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Warm-up exercise. By Lisa Wieben and Birgit Stutz
In this blog post, we are discussing another warm-up exercise that will help your horse become more focused, supple, and responsive to your aids. This exercise also creates more impulsion by getting the horse to move more off its hind end.
Before attempting this exercise you should already know how to ride a leg yield. The leg yield is a basic lateral exercise in which the horse travels both forward and sideways at the same time. Just as the name of it implies, it teaches the horse to move sideways, or yield, away from the rider's leg pressure. The leg yield benefits as both a suppling and straightening exercise, therefore improving a horse's balance. The horse will also develop more swing and stretch as he develops more suppleness. It also teaches the rider how to use her aids independently and bring the horse properly into the outside rein. We covered how to properly execute a leg yield in the February 2017 issue of SaddleUp.
In this exercise the rider will yield the horse from the track or wall toward the centre of the arena and then perform a half circle back to the track or wall maintaining the same bend.
Inside and Outside refers to the horse's bend, not to inside or outside of the ring.
* Start the warm-up exercise by tracking right in a working jog, sitting or posting.
* As soon as you turn onto the long side and achieve straightness change the horse's bend from right bend to left bend by using the left leg to create left bend through the rib cage by pressing at the girth and gently applying the left rein for slight flexion. The left rein will stay off the horse's neck with consistent light pressure. Remember to turn your seat and body slightly in the direction of the horse's bend toward the wall.
* Ask your horse to leg yield off the wall. The horse will be bent around the rider's pressing leg. Imagine the bend of a banana. Apply your inside leg at or slightly behind the girth, depending on the level of your horse's training, in timing with the horse's swing of the barrel (apply leg pressure as the barrel swings away from the inside leg as this is the timing when the inside hind leg is moving forward and can cross over).
* Sit tall with eyes forward and shoulders parallel to the horse's shoulders. Shift your weight very slightly in the direction of travel (leg yield to the right, shift right). The horse will balance under the rider's weight. Shifting in the direction of travel will aid the horse to the direction as well as creating lightness on the rider's inside hip, aiding the horse to bring his inside hind up and forward.
* Your outside leg is positioned slightly behind the girth of the horse in order to keep the forward energy and to prevent the horse from going sideways too quickly, or to prevent the hip from leading the movement. The outside leg does not apply a steady pressure, but is ready if needed, lightly on the horse's side.
* The outside rein is a supporting rein and guides the horse into the direction of travel, while also preventing the horse from overbending through his neck and bulging through the outside shoulder. Use half-halts to maintain straightness and rhythm. Half-halts will also be needed if the horse gets rushing or pushy. To attain a quicker sideways action you will need more outside rein to slow the forward movement and take it sideways.
When the horse is a few strides past the quarterline, start a half circle back toward the wall, then track left when you reach the wall. The horse will already be bent in the direction of the turn.
* Use your inside leg to maintain bend and prevent the horse from falling in. The outside leg will maintain impulsion.
* The inside rein will stay off the neck slightly and maintain the bend, without pulling. The outside rein will be supporting the amount of bend needed for the size of the half circle and will also prevent the horse from falling in, when used in conjunction with the inside leg.
* The rider's seat will turn in the direction of the half circle – outside hip toward the horse's inside ear.
* You can add a degree of difficulty by pushing the horse's hips out on the half circle by moving the inside leg back. The rider will need more outside rein to keep the horse's shoulders on the circle as the hips move out.
When you reach the wall, track left, then repeat the exercise in the opposite direction.
The horse should remain relaxed in its gaits, without speeding up or slowing down.
This is a wonderful warm-up exercise to create suppleness and looseness in the horse as well as responsiveness and obedience to the rider's aids.
This article is the 29th in a series of articles on Western dressage and is a collaboration between Lisa Wieben (see biography below) and Birgit Stutz. The articles appear in the horse magazine SaddleUp on a monthly basis.
Photos by Lisa Wieben. Rider Jacklyn Hegberg and her horse Maverick.
Lisa Wieben is a Level 2 Centered Riding Instructor, EC Coach, and Irwin Insights Level 4 Master Certified Trainer. Specializing in Western and English Dressage, she coaches near Bowden/Olds, AB. Lisa is also a Hanna Somatic Instructor and Practitioner in Training, working with riders, in class or privately, to learn movement exercises that target specific muscle issues in the body brought on by stress, injuries, surgeries, and overuse. A balanced rider equals a balanced horse. www.mountainviewtrainingstables.com.
Birgit Stutz is an Irwin Insights Level 4 Master Certified Trainer and offers horse training, lessons (English and Western), clinics, mentorship programs, horsemanship courses, workshops, short courses and demos on various topics, and working student programs at Falling Star Ranch Academy of Foundational Horsemanship in Dunster, BC. Birgit's passion is to help humans have a better relationship with their horses through understanding of equine psychology, body language, biomechanics, as well as fundamental riding skills. www.fallingstarranch.ca.


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No bully my super awesome Mushroom gun ok! qq
IGN: Arietty
Title: Mushroom MSBS 556B
PSD file: https://drive.google.com/file/…yXuv-4qy/view?usp=sharing
No bully my super awesome Mushroom gun ok! qq
IGN: Arietty
Title: Mushroom MSBS 556B
PSD file: https://drive.google.com/file/…yXuv-4qy/view?usp=sharing
*Only aiming for the participation Prize!
In-game Name: Arietty
I'm making this signature for: Nimbus
y not pineapple
The sky is bluen't
Mayonnaise or ketchup?
Meh o3o I'm rlly bad with shading and especially backgrounds... XD (or everything) BUT HEREEEE IT IIIS!
Jumping out of tha explooosioooon!! /o/ BOOM!
Callsign (in-game name): Arietty
AM I TOO LATE TO SAY SORRRRRYYYYYYYY? Oh- wait, I am not too late!
GIMME THE BAAADGEEEEEEEEEEEE! And I hope Unico, Miz and Heiliger wont hate me for this, but pssssssht!... No one needs to know...
To be honest I don't remember XD But I had enough games, without and it was oki. I mean, I can live with it this way. A week would be unfair again for the others.
I'm fine with that aswell. I never really had early access on other games where I was founder xD and exactly what Heili said. o3o
Not bad.. All I am saying so far is "HE IS... IN THAT HOUSE.... " "WHICH HOUSE?" "THE SMALL ROOM THERE!!!" "small room wat" - already too late -
xD ! Maybe I can remember those names then haha
I have to admit, Aven is really not bad. There are some other players that came to my mind like Kops, Potestas, Kirito, HoneyBoy and some where I forgot the name. (Talking for EU, I don't know the NA players) xD I am sure we will see in the future who is the best. (Just kidding, Arietty is still the best -flips hair-)
Stiiill playing either Twin Saga or Overwatch and sometimes even Tetris on Browser! Really fun °-°
Wao, I wasn't even aware, that it got cheaper.. lol. Well, I am not someone that likes to complain anyways, so I guess it's fine, especially if it's something like a gift for christmas. oô
Totally not stolen from another meme and I just put an Ironsight picture to it, buut... I still thought it's funny. XD
Not even sure why it's locked in the first place ö -ö
See camper? Just flank. Problem solved.
