been to tour the surrounding roads and towns and photograph them. The small hilltop villages are my favorites. They are so compact and varied that compositionally there are so many places that create a small still life.
We arrive back at the house and prepare for the meeting that Isabelle has set up for Caleigh to meet a few kids that are going to be her school chums. We tried to make it to a local store for provisions, but were met with the cold reality of it being the two hour lunch break all France takes. Our bad. So Cindy in her culinary improvisation makes a great tuna fish sandwich with Dijon mustard and lettuce and tomatoes. Eh…Viola!
We leave to go next door to the meet and greet that has been set up by Isabelle. We have no idea what to expect. First, how thoughtful for her to arrange for us to meet some students that Caleigh will be going to school with. Secondly, we need to set up where to meet on school days for the rotating carpool duties, and even where the school bus stop is located.
What do we bring? a bottle of wine for a 3:00 pm kid intro? probably not. Beads…plague …I don't really know. Arghhh..I guess we show up empty handed. So not like Cindy; more like me. Well, here we go. I'll tell you how it went.
Well It's 830 pm. We were there for two hours then raced over to the Carrefour market before it closed because we had absolutely no food. It went well. Not spectacularly, but well. We didn't insult the French honor and that was half of our plan. We weren't beheaded either and that was the other half. Isabelle the hostess was wonderful, a veritable ambassador. We were introduced to the three other sets of parents that were part of the carpool. Really nice people. One family runs a winery, one has a ranch with 150 cattle, and the other family grows barley. I think they may have found Cindy and I amusing. Caleigh had a little of the dear-in -the-headlights syndrome. We all spoke about the region, the school. It was a lively and interesting forum. I think it will help Caleigh fit in a little better. The children sat off at a smaller table which I thought was wise. It gave them a chance to sit together in a intimate space prior to them belting into a small car together. We really tried our limited French. Anyone there might have thought otherwise. We told them about our genuine love of all things Dordogne and how we had visited two and a half years earlier. I think that however we did, it was a growing experience for all of us as a family, I feel so fortunate because of the people we have met so far. We're not alone in an ocean of foreign tongues and it's nice to see a lifeguard at the deep end of the pool. And me with my &%#$@@ floaties on at the shallow end of the gene pool . "Water, water, everywhere…and not a drop to drink."
So as I'm regarding the map this morning, I'm looking over the boundaries of the Dordogne, the town we're in is straddling the Dordogne and Lot, with where we are in the Lot (or 24 Dordogne and 47 Lot as they are numerically known in France.)
"Hey, Cindy….."
"Yeah hon" she is in the kitchen pouring her second cup of caffeine.
"You know we're not in Dordogne per say."
"I know that." she replies adding milk and sugar to her caffeine. (Half and half hasn't been seen in Dordogne or Lot yet)
"So yesterday afternoon as I was belaboring my love for all things Dordogne, I was pretty much insulting the entire room?" Please say no I'm thinking.
"No Hon, not at all" The jury has decided you shall live.
"I wasn't insulted honey, and there was that one child who left to go to the bathroom, he didn't seem insulted." But the jury decided you shall live in Iceland, the cold part, not the occasionally thawing out part.
O.K. time to start researching all things Lot. The Dordogne River is what I am most familiar with, the area we are now guests of; The Lot, has the Garonne River and one of it's branches, the Lot River dividing it. Well good news Dordogne and Lot are both in the Aquitaine administrative region, with the Dordogne being the most northerly. Our little town has the Dropt river running through it. The Dropt River branches off from the Garonne River and heads north into The Dordogne region, but doesn't quite make it to the Dordogne River. The history of an area is usually decided by the main transportation hubs, in this case by rivers. From the Bay of Biscay, to Bordeaux there is the Gironde Inlet that is fed by the Dordogne and the Garonne. These are in turn fed by scores of other arteries. As one canoes down these waterways you see towns and castles dotting its shores and overlooking cliffs.
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But Do You Really Need to Know?
