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DEAR MIDLIFE BACHELOR: I am about 6 months out of a traumatic divorce with a cheating, controlling spouse who was great in bed. I am now on about my 5th date which hasn't made me feel any better about my future. All are still friends, and I met four out of the five online. However, I don't seem to get to the second date. I would really like a relationship, instead of a string of first dates.
MLB ANSWER: There is nothing wrong with being nice or polite to women – I am usually the same way. It is great that you have gotten back out there, and went out with five different women … that in itself is great progress, and you should be happy about it. The fact that none of these women turned into anything but friends could mean a number of things – hard to know without seeing you in action. My guess is that you may be talking about your ex-wife, or your divorce, or the associated legal troubles, etc. On a date with a fresh woman, you usually want to avoid talking about yourself – and get the woman talking about her interests … and hopefully you are interested in similar things, etc. So my first piece of advice is to watch what you are saying, and try to make the date about her.
The other thing you might do to come across as less of a friend, and more of a potential lover is to subtly touch her during the date. [I don't mean grope her – although that would be fun.] I'm talking about touching her arm when you are talking to her occasionally … just be touchy/feely BUT don't be weird about it. What about a goodnight kiss? Have you asserted those on your dates? I say "asserted" because if you are coming across as a super nice guy, the woman may not be expecting a kiss … so you need to make it happen. Again, don't be weird about it – but simply refer to the midlifebachelor.com golden rule (ALWAYS GO FOR IT), and take that kiss. If she pulls back before you get too close, then withdraw and don't worry about it. Your goal before the end of the date is to make her realize that you are INTERESTED in her. There are many ways to accomplish that goal … what and how you say things, touching her, the goodnight kiss, etc. It takes a conscious effort - and you are making progress.
If you have not read the Midlife Dating Advice section of this site – it was designed for people in your situation. Check out Watch for Signs or Signals on the First Date or Two and also Saying Goodnight or Goodbye on the First Date or Two The section entitled The Midlife Bachelor Personal Makeover would be a great refresher for you – as it discusses both how to look and how to tune up your personality with dating success as an objective. There is also the section entitled Develop a Strategy for Midlife Bachelor Success … which will get you through the mechanics of dating, setting and re-evaluating goals for yourself, etc. Definitely give it a read, and good luck. Please report back with how you are progressing.
DEAR MIDLIFE BACHELOR: My friend recently went out with a man she met online. The first date seemed to go pretty well. Toward the end of the first date, the woman told the man that she lied about her age, that she is really 39 not 34 like her profile stated. The guy is 34. The guy said he didn't care – that it did not matter to him. A few minutes later, the guy tells her that he really likes her BUT that he had been on two dates with another woman, and is thinking of being exclusive with her because he really liked her a lot. He said it would not be fair for him to see her again because of this other woman. He tells her that he was hoping he did not like her because it would make it easier to tell her that he couldn't see her again and that he needed to focus on the other woman that he had already had two dates with. What do you make of all this? Anonymous
MLB ANSWER: You are really asking me if the guy made up that story about the "other new woman" because he was mad that his online date lied about her age, right? Well – it is hard to know with certainty. I don't think that a five-year age gap is anything to piss a guy off about. If I was the guy, I would have been more concerned about what else she might have been lying about. If she'll tell one lie, why not more? That said - it is possible that the guy was being 100% truthful about the other woman ... and that is what your friend would need to look for in his face, in his actions, etc. Did he do a 180 after she told him about her real age? In other words, did she feel the date was heading in a different direction BEFORE she told him she lied about her age? It really doesn't matter – the end result is the same … the guy doesn't want to date your friend. They say "the truth shall set you free", and that seems to be what happened to your friend ;o)


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Scooter Roach stuns Carey rivals
STICKNEY, Ill. - Scooter Roach gave jockey Jesse Campbell a fine 27th birthday present - a win in the on Saturday at Hawthorne Race Course.
Call it a surprise party. Scooter Roach was 18-1 in the one-mile turf race, paying $39.20 to win, and he had never before finished first in a race of this stature.
"I was trying all day to win something," Campbell said. "This one looked like it'd be the hardest."
