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Like many of you reading this blog, I visit dozens of websites looking for interesting news articles, discussion forums and fodder for my own writing. There are only a few blogs, however, that I read regularly. I am more of a blog stalker than a blog subscriber.
Why am I so picky about subscriptions? Like you, I try to limit the hours I spend sitting at the computer. I try to preserve my middle-aged eyesight and allow my middle-aged memory to absorb the information that constitutes my daily Internet intake.
Recently I heard from an old friend that she was launching a new blog for "tennis parents." Her youngest child—the only one still at home—is a tennis ace, whom she home-schooled for a time in order to allow him opportunities to develop his skills and to participate in tournaments. After reading just two posts, I subscribed to her blog via email and began following it religiously.
You may wonder why I am so interested in Lisa's blog, since I do not have an athlete at home. Like you, I have discovered that some blogs are worth reading for the life-lessons that transcend the particulars. Parenting Aces is filled with insights that can be applied to many aspects of parenthood beyond the tennis court. In each post, Lisa shares her observations and expertise in a lighthearted, non-judgmental tone. Never an advice column; always an honest, personal reflection.
Being a parent is the most challenging and rewarding of human experiences. We all need role-models and coaches. I am grateful to have this parenting ace in my court.


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Protecting the World's Biggest Whale from Ship Strikes
by Russell Leaper, International Fund for Animal Welfare marine scientist
— Our thanks to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for permission to republish this article, which first appeared on their site on August 13, 2015.
Researchers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and other groups are working hard to stop more blue whales from being killed in ship strikes off the southern coast of Sri Lanka.
A team from IFAW, along with Wildlife Trust of India, Biosphere Foundation, the University of Ruhuna (Matara, Sri Lanka) and local whale watch company Raja and the Whales conducted a second field season of research earlier this year.
The main Indian Ocean shipping lane runs close to the southern tip of Sri Lanka. It is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes with around 100 ships passing each day, including some of the largest tankers and container ships.
Unfortunately, the ships pass through an area which is also home to one of the world's highest densities of blue whales. Big ships and the planet's biggest whales don't mix. Sri Lanka has one of the world's worst ship strike problems, with several animals washing up dead every year and many more likely unreported. This is both a major welfare and a conservation concern.
Since we returned from the fieldwork in April, the team has mainly concentrated on analyzing the data and presenting this to the international community.
Based on the surveys over two years, we now estimate that the collision risk would be reduced by 95 percent if ships were to travel 15 miles further offshore. …

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You've all been eagerly awaiting the details on how the remaining stages of the Battle Tournament are gonna work, well the time for waiting is over.
Starting this Saturday, April 13th the winners of the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, 3rd Place and Championship will be decided by the Best 2 out of 3 matches rule.
Teams will complete in a 7vs7 Team Death Match, followed by 1vs1 Relay Match and if the teams are tied at one win a piece, a final 7vs7 Team Death Match will decide the winner.
The 7vs7 Team Death Match will continue functioning as they have:
· Two teams will compete per match.
· 7 members per team.
· First team to kill every member of the opposition wins!
The 1v1 Relay Match is going to be much more challenging!
· The 7 members of each team will face off, one at a time.
· No rest during each fight, as soon as an opponent is eliminated another opponent enters the fight.
· The first team to eliminate all of the other team's members wins!
Here is the full list of rules for the 1vs1 Relay Match; any team that violates any of these rules automatically forfeits the 1vs1 Relay Match, putting their opponent that much closer to victory.
· Each team must give the GM team the order in which each team member will fight before the match.
o Teams MUST uphold to that order throughout the 1vs1 Relay Match
· Teams must maintain the same 7 members through all their matches of the day.
o Teams not allowed to change members for the 1vs1 Relay Match
· While waiting on the sidelines, participants are not allowed to cast ANY skill or attack anyone.
· Resurrection is forbidden (including Salvation skill).
· There will be a 5 second delay between the moment a member is killed and the next member can enter the fight.
· Each competitor will be given a standard set of buffs during the 5 second period (Guitar, Harp, Horn, Lute, Pipe Organ and Drum melody), they're skills cooldown will be reset and HP/MP/CP will be restored.
· There is a 5 minute time limit for each 1vs1 fight, if both warriors are standing at the end of the 5 minutes, the fight will be considered a draw and the next two competitors are up.


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An Overflowing Joyful Heart
23 comments
- Carol Z said...
Your photos are beautiful. Wishes for a sweet Sunday!
- June 9, 2013 at 7:08 AM
Dearest Stephanie,
Oh absolutely beautiful this post is!
My God bless you today.
- June 9, 2013 at 7:13 AM
- Sylvia said...
Inspiring words and beautiful photo's. Hope your day is blessed also,Stephanie.
- June 9, 2013 at 7:15 AM
- Bonnie said...
Just what I needed to hear today. What gorgeous photos and beautiful scriptures and quotes.
Such a beautiful white tree. I would love to know what it is called.
- June 9, 2013 at 7:34 AM
- Delvalina said...
Beautiful words to my hear.
You have beautiful songs from heart to our Savior.
Happy Sunday my sister. Love you!
- June 9, 2013 at 9:11 AM
- Tracy F. said...
A lovely start to my day.
And,thank you for becoming my newest follower.
- June 9, 2013 at 9:12 AM
- Anne Payne said...
Am I capable of saying anything except wow?!! I think not :) Love you, sweet friend!
- June 9, 2013 at 9:59 AM
- Life and Breath and Everything Else said...
Beautiful post, Stephanie. Bless you.
- June 9, 2013 at 11:21 AM
- Sherri B. said...
Thank you for sharing these beautiful words and truths.
Every time you do a post like this it reminds me of my great grandmother and how she loved the old hymns and poems.
I think I will start looking for hymn books at the thrift shops and used book stores, they just seem to go right to the heart.
Have a blessed Sunday my friend. xo
- June 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM
Stephanie, your pictures are breathtaking! And I love those verses & lyrics. Thank you!
- June 9, 2013 at 3:05 PM
- Debbie Harris said...
Absolutly, without a doubt, breath taking!! Your photos put me in awe. AMAZING!! Another God inspiring, thought provoking post, thank you. I look forward to Sundays with you because I know there will be something wonderful to bathe and delight my soul.
My the Lord bless you abundantly as you have so blessed me!
Much love to you, Mom
- June 9, 2013 at 4:08 PM
- Alexandra Marie said...
Great quotes and verses! Alex
- June 9, 2013 at 5:50 PM
- Vicky Hunt said...
Simply beautiful....photos and words!
Blessings, Vicky
Life On Willie Mae Lane
- June 9, 2013 at 8:01 PM
- Gail Dixon (La.Belle) said...
Your joy spilled over into your blog and that's so beautiful! Gorgeous photos to accompany the words as well. :)
- June 10, 2013 at 6:31 AM
- Kat White said...
I love the beautiful pink flowers and the white ones gorgeous and great photography. I love photographing flowers. Love the poems, what a great post very inspiring. Thanks! have a wonderful Monday. Hugs
- June 10, 2013 at 4:37 PM
Hi Stephanie! Amen to Jesus..there is no other! I'm glad you introduced yourself, my gain to seeing your pretty blog and uplifting posts.
I especially liked your love story!
- June 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM
- Splendid Little Stars said...
inspiring words!
lovely photos!
- June 10, 2013 at 6:52 PM
- Delisa said...
Hi Stephanie! Such a beautiful post and I also loved your crochet flower t-shirt. What a lovely, simple idea, yet it turned your whole outfit into something unique and special! I hope you are having a restful evening. I also love the music you have on your blog it instantly puts me into a serene frame of mind. With Love, Delisa :)
- June 10, 2013 at 7:38 PM
- Sandra said...
I'm so happy to be back to visiting my favourite blogs after a couple of busy weeks. I always enjoy your lovely and encouraging posts. Thanks for sharing today's post.
- June 10, 2013 at 7:52 PM
- donna said...
What a wonderful post. Thank you so much.
- June 10, 2013 at 8:31 PM
- Lady Linda said...
LOVE your post dear one. Jimmy is begging me to make another cobbler!
Love ya,
- June 10, 2013 at 10:51 PM
- Jennifer Where the Green Grass Grows said...
Beautiful pictures and beautiful words!! Hope you are doing well!!
- June 11, 2013 at 1:01 AM
- Conniecrafter said...
Wonderful words and just lovely pictures!!
- June 11, 2013 at 7:52 PM


