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Over our eleven vintages, James has awarded 2 Mates Shiraz more than 94 points with 5 glasses, no less than an amazing 7 times -peaking in 2018, when he declared to the world "2 Mates has reached rarefied air with 97 points" . Placing 2 Mates Shiraz in the very top tier of wines in Australia.
James Halliday, who admits he is "not prone to talking price" has used the descriptive "ridiculously cheap" several times when describing 2 Mates Shiraz. Once he declared "not $130 but $35".
And to top it off, almost every vintage has received a cellar potential rating of over 30 years putting it up there with Grange and Hill of Grace.
As yet, James hasn't tried our 2017 2 Mates "First Eleven" Shiraz. But we reckon it just might be our best ever.
Order yours now - and you be the judge.
We decided that when we returned to Australia we would attempt to make our perfect Shiraz.
Naturally, our wives were a little skeptical. However, we convinced them with our cunning logic, if we don't sell any of it, we can always drink it.
That's how the 2 Mates story started and it has been an enjoyable journey ever since.
We are now onto our eleventh vintage.
Along the way, we have picked up World Wine Awards, other medals and gongs, too many to mention, plus some amazing reviews from leading Australian wine critics year on year.
We have certainly learned a lot about what technically makes a good wine. But the one thing we have known all along is that a great wine is really about the friends you share it with.
That's what our wine is all about. So be sure to share it with a mate or two.
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text: McIlroy's victory at the Hong Kong Open means there's all to play for at the Dubai Championship [GALLO/GETTY] World number three Lee Westwood of England retained his Nedbank Golf Challenge title on Sunday despite shooting a one-over-par 73 in the final round.A record third-round 62 helped him to a 15-under total of 273 - two strokes less than it took Swede Robert Karlsson to cover four rounds over the 7162-metre Gary Player Country Club at this north-west entertainment resort."Incredible! This is a special win and my mum and dad are here to see me do it," said Westwood after notching up the 36th victory of his professional golf career."I was seven shots ahead going into the final round but no lead is ever big enough. It was a difficult situation choosing between a conservative and an aggressive approach."Robert, Graeme and Jason came after me and made some early birdies - but I never lost confidence in my ability to win this tournament. I love playing at Sun City." Luke Donald who finished on five-under could have played the last round at Sun City as a history maker. Only Rory McIlroy didn't let that happen. Shortly before the top-ranked Donald teed off at the Nedbank Challenge, No. 2-ranked McIlroy holed a birdie from the bunker on No. 18 to seal a come-from-behind win at the Hong Kong Open and keep the race for Europe's money title alive. Just. With Donald still around $1 million ahead, McIlroy has to win at next weekend's season-ending Dubai World Championship and hope the world's best player is outside the top nine to prevent Donald topping both lists either side of the Atlantic. That final-round fightback at Fanling by McIlroy delayed - and might still prevent - Donald's march to an unprecedented double. SOURCE: Agencies Sport Golf United Kingdom


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Improve Your Diet With These Nutritional Tips
Everyone is busy these days. Other things in life can quickly overshadow the need to pay attention to proper nutrition. Once you understand the basics, you can more easily accommodate healthy foods into your diet. The tips in this article will help you get started with this topic.
Carefully inspect food labels to determine the nutrition facts. Be careful about 'fat free' or 'low fat' products, they can still have high sugar or other bad things. Stay away from processed foods, as they can make you gain weight. The ingredients in most healthy products are easily recognizable to most people. If half the ingredients are artificial flavors with polysyllabic names, then give the food a pass.
Eat 600 to 900mg of garlic daily. Known as a fighter of heart disease and cancer, garlic is great for your health. Garlic contains anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties to keep you healthy. Try using cloves or garlic extracts in your food each day.
It is crucial to consume quality protein on a daily basis. Protein supports the health and growth of almost every part of your body. Protein is also crucial to maintaining your metabolism and repairing your muscles. Protein is also important for a good immune system. Foods that contain protein include fish, meats, legumes, milk, and grains.
Cut back on salt. Most fast foods are chock full of salt. If you don't consume so much salt daily, you'll probably start to be able to taste salt easier. You might start discovering that unhealthy foods just taste too salty for your palate. Your palette will adjust accordingly.
Select lean turkey products in place of ground beef in recipes. Doing so will mean that you are eating fewer calories and saturated fat. Just make sure it is made from turkey breast instead of the darker, fattier meat. Make sure you don't grab just any ground turkey, as only the leaner portions are healthier than red meat.
Make sure that your meal plan contains a variety of different nutrients which are eaten in moderation. If you eat too much, you will not feel good during the day and will put on some extra pounds. It may work to impede your body's functions and ultimately harm your overall health.
If your recipe allows for your choice of nut, choose almonds. Out of the entire family of nuts, these contain the most nutrients, help regulate cholesterol, add valuable protein and keep the blood healthy. Also, they will reduce the amount of money that you spend as they are not expensive.
A daily calorie allotment that feeds your system with whole, nutritious foods is one which is well-spent. Your body will respond more favorably to 1800 calories of lean meat, dairy and wholesome vegetables, then the same calories in french fries and soda pop. The type of food you consume is equally as important as the amount of food you consume.
Appropriate nutrition can be simple. Actually, if you learn the basics, you can easily add foods to your diet every day that are rich in nutrients. I's a lot better for you when you are in control of what you put in your body. Use the tips above to better your health.


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One of my favorite local restaurants had this dish on special one weekend brunch last fall, and it was so delicious that I wanted more. But since it was a special it was no longer available. So, I attempted making it – and then my friend James asked me to show him how it was done. So this is for James.
sweet potato & chorizo hash:
-Sweet Potatoes (about 1 small/mediumish sized per person)
-Chorizo (I used chicken this time, but I think it's better with the real pork stuff that crumbles)
-Onions or shallots – diced small
– Wash sweet potatoes and chop into 1/2 inch cubes – as even as possible – spread these in a single layer on a baking sheet, sprinkle with salt
– Put them in the oven at 400 degrees until they are soft, it's okay if they're starting to stick.
– Meanwhile, cut Chorizo out of casing, and brown on the stovetop crumbling into small bits, if you're using onions or shallots saute those with the sausage
– Once the sausage is browned, add it to the baking sheet with the potatoes. (this pic shows the chicken chorizo, which I don't think was as good as pork, and which didn't crumble so I had to cut it into pieces before browning)
See how the potatoes had turned darker? They were getting soft at this point. Stir 'em up and bake until the potatoes are soft, and the bits are sticking.
– I think this is best served with a still-runny fried egg, but you can obviously cook your egg any way you'd like
I'm no chef, nor food blogger (let's face it, I'm barely a blogger at all)- but this seemed like the easiest way to share a "recipe" with a friend.


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Recent empirical research in finance has uncovered two families of pervasive regularities: underreaction of stock prices to news such as earnings announcements; and overreaction of stock prices to a series of good or bad news. In this paper, we present a parsimonious model of investor sentiment that is, of how investors form beliefs that is consistent with the empirical findings. The model is based on psychological evidence and produces both underreaction and overreaction for a wide range of parameter values.
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BIOgeography and biodiversity of GREENland
BIO-GREEN is an international consortium of terrestrial ecologists and evolutionary biologists seeking to decipher the evolutionary history of terrestrial microorganisms and plants in Greenland and which factors drive terrestrial diversity patterns in the Arctic.
In doing so we aim to gain detailed insights into the diversity and biogeography of soil prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea), microeukaryotes (fungi, lichens, algae, soil invertebrates etc) and plants (mosses and vascular plants) in polar soils, ice and air sampled from across Greenland.
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I expect most miniature collectors don't exactly delight in these altered doll house furniture pieces. Yet they do attract a select bunch who favor haunted houses and other dark fantasy settings. God bless 'em. (My peeps.)
I love doing this kind of modification to miniature furniture. It's also a great technique to dress up interiors by adding gargoyles (or angels or animals) to the walls and doorways of miniature constructions.
Each addition is sculpted out of Creative Paperclay™and painted with acrylics.
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Rnd 2- 255#
Rnd 3- 265F
Rnd 4- 255#
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Deadlift 3-3-3-3-3 reps
Rnd 1- 205#
Rnd 2- 255#
Rnd 3- 265F
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Rest Day
An old trucker I used to go to church with would always say, "There's no rest for the wicked." It just always struck me as peculiar, and now whenever I see a "Rest Day", I can't help but think of that quote and that old trucker, especially when I don't get the rest day because I'm trying to make up for missed WOD's.
Today is one of those days. It was a Black Friday, not because of the shopping day, but because this WOD nearly made me black out. The time became inconsequential and for the first time besides injury I was afraid I wouldn't finish.
