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do you ever get scared you're going to shit yourself?
apparently my mate from time to time is a bit like "i actually think i might shit myself" like, actually poop out of the butt and into the pants. how does this happen? like i can 'sort/ of understand how someone might piss themself, half an hour can make a real difference between not needing the pee too much and becoming quite desperate. but a poo? it's just should never get that bad surely?
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once my mate did a poo in an alley coz he couldn't wait to get home coz he was so desperate
and i pointed out to him the next day that he was probably caught on cctv coz theres a camera right above the little alley bit where he did it.
He never walked that way again I don't think.
I have a couple of near misses per year on average.
As in, if I'd have held on for 5 minutes longer my arse would have exploded.
Really hope I don't convert any of those any time soon.
two or three times this year
i have been so, so close to shitting myself...you know the feeling, knees going weak, tingling all over from the pressure on the prostate, just keeping it together on instinct
only having one toilet between four people can really strain you at times, especially when a shower/bath is involved
my friend did this in Tesco
he's a normal guy with kids and a house and stuff. just pooped himself on a Saturday morning shop.
he went to the baby changing room to dispose of his pants and noticed there were already two pairs of soiled adult pants in the nappy bin. it was only about 10am.
adults shitting themselves may be more of a thing than first realised.
he loves telling this story for some reason - like it's something to be proud of. great lad, though.
it was only about 10amcat_race, littlebirds, andyvine, Antelope, fitzcarraldo, and furio this'd this
Maybe he was ill?
My dad shat himself because he swallowed a whole chilli at a curry house and didn't make it home in time. He pooed his pants on our doorstep.
my dad shat himself
in our garage, had been holding it in on his 2 hour drive back from work but just fell at the final furlong
me and my sister got sent to our rooms for the rest of the evening
Ah man.
The phrase "fell at the final furlong" just killed me :D
me and my sister got sent to our rooms for the rest of the evening
not sure quite why but this part got me
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did you know
that if you desperately need to piss, it's better to stand perfectly still than to squirm and move around?
Why is it when you actually reach the toilet
There's no way in hell you could've held it for another second?
I think when you actually see the toilet
your brain thinks you've made it and tells you to go, regardless of whether you're actually on the toilet or not. Same applies to vomit.
I totally love that feeling
in piss form not poo form though.
Sometimes stomach cramps happen though
Don't be so insensitive. Jeez.
Actually making it to a toilet when you've been convinced that you're going to shit yourself is probably the closest thing I'll ever have to a religious experience.
Not through fear, no.
Everyone gets a bad stomach now and again, though.
I often get the squirts when i'm really nervous, like before job interviews, etc. Had to shit in a park bush once, but i'm a man who plans for all situations, so it wasn't that big a deal, though a woman did go past with a dog, and i went home and had another shower anyway, just 'cos it felt a bit wrong.
It's fine, though. I had a lactose intolerance for a couple of years, so i'm well-schooled in the art of renegade shitting.
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quite often nearly pee myself
generally when I'm almost home. as soon as I get within sight of my house, I pretty much have to run the rest of the way.
have pissed in the kitchen sink a couple times, as there is no way I'd make it up the stairs in time.
I saw my doctor about this last year and she said something along the lines of 'you are like a little child in many respects, you need to train your bladder'
what the hell.
took a piss on my mates doorstep once. he was taking ages answering the door. not on the doorstep really - into the bush to the side of the door. I couldn't shake his hand when he opened the door - he took this as a snub, but my reasons were legitimate AND courteous
Piss yes, shit no.
I haven't pissed myself either though.cat_race this'd this
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Sometimes I'm so shit I scare myself, does that count?
A few times
1) In the bath at same time as vomiting (food poisoning) - this is acceptable
2) At Truck festival, had been drinking alot- sharted. Disposed of pants.
3) Minorca- . About to jump off a cliff- adrenaline + hangover = shat. Getting in the sea to wash my trunks was a great incentive to jump though
4) Have sharted at least one other time in the house. Again, drink related.
Last year...
i was abroad, lost in the residential part of some unfamiliar Eastern European city and suddenly realised i was going to shit myself quite badly. No public toilets anywhere to be seen, just grubby high-rise flats. The only people i could see anywhere was an old woman and a young guy hanging out of a window, they didn't speak English, but must've understood the international hand signals for "bout to shit me'sen", so waved for me to come round to the door.
Without really thinking, i just gave her all the money i had on me, steamed in, and delivered a shit so brutal that the wallpaper started curling off. Weirdly, the toilet was some sort of laundry as well, clothes hanging from ceiling maidens, piles of bedding everywhere, and the loo itself was some sort of weird DIY effort with a peddle flush.
When i'd finished, the living room was opposite, with the door ajar, so i popped my head in apologise again, and the whole extended family were there having their sunday dinner. They made me sit down and eat (some sort of roast but with like a fried rosti instead of meat) and they all just sat around watching me and laughing.
There was one guy there who seemed a bit suspicious, like. Basic alpha male stuff. Just sat there in his short with no top on looking at me funny. He got up to go to the toilet after a while, so i decided that was the best way to make a dart for it, but they didn't want me to go.
I told someone about this later and they basically said that all of those people probably lived in that tiny flat, and that they'd be glad for the extra money. Then i remembered when i sold an old Sky box to a guy online and his Mrs knocked out a killer shit in the lav whilst i was showing him it worked. Crafty bastard said she needed a piss. Bearing that in mind, maybe it wasn't that weird afterall.littlebirds and chris_81 this'd this
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As a rule, my alpha-male status is rarely threatened
by a stranger who has just almost shat himself. Must be a cultural thing.no-class this'd this
Think it was more the barging into his flat, destroying his bathroom, putting away a sunday dinner and giving his old queen some sherry tokens, etc, etc,
Perhaps i should've gone the whole hog and jumped into his chair when he left the room, lit up one of his cigarettes and stuck teletext on.andyvine, areyouarealdoctor, PickledOeuf, and Mehodor this'd this
Nearly happened at Leeds festival a couple of times
Due to the inevitable reluctance to use the bogs, combined with that weird chlorine-heavy water they have on site which always seemed to set my stomach off. Missed a buch of bands as a result too. Also had a week of suffering 'the fear' whenever I needed to fart after a bout of severe gastric flu (during which I had explosively shat myself in my parents shower too)
Gastric flu is the worst
After a while you just stay sat on the loo all day, rather than going back to bed, and having to get up and run immediatelychris_81 this'd this
In my second stay in hospital last year, this dude kept shitting himself and like just hiding his shit stained hospital pants anywhere
Dunno why, everyone on my bit all had problems that were based around the intestines, no judgement
Not sure if it's a reflection of my maturity level, probably is
but there are tears of laughter streaming down my face after having read this thread. Thanks guys.chickenlover, gonad, and fitzcarraldo this'd this
Only time I've ever come close
I was in New York on holiday, and had just been to this Jewish deli where I ordered this pastrami sandwich which was about the size of my head, just a small amount of bread and shit loads of meat, with some fries on the side.
