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When it was announced that Fallout 4 was going to have romanceable characters that would be available for player characters of any gender, I was really, really excited. Whilst I recognise that there are problems with 'player-sexual' characters, until we see more robust representation of queer characters overall, I'll continue to support them wholeheartedly. (And, honestly, probably even after that. But this isn't a post about that debate.)
Nonetheless, what Fallout 4 gave us was…somewhat underwhelming. For starters, I don't actually think the romance system really does anything. Romances in games are always somewhat flat, and involve merely saying the right things to a NPC until they like you enough to become your significant other. Fallout 4 is even worse than most. I have so far romanced two companions, Piper and Preston. (Side note, you can romance as many companions as you like at the same time, which is pretty nice). Here's how it goes.
You travel around with your chosen companion and do enough things that they like (usually, in my experience, they just love that you're really handy with a bobby pin) until their approval rating is high enough to trigger a quick conversation about how glad they are that they're travelling with you. Through these conversations you can get some pretty interesting back story or personal quests, but eventually when you reach max approval you trigger the final one, which gives you a check based on your character's charisma to enter a relationship with the character.
These charisma checks are an even more exaggerated version of the usual "say the right thing and your LI will sleep with you" video game system. In Fallout 4, these charisma checks are usually used to wrangle information or money out of a person. Now they're being used for…well, I don't really know. After successfully persuading flirting with them, if you sleep in a bed when a romanced character is nearby, you get a boost to your earned XP for a set amount of time because, quote, 'you feel your lover's embrace.' It won't really unlock any more discussions, except for your romanced character to repeatedly tell you that they are really happy with this situation. (Preston will also take to calling you 'babe' which, as a personal pet peeve, put me off this whole situation even more, but that's just me.)
So, alright, the romances are flat and, to my eyes, vaguely creepy. That's honestly probably to be expected, and I don't think it detracts too much from the overall game since it's really a trivial addition to the series. That doesn't really excuse the heteronormativity of it all. The first thing that people noted was that it was impossible for the Sole Survivor to be in a same-gender relationship (aside from console commands) at the beginning of the game, where their family is introduced and then quickly taken away.
Well, someone might argue, the beginning of the game is set in a society where culture hasn't advanced from the fifties lifestyle. It wouldn't make any sense for the Sole Survivor to be in a same-gender relationship. To which I would reply, sure, but it's not actually set in the fifties, it's set in 2077, and, as the above article notes there's a female same-gender couple shown right there in town. But even if my imaginary opponent's argument was true, there's really no excuse for heteronormativity past the first hour of the game. It's the post-apocalypse, I really doubt that anyone doesn't have bigger concerns than MOGAI people.
And yet it's still more difficult to be MOGAI in 2287, after a devastating nuclear war, than it is to be straight. There's a perk in the game that is either named Black Widow, if you're a female Sole Survivor, or Lady Killer, if you're male. It grants bonus damage against opponents who are the opposite gender to your Sole Survivor, and also makes them easier to persuade in dialogue. This perk was also present in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas – and Fallout: New Vegas added a second perk, known as Cherchez la Femme for female Couriers or Confirmed Bachelor for male ones that gave the same advantages when dealing with members of the same gender as your player character.
Fallout 4 does not include this same-gender perk. And since romancing a character involves persuasion checks (again, it just sounds so shady) there is no way to boost your chances with a same gender companion. You can max out your charisma, but thanks to the opportunity to take the Black Widow/Lady Killer perk, it's always going to be easier to romance someone of a different gender to you than someone of the same gender as you. It's literally easier to be straight.
The options for romanceable companions are also somewhat odd. Actually, the companion demographics in general are odd. There are 12 companions. Three of them are female. That's a quarter. This is a really confusing decision on Bethesda's part. Now, all three of these female characters are romanceable, and only four of the men are. However, one of these romanceable female characters, Curie, is a robot. Not a synth, which are indistinguishable from human beings, but a full on robot. Like, she looks somewhat like a three tentacled, three eyed octopus. And one of those tentacles is equipped with a saw.
Listen, I'm not here to say what anyone should be into, but it seems odd to me that Curie is a romance option when the two male synths aren't. It's also very difficult to raise Curie's approval as she dislikes most common player actions and likes events that are rarer. It seems possible that Bethesda realised that their female romance options were limited and decided to allow Curie to be romanced because of that. I'd hazard a guess that Bethesda would want to expand the female romance options because of the presumed straight male player, but by backing themselves into a sparse, lady-less corner, they created a weird atmosphere for queer ladies too.
The overall situation of romances in Fallout 4 is a strange one, and one that I would have overlooked as a mere additional feature that I wasn't particularly interested in had it not been compounded by heteronormativity and lack of representation for women. As it is, they're a disappointment thanks to the initial excitement that the game would include same gender relationships because, whilst it's a good step to include these relationships, they were implemented poorly. And these problems wouldn't have been too difficult to fix. There was no reason not to include the option for a same gender couple in the game's introduction, a balanced companion roster would have gone a long way in evening out the lack of choice, and a perk like Cherchez la Femme/Confirmed Bachelor could easily have been included. In short, there was no reason for the post-apocalypse, a place traditionally free of societal constraints, to be so heteronormative.


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It doesn't matter how manly we are, classic Walt Disney films will always get to us.
From Dumbo, Bambi and Simba (from The Lion King), to all the Disney Princesses, each story has a potent dramatic structure that never fails to hit us right in the feels. The effect is palpable even among kids of today, whose parents might have not been born yet when some of these movies were first released.
Heck, we even bet that if you ask an adult what his favorite Disney moment is, he'd have one for you. And no, we're not talking about something from recent 3D-fied Pixar films (although those were awesome, too).
To drive home our point, this GIF:
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Makes you admire all the hard work put in every single Disney scene, right? Well, maybe not, especially with that last part.
Just recently, a YouTube channel called Movie Munchies put up a couple of videos of Disney's "recycled" animation sequences, sparking doubt on the ingenuity of some of the animated films we grew up with.
The technique is called rotoscoping, in which movement patterns animators shot from live-action footage are reused on succeeding works. This is said to be done mainly due to cost-cutting at a time when the "C" in CGI (computer-generated imagery) was still non-existent and a team of animators had to manually "animate" cartoons.
Confused? Maybe a few GIFs could help:
Even we are speechless. Be it dance sequences...
...heartfelt scenes...
...or even the weirdest of spots...
...the similaries in motion patterns are very much apparent.
We're torn between being amazed (of its peculiarity) and feeling a bit down that some of the Disney scenes may have lost some of their magic. Still, we really can't blame the creators for making their jobs easier. After all, it still had that same old, unwavering Disney magic, right?
And, at the end of the day, if they didn't do this rotoscoping thing, we might not have been able to see these movies at all. Looks like a small price to pay know, doesn't it?
If you want more deets regarding this issue, check out these videos:
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Reflection Photos Taken At Weddings In Dayton Ohio/
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For all us Canadians to be proud of a beautiful country we live in. From the East Coast to the West Coast and from the North to the South. This is our day to celebrate!
Happy canada day 150!
Hope everyone had a great day. We got lots of rain so no forest fires. It's Canada, eh?
Rain rain and more rain. What a wash out this spring has been.
We had a great Canada day in our neck of the woods. The rain did not slow us down.
We had a mostly nice day for it. A bit of a shower in the early evening, but it came late enough that I still managed to barbecue some chicken for our supper.
Can't say I am proud to be Canadian, not sure what Canadian is anymore. Not a very secure Country economically and quite frankly really scared about the economical decline and how much our politicians have their heads buried in the sand. Being honest it was our dream to sell up and move to a tropical Country where the cost of living is more affordable, but the biggest kick in the teeth was to find out that in order to get your pension, (you know the one that we have all being paying into for as long as I can remember) well you have to live here six months of the year. That I believe is thanks to the idiot Harper who ran Alberta into the ground and lets not talk about the other idiots who are banging it further in. I can really rant right now about growing old and feeling trapped. Our medical system is really bad, waiting lists to see specialist is horrible and lets not talk about kids trying to get an education. It pisses me off big time all the doors being opened to refugees. How about taking care of your own first. It sickens me to see how many people are begging outside of grocery stores and living on the street. Canada eh!
Here in Alberta it was wall to wall sunshine and 30 C. Great rodeo and fireworks in Maple Creek.
The ranchers need rain.