I got my first "Sweat Angel" and a pretty cool one if I don't say so myself. The t-shirt I had on was one of my old USAF squadron shirts with the viper and Air Force wings. Check it out.
Not only was I soaked, but it was about 38° in the garage and the floor was probably much colder. When I laid down, the steam was pouring off my face so thick, I could hardly see the ceiling. Wish I could have got a picture of that.
Five rounds for time of:
Run 400 meters
30 Glute-ham sit-ups
250 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
Sub'd GHD's with parallel roman chair sit-ups and DL was 205# (my body weight)
We missed Wednesday due to getting everything ready for the holiday. We plan to use Fridays rest day to catch up on it. So we just did today's scheduled WOD.
Happy Thanskgiving everyone!
Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:
2 Muscle-ups
4 Handstand Push-ups
8 2-Pood Kettlebell swings
3 Jumping Muscle Ups
4 Modified HSPU (Feet about 4′ above my head)
8 55# Dumbbell Swings
10 Rounds
Five rounds for max reps of:
Body weight bench press
Yeah! Finished it without injury!
Rnd 1: 10/7 135#
Rnd 2: 5/6 155#
Rnd 3: 6/9 155#
Rnd 4: 2/6 155#
Rnd 5: 3/6 155#
Rest and Yoga
Downloaded "Dark Horse" by Nickelback last night. Gena and I listened to it pretty much all the way through. Some of it is really good, much what I expected. Some of it will probably grow on me. Some of it was sappy (Gotta sell to chics too!). And some of it was… meh. A little to much screaming, not quite the hard drive I was looking for, but all around not to bad. I'm afraid they've hit their peak though. "All The Right Reasons" was probably the top of the mountain. I'm glad Gena and I will always have that concert as one of our "first" memories.
Clean and Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
1- 115#
2- 135#
3- 145#
4- 155#
Run 5 K
To much partying Friday night and then was awakened Sat at 5am by my wife standing over me screaming, "Get you butt out of bed, we're going running." I started having flashbacks to basic training… only this TI was much better looking, however, just as scary.
Went to the Y to run on a treadmill (18°F outside), severely dehydrated and hadn't had any coffee yet. Calves cramped up bad, ran half of it like a gimp and finally had to call it.
3.25k 20:24
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
Run 400 meters
Max rep Pull-ups
Rnd 1) 10
Rnd 2) 10
Rnd 3) 8
Rnd 4) 7
Rnd 5) 5
Rnd 6) 7
Total= 47
First time doing this WOD so nothing to compare it too.
Note: No band assist on pull-ups.
Push jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
I almost went back and did the 155 after the 150 because it finally clicked. The theory behind the form has gone from my head to my function. Next time…
Three rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
1 1/2 pood Kettle-bell X 21 swings (or 55 pound dumbbell swing)
12 Pull-ups
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00:02:27 NASA's InSight probe lands on Mars, with a slew of instruments to analyse what the red planet is made of.
00:17:43 Against all conventional knowledge, mitochondrial DNA is sometimes inherited from the father.
00:28:01 Professor He Jiankui announced he's created the world's first ever gene edited babies using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique. His claims of HIV immune babies are extraordinary, but mired in contention amongst ethical and procedural controversy.
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CTC named to list of top colleges and universities for the military
CTC named to list of top colleges and universities for the military
Central Texas College (CTC) was recently designated a top school in the Military Advanced Education's 2017 Guide to Colleges and Universities. The publication, released earlier this month, measures best practices in military and veteran education. CTC received top ratings in its understanding and support of the military culture and flexibility and achieved high scores in online support, on-campus support and general support. CTC also received a high score for financial aid offerings.
Now in its tenth year of publication, Military Advanced Education's Guide presents results of a questionnaire of the military-supportive policies enacted at hundreds of institutions including private, public, for-profit, not-for-profit, four-year, and two-year colleges. This year, schools were evaluated on their military culture, financial aid, flexibility, general support, on-campus support and online support services. Each school's performance rating by category is represented by an easy-to-recognize dashboard which enables prospective students to quickly target schools that follow best practices in military education, and then put these in context with other academic or career considerations.
CTC was also cited for having a central office designated for handling veterans' issues and accepting and granting some credits for military training recommended by the American Council on Education CTC's staff and academic support and its work in the College Credit for Heroes program which offers college credit to military veterans for their military training and experience also contributed to the recognition.
Serving active and retired military and family members for more than 50 years, CTC offers associate degrees and certificates designed for the military student via face-to-face and distance learning options and provides maximum credit for military education and training. With campuses across the continental United States, the Pacific Far East and Europe, CTC also offers classes on ships at sea and online to civilians and the military through the Army´s eArmyU program, MarineNet and the Navy´s PACE program.
Earlier this year, CTC was also named a Best for Vets school by Military Times and a G.I. Jobs' top military-friendly school. In 2013, CTC was designated a Yellow Ribbon school for providing funding assistance to help students avoid out-of-pocket costs for tuition and fees that exceed the established thresholds under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
The 2017 Guide is printed in the December issue of "Military Advanced Education &Transition," and is also published in a searchable database online at www.mae-kmi.com. Students have access to all the survey questions and answers provided by the schools, as well as explanations about critical issues like activation and deployment policies, withdrawal policies, scholarship and financial aid information and important support information.
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There is a well that is first dug at birth. As we gain experience in the world around us, it is dug deeper. Those experiences fill the well and mix with each other to create our identity. Some people avoid experiencing things and have shallow wells as a result. In order to write content that connects with people, one must have a deep well from which to draw inspiration. One must do things and interact with other people as much as possible when they aren't sitting in their chair hitting keys and forming words on a screen or mapping plots out on whiteboards.
Great erotica is no different. It's not about knowing 200 different words for genitals. Nor is it about knowing every kama sutra position or all the ways to say wet.
As writers, we are often told to write what we know. You have stories in you that others can't tell because we haven't lived your life. You also experience sex differently than others do.
While you don't need to have done everything you write about, you do need to experience things that bring about similar understanding. Maybe you haven't been whipped, but you have enjoyed being spanked by a partner. You can reasonably understand that some people enjoy pain and thus get away with writing about something more intense than spanking if don't get too detailed without interviewing people in the BDSM community who are really into it.
If you are a virgin who doesn't masturbate, you're going to get any sex wrong in your writing. You're going to base it on some porno or something you saw on TV, what you read about online, and your own ideas of what it is actually like. It will read hollow on the page. If you don't have much experience, you'll base it on those things and what you've done with one partner who may be a terrible lover.
If you are asexual and can't fathom how anyone could be so attracted to another person during dinner that they yearn to clear the table and jump the other person, then don't write a scene like that. Write one from a perspective that you relate to and help other people understand what sex can be like from that perspective.
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Pursue a Lifestyle, Not a Job
If you are on the lookout for a meaningful career change or wish to convert your passions into your career, here are some steps you can take to pursue a lifestyle, not a job. Our culture today is such that we are encouraged to pursue a career that offers financial
10 Latest fashion trends – Staying in Style
The latest fashion trends generate a lot of interest and excitement every season. Read on to know the styles that will be big this year. It's a brand new year and a great time to update your wardrobe with the latest fashion trends. Whether you are willing to rock these
Best Role Modeling: Take Fitness to Next Level
Fitness training is essential for overall wellbeing. Want to step up your fitness levels this year? Read on to know the tips that can help you take it up a few notches. Looking to get the most out of your workout sessions? For fitness enthusiasts who have been working out
10 Best Products for Better Sleep
Sleep should be easy, but if you have been struggling to fall asleep (millions of people worldwide do!!), you know it's not so simple! While there's no substitute for sleep hygiene, such as sleeping in a comfortable place with no noise, there are some products available in the market that
Top 10 ways to Make Healthy Foods
Consuming nutritious, healthy foods is the best way to enhance your overall wellbeing. Including the right nutrients plays a crucial role in the proper functioning of the body. Incorporating simple changes to make everyday foods healthier can enhance the nutrient value of your meals and improve your lifestyle. Read on
10 Fashion and Beauty Resolutions for the New Year
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Gabe is a smart teenage boy with a good sense of humor. He plays baritone in the band at his middle school. Some of his favorite things include Legos, video games and the Star Wars movie franchise. Gabe also loves Donald Duck; he thinks it's funny that the character gets angry so easily.
When he was just seven years old, Gabe was diagnosed with lymphoma. He has been in treatment for more than half of his life.
Gabe's wish to go to Walt Disney World® was granted earlier this year at Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee's Stars for Wishes gala with the help of some of his favorite Star Wars characters from the 501st Legion. Later, Gabe celebrated his wish with his school bandmates who helped to raise money for Make-A-Wish as part of the Kids for Wish Kids program. The band also gave him a book full of handwritten, heart-felt letters.