Alternatives = frag grenade, smoke grenade, stun grenade, drones, throw explosive knife, distract with emote, etc...
Distract Choppy while streaming... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I'm sure they will fix the friend issue and allow you all to play together. However, one of you will just play with high ping.
Maybe he meant some kinda 'unlimited cash'-hack, (?) but never really saw that nor do I see any high advantages out of it... though how will someone notice that even.. "OOH YOU!!! YOU DIDNT LEGIT BUY YOUR WEAPON!" or what -me confused-
As I said before, something like that would be very, very, very difficult to do. Currency is stored on the server, and all purchases have to be verified by the server. Pretty much the only way you'd be able to do that is by gaining access to the server somehow.
And that's another point aswell, yea.
Maybe he meant some kinda 'unlimited cash'-hack, (?) but never really saw that nor do I see any high advantages out of it... though how will someone notice that even.. "OOH YOU!!! YOU DIDNT LEGIT BUY YOUR WEAPON!" or what -me confused-
Never saw someone one shotting or playing weirdly for me so far. O.o No idea where all this is coming from, but it's prolly obvious, if this would start one day.. and how it will be dealt one, we will find out soon™ then. o-o Just patience ~
Would be cool, but not really necessary. Happy enough that we get a founder rank on the forums atleast. xD
Most games do start out with cosmetics but slowly turn to where some weapons slowly start getting better stats. Like I said hopefully this game doesn't end up on the path SF2 did.
I hope this wont happen. Seriously if it stays with only cosmetics/skins, then this game will be actually really really good
Well if it's for suggestion and stuff - okay, but this one seems like... exactly the same xD
Who is the best Iron Sight player?!
Also Ironsight*
wah I like her and the drawing style
And here again: I am the best of course. -flips hair-
But seriously, we should keep only one post and not create more of the same.. x.x
Solid idea, just not sure if they will have the means to do this on a F2P game or not.
I am always up for many different modes. PVE sounds fun
First world problems.
But the CMs approooooooooove...
Yea, I guess you will only notice in the future, when nobody else have them besides the founders. They will get quite unique then. Maybe
Mhm yup.. that wouldn't be bad.. though I don't change my loadouts that much and when I do, I have different drones on each loadout but if I had the same drones, I wouldn't want them to reset aswell after switching.
Not to forgot the exclusive founder items, that will never be sold in the future
Ye, like the others already said... we will have to wait till OBT most likely o.ô
Can be annoying, but I got used to it pretty quickly o3o maybe just my opinion ~ Had no problems at all with it, but wouldn't mind if there is a change aswell.
Would agree with a bigger map and more different places to respawn ~
Ohh looks really good! :O
You will find out soon! -flips hair- Yup, Choppy is good aswell . _. and Heiliger ~ Also I can't remember his name very well, but there was also a 'Faize' guy, who made me rage alot! XD Nice nice
Hello, it's me.
I played vs. Dog alot, who apparently is a Dev or something, so it feels a bit better to loose against him.
Finally I found you!!! *feels like a dramatic yet sad love story* I will be better e.e Just wait for me!
I found a wonderful picture on the Ironsight Discord, that will answer your question! (Or not)
There are too many unfriendly people ö_ö
Looks good.. o-o obvsly not better than my plays ~ hah! -flips hair-

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Nurihyon no Mago Sennen Makyou – 10 Review
Episode 10
What an action packed episode, it is just one fight scene after another. This episode has finally brought back my interest in this show.
The first half of the episode covers the Onmyouji in Kyoto and their battle with Hagu-chan whilst the second half focuses on Rikuo and his team en-route towards Kyoto.
Akifusa and Ryuuji continue their battle attacking each other with Ryuuji winning.
Throughout the battle, we are shown flashbacks of Akifusa's past. We see that he had always been a gifted child from the Branch family and was in line to be the next head of the clan until Ryuuji appeared. Despite Akifusa being more talented than Ryuuji (who is from the main family), Ryuuji looked like he would end up becoming the head of the Keikain Clan. Some time pass and Akifusa gets appointed to look after the first temple and his place in the family seemed secure until Yura appeared withe the ability to summon the shikigami Hagu. Having been prophesied that the next head of the clan would be the gifted child with the ability to summon Hagu. Akifusa's place as the head is once again questioned.
After having brought Akifusa down in the battle by poisoning him, Ryuji notices an eye on Akisufa's neck and comes to the conclusion that something has been controlling Akifusa and has been making use of "his darkness" (what a typical name. First Fear now Darkness =_=").
The creature on Akifusa's neck (top left) looks disturbing.
Yura appears and tries to save the day. Meanwhile also on scene was Haguromo Gitsune and her sidekicks who are there for the entertainment.
Yura summons Hagu to kill the demon controlling Akifusa hoping to save Akifusa however the shikigami remained unresponsive to Yura's commands. Yura started to panic until one of the shikigami spoke to her telling her to calm her heart down (another cliche notion).
Yura blasts the demon away and saves Akifusa. (All this while, Haguromo Gitsune was just sitting back doing nothing.)
It is then revealed that the talking Shikigami was the 13th head of the clan and he tells Yura to create a smoke screen so they could run away.
Back on the Nura boat, the smaller Yokai in the Nura clan are getting anxious and start to run around questioning people over how much longer it would take to reach Kyoto. (It was a really stupid scene)
In one of the meeting rooms, the "top" yokai of the Nura clan along with the Tono Village start to discuss a plan of attack.
The Tono villagers refuse to be led like some lackeys by people from the Nura clan who they feek is weaker than them. Kubinashi gets irritated and tells Rikuo to step out for a moment.
When the door closes, Kubinashi turns into a whole different person and tells asks them (Tono people) if they knew about Nura's father who was the strongest amount Yokais. The storytelling gets sidetrack when Itaku accuses them to be the reason behind why Rikuo does not even know how to control his fear and suggests that the only reason why Rikuo would not know how to do so would be because the people around him were weak and they too had no idea how to use their Fear.
Having been pushed over the limit, Kubinashi suggests a fight against Itaku. The episode ends with the both of them attacking each other.
I like how the story in this episode is split into a Onmyouji-part and a Yokai-part. It was also good to see that the story is finally starting to get interesting once again.
Although this episode was "action-packed" the fight scenes felt slow and draggy due to the insertion of flashbacks scenes and bridging scenes which showed us what happened between episode 8 and 9. The pace remains constant throughout the episode and even falters slightly so if you are looking for some major kick-ass fights then you would be dissapointed.
The problem with the fight scenes:
- Uninspired fighting
- Too much talking
- Constant interruptions with flashback scenes
- Action moments are too short
- Horrible backing music
'Mediocre and entertaining enough to not have you want to turn the show off' is what I would describe the battle scenes.
The pace does drop when redundant and stupid scenes of the Nura-clan on board the ship were added in. The whole scene with the Nato yokai and his group of small-sized friends was pointless and boring. The story brought the excitement level up once again when Rikuo gathered his underlings along with the Tono Village yokai to discuss their plan of attack.