But everything worked out for Scooter Roach, who rallied from mid-pack to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Carey by a neck. Herculated, the heavy favorite, had perfect position at the quarter pole, but failed to fire and finished eighth. Gin and Sin, who set the pace through modest fractions of 23.92 seconds for the opening quarter and 47.50 for the half, opened a clear lead at the stretch call, but could not hold on. Cloudy's Knight, coming from last, had traffic trouble as he ran through the stretch, but got out in the final yards to finish third behind Scooter Roach and Gin and Sin.
"This horse amazes me," said Campbell of Scooter Roach. "I don't know how he does it. If the next guy stumbles he's right there to pick up the pieces. He doesn't have a big burst. He doesn't have a big move. He's just blue collar."
Trainer Dave Kassen wasn't in the Hawthorne winner's circle, nor were two-thirds of the winning owner's group, the Butterfly Stable. They were at Pimlico, where 10 minutes before the Carey, Hail Hilary won the Maryland Million Ladies for the second straight year. Kassen and Butterfly acquired both horses via claim - and all were ready for a raucous Saturday night.
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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is AWESOME!
October 29, 2013 in Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Video Games AWESOME! by FFSTV
October 29, 2013 in Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Video Games AWESOME! by FFSTV
FFSTV said on October 30, 2013
Show starts @ 44:24!
Gariscus said on October 30, 2013
Hope you guys play AC Brotherhood soon.
SuperSlam64 said on October 30, 2013
Yeah you guys should play Brotherhood, probably the best AC in my opinion.
falmunction said on October 31, 2013
TheUndeadGamer said on November 3, 2013
I disagree. I think Black Flag is by far the best game in the series.
Pfffffffffffff said on October 30, 2013
Is Fraser really wondering why animations and stuff feel a bit jerky ?
Man, you played the previous games on PC, of course playing AC4 on console will have some drawbacks in comparison, especially on the current gen consoles.
flashce said on October 30, 2013
GTA Online also has you rate missions by the way. This is probably something we're going to see a lot more in the future.
Spiréal said on October 30, 2013
5 Characters on the picture, i was expecting a VGA Crew Montage :(
lionheart21 said on October 30, 2013
That's our Beck-Beck. Even on her off-day, she just can't keep away.
missblow said on October 30, 2013
I just like ya's is all.
Ulfhedn4r (Fond3ll) said on October 30, 2013
Privateers were employed by the royal navy to board enemy ships and steal the cargo in times of war, especially during the revolutionary war. When the war ended, those privateers had no jobs so they just continued doing what they did best in order to make a living. They were pissed at England for leaving them high and dry, thus raiding their ships as well, which made them outlaws and re-branded as pirates.
Hisao Nakai said on October 30, 2013
Am I late
Simppu said on October 31, 2013
Fraser and Ben alone!? I was so prepared for another DeusEx-dickjoke-athon.
WaffleOffice said on October 31, 2013
For some reason the first segment gets stuck around 12 minutes and if I click the video once it's stuck, it automatically skips to the second segment. Anyone else with similar problems?
A Fistful of Fuck said on October 31, 2013
yep, same problem
Simppu said on October 31, 2013
I have been having a similar problem lately with some (including this one) of VGA's videos on blip. The screen freezes, though audio continues and clikcing it doesn't help or it skips to the next segment. Refreshing the page and trying again, the same. :/
Robuscus said on October 31, 2013
Despite the fact it really doesn't matter, I feel the need to do my chat duties after the fact. Eagle vision isn't an assassin skill, it's something passed on genetically. Like a mutation. Which is still pretty ridiculous.
falmunction said on November 13, 2013
Vsauce2 has a really cool and informative video on pirate history, among other things explaining what privateers actually are :)
urdnot123 said on November 30, 2013
Really hope you guys continue AC4 :(.
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I just moved to London from Boston (well, Cambridge, really), and miss having nearby grocery stores & farmers markets brimming with fresh produce. (For those who might know, I'm specifically thinking about Russo's and New Deal fish market). I cook at home very frequently, and rely very much on fresh fruits and vegetables, fortified often with tofu/tempeh/fresh fish. (I haven't been able to find tofu or tempeh in Sainsbury's or Tesco's...am I blind? am I looking in the wrong section?). Here's a food blog I'm keeping with a friend, if you're interested: http://briefsyzygy.blogspot.com
So here are my questions:
--where can I buy fresh fruits and vegetables at a reasonable price? I'm a student, if that clarifies anything.
--where's a good fishmonger? I'm thinking whole fish and/or sushi-grade. Or, if that doesn't work, fillets are fine.
--where can I buy bulk food items? (grains, nuts, etc).