When the waiter came out with it, the stereotypical witty NY Jew proprietor (really not meant as a pejorative, I LOVE that shit) made a big show for the whole place - "Hey what the hell Marvin you got him the child's portion? This guy could eat three of those no pwoblem. Sir, I'm sorry for this, I really am, the cwofee's on the house. Where you fwom? London? You never see a sandwich like that in London huh? You get like two slices and too much salad right? Enjoy your meal sir."
I didn't finish it, though the scene encouraged me to try my best. About two blocks away from the deli I could feel my insides becoming increasingly pissed off with what I had done to them. I needed a toilet. One of my friends was being a cock and insisting we were in a rush to get to some department store, and by the time we got there I was seriously close to shitting myself (the free coffee hadn't helped).
I ran (or rather shuffled along as quickly as I could without parting my legs too much for fear of allowing the torrent loose) through the store desperately looking for a toilet and when I found one it was a case of whipping my trousers down just in time for a literal shit storm to erupt out of me.
I was in there for about 20 minutes.
wouldn't have imagined a story about nearly shitting yourself would make me hungry
but I could really go a pastrami sandwich right now
Nearest miss recently was after a club night
It took four attempts to leave the club because I kept having to run back in to eject more liquid shit.
I finally made it to the car but felt that awful rumbling again but shouted "JUST DRIVE, THERE'S A GARAGE DOWN THE ROAD!"
It was closed.
So was the next one. And the next one. And the "24 hour" Tesco with a phenomenally well-lit car park that we drove several miles out of our way to get to.
After a point I just had that calm certainty that I was going to shit myself. It was a half hour drive. There's just no way. I was gripping the seat and sweating bullets the whole way but I made it. My god, it was a photo finish, but I made it.
Has anyone ever had a little wee from laughing?
No, me neither.
Once I had a real 'situation'
in this pub in Hackney. I just made it to the loo in time but MY GOD was it an explosive show. End of story.
Oh no, wait.
Turns out there wasn't any fucking toilet roll. Had to use my own boxers to wipe my arse. Brilliant. End of story.
Oh no, wait.
Turns out there wasn't even a fucking bin for me to throw the boxers in so I just left them on the floor of the loo.
And then when I left the loo there was a man waiting who would have walked straight in and seen the boxers so I had to leave the pub.
It's threads like this that keep me coming back to DiS
Not even being facetious - well done everyone, steller showing in here.
Mate once had abit of a dicky tummy after some dodgy chicken and was feeling ready to burst. We were out in some dive of a club and the chap with all the aftershave in the toilets had commandeered all the bog roll - he was flogging it for a quid a roll. My friend dutifully paid up and emptied himself, while this entrepreneur stood in front of the cubicle door for him (no locks). I reckoned this probably contravened his Human Rights, but he told me that in the circumstances a pound was a fair price.
i shit myself at a party once
i was about 15, was on the strongbow despite, was feeling a bit ill anyway, thought it was safe to fart.
didn't say goodbye to anyone just went home, shat some more, put my shitty trousers in the wash.
my mum's never mentioned it and neither have i


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You probably all know how a blue Monday feels. When you wake up and you still look tired, your hair isn't working with you and you have a bad skin? My Monday was exactly that.
Then you probably also know how a common Friday feels. You're tired, happy it's the last day of the "working" week and exited for the night, because you're going to spend it with your friends. It's not Monday or Friday, because today it's Tuesday.
And today I feel tired and I want it to be Friday already. Unfortunately I have to wait a few more days so I can lay in bed all day long with series and lots of food. (Probably won't happen, because there is so much to do..)
So for now coffee will have to be my new best friend and that would be a better friendship if it wasn't so expensive. (One cup of coffee isn't that expensive, but when you drink 3 cups a day it is...)
I'm sorry for the whining you lovely readers, tomorrow will be a better day.
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Imagine the predicament of a man who is told that the only way he can earn release from his chastity belt is by wearing a bra for as long as amuses his keyholder. Perhaps she fancies making him wear panties too, or perhaps skirts and stockings are the order of the day as far as his feminization is concerned. Of course, the choice is his, but unless he does what he's told, there'll be no escape from the steel penis prison which emasculates him just as much as the feminine attire he'll soon find himself wearing - like it or not!
Whether donning all the lingerie a woman would is so arousing as to only add to his sexual frustration or just the thought of doing so is acutely embarrassing, one thing's the same - a chastity belt is sure to provide all the motivation a man needs to feminize himself for his keyholder's pleasure. from belt to bra follows four such men through their adventures in male chastity and feminization as they dress like women in order to perform as a man.
- Bruce is being trained to wear a bra by his wife. Lucy makes no secret of the fact that she ultimately wants to see her husband brassiered all the time, and with the keys to his chastity device at hand to help persuade him, it's only a matter of time before she'll get what she wants. However terrifying the prospect of wearing a bra to work might be, Bruce knows that doing as he's told is the only way to earn enough points to be released from his ever increasing frustration - yet his wife is hungry for more! Find out what happens to this lingerie wearing man in Bruce's Bra Training.
- When Stella wants to play dress up with her husband, Keith finds that he has no choice but to comply - that is, if he wants to be let out of his chastity device any time soon! Allowing his wife to treat him like a living doll seems like a small price to pay for an early release from his intimate incarceration, but by the time Stella is finished with him, Keith will find himself becoming even hornier. Feminized for his wife's amusement, her plaything will take on all the trappings of a busty bimbo in the process, as you'll discover when you read Playing Dress Up.
- Adam finds himself locked up for longer than he might like when his girlfriend loses the keys to his chastity belt. Thankfully Naomi knows exactly where she's left them, but that won't stop her boyfriend having to spend the weekend in enforced chastity. If only she hadn't made him wear steel leg restraints as well, he'd at least be able to wear men's clothing for the duration of his ordeal - as it is, Adam's about to become thoroughly feminized as well as emasculated! Follow his fortunes in female attire in Shackled.
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Grab everything you need and put it out so they're ready to go. Let's cook!
Music: "Tennesee Hayride" by Jason Shaw licensed under CC BY 3.0
Wash the bell pepper, then cut off the top, stand the pepper upright, and carve away the outside of the pepper. (Remember to tuck your fingertips under so they stay safe!) You'll end up with the core containing the seeds, which you can discard. If any seeds are then still sticking to the pepper sides, give the pepper piece a good smack and the seeds will pop right off.
Now let's chop the jalapeño. Similarly to the bell pepper, cut off the top. Then cut it in half. Use gentle pressure and a back-and-forth sawing motion to gently carve out the seeds and white pith. Do not force the knife blade, ever—it could slip onto your fingers! Once the seeds and pith are removed, cut each half into long strips. Then line them up and cut into little tiny dice.
Now let's do the onion. Cut off the top, and then in half. This exposes the edge of the skin so you can peel it right off.