During the trip, Gabe and his family explored the Disney theme parks and Universal Studios. He also met some of his favorite characters, including Chewbacca and, of course, Donald Duck.
Although Gabe's battle is not over, his wish gave him and his family something to look forward to and good memories to look back on.
Gabe in the cockpit
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Episode for March 24, 2016
In this episode:
- Selections from the Day of Peace and Solidarity Day rally in NYC organized by the United National Antiwar Coalition. Speakers include The Peace Poets, Joe Lombardo of UNAC and Kathy Kelly. Original video upload by Other Voices, Other Choices
- Ann Wright on the Women's Boat to Gaza project, recorded on March 14, 2016, about her many years of participation with Freedom Flotilla Campaign and her recent trip to Sicily to attend the launch of an international campaign to organize a women's boat to break the illegal Israel blockade of Gaza. Original video upload by Joe Friendly.
- David Rovics, Song for the Mavi Marmara
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- 00:55 – UNAC Peace and Solidarity Day Action
- 11: 09 – Ann Wright on Women's Boat to Gaza project, part 1
- 30:44 – David Rovics, Song for the Mavi Marmara
- 36:56 – Ann Wright on Women's Boat to Gaza project, part 2
- 57:40 – Credits, info and contacts
Peace Buzz is a monthly podcast produced by the Center for Conscience in Action, an Oklahoma based peace and justice organization supporting war resistance, demilitarization, restorative justice and the power of individual conscience in transforming self, community and the world. It is hosted by Serena Blaiz. Extended distribution is provided by Broad Spectrum Radio. It can be found at peacebuzz.org.
Peace Buzz exists to encourage and amplify the voices too often unrepresented in corporate owned media — voices that call for justice and peace against the relentless and overwhelming power of the dominate corporate media industry that promotes war, militarism and domination, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Our production team seeks to report stories and include points of view disregarded or diminished within the preponderance of right-wing worldviews in TV and radio coverage of current events. Our intended audience consists of US activists, for whom we hope to build bridges to the global peace community, as well as people around the world interested in the work of the peace movement in the United States.
You can listen to Peace Buzz or subscribe to the feed at peacebuzz.org. You can also find the show as part of the Broad Spectrum Radio lineup at Mixcloud, and it is broadcast via shortwave on relay stations Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany and WBCQ in Monticello, Maine. For more info on the shortwave scheduling, visit broadspectrumradio.com.
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Yesterday was Candlemas and today it is the Feast of St. Blaise. The traditions for St. Blaise's Day, it would seem, come directly out of having all those candles about the day before: For ailments of the throat, we pray to St. Blaise… and on his feast day, the Third of February, it is not uncommon to go to church to have the priest bless your throat by holding two candles, crossed into an X shape, with your throat in the crook of the candles, as he says a blessing over your head. It's one of those mystical ceremonies that seems almost over the top even to us Catholics.
St. Blaise became the patron saint of folks with throat maladies by association: He is famed for having healed a young boy who had a fishbone stuck in his throat. St. Blaise was a fourth century bishop in Armenia, but he had to go into hiding in a cave for his faith. It was there that wild animals would gather with him and join him in food and conversation… and so St. Blaise is also associated with animals and their protection.
He is fondly remembered in my family, for St. Blaise was the name of the church my grandparents attended, up the hill from their home in Brooklyn. My Aunt Anne and Uncle Joe were married there, and so were my own parents. Folks with high aspirations went to the big cathedral up the road, but the simpler folks went to St. Blaise. It was a small church that served a small community made up mostly of Italian immigrants and their families.
In England and Scotland, it was once customary to light bonfires on the eve of St. Blaise, which would be the night of Candlemas, and perhaps there is some connection to be made between Blaise and blaze. It is a day also important to wool carders (a matter having to do with St. Blaise's martyrdom), as well as to spinners and dyers.
Today's chapter is an improved (I hope) version of the one from St. Blaise's Day, 2014. Pictured above: My newly married mom and dad, posing for photos with their wedding party, on the front steps of St. Blaise Church in Brooklyn.


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Joy and fanfare were in the air after the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) finally released the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results for two secondary schools in Migori County.
The Schools are Sigiria Mixed Secondary School in Rongo and Komotobo Mixed Secondary School in Kuria East Sub Counties respectively.
They were among eight Schools in Migori County that had their exam results withheld after Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ambassador Amina Mohammed released KCSE results in December, 2018.
The schools received the results on Wednesday, marking an end to the anxiety and agony that parents, teachers and candidates were experiencing during the period the results were being withheld.
"We are happy we have been spared the agony of thinking of how our children would repeat Form Four. Now, I can rest assured my daughter will proceed to another level," John Mwita, a parent was quoted by the Nation.
Migori County Director of Education Mr Luca Kangogo said six schools are still waiting for the results.
Maseno School in Kisumu County produced the second best student in the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) nationally.
James Kaluna of Maseno School was the second best student nationally.
Juliet Otieno of Pangani Girls Nairobi was the best student, with an A Plain mean grade of 87.66.
Humphrey Rasugu and Joshua Ochieng of Maseno School were also in the top 20 best candidates in the country.


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The MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Swedish underwear champion Björn Borg have come together to fight HIV around the world.
This week will see the launch of the "Get It On" underwear range, which features a design inspired by the shapes and forms of the Kama Sutra.
For every pair of underwear sold, a donation will be made towards the Foundation's HIV prevention projects in Europe. There is also a cheeky limited edition "tandem" pant with room for two people, all proceeds of which go to The MTV Staying Alive Foundation.
"HIV is something that affects young people of today and it deserves all the attention it can get. By supporting The MTV Staying Alive Foundation we want to raise awareness and help to get the message across to the young crowd", says Arthur Engel, CEO of Björn Borg.
As HIV continues to disproportiantely affect young people (almost 45% of new infections are among 15–24 year olds), creative and impactful collaborations, such as that between Björn Borg and The MTV Staying Alive Foundation, have never been more important.
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"A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth
"'So do I, so do I,' he said, 'I've always felt that the performance of a raag resembles a novel - or at least the kind of novel I'm attempting to write. You know,' he continued, extemporizing as he went along, 'first you take one note and explore it for a while, then another to discover its possibilities, then perhaps you get to the dominant, and pause for a bit, and it's only gradually that the phrases begin to form and the tabla joins in with the beat... and then the more brilliant improvisations and diversions begin, with the main theme returning from time to time, and finally it all speeds up, and the excitement increases to a climax.'"
At 1,474 pages, Vikram Seth's 1993 novel, "A Suitable Boy" is the longest novel (published in one volume) in the English language. This book took me a while to finish.
I'm no expert on contemporary Indian fiction, English-language or otherwise. I've read Rohinton Mistry's "A Fine Balance," Vikas Swarup's "Q&A" (a.k.a. "Slumdog Millionaire), and Rudyard Kipling - if he can even be counted as an Indian author. Seth's novel is less depressing than Mistry's, and is less jokey than Swarup's. Given Kipling's stature within the world of literature in general, and in the world of Indian English-language fiction in particular, I wouldn't know where to begin in comparing Seth and Kipling.
Summarizing the plot of "A Suitable Boy" is almost as challenging. In the personal sense, it follows the search for "a suitable boy" as a prospective husband for one of the novel's many, many characters. It is also the story of India, and the struggle of the Indian people to free themselves of the cultural trappings of England. Spiritualism is another theme that runs through the book, as is the ethnic tension between Hindu and Muslim in the wake of Partition.
The book takes place in the 1950s, after the British have left and Gandhi has died. Nehru is President, and Pakistan has just been severed from India. The Indian government is attempting a large-scale land reform, and wants to seize the estates won by British sympathizers from the previous government. Many Muslim residents of the novel's fictional centerpiece, the city of Brahmpur, have migrated to Pakistan, and many of Pakistan's Hindu inhabitants have returned to Brahmpur after losing their properties and livelihood in Pakistan.
Vikram Seth is a fantastic writer, but I've got to say that "A Suitable Boy" cries out for an editor. While I'm aware that this novel may appeal to non-Western models of fiction, there are portions of this book that do little to advance the plot, and many of the characters could have been discussed in less detail. The digressions into the doings of Kedarnath and Haresh, for example, detract from the flow of the narrative. Much of the legal and political goings-on could have also been left out.
Which is not to say that "A Suitable Boy" isn't a great read. It is. But like another famously long book, namely, "War and Peace," you may find yourself longing for the abridged version.
Incidentally, the sequel to this book, "A Suitable Girl," should be released soon.
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This feature is available with G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education, G Suite Enterprise Essentials, and Cloud Identity Premium editions.
Using Context-Aware Access, you can create granular access control policies to apps based on attributes such as user identity, location, device security status, and IP address.
