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El Chupacabra, the goat sucker. Or, in the context of this shirt, the goat sucker-sucker. Or maybe even the chupa-chups-acabra, if you're familiar with that particular brand of lollipop.
Pushed, bit and clawed to get back some of my mojo, which, when it came to shirts, I don't feel like I ever really had. I just got lucky when things occasionally flowed together, but after taking several weeks off (then dumping whatever poured out of my stylus) and doing some reading and observing, I adjusted some things in my technique, hopefully to make them look less...awkward? I dunno, I look back on a lot of the designs I've submitted and, wow, I derped it up in some areas. Silly mistakes contributed to this, and hopefully I'll not be making those too much anymore, cuz I'm all wise now. But not really. Sorry for my dumb artsy rambling! :>
I was trying to do something that could be Halloween-appropriate but not really restricted to Halloween, so any aspiring cryptozoologist could point to your abdomen and have a hearty chuckle at the double meaning. Besides, who doesn't like el chupacabra? Well, except for Daryl Dixon.
Six colors on asphalt!
Re: Shy Pocket Monster
He'd be a total monster, if he weren't so small and shy. Maybe one day he'll get it together, but in the meantime he's just gonna hang out here in this nice pocket.
Re: Transylvania Ice Cream
5 colors on Navy, hope you like it :D
Re: Transform
Re: The Goatsucker
Love it! Would buy.
Not all monsters need to be angry. He just wants to relax and use animals as tools.... Collab with Lidija Paradinovic
Re: The Gentle Gardener
Re: One-eyed, One-horn, Flying Purple People Eater
Ah, such a memorable song from my childhood.
Re: Inner Demon
We all have one...
My favourite love story... Please enjoy
Re: Franken-Love
Re: I Like Tewtles...
It truly is an acquired taste.
ready to sword fight and seems pretty happy about it
Re: war-bot
Re: Bunny Break Out!
I'm not surprised...
Re: Mind's Eye
Six colors on navy with halftones.
Re: Cute Monsters
Cute Monsters, you gotta love them.
Re: Zombie Flamingo
Despite being only around 8lbs, their kill rate is surprisingly high. They usually get you when you are on the ground, laughing at how hysterical they look.
Re: Journey After War
Bring your giant monsters to an Epic battle...
Wow! I really like the style!! Very well done
Re: Beware a Mask on Halloween
!!!! Its Morpheus meets Spirited away!
Re: The Woodland Razer
Stories are told in the woodland glen
Of a dark shadow that stalks our kin
It growls and it bites
Its terror unfazed
Pray you're not home if your tree's the one razed…
Really love this one... but would you consider resubbing without the vector people at the bottom?
Re: Chance Encounter
Re: Mad factory
4 colors on black
Re: Panda Bot Attack
4 colors on black
Re: The Arrival
Channeling your inner Kharmazero?
Re: My big monster
2 colors on black
Re: Not On My Watch
Yeah! This rules. I hope it does well.
Splendid style.
Re: Call Me Cthulhu
Hey, I just met you...
and this is POO DOO...
But the planets aligned...
so call me cthulu
Re: Winter is coming 2
2? Where's 1?
j5 wrote:2? Where's 1?
1 is on vote on another site ;-(
not sure i'm alloud to link it so i won't
orabbit wrote:Yeah! This rules. I hope it does well.
Thanks a lot Orabbit
Re: The Monster Cookie
This is awesome, tonycenteno. I wish I could color like you.
Love it man! +1
Thanks for the laugh. Very cute.
Bring your giant monster to the Epic Battle...
Here's a detail:
very funny
Re: Attack of the B-Movie Monster Invasion, Part II
Epic pose! very nice illustration
Re: Alien Road on Cranberry
I want that cute baby Alien
His expression says it all.
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A must read for anyone who uses and or is interested in crystals- whether you are a lapidary or witch- you will find this book to be both grimoire and text book. Crystal Magic is one of the best books I have read about crystals. Most books on this topic simply name crystals and their properties but this book took it a step further. The first part of the book is about the History and Science of crystals which is absolutely needed if you are going to be working with them. It is fascinating learning about crystals and gemstones in antiquity whether it was in astrology, divination, or medicinal uses. Learning about crystals from a scientific perspective such as their mineral compositions, their crystalline structures, and their formations provides a wealth of information about crystals that help you understand their magical properties even more. This section was not overly scientific, so if you are not a sciencey person, you have nothing to fear about this part of this book. This was extremely useful as we can sometimes forget that at the end of the day, crystals come from the earth. Tips on how to spot fake stones was also very helpful as we want to ensure that we are not simply relying on the placebo effect and that we aren't supporting fraudulent distributors. I thought the chapter on crystals grids that are based on the crystalline structures of the crystals to be ingenious as I have never come across information about that before. The Compendium of Stones was one of the best I have seen as it also included the history of stones as many books opt not to include that in their descriptions. Two reference guides are also included at the back of the book that list the magical correspondences for the crystals such as ruling deities and planets. Once again this was very helpful. Whether you are a beginner or more advanced crystal practitioner, this book creates a solid foundation in understanding crystals from their historical and geological perspectives. Understanding crystals, gems, and minerals history and compositions creates a deeper and richer appreciation for these marvelous rocks.
Crystal Magic by Sandra Kynes- REVIEW

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Vote 2012: Welsh Labour retake council strongholds
Welsh Labour is celebrating its best local election results in 16 years after taking control of 10 out of 21 councils in the poll.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said voters were "coming home" to Labour and sending a message to the UK coalition government.
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats blamed losses on a backlash against their colleagues at Westminster.
Plaid Cymru failed to hold onto control of Gwynedd council in its heartlands.
Some 1,200 seats have been contested in 21 of the 22 unitary local authorities in Wales.
Labour celebrated its success with a mini victory parade in Cardiff.
First Minister Carwyn Jones, who was joined by shadow Welsh secretary Peter Hain and other Labour party members, said: "The hard work begins now.
"I think there are three messages from this morning's results.
"There is a message to the UK government, and there is also support for what we are doing as a government in the assembly.
"Here in Cardiff there has been the resounding message from the people that they wanted to see a change in the administration and see us back in power."
He added: "We have reconnected with people and our community campaigning has resonated with voters right across Wales."
Mr Hain, who urged voters to use the elections as a referendum on the Westminster coalition government, said it was very significant that Labour had "taken Tory votes".
"We have won back the Welsh vote from Plaid as well as Tory votes and that's key to winning the general election," said Mr Hain.
"We saw gains right across the city - from Tories, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and from Independents.
"This was replicated right across Wales. We did better than we have done in Wales for a long, long time.
"This was not just a national message to send a message to Cameron and Clegg, this was a grassroots campaign and a new type of refounded Welsh Labour.
"It shows we are well on the way to getting a good result in the next general election."
Results appeared to back up Labour confidence, although the party is coming from a relatively low base after big losses last time Wales' council seats were contested in 2008.
With majorities in Swansea, Newport and Cardiff, Labour has taken its three big target councils in south Wales.
Winning Cardiff, which had been led by the Liberal Democrats, is a big scalp for Labour. The city's Lib Dem leader Rodney Berman also lost his seat.
In the north, Labour failed to win outright control of Wrexham and Flintshire, but made gains to strengthen its position as the biggest party in both.
The party comfortably held Neath Port Talbot, winning 52 out of 64 seats.
Labour sources set their sights on leading or controlling enough councils to take the leadership of the Welsh Local Government Association.
Despite keeping control of the council, Labour lost its leader in Rhondda Council Taf, Russell Roberts. He was one of a number of seats from all parties to lose seats as the political make-up of Welsh authorities changed.
The Welsh Conservatives lost their majority in Monmouthshire, falling three seats short of the 22 they needed to secure outright control.
They also lost control of the Vale of Glamorgan, with Labour now the largest party but without an overall majority.
The Conservatives' leader in the Welsh assembly, Andrew RT Davies, said the Welsh Tories suffered a "setback" because of a "difficult national backdrop".
