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President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services, and he promised an accelerated effort to find solutions.
"We will not stop until we've seen this scourge from what is the greatest military in the world eliminated," he told reporters after addressing an unusually large gathering of military leaders to the White House led by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Senior military officers have spoken bluntly in recent days about the problem. Dempsey on Wednesday called it a "crisis," and the Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, said Thursday his service's efforts are "failing."
"They care about this and they are angry about it," Obama said.
"Not only is it a crime, not only is it shameful and disgraceful, but it also is going to make and has made the military less effective than it can be," Obama said.
Those summoned by Obama included not just Hagel, Dempsey and the chiefs of each military service but also the civilian heads of each service and senior enlisted advisers.
"I heard directly from all of them that they are ashamed by some of what's happened," Obama said.
The problem, which has plagued the military for decades, has been thrust to the fore by recent cases, including that of an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office but was himself arrested for sexual battery.


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Sutton moves into lead at Herald Sun Tour
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Garmin-Slipstream rider
Chris Sutton
scored his second consecutive stage win at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Australia on Wednesday, taking over the lead in the seven-day stage race. The
Garmin-Slipstream squad
managed the 164km stage from Warrnambool to Apollo Bay perfectly, putting Sutton in the driver's seat of the race and keeping GC contenders
Bradley Wiggins
Svein Tuft
in striking distance in third and fourth overall.
It was a dramatic finish to a day that included some difficult climbs. Sutton's Garmin-Slipstream teammate
Tom Peterson
was in a two-man break that seemed destined to make it to the finish but a group containing Sutton, and being led by the Fly V Australia squad, caught the two just 150km before the finish.
Sutton then outsprinted Fly V's Jonathan Cantwell and Rock Racing's David Tanner for the win. He also jumped into the overall lead with a time bonus.
Sutton will head into Thursday's Stage 4 with a one second lead over Cantwell. Wiggins is third, just 35 seconds back, and Tuft is fifth at 55 seconds.
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Stage 3
1. Chris Sutton (Aus), Garmin-Slipstream, 3:48:58
2. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus), Fly V Australia, same time
3. David Tanner (Aus), Rock Racing, same time
4. Tom Peterson (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, same time
5. Bradley Wiggins (GB), Garmin-Slipstream, same time
General Classification
1. Chris Sutton (Aus), Garmin-Slipstream, 11:04:08
2. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus), Fly V Australia, at 0:01
3. Bradley Wiggins (Aus), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:35
4. Matthew Wilson (Aus), Jayco Australia National, at 0:45
5. Svein Tuft (Can), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:55
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I'm not even joking – and unfortunately, right now I don't have time to play catch-up. Here's a summary of my 2017. For reasons that will rapidly become apparent, it begins in June. You may assume that the months before June also included "Activisting."
June: Laid off in company-wide restructuring. Took the rest of the month off. Reconnected with self, family, and community. Activitsted.
July: Spent time with family. Looked for a job. Activisted.
August: Freelanced. Activsited.
September: Freelanced. Started a hyperlocal political podcast (radiofreebayridge.org) Activisted.
October: Freelanced. Got diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Also some rad podcast stuff. Also organized (along with my #ResistanceFam here in Bay Ridge) some pretty impressive (if I may say so myself) protests over the House's passage of a bill to eliminate a woman's right to bodily autonomy after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Here's a video that was made of our first protest.
November: Freelanced. Had my thyroid out. Got to spend a few days with fam in NYC that I hadn't expected, incl. the spawns. D'aw. And some rad podcast stuff.
December: Freelanced. Radioactive Iodine (RAI) treatment to destroy any remaining cancer cells. Hired onto the Omar Vaid for Congress campaign. More rad podcast stuff. Quit fashion in favor of politics.
…? (But definitely more rad podcast stuff. And politics.)
At any rate, dear reader friends, if you don't hear from me here for a while, it's because there's a lot going on. It's a good thing.
Whatever challenges you faced in 2017, I hope you you overcame them and got to spend more time reflecting on happy things than sad ones.
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Over the last century, identity as an avenue of inquiry has become both an academic growth industry and a problematic category of historical analysis. This volume shows how the study of medicine can provide new insights into colonial identity, and the possibility of accommodating multiple perspectives on identity within a single narrative. Contributors to this volume explore the perceived self-identity of colonizers; the adoption of western and traditional medicine as complementary aspects of a new, modern and nationalist identity; the creation of a modern identity for women in the colonies; and the expression of a healer's identity by physicians of traditional medicine.Gujarati, Urdu, and Hindi, to journals whose readership was predominantly female. ... compared to the reformist phase of the nineteenth century.29 Representing the convergence of several factors, including the diffusion of womena#39;s education, ... the standardization of Hindi, and later decades witnessed its growth and evolution as it adapted new Western prose genres such as essays, novels, and shortanbsp;...
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This is the route to the Visogrand peak. For the main peak it takes another 2 hours. You can see the photo gallery here.
Alimia Island and World War II
"Wovon Kann Der Landser Denn Schon Träumen Er" is a quite unexpected painted writing to be seen in one of the few buildings on the inhabited Alimia island of the Dodecanese complex in Greece. The island is one of the favorite destinations for sailing boats due to the protected bay and the turquoise waters offering a beautiful quiet stay while sailing the south Dodecanese islands. It is close to the picturesque island of Chalki (or Halki) just north of the larger island of Rhodes.
No one lives on the island but there are still few buildings and a couple of churches. Some of the buildings were used for military purposes during the second World War and in one of them unexpected wall paintings (like old time graffiti) surprise the visitor.
The three buildings were obviously used for German forces garrison during World War II and one talented soldier painted on their walls. The main painting is surrounded by the text "Wovon Kann Der Landser Denn Schon Träumen Er" showing a soldier hugging a mermaid.