Good canada day here too weather wise
Hey there sweets!
I agree with much of what you say, but when you look at the options available, Canadian citizenship is still better than the easier options.
one option we are looking into - is selling out our real estate in Canada and living in a MH park for 6 months and a day. That satisfies the residency requirements for health care and pension.
The other 6 months less a day would be travelling, (winter). We met a couple who retired 6 years ago and are doing that. If you pick a cheap country to rent an apartment and live in for the winter, ( Dominican Republic, Mexico, Thailand, Mexico, Guatemala, San Andreas Island), you can live cheaper than your CPP cheques. Your savings and investments continue to grow, untouched until you settle down.
The education preferences piss me off too. Queue jumping should not be permitted.
I also hate to see the begging that goes on outside the LCBO and grocery stores but we do have a safety net that ensures people will not starve. Many, ( most) of the ones I have seen begging have been smokers, or tattoo aficionados, or non-conformists who refuse to work for the pittances being paid for unskilled labour. We all don't deserve $40, 000 p.a. to start. Work your way up. Nobody is owed a good life. A life, yes, but to get something out you must put something in. Life is not fair - get used to it.
We've got it good here, the envy of the rest of the world.
To buy both sides of a duplex in Blairmore Alberta we would spend $170,000. Live in half and do AirBnB the other side all year. When we're away in the winter, the skiers would pay $125 per night per side to be near the ski hills. We travelled AirBnB through Australia and would like to profit from the growing trend.
Hey bigjohn
Sounds like you have a perfect plan. Great ideas for sure and yes they can work if one is debt free. Unfortunately in our case we need the sale of our home (downsized years ago) in order to be able to move to a tropical Country and live there full time.
At this time we cannot afford to carry a debt load and live in another Country. As mentioned the Government has put a stop to that and is forcing people to stay in Canada half of the year.
It was not always like this, there are many Ex Pats who live in more affordable Countries and live off of their pensions.
There is always hope that the Government will change their minds again, it makes sense really to get rid of Elderly people who are not getting the proper care in our already over taxed and over burdened medical system.
The Men and Women I am seeing begging are desperate and without hope.
There are not that many services available to people who are out of work and forced to live on the streets. Besides it takes more than a meal to get by, one needs a decent place to rest, to clean up, do laundry and the very basics of life. Bottom line we have people who are freezing to death in tents and other areas, right here in Alberta and other parts of Canada and I can assure you it is going to get worst.
Even people who are well off are feeling the strain and cutting back big time and this is where people like us are being affected.
In the meantime Pretty boy Trudeau is busy jet setting and pretending to make alliances.
I know allot of people think Trump is crazy, but I think it is great that some leader finally has a vision to clean out the trash and get the real people in his Country working and has a plan to ensure that work and products are made at home; as well as putting his people first. In the meantime we have Pretty boy handing over money to programs for refugees while Canadians who served this Country and other Seniors are living below poverty line.
Not from lack of hard work or, initiative. You get to a certain age and most employers do not want to touch you, you either know too much or, too little…lol.
Anyways enough of my rant, just saying that not everyone is that impressed with being Canadian.
And the biggest pizz-off?
When there's a disaster elsewhere in the world and we fly in our DART team to provide fresh drinking water until the country can get things sorted. Meanwhile in Attawapiskat, they have not been able to drink their water for 25 years.
In Pikanjicum (sp)?, there are no full time medical personnel to help with indigenous health issues but we can send doctors to overseas locations to assist with mental health issues.
Don't get me started on Khadr.
I'll step down from my soap box now.
Biggest problem is the average politician do not have a clue how the average Canadian lives.Their lifestyles are a whole different ball game. Between where they live, who they socialize with, the clubs they belong to, where their Children go to school etc. They just don't have a clue.
It would be like a bunch of tourists going to Banff and saying they have been to Canada and know how Canadians live.
We control our politicians by throwing them out on a regular basis. In NB, there's no guarantee of a second term anymore.
There's no guarantee of a second term? Then why do they get severance pay?
We were in Banff yesterday and I DO know how Canadians live!
I've been called clueless before.
Yes, John, they get up to $42,000 if they leave before their 8th year, after which they qualify for pension benefits. For an MLA who serves one 4 year term that's a 21,000 "relocation" payment.
Have not been to Banff for years, really expensive there.
Get this wanted to go to a 40 yr Grad reunion, the cost just to fly in to Abbottsford or, Vancouver for one to two days, motel for one night and cost of food would equal one full payment for one of us and partial funding to Cuba for a week All inclusive.
Really want to check out Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, again the cost for the two of us just for a week would equal up to two All Inclusive vacations.
If you come to NB, you'll have to visit us. Save a hotel bill for a night.
Mighty nice offer. I figured for sure one of these days we will all meet in our beloved Cuba. The question of course is where? Would love it to be Cayo Largo, but no packages from Cowtown


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View of Middleborough Center from Barden Hill Standpipe, Middleborough, MA,
photograph by G. W. Davidson, 1915
One benefit of the construction of a new concrete standpipe on Barden Hill in 1915 was the vista which it afforded from the catwalk which circled it partway up its side. At that time, this photograph picturing the view towards Middleborough center was captured. Still recognizable today are Middleborough Town Hall and the Central Congregational Church. The steeples of both the Central Baptist and Methodist Churches also provide handy landmarks, although these have since been replaced or redesigned. Most noticeable is the Barden Hill standpipe's predecessor, the Forest Street standpipe, which is the cylindrical tower which interrupts the skyline in the distance.
A new standpipe to replace the existing one then situated on Forest Street had been contemplated as early as 1892 when Dr. Edward S. Hathaway offered to sell a lot on his highest ground in the proposed Fairview subdivision (which appears as the large cleared area just left of center in the photograph) to the Fire District. Though initially receptive, Middleborough's Water Commissioners the following year demurred, remarking that "it is possible that when a location is finally made it may be best to accept a lot offered by E[verett] Robinson, Esq., located near Wareham street, at the top of the hill." The Robinson lot was 34 feet higher than the base of the Forest Street standpipe and thus presented the opportunity to construct an equally effective reservoir but of limited height. Clearly sensing an opportunity, Robinson had Chester Weston survey the lot during the spring of 1895.
Eventually, the Barden Hill site was acquired from Robinson on January 18, 1896, and a 12-inch water main extension constructed from Fairview Street up Wareham Street to the top of the District's lot. "We have a lot, all paid for, and we have a 12-inch pipe carried up the hill and into the lot, all paid for, which is of but little service, except with [a] … reservoir" to supplement Forest Street. Despite these preparations, it would be nearly another twenty years, however, before the Barden Hill standpipe was constructed.


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We are offering four farm and sing camps in 2019. These camps are for adults (people under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult) Camps will be around one week long. More details coming soon!
Watch this video of us singing to our sheep
January: Apple Wassail. At this quiet time of year, we'll have a lot of time to sing!
- Songs: British traditional apple wassail songs; midwinter Ukrainian songs; and some very sad, wintery Shape Note hymns.
- Farm: Plum jam; carding and spinning wool with a drop spindle; making healings salves from bear fat and tree buds and resins; feeding the sheep and chickens; hard cider 101
- Ritual: Apple Wassail. We'll end this session with our annual apple wassail celebration, where we thank and bless our apple trees with songs and toasts.
March: lambs lambs and more lambs!
- Songs: songs about birds and sun and green grass to give us hope!
- Farm: Bottle feeding lambs, milking sheep, feeding sheep, and more bottle feeding lambs, cheese making.
- Ritual: Spring Equinox. We'll dress like bears, dance around our house, sing of course, and eat pancakes smothered in fresh sheep yogurt and butter.
June: Green Grass
- Songs: ancient Lithuanian summer solstice songs, songs about trees
- Farm: Sheep milking, rotational grazing; wild medicinal herb gathering; vegetable garden planting; honeyberry picking; but mostly– thinning apple fruitlets. Way too much to do and not enough hours in the day!
- Ritual: Summer Solstice. We'll rise at dawn, wash our face in the magical summer solstice morning dew; bedeck ourselves and our beehives, sheep, and chickens with flowers and greenery; and sing.
September or October: Apple Harvest
- Songs: harvest songs from Lithuania, Georgia, England and more.
- Farm: apple picking, cider making, sheep milking, putting food by; honey harvesting
- Ritual: fall equinox, or Halloween/Samhain, depending on when we do this. A walk through the woods to a magical rock, a silent supper, and singing.


