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NUIG/Na Bairneachaí National School Blitz
Heineken Junior Cup and Plate Finals 2015/16
05 April 2016
Top Oil Senior Development Cup Final 27/04/2016
27 April 2016
DescriptionThe sun shone on Dangan for the NUIG/Na Bairneachaí National School Blitz on Tuesday morning as the 150 pupils descended on the home of NUIG RFC. The annual event saw pupils from 5th and 6th classes from six local primary schools gather together for the non-competitive blitz. Teachers from Scoil Bhríde Mionloch, St Joseph's NS Buaile Beag, St Enda's NS, Galway Educate Together, Knocknacarra NS and Bush Park NS oversaw their students play against each other over four pitches which were refereed by staff from Connacht Rugby.


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"Deity" Surname
Frequency of "Deity" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Deity" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
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Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in Airspace and Outer Space
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Gbenga Oduntan is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent, UK.
Sovereignty and jurisdiction are legal doctrines of a complex nature, which have been subject to differing interpretations by scholars in legal literature. The tridimensionality of state territory recognised under customary international law subsists until the present but there are other territories that do not or cannot belong to any state or political entity which also must be accounted for in legal theory. The issues surrounding sovereignty and jurisdiction are likely to become ever more pressing as globalisation, growing pressure on resources and the need for energy and national security become acute, and the resolution of special delimitation disputes seems likely to become a vital question in the twenty-first century. As a result of the fast pace of technological developments in air and space activities and the massive increases in air transportation , satellite communications and space exploration, the need for scholars and practitioners to sharpen their appreciation of the legal and political issues becomes crucial.
This book will focus primarily on the issues of sovereignty jurisdiction and control in airspace and outer space and their effects on public and private activities, but it will also look at related issues pertaining to the Seas and Antarctica. Commercial exploitation, resource control and the international regime regulating contractual obligations in relation to transportation of goods and services over all forms of territory will be examined to the extent that they are necessary to explain jurisdictional rights and duties over territory. Older problems of international law such as crimes in the air and airspace trespass are treated along with newer developments such as space tourism as well as growing demand for private ownership and involvement in outer space exploitation.
The book goes on to consider the distinction between airspace and outer space and puts forward legal criteria which would allow for the resolution of the spatial delimitation dispute. These criteria would determine where in spatial terms the exclusive sovereignty of airspace ends and where outer space – the province of all mankind – begins, and contribute to the jurisprudence of territorial sovereignty and jurisdiction.less
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1. Preliminary Considerations: Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Control in International Law 2. Aspects of Sovereignty and Jurisdiction Over the Seas 3. Aspects of Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in Polar Regions and in Antarctica 4. The Legal Status of the Airspace 5. Jurisdiction Over Crimes in the Airspace and on Board Aircraft 6. Jurisdiction and Control in the Airspace Over International Spaces 7. Sovereignty and Trespass in Territorial Airspace 8. Jurisdiction and Control in Outer Space 9. Legality of The Common Heritage of Mankind Principle in Space Law 10. Utilisation Regime Over Space Based Resources: Analogies from the International Seabed Regime and Antarctica 11. Jurisdiction and Control Rationae Instrumenti and Rationae Personnae in Outerspace 12. Aspects of Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in the Delimitation of the Seas
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The quickening of my heartbeat at your faintest touch;
evidence you are more to me than any others I have ever known.
My heart has never beat this fast for someone;
not for love, nor hate, or both.
The flutter in my stomach when you speak my name;
attests that you're affecting me unlike any others I've encountered.
A faint tickle which grows to a warm buzzing—
redolent to busy bumble bees in spring.
This is your impact at the merest touch;
the disruption to my composure from your smallest attentions.
Imagine you then what is done to me when we make love.
Imagine what is done
The quickening of my heartbeat at your faintest touch;
One more martini is to many
Everyone has their limit when it comes to the booze.
She is the goddess of the dawn.
In mythology she renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the sun.
I always think of the early dawn as a time of reflection concerning the last nights happenings.
From Virgil's Aeneid:
Aurora now had left her saffron bed,
And beams of early light the heav'ns o'erspread,
When, from a tow'r, the queen, with wakeful eyes,
Saw day point upward from the rosy skies.
The title of this painting is "To have lain with Aurora."
Prints are available via Fine Art America.
The Switch Mistress
Kinda a tattooish pinup styled switch.
Made some case cover versions, t shirts, etc… that people can get on Society6
My reason for this?
I have no clue. Maybe I was just feeling blue.
I've known such gals. Bad-ass, bossy, dominant chicks that can force or coerce a week willed plaything into doing any dang thing they wish, but at the drop of a hat can switch to a submissive role and revel in being dominated.
Fun memories are made with such gals.
I'd actually very much enjoy being taken control of right now.
Haven't been in sexy fun mode much of late. (as is probably obvious by my lack of blog postings)
Maybe all I need is a libido jump start.
Maybe if it was forced on me.
Maybe if someone extra special naughty got my motor revved up it would keep running all on it's own.
Since I am outa the game and just hanging out wondering what happened to my mojo though it is very doubtful I will find such a gal.
Boredom and lack of libido breeds more boredom and lack of libido.
Horny level for 2012/2013 so far is teetering between level 0 and level 1 at best.
Until 2012 it pretty much always ran around a 9 or 10 and if it dropped to a 7 (with 5 being the average joe) I'd usually start to worry.
Are you out there kinky wild girl with mojo/libido jumper cables?
Ya, didn't think so.
My Kinda Fireworks
A fun painting by yours truly… I titled it Spectacular.
It really has nothing to do with the fourth, but the fireworks make it kinda relevant for an almost fourth of July blog post.
For those of you who partake in the lifestyle (aka swinging) you know how hard it is to find that 100% across the board perfect click with another couple.
Many say it is even impossible.
It isn't though, but it is rare.
Heck… even two people hitting it off perfectly is rare.
Just figure it like this… there are 10000 possible combinations for locks if using 4 digits.
Compare that to 100 possibles with two digits.
Now imagine all those possibilities have the ability to affect each other through personalities, beliefs, etc… It is amazing anybody can get together at all.
people do though, and when the combination opens the lock of passion it is good.
Fireworks will go off.
It will be a night to remember.
It will be spectacular.
Anywho.. hope ya dig the artwork.
Have a great Fourth Of July.
Double dipped Sizzles
I do these artsy fun things I call SIZZLES which many of you know about, but I rarely do two from the same original artwork.
Shouldn't even say rarely. This is the first time I have.
Couldn't help it. I was having fun messing around with them and they both came out so sexy.
You can check them out bigger in my SIZZLES section on Imagekind.
You can also find the watercolor and ink I did originally (if you so desire) in my concupiscence section on the same site.
Not sure if I have ever shown any of my paintings in this style before here on Red Region Inferno.
Don't think I have, but guess it ain't important anyway.
Here it is…
I call it "GRIND"
Prints of this painting can be had HERE.
It is a blend of pop, cubism, and traditional tattoo art styles. Makes for an interesting and different look that many like and many don't with very few people falling in the middle it seems.
Anyways, rather than talk about the art I shall talk about the act.
I have no idea how many threesomes with two women I have been in.
Don't even have a good estimate of how many different girls I have participated in the act with. It is in the hundreds I know.
As for how many times I have watched (or been around) two or more girls having sex together… thousands.
I am including my adult industry years in that.
So, does it turn me on to watch girls having sex together?
Neither does nudity in general.
My whole life it has been wasted on me. It does nothing.
When I am in a position of watching I am basically just waiting for my signal to join.
Girl on girl sex shows ain't my bag.
Unless… there are certain acts going on.
This is one of them.
I love watching the scissoring, grinding, pussy rubbing.
I don't know why.
It turns me on though.
It makes me randy.
The problem is though that it seldom happens.
Sure, I've met a few girls who get it going regularly, but most don't. Not ever!
I don't suggest it myself because I like things to flow natural, but for some reason this particular thing don't flow.
I've never seen my wife do it example. She isn't the type to instigate anything either. It would need be the other girl.
Result = I don't get my visual feast.
Some would say "ask for it."
I however can't ask for something like that because it ruins it.
Natural sex however it comes about is how I dig it.
Girls that try to give me the fake lesbian sex show type act actually bug me a bit. Don't play at the show… enjoy.
I'm gonna dig it if you do. I ain't gonna dig it if it isn't real.
In the world of dreams
Dreams are odd things.
People have debated the reasons we dream since the beginning of man. They have also debated what dreams even are.
Nobody really knows. Those that say they do are really just holding onto a theory so tight they view it as fact.
I go through stages of remembering my dreams vividly to not even knowing what I dreamed about.
I have nightmares off and on too.
Mostly though I dream about sexual scenarios.
The reason I say scenarios is because it is most often about the when, why, how of a situation rather than sex itself.
The things said before, the feelings, emotions, and places are bigger in the dream than the sexual act itself.
The who of such dreams has changed over the years, but rarely has it been random people.
It is usually just one or two women that I dream of successively night after night for months.
My own theory is that dreams are as real as our waking world.
I think dreams are shared sometimes too.
Maybe these scenarios are happening for her as well as me in the world of dreams.
Maybe we meet there for these adventures.
I figure since most people have multiple dreams per night, but only remember scattered bits of one or two it is possible the other person involved wouldn't remember it or maybe would remember it differently.
I also figure that time in the waking world flows differently than in the dream world so though it seems I met with the lovely girl last night and walked hand in hand with her, she may not have that dream for months to come as far as her conscious waking self will know.
I also believe we partially control these dreams we have.
The control is shared, but perspectives are relevant to the one experiencing it.
In my dream we met in a summer meadow and you had on a white flowing dress.
In your dream it was spring in a park and had on green.
Maybe I dreamt your lips so sweet I said they tasted of honey, but you dreamt I said sugary sweet.
We can be and say anything in our dreams.
There is no limits because it all comes from our minds.
When we enter the world of dreams we all enter naked.
We then clothe ourselves in our desires.
Here is a bit of art.
I call it "Dream Walker."
You can get prints of this HERE via FineArtAmerica.com
May your dreams be beautiful.
Improvements on LL
As most of you who read my blog know, LL is hands down our favorite swingers site.
(Yes I know the lifestyle is the socially correct lingo)
Anyways… all sites could use some improvements as none are perfect.
Lifestyle Lounge has been doing a lot of that this year.
Most improvements haven't been anything I cared much about though.
Today's was awesome though.
One of the buggers with the site. (all swingers sites have buggers about them) was that if you had private galleries filled with naughty pics you could only share them with Real Sealed members.
It was for protection I suppose, but it made it so if you wanted to send your naughty pics to a freebie non certified real couple you had to do so via emails.
To much of a hassle for me. I'm lazy that way.
Now however (as of today) we certified real members (paid up or not I believe) are able to share with anybody we like on the site.
That is how it always shoulda been in my mind.
So… KUDOS to LL for a good change in the rules.
Blow My Whistle
The actual title for this sexy artwork is "Intensity."
It is watercolors on paper.
The wording I added for this post is from a a song called "little dove" by Faster Pussycat.
Faster Pussycat was a successful hair/glam/hard rock band back in the 80's and early 90's.
They still exist, but don't have the fame they once had.
This particular song was off of their 1989 album called Wake Me When It's Over.
These are the lyrics:
I'm your door to door lover
I'm your cyclone pacifier
I'm your cheap trick honey
And my baby's my bionic liar
I don't bleed cause the gasoline
That flows right through my veins
I'm a motor at heart
And if I don't start
I get pissed off just the same
Your high heeled river of love
Is drippin down your thighs
It seems like my lover's
Finally satisfied
Blow my whistle, rock me little dove
Rock my missile, blow me little dove
She's a super sex junkie for money
Sometimes she does it for fame
She prefers cash to a hot seat on the dating game
I'd like to seize ya, I'd like to please ya
By customizing your frame
With the oil of lover, that some keep in a glove
But I just let it spray
Your high heeled river of love
Is drippin down your thighs
It seems like my lover's
Finally satisfied
Blow my whistle, rock me little dove
Rock my missile, blow me little dove
Your high heeled river of love
Is drippin down your thighs
It seems like my lover's
Finally satisfied
Blow my whistle, rock me little dove
Rock my missile, blow me little dove


