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Check the ISO setting...it might be high.
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Entrance to ancient Nalanda university found
Anand Mohan Sahay in Patna | February 05, 2007 11:09 IST
A team of archaeologists of the Archaelogical Survey of India have discovered the main entrance of the ancient Nalanda university in Bihar.
P K Mishra, superintending archaelogist of the ASI, Patna circle, told rediff.com on Monday that the main entrance was discovered at Badagaon near the standing ruins of the university.
"It was a big discovery to know more about the ancient university. Till date the archaeologists were in the dark about its main entrance," he said.
According to Mishra, Badagaon is also known as Paragan, a nearly 1,200-feet-high mound popularly known as Dhamma Khand.
It is spread over nearly 20 acres of land. The location of the mound in the extreme north of the ancient site indicated that it was the entrance of the university.
The archaeologists have also discovered a wall under the mound.
ASI Patna circle is preparing a project report for excavation of the mound.
Early this month, the ASI had invited scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation for radar mapping to explore unexplored archaelogical structures in and around the ruins of the ancient university.
Mishra said the radar mapping would help in finding archaelogical structures that were yet to be explored around the ancient Nalanda University.
"Radar photography has proved fruitful across the world for exploration of archaeological structures," Mishra said.
The Chinese scholar Hieun Tsang who visited Nalanda university stated in his writing that the university was spread over an area of 16 kilometres. Till now hardly 1.6 square kilometres of the ancient university has been excavated.
"Large parts of the ancient university remain to be excavated," Mishra said.
Hieun Tsang stayed here in the 7th century AD and left detailed descriptions of the excellence of the education system and the purity of monastic life practised in the ancient university.
Nalanda, the oldest university in the world, was founded in 5th century AD.


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I know it's been a while since I've blogged last – I hope you can forgive me! But, that's why I'm bringing you all some big news! Think of it as a make-up gift?
Before I tell you all what the news is though, I'm going to share a picture with you all and see if you can figure it out for yourselves first. I mean, who doesn't like puzzles? I did get a B in my Logic class this semester and it was nothing but puzzles and mind game stuff – which was actually rather fun – so I guess at least I do! :P
So did you guys figure it out? Well if you did then fantastic! If not let me help you out a bit:
Mr. Envoy and I are moving to NEW YORK! Well, Long Island specifically, but omg.
I knew he and I were going to be moving to somewhere else, I just had no idea it was going to be New York! He is just finishing up his recruiter's course and then he was going to be moved somewhere in the country that they needed him to be a recruiter for the next 3 years. And since he's going to be a recruiter, his location isn't dependent on him being near a military base. So literally anywhere in the country was fair game.
But we had choices! 12 actually. They split the country into 6 districts, and we had our top 3 districts and then 3 backup districts. And then we had a first pick and second pick from each district. But our "choices" inside each district were still pretty broad. For example, our first pick was Phoenix, AZ. However, that didn't mean we were picking the city of Phoenix because that one selection represented the entire state of AZ.
The day that we found out where we were moving involved lots of phone calls to family and friends for me as I got little pieces of information from Mr. Envoy throughout the morning. When I woke up I had a text waiting for me saying we got the 1st district. At that point I knew someone, somewhere, was messing with me. Out of all of the districts, the 1st district was the one district I let Mr. Envoy make both selections from. I didn't particularly care what he picked because I've never been that far east and besides, I was thinking "What are the chances we will actually get this district?".
Yeah… go figure.
So at the point I realized we were getting 1st district I called my dad and told him I thought we were moving to Pennsylvania. Let me jump back to our choices for a quick sec so you'll understand why I thought we were getting Pennsylvania. When Mr. Envoy and I were picking our choices for each district, I let him pick both halves of Pennsylvania for the 1st district because he had a friend who had just became a recruiter somewhere in that state and I figured that if for some reason we ended up out there, then he could at least have the possibility of being near his friend. I mean, I figured that was pretty nice of me and all since I had a hand in picking our choices for every other district because I was trying to get us somewhere that had a good harp school somewhere within it. So anyways, I ended up talking to my dad for a while about Pennsylvania and how I was going to have to deal with my first ever Winter and how far away from home I'd be, etc. But then Mr. Envoy sent me another text.
Turns out we didn't get Pennsylvania. Oh no. It was actually New York. A state that's even farther away, and ironically, a state that the Navy moved my family to before I was born. Now I knew that someone, somewhere, was having a good joke at my expense. Possibly even my mom. She, my dad, and my siblings made the move from San Pedro, CA to Buffalo, NY in the middle of winter 25+ years ago… and now here I am making a similar move from southern California to somewhere in New York, just minus the dead of winter. Yep… even if my mom didn't have a hand in this I'm sure she was giggling somewhere up in Heaven.
So now that I know it's New York I call my dad back to chat with him about it all. He was hoping that I'd get Buffalo, although I'm not entirely sure why. Not only do they have winter, but they get a super bad crazy winter with way too much snow and I'm pretty sure that I'd never leave the house if I had to deal with that. I'd probably become a hermit or something. Which I suppose could be worse because I'd get through plenty of video games and it's not like I'd have my family or friends to visit anyways but… still. No thanks! Then I talk to one of my sisters and told her about us getting New York. She was uncertain about how she felt regarding how far away I'd be. I mean, she lives in Texas right now, but I didn't even wind up close to her in the slightest!
Then I got the final text from Mr. Envoy. He texted me the address for his recruiting station that was in a town I've never heard of before, so I do the only logical thing I can do – throw it into Google Maps. That's when I found out… OMG. It's on LONG ISLAND.
That image summed up my first reaction entirely. I've never even visited that far east, and now I'm moving to LONG ISLAND?! At least my sister that wasn't entirely sure how she felt about me moving to Long Island quickly changed her mind about the whole thing! When I told her it was Long Island the first thing out of her mouth was "Omg! Long Island?! You have to have a reading with the Long Island medium!" That wasn't the first thought that came into my head when I found out (note: see previous meme) but uhh… sure sis. Sure… *shakes head*
Now let's get back to this whole winter thing. Sure it isn't as bad as Buffalo but… but… they still get snow and stuff. And I have to drive through NYC to get there and I've heard how bad driving anywhere in NYC can be. Plus it's EXPENSIVE! And did I mention they get snow? Like, real snow? With cold and stuff? And temperatures below freezing? And and… snow? o_o
Let me share with you guys a few memes that summarize how this winter is going to be for me being a native southern Californian…
How am I going to deal with this? Are you seriously telling me I can't wear flip-flops 360 days out of the year? What about short-sleeved t-shirts? I can't wear those 355 days of out of the year?
Well… crap.
At least this winter should be fairly entertaining for Mr. Envoy. And by entertaining I mean him laughing as he watches me deal with it and complaining about how cold I am. And probably including him pushing me into the snow a few times for fun. Ugh.
It will be a change for him too as he's a native southern Californian like I am, but he's a Marine. He's moved all over and has even lived in snow before, granted it wasn't for that long, but he's at least experienced it! My dealings with snow have been like most southern Californians – we take a day and go to the mountains to go sledding, build a miniature snowman because there wasn't enough snow to build a real one, throw a couple snowballs, then go back home because it's too cold and it's so crowded that you might as well be at Disneyland trying to get onto Space Mountain. >_>
Oh yeah, and let's not forget about how if there's a slight breeze and there's no sun out I am chilly in 70 degree weather.
Yeah I'm screwed.