While trying to find a translation for the text, I found out that actually is the title of a German song from the war [please note that according to YouTube: "…content … being potentially offensive or inappropriate. Viewer discretion is advised."]. In a simplified way the title means "What can the soldier (still) dream?" and the song goes on that the soldier can dream his maid, the next reunion, his father house, his youth and so on… Back to the painting, on Alimia island, surrounded by sea and natural beauty, for a soldier to dream of a mermaid makes perfect sense. Left and right of the main painting there are two smaller ones with the left one about the arrival of a letter "Kam Ein Brief Ein" and the right one about beer "Eins, Zwei, G'Suffa" a traditional Bavarian toast also taken from a song: "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus". Of course receiving letters and drinking beer were two favorite topics for soldiers.
In other rooms the wall paintings depict landscapes most probably from the soldier(s) homeland and from the scenery, in addition to the Bavarian toast, it seems very possible that they were from Bavaria and maybe from the Alps.
It is natural to wonder today why the Germans had permanently troops on such small, inhabited and isolated island during the war. But it seems that the Dodecanese islands played an important role on naval domination over the Mediterranean and Balkan region. As is explained in the Dodecanese Campaign Wikipedia article, the Allied forces, mostly British, wanted to capture the Italian-held Dodecanese islands and use them as bases against the German-controlled Balkans. The Allied forces wanted not only to deprive the Axis of excellent forward bases in the Mediterranean, but also apply pressure on neutral Turkey to join the war. While Alimia isn't mentioned in any of the main battles, such a natural, protected harbor could have been used as a small base for patrols, communications and warnings against enemy activities. The Allied forces were defeated and the islands were under German occupation till the end of the war.
The nearby battle of Leros, inspired the 1957 novel The Guns of Navarone and the successful 1961 movie of the same name.
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Boats on land in an old shipyard area.
New Yorkers
A collection of photos from people in New York:
Here is the full New York portfolio.
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After long time, the New York portfolio is finally uploaded. The trip was in June 2012 and it took a lot of time to select the photos from over 1000 shots and post-process them. During that time I become familiar with some new features of LightRoom so many of them were post-processed twice.
In total 84 photos are included, which are too many but I decided to include a couple of shots from every main location/attraction I have been making it a photo tour rather than selecting the best or most artistic ones, not that it would be easy to do it.
I was fascinated by New York and I was taking photos of everything in a real Japanese mode and although I know this is not the best strategy I just couldn't resist, I was so much into the great atmosphere of New York.
It was the very first time I was using my brand new 24mm lens bought during the Hong Kong trip (in that trip most photos are with the 35mm lens). I thought it was going to be easy to shot with a wider angle but it turned out to be much more difficult than I thought; also shooting in big cities is not as easy as it seems. The main difficulty was almost always due to distortion not knowing where to align my frame and what to keep straight, vertical or horizontal lines. Serious straightening took place in post-processing (learning the "R" shortcut key was a great help 🙂 Many objects can fit in the wide-angle so many shots looked cluttered and unorganized without any balance. Cropping solved some of these but since objects were further away, quality wasn't as good. I guess the main thing was that I staid far away from my subject even when I could get closer. In many cases I also didn't include a near object to take advance of the wide-angle perspective. It also seems that the lens is not as crisp as the 35 mm one. But on the other hand it provided some very nice wide views of Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan from Brooklyn heights and from top of the rock.
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The Golden Whistle Award is an annual award given by POGG (Peace, Order and Good Government), an Ottawa-based discussion group led by Harry Weldon. The award is sponsored by Canadians for Accountability and is awarded annually to an individual who has done a service to Canada in the pursuit of truth and accountability.
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2014 Award
2014 was the seventh year the Golden Whistle Awarded was presented by POGG Canada and Canadians for Accountability. This year's winner was Sylvie Therrien, a former employee of Employment and Social Development Canada, who blew the whistle on a grossly unethical policy targeting employment insurance claimants.
When she started her job as a federal Employment Insurance fraud investigator, Ms. Therrien was surprised to find out that the main – perhaps only – measure of her performance was whether she had met her target for cutting off EI claimants on the basis of fraud: $35,000-$40,000 per month. Rather than assessing each case on the basis of its merits and assuming innocence until proven guilty, she and other fraud inspectors were told to comb through people lives to find any excuse to cut benefits. Executives were (and remain) in a conflict of interest, being rewarded for cutting the benefits of recipients with large year-end bonuses.
When Ms. Therrien raised concerns at work, she was ordered to shut her mouth or face consequences. Her co-workers, rightly concerned about reprisals being turned in their direction, began to shun her. She went on sick leave when her health deteriorated under so much harassment.
Finally, unable to endure the cognitive dissonance any longer, she chose the path of moral courage: knowing internal avenues were blocked or dangerous, she leaked documents to the press. Her superiors traced the leak and her security clearance was revoked. In practical terms that meant that she was fired.
When questioned about the matter Ms. Therrien had brought to light, the government claimed that it wasn't a quota, but rather a target. Furthermore, it argued that it was justified in firing her because she had ignored internal avenues of dissent and had released documents not intended for public disclosure. We have seen her evidence and heard her description of events and do not believe the government's explanations to be credible. Because of this, and because she stood up for the weakest in our society, we chose Ms. Therrien for the Golden Whistle Award. She still has a long, hard fight ahead of her, so if you support her, please consider visiting the petition for her reinstatement at Avaaz.org.
Past Year Awards
2013 Award
Left to right: Evan Vokes, Allan Cutler and Harry Weldon
2013 was the sixth year of the award. The recipient was Mr. Evan Vokes, B.Sc., P.Eng., of Calgary, Alberta. Mr Vokes was a professional materials engineer and whistleblower at TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL).
During Mr. Vokes' employment with TCPL, he informed management that the failure to follow code and regulation was key in a catastrophic failure of a new pipeline. In response to an invitation from the TCPL CEO, Mr. Vokes expressed concerns about what he viewed as TCPL's negligence regarding enforcement of compliance with the National Energy Board (NEB) Onshore Pipeline Regulations. He remains concerned that welds could fail in the future and lead to pipeline failures with negative environmental impacts and personal safety consequences.