Context-Aware Access gives you control over which apps a user can access based on their context, such as whether their device complies with your IT policy.
You can still set access policies, such as 2-Step Verification, for all members of an organizational unit or group. Context-Aware Access provides additional granular and contextual controls for those users.
Context-Aware Access sample use cases
You can use Context-Aware Access when you want to:
- Allow access to apps only from company-issued devices.
- Allow access to Drive only if a user storage device is encrypted.
- Restrict access to apps from outside the corporate network.
You can also combine more than one use case into a policy. For example, you could create an access level that requires app access from devices that are company-owned, encrypted, and meet a minimum OS version.
Context-Aware Access support
You can apply Context-Aware Access policies only to users who have one of these editions:
- G Suite Enterprise
- Cloud Identity Premium
- G Suite Enterprise for Education
- G Suite Enterprise Essentials (domain verified only)
Users with any other type of edition (such as G Suite Basic or G Suite Business) can access apps as usual—even if you apply a Context-Aware Access policy to all users in the same organizational unit or group. Users who don't have one of the supported editions aren't subject to Context-Aware Access policies that are enforced in their organizational unit or group.
- Core G Suite services (continuous policy evaluation)
Example: If a user signs in to a core G Suite service at the office and walks over to a coffee shop, a Context-Aware Access policy for that service is rechecked when the user changes location.
- Calendar
- Cloud Search
- Drive and Docs (includes Sheets, Slides and Forms)
- Gmail
- Google Meet (you can apply access control policies to Google Meet using Hangouts Meet)
- Hangouts Meet
- Google Vault
- Google+
- Groups for Business
- Google Chat (you can apply access control policies to Google Chat using Hangouts Chat)
- Hangouts Chat
- Jamboard Service
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- (Beta) SAML apps (policy evaluation on sign-in)
- Third party SAML apps that use Google as the identity provider.
- Context-Aware Access policies are enforced when a user signs in to a SAML app.
Example: If a user signs in to a SAML app at the office and walks over to a coffee shop, a Context-Aware Access policy for that SAML app isn't rechecked when the user changes location. For SAML apps, the policy is rechecked only when the user session ends and they sign in again.
We recommend against creating device policies for SAML apps. CAA doesn't collect mobile device information. If a user signs into a SAML app on a mobile device that uses a web browser for sign-in, access is blocked.
- G Suite mobile apps, such as the Gmail app or the Apple Mail app (all access allowed)
- Desktop apps, such as Drive File Stream (all access allowed)
- (Beta) SAML mobile apps that use a web browser for sign-in (all access denied)
You can create different types of Context-Aware Access policies for accessing apps: IP, device, and geographic origin.
Platform support, such as device type, operating system, and browser access varies by policy type.
Policy types
- IP—specifies an IP address range from which a user can connect to an app
- Device—specifies characteristics about the device from which a user accesses an app, such as whether the device is encrypted or requires a password
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IP and geographic origin platform support
- Device type—Desktop, laptop, or mobile device
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Device policy platform support
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User experience
Best practices for rolling out Context-Aware Access policies
Follow these best practices to help ensure a smooth rollout of Context-Aware Access policies in your company. These best practices are based on customer feedback.
Avoid locking out employees, partners, or external collaborators
- Don't block access to G Suite services, such as Gmail, that you use to share communications with your users (and that they also need to communicate with you).
- Identify IP ranges that partners, external collaborators, and clients need.
- Keep in mind that some G Suite services, such as Forms and Sites, don't have a mobile app and will be blocked on phones.
Roll out device policies in phases
- Discover—Enforce the use of endpoint verification so you know which devices are accessing G Suite data. Find out information about each device, such as if it's encrypted, running an up-to-date operating system, and if it's a company-owned or personal device.
- Remediate—Get your devices under IT management and in compliance with company standards in preparation for device policy enforcement. This should help reduce help desk tickets and support calls.
- Enforce—Enforce policies to restrict access to apps based on device context. Identify the organizations, sub-organizations, and groups, and then apply device policies in a phased rollout. Base your rollout plan on the device composition of each organization or group, and plan for sufficient help desk support.


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THE SOUND OF MONEY the ads cry. Not the name of a new movie but 20th Century-Fox's way of boasting about big box-office news. Fox's wide-screen film The Sound of Music has turned out to be the most surprising financial success in decades.
The picture, based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway hit of 1959 and starring Julie Andrews, opened in March 1965. It has been playing on a reserved-seat-only basis in a mere 131 houses around the country, and in ten months it has grossed Fox $20 million. Salt Lake City...
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As the LCB and legislature move forward implementing I-502, NORML Thurston wants to act as enablers and liaisons for cannabis activists in Washington. We know our voices and needs are more likely to be met if we can speak together and with purpose. This strategy session will cover:
1. What is happening with I-502 now.
2. The basics of lobbying public officials, and the differences of doing so at the federal, state, and local levels.
3. The basics of talking to the media and getting your message out beyond your friends.
4. How to best grow the influence of our local chapter.
NORML's primary goal will be to represent the cannabis consumer, but this gives us an interest in seeing the production, processing, and retail structures approved by the voters go forward. However, people with specific interests in licensing or policy are free to show up, share and learn, and decide if they want to work with us going forward.
Please join us, we're a small and dedicated group, and as such we can accomplish miracles!
When: Sunday Jan 13, 2013; 2 – 4 pm
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Worldwide day of protest against Tehran regime
Demonstrators in cities around the globe joined protests Saturday denouncing human rights abuses in Iran and showing support for opponents of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad.
Some of the biggest rallies took place in Amsterdam, London and Stockholm, with more than 4,000 alone taking to the streets of the Swedish capital.
Among the 1,000 people in Amsterdam was Iran's Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi who led the crowd in chanting: "We want to live in peace. Long live peace".
"We are here to show our solidarity with the people of Iran and to urge the Iranian government to respect human rights," said Tom van den Brand, a spokesman for Amnesty International in Amsterdam.
In London, where more than a thousand gathered outside the Iranian embassy, organisers also spoke of supporting Iranians protesting Ahmandinejad's disputed re-election.
"This is symbolic, it's a global day of solidarity," said Potkin Azarmehr, one of the organisers. "We need to make sure the government pays a price for the way they're treating the people in Iran."
Following charges of fraud in the June 12 presidential election, Tehran became the scene of mass street protests that shook the pillars of the Islamic republic.
Iranian official reports say at least 20 people died and more than 1,000 were arrested in demonstrations. Dozens of reformist leaders, journalists and human rights activists have also been jailed in the wake of the election that the opposition says was rigged.
In a park in Tokyo's buys Shibuya district, demonstrators carried a placard declaring: "Ahmadinejad is not Iran's president."
Many of Saturday's demonstrations included ex-patriots and those of Iranian descent.
In Paris, a rally of some 600 people, mostly Iranians, denounced the "electoral coup d'etat" in Iran. Many wore green, the colour of the opposition led by moderate candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi who was Ahmandinejad's closest rival.
Others carried pictures of a young Iranian woman, Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot dead during a demonstration and has become of symbol of the opposition's struggle.
"We want the United Nations to intervene, an inquiry into the systematic human rights violations in Iran," said the group United for Iran.
In Melbourne, one of the five Australian cities where protests took place, some 50 members of Iranian community waved their homeland's flag and banners reading "Stop Torture" and "Iran election was a fraud".
In London, Fariba Marzban, who was jailed in Tehran for eight years as a political prisoner following the 1979 revolution, said times were changing in Tehran.
"The people are now speaking -- for 30 years, people were quiet, now they are talking," she said. "Our ambition is free speech, liberty."
Demonstrations also took place in Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Vienna and Geneva, where protesters gathered outside the United Nations' European headquarters.
Some people outside the UN buildings wore masks because they said they did not want to be identified by any possible informers to the Tehran regime.
One Swiss delegation planned to bring a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, over the situation in Iran, said Hassan Bayat, a spokesman for the organisers.
On a smaller scale, but still symbolic of the extent of global reaction to the crackdown by Ahmadinejad's regime, about a dozen Turkish youths in Istanbul from the local Amnesty chapter staged a demonstration against the arrests of Iranian protesters.
And in Kyrgyzstan, a country not known for spontaneous demonstrations, a small group of some seven people were arrested for trying to protest outside the Iranian embassy in Bishkek, human rights activists there said.


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In Ray Bradbury's 1951 novel Fahrenheit 451, the government in a dystopic future has outlawed books — the better to curtail independent thinking — and city firemen are charged with burning libraries, rather than putting out fires. Sixty years later, you have to wonder how much relevance such a story retains: What with the Internet, Kindles, iPads, et al., pretty soon most people won't know what a book looked like.
