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'It's fantastic': Motorcycle Ride for Dad sets new fundraising record
West Winnipeg was filled with the sounds of more than a thousand engines revving at once, as motorcycle enthusiasts gathered to ride for a good cause Saturday.
It was the 15th annual Motorcycle Ride for Dad, with more than 1200 riders taking part. All funds raised will stay in Manitoba for prostate cancer research and education. Spokesperson Trevor Kennerd said the event has become important to Manitobans."We're all touched by cancer. We all are. My mother died of cancer, I had an aunt that passed away from cancer," said Kennerd.
He added that one in every eight Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. "If you're a male over the age of 45 you should get checked," Kennerd said.
Starting from Earls Polo Park, motorcycle riders rode west in a police-escorted parade down Portage Avenue to Assiniboia Downs, then north to Selkirk, Gimli and back. The day-long event ended with a wind-up celebration at Cowboys, Canad Inns Windsor Park.
The Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for Dad is led by the Winnipeg Police Association with the volunteer organizing committee made up of Winnipeg police officers, firefighters, community and business leaders, and dedicated citizens.
Kennerd has been on the organizing committee for 14 of the 15 years the ride has been happening. He said it's always an incredible experience. "Just the friendship and the fellowship that we have as a committee is phenomenal," he said. "And the outpouring of support that we get from the people, from the riders, from the pledge donors, from the sponsors. It's fantastic!"
A motorcycle raffle contributed to the final fundraising total, netting over $50,000 on its own. The winner will receive their choice of a 2023 Harley-Davidson Pan American Special, a 2023 BMW R1250 GSA, or $25,000 in cash.
Kennerd said Saturday's fundraising total was close to $500,000, a new record for the event. The Motorcycle Ride for Dad has now raised more than $4 million for prostate cancer research in Manitoba.
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"My message was about restoring a man and to encourage his walk in the Lord," Messer said in an emailed statement, as reported by The Associated Press.
"The presentation of the Scroll of Torah was simply a way of bringing honor to a man who had given his life to the Lord and had given so much to his church, the Atlanta metro area and throughout the world. It was not to make Bishop Eddie L. Long a king," Messer added.
The confusion began at the Sunday, Jan. 29 televised service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, located in Lithonia, east of Atlanta, Ga.
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"He's a king. God has blessed him," Messer declared. Long was then hoisted onto a chair and carried by four men across the podium, as Messer spoke of biblical kingship.
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7 Minimalist Cooking Tips That Make Healthy Eating Easy
The minimalist lifestyle is quite popular these days. It encourages you to remove distractions and focus on what's truly important in your life. In other words, it's about keeping things simple. Cooking is one aspect of your lifestyle that you can simplify without compromising quality or taste.
Here are 7 Cooking Tips That Make Healthy Eating Easier:
Focus on Whole, Single-Ingredient Foods
Whole, single-ingredient foods are the key to good health. Foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, whole grains, fish, poultry and eggs are great examples. These foods are incredibly nutritious and satisfying.
When you focus on whole foods and high-quality ingredients, you will automatically start to eat less processed junk foods.
Processed foods often come with misleading health claims and long lists of ingredients, many of which you can't even pronounce. However, truly healthy foods don't even need an ingredients list. They are the ingredient.
Bottom Line:Eating healthy can be quite simple. Stick to whole foods and avoid processed foods made with refined ingredients and artificial chemicals.
Use Simple Flavorings
If you buy high-quality ingredients, you don't need to add a lot of flavouring. Good olive oil, salt and pepper may be enough.
Fresh herbs can also do wonders for a meal. Additionally, try to avoid buying new flavourings unless they are something you think you will use often.
If a new recipe requires hard-to-find spices and condiments, you can most likely replace them with something you already have.
A rare ingredient that you will end up using only once is a waste of money and space in your kitchen. Most of the time, you can stick to common ingredients that you already own and know how to use.
Bottom Line:You don't need to own a lot of rare ingredients in order to add flavor to your food. Simple ingredients like high-quality olive oil, salt and pepper can be used in almost anything you make.
Clean Out Your Spice Cabinet
Most people keep a lot of herbs and spices on hand. That's perfectly fine, as long as you use them regularly and don't have duplicates.
If your spice cabinet is disorganized and overflowing with spices you never use, you might want to tidy it up a bit. Try to combine duplicates into one container and donate spices you never use. Throw away spices that are old or bland.
Having a tidy spice drawer will help you cook faster because it will be easier to find the spices you're looking for. A good rule of thumb is to go through your spices at least once per year.
Bottom Line:Having a tidy spice cabinet will make you more efficient in the kitchen. Keep spices you use regularly within reach and combine duplicates. Throw out old spices and donate the ones you never use.
Keep An Organized, Minimalist Pantry
Keep a clutter-free pantry stocked with quality foods you use regularly. Preparing healthy meals will become much easier.
A clutter-free pantry also makes your food less likely to spoil, since you'll be able to see all your food items neatly organized.
Here are a few tips to help you organize your pantry:
- Optimize storage: Store items you often use on the bottom shelves or near the front. Items you use less often can be stored in the back or a little higher.
- Sort and group: Designate shelves for similar items, such as keeping your canned foods on one shelf and your breakfast foods on another.
- Label everything: Label all of your pantry items and store them in clear, well-sealed containers so that your foods don't spoil.
- Increase accessibility: Try to place items so they are either directly accessible or you can reach them after moving just one item.
If you use these tips, you'll find it easier to navigate your pantry and locate the items you're looking for when cooking.
Bottom Line:Taking the time to plan and organize your pantry will make both shopping and cooking easier and more enjoyable.
Simplify Your Kitchen Tools
There are tons of clever gadgets you can purchase for your kitchen. Yet, many are nonessential, single-purpose appliances. You don't need fancy kitchenware to cook a great, healthy meal. Simple meals require just a few basics.
If your kitchen is cluttered with items you rarely use, consider selling or donating them. Focus on keeping the functional items you use on a regular basis — it's a plus if they serve multiple purposes.
