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There are so many things wrong with this testimony that don't add up. First, Wilson had heard about the shop owner's store being robbed over the police scanner within the area, so he heard that cigarettes had been stolen. When he stopped to talk to Michael Brown and Johnson, he didn't know that they had been involved with the robbery. He just saw they had cigarettes in their hands. Naturally, he had a right to be suspicious considering this all happened within a span of fifteen minutes. The way I see it is that he had reason, regardless of race, to suspect about their demeanor and/or the items they were carrying.
Second, Michael Brown had traces of marijuana in his system. Although people swear this drug does nothing harmful, it clearly distorts a person's judgment. As seen in the video released where Michael Brown is committed a strong-arm robbery and after an interview with the terrified store owner, he purposefully told the owner that he was taking the cigarettes without any arguments. This doesn't seem like the actions of an "innocent" person.
Third, the two autopsy reports released so far have all identified that the six bullet wounds Michael sustained were all fired from the front. Johnson claimed that Brown ran away from the officer, but the bullet wounds on his arm say otherwise. It's not possible for all six bullets to have entered the body from the front while he was running away.
Fourth, why would Officer Wilson, an officer without any record of discipline and a sworn protector of the public, kill an "innocent" man without any reason? It wouldmake sense if he had a past history with racial profiling or for being a known racist; Wilson wasn't either of these. Also, there are clear testimonies from people witnessing the shooting that Brown clearly bum-rushed Wilson and punched him in the eye. Would Wilson have a fractured orbital socket (eye) according to Johnson's story? No. The witnesses said that Brown did run away after he beat Wilson's face, but then he circled back around. How is Wilson, distorted, half-blinded, and terrified, supposed to know that Brown wasn't going to get a gun or backup? Wilson knew that Johnson was with Brown, after all. It's not improbably to assume that Wilson thought Brown was coming back possibly armed and ready to finish him off, explaining he fired the way he did.
With all of this said I think this case is ridiculous. I'm not trying to play the race card, but by saying Wilson committed "character assassination" against Brown, isn't that reverse racism? White people are killed by black people every day and those cases don't receive any news media of this magnitude of scrutiny. It's the outsiders, the extremist groups, and people like Al Sharpton that are trying to turn this into something it's simply not (or has not yet been proven to be): a case of classical racism.
Both investigations of Brown's body prove Wilson's case. The third will do so also. As well as that the video shows someone saying that Brown fought the cops, and begin to charge them. In the end, the evidence shows that the boy stole from the store and bullied the owner, and the only person who saw the whole thing said in the video that he charged the police.
There is no evidence that he acted wrongly, but plenty that support his story.
Yes, Darren Wilson will be exonerated in the shooting of Michael Brown I believe that eventually the evidence will show that Darren Wilson acted appropriately. However, this will take some time to prove. It will be a long process but eventually I believe he will be proven innocent, much to the dismay of the citizens of Ferguson.
There is no crime in defending one's life. I don't care that he was shot 6 times. When you are defending your life you have a right to do whatever it takes to take your aggressor down. These a**holes that are supporting Brown want transparency but then get mad when they are given the evidence that their hero thug was to blame for his own death. That should not surprise anyone since his mother wanted the police to suppress the fact that she attacked one of her own relatives. These criminals have no regard for human lives. They want to be able to kill or try to kill someone and then protest when they are the ones killed.
As more honest evidence is compiled, this officer reacted as he should. Brown was a HUGE and dangerous man and he went too far one too many times. All the ruckus caused over this was driven by racially driven people, the blacks in this case. They do this as often as they can to stir up the pot, get more freebies and to perpetuate the racial crisis in our country. It's not the whites, it's the blacks. It's time for them to stop!!!
The police dept said [in their latest version recollection] that Brown was suspected of stealing less than 50 dollars worth of cigars from a convenience store in a strong armed robbery. Suspected but let's just assume that he did do it, let's not notice how all of their stories are contradictory, let's forget that his hands were in the air [as told by ever non-police witness], and was unarmed. Also forget he was shot 6 times. Forget all of it. Let's assume he stole the cigars. Since when has the punishment been execution on the spot for stealing something as petty as that. What he did would be a class A misdemeanor according to Missouri law that says a person can not be imprisoned longer than a year or fined more than 1,000 USD. Capital punishment is not the penalty for what he did and IS a cruel and unusual punishment violating the US constitution. Last time I checked, right to fair trial said "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him." and applies to Brown as well. Once again another violation in the Missouri constitution AND the USA constitution. He won't be exonerated and will probably be given a pretty harsh punishment as he should be given.
I hope not! There has been plenty of people protesting, and a lot of news coverage on this case. Shooting someone who has no weapon and who has their arms up is so screwed up! We need to be able to trust the people who's jobs are to "protect and serve" us. Whatever happened to that?!
Most of what I have heard seems to indicate he is guilty. Of course it's possible that he will be let go. Police are more likely to get away with these things.
Many people who think he is innocent complain about the rioters. I agree people should not riot or loot. But the police response was also inappropriate. People seem to forget that both sides in a given case can be wrong and in different ways. People shouldn't riot or loot but cops need to keep their responses proportionate and certainly have no reason to attack members of the press.
And shooting an unarmed teenager particularly when he's indicated he has surrendered is not justified. It doesn't matter if he did steal something. Murder is not the appropriate penalty for theft. The cop didn't need to use his gun. He could've easily tackled him and cuffed him.
Wilson said Brown went for his gun. We've not heard one witness say that they saw Browns head in Wilsons SUV.
Wilson said that he suffered scratches and a swollen face. However no photos because there was no report.
Wilson shot twice in the car before Brown ran. Wilson shot several more times while Brown was running and stopped. Where was the threat from Brown?
Brown was shot and bleeding but he decided to bum rush Wilson, even though Wilson had already shot Brown once before.
Brown was ready to kill a police officer and ruin his own life behind a box of cigars. He was willing to take the officers gun and kill him in broad daylight down the street from his home?
Does Brown have a right to fall forward when shot in the lower part of his body?
Was brown charging with his head down, not looking where he was going? That's what the officer said about the fatal kill shot. Î
It is sad that people are so focused on race that the overwhelming issues are being over looked. I would like why all people with so much focus on the race issue think it is going to be proven that there was some violation of civil liberties here? Even if it was, how is that going to be proved? I'm sure he is not running around waving a white power flag. Unless this guy is unbelievably stupid, they will not find anything there in the investigation.
So you have the testimony of a police officer, the eye witness reports, the autopsy findings, and video accounts to as evidence. We all know what both sides have said happened. The most important information that I have seen so far is the autopsy findings. There was no trace of gun powder on the young man according to the findings. This to me says that there was distance between the two for every shot fired. The law states that once the threat on life has been taken away, you can not keep firing that weapon. Even if Mr. Brown was charging the officer, I think somewhere between the 1st and 5th shot the officer could have subdued the suspect without another shot.
The problem that sticks out to me is the lack of control measures.
1) Why does this patrol unit not have a camera? According to the Ferguson PD, racial tension between the PD and citizens is high in the area. Why would you not have video protection for both sides?
2) Why is it legally possible to keep details about the incident from family of the victim? The response from FPD was that they can legally do it if the information might possibly put the accused in danger. DEAD WRONG! That same argument can be made in almost any situation, but the name of the accused comes out. This is unfair. Do you know how much of an advantage the FPD has . They had time to dig into any information on Mr. Brown that could be of some advantage, while at the same time going cleaning up the image of Mr. Wilson on social media.
To me I see to groups of people protesting, the angry youth that are not smart enough to channel there energy into something less damning, and people that no longer want officers of the law to be allowed to act above the law and are being vocal, not criminal.
