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10 Things I Never Thought I'd Do...Then I Became a Mom!
10 Things I Never Thought I'd Do...Then I Became a Mom!
At some point, we all believe we're the perfect parent...usually, before we actually are parents. Once the daily challenges of motherhood become a reality, many of our naively ambitious ideas and plans go right out the window. And that's okay-you're allowed to change your mind! Motherhood doesn't come with an instruction manual; you have to take each challenge as it comes. Curious what your fellow moms have changed their opinions about since having children? Read on...
1. Let my child watch TV.
"I swore I would never let my kids watch TV...My Addilynn watches the Wiggles everyday," admits Morgan B. Many moms struggle with finding the right balance of TV, especially after finding it distracts kids like a charm. As Krista E. shares, "Sometimes Thomas the Tank Engine is the only thing that tones down a meltdown, so what are you gonna do?"
2. Use a leash.
It's easy for people to criticize child leashes before having children. But as Laura L. remembers, safety concerns can make you change your mind: "I swore I would NEVER put my kid on a leash...[then] she decided to run from me one day... she had one foot on the curb and one almost in the road as an SUV screeched to a stop. Leash is now bought and ready for use."
3. Co-sleep.
"I said I wouldn't co-sleep, but I ended up loving it," confesses Ricky P. She's not the only one; many Circle of Moms members have caved in to co-sleeping even though they planned to avoid it.
4. Leave the house without showering or putting on makeup, and with stained clothing.
You didn't have time to shower or do your makeup, and your shirt has an unidentified stain? Don't worry, we've all been there.
Breast, formula or bottles? Many moms have strong opinions about feeding topics, both before and after giving birth. "Before my son was born I was determined to breastfeed. I was NOT going to give in and go to formula. Well, the whole breastfeeding thing was much easier said than done...I ended up going to formula," admits Sarah B.
6. Feed my kids junk food.
Soda, candy, hotdogs, chicken nuggets...Circle of Moms members have changed their tune about all kinds of junk food that were formerly blacklisted from their kitchens.
7. Treat a solo supermarket trip like a night out.
Forget dinner and a movie-after meltdowns in aisle 6 and tears through the checkout, shopping alone is as exciting as a Friday night out!
You laugh, but when did you ever think you'd care so much about what's coming out of your baby's bum? Just one more unexpected curveball motherhood throws at you.
9. Bribe my kids.
A Circle of Moms member named Sharon now laughs at her early anti-bribery ambitions: "I swore I would never use bribery to get my kids to behave. HA!" Sure, we prefer positive reinforcement to bribes in theory, but no one is going to judge you for hushing your child on the plane with promises of Jelly Beans.
10. Say "Because I said so."
As a kid, you swore you'd never be like your parents...oops! "I often catch myself telling my daughter the same things my mom said to me," says Joanna B., like "'Come here so I can brush your hair, you look like nobody owns you!' or 'It's like I'm talking to a brick wall!'" Meanwhile, Amy D. tells her son, "As long as you live in my house, and I am paying the bills you are living by our rules." And as she shares with a laugh, he's only 4! Amy's not alone-over 100 Circle of Moms members have shared funny and strange things they've said to their kids.
Is there something you swore you'd never do before you had kids that you do now?
Think you wouldn't use a pacifier? Or maybe that you'd always feed your child homemade baby food? Try searching Circle of Moms' communities (or browse the site's most popular conversations) for conversations where you can share and laugh about how motherhood has changed your mind-and you!


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90210 Season Three Spoilers: Senior Year Highs and LowsMatt Richenthal at . Comments
90210 will return to The CW this fall on Monday nights, airing prior to Gossip Girl. That's an important programming note for fans to remember.
What else will be different about the show and its characters as they embark on season three? The network has sent out the following press release, which gives us a few hints. (TV Fanatic guesses/commentary appear in bold)...
The third season welcomes the West Beverly kids to their senior year of high school. It's the time of college acceptances and lovers' rejections, the time of prom dates and promises betrayed, the time of spring break, break-ups and make-ups – but as is always the case in Beverly Hills, it all happens in a world of sun and fun, palm trees and warm sea breezes, success and excess.
From the very beginning of the school year, the lives of the West Beverly group will be shaken up in a way none of them could ever imagine. And from this new starting point, their journeys will take them to staggering new heights and terrifying new depths. We'll see the rise of a pop sensation (Javier?) and the fall of a group of friends (the gals?), the beginning of a new love (Ivy and Dixon?) and the end of a professional dream (Adrianna?), the creation of an unlikely family (Jen/Ryan/baby?) and the demise of another (the Wilsons?).
And that's just the first week of school...
It's now or never for the students of West Beverly, and they're not going to waste a moment of time. Expectations are high, hormones are raging, and scandals are hiding around every corner. From the brightest moments of love and happiness to the darkest hours of shame and fear, senior year at West Beverly promises to be an unforgettable journey.
The question is: Will you come along for the ride?
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.

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From impressive sushi spots on the strip, to tequila madness downtown, to BBQ that would (almost) satisfy Fred Flintstone, these are the 10 Vegas openings of the Summer you should add to your "devour immediately before something weird happens with Carrot Top" list.
Party on Like Rudolph With This Red Nose Punch
The Strip
If you're looking for East Coast pizza out in no-coast-in-sight land, look no further than James Beard-winner Shawn McCLain's pies (truffle salami/potato/Parmesan/Bechamel/truffle) and slices. That's why you come to Vegas! Pizza!
La Comida
100 tequilas? Ok. How about a $235 El Millonario tequila flight featuring Gran Patron Bordeaux, Don Julio REAL, and Herradura Seleccion Suprema? Yep. Mexico City-style recipes including mesquite-smoked pork shoulder? Sold.
Heritage Steak
The Strip
Tom Colicchio's Heritage Steak is his seventh resto on the Strip, and features meat raised in a completely antibiotic-free environment (have you ever had amoxicillin beef? It's gross.) before being prepared over an open flame.
Rx Boiler Room
The Strip
It's time for waitresses dressed in steampunk corsets and dishes like the pictured Inside-Out French-Onion Grilled Cheese, plus chemmed-up cocktails like gin, blood orange liqueur, habañero shrub bitters, and Sierra Nevada.
The Strip
Mandalay Bay's new high-end sushi joint's tag line is "Fresh Dead Fish". Some of those dead fish are covered in similarly fresh dead Pop Rocks.
The Strip
With a space large enough to fit 750, even if they're fat, this NY Italian spot is doing family-style dishes including a six-pack of meatballs, a 9in-high eggplant parm, and a "Titanic Sundae" made with 10 softball-sized scoops of ice cream.
Pub 1842
The Strip
Giant platters of nachos? Check. 24+ beers to be had in a 33oz glass? Check. A giant cheeseburger topped with bacon jam, and peanut butter? They've got that too, all in a super slick, yet old-school-ish pub put together by Vegas veteran Michael Mina.
Off The Strip
What do you get when you combine Fireball Cinnamon Whisky on tap, cheeseburgers served between two grilled cheese sandwiches, and a bunch of hot girls wearing mini-kilts? The new McFadden's in Town Square. And then there's the 3lb burger at the top of the page.
Lucille's BBQ
Off The Strip
Expanding a local favorite, Lucille's second location's the spot for baby-back ribs, Texas-style brisket, beef tri-tip, smoked BBQ chicken, and Big Easy BBQ Shrimp.
Chronic Tacos
The Strip
Huge burritos, "Fatty" tacos, meat and cheese-stuffed breakfast bowls, and cold cervezas: all a man who's terrible at gambling and doesn't have a ton of money to spend on steaks needs.
1. Five503730 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas
2. Rx Boiler RoomMandalay Bay, Las Vegas
3. Carmine'sThe Forum Shops at Caesars, , Las Vegas
4. Pub 18423799 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas
5. Kumi Japanese Restaurant + Bar3950 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas
6. Heritage Steak3400 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas
7. Lucille's BBQ11011 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas
8. Chronic Tacos4321 W Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas
9. McFadden's6593 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas
10. La Comida106 S 6th St, Las Vegas
James Beard award-winning chef Shawn McClain's teamed up with the Aria hotel to bring East Coast-style pizza to Vegas, in addition to shared plates, small bites, handmade pastas, craft beers, and desserts.
This steampunk-themed resto in Mandalay Bay is combining "the alchemy of food and drink" to deliver innovative 'tails and delectable bites like chicken pot pie bites and bacon-wrapped bacon.
Based in NYC, this family-style Italian chain replicates its famously generous portions of antipastos and saucey pasta dishes in a massive Vegas outpost. Claiming the title of the largest non-nightclub restaurant on the Strip, Carmine's serves portions scaled to size, like wide platters of fried calamari, deep bowls of meatball spaghetti, and sinfully rich desserts.
This gastropub located in the MGM Grand serves rare whiskeys, a great beer selection, and pub food like nachos, lobster bakes, and a famed Peanut Butter Crunch burger with thick smears of actual peanut butter. And while casual is the go-to sensibility here, fine dining veteran Michael Mina makes the concept even more enticing with ping pong and darts in the bar area.
A 10,000 square foot Korean-inspired sushi spot from Chef Akira Back at the Mandalay Bay hotel, Kumi offers a high-end dining experience in a sleek space made blushing pink with cherry blossom canvases throughout. Besides the usual sashimi offerings, the Japanese spot also offers an extensive list of shareable plates like shishito peppers and kimchee butter edamame.
The third restaurant from Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio, this 220-seat steakhouse housed inside The Mirage cooks up quality, antibiotic-free meats over an open flame. The lighting here is dim enough to make your table feel like a personal restaurant, and contemporary decor touches like glass vases and wood accents elevate your dry aged rib eye meal into a sleek and polished dining experience.
The second outpost of Lucille's is serving the same BBQ goodness of the original: from baby-backs and brisket, to fried chicken sandwiches and smokehouse wings.
This Mexican franchise inside the Palms may be fast-food, but they're still plating large portions of fresh, quality tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and tortas with homemade salsa.
Scantily clad ladies, three-pound burgers, a 4A liquor license, and 40+ screens to catch every game are offered at this world-famous pub in Town Square. This upscale playground (which first opened in New York City in 1977) also boasts a great happy hour and a late-night, Irish-American inspired menu.
Not only does LC have 100 different tequilas, they've also got a $235 flight wtih Gran Patron Bordeaux, Don Julio REAL, and Herradura Seleccion Suprema. Pair that with delicious & authentic eats, and you're golden.


