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This is a CAW9 entry. I don't want you to be angry with me so I'm telling you up front that this story has no erotic content. If you are looking to read something sexy please chose another story.. Also, I didn't have a chace to have it proofread so it probably has some errors. Sorry.
By Hardrive
Four-eighty-four was an old house in a neighborhood of old houses. It stood at the corner of Chestnut and fourteenth like an old prostitute working her same old location long past her prime. Her worn out shingles hung like an old dress, torn and tattered exposing bar portions of a decaying wood. Once she stood tall and proud; a stylish town house in the very center of the towns fashionable east side, but now her faded décor only paid homage to a bygone day.
It was a midwinter night and a pale full moon raced across a sea of gray clouds that covered a cold urban sky. Slowly flowing south in the shallow valley called Chestnut street, Roberto Cassini wearily made his way home after a long and fruitless day at the shop. He worked late that evening, or rather stayed open late in the hopes of catching some extra trade, but business had been exceptionally poor for this time of year and the extension of his working day didn't yield him a single customer.
It was the busy holiday season for most merchants, but Christmas was a slow time for the shoe repair business. The bitter cold kept people home, preferring to be in the warmth and security of their four-walled trenches than face the northern invader that occupied the city streets. Huddled together in familial comfort, they rested and waited for the dawn; when their alarm clocks would send them forth to barter away their lives for a days ration and a fist full of coins.
Actually, not much could be said about this year's invasion. The city had not yet been stormed, a fact for which the city department of traffic and sanitation was most grateful. The prediction was for clear skies. There would be no snow for Christmas so outside of an occasional skirmish with sub artic winds; this year's winter was expected to be comparatively mild. However, the people still stayed off the streets, not on their feet and therefore didn't need to have their shoes repaired.
Roberto turned the corner at Fourteenth Street and made his way through the old rusty gate that lead to the door of his apartment building. Shoving his gloved hand into the pocket of his tattered winter coat, the cobbler fumbled for his keys. "Damn Keys," he grumbled in annoyance, a stream of moisture rushing from his lips to form a small white cloud in the cold dry air. "Ah, there," he said and proceeded to the inner corridor.
The old man looked at the long flight of stairs that led to his third floor apartment with dreaded anticipation. The idea of having to endure the hard climb to his apartment made his muscles feel limp and his old bones jelly, but the thought of his wife Anna, and little Nina awaiting his arrival gave him sufficient motivation to begin his accent. After a lifetime of suffering, his family and his faith were the only things left for him. The only reason he had for holding on to his ….. life.
At the top of the stairs Roberto leaned against the railing after his long climb. He was slightly dizzy from the effort and his lips trembled in prayer for a quick recovery. Life had been hard for him. As a child he know few pleasures. His family was poor; not so poor that they faced starvation but certainly not comfortable enough so that little Roberto could have new clothing, shoes, toys or any of the other things the children of parents who spoke English enjoyed. All the Cassini's had were dreams. Dreams their mother told them were defiant of God's will. Yes, God's will, the thought lingered in Roberto's mind, and the promise that at the end of this dreary life there would be the rewards of heaven. Those where the things he lived for. God's promise and the sure knowledge that someday soon his little girl would call him Papa.
"This is ridiculous," he grumbled to himself as he made his way through the dark corridor. It had been over a year since he complained to the landlord about the lack of heat and electricity in the building. Nothing seemed to be going right with his life and for a minute he allowed himself to wallow in self pity. Then he stopped and looked up at heaven and asked for forgiveness. He had to focus on all the good things he had. After all, God had provided him with so many good things. He and his family had four walls, sweaters and a good space heater to keep them warm in the winter. He made enough money to buy food and the local church supplied fuel for the heater and gave him enough candles to light the apartment. Candles that he also used to light the little make-shift shrine he built for the Virgin Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he offered daily prayers for the health and well being of his family.
Remembering his own mother Roberto though, how true it was what his mother told him. In this world of pain and suffering, God never takes away anything without giving something back. So what if he didn't have any electricity or heat. He also didn't have any utility bills. And because there was no light or heat, the land lord hadn't come to collect his rent for about a year. Yes, God had been good to him in many ways and he was grateful for all the good things he had, especially the wonderful family that awaited his return.
Opening the door to his apartment, Roberto lit a half melted candle that sat on the kitchen table. It was quite inside; as well it should be at this time of night. The room was as neat and clean as when he left it this morning so he knew his wife was doing a good job taking care of the house and their baby. Eager to see them, he made his way to the door that lead to their bedroom. He knew little Nina would be asleep in her crib so he was careful not to open the door too quickly for fear that he might awaken her. The door lay heavily on its old rusty hinges and it was with great pains that he managed to quietly open a crevice wide enough for him to slip his head through without causing the door to groan and squeak. All was quiet inside so he softly whispered Anna's name and waited for a reply. When none came, he decided that she was asleep and he continued pushing the door with as much caution as his old trembling hands would permit. A thin grey beam of light shown through the crack and stretched across the room like a broken gray ribbon that cut across the rugs, tables and chairs until it came to rest on the opposite side wall.
Peering into the darken room, Mr. Cassini could see his bed and Nina's crib beside it. As he continued pushing the door, the beam of light grew in direct proportion to the aperture of the slowly opening door and it grew wider and wider until he could see a pair of little white socks through the bars of the crib. Roberto smiled and continued pushing as the dim light exposed more and more of the little figure he loved so well.
"Nina," Roberto whispered, imagining he saw some movement in the crib, but there was no reply so he continued his cautious pressure on the slowly opening door. The beam grew wider, expanding to reveal two tiny dimpled knees and then a pretty blue dress that was trimmed with white lace all along its boarder. Once again Roberto detected a slight movement and again he called out her name. Nina, Nina, but as before, the same silence beset the room. Growing impatient, the old man pushed the door completely open and the hinges gave out a great groan as the pale light filled the room. Sure that Nina had been awakened and frightened by the noise, Roberto moved quickly into the room and stepped towards the crib, all the while offering a flood of apologies to his little girl.
"I'm so sorry baby," Roberto begged as he reached into the crib for the love of his life. "I tried so hard to open the door quietly, but that silly old door made such a big noise and I didn't want you to be afraid." As he picked her up, Nina's blue eyes opened wide as if startled, and a sharp cry escaped her breast. "Ma-ma," she said.
"No, no it's not Mama, it's me Papa. Don't cry baby, please don't cry." Roberto pleaded over and over again. "Papa didn't mean to scare you." He said as he walked back and forth across the room while he cradled her in his embrace and stroked her curly blond hair. "Papa's so very sorry." Then he held her at arms length and saw her pretty little smile. "That's my brave girl," he said with an obvious demonstration of pride. "We Cassini's fear nothing. Especially our own father's coming home from work,"
"Mama," little Nina said, disappointing her father. He had hoped that this would be the day when she finally started saying his name. Up to now, mama was all she said. If only she would start calling him Papa, that could be his Christmas gift, but Nina just smiled and looked at him with her big blue eyes.