There was also an overwhelming amount of cliches in this episode. I know that this is not the first time we are seeing it in NnM and so I should not be shocked, but I just felt that this episode had more than usual. (refer to my summary for some instances)
I love the air of mystery when it seemed like Kubinashi and the other main side characters might be stronger than they have been leading on to be. Another exciting thing for me was the elusive nature behind the history of Rikuo's father and how the past relates to why Rikuo is the way he is now.
My issue with the characters in this series is that humans are so boring. The onmyouji half of the episode was really not entertaining,. The best part of that whole segment was the ghost/spirit of the 13th head of the Keikain Clan with his cute kansai-ben. I just love his character and his sense of humour!
The other annoying fact about this episode or this series in general is their choice of backing songs. Once again we have a weird Midi-like track for one of the onmyouji battles and that really annoyed me. The lack of consistency in quality confuses me. It is not like the show's backing track is horrible all the time, sure it was never fantastic, but the quality of the songs this season has just been too erratic.
Overall, this episode got me back onto the Nurarihyon wagon and I am once again craving for more. I see this as a good sign, what about you? How has the series been so far for you?
Episode Rating – 7/10
-ra out
P.S: I still can't decide if we are meant to hate Ryuuji or not.
Posted on September 5, 2011, in Anime, Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyou, Reviews and tagged anime review, Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyou. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Since this is a story about Demons, possessing humans by controlling darkness in their hearts is as cliche as guns in Mafia stories, love in Romance stories, comic moments in Comedies… in other words, for story about demons it is a necessity for such demons to be there.
As for Ryuuji… well, he is quite a popular guy (hitting 8th place in recent character popularity poll) so I guess we are supposed to like him. Well, I myself like him because he is a cool guy and makes fun of every Shounen Cliche he can ^_^;


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Would this article be considered a "personal attack" against the actor? I thought the only person allowed to be "attacked" here was George Lucas.-- Zam-wessel
Jake Lloyd must qualify to be an actual person to be personally attacked. Here's a thing many people don't know but Jake Lloyd is actually made by CGI much like Jar Jar. The same goes for all the actors that played Anakin save Sebastian Shaw.-- Madclaw


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This week's first question comes from "Seven-year-old Nick from Christchurch, New Zealand" and the second from my wife, Dawn. The questions are:
"Why don't chicks dig comics? Why aren't there more women working in the comic book industry?"
Mike Collins: "Women do read comics. Tons of them. Some female artists (like Lise Myhre) are feted as big as pop stars, their latest volumes getting two-page coverage in national newspapers. They can headline monthly books (Nemi) that sell in excess of 80,000 copies.
Oh, you mean in America?
Ah. Vertigo aside, the mainstream US & UK comics are boys adventures. They appeal to blokes.
Witch (has this made it to the States?) sells phenomenally well with the teen and pre-teen female audience throughout Europe – it's adventure strips featuring young witches (well, duh). It's artistically not a million miles away from Humberto Ramos / Carlos Meglia big foot style but importantly… no super heroes! But that's OK… it's fine to work in a style that appeals -majorly- to one gender!
(and a note to creators who hedge their involvement in the super hero field- let's drop the 'deconstructed', 'ironic', or any other intellectual justification/excuse for doing'em! They're still super heroes, be proud of doing what you do!)"
Bill Rosemann: "Chicks do dig comics…we just need to concentrate on getting the right books into their hands in order to increase the number of those that do! There's plenty of great comics that female readers would appreciate–titles such as Optic Nerve, Alias, Sandman, Route 666, Y: The Last Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, Strangers In Paradise–and manga is growing the female readership week after week! So I have to disagree: chicks do dig comics…but we just have to make sure that we make more titles that they'd appreciate (characterization + humor + action + drama), while delivering them in the format they want (graphic novels) in the locations that they frequent (bookstores, libraries, etc.). As for why there's not more women in the industry, I'll say that one big factor is that because more boys read comics when they were young, more of them pursued entering the industry when they grew up! But with the popularity of manga increasing, watch for that trend to change!"
Alan Grant: "The most dedicated Strontium Dog fan I know is a woman. Judge Anderson's biggest fan is a 21-year-old lady. Generally speaking, women found our "Shit The Dog" comic much more amusing than men did. Neil Gaiman has a huge female fan following. My newsagent carries a wide range of girls' material, from comics about ponies to comics about dating, make-up and soapstars.
I suspect what the questioner really wants to know is "Why don't chicks dig superhero comics?" I guess it's because they're written and drawn by males, for males. Usually the lead characters are male, with females in underdressed secondary roles. Often the plots are exotic–invasions from outer space–rather than the more domestic stories often (though not always) favoured by female readers.
In a way, that answer covers the second question, too. If girls aren't attracted by superhero comic books, why on earth would they want to work in the business?"
Terry Moore: "They read Strangers in Paradise. More than half my readers are women. They read Sandman when it came out. I think the question should be, why do women read books like Strangers In Paradise and Sandman but not (fill in blank with fave superhero title). And I need to stay out of that discussion. You don't want to hear the answer from me."
Devin Grayson: "The second part of the question is answered by the first part. If more females were interested in comics, there'd be more females working in the industry.
As for the first part of the question, as a female who does dig comics, I can only offer a few speculations.
I think this biggest detriment to females reading comics is distribution. Many girls don't know about or are not enticed by local comics stores. Even if a female happens to wander in to one, the chances of her finding something she's interested in are slim — not because there's nothing she'd be interested in, but because she won't be able to find it. As a small specialty market, comic shops have very unique browsing displays. How is a newbie supposed to know what to make of the rows of long boxes, or the alphabetical listing by publisher?
It's really bizarre and confusing is you're an outsider. I remember walking into a comic store early on in my love affair with Nightwing and trying to find books with Dick Grayson in them. Nightwing as a title did not yet exist, and instead of just handing me a few relevant Batman and Teen Titans issues, the clerk started going on about some "wizard" I should be consulting. I left baffled and empty handed.
Another contributing factor, at least where mainstream superhero comics are concerned, is the very nature of the product, which at its inception was a male power fantasy. I was watching Smallville last week with two eleven-year-old boys and a thirteen-year-old girl. The boys were riveted every time Clark used his super-strength, sometimes going as far as to cheer out loud. Invariably, the girl and I would talk through those scenes, or get up to refill our drinks. Clark stammering in front of Lana, however, earned the girl's full attention, and I wouldn't let any of them so much as cough when Lex was on screen.
Fight scenes in comics are, to this day, a staple of the superhero genre. I guess it makes sense, but I gotta tell you, if Batman gets in a fight in a book called "Batman," well, I'm generally not too worried about the outcome. It's a thrill when a hero or villain does something truly unexpected or brilliant, but as the thirteen-year-old girl commented when I showed her a handful of contemporary comics, "they're good except for I feel like all that fighting just takes away from the stories. Are there any where people just talk?" She flipped past the fight scenes to get to the subplots. The eleven-year-old boys flipped through the subplots to get to the fighting. Most of my editors will let me forego a subplot or two. The fight scenes, on the other hand, are mandatory.