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The identity encompassed an extensive rebrand which was implemented over a 12 month period across print, digital and marketing collateral, digital strategy and website, including an events and exhibition programme.
Our mandate was not only to develop new business tools, but to project a 'contemporary' image for HASSELL that would appeal to a new generation of designers to lead their practice.


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Villager photo by Elisabeth Robert
A Park Enforcement Patrol officer on duty in Hudson River Park
Trust is peppered with questions about park PEPs
By Lincoln Anderson
Whether Park Enforcement Patrol officers in Hudson River Park are providing too much enforcement or too little was a hot topic of debate at two recent meetings. Known as PEPs for short, the green-uniform-wearing officers have police powers, but dont carry handguns. Although the Hudson River Park is administered by a state-city authority, the Hudson River Park Trust, the Trust has contracted with the city Parks Department for the PEPs to patrol the 5-mile-long waterfront park along the Lower West Side.
The summer saw a slew of complaints about PEP overzealousness. Gays were outraged when officers, deeming the behavior lewd, intervened to stop a same-sex couple from fondling each others nipples on a Village pier, while another gay couple were wrongly ticketed for standing under a No Standing sign that applied to cars not people. (The ticket was subsequently dismissed.) Dog walkers claim PEPs watch them like hawks, and that if their dogs step on a blade of grass even for a second, the PEPs chew them out or ticket them. And local Democratic politicians and politicos were incensed after Bill Murawski, a third party candidate running for City Council in Chelsea and Clinton, was forced by the Trust to get a permit so he and his campaign workers could collect petition signatures in the park to put him on the ballot even though collecting signatures in a park is a basic constitutional right; the PEP officers had not known this, though, and the permit was issued to make things clear for them.
At the Trusts board of directors meeting two weeks ago, Julie Nadel, a board member, raised the issue of PEPs being too aggressive in their enforcement. She noted she had received a letter from a Village woman who said that after one of her two pugs had strayed onto a park lawn while she was busy brushing the other one, two PEPs descended upon her. The letter writer, Paula DiDonato, said she had to wait 25 minutes while one of the officers filled out the summons and that the officer was rude and abusive. Meanwhile, another PEP on a Segway scooter, a car full of PEPs and finally a police cruiser also converged around her.
Far too often this park feels like a walk through Red Square and Im tired of it, DiDonato wrote in the letter, which was provided to The Villager by Nadel.
Nadel also gave The Villager a copy of a Sept. 27 letter from Connie Fishman, the Trusts president, apologizing to five local West Side officials Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Tom Duane, Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Richard Gottfried and City Councilmember Christine Quinn who wrote Fishman on Sept. 23 regarding the Murawski permit incident, which they had become aware of after reading about it in The Villager.
Please let me apologize for the error that occurred in our PEP officers enforcement of the park rules and regulations, Fishman wrote back to them. I fully agree that the permit need not have been issued to clarify the situation that occurred regarding the petitioning. Fishman said the permit had been issued since there are personnel and shift changes in the summer, and it would avoid further problems in case new inexperienced officers didnt know petitioning is allowed.
Fishman said the Trust plans to do supplemental training for PEPs assigned to Hudson River Park.
In another case of lack of knowledge of whats allowed and what isnt, a Villager photographer shooting photos for this article was incorrectly told by a PEP officer that she could not take a photo of her, though it is legal to photograph people in a public setting.
Saying she was troubled by the incidents, Nadel asked, Who is supervising these PEP officers and who is training them? From my view, there are too many park officers policing the park. It seems that with any minor infraction, theyre on you.
Former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, who are both on the Trusts board, said the usual complaint in other parks is about apathetic or nonexistent park police and that local residents should feel grateful the park is so well covered.
Yet, Benepe said he was aware of the complaints, noting, weve read the things in The Villager. He said the PEP officers in some cases are now wearing pocket tape recorders to defend themselves from complaints of abuse or wrongful summonsing.
Hudson River Park is a laboratory, Benepe said. We can always do more training. He also said PEP officers have a high degree of turnover with a fair number of them becoming police officers.
Trip Dorkey, the Trusts chairperson, added, I think we do want to be a user-friendly place but its a very small space. We have a lot of different user groups. Some of the things that came through in the [DiDonato] letter are that people are not being respected thats training.
Stern noted that it goes both ways, pointing out that some park users might look down on the PEPs as their social inferiors and act disrespectfully toward them, which would not help foster good relations.
Nadel suggested that the Trust set up a committee to study the issue of PEPs and the park, and she and Benepe both volunteered to be on it.
Things were a bit more heated at the Community Board 2 Parks and Waterfront Committee meeting last Thursday, as some Village residents and a group of young gay, lesbian and transgender activists clashed over the parks 1 a.m. curfew and some residents suggested PEP officers should start carrying guns to keep unruly youths in line.
Melissa Sklarz, chairperson of the C.B. 2 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Committee, said the new park has gotten off to a bumpy start with the gay community. Whenever there seems to be a case of overenforcement by the PEPs it seems to involve the L.G.B.T. community, she said. We would like the PEPs to learn more about the L.G.B.T. community.
The Greenwich Village segment of the park was opened in the summer of 2003 and the Christopher St. Pier is a favorite stomping grounds for L.G.B.T. youth. However, residents say the queer youth flood Christopher St. after the park closes, causing a quality of life problem.
Rickke Mananzala, campaign coordinator for the youth activist group FIERCE, said Pier 45, the Christopher St. Pier, has always been a home for young people of color who dont have a safe place to go.
The history of the pier dates back to before the park was there, he said. There arent safe spaces for us and we want to preserve this as a safe space for us.
David Tobo, who works at Gay Mens Health Crisis, said he feels the gay youth are increasingly being made to feel unwelcome, in part by the PEPs.
Feeling pushed out from the pier, from Christopher St., from the Village from little comments to actual summonses on the pier, he said. Its starting to feel not like a home anymore.
However, Elaine Goldman, head of the Christopher St. Block Association, and David Poster of the Christopher St. Patrol Poster called for a 10 p.m. curfew on the pier said the park officers are too lenient on youth who are acting wildly.
Theyre not efficient, Goldman said. Theyre decision-making is very poor. Goldman said residents would like to see state police replace the PEPs in the park.
Fishman said the PEPs were hired on a three-year contract and that the contract expires this year. Yet, Fishman said, there are reasons why the Trust did not choose to have state police in the park, including that they dont know the city rules on parks and they carry guns.
State parks police carry firearms and we were not interested in an armed police force, she said.
Goldman retorted, Sometimes there might be an incident where a firearm might be needed to protect someone.
To the applause of FIERCE, Fishman said the Trust is not interested in having officers pack heat to deal with things that are nuisances rather than actual crimes.
The residents are scared and maybe youre not hearing that, Goldman answered back.
But Fishman said activity in the park is fairly neutral. She admitted that activity on the street after the park closes can be a bit more aggressive.
We need to get enforcement for these unruly youths or get someone with weapons and really do it, so theyll understand, Poster said, as Sklarz hissed, Boo! Weapons! in disbelief at his statement.
Its a tolerant community, its a beautiful community, but people are taking advantage of our tolerance, Poster said.
Although FIERCE members have been accused of disrupting community meetings in the past, this time they were well behaved. Several of their members said they want to work with the community to find a resolution for the problems, and that they came to the meeting to start that process.
Just because there are a few people who are disrespectful doesnt mean that everyone else isnt respectful, said one of the youth.
Added Mananzala, We all know this is going to be a hot topic for a really long time.
The Parks and Waterfront Committee did not vote on any resolution regarding the PEPs or park curfew. But chairperson Schwartz said he plans to have Sixth Precinct police come to one of the meetings, since the issue really seems to be the behavior on Christopher St., rather than in the park so the issue is more police than PEPs.
I get a sense from David Posters talking point in The Villager that part of the problem is the Sixth Precinct is falling down on the job at the west end of Christopher St., Schwartz said, referring to a recent column by Poster in this newspaper.
Poster and others say manpower has dropped at the Sixth Precinct, a low-crime precinct, in recent years, and that more officers are needed to keep a handle on noise and other more serious activities.
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David Pleat's programme notes v Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) Football Club is located in North London. The club is also known as Spurs. Tottenham's home ground is White Hart Lane. The club motto is Audere est Facere (To dare is to do).
We welcome Arsene Wenger's side as double winners with another relatively easy cup draw awaiting, whilst sitting on top of the league.
It could not be a more exciting pre-Christmas appetiser. We have a hectic programme in front of us and Glenn and the boys will be spending a normal Christmas — with only football in mind.
Like ourselves, Arsenal have been busy trying to dilute their squad and give young players an opportunity to show their talents elsewhere. Steven Sidwell and Graham Barrett are both helping Brighton, Matthew Upson has been at Reading and Jermaine Pennant has now played three games at Watford.
As Arsenal move the short distance to Ashburton Grove some of the famous traditions of Highbury will fade. The cost of such a move is a massive dilemma for the custodians of the club and such a decision has to be taken with many factors in mind, not least trying to visualise the future developments within the game.
Although this is a Sunday afternoon game I'm sure we could have doubled our attendance and it is on fixtures such as these that optimistic thoughts turn towards new stadium possibilities. We have always made it clear that, unless the local council improved the surrounding infrastructure with a special emphasis on improved transportation, we are unlikely to invest in our current surroundings.
Seven points out of the last nine is a healthy recent return but we know that we will have to up our performance levels to gain a result against our neighbours this afternoon.
Our on loan goalkeepers Gavin Kelly and Shwan Jalal are both having good spells at Kettering and Woking respectively. Two of our younger players who have not quite made the progress expected of them, George Snee and Walter Thomas, have been offered the opportunity to find another club before the end of season high fallout.
The transfer window is unlikely to produce any major signings, other than by the Champions League clubs. There is a sense of wariness at the moment and most clubs will be looking to have loans or swaps during this month. I'm sure it will bring some sanity to the game. The problem currently has been that most clubs are unable to shift the relatively high earners.
Indeed, there is no vibrant transfer market because some clubs have been guilty of mismanagement of their income.
When I attended a League Managers' Association committee meeting last week in the Midlands, the very same day Port Vale were added to the list of insolvent clubs. Two years ago we paid nearly £1million for Anthony Gardner from that club but sadly, even with this cash injection, they have been unable to cope.
Our Youth team played more than efficiently at Portsmouth in winning 3-1 after going a goal down. Five of the boys are able to play in next year's FA Youth Cup side, another sign that we are progressing the quality of young players at the club. Two second half goals by Jamie Slabber and an own goal overturned an early Portsmouth effort. We meet Swindon for a place in the last 16.
After the Charlton game on Boxing Day, another sell-out, we will be turning into the second half of the season. It has flown by and if we can improve on our current record of won eight, drawn three, lost six, 23-23, by that time, it should give us a good basis for the second period. The recent stutters by Liverpool has given cause for optimism in other camps and I think it is fair to say now there are six clubs fighting for those important places behind the Champions League clubs but within the top six.
Our ambition in the New Year must be as one of those clubs in this group.
Outside of the game we have many friends at Arsenal and we have a healthy respect for each other. That includes the playing squads, the coaching departments and at Board level. After the game, win, lose or draw, we will all shake hands.
I remind our supporters that at all times to remember the importance of the good name of our club and to make sure today that your genuine support is enough to make a massive 12th man for Glenn and his team.
We wish all supporters a happy festive period and look forward to seeing you again soon.