I have been an avid "So You Think You Can Dance" fan since the show started years and years ago. And while I am not one of those fans who has watched every episode 40 times and continually watches the pieces on YouTube all the way leading up to the next week's episode, I truly do like the show. However after a particularly poignant piece last week there was great discussion about the theme of the piece and what inspired it. Because I am that kind of person, I then did a little bit of searching on old SYTYCD videos on YouTube to see how many of them fun comments like "What is this piece about" or "I wish I could have heard what the choreographer was thinking". But why does it matter? From the dawn of time (I thought about using 'since time immemorial' here but it seemed a bit too preacher-y) people have been making art. In fact some scholars argue that the first ever form of communication was a form of art. Sidebar: I want to know 1) who these 'scholars' are, 2) why are they always saying things and coming out with various reports, and 3) how do I become one of these 'scholars'. So if art is so inherently imbedded in our society then why is it suddenly such a massive trend to need to know everything about everything we observe? Mind you I don't know, but I have a strong feeling that people weren't lining up at Johannes Vermeer's door and persistently asking what "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was about or why "The Girl with the Wine Glass" had to be wearing red.
So why can we as modern consumers of media not feel ok with simply liking or disliking something? Why can we not simply observe something as art and nothing else? There seems to be such a deep desire to understand the inner-psyche of an artist that we completely forget the original intention of art: to be viewed and enjoyed. So I challenge everyone with a task. Watch a dance piece on YouTube and don't Google what it is about. Walk through a museum without going through the gallery guide with a fine tooth comb. Even listen to a love song without looking up if the artist is in a relationship and whether or not they are happy. It will be fine. You'll survive. Just sit back and enjoy.


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It's all about the characters
Former Toowoomba girl Katie Castles says her father, and working in a male-dominated industry, has helped inspire her character driven comedy.
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Katie has joked her way to Melbourne for this year's International Comedy Festival.
"I was doing traditional stand-up for a while," Katie explains.
"When I came back from overseas I was trying out some characters for mum and dad. Dad kept saying 'you've got to do your characters, you're really good at it'. He often has a full table of people laughing at his characters, so I said, 'ok dad, I'll do that!"
Now living in Melbourne, Katie belives the best comedic material comes from "things you genuinely care about."
"I'm in two male-dominated industries. I'm in the cafe industry in Melbourne which is very macho. And I'm in the stand-up industry, which is very much a male dominated scene."
"I do all these different characters...to break that facade."
Katie says her current favourite character to perform is Billy Bob, an ex Vegas lounge singer turned fitness instructor, "teaching the audience to get buns of steel!"
"Festivals are one of the best ways to show you're serious about what you do," Katie says. "It's an 'official' showcase."
"I went through acting school at the University of Southern Queensland. I remember being the 'comic relief' doing Shakespeare in Queens Park. I remember one night I'd get no laughs, and the next night I'd get heaps of laughs. That taught me that sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. I've become a tough cookie."
"I'm an eternal optimist," Katie says. "Even if I crash and burn on stage it's all a learning-curve."
"I was watching an interview with Dave Chappelle the other night," Katie says. "He was talking about how he 'bombed' on stage at the Apollo Theatre when he was a young comedian...He said he was fearless after that. That was the worst thing that could happen, so after that he was willing to try anything on stage."
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Religious Freedom Issues
Tough Catholic Response to Orthodox Complaints
Catholic World News, 2/15/2002
- Relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, which have deteriorated rapidly since the formal establishment of four Catholic diocese in Russia, grew still cooler as Catholic leaders in both Moscow and Rome issued blunt statements responding to Orthodox complaints.
In Moscow, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz issued a statement criticizing the Moscow patriarchate for a failure to engage in open dialogue with the Catholic Church. After Orthodox leaders released a volley of statements criticizing the Vatican's creation of the new dioceses, the archbishop shot back: "We are perplexed and seriously concerned about the interference in internal affairs of the Catholic Church in Russia."
Archbishop Kondrusiewicz used simple and distinctly undiplomatic language to respond to the Orthodox charge that the establishment of a metropolitan archdiocese was an unusual move for the Catholic Church. "This affirmation is false," he said. The archbishop also pointed to the Orthodox dioceses that have been established in predominantly Catholic countries, without objections from Rome.