I do think there are more "chicks" getting into comics, though, and see no inherent reason why they shouldn't enjoy them."
Peter David: "Possibly because those in the industry think of them as "chicks.""
Markisan: Honestly, I don't think I'm qualified to answer the question, "Why don't chicks dig comics?" because well.. I'm not a chick, Donald. So, I asked my woman, Nicole, to write this week's answer for me. Here she is:
- Why I like comics, even though I am a girl.
I really don't know much about comics except for the interesting stories that get filtered through to me by my significant other, Markisan. I read my first comic book during a Holocaust class I took in college. It was Art Spiegelman's Maus. I remember thinking that there was an innocence and vulnerability to the genre, the way the images revealed more than the words could. This type of honesty was very appealing to me. As it turns out, I became fast friends and spent much of the latter part of my college years hanging out with comic geeks, like my friend, Elisa — a girl! She introduced me to Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. For someone studying religion, philosophy, and literature, the Sandman fit in quite nicely to my repertoire of reading material. Neil Gaiman is pretty deep. Of course, when I met Markisan, I became exposed to the wide, wide world of comics. I've read the famed Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, which I quickly learned after spending time around him and his comic buddies is treated with great awe and respect. I can't say I completely understand why, even though mention of the book among fans can turn into an hour long rant on the subject.
Since then I have had the opportunity to read some interesting comics written by women. Markisan introduced me to XXX Live Nude Girls by Laurenn McCubbin and Nikki Coffman and Cheat by Christine Norrie. These both spoke intimately to the experience and psyche of women. There should be more like this. I would definitely read them. I think the reason most women don't get into comics is because of the stereotypes that comics are all about superheroes dressed in tight, silly costumes. I mean, come on, little kids adorn themselves in such for trick-or-treating on Halloween.
There's also the thinking that when women do appear in comics, it's all about big tits and ass, pornographic eye candy for the man-child stuck in adolescence. And then there is the belief that comics have given new meaning to the words "gratuitous violence." I have seen some of this nastiness — bodies torn asunder in ways you could have never imagined, mass explosions, genocide. Most women just do not get into that shit! And I know for a fact that women correlate violence with comics because just this summer I was speaking with my women colleagues on the matter. These stereotypes are not altogether fair, as I am told and given multiple examples to the contrary, and I believe it. Comics are a very artful and sophisticated form of storytelling which could be enjoyed by women as well. But the problem is, like with all stereotypes, they have their basis in reality.
You only have to go to Wizard World Convention to see the strange conflagration of the over-sexualized and macabre with the breathtakingly beautiful. And perhaps this is the true appeal of comics, in that they mix the ugly and the beautiful as we see it occur in everyday life, except, of course, in comics it's on a more magnified scale.
Women's lives are also filled with the ugly and the beautiful, it's just of a different sort, and if we could have more women (or men) speak to this we'd have more women reading comics.
Alonzo Washington: "Why don't chick dig comic book? That's an easy one. I talked about this in our last panel discussion. The comic book industry is basically the universe of the fantasies of White nerds that are male. Most female characters are just objects of the White male's ego. That's why some of the female characters (Lois Lane, Mary Jane & Jane) in comic books just exist to be saved. Other female super heroes are usually portrayed as tough gals that dress like strippers (Vampirella, Witch Blade, Danger Girls, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Lady Death, Lara Croft, etc.). They can be good girls or bad girls, but they all dress like ho's. Moreover, many of the female characters start out as back half's of the main male characters. Like Supergirl, Batgirl, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman & Spider-Girl. These characters are doomed to never reach the level of their male counterparts. Like most Black characters most female characters have no agenda of their own. The comic book industry is racist & sexist and the characters of most comic book companies reflect this. If comic book creators wanted be less sexist in developing independent female characters they should watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Xena. Keep in mind chicks dig those shows.
More women are not in the comic book industry because it has not been promoted to them. Much like it hasn't been to African Americans you barely see them in the comic book industry either."
Shawna Ervin-Gore: "I think the first important distinction to make is between the format of comics and the genres of comics that are most popular and in the public eye. In one respect, there's ample evidence that shows that chicks DO dig comics — as a medium. I know a lot of women who LOVE comics in various forms (mini-comics, syndicated strips, etc.), but
who don't read comic books very often because they're not aware of comics that have subjects they're interested in.
I've been a fan of comic books for literally all of my reading life, but I definitely had a few years as a teenager when I was, for the most part, not terribly into comics. The exceptions at that time were Swamp Thing, Concrete, and a few random indie titles. But, at least as far as I was aware, there weren't a lot of titles widely available at that time that made 14 year-old me want to read them. I didn't get off looking at big boobs in spandex, and the typical superhero stuff was really wearing thin for me. I know now that there were other, better comics being produced then, but they certainly weren't carried at the rural comics shop in my hometown.
Fast forward 16 years, and things have changed quite a bit in terms of comics content. But with all the competing forms of entertainment, we're not getting a lot of new readers period, much less new FEMALE readers. However, I do think the manga explosion has done a lot to woo female readers (there are so many different genres within manga — lots more opportunity to appeal to all kinds of people, but especially girls). Some people note that there aren't a lot of women working in comics, either, especially drawing them. Again, if you look outside the mainstream, this isn't exactly accurate. I'd wager that there are just as many female indie comics artists as male. And there aren't a lot of us girlie comics editors probably because there aren't that many girls who would ever even THINK of working in comics, much less aspire to help create them."
Evil Rick: I think for years there weren't that many female readers because there weren't too many books that would keep them entertained. Hell, a big percentage of male readers only stuck around on their titles out of momentum rather than because they were enjoying them. I know everyone thinks that Manga seems to be the only thing bringing in female readers, but these days there are so many great titles to capture any readers tastes, male or female, young or old.
Books like Y the Last Man, Fables, Strangers in Paradise, Runaways, Alias, 1602, Sandman, Preacher, Sojourn, Ruse, Route 666, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and so many others are bringing in new female readers every day. We barely carry manga because the chain stores have brought too much competition on that stuff, but try to point out Vertigo or CrossGen books to manga fans with our money back guarantee.
I think the same thing goes for so few female creators. Because there weren't many female readers, very few female creators realized the unlimited potential of the comic book medium. More readers will lead to more creators who have something interesting to say, so over the next few years, I'm sure we'll see more female creators as well as readers.
Alan Donald: "Chicks do dig comics but the trick is to get them to read them. I've always found Terry "Batman's biggest fan" Moore's Strangers in Paradise to be a good one for getting girlies hooked, just one issue, any issue, it works ever time. Of course Neil Gaiman's The Sandman works pretty damned well too as does most of the output from CrossGen and quite a bit of Dark Horse's stuff too (especially Sock Monkey and What's Michael). As for female creators etc… I imagine if you did a demographic survey of comicbook readers you'd probably find that the ratio of creators match up with that of the fans. The same proportion of males, females, homo and bisexuals, white folk, black folk etc. The comic industry needs to expand its fanbase not just numerically but demographically too.
