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The eyes may be wrong, but it looks to me like the scar is there: http://www.rebelscum.com/Hasbro-Star...-08/IMAGE7.asp
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The eyes may be wrong, but it looks to me like the scar is there: http://www.rebelscum.com/Hasbro-Star...-08/IMAGE7.asp
Hmm, looks like you're right. Here's Galactic Hunter's review for reference. It's a little too subtle, but it does look like it's there.
The Galactic Hunters Review pictures are cartoonish. I hope they just used the wrong lens...
So Amazon delivered my 6" Han Solo, and the QC fail is minimal, just some white paint transfer on the figure's behind and a mispainted bloodstripe on the right side.
The figure overall is very good. The likeness has issues straight-on, but from above and from either side it's good. The issues are the blue eyes and the mouth isn't quite the right width. The shiny plastic used isn't as nice as Luke's painted plastic, but it does have a sweaty look that kinda works for what it is. The hair paint is very good though, layered but not as extreme as Luke's.
The sculpting on Han isn't quite as sharp overall as Luke which takes some nuance and quality away, but there are a few bright spots.
Paint is decent overall, a few little sloppy areas but nothing worse than wave 1. Not quite as nuanced as Luke, but more than Maul.
The anatomy is a little dubious, the forearms are a bit too long, the neck is a bit too long (although not as bad as it seems), and with the vest off the figure seems almost emaciated. But generally it holds up, if you don't mind the mid-torso articulation being pretty low down. The articulation is fairly good, the same as the wave 1 non-armored figures in the line, and I think I would have preferred double joints on the elbows over the singles which bend just past 90 degrees. The figure stands a little too tall for my tastes not just because of the neck but the shoulders seem high compared to the Sandtrooper, but it's minimal, maybe 5% to the eye.
There is one point of articulation they changed actually, it's the wrist hinge on the right wrist, where wave 1 had an up-down hinge this figure has a side-side hinge and it's a shame because that's the gun hand. Both sets of hands have this as well, and the joints are very small compared to the gloved hands of wave 1 figures despite being removable pegs - a very odd choice that hopefully doesn't cause drama down the road.
The stormtrooper belt is pretty good, only thing missing is the right hip box - no idea why they cut that. The holster works very well, and even though the belt is cast in brown and painted white, the holster is painted black on the inside, nice touch.
The gunbelt is good as well, nice sculpt and good paint, good details. The strap holding the pistol into the holster is very fine and I suspect it'll eventually rip at its peg, it's also permanently bent to look right closed which makes it difficult to get out of the way to get the pistol in.
The E-11 Stormtrooper blaster is the same as the Sandtrooper one I think, I haven't compared. No paint, just black plastic.
The DL-44 blaster pistol is nice, some details didn't come through like the air-cooling fins on the front and the left side indent, but many did like the muzzle holes. Paint is silver weathering, a brown grip (the whole grip, not like Luke's), and the silver on the front muzzle (but oddly not the back half of the muzzle). It's perfectly scaled to Luke's DL-44 as well despite being a different sculpt. It fits into the holster but takes a little effort to get exactly right.
The gloved hands are decent, the right hand a trigger pull pose and the left hand a wide-open C shape to cradle the right hand for blaster poses. The non-gloved hands are a little better, the right a trigger pose again and not quite able to reach the trigger on the E-11 nicely but looks good close; the left hand is a tight cupped shape designed specifically to cradle the E-11's barrel.
One pointless nit to pick, the peg holes in the feet are WAY bigger than wave 1's.
I think the blame is probably on the Chinese factory, but it could be Lucas Licensing stopped giving a crap. In person, it's more a sense that something is wrong than a true visual attack of a problem because it barely shows in normal light.
Yes, the scar is there, but because of the plastic used it can't be seen in normal light, you have to blast it with light to get it to show, and it's a blob in person.
It's not just the lens, although it is that, but also the subject is too close to the lens and the choice of lighting is all wrong so that it's getting fisheyed and distorted. The figure looks nothing like that in person, much more realistic, here's a quick snap from my cell with and without flash, at distance and then up close:
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Someone give Han a hamburger!!
Yeah, Han could use a little time in the gym too. He's not particularly bulky in the film, but this figure takes it a tad far with that skinny frame.
Also, note the different in the eyes between Luke and Han there, that's something that takes this line back to toytown officially with wave 2, and it's a shame because the paint work on Luke is what gave me the most hope for the future of this line. Now, I dunno, maybe it'll get out of the doldrums, but I see Leia and Bespin Luke and it's awful, Han isn't as bad but still a backslide. Hopefully this is where the line holds though.
You're welcome, I figure it's a good enough figure to warrant conversation, and I didn't have a lot of positive to say about wave 1 so it's nice to see something work. Plus, this is the first Han figure in ages worth a crap in any Hasbro scale.
I passed on Boba Fett on purpose, there are too many sculpt issues that hold it back for my tastes - the immobile viewfinder, the wookiee braids, the rigid belt packs, the hoses, that stuff kept me from going after it.
I saw Han live out in the wild today. He looks alot better than I expected, I wish I would have picked him up. I went back and forth on him and ended up putting him back.
I received Leia today. Her face isn't too bad, but she has an odd look on her face. I haven't opened it yet, but the joints in the legs look bad; probably due to it being skin and not clothes.
From what I can see, in terms of the likeness, Han's eyes seem to be a bit too close together; but that could just be an illusion created by paint apps. However, the eyebrows seem to be the biggest problem: they are too thick, too arched, and too high on his forehead.
As it is, the figure definitely feels like a much more "glammed up" version of Han Solo, when he really needs to look more rugged and scruffy.
The pictures I've seen make me think of Han Solo from the cartoon in the Christmas Special. The figure in real life doesn't look that bad.


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If the Russians keep performing as they have in the new team figure skating competition, they're sure to dominate throughout these Sochi Games. Julia Lipnitskaia at 15 had the look of an Olympic champion, dazzling the home crowd with a near-perfect routine in the women's short program. Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov earned cheers as they routed the field in the free skate. With only the men's and women's free skate and the free dance left to contest today in the finale, Russia has 47 points and a six-point lead on Canada. World champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White quick-stepped their way to victory in the team short dance, lifting the U.S. into the medals chase. The Americans are third with 34 points.
Hilary Knight scored 53 seconds into the opener of the hockey tournament and Jesse Vetter needed only 14 saves to lead the United States to a 3-1 victory against Finland. Later in the day, Hayley Wickenheiser scored for the fifth consecutive Winter Games, and three-time defending Olympic champion Canada coasted to a 5-0 victory against Switzerland. If the U.S. women beat Switzerland Monday, they will advance to play Canada in the semifinals.
Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe joined a few other sisters to win gold and silver in the same Olympic event. They did it in women's moguls, where their oldest sister Maxime made it into the finals and finished 12th. French skiers Marieele and Christine Goitschel and Austrian lugers Doris and Angelika Neuner are on the short list of sisters to also go 1-2 in an Olympic event. The Dufour-Lapointes edged American rival Hannah Kearney as Justine, the youngest of the sisters at 19, went through a technically precise final run to score 22.44 points and help Canada win its first gold of the games. Chloe, 22, followed with a solid run but came up .78 points short of the winning score. Kearney, the defending champion and top-ranked woman in the world, went last and had a big bobble after her first jump. She settled for bronze.
Marit Bjoergen won the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon, giving the Norwegian skier her fourth career gold medal. Bjoergen pulled away from Sweden's Charlotte Kalla on the final straight to win in 38 minutes, 33.6 seconds and defend her title from the 2010 Vancouver Games. Bjoergen's gold, though, was tempered by grief. The brother of teammate Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen died "suddenly and unexpectedly" a day earlier, according to Norwegian Olympic officials. Bjoergen, joined by teammates, sobbed in an embrace after the race.