--do you recommend an Asian (or specifically, Korean) grocery store? I really miss Kimchi and I feel I might go mad without a fix soon.
I live on Grange Rd (SE1) and work near the British Library. From briefly scanning the board, I get the sense that the Borough market has lots of prepared foods but is really crowded and not suitable for regular weekly shopping; that tesco's and sainsbury's are better in the 'burbs, one needs a car in order to reach them (I do have a bike though). let me know if you have suggestions!
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UAE to experience modern, immersive interpretation of Macbeth
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Ajman engage in Shakespeare's tragedy in April 2017, with a multi-national, all-female cast
Shakespeare Under the Stars returns to the Emirates this year with an immersive production of Macbeth, the classic tragedy of ambition and power. Like 2016's Romeo+Juliet on the roof of Mall of the Emirates, this is much more than sit-and-watch, standard theatre.
Macbeth is a modern interpretation, set in the UAE, where the cut-throat world of corporate politics replaces the Shakespearean regal politics. The board members of the powerful Scotland Corp., a security and surveillance company, find themselves in a struggle for leadership, with Macbeth seizing control in a most unorthodox fashion.
Macbeth is presented by the UAE Ministry of Culture & Knowledge Development, in partnership with the British Council as part of the UK/UAE 2017 Year of Creative Collaboration. This production will travel through various emirates, starting at the Abu Dhabi National Theatre on April 14th & 15th, and carrying on to Alserkal Avenue in Dubai on April 21 – 22, and the Ajman Cultural Centre on April 28 – 29. The Ajman production is the first English-language immersive production to occur in the Northern Emirates. The setting will be integrated into each location, giving each emirate a different experience of the same production
Truly unique for the UAE, it is an immersive, promenade theatrical experience. Of immersive theatre, Liz Hadaway, Artistic Director of Macbeth says:
"Audiences are demanding more from theatrical events. We aim to draw you into a world, utilising all your senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, feel… this is a multi-sensory experience. The audiences are free to roam the spaces and interact with performers and engage with the set, becoming part of the action themselves. It is an adventure into the unknown. Each audience member will emerge with a different perspective on the production."
Macbeth will feature an all-female cast, subverting the notion of the all-male casts of Shakespeare's time. The multi-national cast is experienced and extensively trained, and includes Emirati actor Hanan Alshabebi. Allison Williams, who plays Macbeth, brings a new angle to the character. Her professional credits include the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and multiple Off-Broadway productions, including Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. Venetia Tiarks-Clark (Animal, Glass Menagerie) plays Lady Macbeth.
Romeo+Juliet 2016 was lauded for its realistic fight sequences and choreography. Expect even more from Macbeth in 2017. "People often think of women as weak physical fighters, but without brute strength, we get a lot trickier!," says Allison Williams, who also is the show's Fight Director – she is a Member of the Society of American Fight Directors. "Watch for feints, suckerpunches, and lots of chasing. We've also come up with creative ways to handle the deaths of the Macduff family, and a very bloody, supernatural end for Banquo—look away if you're squeamish."


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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Trade Center hotel in Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai Mall
Popular property highlights
This family-friendly Trade Center hotel is located near the airport, within 2 mi (3 km) of Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai Mall, and Burj Khalifa. Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre is 1.3 mi (2.1 km) away.
Hotel Features
Along with 3 restaurants, this hotel has a full-service spa and an indoor pool. Valet parking is free. Other amenities include an outdoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and a poolside bar.
Room Amenities
All 341 soundproofed rooms feature WiFi and iPod docks. Guests can enjoy deep soaking tubs, and other standard amenities include 24-hour room service, wired Internet, and Smart TVs.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre features an indoor pool and an outdoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at one of the 2 coffee shops/cafés. A poolside bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 15070 square feet (1400 square meters) include a conference center. This Art Deco hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace. Complimentary valet parking is available on site.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre has designated areas for smoking.
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- Number of coffee shops/cafes - 2
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 1400
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- Number of restaurants - 3
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- Conference space size (feet) - 15070
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- Total number of rooms - 341
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- Number of floors - 14
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- Free cribs/infant beds
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Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Café Belge - This restaurant specializes in Belgian cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Cake - This café specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
Center Cut - This steakhouse serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
Lobby Lounge and Terrace - This lobby lounge serves light fare only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Sunken Garden - This cocktail bar serves light fare only.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and an outdoor pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Water skiing nearby
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Spa Services
The Ritz-Carlton Spa has 13 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room.