Well… at least it will make for some interesting blogging, right?
Oh! I almost forgot to mention when we are moving! He graduates recruiting school the middle of this month, so we are making the 2,800 mile drive with our 2 cars, 2 cats, 3 guinea pigs, and my broken-again Elizabeth at the end of this month so we can be out there in July.
Wish us luck!
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High and handsome ... the former bank has been beautifully
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original glory.
Photo: Greg Lenthen
Destination: New South Wales Australia
After wining and dining, Greg Lenthen is all set for a night in the Bordello Room.
In the past decade and a half, the number of bank branches has almost halved while the number of automatic tellers has more than quadrupled. Not that cash machines are a proper substitute; just try opening a B&B in an ATM.
One old bank turned B&B is at Paterson, in the Hunter. We're in the Bordello Room. Banking. Bonking. Understandable confusion.
The day had not started well. Drops on the windscreen in Sydney's east are heavy rain by St Ives. On the freeway, there's only the glow of brake lights in swirls of spray and our frantic wipers almost fling themselves off the windscreen. By Paterson, we've outrun the rain but the skies are moving from threatening to plainly belligerent. A shard of lightning and a violent crack of thunder startle us off the veranda into the Bordello Room.
Parked inexplicably in the large bathroom is what looks like a trailer under a plastic cover. It proves to be a spa of a very ferocious turquoise. The list of activities prohibited while in the spa might include drinking the complimentary bottle of sparkling wine. We give ourselves the benefit of the doubt. Very champagned and slightly chlorinated - and mellow almost to melting point - we emerge from the spa and retire to the elaborate four-poster bed. And contemplate the ceiling.
It's patterned pressed metal, so exquisitely restored and painted that the small squares of the design look like ceramic tiles, white with a terracotta motif under a lustrous glaze. That's the delight of the CBC Bed and Breakfast and Cafe - it's a stunning restoration of high-ceilinged rooms, trimmed with warm joinery of Australian cedar and American redwood, and floors of pale kauri pine. The rooms, all with good-sized bathrooms, are big, well-furnished and tasteful, apart, perhaps, from an excess of suggestive pink in the boudoir Bordello.
The CBC Bed and Breakfast is the work of a local builder, Kevin Hawtin, and his wife, Moira. Kevin chanced on an ad offering the building in 1999. It was, by then, a home, having been deconsecrated as a bank in the '70s. The Hawtins finished restoring it last year, as far as work on an old building is ever finished. Kevin will show you about, spelling out the detail of the restoration - such as the two workmen who spent three months with steel wool and solvents reclaiming the wooden staircase from generations of stain and varnish.
We dine that night on tender beef and lamb in a banking chamber reborn as a cafe. The piled-high plates are over-generous - you do want room for the piquant rhubarb and blackberry crumble - and the preparation tries too hard. The scotch fillet, for example seemed too complicated; the wild mushroom ragout, rosemary and garlic jus would have been enough without the fig and onion marmalade.
One of us sleeps deeply (the one who drank most of the sparkling wine and almost all the shiraz). Mrs Lenthen, however, is kept awake into the early hours by a bovine insomniac mooing disconsolately in a nearby paddock. Dawn brings the twitter of birds and the "k'thump, k'thump" of another train through the centre of town. If the town had a centre.
Given that the area was settled in the early 1800s, Paterson has made surprisingly little of its head start. Today there are just a few gracious 19th-century buildings and a smattering of houses, framed by hills. Clearly the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney expected Paterson to make much more of itself when the bank opened its branch there in 1904. The wide expanse of terracotta tiles and red bricks wrapped in deep verandas look very optimistic.
Maybe Paterson's stunted growth is explained by the local museum. However, it's open only on Sundays. So we look for history in the cemetery of St Paul's Anglican Church, where headstones are slowly losing their stories to weathering. But clearly etched in marble is the sad tale of William and Christina Corner, who lost no fewer than five children, all under five, between 1854 and 1870. Christina's own death in 1869 meant that at least she did not see the fifth name added to the gravestone: Alice, dead the next year at just 20 months. We imagine Christina died of grief. However, a little research on the net reveals it was diphtheria - and that Christina had six other children.
Breakfast next morning in the cafe offers a much wider range than the usual bacon and eggs, including omelets as big as they are tasty, to set you up for a day's exploring. We head north to Dungog and discover the pretty drive through green hills west to Gresford, before looping back to Paterson and down to Sydney.
* Establishments featured in Week-ends Away are visited anonymously by Herald writers, who pay their own way.
CBC Bed and Breakfast and Cafe,
19 King Street, Paterson
Bookings: Phone 4938 5767 or see http://www.cbc-bedandbreakfastandcafe.com.au.How far is it: About three hours' drive from Sydney via Maitland.
Available next weekend: Yes.
Children: Depends on age.
Smoking: Outside only.
Wheelchair access: Restaurant only.
Pluses: Superior accommodation at a keen price provides a good base for exploring the Hunter.
Minuses: The insomniac cow.
Rating: 18/20
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FreeMat—Yet Another MATLAB Replacement
Many programs exist that try to serve as a replacement for MATLAB. They all differ in their capabilities—some extending beyond what is available in MATLAB, and others giving subsets of functions that focus on some problem area. In this article, let's look at another available option: FreeMat.
The main Web site for FreeMat is hosted on SourceForge. Installation for most Linux distributions should be as easy as using your friendly neighborhood package manager. FreeMat also is available as source code, as well as installation packages for Windows and Mac OS X. Once it's installed, you can go ahead and start it up. This brings up the main window with a working console that should be displaying the license information for FreeMat (Figure 1).
Figure 1. When you first start up FreeMat, you are given a fresh console.
As with most programs like FreeMat, you can do arithmetic right away. All of the arithmetic operations are overloaded to do "the right thing" automatically, based on the data types of the operands. The core data types include integers (8, 16 and 32 bits, both signed and unsigned), floating-point numbers (32 and 64 bits) and complex numbers (64 and 128 bits). Along with those, there is a core data structure, implemented as an N-dimensional array. The default value for N is 6, but is arbitrary. Also, FreeMat supports heterogeneous arrays, where different elements are actually different data types.
Commands in FreeMat are line-based. This means that a command is finished and executed when you press the Enter key. As soon as you do, the command is run, and the output is displayed immediately within your console. You should notice that results that are not saved to a variable are saved automatically to a temporary variable named "ans". You can use this temporary variable to access and reuse the results from previous commands. For example, if you want to find the volume of a cube of side length 3, you could so with:
--> 3 * 3
ans =
--> ans * 3
ans =
Of course, a much faster way would be to do something like this:
--> 3 * 3 * 3
ans =
Or, you could do this:
--> 3^3
ans =
If you don't want to clutter up your console with the output from intermediate calculations, you can tell FreeMat to hide that output by adding a semicolon to the end of the line. So, instead of this:
--> sin(10)
ans =
you would get this:
--> sin(10);
Joey Bernard has a background in both physics and computer science. This serves him well in his day job as a computational research consultant at the University of New Brunswick. He also teaches computational physics and parallel programming.
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MATLAB is unique...
I think MATLAB is the unique software and there is no better replacement to it till now. It incorporates the real tools for the digital image processing geeks.........


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SurveyUSA, the poll that on Oct. 5 showed NRCC Chair U.S. Rep. Tom Reynolds trailing his Democratic challenger, Jack Davis, 50-45, now has Reynolds up 49-46.