Firmly establishing himself as a gold medal favorite, American Bode Miller was fastest in the final downhill training run. Miller finished in 2 minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. Miller, 36, also turned in the top time Thursday in the opening training session.
Sven Kramer of the Netherlands set an Olympic record and defended his title in the men's 5,000 meters, winning gold with a time of 6 minutes, 10.76 seconds. With the king, queen and prime minister of his country cheering him on, Kramer, 27, flew around the big oval with amazingly consistent laps, all falling within a range of eight-tenths of a second. He easily beat the Olympic mark of 6:14.60 he set while winning gold four years ago at Vancouver, and the Dutch team swept the medals.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway won the men's 10-kilometer sprint for his seventh career gold medal. Bjoerndalen turned 40 last month, making him the oldest winner of an individual competition at any Winter Olympics. Bjoerndalen missed one target before finishing in 24 minutes, 33.5 seconds. Anton Shipulin had Russia's first gold medal all but won, heading toward victory in front of a frenzied home crowd, but as so often happens in biathlon, a wayward shot ruined his race. Shipulin finished fourth after missing a target at the final shooting station.
World Cup leader Kamil Stoch of Poland has taken his hot form into the men's normal hill gold medal final. Stoch, who already had qualified because he was among the top 10-ranked jumpers on the normal hill going into the event, nonetheless was among the top five finishers in the qualifying round.

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Indonesia's key terrorism concerns
Since the 2002 terrorist bombing in Bali by Jemaah Islamiah (JI), Indonesia has done much to counter the threat of violent terrorism by Islamist militants.
Densus 88, the elite police counter-terrorism unit, has been at the forefront in neutralising JI — killing or capturing most of its members.
As of last month, more than 820 terrorists have been captured and 80 killed. Yet, this has not terminated the threat nor deterred them. While no major attacks have taken place since 2009, more than 110 militants were captured following the discovery of a major terrorist training camp in Aceh in 2010.
Indonesia's inability to halt the threat was evident in the series of attacks last year, following which 11 terrorists were killed and 17 captured, with 28 members of the police force killed. Poso in Sulawesi and Solo in Central Java are the main theatres of terrorist operations. In the first week of this year, seven terrorists were killed and 10 captured.
Complicating the picture is the emergence of new and splintered groups sworn to avenge the killing of their comrades, besides stopping perceived Christianisation of the country and aiming to build an Islamic state.
Behind the veil of democracy, radical preachers continue to spread their ideology of hate and murder. The terrorists' targets have shifted from attacking the "far enemy" (the West), to the "near enemy", that is locals, especially the police.
Many of the new terrorists are youngsters, indicating their recruitment for the cause.
There is also the rise of "soft violence", where radical adherents oppose mainstream political, economic, social-cultural and religious practices, and develop cells of like-minded hardliners bent on wreaking havoc on society when instructed to do so.
Why does the terrorism landscape not exude much optimism this year? There are seven areas of concern for the year ahead.


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"Blessings on the hand of women!Angels guard its strength and grace,In the palace, cottage, hovel,Oh, no matter where the place. . . ."
William Ross Wallace
"Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp,To guard a title that was rich before,To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,To throw a perfume on the violet,To smooth the ice, or add another hueUnto the rainbow, or with taper lightTo seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."
William Shakespeare
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"To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness"
Arthur Herzog
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Gen Ben Chidlaw
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Author Talks 'Unheralded Heroines' of US Christianity, 'Conservative Pushback' Against Women in Leadership
Building the Old Time Religion: Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era takes an in-depth look at the lasting impact that the ministry and achievements of 24 women have made on U.S. Christianity. These women founded educational institutions, organizations and denominations during the Progressive Era and many of their contributions remain pivotal to American society today.
They range in name from Virginia Moss, Elizabeth Baker, Mary Lee Cagle, Emma Whittemore and Martha Lee to Iva Durham Vennard, Aimee Semple McPherson, Helen Sunday, Evangeline Booth and several others. Their denominations include Methodist, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, Assembly of God, Pentecostal, and others. Among the many institutions and churches these women founded are the Catholic Truth Guild, Apostolic Faith Mission, Door of Hope, Good Will Mission, L.I.F.E. Bible College, Angelus Temple and Beulah Heights Assembly.
According to theologian and author Priscilla Pope-Levison, the 24 women evangelists featured in Building the Old Time religion broke ground and pressed against the tide of the times to follow and fulfill the calls they felt God had placed on their lives. Pope-Levison, professor of Theology at Seattle Pacific University and an ordained United Methodist minister compresses 20 years of research into less than 200 pages and leaves no stone unturned in her effort to reveal the accomplishments, struggles and shortcomings of these "theologically conservative" Christian leaders.
Below is an edited transcript of The Christian Post's interview with Pope-Levison. Read part one of CP's interview with the author: 'Building the Old Time Religion' Explores Women Evangelists' Monumental Impact on US Christianity.
CP: Can you name a few ways in which these women have left a lasting impact on Christianity in America? Institutions, of course are obvious. But is there anything they established that remain with us today that Christians might not be aware of?
Pope-Levison: I think they really broke the ground for women's religious leadership within mainline Christianity in terms of mixed-gender institutions. In other words, they were among the first women in mainline Christianity to have religious authority over women and men. That to me is a legacy that paved the way for those of us today who are ordained, who are serving as pastors, theological teachers.
This is part of the critical piece that's been missing, in my opinion, from how this story is told. We look so quickly to theological seminaries and yet the religious training schools that these women founded were training women and men for church leadership as pastors, Bible teachers, missionaries, evangelists, and musicians long before Protestant seminaries let women in, particularly in the 1950s and on.
So this is a critical piece for those of us who support women's ordination and support the full range of women and religious leadership within Protestant Christianity, and they've been overlooked by everybody in my opinion. … I think the other part of their legacy I alluded to earlier — how will those in power, authority and leadership make room for people like these women who felt called by God to preach, to evangelize and yet the institution at that point told them no? I wonder how often we continue that today. They were forced to found their own institutions to follow their call. When it happens from unexpected places, I wonder how well the institutional church listens to those people.
CP: What were some of the other conflicts these women encountered specifically on Christian issues, such as stances on conversion, sanctification, etc.?
Pope-Levison: These women were theologically conservative, we would probably certainly call them evangelical today and maybe even some of them fundamentalist. They are challenging the mainline Church on issues, as you mentioned, [like] conversion. They absolutely believed that one had to give evidence of a moment of conversion, like the Apostle Paul.
Many in the mainline church had come to a point where they believed that conversion was something that you were in a sense experiencing throughout your life. As you grew, attended church and attended Sunday school, you would just kind of morph into conversion. It was a lifelong process. And they were much more dramatic-moment -centered in conversion. It was the same with sanctification, the second experience of grace. That was a very crisis-experiential experience. They are considered probably hopelessly conservative by the mainline church, particularly this is the mainline Methodist Church, so that's an area of conflict for them. ...
I would say that another area is many of these women were very authoritative themselves and they were not eager to share power with anyone, except if it were their son. In this case, only one of them had a daughter and she kind of fell out of the family. So most of these women who founded particularly churches (and) denominations ended up handing on the reins of leadership to their sons, which is very interesting.
I think in some senses they had to be quite authoritative in order to establish this work from the beginning but what my critique would be is that they didn't have to remain authoritative. Yet very few of them really ever shared power with anyone. That's one of the ways that I find Vennard very different from the others. Aimee Semple McPherson, when she died was pretty much on her own [and] had even fallen out of graces with her family, including her daughter and her mother.
These ended up being very authoritative, isolated religious leaders which I think we still see a lot of today. It still isn't a good model for the Christian community. That's another lesson I think we could learn from these women, is that that leaves a lot of people on the margins and it leaves the leader isolated and thinking that he or she has a hold on God's truth, and I think that's a very dangerous way to be a leader of any sort but particularly a religious leader. So that caused a lot of conflict. It was the sense of you either agree with me and support my doctrine, or here's the door. Sometimes I wonder if we've learned very much in the last century. You know, that's still happening today.