Finally, the Moscow archbishop traced the history of Catholic activity in Russia, arguing that the Catholic Church has been active in the country for decades. And he once again used extremely blunt language as he rejected--"for the umpteenth time"--the Orthodox complaint that Catholics are engaged in "proselytizing" to steal believers from the Russian Orthodox flock.
In Rome, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls issued a similarly blunt statement. The real issue involved in the dispute, he said, was the legal right of the Catholic Church to establish her own administrative structures within Russia. "Does one wish to accept and safeguard the fundamental rights to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion that lie at the base of all forms of civil and pluralistic coexistence?" he asked.
In a remark that was evidently intended as a criticism of Russian government officials who had joined in the criticism of the Vatican move, Navarro-Valls added that if Russia recognizes the principle of religious liberty, "it follows that each faith be recognized and respected in its individual identity, avoiding discrimination between citizens for religious motives--as, indeed, is guaranteed by the civil code of the Russian Federation."
The Russian ministry of foreign affairs, which had been notified well in advance of the Vatican's intentions, had provoked some ire in Rome by suggesting that the creation of the new diocese should be "postponed" because the move might "cause serious complications" with the Russian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Kondrusiewicz took the stance that the creation of dioceses-- in territory that had previously been covered by the less permanent apostolic administrations-- meant nothing more than a normalization of Catholic affairs in Russia: a move that was, he suggested, long overdue. "Today we can say that at last Russia has received normal Catholic structures similar to those that exist in other countries," the archbishop said.
The Russian Orthodox complaint against the dioceses is based on the argument that all of Russia is the "canonical territory" of the Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II had argued that the creation of a metropolitan archdiocese was an implicit assault on that territory. "The founding of an 'ecclesiastical province' in essence means the creation of a Catholic Church in Russia centered in Moscow that claims to have as its flock the Russian people, who are culturally, spiritually and historically the flock of the Russian Orthodox Church," he said, in a statement endorsed by the Patriarch Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Kondrusiewicz left no doubt about the Catholic response to that argument. "I do not recognize the term 'canonical territory,'" he said.
The Catholic Church in Russia points out that many Catholics have lived in Russia for years, and deserve the pastoral care of their Church. Moreover, they point out, although in theory two-thirds of the Russian people are classified as members of the Russian Orthodox Church, in practice about 2-3 percent are active members of any parish.
So the challenge for Christians in Russia, Catholics assert, should be to bring the Gospel to all men--not to become caught up in a battle for control of the country's administrative turf.
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First update of the twenty-twelve, two months have passed and it's been quite a ride. Since the last post a fair amount has happened especially in the world of AGS.
I managed to complete my game 11-11-11 and release it and got some good feedback from players, even some good reviews including Adventure Gamers and it even made Best Free PC Games of the week with PC Gamer, so that made me proud!
Since then I've updated the game with more sounds and more cutscenes so it's even better than before, if you haven't played it, give it a go! It even takes about 2 hours to complete so I'm glad it panned out to be quite long. I personally can't finish it in less than 30 minutes and I know exactly what to do.
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Things are moving in terms of Screen 7 becomming more than just a hobbyist website with games and stuff, yep, it's finally time to take it to the next level, form a legal company and focus on selling great games. Of course, if that fails, it's time to officially stop pissing around with AGS and game-making and go get a real job :P
Here's how the new site is looking, which will be focussed entirely on games and services for game-makers. I'm wiping out the film section for the time being as it's no longer my focus for the company.
So if you have a game in production of any scale get in touch because I'm looking for games to sell. You can expect to see info on that in public on the AGS forum pretty soon.
That said plenty of people want to go it alone and I don't blame them. So it's going to be a very testing year for me and this business, fingers crossed, it will get somewhere :)
Beyond that I've been doing more editing for BJ:MD and it is in a very sweet state, but still not completely released. I've put the first 26 minutes online even though it's got some errors and is missing a few shots, for people to preview. But the weather has prevented me from filming the final scene but hope to tackle that this weekend.
Still waiting on Unga Needs Mumba a game I wrote music for last year. But it's undergoing some voice acting stuff, can you believe one of the chaps who wrote Ben There Dan That is providing the voice for Unga!
