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When I last brushed shoulders with Lucius Banda, I never believed him when he declared that the Media in the country is contributing to the downfall of the musical growth. He cited one small aspect where Radio Stations do Newspaper Reviews. He said all the pages except, entertainment pages, are reviewed which is a mark of disregard of contributions of entertainment in the country.
On March 6, 2011, the Malawi Voice, an online publication, in conjunction with Top Citizens Events Management recognized several Malawians doing several duties in politics, sports, and entertainment.
Top Citizens Events Management, a registered public relations firm, conducted research to find out who rocked and thrilled Malawians and hit most headlines in the year 2010.
Under the Media category, they also recognised Columnist of the Year which was scooped by Raphael Tenthani who puts down socio-political satires under the banner of Muckraking on Sunday, in the Sunday Times.
Yours truly, Prof. Zungwala came second with this Drumming Pen here in Malawi News while the third spot was taken by Garry Chirwa with the column 'If I Were' which appears in The Nation.
I must be seen to have digressed, but my point is on the Malawi Chapter's Media Institute of Southern Africa annual awards. Do you recognize that there are no columnists of the year?
Of course, running the Misa-Malawi awards without any best columns awards would be a forgivable sin, but it is quite unforgiving if you look at that long list of best performers and miss out entertainment writers.
I have in mind, prolific entertainment writers like James Chavula and Kondwani Kamiyala of Nation Publications Limited (NPL), and at Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) we have Sam Banda Junior, Jack Macbrams Chirwa and Clifton Kawanga who are some grand masters in weaving out beautiful pieces on entertainment pages of the company's titles.
What is very, very funny is that the core business of media institutions is to Educate, Inform and Entertain. Mark that … Entertain…
But perhaps following the philosophy of 'love the game, but hate the player?' even when I see so many souls poring over pages that have entertainment stories; there seems to be nothing to show in terms of appreciating the authors as is the case with other areas.
A newspaper that has no entertainment stories is like a huge green and bubbling Mango tree that can not bear the all important mango fruits. You find that no one is interested to look at it.
Newspapers have realized that entertainment stories are a hot cake and they would highlight the top entertainment stories on the front page. Twice or thrice a week newspapers have fixated pull outs in form of supplementary entertainment publications, with equally an attractive name.
Even Prof. Zungwala, for your information, is housed in the Weekender Supplement of the Malawi News – this is one good example of an entertainment supplement.
It is therefore indisputable that we need awards for our entertainment journalists. The same as one would feel cheated when reading a newspaper that has no entertainment stories would also be equated to a bad aftertaste that is left in the mouth when a litany of media award winners is without any entertainment writer.
Entertainment is an all encompassing media discipline, where music, drama, reviews on books or other literary work and poetry, and the list is long, hogs the limelight.
Each and every weekend artists prepare to go to different entertainment centers where fun seekers go to listen and dance to both gospel and secular music.
The entertainment writer has to explain the slackness in quality output by our musician, their achievements highlighted, misfortunes told and everything happening to them and their art published.
Readership loves to read this and decide where they would want to go if weekend is approaching; likewise, when a published book has hit the bookshop shelves the entertainment writers will dissect and guide the readers which one to go for first before the other.
I remember the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) used to have programmes like 'Tidziwane ndi Oyimba' which is one typical example of an audio version of entertainment stories.
Several other radios have also tried to come up with initiatives to champion the entertainment beat. I am failing to paint an emotional picture, which the feelings of many people paint as they draw towards entertainment.
This is not to say I am failing to justify the case of demanding for recognition for entertainment writers…
Honestly as MISA we need to you feel that we leave some holes in the awards when we leave out a very important sector of the media that must always be recognized at events like awards presentations?
From tomorrow onwards, try to read your newspapers and skip anything that has been written on entertainment. Let all radios stop playing music and see if they will survive or if people will remain alive.
Entertainment is life. When all is done people need to unwind and this is done with entertainment. Let's recognize our Entertainment Journalists, Please!
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When I last brushed shoulders with Lucius Banda, I never believed him when he declared that the Media in the country is contributing to the downfall of the musical growth. He cited one small aspect where Radio Stations do Newspaper Reviews. He said all the pages except, entertainment pages, are reviewed which is a mark of disregard of contributions of entertainment in the country.


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Vintage: 2002
Region: US
Appellation: Stags Leap, Napa
Condition: nl, signed by winemaker
Rated 100 points by Robert Parker`s Wine Advocate: `One of the world`s greatest wines year in and year out is Shafer`s Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select. The 2002 was a candidate for perfection the first time I tasted it. The estate keeps this cuvee 32 months in 100% new French oak, so I had a number of chances to see it from barrel. Moreover, I purchased the wine for my own cellar and have had it at least a half dozen times since bottling, and it just gets more profound with each sip. This wine is beyond belief for how it balances its extraordinary richness, purity of personality, and the elegance and finesse of the Stags Leap District with massive cassis fruit, spring flowers, toasty oak and earth. The wine is fabulously concentrated, multidimensional and built like a skyscraper, yet nothing is out of place. The wood, alcohol, acidity and tannin are all in perfect balance. This offering is a tribute to the greatness of Napa Valley, which was recognized by men and women hundreds of years ago, and to the modern day genius of the Shafer family. This 2002 has 50 years of life ahead of it - but why wait!` -- Robert Parker in the Wine AdvocateAdditional Notes from the Wine Advocate: `I am hardly alone in having enormous respect for the Shafer family, whose father, John, started this venerable Stags Leap winery in 1978. John still has an amazingly vigorous constitution as he moves into his eighth decade of life, although his son, Doug, is now carrying the Shafer banner. Since the beginning, they have enjoyed the services of one of the world`s great winemakers, Elias Fernandez. These are the highest scores I have ever given their regular cuvees of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, which again demonstrates what extraordinary winemaking and attention to detail takes place at Shafer. Everything can be recommended, from their Red Shoulder Chardonnay to their bevy of wine made from Bordeaux varietals as well as their famed Relentless, a blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah. This winery has clearly been on the top of its game for two decades and only continues to improve. How admirable is that?`
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|Lewis Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve -- 2015 (7)
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|The Crane Assembly Cabernet Sauvignon G.B. Crane Vineyard -- 2014 750ml (24)
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As I slowly made love to my wife in the standard missionary position, I reached under her back and continued to massage her. Initially, her moans of pleasure were in response to my kneading of her back. Eventually, the moans transitioned to the timing of my thrusts. There was a point where I became as hard as I possibly could. (Any man should be able to relate.) This is the point when your head of your cock feels like it's as swollen as it can become. If the timing is right, you can hold it without progressing past the point of "no return". This is what happened to me last night.
We reached a "modified" missionary position where I was turned slightly, taking my complete weight off of her. This allowed her to manipulate her hips in such a way as to fuck only the head of my cock. The lips of her dripping pussy gyrated around the head of my near-bursting cock. When I'm this close to exploding, this is one of the best ways to prolong my ecstasy. The longer I last, the more I leak precum into and on her already wet lips. I always try my best to wait until she comes before I submit to my own lust, but in this particular scenario, I couldn't hold it any longer.
As I felt the familiar tingling of my orgasm, I thrust inside of her, intent on filling her womb as deeply as I could. Just as I stared to come, she pulled herself a little off my shaft so that only my head was inside her. I could feel the first two or three spurts as they shot out of my cock. As I had mentioned before, it had been a few days since we last had action, so I had been building up. I came hard, first shooting deep inside her even though only my head was engulfed. After that third pulse, she allowed me to thrust, burying myself completely inside of her. As my pulses weakened, the head of my cock nestled against her cervix, depositing the rest of my warm cum over her innermost region.
Today, a full twelve hours after the event, I received this text from her while she was at work:
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I got tagged by Belachan (Little Corner of Mine) for the Meme 'You Are What You Eat'. As she tagged me just a day after I set up my blog, I had to figure out what a meme is. Now I know, it's an idea that shared and passed from blog to blog. Well, the top 10 foods on my lists are:
1) Bread – my main source of carbohydrates. I'm a bit strange for an Asian palate, I don't eat much rice and noodles, but give me bread, particularly european style ones, and I'll finish them to the last crumb.
2) Cheesecake – my number 1 'vice' for desserts. I just love the smooth, creamy texture as it glides down the throat. Yum!
3) Fruits - can't do without them, for even one day. Give me a juicy apple or some tangy strawberries anytime. Great for digestion too!
4) Yogurt – great on it's own, or in smoothies and fruit salads.
5) Fish – baked, grilled or fried. Love them all, especially teriyaki salmon.
6) Edamame beans (green soyabeans) – a great, convenient snack for the hungry afternoons.
7) Barley drink – 'cooling' drink that soothes the throat on days when I ate too much 'heaty' foods.
8) Cantonese Dim Sum – arrr.. those steaming hot bamboo baskets filled with little sweet or savoury morsels, can't resist them. Alas, the best dim sum, I feel, are in Hong Kong. So far the ones I've eaten in Singapore doesn't quite match the standards. But then, 'no prawns, fish also can lah'.