"The message need to be clearer, it needs to be crisper and people need to know that the job we are trying to undertake isn't something that can be done in the blink of an eyelid," he added.
"I think we have to see a setback, there's no doubt about that.
"Ultimately we tried to fight a local campaign but we have to accept it was a mid-term decision that most people took."
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams, whose party suffered heavy losses, said attention had been focused on Westminster politics and that voters had sent the UK government a message.
"I think it's clear that our colleagues in Westminster are taking some tough decisions and the benefits of those tough decisions are yet to be felt," she added.
Plaid Cymru had been playing down expectations of doing well under its new leader Leanne Wood, who was elected in March, saying the elections came too early in her tenure to be seen as a verdict on her.
Plaid had hoped to gain overall control in Gwynedd, one of its heartland areas, but fell one seat short.
However, a by-election in Bryncrug, where no candidates stood, could determine the political make-up of the ruling group.
Before the Gwynedd result was announced, Ms Wood said it was a difficult night and that it was now "time to rebuild".
Speaking to BBC Wales, Plaid AM for Mid and West Wales Simon Thomas said Ms Wood could not be blamed, insisting the party had enjoyed "some successes" but on the whole it had been "a disappointing night".
"But, to be fair, it's a bit like the weather itself, it's mostly drizzle with some outbursts of sunshine and we've got to look for the success I think we will have by the time all the votes are counted," he told BBC Wales.
Mr Thomas admitted Plaid had "tipped down" in Caerphilly after its leader, Allan Pritchard, was ousted and said the party was not as "rigorous or professional" on the ground as it needed to be.
Meanwhile, Mr Hain's office would not be drawn on unconfirmed reports that he would quit after the election.
Asked if the Neath MP intended to stand down, a source close to him said: "Not straight away. We don't want to comment on what might happen when there's a reshuffle."
He added: "There's not going to be a reshuffle today or this weekend. All the reshuffle speculation is on Cameron."
Elections in Anglesey, where ministers have put commissioners in charge after years of political infighting, have been postponed until next year.
- All the latest election results are available at bbc.co.uk/vote2012


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One giant leap for Arsenal, one trapdoor for brave Wiganon May 15, 2013 at 9:14 am
The twitter fallout after the game was telling, naturally the Arsenal faithful were delighted with the win, but there was a definite sense of sadness at knowing it came at the expense of Wigan Athletic. Martinez's side were brave, tenacious and lucky at times, but overall you feel that it was their ability to self-destruct at the back that defined their season, similar to our own plight at one stage.
With Kone and Maloney firing the goals, I thought Wigan had a strong chance this season of avoiding a relegation dogfight altogether, but as mentioned above, defensively Wigan have not been solid enough and conceded some awful goals. It is easy for me to empathise, I know an awful lot of Latics fans, it's a shame their football didn't get what it deserved.
For Arsenal however it was just one giant leap towards top four safety and another season of Champions League football. We have a game against a Newcastle side that has floundered since January, but because of Pardew's daft comments regarding this game, I expect them to be fired up. For those that haven't seen it, Pardew (the bounder!) laughingly suggested that now Newcastle were safe from relegation he didn't care if he lost 4:0 to Arsenal. I hope we do beat them 4:0, it would be funny to watch Pardew squirm as he is asked if the result is legitimate.
We go into the game in good form after the second half last night. We took advantage of the tired legs of Wigan and really put them to the sword by breaking with pace, using the guile of Cazorla and Rosicky to penetrate Wigan time and time again. It was great to see Poldi grab a couple of goals, it will be interesting to see if Giroud is now benched for Sunday's game or whether he is restored to the starting line-up, I suspect he will be restored but credit where it's due, Poldi has done OK for us up there as his two goals showed last night.
Theo was very bright last night too, attacking well and scoring a great goal and then doing the donkey work too. He kept Wigan's defence stretched and burnt Scharner for pace on more than one occasion, the 34yr old didn't know what hit him. I was delighted to see Rambo score too, the lad needs goals because the rest of his game has really got back to where it should be, but he is missing his goals that he used to get regularly, I can see them returning as he keeps getting in the right positions, it's just the composure and now the monkey is off his back, perhaps he will grab one or two in the last game – here's hoping!
We have enough quality to put the Barcodes to bed, I thought Wigan would be more of a banana-skin and so they proved with Maloney's free-kick just before half-time ensuring Wigan went in at the interval level at 1:1 but Newcastle will offer a different threat. Newcastle without Ba seem a bit toothless at times. Papiss Cisse up front seems to be struggling for goals and defensively Newcastle appear to be at the races but they always seem to motivate themselves against us so expect no favours. I just want the three points and at this point I really couldn't care less how we get them.
Injury news so far is that Arteta is feeling his calf after last night with Arsene citing him as a major doubt. This is a massive problem as the work that he does is often lost in the razzmatazz of the attacking by Cazorla and Rosicky. I hope he can pass fit, otherwise I expect Ramsey to take that role and Wilshire to come in for Ramsey's current position. This might leave us open defensively as Arteta and Rambo both put in an awful lot of miles just chasing and tracking back, so it will be interesting if Wilshire does the same, I suspect not but hopefully we will score enough so it doesn't matter.
Fingers crossed for more team news on Friday.
Come on you Gooners! It's firmly in our grasp!


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Discussion in 'Android Tablet Discussions' started by DMAC181, Mar 30, 2012.
How do you download adobe flash player to the Coby Kyros mid 7012 2.3 tablet
hi, welcome to the forum. Any app you want to install, you install it from the google market,which I believe doesn't come with your Tablet. I found a link that shows you how to get the market on your coby,if you want to try.
Samsung Galaxy Note
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text: Shout out to Tesla owners: due to limited super charge stations in HK (or any charging station for that matter), let's develop a "charging etiquette". Pls remove your car from the space after you complete the charge for others to use. I will also leave a note at the dashboard with my contact details so the next user can reach me if in need. Since we can easily track the charging amount on our smartphone from a distant, it's very easy to maintain this basic etiquette... an etiquette that can benefit us all!


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Washington: Internet search giant Google has updated its social news reading app to make it easier to find breaking news and browse content from multiple sources.
On its Android blog, Google outlined some of the biggest changes to Google Currents.
Structurally, Google Currents now organizes editions (Google`s term for publications) into category groups, Mashable reports.
According to the report, Google has also made it easier to swipe through various editions.
Vertical swipes show the headlines and an image of the story and you can easily see what you want to read, the report said.
The biggest change to the app, however, is that users can now browse through breaking news in various categories.
The report pointed out that the nice part about the breaking news aspect is that it delivers sources that you might not already subscribe to.


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Its for my PS3.
Sometimes when somebody else is using the internet it may lag unbelievably even when WAN Traffic is set to manual.
The measured uplink speed is 512 mbps but that should change when it requires more speed right?
Also when I look at measured uplink speed on my PS3 it says something outrageously faster like 3.2 mbps or 2.5 mbps. But thats only for estimate regardless, does that mean when the PS3 requires more mbps the WAN Traffic system will manage that? Because when somebody else is using the internet it doesn't seem to work to well so maybe I should put it to manual at 2 mbps. But at the same time that is lower than the estimated 3.2 mbps. So would I be worse off? Or better off to make it manual?
Sorry for all the questions.
P.S. I have a 5 mbps Connection Speed.
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Austrian baking and cooking frustrations
Since I was a child, I have always liked to bake and I even have a recipe book that used to belong to my American grandmother and next to the Oatmeal Hermits recipe, written in pencil and in my own handwriting, is the translation of the ingredients into Spanish! My Peruvian grandmother liked to bake too, but the cooking she left to Merino to do for her. Dear Merino was with my grandmother for many years, she liked to cook and taught me many tricks!
I tried Sacher Torte the first time I was in Vienna and loved it! I wanted to buy Austrian recipe books, as I had heard a lot about Viennese pastries, so I was looking forward to preparing them myself! I have recipe books in English published in the USA, but also some I have collected while living in Australia, or that my mother got me from Canada. I was used to working with pounds, ounces and cups, as well as tablespoons and teaspoons, but when I came to live in Austria I realised that they don't measure ingredients here, but weigh them instead and that really threw me off, as I had nothing to weigh my ingredients with! I have since got a weighing machine and I use it for all sorts of things in addition to baking, like weighing books to sell on Amazon, for example!