Putting Nina back in her crib, Roberto's attention was drawn to his wife who had not said a word since he arrived. "I'm sorry Anna," he said as he approached their bed, "I should have greeted you first and I hope you're not offended, but little Nina was crying and I had to see to her needs first. After all it was my fault that she was frightened…" That's when he noticed that Anna was still asleep. Looking at her peaceful face he realized that she was probably exhausted. That was to be expected. After all, she had been sick for some time now and taking care of the baby all day was not easy. It would be best not to disturb her so he pulled the covers up to her neck and kissed her gently on the forehead before walking back to Nina's crib.
"Well Nina, I guess it's just you and me on Christmas eve." But when he looked down on her rosy cheeked face, Nina's eyes were closed and she too was fast asleep. Shaking his head he thought to himself, how unfair it was that he would have to spend this Christmas Eve by himself. But it was his own fault they were asleep. If he had come home earlier like a normal man, maybe his family would have been awake and ready to celebrate with him. But what was the point of complaining. What's done is done and tomorrow is another day. Maybe tomorrow his wife would feel better and maybe little Nina would finally call him Papa for the first time.
Slowly walking across the room, Roberto allowed his tired body to flop down on an old upholstered chair and soon he too was falling asleep. It had been a long day but tomorrow was Christmas and he would have plenty of time to rest. It was the lord's birthday and as he had done, for as many years as he could remember, the family would pray at the table, giving thanks for all they had, eat their lunch and exchange gifts. This year he brought his wife a fancy barrette for her long beautiful hair. And for his sweet little Nina, he brought an assortment of brightly colored candies. Nina loved candy and he could imagine how happy she would be. She's probably jump for joy, fall into his arms and kiss him as she call him papa over and over again. With those last thoughts, the old man fell asleep, a contented smile on his face.
The next morning Roberto was wakened by some load noises that were coming from the front of his house. Looking out the window he saw a crew of men, all wearing bright orange helmets. They were tearing out the old metal gate that lead to his front stoop. "What do you think you're doing?" he yelled down at them from his window. The men stopped working and one of them looked at him with a puzzled expression.
'What the hell are you doing in this building." The man wanted to know.
Roberto answered back angrily, "What the hell do you think I'm doing… I live here."
The workman put a walky-talky to his face and turned around so Roberto couldn't hear. A few seconds later an excited electronic voice answered through the walky-talky but Roberto Couldn't understand what it was saying. Then the first man told Roberto that he wasn't suppose to be living in this building because the building had been condemned and they were there to tare it down.
"Tear it down? Like hell you are." Roberto answered. "I've got a sick wife and a little baby girl up here so you guys get the hell off my property."
The first worker used the walky-talky again and a few minutes later another man in a white helmet, wearing a white shirt and tie under a long black coat came to the front gate. Using a Bull Horn he called up to Roberto saying, "Listen Mr. who-ever-you are, all the buildings in this neighborhood have been condemned and I've got a contract to tear them all down before the end of the year. Now, I'm paying these men triple time for working during the holidays so I don't have any time for your non-sense. The cops are on their way so if I were you I'd get my things together and get the hell down right now."
Roberto turned back into his apartment; a look of fear clearly written on his face. Men dressed in white shirts and ties always scared him. Especially this one. He had a bull horn and said he said he called the cops. This probably had something to do with all those notices he found tacked to the front door. He couldn't read them so he tore them up and threw them away. Now they were going to throw him out of his apartment and his wife was too sick to be moved. Surly they'd listen to reason, he thought to himself. All he had to do was talk to the cops and they'd understand.
Putting on his coat, as he descended the stairs, Roberto arrived at the front door just as the police were pulling up in their squad car. One of the cops was officer Campbell. Roberto knew him from the old days when the young officer patrolled the neighborhood. He was one of the good guys. Roberto had him over for dinner a couple of times and he fixed the young cops shoes for free. Surly his old friend would help him out. "Hey Campbell," the old man greeted the middle aged detective. "These here guys want to kick me out of my apartment. I told them I can't go cause we don't have no place to go. Besides, the wife is too sick to walk and little Nina is too young to be out in the cold." The detective looked up from the documents he was reading and without taking his eyes off the old man he told one of his men to call for an ambulance. Then he added, "and get a social worker down her too."
Campbell gave the old man the bad news. There was nothing he could do to help. These people had papers and he couldn't stop them from kicking Roberto and his family out of the apartment. No, no, this couldn't be happening, the old man kept saying but no one was listening to him. His friend the cop walked away and when he tried to talk to the construction workers in the orange helmets, they just ignored him and went about their business as if he wasn't there. They even asked him to move away while a big machine tore out the iron gate at the front of his stoop. Then he watched them load it on a truck along with all the other iron gates they took from the adjacent town houses.
The old man felt dizzy and stumbled around for a while before he fell to his knees and gripped his chest with both hands. Just about that time, an ambulance drove up and the paramedics were directed to Roberto. They laid him on a stretcher and began to work on him right there on the street. As he tried to sit up the paramedics laid him back down and told him he was having a heart attack and needed to lay still.
"But my wife…" the old man said as he pointed to the third floor window. "Please, she's up there alone with Nina. Roberto stopped to gasp for breath. "Nina is only a baby." He managed to say before they put an oxygen mask to his face."
Don't worry Mr. Cassini, we have a crew getting them right now." That was the last thing Roberto heard before he passed out. When he came to he was in the ambulance and there were two EMT's talking just outside the open doors. Officer Campbell was talking to them and he was telling them about Anna so Roberto listened carefully. That's when he overheard Campbell tell the others something that made his blood run cold. Campbell told the other that Anna was dead.
Roberto sat up and pushed the oxygen mask off his face. "Oh no, please God don't let it be true. My wife can't be dead," he kept screaming over and over again, "she can't be dead." The paramedics quickly replaced the oxygen mask and forced him back down on the stretcher.
"Calm down Mr. Cassini." One of them said as he injected something into Roberto's arm. "It's a sedative." The EMT told him. "You can't keep jumping up like that and getting all excited. Your heart's in a very delicate condition." Just then Roberto felt a sharp pain in his chest and he heard a loud prolonged beeping sound coming from his heart monitor. That was the last thing he remembered before passing out. When he came to, the ambulance was moving and detective Campbell was sitting by his side.
"Mr. Cassini, I know this is a bad time for you but I have a few questions I have to ask." Roberto looked at the officer and shook his head yes. "How long has your wife been dead?"
Roberto looked puzzled but answered the office. "The last time I talked to Anna was last night before I went to bed."
"You talked to her last night?" The officer asked with an incredulous tone.
"Yes," Roberto answered, "and I still can't believe my darling wife is dead."
"You can't believe it?" The officer asked with the same tone. Then he went on. "Mr. Cassini, you're wife has been dead for at least twenty five years. She died in childbirth and so did the child."
"No, no that's impossible. Anna has been taking care of Nina and they were both fine last night when I went to bed." Then Roberto added, with concern in his voice, "Where's Nina?"