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- Title Match Wrestling posted this video of WWE Hall of Famer Bobby "The Brain" Heenan at the Wrestling & Comic Book Collectorfest at the former ECW Arena last weekend.
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- Sheamus granted another Make-A-Wish Wish before this week's WWE live event in Dublin, Ireland. Here he is with Wish Kid Max:
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text: Naw-Ruz (which in Persian literally means "New Day") is a New Year holiday for both Iranians and Baha'is. Both groups celebrate it on the 21st of March each year but the significance and celebrations between the two are slightly different. The Baha'i celebration of Naw-Ruz is one of the nine Baha'i Holy Days on which work is suspended, and it was established by Baha'u'llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith, to mark the feast day following the 19-day month of fasting. (The Baha'i calendar is made up of nineteen months, and each month consists of nineteen days). The Baha'i fast is essentially a reflective time of year, where those who are able, abstain from food and drink between sunrise and sunset. To Baha'is the new year also symbolizes the renewal of time in each religious dispensation.`Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh's son and appointed successor, explained the significance of Naw-Rúz in terms of the equinox and spring-time and the new life it brings. In 'Abdu'l-Baha's words: > … This sacred day when the sun illumines equally the whole earth is called the equinox and the equinox is the symbol of the divine messenger. The sun of truth rises on the horizon of divine mercy and sends forth its rays on all. This day is consecrated to this commemoration. It is the beginning of the spring. When the sun appears at the equinox it causes a movement in all living things. The mineral world is set in motion, plants begin to sprout, the desert is changed into a prairie, trees bud and every living thing responds, including the bodies of animals and men. > > The rising of the sun at the equinox is the symbol of life and the human reality is revivified; our thoughts are transformed and our intelligence is quickened. The sun of truth bestows eternal life, just as the solar sun is the cause of terrestrial life. > > The day of the appearance of God's messenger on earth is ever a sacred day, a day when man commemorates his lord. As with most Baha'i Holy Days, there are no particular fixed rituals or practices associated with the holiday. With adherents from so many parts of the world, the Baha'i Faith makes careful attention not to impose one cultural tradition upon other traditions but rather to encourage an organic international Baha'i culture that emerges based on the Holy Texts and not on personal or cultural traditions. So, on an international level, the celebration is generally observed with a meeting consisting of prayers, feasting and joyful celebration open to all. What that actually looks like from one place to another largely depends on the way in which a Baha'i family or community chooses to celebrate the Holy Day. Although celebrated in a different fashion, Naw-Ruz is also celebrated by Iranians and Zoroastrians as the new year. The origins of Naw-Ruz are unknown but it is thought to have begun as a pastoral spring festival. As time turned, Naw-Ruz gradually became a secular holiday in Persia and, as such, continued to be observed even after the spread of Islam in Iran. Muslim kings in Iran, like their Zoroastrian predecessors, celebrated Naw-Ruz with great magnificence. Though not a Baha'i tradition, some Baha'is from a Persian background honour the traditions associated with their cultural heritage by infusing their celebrations with elements of a traditional Persian celebration of Naw-Ruz. These traditions might include families gathering in new or freshly cleaned cloths or the decoration of tables with fruit, cakes, coloured eggs and other treats, as well as symbolic objects such as a holy book and a mirror. Among the best known customs of Iranian Naw-Ruz is the "haft-sin" – which in English translates to the `seven S's'. These are seven objects whose Persian names begin with the letter 'S' such as hyacinths, apples, lilies, silver coins, garlic, vinegar and rue, which are chosen and decoratively arranged on a table. Persian traditions or not, Naw-Ruz always comes with generous hospitality and a delicious feast to enjoy!


