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One of the things that I've learned on my journey through this life, is that success is a balance; and there are many areas that I have to intentionally focus on if I want to grow. I have also learned the impact that relationships have on our thinking and our decision making. We cannot drift into excellence, and therefore we need a plan to get better results. The book, Resolved 13 Resolutions for Life, by Orrin Woodward, has stimulated my thinking in so many areas; and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite books. It explores our lives from many different angles, and challenges us to resolve to live to a higher standard.
Recently, I've enjoyed playing basketball with a group of guys at the YMCA in my town. Not only has it helped me with my physical goals, but it is a lot of fun. The guys that come to play are very diverse in age, profession, background, etc. From a very fit 59-year old retired government employee, to a judge…business owners, a variety of professionals, and a group of college kids, we play full court basketball for over an hour–three times a week. As always when interacting with folks, it's amazing to see the maturity (or lack of) that is exhibited when there is conflict. To their credit, most of our games are competitive and fun, and very few incidents occur. I found myself analyzing the different guys, and wondering what circumstances and relationships led them to their current place in life. It is somewhat obvious to see that some have learned many success principles, have a good attitude, sport good people skills, and have confidence in themselves. Then, there are those who lack in these areas and seem to feel that they have something to prove. They get offended easily, and react negatively when things aren't going their way. Looking back, I used to be the guy who needed to prove something, because I didn't see the big picture or realize my purpose for living. That was when God led people into my life that believed in me, and introduced me to information that changed my perspective. Now, I am on a journey to continue to learn truths and discover what exciting adventures are ahead. As Helen Keller said, "Life is either a great adventure, or nothing".
What kind of circumstances and relationships have led you to where you are in life? Is your life a great adventure? As I look around and continue to meet people and build communities, I realize that just like the guys at the gym; the difference between people so often comes down to the relationships that they have, and if someone has taught them truths–or more importantly where to find the truth. It is exciting to think that we have the opportunity to impact people by how we live our lives. It is also important that we realize the ripple effect of our actions and attitudes on all those that we influence. It's a very negative world out there, and a smile, kind word of encouragement, or any positive affirmation does make a difference. As John Maxwell says, " Those closest to you will stretch your vision, or choke your dreams". Let's be vision stretchers.
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Summary: Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the Lessening Society. It's also where Rehvenge has staked out his turf as a drug lord and owner of a notorious night club that caters to the rich and heavily armed. His shadowy reputation is exactly why he's approached to kill Wrath, the Blind King and leader of the Brotherhood.
Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood-even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers. As plots within and outside of the Brotherhood threaten to reveal the truth about Rehvenge, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world, Ehlena, a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him-and the only thing standing between him and eternal destruction.
Review: I think Ehlena might be my favorite female right now. I don't really know why, but I like her attitude and how she wasn't instantly in love with Rehv when she first met him. He actually had to work to be with her. I loved that we got a better look at iAm and Tez. I wonder if they will ever get mates of their own and how that will affect the flow of the rest of the books. I thought the story was done very well, and I like that you get a bit more info on sympaths. Learning more about Rehv and Xhex is always fun, but I kinda started to get annoyed at Xhex after a while. I loved Rehv though. He's still not my favorite. I don't think anyone can beat out Tohr, but they can try. This is another great installment in this series.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Lover Aveneged by J.R. Ward
Summary: Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the Lessening Society. It's also where Rehvenge has staked out his turf as a drug lord and owner of a notorious night club that caters to the rich and heavily armed. His shadowy reputation is exactly why he's approached to kill Wrath, the Blind King and leader of the Brotherhood.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Summary: Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys were so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls' bathroom. But then the real trouble begins--someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry Potter himself!
Review: I freaking love Dobby! He isn't a favorite character, but he's such a cute one. It's hard to stay mad at him for almost killing Harry through most of this book. I like the new elements that come with CoS. You really get to learn more about the history of Hogwarts and of the four Houses. You also learn more about Voldemort which is always very exciting. I've been brushing up on my snake-language, but if there was anyway I could really learn how to speak it I think that would be really cool. Even though I'm not Slytherin I still think it would be a really neat thing to learn. I loved the Polyjuice Potion bit and I enjoyed Moaning Myrtle more now than I did when I was a kid. This is yet another wonderful book in this amazing series. I have really been enjoying these re-reads a lot.
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Photos of the Day: 3/6
Images from around the world.
Luanne Andracke of Clinton Township, Mich., sits in her seat at Joker Marchant Stadium in the rain while waiting for an exhibition spring training baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies in Lakeland. The game was called due to rain. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Kristen Galbraith, center, of Livingston, passes a sandbag to Josh Chavez, left, as Max Hjortsberg makes his way through the waters flooding South 11th Street in Livingston, Mont. The city of Livingston declared a state of emergency after melting snow flooded creeks and ditches and sent water running down city streets. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Supporters of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cheer as he addresses a rally of his Justice and Development Party in Elazig, Turkey. Turkey holds nationwide municipality elections on March 30. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New South Korean military officers cheer during the joint commission ceremony of more than 5,000 officers of the army, navy, air force and marines at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, South Korea. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filipino members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Division in chemical suits try to control a mock attack as part of the 1st Global Terrorism and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Explosives Conference at Camp Aquinaldo in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two pro-Ukrainian protestors hand a folder to each other that contains a depiction of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a Hitler-type mustache during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels. European Union leaders are holding an emergency summit to decide on imposing sanctions against Russia over its military incursion in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with Roman priests at the Vatican, where he confessed Thursday that he took the rosary cross of his late confessor from his casket and continues to wear it. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Afghan children play outside Islamabad, Pakistan, home to hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the repeated wars and fighting in their country. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials carry a body out of the charred remains of a home where a fire broke out early this morning, in Jersey City, N.J. Authorities have recovered two bodies and are searching for two people who are missing at the scene the a four-alarm fire. Mayor Steven Fulop said a couple in their 80s and their two sons, who are in their 50s, were unaccounted for after the blaze on Grant Avenue was extinguished early today. Authorities have not identified the two bodies that were found in the charred home. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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- AnonymousApril 9, 2014 at 2:16 AM
First of all ... completely understand about the song.ReplyDelete
Second of all I wanted to say that I think about you and your family often. I mean, not in a weird stalker way - but just to put your mind to rest I'm in Australia so you don't need to worry.