The Buffalo TV news station that has been commissioning these polls, WGRZ-TV, hasn't yet posted the results on its Web site.
This means Reynolds gained 4 points, while Davis lost 4, over a two-week period. That's a pretty big swing, and, a SurveyUSA analysis deems it "breathtaking." So what gives?
Well, part of the problem, Survey USA says, is that part of the 26th CD was without power (and thus phone service) as a result of the Oct. 12 snowstorm, while the poll was being conducted Oct. 16-18.
Some more analysis after the jump:
Davis' lead among Independent voters has declined from 24 points on 10/5 to 13 points today. Davis's lead among Democrats has declined from 61 points to 50 points. Reynolds's lead among Republicans has increased from 41 to 45 points.
The composition of likely voters has not materially changed:
47% were Republican on 10/5, 48% are Republican today. 32% of likely voters were Democrat on 10/5, 31% are Democrat today. Reynolds today leads among voters under age 35. The candidates are even among other age groups. Reynolds is helped by lower-income and middle-income voters. Among voters earning more than $80K/year, Reynolds is down. Among voters earning less than $80K/year, Reynolds is up.
Among those who have attended graduate school, Reynolds is down. But among all other education levels, Reynolds is up. While this contest is a rematch of the 2004 election, when Reynolds, who was first elected to Congress in 1998, defeated Davis 56% to 44%, little else is the same. Reynolds is on the national stage, and the contest has national implications.
One Mitigating Caution: Some portions of the 26th District were without telephone service during the interviewing period for this poll, following a snow storm on 10/12/06. 35% of Likely Voters came from Erie County in the 10/5 survey; 29% of Likely Voters came from Erie County in the 10/19 survey.
In both surveys, Davis leads in Erie County by 11 points. SurveyUSA will conduct another poll in the district once power is completely restored.


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Below are the three presentations we had from the London EPiServer Meetup Summer 2013 hosted at Syzygy. Thanks to all that came and especially to Youtse @EPiServer for organising refreshments, and to Fabio and Syzygy for being generous hosts and of course to Phil and Mark who presented.
Phil Pursglove gave us a glimpse into the world of server side debugging using the 'Glimpse' plugin, and showed a work in progress Glimpse plugin for EPiServer.
POSSIBLE's cloud expert and published author Mark Rodseth took us on 'A walk through the clouds', giving a high level overview of 'The Cloud, Microsoft Windows Azure and experiences building a cloud platform'. You can buy Mark's book here.
Finally Mark Everard (that's me folks) proclaimed "I'm not a child anymore." Though actually it turns out he was talking about 'Non-hierarchical content retrieval using EPiServer Find'.


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We've ranted and raved about Ascot Chang-now it's time to talk about his grandson and nephew's brand TCNY. Youth doesn't always guarantee innovation but thank God it does in this case; each of TCNY's pieces are urban chic interpretations of classical suit tailoring. Like their parent company Ascot Chang, their shirts are impeccable and they also offer a Made to Measure service to ensure you get exactly what you want. Not only can you choose to have a suit from their seasonal collections personalised, you can even have a suit custom-created within 3-6 weeks for a unique TCNY sartorial experience.
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Some local high school seniors are trying to make feminine hygiene products more available to women who can't afford them.
Brett Herrick, Catherine Dillon and Avery Elsberry said they were shocked to find out women can't use food stamps to buy tampons and pads.
"They're so expensive so it's kind of that choice between 'Do I want to feed myself or my family or do I want to stay clean,'" Dillon said.
"I just think it's super unfair because we don't have a choice whether we get it or not get it," Elsberry said. "So if you don't have the proper resources to deal with it or handle it the right way it's not fair."
Other hygiene products not covered by food stamps include toilet paper, tooth paste and diapers. But the teens say those types of donations are common.
"You don't see a lot of feminine products because I think most people don't really think of that a like an option to donate," Herrick said.
So the teens came up with the aptly-named Menstruation Station. It started at school for the National Honors Society, and they said people started to show interest so they saw the potential for this idea to grow.
"Tampons and periods and menstruation that's all pretty taboo, especially at high school," said Dillon. "So it was really cool when a couple of guys came up to me 'Hey this is really cool what you're doing how can we get involved?' So we decided to reach out to local businesses and other schools even to see if we can get something going."
There is a donation box at the LunchboxWax salon in Downtown Boise. Anyone interested in starting a station can stop by for more information.


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Oh sorry I have a digital scale that tells you to the exact decimal point. What I do is place the camera on the floor next to the scale. I then get on the scale to see my weight. Then I squat down instead of bending and pick the camera up and it stays the same weight.
I guess if you don't have a digital scale it will move the numbers up and down. But technically if you are 125 let's say it should move when you bend down to pick the camera up, but should go back to 125 when you have straightened out no?
My freaking iPhone doesn't have zoom so I have to hunch over like a freak.


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It's been two years since a salmonella outbreak was traced back to several Iowa farms—including Centrum Valley Farms. As Iowa Public Radio's Sandhya Dirks reports, another strain of the deadly bacteria has re-appeared on that same farm.
In 2010 the salmonella scare spread across the country—500 million eggs were recalled and 2,000 people fell sick. Now one of the farms that may have been responsible has been cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for not following proper preventative procedures—and the FDA says that a strain of the bacteria called salmonella heidelberg has been found in two of the six poultry houses at Centrum Valley Farms.
The farm says this doesn't mean their eggs are contaminated, and they have been diverting eggs from the market to comply with FDA regulations. Iowa is by far the largest egg producing state—with 50 million hens laying around 14 billion eggs a year.


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Routes to victory
To win, John McCain and Barack Obama need at least 270 of the electoral college's 538 votes. Each state has a fixed number of votes based on its population size.
Obama: The Democratic candidate's poll lead in several of the states George Bush won in 2004 gives him greater opportunities to reach this figure. A win in Virginia, where polls close at midnight GMT, would suggest Obama is on course for victory in some previously Republican states. A win in two of the big three swing states of past election cycles – Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania – would all but guarantee him the White House.
McCain: The Republican candidate's route to the Oval Office is much narrower. Among the states Bush won in 2004, at least six are leaning towards Obama and several others are toss-ups. In addition to the safe Republican states, McCain's most likely victory will come if he can hold Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Missouri, and take Pennsylvania or some combination of New Hampshire, Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado.
Regardless of when one candidate reaches the magic 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, the night contains enough subplots and intrigues to keep insomniac politicos occupied late into the night.
11pm GMT
Polls close in Kentucky and Indiana.
Kentucky is sure to hand McCain its eight electoral votes, but Obama has surged in the polls in Indiana (11 electoral votes) and threatens to be the first Democrat to win the state since Lyndon Johnson's landslide defeat of Barry Goldwater in 1964. If Obama can overcome Indiana's deep-seated conservatism, it indicates that economic concerns have outweighed cultural ones and Obama can expect a landslide victory.
Midnight GMT
Polls close in Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia.
Florida (27 electoral votes) was the site of the 2000 voting-counting fiasco in which the supreme court gave the state – and therefore the election – to Bush. It is a must-win for McCain but last-minute legal tussles and discrepancies in the voter rolls may delay results.
McCain remains popular among Florida's military voters and the culturally conservative north of the state. Obama did not campaign here in the Democratic primary race, but nevertheless pulled ahead of McCain in mid-September when the US economy began tanking in earnest.