The detective looked at Roberto for a long time. Then he reached down to the floor and produced a small blond figure in a blue dress. When he held her up for Roberto to see, her bright blue eyes popped open and from deep within her chest a mechanical voice called out… "Ma-maaaa."
"There you are Nina." The old man said as he sat up to take the doll from the detective's hand. Clutching the porcelain figure to his chest, the old man spoke to it as if it were a real child and he told her in a voice that trembled with deeply felt emotion, "Mama has gone to heaven." Then with tears running down his face he added, "but don't worry baby, you still have your Papa to take care of you."
That last display of emotion was too much for the old man's heart and the detective could clearly see the pained expression spread across the old man's face just before he fell back onto the stretcher and clenched his heart.
The paramedics responded immediately. They ripped the doll from Roberto's hands and threw it into a corner of the ambulance. For several minutes they fought hard to save the old man's life. They defibrillated him twice, pounded on his chest and gave him CPR. After several minutes the old man came to again but Detective Campbell knew Roberto didn't have much time though he could see that he was still fighting to hang on. He looked at the detective and begged to see Nina again. Campbell looked around the ambulance and saw the broken doll lying in a heap in the corner. The detective carefully picked it up and put the cracked head back together before showing her to Roberto.
"I can't see her." The old man said as he groped for his beloved Nina. "Please give her to me. I want to hold her one more time."
The officer put the doll into the dying man's arms and hoped the fractured head would hold together for just another minute or two. Roberto pulled the doll to his chest and held it close. The broken portion of the doll's head rolled across Roberto's chest and fell to the ground but Roberto didn't notice. Then from within the mechanism in the dolls chest he heard a click followed by a garbled sound and then the doll said "Perrrr-a-paaapaaa" and Roberto smiled, a big broad smile that lit up his whole face with a celestial joy.
Then looking over the detective's head he said, "Did you hear that Anna? Did you hear what Nina called me?" Then he laughed and announced in a big proud voice, "My baby has given me the best Christmas gift ever. She called me Papa… After all these years she finally called me Papa." Then he looked up again and said, "What are you saying Anna, it's time for us to go? Yes, yes I'm ready. I can see the heavens open for me, and there are millions of dancing angels all dressed in white. Look, they are coming down from the blue to celebrate His birth."
The old man sighed one last long sigh and the detective witnessed the light fade from his eyes as Roberto's body fell back onto the stretcher; the big smile still on his face. A paramedic quickly moved in, put a stethoscope on Roberto's chest and shook his head 'no.' A few seconds later the ambulance pulled into the emergency room parking and the EMT and the driver quickly pulled the stretcher out of the ambulance and rushed the body into the emergency ward.
Detective Campbell got out of the ambulance and stood outside in the parking lot. He waited a long time before pulling out his note book. Looking at his watch he wrote down the date and time but then stopped not knowing how to proceed. As he stood there, two workers walked into the ambulance and began to clean. He watched them pick up the trash, replenish the supplies and put in a new stretcher. When they were done one of them threw the broken doll into the trash as he walked past the officer.
"Wait a minute." he called out to them. The detective wanted to know if they knew anything about the doll they threw away.
"Yea," one of the man said. "My little sister had one just like it. She played with it all the time back when we were kids."
Campbell's follow up question seemed strange. "Can these dolls say 'Papa?"
The man looked askance at the officer and answered, "No way, the mechanism can only mimic the word mama. These old dolls can't do very much. They can open and close their eyes and say mama. That's about it, that's all they can do." Then, wishing the officer a Merry Christmas, he walked away while singing an old Christmas song. Campbell recognized it. It was called the Drummer Boy. "Our gifts we bring to him pa-ra-pa-pum-pum." The worker voiced the words as he walked away.
Campbell repeated the familiar refrain, "Our gifts we bring to him pa-ra-pa-pum-pum." Then he looked at the broken doll. Its head was cracked and only one eye was open, making it look as if it was winking at him. That's when it hit him. The doll never said "Papa" it said Pa-ra-pa or something like that. Campbell was relieved that he remembered that because he had almost convinced himself that he had just witnessed a miracle and there was no way he could put that in his report.
The old man had been mistaken. He thought the doll called him Papa, which was the old man's dying wish, but it wasn't a miracle at all. It was a freak circumstance that caused the dolls malfunctioning mechanism to make a noise that sounded like "Papa." Yes, that was the logical explanation…. Still, he had to admit, the malfunction happened at just the right time and it did give the old man the Christmas gift he wanted.
Then there was the conversation Roberto had with his dead wife. That could be attributed to the delusional state of his dying brain. Everything he said came from his delusional mind, even that last thing he said… what was it? Oh yes, 'I see millions of angels dressed in white coming from the blue to celebrate His birth.' "What was that?" he asked himself, "More delusional gibberish I guess."
Just then Campbell felt something cold on his cheek, so he looked up at the clear blue sky and saw a flurry of fluffy white snow-flacks sweeping by and falling all around him. That made Campbell smile, a knowing smile. "I see millions of angles dressed in white." He repeated to himself. "Well, it looks like we're going to have a white Christmas after all."
The detective closed his note book and put it back in his pocket. Maybe it was better if he didn't write anything at all. The chief would have him locked up in a padded cell if he turned in a report that included wish-granting dolls, dying men talking to their dead wives and then predicting the weather. That sounded so crazy even he couldn't believe it and he was there when it happened.
Then he looked at the broken doll again and thought for a moment… I've never believed in anything. I don't believe in god and I don't think there is a heaven, but if there was, I'm sure that somewhere in God's vast kingdom there must be a special place for wish-granting dolls. Some where, some place… there must be a heaven for Nina."
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2016-12-05 22:17:27
One morning Jeb, a prospector, had all his gold packed on his mule. The mule's name was My Ass. After walking for 3 days to town My Ass collapsed and died on the edge of town. Everyone loved old Jeb since he used his gold to improve their town. So they renamed the town to My Ass. The next day a Texas oilman came to town. He asked a lady on the boardwalk where he is. She said you're on the edge of My Ass. He ignored her. Then a block later he asked another lady. She said you're in the middle of My Ass. He ignored her. He stopped at the cafe to get something to eat. When the waitress came he asked for crab soup. She asked her husband in the back if they had it. He said no. But he said to check around town. Maybe someone has it. About 20 minutes later she came back. She said she checked all over My Ass and she couldn't find a crab anywhere. :) This joke was originally 90 minutes long. I removed the repetitive crap.
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2016-07-12 01:11:20
ghostrider99 is an idiot if he cannot see a loving story when it right in front of his eyes. synic.
2012-06-19 21:51:42
curiousgirl, You may be lovely, I don't know, BUT you have no sense of funny . . .I was being sarcastic to an on-line friend (and fellow writer who happens to be better than me) Look at the votes and you'll see I voted positive. Luv GR939
2011-12-06 23:18:31
Oh, and Ghostrider might be right about literary works. But honestly, it's too bad that people can't appreciate the story for what it is.
2011-12-06 23:17:20
Really good, HD. It did have a few mistakes that I know you would've picked up on in a proofread, but none of them detracted from a very warm story. The characterization was finely drawn.