CP: What are some of the ways in which McPherson benefited from the foundation that these women laid, perhaps in ways that may not be readily acknowledged or readily visible?
Pope-Levison: That's what I argue in the conclusion of the book. A lot of people know who she is, and what I don't think has been well-documented is that she didn't arrive just from nothing, in the sense that there was at least a generation of women doing the evangelism like she did at the beginning. She wasn't just a phenomenon on her own that arose and then sort of died away, as if there weren't women preceding her or women after her.
What I argue in the conclusion is that the four types of institutions, and I devote a chapter to each one, are the same kinds of institutions that she founded. What I attempt to draw is the connection between what these women were doing, building institutions, and what McPherson did with such success. No one is arguing that she wasn't the most successful woman evangelist, and I would argue probably the most successful evangelist of any sort in the first half of the 20th century.
CP: In the aspect of women leaders raising up other women leaders, do you see that going on today?
Pope-Levison: For the most part, they didn't do a good job of mentoring other women and it's hard to know whether that was deliberate or whether it was just happenstance. There was some mentoring. Certainly McPherson in her denomination that she founded, the Foursquare Gospel Church, there were women ministers, she had women teachers in Bible college and so forth. But by and large, most of the women in this book who founded institutions did not do a very good job of mentoring other women. In every case, there was not another woman who took over from the founder. It was a male and it was generally a son or two, so that's an interesting observation in and of itself.
There's a lot more attention, I would say, today in terms of mentoring women into religious leadership. I think it's certainly more apparent than it was a century ago. I think of what my work and of my colleagues' work here as well at Seattle Pacific University with mentoring women in theology and so forth. We have a women in ministry group that meets on a regular basis. So I think there is a lot more attention to the importance, to the need, and for the fact that there are a lot of women feeling called to some sort of religious work. I think we're doing a much better job of mentoring younger women or women coming out of a different career into the ministry. Now this is certainly going to be in places where there's an openness to women in ministry, so that needs to be said as well.
CP: What do you think are the reasons for that conflict or that tension when it comes to women in leadership, not just in churches, but in Christian organizations as well?
Pope-Levison: It's been well documented that there's been a conservative pushback against women in any kind of leadership role, in Christianity. I'm just thinking about what happened in the Southern Baptist church in the 1980s and nineties. When I went to seminary in 1980 there were many Southern Baptist women headed into the ministry, and I went to Duke Divinity School so I went to school in the South, and that avenue has now closed down.
I think with the rise of complementarianism and women can be in ministry but they can't be the teaching elder of the church, that's so strong in certain circles and powerful circles, influential, popular circles of Christianity, evangelical Christianity in particular. That's very powerful, and certainly we feel it here at SPU. I think what this has done is to split even further Christianity in America around the mainline churches, which are decreasing in membership and maybe even decreasing in influence and the rise of Pentecostalism and the rise in Evangelicalism and nondenominationalism.
In many, many of those institutions, there's a lot of conflict over women, over the gender issue. So in a sense, those who are most supportive of women in ministry are losing their influence over kind of American Christianity as a whole. So I think this sort of conservative trend is having a large influence over the gender question in American Christianity.
CP: Obviously, Building the Old Time Religion is very personal for you. What is it you want readers to take away from the book?
Pope-Levison: I want them to take away that God has through the ages and including in this time in American history, God has continually raised up women to teach, to preach, to reach out to the poor, to come alongside the homeless and that women have responded in obedience and faithfulness to God's call. This group of women gave up so much to follow that call. They gave up a normal family life in a way. They gave up all of their financial resources and often went into poverty to continue these institutions. They were looked askance at by neighbors, by friends, family. They gave up so much to follow God's call.
I refer to them as the unsung, unheralded, unknown heroines of a critical time in American Christianity. I think that's the takeaway and I believe that God continues to call women and men to these sorts of institutions, leadership roles and so forth today. They are for me, incredible role models.
Read brief bios of some of the women evangelists mentioned in Pope-Levison's book here.
Read a preview of Building the Old Time Religion: Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era.


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K2 meets applebuds... 5x better? Not sure how to quantify that - but... apple's bass is the worst - it just can't compete (I already pushed the buds to my ears to get the best sound) and there's so much to be done. Treble is so so. But yeah, apple sounds mid forward. But again not in the K2's league.
edit: and it's L is R and R is L when plugged on my phone :D
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Recap: Mean Girls, Dinner Parties
Monday, December 17, 2012
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Tonight's episode begins right where we left off last week. In the middle of an angry, emotional crap-storm between Brandi, and Paul and Adrienne. Paul and Adrienne storm out of the party talking about potential lawsuits. Brandi is left to deal with Mauricio's clients who are clearly staring and uncomfortable with the whole spectacle.
Taylor Takes Over
Out of nowhere, this dramatic exchange becomes about Taylor. Huh?! She begins by taking deep breaths and making it obvious that Paul's aggressive tone really upset her. Then she sides with Brandi by bringing up her old issues with Camille and the private things that Camille had shared about her abusive marriage to Russell. Taylor, we know you have BEEN THROUGH IT this past year, but this is not about you.
Kyle is pissed at Kim for choosing this setting to share what Brandi had said about Paul and Adrienne. Kim feels like they deserved to know what was said about them, as it was such a private thing to reveal. AND WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS.
A Call for Crumpets
Over at the Vanderpump Residence, Lisa is overseeing some repairs on their main gate and Ken is calling her phone every five minutes with tea and biscuit requests. Oh, Ken. He sure knows how to push her buttons! He's still recovering from his hip replacement surgery and is having fun messing with Lisa in his physically delicate state.
Clarity, Courtesy of Kim
Kim and her daughters head to a pilates class. Kim shares that in her opinion, Kyle is the one that started the drama between Brandi and Adrienne when she asked Brandi at the SUR dinner what was going on between them. Knowing that Brandi tends to overshare, why even ask the question unless you were looking to stir the pot? Touche, Kim. Kim is also mentally preparing for her son's 21st birthday party, which is taking place in Las Vegas. EEK. Vegas must be a scary place for someone fresh out of rehab. Kim's nervous about the trip, but her daughters assure her that she'll be able to handle it with her newfound strength and clarity.
What to Expect When You're Expecting Drama
Mauricio is extremely annoyed that Kyle is having Brandi and the other girls over for dinner. He has no use for Brandi. He sees her a gossip girl with no class. Kyle had already planned the dinner before the drama at Mauricio's event, so she's stuck with her unwanted guest. Oh well. I'm sure it'll make for some entertaining TV. Kyle then meets her friend Faye for lunch to discuss the upcoming dinner. Faye has loyalty to Adrienne and to Kyle, so she has already decided that Brandi is trouble.
Youthful Yolanda
Over to Yolanda's (Hey girl! Where've you been?) for a workout session with her trainer. Yolanda is just a goddess, let's be real. She looks amazing, overall health is her top priority and she wants to live a long life with her husband. They got married pretty late in life and she is determined to be married to him the longest of all of his wives. Pass 20 years and you win, Yolanda!
Turning Tables
Brandi goes over to Lisa's to fill her in on the Paul/Adrienne drama. She's emotional and a ball of anxiety. Apparently, the day after the event, Radar Online published a story about Brandi's "mean girl" tendencies and her "hard partying ways". Brandi is terrified of the money and the power that Paul and Adrienne have and how they'll use that to go after her. Lisa tries to calm her down but is very concerned about Brandi.