Guests under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Number of treatment rooms 13
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- Minimum age to access spa is 12
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AED 240.0 per night.
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- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Fee for full breakfast: AED 162 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: AED 100 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: AED 100 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: AED 100 per night (rates may vary)
- Rollaway bed fee: AED 240.0 per night
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Epigraph: Fear like so many things is a habit. If you live with fear for a long time you become fearful. Suu Kyi
In After-Times
In after-times. what will they call us, our kind, our time-
who lived long ago far south of the sun, in an alien land,
who lived lonelier and lonelier the loneliness of things;...
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Balancing or Equalizing Lead Acid Batteriesby Chris - April 8th, 2012.
Filed under: Projects. Tagged as: balancing gel batteries, balancing lead acid batteries, equalizing lead acid batteries.
I came across some very confusing information regarding battery balancing and equalization on the internet. Some of it was correct, some was misleading, and some was outright non-sense. I recently installed a 48 volt battery pack onto my boat as part of my off grid solar system and found that the batteries needed to be equalized. This article shows how I figured out how I needed to balance the batteries and how I went about doing it.
Testing the Battery Pack
First of all, equalization is not needed on batteries mounted in parallel. It is only needed for battery packs that have two or more batteries in series. In my case, I constructed my 48 volt pack out of four 12 volt gel cell batteries and strung them in series like this:
I've had many highly qualified people tell me that lead acid batteries don't need to be equalized. Due to their low internal resistance, lead acid batteries are said to 'self balance'. This may be true, but the first time I connected the battery charger up to the pack, the first cell read 13.5 volts while the one next to it read 15.1 volts. Yikes!
Gel batteries are much more sensitive than other lead acid batteries – like AGM or flooded cell. They should never be charged above 14.2 volts, so seeing a voltage of 15.1 volts on one of the cells was a clear indication that these batteries needed to be balanced prior to charging. In the past, I've experienced this same scenario – where I trusted the information I received from 'experts' and walked away, resulting in blown batteries and a lot of lost money.
Balancing Lead Acid Batteries
I immediately disconnected the charger and disassembled the battery pack. In order to balance a battery pack composed of multiple batteries in series, you need to wire them all up in parallel, like this:
By wiring all the batteries in parallel, it accomplishes the following:
- It balances the battery voltages. By wiring all the batteries in parallel, it forces all the batteries to balance out at the exact same voltage level.
- It equalizes the charge in the batteries. This is a natural repercussion of the voltage balancing. Electrical charge flows from the batteries that contain more charge to the batteries with less charge. The flow of charge is what causes the voltages to balance out.
I should point out that I knew ahead of time that all the batteries in the pack were near fully charged. You should charge each battery individually before connecting them up in this manner.
Disclaimer: Never connect a fully charged battery to a depleted one! The high current surges that occur can seriously stress both batteries.
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That's great! People switch career paths all the time. It's rare these days that the first job you take out of school is the same type of job that you'll be doing 20 years from then. Different types of career switches require different types of action. Some jobs require that you get some additional education and others would rather see a relevant internship or freelance work.
The point here is that if you're going to make a switch, it's great to have something on your resume to demonstrate interest (and ideally some expertise) in the field you're going into. This can be additional education, free online coursework, a side project, an internship, or freelance work.
The best way to tell what will get you the most bang for your buck (since I know you don't have unlimited time or money!) is to talk to people in the industry. I recommend scheduling informational interviews with at least 5 people in the journalism field to their thoughts on this. See if a degree would be critical or there is some other way in the door. Ask where you'd likely have to start out given your current background. Once you have more concrete information you'll be able to make a much more educated decision.
I do have a rule of thumb when it comes to career switching which you can read about here.
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Coined in 2010, "circle back" has a variety of connotations in the Urban Dictionary, yet in the context I'm using it here, it's on point. How often does someone (maybe you) ask for an opinion, a suggestion, a referral? How often are you in a conversation where someone makes a recommendation and the other person responds by exclaiming their […] Continue Reading
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New Knicks president Phil Jackson said he has had the opportunity to talk with impending free agent Carmelo Anthony -- but those conversations have focused more on the present than the future.
Jackson spoke to reporters at the Knicks' practice facility on Thursday, his first news conference since he was introduced two weeks ago. Jackson praised Anthony for carrying much of the lifting during a tumultuous Knicks season.
