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The sight of Jaidon Codrington lying on the ropes, out cold from a punch, is tough to absorb. After he was rendered unconscious with a right hand in his fight with Allan Green on November 4, Codrington keeled over to one side and fell onto the ropes like a rag doll, his head lying grotesquely on the canvas while his legs were grounded inside the ring. It looked like he was trying to dive through the ropes and got caught.
The picture was frightening and devastating and supported the notion that boxing is a violent sport and everyone is susceptible to getting hit, but fighters like Codrington, who most people thought was as close to a sure thing as there is in boxing, are not supposed to get starched in 18 seconds of the first round.
Codrington was supposed to walk through Green and then raid the super middleweight division in a spastic fit of New York exuberance, the sentiment went. More than a month after he was knocked cold by Green, who was 17-0 (11 KO's) entering the fight compared to Codrington, who was 9-0, all by knockout, Codrington had an explanation for what happened.
"I wasn't warmed up, and I was a little sick anyway, so I don't know if that delayed my reaction time when I got hit," Codrington said in a phone interview. "But all it was – I got caught with a punch. If it happened in the second or third round, I guarantee it wouldn't have had the same effect."
Codrington believes he was in the ring with a scared fighter that night in Oklahoma, and he disputed the notion that he was caught off guard by the enormity of fighting on national television for the first time in his career. The bout was televised on Showtime.
"He was looking in the opposite direction when he hit me," Codrington said. "But scared fighters are the most dangerous fighters – you ever hear of that before? Scared people lift up cars to get their mothers out from under them. Scared people are powerful. That was a scared man that caught me. My trainer told me he's scared, and that he would do one of two things: either he's going to run the entire fight or he's going to run at me and not know what to do. When he came at me, I was expecting it, but at the same time I was kind of shocked because I got anxious. I threw a punch and was about to come back with a left hook, and he landed his first."
At the fighter's meeting, Steve Farhood, a boxing analyst who was working the fight with Nick Charles for Showtime, was struck by the grogginess of Codrington's voice, the result of a sinus infection and by Green's demeanor, which was confident to the point of being in a fantasy state.
"Green walked into the fighter's meetings and said that we were going to be surprised with how he fought," Farhood said. "'I'm going to be in his face,' he said. Then Allan leaves the room and everyone looked at each other like, 'yah, right' because we only knew him from how he fought before which was very cautious. What he did in this fight was shocking."
The news of Codrington's defeat was met with mostly silence along the gyms and offices that cater to boxing in New York. Perhaps the hushed reaction was a giant sigh of relief.
"I think that most people were just relieved to find out that he was ok," Farhood said.
"When he went down, there was every reason to believe that he may be seriously hurt or could possibly even die, so people were just thankful that he was ok. When I saw him at the airport the next day in Tulsa, he was there by himself, and he said that he shouldn't have taken the fight, not because he was overmatched but because he was sick and wasn't feeling well. I thought that was pretty revealing."
In just nine pro fights, Codrington had risen to the top of most everyone's lists of fighters to keep and eye on. He was a darling of the news media and his 'chin-checkers' nickname that he shared with fellow pro Curtis Stephens, who were both known to wager on who could vanquish their opponents the fastest before fights, made him an instant celebrity within the boxing community.
His impressive stoppage over durable Levan Easley in August confirmed to his handlers that he was ready to move up and challenge some of the other young fighters in the division.
Allan Green seemed an easy mark.
Curtis Stevens had faced him in the amateurs, losing a narrow decision even though he had dropped Green in the match. He reported back to Codrington's manager, Chris Gotti, that Green would be no problem for his fighter. Codrington was such a good amateur that Johnnie Woluewich, the former President of USA Boxing Metro, who died on December 12 from complications of a heart attack, once remarked that if he could invest in one fighter it would be Codrington.
His promoter, Lou DiBella, agreed to fight Green in Miami, Oklahoma, roughly 70 miles away from Green's hometown of Tulsa, a risky concession that DiBella didn't think would influence the fight. Even Andre Rozier, Codrington's austere co-trainer, forecasted doom for Green at an amateur show he put on a week before the fight in Brooklyn when he announced to the crowd with Codrington in attendance that "Allan Green will be destroyed."
It had all the makings of a major upset.
Green's camp, meanwhile, was somewhat surprised and a little upset that they were being picked to serve as a launching pad for Codrington's career. Their initial reaction to being selected as an opponent was a reluctance to meet Codrington in the ring.
"Allan didn't want to take the fight," said Scott Burnett, Green's trainer. "He didn't want to fight him. He said 'I'm going to hurt this kid. I don't want to ruin his career.' They didn't realize how strong Allan was. He's been fighting all these big guys in his career. We knew that if we could jump on him quickly and get him on the ropes, that he would cover up and we'd be able to land a big punch. Before the bell rang to begin the first round, I told Allan to go get him."
What happened next was straight from the "theatre of the unexpected" line that Larry Merchant often delivers to describe the capriciousness of boxing. Green, normally a cautious fighter, darted from his corner like a kid running to unwrap his Christmas presents and tracked Codrington down against the ropes, hurting him badly with a left hook that buckled Codrington's legs. With his hands almost a blur, Green landed a series of punches that ended with a right hand to Codrington's head.
In the confusion of the melee that followed the fight, the injuries to Codrington were greatly exaggerated to Charles and Farhood who were calling the fight on the air. It was reported that Codrington had suffered a broken vertebrae when in reality he had suffered a concussion. Later that night, Farhood and DiBella emailed the correct medical information to boxing websites to amend the perception that Codrington was seriously hurt.
Now Codrington has to convince himself that he is ready to resume his career.
"I just got to get over this and get back to the gym, get back to the training," Codrington said. "It happens to the best of them – Zab Judah, Ray Robinson, Lennox Lewis, Ruiz, the list goes on for days [of fighters who have been stopped]. I've watched that fight like fifty million times. You never think that you would be in that position, never thought that in a million years. I've been on the canvas just once in my career, and it was early on in the amateurs, and it was more because I was off-balance, but I wasn't shook up or anything."
The loss came at a bad time for Codrington. His manager was embroiled in a money laundering trial with his brother, and Codrington's grandfather was sick. Shortly after the fight, Codrington found himself racing back and forth between visiting his grandfather in Bridgeport, Connecticut and being present at the trial in downtown Manhattan. The same day Irv and Chris Gotti were acquitted by a federal jury of money laundering charges on December 1, his grandfather Wilfred Uriah Codrington Sr. died of a heart disease at the age of 78.
"I supported them like they've supported me in my career," he said. "It would have been the worse feeling in the world for me if they had been found guilty or innocent, and I wasn't there to support or celebrate with them."
The problems involving his manager and grandfather were distressing, but at least they distracted him from thinking about the fight. Codrington said he is already back in the gym training and anticipates making his return in March or April. He said he visited with three different doctors after the fight and all of them gave him a clean bill of health.
"I believe in myself and a bump in the road isn't supposed to slow you down too much," he said. "It's just supposed to make you put things into perspective and get right back into the grind again."
Shortly after the loss, a rumor began to circulate that he was retiring from boxing to return to school.
"I'm definitely thinking about going back to school, but I'm definitely not going to give up boxing," he said. "That's my bread and butter. That's how I'm going to make my name. School – I've been thinking about that before this happened. That has nothing to do with what happened. I have a couple of ideas, nothing carved in stone, but I was in college before and I thought about nursing or being a gym teacher. I thought about being a juvenile probation officer – a wide variety of things."
As for any lessons he learned from the fight, Codrington promises to tighten up defensively and work on his boxing skills. Burnett, Green's trainer, who developed a fondness for Codrington and his trainers before the fight, had some advice of his own for Codrington: "He's a nice kid, but his management and promoters and everyone around him don't need to sell to the public that he's the baddest dude on the planet. Jaidon's a good fighter by himself. He doesn't need to intimidate anyone. Let his skills do that for him. People once said that Mike Tyson was the baddest man on the planet and a lot of good that did him."


