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Zombies (UK - DVD R2)
Leigh Riding takes a look at the latest zombie release as it shuffles into view.
Karen, a recent widow, and her two daughters inherit old house in Pennsylvania and attempt to renovate the property to eventually sell on. Unfortunately, the house is close to land occupied by a horde of murderous child miners, who were buried alive back in 1913.
Zombies. There it is, right on the front of the box. Let's face it; nobody's going to take this to a shop counter by accident. Although I'm more of an action buff, I'm quite partial to horror movies and the zombie genre in particular, but this title seemed to appear from nowhere. Upon searching the net, I discovered that the film has an odd history. Originally helmed by genre veteran Tobe Hooper under the title Tobe Hooper's Zombies, the director was fired from the project, to be replaced by J.S. Cardone. The movie was then tinkered with and attempts were made to make the piece less overtly 'zombie', renaming the film Wicked Little Things. Unfortunately it's been given back its original title, which makes things disappointing for the casual viewer expecting Dawn of the Dead (2004) style carnage.
Technically, there's nothing wrong with Zombies. Although director Cardone is hardly prolific (his best known film is the much maligned Near Dark riff The Forsaken), he is far from a hack director and has a steady eye for visuals, and the night sequences do look fairly creepy. Although the first forty minutes are fairly horror free, a lot of that time is taken building characters, a rarity in the more action oriented realm of modern zombie movies. Although not packed with stars, the film contains familiar faces such as the ever reliable Ben Cross and Geoffery Lewis, which adds just that tiny bit more weight to the piece.
Given that, it's hard to pinpoint exactly why the film feels so flat. There is little in the way of suspense, absolutely no tension, and nothing in the way of shocks or jumps. In fact, the whole film's horror credentials rests on the fact that the film has undead children eating intestines (once), and even that loses its edge once you realise that the kids are dressed like the chimney sweeps from Mary Poppins. Even when the inevitable 'zombie siege' takes place, it is quite underwhelming and poorly paced. It is possible that horror is quite simply not the director's forte. Even in The Foraken (admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine), any lack of finesse in the horror elements were made up for by the far more impressive gunplay and chase sequences, suggesting Cardone is more of an action director. However there is no zip in the zombie showdown at all, which is a huge disappointment.
The oddest thing is trying to work out why the film is called Zombies for its UK release. After Hooper was removed, it seems that the filmmakers took steps to move away from the zombie genre. If anything, this is a ghost story, and should have been promoted as such. Anybody taking even a quick look at this with even a passing knowledge of zombie movies would note that if the kids were indeed zombies, they would have decomposed about eighty years earlier. The film this most echoes is John Carpenter's The Fog, and could possibly have fared better had it been promoted more in that vein. As it stands, the film is an acceptable enough ghost story.
Presented in an anamorphic 1.78:1 transfer, the print is perfectly serviceable, but has a few minor problems. Although a lot of the night scenes are very dark, there is no loss of intended detail. However, there are some exterior shots that show quite a bit of grain. Having said that, that is more a reflection on the original stock. The image is sharp and there are some great visuals toward the end of the film that the transfer sells very well. In a film that relies on visual mood rather than actual tension and horror, the transfer helps the film notably.
Of the two audio tracks offered here the 5.1 is the better option, with good balance between dialogue and effects, suiting the sombre mood of the film quite well. Surrounds are well used in the forest segments, and on a whole this has a solid audio for a horror title. Surprisingly the 2.0 surround mix doesn't suffer too much in comparison, with decent balance between the soundtrack elements, and quite a nice line in ambient effects that doesn't spill too much into the mix. The two tracks, like the video, boost the spook factor a few notches above the actual content of the film itself.
Stripped of the Director's commentary on the region one version, this disc does come with a UK exclusive documentary, which is not what I would exactly call comprehensive, but nonetheless gives a decent on-set overview of the production, with the actors seeming pleased just to be hired for a movie, and the director and crew looking like they've not slept for a fortnight. Interesting for any fans of the film, but not a feature for repeated viewing.
Zombies is not a poor film by any stretch. It's competently made, it looks nice, there are no howlers when it comes to actor's performances and the plot moves along fairly well. It's just quite simply not scary in any way. With atmosphere to spare but no suspense to back it up, the film is left floundering, and never truly finds its feet. Also there is a nagging feeling that promoting the film as zombie themed will actually disappoint the intended niche fan base. I didn't hate Zombies by any stretch of the imagination, but it's not a recommended purchase either. I would suggest a cautious rent.
Review by Leigh Riding
This is called "Wicked Little Things" over here.
BlackXmas Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United States Posts: 34
I quite liked this movie. I expected to really hate it, but Scout Taylor-Compton (from the Halloween remake) is just so adorable. I just love her.
Manda of Mu Member Join Date: June 2006 Location: United States Posts: 458
Why is it called zombies if there arient any zombies in it? It got renamed for a reason...
BlackXmas wrote: Scout Taylor-Compton (from the Halloween remake) is just so adorable. I just love her.
Too bad she was annoying as hell in "Halloween".
Too bad she was annoying as hell in "Halloween".
Fabricio De Zuasnabar Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,350
wicked little things? the little movie from AFTER DARK HORRORFEST?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Zombies was actually the original title when Tobe Hooper was still on board as director. I guess the children technically are the living dead. What a movie to have two reviews of on the site.
Edit: Oops, looks like Leigh already said that in the review.
Edit: Oops, looks like Leigh already said that in the review.
Fabricio De Zuasnabar wrote: wicked little things? the little movie from AFTER DARK HORRORFEST?
They should have called it AFTER DARK SH*TFEST.
They should have called it AFTER DARK SH*TFEST.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 21st July 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby 2.0 Surround English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Making of
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: J.S. Cardone
Cast: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Ben Cross, Geoffrey Lewis
Genre: Horror
Length: 90 minutes
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Tommy T told me that the day this shot was taken, he was on a 9 or a 12m Caution Zombie.
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– Mick Foley commented on traveling for WWE this week:
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– The feud between Kane and Randy Orton will end at WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view. No word yet on what's planned for either Superstar. At last word, Orton wasn't scheduled for a World Heavyweight Title feud until later this year.
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World of Coq is an upper-class eatery primarily found in richer segments of San Andreas' three major cities. The chain's lavish atmosphere is perfect for girlfriends with more "upscale" tastes (Millie Perkins and Helena Wankstein are the only two girlfriends who like going to the restaurants). The restaurants, whose exteriors are unlabeled, are inaccessible to the player unless on a date, and interior views are only granted during the date's cutscene. Unlike the fast food chains throughout San Andreas, the player is not granted the option of choosing from a menu while dining at World of Coq.
While inaccessible to the player in normal gameplay, its interior can be reached via the Hidden Interiors Universe. The interior consists of a medium sized room with chairs, pottery, an outdoor dining area, and ambient music playing in the background. Strangely, the interior is quite large and detailed, yet only a small part of it can be seen during the dating cutscenes, implying that the restaurant was originally intended to have a larger role in the game during development.
There is a total of three World of Coq outlets throughout San Andreas, each located in the state's three cities:
- Los Santos: In the Rodeo district, down the street from Didier Sachs.
- San Fierro: Inside the Biffin Bridge Hotel at the south end of the Queens district.
- Las Venturas: In the Old Venturas Strip district.
- "Coq", in French, translates literally to "cock", another name for rooster. However, the restaurant's delivery Rumpo saying "Dick Goblin's World of Coq" and the overall numerous sexual-themed jokes in the GTA series, it also suggests "cock" as in the vulgar term for "penis". 'Dick Goblin' is also another pun by Rockstar, which sounds like "dick gobbling", i.e. oral sex.
- Some random pedestrian dialogue including that World of Coq has the best toilet rolls and "Better than World of Coq!'
