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Sometimes I think I'm a normal person, but then I try to move my body and I discover that it doesn't move like it used to. I know that age and additional weight change things, but it's more than that. You see, my name is Petula... and I suffer from invisible illnesses.
If you've been around before you know that I fight multiple myeloma, fibromyalgia and Sjogren's syndrome. If you're new then I hope you'll read some of my backstory. I used to be a normal person more than 20 years ago, but right after I had to have emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder in December 1994 things went haywire in the health department.
A month after my surgery I was told I have multiple myeloma.
Just a glance in my direction shows no signs of what my body is going through. When you ask me in passing "How are you?" I say I'm fine, but I really want to say, "Well, ya know, my joints are throbbing, my hips are killing me and giving out every few steps, I can feel the bones of my feet when I walk, my mouth and eyes are so dry that sometimes I can't see well and I don't want to talk, my lower back and my hips have decided that my newfound pleasure in sitting upright is over. Yup, I'm back to mostly reclining regardless of what I'm doing."
But who wants to hear all of that? On the outside I'm saying, "Fine, how are you?" And on the inside I'm screaming... that's my fight.
Most recently, I've been limping a little due to the pain in my hips, but once I manage a steady gait it usually eases up a little as long as I don't walk too quickly or take large steps. Since I've been in more pain than usual I think it's the maintenance chemotherapy that's messing with my system. Yes, I just endured a bone marrow transplant in December, but with multiple myeloma the standard procedure is maintenance therapy to keep the disease at bay. Most MM patients have some type of chemo for maintenance therapy, but truthfully, depending on your genetics, you may not need it or you'll just need a very small dose.
According to my oncologist, my genetics test shows I have a propensity toward the disease and she was adamant about the need for maintenance therapy. Of course, I could have declined it, but I'm going to see how it works out. When I first the maintenance with Revlimid it made my stomach hurt and I was just feeling horrible in general. I'd been on that chemo before and I don't recall feeling that way.
Now I'm on Velcade and it doesn't make my stomach hurt, but it does have me in a lot of pain and pretty darn tired. I often have to stop in the middle of something I'm typing and take a power nap because my eyes won't stay open any longer. I try to let my body do what it needs to do, but there are a lot of times when I need to get something done without fighting sleep and pain. ... That's my fight.
Taking on life when I'm in pain takes quiet of bit of patience... with myself. It's frustrating to be in so much pain that enjoying a three-hour trip in Walmart isn't enjoyable. If you haven't done the Walmart field trip I'm surprised. There are sometimes when you can go into Walmart and come back out rather quickly, but there are other times when you go into to pick up a couple things - on a very unplanned trip - and you walk around looking at everything. You know, browsing each department.
I do that with my three younger children, with my oldest daughter and sometimes with all of us including my granddaughter. A long trip with the grand isn't always as enjoyable ... I'm sure you can figure out why. :-)
There's one thing that really bugs me on a regular basis, but it's something I normally keep to myself. After the frequent treatments, the hair falling out, the transplants and weekly doctor's appointments things slow down a bit. And that's a good thing. The things that slow down that I still need and want are the calls, emails, texts, Facebook messages of people checking on me. It's only when the CANCER (read with big booming, echoing voice) is at the forefront that I feel and see the support. Otherwise, I deal with this alone. ... I fight daily...
My oldest daughter Amber is nearby and will come when she can and help when needed, but life goes on for her. She spent more than a year taking care of me and looking after me the best she could and now her scedule doesn't permit the frequency. So I do the best I can. ... I keep fighting to enjoy the time with my children; to spend time with my granddaughter.
I'm trying to find the balance between the person that feels a lot better than she felt on treatment and before the stem cell transplant and the person who is suffering with chronic pain and other symptoms of invisible illnesseses. I looking deep within myself for her. She's hard to find because she only feels the pain in her hands and wrists while she types and when she's sitting still. She feel the neuropathy in her wrists and her ankles and feet. Her thighs, lower back and hips ache and throb, and sitting upright causes more pain that she always has to ignore. I keep fighting to sit upright to write... to make money.
She just wants to be... well, I... I just want to feel rested. I want to have a day where there isn't any pain. It would be nice to have a day where I'm not tracking my symptoms in anticipation of my next doctor's visit. I want to be able to lift the box that weighs more than 20 pounds without hurting myself or being frustrated because I can't do it. I fight to follow doctor's orders.
I'll speak for all sufferers right now from the ones who are holding down jobs to those who are bedridden and everyone in between. We want people to brings us meal occassionally. We need that. We also need laundry done sometime, rides to the store even when we have a car, help unloading and loading groceries and someone to wash dishes sometimes. We don't want to hear, "Just let me know if you need anything" because we remember telling you the things we need. We want our support systems - or support person - to do the research like we have about our disorders and discover the things that will help us. The little things that make life a little easier. We want someone to care enough to do those things. For as long as we're sufferers will be as long as we need help. But the fight goes on to do everything without help.
That's why National Invisible Illness Awareness Week is so important; this year the dates are September 29th to October 4th. To bring awareness about invisible illnesses and this year it's about sharing how we each fight. What better way to understand what we're going through, what we deal with, than to read about someone's fight.


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'Transformers' Star Jack Reynor Has the Best Halloween Costume Ever
Jack Reynor bundles up from the cold while walking past the Gaiety Theatre on Tuesday (October 14) in Dublin, Ireland.
The 22-year-old Transformers actor donned a t-shirt that read "This is My Halloween Costume." LOL!
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Jack's next role is in the upcoming film version of Macbeth. Here's the synopsis:
Spurred on by an eerie prophecy of the power he could gain if he were King, Macbeth, an army general, murders Duncan, the King of Scotland, and takes the throne. However, his guilt, and that of his wife, may prove to be their undoing.
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Federation of Swiss Societies UK
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The EHAI are happy to offer the following handbooks for sale. The Level 1 and Level 2 food safety handbooks provide information on safe food handling and implementation of HACCP. Food Hygiene for Food Handlers handbook is an excellent reference book for food handlers at all levels and provides greater detail proper practices and legislative requirements. More detail on all handbooks is available below.
They can be purchased via paypal (just click 'add to cart' below) or with the use of the order form.
Item number: 01
Illustrations: Full-colour illustrations
Format: A4 paperback, gloss finish
This handbook provides clear guidance on food safety and the safe handling of food, effectively instilling in employees their responsibilities regarding the prevention of food poisoning.
Ideal for use on Level 1 Food Safety courses. The book contains a tear out quiz for due diligence.
Ideal as a reference book, but also invaluable for food handlers attending Level 2 Food Hygiene courses provided by the EHAI. Widely used to support in-house training programmes. Level 2 makes reference to hazards and controls so that staff will gain an understanding of the principles of HACCP.
Item number : 02
Illustrations: Full-colour illustrations
Format: A4 paperback, gloss finish
Subjects covered:
Microbiological hazards (bacteria)
Food poisoning and its control
Contamination hazards and controls
HACCP from purchase to service
Spoilage and preservation
Personal hygiene
Food premises and equipment
Food pests and control
Cleaning and disinfection
Food safety and law enforcement
This book is an excellent reference for food workers who are attending or have achieved Level 2 training.
The author, Cathal Kearney, a Principal Environmental Health Officer employed by the Western Health Board, worked in the area of food safety for over twenty years and brought a wealth of knowledge and practical experience to the subject. The book was recently updated and edited by Siobhan Lawlor, who herself brings more than fifteen years of experience in the area of food safety to bear on this excellent publication.
The book is priced at €6.50 inc. post and packaging. Ten books can be purchased at a discounted cost of €50 while stocks last only.
For a limited time the EHAI are happy to offer the Level 2 Food Safety Course Book and the Level 2 reference book 'Food Hygiene for Food Handlers' book at a discounted cost of €12 for both. This offer is available while stocks last only.
View the new training material now available from the EHAI
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We currently have a bank of over 200 private trainers providing food safety training throughout the country.Read more
Information on how to make an Environmental Health complaint such as tobacco control, food safety, noise control. Read more
A certified food safety programme delivered in post primary schools and youth reach centres.Read more
The EHAI is registered with FETAC to offer programmes leading to FETAC awards in the National Framework of Qualifications and has agreed its quality assurance procedures with FETAC
"Safe Food Healthy Business" is a food safety application. The app is aimed primarily at food businesses. The purpose of the app is described by its owners as a "one stop shop" for food safety. This app is not the property of the EHAI.