If it was my community I would not be in the streets, I would be on the phone and on the doorstep of every elected politician in my district. I would be demanding transparency laws and protocols to protect civilians and law enforcement when there is a loss of life.
Lastly, I pose a question. If this same incident did not involve law enforcement, would it have been handled the same way? Shot six times, no weapon, witnesses, not close range..Self defense?
The police took a week to get their story out which is little more than a bunch of criminals in power taking the time to get their story strait. The police will do everything to make sure this never goes to trial, and the protesters know this, and that's why they're mad.
So all we're left with for a "trial" is the court of public opinion. Which is very unfair, and once its mind is made up is pretty much written in stone. Very few people are going to see lethal force as necessary for getting a kid out of the middle of the street. Fewer people are going to see that the gun shots to the back of the head that were the lethal shots as necessary given the other shots should have immobilized him. And only idiots will think an officer who was unaware of a petty theft would be justified in killing an unarmed suspect. Without additional evidence no ones opinion will change, and the public wants an arrest, and a trial. Until the police decide that they need a trail to end this there will be no exoneration.
If this was a rich white kid I have little doubt the cop would at least have to stand trial, and would all ready be on its way.
That is their JOB stupid and you PAY them to protect you. They LEGALLY carry a gun and any IDIOT who charges a police officer deserves what they get. GET REAL and GROW UP!
Cops make mistakes all the time (even with WHITE people they wrongly arrest) but you still don't charge an officer. That's what attorneys' are for...To CHARGE the Policemen with a CRIME.
The question of whether Officer Darren Wilson was justified in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown is still to be decided. As the National Guard was called in to quell riots protesting the shooting in Ferguson, the Attorney General became involved by requesting an additional autopsy. One must ask why an officer would discharge his gun 6 times into an unarmed suspect. Execution may be a term that is aptly applied when the results are in.
Darren Wilson shot an unarmed man, multiple times, in broad daylight, and with multiple witnesses at the scene. Michael Brown's hands were up in the sign of surrender when the officer continued to shoot. It is criminal to shoot an unarmed person in the process of surrendering under any circumstances and Darren Wilson will be convicted for his crime.


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Two longtime friends' feud – carried out in part on Facebook – ended in bloodshed Monday when one of the 14-year-old girls opened fire with a stolen gun, fatally shooting her onetime friend and wounding another girl.
"They was all into it," said Lauren Joseph, 29, who witnessed the after-school confrontation outside her home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and identified herself as a cousin of Endia Martin, who was killed. "They said it was about some boy, but we don't know the whole story."
An honors student charged in Endia's murder appeared in juvenile court Tuesday with her hair braided and tied with a ribbon, licking her lips nervously and softly answering questions from a judge. The Tribune is not identifying her because she is a juvenile.
A different portrait of the suspect emerged from her social media activity on Monday.
"Bout to beat some a--" the girl tweeted about two hours before the fatal confrontation. She also posted a photo on Facebook of herself sticking out her tongue and holding up her middle finger. The photo was captioned: "I Don't Chase Em ' I RePlace 'Em."
Tuesday night, police charged a second person, a 17-year-old boy, with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and other charges for allegedly trying to discard the murder weapon, a .38-caliber handgun. Earlier Tuesday, police Superintendent Garry McCarthy hinted to reporters that a 24-year-old uncle of the suspect's also was being questioned for giving the gun to the girl, knowing "there was going to be a fight," he said.
According to Joseph, the suspect was a longtime, close friend of Endia's, but the two had a recent falling out. They were supposed to meet up Monday afternoon to work it out, she said.
Endia was with friends on the front porch of Joseph's residence in the 900 block of West Garfield Boulevard when the suspect and her group approached, Cook County prosecutors said.
The suspect took out the gun and pulled the trigger, but the gun "malfunctioned," said Assistant State's Attorney Kathleen Kain. The girl handed the gun to others in her group who quickly fixed it. The girl raised the gun again and opened fire, killing Endia and striking a 16-year-old girl in the upper left arm who was later released from a hospital.
Several witnesses identified the suspect as the shooter, Kain said, and she gave a videotaped confession.
After Kain called the suspect "a danger to the public and herself," Juvenile Court Judge Stuart Paul Katz ordered her held in custody.
The suspect's attorney, Elizabeth Tarzia, an assistant public defender, said the girl was on the honor roll at John Hope College Prep High School, played on the freshman-sophomore basketball team and was a student leader. She has never been arrested before, Tarzia said.
No one from the girl's family attended the court hearing.
The shooting comes at a time when a growing number of girls are coming in contact with the criminal justice system, said Mariame Kaba, an activist who studies juveniles and crime. But it is extremely rare for an interpersonal conflict between young girls to turn violent, she said.
"The kinds of trouble girls find themselves in are usually...offenses that wouldn't be illegal if they were adults: truancy, running away from home," Kaba said. "Their other crimes involve drugs. So this case is really very unique."
"What is really telling is the story of girls and their access to guns," she said.
At a press conference outside police headquarters, McCarthy said the gun used to kill Endia had been stolen from a car on April 14.
"What would have been, under any other circumstance, probably a fistfight between 14-year-old girls because they were fighting over a boy turned into a murder," McCarthy told reporters. "You introduce a firearm and you have a murder."
McCarthy said he was frustrated by Chicago's persistent gun violence and decried how Illinois gun laws facilitate the illegal flow of weapons onto city streets. He said the gun had legally been left in the owner's car, a practice he described as "insanity."
"Those guns need to be in lock boxes, in safes, in people's residences or on their person," he said.
Endia's stepfather, Kent Kennedy, said the family recently moved her to Tilden Career Community Academy, closer to home, to keep her safe. She was killed about half a mile from her South Side home.
"No place in Chicago is safe for teenagers nowadays," he said Monday night outside Comer Children's Hospital, where his stepdaughter was pronounced dead. "No place is safe. ... It's senseless. Kids are dying so young nowadays. It's senseless. Parents shouldn't have to bury no child."
Kennedy described his 14-year-old stepdaughter as a "beautiful, nice spirit, active in sports. She loved music, loved to dance."
"No child needs to be gunned down like a dog in the street. Nobody, period," he said.
So far this year, at least 58 children aged 16 or younger have been shot in Chicago, two more than at this point in 2013, according to a Tribune analysis.
Monday's shooting comes little more than a week after five children, ranging in age from 11 to 15, were shot and wounded in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side. The children had been playing at a park near an elementary school and were walking home when a car pulled up and an occupant inside opened fire, police said.
On Tuesday night, nearly 100 teenagers and residents gathered in the 900 block of W. Garfield Boulevard, the scene of Endia's shooting, to mourn her death and comfort each other.
Chanell Rush, 16, said she met Endia as a cheerleader in the 5th grade at Dewey Academy. They were friends ever since.
"That was my baby and I love her," she said, wiping away tears. "She was a good dancer. She was sweet-hearted. She was a good friend."
Her violent death shook up many of the parents who chastised the teens about their use of social media.
"It was petty," Anya Wilson, 16, said about the dispute between the two girls. "How do you shoot someone over a boy? This should have never happened. Endia should still be here."
At the ceremony, the teens released purple and white balloons while loudly calling out Endia's name. They played gospel music while hugging each other and wiping away tears. Endia's parents did not attend the service.
Kim Grant pulled the crowd together and led them in a group prayer. She asked God to bring comfort to the gathering.
"Touch the family, dear Lord," she said. "They have lost a loved one. They have lost a child. They have lost a baby."
Tribune reporters Kim Geiger, Liam Ford and Deanese Williams-Harris contributed.
