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Toro Y Moi shares new album, Outer Peace: Stream
Written by B87FM on January 10, 2019
Toro Y Moi is set to return next week, January 18th, with his new album, Outer Peace. In anticipation, you can listen to an advanced stream of the 10-track LP via NPR.
The follow-up to 2017's Boo Boo, Outer Peace finds Toro Y Moi mastermind Chaz Bear taking his sound in a funky new direction. A number of collaborators assisted him in "music for a creative mind," icluding WET ("Monte Carlo"), ABRA ("Miss Me"), and Instupendo ("50-50").
Speaking with NPR, Bear called that latter collaboration one of his favorite songs on the LP:
"It's very forwardly pop. It's more of a straightforward pop song, and that's something that I've always been afraid to attack: something that's so simple, it's just a sub and vocals with Auto-Tune. To me, that recipe was always like, 'Eh, that's cliché.' But to take those cliché elements and try to do something fresh with it was the challenge, and I really enjoyed that."
Bear also said Outer Space is geared towards computer-based creatives. "Technology is allowing people to become creative at home and become almost like entrepreneurs just from their desks," he said. "I felt like that's who I really wanted to connect with [on this album] — the people that are grinding behind the computer in a creative way."
The album was previewed with the singles "Ordinary Pleasure" and "Freelance". Stream the entire thing over at NPR, and watch the "Freelance" video below. Toro Y Moi will support the album with a short winter tour.
Outer Peace Artwork:
Outer Peace Tracklist:
01. Fading
02. Oridnary Pleasure
03. Laws of the Universe
04. Miss Me (feat. ABRA)
05. New House
06. Baby Drive It Down
07. Freelance
08. Who Am I
09. Monte Carlo (feat. WET)
10. 50-50 (feat. Instupendo)


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How do you know when a (earlobe) piercing is healed?
I got my ear pierced on the 26th of January, about five weeks ago. I want to know if it has healed or if I can wait a bit before going like hours or days without an earring. Thanks for any help.
I got my ear pierced on the 26th of January, about five weeks ago. I want to know if it has healed or if I can wait a bit before going like hours or days without an earring. Thanks for any help.
My friend and I want to get our ears (lobes) pierced and our mom's have agreed but she goes to a school that doesn't allow piercings. Is there a way to cover them up when she goes to school? Thanks!
When it's been pierced for 8 months Like how long can you leave an earring out before it closes/can't get earring back in?
lately my left earlobe is red and a bit swollen, sometimes it feels better (and quite normal), but whenever i try to put an earring on ,for the following few days i cant put an earring back in and it hurts a lot.
i got my earlobe pierced 3 weeks ago.. it swelled a bit before cause the back was too tight, but i loosened it. i tried taking it off today, i guess i irritated it a bit and it bleeded
I know I asked already, but more opinions don't hurt. It's been officially 6 weeks since I got my ear lobe piercing, but about 2 weeks ago, I was in a rush, and I wore my shirt really fast, and the collar scraped against the piercing. It hurt only until I put sea salt (h2Ocean) [...]
I have one ear piercing (lobe) since I was about 10, and now I want another–right beside it;; I think It's called the cartilage piercing?? How do I ask my parents about it??
um i probably got it done about a year and a half ago. around my third piercing on my lobe there's a lump on both ears. i don't know how to get rid of it. and it looks bad. help please.
I am getting second earlobe piercings and plan on stretching them (probably to about an 6g or 4g at the most). Is the distance between the first and second important? Should I ask the piercer to leave a little extra space between the two?
I recently have my ears pierced. I was told to mix sea salt with water to clean my piercing. Why is it bad to clean my piercing with rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide?

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Round-up of Daily violence in Iraq - Sunday 26 April 2009
The daily Iraqi violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It's posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy's Washington Bureau.
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked a checkpoint of Iraqi army in al Karama neighborhood in east Mosul on Saturday evening.
A policeman was killed after insurgents broke in his house in alKhadraa area in east Mosul on Sunday morning.
An American military unit in Wasit province raided a house in the 14th of July neighborhood in downtown Kut city at dawn, the Iraqi national police said. A man and woman were killed in the raid and four men were arrested by the American troops, including a police officer, the police said. The U.S. confirmed the incident but said six suspected terrorists were detained. In a statement, the U.S. said the man who died was a suspected terrorist and the woman who died was killed accidently. "During the engagement, a woman in the area moved into the line of fire and was also struck by gunfire," the U.S. said. "A Coalition forces medic treated her on site, but she died of her wounds before she could be evacuated." The U.S. said the raid was "fully coordinated and approved by the Iraqi government."
- A roadside bomb targeted a national police patrol in Dora neighborhood in southern Baghdad around 9:30 p.m. One policeman was killed and another one was wounded.


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Ah convertibles, the joys of open air driving while getting sun burnt, a lack of structural roof over your head and the inevitable fabric decay.
Difficultly level: 7/10 - not higher because a lot of the work was tedious or awkward positioning. Sitting in your back seat, over the back, underneath a glass window creates a nice greenhouse effect.
Day 1 was the removal process, taking pictures of where everything went (took 45 less pictures than I should have taken). Sunburn.
Decade old spider
Day 2 was purchasing an EZ up and working in it while it rained. Trying to figure out all the little differences and techniques. EG: using the liquid cement to tack the top to the tack strip, bolt it down, back it out bringing the positioned top with it to staple.
Pobably a lot easier as a two man job but I'm stubborn. It's not perfect but I did save myself somewhere near $1k in cost and would have been trying to find every little imperfection.
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MDT308 Techniques of Meditation: Mahamudra
May 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until 05/18/2019
MDT308 Techniques of Meditation: Mahamudra
with Yangsi Rinpoche and (5 weeks) with Roger Jackson
Wednesdays 6-8 pm
This course will continue with instruction in meditation based on the practices established in MDT 303 (fall semester), with a focus on deepening Shiné (calm abiding) and practicing Mahāmudrā instructions for realizing the conventional and ultimate natures of the mind.
The subject matter will parallel the topics of Buddhist philosophy featured in PHL308. The course will be taught in an interactive format, allowing students the opportunity to learn specific meditations as directed by the instructor, practice them, and discuss their experiences in class.
Part of this class will include regular meditation sessions out of class, the keeping of a sitting journal, and the opportunity for discussion of the effect of these practices on the individual's mind. If desired, the committed student will have the opportunity to work with the instructor to design a personal meditation practice.
This course meets degree requirements as the equivalent of MDT304: Techniques of Meditation A Dose of Emptiness.


text: The "poster party for bike people" called ARTCRANK has a simple premise: make it easy to cram craft beers, bikes, and upwards of 40 affordable, yet carefully handmade posters (designed exclusively by local artists) into one pleasant evening. You can check it all out this weekend in Minneapolis. But what's more, it doesn't particularly matter how much you ride, or if you ride at all.