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Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have 6, 9, or 12," was the reply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order 6?" "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered 6 McNuggets.
I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.
A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."
I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a
battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."
Several years ago, we had a temp who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the temp took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make 5 "blank" copies.
I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of repair and the whole thing generally looked like an extra in "Twister." I asked the manager what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a sandwich.
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A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine, the mother says, I just gave him some ant killer.... Dispatcher: Rush him to the emergency room!
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Thanks to Facebook I watched the unforgettable clip of Jon Stewart's touching interview with Malala Yousafzai this week on "The Daily Show" just this morning.
I was reminded of Malala's story — she became a well-known champion of women's education as an eleven-year-old child in Pakistan, writing her own blog and demanding education for girls in her Swat Valley community.
Then almost exactly a year ago, she was rewarded for her efforts with a Taliban bullet to the head. For a few days her life hung in the balance. She survived, thanks to a gifted British medical team.
And now on Wednesday sixteen-years-old and gracefully garbed in a sparkling orange veil Malala left the irrepressible Jon Stewart speechless.
The audience couldn't stop applauding.
We were all captivated. This amazing young woman was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
She had to win!
Only a few minutes after watching the clip, I got an email announcing the Nobel Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision: the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), located in The Hague, had been awarded the 2013 prize.
I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only person whose first reaction was a disappointed shrug.
How could that brilliant, courageous Pakistani girl be overlooked in favor of some faceless, virtually anonymous agency?
Questions linger. While we can only speculate one can't help but wonder if there is a political
reason why the secretive Norwegian Nobel Committee turned a blind eye to this daring young woman, a target of radical Islamist terrorists?
Scandinavia has certainly seen its share of Muslim rage. Riots raging in Malmo, Sweden. An epidemic of rapes in Norway. Seemingly endless threats and attempted assaults over the publication of cartoons depicting Muhammed in Denmark.
Meanwhile, the progressive leadership in the region has persistently clung to the idea that these events have been symptoms of economic inequality, not of any politico/religious agenda against western culture.
Is it safer for the Nobel Committee to ignore the reality of radical Islamist violence than to risk putting a spotlight on it?
Is it more comfortable to brush off Malala Yousafzai's story as an unfortunate but isolated incident in some remote village?
Or is it simply politically incorrect to applaud her?
Malala has, indeed, put a face on the threat of terrorism, on the absence of women's rights in radical Muslim countries, on the bloodthirsty mindset of those who hate western ideas such as education and on the indomitable courage of a real, modern-day heroes.
It's true that the Nobel, once the gold standard for international achievement, has lost some of its luster in recent decades. But it still retains prestige, having once rewarded such giants as Andrei Sakarov, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lech Walesa, Aung San Suu Kyi, Elie Weisel and more.
So why not Malala?
Naturally there are those who approved of this year's decision.
The Guardian praised it, calling the OPCW "an unshowy agency" with a "striking success record."
The immediacy of the Syrian crisis over chemical weapons and their destruction, which is now reportedly underway, could explain the focus on this otherwise obscure group, implying that the decision was made quite recently.
Even before the decision was announced, Tilman Brueck, head of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute, stated that the prize should not go to Malala. Brueck told Norwegian news agency NTB that, "I'm not sure it would be suitable, from an ethical point of view, to give the peace prize to a child."
Never mind the oft-repeated prophecy of future world peace in Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.'
Asked by host Jon Stewart what she would do if confronted by attackers, Malala explained why she should not use violence:
"If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with crueltyYou must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education.
"I would tell him how important education is and that I would even want education for your children as well. That's what I want to tell you," she imagined telling her assailant, before adding, "now do what you want."
If that's not the embodiment of "peace," I don't know what is.


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Salute to Karpal Singh
Many of the issues and principles Karpal fought for remain relevant, and we have a duty to continue to fight for these ideals, says S Arutchelvan.
There is a Malay saying, "Harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan nama." Karpal Singh has left us with both. His track record will speak about him.
His ISA detentions, the many times he was thrown out of Parliament, his many outbursts, the debates and his latest sedition conviction. He has left a permanent mark in our life, in our struggle and in our nation's history.
Karpal was also the most principled and consistent defender of the secular state.
PSM salutes this great leader and we mourn his death as if it was one of us. Where compromises and safe stands have
been the order of daily politics, Karpal always stood his ground.
PSM expresses our deepest respect and condolences to Karpal's family, the family of his long-time assistant, Michael Cornelius Jayakrishnan, to the DAP members, relatives and supporters.
The Tiger may have left us but his struggles and what he fought for will always be remembered for many years to come and will be used as a yardstick for the future. Many of the issues and principles Karpal fought for remain relevant, and we have a duty to continue to fight for these ideals.
PSM salutes Karpal.
S Arutchelvan is secretary general of Parti Sosialis Malaysia.


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You're not allowed to take your jacket off in formal hall or the majority of things for that matter unless a private event...and through my experience I'd definitely go backless if I had to do it all again. With your gown on the heat builds up - don't get a 1st in your first year then you don't have to bother with a bigger gown at formal hall afterward!


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The Toledo Storm traded rookie forward Mike Berry to the Dayton Bombers for financial considerations yesterday.
Berry had played in 20 games for the Storm, scoring three goals and adding six assists. A year ago, Berry played in 72 games with Adirondack of the United Hockey League, collecting 53 points (27 G, 26 A).
The Storm also announced that defenseman Mitch Maunu was reassigned from Norfolk of the American Hockey League. Maunu had appeared in nine games with the Admirals this season but had not collected a point. In Toledo, Maunu has played in 10 games and has dished out two assists while amassing 22 penalty minutes.
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Renal Sympathetic Denervation for the Management of Chronic Hypertension (RELIEF)
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Despite the development of numerous drug therapies designed to treat hypertension, it remains a considerable and poorly managed health, social and economic burden. For various reasons, including the significant health care costs of treatment, there are estimates that up to 65% of hypertensive patients have untreated and/or uncontrolled blood pressure (BP).
Aside from its impact on renal function, chronic hypertension significantly increases the risk for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and vascular disease. It is believed to be involved in the progression of cardiac arrhythmias. This link between hypertension and cardiovascular health has been well described; as has their combined effect on the aging and obesity-battling Western world.
The recently published results of the Symplicity HTN-2 trial (Renal sympathetic denervation in patients with treatment resistant hypertension) establishing the therapeutic benefit of catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for hypertension, have enormous potential for the management of a large and challenging patient population. The proposed, multicenter trial will attempt to confirm and expand on this promising data by conducting a double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.
Patients may qualify to participate in this research study if their doctor has determined that they have drug-resistant, chronic hypertension.
Overall participation in this research study should be about 13 months which includes about 1 month to start the study procedure and 12 months of follow-up after the study procedure.
Condition | Intervention |
Uncontrolled Hypertension |
Device: Biosense Webster Celcius Thermacool catheter |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Renal Sympathetic Denervation for the Management of Chronic Hypertension |
- Change in 24-hour ambulatory BP [ Time Frame: baseline and at 6 months ]Differences in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurements recorded at baseline and at 6 months for each patient.