"We've had a couple occasions to talk," Jackson said Thursday, according to ESPN.com. "We haven't really delved into the future as much as what's gone on, getting to know each other type of thing. Trying to see how he's feeling about playing.
"He's had to carry a big load. It's been a tough year for him. But it's been a tough year for everyone. It's not just isolated with him. But I think he feels the weight of it a lot more on himself."
Lately, Jackson has seen Anthony's efforts start to payoff in the form of wins, as his teammates have started playing better. The Knicks have won 12 of their past 15 games, and they have climbed ahead of the Atlanta Hawks by percentage points for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
"Carmelo's really stepped into another level of trying to help players," Jackson said. "I think that's one of the things that we see that Carmelo can do and that he's grown as he's gone along. Those are issues that are not only on the basketball court. They're off the basketball court, they're in practices, they're in the training room, in the locker room, where players learn to lead and push the team forward with their energy."
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Report Condemns Violations of Rights of Miners in Coal Fields
The Committee on Coal and Civil Liberties on this day delivered a report to the U.S. Coal Commission (a federal agency) that condemned the violation of the rights of coal miners in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Alabama. Miners lived in rental houses on mine corporation property and were forced to sign leases prohibiting any visitors in their homes. Law enforcement, meanwhile, was largely controlled by the mine owners, with deputy sheriffs being paid by the coal corporations. The sheriff of Fayette County, West Virginia, for example, employed 6,180 deputies, all paid by the mine owners.
The report was signed by a number of prominent civil libertarians, including Harvard Law Professor and First Amendment scholar Zechariah Chafee, and Rev. John A. Ryan, head of the National Catholic Social Welfare Council and a prominent social activist.
In the 1920s, the rights of workers and labor unions were one of the major civil liberties issues for the ACLU. The denial of the basic First Amendment rights to discuss unionism, to hold meetings, and to picket employers was widespread. See for example: September 1, 1922; March 23, 1932; and July 5, 1935.
Learn more: Alessandro Portelli, They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History (2011)
Listen to "Come All Ye Coal Miners": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TqxrZpkQU
Learn more about the struggle of the coal miners: John Hevener, Which Side Are You On?: The Harlan County Coal Miners, 1931–1939 (1978)
Watch the documentary, Harlan County USA (1976): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074605/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2


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Kartika shukla vidiya is the second day of kartika masa, also called as Yama dwitiya, Bhratri dwitiya. It is a good festival, the main rituals to be followed on this day are, worshiping Lord Yama along with Chitragupta and Bhagini gruha bojana(taking meals in sisters house).
A story is in vogue about this day,
Yamuna river is the sister of Lord Yama. Yamuna invited her brother to her house many times. But Lord Yama was unable to go to his sister's house. At last he went to his sister's house. That day is kartika suddha vidiya. Yamuna showed great respect to her brother, his parivara and worshipped Lord Yama. She herself prepared food and offered to all of them.
Lord Yama was very much pleased,asked her to choose a boon. Then Yamuna asked a boon that on this day, "The brother who goes to his sister's house and takes food from her, will never go to Naraka and sudden ďeath". Lord Yama agreed and also said that, "The sister who invites her brother and serves food to him on this day, will never become widow".
In honour of Lord Yama this day is popular as Yama dwitiya. The main ritual on this day is worshipping of brothers by sisters, so it is also called as Bhratri dwitiya.
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Kirstie Alley's diet plan has been turning heads around the nation as American's watched Kirstie transform her imagine on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Going from a size 14 to a size 4 is not an easy task. With organic eating and a lot of dancing, Alley was able to prove that aging gracefully is very much possible.
Kirstie Alley is well-known for yo-yo or fad dieting. While these diets had proven to give her temporary success when it came to weight loss, within months of completing diet Alley would only gain the weight back and then some more.
Until recently, Alley has found a diet that works. Kirstie Alley's diet plan is an organic diet plan that allowed her to lose 100 pounds. Alley reports feeling great having dropped from a size down to a size 4.
Since coming in second place on last year's "Dancing With the Stars," this 60-year-old actress is more committed than ever to staying fit as she moves forward with her life.