In March 2012 Mr. Vokes met with the National Energy Board (NEB) and the Alberta Professional Association of Engineers and Geoscientists to discuss the response to a failed internal audit. In a public document addressed to TCPL in October 2012, the NEB validated Mr. Vokes' position on pipeline joints and the required independence of inspection of pipeline to ensure compliance to code and regulation. TCPL remains under investigation.
Workplace friction eventually led to stress leave in November 2011. Although TCPL could find no fault in Mr. Vokes' work, he was dismissed by TCPL on May 8, 2012. Mr. Vokes' concerns appear to have been validated by a number of pipeline incidents, and he has been asked to testify in both the United States and Canada.
The awarding of the Golden Whistle Award recognizes Mr. Vokes' integrity and resolve, despite the costs to him and his family.
2012 Award
Brian Skakun
The recipient for 2012 was Mr. Brian Skakun of Prince George, British Columbia, where he is a member of the municipal council. He made public a municipal internal report on the basis that "the public has a right to know… what was going on at City Hall." In an unprecedented court case, Mr. Skakun was prosecuted under British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The precedent setting (and, we believe, erroneous) decision of the court was to extend the provisions of the Act to elected officials. Normally, such provisions only apply to "officers" – that is, unelected officials. This could have a serious impact on the ability of elected officials to call bureaucrats and others to account. The matter is now in the appeal process.
2011 Award
Left to right: Harry Weldon stands with Allan Cutler, Golden Whistle Award winner Sean Bruyea, and Sean's wife, Carolina
The recipient for 2011 was Sean Bruyea. Captain Sean Bruyea (Ret'd) is a veteran of the Gulf War and one of Canada's leading advocates for the fair and just treatment of injured soldiers, veterans and their families. His exceptional efforts resulted in the creation of the position of Veteran's Affairs Ombudsman and in improved treatment for our wounded veterans and for the families of those killed while fighting for Canada.
He was a vocal critic of the New Veterans Charter, which sacrifices lifelong benefits for wounded veterans in favour of a lump-sum payment to a maximum of $276,000. Internal Veterans Afairs communications and independent analysis have shown that this was a cynical move to save money at the expense of veterans, and that veterans wounded worst would be the most affected.
Sean's advocacy came at a cost, however: Veterans Affairs officials, concerned about the effect Seans advocacy was having, instituted a series of reprisals against him. This included attempts to have him committed to a mental health facility, bogus psychological exams with pre-determined results, threats to end his veteran's benefits and widespread and illegal dissemination of his medical records in an effort to discredit him.
A damning report by the Privacy Commissioner and public attention to his plight forced the government to issue an apology and reach a settlement with Sean. He continues to work for improved benefits for veterans, including a funadamental changes to the New Veterans Charter.
Captain Bruyea is being recognized by POGG and Canadians for Accountability this year for his courage in stepping up to defend veterans rights and exposing bureaucratic wrongdoing.
2010 Award
Harry Weldon (left) stands with Golden Whistle Award winner Allan Cutler
The 2010 Golden Whistle Award winner was Allan Cutler. He was a senior procurement manager at the federal government ministry Public Works and Government Services Canada when, in the mid-1990s, he noticed irregularities in the spending of sponsorship funds in Quebec. (The program was established as an effort to raise awareness of the Government of Canada's contributions to Quebec industries and other activities in order to counter those working to promote Quebec independence.)
Allan reported these irregularities to his superiors, who at first ignored him. When he remained persistent, efforts were made to cover up the abuses and a campaign of reprisal against him was initiated. The problems eventually reached the public eye and became known as the Sponsorship Scandal or Adscam. Allan also testified to the Gomery Commission, which was launched in September 2004 and released its final report in February 2006.
The courage and conviction Allan showed in the face of harassment and retribution was instrumental in promoting calls for greater whistleblower protection. This ultimately led to the 2006 Accountability Act and the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
You can find more information on his web site at http://ascutler.com/.
2009 Award
Allan Cutler (left) and Carol Simpson (right) stand with Golden Whistle Award winner Bernard Payeur (centre)
The 2009 award winner was Bernard Payeur. Bernard, working as a financial systems analyst in the Department of Foreign Affairs during the early 1980s, discovered that Foreign Affairs staff had defrauded the taxpayers of more than seven million dollars, and that the fraud had been going on for some time. He reported his findings to persons senior to him in the expectation that the fraud would be stopped and the guilty persons brought to justice. His allegations were shunted aside and he was subjected to severe reprisals, including his ultimate dismissal.
Bernard was a pioneer in Canadian whistleblowing. His actions demonstrated the integrity and honesty that Canadians desire and expect from their government and public service, and his strenuous and noble fight against government employee abuse of taxpayers' money has inspired numerous others to stand up for what is right over the last 30 years.
We recommend that you read Bernard's acceptance speech; it provides an excellent description of the kangaroo court process he faced when trying to fight reprisals:
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2008 Golden Whistle Award
Allan Cutler (left) and Harry Weldon (right) stand with Golden Whistle Award winner Perry Dunlop (centre)
The recipient for 2008 was Perry Dunlop, whose courageous actions in exposing the sexual abuse of minors in Cornwall, Ontario, cost him his reputation and his career. They also triggered the Cornwall Public Inquiry.
For a fuller description of the events and persons involved in the scandal, as well as Perry's actions, please visit Sylvia MacEachern's website. She also has a blog.
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Morse's picture of Albert Einstein's office room is a solid proof of how great minds are born. Educating oneself is a continuous lifetime process.
India is known to be the second largest higher education network in the world. With its wide variety of culture and arts it has become one of the leading platforms to attract tourism and also cultural education. But nowadays, students who aspire to go abroad and study are increasing in number. Most of them go not just with the intention of studying but also to settle down. Who is to be blamed for this decision that the young generation makes? Is it the degree oriented and less labor oriented courses in the education system, the slow growth of economic conditions of India, the students who have rich and pampering parents or the higher standard of living that attracts them?
There is also little lot who don't want to go abroad as they find going abroad as a tedious task and give up on higher studies. Most of the passed out high school students are either confused or have no idea of what their aptitude is. They are mostly unaware of their capability and of what they should pursue for higher education. Due to lack of interest some even give up on any higher studies.