- If the player manages to enter the interior of World of Coq, an unspecified music can be heard while inside the interior. The music can also be heard in the interior of The Welcome Pump.
See Also
- Coq O Vin, a similarly named cooking show on Liberty City Free Radio in GTA Liberty City Stories. The show is hosted by Richard Goblin, who apparently owns World of Coq, as it says 'Dick Goblin's World of Coq' on the Rumpo parked outside of the Las Venturas branch. The radio host also calls himself 'Dick' once during the show, as 'Dick' is a nickname for 'Richard'.


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In an era where if my cable goes out it stays out for 2 weeks, I can't even get an appointment to get my shady wireless internet
looked at, my bank charges me fees for just about everything and my
T.G.I. Friday's server stops speaking to me because he brings out the
wrong meal and I ask him to replace it with the correct meal--I've
gotta say, I'd kind of lost faith that customer service exists anywhere
Here's the skinny:
I ordered the most adorable green strappy flat sandals ever from UrbanOutfitters.com, and had them shipped to my home address.
I have things shipped to my home often and have never had an issue doing
so. If no one is at home, and the package won't fit in my mailbox, my
friendly neighborhood US Postal Worker simply leaves it at my front
door and I have a special surprise waiting for me when I arrive home in
the evening. THIS time however, someone must have smelled fabulousness
because for the first time ever, said package disappeared. I called the
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"delivered" being typed in by the carrier (no, they didn't know 'to
where' it was delivered. That would've been crazy, right?). So, since
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amount that I initially paid for it to purchase something else that I
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I can't tell you how hard it was for me to narrow down my list of corrupt Illinois politicians for my Sunday piece examining Jesse Jackson Jr.'s guilty plea.
As I wrote in my analysis, Jackson was guilty of a lack of originality when it came to his crimes. The amount of money he stole, and the tschotchkes he spent them on, pale in comparison to many Illinois politicians who were bigger, badder and quite frankly more imaginiative than he was.
Seeing as how I could have filled the entire newspaper with a list of convicted Illinois pols, I had to pick and choose. I ultimately chose Mel Reynolds and Dan Rostenkowski (former congressmen like Jackson), former Govs. Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell, former Secretary of State Paul Powell, and Joel Aldrich Matteson, the first of our seven indicted governors.
So who didn't make the cut? Here's a partial list of dishonorable mentions.
• YOU'RE OTTO HERE: One of my favorite stories of Illinois corruption comes from former Democratic Gov. Otto Kerner.
Known as "Mr. Clean" during his governorship from 1961 to 1968, he was descended from Illinois political aristocracy – his father had been attorney general, and he married the daughter of former mayor and Chicago Machine founder Anton Cermak. But "Mr. Clean" turned out to be anything but.
After he left office to accept a federal judge seat, it came to light that he accepted a bribe from the former owner of Arlington Park racetrack in exchange for her securing plum racing dates and exits to the track from the highway. How did it come to light? The racetrack owner deducted the bribe in stock from her income taxes, assuming bribery to be a legitimate business expense in Illinois.
Kerner was sentenced to three years in federal prison, but was released after six months to get treatment for lung cancer. He died in 1976.
Fun fact: The federal prosecutor who convicted Kerner was future Illinois Gov. James Thompson, who later and unsuccessfully defended former Gov. George Ryan from being convicted of corruption as part of Operation Safe Road.
• HODGING HIS BETS: Voters in 1952 elected a Republican up-and-comer named Orville Hodge to the then-office of Auditor of Public Accounts – or in plain English, they guy who watches the state's books. Unfortunately, the voters in electing Hodge elected a fox to watch the chicken coop.
Hodge very quickly figured out ways to cook the books to spend more than $1.5 million in state money on himself, including a luxury home, a hotel, two planes and a fleet of luxury automobiles. Better yet, he convinced the General Assembly that his office was insolvent, and talked them into approving a $525,000 transfer that he, of course, spent on himself.
He was indicted before he finished his first term after the former Chicago Daily News explored the real reasons for Hodge's wealth. The newspaper got a Pulitzer Prize, and Hodge got a 15-year prison term, of which he served 6 1/2 years. He died in 1986 at age 82.
Fun fact: In a political rarity in Illinois, the corruption of an officeholder led to the abolition of his office. The office of state auditor was replaced in the 1970 Illinois Constitution by the expanded office of comptroller.
• THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, ROD: Rod Blagojevich got convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder. Now let's meet the Republican a century ago who actually succeeded in buying one.
In 1909, when state legislatures still appointed U.S. Senators, one William Lorimer decided to buy the seat, given that our representatives were deadlocked about reappointing Republican Sen. Albert Hopkins. Miracle of miracles, a number of state lawmakers switched their votes, and sent Lorimer to Washington.
It did not take the Chicago Tribune long to figure out what happened, given that one lawmaker openly admitted that he took $1,000 to change his vote. The U.S. Senate investigated, but narrowly voted to allow Lorimer to keep his seat. But the Senate reopened its investigation after more witnesses came forward detailing the corruption – the Senate in 1912 sent Lorimer home on a 55-28 vote invalidating his appointment and its "corrupt methods and practices."
Fun fact: While Hodge got the Illinois Constitution amended, Lorimer got the U.S. Constitution amended. His sordid tale was the straw that broke the camel's back for the growing movement of Americans who wanted to directly elect their senators. Lorimer's case wasn't even done when Congress approved the 17th Amendment in 1912. Voters ratified the amendment the following year.
• NO SMALL FEAT: I mentioned former Republican Gov. Lennington Small in my story, but he clearly deserves the dishonor of an expanded entry.
There were few Illinois politicians more bent than Small, a two-termer who governed Illinois from 1921 to 1929. If you notice that the dates of his term happen to coincide with Prohibition and the likes of Al Capone, two points for you. Small, a native of Kankakee like future Gov. Ryan, supplemented his income by selling pardons and paroles to the worst that society had to offer.
He was indicted during his first term on allegations that he embezzled more than $1 million during his term as state treasurer. He was acquitted, but a number of Small's jurors – some say four, others eight – landed state jobs.
Fun fact: Small owned his hometown newspaper, the Kankakee Daily Republican. It is now the Kankakee Daily Journal, and is part of a newspaper group that to this day carries the Small name.
• IN THE NAME OF FULL DISCLOSURE: The first two newspapers I worked at before landing at the Northwest Herald in 2000 were Small newspapers.
• FOR THE RECORD: If I blogged daily about five Illinois public officials convicted of corruption, it would take me a year to list the ones convicted between 1976 and 2012.
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Sorry my son was very sick... wont go into details but it involved diapers I wouldnt want my worst enemy to touch.
As you can see I didnt make it. I will make it my mission to get there next time if you still have an opening.
Got the message will try to make it. IF for some reason the group is full I can always get going at a later date. I work till 5:30pm and can be there a few min after 6pm.
If there is some Issue I will forward you a note.
Ok went on meetup I was a member but have forgotten all of my password info.. funny thing is I recognized many of the names. If you talk with James (etarnon) I was in a group with him and Patrick (cplmack). My brother asked me to help him yesterday so that is why I didnt stop. I will do my best to pop in next week. If you could let me know 2 things.
How many players are there? (dont like big groups 3-6 players plus the DM is good) THen an age range of the players... I am more curious than anything else since this is such an old edition. I have my Advanced Ed. books and can bring whatever is needed. Just tell me the cover graphic you prefer..
Oh the e-mail... between my 1st and last name there is an underscore that was not visible since they underlined it in the post.


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Direct PC Connection
So you bring your Linkstation to a friend's place and you'd like to share some files. How ?
Hardware setup
Option1: Standard Ethernet cable
Your friend has a network card. Yay ! Just connect using a standard Ethernet cable or a crossover Ethernet cable. The cable supplied with the Linkstation is a standard Ethernet cable, so this one works.