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One of the best speeches at the Game Developers Conference came from industry veteran Peter Molyneux. The creator of Populus and Magic Carpet took the stage after a glowing introduction from Shiny Entertainment's Dave Perry, and delivered a speech entitled "Using the Evolution of Black & White as an Example of Next Generation Development Ethos."
Regardless of the name, Molyneux used the keynote to show off Lionhead Studios' highly anticipated Black & White, which is due out on the PC on September 23. And what a show it was. The crowd reaction was incredibly positive as Molyneux revealed all the various elements of the game.
Two of IGNDC's sister sites have posted impressions and movies from the keynote. Be sure and check out the stories at IGNPC and IGNPS2.
Included in the videos is a glimpse at Lionhead's next generation engine, which features real time Ray Tracing. This engine is expected to be used in Lionhead's next title.
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Industries >Food & Beverage
Food & Beverage
Demand and Sales Planning
IBM Cognos TM1, IBM Cognos BI, Revelwood Performance Toolkit
The repeal of Prohibition resulted in not just legalizing alcohol again in the U.S., but it also resulted in the creation of a complex three-tier system for alcohol distribution. The three tiers are producers, distributors, and retailers—producers sell their products only to wholesale distributors, who then sell to retailers, such as liquor stores, grocery stores, restaurants and bars. This extra tier between a beverage manufacturer and the actual seller of the product adds a layer of complexity to demand and sales planning.
One well-known manufacturer of craft beers, hard ciders and malt beverages creates and sells more than 100 different products to a network of 350 wholesalers. The brewer wants to grow sales volume and market share by identifying which wholesalers are selling the most, by product. Additionally, since this brewer creates products with "sell-by" dates, it needs to identify and address the wholesalers who have the most returns of past sell-by date product, and do so by product.
Revelwood designed and developed a demand and sales planning solution using IBM Cognos TM1 integrated with IBM Cognos BI. The Revelwood team developed cubes that enable the brewer to track and analyze distribution, sales, depletions and returns by wholesaler. The system first tracks shipments to each wholesaler. Then it records depletions—which products at what wholesaler have gone out to retail outlets. Lastly the system tracks returns from the retailer to the wholesaler and back to the brewer.
Having the right analytics infrastructure allows the brewer to ask any number of questions, including:
- Who are my best and worst performing wholesalers?
- What are the best and worst selling products by wholesaler?
- What is the distribution to depletion ratio by wholesaler?
- What is the return rate for each product by wholesaler?
With the TM1-based demand and sales planning system, this brewer can now make strategic decisions on where to invest marketing and sales support by wholesaler. The brewer can identify the top performers and develop strategies to keep them there. Conversely, the brewer can identify those wholesalers who are not performing well or who have a higher volume of returns. This allows the brewer to develop strategies to improve their performance or make the decision to discontinue business with low-performing wholesalers.
With the IBM predictive analytics-based sales and marketing application, this insurance company is able to prioritize lead lists, resulting in an average 45% success rate for sales. Read More
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Cruise Line
By using BULLSEYE™, a cruise line can easily identify and analyze its top quartile customers and others like them across its business to drive profitability across the entire business. Read More
Travel & Transportation (Airline)
With an operational analytics solution in TM1, the airline is better able to identify problem areas in its operations and can understand, react to and plan for trends based on a number of variables. Read More
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Using an "ultimates" module in TM1, this entertainment company can capture the expected revenue and costs of film and TV titles and project the overall lifetime value. Read More
Real Estate Investment Trust
A TM1-based capacity planning and lease analysis solution enables this real estate company to analyze granular information by tenant, by lease and by building. Read More
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Using an operational forecasting and capacity planning solution in TM1, this oil and gas company has much better visibility into its operations by pipeline, by movement and by customer. Read More
As a result of a TM1-based volume planning, demand planning and capacity planning solution, this roofer knows which plants are under-performing or over-performing and how to optimize production. Read More
Food & Beverage
With a TM1-based demand and sales planning system, this brewer can now make strategic decisions on where to invest marketing and sales support by wholesaler. Read More
Beverage Manufacturing
With a TM1-based volume planning solution, this beverage manufacturer can now anticipate demand based on previous sales volume in many different ways. Read More
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With IBM Cognos TM1, this financial services firm can more easily keep track of its clients and its assets under management to better understand how different aspects of its services are performing. Read More
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Best Place To Secure Your Truck Accident With KRW Truck Accident Attorneys
An accident with a profitable truck like an eighteen-wheeler can cause grave injury to driver and passengers, often-requiring long rehab and serious therapy. Truck drivers often experience with tiredness while driving, and sometimes it is because they are banal and has not had the necessary sleep for safely drive. If they feel sleeping, or act in some purposefully negligent way and that time there may had an accident with injuries or fatalities. If you had met an accident with the commercial truck whose driver acted carelessly, you may be able to look for compensation for injury and loss and perhaps even damages for pain and suffering.
A commercial truck has a grave size and weight advantage over a lesser vehicle, but KRW Truck Accident Attorneys can help you even in the serious accident. Keep in mind that trucking companies utilize a team of lawyers to guard their interests, so you need to someone in your place to ensure you are being treated quite. Fair compensation in commercial truck cases may come in many forms, but they commonly follow the damages that include,
- Vehicle replacement
- Medical bills
- Surgery and rehabilitation
- Lost wages
- Emotional trauma
- Permanent disfigurement
- Wrongful Death
- Burns and scarring
- Paralysis
With the help of attorneys, you can safeguard your vehicles and your property, which are belonging to your vehicles. When an accident happens, trucking companies send their own legislature to the sight, to treat the wounded when they are at their most in danger. The goal is to settle the accident case rapidly and reasonably. If you are met with a serious accident then the lawyers helps to secure from the problem. When dealing with condition involving abandon and neglect, your truck accident attorneys seeks, evidence that proves this performance caused your injuries. It also helps to know what questions to ask, and where to look for proof, when conducting an investigation of the accident. The truck accident attorneys at KRW have switched countless such cases over the years, and they will put our experience to work for you.