Baking utensils and ingredients
So I was glad to have brought along my glass measuring cup, as it has ounces and mililitres; plastic cups to measure one, half, a third and a quarter of a cup; plastic measuring spoons to measure a full, half and a quarter teaspoon. I must say though, that after having weighed instead of measured ingredients, I find that weighing is more practical, but I still use cups, especially if I am using one of the recipes from my recipe book collection.
The first recipe book I got in Austria was given to me, it was in English and I used it to prepare apple strudel, which was really the first Austrian recipe that I tried here. One time while baking an apple strudel in our weekend house, I made the mistake of adding paprika instead of cinnamon, as the spices are a similar in colour and my spice containers were not labelled at all!
Bakingpans were another frustration, as there was no such a thing as an 8-inch square pan! I was lucky that my mother came to my rescue and brought me a metal 8-inch square pan, which she reckoned was better for making chocolate brownies. In recipes Austrians also never mention pan sizes; so one is left to guess.
Bicarbonate of soda
Besides pans, ingredients seemed to be different in Austria too! It took me years to discover that Baking Soda was none other than Natrium (Na)!
Cream of tartar
When I find very ripe bananas I like to prepare banana bread, but one also needs cream of tartar and I could never find that in the supermarkets here, so my mother used to have to bring it for me all the way from Canada! It was after many years that I discovered that the name for it was Weinstein, even though it has nothing to do with either wine or stones! I found that out when I asked the father of one of my daughter's friends, who happens to be a chemistry teacher!
I had seen Vanilla sugar in supermarkets, but I did not like the idea of using it, as the vanilla flavour might be there, but one would be adding extra sugar to the recipe. I never saw any liquid Vanilla, so again, I got it whenever I went overseas, or my mother brought me some from Canada. One time when we were in town we went to a shop that sold spices and condiments, so I asked them whether they had any vanilla and they said yes! I had finally found it, I thought to myself! I asked about the price and they told me it was 990 shillings, so I thought it would be all right to pay about ten dollars for that big bottle, as it would last me for a long time. But I was doing my mental calculations wrong! 990 shillings was closer to 99 dollars! My head of course just started spinning the minute I realised my mistake, so I was out of that shop in a big hurry! So I have had to continue bringing my liquid vanilla from Australia, Spain, France and the Dominican Republic!
Condensed milk
They do sell Nestle's condensed milk in Austria, but it only comes in plastic tubes and not in tins, like I was used to. The problem is that I can boil the tins of condensed milk to turn them into dulce de leche, blanc mange or caramel, but it is difficult to do that with plastic tubes! They do sell those tins in other European countries, so we have to wait until somebody (us, or one of our friends) goes to Italy, France, Spain, or Portugal to get our supply! Actually, another good source for dulce de leche is Brazil, or Argentina.
Something else that I could never find here was flavoured gelatine! No Jello anywhere around, only the unflavoured variety! Once again we have to wait until we make a trip outside the country to get our supply of orange, lemon, strawberry, raspberry or lime gelatine, which we love to have cold on a hot summer day!
Brown sugar
Dark sugar turned out to be another big problem, as the one they sell here is usually granulated and not the type that one can press into a cup when measuring it. Even though the consistency is different, I think by now I have become used to the brown sugar they sell here, as at least it tastes like it is supposed to.
Austrian biscuits
Austrians love to make beautiful biscuits, but they only seem to bake them at Christmas time. Absolutely everybody bakes them, but only at that time of the year! Unlike Australian or British people, Austrians don't usually serve biscuits with their tea or coffee, only pastries, if anything. The most common biscuit here at Xmas time is what they call a Vanilla Kipferl, which you can also find in my recipe books, except that there they are called Mexican wedding cakes, if you look in one recipe book, or Russian teacakes, if you look in another! Take your pick, but they all taste exactly the same and they all have powdered sugar on top!
Wiener Schnitzel
As far as meat, Austrians are very proud of their Wiener Schnitzel, which is famous all over the world, but my grandmother used to prepare exactly the same dish, except that she used to call it Bistec Apanado, or Milanesa de Pollo, if it was chicken! They also have another dish, which they call Tafelspitz and we used to prepare something similar, but we used to call itSancochado and I always liked to eat it with lots of onions (washed with salt), something Austrians of course, would never even dream of doing!
Time and measurement
I have noticed that Austrian recipe books don't usually specify oven temperatures, cookingor baking times. They are just content to say cook, or bake, but don't say for how long or at what temperature either!
But the problem is not only with the temperature, as I have also come across measurement problems. One recipe said to cut something with a 2mm circumference, when they really meant 2 cm, which is something completely different!
Cling wrap
Talking about baking, one of the things that used to bother my mother when she came to visit was the plastic foil they sell here, as there was no way one could cover anything with it! For that reason she used to come with the largest Cling Wrap container she could find in that big country where she used to live! To this day we still wrap things with the pathetic plastic foil, while we wait anxiously for somebody to go to Canada for a visit!
Baking soda is NOT Natrium or NA in Austria. The Austrian common name is Natron, and its chemical formula is NaHCO3.
Hello again Sylvia - you may like to know that Weinstein is a very appropriate name for Cream of Tartar (and more appropriate than its English name) because it is a fine white powder derived from a crystalline acid deposited on the inside of wine barrels - thus stones formed by wine! Howzzat for a bit of interesting information!!!
Thank you sooooo much for Cream of Tartar in German. I have an anti-rheumatic pain recipe which includes 'Weinstein' and we were about to order it on Amazon or e-bay. So thanks again and all the best, Sara :-)
Oh my god, yes! I am originally from America and came to the Netherlands in 2008. Baking excursions are an absolute pain for me. I found that going to Asian and eastern stores helps me find some missing ingredients. It's just crazy to think that something simple like baking a cake or a pie would be completely different over here. I usually ask my mom to send me over random things from America when she sends me packages, like a gigantic bag of plain, unsalted pecans; dried cranberries; vanilla extract; baking soda... It's insane!
I really enjoyed this-finally got around to giving it the time it deserves-brilliant.


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Data Processing Centers, Cloud Computing and Communications in Public Administration
Last update on 18-08-2015
This Decree-Law establishes important measures governing the use of shared solutions within the information and communications technology (ICT) in public administration, namely:
- The requirement for a preliminary examination of the possibility of acquisition of ICT goods and services with services or government agencies (data centers and services Cloud shared between ministries), allowing the use of existing solutions, promoting the profitability of the investments made and control of public expenditure;
- Rationalization of communications by opting for solutions with centralized and comprehensive management, enhancing free voice communications between government departments and agencies;
- The interconnection of networks and services of general government bodies through the implementation and connection of data communications to a point of redundant peering, avoiding costs of overlapping links between the various agencies.
These are highly important to the pursuit of the objectives set out in the Global Strategic Plan for the Rationalization and Cost Reduction with the Information and Communication Technologies in public administration (PGETIC), in force since 2012 (Resolution of the Cabinet No 12/2012 of 7 February).
This global plan aims, through 25 measures structured in five areas, improve the efficiency of internal processes of public administration, improving the quality of services provided to citizens and companies and significant savings resulting from the preference for common ICT solutions to the various services and public administration bodies, in particular by streamlining technology infrastructure and communications assets.
In the context of the rationalization measures of data centers and Cloud Computing in public administration (measures 8:18), a strategy for the adoption of more flexible and transparent solutions, better managed and less expensive was defined by increasing levels of safety and ICT resource efficiency and at the same time allows to optimize the integration and normalization of data and applications.
For the implementation of the rationalization strategy of data centers it has become essential to know the starting point through an exhaustive survey of these infrastructures of various ministries in order to be able to define lines of action for the different objectives envisaged in the measures 8:18.