However, figuring out what's essential is entirely up to you. This varies, and something you regularly use may seem unnecessary to someone else. What you use depends on your lifestyle, how you cook and what kinds of foods you like to eat.
Try storing the items you rarely use in a box. If you haven't opened it in six months, then it's probably safe to sell or donate those things.
Bottom Line:You don't need highly specialized, fancy tools for most tasks in the kitchen. Consider selling or donating kitchenware you don't use often and keeping only the most useful kitchen items.
Think Before You Shop
You should think carefully before you purchase a new kitchen gadget.
Start by asking yourself if you really need it. If you're not sure, think it over for one week before you decide to buy it.
Setting yourself a rule of "one in, one out" may also help. So for any new item, you bring into the kitchen, another needs to go.
Think creatively and you might even be able to use something you already own in a different way than you're used to.
Bottom Line:When it comes to kitchen appliances, less is more. Think carefully before you decide to add another item to your kitchen, especially if it's an item that's designed to perform just one specific task.
Clear Your Kitchen Counter
It's time to de-clutter your kitchen counter. Store kitchenware you use less frequently in your cabinets and drawers instead of on the countertop. This is especially important if you live in a small apartment with limited counter space.
You'll have more room to prepare meals and you'll probably enjoy cooking more if there is less clutter around you. This will also allow you to be more organized and focused while cooking.
If you need to keep items on the kitchen counters because of limited cabinet space then make sure they're frequently used and essential for food preparation.
If you like to store items like keys, mail and wallets on your kitchen counter, make sure everything has a place where it belongs.
Bottom Line:Kitchen counters tend to attract clutter. Keeping them clear will give you more space to prepare meals and enjoy your time in the kitchen.
To Remember…
Simplicity is a Key Ingredient in Healthy Eating!
Nutrition is complicated, but eating healthy and cooking great food doesn't have to be. The food you make at home is more nutritious and cheaper than prepackaged meals or restaurant foods. Therefore, it's essential to make cooking at home as simple and enjoyable as possible.
Source & Original Article: Healthline.com


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Surely, at some point, they thought of casting Michael Cera. Richard Ayoade's often marvelous The Double, an existential jest set in a bureaucratic dystopia so familiar and lightly comic that it may as well be Kafka Fantasy Camp, stars Jessie Eisenberg, the Oscar winner and future Lex Luthor, as a beleaguered schlemiel whose life is upended by a stranger who is identical to him in every way — just somehow better.
That's close to what Eisenberg was to Cera, back in the Zombieland days, when he seemed to be cast as the Arrested Development star's off-brand equivalent. Since then, he's distinguished himself as a compellingly brittle screen presence, a singular actor best not at nice guys but at guys you're surprised aren't more nice — the prickly and insecure outcasts who lash out at anyone who bothers getting close.
Eisenberg's excellent as his own bad-news double in The Double, playing a more unsettling doppelganger than Cera managed in Youth in Revolt, which involved a tricked-up mustache and too-cute French name. Until a couple of climatic facial injuries, these dueling Eisenbergs are indistinguishable from each other, right down to hair (shaggy) and costume (comically oversized '80s suit). But one's the toast of the office complex they work in, while the other's a yearning nobody clerk of the sort common in Eastern European lit.
Both are also better-looking than Eisenberg's given credit for. He's rakish and tousled, more diffident man than sweetly shy boy, and there's a touch of Jagger in the set of his jaw. Eisenberg's mild handsomeness proves quite funny, as one of his identical doubles is hailed as a dreamboat and model employee while the other, the protagonist, simply doesn't register. He has to sign in as a visitor with his office's security guard because, even after years of toil there, he's not in "the system."
That system, like the film's whole world, is like a Soviet 2014 as imagined by a Commodore 64 in 1982 — it's chintzy, clunky, and eight-bit and looks like it started out uniform in that Eastern bloc way but has, over time, been incrementally modified with whatever junked components people could find. If the story and milieu are familiar, the look is worth sinking into.
Ayoade, director of Submarine, and his cowriter, Avi Korine, have based The Double on a short novel by Dostoyevsky, which itself was inspired by the alienated fantasies of Gogol, and Ayoade has spoken about finding inspiration in Orson Welles' film of Kafka's The Trial. For all that, The Double often feels as indebted to Brazil and Delicatessen as it does to those geniuses. Like the work of Terry Gilliam and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, it's sometimes a dazzling astonishment but also occasionally too much, so overdirected that watching it can feel like reading something typed with the caps lock on, especially toward the end, when Ayoade's inventive repetition starts to feel like just repetition.
But most of its 90 minutes tremble with wit and welcome ambition. In the first reels, before the double arrives, Ayoade subjects the hero to choice humiliations, all staged with ace comic timing: On a near-empty subway car, he's told that he's in somebody's seat; after removing his suit coat at work, his antsy boss (Wallace Shawn) barks, "Put your jacket on, son! This isn't a brothel!" Shawn is as hopped-up and time-conscious as Eddie Foy Jr. in The Pajama Game and almost as funny. The office through which he power-walks is as richly mannered as his performance, all stuttering fluorescents, baffling pipe work, and cinder blocks painted the yellow of dog teeth. Elevators seem to detest Schlemiel Eisenberg, and the sad-eyed beauty in the photocopy department (Mia Wasikowska) smiles wanly at him, polite but not interested until his double arrives, and then she gets close only to ask if he can set her up with his twin.
The best joke is that nobody else seems to notice that these guys are identical. Dashing Eisenberg larks through security; Schlemiel gets his ID badge scissored up. Whatever qualities inspire people to celebrate the one but ignore the other are absolutely mysterious — the cocksure stride of Dashing Eisenberg is far from enough to justify it. There's resonance in the idea of the mystery of personality, especially for anyone who ever wondered why, in high school, so many total pricks seem so beloved. Dashing Eisenberg triumphs at everything, despite being ill-equipped for his job and not even knowing what the company does; he's a bully who steals the work of the schlemiel and paws at every woman around, including, of course, that copy-center beauty.