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Pat Johnson
"For the past 40 years, I have dreamed without hope that the martial art would be unified. Now with the advent of the WorldBlackBelt.com website, my dream has a chance of coming true. I hope every martial artist who loves the martial arts as I do will not let this chance slip by without getting involved."
9th Degree Black Belt Master & film maker Pat Johnson was introduced to the Korean art of Tang Soo Do while serving as a US Army Chaplain's Assistant while stationed in Korea.
Following his stint in the army, Pat met Chuck Norris while competing at various karate tournaments on the East Coast. At Chuck's suggestion, Mr. Johnson moved to California in 1968 where he eventually became Chief of Instruction for the Chuck Norris chain of karate studios.
Mr. Johnson was named Captain of Chuck Norris' Black Belt Team which went undefeated for seven years, racking up more than 33 National and International titles in the process. Master Johnson's personal competition record was 196-1-1. In 1975 & 76 he also received a Golden Fist Award as "Outstanding Karate Referee."
Master Johnson's film career began when he was hired by Bob Wall to work in the Bruce Lee classic, "Enter The Dragon." Then Mr. Wall employed him in "Black Belt Jones". This entry into the magical world of Hollywood put the celebrated black belt on a path that would eventually make him one of the most sought after action film choreographers in the business. His credits include: The Karate Kid series, Ninja Turtle series, Mortal Kombat I & II, and Batman & Robin to name but a few.
Master Johnson has been inducted into Black Belt Magazine's Hall of Fame, the Ocean State Hall of Fame and the NASKA Hall of Fame. Adding to his growing resume of accomplishments Master Johnson was voted one of the 25 most influential martial artists of the 20th century by Black Belt Magazine.


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Friday, December 9, 2011
Gracie's Gift: A Review of a Beautiful Book
The book is called Gracie's Gift and it is the heart warming story about a little girl named Gracie who isn't very happy about having to wear bows all the time. One of her mommy's "Golden Rules" is "No bow? No go."
On the day of her birthday party Gracie awakens to find a bow placed beside her beautiful party dress. She is upset that she has to wear a bow until her mommy points out that all of her gifts are topped with bows. Gracie's mommy explains that, "A beautiful bow on your sweet head it sits. That's how I celebrate my amazing gift."
With the understanding of her mother's love Gracie wears her bows proudly in the end.
For anyone with daughters this book is an absolute treasure and a beautiful reminder of the bond a mother and daughter share.
I read this book with my own little bow-adorned gift and she loved it. We have read it almost every night before bed.
This book is so heartwarming, but what makes it even more amazing is the story of the author. Andrea Trosclair is a mother of two little girls living in Baton Rouge, LA. She worked as a registered nurse until 2005 when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
I am so inspired by this woman. Instead of dwelling on the negative she celebrates and gives thanks for her children who are her own little gifts. We could all take a page from Andrea's book.
I would like to say a big Thank You to Andrea Trosclair for giving me the privilege of adding this beautiful story to our family library.
"Like" Trosclair Tales on Facebook for information on future events, upcoming books, and giveaways.
You can also click HERE to go directly to the author's website.
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Anderson, SC - Earlier today, Tabitha Roberts, Brandon Davis, and Wesley Malmister were all sentenced for their roles in an Attempted Armed Robbery that resulted in the death of the victim, Justin Ray Williams, and fellow perpetrator of the Attempted Robbery, Casey Waddell, in January of 2016. The Honorable R. Scott Sprouse sentenced both Malmister and Roberts to 25 years in jail for each of 2 counts of Voluntary Manslaughter and 20 years for Attempted Armed Robbery, all to be served concurrently. Davis was sentenced to 20 years in jail apiece for 2 counts of Voluntary Manslaughter and 20 years for Attempted Armed Robbery, all to be served concurrently. Yesterday, Judge Sprouse handed down a 50 year jail sentence to the fourth co-defendant, Randall "Randy" Simpson on charges of Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime, and Attempted Armed Robbery. Special Prosecutor Lucas Marchant, with the Tenth Circuit Solicitor's Office, represented the State today during the sentencing of Roberts, Davis, and Malmister.
Following the sentencing, Solicitor David Wagner said: "I am very pleased to see these sentences, and I hope the justice served today will bring some comfort to the grieving families of those whose lives were lost during this violent encounter."
On January 9, 2016, around 12:30 AM at Pierce Road and Amy Road in Iva, Justin Ray Williams was the victim of an Attempted Robbery perpetrated by Casey Waddell, Tabitha Roberts, Brandon Davis, Wesley Malmister and Randy Simpson. Roberts, Waddell, Simpson and Malmister had discussed robbing Mr. Williams of drugs they believed were in his possession. Waddell directed Roberts to call the victim and set up a purchase of methamphetamine at the victim's residence where they then proceeded, all armed with various firearms. Along the way, they picked up Brandon Davis. Davis also armed himself with a firearm. When they reached Williams' residence, Roberts got out of the vehicle and went inside the trailer to ensure that he was alone. Waddell, Malmister, Davis and Simpson all exited the vehicle and proceeded to the victim's home. While armed with an assault rifle, Waddell jerked the door open, moved past Roberts and demanded that Williams "give it up". Williams was armed with a handgun and fired one shot striking Waddell in the head resulting in his death. Randall Simpson then approached and entered the residence and shot Williams 5 times, with some of the shots penetrating his heart and lungs. He died as a result of those injuries. Roberts, Malmister and Simpson all fled the scene. Davis ran into the woods and was picked up at a later time. Following the investigation of this incident by the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, Roberts, Davis and Malmister gave full confessions to the investigating officer and the Solicitor's Office.