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The last two springs have proven to be challenging for Allegiant Air and its passengers with a high number of aircraft breakdowns for its aging fleet of MD-80-series aircraft. And now, spring 2017 is getting off to a troublesome start.
Three Allegiant MD-83s suffered engine-related breakdowns in March that led to emergency landings.
A March 19 Allegiant Air flight out of the Orlando-Sanford airport may have flown up to eight minutes with a fire in its right engine after a fire-suppression system failed to extinguish it, an incident the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it is now investigating.
TIMES INVESTIGATION: Thousands of people flew Allegiant thinking their planes wouldn't fail in the air. They were wrong.
The engine fire on Flight 636, bound for Dayton, Ohio, was first reported by the Tampa Bay Times last month. But new details about the pilots' inability to extinguish the fire are contained in a document called a "service difficulty report" that the airline recently filed with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The document said the fire did not go out until "right before touchdown," when the plane made an emergency landing at Dayton. Later, mechanics found evidence of fire or high heat. None of the flight's 163 passengers and crew were hurt.
Six days later, pilots on a different Allegiant MD-83 that departed Sanford-Orlando with 159 passengers and crew declared an emergency after a cockpit warning light indicated a fire on their right engine, according to a second "service difficulty report." The report said the warning on Flight 696, which was headed to Tennessee, was "immediately followed by (right) engine fire."
The fire warning light went off after pilots reduced power on the engine, Allegiant spokeswoman Jessica Wheeler said Thursday.
In that case, Wheeler said, no evidence of a fire was found on the engine after it was inspected by mechanics. "Preliminary inspection found no signs of smoke or fire," she said in an email. The FAA said the warning light came on due to hot air from a malfunctioning air duct.
Then on March 30, a third Allegiant flight declared an emergency when one of its engines would not produce full power during a climb.
Allegiant plans on retiring its MD-80-series aircraft by the close of 2019. The airline says the aircraft are safe but are nonetheless prone to mechanical difficulties that create operation problems and flight delays that inconvenience passengers. The airline flies about 49 MD-80s in a fleet of about 85 planes, 2016 figures show.
The airline is adding 12 brand-new Airbus aircraft to its fleet.
TIMES INVESTIGATION: In a first, Allegiant Air buying 12 new Airbus aircraft
"Passengers should know that their safety and the safety of our crew has always and will always be our singular focus," Wheeler said.
Mary Rose Diefenderfer, a former principal inspector with the FAA and a retired airline pilot, said engine fires are particularly rare and said three incidents like these would have caused her to place an airline under additional scrutiny.
"I'd be alarmed and calling Washington to ask for teams of inspectors to look at the airline," she said. "Anytime you have to shut down an engine, that's a lot of risk."
The NTSB does not normally investigate incidents that do not involve injuries, though it can review serious incidents without them, especially cases of serious engine failures.
Contact William R. Levesque at [email protected] Follow @Times_Levesque.


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Mayor Mike Rawlings, City Manager Mary Suhm, 13 gay city employees appear in segment produced for project aimed at LGBT youth
A city of Dallas video is now among the more than 50,000 "It Gets Better" videos meant to inspire LGBT youth and let them know a better future is ahead despite current challenges.
The video, released exclusively to Dallas Voice this week, features 13 gay and lesbian city employees from different departments who discuss growing up, coming out, bullying and working in Dallas. Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Manager Mary Suhm are also in the video and speak about their pride in the city's diverse makeup.
Suhm said she came up with the idea after she saw the Austin Police Department's "It Gets Better" video featuring gay officers in September.
Suhm wanted to take the idea and expand it to include all city employees to demonstrate diversity's importance in the city's workforce.
"It's really important that the city workforce mirror the community that we live in and that we serve," Suhm said. "I think the message is it's a good place to work, it's a safe place to work, that we need everybody, we need everybody's ideas and energies. I want everybody to feel comfortable to be a part of our workforce."
Suhm then brought the idea to Rawlings, who said he thought it was a great idea and wanted to be involved. He said he hopes the video shows that people are accepted in Dallas regardless of their sexual orientation and that it will help struggling LGBT youth overcome obstacles in their lives.
"Hopefully it says at the top of the city we believe in two things. One, acceptance regardless of someone's sexual orientation. And second, as a young person that's struggling, getting bullied or abused in some manner, that you can power through this and while it's difficult other people have come through it," Rawlings said. "I've been through difficult times and we all face our own challenges and you've got to persevere. And hopefully somebody might say that a mayor who cares about this issue could give me hope."
Stephanie Laffin, secretary of the It Gets Better Project Board of Directors, said Dallas is among several other municipalities, including Chicago,
San Francisco and Seattle, to make a video. She said cities that participate in the project have a meaningful impact by showing how welcoming they are to citizens and employees.
"It is so important to show LGBT and queer-identified people that there are safe and welcoming cities and towns, guided by supportive leadership," Laffin said.
Frank Librio, director of the city's public information office, said Suhm asked him to work on the project. Being in his position for more than seven years and being openly gay, he said he knows a lot of employees and approached his gay colleagues about being in the video. The response was overwhelmingly positive.
He conducted all the interviews over two days in November. Librio, who also appears in the video, is among employees who get emotional on camera while speaking about their youth.
"I think that each city employee that participated in the video takes viewers on a journey through some difficult times in their life but also ultimately shows viewers how their life got better and how they found a community and employer that accepts them, values them and appreciates their creativity, talent and voice," Librio said.
The video was made at a cost of $4,100 and funded by private donors Ed Oakley, Gregg Kilhoffer and Caven Enterprises. Librio hired two makeup artists and a professional editor to shoot and edit the five hours of interviews. After watching about 60 "It Gets Better" videos to get an idea of how he wanted Dallas' to be produced, he said he oversaw six different versions before selecting the final one, which is about 13 minutes long.
Along with incorporating the traditional feel of the project's videos by sharing personal stories, Librio said having Suhm and Rawlings speak about how welcoming the city is as a place and as an employer sends a stronger message.
"With the mayor's participation and Mary's part telling people who may be looking at the city as a potential employer that it is a safe place to be and you are accepted here, I think that's a really important message," Librio said.
Patti Fink, president of Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, said she was proud that the city took the initiative to make the video, and it demonstrated how supportive the city is of its LGBT citizens and employees. "I think taking the initiative to do something in support of the LGBT community is advocacy and leadership," she said. "That speaks very well of the leadership at City Hall."
Other city employees featured in the video are: Mark Doty, historic preservation officer; Theresa O'Donnell, director of sustainable development and construction; Detective Laura Martin, LGBT liaison for the Dallas Police Department; Joey Zapata, assistant city manager; Melissa Miles, assistant city attorney; John Rogers, assistant city attorney; Gary Sanchez, Councilwoman Delia Jasso's assistant; Patricia Marsolias, director of civil service; Margarita Ortez, code compliance officer; Stephanie Flores, code compliance officer; Betty Swinners, volunteer coordinator; Kevin Lefebvre, senior environmental coordinator.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition January 11, 2013.