I've been working on test music for A Night at Camp Ravenwood, and that's been cool - I don't know how else to describe it. I'm having fun, and I'm happy with how it sounds.
Kinky Island is now looking for your help for funding, though the funds are half for KI and half for the setup of Screen 7 as a proper online publisher. You can help out at:
Kinky Island @ IndieGoGo
What else? Oh yes, organising a music gig, just a couple of weeks away now. Do you like rock and metal music? Feel free to come along, you can even get a discount ticket online! But if you're reading this, you probably don't live anywhere near Wallingford :P
You can probably see I'm in creative/do stuff over-drive. It feels like I am in a way but thats great, things feel achievable and it feels like there is a clear goal ahead of me for once, rather than uncertainty.
My friend Simon Love continues work on the soundtrack for Yahtzee's new game Poacher, it's very nearly done, just 3 tracks left to finalize. So as always Screen 7 is holding up Yahtzee's game :P Nothing new there, but I can assure you, it's very close.
I sent all the completed tracks to him last night and Simon has promised he will get the remainder done asap. He's been uber busy with 3rd year uni work. He also recently won and then set a new AGS tune contest and announced the winner the other day.
Fountain of Youth team are looking at ways of getting things done even quicker, we need artists - if you are one or know any, get the hell in touch, we need you to help us share the workload! Passage of Saints was released over Xmas and also went down well, thank you everyone who played it!!
There were a few errors and I don't want to be the ass that says they will never be fixed, but they probably won't until the end of the year, we all have so much else to be getting on with in the meantime.
Gonna leave it there before my computer crashes (which it WILL do in the next few minutes, regular as clockwork!!!) - but thanks for reading. It's pretty much just been an update this time round. Hopefully it's shown you that things are still full steam ahead this end.
Oh, and Summerbatch is still underway nicely - people seem to be working on their games and the list is looking nice!! More on that in a future update :)


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Two additions to the Sony nav-u range have been unveiled at CES.
The NV-U73T and NV-U83T offer old favourites including text-to-speech voice commands and real-time-traffic capability.
However, they also offer new safety features, including the super suction cup mounting system.
This system means that both devices are easy to mount on the windshield or dashboard, "providing a tight, virtually unmovable attachment", says Sony.
The system is made using a flexible non-adhesive gel, which grips the surface of the dashboard so the touch screen can be mounted closer for an easier reach.
The high-end NV-U83T model also adds another safety feature - Bluetooth technology for making hands-free phone calls.
It has a built-in microphone, so that drivers can use voice commands to initiate calls via compatible Bluetooth-enabled cell phones. The nav-u system connects automatically so drivers can keep their hands on the steering wheel and their eyes on the road.
This new model also has a large, 4.8-inch (screen size measured diagonally), 16 x 9 aspect ratio touch-screen display (with anti-glare coating) and ultra-thin footprint.
The NV-U83T model also offers a new facility called POSITION Plus, which "provides constant, more accurate positioning and assured interruption-free guidance", even if the GPS signal is weak.
In addition to the SiRF Star III GPS chip, POSITION Plus includes a pressure sensor, gyro sensor and an acceleration sensor.
Sony explains: "The nav-u device uses these additional sensors to calibrate where drivers are so they can safely plan ahead and won't miss turns coming out of tunnels or from in-between tall buildings."
Both devices offer a new dual view feature, which zooms in and shows certain landmarks to help drivers make the correct turns at the right time.
On motorways, dual view shows a 3D rendition of the approaching intersection with lane guide information to let drivers know exactly where they need to be to negotiate the junction, explains Sony.
Another new shared Sony function is gesture command, which lets drivers jump to commands with one stroke on the touch-screen display, "eliminating the need to dig down on the menu".
It explains: "If drivers want to go home, they just draw a roof (or inverted "V") and the destination becomes home". Other gesture command features include take me home, zoom in or out and call home.
This nav-u device is also the first Sony portable navigation device to show brand icons for restaurants hotels, gas stations and stores.
Both systems come with nearly five million points of interest, making it easy to find destinations nationwide.