I can't remember how I came across your blog, I remember that you were taking a 'long lunch' at the time. I was struck by your creativity, talent and, most importantly, your generosity of spirit. I continue to find your blog posts inspiring, funny and, at times, heart wrenching...which is probably why my thoughts are often with you and your family even while I look after my own.
I know how difficult being a mother of young children can be (my own sons are 2 and 3 1/2). Wonderful, inspiring, joyful and always a blessing but also, at times, difficult. Sometimes it's so easy to become mired in frustration and gloom. Your efforts to lift yourself and family above it and embrace happiness is a credit to you and I hope that it continues to brighten your world.
I hope this comment doesn't seem weird, I wasn't sure if I should write it but I wanted you to know both that you're not alone and that you make a difference to others.Replies
This is the sweetest thing-nothing stalker-like about it at all! I really appreciate your support and encouragement. :)Delete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2014 at 3:52 AM
comee ooonn grown woman with pink hair? you are sooo ridiculousReplyDeleteReplies
what a great reminder, to just get the fire lit under your butt and do that project that you've been putting off. you are right, it would make you feel amazing. and doing the right things and being responsible i think as often downers of being an adult, but maybe youre right. we should flip our way of thinking and instead of dreading our chores and responsibilites we should just embrace them and enpower ourselves with the happiness it gives us. i think i'll go change that blown light bulb! lolReplyDelete
How fun! Spring really is awesome! Your post reminded me of the chapter in Little Women where all the girls decide to take a break from their responsibilities only to find it made them much happier to do their tasks with excellence.ReplyDelete
Honey, I LOVE your pink hair. It is perfection of color on your beautiful self.ReplyDelete
(I had planned to write this and then happened upon the above ridiculous comment as I scrolled up to glance at it again)
It is perfect with your complexion too!!!!
I have to say, I wish I'd done something fun like that when I was your age.
Gorgeous and super fun!
Laundry...yea, tons to do( I am more than half way through an 8 wks sub position so daily things are sorely neglected esp with warm weekends when we go biking and doing family things!)
Oh and we better not forget the kitchen :)
Your hair is pretty much the best hair ever.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2014 at 10:56 PM
Disney! You must tell me where you got the vase that looks like a tree stump/branches. The one holding the daffodils! I just love it!ReplyDelete
It was from JoAnn Fabrics :)Delete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 3:13 AM
Thanks! Wow, never expected it to be from JoAnn. Looks like it's from Etsy :)Delete
- AnonymousApril 10, 2014 at 10:39 AM
You'd love the book, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. It's a life changer! I always enjoy your blog. I'm looking forward to days 20-30.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 10, 2014 at 2:26 PM
I can't say try it without saying - 'Try it, try it and you may I say' - -Green Eggs and Ham :) Drives my kids nuts !ReplyDelete


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"It is 30 years since the Commodore 64 went on sale to the public. The machine was hugely successful for its time, helping to encourage personal computing, popularise video games and pioneer homemade computer-created music. [...] BBC News invited Commodore enthusiast Mat Allen to show schoolchildren his carefully preserved computer, at a primary school and secondary school in London."
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Women queue up to receive medical treatment at the Kassab camp in north Darfur. Some of the CERF allocation will go towards providing health services, including pre-natal and maternal care. Credit: UNAMID A funding of $14 million to meet people's basic needs in ongoing crisis.
The United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has allocated US$14 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to life-saving humanitarian projects in Darfur, western Sudan. This money will get vital aid to people who are enduring one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
The OCHA office in Sudan will manage the disbursement of the CERF funds to meet the highest-priority needs including clean water, sanitation facilities and basic health care. CERF funding will also help people build for the future by providing seeds for the winter and veterinary care. Sudan's 2012 appeal, through which the humanitarian community asks for funds to implement humanitarian projects, has received less money than usual this year. By the end of September, only 48 per cent of the $1.1 billion required to meet Darfur's humanitarian needs had been funded. By that point in 2011, funding had reached 55 per cent of the requirement. Some 3.2 million people in Darfur receive humanitarian assistance, and an estimated 1.7 million internally displaced people are registered in camps, having fled their homes. Some displaced people have been able to return home this year, but others have been newly displaced by floods and inter-tribal fighting. "The CERF funding helps us to ensure that ongoing humanitarian needs in Darfur continue to get attention, and that people receive the life-saving support they need," said Ali Al-Za'tari, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan. From this CERF allocation, UNICEF will receive $2.5 million to improve drinking water and sanitation for 700,000 people and $2 million to treat an estimated 24,000 children for acute malnutrition. The World Health Organization (WHO) will receive $2 million to provide drugs and medical supplies and maintain a disease-surveillance system. The funds will also go towards providing health services, including pre-natal and maternal care, for 700,000 people through eight non-governmental organizations. Through the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the CERF allocation will provide seeds for winter vegetables and access to veterinary services. This type of support reduces dependency on aid and helps families build resilience and become self-sufficient. The CERF funding will also help train more female police officers who can better respond to gender-based violence, and will help build and rehabilitate schools for children living in refugee camps. CERF is funded by Governments and the private sector to provide timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to victims of disasters and complex emergencies. More>> Darfur Humanitarian Update (Source: Reliefweb) - OCHA Sudan - UN CERF


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SEMI Members and other Leading High-Tech Executives Urge President Obama and Congress to Enact High-Skilled Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 15, 2013 — SEMI, and other leading innovation advocacy organizations, with more than 100 executives from the technology sector, including SEMI member companies, called on President Obama and Congress to approve legislation this year to reform America's high-skilled immigration system. The executives wrote to the President and Congressional leadership to call for reforms to enable a more open and flexible U.S. immigration system to embrace highly-skilled workers. The letter was organized by TechNet. SEMI member company executives who signed the letter include Mike Splinter, CEO of Applied Materials; Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel; and Kirk Gregg, EVP and CAO of Corning.