9) Cantonese double boiled soups – simply comforting and nutritious.
10) Mochi Ice Cream – balls of ice cream wrapped within a soft and chewy glutinous rice skin. Easy to eat and yummylicious.
Hmmm… who can I pass the baton to? Seems like most have been tagged already. So.. to..
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Outtakes: Erik Rhodes
Because he's SO f*cking hot and I have hours upon hours of him nude, I'm giving you a variety of Erik Rhodes outtakes this week. Where I normally only do bedroom or hallway shots, I've decided to post both.
I've read quite a bit on the web (complete with before and after comparison shots) of how Erik's photos for the Papermag porn star series had been worked on. And though I am flattered that someone would think my skills as a re-toucher are that good, I'm afraid it's just not so.
Yes, I removed the infamous scar from his arm (as I do all the models I shoot) and with minimal cleaning up of the skin, I am happy to report these shots are 100% Erik Rhodes.
I don't know if it's because he hams it up in front of the lens or because his nudes have remained as my screen saver since the day we met; or if it's his beaUtiful uncut shlong, but I can't get enough of Erik Rhodes! His boyfriend Danny accompanied him on our shoot with a handy-cam for some behind-the-scenes footage for his website. They are both very sweet and were a lot of fun.


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This is one of my favorite outfits lately because it so professional. If you recall, I haven't had anywhere "professional" to go for a month, so to say it's refreshing to break it out is an understatement!
Also, I feel like I cracked the code to layering. Usually when I try to layer a sweater and a button down like EVERY post I see on Pinterest, I end up a cranky, bunchy mess. Problem solved with this duo. The shirt is SLEEVELESS, but still has a collar. It's perfect for layering in the SOUTH because it's not too hot and there's no bunching and I still have full range of motion!
Sweater: LOFT (petite in Winter White) ON SALE || Shirt: Land's End (petite) ON SALE || Necklace: Similar here || Pants: Similar here and here || Shoes: Old (similar here and here) || Earrings: Kendra Scott
Another reason this outfit is a fast favorite: the pieces worn as separates are just as cute as they are layered. The sweater from LOFT is literally the best. It's so comfy and it's a hi-lo sweater so I can wear it with leggings with no judgement! And the sleeveless tunic is going to be perfect for summer days. I will definitely be ordering more pieces from Land's End!
Fun fact: I wore this outfit to accept my job offer, but switched out the flats for nude heels!
P.S. Do y'all have any tips for layering BESIDES cheating the system? Let me know in the comments!
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The licenses will include a digital photograph and a filament or some other security device that counterfeiters can't reproduce, but not a controversial radio-controlled computer chip, Mr. Chertoff said. States will be required to verify each applicant's personal information, including his or her legal status in the country, by comparing it against federal Social Security and passport databases, or against state vital-statistics databases. (emphasis added)
Sounds like the days of renewing through the mail or getting a new license in less than 30 minutes are over.
Is it just me, or does a phrase such as "a security device that counterfeiters can't reproduce" sound ridiculously naive? I'd love more specifics, too, because "some other security device" isn't cutting it for me.
And now all our information will need to be verified against federal databases. Because we are ALL potential criminals. And imagine! All those jobs that will be created to handle the extra paperwork! Hooray for
Senator Patrick Leahy is a strange ally to those of us who tend to oppose further encroachments on our freedoms. He said:
"It is difficult to think this is anything but the first, big step toward a national identification card that so many Americans oppose."
But Mr. Chertoff disputed that. "Most people accept that you need to identify yourself," he said, and "I see no argument in favor of making it easier to pony up fake identity."
What kind of comeback is that? Nobody IS arguing that it should be easier for criminals to get fake ids. Stop trying to distract people with something shiny and address the real issue, Mr. Chertoff!
The National Conference of State Legislatures says that legislators in 29 states have introduced bills refusing to comply, and that legislation has passed in six states including New Hampshire, which calls Real ID "repugnant" to the state and U.S. constitutions.
I understand that Georgia is one of the opposition states. Yay for that! But as I said in my previous post, resistance is futile:
Mr. Chertoff said states "have been coming aboard" since their complaints about the cost and speed of the program have been addressed. But Homeland Security also has let the states know that licenses from states that opt out of Real ID won't be accepted as identification from anyone wanting to fly on or enter a commercial aircraft beginning this spring.
It's blackmail. No two ways about it. The federal government is using its power to give citizens a "choice" between being able to fly for business or pleasure or continuing to oppose federal "security" mandates on private law-abiding citizens. So people will pressure the opposition states into submitting to the federal rules and they will feel grateful that they still have the "freedom" to fly anywhere they want to whenever they want to.
Mr. Chertoff still needs to make it clear how these new licenses will stop Bad Guys from harming innocent people! HOW? Maybe it will be more difficult for people to use fake identities. Personally, I don't have much hope for that, because as long as there have been identification cards, there have been people who have figured out how to fake them. Somebody will crack it.
And even if these Real IDs are 100% secure and foolproof, SO WHAT?!?!?! There will be Bad Guys and they will do Bad Guy things. Work on figuring out who the heck they are and finding them and catching them. Forcing millions of innocent American citizens to accept a new federally sanctioned state identification card or give up the ability to ride an airplane doesn't catch more Bad Guys. Even my 5 year old could see the hole in this logic.
The US government needs to stop viewing every single person as a potential criminal who must be monitored or brought in line and start concentrating on catching actual criminals. Just a thought.


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RT America -- August 14, 2015
US embassy opens doors in Cuba following 50-year freeze out
Another step towards normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba was made Friday, as the US Embassy in Havana reopened during a ceremony led by Secretary of State John Kerry. However, many politicians are less than willing to open talks with the island nation. Manuel Rapalo reports from the Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC.
Business still reeling from Ferguson unrest, demand gov't compensation
Images of local stores burning and being looted during the unrest in Ferguson have captured America's psyche, but a year after the riots and violence, have businesses in the city been able to rebound? Alexey Yaroshevsky takes a look from the ground and speaks with business owners about their experiences.


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Germany's most rejuvenated Metal act returns with a vengeance for their second album on one of the best comeback routes of all time. I'm sure anyone that even remotely associates themselves with Metal has listened to classics such as "Balls To The Wall" or "Fast As A Shark" but, let's be serious, those tracks are from, what, 30 years ago? The 'new' ACCEPT, meaning the post-Udo albums, "Blood Of The Nations" and, now, "Stalingrad" show the band more scathing, seething and down right dirty than any of the 'old' ACCEPT albums.
So what happened to ACCEPT? Well, anyone that has listened to "Blood Of Nations" knows, but if you haven't, then I will attempt to paint the picture for you, as "Stalingrad" picks right up where its predecessor left off at. 'New' ACCEPT is basically a modern take on the classic and Traditional Metal approach that ACCEPT has always been loved for. I mean to say that the music isn't modernized like later-day IN FLAMES or the LINKIN PARKs of the world, but rather modern as in production values and technical improvements. With "Blood Of Nations" and, now, with "Stalingrad" ACCEPT have finally broken free from the stigma that they are solely an 80's band holding onto past glories.
The first thing that grabs your attention on ACCEPT's latest masterpiece should be the powerful and crunchy guitar tone. The riffs range from Speed Metal flair of RAGE to the chugging palm-muting style of IRON MAIDEN. Straight up Traditional Metal is what you'll get on "Stalingrad". The lead guitar work is outstanding, as it floats and weaves in and out and around the main riffs and vocals. Nothing too showy, but the guitarists are not afraid to show their chops with some really awesome blues-inspired soloing as well as some straight up shred fest sections.
The rhythm section blasts through the album, adding depth to already amazing base. The bass plods along, adding flourishes and extrapolations over the guitar lines. The drums are driving and pounding. There's enough force there to pull a freight train. It sounds like a great mix between 80's metal drumming a la JUDAS PRIEST and the more modern Groove Metal acts of the 2000's.
Those familiar with ACCEPT's early work should not be surprised with the vocals here, as the members found a more than suitable replacement for Udo. Imagine, if you will, a more pissed-off sounding Brian Johnson (of AC\DC), doing more of a shout crossed with the occasional squeal, and that's pretty much what the vocals sound like. Mark Tornillo's vocals are very gruff and raw, but fitting, especially with this riff fest of an album.
Every track on "Stalingrad" is a winner. ACCEPT have blessed us with another gem of an album with their post Udo era. I for one, believe that the newer ACCEPT completely blows the old stuff out of the water. Every track fits together, making a cohesive album, with nothing sounding out of place or forced. That being said, there are some standout tracks like "Hung, Drawn And Quartered" and "The Quick And The Dead" that get the blood pumping and your fists banging. Tracks like "Twist Of Fate" bring back some memories of the more melodic 1980's years, but the Hard Rock styling quickly fades when the chorus hits, and it's right back to solid Traditional Metal. After repeated listens, nothing gets monotonous, yet it still manages to retain its cohesiveness.