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One person must bring you to court, prove that you are guilty of one of the big 3 up there, otherwise go home. The court and the government have no legal right to harrass you, for any reason what so ever, considering they work for you and not the other way around
You realize the reason that common law never established any 'rights' is because allowing anybody to define your rights is a limitation of them?
Therein lay the problem. When a weak or poor person had cause to accuse a rich and powerful one... would a common law system be equally as accessible to both?
History says "no".
Justice Holmes cautioned that "the proper derivation of general principals in both common and constitutional law ... arise gradually, in the emergence of a consensus from a multitude of particularized prior decisions." Judge Benjamin Cardozo noted the "common law does not work from pre-established truths of universal and inflexible validity to conclusions derived from them deductively," but "its method is inductive, and it draws its generalizations from particulars."
The common law is more malleable than statutory law. First, common law courts are not absolutely bound by precedent, but can (when extraordinarily good reason is shown) reinterpret and revise the law, without legislative intervention, to adapt to new trends in political, legal and social philosophy. Second, the common law evolves through a series of gradual steps, that gradually works out all the details, so that over a decade or more, the law can change substantially but without a sharp break, thereby reducing disruptive effects. In contrast to common law incrementalism, the legislative process is very difficult to get started, as legislatures tend to delay action until a situation is totally intolerable.[citation needed] For these reasons, legislative changes tend to be large, jarring and disruptive (sometimes positively, sometimes negatively, and sometimes with unintended consequences).
I do agree with the theory of common law. The problem is that, in practice, it tends to fall apart.


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WASHINGTON -- Two veteran, progressive Democratic lawmakers from Ohio are battling each other to stay in Congress in a race that has been largely overlooked amid the Super Tuesday presidential primary contests.
Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are victims of a congressional redistricting process that combined their seats. Because of the population losses recorded by the 2010 U.S. Census, Ohio lost two congressional districts and the borders of the remaining districts were redrawn. The new map combines the districts of Kaptur, who represents what is currently the 9th district, and Kucinich, who represents the 10th.
Kucinich is the underdog in the race, primarily because the newly created 9th district, drawn up by the state's GOP-controlled legislature, retains more of Kaptur's former territory than Kucinich's. Ohio Democratic Party Chair Chris Redfern recently said Kaptur "has an edge" in the election.
When asked about those projections, Kucinich spokesman Andy Juniewicz seemed nonplussed. "Pundits talk to each other. I'm not actually sure that they're plugged into the people who vote," he said.
Kucinich is known as one of the most outspoken progressives in Congress. He is a vocal opponent of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in December, he told The Huffington Post that the growing popularity of these positions have given him a larger constituency.
"I've been often a singular spokesman in challenging these wars and trying to set America on a direction away from domination to cooperation and using the resources of the country to create jobs for all, and health care for all, and education for all and retirement security. So I think that the years of work that I have been involved in in Washington, that actually the times have moved in my direction," he said.
Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives and a senior member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. If she wins the primary, she intends to seek the top Democratic spot on the committee, since Ranking Member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) is retiring. A woman has never been the chair or ranking member of the committee.
Kaptur's powerful position on the Appropriations Committee is a big part of her pitch to voters. The committee's members allocate discretionary spending for the federal government and have tremendous power to direct money back to their districts.
"I call myself a lady in waiting," she said in an interview with The Huffington Post on Tuesday, adding, "Women know how to handle the purse strings."
Kaptur says she is the lawmaker best able to show real results for Ohioans, pointing out that the last time someone from her state had the top spot on the committee was when James Garfield was in Congress, before he became president.
"We're talking about a 125-year absence," she said. "That's one of the reasons, when you look around the country, you see so much investment that has left our region because there really aren't strong voices for the Great Lakes ... I'm the last Great Lakes voice left on the entire upper rung, other than Pete Visclosky from Indiana. You look around, we're surrounded by California, New York, Georgia, Washington, New Jersey. It's very coastal. We are very rare, and so I [view] the seniority for our state, for our region and certainly for the Great Lakes as very very important."
"We simply need that position. We can't move forward without it," she added.
On social issues, Kaptur tends to be more centrist than Kucinich, opposing federal funding for abortion. She also supports the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, while Kucinich does not.
The race has been heated, with the two sides accusing each other of corruption and of supporting President George W. Bush's policies. A Texas-based super PAC jumped into the race, as did celebrities like Russell Simmons and Tom Hanks.
Kaptur recently released an ad tying Kucinich to two unpopular local figures: former Cleveland Cavaliers star player LeBron James, who left Ohio to join the Miami Heat, and Art Modell, who tried to move the Cleveland Browns football team to Baltimore.
"This Tuesday, the choice is yours. Art Modell, LeBron James, Dennis Kucinich and another moving van in Cleveland, or Ohio's own Marcy Kaptur," says the narrator in the ad.
Neither Kucinich nor Kaptur has run in a close general election in a long time. Kaptur won her last election by an 18 percent margin, while Kucinich won with 11 percent.
The victor will face off against the winner of the Republican primary, also being held Tuesday, in a November general election. Joe Wurzelbacher -- better known as "Joe the Plumber" -- is running against local auctioneer Steve Kraus.