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Sunday, August 06, 2006
Please don't confuse the Anti-social Asshole Anecdotes with the Automobile Association of America. If you are stuck on the roadside and need help. I'm probably not the best person to call upon.
I notice the change from Krankiboy Khronicles to Anti-social Asshole Anecdotes has not actually happened despite attempts. Perhaps there is a profanity blocker on blog names. Stupid fucking Bloggerfucker.
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- davethescot said...
Hey mister, good to hear from you. I still await a cd in return from you plus any comments on the cd i labored over for you, (please note yankee spelling of laboured) see that's how much respect I have for you. E-mail for new home address, plus we have a spare room if you need to crash.
Where was the anecdote? False Advertising young man.
- Sun Aug 06, 09:25:00 PM
- kranki said...
A CD in return that's a fine idea. I will get cracking on one. I'll try to find some obscure stuff that you might not have already heard. Wish me luck.
CD comments: It's probably the best Mix I have ever received. It was so good they should make a movie just to go with your sound track. It would be an Australian Version of Garden State.
I especially dug:
The Dan Kelly, the Dallas Crane lick entitled Sit On Knee, Sleepy Jackson.
I also liked The Sailors. They reminded me of a mix between King Missle and Death Cab for Cutie.
Cattle and Cane and the Mia Dyson song were the only tunes that sounded pretty run-of-the-mill familiar.
I had a question. The song I See Red. Does that refer to red mist? To us seppos to "see red" means to get angry.
Oh and I am in love with the lass that sings vocals for Frente. I need a picture of her for my shrine.
- Mon Aug 07, 04:21:00 PM
- kranki said...
and where is your new place? It sounds comfy and very crashable. I will bring the Malasian twins around to play. Do you have a video camera? I know you already have a tripod.
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Refugee Mental Health training series TBD
Trauma Informed Refugee Mental Health Certificate trainings: Clinicians who complete all three sessions will receive a Certificate of Specialized Training in Refugee Mental Health and will be eligible to be listed on this database and receive refugee client referrals.
1. Developing Clinician Skills in Working with Interpreters
2. Refugee Mental Health In MN
3. Cross-Cultural, Trauma Informed Mental Health Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Refugee Clients
Stay tuned for more information.
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Music Education: The Good Parts – Here are a few reasons why music education is beneficial to both children and adults Music education courses can enrich the lifespan of a child or an adult in a lot of ways. Kids who learn a musical instrument or sing perform better at school on test scores.
- Construct self-confidence while having fun – for people who have music education courses in college, learning an instrument and playing in a group can be lots of fun. Kids as young as nine or eight could be taught to perform with an assortment of instruments. Bands have concerts on a regular basis where the kids can play with others and their parents from the school. Adults with music history perform in public areas and can form their own bands. Performing to a public audience is an excellent way to build self-confidence for both kids and adults.
- Better analytical ability – A fantastic music instruction can help improve the analytical abilities of adults and kids. For pupils and kids, music plays a substantial role. For many people, they use the left side of their brain. A music education can help create their brain's right side. The result is that adult or kids have the ability to address problems and having a solution.
- Team-work and philosopher – mastering regarding the worthiness of notes, time signatures, and exits and admissions will enable them to become part of the workforce. Each person in a ring or outfit must get the job done collectively to generate a slice of the audience. Besides team-work, they are able to make friends. That is particularly good for kids and older people that would like to be social. They may research various sorts of new music and also learn how to play with different instruments.
- Stress Reduction – Music has widely been considered as an effective method to decrease stress. This is one. When playing audio, including kids, lots of people feel calmer and cheerful. However, rock music or heavy metal will have a reverse impact on people and it is not appropriate as a mean for anxiety reduction.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Barnes Group B, -0.79%, the Bristol, Conn. aerospace and industrial components manufacturer, said fourth-quarter net income dropped 5% to $17.6 million, or 30 cents a share, while sales rose 9% to $358.9 million. Excluding charges related to job cuts and tax expense, and the company would've earned 38 cents a share, up 12% and a penny below Thomson Financial-compiled analyst estimates. For 2008, it expects earnings between $2.20 and $2.30 a share, compared to analyst estimates of $2.31 a share.
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North Dakota has recently brought into force new legislation relating to the management of confidential informants. This legislation is a direct result of the death of a confidential informant Andrew Sadek. you can read the new legislation here:
and details of the case here:
It is unfortunate to say the least that it takes the death of a person before legislatures and law enforcement seem to realise that managing confidential informants is a risky business and that those involved required significant training,
With regard to the specific legislation unfortunately it is poorly written. There is significant ambiguity with regard to the definition of a confidential informant and one that undoubtedly will be exploited by those not wishing to comply with the legislation. I find it hard to believe it was drafted by a trained lawyer and it is obvious that if it was drafted by a lawyer, it was drafted with one who has no idea about managing confidential informants.
On a positive side making training mandatory every three years is a very progressive move provided that the training that has to be delivered is fit for purpose. Basic training to manage informants takes a minimum of two weeks of both theoretical and practical tuition. The work should only be carried out by officers who are assessed a being suitable for the role against agreed standards.
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Around the 8th century there ruled a king named Krok. During his reign, King Krok founded a school where they taught religion, hymns, prophecy, and magic. At this time Magic was considered the highest form of learning. The king had three daughters: Kazi, Teta and Libuše. Each of his daughters were gifted and knowledgeable. Kazi knew every herbaceous plant and was a healer, a pythoness (a woman who practices divination), and Fate. Teta was very knowledgeable of their pagan religion, teaching the people how to worship their deities, idols, and nymphs. The youngest of the three, Libuše, was gifted with the ability to prophesy. She would often go into trances and make predictions. People were sometimes afraid of her when she would go into these trances. Nonetheless, she was the wisest and most beautiful of the king's three daughters.
King Krok lived in his castle that was built on a cliff looking over the Vltava river, which he called Vyšehrad, meaning 'High Castle.' The three princesses lived in their own castles, each named after them, Kazín, Tetín, and Libušín. The king eventually died, and it was Libuše who became the next ruler in his place. She lived in Vyšehrad from henceforth, and continued to reign justly as her father did.
During Libuše's reign there was peace throughout the land. There were no courts during this time, but the people would still come see Libuše to seek her advice. She would sit under a tree in the courtyard, surrounding herself with twelve of the wisest men in the realm, and the people would come to her to help them settle disputes.
Although the people respected her wisdom, there were some, especially the elders, who were not keen on having a woman rule over them. One day, Libuše was helping two neighbors settle a land dispute. She decided to side with the younger individual, which angered the elder. The elder screamed so that all could hear:
"What kind of justice can we expect from a woman? Long-haired, but short on brains! Let her sew and spin, but not be a ruler and a judge! Where else does a woman rule over men, except here? We are the laughing-stock among nations, and we cannot stand for such a judge any longer!" (Legends of Old Bohemia, Alois Jirasek)
The people were dumbfounded, but no one stood up for Libuše. Being deeply saddened by this, Libuše turned to her critic and said:
"You are right! I am a woman, and I rule like a woman, not with a rod of iron, but with compassion, which you take for weakness. You need a stricter ruler, and your demand shall be fulfilled. Go home now, in peace! Let the people choose a duke to rule them, and I shall marry whomsoever they choose."
With that, she left and visited her older two sisters somewhere deep in the secret castle garden where no one else was allowed to come. There in the secret garden was a statue of the highest god Perun, who was the god of thunder and lightning (kind of like a Slavic version of Thor). There, Libuše stood in front of the statue and communed with Perun and her sisters for the rest of the day, going on until morning.
When the next day came, she called for all of the heads of the clans to visit. All the men who were asked to come were very excited and anxious to find out who Libuše would choose. When all the men who were heads of the different clans throughout the realm had assembled, Libuše gave her speech:
"All of you know why I called you together. You did not appreciate the freedom I gave you, so the gods inspired me to tell you that I shall rule you no longer. You want a man, a duke who will take away your children to serve him, who will choose the best of your cattle and horses for taxes according to his whims. You want to serve a master and to pay for it, as so far you have not had to do. In return, you will not have to be ashamed of having a woman ruler. So be it! Go ahead and choose a duke, but do so wisely and carefully, because it is easy to put someone in power but hard to get rid of him. However, if you wish, I can advise you as to whom to choose."