Overall an excellent album by one of the best comeback groups in recent years. If you consider yourself a Traditional Metal fan, then you MUST own this. "Stalingrad" is pretty much the road map for how Traditional albums should sound and feel. This album is recommended to all fans of Metal. Why? Because it's that good!


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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Send us your Rubik's Cube solve...
It needs to be YOUR video and I'll include it in an upcoming series of films we're doing on Rubik's Cubes.
You can email it to me at email@example.com or post it on YouTube and send me a link.
Extra credit if you include a shout-out to Numberphile, like these people did (but it's not necessary):
If you can't make a video, then at least send a photo!
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Over at anti-feminist site "Feminist Critics*," ballgame notes how "stymied" he's been trying to respond to the, in his words, "torrent of anti-MRA smears created to take advantage of the horrific murders by Elliot Rodger in California."
Wow, that's quite the characterization of anti-MRA writing, yeah?
I mean, what a truly profound lack of understanding ballgame shows regarding the motivations of people writing about MRAs in the wake of this tragedy. What an unfortunate, unfair, and automatic attribution of bad faith he grants to feminists and critics of MRAs. In his view, it's as though the only reason people are critiquing MRAs is not because MRAs say incredibly horrible things about women but because people just want to "smear" MRAs for no reason at all! As though most people see this event as, say, their Big Chance to undeservedly tarnish the image of the poor innocent MRA movement.
MRAs, with their own words, smear themselves.
By quoting exactly what they say, in context, MRAs discredit their own credibility. To highlight their repulsive views is to not "take advantage" of a killer's actions, it's largely to ask, "Now? Now will people listen to us? These people are scary, misogynistic, and aggressive. Something like this will happen again, and all the signs are right there, on the Internet, in the manosphere, today."
Here, I will once again note that one of the manosphere's most prominent, adored, and popular voices, Paul Elam, has said that today's women are "shallow, self-serving wastes of human existence—parasites—semi-human black holes that suck resources and goodwill out of men and squander them on the mindless pursuit of vanity." Opining on women and rape, he has also written (link to Rational Wiki, rather than Elam's site, so as not to drive traffic to it):
"And all the outraged PC demands to get huffy and point out how nothing justifies or excuses rape won't change the fact that there are a lot of women who get pummeled and pumped because they are stupid (and often arrogant) enough to walk though life with the equivalent of a I'M A STUPID, CONNIVING BITCH – PLEASE RAPE ME neon sign glowing above their empty little narcissistic heads."And, thousands of men agree with him.
It is not difficult to find, at MRA and manosphere sites, messaging like that.
In contrast, ballgame has to get his microfiche out and go all the way back to 1968 to bring up Valerie Solanas in his title, "Rodger & Solanas Do Not Represent Their Gender Rights Groups," to fabricate a fictitious moral equation whereby feminists and MRAs are just two equal and opposite sides of a debate, each heaping aggression and violence in equal measures upon the other side with equal consequence in a society in which feminists kill, attack, and threaten men just as frequently as anti-feminists kill, attack, and threaten women.
Simply put, there is no major, popular feminist on the Internet today that I know of who communicates views about men that are akin to the views that major, popular MRAs like Paul Elam communicate about women. The biggest "sin" of many of the most popular feminists actually seems to be that they/we don't center men and men's concerns - which, it seems, feels like equivalent violence to some MRAs, MRA supporters, and feminist critics. (Here, for instance, ballgame lambasts popular feminist blogger Melissa McEwan for not feeling sufficiently excited about an upcoming male-centric movie.)
So, there's that entitlement theme, again.
My advice at this point is for defensive men to take a step back, broaden their perspectives a bit, and try a bit harder to understand women's fear rather than automatically attribute critiques of MRAs to a super fun bad faith attempt to "smear" the movement.
[*I have not included a link to the site as I don't want to drive traffic to it - the name of the blog, article, and author are included within this post, and thus the piece should be easy enough to find if you're inclined.]
Is it really up to feminists to create all pushback?
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25th OCTOBER 2017 UPDATE
See the Class Action Statement Claim filed 14 September 2017 against The Cosmetic Institute
15th SEPTEMBER 2017 UPDATE
Dr Eddy Dona's TCI Receives Lawsuit Over Botched Breast Surgeries
3rd JUNE 2017 UPDATE
The Cosmetic Institute: Patient names, nude photos leaked online
21st JULY 2016 UPDATE
20th APRIL 2016 UPDATE – REVIEW FINDS TCI GIVING DANGEROUS DOSES OF SEDATIVES
The average Breast Augmentation costs around $10,000. Don't risk your life for a saving of $4,000 and be tricked by The Cosmetic Institutes lies & deception.
Hear more stories from patients of botched jobs on TV from The Cosmetic Institute
- Channel 9 – Legal Action Launched by Patients of TCI
- Channel 9 – Cosmetic surgery HORROR
- Channel 7 – Botched boob job victims speak out
- Channel 7 – Another women rushed to hospital
- Channel 7 – Women offered cash to keep quiet
The Cosmetic Institute IN THE NEWS
- Breast implant patients given dangerous doses of sedatives at The Cosmetic Institute without consent, review finds
- Breast implant patients at The Cosmetic Institute knocked out without consent, report reveals
- woman suffers cardiac arrest during breast augmentation surgery
- another woman rushed to hospital while undergoing breast surgery at sydney clinic
- woman rushed to hospital after breast augmentation complications
- sydney woman suffers heart attack in middle of cosmetic surgery at popular clinic
- another patient rushed from the cosmetic institute to hospital emergency unit
- women left bedridden unimaginable pain weeks breast enlargement operation cosmetic institute two people hear attacks year
- woman claims embattled sydney cosmetic clinic botched her breast enlargement surgery
- The Cosmetic Institute: lung punctured during routine cosmetic surgery
- cosmetic surgery leaves woman hospitalised
- half price boob jobs proving dangerous
- Woman 22 suffers cardiac arrest breast enlargement surgery Cosmetic Institute
- institute says anaesthetic unlikely to blame for surgery patients emergency
- Woman left lopsided breasts botched procedure Cosmetic Institute clinic fire two women heart attacks year
- nsw considers tighter regulation for cosmetic industry
- plastic surgery blunders ignite calls for regulation of cosmetic surgery industry
- boob job clinics owned by babak moini-to-be probed after four complaints
- former patients of sydney cosmetic surgery clinic considering legal action
- The Cosmetic Institute: new details reveal several breast implant clinic patients being rushed to hospital
- Former patients of The Cosmetic Institute not considering legal action
- Women 'offered cash to keep quiet' as they take legal action against Cosmetic Institute
- These cosmetic breast surgeries 'should be banned'
- We have heard the women in these segments are being threatened with legal action to silence them!
- They are paying out girls with bad outcomes to be rumored up to $30,000 to not go to the media!
- Do you know more? Send information to email@example.com!
- LEGAL ACTION: There is currently a group class action for botched surgeries, contact Sally Gleeson
Only 2 Weeks Training For Their "Specialist Doctors"
The Doctor who started the Breast Academy in the Gold Coast, Kim-Kuan Chan, originally trained with TCI. They expected him to perform breast augmentations alone after 2 weeks of training with Dr Dona. To his credited he refused and left as he saw many faults in the way TCI was run. He saw everything, and would know the ins and outs of TCI's practices.
Dr Chan left TCI, joined up with a group of plastic surgeons in the Gold Coast and started The Breast Academy. The Breast Academy perform all their procedures under General Anaesthetic in a licensed hospital, with Plastic surgeons. Dr Chan does things the right way.
Revision Day
I have also found out that every Monday is 'revision' day. Where Dr Eddy Dona, fixes up the mistakes that have been made by the other doctors on procedures performed in his clinic. This is not an infrequent occurrence, I have been informed that there is a full list of revision patients every week, without fail.
Fake Reviews
It should also be noted that there was a number of 'positive' reviews (over 20) put up online just after the Amy Rickhauss incident. If these reviews are investigated and found to be the work of The Cosmetic Institute, they are blatant lies, and fake reviews. Even if they were written by actual clients of TCI, the fact that so many went up at the same time, leads me to believe that TCI asked their patients to write and post them online, which is against the national law.
We also know for a fact that TCI pay people to write on blogs, such as the plastic surgery forum. Not only do they write as fake members themselves, they employ a strategy of finding members of the blogs who have been active for a long time, and paying them to write reviews. This is so there are not several good reviews written all by brand new members, which would look obviously fake.
You can see a comment on this thread which refers to the paid reviews : http://www.plasticsurgeryforum.com.au/topic/16277-tci-v-breast-academy/
(Note that the user named 'Aspiretoinspire' , is TCI management)
A builder who worked on the Parramatta Facility, became aware of what The Cosmetic Institute were trying to do. They asked him to build a 'hospital looking' facility while cutting corners. This builder was so afraid of David Segal and Babak Moini , that he had to hire a security guard to go with him to pick up the money he was owed. This was after numerous calls trying to chase up payment. When he did finally visit The Cosmetic Institute, he was handed his payment, $400,000 in cash. I'm sure the tax department would like to know where this cash is coming from.