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It will be good for both parties when Deshaun Thomas gets to San Antonio and the Spurs can speak to him face to face. Clearly, phone communication between them continues to be difficult.
It will be good for both parties when Deshaun Thomas gets to San Antonio and the Spurs can speak to him face to face.
Clearly, phone communication between them continues to be difficult.
When Thomas, a former Ohio State forward, interviewed with Spurs officials in May at the NBA predraft combine in Chicago, they parted ways by telling Thomas that he didn't have to give them his cellphone number, but …
So Thomas, apparently surprised by the spur-of-the-moment request, offered only his email address and joked that they could have the phone number if they drafted him.
Well, they did, shortly after midnight yesterday, with the 58th and third-to-last selection in the NBA draft.
But when they tried to call him, they couldn't reach him.
Spurs general manager R.C. Buford, speaking to San Antonio media afterward, said he had spoken with the Spurs' first-round choice, Livio Jean-Charles of France, "but because Deshaun wouldn't give us his cell number, we weren't able to call him."
He was joking. Kind of.
Thomas was in his hotel suite in Indianapolis, where he has been living since leaving Columbus in April, taking photos of the 15 to 20 family members sharing draft night with him. "And my phone was dying," he said after being reached on the phone about 1 a.m. yesterday.
"Then I saw on TV (that San Antonio had picked him). I was charging my phone up, and I saw I had a missed call from their area code. So I called them back."
All's well that ends well.
"They said they were glad I'm going to be with the Spurs," Thomas said, "and they're going to try to make me as successful as possible and get me better as a player."
Thomas' agent, J.R. Hensley, said Thomas is expected to report to San Antonio by July 8 and practice with other players on the Spurs' team in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League. Games are scheduled July 12-22.
Buford said the Spurs were surprised that Thomas slipped as far as he did in the draft because he can score and play more than one position. Thomas led the Big Ten in scoring last season.
"He'll make outside shots, you can put him in the post, he can slash," Buford said. "I don't know that, if you try to say specifically here's what he does, that you're going to be overwhelmed by anything or he probably would have been drafted higher. But the package is pretty good."


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Nacogdoches got to experience a little piece of the Houston Texans organization when Texans president Jamey Rootes came to town.
Rootes was the guest speaker at Wednesday's Nacogdoches Rotary Club meeting.
The talk was everything sports related, but it was hard to ignore the Oakland Raiders potential move to San Antonio and how that would impact the Texans organization.
Is the move to San Antonio realistic? Rootes said he didn't know, but there are a lot of things he said you have to consider.
"The things you have to look at is the corporate support. Is it there to be able to support an NFL team to provide the financial resources to be competitive," said Rootes. "You've also got two NFL teams that are geographically proximate that are also working hard to gain that level of support. You also have the San Antonio Spurs who've done such a great job building support. Someone's going to have to do the research to decide whether it could or couldn't happen."
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If you thought the rush of TRON: Legacy gear would end with the release of the movie, think again. Monster Audio, makers of high-end and often made-fun-of audio cables and equipment, unveiled the TRON T3 Earphones at the remarkably modest price of $49.99 retail.
The earphones look like standard earbuds when viewed from the side, but the back is decorated with the silver circular TRON logo with a blue circle around it that will show any passer-by that you're a fan of the movie.
The earbuds come with three pairs of ear-tips, all designed to fit snugly in your ear and isolate sound and noise. They also come with Monster's signature flat cables to avoid tangles and knots. They're up for pre-order now at Amazon.
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You may remember the early days of the Internet when marketing was simple — an image, a link and some text. Today, the online advertising industry is worth billions of dollars. Techniques like predictive analytics, behavioral targeting and content personalization are quickly becoming the new 'normal.'
And it's all thanks to data.
ComScore and Digiday report that over 5.3 trillion display ads were served to audiences in the U.S. last year. From small businesses to Fortune 500 brands, nearly any company can tap into this ecosystem to reach prospective customers.
In Advertising, Ambiguity Is the Norm
Online advertising is booming but may lead to with more questions than answers. How do you maximize the predicted probability of an ad click? What is the relationship between ad unit placements and user engagement? What metrics are best for capturing ROI? Should websites run CPM, CPA, or CPC based advertising to increase revenue?
"In 2013 brands will be challenged more than ever to find and reach their next viable customer prospect," wrote Eric Wheeler for FastCompany.
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Your company needs analysts to tackle business questions, IT specialists to build massive information systems, reporting analysts to track performance and statisticians to build predictive algorithms.
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Exceptional talent is tough to find, especially for quantitative and technical roles.
"While there is a surplus of job seekers, some companies are facing shortages in critical areas where they most need to attract and keep highly skilled talent," said Robin Erickson, Jeff Schwartz, and Josh Ensell in a recent Deloitte Review study. "In other words, high unemployment rates do not mean that the talent you need will be there when you need it."
Deloitte calls this dynamic 'the talent paradox.' Despite a surplus of workers, candidates with exceptional quantitative, analytical and technical skills are difficult to find.
Your team needs to keep in mind that many technical skills are trainable and teachable. If you find a strong quantitative strategist who doesn't have experience in the predictive models that your company needs, don't rule that person out.
Look for people with a willingness to learn.
The online advertising landscape is highly dynamic. Things are constantly changing. No matter what roles your company is trying to fill, look for team members who can master new skills on the fly.
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When interviewing candidates, develop a sense of how these individuals respond to new, complex and unique challenges. Exceptional analysts, data scientists and programmers have a track record for diving into ambiguous situations without second guessing themselves. They're confident in their abilities to succeed.
Your organization needs team members who feel comfortable pioneering a rapidly evolving space. They are equal parts creative, ambitious, analytical and technically inclined.
As robust as the online advertising industry has become, there is still plenty of work to be done in helping marketers connect with their target audiences. Data science is the key to navigating this multi-billion dollar space. Your team members can take a big vision and transform it into something real.