The reason you don't need a crossover cable is that on the LS1 you can change a crossover switch to mimic the crossover cable, and on other Linkstation models, they are "auto-sensing" so will automatically create the crossover if needed.
In case you'd want to create a crossover cable anyway, for fun, here's howto: The image below shows the pin-layouts for the standard network crossover cables. The differences are just the colourt of the cables.
If you have...
- 568A on both ends, then it's a Standard Ethernet straight through cable.
- 586B on both ends, then it's a Standard Ethernet straight through cable.
- 586A on one end and 586B at the other, then it's a Ethernet crossover cable.
Option2: Standard Ethernet cable and usb network card
Your friend does not have a network card, but has usb ports. No problem ! Buy a usb network adapter and connect on his/her PC. An example is the Linksys USB200M 10/100 USB2.0 network adapter, fairly inexpensive.
Option3: USB bridge cable
Unknown. they seem to require both ends to use the same software, and generally runs on Windows-only machines. TBD.
Software setup
Static IP setup on the Linkstation
as per lb_worm's suggestion, on your Linkstation, change those 2 files:
1) set the /etc/network/interfaces to:
# Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information. auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.11.160 netmask 255.255.255.0 geteway 192.168.11.1 network 192.168.11.0 auto eth0:auto iface eth0:auto inet dhcp
2) Edit the dhcp config file /etc/dhcpc/config to:
# Config file for dhcpcd. case ${INTERFACE} in eth0) # Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf # If you are using resolvconf then you can leave this commented out. SET_DNS='yes' # Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the NIS domainname of the host to the # domainname option supplied by DHCP server. #SET_DOMAIN='yes' # Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set hostname of the host to the # hostname option supplied by DHCP server. #SET_HOSTNAME='yes' # Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the NTP servers in /etc/ntp.conf #SET_NTP='yes' # Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the YP servers in /etc/yp.conf #SET_YP='yes' # Add other options here, see man 8 dhcpcd-bin for details. OPTIONS='-d -t 30 interface eth0:auto' ;; # Add other interfaces here *) ;; esac
The -d option will generate some debug.
Static IP setup on the PC
Windows XP:
Start->Control Panel->Network Connections.
Right click on your network adapter(likely called "Local Area Connection"


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Jason is expected to wage a fierce challenge for the day-to-day
punting duties with Nick Campbell...enters his third season on the
roster...joined the Golden Eagle program in 2008 after two seasons
on the junior college level at Rochester (Minn.) Community
College...strong leg...appeared to win the punting role in 2008 and
did the kicking in the season opener, but injury forced him to miss
the remainder of the season...return to action in 2009 and did the
majority of the punting over the second half of the season...gives
the Golden Eagles depth at that crucial position.
AT TECH - (In 2009): Jason shared the punting duties with Nick Campbell in 2009...posted a 37.7 yard average in 35 punts...downed 12 of his 35 kicks inside the 20-yard line...had a long of 69 yards at Eastern Illinois...had five kicks for an average of 50.8 yards at EIU...had nine punts and averaged 37.7 yards against Tennessee State...managed three kicks of 50 yards or better.
(In 2008:) Jason earned the starting role at punter, and kicked three times in the season opener against Gardner-Webb, averaging 31.3 per kick with a long of 40 yards...injured the following week and missed the remaining 11 games.
AT ROCHESTER CC: Jason played two seasons at Rochester Community College, handling all the punting and kicking responsibilities...a two-time first-team all-conference selection...also named first-team all-region both seasons.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Slinger (Wis.) High School...lettered in three sports, participating in football, baseball and track & field...named second-team all-conference as a senior.
PERSONAL: The son of Joseph and Mary Ann Lennartz...full name is Jason John Lennartz...birthday is May 18, 1988...enrolled in general curriculum.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Diego Fagundez wasn't sure whether Fernando Cardenas was searching for him on the 94th-minute cross which led to the New England Revolution's dramatic equalizer against Seattle Sounders FC. But the result can't be questioned as Fagundez buried a powerful header to notch his first goal of the season and help the Revs extend their unbeaten streak to four games with a 2-2 draw.
"It was a good ball by Fernando," said Fagundez. "He does his little moves, beat the defender, crossed it, and Saer (Sene) went near post. He was trying to go for the header, got fouled and I just followed through behind him. It was there.
"I don't know where Fernando was going; it could have gone either way," Fagundez added. "But we scored so that's all that matters right now … I don't think it's about battle. I think it's about whoever gets the ball first. So usually when I'm looking for that spot, I'm looking to get open instead of (trying to) hit the defender. So I'm open, at least."
Fagundez has made a habit of getting open against Seattle. The last time the Sounders visited Gillette Stadium in October of last season, Fagundez made his first career start and similarly wriggled free to head home from a corner kick.
A diminutive stature (5-foot-8) makes Fagundez an unlikely candidate to win headers in a crowded penalty area, but clever positioning helps the 17-year-old find open spaces. It's an innate skill teammate Benny Feilhaber has seen time and again on the training field.
"I always expect Diego to get something," said Feilhaber. "He's a menace in the box. Doesn't matter how small he is, that little mohawk gets on the ball somehow. We need him out there. He's a guy that we depend on when he gets in the game. Hopefully his confidence doesn't shoot up too high because he's still so young. It's the ups and downs when you're that young, but he's a guy that we depend on and it's really good for him to get that goal."
Head coach Jay Heaps has seen Fagundez raise his game in recent weeks and it earned him his first start of the season last weekend against Toronto FC. On Saturday night, it earned him his first goal.
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We set our clocks back last weekend, and we have seen our first snow in town. It feels as if winter is here. I agree with Pete from the P&D Grocery when he said, "We were all caught with our nickers down on this one." However, I woke up today and discovered a beautiful fall morning. Ahh, life in the Rockies is a continuous adventure.
The Chamber of Commerce has gone back in time, too. At its annual planning retreat, the Chamber board of directors decided to go back to its tagline, "Where the west still lives." With the help of Geeks on Grand, we have been able to locate some of those license plate frames that say "Where the west still lives." If you've been looking for one, stop by the Visitor Center at 101 E. Bauer Ave. and pick one up. We hope to order bumper stickers soon.
The Visitor Center has been preparing for the holidays, with a new inventory of books, maps, fun stuff for the kids and stocking stuffers. The Louis L'Amour library has been replenished after being decimated by teenage boys bought three and four copies of his books in one shopping spree. Did you know that Louis L'Amour created the character Hopalong Cassidy? We now have some of those old favorites. Here is some good news: Our book sales were up by 22 percent. I will be calling folks to get my annual pulse on how summer went for our businesses. After Thanksgiving, the bookstore will be running its annual sale of 20 percent off in the gift shop.
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Style # 202831
These sleek and sexy bebe pants feature a skinny design, soft stretch and slit pockets. Wears like a thick leggings. Try them with a tucked it in button up and sky-high heels.
- 66% rayon, 30% nylon, 4% spandex.
- Rise: 8" (20 cm)
- Inseam: 30" (76 cm)
- Leg opening: 5" (13 cm)
- Dry clean
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size 6
Kirstie Skinny Pants is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 3 out of 5 by pretty2223 from These are just OK I received these pants in the mail and I have to say that I was somewhat disappointed. Although the material is super soft and is really comfortable, I felt like these pants were just somewhat cheap. I've been so disappointed with the quality of bebe's clothing this past year. I am going to be returning these and probably spending my money more wisely at bcbg or another store.
Date published: 2013-11-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dolly from So soft! Super soft and perfect fit. Pricey but worth every pennies.
Date published: 2013-11-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by bebegrl from sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this paints are sexy but super comfy. got a size 2
Date published: 2013-11-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by designchicklet from Unexpectedly love! I was looking for black pants to wear with boots and high heels to work that were skinny and I LOVE these. I bought them in the store - I think the photography of them online is weird not as flattering as they are in person. I highly recommend for fall year round. :-)
Date published: 2012-10-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dawny from Great Dress Pant! This dress pant is super soft and super stylish! The size was true to fit... I am 5'7 and 135 and I was a size 6. They were worth the money! Great quality!