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Important Announcement: This Home is Growing/
Pastor Rob Wilton and his family have accepted God's call to become the Lead Pastor of Preaching and Vision for Downtown Baptist Church in Orlando, FL. He will be sent out at the end of 2017 to expand the Gx Network and ministry of Vintage Church. Pastor Rob will be officially presented to Downtown Baptist Church on June 25 and will remain in New Orleans serving as our Founding and Lead Pastor until the end of 2017.
For the remainder of 2017, Pastor Rob will continue to serve with the following goals:
- Work alongside the Vintage Pastors and Vision Team to call the next Lead Pastor and other future leaders.
- Continue preaching and leading alongside the Vintage Leadership.
- Build a stronger framework of partnership for the Gx Network.
- Transition leadership responsibilities for other ministries.
- Begin to implement new ministry at Downtown Baptist Church.
As the Lead Pastor of Preaching and Vision for Downtown Baptist Church, Pastor Rob will also continue to serve alongside Vintage Church in 2018 in the following ways:
- Advisory Board Member of Vintage Church
- Director of the Gx Network
We would like to invite all Vintage Partners and those aspiring to be Partners for a special night of vision at Vintage Jefferson (6:30–7:30p) on Monday, June 12. (Childcare will be provided). We will share more details about this announcement and other future plans. As we prepare for this night, please send any questions or comments to firstname.lastname@example.com before our meeting. We are excited to continue serving alongside the Wilton family as we together live the Gospel, serve the city, and be the church in New Orleans, Orlando, and beyond!
Grace and Peace,
Vintage Church Pastors
For a more detailed explanation you can read the manuscript of Pastor Rob's Vision Talk on Sunday, June 11th. You can also watch the video of the vision talk given on Sunday, June 11.


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9 reasons I may be the stupidest person I know
January 6, 2013 § 1 Comment
So for the most part I consider myself intelligent. I read books without any pictures, I can carry on a conversation about current events, I can write coherent sentences & I even teach students, so I know I don't lack knowledge. All that beng said every once in a while I'm reminded of how utterly stupid I can be. Maybe stupidity isn't the right word just totally unaware of the obvious (no I can't sugar coat it it's stupidity) Now since I consider you all friends I'm going to share 7 stories of utter stupidity with you so you can all feel better about yourselves & get a laugh at my expense. Ok here we go:
1) I just realized that if you put Kanga and Roo from Winnie the Pooh together it's a Kangaroo (no seriously this blew my mind)
2) I thought the Hatfield's & The McCoy's was a mini-series on Enron & Bernie Madoff
3) In Cast Away with Tom Hanks I just thought Wilson was a clever name. Imagine my surprise when I was in WalMart & saw a whole bunch of volley ball's with Wilson on them. You may think I put and two together but no I said "Oh they renamed them because of the film"
4) As me and Ben were taking a hike one day he asked me "Hey do you know what the Rock says?" to which I answered "Umm duh, "Can you smell what the Rock is cooking" I didn't see why suddenly he was crying in laughter. Between him gasping for breathe he pointed to a historical monument in the shape of a rock with writing on it. Apparently he had meant the actual Rock and not my favorite wrestler turned actor The Rock.
5) Another Tom Hanks shocker in the movie Forrest Gump I was always baffled by why they showed Forrest with John Lennon. When we were watching that particular part I voiced my confusion for this "This part of the film doesn't make any sense. Every other part has a point why is he having a conversation with John Lennon that leads nowhere" Ben just put on the song "Imagine" & walked out of the room with his head down.
6) Ben was watching the movie Amadeus and I asked what it was about. He gave me a blank stare and said "Umm Mozart" to which I said "What does Amadeus have to do with Mozart?" Apparently Mozart had a first name-who knew?
7) I thought Napoleon crossed the Delaware not George Washington (they both had blue jackets with buttons it's confusing)
8) Jersey Boys turns out is not a musical adaption of "The Jersey Shore"(although I still say it would sell like crazy)
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9) All these years I have been mishearing the song lyrics to a Prince song. I was singing in the car and Ben gave me one of his looks "What are you singing?" "this song" I replied "It's Raspberry Beret not Raspberry Chevrolet. Why would you think it said Chevrolet?" "I thought it was the sequel to "Little Red Corvette"" It was not.
Hopefully after reading these if you are ever feeling down you can say "well at least I'm not as dumb as that woman" YOUR WELCOME.
{ even my cat needed a hysterectomy }
November 21, 2012 § 1 Comment
Oh you read the headline right, I pretty sure I am like a magnet to a compass only I destroy all uterus's that come in my vincity. I'm pretty sure I might be the Bermuda Triangle of reproductive health.About two weeks ago we started to see a stray cat at our back door and slowly began trying to lure it with food (hell I would go into a strangers house if they had random free treats), finally we built up enough trust to get her inside. We had every intention of giving her a warm bed and meal and then off to our local shelter in the morning. However 1 hour later and one huge set of Puss'n'Boots eyes later it was pretty clear she wasn't going anywhere. The next day I had a appointment with the vet to get her checked out, as they ran all the tests I was in the waiting room ready Dog Fancy. The vet soon called me back and gave me a run down of all the things wrong with her but easily fixed but then came this statement "and she's pregnant!" "Pregnant?" Great of all the kittens I had to take in I got the town tramp.Oh god what if she was a cat hooker and her pimp will be coming looking for her. As understanding as Ben had been about one cat I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be able to hide a littler of kittens (although I was already starting to think of hiding places, that's not a kitten it's just one of those googly eye cat clocks) As I was absorbing this information he leaned in, looked both ways and whispered "However, we can fix that with the spay, if your beliefs allow you" Holy crap he's talking about a kitty abortion (perhaps I'm naive but I didn't know there was such a thing) I am a feminist by nature and always vote for pro-choice but I didn't know the rules for cats. Then I had this vision of me walking in the door and being surrounded by cat protesters with their pro-life signs & heckling us by throwing cat toys. Would she be shunned by the community & become an outcast amongst the other animals. Does Roe vs Wade apply to cats?
Let me fast forward to the next appointment where the vet comes out and says "Well she's not pregnant she just has an infected, inflamed uterus" (Ahhh this brings me back) With that information my new kitty had to have a hysterectomy. After all the drama that I had to go through to get one I was a little amazed all it took was me saying "Ok". No "what if she wants children someday?", "she's not getting any younger" or "maybe she should go home and ask her husband first" (oh yeah that happened to me) Just hey she's sick lets take it out. She didn't have to put her paw on a paper that said "we can't put it back" (yes that happened to me as well) Just a 3 days, mine took me just under 10 years.
Last night we were all curled up on the couch me, Ben, Page (our first cat) and Zephyr (our new cat) not one uterus between the four of us. I'm sure Ben was feeling out numbered and thanking his lucky stars that cats don't go through menopause or he wouldn't have a chance.