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Tyler George is facing charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault of an adult and theft. Court documents state the female victim had just broken up with her boyfriend and was depressed. She says she was watching TV, saw a commercial for a chat line and called the phone number. The victim says she spoke to a man who said his name was 'Terrance' -- later identified as George, police say -- and made arrangements to meet the man in person at an apartment complex in north Houston on December 2 of last year.
According to court documents, the victim said she felt comfortable around George and spoke with him for a few minutes. She says she then told George she was going home and would call him later, then started walking to her car. That's when she says George came up behind her and put a gun to her head. The victim told investigators George made her get into her car, then drove to the back of the complex where he made her park the car. George then allegedly sexually assaulted the woman.
The victim told police that George made her drive to another location where he sexually assaulted her again.
Then George allegedly made the victim lay down in the back seat and threatened to shoot her. He got behind the wheel of the victim's car, drove the woman to a grassy area behind a different apartment complex and allegedly raped the woman there.
Court documents state that George then pushed the victim down a hill and kicked her into a bayou.
On December 11, George was arrested for driving the victim's car. The woman later picked George out of a photo array.
George, 21, has a prior conviction for deadly conduct in 2009.
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In the beginning, there was speculation about the name of Alberto Cabrera's Cuban Gastro Counter, Bread + Butter, which opened last year in Coral Gables. People wondered if the simple name was a euphemism for the humble but delicious Cuban fare he'd be serving. Or if it represented the highly addictive opening course present at any self-respecting Cuban joint: pressed and toasted bread slices slathered with melted butter. But as it often happens in life, the truth is better than anything our imaginations might conjure up. "Bread and butter in Spanish is pan con mante-quilla," the Miami-born Cabrera, 38, said. "And that was my nickname growing up. I got it when I was about 8 years old, when my parents took me to Cuba to visit my aunt in San Antonio de los Baños. Every day, I'd wake up and find a big loaf of Cuban bread on the kitchen counter and I'd eat just about the entire thing with butter spread over it. From then on, I was pan con mantequilla."
The naming of his restaurant may be rooted in good-natured familial goofing, but know this for sure: Cabrera's cooking is rooted in something much deeper. A little more than a year ago, when he was thinking about what kind of restaurant to open, his father was at home in South Miami-Dade with a life-threatening heart condition that had left him unable to work. Cabrera's wife was pregnant with their third child. "And I was a big bowl of emotions," he recalled. "I kept thinking, I just want to open a place where I can take my old man, get him out of the house, have him sit and tell stories. I wanted it to be a place he could relate to, that we could share."
When he found the Coral Gables location where Bread + Butter now stands, Cabrera knew it was perfect. It would take months to complete the design he describes as "hip Williamsburg meets old Cuba," to gather the lovely, little nostalgic touches he wanted on hand (tin can water cups, a fresh Cuban oregano plant on a shelf, vintage black-and-white images of the Cuba that now only exists in memories) and to develop a menu that "brought back dishes that have gotten lost." Consider it heirloom Cuban cooking. Chilindrón de chivo. Homemade butifarras. Plátanos en tentación. But like any experienced chef—before Bread + Butter, Cabrera worked at Robbin Haas' Chispa and the Miami outpost of La Broche, Madrid's famed haute cooking emporium, both now shuttered—he also wanted to do his share of updating. "I wanted to make dishes that were familiar, just better executed," he said. While he's done that and more, it's been a bittersweet ride. Just a month and a half before the restaurant opened, Cabrera's father passed away. "He got to see it as we were building, and he saw the menu, but he never got to see us open," Cabrera said. "That's okay, though, because I know it means he's looking over what we're doing."
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Remember that "What People Think I Do/What I Really Do" meme that was going around a couple years ago? I think we all experience that disconnect when it comes to how people perceive our jobs, but I'm starting to think that this whole beauty-editor thing is especially confusing to people outside the industry.
I used to go to a bar in my old neighborhood, and the owner and I had become Facebook friends. Even though he has zero interest in what I write about here on xoVain, he would go out of his way to read the articles I'd share on Facebook because he liked my sense of humor. And every time I'd go to the bar, he'd say, without the slightest hint of irony, "How's fashion blogging going?"
While there is nothing wrong with being a fashion blogger, I am definitely not one. Although beauty and fashion hang out with each other on the reg, they are completely different topics — at least to those who are interested in one or both. Plus, I'm not even a blogger! That's an even more common misconception when it comes to producing content on the internet — that it's all "blogging." But since I'm employed as the editor of an online publication at a major publishing company — as opposed to running an independent blog — and not receiving buttloads of money from brands just to hold up a lipstick in an Instagram photo, I don't count as a blogger. Like, legally — I'm not a blogger by FCC standards. It's all very weird.
These topics — bloggers versus editors, beauty versus fashion, and more — actually came up earlier this week at FIT's Full Spectrum Beauty panel, where four other Time Inc. beauty editors and I answered cosmetic, fragrance and marketing undergrads' questions about the industry. (And you know I went to Drybar that morning so my hair would look cute for the youths.)
It became apparent to me very quickly as I listened to how differently we each answered the questions that not even beauty editors see what beauty editors do exactly the same way. For example, Angelique discussed how she can spend hours with a photographer and prop stylist getting the perfect shot of a product for the print edition of InStyle — a totally foreign concept to me since xoVain contributors (myself included) are responsible for shooting their own photos. And when we were asked who our favorite beauty influencers were, everyone named different bloggers, vloggers, and makeup artists, while my answer was basically just a list of xoVain contributors (and Tynan, of course).
We also came from totally different career backgrounds. While I was a creative writing major who came thisclose to pursuing a career in talent booking, Deanne had been pre-med in her undergrad years, and Pam had been both a teacher and a lobbyist.
Essence, StyleWatch, MIMI, InStyle and xoVain are vastly different publications, so our roles as beauty editors — while obviously anchored in the same topic — are just as varied. I don't know if I could deftly explain the nuances to someone looking in from the outside, especially since I still can't get over the "fashion blogger" hump with some folks. But that's OK. No matter what people imagine my job to be, all that matters is that I love it.
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"Tell me," he says, "what the rest of your day looks like." It's the early afternoon and we're together. It's sunny outside. It's always bright when we're together. I've prayed for us to have a cloudy day. I've dreamed of dark skies and loud rain. There have been a couple of close calls, but the summer sun is defiant and bright each time I clap eyes on him. His peeling arms and my peeling shoulders proof of just how bright it's been.
"I have to write 'Crushed'," I say. I wish I could explain to him exactly what it feels like to sit down and write, the satisfaction, the way the time snaps past. I feel like he'd know just what I mean. He tends to know. If he didn't, I could hear myself saying that it's the exact same feeling as unknotting a necklace. The same as that moment when you separate the final tight loop of cheap metallic chain and the circle falls back into place. It feels like a silly thing to say for no reason, and artsy-fartsy besides, so I don't.
Instead I just look at him. I look at him the same way he is looking at me, with an artist's concentration, wary of missing a detail. We are looking like we're memorizing each other's faces and our time to do so is finite. It makes me unspeakably sad.
"Who are you writing about this week?" He's on his side and he's watching me with one eye closed and pressed into the pillow and the other eye open, soft, curious, dark, and adoring.
You, I want to say, I'm writing about you. Every single time I write about anyone else it's about you. That's what this is, after all: A love letter. It's all one strange, twisting, navel-gazing, long-winded way of showing you that in this life you are it for me.
But I don't say that.
Instead? I stretch out and study the ceiling. "Well," I say, my own one open eye darting to his and back away from it quickly, "It's chronological, so we've reached fifth grade."
I think about fifth grade briefly, just a flash. The newest wing of the elementary school, us the first fifth grade class to attend the school, how everything smelled like paint, how the walls were always chilly to the touch, how we ran in the grassy lot behind the building, rolling down the hill there. Amazing how none of us stepped on broken glass or found a hypodermic needle. There were always condoms slick and sad on the ground but by then we all knew better than to touch them. I think of how we had lockers for the first time, how I never could remember my combination. I think of how old I was then. Just ten, double digits, exciting times.
Inches from my own face and quiet he is lying beside me. He's wearing two T-shirts. He's wearing his hat. When I was that age back then he was older. But I am imagining him in another place being ten years old. I am picturing him; a skinny kid, quiet and hiding behind hair or a baseball cap.
I am picturing him a world away from me.
Remember when I was ten, I want to say to him, remember all that time where I didn't know you, didn't know that I ever would? I always thought I'd be able to tell you the name of every boy I loved from every year. The truth is, I don't remember who it was in fifth grade. I remember other things. I started wearing a bra, I was obsessed with my teacher, Mr. Burt, and his hair which I was sure could not be real. We had a class pet. He was a gerbil named Sport. At the end of the year, I was selected to take him home for the summer and care for him. He had a ball that he could walk around the house in.
Our dog Hillary was quietly entranced with him, this perfect beige morsel. She would follow his ball all around the first floor. She would stare at the glass tank he lived in for hours. I still have a photo of this somewhere, her staring into the glass, begging for him to come to his senses. Realize your fate, her goofy gaze said in an attempt to mesmerize the rodent. Jump into my mouth so that I might finish you off in one or two toothy snaps of my strong jaws.
It's no small wonder that the animal died. He made it through most of the summer, but, in the few weeks just before Mr. Burt was due to come and scoop Sport back up for another exciting year of pre-adolescent torpor, I found him dead in his cage. His body looked stiff and airy, on his back in the cedar chips. His eyes were closed, his mouth open. With his top teeth out at that angle he looked terribly ugly and I felt a wash of revulsion pour over me. I felt immediately terrible about this. I was shocked that I could be so dispassionate, that in the face of death I could become so tearless and clinical. I'm not a good person, I thought. I'm a bad person.
When Mr. Burt came to pick up Sport, my mom let me go to the bookstore with my dad. I walked through the aisles and imagined what my former teacher would think of me. I imagine his polite smile falling when my mom told him about the passing of the class pet. I was sure he would think it was my fault. I was sure he would know that twinge of distaste I felt upon discovering Sport's dead body. I could picture him driving home with the tank in his backseat. I imagined him scowling at my mother, "Your daughter," he'd hiss, "is not a good person." My stomach lurched. Mr. Burt was never angry at me. I was a good kid. He was nice enough, but strange in a way that invited a sort of crude and teasing appraisal of his person by us, his astute pupils.
I felt, in a way, that he wore the mask of a patient man and beneath it was something else. That's probably true. He was teaching fifth grade, after all.
I got home and the tank was gone. I probed my mom for details about the encounter with my former teacher. I wanted the clearest possible picture. I wanted to know that he thought of me exactly I was sure he did. I wanted the truth. My mother was kindly vague. I don't remember what I did after she and I spoke. I probably went upstairs, slumped in front of the T.V. and glazed over whatever was on to worry about my bad and rotten insides, maybe with one hand down my pants if I was alone. You're bad, Becca, you're bad. That voice, not the first time I heard it.
I finish telling this story. I unloop that final tight metallic coil. I am in my bed and it is dark and he is gone. Next week middle school starts and I feel appropriately wretched about it.