Georgia (15 electoral votes) is a usually staunch Republican state but threatened by Obama in this election. Propelled by unprecedented enthusiasm among the state's black voters, Obama has pulled within striking distance. An Obama victory here would upend 40 years of conventional thinking about race in southern politics. Virginia (13 electoral votes), another state once part of the slave-owning confederacy, has not backed a Democrat since 1964, but demographic changes, especially in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, have given Obama an advantage.
South Carolina (eight electoral votes) is safe for McCain and Vermont (three electoral votes) will back Obama. New Hampshire voters have a long-held fondness for McCain – he won the state's Republican primary in 2000 and this year – but Obama made a surge in the polls mid-September and is likely to capture the state's four electoral votes.
12.30am GMT
Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia.
If Obama wins Ohio (20 electoral votes) he has the election, but even if he takes only North Carolina (15 electoral votes), McCain's options are seriously limited. Both are toss-up states where Obama maintained a slight lead in polling going into election day. West Virginia (five electoral votes) will go to McCain.
(One hurdle to a decisive result: Ohio has been the scene of bitter partisan legal wrangling over the voting process. If election officials, Democrats and Republicans can agree who is eligible to vote, where voting machines should be allocated, and which votes should be counted, expect a smooth night.
If the campaigns call out the lawyers, we may not see decisive results from Ohio tonight.)
1am GMT
Polls close in 18 states (plus Washington, DC) awarding a total of 205 electoral votes.
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC will likely go to Obama, giving him 113 electoral votes.
Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas should give McCain their combined 81 electoral votes.
Missouri could go either way. Bush won the state twice – but so did Bill Clinton. If Obama wins the state's 11 electoral votes, he can start popping champagne corks.
1.30am GMT
Arkansas will send its six electoral votes to McCain. Clinton's home state voted for him twice but Democratic candidates since then - Al Gore, John Kerry and now Obama - have been a poor fit with the state's rural and socially conservative mould.
2am GMT
Polls close in Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Louisiana and Arizona.
Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island and Wisconsin should go to Obama, handing him 55 electoral votes. Colorado and New Mexico are leaning towards Obama, and he could pick up these two from the Republicans, for an additional 14 votes. Wyoming and Louisiana should give McCain another 12, although Obama has made late polling gains in Louisiana (nine electoral votes), which has one of the largest African American populations in the country.
Last week polls showed Obama gaining swiftly in Arizona, McCain's home state. If Obama takes Arizona's 10 electoral votes, McCain may want to leave politics for good. (The scenario occurred in 2000, when Gore lost Tennessee to Bush.)
3am GMT
Polls close in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Iowa, Nevada and North Dakota.
Idaho, Montana and Utah will send McCain 12 more electoral votes. Iowa should vote for Obama, giving him seven electoral votes. Obama could also take Nevada from the Republicans, for five more electoral votes. North Dakota (three electoral votes) has not voted for a Democrat since 1964, but if Obama is having a very good night he may take this too.
4am GMT
Polls close in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.
If you're still up at this hour, you may watch the states above send their combined 77 votes for Obama, possibly putting him over the 270 needed to win the election.
5am GMT
Polls close in Alaska.
How it works
Television stations and the Associated Press, America's leading news agency, are under tremendous pressure to call the results early. They base their predictions on incoming vote tallies, divining the results from precinct-by-precinct results, plus exit polling, and identifying trends where possible. The model works in states where one candidate wins by a sizeable margin, but in close races news organisations must wait until most of the precinct totals are in. Sometimes this can take a while.
News junkies will be watching to see which news network calls the election first. The television networks face a dilemma – they want to declare a winner early but have memories of the disputed Florida vote of 2000 and are fearful of calling it wrong. No editor or news executive wants a replay of the 1948 election, which ended with Harry Truman holding a copy of the Chicago Tribune that bore the banner headline "Dewey Defeats Truman".


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Behind the Moustache - Enter the Dojo creator Matt Page
Behind the Moustache - Enter the Dojo creator Matt PageSo, the other day I was catching up on missed episodes of Enter The Dojo, and a burning question formed in my mind. How has Bullshido not interviewed these people? It then dawned on me that there hasnt been an interview because I havent stepped up to do it.
Thus, welcome to Bullshidos first interview with Matthew Page (yes, he has his own IMDB page, you should be so successful). Matt is better known to most of you as Master Ken Poe, the Ameri-Do-Te principal and grand master.
Matts tale is one of hard work begets success, both in and out of the dojo. Matt was gracious enough to spend some time with me on Skype, the other day, and what follows is the edited and approved transcript (we cut out almost all the bullshit).
Moustaches are bullshit.
Youve heard of Bullshido?
Pretty much since we started the show, fans of the show have sent me various links to it, and I've gotten to check some of it out, and it's kinda in the same vein, it has the same motive of sort of pointing out some of the ridiculousness in the martial arts world. I think what you guys do is great. I think it fits really well with the world we've created at Enter The Dojo.
Matts martial arts experience:
My first style was with a great instructor, Rick Pelletier, back in Maine, where I grew up. I got my first degree black belt in Okinawan kenpo and kobudo. I then bounced around various dojos for many years, and ended up settling in to the Jeff Speakman American Kenpo system, and got my second degree black belt under Erika and Tony Potter, who train with Mr. Speakman.
I was unsettled in my early twenties, trying to figure out where I wanted to go, what I wanted to be. So, I would move to a new town, find a dojo, train there for a few months. Then I would move or run out of money or whatever. So, I've trained for a few months in aikido, in stick fighting, in boxing, just whatever I was curious about that was close to my house.
It was great to study all those arts, at least at a base level, and I have several books. I would get books - martial arts books - for Christmas, from my family. I have books on aikido, kickboxing, muay thai and stuff like that. I was interested in learning the differences between all the arts, that also really played into informing the show - everything from the episodes to the Bullshit videos that we do, where Ken comes up with the reasons why some martial arts are not as good as his. All that feeds into [the show].
I currently study Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with some great guys here, in Albuquerque. I am a blue belt, I think I'm a very average Jiu Jitsu stylist. I'd always done Jiu Jitsu casually, but now that I'm in a formal system, Im realizing that I have a long way to go to being any good at it. I've got guys schooling me every time I roll. It's good, it keeps me humble.
But, it's also frustrating for anybody who's reached black belt level in another style. "OK, now I'm advanced, and now I'm good at what I do." And then to go out of your comfort zone and do another style and get your ass kicked is like, "ugh, OK." So, Ive got to just keep working. But, it's good because it keeps me as a perpetual student and continues to keep me on that journey of learning more and more, trying to stay humble, trying to keep working. So, I'm a blue belt, currently, and I think I'll be there for a while.
Sometimes I go in [to BJJ class], and I'm focused and I'm with it, and I'm like "I'm doing alright." Then, other days, it's not just me screwing up, it's some guy will come in and he's having that day where he's focused and he's on top of his game, and I'm just getting tied in a pretzel, going "man, this sucks."
But, that's part of training in martial arts, and part of maintaining some humility and realism, and also realizing - which is really important, particularly nowadays - that rank doesn't have a lot to do with what kind of martial artist you are. You're defined as a martial artist not just by your conduct and education, but how often you train, how seriously you take it, how consistent you are. Just because you have a certain color belt around your waist doesn't make you better than anybody when it comes down to a fight.
But, I also don't value all martial arts in the realm of fighting. I think that being a martial artist is kind of a lifestyle, and kind of an overall perspective, so that's important to remember, too. Just because I lose a couple of sparring matches doesn't mean I'm not a martial artist, it just means I've got more work to do. I try to always keep a healthy perspective, on that.