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Today...I woke up in the morning, supposed to be Eid's morning, the day that we should have celebration and having fun.
At first I went downstairs, hugged my dad and wished him the best for the new year..and after a while he just shocked me with the news. He said that Saddam was executed earlier this morning.. I was feelingless at that point, because I was still sleepy. I stood there speachless, thinking of the whole thing and the consequences of this matter, and about the timing of the execution which is in Eid's morning.
Anyway I went up to my room again, dressed myself up, and went straight to my grandpah's house, where all the family comes on Eid's morning and have lunch and enjoy the first day of Eid. I enterd the room where they were all gathered. I noticed the sad look on their faces. I started to hug each one of them and wish them the best for the new year, then sat with them for a while. They were talking about this execution and they were very mad and angry about it, first because they think that this trial is not legitimate, and secondly that the timing of this execution is very bad. I remained speachless there too, because I didn't know what to say, I wasn't so sure about my feelings myself, I was like am I happy or am I sad or what the hell am I feeling??!
Anyway, Eid continued at grandpah's house as usual. We had a nice lunch and everything was okay. Then after I went to see my friend who wasn't feeling anything about the whole matter and wasn't thinking about the consequences.
I returnd home and still haven't decided my feelings whether I'm sad or happy. Now as I'm writing this post I can describe my feelings very well, but still don't know what other people might think of me saying this.
I think I'm happy to see this despot receiving a fair verdict and being executed for the crimes he had done to the Iraqi people, and for his aggressive behaviour towards the poor people. And yet, I'm so sad actually that this (great man as he was) this symbol of the Arab nation (as hypocrites used to describe him) is being treated this way.. being hold with disgust by two guards, and executed in this humiliating manner, its too much for me to take easily..
I think the Iraqi government has taken this day to carry out the verdict to avenge themselves and to attack the Sunni community in an indirect way, because today was only the Sunni's Eid, not the Shiite's Eid..
They were eager to execute him as soon as they can, to insure their wicked sick minds that the idea of Saddam coming back to power will be terminated, though they know that this won't happen even if he remained alive..
Anyway, carrying out the verdict will not solve anything, and will not make the security situation any better, it will only make it worse, and by this bad timing they attacked an important sect of the Iraqi people, and I don't think that this sect will remain harmless to what they've did..
Finally, I still don't know whether I'm happy or sad.. but to say the truth I'm sad, because I think that Iraq will never ever have a president that knows how to deal with the bad groups of the iraqi people like Saddam.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
A car filled of explosives exploded about 20 meters away from the outer gate of my house...
The car exploded when an American army patrol was passing the street...there was no injuries niether from the American soldiers nor the civilians...
Electricity high pressure wires got destroyed and now the neighbourhood is without electricity at all..
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
Translations for Posters which were attached on the walls in my street
To our kinsfolk from the students and professors in sunni districts:
Subject: Communique about Closing Universitys and institutes in Baghad:
As a result for the act of Al-Maliki government and the dirty death
squads that are supported by that government, in killing and torturing
people from the sunni sect, and after these crimes were done by small
groups, Today, they are done by hundreds of people in daytime, by the
Persian forces of the internal affairs ministry officailly.
And the incident of the Higher Education Ministry is our biggest
example, the number of these crimes had increased a lot, and you are
the ones who are living them day by day, because the you are their
Thus, After consulting with a group of experts and University
professors, WE! decided to cancel the official attendance for college
students and higher education students, for the studying year of 2006-
2007 in all the Universities and institutes and the private colleges in
the capital of Baghdad only, in order to fist save the blood of our
professors and students, and secondly to clean these institutions from
the death squads.
As for students in primary and secondary schools, they are not included
by this verdict, and they should continue their attendance, because
they are not suffering what University students are suffering.
Today, Universities are being administrated by the hands of ALRWAFITH
(Religion quoting), controlled by the people of the dirty black
turbans, those who they know nothing about life only they know how to
kill innocent people, and they changed these University from
Educational Building institutions to killing institutions, and after
professors and students were safe, teaching and studying in these
universities, nowadays they get killed on the doorsteps of these
60% of the students from the sunni sect didn't start studying at this
year, they didn't even go to their universities this year, because they
were afraid of getting kidnapped or killed, and the same for the
students of the higher educations, and the rest of the sunni students
and professors became the main target for the death squads. As with
what happened to Dr. Esam Alrawi who was assassinated in Al-Mansour
So for the people of the sunni sect, this verdict is to save your blood
and to save you from the perfidy bullets, because we are not satisfied
with that the RWAFITHS get the highest degrees and the sunni people are
staying at their homes because they are afraid of death, so to make
justice this year should be canceld for everyone not just for the sunni
sect people.
Again we repeart our advice for the students from the sunni sect, to
avoid going to their Universities and institutes and colleges, for this
year, and we know that the avoidance of going for studying is a painful
fact, but getting our professors and students killed is much more
painful, thats why we are working to clean these institutions from the
death squads.
And who Alerted is excused...who alerted is excused...who alerted is
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Promotion--again, hardeehar
The phone, I agree, is a great tool. But how do we get to the big audience that's "out there?" Yesterday, my crit group met and one of the women, for whom I have a ton of respect and who has a background in marketing, is looking into viral marketing. She said one of the techniques was to email a hundred of your best friends about your latest book and asking them to email a hundred of their best friends. There must be more to it than this. Do any of you know? I already get too many emails about so-and-so's latest book. People must get my name/email address from some writers' groups or my website. But I couldn't tell you the author's name or title of the book if I were threatened with perpetual anonymity.
What do you think of the author co-op idea? One of the big drawbacks is that it would have to be fairly exclusive. It would be similar to putting together a critique group. If one (or more, God forbid) of the members turns out to be an opportunistic, condescending, mother-stabbing back grabber, the whole group falls apart. Angrily. There would need to be some solid ground rules, including a member limit and specific credentials in order to qualify. Exclusive. But maybe that's okay.
Another idea—and again I'm riffing off Vicki's thoughts—we could start a contest. (Though we'd be right back to the issue of promotion) I've been an Edgar judge. Though the task of picking one best novel/short story/etc. out of five hundred or more is extremely subjective, the Edgar awards are probably the most impartial, fair-minded competitions I've seen.
One of our commenters, Zhadi, brought another new concept to our attention. This is the blog book tour concept. Thanks, Zhadi, for showing the link. I checked it out and noticed that Roberta Isleib is one of the tourers. Roberta is a very smart woman and an excellent writer. I'll ask her how it's going, as I'm curious. But overall, I don't read many blogs. Except this one, of course. Do you?
Which brings me back to one of the biggest problems I see as a writer. How do we find the time to grow as writers, meet our publishers' deadlines, AND promote ourselves? (And feed the kids, work the paying job, get the laundry done) And why the #%@!# isn't there more support for the arts? Charles, are you serving those martinis yet?
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- Vicki Delany said...
Charles and I actually threw around the idea of asking our friends to send an announcement to their friends (wow, Debby has a 100friends!). But I didn't like the idea as I get so many forwards from a handful of people (not writers, just friends, or relatives of friends that took my name off my friends lists) that I automatically delete any message with the the FW: in the subject line. Of course you can remove the FW: with the use of a backspace key, but no one ever does.
- 8:02 pm
- Debby (Deborah Turrell) Atkinson said...
A hundred BEST friends, that is. As if. I don't delete messages with FW in the subject line, as I get some really good jokes from some of my raunchier pals. I sometimes delete the FW, though. Hmmm...
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- Charles benoit said...
