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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Voyager' started by Caprica_Six, Apr 6, 2005.
Oh my... very nice!
Vsaffie is a WONDERFUL woman!
Okay this made me laugh.. if anyone didn't know de Lancie plays the Q inspired dragon Discord on MLP so this is very fitting.
This one is excellent!
What do you get when Cheshire crosses Voyager and Firefly?
"Let's be bad guys!" Love, love, love....
that was a helluva mashup.. !!!!
I just watched Serenity again two nights ago so it was particularly fresh!!!
Hi there! =)
I took a stab at starting to write a J/C version of "Resolutions" (I know it has been done so many times...I just wanted to try it for myself.) Right now, I only have one chapter done, but I am aiming to write around 20.
It is going to be rated M, however please don't let that deter you! Trust me when I say I am not a fan of those "Chakotay and Janeway just decide to sleep together randomly our of nowhere" stories! I am trying to write a (hopefully) realistic story of what could have happened had they had not been summoned back to the ship right away by Tuvok.
Anywho, check it out if you have the time and are a J/C fan! If you aren't, then I don't think you'll like the story much hehe.
I am dying laughing at this guy's videos!!!
This is one is just.. okay maybe it really is meant to be touching and sweet? But it's hilarious (and well done).
I posted one of his vids in the brand new DS9 vid thread, it is even more hilarious if you want to check it out.. and perhaps encourage the new poster who started it with some DS9 vids, rare as they are. I'm looking at you JRulez, queen of the vids
I've posted two in the DS9 thread now by this vidder, the second one is incredible!!
I'll settle for hilarious. I mean, come on -- Terry Jacks??? Thanks for posting this ...
J/7 to stripper music...
Oh man..... wow...
Samaritan... I think its time to change your name to GOOD Samaritan! Yowza! That belongs in the sexy thread.
Oh, and Teacake... WHY must you kill Chakotay every chance you get???
You know... I think its safe to say that I am the ONLY STVoy fan who LIKED "Fight"... although even I can't understand why they put a tanktop OVER his Tshirt. The T would have been enough.
My Girl....
Marry you.... (J/C fans can only dream )
And for the froot admirers on the bbs...
J/C Opus Barriers never crossed.
For my sins JRulz I give you this masterpiece:
This is beautifully done (I love the song) and I'm very amused at how the lyrics and vid summarily dismiss all of Janeway's other lovers
Gorgeous stuff!
btw I think that's the second J/C vid I've absolutely loved, the first one was The Rose
Now I want to go back in the thread and find the J/P vid that so entranced me, either I found it or Alpha Flyer posted it..
Couldn't have been me, 'coz I'm technologically utterly inept, and in awe of folks who can clip whole little movies into messages and make them, like, move and stuff.
I found it, I had posted it for you though you already knew this one. And yeah I can't make these things, my gift in life is to be a dedicated consumer
Teacake... have you seen the B&W J/C?
As time goes by...
I don't know which J/P you are referring to, but this one from our very own val2009 is excellent!
Love the music.
OH that J/P is super sweet, "and I'm out of my league once again.." I live the idea of Paris having a huge crush on her.
And Chak sure did look good in that WWII get up.. but everyone looked fabulous in The Killing Game!
Thanks for re-posting the J/P -- made my morning waking up jetlagged somewhere in Middle Europe that much sweeter. :-)
Has anyone else seen these vids????
The Wrath of NEELIX!
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTPnD7L5RM
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLNzIv2fvM
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZTd55hdgY
Make sure you watch the part AFTER the credits in each vid... ESPECIALLY the third / last video!
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Last weekend I went to a dinner party where there were people from Sri Lanka whom I had not met before. When Sri Lankans meet for the first time, there is a fairly standard ritual that occurs. People try to find connections between you and them, starting with others who share your name (e.g., "Are you related to the Singham who used to work at X/who married Y/who lives in Z?") and then on to questions about where in Sri Lanka your family is from and what K-12 school you went to. The last question is important because Sri Lankans are quite attached to their schools and many cities with a large expatriate populations even form associations based on these old school ties and hold dances, sporting events, and other elaborate get-togethers.
During a casual conversation at the dinner with three of my fellow guests (all sisters), they asked me the usual questions and then one of them went off-script and asked me which church I went to. I replied that I did not attend any church since I was an atheist.
The sharp intake of breath and astonished looks in response alerted me that this had gone over big. It was as if I had walked into a vegan conference eating a hamburger. It turned out that not only were the three of them Christians, but they were of the extremely religious "born again" variety. The stunned look on their faces at my revelation got even worse when they realized that I had once been a Christian. They simply could not understand how anyone who had once been a Christian could not believe any more, and for the next hour they proceeded to try and convince me that I had made a grave mistake. Of course, their arguments consisted entirely of quotations from the Bible, all of which I have heard many times before. It simply did not seem to register with them that there was no point in using the Bible as evidence to someone who did not believe that it was god's revealed word.
Another interesting point was that they felt that my atheism had to be because I had not "accepted Jesus as my personal lord and savior", which is the standard by which evangelical Christians judge whether you are a "true" Christian or not. In fact, they kept insisting that I had never been a "true" Christian because of my failure to pledge such allegiance. In my religious days in high school and college, I had attended many religious services where the preacher, at the end of a stirring sermon asserting that we were all sinners and in the grip of Satan, would ask people to come up front and pledge their lives to Christ so that they could be cleansed of their sin. I never obeyed this "altar call", although many of the people I knew had done so in the past and they often asked me to join them. During one of those services, I was startled when the friend who had invited me suddenly clutched my sleeve and with tears in his eyes told me that Jesus was calling me and implored me to obey the call, helpfully adding that someone else who had rejected the call just a few weeks earlier had subsequently been run over by a bus right after the service. It was an awkward moment but I said no. I always rejected such altar calls, since I felt even then that a god who depended on a formulaic repetition of a slogan as a sign of faithfulness (and apparently was willing to kill someone who would not comply) was hardly worth following.
After some time, my companions at the dinner asked if we could pray together so that Jesus could enter my soul. Although I am an obliging sort and the discussion had been friendly, I had to draw the line and say no. It seemed like another altar call and, to my mind, highly presumptuous. While they were free to pray for whomever and whatever they wanted to on their own time (and they said they would pray for me later anyway), I wanted no part of it. It struck me then that if I told them about my dream from last week they would probably have thought that that really was a sign from god trying to save me from my path to doom.
I think that what puzzled my dinner companions the most was the fact that I was perfectly happy being an atheist and was not looking for anything more in the spiritual realm. They kept repeatedly asking me whether I felt a "yearning for something more", whether I was "missing something in my life" and whether I had a "gap in my soul". (My responses? No. No. No. To the last one I added that I did not have a soul and that did nothing to improve my image in their eyes.) They seemed to assume that since belief in the Christian god was such an essential part of their lives, that it must be the same for other people. They simply could not conceive that it was possible for someone to have a fulfilling life without god. And not just any old god, but their own particular Christian Jesus-god package.