Dr Eddy Dona
Dr Dona is a plastic surgeon who has created a number of unqualified doctors to make some quick cash. Be careful as it goes to show having a qualification doesn't mean they have ethics.
The Cover Up
The media only know about two patients who had cardiac arrests from TCI. According to inside sources there have been close to 10 patients sent to St. Vincent's hospital. This hospital are trying to cover it up because a number of their anaesthetists work at TCI and are making great money from this.


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Did you say sleep!??!! Sleep of the Dead A long standing tradition within evangelical Christianity asserts that death is a move to a new level of consciousness, that those awaiting Christ's return for reward or punishment do so in a … Continue reading
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http://magazine.biola.edu/article/11-summer/is-hell-a-vital-doctrine/ "Annihilationism" seems to be increasingly accepted as a view of hell within evangelicalism. Is this a biblical position? There have been individuals within the broad evangelical community who have subscribed to this view of annihilationism, which basically is … Continue reading
Debate on the final punishment
Debate topic: "The final punishment of the risen wicked will be annihilation, the permanent end to the conscious existence of the entire person." http://www.theopologetics.com/2012/06/16/episode-88-death-eternal/ "Chris Date, host of the Theopologetics podcast and contributor to the Rethinking Hell blog and podcast, affirms. Joshua … Continue reading
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Wedding season is quickly approaching, and whether you're in the middle of putting together your dream registry or want to buy a fab piece of kitchenware for the soon-to-be bride, Oscar de la Renta's brushstroke dinner plate ($34, Saks Fifth Avenue) is a fantastic gift to give and get. The blue and white hand-painted stoneware dish was inspired by an art class the designer took in Japan. Its striped watercolor image is finished with crackle glaze to keep the color strong and free from chips, and since each piece is done by hand, all will be unique.
Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to seeing the "New Blue and White" exhibition soon, now in the middle of its run at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). Until July 14, the MFA is exploring contemporary interpretations of historically ubiquitous porcelain designs bearing this cobalt pigment on white clay, focusing on the ceramics world as well as fashion (Rodarte and Nicholas Kirkwood included). Below, a few items included in the exhibition:
Harumi Nakashima, Work 0808, 2008. Glazed stoneware.
Designed by Rodarte, Dress, 2011. Silk with ribbon embroidery and printed hammered chiffon.
"Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the sisters behind the label Rodarte, translated classic blue-and-white porcelain designs into this dress, recreating the millennium old pattern with ribbon embroidery and printed chiffon." – MFA Facebook page
Designed by Rodarte, produced by Nicholas Kirkwood, Pair of woman's shoes, 2011.
"'Blow Away' Vase," 2009. Hand-painted porcelain with in-glaze blue.
"A classic vessel manufactured by Royal Delft, a Dutch ceramics factory established in the 17th century, goes through a computer simulation where it meets a strong wind, and reacts in a manner dissonant from the laws of physics. Captured mid-gust, this impossible act was created in clay by the same factory that produced the original work centuries ago. The 'Blow Away Vase' speaks to the way historical practice and new technology can come together to inform contemporary design."
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53 F. average high for October 27.
2.6" snow fell on the Twin Cities on October 27, 1919.
Saturday: sunnier, nicer day of the weekend, mid 50s with fading sun, a south breeze at 10-15 mph.
Sunday: .18" rain predicted (NAM model). Mostly cloudy, highs holding in the upper 40s, a raw breeze (NW 10-20).
Halloween Superstorm Facts. The 20 year anniversary is coming up - and some of the all-time Twin Cities records are listed above. We all have our own Halloween 1991 memories (and horror stories). In the coming days we'll review one of Minnesota's most remarkable snowstorms....ever. Data above courtesy of the MN State Climate Office.
2.5" snow at Amarillo, Texas Thursday morning.
4-8" snow reported in downtown Denver and close-in suburbs; most of that snow will be gone by this evening.
57.68" precipitation at Cincinnati, Ohio: wettest year on record (old record: 57.58" in 1990).
* Is it time to have two types of tornado alerts, 1). Tornado Warnings and 2). Tornado Emergencies? I try to make the case below.
Freak October Snowstorm? The latest guidance is in, and I almost fell off my couch last night. Models consistently print out a second, coastal storm Friday night into Saturday, and there may be enough cold air in place for mostly snow. It's hard to believe, but there's a potential for a heavy, wet ("plowable") snowfall from Richmond to D.C., Baltimre and Philadelphia. A few of the computer models are hinting at a foot of snow for some of the major population centers in the Mid Atlantic states. Good grief - this is all happening a little too quickly...
Saturday Snow Blitz? Man, I hope the models are wrong. This is pretty incredible - models now suggesting that enough cold air will be in place for mostly snow as a coastal storm pushes north Friday night into Saturday, a fast-moving shield of snow falling at the rate of 1"/hour, from near Richmond to Washington D.C. to Philadelphia, the suburbs of New York City, to Hartford. The Twin Cities has yet to see a flake of snow, and our nation's capital and the Big Apple may be digging out from at least 10" snow by Saturday evening.
Surreal. Let's see if the models are on the right track. Stay tuned.
Wisconsin Snow Burst. "Thanks to Jerry Veverka for sending us this pic of snow falling 5 miles southwest of Phillips, WI." (source: Duluth National Weather Service).
First Snow. NWS Burlington VT: "First images of snow this morning across central and southern VT as well as the southern Adirondacks. This image is from a web cam near Chelsea, VT. Mainly light amounts of snow today with up to an inch or two in the higher elevations of the southern Green Mts."
Rina Weakens To Tropical Storm As It Approaches Yucatan Peninsula. Reuters has the latest: "Hurricane Rina weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday as it swept toward Mexico's Caribbean coast after causing travel chaos and spurring evacuations from island resorts. Rina is expected to continue to weaken as it sweeps the eastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula by evening, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. The coast is home to the strip of resorts known as the Riviera Maya. In Playa del Carmen, strong rain had eased by the morning although the sea was choppy and the dock for ships to the tourist island of Cozumel was closed. While most souvenir and gift shops on the pedestrian boulevard 5th Avenue had their steel shutters drawn, only a few beach-front properties had their windows secured with wooden panels. "
Rina's Track. There's a good chance Rina will weaken into a tropical depression and do a U-turn, soaking the Yucatan Peninsula, but sparing Florida in the process. Too much wind shear, too much dry air being entrained into the storm's circulation.
Hurricane Hunter Pics. The USA is the only country that flies planes INTO hurricanes, to learn more about intensity and future track. Every hurricane is different, and only so much data can be gleaned from weather satellites. These big, 4-engine, turboprop aircraft send back real-time information to NHC, launching "dropsondes", small weather instruments that parachute to the ocean floor below, sending back a live data stream of wind, pressure and humidity all the way down. (Thanks to Justin Kennedy from NOAA for tweeting the photos above).
Mudslides And Flooding Ravage Areas Of Scenic Beauty In Italy. The New York Times has more details: "ROME — Flailing through mounds of sludge left by torrential rains, rescue workers cleared debris and hunted for survivors in Tuscany and Liguria on Wednesday after mudslides and flooding left at least six people dead and hundreds homeless in those areas, among the most picturesque in Italy. Video images showed vast devastation, including in Monterosso al Mare, a village on the Unesco World Heritage List. In some towns, videos showed, streets had become canals, furniture was piled pell-mell outside homes, bridges were swept away, highways were blocked by tree trunks and overturned trucks, cars were washed out to sea and boats were shredded like matchsticks."
Hurricane Tracker. Here's a very cool visualization of "Rina" from the New York Times, showing past and predicted track, along with a "meteogram" to the right, with the change in intensity over the last few days.
Hurricane Photos. The New York Times has done a very good job soliciting and posting hurricane-related photos. Man of these photos are from Hurricane Irene, but some pics from Tropical Storm Lee are included as well. Definitely worth a look.
Hurricane Irene Victims Are "Still Really Suffering". WRAL-TV has an update on the lingering impact of Irene: "Aurora, N.C. — It has been two months since Hurricane Irene hit parts of eastern North Carolina, and, in many places, the cleanup is far from over. In Beaufort and Pamlico counties, flooding was a big part of the problem, leaving homes and businesses uninhabitable. At Carolina Seafood in Beaufort County, workers have been shaping the company back to what it was before the storm. There wasn't much left of the crab processing company following the hurricane. "I just went to my knees and cried," said Vance Henries, owner of Carolina Seafood. "Walls were busted in. We had trees – floating trees – that had come in like torpedoes and just took walls out." With nowhere to process the crabs, most of the employees had to look elsewhere for work. Employee Janet Diffenderfer says, after a hurricane, "elsewhere" is hard to find. "No (one was) hiring. They weren't even hiring before the hurricane hit," she said."