The study, promoted by the AMA, IP, allowed:
- Inventory installed, occupied and available capacity in the central and local government data centers, owned by the state or contracted from the private sector;
- Technically characterize each data center;
- Carry out comparative studies between multiple data centers for their ability, costs and efficiency levels (second reference benchmarks);
- Studying evolution scenarios in the medium and long term, for defining a strategy that addresses the future needs of public administration.
In addition, the information collected in this study provided the basis of the first ICT services to be considered in the operational network service catalog of shared services for information and communication technologies in public administration, systematizing already the space rental services (Housing) and accommodation servers (Hosting) in data centers.
Based on this study, the government has the information on the capacity already available in a number of data centers to respond to requests for services or public administration bodies, thus promoting the optimization and sharing of ICT infrastructure in this area.
More information available at tic.gov.pt


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Newt Gingrich Wins Georgia
This was a must-win for the former Georgia congressman.
In Georgia, which he represented in Congress for 20 years, early exit polls showed Gingrich winning among men, women, and white evangelical voters. He also led among very conservative voters and those who said the economy was their top issue.
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Fantastic SnoWayOut Photos Part Two
Photo by Evan Michael Gildenblatt
Photo by Katrina at 16th and Monroe St, NW
Snowboarder on 15th street by Meridian Hill Malcolm X Park, which is now a sledding hill. Ambulance in foreground was stuck in the snow. Photo by Beth
Not only are they not throwing people off, the Capitol Police are welcoming and giving kids stickers. photo by Patrick
Lots more after the jump.
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Members of the Foundation Board of Directors represent the counties of Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski, and the city of Radford. These community leaders volunteer their expertise and service on behalf of the college and community. The Foundation assists New River Community College in a variety of ways, including the endowment and distribution of scholarship funds, the purchase of equipment and furnishings, and the financial support of academic and community enrichment programs. For more information, call (540) 674-3618 or email the Foundation at firstname.lastname@example.com, or stop by the Foundation Office on the NRCC campus in Dublin (Godbey 07).
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Similarities - The Goal is Control - Many of the submission techniques applied in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) are based on the same principles as Aikido, which are to apply force to tendons, ligaments, or joints in such as to create pain. The while the application within each of the arts is different, the goal of both arts is the same – control of the opponent. The BJJ practitioner achieves a successful outcome through the accumulation of points with throws, superior position, or the ultimate submission of the opponent by "tap out". In Aikido the joint locks or throws are used to achieve control by bringing the opponent (uke) to the ground and neutralizing the attack
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Takedowns- Hip throws (called "koshi nage") are utilized in both arts. Aikido practitioners tend to favor a simple hip throw, whereas many Jiu Jitsu practitioners use a wide range of Judo throws from the popular "uchi mata" (inner thigh throw) to single and double leg takedowns (popular in wrestling).
Focus of the Martial Arts - In Aikido there are no tournaments. Advancement is achieved through a testing process with predefined elements. Jiu Jitsu, like Judo and wrestling, pits one individual against another in a timed match or tournament. Points are accumulated and the ultimate goal is submission often through one of many arm / leg locks or chokes. The opponent signals submission by tapping out.
Conclusion - Despite the many obvious differences in application and training, Aikido and Jiu Jitsu posses similarities from their roots to execution of many techniques. Both are excellent choices for those interested in martial arts and each has virtues that can provide benefit.
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Just stopping by for a little bit of an aikido anecdote. I was in BJJ class and rolling with a much more experienced opponent; it's ok it's BJJ so we can say "opponent". ;-) We started from our knees with a sleeve and lapel grab start position. After a few fakes to attempt a single leg takedown in kneeling position, I found myself in a very familiar position that just lit up the aikido inside me from a long time ago. I underhooked my left hand underneath my opponent's right armpit, and kept hold of his lapel with my right hand. I gave a nudge and soon as I felt the opponent exert an opposing resistance, I lifted high on the underhook, pulled down on the lapel, tenkaned on my inside knee and vrrrrrrp, the opponent got spun down and I had him in side control. It was just a modified kokyu dosa. Pretty neat, huh?
The more I train both the more I learn (obviously). I see more similarities and differences. One big difference is that BJJ is a sport and it is really less violent than Aikido techniques can potentially be. As a sport you put yourself in harms way in BJJ but its very good for health and sporting, not so much as a practical martial art. If you teach other martial artists the basic strengths that the BJJ have then you can more easily neutralize all the strong points it has and hurt a BJJ fighter with strikes to the soft vital points along the backside and head because BJJ teaches to expose your back and head in positions like turtle and half guard. The main key for people new to BJJ is to avoid the legs. Once you can do this and stay out of the guard it is almost impossible for a BJJ to protect himself without his/her legs.
The other difference is that BJJ encourages more conflict and direct battle where Aikido slips around these direct force to force confrontations and gets to your opponents weak spot right away, but you won't learn this in Aikido or until you get into some sparring (basically wrestling) situations. Then after a while you can see how powerful and also how bad (your) Aikido really is.
I've trained in both Aikido and BJJ. Here's what I've found.
Before I continue I want to clear up some common misconceptions about Aikido and emphasize that Aikido contains strikes in almost every technique. People seem to think that Aikido is all love and peace, that's the goal but each technique contains a way to kill your attacker, plain and simple. Your teacher probably won't reveal these secrets but they are there in every Aikido technique. Still the goal of Aikido is to overcome your own aggression and achieve a high level of skill so you don't have to harm your attacker in order to neutralize(submit) him/her. This is also the goal of BJJ. So they are really a good complimentary skillset, like everyone is saying.
Of the two, Aikido has more techniques and is more aggressive and a more complete martial art, in my opinion. Some define a martial art as a group of techniques that can be trained and applied with weapons and without weapons, not just without weapons. Aikido has hundreds of standing techniques, hundreds of weapons techniques, striking techniques, and kneeling/ground techniques. The standing aspect of Aikido make it more dangerous to train and this why the soft, cooperative training attitude exists. BJJ has less techniques taught on average, which makes it easier to learn and apply. Also, Aikido players are better at taking falls than BJJ, on average.
BJJ is easier to learn and more effective initially because of the smaller number of techniques offered at most schools and because of the realistic full force live training(rolling) practiced. You will also see many people train Aikido who have no wish to train realistically and who just want to feel the principles of Aikido (how to harmonize with your attacker) and apply these Aikido principles in daily life. However many schools, like Steven Seagal's, require black belts to survive a realistic full force attack from multiple persons for a fixed time period in order to get a black belt. This still doesn't equal the day in day out full force live training found in BJJ. Having said this, there are secret trainings at many Aikido dojos where they go all out, no holding back, and most high level Aikido black belts train against full force attacks from time to time.
Don't forget that time after time, older and weaker internal martial artists win matches over younger and stronger martial artists in real competitions. Internal arts mean arts such as Tai Chi, some Kung Fu, Bagua, Aikido, etc. External martial arts mean Karate, Boxing, Wresting, Taekwando, BJJ (and sometimes Aikido) where nothing is taught of Ki or Chi or how to cultivate and use it.
The difference between Aikido and BJJ is actually where the two arts compliment each other. Aikido is all about the first second of the attack where BJJ is about what happens after the first second if you fail your standing technique. If you fail your Aikido application then you may end up on the ground in a grappling match where BJJ techniques can be more useful than Aikido. If the Aikido technique works then everything is great and you have the choice to kill, maim, or practice true Aikido and harmonize with your attacker.
The old Aikido schools used to be subject to frequent full contact, full force challenges and had to prove their arts effectiveness. Just read Roy Suenaka's book on Aikido for some interesting stories about him opening his Aikido school in the middle of Karate's home town of Okinawa and the challenges he faced.
Average Aikido vs average BJJ in a match will probably favor the BJJ player 7 times out of 10 due to their day in day out full force training and lower body entanglement techniques. You'll probably see the Aikido player in a tight mess in no time tapping out. Master Aikido vs Master BJJ will lean to the favor of the Aikido master due to the small join movements, strikes and overall quickness and power of Aikido techniques. The BJJ player faces the possibility of not walking away at all (death) if they don't know how to take a high fall at full speed (95% BJJ players don't know how to roll or fall properly from my observations) or atemi(punch,elbow,poke,kick,knee,slap) to the face/nose/head/ribs/groin. Traditional Aikijujitsu teaches to kill with one strike.