All in attendance were waiting for her answer tentatively. Suddenly Libuše fell into a prophetic trance. Her voice had changed, sounding as if it were somewhere off in the distance as she began to prophesy:
"Beyond the hills is a small stream called Bilina. On its banks, where it makes a bend, there is a little village, Stadice. A hundred and twenty paces beyond the village, upstream, in a narrow valley, there is a field where you will find your future duke, a ploughman. He has two oxen: one is brown, with a white head, the other one is brown with a white streak down its back, and white hind legs. Go, take along the clothing fit for a duke, give the man my message, and bring him back here to be your ruler and my husband. His name is Přemysl and our descendants will rule here forever. You will not have to ask the way. My white horse will lead you, just follow him. When the horse stops by a ploughman and neighs, that man will be Premysl. You will be certain it is he when you see him eating off an iron table."
The men who had come had never heard of this Přemysl, but trusted in Libuše's prophetic abilities. The followed the horse, and just has the prophecy had stated, they found a young man named Přemysl ploughing his field with the two oxen that fit the description in the little village of Stadice. They took him to the castle and he and Libuše were married. This was the start of the Přemyslid dynasty, as legend has it. The prophecy wasn't correct however, the actual Přemyslid dynasty did not reign forever. It officially ended after the death of Václav III (Wenceslaus III in English) 1306. However, the sister of Václav III had married into the Luxembourg family, and her son would be Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Libuše is also attributed to making a prophecy about Prague. According to the historian Kosmos, she stood from the Vyšehrad castle and said:
'Behold, I see a great city, whose fame will touch the stars.'
In this prophecy, she was setting the foundations of Prague, predicting how great it would become. Although Prague is a great city, unfortunately Kosmos credited Libuše with a quote that actually comes from the Greco-Roman epic poem by Virgil, Aeneid.
Nonetheless, this popular and important Czech legend has influenced many artists. Famous Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, wrote an opera that is highly celebrated in the Czech Republic.


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Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the role of 3 tesla multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (3TmMRI) without endorectal coil in the detection of radiographic local recurrences (rLRs) in a contemporary cohort of patients with prostate cancer who presented with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) with low prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, and to identify clinical parameters associated with the 3TmMRI findings.
Materials and Methods: Between 2009 and 2013, 57 patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after RP who were considered for salvage radiation therapy (SRT) were included. 3TmMRI with T2-weighted imaging, diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging without endorectal coil was carried out in all patients before treatment.
Results: In 14 out of 57 patients (24.56%) local recurrence was detected through 3TmMRI. Median pre-SRT PSA was 0.40 ng/ml (interquartile range 0.30-2.05 ng/ml). The recurrence was perianastomotic in eight out of 14 patients (57.14%) and retrovesical in six out of 14 patients (42.86%). The median size of the local recurrence was 15.2 mm (range 8.0-46.0 mm). The probability of rLR was significantly higher in patients with PSA levels above 0.5 ng/ml [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 6.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.27-30.79, p = 0.02] or PSA doubling time (PSADT) over 14 months (adjusted OR 7.12, 95% CI 1.40-36.25, p = 0.01).
Conclusions: This is the first study to find a significant relationship between the PSADT and the rLR through MRI. Patients with PSADT longer than 14 months or pre-SRT PSA above 0.5 ng/ml benefited most from 3TmMRI. Its routine use could have significant clinical implications for SRT.
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Couñago F, Cerro ED, Recio M, Díaz AA, Marcos FJ, Cerezo L, Maldonado A, Rodríguez-Luna JM, Thuissard I, Martin JL. Are you the author?
Departments of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario Quirón, Madrid, Spain.
Reference: Scand J Urol. 2015 Feb 4:1-6.
doi: 10.3109/21681805.2015.1004643
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As an online entrepreneur whose astrological moon sign is Capricorn, I find myself shackled to fear when it comes to the abyss of monetary abundance. You don't have to be a heartfelt solopreneaur managing your own empire or even have the lavish financial desires of royalty to know a thing or two about money.
Money fundamentally is a device for energetic exchange.
I give you money, you give me food. I give you food, and you give me money, service, or a different food.
Value is exchanged and determined.
So how do we know the true value of something?
We have to rely on our feelings/intuitive impression. Secondly, we can consider our budget and current resources available to make an equal and fair trade. Often times we may find ourselves feeling guilty giving time, love and maybe a flower picked from outside to operate an exchange of value. Because we've been fooled to believe money holds more weight over our emotions.
Do you feel numb toward real love and happiness?
Growing up my grandmother would visit us regularly and I've for the most part enjoyed her company. She believed that staying with her only family, she needed to bring "gifts" to secure her place in our hearts. This I know pissed my mom off to some degree because it meant more useless junk to fill the house. Not every bounty was useless and much of what I remember comforted me. I've received various knick knacks and hand-me-down items from her with precious intentions however I allowed that materialism to consume me and eventually in anxious anticipation stared at Nana as she opened her black garbage bags waiting for something to add to my collection.
Today's daily draw message sheds light on current obstacles to be aware of right now. Gold and Typha brown reveals that my obsession with money + material goods is keeping me from enjoying true love and happiness. All week the colors have been heart chakra based and it seems as though I am stuck in the mud because I have an inverted perception of my self-worth while keeping my eye on the wrong prize.
For now, I am going to sit with the energy. Meditate and drink some tea so I don't miss another opportunity. Tomorrow will bring how I can overcome my obstacles with abundance, hopefully you'll stick around to see what color messages are provided by divine spirit.
Until next time <3 :star: and
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It's interesting how a place can change. Our experiences are an accumulation of circumstances. It makes me wonder if some of my bad experiences and avoidance of certain people and places are based on circumstance. Maybe that restaurant I swore to never go to again just had poor service because it was flu season and three people called in sick that day. Our trip to Sea Rim State Park for National Trails Day this weekend made me more inclined to give things a second chance. Timing is everything.
The first time I went to Sea Rim State Park, I went by myself and had a lovely day. I strolled through the marsh and ate my lunch on the beach. The park was still coming back from the destruction of Hurricane Ike. The debris was cleared but there were no bathrooms or picnic tables. In fact, I signed in at a self pay station and didn't even see a park employee the entire day. There were very few people and plenty of wildlife. I just kept thinking how much my husband and son would love this place. If the two trips were reversed, I may not have gone back the second time and that would've been a mistake.
I brought my guys there this weekend because they missed the last beach trip and it was my last Saturday with my son before he goes to his dad's for the summer. Don't get me wrong, it was still fun (mostly because of such good company) but it was a very different experience. There were very few birds in the marsh but TONS of blue crabs this time. There were amenities like picnic tables, grills, and showers but the beach was almost completely covered in seaweed. It was so bad that there was only about 10-20 feet of sand. I've said before that this doesn't bother me. Growing up on the Texas coast, I'm used to it. I actually like it. There are tiny shrimp and crab that live in the seaweed and shaking them out is one of my fondest childhood memories. I've never seen it this bad. It was so bad we didn't even go in the water. It covered the beach and it wasn't done coming in yet. It filled the first 10 or so yards of water. Unfortunately, in addition to the seaweed washing up there was a lot of trash washing up as well. I wanted to pick up as much as we could but we were not equipped for such an endeavor. In just flip-flops we sank down almost to our knees. The top layer was dry and crunchy and the bottom soggy and wet. Bleh! Also, my fear of a fatal bacterial infection prevented the impromptu clean up op.
What do you do at the beach if you can't swim? Fly a kite, of course! T-Rex got some air time and made everyone just a little bit happier… after we realized the frame was upside down and fixed it. Not swimming gave us plenty of time to test out our new sand mat. I picked up a CGear Sand-Free Multimat from the REI Anniversary Sale. It's a little uncomfortable on bare skin because of the hard texture but it does what it is supposed to do. It lets the sand fall down through the mat and magically not come back up. At 3.15 lbs it definitely won't be coming with me on the AT but it's worth it for a day at the beach.