{ weddings are just proms for adults }
October 21, 2012 § Leave a comment
Tonight I got to watch my niece get ready for her first homecoming dance & I discovered one of the reasons getting older sucks. It's not the number, or the fact you fall asleep at 9:00, it's not even the fact that you are holding on to the hope to one day fit back into those jeans, it's the fact that nothing is as exciting as those moments when you are growing up. Seriously, what is as fun as going to your friends house the night of a dance, all of you packed in the bathroom & putting on your makeup (horribly I might add) & having someone else do your hair? When's the last time you felt as pretty as when you were in high heels that didn't really fit & lip smackers Dr. Pepper flavor, was the height of sophistication? Was my prom like it was in Pretty in Pink, heck no I'm still waiting for Andrew McCarthy to show up and no one ever spiked the punch(seriously in movies where do those kids get a flask, I'm 30 and don't know where to get a flask).
What was my prom like you might ask? First of all I went with a closeted junior so he was more interested in the waiters than he was of me. I also learned never go to any event with a man who wears more glitter than you do. Anyway, I really wanted to go with John and I was absolutely head over heels for him and the whole night I just hoped for the perfect high school movie ending (him & his date would be dancing and he would look at me and realize he had been in love with me this whole time, he would push her out of the way and ask me to dance and then a slow song from Ricard Marx would come on-Perfect ending). Instead the dance ended and me and my friends had a sleep over and ate Doritos all night-whats better than that? And that was my point of my rambling (yes there was a point) even though the night wasn't perfect it was still full of possibilities.(PS if you were hoping for me to say I found John on Facebook years later and he was fat & ugly, I hate to tell you but he is even better looking, has a full head of hair & owns a boat-but on the flip side my gay date is a now male go-go dancer in NYC)
So it got me and my sister law trying to think of what our age comparison would be and we figured attending weddings is the closest thing us grown ups get to an "adult prom". Some comparisons:
- Highschool Dance: You keep hoping that the boy you like will pull you in his arms Weddings: You hope that creepy guy in the corner doesn't grap your ass during the locomotion
- Highschool Dance: You hope for a slow dance so you have an excuse to get close to your date Weddings: You pray they won't play a slow song because you have no idea where the hell your date went to or he's part of the weeding party so you are forced to sit alone
- Highschool Dance: You are so excited to get dressed up & put on makeup Weddings: You wonder why the hell you had to dress up on a Saturday, this is the day for PJ's. You have to get dressed up everyday for work the last thing you want to do is have to do your hair on a weekend
- Highschool Dance: Your date buys you a corsage Weddings: Your date buys you shit & complains about how he's stuck at this wedding
- Highschool Dance: You get to have a sleepover at your friends house Weddings: The only time is acceptable to stay with your friends is when your house is flooded or full of bugs
- Highschool Dance: There's free food!! Weddings: You had to buy them a $80 blender to get a crappy piece of chicken
- Highschool Dance: You go home floating on cloud nine Weddings: You wonder how the hell that troll looking girl just got married and you are still without a ring
- Highschool Dance: You look forward to see the poster go up in the gym for the next dance Weddings: You get your invitation and you wonder if you can pretend it got lost in the mail
- Highschool Dance: You will never feel prettier Weddings: As a bridesmaid, you will never feel uglier
- Highschool Dance: You are embarrassed that your parents had to drop you off & then pick you up Weddings: You wish you had someone to drive you because there is an open bar
{ duct tape & the D cup }
August 2, 2012 § 3 Comments
I recently had a striking loss in my life, that's right my favorite bra is on it's last legs (well straps). You know that bra that no matter what outfit you have on it makes you look amazing. The bra that no matter what cut of neckline it always works. The bra that somehow never needs adjusting and is so comfortable you can sleep all night in it. You know the bra that when you finally find the perfect size, cut, brand and color; they suddenly stop selling. I mean it's like it never existed not online or in the stores. Ask the saleswoman and she'll give you a blank stare like you have invented a ghost bra that never existed. Did little bra elves and fairies drop this one bra in the store just for you and then never to be heard from again? But needless to say when you have "the bra" you want to keep it for as long as humanly possible, you make sure it goes in the locked safe just in case you get robbed.
Unfortunately the other day it happened. I was lifting a huge box and I hear a rip (I was overjoyed to see my pants were still in tact and my ass was not exposed) But upon closer inspection I found that my favorite bras underwire had broken in two and was jetting outside of the fabric. That's right I have worn it so many times that the metal gave way. Now what would a normal person do? They would buy a new bra and be done with it. What did I do? I got some medical tape and taped it back together. So my beautiful black lace bra now has a huge mass of plastic tape around the bottom. Yes I am aware that it looks insane and probably looks as ridiculous as those people that attach their car windows with duct tape and plastic bags, but I was not giving up hope.
So I am wearing my bra and quite frankly pretty darn impressed with myself and my combination of MacGyver & Project Runway smarts. From the outside you can't even tell, like always it looks perfect and my outfit looks amazing. So I didn't hestitae wearing it to my doctors appointment. It was just a rountine checkup, he usually just asks me to breathe, checks my throat and I'm out of there. We are in the middle of take a deep breathe in, when he says "Michelle Your breathing is a little uneven and your heart rate is a little elevated I would like to an EKG just to make sure there's no cause for alarm. I'm going to get a nurse in here but I need to you get in a gown but you can keep your bra on" Then it hits me, not that I might have some weird heart diesease but I a wearing my bra that is held together by tape and dreams.Shit what the hell am I supposed to do? I guess I could run out of here & blame it on the hormones, it also occurs to me that I could just take off my bra but that would mean the nurse is walking in on some crazy topless woman.No I have to accept what is coming, so I take a deep breathe and the nurse starts putting wires on my chest and then hones in on the huge patch of tape wrapped around the underwire of my bra. I can tell she doen't want to bring attention to her staring but really she can't pull her eyes away she's really trying to figure out what the hell is going on or thinking "She didn't look homeless when she walked in" She went the route of ignoring it completely (which was fine with me, we will both ignore the crazy woman in the bra held together by tape) just when I thought I was out of the woods I heard the following "We aren't getting an accurate reading I need to slip this under your bra" (I still believe she just came up with this to get closer to my tape bra) I start to take off the bra and realize that with it being so hot today the tape has actually melted onto my skin and I'm going to have to rip this off like a friggin band-aid. So with a huge smack I finally got it off and realized it was time for a new bra (Maybe?)