- change in office BP [ Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 12 months ]Difference in office blood pressure measurements at 6 months and at 12 months as compared to baseline.
- change in ambulatory BP [ Time Frame: baseline and at 12 months ]Difference in 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure measurements at 12 months compared to baseline
- Renal artery dimensions [ Time Frame: baseline and at 6 months ]Change in renal artery dimensions at 6 months.
- Creatinine [ Time Frame: baseline and at 6 months ]Differences in creatinine measurements recorded at baseline and at 6 months for each patient.
Enrollment: | 96 |
Study Start Date: | January 2011 |
Study Completion Date: | March 2014 |
Primary Completion Date: | March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Biosense Webster Celcius Thermacool catheter
These subjects will undergo catheter-based sympathetic renal denervation. Ablation arm
Device: Biosense Webster Celcius Thermacool catheter
catheter-based sympathetic renal denervation
Other Names:
No Intervention: renal angiogram only
Control Group: Control arm will not receive intervention but will be followed for 1 year.
Detailed Description:
Patients who qualify for the study and provide consent will undergo a renal angiogram in order to assess suitability for catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation. A renal angiogram is an x-ray study of the blood vessels in the kidney to evaluate for blockage, and abnormalities that could be affecting the blood supply to the kidney. It is performed by injecting contrast dye through a catheter (a tiny tube) into the blood vessels of the kidney. The study doctor will assess whether the renal arteries are suitable to receive catheter-based renal denervation.
Both groups will receive sedation or anesthesia prior to the beginning of the procedure.
The first group will undergo catheter-based sympathetic renal denervation. Renal Sympathetic Denervation is a procedure that uses a catheter probe inserted into the renal (kidney) artery that deactivates the nerves that are linked to high blood pressure.
The second group will only receive renal angiography without the delivery of ablative energy.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥ 18 and ≤ 85 years of age
- Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as SBP ≥ 140 mmHg during 24Hr Ambulatory BP monitoring)
- Current treatment with ≥ 3 anti-hypertensive drugs (including at least one diuretic)
- Accessibility of renal vasculature
- Ability to understand the requirements of the study
- Willingness to adhere to study restrictions and comply with all post-procedural follow-up requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
- Secondary cause of hypertension
- White coat hypertension
- Estimated GFR < 45
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Known renovascular abnormalities (eg, renal artery stenosis, previous renal artery stenting or angioplasty)
- Life expectancy <1 year for any medical condition
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01628172
Czech Republic | |
Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brně | |
Brno, Czech Republic, 53, 656 91 | |
Na Homolce Hospital | |
Prague, Czech Republic, 15030 |
Principal Investigator: | Vivek Reddy, MD | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Responsible Party: | Vivek Reddy, Director Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01628172 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | June 12, 2012 |
Last Updated: | June 28, 2016 |
Individual Participant Data | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Keywords provided by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai:
renal sympathetic denervation renal catheter ablation hypertension |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypertension Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 29, 2017


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BOWLING GREEN, KY - Quick Fuel Technology® (QFT™) has been very involved with NHRA in getting its replacement-style carburetors accepted for Stock and Super Stock racing as the 30-year old O.E. units are no longer available or viable. QFT™ has also been leading the charge with its new large-bore QFX™ Black Diamond® carburetors for the very popular Super Comp, Top Sportsman and Top Dragster classes, and its recent introduction of a full line of racing fuel pumps that fulfill virtually all racing applications, has prompted QFT™ to expand its racer support program with a substantial contingency payout for the 2014 NHRA race season. To qualify, the racer must use the posted products and proper decals per NHRA requirements. The contingency program includes the NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series, the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, including the Jeg's Sportsnationals events and the Summit ET Series. Total postings for carburetors and fuel pumps total $418,400.
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crepers12 Member |
21 October 2013 01:10 |
I'm implementing a page to use text field widgets. When the focus lost from it I want to display capitalize characters. Do you know how can I implement it? Here are my code. {@aria:TextField { Regards
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21 October 2013 08:48 |
did you have a look a this usermanual page: http://ariatemplates.com/usermanual/late...transforms From what i can see in your example, you don't need to put yourself back the value in the correct place. The widget will do it for you. So in your tranform function, just and simply return value.toUppersCase();
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Hey there, welcome to the forum.
transform will actually do the following: - modify the data model when the TextField value has changed, or - modify the TextField value when the data model has changed. What you want here is slightly different since you want both to be changed when the TextField value has been modified. To achieve this, you actually don't need to use transform and should use onchange instead like this: {@aria:TextField { |
crepers12 Member |
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Thank you!!! It's good
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Boyer, Lynne
Quiet but hypercompetitive surfer from Haleiwa, Hawaii; world champion in 1978 and 1979; a cool hand in the big Hawaiian surf, but lauded for her aggressive and tight-cornering approach in smaller waves. "You could say she was a more radical surfer than I was," rival and four-time world champion Margo Oberg of Hawaii recalled. "She was pretty, she had wild red hair, she painted her boards up . . . she sure looked radical."
Boyer was born (1956) in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of an army oncologist, raised in Maryland, and was 11 in 1968 when she moved with her family to Hawaii, where she began surfing. She placed third in the 1973 state championships, won in 1975, and turned pro the following year, just out of high school, flying to California to win the Hang Ten Pro Championships at Malibu, earning $1,500.
Margo Oberg, the 1968 world champion and long the dominant figure in women's surfing, finally had a worthy rival. Whereas Oberg was a classicist, using a fairly upright stance and connecting turns with quiet precision, Boyer (5' 7", 125 pounds) rode in a low attacking crouch and worked her board constantly. She was often described as the female Larry Bertlemann—the electrifying Hawaiian who reinvented hotdog surfing in the early 1970s. Boyer meanwhile accoutered herself with a set of brightly airbrushed boards, most of them bearing her trademark ribbon pattern across the deck.
The women's world tour made its debut in 1977, and for the next few years it was essentially a two-surfer showcase. Boyer won three of nine events in 1977, but Oberg won four and took the title. In 1978 they each took two, but Boyer had the higher result in the fifth and final contest, and won the championship. Oberg took the following year off, and Boyer won three of the four scheduled contests to easily take her second title. She also won the 1979 Surfer Magazine Readers Poll Award. Just two contests were held in 1980; Oberg won both and reclaimed the championship, with Boyer runner-up.
Boyer's rating slipped over the next three years, from fourth to fifth to eighth. In 1984 she won the World Cup at Haleiwa, but had otherwise all but vanished from the surf scene, revealing years later that she was addicted to cocaine and alcohol, and that her reticence as a pro had been determined in large part because she'd been a closeted lesbian. "It was lonely at the top," she told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1997. "You have all these secrets, and you can't let everyone know who you are because they might get an edge on you."
Boyer worked as a stock clerk in a Honolulu surf shop after quitting the pro tour; in 1985 she moved back to her parents' house while she got sober; through the '90s she worked as a housecleaner and did tropical-landscape oil paintings for the tourist- supported Haleiwa Art Gallery. She continued to surf, but as she said in 1997, "It took 13 years of being sober to make it fun again." A successful full-time artist, Boyer's paintings are now sold in galleries throughout Hawaii and through her personal website.