Summary: Get them to try the right stuff, make comic shops less intimidating and generally get people to stop thinking 'superhero' when they hear 'comic book'.
This Week's Panel: Alan Donald (Columnist, SBC), Shawna Ervin-Gore (an editor at Dark Horse), Alonzo Washington (creator Omega Man and founder of Omega 7 comics and toys), Markisan (All the Rage), Alan Grant (Batman, Judge Anderson), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Devin Grayson (Gotham Knights, Nightwing), Peter David (Captain Marvel, Supergirl), Bill Rosemann (Publicist, Crossgen), and Mike Collins (Star Trek, 2000AD).
Next Week's Question: " What is the hardest part about creating a new character, and why is it that these new characters have such a hard time sticking in universe's featuring older characters?"
Previous Questions: Check out the message board where I've put up a list of every question the Panel has faced so far (neatly linked to the column it appeared in) to inspire you and let you know what to avoid.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced a major 700 million ($788 million) investment in its main Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy to build a new assembly line for the all-new Fiat 500 Electric.
The progress is well advanced as the first robot was installed today and the first pre-production 500 BEV will be produced by the end of this year. Series production should start during the second-quarter of 2020.
FCA said also that around 1,200 people will be dedicated to the production of the Fiat 500 BEV with an initial production capacity of 80,000 units annually.
As the best-selling, all-electric subcompact model in Europe (Renault ZOE) reached about 40,000 sales in its best year, it's not clear how many 500 BEV Fiat will be able to sell in Europe (especially with all the competition from other manufacturers in the segment). We assume that a significant part of the production will be exported to North America, replacing the current Fiat 500e.
"The installation of a state-of-the-art Comau robot today at one of the largest and most historic automotive plants in the world represented a link between past and future, with an event that celebrated the Mirafiori plant's 80th anniversary and beginning of construction of the assembly line for the new Fiat 500 BEV. This new generation of vehicles continues the long tradition of innovative models (more than 35 in total) that have rolled off the assembly lines at Mirafiori. Among these is the first Fiat 500 which began production in 1957."
"Today's celebrations marked the opening of a new chapter for Mirafiori. The platform being installed at the plant is specific to electric cars and its first application will be the Fiat 500 BEV. Today, the first robot was installed and the rest of the plant will be retooled over the coming months. In the body shop alone, there will be a total of 200 robots enabling a fully-automated welding process. Production of the first pre-production models is scheduled to begin by year-end. Around 1,200 people will be dedicated to production of the Fiat 500 BEV and the new assembly line will have an annual capacity of 80,000 units, with the potential for expansion."
Market launch in less than a year means that soon we should see the production model, as so far Fiat unveiled only the Fiat Concept Centoventi concept at the Geneva Motor Show.
The new electric platform for Fiat 500 Electric is expected to be used also for other models in the future. FCA already announced a broad investment plan in new BEVs and PHEVs.
""The 500 BEV project is part of FCA's much broader investment plan for Italy over the 2019-2021 period. In fact, the Group will invest a total of 5 billion to support a substantial renewal of its product range with the introduction of 13 all-new or significantly refreshed models and a comprehensive offering of electric vehicles, including 12 electrified versions of new or existing models.""
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Ausgrid seeks feedback on EV charging patterns, consumer needs
NSW network operator Ausgrid is hosting an "open discussion" on electric vehicles on Wednesday night in an effort to explore how the network can best support EV users, and how EV users – as owners of mobile distributed energy resources – can best support the grid.
The forum, to be held at Ausgrid's Sydney offices, hopes to get feedback from customers and industry stakeholders on the challenges faced by current and potential future EV users, as well as about their charging habits.
"We know there is strong interest in electrical vehicles throughout parts of our network area and we want to be able to support them as best we can," an Ausgrid spokesperson told One Step Off The Grid on Tuesday.
"The aim of this discovery session is to get information that may help shape potential investigations into how the network could best support EV users."
Of key importance to Ausgrid, of course, will be gauging the potential impacts – positive and negative – on the electricity network of a greater uptake of EVs.
As a Rocky Mountain Institute report in February noted, the role of electric vehicles as a grid asset will be an area of great interest in 2017, as more and more car makers start targeting the EV mass market.
"2017 is going to be the year we see automakers, charging network operators, and others get serious about expanding DC fast charging and charging networks more broadly," the report said.
"Research has shown that it takes relatively few EVs on one distribution feeder to have a significant effect on the overall performance of the grid. As a result, stakeholders are looking for tools and programs to leverage EVs as a grid asset rather than a liability."
For networks like Ausgrid, getting to know customer car charging patterns – and using incentives to ensure they are predictable – will be key to finding this balance.
Ausgrid also told One Step it hoped to get a better understanding of the challenges – potential and current – faced by EV users, including those without off-street parking, who may not have the ability to install a home charging point.
"The discussion is the start of an information gathering process to help us better meet the needs of our customers with an interest in EVs," the spokesperson said.
Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.


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Thompson posted a question in Players Helping PlayersI don't have any problems with GPU/CPU/Frames or other things. I play 30 min for example my screen is black I switch to the desktop and i have a report [ResizeBuffers failed: device removed - device hung.] Pls tell me what can i do its really annyoing... Or needs the game a new patch.
Crash After ~1Hr Of Playtime, Crash On Startup After Unless Pc Restart
chuckwtf posted a question in Players Helping PlayersMy log file is full of all the crashes I've suffered through since buying this game. One thing in each file that has multiple lines is this line: [sRendererAPI::RCreateTexture2D] Failed to create 2D texture (DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED / Hardware device removed.) ^ That line is repeated leading up to the eventual full crash. If I restart my computer I can play again just fine for a little while until it crashes again. The file for said crash will contain the same lines. This is at the bottom of all of the above repeating lines: {20:55:39.473} DEBG: [DXGI] > WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING 1926x1092 {20:55:39.473} DEBG: [DXGI] > WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING overridden to 1926x1109 {20:55:39.511} DEBG: [DXGI] > WM_SIZE 0, 1920x1063 {20:55:39.513} DEBG: [DXGI] > [RWinOnWmSize] requested 1920x1063 {20:55:39.513} DEBG: [DXGI] > [RWinOnWmSize] swapchain was 1920x1080 windowed {20:55:39.516} FATL: [EXIT] > ResizeBuffers failed: device removed - device hung I am running this game fine on the settings I am using. I have view distance at ~25%, Texture Detail on Medium, Shadows on Low, Nvidia HBVO off, ambient occlusion off, Windowed mode and fullscreen both have given me crashes as stated above. System specs: Intel® Core i5-3350P CPU @ 3.10GHz 3.10GHz EVGA Geforce GTX 660 Ti 2GB VRAM Windows 8.1 8 GB RAM
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Konichiwaguy posted a question in Players Helping PlayersI downloaded Dying Light on xbox one digitally. Every time I download it I can get to the main menu and then press start. After I press start I get a "please wait" at the bottom until it finally cuts to a black screen forever. I've redownloaded 3 times. I even bought the other copy with the season pass to see if it would work. So, I've got two dead in the water copies of this game and I can't play either of them because of this black screen problem.