Cut off the root ends of the onion. Then, align your knife lengthwise to the onion. Start at one edge and, angling your knife inwards, make thin wedge-shaped cuts until you've gone almost halfway. Do the same to the other side. You'll end up with the center of the onion, which you can slice vertically in half.
We cut the onion this way for two reasons: 1) we want them to be in strips like the bell pepper for presentation reasons, and 2) we don't want to end up with differently-sized onion pieces that cook at different rates. If you cut onions the other way into half-rings, you'll end up with little inner pieces that cook quickly and big outer pieces that cook slowly. It's all about consistency here!
Finally, if you want mushrooms in your fajitas, then let's add mushrooms! First give them a quick rinse under running water.
Cooking shows say you should wipe down each individual mushroom with a damp paper towel. The thinking goes: mushrooms absorb water and immersing them can dilute their flavor. But you know what? Ain't nobody got time for that, and it doesn't actually make a huge difference. So go ahead and rinse!
Now cut off the tough lower stems of the mushrooms, and slice them thinly. Set them aside separately from the bell peppers, etc. because we'll cook them separately later.
Exact measurements are not important here. Neither are ingredients, as long as there's chili powder and garlic powder in there somewhere. (Everything is better with garlic!) Here is a quick spice rub I made up from things I had on hand:
I'm sure you've seen pre-made spice rubs in your grocery store. But I say ignore them and make your own! Sure, it seems intimidating to buy like seven jars of individual spices, instead of that one nice jar of spice rub, but if you are going to learn how to cook, you'll need to build up a basic palette of spices anyway. Think of it as buying colors for a painting: it's better to get red, yellow, and blue so you can mix any colors you want, instead of a particular shade of green that you'll only use when painting a certain type of grass.
Mix it all up with your hands and have a taste. Yum!
Sprinkle half the steak rub on one side of the steak and really rub it in with your hands!
Don't be shy about using a lot of rub, at least 1 tablespoon per side. The salt in it helps dry out the surface of the meat, allowing that nice browned crust to develop. Plus it's only coating the very outside of the steak. You need the flavor to be a bit strong so it's not too bland when you eat.
Repeat on the other side.
If you don't like touching raw meat, think of this as an opportunity to conquer the heck out of your fears. Just remember, soap and water will always be there for you. Always.
After this, we'll let the steak sit. This will give it some time to come to absorb the flavors and warm up to room temperature while we do other things. Remember, room temperature steak cooks more evenly than steak fresh out of the refrigerator.
Now we're going to sauté the veggies.
Heat up a tablespoon or so of high-heat oil (like canola) in your skillet over medium-high heat.
How to tell if your oil is hot enough to add veggies? You can drop in a piece of veg and see if it makes a sizzling sound. If so, add everything else in. If not, wait a bit.
When the oil's ready, add in all the chopped up veggies. Also add a good pinch of salt and grind of pepper.
Stir and flip the pieces, then wait a bit, then stir some more. Your goal is to let all pieces take a turn being in contact with bottom of the pan. That's where they'll get nicely caramelized by the heat.
Don't stir constantly, else you're letting too much heat dissipate. But don't let it sit still for too long either, or the pieces at the bottom will burn. It takes a bit of practice, to get the rhythm right, but you'll get the hang of it!
When the veggies are looking a tiny bit softened, add the japaleños. (They need less time to cook, so we're just adding them now.)
Then keep doing what you've been doing, until everything is nicely soft, and caramelized. Eat a piece to check—it should have no crunch, and taste sweet and nutty.
When they're done, take them out of the pan and put them in a bowl.
Okay! Now we're finally getting sear-ious (Yeah… we couldn't resist).
Searing refers to cooking the outside of the meat to a deep brown crust. To get a proper sear, you need three things: oil, very high heat, and patience. It basically works like this: you heat some oil in a pan until it's very hot. Then you add the meat. The minute the meat hits the pan, you want to hear a very loud, signature sizzle. After that, you want to leave it there for a good 3-4 minutes. Don't be tempted to move it around or fuss with it (meat that's not fully seared will stick to the pan anyway). Just be patient and let it cook and develop that crust. When it's ready to flip, you'll know because it will release easily from the pan.
Okay, now that you know what to expect, let's start! Wipe down the skillet you just used with a wet paper towel. Make sure you get all the crispy blackened residue from the onions etc, leaving just a sheen of oil.
If you have a hood fan over your stove, now's a good time to turn it on. Searing anything will produce quite a bit of smoke and you want the hood to suck it all up. Otherwise your fire alarm might make its presence very, very known.
Now turn the stove on high, as far as it will go. Pour about a tablespoon of oil into the pan and swirl it around to cover the whole pan. Wait for it to "shimmer"—you'll know when you see it. That's when you know the oil is nice and HOT.
Then put the meat in! Remember, no prodding or flipping. Wait a good 3 minutes (use your timer).
If your pan starts to give off a lot of smoke, that may be a sign of burning, so lower the heat to medium or medium-low. That gives a chance for your pan to cool down. Then wait for the smoke to subside and readjust the heat back up.
When the timer goes off, take a peek at the underside to see if it's well-seared. Then flip.
Let the other side sear about 3 minutes, then take the steak out of the pan and put it on a plate.
Look at that beauty! Before you bite into it (We know, it's tempting…), let's see if it's properly cooked.
For steak, we generally aim for medium to medium-rare. Some people like their steak almost raw in the center, a.k.a. "rare" , and some like it completely cooked through, a.k.a. "well-done" but at that point it's chewy and tough. Let's aim for the middle.
There are 3 ways to test for done-ness. Here they are, in order from easiest to most advanced:
So what happens if your steak is undercooked? No worries! Put it on a baking tray and put it in your oven on 400ˆ F for 5 minutes (use your timer so you don't forget). Then take it out and check again.
When your steak is perfectly medium rare, cover it in foil and set it on the counter to rest. Resting allows the protein fibers to relax and re-absorb some of the meat's juices, so that when you go to cut it, the deliciousness won't all leak out.
Sauté the mushrooms in oil just like we did with the peppers and onion. They will start go give off a lot of water, but just keep cooking and the water will evaporate and the mushrooms will eventually brown.
When done, take the mushrooms out and put them with the onions and bell pepper.
Why are we sautéeing the mushrooms separately instead of with the onions and pepper? Because the mushrooms give off so much water, they will "steam" your onions and peppers into mushy, limp oblivion and you don't want that. By cooking it separately, we let the mushroom do its thing, and the peppers and onions do theirs.
Heat a separate pan over medium heat and place a tortilla in the pan, one at a time, flipping after a few minutes. This warms them up and gives them back some of their nice pliable texture. Warm 3-4 per person you're serving.
When you've warmed all the tortillas you need, wrap them in a kitchen towel to keep them toasty.
If you like cilantro, now's the time to chop it up. Give it a quick rinse, then just go at it with your knife until it's turned into little pieces. Don't worry about being exact. (Tip: press down on the top of your knife with your other hand to get more leverage, so you cut all the way through the soft, thin leaves.)