The conflict between these two never proves as fascinating as the film's world or its comic existential crises or even its wonderful lighting design — the juddering shadows of subway cars are a perfectly realized nightmare. Early on, Schlemiel Eisenberg peeps through a telescope at the sad-eyed beauty who lives across the way, a hobby that the movie understands is creepy rather than sweet. Ayoade stages this as a Rear Window homage, of course, and mines the setup for some tense jolts, most memorably a surprising (and superbly shot) act of violence. After that, the film's dark playfulness and familiarity are enriched by dread. Yes, we've seen soul-crushing office hellscapes since as far back as King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) or Tati's Playtime (1967), but The Double, with its inviting alienation, nails a curious mood that's been too long absent from contemporary film: the anxious admission that the world might be weighted against the plucky individual and that prickling you feel just before such thoughts make a sweat breakout.


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Review: Justice League Dark Vol. 1: In the Dark trade paperback (DC Comics)
Monday, December 10, 2012
The joy of a comic that includes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and then also Constantine, Shade, Zatanna, and Deadman, among others, remains. And Justice League Dark: In the Dark's final cliffhanger and the fact that DC superstar writer Jeff Lemire comes on as writer in the next volume both warrant checking out this series' second collection. But Milligan's first arc on Dark is overlong and fails to effectively use the Dark characters, ending up more like "just another" team book than the site of Vertigo horror in the DC Universe.
[Review contains spoilers]
In terms of where to find "the Vertigo" in Justice League Dark, Milligan brings it forth most clearly in the characters of Deadman and Shade. The each have a troubling relationship with the women in their lives, as Deadman tries to entice girlfriend Dove to have sex with a random man while Deadman possesses his body, and Shade has created his companion from the ether without telling her she's not "real." That the only way the book can show a character to be disturbed is to have them victimize a woman is problematic, but the result is that Milligan gives more depth to Deadman and Shade than the other characters in the book.
That Milligan even addresses Deadman's sexuality falls squarely on the Vertigo side of things. Milligan's conclusion that Deadman must essentially violate a person in order to be intimate is only logical, most likely the reason no other writer has approached it until now; to Milligan's credit, what he's done is to take an obvious but unseemly aspect of Deadman and bring it to light, thereby building on the character in a faithful way.
Later, Milligan mitigates it all by suggesting the Enchantress's dark magic spurred Deadman to sleaziness, though the character might be all the more interesting if left his own flaws. Either way, Deadman is a good example of how Milligan tries to present the darker side of DC Comics's dark characters here.
The rest of the characters receive far less spotlight. Milligan would seem to bank on John Constantine's reputation to make his impression in the book, since fabled louse Constantine does nothing untoward nor really terribly controversial in these pages. It becomes almost a running joke that the Justice League-level sorceress Zatanna's spells fail in this story, rendering her nearly useless. And Milligan brings back new character Mindwarp from Flashpoint: Secret Seven, though Mindwarp's role in the book is fairly minor.
Indeed, In the Dark's greatest problem is that the first five-issue arc consists almost entirely of the characters moving from place to place, maybe bantering, maybe fighting something, before they move again and repeat. The story's antagonist is apparent almost from the beginning, and so there's little suspense as the various characters are introduced and argue with one another, until enough issues go by that Milligan brings it all to a close.
That close, even, peters out -- for all the running around and worrying that the Dark characters do, ultimately Constantine speaks one spell by himself that ends the Enchantress's mad rampage. Similarly in the sixth issue epilogue, Deadman possesses Shade and suddenly Shade's wild golem disappears. That Milligan's focus is more on the characters than on the action isn't a detraction, but neither side has quite enough heft here.
Part of In the Dark's rooting around might be attributable to the fact that the final issue leads in to a four-part crossover with Joshua Fialkov's I, Vampire in the next volume. If Justice League Dark did have to mark time so Vampire could get in place alongside it, Dark was the worse for it. The main plot of In the Dark could certainly have been two or three issues instead, and then perhaps that extra space might have been used to convince the reader how the DC Universe's new Constantine and new Zatanna stand up to their old iterations.
Again, however, there's a simple joy in reading about a team that includes Constantine and Zatanna and Shade, and the fact that Jeff Lemire -- who wrote perhaps the best DC New 52 debut so far with Animal Man -- is taking over only portends good things for the book. Artist Mikel Janin does fine work throughout with a detailed, almost photo-realistic approach to the book's various decaying ghouls, and it's good news he's sticking around, too. Justice League Dark: In the Dark is not a strong debut for this much anticipated series, but there's evidence better things may be in store the next time around.
[Includes original covers, Mikel Janin sketchbook pages]
We'll stay on the "Dark" side of things with the Collected Editions review of the New 52 I, Vampire coming up later this week.
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I collected the first two issues of JL Dark when they hit the stands, and...I had no clue what was happening. Is it just me? I found the storytelling to just be completely nuts, all over the place, I had no idea who anyone was or why anything was happening. I am a fan of a lot of these characters and of Peter Milligan so I was incredibly disappointed.ReplyDelete
I bought and read the trade back in October, and although it may not be a great book, but I do still feel it's a good book and reasonably good for Lemire's run on the title.ReplyDelete
I like that there is a team that deals with the weird and mystical branch of the DCU. I love the team members being C-list characters only. And considering the confines of the DC52 over Vertigo, I can take the idea of a dumb-down set of characters like Constantine. I look at this way: you have your more streamlined DC Constantine and your typical who-knows-what-he'll-do-next Vertigo Constantine (even though Vertigo Constantine will be no more after issue 300 in March...). So overall, I think it's a good book.
I think many people were disappointed in it because they had too high of standards and anticipation for the title (much like the sounds of Jordan felt above, as well as a bunch of people I know and media outlets who felt the same way). I think if people dropped those expectations, I think it would of gotten much more acclaim.
But my only real complaint from the book was the introduction of the Justice League. They did not need to be here at all. I know Milligan wanted to show the JL can't handle all threats...but it could of been handled differently. Because it made the A-team Justice League of Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Batman look pathetically weak by pointing out their weakness in magic. Really? I can see them being weak to magic, but not helpless. The idea that the A-team can't do it...might as well send in the B--heck, C-team to solve the problem? That's my greatest peeve. Constantine, Deadman, Zatanna, Shade, Enchantress are ALL intriguing and solid characters in-and-of-themselves. It's a double-edge sword about this concept: it makes the Justice League look embarrassingly weak and helpless, while it puts down the JLD members as almost non interesting and weak. That's why the Justice League did not need to be in this book.