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The goal of this policy is to ensure that products and services purchased by or contracted for [our organization] conform to [the organization's] Environmental Policy. [Our organization] will strive, where feasible, to purchase environmentally preferable products and services that meet the organization's needs.
Where possible, purchasing decisions shall favor:
- Products that contain the highest percentage of postconsumer recycled content possible
- Products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or are made with renewable energy
- Products that are reusable, recyclable or bio-based/compostable
- Products that eliminate or reduce the use of chemicals hazardous to the environment and public health
- Products that reduce air and water pollution
- Products with minimal packaging
- Suppliers that provide environmentally preferable products and can document the supply-chain impacts of their efforts
- Products that serve several functions (e.g. multipurpose cleaner) and reduce the overall number of products purchased
Environmentally preferable products and services that are of comparable quality and price to their standard counterparts shall receive purchasing preference. In situations where environmentally preferable products are unavailable or impractical, secondary considerations shall include the environmental management practices of suppliers and producers.
The purchase of environmentally preferable products is part of the organization's long-term commitment to fans, employees, and the environment. By sending a clear signal to producers and suppliers, [our organization] hopes to support wider adoption of environmentally preferable products and practices.
Implementing Environmental Procurement
Purchasing policies can be as prescriptive (or aspirational) as your organization chooses. In some cases, environmentally preferable products can be purchased at little or no increase in cost. And in those cases where the price of environmentally superior products exceeds those currently used, the increased cost can sometimes be mitigated by more efficient operations. Recycled paper, for example, sometimes costs more than virgin paper. However, this cost can usually be offset by double-sided printing and other reductions in paper use.
A company-wide purchasing policy encourages sustainable purchasing practices at all levels of the organization and helps ensure that green efforts are not diminished with employee turnover. Purchasing policies should be comprehensive and cover a wide range of products and services. Policies can vary widely, and you should implement a policy that works best for your organization.
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Just a followup to the previous post asking for a contact at Moto, and to keep the info out there for anyone with a Droid 3 suffering frequent reboots.
If your new Droid 3 reboots constantly when you're on the edge of cell coverage areas, when turning it on or off, placing it in your pocket, or when using wifi, this seems to be the solution.
The bug appears to be directly tied to the restoration of saved wifi configurations from your google profile.
Go into the wifi configuration screen, go to "manage networks", and remove ALL networks from the list.
You can re-add networks, but you must do it from the droid3 wifi config. The problem doesn't seem to be the networks, it seems to be the way they're restored.
As from the previous post, the google bug for this is at:
which includes stack traces for anyone at Moto who is able to debug the root cause of this and initiate a fix. It would probably be a reasonable thing to star the bug to raise it's priority, although it seems to be a motorola bug, not a google android one.


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Ward makes Queen's progress
James Ward saw off Blaz Rola for the second time in three weeks to set up a second-round tie with number four seed Grigor Dimitrov at the Queen's Club Aegon Championships.
Ward became the first British man in more than 40 years to reach the French Open's first round proper through qualifying when slugging past Slovenian Rola in a gruelling 12-10 final set on May 23.
There was no such drama this time, as the 27-year-old beat Rola 7-5 6-4 in Kensington to set up a showdown with Bulgarian world number 13 Dimitrov.
Ward's victory followed Paul-Henri Mathieu's 7-6 6-4 win over Aljaz Bedene, that sends the Frenchman into the second round to face defending champion Andy Murray.


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In a wood-paneled office lined with books, sports memorabilia and framed posters (including John Belushi in "Animal House"), E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University, keeps a framed quotation that reads, "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less."
Mr. Gee, who is often identified with a big salary and spendthrift ways, says he has taken the quotation to heart, and he is now trying to persuade Ohio State's vast bureaucracy, and the broader world of academia, to do the same.
At a time of diminished state funding for higher education and uncertain federal dollars, Mr. Gee says that public colleges and universities need to devise a new business model to pay for the costs of education, beyond sticking students with higher tuition and greater debt.
"The notion that universities can do business the very same way has to stop," said Mr. Gee, who is also the chairman of a commission studying college attainment, including the impact of student debt.


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Saturday 03 June 2017
10 September 2016 - 16 June 2017
Bruges, Belgium
Concertgebouw Brugge is an international music and performing arts centre with a focus on classical music and contemporary dance. Noteworthy festivals such as Bach Academy Bruges with Philippe Herreweghe and the Budapest Festival curated by Iván Fischer, the Concertgebouw is a leading partner of the MAfestival, OPERAXXI (musical theatre), MORE MUSIC (pop-rock-electronic) and JAZZ BRUGES. There are outstanding contemporary music festivals such as SURROUND! and SLOW(36h), while in 2018 a new festival will start devoted to the music of medieval Bruges. Besides presenting the art of the past, Concertgebouw Brugge is also helping to build tomorrow's canon. The three musical residents of Concertgebouw Brugge are Anima Eterna Brugge, Nadar Ensemble and Vox Luminis.
16 septembre - 27 août 2017
Sablé, France
"L'Entracte, scène conventionnée Musiques anciennes, musique d'aujourd'hui, a pour mission l'organisation d'une saison pluridisciplinaire, du Festival de musiques actuelles Rockissimo et du Festival de Sablé. "
10 March 2017 - 2 December 2017
Saint-Donat, France
The festival has grown from 1962 around the renovation of the historic organ of collégiale. It is dedicated since its inception to the enhancement of the musical heritage of the eighteenth century. Vocal and instrumental baroque repertoire (especially organ music ) are interpreted on ancient instruments . From 2010 ,the festival produces also a musical season that continues along the year with four events, in spingtime, beginning of summer, autumn and christmass.
1 June 2017 - 6 June 2017
Stockholm, Sweden
SEMF is the largest international event for baroque, renaissance and medieval music in the Nordic countries. The festival has been held annually in the historical setting of Stockholm's Old Town since 2002. The programme includes lunch, afternoon, and evening concerts, seminars and masterclasses.
26 may 2017 - 11 June 2017
Handel Festival Halle
Halle, Germany
In Halle an der Saale, you can hear Handel the whole year round, but a very special atmosphere overtakes the city during the Handel Festival in spring. This festival has taken place in Halle every year since 1952 in the venues that marked his early years, and each time, musical milestones are set by top ensembles and artists from all over the world.
In 2017, a fascinating and diverse festival programme awaits visitors once again. The Handel Festival will be officially opened at the Handel Monument on May 26, 2017, by tradition on Marktplatz. During the ensuing 17 festival days, an irresistible mixture of top-notch Baroque, Classical, jazz, electronic and world music by internationally renowned soloists, ensembles and choirs will be enthusing audiences with the theme of "Original – Counterfeit?". A total of ten ECHO Klassik award winners will be taking the stage, including Il Pomo d'Oro, the Pera Ensemble, Concerto Köln and Lautten Compagney Berlin, as well as the outstanding Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg and Sonia Prina, each of whom will be giving their own gala concert. The celebrated countertenor Xavier Sabata and Spanish tenor Juan Sancho will also be enthralling audiences in gala concerts. Audiences will be able to enjoy magical puppet-theatre performances of Acis and Galatea, HWV49a, and Giustino, HWV 37, in the historic Goethe Theatre in Bad Lauchstädt. Anyone who remembers the wonderful puppet production of Rinaldo in 2011 will know that a very special theatre experience awaits visitors. Fans of historically informed performance practice can look forward to a special event in the Carl Maria von Weber Theatre in Bernburg: not only does Musica Florea perform using a historically informed approach; the choreography and costumes of the Hartig Ensemble are also based on historic models.