{ Much Ado About Thirty }
May 20, 2012 § Leave a comment
For my birthday I posted the 10 reasons it's better to be 30 than 20 but I wouldn't be me if I didn't also do a post of 10 things that get worse in your 30's (Sorry but I can only be an optimist for a limited time)
At 20: When I got a phone call at 10:00 pm on a Friday I thought "Alright there's a party somewhere" At 30: I get a phone call at 10:0o pm on a Friday and I think "Oh great someone's been in an accident or dead"
At 20: They were just "my jeans" At 30: They are "My skinny, one day I hope to fit into them again jeans" ( I secretly keep them in my closet still convinced that my new dryer shrank them)
At 20: When my mom used to take me to a movie in the middle of the week I used to give her an eye roll when she said "Why is it so packed on a weekday? Don't these people have jobs or school?" At 30: I recently went to see Hunger Games on a week day (the first showing because tickets are a $1.00 cheaper) and as we pulled into the parking lot I caught myself saying "Why are these kids here isn't there school? Is it a holiday? Don't these parents work?" (Kind of a double whammy because you catch yourself saying things your mother said and you vowed to never say them when you got older)
At 20: I used to be able to eat anything I wanted At 30: My meal choices are based on whether I have to be up early the next day or if I remembered my heartburn pills.
At 20: I used to date guys with mohawks, black eyeliner and neck tattoos. At 30: I see a group of those guys and I wonder what they are up to.
At 20: Listening to Nirvana and Pearl Jam meant you were rebellious and on the cutting edge of music At 30: No one knows who the hell Nirvana is and they are under Classic 90's on Pandora.
At 20: A Saturday night out consisted of bar hopping, going to one of our boyfriends shows (that's right we all dated musicians back then) and not getting home until 2:30 am Sunday At 30: A Saturday night out is picking up my Chinese food
At 20: Dinner was anytime after 9:00 pm At 30: We try to have dinner at 5:00 to "beat the crowds"
At 20: I only took naps when I was sick At 30: The promise of a nap is sometimes the only thing that gets me through a day
At 20: Moving only took a half a day and only cost you a case of beer At 30: I have put off moving for 3 years because I worry it will be mistaken for a Hoarder intervention
{ it's my birthday & i'll cry if i want to }
May 19, 2012 § 3 Comments
Last year I turned 30 and went through menopause all in the same year, so one would think I would have nothing to fear from this birthday (I mean short of me being in the same room with all my ex's, me gaining 30 pounds or suddenly realizing they forgot to take out my uterus this should be a piece of cake…mmmmm. I want cake) So I was really surprised with the growing anxiety of my impending birthday. You know those people that say things like "age is just a number" and "your only as old as you feel" well frankly they piss me off and they are only saying it because either they are a hell of lot younger than you or because they know they look friggin' old. Also I just heard some annoying jackass on TV refer to 30 as being middle-aged, they should censor shit like that. If you are going to fine Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if your nasty) for showing her boob ( I'm sorry her middle-aged boob) then the FCC should fine that idiot,t00.
So in celebration of me turning 30 (for the second time) I am listing 10 instances of why I'm glad I'm 30 and not 20 anymore:
At 20: I once had a boyfriend who waited a month to break up with because he wouldn't have a ride to school At 30: My boyfriend owns his own car (and it runs)
At 20: 2 items from the dollar menu came dangerously close to over-withdrawing my bank account At 30: I have overdraw protection and a savings account
At 20: I thought all wine came in a box At 30: I actually have unopened bottles that I'm purposely saving
At 20: I used to buy Bartles & James from my local Rite Aid At 30: I visit wineries & local vineyards
At 20: I only owned one pair of shoes At 30: I have a cute pair for every outfit and occasion
At 20: Some of my part-time jobs included ( I am not making these up): Magicians Assistant, Face Painter, Merch Chick for local punk band, Living Art Model and Thrift Store Sorter At 30: I teach students in their twenties
At 20: Some of my ex boyfriends included ( I'm not making these up either): A Magician, An anarchist, a guy who looked like a pterodactyl, a guy who had the entire Lord of the Rings story tattooed on his arms, a guy named Cooter, a guy who roller bladded inside the house and a guy who asked to borrow $20 bucks to get to another girls house At 30: Dating the same man for 7 years (even if he irons his sweater vests, weirdo)
At 20: Always worried that I was pregnant At 30: Never have to be worried about pregnancy again
At 20: Was trying to get everyone to like me At 30: Everyone should like me because I'm so friggin awesome & if they don't they are obviously the person with the problem
At 20: I thought 30 was really far away At 30: 40 seems right around the corner (wait that's not better, shit)
{ shouldn't you buy me flowers first? }
March 17, 2012 § Leave a comment
A day before my consultation with the surgical oncologist I got a call from one of the people in her office just to make sure I was prepared and if I had any questions on what to bring. Should be a fairly uneventful conversation, right? So I have no idea when the conversation took a weird unexpected turn:
"Hello Michelle I am calling on behalf of Dr. What's Her Name to just briefly go over what to expect from your appointment tomorrow." Great, thank you. "So you should arrive 15 minutes early and make sure you bring the forms we sent you. You have filled out the forms we sent you right?" Of course, I filled them out the day I got them (shit I've got to fill out those forms, double shit I have to find where I put those forms) "Wonderful. You would be surprised by how many people leave them to the last minute" Really, you don't say (Seriously where the hell did I put those damn forms) "You will be meeting with the nurse to go over your medical history and then you will have an exam with the doctor, any questions so far?" (Um yeah what happens if you loose your forms.) Um, No questions. " As for clothing it's really important that you wear something that you can easily get over your head. The easier the garment can me removed the better" So what I usually wear on dates, Got it. "We prefer a bra that can you can snap on & off fairly quickly" (Ok now you sound like my boyfriend.) "Unlike the mammography office we would prefer you wear deodorant and please make sure all hair in and around the area is shaved" (Ok seriously I don't take this long on anniversaries to get ready. That is a lot to ask for someone I haven't even met yet. I usually like to be wooed a little. You have to earn shaved armpits and an easy access bra.) "Depending on where the mass is the doctor might require you contort your upper body so prepared to be a little sore the next day. And I think that's it, Any questions?" (Did I accidentally make my appointment with a brothel?)


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There has been a great deal of sentiment among the U.S. denizens that free trade has given rise to the economic crisis du jour. I disagree with this assertion, for the reasons set out in my commentary, below.
The problem has been been described as a decrease in real wages that has caused the plight of the U.S. worker to get ever worse. It has been commonly asserted that this problem correlates with free trade because it was caused by free trade. I believe this correlation between free trade and decreasing real wages is coincidental, and that the real cause of the problem is not free trade at all but rather the artificial inherent demand for the reserve currency we aptly coined Greenback.
Where other countries' currencies typically adjust to reflect a ratio of imports to exports (imports go up, currency goes down, and vise-versa), America's dollar is ever-increasing in supply due to production of the U.S. dollar by the treasury. The U.S. can do this because of demand for the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency by all other countries; the U.S. dollar therefore has an inherent value in spite of a failing import-export ratio. In other words, there is demand for the U.S. dollar because it is perceived as a stable, liquid resource that can be used to support and define the value of other countries' currencies and to facilitate international trade between countries. This is an important value to the U.S. and to the world, but it comes at a price.