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Whatever happens during election day, you people – tens of thousands in Liberty sq in Yerevan, thousands in Armenian regions - are Winners for me. Today you sent the very clear message that you want and demand changes, that you are, after all, not indifferent to your future and future of Armenia… that after years of oppressing your real dreams, after years of apathy, you are sick of this hibernating state.
You were there on my behalf too. My parents, relatives, friends were there too, and I am very proud of them. I have few friends who support different direction than me, who support 'no change'. I love them too. Armenia which I envisage should be all-inclusive society, where people of different views, and, in general, different people feel at home.
There were lots of complaints in recent period about the widespread apathy among Armenian population, which seemed impossible to change. Even his fierce critics had to admit that Ter-Petrosyan made that impossible possible. If only for that, for awakening, I'd like to thank our first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
Saturday, 16 February 2008 saw the largest pre-election rally of people who came by their own wish, not by the pressure of administrative resources or by pop concert incentive. Some say "tens of thousands", some – "hundreds of thousands". I do not care about exact estimates. What is more important for me is that for people who were out there it felt like hundreds of thousands, it felt like 1988 – exactly 20 yrs ago. Time passes so quickly, it's like it was yesterday, when I was among you marching, rallying. Hoping for better, and actually gaining that chance for better, independence, defending and securing Karabakh, building up democracy, then disappointing and sinking into the state of apathy…
I wish I am with you now, but it's only physical distance. My mind, my heart is with all and each of you. I hope your dreams, my dreams for change, for better won't be brutally oppressed again. This time it has to be different. I do not want to wait another 20 years, I do not want to see your soul broken. Mine will be broken too. I want to wake up next day proud and hopeful.
Sunday, 17 February 2008
To Winners!
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Muslims should show some respect to others' religions - OpinionJournal
Instapundit has more on this theme.
As Muslims, we have not been as generous as our Christian and Jewish counterparts in respecting others' holy books and religious symbols. Saudi Arabia bans the importation or the display of crosses, Stars of David or any other religious symbols not approved by the Wahhabi establishment. TV programs that show Christian clergymen, crosses or Stars of David are censored.... The lesson here is simple: If Muslims wish other religions to respect their beliefs and their Holy book, they should lead by example.
Mr. al-Ahmed is director of the Saudi Institute in Washington.
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While many LGBT rights advocates have been critiquing anti-gay interpretations of Christianity for years, much ado has been made over the fact that many in the LGBT community are angry over the Mormon Church's involvement in the Yes on 8 movement. This particular Christian denomination was rather instrumental in the passage of Prop 8. Specifically, it coordinated a massive fund-raising effort and allegedly donated non-monetary contributions to the Yes on 8 movement. As Americablog reports:
"The Mormon Church made the Yes on Prop 8 campaign a national priority beginning on June 20, 2008 when Church President David S. Monson sent his now famous letter to be read in every church building, where he said, 'We ask that you do all you can to support the proposed constitutional amendment (Prop 8) by donating of your means and time to assure that marriage in California is legally defined as being between a man and a woman.'"
Because of this involvement, LGBT rights activists began protesting outside of Mormon temples in several cities almost immediately after Prop 8 passed. Unfortunately, several events are overshadowing the fact that, like the nationwide protests against Prop 8, most of the protests against the Mormon church have been peaceful.
On November 13, 2008, for instance, the anti-gay blogosphere was in an uproar after reports that "letters containing a suspicious [albeit harmless] white powder were sent" to Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Yet, at this time, it's not known who sent these letters. It could be some sort of unacceptable sick prank by an LGBT rights advocate- which would be very unfortunate, because the vast majority of us do not believe in or condone such activities. At the same time, it wouldn't surprise me if the powder was sent by a "marriage defender" pulling an Ashley Todd-esque sympathy-inducing hoax. I don't think anyone should be jumping the gun right now without knowing all of the facts.
While I don't agree with threats, I do agree that protesting the Mormon Church is appropriate and does not constitute intolerance, censorship, or bigotry.
"Marriage defender" Jennifer Roback Morse, however, seems to take a different view. Recently, she has referred to the protests of the Mormon Church as "anti-religious bigotry." I'm sorry but calling critism "bigotry" is just a warped, immature understanding of what bigotry is. See, as a lesbian, I am not opposed to the Church of Latter Day Saints' (LDS) right to exist. Rather, I remain critical of the Mormon Church's position on marriage equality.
Just because an organizations is a church, it is not immune to criticism. For one, as alleged guardians of our collective morals I believe we have a duty to speak out when we believe these entities foster hatred and intolerance rather than love and compassion. Secondly, individuals and institutions who put themselves out into the public arena, especially to the remarkable degree that the LDS did, make themselves fair game for criticism. Just because the LDS happens to be a church, it cannot now back up with its hands in the air and declare any criticism to be off-limits "religious bigotry." It doesn't work that way. If you're going to put your thoughts out into the public sphere, you better be ready to back them up instead of resorting to knee-jerk labeling any sort of criticism to be "anti-religious bigotry." And if you can't handle criticism, as they say, you should probably stay out of the kitchen.
In this country, many people strongly value religion. And that's fine. But at the same time, religion is a choice. Unfortunately, the rhetoric from the right has been that criticizing religious choice is "intolerance" even though these same folks fail to concede that they promote intolerance of other people's "lifestyle choices." I think these people have reversed the situation a bit. They are acting as their religious choice is an inherent trait that other people absolutely must tolerate. Yet, when it comes to tolerating and respecting sexual orientation, something that actually is inherent, they preach the opposite. They expect us to change something that is inherent to us, even though it would be far easier for them to change their religious choice.
The fact is, people choose to accept and believe in certain religious teachings. Considering the fact that so many people use their religious choices as a sword to cut down my own life, I recognize that I don't have to tip-toe around criticizing the religious beliefs of others. Again, if you're going to use your religion to bludgeon my life, you need to seriously reconsider whether your religion is a delicate little flower that must be safeguarded from criticism no matter what.
On a related note, some advocates are pushing for a revocation of the LDS's tax-exempt status. From a legal standpoint, I don't think it's a very good case. It's actually not all that interesting. Under the Internal Revenue Code, tax-exempt organizations may not endorse political candidates, but they may engage in a degree of political advocacy. Considering the fact that it was individual members of the LDS who contributed to Yes on 8, as opposed to the church itself, I just don't think there's a strong case here. Again, I don't think we know all of the facts, and there is evidence that the LDS church itself allegedly contributed some non-monetary donations to Yes on 8. But it's hard to say, as an outsider, whether these contributions were "substantial" or not. Besides, churches in particular are given very special treatment by the IRS when it comes to tax-exemption.
Unfortunately, what is for the most part nothing more than a misunderstanding of tax-exempt organization law and frustration over the fact that the LDS played such a prominent role in the passage of Prop 8, is being framed as yet another example of anti-religious "homo-fascism" and "religious bigotry." What is frustrating to our community is that, in many of our minds, we simply cannot compete with evangelical, Mormon, and other Rick Warren-esque religious million-dollar morality monopolies. In our eyes, what should be loving, compassionate, and kind Christian organizations are nothing more than large bullies using a maligned minority group as a punching bag.
While I don't think think there is much of a case for stripping the LDS of its tax-exempt status as the law stand now, as a society we should be asking serious questions about the degree we want religion to influence public policy. Should we automatically subsidize organizations that tell their congregants that if they don't vote a certain way on an issue they will go to "hell"? Is it really for the common good for pastors to use public resources to influence policy by striking fear into the hearts of basically good, God-fearing men and women?
These organizations hold great influence over the minds of their congregations, and are capable of spiritual blackmail. Fear of going to "hell" is perhaps one of the greatest fears that Christians have. It makes me extremely nervous to know that certain pastors can and do use their bully-pulpits for political gain rather than to help their congregations achieve spiritual transcendence.
Tax-exemption is a privilege, not a right. It is granted by legislators via we, the taxpayers. The denial of tax-exemption for a church does not infringe on anyone's right to practice a certain religion. As the US Supreme Court articulated in Regan v. Taxation With Representation "a legislature's decision not to subsidize the exercise of a fundamental right does not infringe that right."
In other words, churches can believe whatever they want- and as a proponent of free speech I would fight for their right to do so- but they have to realize that it doesn't infringe their rights when we stop subsidizing their beliefs, statements, and religion.


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Written By: Rameeza Ahmad
I hope you realize you made me cry.
I'm not as strong as I make out to be.
When I read your words, I wanted to die.
Someone please erase my memory.
It doesn't matter to you, what do you care?
You talk about me like I don't exist.
I'm just another girl, as invisible as air.
Pretending to help but I know how it is.
I understand, I'm not dumb.
Just leave me alone, I'd rather be numb.