Time - that's the problem, isn't it? Every minute you spend promoting you don't spend writing. And when you're promoting what's the first question everyone asks? "What are you working on now?" I'm tempted to say "what I'm working on is trying to get you to buy this book," but that seems so rude. I think folks would be shocked to see what % of our time goes into not writing. If they only realized that we could indeed write faster if they just bought our stuff faster...
As to the Face Book type stuff - If I spent 30 hours updating all my social contacts, making new "friends" and linking to every site I could imagine, how many books would it sell? A dozen? A hundred? At my royalty scale, that represents a small return on investment. Seriously, do you buy books because you saw the author on something like FaceBook? I can't get all of my REAL friends to buy a copy of my book let alone my virtual ones. A great way to get your name out? Yes. Appropriate for the type of sales we do? I doubt it.
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Friday 17th March 2017
Former Chancellor George Osborne has been appointed editor of the London Evening Standard newspaper.
The Conservative MP will succeed Sarah Sands, who is leaving to become editor of the BBC's Today programme.
The BBC's media editor Amol Rajan said Mr Osborne intended to stay on as MP for Tatton, in Cheshire.
The paper said Mr Osborne, who was sacked as chancellor after Theresa May became prime minister in July, would edit it "four days a week".
The Standard's proprietor, Evgeny Lebedev, said Mr Osborne was "London through and through" and he was confident that the MP was "the right person to build on the fantastic legacy of Sarah Sands".
"I am proud to have an editor of such substance, who reinforces The Standard's standing and influence in London and whose political viewpoint - socially liberal and economically pragmatic - closely matches that of many of our readers," tweeted Mr Lebedev.
The newspaper said its schedule would enable Mr Osborne to "continue to fulfil his other commitments, including as an MP; giving him the time to vote and contribute in Parliament in the afternoon after the paper has gone to print, and be in his constituency".
Mr Rajan, a former editor of The Independent, which is also owned by Mr Lebedev, said the appointment was a "fantastic coup" for the newspaper but would "take a considerable amount of people by surprise".
He said it would be a "big challenge" for Mr Osborne to persuade his constituents in Cheshire that he could continue representing them.
Mr Osborne has been congratulated by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who said he would be covering the "world's greatest city".
Mr Osborne, who has been an MP since 2001 and was chancellor for six years will address staff at the newspaper later on Friday.
It has a circulation of 850,000 to 900,000 copies a day, having become a free title in 2010.
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright said Mr Osborne had always wanted to be a journalist and loved the "worlds of intrigue and gossip".
Mr Osborne failed to get a place on The Times' trainee scheme after graduating from Oxford University in 1992 and was briefly a freelance reporter on the Daily Telegraph's diary column.
Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has become a visiting fellow at a US university and an adviser to US fund manager BlackRock, for which he is being paid £650,000 for four days work a month.


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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects approximately 3.5 million individuals annually in the United States and approximately 75% are the result of "mild" or concussive events. In the US military, it is estimated that roughly 20% of the deployed force suffered a head injury in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 83.3% of whom endured a mild, uncomplicated TBI or concussion, the long-term impact of which is just beginning to be appreciated. Many of these Service members are young males, 20-30 years old who have decades of life to live with the complex and often debilitating impact of war-time brain injury. Although much effort has been placed on trying to better understand this type of injury, many of these studies have been forced to rely largely on self-reporting, retrospective medical records review or evaluations of only later stages of injury No study to date has prospectively followed active-duty US military from concussive brain injury to long-term outcome with advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and clinical evaluation.
The overall goal of this study is to investigate advanced MR imaging and clinical outcome measures of concussive traumatic brain injury (TBI) in US military personnel injured during deployment. As part of previous collaborative efforts, we completed early prospective, longitudinal studies enrolling active-duty US military at 0-7 days, 0-30 days, and 0-90 days post-injury. All subjects met the DoD definition for mild uncomplicated traumatic brain injury . Non-brain injured control subjects were also enrolled at each time point for comparison. Early advanced MR imaging and clinical information was collected before these subjects were followed to 6-12 months. At 6- 12 months, advanced MR imaging was repeated and a battery of neurological, neuropsychological and psychiatric evaluations were completed. In total, 591subjects were enrolled through these efforts;54% TBI,46% control. This study will re-examine these subjects now 3-5 years post-injury and compare their current clinical and imaging presentation with the previously acquired longitudinal data.
Two groups of subjects will be studied: 1) subjects who sustained a concussive brain injury from blast during deployment, and 2) subjects without history of blast exposure and no diagnosis of brain injury from deployment. Group 2 serves as a control population for the blast-related concussive brain injury group.
We hypothesize that early clinical and imaging measures will correlate with 3 to 5 year late stage clinical outcome. This will offer predictive insight into the long-term impact of war-time concussive TBI thereby guiding new recommendations for clinical management and therapeutic intervention.
Follow up to prospective case controlled study
Investigate advanced MR imaging and clinical outcome measures 3-5 years after concussive traumatic brain injury (TBI) in US military personnel injured during deployment in which earlier clinical and imaging data exists
Active duty US military personnel age 18 or above of either sex and any race or ethnicity previously enrolled into one of four clinical research studies first presenting to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Kandahar Airfield, or Camp Leatherneck
Approximately 100 of the 591 previously enrolled subjects.
MR imaging, battery of neurological, neuropsychological and psychiatric evaluations will be conducted
University of Washington, Seattle WA
Christine MacDonald, Ph.D., University of Washington


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Another shot at library's bookshop
The Hyannis Library Book Shop closed for the season earlier this month, but there will be special Bargain Book Sales days Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 (the latter is the date of the Hyannis Stroll). Weather permitting, the sale will be held indoors and out. Volunteers are needed.A welcome Spectacle of giving
Cape Cod Charitable FunRaisers once again presents its Spectacle of Trees at the JFK Hyannis Museum on Main Street from Nov. 30 through Dec. 8 (there's a special preview party on Nov. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. Call Bill Murphy at 508-420-4030 for tickets). The "tree bucks" you buy to bid on 17 treasure-filled trees benefit 17 charitable organizations ranging from A Baby Center to the Silent Spring Institute.
The Osterville Historical Museum has its very own Festival of Trees Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Holiday fun on Cobb's Hill
The Unitarian Church of Barnstable on Route 6A holds its annual holiday fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 1, offering fresh greens and wreaths, boutique crafts, and much more. Soup and sandwich lunches are available.Santa due at WB playground
Santa Claus will visit Luke's Love All Access Playground on Route 149 in West Barnstable between 10 a.m. and noon Dec. 1. Donations of diapers, baby bottles, blankets, and formula will be accepted for A Baby Center.
Louis Armstrong, All-American
Barnstable teacher and author Mick Carlon will be at the Hyannis Public Library on Main Street Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to talk about his new novel, Travels with Louis, about legendary musician Louis Armstrong.