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by C.S. Pacat
4 of 5 stars
*This series is intended for mature readers*
This is a surprising and satisfying end to the trilogy! Once again, the level of plotting amazed me. Within the first twenty pages everything is turned on its head, and I spent the rest of the story slowly piecing together what was really going on. It's hard to say much without spoilers, but I'll do my best!
Damen's true identity is revealed, and that changes everything. His people want him back. Laurent wants him out of his sight. Damen is unsure what he wants now, but he knows that he'll help Laurent keep his throne and overthrow the Regent's schemes. But the Regent has plans running deeper than Damen could ever suspect, and it will test the reserves of his strength, honor, and will to restore peace to Akielos and Vere.
These characters—I don't know how to properly express how compelling they are. Damen and Laurent's individual arcs and their relationship seize your attention and never let you go until you've turned the last page. Although I find the writing style a bit distant, the political intrigue wrapping around these men continually raises the tension and the pacing is almost flawless. The romance is amazing.
It's not often you get a good twist in a story but this one had three or four of those and it was incredible! This trilogy is dark with moments of humor, and presents a detailed character study of two princes in rival nations that's unlike anything I've ever read. There—no spoilers—go read it! Although there is mature content, I found most of the trigger warnings from the first book weren't repeated in the next two.
If you'd like to see more reviews or buy a copy for yourself, Kings Rising is available on Goodreads and on Barnes & Noble's website here. Please consider supporting your local bookstore!
Similar reads:
- The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski – Kestrel and Arin are separated, on opposing sides of the war between their nations. Kestrel is determined to help her former slave without his knowledge, while Arin tries to reconcile the girl he thought he knew with the fact that she is set to marry the heir to the empire destroying his kingdom. See my review here.
- The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon – Paige escapes the prison of Sheol I and tries to gather the bitter rivals of clairvoyants under one banner to fight the corrupt Scion government. But her former mentor will stop at nothing to keep her from disrupting his carefully constructed network. See my review here.
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik – Agniezska becomes the Dragon's unwilling apprentice and prisoner, but slowly learns her captivity isn't for the reasons she thought, and she has a power that might save the kingdom from darkness. See my review of this incredible book here.


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BMW R1200 Twins 2004 - 2009 Haynes Online Manual
Product description
Complete coverage for your BMW R1200 Twins (04 - 09
Routine Maintenance
Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Cooling system
Fuel and Exhaust system
Ignition system
Frame and suspension
Brakes, wheels and final drive
Electrical Systems
Wiring Diagrams
Fault Finding
NB: this is not a printed product.
With Haynes Manuals Online you get all the trusted content of a printed Haynes Owners Workshop Manual but with additional features to help you get the job done. Haynes takes DIY into the digital age with this new product which provides the following benefits:
• All-colour photographs with approx. 1,000 featuring in each product.
• Photos can be enlarged so you can view key details.
• All-colour wiring diagrams to help track problems quickly and easily.
• Easy search functionality featuring 'instant display'.
• Dictionary of technical terms.
• Hyperlinks to additional relevant information in other manual chapters.
• Quick links are provided to take you to the most popular DIY tasks.
• Fault finding section allowing you to quickly ascertain the cause of a particular problem.
• Conversion calculator for imperial and metric units.
R1200GS 1170cc 04-09
R1200GS Adv 1170cc 06-09
R1200R 1170cc 07-09
R1200RT 1170cc 05-29
R1200S 1170cc 06-08
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Table of contents
Contents, General Information
Chapter 1: Routine maintenance and servicing
Chapter 2: Engine, clutch and transmission
Chapter 3: Engine management system
Chapter 4: Frame, suspension and final drive
Chapter 5: Brakes, wheels and tyres
Chapter 6: Bodywork
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JOHN CAMPBELL (1708-1775), Scottish author, was born at Edinburgh on the 8th of March 1708. Being designed for the legal profession, he was sent to Windsor, and apprenticed to an attorney; but his tastes soon led him. to abandon the study of law and to devote himself entirely to literature. In 1736 he published the Military History of Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough, and soon after contributed several important articles to the Ancient Universal History. In 1742 and 1744 appeared the Lives of the British Admirals, in 4 vols., a popular work which has been continued by other authors. Besides contributing to the Biographia Britannica and Dodsley's Preceptor, he published a work on The Present State of Europe, consisting of a series of papers which had appeared in the Museum. He also wrote the histories of the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, French, Swedish, Danish and Ostend settlements in the East Indies, and the histories of Spain, Portugal, Algarve, Navarre and France, from the time of Clovis till 1656, for the Modern Universal History. At the request of Lord Bute, he published a vindication of the peace of Paris concluded in 1763, embodying in it a descriptive and historical account of the New Sugar Islands in the West Indies. By the king he was appointed agent for the provinces of Georgia in 1755. His last and most elaborate work, Political Survey of Britain, 2 vols. 4to, was published in 1744, and greatly increased the author's reputation. Campbell died on the 28th of December 1775. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the university of Glasgow in 1745.End of Article: JOHN CAMPBELL (1708-1775)
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Call it the positive convergence of two negative environmental trends. There are, by all accounts, a whole lot of discarded plastic bottles in the world. (According to some recent statistic, the contents of 1,500 more of them are being consumed each and every second.) Increasingly, there are also a lot of natural disasters, which many experts attribute to the influence of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. Now, a research team from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) has developed a method for turning discarded plastic bottles into roofing for disaster housing.
Triple Pundit reports that Jason Van Nest, an associate professor in the School of Architecture and Design at NYIT, has worked with this team to develop a way to use plastic water and soda bottles as easy-assembly roofing materials for housing in disaster zones. The genius in this system is that it takes advantage of the same thing that makes plastic bottles such a problem when they hit the local landfill (or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch), which is their durability.
The SodaBIB project, as it's known (short for Soda bottle interface bracket), exploits the tenacious nature of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) via a simple emergency roof that can be put up on the spot, with virtually no tools or equipment. PET is used by beverage companies in plastic bottles in large part because it resists puncture and leakage — a quality most of us appreciate in our roofs as well.
The "interface bracket" bit of the system is a grid of plastic fasteners made of holes the size of water bottle caps. Once those in disaster zones have this grid in hand, they can simply stomp on a plastic bottle till it's flat (no tools needed) and screw it into the fastener grid. Repeat this process, and what forms is a kind of overlapping tile design reminiscent of terra-cotta. When this flexible roof "skin" is attached, bottle-side out, to a rigid form, be it flat or curved, that creates a slope, water simply cascades off of the structure, instead of seeping between the bottles and leaking onto the heads of those beneath.
Of course, a cheap, plentiful rigid structure to form the basis of that roof would be helpful too. The team members realized that that was also close at hand in most places in the form of those cheap wood pallets that bottles of drinking water (and a vast variety of other goods) are usually shipped in. By redesigning the common pallet, the NYIT team was able to incorporate the plastic supports and the roof structure itself into a single self-contained unit.
Van Nest told Triple Pundit, "What we are most excited about with this project is … that the pallet ends up getting disassembled practically without any tools. Individuals can break (it) into building material and then merely crush the bottles," before attaching them to the fastener. He goes on to note that because there are no nails or screws used in constructing a roof in this way, a person can literally put it together using nothing more than a hammer. As an added bonus, a whole lot of plastic that would otherwise wind up in the local landfill (say, after emergency water supplies have been consumed) wind up getting reused in keeping victims of natural disasters dry.
Interested in helping the NYIT team make this system available to those in need? Consider supporting their Kickstarter project, aimed at creating a full-size prototype of the roof.