Fifteen of the CEOs and senior-level industry executives met with President Obama yesterday to talk about cybersecurity, taxes and immigration reform. The executives included: Safra Catz, president and COO of Oracle; John Chambers, CEO and chairman of Cisco; Weili Dai, co-founder of Marvell Technology Group; Ajit Manocha, CEO of GlobalFoundries; Ned Brody, CEO of AOL Networks; Mary Humiston, SVP of global HR at Applied Materials; Christopher Goode, VP of global corporate affairs and public policy at EMC; Kirk Gregg, EVP and CAO of Corning; Brad Brubaker, SVP, general counsel and corporate secretary of SAP America; and Gordon Coburn, president of Cognizant.
The following is the text of the letter from leading technology executives:
"One of the biggest
economic challenges facing our nation is the need for more qualified,
highly-skilled professionals, domestic and foreign, who can create jobs and
immediately contribute to and improve our economy. As leaders of technology
companies from around the country, we want to thank you for your sincere
efforts in addressing high skilled immigration and we urge that you and your
colleagues enact reform legislation this year.
"As you know, the
United States has a long history of welcoming talented, hard- working people to
our shores. Immigrant entrepreneurs have gone on to found thousands of
companies with household names like eBay, Google, PayPal and Yahoo! to name
just a few. These companies provide jobs, drive economic growth and generate
tax revenue at all levels of government.
"Yet because our
current immigration system is outdated and inefficient, many high- skilled
immigrants who want to stay in America are forced to leave because they are
unable to obtain permanent visas. Some do not bother to come in the first
place. This is often due to visa shortages, long waits for green cards, and
lack of mobility. We believe that numerical levels and categories for
high-skilled nonimmigrant and immigrant visas should be responsive to market
needs and, where appropriate, include mechanisms to fluctuate based on
objective standards. In addition, spouses and children should not be counted
against the cap of high-skilled immigrant visas. There should not be a marriage
or family penalty.
"According to the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are tens of thousands of unfilled jobs
requiring highly skilled individuals. Four high-tech companies alone – IBM,
Intel, Microsoft and Oracle – have combined 10,000 openings in the United
States. Each one of these jobs has the potential to create many others,
directly and indirectly. Bipartisan legislation currently introduced in the
Senate, such as The Immigration Innovation Act of 2013, and the Start-Up Visa
Act, will encourage innovation here in the U.S. by allowing American companies
and entrepreneurs to have access to the talented workers they need while
simultaneously investing in STEM education here in the U.S. We know what it
will take to keep America in a position of global leadership. We know that when
America is leading, our economic growth follows to the benefit of our nation's
"We call on you to address the need for more qualified, highly-skilled professionals, domestic and foreign, and to enact immigration reform this year. We look forward to working with you and your colleagues in a bipartisan way as we move forward in our common interest."
Other executives have signed the letter:
- Jonathan Zuck, president, Association for Competitive Technology
- Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO, AT&T
- KR Sridhar, CEO, Bloom Energy
- Robert Holleyman, president and CEO, BSA | The Software Alliance
- John Chambers, CEO, Cisco
- Gary Shapiro, CEO and president, Consumer Electronics Association
- John Donahoe, CEO, eBay, Inc.
- Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder, Chairman and CEO, Facebook
- Randy Fry, president, Fry's Electronics
- Eric Schmidt, exec. chairman, Google
- Meg Whitman, president and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company
- Mitchell Gaynor, exec VP, Secretary & Gen Counsel, Juniper Networks
- Tom Savage, VP, Global Legal Affairs and Gov Policy, Marvell Semiconductor
- Bradford L. Smith, Gen Counsel and exec VP, Legal/Corp Affairs, Microsoft
- Bob Greifeld, CEO, NASDAQ OMX
- Mark Heesen, president, National Venture Capital Association
- Safra Catz, president and CFO, Oracle
- Joseph Taylor, chairman and CEO, Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman of the Board and CEO, Qualcomm Inc.
- Brian Toohey, CEO, Semiconductor Industry Association
- Carl Guardino, president and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
- Aart de Geus, chairman and Co-CEO, Synopsys, Inc.
- Shawn Osborne, president and CEO, TechAmerica
- Rey Ramsey, CEO, TechNet
- Michael Beckerman, president and CEO, The Internet Association
- Marissa Mayer, CEO, president and director, Yahoo!
- Mark Pincus, CEO, Zynga
The leading technology associations joining TechNet in this effort include: SEMI; Association for Competitive Technology; Bay Area Council; Business Software Alliance, Consumer Electronics Association; Information Technology Industry Council; Internet Association; National Venture Capital Association; Silicon Valley Leadership Group; and TechAmerica.