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Welcome to the World's Longest Yard Sale in August on Highway 127 and the Lookout Mountain Parkway! It's coming..... August 3 - 6, 2017 "I Drove, I Stopped, I Shopped till I Dropped!
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The World's Longest Yard Sale Details:
Yard Sale Date: August 3 - 6, 2017 Place: The Lookout Mountain Parkway and the U.S. 127 Corridor From: Gadsden, Alabama to Addison, Michigan
**Note - The World's Longest Yard Sale (also known as The 127 Sale) is a 4-day event. The dates will be determined each year by the First Thursday of the month of August. The event will take place Thursday to Sunday for 4 days of yard sale heaven!
**Please drive with caution and be alert of the others around you. The month of August is usually very warm in the deep South so pack plenty of water and don't forget the sunscreen. We can't wait to see you!!
Travel more than 690-miles of scenic beauty and see tons of yard sales. Get started on your journey by traveling the 93-mile Lookout Mountain Parkway route from Gadsden, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the most "scenic rural America" in the United States. Alabama has more than 1,000 yard sale vendors alone! You will find everything from antiques, collectibles, furniture, dishwares, fresh garden produce, homemade jams and jellies, food vendors, live entertainment and so much more. Continue with the yard sale, following the U.S. 127 Corridor from Chattanooga, TN to Addison, MI for another 590 miles of yard sale bargains. When combined, the Lookout Mountain Parkway and the 127 Corridor have had as many as 5,000 vendors lined along the scenic yard sale route in past years and the year 2016 promises to be even bigger.
Residents of DeKalb County, Alabama invite you to spend some time touring the area and enjoying the hospitality of our people. Spend the night in one of our many Bed and Breakfast Inns, State Park or other cabin rentals located in Historic Mentone and other motels and unique accommodations located within minutes of the yard sale route. View scenic vistas and majestic waterfalls as you visit the Little River Canyon National Preserve and DeSoto State Park. See deer and cattle grazing side by side in rolling hills and farmland. Come travel the Lookout Mountain Parkway in DeKalb County, Alabama! "America's most Scenic Shopping Mall!!"
Directions - South to North:
Yard sale begins at the Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden, Alabama on top of Lookout Mountain. Follow Tabor Road, across from Noccalula Falls. Stay on this road and it will become Alabama 176. Follow 176 to the Dogtown Community and stay straight through the 4-way stop. The road then becomes DeKalb County 89. Stay on 89 through communities such as Five Points, Fort Payne, Fischer, DeSoto State Park and on into Mentone, Alabama. From Mentone turn right onto Alabama 117 and follow into Georgia where it becomes Georgia Road 48. You will stay straight a short distance before turning left on GA 157, then left on 136, right on 189 then right on 157 again. This carries you directly in front of Rock City where you travel down Lookout Mountain and pick up TN 27 to the U.S. 127 Corridor for the remainder of the yard sale where it ends in Hudson, MI. (The road winds around a little in Chattanooga as you make your way to the 127 Corridor. Follow Ochs Hwy. off of Lookout Mountain to Tennessee Ave. to Broad St. to Hwy 27 to the U.S. Hwy. 127)
Simply reverse these directions if you choose to follow the route from North to South. Although the Yard Sale officially goes from Gadsden, AL to Addison, MI, feel free to jump on board anywhere in between. Lots of treasures and antiques await you from one end to the other and all points in-between.
*Note - The Gadsden to Chattanooga route is called the Lookout Mountain Parkway and will bear green signs that state this. Reader's Digest named the Parkway as one of America's most Scenic Drives.
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The Big Mill Antique Mall in Fort Payne is full of antiques and collectibles just waiting to be discovered.
The Little River Canyon National Preserve is the perfect place for fly fishing and enjoying nature, and it is only 5 minutes from the World's Longest Yard Sale route in Fort Payne.
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From Venezuela. Blogger-Journalist-New Media Evangelist. Interested in Conflicts and Political studies. Now, I'm working with NGO's and social communities to join them on the Internet. My web (es) is called Peace Journalism. My new project is Gentedeapie.com
Latest posts by Luis Carlos Diaz
20 February 2017
Free Expression Under Fire as Venezuela Takes CNN Spanish Off the Air
CNN broadcasts will now be freely available in Venezuela on YouTube — but what does it matter in the country with one of the slowest Internet connections in the region?
6 June 2016
Keys to Understanding the Political and Economic Crisis in Venezuela
"We are a divided, wounded country in conflict..."
20 August 2015
In Venezuela, Even the Police March Against Insecurity
Violence in Venezuela has shown no mercy. Not even with law officers, who protested in Caracas despite prohibition from authorities and silence from the media.
1 December 2014
Generations of Latin Americans Say Goodbye to Comedian 'Chespirito'
Roberto Gómez Bolaños, the man behind Latin American hero "El Chapulín Colorado," died at age 85.
15 April 2013
Venezuelan Elections: Chavism Wins in Close Vote
Candidate Nicolás Maduro, designated by Hugo Chávez as his successor, won the elections of April 14, 2013, with 50.66% of the votes. Only 230 thousand votes separated him from his...
5 March 2013
Venezuela: Hugo Chávez has Died
This evening, vice-president Nicolás Maduro announced the death of the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías. Twitter users reacted immediately to Maduro's announcement.
29 February 2012
Venezuela: Singer Onechot Becomes Victim of Violence He Decried
Onechot was wounded by a bullet to the head. The Venezuelan reggae singer sang of the violence in the city of Caracas as being completely crazy. In 2011 there were...
2 May 2010
Honduras: 7 Journalists Killed and Others Threatened
7 Honduran journalists have been murdered in the past 40 days, which continues the concerns about the state of freedom of expression in the country. Many of the journalists have...
3 August 2009
Venezuela: The Proposed Media Crimes Law
The Venezuelan Attorney General presented a bill that would "regulate" freedom of expression and prosecute individuals in the media who are causing a panic or disturbing the peace.
23 November 2008
Venezuela: Following the Local Elections Online
Today Venezuela is taking part in elections for mayors and governors., which will paint the political map between States and Municipalities aligned with President Hugo Chávez or not. Venezuelan bloggers...
1 November 2008
Venezuela: The Launch of the Simón Bolívar Satellite
After three years in the making, the government of Venezuela placed the Simón Bolivar satellite into orbit, which will be used for telecommunications projects for the country and for Latin...
23 September 2008
Venezuela: The Expulsion of Human Rights Watch
Armed military soldiers searched for José Miguel Vivancos, spokesperson for the international NGO Human Rights Watch, and expelled him from Venezuela hours after releasing the report at a press conference,...
21 June 2008
Venezuela: Government Halts Proposed Education and Intelligence Policy Changes
In 2007, when President Hugo Chávez announced that he was going to begin the "5 engines for the construction of socialism in Venezuela," he did not know that one year...