There have been many consequences from having the Greenback, a fiat currency, back other currencies. One obvious consequence is the relatively higher cost of employing people in the United States. Wages are tied to the inflated value of the U.S. dollar, which has been inflating without negative feedback as the global reserve currency of the last forty years. That's the way it has worked until now, but as the story goes, things are changing: the system will find an equilibrium, try as we might to stave it off. The present crisis is a symptom of a hyperbolic fiat currency supply; it has been noted by some to essentially be the result a decade of delaying the consequences of a U.S. federal insolvency.
The value of the U.S. dollar in the absence of demand as a reserve currency has been estimated to be as low as twenty cents for every U.S. dollar issued. I believe it's possible, albeit rather unlikely, that the U.S. dollar could devalue to this ratio. For example, another reserve currency may come along to supplant the Greenback, or there may be a run on the U.S. dollar (the overissuing of currency increases volatility, one consequence of which is a run). The above ratio accords with the observations of the insolvency for other countries such as Russia, Argentina, Thailand, and others. The economic situation of an insolvent sovereign country is essentially set back by ten years, currency decreased to roughly quarter of its prior value relative to the basket of other world currencies. Since the U.S. has been effectively insolvent for ten years already, we're looking at witnessing the U.S. potentially going back to 1987 levels of economics, which is incidentally just after real wages started their monotonic descent.
However, attempting to increase U.S. workers' plight by throwing up barriers to free trade will never have that intended effect. It amounts to a form of capital control: the prevention of exporting the U.S. dollar in exchange for importing products and services. Trade barriers will not have the intended effect in the U.S. because rather than create jobs they are more likely to:
- reduce economies of scale (i.e. you can buy less stuff for your dollar);
- decrease the need for U.S. companies to be competitive (i.e. it will cost more to produce things in the U.S.);
- inhibit knowledge sharing and in particular the importing of innovations (i.e. the U.S. will miss valuable innovations);
- limit the marketplace available to the U.S., particularly if other countries respond in kind (i.e. the U.S. will not employ as many people who export things);
- incidentally harm the workers of many other countries (i.e. other countries will be unable to buy as many U.S. products); and
- create a xenophobic culture, mutual resentment and geopolitical instability (i.e. we revisit the insularism that gives rise to backwards activities ranging from the cold war to world war).
Protectionism is not the answer — protectionism is altogether folly. The criticisms of protectionism are founded upon on empirical observations, not the least of which was the exacerbation of the Great Depression. One of the purposes of GATT (the free trade treaty that was a precursor to the WTO) was to prevent the interwar economic conditions: high import tariffs. The consequences of protectionist trade barriers are not hard to picture. Imagine sales and travel taxes at the border between each of the states in the U.S. — it is the absence of these barriers that has produced one of the most prolific economic zones in the world. Indeed, it is a foundational principle of the U.S. constitution that gives life to interstate free trade, which principle hails back to a time when the functionality of state economic relationships was pondered with notable erudition.
Free trade's benefits are well known, being the creation of: economies of scale; a higher calibre of competition; the opportunity for more concise and effective specialization; redistribution of wealth based on productivity and innovation; the sharing of useful knowledge; amiable interaction, co-dependance and mutual respect; the reduction of geopolitical anxiety; and hence: wealth.
American workers are faring worse since free trade came into vogue, but it does not appear to be free trade that caused this. The only evidence in favour of concluding that free trade caused this decrease in quality of life is a correlation in timing, but correlation does not imply causation. If the United States did not have what some have coined exorbitant privilege (i.e. printing the reserve currency to pay for imports with medium-term impunity), then the U.S. would have a significantly weaker dollar, which would make it far more competitive to employ people there. While the U.S. dollar retains inherent value as a reserve currency it will remain overpriced, to the detriment of the U.S. worker.
Free trade is a convenient scapegoat for the real problem: an overpriced currency that undermines the ability to competitively produce exports, and which has made imports unrealistically cheap. That free trade caused the U.S. workers' plight is ignoratio elenchi; those who know better must diligently defend against self-serving propaganda peddling this falsehood.
– Brian


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I was sitting down with a friend talking about goals for the New Year. I'd shared some of mine already and it was her turn. She had what I call the "usual" list: paying off debt, losing weight, etc. However, I was completely floored by the very last one on her list: saving up to homeschool. This one was new to me…a first in my journey. I was intrigued to say the least, so I asked her what her plan was. My purpose today is to share her plan with you!
- Take a look at what your costs may be. For example:
- It costs $75 to register with the umbrella school she chose
- The curriculum she wants is roughly $350 with shipping
- It costs $65 to register with the local homeschool association and the support group she wants to join
- It costs $100 for the homeschool legal association she wants to have
- It costs $400 for the co-op she wants to join
- She estimates that she needs $200 for supplies
- Total: $1,190.00
- NOTE: This is just her situation and is not typical of all homeschool expenses!
- Get on curriculum companies' mailing and email list– many times they will offer specials to their subscribers and not the general public.
- Attend material display meetings– some companies will offer discounts for ordering during a materials display or homeschool convention.
- Develop a savings plan– this is where it gets interesting!
- Set aside a portion of your income tax refund, if you get one! (Her goals was 3-5%)
- Open a separate account for the monies to go into and set up automatic transfers. (She is transferring $20 per pay period into the account.)
- If you prefer saving cash, think about it like this:
- It's January first, and you have 32-36 weeks, depending on when you want to start. (You also have to allow for shipping time, so you may have fewer weeks to spread your plan over.)
- Get a cash box and don't keep the key on you. This will keep you from dipping into it.
- Use a simple plan. There are lots of savings plans out there, so you can navigate your way through those and tweak them to work for you. Or, you can do one like this: $1, then $2, then $3, and so on.
- Shop around! The publisher may not always be the best way to go! Compare prices and take your time.
For those of you who are looking to walk this path, know that it will take work, discipline, will power, self-control, restraint, (or any other word you could think of), but it's worth the effort! Plus, it's one less thing you will have on your mind as you work toward a better 2015! God Bless You and your efforts!
About Tammie Polk
Tammie is a wife and mother of three girls, ages 11, 6, and 1 from Memphis, TN. She began her homeschool journey in 2008 and has worked as both a private and charter school educator as well as a substitute teacher. She is an eclectic homeschooler and enjoys tailoring curriculum to meet the needs of her children, one of whom is special needs. She maintains a blog, Atkah's Choice (www.atkahchoice.wordpress.com) and also writes for Learning Tangent Magazine. She is also in the process of starting her homeschool consulting and tutoring business. In her spare time, she enjoys writing books and devotionals, creating educational board games and lesson plans, serving in the choir and other ministries at the Crossroads Baptist Church, traveling, and spending time with her family.