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|'Bewitched,' 'Stealth' and 'XXX: State of the Union' were some of the Sony films that did poorly this year.
Consultant through '06
Geoffrey Ammer, who has overseen marketing at the studio for four years, will stay until year's end and help launch Sony's next few films, including "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Fun with Dick and Jane." He will remain a consultant there through 2006, according to a statement released by Sony.
Mr. Ammer wasn't available for comment, a Sony spokesman said. Jeff Blake, the studio's chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution, said Mr. Ammer has been "a tremendous asset to the studio, and we wish him nothing but our best and look forward to his continued contributions as a consultant to the department."
News of his replacement is expected soon, with some Hollywood insiders saying the job could go to Valerie Van Galder, president of TriStar Pictures.
Film disappointments
The studio is tied with Universal Pictures for third place in market share at the moment, though it likely will lose that position when Universal's much-anticipated "King Kong" opens Dec. 14. Sony's film division has had a number of disappointments, and some outright bombs, this year. Recently, the family film "Zathura," despite high-profile marketing and appearances by the filmmaker Jon Favreau and Mr. Ammer on NBC's "The Apprentice," fared poorly at the box office. It has made only $27.4 million so far.
Other underperformers include the musical "Rent," based on the long-running Broadway success, and "The Legend of Zorro," which was weak in the U.S. though it has been strong internationally.
High-cost flops
Some of the studio's flops, such as this summer's "Bewitched," "Stealth" and "XXX: State of the Union," were particularly troubling given their sizeable production budgets. In fact, only one movie so far this year, the Will Smith romantic comedy "Hitch," has been an unqualified success, pulling in more than $100 million.
It's quite a different story than last year, when Sony was in the top spot in market share on the back of its mega-hit "Spider-Man 2." Along with that film, Mr. Ammer and his team launched "The Grudge," "Guess Who" and "50 First Dates" during his tenure. He's expected to announce his future plans after the beginning of the year.


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MISSISSIPPI SOUND (WLOX) - South Mississippi has entered one of the best times of the year for those who love the great outdoors.
The archery season for deer opens Oct. 1 in the Hill and Delta zones of Mississippi and Oct. 15 in the Southeast Zone, which includes the three coastal counties of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson.
It's also a great time for anglers to try their luck one final time at catching blackfish, also known as tripletail.
Tripletail, which feature three tails, will remain in the Mississippi Sound through the first cool front or tropical storm. Basically, the countdown to fall is underway for tripletail before the fish migrate south for the winter months.
"If we don't get a tropical storm, tripletail will be here [Mississippi Sound] through the first cool front," said Captain Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters in Bay St. Louis. "Until then, go have fun."
Fishing for tripletail is easy and simple in terms of tackle and bait. A fishing rod and reel equipped with 15-to-20 pound test line will be needed since the fish will be found around crap pots, pilings, buoys and floating debris. A heavier line will allow anglers to keep the fish – some which will exceed 15 pounds – away from the structure.
Circle hooks work best when used under a popping cork with live shrimp, live finger-size croaker or mullet.
Keep in mind that the size limit in Mississippi waters is three fish per person with a minimum length of 18-inches.
Of note, there will be times when anglers will spot the fish resting up against the crab pot or other structure to find shade. But there will also be times when tripletail will not be visible, so approach each structure like a fish is nearby. Cast toward the structure at least 10 feet away and be quiet and patient.
"There will be times when you will see the fish actually swim out and hit your bait," Schindler said. "Then there are times when you will not see the fish and he will come up [from depths] and hit the bait.
"You just never know if a fish is there. I have made 10 or more casts at the same structure before hooking up with a tripletail. Just be patient because it's worth it."
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"You can't prepare for a sudden impact. You can't brace yourself. It just hits you out of nowhere. And suddenly, the life you knew before is over forever."
Those were the closing words of last Thursday's episode of "Grey's Anatomy." And while I wouldn't describe myself as a regular watcher of that TV drama, I couldn't help but consider the profound truth of that statement — and the many people who, through anguish and tears, can testify to that. The journey of life does not come with a universal early warning system. Sometimes life can go from perfectly sunny to dark, stormy, and chaotic in just a split second.
There are, in fact, millions of stories — all of which represent actual people — that bear evidence of sudden impact. Just in the past year or so, you and I have witnessed a number of them in our own lives or the lives of someone we love. Many things can cause sudden impact, including: auto accidents, plane crashes, storms, earthquakes, fires, health issues, unanticipated deaths, miscarriages, loss of jobs, murders, suicides . . . The list goes on and on.
During my time in ministry I have walked with many people through 'sudden impact' situations.
The shock.
The horror.
The grief.
The devastation.
The despair.
And sometimes, the long road to recovery.
The truth is that if we live long enough, we'll experience our share of sudden impacts. There are three key principles that are helpful to remember:
1. God is God, and we are not. He is sovereign and in control. He is never caught off-guard. While the things of this life often leave us shocked, dismayed, and disheartened, God sees the bigger picture. What's difficult at times for us to accept is that we may not be able to glimpse much of that bigger picture this side of heaven.
2. God can be trusted to provide strength and comfort to the broken-hearted. It's often in those moments when time seems to stand still that His presence can most be felt. Scripture tells us that His grace is sufficient for all our needs. What I've come to realize through the years is that He gives us more grace at the time we need it most — not necessarily before then.
3. God is always worthy of praise and thanksgiving. No matter what struggles we face or how deep our heartache, God's indescribable gift of forgiveness and atonement through His Son, Jesus Christ, makes Him absolutely and forever deserving of glory and honor and praise — regardless of what this life throws our way. The Apostle Paul, writing to the church at Thessalonica, penned these words:
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV
Perhaps you stumbled upon this post by chance today. I choose to believe that nothing in this life happens by chance, but rather, that God in His omniscience knits things together according to a perfect plan that only He can fully understand. Whether you're recovering from a sudden impact in your own life — or perhaps about to experience one — God alone is the One on whom we can cast our cares, because He cares for us. (1 Peter 5:7)
How have you experienced the grace of God in your own times of sudden impact? What other traits of God can you testify to during times of difficulty?
Did you like this post? If so, you might also enjoy these previous posts:
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This sweet Japanese shop located in Boston is getting into the Halloween spirit with a variety of different featured drinks and food items on the menu. From now until the day of Halloween on October 31st, customers can purchase a brewing mug of artistically designed coffee in pumpkin or ghost detail from the coffee roaster Ogawa. The latte designs are beautifully hand crafted by the employees at the shop including Haruna Murayama who has been notably championed as one of the finests beverage artists in the world. Other items on the menu you can order to celebrate the Fall season include the Pumpkin Raisin Bagel or the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin. Be sure to order the freshly in-house made Cranberry Orange Cream Cheese to top off the bread! Yummy! Be sure to come by Ogawa Coffee as soon as you can to order up a foamy skull face, bat or black cat to style up your latte in the spookiest fashion form!
WHAT: Ogawa Coffee Shop
WHERE: 10 Milk St. Boston
WHEN: Now until October 31st


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In a "really bad neighborhood," a stranger approaches these men and the result is surprising and moving.
Carlos Whittaker was filming God of Second Chances in Atlanta when he was greeted by Danny, a homeless passerby. Danny knelt down beside Carlos and they performed together.
Watch as these two strangers make beautiful music together.