Dine and Diss
Kyle does some last minute primping and "blinging" (is that a thing?) before her dinner guests arrive. The last to arrive is Brandi (insert dramatic entrance here) and the ladies all sit down in Kyle's new dining room. Adrienne chose not to come to dinner because she didn't want to face Brandi. Faye jumps in and starts telling Brandi that she needs to call Adrienne and apologize. Kyle and Faye start ganging up on Brandi and the girls start talking over each other. Ugh, here we go. Lisa interjects and tries to even the playing field a bit. Kyle then shifts her bratty, mean-girl focus to Lisa and tries to discredit her by saying, "well you don't like Adrienne so that's why you're defending Brandi." Sorry Kyle, Mrs. Vanderpump is off limits. LEAVE.HER.ALONE.
Eff You, Faye
And clearly somebody stood behind Faye before the dinner began and wound her up like a wretched bully doll because she will not stop attacking Brandi. Who is Faye, again? Right. Not a housewife, not involved, none of her business. Lisa can't get a word in, so she alternates between sipping her drinks and rolling her eyes. Brandi ends up leaving the dinner because even though she has proven her point (to which a random dinner guest actually verbally defends her) it doesn't matter because Faye has been charging her bitch batteries all day long, so there's no end in sight. Kyle looks completely flustered and anxious that this has gotten so out of hand. You're not fooling anyone, Kyle. This is exactly what you wanted. Bully by proxy. Ugh.
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did any one else notice that on the myspace homepage there are presidential candidates in the "cool new people" section?
did any one else notice that on the myspace homepage there are presidential candidates in the "cool new people" section?
it's a new candidate every time you refresh the page
I will pay someone to drive to my house to rip the rest of my toenail off. At the very least, I will hug you. This is serious, people. 'Twas kicked at a BBQ earlier this afternoon and is now hanging on by nothing more than a cuticle and a dream.
Do the door-string thing usually reserved for loose teeth.
Hmmm. Could work. Or leave another part of me injured...
I'm willing to risk it.
I have decided that slanty tent is good enough. I mean it'll only go slanty if there's a storm. I think. We patched the poles up with duct tape.
This is a better solution, I think, than dropping $100-150 for a replacement right away.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
Mount, how can you be so selfish? How dare you think about tents when your fellow Phoenician is five days away from entering the magical world of music and ass with nine toenails!
What? I tore off one of my toenails as a show of support! I started a thread about it with pics and all. Then I went back to thinking about tents.
Psychic Friend or one of her minions must've deleted the thread.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
It's on. That flask holds the gnarliest Reposado ever. Though I have a feeling this is gonna end in vomit. And I'll still have a fucked up toe...
Alright Mount, the toenail is officially off. Not that the tequila did anything other than give me a headache. I did cheers you though...for your support and all.
You may continue discussing tents and other things irrelevant.
When I was somewhere between 5-7 years old, I ran into my closet door and shattered my big toe toenail. It was all cracked n shit. It completely grew back.
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That sounded like a Ken post. A tiny little story in three sentences.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
Somebody took the power cord to the little boom box I play my mp3 player through. So I have no music today. Unless we find that somewhere.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
A truck driver I know just had an entire pallet (boxes and boxes) of snickers bars fall off of his truck. They are now unsellable and have to be eaten.
This is a recent book review for a book called "Everybody Hurts: The Essential Guide to Emo Culture". I don't even know where to begin.
Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture
by Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley
Is "emo" a musical genre, a fashion trend, or a state of mind? For many, it's not just a kind of music, but a personal style and a way of interacting with the world. The new emo reference bible, Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture, takes an informative and entertaining look at the ins and outs of emo life. It's everything you wanted to know about emo but were afraid to ask.
Written by two "O.G. emophiliacs" who celebrate emo even as they gently mock it, Everybody Hurts covers everything from the history of emo to show and festival etiquette to "the art of taking the perfect MySpace picture." There are also sections devoted to emo idols, haircuts, books, films, magazines, and food, plus plenty of emo fashion do's and don'ts: "do fasten your belt on the side" to celebrate "emo's appreciation for asymmetry," "do layer" because "nothing says emo like a cardigan over a hoodie over a tank top over a T-shirt," "don't put on a band's T-shirt immediately after you buy it at the merch table," and don't "wear girls' jeans if you don't fit into girls' jeans." The authors also provide tips for writing blogs, instant messaging, and using MySpace to stay in touch with show buddies.
Everybody Hurts may not be a book you'll read in one sitting, but it is great reading, and it's destined to become a staple in any emo music lover's book collection (shelve it next to The Perks of Being a Wallflower). Growing up can be hard if you're emo, but this book will help you get it right-and maybe even laugh through your tears.
Have you seen Spiderman 3 yet? Apparently, when Spiderman dresses emo, he's also EVIL. Don't dress emo, or you will turn evil as well, apparently. His hair looked kinda cute brushed forward though.
I hope that's not a bad spoiler. The movie pretty much sucked.
the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
that's strange. i've never met or heard of any individual who was proud to be emo, or even called themselves that. i get the impression that it's a dirty word, so it's weird that there's an emo handbook.
I don't think it's a "have you seen it yet" situation. It's not really on the list. Probably on an airplane or something someday, or at an electronics store on a bunch of screens.
I have kids, so these comic book movies are basically the only adult-ish movies I get to see anymore. I keep hoping they'll be good (please oh please let Harry Potter be good this year!), but a lot of times they're bad.
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Oh man I have no idea what that was just about. That took like 3 Hot Chip songs and accomplished nothing whatsoever. You're a good guy but what the fuck.
This probably should've been in the open letter thread but I'm flustered.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
what are you talking about?
I'm glad someone else said it. Is he actually drunk this time?
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The company behind those floating ads that dance across Web pages has developed a way to restore the data profiles that many privacy-conscious users try to delete from their computers.
Most users don't know what they are doing when they run antispyware programs that delete the profiles, known as cookies, said Mookie Tenembaum, founder of United Virtualities Inc.
By deleting cookies, he said, users thwart efforts by Web sites to prevent the same ads from appearing over and over. Tenembaum said visitors are also forced to repeatedly enter usernames and passwords, which are sometimes stored in the profiles.
United Virtualities calls the product Persistent Identification Element. It taps a separate profile system that's found in Macromedia Inc.'s Flash and that's not generally affected by antispyware programs.
Using the product, when a Web site discovers a cookie missing, it can look for a backup in Flash and restore the cookie.
Richard M. Smith, a privacy and security consultant in Cambridge, Mass., was critical of United Virtualities.
"Companies should respect people's choices," he said, "If a consumer makes the effort of getting antispyware software, they don't want this stuff."
http://www.macromedia.com/go/52697ee8 Macromedia responded by issuing instructions for turning the profile system off: .
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We saw pictures of Gwen Stefani pushing Zuma through LAX. Here's where they were going: London! The mother-son duo were spotted leaving Heathrow Airport. Gwen and Zuma don't look any the worse for wear after their trans-Atlantic flight. They must've gotten some sleep in the air.
I'm guessing Gavin Rossdale stayed behind with Kingston. Kingston's in school, so he can't travel with his mom like he used to. Now Zuma is his mom's travel buddy. Maybe No Doubt is resuming their UK/Europe legs of the tour? I guess we'll find out why Gwen's gone back across the pond soon enough.
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A Shelby County Chancery Court Judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the owners of the historic Nineteenth Century Club building on Union Avenue from doing any work on the property for 10 days.
Chancery Court Judge Walter Evans issued the order Thursday, July 1, after two current and former members of the club filed suit over the sale of the property, saying it didn't abide by the club's guidelines or the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act.
Nineteenth Century Club(Daily News File/Lance Murphey)
The current and former members are represented by attorney Webb Brewer, who said the club's bylaws required all club members – not just the organization's leadership - to vote on the sale and the state act requires nonprofits disposing of major assets to get approval from the state Attorney General.