O'ville library closed Mondays until April
Starting Dec. 3, the Osterville Village Library will be closed Mondays. The first Monday reopening will be on April 1 (no fooling!).Mills association to hear of Pay-As-You-Throw
The town's renewable energy commission will make a presentation on its recommendations for solid waste disposal Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. to the Marstons Mills Village Association. All are welcome to attend the event at the Burgess House on Route 149, which will be preceded at 6 p.m. by a board meeting.Historical Society boutique
More than 40 artisans and crafters have works for sale at the Barnstable Historical Society Holiday Boutique Dec. 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the society's home across from Sturgis Library on Route 6A.Holiday music at the Meetinghouse
The West Parish of Barnstable choir and handbell choir join baritone John Murelle, flautist Mariellen Sears, and organist Donna Murphy for a concert Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Admission is by suggested donation of $10.Holly Fair at St. Mary's
Wreaths, greens, artisanal piece, Cape Cod artists' work – even pet gifts – and more is promised at St. Mary's Episcopal Church of Barnstable's Village Holly Fair Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There's a luncheon as well.Santa's a regular ham and egger
Join Santa Claus Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon for a breakfast and free photo at the West Barnstable Fire Department on Route 149. Tickets are $8; $5 for 10-and-unders.First Lutheran celebrates heritage
The third annual Lutheran Lights weekend at First Lutheran Church on Route 6A in West Barnstable begins Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. 5 p.m. with the Gifts of Hope Christmas Market (and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 9) and a bake sale. At 5 p.m. on the 8th, there's a Scandinavian smorgasbord ($20; under 12, $10; under 3, free – reservations required by Dec. 6 (508-362-3161) . The evening ends with a Lessons and Carols worship service starting at 6:30 p.m.
Following worship services and the market on Dec. 9, the St. Lucia Pageant will be held. Lutheran Lights concludes at 5 p.m. with a St. Lucia Dinner featuring Swedish meatballs (Adults $7; under 12, $5; family, $25).Calling all Hyannis!
The Greater Hyannis Civic Association will hold a members' general meeting Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Steamship Authority terminal on South Street. The Hyannis Fire Department Building Committee will report on its progress, and representatives of Homeless Not Hopeless will talk about their work.
Redeemables trailer at transfer station benefits West Villages PTO
Collection opportunities at the redeemables trailer at the Barnstable Transfer Station rotate among non-profit groups willing to staff the trailer to take in and sort returnable bottles and cans donated by those using the facility.
November, West Villages Elementary PTO; December, Barnstable Rowing Club.Put some zip in your wardrobe
To benefit the Barnstable Village Civic Association, "village pride" long-sleeve shirts decorated with the zip codes of Barnstable and Cummaquid are being sold at Barnstable Market, Neutral Territory, and Mosee's (Barnstable only).
Shirts to benefit the West Barnstable Civic Association can be found at 7Gs Liquor Store, the Whelden Library, and Cape Cod Cooperative Banks's West Barnstable branch.It's a throw to know
Orders are being accepted for the Centerville Beautification Committee's Centerville Throw, which funds the committee's planting and related efforts in the village. The cost is $45; call 508-771-7225 to order.


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Tagged: Ben Francisco
Toronto Blue Jays 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
I think the Blue Jays' 2011 season is best summed up by the culture lead by the one and only, Joey Bats:
Grade: C
Notable Additions:
Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Jason Frasor, and Darren Oliver.
Notable Subtractions:
Frank Francisco, Shawn Camp, Nelson Figueroa, Chad Gaudin, Brad Mills, Jose Molina, Jon Rauch, Omar Vizquel, and Dewayne Wise.
Why?: First of all, let me say that this team definitely leads the league in "Francisco" related transactions. Maybe it's just me, but they added both Fancisco Cordero and Ben Francisco. Then I think they made sure not to re-sign Frank Francisco just to add him to the list.
Really the grade from this came in that the average talent level of the players they added was far greater than that of the players lost, but there were just too many players lost to give the Blue Jays a grade that suggested they got better this offseason (for those who don't know, a "C" means the team added just as much talent as they lost in an offseason. Anything above means they improved in terms of talent, anything below means they got worse in terms of talent. The degree to which they were better or worse than a "C" dictates how much talent they gained or lost. Also, by talent, I mean to suggest how much better they made the team itself for the next season. So although a minor league may be talented beyond belief, if he isn't expected to play in MLB that next season they didn't add any talent as far as I am concerned. I do give brownie point in the grades for good moves in terms of the long term, but the grade is based on how well the team set itself up for the immediately subsequent season. So that would be 2012 for this offseason.)
I really don't feel like getting into the specifics, but I feel as though this is really the same team, talent-wise, as last season, so I gave them a "C".
Predicted Record Range: 80-85 wins I don't know why, but I just think this team could get a few games better this season, even though they really added a net-value of nothing.


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Rooney leaving
What is the matter with Wayne Rooney?
A wonder boy, a footballer star from Liverpool who plays for Manchester United has admitted that he wants to leave the English giants. Why? He is probably unhappy and calls it quits playing for Sir Alex Ferguson. Just two months into the 2010 English League, Manchester United lie third behind Chelsea and city rivals Manchester City. With a poor start of the season, Manchester United might as well give up the title to whom the leaders of the league. Thats unless Wayne Rooney leaves the club in the beginning of the transfer window in January.
It is understood that Sir Alex is probably behind this Wayne saga. He was behind the departures of David Beckham, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Jaap Stam, and Cristiano Ronaldo. Sir Alex Ferguson is known to be the bad ass of all football managers. Known to have violent and madness reactions during half time games. He is one touch bastard from Scotland. Sir Alex wants to win and wants his team and players to be winners and losing is not an option. However, if he is upset with his players Ferguson will take action just like when he threw some object that hit Beckham above the eye. Months later after Beckham got hit with some object, Beckham left for Real Madrid.
Why does Rooney want to leave United? There a lot of answers to that. Both he and Ferguson probably had an argument, where Ferguson has limited his playing time. Injuries also plays a role of Rooney leave. The personal problems that surround him off the football fields. And of course, Manchester United are in debt and is in need to sell players to pay for their debts. However, the most correct answer would be that Rooney just wants to leave Manchester United. United fans are all disappointed in Rooney and such disappointment has effected his game ever since the World Cup 2010 started. He was and still is on a goal drought right now. Every game that he has played in the league looks like he is not trying and it looks like its his last match for the red shirt.
As a Manchester United fan I am sad to hear that Wayne Rooney wants to leave Manchester. He is important to the club, he one of our best players on the field and everyone depends on him. But I guess when Rooney is under pressure, he just cannot execute to his best. His performance has gone down. Has not score a lot this year including a bad World Cup. On the other hand, if Rooney does leave in the transfer window, I'm sure Ferguson can pull of a trick to buy some quality player and if not he probably will sign another wonder boy just like Wayne Rooney.
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Looks freaking amazing!!!
The goal of Resistance and Liberation is to realistically portray the events and actions taken by the 82nd Airborne during their stay in Normandy. Our initial release will follow the regiments through a campaign that mimics that followed by the men themselves. The campaign will begin with players dropping into Normandy in the early hours of June 6th, with the ultimate objective of capturing the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise. From there subsiquent maps will include missions based on other key areas after the D-Day.
Looks freaking amazing!!!
"I am still fatty soldier!"
im guessing the wehrmacht lowered their standards post-normandy
lol yep they lowered the standardshe cant shoot so they put the fat ones on the frontline to scare the skinny people away lolz :)
Look at the German in the front it kinda looks like he is going to shoot the German farther back.
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From the introduction:
You hold in your hands an AD&D 2e module (adventure) designed to be used in the world of Arunia or your own homebrewed campaign with very few changes.
This module includes a description of the vale, the town of Culcomb, the ruined dwarfhold of Granarhol and its crypts, and the various places around the valley. You'll also find a timeline describing the escalation of danger in Strathwait.


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SKorean city full of grief prepares for more
ANSAN, South Korea (AP) — The altar of the memorial is a wall of white and yellow flowers and greens, surrounding photos of 47 students and teachers whose bodies have been identified after being recovered from the ferry Sewol. There is room for many, many more pictures.
The temporary memorial opened Wednesday in Ansan, the city south of Seoul that has taken the brunt of the pain from the ferry sinking last week that left 302 people dead or missing.