I often wonder what a match would be like between my Aikido teacher and my BJJ teacher. My Aikido teacher did say that "you wouldn't want to wind up on the ground with one of those (BJJ) guys." But my Aikido teacher can probably kill most people in 2 seconds, literally, and wields a real samuri sword, so I don't think he is worried.
Here is where you run in to a problem with Aikido. How do you train full force when full speed Aikido is designed to kill or break the bones the attacker? Aikido is of little use when applied half speed against a full speed attack.
Some big problems with BJJ is that its practice with restrictions on what kind of attacks you can do and its not effective in a crowded and tightly confined area, against more than one attacker, and on the streets. Yes, BJJ has full force live training, but the training is dummied down. You don't learn to defend against punches and you are taught to put yourself in harms way. You can't do this and you can't do that, so many rules and types of attacks that you don't learn about. Lying on your back with your legs spread is a perfect way to get your private parts ripped off and your nose rammed into your brain, not to mention your head punted through the field goals by your attackers friend who you never saw watching from the car. Not to mention, what are you going to do from turtle position when your attacker can knife or strike/elbow the soft parts of your spine, head, and neck. And it doesn't seem like I would want to fall on my back onto concrete or gravel or on top of broken beer bottles or tables and chairs in a bar fight. BJJ is trained as a sport with a special uniform to make chokes and throws easy.
Having said this, both Aikido and BJJ are fun arts to train if you find a good teacher/school. Aikido is not generally taken seriously as a fighting art except for a small group of high level black belts so it could benefit by training harder and learning to deal with the ground entanglement techniques of BJJ. Since the lack of real training in Aikido there is also a lot of times when techniques are not learned properly. This is the case in BJJ until the higher levels when you learn what works in full force live training.
I study both and find them both fun and challenging and that each improves my ability in the other like two pieces of a puzzle. I think the puzzle contains other pieces too, like meditation, Yoga, Tai Chi for balance and fluidity, and Boxing/Karate to learn more powerful strikes. And don't forget acupuncture and Qigong to heal all of your injuries from the arm-bars and wrist locks.
Great hub mate. I train in BJJ and Thai, been wanting to try Aikido for a while.
Side note: BJJ is a heck of a lot of fun too, its like chess. It really teaches you how to relax under pressure, what its like to really effectively attack and finish someone, and is very athletic. It works very very well, and I prefer it's positions and submissions for finishing someone once I have closed the distance and either thrown, applied a joint immobilization, or taken them down. BJJ's standing clinch game is also very effective and works well at shutting down most stikers who haven't prepared for it. There is always the option of adding in strikes as well, especially to lead or open a person up to a throw or submission.
BJJ was necessary for me as a marital artist to train in my opinion; to put tools designed for effective use in my tool box.
It works extremely well against most other martial arts as well by simply putting the entire thing on the ground so effectively. One of the only ways to counter a pure grappler's attack is to study counter techniques from grappling itself (take down defense and clinch breaks).
I have/still train Aikido for 10 years, and did Brazilian Juijitsu regularly for 3 years, and occassionally after that for the last 3 years. I have also practiced qi gong for the last 6 years.
Aikido and BJJ use very similar "feels". Non- resistance, fluidity, leading the attacker, use of space and superior position. Mixed together jujitsu's technical skill set the "feel" acquired in Aikido waza become extremely effect juijitsu submissions.
Looking just at technique they are like cousin's really. They are very different in their uses of joint manipulations and position.
What the author says is very much right, both are about control, non-resistance, spontaneous technique, throw, joint/weight/center manipulations, spacial awareness and present non-violent options (and both have much more if the need arises). Jujitsu is clearly a very well designed, well rounded modern self defense (especially if one adds in striking training) and the methodical free rolling in training all the time makes it extremely applicable. If your looking purely at modern effective use juijitu excels far beyond Aikido technically and in actual use. . but there is much more to look at when looking at Aikido.
Aikido is as much as anything primary purpose is as a practice of self developement, not a of self defense- yet buried within it's deeper understandings are the keys to extremely effective embodiment of any martial technique (and some would say though self developement your life may well shine in a thousand beautiful ways).
Movement/space, flow, blend, leading, center/ground/base, extension, entering, turning, sensitivity and reading people's intension, opening to larger energies dimensions are the principles that appear in all martial arts and much more. . spiritual/personal growth and refinement are alsothe true gems of Aikido's embodimentO'Senei was no joke- he was a real flesh and blood man who was neigh untouchable by the best martial artist. But how he got there was not through martial technique, it was through a fundemental understanding of the Universe embodied as a martial form. . it can take any form, and that path was what he was creating techniques of refinement for.
"Do" means "Way of". . as in "Way of Being"
"Jitsu" means "Art of". . as in carpentry, or skill set.
Many people who are proficient in Aikido's "feel" when they train other martial arts often do very well and quickly can add any new techniques in to develope effective martial skills.
I actually find the more free moving juijitsu training to have helped my aikido a lot by really getting to feel the flow of comabt. . in addition aikido's sensitivity, centeredness and spacial connection all have made me do very well in learning and applying BJJ. In the end now I just turn it on and let it just flow out of me. . and it works very well and decisively.
Interesting Article and responses! Aikido & Jiu Jitsu are very similar conceptually I agree, more the initial entry into the move that has a great difference (apart from a few movements), with Aikido I notice there is more small digit manipulation and smaller joints (ie wrist locks,etc are usually not trained a lot of BJJ Clubs). But having said that I lot of principles of movement can be similar in a wide range of the arts, even between grappling and striking. Simple use of hips, posture and balance. It's all very interesting to Martial Arts Practitioner.
Yes, I would agree that BJJ is not a panacea for self-defence nor would I ever recommend it against multiple attackers although one must remember that BJJ is not just the ground game. It includes clinching, and standing sweeps, throws, and takedowns. Still, there's no denying that defence against multiple attacks is not BJJ's forte.
But philosophically, one could argue that if you take aikido out of its context of its traditional Hombu training methods (which is mostly practiced repetitiously through two person katas), and start to emphasize offensive striking, then it is no longer aikido as conveyed by O Sensei. It then becomes a brand of aiki jiujitsu, or a derivative of Daito-ryu like Hapkido or Shorinji Kempo. Not a bad thing...it's just no longer aikido since aikido's physical practice is inseparable from its spiritual and philosophical meanings. Just a devil's advocate opinion and I dont claim to be right.
Then again, maybe it's time that aikido evolve and incorporate from other martial arts. It is still possible to do this and still maintain the spirit and philosophy of aikido although I'm sure Honbu dojo would be pretty upset.
I believe there are worlds of difference between aikido and BJJ. Aikido is more for spiritual and personal development and the sport and self-defence aspect is a secondary byproduct. BJJ is entirely focused on sport and self-defence and has little to do with spiritual development. Aikido has little to no ground grappling; not even in suwari waza techniques. BJJ's strength and philosophy of fighting is embedded in its superior ground techniques. BJJ is highly efficient in its techniques and training methodology and one can apply them in a real situation after only a couple of months of training. However, and I may raise a lot of ire with this comment, aikido is very inefficient in its self-defence techniques because the founder, Ueshiba Moriheai (O Sensei), purposely toned down the martial aspects and removing many of the lethal and dangerous moves of Daito ryu aiki jujitsu. It could take years and decades to apply just some of its techniques in a real combat situation as it is taught by rote. Even its randori/jiyu waza is NOT as realistic as BJJ's live "rolling". Therefore in aikido you have exercises, if you will, that uses the framework of martial arts but whose purpose is to take the physical concepts of non-resistance, compliance, and going-with-the-flow and transcending them into the mental and spiritual of non-confrontation, compromise, harmony and peace. The fact that aikido is not a combat oriented martial art does not take away from its important contribution in the world of MA. But let's be purposeful when comparing BJJ and aikido. We shouldn't try to make aikido into something it is not. That would be an insult to both arts, and its respective founders.