One would have to say that my dinner companions exhibited all the signs of religious fanaticism. Not that they would in any way do harm to others such as fly planes into buildings. On the contrary, I am quite certain that they are very good people who would not dream of harming anyone. But they are religious fanatics in that they are absolutely sure that their particular version of religion is the right one, their own religious text is infallible, they have a personal relationship with god, that followers of all other religions are wrong, that those who do not believe what they do are lost souls who will suffer eternal damnation, and that it is their duty to try and convert others to their belief.
But while these particular people may be harmless, it is a very thin line that separates "good" fanatics from the bad. The problem is that if you accept that that kind of unquestioning faith and allegiance as a good thing, it becomes hard to condemn the actions of those who, again on the basis of that kind of faith and following what they believe are the dictates of their god, commit the most atrocious crimes. Voltaire's remark keeps coming to my mind: "As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities."
It was an interesting evening.
It is amazing how preachers who claim to have some direct link to god are able to so easily con people into giving them huge sums of money to build their private empires and support their lavish lifestyles.
The Australian TV comedy show The Chasers takes a look at TV evangelists.

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I'm so sorry to diane for any trouble it's caused her. I thought i should apologise on the thread and i have also sent her a pm. There was nothing wrong with the photo's what so ever, it was my imagination that ran away with itself and i'm sorry xxx
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The graphics world has been going through a turbulent couple of months recently, what with the release of AMD's RV670 GPU and NVIDIA's initial G92 product, the 8800 GT.
Gamers have been reveling in the low-cost and high-performing parts, when you could actually find them, and NVIDIA is set to add another part into the mix today with the new and improved 8800 GTS.
If you think that name seems familiar, it should. The original 8800 GTS came in both 640MB and 320MB flavors and was released in December of last year, based on the G80 architecture. THAT 8800 GTS used a 320-bit memory interface, 96 stream processors and only a single PCIe power connector. When the new 8800 GT was released it caused some performance conflicts as it was surpassing the performance of the more expensive GTS GPU in some instances. It was no surprise then that we saw stock of the G80-based cards dwindle over the past 3 months until they are basically at zero. All of course, in anticipation of today.
The new G92-based 8800 GTS card takes the 8800 GT architecture that we detailed just last month and tweaks it a bit more to improve the overall performance. Here's a quick table outline of the features that matter to us:
The main draw back to the G92 GTS is the move down from a 384-bit memory interface to a 256-bit interface that leads to a memory bandwidth drop that in conjunction with fewer ROPs leads to a lower fill rate than the GTX and Ultra 8800 cards.
The G92 core - not quite as big as G80
There are some other interesting points about the G92 architecture that we covered last month; so rather than just repeat it, we'll point you there to read it if you haven't already. The top features on the G92 include the addition of the VP2 video processor, something that wasn't included in the 8800 series before the 8800 GT but was in the 8600 cards. The 8800 GTS 512MB is also a PCI Express 2.0 compliant card as you would expect since the 8800 GT was as well.
Another critical point to the cards success is the price: NVIDIA is claiming we'll find these cards for sale today starting at $299; but we have trouble finding the 8800 GT cards for that price, so my initial reaction was the chuckle at that line of the press deck. We'll touch more on the pricing issue in our conclusions you can be sure.
The specs would appear to make the new 8800 GTS 512MB cards a great offering for gamers looking to play the latest and greatest titles. Let's see how BFG Tech is packaging up their first model.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Hallie Morris led Arkansas Tech's best perimeter shooting day of the season, scoring a career-high 17 points and helping the Golden Suns post a much-needed 66-51 victory over the Christian Brothers Lady Buccaneers in Gulf South Conference action Saturday at Canale Arena.
Morris was 4-of-5 from three-point range, and the Suns were a season-best 8-of-14 (57 percent) from beyond the three-point arc. Alisa Wright added 13 points and Sarah Hart had 10 points for Tech, which escaped from the GSC West Division cellar and kept its hopes for a GSC Tournament berth alive with the victory.
The Golden Suns (9-16 overall, 4-8 GSC) will try to take another step toward the postseason when they host Ouachita Baptist for a 6 p.m. GSC game Monday at Tucker Coliseum.
"A lot of good things happen when you shoot the basketball like that," said Suns head coach Carin Pinion-McNabb. "Hallie is capable of shooting the basketball, Sarah (McClure) has been coming on with her shot, and obviously Hart can shoot the three-pointer. This one keeps us in the hunt."
Tech turned the ball over eight times in the first nine minutes and fell behind 14-3 at the 10:50 mark of the first half, but the Suns roared back with a 13-0 run to move in front 16-14 with 6:48 left before halftime. Tech committed just one turnover over the final 11 minutes of the half as the Suns went to the intermission with a 29-26 advantage.
"I thought we found our composure after the first few minutes," said Pinion-McNabb. "Christian Brothers does a good job with its pressure defense, but our guards did a great job today."
The Suns finished with 13 turnovers, just the sixth time in 25 games this season that Tech's women have committed 13 or fewer turnovers.
The Lady Buccaneers stayed close early in the second half, but the Suns went on a 14-1 run that made it 50-34 with 13:17 remaining. Tech's lead never dipped below 10 points the rest of the way as the Suns improved to 20-1 all-time against Christian Brothers.
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Donovan scores first, sparks Everton past Sunderland in Premier League.
Howard, Donovan go down with Everton, eliminated from FA Cup.
Dempsey avoids surgery, his World Cup hopes remain intact.
Donovan is impressive, helping Everton draw with Arsenal in his debut.
Busy Dempsey continues to make his mark with Fulham.
Adu joins Johnson as loan acquisitions by Aris of Greece.
Friedel posts three more shutouts as Aston Villa climbs in English Premier League.
Beasley finally gets starts and he responds for Rangers in big way.
Howard stops penalty kick, rallies slumping Everton to victory, draw.
Dempsey finds net twice, Fulham blanks Blackburn 3-0 in EPL.
Setback in recovery from shin injury casts doubt on Jones joining U.S. team.
Dempsey runs his EPL scoring streak to three games, helping Fulham tie Wigan 1-1.
Mönchengladbach, Bradley experience improved play in Bundesliga.
Dempsey regains scoring touch, helps Fulham drop Liverpool.
Davies improves, but faces several surgeries, long road back.
Dempsey, injured in England, will miss at least one U.S. qualifier.
Injury problems continue for DeMerit who hurts eye in accident.