The 2017 Handel Festival will present five different oratorios in honour of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The climax of these is set to be the fully staged performance of Jephtha at the Halle Opera. The musical director of this new production is Christoph Spering; the stage director is Tatjana Gürbaca. Messiah, HWV 56, probably Handel's best-known oratorio, will be performed twice: the Dublin version of 1742 can be heard in Halle Cathedral and the London version of 1743 in the Marktkirche. Also awaiting visitors is a new production of Esther based on the Halle Handel Edition, Deborah, an interfaith project by the Abrahamic world religions, and concerts spanning various musical genres, such as the different Baroque Lounge, jazz and late-night concerts, as well as the open-air events on Domplatz and in Galgenberg Gorge.
3 June 2017 - 29 June 2017
18 Moravian towns
The 22nd edition of Concentus Moraviae Festival is focused on human voice, singing will be part of each of three dozens of concerts in churches and castles of 18 Moravian towns from June 3rd to 29th, 2017. Marco Mencoboni and Cantar Lontano, Collegium 1704, Cappella Mariana, Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, Ensemble Inégal, Musica Florea, Collegium Marianum, Graindelavoix, Ensemble Organum, Solamente Naturali, Sollazzo Ensemble, Ingenium Ensemble, Tenores Goine di Nuoro, Kraja, Hana Blažíková, Pino de Vittorio, Marco Beasley, Mária da Saudade, Vincenzo Capezzuto. Workshop for vocalists lead by Marco Mencoboni, lecture "Listening to the voice of the past" by Björn Schmelzer.


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A senior NSW prosecutor has defended using the question of whether 12-year-old girls have breasts to back up her finding that there was little chance former Olympic swimming coach Scott Volkers would be convicted of sex abuse charges.
In 2002 Volkers was charged with a range of sexual abuse offences relating to three young female swimmers – Julie Gilbert, Kylie Rogers and Simone Boyce – but those charges were later dropped.
A royal commission into child sex abuse is currently examining how sports bodies and top prosecutors handled the allegations.
Queensland Police reopened the case against Mr Volkers in December 2002.
In December 2003, Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) sought the advice of the NSW DPP as to whether the new brief of evidence supporting the allegations had reasonable prospects of conviction.
The NSW DPP, Nicholas Cowdery QC, tasked deputy senior crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen SC with preparing the advice.
In her advice, Ms Cunneen questioned whether the charges against Mr Volkers had a reasonable chance of success because it was legitimate to ask – following Ms Gilbert's assertions that Mr Volkers had massaged her breasts – whether 12-year-old swimmers even had breasts.
At the royal commission on Thursday, Ms Cunneen said that was still a valid question for a jury to consider.
"If a defence counsel could raise a doubt that there was any palpable breast tissue, through the clothing of course, then we'd be in trouble trying to say that she had breasts," she said.
On Tuesday, Ms Gilbert told the ABC's 7.30 program Ms Cunneen's questions regarding her allegations were deeply hurtful.
Advice based on whether jury would accept evidence: Cunneen
The counsel assisting the commission, Gail Furness SC, also asked Ms Cunneen whether it was fair to say she does not resile from her original advice to the Queensland DPP regarding any conviction being unlikely.
"I take it from the terms of [your] statement Ms Cunneen that you don't resile in any way from the advice you gave in 2004 in relation to Mr Volkers?" she said.
Ms Cunneen answered that she stands by the advice.
"Bearing in mind it was 2004 and that maybe [there are] some considerations in relation to juries being more amenable in 2014," she said.
"We were probably only two-thirds of the way through the evolution, in terms of public knowledge and acceptance of child sexual assault cases then.
"But no, I don't resile from the advice at all."
She told the commission the credibility of the three alleged abuse victims was not in question, rather she was questioning whether a jury would accept their evidence.
"Sexual assaults are harder to prove than murders and robberies because it so often comes down to one word against another," she said.
"The judge would tell [the jury] 'probably is not enough, the gravest suspicion is not enough, you have to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that that happened'."
Volkers was exempt from holding blue card: inquiry
Earlier, the commission heard Mr Volkers was exempt from holding a blue card in Queensland, despite the fact his application was rejected.
He applied for the blue card – which is needed for working with children – along with about 60 other employees from the Queensland Academy of Sport in mid-2008.
The royal commission heard Mr Volkers' application was the only one to be issued with a negative notice and his application for a blue card was rejected.
The director of Queensland's blue card system, Michelle Miller, told the inquiry the recommendation to reject Mr Volkers' application was handed down before it was decided he was exempt from the requirement to hold a blue card because he was a government employee.
On Wednesday, Swimming Queensland chief executive Kevin Hasemann agreed to review Mr Volkers' status as a life member of the organisation and a Hall of Famer.
Mr Hasemann admitted to the commission he did not investigate the allegations against Mr Volkers before employing him.
The hearing continues.


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Glimpses of nature shine through the abstract paintings of Ann Parks McCray
Glimpses of nature shine through the abstract paintings of Ann Parks McCray like memories of a scenic hike or a sunset drive: The details are fuzzy, but the energy is there. In McCray's words, "It's just an impression of a location; it's an interpretation of a moment."
"High Energy: A Celebration" features 36 of Wilmington painter McCray's most recent mid- and large-scale post-impressionistic paintings. In coordination with Fourth Friday Gallery Nights, a monthly, self-guided tour spanning several downtown art venues, Cape Fear Community College presents a public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Wilma W. Daniels Gallery in the first floor of the Hanover Parking Deck at 200 Hanover St.
McCray, who teaches English at CFCC, paints her colorful compositions intuitively. She begins with a single color, a paintbrush and no destination in mind.
"I'm not really analyzing or thinking," McCray said. "I'm just painting, and that's, for me, the beauty of the experience. I don't have a sense of time. You're not tired, you're not hungry, you're just painting. And so if there is a way to escape time, at least for me, it is through painting."
McCray uses palettes, brushes, knives, paintbrush handles and other tools to texture her surfaces. In "All Natural," McCray embosses through blends of orange, peach and blues in gridded lines. In other works, such as "City Rain," McCray whips pigment outward in diverging crests. She achieves this wild texture without the use of plaster or other media.
"I enjoy (texture) tremendously," McCray said. "But to use some kind of medium underneath it is too confining, because I'm constantly moving the paint around on the canvas. So I don't have a preconceived notion of the composition. It's like, I begin a painting, and pretty soon it's working me.
McCray has even improved her intuition's ability to guide her by finding ways to skew her own perception, such as turning her canvases every which way while she paints them.
"I paint from all directions," McCray said. "I often turn it four times before I recognize which direction is up. I do have a full-length mirror behind me in my home studio, and when I feel like the painting is really starting to develop, I'll look in the mirror, because, you know, you get the opposite reflection, and it gives you a totally different impression of the work and hints and suggestions as to where you want to go next in terms of depth, or design, composition, light, any of that."
Some works end up being representational, depicting trees, rivers and streams rendered in unnatural purples, blues and reds. Others are purely abstract, illusions of nature inspired by nature.
"Sometimes I'll drive, for instance, toward the beach," McCray said. "I get stopped at a stoplight, like we all do. And all of a sudden the sunlight comes across my windshield in a particular angle, and just for a flash, I get this image. I don't think too much about it, but I realize a couple days later it's translated onto the canvas."
The works on display in "High Energy: A Celebration" are open to interpretation. There's no telling what will turn up, from verdant riverscapes to fleeting sunbeams.
"I like that fluidity of the work," McCray said. "I like breadth of interpretation, because then it speaks to different people differently, just like literature does. They can put themselves into a painting, and suddenly it's their painting."