The origins of Enter The Dojo:
I've been making a living since I graduated from film school at a place called - it used to be College of Santa Fe, now it's Santa Fe University. I got my degree and started a company the year I graduated, 2005, and I make videos - promotional videos and short films and things like that. That's how I've made my living - producing, directing, editing. So I already owned the equipment.
Basically, the way the show got started is I became obsessed with Ricky Gervais' BBC version of The Office. I watched it every day for like a year. I was so fascinated with it, I thought it was brilliant. I wanted to do something like that, but I wanted to inject it into a world that I was familiar with, and I've been training in martial arts since I was 16 years old. So, I decided to spoof some of the people that I had met in the martial arts world. That's how it came about.
I sat down and wrote what eventually became the first four episodes. Had some friends read it, they thought it was funny. So, we set a date, and got together for the weekend and just shot a few episodes and released it, just to see how it would go. Man, it caught on real fast, the martial arts world just embraced it. That was two and a half years ago, and we're still going.
Writing Enter The Dojo:
For the first two seasons, I wrote all the scripts for the episodes that had scripts. There are a few episodes that were improvised, I've just had an idea and done a basic outline: here's where we start, and here's the joke, and here's where we end.
We just released the last of the episodes that I came up with for season 3, and the next three episodes were written by my co-director, Adam Rottler, who's been co-directing with me since Season 1. These will be our first experiment with having somebody else write full episodes. I'm excited because he's a great writer.
I also like to give credit to the cast because, especially in the interviews, the talking heads that we do, they come up with a lot of their own stuff. I always try to script something for them to say in their interviews, and then we say "ok now let's play around, let's have fun with it and see what you guys come up with." And, they come up with some of the best stuff.
I love when they surprise me. The guy who plays Billy is a friend of mine, Ben Ziegler, who I went to college with. He kills me, he's so funny, I have to be away from the microphone, because I'll full-on laugh over his takes and will ruin them. He surprises me, I just never know what he's going to say, and it's some wild stuff. That's some of my favorite part, when we give the actors a chance to riff and come up with their own stuff. They're so dedicated, they're so talented, they're really funny.
Casting Enter The Dojo:
I focused on performance, first, because ultimately it's a comedy first, and a martial arts show second. If the comedy doesn't work, then what we're saying on the show, whatever idea I have about something I want to spoof or some message I want to convey, some sort of commentary about the martial arts world, isn't going to work if people aren't laughing.
Some of the actors I wrote parts for. Billy, as I said, Ben Zeigler, my buddy, I wanted him to be my crazy kind of sidekick guy.
I knew that I wanted Rachel Hroncich, who plays Rachel. I had seen her in some local stuff, local films I'd known and worked with her before, I thought she was funny, I thought she'd be a good choice.
Juliet Lopez, who plays Cynthia, she showed up - she's been a friend of mine, I've worked with her as an actor numerous times. I didn't know what to do with her, initially, so you'll notice she's really not featured in the first 2 episodes, very much at all. Once she was developing this shy sort of character after we shot a couple of episodes, I started to have an idea of what I wanted to do with her. She developed the character, and now it kind of runs itself, basically.
I was definitely focused on performance, first. The only disadvantage of that was when we needed to do actual martial arts, it was a little challenging for some of the actors. But, they've done a great job with it.
One of the reasons that I use the character Todd Woodland, played by Joe Conway, I use him in a lot of the instructional videos I do now because he is also a Kenpo black belt, so he can take the punishment, he knows how to move, he knows how to do some slapstick aspects of it, and move like a real martial artist.
The dojo behind The Dojo:
It was really just fortuitous timing. I was living in Santa Fe and training in the Speakman franchise, and I moved to Albuquerque.
Joe Conway actually owns the dojo where we shoot the show - it's a real working dojo called ABQ Karate. Joe had recently moved into that bigger space, and I'd mentioned the idea of the show, and asked if I could... Initially, this was just supposed to be a shoot for a weekend. He said, "sure, come on in, shoot for the weekend." Now it's become this thing where we go pretty much every other weekend and shoot more content. I had trained with him, and he liked what we were doing, and the more we shot at the dojo, the more opportunities there were for him to act in the show, as well.
All the students know the show, and Joe has had the pleasure of being recognized in town, and at martial arts events. He gets a kick out of that.
I, on the other hand, am never recognized. In regular life, I look a lot more like a nerd, I've got glasses and I don't have the moustache, so the look of Master Ken - the upside and the downside is that once I get out of character and go back to my normal voice and my normal look, nobody recognizes me. But, yes, the students at the school do know the show and they get a kick out of seeing the episodes happen in their dojo.
We have to shoot over weekends because there are classes during the week. When we shoot full episodes, we usually shoot 3 episodes in a weekend. We shoot Friday night, we get all the interviews out of the way. Then, we shoot all of the actual skits that make up the episode all day Saturday, all day Sunday.
On Ameri-Do-Te:
I could have made Master Ken a Kenpo guy, because I know a lot about Kenpo, but I thought that would exclude too many people, it would probably offended too many Kenpo people, and it probably would have made it hard to relate to for other stylists that maybe didn't know Kenpo.
By creating a fictional martial art, everyone can kind of laugh collectively at what we're doing. That is an aspect of the show that I really like, the harder Ken tries to show his martial art is different, the more it makes it look the same as other martial arts. That's something I've found in other dojos, that the harder somebody tries to explain why their art is unique and different and better, the more - I feel - the more they fail. Because, ultimately, the fundamentals and the principals of most martial arts are related.
On appropriate content:
I need to make the show that I want to make, and I need to make the show that entertains me. I tend to favor the adult humor because I like shows like that. I like Reno 911, I like a lot of stuff on Comedy Central that goes that route.
We do try to discourage younger people from watching, and try to tell parents "listen, you should really check this out first before you let your kids watch. Particularly with the live events, the live events are much more adult.
I do actually feel in some ways that maybe that has limited our audience, a little bit. Some fans don't like it when we get into the innuendos and the adult humor and the toilet humor and stuff, but other fans love it. Ultimately, we as a group have to do stuff that we find funny.
We've done a couple of controversial videos, one in fact that I even took down because people were complaining that maybe we might negatively influence kids or get people to do things that are dangerous. But, there's only so much responsibility I can take. If somebody's going to watch a YouTube video that is clearly a spoof, and clearly a comedy, and mimic that behavior, I don't really feel like I can take responsibility for that.
Live events?
I'm flying to Indianapolis, tomorrow, to perform tomorrow night. I've got to finish rewriting my bit for Indianapolis. I'm always tinkering with my show, right up until I go on stage, every time. I'm always trying new jokes and stuff, so I've got to polish some of this.
As Master Ken, I do these roasts, 20-30 minute stand-up bits. They're similar to what I'm going to do in the UK.
Joe Conway is actually going to be going on tour with me, to Scotland, England, and Germany, doing my Master Ken Live show, here in a couple of weeks. We're going to do a fun comedy show for some people.
Last time I did that, I had to fly to Atlanta, and then fly to Manchester, and then drive like 6 hours to Lincoln, and then I had like 2 hours to get ready at the hotel and perform. So, I was up 30-something hours before, I had to just walk out and perform. But, I love what I do, so it's really great. But, a lot of times, we perform that night. The next morning, get up and drive anywhere from 2 to 4 to 6 hours to another town, get into the hotel, get ready for the show, do another show, and just do that once a day for most of the trip. It's intense, but it's really fun.