Prime Stage Theatre believes the story remains relevant, and presents the Pittsburgh premiere of the Bradbury-written stage adaptation of his novel.
The book-burning, as it turns out, is just half of Bradbury's bleak future. In place of thought and learning, the citizens are, instead, entertaining themselves to death. Entire walls of people's home are floor-to-ceiling televisions spewing a steady stream of über-reality shows and serving as an interactive 24/7 link with the ever-watchful authorities. So between all of that, and copious psychotropic drugs, the population has been numbed into submission.
Not exactly an unforeseeable future.
Given the import of what he's saying, and the passionate call he issues at the end for intellectual integrity, I wish I could say I enjoyed the show more. The Prime Stage production is under the very resourceful direction of Justin Fortunato and a design team working every theatrical trick it knows: J.R. Shaw's lights, Johnmichael Bohach's settings, Angela Baughman's sound design and Paula Parker's costumes. But it can't shake Bradbury's adaptation loose from its prose roots. There are huge ideas in this work, a lot of them given wonderful voice by Monteze Freeland playing Capt. Beatty, but you do feel like you're being lectured to. It's a fascinating oration, undeniably, but the theatricality is quite limited.
Justin Patrick Mohr plays Montag, a fireman who begins to question his world and those who've create it, with a nice sense of the character's inner-struggle. Daina Michelle Griffith is strong as his medicated, but terrified, wife. And an impressive supporting cast brings a great deal of power.
It's ironic that a show so fervent in its praise of books is ultimately tripped up by its inability to move beyond its leather-bound origins.


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"In addition to providing extra comfort and choice in the air, some of the items are great gift ideas, particularly in the run up to the holiday season. We will monitor guest satisfaction and aim to expand the range of items for sale in the future."
Items available for onboard purchase:
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- In January 2018, a Snack Box featuring both sweet and healthy snacks to suit guests' differing tastes and cravings will be introduced.
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MERPAC to Meet on IGF Code Training Requirements
A working group of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) will meet to work on Task Statement 80, concerning crew training requirements onboard vessels subject to the International Code of Safety for ships using gases or low flashpoint fuels (IGF Code).
This meeting will be open to the public.
The working group will meet on April 17, 2014 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The working group will meet in Room A129 of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), 692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090.
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You have never let me down
I can't quit you, chaps.
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"–And she found them down in the basement there. On the couch–yes, yes, the brand new one they just got–And they were making the fellatio! On each other! Can you believe–that's what I wanted to know–oh, I know, I told her not to let them move in–and I tell you what I would have done–Me too. Exactly and you know another thing?–You heard that too? I told her that would happen–Uh huh. I said the same thing and–"
There was a buzzing like a million coked-up bees. A light three times greener than the grass on the other side. She looked around. The universe burped–
And snow he sat on a white sphere in a white sphere, her cellphone still to her ear. She blinked and said, "Gladys? Gladys? Are you there? I think I've been transported somewhere."
There was only silence over the phone. She hung up. The sphere she sat on was more comfortable than you would of thought to look at it. The room, lacking any and all corners and any visible source of the soft, white light that filled gave it an apparent impossibility of form, but she could feel how round it was. It seemed logical anyways. She had always imagined that if and when she was transported off somewhere it would be either a sphere or a pyramid. She had told Gladys the same thing and they had both agreed that a sphere was much more preferable to a pyramid. And God forbid some kind of cave.
"Edith Buckle," the voice, disembodied and contralto, said.
"Present," she said.
"You have been brought to our planetoid, " in intoned, "at the farthest reach of the KNOWN UNIVERSE."
"I figured that much," she said, "so is this for sex experiments or what? Because I will tell you people or whatever you are one thing. This lady's vagina is exit only, buster!"
"We are not interested in expanding your copulative abilities. Unless that's something you would be into. No. We are here to share our infinite knowledge of the cosmos."
"You are, are you. Well, let me tell you–"
"You have no way to comprehend the truth of the nature of space and time, but we shall reveal all to you–"
"Don't tell me what I do and do not know, mister, I mean, everyone thought that Mirna Davis was the all that and the Sunday service, but I tell you that that is not coffee in that mug she grips in those manicured paws all day long, no siree, she was missus glug glug glug burp burp burp, that's for sure."
"And Rita Sutcliffe. She was barfing up her tuna sandwich faster than she could get it in her if you know what I mean, because you now that Richard has loose eyes when it comes to skinny thighs–"
"I do."
"And Jim and Mary Kelly are not sleeping in the same room let alone the same bed and if you think it's not because his you-know-what stopped working after she got hooked on the ice cream after her little incident with her boss down at the plant, let me tell you something–"
"Yes. Tell me more. Dish the dirt."
"Well, you know how Gloria and Ted's newborn son came out with red hair, while she's chestnut and he's tawny. Well, what colour hair do you suppose the new mailman has?"
"You don't mean–"
"Do I? I'm just saying. And he certainly takes his sweet time sorting their bills and flyers."
"My goodness. What does Ted think?"
"I can't say for sure but I know that he's been spending a lot more time down at the bowling alley."
"Well, why wouldn't he?"
"Exactly, I said the same thing. The poor guy, he works his butt off at the landfill to put food on the table and here she is licking stamps with some light in the loafer letter jockey. And how about Petunia Green? She's on so many pills since Stephen left her that she's affecting air traffic over the neighbourhood. She's that high."
"The poor woman–"
"I know, I know. And guess what? The little Lancaster girl–"
"Mary Anne?"
"Uh huh, well, she's been moved onto the short bus and it has not been easy on them–"
"I can't imagine–"
"You and me both, let me tell you–and Lorna Newcombe's brother is back on their couch after his little run-in with the law."
"Are you serious? Again?"
"You didn't hear it here, but he got caught with his hands down his sweatpants outside the elementary school, so–"
"I know, right? She's going greyer than Gandalf."
"Of course, who wouldn't?"
"And Dudley Oswald found a lump–"
"Oh no–"
"And Cathy Andrews has been passing bad cheques–
"I don't–"
"And Ophelia Stephanos is no longer welcome at the Shady Lane Restaurant–"
"You don't say–"
"And Harriet Jansen–"
"Are you–"
"I am, and–hey, speaking of everything, what was all this infinite knowledge of the universe you were yammering on about?"
"Well, let me tell you–"
This guy is nuttier than grandpa, and that old pecan still thinks he is blowing lead jug for Billy-Bob Banjo and the Bongo Bongo Band. Seriously, this guy has a smile that makes stupid look like Dr. Knowledge Ph.D. and his pants are not only dirty, they are upside down. You tell me how you do that and I will give you a ripe banana. But this guy managed to figure it out, most probably by using his uncanny suboptimal power of diminutive thinking. Speaking of pants, his hair is greasier than a Mississippi lug-nut at church on a Wednesday in July. No joking, I mean, you have to intentionally work hard all day every day to lube your do like that. Well, this guy must of and does. He even makes the word dilapidated uncomfortable with itself. Like this guy grabbed the definition then set it on fire and jumped in the fire and rolled around like a headless chicken all the while playing a broken kazoo. If you do not believe me check the dictionary and tell me what you see. Exactly. And now you cannot un-see it. I make no apologies. If the government put out a pamphlet warning about the dangers of bodily infestation by parasites and creatures of gross-repute this guy would be the guy on the front and the back and every panel in between. And I can guarantee not one solid citizen to a person would fail to heed their warnings based on his image alone. Beats me how even the creepers and crawlers can stand living on this guy. He stinks worse than guano dipped in diarrhea rolled in manure and left to die slowly on a pile of filth in the raging sun. He is the only guy you will ever meet that can wake up on a Tuesday, think it is Thursday, act like it is Saturday, and still tell the bus driver, "TGIF, chum, TGIF." His teeth are browner than the insides of his toes which are browner than the colour brown. Want to know why? Because he brushes his teeth with shoe polish and spit shines his feet. He likes to say it gives him a Brogue's smile. I like to say it makes it look like his mouth took a dump on his foot. One time this guy bought a bunch of balloons with money he got from a kind old lady who mistook him for a dead horse and slipped a couple dollars in his collar out of pity for his grieving jockey. Anyway, he bought these balloons. As an investment, right. And he tried to sell them to the airport. Because he truly believed that if you loaded an airplane with balloons the plane would be lighter and float easier and then fly faster and that it would be of incredible economic benefit to the airlines. What with the cost of gasoline and all it made perfect sense right? He called his business AirBalloon. Needless to say his enterprise did not take off. In fact, he is never allowed within ten miles of the airport under penalty of death. Then, the next time you would see him he would tell you about a hot and spicy sexual conquest he had with a bowl of turkey noodle at a delicatessen he was no longer allowed to set a brown foot in for the rest of his life. Then he would ask you to lend him a dollar so he could buy himself a bowl of chowder. You would wonder how a guy like this guy would stay out of the Cuckoo Cabana and believe me when I tell you that they would toss him in with all the other flakes, kooks, and oddballs and within minutes the whole lot of them would be throwing themselves on the mercy of the chief headshrinker to get that loon out of their midst. He was driving them crazy. This guy is the Pearl of Macadamianesia, the Jewel of Almondinia, the Flower of Cashew Pichu. If bonkers was a planet this guy would be its wacky moon revolving around and around in the most frustrating orbit the solar system ever did see. What a nut.