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Unable to answer your question but I have a mention in a 1920 letter of the old Vermilyea place in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co.Iowa. Also a mention of the author visitng with a Jessie Vermillyea and later with a Maude Vermillyea [he couldn't recall her married name]at the Country Club. The spellings are his and presumably the way the name was pronounced. I'll e-mail you the quotes.


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Teach for America teacher makes impact at Burbank
Kelly Murguía was all set to go to business school. The Brown University graduate from a family filled with professionals and public servants was on her way to Wake Forest University for a master's degree.
Then she heard a pitch by Teach for America. There might as well have been harps strumming in the background.
Murguía, 25, was moved by its mission of transformation. TFA places promising young, idealistic teachers in low-income communities and preaches that poverty is not destiny — that children born into it not only can learn but beat low expectations and excel.
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It comes to that mission from a human and civil rights mind-set in which income, geography and skin color should have no correlation to a great education.
Teach for America knows the gap exists between rich and poor, between white and nonwhite, between suburban and inner city, but its goal is to close achievement gaps. TFA does that by placing committed teachers who believe those lofty goals into the classroom.
For the last three years, Murguía has been teaching English I, English as a Second Language I and II and ESL reading at Burbank High School on the city's South Side.
She was a member of Teach for America San Antonio's first cadre of teachers in 2010.
If her last name sounds familiar to you, it may be because her aunt Janet Murguía is president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza. Janet's twin, Mary Murguía, sits on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and their brother Carlos Murguía was the first Hispanic on the U.S. District Court for Kansas.
They're from a community named Argentine in Kansas City. Kelly Murguía compares it to the Prospect Hill area on San Antonio's West Side where she now lives. Expectations were high, she says, and there was a lot of love and support.
San Antonio was her first TFA choice. She liked the city's political climate and the young Latinos working their way into the professional class, public service and politics.
Teaching wasn't easy, not at first. Burbank assigned her six different classes and 77 students a day. "I had a mini-meltdown," she says now.
Laura Saldivar, executive director of Teach for America San Antonio, stepped in to help make Murguía's schedule achievable. Murguía recalls Saldivar saying, "Let's figure out a smart, efficient, effective system for you."
"We planned out the first month of it," Murguía says, and she slowly began to see how the semester could unfold.
It makes all the difference when you have leaders with vision, she says. That's true of every school and store, every company and country.
She has been impressed with her students' potential but has been disheartened by San Antonio Independent School District leaders who haven't lived up to their own. She can't help but think of school trustees who couldn't select a superintendent without imploding.
Murguía has talked to enough teachers to recognize the many who give themselves to the job and those who shouldn't be leading a classroom.
As she wraps up her third year, she says, "I love these kids beyond belief. It's so rewarding."
As Burbank's only ESL teacher, she has seen transformation. "To see them beginning to see their self-worth," she says. "That's money."
She's the kind of teacher who stays long after her last class is over. She helps lead the school's Orange Jackets, co-sponsors student council and serves on the school's college-readiness team.
Murguía's leaving Burbank at the end of the term. By mid-July, she'll be in Cambridge, Mass., at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a one-year program.
This isn't the end of a San Antonio story, however. Murguía wants to come back. "There's so much promise with Mayor (Julián) Castro and now Rep. (Joaquín) Castro and Pre-K 4 SA," she says, citing the mayor's voter-approved early childhood education initiative. "I really want to play a part in that."
Her dream job is to create an educational foundation. She also wants to climb the ladder to superintendency.
"This is a city I could raise a family in," she says. And in a promise she has made to San Antonio, she adds, "I just want to make it better."


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Only Android phones can use the mobile version of Buzz? Mobile Safari begs to differ.
sorry, I forgot. iPhones = JesusPhones.lemme rephrase: us users of MORTAL phones can't use buzz.well, at least I can't find a way to do it on my Centro.
This is not a shot at JMad, I know I kid him a lot:www.google.com/healthSincere reaction: Creepy
It launched. I thought the backlash would cook it for sure.Now you have to make sure every time you sign a HIPAA form that they don't use google health.
Of course, having a central health database represent a huge leap forward for the efficiency and effectiveness of medical care. No more filling out redundant paperwork every time you visit an office, stuff you can't possibly recall 100% accurately. Any pharmacist would know what other drugs you're on, docs could see your entire medical history at a glance, etc. Massive cost reductions in eliminating the silo personal information, and improvements in care by making relevant information readily available to health care providers.
But why should google be able to use that info for targeted ads? AETNA lets you send your health history to a doctor before you show up, and HMO's have done very well, too.It's the next step towards a health-based credit score IMO, and I'm against any private company running the database with no controls.
I wasn't commenting on Google specifically, only on the obvious benefits a national health registry of some sort could provide.How would Aetna know my health history now? I might have had them a couple of times over the last 30 years, maybe they can remember a little bit here or there, but not everything.
Not to mention Pizza places telling you what you can and can't order I know I know, very old (and likely overblown) schtick. Just seemed appropriate
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Entrepreneur, David Birchall and Business Partner Loraine Birchall opened an Authority Media Agency in Cumbria that will focus on serving the UK market using their brand of Naked marketing.
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BIRCHALL SAID: "Naked – What Me? No (he said, laughing) it's the marketing and techniques we use that are "Naked" and we've called them "Naked" because you can see exactly what we are doing to help business owners achieve their Branding and Positioning objectives. No Smoke and Mirrors!"
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Authority marketing tactics and techniques are gaining mainstream appeal, and business leaders are talking about it, for example:
John Jantsch, author of best seller Duct Tape Marketing, said in an article for Entrepreneur Magazine, "Building personal brand authority is perhaps the most important element of marketing today for a brand, business, or individual trying to gain an edge. It doesn't matter how big or little an audience you might command, it's all about the right people believing in your point of view or way of doing business."
Daniel Newman, a contributor for Forbes Magazine wrote in an article recently saying that, "Influencers may be marketing's next 'golden goose,' as people no longer trust ads, but they do trust people. More accurately, they trust a voice of authority."