The devices come with US and Canadian maps on their 2GB flash memory. Maps of Alaska, Canada, Hawaii and Puerto Rico also come pre-installed.
They also come with a Memory Stick Pro Duo slot for future expansion capabilities.
The NV-U73T model comes with a 4.3-inch (screen size measured diagonally), 16 x 9 aspect ratio display. Its features include text-to-speech functionality, the dual view feature, super suction cup mounting system and gesture command.
The NV-U83T device features all of this plus Bluetooth hands-free calling capability, a larger display and POSITION Plus signal management.
The NV-U73T and NV-U83T models are expected to sell for about $350 and $500, respectively.


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When "the pot of rice" is smashed, other bowls are quickly offered to him. So there is no worry fo Khairy. When Abdullah mentioned about the "Gaps" everywhere in the lopsided developments, these gaps are serious and look at the extreme end, they represented also the "leakages" that go with all the development projects. If these can be plugged or reduce to the minimum, then they would be more cost effective and successful.
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Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he probably won't hold an election before 2008, giving himself more time to battle corruption and bolster political stability before testing his support. ``Next year is too early,'' Abdullah, 67, said in an interview at his home in Putrajaya, south of
Too few criminals end up in court even as the government investigates a ``very high'' number of cases, he said. Abdullah may lose support at the next election, former premier Mahathir Mohamad said in October. Analysts say fuel price increases have eaten into incomes, pushing many into corruption. Before a poll, the premier may also have to mend relations in his ethnic coalition, where pro-Malay speeches by some leaders have stoked tensions with Chinese counterparts. ``How can he go to elections?'' said Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, director of the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization at the
``Basic economic issues could be decisive for urban voters who are really suffering. That has made a lot of people more corrupt.'' Not Happening Abdullah said he's bolstered his team of investigators and warned officials of the dangers of taking bribes.
UMNO, as the 60-year-old party is known, has more than 3 million members and is the biggest political group in Barisan Nasional.
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Critics of the program say it drags on productivity and impedes competition. Under Abdullah, economic growth in
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The won dropped 0.7 percent to 920.20 against the dollar, the largest slide in two months, according to Seoul Money Brokerage Services Ltd, paring gains for the week to 0.9 percent. Exports have been the main driver of 14 consecutive quarters of growth. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Dec. 1 raised its forecast for the nation's economic growth in 2006 to 5.2 percent from an earlier prediction of 4.9 percent.
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Abdullah, who took over from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on
"It took time to plan the Ninth Plan. It is not something I could think of off the top of my head. I had to think very, very hard. This plan must be able to take us to Vision 2020, especially the National Mission. I must aim for 2020.
We must view the three five-year plans that provide continuity, one after another, for this period of 15 years is the National Mission," he said. Abdullah said more need to be done in the human capital development although the process would be difficult.
"Human capital to me, in terms of people, they must be mentally, physically and spiritually morally strong. I believe in that. There are many people who are clever people but who are cheats. Who are rogues. Who abuse power. Who are corrupt. I don't want that. If you are clever, you must be a good man," he said. Besides different types of training including for those students who had finished their schooling in order to be ready for the workplace, Abdullah said the curriculum from primary to tertiary education would also be looked into.
Another thing that Abdullah said he was trying to do was to reduce the development gaps as there were certain areas like in the north, Kelantan and Terengganu which were not doing well unlike most progressive Klang Valley. "There is a certain lopsidedness in development in both human and physical infrastructure. This includes the opportunities. I always believe in quality opportunity," he said. Citing education as an example, Abdullah said the same quality education must be provided to children in both rural and urban areas with adequate books and trained teachers. "If you are talking about internet penetration, you must include them. I cannot achieve our 2020 vision if we have this lopsided development. We have ethnic gaps, regional gaps, occupational gaps. People in industrial areas are getting better income, and those in agriculture are not. There are so many gaps," he said.


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A flashback to moments from Duniya Soori's 2015 Kannada thriller 'Kendasampige', about a rich-girl-poor-boy couple chased by corrupt cops.