Game Turns Black When I Change An Option
Sunago posted a question in Players Helping PlayersI really hope someone can help me figure this one out because it's just boggling me and I've tried numerous things now. If I boot up the game with something, anything in my second monitor active (like skype) then it freaks out and just shows me a black screen. The audio still plays on and if I type something in skype or use my second monitor in anyway then the audio stops playing, shows what's on screen and seems to work fine but it's inactive and I can't do anything with it. As soon as I go back to my main monitor then the audio resumes playing but my screen turns black again......it's like the idiot doesn't know when exactly the main screen is active. If I don't use anything on my second monitor then it boots up fine, no black screen of anything. However if I even dare to change even one setting (doesn't seem to matter whether I change subtitles to on, or something graphical) then the screen goes black and it doesn't go back to the game. Furthermore.....it's stuck in this. I have to reboot my computer in order to fix it. I haven't even dared to try to pick the 'new game' option I'm using Windows 7 Professional service pack 1, 64 bits I have a Intel i7-4790, 3.60 ghz 16 GB of RAM And one of the AMD Radeon HD 7900 series graphics cards All in all, I should be able to run the game. Maybe not on anything but the minimum settings but I should at least be able to run the game. Things I have tried: running steam on administrator, running the game on administrator, doing both of those at the same time, running the game from the exe in the map and running the game as administrator from the map (which doesn't even make it to the black screen, just loads endlessly), changing the service pack being used, Validating the game cache, re-installing, rebooting (seems to be a one-time fix......unless I use the second monitor for something or change one of the options) I'm at the end of my rope here and the problem just boggles my mind. I have no idea how to solve it and while I'm computer savvy enough to try out these few things I am not computer savy enough to come up with anything else. Any help would be appreciated.


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Europeans are pretty snobbish about football (soccer) and think that the Americans work hard, but that football is not really our sport. I think they'll be in for a surprise this year.
The squad for this year's World Cup has just been announced. This is what it looks like:
Kasey Keller - Borussia Mönchengladbach
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Marcus Hahnemann - Reading
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John O'Brien - Chivas
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We kicked off the October half term fun with a trip to @readycampuk in Verwood!
On our arrival at about 7:30pm we were greeted by a really friendly lady who showed us to our tent. The kids were so excited of what they could just about see over all the duvets, pillows and blankets!
Now our first night was a chilly one. The girls slept like a couple of logs (probably because they had the heater in their room).
I however slept in my pyjamas, a hoodie, woolly socks, a dressing gown, had two hot water bottles and a blanket!
So after a pants nights kip we woke around 5:45am and watched the sunrise, it now all seemed so worth it!
For our first full day we headed to Mudeford Quay which is about 30 minutes from Verwood and well known for it's good location for crabbing. I was about to relive my youth!
The beach was beautiful. We managed to catch lots of crabs, had yummy food from the beachfront cafe. The girls played on the beach and in the park whilst the sun shone for the entire day!
The second night we were determined to be more prepared for the nippy night ahead. We all snuggled in the same room with the heater and zipped us in the room. All was good and we were catching some Zzz's until our eldest decided to vomit. Roll on that sunrise…
Day 2 we made the trip to Longdown Activity Farm. Again about a 30 minute trip from where we were staying. This was by far the best Farm we had been to! The girls got to hold chicks, feed kid goats, collect eggs, stroke (massive) rabbits and that was all on top of going on a tractor ride, go karts, trampolines, hay bales, playing in the park, crazy golf, soft play area and so much more! It's safe to say there was enough to do and see there, all for just £32 for a family of four…on a Sunday…in the half term?! Oh and there's a farm shop👌🏼
After our busy day at the farm we stopped off for a yummy Sunday dinner at a pub called The Happy Cheese, then headed home for marshmallows and melted chocolate.
Our third night was looking so so promising! I knew I would be warm and both children were feeling fine. All was going well until we were woken up at about 11pm by what felt/sounded like a hurricane outside. Now I don't cope well with wind from the inside of my house let alone when I'm in a canvas tent! Needless to say we got SOME sleep and that last sunrise was a beaut one.
The girls loved every moment of camping. There was a park on site and so much open space for them to run around. They also thoroughly enjoyed taking the dishes to wash up! The site itself was very safe and secure. The communal toilets and shower rooms were so clean and warm!
The canvas tents have got all the essentials you need and were also spotless on arrival.
We will most definitely be back…but perhaps in the warmer months!
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Broncos' Von Miller avoids charge in shark incident, but boat owner gets two counts
Von Miller avoided legal action after posing with a bloody hammerhead shark in April 2018 off the coast of Miami during a fishing trip, according to records obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
The owner and operator of a boat, Spellbound, were charged with fishing for sharks without the proper permit and for failure to release a shark in the manner that will ensure maximum probability of survival, according to records issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
But Miller, the Pro Bowl defensive end for the Denver Broncos, was not charged in the incident, according to Kim Amendola, communications supervisor for the NOAA Fisheries/US. Department of Commerce.
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During the fishing trip, Miller landed a 9-1/2 foot hammerhead shark, and photos and video of him posing with the shark sparked a backlash from PETA and other animal rights activists. Responding to critics at the time, Miller said, "We followed the rules.''
But records show the owner and operator of the boat will face the two charges under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
A $2,000 notice of violation and assessment was issued, according to records.
The charges were listed in an March 2019 enforcement action document issued by the NOAA Office of the General Counsel.
The boat's owner and operator were not identified.


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The Swiss stock market climbed higher on Tuesday, extending Monday's gains following last week's sell-off.
The SMI opened sharply lower but battled back as the session progressed, buoyed by news that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced a delay in imposing new tariffs on certain Chinese products.
The lower open was fueled by concerns over the political unrest in Hong Kong and electoral uncertainty in Argentina and in Italy.
The SMI gained 26.22 points or 0.27 percent to finish at 9,786.24 after trading between 9,641.25 and 9,827.73.
On Monday, the market had advanced 10.10 points or 0.1 percent to end at 9,760.02.
Among the actives, ABB surged 1.44 percent, while Credit Suisse soared 1.04 percent, Roche Holding jumped 0.77 percent, Lafarge Holcim climbed 0.66 percent, UBS Group lost 0.48 percent, Novartis fell 0.37 percent and Nestle eased 0.11 percent.
On the corporate front, insurer Swiss Life Group (SZLMY.PK, SLHN.VX) reported Tuesday that its first-half net profit attributable to equity holders increased to 615 million Swiss francs from 558 million francs last year. Earnings per share were 18.42 francs, up from 16.35 francs a year ago.
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Of course we are all aware of the devastating Tsunami that hit southeast Asia [December 26, 2004], and our hearts and prayers go for those that lost their lives and those that continue to suffer from this.