Aside from that, I liked it. I laid out all the setups for being a team book and Jeff Lemire taking over sky rockets it all tremendously (I'm reading the single issues and it is oh-so good)
There's some interesting character stuff in Milligan's first arc, but there's an aimlessness to it that gives me the impression that he was struggling with getting a handle on the team and its purpose in the DCU, which is exactly where Lemire succeeded when he took over the writing reins.ReplyDelete
Threadjack: Gail Simone was fired as the writer of Batgirl by the new editor, by e-mail. Here's hoping she goes to Marvel. With Karen Berger leaving Vertigo in the new year and the cancelation of the long running Hellblazer series the Vertigo line which has always been one of the things that set DC apart could be in trouble. With the success of Marvel Now and the seemingly endless complaints from creative staff about DC editorial meddling, DC better watch be careful that they don't lose their talent. As it is they are already recycling retreads from the 90's like Lobdell, Nicezia, Defalco, Nocenti etc. Creators are looking for and expect more freedom, not less in today's age. They better be careful they don't lose guys like Lemire and Snyder.ReplyDelete
The big problem I've had with both Milligan and Lemire on JLD is that Zatanna doesn't do ANYTHING. It's part of why I dropped the book after Lemire's first arc; a team book needs to behave like a team book, not a Constantine book with window dressing (even if that window dressing is Frankenstein).ReplyDelete
Sounds like a fun enough title!ReplyDelete
Glad to hear some favorable reviews of Lemire's upcoming run. Definitely excited for Lemire's Green Arrow -- and a darker Green Arrow teaming up with Justice League Dark might be fun, too.ReplyDelete


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Mike Duffy says he wants to give Canadians 'the whole story'
RCMP requests Senate documents as it considers 'grounds to commence a criminal investigation'
Senator Mike Duffy said Thursday he wants a "full and open inquiry" to answer the many questions Canadians have about the spending scandal that prompted him to leave the Conservative caucus and now has the RCMP asking the Senate for more details about spending rules.
Duffy said he has not been contacted by the RCMP and that he will co-operate with anyone who is doing an investigation into his travel and housing allowance claims.
"I think Canadians have a right to know all the facts and I'm quite prepared in the appropriate place and time to give them the whole story," Duffy told reporters as he left the Senate and walked to his car. "There are bits and pieces out there, it should all be put together in one place and there will be some place to do that."
Duffy had not spoken in public or accepted interview requests since it was revealed last week that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff Nigel Wright had written a cheque for more than $90,000 so Duffy could pay back housing allowance expenses that he says he may have claimed in error.
FULL VIDEO:Senator Mike Duffy's scrum with reportersSenator Carolyn Stewart Olsen's scrum with reporters
An external audit by Deloitte was done on Duffy and senators Mac Harb and Patrick Brazeau to examine where their primary residence is and if they had properly claimed an allowance for a second residence in Ottawa. Duffy repaid the money before the audit was finished and did not co-operate with the process.
Harper says he learned about the cheque payment through the media — a claim the opposition parties are casting suspicion on — and that he wouldn't have approved if he had known about it. Wright resigned on Sunday because of the secret cheque. His departure came days after news of the cheque first broke on Tuesday night and after Harper's office initially said Wright still had the prime minister's confidence.
At a Thursday press conference in Colombia, where he is on a South American trade mission, Harper was asked why he stood by Wright for days if what he did wasn't acceptable.
"He should have told me earlier, that's why I accepted his resignation. Upon reflection, should I have reached that conclusion earlier? Perhaps. But I think that is the correct conclusion," Harper said.
Harper was asked about the terms of the deal between Wright and and Duffy, and if lawyers were involved. He said he's not aware of any formal agreement and that Wright will have to answer to Parliament's ethics commissioner for his actions.
Harper said the expenses charged by Duffy, Harb and Brazeau were "inappropriate," that his government has taken "the appropriate actions" and will "hold people accountable."
'No idea' if Harper knew about cheque
Duffy, who resigned from the Conservative caucus last Thursday but hopes to rejoin it in the future, was asked if Harper knew about his deal with Wright. "I have no idea. I would find … I just don't know," he responded. He was also asked to explain a media report claiming he said he had gotten a Royal Bank loan to pay the money back, contradicting what is known about the Wright cheque.
"Just wait for it all to come out," he said.
The Senate voted earlier this week to send the report on Duffy's expenses back to the internal economy committee that is currently being accused by the Liberals and NDP of whitewashing the version that was released on May 9. The Liberals are pushing for the normally in-camera meetings to be held in public and Duffy said he supports that.
"Of course, it has to be done in public, there's no question," he said. The Prince Edward Island senator said that whether it is a Senate committee or another Deloitte audit, he welcomes the scrutiny.
"Canadians deserve answers, I want to give them answers, and eventually, hopefully not too long, they will get the answers," he said. "We need a full and open inquiry so that it all gets aired."
Duffy declined to questions from reporters about the different versions of the Senate report, his relationship with Wright, and about his lawyer.
He flatly rejected a question about whether he plans to resign or stay in the Senate "Pfffft. Of course, I'm a senator, why wouldn't I?"
- VIDEO: PMO forced to correct Conservative MP's statement on Power & Politics that Harper won't appoint more senators until there is "substantial reform" to the Senate
Duffy is now sitting as an Independent senator along with Pamela Wallin, who resigned from the Tory caucus on Friday while her travel expenses remain the subject of an external audit.
Harb and Brazeau are also both sitting as Independents and disputing the orders to pay money back for the housing allowances they claimed. Harb left the Liberal caucus when the audit was released and Brazeau was kicked out of the Conservative caucus because of a criminal charge he is facing in an unrelated matter.
RCMP asks Senate for rules dating back a decade
The opposition parties spent much of Thursday pushing the government to explain who was behind the decision to edit the original Senate committee report on Duffy's expenses, and why.