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(Monday, February 1, 2010) -- United States defender Steve Cherundolo will be sidelined for at least a month after further injuring his shoulder Sunday while training with Hannover 96, the relegation-challenged German Bundesliga club.
The practice was called the day after Hannover dropped a 3-1 decision to visiting 1. FC Nürnberg, a another club battling demotion.
Cherundolo was training because he sat out the Saturday match, serving a yellow-cards suspension. He was nursing what was called a minor shoulder problem, but aggravated it during training and X-rays revealed a tear that will require rest and rehabilitation.
American forward Sal Zizzo was injured and did not dress for Hannover.
Hannover is 4-11-5 with 17 points, standing 16th, a position that requires a relegation playoff. Nürnberg (4-12-4) trails by a point in 17th among the 18 teams, an automatic demotion spot.
Statistics now support what many Americans and other English Premier League fans have believed for some time -- American Brad Friedel is the best goalkeeper in the EPL.
After posting a shutout in Everton's 2-0 whitewash of host Fulham at Craven Cottage, Friedel is the leading keeper in league play, conceding 18 goals in 23 matches after being tied with Chelsea's Petr Cech a week earlier. The EPL's Actim index has Cech as the best keeper and 27th best Premier League player, while Friedel is second among keepers and 36th overall.
Villa prevailed on goals by striker Gabriel Agbonlahor in the 40th and 44th minutes, then clamped down defensively. Friedel finished with four saves, including a dandy denying Simon Davies in the eighth minute and a pair on Zoltan Gera in the second half.
Villa is in seventh place at 11-5-7 with 40 points, but only two points below fourth place that earns a position in European Champions League qualifying.
American Landon Donovan turned in another steady showing at right midfield, playing 75 minutes for Everton, which rolled 1-0 over host Wigan Athletic at DW Stadium.
In a somewhat defensive struggle, Donovan made several good passes that might have led to goals, but Everton was guilty of poor finishing. He was replaced by Victor Anichebe before striker Tim Cahill scored in the 84th minute to notch the victory.
American Tim Howard was solid in goal for Everton, earning his second straight clean sheet with two saves, including stopping Hugo Rodallega point-blank.
Two Americans faced off when Hull City twice wasted one-goal leads to draw 2-2 with visiting Wolverhampton at Kingston Communications Stadium.
U.S. striker Jozy Altidore played the first 75 minutes for Hull and his big contribution was being fouled in the penalty area in the 52nd minute, leading to Stephen Hunt's penalty kick and a 2-1 advantage.
U.S. keeper Marcus Hahnemann made three good saves for Wolves.
U.S. defender Jonathan Spector went the distance for West Ham United, under new ownership, played to a lackluster 0-0 draw at home with Blackburn Rovers.
U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden did not dress for Bolton Wanderers, who lost 2-0 to Liverpool. Holden reportedly was not ready because of a combination of waiting for his international paperwork to be completed and a slight thigh strain.
In the second-Tier English League Championship, American defender Frank Simek came on in the 66th minute for Sheffield Wednesday, which defeated Plymouth Argyle 2-1.
In the third-division League One, American striker Mike Grella did not play for Leeds United, which downed Colchester United 2-0.
In the Scottish Premier League, U.S. midfielders Maurice Edu and DaMarcus Beasley again did not dress for Glasgow Rangers, who beat Falkirk 3-0.
Beasley who has been out with a thigh strain, is expected to return for next week's League Cup match against St Johnstone.
American midfielder Freddy Adu made his debut for Aris Thessaloniki of Greece and he teamed up with his one-time U.S. teammate, striker Eddie Johnson, who scored a late goal -- his first for Aris -- during in a 2-1 loss at Xanthi.
Aris Argentine coach Hector Raul Cuper inserted Adu in the 64th minute and Johnson six minutes later. In the 90th minute, Adu hit a long floater from just inside the center stripe over the defense. Johnson ran onto the ball and had his first-touch shot blocked by the goalkeeper, but he was first to the rebound and scored from a sharp angle.
Adu then had a good chance for a tying tally in stoppage time, but he shot wide.
Johnson picked up a yellow card in the 75th minute
In the Bundesliga, U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley went the distance for Borussia Mönchengladbach, which won a thriller 4-3 over visiting Werder Bremen at Borussia-Park. Mönchengladbach scored four times in the first half and took a three-goal margin into intermission, but needed to hold on for a much-needed win.
U.S. midfielder Ricardo Clark recently arrived at Eintracht Frankfurt and will likely not see action until he is considered match-fit. He did not dress when Frankfurt dropped a 2-1 decision to FC Cologne.
Several Americans who have been playing outside the U.S. are moving to Major League Soccer..
Two are going to the expansion Philadelphia Union. Michael Orozco, 23, a 2008 Olympian who has been with San Luis in Mexico's Premera Division since 2006 agreed to an MLS contract and was assigned to the Union, as was defender Danny Califf, formerly of FC Midtjylland of the Danish Superligaen.
Califf played six seasons in MLS (2000-20050), the first five for the Los Angeles Galaxy before a single season with the San Jose Earthquakes.
Goalkeeper Troy Perkins is returning to D.C. United after two seasons in the Norwegian Tippeligaen's Valerenga IF. Perkins played four years for United and was named MLS "Goalkeeper of the Year" in 2006.
Texas-born Attacker Lee Nguyen failed to work out a deal to join FC Dallas. He played for PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Randers of Denmark before joining Hoang Anh Gia Lai in Vietnam last season.
MLS did not approve his proposed contract with Dallas, so Nguyen reportedly will return to HAGL, seek Vietnamese citizenship and attempt to join the country's national team.