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The knowledge contest "Lidice for the 21st Century" is advertised by the Lidice Memorial, grant organization of the Ministry of Culture, The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the faculty of philosophy of Charles University in Prague.
It is dedicated to children and youth from the whole world that are 10–19 years old.
Its aim is to contribute to keep the memory of the central bohemian village Lidice citizens who were murdered by Nazis in 1942. Furthermore it should intensify the knowledge of the youngest generation about historical events connected to the World War II and about Nazi totalitarian regimes of the 20th century.
| © Lidice pro 21.století 2011 | Grafika:
Otakar Korolus | Webdesign: Beránek, spol.
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Travelers Aid at Newark Liberty International Airport Travelers Aid at Newark Liberty International Airport
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Mission Statement
In the mid-19th Century, on the banks of the Mississippi River, the community of St. Louis struggled to help travelers headed west through their city. They came to explore the wide-open frontier, and maybe even find gold in the hills of California. But unreliable stagecoach schedules, cholera and unexpected delays in the journey often left travelers without the resources for basic human necessities like food and medicine. It was a time when medical and other community services were largely restricted to residents.
Travelers had to rely on the kindness of strangers during an arduous journey. St. Louis, under the leadership of Mayor Bryan Mullanphy, struggled to help provide services to these American pioneers and new immigrants who became stranded on a journey to a new life. At his death in 1851, Mullanphy left half a million dollars in his will to help "aid travelers going west." The Travelers Aid movement had begun.
Travelers Aid EWR seeks to support airport passengers in a variety of capacities. In more complex cases, Travelers Aid staff is prepared to assist with social service referrals, resources and/or connecting individuals with support systems. Volunteers are the core resource of the Travelers Aid program. They lend their knowledge and experience to passengers by suggesting tourist information, giving maps/brochures and offering guidance on how to navigate the airport and the transit systems of New Jersey & New York.


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Rich Greene »
Tiffany Foxx – Renegade (Official Video)
St. Louis hip-hop artist/ Atlanta representer Tiffany Foxx is currently working on a new project and today she has released her latest video "Renegade" directed by Rich Greene a dope freestyle over the instrumentalRead More »
J Rich x Hasani x The Marie Effect – After I Cheated (Video) (Dir. by Rich Greene)
Block and Roll artist J Rich has recruited his fellow Block N Roll family for his latest video "After I Cheated" produced by Big Fraze Beats featuring Hasani and The Marie Effect. "After IRead More »
Kasey Alease – Drop It Again (Video) (Dir. by Rich Greene)
Block N Roll artist Kasey Alease drop the visual for her latest track "Drop It Again" off her upcoming project "Scandal". The video for "Drop It Again" was directed by Rich Greene. Watch theRead More »
Tiffany Foxx (@1TiffanyFoxx) Ft. Fast Life (@FastLife1k) – Goaldiggers ([email protected]) (Dir.By @RichGreeneTV)
So much could be said for Tiffany Foxx and Fast Life and how hard they grind and work to receive all the success that is coming at them right now but I'd rather letRead More »
Tiffany Foxx (@1TiffanyFoxx) – Jelly Bean (Prod.By @BigFrazeBeats) (Dir.By. @RichGreeneTV) (Video)
The beautiful STL diva/rapper Tiffany Foxx is shaking up the scene and is headed for that number one spot. Tiffany is now working with the Queen Bee herself (Lil Kim) and together the twoRead More »
G.Vega$ (@BlockNRollVegas) ft. @FlyGuyVeto & @1TiffanyFoxx – "I'm Out Here Shot by: @RichGreeneTV
With the release of the Evil Genius "Big Fraze" and Block N Roll's mixtape "Power" set to release next month the Block N Roll members took to the streets on ATL for their firstRead More »
Tiffany Foxx – (@1tiffanyFoxx) Photo Shoot (Video) Dir.by RichGreene
Check out STL's own hip-hop star Tiffany Foxx in her latest photo shoot. S/O Flint,MI's Rich Greene behind the camera for the Video and Profango Amore for the image above. Look out for herRead More »
@BlockNRollVegas ft.Veto & @1tiffanyFoxx – "We Out Hea" Prod.(@BigFrazeBeats) Shot @Mrsnekafreak
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The good Samaritan
Kamila has gone for a drive in the car but right in the middle of nowhere it refuses to go any further. Stuck all on her own she tries to phone home but there's no signal. Fortunately a good Samaritan turns up who will help her... at a price...
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Since we're so near the end, I'm going to start linking to the guidelines for any poets who wish to submit up to five of their favorite poems from the month (by May 5) to possibly be spotlighted in a future post on the blog. (Click to continue.)
Also, I thought the voting mechanism for the Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere competition only allowed one vote total from each computer, but apparently (from comments I've read on other blogs) the thing re-sets every day. This calls into question the validity of the results, but it also makes it possible for any RLB-loving poets to vote for me again (if they haven't done so in the past 24 hours).
Click here to keep me in the lead. (Or to vote for someone else if you wish.)
For today's prompt, write an end of the line poem. Maybe the narrator of your poem is at the end of his or her line. Other possible lines that have an end: assembly lines, phone lines, power lines, rail lines, graph lines, dotted lines, waiting lines, lines of poetry, etc.
Here's my attempt:
"Good-bye Winter"
The mornings get happier;
the sun hangs around a little
longer each day; people break
out into improvised dances and
spontaneous songs singing tra-
la-la-la-la de-dum-de-dum or
whatever springs to mind.
Follow me on Twitter @robertleebrewer
Attend my live webinar tomorrow on How to Publish Your Poetry Collection, which will cover everything from assembling the poems to promoting them after publication. (Click here to learn more.)


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I don't give praise to any man that was extremely racist. Not Washington, not Jefferson, no one! Eisenhower was a racist and this is a flaw that overlaps any good he could have done. It is unacceptable. He throughout the Emmet Till case and believed he deserved it. He was a disgusting racist.
Eisenhower was seen as an admirable president that oversaw a golden age in the US economy and an era of stability, as well as warning Americans about today's society and what happens if War overtakes domestic spending. However, he had a darker legacy too. He authorized the CIA to overthrow a popularly elected Iranian leader, Mohammed Mossadeq in 1953, and replace him with an unpopular hereditary ruler just because Mossadeq wanted to nationalize Iran's oil reserves. 26 years later, we see the full consequences in the Iranian revolution, which caused all the tensions between US and Iran today--all which can be traced back to the 1953 coup.
He also authorized the CIA's plan to depose a popular leftist government in Guatemala and replaced it with a Military Dictatorship and Death Squads because it threatened the interests of U.S. Corporations. In a precursor to the search for WMDs in Iraq, CIA analysts were sent to find evidence of Guatemala being a puppet for the USSR, which turned out to be non-existent---the Communist party there was not very strong in the first place.
He also started US involvement in Vietnam and cancelled an important vote in Vietnam on wheather the Vietnamese would reunite with the North Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh. It was revealed that 80% of the South Vietnamese would have joined Ho in that election.
Thus through he warned about the Military Industrial Complex he was also complicit in it.
Not only did he help develop MIC, but used it his entire presidential career. From the start of his presidency (Iran 1953) to the end (planned and approved the bay of pigs invasion, kenndy executed it) he was pro-MIC. Under his presidency the US greatly expanded it's nuclear arsenal and Eisenhower threatened nuclear war on numerous occasions (such as with China and Russia.)
People forget that Eishenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Ak to ensure the saftey and rights of African Americans to attend school after the governor there used the national guard to deny them access. Eishenhower's unprecedented executive move to end segregation in the states by making it a national security issue proves that he was definetly not a racist.
Eishenhower also deserves credit for what he did domestically, balancing the budget, passing the interstate highway act, and founding NASA are all notably accomplishments. Though on foreign affairs his "new look" policy may have left something to be desired as far as containment strategies goes, he still deserves credit for ending the Korean War and finding a peaceful solution to the Suez Crisis.
The 50s were peaceful only because Eisenhower made them so. He succeeded to contain communism while not causing WW3 or unleashing the garrison state. Although unfortunate, Ike overthrow communist leaders in Iran and Guatemala to prevent Soviet expansion. He advanced civil rights and built the Inter-State. The best president since World War II.