We ditched the beach after a short while and set up one of the tents at camp with just the rainfly so we had some shade. We set up the sand mat with towels on top and the guys took naps interrupted by fat grey and orange mystery insects crawling everywhere. There were quite a few and they were extremely persistent. They looked like caterpillars with ant legs. I really like insects I've never seen before so it was pretty cool. Turns out I have seen them before just not in that stage. They were ladybug larvae! Hard to believe these turn into ladybugs:
After the guys woke up from their naps, we walked the short Gambusia Nature Trail, ate steaks while mosquitoes ate us, roasted some Starbursts and called it a night. Leaving in the morning, I felt bad for people who got overwhelmed by seaweed and mosquitoes and may never return. It really is a nice park. Timing is everything.


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During the winter months, when everyone is tired of being cooped up in the house, and when it's too cold to meet someone at the park, PHSA organizes Rec. Days at the Recreation Center (next to the Pendleton Library on Dorion Street).
The Rec. Center charges an hourly fee so PHSA gives members the option of participating. Each family pays an additional fee for the 3 month session. This fee varies depending on the fee that the Rec. Center charges. The Coordinator schedules as many days as possible, depending on how many families sign up. Time and day of the week are varied according to the Rec. Center's busy schedule. Each signed-up family attends when they can.
The Rec. Center has equipment for volleyball, basketball, floor hockey, and many other activities for all ages. Sometimes we do organized games, and sometimes the kids just play while the parents talk.
When the weather turns nice again, the group meets weekly at one of the local parks. These times run from the spring through the summer and into the fall.


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I will be able to guess which of my technical skill you're thinking!
First, pick any two digit number.
(Example: 79)
Then subtract both two digits from the original number.
(Example: 79-7-9=63)
Now you have a new totally random number.
There is absolutely no way that I could possibly know
what number you picked or
what number your result is.
Remember the result and continue.


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Ran a lot.
This weekend reaffirmed my love for running, which needed to happen. Someone said to me last week, "All I ever hear you do is bitch about running." A) REALLY? B) Screw you. C) It's what I love, I'm allowed to bitch. D) Screw you?
On Friday I plugged away at my last 20-mile training run before the marathon next month. It was hot, it was sunny, but I felt amazing. Felt better after the 20-miler than I did after last weekend's half marathon. My body didn't hurt, my mind didn't hurt. It was a-w-e-s-o-m-e.
Yesterday morning I ran the Crazylegs Classic 8K and had a blast. It was cold, it was downpouring, but it was so much fun. Reminded me of running in the rain during high school cross country practice. We used to love it. Everyone was soaked and in high spirits. A party in the rain.
Today, after 26 miles of running in two days, my body is happy. It doesn't ache, it's not angry. It's all machine-y and bad ass and ready for next month.
Will I still bitch about running? Probably. But running is mine. It's my time, my hobby - MINE. And I will bitch about what's mine if and when I want. Don't mess with a runner and their passion.


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More Hope
This year has been magic. And not. All somersaults forward and utter stillness. Early in January I visited with a girlfriend I hadn't seen in years. In the time between our visits she moved to London and back again, graduated with her Masters, and met the man she's now married to. We sipped coffee and tea in Central Park and walked south along the Mall. And with our chins tucked into our coats, our bodies bracing against the cold, we caught up on as much as we could in the short window before work. We spoke of the past yes, but also of a present uncertainty, of feeling totally unsure as to what the future might hold. Hovering, she called it. And just before we parted ways, sitting at a table in the basement of the Plaza Hotel, having ducked in to escape the cold, she mentioned a prayer she'd seen at an exhibit years before. She said after seeing it, she wrote the words down, and then proceeded to repeat only them for nearly a month.
"Oh, opener of all doors, open for me the best door."
I am a sucker for words. I am especially a sucker for words that when strung together feel like a door opening, casting a sliver of light into a dark hallway. And those eleven words, that prayer, felt like exactly that--like the door itself--a hinge on which possibility might swing.
Hope by another name.
It is actually quite helpful when approaching things in life--big things, little things--to wonder if it feels like the best door. It is a gut check in the best possible way--where faith meets instinct.
In the first two months of this year I spent six weeks suspended in the terror of not knowing. Standing in many a doorway and looking in. Which meant a very many emails and interviews and tenuous treks on narrow limbs.
Hope, as it turns out, takes quite a lot of work.
So much good has happened this year. And so much of that good has been leaving behind what was really not. Bad situations have a way of shrinking one's world to that thing alone, and shrinking is almost never good. And much as I wanted (and knew I needed) to leave, it was important, in all ways, to be clear on what I was moving towards, not just what I was leaving behind.
I wanted to walk through the very best door.
I'd already made the mistake of walking through the closest available door, as opposed to the best one, and it ended disastrously. Two years ago I made two decisions, both in service of leaving things behind, and it has taken me all the time since to undo the mess. I moved in with the wrong person and accepted the wrong job. And while I was able to leave the apartment after six months, the job took longer. For a year and half I'd walk west at the end of the day, pour myself a glass of wine, bring it into the shower, and attempt to scrub and slough off the day.
Out, out damn'd spot. Without the blood.
And so when the right door opened this year, I calmly and confidently closed the one behind me and didn't look back.
But change is funny, and so is grief, and I spent ten days between the two jobs staring at the mountains, feeling like I barely saw them.
I still dream about the girl I lived with when all this happened. I don't know how to write about her cruelty and make it okay. I don't know how to say that under some of the very worst circumstances, when all we had was our humanity, she couldn't meet me there. I am embarrassed by how deeply she wounded me--ashamed of how much I hate her. But I can feel my body shifting and sorting and connecting the dots. It is one of those uncomfortable truths that fear and anger seem to intensify as they leave the body. I dream about her less than I used to and I can feel my utter frustration warming, like a sheet of ice cracking, breaking off to return to sea.
Two nights ago I dreamt about the man I dated when I was twenty-four. The dream was so clear and I woke up so furious. I've thought of him so little of him in the last six years, but two days ago I woke up seething--that he'd treated me as he had, and that I'd allowed it. The anger was about his deep manipulation and incredible selfishness. And it's not lost on me that those feelings are surfacing as I try to reconcile that same behavior in others.
It has taken me a very long time to understand that there are people who are not good. For a long while I thought that as everyone aged they'd shed the noise of immaturity to reveal an innate goodness below. But that takes quite a lot of work and the intelligence to know when it is needed. And some people are so deeply unhappy with themselves that it is easier to cast that unhappiness outwards and catch others in the net. I think it has to do with false power.
It turns out that when one leaves those situations and people behind it doesn't erase the past, it simply creates the space to confront it.
Which is why, it is only now, all this time later, that I am loosening my grip. But it is an uncomfortable process. Something very human in me wants to hang onto the safety blanket of my rage. Something very human in me is afraid to let go.
But life inches forward.
I have been listening to Noah and the Whale this week, thinking of the large room I lived in on 181st street, and remembering the girl I was at twenty-five. There was sort of a reckless hope then. I miss that. I wouldn't go back of course, because things are better now--a better job, a little more money, more movement, more knowledge. I like getting older, I like who I am. Sure, my skin isn't as bright as it used to be and there are new stresses and fears, but all in all, life is good. But if there is a thing I wish I could reclaim from that time, it is the wide berth for failure. Which I think means more possibility, more opportunity, more dreams of a doors I'd not previously considered. More forgiveness and generosity for the process of becoming. More hope, really.
Oh, opener of all doors, open for me the best door.


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|Silverchair - Diorama
|Label: Atlantic Records
Release: 2002
1) Across The Night
2) The Greatest View
3) Without You
4) World Upon Your Shoulders
5) One Way Mule
6) Tuna In The Brine
7) Too Much Of Not Enough
8) Luv Yer Life
9) Lever
10) My Favorite Thing
11) After All These Years
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|Silverchair. The name generally brings up the image of three adolescent teenagers strumming out loud grunge music and trying their best to look like their rock and roll peers such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Times have changed evidently. As Neon Ballroom marked Silverchair gradually edging out of the shadow of their influences and into their own band, Diorama throws them into a new realm of originality.
The album opens up with the beautiful "Across The Night." It is the perfect intro to the album. It brings together all of the albums sounds and gives the listener a precursor of what this album will eventually evolve into. "The Greatest View" "Without You" and "World Upon Your Shoulders" follow, offering easily the most enjoyable songs on the album.
Diorama is lushly orchestrated. The background musicians never overpower or dilute the songs, it all fits, and the album is very well produced. While Daniel Johns is still not a very proficient songwriter, he has improved immensely over the past two years. This is also Silverchair's happiest album. Upon listening to it in it's entirety you might question how the same person who wrote the scathing "Suicidal Dream" and "Untitled" could rebound and write such epics like "Luv Yer Life" and "My Favorite Thing."