The Sun eased itself down like a thick-tanned arthritic retiree into a too-hot Jacuzzi, throwing sheets of titian and merlot into the sky, that caught the evening wind and drifted off, leaving the velvet drapes of night in their wake. As eventide sauntered off and the blackness ambled in, Nuts Calhoun and the Two-Eyed Chippewa stood close to the barrel fire, warming their well-traveled bones. They'ded had a hard one fer certain sure, hoppin' on an' off on up and own from Beggars Creek 'cross Bum Alley 'round Dirtbag's Cul-de-Sac through Nasty Town back on over Stink Row under all them losers under Loser's Bridge then through all them losers at Loser's Landing hittin' Degenerate Way and pausin' fer a good sniff o' high-test at Gasbag's then back on and prompurposely roosted off by a dumb and fat bull in the middle of Trashville so forced t' walk ALL THE WAY down Greasy Lane so then o'course needin' a toot of rotgut at Snotz's to fuel the slough through the Malingerer Mile back on and the finally off again at the sweet, welcoming friendly hug of the stink of Hobo Junction.
"Get in em cans o beans, Chip," Nuts croaked.
Chip grunted. Probably yup. Ya just can't tell though with him. On account o' his lazy eye, cleft pallet, and distended jowl. Nuts took it as a a-okay, and eased his bean stick o'er the fire, holding the can in the sweet spot. Ne'er get dem beans too hot, but shucks in yer gullet if y'all don' get 'em anymore than cold and clammy either. Barrel-fire beans was a art form o' the finest low-life culinary persuasion and only a bona fide bindle baron hisself couldawouldadamnwelldid cook 'em right. Nuts was as well known fer the quality o' his beans as he was for the malodourousness o' his feet. And the Two-Eyed Chippewa was just as well known for the quality o' his barrel fire as he was for his stewy demeanour. He used just enough crud and rubbish mixed in with the wood to give it that classic Two-Eyed Eau de Dump. Or 'absolutely magni-fucking-fique' as the famous French hobo and asshole, Merde-Bouche Henri, was apt to say. Of course he said that 'bout just 'bout any goddamn thing, even a swampy ol' jerked-to-shit issue o' Cheri magazine tha' he found in Flatitious Woods. And it was common consensus round these parts that that magazine was far from magni-fucking-anything. Still, it was passed 'round somethin' serious 'tween the regular bunch o' goofs at the Junction. Chippewa and Nuts et fucking al. bustin' nuts like they was pimple poppin' schoolboys.
"Y'all 'member that Cheri mag Merde-Bouche found in the woods, Chip?" Nuts asked, suddenly thinking 'bout how long it'd been since he was horny. Or since he'd huffed gas.
Chip grunted. Again it could a been a anything. Yes, no, maybe so, or let's huff gas.
Nuts chose the latterest of 'em.
"Got any gas left in the bag, Chip?" He asked, "nice night fer a whiff, dont'cha feel?"
Chip grunted, reached into his bindle, and pulled out the wrinkled paper bag. They both stepped back from the burning barrel. Ever since Cutie-Pie Maxwell turned hisself to Burnie Max due to irresponsible gas huffin', lotta folks had taken to new safety protocols when they was getting sick stupid on gasoline. Number one rule was DO NOT HUFF GAS OVER A OPEN FLAME. 'Nuff said. No one could remember rule number two. Something 'bout huff, huff, pass. That was more etiquette related than a saftey protocol but still it was always good business to keep it in mind. Otherwise you have what? Anarchy. Chaos. Ultramania! And those weren't'n't any of the things that Hobo Junction was at all 'bout. Nuh huh. What they had here was a civilidation. All supa-chill and propa-plus as them urban bums was apt to say.
Chip passed the bag to Nuts. Nuts checked his beans. Stewing sweetly. Checked the sky. Stars a twinklin'. Checked behind him. No sign of Stabby Pete or The Whistlin' Psycho. Put the bag to his face and took a sweet ol' deep whiff of that high, high octane. He always 'magined it was what the goddess herselfs pussy smelt like. Wonder where that Cheri was at? The gas took him in its embrace, sending his greasy, dirty disintegratin' sponge o' a brain into a technicolor field trip where he didn't need no permission slip and the teacher didn't give no fuck 'bout what he did so long as he got back on the bus at the end o' the day. So he rode that petroleum wolfsnake hard and gay through the lazer beam trees of the mystic woods o' candy heaven.
He passed the bag to Chip. Plopped hisself down on the milk crate he called his throne and while his mind detonated in a gasohol fueled mushroom cloud o' bliss, he took a spoonful o' hot beans. They was perfect.
As perfect as was the night. It's black velvet embrace bringing peace and serenity to the waifs and buggerers that called this little piece of the world home.
Life was sweet–
In Hobo Junction.
She stood on the bridge, gazing out the forward viewport. Stars streamed by, and she thought just how so miraculous and awe-inspiring it was that each one was a twinkling wonder where the worlds existed, and all endless possibilities, and so much promise–
"Captain Toboggan!" The nasal cry shaking her out of her reverie.
"What is it, Ramjack?" She said, turning to face the source of the voice, a round-headed, beady-eyed pale wonder of a man(?).
"We're getting some strange readings on the scan-o-scope!" Ramjack wheezed.
"It's probably just that patchouli you've painted yourself with," she said, waving her hand in front of her nose, "I thought I ordered you to take a bath."
"I did, Captain," he snotted, "and this isn't patchouli. It's Tellaxian Mondo-musk."
"That doesn't make it stink any less. If anything that makes it even more repulsive." Toboggan said, hating to be reminded of her ex-husband, a spineless, hairless slug of a Tellaxian used flivver salesman, "regardless, give me some specifics on those scan-o-scope readings."
"It looks as though we have entered an easy-going field of lazy waves."
A gasp came from across the bridge, and a shrill voice said, "Oh man! We're so jacked!"
Captain Toboggan threw a fierce look back at it, "I don't need that kind of attitude from you, Lieutenant, and what the hell is wrong with your face?"
Two embarrassed eyes beaded out from an inflated, neon pink splotched head that if you didn't know better you'd guess was some kind of candied carnival sideshow snack, "It's a space rash."
"Great Christ, where have you been rubbing your freaking cheeks?" The Captain exclaimed, knuckling her temples.
"I fell asleep on the beach on Glaffos-12," he said, scratching his forehead with a fork.
"Didn't you see Doctor Rick about a lotion or a balm or a freaking lazer salve? C'mon, man."
"I didn't have time yet."
"Well, step lively then. AND STOP SCRATCHING!"
The lieutenant jumped to and hustled out into the conveyance tube. The Captain plopped down in her chair, let out a big sigh, "Computer."
"Oi, Cappum. Woz kin I du fur yuuuuuu?" The digital voice said sounding like an effeminate version of the official spokesman for the Uncanny Valley Peat Moss and Cabbage Roll Industry Association.
The Captain rubbed her face like it was a long-vacant magic lamp, "I am still waiting for an answer on WHO REPROGRAMMED YOUR GODDAMN VOICE PROTOCOLS! Also, anything on these lazy waves."
"Whan nere's no new infuuumashun on ew gon-a dun dat," the computer gleeped, "an dem wazy raves ees whoa hog mustereerious oindeed."
"Dem's be moist moistereenius," it bleeped.
The Captain stood up, breathing long and hard through her nose, walked slowly up to the viewport. She stared at at the cosmos. Inside, her soul started to chill. As in out. She knew it was the lazy waves, those enigmatic relaxed rays of smooth cool that just floated out in the void, smoothing and soothing. Why didn't she follow her dreams and open that ice cream shoppe in Spokane instead of galavanting all over space and beyond. If only she could turn back time–
She spun around, seeking the source of the noise. A glowing cloud of mauve solidified into some kinda somethin' what looked like the result of an Ikea Tjusig and a pot roast having made nasty, unprotected sex. It stepped towards Capt. Toboggan and gazed (or was it goggling?) at her and intoned (or was it wheezing?), "I am an alien species!"
"Uh huh," she said, "so are we, if you think about it."
It did, and majestically (or was it spasmodically) nodded its head(?), and crooned (or barfed?) on, "you have sailed your space plane into our star place. What are your intentions?"