About two years ago, Alley hit a weight of 230 pounds and knew that something needed to change. Her body was weak and she was not feeling like herself. In about two years, Alley had turned her life around drastically and is now weighing in at about 130 pounds. By making the transition to an organic diet and following a wellness program known as Organic Liaison (actually designed by Kirstie Alley with the help of top doctors and scientists), Alley's weigh loss secrets were quickly turning heads.
Alley has been an avid Tweeter during her weight loss process. She even tweeted,
"NO surgery, NO flippin lasers, NO barfing, NO starting….Jeez….my products, organic food, dance. End."
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The Organic Liaison program played a very, large role in the Kirstie Alley diet success. This diet follows a daily plan that allows participants to eat healthy, track their meals and calorie intake and exercise daily. This plan is a complete weigh loss solution that include a book, organic products and a cleansing drink, known as Rescue Me. The Organic Liaison program includes a daily outline of what participants should be doing in order to achieve their weight loss goals.
The program includes:
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- Fitting in one hour of exercise on a daily basis
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Using the Relieve Me colon cleanser to help clean out the digestive system Friends of Alley, including Kelly Preston, have even jumped on the Organic Liaison method of weight loss. Preston used the program to drop the weight after giving birth to her son in November of 2010.
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Eating healthy wasn't the only tool that Kirstie Alley used to shed unwanted pounds. As with any individual looking to lose a considerable about of weight, exercise is a crucial component of any weight loss plan.
For Kirstie Alley, dancing played a large role in helping her to shed weight. Her appearance on the twelfth season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" caused Alley to become very active and stay active as she made a run for the mirror ball trophy. While Alley finished second behind past Superbowl winner and MVP Hines Ward, Kirstie came away with a lot more than just a second place title.
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March 21, 1999
American Voodoo
An account of the United States' military intervention to support democracy in Haiti.
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First Chapter: 'The Immaculate Invasion'
By AMY WILENTZ
By Bob Shacochis.
408 pp. New York:
Viking. $27.95.
y itself, Haiti is a complicated and mysterious place. Especially for the non-Haitian, the country's culture is hard to parse. It is difficult, too, not to develop theories and come to conclusions that are based on myth, fear, stereotype and cultural alienation, even if an observer is trying his best to be objective, multicultural, politically correct and honest. The best foreign writers about Haiti are those who recognize these truths and who understand that they themselves may fall prey to the pitfalls of blindness, stupidity and sheer incomprehension that have swallowed up so many commentators in the four centuries during which the white man has been putting his thoughts about this exceptional island down on paper.
In this book about the 1994 American ''invasion'' of Haiti, the novelist Bob Shacochis proves that he is a writer of rare grace and intuition (though when he lapses into macho military jargon, his fine writing is diminished). Depicting the United States mission that returned Haiti's first democratically elected President, the former Roman Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power after he was ousted by the Haitian military and right-wing paramilitary groups in a coup, Shacochis never stumbles and never turns a blind eye. His attention to detail and his surefootedness do not come as any surprise. Shacochis has already written well and incisively about the tropics of this hemisphere in his fiction. What he understands best is how far away from our comprehension is the reality of deeply impoverished peasants -- the kinds of people that the Green Berets in Haiti were dealing with -- and how far away from their comprehension is our reality. ''The Immaculate Invasion'' gives readers a close look at the shock produced when these two realities came too close -- a cultural clash very like the one that exploded when the Marines occupied Haiti from 1919 to 1935.
The setting, for the most part, is Limbe, a wretched, troubled town in Haiti's north. Rarely has anyone given such a clear-eyed picture of life in such places during moments of intense political ferment. Shacochis's Limbe is a photorealistic panorama of chaos. There, the usual forces are dead set against one another: the Haitian Army, a largely unprofessional bunch of hooligans preoccupied with pillage and thievery; the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, known as Fraph, a C.I.A.-backed anti-Aristide paramilitary group; and Lavalas, a loose-knit bunch of hopeful yet volatile young people who supported Aristide and his party and who, along with their families, were the traditional victims of the armed forces and paramilitary groups.
Into this ferment walked the Green Berets' Unit 311, assigned to Limbe to wrest power from the Haitian Army and then . . . what? Shacochis and Unit 311 arrived in Limbe on the same day, as a mob of angry townspeople were attacking the hated army barracks. With two other journalists, Shacochis managed to get into the barracks to talk to the besieged soldiers while the crowd outside was hurling rocks. Shacochis and his friends -- on the inside -- have just enough time to think they should have known better when the crowd begins to burst through the barracks' entrance and the Haitian soldiers start fighting for their lives.