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I was brought up to pay my full attention to anyone who's talking to me. I was taught to make eye contact, use appropriate body language and genuinely try to listen to what's being said. Unlike many other questionable rules of etiquette that I now ignore – please, someone, tell me why putting your knife and fork together when you've finished eating makes you a better person – the rules governing social interaction have stuck with me. I agree with them, I see the value in them and there's no doubt in my mind that they've made me a more socially adept adult.
Except that maybe my parents shouldn't have bothered. Maybe they should've just left me to smear faeces all over my dick and play the helicopter game. The truth is that to be a reasonably young adult with an actual grasp on the art of conversation is to be in a lonely position nowadays. If I hadn't been brought up to listen to whoever was speaking, I wouldn't have the same problem when other people prioritise TV over conversation. If I'd been brought up in a world where it was acceptable to pull out your phone and check Facebook in the middle of a conversation, I wouldn't be so infuriated when it happens in front of me. But, courtesy of my parents, I have this acute awareness of exactly what other people are doing wrong and it bugs the hell out of me.
It wasn't always this way. I'm reliably informed by the generation before mine that conversation skills have been in freefall for a long time now. It isn't blind nostalgia; I think there's something to it. Before the always-on digital age, there were far fewer distractions that were perceived to be worth ignoring someone for. Many people of my generation have now grown accustomed to a constant, artificially high level of stimulation facilitated by near-instant access to a practically infinite stream of interesting and entertaining media (i.e. the internet). It's true to some extent that the distilled contributions of billions are usually going to be more interesting than the unfiltered contributions of a few but the choice is not that simple.
If the internet is unequivocally better than real life, why doesn't everyone just stay at home and fill their fucking boots? Media found on the internet is stimulating but it can never fulfil the basic human need for real interaction with other humans. It's time people woke up and realised that they need the conversation they treat as a chore. The least you could do is be a good conversation partner to those contributing to your sunny (or not so sunny, as the case may be) disposition. The internet isn't making you happy in any substantial way; your friends are.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- AMR Corp. AMR, -2.48% said late Friday that it will cancel about 200 American Airlines flights Saturday due to ongoing safety inspections on its fleet of MD-80 jets. The company said it plans to resume a normal schedule on Sunday. AMR said that about 231 of its 300 MD-80s had been inspected and returned to service by late Friday, and that it will keep about 25% of its MD-80 fleet grounded early Saturday. AMR said it expects all affected planes in service by late Saturday afternoon.
American Airlines cancels about 200 Saturday flights
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Restaurant torn down - another is likely for the site
The Rama Cos., a local firm led by Amir Taghdisi, will build a 3,000-square-foot restaurant/retail building at 5440 Memorial Drive.
The company tore down a 1,600-square-foot Pollo Bravo restaurant to make way for the development about a month ago, after acquiring the 14,500-square-foot parcel last year. The project, which will have patio seating along Reinecke, will be similar in style to the company's Park Place Memorial development across the street with high ceilings, lots of glass and a stucco exterior.
A tenant has not been signed, but Taghdisi expects to break ground in about three months with completion planned in the third quarter. Josh Jacobs of Edge Realty is handling leasing of the building, which is also being marketed as retail space.
The 10,000-square-foot Park Place Memorial has Piada Italian Street Food, Express Rolls, Dunkin Donuts, Omni Cleaners and Mattress One as tenants. Both developments could potentially be replaced in 20 to 30 years with taller projects, Taghdisi said. The location between Memorial Park and Buffalo Bayou Park made the sites attractive for retail projects in the current market.
In other developments:
Burlington Stores has opened a 50,000-square-foot store in the Baytown North Shopping Center at 6515 Garth Road near San Jacinto Mall.
Chick-fil-A has opened Cypress Towne Lakes at 9823 Barker Cypress. The 4,900-square-foot restaurant has seating for 136 plus another 16 on the patio and brings in 120 new jobs.
Kiddie Academy of Woodforest has opened a 10,500-square-foot facility at 740 Fish Creek Thoroughfare. The center can accommodate 200 children ages six weeks to 12 years.


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I wanted to take this opportunity to share my the first ever video from my new You Tube video series! This video discusses my Top 5 Ways to Get Your Subjects to Relax in Front of the Camera. This is an addition to my original Top 10 Ways blog post I wrote back in June. In these videos, I will be offering helpful tips from anything and everything wedding and portrait photography related. Over the years, I have received a good amount of questions from photographers wanting to learn more about how to make their photography business more successful. I decided to take my past experiences and knowledge from what's in my camera bag to how to impress clients. I am happy to share everything that I have learned with my fellow photography industry! If you are interested in keeping up with my series, please subscribe to my YouTube channel to get updates on my newest video releases. Also, be sure to check back here on the Inner Circle blog for all things Liga Photography!
xoxo – Abby


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- 1915-01-19
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- Theodore Roosevelt thanks Alex M. Simpson for the letter and hopes has read his recently published volume.
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This week's Beyond the Oracle Card is a wonderful reminder that we are never alone. With all the releasing many are experiencing at this moment in time it is nice to know there is help close at hand to help us through these emotional times.
Help is never far away if only you would remember to not only ask for it but be willing to receive it when it is sent to you. Allow the Universe and the Divine to send you what you need in whatever form best suits you at a particular moment in time. Never over look a gift of love.
It is in those time of meditation that we can go deep into our heart and really feel and see what need to release and let go. Once that is done, we can be filled with love and compassion but again, we are the only ones who can let that love in.
Trusting that Spirit will provide us what we need at just the right time will help us through the darkest times in our lives. Remember it is through the darkness that the light shines! Knowing that there is a master guide, angel or teacher there to hold our hand and show us the lessons we are learning will lead us through anything.
Pray, meditate, listen and live.


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2. Double click on the 'Stock Book-In' icon.
3. Click on (…) to select the product. (or use a full stop "." then scan the barcode of the product you'd like to book in stock for)
4. Select the product you want to book and then click 'Proceed'.
5. Fill out the rest of the details.
Choose the 'Supplier' from the drop down menu.
For 'Book-In Packs' select how many you have.
The 'Unit Cost' is the cost per item. Once you fill this out the 'Total Cost' should automatically calculate.
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Istanbul Through Instagram (2014-2017)
I'm coming down to my last days in Istanbul, after living here for three whole years, and it's been an emotional time to say the least. Luckily, there's still so much I love about this city, but that's what makes it hard. I'm moving back to Toronto to finally give a chance to the city I grew up in, in my adult and professional life. It's a journey that I'm excited to take, despite the sadness I'll feel leaving the beloved 'bul, but that doesn't make it any easier.