But the opposition parties aren't the only ones seeking more information. The Senate confirmed Thursday that the RCMP is continuing its probe of the Deloitte audits that were done on Duffy, Harb and Brazeau.
A letter from the RMCP dated May 16 and tabled in the Senate says the force wanted copies of Senate policies "in order to make a determination as to whether there are grounds to commence a criminal investigation."
Supt. Biage Carrese, of the sensitive and international investigations unit of the RCMP's national division in Ottawa, wrote that the RCMP is "conducting a review" of the Deloitte audits. He requested copies of guidelines over the last 10 years related to travel and living expenses and other administrative rules. The RCMP also wanted the Senate calendars for the last decade to determine when the upper chamber was sitting.
Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella informed the Senate of the request and said the information had been passed on to the RCMP. The police force does not confirm whether it is conducting criminal investigations into matters.
The government was asked in question period if Harper's office had been approached by the RCMP and Heritage Minister James Moore responded that it had not.
"The Senate committee's report on Senator Duffy was whitewashed. Who ordered the members of the committee to whitewash the Duffy report and why did a majority of the senators on the committee agree to co-operate in this coverup?" Liberal MP Judy Foote said at a news conference with other Liberals earlier in the day.
Much of the focus was on the two Conservative senators who handled the draft report on Duffy's expenses, Carolyn Stewart Olsen and David Tkachuk. Liberal Senator George Furey was the third senator on the steering committee that wrote the report before it was presented to the Senate's internal economy committee.
Conservatives deny they were ordered to edit
Tkachuk is not on Parliament Hill this week because of recent surgery, but he gave some media interviews and said he was not ordered by anyone to write the report a certain way. He did say that he had a "number of discussions" with Wright about Duffy, and sought advice for his report from the PMO, fellow senators, members of the media, and others.
Stewart Olsen told CBC News that as chair of the internal economy committee it makes sense for Tkachuk to be in touch with people in the PMO and that she also had discussions during the course of the report.
"I have spoken with some people in PMO. I don't speak to them a lot," she said. "No. The report is as we produced it, we changed it ourselves as we edited," she responded when asked if she was told to change the report.
The final report on Duffy released by the committee on May 9 along with the reports on Harb and Brazeau lacked key paragraphs that had been in the first version related to findings about Duffy's primary residence and his co-operation with the audit.
The Duffy report also used different language from that used in the reports on Harb and Brazeau. There is no mention of the rules on housing claims being clear in his report, for example, as there is in the other two.
Olsen said the reports were written by different groups and "were never meant to be in lockstep."
Opposition MPs are raising questions about whether Conservatives were influenced by the Prime Minister's Office to go easy on Duffy, and if so, whether that was done in exchange for Duffy's repayment of $90,172.
"We are not aware of any legal agreement between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy. It is as simple as that," Moore said in question period when asked who in the PMO knew about Wright's repayment. Harper is on a trip to Colombia.
A Liberal on the Senate internal economy committee tells CBC News that the draft report was altered in the final 24 hours before it was tabled in the Senate on the afternoon of May 9.
The Harb and Brazeau reports, prepared by a subcommittee struck in the fall to examine senators' housing allowances, were considered and approved by the internal economy committee on May 8. The committee's meetings are held in-camera behind closed doors.
When the committee reconvened on May 9, Olsen introduced a motion to change the Duffy report, including deleting the draft report's references to the residency rules being "very clear" and "unambiguous." Another change initiated by Olsen deleted the draft report's statement that Duffy's travel patterns were not consistent with maintaining a primary residence on P.E.I.
Duffy and his lawyer were in the room at the time.
In a move sources suggest is unprecedented for the internal economy committee, which usually makes its decisions on a consensus basis, a vote was taken on whether to change the report. Committee members split along party lines and Tory votes carried the day.
Later that afternoon, a relatively raucous scene emerged in the Senate as the reports were tabled, with some senators objecting to being asked to consent to reports they hadn't seen.
Furey made it clear when he spoke in the Senate that while it represented the majority on the committee, the report was not unanimous.
The committee of internal economy deals with senators' expenses. The subcommittee was struck when questions were raised about Brazeau and whether he was properly claiming a housing allowance that senators are entitled to worth up to $22,000 per year. The money is for a secondary residence in Ottawa if their primary residence is more than 100 kilometres away.
The questions about Brazeau prompted a widespread review of senators' travel and housing claims, and led to the three audits plus the one on Wallin.
A copy of the original Duffy report was obtained by CBC News. It showed that the committee concluded Duffy's primary residence is in Ottawa. It said his declaration that his cottage in P.E.I was his primary residence was not supported based on his travel patterns and time spent in Ottawa. This finding, however, was not included in the final report that was released May 9.
Duffy, a former journalist in Ottawa, has had a home for years in the capital.
Key paragraphs removed
Other key paragraphs were removed from the first version of the report and opposition parties want to know why.
"This is a scam being perpetrated on the Canadian people and the Senate has no credibility," the NDP's ethics critic Charlie Angus said.
The Senate voted on Tuesday to send the Duffy report back to the internal economy committee for a second look.
Angus pointed to the close connection between Harper and Olsen and noted that she sat on the steering committee that was driving the writing of the Duffy report. "This keeps going back to the prime minister," he said.
Olsen has a long history with Prime Minister Stephen Harper that dates back to his time in the Canadian Alliance Party. She is one of his most loyal advisers, and worked as his press secretary and later as his chief communications strategist. Harper appointed her to the Senate in 2009.
Marjory LeBreton, the government's leader in the Senate, was asked about the alleged whitewashing of the report Thursday during the Senate's question period and about Tkachuk's comments. She said she would review them and report back.
LeBreton also fielded complaints from Liberal senators about the same committee that handled the Duffy report being tasked with looking at it again. She said she has faith in the committee and that it's up to its members to accept or reject Cowan's request for the meeting to be in public.