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Sabillasville United Brethren Cemetery
Frederick County, Maryland
16824 Highway 550
Sabillasville, Maryland
Lat: 39° 41' 51"N, Lon: 77° 27' 24"W
Contributed by Anne Braun, Nov 14, 2002 [firstname.lastname@example.com]. Total records = 28.
In Sabillasville, the cemetery is on the west side of the road about 2 blocks south from the intersection of Harbaugh Road and Highway 550 (Sabilliasville Road).
An old United Brethren Church cemetery. The church building was there at one time with the cemetery behind and on the side of the church. The church is no longer there. The last burial took place in 1922. The cemetery is taken care of with no new burials.
I walked through this cemetery on Sep 23, 2003.
- Anne Braun
Dewees, Amanda E., d. Jan 28, 1897, age 40yr 3mn 17da, w/o Samuel
DeWees, Samuel, d. Jun 29, 1908, age 64yr 11mn 7da
Eby, Lemuel, b. Apr 11, 1827, d. Jun 2, 1903, age 76yr 1mn 21da
Eby, Mary E., b. Nov 8, 1832, d. Jul 6, 1890, age 57yr 8mn 28da, w/o Lemuel
Gladhill, John, d. Oct 2, 1899, age 74yr and 11mn
Gladhill, Matilda, d. May 10, 1908, age 82yr 7mn 8da
McCauley, Charles A., d. Nov 20, 1904, age 20yr 4mn 16da
McCauley, Mrs. Charles, d. Dec 24, 1905, age 58 years
Miller, Clyde R., d. Mar 13, 1899, age 5mn and 23da, s/o John and Edith
Miller, Edith E., b. Sep 20, 1876, d. Oct 13, 1922, s/w John
Miller, Frances E., d. Mar 7, 1878, age 38yr 1mn 8da, w/o Henry
Miller, John S., b. Jul 2, 1865, d. Apr 22, 1906
Moore, Emeline, d. Dec 3, 1903, age 82yr 2mn 22da
Moore, Samuel, d. Sep 10, 1881, age 62yr 2mn 6da, Military Veteran
Moorehead, Mary A., d. Feb 21, 1900, age 55yr and 15da, s/w Samuel
Moorehead, Samuel, d. Aug 25, 1900, age 65yr 4mn 11da
Moser, Charles, d. Nov 16, 1913, age 37yr 5mn 5da, s/o Josiah and Sarah
Moser, Josiah, d. Nov 5, 1919, age 76yr and 26da
Moser, Lewis F., d. Nov 5, 1905, age 22yr 9mn 19da, s/o Josiah and Sarah
Moser, Sarah, d. Sep 15, 1919, age 72yr and 7mn, w/o Josiah
Smith, Gladys R., d. Mar 17, 1911, age 1yr 2mn 8da, d/o C.B. and L.M. Smith
Stoletmeyer, Carrie, d. Jan 5, 1879, age 3mn and 14da
Stotelmeyer, Mary J., b. Feb 13, 1825, d. Nov 3, 1896, age 71yr 8mn 20da
Stotelmeyer, Mirzillai, d. Jul 23, 1863, age 12yr 3mn 28da, s/o George and Mary
Willard, Agnes T., d. Feb 2, 1901, age 2yr 1mn 4da, d/o Charles and M. Willard, s/w Mary
Willard, Daisy, d. Mar 23, 1917, age 43yr 10mn 9da, w/o Maurice
Willard, Frederick C., d. Mar 1889, age 28 days
Willard, Mary J., d. Jul 29, 1903, age 2 days, d/o Charles and M. Willard
Maryland Death Records
- Maryland Newspapers, Full Search (1728-1922), 164 titles - GenealogyBank.com
- Maryland Obituary Search, (1990-current) - GenealogyBank.com
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Rule #1 – Don't assume that you're right.
Rule #2 – At the end of the day, it's just lines on paper.
Rule #3 – Your mileage, and everyone's, may vary.
Rule #4 – Try to keep it positive.
Still, I truly believe that everybody needs to break the rules once in a while. Recently, my growing rage at a certain comic book character has led me to rant and rave and break three of the four rules all at once, and I figured, why not get it off my chest? They say catharsis is good for the something or other, right? Unbridled Nerd Rage in Three… Two… One!
Dance with the one what brung ya, I always say, and since the Hero Histories of the Legion are what brought me to the table, I had to ante up this loser immediately. Earth-Man's entire raison d'etre is flawed for me by the fact that he was the villain in the issue where Tyroc (the first black character to join the Legion of Super-Heroes) joins. In 1976, DC was only able to hint that he was a racist, but Geoff Johns turned the former Absorbancy Boy into a full-blown psychopath with immense powers and a grudge against anything non-human. Here's my problem with that: Nearly every alien in the LSH is a pink-skinned humanoid who wouldn't look out of place in a Safeway in Brainerd, MN. Much as with Jean Grey's lamenting her mutant nature and the prejudice that comes with it, Earth-Man's silly crusade SHOULDN'T have worked, and the existence of his xenophobic silliness is now serving as a core concept behind the relaunched Legion series. Earth-Man himself was front and center in the first issue and promises to be around for awhile, but there's just no meat behind him other than "rejection makes awkward teen mean." Of all the characters to dislike in the 31st Century, Earth-Man hits the coveted hat trick of over-powered, unconceptualized, and obnoxious without motivation…
Edward Cullen
Speaking of awkward teenagers and rejection… Of all the entrants on this list, I wrestled most with this one, for a couple of reasons. I am NOT the target audience for his story, and moreover, Twilight hatred is pretty much old hat. Then I went to Burger King and my French Fries wanted me to choose Team Edward or Team Jacob, and I figured if I was going to give in to the power of the Dark Side of the Intardwebz, I might as well go all the way. Here's the simplest reason of all to hate Mr. Cullen, simpler than his stalkery nature, the fact that his stalkery nature was aimed at an emotionally immature little girl, the vapid emptiness in his high-cheekboned face, even the fact that his existence made Robert Pattinson a celebrity… Even if we ignore all the unsavory connotations and psychological perversities in his romance, Edward is little more than a defanged version of Buffy's paramour Angel. The upshot of it all is this: You can be a horrible cardboard Mary Sue boyfriend, you can be the spearhead of the most annoying cultural revolution since Pikachu shot lightning out of his ass, you can even be portrayed by an actor more wooden than Gepetto's boy, but if you're a blatant case of plagiarism? $&@# you.