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In an MSN article today – a headline article – a Pit Bull mourned his friend for fourteen hours after she was killed by a car. Here's the link, if you want to depress yourself for a while. This is front-page news because people still want to believe that only humans have "higher" emotions such as grief and love, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
When people write, discuss and link articles like this, it is usually because they are saying, "Well of course the dog feels that way," and "How sad!" It is not until they think about what they eat that people will cite some outlandish fallacy to describe why this dog is different, and eating a pig or drinking cow milk is perfectly fine.
I disagree strongly with the idea that dogs mourn while chickens do not, and science backs up my belief.
When news articles and discussions like this come up, it's a good time to interject some observations. Before people get to the point of citing inherited cultural stupidity as if it were their own ("Jesus ate fish 2,000 years ago therefore yay bacon and foie gras"), this is an excellent time to bring up a few discussion points:
- All animals mourn the losses of their loved ones. (See also: my "bear machines" article). These dogs are no different than pigs. What makes us so certain that we can inflict this kind of mourning on innocent animals?
- Killing the dog painlessly still inflicts a harm upon her friend, the survivor, even if you do not accept that removing all future experiences from killed animal is a harm. (Try telling a grieving family member that their grief is not suffering).
- Pigs are allegedly smarter than dogs. (Not that it matters). When we eat pork chops, bacon, pig lard, we create scenes like this for them.
- The location could change but the grief would be the same. Standing in line waiting to be slaughtered does not magically render the animals happy to smell blood and hear the screams of their friends and loved ones ahead of them in line.
- Going vegan= eliminates, among other things, the mourning a mother cow does when her child is ripped away so humans can steal her milk.
Many of us accept that animals love, play, fear and fight. We need not eat them to survive, therefore we cannot justify eating them for pleasure.


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Foreign Policy magazine has a profile of Mikey Weinstein and the first two sentences made me laugh:
Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein shares his hate mail with both friends and strangers the way elderly people show off photos of their grandkids. He has plenty of it to share.
I laugh because I'm one of the people with whom he shares that hate mail, many examples of which I've shared with my readers as well. Much of it is aimed at the fact that he is Jewish, which tells you just how deep Christian anti-Semitism still goes.
For the past four years, the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has been doing battle with a Christian subculture that, he believes, is trying to Christianize the U.S. armed forces with the help of a complicit Pentagon brass. He calls it the "fundamentalist Christian parachurch-military-corporate-proselytizing complex," a mouthful by which he means holy warriors in contempt of the constitutional barrier between church and state.
"The scary thing about all this," Weinstein says, "is it's going on not with the blind eye of the Pentagon but with its full and totally enthusiastic support. And those who are not directly involved are passive about it. As the Talmud says, 'silence is consent.'"
I think there's obviously some divisions within the military on this. It isn't the whole Pentagon that is behind it, and Mikey would be the first to say that there are some top brass who take the problem seriously and recognize it for what it is. But there are others who are knee deep in it, as the Christian Embassy video and other incidents have shown.
There are also, it is clear, base commanders and unit commanders who have been trying to build their own little fundamentalist fiefdoms, and often with great success. It only gets exposed when someone complains and soldiers are afraid to complain and risk their careers. How bad the problem is going to be will depend a great deal on what base you're on and whose unit you're in.
Some in the military can honestly say they've never seen those kinds of problems, while others see it every day. It will depend not only on the commanders but also on the attitude of the local chaplains. Get a reasonable chaplain who takes an ecumenical view of his job and you'll be fine; get a hardcore fundamentalist know-nothing and your life may be hell.


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It's time for FRESH LOOK – where I share a favourite green beauty item, shop or site that's revamped its look and branding! This is a completely new series – as are a lot of my series posts, but I'm diggin' the idea. Whaddya think?
This past month green beauty shop and native to Boston Follain revamped their website, and I am SO into it! From their layout to their swatches of product, right down to their ingredient descriptions and restricted ingredient list….Follain has GOT IT GOING ON!


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Being the New York Times: The Political Behaviour of a Newspaper
43 Pages Posted: 27 Sep 2004 Last revised: 15 May 2008
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Being the New York Times: The Political Behaviour of a Newspaper
Being the New York Times: The Political Behaviour of a Newspaper
I analyze a dataset of news from the New York Times, from 1946 to 1997. Controlling for presidential and congressional activity across issues, I find that during the presidential campaign the New York Times gives more emphasis to topics that are owned by the Democratic party (civil rights, health care, labor and social welfare), when the incumbent President is a Republican. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the New York Times has a Democratic partisanship, with some "watchdog" aspects, in that -during the presidential campaign-- it gives more emphasis to issues over which the (Republican) incumbent is weak. In the post-1960 period the Times displays a more symmetric type of watchdog behaviour, since during presidential campaigns it also gives more more coverage to the typically Republican issue of Defense when the incumbent President is a Democrat, and less so when the incumbent is a Republican.
Keywords: News, media, information, elections, media bias, New York Times, issue ownership
JEL Classification: D72, D78, L82
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We're big fans of LA Noire here at Dealspwn - check out our round table review for more on that. But it appears Rockstar's 1940s crime caper has bigger fans than us. Hideo Kojima, the acclaimed director of Snatcher, Zone of the Enders and, above all, Metal Gear Solid, has been praising LA Noire to Next-Gen today, claiming its patented MotionScan tech will "change the direction of adventure games".
"I'm very interested in [LA Noire], and I'm waiting for it to be released in Japanese," reveals Kojima during an interview held at Barcelona's GameLab conference. Surprisingly, however, Kojima has yet to play LA Noire, but he was invited to Team Bondi's studio to witness the facial performance capturing tech, MotionScan, first hand.
"The technology is absolutely fantastic," he said. "This technology, regarding facial expressions - that affect the outcome of the game - I think that's a huge element that from now on will change the direction of adventure games". Kojima is right; LA Noire's rampant success - it held the number one spot in the UK for a fair while, and shifted millions worldwide - will prompt other publishers to consider adapting MotionScan or similar tech in their existing production flow.
However, don't expect Kojima's next title - Zone of the Enders, please! - to feature tense interrogation scenes where you track a suspect's roving eyes or telling tics. "Nevertheless, for the next game I want to make, it isn't necessarily the technology I need," Kojima explains, "so I don't think it goes along with the next game I would like to create".
We'd like to congratulate Kojima on the Lifetime Achievement honor he was awarded with at GameLab, and hope to hear more from him on his next project very soon. [Next-Gen]


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The sole staffer is Tony Kuhn, an FCB senior vice president and veteran of the agency's former Chrysler Corp. business. Kim Gaynor, a former FCB executive vice president and also a veteran on its Chrysler account, is a consultant and will later be named Southfield president.
FCB is beleived to be targeting General Motors Corp., said executives close to the matter.
FCB has close ties to ex-Chrysler Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, who now has the same title at GM. FCB executives declined comment.
"We don't have any reviews going on except Saturn," said John Middlebrook, GM's vice president overseeing vehicle brand and corporate marketing. He denied any account moves involving FCB.