Balancing martial arts and entertainment:
The world of martial arts is something I'm around more and more since I started the show. I perform at various events. I'm around a lot of really talented martial artists, and everyone's talking about martial arts.
I read about martial arts in my off time to try to come up with new ideas for videos and episodes. MMA, I'm aware of it, and I know people who are in MMA - obviously, we've had people like Greg Jackson, and Julie Kedzie, and Keith Jardine on the show, and they're all fantastic. I dont follow it as closely as a lot of my friends do, but I'm always trying to keep up with what's going on, at least to figure out what people are interested in, what people are discussing.
I was a big fan of the UFC, the original one that started back when there were no rules and it was really controversial. I don't follow it as much as I probably should nowadays. But, I'm definitely interested in various fights. I love watching Ronda Rousey fight - intense, and she's pretty, and she's controversial.
The other half of my passion is acting and film making, so I'm also spending a lot of time trying to watch non-martial arts related everything that comes out, you know, House of Cards, Game of Thrones, and the big movies that come out - just trying to keep my finger on the pulse of what people are making, what people are watching.
Just informing myself is its own full-time job. I fall behind on that from time to time, but then I also end up occasionally with a weekend where I'll just sit down and marathon like 10 episodes of a show to catch up on what everyone's talking about. It's a tough balance, but I love doing it.
Success for Matt:
Every 6 months, I look back at where we were 6 months ago, or I'll look at an old interview, and I'll pay attention to the views. When you have a YouTube show, it's hard not to become obsessed with the viewership. Right now, we're at 6.3 million views on the channel, and I was looking at an old interview of me talking about the show back when I was really excited because we had just hit 2 million.
The show grows more and more. The more live shows I do - and we try to do things like sell t-shirts and white belt certificates, too - the more of a priority I can make the show.
The show, in the beginning, was an investment. It cost me money, and a ton of time. And, now it's starting to pay me back in various ways. Getting me other jobs, getting me know in the martial arts world, getting me known in the movie and television world. I've acted in more films and television shows since I started the show than I ever have before, because people have become aware of me as an actor. I've been able to audition for a lot more shows, which is great.
It's still a balance. I still have to run my company, I still do promotional videos, I still act in other films and television shows to make a living. The thing that I'm most excited about is that I do make my living, as I have for several years, in the overall umbrella category of entertainment.
I know a lot of really talented people who have to do stuff like wait tables, or personal training, or whatever they can do just to make money, but still be available to go on auditions or work on their script, stuff like that. So I feel very lucky to make a living primarily doing what I do.
I was in Lone Ranger, but I made it into about 2 seconds of that movie. The thing you can see me in right now is a movie called Odd Thomas. I play a character named Harlo, and I've got some great screen time: I have some dialogue, some action, a big chase scene, and a big fight scene with Anton Yelchin, who plays Chekov in the new Star Trek movies.
I did a scene with Ed Harris in a movie coming out called Frontera. I was in a movie called The Guest - which I was really excited about.
Success for the cast and crew:
Some of the other cast members are also doing some pretty amazing stuff. Alex Knight, who plays Anthony the skeptical orange belt, he's got a bunch of stuff coming out. I think his profile, awareness of him as an actor is really going to explode over the next year, because he has booked just a ton of stuff. He's doing like 3 weeks on this movie called Jubilee that's shooting here, about a religious cult. He had a supporting role in The Guest. He was on Breaking Bad. He's done a lot of great stuff that's coming out in the next year.
I think people are going to start seeing, start recognizing their Dojo friends in more and more films and television shows in the next year.
This goes for the crew, as well. People like Corey Weintraub, who is my director of photography, incredibly talented with lighting and camera work, does a great job lighting and shooting the show. But, now he's shooting features, and he's so busy shooting all this great work that I can't nail him down to shoot anything. That's the only sort of ironic downside to doing a show with talented people, is that they get scooped up on other shows.
The Future of Enter The Dojo:
Rachel, Juliet, and Zach Dulin, who plays Steven the hand model - they all live in Los Angeles, now. And actually, Adam Rottler, my co-director, lives in New York City. So, when we do a season of the show, we have to plan months in advance, just to get everybody back here for a couple of weekends.
It's becoming harder and harder to make the structured show, which is part of the reason you see more and more videos of just Master Ken and Todd, because those are easy. We can just go over to the dojo, it's 15 minutes from my house, and we can come up with a bunch of stuff, and just film it.
I do think there will be future seasons, I don't know if we'll be able to keep the same cast or if Master Ken's going to have to switch out a few students here and there, or have some new students and maybe the regular cast isn't in every episode, maybe we kind of alternate? Because, you know, martial arts classes are like that - not everybody shows up to every class, every night.
On the one hand, I think it's really good for Enter The Dojo because as these actors are discovered in other venues, I think it will make people aware of Enter The Dojo that weren't previously aware. On the other hand, it is making it more and more challenging to make the show.
What I'd really love is that at some point we get some kind of sponsorship where I could offer them more money to make it a priority for their schedule, and really lock everybody down. All the work for seasons 1 and 2 was on a volunteer basis.
We did an initial tour of Hollywood, and I kind of feel like it might be time to try it again. But, I kind of also get the feeling sense that once you get a "no" from a network, that's kind of it. I did actually get to pitch the show to Comedy Central, and they passed. FX passed.
Maybe that will change, maybe we'll come back, and they'll be like "ok, maybe we do have a spot for you." I would absolutely love to be on a network. I think the show will only work on - I don't know if it wouldn't work on network, but I think it would be better for cable so we could get away with some of the outrageous stuff that we do. But, it would be fantastic to get out to a wider audience and to - especially, like I said, to get everybody paid like a union rate to do the work they do. The show is a ton of work, and everyone definitely deserves it, it's just something we don't have at this point.
I can haz white belt?
Why, yes, you can. If youve already watched at least one episode of Enter The Dojo, you are officially aware of how deadly an Ameri-Do-Te white belt can be. Subscribe to Enter The Dojo, then pop over to http://enterthedojoshow.com. Click on CATALOG, but we all know you really just want Master Kens Package. It looks like hes lowered the white belt testing fee, so nows the perfect time! Also, youll need to get your own white belt.
Dear Bully, you have reached the end of this interview. It was not as much fun to produce the written version, above, as it was to chat with Matt (you try typing up and editing 40 minutes of conversation). But, I hope youve enjoyed it. Hes a genuine, hard working machine who is dedicated to serious comedy, and serious martial arts.
Be sure to stay tuned to Bullshido - there may be some Enter The Dojo surprises, here, in the future.
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Oh, hey, somehow I missed the most important link in the story. Of course, you're already subscribed to Enter The Dojo, but for those of you that aren't: https://www.youtube.com/user/EnterTheDojoShow
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4/17/2014 9:27am, #3
Ken Poe is an exquisite pun. Pushups.
Ken Poe is an exquisite pun. Pushups.
4/17/2014 12:14pm, #4
Enjoyed the interview and love the show! Thanks
Enjoyed the interview and love the show! Thanks
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Gotta say I'm personally a huge fan of this guy.
I need to get my belt in Ameri-Do-Te.
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This interview is bullshit! Thanks for taking the time :)
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This summer, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City released a report showing that national startup activity increased in 2015 for the first time in 6 years. To me, this comes as no surprise: We millennials make up more than half of today's workforce, after all, and turning our big ideas into small businesses is what we do.