The Haunt
Robert Kirkman is a very talented writer, and has a lot of good ideas. Invincible is the kind of comic that makes you want to believe it's tagline of "The Best Superhero Comic in the Universe." But Kirkman is as human as anybody, and since he grew up in the 90's, has a soft spot for Sleepwalker, for Darkhawk, and for Todd McFarlane's Spawn and Spider-Man work. I love the chutzpah it took for Bob to stand up at Comicon and challenge Todd to draw a book that he would write, but did it have to be so on-the-nose? No matter how wonderful the interiors on this comic are, no matter if the story is William Shakespeare returning from the dead, there's no getting past the fact that this character is the Amazing Spider-Spawn… Stupid comics written with love I can understand and condone, but something this derivative is lucky to have ever made it through the copyrighting process.
Kai Winn
As an old-school Trekkie (every Sunday morning on Channel 41, and I loved the weeks that we got 'Mudd's Women') there is no way that I could compile this list without putting SOMEONE related to Roddenberry's masterwork on it. But, whom to choose? Wesley Crusher? Been done. William Shatner's toupee? Too obvious. First season William Riker? I wouldn't mind punching him, but he did mellow into a fine Captain with age. I even considered Q, but then I remembered him in a bellman's uniform, lisping "Is there a Jeen-Luck Pickerd here?" As someone who watched every episode of Deep Space Nine straight through three times in order as a Master Control operator at a local television station, no character in the world is more in need of a knuckle sandwich than Kai Winn of the Bajoran Order. Initially drawn as a religious zealot who wouldn' t hear of questioning the Prophets, Winn eventually revealed herself to be a vain, petty, venal, and jealous woman, who resented Captain Benjamin Sisko's appointment to the post of Emissary. In later seasons, just the sound of Louise Fletcher's honeyed tones raises my blood pressure… She's the epitome of every smarmy television manager, every salesperson, every two-faced assclown who acted as though butter wouldn't melt in their mouth before pushing you under a bus. Sure, it's an exhilarating kind of hatred, but it's a hatred that burns as hot as the plasma generators I would push our fine Kai into after embedding my carpals in her face…
Oh, come on, you knew this was coming. In deference to those who whine that professional wrestling isn't real, I'd like to point out that I have never met Sean Waltman, the man who portrayed X-Pac (aka Six-Pack, Sixx, The One-Two-Three Kid, and 'Him, Again?') and so have little opinion about him other than what I've seen on the Surreal Life. No, I'm interested in the character he plays, seemingly a drugged-out proto-hippie punk who likes to point at his crotch and hop as though being electrocuted. 'Pac even coined a piece of wrestling jargon (kayfabe, in industry speak) called "X-Pac Heat." In the parlance, 'heat' is what a villain wrestler (a 'heel') generates from the audience with his actions. A good heel (think Triple H, or Ric Flair, or even Randy Savage when feuding with Hulk Hogan in the 80's) is booed because the audience wants them to lose the match and get their comeuppance. X-Pac Heat is when the audience boos because they hate you, because your act is stale, because they just want you to GO AWAY. The fact that X-Pac has recently returned to the spotlight in TNA Wrestling reminds me that just because something is indefensible, doesn't mean it won't come back to infuriate you again. The saddest part is that I'd punch him and he'd probably no-sell my shot…
Comic Sans
Does this really need an explanation? Some people don't understand the X-Pac Heat (see, you're learning things already!) aimed at poor little Comic Sans, but here's the real steel deal: It's offensive to me in the same way that the inevitable "Pow! Biff! Bam! Comics Aren't For Kids Anymore!" articles that follow every Hollywood superhero outing are offensive to me. They marginalize and mock an industry that is far more mature than most will give it credit for. Comic Sans is shorthand for "superheroey!" in the same way a man screaming "Our prices are insaaane!" is short-hand for small-market commercial voice-over. As someone who likes a nice Serif on his fonts anyway, the bloopiness of Comic Sans is offensive to the eye, it's offensive to me as a comic reader, and there's no reason for it to be so ubiquitous. There are a lot of fonts that I dislike (Edwardian Script, I'm lookin' at you, b!+c#) but Comic Sans is now specifically being overused BECAUSE pretentious font-haters hate it. I'll say this once: If you use Comic Sans, the terrorists win.
Oooh, a curve-ball! Neil Gaiman' Sandman is one of the few damn-near-perfect complete series out there, with so few flat notes or breakdowns as to make the listing of them a one-hand affair (kind of like Stephen's internet browser history.) Dream and his family are truly awesome, once-in-a-lifetime concepts, developed with care, with skill, and with great affection. That's what makes Delirium such a disappointment. Perhaps it's that, going to college in the 90's, I knew far too many girls who wanted to be her, maybe it's the fact that I've now had comic-shop visitors breathily inform me that, oh my god, she's based on Tori Amos, did you know??? Maybe it's the fact that she has the fewest amazing bad-ass godlike moments among her family, or maybe it's just the whole "Tee hee, I'm CRAAAAZEEE!" motif getting to me, but Delirium works best in small doses. Her child-like demeanor is probably the reason people love her so much, but since she's not really a confused sixteen year old, I feel safe in quietly mentioning that I want her to hand me my leather, so I can wrap it around my fist for more impact…
Ultimate Captain America
There are many theories as to what makes Steve Rogers a long-lasting character, what makes him tick, what makes him awesome. Nowhere on that list would I list jingoism, racism, the ability to kick a defeated foe in the face to show off how badass he is, or a casual sense of his own (and his country's) superiority swinging in your face like testicles off the back of a redneck's pickup truck. Nearly everything that I like about Captain America (his timeless appeal, his leadership, his understanding of humanity, his innate sense of fairness, the big ol' wings stickin' out of his hat, his corsair boots) are missing in this iteration of the character, replaced with bravado and crudeness, as well as dialogue that sounds like a cross between an old man whining about what's wrong with kids today and Bill O'Reilly putting someone on notice. Whatever your political stance, I think it's safe to say that that A on his head clearly stands for @$$hole.