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KENTUCKY ATHEISTS NEWS & NOTES edited by Edwin Kagin
KENTUCKY ATHEISTS NEWS & NOTES Date: January 29, 2008
Kentucky Atheists, P.O. Box 48, Union, KY 41091; Email: email@example.com
Phone: (859) 384-7000; Fax: (859) 384-7324; Web: http://www.atheists.org/ky/
Editor's personal web site: www.edwinkagin.com
Editor's personal blog: http://edwinkagin.blogspot.com
Edited by:
Edwin Kagin, Kentucky State Director, American Atheists, Inc.
(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for nonbelievers; works for the total separation of church and state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)
To Unidentified Recipients:
March 21-23, 2008 ~~ Minneapolis, MN.
RICHARD DAWKINS, author and scientist, will speak at the 34th National Conference of American Atheists slated for March 21-23, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN.
The venue is the magnificent Minneapolis Marriott City Center Hotel in the heart of downtown. This year's conference will feature three exciting days of speakers, social events, panels, workshops and other events. You can register on-line using our secure transaction server at http://www.atheists.org/conference .
Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. Born in British colonial Africa, he was educated in England, where he now lives. He did his doctorate at Oxford under the Nobel Prize winning zoologist Niko Tinbergen, then was briefly an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1967 to 1969, after which he returned to Oxford, first as a Lecturer in Zoology, then Reader, before being elected to his present professorship.
He is the author of nine books: The Selfish Gene (1976, 2nd Ed 1989), The Extended Phenotype (1982), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Unweaving the Rainbow (1998), A Devil's Chaplain (2003), The Ancestor's Tale (2004) and The God Delusion (2006). The God Delusion has sold more than a million copies in English, and is being published in 30 other languages. Dawkins is now editing an anthology of scientific writing for Oxford University Press, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing. In 2006, to promote the values of education, science, and critical thinking skills, he established The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (RDFRS) which is now a registered charity in both the UK and USA.
Richard Dawkins has Honorary Doctorates of Literature as well as Science, and is a Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. He has been awarded the Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London, the Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the Nakayama Prize, the Cosmos International Prize, the Kistler Prize, the Shakespeare Prize and the Lewis Thomas Prize.
WHO & WHAT: Richard Dawkins speaking at the 34th annual National Conference of American Atheists.
WHEN: March 21-23, 2008
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN. Minneapolis Marriott City Center Hotel
MORE INFO & REGISTRATION: http://www.atheists.org/ conference
(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for Atheists, Freethinkers and other nonbelievers; works for the total separation of church and state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)
Don't miss Answers in Atheism, the soon to be award winning live Internet radio call-in talk show.
Next show, January 31, 2008, at 7:00 pm. Eastern Time.
See: www.answersinatheism.net for details.
We are still working out technical matters. If you have not been able to access the show, do not despair for the shows are (should be—this is not precise science) archived on the website for your later enjoyment.
See you on the radio.
Traditional Family Values Department (from reader Jan):
"Clean" Movie Maven Arrested For Teen Sex OREM, Utah, Jan. 25, 2008
Utah Man Who Sold R-Rated Films Shorn Of Skin Arrested For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girls
(CBS) A Utah retailer of family-friendly tapes and DVDs - Hollywood films with the "dirty parts"
cut out of them - has been arrested for trading sex with two 14-year-old girls.
Orem police say Flix Club owner Daniel Dean Thompson, 31, and Issac Lifferth, 24, were booked into the Utah County jail on charges of sexual abuse and unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old.
CBS Station KUTV in Salt Lake City reports that the shocking discovery came when a mother found a $20 bill in her daughter's room last week and questioned her about where the money came from.
The girl confessed that she and a friend had been paid for sexual favors by an older male.
Lifferth was additionally charged with patronizing a prostitute and was also in possession of a prescription drug medication without a prescription.
Thompson's Flix Club was one of several Utah-based video outlets that traded in edited versions of
R- and PG-13-rated films, catering to clientele who wanted to watch hit movies without nudity, sex, language or graphic violence.
Such video editing operations came under the gun of Hollywood studios and the Directors Guild of America.
In a case brought by the DGA, a federal judge ruled in 2006 that editing out material (such as Kate Winslet's bare breasts in "Titanic") violated copyright laws. The decision was against a Utah company called Clean Flicks.
Thompson, who was a franchise operator for Clean Flicks, opened Flix Club last year, similarly trading in edited videos but claiming that such editing was for "educational use."
Threats of lawsuits from the Hollywood studios forced him to agree to shut down on December 31.
From reader Frank:
I am troubled by where (in your email below to J. Stamper at the Herald-Leader newspaper) you wrote:
"Naturally, they will say that this, if true, is not an attempt to unconstitutionally 'establish a religion.'"
Yes, I agree that that is what "they" will likely say. What troubles me is the including of the indefinite article "a" in front of "religion." The Establishment Clause of Amendment I of the Constitution of the United States of America omits the article "a" and simply says that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" (as in, of ANY religion, not just of one particular religion over others), which seems to me to be a much stronger, broader statement than proscribing against the establishment of a religion (as in, of one particular religion over others). I do not think it likely that the authors of the 1st Amendment omitted the indefinite article "a" inadvertently, nor that the ratifiers of the 1st Amendment inadvertently overlooked that the article "a" was omitted or casually dismissed the implication of its omission..
I am always troubled (in fact, I downright cringe) when I hear folks like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity include the article "a" in front of "religion" whenever they make reference to the 1st Amendment, because including it subtly but vitally weakens the expressed mandate of the Establishment Clause. If what you predict will be said in defense of the state Senate launching its new work year by listening to a rendition of "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" come to pass, we should not let the defenders get away with (purposely or carelessly) smuggling the article "a" into their reference to the Establishment Clause; we should take advantage of every opportunity to remind such defenders and the public-at-large that -- by thoughtfully omitting the indefinite article "a" in front of "religion" -- the authors of the 1st Amendment rendered the Establishment Clause to be a much stronger, broader mandate than it is often popularly mis-characterized to be.
That said, clearly the song "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" is a song of the Christian religion and is not representative of all religions but rather of Christianity over other religions, and so even including the uncodified article "a" in front of "religion" in references to the Establishment Clause, a plea that beginning the state Senate's working year by group-listening to the song "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" is not an attempt to unconstitutionally "establish a religion" is prima facie a failed defense. Nonetheless, I still strongly think we (all of us) should take every opportunity to publicly make the point that by omitting the indefinite article "a" in front of "religion" the authors of the 1st Amendment rendered it to be a stronger, broader mandate than it is often popularly mis-characterized to be.
Just a thought, humbly submitted. -- Frank Lovell, Louisville, KY
You are of course correct, and I apologize for the error.
It just seemed that they are in fact attempting to establish a particular religion.
But the omission of the indefinite article was, as you observe, intentional and full of meaning.
With your permission, I would like to publish this correspondence.
From reader Natty:
I'm a brilliant scientist and I fear for the world's fate
"I wish I could have faith -- at least for my daughter's sake if not for mine."
By Cary Tennis
Jan. 24, 2008
Hello, Cary,
I have mastered many advanced scientific and engineering fields and can mostly understand just about every advanced scientific theory or engineering device currently in existence or previously in existence -- like how to build an atomic bomb or an IC (integrated circuit) device from basic raw materials, or create a digital camera array, program a computer, build a complete scientific instrument from basic components, interface a computer and other devices.
Or knowing the physics of how the sun works, or how to make any glass act just like a plastic metal (my thesis), or why the entropy of the universe requires that black holes, contrary to theory, are not really a one-way sink for the universe.
To better teach myself quantum mechanics, I wrote my own text (which the quantum professor at the university reproduced and gave his later classes). I have also studied a great deal of mathematics, philosophy, economics and history. I devour current events and have done many strange jobs: flown jets, worked in intelligence, and done cutting-edge research at a number of R&D laboratories both private and governmental.