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text: Star Trek: Sigils and Unions is the name for my overall fanfic universe. While I've enjoyed many aspects of the Pocket Book relaunches, I've found myself wanting to do my own continuity and take things in an entirely different direction. I particularly wanted to continue in DS9's direction of exploring the Federation from a more skeptical vein, and preferably from an outside perspective. The Thirteenth Order is something of a "prequel" to the entire idea (most of which is still taking shape in my head). It takes place during Season 7 of Deep Space Nine (2375) and while I originally intended it as a one-off, it has introduced some characters I think I'm eventually going to use later. NB: Before I even post the relevant sections, please understand I know there is a perfectly legitimate argument to be made that one of my characters has NO business doing what he will later do, for various regulatory and 24th century ethical reasons. While I personally suspect I would've done it were I in his shoes, I'm sure at least some of you wouldn't have. (As to the person who got him INTO it, he doesn't have the same restrictions. Yes, he thinks outside the box his culture would seem to place him in, but that one is easier to explain.) -------- Continuity roughly includes the following and the decisions are made for no other reason than my own personal preference: Full canon: TOS (to include all movies) TAS TNG (to include all movies) DS9 Partial canon (meaning I may ignore, reshape, or include items as I wish): The following DS9 relaunch novels: Terok Nor series A Stitch in Time Avatar 1 and 2 Gateways (especially needed due to a reaction from Gul Macet that begs further explanation) One DS9 pre-relaunch novel gained partial canon status due to a character that really stuck with me for whatever reason. You'll get a chance to spot him later. Jury's still out on whether the following get full, partial, or no canon status: VOY (due to the inclusion of Janeway in Nemesis, the decision here is between full and partial canon) ENT The Cardăsda language that appears in this story is mine--no relation whatsoever to "Kardasi" or any other effort. However, for language geeks, please note I have chosen to be inconsistent between transliterations that adhere more to English spelling rules, and those that follow a strict "Ilojan transliteration" (my "official" rendering of Cardassian phonology). Also, a rare few terms and names from the series must be explained as either bad transliteration (someone wrote what they thought they heard and was wrong), a foreign loanword, or coming from a non-official regional dialect. (If at any point anyone wants more information on the inner workings of Cardăsda, please visit the link in my signature. I post under the name of "Rose Immortal" there. For use in your own stories, please ask and please credit.) Aaaanyway...here goes nothing! Just a little teaser...not a lot really happens here; this is more an introduction to my take on Gul Macet to kind of explain how I see him and how he got to the point where he's ready to do the "un-Cardassian-like" things he does later. ============================= 2375—The Dominion War Cardassian Union Warship Trager Gul Akellen Macet rubbed the outsides of his eye ridges in a futile effort to ward off the omnipresent headache that had throbbed behind his temples ever since the Dominion had usurped the leadership of the Cardassian Union. And all thanks to my thrice-burned cousin. Not for the first time he wondered if it were perhaps a cruel joke on the part of the universe that he had to look and sound so much like Dukat, so much so that the very mention of him was constantly tied to that man. In Macet's opinion, any idiot could see that his ridging pattern took after his father, who hailed from the other side of Cardassia entirely from the Dukats. But not that, not even the facial hair—a liberty from military regulations and custom Macet had taken as soon as he received his own command—ever seemed to stop people from making the infuriating connection and voicing it as if they thought he might not know. "My dear Cardassian ally," simpered Arawil, the tall Vorta female leaning rather disconcertingly into his face, "what seems to be the matter? Do you require painkillers?" I require your ejection out the airlock, Macet longed to snarl, but held his tongue with the help of long practice. "I seem to have stared into this viewing device for a few hours too many…it appears I am only resistant to its effects to a point." "I see," Arawil replied, the verb drawn out to ridiculous length. "Perhaps I could serve you by taking the bridge for the remainder of your shift?" And give you time to run around my bridge unchecked before Daro relieves me? I think not. "That will not be necessary, Arhaviyl," he replied, intentionally pronouncing the name with his heaviest Cardăsda accent. Only the 'w' should have given him any trouble, but he enjoyed the Vorta's subtle wince as the aspirated trill wounded her hypersensitive ears. "Mendral!" he called, taking advantage of the chance to turn his back on Arawil as he spun around towards the navigation console. "Take over the viewer until Daro arrives." "I obey, Gul." Macet's heart warmed though he hid the smile he wished to show. His crew had made a habit of emphasizing exactly whose commands they heeded ever since that Vorta worm had come aboard. Macet had long been cautious how he allowed that intense loyalty to display before others, for to develop his own personal cadre of officers and crewmen could easily mark him as a threat to Central Command, something that he as a protégé of Tekeny Ghemor did not exactly need on his record. That connection, distant and professional as it had appeared to an outside view, had been enough to ensure that Macet would never receive another promotion, but the gul was far beyond caring about that—he had been even before Legate Ghemor's exposure as a dissident. He had the Trager. He had the hearts of the men who served him, and unlike certain relatives who constantly deluded themselves into believing they were loved by their fellows, Macet could see it plainly in their eyes and so did everyone else who stepped through the airlock. Ordinarily Macet strove to divorce himself from the results of his unorthodox command technique lest it swell his pride. Under current conditions, however, Macet had no compunctions about letting the full extent of his devotion to the people of the Trager show when that Vorta and her Jem'Hadar gene-slaves weren't looking. His men needed the evidence of his esteem…and the risk of antagonizing Central Command was now far preferable to forgetting that one was Cardassian. It was amazing, he thought now, how disparate the reactions were to his initially unassuming presence by the standards of Cardassian military tradition: people had a tendency to reveal their inner bent around him in spite of themselves. Those with a predilection for what was right eventually learned that for once, their true natures would bring them success, and Macet took great pains to respond to that and select his tenured crew accordingly. Their loyalty was like a bracing draft of kănar; men had always been reluctant to transfer away from his ship thanks to his measured disciplinary hand, which stood in such contrast to so many of his fellows. As for men of injustice, they often made the mistake of taking one look at him and thinking they could act with impunity, at which point Macet would suddenly turn and brought them to heel. This was nothing Macet took pleasure in; sometimes it truly stung. So it had been when an age ago, Dovetz Telle had seen fit to embarrass himself aboard the Enterprise with that foolhardy, unauthorized espionage stunt of his. Summoning Telle into his office after the crisis and telling him he was evicted from the Trager had been one of the hardest things Macet had ever had to do in his military career. Telle had been a man of great promise, but sooner or later there came a point in one's efforts to mould a man into something better when it came down to a response from that individual that no gul, agent, or archon could ever hope to evoke from the outside. At that point, there was nothing Macet could do but cut them loose as cleanly as possible to face the consequences…which sadly in Telle's case, probably had something to do with the Obsidian Order. The thought of that day reminded him of that Federation captain he had worked alongside when the Maxwell had turned rogue and begun to attack his people's ships. As much of himself as he had seen in Picard, the terhăn commander had made that one arrogant assumption about him and by implication his people, that still rankled to this day. I do comprehend loyalty, Macet reflected. The difference is that I understand how to separate loyalty to a person from loyalty to the idea of what he once was, and I know when it is time to sever ties of pity when that which once was is lost. Anything else is mere fanaticism. So it had been with the Cardassian Union for a long time: the feeling had been building ever since the end of the Federation-Cardassian Wars, fostered by insights gleaned from the late Ghemor, and finally exploding to the fore when that misbegotten ghentregămst took it upon himself to surrender their world to a hostile power. Blood-kin or no, the son-of-a-houndess had gone far beyond what any man could possibly tolerate, and dragged the glory of their entire people down with it. I prepare to burn this bridge, ran the old aphorism. You have only one chance to choose upon which side you will stand. Arawil frowned now, an exaggerated pout. "I regret that you regard my offer of assistance in such a negative light, Akellen." Macet caught his right hand trying to ball up into a fist almost of its own accord…how dare she call him by his given name without his consent, and before his entire bridge crew at that! Not that Daro, Mendral, or any of them would be swayed to her favor by such disrespect—it was more the fact that she thought so little of them as to expect it would, that stoked his ire. "I shall certainly endeavor to alter your perception of the Dominion. In the meantime…am I correct in assuming that I have your cooperation on our objectives?" "Yes, Arhaviyl," Macet answered, silently concluding the sentence, you are correct that you are assuming. You don't know me at all. And you have no idea just how well I have been taught to operate under the nose of belly-crawling political worms like yourself. He had had to, to avoid being detected in his efforts to restore the civilian Detapa Council to rule, especially after the exposure of Legate Ghemor. And this time the stakes were even higher. Someday, he knew, there was going to be yet another widespread rebellion—and this time the Cardassian Union would be fighting not just for its political traditions but for its very life.