Speaking of journeys, it's quite a thing to be able to look back and trace your steps from beginning until end. Thanks to good ol' Instagram, that's exactly what I can do with my three years in Istanbul. I've literally gone back through years of Instagram posts to put this together and provide a picture of my life in Istanbul over the past few years, through the pictures that I've posted. On their own, the pictures don't add up to a whole lot, but while putting them together, it's shocking to see what a complete snapshot of the city and my life they provide. It's just a reminder that there are so many things to do in Istanbul!
You'll likely notice a transition from an iPhone 5 filter happy individual, to an iPhone 6s with more of a filter aversion, and eventually a greater emergence of DSLR camerawork. You'll notice an exploratory tone to more of an assertive and understanding tone. You'll notice that I've taken the past three years to ensure that I've left no stone uncovered. You'll notice that I've spent time growing my travel blogging brand and that in 2014 it wasn't unusual for me to have a few dozen likes on a photo or less. You'll notice, perhaps, that I've done a lot of growing while I've been here.
Naturally, this will be a photo heavy post, but it's a fun thought experiment that I think shows what my life has been like in this city over the past three years, and even my life in general. It shows the transition from Istanbul as a city I wanted to get to know better, to Istanbul as my second home.
I've purposely chosen photos from my time here that map my journey, not necessarily for their innate "beauty" so to speak. Perhaps unintentionally, this may end up being one of the most revealing and intriguing posts on my blog.
Not too shabby! I finally accomplished what I set out to do from the beginning and got my name in print here in Istanbul. You can find my article on volunteering in Istanbul in the May-June edition of The Guide Istanbul! As a bonus, I met with some folks from yabangee.com today, and you should see some of my writing on there in the very near future. I'm feeling seriously fortunate at the moment. Thanks for the love and support fine people of social media.
Yesterday was my first visit to the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Sultanahmet, and it was very humbling. Take this colourful, gilded Koran from the 16th century for example, which was far from the only extremely impressive piece in their collection. The whole time I was snickering to myself, imagining Trump supporters walking through here and having to reconsider, if only for a moment, their own wild sense of self-importance and misguided feelings toward Islam.
That moment when your Turkish barbers give you homemade vodka with a splash of orange juice, just so it doesn't look like you're sipping on straight vodka and getting a haircut. In three years in Turkey, I've never gone anywhere else to get my haircut, because these guys are just about my favourite people on the planet. It's the place I get to practice my Turkish without a care. And, when I forget, when the headlines start getting to me, they remind me why I love this country.
Firstly, if you made it to the end, I congratulate your capacity for scrolling. You may have guessed that my aim to provide a full and complete picture of my time here through Instragram. If you have any comments, please leave them below! Have you been to Istanbul? Do you live here? Did you like the post? Any and all comments are welcome, and I'll get back to folks individually guaranteed.


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The University of Rhode Island took advantage of their careful fiscal management by announcing plans this morning to bolster their faculty by 55 new positions over the next four years, possibly the largest hire in university history.
Although which departments will benefit is yet to be determined, the plan to hire has been built into the budget for the 2016 fiscal year and the first new faculty are expected to begin work on campus in fall of 2015. Â Provost Donald DeHayes projects that 40 of the positions will be full-time tenure track and 15 full-time lecturers. Â These hires are expected to result in new course offerings at the university as well.
"It's probably the most significant investment in faculty that the university has made, maybe in its history," DeHayes said.
The timing of the plan is dependent largely on student enrollment, which DeHayes said has reached a stable level. "We've reached a nice place in our enrollment – the kind of place we've been striving for – and the stability in our enrollment, and our retention of students, and that helps us make this investment," he said.
Faculty to student ratio and the growth of popular programs will both be taken into consideration when deciding where new faculty will be located. Â URI President David Dooley stressed that these hires will be "strategic" and based on enrollment trends and program vitality. Â DeHayes said that the expansion of research, teaching and scholarship are all priorities while deciding where these hires will be allocated.
"We want to be thoughtful of where the greatest good can be accomplished with these new hires," Dooley said.
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Since 2008, the state of Rhode Island has cut back their funding of higher education by 26 percent, forcing institutions like URI to make budgetary cuts, largely in the form of staff reductions. "To some extent that was how we were able to balance budgets over the last three, four years, was not having certain positions filled but eventually those positions have to be filled," Commissioner of Post-Secondary Education Jim Purcello said. Â URI officials feel that they are now in ground economically stable enough to begin re-investing in the universities faculty.
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Straw Dogs review by The Grim Ringler
In his long and varied career director Sam Peckinpah was known to tackle some pretty weighty issues but none was closer to his heart nor more important to his films than violence. In the films of Peckinpah violence is a great, dark force Man is always trying to overcome but which we never seem to be able to contain or control, and in the end, it seemed that it was violence that was left standing when the dust cleared. Many have said that this was due to his attraction to violence; their proof being that his films are so bloody and grim, but I would wager that it wasnt that Peckinpah was attracted to the violence as much as he was repelled by it. Man is the only animal that truly has the choice to kill or spare, to evolve or devolve and I think that Mr. Peckinpah saw that and felt it was, more than anything else, the most important issue to cover in his films. You can especially see this in the supplementary material included in this fine two-disc set which show how frustrated the director was when two well regarded film critics didnt get his very controversial film Straw Dogs. Its easy to watch SD and to get caught up in one very dark and harrowing sequence in which the lead actress is raped but seems to enjoy it, but if you watch the film closely you will see that this isnt the scariest or most controversial scene in the film at all. That scene would be when the lead character, David (played brilliantly by a young Dustin Hoffman), becomes what he hates in order to survive because that is the dark secret Peckinpah has been whispering for years. Man cannot escape his innate violence.
The story begins with David, a brilliant American mathematician, and his beautiful young wife Amy (Susan George who is equally good here in a much more demanding role) arriving in a small British (Cornish to be correct and copy from the box) village which Amy had stayed at as a child. David is working off of a research grant and needs the time and quiet to work on his research and he secretly wants to be away from the racial and war strife and anger raging in America. Amy isnt quite as pleased to be back on her old stomping grounds though, the memory and figure of an ex lover still in the small village, as well as the isolated, small town mindset which had existed before as well. And Amy, a striking woman enjoying the sexual revolution to its fullest a she creates a stir when she arrives sans bra, is the kind of woman that makes women, and men, nervous. What was intended to be a quiet and romantic trip away from home so David could work soon changes though when the local men he has hired to fix a garage badly in need of repair begin peeping on his wife and spend more time getting drunk than they do working. And as this is happening the tension between David and Amy is growing, the gulf between them getting greater by the day as Amy begins to feel more and more isolated from David and emotionally abandoned while David feels that his wife doesnt respect the work he is trying to do. The greatest divide between them comes when Amys pet cat is found by David hanging dead in the closet, obviously killed by one of the workmen, and when he cannot summon the courage to confront them on this Amy is enraged, thinking her husband no more than a coward. Instead of ferreting out the culprit, the murderer, he has agreed to go hunting with the men the next day, telling Amy hell surprise them with the question. When David is off though Amys ex-lover, who was also on the hunt and working on the house, returns to her in the guise of romance, but, in a scene that damned this film in many peoples minds, this romance quickly turns to violence and the ambiguity which results has challenged filmgoers for years. On the hunt, while his wife is being brutally raped, David realizes he has been stranded out on the moors and, after many hours, makes his way home. He fires the men the next day but something has changed between he and Amy, and there is not a gulf between them there is an abyss. The true test for David, a man who abandoned his home country in fear of the emotional and revolutionary turmoil there, is yet to come though when he protects a suspected child molester from the wrathful hands of the men who had worked oh his home and the father of a young girl who has come up missing. And as the men, drunk and enraged and willing to kill to retrieve this man they are searching for, besiege the Sumners home and begin waging war on the young couple within, David must overcome his fear, overcome his restraint, and be willing to kill to protect his wife, his home, and the life of this man. And in essence, must become a monster like the men outside.