Perhaps some of you read the [2004] CNN article that discussed that virtually no animals were hurt during the tsunami. The article attributes this to a "sixth sense" that animals have, whereby they recognize impending disasters and have the wherewithal to react. It is ironic that this fact has become "news", as it was something our ancestors and all Indigenous cultures recognized. Again, one of the many lessons we learn from the Native peoples of the world is to pay attention to the signs that fall before us, to watch the animals and listen to our environment.
This is the call, to come back into balance within ourselves, community and planet.
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Brexit if it does actually happen (or is delayed) is less than two months away. Many employers are starting to wonder what they will do if they are unable to recruit EU workers. The expensive, bureaucratic, and confusing Tier 2 Sponsor Licence and Tier 2 visa system is not fit for purpose in this situation.
Tier 2 Sponsor Licence applications are refused for minor mistakes or due to mistakes made because hardly anyone understands the extremely long and confusing Tier 2 visa related guidance documents provided by the Government. If the Government was really interested in helping employers then UK Visa and Immigration would contact employers to correct mistakes instead of refusing Tier 2 Sponsor Licence applications outright.
Following the latest Tier 2 visa allocation of restricted certificates of sponsorship meeting, the number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) available for February 2019 stands at 2,317, according to UK Visas and Immigration data. The department published its December report, citing that its figures were correct as of 22 January, 2019.
An employer with a Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence needs to apply for Certificates of Sponsorship for immigrants they wish to employ. Restricted certificates of sponsorship are needed in many cases to employ migrants who are resident outside the UK. In most cases those applying to switch to a Tier 2 visa from within the UK do not need a restricted Certificate of Sponsorship. Also, you do not need a restricted CoS for Tier 2 Intra-Company transfer applicants. Under the current UK immigration system, unused Tier 2 restricted CoS to employ people who are currently based outside the UK, can be reclaimed after three months. This increases the availability of restricted CoS.
The number of certificates reclaimed as not used within three months for the month of January totalled 168.
The January, Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship allocation meeting took place on 11 January, 2019. All valid applications lodged by 5 January were successful, provided they scored the 21 points needed for an application to be approved.
The breakdown of Tier 2 CoS for the month of January looks like this:
Number of Tier 2 Certificates of Sponsorship from annual limit set aside for allocation meeting in January.
Balance of Certificates of Sponsorship carried over from previous month (December).
Number of certificates returned during previous month (December).
Number of certificates reclaimed as not used within three months.
Number of certificates granted by exceptional consideration outside of monthly allocation during previous month (December).
Total number of Certificates of Sponsorship available for allocation in January.
Minimum point score for successful applications in January.
Total number of Certificates of Sponsorship granted in January.
Tier 2 (General – New hires under £159,600).
Tier 2 (General – Tier 4 dependant switching to Tier 2).
Balance of certificates of sponsorship carried over to February 2019.
Number of certificates of sponsorship available for allocation in January 2019.
The next UK Visas and Immigration allocation meeting will take place on 11 February and will indicate the number of Tier 2 CoS that will be available for the month of March, 2019.
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Review: Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi
Jonathan Wellington reviews the latest album from Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi
Image Credit: EMI Records
I'm not sure any artist has ever had the ability to make me laugh and cry in the same way as Lewis Capaldi.
His six-week number one single 'Someone You Loved' has rightfully been all over our radios and his social media exploits all over our feeds. Now, his album's out and it's absolutely beautiful.
His latest album, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, tells the genuine story of his recent heartbreak. The sincere nature behind the lyrics is propelled forward with a brilliant vocal ability in a way that will tug at your heartstrings no matter who you are.
When the singles are as successful as Lewis Capaldi's were, there's always pressure on the actual album. Listening to a whole album of emotional break-up songs might not sound like a fun thing to do or, for that matter, a healthy thing to do. The album however doesn't feel like one big long whinge. Yes, the theme is definitely heartbreak and disappointment but it's delivered in what I think is a strong and varied way. For example, Hollywood's melody is much more upbeat than expected which works surprisingly well with the reflective self critical tone of the lyrics.
He's not the first person to write a song, or even a whole album, about a heartbreak and he won't be the last. However, the album will stay with me for a long time, and I will continue to belt it out in the shower every morning. It does feel slightly disrespectful to butcher his work in such spectacular fashion every morning but, as a wiser man (Daniel Powter) once said, sometimes you've got to "sing a sad song just to turn it around".
I think Lewis Capaldi's personality and online presence plays a vital role in the effect of the album. Considering the beauty of the guy's music, I feel almost ashamed that my first real interaction with his career was watching a video of him talking about a difficult-to-flush shite he did. Despite perhaps distracting us from his music, I think his online presence certainly does validate his character. Whether he's giving a hilarious account of what his songs are about on his Instagram stories, or on the radio trying to get a sheep named after himself for Radio 1's Big Weekend (it's 'Yewis Capaldi' by the way), this is a guy we've all grown to love. The raw emotion on the album is only further legitimised by the fact we've had a glimpse into his actual personality.
When this impression of him is carried into listening to his music, it's difficult to comprehend that the same person who was just dancing about in THAT tracksuit is now singing so beautifully, but it makes the emotion more real I think. I know I don't know the guy and I never will, but I still feel like I know his character better than I do other 'pop stars'. This isn't some random guy singing a sad song for his own success, this is a relatively normal bloke singing about a very relatable heartbreak.
To completely misinterpret the song 'One', perhaps what Lewis Capaldi meant by "I guess somebody else's loss is another's gain" was that his loss in love meant a gain for music. I feel bad that I'm even considering his heartbreak a good thing but with an estimated (and disputed) net worth of 10 million, over 16 million monthly Spotify listeners and 2 million Instagram followers, I'm sorry for saying it might've worked out alright for Lewis Capaldi.
As for my awful renditions of his songs, for this I can only further apologise. I therefore end this review by sending my sincere apologies to Lewis Capaldi, who's magnificent music I destroy daily, but more importantly to my flatmates who regularly awake to the beautiful sound of me shrieking 'Hold me while you wait' into the shower head.
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As a young child Sara Crewe is brought over from India by her father to join a girls' seminary in London. Her greatest joy is to 'pretend' things to make life more magical, both for herself and those less fortunate than herself. She is a general favourite, but her splendid clothes, French maid and personal carriage set her apart from the rest and create jeleousy in Miss Minchin, the avaricious head of the school. When she is suddenly and tragically thrown into poverty Sarah must keep a strong hold on her vivid imagination and tender heart to prove to those who ill-treat her that even through hardship and want she can remain 'a little princess'.


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Yes, we're still here.
We're still very busy and at the moment pretty hot.
Today, both my car and K's said that it was 107 outside.
That's 107 + an additional 10,000,000 degrees with the humidity.
So, while it's pretty miserable right now we had a glorious 4th.
That's when we took the picture above.
In true to us fashion we had to run to the grocery store on the 4th for the things we were responsible for bringing to the BBQ.
We went over to my best friend's house to celebrate with some of her family.
We had a marvelous time!
We have been spending a lot of time at the pool lately.