Take these three young entrepreneurs, for example. Their big ideas exist within vastly different industries, but they've turned those pie-in-the-sky thoughts into sweet realities. Keep an eye on them as we head into the new year, because trust us — these millennials are going places.
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WWE Wrestlemania 27: Three Powerful Statements at 2011 Hall of Fame CeremonyApril 5, 2011
Much was said at the 2011 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Let's take a look at three powerful statements that settled historic and recent debates…or gave rise to newer, unresolved issues.
"Thank you for letting Daddy go out and be a wrestler."
These were a few of the heartwarming words spoken from Shawn Michaels to his children during his induction into the 2011 class of the WWE Hall of Fame. Shawn encapsulated what it meant to be a wrestler, and I will always appreciate his dedication to his craft because I, along with many other fans, were the beneficiaries of his skills.
But his words speak to a larger debate that has been surrounding the WWE for the past few weeks. Recently, TVWeek.com revealed that WWE has verbally dissociated itself with the sport of professional wrestling, calling itself a sports entertainment conglomerate.
The article also stated that the performers are not to be called wrestlers, but rather entertainers and superstars. Though WWE has for years focused heavily on the entertainment nature of the sport, this denouncement as a professional wrestling company seems to be the most explicit that WWE has been regarding its perception of itself.
So begs the question, how do the performers view themselves? Shawn, quite likely the greatest performer in the history of the business, is a wrestler.
As a fan, I valued his appreciation of the athletic nature of professional wrestling. He, along with others who have identified as athletes, including Shelton Benjamin and Kurt Angle have become standards of the sport to which wrestling fans are so faithfully committed. Thank you, Shawn, for being a wrestler.
"Look what I started."
Sunny stated these words as she pointed to each diva, all who accompanied Laycool to induct her. She later clarified her statements by saying that the debate surrounding who the "original diva" was is now over. In her mind, her induction serves to prove that she, in fact, is the original diva.
From a fan's perspective, I completely disagree with this on two levels. First, Sunny's behavior was unacceptable and showcased her massive ego and insecurity.
Second and most important, the term "diva" did not exist during Sunny's stint with WWE. It came along after Sable got massively over. The term, when it was first used, did not address managers, but rather, it addressed female wrestlers. The first female wrestler to be coined the term "diva" was Sable, a manager turned wrestler.
Sunny was never a wrestler in the WWE; she was a manager—a very good manager, albeit, but a manager nevertheless. This is important, because in order to be the first of anything, there must not have been another to do what you have done.
However, in the case of female managers, there have been plenty, and they've been very successful and great in their own way. Such examples include Woman, who managed a number of major stars, including Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen; Sherry Martel, who both wrestled and managed a number of headliners, including the Macho Man and Shawn Michaels; and Miss Elizabeth, who managed the Macho Man and Hulk Hogan.
Sunny managed mid-card tag teams such as the Bodydonnas and the Smoking Gunns.
Not to diminish her skills, Sunny is probably the most charismatic manager of the last 20 years. However, keeping things in perspective, John Cena is probably the most charismatic performer of the past six years. Does that make him the greatest wrestler or as Sunny claims, the first?
Sunny was a manager, and she wasn't the first nor the best. Being the most downloaded person on the Internet does not speak to one's skills in the arena of wrestling. It speaks to her popularity, but again, John Cena is wildly popular. His popularity says nothing of his actual wrestling acumen. The only person who Sunny should have been speaking to in this regard is Vickie Guerrero, another manager. Her self-absorption was embarrassing.
"You screwed Bret."
You may be wondering how these three infamous words apply to the Hall of Fame. Is the Hall of Fame an appropriate venue to address your personal issues with an inductee?
Though I am not a fan of Sunny (and less a fan after her repugnant behavior at the event), I cannot imagine myself throwing obscenities or screaming harsh words toward her while she was speaking at an event designed to showcase her accomplishments in the sport.
Yet, one fan did just that during Shawn Michaels' speech. He began the infamous, "You screwed Bret" chant. Throughout Shawn's speech, he continued yelling obscenities and other harsh words. It was disrupting, immature, and quite inappropriate.
It's moments like those when I feel that the WWE Hall of Fame should be exclusive to family members and competitors.
We as fans have a responsibility and a role to play. Wrestling events could not happen without us. We should take pride in our role and feel honored to be welcomed into such an important event.
For many of the athletes, such as Animal from the Legion of Doom, induction into the Hall of Fame is the culminating highlight of their career. For some fans to trash on someone's career during their special moment is a poor reflection on those of us who appreciate the commitment and skill that these athletes have given to the sport.
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Last week we looked at Lacoste's planned men's looks for US Open 2015. Today, all the ladies (toutes les filles – 3 of them at least). Surprise pops of bright orange and Mediterranean blue, and a strappy open back on the otherwise straightforward sheath dress and you've got a distinctly modern style.
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Same dress here on Christina McHale. It also comes in white. Here's the back of both colors:
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A Review of the Peek Email Mobile Device
As I mentioned in my last post, I'm stuck here in central Ohio without power for at least 4 days, thanks to the remnants of Ike. No power, no internet access.
No internet access. So how am I communicating with you?
Today also happens to be the release day for Peek, a new mobile e-mail device working independently of any cell phone contract. I've been considering a purchase of some new gadget or another that would allow me to write on the go. There are a lot of PDAs out there like the Palm Centro or the Sidekick or iPhone that allow surfing on and posting to the web, but these devices either cost a lot of money (iPhone) or require a new cell phone contract (Centro, Sidekick) or both. They also typically require a hefty monthly fee for usage on top of that. For someone like me who isn't rich and is in the middle of a current contract, that option is unaffordable.
I've been casting my eyes in the direction of the Nokia N810, which costs a few hundred clams but requires no contract, working exclusively over WiFi. The N810 has a camera and a mike and a QWERTY keyboard, which is great. Unfortunately, the WiFi-only communication would limit my communication range to homes and coffee shops, which is not great.
What I've really been looking for is a mobile blogging device that I can slip in my pocket and slip out and write with anywhere. I think my new Peek may fit the bill.
At a cost of $100 plus $20 a month, the Peek isn't outrageously expensive. The $20/month fee requires no contract and can be canceled at any time with no penalty.
Measuring just 2.5×4 inches, it fits easily in my pocket. The device has a full QWERTY keyboard, and it can send e-mails from almost anywhere using the T-Mobile network. Now, sending e-mails is all it can do, but for someone like me stuck without power or for someone like me who takes his kids out a lot or for someone like me who wants to occasionally blog from the scene, "only" e-mail is a lot. Right now I am emailing these messages to J. Clifford, who's posting them for me. When I get power and a web connection back, I'll configure posting to Irregular Times by e-mail, a feature on wordpress, blogger, movable type and other blogs.
The Peek isn't perfect. I'd like the keyboard to be a bit larger to fit my big thumbs, and the teensy black spacebar sitting against a black background is irritatingly hard to find. I wish it had a SD slot so I could upload attachments from, say, a digital camera or sound recorder. I could wish for a lot of things, but then I'd be back to insanely expensive or unportable, wouldn't I? For what I really, centrally want in a mobile blogging device, the Peek will do just fine.