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Myke Cole's first novel, SHADOW OPS: Control Point, makes for excellent weekend reading. Oscar Britton is an Army officer turned fugitive sorcerer. Britton isn't a bad guy, but he is dangerous. He's manifested magical powers that he can't control (like thousands of others across the world) and the government he formerly worked for is now determined to collect and control him…or take him out.
Cole has the chops to write military fantasy. He's been a security contractor, government civilian, and military officer. He's worked everything from Counterterrorism to Cyber Warfare, in addition to serving three tours in Iraq and being recalled to serve during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The Library got a hold of Myke Cole to talk about good books, good movies, and a few other things between.
Mount Prospect Public Library: What are a few of your favorite nonfiction military books?
Myke Cole: Wow. There are so many that have been incredibly influential throughout my career. This is almost like asking me to pick my favorite fantasy novels or comic books. The problem is that they're pretty much all my favorites. Let me give you three:
The first is Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman's The Art of War in the Middle Ages. It's dated, but it has mapped layouts of most of the major battles I was interested in and forms the basis for many of my favorite table top historical wargames.
The second would have to be Carl Philip Gottfried von Clausewitz's Vom Kriege. I swear, I'm not just picking these guys because they have long names. Vom Kriege is the seminal text on modern warfare (the kind of warfare that company grade officers like myself have been trained to fight and is now being rendered partially obsolete by the rise of transnational insurgency). It has helped define how an entire generation of military leaders think about war. It has set our vocabulary, and given us a context for discussion.
The third is The Western Way of War, by Victor Davis Hanson. It's a foundational book that helps lay the ancient groundwork that would eventually become my trade.
Keep in mind, these are just three good books. They are not my three favorite by any means. You'll also want to read Martin Van Creveld's The Transformation of War, Mao Tse-Tung's On Guerrilla Warfare, Sun Tzu (and commentaries), Musashi, Fussel, Gibbon and on and on and on.
MPPL: What about your favorite military novels (of any genre)?
MC: Oh, man. You are not making this easy. I'd say for Military Science Fiction, you'll want to read Robert Buettner's Orphanage and Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series. Buettner is focused on ground combat and Campbell on fleet battles, but both are utterly authentic military stories. I wrote a reflection on Orphanage over at Tor.com. You can read it here.
My favorite Military Fantasy novels are Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, which reimagines the Napoleonic War with an aerial corps mounted on dragons. Novik is a real Jane Austen scholar. She gets the flavor of the period right and logically extrapolates how the dragons would impact Edwardian society.
You can't leave out Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes, which is an intensely military novel. The book takes place over three days of a single battle and is one of the most gripping stories I've ever read. Abercrombie's cast of scarred, battle-weary warriors is absolutely spot on, and he is a master of dialogue only rivaled by Scott Lynch.
Maybe also check out Robert Grave's Count Belisarius, which is a great war novel (dealing with ancient Byzantium), but it's a little hard to find these days.
MPPL: We're gonna do it. We're gonna kick that dead horse – what are your top three favorite military films?
MC: This is getting painful. The first, hands-down, is Black Hawk Down. It is the closest thing I know to decent media portrayal of real COIN (Counterinsurgency) operations using SOF (Special Operations Forces) elements.
The second would be Saving Private Ryan. Where Black Hawk Down deals mostly with elite professionals, Saving Private Ryan does a great job of examining the role of competent volunteers or reluctant amateurs who rise to the task and emerged changed from the crucible of battle. It's a fabulous film and really evokes the existential stakes of World War II.
The third isn't a movie, it's the HBO series Band of Brothers, based on the Stephen Ambrose book (which I should have mentioned above). It has a lot in common with Saving Private Ryan, but its longer, serial nature lets you really get involved in a large ensemble cast of characters in a way you can't in just two hours. In the end, what makes war really interesting is the same thing that makes all stories really interesting: You take people, put them in tough situations, and see what they do and how they change.
MPPL: This question is late to the dance. Do you even like to read or watch military-themed books and movies?
MC: Sure, I do. I chose armed service as a career because it fascinates me. Besides, it's really hard to find a book or movie that isn't military themed, especially in SF/F. The vast majority of genre fiction (which is my favorite kind) centers around some kind of violent struggle. This is even true of YA and Middle Grade fiction.
MPPL: The dead horse has a living twin. It wants to know what bands you couldn't live without.
MC: I'm not really a band guy. I listen mostly to movie soundtracks, or net radio. I like being exposed to new music that I wouldn't hear otherwise. When it's not movie soundtracks, I'm on net radio listening to music sung in languages other than English. Right now, I'm listening mostly to Arab and Persian language hip-hop and Hindi Bhangra. The best stuff in Arabic and Persian seems to be coming from refugees living in Europe, mostly France and the Netherlands.
MPPL: Twin horse wants to know, Beatles or Stones? What do you think this answer says about you and your world view?
MC: Neither. And I think that answers says I'm not some aging hipster. I'm kidding, of course. But it does illustrate a larger point: I know there are a lot of people who venerate "classics" in any media (music, literature, etc.). I certainly dip my toe in the classics, but I generally find that people do it better now. It's interesting to see where writers get their influences and how musical tradition builds on the other, but I almost always prefer the new over the old and I never understand why people get so…emotionally charged in their defense of the classic. Aren't we supposed to be progressing? Building on the foundations laid down before us? Striving to be faster, harder, stronger?
MPPL: Twin horse is a trained circus animal turned zombie. What would you do if it came rampaging (fast zombie style) against you in an alley and you didn't have any guns?
MC: The key to any kind of unarmed combat is commitment. If you see two people squaring off to fight, watch them closely. The person backing up is more than likely going to lose. The person advancing is more than likely going to win. There's also a principle of "explosive violence," which I learned here (it's one of the bigger schools where security contractors are trained before deploying). It's funny, one of the mottos I have in the SHADOW OPS universe is "Skill beats Will." That works for magic, but in real life, it's the opposite. Explosive violence is a low skill, high will approach.
Of course, all of this is designed to deal with human opponents. I would probably need to…uh…modify my approach somewhat against a trained zombie circus horse.
MPPL: We just Frankenstein-revivified that first rotting horse so it could trot out and ask you for a random string of favorite things. (Baby sloths, buffalo tofu, Army of Darkness, Alexander Dumas, AC/DC, When Harry Met Sally – for example). Anywhere between three items and infinity, please.
MC: Sushi, Trader Joe's snack foods (wasabi peas, snap-pea crisps, trail mix), formal gardens, social media, movie soundtracks, Carcassonne, San Juan, Kendo, indoor climbing, mochi ice-cream, Thai iced-tea, coffee, coffee, coffee, hard cider, wargames, Go-fast boats, guns, dogs, Apple gadgetry.
Bonus round: Two questions on writing…
MPPL: Your SHADOW OPS trilogy is set in the not so far-flung future. Does the past ever take your attention as a setting to write in? Do you have any Civil War mutant adventures in you?
MC: The modern military is where my experience and interests mostly lie. Chris Evans and Naomi Novik do the black powder thing better than I ever could, and I've already mentioned Joe Abercrombie for warband "low" medieval stuff. George R.R. Martin does "high" medieval better than anyone (and yes, I consider Song of Ice and Fire to be an extremely military story). So, historical period stuff isn't really my bag. I did write a trunk novel (rejected by my agent) set in a fantasy world that felt like 17th c. Poland, and I have an outline for a straight medieval fantasy, which I may pitch to my agent some day. But I have to say no. The present, near future is where I'd like to stay for at least the next 3 books (I have another series I'm pitching right now that is contemporary like SHADOW OPS).
MPPL: Name a facet of your writing process that is yet unknown to the general, prying public. Do you only drink a certain type of tea? Do you shadowbox and shout out stories like Robert E. Howard? Do you have to go for a walk before you sit down to write? Give us the goods.
MC: What continually amazes me is that now, after finally going full-time as a writer, I am finding it hard to find time to write. For one thing, my position in the reserve has exploded, and is essentially a full-time job for which I receive part-time pay. For another, I went full-time so that I could really dedicate myself to marketing and promotion as well as writing, only to find that the marketing and promotion piece is pretty much all-consuming. Add a shred of a social life to that, and I find myself unable to sit down to write sometimes until the evening (the same time I would if I was just getting home from an office job). For example: I got up at 7AM this morning. It's now 9AM and I haven't written a word. It's been all admin and marketing for the past 2 hours. When I finish answering these questions, I need to write a blog entry. But, not to worry. The first two SHADOW OPS books were turned in ahead of deadline. The third will be no different.
If you liked Control Point and want more military fantasy, click here.
Like military sci-fi? Click here.
Be on the lookout for more Myke Cole novels. Control Point was the first in a trilogy. Book two, Fortress Frontier, is due out in February 2013 from Ace Books. In the meantime, check out Cole's blog, Twitter and Facebook.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Demetrious Johnson might be a victim of his own success.
One of the things the UFC's flyweight champ has realized is that in all his title defenses, he doesn't get a new belt to add to his permanent collection. He's just got the one. Other champs, he said, have multiples.
So what gives? When posited to him that his bosses might be so used to him being the promotion's most dominant champion, on the verge of tying the record for consecutive title defenses held by all-time great Anderson Silva, he wasn't sure how to respond to his own greatness.
But pushed a little further, "Mighty Mouse" can admit there's a reason he's considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
"I think I'm one of the best in the world – there's not another guy out there who can mix it up as good as I can," Johnson told MMAjunkie today after a workout in support of his Saturday UFC on FOX 24 headliner in Kansas City, Mo.
But at the same time, anyone who believes he's been fully dominant through his nine straight title defenses and 10 straight title-fight wins overall might not have as good of a memory as he does about those fights.
"I've been in fights when I've gotten dropped multiple times in a fight," he said. "It's always funny – (people) look back at the Tim Elliott fight and go, 'Oh, that 1:45 was the toughest test (of your career),' and I go, 'You must've forgot about my first (John) Dodson fight, my friend. Or my Dominick Cruz fight. Or my Brad Pickett fight.' But I always remember the past and remember what I did to get here.
"If I get dropped, I'll make adjustments. If a guy keeps taking me down, I'll make adjustments. It's always about making adjustments, and I think there aren't a lot of guys out there who can make those adjustments in the fight."
On Saturday, Johnson (25-2-1 MMA, 13-1-1 UFC) will do his best to not have to make any adjustments against Wilson Reis (22-6 MMA, 6-2 UFC) when they fight in the main event for Johnson's 125-pound title. UFC on FOX 24 takes place at Sprint Center in Kansas City. The main card airs on FOX following prelims on FOX and UFC Fight Pass.
Johnson and Reis were supposed to fight this past summer at UFC 201, but a rare-for-him injury knocked Johnson out of the bout. Reis fought twice in the meantime, winning both, to stay in the hunt for his shot – even though he had to wait for Elliott, who got a crack at the belt after winning Season 24 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
When most fighters go into bouts with an attitude of "It's just another fight," for Johnson, "just another fight" has been "just another title fight" for years now. He almost certainly has gotten used to the pressure behind it – but doesn't plan on getting any kind of cocky about it, even if he's a heavy favorite like he almost always is.
"At the end of the day, it's another title fight for me," Johnson said. "One of my coaches told me a great quote: 'Don't celebrate when you're in the end zone unless you don't plan on being in there again.' I plan on being in this position for a long time in my career."
For more from Johnson ahead of his title fight with Reis, check out the video above. And watch his entire conversation with the media below.
And for more on UFC on FOX 24, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.