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Spencer Boldman: 'Lab Rats' Premieres Tomorrow!
Spencer Boldman plays it cool as he heads out of the Disney building after attending a business meeting on Wednesday afternoon (February 12) in Los Angeles.
The 21-year-old actor is gearing up for the big return of his show Lab Rats.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Spencer Boldman
"Season 3 premieres one week from today I hope you guys are gettin excited!" he recently tweeted.
We can't wait to see it! In case you missed it, watch a clip from the first episode now!
Earlier in the month, Spencer looked rugged in plaid as he left an office building after a meeting in Los Angeles.
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It is almost September 11th and I saw this video. It reminded me of where I was when the terrorists struck 11 years ago. I was walking in darkness at that time. It is crazy to think that I was in 8th grade when it happened and that the summer preceding was my most spiritual dark time since becoming a Christian. I was 8 when I was saved and baptized but I was a baby in my heart for the Lord.
The summer preceding 9/11 was a time that everything I did I was regretting. I use the excuse my family was falling apart. I use the shelter that I allowed my friends to become my family. I spent that summer smoking and drinking. I would look at the porn magazines my friends had and the stash that I had. At that point in time if a girl walked by and wanted to have sex I would have been ready right there. I spent that summer not caring what was right or wrong. I would talk to store owners and steal from them as I talked to them. I would curse so much as to cause the apostle Peter to blush. (He was a sailor you know.) I don't share these things to bloat about how bad I was. I regret every bit of it. The worst was that this was all done after becoming a Christian.
This is where God took his spiritual 2 x 4 and knocked me upside the head. I was ditching school with my mom when the first plane hit. We were driving to Des Moines, IA to get me a padded chin strap for football. We were driving down the road when the first plane hit. We both figured it was a freak accident. Then when we were approaching Des Moines the second hit. We couldn't believe it. The mall actually closed down but the outlining stores remained open. We went to Sears and just stood in front of their TVs watching what was going on.
This is where God began chiseling me. He began to chisel my hearts barrier of my anger and loneliness. Piece by piece the wall came tumbling down. People's lives were being destroyed by 9/11. My heart began to cry out for those in the plans, the towers and the families. I saw people who were giving their lives to try to save a few people. My selfishness had gone away and God revealed to me the direction I was heading, the hurt and bitterness I was causing myself. He then gave me the choice, which path will I follow. Will I follow my self destruction or will I repent and follow His plans for good.
I knew I had to make a decision. Not for my family, not for my friends but between just me and God. I chose at that time to follow God and not be a rebellious Christian. There were tough decisions to make. There was loss of friends. There were family fights. I praise God for the wake-up call. I praise Him for not giving up on me. I praise Him for forgiveness and strength.
Mathew 11:28-30
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.


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Vote 2012: Reaction to local election results
Senior politicians have been reacting to results in the English and Welsh local elections, in which Labour scored a string of victories.
David Cameron, Conservative leader
"While I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England - a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council.
"Obviously, when you're taking difficult decisions, when we're trying to bring the country out of the debt, the deficit, and the broken economy that Labour left us, there aren't easy decisions.
"But we've got to make sure we do everything to demonstrate that we're on the side of people who work hard and do the right thing for themselves and their families.
"That's who we're fighting for, that's who we must govern for."
Ed Miliband, Labour leader
"People are hurting, people are suffering. People are suffering from the recession.
"People are suffering from a government that has raised taxes for them and has cut taxes for millionaires.
"I think that's what we saw last night and I hope David Cameron takes some notice. And this is where we've got more work to do, in saying to those people, 'Look, Labour can change Britain for the better.'
"I know you've invested your hopes in politicians before and they've disappointed you, but we can change this country so it works for you."
Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat leader
"It's been a disappointing and difficult night for the Liberal Democrats.
"I'm really sad that so many colleagues and friends, Liberal Democrat councillors who've worked so hard, so tirelessly for so many years, for communities and families in their local areas, have lost their seats.
"I want to pay tribute to all the great work that they have done. I'm determined that we will continue to play our role in rescuing, repairing and reforming the British economy.
"It's not an easy job and it can't be done overnight but our duty is to boost jobs and investment and to restore a sense of hope and optimism to our country."
Nigel Farage, UKIP leader
"It's good steady progress, and it reflects the last 18 months, that our share of the vote is going up and up and up.
"Yes, we're getting Conservatives voting for us, but it's not just Conservatives, because those results are the same in Labour seats as they are in Tory seats.
"People used to just lend their vote to UKIP, in a European election, and indeed we've done very well in a couple of those, but now they're becoming UKIP voters in all forms of elections.
"If we can continue this momentum, then next year and the year after, we will start to win council seats in real numbers."
George Galloway, Respect Party
"Five weeks, five seats - wait until we've been here 52 weeks. This is a sensational result; it's the story of the night, I think. Respect has won seats off all the main parties. They are demanding change in Bradford and we're determined to deliver it."
· All the latest election results are available at bbc.co.uk/vote2012


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Sega's Dreamcast never dies with a new RPG securing a publishing deal.
Sega's Dreamcast just keeps going on and on with the recent announcement of Elysian Shadows, an indie RPG fusing aspects of 16-bit classics like Zelda and Landstalker and Secret of Mana with the addition of modern lighting and sound.
The game, created by a team of developers called Elysian Shadows Team and it will be published by Watermelon Co. who are the studio behind Pier Solar for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis along with the HD update of the same gam for the Dreamcast,
The publisher is committed to producing high-quality physical releases for retro gamers and will come complete with jewel cases, instruction manuals, and professionally pressed discs complete with deluxe packaging so will be an ideal addition to any retro collectors Dreamcast collection.
It's great to see classic consoles still getting releases even if they are unofficial (its been over 10 years since the last official release). Sega fans can rejoice that they are going to get a new game in the near future. If you're one those fans you might want to go and dig your Dreamcast out of the loft and maybe join their Kickstarter campaign later on in the summer.
Check out their website here to see where there currently at with development along with details of their Kickstarter campaign.
If you don't have a Dreamcast then don't worry its will also be coming out for Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, Ouya.