However, I do not understand faith, nor how it is even possible to hold such a strange idea in the mind. I do miss this mind drug and how it would provide a childlike answer about "after" death. But such a lie is just a pointless waste of my time. (Yes, I have read the Bible in detail, and studied all the other great religions.)
Yet, more to the point, I am baffled by how I can deal with "knowing" the real future -- we in America are fucked -- at least in our way of life: We cannot control the economic slice of the world pie that we have grown accustomed to, and as is all too clear, our future will be hard and poor.
Worse, we are fast approaching peak oil, and our way of life will soon take an even bigger hit. To see the truth of this, look at the cost of food: It is climbing. The cost of oil has rippled through our economy, caused in part by our stupidity in creating ethanol from corn, but that is just the sign of doom -- peak oil is our real doom and the world's, too.
We do not and will not for many years have any way to handle peak oil; I know the technology and there is no answer we can hope for in under 10 years (if we get started now, that is) -- my life, yours, that of all middle-class people are doomed to spiral down.
Again, this is only one more piece in the disaster looming over us; environmental degradation, overpopulation, world hunger, war and large sections of third-world states falling into chaos are going to threaten us in the next 10 years. I know this and I know that all this could be avoided if --
1) People gave up faith,
2) Stopped feigning the truth and
3) Stopped listening to the right-wing Republican thugs and their loony mouthpieces that are raping the middle class and poor for the rich elite (themselves).
I know there is zero chance of this happening. So, how can I look my daughter, who is the light of my life, in the eye, smile and continue to follow through with the same things I always do, knowing the truth of the terrible world she will soon live within, which will try to crush her future?
How can I stop caring, turn off my brain, and just enjoy the time we have left in the sun? In other words, give up truth and be like everyone else and live with blinders? Drugs would help, but then I'd miss out on the fun that we have left.
The real truth is that, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man" is ... an unhappy, depressed man who everyone else thinks is just a troubled, opinionated know-it-all.
One-Eyed Man
Dear One-Eyed Man,
Faith is not the problem. Death is the problem. You are troubled by a vision of planetary death, which stems from fear of personal death. This fear also makes you ache for your daughter, whom you envision being left alone in a dying world. It is not a technical problem. It is a spiritual problem. You seem to find it hard to accept that. Perhaps you can accept this, though:
You need a vacation.
You must go to the ocean and jump in. You must go to the ocean, take your shoes off and walk in the sand. Sit in the sand and look out at the ocean and think of Odysseus. Think of Priam and his ships.
Think of Lear and his madness. Think of Cleopatra, a swarm of locusts, the wisdom of ancient Egypt, Jews wandering 40 years in the wilderness. Think of the spice wars, cholera epidemics, the Great Fire of London, the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, the rise of Islam, the Nazi phenomenon and the coming Super Bowl contest. Think of George W. Bush sauntering through the capitals of the Mideast like a chastened frat boy on his final field trip.
Think of evolution, our origins in the sea, our miraculous plankton brotherhood, our kinship with kelp that waves serenely in ancient seas. Think of the sand and how old it is; think of our cells and think of our options, how we could be plankton if need be, how we could be gas or liquid, how we could transubstantiate at a moment's notice if only the right force came along. Think of the mutability of atomic structure, how easily matter becomes energy, how we each might fissure into energy at the time of death. Think how many mysteries remain for us and how little we know about the silent, mocking plankton. Think of bombs and timers and the vaporizing flesh of a martyr in his millisecond of victory and doom. Think of mountains, their patient climb of eons to the sky. Contemplate the aurora borealis and the southern lights, simultaneous sunsets down the longitudes of our slow, inherited spinning. Think of a beard growing on your father. Think of the egg that became you. Think of solar cells and leaps of efficiency. Think of Edison and Einstein: Are we fresh out of amazement?
Have we finished finding things out? What preposterous presumption is that? We are finding things out faster than ever. We are about to know our own genes, the true bible of our being. So if we are finding things out more quickly than ever and things have looked much worse in the past and we got over them, where is the justification for your gloom? Why do our little problems seem insurmountable? Where is your faith in science? Where is your wonder? Where is your readiness for the surprise of new knowledge?
I think you're just tired. You're too smart to be talking like this. They must be overworking you in the lab. You need a vacation, man.
I myself am taking a couple of days off. I am visiting my father, an ex-Navy man. I am trying to understand his lifelong interest in UFOs. We are sitting in the kitchen and he toddles in, wearing his tweed jacket and red sweater, his hair tousled and gray, his posture bent with old age and Parkinson's. He carries stacks of books on UFOs, crop circles and the like. He piles them on the table: Would you like to look at some of these books? It is the same old story, his strange superstition, my skepticism.
But among the books is "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies," by Carl Jung. Is this an instance of synchronicity? Is it just a coincidence that your dire fears of planetary collapse come to me as I am reading Jung's meditations on the symbolic meaning of flying saucer reports? Writing to a friend in 1951 he said, "At a time when the world is divided by an iron curtain -- a fact unheard-of in human history -- we might expect all sorts of funny things, since when such a thing happens in an individual it means complete dissociation, which is instantly compensated by symbols of wholeness and unity. The phenomenon of the saucers might even be both, rumor as well as fact. In this case it would be what I call a synchronicity."
You are dying to protect your daughter from the end of the world but you cannot. Nor can you protect her from your own death. Nor can you prevent your own psyche from struggling to provide you with lifesaving symbols of renewal. Scoff if you must. But take a vacation and your psyche will renew itself in spite of you.
Indeed, "but this is wondrous strange," says Horatio.
"And therefore as a stranger give it welcome," says Hamlet. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
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You may have come across a shocking story in the news about the brutal rape of a 17 year old girl in South Africa this week. You probably also recall the global outrage following the rape and death of a young woman from India just a few weeks ago. Both of these atrocities have been accompanied by calls for marches and protests; indeed in India, a number of these took place.
I have been outraged and driven to despair hearing about what happened to these two young women (and many others before them), and like many of you probably feel, I often feel at a loss as to what can really be done to put an end to this. I've spent of lot of time thinking about it this week and I continue to be sceptical about the value of marches and how much they can really achieve.
The thing is, the reasons behind extremely high rates of sexual violence against women are multiple and complex; and are often rooted in persistent patriarchy and wider cultures of violence. And these issues cannot be solved by marching – not even if we march all day and every day. I believe that if we want to start addressing sexual violence against women, we need to start addressing patriarchy and gender norms – and this is something we ALL have to do. It is not enough for our countries to have Constitutions that guarantee gender equality; it is not enough for our governments to introduce laws and policies promoting equal rights for women; it is not enough for us to show outrage when such unspeakable acts happen through marches and protests and angry tweets/Facebook messages.
These things are all very important, but we also need to bring the struggle against gender based violence and sexual violence into our daily lives – we need to change the pervasive power imbalances that make it far easier for men to be violent against women; that make so many women fearful to report abuse; and that makes so many witnesses turn a blind eye.
The problem with this is that it requires us to challenge our friends, our families, the 'nice' people in our lives – to confront them when they make sexist comments, or to call them out on their 'jokes', and to question and deconstruct the stereotypes which dictate what makes a man a man, or a woman a woman.
All of this requires bravery – it is not easy to stand out to the people around you and to risk being ostracised – but I see no better cause for which to be brave for.
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North American Alpine Champion Lisa Kosglow dropped back on the American Snowboard Tour at Northstar-At-Tahoe and beat the field by two seconds while Kevin Blagys squeezed past Travis McLain to take his first major Alpine win.
"It feels so good to be back and racing at home," Kosglow said. "I just wish I would have had a better second run."
Kosglow who lead the field by more than three seconds after the first run had a little trouble in her second. "I do much better when I'm going all out than I do when I try to hold back," she said. "On the second run I was trying to hold back and it really showed."Lisa Odynski, who'd been up for most of the past 27 hours trying to get from Europe to Reno for the contest had a great second run. It was second fastest of the second run, but not enough to overcome Kosglow's three second lead in the first. Odynski finished second more than two seconds ahead of third place finisher Melissa Tirpak.