Even with the defined perfection on the album, it still sounds like the band is having a great load of fun. On "Luv Yer Life," Daniel Johns covers limitless styles of singing, and if you thought that his vocal range was exceptional on the past albums you will be floored by how he seemingly manhandles his vocal chords on this album. Music fans abroad, singing along, will be hard pressed to match his vocals as they sing along. The only sour note on the album is the trite "Lever" which sounds like a matured Freak Show outtake.
Already a big hit in Australia, this album has not yet peeked in the United States, where bands like Linkin Park and Evanesance are running amok. Perhaps it is Silverchair's past that keeps this album from fully taking off. On Diorama, Silverchair establish themselves as their own band, and a force to be reckoned with.
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Holiday Inn Darlington - North A1M, Jct.59
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Nearby Darlington station has direct services to London, and trains to Durham take around 15 minutes. Ideal for work stopovers, we're also a convenient base for weekend breaks or day trips to the famous Durham Cathedral and Durham University Botanic Gardens. At the Beamish Museum, a 40-minute drive away, open-air exhibits recreate local life in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Even closer is Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon, showcasing 300 years of railway history. If you're here on business you can host a meeting in our 5 well-equipped conference rooms, with friendly staff on hand to help with catering.
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26th September 2018 Nuku'alofa, Tonga - The Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency joins the Tonga Department of Energy this week in celebrating Tonga's first participation in the World Green Building Week.
WGBW is a worldwide annual event and one of the global initiatives of the World Green Building Council Network that motivates and empowers all to deliver greener buildings.
"Buildings or our offices are second homes to most us. We spend most of our times during the day in these buildings. It is therefore crucial that the buildings that house our offices are not only clean and green but it should also promote Energy Efficiency and a healthier lifestyle", said Dr Tevita Tukunga, the Acting CEO of MEIDECC.
This year, the Department of Energy within the Ministry of MEIDECC together with PCREEE set out to start on a small scale by making their office space greener, healthier and more energy efficient.
As PCREEE shares the same office floor with the Department, joint activities such as energy auditing of the floor and changing all the office lights to LEDs have been carried out by both office's staff. The Energy Department introduced more CO2 consuming pot plants in the office with the advice of local botanists. The office wastes are also segregated according to what can be locally recycled (steel, aluminium, paper, etc.) with the general wastes properly stored prior to the waste pick up schedule.
"Addressing climate change and waste disposal issues on a global scale, starts with small activities like these. We can't change the world overnight, but we can all do our part, no matter how small it is", said Mr. Solomone Fifita, the Manager of the PCREEE.
The week will round off with a radio talk-back show and a few public awareness programmes to share with the public what the Department had done and what it plans for the next WGBWs.
Tonga's Department of Energy & PCREEE Staff changing office lights to LED.
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Annabel Stott – Centenary Project in Doncaster
'Father we ask that you would just…' Sound familiar? I imagine most of us have prayed that prayer before. I know I most definitely have. In fact, it's probably my go to prayer, and there's nothing wrong with that! However, there is one little word in there, the word 'just' and I can't stop thinking about it. 'God we just ask that…', 'God would you just…'. If you look up 'just' in the dictionary you will see lots of different definitions of the word. However, when I'm hearing it in my prayers I'm hearing it as; 'will you come and be with us just a little bit', 'will you only just heal my friend', 'will you almost help me with my work'. I'm hearing it as if without even realising, I am putting limits on what I want to see or ask God to do. The God who can do 'immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine' (Ephesians 3:20), the God who 'is abundant in power' (Psalm 147:5), the God who is 'the everlasting God' (Isaiah 40:28). Am I asking God to only just do something? No. I want to ask God to be in everything.
As we are now in 2019, the year of the Higher Yorkshire (which I am very excited about by the way!) let's not ask God to only just make the tour happen, let's ask him to make it the best one yet. I want to challenge you; not that you would stop using the word just in your prayers, because come on, that's impossible and ridiculous. I want to challenge you to not put limits on what you want to see God do. That you would pray outrageously bold prayers and that you would pray to see the impossible happen. I'll take the risk of sounding too cheesy here, but let's take our prayers HIGHER this year. Let's make them bolder and louder.
As a local youth worker in Doncaster I am praying that God would give my young people courage and boldness to step out and share their faith with friends. I'm praying that every school I work with will sign up to Higher. I'm praying that hundreds of young people will make commitments of faith during Higher. As you take five minutes today to pray for Higher, I encourage you to pray this prayer and then you may wish to pray it for the rest of the two weeks of prayer or even right up to and during the tour too.
Let's pray:
'God, we have only seen a glimpse of what you can do and still we stand amazed. As the Higher Tour comes to Yorkshire this year would you come and do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine. Amen.'
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10 January – Sheffield Higher Prayer Night – All Saints Ecclesall, S11 7PP – 7:30pm
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Devious Maids, Season 2
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Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: In heated '07 speech, Obama lavishes praise on Wright, says feds 'don't care' about New Orleans [VIDEO] — In a video obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama tells an audience of black ministers, including the Rev. Jeremiah Wright …
Discussion: Power Line, Talking Points Memo, The Caucus, Guardian, National Review, Taylor Marsh, NO QUARTER USA NET, NewsBusters.org, Mediaite, The Raw Story, Doug Ross, The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, Business Insider, protein wisdom, Ed Driscoll, Patterico's Pontifications, Say Anything, American Power, Instapundit, White House Dossier, The Right Scoop and Washington Free Beacon
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: Obama slandered America as racist using dishonest claims about the response to Hurricane Katrina
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo: Drudge-Hyped Obama Video Turns Out To Be Publicly Covered 2007 Speech
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus: Obama's Wright Ties Highlighted Again
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian: Conservative media release old video of Obama in failed 'explosive' exclusive
Eliana Johnson / National Review: The Most Controversial Quotes from Obama's Hampton University Speech
Matthew Weaver / NO QUARTER USA NET: Obama's Chickens are Coming Home to Roost
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org: Salon's Joan Walsh: 'Hannity and Carlson Are Having An Ethnic Nervous Breakdown'
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Fox News 'Exposes' The Most Awesome Barack Obama Speech Ever...That Fox 'Covered Up'
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: Conservative media promise new 'bombshell' Obama video
Directorblue / Doug Ross: SETTING BACK RACE RELATIONS 40 YEARS: Tape Released by Daily Caller Reveals Obama Channeling Jeremiah Wright
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast: RIGHT HYPES OBAMA 'RACE' VIDEO
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Drudge Teaser— Daily Caller to Reveal Devastating Obama Race Video on Hannity (Update)
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: On Obama's Other Race Speech
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Here's The New Revelation From The Daily Caller's Video Of Obama's 'Race Speech'
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: It's one thing to hear a brainwashed progressive academic drone speak the "uncomfortable truths" …
Patterico's Pontifications: Exclusive Obama Video at Daily Caller: Hooray for Rev. Wright and More Fun
Donald Douglas / American Power: Barack Obama Unedited Video at Hampton University, 2007
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: SO IN RESPONSE TO THE NEW OBAMA VIDEO DROP, one establishment …
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier: Obama Seems to Have Suggested Racist Katrina Response
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Is This The Video Drudge Is Teasing? — It's from an Obama speech at Hampton University. It has been online since 2007, and was widely circulated in the conservative blogosphere at the time. — Source: youtube.com — The YouTube clip above is not complete.
Allahpundit / Hot Air: October surprise: Drudge teasing potentially gamechanging video to be released tonight; Update …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: This Might Be the Obama Video About Race the Internet Is Buzzing About
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: The Obama Video That Drudge And Others Are Freaking Out About Has Already Been Extensively Covered
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Drudge, Hannity Hype Five-Year-Old Video of Obama That Was Extensively Covered in 2008
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: SMH: Drudge Report and Daily Caller Resurrect Rev. Jeremiah Wright to Try to Steal Election, Big Dud
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: I think I'll watch Hannity tonight
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Major Drudge Tease - Update: New Video Of Obama Praising Jeremiah Wright - Update II …
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Romney Campaign Denies Involvement In Obama Video Drudge Is Teasing
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Drudge Teases 'Campaign Drama' Tape to Drop Tonight (Update: Is This the Video?)