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Perseverance in prayer the resource of the faithful in the time of judgment
But, in the presence of all the power of their enemies and oppressors (for there would be such, as we have seen, so that they might even lose their lives), there was a resource for the afflicted remnant. They were (Luke 18) to persevere in prayer, the resource, moreover, at all times, of the faithful — of man, if he understand it. God would avenge His elect, although, as to the exercise of their faith, He would, indeed, try it. But when He came, would the Son of man find this faith that waited for His intervention? That was the solemn question, the answer to which is left to the responsibility of man — a question which implies that it could hardly be expected, although it ought to exist. Nevertheless, should there be any faith acceptable to Him who seeks it, it will not be disappointed or confounded.
The twofold presentation of the kingdom in the last days
It will be observed, that the kingdom (and that is the subject) is presented in two ways among the Jews at that time — in the Person of Jesus then present (Luke 17:21), and in the execution of the judgment, in which the elect ones should be spared, and the vengeance of God be executed in their behalf. On this account, they were only to think of pleasing Him, however oppressive and at ease the world might be. It is the day of the judgment of the wicked, and not that in which the righteous will be caught up to heaven. Enoch and Abraham are more the types of the latter; Noe and Lot, of those who will be spared to live on the earth; only there are oppressors of whom the remnant are to be avenged. Verse 31 shows that they must think only of the judgment and connect themselves with nothing as men. Detached from everything, their only hope would be in God at such a moment.
Characters suitable to the kingdom of God, the spirit of a little child
The Lord then resumes, in Luke 18:9, the description of those
characters which were suitable to the kingdom, to enter it now by
following Him. From verse 35* the great transition draws near
Luke 18:8, ends the prophetic warning with respect to the last days. The Lord afterwards resumes the consideration of the characters which befit the state of things introduced by grace. Self-righteousness is far from being a recommendation for entrance into the kingdom. The most miserable sinner, confessing his sin, is justified before God rather than the self-righteous. He that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. What a pattern and witness of this truth was the Lord Jesus Christ Himself!
The spirit of a little child — simple, believing all that he is told, confiding, of little importance in his own eyes, who must give way to all this was meet for the kingdom of God. What else would He admit?
The rich young ruler
Again, the principles of the kingdom, as established by the rejection of Christ, were in full contrast with the temporal blessings attached to obedience to the law, excellent as that law was in its place. Goodness in man there was none: God only is good. The young man who had fulfilled the law in his outward walk is called to leave everything that he may follow the Lord. Jesus knew his circumstances and his heart, and put His finger on the covetousness that ruled him and was fed by the riches he possessed. He was to sell all that he had and follow Jesus; he should have treasure in heaven. The young man went away sorrowful. The riches that, in the eyes of men, appeared to be a sign of God's favour, were but a hindrance when the heart and heaven came in question. The Lord announces at the same time, that whosoever should forsake anything that he prized for the sake of the kingdom of heaven should receive much more in this world, and, in the next, life everlasting. We may remark that it is only the principle which is here laid down in reference to the kingdom.
The path to the cross
At last the Lord, on His way to Jerusalem, plainly tells His disciples in private that He was going to be delivered up, to be ill-treated and put to death, and then to rise again. It was the fulfilment of all that the prophets had written. But the disciples understood none of those things.
If the Lord was to make those who followed Him take up the cross, He could not but bear it Himself. He went before His sheep, in this path of self-denial and devotedness, to prepare the way. He went alone. It was a path which His people had not yet trodden, nor indeed could they till after He had done so.
The Lord's last approach to Jerusalem
The history of His last approach to Jerusalem and intercourse with it now commences (v. 35). Here then He presents Himself anew as the Son of David, and for the last time; laying on the conscience of the nation His pretensions to that title, while displaying the consequences of His rejection.
Grace near Jericho, the city of the curse, for the blind
Near Jericho, the place of malediction, He gives sight to a blind man who believes in His title of Son of David. So indeed those who possessed that faith did receive their sight to follow Him, and they saw yet greater things than these.
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Geeks Out, the LGBT organization that works to offer and maintain a visible and vivacious queer presence at geek events, was out in full force for the third year in a row at New York Comic Con, which was held last weekend. The organization ensured it was a banner year for "queer geek" representation at NYCC, kicking off the con with a Thursday night panel dedicated to LGBT characters in comics, featuring Marvel Comics' Marjorie Liu and Daniel Ketchum, Archie Comics' Dan Parent, and writers Greg Pak and Rich Bernatovich. "A lot of the attendees were interested in hearing some of the challenges creators face in bringing queer characters to comics," said Geeks Out board member Patrick Yacco of the inspiration behind the sponsored panel. "Nonetheless, the industry has made great strides in diversity in the past couple of years, and it's encouraging that the major publishers are trying to make their books reflect their fans."
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With 285 seats, the IKEA restaurant serves hundreds of meals a day, several hundreds on the weekends, offering a respite for folks seeking an affordable sofa or that perfect dining-room table. Attracted by the low prices and varied menu, some skip the sofa and head straight for the cafeteria line.
The restaurant caters to all ages, with everything from its signature Swedish meatballs ($2.99 for a small plate) to kids' meal combos at $2.49.
Hal Mash, IKEA food manager, keeps a close eye on his "just-in-time" food service, cranking out platters of Swedish meatballs in 13 minutes, which are served between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily.
What separates IKEA's restaurant from others, Mash said, is its support role to the store. "It's about taking care of the customer, so they'll have a comfortable and easier experience," he said.
It's all self-serve — much like IKEA furniture is primarily self-assemble. A large sign suggests that patrons bus their trays, but it's not required.
"It's all about the culture. We work hard to keep everything affordable, and if you do a little part of it. ... It allows us to be competitive," Mash said.