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Today, the way we pay our bills continues to evolve as mobile alternatives are increasingly gaining traction in the market and even at the dinner table. As a marketing professional who works in the payments industry as well as a graduate student in Northwestern University's Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program, I'd recommend two articles to help you learn more about what's developing in this space.
In The Washington Post, Hayley Tsukayama recently wrote about the popular website and mobile app OpenTable's roll out of mobile payments in the article, "Sick of waiting for your check? OpenTable's smartphone app will allow you to pay and leave."Although it has traditionally been known as a place to easily make reservations, search for restaurants and even read reviews, OpenTable is now expanding its capabilities. Tsukayama discusses how this new feature will improve the dining experience, as consumers will no longer have to wait for their check. It also frees up servers' time, as this app alleviates the time consuming responsibility of correctly timing presenting the check to diners. The service, which started in New York and San Francisco, is now rolling out in the DC area. Popular restaurants like Top Chef superstar Bryan Voltaggio's Aggio and Family Meal are participating in the program.
After reviewing these two articles and based on my professional experience, here are three recommendations to make sure your customers have a positive experience when they pay their check.
1. Talk to your customers. This might be the most important recommendation. These are the people that you care about the most and are crucial for your success. Find out what they're looking
for and their likes and dislikes when they go to pay their bill.
2. Check out your competitors. It's always important to stay ahead of the competition. If you attract a younger demographic, as you know, mobile is becoming increasingly important. Get ahead of the curve now to see what type of systems you should consider.
3. Do your homework. No, I am trying to bring up calculus nightmares, but rather encourage you to do research! If you already use OpenTable for reservations, consider talking to them about their payments platform or see if there are other mobile offerings in the marketplace that might be of interest. Your customer and competitor research will also help with this.
Although food and ambiance are always important, customers often care about more. Make the end of the dining experience as impressive as the host's initial greeting. Get started now and explore new mobile payment options in the marketplace.
Outside of her cubicle job in the payments industry, Lisa Silverman enjoys eating her way around Chicago's neighborhoods. A Baltimore area native, she's currently pursing a master's degree in Integrated Marketing Communications through Northwestern University's Medill School. Connect with Lisa @las0107.


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Today marks a sad day in that it has been 11 years since 12 men of 2/4 Marines were killed in a savage ambush in the marketplace along Route Gypsum in Ramadi, Iraq. Gold Star dad John Wroblewski and I traveled to Rt. Gypsum to perform a memorial service for the Fallen Warriors on 6 March 2008, and stood where John's son, 2nd Lt. J.T. "Ski" Wroblewski was mortally wounded during the battle. The names of the Fallen as read by John Wroblewski during the memorial service are as follows:
"LCpl Benjamin Carman, LCpl Marcus Cherry, PFC Christopher Cobb, LCpl Kyle Crowley, PFC Deryk Hallal, PFC Ryan Jerabek, PFC Moises Langhorst, LCpl Travis Layfield, HM3 Fernandez Mendez, LCpl Anthony Roberts, SSgt Allan Walker, and my hero, 2Lt John Thomas Wroblewski."
Not only were the lives of the families of these men affected, but the lives of their Marine brothers were also changed forever. I have had the honor of meeting several of these men, and they still miss their fallen comrades to this day, and wish they could have done something to save their brothers. David Swanson, a photojournalist from the Philadelphia Enquirer, was embedded with 2/4 prior to and following the 6 April battle, spent time with 2nd Lt. Wroblewski and others in the unit. Swanson was also wounded in the ensuing battle when the rest of the unit came to rescue their fellow Marines from the hundreds of insurgents surrounding the patrol.
In recent comments to a post I made on the 2nd Btn 4th Marines' Facebook page, many of the Marines that served with the Fallen shared their memories. I only have specific permission from Ben Musser to share his comment, but will share the other thoughts if the men agree to do so. Ben Musser wrote, "Lt. Ski was my platoon Commander. He was probably the coolest officer I ever met. He didn't join our unit acting like he knew everything, but would ask Lance Corporals how they normally did stuff, things like that. My fondest memory of the man was in Kuwait. It was evening time, no training. Everyone was getting ready to sleep, and someone came in saying that Lt. Ski wanted to see me. I was just a LCpl, and there wasn't a reason any Lt. should be talking to me individually. So, I went over to the officers hooch and Lt. Ski came out. He pulled me off to the side so nobody would overhear, and quietly asked me if I had any Pantera CD's that he could borrow. He said he felt like jamming out to some heavy shit, and I was the guy that might have some. That was the moment he showed me he was a real person to me. He was a great Officer, and a great human (being.)"
Many other Marines lost their lives in the battles that followed the 6 April 2004 ambush in both Ramadi and Fallujah. By honoring them through our memories and shared stories, we can keep them alive forever.
As we all know, the situation in Iraq has changed greatly today. Regardless of that, the Marines and soldiers in Iraq served with bravery, distinction, and honor, and accomplished everything they were ordered to do there. I am proud of all of you, and thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your service and sacrifices. Having walked the streets of Ramadi with 2/8 Marines in March 2008, and accomplishing my mission to get John Wroblewski to Route Gypsum, I know I will never forget these brave men that made the ultimate sacrifice on that terrible day in April 2004, along with the loss their families experienced. Today and always, the Magnificent Bastards of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines and their families will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Here are a few of my photographs from the 6 March 2008 memorial service performed by John Wroblewski, Major General John Kelly, and PSD Company Marines. Oohrah!
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Just wanted to let you all know that the number of Sisters go Uppercase has expanded to 4--Sue in Eagan and Tammy in Oregon has joined on for the venture. So now if you are looking for someone in there area give them a call. Sues website is drsuzes.uppercaseliving.net and I knoe think Tammy has chosen one yet-I will update this when she does.
Also just a reminder that we have free shipping on all orders of $50 or more placed thru Aug 3rd--great time to check out out items being discontinued...
Be sure to check out Sue and Tammys site and say hi.
New catalog coming out the 4th of August---so exciting...
Hope you all are preparing for a HOT August---I would love it. End of July here and we are still waiting to enjoy some real summer weather...
Saturday, July 25, 2009
More Sisters in Uppercase!!
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Blue skies, smiling at me, nothing but blue skies...dooyadooyadooya....
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Zen Monday #256
Blue skies, smiling at me, nothing but blue skies...dooyadooyadooya....
21 comments:
- dive said...
I'm a rug man, myself.
Oh, God, did I really say that?
- August 26, 2013 at 12:46 AM
- Book Dragon said...
those don't look like what the say at all! . . .wondering if tile is just off screen. . .
lol to dive!
- August 26, 2013 at 2:58 AM
- Jean Spitzer said...
Such Western thinking.
- August 26, 2013 at 4:39 AM
- Speedway said...
What? No wood? Wood with rugs on top is what I prefer.
- August 26, 2013 at 8:22 AM
- jmgrimes said...
So does Vinyl have to sit at the back of the bus?
- August 26, 2013 at 8:30 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
hahaha, Dive!
BD, this is actually a wonderful store. I'll tell you about it in a day or so.
Jean, you're right. Or left. But why categorize?
Speedway, we'll keep that in mind.
Good one, James. Maybe linoleum?
- August 26, 2013 at 8:57 AM
- Clifford Beshers said...
Which the lady, which the tiger?
- August 26, 2013 at 12:36 PM
- Speedway said...
On consideration, maybe the canopies are the victims of poor spelling and should have been "Carp et Vinyl", as in "Fish and Plastic." Here's a little ditty called "Fish and Paint" that sort of fits the theme.
- August 26, 2013 at 12:44 PM
- Clifford Beshers said...
Surely it would have been "Carpe Vinyl", the Latin for "Seize the plastic!" (Not to be confused with "Trust the plastic!", for Dr. Who fans.)
- August 26, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Petrea Burchard said...
Hard to say which, the French or the Latin, the lady or the tiger.
- August 26, 2013 at 4:12 PM
- TheChieftess said...
Carpet...vinyl...who the heck cares when Ella's singing and the sun is shining???
- August 26, 2013 at 5:26 PM
- LOLfromPasa said...
I bet your choice would be the 'carpet' door :).
- August 26, 2013 at 6:10 PM
- Margaret said...
I got nothing.
- August 26, 2013 at 7:22 PM
- frank zgonc said...
Clowns to th left of me, Jokers to the right...what if prefer wood? What does that make me?
- August 26, 2013 at 7:48 PM
- Petrea Burchard said...
My point, Chieftess. At least now that you put it that way.
LOL, if I only have two choices, I'll choose carpet. But I hope for more choices!
Just your presence is enough, Margaret.
Shiny, Frank. You're shiny. In a good way.
- August 26, 2013 at 8:02 PM
- Trish said...
no no no, it is "Carpet MUST match the drapes."!!!
Not "Carpet must match vinyl!".
Yes, my mind is running along with dive and Speedway...gutterball...
- August 26, 2013 at 10:45 PM
- Bellis said...
I'm surprised no-one knows that carpet and vinyl are euphemisms for male and female. But I won't tell you which is which - it's fun watching people going into the wrong bathroom and rushing out again.
- August 27, 2013 at 7:54 AM
- Deb said...
Ah Bellis beat me to it!
I need more to entice me through either door really..............
- August 27, 2013 at 12:04 PM
- Pasadena Adjacent said...
Tricky euphemisms - that happened to me in Vegas when I was a small kid
scared for life
- August 28, 2013 at 10:48 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
Me too, PA. Did you notice it's the Brits who get this one in particular? I didn't get it myself when John took the picture, and I still don't. Don't let anyone tell you we speak the same language.
- August 28, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- Ms M said...
Haha! sly photo and great comments.
- August 29, 2013 at 9:13 PM