A copy of the letter is available at www.technet.org.
Media Contacts:
SEMI: Deborah Geiger, 408-943-7988, firstname.lastname@example.com
TechNet: Jim Hock, 463 Communications, 202-463-0013 ext. 202, email@example.com
Association for Competitive Technology: Jonathan Godfrey, 202-331-2130, firstname.lastname@example.com
Bay Area Council: Rufus Jeffris, 415-946-8725, email@example.com
Business Software Alliance: Randolph Court, firstname.lastname@example.com
Consumer Electronics Association: Laura Hubbard, 703-907-4326, firstname.lastname@example.com
Information Technology Industry Council: Meghan Fletcher, 202-524-4389, email@example.com
Internet Association: Betsy Barrett, email@example.com
National Venture Capital Association: Emily Mendell, 610-565-3904, firstname.lastname@example.com
Silicon Valley Leadership Group: Steve Wright, 408-501-7853, email@example.com
TechAmerica: Stephanie Craig, 202-682-4443, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Natural Relief for Psoriasis with Sweet Whey
By Michael A. Smith, MDThe CDC estimates that 150,000 people a year are diagnosed with psoriasis. Characterized by red, scaly skin eruptions, psoriasis can actually signal more than just cosmetic issues. As a matter of fact, it's now linked to many age-related diseases that plague Americans, like heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
What Causes Psoriasis?
Truth is, the verdict is still out — the cause of psoriasis still remains largely a mystery. However, it's likely that the interplay between genes and triggers may explain the story. Many researchers believe that psoriasis develops when something mistakenly triggers the immune system. With psoriatic arthritis — psoriasis that affects the joints — both genetics and environmental factors are suspected to play a role.
Dr. Colby Evans, a psoriasis expert from Texas, says, "We now know that psoriasis is an abnormality or malfunction of the immune system. And, specifically, we know that T cells, a type of white blood cell, are at the root of it. They are overgrowing and attacking the area of skin where the psoriasis is located. When you biopsy psoriasis and look at it with a microscope, you'll see many T cells underneath the plaque."
For this reason, gaining control over the disease through targeted immune modulation may be the best route. We'll describe one way that this can be accomplished below.
Sweet Whey Extract Targets the Underlying CauseWhen cheese manufacturers make hard cheeses, like cheddar and Swiss, they use higher amounts of rennet — a digestive enzyme that breaks down milk protein. This produces a low acid (less sour) solution containing a type of whey protein, called sweet whey.
Clinical studies show that sweet whey extracts provide dramatic relief for people with mild to moderate psoriasis. Scientists first identified the benefits of whey extract in an open-label study in 2005, where adults with chronic, stable psoriasis consumed sweet whey extract for two months.
More than 60% of the study subjects experienced improvements from 10–81% on a standard psoriasis survey about the extent and severity of their psoriasis.1
These findings were confirmed in a larger, double-blind study the following year. Patients who supplemented with whey extract for two months improved on their scores from the Physician Global Assessment for Psoriasis, a standardized and well-accepted survey characterizing psoriasis severity.2
While the mechanism of action behind sweet whey extract is not fully understood, it's believed that it targets the underlying cause of psoriasis — T-cell hyperactivity, as it's been shown to prevent the activation of pro-inflammatory T-helper cells in the skin. This reduces skin cell destruction, and diminishes the formation and appearance of psoriatic plaques.3,4
Soothing Psoriasis NaturallyIt's pretty clear that sweet whey extract, when used alone or in combination with conventional medical treatments, provides clinically significant relief for people with mild to moderate psoriasis.
Since it directly targets the underlying cause — hyperactive T-cells — it works to modulate your immune system at the route of the problem. For this reason, it's probably the best natural option to pursue if you're suffering from psoriasis yourself.
Do you have psoriasis? Have any natural remedies helped you? Please let us know what has (or hasn't) worked for you in the comments below.
- J Cutan Med Surg. 2005 Dec;9(6):271-5.
- J Cutan Med Surg. 2006 Sep;10(5):241-8.
- Altern Med Rev. 2008 Jun;13(2):145-52.
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How young can you start a puppy on RAW feeding? What about a three month old that has only been fed "whatever" dog food the previous "owners" had available? Should they be started with strictly chicken for one week then introduce another form of protein? What about chicken jerky treats...are those o.k. to give during the first intro week? What about giving veggies during the first week and thereafter? Any information regarding starting a three month old on RAW is much appreciated.
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Thanks Jan. I look forward to more lessons. I'm on a roll.
Dialog #1
These lessons, by one of our most consistent FaithWriters' Challenge Champions, should not be missed. So we're making a permanent home for them here.
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Thanks Jan. I look forward to more lessons. I'm on a roll.
Mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. -Jude 2 NIV
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"Mom, I cannot believe you're not going to let me go to the movies with my friends tonight!"
"Jocelyn," her mother said, "you are only 14 years old and you have no business watching a movie about an axe murderer."
"But everybody else's parents are letting them go. So why can't I?" Jocelyn kept on and on till her mother relented.
"Alright," she said, "go on but please be careful!"
(Tried to just simplify while keeping pertinent information) Thanks for the lessons!
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You did a good job of paring this down to the essentials. I'd have changed just a few things:
1. 'cannot' to 'can't' in Jocelyn's first speech
2. 'you are' to 'you're' in the mother's first speech
3. some sort of punctuation in the last one, after 'go on', to indicate that even though the mom relented, she wants the last word. Maybe:
"...go on--but please, be careful!"
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"Mom!" Jocelyn whined.