"We feel pretty confident that the law will support our position that the act of the leadership consummating that sale was not authorized by law and voidable," said Brewer. "The law, in my view, is as clear as it can be that all of the membership would have to get notice of the sale and vote on that."
The legal maneuvers came after the property's current owner, Union Group LLC, acquired a demolition permit from the Office of Construction Code Enforcement Tuesday, July 30, and felled a large tree on the back side of the property.
The demolition permit was issued to B&W Excavating and Trucking. B&W noted on the permit that it was planning for "demo w/excavation & haul debris to landfill."
The activity caused preservation group Memphis Heritage to post an urgent plea on Facebook for help.
"We are asking everyone to be on watch for the guys cutting down the trees at the 19th Century Club," reads a Tuesday Facebook post from the group. "They stopped this afternoon. We are asking them to stop cutting the 100 year old oaks until all avenues are exhausted. There are potential purchasers out there that will reconsider if this natural canopy is destroyed."
Memphis Heritage was seeking donations for a legal fund on its website and Facebook page.
"We are collecting donations for legal expenses to prevent the demolition of the 19th Century Club property," Memphis Heritage said in a post.
There was no activity inside or outside the building Thursday morning.
The fate of the property, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has ignited a long-smoldering debate over the proper design and use of property in the city core, pitting everyone from preservationists to architects and community members against the Union Group, which has said it intends to raze the structure and build a commercial property in its place.
Earlier in July, a clearly disappointed General Sessions Div. 14 Judge Larry Potter said the Union Group could move forward with work on the property, after the company submitted a demolition plan and the Chancery Court suit challenging the legitimacy and legality of the sale of the property did not materialize.
Potter had previously prohibited the Union Group from taking any action at the property while Brewer explored the sale.
The regal but decaying property on Union was built in 1907 by Rowland Jones, a Memphis lumber king.
In 1926, the 15,813-square-foot house was acquired by the Nineteenth Century Club, a philanthropic women's organization.
The Union Group acquired the property for $550,000 in January after winning a competitive bidding process, beating out a group that offered $350,000 and wanted to turn the property into a women's business center.
The temporary restraining order issued by Evans was contingent on the plaintiffs posting a bond of $650,000 after 10 days. The bond is designed to prevent the defendants from suffering a major loss.
Brewer said he was exploring petitioning Chancery Court to have the proceeds from the sale placed with the court, which he said would help lower the plaintiffs' bond amount.
The Nineteenth Century Club planned on donating all proceeds from the sale to the Children's Museum of Memphis.
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Chris Kaman wanted a multi-year deal from the Mavs, but he'll settle for $8 million
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You can can kind of understand the disconnect. Chris Kaman was an All-Star two years ago. Then he became trade filler, trade bait, and finally has settled into low-budget veteran free agent signing. Teams weren't courting Kaman. No one was talking about his impact on the team. The Hornets had to shut down trade talks last year after they couldn't get an offer that was anything close to what they wanted.
But all Kaman knows is he was an All-Star, and can play. So the fact he was unable to get anything more than the one-year, $8 million deal fom the Mavericks is a little baffling. From the Dallas Morning News:
One-year contracts are not what most NBA players want. And while the six zeroes at the end of Kaman's salary make it hard not to like, he admitted Friday evening that he had aspirations for a longer-term deal.
But he also knew what reality was.
"Obviously, one year isn't the most perfect situation for me," Kaman said. "I would have liked more [years], obviously. But that's not what was on the table. And I know why. And I respect the reason why. Hopefully, I'll show I'm a valuable piece for this team."
Kaman, keen to the fact that the Mavericks are retooling the roster while also staying primed for free-agent stars next summer, may have a future as a general manager with that sort of thinking.
via Kaman sees a future in Dallas, hoping for more than one-year stay with Mavs | Dallas Mavericks Blog.
Glad that Kaman can live with only $8 million on a one-year deal.
Kidding, he's clearly worth that and more on the market. Centers who can tie their own shoes are worth as much on the market, and Kaman has a bigger build and more experience than many that got monster deals this offseason.
Still, it's interesting to see what the Mavericks are doing, essentially throwing together a team that features multiple former All-Stars with some promising young players to get through next year and try and figure out a plan. It's an on-the-fly rebuild of sorts, and it shows why the Mavericks are just an innovative and intelligent team from the top down. For Kaman, it's a chance to play his way into the last big contract he wants.
It's not what he wants, but it'll do.
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In this section, you will study how to get the user home.
TutorialsIn this section, you will study how to get the user home. We are providing you an example which will obtain the home directory by using the System.getProperty(). This will provide all the properties of the system.
System.getProperty("user.home")- This method retrieve the user's home directory of the particular system from all the properties of Windows.
In this section we want to describe a code that helps you to get the home directory of the System. For this we create a class name GetUserHome;Inside this class we have main static method , declare a string variable" user home" that is used to store the properties of the system provided by using the get Property( ) of System class. The System.out.println is used to display the user's home directory of the specified system from all the properties of windows on the execution of given below code.
Here is the code of GetUserHome.java
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Professor Bernstein is the author of Style Investing - Unique Insight into Equity Management (John Wiley & Sons), and Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype (John Wiley & Sons). Professor Bernstein donates profits from these books to charity.
Professor Bernstein has worked on Wall Street for almost 30 years. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1988, he held positions at E.F. Hutton and Chase Econometrics and IDC. While at Merrill Lynch, he was voted to the Institutional Investor All-America Research team 18 times and was named to the "First Team" 10 times. He was also one of Fortune magazine's 2001 and 2002 All-Star analysts, and in 2002 and 2004 he was listed as one of SmartMoney magazine's "Power 30."
He is a member of the board of trustees of Hamilton College and a member of the committee which oversees the college's Endowment Fund. He also sits on the NYU Stern Executive Board, co-chairs the Investment Committee of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Portfolio Management.
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Before the 2014 Billboard Music Awards began on Sunday (May 18), the stars took to the red carpet to show off their edgy and classy looks in Las Vegas. While some celebs wowed on the carpet, others left us wanting a little more … or a little less. Here's the worst dressed of the 2014 Billboard Music Awards:
Drake Bell served as one of the red carpet hosts, and that means he should have stepped up his fashion game. But unfortunately, the singer wore tennis shoes, white pants and a red collared t-shirt, basically what one would wear to a Sunday brunch. Plus, what was up with his extreme widow's peak comb-over? Yikes. No idea what compelled him to style his hair like that.
"Nashville" star Aubrey Peeples tried to combine a few different styles for her look, and it came off looking disjointed and unfortunate. She went with a bridal-like, feminine prom white dress, which didn't fit right on top, and her long, straight hair and black, peep toe bootie heels and clutch were edgy. She should have chosen one look, not tried to work two.
Jordin Sparks wore a tight, clingly black dress that was just a tad too small for her frame. What could have been a sexy little number just highlighted every bump and curve instead of concealing them.
The new "Bachelorette" Andi Dorfman could have secured a spot on the best dressed list if only her dress hadn't been hemmed within an inch of its life. The pattern was cut off at the bottom, and her short, short dress could have used those extra few inches that were clearly chopped off. How much do you want to bet she won't be bending over anytime during the night?
Did you know that Chrissy Teigen is a "Game of Thrones" fan? Neither did we, until we saw her dress. She's rocking the Iron Throne right on her gown, which is more suited to Comic Con that the Billboard Music Awards. This isn't Westeros, Chrissy.
"Modern Family's" Sarah Hyland looks like she couldn't decide whether or not she was attending a board meeting or a night club with her super short tweet suit and edgy haircut. The red carpet is not the place for a tweed suit, no matter how much you bling it up with gold zippers and metallic threads.
While Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line looks fine, his bandmate Brian Kelley landed them on the Worst Dressed list all thanks to that brown suede, hideous, fringed jacket. Oof. Get rid of that ASAP, please and thank you.