2 May 2008
Venezuela: Left in the Dark
More than 13 states and the most important cities of Venezuela were affected by a power outage last Tuesday, leaving many without electricity for several hours. The subway system of...
8 March 2008
Venezuela: Agreement Reached in Santo Domingo
After a very tense week between three South American countries, presidents from the entire region met in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The original agenda was scrapped in order to address...
23 January 2008
Venezuela: Blogger Picks Political "Oops" Moments
Venezuela faced plenty of controversies in 2007, with some of its principal political actors finding ways to stick their foots in their mouths. Blogger More Baker looks back and picks...
14 November 2007
Venezuela: Why Don't You Shut Up?
It took no time at all for five words said by the King of Spain to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez at a summit in Chile to become slogans for the...
1 November 2007
Venezuela: Second Annual Blogstock
Venezuelan bloggers and other users of social networking software gathered in a remote location far from the capital for the 2nd annual Blogstock, not to hear lectures regarding the state...
27 May 2007
Venezuela: Bloggers Mobilize For and Against the End of Transmission of Radio Caracas Television.
Radio Caracas Television's (RCTV) broadcast license was not renewed by the Venezuelan government, which opened up two fronts within the Venezuelan blogosphere. Blogs were created with the sole purpose to...
4 April 2007
Whiskey We've Got, But Where's the Meat?
Carnicería by Luis Carlos Diaz Venezuela is one of the principal oil-exporting countries of the world. However, petroleum is not edible and, lamentably, Venezuela's national food industry is not able...


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Chateau Montelena Owner Jim Barrett Dies at 86
March 18, 2013James L. Barrett, owner of Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley, passed away March 14. He was 86. Montelena's 1973 Chardonnay helped put California on the wine map when it took top honors at the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting, winning over a field of famous white Burgundies.
Barrett was one of California's wine pioneers. "He was a tough and loving man who will be greatly missed at home, at the winery and throughout the Napa Valley," said his son Bo Barrett in a statement. "My dad died of a life well-lived." To read more about Jim Barrett's life and career, go to Wine Spectator.
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I see. Thanks Raffles and pmw57!
That's because concat() is an Array method. i and j are not arrays, they are HTML Collections, which are objects that are "array-like" (you can loop through them, they have a length) but are not arrays (they don't share many of the methods and properties arrays have).
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text: 'McGruff The Crime Dog' Actor Sentenced To 16 YearsElie Mystal2/10/14 11:03amFiled to: McGruffMcGruff the Crime DogCrimePossessionGuns642EditPromoteShare to KinjaGo to permalinkDo you guys remember McGruff? He used to say "take a bite out of crime." He used to come to your school in a trench coat, and would-be hardened criminals were scared that day! Nothing says "stop downloading music illegally" like a talking bloodhound. AdvertisementAnyway, one of the actors who used to dress up as McGruff was sentenced to jail last week. I'm sure many random mascot actors have gone to jail for all sorts of reasons, but this dog is special... CBS Houston reports that John Morales, a former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, was sentenced to 16 years in the pokey after pleading guilty to possession of various things: Advertisement[P]olice seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons – including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from [Morales'] home.So, McGruff sure doesn't want to take a bite out of the Second Amendment. In fairness, a dog with a grenade launcher and 9,000 rounds of ammo might have scared me into never trying weed. SponsoredIs The Second Amendment Racist? [Above the Law]Reply64 repliesLeave a reply


text: For the Viva la Verve! May week 5 sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/viva-la-verve-challenges-f218/viva-la-verve-may-week-5-%2Acas%2A-%7B5-25-12%7D-t554655.html I used two sentiments from Verve's Purely Sentimental set to make this Father's Day card. The center panels are cut with MFT's Layered Label Die-namics. Papers are by Glitz, edges inked in dark brown. And some antiqued metal embellishments, including the little library clips from SU, finish it off.


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David Gilbert
Chateauguay Quebec
Birthday: 1991-02-09 | Position: C |
Eligible for draft: 2009 | Shoots: Left |
Drafted: 2009 | Height: 6-1 |
Acquired: 7th round (209th overall), 2009 | Weight: 180 lbs. |
Probability of Success
2009-10: David Gilbert opened the season in a bottom six role with the Quebec Remparts, where he appeared in 31 games and scored 6 goals, 12 assists for 18 points. A midseason trade sent him to Acadie-Bathurst Titan where he could play a larger role offensively. In 31 games after the trade, the center scored 18 goals, 12 assists for 30 points. He added 5 goals, 2 assists for 7 points in 5 playoff games for the Titan. Gilbert appeared in 1 regular season game with Rockford and had 1 assist.
2010-11: Gilbert scored 28 goals and 23 assists for 51 points in 52 games with the QMJHL's Acadie-Bathurst Titan. He added 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 playoff games before joining the AHL's Rockford IceHogs on an ATO, scoring 2 goals and 1 assist in 5 AHL games.
2011-12: Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by Chicago in May 2011, Gilbert split his first pro season between the AHL and ECHL with the Blackhawks' affiliates in Rockford and Toledo, respectively. Gilbert made his AHL debut with Rockford in November after opening the season in the ECHL and skated with the IceHogs through January. He spent February in the ECHL with the Walleye before returning to Rockford to finish the season. In 28 games with Rockford he was minus-four and scored 1 goal with 4 assists and had 13 penalty minutes. Gilbert scored 6 goals with 12 assists in 29 games for the Walleye and was minus-three with 18 penalty minutes.
2012-13: Gilbert appeared in ten games for Chicago's AHL affiliate Rockford, spending most of his second pro season with the Central Hockey League's Bloomington Blaze. He scored 1 goal with 2 assists and was an even plus/minus with 6 penalty minutes with the IceHogs. Gilbert played 49 games for the Blaze and was second on the team with 21 goals. He also had 19 assists and was -8 with 22 penalty minutes. Both Rockford and Bloomington missed the playoffs in their respective leagues.
Talent Analysis
Gilbert's main assets are his vision and his hands. Able to skate up the ice with the puck on a string, he's equally adept at making a play as he is at scoring the goal himself. Gilbert still needs plenty of time to round out the rest of his game and would benefit greatly from becoming both stronger and faster. Questions abound about his work ethic as well.
Entering the final year of his entry-level contract, Gilbert, who spent most of 2012-13 in the Central Hockey League, will likely find himself on the outside looking in again as far as Rockford goes.