"What now?" Tina asked, praying for patience and counting backward from one hundred as she often did when dealing with her fourteen-year-old-going-on-twenty daughter.
"Ashley and Tiffany get to go! It's not fair," responded Jocelyn, her eyes flashing with anger and righteous indignation. Folding her arms and harrumphing, she added, "You act just like those "old" mothers."
"Oh come on now; trying to guilt me into letting you go see that horrible movie isn't going to work, girl. I'm onto you," warned her mother, shooting her a knowing look. "Spring Break Axe Murderer" is violent. You are aware of my reasons for not wanting you to go, aren't you?"
"Okay, I give. But it doesn't make me not want to go. Everybody is going!"
Tina started to speak and then closed her mouth, staring into the eyes so like her own - large and green with gold flecks. At times it was difficult not to over-identify with this child so like her younger self, and to slip from her parenting role. Was it only fourteen years ago that she had been sixteen, having a baby out of wedlock?
"I don't know," she said, hesitating. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad just this once. After all, what could one movie hurt? It wasn't like Jocelyn had a steady diet!
"Mom, can I? Please? I'll even do dishes for a whole week if you let me!"
"It's my turn to give. Okay, you can. However, I don't want you asking me if you can go to anymore of these types of shows for a long long time. Agreed?"
Tina's answer was having Jocelyn's arms thrown around her in an ecstatic response. Smiling, she nodded her head, staring over her daughter's shoulder. "Thank you Lord for this treasure you've given me," she said, her lips moving in silent prayer.
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Re: Dialog #1
As far as dialogue goes (which was the lesson, after all), you've definitely done a good job, especially with Jocelyn. Tina's voice is still slightly stiff in a few places.
It's not part of this lesson, but I'd encourage you to look for cliches in your writing. In this little vignette, I found
praying for patience / counting backward
eyes flashing with anger
out of wedlock
righteous indignation
And if you were an editing client, I'd advise you to trim, trim, trim.
However, your writing is good, with some inklings of deep POV. Lots and lots of promise here--well done!
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Thanks Jan. Invaluable input and impetus to work harder to get farther along.
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How's this for a re-do?
"Mom!" Jocelyn whined.
"What now?" Tina asked, feeling irritated at her daughter's tone. Forcing a smile into her voice, she stopped unloading the dishwasher to turn around. "What is it, honey?"
"Ashley and Tiffany get to go! Why can't I?"
"Go where?"
Folding her arms, she exclaimed, "To the movie, Mom! What else?"
Tina stifled the words, "I forgot" which would only have inflamed the situation. Not that long ago she too as a self-centered unwed teenage mother had felt the immediacy of her needs being met. How raising this tempestuous fourteen-year-old had matured her! "Right," she responded. "The answer hasn't changed."
"You're - so - old!"
"Guilt won't work." This time she smiled. "I tried that on my mother."
"Yeah, but at least you had a dad!"
Paralyzed, Tina froze and felt herself go pale.
"Mom, I'm sorry!" Jocelyn, taller than Tina and instantly contrite, threw her arms around her mother. "I really am. I don't know why I said that!"
Gathering herself together, Tina slipped from her daughter's embrace to step back and look into green eyes that shone with tears. "What made you say that?"
"I don't know," she sniffed and lowered her eyes.
"Am I that bad a mom?"
"No." Jocelyn looked up and sobbed. "Yes."
"Honey, what's wrong?" Tina reached out to gather the crying child into her arms. "Jocelyn, what's going on with you?"
Muffled against her shirt, the words were barely discernible. "You're so strict!" she answered and hiccuped, sobbing in earnest. "Why do you have to the perfect mother and make me the guinea pig?"
Tempted to cry out the agony she also felt, Tina held back. There would be time to work through her adult emotions later; this was Jocelyn's moment.
"I'll tell you what," said Tina when the watery flow had subsided. She pulled one arm from around her daughter, leaving the other resting on her shoulder. Lifting Jocelyn's chin gently, forcing her to look up, Tina added, "You can go this once to see "Spring Break Axe Murderer."
Jocelyn's hopeful smile lit up eyes that still glistened with tears. "Even after I was mean - even though I didn't mean to be?" She tried to drop her eyes but Tina didn't let her.
"Yes. You can go, but..." Tina said and held up a finger, saying, ..."it isn't because I feel sorry for you. I have some thinking and we have talking to do. Okay?"
"Oh, Mom! You're the best!"
This time it was Tina's words that were muffled against Jocelyn's sweater as, wrapped in an exuberant bear hug, Tina finished with, "However, there will be a curfew..."
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Lookinup, I've seen this, and I 'll get back to you soon. Got a houseful of granddaughters right now. Stay tuned...
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No worries and thanks! Enjoy your grands....
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Catherine, I like your final version a lot. Thanks for persisting at it!
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Again, thanks Bea. Regret its being so long - just read about limiting word count and will watch that in the future.
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Hi Jan, here is my shot:
Jocelyn frowned and yelled at me, "Why church people can't have fun, mom?" I'm going
anyway, you know that..." She walked sideways at my front.
Seated on the sofa, I kept looking at my tablet. I had to be careful to answer to that one.
"It's not about being a Christian, Jocy. Look at the name of this movie, Spring Break Axe
Murderer. And look at its reviews!" I pointed at the screen and shook my head. "You won't go."
"Look, mom, I won't get myself pregnant like you did when you were at MY age." She snapped
back, tilted her head, and placed her both hands over her hips.
"Oh, now you're going too far, little lady." I jumped off the sofa, and squinted down at her face.
She tilted her head up and stepped backwards. I lingered there, waiting for her reaction, holding
the tears in my eyes. She bowed her head.