- An earlier version of this story said Pamela Wallin had "recused" herself from the Conservative caucus. "Recused" is the word Wallin used to describe her action. It should have been enclosed in quotation marks. This revised story says Wallin "resigned" from the Tory caucus, a clearer description.Jun 14, 2013 2:00 AM ET
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Answering the call of our younger players, Capital Soccer is proud to announce it's first ever fall season of soccer educational programs. For over ten years, Capital Soccer has provided an educational service to the Vermont soccer community in a way that fosters an enjoyment and love for the game. This combination of education, in a fun atmosphere, has made Capital Soccer the leader in athletic education throughout Central Vermont.
Player development is the foundation of all of the programs that we run. Couple with our fantastic group of coaches who understand how to teach and communicate with young players, a combination of activities involving technique (shooting, passing, receiving, and dribbling) will be the focal point of the curriculum. All sessions will end with match play and an energetic and healthy atmosphere of fun!
All players are expected to bring soccer cleats or turf shoes, shorts, a shirt, shinguards, and a soccer ball to every clinic.
Choosing the right clinic:
Please sign up players for the appropriate age classification, or consult the directors. Each class is limited in size, and formed on a first-come, first-serve basis.


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Valley Yarns on Ravelry Issue #5
Look at some of the great finished projects people have been posting on Ravlery using some of our Valley Yarns.
1. Ocean Heather Lavalette Shawl knit by Oshelle in Valley Yarns Northampton – Great free pattern from Kirsten Kapur found on her blog Through the Loops. Though she does offer the pattern for free, she suggests that you make a voluntary donation to Alzheimer's and dementia research. Details on her blog.
2. Cotuit Sands Scarf knit by knittinggolfer in Valley Yarns 2/10 Merino Tencel – Designer Marcy Vandale offers the pattern for this light and airy scarf as a Ravelry download for $6.00.
3. Easter Stripey Rugby Sweater knit by shutterhoney in Valley Yarns Southwick – Love Stacy's stripe color combination in this sweater from Barefoot Knits.
4. Something Blushy knit by fanciepants in Valley Yarns Southwick – Wendy Bernard's Something Red pattern has great drape in Southwick. Available for purchase on Wendy's blog Knit & Tonic.
5. Tiny Tea Leaves Cardi knit by bestitched in Valley Yarns Goshen – How cute is Lily in this fun pattern from Melissa LaBarre.
6. Joseph's Blankie of Many Colors knit by JessicaP in Valley Yarns Valley Cotton 10/2 – Normally Valley Cotton 10/2 is used by weavers, but here Jessica doubles it in this log cabin blanket from Mason Dixon Knitting.
7. Sally Cardigan knit by cupcake in Valley Yarns Sheffield – So many interesting details in Nikol Lohr's pattern available for free on the Craftzine blog.
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Tags: Melissa LaBarre, Ravelry, Valley Yarns on Ravelry, Wendy Bernard


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Five Things to Eat Before You Die
Fascinating, the lists collected here. The food, of course. But more interesting are the perspectives, both aspirational travel-planning and hopeful last-meal lists. Mine, certainly falls onto the last-meal table, but the list came easily, no exchanges, no questions.
- Mom's bread: Heavy, dense and slightly grain-sweet. With butter, please.
- Nana's peroghies: Blueberry, please. (The recipe just happens to be online.)
- Gramma's blueberry pancakes: In bear shapes, please, just like Gramma made them on Sunday mornings before church.
- My sister's shortbread: made with a deft touch that produces cakes as light as air, with just the right crumb. With tea, please.
- My Finnish sister's strawberry whipped cream cake: traditional Scandinavian cakes, layers of sponge cake piled with berries and whipped cream. With coffee, please.
Zinfully Delicious
Farmgirl Fare
A Fridge Full of Food
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...for Alma made from alpacca yarn.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
...for spring. Each year, when Christmas is out of the house, I get the feeling of springtime. And then the next day heavy snow starts to fall down. Hmmm...
The owner of the wonderful shop PYNT in Porsgrunn has just started a webshop. Thats happy news for those of you that do´nt live nearby. Take a look here and shop Ü
Thursday, January 22, 2009
When I was fifteen I got this crochet cloth from my grandma, she made one for each of her grandchildren. At the time, I must admit, I did´nt think much of the gift, but now I LOVE it and I´m so happy that she made it for me. Since I´m not a big fan of cloths on the table I use it as a curtain.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I made this shade from an old lamp. I like the way the light shines through the crochet-shade. It was so easy to make and I really want to make a big one too.....I only have to find the time.
Friday, January 16, 2009
..at PYNT right before Christmas. I just love the fabric and can´t wait to get time to make dresses for the girls.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
...from Hedda X. I bought this pair right before christmas and I love the combination of flowers and colors. All her products are made from vintage materials from the 1900- 1990`s.
Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments on the post about Alma! It really warms my heart.


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UGH! Sorry for the grammatical errors. That's what happens when you write a post at midnight! If you find any others, let me know in comments.
Ricki Jill
Congratulations pretty Shelley!!ReplyDelete
I know you are proud of Shelley! She is such a beautiful young lady. Love the book you've shown! And guess what I posted this morning? My Smash journal! Great minds and all! heehee!ReplyDelete
Wow, a great happy list RJ. Yes, congratulations to beautiful Shelley! That's wonderful. Your salad looks so yummy. It's interesting that when Lady Di had her boy, I had mine at the same time and now that my boy just had a boy, Di's boy had a boy...hmmm - so neat!! I love having that in common.ReplyDelete
I will look on Amazon for the book, see if its available in the US. Thanks for the tip. I am always looking for good "craft" books
Thanks so much for hosting this party.
hugs, bj
I think the Celebrate book by Pippa sounds like a lot of fun. And thanks for another pasta recipe. We've been making the one pot pasta recipe about once a week; it's great to have another with lots of fresh veggies to try out.ReplyDelete
I love this list!! Want to check out that book too. How fun. Yeah for Shelley!! I miss the horse shows. I'd be so stressed but they were so fun to spend the day at.ReplyDelete
Mmmmm, that pasta recipe is a must-try for me! Congrats to Shelley! Adorable picture:) I will need to pick up the book ~ looks wonderful!ReplyDelete
Great list and a huge congratulations to your daughter!ReplyDelete
How awesome is a Happy List! I love your hop theme :) Pippa's book looks wonderful, I'll look for it at our library too. Have a good week!
xoxo, Andrea
Congrats to beautiful Shelley, she's such an equestrian to it's fullest and riding horses is a wonderful therapy for the soul and mind! How wonderful how all the generations were there to cheer your daughter too. Great looking salad! My nephew was born to my brother the same year prince William. Big hugs,
Yay! Sounds like Pippa is a sweeter version of Martha Stewart. ;)
Thanks for the royal baby update- I didn't realize Kate had popped already!