Now take the steak out from its foil-cave and put it on your cutting board. Figure out the "grain" of the steak by examining the surface—you'll easily see what direction the muscle fibers run in. Once you've got that figured out, align your knife perpendicularly to the grain, and slice the steak into thin strips. This is called "cutting against the grain." Why do we cut this way? Skirt steak is one of the tougher cuts of beef, so cutting the muscle fibers short makes it easier to chew!
When you're done slicing your steak, put all the veggies back in the pan. If they got cold, turn on the heat and toss them around for awhile. Then turn off the heat, and put the steak slices on top.
Give it a good sprinkling of cilantro. Look at how pretty that is!
You're now ready to serve. Place the skillet on the table with the tortillas, sour cream, cheese, salsa, and a couple wedges of lime. Let each person help themselves and assemble their own fajitas. Yum!
You made some delicious food. Now go enjoy it!
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County Convention
The 2018 Hawai'i County Democratic Party convention will be held on Saturday April 28th from 8am-4pm at Sangha Hall in Hilo. This will be an exciting convention with a full agenda. Our program will include voting on new rules, resolutions, and party platform recommendations to be forwarded to the State Democratic Party for consideration. Only convention delegates are allowed to vote, though observers are welcome. All Delegates and Alternates to the State Convention voted in at Precinct Meetings on 3/7/18 are Automatically Delegates to the County Convention. Online registration is closed. If you are an elected or appointed delegate or wish to be an observer, we will do our best to accommodate you on a walk-up basis the morning of the convention.
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New rules, resolutions and platform will be determined at the pre-convention meeting held on April 7th from 11am-3pm at Waimea Elementary School cafeteria. Join us and add your voice to the process! CLICK HERE for more information, CLICK HERE to view a sample resolution.
At County Convention, look forward to meeting and hearing from over 20 incumbent and new candidates running for office in the 2018 elections. Hawai'i County Chair Margaret Wille will share her vision and provide a report on our current legislative session. State Party Chair Tim Vanderveer will also be in attendance, sharing his vision for the Democratic Party of Hawai'i and sharing information about our upcoming State Convention, being held on Hawai'i Island for the first time ever this year! If you're a State Convention Delegate or Alternate, remember to mark your calendar for this historic event on May 26th and 27th at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.
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James Reimbolt bid farewell to Hoover High School upon his graduation in 1940.
Now the World War II pilot has returned home, symbolically, at least, in the form of a Purple Heart awarded posthumously after he was shot down over Tunisia in 1943.
The medal was one of several personal items recently given to Hoover High School by James Reimbolt's younger brother, John Reimbolt, a member of the Class of 1942.
"The historic connection people have to this school, and the exceptional people that have come out of Hoover, it just makes me so proud," said Principal Jennifer Earl. "I want to continue the tradition."
The items will be included in a school museum currently under development, Earl said.
John Reimbolt contacted school officials earlier this year to see if they would be interested in the Purple Heart, said administrative secretary Stacy Toy. Last week, they received a large box that contained not only the medal, but photographs, newspaper clippings and letters related to James Reimbolt's military service and death.


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A curious discussion of terror risk, and a terror prediction futures market by some GMU economist types and at the Chronicle's Footnoted blog.
I don't know enough to about econ to assess the value of such a market, but I do wish that some one would set up a Privacy Breach Futures Market so we could make the security analystas put their magic quadrants where their mouths are. (Or vice versa: whichever would be more unpleasant.) Viz, the TJX OMG!!1! MILLIONS IN PWNAGE!! NO!!BILLIONS! analysis found on Computerworld. Maybe something more along the lines of buying squares in a football pool would offer as much predictive value as the collective voices of these cats.
Photo courtesy The Prodigal Son.
And yes, this is the second consecutive post with a Broken Social Scene related title. Because Broken Social Scene are one of my top five most favorite things that are Canadian.
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Congratulations to Andrew Noble for shooting a 71 and winning his first collegiate golf tournament. The tournament was played at The Links at Jacksonville Golf Club with 11 teams, 57 participants
Congratulations to Robert Jepson for his 76 at Long Beaches finest Recreation park golf course. First time breaking 80 and doing it by a bunch and obviously Best Round Ever
Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Swanson for his 89 at Skylinks of Long Beach. That is his first time breaking 90 and of course his Best round ever.
Congratulations to Jeff Macham for his +7 round last weekend in Long Beach. Best round ever.
Congratulations to Mr. B Ransfer for shooting an 81 Last Thursday in LA. Best round ever by 10strokes.
Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Swanson for his 85 at Skylinks of Long Beach. That is his first time breaking 85 and of course his Best round ever.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Wittenberg for shooting a 74 at Skylinks golf course in Long Beach (with a three put on 18) This is his first time under 75 and of course Best round ever.
Congratulations to Chris Schwabe for shooting a 99 at Rec Park golf course in Long Beach This is his first time under the 100 mark and of course Best round ever.
Congratulations to Tommy Jacobson for shooting a 81at the Navy golf course (with a triple on 17 and a double on 18) Tommy really had it going for a while. Best round ever.
Congratulations to Lisa Croft for shooting a 91 at Fullerton golf course This is her first time under 100 and she did it in style and of course Best round ever.
Congratulations to Ryan Zuchero for shooting +4 today at Harbor Gc Ryan was plus 4 after two holes and par'd the golf the rest of the way in. By far Best round ever.
Congratulations to Tommy Jacobson for shooting a 78 at SkyLinks Golf Course. I was there playing with Tommy to see it for myself. Tommy Shot the back nine in even par 36 while of course achieving his Best round ever.
I think you enjoy the game more if you don't know the rules. Anyway you're on the same wavelength as the referees. ~Jonathan Davies, 1995
If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls' sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such. ~Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out. ~George Brett, 1986
Losing is the great American sin. ~Jerome Holtzman
The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important, where you would put it. ~Roger Bannister
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? ~Vince Lombardi
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. ~Emil Zatopek
It's like going into a nuclear war with bows and arrows. ~Joe Kinnear, comparing finances and resources in high-dollar and low-dollar sports teams
I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church. ~Robin Williams, 1982
Officials are the only guys who can rob you and then get a police escort out of the stadium. ~Ron Bolton
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass. ~Randall "Tex" Cobb
I was called "Rembrandt" Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas. ~Bob Hope
To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of the spark. ~Roland Barthes
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you get off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking. ~Gene Mauch


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LG Series Throttling device, Matched with differential pressure meter or differential pressure transmitter, throttling device will compose a differential pressure type flow meter. It is widely used to measure, control and adjust the flow of liquid, gas and water vapour under single phase...
LG Series Throttling device
Matched with differential pressure meter or differential pressure transmitter, throttling device will compose a differential pressure type flow meter. It is widely used to measure, control and adjust the flow of liquid, gas and water vapour under single phase condition.