text: Chevy Volt Interior Photo Lifted From Internal GM Presentation, Looks Like an iPodWes Siler8/28/08 4:15pmFiled to: chevy volt2011 Chevy Volt2010 Chevy Volt2012 Chevy Voltplug-in hybridPlug-inHybridChevyvoltInteriorChevy Volt Interiorgm hybridGeneral Motors HybridChevrolet Volt61EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThese shots of a production Chevy Volt interior have leaked from a GM internal presentation. Immediately apparent is the glossy white iPod-esque IP with flip-up nav/charge status display. There's also a prominent center-mounted computer-like on/off button, but we don't know if this will start the car or just the computer system. The 2011 Chevy Volt will be GM's first plug-in hybrid and a huge risk for the company; so does this interior make the grade? [Via Motive Forums]Reply61 repliesLeave a reply


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Interview: Talking to a machine
byThe debate about the spoken vs e-mail interview grinds on, with Steven Levy and Jeff Jarvis taking their stands. Jeff may be right. Fairness and transparency argue for an e-mail exchange. But if I wanted to stay at a desk and deal with people by keyboard, it would have made more sense to be an editor. They generally get paid more. The fun of journalism for me is going places and meeting people. I like touring clanging and thundering steel mills with engineers screaming into my ear. I recently spent 12 hours talking to doctors in Iowa about genetics and blindness. I asked dumb questions I'd be far too proud (or scared) to put into an e-mail. The luxury of being a reporter is that experts, generous with their time and knowledge, teach us.
E-mail interviews? Oh, if I have to for an absolutely central figure in a story, I guess I'll go along. But really, if I'm going to be communicating with people through a machine, I'd just as soon bag formal reporting altogether and edit—or blog.


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"The NKJV Study Bible, "the most comprehensive study Bible available, is now better than ever The acclaimed "NKJV Study Bible" is the most complete study system for pastors, teachers, or Bible students who desire accurate study in God's Word. The Second Edition is better than ever, including more features to make it the best all-purpose study Bible available. Using the trusted New King James Version(R), "The NKJV Study Bible, Second Edition "has "the mind of a scholar and the heart of a pastor." Nelson's skilled team of scholars has produced "the" study system to reach for when accurate, beneficial study in God's Word is the goal.
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Music Blogger readers, I have a confession to make: I have a dark (some might say sick) sense of humor. Nothing gets me laughing like a dramatic fall, my own included--which is great, because I have no sense of balance and trip at least three times a day.
So I've got to give Mariah Carey credit for the graceful way she fell at a recent concert in Singapore, almost into the arms of one of her backup dancers. Classy move, Mariah (and good use of a stage-side assistant).
It turns out there are a lot of equally amusing videos online: Gaga's crazy shoes cost her her footing all the time, but here she is stumbling on some really very tame (by her standards, that is) heels in a performance of "Telephone" (at 0:13); and here's Katy Perry flailing in the mess she made after her infamous cake dive at the MTV Latin American Awards (from 0:21). By the number of YouTube videos documenting it, seems like Teen Vogue's August cover girl, Demi Lovato, has quite a reputation for on-stage diving--here's one of her most brutal faceplants:
Demi's ex Joe Jonas has also had his fair share of stumbles--there are even fan-made compilation videos out there--but here's one clip of a stumble at the AMAs (though I should note this is less funny even for me because of the whole landing-on-broken-glass deal). Another infamous falling-guy moment: Bret Michaels at the 2009 Tony Awards. Technically this fall is more of a knockout, but still, wow.
As I continued looking, an old-school clip of a Destiny's Child performance quickly became my favorite because I mean, poor Michelle Williams--neither of her bandmates helped?! That's got to hurt more than the fall:
But Beyonce's not going to be upstaged even when it comes to falling down. Here's by far the craziest fall clip I've found yet, from an Orlando stop on her 2007 concert tour:
**All that headbanging must have proved discombobulating. . . .
Hilarious as these all are, they do go to show that the artists in question are all seasoned pros--they jump right back up and keep going without missing more than a couple of beats. That's good showmanship for sure.
(Additionally, just for good measure, here's an amusing Tyra Banks chair fall with a porcupine cameo--really.)
Which celebrity fall takes the cake? Who showed the most professionalism in terms of getting right back into the routine?


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Rolling out the Internet : The NBN and the Greenfield Policy
Cradduck, Lucy (2011) Rolling out the Internet : The NBN and the Greenfield Policy. In API New South Wales Country Conference 2011, 6-7 May 2011, Novotel Pacific Bay Resort, Coffs Harbour. (Unpublished)
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Finding Mr. Right
So the dating world officially sucks and you just want to get over the rituals and find the right guy for yourself. For this to happen, you need to understand that Mr. Right never manifests in a tidy, ribbon-wrapped box. If you equip yourself with the right attitude and are aware that relationships involve hard work once the catch has been reeled in then you've won half the battle in finding Mr. Right. Here are other pointers to help you win the other half.
Click Here For The Practical Handbook To Help You Avoid The Bad Boys
1} Get over your past. Remaining bitter over pain that your past relationships brought will close the door to any future prospects when it comes to connecting with someone new. Let go and let live. Forgiving yourself is a very powerful thing so don't swear off men and spend what's left of your life mopping around in flannels. Keep an open mind instead and allow some faith into the process of finding Mr. Right.
2} Make a checklist. Because finding a healthy relationship with the right guy is about you, you need to sit down and list out exactly what you want your Mr. Right to be. This will involve dredging up past experiences, however bitter they may be and what you expect your Mr. Right to fulfill for you now that you lacked these traits from your previous relationships. First of all, close your eyes and imagine yourself with Mr. Right. Forget the soft, classical music and the sunset scenario and focus instead on lasting qualities like whether he is kind or patient. Sure we all want the exterior of our partners to inspire traffic crashes when we walk on the street but the bottom line remains what's on the inside. What makes him him. An emotionally sound Mr. Right is better than the superficiality of physical appearances. Define every quality that your Mr. Right should live up to and be realistic about it. This will give you a clear perspective which will in turn focus your search on finding Mr. right and enhance the possibility of getting the connection you want to establish.
3} Will Mr. Right find you attractive? Your checklist may have included the words tall, dark and handsome but how would tall, dark and handsome react when he meets you. Stuffing yourself with cheesecake and forgetting to touch up your perm/makeup are all acceptable rituals in the mourning period following a previous break-up but if you want to make an impression, you're not allowed to let yourself go. Accepting who you are physically is a good place to start now that we can't all be lingerie models. Begin by loving every inch of yourself as this will tell others that you are comfortable in your own skin, a trait that, in most cases, Mr. Right will find attractive. Wear clothes that flatter your figure. Exercise and get a makeover if you must because it's the little things that matter in the end and taking care of yourself will give you the confidence you need to know that you deserve to be with Mr. Right.
4} Judge not.
Let's be honest here. No one's perfect. So don't throw away a potentially good relationship just because the man you thought was Mr. Right came a few qualities too short. Friends and family tend to play a key role in your decision and although that's a given in most cases, no good can come from discarding a budding relationship just because he failed to live up to all your standards. Being realistic will help you in finding and keeping Mr.Right even when he doesn't come in the package you expected or the package comes without all the details you wanted.
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Solid DR/Posion deck.
If you ever get the clintz, I would swap Deebler for Chiara, because even though it is off the life gain/DR/Posions theme, she is just amazing.
Seems like a solid and generally annoying deck to play against, which makes it for ELO!
lordorgg's suggestion is sound, though - Chiara is a definite late-game changer and helps you win the important ones in 3rd/4th.
Actually, i had a build like this, a little different though;
Wakai > Na Boh
Deebler > Praxie
Cute reduction action,