I just realized that this page is speaking about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so I have to apologize to jkudo23. He's right BJJ did develop out of Judo. My fault.
"Forgiveness is next to godliness"
Nice layout for the article and I appreciate your thoughts.
I have to say that jkudo23 has it backwards though. Judo was created by Kano who live from 1860-1938. Jiu Jitsu on the other hand goes back to Japan's Feudal history dating back before the 1500's.
Kano was a jiu jitsu practitioner who modified the art and took out the "lethal" techniques so that it could be practiced by the general public.
The term judo existed before Kano made it famous in the 1800's.
"The facts maam. Only the facts"
Great article. Very interesting to see how similar they really are!
This is a great article because these two arts have similar roots. Morihei Ueshiba studied aiki-jujitsu and BJJ derived from Japan. Both arts have changed somewhat from their original styles, but still maintain effective techniques. A good wristlock or elbow lock was effective 100 years ago and is still effective today. It is good to see different (in some cases, not so different) arts working together in harmony.
Very interesting article! BJJ and Aikido both have their roots in Judo. Nice!
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This is a great hub I really enjoyed reading your insights about aikido and the similariteis of aikido and BJJ.


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[new york] Viacom's CBS has sold about 90% of its advertising inventory in the NCAA basketball tournament, which starts next month, at single-digit percentage price increase vs. a year ago, according to executives. CBS is slightly behind its sales pace of a year ago. Two significant advertisers moved out of the event-Pizza Hut and Merrill Lynch. But executives say a number of new advertisers-amounting to $60 million-have signed on, including IBM Corp., Nextel, Cingular Wireless, Autotrader, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and Fidelity Investments.
Network Solutions conducting review
[herndon, va.] Network Solutions, the domain name registry owned by VeriSign, is conducting a review for its estimated $20 million advertising account. Incumbent agency, Interpublic Group of Cos.' The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va., created a two-spot TV campaign for the registry last November.
AnswerThink looks to unload ad businesses
[miami] AnswerThink, an e-business developer, is trying to exit the traditional advertising business by attempting to unload its Los Angeles and Seattle offices, according to executives close to the companies. The Los Angeles office, called 120 Advertising, and the Seattle office, called Think New Ideas, were part of Think New Ideas, New York, which AnswerThink acquired in November 1999. An AnswerThink spokeswoman said it doesn't comment on speculation. The two offices have been given the OK to explore potential buy-out options, according to an executive close to the situation.
Grey reports revenue increase
[new york] Grey Global Group posted a 17% increase in its 2000 revenue, to $1.25 billion from $1.07 billion in 1999. Fourth-quarter income from commissions and fees grew 11% to $351 million from $316 million in 1999. Grey's management credited a strong performance by its marketing services units, which now make up 50% of the company's revenues. It singled out its direct marketing, public relations and healthcare operations-Grey Direct, GCI and Grey Healthcare, respectively-as strong performers in 2000.
P&G launching teen community site
[cincinnati] Procter & Gamble Co. is launching a test of Toejam.com, an online community for teens, in Southern California on March 4 with parties for 450 teens at malls in Glendale and San Diego. Through a contest promoted on local radio stations starting last week, teens can enter a drawing online or by filling out entry blanks at Longs drug stores and Food4Less supermarkets. Teens can register online for "welcome gifts," which include P&G sample products. Barefoot Advertising, Cincinnati, is agency of record, the shop's second P&G brand assignment in recent months.
Cable TV ratings back on track this season
[new york] The Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau is projecting that cable TV ratings are back on track this season, as the 2000-2001 season will see a 2.5 share-point rise, to a Nielsen 37.3 share, in cable TV's collective share for all its advertiser-supported networks. The previous season, cable networks collectively only grew 0.5 points, due to the flattening or falling ratings from their established cable networks, as well as a rise in broadcast gross rating points due to specific reality-shows such as CBS's "Survivor" and ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and the Super Bowl.
New York Lottery $28 mil account in review
[schenectady, n.y.] The New York State Lottery selected eight agencies to vie for its $28 million account. Contenders include incumbent Grey Global Group's Grey Worldwide, New York; WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson, New York; Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide, New York; Publicis Groupe's Publicis in New York; the Wolf Group, New York; Interpublic Group of Cos.' McCann-Erickson Worldwide and two undisclosed agencies. The client is expected to meet with finalists March 16.
Cingular looks for direct-response agency
[atlanta] Cingular Wireless is searching for its first direct-response agency. Consultant Wanamaker Associates, Atlanta, will contact undisclosed shops this week and hopes to conclude the search within three months. Spending was not disclosed.
Best Western International is expected to pick an agency this week for its $17 million advertising account. ... Bennigan's Irish American Grill and Tavern, a unit of Metromedia Restaurant Group, breaks a new branding effort today from the Richards Group, Dallas. ... Aegis Group's Carat Worldwide unit Carat Freeman today will announce that Jane Deery will be named exec VP-managing director, replacing Sarah Fay, now president of Carat Interactive. ... McDonald's Corp. elevated Tom Ryan to its top U.S. marketing post. Mr. Ryan will add the senior VP-marketing title to his current post as senior VP-menu management/new concepts for McDonald's USA. ... Australian Tourist Commission is reviewing its $8 million North American account with Bcom3 Group's incumbent D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Los Angeles; Interpublic Group of Cos.' Dailey & Associates, West Hollywood, Calif.; and Kovel/Fuller, Culver City, Calif. ... FCB Worldwide, San Francisco, cut 10 staffers. Dot-com laden Leagas Delaney, San Francisco, laid off a portion of its 87 employees.


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Sylvia's Mother Ch. 31byD.C. Roi©
Brenda was grinning like the Cheshire cat when the two of them came back downstairs. "Did your shower warm you up?" she asked.
"Ah...yeah...it sure did," Jason, who knew he was blushing furiously, replied.
"Never mind," her blushing mother snapped. She had put on white terry pajamas with lace around the cuffs and around the neck and down the front, which was held together by loop fasteners which allowed just a hint of her smooth flesh to be visible.
"Sexy outfit, Mom," Brenda chortled. "I made you guys some soup." She held up her hands. "And before you start in on me about cooking again, it's canned soup. All I had to do was add water and warm it up."
"That sounds delicious," her mother said. "I could use something to warm me up right now."
"Yeah, me, too," Jason said.
"Well, sit down, then," Brenda said. "It's ready."
They ate the soup, and some toast, then they cleaned up the dishes. "What are we gonna do now?" Brenda asked.
"How come you're home early?" Jason inquired.
"The rain messed things up," Brenda replied. "Besides, all the work was done, usually we ride in the afternoons, but with the weather like it is, we couldn't do that today."
"That's too bad, Honey," her mother said. "It's a shame your last day turned out like this."
"Oh, well, I'll make up for it the next time we come up," Brenda said. She brightened. "Max, the manager, says he thinks he might be willing to hire me as an instructor next summer."
"That would be wonderful," her mother said.
While the women were talking, Jason wandered over to the stereo, picked out some CD's and put them in the player. The soft sounds of romantic music began filling the room.
"What, you planning on dancing the afternoon away, that it, Jason?" Brenda asked.
"Well, it's better than sitting here watching it rain," Jason replied. "Want to dance, Brenda?"
This time Brenda was the one who blushed. "Me...you...you want to...to dance with...with me?" she stammered.
"Why not?" Jason asked. "What's the matter?"
"I...I can't dance," Brenda replied. She looked toward her mother, who was grinning at her.
"Go ahead, Honey," she said. "You can do it."
"Ah...I..." Brenda gasped, looking back at Jason.
Jason stepped toward her, put one arm around her waist, and took her hand in his free hand. "Just relax, listen to the music, and let yourself feel the beat," he said. "It's easy. Heck, if I can do it, anybody can."