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This is great news both for the rapidly improving CITYBEAT - and for all LA theater lovers. Below is Don's email:
I recently accepted a buyout offered by the Tribune company to its L.A. Times editorial staff. Yesterday was my last day at the Times.
Beginning next week, I'll write a weekly theater column for Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat, the alternative newspaper and web site now in its third year, with a circulation of 100,000 throughout the L.A. area and in some adjacent counties. CityBeat currently has no regular theater coverage, so I'm excited to open a new weekly arena for discussion of Southern California theater. Besides the column, I'll also contribute brief capsule reviews to the theater listings.
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It's Friday and you know what that means, right? Yes, it's a Fabulous Friday here at Scrap Shotz. This Friday we have the fabulous Stephanie give us a Chromotherapy Challenge.
Well, I think summer is finally here! Summer speaks to me in bright colours – from turquoise blues of the pool and waterways to the bright oranges and green of flowers and nature. That's probably why when I want to do a summer layout, I reach for those exact blues and grassy greens and bright oranges! What says summer more than these colours?
My challenge to you is to do a summery layout –Make your layout POP with these colours – let it SCREAM summer!
Let's see your summer layouts!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Fabulous Friday - Chromotherapy Challenge
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- Rosie said...
Love the colours Stephanie! Great lo!
- June 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM
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We've already told you about a company called V Eight that has rebirthed the Jensen Interceptor S with an LS2 and modern mechanicals for £75,000, and already, 60% of the allotment of 50 has been sold. That kind of success has got V Eight looking at a successor for the S, and they might have found it in the Jenson Interceptor SX.
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My name is Travis Okamoto. This is the first blog i have ever written. I am beginning a graduate program at Fresno Pacific and I work at Sacramento State University. Not much to report right now. Listening to Sun Kill Moon while doing homework. Going to watch Idol at my girlfriends how. Then plan on taking some thera-flu and go to bed. Anyone else have the same schedule for tonite?
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Friday, December 27, 2002
'Brave and hopeful and strong' District child loses battle against genetic disease
by Debra Rubin
Mommy, this is a very bad last night of Chanuka." Those were the last words Henry Strongin Goldberg said before being put on a ventilator. And his last words ever.
Just days later, on Dec. 11, Henry lost his battle with Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease, dying from complications of a bone marrow transplant.
He was 7.
A District resident, he had spent nearly the last six weeks of his young life at Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis. It was at that hospital that he had had the bone marrow transplant 2 1/2 years ago, a procedure that his parents, Laurie Strongin and Allen Goldberg, had hoped would allow their son to live.
He was an "amazing" child, said Strongin, in good spirits -- despite a life of blood tests, surgeries, transfusions and chemotherapy. Until the last two weeks of his life, "he was indomitable," said his mom, "just brave and hopeful and strong."
He loved Superman, Batman, Pokeman and Disney World, and had attended kindergarten last year at the Jewish Primary Day School in Silver Spring. This year, he began first grade at the school, but then as his health declined, he switched to home schooling. Earlier, he had attended the Gan Hayeled at Adas Israel Congregation in the District, where his family holds membership.
His brother, Jack, was born in late 1996. His parents had hoped he would be a genetic bone marrow match for Henry. He wasn't, but became his big brother's companion.
Strongin and Goldberg decided to try in-vitro fertilization, trying to produce an embryo that would develop into a child with a perfect genetic match. They gave up after nine failed attempts at pregnancy, and were featured in a July 2001 New York Times Magazine article about the controversial procedure and the medical journey they were taking with their son.
Henry was also featured on Nightline.
The family sought an unrelated marrow donor. In April 2000, WJW featured an article about Henry and bone marrow testing drives being held locally in hopes of finding a donor.
In July 2000, he had the transplant.
"We tried everything we could," said his mom. "We don't have any regrets."
Somehow, she said, "we were able to enjoy every minute of every day. While we didn't take it for granted that we were going to have a long life together, at the same time, we didn't really believe Henry would ever die."
Meanwhile, 14 months ago, the couple had a third son, Joe, conceived, as Strongin said, "the good old-fashioned way."
Joseph's genetic make-up did not match Henry's, but he and Jack are matches for one another. "They'd better not need it in my lifetime," said their mother.
She and her husband hope to set up a foundation in Henry's name that will do research on Fanconi anemia.
Meanwhile, they ask that contributions be sent to the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, 1801 Willamette St., Suite 200, Eugene, OR 97401.
Survivors also include Henry's grandparents, Ted Goldberg of Rockville and Pat and Sy Strongin of the District.
In a eulogy that Laurie Strongin wrote for her son, she said, "Before he could even smile or talk, Henry taught me what was important and what just didn't matter at all; and he taught me to savor each moment; to love; to laugh and to dwell in possibility."
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OK, I'm trying to claw myself out of the miasma of incredible sadness and depression following the Newtown Massacre. I'm old, and I don't have that many years left. I don't want to spend the rest of my days weeping in bed with the covers pulled over my head. That's the coward's way out. It's time to move from sadness to anger, from immobilization to activism.
The ideal response would be to institute widespread changes which would ban all guns save hunting rifles from civilians, but even I know that ain't gonna happen right now. Just like universal access to healthcare, we're apparently going to have to take an incremental approach. Of course, that means we're going to have continuing deaths by guns, either in terms of mass killings or in terms of "murder-suicides" or domestic violence. People will still die, but perhaps not as many.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who has seen the results of gun violence up close and personal, has already indicated she will be introducing a bill in the next Congress which will essentially re-instate the assault weapons ban.
Two days after the shooting deaths of 26 people at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, Sen. Dianne Feinstein pledged Sunday that she would introduce new gun-control legislation at the beginning of next year's congressional session.
"It [the bill] will ban the sale, the transfer, the transportation and the possession," the California senator said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Not retroactively, but prospectively. And it will ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than 10 bullets."
Feinstein said the purpose of her proposal, a version of the assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004, is to get "weapons of war off the streets of our cities."
OK, that's a start, but only a tiny baby-step. I'd like to see more for this start, as would a lot of my friends. In a discussion at Eschaton, folks came up with a list of other terms for the first step. I have added a few to the list, including the following:
1. The banning of internet sales of guns and ammunition.
2. The addition of a stiff federal tax on both guns and ammunition to be set aside for a federal buy-back program on military-type assault weapons and hand guns.
3. The banning of gun shows.
4. The requirement of registration at the time of ammunition purchase with a delay while a background check has been run.
5. The mandatory reporting to the federal government of large sales of ammunition.
6. The requirement that mental health professionals report individuals who should not have access to firearms much as they are required to report in some states individuals who are a threat to themselves or others.
This is, once again, just a start, but one we have to make that start if we are going to move this country, and it is one which might just might save a few lives.
All of this might look like weak tea, but you can be sure that the gun-rights people will begin howling as soon as a decent period of grieving for the deaths of 20 first graders is over. That means we have to get active.
As soon as the 113th Congress has been sworn in we need to let our senators and our representative in the House know what we expect of them. We can't expect the current congressional toadies to be interested in the issue in the next ten days. And, of course, we can hold our president's feet to the fire on the issue after his comments at the Newtown vigil on 12/16/12.
We can also sign a petition at the White House site. Yes, it requires registration, but if you're on the internet and reading blogs such as this, the government has already got information on you.
We need to do these things because, to paraphrase Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing."
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Redbot, could you add the link to the article in the MQ2Nav plugin post? Also, I think it would be a good idea to include what roles MQ2Nav works in with Kissassist.
Love the post though, so much easier to just link that article to people rather than trying to explain each step one by one haha.
Try using the "/nav ui" command and turn on "show mesh." It will let you look for missing tile areas and find a better place to start your puller.
If that doesn't work, you can try resetting/adjusting the sliders in the MeshGenerator and rebuild your mesh. Camps with a lot of obstacles nearby like fences/rocks/cliffs are more work to make work.
I have recently discovered MQ2Nav and Mesh Generator and I LOVE IT.
I did some searching(which I admit I suck at), is there a detailed guild to Mesh Generator? I mean what is do each of the settings under Tiling, Agent, Bounding Box and so forth do?
I was building a mesh for Arcstone and it took me forever to figure out how to adjust the height it would capture as it was only capturing the area below ground level since the zone height is huge.
I am still learning the mesh generator as well. These two links have some info that got me started but I am still mainly learning through trial and error.