South Jersey Businesses And Residents Still Feeling The Effects Of Hurricane Irene. PressofAtlanticCity.com has the story: "HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — A few days after Hurricane Irene struck South Jersey last month, a group of FEMA employees visited Byron Rovins at his Watering Hole Cafe on Weymouth Road here and asked how he had fared in the storm. "I said, 'There's no damage, but no one is driving by,'" — due to the closing of the Weymouth Road bridge three-and-a-half miles from his business — Rovins said. Six weeks later, Rovins is still feeling the impact of Irene, as he waits for the bridge to be repaired and his customers to return. "Maybe it would have been better if I had some damage," Rovins said, jokingly. But there's some truth to what Rovins was saying. South Jersey was spared the brunt of Irene, although the hurricane did cause severe flooding in the township and the northwest section of Atlantic City. But, still, the damage was light compared with problems in North Jersey, and as a result, fewer disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration have been made here."
National Effort Ongoing To Improve Severe Weather Warning Network. The Montgomery Adviser has a look at weather technology and ways to improve the tornado warning process. Doppler radar (and now dual polarization Doppler) has become so sophisticated that we can see circulations within thunderstorms we never saw before. But only 20% or so of rotating thunderstorms go on to spawn tornadoes. The NWS wants to err on the side of caution and safety (smart idea) but this means a lot of false alarms go out to the public. My proposed solution? Call it a tornado warning (if it's based on rotation on Doppler radar). If it's an actual tornado on the ground, a confirmed funnel causing damage - call it something else, call it a "Tornado Emergency", another level of urgency - something to SHAKE PEOPLE and make sure they take action. The sobering lesson of Joplin: sometimes, even if people do the right thing and ride out a tornado in a basement or underground shelter - it can still not be enough. If it's an EF-4 or EF-5 the odds of survival are much lower, even in a basement. Thankfully less than 2% of all U.S. tornadoes are EF-4 strength or higher.
Some people will rightfully point out that having 2 different kinds of tornado alerts will be confusing, and it's hard to argue with that. Some people may hear a (rotation-based) tornado warning and sit on their hands, do nothing until or unless it turns into a full-blown tornado emergency with circulation reaching the ground. I'm not sure if there's a perfect solution here - but the more I think about this the more I believe there should probably be some way of distinguishing between rotation-based tornado warnings, and more urgent situations where rotation is accompanied by reports of a tornado on the ground from SKYWARN and law enforcement. To me the notion of a Tornado Emergency makes sense, and imparts an additional level of urgency the public probably needs to do the right thing.
"On the evening of April 27, in the midst of a massive tornado outbreak in Alabama, Lee Schaffer felt he would have plenty of time to get his family out of their mobile home and to their safe area -- his parents' house -- if a twister struck. He was wrong. When the tornado warning went out for Elmore County, the Santuck resident gathered his wife and four children, all younger than 5, and went next door. "We had been under tornado warnings several times before and had never been hit by a tornado," he said. "I wouldn't say we were ignoring that warning that night, but you think you would hear the tornado coming and you would have time to get someplace safe."But it was at night, you couldn't see it coming. It didn't make a freight train like sound, just a low, eerie hum."
Italy Digging Out After Flash Flood Devastation. AP has some incredible footage in this YouTube story. Reports of 20" of rain in less than 12 hours, resulting in widespread mudslides and flash flooding. At least 9 deaths are being blamed on the freak floods; the death toll expected to rise in the days ahead: "Italians were digging out Thursday from under the debris piled up by flash flooding and mudslides in the normally picturesque northwestern region. The death toll climbed to at least nine, with several still missing."
Flood Waters Move In On Bangkok. Voice of America and AP have an update: "Thai authorities say flood waters creeping down from the north could soon swamp the Thai capital, Bangkok, leading thousands of people to leave the city. Thai monks, soldiers, and local people hammered particle boards in between two concrete walls along Bangkok's Chao Phraya River. They dropped sandbags into the space between the walls, extending the height by about half a meter. The hope is that the makeshift barrier will prevent, or at least slow down, flood waters from entering the Kaew-Fah-Chulamani temple. Phra Rattanamaythee, head monk at the temple, says he thinks the mass of water headed to Bangkok will probably spill over the wall. But, he says as long as the water is not too high they can still live on the temple's second floor. He says the flood disaster is worse than in past years. The government and people tried to prevent it, but the water mass is a larger amount this time. He says they have used all of their personnel and equipment, but could not stop the water. He says they have done their best."
Residents Escape Bangkok Flooding. Another perspective on the worst flooding in 50 years from the Washington Post: "Parts of Thailand's flood-threatened capital are rapidly emptying of residents who are listening to a government warning to use a special five-day holiday to escape the danger."
NASA - NPP: Final Steps To Countdown. NASA is about to launch a new satellite that will revolutionize the monitoring of weather and climate from low-Earth orbit. Here's a good YouTube explainer: "NPP is nearly ready to be launched! This video describes the final steps for this Earth-observing climate and weather satellite before it launches, currently scheduled for the morning of Oct. 28, 2011."
Poodle + Zombie = Zoodle. With Halloween fast approaching here's a timely nugget, courtesy of Neatorama.com: "What do you get when you cross a poodle with a zombie? A Zoodle! Via Daily Dawdle"
Classic October Day. Early morning showers gave way to blue sky and a gentle breeze, temperatures very close to average for the 27th day of October, ranging from 49 at Alexandria to 52 at St. Cloud and 53 in the Twin Cities.
Paul's ConservationMinnesota Outlook for the Twin Cities and all of Minnesota:
TODAY: Plenty of sun, breezy. Winds: NW 10-20. High: 54
FRIDAY NIGHT: Dry for evening football games. Partly cloudy and chilly. Low: 32
SATURDAY: Partly sunny, probably the nicer day of weekend. High: 53
SATURDAY NIGHT: Clouds increase and thicken. Low: 36
SUNDAY: Few hours of rain expected, mostly cloudy and raw. High: 48
MONDAY: Dry Halloween. Sun returns, quite pleasant (except for scattered ghouls on Doppler). Low: 34. High: 52
TUESDAY: Intervals of sun, cooling off late. Low: 39. High: 53
WEDNESDAY: More clouds than sun, brisk. Low: 37. High: near 50
THURSDAY: Bright sun, less wind
Reinvention 101
If I could go back and do it again I'd become a computer programmer. If you can write code you can pretty much write your ticket. The trick today is finding a job that can't easily be automated or outsourced out of existence. In some cases we've computerized ourselves out of work. I meet so many people tired of thinking like employees - they want to become owners; start their own businesses. My daydream: getting paid to create iPhone apps on the beach. Hmm. So many beaches, so little time.
Here we are, tip-toeing into winter. The pattern isn't ripe for major storms until November 5-6, when heavy rain and highs winds may be accompanied by highs near 60.
Minnesota will get "clipped" in the coming days, a fast-moving disturbance brushing the MN Arrowhead with a rain/snow mix today, a coating of slush for the BWCA. We salvage a fine Saturday, but the next clipper sparks a cold rain on Sunday. Good news: skies clear on Halloween with a high near 50, a dry sky for Trick or Treating.
I'm starting to wonder if the forecast for a "much colder winter" is pure bunk. "La Nina and the NAO should lead to a cold bias!" One thing is certain: Mother Nature rarely sticks to the script.
Jon Stewart Rips Media For Ignoring "Climategate" Debunking, Covering McRib Instead. This is classic. Thank God for Jon Stewart - doing what CBS, NBC and ABC SHOULD be doing. Who would have thought that some of our best journalism would come from a cable comedy show, but you have to give credit where credit is due. Huffington Post, Hulu and Comedy Central bring you the story (and must-see video clip): "On Wednesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart picked up on a story that rocked the science world in 2009: the email hacking that exposed hundreds of exchanges between global warming scientists known as Climategate. If you remember, the emails weren't a big deal because they proved anything, but because they suggested irregularities in data which in turn encouraged climate change skeptics to continue to deny global warming. As Stewart reminisced with a series of clips, Fox News pundits and conservative analysts on all the 24-hour news networks had a field day proclaiming that these emails proved global warming was a fraud. And it worked, too. As Stewart pointed out, studies show the amount of people who acknowledge global warming dropped nearly 20% since the emails were leaked. Given the media circus that was Climategate, Stewart was shocked to learn that a study done by a noted climate change skeptic AND funded by Tea Party oil tycoons the Koch brothers which intended to disprove global warming recently reaffirmed the science behind it. What shocked him even more? How little coverage the findings, printed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, received compared to that of McDonald's "McRib."