"Mom, it's just a flick. Ash and Tiff, everybody is going..." She pleaded, opened her palms up
and pursed her lips.
I turned and seated back on the couch. With my elbows resting over my thighs, and both hands
holding my cheeks, I forced my mind to think. When I was at Jocelyn's age, I used to jump out
of my house windows, and escape to the parties. Then I got pregnant, and my crazy grandma
told my mon, "This is what happens when you squeeze the bread dough more than you should,
it creeps off between your fingers..." Oh, God, help me. I don't know what to do...
Jocelyn stayed there, waiting for my final word. Then, the Holy Spirit spoke into my heart,
"Tina, wherever she goes, I'll be with her, I promise you." That's it. He'll be there for her.
I lifted my head, and gave her a half smile. "Ok, you can go, but please, be careful. Give me a
few calls."
"Oh, mom, thank you! I knew you wouldn't spoil everything...I'll call as many times as you
She sat at my side and kissed me. "And..." she bent her head down, "I'm sorry for what I said
about you... You know..."
"That's ok, honey. It's good to know you're smarter than I was, when I was at your age." I
smoothed her long hair and held her tight.
Thanks for the lesson, Jan. God bless you.
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Great job!
I'm not sure about the 'hein' in the first bit of dialog, and I would have made 'would not' toward the end into 'wouldn't.' Otherwise, you did a fine job making the conversation far more natural than the original example.
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Thanks, Jan--
I've made the corrections, and also chose the word lingered, instead stayed, in the 5th paragraph.
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Wednesday, 26 March 2014 10:39 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan — When Afghans select their new president next month, it will largely be up to tens of thousands of Afghan poll watchers to catch signs of ballot box stuffing and other vote-rigging that tarnished Hamid Karzai's re-election five years ago. The international observer mission is far smaller this time, and relentless violence has driven away many foreigners who signed up.
It's an example of how Afghan civilian institutions and the military are adjusting to a shrinking international footprint. U.S. and allied combat troops are preparing to withdraw by the end of this year despite a resilient Taliban insurgency, and Syria and other conflicts are increasingly competing with Afghanistan for aid money and attention.
Afghans will be choosing a successor to Karzai in the April 5 election, since he is constitutionally barred from a third term. With three strong contenders out of nine candidates overall, nobody is expected to get the majority needed to avoid a runoff. If one candidate does win in the first round, others are more likely to cry foul.
Authorities are under tremendous pressure to prevent a repeat of the rampant fraud that discredited the last national elections in 2009, tarnishing Karzai's second term as president and undermining public confidence in his government. Allegations of large-scale ballot stuffing, phantom polling stations and turnouts in some areas above 100 percent prompted U.N. auditors to throw out nearly a third of Karzai's votes, pushing him below the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a second round.
All that happened with more than 1,200 international and 10,000 Afghan observers fanned out across the nation. This year, the number of foreigners signed up as observers for the presidential and provincial council elections has dropped sharply to about 200. The number of Afghans, on the other hand, has soared to more than 100,000.
"One of the impacts of tougher security is that it increases the price of doing business," said Nicholas Haysom, the deputy U.N. chief in Afghanistan. "One of the real opportunities Afghanistan has to project a positive image of itself is credible elections."
The bloodshed already has prompted two major international organizations to pull out their teams. The U.S.-based National Democratic Institute and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe evacuated their observers after last week's attack on the Serena hotel in Kabul that killed a Paraguayan observer and eight other people, including two children.
"The 15 members of the election support team we sent to Kabul were all in the Serena the night of the attack. No one from our team was harmed but, as I'm sure you can understand, this was a very traumatic experience," said Thomas Rymer, a spokesman for the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. "We are also assessing the condition of the team members, and will couple this with the security assessment in making a decision on whether the team will return for the 5 April elections. The option to return is still under consideration."
Thijs Berman, the head of the European Union's election assessment team in Kabul, said the observers were largely ineffective in 2009 so the mission has shifted to focus on analysis. "It was a huge investment and low output so we decided it was better to not to deploy them this time," he said.
Berman said staff members were sent out of the country to wait for more armored vehicles and guards to protect their movements even within the Afghan capital, but that they would be back for the election. "We decided to let them wait outside of the country instead of having them sit idle," he said.
While only 20 or so observers fled the country, Afghan and international election officials said the psychological impact was huge.
Jandad Spinghar, director of one of the largest local monitoring organizations, the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan, is worried that others will follow as the Taliban step up attacks ahead of election day.
"Having international observers in the electoral process is very important in terms of getting international legitimacy for the election," he said.
Authorities have put in place new measures to counter fraud, such as bar codes to track bags of ballots delivered to the nearly 7,000 polling centers and two different kinds of indelible ink to prevent voters from casting more than one ballot.
But the candidates and others aren't taking any chances. The three front-runners — Abdullah Abdullah, who was the runner-up in the disputed 2009 election, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Zalmai Rassoul — as well as dozens of political parties are sending thousands of campaign agents to monitor the vote. In addition, several Afghan nongovernmental organizations are mobilizing observers.
Abdullah said his campaign and affiliated parties are fielding more than 15,000 agents.
"I will not say that the domestic observers can be an alternative for the world class experts, but at the same time we have to see how we can make the best of it," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday.
He said the international observers would at this point most likely be helpful in monitoring the two Afghan commissions overseeing the vote amid concerns of government interference.
The threat of violence isn't limited to foreigners. The Taliban have warned voters to stay away from the polls, saying they will use all force necessary to disrupt the balloting. On Tuesday, a suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked an Independent Election Commission office on the outskirts of Kabul, killing four people, including a provincial council candidate, an election worker, a civilian and a policeman.