text: User ProfileProfile Prof Sir Michael Pepper Telephone Number: 44 (0)20 7678 3978Telephone Extension: 33 978Email: email@example.com/Location: 717 Electronic & Electrical Engineering BiographyBiography: Semi Conductors Nano structures Theory and Applications of Terahertz Technology Quantum transport in general Localisation and metal-insulator transitions Properties of strongly interacting electron gases Bose-Einstein condensation in the solid state Hybrid magnetic-semiconductor structures Physics in medicine and biology Sir Michael pioneered the study of low dimensional electron gas systems and the associated quantum effects, and his career has encompassed both academic and industrial sectors. Following a period of semiconductor research at the Caswell Research Laboratory of the Plessey Company he moved to the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, in 1973, where he remained until the end of 2008. Whilst there, he started a long collaboration with the late Sir Nevill Mott, (Nobel Laureate, 1977) using semiconductor devices to investigate fundamental physics. In 1982 he left Plessey to join the GEC Hirst Research Centre and set up joint Cavendish-GEC projects. Sir Michael founded the Semiconductor Physics Research Group at the Cavendish in 1985, and was appointed Professor of Physics there in 1987. In 1991, he was appointed Managing Director of the newly established Toshiba Cambridge Research Centre (now known as the Cambridge Research Laboratory (CRL) of Toshiba Research Europe) and since 2007 he has been a senior adviser to the company. In 2001, he cofounded TeraView - a company formed to commercialise the terahertz research work of CRL - and was appointed Scientific Director. Sir Michael has been associated with many of the major themes of condensed matter physics; was one of the three authors of the first paper announcing the discovery of the quantum Hall effect and with his group he developed the techniques of electrostatically modifying a 2D electron gas to form 1D and 0D systems with many associated discoveries, such as quantisation of the conductance of ballistic 1D electrons. Sir Michael was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1983 and a Fellow of Trinity College in 1982. He has been awarded the Hughes Medal and the Royal Medal of The Royal Society and the first Mott Medal of the Institute of Physics, as well as the Guthrie (Gold) Medal and the Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society. He received a knighthood in the 2006 New Year's Honours list for services to physics and has received honorary degrees and given named lectures including the Mountbatten Memorial Lecture of the IET and the Royal Society's Bakerian Lecture. Sir Michael was appointed to the Pender Professorship of Nanoelectronics from 1 January 2009 in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London, as well as being a staff member of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and holding an Honorary Professorship in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Click here to see Professor Pepper's PUBLICATIONS since 2001 or see his full research profile on the UCL Iris Pages (only accessible by those with a UCL log-in) or search online at UCL Discovery. ResearchResearch Highlights: Publications Search publication title 14.02.2016 01.01.2016 Early work on semiconductor quantum nanoelectronics in the Cavendish Laboratory 14.12.2015 Observation of geometry-dependent conductivity in two-dimensional electron systems 09.12.2015 'Metal'-like transport in high-resistance, high aspect ratio two-dimensional electron gases 07.12.2015 Electronic transport in highly conducting Si-doped ZnO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition 20.11.2015 Self-Assembled Wigner Crystals as Mediators of Spin Currents and Quantum Information 01.11.2015 Quantum ballistic transport by interacting two-electron states in quasi-one-dimensional channels 05.10.2015 Multiplexed charge-locking device for large arrays of quantum devices Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » News General news Professor Sir Michael Pepper Awarded the Dirac Medal Professor Sir Michael Pepper FRS has been awarded the Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Australian Institute of Physics.The Medal commemorates the visit to the university in 1975 of Professor Dirac, who gave five lectures that... Professor Sir Michael Pepper is awarded the 2013 IET Faraday Medal Professor Sir Michael Pepper FREng FRS of the LCN and the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has been awarded the Faraday Medal for pioneering the basic and applied physics of advanced semiconductor structures. Building on his use of devices for investigating electron transport in... Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 next › last » Print


text: Artist Ruth Ewan explores the haunting story of the infamous Millbank Prison, now the site of Tate Britain, in this audio tour with a twist tabsAbout Playing on the format of a museum audio tour, The Darks invites visitors to navigate the area around Tate Britain, where the Millbank Prison once stood. The original plan for Millbank Prison, which opened in 1816, was for a Panopticon. The design for the building, conceived by Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century, would allow a single watchman to observe all inmates of an institution. The Panopticon has long been a byword for absolute power, discipline and control. The Darks audio tour, created by Ruth Ewan and Astrid Johnson, touches on the utopian dream at its heart, and how this optimism switched into the hellish reality of what followed. Tags:InterviewLondonTateShotsTate Britain