And congrats again to Shelley! That's a lot of happy.
Congratulations to Shelley! Pretty girl ~ she looks like her mom. Happy Day!ReplyDelete
Congratulations to Shelley! That's so neat that there are so many opportunities in her chosen sport.
I had not heard about that entertaining book. It makes sense that it would be good, because isn't that how Middleton's family became successful?
Great list.
Ricki Jill- It always makes ME happy to rad YOUR happy list. I will look for that book-it sounds wonderful. Thanks for the recipe- xo DianaReplyDelete
I love what you said about the Royal Baby! I saw so much negativity and "WHO CARES" stuff on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, and it made me sad. I fail to see how excitement over good news like a new baby - Royal or not - is a bad thing?! I was thrilled to hear the little Prince had arrived safe & sound, and now I'm anxiously awaiting news of his name!! :)ReplyDelete
Congrats to Shelley and glad all the birthday celebrations are done for awhile. I would be exhausted! Thanks for hosting!ReplyDelete
You are too funny.
Congrats to Shelley and her gorgeous blue ribbon!
I too heard that about Pippa's book, I will have to seek out a copy and find the halloween pages, my favorite time of year.
Glad things are a little more laid back this week for you.
Sounds like you had quite the week of partying :)
I totally want to read that book!!! I didn't mention the little prince in my happy list - I forgot!! He looks adorable- I can't wait to see his face. :)
Thanks for hosting!! :)
I love happy lists!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations to Shelley! What a wonderful achievement.
You've sparked my interest in Pippa's book. I'll be looking for it at my library.
Congrats to Shelley!!
Thanks for sharing the pasta salad recipe...I love pasta salad.
I really should look into that book. Sounds like I would enjoy it.
Congrats to Shelley!!
I also checked out Pippa's book from the library and loved it. I need to buy my own copy especially since I love all things British!
I'm behind on my smashbooking and book reading. I need to block out a couple of hours.
Yay Shelley! And I love whatever that is hanging on the wall behind her!ReplyDelete
I like you happy list very nice indeed and of course I want to say congratulations Shelly along with the othersReplyDelete
Hooray for Shelley and what a cute girl she is! I know you are a proud mom!
I read terrible reviews of Pippa's book and it made me sad because she seems to have impeccable taste. Some of the names of the recipes were sited and they were a little bit of a turn off. But these are random reviews and I'd like to leaf through the book myself.
Thanks so much for the recipe, it looks healthy and delicious!
Congratulations to your darling daughter. I would like to peruse that book as well. I will check it out. Thanks for hosting!
Congratulations to your daughter! That book does sound right up my alley. I'll be checking my local library for it, and asking them to order it if I need to!ReplyDelete
I don't have a "happy" post to share, but high on my happy list is learning from other bloggers. I am still trying to figure out how to redeem my gift card so I can get the Book of Doing.ReplyDelete
Playing some major catch up at the moment.
Congrats to Shelley that is very exciting!
All our birthdays happen towards the end of the year. We have 3 the end of October...then 4 in December. Fall and Winter are certainly the busiest months of the year!
Great list! I love Shelley's smile. She has such a beautiful smile!ReplyDelete


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Apple is said by Bloomberg to be working on a deal that would bring Time Warner Cable content to its Apple TV set-top streaming box, for subscribers to TWC's existing cable packages. Which is nice, for those people, and something that's like the iOS apps which allow cable and satellite subscribers to view content they pay for access to on devices other than their TV, but in the big picture, it's a minor update, not a revolution.
The update would offer subscribers access to content in the same way that the recently-introduced HBO GO app does on Apple TV – if you're already paying for it, you've now got one more window to watch it through. Time Warner also owns HBO GO, so it isn't surprising to see a relaxing of content rules from TWC. Nor is it a completely novel deal, since TWC already has similar agreements in place with Roku, Xbox and will soon integrate some of its channel line-up into Samsung smart TVs.
The news that more content is potentially coming to Apple TV is good for the ecosystem, good for Apple and good for device users. Apps on Apple TV are great, even when Apple is metering them out carefully instead of opening up the platform the way it has on iOS. And another channel, even if limited to subscribers, is still better than that content not being made available to Apple TV users, for sure. But at the same time, this sounds like a deal that will further the goals of cable providers more than it will prompt any kind of real upheaval in the way we consume and interact with TV.
An actual Apple TV is an exciting prospect because at one time it held the promise of doing something different not just with interfaces or with content vehicles, but with actual content divisions, packaging and pricing. Apps for existing subscribers who still buy plans based on the old way of "here's a bunch of stuff, some of which you need," is all well and good, but what about a la carte content? What about the possibility of cutting out the middleman and only paying for what you want to see?
It makes sense for Apple to play ball with legacy providers, especially after so many years have passed with so many reports of it being frustrated when working out broadcast right with media providers. That's probably why Apple is poaching Pete Distad, an ex-Hulu exec, to come on board and smooth out media co. negotiations. But the world doesn't need another Hulu, or another extension of the type of "TV Everywhere" campaign that cable companies are fond of putting forward as true change – it needs to be upended, so hopefully that's still something in Apple's sights.


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Writing, Grammar, Literature, ACT Prep
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Writing, Grammar, Literature, ACT Prep
Education: M.Ed.,Stanford University
Katie is an enthusiastic teacher who strives to make connections between literature and student's every day lives.
Introductory paragraphs are important because they are the first thing that either grabs the attention of the reader or turns them off. Introductory paragraphs have several components including creative titles, hooks, connecting thoughts, background information and a thesis statement.