Toboggan felt a muscle pinch in a place in her neck she usually kept reserved for her ex-mother-in-law, that Tellaxian bitch. Apparently this alien lifeform nullified the effects of the lazy waves. She straightened her spine and raised her chin and cleared her throat and in her best Space Captain voice said, " Greetings! We are the crew of the Space Vessel Moonkicker. Come all the way across time and space. Freedom is not dumb. Justice is just as sweet. Peace and knowledge are the fuel for our fire. And it is that fire that has propelled here today! Harya!"
She stuck out her hand. The chunky cum sticky thing raised an arm(?) towards her. She took it and shook it. She tasted mauve.
"We are Wanoons," it said, "I am Wanoo."
"We are humans," she said, "I am Toboggan."
They stared at each other. For awhile. It went on. It got old.
"What happens now?" Wanoo asked.
Toboggan really felt that muscle pinch now, and that purple taste was starting to burn her tongue. Sometimes she just wanted to put a fusion blaster in her mouth and pull the trigger.
For this she went to college.
Some universe.
Come gather 'round, let me sing the sounds, of the robot wizard from across the sea. From the land they call Technology–
BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP! Do not rhyme in the story!
Sorry–okay then, right. Here we go. Once upon a time, there was a powerful automaton so very well-versed in the mystical powers of MAGIC! That is to say, it was programmed in the ancient and fantasical art of WARLOCKERY! It's circuits could conjure the UNCONJURABLE! From an anagogic sandwich to enigmatic pants this prestidigitinous man-machine was a wonder of mechanics and voodoo. It calculated with the digital ju-ju–
My apologies but this story is made for balladee-ee-e-e-e-e-eee-e-e-ers!
Now, back to the tale of robot warlock. It had gears and servos and spells and potions. It used them all to help folks out, like the little boy who had never played checkers 'cause he had Erb's Palsy. But not any longer because that technological conjurist cast an invocation. Electro-circuitry mumbo jumbo flowing like electrons through the mists of enchanted fog like a cathode ray tube of Ephesian Letters. So this kid is all like, "King me! I've never felt so alive. Y'all choke on my tears of victory and joy!" And the people were in total awe of how wicked magic automated it was.
Za-lam zee-boop blip blip blooooooooooooooooooooooop. You sing this story well.
Thanks, comrade. Now, let it be known that the consecrations of this contraption flew in the face of regular knowledge. It was the occult, baby! This was dark science, skipper! Just don't fear them, 'cause if you let these necronmanchanical shamanmachines into your heart, well, next stop was MIRACLE CITY! So what you saw was all the simple folks in their backwater jerkburgs flying in the face of their consecrated dumb-ass spiritual beliefs and getting all wet in the willies while jammin' hard on their terminals beseeching of the robo-divininers to magicate their processors to bring them the answers to their prayers. And they worshipped them like gods! These lifeless collections of electrified alloy and sybilline thaumaturgy were the NEW REAL DEAL and with absolutely zero emotion they summoned miracles straight from the outer limits of the enchantment zone of the 21st CENTURY!
BEEPBEEPBEEP! This has my processors glowing. Literally and figuratively. They have told the tale of my mechano-people with truth and vigour.
Thanks, Old Shrouded Cyborg of Fantasms and Gizmos, it's been my pleasure.
"You say he was what?" The cardinal said, staring into the casket at the bare-chested, cut-off jean-shorted corpse with the vile moustache.
"Eating a nachos supreme grande platter," said the priest.
"That's not so—"
"While driving."
"Even then—"
"A motorcycle."
"Oh," said the cardinal, taking pause to examine the body's matching denim vest, "and he wasn't wearing a shirt when he—"
The priest nodded, "went off the bridge? No. just the vest. And the one cowboy boot."
The cardinal looked up, "just one?"
"Apparently. The rescue team found no trace of a cowboy boot anywhere, but they did find a flip-flop a little ways down river from where he went in so—"
"Why would he be wearing a cowboy boot and a flip-flop?" The cardinal asked.
"Because," the priest said, "he was an dummkopf with the brains of potato. He made a conscious decision to have that moustache."
The cardinal nodded, his soul reaching out and up to heaven, to the Lord, seeking verification. But, was this man truly worthy?
"Still, the bridge was under construction, anyone might have befallen the same calamity. So he can hardly be blamed for—" the cardinal said.
"There were signs and warnings stating that it was out for miles before the canyon. And the barricades that had closed the road proper were hardly trivial. You would have to choose to avoid them."
"Hmm. Yes. I see."
"And let's not forget his apartment."
The cardinal raised his eyebrows, "apartment?"
"The one he burnt down. Trying to make popcorn. On a barbecue. In the bathroom."
The cardinal stared at the priest. Then at the body. Then back at the priest, "who barbecues in the bathroom?"
The priest shrugged and indicated the deadman, "the question really is who cooks anything anyhow in the bathroom?"
"God only knows."
"Does he?"
The cardinal regarded the priest, and again let his soul lift itself up to query their benevolent father. Silence. Stone cold silence.
"I don't believe even he does, actually."
The priest nodded, and picked up the corpse's arm. He indicated a patch of dark splotchiness, and said, "see here."
The cardinal looked closer.
"A tattoo?" He asked, "is that a phantom or worms or—"
"Read the inscription over it."
The cardinal peered harder. The writing was, as far as he had experienced, the worst penmanship he had ever seen, reading not quite plainly: I LOV BURGY SO MUCK!
"It's a hamburger," the priest said, "he did it himself."
"How do you know?"
"He signed it. By Jimbo," he said pointing at a tangle of chicken scratch beneath it.
"Exactly," said the priest, "and we could go on like this all day. His pets. His teeth. Don't get me started on his work history. But needless to say, I think you see why I called you here."
The cardinal nodded. He looked long and hard at the man in the casket. He finally broke from his reverie and looked at the priest. Gazing deeply into his eyes, he said, "I'll talk with the pontiff directly. We'll have him canonized by next week."
The priest closed his eyes, took a satisfied breath, and kissed the cardinals ring, "thank you, your eminence, finally the idiots have one to call their own."
The cardinal patted Jimbo of the cheek, "The Lord knows they need him."
Oh, how inspiring! How magical! NOW HERE IS MORE MAGIC!
There ain't no elevator here. No stairs neither. What if there's a fire? Or some more sinister calamity? I'm just standing there and the klaxon starts screaming at me to get the hell out. Do I jump? I'll need a window for that then. One that opens. Hopefully opens easy. I guess I could smash it if I had to. Use a chair or a coat-rack or if not that a well placed karate kick. I need to learn karate. Where's the closest dojo? Good name for a dog that. Dojo. I should get a dog. I could train it to sniff out the smoke when there's a fire. Do a special bark to warn me. Give me time to steel myself to karate kick out the window. You just don't throw yourself into something like that. That's how you get hurt. Pull a muscle, sprain something. Nothing more painful than a high ankle sprain. So I'd take the extra moment Dojo gave me to loosen up. Don't freak out, stretch out. They should teach that in schools. Good mantra. Solid advice. Prevent a lot of needless injury. Kids these days get a lot more sprains. More than when I was a kid. Rehab costs have gone up too. So that affects everybody. Society and all. What with all the rising prices it's hard to save a buck. Money in money out. Like piss in a bucket as the old timers would say. Kids would say something different. Probably something about how things are more tubular now. Including prices. A can of ham today is not the can of ham of yesteryear. You can say that again. Can of ham. Where's the washroom? Usually it's by the elevators. But then again not always. Toilets have changed too. For the better. That's for serious. Outhouses used to be all the rage. Where are they now? Not anywhere I do my business. High-efficiency smell-less wonders of modern technology. That's waste making and disposal in these future prefect times. Kids probably grow up never knowing the stench of a clapboard turd shack. You can't put a price on that. But if you had to. Gotta be worth at least a couple large. Even a large ain't as large as it used to be. One thousand ding-dongs now ain't the thousand buckaroos of the old. Even the words are new. You hear a kid say buckaroo you're gonna look twice and wonder what went wrong. Now every second word outta their mouth is ding-dong this and ding-dong that. It's all about the money. That's one thing that ain't ever changed. Good to known there's at least one thing. That and the Indy 500.
Like a barrel of TNT, Police Captain DIRK MANSON simmers behind his desk.
Standing before him like the King of Trees, oozing sap of sex and danger, is Police Detective JOHN O'MALLEY.
I'm not going to beat around the
bush, O'Malley, you're off the case.
But Cap'n, that's a load of bloody–
If you even go near this case
you're back as a resource officer
in some suburban high school, you
hear me? Comprende?
That's the biggest soddin' load of
bloody fanny hair I've ever heard.
Watch it, Detective.