Both of the little girls have now progressed to swimming some without their floaties.
Abby can swim underwater for a pretty impressive distance.
Lee swims really well, she doesn't like putting her face in the water though.
Adison, well, homegirl is part fish, she's in the deep end of the pool the entire time, she only comes back when she's hungry.
Other than that, well, K had to take off of work a couple of weeks ago because I apparently don't know how to cough.
Well, that and I'd been coughing for 3 months and really hurt my back.
An antibiotic, prescription strength cough medicine, a muscle relaxer and ibuprofen and I'm pretty much back to normal.
Today I had to call to get another antibiotic because the cough just won't go away.
How about you, how has your summer been going?
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Hell Yeah: Arnott's Is Releasing Their Best Biscuits In Chocolate Bar Form
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Get ready, because Arnott's have transformed their best biscuits.
Five of their biscuits - Iced VoVo, Scotch Finger, Ginger Nut, Wagon Wheel and Jatz - are all being released in chocolate bars, right in time for Easter.
The chocolate bar will feature chocolate littered with bits of biscuit in a combination that will surely take the country by storm.
"There's no denying Aussies' love of Arnott's biscuits, or their love of chocolate. We wanted to combine the two and give people the best of both worlds and a new way to enjoy Arnott's!" Arnott's marketing manager Pauline Mercer said.
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Some call this vegetable as okra, others call it lady's fingers. And quite a number of people I know dislike this vegetable for its slimy texture. To be honest, I used to hate it too. That is until I moved in with my 2 housemates during uni days. My friend was a huge fan of vegetables, and she introduced me to many new dishes!
Over the weekend, my helper and I found ourselves with a pack of okra that my dad had bought before he flew out to Shanghai. The usual way my family cooks okra is to throw them into fish head curry. But I'm not a fan of fish curry and it's just too much effort cooking the dish.
So I decided to cook it with sambal for Monday's dinner , and since we had some leftover prawns from Sunday's grocery buy, I just chucked those in as well. You now know how I roll in the kitchen right? Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink style.
- a pack of okra (about 300g I reckon), sliced on a diagonal
- about 200g of prawns, deshelled
- a tablespoon of sambal belachan
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- sugar to taste
- water (around 100ml?)
I first sauteed the onions in some oil until soft. It brings out the sweetness of the vegetable, and also partly because I hate raw onions. Dish it up. Add more oil and flash fry the okra. Dish them up too. Then add the sambal into the now empty pan/wok and fry until fragrant, then quickly add the prawns into the pan/wok and stir fry a bit. Add in the soft onions and okra into the same pan. Add water and simmer till the vegetables are cooked. Add sugar to round the taste if required.


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May 15, 2019
Growing up in Jupiter, Florida and with a guide for a dad, Matt was driven to share his knowledge with the youth in his area. With a background as an EMT, Firefighter and Fire Inspector, Matt is able to safely teach the children in his area and inspire a sense of adventure in the Jupiter Fishing Academy. Read more HERE.


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The history of organized crime in Canada revolves around a few major markets and families; for Listed this week, in conjunction with our Boardwalk Empire Blu-ray giveaway, we present a beginner's guide to the made men (and one woman) of the Canadian mafia.
7. Johnny "Pops" Papalia
By most accounts Papalia was not one for making friends, and grew increasingly weary of outsiders as he aged. Lacking the literal and symbolic support of a successor, in May of 1997 he was fatally shot at his home in a hit ordered by the rival Mustinano family.
6. Nicolo "Nick" Rizzuto ??
Sicilian-born Nicolo Rizzuto was already pushing 30 when he settled in Montreal. Blood relatives and a stacked mafia rolodex made his integration into North American crime a cinch and by the late '70s Rizzuto's operation had forced out the reigning Contronis (see below) and taken over the drug trade.
Rizzuto didn't become known to the majority of Canadians until his empire began to crumble. In 2006 the 82-year-old was arrested in the massive Operation Colisée ("Coliseum") for a laundry list of crimes, but authorities could only convict him of tax evasion and he received no prison time. This, coupled with his son and current organization boss Vito's incarceration for murder, set off a territorial war he was not fit to match.
In 2010 Rizzuto was fatally shot by a sniper through a window in his mansion, essentially eroding whatever power his empire had left.
5. Vincenzo "The Egg" Cotroni
From the 1940s to its collapse at the foot of Nicolo Rizzuto, the Cotroni family conducted all manner of criminal activity, controlling a huge amount of territory in Quebec and Ontario. ??
Vic Cotroni was the son of law-abiding immigrants, and in his youth worked professionally as a carpenter and wrestler. In the mid '40s he began purchasing bars and cafés for the purposes of hosting illegal gambling dens. He was soon taken under the wing of New York boss Joseph Bonanno, and their operation flourished for the next several decades.
By 1970 a war between Cotroni and rival boss Nick Rizzuto had broken out, culminating in the murder of Bonanno lieutenant Paolo Violi and several members of Violi's family and inner circle. Cotroni eventually ceded territorial control, dying of cancer in 1984.
4. + 3. Michele "Mike the Baker" Racco and Domenic Racco
Italian immigrant Mike Racco was the Vito Corleone of Canadian organized crime, a relatively moral man engaged in horrible crime. Within the limited moral boundaries of his profession, he tried to keep hold of an extortion and gambling racket far from gunplay and drug trafficking, and kept a combination ice cream shop and bakery as his business front. He also kept a close eye on the organized principles of the mafia, playing a large role in the creation of the Siderno Group, an affiliation of gangs with ethnic ties to the small coastal town of Siderno, Italy. ?
His son Domenic (pictured above) was, however, a man with no moral compass and a host of bad appetites, including cocaine addiction. After surviving an assassination plot from the Musitano family (from which the conspirators were actually convicted) he died of a heart attack in 1995 at age 57. ?
2. + 1. Rocco Perri and Besha "Bessie" Starkman
While the real-life men of Boardwalk Empire were pulling Canadian Club over the border, Rocco Perri was their connection. The Calabrian gangster dominated the bootlegging trade through the aid of local distilleries and his ruthlessly intelligent wife Besha "Bessie" Perri (née Starkman.)
The Perri bootlegging operation began before the 1920s, when temperance movements began applying pressure on provinces to enact their own prohibition laws. Most of these laws were repealed by 1925, and they were much looser than those south of the border, which would remain in place until 1933; Ontario did not actively close wineries or most distilleries even during the height of anti-alcohol legislation.
??One of the towering female figures in organized crime history, Besha Starkman was known as a restless, ambitious woman. In 1916 she abandoned her family in Toronto to live with Perri in St. Catharines; by 1920 she was his head of operations, with a characteristic sense of defiance that may have led to her demise. In 1930 she was ambushed and shot in a parking garage, and though no one was ever tried for the crime, whispers of her refusal to pay dues to American mobsters has been cited as a motive.
Fourteen years later Rocco disappeared. Though many believed his remains were thrown into Burlington Bay, no trace of the infamous bootlegger was ever found. ?
Check out our other article about how the Mafia Built Las Vegas.


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