Meanwhile, the Green Berets have landed outside town and after a spectacular 15-minute march, engulfed by a joyous crowd, they arrive outside the barracks' walls at the critical moment. Suddenly confronted with gunfire, they assume battle positions and return fire. As the Haitian soldiers run out the back door, the American journalists, their hands raised, give themselves up to the American troops. ''Surrendering, I discovered once my hands were in the air, brought tremendous relief,'' Shacochis writes, ''akin to placing one's faith in a higher being.''
There is a problem here, which Shacochis recognizes and confronts frequently in the course of his book. Surrendering to your own people is comforting, and the security they provide for you in a moment of violence can blur your ability to see them clearly. A few minutes later, for example, Shacochis finds himself ''enlisted'' to use his own car to ferry United States military materiel from the landing zone to the barracks, not exactly the lofty position an objective journalist wants to be in when covering a questionable military action.
But Shacochis is not objective, and his goal is not to be objective. His goal is to tell the truth, as best he can. And his deeply felt connection to the men of Unit 311 makes them come alive. With all their whining and moaning and tough-guy posturing and sophomoric cutting up, their decent human impulses come through: to clean up and help out and rescue the innocent amid the impossible problems in Limbe. Shacochis's empathy for the men also ends up helping him place the blame for the botched United States mission exactly where it should be: with the planners in Washington who decided that Aristide and the military that overthrew him were moral equivalents. It was the policy makers who determined that the role of the United States military in Haiti should be not the disarmament of those who overturned the elected Government and spewed death over the country for three years, but rather something that the Pentagon calls ''force protection,'' a concept refined after the abortive engagement in Somalia, where 18 American troops were killed.
Shacochis captures the absurdity of the unit's position in Limbe, and by extension the American troops' position in Haiti, when he writes that the ''mission was to get ashore and establish a stable and secure environment for the troops. . . . U.S. soldiers had invaded Haiti for the primary purpose of protecting themselves. Stopping the brutality wasn't in the mission.'' As J. C. Collins, Unit 311's medic, tells Shacochis: ''We're not here for just a cosmetic screwup, we're here for the long-term screwup.''
Poor Capt. Edmond Barton of Unit 311. He has to deal with his men, who bicker and attack him behind his back while they plot such ''M*A*S*H''-like projects as the ''dream latrine'' (with a bench for reading material that is not necessarily educational). He also has to deal with local forces like Limbe's Mayor, Madame Bruno, who ''had the shape and disposition of a cannonball''; the nervous, elderly, one-legged justice of the peace; the group of sweet-faced naive youths selected as civilian police and later (falsely) charged with murdering a number of former soldiers; and Jean Moulin, the skinny, hotheaded, charismatic Lavalas leader of Limbe. It's quite a brew to be dumped into, and Captain Barton eventually breaks under the strain.
In a scene of great brilliance, Shacochis describes Barton driving the town lunatic (who has been living on Barton's kindness in the barracks jail) out of town and dumping the troublesome nut on the road. But the crazy man, realizing something bad is happening, won't budge, and tries to throw himself back into Barton's Humvee. Barton wrestles with the man, breaks free and races back to Limbe like a madman himself. Very ''Heart of Darkness,'' very ''Apocalypse Now.'' Of course, the sad unfortunate turns up again toward the end of the book, not so nutty that he couldn't make it back to his hometown. And Barton is shipped out by the Army in disgrace, forced to undergo an Officers Elimination Board hearing to determine whether he was fit to stay in the Army. (In the end, he remained.)
The political points made by this book are not deep, but they are important: Washington botched the mission, helping put back Aristide but not giving Haitians the breathing space from violence that the disarmament of the security forces by the United States might have allowed them. Many doubted the intentions of the American operation in the first place, and surely any policy maker capable of labeling the thuggish, murderous Fraph a ''loyal opposition'' was not thinking about meaningful democracy. The issue the book raises most successfully is one that has little to do with Haiti itself: what role can the United States Army play in the post-Vietnam War, post-Somalia era if its greatest concern in any operation is the safety of its own personnel? The answer Shacochis gives is: not much. Haiti, meanwhile, has been left, for better or worse, to make its own way in the world, meddled with but unchanged by its unpleasant encounter with the United States Army.
Amy Wilentz is the author of ''The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier.'' She is currently at work on a novel about Jerusalem.
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