Brenda did follow his instructions and, after a few moments of moving stiffly around the floor in his arms, she seemed to relax and began moving in time with the music.
"See?" Jason said. "Once you let the music lead, it's easy, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Brenda said. "It's just that I'm not used to this kind of music, you know?"
"If you'd asked me to dance to the stuff they play at school dances, I would have been the one saying he couldn't do it," Jason told her.
They spent the rest of the afternoon dancing and having a good time. Jason especially liked it when he got to dance with Karen. He loved having her in his arms and feeling her body moving under the soft pajamas she had on. He'd just re-loaded the CD player with a new batch of CDs when the back door opened.
"Anybody home?" Sylvia called.
"Yeah, what's goin' on?" Paul yelled.
The two of them walked into the living room and found Jason, Brenda, and Sylvia's mother. Jason and Brenda were dancing, but stopped when Sylvia and Paul appeared.
"Hey, far out!" Paul exclaimed. "Party time! But you gotta put on some good music, not that crap!" Without asking permission, he walked to the CD player, shut it off, and began looking through the collection of CDs until he found some he liked. He loaded them in the machine and turned it on. Loud rock music began thumping through the house. He had the volume turned up so far the walls were shaking to the heavy bass sounds. "There, that's better, that's party music!" he exclaimed. "If you wanna dance, you gotta dirty dance!"
Jason and Brenda had stepped apart. They looked at each other, then at Karen. Their pleasant time together was obviously over; disrupted by Sylvia and Paul. Jason wasn't sure, but he thought he smelled alcohol when Paul brushed by him. And there was another smell, too, one he'd smelled on the other boy once before. "He's been drinking and smoking pot!" he thought, suddenly a bit frightened. "God, I wonder if Sylvia's drunk and stoned, too." He watched Paul, who was leering at Sylvia's mother.
"Hey, Momma, you're lookin' fine tonight," Paul exclaimed and started toward his girlfriend's mother. "You wanna do some dirty dancin' with me?"
"Ah...no...I...I'd rather...I'd rather not," Karen replied warily. She started backing away from him, but Paul kept moving toward her. She bumped into a chair and couldn't go back any farther and when she did, Paul grabbed her around the waist, pulled her against him, and began rotating his hips in an exaggerated sexual movement.
"Yeah, Momma, this is better than that slow dancing crap, ain't it?" he chortled. He slid his hands down, cupped her bottom, and pulled her tighter against him.
Karen pushed against him, trying to get out of his embrace. "Please, Paul, I...I don't want to...to do this!" she told him.
"Sure you do, Momma," Paul replied. "Let yourself go, you'd enjoy it if you did."
"No!" Karen replied, a little more firmly. "I don't want to dance with you. Especially not like this!"
"Don't be such a prude, Momma," Paul said, continuing to hold her against him and rotate his hips. "Give it a little time, you'll get off on it." He laughed. "I sure as hell am. You're one hot chick!"
Jason was furious. It was bad enough that Sylvia and Paul had shown up drunk and spoiled what had been a nice afternoon. But the way the other boy was manhandling Sylvia's mother was more than he could take. Without thinking, he walked quickly across the room, grabbed Paul's arm, and yanked him away from Karen. "She said she didn't want to dance with you!" he yelled.
Red-faced, Paul turned and faced him. "Oh, the geek's gettin' brave, is he?" he said. He clenched his fist and began drawing back his hand. "We'll just have to take care of that. After I get finished with you, asshole, you ain't gonna be in no shape to fuck with me."
"Stop it! Stop it right now!" Karen exclaimed. "Both of you."
"This ain't none of your business, Momma," Paul growled. "Nerdo, here, put his hands on me. Nobody puts their hands on me."
"PAUL! STOP OR I'LL CALL THE POLICE!" Brenda yelled. She was holding the cordless phone in her hand and had her finger poised over the keypad. "You want me to do that, Paul? You want the cops to come here and find you drunk? Your aren't 21, are you? Maybe they'll search that Jeep of yours outside, too. You want them to do that, Paul?"
"Aw, fuck," Paul exclaimed. He turned away from Jason and started for the door. "You fucking assholes are a pain. I'm outta here. Have a nice, fucking life with your pain-in-the ass family and Nerdo, Sylvia." He stormed through the kitchen and out the back door, slamming it behind him. Seconds later, they heard the roar of his Jeep's engine as he peeled out of the driveway.
Jason was shaking. He had been sure he was going to get seriously hurt. He looked over at Karen and Brenda. Both of them were pale and looked as if they were shaking, too. Then he looked at Sylvia, who was glaring at all of them.
"What is the matter with you people?" she yelled. "All Paul wanted to do was have a little fun and you all went and spoiled it! I hate you! I hate all of you!" She turned and bolted out of the room. Seconds later, they heard her running up the stairs.
Jason took a deep breath. "Thanks, Brenda," he said. "You saved me a beating, I think."
"What was the matter with them?" Karen asked. "They...they were acting so...so..."
"Jesus, Mom," Brenda said. "They're both drunk and stoned is what the problem was. Couldn't you smell the booze on Paul's breath?"
"Well...I...I guess so," her mother replied. "Do...do you really think Sylvia was drinking and smoking pot, too?"
"I'd bet all the money I'll ever earn the rest of my life against her passing a drug test right now," Brenda snorted.
"Maybe...maybe I ought to go up and see if there's anything I can do," her mother said. "Sylvia was very upset."
"Let her go," Brenda said. "She'll cry and carry on for a while, then she'll probably pass out. It won't do you any good to talk to her in the state of mind she's in right now."
"Are...are you sure?" her mother asked. She looked at Jason.
Jason nodded soberly. "I think Brenda's right," he told her. "If she's drunk, nothing you say to her tonight will register. And she's so angry, your going upstairs would probably make it worse."
"All...all right," Karen said, sounding defeated. "I...I just wish our last night here hadn't ended like this."
"Me, too," Brenda and Jason replied in unison.
"Does anybody want a cup of hot chocolate before we go to bed?" Brenda asked.
"Personally, I could use a stiff drink," her mother said. Then she chuckled. "I guess there's been enough drinking already, though, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess," Brenda said. "I'll make the hot chocolate."
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#MeToo: 13 famous women who spoke out
In honor of the #MeToo social media campaign being named TIME's Person of the Year, we're taking a look back at some of the brave women who came forward with their stories of abuse...
Alyssa Milano
Me too.— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 15, 2017
Lady Gaga
October 15, 2017
Debra Messing
Me too https://t.co/ScX67Kmmiy— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) October 15, 2017
Evan Rachel Wood
Because I was shamed and considered a "party girl" I felt I deserved it. I shouldnt have been there, I shouldn't have been "bad" #metoo— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) October 16, 2017
Rosario Dawson
All too pervasive... Me too. #MeToo #TogetherWeRise https://t.co/ju5K3USDt8— Rosario Dawson (@rosariodawson) October 16, 2017
Patricia Arquette
October 15, 2017
Gabrielle Union
This. #MeToo https://t.co/oYiyeMxvuy— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) October 15, 2017
Anna Paquin
Me too— Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) October 15, 2017
Gretchen Carlson
How many of u have been sexually harassed? How many have seen harassment? How many have come forward? #tippingpoint #metoo #BeFierceBook— Gretchen Carlson (@GretchenCarlson) October 15, 2017
Lane Moore
i hope i live long enough to see the day when my female friends are writing #MeToo on social media to mean"i finally feel safe in the world"— Lane Moore (@hellolanemoore) October 15, 2017
Ashley Judd
I stand with @oliviamunn, @nathenstridge and the many others who have come forward for this piece. #metoo https://t.co/Zw5JrXhnWb— ashley judd (@AshleyJudd) November 1, 2017
Bette Midler
Yup. Me, too.— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 30, 2017
Rose McGowan
#metoo pic.twitter.com/jHPYgsWCEw— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 16, 2017


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and nitrogen lost from silage corn fields are significant pollutants of
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A Big Beauty from the Fiji Islands with patterned decoration to rim this KAVA BOWL has a diameter of 15" and stands 5 1/4" high on its four legs. This one has a nice deep bowl for holding plenty of Kava and the bowl has been superbly polished giving a stunningly warm patina on the wood grain....most Fijian bowls are all dark stained but in this case the wood has been left in it's natural state and the affect is just lovely. The bowl has the drop down piece on the side for tying the coconut ladle on.One of the nicest we have seen....probably 30-40 years of age.