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Sony has shown a new budget priced model of the PSP at Gamescom – the PSP E-1000. Wasn't E-1000 the name of the bad guy in Terminator 2?
It's set to retail at 99 Euro (which works out at £86 by today's exchange rate) and resembles the original PSP rather than the horrid and flimsy beast that was the PSPgo.
There's no WiFi, presumably to keep costs down, but games can still be purchased from the PlayStation Store via Media Go or played from UMD. It'll have the same charcoal matte finish to match the slim PS3, because everybody loves to have matching consoles.
The PlayStation Blog reports that "PSP E-1000 will be available across PAL" suggesting that it might not be due for release in the US.
The PSP has a fine range of titles, including some brilliant RPGs, but you have to wonder what Sony's train of thought is here. The PSVita is just around the corner and the number of titles left for release on the original PSP is pitiful. A quick view of the 'coming soon' lists on both Game and Play reveals just 10 titles between them, three of which are annual sports updates.
Let's hope they're not going to be selling this one at a loss because they certainly aren't going to make that money back from new releases.


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Rockmond Dunbar to produce, direct 'Pastor'
EmptyRockmond Dunbar is making the leap into producing and directing with the indie drama "Pastor Brown."
Dunbar is producing with Carol Ann Shine and Re'Shaun Frear. Rock Capital Films' Steve Belser, Shaun Livingston of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and former NBA player Charles Oakley are on board as executive producers.
Now filming in Atlanta, "Pastor," penned by Rhonda Freeman-Baraka, is a twist on the prodigal son story. It follows a wayward pastor's daughter, Jesse Brown, as she returns from a life as an exotic dancer to make amends with her family and teen son and eventually lead her father's parish, becoming Pastor Brown.
Dunbar also stars in the film as Amir, a Muslim man who becomes the love interest of Brown, played by Salli Richardson Whitfield ("I Am Legend").
Rounding out the cast are Nicole Ari Parker, Keith David, Michael B. Jordan and Michael Beach. Tisha Campbell-Martin, Tasha Smith, Dondre T. Whitfield and Ernie Hudson also star. The film also features guest appearances by R&B singers Monica, Angie Stone and India.Arie as well as former Olympic track star Carl Lewis and Oakley.
The project marks Rock Capital Films' first foray into feature film production.
"The 'Pastor Brown' script and Rockmond Dunbar exemplify the standards we as a company aspire to, and this film seemed a natural and logical next choice for our company to completely finance as we expand our film division," Belser said.
Dunbar, repped by Fortitude and Untitled Entertainment, recently had a role in Tyler Perry's "The Family That Preys" for Lionsgate.


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30% chance of rain chases off 5% of cars
"We really lucked out," said Kathy Quatkeymeyer, a lead organizer for the four clubs that sponsor the event "And the spectators [uncounted, but typically close to 5,000] were wonderful."
Colorado Avenue was closed off between 23rd and 27th streets to make space for the free, 20th annual event, which has been held in Old Colorado City the last 17 years.
The best news for the show, Quatkeymeyer said, was that it raised more than $4,500 for Canine Companions, a national nonprofit that provides trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to people with disabilities.
Among the shiny cars parked on either side of the avenue was the MGTC 48 owned by Westside property owner Jim Goodwin. He said only 10,000 of them were built over 10 years, starting with a small run that included his in May 1948. An unusual original feature is the wood doors, wrapped with sheet metal and attached with brass nails.
Goodwin has owned the car since 2006. "I've done a lot of mechanical work on it," he said. "When I got it, it was just a show car, and you could barely drive it over 20 mph. Now you can drive it like a madman."
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The quartet's expressive powers came to the fore in the suave romanticism
of secular settings of the second half, including fascinating seldom-heard
music by familiar names. Arensky's beautifully smooth, subdued Night
and two Cui settings of Romanov, The Waves and Noon, contrasted
with a witty part-song, Serenade of Four Cavaliers, with both text
and music by Borodin. An original Romance, with words by Pushkin, sung by
the bass Dmitriev was notable for its lithe textures and always rich harmony.
These were interspersed with brighter, exuberant songs which clearly fired
the audience's enthusiasm, a rollicking drinking song by Napravnik,
chief conductor of the Maryinsky Theatre at the turn of the twentieth century,
and two jaunty Imperial Army songs, Blessing to the Tsar, and the
folkish In the year of 1893 about the Cossacks crossing the Vistula,
whose swooping 'Hey Hey' choruses were here relished with humour. Their
bonhomie extended to the charming encore, an ingenious jazz arrangement
-- a la Kings Singers -- of Baa Baa Black Sheep which the
Konevets delivered in excellent, swinging, English, with panache. This was
just the type of unusual programming that makes the Springboard concerts
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Future Concerts of the Eighth Series of Music at the Wallace Collection:
11am-12noon at the Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London WC1, UK. Tickets 15 pounds, including coffee and croissant and a chance to view the magnificent museum.
24 November 2002 - Nicolas Koeckert, violin (Prize winner, 2002 Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow), Milana Cheryavska, piano - Beethoven, Ravel, Saint-Saens
1 December 2002 - Filippo Gamba, piano (1st Prize, at the Geza Anda International Piano Competition, Zurich, 2000) - Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven
For details of the Friends of Springboards Concerts Trust, including priority booking, contact The Friends' Co-ordinator, 4 Caithness Road, London W14 0JB, UK.