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Fox5 Atlanta's Dale Russell brings us this gem:
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kzh says:
Bringing back the caste system.
kzh says:
Special treatment for special people.
Bridget Cantrell says:
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than the others."
elfiii says:
There is very little to be surprised about here.
Charlie says:
Erick has two hours to kill on it tonight:
seenbetrdayz says:
How much 'testing' do they have to do?
If I got a few dozen tickets in 9 months, I'd say the folks are doing their job.
Of course, I wonder if anyone who issued tickets for those special people's vehicles is still on the job. Probably got fired for doing their job to the wrong people. That'd be ironic, wouldn't it?
I doubt if they give a crap what anyone thinks, but here's the company that manages park Atlanta:
jamesdillard says:
Kind of amazing that FOX5 only got to this story because that guy did all the heavy lifting… way to report the news, guys!
Vesuvius says:
This is ridiculous. If these tickets were incurred as part of any bona fide auditing program, the municipal employees to whom they were issued would have been driving one of the many, many City of Atlanta official vehicles. Both of these drivers appeared to in their own luxury cars when filmed.
And that being the case, at least own up to giving certain City officials special privileges instead of making up a bogus "mystery shopper" excuse.
Please. These folks put the P.U. in PUblic servant!
saltycracker says:
All this negative talk, geez !
When will these supervisors get a big raise for their success in the secret shopper aka audit that keeps Park Atlanta on their toes ?
Did they get full reimbursement for their BMW & other car expenses for personal aka undercover vehicle use ? (They did minimize mileage by parking outside HQ)………
And they got their boss and a council member to back them up…….sweeeeeet !
Rambler14 says:
Did FOX submit a FOIA for any information related to this "secret shopper" program?
Surely if it existed, there'd have to be some backup material on it?
Charlie says:
But if they released that, it wouldn't be a secret any more.
Dave Bearse says:
Documentation of controls? That implies a modicum of competence.
Feelinmystyle says:
I'm David Howell, The whistle blower from the story. There is a lot more to this that wouldn't fit into the 6 minute story during the news cast. Perhaps I will call into the Erick Erickson show tonight and give a few more details that will rock the boat a little more…
The Comma Guy says:
Why is the head of Park Atlanta driving a car with a Wisconsin license plate?
Feelinmystyle says:
He has a Georgia tag on the back of the car. Duncan Solutions, PARKAtlantas parent company, is based in Wisconsin and he was moved down here for this project.
Will Durant says:
Public Works Commissioner Richard Mendoza deserves double secret probation for even trying to tell his "secret shopper" whopper. We all know about lies, damn lies, and statistics but is there a category for lies that insult the intelligence of 98% of the population?
Napoleon says:
Little people? Do you mean to say parking tickets are for the children?
John Konop says:
This is good news! The next time I get pulled over for driving or parking violation, I will just say I am part of the secrete shopper,real time, no data, Mendoza study. I was only speeding to test the system thank you officer. 🙂
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This is my 1st build but I play renekton alot and have experimented quite a bit w/ him and I found that this works the best Ill try to keep it simple but plz comment let me know how i can improve =]
I get the Item build may seem off but It is explained in the chapter just below =D
The armor penet aswell with the masteries will give you an early harrass advantage w/ meek for lvl 1 while also making you some what more harder to take down early because of the Def runes
Farming / Jungling
You can modify the build 2 become a jungler but highly not recomended it wont turn out all that good ull end up being majorly under leveled, Renekton is a serious farmer, If enemy champions seem to be playing some high def try to just last hit alot of minions for cash by slicing in meek then take a few steps to line them up and dice thru then just walk out
Item Help =]
I know it might seem wierd but trust me an early phantom dancer helps alot because it makes it harder for them 2 get away, Your Speed from P/D and Ionian boots will give around 445speed or so, then if you slice/dice through the oncomming minion waves they you will be able to get some serious ground
If you seem to be dieing alot and unable to keep your BloodThister charged up then swap it out for an infinity edge, and get the gaurdian cape a bit early for a bit of extra protection But if your having an easy game and they go high def no att then swap gaurdian cape for an infinity to boost your crit / damage but late game around 40min or if well fed 30or so sell the dorans blade and get Thister / Infinity / Gaurds / Black Cleaver / Ionian / Phantom / You will have awsome Armor Penet, While not being as squishy and high damage you cant lose
Late Game
When it gets into late game make sure your ult is ready but dont just dive in with it, You should have a main tank so initiate or supports 2 harrass them early, But untill it engages just slice in meek possibly ruthless if you can manage it ( but dont chance it) then dice out and try to bait 1-2 into your team, but once the actual battle starts activate your ult, Slice in use your meek 2 do 2ndary heavy harrass w/ you ult, with slice/dice and ruthless, and meek as offen as possible
This build works for me pretty much every game, I hope it helps all you renekton fans aswell =]