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So far in 2016, the Lenovo-owned Motorola has unveiled not only two new Moto Z-branded devices, but also new handsets in the Moto G family. And now for folks who have been waiting for a new Moto E, the wait is over.
The Moto E3 is now official. The device features a bigger 5-inch 720p HD display this time around, up from the 4.5-inch screen of the Moto E (2nd Gen.). Motorola has confirmed that there's a quad-core processor under the hood, and the battery is measured in at 2800mAh which Motorola says will last a user all day. Around the back there's an 8-megapixel camera, and there's a 5-megapixel front-facing camera on the other side.
Motorola didn't say how much built-in storage is available, but there is a microSD card slot to expand the storage.
The Moto E3 will be available in "early September" in the U.K. and it will retail for £99 (about $132) from select retailers including Amazon, Argos, and Tesco. Motorola's not opening up about an international launch, but considering the importance of the company's low-end handset, it seems inevitable.
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|Human Rights and Equality in Northern Ireland
Mr. Robert McCartney (North Down): No democrat or pluralist could do other than welcome legislation or institutions that safeguard the civil and human rights of the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I have been a member of the Northern Ireland Bar for longer than I care to remember and I have attempted to ensure that the civil and human rights of the citizens of Northern Ireland were preserved. I am conscious, in a patriotic way that is now somewhat out of fashion, that the principles of human rights, of justice and of liberty are more keenly defended and advocated within the United Kingdom than in any other part of Europe. I sometimes feel a little sensitive about the ideas of human rights being dictated to us by members of the European Union whose record on civil rights is, to say the least, short and, in some cases, not particularly distinguished.
Mr. John M. Taylor: I always listen to the hon. and learned Gentleman with great interest. Can he give an instance of a European Union country that has endeavoured to read us a lecture on human rights? I was following his argument, but he needs to tell me more.
Mr. McCartney: I suppose that the leading protagonists are the two major countries: Germany and France. For much of the 20th century, Germany did not have a distinguished record on human rights, and the French Government under Marshal Petain, which rounded up 42,000 French Jews, did not distinguish itself in that regard either. I could go further and cite Austria and other countries, such as Spain under the Caudillo. General Franco did not distinguish himself as a supporter of human rights
Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): The hon. and learned Gentleman was somewhat inaccurate in saying that our record on human rights is longer than that of others, although he is right to say that we have an extremely good record in the 20th century. He will recall that ``The Rights of Man'' was written by an Englishman who was unwelcome and under sentence of imprisonment if he came back to this country. He wrote that the French revolution might have educated the English landowners in the rights of man.
Mr. McCartney: I am not sure that I go along with what the hon. Gentleman says. There were others, including Edmund Burke and John Wilkes, who remained in the United KingdomEngland as it then wasand gave distinguished service in the preservation of libertarian rights.
It is a matter of personal and professional pride that during the period in which I practised at the Bar, I was retained by members of the nationalist community and its elected representatives, the Catholic Church, Catholic solicitors and individual Catholic clients. I can claim to know a little about the protection of human rights in Northern Ireland. Members of the community whose political views I did not share respected my balance and fairness. They put their faith in me as a fair person to represent their interests.
Against that background, I move on to speak about the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland. For any institution, or commission, to propagate the views that it was brought into being to promote, it must have the support of the entire community. One of the disadvantages of the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland is the widespread view, which I share, that it is unbalanced, unrepresentative and has not devoted itself to the human rights of the entire community. Since it was instituted, and in its entire modus operandi, it has done nothing to obtain the support of the majority community.
Other speakers have touched on some important matters, so I shall mention them only briefly. The Human Rights Commission has operated on the basis of making a distinction between human rights and human rights that are infringed or impinged upon by the state or its servants. What about the human rights that are violated and trampled daily by paramilitary organisations of all hues?
I view with the same degree of abhorrence and detestation Orange, green, nationalist and Unionist paramilitary organisations. They are a plague on our entire society. None has any moral or political superiority over any other. Yet the Chief Commissioner for Human Rights, Professor Brice Dickson, has said that the commission is not ostensibly concerned with such breaches of human rights. It always struck me as odd that the right to equality in employment, the right to free speech and even the right to silence should be given pre-eminence over the most fundamental right of allthe right to life.
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): Does the hon. and learned Gentleman accept that the Human Rights Commission is only one among a range of instruments to bring about a new beginning? It is not intended to supersede the actions of Governments or intergovernmental institutions. Are not issues relating to employment, religion and race highly relevant to creating a new more inclusive society?
Mr. McCartney: As the American declaration of independence says, such truths are self-evident. I do not quarrel with them, but that is not my point. The protection of human rights by the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland must be acceptable to the entire community, but it is not. That is not just my view, or the view of Unionist politicians and their supporters, it is the view of many academics. Recently, an independent academic heavily criticised the Human Rights Commission for its failure to address the activities of paramilitaries.
Earlier, in an intervention on the Minister, I raised points about discrimination, about unfairness, about human rights. What about the human rights of the mother or father of Lance Bombadier Restorick, serving in Northern Ireland, coolly and deliberately murdered by a sniperMr. Caraher, who had killed 11 others by exactly the same method? We have the application of the principles of law and justice. He was tried and, on incontrovertible evidence, was convicted, sentenced to five or six life sentences for murder and to hundreds of years in prison for other sentences. He was released after 18 months. When he was being sentenced, he laughed in the court because he knew that he would be released. What about the alleged loyalist who picked up a 16-year-old Catholic teenager, James Morgan, beat him to death with a hammer, tossed him into a pit where diseased animals were disposed; who was apprehended, convicted and released after 18 months because of some claim that he was associated with some loyalist paramilitary organisation?
That is discrimination of the most fundamental kind. It is an abandonment of the fundamental principles of democracy. It is a violation of the rule of law. It laughs in the face of the administration of justice but it is justified as a risk for peace. Do the means always justify the end? If we are to have a system of human rights in Northern Ireland, it must be dedicated to human rights in an absolute sense. It must not be prostituted to the objectives of political expediency. It must not be selective. It must be like justice, blind to the description, to the religion or to the political allegiances of those to whom it is addressed, and that is not the case.
What would be the outcry in the UK if the Soho bomber, sentenced to I do not know how many terms, was released? But we know that he will never get out. What about Myra Hindley? What about the Krays? We see running about all over Northern Ireland dozens of serial, convicted murderers who have been released, but we hear nothing about the human rights of the victims. They are doubly victims. They are also victims of a policy of political expediency that sees human rights only when it serves their political objective but does not see truly human rights when they should be applied to every citizen of the UK.
Some of this is justified, as the Minister attempted to justify it, with the argument that it is part of a package, of some overall worthy end, and that, in some way, those who are denied their human rights, those who suffer can say, ``We are only an individual or a collection of individuals. We suffer because there is some greater end that would benefit many more.''
That is the philosophy of every totalitarian dictator. It was the philosophy of Stalin and Hitler that the individual did not matter, that there was a great goal, whether it was the great leap forward, the five-year plan or the extermination of the Jews. There was a package and the package was for the greater good of the people who in time would come to realise this, except those who had been despatched, those who had been maimed, those who had been mutilated and those who had been murdered. If that is the policy of the present Government or any British Government, it is anathema to those who believe in democracy or the rule of law.
We are told in Northern Ireland that there is no alternative to this process. We are asked what our alternative is, but the full question is never asked. It is: what is our alternative to a process of appeasement of terrorism, breach of the fundamental principles of democracy and abandonment of the rule of law? There must be an alternative. That alternative lies in the application of the principles of democracy, adherence to the rule of law and the enforcement of human rights, for all purposes, not just for political purposes.
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire): I come from a different political perspective from that of the hon. and learned Member for North Down (Mr. McCartney). However, I recognise that some of what he said may need a response. Human rights and the move towards equality are not fresh issues for Northern Ireland that have to be imported from outside in order to get things right for the people of Northern Ireland. They are not incapable of understanding those issues, or of moving in those directions.
When the Labour party changed from the Labour representation committee, it held its first annual conference in 1906 in Belfast, although people from Northern Ireland are no longer allowed to be members of the Labour party. The choice of location reflected the fact that there were forces and movements throughout the United Kingdom that believed in the values of democratic socialism and the ideas that were being propounded at that time. That was reflected as much in the working class areas of Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland as it was in the areas of this country, such as Bradford, from which the Labour party had emerged, and where the old independent Labour party, which was part of that Labour structure, had been established.
We need to remember that there have long been human rights problems in Northern Ireland. The nationalist felt that the Unionist community was dominant in the old Stormont. They felt out of it, and that the rules were often used against them. However, while events occurred that led to the civil rights movement some 30 years ago, it is important to be remember also that some fantastic changes occurred in that time as well. Northern Ireland is deep into history, and goes way back. Sometimes, it is perhaps unfortunate that we even go 30 years back. Old television films are dug out, showing RUC members and B Specials beating up in crowds in Derry and other places. That is treated as if it is taking place now and as though it were just the common arrangement that existed.
There have been some incredible changes, and those changes have not been entirely divorced from the people of Northern Ireland. There has been direct rule from the United Kingdom Parliament, which Northern Ireland Members have shared in. However, there have been changes. One of the great disputes of the civil rights movement was electoral injustice and gerrymandering. That is behind us.
All that is left of electoral problems in Northern Ireland is electoral fraud, a matter that the Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs has taken up and pressed with the Government. The Committee is concerned that there have not been faster moves to deal with those problems. The constant difficulty with Northern Ireland is that, where there is great conflict, people will use the avenues available to themwhether through the paramilitaries, the communities or state institutions.
Democracy is built on more than just votes. There have to be various attitudes, which it might be difficult to develop in Northern Ireland across the board. There have been many other important economic and social developments. The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Acts 1976 and 1989 have made improvements, not only with regard to Roman Catholic under-representation in solidly Protestant areas, but also where Protestants are under-represented in Roman Catholic areas. The bodies set up to tackle that problem have made considerable advances. When the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee investigated the matter, before we produced our report, the hon. Member for Brent, East (Mr. Livingstone) was a member of our Committee. He recognised that the employment legislation had helped to produce significant changes in Northern Ireland. He admitted that he would not have imagined that before he became involved in our investigations.
When hon. Members from Britain go across to Northern Ireland, they are often envious of the housing developments that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has set up. Because a central executive co-ordinated those developments, it could take on board ideas that came from all sorts of political groups. The houses were not built exclusively for one community. That has improved matters considerably. Although we now have the Assembly and the Executive and the big new hope under the peace agreement, this is not the first effort. This is a power-sharing arrangement, however people want to talk about it. Power sharing was tried by different forces that sought to reconcile and come together. They include people like Paddy Devlin and others for whom I have a great deal of time.
It is sometimes forgotten that there is an interest in Northern Ireland in developing various civil liberties and rights. My hon. Friend the Member for Greenock and Inverclyde mentioned disability. Civil rights for disabled people is an issue across the whole of Northern Ireland. There are many disability groups reflecting the concerns of all the political parties. In 1994-95, I promoted the Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill. I was not the first to do so, but I was lucky in the ballot and I ran with it. I made sure that I got as wide as support as I could for the Bill. My sponsors included the hon. Members for Newry and Armagh (Mr. Mallon), for North Antrim (Rev. Ian Paisley) and for Belfast, South and the late Sir James Kilfedder. They were representatives of all the four Northern Ireland political parties in the House.
At the same time, because of pressures from my Bill, the Conservative Government introduced the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. They published a White Paper in the morning and debated the Bill in the afternoon. Northern Ireland was not included in that Bill. However, when he introduced it, the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague), who was then a Minister at the Department of Social Security, said that there would be a change and it would apply to Northern Ireland. The fact that four Northern Ireland Members had sponsored my Bill showed that there was strong feeling in Northern Ireland and powerful representations.
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In a game that many people believed was going to be a runaway victory for Angel City, but Rat was able to keep composed for most of the game, finally losing a grasp on their control and losing to the Hollywood Scarlets, 219-94.