That devotion to keeping prices down and quality up has pushed the food section's business — which includes the cafeteria, a Swedish market and a bistro by the check-out — up 11 percent this past year, Mash added.
The restaurant isn't designed to be a profit center, he said.
"Our goal is to sustain what we do and not be an impact on the store. ... If the store is successful, we're successful. We want to be cost-conscious, mindful of resources," he said.
With that in mind, IKEA offers weekly and occasional specials, ranging from free breakfast every Monday morning (served between 9:30 and 11 a.m.) to offering customers a rebate on their restaurant bill, if they spend $100 in the store (just present the receipt at check-out).
"Especially in the economy right now, people are looking for a deal," added Vanessa Garcia, IKEA's local marketing specialist.
Mash has spent much of his adult life in the food industry, earning a degree in restaurant management from the University of Illinois. "I've done it all, from the restaurant business to quick food to nightclub type," he said.
He's been with IKEA for five years, beginning as a team leader and working his way through three assistant positions. He's trained in Emeryville and spent a year in Tampa, Fla., arriving as an opening assistant. Fourteen months ago he returned to the East Palo Alto store, and soon filled his current management position.
Mash contrasts IKEA with his other food-industry experience, noting "the difference being that my focus is one of supporting the company and we're here to help sell home furnishings, sofas," he said.
"It's such a big store; we try to keep it family-friendly and family-oriented," Garcia noted, adding that the store provides a children's play area with a flat-screen TV for watching cartoons, as well as bottle warmers in the restaurant area.
"It can be exhausting, especially if you're here with kids. ... (You can) fuel up and then go downstairs and finish your shopping or maybe come back another day," she said.
All IKEA stores offer the same core menu (think Swedish meatballs and gravadlax) as well as regional specials. In East Palo Alto that might be a Latin dish, Mash said, and in Philadelphia, cheese steak, or pasta in Italy.
Although the most popular item is the meatballs, the IKEA restaurant also offers a Swedish crepe, filled with spinach and cheese, a Greek salad, vegetarian or chicken wraps, pea soup or even macaroni and cheese.
The core menu is enhanced by local produce, grown in Northern California, Mash said, adding that the emphasis is on healthful, well-prepared, hormone- and preservative-free food. "The pasta is organic, there's no MSG in the cream sauce. We really try to look at that as well," he added.
And all suppliers must follow the I-way, Garcia said, which means no child or forced labor, at least minimum wage, no hazardous conditions and they must be environmentally friendly.
"We keep the price down through volume," she said. "We know people are here and hungry; we don't want them to spend $40-50 on a meal for their family when they're here to buy a couch."
The Swedish market is especially appealing to another customer base: Swedish ex-pats.
Ninos Chankos, commercial restaurant team leader for IKEA, grew up in Sweden. He said there's actually quite a Swedish population in Silicon Valley, especially since Ericsson has a presence in San Jose.
Swedes no longer have to shop only in specialty international markets to find such things as Dryck Flader (an elderflower drink), sylt lingon (lingonberry jam), prinskorv lindvalls (small sausages) or abba fiskbullar (fishballs in lobster sauce). And they can find a whole crayfish party kit, complete with bibs, songbooks and hats — along with instructions on how to peel crayfish.
For those still hungry on the way out, the bistro offers pizza, frozen yogurt, hot dogs or cinnamon buns. Or one can pick up frozen Swedish meatballs, gravy and mashed-potato mix to prepare at home.
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I like jacking off a mans cock and I always eat his cummoff my fingers and off his tummy.its so yummy.
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You're very expert... Could you help me more? :-P Perfect way and pressure of the fingers, the other, tension of the skin from the sac.
I like how she says nothing. NOTHING!
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Wish I had a woman like you.
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Any one know where to find her?
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a bad hand job from a woman is better than a good one to and from yourself.. because it isn't your arm getting sore
she is hot... but her poor boyfiend needs to pump or something.
Ob Maya auch meine Muschi so reibt????
Very nice technique but she shows absolutley no reaction as the guys cum. and neither do they. some of the cumshots are not so "massive". But then again something hot and arousing about this video. Like the guy standing/cumming early on.
Absolutely love her! So much delicious looking cum too!
Hier ist eine Göttin am Werk. Jetzt will ich auch abspritzen. Mein Schwanz pulsiert schon.
My wife can learn how to give a great hand-job while watching Mayas videos. I love watching those cocks shoot their loads.
Looks like she finds no joy in it, just looks bored like she's washing the fucking dishes
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Could she look any more bored?
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She gives a good wank and his shooting and jerking makes me wank
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I always find my way back here to Maya for a wank or two
Being jacked off by Maya must be an incredible experience. Where can I sign up to be her next "object"?
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I wanna be next
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Wish I could see her pussy ?
His dick looks yummy!
she truly enjoys the very little that shes giving and the look of sad empathy for thw men.But its so so sexy I would want to thank her but then she wouldnt be happy with me. :}
only hj's
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Maya....simply the best!!!!
Nick/Lucky, totally agree. She's outstanding. The dude stumbled on a treasure. Some gorgeous titties, too.
I wonder if she is also that good in cock sucking.
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So schön kann wixen sein.
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This is the way I wank cocks. Men love it that way, and I love to do it.
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You don't need to be handsome to be a wordclass handjob woman
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Handicapping the field of possible MIPS suitors
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NEW YORK--Correct us if were wrong, but many readers may be writing off MIPS Technologies way too soon.
The fate of MIPS is shaping up as one of the industrys biggest stories in 2012. The companys potential sale would have a significant impact on its storied processor IP line, MIPS customers, potential suitors who would either gain access to the processor IP or lose access and, of course, the current MIPS work force.
MIPS has not commented on speculation about a possible sale, and weve been unable to confirm that it has retained an investment banker to represent it (the rumor mill says its Goldman Sachs). Nevertheless, the question of who might buy MIPS is unavoidable and should be debated considering the broader implications of such a deal.
For one thing, there are enough chip companies -- including Broadcom, Sigma Design, Cavium Networks and others -- whose SoC roadmaps are dependent on MIPS cores. The outlook for MIPS licensees is as muddled as the future of MIPS. Switching to new cores is tricky since it requires an extensive rework of the internal software infrastructure. As one EE Times reader noted: Current-day SoCs need a fast turnaround time, and the time needed to rework the software / debug with a new processor IP is just not there.
But some argue that the transition might not be all that traumatic. Gary Mobley, senior research analyst at The Benchmark Co., wrote in his recent research note that there is evidence that many of MIPS long-time licensees such as Sigma Designs and MStar have started to migrate toward ARM cores.
No doubt there will be plenty of speculation about the biggest losers in a MIPS acquisition. But it will be even more important to examine who gains the most by acquiring or merging with MIPS.