On the men's side Kevin Blagys was ecstatic with his performance. "I knew after I saw Travis McLain's time that I was just going to have to point it down straight down hill and go all out," he said. "Today I was able to go all out and make it."
Blagys' road to victory was no where near as easy as Kosglow's. In the first run Blagys got the virgin course and made use of it to put up the fastest time of the morning with a 1:11.04. Travis McLain, however, came in .23 behind that with at 1:12.07 with Ian Hadgkiss and Pete Macomber on the same second.
Macomber made the biggest leap when, because of registration problems, he was not seeded in the top sixteen. He started the first run second from last and was still able to land the forth fastest time of the first run. "I just let it all run," he said after the first run. "Now I just have to do what Jasey Anderson does all the time and come from the back to win this."
Macomber's second run put him in the lead, however Ian Hodgkiss then Travis McLain both took the lead away from him, leaving McLain in first with one rider to go.
As Kevin Bladgys dropped in on the top of the race course, McLain knew that the first place prize money was not in his pocket yet. "There's nothing I can do now," he said shrugging and at the finish line.
The one person who could do something was Kevin Blagys he had a solid run on the upper portion of the course, and then the buckle on his back boot came undone. "I felt it pop and had to buckle in back up in the flat section," he said at the finish line.
But that didn't slow him down enough, and when the timing light stopped at 1:06.63 he had the third fastest second run time, and more importantly, he had the win over Travis McLain.
The American Snowboard Tour continues at Northstar-At-Tahoe tomorrow January 31, 1999 with the Halfpipe competition.
1. Kevin Blagys 2:18.07
2. Travis McLain 2:18.76
3. Ian Hadgkiss 2:18.91
4. Pete Macomber 2:19.23
5. Adam Smith 2:20.72
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VATICAN CITY, March 4 (UPI) -- The general congregation of cardinals met Monday in Vatican City to discuss the upcoming conclave to elect Benedict XVI's successor as pope, officials said.
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, called the first of a series of meetings at the Sistine Chapel in advance of the conclave, ANSA reported.
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Walk into any health food store and there's an endless array of products promising to supplement your health. Whether weight loss, weight gain, better immunity, cleansing or enhanced sex drive is your goal, there's a pill for it.
But where should we draw the line? Do we need any of this?
First consider the name: "supplements" are just that. They're not called "replacements." They can't replace every calorie, nutrient and disease-fighting property that comes from eating a well-balanced diet. As a colleague of mine says, using supplements without a balanced diet is like using deodorant instead of showering.
Once you have established a solid routine of quality meals, snacks and hydrating fluids, one supplement you should add is vitamin D.
The recommended daily intake of vitamin D was increased in late 2010 to 600 IU for those age nine to 70 and 800 IU for those over 70. In addition to vitamin D from food sources, Health Canada recommends that all adults 50 and older take a supplement of 400 IU per day.
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It's recommended we consume fish at least two or three times weekly for heart and overall health, but if you don't eat fish at all consider taking omega 3-6-9 supplements for the beneficial oils they provide.
A multivitamin isn't a bad choice but you might only require it 20 per cent of the time or so — when your normally stellar eating habits aren't quite up to snuff. Taking a multivitamin when travelling, for instance, if your eating habits are inconsistent, makes sense.
As for herbal products, I'm unconvinced that any are absolute requirements for everyone. There are specific cases where certain products are worth trying but these should be discussed with your doctor and dietitian for a customized approach.
Energy bars, protein powders and milkshakes make up another category of supplements. Are these required for weight loss? No. Do they supply any miracle ingredients you can't find in food? No. Are they a convenient option for people who might otherwise not eat a healthy meal or snack? Yes.
In this case, they can fit into a weight loss program. But avoid over-relying on them as you may tire of the taste, they can be costly and don't promote a varied diet. They're typically designed for adult use only and aren't the best option for kids trying to lose weight.
If an energy-enhancing beverage strikes your fancy, read the label and know what you're ingesting. Although caffeine and herbal ingredients in the drink may provide a temporary energy boost, these beverages can add up in calories.
If energy is a problem, keep your metabolism stoked by eating well-balanced meals and snacks every three to four hours throughout the day and staying well hydrated. As for green powders? They likely won't do any harm, but absolutely do not rely on them as a complete replacement for what should be making up half of your plate in most meals — vegetables.
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1. Enjoy dinner
The 18th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Community Building. This is a free meal and everyone is welcome. To make reservations, call 241-1292; reservations needed by Tuesday.
To volunteer to help, call 245-0313. To donate pies, call 241-8501.
2. See a movie
"The Polar Express" will show at 3 p.m. at the McPherson Opera House, 219 S. Main as part of 2013 Holiday Promotion offered by the McPherson Chamber of Commerce, McPherson Main Street and the McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau.
3. Go for a ride
The 26th Annual McPherson County 'Toys for Kids' Toy Run starts at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wal-Mart.
The run begins in the Wal-Mart parking lot and ends up at the American Legion, 401 N. Main, for a chili feed and gift auction.
This is a great event that helps give a Christmas to area children that would not otherwise have one. For more information, call 241-0343.
4. See Santa
Santa is making a special early stop from 1 to 4 p.m. at the J. O. Sundstrom Conference Center to hear exclusive wish lists. Tell Santa all you want for Christmas and then take a complimentary horse-drawn wagon ride. Hot chocolate and snacks will be provided.
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Each of us make mistakes in our lives, and each of us have opportunities to make changes and repent of those mistakes. Let us make the effort to help those around us make those changes that will help them be happy and find peace in their lives!
Contact your sister by the 5th, make an appointment by the 10th,visit by the 15th, and report by the 20th.
March 2013 Visiting Teaching Message
Prayerfully study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your life. For more information, go to reliefsociety.lds.org.
Our prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, has encouraged us to "reach out to rescue those who need our help and lift them to the higher road and the better way. … It is the Lord's work, and when we are on the Lord's errand, … we are entitled to the Lord's help."1
Many years ago LaVene Call and her visiting teaching companion visited a less-active sister. They knocked on the door and found a young mother in her bathrobe. She looked ill, but they soon realized her problem was alcohol. The visiting teachers sat and talked with the struggling young mother.
After they left, they said, "She is a child of God. We have a responsibility to help her." So they visited often. Each time, they could see and feel a change for good. They asked the sister to attend Relief Society. Though reluctant, she eventually attended regularly. After encouragement, she and her husband and daughter attended church. The husband felt the Holy Ghost. He said, "I'm going to do what the bishop suggests." Now they are active in the Church and have been sealed in the temple.2
From the Scriptures
From Our History
Helping those who have gone astray come back to the gospel of Jesus Christ has always been part of being a Latter-day Saint and a member of Relief Society. President Brigham Young (1801–77) said, "Let us have compassion upon each other, … and let those who can see guide the blind until they can see the way for themselves."3
Eliza R. Snow, second Relief Society general president, gratefully acknowledged the efforts of sisters in Ogden, Utah, USA, to strengthen one another. "I am well aware that a great deal is donated [in terms of service] that never reaches the [record] books," she said. But recognizing that a heavenly record is kept of the sisters' work as they reach out to those whose hearts have grown cold, she said: "President Joseph Smith said this society was organized to save souls. … Another book is kept of your faith, your kindness, your good works, and words. … Nothing is lost."4
Thomas S. Monson, "The Sacred Call of Service," Liahona and Ensign, May 2005, 55, 56.
Letter to the Relief Society general presidency from the daughter of LaVene Call.
- Brigham Young, in Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society (2011), 107
Eliza R. Snow, in Daughters in My Kingdom, 83.
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