The throttling device and assembly produced by our company accords to GB/T-2624 AND ISO5167 standard. The throttling element are standard pore plate, standard nozzle, major axis nozzle segmental orifice plate, 1/4 circular orifice plate, wing wind measurement device uniform celerity tube, double venture tube and so on. Selecting pressure methods are angle type selecting pressure and special selecting pressure. Supply form includes assembly and complete set, thus it is widely used in produce and experimental process of industries like oil, chemical industry, metallurgy, electricity, paper making, spinning, food, military project, energy and environment protection etc.
Working principle
When the fluid flows through the throttling element in the pipeline, the striation will cause local contraction in the throttling element position, thereby increase the flow velocity and reduce the static pressure, hence, it creates static pressure difference(differential pressure) before and behind the throttling element, the greater the fluid flow velocity is, the larger the differential pressure is. You can measure the quantity of the flow flowing through the throttling device by measuring the differential pressure based on the law of conservation of energy and flow continuous equation.
Model explanation
Model of throttling device and assembly is composed of three –group code, the form and code meaning is shown as follows:
Instrument type:
L- flow meter
Supply style
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G- throttling element
C-major axis nozzle
Throttling element type
B- pore plate
P -nozzle
W- venturi tube
H- 1/4 circular orifice plare
T- lens mat orifice plate
S- double orifice plate
K- annular orifice plate
J- wing wind measurement device
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Z- uniform celerity tube
VZ- cone-shaped tube
X- wedge-shaped tube
Selecting pressure type
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(ring chamber selecting pressure)
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J- span selecting pressure
Z- directly drilling selecting pressure
B- eight-slot orifice plate(or nozzle) special selecting pressure
H- welding orifice plate (or nozzle) special selecting pressure
X- current-limiting small orifice plate
Normal pressure grade
I-PN16MPa above
Nominal diameter(steel tube outer diameter× wall thickness)
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Condenser installed between throttling device and differential pressure transmitter to make the high-temperature steam transformed to condensate water, is used to measure steam or other high-temperature medium
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Skip to comments.Iranian Alert - March 9, 2006 - Iran now faces the UN Security Council, Plus Tehran Protest Update
Posted on 03/09/2006 3:00:39 PM PST by DoctorZIn
Top News Story
Iran now faces the UN Security Council.
- BBC News reported that Iran's nuclear program is being forwarded to the UN Security Council for consideration of possible punitive action.
- Reuters reported that the U.N. S.C. is expected to meet on Iran next week.
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office published a Statement on Iran on Behalf of France, Germany and The UK to the IAEA.
Iran threatens the US in response.
- Reuters reported that Iran's UN representatives said if the U.N. Security Council took up the issue of Tehran's nuclear research: "The United States may have the power to cause harm and pain but it is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if the United States wishes to choose that path, let the ball roll."
- Zee News reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that the world must give in.
- The Financial Times reported that an Iranian official said that the calculations of Iran's leadership on the nuclear issue were being complicated by a growing concern that the real interest of the Bush administration was not Iran's nuclear program but in regime change.
- World Tribune.com reported that in a major escalation Iran has deployed elite forces to confront the U.S. military in Iraq.
- Iran Focus reported that Ayatollah Rafsanjani said that the United States was faced with defeat in the Middle East.
The US response.
- Reuters reported that the White House rejected as provocative Iran's statement's that the United States could feel "harm and pain" if the U.N. Security Council took up the issue of Tehran's nuclear research.
- The Financial Times reported that the US laid out a step-by-step plan to apply pressure on Iran starting with seeking a binding chapter seven resolution designed to "isolate" the Islamic regime.
- ABCNet reported that the US Government has singled out Iran as among the world's worst human rights abusers.
Israel tells Security Council to stop Iran or it will.
- Reuters reported that Israel's defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, said if the United Nations Security Council is incapable of stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Israel will have no choice but to defend itself.
Iranian people increasingly concerned over nuclear crisis.
- The Washington Post reported that Iranians are expressing unease about the international showdown over their country's nuclear program, as broad public support for atomic power is tempered by growing misgivings about the cost.
The mainstream media ignored the March 8th "Women's Day" Demonstrations in Iran.
- Early reports indicated there were three demonstrations in Tehran and more were reported around the nation and they were met with violence and force.
- Iran Focus reported that hundreds of women gathered Wednesday afternoon in Tehran's Laleh Park and took part in a demonstration against the Iranian government.
- SMCCDI reported that tens of female demonstrators and a well known poet, Simin Behbahani, were injured due to the brutality used against the demonstrators.
- Samii Shahla reported that a group of about 130 women's rights activists who gathered in Deneshjoo Park in central Tehran to celebrate International Women's Day were brutally beaten by the police. Photos.
Brits consider internal regime change in Iran.
- Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian calls for a European approach to supporting democracy in Iran.
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- The New York Sun published the full text of Michael Ledeen's testimony on Iran before House Committee on International Relations. A must read.
- Michael Rubin, Amercian Enterprise Institute reviewed Bill Beeman's book, In The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs."
- Defence Talk reported that Iran's armed forces have deployed a new locally-built submarine in Persian Gulf waters.
- The New York Times reported that train services linking Pakistan with neighboring Iran were suspended indefinitely following bombings and rocket attacks on the rail.
- And finally, Cox & Forkum published a cartoon: Made in Iran.
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I'm not inclined to post too much right now; I'm just waiting and watching for the hammer to come down.
The UN? "Famous Anus"? The mullahs must be quaking in terror..
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Drug diary (excerpts)
I look like someone who was born in a sewer and never crawled out. Journalist? Film critic? What a laugh. No one in the neighborhood believed it. I wouldn't have believed either. No dignity, no pride. Just a filthy animal who'll rob anyone with their back turned.
Viktor Kubiszyn's (1979) first, autobiographical novel, Drug Diary (A documentary novel) was published in 2011, and it achieved instant success. The writer, who quit his drug addiction of his own accord, received a request from the literary website litera.hu, on the first anniversary of his rebirth in 2010, to write a diary. The short story-like infernal trip piqued the interest of a publishing house, and they ordered a whole book based on the story. The precise, carefully crafted sentences of Drug Diary reveal a layer of reality that has so far been handled as taboo in literary works. Apart from its value as sociography, the novel also seems to foreshadow the birth of a new literary genre.
Drug Diary (excerpts)
I want to quit because I have no money. I'm wiped out from constant stress. Of feeling sick. Of dying. Of everything being a total mess, of the ZONE killing me, of the endless hallucinations, the voices, of not being able to die even though I want to, but being too much of a coward to live. I can't steal anymore, or mooch off anyone, and even the Gypsy kids avoid me. I'm a zombie. I stumble from one withdrawal to the next and the Black Hole sucks me in. I have to get out of here.
Shit, I am so finished.