To close a deal, seller and buyer must first agree on the sale price. MIPS, which has reportedly been shopped around for the last decade, the question of price is a moving target. In assessing the value of MIPS, Mobley wrote that the wild card is MIPS patents. He believes MIPS patents, at a minimum, could be worth $100 million. Mobley estimates the liquidation value for MIPS at about $5 per share based on our best estimate for the present value of the companys royalty stream, plus cash and certain assets, minus balance sheet and off-balance sheet liabilities.
MIPS understands how to play this game.
J. Scott Gardner, a senior analyst at The Linley Group, said MIPS has had its patent portfolio evaluated and is now included in the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index for 2011-2012. Ocean Tomo, an IP merchant bank, developed an IPQ score to rate patent assets based on a proprietary statistical methodology. The IPQ score has a median of 100. Patent assets with higher IPQ scores are statistically more likely to generate economic returns, according to the firm. The IPQ score for MIPS is 135 one of the highest among semiconductor companies listed in the Ocean Tomo 300 list of member companies
The list includes a lot of very large companies, and the median market cap is over $9 billion, said Gardner. MIPS could raise cash without selling the entire company.
Gardner added that there are a few scenarios that would really shake up the industry, including Apple and Google. Apple has proven the value of complete vertical integration and ecosystem control, he said.
Others find promise in the emergence of a tighter Google-MIPS relationship. Google has recently decided to include the MIPS architecture as part of its SDK for the next generation of Android, noted Mobley. "This means eventually all future Android applications will run native on MIPS.
In the following pages, EE Times editors weigh in on the debate, sharing their thoughts in the categories of: a few unlikely candidates, best bets and a potential wild card.
Junko Yoshida


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Stearns to fill in for third-base coach Datz
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
SEATTLE -- Minor League catching coordinator John Stearns joined the Mariners on Monday and replaced third-base coach Jeff Datz for the opener of a three-game series with the Orioles.
Datz was recently diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer and had some medical tests Monday that left him unavailable for Monday night's game. It's not known yet if he'll return for the final two games of the series.
Earlier Monday, manager Eric Wedge had indicated Datz was expected to work the rest of the homestand before sitting out the upcoming road trip to Toronto and Pittsburgh, but that changed shortly before the game.
Stearns, 61, previously served as a scout and, before that, as a Minor League manager with the Blue Jays, Reds, Mets and Nationals organizations.
When Datz revealed on Saturday that he had cancer, he said it was "very possible" he would miss some games, though he said in a statement he is not yet ready to publicly address the issue.
Datz, 53, has served as the Mariners' third-base coach for the past three seasons and has been a member of Wedge's coaching staff since 2003 with the Indians.
Back from DL, Saunders vows to keep all-out approach
SEATTLE -- Michael Saunders was activated off the disabled list and immediately installed by Mariners manager Eric Wedge as the center fielder and leadoff hitter for Monday night's series opener with the Orioles.
Saunders didn't miss a beat, swatting his second home run of the season in his first at-bat.
To make room on the 25-man roster, outfielder Carlos Peguero was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma.
Saunders has been on the disabled list since April 11 with a sprained right shoulder after crashing into the right-field wall at Safeco. In nine games this year, he's hit .286 with one home run and five RBIs.
Saunders' return is critical for a Mariners team that also has center fielder Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain.
In three rehab appearances with Tacoma over the weekend, Saunders went 2-for-11 (.182) with two runs, one double, one triple and two RBIs.
Saunders said he was able to cut loose with his shoulder and passed all the necessary tests to ensure he was ready.
"You get out there and your competitive nature takes over," he said. "You're not so tense. I learned in '08 [when coming back from shoulder surgery] that the last 5-10 percent is mental and just trusting that you're healthy and ready to do it. Once I was at the plate, I took hard swings and it felt good to let it go."
Saunders said he would play the same aggressive way he did before slamming into the wall tracking down a Jose Altuve line drive.
"There's no point in playing scared," he said. "I'm out there to play hard and that's the way I've always played. That was one of the tests, to make sure I felt like myself."
Peguero played in two games with the Mariners, batting .333 (2-for-6) with a home run and a stolen base.
Iwakuma's next start pushed back due to blister issue
SEATTLE -- Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma, who is fifth in the American League with a 1.67 ERA, will have two extra days of rest before his next scheduled start Sunday in Toronto.
Iwakuma has been bothered by a blister on the middle finger of his throwing hand since Spring Training, with manager Eric Wedge pulling him an inning earlier than normal in most of his starts. But he's still held opponents to a .160 batting average -- third in the AL -- while going 2-1 in six starts.
With an off-day on Thursday, Wedge has tentatively slated Iwakuma to throw the final game of the Blue Jays series as Joe Saunders leapfrogs him in the rotation to pitch Saturday. Felix Hernandez will throw Friday's opener.
Wedge said Iwakuma isn't completely finalized for Sunday just yet though.
"We're still working through that," he said. "A lot will depend on how we see the finger doing in the next couple days and how he feels when he throws his next bullpen."
Iwakuma threw six innings with just one unearned run in Sunday's 2-1 victory over the Angels and said his finger felt better than it had all season.
"That's the best he's come out of a game," Wedge said. "We didn't want to push him one more inning and have it get it back to where it has been, even with the extra time. He's working hard to get over the hump with this thing."
Pitchers swing away in advance of Interleague series
SEATTLE -- With a two-game Interleague road series upcoming in Pittsburgh next week, Mariners pitchers took a round of early batting practice on Monday and the results were mixed, as usual.
National League veteran Aaron Harang showed a strong bat and Blake Beavan also powered five balls over the wall while taking their hacks. Others weren't quite as smooth.
"I haven't hit since my sophomore year in high school," said 22-year-old rookie Brandon Maurer. "I wasn't too good then, I wasn't too good now."
But the session included much good-natured ribbing, fist pumps and smiles.
"It's a good time to get out there and just goof around and mess with each other a little bit and have some fun doing it," Beavan said. "We all used to hit for the most part in high school and stuff. Definitely not a comparison to this level, but we could all at least hit BP."
Beavan's last swing produced a drive above the Edgar's Cantina in left field.
"The last one was my best," Beavan said with a smile. "That was my goal, to put one in that upper deck."
Worth noting
• Mariners manager Eric Wedge said reliever Josh Kinney, on the 60-day disabled list with a stress reaction in his rib cage, is making progress while working at the training complex in Peoria, Ariz., and is getting closer to a rehab assignment. Kinney won't be eligible to rejoin the Mariners until May 30.