Climate Change Making Country's Water Problems Worse: Expert. Reuters has the story: "Climate change and population growth in the United States will make having enough fresh water more challenging in the coming years, an expert on water shortages said on Wednesday. "In 1985-1986 there were historical (water level) highs and now in less than 25 years we are at historical lows. Those sorts of swings are very scary," said Robert Glennon, speaking at the State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference in Erie, Pennsylvania. Glennon, a professor at Arizona State University and the author of "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It," said that that according to climate experts, shorter, warmer winters mean less ice and greater exposure to the air, leading eventually to more water evaporation."
NOAA Study: Human Caused Climate Change A Major Factor In More Frequent Mediterranean Droughts. Here's a press release from NOAA: "Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). In the last 20 years, 10 of the driest 12 winters have taken place in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. "The magnitude and frequency of the drying that has occurred is too great to be explained by natural variability alone," said Martin Hoerling, Ph.D. of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., lead author of a paper published online in the Journal of Climate this month. "This is not encouraging news for a region that already experiences water stress, because it implies natural variability alone is unlikely to return the region's climate to normal." The Mediterranean region accumulates most of its precipitation during the winter, and Hoerling's team uncovered a pattern of increasing wintertime dryness that stretched from Gibraltar to the Middle East. Scientists used observations and climate models to investigate several possible culprits, including natural variability, a cyclical climate pattern called the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and climate change caused by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere during fossil fuel use and other human activities."
Getting Angry And Going Right. Here's an Op-Ed from The Economist: "GIVEN the broad scientific consensus that climate change is happening, based on data showing that climate change is happening, climate scepticism must be predicated on a belief that the data is flawed. The paper has a look at climate data to date and the methodological limitations that have given rise to what Richard Muller, an astrophysicist, characterise as "legitimate scepticism". As the article explains, Dr Muller, being somewhat sceptical himself in the wake of the 2009 "Climategate" scandal, convened the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature group to examine the data and existing analyses using a methodology designed to incorporate some of the concerns of the legitimate sceptics. On October 20th, the group released four papers that corroborate the climate consensus: "The group estimates that over the past 50 years the land surface warmed by 0.911°C: a mere 2% less than NOAA's estimate." The corroboration should comfort people who are concerned about climate change, although the data are not comforting in the grand scheme of things. No doubt a lot of climate sceptics are stubborn and will not be moved by new methodological approaches. Some, however, will. And although American environmentalists are regrouping after a series of setbacks, they're hardly going to abandon the issue of climate change. Reinforced data may help as they retool their strategies."
Map Shows Stark Divide In Who Caused Climate Change And Who Is Being Hit. The U.K. Guardian has the story: "When the world's nations convene in Durban in November in the latest attempt to inch towards a global deal to tackle climate change, one fundamental principle will, as ever, underlie the negotiations. Is is the contention that while rich, industrialised nations caused climate change through past carbon emissions, it is the developing world that is bearing the brunt. It follows from that, developing nations say, that the rich nations must therefore pay to enable the developing nations to both develop cleanly and adapt to the impacts of global warming. The point is starkly illustrated in a new map of climate vulnerability (above): the rich global north has low vulnerability, the poor global south has high vulnerability. The map is produced by risk analysts Maplecroft by combining measures of the risk of climate change impacts, such as storms, floods, and droughts, with the social and financial ability of both communities and governments to cope. The top three most vulnerable nations reflect all these factors: Haiti, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe."


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By Bill D
I have a cracked seat support on my tractor. Does anyone have pictures of how they have repaired or beefed up this area? I did see a thread regarding repairs but I am trying to figure out how to beef up this area without causing problems for myself when reinstalling the belt gard and other covers. Thanks.
By Shea Worden
I am getting a decal set for my only tractor, the C81. I was wondering if the 55 dollar price was too much. Let me know-I am getting them tomorrow. Also,they look pretty authentic to me but i am a newb. Some feedback would be great.
By JAinVA
I finally got a dry sunny day so I got some pictures of the 13 horse mount details.The mounting plate photo shows frame holes denoted by the zinc bolts and the engine holes are the 4 cad colored smaller pattern.Think of the plate as a blank canvas.The centerline of crank needs to be in line with the pto hoop hole.The Onan and pulley was left on its plate so I could tell that the outer face of the pulley was centered on the hoop hole left to right.
The hole pattern for engine mounting in the frame are not centered with each other left to right as can be seen in the 2nd picture.This is not important if the standoffs are individual but the tube had to be offset drilled.This is another good reason to use a spare Onan plate as it is already drilled to fit the frame.I swithed to custom made single standoffs for the front to make oil changes easier.If you don't want to use a Predator but rather a single cylinder Honda,
Briggs ohv or other brand of single this approach will work for all with some minor variations.Hope this helps
By JAinVA
Got the last 416 cleaned up but the Onan will take some time to go through. The acorn warehouse will get the full service treatment but for now I wanted to check out the hydro on it and the 520 as well. I know that the one 520 has no wiring harness and I will need to go through the 416 as well. What I needed was a self contained engine package that did not connect to the tractors fuel supply or electricals. I took a chance on a 13 horse Predator and so far I am happy with it. First pull and it fired right up. That is only the second time that happened and the last time was a Predator as well. I used a extra Onan mounting plate to attach the engine to and spaced the plate up 1 1/4" to give the same height as the Onan. It was 7" from the top of the frame rail to the crank centerline and the Pred was only 5 1/2". If you don't get the crank in the right postion the drive belt will run against it self at the tension pulley and fail. I had assumed that the Kohler on the the big ugly 520 was close to the same height and it was a full inch lower and the belt only lasted about 30 hours. I will need to diassemble the mounting sytem for paint and will try to get some pictures of the individual parts if anyone is interested.
By Zeek
In anticipation of a future move, I have to make some room. Regrettably, I am selling my 1972 Raider 12.
It was complete restoration down to the frame that I spent three years on.
I had a mechanic friend rebuild the engine which included a cylinder honed, new rings, new bearings, new valve job, new gaskets, new points/condenser, new plug/wire, new head bolts. Factory Nelson muffler.
Rebuilt with new throttle plate bushing
A Toro dealer split the case and replaced every gasket and seal and inspected for any problems.
All four brand new Carlisle Turf Saver.
Original two piece frame and cushion stuffing. The top and bottom cushions were custom made. The top has the original Wheel Horse emblem from the original tractor sewn in.
New amp gauge, ignition switch. Every single wire including battery cables was replaced with new and placed in plastic flexible conduit where possible.
Some custom parts were made like the hood latch rod and the rear clevis pin which were custom fabricated by buckrancher. Things like the steering wheel and dash were completely redone by hand. Cables are all new from a Toro dealer.
EVERY SINGLE PART on this tractor was either refurbished or replaced. Even things down to the fuel shut-off gaskets and steering wheel shaft dash bearing. It's actually nicer than it came from the factory. If you have seen this at shows and looked at transmission housing, you saw that it was completely smoothed with no rough casting because it was refinished by hand. Any bare metal looking part was polished coated with Sharkhide sealant. It has custom chrome lugs that thread from the rear like a car hub.
There is nothing that needs fixing or may need to be fixed - EVERYTHING works as it did from the factory.
I'm selling it as a package with the unrestored deck and plow. Both are in very good condition and include all the brackets. I will include the original decal set to restore them if you like. I'll even give you some of the old parts if you like.
If payment arrangements are made I can bring this to the show in June in Biglerville if you cannot arrange to get it before then. I'm not really interested in delivery except to the show, but if you have an idea we can talk.
Coincidentally, this tractor will be featured soon on Classic Tractor Fever and be on the calendar for 2018. Show Shot
I can provide a CD of all the hundreds of photos from the actual build to completion if you purchase the tractor. This is not posted for sale elsewhere at this time. I would rather have it go to a Red Square member before I make it public.
Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any questions or need a picture of something specific. I can arrange a video of it running if you like.


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I havent posted in a while. Reason being, in all honesty I'm less and less preoccupied with religion as time goes on. Maybe on a scale of one to ten put my preoccupation at a 3. New policy to all of you would be kiruv workers. Shhhh, cuz I don't want to hear your voice. Ok thank you very much.
As some of you may know a statue of Jesus recently was struck by lightning. Not just any statue but a 6 story one. Either way I'd just like to offer my opinion on the matter. Yes, because you all asked. Well, no, you didn't but you're on my blog so either get off or stop complaining. Geez! This statue, It's just standing there minding it's own business when suddenly its life is brutally ended. Now some of you make think it's funny. After all you're Jewish and he's Jesus, so its mad comical, right? Almost like Jesus having an identity crisis. Thing is, to many people he's really special. Now I don't want to get into a whole debate over what he is etc. but the point is if to many people he's special, then he ought to be afforded the respect of one whom others respect. And who am I to judge who Jesus is? I never claim to know with any degree of certainty what the truth is.
Ok this post is really odd. Or awkward as some people say. I dunno why it just is. I sort iof feel like I had a baby but he was badly deformed. So I will shut up and get back to my job. Albert Einsteins kitteh says hi.