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By Alex Allegro
"This is definitely the best Blackberry yet, Playbook included."
Said to be the best Blackberry yet, the Bold 9900 (9930 as a CDMA model) is the first member of the Bold family to feature a gorgeous touchscreen, and trackpad. Clocking it's Snapdragon processor at a modest 1.2GHz, the Bold treads into territories RIM has never gone into before. Regardless of this phone featuring a tiny
2.4 2.8 inch screen that has something RIM is calling "Liquid Graphics", this phone actually does have a really nice display that you just can't stop staring at when viewing a nice image. Could this phone really be a contender in the wild smartphone race? Is it really the best Blackberry yet? Or is its screen and lack of intriguing apps going to handicap it just too much? Read on past the break to find out!
The Bold features a
2.4 inch 2.8 inch touchscreen Liquid Graphics display that offers a nice, responsive experience. That being said, you don't only have to use the touchscreen. The bold features it's iconic trackpad surrounded by the 'Call' button, 'Blackberry' button 'Back' button and 'Call end/Home' button. To us, we think RIM is making a huge mistake by doing that and needs to learn to accept change. Counting RIM out, we can't find another smartphone with a call and call end button. We think that bar of buttons RIM keeps under the screen defiantly needs to go. Ridding the bar would not only sexy up the device, but also allow for a larger display, in which we'd love. There are a few other things that would allow for a larger device. (See "Design" for more details).
Back to the display again, not only does it boast a nice feel, it's extremely crisp and clear. Colors truly do pop and sometimes I wonder if I really am looking at liquid ink, hence its name. This really comes to life because of its small size though. Boxing in a 2.4 inch screen with 480×480 is going to give great resolution solely because of its small size. Throw a 480×480 resolution at a screen an inch bigger and boom, you get a horrible, ugly display. We really think Blackberry has got a win here with the screens clarity and resolution. Notice we didn't say the screen alone. They don't have a complete win because if RIM worked a little harder, they could have made this display bigger, but they chose not to. Now if the display was bigger though, this would have really changed the phone for the better, bringing its screen that much closer to its bigger brother, the Torch.
Build Quality
If you pick up a Blackberry Bold 9900 and only one thing rubbed off on you, it should be the build quality. The iPhone, the reigning king in build quality, may have to share its seat on the thrown with the 9900. Here is one brief sentence on the phones build quality: 'Never have we picked up a phone that matches the Bold's build quality, it's simply outstanding.' With a glass backplate hugged buy a rubber texture around the back edges, steal band running around the side and a huge, easy to use keyboard. This phone has incredible build quality. Picking up this phone makes you laugh the next time you pick any Samsung, LG or any other company making plastic phones.
The phone isn't all lovey-dubby though. The are a few things RIM should have worked on and tweaked a little. My first gripe are the buttons. On the right, the phone has 4 buttons. Volume up, pause, volume down. Those 3 buttons all touch each other and aren't separated even by the slightest. We defiantly think that was a bad move, and those buttons should have had a little gap in between them. The forth button on the rightside is a convenience key, and unlike past Bolds, the 9900 only features one convenience key. Pre set to open the camera, it's always great to have these keys, but we miss having a second one to go with it. The left side of phone sports two things, that's thats the headphone jack and the micro USB port. Finally on the top we have the lone unlock button. It's placed right in the center but doesn't stick out, which makes it really hard to press unless you look at the button directly, and press down very hard. We wish it would stick out a little like the iPhone so it's easier to press.
Battery Life
Don't believe the rumors. The battery life on the Bold is great….really great. The Bold is the first Blackberry phone to have a 1.2GHz processor, and the higher the processor, the more battery you need. But RIM has done something amazing here. Regardless of that fact, the Bolds battery life is great. It easily lasts through the entire day. The battery has been downgraded from the previous Bold to a tiny 1,230maH to fit in the new thinner body, but don't be fooled, it still is a great battery. In fact, it lasted longer than our Samsung GSII in our battery test.
TH The new Bolds main selling point is its touch screen, but the new processor goes hand and hand with that. Clocking in at 1.2GHz (Single Core), this Bold is very speedy. The touchscreen really shows this off as you don't have to wait for the trackpad to do things anymore, you can touch and go! We're yet to experience lag on this bad boy, but we do hope that next year, the new Bold is dual core, if not quad core.
The Bold also includes 768MBs of RAM, making it great to multitask on. We were able to multitask up to 12 apps at a time without experiencing any sort of lag, or slow down. We feel that OS 7 was made to work with the processor as we find it hard to believe how snappy this phone is on a single core processor, but how ever it works, I like it.
The Bold also includes 768MBs of RAM, making it great to multitask on. We were able to multitask up to 12 apps at a time without experiencing any sort of lag, or slow down. We feel that OS 7 was made to work with the processor as we find it hard to believe how snappy this phone is on a single core processor, but how ever it works, I like it.
The Verdict
The new Bold is the best and baddest Blackberry out there today, hands down. Rocking HSPA+ on AT&T and T-Mobile, a new touch screen, great build quality, and a big battery, if you like Blackberries, I recommend spending your "Phone Money" to pick up this phone…immediately.
What We Like:
Great Build Quality
Incredible Keyboard
Best Blackberry Screen To Date
Battery Life
What we don't like:
Small Screen
4 Physical Buttons and trackpad are outdated
Power button, volume rocker hard to press


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- October 21, 1942 - March 25, 2015
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Scientists in Antarctica to form band for Gore's Live Earth concert...
They're either card carrying liberal twits; or, they are so tired of cavorting with penguins that they'll do anything to break the monotony.
I hope someone crunches the numbers and figures out how much energy consumption Weird Al and this endeavor will have wasted when all is said and done.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I've had brain freezes from DQ Mr Misty's; these guys must be suffering about 100 times worse
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But think about all of the fossil fuels they'd have to burn, and the emissions created that would enter the atmosphere.
Certainly bringing that much havoc to the most dangerously affected area of the global warming scam..er problem...would only cause more issues, right?
- June 13, 2007
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This same phone launched in China,Europe and Americas with 1gb ram and in India they launched it with 512 mb ram and even higher price. Should be around 8k.Read More
1. No Led lights for identification (missed calls, mail alerts, charging etc.)
2. heating of set at top left side corner since first power on. Reply from HTC- it happens in all set.
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The worst phone ever...sometimes it works sometimes doesn't. My phone is not reading SD cards..I've contacted Flipkart,but in vain. No help received yet. 4 days have passed. The people over phone justRead More
I agree with many users that this phone does have a low RAM considering the price. But after having used it for a week I found that the phone is not so bad either. The games run very smoothly, theRead More
compaire to price it is very best mobile in its class.and compare with samsung it is much better & compaire to micromax ,in configration micro max is best but it dosnt matter but the feel of htcRead More
1st of all it's a very good brand but i really agree with Rohon,With this features,the phone price should be around 8-8.5k.and 2nd thing,flipkart also not giving good discount on this phone,it'sRead More
Quite good product for this range....well what sucks is the 512mb ram...it shouldve been atleast 1gb ram
1.Budget phone for a quad core processor and from a company like HTC.
the config not worth that much as flipkart has to do something to this.. no discount why????? poor camera and very low memory u can't even play games like temple run without shutting down some apps toRead More
Wow HTC is plainly robbing us.Just look at the specs a Quad core CPU & a 512mb RAM ? Seriously ? Smart people will never go for HTC,only hippies & showoffs go for this crapRead More
The Fools Who are saying that itz givin only 512 ram..havent even used htc phones.Itz HTC mind it.even their lowest priced phone explorer can do wonders.it has the poor specs than galaxy y.but it canRead More