The trees put one last effort into staying green before dropping their leaves. Dog-walking grannies and moms with little kids flood the park, plus a few bums not clutching their jug wine yet, seeing as how it's still morning. It's an hour without perspective, you shiver inside and out, your brain's a dry dust-bunny. Space fills the void where your body and soul should be, and moving is impossible. I stare at the park from behind my shades, coiled around a bench, trying to organize my thoughts. The dogs bother me, the Indian summer bothers me, the sunshine bothers me, the pebbles gritting under sneakers and Scholl sandals bother me. I scan my field of view for discarded butts. I spot one, but I have no energy to reach down for it.
I don't even know how I ended up here. Am I waiting for someone? Perhaps I only fled from the small, dark hole, the place I stay with a few others, empty after I sold everything. We pass in and out through the window, since I have no key to the security door: one advantage of ground floor living.
I head over to the Catholic Alcoholic Aid Center to make a phone call, to dial the number I got from an opium-snorting alkie painter I met when my mother dragged me to their spiritual therapy session, thinking she saw a glimmer of hope that I'd quit. This dude stopped using after rehab too. He took one look at me at group therapy, my bruised head, the circles under my eyes, my jutting bones, the sores on my hands, and all he said was: Cut out.
He knew I'd run myself ragged till I dropped, or until I found the right moment to change direction. 'Cause you can talk your ass off to a junkie. Until the spark comes by itself, it's no use. Luckily, when the spark came, I had that phone number.
I walk across the city from the slums to high street. I phone from the CAAC. They give me some grub and a handful of tranquilizers. I'm trying to get rehab.
This is the choice I have made.
They do an addiction severity assessment to appraise the danger of my situation: What do you use? How much? How long? Work? Living conditions? Family? Relationships? Quitting attempts? Are you wanted by the police? Previous charges?
Afterwards, you could spend several months waiting, but one month is the minimum… You get wait-listed even if you're in a really bad state.
I try to tell the truth about myself, but I lie about some things because I've got this fear and loathing inside me, as if I were standing on the rim of a dark well.
I head over to the Crossroads Mission. They do some preliminary care for rehab.
The girl there is really nice. Strange how she doesn't try to save me or even tell me off, doesn't say what a prick I am, how I'm prepped for death. Instead, she's outright happy to see me, almost ecstatic about my desire to change. She knows nothing about me. All she sees is a forty-kilo drug dog, pale, reeking of jug wine, wearing three sweaters. She seems overjoyed to be with me. What an incredible experience. I can't remember the last time anyone was happy to see me.
Then I go off to wait for the Man.
The rain falls in slimy clumps, forms a membrane around me and soaks me, every cell in my body slops around in the gray goo. I could wring the wet out of my cotton hood. The heat is stifling and it just keeps raining, raining, raining, and never stops.
My hand aches, my face oozes puss, my body and the backs of my hands are covered in rashes. I need a referral for an HIV/Hepatitis test. The doctor merely glances at me and immediately signs the form. I try not to get too wired before I show up at Crossroads. Two weeks after I made the phone call, I'm headed to rehab. It's not too far from the city, but light years away from the Zone.
I'm empty.
I'm dead.
Those Who Measure Time in Drops
Being a junkie is a way of life.
It saturates everything, every moment. You change because the dope transforms you. That's what it's all about. The STATE. That infinite moment. The eternally rewritten inner movie where the outside world plays hardly any role.
This lifestyle is a twenty-four hour job, and there are no holidays.
THERE IS NOTHING. Only the hunger, the desire, and time obliterate.
I wake up in the morning, or whenever the sun sets. I don't ever really sleep anymore, or dream. It's a perpetual state of half-awake, half-asleep. If I lie down, the brain-movie kicks in. I sit for hours on the bed by lamplight, in this ground-floor ghetto apartment, where the lights must burn even during daylight hours. They're on all the time. I need the light, though it aches. They haven't disconnected the electricity yet. That's a plus. The hours, days, weeks, months all fuse into one. Things happen because I need the money, I need the STATE, I need to be inside it. I meet people, I make money, I sell, steal, steal, sell, lie, scuttle and whirl, in dark places and streets at night, in sunlight and rain.
I don't leave the Zone.
It's been a year, maybe two, or even an eternity that I've been here. I never go past that invisible border stretching beyond the Mickey D's on the corner. Out there, the world's a different place. One I can barely remember. Not like I care.
The people go about their daily business. They have goals.
So do I.
I've got books to sell. A mobile phone to sell. I sell my fridge, my washing machine, everything. Hey dude, just take whatever I've got and gimme the dough. Five thousand, ten thousand or two, who cares, today I'm gonna get high, and that's the only thing that matters. All I've got is five-hundred? No prob. I can make it into eight grand, or sixty, depending on how soon I get my fix.
It's a wonder no one's stabbed me yet.
I'm probably kept safe by looking like death warmed over. I'm skinny and a psycho to boot. Sometimes I hear stories told behind my back and tales about others too, of course. The gossip factory's in full swing, but people drop faster than flies here. The dude I hung with yesterday is old news today, or just a memory in the glue-tripping brain of some girl remembering his cock, his tenderness, his random kisses.
Horrorshow, dyevushka, horrorshow. Now I've become a true punk, a burnt out, nihilist junkie. I could care less about it all.
I wake up and head out.
I'm hyped. Psychosis.
It's nighttime. Or dawn.
I sponge from tourists, collect bottles, or find a bar where I can talk a few beers out of someone. It's easier to do if you're high.
I've got my hoodie on with a turtleneck. In summer. Tattered, greenish-gray Replay cargo pants and my seven year-old orange Converse sneaks, one size too big and ripped, but good for looking cool from a certain twisted ghetto perspective. Just like the second-hand, hooded alienmonkeyz kiddie shirt I bought in Berlin, light and dark blue, made for twelve year-olds. Fits me perfect.
My face is full of lesions. I get kicked out of every seedy bar, I move on, who cares.
I lie down on a bench.
Being a junkie is a way of life.
I'm far away from everything.
I'm a druggie, doin' just fine, thanks.
At last, my double life has become one.
I finally feel at home.
After a few months, it makes no difference who I was.
The rhythm of relapse is intangible. One day I decided I needed a nice stout hit so I popped some Rivotril and washed it down with booze. I woke up in detox a week later and had no idea what happened, except for a few flashes. I'd been off to see the Man I'd never met before, but it wasn't hard finding him in my neighborhood.
Incredible selection, various packets, friendly service. It took two minutes for the Zone to suck me in. The weeks, months pass and I'm submerged, time stops, every day is the same.
I am compulsion and obsession.
I look like someone who was born in a sewer and never crawled out. Journalist? Film critic? What a laugh. No one in the neighborhood believed it. I wouldn't have believed either. No dignity, no pride. Just a filthy animal who'll rob anyone with their back turned.
I wake up and I have money.
Where did I get it?
Who knows?
I ripped off a homo, a chick, or maybe I sold something?
Who cares?
I live minute to minute.
I've withdrawn myself from the world.
Live in a parallel reality.
Peculiar people walk down the streets. They don't understand my thoughts.
I'm forty kilos. Living dead.