Read the full article on Film Companion, here: http://www.filmcompanion.in/article/southern-lights-kendasampige
The first time we see Ravi and Gowri, they're in a theatre, half watching the movie, half making out. This poor boy and rich girl are just being the teens or early twenty-somethings they are. But her mother spots them and asks a cop to take care of the situation. Soon, Ravi is framed in a "ganja case." He's sentenced to prison – and then he flees. Obviously distraught, he calls Gowri and tells her where he is and what happened. She's concerned, but calm. She says, "Be right there. I'm coming." Earlier, in the theatre, we saw how much she loved him. Now, we see other traits. Strength. Loyalty. That whole be-with-you-through-thick-and-thin thing.
Gowri lies to her mother that she's going shopping with a friend, hops into a car, goes to an ATM and withdraws money, and heads to the bus station where Ravi is. He wails, "I want to leave this city and go someplace far away." Without a moment's hesitation, she says she will come with him. He says, "Please understand. Just give me some money. That's all." She hands him the money. He gets into a bus and leaves. And we cut to a song.
On the surface, this is your standard flashback song. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Cut to present and show boy missing girl, girl missing boy. But how boy meets girl is what matters here, for Gowri is drowning in the sea and her friends are screaming for help. Ravi rescues her. When she regains consciousness, she sees him. She's grateful. She smiles and extends a hand. He shakes it. Then we see him in the gym, as he's wiping the machines, carrying cans of water. She joins the gym. She sees him and says, "Thank you for saving my life that day." He's embarrassed. "It's fine, madam. Let it go."
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Ever since I first heard about International Mud Day, I've wanted to gather children together for muddy play. This year, I was determined to make it a reality.
My ever-supportive husband and I agreed to turn a corner of our yard into a mud pit, I gathered resources, and invited some dirt-loving friends to come and play.
We had a wonderful day – full of joy, challenges, new discoveries and friendship. But as well as being an incredible day for our children, it was a great day for me and my own learning about how to support children's play.
Here are some of the things I've learnt about supporting children's play in mud.
Be prepared.
I wanted our day to be focused on children's play, so I had to allow for:
Flexibility (parts to mix with, sit in, tip out, collect, stand on). I also prepared water play options for those who didn't want to get muddy.
Unpredictability. Accepting that the way I would play in the mud is not the way everyone would want to play in mud.
Security for kids to play freely. We had only 2 rules for the day- be kind to each other, and keep the play in the yard, away from the balcony (marked by paper streamers). I had already made the decision to accept whatever mess transpired, to be completely honest when I said they could play in the mud anyway they wanted to.
(Children's Right to Play: An examination of the importance of play in the lives of children worldwide, Lester and Russell)
2. While muddy play is often social, it is deeply personal.
We all have varying degrees of comfort with mess and varying sensorial needs. Some children got stuck straight in, giggling as they tried to get mud over as much of their body as possible. Others kept to the edges, reaching for a tool to poke around in the mud from a distance.
Yet once everyone had figured out their comfort level, and the comfort level of everyone else, the play calmed into a kind of harmonious social enterprise. Everyone was contributing in a way they felt safe and happy with. Small groups gathered around pots or buckets, sharing in the stirring and creating. Cooperative bands of kids formed, working for some kind of fleeting common purpose – cooking lunch, filling a pot up to the brim, transferring from one bucket to another.
3. Wars will be fought over water.
The world's most precious resource, and a great source of tension for our players. I used Jack Lambert's tool theory – give them free reign, let them experience a shortage, then slowly introduce some more. I had two large plastic tubs already filled with water, which I refilled twice, then stopped. Fights ensued, then cooperation. Children became very creative with ways to reuse it or find it once I stopped supplying.
4. Children are easy to wash.
We had two tubs of water at a "washing station", plus sponges, soap and a hose. Besides under their fingernails, most children went home sparkling. I had been upfront with parents about the aim of the day, so everybody wore clothes to get muddy in.
5. The clean up was almost as much fun as the muddy play.
Sliding around in the mud to retrieve drowning utensils, filling up our biggest bucket with dishwashing soap to make a giant's sink, discovering artefacts of play I hadn't even seen happening. I loved finding evidence of the unpredictable ways mud had been played with!