Let's talk about introductory paragraphs. Now introductions are really essential to your paper, this is what gets your reader interested or makes your reader disinterested. So, when I talk about introductions to my students, I talk about the main component. And the first, but not a lot of teachers talk about but I stress is, a creative title. I think that really pulls somebody into your paper. So you want to start of with a creative title, then you go to your hook which is your attention grabber; what gets the reader interested in reading about your paper and in your hook your goal would be to connect to them in some sort of way, and we'll talk about that in a few minutes. Then you want to follow that hook with a connecting thought. Since in your hook you're connecting to the reader's world, this connecting thought has to work to pull that world to what you're actually talking about where you'll give background info about your topic, and you don't want to write pages and pages but if you're writing about a book for instance, you may want to give a brief; maybe four words summary or four sentence summary, sorry, and then you're going to end with your Thesis statement. So make sure that, that Thesis statement comes as the very last sentence or sentences in that introductory paragraph.
Some quick tricks to think about while you're writing your introduction, first is an inverted triangle. So an upside down triangle, a lot of people use this visual to kind of imagine what an intro should look like. The reason is, because at the top you're going to be the most broad, you want to appeal to the most number of people so you're going to connect to the reader's world. Then you're going to bring them in, connect, give background information to the point where you are at the narrowest. You're very specific in the argument you're going to prove at the bottom. So that's kind of a visual to help you see what an introduction should look like. And then I always urge my students to connect or to focus on that connecting thought. A lot of times it's really easy to skip over because it's only one sentence, but it really does all the work here. It's what really makes the connection to the reader and them brings them to the topic of your essay. So let's take a look at an example of an introduction for a paper and see if we can identify those parts.
Alright, we've got "Mark Twain once said that, loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul. No two people understand this better than Jerry Renault, the main character in Robert Cormier's novel, The Chocolate War and civil war abolitionist, Nat Turner. Just as Nat Turner rebelled against the accepted petrified tradition of slavery in America, Jerry, a freshman at Trinity High School, rebels against the annual obligatory chocolate sale. While on the surface, the struggles the two men sorry endured were desperate, the theory behind their struggles is virtually the same. Both Nat Turner and Jerry Renault know what it means to struggle against insurmountable authority, to speak their minds in a world where no one is willing to listen and to ultimately give up their liveliness for the good of those to follow". Alright so let's start reviewing this.
Alright, I like the way this starts here with this quote and that's definitely one way of hooking your reader in. One thing that's particularly good is that the quote is framed, which means it starts of with your own words and worked into a sentence. It's not just set out there "loyalty to petrified opinion..." it really connects in. Then we've got "no people understand this" and this is referring back to the ideas and the quotes so here is our connecting thought. Aright so "no people understand this better that Jerry Renault, the main character in The Chocolate War, and civil war abolitionist, Nat Turner". So now we've transitioned from that quote that sticks out to people's everyday lives to talking about the book and abolitionists, alright? "Just as Nat Turner rebelled against the accepted petrified tradition of slavery.." So there's some background information incase you didn't know who Nat Turner was, alright, and then we have "Jerry, a freshman at Trinity High School rebels against the annual obligatory chocolate sale." There's our background information. If you had never read The Chocolate War, those are the basic facts that you need to know. "While on the surface, the struggles the two men endured were desperate, the theory behind their struggles is virtually the same..." and now we have a transition to a thesis that lists the main point and is argumentative. 'Both Nat Turner and Jerry Renault know what it means to struggle against insurmountable authority,' so we can assume the paper is going to spend a paragraph talking about the struggles. 'To speak their minds in a world where no one is willing to listen' ,we can assume we're going to have a paragraph about that, and they both "gave up their liveliness for the good of those to follow". So we can assume we're going to have a paragraph about that.
So here you can see how those parts of an introduction really worked together to get a reader interested and point the direction of the paper.


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Madson throws off flat ground after setback
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Potential Angels closer Ryan Madson threw off flat ground for six minutes on Monday morning, picking up a baseball for the first time since being shut down 18 days earlier.
Madson was progressing well from Tommy John surgery, getting in four bullpen sessions prior to the start of camp. But inflammation and soreness from his Feb. 1 session got him off the mound, led to an MRI that came back clean, put him on a strengthening program for about a week and basically forced him to start from scratch.
There's still no telling when he'll get back on the mound.
"He's going to start from the beginning of his throwing program, just activating the arm," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "How long it takes, I don't know, but he won't be throwing a bullpen for a while, until he can get out there and stretch his arm out a little bit. How long that takes, I don't know. But it's not a situation where he's going to throw today and throw a bullpen in a couple days."
Opening Day is essentially out of the question for the 32-year-old right-hander, who missed all of the 2012 season with the Reds after undergoing the ligament-replacement surgery last April. If Madson can start getting into some Spring Training games by the middle of March, though, that could set him up to join the Angels' bullpen at some point in April.
It initially took Madson three months to go from tossing off flat ground to throwing a bullpen session, from September to November. It won't take that long this time. Madson believes he can play catch daily and get back on the mound by the third week, then progress toward eventually pitching in games thereafter.
"But that's just a total guess," he added.
Asked if he can still get into Spring Training games by the middle of March, which was initially the plan, Madson said: "I don't know. I really don't know the pace -- I don't know that they have it lined up. I think it's just play it by ear."


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Here Is Some Relaxing Footage of a Bat on an AirplaneSeth Abramovitch · 08/14/11 09:14PM
Hello, everyone! I hope you had a relaxing weekend and are fully recharged for the work week ahead. In the chance that you still have a few residual kinks left, however, please now enjoy this footage of a bat flapping around the cabin of a Madison to Atlanta Delta flight, filmed shortly after takeoff at 6:45 a.m. on August 5. Passengers were able to trap it in the bathroom until the plane could turn back around and land, but it unfortunately escaped before animal control could test it for rabies and/or vampire rabies. Enjoy! (And please, no Samuel Jackson quotes — they just detract from the zen. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.) [via io9]