At the site, in the auditorium of the Olympic Memorial Museum, visitors walked past a line of wreaths sent from across the country and placed white chrysanthemums on the altar. A big screen on the left of the altar showed pictures of students, one face after another, all in school uniforms, while another screen on the right showed a stream of text messages from the public expressing condolences.
Danwon High School's junior class was aboard the ferry from Incheon port to the southern tourist island of Jeju. About 250 of the students are dead or missing.
"They are the same age as my grandchildren," said 73-year-old Bae So-ja as she wiped tears from her eyes with a handkerchief. She was one of the first to pay condolences at the memorial.
Visitors to the memorial received black fabric patches bearing the Chinese character for "condolence" to pin on the left side of their chests. They bowed in silence and a few people bowed down formally, lowering their heads and bodies to the floor.
A woman wailed as she brought a flower to the altar; though hundreds of other people were at the memorial, the only other sound was solemn piano music.
By noon, the line of mourners stretched to the street, many of them in black suits and black dresses.
"This was the only thing I could do for the students," said Lee Ae-ri, who lives in another city about a half-hour drive away. "I can't stay long inside because I feel like tearing up."
A few blocks from the memorial, the high school was quiet. Classes normally would have begun by now, but only a few students were there Wednesday. They were invited to visit counselors and psychiatrists there to discuss their grief.
Notes and messages to missing teachers and students are posted on walls, stairs, doors and windows. Some left cookies, soda cans and bread on window panes. Inside a classroom, a few bouquets of white flowers were placed on empty desks.
"Our Jung-hoon is a nice kid," read one message, left on a door. "Please. Save him. If he won't come back, please send him to a good place."
Lee Seung-min, an 18-year-old senior, said students are "constantly watching the news and crying, and going back and forth from the school, placing chrysanthemums and crying, and unable to do anything."
Seniors' classes will begin Thursday, and younger grades next week, including the 13 juniors who did not go on the ferry. It's not clear when the 75 students who survived will return; most remain hospitalized, many for mental stress.
Classes during the first two days will focus on helping students cope with losses and trauma, with assistance from psychiatrists and professional counselors, said An Soon-uk, a supervisor at Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education. The school has turned some of the classrooms into a medical center so students will be able to seek help during classes.
"Many of them are feeling guilt and resentment. Some students are in a blank state, unable to express any feelings," said Hong Hyun-ju, a psychiatrist who is one of some 50 medical professionals from outside the high school giving psychological treatment and counseling to students, teachers and parents.
Three teachers were rescued from the boat. One, a vice principal, died in an apparent suicide, saying he felt guilty for being alive when hundreds remained missing.
Reminders of the disaster will be hard to avoid for some time. An said funerals are held every morning, and funeral processions continue all the way to the student's classroom, led by a relative holding the student's picture. Sometimes, he said, parents faint when they enter the room.


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December 19, 2005
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)'s legislation establishing a grant program for young witness assistance initiatives passed Saturday in the House of Representatives. It was included in the Conference Report for the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (H.R. 3402). Congressman Capuano's initiative creates a separate grant program at the Department of Justice for state and local juvenile witness assistance efforts.
"We continue to hear stories about young people who are harassed and even harmed because they are willing to speak out about a crime. With the recent rise in violent activity, it is critical that the federal government provide state and local authorities with additional resources to assist young people who try to do the right thing. States and municipalities cannot do it alone," stated Rep. Capuano.
Grants may be used to develop and administer a variety of witness assistance programs including:
Rep. Capuano first filed legislation to protect juvenile witnesses in 1999 after learning about a young boy forced into hiding when he told authorities about a crime he witnessed.
"We must support those who take a courageous stand against violent crime in their communities. This measure will help state and local officials establish effective programs and expand existing initiatives," Rep. Capuano stated.
The President is expected to sign the legislation this week.


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A traffic stop has led to an arrest connected with an armed robbery in Assiniboia, Sask.
Assiniboia RCMP pulled over a vehicle around 10:30 p.m. Friday. Officers found amounts of marijuana and cocaine along with a prohibited weapon in the vehicle. Devon Kinchen, 20, of Limerick, was arrested and charged.
Evidence collected during the traffic stop resulted in charges against a 19-year-old man and 25-year-old man for an armed robbery on the 200 block of 1st Street East in Assiniboia on Jan. 9, 2017.
RCMP confirm Billy Klassen, 19, of Lefleche, has been charged with armed robbery.
RCMP are still looking for Khaled Al-Nadi, 25, of Assiniboia, in connection with the robbery. An arrest warrant has been issued for Al-Nadi. He is charged with, among other things, trafficking a scheduled substance, armed robbery, and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Kinchen and Klassen appeared in provincial court in Moose Jaw Monday.


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Climbing the Tree
I am not a very good climber. I have no head for heights, and can fall off a chair as my mother used to say. But here I am at the foot of the enchanted tree with all manner of strange beings above me and somehow, from somewhere, I must find the courage to start my ascent.
I have brought a small bag with me, containing photographs of my loved ones, my magic laptop which works on solar power, a jar of drinking chocolate for comfort, my digital camera to record my experiences and a mirror with which to examine myself daily. I don;t understand why I thought to bring a mirror. Perhaps I think that I am going to undergo a change and I want to be able to see in my face and in my eyes how this change manifests itself? I just know that for some reason I need a mirror. I am not a beautiful woman. I am not at all interested in beauty products and I hardly ever wear make-up. The significance of the mirror will have to reveal itself in due course.
I stand at the foot of the tree. It looks like a giant old chestnut tree, branches spreading wide around it. The sunlight pours, dappled, through the leaves. I remember the story of Jack and the Beanstalk from my childhood, and how Jack found a giant living in the land at the top. I wonder who I will find living there.
I place my bag over my shoulder, and, with a prayer to the god of short-plump-climbing-women I start to climb, very slowly and carefully ........


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Yes, the Google+ integration on YouTube is helpful, because people don't have to create two accounts. It is nice to have all of my accounts in one place. People who email me can easily find my YouTube postings. It is easier to find other people's YouTube accounts. Having it all integrated makes YouTube more legitimate, because people have their actual names on their accounts.
Google, in its ever-present need for more advertising revenue, integrated all of its accounts into one login. That means some services feed off others--including sharing YouTube videos on Google+ and the like. I preferred my Google services to remain separate so I can tell what's going on. Sometimes, I don't want to share videos on Google+ and I forget I'm logged in. It was something new to get used to, and I still think the integration has some kinks.


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While it is true that a timeshare contract is a binding legal document, it is often mistakenly thought that such a contract cannot only be cancelled. In fact, most timeshare companies maintain that their contracts are non – cancellable. This misconception is perpetuated by timeshare companies and user groups that are funded, maintained and controlled by the timeshare industry.
The FHA 203k loan program provides home buyers the opportunity to buy and fix up a property, without exhausting their personal savings.
Five Western states with the highest home price appreciation in February, Nevada (+19.3 percent), Arizona (+18.6 percent), California (+15.3 percent), Hawaii (+14.6 percent) and Idaho (+13.5 percent), led the nation to the biggest price increase in seven years.
Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 10.2 percent on a year-over-year basis in February 2013 compared to February 2012, the biggest year-over-year increase since March 2006 and the 12th consecutive monthly increase in home prices nationally, according to Corelogic's February price report.
Excluding distressed sales, home prices increased on a year-over-year basis by 10.1 percent in February 2013 compared to February 2012. On a month-over-month basis, excluding distressed sales, home prices increased 1.5 percent in February 2013 compared to January 2013. Distressed sales include short sales and real estate owned (REO) transactions.