This whole thing stinks, it's rotten,
it's a fresh turd stuck inside
a coil of steamin' dung
buried in a pile of manure
shoved up inside your wife.
What I want to know, is
how many more bleedin' corpses are
we gonna have to find in their
curlers and jammies face down in their
goddamn bloody bacon and eggs?
How many more bodies before you,
and the chief, and the mayor, and
whoever else has to, wises up?!
O'Malley, you are way outta–
Ahoy, ahoy. There's a bleedin' sick bugger
out there murderin' people–a way bad egg who's
not gonna stop, understand? Not
a maniac like this. He's gotta be
stopped, y'hear? We've gotta stop
him, and if you won't, I bloody well will!
Are you through?
Not quite.
He turns a looses a large, loud FART.
Now I'm done.
He exits the office slamming the door behind him.
(gags, chokes)
Sweet lord–
His choking face is a deep crimson.
O'Malley storms into the squad room and flips his desk. Sitting at the desk next to it is the living embodiment of a leather hand-grenade, Police Detective LAURA DAVIS.
Bad news?
We're off the goddamn case.
She leaps to her feet, flipping her desk.
DIRK MANSON (from his office)
You're paying for those desks, detectives!
How the hell do these goddamn bureaucratic barfbags
think we're gonna catch this goddamn killworm?
With a goddamn want ad in the goddamn Gleaner?
Not on my watch, partner.
C'mon, grab your vest and gameface.
He stalks towards the door. Davis grabs her sleeveless jean jacket off the back of her chair, follows O'Malley.
Where the goddamn you thinking?
Time to pay a visit–
He pulls out his revolver, opens the cylinder, makes sure it's loaded. Snaps the cylinder shut.
To Smuggler's Cove.
Davis lets out a low whistle.
They stride out.
Hear ye hear ye, 'tis a proclamation,
'Bout the upcoming coronation.
The king is dead!
Now the prince be king.
To protect our heads,
Long live the king!
My name is MC Horse, and this be DJ Cart
Get your ass in the stable
'Fore the party starts.
We got mead and gruel
And the blackest bread.
Did you hear the crazy shit
That the crier said?
I hear the plagues in town,
Which one you ask?
It's Pneumonic and Bubonic,
Best known as black.
But don't forsake it G,
We got it all worked out–
The beats and the bass
Will keep them damn fleas out!
No needs for a bleeding
Or for an arsenic rub,
Just grab a fresh flagon
From the liquor tub.
We got a fiefdom here,
For all you serfs of rap.
And tonight this party's
Giving all tithes back.
Forsooth you say,
Yo, I forsooth you better.
And I'm dropping mad rhymes
Like a monk writes letters.
Cause he's the only one
Who be literati,
All roads lead to Rome and the Illuminati.
Enough poking around
Behind them gilded drapes,
Or we'll find ourselves
In inquisitionist straits.
So back to the party,
And the task at hand,
And bend yourself to it
Like DJ Cart demands,
He's gonna turn it out,
Like he was the Duke of G's.
And all you party peasants
Get olde time funky.


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Main Profile
At A Glance
- Directions Link
- Phone
- (310) 338-2848
- Website
- cba.lmu.edu
Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration Full Time MBA's Full Profile
Program at a Glance
|Program Type
|Full Time
Program Information
|Degrees Awarded:
|MBA, Full Time.
School Rankings
The Princeton Review
|Best Business Schools (West)
Application Information
- Acceptance Rate: 48% accepted out of 278 applicants
- Average Age Admitted: 27
- Average Incoming GPA: 3.26
- Average Incoming GMAT: 582
- Average Years Work Experience: 5
- Application Fee: $50
Admission Considerations
Very Important: Undergraduate GPA, Standardized Test Scores
Important: Recommendations, Personal Essay
Admission Requirements
Required: Extracurricular Activities, Undergraduate GPA, Personal Essay, Standardized Test Scores, Work Experience, Recommendations
Admission Information
Applicants are accepted to Loyola Marymount's MBA program on a rolling basis. Once all materials have been submitted, the admissions committee will render a decision in just two weeks. With limited space in the program, early applicants will have an advantage over those who apply late in the admissions cycle. Students are evaluated on their previou...Applicants are accepted to Loyola Marymount's MBA program on a rolling basis. Once all materials have been submitted, the admissions committee will render a decision in just two weeks. With limited space in the program, early applicants will have an advantage over those who apply late in the admissions cycle. Students are evaluated on their previous academic performance, work experience, GMAT scores, personal essay, and recommendations. The average GMAT for last year's entering class was 616, but the school accepted students with a wide range of test scores.The Princeton Review
School Information
The following section features data representative of the entire business school, and numbers here are not necessarily reflective of the specific program.
Students and Faculty
|Total Graduate Students
|Total Full-Time Faculty
|Full-Time Faculty
Student Life
"Perched atop the bluff overlooking Marina Del Rey, the LMU campus is lush and beautiful," boasting an excellent environment and great resources for students. "The library is state of the art with phenomenal technology," and there is an "excellent gym and pool facility, which is also open to spouses." In the business school, students can take advantage of "an amazing new library, more computer and study rooms, an on-campus bar, and lounges and restaurants."At Loyola, the year kicks off with the "Annual Welcome Back BBQ to bring current students and new students together." Thereafter, full-time students spend the most time on campus, "with part-time students often joining for study groups or networking mixers." For those who want to get involved in campus life, "the Student Association is very active and plans many events and volunteering programs throughout the year." Community service is popular with the business school, as are "happy hours, soccer matches, softball games, BBQs, and tailgating at University sports events." Since many students attend classes part-time, "Grad students mostly just come and go and don't really stay on campus between classes." However, "LMU has started organizing activities for married students with families," which may attract a new group of participants.
Current LMU students and alumni have full access to the MBA Career Services Office (CSO). The CSO provides access to several online job boards, provides resume and interview preparation advice, and offers individual career counseling. Students praise the career services staff that is "willing to provide extensive one-on-one time to students and will connect them with alumni across the nation." On that note, "Alumni have been extremely helpful in career advice, opportunities, and placement." Students love Loyola's fabulous Los Angeles location, which keeps them close to a plethora of great job opportunities. While they have L.A. at their fingertips, students "would like to see more networking events and employers on campus" and more aggressive career placement. Fortunately, Loyola Marymount is constantly bettering its services in response to student requests. Many note that, "The CSO has improved drastically over the past year with an increase in staff and response to student feedback." During the last few semesters, the "frequency of seminars and workshops has increased," while "job postings specifically recruiting LMU students have begun to rise." There is also a new push to create "joint programming with the Alumni Association."The Princeton Review
Students Say
Students rule the school at Loyola Marymount University. At this private Southern California institution, each MBA candidate can pursue an education that uniquely fits his or her lifestyle, professional commitments, and educational goals. Offering both full-time and part-time programs, Loyola offers the "flexibility of á la carte course selection as opposed to traditional cohort or 'lock-step' study." The "versatile and flexible schedule" even allows students to "switch between being part-time or full-time fairly easily." While 30 percent of students attend full-time, everything is designed with the busy student in mind; for example, the school offers "shorter two-week international classes, which are ideal for fully employed students who want to study abroad." "Getting required courses is always easy," and students appreciate "the ability to waive core courses" if you have equivalent academic or work experience. If students aren't sure exactly how to shape their experience, Loyola will help. Throughout the program, "professors and advisers will work with students to craft a program that meets their needs without taking over their life."Loyola maintains a "very challenging and well-rounded curriculum," consisting of core coursework in ten key areas, an area of concentration, and five breadth electives. Loyola is a Jesuit school, and, as a result, "social entrepreneurship and ethics are hot topics throughout all the classes." The school is also "a leader in green business and has very strong connections to technology, aerospace, and defense industries." The academic experience is defined by "small class sizes and personal attention." When students need extra assistance with coursework—or even just to chat—"professors are easily accessible via phone, email, or during office hours." "Professors publish work regularly" and "are tremendously knowledgeable and up to date" on the business world. While a number of classes are extremely current, some students feel that "the school could do a much better job integrating current business and economic trends into the coursework."Business students are keen to evaluate an organization's efficiency, and most give high marks to Loyola's operations. From class registration to scheduling, "the school's administration is a well-oiled machine that keeps everything running very smoothly and efficiently." "The new library is exceptional and helps facilitate on-campus studies and group work." The school even employs a "business librarian, who can help us do research." Unlike most commuter campuses, "parking on campus is a breeze, with free valet service during peak hours." Although Loyola maintains a reputation as "one of the best schools in the Los Angeles area," it continues to improve its rank and services. Among other factors, "The competitiveness and caliber of student has also increased significantly in just the past few years, improving the overall value of the experience."The Princeton Review
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• Collected on 30 June 2013
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