Carrie Underwood would have landed on the Best Dressed list for her gorgeous gown and hair and makeup if only her dress wasn't the unfortunate shade of chartreuse. That never looks good on anyone.
Singer Kelly Rowland also would have landed on Best Dressed if only her bra top was the right size. That's just a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen.


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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, wide receiver Quinton Patton and Seattle Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette are under investigation after what Miami police say was a "suspicious incident."
The Miami police report, obtained by the Sacramento Bee, states that the incident occurred April 1 when a woman went to the Miami apartment of Lockette, who formerly played in San Francisco and is a close friend of Kaepernick's. No charges have been filed. "Definitely not, Miami Police Department public information officer Rene Pimental told USA Today. "There is an investigation regarding an allegation."
Both the quarterback and Patton were at the apartment and the woman served drinks and served shots. The woman, the police report states, was told "to 'hit' the bong which contained marijuana." When she felt light-headed, she was joined by Kaepernick, with whom she had past sexual relationship. "Mr. Kaepernick came behind her into the bedroom and started kissing her," the report states. "Mr. Kaepernick started to undress her. She got completely naked. Mr. Kaepernick told her that he was going to be right back and left the bedroom. They did not have sex."
Patton and Lockette then looked into the room and the alleged victim said: "What are you doing? Where is Colin? Get out."
According to the police report, the alleged victim said she remembers nothing after that and awoke in a hospital bed. She reported the incident to police April 3.
"The 49ers organization is aware of the recent media report regarding Colin Kaepernick and is in the process of gathering the pertinent facts," 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke said in a statement.
TMZ first reported the incident.
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I am creating a site where we will be selling an eBook. The eBook is done in Microsoft Word, but can be converted into any document needed - even a PDF first if possible. I would like to have this done with Ruby on Rails too (if possible) - since the site would be done in ROR. If it couldn't be done in ROR - then PHP would be my next best choice.
What I want to do, is after the customer checkout, I want to create their personal version of the eBook in PDF format. That PDF would be password protected (probably just make the password their email address), and I want to have a dynamic field at the bottom of every page (probably in the footer) that says "Licensed to: firstname.lastname@example.com." Somewhat like what Sitepoint does.
What would be the best way to do that. I know I can create a dynamic html page with the fields on it and have it converted to a PDF, but how would I have something that is formatted like a book in MS Word (or similar app) converted to a PDF with the watermarks or dynamic fields inserted?
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If you've got a smartphone you're most likely going to need a Bluetooth headset too. There are tons of iPhone 5/5s Bluetooth headsets out there in the market, which are also compatible with the new iPhone SE. But there's one thing that defines the cream of the crop from the rest: fidelity (Check out latest collection of iPhone SE Bluetooth headsets).
Audio quality that's coupled with stuff like noise-cancellation and excellent signal reception is of paramount importance when you're using these Bluetooth headsets.
It's not like you can pick any headset and you're good to go: the person on the other end of the line has to hear you loud and clear no matter what kind of an environment you're in.
You can pick any twenty-dollars-or-cheaper Bluetooth headset from Amazon or eBay or even from a local shop but if you're looking to make the best use of your iPhone 5/5s Bluetooth headset (without going through the problems of pairing, disconnects, noise and static), you'd better pick one of these:
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#1. BlueFit
The Bluetooth headset from BlueFit has an outstanding audio quality. In addition, it supports latest Bluetooth version, that is, version 4.0. The best part of this Bluetooth headset is that it can connect to two devices at the same time. Moreover, the mic is little longer than usual, which delivers crystal clear voice to the opposite person on call. Lastly, the headset is also compatible with iPhone SE.
Price: $65.00 [$26.99 on Amazon while we are writing this.]
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#2. JETech
If design and voice clarity is your priority, then JETech Bluetooth headset is here for you. In addition, the brand is very much reliable because of its quality products. The headset has a very gentle gel ear tip, which doesn't hurt your ears when you have it on for a longer time. In addition, it also has LED indicator to know the status of pairing. Lastly, there are two color options available – Silver and Black.
Price: $39.99 [$12.99 on Amazon at the time of writing this.]
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#3. Danibos
Danibos Bluetooth headset offers three colors – White, Gold, and Black. You can select either of them to suit your iPhone 5/5s or iPhone SE. Apart from color options, the headset fits perfectly into your ears and also support noise-cancellation feature. In addition, the company claims to deliver 7 hours talk time battery capacity, when fully charged.
Price: $45.98 [$18.98 on Amazon while we are writing this.]
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#4. Grandbeing
Grandbeing Bluetooth headset supports the latest Bluetooth version 4.1, which delivers HD quality audio output. The headset wraps around your ear perfectly and you'll not need to worry about it while you are driving. The best feature is that it supports voice commands, just say Yes/No to answer or reject a call. Lastly, it also supports connection with two different devices at the same time.
Price: $19.99 on Amazon at the time of writing this.
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#5. Motorola HX550
Motorola HX550 is not your standard-issue iPhone 5/5s Bluetooth headset. Instead, it features a stunning and unique design and if you're looks-conscious, this will mostly appeal. It's known to have some really amazing reception and offers some really good features that other top brands do.
Motorola HX550 Features
- Extended range of up to 300 feet
- RapidConnect
- Unique design/style
- Voice prompts
- Dual mic
- Noise reduction
- 9 hours talktime
- 15 mins rapid charge for 4.5 hours of talk time
- 16 day standby
Price: $64.99 on Amazon while we are writing this.
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#6. Motorola Elite Flip
Motorola Elite Flip is one of the coolest Bluetooth headsets we've seen in the market. It's got some really impressive features up on the chart but it brings all of the true Motorola Bluetooth experience into its ecosystem. There's the extended range reception, a HD voice quality, a true wideband audio etc.
Features of Motorola Elite Flip
- NFC (although not of use with iPhone 5)
- HD Audio Plus
- Dual-Mic CrystalTalk tech
- Extended Range and RapidConnect
Price: $69.99 on Amazon at the time of writing this.
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#7. Captain
This Bluetooth headset is beautifully coupled with piano and lacquer coating, which looks handsome. Moreover, the sound quality is at par with Bluetooth 4.0. In addition, if you have iPhone 5/5s and iPhone SE, then this headset can connect with both of them at the same time, without letting you miss calls on either of them. By far, this is one of the best Bluetooth headsets for iPhone 5/5s.
Price: $21.99 on Amazon while we are writing this.
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PROVIDENCE – For Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day, many decided to stay home. Thanksgiving, however, is a different story.
"AAA is forecasting an increase in the number of Thanksgiving travelers this year, due mostly to pent-up demand from Americans who may have foregone holiday travel in recent years," said Lloyd P. Albert, AAA Southern New England senior vice president of public and government affairs.
"As consumers weigh the fear of economic uncertainty and the desire to create lasting family memories this holiday, more Americans are expected to choose family and friends over frugality."
In New England, travel is expected to increase 3.8 percent from a year ago; 12.3 percent of the regional population will travel during the holiday.
Nationally, AAA estimated 42.5 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a 4 percent increase from a year ago. Thanksgiving travel is expected to rise for the third consecutive year.
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So one minute you've got a complete grasp of your social media activity, possibly even your SEO activity. Then the next minute, everything's changed.
It's always happening, and like millions of other people around the world you're left to figure out what's changed, why it's changed and how you can use it.
Whether you're an individual taking responsibility of your company's online marketing efforts alongside your usual tasks, or a marketeer solely responsible for this and nothing else, you'll have that moment alongside everyone else, but how to go forward?
The nature of the internet is such that it will be constantly evolving, all you can do is keep up when you can. I find mashable (like most others) to be a fairly reliable source of where online media is going to go, or how to develop once it has been changed. If you've not heard of mashable before I'd definitely take a look. (mashable.com)
The changes at the moment are everywhere, usually there's just one challenge... at the moment I'm facing four!