The latest attack "shows that Taliban will use any opportunity against observers, against anyone working in the process," Springhar said. He said long-term Afghan observers have resigned from his organization in three provinces because they fear they will be the next victims.
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Then on Saturday night, the 2010 Golden Boot winner got back to his real-life superhuman powers: scoring goals. Wondolowski's first-half brace was the difference for the San Jose Earthquakes as they defeated FC Dallas 2-0 at Pizza Hut Park for their first victory of the season.
It was extra sweet for Wondolowski, who took last weekend's season-opening 1-0 loss at home to Real Salt Lake personally.
"I had three great chances [in that game] that I should have finished," he told MLSsoccer.com by phone after Saturday's game. "I should have gotten one or two. I put that on me."
Wondo admitted he concentrated extra hard in training all week to get back into the scoring column – making runs, getting into good positions and, of course, finishing. That work clearly paid off Saturday night as both his goals were assassin-precise.
Just five minutes in, Chris Leitch chipped a lead ball into Wondolowski inside the area. With his back to goal, Wondo chested it down to his right, spun two Dallas defenders and fired a left-footer off one hop past FCD 'keeper Kevin Hartman.
In the 23rd minute, Wondolowski headed a Joey Gjertsen chip from the left side of the box – again, with his back to goal – past Hartman to double a lead the Quakes did not surrender. Both finishes were clinical pieces of work that proved last weekend's disappointment is in the rearview mirror.
"He doesn't drop his head and he knows he can finish," head coach Frank Yallop told reporters after the game. "He's proved he's one of the top finishers in the league."
Yallop agreed that Wondo had trained harder in the past week, but it wasn't out of any sense of obligation to atone. If anything, said the veteran coach, it was because the goal-scorer wanted to get the team back in the win column.
"Even if he had scored a hat trick last weekend, he'll come into each game the same," Yallop told MLSsoccer.com by phone. "He'll miss some chances – every striker does. He was upset last week, but didn't come into this one differently. From a coach's point of view, I don't worry about him going into a shell."
Yallop did admit that San Jose still need to figure out a way to take the brunt of the scoring load off Wondolowski, who has been single-handedly responsible for almost every result the Quakes have posted dating back to last fall – he's now scored all 12 of San Jose's last 12 regular-season goals.
With a new contract over the offseason and a more focal role in the offense, there are seemingly all kinds of ways Wondo could feel pressure to produce.
"No, not at all," he said of that assertion. "Now I feel like I'm playing with house money. There was more pressure on me last year when I was trying to get on the field and stay in the lineup. I'm very confident now. The team is playing really well and we're happy to head out of [Dallas] with the full three points."
Yallop had a much more fitting evaluation of his team's answer to Clark Kent: "He's something else."


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I might have a play with building an FX unit using a Linux box this weekend.
I have low latency pro-audio sound card already - just wasn't sure what software to install. What would you recommend for listening to line in and applying real time effects too? (last time I did this, I just did it in Ableton Live on XP - but there was around 32ms latency which made the thing impractical)
Rubbish. Try using Reaper under Mac/Windows. It can even run in Linux with WINE. I record live with FX on all the time. I also record ambient room with mic (so no FX required.) Truth is, latency is your enemy, so you need the right drivers for it to work with Windows (ASIO, though ASIO4ALL will work with standard cards), but Mac handles it fine with base system drivers. Even GarageBand will record live audio with FX. But honestly, you really need a real audio card. I use a Tascam 122mk2 personally. USB. Drivers work well enough. Low latency. Sorted.


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Syrian activists have leaked a cache of files that purport to represent the private emails of Bashar al-Assad and his closest associates, sent during the bloody clampdown against opposition activists. Ongoing violence in Syria has claimed the lives of more than 8,000 people as the government seeks to crush an Arab Spring-inspired uprising.
The haul of 3,000 emails has been partially but not definitively authenticated by The Guardian, which began publishing the revealing electronic messages on Thursday. Highlights of the emails include advice, supposedly given by the Iranian government, on putting down the uprising; an offer of asylum for the al-Assad family in Qatar (should the group decide to flee); discussions about a media strategy; and many emails about shopping.
The emails were sent to accounts at a Dubai-based company, al-Shahba, which maintains a registered office in London, and appears to act as a conduit for much of the al-Assad's business with the outside world, according to The Guardian.
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As government agencies consider moving their enterprise data to the cloud, their first question might be: How does it get to the cloud? In most cases, data can be transmitted via FTP or HTTP protocols, but for some applications — like life sciences, sensor and video surveillance applications — the data is just too big to fit through the pipe. What's the best option?
Pack it up and ship it out.
Some major cloud vendors now offer a service whereby clients can ship physical media to the data center, where it can be uploaded, eliminating overly long data transfer times. Bulk imports are especially useful when data is first ported to the cloud or for backup and offsite storage. The fees for this service vary, and some cloud providers will also download data from the cloud and ship it via physical media.
AWS Import/Export accelerates transferring large amounts of data between the AWS cloud and portable storage devices that clients ship to Amazon. It uses the company's multimodal content delivery network that can transmit terabytes of data faster than a T-3 leased line to transfer data from physical media to Amazon S3, Amazon EBS or Amazon Glacier. Amazon charges $80 for each device handled; other costs depend on which Amazon cloud is used as well as the time it takes Amazon to upload the data or decrypt the device. For more information, see the AWS Import/Export documentation.