Junkie. Druggie. Alkie. Bum. Thief.
A pathetic loser. I don't really care.
The walls collapse in on me.
I'm a heap of shivers.
The neighborhood is empty, but the walls of the buildings slip and slide like they do every night when the zombies of the day vanish and the shimmer of the dopers spills out onto the street.
And of course my Man is late.
He's always late.
Only a teeth-grinding Gypsy kid approaches me on the street. He's on a bad trip, I can feel his aura. He stares over my shoulder and clenches his fist.
"You got a smoke for a brother?"
I nearly pass out from the smell of paint thinner.
"Naw, I pick up butts, bro."
A wasteland of wasted puppets on a decaying, empty street. I've been waiting for the Man an eternity. The whole street's about to collapse in on me, even the filthy glow of the flickering street light swinging above me hurts. No wonder the huffing leech zoomed in on me. I seeped into his hallucination with my vibes. He feels my thrashing cells.
"Gimme a smoke, c'mon."
I'm just trying to survive another second and this dude's about to cut me. I go off on a rant, my screeching cells dictating.
"That's übermensch, bro, übermensch. It's how my systems run. The asswipes down at detox, they snapped the spiral clamp that bound my heart and soul, the motherfuckers. Shit, you hearin' me? They got out their spokes and shredded my sweet ol' clamp. But a buddy of mine and his pals're gonna fuck 'em up for sure, y'know?"
I have to survive this so I improvise. I slash open this zonked kid with my words. He needs to haul ass and I need my Man. I lean against the wall before I cave in. The kid stumbles on, mumbling to his ninjas.
I despise the shakes.
I've got tobacco somewhere, bits and pieces from collected butts, and I've got sweat-soaked, cheapo rolling paper in my back pocket, but I just can't move. The only way I could roll is if I squatted down and leaned against the wall, pressed my elbows into my belly, braced my head, and assembled the cig in my lap. The hardest part would be licking the paper 'cause my neck is shaking so bad. And I sure as hell don't feel like doing yoga right now.
My Man finally appears on the corner, floating above the pavement, a halo around his head. My mouth is dry and the air stabs my eyeballs like needles.
Finally, brother, I thought you'd never show!
He looks radiant to me in his shining fake Adidas sneaks, otherworldly sweatpants, black Nike tank, three-quarter-length leather jacket and five o'clock shadow. He's got two eye-teeth missing as he grins at me. The street lamp glints on his earring.
"Hey, listen, you know Pete, the guy with the crescent moon inked on his face? Just got out of the slammer," he says, and I know this party's just slipped into a void. Bastard. There's no junk, I should have known. "Me and him, we shot the last bindle, but chill, we'll score some in a sec."
Sure, just keep yapping, douche bag, instead of bringing me salvation.
Never trust a druggie.
My bones are splintering.
"It was flea powder, man, the stuff barely hit. Four Tigers must've fucked me over. But it was enough for Pete to get blasted after four months, the little cocksucker."
He knows I've got the chucks. He smirks and pulls out a plastic bottle of alley-juice from his inside pocket.
"Take a swig, you look like shit."
Swine, I'm gonna collapse on you. You're to blame if I drop dead right here. My blood will be your stigma to mark you as a slave in the afterlife forever, you lowlife scumbag Gypsy, you.
I can barely hold the plastic wine bottle. It dents as I grip it. Oh man, this is great. It's still three-quarters full. I send it down in huge gulps, my neck shaking, some of it spills down my chin, I gag, and I feel the semi-sweet wine rotting my stomach. This revives me a bit.
"What's up with you, man? You got cash? You owe me a new bottle."
Sure, bro, anything, just let's go get the smack.
I pull my hood up.
We drift over to a shooting gallery where there's 24-hour service.
We're all junkies in the building, except for the old lady on the first floor.
We get right to it and do up in the stairwell.
A lonely, gray, formless drift. Giving nothing, showing nothing. I contract, everything becomes sharp, white. The whole world a blind spot. I don't think about the consequences.
There are no consequences. Hot, hot, ever hotter, almost boiling, outside, inside, slowly creeping up and burning, caressing, biting and kissing.
My head slumps.
I'm on the nod.
Never trust a druggie.
I run into Toothless Glue-Girl. She's propped against the wall. So am I.
"Got any Rivotril?"
"No, but we'll score some, okay?"
We'll score whatever you want, baby, just give me a whiff of that fine glue-bag of yours. Every bone in my body's shaking, oh what a grand narcotic mornin', sweltering hot, but I see you've forgotten to remove your coat, don't worry, I've got two sweaters going too, you know it, yeah, I've got the shakes, there aren't enough sweaters in the world to warm me. So how's about that huff, baby, or how's about two or three, then I'll take a look around my pad to see what we could sell. There's my gas stove, we'll surely find a buyer for it. But first I need to be able to move, please Lord, just help me budge, let's see that glue bag, 'ata girl, we'll score whatever you want. Rivotril, baby, the 2 milligram kind, the best, the sweetest. Frontin or Andaxin, 'cause a hit of Black Pearl seems unreachable now. But let's work together and swipe a liter of wine. It'll prop me up so I can rip someone off. Maybe the only choice we've got is some pervert fag with deep pockets, but that's just fine, baby, let's not be choosy.
"Everything's gonna be okay, honey," I say in encouragement.
She's got puss oozing from all the needle-pricks on her body, a bandaged foot in slippers, sweetheart's not yet thirty but she's such a rag-bag, even the bums avoid her. Sure, they avoid me too, feeling the Bad Spirit, knowing I'm even lower than they are, 'cause jug wine's not enough. I can pretend, but it just jacks me up, inflating me, till I roll straight into the Zone.
The structure of my life is not simply vertical, it's horizontal, spreading formlessly throughout all dimensions, steamrolling and crushing and oppressing and out and in and across and and and…
Loneliness, insatiability, neurosis and shivering, and sadness and terror and fear and loneliness. Swollen labia and blood-red toenails.
Thirst and tiles.
A blonde dawn in the slivers of a broken mirror. Cynical teeth-grinding in the neon desert. Twisted irises of the eye burst in spirals from the fur of predatory felines.
Bomb explosion, plastic shards in the escalator rust.
Simplicity, clarity, energy. The catatonic beauty of the matrix lines. An exploding pupil.
Woland floats over the street and talks to me.
I explode in a lava stone.
I explode in a ray of sun.
I blast off into space as I reach my vein, go into orbit, the Solar System smiles as I sail towards the nearest black hole.