Carol Danvers
Carol Danvers in her original series, as written by Chris Claremont, was pretty awesome. Her resurgence in the current Marvel Universe pretty much ruined that for me, giving her a drinking problem that made her whiny in Avengers Volume Three, and eventually leading to her being the head stormtrooper of Tony Stark de facto Gestapo of SHIELD. Of all the heroes who currently number themselves Avengers, she's the only one whose actions haven't really been examined or accounted for, and it's telling that I started being interested in Ms. Marvel again when Karla Sofen (who is, in her way, a much bigger and more strident bitch) took over the title near the end of it's run. Carol Danvers has worn a lot of hats in her time in the Marvel Universe, but recently we've been beaten over the head with her military background. Nick Fury pulls off ex-military well, as does Batwoman, but Ms. Marvel's channeling of her Air Force days reminds me of nothin so much as Napoleon Dynamite talking about his karate skills. All it would take to make me stop hating her is for her to say, just once, "That came out bitchier than I intended…" Until then, I'll just quietly white her out of my New Avengers issues and attribute all her dialogue to the much-more-likable Thing.
Hal Jordan
The man. The myth. The legend. The reason why this list even exists… When I started reading comics, Hal Jordan wasn't Green Lantern. He was just a guy who gave up power for love, and let John Stewart act as GL while he courted Carol Ferris. He got old, had three or four series cancelled out from under him, was turned into a villain and finally killed off in the 90's, leading to him actually being interesting again as the host of The Spectre. Then, Geoff Johns had the brilliant idea of how to revitalize the character and bring him back to relevance, and it WORKED! Even better, it sold comics, getting Big Hal back his own book and making for some good stories. Then, the malaise set in. Flyboy cock-jockey posing started standing in for character, and Hal's more obnoxious tendencies again came to the forefront. When partnered with Green Arrow in JLA, Hal was insufferable, but the return of Barry Allen was the true nail in the coffin of any sympathy or love I have for Hal. The return of the quiet, steady one allowed Hal's characterization to go further afield into brash and arrogant, and when he told Carol Ferris, "I would shoot myself in the head if we were married with kids" he reached a nadir of jerk from which it will be hard to redeem him. The only hope he really has for regaining my love is the posibility of Van Wilder's performance being a revelation that pushes him back from the brink of jackassery to a somewhat more balanced portrayal…
Dishonorable Mention: Anakin Skywalker
Since we're squarely in the realm of Andy-Rooney-if-he-knew-what-the-internet-was, have y'ever noticed how much you hate Anakin throughout the entire prequel? Seriously, for all the talk about unintentional racism, dumbing-down of concepts and Jar-Jar Binks, the torpedo that sinks the trilogy is the cutesy, then whiny, character who we are supposed to believe grows up to be Darth Vader. The honest truth is, no matter how awful the dialogue or the lovey-dovey crap could ever have gotten, it might have worked, if only the character had guts enough to act decisively rather than spend the all three movies being blown about like chaff. His motivation is the most Freudian statement since Oedipus (though Spider-Man has it worse these days.) It's telling that his dismemberment scene got cheers in the theatre I was in, hoping that Dooku would go for the head next and we'd discover that Darth Vader was really somebody cooler, somebody who deserves to look that good as a cyborg… And while I'm ranting about last decade, what's the deal with airline food?
*Deep Breath* There. Now I feel better, and I can return to my usual position as Only-Guy-Who-Remembers-Which-Hero-Is-Really-Named-Dan-Cassidy-And-Wants-Nachos. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Major Spoilers.
And, as always, your mileage may vary…
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Agreed on Earth-Man. I couldn't imagine a lousier centerpiece for a Legion relaunch.
Delirium didn't bother me so much as the whole goth trappings of the Endless, which makes about as much sense as them wearing Members Only jackets, stirrup pants and leg warmers. Don't get me wrong, Sandman was terrific, but that was nothing more than pandering to his audience.
As bad as Hal Jordan seemingly is now, the DC universe has never had a bigger asshat than Roy Harper, who has been punch-worthy throughout his entire history.
RE: Earth-Man
Doesn't someone in yesterday's issue of Legion actually make a comment that the Titanians share 99% of Earth DNA? Seems to me that Levitz is trying to foreground the silliness of his (and many other pro-Earthers') xenophobia. At the same time, I work on ethnic/racial issues, and this attitude remains extremely common in our own "enlightened" time. People don't need to see different skin color to make them hate other people. For a time in U.S. history, the most hated ethnic groups were the Irish and the Germans. Then came the North/South conflict. Now we see politicians marginalizing whole cities as being "un-American" and dividing the country along ideological lines–no racial difference needed.
I agree that Earth Man is annoying. But I also see that his crusade, silly though it be, relies on our very-human ability to form irrational prejudices against others.
Totally agree with you. Humans have an innate tribal nature, which we have relied on for survival for ages. Unfortunately, as we have progressed technologically, our own emotional development has lagged behind, and those baser instincts that served us so well in our early development hinder us as we achieve the status of chief banana of the planet.
Just like the "fight or flight" instinct causes untold stress in our boardroom and corporate battlefields, our need to identify with a group and distinguish said group from outsiders (i.e. enemies) creates racism, jingoism, ethnocentrism, and a bunch of other sad and destructive isms. Even if everyone had the same skin color, we would still have prejudice based on eye color, hair color, accent, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, what have you. Sad truth.
Agree with everything but Delirium (and Carol Danvers, who is interesting if you think about the fact that she serves as the Marvel universe's Wonderwoman [in role]). She's just to cute and silly to need a punchinnaface, plus she has some truly great moments in brief lives.