6. The set-up and clean-up took longer than the actual muddy play.
Supporting and promoting children's play takes time and preparation. I should know this, as a teacher who spent hours planning lessons that would only take 30 mins to teach, but I had forgotten.
It took me a while to gather resources I thought the children would see as having value in their play (even though I was prepared to be surprised by the way they might use them!). I marked areas of our house and front balcony with signs and streamers so everyone knew where they were free to play. I sourced topsoil, covered drains, found old bedsheets to spread underneath the water play area to make the tiles less of a slip hazard.
7. The rhythm of play is easily interrupted by things like clean clothes.
For some children, their muddy play cycle lasted hours. Some children were ready to move onto something else quite quickly, and were keen to get cleaned up and play another way. Changing them into clean clothes prevented them from starting another session of muddy play when they were ready. Makes me wonder – what other ways could I have extended/sustained their muddy play?
8. Giving children time, space and permission to play is its own reward.
Doing so makes me more playful (did I get into that mud and love the oozing between my toes? Absolutely!). It started conversations with my neighbours and other play advocates here in Singapore. It brought children together to play, and opened up our yard as a place that offers possibilities.
As the International Mud Day founders said, "…we can all explore the sensory landscape which the earth brings. The experience challenges us, delights us, it allows us to overcome fear and yet brings joy and wonder. But by far the most important thing about Mud Day is that we take the time from our busy lives to play together."
Would I do it again? Yes! I would love to find a bigger space next year, to be able to offer more children the time, space and permission to play in mud!
A last word on our mud:
We don't use chemicals on our garden. I bought a few bags of topsoil from our local plant nursery, who very much wanted to talk me out of the idea. I was warned of small stones, and even small pieces of glass (!) inside their bags of mixed soil. When pressed on this, they accepted that this soil should be safe as it contained no pesticides or other nasties. (Though they still thought I was mad for wanting to provide mud for children to play in.)
No child attempted to eat the mud, even though plenty of chicken rice and cakes were cooked in their play and offered around.
Yes, our grass might take a while to regrow. But what a small price to pay for giving children the challenge and delight of muddy play!
Read more about muddy play:
Nature Play QLD – Why playing in the mud is more than just fun
Why you should let your kids play in the soil
National Wildlife Federation (US) How Getting Dirty Outdoors Benefits Kids


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North West's Hand & Other Living Things Smaller Than Kim Kardashian's Engagement Ring
On New Year's Eve, one major dilemma strikes the heart of each and every social media addict. What life-altering, year-summarizing photo can I post at the stroke of midnight? Kim Kardashian is one such addict and in 2014, she went simple. Kardashian posted an image of the two gifts fiance Kanye West gave her in 2013: her Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring in her daughter North West's teeny tiny baby hand. And wouldn't you know it, the ring is bigger than the months old child's hand.
Naturally, we found living things whose entire bodies are smaller than Kardashian's epic rock. Happy New Year!
A baby turtle
Well, he might actually be the same size as the ring. But you get our drift.
A newborn hedgehog
When I get engaged, can I choose this lil guy over a rock?
Itty bitty lizards
It would take five whole baby lizards to make up the mass of that huge ring. Very scientific stuff here.
This puppy's paws
Could this little guy even lift his paw if he was wearing Kardashian's ring? Maybe, but it would take all of his puppy strength.
This lil guy's nose
At least his nose can smell things… even if those things are probably terrible.
Her own daughter's hand
In the words of Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler, "Really? I mean really." Is that ring even real?
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ANTONIO CONTE believes as many as five players could make the step up from Chelsea's FA Youth Cup winning team.
Chelsea won the Cup for the fourth time in a row with a 6-2 aggregate success over Manchester City.
The victory cemented Chelsea's position as the best academy in the country.
Chelsea have struggled to fully integrate their young stars into their first team regularly despite their dominance.
But Conte is hopeful some of the young talent will become permanent fixtures at Stamford Bridge.
He said: "For sure it's very important for Chelsea to the work in the academy. It's working very well. I think in this team I saw four or five players with a good prospect for the future.
"But it's not easy to become a Chelsea player and play for the first team. This gap is not simple, not only at Chelsea but all teams. We must be proud of the work for the academy.
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