A director drawn to violence, this is probably Peckinpahs darkest and most controversial film, and mainly for once scene the rape scene. The scene begins with Amy finding her ex-lover at the door and telling him to leave, but as he persists she allows him in. The man takes this as an invitation for more and when he tries to force himself on Amy she rebuffs him. This man though has long since tired of Amy and her teasing though (we would intuit here that she was a tease when she was a young girl and that was how she hooked up with the lout in the first place) and he forces himself on her. Peckinpah makes this already graphic and wrenching scene all the harder to watch by making the audience complicit in it, using first person view-points of both victim and attacker, and pushing the camera in as close as it will go so it feels as if we are in the middle of the violence. The controversy stems from the fact that during the rape Amy stops fighting the man and slowly begins to enjoy it, an idea that is understandably vile and without defense if taken out of context. What Peckinpah is showing though is that Amy, so lost and alone and at that moment so hateful of her husband, that shes willing to take any comfort, even that of a rapist. And the man, the rapist, does love her, in a sick way, and becomes tenderer as she allows him to continue. This is not a scene to be taken free of the context of the film and analyzed; it is a scene to be viewed in the entirety, which then shows how very dark Amys heart has become. A woman who feels intellectually and emotionally inferior to her husband and who seems to want more of a man who will take care of her and will be the traditionally strong and silent type, she prefers violent love to the cold, distant love of her husband. Perhaps because its something, or perhaps because its passionate. But just as she is going through this David himself is changing. Alone and on the hunt David kills a bird, using a gun for the first time in his life, and part of him is also lost. An innocent part that he had retained to the detriment of his marriage and his life. He is a coward, a man afraid to trust his country, and a man who feels deep down that he has no right being with the beautiful woman that is his wife. He is walled in by fear. Amys horror is yet to come though as another of the men has followed her attacker and now he too wants Amy, and again Amy sees that what she wants isnt right and she is betrayed by her ex-lover as he holds her down while the other man has his way with her. This is a very hard sequence to watch, even for me, who has seen this three times at least not, its not a good sequence. But thats the point. Peckinpah isnt interested in making violence palatable. He doesnt care if you squirm. He wants you to because it means that it sickens you. Good. Just as he is willing to make the protagonists bastards, he too is willing to show you things you wish he would not, forcing you to think, to judge, to face violence and ask yourself what it is and what we are.
As much about the death of a marriage as it is of innocence, one of the things Straw Dogs is saying is that while to worship at the altar of violence may be wrong, to cower in fear of it is just as wrong. This is not a film of black and white but gray. The man David is protecting is a bad man, and perhaps does deserve to be punished, not killed, but punished for what he has done. So how many of us would risk our homes, and our lives and the life of our partner to stand up for what we believe? David is a coward, yes, until it counts the most. While Amy is not a villain by any stretch in this film, she is more of a coward than even she imagines, as she is willing to give away all she may believe in to be safe again.
The acting in this film is superb, both George and Hoffman standing their ground against one another and neither giving up an inch. Their roles are the pivot points for the rest of the film, and if they fail, if they make the Sumners too cowardly, or too childish, or even too loving, then the film is not as gripping or as interesting. The heart of the film is their relationship and the fragility of it. And as usual Peckinpah knows what he likes and it works. The violence here is very hard to stomach, and the ending is relentless, but this is the textbook example of violent images put to good use. This is not exploitation; this is a very grim look at reality and war, personal war, and what it means to stand for what you believe in. We may turn from this and films like it, but remember, it wasnt long ago in America that people had to be willing to die for personal rights and beliefs. This is not so old a notion. The worst two things I can say about the film are that its slow and this is deliberate, as this isnt an action picture, its a dramatic thriller. And that the violence, especially the rape scene, is very, very hard to watch, but again, this was intentional. This sort of a scene should be awful to see and make you sick. Otherwise it is glorification, not damnation.
The two-disc set from Criterion is as beautiful as any they have released. The film looks immaculate and is a joy to see. And, as if you couldnt tell, this is the uncut print of the film, a film that had several minutes shorn when it was released in America. The supplements include a very good feature length documentary on Peckinpah titled Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron which has interviews with people the director had worked with and who give an idea of the man behind the films. Also on the disc is a short documentary about Dustin Hoffman on the location of the set, behind the scenes footage, an interview with the films producer and lead actress George, trailers, and two hilarious letters Peckinpah had sent two well regarded movie critics in regards to their reviews of the film.
This is not an easy film to watch, but its one that should be watched. In its own way it is an American classic and deserves to finally start getting more of that recognition.
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Straw Dogs
IMDB Link: Straw Dogs
DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
DVD Extras: Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron documentary, On Location With Dustin Hoffman doc, behind the scenes footage, video interviews, commentary, trailers, and mmm, townies!
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Srinagar, October 07: In Kashmir, a Special Police Officer (SPO) of Indian police was injured in an attack in Kupwara district.
Unidentified gunmen opened fire after barging into the house of the SPO at Hanjin in Handwara area of the district, causing injuries to him.
A minor son of the SPO was also wounded in the attack.
A Jammu and Kashmir policeman and his minor son were injured when unidentified gunmen barged into their house in north Kashmir's Handwara on Friday evening and opened fire on them.
Altaf Ahmad Khan, a special police officer in Hanjin village of Karlgund in Handwara, and his 9-year-old son, who was sitting in his lap when the gunmen fired, were rushed to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment while police has launched a hunt for the gunmen.
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It will appear in print in Sunday's (2/24/13) paper.
Teresa was Janelle's coach at the Girls On The Run program and the two of them formed a special (as you will read) bond. Teresa is a runner herself and has been an important inspiration to Janelle. We are so grateful and humbled by this, words cannot express.
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