Facebook Timeline
As March came to an end you were forced to move to timeline as a business page. We decided to take this move as soon as it was announced and have found timeline to be great for our page. Perhaps on a personal level it's not as appealing, but I really believe that for business use the end result is great. It's cleaner, stylish and a lot more professional.
I believe the best way to utilise the new timeline layout is to vary your content as much as possible, therefore no matter what is chosen to fill up your timeline visitors will come across a page that's varied and offers a lot. With the ability to fill in your company history – pre facebook, I would definitely advise it! What a great way of introducing customers and fans to the background and persona of your company. The cover image is not to be overlooked either, where you used to have to go out of your way to create a landing tab for a page, now you just need to make your page as visually appealing as possible, what better way than to select a great image that portrays your company image in a hi-res format, it fills half the screen and if you choose carefully should be a great asset to your page!
So not a huge change but the twitter layout has changed...yet again! Leaving us all wondering where things are...again. Not too drastic a change but with preliminary talks of business pages being rolled out to replicate those being used by large brands there could be some big changes in times to come.
Maybe not a change but a new route. You'll have heard a lot about pinterest in recent months... it drives more traffic to your website than so many other means of social media etc.
In my opinion, whether it works for your company will depend on the level of engagement from your target customers. You can create an account pretty easily and it's probably worth a shot at even if it just adds a few more links to your website, it's quite a fun site and if it doesn't work for you on a business level it probably would on a personal basis.
Google +
The biggest change, the biggest influencer. If you put any thought into where you place on google you need to be on Google +. If you have a gmail account you will be anyway, so make your presence personal.
There is so much you can do with Google + to enhance your google rankings, if you are able to build up a network of your customers this will make a huge difference. With the introduction of Google + your world, whenever you search for something within google, your google + network will be integrated, results +1'd or discussed within your network will show up first and allow you to search with added credibility and reliability. This role then reverses, if a potential customer is an extension of your network, your results are going to be a lot higher than your competitors.
Google + will take a bit of getting used to, but with all the added benefits it's surely got to be worth it?!
Lots of new challenges for 2012 but hopefully they'll bring rewards to your company in time.
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Riderville.com takes a closer look at the current roster by position and breaks down the team's outlook heading into the 2013 season.
In this week's entry we preview the secondary of the Green & White, while next week's entry will take an in depth look at the special teams.
Entering his third season with the Riders, CRAIG BUTLER will be looked to lead the defensive backfield from the starting safety spot. The London, ON native has proven to be more than capable through his first two CFL seasons. As a rookie in 2011, Butler played 17 games, starting 13 at safety. His 47 defensive tackles, five interceptions and one quarterback sack were good enough to be named a West Division All-Star and the Riders nominee as Most Outstanding Rookie. The hard hitting Butler has received the vote of confidence from Rider management after splitting time with the departed James Patrick last season and will definitely be looking to make the most of the opportunity.
Recently re-signed veteran EDDIE RUSS will return to the Green and White for his third season. In 2012, Russ started 16 regular season games and the West Semi-Final at halfback. In 20 career games the 25-year-old Florida native has recorded 38 tackles and one interception.
Coming off an impressive rookie season TERRELL MAZE will once again look to lock down opposing receivers. Versatility is a key when referring to Maze as the 28-year-old has the ability to play either the corner or half back position. Through 16 games last year, Maze recorded 45 defensive tackles and garnered consideration for the Riders Most Outstanding Rookie.
MILT COLLINS was a positive addition to the secondary before suffering a season ending injury in week 14 versus BC. After joining the Riders mid-season, Collins started all six games that he played registering 14 tackles and one quarterback sack. The New Orleans native is a 54 game CFL veteran and 2008 Grey Cup champion.
WOODNY TURRENE appeared in only four games due to injury after joining the Riders following the 2012 pre-season. The 26-year-old showed potential in limited action but remains a relative unknown to Rider fans having only played six games in his first two CFL seasons.
Five year CFL veteran TRISTAN JACKSON played 13 regular season games in 2012, starting four at defensive back. The 26-year-old can be a solid cover man, but his abilities to consistently contribute as a returner may keep him in a back-up defensive role in order to stay fresh for special teams situations.
MACHO HARRIS will look to build off the momentum he created last year as he enters his second season. The final game of the 2012 season was dubbed by many to be a throw away game as both BC and Saskatchewan were locked into playoff spots. However, after appearing in only one previous game, Harris took the opportunity to show the Riders staff what he was capable of and earned a starting job in the West Semi-Final. A sure tackler with speed and confidence the 27-year-old needs to start where he left off.
Former Saskatoon Hilltop GRAIG NEWMAN, quietly had a very impressive rookie season. Earning his way on to the active roster with energetic special teams play, the 23-year-old began to see regular time on field as an extra cover man. Newman played all 18 games in 2012 listed as a backup linebacker but will be moving to safety to open 2013.
Local product PAUL WOLDU is set to return for his second season in Saskatchewan. After spending his first four CFL seasons with the Montreal Alouettes, Woldu signed with the Green and White as a free agent last off-season. Last season, Woldu played 15 games as a back-up cornerback registering six defensive tackles. He is a two time Grey Cup champion winning titles in 2009 and 2010.
Four year CFL and Rider veteran CHRIS McKENZIE appears headed to free agency. The 30-year-old from New York has played 56 games for the Riders totaling 165 defensive tackles and four interceptions.
Other Defensive Backs currently on the Riders roster:
RAMZEE ROBINSON – Re-signed with the Riders in January after spending the last few weeks of 2012 on the Riders practice roster. Has NFL experience with four different organizations.
BRYCE McCALL – Regina product signed with the Riders in November after spending the previous five seasons with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
TERRRELL SKINNER – Signed as a free agent with the Riders in January after spending two seasons in the NFL.
CHIP VAUGHN – Signed as a free agent with the Riders in January after spending time with Indianapolis, Philadelphia and New Orleans over parts of three NFL seasons.


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Easy there Devil Wears Braddah...
My 40-something self may still be kicking azz and taking names but that's a decade away.
Straight stoke SS. Straight stoke. I don't need any exogenous psychotropic compounds to rev my engine. Just the waves, the pave, and the wahines. Alls I need braddahmon. Can't say the same for Walter White here who just jumped on board SI. He can speak for himself.
SB, this new chap doesn't know what to make of you. Keep it coming though because your material is at an all-time high in this thread. I dig. He thinks you're for real too!!!


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Jody Williams, (born October 9, 1950, Putney, Vermont, U.S.), American activist who helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). In 1997 she and the campaign were named corecipients of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
In 1984 Williams received a master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She was a co-coordinator of the Nicaragua-Honduras Education Project (1984–86) and deputy director of Medical Aid for El Salvador (1986–92). In October 1992, with the cooperation of six international organizations, she coordinated the launch of the ICBL with the mission of abolishing the use of antipersonnel land mines. Her efforts bore fruit in December 1997, when the Mine Ban Treaty was signed by more than 100 countries in Ottawa. During the following decade, about 130 countries ratified the treaty—with the exception of the major mine-producing ones, such as the United States, Russia, and China.
Williams lectured widely on the dangers of land mines, publicizing the presence of tens of millions of unexploded land mines in more than 70 countries. She was coauthor of After the Guns Fall Silent: The Enduring Legacy of Landmines (1995), which examines the socioeconomic impact of land-mine contamination in four countries, and coeditor of Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security (2008). In 2007 she was appointed to lead a United Nations High-Level Mission to investigate human rights abuses in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur. In the same year, she joined the faculty of the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work as a professor of peace and social justice. She received more than a dozen honorary degrees and was named by Forbes magazine in 2004 as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.


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rakimkoolg is chattin alotta sense
Our first order of business in this quest is to see if we can justify considering the Bible as symbolic rather then literal. We must use the Bible itself.