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1. It's not being disappointed that your wife's hooters didn't grow to 5x their normal size when she began nursing.
2. It's not what causes a baby to crave the bottle over the boob.
"Letdown" is that phenomenon that occurs when a lactating woman's body says to her breasts, "You know what would be great right now? A wet t-shirt contest! Let's start with a couple big round wet spots on the nipples and see where we go from there!"
|There is no shirt color that will hide this. Arm crossing will only make it worse.
There is natural letdown that occurs when the baby is nursing; then there are other types that are caused by other things like beer or crying babies. Neither of these situations are wanted. They occur when you are least prepared for it, and will generally cause at least as much embarrassment as accidentally urinating on your shoe when you're on a nature hike in a public park (so I'm told or whatever).
Now before you start thinking this is a post about leaking tatas, it's deeper than that. Today at work I heard the most pathetic sound you can hear. It was so out of place I had to stop what I was doing (trading insults with a couple of co-workers), and put on my squinty-eyes.
Side note: Squinting your eyes helps you hear better, much in the way pushing the tip of your tongue out the corner of your mouth helps you think.
So there I sat, eyes all asquint, listening closely. Someone was crying. It wasn't a cry of physical trauma. No, it was the sound of EMOTIONAL DRAMA. DAH DAH DAHHHHHHHH.
|Oh Dear God, little baby Jesus, Mother Mary, someone, ANYONE tell me whyyyyyyy!
1. Grown men sobbing. Hey... I want you to be able to cry, but I want you to do it quietly and with dignity. It's wrong and I know it, but I own it. If you are crying with dignity, I will wrap my arms around you and kiss your forehead and shut the hell up. Grown men bawling... you won't hear from me again.
Let's recap this one...
|Acceptable Man Crying
|Unacceptable Man Crying
2. Half-assed kid crying. If your cry sounds like you're sad because someone told you "no!" or one of the other kids is playing with the toy you want, you can just buzz off. You don't have to though, because I've trained my body to tune you out. Much like when you say mom mom mom mom mom mom mom. You'd better come up with a tone more urgent or you're gonna be sitting over there whining yourself to sleep.
I started this post with boobs and the body's natural reaction to certain stimuli. Let me explain the connection. When I hear the sound of emotional drama, I immediately feel a tightening in my chest. My hairs stand on end. I crane my neck to locate the sound. If I'm at work, I prairie dog.
|What's going on? What's that sound? That's crying! Who is it? Can you see?
I peeked around the corner... and there she was. I had located the victim and prepared to comfort the poor soul. At the same time, I heard her say... "It doesn't hurt. I'm just losing my voice. I don't even know what caused it."
It was just a cold. Talk about let down. So now that I'm all prepped... anyone need a hug? I've got one just waiting here.


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Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . It's a new year, and the time for resolutions to live better in 2013. Here's a whole schwack of apps to help you do just that. =) Bud
Getting in shape:
The 300 Gym Workout (Android)
Fooducate (Android/Apple)
Quitting smoking:
QuitNow! (Android)
Livestrong MyQuit Coach Lite (Apple)
Money management:
Mint (Android/Apple)


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Main → Afghanistan → Herat Province → Rajan
Map of Rajan Herat Province, Afghanistan
Other Names: Radzhan,Rajan,Rājān,rajan,راجان, Rājān
Welcome to the Rajan google satellite map! This populated place is situated in Herat Province, Afghanistan. Original name (with diacritics) of the place is Rājān. See Rajan photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Rājān area. This placemark was added 2010-08-09.
Map of Rajan
- Country: Afghanistan
- Province: Herat Province
- Category: populated place
- Altitude: 0 m
- Population: 0
Asia/Kabul +4.5
- Local Time: 04:37
- Sunrise: 05:47
- Sunset: 19:00
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text: I have recently made the decision to attend Acting School in New Orleans . So I am making plans to move by September when classes begin. At 53 its about time I learn how to ACT! Already have booking for my stand up lined up on the Gulf Coast so living in New Orleans will be a Plus for that and I hope I can pick up some gigs in New Orleans and maybe down the Mississippi River. New Orleans seems to be an Artist Mecca especially to the entertianment industry following Katrina, guess Hollywood is doing its part to help rebuild. Hope I can get my big toe into some of that. Keep your eyes open who knows whats going to happen, I feel 2010 will be my best year yet.


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COLUMBUS, Ind. (January 2, 2007) - – Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified the Cummins Heavy-Duty and MidRange truck engines for 2007. Full production of the new engines begins in January 2007.
The 2007 certified Cummins truck engines include the Heavy-Duty ISX and ISM, as well as the MidRange ISL, ISC and ISB. The engines are certified and compliant for 2007, using Cummins proven cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology across the entire product line. To meet the more stringent 2007 emissions standards, which reduce particulate matter by 90 percent and also require a significant reduction in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from 2004 limits, Cummins has added an integrated Cummins Particulate Filter and a crankcase ventilation system to the engines.
"With more than 400,000 cooled-EGR engines on the road, and well over 40 billion miles of experience, Cummins customers can be confident in the reliability and durability of these engines," said Jim Kelly, Cummins Vice President and President – Engine Business, "We are confident in the customer advantages provided by our 2007 engines and emissions solutions. Field testing and limited production units have demonstrated the performance, fuel economy and maintenance intervals that will meet and exceed customer expectations.
"Cummins 2007 engines will be available in all major equipment manufacturers' vehicles, from heavy- and medium-duty trucks, to buses, motorhomes and other vocational and specialty vehicles," Kelly added. "The vote of confidence from our original equipment manufacturer customers to engineer Cummins into their vehicles – in many cases as the exclusive non-proprietary engine – means that our mutual customers can also be confident in Cummins '07 engines."
The entire line features fully integrated electronic controls, with a single ECM (Electronic Control Module) that controls the engine and aftertreatment. All engines will use the patented sliding-nozzle Variable Geometry Turbocharger (VG Turbo), made by Cummins Turbo Technologies, which features an electric actuator for 2007 with faster response and improved precision in adjusting airflow to the engine.
The Cummins Particulate Filter, designed and manufactured by Cummins Emission Solutions, includes a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel particulate filter to reduce particulate matter by 90 percent. The DOC fully optimizes the regeneration capability of the particulate filter, a critical aspect for maintaining fuel economy comparable to today's engines. The crankcase ventilation system features the Fleetguard® coalescing filter, which captures and filters crankcase emissions, and returns oil directly to the sump. The coalescing filter is a simple and proven solution for crankcase emissions, with no moving parts or additional electric actuation.
Full production on all engines begins Jan. 2, 2007. In order to be prepared for the anticipated MidRange engine share growth and the expected increase in Heavy-Duty engine demand by the end of first quarter 2007, Cummins intends to retain its entire permanent workforce at all of its North American engine manufacturing plants.
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana (USA), Cummins serves customers in more than 160 countries through its network of 550 company-owned and independent distributor facilities and more than 5,000 dealer locations.
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Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 24 (2005) 581-621. Submitted 01/05; published 10/05
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We have successfully used such an approach in the fourth international planning competition IPC-4. Our system, MACRO-FF, extends Hoffmann's state-of-the-art planner FF 2.3 with support for two kinds of macro-operators, and with engineering enhancements. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our ideas on benchmarks from international planning competitions. Our results indicate a large reduction in search effort in those complex domains where structural information can be inferred.