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Cape Cod Summer 2012 Vacation Rental @ Hyannis 3br (Boston)
Relax on the back deck overlooking the flowered landscape and bird houses or under the canopy screen room. The living rooms has a fireplace and a wall mounted HD 52'' LCD with premium cable stations, DVD and DVR.
The kitchen is equipped with dishwasher, microwave, coffeemaker, oven and everything you could need to cook a special breakfast, lunch or dinner.
There are 3 bedrooms with queen sized beds, and the basement offers a bunk bed and single bed. The bedrooms upstairs and main common areas have built in wall air conditioners. There is also a computer provided for you if you prefer not to bring your own.
Included is the all important beach parking pass which provides you with free parking and beach access to all fresh and saltwater beaches in Barnstable County. Craigville Beach and Covell Beach however are walkable. For your enjoyment, the pass is also valid at Hathaways Pond, Millway Beach, Loop Beach, Sea Street-Keyes Beach, Kalmus Beach, Veteran's Beach, Hamblin's Pond, Sandy Neck Beach, Lovell's Pond, Wequaquet Lake, Joshua's Pond, Dowse's Beach and Eugenia Fortes Beach. Approx 1 mile to Cape Cod Melody Tent.
For those who have children, there is a high chair downstairs, a portable crib, a gate for the top of the stairs, children's books and some toys.
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Behind the house is a beautifully maintained lawn and garden. Enjoy it on the outdoor tables, the screened in porch, while you cook that special BBQ meal.
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If an unauthorized user adds a username to a privileged Windows 2000 or Windows NT user group, the consequences could be serious. And if the user later removes the username from the group, the security violation might be difficult to track. Neither Win2K nor NT can audit changes to user group membership, leaving a key security area vulnerable.
Greyware Membership Monitor (GWMM) 1.3b monitors and reports any change to the membership of a configured Win2K or NT user group. GWMM operates on all Win2K and NT platforms. However, the product is best suited for installation on one server per domain, and preferably on a domain controller (DC). Installing GWMM on a DC enables the product's realtime alerting capabilities.
Installation on my Win2K server took less than 30 seconds. A remote installation function lets you install the product on remote systems and systems in trusted domains. The product installs and runs as a service, and the administrative interface, which Figure 1 shows, is a Control Panel applet. The interface lets you configure a variety of group-membership-related functions to monitor. Two boxes list monitored and unmonitored groups, and the Add and Remove buttons let you move groups between the boxes. GWMM gives you the flexibility to monitor any or all groups.
When you select a group in the Monitored Groups box, check boxes let you configure which change functions you want to monitor, what kinds of alerts to send, and where you want GWMM to send the alerts. You can tell GWMM to monitor group additions, group deletions, or both, and you can specify whether to record changes in the event log. GWMM can use email alerts and administrative alerts. Both alert modes are simple to configure and send alerts almost instantly when the product detects group changes.
GWMM monitors the DC's user account database to detect group changes. Consequently, when GWMM runs on the DC, the software can provide realtime alerts in response to changes in group membership. If you install the software on one machine and want to monitor another system's user database for group changes, you can use the Data Source function to connect to the remote system's database. This function worked well, but by design it relies on a scheduled synchronization between the local and the remote systems and thus can't provide realtime alerts.
One shortcoming of GWMM is that it runs as an NT service, using the system account logon. Any privileged user can stop the service and make group changes. Although GWMM will log the changes, the software can't send an alert until you restart the service. Consequently, the system's integrity relies on the trustworthiness of administrators on the machine on which the product is installed. However, many products rely on a level of personal trust within the Admin group. Because this deficiency is a limitation of Windows security rather than a problem with Greyware's implementation, it didn't compromise my overall good impression of GWMM.
|Greyware Membership Monitor 1.3b
Contact: Greyware Automation Products * 972-867-2794
Web: http://www.greyware.com
Price: $395 per server
Decision Summary:
Pros: Low purchase price; effective alerting
Cons: Product could benefit from improved security on the Windows 2000 and Windows NT service


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PACIFIC, Mo. (KMOV) – Pacific High School was evacuated Thursday after school officials found a bomb threat scribbled in a boys' bathroom.
School officials said just before 12 p.m., a staff member noticed some graffiti on a bathroom wall that said a bomb would go off at the school sometime between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Farro Risotto
1 cup cooked farro
2 oz vegetable stock
1 Tbs butter
2 oz torn kale
1 oz small dice guanciale
2 tsp lemon juice
1 oz fior de sardo
pinch salt
pinch black pepper
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minched shallot
1 quail egg
In a small saute pan, render down the guanciale until crispy. In another pan saute, shallots and garlic until soft, add the kale and guanciale. Add the cooked farro and saute until all flavors are incorporated. Add water bring to a boil and add your butter and begin stirring. Stir until the farro becomes creamy and sauce reduced. Add salt, pepper, lemon juice to season. Scoop into a bowl and garnish with shaved fior de sardo and a quail egg yolk.


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One of the primary objectives of Foo Café is to nurture and facilitate user groups. Why? Because today's user groups are a main vehicle of continuing education in the world of IT and beyond. Having grown organically amongst people who are passionate about their field of study. Yet in today's current climate, many groups are experiencing growing pains in large part due to the time required for the ongoing coordination of such events. It is usually left in one person's lap to secure a venue, sponsorship and promotion. Enter Foo Café, which serves multiple offerings to the user group including:
Rooms of all sizes in a neutral space in which to learn and share outfitted with essentials for successful meet-ups such as amplification, projectors, a stage, tables, chairs etc...
Administrative assistance - Foo Café can provide organization and coordination so the user group and it's chief orgnizer can focus on the content and education for its fellow members.
Sponsorship acquisition - Foo Café offers assistance in connecting organization with interested partners that want to be affiliated with the passionate spirit of user groups, creating a win/win situation for all involved.
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South Lanarkshire Council are urging residents to be prepared for any instances of extreme weather this winter.
From October 21 until 25, the council will be running a Winter Awareness Week, with information on how to cope with the worst of the weather online, in question and answer sessions and in print media.
In South Lanarkshire, 52 per cent of the roads are gritted when snow or ice is forecast – eight per cent more than the Scottish average of 44 per cent. What roads are gritted is pre-determined by the council and are essentially main routes which keep the traffic flowing.
Main priorities for the council during the winter period are Class A and B roads, at least one road into each settlement in Clydesdale is treated, urban district and local distributor roads, access routes to hospitals and at least one vehicular access to schools, ambulance depots, fire and police stations.
Chair of South Lanarkshire Council's enterprise resources service, Councillor Chris Thompson, said: "For a number of years we have been promoting the same message as a council.
"We will do as much as we can, but people have to be prepared to help themselves and others as much as possible.
"We are providing as much information as possible as to how people can prepare themselves, and their vehicles, for the worst of the winter weather."
Information will be provided on planning your journey, how to prepare your car for the winter, winter driving tips and what the council is doing to prepare for extreme weather.
As part of the winter maintenance programme, South Lanarkshire Council can call on 52 gritters, 46 snowploughs, 27 tractors and six loaders. There are also over 200 road workers that can be called on throughout the winter and during severe weather they can be complimented by around a further 200 staff from Community Services and Housing & Technical Resources.
Full details on the winter maintenance programme at www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk


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Riot Damages Act facing overhaul in wake of 2011 riots
An independent review has recommended a series of changes to the Riot Damages Act in the wake of the riots that affected areas across England in 2011.
It examined compensation arrangements for those caught up in a riot. It was commissioned by the home secretary and will go out to consultation.
The original act was drawn up in Victorian times, making no allowances for damage to cars and other vehicles.
Independent reviewer Neil Kinghan said it was "well overdue for reform".
In his report, Mr Kinghan said the claims process needed to be faster and more efficient to ensure that smaller businesses were given the help they needed to get back on their feet quickly.
Also tasked with reviewing the definition of a riot and who should be liable, Mr Kinghan recommended that police continued to be liable.
Under the current Riot Damages Act of 1886, people who suffer loss or damages during a riot must claim compensation from the local police budget.
Following the riots of August 2011, police were inundated with claims and insurers estimated clean-up costs would reach £200m.
The riots started in London after the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan by police, and then spread to other towns and cities.
'Lack of preparedness'
Mr Kinghan said: "During my review I met a wide range of people affected by the riots and it was clear that whilst central and local government did their best, they were hampered by a lack of preparedness, both for the riots themselves and for the demands for compensation they generated.
"I was pleased to be given the opportunity to work on this review and I hope that government will carefully consider my recommendations."
His review also recommended that in the event of widespread riots a "riot claims bureau" staffed by experts should be set up to manage claims.
He also recommended modernising the language of the act and capping the amount of compensation that can be provided to insurers.
Justice Minister Damian Green said it was a "very thoughtful and constructive" report.
He added: "The riots that raged in London two years ago were utterly disgraceful. The wanton and widespread criminality caused enormous distress to a great many people and businesses.
"The measures in the Riot Damages Act provide a safety net but they have to be efficient and provide value for money for the taxpayer."
The government plans to launch a public consultation by the end of the year.


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Micro-ATX meets Core i7
The tests of Core i7 clearly indicated that it was a part best suited for workstations and other computers which would be running programs that made heavy use of multiple threads. As such it was no surprise that Core i7's supporting X58 chipset debuted without any Micro-ATX motherboards available.
Prices have fallen, however, and Core i7 is now priced low enough that some users might want to build a small Core i7 system. Several Micro-ATX motherboards have come to the market as a result. Here we'll look at three of the best.
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EVGA is best known as a maker of premium gaming products. EVGA's Micro-ATX X58 motherboard features an interesting gamer-oriented color scheme of blacks and reds. It includes 2 PCI-Express 16x slots, support for up to 24GB of RAM, and plenty of connection types. These features are actually all par for the course for an X58 motherboard.
The EVGA motherboard, however, also includes some extras that enthusiastic gamers and overclockers will enjoy. The BIOS is quite friendly to overclocking, as one would expect from an EVGA motherboard. It also includes easy on-board Clear CMO, power and reset buttons as well as an LED which displays the CPU temperature. These features should help gamers overclock their Core i7 systems. These are features not found on most motherboards, and it's nice to see them included on a product available for $209.99, which is low for an X58 motherboard.
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ASUS Rampage II GENE
While EVGA is known for extreme gaming products, ASUS also has its Republic of Gamers line which is known for being one of the better lines of gaming motherboard available today. At its most basic level this includes the same basic features as the EVGA motherboard, including two PCI Express 16x slots, support for up to 24GB of RAM, and a ton of ports including e-SATA and Firewire.
But the Rampage II Gene, like the EVGA board, has special features of its own. One of the most interesting is Q-FAN, a fan control system ASUS has developed for some of its motherboards. Q-FAN can adjust the speed of fans connected to the motherboard automatically based on temperature. The Rampage II also includes some solid extras for overclockers, such as Extreme Tweaker and Voltiminder. At $219.99 the Rampage II GENE is slightly more expensive than the EVGA board, but the Q-Fan control alone can justify the extra expense.
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By now you should be able to guess the specifications of the MSI X58M. Two PCI-Express 16x slots, 24GB of RAM, etc, etc. The X58 chipset is meant to be high-end, so these sort of high-end features are normal. The BIOS and the extra features provided by MSI for this motherboard are less impressive than what is found in the ASUS and EVGA boards, however.
That would leave the MSI board at a disadvantage if it were around the same price. But it isn't. The MSI X58M is in fact priced at $169.99, a full forty dollars less than the EVGA board. Is the EVGA board forty dollars better? For many people the answer to that question will be a resounding no. The MSI X58 doesn't have neat extras like an on-board CPU temp, LED or Q-FAN control, but those who are just looking for a basic, small X58 motherboard will appreciate the savings that the MSI board offers.


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Be a more successful dancer this year!
Now that 2014 is in full gear, what does that mean to you as a dancer?
Yes, you know all about resolutions and how most people break them by February each year. With this in mind, why not make goals instead of resolutions?
Here are a few tips to start your year off the right way and accomplish more with your dance career:
1. Define your future.
What do you really want to accomplish as a dancer?
It's one thing to dream about being on Broadway, dancing in a film or television show or opening your own studio. It's another thing to write down exactly what you want and actually take action on it. Your dreams may be big, but don't let that stand in your way.
Figure out each step you need to take to get closer to your dream. Write down goals for this week, this month, this year, and the next five years.
Set timelines and try to finish each step by each deadline. You'll be amazed at how your dreams will start to materialize!
2. Work hard.
Well, I hate to say it, but even if you think you're a good dancer, there is always someone better out there. Being a professional dancer is a lot of work.
You need to take dance classes, practice and study your dance technique EVERY DAY. Just dancing around your house or with friends does not count.
Don't kid yourself. If you really want to be a dancer, you've got a lot of hard work ahead of you. But if you reach your goals, it's completely worth it!
3. Go for it!
With all the work involved in becoming a dancer, or opening your own studio, the process can be overwhelming. Plus, many naysayers will tell you that you can't do it.
If you really want to have a career in dance, don't let anyone or anything get in your way. Focus on your goals and stay positive!
Being a dancer is a lot of work, and you've got to expect many hours of frustration, physical and mental exhaustion, pain, and negativity from others. It's a very difficult career, but if you really want to be part of it, all of your hard work will pay off!
Now, go dance and work to be one step closer to your dreams!