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This is the first part of our new series on the murky world of astroturfers, corporate hacks, reputation managers, and paid professional trolls who seek to undermine and deter grassroots activism on behalf of well-heeled clients.
Ever since his friend and client Rush Limbaugh smeared Sandra Fluke for the crime of understanding how birth control works, Brian Glicklich has tried every tactic he could think of to shut down StopRush, the grassroots movement that coalesced in the wake of his friend's three-day tirade. But it hasn't gone very well. Instead of encouraging his client to apologize to the lost advertisers, Glicklich tried to shame them, causing a stampede of companies from his show — and from talk radio altogether. This made it remarkably easy for StopRush to succeed, so if you were wondering who is responsible for the current junk-bond status of iHeart Media, you can start with Limbaugh and his pal Brian Glicklich. Their helpful intransigence is the reason that 48 of the biggest 50 advertisers specifically exclude Rush from their radio orders.
Desperate, Glicklich turned to Twitter last year trying to 'name and shame' StopRush activists — especially women — who use the social media channel. He posted their email addresses, encouraging Limbaugh's fans to contact the "cat ladies" with curses and threats. When that didn't work, he started posting their home addresses and calling them at 2 AM. Then as I began reporting on his activities, Glicklich tried extorting me into silence — because he's such a hero of free speech.
Of course, Glicklich's actions were clear violations of Twitter's Terms of Service, so his account has been suspended four times since January. But rather than learn from his debacle, Glicklich has floated a ridiculous conspiracy theory in the pages of USA Today:
Twitter acknowledges its responsibilities to police content in shockingly modest ways. Anyone can report a bad post, and a machine algorithm makes an initial decision whether to suspend an account if it looks like illicit or spam behavior, even if it belongs to a legitimate Twitter user making legitimate comments. Too often it doesn't work. Extremists "game" this non-human system to suspend accounts fraudulently, and it usually takes days to unwind these wrongheaded tactics.
Get that? If you report Brian Glicklich for breaking Twitter's rules about not harassing other people, you become an "extremist" using "fraud" to chill his free speech — because when he tweets your address and encourages followers to contact you with threats and abuse, it's "legitimate," whereas heckling and ridicule aimed at Glicklich become "vile threats." Quick, somebody call this man a waaahmbulance for his chapped butt cheeks!
Activists did it to me, then used that period when I was rendered silent by their illicit suspension to start tweeting a false claim that I had "put (a woman) in the hospital," which was picked up by the "Anonymous" collective, and tweeted to 336,000 people. This resulted in a vile outpouring of hatred and threats of physical harm to me, which I was powerless to correct. A law enforcement investigation continues.
In fact, Glicklich did cause one StopRush activist so much stress that she did wind up in the emergency room, and when the story hit Twitter one of the big Anonymous accounts understandably took offense to Glicklich's harassment of her. Glicklich's revision of this history is rich with irony: during the last three years, while StopRush activists were being threatened, stalked, and pestered by the same delightful half-dozen Rush fans who now enthusiastically follow and retweet Glicklich, we discovered that law enforcement is quite unresponsive to pleas for help fighting online abuse. The assertion that police have jumped to vigorously investigate his claims is a ludicrous insult to victims of real online harassment who don't have PR and legal firms at their beck and call like Glicklich does.
Big friends in low places: the legendary Sitrick PR firm
When Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez finally got in trouble for his obvious use of performance enhancing drugs, he turned to the company where Glicklich works. The Sitrick firm immediately threatened the careers of two other major league players — Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun and Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli — by linking them to Biogenesis, the doping business which had supplied Rodriguez with his muscle boosters. This attempt to deflect attention from Rodriguez with scorched-Earth tactics backfired in spectacular fashion when a federal judge ordered Michael Sitrick, the firm's founder and Glicklich's boss, to turn over documents and testify in Rodriguez's courthouse appeal of his suspension. The same judge later decided not to hold Sitrick in contempt while he appealed the ruling, but then the player wisely switched legal teams, dropped his lawsuits, and accepted a season-long suspension. Rodriguez now apologizes for his aggressive tactics in 2013.
Named for its founder Michael Sitrick, the firm is famous for taking clients that sensible people wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. When NFL quarterback Michael Vick was arrested for his role in a dog-fighting ring, he paid the Sitrick firm $111,000 to rehabilitate his image. The PR game plan, which has been described by gossip site TMZ as "the greatest image makeover in NFL history," involved finding friendly media outlets and supportive personalities to excuse his sadistic and illegal mistreatment of animals — for instance, there was actress Whoopi Goldberg:
"He's from the South, from the Deep South … This is part of his cultural upbringing," Goldberg said of the Atlanta Falcons quarterback, whose recent fall from grace has been one of the most stunning in the history of U.S. sports.
[…] "For a lot of people, dogs are sport," Goldberg said on the show. "Instead of just saying (Vick) is a beast and he's a monster, this is a kid who comes from a culture where this is not questioned."
I'm also from the Deep South, where we do have laws against dog-fighting, after all, so I call bulls**t. And if you're wondering why Whoopi would have anything to do with Michael Vick, or why she would spout such nonsense, the answer is that both of them are involved in Scientology. (Whoopi never discloses this when she defends the cult on television.)
The Sitrick firm, which often uses one Scientologist to support another in its PR campaigns, infamously claims the world's best known mafia organization-pretending-to-be-a-religion as a client. In fact, right now Sitrick's employees are busy doing damage control because of Alex Gibney's forthcoming HBO documentary about the organization, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
Sitrick doesn't just 'work for' the cult of Scientology; many of their everyday tactics seem to come straight from the David Miscavige playbook for "suppressive persons," i.e. opponents of the church or people who have fled its abuses and could potentially harm its image. In order to maintain access to family members who are still inside the cult, former members like author Neil Gaiman keep quiet about what goes on there — and allegedly even pay off the organization — to avoid being labeled as "SPs." It's easy to see why: Scientology regards its critics as "fair game" for wiretapping, smearing, framing as criminals, and vexatious litigation. Until 1985, the cult actually maintained that these activities were constitutionally-protected acts of religious faith akin to 'shunning' in Amish communities.
If those tactics seem familiar, it's because Brian Glicklich has been using some of them against StopRush activists lately.
Public relations as ideological combat: a case study in Google smears
Let's get back to StopRush activist Carol. Already alarmed by Glicklich's connections to unsavory characters and organizations, when he was suspended for posting her name and address on Twitter she decided to seek a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in the State of California. That process is intentionally difficult, with a high burden of proof, and after a few days she decided to drop the effort. Yet as soon as Glicklich learned about it, he transformed the incident into a "lawsuit" — one aimed at shutting down his free speech — and found a myriad of ways to repeat that theme across the internet until it took on a life of its own.
First, he filed an anti-SLAPP action against Carol. (There has been a hearing and we are waiting for the court to issue a decision.) Glicklick even had his lawyers get the court to resurrect her TRO application for this purpose. Then he put the Sitrick machine into overdrive, roping as many websites as possible into his publicity scheme, the purpose of which is to negatively impact Google results for Carol's name with a ginned-up story about a nonexistent lawsuit. Glicklich is completely open about this, even posting a document on LinkedIn titled titled "Controlling Search Engine Results in Adversarial Communications" to brag about his exploits. I'm mentioned in it, too. I've been smeared by trolls before, but this is a professional troll:
The problem in controlling Matt's search results is different. He has a common name, and spends a lot of time writing all over the Internet. He's a self-styled Internet expert, as well. Simple article placement was inadequate.
So the technique was different. In my research, I found that a singer in Canada sharing his name had sadly passed away in 2004, and thus ended ownership of the "MattOsborne.com" website. As is common, the registrar had simply held it, rather than putting it back in the domain pool for purchase. All it took was a quick email and a short, inexpensive negotiation to become it's new owner.
Why does this matter? Google uses hidden "signals" to determine search rank, and one of the most powerful is when a search ("Matt Osborne") is an exact match to a website's URL ("MattOsborne.com") So owning it was a big advantage.
It's important to note that Glicklich constantly claims that StopRush "harasses" advertisers, though he has never produced a single example of this alleged harassment, while every volunteer doing direct advertiser contact calls is constantly reminded to remain polite and civil. (In fact, most of these companies are unaware their ads are playing on Limbaugh's show.) On Twitter, however, activists do often express their displeasure with companies that still advertise on the program — which is their right, after all, because this is still America. But Glicklich considers this free speech "harassment," in turn justifying his own harassment of activists as "free speech." See how that works?
Glicklich is a master of meta-propaganda: falsehoods used as building-blocks to construct bigger falsehoods and invert realities, transforming himself into a noble David instead of the evil Goliath. Carol's abortive attempt to gain a civil order of protection becomes a "lawsuit" against him, which he then adds to the collective narrative of evil, horrible activists "harassing" advertisers to hurt poor innocent Rush Limbaugh.
Happily, Twitter hasn't been persuaded by Glicklich's denials of responsibility for his own tweets, or by this long and deluded letter that his lawyers sent to the social network's General Counsel (a failure which he is still whining about). But Twitter's cooperation isn't necessary for his primary purpose, which is smearing activists through Google results. For that job, he has an entire staff who work with media outlets every day to push stories and get them prominently placed at any number of websites. Thus, "StopRush harasses advertisers" takes on a life of its own, whether or not it's the least bit true.
With online reputations becoming more valuable than money or power these days, Glicklich's strategy is to destroy and damage his enemies with the biggest falsehoods he can dream up. Remember, this is a guy who willingly works for a cult which claims the Nazi Holocaust was committed by Jewish psychiatrists.
TL;DR SUMMARY: Brian Glicklich, Rush Limbaugh's fixer, attacks the social movement that has killed advertising revenue for his friend in five key ways.
- Accuse the accusers. Claim that you are a free speech hero, while the other side is a tiny group of evil people trying to shut down your free speech rights. Pretend they use nonexistent "illicit software" to conduct a criminal conspiracy, steal your private photos, etc. Call them names.
- Build a small, like-minded core following in social media to amplify your message. Pretend they represent a huge 'silent majority.' Constantly claim that victory is close at hand and that you have "exposed" your targets.
- Harass your enemies in social media until you get suspended, then pretend that you are the victim of an imaginary criminal conspiracy to stifle your speech. File phony lawsuits and fraudulent DMCA takedown notices.
- Call them in the middle of the night and rant about third parties whose names they don't know. Encourage your following to send threatening and harassing communications, then project the behavior on your targets.
- Brag. Detail everything you do to them in a pseudo-professional format so that it seems like you're not just an overpaid troll with a law office and a PR firm backing you up.