I think Frodo belongs in this list.
I would have selected Bella instead of Edward, but your argument about Angel is more than valid.
Unfortunately, I don't know most of these offenders. I remember Ultimate Cap very well, and I must confess that I liked this portrayal. Probably because I didn't know 616 Cap at the time and because I'm a French master of self-deprecation…
Of course, I fully agree on Anakin, but he's old news.
Finally, Hal Jordan…gotta agree on the whole "shootin' meself innahead", but these days Hal seems more shallow than infuriating to me.
Nice list ; not only do I loves me some nerdrage once in a while, but it introduced me to terrible characters I didn't even know existed.
Out of sheer curiosity, who was this certain comic character that caused you to unleash your rage in this essay?
Ah yes, Kai Wynn is definitely worthy of a good punchinnaface. Edward deserves it too, but not for being a bad Angel clone, but for what he does in the end of the series. Angel might have gone evil and tried to kill Buffy a few times, but he never did that.
As much as Anakin was a poorly written mess, I'd punch Jar Jar… he's a horrible character in Phantom Menace, but in Attack of the Clones he pretty much started the whole downward spiral of the Republic by giving Palpatine the power he so completely misuses for the rest of the Star Wars Saga. Way to go, genius.
This is my favorite Top Ten so far.
You know it's new Legion issue day at my house by the sound of a no-longer-mint rolled up comic banging against a desk, thanks to Earth Man. He's the anti-Brainiac5: Brainy has no obvious superpower beyond his intelligence, while Earthdouche can be as powerful as he wants, but being too dumb to know what to do with it, he's ineffective, lame, a poo-face and I hate him.
Also, even none of us being the target demographics [no matter what the twimoms tell you, women in their thirties aren't], Edward is, objectively speaking, a bad character, lacking any qualities other than the ones Stephenie Meyer informs us that he has. He's more of a template for the readers to project whatever fantasies they have about their ideal love interest, and that's just lazy writing.
Matthew, if you've seen Sean Waltman's gimmick…you've pretty much seen Sean Waltman. Fortunately for all of us old marks and workers out there both Sean and Scott Hall drank themselves out of a job with TNA, leaving Kevin Nash hobbling around with poor Eric Young taking all the bumps for him.
To your list I would humbly add:
Crispus Allen – INFINITE POWER…teeny weeny comprehension
Peter Parker – GROW UP AND GET A SET YOU BIG WUSS! You hang out with the most powerful beings in the Universe and then you go home and whine.
Vince Russo – Simply because he exists.
Charles Xaiver – Never has such a self-centered egotistical prick existed in comics for so many years in the guise of a kind and loving teacher.
Black Canary – Guess for better or worse doesn't include offing the @$$hole that killed a child in your family and half of your town. Not only that, your secret identity just got splashed all over the TV. Why are you still wearing a blonde wig?
Red Sonja – You walk into a bar of barbarians wearing a bikini made of dimes and you expect to get left alone?
Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr. version) – Because nobody should be that rich, cool, funny, smart or have that much fun stuff.
and finally …
Steve Jobs – Just because you come up with a new idea does not mean that I will be pressured into purchasing one of your damn "i" gadgets.
Thank you, Matthew. That was fun!
Blue Devil wants nachos?
Great list. Crossing streams with "Who's the biggest whiner"
I have to agree with your list every person on it just made me want to punch them in the face. Thank you Matthew.
such negativity, man, I'd recommend relaxing with a nice strawberry milkshake, maybe reading some poetry.
The best part about this article is Kai Winn is the only person on this list who deserves a punchinnaface that's entirely intentional. She almost gets disqualified because Louise Fletcher did such a good job making you hate her. The rest are due to poor acting/poor writing.
Oh, and speaking of X-Pac Heat:
It's a trope now.
Excellent list and well argued throughout regardless of the utter rage and rant. I even understand your views on Ultimate Cap even though I don't share them. In fact, I'm on the other side of the camp wiith Ultimate Cap. Don't get me wrong. I love 616 Cap and have been following it since the latest relaunch. But Ultimate Cap is a perfect foil to 616. 616 is everything someone who represents the USA should be while Ultimate Cap is what many Americans are PERCEIVED to be from people residing outside of the US. And, oddly, I like that because, I think, it's supposed to provoke the response that you have. Readers are supposed to say, "hey, whoa… that's NOT what I want my USA to stand for and he does NOT speak for me." He's purposely MIS-representative of the USA while still representing an element of American psyche.
Don't get me wrong. I still agree that he's an utter @$$hole–I just don't think that's an accident.
Part of what redeems Hal in my eyes is that he isn't as great as his posturing leads. Much like his later characterizations, he's a punch first and ask questions kind of that needs others to cover his ass so the world doesn't fall apart due to his fuck up. It's enough to put his machismo into perspective, knowing that it could fall flat on his ass at any time. Although lately his hind quarters haven't touched the pavement in a good while.
Ugh, I detest Ultimate Cap and most everything in the Ultimate Universe outside of Hawkeye/Bullseye and a few other fun characters. Kudos on that one.
Skywalker was written so bad they had to create a tv series to show how he could be as cool as he is as darth vader.
I know who Dan Cassidy is!


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AOL To Launch "Myspace Killer"
Yesterday, in Coimbra, I was talking with cha0s about how MySpace sucks, but, even while sucking, it's the best webapp like that. Now, it seems that AOL is going to work on an alternative.
From downloadsquad:
Ooh, here's some juicy, unsubstantiated buzz: According to Dave Winer, AOL (this blogger's employer) is planning a new service that will challenge MySpace "head on." The announcement will allegedly be made in two weeks.
There are some comments on it on Techrunch too.
I find this good, but, comming from AOL, I'm quite skeptic on wether this will be really a "MySpace Killer", or only "one more MySpace wannabe".


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Do all things with love, the message in this T-shirt is pretty clear. We have to do our things with love, because love leads us to passion, and passion keeps us doing what we love. So it related.
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