• Right-hander Erasmo Ramirez, who turns 23 on Thursday, is also in Arizona recuperating from a sore triceps muscle, but Wedge said he hadn't begun to throw yet.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The situation in which we find ourselves pushes us to redefine security in twenty-first century terms. The time when military forces were the prime threat to security has faded into the past. The threats now are climate volatility, spreading water shortages, continuing population growth, spreading hunger, and failing states. The challenge is to devise new fiscal priorities that match these new security threats.


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Jason Leffler, like every other racer, understood the risks of his profession.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jason Leffler, like every other racer, understood the risks of his profession. It's a conversation he had with his longtime girlfriend when his NASCAR prospects dried up and a return to the sprint car circuit was the only way he could compete on a regular basis.
It wasn't a glamorous life, and it certainly wasn't going to make him rich. But it was a chance to race and, man, did Leffler love racing.
"We'd talked a lot about these cars and the dangers involved and Jason accepted it because he said all the time, 'I'd rather my son see me live a happy life then see me sitting in a job I hate being miserable,' " Julianna Patterson told The Associated Press on Monday. "Jason was amazing. He was ornery. His life was Charlie, racing, family and friends. In that order. But Charlie was the most important. Charlie was his entire world."
That was evident long before Leffler's death in an accident at a dirt track in New Jersey last Wednesday. The 37-year-old divorced father's Twitter feed and Instagram account were a loving tribute to 5-year-old Charlie Dean, his only child. There were photos of the first day of school, the two eating ice cream together, playing on the floor, hanging out at a race track, wearing matching sunglasses and, last month, Charlie's kindergarten graduation.
"Everybody knows how racers are, it's all they focus on," Leffler's older brother, Chris, said. "But fatherhood really changed him, that's for sure. It was all about Charlie. Jason took Charlie wherever he could, tried to show him everything. He really grew as an adult after Charlie was born because all his best intentions were for Charlie. He wasn't worried so much for himself anymore."
Although Leffler spent a decade racing in NASCAR, he wasn't a star and he certainly wasn't a household name. But he was extremely popular among his peers and everyone knew about his love for Charlie. It was plain to see on Sunday, as Greg Biffle held his own daughter in Victory Lane at Michigan, lamenting how Leffler didn't get to spend Father's Day with his son, and after Kasey Kahne climbed from his burning car he spoke not of the cut tire that cost him a win, but of the friend he lost.
"Jason Leffler was a good buddy of mine and it's neat to see how the racing world and the fans and his friends and everybody has supported him for the last four or five days," Kahne said. "That showed the person and the racer that he was."
Far more important than a racer was Leffler's job as father.
On Monday, Leffler's girlfriend, brother and representatives at Spire Sports discussed his financial situation to clear up growing misconceptions and rumors about the estate he left behind for Charlie.
His former sister-in-law told Sporting News on Friday that Leffler did not have life insurance when he died. But it's not that simple and some believe that was a deliberate attempt to solicit donations to an account that had been established for both Charlie and Leffler's ex-wife.
"It's insane that someone would bring this up, would bring up life insurance, within a day of this happening. We haven't even had the funeral yet," Patterson said. "Jason would never have left Charlie with nothing. Never. To suggest otherwise is not true and it's evil.
"I remember he went into Charlie's room one night before bed and said to him, 'Everything I do is for you,' and Charlie hugged him and said, 'You almost made me cry, Dad.' Those two loved each other more than anything."
The reality is that disability and life insurance for race car drivers are expensive and difficult to get — usually issued only by Lloyds of London — and the premiums are substantial. Leffler's last full Nationwide season was in 2011, and he'd run just 12 NASCAR races in 2012.
He didn't have deep resources to buy insurance anymore; the night he was killed, the winner was guaranteed just $7,000. So perhaps Leffler didn't think life insurance was the best investment for Charlie Dean's future.
But Leffler still invested specifically with his son in mind, his loved ones say, and took steps to ensure his son would be cared for before his death and in the event of his death. He had disability insurance and other policies, and funds established for Charlie.


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The presidential and congressional primary in Winston County is set for Tuesday, March 13 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
On the primary ballots will be Republican and Democratic candidates for U.S. President, U.S. Senator and Mississippi's First District U.S. Congressman for Winston County.
The presidential candidates on the Republican ballot include Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Bachmann, Huntsman and Perry remain on the ballot, but have suspended their campaigns. Johnson has suspended his Republican campaign but is pursuing the Libertarian ticket.
The Republican primary for the Senate will be between E. Allen Hathcock, Robert Maloney and the incumbent, Roger F. Wicker.
The First District House primary is between sitting congressman Alan Nunnlee, Henry Ross of Eupora and Robert Estes.
Winston County will be moved to the First District from the Third District in January 2013 due to redistricting based upon the 2010 census. While First District Congressman Gregg Harper will represent Winston until 2013 but will not be on Winston County ballots.
The same races are on the Democratic ballot, but the presidential and congressional candidates are unopposed. Barack Obama is the presidential nominee and Brad Morris is the congressional nominee.
The Democratic Senate ticket will be between Albert N. Gore Jr., Will Oatis and Roger Weiner.
All voters will need to choose in the primary whether to get a Republican or Democratic ballot. The new voter id law will not be in place for the primary election.
Anyone with concerns or questions may contact the Winston County Circuit Clerk's Office at 662-773-3581.


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Child Safety: Child Safe Blinds & Shades
- Ensures the safest room for children
- All products have cord-free options
- WCMA approved cordless options
- Cordless operation is easy at low heights
- Add motorization for hard to reach windows
Blindsgalore supports the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) and the Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) in providing window treatments that meet the highest standards in cord safety to avoid any unwanted injuries or mishaps. The WCMA has created the Certified Best for Kids label to help identify products that are both suitable and strongly recommended in homes with young children. This certification program is the first of its kind and cordless lift options with this label have undergone rigorous third-party testing to ensure they meet stringent safety criteria. Select lift options labeled as Certified Best for Kids for utmost safety. Blindsgalore also recommends upgrading to a motorized blind or shade when available for extra protection and greater accessibility. Window treatment options that have been Certified Best for Kids are the smartest and safest choice for all of your blinds and shades.
Bali® Natural Shades
retail $105.97 $71.00 + an extra 10% off
Certified Best for Kids
Products with this label meet or exceed safety recommendations approved by the Window Covering Manufactures Association (WCMA) and have undergone rigorous third-party testing.
Blindsgalore® Waterfall Woven Shades
retail $110.45 $74.00 + an extra 10% off
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customer reviews for child safety
"Absolutely beautiful"
By Gunny's Mom from Louisiana
I ordered the Cabo (honey nut) blinds with the horizon trim for our two front doors. The blinds are beautifulView this product
"Great Deal"
By Compulsive from Newport Beach
I had several quotes and have purchased from other places in the past and the cost was double for the same brand. I would highly recommend this company.View this product