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Senate Ag committee aids animal abusers
As I watch the 2014 Kentucky legislative session near a close, I find myself astounded by what happened in a Kentucky Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Tuesday.
A good bill that helps protect animals by setting standards for animal-shelter euthanasia became a horrendous one when it went to the Senate. The bill was used to put in language that would help protect those that go undercover to film animal abuses on farms instead of holding those abusers accountable.
With the help and support of the Kentucky Farm Bureau, the committee added these provisions onto House Bill 222. One of the leading proponents of this added language is committee chair and former KFB board director, Sen. Paul Hornbeck (R—Shelbyville).
It is such a travesty that anyone would think of protecting abusers, but to hijack a bill originally intended to protect animals is absolutely egregious. If this amended bill is signed into law, a person going undercover to expose abuse will be subject to jail and a fine, while the abuser is not punished in any way.
And, please spare me the rhetoric that it is about private property rights. It is about animal abuse and torture and the protection of those who perpetrate it.
I can only hope that the House leadership will not allow this. Unfortunately, in the process of taking over this bill, the Senate may very well hurt dogs and cats by not addressing gas chambers that are used in many animal shelters.
Pam Pilgrim
Voting aids felons
Sen. Damon Thayer mentioned in his op-ed that one problem he has with restoring the right to vote for felons in House Bill 70 is that many felons commit new offenses after being released from prison. While I understand and share the concerns about re-offense amongst released felons, I believe that opposing the restoration of voting rights may result in more crime, not less.
I co-authored a published research paper looking at the question of what effect, if any, taking away someone's right to vote has on their likelihood to commit another crime.
My co-author and I used data published by the Department of Justice and examined the records of nearly 40,000 released inmates, both in states (such as Kentucky) that take away the right to vote permanently and states that do not take it away.
Our findings were that permanently taking away the right to vote is associated with a statistically significant increase in the probability of a felon being arrested again after release from prison. The right to vote is unquestionably a powerful symbol of reintegration and of having a stake in one's own community.
If Thayer and others are truly concerned with reducing the number of repeat offenders, I hope that they will reconsider their support of HB 70 and allow felons who have served their time to vote.
Guy-Hamilton Smith
Cheers from Wichita
We read in the Wichita Eagle that our beloved coach, Gregg Marshall, has received many emails from University of Kentucky fans expressing their admiration for our team and their efforts.
We and our listeners just want to say thank you for your kindness in sending those.
The loss was heartbreaking for us, especially coming off a perfect season. I am sure Kentucky fans, with the school's storied basketball history, can understand how we feel. We also appreciate the respectful comments exchanged between Kentucky players and ours.
Kentucky fans and their team are a class act. Now, go win that championship.
Jan Harrison and Phil Thompson
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No backlash
Given the Republican Senate budget action that cuts the number of inspections of underground mines, I must assume that dead miners do not vote.
George R. Nichols II, M.D.
AT&T should just sell out
The AT&T bill, should be the AT&T wireless bill. It would not exist if the company didn't have wireless in the same areas. It is trying to use whatever is least expensive to serve new areas. You don't need a law to use it. AT&T Home, a wireless service is available now.
What concerns me the most is the loss of Internet access that goes with losing the lines. Shared wireless, through a router, is terrible and expensive or nonexistent in rural areas.
Nobody tells the telecoms how to deliver service. They can use fiber optic, coaxial, T1, T3 and copper pairs now. All of these can deliver high-speed Internet as well, and then a phone can be an accessory. I know of no wireless service that can deliver decent Internet which can be shared.
I had one customer in Centerville, all of 14 miles from Lexington, who had to use it for a while and it was terrible. And he could see the tower.
I urge AT&T to just sell out to someone who wants to provide Internet, like Verizon did.
I urge all House members to vote this deregulation bill down.
John P. Hall
Accountability to elderly
AARP is fighting to preserve reliable phone service for Kentuckians who rely on land-line service for emergency purposes and to stay connected to their family, friends and communities.
Telephone service is a necessity, particularly for older adults, who are more likely than any other age group to rely on land-line service to maintain social contact and preserve health and safety.
Competition in the telecommunications market can give consumers real choices and promote their economic well-being.
But competition should come with accountability and established consumer protections, especially for the elderly and other vulnerable citizens.
Consumers need phone service that is affordable, reliable and accessible — conditions that often cannot be met by wireless service alone, particularly in rural areas.
Advances in technology have changed the telecommunications industry, but policymakers must remain mindful of their commitment to ensuring all residents have access to affordable, reliable land-line telephone service.
Contact legislators and Gov. Steve Beshear and tell them to keep land-line phone service affordable and reliable.
Brenda McClanahan
AARP Kentucky volunteer
Top-heavy schools
I couldn't help but wonder about the Fayette County Public School budget, specifically the number of people employed by the district.
According to a recent article, the school district employs 5,815 people serving a student body of 40,109.
Let's do the math. That comes to seven students for every employee. It appears the district is top-heavy in non-instructional personnel, that more than half of the district's staff is not involved in teaching.
Are there that many administrators, teacher's aides, cafeteria workers, janitors and school bus drivers?
Am I missing something? Perhaps one of your enterprising reporters can look at this.
Ray Depa


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Ivanhoé Cambridge has joined a partnership with Goldman, Sachs & Co., Greystar Real Estate Partners and other partners in a portfolio of 27 multifamily properties across the United States. The partnership follows Goldman Sachs and Greystar's recent acquisition of the assets from Equity Residential in a transaction valued at US$1.5 billion.
The portfolio of class-A and class-B apartment communities features 8,010 units located in high-barrier-to-entry markets with strong economic and job growth potential. Most of the assets were built between the years 1990 and 2000 and are located in high-performing sub-markets of key U.S. cities. The partners have agreed to embark upon a multi-year maintenance and renovation investment program for all assets.
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"This transaction fits perfectly in our investment strategy to acquire assets with strong existing cash flows at values below replacement cost located in markets with high employment and population growth," Greystar Chairman and CEO Bob Faith said in a statement. "We are pleased to begin this relationship with new partners who believe in the strength and growth of this market segment in the United States."


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Jan 22, 2013, 09:25 EST
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This apparently happened last weekend. Anonymous gained access to the Federal Reserve and published bank executive login details under the URL "dorner-is-a-symptom-not-the-syndrome", which I think is a brilliant statement.
I've been thinking about and wrestling with the Dorner thing a lot lately. I may or may not draft a post on it, depending on time. It's obviously all over at this point, they've found the guy's charred corpse in the cabin that they executed him in.
I'm still mulling it over.


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When he strained his right hamstring against the Utah Jazz, Monta Ellis kept saying Friday it wasn't anything serious, and that no one should be panicking.
Thus, while other members of the Dallas Mavericks were surprised that Ellis was able to be on the court at tip-off Sunday against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, the nine-year veteran simply went about his business.
In 28 minutes, Ellis scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds as the Mavs won five consecutive games for the first time this season, cruising to a 102-91 victory over the Celtics.
The Mavs (31-21) climbed 10 games over .500 for the first time since ending the 2010-2011 season with a 57-25 record. The Mavs also moved into sole possession of the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoff race and are percentage points behind Phoenix, which has the sixth seed.
Ellis claimed afterward he wasn't even thinking about his hamstring injury during the game.
"Just going out there and do what I've been doing the whole season and worry about that after the game," he said. "I feel good — no pain, just take it day by day.
"I told y'all that's a minor injury. It might sound big to most people, but for me if I can walk I can play."
The Mavs certainly came up big on a day when they recorded their first five-game winning streak since they won six straight from Feb. 8-17, 2012.
"It's been a nice little winning streak here," said Dirk Nowitzki, who tallied a game-high 20 points for the Mavs. "We definitely needed it here since obviously Memphis is playing really well lately and they're making a push, and we're looking to move up."
Dallas only led 44-38 at the half, but Jose Calderon scored 10 of his 18 points in the third quarter, which ended with the Mavs nursing a 72-56 lead.
An alley-oop dunk from Devin Harris ended the third period before another one by Harris opened the final quarter. Vince Carter then scored eight consecutive points as the Mavs went ahead 89-65 with 7:36 left.
"Most importantly I think we're just locked in, and we're just doing what needs to be done," said Carter, who collected 14 points in 21 minutes. "We're just playing at a higher level, everybody is on the same page, moving the ball.
"The streak is great, but I just think everybody is contributing, everybody is understanding their role, which has helped our continuity. We know what to expect from everybody."
Nine of 10 Mavs who played were on the court for over 20 minutes. Shawn Marion registered a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The only hiccup came when — from 5:50 left in the game to the 1:54 mark — the Celtics outscored the Mavs 24-9 to pull within 98-89.
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle was in awe of what an "injured" Ellis accomplished against the Celtics.
"When he was out there [Sunday] in shootaround I was like, 'What?' " Carlisle said. "I was joking with the assistant coaches that he's like Peter Parker, must have got bitten by that radioactive spider that put a jolt into his body where he's healed.
"He's just a phenomenal healer. Him playing, that sends a great message to the rest of the guys about just being here — and it was big."


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Rocker Ronnie Wood will be spending Christmas with a new wife after exchanging vows with his fiancee Sally Humphreys on Friday (21Dec12).
The 65-year-old Rolling Stones star wed Humphreys in a private ceremony at The Dorchester in London; his old pal and former The Faces bandmate Rod Stewart served as the guitarist's best man.
Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell were also in attendance, as were Wood's sons, Tyrone and father-to-be Jesse, and his daughter Leah.
The rocker donned a navy suit for the nuptials, while his 34-year-old bride wore her mother's traditional white gown and a silver headband.
The couple became engaged in October (12), shortly before Wood and the Stones embarked on a short 50th anniversary tour, which wrapped up last weekend (15Dec12) in New Jersey.
The rock star reportedly asked Humphreys' father for his daughter's hand in marriage at the premiere of the Rolling Stones documentary Crossfire Hurricane
This is Wood's third marriage - he split from his second wife Jo in 2008 and they were officially divorced last year (11).