The CoreLogic Pending HPI indicates that March 2013 home prices, including distressed sales, are also expected to rise by 10.2 percent on a year-over-year basis from March 2012 and rise by 1.2 percent on a month-over-month basis from February 2013. Excluding distressed sales, March 2013 home prices are poised to rise 11.4 percent year over year from March 2012 and by 2.0 percent month over month from February 2013. The CoreLogic Pending HPI is a proprietary and exclusive metric that provides the most current indication of trends in home prices. It is based on Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data that measure price changes for the most recent month.
"The rebound in prices is heavily driven by western states. Eight of the top ten highest appreciating large markets are in California, with Phoenix and Las Vegas rounding out the list," said Dr. Mark Fleming, chief economist for CoreLogic.
"Home prices continued their march upward in February. Nationally, home prices improved at the best rate since mid-2006, marking a full year of annual increases and underscoring the ongoing strengthening of market fundamentals," said Anand Nallathambi, president and CEO of CoreLogic. "Continued home price appreciation will provide fuel needed to drive further recovery in the home purchase market."
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sexuary - when it all just goes ka-plooey
Hey, you there! Yes, the person who wrote me off and on the first week of February and I haven't heard from you since. Yeah, you.
And you over there. The one who had never had sex for three days straight, but set a goal for weekly sex. And you made it one week. Sorta. Even that was a bad night.
Oh, yup. And you guys. The couple who had the biggest fight of their lives and both of you pulled up my face on your laptops and spit on me. Don't ask me how I know, but I know.
Let's not forget the gal who not only didn't turn "grumpies into humpies," but was ready to receive assault charges by throwing dog barf in her husband's face. Okay, so maybe even I encouraged her to do so after hearing her story. Some days simply have to be a rain check for the humpies.
I know you're there! I hear your silence! Do you know why? Because every single year in Sexuary, something has gone ka-plooey for us, too. Even this year. Maybe even ... especially this year. Do you have any idea just how much we fought last year, while having sex 31 days in a row? A LOT! There was one week that I wondered if we fought more than we had sex. This year we had a week that went full-on k.a.-p.l.o.o.e.y.
We can make a plan for intimacy and sex, but we can't make a plan for the life happening around it. Sometimes, once our plans get bumped, we have an even greater difficulty trying to get back in the game. This entire subject is more challenging and more intimate than any other we face (my opinion, but I'd be willing to put money on it). It can turn everything on a dime. It goes well, and it can be our best day ever. It goes south, and it can easily take days or weeks before finding our way back from it. Because it's challenging. And intimate. You put yourself in the most vulnerable of states, and it doesn't take much at all to tank that.
I have learned more from Sexuary, not from when it was easy, but from when it was painfully difficult.
I have learned the control I allow my emotions to have over my body and my reactions.
I have learned I have my own areas of weakness where I am embarrassingly reactionary.
I have learned my body - the parts I adore and the parts that frustrate me.
I have learned what I love.
I have learned that the things I love change and shift and grow and fade.
I have learned I am stubborn and sometimes selfish.
I have learned I am guilty of expecting my partner to read my mind.
I have learned my body is changing with each passing year.
I have learned I have more control over participating in sex than I ever used to want to admit.
I have learned I once got really good at making excuses without there ever being any intent to work through them.
I have learned that I still go there.
Sexuary continues to remind me: I am fully human and I am fully sexual.
Sometimes it all just goes ka-plooey.
So, now what?
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- C. T. said...
It is always a challenge to try to be physically and emotionally and sexually in contact with your partner, both during Sexuary and year round. Things happen like major colds with drippy noses and hacking coughs. Job stresses and job changes. And the kids with little time to get away from them. But Sexuary does one really good thing for me/us. It makes me remember all the reasons I love and desire my lady even when all we can do is hug and kiss or share a back rub. Sometimes it is drawing her a bubble bath and letting her have a hour to relax with a book and a BIG glass of wine. Sometimes it is just tucking her in for a nap when she is stressed from work. It can not always be sex but there are ways to share you love and your desire and to share each other. I try, everyday, year round, to give her a kiss and hug and tell her that I love her. Sexuary is fun but I do not think we use it as a challenge. It just reminds us of what we want to do year round. Hope you all had a fun and interesting month.
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New Details In Alex Rodriguez PED Accusation
Things seem to be only getting worse for the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez.
ESPN's investigative sports journalism program, "Outside The Lines," is reporting that Tony Bosch, the doctor who allegedly supplied athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, personally supplied the American League MVP.
"Only Tony handled A-Rod," a source told the ESPN program. The visits were every few weeks, according to another source.
The article by ESPN detailed how Bosch told associates he had been kicked out of Rodriguez's home after he had trouble locating a vein. Rodriguez was said to be "infuriated."
"Tony said A-Rod was pissed at him," the source said. "He said he was bleeding everywhere."
Rodriguez appeared 16 times in medical documents obtained by the Miami New Times that claimed Rodriguez and other baseball players had ties to a clinic supplying them with PEDs. Among the other Latino players named in the article were Texas Ranger Nelson Cruz, Washington National Gio Gonzalez and former San Francisco Giant Melky Cabrera.
Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 2001-03 and is currently sidelined for at least the first half of the season after undergoing hip surgery.
Recently Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said Rodriguez could end up sitting out the whole season.
"The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true," Rodriguez said in a statement issued by a publicist earlier this week. "He was not Mr. Bosch's patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story — at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez — are not legitimate."
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abrasive, algae, bedbugs., being healthy, blood pressure, bugs, Chemical, chickens, DE, diatom, diatomaceous earth, fleas, flour, healthy, Lowe's, roaches, Shop vac, snakes, vacuum, yard
Alright, this blog is suppose to be about Gluten, but I think it's beginning to be about health in general and the things I am learning on my Gluten-Free path. I actually think the two paths converged, because once I began to consider eating gluten-free, I began to explore the realm of being healthy and making daily healthy choices.
Tonight when I walked into my kitchen and saw the Diatomaceous Earth scattered about the floor, I realized that this was something I needed to write about. So what is diatomaceous earth? Wikipedia says:
- "Diatomaceous earth ( /ˌdaɪ.ətəˌmeɪʃəs ˈɜrθ/) also known as D.E., diatomite, or kieselgur/kieselguhr, is a naturally occurring, soft, siliceoussedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. It has a particle size ranging from less than 1 micrometre to more than 1 millimeter, but typically 10 to 200 micrometres. This powder has an abrasive feel, similar to oumice powder, and is very light as a result of its high porosity. The typical chemical composition of oven-dried diatomaceous earth is 80 to 90% silica, with 2 to 4% alumina (attributed mostly to clay minerals) and 0.5 to 2% iron oxide.
- Diatomaceous earth consists of fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. It is used as a filtration aid, mild abrasive, mechanical insecticide, absobent for liquids, matting agent for coatings, reinforcing filler in plastics and rubber, anti-block in plastic films, porous support for chemical catalysts, cat litter, activator in blood clotting studies, and a stabilizing component of dynamite. As it is heat-resistant, it can also be used as a thermal insulator."
What does this mean? It means that DE is made from a hard-shelled algae. Rather like a mini-mini-mini crab. It is ground up and produces a soft, powdery substance that feels cool to the touch, similar to flour. It is often put in livestock feed to get rid of worms. It can be put in or around a yard or a chicken pen to keep out snakes (it feels soft to us and abrasive to snakes.) It can scratch a person's eyes if it is on their hands. It is best not to inhale bunches of it, but I have breathed it many times and had no issues.