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The recent bailouts are deemed necessary because the business involved has become large enough to threaten the well being of the country's economy. Oh yes, it matters how they got there and the schleps involved should be held accountable and maybe some oversight rules changed. Free enterprise is wonderful thing except when it gets to a point where a boardroom can make decisions that threaten everyone's well being. Companies like AIG, GM, etc are at that point thanks to deft management skills so remedies are sought at our expense which is all well and good (I'm too busy to pick out a card to send so billions will have to do). But the "when is a business too big" decision is still open as far as I can tell and like gay, drug running, job stealing illegal immigrants streaming across our borders to destroy their former country (I'm in Texas ya know..the front lines!)and our marriages, the problem festers.
"Willis, you're full of shit" you say! Yes, that and margaritas but I do have a point....it's here somewhere....hold a second.....still looking......not under the WMD from Christmas, dammit......okay here it is! FedEx is about to cancel 15 Boeing 777's assembled right here in America if the congress enacts legislation to make it adhere to NLRA (National Labor Relations Act) versus the RLA (Railway labors Act). The effect on FedEx:
"Since FedEx was founded as an airline in 1971, it has fallen under the jurisdiction of the RLA, which forces railway and airline workers to go through a long arbitration process before taking work actions and bars the formation of localized unions. Rival UPS, considered a trucking company, falls under the NLRA, which allows workers to organize on a local level and has fewer barriers to work actions."
The effect on Boeing and GE (engines):
"Avondale Partners analyst Donald Broughton wrote in a research note that "thousands of jobs" at Boeing and GE could be affected if FedEx were to cancel its 777F order."
I'm not here to sell unions, bash management, or sell the converse of either of these options. But why the hell wouldn't somebody figure out by now that FedEx isn't a railroad and UPS isn't just a trucking company? Neither operate railroads and both operate trucks and aircraft. So as far as a business entity; UPS = FedEx anything else is anti competitive right? Except when a company gets "too big" (told ya I'd get there). So now the choice is to restrain all the workers at FedEx from a free union, screw labor at Boeing, or allow an unfair business advantage FedEx at the expense of UPS.
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When I told the hubz that I´m going to dip my feet in there, he took a candid photo of me. Caught in the act, hahaha!
I love this maxi skirt which I reworked into a dress(again!) because of it´s floral applique. Actually aside from the color and the assymetrical hem, it´s the applique which caught my eye. The long beaded necklace looks exotic to me too. Colored corn, anyone? ;)
The day started out as having clear blue skies but while driving down there, all the clouds seemed to have gathered above the lake making most of my photos look dark. Bummer!
Anyway, here´s a close-up of my dress/skirt and knitted top:
Where: El Parque Garaio, a few kms. from Vitoria
knitted top- Mango ( new, from the summer sales ;) )
skirt/dress- thrifted ( yey!)
necklace- Misako (from the the summer sales 2009)
leather bag- Zara ( thrifted)
cuff- Sfera, local stall
Enjoy your Friday( it´s a fly day!) and your weekend too! Ciao! :)


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This is a borzoi named Kobold. He is an example of how long hair can muddy a color and make it a bit difficult to distinguish. He is brindle, but rather than the stripes being fairly crisp they look like they have bled into the surrounding red. The affect is quite interesting. If you were to clip this dog's coat short, the strips should appear as crisp as those seen on a breed that is naturally short coated, such as the boxer. The fuzzy appearance is thanks to hairs in the long coat laying in a way that only long hair can: all mixed together, feathering into the surrounding hair areas. So, what is Kobold's genotype? Let's have a look:
To begin, this dog appears to be sable. Since he has both black and red present in his coat, the Agouti locus must be in action. Sable makes the most sense for producing a dog of this coloration. However, it's also possible that he is expressing agouti, which may very well be present in the breed. Despite this, I still believe him to be AyAy sable.
Kobold's red is moderately intense and as such I suspect him to be Ccch moderately intense.
Next comes brindle. Since Kobold has stripes, he clearly must be brindle. The real question is whether or not he is homozygous for the brindle gene. The borzoi breed has all three variants of the K-black locus (black, brindle and non-black/brindle). Though he can't have a copy of the black gene since it is dominant to brindle, it is quite possible he carries non-black/brindle. For the sake of argument, I am going to say that he is kbrk brindle carrying non-brindle.
Next is the white seen on this fellow. White such as this is controlled by the Spotting locus. As with the K locus, borzois can be found with all variations of the S locus (solid, Irish white, piebald, and extreme white). This particular dog is in the piebald range. Since he is about in the middle of what may be expected of the piebald gene, I suspect that he is spsp piebald.
Last, but not least, I want to discuss urajiro. Urajiro is paleness in red coloration seen in similar locations to the placement of tan on a tan pointed dog. The term urajiro comes from the Japanese breeds where the phenotype is very commonly seen. However, other breeds will sometimes have urajiro as well, including the borzoi. But does Kobold have it? I don't think so. The paleness seen on his face appears to be from age rather than anything else. As such, I believe he is most likely UU non-urajiro.
So, that would be AyAy Ccch kbrk spsp UU or piebald moderate red brindle (carrying non-brindle).


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So, like I knew I would, I managed to run out of things to post about for a few days. I could always write about something that happened a while ago, but that would require certain inspiration and less laziness. Considering the fact that I only really did something yesterday (I bought four movies at the store; does that even count?), I don't really have anything to say. I did go to lunch with my mom and we ended up with four plates of food between the two of us, but that's not really, "I can make a whole post out of that" material.
Anyways, since I don't have anything else to talk about today (well, there is one thing, but that will come towards the end), I figured I would talk about the blog. Why did I call it "Le Blog"? Am I French? I don't think so, but I cold possibly be. It's just because Brother and I replace the word "the" with "le"... for no real reason what so ever. For example, "Rachel, I need le sleeps." or "Brother, I am le hungry." Yes, I am aware that we are weird.
After playing around with the layout, completely screwing it up, and playing around some more, I finally decided I like the way my blog looks. It took me a few hours (if you put the amount of both times together) and a pretty big headache (since I had no idea what I was really doing), but it was well worth it.
If you look under a little section called "Check These Out!", you will find many links. You should click those links. If I like a blog, I will add the link to it. Brother and Sissi also have their websites on there, but those aren't actually blogs. If you like writing (which I'm assuming you do, since you probably have a blog of your own), you should totally check it out though. Feel free to ask any questions about them and I will do my best to answer any questions you have.
You should also keep an eye on that little section of my blog, because I've been updating it quite often. When a blog I read gets an award, they usually have to link to several other blogs, which I then go check out. Like I said, if I like it, I'll add it to the list.
If you just so happen to be one of the blogs I linked to, I can't believe you're here! A lot of the people on that list have a bunch of followers and I think they're kind of famous, so I can't believe any of them would check out my little blog. Anyways, if you are one of those people and you would like the credit changed, feel free to ask me. I tried to put everyone's name with their respective website, but I just didn't know everyone's name.
Onto a different topic now. I have noticed that I seem the be the youngest person running a blog. Don't get me wrong, I know there are a bunch of people out there who are younger than me, but I have only found two blogs run by somebody younger than their twenties. These two blogs may have actually been the same person, due to the similar layouts and names. But hey, whatever. I just hope you don't see my age and think, "Oh gosh, this is just a kid!" or something, since I really am trying to be an adult.
Last night, I discovered, I have basically no idea how to use Twitter. I set up an account and was even able to hook it up to this blog. I posted status updates (which I'm pretty proud of because I at least vaguely remembered I had the account). Then I was playing around with it and realized I had messages from people, which I should have gotten an email about but didn't. Only one person proved not to be a spambot. I know I apologized already and he might not ever see this, but to the nice guy who sent me the link about ear infection symptoms: I am very sorry for ignoring you; I honestly didn't know that anyone knew my Twitter account even existed.
I think that about covers everything, except for one little topic today. Today, is my big Sis's twentieth birthday. I don't think she'll see this for a while because her internet connection is very bad, plus her computers have a serious case of PMS, but I just wanted to take the time to post this anyways. (Warning, if you do not like family/friend mushy stuff, you may not want to read the following few sentences.)
Sis, I know we can't celebrate your birthday together, but I still hope you have an amazing day anyways. I love you to death, even though you're a teensy bit crazy. Happy Birthday. <3
That's about it for now, but maybe I'll have something new to talk about later. After all, I am going paint/furniture/other junk I need shopping today. Plus, I'm supposed to go to Boss Lady's house tomorrow morning. If all else fails, I'll try to write about the old lady who nearly ran Momma over in a parking lot.


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than a hundred of them comes in just a day.
"Such international support confuses me, (on December 21 he received a record number of cards and letters – one hundred and five) I think that I do not deserve it. The only excuse that reassures me is that these people do not just support me personally, but express their protest against the systematic violation of human rights. It is a clear and simple message to all Belarusians," says Ales Bialiatski.
The majority of the letters of solidarity are sent to Ales Bialiatski as part of Amnesty International's Global Marathon and local campaigns by the organization's groups from different countries – Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Canada, Japan and others.


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A hoist is for lifting and a winch is for pulling.
A Winch is geared for pulling a load on a relatively level surface. A winch uses a dynamic brake that must slide.
A Hoist is geared to lift (dead weight) and has a locking brake that can support a "hanging" load.
If a Hoist can lift (dead weight) 250 lbs., then it may be capable of pulling 1000 lbs rolling weight across a hard packed surface. If a Winch can pull 1000 lbs. across a hard packed surface, it may only have the capacity to support 100 lbs. (dead weight) because the winch employs a different braking system than that of a hoist.
A Hoist is used for lifting and supporting "dead weight".
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I thought as I had so little to do I would bring the blog completely up to date with the building work photos and everything.
Well I think you've seen how it looks at present but I never posted the pics of the Steal work so here they are in reverse order.
The roof used to be supported by the kitchen wall so I had to replace it with a steel I beam. You can see the roof support, the wooden block on top of it. The I beam only cost £110 (I think, it's been a while) from a local steel supplier, I've been so tight in the pocket I chose to do all the work myself with help from friends and family. These pictures show Clive and my Dad Reg lining things up! thanks guys! couldn't have done it without you.