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#10 on the Bucket List complete! We travel to live - to feel alive - and Skydiving is an experience that awakens every part you!
Most backpackers to New Zealand have Skydiving on their to do list. Taupo is home to New Zealand's largest lake and is surrounded by green mountainous nothingness - which makes it a scenic destination to face to your fears.
Your journey begins in a Limo and a short drive out to the drop zone. Here the briefing takes place before you are strapped into a bright blue jump suit and harness.
You board the bright pink plane and head for the skies! For a moment your nerves disappear as you marvel at the stunning views below you. As you reach closer to the top, you are handed an oxygen mask - this is when you start to second guess whether or not this is a 'normal' thing to do.
Before you know it the door is lifted as the wind gushes in. Last minute instructions are given by the man strapped to your back as the superman like figure seated in front of you disappears into the abyss.
Your instructor shuffles you to the edge - and for the brave this is the scariest view of them all - your tiny legs dangling 15,000 ft above the ground. And then... before you know it... You let go!
This is it - the moment when you surrender yourself to complete insanity. You are weightless, falling and free: spinning and swirling through the clouds. All nerves disappear as euphoria takes hold and the 60 second free fall soon becomes the best experience of your life.
The parachute is pulled and you suddenly enter a calmness. You have accomplished the scariest part and now you have a moment to really enjoy the views. You glide and float your way back to the safe haven of the ground: head rushing, heart racing and buzzing with a big, fat dose of pure adrenalin - a feeling that most of us junkies thrive for and a feeling that we can only gain from overcoming our fears - A MUST DO!


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Betancuria is located on the west coast of the island of Fuerteventura. It is the smallest municipality with the population under 1000 (2015) and the area just over 100 km2 (about 40 square miles). Betancuria is located on the west coast of the island of Fuerteventura with neighbours Puerto del Rosario (north), Antigua (east) and Pajara (south). Given its landlocked location, Betancuria is not a beach resort at all. Unlike plenty other towns and villages on the island, it has a fair amount of historical and cultural heritage. It is located just about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Fuerteventura Airport.
In a tiny village Vega de Rio Palmas is located the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Peña, patroness of Fuerteventura. Every September, a festival is held in honour with great popular participation.
Another population centre is a bit north, in Valle de Santa Inés, where can be found the chapel Ermita de Santa Inés, built shortly after the conquest.
There's also Museum of Sacred Art and the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Betancuria (town).
With just over 800 inhabitants Betancuria is the least populated municipality in Canary Islands.
History of Betancuria (town)
Betancuria is named after Jean de Béthencourt (French explorer from Normandia), who founded the town Betancuria with Gadifer de la Salle (French knight and crusader of Poitevine) in 1404. Betancuria Valley was the first settlement of the island and the first capital of Fuerteventura and of the whole Kingdom of the Canary Islands. Since the conquest, Betancuria became home to a number of government, religious and administrative bodies (council, courts, etc.).
In 1593 it was virtually wiped out by a Berber invasion, the Cathedral Church of Santa María de Betancuria was destroyed, although it was rebuilt years later.
Since the nineteenth century, Betancuria was gradually losing power to other towns (thanks to their economic development), such as Pajara, La Oliva, Antigua and Puerto de Cabras (Puerto del Rosario). In 1834 it lost the title of capital of the island when Antigua became the new capital.
The Archeology Museum (Casa Museo Arqueologico y Etnografico), the Betancuria Museum (Casa Museo de Betancuria) and the Museum of Sacred Art (Museo de Arte Sacro) constitute the main attraction hub in Betancuria. The Church of Santa Maria de Betancuria should also be visited once in Betancuria given this religious edifice is part of the historical heritage of the place.
Despite the apparently scarce tourist opportunities in Betancuria, the town is said to be the single locality on Fuerteventura which has been able to preserve much of its genuine Canarian character unadulterated by the tourism boom. At the same time, some believe Betancuria is one of the few places on the island where local traditional cuisine is strictly observed, which is always an incentive in terms of gastronomic tourism.
Tourist Information Office in Betancuria:
It's always handy to have tourist information office details when you visit Betancuria. They can provide info on site and may show you some some pearls you wouldn't know they even exist on the island.
Address: 6, Juan de Bethancourth, 35631, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Spain
Telephone: 0034 928 878 092
Fax: 0034 928 878 233
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.aytobetancuria.org
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am to 14pm
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Two Characters, Three Times Each – UPDATED!
Posted by Brock in Blog, Reviews on 02. May, 2012 | Comments Off
A few years back I resurrected this conversation on the Hollywood Saloon forums, and it turned into quite the lively discussion. It was a trivia question I heard in college, and back in the 1990s there was quite the specific answer because there were so few actors who qualified.
The question is this: What actors or actresses have played two different characters at least three times each?
The example we give is the most obvious answer: Harrison Ford. Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones and Han Solo. Two different characters the actor has played at least three times each. Two different movies series.
With the sequel explosion in Hollywood in the 1990s and 2000s, this list has quadrupled.
The conversation on the Saloon forums was terrific and resulted in additions to the list that should have been counted back in college, but our movie knowledge wasn't vast enough then. And new additions were pointed out and fun was had batting back and forth actors who qualified for inclusion.
The reason I resurrected this conversation, and am posting it here on But, I Digress…, is to keep the conversation going because there are new members to this exclusive club all the time!
While not AS exclusive as it once was, it is still quite the short list. Please note that for a film to qualify, it had to have a substantial release domestically in the United States.
Below is the list of elite actors who now qualify for this unique distinction. And for the fun of it, we are keeping a tally of the actors who are on the cusp – one movie away from being included on this exclusive list.
UPDATE! – The latest addition is the third female to our list, Anna Faris, with her reprisal of Jeanette the Chipmunk in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. The first role she played three times was Cindy Campbell is 4 movies in the Scary Movie franchise. Interestingly enough, she is on the cusp of joining the 3/3 club, as she played Sam Sparks in two Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs movies.
Here is the updated list:1. Harrison Ford: Indiana Jones, Han Solo 2. Sylvester Stallone: Rocky Balboa, John Rambo, Barney Ross** 3. Mel Gibson: Mad Max, Martin Riggs 4. Clint Eastwood: Man with No Name, Dirty Harry 5. Talia Shire: Connie Corleone, Adrian Balboa 6. Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Professor Charles Xavier 7. Hugo Weaving: Elrond, Agent Smith, Megatron** 8. Ian McKellan: Gandolf, Magneto 9. James Earl Jones: Darth Vader, James Greer 10. Frank Oz: Yoda, Miss Piggy; Fozzie Bear; Animal; etc. 11. Judge Reinhold: Billy Rosewood, Dr. Neil Miller 12. Michael York: D'Artagnan, Basil Exposition 13. Warwick Davis: Professor Flitwick, Leprechaun 14. George Kennedy: Joe Patroni, Captain Ed Hocken 15. Christopher Lee : Dracula, Fu Manchu, Sarumon, Count Dooku** 16. Mike Myers: Austin Powers/Dr. Evil, Shrek 17. Eddie Murphy: Axel Foley, Donkey 18. Jackie Chan: Kevin Chan Ka Kui, Chief Inspector Lee 19. Orlando Bloom: Legolas, Will Turner 20. Matt Damon: Jason Bourne, Linus Caldwel 21. Tim Allen: Buzz Lightyear, Santa Claus 22. Samuel L. Jackson: Mace Windu, Nick Fury 23. Eddie Kaye Thomas: Finch, Rosenberg 24. John Cho: John the MILF Guy, Harold 25. Leo Gorcey: Ethelbert "Muggs" McInnis/McGinnis/Maloney, Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
26. Huntz Hall: Glimpy, Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones 27. William Powell: Philo Vance, Nick Charles 28. Antonio Bandaras: Gregorio Cortez, Puss In Boots 29. Ben Stiller: Gaylord "Greg" Focker, Alex the Lion, Larry Daley** 30. Michael Caine: Harry Palmer, Alfred Pennyworth 31. Gary Oldman: Sirius Black, James Gordon 32. Tyrese Gibson: USAF Master Sergeant Epps, Roman Pierce 33. Vin Diesel: Dominic Toretto, Riddick 34. Jason Statham (Frank Martin, Lee Christmas) 35. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Trench) 36. Owen Wilson (Kevin Rawley, Jedidiah) 37. Liam Neeson (Aslan, Bryan Mills) 38. Famke Janssen (Jean Gray, Lenore St. John) 39. Don Cheadle (Basher Tarr, Col. James Rhodes) 40. Anna Faris (Cindy Campbell, Jeanette the Chipmunk) Honorable Mention: Michael J. Fox : Marty McFly, Stuart Little*
*Stuart Little 3 was not a theatrical release, but it is still him playing the same character
**Saruman appears in the extended edition of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, not the original theatrical release. With The Clone Wars (2008), Christopher Lee will become the first member of the 3 and 3 club. And with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Christopher Lee became the sole member of the 4 and 3 club. Hugo Weaving, Sylvester Stallone and Ben Stiller are also members of the 3 and 3 club.
On the cusp: Actors one movie away from getting on the board
Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes), Tom Hanks (Woody, Robert Langdon), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox, God), Keanu Reeves (Neo, Ted "Theodore" Logan), Ice Cube (Craig Jones, Calvin Palmer, Jr., Nick Persons), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort, Hades, M [eventually]), Bruce Willis (John McClane, Church, Frank Moses), John Ratzenberger (Hamm, Mack), Will Smith (Agent J, Mike Lowry), Martin Lawrence (Big Momma, Marcus Burnett), Jonathan Pryce (Governor Swan, The President [G.I. Joe movies]), Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lector, Odin), Natalie Portman (Padme Amidala, Jane Foster), Justin Bartha (Doug [the Hangover trilogy], Riley Poole [National Treasure])
On the cusp part 2: Actors one movie away from getting on the board yet highly unlikely to make it
Cameron Diaz, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Guttenberg, Sean Connery, William Shatner, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Tommy Lee Jones, Chevy Chase, Gene Hackman, Christopher Lloyd, Emilio Estevez, Burt Reynolds, Robert DeNiro, John Rhys-Davies, John Travolta, Cate Blanchett, Robbie Coltraine, Jada Pinkett Smith, Emma Thompson, Maggie Smith, Chuck Norris, Kurt Russell, Chris Evans, Elijiah Wood, Chris Rock, Burgess Meredith (deceased), Jim Varney (deceased), Robin Williams (deceased)
Until 2014, perhaps the most interesting thing about this list was that it included only one woman. And she has been on the list from the beginning of this trivia question, and was usually the one that EVERYONE missed. That woman was Talia Shire.
And through the conversation, we learned that Eastwood's Man With No Name is more than likely not the same character in all three movies, but since we aren't 100% sure, and the court of public opinion usually names him as one of the actors – I know I did when I heard the question the first time! – we include him on the list.
Here is a link to the current discussion on the Hollywood Saloon forums: Movie Trilogy Challenge. We are also discussing this topic in the Hollywood Saloon Facebook Group, where some of the more recent additions were brought to my attention.
Here is a link to the original resurrected discussion on the old Hollywood Saloon forums: Fun Movie Trivia Question
I will post updates to this list as they come about. Perhaps I will even find a better way to organize the list, too. Right now it seems so random. If you have any suggestions for additions for the list or of actors who are on the cusp of making this list, please let me know.