Google Cloud Storage Offline Disk Import is an experimental feature that is currently available in the United States only. The service gives clients the option to load data into Google Cloud Storage by sending Google physical hard drives that it loads into an empty Cloud Storage bucket. Google requires that the data be encrypted. Because the data is loaded directly into Google's network, this approach might be faster or less expensive than transferring data over the Internet. According to Google, import pricing is based on a flat fee of $80 per HDD irrespective of the drive capacity or data size. After that, standard Google Cloud Storage pricing fees apply for requests, bandwidth and storage related to the import and subsequent usage of the data, according to the company.
HP Bulk Import Service is still in private beta, but it allows users to load their data into HP Cloud Block Storage or HP Cloud Object Storage. The new service, which is expected to be released in fall 2013, will let users send hard drives directly to HP's data centers, where data can be rapidly uploaded and transferred.
Rackspace's Bulk Import to Cloud Files is a service that lets clients send Rackspace physical media to be uploaded directly at the data centers, where "migration specialists" connect the device to a workstation that that has a direct link to Rackspace's Cloud Files infrastructure. Rackspace will not decrypt data, though the company plans to offer that option in the future. Rackspace charges $90 per drive for bulk imports.
For cases where the data is consistently too large to transmit and access demands won't allow the latency inherent in shipping data, Apsera offers its Fast Adaptive Secure Protocol (FASP) data transfer technology that eliminates the shortcomings of TCP-based file transfer technologies such as FTP and HTTP, the company's website explains. On a gigabit WAN, FASP can achieve 700-800 megabits/sec transfers with high-end PCs and 400-500 megabits/sec with commodity PCs, the company said.
Aspera said its software is in use and accredited for SIPRnet, JWICS and FIPS 140-2, and it has been vetted by the intelligence community for large data transfers over military networks. It is also used in the 1000 Genomes Project that exchanges data between the National Center for Biotechnology Information and the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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Goodness. Only a public sector blog would suggest something as archaic as packing up your drives and shipping them to AWS. Are you kidding me?
This project might be of interest to folks who want to to massively import a ton of data into s3. It does over an ec2 cluster through an s3 filesystem abstraction like yas3fs - see https://github.com/bitsofinfo/s3-bucket-loader
You missed a very viable option that is gaining popularity. Select cloud vendors, like AWS, allow you to connect physical hardware directly to your resources inside their cloud. The Amazon Direct Connect product, 1 Gb or 10 Gb bandwidth options, would allow an agency to bulk upload data to and from AWS over a dedicated link... no carrier required.
So what is the point of delivering big data physically if that is what we tried to get away from years ago. So now the cloud can not handle big uploads so you have to physically deliver them, that is ridiculous. Created another cost of time and money.
Susan, Cloud computing is driving a new wave of innovation in the area of big data. The open source solution from HPCC Systems provides a single platform that is easy to install, manage and code. Designed by data scientists, HPCC Systems is a data intensive supercomputer that has evolved for more than a decade, with enterprise customers who need to process large volumes of data in a 24/7 environment. Its Thor Data Refinery Cluster, which is responsible for ingesting vast amounts of data, transforming, linking and indexing that data, and its Roxie Data Delivery Cluster are now offered on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. Taking advantage of HPCC Systems in the cloud provides a powerful combination designed to make Big Data Analytics computing easier for developers and can be launched and configured with the click of a button through their Instant Cloud solution. More at http://hpccsystems.com
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Neil Hamburger is known for his dry, oddball stand-up comedy that often makes celebrities the butt of his punchline. His following has been growing since the release of his debut album, "America's Funnyman," in 1996. Since then he has performed with comedian Tom Green, opened shows for rock bands (including a recent stint with Faith No More) and toured the country non-stop.
Whom do you prefer performing with more: rock bands, or other comedians?
A lot of the comedians have severe mental disorders and emotional problems. It's a real backstabbing crowd. Some of the rockers I've toured with are real druggies and sickies. Really, there is no way to win.
Do the rockers ever push drugs on you?
They don't want to hang around with me. When I go out on the road with these druggies and sickies — I mean, some of these bands are going out after the show and pulling wings off flies, on Lord knows what kind of drugs. If I did that I would not be in tip-top shape for the following night's show and I couldn't do my job properly.
How does one become a great comedian?
You've got to get some seasoning. You can't just go, find a dead cow in a canal and just sit there with a knife and fork and eat the cow while it's lying there bloated in the canal with bugs all over it. You got to hang out at the canal, get a professional to cut it up and then take it down to the steakhouse and put some salt, pepper and MSG on it. You have to season the meat. It's the same with comedy.
What kind of jokes do you tell?
I get to the topics that a lot of the kids that come to my shows want to hear. Which are jokes about the new rock-n-roll bands that are known for poor performances — like your Limp Bizkits and Linkin Parks, bands like that. The kids have gone to the show, spent $45 for a ticket, and then sit there with their jaws on the floor because they are so horrified at the poor presentation of these assholes. So for me to come out and tell a few jokes about it, it helps the awkward situation.
When do you write jokes?
When you're sitting there and your mind is racing with kind of bad, demoralizing thoughts of failure — then sometimes a joke just breaks through.When your head is clouded with misery, thoughts of impending bankruptcy, divorce hearings, poorly attended shows and poor-selling records, then a joke breaks through, and you work it into a set as soon as you can.
Since Michael Jackson died, have you quit telling jokes about him?
On the contrary, I threw out all the Michael Jackson jokes that I had and came up with a new set of jokes. It became a big part of the set this last year — sort of a tribute. They're gags in a sense, but they also honor a great entertainer. A lot of the greats I couldn't stand when they were alive. I hated them, hated their horrible music or stupid comedy, but when they die, that's when you tip your hat and honor them with jokes.
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