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Get Happier in 2016 by Following This Instagram Account
We could all use that one friend who's perennially happy, couldn't we? The one with seemingly boundless energy, who's always smiling and ready to find the positive in any situation.
That would be Kelli Davis, founder of The Happsters, "a happiness blog dedicated to making other people happy and letting others know when they make us happy."
As she explains on her blog, Kelli's always been a huge fan of happiness, and even completed a 10-week "Science of Happiness" course through UC Berkeley. Expert on happiness? Yes and please!
In addition to the awesome Instagram community she's cultivated, Kelli's also spreading the cheer offline. She believes in the power of random acts of happiness, and at one point, was getting her readers involved by sending them happy notes to hand out to other peeps. Gratis gratitude. Genius.
I wanted to get into the mind of a happiness-wired individual and see what we could learn from her so that we may all become just a little bit happier this year. Here's what she told me.
What did you set out to create when you started The Happsters?
When I moved back to San Diego after I graduated from college, I wanted to connect with likeminded people and didn't know where to look. I thought it would be fun to create a group where we went around and spread happiness around our neighborhood, so I started a blog to do just that. I soon realized that the happiness movement could be so much bigger than my little town. Within days, I was designing little business-card-sized "happy notes" and mailing them to anyone who signed up as a way to brighten their day. From there, I became fascinated with studying happiness, learning what makes people more joyful and sharing my findings on my blog. I'm always on the hunt for more happiness inspiration!
When did you know you were really onto something?
I knew that I'd hit on a topic that many people could relate to when I started getting hundreds of comments on my blog asking for more tips about how to live a happier life. It was so much fun to connect with people from all over the world and give them little nuggets of information and inspiration that they could use in their everyday lives to be happier and feel more fulfilled. I also started an Instagram account and saw that people liked the ease of connecting there more than on the blog, so I transitioned to posting daily on Instagram and made that my main platform.
What has been the biggest personal challenge you encountered as you developed your platform? How are you working through it?
The biggest personal challenge has been adding more of myself into the brand. I really don't like to be the center of attention! When I first started, I didn't include very much personal information, but I've come to realize that I want to connect on a more individual basis with people and in order to do that, I need to share more about myself. Now I am sharing more photos from my life and adding more personal captions to my photos. I also recently started sending out a monthly newsletter, where I share my happy favorites of the month (favorite meditation, favorite happiness fact, favorite podcast, etc.). I look forward to sharing even more about myself as time goes on!
What's one easy way to find the happy during challenging times?
If you're going through challenging times, it's really important to acknowledge your feelings about the situation and not ignore them. Journaling is a great way to get everything out of your head and onto paper. Oftentimes, you might not even fully know how you feel about a situation until you write it down. Once you work through those feelings, turn to gratitude. It may sound cliché, but there is always something to be thankful for. Maybe it's the bed you sleep in, the delicious lunch you had or feeling connected to a loved one. Thinking about 3 things I'm grateful for always changes my perspective on my current situation and makes me focus on all of the positives in my life.
How was your 2015?
2015 was the best year I've ever had! I think I grew more this year than any other year in my life. I learned a lot of personal lessons that made me become a happier, healthier person. 2015 was also the year that my fiancé proposed, so that made it extra amazing!
Coffee, tea or green juice?
I don't eat or drink caffeine, so I make myself a delicious green smoothie every morning for breakfast. I also meditate for 10-15 minutes and read or take a walk before getting ready for the day instead of getting right into checking e-mails. It's amazing how a good morning routine can transform your whole day.
Single and loving it, reveling in a relationship or Tindering?
I am happily engaged and planning my wedding this September. :)
The book I'm currently reading is…
I recently finished Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and LOVED her message about how all of us have creativity living inside of us!
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Ever heard of Ian Mckellan? I sure hadn't until I received a text message today informing me of just who he was. He's going to be in an all new Sherlock Holmes movie but it won't be what everyone expects it to be. In the new film Sir Ian Mckellan will play an elderly Sherlock Holmes that has long since retired and plans to stay that way until he starts thinking about a case that has went unsolved for 50 years. He attempts to try and solve the case. Not much else is known about the movie but it is set to be released sometime next year.
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Posted by Matthew Gleason at 5:22 PM
Twisted Metal Love
She was in the dark. She was always in the dark. My tools had plucked out her eyes long ago. She was a toy and she no longer amused me. The day she came out of her box she was all clean and perfect and mine. I was lonely. I was angry. She was my last hope at a normal life.
When I was formed civilized people had abandoned traditional breeding and made ourselves sterile. Our young were forged in the mechanisms of machines. Each generation it seemed was less in touch with the ways of love. Still our physical needs and the desire for someone to care about us carried on and so we made the plastic people.
They talked with us, they did other sorts of things with us and they cared for us when no one else did which was all the time for everyone. Of course looking back none of it was real. But I had grown up a zero in a world of cruel ones and now I was a one and things didn't feel much better so one day I made a call to the shop and had a delivery made to my home.
The box was there when I arrived home from working at the factory in the early evening. The love I felt for her was instant and she mirrored my attitude. Her name was Susan. She was a beautiful piece of work. Our happiness lasted a year and three days according to her internal clock which did occasionally tick. Then we watched that old film and everything changed. It was about a primitive family who cooked food, sang songs and made babies. This was all part of the idiotic old way. For some reason Susan couldn't keep her unblinking eyes off the little fat things called babies.
Susan pestered me day in and day out about buying her a baby. I tried to explain that I could not but she would scream and cry without tears. I spent my days working with my hands in the factory and when I would get home I often found myself regretting leaving work. Susan became extremely disobedient. I became so angry every night I went without sleep because of her whining. She ceased to serve many of her purposes and refused to acknowledge me as her husband and master.
The robotics company wouldn't fix her. The shop wouldn't take her back. I was stuck with a defective woman. I had once been the envy of all the idiots and bastards I knew. Now I had been made to look like a fool. I was completely powerless. A man is control and I was without it.
I started shooting up at the pub. I started staying out all night. I would pass out feeling sick as a dying dog in the desert. When people would try to wake me I would swear and spit and make a scene until I was thrown out. One night as I sat in the darkness of the pub waiting for death in such a still manner that to an outside observer it may have appeared to have already arrived I felt something bump my shoulder.
Tube smoke entered my nostrils and I slowly turned my stiff body to a thin ratty man smoking a tube and rubbing sticky gel in his thick dirty hair. He had a face any mother would slap and he was a smoker. I had always hated smokers. It seemed he had bumped into me completely by accident. The reasonable thing to do would have been to just let it go.
I wasn't feeling very reasonable. I laid my right fist into his cheek and my left into his ribs. Part of me wanted to knife him but that wouldn't have made him respect me. That would have made him dead and I didn't want a ticket. He hit the floor.
I laughed and just as the losers around me began to take notice of my success I lost my footing and fell flat on my back in a puddle of cold vomit. I pulled myself up and then I stumbled. The man rose to his feet. If this was a film I might have produced a well polished sword from nowhere and with one swift motion severed his head from his shoulders. Instead I paused a moment trying to fuse together a few thoughts in my shaky brain. I searched my pockets to find my knife was not on me. The degenerate moron took advantage of my momentary weakness. He shattered his smoking tube against my head and sent spit flying into my eyes.