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I'm tired of hearing all these libtards complaining. He won fair and square. He is going to be a way better president then Obama ever was and way better then what Killary would of been. Sure, he said things that might of offended some people. But at least he had the balls to admit when he was wrong. Killary would lie repeatedly, and then when she was caught in one of her lies, she would lie again. So many people are "educated" by the media. You need to do the research and see what is really going on. The media is not always right.
Remember when it everybody accused our side of saying it was all rigged and being insane? Now look at who's calling everything rigged. The people who thought they were guaranteed an oligarchy--err, I mean Clinton presidency. What a joke. You lost, We won. Deal with it. Accept the decision of the people.
He played fair and square, and won in a landslide victory in a rigged system, millions of illegal immigrants voted repeatedly for Hillary, dead people voted for Hillary, and Democrats voted up to 83 times for Hillary, yet he beat her hands down, and Hillary herself even admitted that he won.
Yes, Donald Trump will actually win the elections. According to his set goals, i believe he will achieve. In fact he is a strong leader and therefore he will bring a change in the United States. Trump's only weak point is sounding like a dictator, but i hope he maintains the democratic rule.
No, it doesn't seem like Donald Trump won honestly. On election night he suddenly came out way ahead when just hours before he only had one long-shot chance. The states he happened to win had many returns that came in late in key precincts for Hillary. And the voter turnout didn't even match.
I'm not really sure. So I can't say he did, I think there was interference from Comey and the FBI in this election, which I'd say wasn't fair, but I don't know that there was anything "rigged" in the voting process itself. The electoral college is a massive mess and needs an overhaul, but again, not sure if it's rigged.
It is true that Donald Trump secured the electoral votes he needed to win the election, and I don't believe there was anything askew with the voting. However, I don't think honesty was much of something that Trump showed at all through his campaign, and therefore find it a poor choice of wording when discussing the results of the election.


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Spring Fruit SaladFrom cholerecipes 10 years ago
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- Any other fruit you just LOVE--pears, kiwi, mangos, peaches, plums. Beware--bananas overwhelm this dish. Use them at your own risk. shopping list
How to make it
- Mix whipped cream and sorbet together by hand. Mixture may be lumpy as sorbet softens.
- Add cream cheese in spoonfuls. Use electric blender 1-2 minutes. Again, don't be concerned if mixture is still lumpy. It's all good.
- Put mixture in freezer to set.
- Chop slice and prepare all fruit.
- Toss in a bowl. and drain excess fluid.
- RIGHT BEFORE SERVING--gently blend sauce mixture and fruit.
- SERVE in a bowl or over angel food cake.
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I suffer from severe migraines and my doctor just (two weeks ago) added elavil to my daily regiment of 50mg of topamax in the am and 75mg of topamax in the PM. I am only taking 50 mg of elavil at night, cannot handle the additional 25 mg during the day. I am fortunate to have a very understanding boss and a flexible schedule, but feel like I am Rip vanWinkle. I will fall asleep around 10 or 11 at night and easily sleep until 2 or 3 in the afternoon, through the alarm, construction on the house next door (with my windows open). I was sleepy before, just on the topamax, but not like this. When I do wake up, I am up and alert, very dry mouthed and tongue-tied, but alert. With just the topamax I was drowsy on a regular basis (i think). Any help or suggestions would be great. thanks a bunch!
How much of an effect does Elavil have on sleep?
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- 10 October 2012
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I have been on Elavil for almost 2 years but I am given 25mg a night. It seems to be really decent sleep aid. I usually get 6 to 8 hours of sleep. Maybe an adjustment lowering the dosage you take to 25mg a day. Also it does have the added benefit of mood adjustment. It is an antidepressant.
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