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|Lightning Dust
Lightning Dust in Wonderbolts Academy
Lightning Dust as a filly in Parental Glideance
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|Brilliant gamboge
|¤ Brilliant amber with brilliant gold stripes
|Light turquoise
|Li (The Periodic Table of My Little Pony)
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|Britt Irvin (English)
Taru Tikkanen (Finnish)
Nadine Zaddam (German)
Jenny De Cesarei (Italian)
Agnieszka Fajlhauer (Polish)
Agatha Paulita (Brazilian Portuguese)
Gabriela Codrea (Romanian)
Larisa Brokhman (Russian)
María Fernanda Morales (Latin American Spanish)
Development and designLightning Dust shares her eye color and rarely her cutie mark with Sassaflash, whose coat and mane colors are vaguely similar to hers. She also resembles Indigo Zap, who has a similar hairstyle, wears the same goggles, and has the same eye color, and she slightly resembles "Whoa Nelly", being similar in coat and iris colors and partly-stars cutie mark.
According to the My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games DVD/Blu-ray audio commentary, Lightning Dust was originally going to appear in film, but she was replaced by Indigo Zap.
On Twitter in mid-December 2015, IDW comics writer Jeremy Whitley was asked, "Was there meant to be more done with Flim, Flam, Iron Will, and Lightning Dust that got cut? They just kinda...disappeared.", and replied, "I'd actually like to do a ff[sic] with LD and IW. I stand by Flim and Flam as unrepentant opportunists".[1]
Depiction in the seriesLightning Dust is shown to be a vigorous and highly competitive flyer who loves to test her limits. With her strong attitude, speed, and love for flying, she quickly forms a friendship with Rainbow Dash.
However, because of her competitive spirit, Lightning Dust is also very reckless and shows little concern for anyone who becomes a victim of her actions. This is shown when she ignores Rainbow Dash's injury during a team exercise and again when she brushes off the fact that her tornado put Rainbow Dash's friends in danger. She also appears to have a bigger ego than Rainbow Dash.
Lightning Dust's recklessness and utter disregard for the safety of others eventually lead to her team leader status being taken away and given to Rainbow Dash.
Lightning Dust is mentioned by Scootaloo in Parental Glideance. She also appears in the same episode as a filly in flashback.
Other depictions
IDW comics
In My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #8, Lightning Dust appears on page 16 and cover A, in both appearances behind Princess Luna and multiple other characters in Ponyville. She also appears in Issue #34 being recruited by Radiant Hope to attack the Crystal Empire. During the attack, she antagonizes Rainbow Dash and Rarity with water balloons, but she is eventually captured. King Sombra frees her in Issue #35, and she and the other recruited villains defeat the Mane Six, but she harbors second thoughts about her actions by Issue #36. In My Little Pony: Deviations, Lightning Dust appears on pages 13-15 fighting against Nightmare Moon in an alternate timeline.
Lightning Dust is an available character in Gameloft's mobile game. She was added to the iOS version of the game on December 9, 2013 and on the Android version on December 17, 2013.
Lightning Dust is mentioned in the chapter books Applejack and the Honest-to-Goodness Switcheroo and Fluttershy and the Fine Furry Friends Fair.
In the Signature My Little Pony magazine issue 69 comic Daring friends and the missing story!, Lightning Dust appears at the Canterlot Magic Fair.[2]
The Elements of Harmony Vol. II guidebook
LIGHTNING DUST is a highly competitive flyer and Rainbow Dash's good friend. She flies recklessly, and doesn't always see how her actions will affect other ponies. She might have an even bigger ego about her flying than Rainbow Dash, and was actually removed from her leadership role in the Wonderbolts because of it.
A mini-figure toy of Lightning Dust has been displayed at the 2014 American International Toy Fair.[3]
On pages 20-21 of the book Winning Style, "Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust can't wait for the flying competition at the Equestria Games. They work on their speed and agility while flying through the clouds."[4]
Lightning Dust is shown on Acidfree's first art print.[5]
- "Let me show you what I've got, ma'am."
- — To Spitfire, Wonderbolts Academy
- "Ma'am, can you put the Dizzitron on maximum speed? I wanna push my limits."
- — To Spitfire, Wonderbolts Academy
- "They should make us Wonderbolts right now."
- — Wonderbolts Academy
- "Hey, you snooze, you lose! Besides, Wonderbolts are supposed to be able to recover from a spinout. You saw them on the Dizzitron. They could use the practice. I mean, it's not our fault we're so much better than those other guys. Not every pony is destined to become a Wonderbolt. Only the best of the best, right?"
- — To Rainbow Dash, Wonderbolts Academy
- "Kicking all that tail has made me hungry."
- — Wonderbolts Academy
See also
- Lightning Dust on the Collectible Card Game Wiki
- Lightning Dust on the Fan Wiki
- Lightning Dust on the My Little Pony Gameloft Wiki
- ↑ Jeremy Whitley (2015-12-17). Jeremy Whitley on Twitter: "@Godzillawolf1 I'd actually like to do a ff with LD and IW. I stand by Flim and Flam as unrepentant opportunists". Twitter. Retrieved on 2015 December 25.
- ↑ MLP Comic - English. Imgur (2017-03-23). Retrieved on 2017 May 27.
- ↑ ASM's Toy Fair 2014 Gallery/hasbro/my-little-pony/IMG_0465. Retrieved on 2014 February 24.
- ↑ My Little Pony Winning Style: Stories, Activites, and Tattoos. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2013 October 21.
- ↑ My Little Pony by Amy Mebberson. Acidfree Gallery (2014-07-03). Retrieved on 2014 July 6.


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May 18, 2005
Fourteen months old
Congo African Grey
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his is Ariel, a fourteen-month-old Congo African grey. She lives with her big sister Tantra (3.5-year-old Timnah African Grey) and her mommy in Shreveport, LA. She has a purse fetish - every time she sees my purse she starts crying and whimpering, so I finally just gave it to her to keep - it is no longer recognizable as a purse!! Ariel loves to run to me when she's on the floor, grab my finger with her "hands", and flip herself onto her back for belly scritches. She and Tantra are the love of my life!!
Ariel is just beginning to speak, she says "buh-bye," but right now it sounds like an eight-year-old boy burping the words... I suppose she's just beginning to "find her voice"!
She loves for me to creep up to her (in plain view, of course - and with lots of drama) and when I say "I'm gonna gitch you!", she gets an ecstatic look on her face, then jumps on my hand and play-bites my hand, then she flips upside down!
She is very very sweet-natured. I adopted her at fifteen weeks; she was in the final stage of weaning, and was eating formula from a big medicine spoon. She warms up to strangers in a relatively short time, and it takes a crowbar for me to get her off my shoulder - she will cry and whimper just like a baby - yes, she's spoiled rotten.
I got her and Tantra some Lego toys to make a village with, so I can teach them to play "Greyzilla", where they'll get to tear up the town and "kill" the Lego people!
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From where you come from? I'm from Latvia. :)
The blog I need help with is palomolv.wordpress.com.
Hi Palomolv. I'm from all the way over here in Maryland USA.
East Tennessee, USA. One of the most beautiful places in the country!
Just saying but like the "new teen blogger" thread, this is another way of whackos stalking but still.
I'm from Hong Kong, China.
I am from Bacolod City Philippines...I wish it's either Ireland or Scotland though.
Oh what the hell....
I'm from (and in) Dublin, Ireland.
Austin, Texas
I was born in, and currently live in, Manaus, Brazil, South america, the earth.
I live in texas(not saying what city.)
Sunny Birkenhead UK...
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Near Glasgow, Scotland.
Vancouver BC baby!
#1 city to live <3
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