Finality Appeal
I arrived to the Mission nearly a month ago, on October 12, 2009. I have been an addict for fifteen years. Over the course of these fifteen years I have taken prescription drugs (Rivotril, Xanax, Frontin, Andaxin, Leponex, etc.), marihuana and hashish, hallucinogens (LSD, Jimson weed, Morning glory, magic mushrooms, etc.), amphetamine derivatives, alcohol and heroin, have inhaled paint thinner, and have ingested almost anything I hoped would result in delirium (sometimes, in a psychotic state, I shot laundry detergent, drank aftershave, and huffed butane gas). In 2002, I made a more-or-less successful attempt at quitting: I managed to stay clean for two and a half years, but my addiction, my druggie-self was never extinguished. During this time, I buried myself in work. After two and a half years, I began using light drugs while still working and managed to keep this up for a year. Finally, in 2006, I fell back into complete polytoxicomania. Since then, I have tried to go cold turkey several times, but always on the street. I joined support groups, talked to addictionologists and psychiatrists, but from time to time, day to day, I slipped lower and deeper. My relationships disintegrated, I stole, lied, tried to make it out on the street, while my family gave up on me and I ended up in states of near-death or derangement. I heard of the Mission by chance and felt that I needed to get better. I had to come here. This is my first rehab treatment and would like it to be my last.
I feel that this is my last shot.
Though everything crumbled around me outside and I was quickly headed either to a mental institution or the grave, the hardest thing for me was making the decision to leave everything behind. I spastically clung to the last shreds of my life outside, the dead-end relationship with my girlfriend, and my junkie lifestyle. I really had to surprise myself in order to stop, but after I made the decision, I felt liberated. I felt that I wanted to get better and this was the place I had to be. I see that I may have a chance to heal. I don't expect my time here or my therapy to be easy, but I can identify the goal I'd like to achieve and this calms me. I often fracture, get caught up in obsessive manias, and have tons of problems, but I see and receive more and more solutions, either from certain members of the community, from my sponsor, or from the community as a whole. Though on the surface my greatest problem is using, I feel that the reasons for this are deeper, in the root of my personality. This self-destructive lifestyle can only be the direct consequence of deeper distortions. I feel that I am not, nor was ever, an adult. I see myself as mature in my mind and way of thinking, but unstable, lost, and uncertain with regards to emotions and practical life strategies. I would like to discover and understand the roots of my faults and distortions in order to heal these. I would like to change. I regard staying clean as the greatest virtue of the nearly one month that I've spent here. I have a more sober view of myself, of my life outside, my faults, my sins, and my past. I'm still staggering, but I try to "move towards the pain." I feel comfortable in this community and believe that I've managed to fit in as much as possible during such a short time. I receive love, acceptance, understanding and guidance from the community and this fills me with assurance and security. From the Mission I received tranquility and time: for healing and the possibility to change. Though I have only been here briefly, I have already noticed a change in the way I am and have discovered the seeds of development. I am trying to learn, understand, and experience the therapeutic methods. I focus closely on myself and the community, keep a journal (outside I never managed to be consistent about this either), and try to make the best of my time here in my own interest and those of others.
I would like to become whole again.
I hereby request the finality of my stay so I might be able to consistently pass through all the stages of treatment in order to have the strength to develop a new, clean life when I leave.
With many thanks.
Ráckeresztúr, November 8, 2009
Is it possible to overwrite fifteen years with one year of therapy?
True, God is capable of anything.
But I'm not.
What if I'm only fooling myself? I've deluded so many others in so many ways already, though not always deliberately. The others, the normal ones, the clean ones, call them what you want, they have no idea how much work goes into this. They don't understand the complexities. And they don't need to. No one will pat you on the back just because you're clean. Because you live sober. It should be basic. No one will praise you. But the thing is, they don't need to. They don't have to know. That's not their job. It's yours.
Practice love and humility in everyday life. Give it a shot if you can. Sometimes it's a struggle. The habits are stuck inside me, the reflexes are there, my demons stalk me. If my attention slackens, I click right back. Click.
In less than two minutes, I start lying, manipulating, evading, projecting, dodging, and faking. I become controlling and shifty. It's the best show you've ever seen. Just add a pinch of stress and here comes Rat Boy, the neurotic street scum, who'd sell his mother's soul for a bindle. Like he sold everything else. What if this whole love-trip is just another ruse? Another manipulation device? Yet another comfortable layer? I'd double-cross God if I had to.
'Cause I've got it all under control.
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Budapest: Jószöveg, 2011
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We are fortunate enough to have two studios, both based in Dumfries and Galloway.
The first is at 49 Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill. Thornhill is a small, vibrant town situated 15 miles north of Dumfries and just 15 miles from the M74 with easy access to Edinburgh and Glasgow - both being just over an hour away. There are changing facilities at the studio, as well as complimentary tea, coffee and wifi. There is plenty of on street parking in the village as well as public conveniences. If you decide to book in for a shoot, then why not visit one of the fabulous pubs or cafes afterwards? Thomas Tosh serves a range of snacks and lightbites whilst The Bucchleuch and Queensbury Arms and The Thornhill Inn are perfect for lunches or dinners. If you just fancy a sweet treat then Thornhill is even home to tartan chocolate - the Moniaive Chocaltiers are just down the road.
The second is The Studio at Brownhill is based just outside of Thornhill, approximately 8 miles North of Dumfries on the A76 with onsite parking. Changing facilities are also provided for your convenience.
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Below are examples of text written about the property written by Rabby Burns. The inglenook that he speaks of was in the room where your photographs will be taken. Bacon was the landlord at the time.
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And plenty of bacon each day in the year;
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"n honest Bacon's ingle-neuk,
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As head of the local alumni chapter, it is really heartwarming for me to see alumni from across so many generations come together. We had representation from the class of 1958 to the class of 2013 and even a prospective student! It's also great to meet alumni who are coming to their first alumni event. After all, the success of our events is because of your continuing support. And while there wasn't a lot of work that needed to be done to pull this event together, our hope is that you all had a great time mixing, mingling and reconnecting with Dr. Riley.
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|A packed house at the Chicago Chophouse, despite the rain.
|Dr. Riley reminding everyone that just because he's retiring, there's
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|Listening to Dr. Riley speak
|Listening to Dr. Riley speak
|Various generations of alumni came together for the
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|Dr. Riley with Oliver Munar, president of the local alumni chapter
Stay tuned for our next event: StFX Day. It's a Tuesday this year so make sure your calendar is clear!
Hail and Health,
Oliver Munar '98
President, Calgary chapter
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Moving forward, our catalog technology will become even more intuitive, as seen in our "Catalog of the Future" augmented reality (A/R) electronic catalog interface concept, also being showcased at AAPEX. This proprietary new tool allows parts professionals and service technicians to inspect vehicle systems, access and visualize parts and labor information, view installation instructions, order replacement components and perform a variety of other functions using a tablet computer or wearable device. By enabling users to complete these key tasks directly from the service bay, this latest innovation marks a new benchmark for catalog usability, efficiency and value.
It's been more than 30 years since our company introduced the first aftermarket parts eCatalog solution, and it's seen many changes in that time. Ultimately, the continual evolution of the Epicor PartExpert eCatalog has helped ensure accurate, rich product "content" is available when and where it's needed to the thousands of distributors, jobbers, automotive service shops and others who rely on it. But tangentially, it's also helped to lead those businesses along a path to stronger growth.
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