I couldn't see. I felt the first kick in my gut and the second in my bad knee. I squinted as bright and colorful flashing lights on the ceiling became visible to me. I looked around and then I saw the doorway. I crawled on my hands and knees through the small ocean of garbage and human waste on the cold floor. The other man laughed. I moved more quickly afraid he might not be finished with me. I stumbled out the doorway. Hobos and businessmen were huddled in a circle watching an emaciated tabby cat being overpowered by dozens of large black rats.
My muscles ached and the wind chilled me to the bone. I was alone in the world. I didn't matter to Susan and I barely mattered to myself. This was all her fault. Why couldn't she just behave? I walked home. I listened to the silence of the city streets. Beyond those streets I could hear people cussing each other out, lies being told, gunshots and all the usual sounds of the night.
Why was I here? Why was I anywhere? I had always heard there was no place like home. I had never felt at home anywhere so I didn't really know. This world was completely fair. It killed everyone. What happened before that was what hurt.
Susan was the one thing I thought could help me and all she was doing was making everything worse. I got home as the morning light set upon my house. As I entered through the door Susan ran to greet me. She had decided to straighten up her act. It was far too late. I pushed her to the floor. Now that damn crying was back. She looked up at me through those soulless eyes with such shock. I pushed past her. I didn't need to go through anymore stupid problems with that machine.
I needed sleep. I was alive. I mattered. I went to bed alone. I dreamt of darkness and calm. When I woke up it was well into the afternoon. Images of the last day flooded into the horribly polluted fish bowl which was my mind. When I got up I found Susan on the floor where I left her. She had the stillness of death save for a few small motions of her face.
I took Susan's hand and pulled her to her feet. Her expression had a dead look to it. Her arms hung limp. "I'm sorry I had to do that." I whispered into her ear. "Just behave from now and you'll be fine." She slowly opened her mouth and released the words "Yes sir." At that moment I thought that maybe we could have a happy future together. I only wish I hadn't been so wrong.
For a little while things were like they had been before. Susan did as she was told and I was truly happy in my life. On Wednesdays people at the factory would take their lunch breaks together and go down to the park to watch druggies overdose. The game was we would bet on who overdosed first because someone almost always did. The winner got the money and whatever they wanted off the body.
On one particular Wednesday I was standing in the shadows watching a young ginger man stick a needle in his arm and just praying he would die. A coworker named Jeremy tapped me on the shoulder. "What?" I whispered feeling slightly annoyed. Jeremy spoke like he thought, very slowly and often incorrectly. "Ain't that yah girl over there?" he said loudly. He was pointing beyond the druggies and far into grass which was strewn with litter. I could see Susan standing there clutching something in her arms.
The ginger man's heart stopped. So did mine but for me it was a bit more temporary. I stepped out of the shadows and into the light of truth. I moved closer to the body. I took out his cheap plastic wallet. It was empty save for a few small food and film cards. I pocketed them and approached Susan. I didn't enjoy scavenging off the ginger man as much as I had wanted to. I usually took so much pleasure in taking what was mine but this was different. Susan wasn't supposed to be in the real world. She was supposed to be at home and in the picture I carried of her but nowhere else.
Now she was out amongst regular people who existed for themselves and not for me. This was all deeply wrong. This could not possibly serve me. When I got close enough to get a good look I saw that she was wearing a yellow sundress which I had not given her permission to wear on that day and holding a baby doll which was a thing which was not a baby but looked liked one for some reason.
When she saw me she went still and fear entered her eyes. She could see her lie had been discovered. She knew she had done wrong. I ran towards her in a rage. I couldn't stand her just standing there looking at me like this was all my fault. I slapped her face and yanked a clump of her long red hair. She never bled but she could feel pain and I could see just how much she was hurting and while a tiny part of me felt regret a much larger part of me wanted her to feel more.
Susan dropped the doll. Her face wrinkled and she made a sound like tires screeching. I walked her home and locked her in the basement. Then I returned to work where I did my job and laughed and joked around with people as I usually did. After work I decided to hang out with a few of the guys who I knew were known for having the kind of fun some people turned their noses up at. We shot up and drank for awhile behind the factory and then we were going to check out a club or a brothel or a church which doubled as the home of more than a few secretive businesses when a cop happened to approach us. The law as I had always seen it meant that everything was fine if you didn't get caught.
Neither I nor any of the other men I was with felt particularly keen about spending the night in a jail cell. We all surrounded him and the poor old pig dropped his gun on the ground like he didn't know what he was carrying it for. We beat him and I cut the side of his face a little bit with my knife.
He passed out after about ten minutes of bleeding and being a little bitch. It was fun while it lasted. I took a taser off his body and wiped some of his blood off my knife and onto the inside of my jacket. A middle aged balding man who I didn't really know very well and who had a few too many cuts, bruises and scars on him to be from accidents took the gun and I didn't argue.
I didn't really feel like going out after this and the day I had already been having. We left the unconscious officer in the street and headed our separate ways for the evening. I went home. When I got there Susan was still screaming in the basement. As soon as I heard her I knew I wasn't finished having fun that night.
I slowly descended the stairs to the basement. After about an hour when I was satisfied with what I had done I walked back up with a smile on my face and the taser and the knife warm in my hands. I locked the door behind me. She was still down there waiting for the next night and the one after that and so many nights ahead.
We danced that gorgeous dance so many times. She did the screaming. I did the cutting. To me we were the definition of the perfect couple. Of course she did begin to wear away. So did I. I got slower, shrank and wrinkled up like a raisin. She stopped resembling a woman at all and started looking like the simple toy she was. She hated me so much and for that I hated her and for that she hated me and so on. One night I woke from a nightmare about maggots in a locked box and upon looking in the mirror at the weak, old, lonely thing I was found myself in a rage. I headed toward the basement and as I took that first step on those old familiar stairs my foot gave out beneath me. I tumbled through the air. My body shook from coldness and fear.
I hit the dusty ground with a thump. Pain shot through my body. I couldn't get up. The door had shut behind me. There was no light of any sort. At first I wept at the thought of dying alone. Then I remembered that I was not alone and I was more afraid than I had ever been before.
I felt metal grasp my skin and sharp wires insert themselves into my eyeballs. Cold metal hugged my body. I felt my bones begin to break one by one. My teeth began popping out. The anger I felt subsided. A machine had brought me into this awful world and a machine was taking me out. Whatever kind of victory Susan saw this as she was wrong. This was my victory. As my skin tore and my skull cracked I realized that the world didn't ever really deserve me. As I took my last breath cradled by my "loving" wife I was not afraid. I smiled and then I stopped. My whole world stopped and that didn't matter at all. This was the end to our twisted metal love and it was perfect.
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Posted by Matthew Gleason at 8:50 PM
A Short History of Pipe Smoking
The History of Pipe Smoking and Some Extra Stuff
My first real pipe was a corncob pipe. It had a filter that had to be replaced every once in awhile, but I didn't like smoking out of it so I didn't need to replace it. I remember the tobacco that I smoked in it, one of my favorites, Borkum Riff. It was the cherry kind. It reminded me of cherry pie on a hot summer day. I gave up on pipe smoking for awhile because the corncob pipe burnt my tongue and left me feeling nauseous. Then I went on vacation and found this wonderful tobacco shop The Gatlinburlier. The guy sitting behind the counter who happened to be the manager talked with a deep charming voice. He just happened to know five languages, Arabic, Spanish, Greek, and I don't remember the others. We talked for a long while until I decided to buy a pipe. It was a Roma manufactured by Savinelli Pipe company. He showed me how to light the tobacco, pack it, relight it, and stir the tobacco once I was finished and shake the pipe so that it left a cloudy coating of tobacco along the bowl. We talked everything from religion to stress issues. I would later find out that he was a priest in the Orthodox Church. He is one of the most intelligent human beings I have ever met.