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Bracing For The Next Big Thing
Ed Driscoll / Instapundit: DRUDGE TEASES 'CAMPAIGN DRAMA' TAPE TO DROP TONIGHT, Bryan Preston writes at the Tatler.
Romney Campaign Denies Involvement In Obama Video — Gitcho unsure of whether the speech being touted in conservative media contains anything newsworthy. — DENVER, Colo. — As conservative media buzzes about newly resurfaced footage of then-Senator Barack Obama delivering a 2007 speech …
Discussion: Mediaite and Business Insider
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
In New 'Bombshell' Video, Obama Criticizes Federal Response To Hurricane Katrina — All day, the right-wing media have teased an "explosive" new video that exposes the "real" Barack Obama. The video turned out to be a speech from June 2007 at Hampton University, which was widely reported at the time.
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Power Line
Mary Bruce / ABCNEWS:
Full 2007 Video of Obama Emerges of Then-Senator Obama Claiming Federal Discrimination Against New Orleans
Full 2007 Video of Obama Emerges of Then-Senator Obama Claiming Federal Discrimination Against New Orleans
Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Daily Caller, Riehl World News, The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
John Cole / Balloon Juice: Barack Obama, Racist Monster
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller: Tucker Carlson on 2007 Obama race speech: 'This isn't a dog whistle — this is a dog siren' [VIDEO]
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Barack Obama Plays Race Card Against Whitey - Praises Rev. Wright in 2007 Speech
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Joe Biden: Sex symbol? — He's No. 2 on the ticket, but No. 1 in their hearts. — Women born before the Baby Boom generation seem to have a collective crush on a handsome vice presidential candidate with piercing blue eyes and a wide smile who likes to talk about government benefits for seniors.
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN, The PJ Tatler, Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs and Ricochet Conversations Feed
Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air: Biden: The middle class has been 'buried the last four years'
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Paul Ryan: Biden is Right, Middle Class has been Buried in the Last Four Years
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Politico Investigates: 'Joe Biden: Sex Symbol?'
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org blogs: Not a Parody: Politico Hypes 'Sex Symbol' Joe Biden
Nathan Harden / Ricochet Conversations Feed: 'Joe Biden: Sex Symbol?'
Catherine Rampell / Economix:
The Math on the Romney-Ryan Tax Plan — On Fox News Sunday, Paul Ryan said that he didn't have time to explain the math behind his tax proposal. Fortunately I have a few minutes to spare, so I thought I'd pitch in. — Mr. Ryan and Mitt Romney have proposed a tax plan that would lower everyone's tax rates by 20 percent.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post: Paul Ryan retreats deeper into mathematical fantasy
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Paul Ryan Asked for Tax Math, Offers Gibberish
Erik Wasson / Ballot Box: Ryan gives some detail on Romney tax plans
Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Paul Ryan defends specifics on tax plan
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress: Ryan Refuses To Call For Closing Tax Loophole That Only Benefits Wealthy Financiers
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Ryan dabbles in details
Ron Chusid / Liberal Values: Paul Ryan's Unexplainable Tax Math
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: Democrats shouldn't clean up Republican fiscal messes, by @DavidOAtkins
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Mitt Romney Floats $17,000 Limit On Tax Deductions — Under pressure to provide more details about his tax reform proposal, Mitt Romney floated an idea Tuesday to help fill a revenue hole in his plan. — "As an option you could say everybody's going to get up to a $17,000 deduction …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ron Beasley / The Moderate Voice: Romney Gets Progressive?
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Romney Talks Tax Break Before Debate — On the eve of his first debate with President Obama, Mitt Romney indicated that he was considering a uniform deduction for most tax payers - $17,000 was the figure mentioned - as a way to pay for his proposed reform, which includes $5 trillion in across-the-board cuts.
Discussion: Slate, Associated Press, Wonkblog, Denver Post, A plain blog about politics, Daily Kos and ABCNEWS
Matthew Yglesias / Slate: A Clever Idea From Mitt Romney—Cap Total Tax Deductions
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog: Tax plan specifics! From Mitt Romney!
Allison Sherry / Denver Post: Mitt Romney would honor Obama administration's illegal immigrant work permits
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: Capping Deductions Isn't a Cure-All
CNN Poll: Obama at 70% among Latino voters — (CNN) - The latest national survey of likely Latino voters shows President Barack Obama retaining a big lead over rival Mitt Romney in the key voting demographic, matching the level of support he received from Latinos in 2008.
Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Politico
Emily Schultheis / Politico: CNN: Obama Latino support at 70 percent
Joe Biden / CNN:
Romney camp seizes on 'stunning admission' by Biden
Romney camp seizes on 'stunning admission' by Biden
Discussion: Politico, Pirate's Cove and The PJ Tatler
Donovan Slack / Politico: Preparing to debate 'Mitt Ryan'
William Teach / Pirate's Cove: Biden: "The Middle Class Has Been Buried The Past 4 Years"
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: [VIDEO] Joe Biden Blasts Obama. Wait, What?
Joe Biden / CNN:
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Air Force Two aborts landing twice in one day
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
Donovan Slack / Politico: Air Force Two aborts landing attempt
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
How To Easily Prevent The 'Fiscal Cliff' From Hurting Middle Class Families
How To Easily Prevent The 'Fiscal Cliff' From Hurting Middle Class Families
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden: Middle class 'has been buried the last four years'
Biden: Middle class 'has been buried the last four years'
Discussion: Ballot Box, Michelle Malkin and Jammie Wearing Fools
Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:
Biden tells audience middle class has been 'buried' last four years
Biden tells audience middle class has been 'buried' last four years
Discussion: AEIdeas, Campaign Stops, The Hill, Politico, Mediaite, GayPatriot and Jammie Wearing Fools
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas: 3 charts that show Biden is right, the middle class 'has been buried the last four years'
Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops: What Mitt Should Tell the 47 Percent
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Biden retools 'buried' remark
Jennifer Epstein / Politico: Ryan: 'We agree' with Biden that middle class is being 'buried'
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Paul Ryan: 'We Agree' With Biden, Middle Class Being 'Buried'
B. Daniel Blatt / GayPatriot: Joe Biden is right about the "middle class"
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
White House Has No Comment on House GOPers' Assertions that Libyan Mission Requested Security Prior to 9/11/12 Attack — White House press secretary Jay Carney declined to comment on an assertion by the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that requests from diplomats …
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: White House Asked About Report U.S. Diplomats In Libya Were Denied Request For Additional Security: No Comment...
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Bombshell: American Diplomats In Libya Made Repeated Requests For Security - But Were Denied
Bostonboomer / Sky Dancing: Romney, GOP Appear to be Planning "October Surprise" on Libya . . . Will it Work?
Taylor Marsh: Report: House Letter Addressed to Clinton Reveals Targeted Attacks Before Beghazai Terrorist Attack
Pejman Yousefzadeh / A Chequer-Board of Nights …: Question of the Day — I recognize that the attack on our consulate …
Dan / Riehl World News: White House No Comments Assertions that Libyan Mission Requested Security Prior to Ambassador Chris Stevens Murder
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
House: U.S. Embassy in Libya asked for extra security, request denied
House: U.S. Embassy in Libya asked for extra security, request denied
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs, The Right Scoop, Hot Air, Villainous Company, nation.foxnews.com, Jammie Wearing Fools and Betsy's Page
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Report: Obama Admin Denied Repeated Requests For Increased Security By U.S. Diplomats In Libya...
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Obama #epicfail: U.S. Embassy in Libya asked for extra security, request denied
The Right Scoop: BOMBSHELL: House Oversight says requests for increased security in Benghazi before 9/11 denied by Washington
Cassandra / Villainous Company: BenghaziGate Blows Up, By The Numbers
Robinson / nation.foxnews.com: BOMBSHELL: Team Obama Denied Requests for Increased Security in Benghazi Before 9/11
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Our Eye-Candy President — Last week, I told my husband …
Con Coughlin / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Did the White House order a cover-up over the murder of Libya's US Ambassador?
Did the White House order a cover-up over the murder of Libya's US Ambassador?