But the best part is it kills fleas, ticks, bedbugs and roaches CHEMICALLY FREE. That's right, no chemicals. For fleas, if a person has carpet, all that is needed is to sprinkle it lightly throughout the carpet and sweep in. A few days later vacuum up and repeat in two weeks when the eggs hatch. For roaches, sprinkle in cabinets, behind the refrigerator, stove, etc. For bedbugs, sprinkle under the sheets and around the bed. I have been fighting roaches for over a year. They were here when I moved in. I have one word for this: YUCK! I had always used DE for fleas, but I didn't realize it worked for roaches. My landlord was scheduled to come spray again when I discovered an internet article on DE for roaches, and I texted him, suggesting he wait until after I tried the DE. I saw one roach every now and again for a few weeks, but lately, NOTHING. Well, I still have DE on the floor and behind the stove. So I see DE. You do have to keep the DE dry, because it loses it's sharp edges that kill roaches after DE is wet.
There is one caveat though: it can ruin a normal vacuum. A person needs one that has a protective casing around the motor or a shop vac. Lowe's has one I'm planning to buy for a fairly cheap price. Yes, my vacuum finely gave up the ghost. I actually hated my vacuum so I'm not upset. Another problem associated with DE use is lowered blood pressure (gee, this is upsetting me). All-in-all, I am a fan or DE. I love the fact that it is all natural, chemical free, and can't hurt my animals or myself. It's really only dangerous to some vacuums.
(In Oklahoma City I have found DE at Bethany Country Store. In Northwest Arkansas I found it at Nitron Industries.


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Anais Nin's irate letter to her anonymous patron, posted on Letters of Note last month, has some key insights into how to write fine erotica. The patron had insisted that Nin "leave out the poetry" and "concentrate on the sex."
How much do you lose by this periscope at the tip of your sex, when you could enjoy a harem of discrete and never-repeated wonders? Not two hairs alike, but you will not let us waste words on a description of hair; not two odors, but if we expand on this, you cry "Cut the poetry." Not two skins with the same texture, and never the same light, temperature, shadows, never the same gesture; for a lover, when he is aroused by true love, can run the gamut of centuries of love lore, What a range, what changes of age, what variations of maturity and innocence, perversity and art, natural and graceful animals.
There are so many minor senses, all running like tributaries into the mainstream of sex, nourishing it. Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.
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- ITV Report
Tuesday night's weather with Simon Parkin
Dry and largely clear for much of the night, with perhaps some patchy mist and fog forming as the wind becomes light. A grass frost will occur in rural areas. Minimum temperature 2 deg C (36 deg F).
Tomorrow, some bright or sunny spells, especially through the morning once any mist, patchy fog or low cloud clears. However through the day cloud will increase, perhaps bringing isolated, light showers. Maximum temperature 16 deg C (61 deg F).
Simon's forecast for the east.
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Ocean Springs Closing FEMA Park
Residents urged to find other homes
By LEIGH COLEMAN
The more than 50 residents living in trailers behind the Ocean Springs Civic Center on U.S. 90 have until Aug. 15 to find another place to live.
Mayor Connie Moran announced Tuesday the city is planning to close the site.
The announcement was made during a meeting with FEMA representatives to discuss changes in the city's new trailer policy made earlier this year by the Board of Aldermen.
This decision comes after board members last week voted to postpone their decision to extend the Aug. 15 termination date for the closing of the trailer park.
FEMA representatives requested the board consider an extension until March 2008 but the board requested more information from FEMA and the residents living in the trailers.
"The representatives from FEMA never gave us the information we requested and we needed to make a decision about this site," said Moran.
"Of course, they can appeal the decision if they want to," she said.
According to FEMA representatives there are only 43 available apartments in Ocean Springs and they are all 125 percent above the fair-market value.
There are currently more than 90 Ocean Springs residents living in temporary trailers in Jackson, Harrison and Hancock counties.
"Ocean Springs has worked actively with FEMA and other agencies to ensure that all of our citizens have a place to call home," said Moran.
"As the deadline of Aug. 15 looms, it is important that anyone affected by it make appropriate plans," she said.
Moran says the city's biggest concern is the elderly, disabled, fixed-income, and single-parent households. City officials are encouraging people in these categories to contact FEMA to see if they qualify for the department's rental-assistance program.


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Doncaster writer Roy Clarke has revealed how a dream to return classic sitcom Open All Hours to the screen became reality.
The much-loved 70s sitcom, which starred comedy legend Ronnie Barker as miserly shopkeeper Arkwright and David Jason as his long-suffering errand boy nephew Granville, will return for a one-off 30 minute episode this Christmas.
The show, entitled Still Open All Hours, is set to be filmed in Balby in November - at the hairdressing salon which was used for exterior scenes for 26 episodes of the show which ran between 1973 and 1985 across four series.
And Mr Clarke, who penned the original show as well as the long-running Last Of The Summer Wine, has revealed how the much-talked about project, which will see Sir David reprising his role as Granville, came about.
He said: "The idea came from the BBC's comedy department.
"They put David and I together to find something new for David and the head of comedy said why not do a one-off version of Open All Hours?
"We all instantly thought 'what a fantastic idea' and within a few weeks, here we are."
News of the show was revealed to the world earlier this week and the programme is expected to one of the flagship broadcasts of the BBC's Christmas schedule.
Added Mr Clarke, now 83: "It has been a very fast moving project. It took me about two weeks to put the script together, going through a few draughts to get to where we are."
The scriptwriter, who lives in Sykehouse, declined to reveal too many secrets about the new show but said that fans of the original Open All Hours would not be disappointed.
"The whole thing very much has the look and feel of the original show. And working with David again has been an absolute joy. "We spent afternoons sitting around giggling about the show in the 70s, remembering some of the things that had happened and the storylines."
The new edition will see Granville running the corner shop - set in the Beautique hair salon in Lister Avenue, Balby, with his son, following the death of Arkwright, and of course, the late great Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005.
Actressess Lynda Baron, who starred as busty Nurse Gladys Emmanuel will also return, along with Maggie Ollerenshaw, who starred as dithering customer Mavis.
"I wanted to keep as close to the original as I could," added Mr Clarke, "and to be honest, that wasn't difficult. David said to me that when he read the script for the first time it felt like that it had never been away."
"It felt just like writing another episode of the old series and while Arkwright is not there anymore, his presence still looms very large across the whole show. Fans of Arkwright will not be disappointed."
The writer, who penned Last Of The Summer Wine for more than forty years, says he is now "pretty much retired" but added that he would love to see Open All Hours make a full return to television screens.
"It would be wonderful it was brought back again, but we will see what happens with the Christmas special first and take it from there."
"It all came a bit out of the blue, but I am looking forward to seeing the show being made again, and of course, I will be going along to the filming when it takes place.
"I think it is fantastic that people are talking about Open All Hours again and I can't wait to see the finished version."


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Donald's Hiccups is the 26th and last episode of Season 1 of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It aired on July 7, 2007 along with Donald Nixon's Hiccups.
The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse singers are set to appear on Clarabelle's TV show when Donald's hiccups became contagious!
Characters PresentEdit
- Mickey Mouse
- Minnie Mouse
- Daisy Duck
- Pluto
- Goofy
- Donald Duck
- Clarabelle Cow
- Toodles
- Ludwig Von Drake (cameo)
- Chip N' Dale (cameo)
Absent Edit
- A Glue Stick
- Tap Dancing Shoes
- A Toy Thermometer
- This is the second of only 5 episodes when Donald Duck wears nothing but a blue pair of swimming shorts for when he enters the water.
- "Mickey Mouse Club March" was one of the song in this episode.
- This episode was released on DVD March 20, 2007.
- This episode is on the DVD, Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt
- This is the last episode for Season 1, to air in 2007, and to use the 2002 Playhouse Disney logo.