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Last night was my first time in my new room. I fell asleep INSANELY fast. I remember waking up, but not moving or opening my eyes. It happened 2 times. I would think at this time what I wanted to dream about and I dreamt about it but I wasnt lucid. Was this moment where I was awake/asleep sleep paralysis or a lucid dream? I remember feeling amazingly relaxed and happy.
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I've always been fascinated by how creative people choose to spend their day. This book is a peek into the lives of many masters of their art form and how they schedule(d) their daily rituals. Some choose a path using some "help" to stay inspired that eventually catches up with them. Some exercise daily. Some sleep a lot. Some hardly sleep at all. A few may surprise you and make you wonder how they ever work on their art form with such a schedule!
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work is writer Mason Currey's first book focusing on the working, living, and sometimes quirky habits of nearly 200 masters of their chosen field. A fascinating study of how artists choose their helpful and sometimes not so helpful habits. A book that certainly makes one reflect on their own process choices.
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Alex Jones has killed the Conspiracy Theory as an art form. And I am sad.
In less than six months, Jones has blamed the unspeakable tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Boston Marathon bombing and – no, seriously – the Oklahoma tornado disaster on Barack Obama. As Dave Barry used to say, "I am not making this up."
Part of me wants to laugh about this, maybe even create a drinking game where you have to do shots of ABC-brand tequila every time Jones says "Weather Weapon." But there are several reasons I can't find a moment's pleasure in this foolishness.
First, these are people's lives we're talking about. Children's lives. If it's possible to further dishonor their deaths, this does so. How dare anyone (least of all a bought-and-paid-for hack like Jones) wave their bloody shirts for profit.
Second, it dishonors and discredits constitutional institutions we cannot afford to lose. You see, people take this guy seriously. There are Americans who believe Alex Jones is the last American "Patriot." And when he starts in with his latest ludicrous fiction, his most recent slander, it damages the social contract. It also gives cover to his moderately less-odious, but equally mendacious compatriots across the talk-radio dial and the YouTube universe. If Alex Jones tells you the President is manipulating the weather for his own benefit, Glenn Beck don't sound as ridiculous by comparison
Third, it destroys the tried-and-true pop-culture genre of the conspiracy theory. From Area 51 to Dealey Plaza, from the faked moon-landing to the annual Bilderberg meeting, conspiracy theories are part of the fabric of American public life. Sometimes there's even a kernel of truth in them. Conspiracies do happen. The US government does do some unbelievably ridiculous and/or horrible stuff. (Tuskegee, anyone?) Some of these theories actually add a healthy dose of skepticism to the public debate. There's even a venerable branch of literature dedicated to the genre (Foucault's Pendulum, Illuminatus! Trilogy).
The key to a good conspiracy theory – the key to the whole form, in fact – is maintaining that kernel of truth. That little "Damn, you know, that could be true!" experience. Jones kills that. His foolishness (and I keep using that word because this is a family blog) betrays the form. If the leading conspiracy theory is less-believable than a SyFy original movie, it reflects on them all and makes every black helicopter just a sleek mode of transportation and every chemtrail just jet exhaust.
I fear Jones is here to stay, and that for now at least, the conspiracy theory is dead to pop culture. Just in case you were wondering, however, no, the president did not order executions at Sandy Hook. He did not help pack the pressure-cooker on Boylston St. And he does not have a tornado machine.
But I'm still pretty sure we don't know everything about Roswell.


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Last night at dinner I mentioned the Belly Belt to my twice-pregnant friend, Liz, (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!) who knew nothing of the contraption that allows you to expand your favorite pair of trousers into maternity-wear. Ok, well we all know how Liz get's when she's pregnant, so maybe it was her. Nope. My other THRICE pregnant friend, Carolyn, also knew nothing about it. What the deuce?
So I thought about it. How do I spend my days when the work just isn't getting done? Let's see. I check Celebrity Baby Blog (CBB) then I bookmark all of the fabulous baby and maternity stuff they mention. I contemplate the nursery bedding set Keri Russell chose for her son, River, and decide what set I would've chosen. I snack as if I were eating for two, (though I am most definitely not) then I check CBB again and see the diaper bag Naomi Watts carries, and covet it for a good forty minutes. I have no need to carry diapers around at the mo', but can you imagine how much stuff I could get in there? When make believe time has ended, I check CBB again (what, they update it a LOT, ok?) and enter to win a personalized baby blanket (of course I would have no idea how to personalize a blanket for a child that is years off, so I vow to personalize it for Liz if I win) from yet another fabulous baby site.
After realizing what my day entails (see above) and what my pregnant friends' days entail, (chasing kids around after a long day of work and going to bed at a ridiculously early hour because they grew a lung or something that day) it's pretty obvious why they're clueless about pregnancy and baby crap. You see, they have actual things to think and worry about, like pregnancy, childbirth and financing the whole fiasco; whilst I sit on my bottom and dream up wardrobe for a future-preggo me and a nursery for a not-even-thought-about infant.
Le sigh. At least I know what nursery bedding set I'll be choosing when the time eventually comes. In the meantime, however, I'll be the best baby-gift giver there is. Perhaps I should think about getting a real hobby…


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Check "Crossing The Red Sea" (CD) on Amazon
Check "Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts" (MP3) on Amazon
Oh yes, George, finally you are doing a band I love. Definitely one of my three or four favourite punk rock records. Everything is catchy, driving, and to the point. No meandering, no filler - a collection of tough and tight songs that somehow manage to come off as real art. Melodic as hell. I can still hear myself humming "looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes, looking through..." from time to time.
Their second album was great as well. Too bad I can't say the same about TV Smith's solo output though.
Wow, you're so positive about this album you almost come off as sarcastic. Well maybe that's just me.
Anyway, I'm terribly ashamed to admit I actually am almost completely unaware of this band, but on the other hand I'm now terribly excited about them. Yay!
Excellent review, George. TV's thoughtfulness and dissatisfaction with the state of things is as present here as ever. I actually think that TV today at 54 is the genuine embodiment of the old punk spirit, still playing for minimal fees in small places with a mere acoustic and delivering a fiery set every time, sometimes lasting 2,5 hours or so at best. (Who said Springsteen was hardworking?) The cream of his songwriting today is also just as good as Crossing the Red Sea and Cast of Thousands, although the production on his solo albums isn't to my tastes. The TV live experience is the real deal though, don't miss him!
(Yep, I'm the bloke who sent you some CDs 6-7 years ago, still enjoying your reviews as much as ever!)
Is the album cover showing up for the rest of you guys? It's not showing up for The Averts's other album either.ReplyDelete
Showing for me perfectly fine.ReplyDelete
Got it fixed, they were Adblocked for whatever reason.ReplyDelete
>the whole thing (produced by a still young John Leckie, later famous for his work with The Stone
I couldn't care less what Leckie did in the post-"Jack Your Body" era, but in his late 70s prime he produced stellar works for Be Bop Deluxe, XTC, Magazine and Simple Minds.


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November 24, 2012
Steve Madden Inklet Flat
This is a pair of suede, slightly pointy-toe flats with a pyramid of studs on the back. I love the contrasting black exterior and goldish-silver interior. It slips on easily and is quite comfortable. My only reservation is the narrowness of the toe box. Although it's not quite the right season for flats, it goes so well with tights.
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The last day I decided dressed in japanese Dolly style, mixing vintage items with some folk and lolita inspiration!
Dress - Vintage
Pettitcoat - Anna House
Tights - H&M
Boots - Aces of London
Headress - Sweet Rebeldy
Necklace clock - Vintage
Hair Feather - H&M
Butterfly - Handmade
The last day ussualy is very soft, and is the one in wich you can talk with all the people. I met there Esther, Maka and Eva!
Clara , Evana or Mavako were there too, while the girls were selling the last things on their stand.
Choco-chan and Carol!
So we had a lovely weekend full of friends and fun... I miss all the girls!
And well, here I left you another outfit I was wearing a random day I had coffee with the girls... I'm so autumn inspired using browns, corals, yellows and butterflies!
Dress - Topshop
Shoes - Sonia Rykiel
By the way... you know what? On friday, we're going back to Plaza Catalunya. We're camping again until the 20-N. We're still fighting... wish us good luck! :)!