1.2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. So here is the Bible itself telling us not to take it literally.
God hath made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter (literal interpretation) killeth, but the spirit (allegorical or symbolic interpretation) giveth life. (II Cor. 3.6)
We use great plainness of speech. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost (materialistic). (II Cor. 4.3)
If our earthly house of this tabernacle (the physical body) were dissolved we have a building of God (the astral and mental bodies) a house not made with hands (but constructed by the angelic builders) eternal (the causal body) in the heavens (the super physical planes). (II Cor. 5.1)
Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead (the physical plane) and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph.5.14)
WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT THE BIBLE IS THE LITERAL WORD OF GOD. But it is all mythology, its all symbolic, but you have to understand the meaning of the mythology, in order to grasp what the bible is saying.
2. Galatians 4:24 Which things are an allegory: the definition of a myth includes the term allegory. Here again the Bible tells us it is symbolic.
3. Matthew 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: The Bible is saying that all of Jesus statements were symbolic.
4. Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
5. Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Here the Bible states that GOD speaks in parables . And what are dark sayings of old. Obviously they are symbolic statements.
6. In the Book of Proverbs describes wisdom. It explains how one becomes wise. Proverbs 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Dark sayings is mythology
7. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 2 cor.4:3
10. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak in parables? EZ:20 Here God speaks in parables
11. 1Cr 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Here it says god ordained the hidden wisdom, even before the world
12. Eze. 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel. God orders riddles
28. Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Here God is saying that his word is like milk to you, as a babe must drink milk before it can eat solid food. God is saying his word is for the one who is ready for meat, in other words, when one is ready for the deeper meaning, this is the meat, for the one full of age (wisdom). Reading Gods word literally is MILK, it is for the unskillful, and they will not understand.
Here the fact that this is all consciousness is made clear. It says to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God. Where is the Kingdom of God ? . (Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.)
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Guest Author - Wenda Sheard
As a parent and gifted advocate for over twenty years, Ive heard hundreds of stories about gifted children and their friendships. Teachers worry about children who play alone at recess; parents want their children invited to birthday parties. Everyone knows that friendships are an important part of life.
How might friendships of gifted children differ from friendships of other children?
In this article I first sketch some events that happened to my own children and students over the years. Rather than reveal details that can be traced to individual children, Ive created two composite childrenSam and Nina. After sharing the sketches, I share some basic observations about gifted children and their friendships.
As young children, Sam and Nina enjoyed life. The student-teacher ratio at their university-based preschool was sufficiently favorable that the children enjoyed the company of adults whenever they wished. If Sam or Nina wished to talk about Norse mythology or frog biology at preschool, one of the three adults in each classroom would have time to listen and share reflections. The fact that few of their classmates enjoyed reading Norse mythology or learning frog biology didnt cause Sam or Nina to feel any social isolation.
At home, Sam and Nina had each other and their parents for company. Sam and Nina also enjoyed visits with their cousins. Once when he was five-years-old, Sam spent two hours playing chess with a six-year-old cousin. Their parents noted that neither Sam nor Nina nor their cousin had chess-playing partners in kindergarten. Sam and Ninas social skills in kindergarten by necessity developed around games they learned in prior years.
During first grade, Ninas teacher complimented her social skills by noting that Nina plays well with all children, especially those who are otherwise loners. The teacher interpreted this fact as Nina has many friends, but Ninas mother thought Nina can feel the pain of the children on the fringes, so she makes a special effort to help those children.
One afternoon Nina came home from second grade and announced that she had been nominated for student council. In an effort to prepare Nina for the possibility that a more popular child might win the election, Ninas mother explained, Its ok if you dont win because then another child will have the chance to feel special. The next day, Nina withdrew her name from the election, telling her teacher, I want another child to have the chance to feel special. When the teacher told Ninas mom what happened, the teacher praised Nina, but Ninas mom acutely felt the difference between Nina and the other children in the class and wondered whether Ninas classmates might understand her complex thoughts, feelings, and motives.
Sam was quiet during most of his elementary school years, but because he played ball with other boys during recess, and because other boys invited him to birthday parties, most adults assumed he had friends. Only the gifted program teacher noticed Sams lack of close friendships. She encouraged Sam to share himself with other children in the gifted classroom. Sam learned quickly that some of the other children in the gifted classroom shared his interests and appreciated his sense of humor. Within a few months, the gifted teacher happily allowed an instance of disruptive behavior by Sam as he experienced the loud joy of true friendship during one class session.
Many important lessons emerge from Sam and Ninas experiences. First, what appears to be a friendship from an adult perspective might not be a friendship from the childs perspective. Gifted children learn quickly what friendships should look like. Some gifted children mimic close friendships with others during recess, knowing that others dont share their chess skills or mythology interests.
Second, although some adults think that children need many friends, some gifted children are satisfied by having just one or two friends, or by having only their family members as friends. When gifted children have friendship needs satisfied by family members, they might not feel the need to build close friendships at school.
Third, gifted children are more likely to enjoy close friendships with children who share their interests. Sometimes a gifted child will have one friend for chess playing at home, another friend for recess activities at school, and a third friend for sharing complex computer games. Adults, too, sometimes share one interest with one friend and other interests with other friends. Some of these friendships might be close; others might not be close.
The need for true friendships becomes more critical for gifted children during the teen years. In her article, Bright starBlack sky: A phenomenological study of depression as a window into the psyche of the gifted adolescent, psychologist P. Sue Jackson identified three important needs of gifted adolescents: the need for knowledge, the need for communion with others, and the need for expression. Jackson defined the need for communion as the need to be able to exchange thoughts and emotions or share something in common involving strong emotional or spiritual exchange.
I recommend that all parents of gifted children read Jacksons entire article to learn more about the importance and characteristics of true friendships in gifted children. Her article, which was originally published in Roeper Review, is available on the SENG website. May we all help the gifted children and adults in our lives achieve true friendships that allow the sharing of their interests, their humor, and their beings.
Wenda Sheard, J.D., Ph.D. is currently president of SENG, Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted. This article was first published in the SENG Update, a free e-newsletter available at www.sengifted.org.


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KPU in postseason play
As it turned out, the Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Eagles didn't need the victory in their final game of the Pacific Western Athletic Conference (PACWEST) women's basketball season.
But a dominant 85-50 decision over the Columbia Bible College Bearcats Friday night at the Surrey campus of KPU gave them sole possession of sixth place and the final PACWEST playoff position. Their 7-14 (won-lost) record was a game up on the seventh-place Langara Falcons, but even with a loss, KPU would have advanced to the postseason after sweeping their three head-to-head matches.
The Eagles will face the Quest Kermodes (16-5) in the quarterfinal round of the PACWEST playoffs today (Thursday) at Douglas College in New Westminster.
The Eagles will be led by Shilpa Khanna, a first-year player from Fleetwood Park Secondary in Surrey, and forward Samantha McPhail.
Shilpa finished fifth in PACWEST scoring this past season why an average of 11.81 point spec game, and was second in assists with a 3.0 average. The guard was named the PACWEST Rookie of the Year.
McPhail, from Vancouver, was fourth in the conference in rebounding with an average of 8.33 per game.
The Kermodes won all three meetings with KPU with the average margin of victory being seven points.
The KPU men's team closed our their season with a second consecutive victory, topping the Columbia Bible College Bearcats 87-76.
Fifth-year forward Ali Bosir was the top performer for the Eagles, scoring 25 points and grabbing 18 rebounds, and just missed a triple double as he also had eight assists. The Princess Margaret Secondary graduate earned the PACWEST Player of the Week award for his efforts in his final game of his collegiate career. He also led the PACWEST in rebounding, with 10.25 per game.
KPU completed the regular season with a 5-16 record, two games shy of a playoff position.