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Conversation with PM Pervaiz Ashraf on telephone
Deputy Convener of the Co-ordination Committee of the MQM and Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr Farooq Sattar telephoned Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and informed him about the current situation in Karachi. He said that the holy month of Ramadan was about to start and the traders and business persons were highly apprehensive about the increasing incidents of extortion, kidnapping for ransom, and bloodshed in the city.
Dr Sattar said that innocent people were being gunned down on a daily basis in Karachi creating instability in the country. He said that Karachi is the economic hub of the country and bloodshed in Karachi is equal to harming the economy of the country.
Dr Sattar said that the business persons have been forced to shift their investment to other countries that can cause irreparable damage to the national economy besides creating instability. He demanded that Karachi should be cleansed of criminals, killers, and extortionists by taking stern action.
Prime Minister Ashraf assured Dr Sattar that he would not allow the peace of Karachi to be ruined. He said that he would soon visit Karachi and hold a bringing the Karachi situation under control. He assured that full action would be taken against the elements involved in destroying peace in Karachi.


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The Florida Supreme Court Thursday cleared the way for the state to execute convicted murderer Randy Schoenwetter in the next few years.
The state's highest court upheld an earlier ruling by a lower court denying 28-year-old Schoenwetter's appeal to overturn his murder conviction in the deaths of one-time neighbor Ronald Friskey and Friskey's 10-year-old daughter, Virginia, in August 2000.
Schoenwetter based his appeal on several issues, including the position that his lawyers should have objected to statements when he entered a guilty plea in the case.
But the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the plea, saying: "The record demonstrates that appellant (Schoenwetter) was not attempting to negotiate a plea deal, but rather to confess his guilt to the court and enter a plea of guilty," according to the 55-page ruling.
The court also ruled that his attorney's handling of evidence related to Schoenwetter's penchant for child pornography, pedophilia and Satanism "was not deficient."
Brevard County Assistant State Attorney Wayne Holmes said Schoenwetter's case was moving relatively quickly through the death-row appeal process.
"It's realistic that we could have a death warrant in the next two to three years," Holmes said.
Schoenwetter, once the youngest person on death row, now can take his appeal to federal court.
Schoenwetter, 28, pleaded guilty to the killings, but during the penalty phase, his attorneys argued his life should be spared because he suffers from a form of autism.
In early-morning Aug. 12, 2000, Schoenwetter said he broke into the Friskey residence to force one or both daughters to have sex. He was in their bedroom, when Ronald Friskey and his wife ran into the room and found Schoenwetter.
A struggle followed, an Schoenwetter stabbed Friskey and his 10-year-old daughter to death. His wife and 16-year-old daughter survived.
"If you're going to have a death penalty, then this is the kind of case it's for," Holmes said.Of the 14 people from Brevard who sat on death row in the past five years, four have been granted new trials or had their sentences sent back for reconsideration, one died of natural causes and one was executed.


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I had the opportunity to meet up with several Women On Wheels® members from Buffalo, NY on Saturday afternoon in a daytime journey to Mentor, OH. One of my friends who's a local to the area suggested that we try Scooters Dawg House (9600 Blackbrook Road, Mentor, OH 44060).
|Its simple exterior only hints of the absolute goodness inside.
|Here's the Super Dawg with Scooter's smallest serving of fries. Yikes.
This Super Dawg required a lot of napkins, but was so worth the mess. The actual hot dog was a delectable 12" pure-beef wiener. I enjoyed the additional chunks of beef in their homemade chili which complemented the sauerkraut very well - and I don't even put sauerkraut in my normal hot dogs! That disappeared very quickly.
With the plethora of delicious toppings and preset combinations (custom orders welcome and unlimited condiments provided) I don't know how you could go wrong here. There's even a "Naked Dawg" for the purists out there - and with that fresh and distinct taste of a true beef hot dog, I don't blame anyone for just enjoying that.
This is, by far, NOT one of your ordinary hot dog stands. Don't come here and expect some off-the-shelf, generic taste (go to the food court at Costco for that stuff). And if you're a motorcyclist, it's one of the best places to take a break during a long ride or to cap one off with its easy-to-find location off OH-44.
I'll definitely add this to my list of delicious, cheap eats in Northern Ohio. Scooter's is a seasonal restaurant, so this is a MUST if you're up in this area between Spring and early Fall. The next time I come back, I want to top off my meal with one of their premium ice creams. Like a needed another reason to ride my motorcycle 170 miles one-way from Columbus for good food.
To check out their menu (and drool for a while), visit http://www.scootersdawghouse.com/.
Special thanks to my buddy in Mentor for the recommendation and the ladies of the Mz. Behavin' Chapter of Women On Wheels® for riding over from Buffalo, NY to enjoy this wonderful hot dawg stand with me yesterday!


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Thursday, April 14, 2016
THREE New Shanghaî Disneyland Videos !
I've got something great for you for tomorrow's D&M Shanghaî Disneyland week-end update but in the meantime, in appetizer, here are three new SDL videos, two of them being drone videos. The first one below has the drone flying of course above the park but colors for whatever reasons are a bit washed out and the music he puts on it is a real bad version of a Disney tune so you might cut off the sound while watching it...
Editing: Unfortunately the three videos have been deleted by the one who uploaded them on Youtube, which is kind of strange as it didn't looked to be from same Youtuber. Anyway, no big drama, and enjoy the picture above of SDL Castle!
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Yeahhhhh thank you, you're the best Disney source :-D
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Amends the provisions governing reimbursement for public facilities in order to extend the period of transitional rates for large facilities that provide continuous nursing coverage to medically fragile populations for an additional year.
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- Original Rule: August 2017 LAC
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It presents a problem for Russia because the Iran situation will result in military action eventually and Russia will be dragged into it, and China too. The more the merrier.
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WASHINGTON – The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian troops through neighboring Georgia to stage in Armenia, which borders on the Islamic republic, according to informed Russian sources.
"Iran is our neighbor," Rogozin said. "If Iran is involved in any military action, it's a direct threat to our security." Rogozin now is the deputy Russian prime minister and is regarded as anti-Western. He oversees Russia's defense sector.
What if Russia decided Mexican Terrorists bombed Moscow sites and they wanted to respond by deploying 5000 troops in Mexico to clear out a few Cartels as a retaliation, it would turn into a huge international event and possibly large scale war.
We know what happened when ICMB's were deployed during the Kennedy years in Cuba. Potentially the end-of-the-word if the Russian PM reacted and gave the Russian Subs to go ahead on US Ships who were dropping depth charges... Something as simple as that.
With all the US/UN/NATO Troops in the Middle East and Russia standing it's ground near Iran. Anything could happenedit on 9-4-2012 by CALGARIAN because: (no reason given)edit on 9-4-2012 by CALGARIAN because: (no reason given)
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And the wonderful thing is...the Russian don't talk a lot, so no one knows their real intentions and they just do what they need to do without having to rally the support of other countries. They just go at it alone.


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See article below: If we are in the throes of a nuclear armageddon will the NBA cancel their championship series? Will we still be have the Kardashians to entertain us? What about ESPN?
Everyone knows sports is the very most important part of American society. What will happen to our psyche as a whole if the country is destroyed and we can't watch the NFL?
If there's a warning of preeminent disaster churches might be the only buildings that are packed.
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After taking his new snowboard for a ride in the mountains of Colorado, Peter Bailey is stunned to find himself in Transadonia – a hidden world that coexists alongside with the Earth.
Peter soon learns that the shiny, new snowboard was crafted especially for him by the smiths of Transadonia. Now, Peter's help is needed to defeat the evil mastermind who is threatening the freedom of Transadonia's magical inhabitants. Just why has Peter been chosen for this daunting task, and does he have the mettle to complete it?
Lara Grover never listened to her elders, so warnings like "do not talk to strangers" mean nothing to her. When a boy from an unknown world saves her from an avalanche with the aid of a snow dragon, Lara is not stunned in the least. Instead, she joins Peter on his quest to help him realize the purpose behind his arrival to Transadonia.
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May 02, 2005
Snake dream
Not the kind of snakes I see in real life. The snakes that live in my part of the world are small and innocuous: garter snakes, ribbon snakes, common water snakes. Nothing poisonous. Nothing harmful. At camp, watersnakes sun themselves on our dock, swim near when we are splashing in the water. They are a normal part of a sunny afternoon in the marsh.
The snakes in my dreams are bright coloured and frightening. They live in darkness. When I was a little kid, I would dream that the floor was covered with snakes of all kinds, curling and dangerous. I would wake up terrified, screaming, afraid to step out of the bed.
Even after I had grown up, moved out, and had kids of my own, the snake dreams continued. Often in the dreams I was living again at my parents' house. I'd be sleeping in a small room with the slanted ceilings that Cape Cod houses have, and snakes would slither out from the cracks at the floor board. They were long snakes, thick long snakes, often green or grey in colour. I would wake up, terrified. Sometimes Spouse would wake up, hearing me scream.
"What is the matter?" he'd ask.