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Collage Artist Joni Ulman Lewis is a dumpster diver, a flea market fiend, and a confirmed pack rat. Nostalgia and repurposing are important elements in her work. View her work through March in the Headquarters Atrium Gallery.
After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, Joni began her career as a window display trimmer for Miller & Rhoads department stores but also waitressed for many years. She can always be counted on to overtip. Her shadow box collages are intentionally humorous and represent a story told by objects with something in common.
For a bigger look at the collection be sure to stop by Visual Treats, her studio at 903 Caroline Street, or visit the website www.joniulmanlewis.com.
"William Wouldn't Tell"
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As the City of Columbia continues to grow, there is an increasingly important focus on the need for downtown/urban multi-resident style development. We seek to improve the quality of life for our citizen's by providing affordable housing opportunities for residents and students and concentrating on human scaled and pedestrian friendly smart growth initiatives. By thinking ahead we focus on proactive efforts such as encouraging mixed use developments to create well-developed pedestrian friendly neighborhoods and modern, walkable communities that combine business, residential, and retail/hospitality elements with greenspace and attractive outdoor amenities.
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Just topped 800 Followers on my "Inspiration for Tekumel" boards on Pinterest. Woo Hoo! See the appropriate sideboard in the righthand margin of this page. Now, of course, not all are interested in Tékumel. Perhaps it is safe to say that most are not. But at least there is the chance they now know a little bit more about Professor Barker's creation than they once did. Perhaps they will be inspired to explore his world a little further...
Friday, December 23, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
My Tékumel Bestiary (2): the Nshé and the Hlu'ún
A Nshé, in spherical form.
The Nshé is a sorcerous creation, able to assume a variety of forms. Shown above is its spherical form, one ideal for engulfing its prey. It is an oversized marble called a "soap bubble" which I found in a local game store for about $2 CDN.
I'm going to have to keep my eyes open for other transparent or translucent figures: seven foot tall humanoids, serpents and flat sheets are mentioned as alternative forms, though I am sure the list is more extensive than that.
A Hlu'ún.
A Pathfinder Miniature Mothman makes a perfect Hlu'ún, at least in my opinion anyway. I've been able to find them on ebay at reasonable prices, and one doesn't need that many anyway.
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Dark Passage: The Pirate Lords of Háida Pakála
GW Tryanid Carnifex heads
GW Tyranid Hive Tyrant heads
GW Lizardmen Bastiladon (L)
and Tyranid Exocrine (R) heads
GW Tyranid Tyrannofex (L) and Hive Crone (R) heads
GW Tyranid Tyrannofex heads
(single variant shown twice)
GW Imperial War Manticore heads
GW High Elf Flamespyre Phoenix heads
GW Lizardmen Stegadon heads
Recently I started working on something I have been thinking of doing for a while. That is, taking bits from existing plastic kits and using them to make faction specific conversions to my Khmer galley and war canoe models. The intent was, and still is, to get proper Khmer and Cham prow and stern posts done. That is just taking a little longer than I had hoped. Still on "the list" though!
Anyway, a little while ago I picked up the heads shown below, sold as bits from a couple of ebay sellers. Given that I only needed the heads, why should I buy the whole kit?!
I have both full versions and cut-down hulls for both the galleys and war canoe models. The galley is 12" long and the war canoe 8".
Full and cut-down galleys
Looking at the bits available, I thought different ones would be suitable for various factions. One faction I am particularly interested in is the Pirate Lords of Háida Pakála. I particularly like the idea of using the GW Tyranid heads with the Háida Pakálan warships. My second choice would be to use them with the Tsolei Islander vessels, but I have found an alternative for them.
Below are the various heads shown blue tacked onto the galley and war canoe hulls. The idea of course would be to use greenstuff (or similar) to build up the hulls to suit. I think that the Tryranid heads make quite fearsome figureheads. Just the sort of thing the Pirate Lords would want!
Exocrine head on a war canoe
Two different Hive Tyrant heads
on the war canoe
Carnifex head (variant 1)
Carnifex head (variant 2) - note poison sacks!
Carnifex head (variant 3)
Carnifex head (variant 3)
shown from a different angle
Tyrannofex head shown on galley
Hive Crone head on galley
Hive Crone head on cut-down galley
Tyrannofex head
shown on cut-down galley
Tyrannofex head variant
on cut-down galley
I mentioned the Islands of Tsolei. My thinking with these is to use GW Lizardmen heads. I've shown the Stegadon heads below, attached to cut-down galleys. I'm also thinking that Saurus Warrior and Temple Guard heads might suffice for the war canoes but don't yet have any to test the idea.
Stegadon head variants
on cut-down galley
Lastly, I think that the War Manticore and Phoenix heads are well suited for use in more civilized navies. So I am assigning them to the Tsolyáni navy.
War Manticore head variants
on cut-down galley
Phoenix head on full galley
In the next part, I'll describe some of the wilder ideas I have for these vessels for use with my Dark Passage naval skirmish rules.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Best Kept Secrets: Black Tree Designs' Fantasy Saracens
HM1230 - Saracen Elite Guards
Black Tree Design is having a sale, which has prompted me to post this in a bit of a rush.
Extended until Sept 11th, 2016.
Historical and Fantasy Infantry 50% off.
Giant Monsters 30% off.
Doctor Who 30% off.
Why the rush?
Because I believe that Black Tree Designs' Fantasy Saracens make excellent proxy Salarvyáni, that's why! And if you agree, you might want to take advantage of the sale...
The figures are scaled slightly larger than our own, but not overly so IMO. I'm not sure how well they fit weapon and armour-wise with the army book descriptions. My book has gone on walkabout and is currently "lost" - possibly forever. A replacement is being sourced. Until then all I can say is "They look good to me"!
They are bearded. Check. The poses are nicely varied. Check. The weapons are suitable. Check. The armour is suitably exotic, as are the shields. Check. (and we have variant shields available if required...)
The Palace Guards, shown below, appear to have an interesting "push-knife and shield" combination. See the detail pictures. One could use them that way or snip the blade off and use a regular shield.
HM1233 - Saracen Palace Guards
Shield Detail
Detail: Push-knife or plug?
HM1228 - Saracen Slave Guards
...with buckler.
The so-called "Slave Guards" need not actually be slaves for our purposes, merely lower class troops. Light infantry spearmen as were at the Battle of Ry, if memory serves.
The command packs have flags, which are coincidentally not bad for Salarvyáni. I'm afraid I botched the pics and put the standard bearers in the wrong packs. Keeping that in mind, the banner from pack HM1229 (shown broken in the bottom pic) has Arabic writing on it and so will need either substitution or conversion.
I found some Games Workshop Dark Elf bits on ebay that I thought worked well, and are shown below.
HM1229 - Saracen Command II
HM1233 - Saracen Command III
...with Dark Elf banner.
...other Dark Elf weapons.
Lastly, as I am going on about Salarvyáni I ought to remind you of these Scotia Grendel axemen. I may have blogged about these guys before. They get checks for beards, and nice variety of poses. The weapons would be ridiculously over-sized in metal, but made from chlén hide would not be as heavy as they look!
Scotia Grendel's "Men of the East"
Credit where credit is due: I did not paint the Serqu trooper in the pics above. He was done by one of Eureka's in-house painters IIRC. Name unknown.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
The Black Hoods of Lord Hrú'ú
I've been putting together a box of Frostgrave cultists to act as "Black Hoods" - agents for the Temple of Hrú'ú.
I have to say that this set is really nice! So far I've put together four with crossbows and four with 2-handed mauls. Also a guy with a 2-handed sword from the other Frostgrave set. This guy I'm converting so he is pointing with his left hand. There is also a guy with a lantern (which also comes from the first Frostgrave box). There are twenty figures in the box. I am using the fully hooded heads and there are just enough to do that, although they are not all the same style. That is fine though, as Lord Hrú'ú likes a bit (a lot!) of variety! The plan is to do two guys standing on guard, but not with the spears that came in the box...I am going to look at using Shen halberds.
I am very impressed by this set. It even comes with some nice thin round bases. There are four body poses: standing, running forward, action right and action left. The main failing I can see is that the left arms all have hands which are not in a gripping pose. I would like to do some two weapon guys and will have to do some converting to get that. Not sure if I'm going to give these guys shields. I want a couple of more boxes though!
The plan is to paint them black and purple. Black hoods - hence the name - with purple face masks. Oh, the other failing is that they are wearing baggy pantaloons. This may or may not be an issue to you. Myself, I am past bothering about little details like that. There are so many anomalies in the canon that one just has to "go with the flow" and work with what you've got.
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