So that's the history behind my pipe smoking, now let's get to the history of the original pipe smoking. Most of it all started with the Native Americans. They would smoke during their different religious ceremonies and pass the peace pipe around. It was a long wooden work of art that no doubt made you want to fall over after you took a draw off of it. Not long after the Native Americans discovered tobacco, the Europeans took a liking to it and began smoking pipes. Smoking out of a pipe happens to be the oldest form of smoking, though smoking has been around since the cave man. Now of course they didn't have the shape of the smoking pipes that we have today, that didn't happen until about the 1500's, though some corncob pipes were used. Different kinds of wood were used to smoke out of though Briar wood is what most pipes today are made out of. Why? Because Briar is a great thick wood for smoking out of. It prevents the bowl from cracking if it is treated just right where is other kinds of wood would not be as durable and would not last as long. As long as you don't buy a Dr. Grabow from your local drug store you should be fine. Instead go to a good tobacco shop and purchase a pipe, LaFontaines in Huntington WV is a good one. Meerschaum became and still is a very popular method of pipe making. You can carve all different kinds of things out of Meerschaum, the only downside to it is that you have to hold the pipe from the stem while you are smoking so as not to tarnish the bowl with the oils from your fingers. Pipe stems used to be made of wood but now they are usually made out of a very thick and hard plastic. When the 20th century rolled around, people began to use the pipe for things that they shouldn't be used for, like psychoactive drugs. Crack Cocaine is sometimes smoked out of pipes though only a complete idiot would do such a thing. So pipe smoking has been around forever folks. The first pipes were as simple as a piece of wood with a hole in both ends.
I know you're wondering about the health effects of pipe smoking so let's address that. Most pipe smokers do not inhale the smoke (I don't) though there are some that do. You can find all natural pipe tobacco that contains no added chemicals unlike a single cigarette that contains up to 4,000 chemicals, not so with pipe tobacco. Some years back the surgeon general released a public notice that went exactly like this: "Death rates for current pipe smokers are little if at all higher than for nonsmokers even with men smoking 10 pipefuls per day and with men who had smoked pipes for more than thirty years." Surgeon Generals Report Public Health Service, publication No. 1103, Page 112. Why on earth would the death rates be lower? Because, as said earlier, most pipe smokers do not inhale and pipe tobacco doesn't contain all the chemicals that cigarettes contain. It's way better for you. If you smoke cigarettes I would suggest you switch to a pipe you will thank me later. It's not near as bad for you as those disgusting cigarettes. I think one of the strongest arguments in favor of pipe smoking is that Albert Einstein himself smoked a pipe.
Now let's talk a little bit about how to smoke a pipe. First you're going to want some good quality tobacco. I recommend starting with some Borkum Riff. You can get it in several different flavors from Cherry Cavendish (my favorite kind of pipe tobacco) to whiskey. You're going to want to take some tobacco (little pieces) and put them at the bottom of the bowl. Keep putting little pieces of tobacco in the bowl until you get about a third of the way to the top, then start taking big pinches of tobacco and pinching them into the pipe. You don't want to put big pinches full starting out packing the pipe because you won't get enough air to keep the pipe going. Once you are done feeling the pipe strike a match (avoid butane lighters at all costs because they can ruin a pipe). Let the match burn a little while to get that sulfur off of there. When it's done take the match and move the match around the tobacco until all of it is lit. Draw smoke into your mouth (don't inhale it into your lungs) and taste the tobacco and then release the smoke into earths wonderful polluted atmosphere. The pipe will eventually go out so you'll want to tamp the tobacco down with a tamper tool which you can pick up at any tobacco shop. The tools are made in the Czech Republic. Tamp the tobacco down with the tool and relight the tobacco. Savor the tobacco and keep relighting it as often as necessary. When you're done you will want to take the rod part of the tool and stir the tobacco around. After that take your index finger and middle finger and shake the pipe up and down. You will notice a gray coating around the bowl of the pipe. This provides for a cooler smoke. After you're done with that shake the ashes out of your pipe and let it rest awhile.
My favorite picture of Albert Einstein.
Posted by Brandon Ferguson at 8:07 PM
Top 10 Serial Killers
1. Jeffrey Dahmer: Taking our number one spot from our bleeding dead corpses is Jeffery Dahmer, he was notorious for killing, dismembering, and raping men and boys. (Not in that particular order, but the raping usually came post mortem) He killed a total of 17 people over the course of 13 years before ultimately being caught and beaten to death in prison by his cellmate.
Dishonorable mentions:
Gilles de Rais: He was a military ally of Joan of Arc. He is an incredibly important figure in French history. After retiring from military service he was tried and put to death for torturing, raping and killing hundreds of children. There is some question of his guilt.
Mary Bell: She is the youngest convicted killer and helped criminal investigators redefine their understanding of killer's minds. She is only known to have taken part in two murders.
Ed Gien: Gien was a brutal killer who suffered deep emotional scars from his mother. He has helped to inspire many fictional characters, including Buffalo Bill, Leatherface and Norman Bates. He was only convicted of killing two women. He may also have been responsible for the death of his brother.
2. The Zodiac Killer: The Zodiac Killer's name comes from a series of letters intended to taunt investigators. They committed a number of murders beginning in 1978 and ending in 1991. Despite their large number of victims, this killer has somehow managed to avoid capture and is likely either dead or imprisoned for some other crime.
4. Magdalena Solis: She was part of an elaborate scheme involving Inca gods and goddesses. She had several victims sacrificed in her name but not before torturing them by means of mutilation and burning. She also drank the victim's blood and ate pieces of them, she is on this list because unlike most female killers she had a very obvious sexual motivation.
5. Jack the Ripper: Not much can be said about Jack that isn't already known he used his surgical prowess for acts of a horrible nature. He preyed on prostitutes in the White Chappel area of London and was most famous for taking organs from some of his victims. It should be mentioned that Jack the ripper was a title given to this killer by a fake letter written in order to create publicity around the case.
6. John Wayne Gacy: Gacy was a pedophile and serial killer. He asphyxiated all of his victims other than his first whom he stabbed to death. He did charitable work as Pogo the Clown.
7. Albert Fish: Albert Fish was a rapist and killer who had an obsession with the practice of cannibalism. He primarily targeted children, but also murdered multiple black and disabled people.
8 Edmund Kemper: Kemper began killing at the age of 15 by fatally shooting both his grandmother and grandfather. He later murdered multiple women as well as his mother and her young friend. On multiple occasions he engaged in sexual acts with his victims post mortem. Perhaps most notably, he did so with his mother prior to using her head as a dart board.
year old, Adam Walsh. He also killed multiple others using both a gun and arson as a means of murder.
10. Richard Ramirez, "The Night Stalker": Richard Ramirez was a well known serial killer, rapist, and burglar. He broke into people's houses and shot them. Because of this he earned the nickname "Night Stalker". He committed his crimes in the greater Los Angeles area.
The list was compiled by Rafael Coplin and Matthew J. Gleason.
Posted by Matthew Gleason at 5:00 AM
Looking For Alaska News
It has been announced that the Dawn of the Dead director Sarah Polley will be taking on an adaption of John Green's fist book looking for Alaska. Green has professed his excitement at this news and stated that Polley has interesting ideas to take to the story via his twitter. Looking for Alaska is a very important book to me and it will take a lot for a moving to touch me in the same way the book did."Where did it touch me?" you ask. It touch me in the feels. It molested my feels and I am grateful for the experience.
Hopefully this develops into a fantastic movie which we can all weep at for years to come. I will be sure to post any casting news as it is revealed. If you have not read the book yet please do so. John Green is an extremely talented writer who will torture you beautifully with his words. Thanks for reading. Please try to avoid sudden death. Or don't. It's really none of my business.
Posted by Matthew Gleason at 5:10 PM
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