"Remember how my parents used to have trouble with snakes in their house?" I would say. It would take me several minutes of talking, always with the light switched on, before I would realize that the dream was a dream and not the past.
My friend PoetShaman told me that dream snakes are powerful, and that I needed to learn to accept the snakes, learn to welcome them into my dreams instead of being afraid of them. She was working at a science museum at the time, and once when we met for lunch, we went to the cage where the boa constrictor was kept. She pulled this long thick snake out of the cage and placed the snake on me, on my arms and shoulders, around the back of my head. She told me I should learn to like snakes. She herself often gave snake demos and did not flinch as the snake slithered under her long hair or down all around her legs. I stood absolutely still, afraid to breathe even, while the heavy coils of the snake moved and twisted against my hair and against the bare skin of my arms.
The snake dreams have changed over the years. I am not as terrified by the dream snakes as I used to be. Sometimes I have dreams in which I am walking through a garden or greenhouse. I will notice snakes everywhere, green snakes, long and harmless. And I am not frightened. Somehow in those dreams, they are connected to plants and growing things.
Last night I dreamed I was in an old mansion, a huge crazy place with hundreds of empty rooms. I was with a friend and we were looking for snakes. It was a game sort of like hide and seek. We stayed together, but kept running around, finding snakes in different rooms, but the snakes were not frightening. We were happy and excited to find them. In the dream, I was a kid again and so was my friend, but we were grownups, too, if that makes sense, and the snakes were no more frightening than the snakes at the end of our dock in the summer. And yet ... when I woke up, I could feel that same sort of energy, the kind of power a snake dream has. I could feel the adrenaline, the sense of excitement and adventure of discovering snakes.
I stood at my window, staring out at the moon, the dark trees, the night sky, and wondered what the snake dream meant for me right now, at this point in my life.
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- PPB said...
I have no idea what the snakes mean. I do know that you make even snakes sound beautiful.
- Cleis said...
I dream of snakes, too! I think dream symbols often correspond to cultural archetypes. I interpret the snakes in my dreams as messengers from ancient memory and/or the divine. I've always liked the idea that the Garden of Eden creation story is an appropriation of symbols from ancient Goddess religions; thus the snake in that story represents not Satan, but the Goddess leading the woman to moral knowledge.
Last night I dreamt that I was on retreat at a center I go to regularly (and will visit in two weeks). I was in the shower, which was open to the rest of the bathroom. Since I was in the shower, I wasn't wearing my glasses, so my vision was blurry. I saw something move on the floor in the center of the room. "Is that a mouse?" I thought. I moved closer, and my vision sharpened. I saw a snake moving across the floor with a large lump near its tail, as if it has swallowed a mouse whole (and as if its stomach was closer to the tail than a snake's stomach really is). Behind the snake were three more mice, following without fear that they, too, would be eaten. The snake was colorful. I thought I should tell someone about the snake and mice in the bathroom, since they probably didn't want that at their retreat center. I wasn't afraid.
I have no idea what the dream means.
- New Kid on the Hallway said...
When I was a kid I was terrified of snakes and regularly dreamed of being attacked by snakes. Even awake, I would lie in bed convinced I could hear a snake slithering under my bedroom door...b/c of course all dangerous snakes wanted to do was figure out how to break into my house AND climb the stairs, of course. :-P It began when I found out that copperheads were native to where I grew up.
But those dreams have stopped, so there doesn't seem to have been any deeper meaning in my case. Not that I love snakes now or anything...
- KathyR said...
I don't regularly dream of snakes, but I know what my shrink would say.
Sometimes a snake is just a snake.
- ~profgrrrrl~ said...
Not that this is of any use:
In some cultures snakes are highly regarded and symbolise the ability to transcend into higher levels of consciousness or into areas of knowledge that exist outside perceived time and space. In the pre-Christian days, snakes were considered symbols of fertility, healing, and nurturing (the healing serpent representing a god). Post Eden, snakes are often considered symbols of temptation and evil, anger, and envy. Snakes emerging out of the ground may represent your unconscious or repressed materials coming to your conscious mind. Most snake dreams seem to be disturbing and they leave the dreamer feeling anxious and afraid. There are no simple interpretations to the snake dreams. Sometimes snakes may be phallic symbols and other times they represent negativity in our lives that hampers our progress and constantly threatens us. In the long run the snake may be a positive symbol; it may represent difficulties that lead us to the centre of personality and result in feelings of completeness.
From http://www.maljonicsdreams.com/dictionary-s-t.htm
- Felix Helix said...
Ride the snake. Ride the snake. To the lake. The ancient lake. He's old. And his skin is cold.
Snakes are totally beautiful. They are the perfect embodiment of an idea. Or a nest of ideas, slithering around like animate seaweed, blue synapses crackling between them.
Ticks, on the other hand: ticks fill me with top-to-bottom loathing. Is there anything more repulsive than a tick?
- Friday Mom said...
Blogger doesn't seem to like me today. I'm trying for the third time to leave a comment. Hopefully this time it will work.
I'm intrigued with the idea of "welcoming the snakes." That would be hard for me. I was nearly bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking a few years ago. I've been very afraid since then, even though I played with garter snakes a kid.
I'm curious what you will discover about the meaning of the snakes at this point in your life.
- Rob Helpy-Chalk said...
A while back my daughter (age 2) woke up in the middle of the night yelling "No like-a dragon! No like-a dragon!"
The few dragons that have appeared in her picture books have all been friendly, which made me wonder where the hostile dream dragon came from. Up to that point, she hadn't even clearly distinguished dragons, dinosaurs and alligators.
Still, her bad dream probably came from very primal fear of snakey looking things.
Fortunately we were able to convince her that the dragon was all gone.
it has just turned four o clock in the am, about fifteen minutes ago i had, what i would consider, one of the strangest moments in my life... no one is going to believe me, not even i would believe me... it's simply, not possible.
i was laying, in the only way i can describe it as, in a lucid dream state... that mid between place of reality and REM mode... i was awake, i'm certain of it... when suddenly to the right of my head, caught by the corner of my eye, was what can only be identified as a snake, or something snake like... it coiled, slithered, it's colors changed, and it's shape varied from moment to moment... i was stunned with fear... and suddenly it seems as though it grabbed me, in some manner, indescribable… it began whispering something in my ear, which i could not make out at the time and i cannot make out now either… they weren't words, they were a language this is for certain, and they seemed aggressive, forced, unwanted by my being… i some how managed to free myself of this snake like creature, and it scurried, or slithered, or something of this method, away… but then it returned once more… this time, to attack… and it struck, so suddenly, and with no remorse… it grabbed a hold of my body, and began wrapping itself around my right side, my arm and left body were tangle for a brief period, during that period, i felt completely paralyzed, though, aware, and for what seem like forever, i couldn't move, until i was able to free myself of it, almost as suddenly as it had grabbed me … although, i'm uncertain as to whether it had been biting me or not… i did untangle myself for certain, and suddenly my hands and body were flailing about, the snake creature was fumbling about, and dodging my actual grasp of it… until it finally freed itself of our entanglement and darted away… as it rushed off, my eyes were entranced, and boldly staring… when suddenly it vanished into thin air…
after it had gone, my body began convulsing in a peculiar behavior… i'm not sure if i can describe this, but i will try… it, my body, began sparking off all over, so to speak, not actual sparks, but within my body, i could feel little explosions occurring, sparks, and then an almost stream like feeling began flowing all around me, wrapping itself about me, from within side of my body… and my body felt very alive in this moment… i felt very alive… and the spark like feeling left a tingly residue, inside of me… my body feels extremely active right at this moment… i am filled with an immense amount of energy… i can't explain it in any other manner…
i know this sounds crazy… i know it does… but it seem so real, so very real… i don't know what to make of it… am i to believe that my imagination would simply conjure up this on its own… sure, it makes the most sense… i must rationalize this… although, right at this moment, there is a feeling in the area, where it was tangled, it feels the same way, as when you are left bruised by an object, or having been punched, or something of that nature… it doesn't feel made up.
- Alitalia said...
I have ever dreamed of snakes too, in last night. It's Viperidae or Malayan Pit Viper. I feld of the rancour of the snakes and I feld of the wickedness too. I ran and jump to a tree but it not fast enough to safe me one of them bit my leg.I screamed too lound. And then my boyfriend waked me up.
In Thailand, People have chronicle about "Snake" in dreams also relate to symbolic of "Male".
This is the second time in three weeks I have had this dream...
I am trying desperately to find someone, all the while asking everyone I see on my way "Can you help me get this snake out of my ear?" I keep showing people my ear and not one person seems to see or hear me. Then, in the dream last night, I find what I kind of remember as a dental hygienist or some odd type of medical person completely unrelated to my problem. She immediately pulls the snake out and as I try and try to look at the snake, it seems to be Red, White and Blue.
When I think about it, I can still feel the inner ear where the snake had been.
I think it means I have been taking bad advice or having to listen to a person or people who I secretly believe to be evil/bad.