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My personal theory is that there are two kinds of writers. There's the loud kind whose lives and postures were their real masterpieces, folks like Hemingway and Mailer who were all about the image, who seemed to talk more than they ever typed. But then there's the quiet kind of writer who will watch, who will observe and soak up stuff for inspiration and just gets on with the job, hard at work at the keyboard. Wilson seems to be that kind.
Not that science fiction's ever had many of the loud kind anyway—L. Ron Hubbard earned his fame from going in a very (ahem) different career direction, and Philip K. Dick really became a legend after death. In contrast, Wilson comes across as Mr. Everyman. He's anything but. He's earned science fiction's coveted Hugo award, the SyFy channel plans to make a mini-series out of his best known novel, and Stephen King once called him "probably the finest science fiction author now writing."
His landmark novel was Spin, a dazzling mix of literary, character-driven narrative with hard science fiction concepts. Wilson has a brilliant gift for the verisimilitude of regular people near mind-blowing events. The book is narrated by Tyler Dupree, who starts off what feels like a nostalgic coming-of-age tale about his youth spent with his best friends, the twins, Diane and Jason—until an immense "membrane" completely covers the Earth, cutting off our planet from the stars and the normal passage of time relative to the rest of the universe.
He admits that "it kind of fascinates me, the way the extraordinary and the ordinary interact. It's, in fact, one of the things that I liked about the idea for The Affinities is the science fiction idea, the scientific idea, because it comes out of cognitive science, it reflects right back into the lives of these people. It's not, so often in science fiction we talk about characterization—as if it were something you added to a story to humanize it or something."
The Affinities is a bit of a change of a pace for Wilson, with a larger chunk of the scientific iceberg, so to speak, underwater. In the novel, the world is very much recognizably our own. Hell, much of it's set in Toronto. A regular shmoe named Adam Fisk decides to get tested for one of the social affinity groups. "It's like family but more than family," reads the inside blurb of the book, which pins it down quite well. "Your fellow members aren't merely like you, and they aren't just people who are likely to like you." In this case, Friends With Benefits really means more than sex—the benefit of confiding a problem to a pal who gets you. Better still, the pal who's so connected, he can help solve your problem for you. And Adam ends up in one of the best affinities there are, a group called Tau.
Locus Online, in reviewing the novel, had a hilarious line about reader expectations. "At this point, many writers, and probably many readers, would find it hard to resist the paranoid thriller in the making—Tau is ominous! Tau is vampires! It's a cookbook!—but to his credit Wilson doesn't want to go there."
No, he doesn't. But that doesn't mean ominous, thriller things don't happen…
I asked Wilson how plausible the social dynamics and analytics are behind the book. His answer amounts to: maybe more plausible than we think. After reading up on cognitive science, he says, "it began to dawn on me that we're at the edge of another kind of revolution in scientific understanding. I mean we talk about the enlightenment and the sciences, and they've given us a tremendous understanding of the natural world and how to manipulate the natural world.
"But the big blank spot has always been human nature. Why are we the way we are, why do we think the way we think, what are the invisible flaws in the way we think? How much of that is innate, how much of that is built into us, and how much of that is what we acquire from culture? Those are interesting unanswered questions, and I think we're on the brink of answering them much more comprehensively than we ever have before."
Wilson claims he doesn't have any in-depth understanding of a particular field of science—in fact, he was a high school dropout. "On the other hand I've been fascinated by science since I was a kid, and I've read widely in popular science, widely enough to at least get a grip on certain elementary ideas and see how they relate to one another. You have to be a bit of a polymath to write science fiction successfully, I think."
He was partially inspired by the work of the American anthropologist, Terrence Deacon, and The Affinities has an amusing acknowledgements that pays tribute to Deacon while apologizing to him for borrowing his term, "telodynamics," and shoehorning it into different contexts for his narrative. Wilson "never expected to hear from him, but after the book was published, I got an email from one of his graduate students saying that he was fascinated someone had borrowed the concept. Because apparently he's a big science fiction fan, and he had had discussions with his students about how these ideas might work in a science fiction novel."
When I asked Wilson about his own affinities, his eyes narrowed, but tactfully avoided rolling up at such an Entertainment Tonight question. Still, it's a legit inquiry. I mentioned a book that's a modest treasure, Frederick Pohl's memoir, The Way the Future Was. It's sadly out of print, but it's a delightful look back at how many of the greats of science fiction knew each other in New York City in the 1930s, then as now, the epicentre of American publishing. A teenage Isaac Asimov knew Pohl, and both would come to know Robert Heinlein, L. Sprague de Camp, Harry Harrison and other writers in the SF pantheon. Naturally, Wilson knows the book.
"You know, in Frederick Pohl's day science fiction was a pretty narrow river, and you could know everybody," he replies, warming to the notion. "And if you lived in a town like New York you could know all the important writers… I came up through fandom like those guys did, I got to know people locally. I knew [Robert] Sawyer before he had published his first novel. We've known each other a long time, or at least been acquainted.
"But in a way I had a kind of affinity group that way, back in the Seventies when I first moved to Toronto as a young man… We would walk around all night talking about philosophy and science fiction and history and that stuff, and that was great. And a lot of those people could have gone on to have careers in the field. As it happens they didn't, although one of them was my current editor at Tor [Books]—Patrick Neilson Hayden was one of those guys we were wandering around with at all hours, back when he was in Toronto in the Seventies.
Today, says Wilson, things are more diffuse. "I'm not sure what the purpose of a science fiction convention is now. I mean I know why big media conventions like Comicon exist—they're a promotional forum, and it is a chance for people to get together and share their geekiness and stuff. But the traditional science fiction convention built around the literature barely exists these days. And there's no reason it should, because you can have all that stuff on the Internet as it is. And on top of that, science fiction, which used to be a strange minority taste… it's everywhere, everyone speaks that language."
For Wilson these days, he reads Neil Stephenson and enjoys "everything Kim Stanley Robinson writes." Wilson says "there are tons of good writers out there, that's not the problem, and as long as there's an audience for writers like that I can't really complain."
Fans of Wilson also may not have to wait for another mind-bending, provocative volume. He says he's finishing up a new novel that explores alternate history and infinite parallel universes. "…The nearest one to us might seem as if it were a minute or an hour in the past, one farther away would be a year or two years or fifty years or a hundred years."
In his novel, "you can travel to one of these pasts and screw around with it all you want—it's not going to do anything to your present. It makes it possible to use the past as a tourist destination, to monetize it. For various reasons, the most convenient destinations tend to be 100, 150, 200 years in the past.
"What happens is that we have, what I wanted to set up was a situation where our gilded age has to interact with the gilded age of the 1870s, 1880s. It's essentially about a wealthy person who owns a chain of luxury resorts and decides to monetize the 1870s by building a resort there. In other words, you can buy a ticket, you can go there, he'll tour you around to San Francisco 1875, New York 1875. But it's not, it's not invisible to that era."
But of course, there are complications. There's a flipside to the premise, because that distant past "is finding its own way to monetize this interaction with people from the future. Everyone's making money from it, but it's kind of like a standoff, because there's a huge cultural and political gap between these two times. This takes place in the States obviously, so you're dealing with racism, you're dealing with the fact that women can't vote—you're dealing with all these issues. And those people might not like to know that we, who represent their glorious future, have views on these issues that the don't approve of."
And, I asked, what happens when these folks from the sepia-toned time discover our Samsung-Facebook-Virgin Air age hasn't progressed that much on some of these controversies?
"That's one of the issues," says Wilson. "That's what makes the story enormously fun for me, is that it throws a spotlight on all this stuff."


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By Elin Hilderbrand
Narrated by Katie Hale / 8 hours 22 minutes
Visiting Nantucket for the summer, three women seek peace and comfort as they cope with the challenges in their lives--from marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness.
Three women--burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues--tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last--but only after learning that her husband is having an affair. They have come to escape, enjoy the sun, and relax in Nantucket's calming air. But into the house, into their world, steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn.
Barefoot weaves these four lives together in a story with enthralling sweep and scope--a novel that is as fun and memorable and bittersweet as that one perfect day of summer.
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There are not many things that I believe in this world. I don't believe in God as I have known him. I don't believe in heaven. And as a personal rule, I don't believe in shoes, though I've often amended that belief for the benefit of society. But I believe in cookies. As a fiery-haired four-year-old, I used to stand on the seat of a backward chair, stretching over the counter to pour sugar into a bowl of what would be chocolate chip cookies. Or sugar cookies. Or butterscotch potato chip cookies, my personal favorite. I would "help" my mother, messily cracking eggs and squeezing way too much food coloring into a bowl of frosting. Looking back, I've realized how important those moments were.
I grew up over a bowl of dough. I still go home for a weekend every December to bake Christmas cookies with my grandma. Red and green cookies from the press, peanut butter cookies with chocolate kiss crowns, and sugar cookie Santas that always seem to lose their boots. Now, as a semi-adult, I have an affinity for what my mother calls "baking binges." I'll spend a night at home, scouring recipe books and Web sites for recipes. After I've amassed a significant collection, I'll spend the rest of the week baking strawberry streusel bars and peanut butter cup brownies.
I can't put my finger on what it is, but I know that cookies have magical powers. I've never met a person who doesn't like cookies, and I hope I never will. I like to believe that there is a cookie for everyone, and I'd like to make them all. A three-dollar Hallmark card has nothing on a batch of Grandma's-recipe ginger snaps, and nothing says "get well soon" like oatmeal raisin cookies. My facebook profile proclaims to the world that "I believe in the power of cookies." I do.
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