Discussion: protein wisdom
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Bombed Twice in Run-Up to 9/11 Anniversary
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi Bombed Twice in Run-Up to 9/11 Anniversary
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: Pelosi Accuses GOP Of Holding Up Funds Which Would Have Provided Security For Libya Consulate
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast: Pope's Butler: I Betrayed Benedict
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: "BOMBSHELL: House Oversight says requests for increased security in Benghazi before 9/11 denied by Washington"
Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org blogs: Daily Beast Headline Link to Eli Lake's Story About Pre-9/11 Benghazi Attacks: 'Jihadists Warned U.S. on Facebook'
Noah Shachtman / Wired: Militants Attacked Benghazi Outpost Over and Over
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: U.S. Consulate In Benghazi Bombed Twice In Run-Up to 9/11 Anniversary, Openly Threatened To Kill Ambassador Stevens...
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run: 9/11 Attack on Benghazi, Libya Consulate Not the First. Or Last, Probably.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Issa to Hillary: Why did State refuse requests to bolster Benghazi security?
David French / National Review: Libya: Is It a Scandal Yet?
Byron Tau / Reuters: Letter: Consulate attacked before
Dylan Byers / Politico: Foreign policy, the elephant at the debate
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: EXPOSED: Obama Administration Had Advance Warning of Libyan Terror Threat
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: Eli Lake at the Daily Beast has been all over the Benghazi scandal, and here's his latest:
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Clinton promises answers on Benghazi attack
Clinton promises answers on Benghazi attack
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line, ABCNEWS, The Daily Beast, Mediaite and The Jawa Report
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Hillary to Issa: You should reserve judgment about Benghazi until ... November; Update …
John Hinderaker / Power Line: Darrell Issa Does the Work American Reporters Won't Do
Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS: Amb. Stevens Cautioned Ex-Military Officer Against Libya Travel
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast: If Benghazi Is a Scandal, What Was 9-11? — I see that Karl Rove …
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: New Evidence Of Warnings Before Benghazi Attack: Consulate Bombed Twice Prior To 9/11 Assault
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan: 30 Percent 'Want Their Welfare State,' 70 Percent 'Want The American Dream' (VIDEO) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Paul Ryan, Video, 30 Percent, We Are The 47 Percent, We Are The 47 Percent, We Are The 47 Percent, Mitt Romney 2012 …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, theGrio, The Hinterland Gazette, Philly.com, Sky Dancing and The Raw Story
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: 47% layabouts? 30% lazy bums? Who's right about Americans? Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan?
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo: Pew: 49 Percent Claim Too Much Media Coverage Of Romney's '47 Percent' Comments
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Paul Ryan Insult: 30 Percent Of Americans Want "Their Welfare State" …
Will Bunch / Philly.com: The tale of two tapes
Bostonboomer / Sky Dancing: Game, Set, Match! It's Over for Romney and Ryan
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: Maddow unveils 'bombshell' Paul Ryan video
Obama for America:
Because they kinda do. … ABOUT — This is the Obama 2012 campaign's official home on Tumblr. Have a story, photo, or video you'd like to share here? Go ahead and submit it today.
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Obama Campaign Tells Women To "Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend On It" - Update: Flushed Down The Memory Hole...
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Obama Campaign: "Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend on It"
Katrina Trinko / National Review: If You're Voting to Protect 'Lady Parts,' Vote Republican
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: BACK IN FEBRUARY, I WAS MOCKING THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN'S THEME THUSLY: ZOMG!
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Obama Website: 'Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend On It' (Update: Lady Parts Post Removed)
Doug Brady / Conservatives4Palin: Heh: Team Obama deletes "lady parts" ad
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Campaign: 'Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend On It' — This is posted on an Obama campaign website: — "Vote like your lady parts depend on it," the text in the image says. Underneath, the text reads: "Because they kinda do." — UPDATE: The image has been removed from the Obama website.
Discussion: Doug Ross, Business Insider and Riehl World News
Directorblue / Doug Ross: IRONIC, GIVEN ITS SUPPORT OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: Obama fundraising by warning women their "lady parts" are at risk
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: The Obama Campaign's Tumblr Deleted A Post That Urged Women To 'Vote Like Your Lady Parts Depend On It'
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Obama, Romney Tied Among Likely Voters — President Obama and Mitt Romney are deadlocked among likely voters as they prepare to square off in their first presidential debate, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll.
Dean Chambers / Examiner: Mitt Romney lead denied by skewed National Journal poll
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight: Oct. 2: Good News for Romney in National Polls, and Obama in Pennsylvania
Allahpundit / Hot Air: WSJ/NBC poll: Yep, this race is statistically tied; Update: Tied at 47 in new National Journal poll too
Paul A. Rahe / Ricochet Conversations Feed: The Latest Poll — Here is additional information strongly suggesting …
Robert Costa / National Review:
Ringside with Romney — When Mitt Romney takes the stage on Wednesday at the University of Denver, he will undoubtedly be prepared. The question is whether he will execute. Romney advisers expect their candidate to be fluid and precise on the issues. They don't expect him to make a …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast and No More Mister Nice Blog
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Miracle Mitt's Debate Plan
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast: Debate Dilemma: Romney's Warmth Factor
Talking Points Memo:
Advisers Say Romney Will Show Empathy In Debate
Advisers Say Romney Will Show Empathy In Debate
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air, The Impolitic and Guardian
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Open thread for night owls: U.S. conservatives who scorn Europe sure love its austerity
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Quotes of the day — Call it the built-in gravitas gap …
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Mitt Romney: Living tragedy
Hans von Spakovsky / The Heritage Foundation:
Voter ID: Court Upholds Pennsylvania Law — 93-year-old Viviette Applewhite holds up the free voter ID she obtained in Philadelphia. — A Pennsylvania trial court upheld the state's new voter ID law today but ordered that voters without ID would still be able to vote in the upcoming election …
Discussion: The Huffington Post, The BRAD BLOG and National Review
Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post: Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Ruling: Judge Halts Enforcement Of Law For Election
Ernest A. Canning / The BRAD BLOG: JUST THE FACTS: What the PA Photo ID Ruling Means for the November 2012 Election
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Voter ID Law Gutted for 2012 in Pennsylvania
Voter ID Law Gutted for 2012 in Pennsylvania
Robert Barnes / Washington Post: Pennsylvania voter ID law enforcement halted by judge
Amy Davidson / News Desk: Pennsylvania's Voter-I.D. Law, Delayed
Liz Kennedy / The Demos Blog: Ruling for Access: Judge Allows Voters Without ID to Cast Regular Ballots in Pennsylvania
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: What Wall Street Fears Most
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Judge Blocks Pennsylvania Voter ID Law For 2012 Elections
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Democrat Targets West's Military Career In Brutal TV Ad — Democratic candidate Patrick Murphy struck back on Tuesday at Rep. Allen West (R-FL), after West ran an ad about Murphy's arrest in 2003 bar-fight. In response, Murphy went after a key event for West in 2003 — when his military career was ended.
Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed, Election 2012 and The Hinterland Gazette
Bobby Cervantes / Politico: Patrick Murphy ad rips Allen West's army service
Wall Street Journal:
Poll Shows Slim Obama Lead — As Debates Begin, President Gains With Hispanic Voters, Romney With Men — President Barack Obama heads into the first presidential debate with a narrow lead over Mitt Romney in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News nationwide poll that illustrates each candidate's strengths …
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Presidential debate: Protests planned for Denver
Presidential debate: Protests planned for Denver
Discussion: CNN, Jill Stein for President and Weasel Zippers
Shhh: Reporters Can't Talk About The Secret, Fun Mitt Romney — Off the record, he's loose as a goose and sort of endearing. "We can't show a side of him that exists," complains a member of his press corps. — Romney laughs as he hands out beef jerky to the press on his campaign plane.
Wall Street Journal:
Why We Are So Rude Online — Online Browsing Lowers Self-Control and Is Linked To Higher Debt, Weight — Jennifer Bristol recently lost one of her oldest friends—thanks to a Facebook fight about pit bulls. — The trouble started when she posted a newspaper article asserting that pit bulls …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy, Outside the Beltway and Gothamist
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Why Are All You People Such Jerks Online?
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist: Internet Commenting Makes Us Fat, Stupid, & Cruel, Says Study Hitler Would Love
Larry Celona / New York Post:
Diallo cop gets his gun back, 13 years after slay — One of the four cops involved in the fatal shooting of unarmed Bronx immigrant Amadou Diallo finally got his NYPD gun back yesterday — more than 13 years after the 41-bullet debacle that rocked the city.
Discussion: New York Times and Gothamist


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